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Merkel's party set for photo finish in state vote
Merkel's resolute stance through the dramas of the eurozone crisis has left her personal popularity intact. But her national center-right coalition is in jeopardy after a slump in public support for her junior coalition partners, the Free Democrats (FDP), due to their infighting and prickly leaders.
To have any chance of a third term in power and press on with her drive to instill German-style budget discipline across the ailing eurozone, Merkel must find new allies for her Christian Democrats (CDU) and end a dismal run at regional level for both her party and the FDP.
Schleswig-Holstein's voters looked almost certain to eject the CDU-FDP alliance that has run Schleswig-Holstein since 2009. First exit polls are due at 1600 GMT.
The question is whether the CDU can remain the largest party in the largely rural state of 2.8 million people on the Danish border and cling to power in a different coalition.
"I believe we will win, that we will fulfill our goal and be the largest party by a strong margin," said Jost de Jager, the CDU's lead candidate in Schleswig-Holstein.
If the party does win it would most likely strive for a "grand coalition" with the Social Democrats (SPD). But if the SPD become the largest party they will try to form a "Danish traffic light" coalition with the Greens and the South Schleswig Party (SSW), representing the Danish minority.
A CDU victory would give the party a vital second wind, at a sensitive time for the chancellor.
With national elections in France and Greece and local elections in Italy on the same day, the Chancellor faces a backlash across the continent to the austerity measures she has championed as the bitter pill necessary to solving the debt crisis.
Multiple Challenges
Merkel could lose her ally Nicolas Sarkozy in France's presidential vote on Sunday with leftist leader Francois Hollande tipped to win, who has pledged to try and temper the austerity drive.
Merkel also faces a vote in Germany's most populous state North Rhine-Westphalia, frequently a barometer of future national voting trends, where the CDU trails the SPD by 7-8 percentage points.
Opinion polls for Schleswig-Holstein show the CDU and SPD neck-and-neck at 31 percent.
But the onus is on the CDU. Polls show SPD candidate Torsten Albig, charismatic mayor of the state capital Kiel, is twice as popular as his CDU opponent de Jager.
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McMoRan Exploration Co. (NYSE: MMR) today reported on the status of its operations following Hurricane Isaac, which impacted Gulf of Mexico operations prior to making landfall on the coast of Louisiana on August 28, 2012. Prior to the storm, McMoRan was engaged in recompletion activities at Davy Jones No. 1 on South Marsh Island Block 230 and in exploratory activities at Blackbeard West No. 2 on Ship Shoal Block 188 and Lineham Creek onshore in Cameron Parish, Louisiana. These rigs, which were secured and evacuated for the storm, sustained no significant damage. Rig crews have been re-mobilized following the evacuation and operations have resumed. Following the storm, McMoRan also completed initial assessments of the McMoRan-operated producing properties in the Gulf of Mexico and received reports from third-party operators on certain properties, including Flatrock at South Marsh Island Block 212. There was no significant damage to McMoRan's producing properties resulting from Hurricane Isaac and efforts are under way to re-establish production. At Davy Jones No. 1, McMoRan has made progress in operations required to test the well and is working expeditiously to conclude testing operations on the first shallow water, sub-salt ultra-deep well on the Gulf of Mexico Shelf. As previously reported McMoRan successfully perforated 165 feet of Wilcox sands in July 2012. Prior to removing the blow out preventer and installing the production tree, McMoRan performed a routine pressure test on the seal system, which indicated that the seal assembly needed to be replaced. Prior to evacuating for the storm, McMoRan successfully suppressed flow in the well, removed the production tubing and cleaned out the wellbore to approximately 27,500 feet. Remaining steps required before flow testing include cleaning out the bottom 900 feet of the hole, installing the seal assembly, packer and production tubing in the hole, removing the blowout preventer and installing the production tree. Operations have resumed following Hurricane Isaac to complete the remaining steps and McMoRan currently expects to conduct a measurable flow test during the month of September 2012. Timing estimates may vary depending on operating conditions in the well, weather and other factors. As previously reported, McMoRan has drilled two successful ultra-deep sub-salt wells in the Davy Jones field. The Davy Jones No. 1 well logged 200 net feet of pay in multiple Wilcox sands, which were all full to base. The Davy Jones offset appraisal well (Davy Jones No. 2), which is located two and a half miles southwest of Davy Jones No. 1, confirmed 120 net feet of pay in multiple Wilcox sands, indicating continuity across the major structural features of the Davy Jones prospect, and also encountered 192 net feet of potential hydrocarbons in the Tuscaloosa and Lower Cretaceous carbonate sections.
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The 2015-16 Portland Trail Blazers season will be defined by some major changes to the team's roster over the offseason. Longtime superstar LaMarcus Aldridge left the franchise in the offseason, leaving the Trail Blazers with a major scoring hole in their front court. Portland will have to rely even heavier on star point guard Damian Lillard, who is expected to take an even higher percentage of the shots this season. Despite the departure of Aldridge, Portland still has one of the best defensive front courts in the Western Conference, with Mason Plumlee and Al-Farouq Aminu both crashing the glass for near double digit rebounds a season ago. Without Aldridge, it is hard to consider the Blazers a threat to win the Western Conference this season, but Damian Lillard has turned into a legitimate superstar in the NBA, and the heights that the Blazers will soar in 2015-16 will rest solely on his shoulders.
The Portland Trail Blazers rebounded from an off year in 2012 and had an outstanding 2013-14 NBA season. The Trail Blazers won 54 games, and Portland made the NBA playoffs for the first time since 2011. Led by superstar LeMarcus Alderidge, Portland dismantled favored Houston in the first round of the playoffs earning the Trail Blazers their first playoff series victory since 2000. When looking at the 2014-15 Portland Trail Blazers schedule, the question is whether or not the Blazers can take the next step and turn into one of the NBA Western Conference's elite teams. Key acquisitions for the Trail Blazers in the offseason were Steve Blake and Chris Kamen, who add much needed playoff experience to a young Portland team. Still, the Portland Trail Blazers will only go as far as their star duo of Damien Lillard and LaMarcus Aldridge take them. Look for the Blazers to be a matchup that no one wants come playoff time.
Portland had a rough go of it in the 2012-13 Season, winning only 33 games for 4th place in the Northwest Division. Management let every bench player go that was not already under contract, and used the cap space to pick up Robin Lopez, Mo Williams and Thomas Robinson. While everyone knows LaMarcus Aldridge by now, be prepared to hear a lot more about Damian Lillard and Nicolas Batum. Lillard was last season's Rookie of the Year and they'll need an even bigger performance from the youngster to get back to the postseason. The Trail Blazers will open the season in Denver on Nov. 1 before returning home for a three-game homestand against the Spurs, Rockets and Kings. Other key home games will be vs. Chicago on Nov. 22, vs. Oklahoma City on Dec. 4, and vs. Miami on Dec. 28.
