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We're always quick to shout about it when we've added a major new feature to one of our projects, or we're launching a whole new website.
All well and good, but mySociety's developers don't just roll out the big stuff. Smaller releases are happening all the time, and, as a bunch of them have all come at once, we've put together a round-up.
Oh – and it's worth saying that your feedback helps us prioritise what we work on. If you're using any of our software, either as an implementer or a front-end user, and there's something you think could be better, we hope you'll drop us a line.
Here's what we've been doing lately:
We've just released version 1.2 of our postcodes-to-boundaries software.
The new version adds Django 1.7 and Python 3 support, as well as other minor improvements.
For the UK, this version now includes October 2014 Boundary-Line support, new OpenStreetMap data, and, crucially for this time of year, Santa's new postcode (yes, it's changed, apparently).
The latest version of our transcript-publishing software, 1.3, adds mainstream support for import from fellow component PopIt (or any Popolo data source). That's key to making it a truly interoperable Poplus Component.
SayIt is now also available in Spanish. Additionally, there are improvements around Speakers and Sections, plus this release includes OpenGraph data.
Many thanks to James of Open North, who contributed improvements to our Akoma Ntoso import.
Our software for storing, publishing and sharing lists of politicians now has multi-language support in the web-based editing interface as well at the API level.
We've also recently added API support for merging the records of two people, and the API can now be used over SSL/TLS.
Full details are on the Poplus mailing list.
Release 0.20 of our Freedom of Information platform sees improvements both to the Admin interface and to the front-end user experience.
Administrators will be pleased to find easier ways to deal with spammy requests for new authorities, and manage the categories and headings that are used to distinguish different types of authority; users should enjoy a smoother path to making a new request.
Full details can be seen here.
Version 1.5 of the FixMyStreet platform fully supports the new Long Term Support (LTS) version of Ubuntu, Trusty Tahr 14.04.
Four new languages – Albanian, Bulgarian, Hebrew, and Ukranian – have been added. There are also some improvements across both admin and the front-end design, and a couple of bugs have been fixed.
Whatever mySociety or Poplus software you're deploying, we hope these improvements make life easier. Please do stay in touch – your feedback is always useful, whether it's via the Poplus mailing list (MapIt, PopIt, SayIt), the FixMyStreet community or the Alaveteli community.
Image: Niels Linneberg (CC)
In yesterday's blog post we talked about using our free, Open Source software, SayIt, to create collections of statements, like our collections of Party speeches.
That's one use of SayIt – but we actually built it with a slightly different aim in mind: the storing and publication of transcripts.
SayIt really does transform transcripts – so, if you regularly take minutes of meetings at work, or in another capacity, it's worth a look.
That's easy for us to say, we know. But if you play with it for half an hour, we think you'll see the benefits.
Making online transcripts better for your readers
Traditionally, transcripts of meetings are published as PDFs or Microsoft Word documents. The information is there; you've done your duty in making it available – but do you ever wonder if it's really working for your readers?
For example, let's say you are a clerk in the local council, and you routinely publish transcripts from council meetings online.
The chances are that residents access your transcripts when they have an interest in one specific topic. Typically your meetings cover many subjects, and readers have to wade through pages to find the part they want. On SayIt, searching is very easy, even for people who are not very familiar with internet technology.
Or suppose that you are a member of a pressure group, and you've transcribed a local community meeting to share on your website. You might want to highlight particular parts of the meeting. With SayIt, you can link to individual statements, so it's simple to share them by email, social media, or on your website.
See some examples
If you'd like to see how your meeting transcripts will look, once they've been published on SayIt, have a browse through these two examples:
Getting started
Ready to have a go? Here's how to start your own SayIt site:
- Go to this page and sign up.
We'll ask you for:
- Part of the URL (web address) for your site – for example, if you choose "TotnesCouncil", your new URL will be http://TotnesCouncil.sayit.mysociety.org. Note that URLs can't contain spaces or non-regular characters.
- A title: this will appear in the top bar of your website. Don't sweat too much: you can always change this later. In this example we might choose "Totnes Council meetings".
- A description (optional): this is a good place to explain the purpose of your site at a little more length. You might write something like "Transcripts from local council meetings in Totnes, UK, 2014 onwards". Again, you will have the chance to change this later if you like.
2. Confirm your email address
If this is the first time you have used SayIt, you will need to input your email address, then go to your email and find our automated message so you can click on the confirmation link.
Keep a note of your password, as you will need it whenever you want to edit your site.
Inputting transcripts
SayIt is currently in Beta – that's to say, it's functional and live, but we're still developing it.
In this phase, you can manually type (or copy and paste) each statement of your transcript in. Soon, it will also be possible to import a document of the entire meeting, as long as it's in the required format – if you have a lot of existing transcripts and you'd like to try this, get in touch and we may be able to help.
In this post, we'll look at the manual input of speeches.
Manual input
You will need either a copy of your transcript, or a recording of the meeting you wish to transcribe.
Here's how to begin:
1. Click on the 'add your first statement' button.
2. You can paste, or type, your content directly into the box marked "text".
In the fields below the text box, you have the option to add more details about this piece of text. None of these fields are mandatory, but all of them add functionality or information to your transcript:
- Date and time If you know these, they are useful because they will help SayIt to order your speeches chronologically. Don't worry if you don't know them, though – SayIt automatically arranges speeches in the order that you input them, unless the timestamps tell it otherwise.
- Event and location What sort of meeting was it, and where did it happen? For our example, we might input "Totnes Town Council Meeting" and "Guildhall, Totnes".
- Speaker Enter a name, and then click on the underlined text to add it to your database. As with all text fields on SayIt, once you have added it, it will be offered as an auto-fill option for subsequent speeches. Attaching names to your speeches also means that SayIt can do clever things, like display everything said by one speaker.
If you are not sure who spoke, don't worry – you can leave this field blank, or enter a name such as 'Unknown'.
- Section Meetings often have distinct sections: an introductory period, apologies for absences, following up on agreed actions, etc. Or you might use Section to identify items on the agenda. If you use the Section field, SayIt will automatically arrange your transcript into groups of associated content.
- Source URL If you are taking speeches from a source such as a news report or another website, you can add the web address so that interested people can see it in context.
- Title and tags: These enable you to tag your content – for example, you might want to tag everything to do with road-building, and everything to do with tourism, et cetera. That means that your readers will be able to find the sections of the content they are most interested in.
When you've added everything you want to for this part of speech, click "Save speech".
Well done! You've just added your first speech to SayIt.
You can go back and edit it at any time – and that applies to every field.
3. Continue adding speeches.
As you do so, SayIt will be making connections and organising things neatly.
Tip: If you click 'add another speech like this' then fields such as 'event and location' will automatically be filled for you – you can overwrite them if they are incorrect for your next speech.
Click on 'Speakers' to see an icon for everyone you've added:
– and click on any one of those icons to see just their speeches:
Clicking on 'Speeches' in the top bar will show you every speech you've input; if you used Sections, they will be divided up neatly:
Click on any of those sections to see its content:
You've done it
So there you are, now you've seen what SayIt can do – we hope you liked it enough to consider using it in the future. Remember, it's completely free.
Let us know if you hit any problems, or if there are features you'd like us to add. SayIt is in active development at the moment, so your feedback will help shape it. We'd also love to hear if you are using it.
Importing content
Manual inputting is clearly only practical for shorter meetings (or people who have plenty of time on their hands!). As mentioned above, we'll be adding the ability to import your transcripts.
They will need to be in the format that SayIt accepts, which is Akoma Ntoso, a schema for Parliamentary document types – you can read more about that here.
If you already have documents in Akoma Ntoso, get in touch and we can get them imported for you.
You can host SayIt on your own servers, but for beginner users it's quicker and easier to start by creating a version that we host, as described in the steps above.
If you decide later on that you want to host the content yourself, and perhaps embed it on your own website, that option will remain open to you.
SayIt is a Poplus Component – open-source software that is designed to underpin digital democracy projects. It can stand alone, or work with other Poplus Components. The source code is also available for developers to modify and improve, so if you are already imagining more ambitious ways that you might use SayIt on your website, let us know.
Other ways to use SayIt
We've recently written about:
– Using SayIt to make collections of statements.
– Using SayIt to store interviews from your research project
We'll also be looking at the following soon:
– Collaborating with other users on SayIt transcripts
Image: A scribe from the Book of Hours (public domain)
Party Conference season is upon us again, and, with it, a new set of fine promises and rhetorical flourishes, as each party's top dogs take the podium. But what happens to those pledges, vows and forecasts once the banners are taken down and the party faithful turn for home?
Cast your mind back to November 2013, and you may recall that there was bit of a fuss about the fact that the Conservative party had removed old speeches from their website.
Not just that, but they'd also effectively erased them from the places where you can commonly find retired internet content… unless you really know where to look.
