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Amherst, NY, United States, 2014/07/09 - Expansion of relationship will help customers solve their most bandwidth-intensive problems - Attotech.com.
ATTO Technology, Inc., a global leader of storage, network connectivity and infrastructure solutions for data-intensive computing environments for more than 25 years, today announced that it is expanding its portfolio of connectivity options for NetApp storage and data management solutions with the Celerity 8Gb and Gen 5 powered 16Gb Host Bus Adapters and ThunderLink 1082 Desklink device.
Enterprises and users in high performance markets such as financial services, the public sector, media & entertainment, healthcare, energy and scientific research- are challenged by the increased amount of data sets and require technology solutions to quickly retrieve, analyze and process information. The combination of ATTO's high-performance connectivity, coupled with NetApp E-Series and EF-Series storage systems, which deliver up to 12GB/s of sustained bandwidth and over 400K IOPS at submillisecond latency, provides the solutions needed to meet those requirements. NetApps EF-Series all-flash arrays and E-Series platforms with ATTOs Celerity HBAs meet growing market demand for dense, performance-oriented architectures, delivering superior performance, reliability, efficiency and scale.
This certification includes
NetApp E2600 Hybrid Array
NetApp E2700 Hybrid Array
NetApp E5400 Hybrid Array
NetApp E5500 Hybrid Array
NetApp EF540 All-Flash Array
NetApp EF550 All-Flash Array
Celerity Fibre Channel HBAs are designed to cover the full performance spectrum from enterprise to workgroup, and server to workstation environments. The highly integrated family of adapters is engineered to optimize data transfer using a combination of exclusive features. ATTOs MultiPath Director allows users to manage direct connections and multiple paths to NetApp enterprise storage systems, increasing the reliability of high-performance Linux® Mac OS® X and Windows® applications, all while improving performance and protecting data through load-balancing and fail-over. ATTOs Celerity Gen 5 powered 16Gb Fibre Channel quad channel HBAs, the first of their kind in the market, address the needs of Linux® and Windows® platforms in high performance computing, virtualization and other high-IOP and high-bandwidth environments.
ThunderLink devices provide fast, redundant and highly-available connectivity to NetApp enterprise-class storage and are an ideal solution for environments where small form factor platforms, such as laptops and all-in-ones need to connect to high performance storage and networks. They provide Thunderbolt technology enabled connectivity and the versatility to handle any protocol while addressing the demands of rapidly evolving work environments. ATTOs Advanced Data Streaming (ADS) manages latency in real-time environments. This results in higher application performance, better transaction processing and an ability to handle larger workloads and client counts.
ATTO Technology has been a member of the NetApp Alliance Partner Program since 2010. By working with NetApp, ATTO enables customers to optimize their IT infrastructure, investments, deploy new capabilities, and accelerate time to market.
"Todays IT market is radically changing and requires a very different level of performance characteristics," said Wayne Arvidson, vice president of marketing and channels at ATTO Technology, Inc. "ATTO has been solving performance challenges for other markets for over 25 years and with the NetApp E-Series now brings this performance to Big Data IT infrastructures."
About ATTO Technology, Inc.
In our 25th year, ATTO Technology, Inc. (attotech.com) is a global leader of storage and network connectivity and infrastructure solutions for data-intensive computing environments. ATTO provides a wide range of end-to-end solutions to help customers better store, manage and deliver their data. With a focus toward markets that require higher performance, ATTO manufactures host adapters, RAID adapters, network adapters, RAID storage controllers, Thunderbolt-enabled Desklink devices, bridges, switches and software. ATTO solutions are based on providing a high level of connectivity to all storage interfaces including Fibre Channel, SAS, SATA, iSCSI, 10GbE, FCoE and Thunderbolt. ATTO distributes its products worldwide through Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs), systems integrators, VARs and authorized resellers.
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This week, as part of Internet Week New York, we gave a presentation at theConversational Marketing Summit, entitled "Rage With The Machine" and at theIAB Future of Display entitled "The Future of Display is Big Data & Real Time Chops". We spoke about the importance of big data and AI in the transformation of display advertising to a real-time bidded marketplace and the shift of ad dollars online.
At Quantcast, we are dedicated to making advertising relevant and audiences valuable, for consumers, marketers and publishers alike. Our products enable advertisers and agencies to understand, find and buy targeted audiences in real time and publishers and networks to win, execute and renew deals, driving better yield. We are constantly investing and evolving our technology to bring the most advanced solutions to the real-time media marketplace.
In our presentation, we discussed what we think it will take for display advertising to make the biggest shift it has yet:
• For perspective, according to J.P. Morgan's September 2010 report, $469 billion dollars are spent worldwide on advertising.
• With only a fraction of that being spent online, (the IAB just reported $7.3 billion was spent in Q1 in the US) the shift from traditional media buying, where only handfuls of decisions are made over a time period of weeks, to a real time marketplace where billions of decisions must be made daily, each in in milliseconds, will require superior technology capabilities, unlike those the market is accustomed to working with
• Consider this – every second 400,000 real time ad impressions are being traded, globally! Think about the implications of this shift – from making decisions about a few magazines, tv networks or websites, to considering hundreds of thousands of advertising opportunities every second! And the volume is growing significantly every single month.
• We think that the majority of the world's impressions are going to be real-time bidded in just a few years.
• Leveraging this kind opportunity, and the massive data sets behind them, tofind the right customer, at the right time, in the right environment, at the right price, involves a level of complexity most companies cannot handle.
Being able to do so requires a suite of capabilities, a few of which we chose to highlight during Internet Week, and which we call 'The Rules of Engagement':
• Real time interconnectivity – Marketers must be able to act in real time to buy millions, even billions, of impressions and choose between thousands, even millions, of different media properties in less than the blink of an eye. When each impression is fleeting you need to move swiftly to secure the best opportunities and hence real-time scalability is key. Your technology needs to be able to handle hundreds of thousands of decisions every second and, because media consumption is global, the decisions must be made from many global locations simultaneously. For some context, consider that Quantcast operates multiple data centers all around the world that handle in excess of 300,000 new transactions every second to enable this kind of decision making.
• Petabyte scale supercomputing – Real-time media creates 'big data.' The volumes of data that must be interpreted to make good decisions are phenomenal, unimaginable just a few years ago. The best decisions, and hence media allocations, will be made by those that can make sense of this new media data landscape systematically. This is the age of petabyte scale computing and while one day a petabyte computer might be as common as your desktop machine, today it takes innovative computational architectures to achieve this scale – a feat only achieved by a handful of organizations worldwide (several of which you'd need high level security clearances to get in to!) Today, Quantcast's daily processing levels often exceed 3PBs.
• Machine learning and optimization – In the move to real-time bidding, the problems become complex, not only do we need to optimize who we want to reach for any given campaign, we also have to determine where we might most effectively reach them¸ when we should do so and how much we might value each impression at. Suddenly the range of considerations is large for each individual impression, and there are billions of them to be made every each day. Holistic modeling and optimization using sophisticated artificial intelligence will provide you optimal campaign performance.
Thanks to everyone in New York who came and to Federated Media's John Battelle and the IAB's Randall Rothenberg for hosting us. We feel that display advertising has only just begun its massive transformation. We're excited to play our part by creating products that position advertisers and publishers to succeed and thrive in this exciting time.
Posted by Konrad Feldman, CEO and co-founder of Quantcast.

