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Recognizing Honda's application of fuel efficient and alternative fuel technologies, four Honda vehicles earned recognition from the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE) as the "greenest vehicles of 2008" with the Civic GX natural gas car taking the title of the greenest vehicle for the fifth consecutive year, American Honda Motor Co., Inc., announced today. In the 11th annual ACEEE's "Green Book® Online" ranking of environmentally responsible vehicles (available at www.greenercars.org), the natural gas-powered Civic GX ranked first with the gasoline Civic, Fit and Civic Hybrid joining the list of the 12 most environmentally-conscious vehicles available to the public.
This is the eighth year in a row that a Honda vehicle received the number one ranking and the seventh consecutive year that Honda vehicles held at least four positions in the top 12, an impressive one-third of all vehicles on the list.
"The ACEEE awards speak to the commitment Honda has made to lead the industry in lowering emissions, increasing fuel efficiency and reducing dependence on oil," said John Mendel, executive vice president of American Honda. "Honda continues to set the standard for socially and environmentally-responsible automotive products and our commitment to alternative fuels will further expand with the zero emissions FCX Clarity fuel cell vehicle coming to market this summer."
Using a singular measure that incorporates fuel economy, health-related pollution impacts and global warming emissions, all vehicles are analyzed and given a "Green Score." This score is used in ACEEE's ranking system, resulting in a ranking of each vehicle's total environmental performance, including a list of the 12 "greenest" and 12 "meanest" vehicles. The Civic GX, first introduced in 1998, is the cleanest internal combustion vehicle certified by the EPA*, and is 90% cleaner than the average gasoline-powered car on the road today.
Honda has a long history of environmental leadership including the introduction of America's first hybrid, the Honda Insight, delivery of the first fuel cell vehicle in the U.S., and the first vehicles to meet stricter emissions standards, including:
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Monarchs Host Longwood Tuesday Night
By ODU Athletics
May 7, 2012
NORFOLK, VA-- The Monarchs return home for a Tuesday night game against the Lancers of Longwood University. Game time is 6 p.m. at the Bud Metheny Baseball Complex.
Longwood comes into the game with a 22-19 record and are led in hitting by Justin Lacy with a .397 batting average with five homers and 30 RBI. He has scored 31 times. Catcher Scott Burkett is hitting .368 with six homers and 30 RBI followed by Robby Newman with a .346 average, 10 homers and 42 RBI.
Longwood is scheduled to start senior righthander Matt Gwaltney (1-4/4.18 ERA) Tuesday night.
ODU is fresh off taking two of three games at CAA rival William and Mary over the weekend. Freshman outfielder Josh Eldridge leads the team with a .315 batting average along wiht 11 doubles and four triples.
Junior firstbaseman Austin McGowan is hitting .301, followed by senior catcher Josh Tutwiler at .299 with seven homers and 27 RBI. Senior shortstop Josh Wright is hitting .297 with 47 runs scored, six homers, 14 doubles and 16 stolen bases. Wright ranks among the CAA leaders in runs, and stolen bases.
Senior outfielder Chris Baker is hitting .273 with seven homers and a team best 39 RBI.
The Monarchs are scheduled to start junior righthander Mike Ney (0-0/0.00 ERA). Sophomore Dean Ali is 2-4 with a 2.08 ERA and two saves, followed by Dylan Bratton with a 2.95 ERA. Junior reliever Brandon Smith leads the CAA with an 8-1 mark with a 3.50 ERA along with three saves.
ODU travels this weekend to Boston for a three-game CAA series against Northeastern before returning home for the final home weekend series against Georgia State.


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Santa is not at the North Pole or at the local mall or out feeding his reindeer. Instead, he most likely is working in a warehouse, cataloging, taking inventory and readying the season's most popular items for shipment.
Forget the sleigh, too. And his elves are enrolled in the Dallas County Community College District's logistics technician program, where they are learning the art of storing and moving goods from warehouses to consumers' eager hands.
Whether you shop online or in a store, logistics professionals have a hand – robotic or the human kind – on every item that ends up in your home…and not just toys.
"Our business culture requires a fast movement of product," said Jeffrey Wendt, who directs the North Lake College logistics program, based at the school's North Campus in Coppell. He calls logistics "the glue that holds everything together." And North Lake logistics students can earn certificates or an associate's degree in that field.
Logistics encompasses a fast-growing field of experts who determine how consumer goods are inventoried, warehoused and distributed. The demand for experts in this field threatens to outstrip those who are qualified to fill those slots, Wendt said.
Trends in the Marketplace
Logistics also is one of the largest and fastest-growing industries in the country. Technology is expanding, which is critical in an economy where time is money and there's none of either to waste. Computer-based tracking technology lets vendors knows where their products are located at all times, whether the items are in the warehouse, on a truck or in a store. Companies like Amazon, a leader in e-commerce, is pushing to meet the demand in this specialized field of getting materials from a company to its consumers in record time, Wendt said.
"As we demand more, logistics becomes more important," Wendt added. "We used to order things as kids out of a catalog, and it would take six weeks to get arrive. Now everything is overnight. Everything is immediate. No one would wait six weeks for a toy or furniture or anything. This is a fast-growing field."
The statistics support Wendt's words.
Job Outlook
The job outlook for logistics experts is better than most fields with a 22% projected growth by 2022, according to the U.S. Department of Labor Statistics. That growth is determined by the role logistics plays in transporting goods. Median pay is $72,780 per year or about $34.99 hourly.
Students learn online and take courses on campus. Among those courses is an introduction to business logistics and the economics of transportation and distribution.
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Dustin McCarty, 19, was unsure of what he wanted to study when he enrolled in college.
During registration at North Lake, his father noticed a placard on a wall touting logistics and the potential pay for its graduates.
"He said, 'Hey, why not this!" recalled McCarty, who is enrolled in Wendt's logistics night course. "I hadn't even thought about it."
McCarty, a 2014 graduate of Coppell High School, added, "You can make a lot of money, so I got interested right away." Initially, he planned to pursue a computer science degree but then decided to enroll in the introductory logistics course.
"Logistics is my career," said McCarty, who is attending college full time and may pursue a certificate as well as an associate degree.
Logistics is designed for people who want to analyze supply chains, and the Dallas Fort-Worth area – with its expanding distribution industry – is at the crux of getting products where they need to be in the shortest time span. Experts in the field are employed in manufacturing, professional, scientific and technical companies as well as transportation and aerospace.
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Companies like FedEx, the Container Store and Target all have huge distribution centers here in the Dallas Metroplex, creating a logistics hub. North Lake logistics technology program faculty members hope to produce skilled, knowledgeable students for those workforce needs.
"Logistics is the future. Logistics is now," said Wendt. "The field is appealing to younger students but also attracts individuals who have degrees in other fields but who are unable to find work."
Ethan Williams is one of those students. He, too, was attracted to the potential high pay offered in logistics, but he also wanted job security. He is sharpening his post-secondary credentials in Wendt's class.
After graduating with a degree in business management, Williams said, "I got out and couldn't find a job." Eventually he drifted to sales, but that profession quickly lost its appeal. A marketing job for a small business left him unmotivated and unchallenged.
Last year, Williams took a job packing boxes at a Dallas warehouse and liked what he saw. He took careful note of the operation and how the warehouse was managed. The goods were packaged, cataloged and organized for distribution.
Williams knew then that he had to return to school. With an eye toward the future, he enrolled in North Lake's logistics program. "I understand how things move," said Williams, who is married with two children. "I realized that's how I'm geared. I found my calling."
Williams, an Irving resident, is seeking a technician certificate and ultimately an associate degree. He wants to manage a warehouse or enter transportation management.
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To earn a technician certificate, students must learn the central concepts used in logistics and supply chain management. They also gain an understanding of the transportation network, and they will apply these principles in the business world.
Transportation, Wendt said, plays a huge role in logistics. "The growth potential in this field is impressive," he said. "We are appealing to younger students even though the median age for this type of work was 35. The younger students are holding their own."
Students find the work fast-paced but challenging. They will graduate with an associate degree or will receive certificates in a workforce that is ready to receive them. And they also will hone their people skills, Wendt said.
"They will have to build relationships with suppliers and determine what their needs are," Wendt said. "Every warehouse is different, depending on their needs," Wendt said. "But efficiency and professionalism are always in demand."