Was it a sinister rewriting of history, or a simple spring clean of elderly content? Well, that depends who you believe – but here at mySociety, we do think that you should be able to hold political parties to account for promises they made in the past.
Not only that, but we happen to have a splendid tool for publishing the spoken word: SayIt.
So we thought we'd track down that missing content and put it online for anyone to search and browse. And because we are a wholly non-partisan organisation, we did the same for Labour.
Take a look at that content: Conservative speeches and Labour speeches – and do let us know if you find anything particularly interesting!
Note: we're not intending to update these collections regularly – it's a one-off initiative, designed to fill a gap in the public archive. And within the confines of this project, we've only published Labour and Conservative speeches.
On the other hand, if you're interested in setting up similar sites for the other parties, or even taking over these ones, SayIt is very simple for anyone to use: just get in touch.Image by Klaus Riesner (CC)
The right conference, held at the right time and attended by people with common problems, can sometimes give birth to whole new organisations. I was at OpenTech when the Open Rights Group was born, and on a grander scale the Red Cross and the UN both featured conferences at catalytic moments in their early history.
Last week in Santiago, Chile, a conference took place that felt like exactly such a moment – PoplusCon. People from 27 countries spent two days talking about their shared goals and desires, and from it the skeleton of a new federation – the Poplus federation – started to take shape.
Not everyone at the conference worked on identical projects, or had identical skills. Some people were specialists in tracking suspicious relationships ('This guy's brother-in-law gets all the contracts'), others were big into training journalists how to use FOI, others specialised in making important datasets more accessible to members of the public, others still were journalists, skilled at constructing stories. But one theme emerged pretty quickly – people wanted better, easier, more reliable ways of sharing knowledge and sharing technology, so that they could all save time, effort and money.
What could a new federation do for you?
And so that is how the conversation turned to the idea of founding a new federation – an organisation that could serve the needs of many different groups without being run or owned by any one of them. In a brainstorm session about what people wanted from a new federation, the following ideas were raised:
- Running events to facilitate more sharing of ideas and tech
- Publishing stories about successful and unsuccessful projects, especially where those stories need to cross language barriers to spread
- Vetting and endorsing data standards
- Access to a community of peers (for sharing experience, encouragement, tips and tricks etc)
- Resources for projects that are running short
- Help and advice on making projects sustainable
- Certification of what counts as a Poplus Component
- Where groups face common challenges, perhaps coordinate advocacy
- Organisation of mentorship, exchanges and placements
This wish list is clearly far more than a nascent organisation could arrange in the near future, but there was some informal voting and the top priorities fairly quickly emerged. People really wanted access to their peers, and to the stories that they tell. And there was a strong wish to see Poplus Components become more official, and better explained.
Getting Real – Getting Involved
But a list is just a list without people willing to make it real. And so without doubt the most awesome thing that took place at PoplusCon was that eight people immediately volunteered to form a committee that would bring Poplus into being, representing half a dozen countries in different parts of the world.
This committee, which is completely open for anyone to join, will be meeting a couple of times in the next few weeks to agree on a plan for the first 12 months of the Poplus federation. It will work out how the new-born federation should govern itself, and what the first things that this entirely volunteer-run group should be doing. It's an exciting, fragile moment and I've not seen anything like it in my ten-odd years working in this field. There's no boss, no leader, just some people trying to build something of shared value.
Right now there are no rules, no barriers to entry, no bureaucracy. In fact there's nothing but some hope, enthusiasm and some shared dreams of a stronger community of individuals and organisations.
I hope that if you read this and think that Poplus sounds cool, that you'll consider joining the committee too. All you have to do is join the mailing list and ask where and when to show up. If you come to online committee meetings a couple of times, you're de facto one of the people who runs Poplus. What happens next is – quite literally – down to you.
What are your plans for late April? If you're a civic coder, a campaigner or activist from anywhere in the world, hold everything: we want to see you in Santiago, Chile, for the first international PoplusCon.
Poplus is a project which aims to bring together those working in the digital democracy arena – groups or individuals – so that we can share our code and thus operate more efficiently.
We're right at the beginning of what we hope will grow into a worldwide initiative. If you'd like to get involved, now is the time.
Together with Poplus' co-founders, Ciudadano Inteligente, we will be running a two-day conference in Santiago on the 29th and 30th of April. It is free to attend, and we can even provide travel grants for those who qualify.
Transcripts – the written records of who says what in a conversation – aren't sexy.
However, they can be very important, or even historic. They can reveal big plans that will affect lots of people, and they are a basic requirement of political accountability.
But the way in which transcripts are made available online today doesn't reflect this importance. They tend to be published as hundreds of PDFs, and look more or less like they were made in the 1950s.
We think that the people who are affected by the decisions and plans announced in transcribed meetings deserve better.
What is SayIt?
SayIt is an open source tool for publishing speeches, discussions and dialogues, simply and clearly, online. Search functionality is built in, you can link to any part of a transcript, and the whole thing works nicely on mobile devices.
SayIt can be used either as a hosted service, or it can be built directly into your own website, as a Django app. Here are some examples of what it looks like in its hosted, standalone form:
The Leveson Inquiry – An investigation into press ethics (did you know Hugh Grant's middle name?)
The Charles Taylor trial – The former president of Liberia is tried for crimes against humanity in an epic seven year trial
The complete works of Shakespeare – as a demonstration of SayIt's flexibility in handling different kinds of transcript
However, SayIt's main purpose is to be built into other sites and apps. We don't have a live demo of this today, but one of our international partners will soon be launching a new Parliamentary Monitoring site which uses SayIt to publish years of parliamentary transcripts.
SayIt is also 100% open data compatible, and we use a cut-down version of the Akoma Ntoso open standard for data import.
What isn't SayIt?
SayIt is:
Not a site full of data curated and uploaded by mySociety – it's a tool for redeployment all over the net. We'll host deployments where that's helpful to people, though.
Not primarily about Britain – whilst we're a social enterprise based in the UK, SayIt has been built with an international perspective. We hope it will serve the needs of people watching politicians in places like Kenya and South Africa.
Not solely a mySociety project – it's actually an international collaboration, via the Poplus network (see more below).
Not (yet) a tool to replace Microsoft Word as the way you write down transcripts in the first place. This is coming as we move from Alpha to Beta, though.
Why are we building SayIt?
SayIt is one of the Poplus Components. Poplus is a global collaboration of groups that believe it is currently too difficult and expensive to build effective new digital tools to help citizens exert power over institutions.
Poplus Components are loosely joined tools, mostly structured as web services, that can be used to radically decrease the development time of empowerment sites and apps.
SayIt is the newest component, and aims to reduce the difficulty and cost of launching services that contain transcripts – in particular websites that allow people to track the activities of politicians. Using SayIt or other Poplus components you can build your site in whatever language and framework suits your wishes, but save time by using the components to solve time-consuming problems for you.
The founders of Poplus are FCI in Chile, and mySociety in the UK – and we are hoping that the launch of SayIt will help grow the network. The project has been made possible by a grant from Google.org, while early iterations were aided by the Technology Strategy Board.
Interested in publishing transcripts via SayIt? Here's what to do…
Having taken a look at the demos, we hope at least some of you are thinking 'I know of some transcripts that would be better if published like this'.
If you are interested, then there are two approaches we'd recommend:
If you're a coder, or if you have access to technical skills, read about how to convert your data into the open standard we use. Then talk to us about how to get this data online.
If you don't have access to technical skills, get in touch about what you're interested in publishing, and we'll explore the options with you.
Note to coders – We've not yet spent a lot of time making SayIt easy to deploy locally, so we know it may be a challenge. We're here to help.
Where might SayIt help?
SayIt comes from a desire to publish the speeches of politicians. But we know that there are many other possible uses, which is why we built the Shakespeare demo.
We think SayIt could be useful for publishing and storing transcripts of:
Local council meetings
Court hearings
Election hustings
Academic research interviews and focus groups
Academic seminars, lectures, etc
Market research focus groups
Historic archives of events such as a coronation or key debate
These are just a few of our ideas, but we bet you have others – please do tell us in the comments below.
What's coming next
At the moment, SayIt only covers publishing transcripts, not creating them. Needless to say, this lack of an authoring interface is a pretty big gap, but we are launching early (as an Alpha) because we want to know how you'll use it, what features you want us to build, and what doesn't work as well as we anticipated. We also want to see if we can attract other people to co-develop the code with us, which is the real spirit of the Poplus network.
We'll also be adding the ability to subscribe to alerts so that you'll get an email every time a keyword occurs (just as you can on our other websites, such as FixMyStreet, TheyWorkForYou and WhatDoTheyKnow). This feature will come into its own for ongoing series of transcripts such as council meetings.
Image by Columbia Phonograph Co. [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
We're starting the year with some really wonderful news: Google.org is granting us a fantastic $1.6m, to be spent over two years.