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Wireless Touch Free Interface
Feed up of greasy smear marks on your touch-screen? Tony Hyun Kim and Nevada Sanchez have a touch-free solution…
The delightful Apple iPad may be to TV and books what video was to the radio star – a killer. But there's one problem that seems to be overlooked, my books and TV don't have dirty smudges and smear marks all over them; my touchscreen devices do.
So what would the solution be if you're an augmented reality geek, a Minority report fan, and a MIT student? You build a touch-free interface that keeps touchscreen devices free from dirty fingerprints, whilst making you look like a super bad-ass computer technician of the future.
MIT students Tony Hyun Kim and Nevada Sanchez created the Glove Mouse device in 2009. Back then the whole thing was still rigged up with wires, but more recent modifications have seen the addition of a new wireless feature.
Check out the clip below to see the Glove Mouse in action.
The touch-free device incorporates a glove that allows users to navigate around a screen simply by moving their hands around within the range of webcam. Gestures are captured by LED lights and microcontrollers track the button pushes of the fingers.
Amazingly, they did all this for less than 100 dollars!
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Women are looking for credible and authoritative expertise to answer health and wellness questions about beauty, skin and cosmetic surgery.
The American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (ASAPS), the leading professional organization of plastic surgeons certified by the American Board of Plastic Surgery, is at the forefront of innovation in aesthetic plastic surgery around the world. Their mission includes medical education, public education and patient advocacy.
EmpowHER Media and ASAPS recently partnered to leverage expanded content and to help health and wellness brands reach and engage female health consumers. Online advertisers and sponsors can count on this partnership for integrated, multimedia content and marketing solutions designed to educate and compel these influential female health consumers into buyers and brand supporters of the brands that ASAPS and EmpowHER serve.
The partnership will highlight a content exchange of relevant articles, videos and user-generated pieces on both EmpowHER.com and ASAPS' sites: surgery.org and projectbeauty.com.
"The Aesthetic Society works hard to provide clinically-approved, accurate, and relevant content to our audience enabling them to make the most informed decisions around plastic surgery options," says Jeffrey M. Kenkel, MD, President of ASAPS. "Partnering with a leading, credible company like EmpowHER helps us not only extend our reach to EmpowHER's over 18M women that visit their site annually, but further spreads the message about plastic surgery in a safe, and legitimate environment. It is the perfect, high-quality, complementary platform for our educational content to a highly influential community of decision-making women."


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Thanks for asking about the hat pattern. With Anna aka Kuduja's kind permission, I will release the pattern (hopefully, early November).
This is the pattern!
I am addicted to this lace pattern. (This hat is the 2nd. project, 3rd one has started already, a shawl again. :) Oh, what a fun pattern! Thanks, Kuduja!
Gauge: 1 patt=6cm=14sts, using jp#6(3.9mm) 6cm x 8patt=48cm 8patt x 14sts=112 Cable CO112sts,using Jp#3(3mm)
Hem: Twisted rib st for the hem, work 6cm from co. Body: After repeating twice, keep working to complete the first physalis, and on Row10, start doing twisted st till the top. Do the same to the other physalis after completing. After completing the whole physalis, k1rnd, p2tog all the purls between twisted sts, k3 more rnds, doing twisted sts.
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Spend time with senior Mike Proman, and two things quickly become
First, he loves being an athlete, and treasures the effect sport has had on his
Although the Minneapolis-born placekicker was never a headliner for the football
team, he has taken the Jeffs through pivotal moments during his collegiate football
career. Last year for example, his 60-yard kickoff in the waning minutes of the
Tufts game floated to the Jumbo five-yard line, forcing Tufts to line up at its
own 20 after a hard-fought 15-yard return. You could argue that Promana
thesis-writing double major in Chinese, and law, jurisprudence and social thoughtsealed
the 14-10 win for Amherst in giving the celebrated 2001 defense ample breathing
room for the last two minutes of the game.
But second, and perhaps more importantly, Proman's influence on the team,
and on the Amherst community as a whole, extends far beyond his athletic ability.
In September, Proman was one of 11 playersthe only one from the NESCAC and
the first in Amherst historyfrom NCAA Divisions I-AA, II, III and the NAIA
named to the 11th Annual American Football Coaches Association Good Works Team.
The award, honoring college football players for their active roles in community
service, seemed to surprise Proman. It's cool, he said. But
you don't do this for the recognition. Proman is the founder of the
Amherst chapter of Change for Change, a philanthropic organization that gives
college students a way to donate to charity. Aptly named, Amherst's Change
for Change chapter encourages students to collect their loose change for seasonal
pickup by the college's varsity team members, and donates the total to a
local charity voted on by the student body.
Last year, Change for Change drummed up $5,000 for four local charities, and Proman
plans to improve on that goal this year. Senior women's ice hockey co-captain
Heidi Alexander, Change for Change's
liaison to the athletics department and a childhood friend of Proman's, explained
the impressively simple logistics: For the first collection we use fall
athletes; the second, winter athletes; the third, spring athletes; and the fourth,
club sport athletes, she said. And this year, we'd like to have
some of the campus music groups participate. Last year we had a great turnout
at each collection and the athletes really seemed to enjoy participating, knowing
that they were going to make a difference. Without the help of the athletes, this
program wouldn't be possible.
Community service at Amherst is nothing new. Students tend to be very aware of
the world around them, and the lineage of students putting in long volunteer hours
to better their communities is easy to trace. But one sector of the college population
has been traditionally absent from that equation. Athletes are under a lot
of time constraints, observed Proman. Amherst is such an active place,
and a huge percentage of the student body is made up of athletes. Because there
are so many active people here, it's tough to find volunteers. And college
students don't generally have the money to be able to write a check to a
charityand that's so depersonalized.
So, he continued, how do you make a meaningful contribution
given those constraints? Proman found the answer he was looking for during
his sophomore year in the work being done by his longtime friend Dana Hork. Then
a junior at the University of Pennsylvania, Hork had devised and implemented Change
for Change on her own campus during her sophomore year, with promising results.
The organization expanded to Amherst in the fall of 2001, Proman's junior
year. Together, the two chapters have raised more than $40,000 for 10 local groups.
Since Amherst is such a small school, we don't collect nearly as much
money as Penn does, conceded Heidi Alexander. But even so, the amount
of money that we donate is a substantial sum for charities in this area and they
appreciate it. Senior executive vice-president Nicole Sandoz recalled the
enthusiasm of the athletes for the program and their eagerness to help. Every
time we prepared for a new collection, I was always surprised by the number of
students who came out to support the program, she said. Athletes are
usually the busiest students on campus with academics, games, practices and all
of their other extracurricular activities, but they were willing to come out and
help us collect the money.
Proman continues to focus his last months in college on improving community service
at Amherst, most significantly within the eager-to-help but time-constrained athletic
community. My involvement with Change for Change won't stop when I
leave, said Proman. I'll always be involved. But I want to make
sure that there's a solid infrastructure in place at Amherst before I graduate.
He has also proved instrumental in planning other ways to promote and encourage
community service within the college's athletic community. Mike has
an amazing ability to bridge communities and get things done, said Tom Lepak,
assistant director of Community Outreach. Within days of approaching Mike
about a better link between Athletics and Outreach, he had a panel of student-athlete
leaders organized and ready to discuss how we can move ahead in getting athletes
involved with community work. We're eager to explore how to improve the experience
of Amherst athletes while making a substantive difference in the community.
Hork, the Penn student who founded Change for Change, echoed Lepak. She described
Proman as a phenomenal leader. He's extremely involved, and he wants
to give back to the community. It's obvious that he's been a leader
at Amherst.
Throughout the evolution and fruition of Change for Change at Amherst, Proman
has continued to lend his efforts to several other community service initiatives,
both on and off campus. He is heavily involved in Big Brothers/Big Sisters of
Hampshire Countyhe was matched up with a little brother two years ago and
reports that the experience has been great. It's more fun than I could
even tell you about. Proman smiled as he described his little brother, proud
of both his charge and the mutual experience. I got him two years ago, when
he was 14 years old, he recounted. There are problems that he's
dealing with, but he's been great. He used to be really shy, but he's
opened up a lot. He's a lot of fun. And now he's 16I see him more
as a friend than I do as a little sib.
Off campus, Proman endured the 2001 Boston Marathon to support the Dana Farber
Cancer Research Fund. He successfully finished the race and is planning to run
again this year, raising at least $2,000 for cancer research. And during his time
at home in Minnesota, Proman is known to volunteer at Loaves and Fishes, a Minneapolis
soup kitchen. It's important to have that other dimension in your conscience,
Proman explained. Once you get off the Amherst campus, it's a different
Rebecca Binder '02
Photo: Frank Ward
Named to 11th Annual AFCA Good Works Team


