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Dr Patrick Dixon: Future Strategy, Keynote Speaker - Futurist Keynote Speaker - Lectures and Slides
Dr Patrick Dixon is often described as Europe's leading futurist and has been ranked as one of the world's 20 most influential business thinkers. He is also one of the world's great keynote speakers at corporate events. Get the best conference speakers around and your reputation will shine like the sun. Make a mistake with conference speakers in planning your event and it's the end of your career.
The trouble is that the best global authorities can be the worst conference speakers. It's hard for conference speakers to wow a sophisticated audience of senior executives or board members in a one hour speech. The best conference speakers are true professionals: it's their job. Conference speaking is what these people do. Conference speakers are good, mediocre or just plain awful, but the best conference speakers are those that speak at conferences all the time. Conference speaking has become a specialty in it's own right. Conference speakers can have the best ideas in the world, be the greatest geniuses alive, but if their audience can't hear what they say, if they are dull and boring, if the audience can't relate to the message, what's the point?
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"Motivational speakers" are a particular risk. You need more than a set of slick slides, inspirational quotations and funny stories (jokes can badly misfire in multicultural gatherings). Most executives need to be convinced about purpose, vision, data and direction before they will allow themselves to be carried along by an enthusiastic presenter.
Great speakers focus attention on what is really important, have a deep understanding of each audience (preparation really matters), help people see the way ahead, provide practical answers and make people feel good about themselves and what they do.
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Conference Speakers that Make History
Dr Patrick Dixon is one of the world's leading conference speakers. He's often described as Europe's leading Futurist. As a corporate lecturer at large global events in up to three countries a week, Dr Dixon aims to help conference participants touch and feel the future with multimedia presentations on every aspect of what tomorrow's management challenges will be like It's not enough for a futurist to make informed guesses or detached, philosophical comments on public platforms, or as part of workshops, seminars, think tanks or client events. A successful futurist has to be able to see, feel and taste the future and communicate it in ways that are relevant, down to earth and life-changing. And that means different messages for different industries and audiences.
No conference speaker on the future can predict specific events such as the exact moment to buy or sell a stock, but the underlying trends are usually beyond dispute and easily described in keynote lectures or presentations. The key for successful conference speakers is not only being able to interpret the outworking of those trends and to be as accurate as possible about timescale, but also to be an interesting, entertaining and mind-stretching communicator.
Designing a great corporate event is an art, and great executive conferences are rare. The secret of success is a great opening visionary lecture that sets the scene, and creates the whole atmosphere and drive for the conference. A great conference speaker brings an electricity into the auditorium almost before they begin to speak, instantly grabbing attention and carrying conference participants along on the crest of a wave.
A poor conference speaker is obvious in the first sixty seconds. There is no spark, no passion or fire. The lecture delivery is flat and the content difficult to pay attention to or even irrelevant.
Great presentations are hard work, physically, mentally and emotionally - for the speaker of course - but should also be stimulating, enervating, exciting and engaging for senior executives.
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Economics, Finance & Financial Services
Banking - many of Patrick's clients are global banks, investment funds
Economics issues - Patrick creates a big picture of global trends
Insurance - Patrick has worked with many of the world's largest insurers
Technology - Patrick works with many of the world's largest computer, software, telecom, internet and biotech companies
Social Media - Online Communities - how online communities will drive your business
Smartphones - future of telecom, wireless devices, virtual communities, positional advertising
Convergence and divergence - why all competitive advantage comes from divergence
RFID technology - impact on retail, wholesale, distribution and manufacturing
Health and Education
Health care - key trends in health, ageing, biotech, hospitals, clinics
Pharmaceutical industry - impact of the biotech revolution
Education - future of teaching in high schools, colleges and business school
Leadership, Management & Strategy
Change management - a recurring theme
Risk management - preparing for the unexpected
Innovation - smart innovation, open innovation and crowdsourcing
Leadership - effective ways to drive organisations forward
Logistics and supply chain - critical issues in manufacturing and wholesale
Motivation - how to inspire people to make great things happen
Women at work - challenges for corporations in winning war for talent
Outsourcing - what is going to happen next
Advertising - why traditional approaches are dead in an online world
Customers - how customer demands are changing and why
Customer focus - why many corporations need a reality check, to succeed in future
Marketing - future of marketing and brand development
Travel, Tourism, Energy, Resources and Environment
Travel - future of aviation, road, rail, shipping - for business and leisure
Biofuels - food for fuel? Next generation biofuels.
Commodities - impact of emerging markets
Energy industry - future energy from oil, gas, coal, nuclear, renewables
Petrochemical industry - how the industry will change and why
Climate change - why the future is about emotion, not just the science
Sustainability - what does it mean for your business?
Other Topics and Types of Audience
Real estate - key trends in commercial and residential real estate industries
Retailing - developing the customer experience
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Airlines, Travel, Shipping, Hotels, Tourism and Automotive Industry Air France, Association of Corporate Travel Executives, Automobile Recycling Netherlands (ARN), Dassault Falcon, Dubai Ports Authority, EADS / Airbus, Ford, Hotel Ecoliere de Lausanne, KLM, Reg Vardy - auto sales, Swiss airline, Tourism in Ireland, North West Tourism, Virgin Atlantic, World Economic Forum Governors of Aviation Travel and Tourism meeting (Davos)
3i, ABN AMRO, ABSA bank, AIG, Allianz, AMA, Asset Management Advisors, Aviva, Bank of Ireland, Barclays Bank, Birla financial services group, BNP Paribas, Britania Building Society, Clariden Bank, Credit Suisse Group, Credit Suise First Boston, CUES, Deutsche Bank, Fortis, Friends First Bank, HSBC, International Mutual Funds Institute, Investec, Kazakstan Investment Forum. LLoyds TSB, Lombard, Macquarie Bank, Minsheng Bank, Morgan Stanley Investment Bank, Morley Fund, Munich Re, North Island Credit Union, PrivatBank (Ukraine), Prudential, RBS, RMB, SEB, Skandia, Sumitomo Bank, Swiss Re, Swiss Stock Exchange, UBS, Bank Vontobel, Winterthur Insurance, Zurich Financial Services
AIC Carriers World, AT&T, BBC, Belgacom, BT, Carlton TV, Danish Post Office, Deutsche Post, DHL, Etisalat Telecom (UAE), Fedex, Idea Cellular, Mobilcom, MTN, Nokia, Swedish Poste, IBS, i-Comverse, British Post Office (Consignia), Telenor, Times of India, Qualcomm, SABC (S Africa), STC (Saudi Arabia), TDC, Amdocs
Actinic, Asco, Capco, Compaq, Comverse, Fujitsu Siemens, Georgia Technology Forum, Google, Hewlett Packard, IBM, Infosys, Kyocera, Leadbay, Microsoft, NCR, Philips, SAP, Siemens Group, Toshiba, Unaxis, Unisys, Zellweger Luwa
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BASF, BP, Copesul (Brazil), European Petrochemical Association (EPCA), ExxonMobil, Hindalco, Houston Energy Forum, Royal Dutch Chemical Association, SHV Gas, Sulzer, Vattenfall
3M, Avon, BUPA, Genentech, Gillette, GSK, Henry Schein, Johnson and Johnson, NHS Primary Care Trust (UK), Roche, Novartis, Siemens Medical, Smith and Nephew, St Joseph's Hospital Foundation Ontario, Voluntary Hospitals Association, Wyeth pharmaceuticals
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Belgium Marketing Federation, Danish Design Centre, Finland Marketing Federation, Macann Erikson, Malta Marketing Association, Pinnacle Communications, Portugese Marketing Association, Marketing Communication Consultants Association (MCCA)
Eversheds, Freshfields, Linklaters, Regulatory Affairs Professional Organisation
American Management Association, American Society for Training and Development, Accenture, Arthur Andersen, Concours Group, CSC Consulting, European Federation of Management Development, European School of Management and Technology, European Institute for Research Management, Eversheds, Forbes, Fortune, Global Future Forum, IBEC (Ireland), ICBI, Indian School of Business, Informa, Institute of Management, Istanbul Chamber of Commerce, KPMG, Latitude, Leadership Trust, Linkage, Management Centre Europe, Management Centre Turkey, POM+, PriceWaterhouse Coopers, Richmond Events, Ruling Companies, Said Business School Oxford, ServiceMaster, Schweizerische Gesellschaft fur Organisation, Strategos, University of Salford Management School, Vlerick Leuven Gent Management School Belgium, Wheaton College, ZFU
American Association of Retired People (AARP), AIDS Care Education and Training (ACET), Premier Radio, Tear Fund, Transformational Business Network (TBN), Trinity Forum, Sustainability Forum, UK Church Commissioners, Young Presidents Organisation (YPO)
ARBS, Balfour Beatty, Corenet Global, Johnson Controls, Knight Frank, Strategic Real Estate Investment, Urban Land Institute (ULI)
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More Teachable Moments (unedited)by Wabash faculty and staff
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We asked Wabash faculty and staff members to recall some memorable moments from their time here over the past 10 years.