Clearly, this is a significant sum of money, which will really turbo-charge our efforts to build technologies to help groups like mySociety in countries around the world.
We will be using the money to provide developers with open source technologies to help them to more easily and quickly launch new civic apps and services. We will also be working with lots of other groups to promote greater knowledge and technology sharing amongst civil society groups of all kinds, especially in the accountability sector.
What's the problem being tackled?
Currently, it can take a great deal of work to launch even relatively simple sites or apps with civic purposes, because the sector is not rich with mature, sector-specific tools and technologies. This high barrier to getting started has a bad effect on the range and strength of popular, impactful civic sites and apps online, globally.
Working with international partners we plan to develop some common, open source components that will reduce the effort required to launch new services in a broad range of areas: including accountability, legal, environmental, political, and more.
mySociety will work with local partners in various targeted regions to help those partners make the greatest possible benefit from using these new, common, collaboratively-developed open source components. And we'll be working to help them contribute back, both in terms of shared code and shared knowledge.
The project will also develop new approaches to bringing together the global civic-technology community, so that it can collaborate more easily on new projects.
We're really excited to see where this project will take us next – and we are very grateful to Google.org for the increased opportunities their funding brings us.
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Summer may seem like a long time ago, but despite the cold outside, we've been looking back over our participation in Google's Summer of Code project. It's almost enough to warm us up!
This post is an attempt to record the process from our point of view. We hope it will be useful for other organisations considering participating next year, and for students who want to know more about how the scheme works.
What is Google Summer of Code?
It's a programme sponsored by Google's philanthropic arm, giving students the chance to experience real-life coding on open source software.
The scheme is open to students all over the world, who are then paired up with open source organisations like us. The students gain paid work experience and mentoring; the organisations gain willing workers and some fresh new perspectives; the world gains some more open source code to use or develop further.
Everyone's a winner, basically.
The beginnings
2012 was our first year on the programme: once we had been accepted on the scheme, we were given two student slots – the maximum allowed for a first-time organisation.
Given mySociety's wide suite of codebases, there were several projects that could have benefited. We listed all our ideas, and let people apply for the ones they found appealing.
Goodness, there were a lot of applicants! It was very heartening to discover that there is such an enthusiastic community of young coders all around the world – even if it did take us a long time to sift through them all and make our choices.
You might remember our post back in May, when we announced that we'd made our choices. We were delighted to get working with Dominik from Germany and Chetan from India.
The project
As things turned out, our students ended up working on a project that wasn't even on our original list: PopIt, our super-easy 'people and positions' software.
That's because once we spoke to our chosen students, we realised they had the skills that could really help us forge ahead with this project – and once we discussed it with them, they were keen. So PopIt it was.
Germany and India are a bit of a commute away, but fortunately development work can be managed remotely. We know this particularly well at mySociety: our core team work from home and are scattered across the UK.
The only difference here was the 6+ hour time difference between us and India: it was important to be rigorous about checking in at times when Chetan would be awake!
We communicated via IRC (instant chat), email, and occasionally Skype, and it all worked well.
Edmund, the team member chosen to be mentor, broke the required tasks down into big pieces so that the students would have realistic work units of several days each.
What was achieved
PopIt is primarily a tool for helping people create and run parliamentary monitoring websites (like TheyWorkForYou) with minimal coding knowledge/effort, though we anticipate that it will have many other uses too.
Our students spent the first half of the summer learning and improving the PopIt codebase. Once they were confident in it, they created their own sites using PopIt as a datasource to test the API, and, hopefully, create a valuable reference resource for the community.
Dominik added a migration tool to PopIt, which lets you upload data as a CSV. This means that you can start a site with a database of names, positions and dates at its heart – within seconds.
His test site was a professors' database (the code is here). Dom also wrote some helpful posts on the dev blog like this one.
Chetan created an image proxy that lets us serve images in a smart way that makes sense for APIs. His test site was for Indian representatives (here's the code).
Neither site is being maintained now, which just confirms that it is harder to run a site than to start it. This is not a failing, though. The creation of these sites, along with Chetan and Dom's feedback, helped us understand where improvements needed to be made. In the course of one summer, PopIt became much more mature.
Looking back on the Summer of Code
Edmund attended a follow-up 'mentors' summit' at the Googleplex in California – he found it very helpful to compare notes with other organisations and find out what had worked best for them all, and he made some good contacts too.
Assuming we get the chance again, would we participate in 2013? Our experience was very positive, but as yet we are undecided, purely because of the fluid nature of our workflow: we don't yet know whether time and resources will permit.
Obviously, we have enjoyed great benefits from the scheme, but that has depended on quite a bit of input from our side, and we need to be sure that we can ensure that happens again.
Edmund has compiled a list of advice, from the practical (ask students to treat the placement like a full-time job; test coding skills before acceptance) to the desirable (a weekly blog post from participants; make sure you over-estimate the time you'll spend mentoring). If you're thinking of participating next year, he'd be happy to pass on his tips for ensuring that you, and your assigned students, get the best out of the Google Summer of Code. Just drop him a line.
One of the key differences between the UK's national parliament and its local governments is that Parliament produces a written record of what gets said – Hansard.
This practice – which has no actual legal power – still has a huge impact on successful functioning of Parliament. MPs share their own quotes, they quote things back to one-another, journalists cite questions and answers, and every day TheyWorkForYou sends tens of thousands of email alerts to people who want to know who said what yesterday in Parliament. Without freely available transcripts of Parliamentary debates, it is likely that Parliament would not be anything like as prominent an institution in British public life.
No Local Hansards
Councils, of course, are too poor to have transcribers, and so don't produce transcripts. Plus, nobody wants to know what's going on anyway. Those are the twin beliefs that ensure that verbatim transcripts are an exceptional rarity in the local government world.
At mySociety we think the time has come to actively challenge these beliefs. We are going to be building a set of technologies whose aim is to start making the production of written transcripts of local government meetings a normal practice.
We believe that being able to get sent some form of alert when a council meeting mentions your street is a gentle and psychologically realistic way of engaging regular people with the decisions being made in their local governments. We believe transcripts are worth producing because they show that local politics is actually carried out by humans.
The State of the Art Still Needs You
First, though – a reality check. No technology currently exists that can entirely remove human labour from the production of good quality transcripts of noisy, complicated public meetings. But technology is now at a point where it is possible to substantially collapse the energy and skills required to record, edit and publish transcripts of public meetings of all kinds.
We are planning to develop software that uses off-the-shelf voice recognition technologies to produce rough drafts of transcripts that can then be edited and published through a web browser. Our role will not be in working on the voice recognition itself, but rather on making the whole experience of setting out to record, transcribe and publish a speech or session as easy, fast and enjoyable as possible. And we will build tools to make browsing and sharing the data as nice as we know how. All this fits within our Components strategy.
But mySociety cannot ourselves go to all these meetings. And it appears exceptionally unlikely that councils will want to pay for official transcribers at this point in history. So what we're asking today is for interest from individuals – inside or outside councils – willing to have a go at transcribing meetings as we develop the software.
It doesn't have to be definitive to be valuable
Hansard is the record of pretty much everything that gets said in Parliament. This has led to the idea that if you don't record everything said in every session, your project is a failure. But if Wikipedia has taught us anything, it is that starting small – producing little nuggets of value from the first day – is the right way to get started on hairy, ambitious projects. We're not looking for people willing to give up their lives to transcribe endlessly and for free – we're looking for people for whom having a transcript is useful to them anyway, people willing to transcribe at least partly out of self interest. We're looking for these initial enthusiasts to start building up transcripts that slowly shift the idea of what 'normal' conduct in local government is.
Unlike Wikipedia we're not really talking about a single mega database with community rules. Our current plans are to let you set up a database which you would own – just as you own your blog on Blogger or WordPress, perhaps with collaborators. Maybe you just want to record each annual address of the Lord Mayor – that's fine. We just want to build something that suits many different people's needs, and which lifts the veil on so much hidden decision making in this country.
Get in touch
The main purpose of this post is to tell people that mySociety is heading in this direction, and that we'd like you along for the ride. We won't have a beta to play with for a good few months yet, but we are keen to hear from anyone who thinks they might be an early adopter, or who knows of other people who might want to be involved.
And we're just as keen to hear from people inside councils as outside, although we know your hands are more tied. Wherever you sit – drop us a line and tell us what sort of use you might want to make of the new technology, and what sort of features you'd like to see. We'll get back in touch when we've something to share.
All of us at mySociety love the fact that there are so many interesting new civic and democratic websites and apps springing up across the whole world. And we're really keen to do what we can to help lower the barriers for people trying to build successful sites, to help citizens everywhere.
Today mySociety is unveiling MapIt Global, a new Component designed to eliminate one common, time-consuming task that civic software hackers everwhere have to struggle with: the task of identifying which political or administrative areas cover which parts of the planet.