Over the past several years, the Portland Trail Blazers have dealt with major injuries to star players and massive contracts that simply didn't result in success in the win-loss column. As a result, during the team's tumultuous 2011-12 campaign, the Trail Blazers fired coach Nate McMillian, traded away a series of their expiring contracts and decided to embark on a full-scale rebuilding project to plan for the future. While the team finished with a 28-38 record last season, the team is hoping that its new blend of savvy veterans and young talent will be enough to get them back into the Western Conference playoff conversation and back to the glory days of the franchise. During the middle of the 2011-12 season, the Trail Blazers got serious about their rebuilding project by shipping off former cornerstones like Gerald Wallace, Marcus Camby, Raymond Felton and Jamal Crawford. The team brought in new coach Terry Stotts, who brings a wealth of experience to the young rostewr. While the team scored a series of lottery picks like point guard Damian Lillard, center Meyers Leonard and guard Will Barton, the Trail Blazers' upcoming season will largely be predicated on the ability of the players on their current roster to play up to expectations and fulfill the promise they had when they were signed in the first place. The Trail Blazers' scoring attack revolves around their duo of dynamic forwards, Nicolas Batum and LaMarcus Aldrige. Both of these players have All-Star quality talent, but it's the pieces that surround them that will make the difference in the team's playoff chances. At point guard, the keys to the offense will be handed to the rookie Damian Lillard, who will be spelled occasionally by Nolan Smith and Ronnie Price. At the shooting guard position, Wesley Matthews and Will Barton are solid, if not unspectacular, while at center, the Trail Blazers boast one of the best in the business in J.J. Hickson. Ultimately, with a strong starting five, the Trail Blazers will need a welcome boost from their bench players to put them over the top in the Western Conference playoff race. The Trail Blazers have succeeded in dumping some of the large contracts that have held them hostage over the past several years, but this year's season will be judged on how quickly the young players come along and whether or not the team can successfully build for the future. The team is loaded with talent and if they come along a bit sooner than expected, the Trail Blazers could be a surprise playoff team before all is said and done.
While the post-lockout era began with sad news for Trailblazers fans—the too-early retirement of one of their native sons, Brandon Roy—what is left on the court is enough to carry them on. Forward LaMarchcus Aldridge is one of the most exciting and intriguing in the league, and his breakout 2010-11 season left fans in the Rose City eagerly anticipating what he can do to follow it up. With the forever-young Marchcus Camby and a group of young players like guard Wes Matthews and forward Nicolas Batum, the Trailblazers were emerging, but it was the mid-season trade for forward Gerald Wallace from Charlotte is what made them stronger and a true playoff contender. Traded at the deadline, Wallace brought a ferocious play that might have been missing from the Blazers, evidenced by his leading the team in steals despite his limited time there. With a whole training camp and start of the season soon to be under their collective belts, The Portland Trailblazers will be one of the more intriguing teams to watch in the NBA.
The Portland Trail Blazers suffered through a litany of injuries last season, but still managed to sneak into the playoffs before losing to the Phoenix Suns in the first round. Portland now returns healthy to begin the season, and expectations are high as the team is loaded with the most talent it has had in years, and fans are looking forward to a deep playoff run. Perhaps the biggest injury to hit the Blazers last year was to Brandon Roy. The 6-foot-6 guard is one of the most dynamic scorers in the league if he's healthy, and averaged over 21 points a game last season. Highly touted center Greg Oden has yet to make an impact in his young career, but he has a tremendous upside and can play a big role both offensively and defensively if he can stay on the court. The Blazers also made several moves during the offseason to improve their lineup, highlighted by the addition of Wesley Matthews, should be solid off the bench. Although they lost Travis Outlaw to the New Jersey Nets, Rudy Fernandez has proven he's a capable young players, and barring another injury-plagued season, there's no reason to believe Portland won't contend in the Western Conference.
The Portland Trailblazers look like one of the best teams in the NBA as they head into the 2009-2010 season. The young Portland squad was a 4 seed in the playoffs last season and has no doubt set their sights on making the Western Conference Finals this year. The Blazers are led by SG Brandon Roy, PF Lamarcus Aldridge and spark plug Rudy Fernandez. If Portland Head Coach Nate McMillan can keep the Trailblazers improving, and the team stays healthy, then the Blazers should be one of the premiere teams in the NBA for years to come.
The Portland Trail Blazers are potentially the next great NBA dynasty. With Greg Oden, Brandon Roy and loads of young talent supporting them, the Portland Trail Blazers are likely to be a team to be reckoned with for years to come. Watch a game in the famed Rose Garden in Portland, Oregon, and you'll see one of the brightest young teams play in front of the loudest and most supportive set of fans in the NBA.


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And they're off.
A new crop of Oscar prospects crammed the red carpet at what is widely considered Tinseltown's award-season starting gate: the Hollywood Awards.
"I think I was extremely naive when I showed up here tonight," giggled New Hollywood Award winner Gabourey "Gabby" Sidibe, who plays the title role of an abused daughter in "Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Saffire."
"This is a big thing," she said.
Among the other honorees walking the media gantlet Monday night: Hilary Swank ("Amelia"), Julianne Moore ("A Single Man"), Carey Mulligan ("An Education") and Christoph Waltz ("Inglorious Basterds").
Presenters included Sandra Bullock, Ewan McGregor, Kate Beckinsale, Morgan Freeman and "Juno" screenwriter Diablo Cody. "I first came to this show a couple years ago, and we won for 'Juno,'" Cody said. "I think this is kind of like the first. There's something in the air."
"It's a great festival," commented Oscar-winner Charlize Theron, whose performance in "North Country" earned her the Hollywood Actress Award at the 2005 gala, and she went on to nab an Academy Award nomination that year. "It really does create a bit of noise."
Theron dropped by to present a Hollywood Breakthrough Actor Award to her "North Country" co-star and friend Jeremy Renner, honored for his performance in "The Hurt Locker."
"You know, he's been great in everything," Theron said. "But he really shines in this film. This is really his moment."
While the festival is 13 years old, only over the last few years has its gala emerged as one of the award season's tentpoles. The fest's chairs, judges and advisers include film critics, film-industry executives and film-festival chiefs from all over the world — making for one enigmatic voting group.
Christoph Waltz, the veteran German character actor who won the Hollywood Supporting Actor Award after stealing scenes from Brad Pitt as ruthless Col. Hans Landa in "Inglorious Basterds," admitted to not knowing who the voters are. He said it actually "helps me get through it in a sort of relaxed, organic way."
For at least some of the attendees, this likely marked the first of four constant months on the award-show circuit. "Four months of this?" asked British actress Carey Mulligan, sounding surprised.
Mulligan's portrayal of a young student in a relationship with an older man in "An Education" earned her the Hollywood Breakthrough Actress Award, and has some Oscar pundits saying it'll also lead her to the Kodak Theatre next March for the Academy Awards.
"Oh, Ijust met Hilary Swank. I'm in a little bit of a daze," Mulligan continued. "This is exciting. The photo bit is a little scary. The lights flash a lot and they made my eyes water, which is terrifying. But it's amazing."
Four-time Oscar nominee Julianne Moore, honored with the Hollywood Supporting Actress Award for a blast of films including designer-turned-director Tom Ford's "A Single Man," said balancing life, work and award shows does present its challenges.
"Obviously, it's all a lot easier if you do live in Los Angeles," explained Moore, who lives in New York. "And the flying. I was just at the London Film Festival, so I came from the London Film Festival, right to here. So, that's kind of exhausting. And I am anxious to get home to my kids."
"I have to say it's something very surreal," noted Swank, the two-time Oscar winner who won the Hollywood Actress Award for her work in "Amelia." ''But to have your work recognized? At the end of it all is something that continues to leave me speechless."
Select 2009 Hollywood Awards winners:
Actor: Robert De Niro, "Everybody's Fine."
Actress: Hilary Swank, "Amelia."