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California hopes its Tier III Federated Data Center will spur consolidation and savings.
When it comes to technological innovation, a government agency is probably the last thing to cross your mind. After all, Harvard dropouts and Silicon Valley whiz kids are best known for blazing new technology trails, not public officials. The same rule applies to stirring competition — a strategy thought to be best employed by deep-pocketed private enterprises rather than stodgy state agencies. But if Adrian Farley gets his way, such antiquated notions of government will be a thing of the past.
That's because Farley, California's CTO and acting director of the Office of Technology Services (OTech), is spearheading an effort to build a federated, state-run data center where individual state agencies are welcome to lease space within OTech's data center while keeping their operations autonomous.
Dubbed the Federated Data Center (FDC), the facility is located at the OTech Gold Camp data center in Rancho Cordova, Calif., and serves as a physically partitioned-off facility shared by state agencies. Current inhabitants include the California Department of Health Care Services and the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.
It's an unusual and innovative approach to cost cutting and resource pooling that's drawing the attention — and budgetary dollars — of a growing number of state organizations. After all, 10 years ago, Gold Camp was just a mainframe-centric data center laying claim to fewer than 50 server racks and without a co-location area.
Fast-forward to today and Gold Camp is now a Tier III data center boasting 665 server rack spaces and a co-location environment supporting 27 state agencies. By converting 4,000 square feet of office space into the FDC, Farley and his team have created a sophisticated facility that provides state agencies with services including local area network capabilities, security and storage.
The timing for a shared facility aligns with the state government's larger goals. In February, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger issued an executive order mandating that each state agency reduce the size of its data center floors used by 25 percent by July 2010, and by 50 percent by July 2011. In addition, the order required agencies to reduce energy consumption of their IT and telecom infrastructure by 10 percent by July 2011, 20 percent by July 2011 and 30 percent by July 2012.
"All state agencies within the executive branch are evaluating their data center environment and applications to determine what path they need to take to comply with legislation that was recently passed unanimously by the Legislature," Farley said.
But that's not all. The bill, AB 2408, specifies that mission-critical and public-facing applications must transition to Tier III data centers designed by the California Office of the State CIO, and that all other existing server rooms are to be closed by June 2013. All of this has created an opportunity for Farley and his team to provide state agencies with computing power and storage capabilities from its FDC for a reasonable price.
"If state organizations are now being mandated to be cost-effective, they're going to have to look elsewhere [for their computing and storage needs]," said Greg Schulz, founder of the Server and StorageIO Group, a technology consulting firm in Stillwater, Minn. "That's where OTech has to come in and be a white knight."
That was the case for the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. "Our computer room was rated a Tier I data center and would require approximately a $2.5 million to $3 million investment to bring it to a Tier III rating," said Joe Panora, the department's CIO. "OTech's is already rated a Tier III data center. Utilizing the Federated Data Center space at OTech made business sense from a cost avoidance perspective."
Already, California's efforts to consolidate government IT have enabled the state to cut data center space requirements by 75,000 square feet over the past year. The space savings circumvented the need for a new data center facility, slashing more than $40 million in capital costs. In fact, according to a September 2010survey by the Center for Digital Government, technology used by state governments is more consolidated than ever. In 2004, 46 percent of states reported that their technology systems were highly decentralized, with individual agencies operating their own systems, many of which were duplicates. A mere 20 percent considered themselves highly consolidated. This year, those figures are reversed, with 42 percent viewing themselves as mostly consolidated and 21 percent decentralized.
"State agencies are pooling resources, they're maximizing available resources like power, cooling, floor space and staffing by coming together as a consortium," Schulz said.
That's no surprise to Farley. "The key benefit [of OTech's FDC] is a high-density computing environment so that agencies are able to reduce the footprint of their data center, thereby reducing facility costs," he said. What's more, unlike data center solutions provided by big-name vendors, such as Amazon and Google, Farley said OTech's FDC offerings are "more tailored to the specific requirements of government agencies as opposed to being just a commercial solution."
And not a moment too soon. "People have long argued that it's time for government to bring their resources together," said Daniel Castro, a senior analyst with the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation, a technology think tank based in Washington, D.C. Not only can the FDC pool together precious resources, but there are also fringe benefits to latching on to the coattails of a Tier III-equivalent facility. For example, Castro points out that with its sophisticated redundancy and data duplication processes, the FDC also "raises security levels for state agencies that might not have made security as much of a priority."
Nevertheless, while private enterprise has long catered to the whims and requirements of its customers, becoming a provider of optional services is a relatively new role for government — one that calls for innovation, a competitive streak, and the ability to attract and retain new business.
"It's somewhat entrepreneurial, and it's competitive in the managed service environment," said Farley of OTech's new position, noting that the organization itself is a testament to the perks of consolidated government IT. "We're working very hard to reduce costs in multiple areas," he said. "One of the areas that I'm proudest of is that in the last 18 months, we'll have reduced the cost of storage by over 400 percent. That's a key driver in our efforts to bring customers in and promote consolidation. It creates and strengthens the business case for consolidation."
But OTech isn't the first government agency to adopt an entrepreneurial stance within the public sector. For Patrick Quain, CIO of the Arizona Department of Administration's Information Services Division, it all began following a multiyear, $8 million refurbishment of the state's 30-year-old data center. The massive overhaul included the addition of powerful generators, new floor space, network and battery backup capabilities, dual-redundant firewalls — features that other departments were eager to utilize. In no time, Quain said other departments began asking to move their servers inside the facility to take advantage of the data center's state-of-the-art hardware and potential cost savings.
"Because these agencies couldn't afford [to build the same level of facility], they elected to move their equipment into our data center," Quain said. "When budgets are so tight, you're looking anywhere you can for relief, so our data center was a real game changer. … These agencies all have to report annually on how they spend their federal dollars. If they can report that they've completed 10 to 20 percent more work for 10 to 20 percent fewer dollars, the feds are happy with that. So our model has spoken well for the auditors, the feds and the agencies."
Another prime example of how consolidation can become a competitive edge: California's newly launched e-mail consolidation plan offers state agencies the choice of either relying on Microsoft's cloud-based e-mail or using the existing CA.mail enterprise e-mail system that runs in OTech's data center. The goal is to consolidate the state's 130 siloed e-mail systems and the executive branch's 185,000 mailboxes within a unified system. But while the strategy is intended to provide state employees with the option of cloud e-mail, some state officials have speculated that these two e-mail services essentially pit the CA.mail system against Microsoft's cloud solution for state agency dollars.
That's not to suggest, however, that fostering friendly competition and driving innovation are easy tasks. According to Quain, migrating a state agency's servers into its data center is a delicate procedure requiring equal parts patience and understanding. "It's hard and it takes awhile," he said, noting that many state agencies are reluctant to relinquish their operational reins. "When we bring an agency on, the first month or so they're over at the data center every day touching their equipment. But it eventually drops off. The fact that their servers aren't in a closet down the hall and are now in another data center doesn't seem to really matter after about a month."
Not to mention the added pressure of preparing OTech's employees to shift from a public-service role to that of a customer-centric service provider. "It's been a challenge at times, but employees within the organization are very dedicated to the work they do," said Farley. "It's simply about providing them with the skills and training required to become agents of customer service. You can't just tell somebody they're part of the sales force without providing them with the training required."
And then there's the challenge of establishing a new set of priorities. Ensuring network uptime and high-level data security is one thing. However, according to Castro, successfully satisfying agencies' needs comes down to "how effective a state's CIO and CTO are in listening to the requests of different agencies and moving quickly and getting responses. That's more of an organizational and leadership challenge more than it is a technology challenge."
But that's not all. Catering to the disparate computing and storage needs of a variety of agencies can cause an organization to neglect its own internal requirements altogether. "The risk is that [the state government's technology office] will lose sight of its core function, mission and charter and all of a sudden become more focused on becoming a service provider," warned Schultz. "If all of a sudden an organization drifts with the notion of becoming the next Amazon, Google or Terremark as opposed to serving the other agencies of California and its citizens, that's a problem."
So far, that hasn't been the case for OTech, assured Farley. "Our primary focus is providing services to California state agencies and that will always be our core mission," he said. "But state agencies can benefit from the size and scale that we can add to our service offerings."
In fact, for all the changes brought about by OTech's FDC, Farley is reluctant to classify the venture as "managed competition" — the opening of public service delivery to private enterprises. "Managed competition is primarily a framework for competition between government solutions and private-sector solutions that are managed within a very tight framework — and that isn't precisely what we're doing," Farley said. "We're creating competition among state organizations in order to drive service levels up and costs down."
After all, there's a fine line between consolidating IT across multiple agencies and encouraging both public and private entities to compete for the same business. "It's one thing to say [the state government] has to be thinking about generating a profit. That can get a little dicey," said Schulz. "But on the flip side, they do need to think about how they can do more and reduce their costs. If OTech has to go out and buy a resource, why not offer that to others to help them pay for the services they need?"
It's an innovative arrangement that Castro believes has a bright future. "I really think the trend here will be toward even more centralization," he said. "I suspect that if California is successful in this area, it will look into offering this as a service to nearby states and say, 'We're doing this well, so why don't we consolidate as well.'"
OTech also has its eye on the future with several new developments under way including the creation of a private cloud model that will allow the agency to serve as a broker for cloud services, as well as operate its own on-premise private cloud. The thinking behind the project is that cloud computing will enable OTech to rapidly provision the capability of virtual servers and storage, as well as supply infrastructure as a service offerings to state agencies based on a consumption pricing model.
In the meantime, Farley said California's FDC is well on its way to blazing a new path toward greater government IT consolidation with a distinct entrepreneurial bent. "We're building a model for what we want to convert all future data centers into," Farley said. And that might be something even Silicon Valley whiz kids can appreciate.


