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How I can reverse the image captured on front-facing camera?
1. Images captured by a front-facing camera is saved as they appear in the preview (Previous models showed reversed images).
2. To change their direction, press the option as shown in Figure 1.
E.g.) If the letters are reversed on the camera screen, turn on Reverse and take photos.
You will find the letters in the right direction.

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AssassiNX had een nieuw webpagina ontwerp nodig en lanceerde daarom een wedstrijd op 99designs.
Een winnaar werd gekozen uit25 ontwerpen ingezonden door12 freelance designers.
I'm looking for a new design that is different to my current site's design (http://games.computersnstuff.co.uk) yet incorporates all the things that are currently there.
Computers N Stuff
Desired Color Scheme:
Accepted File Formats:
Photoshop PSD
I'm looking for a design, that is completely different to the design currently on the site (http://games.computersnstuff.co.uk).
I'm looking for something that makes it stand out a bit and if you could even do different colour schemes for each section (PC, PS2/PS3/PSP, XBOX/360, Nintendo DS/Wii) then that would be a great bonus.
I'm looking for something that doesn't look too cluttered, yet retains all the things that are currently on the website.
The site may deal with gaming, however i'd like if possible for you to stay away from using gaming characters in the design in any way - as i'm trying to maintain a professional look to the site.
The winner will receive $300 for their work and there is also the possibility of more work coming your way in the future if you do a good job.
I Think i've covered everything, if anyone has any questions then i'm sure you'll PM me and let me know.
Sites i like:
There were some others i really liked the look of - but i can't for the life of me remember their addresses at the moment - so i may update this in the future.


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Emergency Response Centre: for a faster and more efficient European response to disasters
16 May 2013 09:38 AM
The European Commission has launched its Emergency Response Centre (ERC), which will provide a better coordinated, faster and more efficient European response to disasters in Europe and the world.
"With the unfortunately increasing frequency and complexity of disasters, EU Member States need to cooperate even more closely. The new EU Emergency Response Centre provides a state of the art platform that allows them to coordinate under the most extreme circumstances, enables them to tackle these challenges even more effectively and thus helps to protect our citizens,"
said Jose Manuel Barroso, President of the European Commission.
"Experience shows that no country in the world is completely immune to disasters, no matter how well prepared it is,"
pointed out Kristalina Georgieva, European Commissioner for International Cooperation, Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Response
"With the increasing frequency and complexity of disasters, making a coordinated and immediate response is an essential part of any life-saving action. We have established the Emergency Response Centre to enable the EU and its Member States to respond to overwhelming natural and man-made disasters in a more timely and efficient manner."
The ERC will be operational on a 24/7 basis, capable of dealing with up to three simultaneous emergencies in different time zones. It will receive and analyse appeals for assistance from affected countries and serve as a hub to support coordination at various levels: Commission, Member States, the affected country, humanitarian partners and civil protection teams deployed to the field.
The ERC will dispatch assessment and coordination experts to disaster areas, provide early warning about upcoming disasters, and facilitate the transport of Member States' assistance in response to major emergencies. This will ensure that European assistance is meeting priority needs on the disaster scene with no unnecessary and expensive duplication of efforts.
In addition, the ERC will step up the planning and preparation for EU civil protection operations, in close cooperation with the Member States. With new legislation soon to be in place, the 32 countries participating in the EU Civil Protection Mechanism can pre-commit some of their response capacities – such as specialised aircraft, heavy equipment or Search-and-Rescue Teams - to a voluntary pool, ready to be deployed at very short notice as part of a fully coordinated European response whenever the need arises.
The ERC will also support close coordination between the different Commission services involved in the response to emergencies where a multi-sectoral response is needed, and will regularly exchange information with the crisis centres of the EU's main international partners.
The ERC is the new "operational heart" of the EU Civil Protection Mechanism. Beyond that it will play a key role as a coordination hub to facilitate a coherent European response during emergencies inside and outside Europe.
Technical aspects of its creation were developed by Commission services in charge of building policy, under the authority of Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič. They transformed an area initially dedicated to technical functions, in order to avoid any net increase in Commission office space. Insulation work also enhanced the centre's energy efficiency.
The ERC has also been designed taking into account more than 10 years' experience in coordinating European disaster response. In 2001, the ERC's predecessor, the Monitoring and Information Centre (MIC) was created as the main operational tool of the EU Civil Protection Mechanism.
The key goal of the Mechanism is to facilitate co-operation in civil protection assistance interventions in the event of major emergencies. Apart from the 27 EU Member States, Croatia, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway participate in the EU Civil Protection Mechanism. The participating states pool resources that can be made available to disaster-hit countries and share best practices in disaster management.
For more information
Q/A: The European Emergency Response Centre Opens
Commissioner Georgieva's website:
The European Commission's humanitarian aid and civil protection:


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NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- Newly downgraded Tropical Storm Isaac plodded its way across Louisiana on the seventh anniversary of Katrina, with officials weighing whether to bust a hole in a levee to relieve some of the water that was spilling over a wall in a rural part of the state Wednesday.
Rescues were carried out there while in New Orleans, the levee system was holding, though power lines were downed and debris littered the streets, prompting officials to impose a dusk-to-dawn curfew.
Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal said officials may cut a hole in a levee on the east bank of Plaquemines Parish to relieve pressure on the structure. At a news conference in Baton Rouge, Jindal said there was no estimate on when that might occur.
He said as many as 40 people are reportedly in need of rescue in the area.
Plaquemines Parish has also ordered a mandatory evacuation for the west bank of the Mississippi River below Belle Chasse, worried about a storm surge. The order affects about 3,000 people in the area, including a nursing home with 112 residents.
Officials said the evacuation was ordered out of concern that more storm surge from Isaac would be pushed into the area and levees might be overtopped.
Joshua Brockhaus, an electrician who lives in the flooded area, helped rescue neighbors in his boat.
"I'm getting text messages from all over asking for help," he said. "I'm dropping my dogs off and I'm going back out there."
The hurricane's impact was a surprise for him.
"We didn't think it was going to be like that," he said. "The storm stayed over the top of us. For Katrina, we got 8 inches of water. Now we have 13 feet."
Alvin Sylve, a disabled former long-distance truck driver, was preparing to evacuate. He lived on street with rows of doube- and single-wide trailers in Jesuit Bend in Plaquemines Parish, an area outside the federal levee system where people were ordered to evacuate Wednesday as conditions worsened.
"We've never seen it this bad," he said. "The way this wind is shifting."
He was hunkering down at a friend's double-wide with leaks springing in the ceiling.
"This double-wide is shaking, even though it's anchored down. You see another piece came off the roof," he said, pointing to a flying piece of roof tile. "It's falling apart!"
Meanwhile in New Orleans, Mayor Mitch Landrieu issued a curfew for the city as Hurricane Isaac lashed the city on the seven-year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina's destructive arrival. The curfew was issued to prevent looting and to make it easier for utility crews to restore electricity. So far, there had been only sporadic arrests for looting.
Police cars had been patrolling the nearly empty streets since Isaac began bringing fierce winds and heavy rains to the city Tuesday night. The curfew was set to start Wednesday night and would last until further notice.
In Vermilion Parish, Sheriff Mike Couvillon said a 36-year-old man had gone to help two friends move a vehicle from under a tree to prepare for Isaac on Tuesday evening, and fell to his death after climbing 18 feet up a tree. Deputies don't know why the man climbed the tree.
Rescuers in boats and trucks plucked a handful of people who became stranded by floodwaters in thinly populated areas of southeast Louisiana. Authorities feared many more could need help after a night of slashing rain and fierce winds that knocked out power to more than 600,000 households and businesses.
Although Isaac was much weaker than Katrina, which crippled the city in 2005, the threat of dangerous storm surges and flooding from heavy rain was expected to last all day and into the night as the immense comma-shaped storm crawled across Louisiana.
Army Corps spokeswoman Rachel Rodi said the city's bigger, stronger levees were withstanding the assault.
"The system is performing as intended, as we expected," she said. "We don't see any issues with the hurricane system at this point."
There were initial problems with pumps not working at the 17th Street Canal, the site of a breach on the day Katrina struck, but those pumps had been fixed, Rodi said.
In Plaquemines Parish, a fishing community south of New Orleans, about two dozen people who stayed behind despite evacuation orders needed to be rescued.
"I think a lot of people were caught with their pants down," said Jerry Larpenter, sheriff in nearby Terrebonne Parish. "This storm was never predicted right since it entered the Gulf. It was supposed to go to Florida, Panama City, Biloxi, New Orleans. We hope it loses its punch once it comes in all the way."
