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Barney on Life: A 'shout out' to the folks of Marion
There are lots of folks who seem to see only the negative things in Marion. Okay, sure, there are things that need to be better. Welcome to any community in the world. What if we spent a tenth of our time boasting the good things that are happening? My guess is that tenth could become a turning point for the area.
Here are some of my "shout outs."
Shout out to John K. Years ago he was one of the Palace Guard. Once again, the Palace needs someone to help in the renovation project for the sign and other structural issues. John stepped up and said, "We've got to do this, and I'll lead the charge."
Shout out to Mike R. Mike was recently named volunteer of the year by United Way. Mike has retired twice so far. Not happy to sit back, he is one of the leaders of the band who work with people who have addictions. His positive energy and welcoming smile give one the belief that anything is possible.
Shout out to John S., the outgoing CEO of Marion General Hospital. I have had the honor of serving on the hospital board and can confidently say John has made a difference in the hospital and in our community. His leadership brought the hospital through several changes that positively impact our community.
Shout out to Brad B., former director of the Marion Community Foundation. Brad saw the expansion of the foundation from a few million dollars to more than $41 million in funds. These funds provide resources for more than 100 college scholarships and more than a half-million dollars each year for community programs and other needs.
Shout out to Allison M., former director of Boys & Girls Club. Her energy and enthusiasm helped the club in getting their "clubhouse" at the former Oak Street school. Along with Allison, I would have a shout out for the new director, Scott M. Scott is a local boy who gave up the warmth of Florida to return home and use his skills to make Marion a better place for our children.
These are just a few individuals who deserve our applause. Along with them are the organizations that work hard to make Marion a great place to live. Those include Marion Matters, Marion General Hospital, United Way of Marion, MACC, Boys and Girls Club of Marion, Marion Community Foundation, the Palace Theater, OSUM, MTC, YMCA, Chamber of Commerce, Port Authority … and plenty more to cheer about.
A shout out to my church members who have made the past seven months a lot easier as we searched for a new pastor. And a shout out to Jeff S., our new pastor.
I have the great blessing of being a part of these groups. I witness firsthand the dedication, love and passion the directors, workers and organization boards have for our community. Along with this list are hundreds of others I meet weekly who are great people and make this a great place to live.
So how about it? This week take a tenth of your time and cheer about the good things in our community. You will be glad you did.
James Barney is a former school superintendent. He resides in Marion and is owner of the Haven on Vine B&B.


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Kingstonian boss Alan Dowson reckons finishing second in the table means nothing when it comes to who is favourite to win the Ryman Premier League play-offs.
A 1-1 draw at Dulwich Hamlet on Saturday proved enough for Ks to finish runners-up to champions Wealdstone – and secure a potentially crucial home advantage in the play-offs.
In a turbulent final day of the regular season, Bognor Regis Town lost 4-2 at East Thurrock, meaning a point lifted Dowson's side above their Sussex promotion rivals.
It means K's will play AFC Hornchurch at Kingsmeadow this Wednesday and, if they win, would be at home again the following Bank Holiday Monday against either Bognor Regis Town or Lowestoft Town.
But manager the Kingsmeado chief stressed that, home or away, knockout games are all about what happens on the day.
"There's no favourites now," said Dowson.
"AFC Hornchurch are a Conference South side who've just come down to this league and are looking to go back up and they've got about nine forwards to pick from.
"Were Sutton favourites against us in 2010? Probably – but we beat them. Were we favourites against Boreham Wood in the final when K's lost 1-0? It just doesn't work like that.
"To be at home, of course it's an advantage. You wouldn't want to play every single game away. But it wouldn't have bothered us to go away. We'd have got on with it. But it is good for the fans and good for the area."
Hamlet, with Turkish midfielder Erhun Oztumer pulling the strings, started fast and took a deserved lead when Kevin James drilled in a half-clearance from the edge of the box.
But this Ks side, on a 13-match unbeaten run, has a habit of grinding its way back into games.
After a defensive adjustment to cope with the loss of left-back Bruce Hogg to injury in the opening phase, Steve Laidler and Daniel Sweeney gradually put Dowson's men on the front foot.
Sweeney it was who scored the equaliser on the stroke of half-time.
Player of the year Ryan Moss expertly laid off the ball 20 yards out and the former AFC Wimbledon midfielder ran on to slam the ball first time into the bottom corner.
As a tense second half wore on, results elsewhere began to filter through.
"We knew what the scores were in the second half," said Dowson.
"In the first-half I wasn't interested but I told [physio] Jamie Street to keep tabs on it and when we found out East Thurrock were winning 4-2… we felt secure and could just hit Dulwich on the break."
Hamlet knew a win was likely to be necessary for them to make the top five and scrambled desperately in the closing stages for that elusive goal in front of a crowd of over 1,300 at Champion Hill.
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Your invitation to this year's tackle and cheer banquet for Grades 6 - 8 has been sent to you by e-mail. Please look for it. The banquet will be held at The Italian Center in Stamford on Tuesday, December 2 at 6:30 pm. Your RSVP is due by November 18.