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The Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC) and Microsoft Research Cambridge (MSRC) in the UK have announced the creation of the BSC-Microsoft Research Centre, which will focus on how CPUs and software for mobile and desktop markets will be designed and interact in the future.
The vision of the center is of a top-down computer architecture in which software requirements drive the hardware innovation forward, rather than letting the hardware design condition software development. In addition to fundamental and applied research in transactional memory, hardware support for managed runtimes will be conducted in the initial research projects.
"To optimize the designs and interactions of multi-core processors and software, we need to start from parallel programming. The way to deal with this multi-core architecture challenge is to bring together computer architects and programming language experts," said Mateo Valero, director of BSC.
The mission of the Barcelona Supercomputing Center is to investigate, develop, and manage information technology to facilitate scientific progress. The multi-disciplinary center was established by a consortium made up by the Ministry of Education and Science (MEC), by the Government of Catalonia, and by the Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya (UPC).


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The key part of any video game is in the gameplay; nothing more, nothing less. If you don't get that right, then it doesn't matter how clever the rest of the work that you've done is. It simply won't be a hit, and therein lies the problem of Fable Heroes.
Those looking for a stop gap until Fable: The Journey hits the shelves later this year will have been pleased to see a spin off game from Lionhead turn up in the big push on the Xbox Live Arcade platform known as Arcade Next. The idea of the initiate is to show a step up in the games that you can digitally download in exchange for your digital Microsoft Points and, yes, of this Fable Heroes is an excellent example.
A party game spin off from the hit Peter Molyneux series, Fable Heroes is a Gauntlet-inspired, 4-player, cartoon-style hack and slash through the well-known and well loved world of Albion in which the main game is set.
Rather than realistic interpretations of the characters and the environment, Fable Heroes has an entirely stylised look both to underline the more "surface fun" experience that it's supposed to bring, as well as to differentiate it from the big budget part of the franchise. To that effect, it looks more like a Mario Party version of Fable, with each of the heroes that you get to play as depicted as little wooden puppets. Complete with oversized heads and little stumpy limbs, there's Reaver with his pistol, Garth with fireballs, the Hero of the series with his sword and Hammer with her, er, hammer. The balance of how they play is very similar to that of Gauntlet, with them probably best representing Questor, Merlin, Thyra and Thor in that order.
Choose whichever you'd like to play as - with more puppets to unlock as the game goes on - and either hook up with your buddies online to make up the foursome, get some random matchmaking or just play on your own with computer AI controlling the other three heroes.
It's then all about whacking your way through some lovely representations of the different parts of Albion including - Mistpeak, Bowerstone, Aurora and even the end credits sequence - while hoards of Hobbes and Hollowmen do their best to stop you, and every time you "off" one of them, you get coins to collect of varying and seemingly random different sizes and therefore values. Ultimately, it's important to collect as many of them personally as you can because not only does the player with the highest win the level, but also because you then get to spend the money levelling-up your character through a board game system in what is probably the most enjoyable part of the game.
There's end of level bosses, some very amusing mini-games - largely involving chickens - an alternative dark version of the entire game to unlock, good and evil chests to open and more Fable jokes and references than you can shake a joystick at. The whole thing is both rendered and handled beautifully, it has superb music and production values and it's an experience guaranteed to tickle. In fact, it's nigh on perfectly made.
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Are you ready for the but? It's quite simply that the gameplay itself is just not that compelling. The only compulsion is to level up one's puppets and unlock more of their abilities, but once you clue into that fact, you do rather wonder why you're spending the 10 minutes per level of semi-druggery for the 30 seconds of pay-off at the end. Add in the realisation that it won't take too long to max each puppet out and it rather takes the shine off the whole experience. And that's a terrible shame because the rest of the game is so well put together.
What it seems that the gamepaly of Fable Heroes is supposed to rely on is the fun factor and it very nearly comes through. There is a lot of fun involved, but it just falls short of that critical amount required to make the game addictive in the way that it needs to be to make you want to play it above everything else in your collection. We admit that the majority of our review experience has been one-player, which was never enough on even with Gauntlet to make it a classic, but with the Fable Heroes not on official release at the time of writing, there just weren't that many others available online.
All the same we did taste enough of the multiplay experience to sense that it wasn't quite going to do the job. Yes, there's a good scrabble for coins and, yes, there's a decent balance of team and competition at the same time but there's little sense of excitement that generates, and the only thing we can put it down to is the absence of Death.
Death was a character in Gauntlet that you could only kills with magic potions. If you didn't have any, he'd simply chase you around the screen until he'd corned one of you and sapped a huge bulk of your energy, while at the same time making a very loud and alarming noise. He caused panic and, at the same time, hilarity. Now, it's not that you need to have Death, per se, in Fable Heroes to make it work, but you do need a third emotion at play as well as togetherness and competition.
You also need panic, or something like it. And every now and then, you need something in the game to be the cat amongst your pigeons, and that never happens. The result of that is that it's all a bit flat.
Fable Heroes is a beautiful and inventive game dashed on the rocks of disappointment by a single but sadly most important shortcoming that any game come have. It's just not quite as fun to play as it should be. It seems harsh just to give it a low score, because the the look and feel, the quirks, the design, the music, the graphics, the thought, the extra detail and everything else about it are all a four-star experience at the very least. But, if you're not going to want to play it for very long, then it makes it very hard to recommend it as a paid download. All the same, it's only 800 Microsoft Points and you'll get a least a fiver's worth of fun out of it.
Other than that, the only reason we can tell you to play Fable Heroes is because you'll be able to transfer across some of your gold to Fable: The Journey when it comes out later in the year.