As Isaac's eye Isaac passed overhead, authorities in armored vehicles saved a family whose roof was ripped off, Larpenter said.
Two police officers had to be rescued by boat after their car became stuck. Rescuers were waiting for the strong winds to die down before moving out to search for other people.
"The winds are too strong and the rain too strong," Plaquemines Parish spokeswoman Caitlin Campbell said.
Water driven by the large and powerful storm flooded over an 18-mile stretch of one levee in Plaquemines Parish. The levee, one of many across the low-lying coastal zone, is not part of the new defenses constructed in New Orleans after Katrina.
After maintaining hurricane strength through the morning, Isaac weakened to a tropical storm Wednesday afternoon with 70 mph winds and was expected to continue losing strength. It came ashore at 7:45 p.m. EDT Tuesday with 80 mph winds near the mouth of the Mississippi River, driving a wall of water nearly 11 feet high inland and soaking a neck of land that stretches into the Gulf.
The storm stalled for several hours before resuming a slow trek inland, and forecasters said that was in keeping with the its erratic history. The slow motion over land means Isaac could be a major soaker, dumping up to 20 inches of rain in some areas. But every system is different.
Isaac's winds and sheets of rain whipped New Orleans, where forecasters said the city's skyscrapers could be subject to gusts up to 100 mph.
In the French Quarter near Bourbon Street, Jimmy Maiuri stepped outside his second-floor apartment to shoot video. Maiuri, who fled from Katrina at the last minute, stayed behind this time and had no regrets, though he was amazed at the storm's timing.
"It's definitely not one to take lightly, but it's not Katrina," he said. "No one is going to forget Aug. 29 forever, not here at least."
As hard wind and heavy rain pelted Melba Leggett-Barnes' home in the Lower 9th Ward, an area leveled during Katrina, she felt more secure than she did seven years ago.
"I have a hurricane house this time," said Barnes, who has been living in her newly rebuilt since 2008. She and her husband, Baxter Barnes, were among the first to get a home through Brad Pitt's Make It Right program.
Her yellow house with a large porch and iron trellis was taking a beating, but holding strong. "I don't have power, but I'm all right," said Barnes, 56, a cafeteria worker for the New Orleans school system.
In Mississippi, the main highway that runs along the Gulf, U.S. 90, was closed in sections by storm surge flooding. At one spot in Biloxi, a foot of water covered the highway for a couple of blocks, and it looked like more was coming in. High tide was likely to bring more water.
In Pass Christian, a Mississippi coastal community wiped out by hurricanes Camille and Katrina, Mayor Chipper McDermott was optimistic Isaac would not deal a heavy blow.
"It's not too bad, but the whole coast is going to be a mess," he said.
Tens of thousands of people had been told ahead of Isaac to leave low-lying areas of Mississippi and Louisiana, including 700 patients of Louisiana nursing homes. Mississippi shut down the state's 12 shorefront casinos.
The hurricane also canceled commemoration ceremonies Wednesday for Katrina's 1,800 dead in Louisiana and Mississippi.
The storm drew attention because of its timing __ coinciding with the Katrina anniversary and the first major speeches of the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Fla. Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney was considering whether to visit the Gulf Coast after Isaac.
Isaac promised to test a New Orleans levee system bolstered by $14 billion in federal repairs and improvements after the catastrophic failures during Katrina. But in a city that has already weathered Hurricane Gustav in 2008.
Isaac also posed political challenges with echoes of those that followed Katrina, a reminder of how the storm became a symbol of government ineptitude.
President Barack Obama sought to demonstrate his ability to guide the nation through a natural disaster, and Republicans tried to reassure residents as they formally nominated former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney as their presidential candidate.
There was already simmering political fallout from the storm. Republican Gov. Jindal, who canceled his trip to the convention in Tampa, said the Obama administration's disaster declaration fell short of the federal help he had requested. Jindal said he wanted a promise from the federal government to be reimbursed for storm preparation costs.
FEMA Administrator Craig Fugate said such requests would be addressed after the storm.
Contributing to this report were Associated Press writers Brian Schwaner and Cain Burdeau in New Orleans; Kevin McGill in Houma, La.; Holbrook Mohr in Waveland and Pass Christian, Miss.; Jeff Amy in Biloxi and Gulfport, Miss.; Jay Reeves in Gulf Shores, Ala.; Jessica Gresko in Mobile, Ala.; Erik Schelzig in Braithwaite, La.; and Curt Anderson at the National Hurricane Center in Miami.


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Many young college students, hoping to further their education, are deluded into accepting loans that they believe be can be payed once studies are completed and have received their degrees. This documentary explains how we are molded into an expectation of going through the grades of school, attending college and landing the dream job. But the statistics show that student loan debt has now surpassed credit card debt in the U.S., with many of those loans unable to be paid back, proving this scam is yet another system of debt enslavement set up by the banking elite.
By now virtually everyone has seen some combination of the two charts, showing the magnitude of the student loan bubble, a topic which even Goldman Sachs decided to take on last week:
The amount of student debt being taken on every year has been rising rapidly for years now (via NPR)
Frankly, by now the topic of US student debt has been discussed to death, and like every other bubble, it will keep growing, as the very fungible proceeds are used to purchase such mission critical "student" addenda as iPads and booze, until it bursts. Yet is it really that bad? And how does it look compared to some other countries' bubbles. Like that of the UK? Courtesy of Bloomberg we now know how a similar bubble is being blown across the Atlantic:
Some students in England, after borrowing for housing and living expenses, will leave school with as much as 40,000 pounds ($64,200) in debt, said Peter Lampl, founder and chairman of the Sutton Trust, a London nonprofit group that promotes access to higher education. That tops the $23,300 average debt of U.S. student borrowers. The debt burden means graduates will defer buying a home and makes it harder for people from lower-income backgrounds to catch up, Lampl said.
"In this country, we will be on an order of magnitude ahead of the U.S.," Lampl said in an interview. "We're loading up these kids with debt. The whole thing is an absolute disgrace."
In other words, UK students will soon be debt slaves only encumbered with orders of magnitude more debt. However, there is a twist:
English graduates don't have to repay their loans unless they make 21,000 pounds a year. They pay 9 percent of their earnings over that amount and all debts are forgiven after 30 years. Payments are automatically deducted from paychecks. Graduates don't have to pay if they lose their job or transition to part-time work, as many working mothers do.
A young person making 27,000 pounds a year will end up repaying about 10 pounds a week and someone in their early 50s who owes 50,000 pounds has the reassurance that it will soon disappear, said Smith, who served as president of Universities U.K., an advocacy group that consulted with the government on the changes.
So do US students once again have the short end of the stick?
"The American system is brutal," said Tim Leunig, who teaches economic history at the London School of Economics.
The Obama administration introduced an income-based repayment program in 2009 for U.S. borrowers who take out certain types of federal student loans. The plan limits debt payments to a percentage of a family's income for graduates and erases the debt after 25 years. For those with government or nonprofit jobs, the debt can be forgiven after 10 years.
Of course no matter how you spin it, having debt three times your income before you are responsible for paying it down as a mitigating circumstance is simply idiotic. All colleges in the US and UK are doing, is generating another generation of slightly modified debt slaves, yet ones who have no choice, and more and more end up going to college because at least it is something to do in world in which those between 18 and mid 20s are only about 50% employed. And with debt as cheap as ever, the carrying costs are low enough to where one can just worry about repaying it tomorrow… Even if "tomorrow" ends up being when one hits their 60s. Still, since behavioral changes are additive, the fact that UK student used to pay virtually nothing as recently as 14 years ago, means the pain from the surging debt load is far worse across the pond:
In the U.S., the average tuition and fees for 2011-2012 at public universities is $8,244 (5,136 pounds) a year for state residents and $28,500 at private schools, according to the College Board, a New York-based nonprofit group whose members include U.S. universities.
The new English system, unveiled in June by the coalition government of Conservatives and Liberal Democrats, is designed to reduce taxpayer support while introducing competition among universities for the top students, said David Willetts, the Conservative minister for universities and science.
Curiously, if the UK succeeds in enacting its own debt enslavement system, the rest of Europe will be sure to follow:
It's creating "widespread fear all over Europe" among college administrators that the region will move toward a high- fee, high-loan system, Oddershede said. He pointed to the U.S. model, calling it "a system that can serve a capitalist society like America but wouldn't work in a small country like Denmark."
The prospect of rising tuition angers European students, who say they had no role in causing the financial collapse but are being made to pay for it.