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Hello All, I'd like to try to package Zimbra for Debian.Zimbra is at http://www.zimbra.com/. It is distributed according to the Yahoo Public License, which you can read at http://www.zimbra.com/license/yahoo_public_license_1.0.html
Is the Yahoo Public License DFSG-compatible? I haven't found anything that made me believe otherwise but the license does state for example:
"Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, __Yahoo!__ hereby grants to You, under any and all of its copyright interest in and to the Software, a royalty-free, non-exclusive, non-transferable license to copy, modify, compile, execute, and distribute the Software and Modifications."
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'A mind of winter'
'A mind of winter'
I've missed the clarifying cold of winter, my favorite season. Once the stress and strife of the holidays have passed, I typically find myself spending more time outdoors, happily confronting the elements and appreciating nature's quiescence. A snow-covered trail is a welcome challenge, but there's a stillness unique to winter that I particularly enjoy.
The contemplative aspect of the season has never been expressed more eloquently than in the Wallace Stevens poem "The Snow Man."
In case you don't know his story, Stevens was one of America's greatest poets and also worked as an insurance executive at The Hartford for decades. He lived at 118 Westerly Terrace in Hartford and would compose poetry in the evenings and on the 2.4-mile walk to and from the office.
"The Snow Man" first appeared in the journal Poetry in 1921 and was then included in his first book "Harmonium," published when Stevens was 44 years old. Critics immediately recognized his genius. Stevens would eventually develop a strong following among the reading public, as well. He won the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award for his collected poems in 1955. He died the same year at the age of 75, having lived an otherwise fairly ordinary life as an insurance executive. "The Snow Man" is one of his most critically acclaimed and popular poems.
But you can judge for yourself:
One must have a mind of winter
To regard the frost and the boughs
Of the pine-trees crusted with snow;
And have been cold a long time
To behold the junipers shagged with ice,
The spruces rough in the distant glitter
Of the January sun; and not to think
Of any misery in the sound of the wind,
In the sound of a few leaves,
Which is the sound of the land,
Full of the same wind
That is blowing in the same bare place
For the listener, who listens in the snow,
And, nothing himself, beholds
Nothing that is not there and the nothing that is.
In praise of the poem's architecture, commentator Jay Keyser noted the repeated use of the word "and" drawing the reader in as the meaning deepens.
"That's the trick of the poem," he told NPR's "All Things Considered" for a 2005 segment marking the 50th anniversary of Stevens' death. "Each clause seems to be coming to an end and then suddenly up pops another 'and.' ...Stevens is forcing his readers to reanalyze what they have just read again and again and again."
On one level, the poem is about learning to see things as they are, free from preconceived notions. It's about challenging your own assumptions and seeing life from a different perspective, perhaps experiencing it more openly and honestly.
But the themes of the poem are more philosophical than that. Stevens is contemplating the nature of reality, how reality is shaped by perception. In a 1944 letter, he described the poem as "an example of the necessity of identifying oneself with reality in order to understand and enjoy it."
Stevens saw the imagination as a vehicle for processing reality. "Imagination is the power that enables us to perceive the normal in the abnormal, the opposite of chaos in chaos," he once wrote.
In a brief five stanzas, Stevens invites readers to see the world through the eyes of the Snow Man and to gain a better understanding of reality.
What a beautiful thing.
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Tall Timber Trollop (Spur Giant Special Edition)
Thompson Lumber Comapny was the biggest logging operation in Oregon,but someone was sabotaging their shipments and equipment, and stray bullets had left two people dead - on of them a government inspector. That's when the Secret Service called in Spur McCoy. Although he was the fastest gun in the territory, even Spur was no match for the ruthless gang bent on destroying the mill. He had to figure out how to stop them, how to protect the flirtatious daughter of the mill owner, and how to cool the fore of a flame-haired torch singer at the same time. It was a tough job, but in no time he swore he'd cutt the killers down to a pile of kindling.
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Crews attend to fallen TV tower at The Lakes
Officials attend to a TV tower that blew over in the wind during round four of the 2012 Australian Open at The Lakes Golf Club on December 9, 2012 in Sydney.
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- Adult Adventure
- Some Body Parts
- Tools and Tapers
- Accessories
- Straight Barbells
- Curved Barbells
- Replacement Parts
- 14k Gold Only
- Earlets & Tunnels
- Captive Bead Rings
- Segment & Seamless Rings
- Ear Plugs
- Genuine Diamond Jewelry
- Hide Your Piercing
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- Spirals & Claws
- Charms
- Screwball Rings
- Fixed Bead Rings
- Circular Barbells
Segment & Seamless Rings
Tribal Dream Circle Ring$34.99
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Solid 316L Medical Grade Surgical Steel so you can use them in any of your piercings without concern.
These are Very popular for PA's and Septum's. Learn More
Surgical Steel Segment Ring$20.99A solid looking ring, that looks classy rather than the regular Captive Bead Ring that everyone else uses. This ring has a matching segment instead of a ball that usually either pinches or falls out. The segment fits perfectly in the ring giving it a seamless look. Learn More
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Information Sciences
What can you do with this major?
Information Sciences majors can obtain many different types of jobs. The following list represents a few of the kinds of career titles for an Information Sciences major:
Systems Analyst, Creative Director on a multimedia team, Hardware Engineer, Information Processing Specialist, Software Engineer, Product Marketing Manager, Quality Assurance Engineer, Reliability Engineer, Test Engineer, Computer Animator, Local Area Network (LAN) Administrator, Network Manager, Web Designer, Word Processor, Data Entry Processor, Computer Repair Technician, Professor, Teacher...
A large variety of businesses and institutions hire Information Sciences Majors. The following list represents a few of the businesses and institutions that employ Information Sciences majors:
Banks, Colleges and Universities, Computer Manufacturers, Transportation Agencies, Research Laboratories, Accounting Firms, Legal Firms, Consulting Agencies, Aerospace Industry, Insurance Companies, Software Developers, Local/State/Federal Government, Manufacturing Plants, Retail Stores...
Check out the Occupational Outlook Handbook if you would like to know more about the nature of the work, working conditions, earnings, training, and job outlook of these occupations.


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North Korea Beer Advert
Posted By Ben Goulding, 7 July, 2009 | permalink
North Korea has launched its first television advertisement for beer. It is meant to represent the "new look of Pyongyang," and promises that the Taedonggang beer will help ease stress.
What did you think of the advert? Have you tried the Taedonggang beer? Let us know what you thought.
Personally, it reminds me of the Mr Sparkle advert from the Simpsons…Just sayin'.
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Deck the Halls With Bountiful Books
Wednesday, Nov. 27, 2013, 10:54 a.m.Georgetown Library
Deck the Halls With Bountiful Books
Do you have some old books just sitting around? Are you looking to explore your craftier self? Come and join us on Wednesday, Dec. 11, 6-8 p.m., in transforming old books into holiday decor. Together we'll explore deconstructing books and find what the pages can be turned into.
Attendees will have the option of making Kusudama flowers and/or dimensional circle ornaments.
*All materials are included but BYOB (Bring Your Own Book) if you would like! We'll also have books on all kinds of crafting available for your homemade holiday celebrations.
Questions? Email firstname.lastname@example.com.