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Visit our shop for pure wool bedspreads, travelling rugs, Welsh tapestries and tweeds woven on site.
Our fabrics are made up into ladies' garments, hats, bags, purses, cushions, throws etc. We also stock bought in knitwear and accessories in pure wool plus sheepskin goods to compliment our own products.
As our smaller items and bought in stock change regularly, they are not available to order online.
Our tax-free shopping service allows customers from outside the European Union (EU) to claim back the Value Added Tax (VAT) on purchases from the shop.
Our shop is open all year, Monday - Saturday except Christmas Day, Boxing Day, New Year's Day.
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Way up in the sky en route to Manhattan, Kansas for Saturday's noon game at No. 21 Kansas State.
Ah, airplane Internet connection -- the marvels of modern technology.
The not so uplifting news: CaneSport.com reported this morning that defensive tackle Luther Robinson will not be traveling to Kansas State, and I just got it confirmed by a UM official who did not want to be identified. Suffice it to say that the UM official is well informed.
The UM official said Robinson "wasn't out there all week, so I don't believe he'll be traveling. He's currently on the team, but his status is unclear.''
I have a feeling Robinson's future with the team is shaky, but don't know what the resolution will be.
CaneSport reported that "apparently, his dad went off on the coaches this week because he thought Robinson should have played more in Boston. ...Apparently, Luther got caught up in it and actually refused to practice at least one day this week. Details beyond that are still sketchy.''
From what I've been told, this is pretty accuurate.
If you recall, coaches wanted Robinson to switch to the offensive line in the offseason, but he emphatically did not want to do that. Then he got into great shape, Coach Al Golden said, and became part of the rotation at D-tackle.
Robinson forced a fumble in UM's opener at Boston College.
On the newest depth chart released Monday morning (two days after Boston College game), Robinson, a 6-3, 288-pound redshirt junior, is listed as a co-backup (along with redshirt freshman Corey King) behind starter Olsen Pierre.
Golden told us Corey King would travel to Kansas State, but he didn't say anything about Robinson.SUSAN MILLER DEGNAN


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Anne Dumont-Jewel Box Concept of Adaptable Jewelry
At Design Interviews
Interview with Anne DUMONT : Frank Scott: What is the main principle, idea and inspiration behind your design?. Anne DUMONT : I want to create adaptable jewelry based on simply technique to create the most possible open concept. To reach it : use a basic and universal principle of modularity. .Frank Scott: What has been your main focus in designing this work? Especially what did you want to achieve?. Anne DUMONT : To reuse an existing modularity technique . More, this technique had to be not expensive, easy to find, easy to customize and esthetic. .Frank Scott: What are your future plans for this award winning design?. Anne DUMONT : Continue to develop it, with other forms and other materials. Also, I'm looking for a company for the industrialization and the commercialization of this concept. .Frank Scott: How long did it take you to design this particular concept?. Anne DUMONT : About 2 years (a great part for the legal aspects!) .Frank Scott: Why did you design this particular concept? Was this design commissioned or did you decide to pursuit an inspiration?. Anne DUMONT : This is my own inspiration, dreaming only to create a new concept of adaptable jewelry. This choice of modularity technique is the consequence of a lot of previous criteria for the technique I was looking for. .Frank Scott: Is your design being produced or used by another company, or do you plan to sell or lease the production rights or do you intent to produce your work yourself?. Anne DUMONT : I want to sell or lease the production rights (I want to continue to work as designer, to continue to develop this concept and also to develop other concept of adaptable jewelry - Currently I'm developing an other concept, named Mosaic, I'll present it next year to this competition) .Frank Scott: What made you design this particular type of work?. Anne DUMONT : I think that being civil engineer and at the same time having no classical knowledge in jewelry, when I have dreams of jewels or concepts, I'll find other ways to achieve it that somebody with all the jewellery knowledge. .Frank Scott: Where there any other designs and/or designers that helped the influence the design of your work?. Anne DUMONT : I do not think. Perhaps unconsciously? .Frank Scott: Who is the target customer for his design?. Anne DUMONT : Actually, it is for people thinking out of the box. Young or older people, without distinction. This concept can be applied as well for pret-à-porter than for high and precious jewelry. So I think that a marketing should be done with the goal that not only people "thinking out of the box" like it. .Frank Scott: What sets this design apart from other similar or resembling concepts?. Anne DUMONT : I think that Jewel box is apart for these points : - When it will be in production, the ratio between the production cost and the possible sale cost is very good (plastic is not expensive!) - Very open concept : allows to create jewels as well for high hashion that for pret-à-porter or luxurious jewelry. In the time, possibility to edit new color plates according to the clothes fashion, new designs on the cover plates, new forms, new materials. This concept is open like the toy from which it comes and this toy is year after years renewed since more than 50 years! - New look (this appreciation is, I know, subjective!) .Frank Scott: How did you come up with the name for this design? What does it mean?. Anne DUMONT : This name was found with a friend, Gwendal Jossart (he made my website). We wanted it in English to be international. This name is not protected because, I do not like it really. Also, I'm jeweler designer, so I'm rather focusing on the product. .Frank Scott: Which design tools did you use when you were working on this project?. Anne DUMONT : No design tool. I'm always working with materials, my studio is my laboratory! .Frank Scott: What is the most unique aspect of your design?. Anne DUMONT : Princess dreams with engineer technique! .Frank Scott: Who did you collaborate with for this design? Did you work with people with technical / specialized skills?. Anne DUMONT : I collaborate with Serge Flecijn who is attorney. For the technical points, I'm alone. .Frank Scott: What is the role of technology in this particular design?. Anne DUMONT : For Jewel Box, the technology is really the base of the concept, the point on which all the concept is developed. All the Jewel Box concept depend on the choice of the technology used for the modularity (I'm now developing an other concept of adaptable jewelry, GRAVITY : it is based on a other technology, so the design is completely different) .Frank Scott: Is your design influenced by data or analytical research in any way? What kind of research did you conduct for making this design?. Anne DUMONT : My design is influenced by a mathematical (geometry) thinking : I was looking for all the possibilities of bricks combinations. This was a very important study to protect my design with a lot of patterns (part of jewels) and already design the patterns as it will be in a industrial production (and for some case, not as it is with my prototypes) . This was also a very important study to create different models with very different architecture (for some jewels, the cover plates are to change, for others, the pile up of pieces is to change (Collection Mademoiselle, sautoir, earrings) .Frank Scott: What are some of the challenges you faced during the design/realization of your concept?. Anne DUMONT : Design for a designer is easy and pleasure, but the communication and the marketing to let discover the design, it is really difficult! Also, it is very expensive! .Frank Scott: How did you decide to submit your design to an international design competition?. Anne DUMONT : I want to sell or lease the production rights. For this, I've to show Jewel Box. So I'm participating at awards hoping some prices and some publications in the press. .Frank Scott: What did you learn or how did you improve yourself during the designing of this work?. Anne DUMONT : With a great surprise, I discover that I've always new ideas, it never stop! .Frank Scott: Any other things you would like to cover that have not been covered in these questions?. Anne DUMONT : First, I developped Jewel Box : this concept is based on the use of toys building bricks for it's modularity, a technique old of about 50 years. Second, I developped Gravity : this concept is based on the threading, a technique old about thousands of years. Actually I'm developing a third concept, Mosaic which will be the third part of this trilogy. To discover next year ... .
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Operators of an off-the-shelf botnet kit have unleashed new malware that can steal large sums of money by targeting cloud-based payroll service providers, a researcher from security firm Trusteer said on Tuesday.
A configuration of the Zeus-based malware specifically targets Canadian payroll provider Ceridian, according to a blog post by Trusteer CTO Amit Klein. When someone accesses the service with an infected PC, the malware captures a screenshot that includes a graphical icon previously selected by the user from the site's image-based authentication system. Combined with the user ID, password, and company number that the bot also acquires, the screenshot gives attackers everything they need to access private accounts on the service.
Over the past decade, crimeware kits such as Zeus, SpyEye, and Eleonore have offered countless updates that expand the types of online services targeted by the malware. Botnet operators have long used their wares to infiltrate payroll departments of small- and medium-sized businesses. The Zeus malware's ability to attack Ceridian is part of the regular update cycle in the malware black market.