"What caused the debt?" Allan Pall, head of the Brussels- based European Students Union, said in a speech at the European university conference. "Did we spend too much on higher education? We should ask that question instead of rushing to cut the first thing we see, the thing that creates jobs and growth."
Yet just like US Trasurys (with or without the benefit of the shadow banking system which allows to generate near-infinite fractional reserve demand when using one unit of a "real asset" rehypothecated a fractional-reserve number of times), student loans keep seeing greater and greater demand:
That's not surprising, given the importance of a college education for finding a high-paying job, Lampl said.
"Poor kids, low-income kids know they have to get an education," Lampl said. "They're not stupid."
Asta Diabate, 18, who lives in Lewisham in south London, said the higher fees don't faze her.
"I'm not worried, because it's something that's valuable," said Diabate, who will start college in 2013. "It's not like I'm going to pay upfront and installments are so low, it shouldn't really bother me" when repaying the loan.
Of course, local financial employers must always exhibit snobbery when picing resumes, and focus on the promising candidates out of Ivy Leagues (or equivalent), as otherwise the whole charade falls apart. And as long as the return promise is much higher than the alternative, student can at least justify the massive debt load to themselves. Yet the question is how long until the next taxpayer bailout:
Then again, a taxpayer bailout of the college loan system will never occur, as tuition and room and board will never, ever go down in price. Just like houses back in 2005.
In the meantime, the latest credit bubble, no matter if its US or UK iteration, continues merrily along, until it is forced to finally stop. Alas, with private lenders now out of the market, and the US government the lender of only resort, the administration's generosity with other people's taxes will hardly ever be tested, until well after the fact. By then we will likely have other problems.


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During the corona situation many of Fafo's employees will be working from home. Our employees can be reached on telephone or e-mail.
We are pleased to announce that we once again can hold seminars on Fafo's premises at Borggata 2B. Our seminars will be in compliance with the Public Health Institute's guidelines concerning number of attendees and social distancing. This entails an upper limit of 25 guests in the auditorium. All our seminars can be watched as live broadcasts or archived recordings online, on Fafo-tv. You can submit questions through the chat feature or text message. Join our invitation list to receive information and updates.
Questions can be directed to our information department.
The visit of Director-General Joost Korte is unfortunately canceled. This is due to new internal instructions following the coronavirus outbreak that indicate that only absolutely necessary journeys must be made by employees of the EU institutions.
Wednesday January 29th Ellen Katrine Kallander will be defending the thesis "Children affected by parental illness or parental substance abuse: young carers, well-being and quality of life" for the degree of PhD.
SMART is an EU project aimed at making trade and the market more sustainable and responsible. This week, through a string of events, members of the project will present their suggestions for what EU and its businesses can do to reach these goals. On the event focused on products January 24th, Fafo researcher Taylor will offer his advice when it comes to "Resistance to regulation in global value chains / product lifecycles". Anyone can register to participate in the events.
In Ethiopia, malnutrition is widespread amongst children and a supplementary feeding program is only provided to chronically food-insecure areas. A paper co-authored by Anne Hatløy outline the exploration of whether using local ingredients-based supplement (such as pumpkin seed, peanut, amaranth grain, flaxseed, and emmer wheat) is at least as good an alternative as the currently used corn-soya blends in treating moderate acute malnutrition among children aged 6–59 months. Further studies will examine how mothers view a change to supplements based on local ingredients.
This report discusses a number of key topics, such as which forms labour trafficking can take and how it can be distinguished from other terms and concepts that are commonly used to describe exploitation in the work sphere. Furthermore, we look into practical experiences, opportunities and challenges related to anti-trafficking efforts in three main areas: detecting and identifying human trafficking, assistance to victims and investigation/prosecution.
Terje Olsen is co-editor for the book "Disability Hate Speech". This is the first book to solely and explicitly focus on hate speech against disabled people. It seeks to explain the phenomena, its importance, what laws govern it and how it differs from other forms of hate speech.
This report focuses on the circumstances of non-citizen ex-Gaza Palestinian refugees living inside refugee camps in Jordan. Combining statistical and qualitative data, it demonstrates that ex-Gazans in Jerash camp are significantly poorer and that their pattern and type of employment differs from ex-Gazans and citizen refugees elsewhere. The report explores the work and livelihood practices of ex-Gazans in Jerash camp in order to better understand how their non-citizen status and location in Jerash camp intersect to exacerbate their poor socio-economic conditions.
The theme for this breakfast was how Brexit may influence labour market regulation and employment relations in Europe, including Norway. Lecture by professor Paul Marginson, University of Warwick: «Opening a hole in Europe's regulatory floor? Brexit and employment relations». Comments by Jon Erik Dølvik, Fafo, and panel conversation with Peggy Hessen Følsvik, Deputy Leader, Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions (LO) and Nina Melsom, Working Life Director, The Confederation of Norwegian Enterprise (NHO).
Senior Researcher Mark Taylor has published an article in Sustainability, analysing resistance to regulation in the value chains of complex products. At a time of increasing pressure to develop sustainable systems of production and consumption (SDG 16), the article asks whether the existing legal frameworks are up to the task of regulating for sustainability in consumer products. Drawing on research into mobile phone production conducted under the SMART project, the article describes how precarious work and toxic impacts on people and the planet are made possible by production systems that resist regulation.
Fafo has published a country report on the vocational system in Norway, as part of the European Union's Erasmus + project «TRACK-VET». The report outlines how the planned new curriculum can put more emphasis on "key transverse competencies", such as democratic and social skills, critical thinking, digital competence and "learning how to learn." The report is based on literature studies and statistical data, a series of interviews with representatives of the educational authorities, trade unions and other key organisations as well as politicians and teachers.
That people who flee war and persecution should have the right to protection is generally agreed upon. It is more contested what this protection should entail and who should be responsible for shouldering the burdens associated with this protection. In this seminar we addressed some of the dilemmas that emerge when governments try to collaborate in securing refugee populations' rights.
The seminar was held in English and can be re-watched on Fafo-tv. (Unfortunately we had some problems with the sound recording.)
Hanne C. Kavli will act as new research director at Fafo untill 1. september 2020. Kavli earned her degree in political science at the University of Oslo. Kavli has had the position as a senior researcher at Fafo.
The annual national conference against radicalization and violent extremism is this time held in Stavanger. The conference will examine several topics related to, amongst other, right-wing extremism and prevention. As part of the program, Fafo researcher Nerina Weiss, together with Erik Lindbæk Kruse, will speak about "discourses and effects of radicalization prevention in Scandinavia."
The children of immigrants are often met with the attitude that their choice of education has been dictated by social control. On the contrary, these sons and daughters are intent on making their own choices, says researcher Marianne Takvam Kindt to Kifinfo in this article.
Three Fafo researchers are editors of a new textbook which gathers articles from leading international researchers on the topic of part-time work. A main focus is the relationship between "good and bad" part-time, both in a national and international perspective. Part-time as also linked to the ongoing debate on dualisation in the labour market and the capacity of political policy to influence practice, in the workplace and in families.
Anette Brunovskis' PhD, accepted on the 15th of October, is named "Illuminating and blinding. The searchlight effect of human trafficking policies on anti-trafficking practice".
In the book «Posted Work in the European Union – The Political Economy of Free Movement» Fafo researchers Kristin Alsos and Anne Mette Ødegård have written a chapter on the so-called "Shipyard Affair". This yearlong conflict served as an important test case for regulations concerning posted workers in Norway. The book consists of contributions from researchers from several European countries.
In a new Fafo brief Åge A. Tiltnes and Guri Tyldum summarize the situation for Syrian refugees in the neighboring country of Jordan. In spite of a clear improvement in the recent years in the fields of employment and schooling for the youngest, jobs are often badly paid and uncertain and a large proportion drop out of school and education.
Construction of roads, railway, bridges and tunnels in in a growing degree being contracted to non-Norwegian entrepreneurs. How will this effect the working conditions in this business sector – and will Norwegian entrepreneurs manage to survive in this new competitive setting?
Fafo Østforum held the seminar 8th of October – a video recording is available.
The Nordic project "Future of work" maps how shifts in technology, economics, demographics and employment forms will affect the Nordic labour markets in the near future. The researchers will publish a series of papers and briefs towards the final report in 2020. Today they released five working papers on "key concepts and changing labour relations" in each specific country.
Fafo Researcher Mark Taylor is co-editor of a special issue of the journal Competition and Change which explores the challenges to protecting labour and human rights in global value chains. The special issue includes contributions on worker power and the rise of larger emerging-market multinationals, as well as the role of contracts, worker-led monitoring and litigation against companies as part of the governance of sustainability in supply chains.
