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User talk:Jpatokal/2007
I thought sections called "Attractions near Metro Station" and "Connections to NCR region via Metro" would be very useful for travelers and tourists. Don't you think so? Please suggest - Dhempe
Did you click revert for Dallas by accident? I'm having trouble seeing anything wrong. -- Colin 22:28, 2 January 2007 (EST)
Edit count stats[edit]
Do you know of a page that displays the weekly edit counts stats for the various language versions? -- Andrew H. (Sapphire) 01:05, 6 January 2007 (EST)
Admin nomination[edit]
I've nominated User:Cacahuate to become an admin; please comment on Wikitravel:administrator nominations when you have some time. --Evan 01:27, 6 January 2007 (EST)
Age of Consent[edit]
While reducing the amount of commentary about sex crimes by a contributor (which I thought was needed too) you added the age of consent for a few countries. What you wrote for some of them like Philippines and Cambodia doesn't match what Interpol says. I'm not sure what source you're working from, so I thought I'd ask before I make further edits in case you have a more useful source. -- Colin 00:51, 8 January 2007 (EST)
Thanks for joining in on Miyajima this afternoon. Let me know if you think my image addition / swap ruins the wa. Gorilla Jones 00:46, 9 January 2007 (EST)
The new table is a great tool for analysing and understanding the versions' growth. Thanks for creating it! -- Ricardo (Rmx) 08:01, 12 January 2007 (EST)
The southeastern border of Bhutan has been allowing travelers to exit for some time. The problems were that there was no provision for offering exit stamps there, and so travelers still had to return to Phuentsholing to get the paper work done. Do you know if that has changed? I've not read anything in the local press to that effect. Also, the Indian authorities on the Assam border were only offering entry stamps to foreigners on a case by case basis. Do you know if that has changed? Without this stamp, travelers will have problems departing from India. WindHorse 12:14, 14 January 2007 (EST)
Would you please upload...[edit]
Could I ask you to upload this? Your site doesn't give copyright info and I don't want to assume what you told me about your images already uploaded to WT is the same for images not yet uploaded. Thanks. -- Andrew H. (Sapphire) 23:57, 17 January 2007 (EST)
Image OK'd[edit]
I called the Norwegian Embassy in Azerbaijan and it seems that they are fine with the usage of the Sheki tourism map. How, according to Wikitravel rules do I post the image on the Sheki site? Thanks for your assistance!
Jpatokal, I'm sorry[edit]
Listen, I'm sorry for lying about the image. And you're perfectly right about me not being a wikitraveller, but please consider. you are welcome to block me off (i promise never never to do it ever again). if you think that you can forgive me, please post your comments on my talk page. with due apology (once again), Upamanyuwikitravel 08:05, 22 January 2007 (EST)
Hey there, just a quick question since you're online... what's with all of the hotel websites that his person is adding that all end in ?r=947 like http://www.themerchanthotel.com/?r=947 - is this something fishy... like maybe getting a referral credit or something? ::: Cacahuate 10:54, 22 January 2007 (EST)
Re: thanks[edit]
Thanks, not too difficult on my part... I've been a significant editor of the article that that image is used in on Wikipedia, so that image in a travel guide on India stuck out like a sore thumb. Cheers, JYolkowski 20:10, 23 January 2007 (EST)
Will it really be the new millennium in Ethiopia on September 11, 2007? One thing that always drove me nuts was when people would be preparing for the "millennium" in 1999, when in fact the new millennium didn't start until January 1, 2001 00:01. (At least according to the Gregorian calendar.) -- Andrew H. (Sapphire) 01:45, 27 January 2007 (EST)
Dearest Commander of the Bots,
Can I remove the image of the buddhist temple from the discover template or will that interfere with DiscoverBot's behavior?-- Andrew H. (Sapphire) 03:25, 28 January 2007 (EST)
Hey Jani - I'm not sure if your experiment with the VFD template was a work in progress or not, but I was getting a link to Wikipedia from one of the new additions so I rolled it back for now. Feel free to revert my revert if I've misunderstood something. -- Ryan 13:52, 28 January 2007 (EST)
MMMMMMMWWWWWAHHHH! Thanks for saving me the time of looking up where Huazhou is. --Evan 21:51, 30 January 2007 (EST)
Starting another language version of wikitravel[edit]
How does one start wikitravel in a new language?? I'd like to start a Hindi or/and Bengali wikitravel. Upamanyuwikitravel 05:28, 2 February 2007 (EST)
You still around Delhi?[edit]
I'll be there on Tuesday, flying home Wednesday night... wanna grab a bite? ::: Cacahuate 05:38, 4 February 2007 (EST)
My bad - some of the other edits from that IP looked questionable, and so I just assumed Faroese was as well. That'll teach me not to mess about with Scandinavian articles when the Jani-bot is patrolling. -- Virginia 22:19, 5 February 2007 (EST)
Google maps[edit]
Can I ask why "we don't do Google maps"? Surely it's a valuable service to provide an exact location? Bobo12345 23:06, 5 February 2007 (EST)
Hi, I see you have reverted an edit I made on Zimbabwe. I can't see what is wrong with my change; the article does not match the country template and my change just fixes that. -- NJR_ZA 23:41, 5 February 2007 (EST)
Hello. I writting ja:四国八十八箇所霊場 article, so I want place this picture on article. Please share on Wikitravel Shared. Best regards.--Kussy 22:55, 6 February 2007 (EST)
Image:Taipei Districts.PNG[edit]
Could I ask you to ask the creator of the Taipei districts map (Image:Taipei Districts.PNG) to provide me with the svg format? Unfotunately, for me, the user's user page is in Chinese so I'm a little loss and since your Chinese is better than mine I'd appreciate the help. -- Andrew H. (Sapphire) 15:03, 7 February 2007 (EST)
Confirming my photography[edit]
Dear Jpatokal,
Yes, I can confirm that the pictures I have added on the Guiyang, Guizhou and Anshun pages are mine. I took the Anshun and Guizhou pictures in 2004 while I was living in Zunyi. I took the picture of the Jiaxiu Pavilion in Guiyang earlier this week since I currently reside there.
So you live in Singapore? Cool, I lived there from 1997-2000. It's a great place. Cheers, guiyang_laoshi
href spam pattern[edit]
Hi Jani - I've restored the href spam pattern in Wikitravel:Local spam blacklist as we seem to have a sharp increase in spam with it removed - see Special:Contributions/188.8.131.52 for one example. What exactly was it blocking, and is there perhaps some other way to resolve the issue? -- Ryan 16:22, 11 February 2007 (EST)
Thanks for your encouraging words.... Webkami 04:05, 13 February 2007 (EST)
Have you ever seen the movie Lost in Translation? If so, there's a part of the movie where Bill Murray is on a set and a Japanese director is going on and on about something, then the translator simply says "Turn toward the camera". By any chance would you know if that's really what they were saying in Japanese or were they talking about something else completely? Thanks. -- Sapphire 23:14, 17 February 2007 (EST)
Bots and Brisbane[edit]
Would it be possible to set up a bot to detect the Myer Center vandalism on the Brisbane article? It's the same thing every time, no variance. Have to give the guy credit for persistence. Gorilla Jones 07:34, 18 February 2007 (EST)
Kyoto inns[edit]
Do you think it's worth porting in the ryokans in the Japanese Innkeepers Association listings for Kyoto? Informative, or clutter? I haven't stayed at any of them - all I can do is comment on their location (and, in a few cases, their exterior). Gorilla Jones 22:40, 19 February 2007 (EST)
Hey, I want to import Guinsa to de: and we're going to translate it to make it our next "OtPB", which we call "AdTp", the only problem is that while I import it your name shows up on the "history" somewhere along the line the site won't attribute you in the footer. Would you be upset if I instead attributed you as the author on the talk page of the article? -- Sapphire 20:23, 20 February 2007 (EST)
From Talk:Shimla[edit]
Hey,Mr. Jani, I didn't mean to sound rude or anything. If I did, I just want to point out that no offence was meant okay. BTW, Shimla has a lot of mid-range accomodation(Rs 2500-3000) and most of it is concentrated on Cart Road and The Mall(especially the Eastern bit). P.S. Hey, please don't refer to me as my little spoiled boy - I repeat, I'm sorry, I agree I crossed the limits of decency. I'm copying this onto your talk page. — Upamanyuwikitravel 08:39, 23 February 2007 (EST)
May I use some of your photos for a geography project on SE Asia on a powerpoint presentation? Only 2 of them, the Singapore one and the Thailand one? Please let me know on my talk-page. Upamanyuwikitravel 08:51, 23 February 2007 (EST)
Rai Leh[edit]
Jpatokal, you undid a lot of good edits/additions that I had to made to Rai Leh. I'm guessing that you undid them in error but if there is something that you didn't like, such as formatting or style, let me know and I'll fix it. Otherwise, I'm left scratching my head. Johnycanal 16:27, 23 February 2007 (EST)
What is your justification of labeling BAPS as controversial in the Delhi article? Moksha88 16:35, 23 February 2007 (EST)
Ubud, Bali[edit]
Hi, I made edits to the Ubud article yesterday, and I see you cleaned them up some; thanks. I've just made some more and thought I should explain that the phone number format here is to use +62361... when calling from outside Indonesia, and to use 0361... for calls placed from inside the contry (handphones work with either format). Your site probably has guidelines on this sort of thing somewhere, but I've not seen them.