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Wichita State rally shocks Illinois State 68-67
NORMAL, Ill. (AP) -- Cleanthony Early's 3-pointer with 4.8 seconds remaining capped Wichita State's comeback and gave the Shockers a 68-67 victory over Illinois State Sunday night.
Early scored 12 points, all in the second half. The Shockers (22-5, 11-4) scored the game's final eight points over the last 36 seconds for their only second-half lead and moved into a one-game lead over Creighton in the Missouri Valley Conference.
Wichita State has won three straight since a three-game losing streak.
Malcolm Armstead led Wichita State with 18 points and six assists. Carl Hall scored 13 and Demetric Williams had 10 points and seven rebounds.
Tyler Brown led Illinois State (16-11, 7-8) with 17 points. Johnny Hill scored 14, Jackie Carmichael had 12 points and nine rebounds and Bryant Allen scored 12. The Redbirds, who went without a field goal in the final 6:15, had won four straight and seven of their last eight.


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Another page for my 'doggie book thanks to today's SSL! What a wonderful inspirational page from Bawzie... check out the DD blog! I loved the single photo, all the white space (duh!), the white frame (I used a notebook paper one to keep with the theme!), the brushwork and the hearts... well, I pretty much loved it all! *wink* And, yes... I included a little wooden heart as the 'point' of the exclamation!
OK, so it wasnt actually homework, but it was an important permission slip that Shannon needed to turn in today. Then I found the garden hose totally chewed in half! All before I went to work!
Oh, Kyna... how can you look so pretty and still be so naughty? Good thing we all love you to pieces!
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Ledger Grids No. 03 Brushes and Stamps
Notebook Edge Frames No. 02
File Tab Words: Love No. 01
Wooden Alphabet No. 12
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Hey There Element Pack
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Vintage Press: Blush Element Pack
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School Words No. 01 Hand Drawn Brushes
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In a new book, Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg writes about the difficulties of being a woman in a man's corporate world.Lean In: Women, Work and the Will to Lead, due to come out next week, is filled with sound advice for women as well as tidbits about her life.
Sandberg's career is already the stuff of legend, points out book reviewer Tom Gara at the Wall Street Journal: Harvard summa cum laude, Treasury Department chief of staff by 27, Google VP at 32 and Facebook chief operating officer today.
Her life screams of ambition, and it seems to have started very young. Sandberg writes that she trained her younger siblings to "follow me around, listen to my monologues and scream the word 'right' when I concluded."
But that doesn't mean everyone always respected her. In men, that kind of take-charge ambition is viewed as a positive. When women show those traits, Sandberg writes, they often meet with a negative reaction.
And then there's the straight-up sexism Sandberg encountered. In another story, she tells how Tip O'Neill literally patted her head (instead of shaking her hand) the first time they met. She was in high school and an intern on Capitol Hill with her local congressman. He introduced her to O'Neill, then Speaker of the House:
"The speaker looked at me, then reached over and patted my head," Sandberg recalls. "He turned to the congressman and remarked 'she's pretty.' Then he turned his attention back to me and asked just one question: 'Are you a pom-pom girl?'"
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GreenTechBuilding necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 81 diseños de 38 diseñadores freelance.
GreenTech Building Solutions
We are a solutions based company within the roofing and insulation space.
- green focused and sustainability being the key drivers of the business
- We supply all types of insulation and roofing solutions to both commercial and the owner occupied markets
- we would like to display a fresh, clean and green approach to doing business with our client and supplies
Our target audience is very wide, being that we will deal with local, state and federal governments. Also we will deal with clients directly along with the Architects and builders on new and retro fit projects. So with this is mind we are not looking to come across and gimmicky in any way.
We would be aiming to be perceived as the industry leader with our field.
If you see the attachments to this you will see the logo for our sister company who we use as well.
We would like that the new logo use smiler colours to the BLUE and GREEN but also adding a bright orange into it as well. So that the logo is bold and stands out to the public at large.
Using things the demonstrate sustainability and that are good for the environment and are considered GREEN products.
For example the world at large, rain forests, a turtle (like in our current logos) and the like.
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Beautifully crafted typography is always an eye catcher, and beautiful typography spotted in the everyday environment is even better. I have recently found out about Molly Woodward, a Brooklyn based graphic designer who has catalogued examples of declining but wonderful environmental type on the website of her Vernacular Typography project. It contains examples of urban typography from around the world, and is well worth a look.
"All over the world, there are cities and towns that retain their rich traditions of vernacular signage … this website seeks to collect and document examples of these vanishing symbols of art and culture."