The Nordic model is considered as well suited for tackling digitalization and automation. Nevertheless, researchers estimate dramatic implications for the development and composition of the labour market. These estimates are, however, usually predicted from the specific situation in the United States. In a project collaboration with leading researchers from MIT, the University of Michigan and the University of Gothenburg, Fafo will study how digitization will affect employment and labour markets in Norway, Sweden and the United States. How do labour market actors and institutions influence and shape the digitalization and its outcomes in the various countries – and vice versa?
In this project, the serving establisment industry (bars, cafés, restaurants) is being mapped to see what kind of changes have occurred since the last survey in 2014. This will provide knowledge of employment and characteristics of employee, wage and working conditions, as well as HSE and knowledge of bad actors in the industry. The project is on behalf of the Norwegian Labour Inspectorate, which also have asked for an assessment of whether initiated measures have had any effects.
Digital labour platforms represent new ways of organising labour and novel opportunities. The Nordic region is recognised for being at the forefront of technology, but digital platforms are currently used to a limited extent. Nordic Innovation and the five national Federations of Professional Associations have commissioned Economics Norway, the Research foundation Fafo and a supporting panel of Nordic experts to study opportunities and barriers for Nordic countries to take advantage of benefits created by the platform economy. The analysis has a specific focus on the platform economy in the knowledge-intensive labour market.
To date the Nordic countries have not had a public debate on living wages. This does not mean that the concept of a living wage is alien to them. In this article Kristin Alsos, Kristine Nergaard and Andreas Van Den Heuvel (LO) examine whether wage-setting mechanisms in the Nordic countries promote and secure a living wage for all employees, and how trade unions have approached the concept of a living wage.


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NEWS- Farewell, Phil: Music scene mourns Slate Hill Boy
The Charlottesville music scene is mourning one of its own, a young man who died two days before Christmas after helping shape the local country blues and bluegrass scenes: Phillip Allen Gianniny, aka "Slate Hill Phil."
Gianniny, a former member of both the Hogwaller Ramblers and the Hackensaw Boys, was found dead in his grandmother's home on the morning of December 23. The family says that Gianniny, 31, died "peacefully" but that they won't know the cause until they receive the results of an autopsy.
A self-taught musician, Gianniny could often be found playing solo banjo in front of the Paramount Theater on the Downtown Mall. In a world of goth and grunge, Gianniny was a natty dresser whose crisp white shirts, dark suits, and suspenders stood out almost as much as his deep voice.
"Tears won't fill the hole he leaves, so we'll keep throwing songs into it," says friend and former Hogwaller Ramblers bandmate Jamie Dyer, who performed at the funeral with bass player Ben Jacobs and Slate Hill Boys Charlie Bell and Andy Thacker.
"We played all Phil originals," says Thacker, who noted that while Gianniny struggled with intense temperament issues, "the people who knew him best were able to get over that."
Born into the Italian family that Thomas Jefferson launched into Albemarle history around 1784 when the eventual president needed some master stonemasons, Phillip grew up in the Slate Hill area near Scottsville and in the early 1990s performed with his hero, the late John Jackson, at Jefferson's masterpiece, the UVA Rotunda.
"It was supposed to be just a 15-minute introduction," recalls his father, Roger Gianniny. "But John Jackson wouldn't let him leave the stage, and I think they played for 45 minutes. That was one of the highlights of his life."
He needed some highlights.
Many of his mourners recall a man struggling with substance abuse issues and occasionally getting tossed out of bars, but unwilling to break certain rules.
"He did it his own way," his mother recalls, even to the point of turning himself in for smoking off-campus at Murray High School.
"Phillip had a set of ethics," recalls his mother, Brenda Steve Sampson Gianniny, "He would not rat on anyone else, and he wouldn't lie to save himself."
Besides his parents, he is survived by his 12-year-old daughter, Julia, a sister, and two brothers. The memorial service took place Friday, December 29, at Hinton Avenue United Methodist Church.
The previous day, Gianniny's grandmother, at whose home he died and who will turn 100 years old in June, was taken to the emergency room of Martha Jefferson Hospital.
"All the tests came back fine," says her daughter-in-law, Phillip's mother. "But she's broken-hearted, and that doesn't show up on tests."
"Sure will be a hollow spot down on the mall without him," says fellow musician Will Rourk of "Slate Hill Phil"
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We are looking to update our corporate image to reflect the types of services we are offering. Tesera Systems Inc. began in 1997 as a forestry planning and modeling company. While we've kept somewhat true to our roots, we have diversified by offering services focused in applying information management technologies to environmental and natural resource problems. We work with water planning, carbon planning and offsets, and traditional resource fields (like oil and gas and forestry). We bind a lot of our approaches together with information portals and advanced geomatics (GIS) technologies and web mapping. We apply spatial realism in developing feasible solutions to complex multi-faceted planning problems. We want this aspect of our core business to be reflected in our image.
Our website is http://www.tesera.com. This is also "the old" so don't base too much on it.
We are looking to become recognized as a go-to-service-provider for our existing clients - as well as new clients in emerging fields like carbon offsets and water planning. Our image needs to reflect our approach which blends spatial planning with effective stakeholder communication. Tesera has two meanings which might be useful as well, as follows: (i) four dimensions x,y,z and t (time) reflecting our technologies that incorporate spatial and temporal planning and modeling; and (ii) all of the component pieces that comprise a mosaic, analogous to assembling the many parts of a puzzle in solving complex problems.
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1. A technology, web 2.0 look is probably where we'd like to go.
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Now we know how, thanks to an international research group led by dermatologists from the Centenary Institute and the University of Sydney.
Using state-of-the art microscopy techniques, the team identified the key immune cells that orchestrate the body's defenders against invading golden staph, and also how the bacteria can target and destroy these cells, circumventing the body's immune response.
Golden staph (Staphylococcus aureus) is the multi-drug resistant bacterium that is the scourge of hospitals.
The details of the study have been published today in Nature Immunology. It also involved researchers from the Univeristy of Sydney's School of Biological Sciences, Monash University, Singapore's A*STAR and Harvard Medical School.
"Staphylococcus aureus kills many, many people around the world. In fact, more than tuberculosis and AIDS put together. And the skin is its primary entry point into the body, so it important to understand what happens in the skin," said Professor Wolfgang Weninger, Head of the Immune Imaging Research Program at Centenary and coordinator of the study.
Using techniques they have developed over the past decade, the research team was able to mark the different cells of the immune system with fluorescent tags of different colours.
They then observed the unfolding battle live under a multiphoton microscope using bacteria with similar coloured tags that had been engineered by Dr Anthony Brzoska and Associate Professor Neville Firth from the University of Sydney.
"We can use such imaging to visualise directly what happens under the skin. It allows us to see both invaders and immune cells at the same time, as well as all the structures in the skin, such as blood vessels, lymphatic vessels and hair follicles," says Professor Weninger.
The initial shock troops of the body's defence against the invading bacteria are immune cells known as neutrophils. They are stored in and launched from small blood vessels.
Large immune cells called macrophages are positioned intermittently on the outside of these blood vessels.
The researchers were able to watch as clusters of neutrophils moved out from the blood vessels to fight against the bacteria. About 80 per cent emerged at points close to where macrophages were sitting. The macrophages released proteins which activate the neutrophils and guide them out of the blood vessels, the researchers say.
"But we also found that as soon as the bacteria enter the body, they release a compound called alpha-haemolysin which directly destroys the macrophages, thus disrupting the system that is marshalling the defence forces against them," says Professor Weninger.
This gives the golden staph time to breed up and overwhelm the immune system. In fact, by the time reinforcements arrive, the tissue surrounding the site of infection has begun to die, diverting the immune system into the task of cleaning up the debris.
This study and visualisation of the war against infection and the opening stages of inflammation builds upon earlier studies in which the research group was able to show how dendritic cells, the immune system's sentries, guard against invasion by the protozoan parasite, Leishmania.
Such visualisations are also being used to examine how the operation of the immune system changes over time as the body begins to wear out or age.
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SANTA CLARA — Linebacker Darius Fleming, after two career-changing knee injuries, was released Monday along with wideout DeMarco Sampson and cornerback Dax Swanson to make room for the 49ers' incoming class of undrafted free agents.
Six signings became official Monday: linebacker Shayne Skov (Stanford), outside linebacker Morgan Breslin (USC), quarterback Kory Faulkner (Southern Illinois), center Dillon Farrell (New Mexico) and offensive tackle Fou Fonoti (Michigan State).