FYI, this is an internet cafe machine, so other may edit using it. This IP is used by many different places.
North Korea - Embassies[edit]
Hi, I see you reverted my changes to the sentance US and Canadian citizens can visit the Swedish Embassy for advice, thats changed now, the British Embassy now incorporates the Canadian Diplomatic Consular Mission, offering basic services for Canadians.:) --MiddleEastern 08:55, 25 February 2007 (EST)
Great Wall of China[edit]
Thanks for keeping me on the straight and narrow. It took so long to write up the changes for the page that I was at the point of seeing the trees and not the forest. Great idea about the provincial sections inthe SEE section. It never even crossed my mind about doing it that way. Celticevergreen 00:27, 26 February 2007 (EST)
Would you please school me in what "synthetic school" means? From Guinsa: A synthetic school that holds the Lotus Sutra as the peak of the Buddha's teachings, Cheontae posits the following mindbending truths... -- Sapphire • (Talk) • 21:25, 26 February 2007 (EST)
"If Tokyo ..."の記述、大阪・東京比較、関東・関西比較は間違っていますよ。俗説のネタです。事実誤認、捏造もあります。訂正されたし。
Is this image legit?[edit]
Hey Jani, check out this image -- http://wikitravel.org/shared/Image:Great_sand_dunes.JPEG -- and see whether you think it's on the level. Several things about it don't look right to me. (I've been to the park it illustrates.) -- Bill-on-the-Hill 23:50, 1 March 2007 (EST)
Crime doesn't pay[edit]
Sorry to hear (via Talk:Osaka) that you're facing a three-year prison term for your role as first violinist in the mokarimakka scandal. But dangerous people do need to be locked up, so... Gorilla Jones 10:54, 3 March 2007 (EST)
Hi, I found this and saw the problem of Japanese categories. Sorry. If need, I'll put them back. By the way, I changed categories of Hong Kong and France. Is it problem? ja:User:Tatata 10:48, 4 March 2007 (EST)
Busted bot[edit]
Looks like DiscoverBot is on the fritz again, in a new and creative way. It's taking things off the top of the queue, but apparently not updating Template:Discover with the extracted item, just sending them off to write-only memory. There has been no change in the displayed trivia for several days now. Suppose you might investigate? -- Bill-on-the-Hill 17:31, 6 March 2007 (EST)
Wikitravel:Star nominations#Finland -- Colin 15:00, 9 March 2007 (EST)
Airlines and FF programs[edit]
Jani: What would you think of having articles about airlines and frequent flyer programs on Wikitravel? The idea nibbles at me every time I try to figure something out through Flyertalk and can't find it. (They don't even know how to use their own wiki!) - Sekicho 22:30, 16 March 2007 (EDT)
If you haven't been there already, that popular Japanese restaurant (Lung Ta) is good - down Jogibara Rd south of the center.... mmmmmmm – cacahuate talk 03:52, 17 March 2007 (EDT)
Your photos on my user page[edit]
Hey, my user page contains 2 or 3 photos of yours, I've credited you in the image caption, so hope you don't mind.
P.S. Your photography is superb, how did you learn to take such excellent shots? I was viewing your travel photo website yesterday. Upamanyuwikitravel • ( Talk ) • ( Travel ) • 06:58, 19 March 2007 (EDT)
Hindi wt[edit]
Hi, do you speak Hindi by any chance. If you do, see if you can sign up at the Hindi wikitravel which launched day-before. Upamanyuwikitravel • ( Talk ) • ( Travel ) • 06:05, 22 March 2007 (EDT)
P.S. We added a photo of yours to the main page and want to credit you. How exactly is Jani Patokallio pronounced
Yeah-Nee Pat-o-cal-yo??
Admin nom.[edit]
I've nominated myself for admin-status, please comment on Wikitravel:Administrator nominations -- Upamanyuwikitravel • ( Talk ) • ( Travel ) • 08:45, 22 March 2007 (EDT)
Hello, I think you missed this. Upamanyuwikitravel • ( Talk ) • ( Travel ) • 09:07, 22 March 2007 (EDT)
other sites[edit]
I've provided you with an answer to your other sites problem. I figured I'd leave a note here just to make sure it doesn't get lost in the recent changes and you continue to have the problem on fi:. -- Sapphire • (Talk) • 19:01, 22 March 2007 (EDT)
Why do you keep changing the edits on the Sihanoukville page? Whats the problem?
Your linguistic abilities[edit]
Hey man, how did you learn so many languages? And I believe you know Tamil as well! How many do you speak? Upamanyuwikitravel • ( Talk ) • ( Travel ) • 09:30, 29 March 2007 (EDT)
Hey man, what's the comment below supposed to mean? Upamanyuwikitravel • ( Talk ) • ( Travel ) •
Did you miss this or were you too bothered to reply? Upamanyuwikitravel • ( Talk ) • ( Travel ) • 01:50, 14 April 2007 (EDT)
Coasters, Serendipity Beach. One of the older restaurant/hotels on the beach, with older wooden huts (fan only) and newer brick buildings (air-con). Location on the beach is superb, close to nightlife yet quiet, but rooms are basic, plumbing is dodgy. PLUMBING IS NOT DODGY THE ONLY THING THATS DODGY IS YOUR REVIEW. restaurant gets mixed reviews. WHERE IN THE WORLD IS THERE A RESTAURANT THAT GETS STATIC REVIEWS? and service has drawn many complaints. PLEASE SHOW ME THE MANY COMPLAINTS ( How many?? From where? point me towards them?) Rates from US$15 (fan) to $55 (Wrong Wrong Wrong )Rates are from $8 To $60(beachside air-con), fairly expensive for what you get. THE BEACHSIDE AIRCON IS ALWAYS FULL>>>>>EXPLAIN THAT! Lets get to the bottom of this.....where do you get your information from?? And again I ask ....why didnt you offer the information about the guest house where people are being scammed.....I gave you the link to that. Why didnt you use it?
Could I ask you to stop by review and review what I'm trying to do? I'd really appreciate any help you could provide, especially as your brain is pretty good with this stuff. -- Sapphire • (Talk) • 13:48, 7 April 2007 (EDT)
Did that information I sent to Evan and he forwarded to you prove helpful? Also, did you take the M-1? -- Sapphire • (Talk) • 10:42, 19 April 2007 (EDT)
image license[edit]
Can you select a license for Image:Beomeosa Temples.JPG, and maybe upload it to shared? Gracias... – cacahuate talk 01:53, 20 April 2007 (EDT)
Maps of Singapore[edit]
Hi Jpatokal!
Could you upload the .svg-sources of your great maps of Singapore? I want to translate them to German if you do not mind. Thanks! --Flip666 writeme! • 04:04, 26 April 2007 (EDT)
Why be such a party-pooper? Can you make it clear on Talk:Main Page why you don't want mention of the Webby Award to be (temporarily) in the introduction on the Main Page? --Evan 13:38, 1 May 2007 (EDT)
Kansai airport[edit]
Can we have this photo for Wikitravel Shared? Gorilla Jones 12:58, 4 May 2007 (EDT)
Map template[edit]
As a result of a discussion on Wikitravel talk:Copyleft I was wondering if you'd be so kind as to un-license your contributions to Image:Wikitravel-map-template.svg and release it to the public domain? This would make creating maps from templates easier, because as a technicality we'd currently need to attribute you and Nick Roux in any and all maps. Also, did you use any other works from other authors from whom we'd need to gain permission to release the template into the PD? Thanks. -- Sapphire • (Talk) • 23:11, 11 May 2007 (EDT)
Turkey is in europe isnt in mid-east AegeanFighter
San Juan Puerto rico[edit]
Can you revert the vandalism on the page I don't know how to undo multiple edits.