We are planning to have another exciting raffle as part of this year's celebration. In the past few years we have been fortunate to be able to supply our athletes with new jerseys, pants, helmets, cheerleading uniforms, lights, a scoreboard, tackling sleds, dummies - among other things. But a successful fundraising effort at the banquet is necessary to continue to provide the equipment and apparel the kids need.
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Wal-Mart is a little late to the HD DVD pity party, finally deciding to offer tokens to suckers who threw in with the dead format. Until April 30, they'll refund any HD DVD player bought after Nov. 1, as long as you've got the original receipt, though you don't need the original packaging.
If you wanna dump your HD DVDs, too, Best Buy will take them off your hands, but don't expect too much scratch for 'em ($2.70 a piece). But, their HD DVD apology offers are the most generous of anyone's (to make up for usually reaming you?), so for change, we actually hope you bought your HD DVD goods there. [WSJ]


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Goldman Sachs made more than a quarter of a billion pounds last year by speculating on food staples, reigniting the controversy over banks profiting from the global food crisis.
Less than a week after the Bank of England Governor, Sir Mervyn King, slapped Goldman Sachs on the wrist for attempting to save its UK employees millions of pounds in tax by delaying bonus payments, the investment bank faces fresh accusations that it is contributing to rising food prices.
Goldman made about $400m (£251m) in 2012 from investing its clients' money in a range of "soft commodities", from wheat and maize to coffee and sugar, according to an analysis for The Independent by the World Development Movement (WDM). This contributed to the 68 per cent jump in profits for 2012 Goldman announced last week, allowing it to push up the average pay and bonus package of its bankers to £250,000.
The extent of Goldman's food speculation can be revealed after the UN warned that the world could face a major hunger crisis in 2013, after failed harvests in the US and Ukraine. Food prices surged last summer, with cereal prices hitting a record high in September.


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Legal work has its own specialised accounting requirements. If you're in the legal industry, it's vital you choose law firm accounting software that helps you work smarter and faster. So how do you find the right software for your firm?
Run your legal practice more efficiently
Law firms usually have many different clients at a time. Some will be on retainer, others on fixed fees. Transactional charges and hourly rates will be used for some types of work.
One of the hardest aspects of running a law firm is often not the legal work. It's keeping track of time – and then billing for it.
Doing this manually quickly becomes complicated. Online accounting software for law firms automates and simplifies the work.
But that's just one advantage of online or cloud accounting software – there are many others. This guide explores the benefits of online accounting software and how to find the best package for your law firm.
Flexible tracking and billing
Law firms work in many different legal areas. These include business law, probate, divorces, criminal law, tort and conveyancing. Each one may be tracked and billed differently. So you need a system that can handle:
- hourly rates for advising and similar work
- fixed fees for tasks such as will writing
- transactional charges
- retainers, usually on a monthly basis.
You may also want to track your pro bono work. Even if you don't charge for it, it's useful to have a record of the time spent.
Accounting software needs to cope with different payment types. This includes direct bank transfers, credit and debit card payments. You may also need to use online services such as PayPal.
Fast and accurate invoicing
Tracking your time is one thing, but invoicing for it is another. You'll need software that makes it quick and easy to create an invoice.
The best law firm accounting software makes it easy to:
- quickly set up invoice templates for different types of work. These can all be customised with your firm's logo and design.
- import billing information from your accounts automatically
- send invoices electronically, via email
- track who's paid and who hasn't
- see when someone has viewed your invoice.
Nobody really goes into business to spend their precious time invoicing. So it makes sense to use software that does most of the work for you.
Five key benefits of online accounting software
If you're a lawyer who's often out all day visiting clients you'll need to be able to access your accounts from any location. Online accounting software lets you do this:
- Work while you travel
With online software, you can log into your accounts securely over the internet and can use a laptop, tablet or smartphone. You could work on your accounts on the train home after a court case. Or raise an invoice on the way back from a client meeting.
- Automatic upgrades and backups
You don't need to worry about software upgrades or backups of your accounting data. These will be handled for you behind the scenes by the software company.
- Instant recovery from theft or disaster
In the event that your practice has a break-in, fire or flood there will be virtually no down time. Your financial data is safely and securely stored online, so it's easy to quickly get up and running again – just log in.
- Easy data sharing
You can give your bookkeeper and accountant remote logins. This will let them securely access the accounting information they need. It's far safer than sending USB memory sticks through the mail or sharing files via email. You can control the level of access for each user.
- Simple integration with other software
The best software can sync with other business applications. You could have a specialised end-to-end solution – for example you could sync a timesheet application with your accounting system.
Tracking your time is one thing. Invoicing for it is another. You'll need software that makes it easy and quick to create an invoice.
Compliance with tax legislation
Every business needs to comply with tax law. But lawyers must be particularly careful. So before you decide which accounting software to use, make sure it complies with tax laws in your country. This will save you trouble – and possibly an audit – at a later date.
Manage your staff using built-in payroll features
The best law firm accounting software will handle your payroll needs too. From interns to senior partners, it needs to be able to:
- handle setting up new employees
- process timesheets
- manage holiday and maternity or paternity leave
- manage sick leave and benefit payments
- process expenses claims quickly and easily
- process direct bank payments to your staff
- keep track of all tax-related information.