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By STEVE HUSZAI
Staff Writer
WOOSTER -- On the Nov. 2 ballot, the city will have five issues for the electorate to decide upon. All five would amend the city's Charter, as a result of recommendations made by the Charter Review Commission earlier this year.
Every 10 years a Charter Review Commission is to be set up to review Wooster's guiding document. For months, 13 citizens set about the task of reviewing the charter looking for areas to improve, streamline or eliminate.
The commission found several areas deserving of a 2010 update, which were presented to council and added to the ballot.
If approved by a majority of voters, the following separate issues will become part of the charter.
Issue 15
Issue 15 seeks an amendment and to establish a nine-member Compensation Commission to review the compensation of elected officials, such as the mayor and council members.
As Richard Benson, director of law for the city, explained, "The idea of elected officials voting their own increases is not very popular."
Currently, the mayor's salary is set at $54,000 per year; council president is $6,000 and all council members are $5,500 per year.
If approved, the compensation commission will be established Jan. 1 and every four years thereafter. The nine resident members of the commission will be appointed by council, with the mayor's consultation.
Issue 16
Issue 16 deals with vacancies in elected offices. Benson said this issue has come up in the past, as vacancies in the mayor's office and council president have been shrouded in uncertainty and confusion.
In regard to the vacancy of council president, the proposed change would establish a special election for the office if the unexpired term ends within a year of when the election will be held.
A vacancy of the mayor's position will still result in the council president filling the office, but would then require a special election to replace the office of council president.
If approved, the office of president pro tempore will still be established when council organizes itself, serving in the capacity of acting council president until a special election decides the new office holder.
Issue 17
Issue 17, if approved, would clarify the responsibilities and role of the director of administration.
Benson said if the issue passes, two charter sections would essentially be rolled into one.
Added language to the section would specifically say the mayor has the power to name an acting director, should the director of administration become unable to exercise the duties of the office.
Issue 18
Issue 18, based on discussion during the Charter Review Commission meetings, may be the most controversial.
The issue seeks to establish 12-year term limits, if receiving the majority of votes cast, for all city boards and commissions.
This includes the Wooster Community Hospital Board of Governors, which has had representatives speak out against the measure during Charter Review public input meetings, citing a steep learning curve on the hospital's board.
The argument on the other side, which was made, was for increased turnover in boards and commissions throughout the city.
Issue 19
Issue 19, which Benson referred to as a "catch-all" issue, seeks to clean up language and other minuscule issues with the charter.
From top to bottom, if approved, the issue would make all references to individuals gender-neutral, clean up its language, move it more in line with state law and renumber sections to be in numerical order.
The most important part of the "general provisions" issue rewords a section that deals with the organization of the city.
The current section lists each division and department the city provides. But, with respects to the reorganization initiated a month ago to streamline municipal services, if voters approve this issue only the departments of administration, finance, law and the divisions of police and fire would be permanently established.
"The thinking is that the charter should not hamstring the government," Benson said, when it needs to make tough decisions to provide an effective working government, such as enacting the recent reorganization.
The power of reorganization will remain with the mayor, but only the aforementioned divisions and departments would be permanently established under the charter if the issue is passed.
Also of note, a change to Section 6.04 is rolled in this issue simply changing financial reporting with the city from generally accepted accounting principles to governmental accounting principles.
Charter Review 2010
Benson said the decision was made by the Charter Review Commission to split its recommendations into five ballot issues. In past ballots, if a voter did not like one portion of the proposed amendments, he could vote down the entire package.
The chairman of the commission, Milton Bloch, said the main goals of the 2010 citizen-review group was to clarify the charter.
"We tried to identify anything which could use improvement," Bloch said. "As we read through (the charter) it seemed it could be clearer."
Bloch said the proposed changes could be simplified into three categories: Simple changes to bring the document up to date (such as gender-neutrality), changes made to clarify sections of the charter and substantive changes (like the term limit proposal) to the way the charter lays out Wooster government.
"This was a really good group of people," Bloch said of the 2010 Charter Review Commission. "They were all conscientious, thoughtful, and intelligent ... they were a pleasure to work with."
Reporter Steve Huszai can be reached at 330-287-1645 or e-mail firstname.lastname@example.com.


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NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- The Google Gal is struggling at Yahoo! (YHOO). Her enthusiasm is gone. Her optimistic tone has disappeared. She was forced to eat crow and admit the promise of growth in 2014 was a pipe dream. Marissa Mayer's turnaround plan for Yahoo has hit a brick wall.
This second quarter report of revenue and profit decline marks a step in the wrong direction after a decent first quarter. Yahoo's future as a mobile advertising firm is now up for debate. Premium advertisers tightened up budgets as the average price for Yahoo ads declined by a whopping 24% compared to a 5% decline three months earlier; revenue from display advertising dropped 6.9%. This is a tech company without a growth identity.
Investors have lost count of how many acquisitions Mayer has made over the last two years but it's somewhere around 40. None of them have made a difference to Wall Street. The big bet on Tumblr has failed to evolved into Yahoo's version of YouTube. With no growth anywhere on the horizon this has quickly become a desperate time for the company, you know what they say ... desperate times call for desperate measures. And that's exactly what we expect to happen in coming months.
Yahoo!'s Alibaba Cash Could Trigger a Buying Binge in Tech
Has Marissa Mayer Done Enough?
It's curious that Alibaba would agree to let Yahoo hang on to additional shares after the IPO. Instead of selling 40% of its stake, Yahoo negotiated to only sell 27% of its stake. To our knowledge Alibaba didn't get anything in return, Jack Ma simply said yes to the proposal.
Why? It likely has to do with tax payments and an eventual acquisition of Yahoo by Alibaba. Why give the proceeds to Uncle Sam when it can be kept on the books to appreciate? This makes sense for Ma only if he views Yahoo's stake in Alibaba as his own.
What might the acquisition look like? Yahoo's current market cap is at $34.2 billion; after the IPO the company will have somewhere around $7 billion in cash on its books, its core business generates over $1 billion in annual profits, it's Yahoo Japan stake is valued near $11 billion, and it will still own 16.8% of Alibaba which translates to a $33.6 billion valuation if Alibaba's total valuation reaches $200 billion.