Semi interesting article[edit]
When are you heading back there anyway? I sorta miss it already – cacahuate talk 12:29, 21 May 2007 (EDT)
Cagayan de Oro[edit]
I have read the policy on adult oriented links and find it reasonable. However in the case of Cagayan de Oro City especially in the Philippines, there has been efforts to rid of the sex image. Placing links to these type of bars does not help at all. In fact the first gay bar in the city was almost closed due to complaints from concern citizens. Personally I do not want my city to be known as such because of one single adult website. I hope you reconsider your web policy based on our local concerns. thanks
Did you mean to revert that far on Goa? I know the editor wasn't following the MoS to a tee and some things needed to be removed, but he added some useful info too, especially all of those hotel websites... – cacahuate talk 01:29, 22 May 2007 (EDT)
Star nomination[edit]
Care to comment before Ann Arbor is starred? – cacahuate talk 22:46, 27 May 2007 (EDT)
CotW unscheduled nominations are getting a bit thin![edit]
We could do with a few more suggestions for articles that could be future CotWs, so if you know of any please be sure to add them to the list! Thanks -- Tim (writeme!) 08:03, 4 June 2007 (EDT)
Is Talk:Myanmar#Seat61.com perhaps one of those unofficial exceptions to the rule? -- Colin 15:25, 7 June 2007 (EDT)
Pearl Harbor[edit]
Pearl Harbor actually refers either to the body of water or the military base down the road. Pearl Harbor as a location would be the same as saying Tokyo Bay. Its not Tokyo Bay but Tokyo while Pearl Harbor is no more or less than Honolulu. Celticevergreen 04:46, 9 June 2007 (EDT)
PS - feel free to edit the content down Celticevergreen 04:47, 9 June 2007 (EDT)
Help concerning one of your pics[edit]
I am trying to update a new version of your pic http://wikitravel.org/en/Image:Map_tokyo_districts.png
I can not find a "update" link, nor can I delete the pic to post a pic with the same name....
What should I do ?
Use of Yasukuni Image[edit]
We were hoping to use your image of Yasukuni shrine in a textbook entitled Modern East Asia: An Introductory History by John H. Miller. Please let me know at your earliest convenience if you will allow us to use your image and how you would like to be listed in the credits.
Thank you for your help.
Best regards,
M. Parsons M.E. Sharpe, Inc.
Search engine upgrade[edit]
Jani, when you get a chance, could you check out the new search engine on review (http://wikitravel.org/review/Special:Search) and give your feedback on shared:Tech:Lucene search? It's the search tool that Wikipedia uses, and I think it's going to be a good upgrade for us. --Evan 12:37, 12 June 2007 (EDT)
Thanks for the nod. Don't let this textbook stardom go to your head, though. Gorilla Jones 16:56, 12 June 2007 (EDT)
Watch this one. Its vandalism per unit time is impressive. -- Bill-on-the-Hill 01:01, 16 June 2007 (EDT)
Kyoto Cheapest Inn[edit]
It's possible that they keep reverting the description on the Kyoto page because they offer transportation of convenience itself (which has recently begun to appear on shelves in Lawson's in sprayable form), and they want the description to reflect that, so travelers know they won't have to lug their bottles of convenience around with them. Just a thought. Gorilla Jones 12:57, 18 June 2007 (EDT)
Whatever happened to the bot? Why doesn't it update the Discover template anymore? -- Sapphire • (Talk) • 23:12, 19 June 2007 (EDT)
Care to add anything else the the revived TOC discussion? – cacahuate talk 20:42, 20 June 2007 (EDT)
Hamamatsu Airport bus[edit]
Hi there! I'm just curious why you side with whoever removed the bit about the EWing direct non-stop bus between Hamamatsu and Centrair Airport. I still think it is relevant and useful info. Texugo 04:08, 27 June 2007 (EDT)
Oh, snap![edit]
You've been called out! Gorilla Jones 10:35, 29 June 2007 (EDT)
Baby Jesus[edit]
Just an observation, but I doubt Baby Jesus' break point is infoboxes in listings, especially considering what He went through one time – a flogging, having a crown of thorns placed on His head, being spat on while being struck with a stick on the head, then He was crucified, then He died, then a Roman stuck a spear in Jesus' side and drained His blood. Then Baby Jesus was dragged off and placed in a tomb for three days, until He arose.
But if you're right, it's kind of ironic that Baby Jesus could spring back from all of that, but is emotionally crushed when someone misuses infoboxes. Maybe I'll write a banner that says "Infobox Hits 4 Jesus". -- Sapphire • (Talk) • 03:16, 5 July 2007 (EDT)
Admin post[edit]
C'mon, just try it. It feels really good, all the other cool kids are already admins, and the first rollback is free. I really appreciate your invitation, but, you know, at the moment I really enjoy editing at WT and hope my efforts can help some traveler, but perhaps part of the fun is that I don't feel any responsibility. Obviously, becoming a volunteer admin is not like accepting a high pressured job at Microsoft, but somehow it changes the atmosphere. Furthermore, later in the year I'm going to be in some very remote regions for several months where there are few places with electricity, let alone internet connections. So, maybe let's think about next year when I am hooked up to the net again. Anyway, take it easy, and be careful about offering me a free rollback. I might be tempted to hit one of those complicated Japanese poems that you have translated. Ah! Take it easy. WindHorse 08:25, 9 July 2007 (EDT)
Hi! I upload that for Python Wikipedia Robot Framework sourceforge team. I hope, they will accept the patch! :) Best wishes: Dorgan 09:18, 10 July 2007 (EDT)
Split pages[edit]
Jani, you had some strong opinions about the plan to tech:optionally split long guides into one page per section. Since I've got a new version of software on review: to do this, I'd love to get your feedback on the shared: tech page. --Evan 13:25, 10 July 2007 (EDT)
Italic romanization?[edit]
Hi Jani, could you comment about this on the following talk page please? Thanks.
I recently edited the style guideline to call for italicizing of romanizations because I noted we were doing it that way. So now I'm wondering if italicizing romanizations is actually what we should be doing or not and why we have been doing it.
Why are we italicizing romanizations, eg Shanghai (上海 Shànghǎi)?
Please reply on Wikitravel talk:Romanization#Italic romanization?
Thanks :-) Rogerhc 18:34, 16 July 2007 (EDT)
120-pixel thumbnail?[edit]
Ha Ha. My error. I'll try again. WindHorse 23:32, 18 July 2007 (EDT)
Thanks for your feedback. I certainly didn't intend to break style guidelines - although I realise now that there were some details I didn't notice when quickly scanning them. However, I can't really see in what way I've made "large formatting changes" to existing text that has taken it from correct formatting to incorrect. Rather, the formatting of existing attractions in the Stockholm article seems to have been rather far from the Manual of Style for quite some time without anyone noticing, and I just copied some of the formatting already used in the article (but actually tried to bring my additions more in line with the prescribed format, e.g. adding phone numbers and opening times in some places). For example, I see now that what is called "front-linking" is frowned upon. This seemed to be the standard in the article's listing and I just kept with that. If you actually mean that I've changed things for the worse, it would be very helpful if you could be more specific.
As for linking to maps I must say I find the policy strange. Considering the Wikitravel:The traveller comes first slogan, I thought it would be better to actually be able to point to a small street not easily found on a map. Surely, "our own maps" would be better, but if I'm not prepared to draw them, the alternative is obviously no map at all. However, I realize I should take that over at the policy pages. Although I think I prefer to add useful information rather than engage in policy debates. Feel free to remove the Google Maps links if you wish. Alarm 08:36, 23 July 2007 (EDT)
How to update the web at wikitravel?[edit]
How to update the web links at wikitravel? I saw this website that has good location search and all for the city Jakarta, at www.petaku.com, and the link was reverted. Any guide that i miss handle?
ACk! U deleted some of the food lists that i want to add too! Along with some other small informations.......
It is sad though, since people can actually see the places and all with map guide, but being prohibited from the site information.
Thanks for the edit. I've finished putting parentheses around the Japanese.
I am less enthusiastic about the jokey (and in some cases inaccurate) section headings. On Wikipedia I'm used to choosing my own headings. Is this verboten on WikiTravel? For example I am unhappy about reclassifying a campsite as a budget hotel. I'm sure you were just following a format, but it seems to be a straightjacket and it affects the accessibility of the information.
One other thing - which I have taken up at the Pub - someone else has been credited as original author! Best regards. -- Kleinzach 22:36, 1 August 2007 (EDT)
I have a problem on shared: that this image doesn't a have licensing tag. I know some (or many?) images you've uploaded are not tagged a license, and I also know you are permitting on your user page. But I think this way is not a good model for other contributors, especially for new comers, done by a great contributor and administrator like you.
If you delegate license tagging to me, I'm O.K. to tag your images without a license specified on shared: and ja: when I find them by chance. If you agree on my suggestion, please make a section ==Delegation== / ==委任== (or other appropriate term) at the bottom of my user page on shared: and ja: and write to do so with a tag to be used (e.g. <nowiki>{{dual-gfdl-cc-by-sa-any}}</nowiki>) and your signature.