"We suffer together, we rejoice together"
We learn together, we suffer together, we rejoice together. And Jeff surely demonstrated for us all that "Wabash Always Fights."
More moments from Professor Warner:
In orals, I usually know within several minutes if the student has a chance at distinction. If this is the case, I move away from the historical content questions and push very hard on historiography and theory, as hard as I would with a master's student. They have to earn it! I remember well the oral exam of John O'Neill. David Phillips was there as third chair, and a temporary guy in English. John was never known for short answers, but he rose to the occasion and fired back quick synopses of every historical thinker I could come up with. He was equally impressive in English, and ended up with double distinction the two majors. He went on to grad school at University of Cincinnati and I believe is trying to get into Harvard to study Celtic History.
You asked for other stories. One that I tell fairly often is about my initial job interview here. I was decked out in my black suit, a bit nervous but bemused by the people I was meeting. One student came up to me and thrust a two page paper at me that he had written. He wanted me to comment on it!
I thought, my God what do they teach their students here?
That professors are available 24/7? (Obvious answer: yes.)
Dutifully, I read the piece and gave him my frank appraisal. Now that I've been here a few years, the story is not at all surprising... unless I'm telling it to someone from another college.
"My best C&T section ever"
1. My best C & T section ever:
It was the dream C&T section. It had a superstar at the top in the brilliant but modest Nick Dawson, matched insight-for-insight by Caleb Brown. But the depth and quality of the supporting cast is what distinguishes the best C&T sections, and everyone in this section contributed. No matter how hard the material (and we did some doozies for C&T that semester, including Nietzche, Schliermacher, and Wagner in addition to classics such as Malcolm X and MLK), someone--Matt Arroyo, Erik Kroger, Ethan Kuhn, Brandon Peacock--would have an original take on the material, others would take it up, and fifty minutes always seemed too short: the discussion took off, sparkled, and let me sit back and be one of the co-learners.
In fact, the discussions that semester were so consistently good that it's hard picking out a single moment from them, and in fact the defining moment came at the end of the semester. It wasn't when my co-grader and I exchanged grades on our sections and this group was five to seven points better, across the board in both our scores, than his. I almost expected that. It was while I was grading my finals, and Joe Day called. He was wondering if any of my guys had answered a particular "paired ID", because none of his guys were doing very well with it and he was having trouble imagining what a good answer would look like. I read him one of mine (OK, I cheated, it was Nick's, but he'd taught the other guys). I hadn't even finished before Joe said, "My best student couldn't even understand that answer, never mind have written it!"
I can't claim credit: like I said, I got lucky. For the record, here's the complete honor roll. If you read this, guys, let's pick a text and have a reunion discussion, shall we?
To Matt Arroyo, Sean Baylor, Caleb Brown, Nick Dawson, Dean Fox, Erik Kroger, Ethan Kuhn, Dan Matusik, Sean McNulty, Alan Patton, Brandon Peacock, Jon Scott and Paul Stephens. Thanks.
2. Spring 2001: A Mighty Championship
But in 2001, we had a deep squad who all showed up all the time, and we pounded the students. I mean pounded. This team never trailed after any half inning the entire season, outscored the opposition by a combined 106-38, and won the only Faculty Staff IM softball championship in living memory.
My moment came at the end of the championship game. I'd organized and "managed" the team through the season, but I was a bit player on the field'Äö?Ñ?Æas I said in the final report, "My smartest move was limiting my own playing time!" Still, the whole team presented me with a softball marked "8-0" and signed by the whole team. I damn near cried.
For the record, the Championship Day Mighty Lineup:
3. Spring 2002: Inflammatory Cartoons
As soon as I got to my car, I popped in the CD. Kendall's voice was like the voice of God, rich and deep and wise. Just right for the man Byron Trippet described as the most civilized man he ever knew.
"A little crazy"
It gets a little crazy when you have all those projects going on at once, but it's nice to see it all come to fruition-faculty happily teaching in the buildings, and the students learning there.
Four moments come to mind:
Professor Joy Castro, in Chapel, reminding our students of the rules of civility in conversation and getting a standing ovation from them.
The Delts, quietly walking to the Senior Bench one night and writing messages on it to their lost brother, Tony Lobdell '05.
The faculty-student connection
There is so much that takes place at this "small" College that it can make ones head spin. I greatly appreciated the reminder that the close and personal faculty-student relationship is at the core.
"A Signal Moment"
That was a signal moment for me in the College's ability to deal with a controversial play and indicated to me a major moment of intellectual maturity on the part of our community.
"The Catch"
And speaking of great sports stories: The Catch [Jake Knott to Ryan Short to Kurt Casper] to win the 2001 Monon Bell Game has to be one of the best. It brought the Bell back home after a five-year vacation and really allowed the alumni to embrace Coach Chris Creighton.
Never cease learning from our students
I learned a lot about Wabash students and their work ethic during that year. I believe that good teachers never cease learning from our students, and working with that group of seniors (Class of 2004 seniors Jacob Pactor, Matt Storm, Bubba Stultz, Mike Roark, Chris Anderson, and Robbie Boles) exemplified this tenfold for me.