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Alan Greenspan spent 19 years as chairman of the United States Federal Reserve and, for much of it, folks spent time trying to divine hidden meanings in his words and body language.
The idea was that the inscrutable Greenspan would drop some sort of hint about what the Fed was planning to do and, if you guessed right, you could get a jump on the markets.
It rarely worked, of course, but that doesn't stop people from doing the same with Pep Guardiola. The Barcelona boss has officially announced that he is stepping down and will take a sabbatical.
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On Friday, in his final game, Barca beat Athletic Bilbao 3-0 in the Copa del Rey final, meaning that Guardiola has now won 11 of the 12 finals he has contested (and 14 of the 19 competitions his teams have entered). Leo Messi scored his 73rd goal of the season (in 60 games, and no, that is not a typo) but even then the focus was on what Guardiola said before the game.
Asked about potential suitors, he declared: "I will be pleased to receive their calls, but for the next months I have to charge my batteries and charge my mind."
Except one of the early translations had him saying "month" instead of "months". Month? That would mean he'd be free and clear as early as June 24. Plenty of time to take over at another club. Like, say, Chelsea.
The fact Guardiola's misconstrued use of the singular should generate instant global speculation (at least before his clarification) tells you plenty about the near-mythic status he enjoys.
It's the kind of reputation that cuts both ways. Miracle workers are supposed to work miracles, if he doesn't turn his new destination into a mini-Barca in the first few months folks will begin to grumble. He has set the bar so high, it may be out of reach. Certainly, the mere fact that he is walking away from one of the greatest teams in history because he says he's "exhausted" should give cause to reflect: if dominating world football from his home town at age 41 is so tiring, how much more taxing will it be to rebuild a club from scratch in a foreign land when he's a few years older?
And, lest we forget, this is the guy whose introspection led him to nearly walk away from the Camp Nou every winter for the past three years. Yet all of this is outweighed by the promise of Pep and his superhumanity, real or imagined.
If he does go on his sabbatical – and it does last "months", rather than a "month" – his shadow will hang over every manager in the European game. Strange as it seems, by not managing, his reputation could actually grow even more.
Meet the talented Mr Whelan. As in Dave. You may know him as a footballer who helped guide Blackburn Rovers to the FA Cup final back in 1960. Or as the successful entrepreneur who turned a chain of discounters into the United Kingdom's second-biggest sports retailer.
Or, indeed, you may know him in his present incarnation, where he owns Wigan Athletic and somehow keeps a club with a tiny fan base and puny budget in the Barclays Premier League.
But did you know he's actually an old-school journalist as well, breaking news on one of the world's biggest football clubs?
It was Whelan who told the world that Roberto Martinez had been approached for an interview by Liverpool. It was Whelan who announced that he'd been called back for a second round.
And, now, it's Whelan who claims Martinez has been offered the job, a notion which Liverpool have denied.
(On Friday he took a break from his round-the-clock Martinez reporting to let the world know that Sir Alex Ferguson would "call it a day" this time next year for health reasons.)
As a journalist, you always appreciate getting information from well- placed sources. But you wonder how Martinez feels about his every move being broadcast by his boss. (Or, for that matter, whether Sir Alex appreciates someone else announcing his retirement on his behalf.)
True, as owner of Wigan, Martinez's current club, Whelan is directly affected by what the Spaniard will do. But the way he publicly chronicles his manager's every move is a bit puzzling. It also makes you wonder whether he isn't gently trying to usher Martinez towards Anfield.
He also helpfully said he was ready to bring back Steve Bruce if Martinez goes. After all, moving the Spaniard on would generate a tidy compensation package for Whelan. And, after three seasons of Martinez, you wonder if Whelan knows something the rest of us don't. Either that or, at age 75, he simply doesn't care what others think.
So now, after Theo Walcott's family, we find out that Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain's folks will also avoid travelling to the European Championship finals in Poland and Ukraine for fear of encountering racial abuse and violence.
Obviously people need to do what they feel comfortable doing. And the Foreign and Commonwealth Office did issue the following warning recently: "Although the vast majority of visitors experience no difficulties, foreign nationals have been the victims of violent crime in Kiev and other major cities.
"In some cases, attacks have been racially motivated. Travellers of Asian or Afro-Caribbean descent and individuals belonging to religious minorities should take extra care."
Nobody has a right to tell the Oxlade-Chamberlains or the Walcotts what they ought to do. But you do wonder about the wisdom of making their decision public, and whether it means that the usual morons won't use it as an excuse to further abuse their sons.


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A search engine to ease the hassle of parents and guardians in the quest for a good school for their children in Ghana was launched at the British Council last Friday, July 18, 2014.
The portal, 'easyschoolfind.com' has a comprehensive database of both private and government schools from pre-school to senior high school level, according to Edmund Asamoah, a technical partner of Digital Education Group, builders of the site and parent company of E-toys & More.
'It took a lot of effort because we had to basically think about what the customer's needs are and how to make it as user-friendly as possible. So we first had to develop the business and functional element of the site. Once we were able to iron that out then we now went into the design and development of the site', he revealed.
The site enables schools to submit their names, contact details and location to administrators of easyschoolfind.com who will verify and subsequently put those details up, free of charge.
However, for a fee schools can get additional services such as inclusion of the school's Grade, downloadable admission forms, a detailed but concise 'About Us', location on Google Map, Social Media presence and prominence on easyschoolfind.com, among others.
'It took a year to get to where we are today. Most of the time went into making sure that the business process made sense. Once the business process made sense then the development and design were much easier. So the business process took most of the time' Mr Asamoah added.
'It is very very affordable', says George Sackey Jnr, CEO of E-toys & More.
'If you look at the number of hits that various search engines getyou don't need to be told that the best place to position your product and whatever you are doing as a school or a business is where it will attract several thousands of people', he said.
The portal also makes room for listings of extra curriculum programmes such as piano lessons, language lessons, educational trips, among others for a fee.
Professor Stephen Adei, who was the special guest of honour at the launch of the site lauded the initiative.
He said the search engine, a first in Ghana, will enable parents outside Ghana looking for the best schools for their ward to do so in the comfort of their homes and without resort to recommendations by friends which could be misleading.
A staff of Beacon College International, Juliana Addai, who was at the launch, said the portal couldn't have come at a better time.
'What we normally do is to send out flyers out and sometimes give out T-Shirtsbut with this initiative, at a click we can make ourselves known and parents can get to choose schools they'd want their child to attend', she added.
'I would really urge schools to showcase their schools on the platform because as we all know the world right now is shifting very quickly from the traditional forms of marketing and advertising and everything right now is e-marketing', said Mr George Sackey Jnr.
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Hardcore punk has always been known for drama, intensity and notes that can't really be discerned, helmed by someone shouting into a microphone. F***** Up are a new breed of hardcore band. They encapsulate all of the energy that makes hardcore exciting, yet show a level of craft that dwarfs the old school punks. Their second full length, The Chemistry of Common Life, keeps up the intensity of the hardcore tradition while revealing surprisingly nuanced rock songs. Shouted, guttural vocals that sound like they're coming from somewhere in the pit of lead singer Pink Eye's stomach tend to come to the forefront, but details betray a certain polish and technical know-how.
The delicate flute intro of album opener Son The Father bleeds into feedback giving no indication of what is to come; indeed, upon the impact of the layered guitars, the listener feels a little blindsided by the unexpected rush. Similar tricks are slipped in throughout the album, such as the hand drums on Magic Word and big orchestral sounds on Looking For God. But these details only complement the bright, rich guitars that are the base for each song.
For many potential listeners, the shouting might be the stumbling block. Although screaming is the main vocal technique, F***** Up play with different vocal styles in unexpected ways. There are church choir-styled backing vocals on No Epiphany that drive home the religious musings of the song, while twisted boy-girl harmonies on Royal Swan create the sound of someone spitting with fury over cabaret vocals. And if you came in on the refrain of ''I'll be your little mistake" on Black Albino Bones, you could swear you were listening to a chart-topping pop song. Perhaps intimidating for the band's name, The Chemistry of Common Life is more accessible than most hardcore, but still packs all the punch of the punk tradition. It's hardcore that shouldn't stay underground.