As a general user this sort of thing might seem a bit obscure, but you've probably indirectly used such a service many times. So, for example, if you use our WriteToThem.com to write to a politician, you type in your postcode and the site will tell you who your politicians are. But this website can only do this because it knows that your postcode is located inside a particular council, or constituency or region.
Today, with the launch of MapIt Global , we are opening up a boundaries lookup service that works across the whole world. So now you can lookup a random point in Russia or Haiti or South Africa and find out about the administrative boundaries that surround it. And you can browse and inspect the shapes of administrative areas large and small, and perform sophisticated lookups like "Which areas does this one border with?". And all this data is available both through an easy to use API, and a nice user interface.
We hope that MapIt Global will be used by coders and citizens worldwide to help them in ways we can't even imagine yet. Our own immediate use case is to use it to make installations of the FixMyStreet Platform much easier.
Thanks OpenStreetMap!
We're able to offer this service only because of the fantastic data made available by the amazing OpenStreetMap volunteer community, who are constantly labouring to make an ever-improving map of the whole world. You guys are amazing, and I hope that you find MapIt Global to be useful to your own projects.
The developers who made it possible were Mark Longair, Matthew Somerville and designer Jedidiah Broadbent. And, of course, we're also only able to do this because the Omidyar Network is supporting our efforts to help people around the world.
From Britain to the World
For the last few years we've been running a British version of the MapIt service to allow people running other websites and apps to work out what council or constituency covers a particular point – it's been very well used. We've given this a lick of paint and it is being relaunched today, too.
MapIt Global is also the first of The Components, a series of interoperable data stores that mySociety will be building with friends across the globe. Ultimately our goal is to radically reduce the effort required to launch democracy, transparency and government-facing sites and apps everywhere.
If you'd like to install and run the open source software that powers MapIt on your own servers, that's cool too – you can find it on Github.
About the Data
The data that we are using is from the OpenStreetMap project, and has been collected by thousands of different people. It is licensed for free use under their open license. Coverage varies substantially, but for a great many countries the coverage is fantastic.
The brilliant thing about using OpenStreetMap data is that if you find that the boundary you need isn't included, you can upload or draw it direct into Open Street Map, and it will subsequently be pulled into MapIt Global. We are planning to update our database about four times a year, but if you need boundaries adding faster, please talk to us.
If you're interested in the technical aspects of how we built MapIt Global, see this blog post from Mark Longair.
Commercial Licenses and Local Copies
MapIt Global and UK are both based on open source software, which is available for free download. However, we charge a license fee for commercial usage of the API, and can also set up custom installs on virtual servers that you can own. Please drop us a line for any questions relating to commercial use.
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There are 24 Trophies that can be earned in this title.
|Crossover Conquest
|Earn this trophy by unlocking all other Cross Edge™ trophies.
|The Entitled
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|The Bully
|Defeat 100 enemy units.
|The Newbie
|Survive 35 battles.
|The Badass
|Exceed 10,000 points of total damage.
|The Juggler
|Exceed a 50-hit combo.
|The Skywalker
|Reach 300 AGI.
|The Meat Shield
|Reach 300 VIT.
|The Juicer
|Reach 300 STR.
|The Know-It-All
|Reach 300 INT.
|The Gambler
|Reach 300 LCK.
|The Stalker
|Unlock all character profiles.
|The Patron
|Unlock all gallery art.
|The God of Death
|Defeat 3,000 enemy units.
|The Gun Runner
|Collect every type of weapon.
Secret Trophies
|The Highlander
|Survive 900 battles
|The World Champ
|Exceed 1,000,000 points of total damage
|The Aggressor
|Exceed a 400-hit combo
|The Battle Ready
|Collect every type of armor
|The Fashionista
|Collect every type of accessory
|The Packrat
|Collect every type of item
|The Grave Robber
|Find 150 hidden items using Search
|The Dood
|Earn the true ending
|The Hikikomori
|Spend far too much time unlocking dozens of titles
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Has anyone who has had twins had problems with lack of blood vessels in the umbilical cord?
I am 24 weeks pregnant with twin boys. I had a miscarriage before and am concerned about this pregnancy. Recently my doctor's nurse called me and told me that one of my boy's umbilical cord has only two blood vessels instead of three. I did some research online but I am not sure the information is accurate. Does anyone out there know anything about the risks of a lack of blood vessesl?
Posted: 04/21/2008 by a BabyCenter Member
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This is not exactly the same situation because my baby did have both arteries working at 24 weeks however I just found out that my child who was born still had only one artery and one vein working at the end of my pregnancy. The doctor said the artery may have had a clot shut it down and the remaining artery got compressed at 39 weeks. She did tell me the second artery is more of a back up but please get all the monitoring you can. Also be careful for compression signs such as lack of kicks not movement. I had movement of the body even after they said she was gone. I asked what this is and they told me it was my intestines moving her. I wish someone would had told me that happens because i thought any movement was good. SO COUNT YOUR KICKS, They will probably take your babies early just to be safe because the bigger they get the less room and easier compression. My baby was 7lb4oz22in. She will always be my little angel. Best wishes for you.posted 07/26/2008 by a BabyCenter Member
Hello - I recently found out that my daughter (I am also 24 weeks pregnant) has the same condition (only 2 vessels instead of 3). Having one less blood vessel in the umbilical cord can cause an underdeveloped heart and / or kidneys. In addition, it can cause the baby to be smaller in size. My doctor recommends that I have an echo sonogram (to look closely at the heart) and an ultrasound in 4 weeks. Then, a sonogram every 2-4 weeks to look at the baby's growth. In rare / extreme cases, this lack of an extra blood vessel can cause a stillborn baby. So, once I hit 34 weeks, I will go to the DR twice / week to monitor the baby's growth and movements. Good luck and maybe your Dr. will follow the same course of treatment that mine has prescribed!posted 05/21/2008 by MayMay29
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Users (of Zimbra Collaboration Suite 6.0) have problems for receive mails with attachments upper to 8Mb!
I followed steps of others thread:
Configuring maxmessagesize - Zimbra :: Wiki
and the current parameters of the server are:
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While the increase in basic tax exemption, hike in the deduction limit under Section 80C and the increase in interest deduction limit on home loans could lead to substantial tax savings, there are various other proposals in Budget 2014-15 that would impact individual taxpayers and retail investors. A look at the fine print.
Section 54: Capital gains exemption for investment in a residential house
From now, you cannot sell one house and invest the money in two smaller houses to claim long-term capital gains tax exemption. The explanatory memorandum to the Finance Bill states that the benefit of long-term capital gains tax exemption can be availed only for re-investment in one residential house, and that too has to be purchased in the country. Under Section 54 of the Income Tax Act, 1961, a taxpayer can get long-term capital gains tax exemption after selling his house property, which is held for more than three years, and purchase another residential house or construct a house within three years of the sale.
Section 54 EC: Capital gains tax saving bonds
The I-T Act provides a deduction from long-term capital gains if the amount of gains from selling capital assets is invested in certain bonds issued by the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) and the Rural Electrification Corporation (REC) within six months from the day of the sale. Investment in such bonds cannot be more than R50 lakh in a financial year. Analysts say there was a lot of confusion on the amount of tax deduction on reinvestment in capital gains tax saving bonds in cases where the asset was sold in the second half of a financial year. As a result, some taxpayers claimed a deduction of R1 crore by splitting the investment in two financial years. However, the latest Budget has clarified that such splitting will not be permitted and the total deduction in a financial year cannot exceed R50 lakh.
Long-term capital gains on debt mutual fund
The finance minister has proposed to double the rate of long-term capital gains tax on debt mutual fund to 20% from 10% and also the period of long-term definition from 12 months to 36. The increase in the tenure of the lock-in period will affect those investors who put money in liquid-mutual fund for certain goal-specific investment. The proposed move will bring debt MFs almost at par with bank deposits as the tax arbitrage was being


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Things to see and do - Perth
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1 Queen's View
Nature and gardens
GB - Pitlochry PH16 5BX
Queen's View is a viewpoint up above Loch Tummel. There is a magnificent panorama over the loch and the cone-shaped peak of Schiehallion (1,083m). Queen Victoria visited this place in 1866, hence the name.
2 Loch Tay
Nature and gardens
GB - Kenmore
Dominated by the majestic Ben Lawers, this lovely freshwater loch runs for 22.5km between Killin and Kenmore and never exceeds 1.5km in width. It is fed by the River Dochart and River Lochay, and in turn forms the River Tay flowing out at its east en..
3 Ben Lawers National Nature Reserve
Nature and gardens
GB - Kenmore FK21 8TY
At an altitude of 518m, the visitor centre has excellent audio-visual information on the mountain, its formation and rare species of alpine flora. Access to the mountain's paths is restricted to protect the environment, but there is a nature trail (1..