Now I'm thinking to add those images to VFD page on shared: (and maybe on ja: too) in the near future, because there are some contributors including an admin who don't care our image policy seriously. But I want to keep those images if I can. Thanks. -- Tatata 02:33, 6 August 2007 (EDT)
Hey Jani, I'm trying to get the listings tags to work on the Russian language version, but am running into difficulties. I translated the list of tags here and tried to add the listings tags to ru:MediaWiki:Edittools, but perhaps I have done something wrong, because only the "email" and "url" tags seem to be working (which are by no coincidence, I presume, the only tags I did not transliterate into cyrillic). Here is an example listing, not working. I thought I would ask you, since you got the listings tags working fine on :ja. Thanks for your help! --Peter Talk 16:11, 12 August 2007 (EDT)
Please check this out[edit]
Please review this edit, which essentially accuses you of not knowing what you're talking about and speaking English wherever you go. -- Sapphire • (Talk) • 03:26, 16 August 2007 (EDT)
RC Patrol[edit]
I was all over RC patrol today... hundreds of edits. It struck me that much more gets by than I thought. I left some unpatrolled that I was hoping someone else would make decisions on... back on 8/16 I think. If you hide patrolled edits and go 500 long they are probably still there. Anyhow, my question is, are we unusually shorthanded due to people traveling do you think? OldPine 22:00, 17 August 2007 (EDT)
Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, right? -- Fastestdogever 00:48, 21 August 2007 (EDT)
Not so much censoring as reverting what amounts to vandalism in my opinion. Hanging around WT to heckle is in violation of the Terms of use, which is why I sited that.
Wikitravel is for "people who support our goals of creating a free, complete, up-to-date and reliable worldwide travel guide."
"If you're not interested in our goals..... we ask that you not use this Web service."
But I'm not going to drag it out, if you think it should stay then I'll let it stay – cacahuate talk 03:43, 23 August 2007 (EDT)
Evan on IRC told me to contact you, Are you working on print output for http://wikitravelpress.com ? Because I've just hacked a script to make pdf booklets , It's pretty ugly now, but OK and since there are a lot a blank space, I use it to take notes when I am an the road ... contact me for more .. RzR 16:49, 23 August 2007 (EDT)
WTP formatting guidelines[edit]
For publishing, I would assume that formatting guidelines will be more strict than a wiki would require. Are there any plans to have more precise formatting guidelines for, say, punctuation? If so, will this be a good thing to also require of Wikitravel articles, or just of those that are being published? --Peter Talk 16:54, 23 August 2007 (EDT)
Jani, what are the chance we got an id version of wikitravel? How many contributors required to kicked it off? (serenity at gmail dot com)
Provinces and regions in Finland[edit]
You reverted my text and contributed only this explanation: "!-- don't repeat the regions already mentioned above --"
I'm not sure, but it seems like you did not understand the text which explained the difference between a "Province" and a "Region" in the main article about Finland when you reverted it to a old version. The areas mentioned "above" by you are not regions, but provinces. Within the provinces there are regions which were mentioned in the text. A little reading should have made that pretty clear. To know about these regions is valuable knowledge to travellers since locals refer more to them than the provinces mentioned on the main page. There was a text about this on the discussuon-page, and so far no one has disagreed.
The things that should be changed are the descriptions of the provinces, but I have no good ideas at the moment.
I'm going to change the text to the previous version, but if you do not agree with that please let me know.
Christian B 14:42, 3 September 2007 (EDT)
So, how was the diving, etc? – cacahuate talk 20:29, 8 September 2007 (EDT)
Wikitravel Press[edit]
Thanks for the offer, I'll bear it in mind. ~ 126.96.36.199 13:59, 9 September 2007 (EDT)
Audio link thread[edit]
Thanks for the suggestions. Unfortunately, I don't have the technical wherewithal to prepare and upload audio. So even if the policy were changed I would not be the person to improve the site in that fashion. Butwhatdoiknow 16:06, 9 September 2007 (EDT)
No prob, but if the bot is going to be doing updates every day, we're going to run out of Wikitravel:Discover trivia, because they aren't being updated very often. Any way you can set it up to change the entries every second day? Shouldn't be too difficult. -- Bill-on-the-Hill 19:37, 15 September 2007 (EDT)
Hoi An[edit]
I don't see how this is an exception. It's not widely advertised, I'm not aware of it being prominently featured in other guidebooks, we're not short of Hoi An listings, and if it's prominently located, we don't even know where - we don't have an address. And why list the price of dinner if the recommendation is that people not have dinner? If it's on the river, as he seems to imply, it's among several blocks of several dozen restaurants and cafes packed together tightly - nearly everyone has a waterfront terrace and nobody stands out. How about trimming it to a couple lines and moving it to Drink? Gorilla Jones 22:34, 18 September 2007 (EDT)
Could you please see Talk:Poipet, and also Wikitravel:Administrator nominations... Thanks, Upamanyuwikitravel • ( Talk ) • ( Travel ) • 07:20, 19 September 2007 (EDT)
Why exactly do you keep insiting on removing cited information? You removed a link from the stay safe section that showed that Helsinki has a murder rate around six times higher than other major European cities, and then removed text that stated that this was not a major problem for tourists, replacing it with not a problem at all for tourists. Jamesbrown 17:50, 23 September 2007 (EDT)
Bath (England)[edit]
Logout problem[edit]
Hello Jani-san,
KevinSours from IB is going to fix the problem now, but he seems to want to know other contributors's opinions about his way to fix it; adding a "remember me" option to Special:OpenIDLogin. Would you please let him know on the tech request page, whether the problem occurs with OpenID or not, and your opinion on his concern? Thanks. -- Tatata7 22:41, 16 October 2007 (EDT)
Vandalism policy?[edit]
I don't know about you folks (I'm sending the same message to several), but I for one am getting sick and tired of the intentional vandalism that's going on here. I am trying to start a discussion on Wikitravel talk:Community policies as to whether something more forceful needs to be in place to deal with it. Historically, we have bent far over backwards to avoid punitive action against vandals and have simply gone in and cleaned up the messes they create. However, the frequency of vandalism is growing, and I am not convinced that we are doing Wikitravel a service by tolerating it. This said, I'm not at all sure what the "right" response is.
I'd appreciate your participation in the discussion on that talk page. Let's see if we can come up with something appropriate. -- Bill-on-the-Hill 11:40, 19 October 2007 (EDT)
Holyrood Palace image[edit]
Hi, Thanks for your answer on shared. I downloaded the photo (Image:Holyrood_Palace_Edinburgh.jpg), started to upload, then didn't have a clue about the license. The en image says CC by-sa but no version (unless I just don't know where to look...), the original image on WikiMedia Commons specifies GFDL and "CC by-sa 2.0 Germany", is that the same as WT's GFDL and CC by-sa 2.0? I'm hoping as the original uploader you might know more.... Thanks, WTDuck2 15:05, 19 October 2007 (EDT)
Genting Highlands[edit]
I noticed this edit where you bumped up the article to usable. Check the description at the bottom of the article for "usable status". There are no complete entries for Sleep - or even attractions. -- OldPine 10:26, 28 October 2007 (EDT)
Kota Kinabalu to Brunei in a day[edit]
Thanks for your comment. Tried the route a few years ago, so there may be some new details I might have missed (although tried updating as much as I could by checking with friends, internet). Do add to it when you ultimately try the track.Slleong 01:11, 29 October 2007 (EDT)
New admin[edit]
Can you give User:PerryPlanet his new buttons, it's been more than 14 days... merci! – cacahuate talk 01:01, 30 October 2007 (EDT)
Can you maybe answer at User talk:Evan#bot... you know a lot about bots, and have the ability to give him bot status... watcha think? – cacahuate talk 23:42, 31 October 2007 (EDT)
If you see these two pages (hu:Special:Allpages and hu:Special:Prefixindex) you can see, they are the very same. Thats why I asked you. Dorgan 11:52, 11 December 2007 (EST)
Given your unrivaled experience in the area, would appreciate your comments here. Gorilla Jones 12:59, 18 November 2007 (EST)
On Bethlehem, did you notice [6] is closed, or do I just not get it, again? 2old 10:03, 26 December 2007 (EST)


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European Service Innovation Centre starts its work20 NOVEMBER 2012
The European Commission's Enterprise and Industry Directorate-General has just established a European Service Innovation Centre (ESIC) to support regions in the design of better policies to transform existing, and boost emerging industries by unlocking the transformative power of service innovation. Rambøll Management Consulting has been commissioned by the Commission to set up ESIC. It has brought on board the Maastricht Economic Research Institute on Innovation and Technology (MERIT), Strasbourg Conseil, Technopolis Group Belgium and Valdari Vicari Associati (VVA) as its well experienced consortium partners in the field of service innovation.