It makes little sense to have a separate payroll system. So choose one that's easy to tie in with your accounting package and look for payroll software that makes things simple.
Use reports to see the big picture
A big benefit of accounting software for law firms is the ability to generate reports. This turns pages of numbers into easy-to-understand graphs and charts.
Reports can quickly show you which area of legal work is the most profitable for your firm. You can drill down into the figures and see which clients are profitable. This will help you steer your firm in the right direction.
Effective reporting tools give you great new insight into your firm's financial situation. And it's hard to build an effective business strategy without them.
Research and recommendations for law firm accounting software
Now you know what features you're looking for, how do you find a system that ticks all the boxes?
- Get recommendations from people you trust
Talk to business associates, partners and some of your successful clients. Find out what they use and why. Talk to your accountant or bookkeeper and see what they recommend.
- Read customer reviews
The internet makes it easy to find out what people think of products. So read discussion forums and ask questions online. Research the market. See which products are available, and which ones might suit your firm.
Make the right decision the first time
The accounting software you choose will become a core part of your law firm. That means it's important you make the right choice. You wouldn't want to have to change software after a year – so do the necessary due diligence before you buy.
Understand your requirements now and for the foreseeable future. Then find the best system for the needs of your practice. It will make life much easier for you and your entire team.


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EDITOR WES RAYNAL: Still in house-moving mode for the second week with many more likely to come. So another pickup truck request and the 2012 Avalanche LTZ assigned. Didn't know Chevrolet still made the Avalanche—thought it'd been killed a while back.
Dozens and dozens of times I've expressed my love for the full-size pickup, and this (actually the Silverado but this is cool, too) along with the Ford F-150 are my two favorites.
I'm always impressed with how refined the automakers have made these full-time pickups. The view of the road is commanding, the seats are comfortable, and the power is good. Additionally the steering is good for a truck (decent steering in a truck!) as is the ride. Of course, the rock-solid chassis makes for refined and comfy highway cruiser.
As for moving with the Avalanche, it did a fine job once I removed the bed cover (actually there are three individual ones) and stowed it (them) in the garage for the weekend.
I didn't mess with the midgate—didn't need to.
These Avalanches will be collectors' items one day. Mark my words.
NEWS EDITOR GREG MIGLIORE: I like the looks, power and confidence of this beast, and like Wes, I didn't realize Chevy still made it. I'll start with the aesthetics. The Avalanche appears clean, has simple yet strong sheetmetal, and the cabin is well laid-out and comfortable. It made for an excellent environment on a stormy, dim morning punctuated by flashes of lightning. With the widows partially open and the radio up, it was an energetic, airy experience as I made my way into work, looking over nearly everything else on the road.
The power is decent, though this rig weighs nearly three tons, and there is bit of lag when stomping on the throttle. It's capable, however, and not slow or lackadaisical. With the elevated ride height and big wheels, I was grateful to be piloting this thing when coming upon a huge puddle of standing water at speed on the expressway. I did the only thing I could: grip the steering wheel and plow through unscathed. Really glad I wasn't in our long-term Fiat 500 C.
Additionally, the Avalanche is reasonable to maneuver (I know, I found myself in a close-cornered parking area and had to ease out of it with multiple turns), and the suspension is plenty comfy. The price tag is a bit high, but you get a ton—nearly three tons, actually—of machine.
This is an interesting option instead of a full-size truck if you are looking for more of a utility vehicle rather than brute pickup power.
EXECUTIVE EDITOR BOB GRITZINGER: Unlike my colleagues, I was all too aware that one of my favorite Swiss Army trucks was going away—and it does pain me to some extent. The Avalanche has always been the maximum do-everything vehicle, with its big crew cabin, midgate functionality, and weather-tight truck bed. There's something to be said for being able to load up a truck bed full of dry stuff and not have to worry about any of it getting wet should a sudden squall pop up on your route to your campsite or hunting spot. And then there's the ability to extend that climate-controlled space right into the cabin of the truck by flipping down the midgate.
On the other hand--there's always that, isn't there?—the Avalanche's days have been numbered since crew cab pickups took center stage in the marketplace, and truck caps became vastly improved in terms of security and weather-tightness. Why spend the extra bucks on the complex midgate when you can get nearly the same level of utility out of your crew cab pickup?
My experience over a long weekend with the Avalanche bore that out. Despite a wide range of activities, from a river canoeing and biking trip to a family drive to a ball game and fireworks show to around town errands, I never once felt the need to exercise the midgate. I did appreciate the secure truck bed storage, but it was the roof rack and trailer hitch that provided most of the utility I needed—and those are fairly standard options on most pickup trucks. We strapped a canoe to the roof, hung bikes on a trailer hitch rack and carried most everything else we needed inside the crew cab and in the truck bed. No problem, but not something that we couldn't have handled with a pickup, or even a reasonably equipped crossover or SUV.
The Avalanche, like all Chevy big trucks, is a solid over-the-road machine, smooth and steady in the lane, but also very capable when the road turns to sand and gravel. No worries.