4 Scone Palace
Architecture, castles and historic districts
A93 GB - Perth PH2 6BD
The estate of Scone Palace encompasses Moot Hill, one of Scotland's most hallowed historical sites since Pict times. Kenneth MacAlpine made it the centre of his new Picto-Scottish kingdom in the middle of the 9C and a counterpart of the ecclesiastica..
5 Meigle Museum
Museums and art
rd. Dundee GB - Meigle PH12 8SB
The old village school houses an exceptional collection of Picts steles sculpted from red sandstone (7-10C) that were discovered in the region. Cross-shaped flagstones, tombs and various fragments display the life and art of the Picts. Even if not ev..
6 Black Watch Castle and Museum
Museums and art
st. Hay GB - Perth PH1 5HR
Balhousie castle houses the museum tracing the history of the Regiment founded in the 18C and displays a collection of silver, medals and Colours. The companies were called the The Black Watch because of the 'Watch' they kept on the Highlands and the..
7 Elcho Castle
Architecture, castles and historic districts
A90 GB - Kinfauns PH2 8QQ
Overlooking the Tay, the family residence of the counts of Wemyss is said to have occupied the site of an old fortress. Built in the late 16C, the main building has towers that are habitable. Above the walls there is an interesting composition mixing..
8 Perth's Georgian streets
Architecture, castles and historic districts
Charlotte Street GB - Perth PH1
On completion of the elegant Perth Bridge in 1772, the town broke out of its medieval boundaries. Entire streets were built in the new Georgian style, such as Barossa Place with its grand residential buildings, and Rose Terrace, dominated by the Old ..
9 Museum and Art Gallery
Museums and art
78 st. George GB - Perth PH1 5LB
With its distinctive dome and portico, the museum has interesting displays of the local glass, silver and clock-making industries in addition to the natural history section. In the art gallery hang works by Scottish artists (H. McCullough, Glasgow Sc..
10 The Cross
Architecture, castles and historic districts
The Cross GB - Dunkeld PH8 0AN
Situated in this square is the National Trust for Scotland Ell Shop which takes its name from the weaver's yardstick of ell, attached to one of the walls.
11 Huntingtower Castle
Architecture, castles and historic districts
Castle Brae GB - Perth PH1 3JL
Initially known as the Castle of Ruthven, this was where the family of the same name would meet to hunt. In 1582, the Raid of Ruthven, an episode in the struggle between certain noblemen and royalty. The castle was confiscated in the 17C and handed t..
12 Branklyn Garden
Nature and gardens
116 rd. Dundee GB - Perth PH2 7BB
Branklyn Garden is a delightful little garden. It was laid out in 1922 on sloping ground on the bank of the River Tay, and contains an amazing variety of plants with a profusion of scent and colour.
13 Drummond Castle Gardens
Nature and gardens
Muthill GB - Crieff PH7 4HZ
South-west of Crieff, these terraced gardens stretch out from the foot of a tower set high on a rocky eminence. These formal gardens are in the form of St Andrew's Cross, the emblem of Scotland. Visitors can stroll around the lawns, gravel areas, box..
14 Water Mill
Architecture, castles and historic districts
st. Mill GB - Aberfeldy PH15 2BG
The waters of the River Birks run through a 500-m tunnel to reach the wheel of this restored, early-19C water mill, situated in the centre of the town. Inside, the operative milling machinery rumbles and creaks and there is an exhibition showing the ..
15 General Wade's Bridge
Architecture, castles and historic districts
General Wade's Bridge GB - Aberfeldy PH15
This elegant five-arched bridge, decorated with obelisks, was built by General Wade, supposedly to plans by William Adam. The famous general wanted to extend the military road north of Crieff to Dalwhinnie.
16 Black Watch Monument
Archaeological and historical sites
st. Bank GB - Aberfeldy PH15 2BB
The statue of a soldier in a kilt, wearing the uniform of the day, commemorates the founding of the Black Watch Regiment in 1739, when six independent companies were merged. The monument is erected on the site of the first parade.
17 Keathbank Mill
Museums and art
A926 GB - Blairgowrie
This flax and jute mill has the largest water wheel in Scotland. It is no longer open to visitors.
18 Crieff Visitor Centre
Industrial tourism and theme park
rd. Muthill GB - Crieff PH7 4HQ
You can visit two craft workshops and watch pots being made, with hand-painted thistles, heather and Canterbury bells (Buchan's Thistle Pottery) and also see how millefiori glass is made (Perthshire paperweights).
19 Stuart Crystal
Industrial tourism and theme park
rd. Muthill GB - Crieff PH7 4HQ
A visit to the crystal factory will give you an insight into the various stages in the production of handmade crystal glassware.
20 Glenturret Distillery
Industrial tourism and theme park
The Hosh GB - Crieff PH7 4HA
Situated on the banks of the River Turret since 1775, Scotland's oldest distillery still uses traditional methods to produce its famous brew.


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Happy new year, and welcome to the beginning of another twelve months of movies, big and small. Sure, you're still trying to catch up with the late 2010 releases, some of which only opened last week and won't expand to your area for a while. But it is time to start thinking of the 2011 titles, mark your new Betty White wall calendar with what's coming out when, and share your list of most anticipated movies with friends, family and, most importantly, the comments section of this post.
What's in store this year? Well, the most successful franchise of all time comes to an end on July 15, when 'Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2' hits the multiplexes. Meanwhile, other big franchises continue (most in 3-D) with 'Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides,' 'Transformers: Dark of the Moon' and 'The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1.' And man, there a lot of comic book movies coming out this summer, including 'The Green Lantern,' 'Thor', 'X-Men: First Class' and 'Captain America:The First Avenger.'
2011 is full of sequels, including 'Cars 2,' 'Sherlock Holmes 2,' 'The Hangover 2,' 'Kung-Fu Panda 2' and 'Piranha 3DD.' We also get returns from the Muppets, the Chipmunks, the Planet of the Apes, 'Scream,' 'Mission: Impossible,' Harold and Kumar, the 'Spy Kids,' and 'Winnie the Pooh,' as well as remakes of 'Footloose,' 'Mr. Popper's Penguins,' 'Arthur,' 'Fright Night' and 'Straw Dogs.' Maybe the 'Red Dawn' redo will finally come out, too.
Maybe you're most excited for a new franchise to begin (most in 3-D), whether it be Steven Spielberg's 'The Adventures of Tintin: Secret of the Unicorn,' David Fincher's adapation of 'The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo' or 'Smurfs.' Spielberg is also expected to have a new period-set adventure drama by year's end, with 'War Horse.' Martin Scorsese goes 3-D for the kids with 'Hugo Cabret', while Terrence Malick finally brings us his long-anticipated epic, 'The Tree of Life.'
New movies arrive from Kevin Smith ('Red State'), Zack Snyder ('Sucker Punch'), Steven Soderbergh ('Contagion'), Andrew Niccol ('Now') and J.J. Abrams, whose 'Super 8' is just one of seemingly a thousand movies featuring aliens this year -- the hottest being 'Cowboys and Aliens,' 'Paul' and 'Battle: Los Angeles.'
But you might want to take things slow and first get through your January picks. Anyone else looking forward to 'Season of the Witch' this Friday? How about 'The Green Hornet' next week? Tell us your most anticipated 2011 movie(s) in the comments section below.
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this scope has some interesting things about it.
in the pictures you will see compression eyepiece holder.
squared off mount.
the solar projection screen mounts where the finder goes.
the RA rotates with a knob from under the mount.
the porro screws to the focuser tube.
notice the slo motion controls.
one is flex and the other is a rigid rod.
and the counter weight is counter bored to slide down over end of shaft.
thei scope is in very good condition.
box is solid with some light scratches.
it came with 3 eyepieces and a barlow, and sun n moon filter.
here are some pictures.
any comments on age or carson in this era would be welcome.
no paper work came with but there are japan stickers
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Brawling during a football game is not uncommon. But when the ladies of Lingerie Football League go at it, check it makes news. This time the Atlanta Steam and Jacksonville Breeze were competing in an Eastern Conference play-off match, when a Jacksonville player insulted an Atlanta player during the post-match handshake. (How often have we reported on incidents during this outdated sports ritual?) Next thing you know, everyone including coaches and officials got involved the melee. At one point, a Jacksonville player even appears to strike an Atlanta player with their helmet.
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I noticed the extra boarding door on the 767 that's on the left that the 767 on the right doesn't have just forward of the wing. Why? They are the same model.