Helping regions to harness service innovation for structural change
In a first phase, the Centre will provide concrete customised support service to six model demonstrator regions that were selected by DG Enterprise and Industry through an informal call for the expression of interest. These pilot regions are the Basque Country, the Canary Islands, Emilia-Romagna, Luxembourg, Northern Ireland and Upper Austria. ESIC will undertake an analysis of service innovation policies in these regions through a peer-review "stress test" that should identify not only the strengths and weaknesses of the innovation support system but also potential barriers and scope for enhanced policy action to achieve the highest impact. These stress-tests will be followed up through structured policy dialogues resulting in a policy briefing for each region with recommendations on how to improve the policy framework to better capitalise on service innovation.
In addition, ESIC will systematically collect experience and evidence from the implementation of service innovation policies across Europe and also publish a European Service Innovation Scoreboard to indicate the latest trends in, and progress made by, regions. ESIC thus aims to raise general awareness amongst policy-makers about the role of service innovation in boosting economic development and industrial transformation. Service innovation plays an instrumental role in the transformation and upgrading of traditional economic sectors and industries into more productive, competitive and high value-added business ecosystems. The task of ESIC is to capture and analyse these developments, and to systematically promote the uptake of better service innovation policies and practices in Europe.
The advisory services and analytical work of ESIC should help regions to choose the most effective means of supporting service innovation in a systemic way. ESIC will identify and propose appropriate policy options, strategies and interventions. These insights, as well as other accumulated knowledge, will be used to support mutual policy learning and to raise awareness of the role and impact of service innovation. At a workshop on "How to capitalise on the transformative power of service innovation for structural change?" to take place in Belfast on 5 – 6 February 2013, representatives of the European Service Innovation Centre, the model demonstrator regions and other relevant stakeholders will, for the first time, discuss how to better implement a systemic approach that can harness the full potential of service innovation leading to tangible and measurable impact.
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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) No. 9 Butler will play without leading scorer Rotnei Clarke on Wednesday at La Salle.
Coach Brad Stevens says Clarke will miss his third straight game with a severely sprained neck. No decision has yet been made about Saturday's home game against Temple.
Clarke was hurt when he crashed head-first into a padded basket support at Dayton on Jan. 12.
But Clarke's absence hasn't slowed the surging Bulldogs (16-2, 3-0 Atlantic 10), who have won 13 straight including Saturday's buzzer-beater over then-No. 8 Gonzaga, 64-63. The streak has moved the Bulldogs into the top 10 for the first time since Feb. 18, 2008.
Stevens says Alex Barlow, the walk-on whose shot beat No. 1 Indiana in December, has been given a scholarship for the second semester.


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YouTube artist Beau "EpicBeau" Brians doesn't let the stoic people of Japan get in the way of shooting the public dancing-filled video for his Star Fox song parody "Use Bombs Wisely".
Once upon a time a young man named Beau Brians and his friends created a Super Smash Bros. parody of Cee-Lo Green's "Forget You". "Up B" was a completely ridiculous song that, at first, had me blushing sympathetically in embarrassment with the college students participating.
And then it got under my skin. Now I can't hear the original song without singing about Falcon kicks and "jump, jump c-stick". What I am trying to say here is Beau Brians is a jerk.
And now he's a jerk in Japan with a beard, transforming another already catchy tune into something much more relevant to me as a gamer. He might not be the best singer in the world, but his lyrics aren't bad, his grooves infectious, and that is one fine beard he's cultivating.
Use Bombs Wisely- Maroon 5 "Moves Like Jagger" Parody EpicBeau [YouTube]


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Integral Consulting necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 268 diseños de 60 diseñadores freelance.
Integral Consulting
Integral Consulting is a small environmental consultancy working with local governments in Melbourne, Australia. We assist their responses to climate change, energy, water, waste and other issues by providing expertise in:
- professional writing (e.g. getting grants for environmental projects)
- business case and strategy development
- innovation support
- meeting facilitation
Our special interests are:
- supporting innovative and progressive responses to environmental issues
- local food production and community (re)building
- renewable energy and carbon emissions reductions
- stormwater harvesting and water efficiency
- developing organisational creativity and 'outside the square' solutions to problems
An ongoing exploration for us in doing work to make the 'outer' world a more healthy place is the relevance of 'inner' work i.e. looking after ourselves, staying positive in the face of overwhelming issues, healthy relationships in the workplace, encouraging free thinking and innovation as core aspects of our work culture.
This is very important - many of Melbourne's local governments are staffed by fairly straight laced managers... so as green and progressive thinking as Integral Consulting is, what we in fact need in a logo is something that will appeal to them as well as to us.
The managers are the ones who do the hiring, but generally speaking the way we get business is through the manager being told by their 'environmental officers' about our services.
So we want something that expresses our values, whilst appealing to both the managers and environmental officers.
Local Government Managers are:
- generally between 30 and 50 in age
- fairly middle of the road in terms of their aesthetic sense (if their dress sense is anything to go by!)
- sometimes uncomfortable about taking risks
- interested in more than just the bottom line, i.e. they care about the environmental and social implications of their work
Environmental officers are
- young (25-35)
- progressive thinking and creative
- more open minded and less risk averse than their managers
- excited by smart environmental innovations
Integral Consulting are
- see 'about us' above
We want something that conveys visually what we have to offer:
- intelligence
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- new ideas
- economic and environmental credentials
- hope
- vision and solutions for a healthy planet
Its essential that the by-line "Innovation and strategy for a healthy planet" appears as part of the logo
Some words to describe the vibe we are looking for (not in any particular order)
- organic
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- intellect
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- a new earth
- interconnected
The logo will go onto our website, business cards, stationary etc. We may also ask the winning designer for further work on our website and business cards etc.
Font(s) used needs to be supplied so we can use it for further work (can be an extra cost if its a font you need to pay for but please advise us of that towards the end of the contest once we have narrowed the field a bit). Also artwork needs to be supplied in a form we can work with, i.e. photoshop/illustrator and .svg formats so we can use Inkscape to play more with it.
Good luck, we will do our best to provide feedback and thanks in advance for supporting our journey in making a difference !
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President Barack Obama is ordering federal agencies to review safety rules at chemical facilities in response to the deadly April explosion at a Texas fertilizer plant.
In an executive order announced Thursday, Obama tasks agencies with identifying new ways to safely store and secure ammonium nitrate, the explosive chemical investigators say caused the blast. Agencies are also being told to determine whether additional chemicals should be covered by federal regulatory programs.
The massive explosion at the plant in the community of West, Texas, killed 15 people and leveled hundreds of structures, including three of the town's four schools. It also prompted new scrutiny of regulations at chemical plants and the risks posed by deadly chemicals to people living in surrounding areas.
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The day's top national and international news.
While the explosion is still being investigated, preliminary findings have been presented to Congress. A report sent to the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee in June showed that the decades-old standards used to regulate fertilizer chemicals are far weaker than those used in other countries.
The report concluded that the safety of ammonium nitrate fertilizer storage "falls under a patchwork of U.S. regulatory standards and guidance -- a patchwork that has many large holes."
After that report, EPW Charirman Sen. Barbara Boxer pushed for change in ammonium nitrate storage and wanted the EPA to update its alert on the compound.
Following the president's statement Thursday, Boxer had this to add:
"Knowing the President's deep commitment to the people of West, Texas after the tragic explosion of ammonium nitrate, I informed him last week of specific ideas that emanated from a hearing I chaired at the Environment and Public Works Committee. I couldn't be more gratified to learn today that he is taking executive action to follow through on the very solutions that were discussed and that I promised to pursue.
As I told the President, the EPA has not updated its alert since 1997, and the best practices recommended by other federal agencies such as OSHA are not being uniformly followed.
This progress shows that when we use our mandated oversight role to solve serious problems facing the American people – and the President agrees with our solutions – we can move forward without changing laws to protect our families and communities.
United Steelworkers International President Leo W. Gerard applauded the president's action and said the formation of a new Chemical Facility Safety and Security Working Group "will streamline the regulatory process that all Americans depend on for safety and security -- both on the job and where we live."
"Ultimately these measures will save jobs, save lives, and improve both public health and the environment," said USW International Vice President at Large Carol Landry.
Meanwhile, as city by Boxer, the Environmental Protection Agency, for example, does not regulate the chemical. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration requires that ammonium nitrate be stored separately from other combustibles in a room that has a partition that can withstand fire for up to an hour. But the agency had not inspected the West plant since 1985.
Some agencies do have rules on ammonium nitrate, but none apparently applied to the facility in West.
As the investigation continues, the White House said it wanted to move forward where it could to address chemical safety concerns. Obama's executive order also calls for improved coordination among state and local agencies that deal with chemical plants. And it tasks the federal government with modernizing its information sharing about the plants.


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Google Health just added CVS/Caremark Corp. to its network of pharmacy partners, meaning customers of CVS, benefit manager Caremark and Long Drugs (which CVS recently acquired) can maintain their prescription history online in a Google Health account.