Also agreeing to terms Saturday after the draft but yet to be officially signed is Miami tight end Asante Cleveland.
Fleming arrived as a fifth-round draft pick out of Notre Dame. He tore his left knee's anterior cruciate ligament on the first day of his rookie minicamp, then sustained an ACL tear in his same knee during last year's training camp.
Without Fleming, the 49ers' backup competition at inside linebacker will include Michael Wilhoite, Nick Moody, Chris Borland and Skov. One of those players, barring the signing of a veteran free agent, will need to step up and fill in while NaVorro Bowman recovers from ACL surgery during the first half of the season.


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The French-directed black-and-white movie earned Oscars for best director for Michel Hazanavicius and best actor for Jean Dujardin, who played a silent movie era star whose career was torpedoed by the arrival of the "talkies."
"I love your country," Dujardin told the Hollywood audience as he accepted his Oscar, the first for a French actor, for his role as silent movie star George Valentin, whose career is torpedoed by the arrival of the "talkies."
After thanking the film's cast and crew -- adding to "my wife, I love you" -- he broke into French, using an expletive and then saying, "Great! Thank you very much!"
Martin Scorsese's 3D adventure "Hugo" -- which had the most nominations, with 11 compared to 10 for "The Artist" -- also ended the evening with five prizes, but all of them came in technical categories.
Meryl Streep won best actress for her powerful turn as former British premier Margaret Thatcher in "The Iron Lady," earning a standing ovation from the A-list Hollywood audience.
It was the third Oscar for the 62-year-old Streep and her first in three decades, underscoring her status as the pre-eminent actress of her generation.
"When they called my name, I had this feeling I could hear half of America going, 'Oh no. Come on ... Her, again?' You know. But, whatever!" she said, rolling her eyes.
Octavia Spencer took home the prize for best supporting actress for her role as a black maid in the civil rights drama "The Help," receiving a standing ovation for her powerhouse performance.
Veteran Canadian actor Christopher Plummer crowned a six-decade acting career with a long-overdue Oscar, a best supporting actor trophy for his role in "Beginners" as an ailing widower who embraces his homosexuality.
Kissing his coveted golden statuette, he joked: "You're only two years older than me, darling -- where have you been all my life?" adding that he had been rehearsing his Oscar acceptance speech since he was born.
Hollywood's biggest and most glittering night had long been expected to be a battle between "Hugo" and "The Artist," two odes to film-making.
Other winners included the Johnny-Depp voiced "Rango," which won the best animated feature prize, and Woody Allen, who was honored for best original screenplay for "Midnight in Paris."
In the foreign language category, Iran's "A Separation" beat films from Belgium, Canada, Israel and Poland as expected.
Its director Asghar Farhadi dedicated the award to Iranians "who despise hostility and resentment," and referred to current tension between Tehran and the West over the Islamic republic's suspect nuclear program.
Scorsese was not the only legendary director in the mix -- Allen was in the running for best picture honors for "Midnight in Paris," and Steven Spielberg gunned for the top prize with "War Horse."
Buddies George Clooney and Brad Pitt both lost out to Dujardin, who had already won a slew of awards for his turn as suave George Valentin.
Clooney had downplayed his hopes of winning best actor before the show, saying on the red carpet: "I have a feeling in the best actor race you're going to hear someone speaking French."
The show was presented by a galaxy of stars, including last year's best actress and actor Natalie Portman and Colin Firth, Tom Cruise, Penelope Cruz, Tom Hanks and Angelina Jolie.
Highlights included a breathtaking cinema-themed performance by Canadian dance troupe Cirque du Soleil, including rapid-fire acrobatics and tumbling across the stage and ceiling of the auditorium.
"Wow," said veteran host Billy Crystal, presenting the show for the ninth time. "I pulled a hamstring just watching that."
The spectacle had begun even before the curtain went up, with the usual procession of stars in glittering gowns on the red carpet leading into the Oscars, the climax of Hollywood's annual awards season.
British comic Sacha Baron Cohen also pulled a colorful stunt, coming dressed as the star of his latest movie, "The Dictator" -- and pouring the faux ashes of late North Korean leader Jim Kong-Il onto the red carpet.


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We've recently redesigned our site, but the part of the front page below the line following "Cart is Empty | Checkout" and above the "Free Shipping" banner needs to be re-done.
The re-design is ONLY for this portion of the front page. If you look at the HTML, you will see that the part we want redesigned is entirely inside the "mainbox-container" class. This part of the front page is a holdover from the old site and doesn't match well with our new site's theme.
The entries should be layered Photoshop documents; no code is required. We will have someone break up the layers and code them.
We're looking to target the younger generation. It's a box handbag, so this is not particularly easy, so the design needs to be hip.
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We have a custom insert designer system, where customers can upload their own images to design an insert for their handbag. We want to use the right half of the front page to display the top 3-5 inserts (you choose how many). We can either display all four sides, or just display one side and have the custom click to view the full insert. Either way, the right side should have a gallery for the top few customer-designed inserts. (Attached are filler images you can use. These are the base images that customers design their inserts upon.)
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10/10 muses on how Pride goeth before the fall, relating an embarrassing story about how the gods of medicine will bring you down for excessive cockiness. I too have paid that karmic debt, and since he started the confessional, I might as well carry on...
This was way back in residency. In fact, this occurred during the last few weeks before graduation. God damn, but I was at the top of my skills then. I could put in a central line* faster than taking a piss. I could intubate with my eyes closed. Chest tubes were such common events that I let medical students do them. I fancied myself the best at doing procedures in our entire residency program -- and not entirely without cause. I had gone the three years of doing central lines on a daily basis without ever causing a single pneumothorax**. People sought me out to do the difficult procedures. One attending wrote on my evaluation, "Dr Shadowfax is almost as good as he thinks he is."
So one day the ER was almost empty. I sat around shooting the shit with Rick***, a close friend and the chief resident in our program. He was working the acute room, and I was supposed to be supervising the interns, who were all surfing the internet. A sick old man came in by ambulance and Rick went to take care of him, so I tagged along. The patient was an emaciated fellow, semi-conscious**** and in respiratory distress. So we put him on oxygen, a breathing treatment, EKG, and Rick got the guy prepped for a central line. I leaned back against the counter, sipped my coffee and watched.
Now Rick was no slouch himself at procedures. I don't want to disparage him here. But I could not resist the temptation, nay, the sacred obligation, to issue a running commentary on Rick's technique as he attempted to put in the central line. Which is to say that I taunted him. Mercilessly. Creatively. Persistently. And the more I taunted him, the more apparent it became that Rick was just not going to be able to get that line in. Maybe it was my distracting him, or maybe it was just that the thin old man's chest heaving up and down made it really difficult to get the line in. Either way, after an extended and particularly eloquent riff on how he couldn't find his way to . . . well, I'll leave it at that rather than get too obscene . . . Rick slammed down his needle in the tray and said in irritation, "OK smart-ass, you give it a try!"
I made a big show of getting my tray ready while the radiology techs took a chest x-ray. I made sure to dispense plenty of advice to Rick about how best to line up the needles and scalpels and other elementary, condescending details. Rick just glared at me. I said, "Step aside, sonny, and I'll show you how it's done." I stepped up to the neck, found my landmarks, and in 30 seconds, the line was in. I pulled my gloves off with a flourish, and told Rick that if he had any further questions I would be happy to arrange a tutorial. Rick still just glared at me.
As I began to stride masterfully out of the room, we both noticed that the patient wasn't doing so well. His respirations were much more labored, his pulse was up, and his oxygen level was down. All of a sudden, the levity was gone and we were back to work, with a really sick patient. Of course all the docs out there know what happened, so I'll skip to the punchline: a repeat chest x-ray showed a pneumothorax. Rick suddenly had the biggest shit-eating grin on his face as he showed me the picture. "Well, doctor, you had better do something about that, hadn't you?" he said. So, faced with the deteriorating respiratory status of what was now *my* patient, I intubated him, sedated him, and put in a chest tube to relieve the pneumothorax. That is the trifecta: central line followed by intubation and chest tube.
And all the while, I had to endure Rick's insightful commentary.
*Central Line: a procedure where you shove a needle into the neck, usually into the jugular vein, and thread a catheter into or near the right atrium of the heart. Reserved for the sickest patients or those with no other veins to access.
** Pneumothorax: a rare but known complication of central line insertion in which the needle goes too far into the neck and punctures the apex of the lung. This causes the affected lung to collapse, worsens breathing (duh) and requires insertion of a chest tube -- a tube into the chest -- which re-expands the collapsed lung.