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By Steve Elliott ~alapoet~ in Legislation, Medical, News
Thursday, October 25, 2012 at 2:00 pm
|Hal Yeager/The Birmingham News
|CLUELESS! Rep. Jim McClendon, chairman of the Alabama House Health Committee, called constituent emails "harassment"
Health Committee Chairman Unwilling To Read Citizen Emails
Ah, representative democracy. When citizens have concerns, they contact their elected representatives, right? Right?? One Alabama legislator apparently could use a basic civics lesson; it seems Republican Rep. Jim McClendon has forgotten for whom he works. On Thursday morning, he sent an email message to constituents, colleagues and newspapers statewide accusing medical marijuana lobbyists of "harassment."
McClendon, chairman of the Alabama House Committee on Health, apparently felt quite put upon by the emails sent by members and supporters of the Alabama Medical Marijuana Coalition, a group fighting for safe access for medicinal cannabis patients in the Heart of Dixie.
"The inundation of emails to members of the Health Committee is no more than harassment and does not advance your cause," McClendon huffily (and cluelessly) emailed at 11:36 Central Time on Thursday. The email, in addition to AMMJC member Aaron Carswell and AMMJC co-president Ron Crumpton, also went out to the members of the press and McClendon's colleagues in the Alabama House.
|Ron Crumpton 2014/Facebook
|Ron Crumpton, Alabama Medical Marijuana Coalition: "This is not the kind of person that should be representing the people"
"What am I supposed to do, Mr. Chairman?" Crumpton answered. "I have been trying to get you to respond to me since the end of the session. During the session, I treated you like a man and it got our bill absolutely nowhere.
"I represent over 10,000 Alabamians who want to see this bill passed," Crumpton emailed. "Even with that kind of support we were not able to get a hearing last year.
"However, for you to say that emails to members of the Health Committee are harassment, Mr. Chairman, it is their job and your job to listen to the people," Crumpton wrote.
"This is not the kind of person that should be representing the people," Crumpton told Toke of the Town in an exclusive interview Thursday afternoon. "I think it is safe to say that I will be running for the District 50 House seat in 2014."
According to Crumpton, his campaign for the Legislature will focus on patients' rights, LGBT rights, Alabama Constitution reform, prison reform and other crucial political issues.
If you'd like to "harass," I mean remind Rep. McClendon that he does, in fact, work for the people, and it is, in fact, his job to listen to their concerns, you can school him, I mean email him, at email@example.com.
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AP EXCLUSIVE: US says too much fluoride in water
ATLANTA Fluoride in drinking water - credited with dramatically cutting cavities and tooth decay - may now be too much of a good thing. Getting too much of it causes spots on some kids' teeth.
A reported increase in the spotting problem is one reason the federal government said Friday it plans to lower the recommended levels for fluoride in water supplies - the first such change in nearly 50 years.
About 2 out of 5 adolescents have tooth streaking or spottiness because of too much fluoride, a surprising government study found recently. In some extreme cases, teeth can even be pitted by the mineral - though many cases are so mild only dentists notice it. The problem is generally considered cosmetic.
Health officials note that most communities have fluoride in their water supplies, and toothpaste has it too. Some kids are even given fluoride supplements.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is proposing changing the recommended fluoride level to 0.7 milligrams per liter of water. And the Environmental Protection Agency will review whether the maximum cutoff of 4 milligrams per liter is too high.
The standard since 1962 has been a range of 0.7 to 1.2 milligrams per liter.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that the splotchy tooth condition, fluorosis, is unexpectedly common in kids ages 12 through 15. And it appears to have grown much more common since the 1980s.
"One of the things that we're most concerned about is exactly that," said an administration official who was not authorized to speak publicly before the release of the report. The official described the government's plans in an interview with The Associated Press.
But there are other concerns, too. A scientific report five years ago said that people who consume a lifetime of too much fluoride - an amount over EPA's limit of 4 milligrams - can lead to crippling bone abnormalities and brittleness.
That and other research issued Friday by the EPA about health effects of fluoride are sure to re-energize groups that still oppose adding it to water supplies.
The American Dental Association released a statement applauding the government announcement to change fluoride guidance.
Fluoride is a mineral that exists naturally in water and soil. About 70 years ago, scientists discovered that people whose supplies naturally had more fluoride also had fewer cavities. Some locales have naturally occurring fluoridation levels above 1.2. Today, most public drinking water is fluoridated, especially in larger cities. An estimated 64 percent of Americans drink fluoridated water.
Portland, Ore., is one of the largest cities that doesn't fluoridate its water.
Bill Zepp of the Oregon Dental Association said the city's anti-fluoridation activists will embrace the recommended fluoride changes "as some type of win."
Maryland is the most fluoridated state, with nearly every resident on a fluoridated system. In contrast, only about 11 percent of Hawaii residents are on fluoridated water, according to government statistics.
Fluoridation has been fought for decades by people who worried about its effects, including conspiracy theorists who feared it was a plot to make people submissive to government power.
Those battles continue.
"It's amazing that people have been so convinced that this is an OK thing to do," said Deborah Catrow said Friday. She successfully fought a ballot proposal in 2005 that would have added fluoride to drinking water in Springfield, Ohio.
Reducing fluoride would be a good start, but she hopes it will be eliminated altogether from municipal water supplies.
Catrow said it was hard standing up to City Hall, the American Dental Association and the state health department. "Anybody who was anti-fluoride was considered crazy at the time," she said.


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May 26, 2016
A Louisville woman hit it big Saturday, at the Silver Star Casino.
She asked the casino to keep her identity anonymous. But officials said the winner was at the Choctaw Indian property for a slot tournament.
She won over $282,000 playing quarters on the Wheel of Fortune mega-jackpot.
Before now, she said she didn't believe people really won.
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Marianne Brandt (artist)
German, 1893 - 1983
Untitled, 1930
photomontage on paper
Overall: 65 x 50.1 cm (25 9/16 x 19 3/4 in.) framed: 89.2 x 74 x 4.1 cm (35 1/8 x 29 1/8 x 1 5/8 in.)
Gift of Pepita Milmore Memorial Fund, R. K. Mellon Family Foundation, and Thomas Walther
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Born Marianne Liebe in Chemnitz, Germany, Marianne Brandt studied painting and sculpture in nearby Weimar before entering the Bauhaus in 1923. There she studied with Joseph Albers, Wassily Kandinsky, and Paul Klee, but she was most strongly influenced by László Moholy-Nagy. She subsequently became an assistant professor at the Bauhaus, teaching in the metal workshop. But under Moholy-Nagy's tutelage, she also began to take photographs and make photomontages. She exhibited her photographs throughout the 1920s, most notably at the Film und Foto exhibition in 1929.
Brandt's photomontages are larger and more elaborate than those of Moholy-Nagy. As in this work, she often included clippings from newspapers and film magazines as a means of commenting on current social and political events. Here, a reproduction of a famous photograph of Marlene Dietrich waving goodbye to Germany as she set sail on the Bremen for American helps date the work to 1930. (Although Dietrich left Germany to further her career, she recognized the growing Nazi threat and refused all offers to work under the Nazi regime.) That reproduction along with the ominous imagery of planes flying into New York skyscrapers, an industrialist in chains, and smoke spewing from both a cigarette and a motorcycle make this work a powerful statement on the rising economic and political tensions of the time.
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Floriculture: Christmas Floral Arrangements Create and complete six different holiday designs ranging from door decorations to centerpieces. You need not be trained in floral design. Bring a bag lunch. Enrollment limit: 13. CEUs awarded. $167+ includes $107 fee. Note: Available to both certificate and non-certificate students. Please bring a sharp pocket knife, scissors, pruning shears, a bag lunch, and a box to take home arrangements.
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I create a child theme with the following code in my style.css file and placed it in my child theme. I go to dashboard, themes to activate , but it was not there.
Theme Name: Twentyeleven Child
Theme URI: http://abbigood.com/Twenty eleven
Description: Child theme for the Twenty Eleven theme
Author: Abbi Good
Author URI: http://abbigood.com/about/
Template: twentyeleven
Version: 1.0
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Jump into your submarine to explore underwater caverns and recover treasure off the seafloor, as GO Series: Captain Sub is now available on Nintendo DSiWare.
The classic beat'em up game, Brawl Brothers, is back and for the first time can be played on Wii via Virtual Console. Pull out all the moves, as you'll need them when uncovering the mysteries around the human cloning experiment.
Nintendo DSiWare– GO Series: Captain Sub (Gamebridge, 200 Nintendo DSi Points)
GO Series presents Captain Sub from Tom Create. Search the depths of the sea for lost treasure in this charming underwater adventure. Enjoy dashing in and out of underwater caverns and caves in a mini submarine, whilst fighting off sea creatures with torpedoes. Recover treasure off the sea bed with a mechanical arm and return it to your ship before going head to head with the giant underwater monsters.
Virtual Console - Brawl Brothers (JALECO, Super Nintendo, 800 Wii Points)
A classic two player scrolling beat'em up has arrived on Virtual Console.