Supporting Actor: Christoph Waltz, "Inglorious Basterds."
Supporting Actress: Julianne Moore, "A Single Man."
Director: Kathryn Bigelow, "The Hurt Locker."
Screenplay: Nora Ephron, "Julie&Julia."
Breakthrough Actress: Carey Mulligan, "An Education."
Breakthrough Actor: Jeremy Renner, "The Hurt Locker."
Breakthrough Director: Lee Daniels, "Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Saffire."
New Hollywood Award: Gabourey "Gabby" Sidibe, "Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Saffire."
Hollywood Spotlight Awards: Shohreh Aghdashloo, Zachary Quinto, Melanie Lynskey and Paul Schneider.
Comedy Award: Bradley Cooper, "The Hangover."


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Farsley will be looking to strengthen their push for the promotion play-offs in Evo-Stik Division One North on Saturday when they visit Salford City.
Neil Parsley's men lost ground last week when they lost 3-2 at rivals Curzon Ashton but they are still stinging from that defeat and have a desire to get it out of their system.
Beating 13th-placed Salford could even take Farsley back into the top five.
In the Baris Northern Counties East League Premier Division, second-placed Brighouse Town could go top if they win at third from bottom Arnold Town but they would have to rely on leaders Scarborough Athletic losing at home.
Brighouse trail the Seadogs by just two points, having played the same number of games, but third- placed Bridlington Town have an edge as they have played fewer games than the top two.
Sixth-placed Thackley have home advantage over Heanor Town and will be in good spirits following a 3-2 win in the derby against mid-table Liversedge on Tuesday.
Sedge are also at home but face the task of having to put in a good performance against fourth-placed Worksop Parramore if they are to bounce back from their defeat at Dennyfield.
Albion Sports are flying high in Division One but have to sit this weekend out as they should have had a home fixture but Bradford Park Avenue have first call on Horsfall Stadium.
Eccleshill United's dramatic 4-3 win over Teversal - the Eagles' third maximum on the trot - in midweek lifted them above Bottesford Town ahead of Saturday's trip to the Scunthorpe-based outfit.
In the North West Counties League's top tier, Silsden host ninth-placed Congleton Town.
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I have been approached by a client who wished me to take over maintenance of their site because the existing developer can take months before responding to change requests.
Despite the client having perfectly adequate hosting & domain name, the other developer bought a new domain name, registered to himself and hosted that on his own hosting and simply redirected from their old hosting to his own.
He also developed his own limited CMS system which serves the site.
So now he has transferred me the files and they are all simply the static output from the CMS, not the actuall PHP code.
No contract was drafted between the client and developer. So what is the default legal situation here?
Since the developer created the site in the employ of the client, doesn't that imply a perpetual non-exclusive license to use the dynamic code that produces the pages?
Personally I would never do that to a client. In fact I always provide full documentation for how the site was developed. Even if I have created custom plugins or php code. In case they do want to switch.
On the other hand I've never had a client want to switch yet!
Can anyone with any legal experience point me to any resources which might shed some light on this?
Thanks in advance.Janimal
Sounds like this developer basically offers a hosted CMS service. He designs the site, hosts it and the client uses the developer's CMS to update the site - I assume that the client did not pay for the development of the CMS, only the design and integration of that design into the pre-existing CMS. The CMS belongs to the developer. He is not an employee, he is a contractor, so employment rules are irrelevant.
Providing a hosted CMS service is a great business model, one I've run myself over the years. Of course one of the key issues is that you don't ever provide the source code to the CMS, and clients can't take it away with them. On the flip side, it means the client have significantly lower start up costs, as they are not paying for the development of a CMS.
If the client decides to use a different developer, then they cannot take the CMS with them, it's not theirs to take. So the developer provides a static output of the site to the new developer, who in turn would use that to set up the new site.
Obviously this would be easier if there was a contract and a CMS licensing agreement that made everything clear. In that respect the developer definitely needs to rethink the way he goes about his business - you cannot provide this kind of business model without providing appropriate licensing and contractual documentation. The domain name issue is also odd. As for not providing timely updates - what kind of updates were they? Outside of the scope of the CMS? That's really the point of the CMS, i.e. the client no longer relies on the developer for site updates.
As for the client, I sympathise as it seems they were not made fully aware of the situation. Basically (it seems) they were simply licensed use of the CMS for as long as they pay their hosting fees and use that developer for updates. I hope the price they paid reflects that restriction. The downside is that to move away, they effectually have to start all over again, although at least the design and content is already available. Although they might want to check that they own the design....
That's tricky without a contract.
On the one sense you could argue that the CMS was developed by the developer on their own and they provided to the client for their use, not necessarily giving them ownership of the CMS itself.
On the other hand, you could argue that the CMS was developed by the developer for the client, and thus the CMS is their property.
In this case... I think the client is pretty much screwed. =/ It could be argued and argued by really it'd come down to a judge's call. It's all about the exact specifies.
Letting him host it on his own domain was a huge mistake on the client's part.
Depending how large this CMS is, if it's small, it may be better for them to just cut their loses and have you build them a new CMS (or use an existing CMS if there is one well-suited to their purposes). If the CMS is small, this could be the best way.
One thing I will note is that the data of their site is their property, so he'd have to provide you with a database dump at the bare minimum, which you could then convert to suit a new CMS.
Thanks for your reply.
Apparently the customer was under the impression they would be able to add / remove pages through the cms. But it turned out that they could only add remove products to lists and so had to ask if they wanted anything more than adding a product to a pre-existing page of products in a list.
Personally I don't think the CMS developer needs to fear anyone stealing his code - certianly wouldn't want to use it and have already suggested they move to a single product per page model and a different CMS system.
We would only use his existing code until it could be replaced to be honest.
I just wondered if there was any de-facto statuatory (under UK law) judgement when no licensing or contract has been specified.
The clients are actually extended family so I want to make sure they aren't ripped off and don't have to incur greater costs than necessary.
To me developers like this are simply taking advantage of their clients ignorance if they fail to make clear what the client does and does not own.
I agree.
I just started with a company as their only in-house programmer. They have been working with a third-party company for a while which I think has been ripping them off in a number of ways. And if you stop and think about it, it does make sense. When you go to someone and ask for their expert opinion on something, and that opinion directly corresponds to how much money you will be giving them... what do you think that opinion is going to involve.
at excatly the same time I have another new client (a small adult flim company) who wants me to take over maintenance of their site and e-shop which is built again on a totally bespoke CMS but in this case they have provided the full code and an overview document as well.
It's so incredibly variable this business isn't it?
It is. A lot of it comes down to the developers ethics.
In the UK - Without a contract or something in writing (email etc) that says otherwise, ownership remains with the creator. Your clients needed something that effectively stated it was a 'work for hire' arrangement.
Realistically, there is nothing practical they can do about this. I disagree that this is an ethical issue, because if the client didn't pay for the development of the CMS, then the developer doesn't have to hand it over to them. If he does, then that's wonderful, but you can't blame the developer for wanting to keep hold of the core of his business model. He just needs to sort out the lack of info he's giving the clients before they sign up. However, clients should also be a bit more savvy about these things before signing up.
Why not keep them on his system while you quickly knock up something in a free open source CMS - you can always tweak it later.
at excatly the same time I have another new client (a small adult flim company) who wants me to take over maintenance of their site and e-shop which is built again on a totally bespoke CMS but in this case they have provided the full code and an overview document as well.