Over its 11 ½ years on the market, Chevy has sold a total of 595,000 Avalanches, with the high water mark of 93,000 way back in 2003. Sales have barely broken 20,000 per year since 2009, which doesn't make it worth the trouble, especially when you consider that Chevy sold 33,000 Silverados in June alone.
Adios, Avalanche. We loved you back in the day, but that day has passed.
2012 Chevrolet Avalanche LTZ
Base Price: $51,300
As-Tested Price: $53,715
Drivetrain: 5.3-liter V8; 4WD, six-speed automatic
Output: 320 hp @ 5,400 rpm, 335 lb-ft @ 4,000 rpm
Curb Weight: 5,803 lb
Fuel Economy (EPA/AW): 17/17.2 mpg
Options: Sun and entertainment package including rear-seat entertainment system, additional 9 months of XM radio and Navtraffic, power sunroof ($2,435), heavy-duty cooling package including engine oil cooling system, transmission oil cooler ($230), trailer brake controller ($200)
Shop for a new Chevrolet Avalanche at shopautoweek.com.


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There are those who are overrated, those who are underrated and those who are rated appropriately. Jim Carrey as the Riddler in 1995? Overrated. DeVito as the Penguin in 1992? Underrated. Christopher Walken, too! Michelle Pfieffer as Catwoman in 1992? Appropriately rated. Fantasy winners and losers (speaking of Michelle Pfieffer in 1992!) are almost always the ones who avoid them that are overrated, grab the appropriately rated players when it is appropriate to do so and hold off just long enough on the underrated players to still earn value from their draft position. The latter are who we are looking at today: the DeVitos … that's a direct callback from three sentences ago, not my impression of a Romanian's favorite corn chip (Cool Ranch DeVitos!). We're looking at a handful of players that deserve to go a couple rounds sooner than they probably will. And you're looking to take advantage of that fact.
Anyway, here are some players to target for 2011 fantasy basketball:
John Wall – This makes me feel bad for John Wall that I have to put John Wall on this list. Had Griffin not ruptured his tendon two preseasons ago and missed all of '09, John Wall would be ranked a round higher than he is after the rookie year he had. But, nope. Griffin blew the doors off the universe and all John Wall got was a name that you have to say as a complete thing. When John Wall learns how to play within a team and take a few smarter shots, John Wall will be a bigger name than ever (JOHN WALL!)
Jrue Holiday – Dude never lags, never slows, never dogs it. He never takes days off, which is ironic considering he's a Holiday. (Hat tip to Shecky Greene)
Tony Parker – I get it. He's French and you don't trust the French. I better not see you slipping Batum into your draft queue then.
Rodrigue Beaubois – He played poorly in the quarter of a season he was healthy and has since gone completely unnoticed this offseason. My guess is, he won't even be drafted in most leagues. Fine. Cool. Dandy. Pick him up with your last pick and stash him if you can. Terry and Kidd ain't getting any younger.
Jared Dudley – I'm convinced Dudley and Jordan Crawford won two of my fantasy basketball leagues last year. I'll be surprised if one or both of these guys aren't on my roster this year. I'm loyal like that. I had a crush on my 7th grade gym class square dance partner seven years after we left junior high. Wouldn't even look at another girl. The only reason I changed was because restraining orders ain't no joke.
DeMar DeRozan – DeRozan's straight outta Compton, fits well (or Fitzwell, if you're an Irish shoemaker) in Canada and no one is drafting him until around the 80th pick. I have him going about a dozen spots before that. Why? Who else is gonna produce on this team? Ed Davis?
Ed Davis – … Yeah, actually, Alternate Me. I do think Ed Davis will produce. Why do you have to be so ornery? He had a 16 PER in his rookie season and averaged a per36 double-double. If he can earn 32 points per game this season, he'll likely average a double-double. But you probably haven't considered that because no one gives a hoot about the Raptors.
Iman Shumpert – Everyone's looking at Chris Paul and forgetting that Landry Fields collapsed at the finish line to last season and Toney Douglas is going to play a lot of minutes backing up Chauncey Billups' bag of bones. Swoop in to the starting two-guard spot, Shumpert! Swoop! Swoompert!
Evan Turner – He was the No.2 pick in last year's draft and Jodie Meeks is the only thing standing in his way for minutes. Does Jodie Meeks seem like the type of player that's going to stand in anyone's way? His last name suggests he won't be difficult to lift and set in a cupboard somewhere.
Marcus Thornton – Rookie year: benched until last half of season then went off. Second year: benched until last half of season, traded, then went off. Third year: locked out, took up broadcasting, will call Sacramento's first 33 games, will return to the roster, then go off. (I'm, like, into predicting stuff these days.)
Gordon Hayward – Averaged 36 mpg/16/3/3 in the final seven games of the season. It's a small sample size, but like all small things, I'm making do with it as best I can.
Serge Ibaka – I specifically remember watching last year's playoffs thinking, "I need to rank this guy higher than his season ttotal stats dictate I should." Then my cat jumped on my lap and scared me to death. So now I equate my pee-stained couch to the irrational need to draft Ibaka a round earlier than some others.