*** We're still friends, surprisingly.
**** Obligatory disclaimer: the patient was really out of it. Even I am not so unprofessional as to talk smack about another doc in front of a patient or family.
31 August 2007
The Trifecta
10/10 muses on how Pride goeth before the fall, relating an embarrassing story about how the gods of medicine will bring you down for excessive cockiness. I too have paid that karmic debt, and since he started the confessional, I might as well carry on...
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Heck, Rick probably gave the patient the pneumo with all his unsuccessful attempts. That seems more likely to me, anyway.ReplyDelete
Oops, I see that he got an X-ray right before you started your procedure. Still could have happened that way though. The PTX might not have had time to become apparent yet.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous8/31/2007 9:09 AM
Ah that bitch Karman she'll get you every time.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous8/31/2007 3:17 PM
Fortunately, a chest tube treats its own complications.ReplyDelete
That's actually a rather funny story for something becoming incrediblyy f****d up really fast - I don't care who you are.... :-)ReplyDelete
- Anonymous9/01/2007 12:15 PM
U Rock! Hey thanks again for the note before I headed south of the border. Went okay except I was out of breath the entire time. Came back and my bp was 240/120. Internist sent me to cardiologist -did nuclear scans, echo and stress test no problems. Nobody can figure out what my breathing issue is. Oh well.ReplyDelete
Thanks again for the note. The blog is still awesome - as usual!
The wannabe doc's here are all still huge fans!
Write On!
- Anonymous9/12/2007 9:05 AM
As you know, it's unfortunately all true. The ER gods are merciless.ReplyDelete
1. If you've never had an iatrogenic PTX, then you haven't done enough central lines.
2. If you've never missed an appy, then you haven't taken care of enough patients with belly pain.


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The announcement of Steve Jobs' retirement last week set off a predictable wave of media profiles and career retrospectives, but given the sensitive nature of his departure, most avoided bringing humor to the topic, until now.
With this new video clip titled "The Life and Career of Steve Jobs," Taiwanese animation studio Next Media dives right into telling its rather abridged history of Jobs' career ascent giving us light-hearted looks at the "birth" of the Mac, the success of Pixar, Apple's battles with Microsoft, and even a defiant Jobs literally snatching life from the defeated body of the grim reaper himself.
The clip ends with an epic battle pitting a lightsaber wielding Jobs against an army of Google Androids (the logo representing Google's competing smartphone operating system) when suddenly the Apple founder is joined in the fight by a rainbow hat wearing partner. We'll let you make the call on exactly who that's supposed to be.
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Leg: 2 The Vintage Air Tour Blog 2 - On to the Hot Rod Reunion
On to the Hot Rod Reunion
After our history lessons in Vicksburg it was time on Tuesday morning to continue our journey to Bowling Green, Kentucky and the NHRA Hot Rod Reunion. The showers of the previous afternoon were forgotten and Tuesday morning the weather was beautiful. Rick Love had laid out a perfect route for us. Our path took us along a two lane route that paralleled the mighty Mississippi River. It was smooth and flat and the traffic was light as we made our way through Mississippi toward our lunch time destination of Comp Cams in Memphis, Tennessee.
We were greeted at Comp Cams by Chris Douglas. It was lunch time and we were in Memphis. Of course it was time for some barbeque. We all enjoyed our fill and then broke into smaller groups for a tour of the Comp Cams facilities. It was an interesting hour as we were shown the research and development that goes into all the Comp Cam products. We had a detailed look at the actual manufacturing process that is involved in the making of their famous cams. Our tour ended with goodie bags and T-Shirts for all of us. It was a both fun and education visit at the Comp Cam facilities.
From Comp Cams we made the one hour trip south to the small town of Holly Springs, Mississippi. Anyone that has been a part of the street rodding scene for even a short period of time will recognize the name of George Poteet. For many years George has come up with some great concepts for vehicles and then sought out the best builders in the country to put his ideas into reality. Folks like Troy Trepanier, Roy Brizio, Bobby Alloway and Dave Lane are just a few of the many talented craftsmen that have worked with George on project vehicles. In the past few years George's interests have taken him to the Bonneville Salt Flats where he has driven vehicles over 300 miles per hour and this year has his sights set on the 400 MPH mark. Besides his cars and his Salt Flat adventures, George is one of the nicest folks in our hobby and loves to share his collection of incredible vehicles with all who are interested. On Tuesday evening the participants on the Vintage Air Tour were very privileged to to get a very up close and personal look at a part of George Poteet's collection on his beautiful farm in Holly Springs, Mississippi. Our food for the evening was some more great barbeque served to us by George's two granddaughter's and fellow cheerleaders from their school. It was an incredible evening of food and fun surrounded by unbelievable vehicles and a very very gracious host in George Poteet.On Wednesday morning George wanted to make sure we were well nourished before we left Holly Springs so we were all invited to breakfast at Ellie Mays Caf complements of George.
We were getting close to our final destination of Bowling Green, Kentucky and the NHRA Hot Rod Reunion. We stopped for lunch in Jackson, Tennessee and visited the Casey Jones Museum. By 5 PM we rolled into the Hilton Garden Inn directly across from the headquarters hotel of the Hot Rod Reunion. On Thursday we were given a special tour of the Corvette assembly plant in Bowling Green. We made a brief stop at the Corvette Museum and then traveled to Holley and got a look at their facilities.
Friday the action started at Beech Bend Dragstrip and our weekend was filled with vintage race cars and some vary cool hot rods and hot rodders that came to see the action. The folks from NHRA and the Wally Park's Museum treated us like royalty and we had a special parking area to enjoy the weekend's activities.
It was a great week on the road for all of us on the Vintage Air Tour. Many thanks to Rick Love, Jack Chisenhall and George Packard from Vintage Air for spending so much time to make it a memorable week. It is not official yet but there it looks like there may be a return visit by the Road Tour to the Hot Rod Reunion next year.
Next up is the Back to the 50's Weekend in St Paul. Check back here as we head north to the 50's and them way out west to the NSRA Rocky Mountain Nationals in Pueblo, Colorado.
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Kofi Kingston vs. Primo (with Epico and Rosa Mendes)
They tie up and Primo locks in a wristlock. Primo kicks Kofi in the face. They tie up again and Kofi locks in a wristlock, and then flips Primo onto the mat. Primo kicks Kofi, and then locks in a side headlock. He hits Kofi with a shoulder knockdown. Kofi comes back with a spinning back elbow. Kofi then goes to work on Primo's left arm. Primo reverses into a head scissors. Kofi fights to his feet, gets an arm drag takedown, and then goes right back to work on Primo's arm. Kofi whips Primo, who bails to the outside. Primo comes back in to break the count, and then rolls back out. Epico walks over to Primo, and Kofi tries for a dive. He stops himself at the ropes when they run out of the way. Primo then heads into the ring, and Kofi hits him with a monkey flip. Back from commercial and Kofi lands an arm drag takedown. He then goes back to work on Primo's arm.
Primo fights out with a kick to the gut, followed by several strikes. He whips Kofi and tries for several clotheslines, but Kofi hits a leaping clothesline. He signals for Trouble in Paradise, but Rosa distracts the ref and Epico attacks Kofi. Primo lands a clothesline on Kofi for a near pin fall. He punches Kofi multiple times on the mat. Primo then kicks Kofi in the corner. He whips Kofi and then hits a dropkick. He locks in a headlock, and Kofi fights to his feet. He hits Primo with a pair of elbows, and then lands a clothesline. He hits Primo with a missile dropkick, followed by another leaping clothesline. He signals for the Boom Drop, and lands it. Kofi then stops a cheap shot by Epico, and hits Primo with a clothesline. He goes up top and hits a crossbody for a near pin fall.
Primo comes back with a body slam, but Kofi reverses with a springboard frog splash for a near pin fall. Primo comes back very quick with a modified DDT, and goes for the backcracker but Kofi flips him to the mat. Primo pops back up, and walks right into Trouble in Paradise as Kofi pins for the win.
Winner: Kofi Kingston
Then, CM Punk's "disrespect" of the urn on Raw, and Undertaker's attempt to take it back are shown.
Then, Triple H vowing to beat Brock Lesnar at Wrestlemania from Raw is shown.
Aksana vs. Natalya
They tie up and Aksana backs Natalya to the ropes. She kicks Natalya in the gut. Natalya flings Aksana to the mat. Aksana locks in a wristlock, and slams Natalya's head to the mat. Natalya kicks Aksana and then lands a body slam. She tries to lock in the Sharpshooter, but Aksana crawls to the ropes. Aksana then bails to the outside, and Natalya followers her. Aksana takes Natalya's feet out while she is on the apron, and then heads back in the ring.