It's so incredibly variable this business isn't it?
Variable yes, but I suspect that in this example, the client had most likely covered the ownership issues before beginning the project, and I also assume that they paid for the CMS development under a full work for hire arrangement. I also suspect that the project costs were significantly higher than those associated with using a ready-made hosted CMS solution.
Seems like a great chance to help a client rescue themselves from bring captive to a crappy CMS
So you say you don't want to reap off your clients, take the money for a site and money from that site?That is good for you. Your client must be proud working with you.Suggestion: try to take as much content as possible and start the site from zero. This would be the fasted way for your client to have a working site that he OWNS.
Perhaps its your client who is the ignorant one. A fair share of people don't really care about the technical side of things until it prevents them from achieving their business goals. So perhaps the client was told they didn't own the CMS and either didn't understand it or were off in their own little world. To say anything further I would have to see the site in question. I mean… the price in combination with features would be a good indicator of whether the client owns the cms.
What probably happened there is that is was discussed that they would be able to add products and the client assumed that meant all pages due to a lack of understanding anything technical at all. its partially the fault of the client and developer it would seem. The client probably saw a product as a page and just thought they could add any page based on the relationship.
Absolutely! You can rescue your new prospective client and add some value to the idea of having a CMS driven site.
I was approached last year by a company that had two fairly large websites running on a proprietary CMS that they wanted me to "take over" because of poor service from the existing host. After assessing the situation and realizing that they were hosted on an ancient and limited ASP (Classic) CMS, I gave them the straight goods; the site was hosted on a limited CMS and the code did not belong to them but I could port the sites over exactly as they looked onto a modern community driven CMS system for $x.xx. We ended up porting one exactly as it looked and then did a full on redesign and redevelopment of the other. Everyone was happy and they ended up with a full featured CMS to boot
Forget about the legalities of the code base, it's probably garbage so just move on.
I can see his business model as valid. If the developer manages the web servers, then he'll be able to monitor all CMS sites. The client only need to call him once and he'll fix the problem.
If you hire a in-house developer where you build CMS Server and Content, then quit down the road.. then he'll have much less support. Of course, if the client is smart enough he maybe able to maintain on his own.
Anyways, you got to do w/ what you can get. Based on the resources you were to get from that developer, you charge appropriate money. Nothing more you can do.
This is an opportunity for you to make money. Why worry about this other developer?
As long as you can recover the original content that was in your clients' website - make them a quote on building a brand new site; perhaps on an open source CMS - to give them confidence & ensure they never run into this problem again.
The client might be ignorant, and the developer is providing a service only. But since the client paid for the development, s/he has the rights to own the system. If the CMS application is not generic and just fits for the client's need, there is no worth of keeping the source code away from the client.
It is still unclear, why the client was convinced to host on a different server than the one s/he had currently.
It is always likely that a developer keeps a private copy of the application for various legitimate reasons. Even if the source code is delivered to the client, the developer being the creator can keep a copy for further references, analysis, extracting the reusable portions of the applications. The developer may not however sell or clone the application to affect the original client's business in any way. Ethics of the developer is more important here.
The developer may not use any proprietary materials of the client.
But client should receive the entire source codes without any hassles. s/he should know well how the application is functioning. It does not sound good to the client if s/he has to pay for the source code again.
Or, think of revising your contract, for safety.
If the client paid for a service and they are ignorant of that fact why should they be entitled to something that they have not paid for?
I developed my own CMS years ago and provided it as part of the design/development package. I released the code with the limitation that the right to use it was limited to the specific website I was contracted for (not to be used on multiple websites without explicit permission). That was my decision just as it is the decision of the owner/creator of the CMS in question to keep their code base.
Again, based on what? Because they think they should get the source? Besides, it's been established that the CMS is limited. My advice would be to cut their losses and as has been stated before, move the site to an open source CMS where there will never be the problem of vendor lock-in.
I much have to agree with @bimalpoudel, if the source code was company specific it would not be worth keeping. I don't think you have to overly concerned yourself with the legalities. Everybody uses source code that desired from somewhere else, whether being books, tutorials or just website's.
There are many things I would not do to clients, but in the world of business people cut corners alongside with quality.


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We've all probably at least heard the name Edward R. Murrow. I think there was even a movie about the man. He was a well respected broadcast journalist that came to prominence during World War II . Well, WZZM's own Tom Clyde won the regional "Excellence In Electronic Journalism" award for a piece he photographed, wrote and edited. "For the Love of the Game" is the story of a young tee ball player in Zeeland and his father, and the success they have found both on and off the ball field. How cool is that! Congratulations Tom for doing what you love and being recognized for it. Well done!


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Shooting seems to have its share of pee-freaks, spreading unsubstantiated tales. Here's a few I can recall from the internet and pre-internet books and magazines. As far as I know, only one is true:
1. Long ago, to make gunpowder (black powder) stronger, soldiers urinated in the powder and then dried it.
FALSE - Urinate in powder and you'll get soggy, unusable powder. During the long, stinky process of making potassium nitrate (saltpetre) -- one of three ingredients in black powder -- it was learned centuries ago that the urine of heavy drinkers was particularly good for this use.
The microbes that converted the organic material to potassium nitrate thrived on it. This is probably where this falsity stems from.
2. Urine was used to clean black powder guns.
KINDA - It was probably a field expedient to wash away heavy fouling, but not a regular practice.
I recall reading that, during the Korean War and its bitter cold, GIs in foxholes peed on the action of their M1 rifle to keep it from freezing over with ice. I am uncertain this is true, because the M1 rifle is an exceedingly dependable arm.
3. Machine gunners in the trenches of World War I peed into the water jacket of their machine guns, when they ran low on water, to keep their guns firing.
I've heard this many times, and even saw reference to it at the World War I museum at Ypres, Belgium (where three of the war's bloodiest battles were fought). I believe it, but only as a a field expediency.
4. The Viet Cong peed on the sharpened punji stakes they used in booby traps, to cause greater infection.
But then, urinating edged weapons before battle was known long ago to cause infection.
Ancient armies also smeared feces, mashed insects and other nasty stuff on their arrowheads and blades to induce infection.
There are probably other tales of odd uses for urine, aside from being a fertilizer. Few of them are likely true.
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Colin Kolles has been reflecting positively upon Hispania Racing's opening half to the F1 2011 campaign - and looking ahead to the future with optimism.
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Colin Kolles has asserted that F1 2011 tailender Hispania Racing 'should be well-prepared for strong performances' over the remainder of the campaign, as the team targets consolidation, further improvements - and tenth position in the constructors' world championship.
Having failed - for the second season in succession - to turn a wheel prior to the opening of competitive hostilities, Hispania has gradually picked itself up from its shambolic start to proceedings this year to take the fight to, and on occasion get the better of fellow newcomers Virgin and even Team Lotus.
A gritty and well-earned 13th position for Vitantonio Liuzzi in the tumultuous Canadian Grand Prix in Montreal in June lifted HRT above Virgin into eleventh spot in the constructors' table, and the arrival of Daniel Ricciardo alongside the Italian - in-place of Narain Karthikeyan, who nonetheless remains a part of the team - has given the Spanish outfit a blend of youth, talent and experience on the driving strength.
Add into the mix new owners in the shape of investment group Thesan Capital - a development that Kolles contends has injected 'increased confidence' into the squad, hitherto beset by financial difficulties - and it is all beginning to fall into place for a slow-but-steady progression up the grid.