Presenting our work with Jacob, Matt and Bubba at a national conference was the highlight-I was completely blown away by the students' insight and their ability to discuss their learning in sophisticated ways.
"Great Joy"
Four years later, I felt great joy for Johnny Warren and Todd Bertrand-both four-year advisees of mine and members of my first freshman tutorial-as they gave the 2003 Commencement Addresses. In that tutorial group, we learned and grew together. It was a special group of students.
More from Professor McDorman
--I remember getting a sense of the history, tradition, and magnetism of Wabash at the Campaign for Leadership kickoff in September 1998--the end of my first month on campus. Of course there was the big tent, the festivities, and a moving pictorial that chronicled the people of the college, but I was most struck with the love of the college expressed by two gentlemen that I was seated with--graduates from the mid-1930s. They had more than 60 years of lived history with the college and it was clearly dear to them. One wrote to me the next week and sent me a speech that had been delivered on campus about Edmund Burke.
--As the College prepares for significant changes, I can't help but think that I was fortunate to arrive at the college at a time of great leaders and teachers. President Ford and Dean Ditzler, who arrived in my second year, have cultivated the college as well as her students and faculty. And I feel like I was fortunate to learn from the likes of Paul McKinney, Peter Frederick, David Phillips and many others about what it means to be part of the Wabash culture, what it means to be a professor here, and about the history of the place.
--In some important respects the faculty C&T trip to Mexico in January 2001 was a defining moment for me. Not only did I learn a great deal and see wonderful sites--the Cathedral, Gaude Lupe, Teotiuhican (and definitely Temple of the Sun), Temple Mayor, Chamula--but I learned so much about my colleagues as 18 of us went on the trip. Talking to Peter Frederick, walking with David Blix, learning with Brenda Bankart, it was a quite an experience and one that in some strange way made me feel like a true part of the faculty. For me, the enduring moment of the trip is the Church in Chamula that we visited. It was a day of worship and it was a scene unlike any I had ever experienced. The pine needles and leaves covering the floor, the smoke from and smell of the incense, the candles, the children, dogs, and chickens, the coca-cola and tequila concoction along with empty cola cans and tequila bottles, the chanting, the offering of gifts, and the surreal mixing of symbols that were so far from anything I had ever experienced and yet, with the Santa Clauses, lights, and Hallmark like chime playing assorted Christmas songs, there were familiar aspects too.
--The joy I felt for Johnny Warren and Todd Bertrand--both four-year advisees and members of my first freshman tutorial--as they gave the 2003 commencement addresses. That tutorial group from 1999 (class of 2003)--Johnny, Todd, Chris Miltenberger, Jake Knott, Ryan Short and so many others--it felt like we learned and grew together. It was a special group of students
--The excitement of students when I've told them that essays we co-authored were accepted for publication.
--Having great support from David Timmerman and great departmental colleagues in Jennifer Abbott and Thom Vaughn.
--Watching Jake Knott throw four first-half touchdowns to Ryan Short during the first-half of the 2002 Monon Bell game.
--"The Catch" from the 2001 Monon Bell game.
--Being greeted at the door by President Ford at the 2003 Holiday party and then being caught off guard when he congratulated me on receiving tenure. It created an instant feeling of jubilation, relief, and numbness.Assistant Professor of Rhetoric Todd McDorman
Double Dutch
These professors were participants in the Workshop on Teaching for Pre-Tenure African American Faculty, one of the annual summer programs put on by the Wabash Center. Their ability to enjoy this traditional activity was testimony to me of the hospitable space Wabash College has become for hundreds of religion faculty since the Wabash Center was founded in 1996, and of the rejuvenating effect it has had on their careers and sense of vocation.
"Keeps me coming back"
I retired officially a few years ago, but I hate to give up all connections with students, because there is so much like this that I would miss.
Yet seeing the outpouring of love and gratitude from former students and colleagues when they retired, and hearing Bert and Peter's eloquent and moving reflections on their academic lives, helped me see what a life spent teaching at Wabash could mean.
Their passion for ideas, for art, for justice, and for people not only kept them young-even after 40 years of teaching-but made everyone around them feel vital. And while I miss their daily presence, their effect is still strongly felt.
A deeper feeling for Wabash
I cry every time I recall it.
Celebrating Scholarships
Transformed the way we teach
Jim: Hey John, what is that over there?
John: Child, those are the Gates of Rome. It's a good thing we got you out of Pig Nipple, Indiana, as soon as we did.
Immersion learning trips have transformed the way we teach and the way our students learn in a way more powerful than any building or program I can imagine.
Chapel Sing
I learned that a student's perspective of history is based on his four years here, and I've had to remind myself of that as we've discussed other issues throughout the year.

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We have now provided the video on our own Youtube channel and the original WMV, which may give you some extra detail - being 1st generation media.
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If you enjoyed the old MGM movie, Grand Prix, were sure youll enjoy this movie style promo video featuring rFactor 2 in work-in-progress beta testing stage.
Grand Prix racing in the 1960′s was a mixture of bravery that bordered on recklessness and, contrary to what many may say, innovative design and technology, far from primitive, which led Formula One to where it is today.
It was an era when the human eye, instead of a computer and a wind tunnel, designed a beautiful car. It was an era where spectators and drivers were only protected by bales of hay, which were often more likely to attribute to a fire than to save you in an impact.
Risks were taken and lives were lost, but the romance of the era still remains been the target of software developers, TV documentaries, and Hollywood movies. Many, including those of us at ISI, consider this space in time to be a golden age in the history of motorsport.
The first in-game/sim screenshot of rFactor 2 released to the public was of a road lined with trees, a house on the right and a truck parked in its driveway. This, barely recognizable to us as the same track now, was the first indication that ISI were trying to do something different.
We have licensed content from the modern era of motorsport for multiple types of racing, but also have licensing deals for real content from the first four decades of Formula One (some in the initial release, some to come later). Weve done this because this is what we love and this is what we want to bring to the racing game/sim community. We want you to be challenged by our software, to be challenged rain or shine, day or night, old or new, and what better track to challenge you than the streets of Monte-Carlo?
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By Lauren Perry
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The Caledonia and Houston school boards held a joint meeting on Oct. 28 to discuss ways to integrate and give students more choices.
The hope is that the schools will be able to give their students a wider selection of classes that would not generally spike enough interest in one of the schools alone. The boards have assembled committees to meet together and discuss the logistics, but as of now, they are purely in the idea phase with no solid plans.
"The main idea is to increase opportunities for students, given that we're both fairly small schools. We feel as though our students shouldn't have any less opportunities than students growing up in big cities," Caledonia Superintendent Ben Barton said.
Both schools provided a list of classes with low enrollment, generally classes of eight or less, and compared.
"If we had four or five students from Caledonia interested in a class, that'd be too low of a number. However, if there are four or five from Houston also interested, we could run that class," Barton said.