With pharmacy giant CVS on board, about 100 million people can now access their prescription records online and securely download the information to Google Health. Other pharmacy partners include Medco Health Solutions Inc. and Walgreen Co.
A growing number of companies – Google, Microsoft Corp., Revolution Health – have been trying to get consumers to keep track of their health information online through free personal health records. These records are maintained by patients rather than by medical professionals or insurers.
Google Health's push into prescriptions expands the option to people who may not see the need to maintain a full health record.</p
"Not everybody is going to need a personal health record. Some people aren't sick. But everybody takes medication at some point, even if you're relatively healthy and only take allergy drugs," said Missy Krasner, product marketing manager for Google.
Since the most common medical mistakes involve medication errors, Krasner said it behooves patients to keep track of their information.
To use Google Health's prescription network, you must have a Google Health account and your pharmacy must also be part of Google's network. You will also have to sign up for an online account through your pharmacy's Web site before the pharmacy will securely export the data into your Google Health account.


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Our San Francisco Chronicle colleague Joe Garofoli has been on the ground all week covering the Ames Straw Poll and its dramatic aftermath. Here's Joe's latest report from Waterloo, complete with Shaky Hand Video.
Here's a snippet of Texas Gov. Rick Perry's first campaign speech in Iowa. It will be interesting to see how his stumper evolves.
This one was very folksy and charming. A West Texas childhood of 4H, piano lessons, being an Eagle Scout and some of that ol' time religion — being a Methodist or a Baptist were the only choices, he joked. He talked about how he met his wife, who was in the audience, along with a son, a daughter and a daughter-in-law. The 300 Black Hawk County Republicans lapped it up, applauding several times.
But he didn't touch on social issues — although he did applaud when Rep. Michele Bachmann mentioned during her speech afterwards how abortion and same sex marriage were important issues to fight against.
We thought the two might fire some sort of challenge at each other, but there was none of it. They pretty much ignored each other; Bachmann arrived after Perry was done speaking.
The Waterloo native's speech sounded more like she was running for Congress in Black Hawk County, where the event was held. She talked about bringing flowers to loved ones that day in a local nursing home, and about how her grandma used to shovel snow while wearing a dress. That's so Iowa, she said.
Afterwards, Bachmann and Perry didn't shake hands — or acknowledge each other during the other's speech. Perry did throw a few shout-outs to former Sen. Rick Santorum, who was also in the audience.
Here's the opening of Perry's Iowa speech…


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Pope Benedict XVI is planning to stay out of the public eye following his retirement at the end of the month but may stand ready to advise his successor if asked, his brother said Tuesday after talking with the pontiff.
Speaking to reporters at his home in the southern German city of Regensburg, Monsignor Georg Ratzinger, who was ordained on the same day in 1951 as his brother Joseph, said he didn't expect Benedict's continued presence in the Vatican to intimidate the next pope.
"It's possible he (the next pope) may ask for advice," said Ratzinger. "I think it's quite likely they will talk."
It is the first time in nearly 600 years the Catholic Church is faced with the problem of how to deal with a former pope living on into his successor's term.
"We have no experience with a retired pope," said Rudolf Voderholzer, the bishop of Regensburg who is also in charge of the institute that publishes the pope's theological works.
Voderholzer said that even if Benedict does continue to write - as he did prolifically before and during his papacy - no new works would be published during his lifetime that might be seen as speaking directly to the faithful.
"Anything he published could be conceived as interference in the work of the next pope," he said.
The 85-year-old Benedict shocked the world Monday by announcing that he planned to step down from the papacy at the end of the month.
For his brother, however, the decision was no surprise.
"He has been thinking about it for several months," the elder Ratzinger said. "He concluded that his powers are falling victim to age."
He dismissed suggestions that the pope had been pushed to resign.
"The intrigues are a fairy tale," the 89-year-old said. "There were no intrigues against him."
As for his successor, Ratzinger said his brother "feels that a younger person is needed to deal with the problems of the times."
Asked whether he thought the time had come for a pope from outside of Europe, Ratzinger said that could happen in the future, but that he did not think it would in the next election.
"For now I think the job will remain with a European," he said.
Ratzinger said he hoped to visit his brother in the Vatican later this year, but didn't expect the pope to return to Germany or Regensburg, where their parents and sister are buried.
The Vatican says Benedict will spend some time at the papal summer retreat south of Rome, and eventually return to the Vatican to live at a monastery inside the gardens.
"You don't transplant an old tree," Ratzinger said.


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The Texas Republican and Democratic parties, key state agencies and groups suing the state over redistricting cut a deal Tuesday that would extend the filing deadline to run for office until Monday while postponing any decision about the state's primary elections.
The three federal judges on the San Antonio panel left final approval of the filing extension pending until the deal is finalized and submitted to the court in writing Wednesday.
Republican Party of Texas chairman Steve Munisteri said the extension allows the state GOP to restart its candidate filing process, which the party suspended in the wake of the Supreme Court's decision to temporarily block the interim redistricting plans for the Texas House, Senate and congressional districts.
Under the outlined terms of the deal, there would be a second candidate-filing period that would begin when redistricting maps are firmly established. Candidates would also have an opportunity in either filing period to amend their filings, or if they choose not to run for office, seek a refund of their filing fee from the political parties.
There were also some signs of progress in solving the bitter dispute over whether the state's primary election should be delayed altogether or split into two, as both sides agreed to meet in Austin Thursday to try to work out their differences.
"We're really not that far apart," Munisteri said, later adding that there would probably be a mediator. "Is there a way to come up with a unified primary? If there is, everybody's for that. We're skeptical that can happen."
He said one of the biggest obstacles to getting a deal done is the time constraints "imposed on us by the reality that the ultimate decision is not here, the ultimate decision is on the Supreme Court."
The groups suing the state fiercely attacked the idea of splitting the primary into two contests, claiming that the move would confuse voters, reduce voter turnout and create voter fatigue.
Bexar County Elections Administrator Jacque Callanen told the court that splitting the primary would end up costing the county much more than it had planned to spend, complaints echoed by county officials from Dallas and Travis counties. Maverick County Judge David Saucedo said he would have to lay off county employees to pay for the additional primary if the state didn't pick up the tab.
Outside the courtroom, the various proposals to split the Texas House, Senate, and congressional primaries from the other statewide races have been criticized by Republican lawmakers in Washington and Austin.
A lawyer for U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar told the judges Tuesday that his client and U.S. Rep Lamar Smith would release a letter that showed that the majority of the Texas Republican congressional caucus favors keeping all of the primary races on the same day.
Additionally, the Texas Tribune reported early Tuesday that 15 Republican senators had signed a similar letter backing a united primary.
Under questioning, Munisteri acknowledged that there wasn't a "consensus" among Republicans on the matter.
One possible solution to the calendar chaos — laid out by Travis County Clerk Dana DeBeauvoir — would delay all of the primary elections until April 3 and move any runoffs to June 26.
Still, the Republican Party countered and told the judges that the presidential primary should stay in March so Super Tuesday wouldn't drown out Texas's voice. At the end of the day, Munisteri showed some flexibility by saying that demands for a March primary were "negotiable."


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Carole's creative vision is spurred by the little details observed in our daily lives. Traveling and moving around, she collects and matches different themes, objects and furnishings to create truly unique and astonishing living ambiances.
It's the vivid color of a freshly made apricot jelly, the rough feel of an ancient stonewall or the brilliant shine of a calcutta marble that can spark the idea of a whole new design.
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AVG Free 2013 Review by Seth Rosenblatt
CNET Review: AVG's updates for 2013 look to the future while struggling to overcome the problems of the past. There's a new interface optimized for Windows 8 that really does make the suite easier to use, and the suite once again tackles its lengthy installation procedure. However, one of the best new features in AVG was actually introduced as a midyear update during 2012.
We found that the program can go from completed download to ready to use in about 5 minutes.
AVG's touted its five-screen installation for several years now. While it's true that the process continues to be short, it's important to call out a few improvements and one glaring snag.
The installer itself now weighs in at 33MB, down from more than 100MB two years ago. The installer also does not require a reboot. This isn't surprising for Windows 8, but even on computers running Windows 7 and older, installing AVG will be reboot-free. Unfortunately, not only do you still have to opt out of AVG's toolbar and SafeSearch if you don't want them, but even when you choose only the toolbar, it commandeers your default location bar search in Firefox. This is, of course, problematic because the toolbar provides some important security options, such as AVG Do Not Track.
AVG loses points as well for force-shutting your browser without warning during installation, and for not adapting the installation options to Windows 8. AVG has retained the small check boxes from previous years, which are difficult to use by touch.