Joakim Noah – If he stays healthy, he's one of the few players in the league I wouldn't scoff at knocking Dwight off his Defensive Player of the Year throne. This is at least partially due to me not knowing exactly how to scoff.
J.J. Hickson –Apparently, my team is gonna be jam-packed with Raptors, Kings and Sixers. Apparently, I'm taking a break from fantasy basketball this year.


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Director's desk
NIELIT-The HRD organization under Department of Electronics and Information Technology (DeitY), Govt. of India is mandated to train and skill people in the Information, Electronics and Communication Technology (IECT) areas.
The NIELIT Guwahati with 5 numbers Extension Centres in Assam located at Khanapara, Tezpur, Silchar, Jorhat and Kokrajhar (one more is coming up at Dibrugarh) are providing various Training programmers of NIELIT.
In order to cover every nook and corner of the state, NIELIT Guwahati has recently tied up with 59 Training Partners to make NIELIT courses reachable in even rural areas.
The centre is also working in line with 'Digital India' programme of Govt. of India by providing skilling courses in ESDM (Electronics System Design and Manufacturing) with sponsorship from DeitY, Govt. of India, in Assam through 8 (Eight) numbers of Training Partners.
The NIELIT Guwahati Centre and its Extension Centers are conducting with utmost sincerity the various Government schemes for the benefit of youths especially from the rural areas.
At NIELIT Guwahati we are committed to provide services to the society as per mandate with utmost sincerity.


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This article or section contains lore taken from Warcraft novels or short stories.
Meitre was a famous night elf. He was a great wizard from many thousands of years ago. After his death, he left a collection of scrolls and spells that were researched by other wizards.[1] (CoH 129)
Elven mages didn't attempt to cast from Meitre's scrolls until the final year of their apprenticeships, and humans didn't even try until their apprenticeships were completed.[1] (CoH 129) In arcane academies, such as those in Dalaran and Silvermoon, it was established policy that apprentices not be allowed near them. The students of Scavell all read the scrolls, though only Aegwynn did so with permission, and was able to gain mastery over the spells and rituals in the scrolls in record time. The scrolls covered magical topics ranging from transmutation to advanced ward-penetration, and likely a number of other subjects.
For much of Aegwynn's tenure as Guardian, the Meitre scrolls served as a sort of advanced guideline for magical theory; however, by the time that Jaina Proudmoore was training, the scrolls had been largely laid aside, and the only known copies were lost when the Violet Citadel was destroyed.
However, Meryl Felstorm hands some ancient scrolls of Meitre to the mage player when he arrives in the Hall of the Guardian and starts his quest for the staff Aluneth.


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Space travel: '60s CD takes a UFO ride
Some girls like mink. Some like diamonds. I like the Troggs.
A few years ago, my mom handed over her coveted breadbox of '60s singles. As a kid, I'd tried to sneak in a few scratches with my Fisher Price needle and discovered I was better at getting grounded than doing the frug. She'd collected the 45s throughout her youth, which transpired during the golden era of garage and psych.
Those bad seeds created some pretty good music. Soon, inspired upstarts in smaller locales introduced their own versions of the stuff. Here in Virginia, the mop-haired outfits mostly hailed from the gritty city of Richmond, but they could be found as close as Staunton and as far away as Winchester and Bristol.
Thanks to Charlottesville resident Brent Hosier, the Aliens, Psychos, and Wild Things compilations have attempted to record this spike in Virginia's musical timeline. It could be the finest assortment of regional groups to date. For those who missed the heyday, or those who just want to relive a little mind-expansion, the series is worth the investment.
Volume Three, "Virginia and Outer Spaces: 1965-1970," is the most recent release. Collecting 71 minutes worth of those eerie flashes in the pan must have been a monumental task; Hosier supplemented his own personal collection with lucky finds, and dug deep for biographical information and buried gems (he even transferred songs from an Ampex 8-track cartridge tape).
Simply put, Volume Three feels like a UFO cruise down Tobacco Road. Liner notes describe the contributing individuals as "heavy high school poets, who even when they miss the mark, are aided by fuzz and pizzazz." True, occasionally they drop from the bulls eye, but it's easy to cut them slack; the adolescent fusion of hearts and hormones can be a little awkward at times.
Groups like the Perpetuated Spirits of Turpentine, Velvet Haze, and the Changing Tymes may sound a little frilly on the cuff, but the songs don't crimson and clover over and over. Instead, they roll along the astral plane with a blues-heavy inertia. In many of the tunes, like the Wanted & Co.'s "Why" and the Lost Souls' "Minds Expressway," sine waves shimmer forth from electric organs.
The IV Pack's "Whatzit?" is a Booker T. rooster strut for "the girl who gives a psychotic reaction," and comes complete with an interpretative interlude. On softer numbers, like "For You" by the Lost Souls, it's easy to envision dust motes slow-dancing through the beams.