"Our team has made improvements during the course of this season," the German reflected, "and we want to continue to fight hard to reduce the gap to the midfield. Canada was our best race so far, where we scored the best result in our team's history - it was a great race with a positive ending. We made a step forward in terms of performance and in championship position. The whole team has been working very hard, and it was a deserved result. The drivers did a very good job, driving more aggressively than ever in very difficult conditions.
"We will have to improve further and target tenth position in the championship. We have been working on updates for the upcoming grands prix at Spa and Monza, which require different aerodynamic configurations from the previous ones. The car's set-up must reflect the need to perform with complete stability in the very fast and medium-speed corners, while also having the mechanical traction to deal with the slower corners.
"The weather is often hard to predict, too, but we should be well-prepared for strong performances. Some tracks like Hungary are notoriously more difficult given the conditions, which tend to be windy, and the fact that it is a track on which overtaking is a problem - but tyre-management is always a key factor, as well as timing your pit-stops and tyre decisions perfectly. There are many challenges every day."
Kolles went on to praise the roles played by Messrs. Liuzzi, Ricciardo and Karthikeyan in helping HRT to tackle and overcome those challenges in the team's sophomore campaign of top flight competition, as well as in contributing to the evolution of the Cosworth-powered F111.
"Narain has the widest experience of different categories, which is very useful," he mused. "Vitantonio is our experienced driver who will compete in his 74th F1 grand prix at Spa. He is a really good fighter behind the wheel, with a passionate temperament. Daniel is the youngest and a very talented rookie who shows that he is a fast learner. He needs to develop, and is on the right trajectory in that regard.
"It's always difficult to fully evaluate a newcomer. Daniel arrives with a strong background of 55 podiums in his short career, which is very promising. He received an unusual and nice birthday gift on 1 July and was able to make it to his first F1 grand prix drive.
"Three races later, Daniel will start his fourth grand prix at Spa, and is gaining very valuable knowledge and experience with every lap he completes behind the wheel. Sometimes young drivers don't know what to expect, but we are working closely with him to build his experience and confidence in the car."


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WHEELING, W.Va. – Two suspects in the slaying of a Wheeling Jesuit University student were arrested Tuesday on murder charges.
Craig Tyler Peacock, 22, of Clewiston, Fla., and Jarrett Mathis Chandler, 24, of Winnfield, La., are being held at the Northern Regional jail on $1 million cash bond each following arraignments in Ohio County Magistrate Court, Wheeling police said in a news release.
Peacock and Chandler are accused of killing Kevin Figaniak, 21, of Perkasie. Figaniak and a friend were walking toward the Wheeling Jesuit campus when they were attacked about 1:45 a.m. Saturday, police said.
Figaniak was pronounced dead just after 3 a.m. Sunday at a Pittsburgh hospital, said the Allegheny County medical examiner's office in Pennsylvania.
Peacock and Mathis were arrested around 12:15 a.m. Tuesday at a campsite that is frequented by oil and gas workers, police said.
Wheeling Police Chief Shawn Schwertfeger said that the investigation is continuing but he declined to provide details.
Media outlets reported Figaniak's friend told police they were attacked by three or four men.
Figaniak was a senior business major who played on Wheeling Jesuit's varsity lacrosse team. He also was a member of the school's club hockey team.
"'Why?' was what people kept on asking," Wheeling Jesuit President Rev. James Fleming said Tuesday at a news conference. "'Why would this happen?' There's no good answer for why it would happen. There is evil in the world, and we saw the results of it firsthand."
The university said in a posting on its website it has received an outpouring of support from alumni, the Wheeling community, neighboring colleges and friends.
"We ask that you keep Kevin Figaniak's family and the WJU community in your prayers during this time of mourning. It is through this support that we draw the strength to cope with the loss of our fallen brother," the university said.
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EADS Socata (Booth No. 4484) and Daher Aerospace (Booth No. 4381) are developing joint projects in business aviation and aero structures that promise to significantly boost each company's presence in these areas. As part of the partnership, Daher will take over an undisclosed majority stake in Socata from EADS, with the new company likely to seek a partner to launch a twin-engine business turboprop as soon as next year.
French business daily Les Echos reported that EADS would retain 30 to 40 percent of Socata, with operational control being handed over to Daher. Daher has interests in the automotive, defense and nuclear industries, but until now has been on the sidelines of major aerospace programs. The family-owned company's aerospace activities include composite structures, fluid distribution and cabin insulation products for commercial and business airplanes and civil and military helicopters.
While Airbus and Eurocopter are major clients, Daher also produces components for other companies, including as a subcontractor to Stork-Fokker on Gulfstream's new G650. It has opened a new facility in Mexico and another in Australia, in a joint venture with Eurocopter.
A Socata spokesman said the two companies have been notified that they have won the contract to supply landing gear doors for the new midsize, long-range Airbus A350XWB due to enter service in 2013. The EADS subsidiary also has a separate bid outstanding to supply engine masts for the new aircraft.
Meanwhile, Socata has announced that it will offer the new Garmin Synthetic Vision Technology (SVT) as an optional feature on its new G1000-equipped TBM 850.
Expanding the TBM Series
As of July 1, EADS Socata had booked orders for 201 copies of TBM 850 since the airplane was launched in mid-December 2005. The TBM 850 includes an integrated all-glass flight deck based on the last-generation Garmin G1000 system similar to the panel of the Cessna Citation Mustang. At the end of July, Socata announced an upgrade with the Garmin SVT, which presents a 3-D depiction of terrain, obstacles and traffic on the G1000's primary flight display (PFD) so that the avionics panel replicates what pilots would see outside the cockpit on a clear day. The SVT will be available as an option on new G1000-equipped TBM 850s later this fall. It will also be available for retrofit.
Socata's backlog of 92 aircraft includes 49 copies earmarked for delivery next year, representing three quarters of next year's scheduled production. The company delivered 24 TBM 850s as of July 15 this year. About 70 percent of sales have been going to U.S. customers, 20 percent to those in Europe and 10 percent to buyers in South America, Asia and the Pacific.
EADS Socata vice president for sales and marketing Nicholas Chabbert attributed the "growing success" of the TBM 850 to the fact that "some small and medium business jet owners are now considering the TBM as a viable alternative to a very light jet–or even larger jet-powered aircraft–which are more expensive to operate. The increase in fuel prices also is influencing decisions in favor of the TBM 850."
The tie-up between Tarbes, France-based Socata and Daher has been rumored for months. Although Socata's healthy order book has lifted it into profit after four years in the doldrums, EADS chief executive Louis Gallois said in January that the company is unable to develop its aircraft manufacturing and aero structures businesses without outside support. Daher is one of two companies considered a potential future partner, with Italian turboprop aircraft manufacturer Piaggio also having been mooted.
Socata CEO Jean-Michel Leonard also said in January that the manufacturer's exclusive deal with Daher to bid for packages of work on the A350XWB required Socata to provide investment of $150 million. It has expertise in fuselage construction but not the financial resources necessary to keep up with demand for more lightweight, less fuel-hungry equipment. Socata is also evaluating development of the larger, twin-engine business aircraft that would add to, but initially not replace, the TBM 850, and is seeking financial or industrial partners to develop it. A decision on a new aircraft is expected next year.