People are going missing in Bayside City and the rumours say that those responsible are conducting a shady human cloning experiment. For Rick (a.k.a. Hack) and Doug (a.k.a. Slash) this situation became personal after three friends from their martial arts gym got abducted. The duo set off to the enemy's secret Air Fortress to sort this out.
These guys know all the moves, from martial arts to pro wrestling throws - and they don't hesitate to use them. They're not afraid of using knives, bats and other things they find to get the job done. And if that wasn't enough, when they get hurt they get especially angry - and you certainly don't want to mess with them then, as they'll ignore damage and hit even harder. They are ready for the action. The question is, are you?
WiiWare Demo*– Soccer BashiTM (Icon Games Entertainment)
As the Wii Shop Channel and Nintendo DSi Shop are continually updated with exciting and refreshing games and applications, make sure you keep checking the Nintendo Channel, Wii Shop Channel and Nintendo DSi Shop for all the latest news and releases on already available and upcoming Virtual Console, WiiWare and Nintendo DSiWare titles.
Be sure to also check out Nintendo of Europe's WiiWare portal, which functions as the main hub for the latest WiiWare news and game sites, while at the same time providing the perfect entry point for newcomers to the service. Weekly and all-time Top 10 lists show which WiiWare titles the UK Club Nintendo members are currently downloading most, and which are the most popular of all time.
The portal also provides step-by-step tutorials explaining how to connect the Wii console to the Internet and how to download WiiWare games, as well as a video showing how to use Nintendo Points. Visit wiiware.co.uk for all the details. Downloaded games can be saved to Wii's internal memory or SD card and added to the console's Wii Menu or SD Card Menu for anytime easy access.
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A state senator is working on legislation that would put restrictions on violent video games sold in Michigan.
Senator Hansen Clarke of Detroit says he wants to stop children from being able to rent video games such as "Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas." The game features characters that kill police officers and solicit prostitutes.
Clarke says he wants to regulate the video gaming industry by setting a minimum age for buying or renting adult-rated video games.
He also wants to set up criminal penalties for retailers who knowingly sell violent games to underage children.
The Democratic senator says he intends to introduce his bills when the new legislative session begins in January.
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Travel to the Red Rocks of Sedona. Visit Montezuma Castle and Jerome. Prices range from $49.00 to $98.00.
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This summer, you are invited to spend a little more time at the Hilton Sedona Resort at Bell Rock and explore the range of outdoor adventures at your doorstep!
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July 23, 2013
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Upscale accommodations abound throughout Arizona
It's been said that within the borders of Arizona, a traveler can experience all the other 49 states.
Interested in discovering out-of-the-way luxury? Then take the route less traveled to these lesser-known, upscale destinations.
Welcome Water
Too many visitors think Arizona is nothing but an arid desert. But the state is studded with beautiful mountain and canyon lakes and rivers including the Mighty Colorado. These are some of our favorite places to get wet.
Houseboating on Lake Powell offers a unique getaway unlike any other. For hundreds of thousands of years, the Colorado River roared through the Glen Canyon, carving gold and orange hued cliff walls; the damning of the river created a vivid blue lake that attracts water lovers of all ages. Located on the border of Utah, Lake Powell offers the ultimate houseboat vacation for water recreation enthusiasts. The most luxurious accommodations feature such fine interior amenities as fireplaces and hot tubs, crisp linens and personal chef service. Water toys such as water skis, wakeboards and kayaks are at your disposal, Best of all, no experience is necessary to operate these floating vacation homes. The marina offers luxury services such as private tours and guided fishing tours. Complete pilot services allow visitors to focus a favorite stretch of sand while someone else does the work. For more information on houseboat rentals and the amenities on Lake Powell visit http://www.lakepowell.com/ or www.lakepowellhouseboating.com.
Crystal blue waters under sunny skies invite visitors to splash at Lake Havasu, located close to the California border. Home to the world famous London Bridge, Lake Havasu is a paradise for water lovers and desert lovers alike, offering activities like camping, boating, hiking, swimming, off-roading and fishing. For overnight accommodations, the Heat Hotel (www.heathotel.com) is a favorite for those who prefer a hip, trendy haven. Located directly on the waterfront with unparalleled views and direct access to the Bridgewater Channel and London Bridge, guests can lounge on their private balcony and enjoy a panoramic view of the activities along the water. Additional information on accommodations in Lake Havasu is available at http://www.golakehavasu.com/.
The White Mountains, located on the northeastern border of the state, is a cool, wooded paradise of mountain lakes, trickling creeks and meandering streams. The charming and historic town of Greer boasts the award-winning Hidden Meadow Ranch (www.hiddenmeadow.com), featuring 12 beautifully handcrafted log guest cabins. Year-round activities at the ranch include horse-drawn sleigh rides, snowshoeing, sledding and ice fishing in the winter months and horseback riding, fly fishing, hiking, archery, canoeing and roping in the summertime. Guests of Hidden Meadow Ranch enjoy three meals per day as part of their accommodations, making for a wonderful, all-inclusive luxury experience. For additional information on lodging in Greer, please visit http://www.greerarizona.com/.
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Many of Arizona's most iconic and relaxing getaways feature a backdrop of ruggedly beautiful terrain. Sought-after destinations like Sedona, the Grand Canyon, Wickenburg and Bisbee offer scenic vistas found only in Arizona.
Imagine overlooking the depths of a majestic deep canyon, while sipping a sunset cocktail. That is the unique experience that awaits at El Tovar, an elegant hotel that perched at the edge of the majestic Grand Canyon. Built in 1905 and part of the Grand Canyon Lodges, this national historic landmark has hosted such guests as Theodore Roosevelt and Albert Einstein. Guests enjoy the luxury of staying on the Canyon rim with incredible views, hiking trails and park tours. Like many other exclusive getaways, the Grand Canyon Lodges require advance reservations. For more information on El Tovar and other in-park lodges, visit http://www.grandcanyonlodges.com/.
The massive, mesmerizing red rock formations of Sedona are known throughout the world. Located in Arizona's high desert at the base of the towering Colorado Plateau, Sedona offers travelers a variety of world-class vacation options. Adobe Grand Villas (www.adobegrandvillas.com) offer large theme-decorated villas for VIP getaways. Amenities include a three-course breakfast daily along with afternoon hors d'oeuvres, jetted tubs and fireplaces in every villa and fresh baked bread made in your villa upon arrival.
For those looking to stay closer to shopping, galleries and nightlife, El Portal (www.elportalsedona.com) is ideally located in the heart of Old Sedona. Built on the site of a historic apple orchard and homestead , the hotel is located just steps from Oak Creek and Tlaquepaque shopping areas, with more than 50 shops and restaurants right next door. For more information about luxury getaways in Sedona visit http://visitsedona.com/.
The Eagles immortalized the lyric "Standing on a corner in Winslow, Arizona." Located on Route 66 is one of the most well-known and historic hotels in the state. Designed by architect Mary Jane Colter and built in 1929 for the Santa Fe Railroad, La Posada remains a singular cultural experience as the last great railroad hotel. Rated as one of the best places in the world to stay by Condé Nast Traveler, La Posada boasts gardens featuring sustainable desert vegetation, and a restaurant considered the finest in the four corners area, the Turquoise Room. More information is at www.laposada.org.
Distinctive Ranches
There's no better way to get a true western experience than staying at one of Arizona's many ranches. These open range vacation destinations can be whatever you want them to be – whether its solitude, adventure, romance or relaxation.
Many urban dwellers harbor fantasies of being a cowboy or cowgirl. Rancho de los Caballeros (www.ranchodeloscaballeros.com), a resort located just outside of Wickenburg, encourages its guests to saddle up during their stay. Offering all-inclusive meals and full resort amenities with the charm of yesteryear, guests can ride the rugged trails, tee off on the award-winning golf course, indulge in spa treatments or take a moonlit nature walk. Many well-known personalities have relished the western lifestyle and serenity of Wickenburg. To learn more about dude ranch vacations, visit Arizona Dude Ranch Association at http://www.azdra.com/.
One of the oldest "ranches" in southern Arizona is Hacienda del Sol Guest Ranch, built in 1929 as an all-girls school on 34 acres in the scenic Santa Catalina Mountains. The prestigious school's roster reveals some of the country's most elite families: Vanderbilt, Pillsbury, Maxwell, Westinghouse and Campbell. In 1948, Hacienda Del Sol was converted into a guest ranch that immediately attracted the Silver Screen's most notable stars including John Wayne and Clark Gable. Legend has it that Hacienda's Casita Grande was the favorite hideaway of Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn. Today the ranch offers private casitas, guest rooms and suites, and an acclaimed dining experience at its on-site restaurant. More information is at www.haciendadelsol.com.