Possibly the biggest concern is how to congregate the students. There has been talk of using Skype to do televised lessons, transporting teachers and/or students, or using the virtual high school that Houston is associated with.
Houston is given 200 slots with the Minnesota Virtual Academy, and only uses approximately 60 of them. "If there's a course that Caledonia didn't offer, would an interested student be able to take it as an interactive course?" Houston Superintendent Eric Bartleson questioned.
"Transporting students is more expensive than transporting teachers, and we already have all the technology. The distance is a little longer than we'd like it," Bartleson added.
A big pull for Houston is Caledonia's extensive agriculture program and successful FFA Chapter, Houston board member Kevin Kelleher said.
"With classes involving the industrial arts, I think there is a definite need to move the students, because it involves such vital equipment, and there are things that just can't be done on a T.V. screen," Kelleher said.
The possibility of rotating teachers between the schools on a semester schedule was discussed, as was virtual classes with a hands-on meeting once a week or so.
Although there are differences in Houston and Caledonia's schedules, they are minor, and it makes it easy that they are both on the seven period schedule, rather than blocks.
All board members expressed excitement, and were unanimous in agreeing that the planning should start right away. "We haven't done anything with scheduling, so this would be the time to start," Houston Principal Todd Lundberg said when asked if plans for next year could be made.
"In my opinion, we've got to start with next year. If we don't, we'll only ever talk about it," Caledonia school board member Jared Barnes said.
Houston board member Tom Stillin agreed. "There are a lot of things that these students are missing out on."
Agreeing that there would be a lot of barriers to overcome, the boards agreed to have the committees continue to meet and discuss the logistics. It was also suggested that a few core teachers be added to discussions.
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Mitsubishi Motors' own boss says the existence of his company is in question as share prices tumble following 25 years of cheating on fuel economy tests. – Bloomberg
The GTI you can have. Even the Golf R remains available. But Volkswagen is saying no to the 395-horsepower Golf R400. – Jalopnik
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A top-scoring year 12 student was threatened with being failed in his HSC English exam because his creative-writing piece involved an asylum seeker, driven mad by imprisonment, fantasising about killing the Prime Minister, John Howard.
A second student had his high-ranking performance briefly banned from the annual OnStage HSC Drama showcase because its under-age sex theme was regarded as unsuitable for a general audience.
In the first case, students were required to write within or about the genre of "revenge tragedy" - in any form they chose. But the Board of Studies labelled the work of 17-year-old James Giugni as "offensive" and "non-serious".
James, from St Ignatius Riverview, received a warning letter from the board, which oversees the HSC, in early December telling him that his answer in the English Extension 1 paper may not be marked.
"The offensive nature of your non-serious attempt may cause the cancellation of this examination," the head of examinations, Rob Speers, wrote.
James responded, arguing the brutal perspective of his character was not designed to upset markers or be self-consciously controversial, but to create a climate of frenzied mania inside the narrator's mind. His exam answer, in the form of a fictional letter to a newspaper, was inspired by a visit he made to Villawood detention centre with his mother and brother in the days before the test. The crazed madness of Vindice in Cyril Tourneur's Revenger's Tragedy was also an influence, he said.
James's father and teacher wrote to the board, defending his work. The teacher, Melvyn Morrow, wrote that he was one of Riverview's outstanding English students, adding: "Given the first-hand suffering that James has observed in Villawood, I don't doubt that his character would have been searingly passionate in his lust for revenge."
On Monday, three days before HSC results were released, the board told James the action was being dropped and the paper would be marked. A board spokesman said: "The board considered the response and on balance determined not to apply a penalty. The student has now been awarded a mark in the normal way, in line with the marking guidelines."
James, who received a UAI of 94.8, was disappointed with his final mark of 37/50 for English Extension 1 - against 49/50 for Extension 2.
"It seems like they listen more to an articulate English teacher or a well-educated father rather than the student in question," James said. "That is what makes me worry about a student with a dispassionate English teacher or without a parent with legal knowledge."
James's paper had been brought to the board's attention by the subject's supervisor of marking, who is required to notify it of frivolous or objectionable material which may fall under the category of a non-serious attempt at the exam. Students may not receive a mark for a non-serious attempt and may not be eligible for the HSC at all.
James did not believe his work had gone too far. "The only thing I was worried about afterward was that I had a character who was a terrorist and who was Islamic, so it could be perceived as saying that all terrorists are Islamics."
Todd Ellem, 17, from Kyogle High on the far north coast, was told in a letter on Monday that his sexually charged drama monologue - for which he was marked highly - was "not suitable for a general audience" in a showcase of HSC works to be staged in February. It dealt with the moral issues of a man having sex with an underage girl.
However, by Thursday, the board's general manager, John Ward, was on the phone to Todd's principal, reinstating the monologue, Jail Bait, to OnStage, although it will have to be modified.
The NSW Council for Civil Liberties' president, Cameron Murphy, said: "I think it's absolutely outrageous that there is this sort of undue interference in terms of censorship being applied to HSC students. There's no role for HSC examiners to be censoring anyone's work. The HSC is a stressful enough time for students without interfering bureaucrats adding to that pressure."
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52 Pine Oak Lane
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February 27, 2014
National Football League
345 Park Avenue
New York, NY 10017
Attn: Roger Goodell
To Whom It May Concern:
It has come to our attention the National Football League was forced to consider moving Super Bowl XLIX out of Arizona due the unfortunate business of Senate Bill 1062. While Governor Jan Brewer vetoed the measure that would have allowed businesses the right to refuse service based on sexual orientation, this is Arizona you are dealing with Mr. Goodell and who knows what other unsavory new laws and regulations may come up between now and next February.
Just last month the poor Jessica Etherington over on South San Rafael lost their beloved gardner Horatio because she absentmindedly sent him to go help her mother-in-law Betty "Bootsy" Worthington Etherington at the family's ranch in Sedona and he was detained for not waiting long enough at a stop sign. Despite Bootsy's pleas at the local precinct and a promise to donate heavily at the next police charity ball, the local sheriff still handed Horatio over to the United States Immigration and Naturalization Service. Mr. Goodell, the tragic loss of loss of Horatio has had dire consequences for Ms. Etherington's dwarf pomegranate trees and now an entire season of fruit has been lost. Now imagine the scale of damage to the National Football League if we all lost our Horatios. Your entire season of football could also be lost.
We also read this morning that you and your advisors had considered Tampa as your backup site if Governor Brewer had not vetoed the bill. Mr. Goodell, we worry about the sort of message that sends to our children about the National Football League. Florida is just so problematic these days, what with all the shootings and all sorts of woman parading around in various states of undress at local dance halls. While we applaud your support for the gay community, should that support reward a city calls a neighborhood "Town N Country" on its maps? It just seems unfitting for a man of your stature to prefer a city that vulgar and base.