With "Days of a Quiet Sun," the Barracudas speed their 2:56 Byrds-like ascension with tambourine rattles and vocal effects. Bosom Blues' bow to the "Hippie Queen" is filled with the guitar neckin' of hot-fingered local legend Larry McCullough, who later resurfaced in Zion Crossroads (excellent name).
However, the winning cover-worthy candidate is the adrenalin-fueled "Urban 44" by Morning Disaster– easy riders from Petersburg, of all places.


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The winners of the 2013 "Earth and Sky" photo contest show off the beauties of the night sky and demonstrate the effects of light pollution.
Are the images featured in The World at Night's annual "Earth and Sky" photography contest meant to celebrate the wonders of the night sky, or draw attention to the worries about the night sky? They're meant to do both, says astrophotographer Babak Tafreshi.
For example, consider "Stars Over Salzburg," one of this year's top-rated images. Your first impulse is to marvel at the golden glow of the Austrian city, as seen from an Alpine vantage point high above.
"But then you realize the photographer has moved away from the city to the mountaintops in order to separate himself from the light pollution," Tafreshi, founder of The World at Night, told NBC News in an email. "Inside the yellow light cast by the city, people are no longer able to see this beauty."
That's the tragedy of the modern world, right? Studies suggest that as much as 80 percent of the world's population can no longer see the Milky Way, due to the lights that illuminate our cities and roadways. But it doesn't have to be that way, and the picture of Salzburg proves it. Tafreshi pointed out that the direct, unshielded glow of city lights can be seen even from a mountaintop.
"That shows that the lights are shining upward," he said. "Light pollution is not the lights we need for our modern world. It's the unnecessary, wrong-directed and excessive light that scatters to the sky instead of illuminating the ground. It isn't just an astronomer's problem. It's a major waste of energy, it disrupts ecosystems and has adverse health effects."
The International Dark-Sky Association estimates that $1 billion is spent in the United States every year to generate artificial light that goes to waste. And as other countries become more urbanized, the stars disappear from wider swaths of the world.
"Our images try to show how the night sky is an essential part of our environment, and not just an astronomer's laboratory," Tafreshi said. "They display how the night sky is becoming a forgotten part of nature for many people in urban, light-polluted areas. A major goal for us in TWAN imaging is to reclaim the beauties of the night sky and make people aware of this."
The World at Night isn't just about the dark side of the disappearing sky. The winning photos include views that reveal cosmic glories in all their purity. "A good example in this year's contest is 'Crossed Destiny' by Luc Perrot, from Reunion Island near Madagascar," Tafreshi said. "The stunning view of the Milky Way above the Indian Ocean has no touch of our modern world. The galactic band is merged with the horizon of our planet."
Click through our slideshow of images from this year's "Earth and Sky" contest, and check out The World at Night's website for still more cosmic glories and cautionary tales.
Earth and Sky Photo Contest 2013 from Babak Tafreshi on Vimeo Watch it in full-screen HD.
More beauties of the world at night:
- The World at Night 2012: Darkness and light
- Slideshow: The World at Night 2011
- All-time top 10 astronomy pictures
- The Month in Space Pictures: April 2013
Alan Boyle is NBCNews.com's science editor. Connect with the Cosmic Log community by "liking" the NBC News Science Facebook page, following @b0yle on Twitter and adding the Cosmic Log page to your Google+ presence. To keep up with NBCNews.com's stories about science and space, sign up for the Tech & Science newsletter, delivered to your email in-box every weekday. You can also check out "The Case for Pluto," my book about the controversial dwarf planet and the search for new worlds.


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SANTA CLARA — The 49ers capped a busy first day of free agency by acquiring Jonathan Martin in a trade with the Miami Dolphins on Tuesday night.
Martin, who left the Dolphins in late October amid a bullying scandal that rocked the NFL, played for 49ers coach Jim Harbaugh at Stanford and is expected to compete for the backup spot at both tackles. If Martin makes the opening day roster, the 49ers owe Miami a seventh-round pick in 2015, ESPN reported.
"Big news," Martin wrote on his Twitter account shortly before the deal was announced. "Beyond blessed."
In another tweet, he wrote: "Opportunities are few in the NFL … Can't wait to get to work #9erEmpire."
The 49ers' first move of the day had been to sign safety Antoine Bethea, a two-time Pro Bowler from the Indianapolis Colts, after Donte Whitner left to join his hometown Cleveland Browns. Then they re-signed kicker Phil Dawson (two years) and cornerback Eric Wright (one year). That was followed by the acquisition of quarterback Blaine Gabbert in a trade with Jacksonville for another low-round draft choice, possibly two — which qualified as a surprise until the Martin deal came along.
Martin, a second-round draft pick in 2012, hasn't played since abruptly leaving the Dolphins, citing constant harassment that was confirmed upon a league investigation.
Harbaugh supported Martin throughout the Dolphins scandal, saying he considered Martin a personal friend and describing him as someone who "epitomized the student-athlete model" at Stanford.
"Coach Harbaugh emphasized that he never doubted Martin's physical or mental toughness, and he believes that Martin can continue to have a successful career in the NFL," investigator Ted Wells wrote in his report. "Coach Harbaugh also said that the atmosphere in the Stanford locker room, in his view, was not materially different from that of the San Francisco 49ers' locker room."