She elbows the back of Natalya's head, and then keeps the attack up. Natalya ends up in the corner, and Aksana crawls over to her and the two exchange slaps. Natalya whips Aksana into the corner and then charges her, but Aksana puts her boot up. She then hits Natalya with a clothesline. She tries to drop a knee, but Natalya moves and locks in the Sharpshooter. Aksana taps.
Winner: Natalya
Then, The Rock and John Cena's legends panel from Raw is shown to end the show.


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Thu, February 28, 2019
Norfolk, CT
Show: 8 PM
Price: FREE
Whether you like to listen to great music or are an aspiring performer who wants to showcase your talents, be sure to join us every Thursday to enjoy our local talent! Performers sign up after 7 pm.
A select number of artists will be chosen to compete in our Big Stage Competition and be an opening act at an Infinity Hall concert.
We are fortunate that Andy Attanasio, an accomplished musician himself, will be running Infinity's Open Mic.
Specials: The Bistro will have excellent drink and food specials!
Please be sure to tell your friends to show up for what will turn into an entertaining and social Thursday night tradition!
Note: Musicians need to bring your instruments (Guitars, harmonicas, portable keyboards,wind instruments, etc).
We will provide mics, bass amp, P. A. System. No drum kits allowed. Bongos, djembe drum or small percussion box OK.
Set up of instruments needs to be quick / instant plug in short time is of the essence, so please keep that in mind. There will be 3 mics.
Open Mic will be held in the Bistro.
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Transmission X necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 63 diseños de 17 diseñadores freelance.
Transmission X needs a logo to build its website and brand around. This logo will be featured prominently on the site and in the site header. It will also be featured on the "Under Construction" page as the site is being re - developed. It will also be featured on clothing, stickers, and other ancillary products. We play and produce, progressive house, house, trance, breaks, and broken beat.
We do not in any way play or produce Top 40 !!
Transmission X
Transmission X Soundworks is an electronic dance music agency. We are a collaborative of innovative andprofessional DJs, producers, dancers, promoters, and venues that havejoined forces to bring the music from the fringe of the masses and thrust itdeep into the heart and soul of the people. Transmission X is establishing brand identity for itself, sothat eventually there will be an instantaneous public recognition for our company. We prideourselves on the fact that our DJs, producers, and dancers are people who arevirtually unknown or have small loyal followings and we want them to receivethat next level of exposure that they deserve. We want them to know that we are loyal to them from the beginning andwill get them to wherever they want to go.
We are looking for an artistic web 2.0 logo which will attract viewers and clearly depict our theme. The logo must include the words, "Transmission X" and a satellite dish must be incorporated into the design in some fashion.
Keywords to describe us are: dark, deep, sexy, groovy, funky, technological.
No animated/cartoon looking submissions.
Please produce the art in a vector format as well as JPG or TIFF .
The verbiage for the first teaser ad can be seen below and even though it is only words, this will really help understand the theme that we are going for:
A Sound hits you creating a small ripple in your soul….
Soothing you, grooving you, ultimately moving you,
Your mind is not your own, invaded and controlled bysomething completely alien,
Stirring vocals, tribal rhythms….
Un Seen.
Un Heard.
Un Known.
Un Learn everything you thought you knew.
The Sonic Invasion has Begun.
We Have Arrived.
Transmission X is thefuture; bringing our viral electronic dance music sound from the undergroundand spreading it to the masses. We arenowhere, yet we are everywhere; we are taking back the night and controllingthe day. You have been warned. We are airborne, traveling at the speed of sound. It starts as a whisper, a tickle in yourinner ear. Then, it slowly progressesthrough the rest of your body, causing you to move involuntarily. A smile, unbeknownst to you, is on yourface. You feel good, even as we infectyour very soul and begin to control your every thought. You are now ours and there wasn't even astruggle, how willingly you joined us.
Transmission X willsucceed where others have failed; complete global domination. There is no cure, there is no salvation,there is no escape. Some will try toresist, others will be all to willing to join us. Eventually, all will be converted, all will succumbto our will.
We are here already.
You are next
- The words, "Transmission X" must be in the design.
- A Satellite dish must be incorporated into the design.
- Something iconic and professional
- New, Innovative, dynamic
- Original and unique
- Looking for an artistic web 2.0 logo which will attract viewers and clearly depict our theme.
- Please produce the art in a vector format as well as JPG or TIFF.
- No animated/cartoon looking submissions.
- No clip art
- Anything busy
- no artwork that you did not create yourself
- nothing too messy or busy
- the use of too many colors
- nothing that looks like a rave
- no aliens or UFOs
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If you missed it yesterday, the Cheesecake Factory is offering half-priced cheesecake through Thursday, July 31.
The offer is valid on single slices of any cheesecake flavor available. One slice of cheesecake is allowed per customer, for dine-in customers only.
There are seven Cheesecake Factory locations in Virginia, including one in Virginia Beach.


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Airport Frequently Asked Questions
Here are the answers to some frequently asked questions concerning your travel at the Orlando-Melbourne International Airport. We have broken them down into several sections: Airport Information, Flight Information, Security, Assistance, and Pets.
Airport Information
What are the airport's operating hours?
The airport's main terminal opens two hours before the first flight is scheduled and remains open up to an hour after the last flight arrives.
Is there a restaurant in the airport?
The Runway Grille is a full-service, deli-style restaurant and bar located in the atrium of the terminal. Salads, sandwiches and hot meals are served as well as beverages and spirits. Beyond the security checkpoint (for ticketed passengers only), beverages, spirits and snacks can be purchased at the Gate 1 Bar and Café. Hours of operation are 5 a.m. to 7 p.m. daily, or until the last flight of the day departs. Where are restrooms located at the airport? Restrooms are located off the main atrium between ticketing and the Runway Grille, in the concourse and in the baggage-claim area. The ticketing and baggage-claim restrooms include separate family restrooms with diaper-changing facilities and other family care amenities.
What ground transportation is available at the airport?
MLB is served by Avis, Hertz, National and Budget, as well as an airport shuttle, and taxi and limousine services. All are located within steps of the airport's baggage-claim area. In addition, a Greyhound Lines' bus terminal is located at the airport near baggage claim, and local bus service (Space Coast Area Transit) stops at the airport several times a day. For more information on routes and schedules, go to or call 321-633-1878.
Who do I contact about lost baggage?
Contact your airline directly regarding lost baggage.
Where can I park at the airport?
Convenient parking is located across from the main terminal. The daily parking rate is $11.00. Current hourly rates can be found here.
Is there a bike rack at the airport?
Yes, the bicycle rack is conveniently located on the east end of the terminal, near ticketing and to the left of the Greyhound Lines terminal entrance near baggage claim.
Where can I wait for arriving passengers?
Arriving passengers can be met at the west end of the terminal atrium near baggage claim.
Is there a currency exchange service available at the airport?
Sorry, no.
Who do I contact if I lose something at the airport?
For lost and found items, contact an on-duty airport police officer at 321-288-0147.
Flight Information
How early should I arrive before my flight?
Airlines and the TSA recommend arriving at least one hour before domestic flights, two hours before international flights.
What can I bring on the plane?
As a general guideline, most liquids in your carry-on bag cannot exceed 3.4 ounces in each container and all must be placed in a single, one-quart plastic bag. For further details and current TSA guidelines, visit www.tsa.gov and click on "For Travelers". Look for "What To Know Before You Go". Or call 866-289-9673 for further assistance.
What is the airfare to … ?
Airline and airfare information is available directly through the airlines or your local travel agent.
Where can I get information on flight delays?
Current flight information is available on this website through FlightTracker. Flight details also are posted on the display screens located throughout the airport.
What if I've lost something on the plane?
For items left on a plane, please contact your airline directly.
What form of identification is needed at airport security?
The TSA requires a federal or state-issued photo ID that includes the holder's name, date of birth, gender, ID expiration date and a tamper-resistant feature for all ticketed passengers 18 years or older to clear security screening. International travelers must present a valid, government-issued passport.
Does my child need identification?
TSA does not require travelers under 18 to present identification. However, airlines may have different requirements. Check directly with the airline to determine if identification is needed for a child. Also, a government-issued passport is required for all international travel. For more information, visit www.tsa.gov.
Does the airport offer assistance with handling luggage?
Yes, and with a smile! Our Passenger Service Agents can provide assistance and be easily identified in their red shirts by the drop-off curb. If you do not see a Passenger Service Agent nearby, your airline can contact one for you.