I know we've had our differences in the past, Mr. Goodell. And yes, we turned on our local officials for supporting the NFL returning to the Rose Bowl. But this is different. We must stand in solidarity and strength for our gay acquaintances. The Ladies Who Lunch were there for you in 1993 when the National Football League moved Super Bowl XXVII after Arizona refused to observe Martin Luther King Day and we are there for you now while Arizona stands on the brink of being the least politically correct state in the union.
Mr. Goodell, we formally invite you to hold Super Bowl XLIX at the Rose Bowl in beautiful Pasadena, California.
We shall provide for the most wonderful tailgating experience along the Arroyo Seco for your fans, warm and accepting to all who attend the event regardless of sexual orientation. We'll put up colorful banners, cover the streets with flowers and celebrate diversity. I will personally make you my finest guacamole using avocados from my Little Cado tree and cilantro from my window planters. My neighbor Maria Papalexopoulos has offered peaches from her garden so we could set up a fun little sangria stand for fans as they snake their way down Orange Grove to the stadium, making sure our visitors have only the best drinks with which to quench their thirst in the California sun. And while I'm sure the hosts in Tampa make a fine margaritas-by-the-yard in those Slurpee machines they seem to have everywhere, they certainly do not have fresh basil in February as a final finish to their pizza toppings. Tampa does not have the wonderful macaroon store Lette within walking distance to Raymond Jay Stadium, they don't have a convenient dog bakery, nor do they have a Sur la Table, a Pottery Barn and a Crate and Barrel so close to their parking lots just in case someone forgot to bring napkins to their tailgate.
People always like to talk about how the Super Bowl only has the monied guests and shuts out the common fan. Critics should take note that while the closest car dealership to the stadium sells Bentleys and Rolls Royces, I myself purchased a sensible Mercedes from Rusnak, so both crowds should feel at home when they visit our fine community.
But this isn't about shopping or how Pasadena is much safer than Tampa. This is about having the Super Bowl in a location that demonstrates a true reflection of American values. A city welcome to all people regardless of sexual orientation or if they prefer J.Crew to Pendleton. A city where people adore Jonathan Adler, Truman Capote and Willa Cather. Did you know The Advocate named Pasadena the second gayest city for 2014? It's inspired us all. Our own daughter Courtney even made a "NOH8" rainbow collar for our labradoodle Benedict Cumberbatch to show our support for gay people everywhere and has been feverishly pressing rainbow "I Stand With Sam" buttons for her Etsy shop in anticipation for the Super Bowl returning to Bungalow Heaven.
Consider this letter our locally harvested olive branch, Mr. Goodell. We would be honored if you brought Super Bowl XLIX to the Rose Bowl in Pasadena in support of National Football League's newfound commitment to the gay community. Have you seen our annual Tournament of Roses Parade? I promise you will not find a gayer event in the world. We are prepared to be a host city for a gay NFL.
Penelope Tinsley Darlington
P.S. Just this one game though, we're still against allowing any team playing here during the regular season while the Rams build a new stadium in the former Hollywood Park location.
Photo via Pasadena Sun. Sure these are all nice ladies not named for PTD.


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Geyser erupting in Iceland today. It erupts every 7 minutes, and people still are located on the wrong side when it blows ! You should always check the wind before.
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TAMPA — Michelle Imhoff was one of dozens of parents who urged Hillsborough County commissioners this summer not to end their after-school programs for young children at county parks.
Parents were successful partly, but many, like Imhoff, have chosen to take their children elsewhere.
"I had to find something else," Imhoff said. "A week before school we didn't know whether the program was going to be up and running and not. I work a full time job. I don't have time to be interviewing day cares left and right."
Indeed, the latest effort by Hillsborough County commissioners to preserve the once popular after-school parks program is not having the desired result.
A month into the school year, fewer than 100 children are participating at 18 park locations commissioners kept open amid an outcry from parents over their potential closure. At a handful of sites — from Temple Park to Keysville — no children have shown up at all.
Only one site, Roy Haynes Recreation Center in northern Hillsborough, has attracted more than 25 children.
"I'm very disappointed in the enrollment numbers, particularly with a couple of the locations," said Commissioner Ken Hagan, who led the charge to save the program. "That being said, it's not completely unexpected."
For one, parents were told for much of the summer, as commissioners worked through their annual budget, that the program was effectively going away due to spending cuts. Parents would have to use a similar program offered by the school district — HOST.
Then, by the time commissioners approved a resolution to keep their program going and parks staff crafted a scaled-back version, the school year had already started. County officials believe that many parents, needing to firm up arrangements for their children before the school year began, had already made other plans.
"The timing of the program has contributed to the registration, I believe," said Sharon Subadan, deputy administrator for public safety and community services. "We did everything we could to get it off the ground as soon as we could, but it was late."
The county intends to keep each of the park sites in operation for at least the short-term. Parents who had enrolled children in the past got letters telling them that the after-school program is open for business. The county also has aired public service announcements and put up signs.
Weekly rates also were cut from a maximum of $48 to $38, with further discounts for low-income families. That's lower than what the school district's HOST program and the YMCA charge.
"The numbers have been improving," said Billy Graham, recreational coordinator for the county's Parks, Recreation and Conservation Department. "The numbers have grown. They're growing slowly, but they have improved."
Commissioners appear intent on keeping the program running through at least the Christmas holidays and then reassessing it. Hagan believes that its viability can't be judged unless the program is kept open for at least the school year, enabling parents who have made other commitments to reconsider the county offerings.
Hillsborough County had once offered free recreation programs to elementary and middle school-aged children from 2 to 6 p.m. daily during the school year. Enrollment topped 6,200 children in 2007 at 41 parks locations.
When the real estate market tanked and took property tax collections down with it, the county began looking for programs to cut or farm out to other organizations. The after-school program, with a roughly $7 million budget, was targeted as a want instead of a need and proposed for elimination.
Parents protested and saved the program for the past three years. But the county began charging for the service at the same time that free bus transportation from schools to parks was eliminated.
Enrollment plummeted. This year, County Administrator Mike Merrill proposed consolidating it to 11 regional parks. Parents protested again, and Hagan floated his hybrid rescue plan.
In addition to the regional parks, it kept the program alive at 18 neighborhood parks, generally those not located close to schools. The administration eliminated most full-time employees and contracted with a private company to provide the service largely using part-time workers.
It's now called Rec2SIX.
Hagan said he hoped the reduced rates would increase enrollment, ultimately paying for the significantly lower cost of using largely part-time workers.
The nature of the recreational offerings changed as well. Previously, the after-school program offered something akin to play time – structured games with an emphasis on fun.
Now, activities are more tailored toward promoting fitness and curbing obesity in ways that can be measured. Rec2SIX actually has a research-based curriculum called SPARK — Sports, Play and Active Recreation for Kids.
For now, the county is focusing on tracking and trying to improve the fitness of its after-school program.
"We all want it to be successful," Subadan said. "Right now, I think it's too early to tell."
Bill Varian can be reached at (813) 226-3387 or email@example.com.


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Report from the roadFriday, July 31st, 2009
Crihs made the questionable decision to do the Level 42 ride, south route, on a track bike. Although the ride is supported, there's no way I would do it that way.