The U.S. TBM Owners and Pilots Association recognized in a statement that there can be "downsides to business consolidations but there can also be opportunities for new product directions and even new financial resources for future developments." Association members expect to meet Socata executives to discuss the impact of any changes affecting operators and "look forward to meeting the executives from Daher when the time is right."


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After all the discussion about the lawsuit and legal liability that bloggers apparently have with the comments on weblogs (see my earlier piece on Blogger sued for comments on his weblog), I've decided to add a small disclaimer to this blog to help protect myself in case anything untoward might occur in the future. Should you add one on your site? Maybe, maybe not.
To get the full scoop, and to help write a disclaimer that will actually protect me against potential lawsuits, I've asked attorney Daniel Perry to help with this particular entry. My prose is in black, Daniel's is presented in blue.
Here's my first stab at a disclaimer:
Daniel responds: First, a disclaimer: there is no such thing as a perfect blog comment disclaimer. Each blog may require its own individualized disclaimer. Moreover, a comment disclaimer should be a living part of your blog which might change as we learn how these disclaimers are treated by courts.
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Karen Shklanka is a writer, a family physician and,
with her husband, an Argentine Tango dance instructor. Her poetry was
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Fathers and Late Preterm Babies Study (FLPTB)
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Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
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|Fathers and Late Preterm Babies Study: Effects of an Educational Intervention on Fathers' Interactions With Infants Born Between 34 and 36 Weeks Gestation
- Parent Child Interaction Teaching Scale (PCITS) [ Time Frame: When the infant was 8 months old, adjusting for prematurity ]
Assesses parent-infant interaction skills. Used for children from birth to 3 years of age. It is an observational measure of the presence of behaviours in parent-infant interactions.
The Parent Total (50 items) is the sum of 4 subscales: Sensitivity to Cues (11 items), Response to Distress (11 items), Social-Emotional Growth Fostering (11 items), and Cognitive Growth Fostering (17 items). Higher scores on all subscales and higher total scores reflect more optimal parent-infant interactions.
Possible ranges of scores are as follows: Parent Total (0 - 50), Sensitivity to Cues (0 - 11), Response to Distress (0 - 11), Social-Emotional Growth Fostering (0 - 11), and Cognitive Growth Fostering (0 - 17)
- Parenting Stress - Parenting Stress Index - Third Edition (PSI-3) [ Time Frame: When the infant was 8 months old, adjusting for prematurity ]
A 120-item self-report questionnaire of parenting stress with two domains. The Parent Domain (51 items) measures stress related to parental functioning, the Child Domain (50 items) measures child qualities and characteristics that contribute to stress in the parent-child system. The PSI-3 contains an additional Life Stress scale (19 items) which was not used in the study.
The range of possible scores in the Parent Domain is 50 - 250 and in the Child Domain is 51 - 255. In both domains, higher scores indicate more stress.
- Perceptions of Parenting an Infant - What Being the Parent of a Baby Is Like (WPL-R) Scale [ Time Frame: When the infant was 8 months old, adjusting for prematurity ]25-item self-report measure composed of 3 subscales: Evaluation (11 items), Centrality (8 items), and Life Change (6 items). Each item is rated on a 9-point scale and subscale scores are obtained by averaging the scores of all items on a subscale; the range for all subscales is therefore 1 - 9. Higher scores reflect having more of the attribute being measured.
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Standard Dose - Two intervention home visits (at 4 and 6 months of age)
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Two intevention home visits
Experimental: Group B Purple
High Dose - Four intervention home visits (at 4, 5, 6, and 7 months of age)
Behavioral: High Dose
Four intervention home visits
Sham Comparator: Group C Yellow
Comparison Group - One home visit, information only (at 4 months of age)
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Inclusion Criteria:
- Fathers - first-time father, 18 years or older, speak and read English, live with the child's other parent, live within one hours' drive of the university
- Infants - born between 34 weeks and 0 days and 36 weeks and 6 days gestation, singleton
Exclusion Criteria:
- Fathers - known addictions
- Infants - one of a multiple birth, required assisted ventilation, had culture-proven sepsis, major surgical procedure, identified major congenital anomalies, chromosomal anomalies, intracranial hemorrhage, neurologic disorder, or perinatal asphyxia.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01056653
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|University of Calgary
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|Karen Benzies, Professor, University of Calgary
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ACCFCR Grant # 0802INV-Benzies ( Other Grant/Funding Number: Alberta Centre for Child, Family & Community Research )
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Keywords provided by Karen Benzies, University of Calgary:
father-child relations
paternal behaviour
early intervention
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Premature Birth
Obstetric Labor, Premature
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Competition Policy in Turkey
This paper evaluates the current competition policy framework in Turkey. A brief history of competition policy is presented. An account of the Law on the Protection of Competition, the main law on competition in Turkey, is given. The structure of the Competition Authority, the body responsi- ble for applying the Law, and the way the enforcement system works are explained. Detailed statistics are given about all the cases submitted to the Competition Authority by 2002. Accounts of some selected cases are reported and a general assessment of the implementation of competition policy is offered. The main finding of the paper is that, although there is a movement in the right direction, competition policy implementation in Turkey still needs to be developed and strengthened.
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- Pittman, R., 1997. "Competition Law in Central Eastern Europe: Five Years Later," Papers 97-2, U.S. Department of Justice - Antitrust Division.
- Djankov, Simeon & Hoekman, Bernard, 1997. "Competition Law in Post-Central Planning Bulgaria," CEPR Discussion Papers 1723, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
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Just finished God of War: Chains of Olympus on the PSP a few minutes ago. It's a short, smooth ride that packs a lot of action and intensity without ever resorting to a lot of filler or tedium. As a result, it can be beaten in about a day, but I'm not complaining… I'd much rather have polished experiences of this caliber than the sort of game that drags its feet and chokes me with busy-work just for the sake of lengthening completion time.
It's a top-notch product with incredible production values and smart design. The developers behind it (Ready at Dawn) are absolute wizards when it comes to programming on the PSP. The game was so good, I would have sworn I was playing a PS2 for most of the adventure. If you're looking for a jawdropper that can really demonstrate what the PSP is capable of, this would absolutely be one to show to a friend.
Besides the fact that it's just a fantastic portable game, I also want to give props to Ready at Dawn for finally doing what Sony's Santa Monica Studios has been incapable of in the last two GoW games—giving main character Kratos a shred of humanity and actually making me feel something for him and for what he's going through. It wasn't much… I mean, I'm not talking a tearjerker here, but it was something… good show, folks. Recommended.
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I am about ready to do a run of salmon at a low temperature. When I smoke I always through a few thick slices of bacon in the smoker for snacks as the day does on. I plan on smoking my salmon as low as I can get which is usually about 150. Should I have any problems if I throw some bacon slices in at that temp until they are done? I know it will take a while but that's okay.
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Golden, often referring to hair color, but also like the city!
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text: Hi All, As you may have seen in other news, the secret Nokia Pen (which I was unable to comment on a while back) is out of the box sicne yesterday: http://www.nokia.com/nokia/0,5184,5787,00.html My colleagues are at Cebit demonstrating our paper applications for it (signature recognision, handwriting recognision etc). Presumably the pen will also be adapted for Keitai in the near future - or at least the Hitachi one will. So, are any of you gadget geeks picking up on it? / Jonas -- = Jonas Petersson, X Media Solutions | mailto:firstname.lastname@example.com Box 3294, Holmbrogr=E4nd 1, S-600 03 Norrk=F6ping | http://www.xms.se/ Tel: +46 (0)11 244805 | Fax: +46 (0)11 244809Received on Thu Mar 13 19:11:54 2003


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The Sinner's Grand Tour: A Journey Through the Historical Underbelly of Europe (Paperback)
A Journey Through the Historical Underbelly of Europe
Broadway Books, 9780307592187, 286pp.