Martin started all 23 games he played for the Dolphins — 13 at right tackle and 10 at left tackle — but he will be competing for a backup spot with the 49ers, who have Joe Staley and Anthony Davis entrenched as starters. Competition for the "swing tackle" spot will include Alex Boone and Adam Snyder,
"He's coming into a great group of guys, specifically the offensive line," Snyder told TMZ.com. "If he can help us win a Super Bowl, I'm all for it."
"Welcome to the Team Bro," tight end Vernon Davis wrote on Twitter. "We are all about winning over here. #49ers."
To that end, the overhaul of the defensive backfield is likely to have a bigger impact than Martin.
With the departures of Whitner and Carlos Rogers — the latter was released Tuesday for salary-cap reasons — the entire 2012 Super Bowl secondary will be gone if free agent Tarrell Brown chooses to sign elsewhere. Dashon Goldson started the exodus a year ago, signing with Tampa Bay, and Whitner followed suit Tuesday by taking a four-year, $28 million deal with the Browns.
"My time in San Fran will always be cherished," Whitner posted on Twitter. "I love everything about the place. I left my heart and soul out there each and every week."
The 49ers signed Bethea to a four-year deal worth $16-20 million, substantially less than what Whitner cost. Bethea, 29, was a sixth-round pick in 2006 from Howard University. Unlike Whitner, Bethea rarely draws penalties and went all of last season without being flagged. Whitner was flagged five times for unnecessary roughness last season, including once in the NFC Championship game loss to Seattle.
For Gabbert, the 49ers gave Jacksonville a sixth-round pick and the possibility of more compensation depending on Gabbert's role with the 49ers in 2014. That is not expected to be much, at least in the view of Bill Polian, the former Indianapolis Colts executive who now serves as an analyst for ESPN.
"I would not count on him to contribute to the squad," Polian said of Gabbert.
The 49ers passed on Gabbert in the 2011 draft to select his Missouri teammate, Aldon Smith, No. 7 overall. The Jaguars took Gabbert at No. 10, he went 5-22 as a starter, and he lost his job last season to Chad Henne amid injuries and poor production (one touchdown, seven interceptions).
"We thought highly of Blaine as an early entry into the 2011 NFL draft," 49ers general manager Trent Baalke said in a statement. "He is a high-character individual that will be given every opportunity to develop within our system."
The only other quarterback on the 49ers' roster is McLeod Bethel-Thompson, who finished last season on the practice squad.
Dawson, 39, will return after kicking the second-most field goals in 49ers history (32), including a franchise-record 27 in a row at one point. His first order of business will be to learn the nuances of kicking at Levi's Stadium, where the wind patterns already have caught Dawson's eye.
"I watched the video on 49ers.com the other day, and as everyone was marveling at the first set of automatic goal posts, I was just staring at the flags that fluctuated," Dawson said on a conference call. "Then I went to weather.com and saw it was only a 10 mph day. That's kind of the life I live."
SS Antoine Bethea (two-time Pro Bowler), QB Blaine Gabbert (2011 first-round pick who is 5-22 as a starter),
SS Donte Whitner (four-year, $28 million deal with Browns), CB Carlos Rogers (released).
K Phil Dawson (reportedly a two-year deal), DL Demarcus Dobbs ($1.4 million tender), LB Michael Wilhoite (tendered one-year contract), CB Eric Wright (one-year deal).
The following are free agents: CB Tarell Brown, CB Perrish Cox, C Jonathan Goodwin, RB Anthony Dixon, WR Kassim Osgood, WR Mario Manningham.


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California Republicans are often caricatured as having few ideas beyond the willingness to say "no."
Joe Rodota puts the lie to this. He's a Republican policy thinker and consultant who works with people across party lines and is always on the hunt for new ideas.
Rodota recently offered a mostly upbeat assessment of the state's "reform industry." In the process, he made a smart case for an idea sometimes known as as the "citizen legislature."
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This doesn't mean putting regular folks in the regular legislature. What it does mean, as Rodota explains at Fox & Hounds Daily.
The idea would be that, once every two years, a group of several hundred average citizens would consider and place on the ballot one measure – and one measure only – on the subject of its choosing. It might be a simple education reform, or a campaign finance overhaul – whatever the participants decided – placed on the November ballot as a "citizen's initiative".
There's also value in creating a new process whereby a previous initiative can be outright repealed, once its flaws have become painfully obvious to all.
Having a way to subtract rules from California's mess of a system has a ton of value.
The legislature can ask voters to repeal an initiative or chagne the constitution, but that doesn't often work -- in part because it's the legislature, which no one trusts, proposing the change.
Rodota suggests some alternatives for this notion of addition-by-subtraction.
An alternative would be to take an existing organization, such as the Little Hoover Commission (appointed by the Governor and legislative leaders) and give it the power to review and place on the ballot one or two measures, each election cycle, which they believe should be repealed. One such candidate for a "do-over" might be Proposition 98, which has clearly demonstrated, over its more than 20-year history, a failure to provide transparent and predictable funding for California schools.