A more customer-friendly approach would be to go for an opt-in process that doesn't move forward until the user makes a decision. After all, this is what AVG does when asking you to choose between AVG Free or a 30-day trial of AVG Internet Security.
Shouldn't we be done with search engine commandeering by now?
Windows 8 has forced every Windows software maker around to reconsider how its programs look, and that's a good thing. Whether kicking and screaming, or gleefully leaping, software designers are changing how they make their Windows apps, and AVG is no different.
Although the security suite had been using a variation of the same interface for years, the 2013 suite has been overhauled with a new one that embraces large, boldly colored, tile-like buttons that ought to feel at home in Windows 8.
The new main interface lays out AVG's features in a clean, legible manner. The upper right corner has links to Reports, Support, and Options. At first blush, the Options list is overwhelmingly long, but navigating is impressively accurate on a touch screen. It contains direct links to features that are also available behind the tiles that take up most of the interface.
Next on your way down the main screen is a protection status notification in green for safe or red for unsafe, and then there are three rows of tiles. The first row of bright green tiles are links to core security options: Computer, Web Browsing, Identity, E-mails, and Firewall. The second row are blue, and link to AVG's performance optimizer, parental controls, and the backup service LiveKive. Next to LiveKive there's a button for AVG apps, new services that haven't been revealed at the time of writing.
The third row contains two teal buttons, one to commence a scan and one to update virus definition files. If you're running AVG Free, the bottom quarter of the interface is an ad to upgrade to AVG Internet Security 2013. Behind each of the buttons is a deeper dive into its associated functions. Under Computer, for example, you have access to antivirus and antirootkit scans, statistics, and configurations.
The interface is basically highly navigable, except that people with Windows 8 touch screens could find the third level down tricky without a mouse. If you go into Configurations or another deeper settings level, the advanced settings options could still be too small for some people to easily adjust.
Do note that AVG is essentially running a Windows 7 program with Windows 8 dressing. It opens to Desktop mode, and runs in a single window that doesn't take up the full screen. It's possible that there have been under-the-hood improvements that will allow AVG to adapt to a Metro interface easily, but that's not available yet.
Features and support
While the interface is new, and as you'll see below, the performance improvements are stunning, AVG's focus for 2013 has not been to push aggressive new security tech. That's okay. Instead, the focus this year was to bring some tech that exists at competitors to AVG's enormous, 128-million-strong active user base.
When you start AVG for the first time, a window appears over the main interface that promotes links to its new, free 24-7 telephone support; the AVG Android app; and a tutorial on getting started. As one of the best-known names in Windows security, we like that AVG is making it easy for newcomers to get acclimated.
There's a new file reputation system, which AVG also uses in conjunction with its scans to scan dramatically faster than before. Basically, it looks at a file in the order that its bits were saved to disk, not in order of the directory file tree. It may sound hokey, but as the benchmarks below show, it's an effective technique. By cross-referencing that data with what other AVG users are running, AVG is able to create a more effective net for blocking malicious files.
The file reputation is an extension of AVG's "smart scanning," which takes advantage of AVG's behavioral detection network to scan known safe files once, and rescan them only if it detects changes. As with its competitors, AVG's network is made up of its user base anonymously contributing data up to the cloud. You can choose to opt out of contributing your data when you install, or from the options menu. AVG says opting out won't negatively affect your security.
The smart scanning tech also gives you a built-in system resource manager that prioritizes scans. If a scan is scheduled to begin while the computer is in use, it will automatically restrict the scan so that it runs more slowly but doesn't interfere with the computer's other tasks. When it detects the computer idling, it will then allocate more power to the scan. The feature comes with a slider so you can customize how sensitive it is.
Another major change was introduced earlier in the year. AVG's Do Not Track add-on has been folded into the AVG toolbar. AVG's version lacks the nuance of Abine's Do Not Track Plus, making it more of a logger's chainsaw than a surgeon's scalpel, but it's still good to get privacy-protecting tools out to as many people as possible.
AVG offers a wide range of effective tools for keeping your computer safe. Along with the expected antivirus and anti-malware engines, it has rootkit detection and removal; fake antivirus and ransomware blocking; and basic e-mail and identity protection.
The LinkScanner tool has been improved to watch out for more dynamic code, which is essential in the security game because threats are mutating at such a rapid rate.
The PC Analyzer scans your system for Registry and disk errors. It includes a disk defragmenter and a broken-shortcut cleaner, as well. Although the feature is restricted in full to paid users, if you have the free version, the PC Analyzer comes with a one-time offer to clean all errors it finds. It provides a link to a download of the separate PC Analyzer tool, once the scan is completed. This is an interesting twist on the idea of letting users detect but not repair errors, and it provides more functionality while not affecting the basic security of your computer. However, it's likely that some users will shy away from the extra download.
Other features are restricted to users of AVG's paid upgrades. The paid upgrade version of AVG Anti-Virus 2013 distinguishes itself by offering a chat link shield, a Wi-Fi guard for open Internet connections, and a download scan for files sent via instant message that looks at all ports, not just port 80. The PC Analyzer option mentioned earlier is also included, and comes without restrictions.
AVG Internet Security 2013 includes all that AVG Anti-Virus 2013 offers, and adds in a firewall and antispam protections.
AVG claims major performance improvements in the 2013 versions, and both CNET's own tests and independent labs appear to bear this out.
CNET Labs' benchmarks found that this year's version leaves a lighter touch on your system than last year's, a big change for the better for AVG.
We can report that AVG's boot time impact was faster than average in general. AVG Anti-Virus 2013 was around 10 seconds faster than the average suite, while AVG Internet Security 2013 was about 5 seconds faster than average and AVG Anti-Virus Free 2013 was about 5 seconds slower. This is better than last year, when AVG was slower than average, and it's better in general, as AVG tends to have a big impact on startup.
Shutdown impact continued to be minimal, around the same as last year -- among the best we've seen at this point so far.
|Security program
|Boot time
|Shutdown time
|Scan time
|MS Office performance
|iTunes decoding
|Media multitasking
|Unprotected system
|Average of all tested systems (to date)
|AVG Anti-Virus Free 2013
|AVG Anti-Virus 2013
|AVG Internet Security 2012
*All tests measured in seconds, except for Cinebench. On the Cinebench test, the higher number is better.
In our other tests, AVG was much faster than the median. The scan times on AVG Anti-Virus 2013 and its free sibling were the two fastest so far this year, and AVG Anti-Virus Free 2013 also notched the fastest time during the MS Office performance test. It wasn't just the fastest, either, it was faster than an unprotected computer with the same specs. AVG claims that this is because of how it reads your computer's files. Whatever the cause, it's clear that in some cases, AVG improves in-use system performance.
Third-party efficacy results haven't been published yet for AVG 2013, but the 2012 suite marks are excellent. In the AV-Test test on Windows 7 from the second quarter of 2012, AVG Internet Security 2012 scored 15 out of 18 overall, a lowish high score. The suite had a 5.5 rating out of 6 in Protection, a 5.0 in Repair, and a 4.5 in Usability. On the same test, AVG Anti-Virus Free 2012 scored slightly better with 15.5 out of 18 overall. The suite had a 5.5 rating out of 6 in Protection, a 5.0 in Repair, and a 5.0 in Usability.
The most recent AV-Comparatives.org Whole Product test, which looks at on-demand scanning, retroactive tests, and "real-world" guards including cloud-based protections, puts AVG Internet Security 2012 in the middle of the class, out of 21 suites tested. Looking at Whole Product test results cumulatively from January 2012 to June 2012 shows AVG came in 13th, blocking 97.7 percent of threats.
When it comes to security, AVG isn't hands-down the best out there. But it is more effective than it used to be, and it's clear that it takes a smaller toll on your system than it used to. Those are big gains for the suite.
AVG Anti-Virus Free continues to offer an excellent if not perfect level of security, and deserves a serious shot at being your go-to suite. If you're unhappy with your current suite because of its impact on your system performance, AVG is definitely worth checking out.
You get a fair number of extras when you pay to upgrade, but it's not essential and really only for people who either feel safer when they pay or want the added bonuses. However, if you're on a Windows Vista or XP computer, you definitely ought to have a firewall upgrade. You could get a free one, but if system resources are a concern, it's worth checking out one that's bolted to a security suite as with AVG's paid suites.
Publisher's Description
From AVG Technologies USA:
Our most fully featured Free product ever, AVG AntiVirus Free 2013 delivers security features usually only found in paid-for products, and that's not all.
We believe that antivirus software should never get in your way, so we've added smart performance technology that reduces scan times and keeps gaming without annoying lags and freezes caused by scheduled updates and scans.
AVG AntiVirus Free 2013 also goes beyond detecting and removing viruses on your PC. Its 'AVG Do Not Track' feature gives you control over which websites can collect and use your data (available if you take AVG Security Toolbar as part of your installation). This feature joins Anti-Spyware and WiFi hacker-defeating technology to deliver powerful personal protection at home or on the move.