Is assistance available for elderly or disabled passengers?
Melbourne International is fully handicap-accessible. For assistance within the main terminal, contact one of the airport's Passenger Service Agents. A TTY phone for hearing- or speech-impaired travelers is available at the airport police office in the terminal. For specific needs during flights, contact your airline directly.
Who do I contact for assistance regarding under-age travelers?
The airline ticketing agent or a Passenger Service Agent can provide assistance to minors traveling without adult supervision.
Are wheelchairs available?
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What are the requirements for traveling with a pet?
Please check directly with your airline for rules regarding pets aboard flights.
What accommodations are available for service animals within the main terminal and gate areas?
A designated pet-relief area is located outside on the main terminal's east side. For any other questions, our Passenger Service Agents will be glad to assist you.
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Culture clash
Wedding season is upon us and it's time to say: "I do." People celebrate the (often) best day of their life in different ways – as these three brides reveal.
In Japan, a bride often wears three wedding gowns: a white kimono for the traditional ceremony, a white dress for the ensuing celebration and a colorful robe for later on in the evening.
In Norway, brides wear a magnificent crown with metal pendants attached. When the newlyweds dance, they try to make as loud a jingling noise as possible – to drive off evil spirits.
A bride in France will auction off her garter to the highest bidder at the wedding. Guests bid as she slowly raises her hem, and when the garter is revealed, the highest bidder so far gets the prize.


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Individual Carrot Cakes with Cream Cheese Ice Cream and Praline Sauce
If you love restaurant desserts, with their multiple components, you needn't think they're beyond your grasp at home. With a few simple shortcuts and a few restaurant tricks you can create beautifully plated, delicious desserts at home. These Individual Carrot Cakes with Cream Cheese and Praline Sauce are a case in point.
The homemade Cream Cheese Ice Cream couldn't be easier to whip up in your Viking blender. Three ingredients are blended together and then are frozen in wax-coated cups. The last component, Praline Sauce, can be replaced by heating some prepared caramel sauce and pecans in a small saucepan.
Combine carrot cake mix and other ingredients in a large bowl. Beat with an electric mixer according to package directions, for about 3 minutes. Pour into prepared pans. Bake individual pans for 12-15 minutes or the half-sheet pan for 20-25 minutes. Set aside to cool for 10 minutes. Invert onto cooling racks and cool completely. (If using the half-sheet pan, Invert onto a cutting board, remove the parchment paper and cut into 3-inch circles using a round cutter.) Store in a container with a tight-fitting lid until ready to serve.
Cream Cheese Ice Cream
Praline Sauce
To serve, place one of the individual carrot cakes in the center of a dessert plate. Top with Cream Cheese Ice Cream, drizzle with Praline Sauce, and garnish with white chocolate carrots.*
Makes 12 servings.
*White chocolate carrots make a great garnish and they're simple to prepare without any special equipment. Simply melt a bar of good quality white chocolate in the microwave, stirring at one-minute intervals. Place one-third of the chocolate in a small bowl and color with two drops of green food coloring. Color the remaining chocolate with two drops each of red and yellow food coloring. Place the white chocolate in plastic sandwich bags. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Cut a tiny bit of the corner off of the orange bag and squeeze squiggly carrot shapes onto the paper. Cut a tiny corner off of the green bag and squeeze onto the paper to form the leaves. Freeze until firm.


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text: News Beach volleyball 26/05/2013 Latvia vs. United States for FIVB Corrientes Grand Slam gold Corrientes, Argentina, May 26, 2013—With tough-as-nails battling across the night, Saturday afternoon's men's semifinal matches have set the stage for tonight's medal matches as Latvia's Aleksandrs Samoilovs/Janis Smedins will challenge USA's Jake Gibb/Casey Patterson for the internationally-televised gold medal scheduled for 7 p.m. local time to conclude the $440,000 FIVB Corrientes Grand Slam double-gender tournament. The FIVB international event was held for the first time in Corrientes and was being played at the purpose-built site with a 7,500-seat temporary center court stadium located on the sands of Arazati Beach – Costanera Sur on the banks of the Rio Parana.Earning the opportunity for a golden moment in the Argentinean sand, Latvia's Samoilovs/J. Smedins advanced by coming from way down to earn a hard-fought three-set semifinal victory over Brazil's Bruno Schmidt/Pedro Salgado, losing the first set 14-21 before roaring back to win the second, 21-17 and then break a dead heat in the third to win the set and the match, 15-11 in 51 minutes.Winning their semifinal match to advance to meet Latvia's Samoilovs/J. Smedins will be USA's Gibb/ Patterson who also lost the first set 19-21, hung in and squeezed out the second to get into the third set tie-breaker that was beach volleyball at its best with USA winning a tight match in overtime over the Italians, 17-15 in 55 minutes.With Netherland's Madelein Meppelink/Sophie van Gestel earning their first FIVB title Saturday night to end the women's tournament, the gold medal teams in each gender in the FIVB Corrientes Grand Slam will each split $33,000, the silver $22,000, the bronze $16,500 and fourth place $12,900. The FIVB Corrientes Grand Slam was the 286th FIVB men's event since the FIVB began play in 1989 and the 248th FIVB women's tournament since they started in 1992.The bronze medal match, scheduled for 5:30 p.m. local time today, will feature Brazil's Schmidt/Salgado challenging Italy's Nicolai/Lupo. Brazil's Schmidt/Salgado and Italy's Nicolai/Lupo are both 4-2 in the FIVB Corrientes Grand Slam.In the first semifinal, Latvia's Samoilovs/J. Smedins started slow and Brazil's Schmidt/Salgado put the Latvians down early and kept the heat on. In the second set, the Latvians seemed to find their game and stayed ahead of the Brazilians to win and set up the tiebreaker. The tiebreaker started as a dead heat with the score tied at every point to 8-8 when Latvia pulled to a 10-8 lead that then extended to four to the end the match at 15-11.Afterwards, Latvia's happy warrior Samoilovs said, "Pedro and Bruno are one of the best teams in Brazil, they played really good. We have already played against them in Fozhou and it was an amazing match but we lost, so this time we were ready to win."Latvia's Janis Smedins summed things up, commenting, "In the middle of the first set we made a lot of mistakes and lost it, but we didn't give up, fought for every ball until the end and the score is for us!"In the second semifinal, USA's Gibb/Patterson face a team in Italy's Nicolai/Lupo who seemed ready to play as they worked the first set, though it was close to be able to finish it at the end. In the second set the Italians led early before the Americans rallied after trailing 9-11 to tie the score at 12-12 and then take a lead at 13-12 on a Gibb service ace and a huge block of a Nicolai kill attempt. The score was tied again at 19-19 and 20-20 with Gibb landing a backhanded safe near the Italian's player box. In the tiebreaker between USA and Italian, USA scored first on a Patterson kill and took a 3-1 lead before the Italians came back to ties in at 5-5. The set went back and forth from there, ending up 11 ties and five lead changes before a Patterson cross court kill give the Americans a 16-15 lead and the set and match ended as Lupo's cut attempt against the block of Gibb went wide and landed outside the sideline.USA's Gibb, who finished fifth in the London Olympics with his former teammate Sean Rosenthal, related after his team's victory, "We scratched, clawed and kept biting until the very last point; that is the way we won the match. The Italians are such great players with such a great future."In their head-to-head competition after today's semifinals, Latvia's Somoilovs/J. Smedins tied the series history with Brazil's Schmidt/Salgado 1-1. with the Brazilians winning in another three-set match at the at this year's FIVB Fuzhou Open. As a new team, USA's Gibb/Patterson and Italy's Nicolai/Lupo had not met before.In looking at their FIVB history, for Brazil's Schmidt/Salgado, this is their first final four in only their third tournament together, although separately Salgado is playing in his 100th FIVB international event while Schmidt is playing in his 66th career FIVB event. Italy's Nicolai/Lupo are playing together in their 19th FIVB tournament while individually it is the 47th for Nicolai and 27th for Lupo. Latvia's Samoilovs/J. Smedins is just their third FIVB event as a team and overall Samoilovs is playing in his 97th FIVB events and J. Smedins is participating in his 65th. As a new team, this is just the third FIVB international tournament for USA's Gibb/Patterson, who won the FIVB Shanghai Grand Slam three weeks ago in just their second event together. Separately, Gibb is playing his 73rd FIVB tournament and Patterson his 12th. Print this Page News {{item.LocalShortDate}} {{item.Title}} All the News


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