Known as the "Sky Island" region of southern Arizona, the eco-friendly Sunglow Ranch (www.sunglowranch.com) sits on 400 acres with mountain views, a beautiful pond and plentiful wildlife. The inn provides a serene base from which to explore the nearby burgs of Bisbee and Tombstone, and the ghost towns of southern Arizona. Nestled against the Coronado National Forest and just a few miles from the entrance to the Chiricahua National Monument, Sunglow offers convenient access for a day hike to the famous "heart of rocks." Thanks to a rich schedule of workshops and retreats such as photography, cooking, yoga, and gourmet dining those who wish can enjoy a full vacation without ever leaving the Ranch. More information about southern Arizona luxury getaways is available at www.explorecochise.com.
Also in southern Arizona, is the historic Tubac Golf Resort (www.tubacgolfresort.com) located on the 500-acre Otero Ranch which dates back to 1789. Aside from a championship golf course and on-site spa, guests can dine within the walls of the 200-year old barn enjoying the scenic beauty of the Tumacacori and Santa Rita mountains. Guests venturing into town can tour nearby wineries, stroll through Tubac's artist colony, attend a culinary class or even go stargazing from a 9,000 foot observatory. To learn more about historic Tubac and the accommodations available, please visit http://www.tubacaz.com/.
For information on planning your upscale, out-of-the-way visit to Arizona, visit www.arizonaguide.com.


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The Cape Henlopen girls' tennis team moved to 5-2 on the season with a 3-2 win over Indian River April 19 at Cape.
Cape first singles player Britney Harris defeated Seung Son 6-1, 1-6, 7-6, (7-3). The Vikings' first doubles team of Tyler Bailey and Isabel Carulli defeated Norma Brasure and Ashlyn Calhoun 6-2, 6-4 while the second doubles team of Tykia Duffy and Cassidy Kellagher downed Leanne Murray and Kaya White 6-4, 6-2.


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Catholic Athletes for Christ (www.catholicathletesforchrist.com/)
\"At the end of the day, basketball is just a game. I always need to remember that my faith is more important than anything I will ever do on a basketball court. When I find myself devoting more time, thought, and energy to my sport that I devote to cultivating my relationship with God, I need to take a step back and get my priorities straightened out.\"
Christina Wirth has found basketball to be a source of spiritual growth as well as a platform to share the faith.
Catholic Athletes for Christ (www.catholicathletesforchrist.com/)
2/19/2012 (4 years ago)
Published in Sports
Keywords: athletics, sports, Christian witness, Catholic Athletes for Christ, Christina Wirth, James Penrice
GRAND RAPIDS, MI--Christina Wirth lives the dream of every girl who loves basketball. She has been the Most Valuable Player of an NCAA major conference tournament, a WNBA second-round draft pick, and a leading scorer for a first-place European team.
But Christina loves something much greater than basketball, and the sport has given her a platform to share that love with others. "At the end of the day, basketball is just a game," she told Catholic Online. "I always need to remember that my faith is more important than anything I will ever do on a basketball court. When I find myself devoting more time, thought, and energy to my sport that I devote to cultivating my relationship with God, I need to take a step back and get my priorities straightened out."
As a member of Catholic Athletes for Christ, Christina helps others recognize these priorities as well.
Christina's basketball resume is impressive. After four years at Vanderbilt University--where she averaged almost twelve points a game--she was selected in the second round of the 2009 WNBA draft by the Indiana Fever, where she played in the WNBA Finals. From there Christina seized the opportunity to play in Europe; she is currently with Alges in Portugal's Liga Feminina, where she is a leading scorer.
Throughout her career, Christina's Catholic faith has grown in tandem with her basketball skills. "Playing basketball has been a tremendous tool for growth in my faith life," she said. "There have been many times in my career in which I just didn't feel like working out or putting in that extra effort, but in order to be successful in sports, you often have to do things that don't feel good at the moment, but you know that those things will be worth it in the long run."
Christina has connected that lesson to her faith. "There are times when my prayer life seems dry or when I'm struggling against temptation," she said. "The easy thing then is to give in to that temptation or to just neglect setting aside time for prayer, but I have learned that it is pleasing to God when I struggle against my flesh and do what is right even when it isn't easy. God will always grant us sufficient grace to live for Him is we only ask for it."
Catholic faith and sports have been integral to Christina's life literally from the beginning. Her father, Alan Wirth, was a pitcher for the Oakland Athletics and San Francisco Giants. He and his wife Diane (a former Jehovah's Witness who converted to Catholicism) made sacrifices to send their six children to Catholic schools. "For as long as I can remember, my family attended Sunday Mass together," said Christina. "I look back now and I am very thankful for that strong, Catholic foundation."
That foundation served her well when she enrolled at Vanderbilt University. "College was the first time in my life where I wasn't surrounded primarily by Catholics," she said. "I had great friends from all kinds of different Protestant denominations, and we would often get into discussions about various faith-related topics. I was challenged by many of my Protestant friends to defend Catholic teaching on things such as the Eucharist, Mary's perpetual virginity, and Purgatory."
Christina did not always know how to answer those questions, and it motivated her to learn more about Catholicism. "I remember thinking I need to know why I believe what I believe," she recalled. "I was not content with simply remaining Catholic because that's how I was raised."
Like an athlete not backing away from a challenge, Christina searched for answers and grew stronger in her faith. "I absolutely fell in love with the Mass and the Eucharist," she said. "I found rich and compelling answers to all of my questions."
One of those college teammates who challenged Christina to defend Catholicism was Jennifer Risper, a non-denominational Protestant. "As I began to learn more about my faith I would start discussions with her about things that she had asked me about," said Christina. "These discussions lasted for almost a year, after which Jennifer converted to Catholicism." Jennifer is her best friend, and they are teammates once again in Portugal--this time in faith as well as in basketball.
Christina has discovered two role models who continue to influence her: Blessed Mother Teresa and Blessed John Paul II. "Mother Teresa's love for the poor and her servant's heart inspire me to find ordinary ways in my daily life to show great love for those around me," she said. "Blessed John Paul II was a courageous leader. I was blessed to be able to attend his beatification in Rome last May, and ever since then, I have been drawn to learning more about his life."
What she has learned has made a great impact. "From World Youth Day to the Theology of the Body to the New Evangelization, Blessed John Paul II had such a great gift for spreading the truth of Jesus Christ to a world that is in desperate need of hope," said Christina. "I feel personally challenged by their lives to use every opportunity I have to serve, to love, and to spread truth and hope to those I meet."
Christina acknowledges the pitfalls to spiritual growth that are in the athletic world, and realizes she must deal with them. "As an athlete, coaches are always telling you to 'take pride in what you do,'" she said. "While there is a certain kind of pride that can be good and even healthy, there is a fine line between that kind of pride and a sinful kind of pride that is the opposite of the virtue of humility. When you have success and people are praising you or telling you how great you are, it is easy to fall into the trap of thinking that you have accomplished that success on your own, when, in reality, God is the source of all good things. Without God, we cannot take our next breath. Without God, we would have none of the talents that we have. I am constantly asking God to keep me humble and to remind me that without Him, I am nothing."
Christina's gifts and goals extend beyond the basketball court. She took a leave of absence from Vanderbilt's School of Nursing when the opportunity to play professional basketball arose. A call to minister to both the corporal and spiritual needs of God's people seems evident, and Christina is ready to give her whole heart to whatever path God places in front of her. This is evident in her advice to young Catholic athletes.
"Stay close to the sacraments," she counsels, "because there is no greater source of grace and strength. Always train and compete hard in order to win in your sport, but more importantly, ask God for the grace to grow spiritually so that you may spend eternity with Him."
James Penrice is a contributor to Catholic Online, and a correspondent for Catholic Athletes for Christ.
Catholic Athletes for Christ (CAC) serves Catholic athletes in the practice of their faith and shares the Gospel in and through sports.
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In a world of Pixar and CGI, stop-motion clay animation can seem hopelessly retro. But watch Bay Area resident Art Clokey's creations--the iconic green Gumby and his trusty horse friend, Pokey--and the appeal is just as strong as when they were made. As Robina Marchesi's documentary "Gumby Dharma" shows, Clokey's cheerful work came out of a difficult life. The filmmaker, who died in 2005 when the film was mostly done, conducted long interviews with the idiosyncratic Clokey, and her husband, Pixar animator Tim Hittle, contributed new Gumby works. Reyhan Harmanci reports.
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Went to the assassins network to create a clan. "Te requested user was not found". I look at my stats, there are none. Mind you, I have completed both AC2 and ACB and have recently reached lvl 50 online. My stats should be there.
Next I go to facebook. Project Legacy syncs fine with ACB. Access to Uplay is working fine.
I go to ACB, try to connect to Uplay. "Servers are not accessible at this time".
I go to the Uplay website, everything works fine.
Tech support tells me to try all these things again throughout the day, but so far I've had no luck after 2 the last 2 days, nor have I had any luck over the last couple hours. Is anyone else having these issues? Is Uplay not connecting with their ACB servers? Any suggestions or insights?