Publication Date: May 10, 2011
In The Sinner's Grand Tour, celebrated historian and travel writer Tony Perrottet sets off to discover a string of legendary sites and relics that are still kept far from public view. In southern France, an ancient text leads him inside the chateau of the Marquis de Sade, now owned by fashion icon Pierre Cardin. In Paris, an 1883 prostitute guide helps him discover the Belle Epoque fantasy brothel Le Chabanais and the lost sex chair of King Edward VII. Renaissance documents in the Vatican Secret Archives point the way to the Pope's very own apartments in Vatican City, wherein lies the fabled Stufetta del Bibbiena, a pornography-covered bathroom painted by Raphael in 1516.
With his unique blend of original research, sharp wit, and hilarious anecdotes, Perrottet brings us a romping travel adventure through the scandalous backrooms of historical Europe.
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"Hugely entertaining... Perrottet has a wonderful knack for ferreting out the obscure, the offbeat, and the just plain weird. A real eye opener."
"Lots of people write about sex, and lots of people write about history, but nobody writes about either quite the way Tony Perrottet does. His well-informed wit is front and center in his latest—and, for my money—best book to date. . . . The perfect read for anyone blessed with a sense of humor and a touch of perverse curiosity."
—Chris Ryan, New York Times-bestselling author of Sex at Dawn: The Prehistoric Origins of Modern Sexuality
"This X-rated version of "National Lampoon's European Vacation" segues into an amusing — and absorbing — series of quests... (Perrottet) tears away Europe's decorous historical facade he pays spirited homage to the rakes and reprobates who subscribed to Casanova's motto: "I have devoted my life to the pursuit of pleasure."
-- The New York Times Book Review
"Delightful and edifying... Undercover historian Tony Perrottet presents the Tour with a twist: studying the Continent's most famous, or infamous, sites and relics associated with human sexuality, from the belle epoque brothels of Paris to a secret Vatican bathroom covered with erotic panels by Raphael."
—Trip Lit, National Geographic Traveler
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Bangalore, India, 2012/05/14 - Infosys Limited (NASDAQ: INFY) announced that as was the practice followed in the previous year, it will furnish its Annual Reports to its ADS holders on its website in lieu of physical distribution - Infosys.com. NYSE: INFY
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Thursday afternoon, the Muskingum County Commissioners reviewed and discussed a preliminary budget for next year.
The report shows revenues for the county at $23,000,000, with costs for the county totaling over $29,000,000 for 20-13.
Commissioner Jerry Lavy said this year's carry over will determine if cuts will need to be made in order to make the budget work.
"The estimated revenue is a lot lower than what the budget is, so we're hoping for a carryover for this year, and depending what the carryover is, will depend on what size of cut there will be," said Lavy.
Lavy said in order to make ends meet in this year's budget, the Commissioners had to make a percentage budget cut across the board.
While the dollar figures sound high, Lavy said the money must pay for the numerous expenses incurred by the county.
"It goes for salary, it goes for expenses, it goes for funding of the courts, all of your necessary expenses to run a business that has to be done here and that's what most of it is," added Lavy.
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I hated wearing tight tops because my fat back bulged from under my bra. It looked horrible. The procedure was quick and the down time was minimal. I am really happy with one side but the other side still has bulges. My Dr says it's because I was lopsided to begin with. Now I'm stuck with lopsided results. If only I'd known ahead of time I wouldn't have chosen him. Not sure what to do now. It was very expensive and I'm feeling cheated!
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I hated wearing tight tops because my fat back...
After I complained about the results, the Dr grabed this big lump of fat and tried to tell me it was skin and that the reason that it wasn't on the other side, was because I was lopsided to begin with. He didn't though grab any big flap of fat on the otherside because he couldn't. He insists he did everything right but I'm left with poor results. I would strongly recommend to anyone considering using this Dr in Glasgow, not to use him. I think the procedure is good. My Dr wasn't and for the cost, you really hope for better results.
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An Angel Saved My Life
It seems extraordinary: I cannot forget it. Once an angel saved my life. I saw him the way you see the words on a page: the colors, the magnificent leap of my heart on seeing him – Home! Cried my soul as he scooped me out of the path of death… we are told that angels appear as voices, dreams, signs, visions. They carry messages. The mystery is why they appear at all, much less in one form or another, changing their spots with such engaging charm.


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HMV's collapse into administration has led to 1,500 job losses and a number of store closures with more expected to follow, but it seems that hope could be around the corner as The Telegraph reports that supermarket chain Asda may be interested in rescuing the respected chain.
Asda has held talks with Deloitte, HMV's administrators, and are interested in buying the actual brand and business as opposed to converting the stores into convenience shops, which Morrisons intends to do with the six stores it bought.
Though retail restructuring group Hilco UK bought off the company's £176m debt and is thus first in line to acquire the retailer, Asda could launch a late bid to gain control of HMV.
Hilco, which also owns HMV Canada, believes that there is a "viable underlying business" in the company. Hilco have been holding talks with HMV's suppliers, including film studios and record labels, as their support is essential for the company to continue.


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The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 Ti Review, Feat. Gigabyte, Zotac, & EVGAby Ryan Smith on October 9, 2012 9:00 AM EST
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With every launch of a GeForce 600 series card NVIDIA has had a specific market target in mind. Typically those targets intersect or undercut an AMD market, and while AMD has not been caught off-guard with subsequent launches like they were the launch of the GTX 680, NVIDIA has so far managed to stay on equal or better footing as AMD. Or at least that was the case until today with the launch of the GeForce GTX 650 Ti.
To be clear, the GeForce GTX 650 Ti as it's configured does not have a direct competitor, and this is something NVIDIA specifically planned for. At $149 it's squeezed in between the Radeon HD 7770 and the Radeon HD 7850, which happens to be a rather wide performance gap. Under normal circumstances this would be a very good plan, as it means NVIDIA can tap a market segment that AMD wasn't adequately serving before, while at the same time direct avoiding competition with AMD. But such a plan relies on AMD not making an aggressive move in return.
To that end if AMD had done nothing we would be talking about how the GTX 650 Ti is an excellent fit for the market at $150, and a solid step up from its predecessor the GTX 550 Ti. Instead AMD and their partners executed on the Radeon HD 7850 not a price cut, chopping $20 off of the price of a Radeon HD 7850 and bringing out further 1GB models to bolster their closest GTX 650 Ti competitor. So often we talk about the significance of $20 in the sub-$200 market, and this is another one of those cases.
The fact of the matter is that from a price/performance perspective the $149 GTX 650 Ti 1GB is not competitive enough with the $169 Radeon HD 7850 1GB. At its best the GTX 650 Ti can match the 7850, and at its worse it can only keep up with a 7770. The end result is that most of the time the GTX 650 Ti is going to lose to the 7850 by more than the 13% price difference between the two, which means that NVIDIA is coming up short even if they are the cheaper option.