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The Importance of Florida Renters Insurance
Everyone knows the importance of Florida homeowners insurance; however, people often overlook the necessity of Florida renters insurance. If tragedy occurs, it will not discriminate between rented structures and an owned house. Those who do not own their home (and thus do not have homeowners insurance) will lose just as much if the worst were to happen. Many renters incorrectly believe they will be covered in the face of disaster by their landlord's insurance. However, the insurance a landowner carries on the property covers just that – his property. Damages to the building and surrounding area will be covered under their policy; renters are responsible for any damage that could befall their personal belongings in the home. This is especially true in the state of Florida, where the weather can pose a serious threat to your rented home. Fortunately, Florida renters insurance from a website will safeguard your valuables in case of the unexpected.
Here are some things you may not have known about Florida renters insurance from https://floridainsurancequotes.net/renters-insurance-quote/.
Calculating your possession's value
When your home is covered by renters insurance in Florida, your possessions will need to be appraised (even if only by you) and organized. Make sure to tell your renters insurance agent about all of the valuable items you own and their dollar value.
An important thing to consider when choosing a Florida renters insurance company
is rather that the company offers an "actual cash value" or a "replacement cost coverage" system for your possessions. As you could probably guess, this means your valuables will be covered if they are stolen or damaged in an accident. The theory behind an actual cash value system is that your renter's insurance company will pay for what your items are worth at the time of their loss. This means an item you paid $100 for a year ago, may only be worth $40 now – in an actual cash value system you would receive $40. However, a replacement cost coverage takes into account that original price. To buy another of those items that cost $100 a year ago, will still probably cost you $100 today. In a replacement cost coverage system, you would receive $100 for that lost item.
Obviously, between the two a replacement cost coverage plan offers the most protection, however these will come with higher premiums. This is a choice about Florida renters insurance that will have to be made by the renter.
Keeping your premium low
Determining what your premiums will be is nearly impossible. There are far too many factors including your insurance policy itself, where you live, and your deductible. Some renters insurance companies in Florida will even raise premiums based on the type of pet the renter has. Large breeds tend to attract higher premiums.
However, you can help to shrink your renters insurance bill considerably by simply making a few changes. For one, volunteer for a higher deductible, paying more up front and then less monthly.
Furthermore, most agencies will offer a discount to renters who go out of their way to lower the risks in a home. This means making sure all of your smoke detectors are working appropriately, you have a sturdy burglar alarm and that you keep your fire extinguishers up to date and stocked.Either way, the safest and most responsible step a renter can take is to purchase Florida renters insurance at https://floridainsurancequotes.net/renters-insurance-quote/. This way, no matter what the worst case scenario is, you can know you and your possessions are covered.


text: John Mabry is beginning his sixth year as the team's hitting coach after being named to that position on November 5, 2012. He was assistant hitting coach to Mark McGwire during the 2012 campaign. The duo helped guide a Cardinals offense that led the league in 2012 in both runs scored and on-base pct., while finishing a close second in batting average. In 2013, the Cardinals batted .330 with runners in scoring position, the top mark in the majors dating to 1974 and in 2016, the Cardinals hit an N.L.-high 225 home runs, including a MLB single-season record 17 pinch hit homers. Mabry, 47, was drafted by St. Louis in the sixth round of the June 1991 draft and played 14 seasons in the majors, including three stints with the Cardinals. He made his Major League debut in 1994 and put up some of his best offensive numbers with the Cardinals from 1995 - 1998. He hit a career high .307 in 1995 and during the 1996 season played in a career high 151 games, hitting .297 with a career high 161 hits, collected 13 homers and 74 RBI as the Cardinals advanced to the NLCS. In addition to playing with the Cardinals, his Major League career included playing time with eight Major League teams and ended in 2007 with the Colorado Rockies. Mabry hit for a "natural" cycle as a member of the Cardinals on May 18, 1996 at Colorado's Coors Field. Before joining the Cardinals staff as a coach, Mabry assisted the team in various community relations initiatives, including the team's "Doin' it Right" school program from 2010-2011. A native of Delaware, he graduated in 1988 from Bohemia Manor (Md.) High School where he played football, baseball and basketball; and was drafted out of West Chester (Pa.) University. Mabry was named the Cardinals Rookie of the Year for 1995 by the St. Louis chapter of the BBWAA. He and his wife, Ann, make their home in St. Louis with their four children: J.T., Danielle, Nicole and Samantha.