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Have you ever wondered what your children get up to when they are online?
Do you worry about them accessing inappropriate material such as pornography?
What about grooming, are you sure that they are only talking to people they already know?
Are they sexting, sending inappropriate pictures to their friends using social media apps such as Snapchat?
Are they suffering from cyberbullying, if so, what are the tell tale signs?
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This lecture introduces the course material and the instructor. After completing this lecture you will have a better idea of the main objectives and sections of the course.
Congratulations for signing up for this course, hopefully it will change the way you view online security and will make you passionate about wanting to keep your children safe online. It is easy to be complacent about the Internet, this is not a good idea, especially if you have children. Keeping them safe is your responsibility.
It is easy to loose touch with what your children are doing online. After completing this lecture you will be able to describe what applications are children using and what are they doing on them.
In this lecture we will look at some of the risks that children face when they go online. We will look at each of these risks in much more detail in the section entitled "Dealing with difficult issues".
It is important to have a sense of proportion when dealing with online security for your children. This lecture looks at the benefits of using the Internet and encourages you to allow your children to harness those benefits whilst staying safe online.
Before we can consider how to make your children safe online we need to make sure that your home network is secure and that you understand how to keep yourself safe online. Children learn most from adults when they demonstrate the best way of doing things, instead of just telling them what to do.
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In this lecture you will learn about controlling access to your wireless network, preventing network intrusions and blocking inappropriate content.
In this lecture you will learn how to ensure that the operating system and applications on PCs and laptops are up to date to prevent vulnerabilities from being targeted. We will also look at preventing malware using anti-virus programs.
Although risks of malware infection are lower on tablets and smartphones that are things that you can do to secure them, we will look at these in this lecture.
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One of the most important things that you need to do is to discuss online security with your children. Having good channels of communication will ensure that they are more likely to tell you when things go wrong. In this lecture we will look at how to approach the conversation.
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This is the issues that we fear most as parents. Online grooming is where adults groom younger children, usually for sexual favours. In this lecture we will look at how to discuss this topic with your children and what to do if you think your child is being groomed.
Sexting is sending sexual material such as pictures and videos using text or social media apps. This lecture will help you to tackle this sensitive topic with your children and help them to say "no" if they are asked to send an inappropriate message to a friend.
It is easy to forget that posting private information on the Internet can lead to identity theft. This lecture will help you to educate your children about the importance of not posting provate information on the Internety that could be used to steal their identity.
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Here paper will show you exactly how annuities influence TVM (Time Value of Money) dilemmas and investigate outcomes. Beginning with annuities, it stumbled on light that annuities perform best whenever considering longevity considering that the principal investment is broken down and distributed throughout the term of this annuity.
An annuity is some regular periodic payments comprising principal and interest. When it comes to retirement, an annuity is usually bought from an insurance business just who then pays the purchaser a monthly quantity while nonetheless live. Annuities might have more complex functions such indexing, guarantee times and benefits payable to a spouse or any other beneficiary after death. (Representatives, 2006)
Annuities are accustomed to preserve a money investment and there are many types of annuities such as CD, fixed, equity, and immediate. (Annuity positive aspect, 2006) Since annuities are a secure destination to keep cash they offer a lowered return than a number of the much more risky investment avenues such stocks. Whenever someone acquisitions an annuity, they often spend a lump sum to an insurer. The insurer then takes this (advanced) and divides by an annuity factor considering mortality, present interest levels and repayment functions.
In this instance the interest could be the quantity compensated towards the person by the insurance carrier for privilege of utilizing the in-patient's cash. Interest is usually determined as a share of this principal balance of this loan, together with safety comes from the interest price being fixed. Regular savings records have a variable interest. But a savings account compounds the interest and annuities never. Compounded interest is interest which compensated on both principal balance of this loan as well as on any accrued interest.
When examining annuities compared to conventional stocks it is critical to understand the present worth of the repayment obtained together with future worth of the investment. The current worth of a future repayment is determined by very first determining how many many years before the repayment is obtained, after which utilizing the interest to determine exactly how much you would certainly be compensated on cash if you spent it from now before the future repayment is obtained. That quantity is deducted through the principal.
Therefore, let's say that you inherited $100,000 and had the option of gathering all of the cash now, or all of the money in three years. Disregarding well-known that you'd want your cash now, let's consider the present worth of the future repayment obtained. Whenever we make the very first option and invest it for three years, at mortgage of 5percent, following the very first 12 months the $100,000 will be well worth $105,000. After the 2nd 12 months you'd have $110,250 and also at the termination of the third 12 months you'd have $115,762.50. Therefore working the figures backward, if you waited three years for $100,000 it might be the same as getting $84,237.50 today. And so the difference between three years is huge, and once you understand this before you decide to enter into some dough is a massive advantage. I hear more and more people say when they won the lottery they'd make the 20 12 months repayment plan, and thus many others say that they would make the lump sum. By evaluating it using the situation described above its easier to make an informed choice about your cash.
Now since we only spent the $100,000 for three years at 5percent we possibly may question if this investment was our best option. Chance price could be the worth of the greatest alternative utilization of a reference (BioSociety, 2006); in this instance the greatest alternative utilization of our $100,000. This fundamentally suggests, exactly how much could and would we now have made if we hadn't spent the $100,000 the way we did which we realize provided united states $X in exchange.
Deciding on a three year term we possibly may are making additional money by investing in an annuity, but if it were a three year term the annuity would expire in three years and then we would need to deal with the $100,000 once again if we hadn't spent it. If annuity paid united states 36 payments along with things being equal, we'd have reeled in 36 payments of about $3,216. That quantity will be quite an easy task to invest and also at the termination of three years we would have absolutely nothing. Whereas the $100,000 within various other investment (anywhere we place it making the 5percent) would still be there in three years. Life span plays a big part in how we invest, and I guess if the doctor provided you three years to live it may be simpler to go with the annuity.
Therefore let's say that I would like to retire in 20 years and then we want to use the $100,000 as my retirement investment. We might would you like to see if the $100,000 will be adequate as soon as we retire plus one method to figure our sum is to utilize the rule of 72. The rule of 72 states that to find the period of time needed to double your cash at confirmed interest; you merely divide the interest price into 72 (MoneyChimp, 2006). For example, if you want to know-how long it will take to double your cash at eight percent interest, divide 8 into 72 and obtain 9 many years. The rule of 72 is an approximation, but quite precise. Therefore making use of our 5percent interest from above we are able to figure out that in 14.4 many years the $100,000 will double. Whenever we believe we are able to make it on a bit more than $200,000 as soon as we retire in 20 years from now then this is an excellent path. Yourself i do believe it might be best to get a hold of mortgage that would double the money in ten years or less, after which make the whole quantity and double it once again in 10 to 14 many years. I would follow an aggressive investment method now with things tapering toward a far more traditional method when I near retirement.
Annuities are more of a money management device (I think) and less of a good investment. Concentrating on enough time worth of cash it simply tends to make even more feeling to take a position cash using the goal of developing instead of losing the key.
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"The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked; who can know it? I, the Lord, search the heart; I test the mind, even to give every man according to his ways, According to the fruit of his doings" Jeremiah 17:9-10.
We are always living in the shade of fear. Some fears are authentic whereas many fears are unreal and are nothing but different types of phobias. However, it is fair to say that it would be hard to find anyone who is free from fear.
The struggle between Christianity and the Islamic Faith.
One of the most sacred temples of the Buddhists in eastern India has been rocked by bomb blasts on Sunday!
This article looks at the act of being thankful, and appreciating the gifts of nature and God.
Pope Francis is off to a great start. He has instantly gained popularity with his display of humility, but will he change the Church to adapt to modern society?
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As her belief in God grew she found herself totally in Love with the Lord Jesus Christ. Faith has changed the way she saw things. The way she thought, everything that she did. She had a snake – (a demon in the form of snake) on her person for over two years. She was still safe as God always intervene when the snake acts. the snake needed her heart to manifest into her form.