Say hello for me if you see him.
Crihs made the questionable decision to do the Level 42 ride, south route, on a track bike. Although the ride is supported, there's no way I would do it that way.
Say hello for me if you see him.
Last Friday the 17th after work, five of us caught the China Town bus (myself barely making it) to Philly for the Rocky Race. Like most bicycle races, this one was heavy on the cheaters. However, cheating in alleycats is completely acceptable, in fact, it is expected, but only so long as you don't get caught. This was a lesson hard learned for not only the first place team, but the first place girls team as well. And so, TJ & Marco became the first place overall team for the second year in a row and Heather and Dagga took first girls for NYC. Dwain and I held down a respectable second place as well as first out of town team. The parties were a letdown but the late night cheesesteaks and milkshakes made up for it.
Oh yeah, Eva was there too:
Thanks to Demon Cats for awesome photos.
I'm more than a little late with this, but my excuse is that these pics were shot on film and I take forever to get that shit developed.
I can't remember what this ticket was for, but they spelled his name wrong and had the wrong address, so I think it worked out.
More new friends – Houston in the place.
People will argue forever about where and when track bikes first took to the streets, but it's beyond dispute that the first professionally-done track bike video came from San Francisco. So I'm super stoked with a decent amount of trepidation mixed in that the BFF teaser is in San Francisco's Saturday program 7. Lucas Brunelle's and Cinecycle's latest are in the same program, so it's guaranteed awesome. Empire is at the top of the schedule, so get there on time. And buy tickets in advance!
This is what the other Empire looks like above San Francisco.
I know I'm a few days late on posting this, but Ray Jones has been coming out to the Peel Sessions for over a year now taking pictures and interviewing people. Two weeks ago, he came by and did an audio interview at my apartment. When I woke up Saturday morning, I was stoked to see the piece had been published! Thanks so much Ray and the NYTimes!
You can read the article here and watch the audio slideshow here!
Peel Sessions last night ruled. After making a bank out of some palettes and plywood, Wonka made a massive wedge. We then proceeded to kill it. Wonka 180'd and 3 hopped it and almost pulled a tuck-no-hand! Big up Andy T for the pics!
East Coast!
Now, in the Twin Cities. Well, one of the twins. The Bicycle Film Festival will be in Minneapolis this week, and the new BFF Empire teaser will be in the 9PM program.
After a warm welcome on friendly territory, the new Bicycle Film Festival-only Empire teaser is beginning its trip around the world.
The entire program at the Bicycle Film Festival in Pittsburgh looks like a blast. And you can buy tickets online for the Friday program with Empire. So go!


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Adapt or die: Playing the DJ game
Ahead of Stereosonic, Major Lazer's lead players Diplo, Jillionaire and Walshy Fire write for inthemix about their evolution as selectors, the "DJs playing the same sets every night" debate, and how DJing culture has changed. After reading, you can get on-board with the Major Lazer sound in this ITM-FM exclusive mix.
First off, in this day and age, the Major Lazer crew would be considered veterans. Not that we have been doing Major Lazer forever, but because we all started long ago playing vinyl on belt-driven turntables. We bought records when one song cost as much as 10 dollars and when you played it too much or dropped it, you would have to go and find it again.
But we are also in the game now. Somehow we are still relevant and constantly inspired by what's happening now just as we were when we started. We see all these other acts around us, ones who helped to break through in this EDM scene and ones who just jump in because it's an easy game. We see a majority of kids with no history of DJ culture and also no background in hip hop – this is much different from where all three of us have come from.
As a DJ learning, coming up, it was all about selection. Let me tell you this: there was never a pot of gold when you decided to become the DJ. The DJs had always been the under-appreciated aspect of the music. We were the distributors who worked to promote the artist and the labels. If we were lucky we could carve a small party locally. Yes, we did probably grab the best girl at the end of the night, but that was sort of the only reward besides loving the music.
Whenever I discuss being a DJ or get into the politics I also seem like an asshole or worse, an 'over the hill disgruntled DJ'. That's not how I want to come off, because I'm only doing this now because I'm still inspired and excited by what the young producers and older ones are doing right now.
I just want to give some background where the Major Lazer crew – Chris, Walshy, and myself – have all come from. Some things just stick out these days that just wouldn't fly five to 10 to 15 years ago. For instance, if you played the same set twice that was just ridiculous. I mean from one side, it was just a bit cheesy and lazy. But on a professional side, as a DJ I loved to be the trailblazer. I loved to play new music, to make people go, "Wow! Damn! WTF was that?"
I was proud to break the new sounds. I had pride in having records other people didn't. That doesn't exist now. You can find everything everywhere. At the time I started, I was fascinated with the original hip hop/house/ techno DJs who created their style and fan-base through originality, not through being homogenous.
I remember I used to spend almost all my budget on records – sometimes like 60 or 70 records a month. That could be over $2000 I spent on vinyl just to fill the annoying giant crates and practice mixing these records for hours. Sometimes it was just The Killah Kuts, the white label vinyl that was getting pressed up somewhere in Nashville or NYC. The mixtape tracks printed to vinyl, the acapellas – the pre MP3 mailout shit! That and the B-more singles, 'cause that's the shit other people wouldn't have. Back then the DJ scene was very cut-throat; no one was gonna look out for another DJ. If you had a good paying job, you held onto it, tooth and nail.
Anyway, back to DJs playing the same sets every night. That's not so rare any more – and it's a good and bad thing. Mostly DJs like Major Lazer are playing majority of their own original records. Nowadays, DJs are travelling and playing in every market: the U.S. Europe, Australia, and so on. When we grew up, you pretty much just bounced between two or three neighbourhoods almost all the time.
It's not unusual to play the same set every night nowadays, because it's a set that's working and you're reaching a new audience every night. It's different from seven years ago in Philly, when I played three or four nights a week, to lots of the same clientele. It might've been a bottle service crowd, or a hip hop night, or a rock club, so I had to learn to be versatile right off the bat just to make money to pay my bills.


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Would you rather live in a very nice apt/neighborhood and community with great features or in a good(but not great) place and save more money. I'm talking about renting so nothing permanent.
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He was 74.
His wife, Margi, said his husband, who was born in England and spent some time in India, suffered from cardiac problems for several years.
She said the former amateur boxer, who later spent 10 years in the police force in England, said Moscardi's death was expected.
"But suddenly he had no pain and a very quick heart embolism [clot]. He had cardiac problems for many years and they recently got worse, so much so that he even lost his appetite over the last few days," she said.
"For those of you who shared his love of food, you'll know that it signalled a red flag. His two passions in life were boxing and food, and I am not really quite sure which came first. We'll miss him terribly."
Moscardi's close friend and veteran boxing writer, Ron Jackson, said Moscardi never pulled his punches and was not afraid to upset stakeholders.
"Pete contribute to Boxing World magazine for many years, wrote for Jeff Ellis' African Ring magazine and was also the SA correspondent for the weekly British publication, Boxing News," said Jackson.