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This chapter describes how to configure the environment for ADF Mobile browser applications and how to build and test mobile browser applications.
This chapter includes the following sections:
Section 2.1, "About the ADF Mobile Browser Development Environment"
Section 2.2, "Configuring the ADF Mobile Browser Development Environment"
ADF Mobile browser application development is almost identical to ADF Web application development, except that ADF Mobile browser application development uses only mobile JSF pages that consist of Apache MyFaces Trinidad components.
Note:Oracle JDeveloper supports only the JSF page flows for ADF Mobile browser application development. The ADF task flow is not supported.
To create an ADF Mobile browser application:
Configure the environment by creating an application and project.
Add a Web project.
Add the JSF pages using Apache MyFaces Trinidad components.
ADF Mobile browser application development differs only from ADF Web application development for desktop browsers in the creation of the Web project. For more information, see Section 2.3, "Developing an ADF Mobile Browser Application."
To configure the environment, first create an ADF Mobile browser application that includes a project with the ADF Mobile browser technology.
To create the ADF Mobile Browser Application and the ADF Mobile Browser Project:
Choose File and then New.
In the New Gallery, expand General, select Applications and then Fusion Web Application (ADF) and then click OK.
In the Name your application page of the Create Fusion Web Application (ADF) wizard, enter a name and, if needed, a location for the application in the Directory field, as shown in Figure 2-2.
Click Finish.
Selecting Fusion Web Application (ADF) creates the model project used by the mobile view project. Figure 2-3 shows the application's Model and its generated Model-View-Controller projects that appear in the Application Navigator.
Note:Define the business logic for the Model project, but do not use the generated Model-View-Controller project. Instead, create a mobile Model-View-Controller project as described in the following steps.
Choose File and then New. The New Gallery appears.
In the New Gallery, expand Categories, select Projects and then select Generic Project and click OK.
In the Create Generic Project wizard, complete the wizard by first entering a name for the project. For example, enter mvc (a short name for Model-View-Controller mobile).
Tip:To make entering a URL on a mobile device easier, enter short, lower-case names for both the application and the project.
Select the ADF Mobile browser technology for the project by moving Mobile Browser from the Available list to the Selected list.
Figure 2-4 shows the Mobile Browser technology in the Available list. After you move the Mobile Browser technolgy to the Selected list, the following technologies are made available to the project and also appear in the Selected list, as shown in in Figure 2-5:
JSF (JavaServer Faces)
JSP and Servlets
Click Next to navigate through the Configure Java settings page and then click Finish.
As shown in Figure 2-6, the mobile Model-View-Controller project (mvc) appears in the Application Navigator within the Fusion Web application (adfm).
Because you added the mobile browser technology scope, the Apache MyFaces Trinidad library is automatically loaded to the workspace and the Trinidad component palette is loaded when you create mobile JSF pages, shown in Figure 2-10.
ADF Mobile browser application development is nearly identical to ADF Web application development for desktop browsers; the two only differ in how you create the Web project. For mobile browser applications, you develop an application by creating Web pages within the Web project. Otherwise, you develop a mobile browser application the same way that you develop an ADF Web application for a desktop browser. Typically, you create a Web project within the application to implement a user interface and ADF Business Components or an Oracle TopLink project to implement a business layer.
Figure 2-7 shows a mobile application (adfm) that contains model, a business components project.
You develop an ADF Mobile browser application by first creating a JSP page and then populating it with the Apache My Faces Trinidad components.
Choose File and then New. The New Gallery appears.
In the New Gallery, expand Categories, select Web Tier, and then select JSF and then select JSF Page and click OK.
Note:Project Technologies (the default) must be selected from the Filter By list.
Enter a name for the JSF page, and if needed a directory location for it in the JSF Page dialog, shown in Figure 2-9.
Note:Because you added the Mobile Browser technology scope for the application, the Render in Mobile Device option is selected by default, as shown in Figure 2-9.
Figure 2-10 shows the designer for a mobile JSP page called page1.jsp.
From the Components Palette, select the Trinidad components and then create the page using the Apache MyFaces Trinidad components. You can create the page in the same manner as a desktop ADF Web page.
Because the Render in Mobile Device option is selected by default, the page designer in the visual editor reflects the size of a mobile device, as illustrated in Figure 2-10.
Tip:You change the size of the page in the visual editor or by clicking Tools, then Preferences, then Mobile.
You can test an ADF Mobile browser application on a mobile device, a mobile device emulator, or a desktop browser. Testing on an actual mobile device or mobile device emulator provides more accurate results than does testing on a desktop browser.
Using a desktop browser to test an ADF Mobile browser application produces only approximate results. Desktop browsers provide a fairly uniform testing environment: Web pages appear and behave similarly and business logic executes identically in any type of browser.
Testing an application on an actual mobile device, however, produces more accurate results, because the capabilities of mobile browsers may cause controls to behave differently than they do on a desktop browser. In addition, mobile browsers are usually smaller than desktop browsers. They also render pages differently than desktop browsers because Web servers optimize the look and feel by generating pages that are specific to the mobile browser.
Testing ADF Mobile browser applications directly on mobile devices has limitations as well, in that you may not have access to all of the devices that you must test. Furthermore, firewalls can complicate testing. Many mobile devices can only access the Internet and therefore cannot reach development environments behind a firewall. In such cases, mobile device emulators provide an alternative testing method. For example, to test applications on BlackBerry or Windows Mobile emulators (Figure 2-11 and Figure 2-13, respectively), first download device emulators from the RIM developer site (
http://na.blackberry.com) and the Microsoft developer site (
http://www.microsoft.com). Before you test applications on the emulator, you must first configure the emulator and connect it to the Web server. The Oracle Technology Network (
http://www.oracle.com/technology/tech/wireless) provides information on downloading and configuring simulators for ADF Mobile browser.
After you test an application on a desktop browser, you can then test it on an emulator. You can use the URL displayed in the desktop browser, but if it uses the localhost IP address (127.0.0.1), you must change it to the network IP address of your computer.
Tip:To obtain the network IP address, use the
ipconfig command interface on Windows systems and the
ifconfig command on Linux/UNIX systems.
For example, to test an application using a Windows Mobile 6 emulator, change the address from the desktop's localhost IP address (127.0.0.1, shown in Figure 2-12) to that of the computer's network IP address (192.0.2.253, shown in Figure 2-13).
In addition, you must remove the session specification that follows the page name. The page name is typically appended with either
.jspx or
.jsp. In Figure 2-12, the page name, home, is appended with
In general, you debug an application by repeating cycles of code and then by testing the application. When you test an application that has been modified, you must do one or both of the following:
Refresh the page.
Clear the browser's cache.
Tip:Because the URL does not change if you develop the same application, you are not required to enter it again.
To view ADF Mobile browser applications properly requires adjustments to the browser settings for Windows Mobile and BlackBerry browsers.
Microsoft Windows Mobile 5 and 6, Microsoft Pocket Internet Explorer
For optimal viewing, select the Fit to Screen view (accessed by selecting Menu, View and then Fit to Screen).
Note:Do not select the One Column view because it causes layout problems.
Select Options and then Browser Configuration.
Ensure that the following tables are selected:
Support JavaScript
Allow JavaScript Popup
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The record is made up of 1 file (256 folios). It was created in 29 Apr 1940-24 Oct 1941. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers.
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This file is a continuation of IOR/L/PS/12/2861. It contains correspondence and memoranda regarding relations between HMG Her or His Majesty's Government in London. and the Government of Iraq, and documents the reaction of the India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. and Foreign Office to political developments within Iraq. The papers primarily consist of communications between HM Ambassador to Iraq and HM Foreign Secretary, regarding the cabinet of Rashid Ali al-Gaylani, his resignation in January 1941 and the formation of a new cabinet under Taha al-Hashimi, and the resumption of power by Rashid Ali backed by the military in April 1941. The file concludes with papers detailing the escape of the Regent 'Abd al-Ilah, and initial negotiations with Rashid Ali's Government of National Defence.
The papers include detailed discussion of the relations between Iraq and the Axis Powers, and attempts by the British to persuade the Government of Iraq to sever diplomatic ties with Italy. They also discuss British concerns over the growing anti-British sentiment in Iraq, as a result of British interference in Iraqi internal affairs and British policy towards Palestine and Syria. Amongst the papers are intelligence reports on the 'Golden Square' Generals (folios 58-59), and a copy of British plans to undermine the Mufti of Jerusalem, Mohammed Amin al-Husseini (folios 194-195). The file also contains a small number of communications from the Government of Iraq, and from HM Ambassadors to Iran, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and the USSR.
Folios 4-8 concern the affairs of the family of the late Khan Sahib Badruddin Khan, and appear to have come from a different file.
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The papers are arranged in rough chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 256; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. Two additional foliation sequences are also present in parallel between ff 2-256, and ff 206-225; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
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ABOUT 26 people, one of them a sub-county councillor and four LC1 officials, have been arrested for lack of pit latrines [and taken to court]. This follows [an] operation by the Police led by the Kayunga sub-county health inspector, Abasa Kaneha.
[…] Most of the residents did not have pit latrines and many, including the NRM chairman for Nakaseeta parish, Andrew Kalyango fled, Kaneha said. "We will arrest anybody irrespective of which leadership position they hold. We plan to cover the entire sub-country," he said.
Kaneha said the operation was meant to ensure that the cholera outbreak that was reported in Kayunga town would not spread to the villages.
Source: Charles Jjuuko, New Vision, 30 Nov 2008


text: A few racing people have linked here in recent weeks—thanks so much for that! Though the date of my last entry gives the (fair) impression that I've abandoned listenbetter, I swear I have new posts in the works. If you're interested, please check back in the coming weeks. And in the meantime, I've done a little writing about the track for The New Yorker's sports and books blogs, respectively:


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Why should we have to go to class if we came here to play FOOTBALL, we aint come to play SCHOOL. Classes are POINTLESSS.
I'm thinking Urban Meyer should print out a bunch of T'shirts that say: We Aint come to play school!
And this kid should start practicing saying: Would you like fries with that?