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David Beckham's TVR on eBay
A TVR supercar built personally for England sporting legend David Beckham is for sale on eBay.
The TVR Cerbera was presented to the former England captain in 2000 while he was playing for Manchester United and has his name engraved on a plaque near the engine bay.
Wife Victoria requested the rare 'Crystal Topaz' paintjob and, to save a few quid, Beckham had the CD player from his Porsche transferred across.
The interior has been decked out with classy magnolia-coloured leather seats while the air-conditioning keeping the superstar cool while under the watchful eye of the paparazzi.
But if he wanted to get away from photographers, he wouldn't have had much of a problem with the TVR boasting a monster 4.5-litre V8 engine developing a huge 450bhp.
When floored by the footballer's famous right foot it was capable of hitting 60mph in just 3.8 seconds and accelerating all the way to 195mph.
Beckham owned the car until 2004, covering 17,700 miles with the current owner having kept it stored for the past six years and driving it just 100 miles.
The auction ends on September 4 and with the current top bid at £25,400 (Aug 27, 3pm).
Back in 2005, Beckham's 1997 BMW M3 Cabriolet was sold through eBay for a staggering £90,000 – £75,000 more than what it was worth with a mere mortal's name on the logbook.
He currently drives a host of matte black cars in Los Angeles including a Porsche 911 Turbo, Range Rover and Rolls-Royce Coupe while Victoria has worked with Range Rover on its new Evoque model.
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Not so beauty car..
Not so beauty car..
That is one butt-ugly car. Sorry, I've always liked the older TVR styling, but this one looks like it was designed by Salvador Dali while drunk.
The interior looks as if, when rolling out the factory doors, someone screamed: "Wait! We forgot to design an interior! Quickly, toss in some ugly beanbags!"
And the colors! Powder blue with a tan interior?
Oh, wait, it's 'Crystal Topaz' and 'Magnolia'…
Sorry. Those colors are okay, then. Heh-heh.
No wonder he drove it less than 8000 miles in four years. He has taste.
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Calling all "bag ladies"! We know there are plenty of you—in 2013, women in the U.S. spent 8.7 billion dollars (
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Frank Cotton's insatiable appetite for the dark pleasures of pain led him to the puzzle of Lemarchand's box, and from there, to a death only a sick-minded soul could invent. But his brother's love-crazed wife, Julia, has discovered a way to bring Frank back-though the price will be bloody and terrible . . . and there will certainly be hell to pay. This book is the basis for the blockbuster movie Hellraiser.
©2009 Clive Barker (P)2013 David N. Wilson
"A must read for any horror fan"
The best horror story read by Clive Barker himself. It is so much better than the films. The descriptive of the Cenobites is exquisite.
Clive Barker is a brilliant writer and does a great job reading his book. It is always preferable to have the authors read there own stories. If you love horror, this is a must read/listen.
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highly recommend this to anybody I love Clive Barker had me hooked all the way through
"The Hellbound Heart"
Great if you like horror and need a short book for a short road trip
"It is a must for all Clive Barker's fans!"
I loved the fact that Clive Barker himself narrated this classic storybof his. Clive's voice, suprisingly soothing and delicate can at moments become really scarry while he reads the villain's lines. He read it so well as if he were a professional actor. It was an experience really worth having.
"amazing story you need to hear"
clear and spooky. if you enjoy the horror genre you need to listen to this book.
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Saw hellraiser 1 , when it came out in theatres as a kid! First horror movie in I saw in a theatre !! Loved it !!!! Let such and impression on me. Thank you Clive Barker !!!! You're a genius indeed! Great imagination !!!!!!!!!!!!! Ps Chatterer is my favorite cenobite!!!
I read this 10 years ago but to hear the author bring things to life as he intended them created a whole new experience.
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awesome read, love the films. clive is very unqie. definitely recommend checking this one out.
"Hell Reborn!"
Clive Barker gives his own no-nonsense on The Hellbound Heart well. With a knowing voice he leads you to the very artifact and very same story that started it all. This is the story that spawned all of those Hellraiser movies, a darkly rewarding tale of evil and destruction.
Some my find Mr. Barker's English accent a bit distracting, but I did not. I thoroughly enjoyed this audiobook.
a vivid picture of a dark imagination .. not as scary as I'd hoped but still a good listen
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Thunderstorms with temperatures in the 80s. Details on page A8.
Kiwanis of Barnesville
The Kiwanis Club of Barnesville will have a spaghetti dinner fundraiser on today from 4 to 7 p.m. at the Assumption Catholic Church, 300 W. Main St., Barnesville. Cost is $7 for 10 and older, $3 for ages 3 to 9 and free for 2 and younger.
Block Party
The Village of New Concord will host a Community Block Party from 4 to 8 p.m. today in downtown New Concord. The Block Party is free and will feature music by Up 2 No Good and area bands, face painting, corn hole, games, giveaways, informational booths, art displays and more. Food will be available.
Road Closure
Today 20 from 6 to 8 p.m., a portion of Main Street in New Concord, between Maple Avenue and Layton Drive, will be closed to automobile traffic. For more information call the village at 740-826-7671.
Band Fundraiser
There will be a baked steak dinner and square dance on Friday, April 21 at the Buckeye Trail Elementary School to help raise money for new uniforms for the Marching Band. Dinner is from 5 to 8 p.m. The cost is $12, adults, $6 for kids under 10 years old. The dance will be from 7 to 10 p.m. and admission is $5. For more information or tickets, contact Sarah Clevenger, 740-260-8552, or Lee's Tees.
Mountain Bike Clinic
Appalachian Outdoor Adventures invite bikers to a free Mountain Bike Clinic & Trail Ride on April 23 from 1 to 3 p.m. at McGraw Edison Park, 6165 Park Lane, Zanesville as part of "Parks Week 2017." Bring your mountain bike, helmet and water. IMBA certified mountain bike instructors will perform a safety check on your bike and demonstrate key skills through a hands-on clinic.
Airport Board Meeting
The Cambridge Area Regional Airport Authority monthly board meeting will be Wednesday, April 26 at 7:30 a.m. in the conference room.
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Had a tummy tuck 21 days ago today. There is a very noticable bulge above the incision line, mainly on the left side,but also on the right where my drain is still in. Is this normal and will it flatten out? it is flat below incision line but pooches out above. It stays this way all the time. Seeing board certified Dr every week at this point. She says it is normal and to massage it, but I am worried this is not going to go away and give me the flat look I wanted after going through all this
Bulge Above Incision Tummy Tuck
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"Bulge" after Tummy Tuck?
Thank you for the question.
At 21 days postop it is much too early to judge the final results of surgery. It will take many months for resolution of swelling and scar maturation. it will take up to a year for skin redraping to occur. I would suggest you evaluate the results of the surgery at that time.
Continue to follow-up with your plastic surgeon.
Best wishes.
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Published: October 24, 2012 at 3:54 PMI do this! In fact, splitting meals at any restaurant can be a good idea (if appetites aren't an issue).
At DLR, I also use my pass to get a discount & always get water instead of other beverages.
Published: October 24, 2012 at 5:33 PMI would say do some research.
I will also say that the 2 credit meal plan places are usually the best and worth it.
As for eating less, you are on vacation! I will admit that I try to get the best food for my money.
My family has a rule: no burgers, hot dogs, chicken fingers, or pizza at Disney World (except Via Napoli)
Published: October 24, 2012 at 7:30 PMAt Islands of Adventure, I find that Thunder Falls near Jurassic Park River Adventure offers the best portion size for your money, particularly the Rotisserie Chicken platter or the wraps. I went with some friends and we all agreed the portion was so large you could split it amongst two people and both be satisfied. It may just be my perception, but the portions are much better than what is offered at Three Broomsticks. Like one of the above posters, I often times go for water, but if I want to change it up and still be frugal I bring along some Country Time lemonade to go packets and add one in. Voila! 25 cent lemonade! ;-)
Published: October 24, 2012 at 9:32 PMThis is so true. That's why Americans are so overweight. Me and my girl friend split everything except for dinner, we eat a nice full meal.
Published: October 25, 2012 at 9:22 AMYou get the most value by NOT overeating. Do not order the appetizers, the desserts, and the drinks. Only order the entrees, but get the smaller portions. If the entrees can be easily split like the Chicken meals, I will buy a large entree and give the kids one chicken piece eat.
You forget a simple way of saving money. Bring the packable sandwiches, chips, snacks, and soda. I will bring pre-popped popcorn in a baggie. I done this at theater shows.
Remember why you go to a certain park. At Disneyland, I think of Churros. At DCA, I think of corn dogs. You can bring them to the park. Pull them out when you have a craving.
Published: October 25, 2012 at 10:10 AMThat's right Anon. My party has brought in snacks for in between meals (bananas, grapes, chips, etc) And everyone brings water.
We eat before arriving to the park, & usually on do 1 main meal at the park (cause we will eat after leaving the park as well)


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Council discusses new city logo
The proposed Wadena city logos from Adventure Advertising generated a lot of comments, the majority of them to the effect that the city should stick with the present logo, according to City Administrator Brad Swenson and council members at the regular council meeting held April 10.
The funding for the branding campaign originated when the Initiative Foundation allocated money for the design team, and there was some left over. Of the $6,000 not covered by the Initiative Foundation grant, the rest was funded by the Convention and Visitors Bureau.
Council member Don Niles said he didn't think they received the value they contracted for.
Council member Toby Pierce said they should have just gone with his suggestion a long time ago, "City of Parks."
Council member Jeanette Baymler said someone had suggested to her the slogan, "Friendly Wadena: Friendly and Unique."
The council also passed a motion to sign a construction management contract with Kraus-Anderson for the proposed Wadena Regional Health and Wellness Center, and if the project goes to bidding, to discuss and insist on more local contracting.
The concern was brought up that few local contractors got jobs with the school construction also managed by Kraus-Anderson.