Instead we fall back to that old maxim, "there's no such thing as a bad product, only a bad price". For the GTX 650 Ti to be a competitive success it needs to come down in price in response to the lower price of the 7850. The fact that NVIDIA added an Assassin's Creed III bundle is likely an attempt to subvert a proper price cut, and while we're big fans of game bundles it's not the same as a price cut. If NVIDIA could cut even $10 off of the price of the GTX 650 Ti they could escape the 7850's shadow and at the same time return the favor to AMD by putting pressure on the 7770. As it stands today the GTX 650 Ti only makes real sense for buyers who absolutely cannot go over $149, and they're going to have to give up a lot of performance as a result.
Ultimately, to NVIDIA's credit the GTX 650 Ti is a perfectly competent card at 1680x1050, which is right where you'd expect a 650 series part to be. The performance is right for that segment and the power consumption taken in light of the 7850 is very impressive. But AMD rules from the price/performance perspective, and in the meantime that power advantage just isn't enough when both cards are sub-150W cards. As we've seen time and time again, and as the last thing we'll see in 2012, when it comes to mainstream cards $20 makes all the difference in the world. For NVIDIA it's the sole reason that Ti is not Au.
Finally, let's talk about our factory overclocked retail cards for a bit. With the exception of the Gigabyte Windforce card, most of these retail cards are going to go with designs similar to the NVIDIA reference design, and accordingly they're going to perform similarly. This is not a bad thing as the NVIDIA reference design is quite good, but it does make life a bit harder for NVIDIA's partners as they have to compete on non-benchmark attributes like software and warranties as opposed to raw performance.
The biggest problem the partners will face is that while their factory overclocked cards are a good 10%+ faster than reference clocked cards, they're running headlong into that $169/$189 wall imposed by the 7850. The added performance gets neutralized by the added cost, keeping them on the same price/performance curve as the reference clocked GTX 650 Ti. The end result is that while the factory overclocked cards we've looked at today are worth the premium, buyers are still better off with (and are now closer to) the 7850.
Ignoring for a moment the fact that not every partner will make their factory overclocked SKUs available in both a 1GB version and a 2GB version, of all the cards we've looked at there is a clear winner in Zotac's GeForce GTX 650 Ti AMP! 2GB card. It has the best balance of power consumption, temperature, and noise under both stock and overclocked conditions, plus it has one of the best overclocks; all of which is enough to justify the $10 price premium over a standard 2GB card. Gigabyte's card also looks interesting due to the sheer size of the Windforce cooler, though in our experience a manual fan curve might be necessary to find the best balance between noise and temperature, as the card shouldn't need to get that loud to keep up with the relatively low power consumption of the GTX 650 Ti GPU.
Of course all of these projections are made with respect to stock performance. If our results are anywhere close to what other retail cards do – and we believe they are – then overclocking is going to be extremely similar across all cards, regardless of a factory overclock or not. For buyers who do intend to overclock it's a safe bet to say that they'd best be served by an at-MSRP reference clocked card, where they can achieve the same impressive results while pocketing the extra $10. And since most partners are using the same coolers for both their reference clocked and factory overclocked cards this makes choosing such a card a fairly easy process.
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chizow - Tuesday, October 09, 2012 - linkI guess in years past this may and probably should've been branded GTS 650Ti along with the GTS 650 (they've used GTS 250, GTS 450 etc in the past), but I know for a fact Nvidia is trying to establish GTX as its own brand for gamers.
They really emphasize it with all this "Green Light" business with regard to overclocking, overvolting etc. Reply
Blazorthon - Tuesday, October 09, 2012 - linkNvidia has been cracking down on overvolting support, so IDK if I'd give them that much credit. Reply
Pneumothorax - Tuesday, October 09, 2012 - linkThat will make the price/performance gap even worse as the 7850 is an oc beast. Reply
goinginstyle - Tuesday, October 09, 2012 - linkSo why no reviews of the Asus or MSI offerings in these roundups? Reply
silverblue - Tuesday, October 09, 2012 - linkYou need to be sent a card in order to review it. ;) Reply
Shadowmaster625 - Tuesday, October 09, 2012 - linkThe 7850 1GB is $150. It IS is the direct competitor to the 650 ti. You can speculate all you want about the 1GB being some sort of ephemeral limiting factor, but I dont see it. All I see is that in one game, at BEYOND 1080p resolution, memory becomes a factor. But if you look at it, you can see that it is still so very close on the bell curve. I bet that if you actually tested Skyrim at 1920x1080 (not 1920x1200), there would be much less difference between 2GB and 1GB.
Even 2 years from now the 7850 1GB is going to be a better performer than the 650ti. Even with the "latest and greatest" games. Reply
Shark321 - Tuesday, October 09, 2012 - linkWhere is the 7850 1GB $150? Reply
KineticHummus - Tuesday, October 09, 2012 - linkyeah wish i could fine one of those haha. pretty sure there isnt a single card for 150 Reply
Marlin1975 - Tuesday, October 09, 2012 - linkHow about $159 AR shipped?
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N8... Reply
LordanSS - Tuesday, October 09, 2012 - linkI'm a bit curious about this card's performance with PhysX enabled games.
Personally, I am a 6970 owner and thus have no access to PhysX effects on games, but there are many workarounds out there where you can add a nVidia card to your machine to compute the physics.
Borderlands 2 is an example, I know of people buying (cheap) nVidia cards so they can run physics on them. Problem is that, most of the time, these guys are buying really old or cheap hardware (like GT210 or 430 cards), causing a big drop in game performance. Others using more powerful (and expensive) cards, on the other hand, experience good results.
So I'm thinking what's the cutting point for performance here. I know it's an extremely niche endeavor, but if anyone has experience or thoughts, I'd be glad to hear them. Reply


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Singing loud and proud
Lawrie Zion's article in The Drum yesterday raises some crucial and interesting questions to do with reconciliation of Jewish identity and questionable Jewish actions.
Indeed, I too can relate to his love of everything Passover - except the horrors of constipation-inducing matzah! - and its role in contributing to his strong sense of Judaism.
Gathering around the Seder table with family I rarely see reminds me of the importance of community and togetherness, how it kept the Israelites together in exile in Egypt, and ensured the continued survival of the Jewish people.
The horseradish on the Seder plate reminds me of the occasional bitterness of life, and not just for my own people and the hard-boiled egg reminds me of the old times, before the Jewish people were scattered and when we had a say over our destiny.
When we had a state of our own.
While Zion may have issues with the inclusion of the saying "Next year in Jerusalem", for me it could not be more crucial in my Passover Seder.
Integral to being Jewish is the notion of peoplehood and self-determination. It is similarly important that I remember that my right to a state must be applied further than my own people and other nations scattered across the globe.
But most of all, "Next year in Jerusalem" reminds me of my obligation as a Jew to work for the Jewish people as a whole, and to take responsibility for the direction my people and my country take.
The saying binds me to nation and state and ensures I feel the large weight of the collective responsibility of the Jewish people. It is "Next year in Jerusalem" that means, despite the fact that Israeli imperfections are no larger than any other state's around the world, that I can help by taking a stake in minimising Israeli blunders and missteps on the path to peace.
While running through a shopping list of Israeli mistakes may be easier, all the while just hoping they'll go away, nothing commits me to improving Israel and progressing towards peace like "Next year in Jerusalem".
Instead of throwing a tantrum and sitting silent at dinner, on Passover I will be singing loud and proud "Next year in Jerusalem".
It will mean a more perfect Israel and a better outcome for all - Jew, Muslim and Christian, diaspora Jew and Israeli alike.
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