Also new for the 2013 edition is AVG's Easy Interface, which makes managing your protection as simple as possible.
Together these features make AVG AntiVirus Free 2013 an easy, comprehensive free product, but it's not just the software that's free. So too is phone access to our team of support experts 24/7, 365 days a year (USA, UK, Canada).
What's new in this version: A) Even Greater Ease of Use
We've put a big emphasis for this release on making our product easy to use, for both our less-technically savvy customers, as well as those that wish to have greater levels of control with their PC protection. We've completely overhauled our interface, simplified our Firewall and improved our install experience.
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Chinese artist Dou Rong Jun builds his artistic style with monochromatic male portraits in deep reflection, painting feelings through his subject's body language, attitude, and the lines and expressions on their faces. He depicts stories with subtle, delicate brushstrokes and thin washes of paint dripping towards the subjects, conveying emotions with sensibility. His palette features somber and moody range of inky shades offset by dusty pastels highlighted by white negative space. His acrylic work is fluid, running like water colors and plunging the viewer in a blurry dream of deep reflections. Elaborate and refined, Dou Rong Jun's work mirrors his stories, covering themes such as contemplation, recollection, and reflection.
Born in 1971 in Nanjing, Dou graduated from the Nanjing Art Institute with a B.A. degree. Dou currently teaches fine art in Shanghai while pursuing his art practice. Intricate and moving depictions have always been one of the essential characteristics of paintings. Dou Rong Jun chooses to use the language of paintings to capture the subject's details and the subtle, delicate stories between people that are not always easy to grasp. In each of his works, there is sensitivity with every brushstroke and an apt conveyance of emotion. He has exhibited extensively in China and South Asia. Read More
Me and You: Regarding Dou Rong Jun's Oil Paintings
At different intervals, everyone's development leaves different memories. Youthful faces become old and fragile, innocent eyes grow numb. Different life experiences, different trails of emotions; every message about life is recorded on each of our individual bodies. Thus, we often can read one or many stories from minute details of the body.
Meanwhile, because of interaction with other people and the influence of the resulting relationships, those same stories may not be hard to read from the body. To compound the issue, every relationship has its own distances and perspectives and can be seen from different angles, leaving impressions on both bodies of the parties involved. As humans, much of our existence and sense of being is inextricably tied to the various relationships we have in society. The principles and standards for various relationships adapt to the changing times. However, the most basic things about interpersonal relationships remain the same. In the artist's works, many moments are condensed, making relationships between people more transparent and clear.
Intricate and moving depictions have always been one of the essential characteristics of paintings.
Dou Rong Jun chooses to use the language of paintings to capture the subject's details and the subtle, delicate stories between people that are not always easy to grasp. In each of his works, there is sensitivity with every brushstroke in a highly appropriate conveyance of emotion. At the same time, he possesses an uncanny ability to control the picture's surface, enabling every single painting's overall appeal to be extremely strong, such that it arrests the attention and stirs up the feelings of viewers. On the spatial plane of the canvas, the contrasts and positions of the subjects' forms express the tension and melodious harmony between the subjects. All of this has been so well condensed into the artist's language of art that it does not reveal traces in his artworks.
For the viewer, every single work by Dou Rong Jun impacts them with an unadulterated, cultural and sociological experience. Dou has transported his personal, inner thoughts onto his works, using similar youths as subjects to represent emotions, to express life.
I, as the artist himself and you, it can be anyone of you; any person with relations. It is this understanding of you and me that co-exists in the artists' inner world.
All this while, Dou Rong Jun's works have continued to portray youthful males, poised in different positions and expressions. Hiding in the background of cold grey or in the warm grey, they stare with blank gazes at the transitions of Man's emotions.
The Other Side of Painting- Recent Wroks by Dong Rongjun and Tang Shu, Aroundspace Gallery, Shanghai, China
Speciman: Dou Rongjun's Works Show, Aroundspace Gallery, Shanghai, China
Annual Exhibition of Contemporary Art, Nanjing, China
Crossover: Seven Chinese Artists Paintings Show, Aroundspace Gallery, Shanghai, China
Community! Community!, Songzhuang Art Festival ,Beijing, China
The first layer of skin: Five Artists Paintings, Nanjing, China
You and I: Solo Exhibition in Singapore, Ode To Art, Singapore
Sleepless in dry: Contemporary Art Exhibition, Nanjing, China
Present: New Works by Shanghai artists, Shanghai, China
Together: Six Artists Exhibition, Shanghai, China
Fractal Image: Contemporary Art Exhibition, Nanjing, China
Cutting-edge development of figurative painting
Singapore Art, Singapore
Shanghai Spring Art Salon, Shanghai, China
Poly Spring Exhibition of Contemporary Art Auction, Hangzhou, China
Dust: Solo Exhibition, Shanghai, China
Art Location: General Painting Exhibition, Shanghai, China
Weightlessness: Contemporary Art Exhibition, Shanghai, China
Oil Painting Exhibition, Jiangsu , Nanjing, China
2002 Jointly Create: Contemporary Art Exhibition, Nanjing, China
Jiangsu Education Art Exhibition, Honorable Mention, Nanjing, China
Meeting the New Century: Jiangsu Oil Painting Exhibition, Bronze, Nanjing, China
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andrew121 necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 110 diseños de 33 diseñadores freelance.
Steeger Engineering
We are an international engineering company who specialise in building heavy hydraulic lifting systems.
We are a very professional business yet do not want to portray a corporate image.
Our work is quality, innovative and specialised. We want our logo to represent what we do!
We are offering:
- Specialised designs, construction and instillation of heavy hydraulic jobs
- Parts for hydraulic systems
- Specialised bolts and screws to stabilise cranes
- Hydraulic systems for presses
- Hydraulic systems in general
- Services and repairs of Hydraulics
- Consultation on Hydraulics and their systems
We are mainly targeting the construction division as well as some jobs with the government and defence force.
We have built relationships our clients based mainly on a personal relationship with our employees. We want to grow this so that our clients don't only have a relationship with one or two employees in the company, but the entire company itself. Instead of associating our products and services with one person, we want them to associate it with Steeger Engineering
Clients Include:
Large Construction Corporations
Since our company is so specialised, large construction companies normally outsource any work in the hydraulic field to us. The design of the hydraulic system is normally specifically for the job as most the major jobs are different, such as bridges tunnels etc. This is where our innovation comes in to play most heavily.
Small Construction Companies
We build the parts for hydraulic systems
Crane Companies:
We build the parts that stabilise large cranes.
Government & Defence Force:
We have had some jobs relating to large presses for the government and defence force sector
Would like:
1.) Simple
2.) A professional, fresh, creative design.
3.) Want to steer clear of the corporate image.
4.) A logo that can stand alone without the use of text and can be easily recognized in the market
5.) Colors - We are open to many different color schemes but they must be bold and eye-catching. Whatever color you choose for the logo will be the color our products will be painted in. We do not want Yellow or Blue, we were thinking bright red. We want the logo to be able to work in both colour and black and white.
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So how did it get to be February already? Time to check on how those New Year resolutions are going. Feeling a little guilty about some of that exercise equipment that's getting more use as a coat rack these days? I know how you feel. I have two large, exercise balls lurking around the house, relics of January resolutions long forgotten. My twins love them, but have yet to master the fine line between playing with the exercise balls vs. having them zinging around the house crashing into breakable items. So usually these balls are banished to a storage closet only to put in brief appearances when I have to displace them while looking for my quilting supplies.
Such was the case this week and my girls were quick to snatch the exercise balls up with exclamations of glee when they saw I had unearthed them while on a hunt for my sewing supplies. I was about to break the news of the exercise balls' imminent return to the closet when I saw what one of the girls was doing. She was bouncing on the ball while counting. Yes, COUNTING! I say this with capitals because I jump at any chance I have to get math into their lives. She was trying to do 100 bounces and was counting (out loud even) with each bounce. Then she started counting the odds and then the evens from 0 to 10. After she got done with that set, I realized we had a good thing going and had both of the girls bounce count in fives and tens. Then we worked from 20 back to 0.
If you're into multiple intelligence learning this is a great kinesthetic activity. So, go check out the exercise equipment you have lurking around.....you might find something for the basis of a math activity.
Just in case those resolutions to eat healthier have also suffered some, ahem, minor bumps, raid your pantry for some dried beans (it will conveniently leave more room for chocolate) and set up a math center. My freebie download of The Bean Game: Practicing the Number Bonds can be found over at my TPT store.
P.S. Patricia has an awesome blog. Her articles are interesting, well written, and offer activities that I can even do. She hasn't been a blogger very long; so, take a moment to check it out. While you are there, become a follower!