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It's officially over for Bethenny Frankel and husband Jason Hoppy.
After announcing she had separated from Jason less than one month ago, the reality star has filed a summons for divorce, according to TMZ.
The Skinnygirl mogul, 42, filed the summons (the first step in the divorce process) in New York earlier this week, the website reported.
Bethenny has yet to speak out about the news, but did hint she was relying on the company of a famous friend to help her get through this difficult time.
"Time with Hoda Kotb is just what the doctor ordered :)," she Tweeted on Saturday.
Hoda reciprocated, Tweeting, "XO."
Bethenny and Jason married in 2010, and have a 2-year-old daughter, Bryn, together.


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WSDL files are central to testing SOAP-based services; they define the actual contact a service exposes and are required by SoapUI to generate tests, messages, validations and MockServices.
SoapUI supports the most widely used 1.1 version of WSDL and corresponding bindings for SOAP 1.1 and 1.2. The now-obsolete SOAP-Encoding standard (used for specifying XML contracts before XML Schema was formalized) is supported partially.
Let's dig in to WSDL related functionality in SoapUI by creating a new project and importing a simple publically available WSDL (http://www.webservicex.com/CurrencyConvertor.asmx?wsdl), create a new project in your SoapUI Workspace as below:
After pressing OK, SoapUI will load the specified WSDL and parse its contents into the following object model:
A WSDL can expose any number of services (bindings in WSDL-speak), which expose a certain contract ("portType") for a specified protocol; above we can see the same contract being exposed with two bindings, one for SOAP 1.1 ("CurrencyConverterSoap") and one for SOAP 1.2 ("CurrencyConverterSoap12").
Tip: SoapUI Caches WSDLs in the project file to avoid unnecessary network access when opening and working with a project. If you want to disable this and force SoapUI to always use the remote WSDL for validations, etc then change the "Cache Definitions" bottom-left property for the containing project to false.
Let's dig into this WSDL some more; double-click the first service icon in the navigator above which will open the following window:
The first tab gives some general overview information on the WSDL; it's URL, target namespace, etc. Let's switch to the WSDL Content tab to have a more detailed look at the WSDL itself:
The navigation tree to the left allows us to browse through the contents of the WSDL, to the right we can see the WSDL file itself. Had there been multiple files involved (via WSDL imports or XML Schema imports and includes), these would all be shown as tabs to the right to allow browsing of the entire contract (with corresponding entries in the tree to the left).
The toolbar buttons include a "Create Documentation" option (second from the right), opening this and specifying a desired folder generates the following for us:
Since the initial creation of WSDL and SOAP, a multitude of standards have been created and embodied in the Web Services domain, making it hard to agree on exactly how these standards should be used in a Web Service Context. To make interoperability between different Web Service vendors easier, the Web Service Interoperability Organization (WS-I; http://www.ws-i.org) has defined a set of rules mandating how the standards should be used, the "Basic Profile", which can be used both to validate WSDL contracts and SOAP messages. SoapUI bundles the 1.1 version of this profile, allowing you easily check the conformance of your WSDLs and messages from inside the tool;
Let's have a look at WSDL validation; select the "WS-I Compliance" tab in the WSDL Service window and press the green arrow on the top, a progress bar will be shown while the validation is being performed and the following report will be shown:
Scroll through the report to see its different sections, errors, etc.
While we're at it, let's try the message validation feature as well; open a request for any operation in the corresponding service and send it away (even if you'll get an error). Right click in the resulting XML response and select the "Check WS-I Compliance" option:
A corresponding report to the above will be generated highlighting any compliance errors for the current request/response message exchange.
Most Web-Service development frameworks allow you to generate code from a WSDL, either client code for calling the web service specified in the WSDL or server stubs for implementing the service(s) instead. To make this code generation easier and also allow for easy comparison between different frameworks, SoapUI provides a graphical front-end for most of them; right click the service for which you want to create code and select the "Generate Code" menu option:
The underlying popup-menu shows all supported frameworks, selecting for example the "Apache CXF" option opens the following dialog with Apache CXF specific options:
Fill in the desired settings and press the Generate button; SoapUI will launch the corresponding command-line tool (as configured in the Global Tool Integrations);
Checking in the specified folder in the file system reveals the generated files:
That's it for WSDL services for now, next up is how to work with requests!


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Japan's Abe visits war shrine, adds fuel to fire with China
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Opposition leader Shinzo Abe, a man well-placed to become Japan's next prime minister, visited a Tokyo war shrine on Wednesday, in a move that risks causing further friction with China and South Korea.
Clad in formal evening dress, Abe, a one-time prime minister who was elected president of the main opposition Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) last month, said he was at Yasukuni Shrine in an official capacity.
"As the autumn festival has started, I visited as the president of the Liberal Democratic Party so as to express my respect to the heroic spirits who sacrificed their lives for the country," he told reporters.
The Shinto shrine in central Tokyo honours 2.5 million war dead, including 14 leading war criminals from the second world war.
Visits to the shrine by government ministers and high-profile figures spark outrage in China and on the Korean Peninsula, where many feel Japan has failed to atone for its brutal aggression in the first half of the 20th Century.
The visit comes as Japan's relations with China and South Korea remain strained over two separate territorial disputes.
Abe, known for his conservative views on history, has frequently visited Yasukuni, including this year on August 15 – the anniversary of the end of the second world war – but stayed away in 2007 during his short-lived premiership.
Stepping down a year later, he said not visiting the shrine during his tenure was "extremely painful".
His victory last month in the LDP leadership race positions him well for re-taking office in general elections that must be held within the next year.
But asked what he would do if he won the election, he equivocated.
"I'd better not say if I will visit or not as prime minister, considering current relations with China today," he said. "It is the same for South Korea, too."
Incumbent Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda has not visited the shrine, although two of his ministers went in August.
His predecessor Junichiro Koizumi prayed annually at Yasukuni, including a visit on August 15 in 2006, infuriating China and South Korea, which refused to hold summits with him.
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Stephen Frech, PhD
Stephen Frech has earned degrees from Northwestern University, Washington University in St. Louis, and the University of Cincinnati. He has published three volumes of poetry: Toward Evening and the Day Far Spent (Kent State University Press) won the 1995 Wick Poetry Chapbook Contest, If Not For These Wrinkles of Darkness won the White Pine Press Poetry Prize, published in 2001, and The Dark Villages of Childhood won the 2008 Mississippi Valley Poetry Chapbook Prize. He has a chapbook of mixed genre work, A Palace of Strangers is No City, to be published by Cervena Barva Press in 2011. He has been the recipient of the Elliston Poetry Writing Fellowship, the Milton Center Post-Graduate Writing Fellowship, and grants from the Ludwig Vogelstein Foundation and the Illinois Arts Council.
He is founder and editor of Oneiros Press, publisher of limited edition, letterpress poetry broadsides. Oneiros broadsides have been purchased by special collections libraries around the world, among them the Newberry Library (Chicago), the Beinecke Library at Yale, and the University of Amsterdam Print Collection.
Stephen Frech is Associate Professor of English at Millikin University.


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