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The Cotillion was in the Las Palmas neighborhood, down the street from the synagogue many of my Jewish pals went to. Across the street from one of the Catholic churches we would go to when our local parish priest got to talking too much about money, which was often. Eventually that priest ran away with a young woman.
It was nearby the local Youth Club I would frequent which had a photographic dark room. I would refine my Rolleiflex with flash technique at the local dances. And then run to develop the pictures before the event was over.
This particular night, I had no idea what I would be getting into, about to be stung by a queen bee.
The night started off as it did in those days. I was (and am) shy. The first date I remember going on was a Sadie Hawkins dance. The girl asked me.
But this night there would be none of that. We would be assigned dance partners, based on our height.
We learned our dances together and danced them. She liked to lead. She had a confidence that was jarring. My little bubble was getting burst by this amalgam of energy, smiles, verve, blond hair, and a dress that showed off her budding form. She knew how to move. I was putty.
I remember the only time I ever waltzed comfortably. She led. I remember actually enjoying the cha-cha so much I wanted to dance it more. But we had to learn another dance. And so that passed.
There was one break from the dances, when we could relax and get some punch, maybe take a stroll around. I remember this young gal asking me to get us some punch and meet her outside on the patio.
The patio was on the second floor, and we were surrounded by bushes and trees, many in bloom from the warmish winter and the advancing spring. I remember the jasmine and the wisteria, and her perfume, gardenias and roses. It all swirled together and made me dizzy. She had piercing eyes and radiated youth and poise. I fell for her immediately.
One of our last dances before the night was over was the slow dance. This time I led. As I pulled her closer to me, she didn't resist. She was a flower in bloom, and I was pulling her closer to take in her bouquet and beauty and power. Cheek to cheek was all I needed. A switch had been tripped, and the electricity she stirred in me was something I had never experienced in my short little life.
written and photographed by Alfonso Cevola limited rights reserved On the Wine Trail in Italy
wine blog + Italian wine blog + Italy W


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nitros necesitaba un nuevo diseño de banner publicitario y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 32 diseños de 11 diseñadores freelance.
Big Crumbs
We do marketing for BigCrumbs.com by referring their site to others. Have been doing it for couple of years now using textual ads via Google and Yahoo.
Would like to increase referrals by placing Banner Ads through popular social websites.
BigCrumbs.com is a website that allows members to earn cash back by shopping online or referring shoppers to become members of BigCrumbs.
Primary Target audience are shoppers or people looking to earn cash back while shopping.
Secondary target audience are people who would like to earn money through referral websites by referring other shoppers.
Banners will be placed by leading ad placement services for nation wide audiences, preferably through social websites, attracting young demographics, who almost do most of their shopping online.
The banner ads are for an existing popular website called BigCrumbs.com. More details are available at the site itself. Wide variety of products and popular merchants available. eBay is their biggest merchant.
1. Designed banners should conform to popular sizes and formats listed below:
Formats: gif, jpg, png
File Size: 50kb or less
728 x 90 Leaderboard (Required)
468 x 60 Banner (Required)
120 x 600 Skyscraper (Required)
160 x 600 Wide skyscraper (Required)
300 x 250 Medium rectangle (Required)
250 x 250 Square (Optional)
200 x 200 Small square (Optional)
336 x 280 Large rectangle (Optional)
300 x 50 Mobile leaderboard (Optional)
2. It should be professional yet playful but not cheap or childlike.
3. It should have little to no animation. (Intellectual animation may be considered)
4. It should be catchy and attractive to target audience with decent amount of graphics.
5. It should reflect the persona or style of the target website.
6. The typeface should be clear, simple and bold. We want something that stands out.
7. No Stock images, lots of images may be referred from the site.
Below is not a requirement but a guideline of a few textual ads that I get the most click. See if it helps in coming up with a catchy Call to Action.
"Earn Cash Back At eBay And Many More Major Retailers Refer your friends and earn more"
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Anyone who cares for an elderly parent knows it�s often difficult to get them to the doctor.
Some elders have physical challenges and need time to prepare. Some just don�t want to go. Before she moved to a nursing home, my own mom would drive us to distraction with last-minute touches to her make-up.
Iva Evans uses a cane. The 94-year-old Worcester woman lives with her daughter, Floretta DeBoise, who is in her 70s. Ms. Evans is in fine health, but when she has a doctor�s appointment it takes her awhile to get ready.
That was the case May 31, when Ms. DeBoise drove her to an 11:30 a.m. appointment on Lincoln Street. They got to the office at 11:20; at 11:50 they were called into an exam room. Ms. Evans sat on a metal exam table and a nurse took her blood pressure. Then an office worker came in and asked a couple of questions.
�At one point, the doctor came to the door and said she�d be right in,� Ms. DeBoise recalled. �By then, almost an hour had gone by. My mother was getting tired. She asked, �Is it OK if I lay back on the table?� �
Ms. DeBoise said she asked three different staffers when the doctor would be in. Each time she got the same answer: soon. At one point she walked into the hall and saw the doctor talking to two staff members. She said there seemed to be no emergency and no chaotic situation that would explain a delay.
Ms. DeBoise returned to the exam room. By now it was 1:20 p.m. They had been waiting for almost two hours.
�I said to my mom, �Let�s get out of here,� � Ms. DeBoise recalled. As they headed to the elevator, a staffer followed with a form that the doctor requested they sign.
�It said something about how I left the office voluntarily, so if anything happened to my mother, it would be my fault,� Ms. DeBoise said. �I said, �I�m not signing anything,� and we left.�
The doctor in this case was Helen Carter. Last fall, Dr. Carter made national news for her decision to reject new patients who weigh more than 200 pounds, saying several staff members had been injured assisting overweight patients.
Of course, it would be unfair to assume that Dr. Carter discriminates against the elderly just because she discriminates against fat people. And doctors can run behind schedule for unforeseen reasons, such as emergencies or patients who show up late.
I called Dr. Carter�s office last week. The next morning, about 6:30 a.m., she returned my call and said she got my message. I asked if we could talk later that day and she said she had a full schedule, so I asked if we could talk right then and she said she needed permission from UMass Memorial Medical Center, where she has staff privileges. If she didn�t call me back, she said, it was because of UMass.
She didn�t call me back, and I wondered, frankly, why she called in the first place. So I reached out to UMass, and a spokesman issued a statement that noted Dr. Carter is a �private, independent physician not employed by our Medical Group.� It also noted that �unforeseeable situations can arise� in health care that call for �open communication� with the patient.
�Practices such as informing a patient if there is to be a longer wait than expected, or giving patients the option to reschedule are just a few ways that our physicians can manage such unexpected situations.� A second spokesman said Dr. Carter doesn�t need permission from UMass to speak with the press.
Maybe Dr. Carter is communication-challenged in general. Ms. Evans said she wouldn�t have been so frustrated if someone had simply told her the doctor was running late.
�I know I�m old,� she said. �But she should pay me some attention. I didn�t want to be rude, so I just sat there.�
Doctors get busy, but a 94-year-old patient should never have to just sit there.


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The season of political sermons is upon us, that special time of the year when not only candidates, but neighbors, colleagues and friends are busy voicing decisive opinions to the public. Unlike our presidential candidates however, whose political parlance is often delivered to attentive crowds, the wise words of the standard citizen are often lost on deaf ears. Vox Populi, New York based Canadian artist Don Ritter's newest interactive artwork, comes to remedy this disappointing state of affairs. In Vox Populi, a video projected crowd chants 'speech, speech' and encourages visitors to step up to the lectern, speak through a microphone and hear their words amplified throughout the space. A teleprompter located within the lectern scrolls political speeches for the reciting pleasure of the participant, and the crowd on the video screen reacts with varying degrees of support and repulsion. Enjoy the supportive cheers of the many projected faces, but be prepared for their blaring jeers if you falter in your phrasing. Vox Populi is at Jack the Pelican Gallery in Williamsburg, Brooklyn until October 9. - Ophra Wolf
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