Boxer Lovemore Ndou said Moscardi played a major role in his move to Australia in search of a better life. The former dual world champion has lived in Australia since 1995.
"Death has robbed me of a great friend, a father, a friend, a mentor and all in one. I loved him and thank him for what he did for me," he said.
Boxing South Africa acting CEO, Loyiso Mtya, said the boxing fraternity would sadly miss Moscardi's passion for the sport.
Margi said those who wish to join the family in celebrating Moscardi's life come to Fourways Memorial Park on Wednesday at 2pm.


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14 May 2008
Mea culpa, mea culpa, mea maxima culpa
It struck me tonight at Compline how utterly deathly those words are to the old Adam. We stand before each other AND before the whole company of heaven and we confess that we have sinned. Real sins of thought, word, and deed. But here's the nail in the coffin of the old Adam: we don't excuse the sins. Yes, I've sinned in thought, word, and deed, BUT... You know the routine. It's natively bred into us. It's ALWAYS someone else's fault. But the Confiteor will not let us get away with that. We stand and confess not merely that we have sinned, but that it is "by my fault, by my own fault, by my own most grievous fault." It's MY doing. None other's. It is the exact opposite of Adam and Eve's blame game in Eden. I sinned, and no one is to blame but me. What utter freedom there is in such a confession! How wise the Church to hand it onto us to become our own prayer and words. Once again, the liturgy puts truth into our lips.
Posted by William Weedon at 8:51 PM
3 comments:
- Eric Phillips said...
What's a cupla?
Good point, though.
- William Weedon said...
Oops. I fixed it, but you know it wasn't REALLY my fault... ;)
- Anastasia Theodoridis said...
Must not be utterly deathly (if by deathly you mean lethal or fatal) since ya'll seem to have to keep on fighting Old Adam all your lives...Hyperbole, I assume?
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I honestly couldn't help myself when I saw Yousef and his cheeks. I'm a pretty disciplined person, and I live a fairly regimented life. But his cuteness overwhelmed me and my discipline went out the window!
I normally wouldn't interact too much with a child in his mother's arms in a conservative place like Fallujah. But Yousef isn't your "normal" kind of cute, either.
Within a short time we were playing peek-a-boo, holding hands, and watching Toy Story on the PLC iPad (thanks for helping us buy such an amazing tool for appeasing sick children in the hospital!).
Nurse Molly and Shannon administered Yousef's sedatives in preparation for his upcoming procedure. He didn't like the taste too much but we were soon back to playing.
As he sat there trying to figure me out—this impossibly white, foreign hairless guy—his meds kicked in.
Have you ever seen kids fall asleep at the dinner table? My parents have a great photo of me face down in mom's spaghetti. Yousef was headed that direction. Sitting up looking me square in the eyes, he would slowly fall over, dozing off. He'd gather himself, sit up, and do it all over again.
I try not to play favorites... but come on! Look at those cheeks! Come back tomorrow to see more of this adorable little boy and to hear how his operation went. More to come...
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The dish
Rays at White Sox
When/where: 2:10 today; U.S. Cellular Field, Chicago
TV/radio: Sun Sports; 620-AM, 680-AM (Spanish)
Starting pitchers
RAYS: LHP David Price (0-1, 5.14)
WHITE SOX: RHP Edwin Jackson (1-0, 3.00)
Rays information: Toll-free 1-888-326-7297 (FAN-RAYS)
Watch for …
Price check: Price was solid in his opening day start, allowing four runs over seven innings, striking out seven and walking one. He is winless in three starts against the White Sox (0-3, 5.00 ERA), including two starts in Chicago.
Action Jackson: Jackson, a former Ray, threw a unique no-hitter the last time he faced his former team on June 25, walking eight and throwing 149 pitches. He is 2-0, 1.59 in two career starts against Tampa Bay.
Key matchups
White Sox vs. Price
Paul Konerko 4-for-9, HR
Carlos Quentin 1-for-6
Alexei Ramirez 2-for-8
Rays vs. Jackson
Kelly Shoppach 2-for-11
Johnny Damon 8-for-38
Ben Zobrist 1-for-5
On deck
Friday: at White Sox, 8:10, FSN. Rays — James Shields (0-1, 2.45); White Sox — John Danks (0-1, 3.00)
Saturday: at White Sox, 4:10, FSN. Rays — Wade Davis (0-1, 5.68); White Sox — Phil Humber (0-0, 27.00)
Sunday: at White Sox, 2:10, Sun Sports. Rays — Jeff Niemann (12-8, 4.39); White Sox — Gavin Floyd (0-0, 5.14)
Quote of the day
"I don't need to impress nobody. I've got almost 600 home runs."
DH Manny Ramirez, smiling, when asked if he were pressing to make a good impression. Ramirez has 555 homers in his career.
Quote of the day 2
"I don't always want to rely on road trips to the Northeast to get on a roll."
Manager Joe Maddon, whose team is heading on a seven-game trip to Chicago and Boston, after getting reminded how last season's hot start was sparked by a 9-1 road trip to Baltimore, Boston and Chicago
Turn back the clock
The Rays held their Senior Prom for Senior Citizens day at Tropicana Field, with old-school music, entertainment, a prom king and queen and a postgame centerfield shuffle. The event, created last season, will happen again Sept. 7.
Numbers of the day
15 Strikeouts by Rays pitchers on Wednesday, tied for third most in team history (record was 17 on Sept. 19, 2007, vs. Boston).
0.76 ERA by opposing starting pitchers in the Rays' five games.


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Everyone would like to have faster and better access to the Internet, that is something we can all agree on. However, there will always be limitations to those kinds of efforts. Today, Microsoft announced that it has offered a new proposal to the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) that it claims will offer better performance on the web while also improving access to the Internet via mobile devices.
In a new post on its Interoperability @ Microsoft blog, the company announced the basics for its proposal, which it calls "HTTP Speed+Mobility". The document is supposed to work with what the IETF is developing for HTTP 2.0, the next generation of specifications for Internet web access.
The blog post states that Microsoft's HTTP Speed+Mobility ideas will not only speed up web access but also provide faster and and more reliable access for apps that run on mobile-based products. It states:
This approach includes keeping people and their apps in control of network access. Specifically, the client remains in control over the content that it receives from the web. This extends a key attribute of the existing HTTP protocol that has served the Web well. The app or browser is in the best position to assess what the user is currently doing and what data is already locally available. This approach enables apps and browsers to innovate more freely, delivering the most relevant content to the user based on the user's actual needs.
The blog post adds that HTTP Speed+Mobility takes the work that Google has done for its own separate HTTP 2.0 proposal called Google SPDY but adds support for mobile apps to the discussion; the IETF is meeting later this week to consider the new proposals for HTTP 2.0.


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Cell Phone Ban Passes Illinois House 62-53
Soon, all Illinois drivers may have to use a hands free device to make a cell phone call while driving.
The Illinois House of Representatives passed HB3972 62-53 Thursday, a bill which would make it a violation to place a phone call hold a cellphone to your ear with one hand while driving with the other, according to the Bloomington Pantagraph newspaper.
The bill is much like the cell phone ban Chicago already has in place. The main difference would be that state law would make the behavior a moving violation. That's unlike Chicago which treats it more like a parking or red light camera ticket so the violation doesn't go on your driving record.
The bill now moves on to the Illinois Senate for consideration.
Here's the Bloomington Pantagraph's full story, "Illinois House OKs cellphone ban for drivers."
5 Responses to Cell Phone Ban Passes Illinois House 62-53
Is it still allowed to use a cassette adapter with an ipod?
Follow the money! Look who Munoz has to please to get re-elected… http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?c=116881
Great. That will work. Make it illegal, huge fine, and assign moving points. I'm surrrrreee that will work.
What then about the makeup, cheeseburgers, reading newspapers, taking notes, picking noses, and all other such things?
No. Lets focus safety only on "speeding" (which isn't actually dangerous due to too-low limits) and "distracted driving" that consists only of things done with cell phones.
Make everyone a criminal. Oh, and fine (I mean tax) them while at it.
Personally think it is about damn time it was a Mover and not treated like a parking ticket (no insurance/points on license)…
In this day and age….if you don't have a Hands Free ability with your Cell….Stop carrying one.
Geek…Do something about this background…
To be able to see the Names of the Posters, I have to Click and Highlight them.


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The Palm Beach Post is reporting that a 17-year-old is facing charges as an adult in a shooting that happened at the South Florida Fair in January.
Being charged as a juvenile in West Palm Beach can be a difficult situation for any teenager. When the state decides to charge the teenager as an adult, the situation can be life-altering.
West Palm Beach juvenile defense attorneys understand the challenges of these cases. For one, a teenager who faces felony charges can see their future endangered. A charge like this can lead to disqualification of scholarships or admittance into colleges or universities as well as difficulty finding a job.
But how the two systems work can also be challenging. In the juvenile court system, the goal is to try to rehabilitate teenagers who have gone astray by providing them work camp or alternatives to prison. But the criminal justice system is designed to punish. Judges are less concerned with helping a defendant than with sending them away based on what the law lays forth as the maximum penalty.
This is a delicate situation for prosecutors. On the one hand, the brains of most teens aren't fully developed, so they may lack the proper ability to determine consequences of their actions. On the other hand, if a crime is committed, the state must fully prosecute.
An individual prosecutor must make the difficult decision of whether to file charges against the teenager as an adult or as a juvenile. Most violent crimes are going to see the juvenile being charged as an adult, depending on their age and prior law enforcement contact. Typically, it's more minor crimes that end up being shuffled to juvenile court.
In this case, a 17-year-old from Palm Beach Gardens stands accused of shooting two people at the South Florida Fair last month. The teen was denied bond by a circuit judge at an initial hearing, which was rescheduled so that the teen's West Palm Beach criminal defense attorney could be present.
The teen had been held at the Juvenile Assessment Center for three weeks, the maximum amount of time a teen can be stuck in juvenile custody. He faces charges of aggravated battery with a firearm and a delinquent in possession of a firearm.
The 17-year-old was charged with shooting two other teens– one male and one female — Jan. 28. The two victims were left with life-threatening injuries and the fair was locked down for about an hour as police officers investigated.
According to police, the victim was walking to the exit with friends around midnight when his girlfriend tugged at his shirt, warning him to watch out. Then, a person he identified as "Rone" began firing a gun in his direction. Another teen handed the victim a gun so he could return fire. He said he had known "Rone" since high school and that he was part of a local gang.
Another witness said two groups of people were fighting when a male who was wearing black clothing pulled out a gun. He began shooting at one of the victims, who then returned fire.
If you are arrested in Fort Lauderdale or elsewhere in South Florida, contact Leifert & Leifert at 954-523-9600 or 561-988-8000 for a free consultation.
More Blog Entries:
16-Year-Old West Palm Beach Juvenile Faces Attempted Murder Charges: January 25, 2012
Additional Resources:
Judge delays hearing for Riviera Beach teen accused in South Florida fair shooting, by Alexandra Seltzer and Cynthia Roldan, The Palm Beach Post


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Was that my blackwidow?Sick job man
Looks awesome! Black keycaps on a white shell is my favorite combination.
Looks great! It never even registered in my memory that the original case was shaped like that, with the corners and all.The sequence of pictures seems out of order. You put another coat of white over the final clear coat? Or does having an auto shop put on a clear coat result in an orange-peel texture?
Great job! Definitely looks better than the original.
Wonder if changing the whole switch will solve the quality issues of BW?BTW, just realise that the profile of the keyboard also changed?
Pardon my ignorance, but what issues? If there's already a thread, a link would be appreciated. I've noticed keys getting stuck on mine every now and then, but other than that it's been pretty good.
Looks great. Stormtrooper keyboard.
He just means that he had it clear coated to seal the paint and protect it.This is probably a good idea for something that you are going to touch and potentially scratch a lot.Most auto places will do this for you no problem for a small fee.
I dig this.Might undertake a similar venture for my blackwidow.Granted purplewidow doesn't sound as badass.
... it looks like the keys have sunk in the final photos?
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A study commissioned by Council Associate Partner Siemens highlights the economic value that "best in class" public transportation systems bring to cities – and the numbers are huge. To come up with them, Siemens commissioned London-based transport consultancy Credo to put the public transportation systems of 35 global cities under the magnifying glass.
City leaders wanting to develop a business case for transportation improvements should find the study very useful.
The goal of The Mobility Opportunity undertaking was to quantify the potential economic uplift cities could realize by investing in transportation improvements. Here's a quick look at some of the key findings:
- Greater transportation efficiency across the 35 cities in the study would boost GDP already today by $119 billion
- If all 35 cities studied would implement relative "best in class" transportation standards, they stand to gain an economic benefit of roughly $238 billion annually from 2030
- Worldwide, major cities stand to gain around $800 billion per year of economic opportunity from 2030 by upgrading their public transportation networks
Acknowledging that transportation is one of the major factors of a city's competitiveness, a Siemens press release points out that lack of financial resources often constrains cities' ability to invest in their transportation networks.
In analyzing the economics of transportation, some of the factors considered were journey times, crowding and network density, all of which impact a city's productivity. To have a reasonable comparison, the study groups cities into three categories to account for different levels of wealth and development.
Of the 35 cities studied, Credo determined the most cost-efficient cities are:
- Copenhagen, Denmark (Category "Well-established cities")
- Singapore (Category "High-density compact centers")
- Santiago, Chile (Category "Emerging cities")
By comparing cities to the leading city in their category, Credo then quantified the economic benefits that investments in transportation would bring, such as higher productivity and new economic activity.
"The best transportation systems are the ones that move people quickly, easily and comfortably to their destination," said Roland Busch, CEO of the Siemens Sector Infrastructure & Cities. "The leading cities are already achieving this with efficient transport networks that feature modern infrastructure, easy connections across various modes of transportation, and, above all, a clear strategy of how to meet future needs."
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