Thoughtful stuff.
I do wish that Rodota conceived of this repeal power more broadly -- so many of the whips and chains in California's system are connected to each other that it'd be nice if you could repeal many related things together.
But this idea is a start -- on the path of giving California a simpler governing structure.
Lead Prop Zero blogger Joe Mathews is California editor at Zocalo Public Square, a fellow at Arizona State University's Center for Social Cohesion, and co-author of California Crackup: How Reform Broke the Golden State and How We Can Fix It (University of California, 2010).
Send us your thoughts via Twitter @PropZero or add your comment to our Facebook page.


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View all images from the London College of Fashion Cordwainers Shoe Collection
Cordwainers College had its origins in the Leather Trades School which was founded in Bethnal Green, London in 1887, and was the first school of boot and shoe manufacture. The term "Cordwainer" derives from the fact that in the Middle Ages, the finest leather was imported from Cordova, Spain, and bootmakers working with this leather became known as Cordwainers. The Worshipful Company of Cordwainers, which had been involved in the establishment of the school, took responsibility for it from 1913 when it became known as the Cordwainers Technical College. In 1946 it moved to Mare Street in Hackney and became Cordwainers College in 1989. The college was unique in providing vocational courses in footwear, saddlery and leathercraft. In August 2000 it was incorporated in the London College of Fashion, one of the constituent colleges of the London Institute, where the Cordwainers courses in footwear and accessories continue.
The shoe collection, of around 650 items, was built up by Cordwainers College as a teaching aid and it consists mainly of women's shoes with some men's and a few children's, the majority being British "fashion" footwear with some orthopaedic, some prize and exhibition work, lasts and shoemaker's tools and some ethnic footwear. A number of the items are unfinished, or cut to show technical details, and others show alterations or repairs.
The shoes cover the period from 1780-1990s and include examples produced by important makers e.g. Pinet, (late 1870's), Joseph Box (1890's), James Taylor (c 1900-1910) and W.L. Douglas (1900, 1920). Many of the men's shoes are important because their rarity. Other well-know makers are represented including Bartley (c 1885-1920), Bata (1960's), Clarks, (1965-71) Flack and Smith (1890's), Peal (1920's and 1930's), Ravel (early 1970's), Rosenthal and Doucette (1930's) and Sacha (c 1973). The collection, although incomplete, includes many items which illustrate the history of shoe fashions and shoemaking constructions and techniques.
Twelve of the shoes are on long term loan to Northampton Museum and twelve to Clarks Shoe Museum, where they have been on display. The rest of the collection had been in storage for many years, undocumented and inaccessible, until June Swann M.B.E. (Assistant Keeper of the Boot and Shoe Collection, Northampton Museum 1950-1988, Founder Member and Chairman of the Costume Society 1980-87 and now international Consultant on the History of Shoes and Shoemaking) began to work on the catalogue in 1992. The cataloguing was completed in 2000 and photographed in early 2001 by Alexander Brattell (email@example.com) a professional photographer who also teaches at the London College of Fashion, with June Swann ensuring that key features were recorded.
The images and metadata presented in the Cordwainers College Shoe Collection are copyright of the London College of Fashion. They may be used for private research and study purposes only. They must not be copied or amended in any way without first gaining the permission of the copyright holder.
Enquiries regarding reproduction should be sent to the address below. The original shoes are too fragile to be handled and are not available for study purposes.
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Fashion, by Polygoon-Profilti (producer) / Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision (curator), is licensed under Creative Commons – Attribution-Share Alike.
F is for Fun!
And F could be for Fed Up today with Fashion's aesthetic of sick circus ponies
strutting balefully down the runway ? I have no idea why Fashion takes itself so seriously and models in Fabulous clothes must look so totally tired of life.
Oh to inject a little Vintage Verve into the whole game..


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United States presidential election, 1932
The country faced a great economic depression by the time President Herbert Hoover was up for reelection. Although he won the Republican party nomination, he was unpopular in the overall opinions of the people because of the depression. The Democrats nominated Franklin D. Roosevelt as their candidate.
Roosevelt proposed a "New Deal" for Americans, a program with emphasis on states' rights, opposition to too powerful central government, opposition to big government which should be cut down to its proper size, opposition to high taxes, unbalanced budgets, and government debts. In preelection speeches, Roosevelt stressed the rights of the states so much so as to urge that public welfare relief, old age pensions and unemployment insurance should be administered by the states, and that the federal government would merely aid the states with relief funds and serve as collection agent for social insurance. Above all Roosevelt decried the shocking spending habits of the Republicans and the mounting public debt. He called Herbert Hoover "the greatest spender in history." He said of the Republican party : "It has piled bureau on bureau, commission on commission ... at the expense of the taxpayer." He told the people: "For three long years I have been going up and down this country preaching that government, federal, state and local, costs too much. I shall not stop that preaching."
Roosevelt claimed to be against Big Government saying, "We must merge, we must consolidate subdivisions of government and, like private citizens, give up luxuries which we can no longer afford." Roosevelt repeated over and over during the campaign: "I propose to you that government, big and little, be made solvent and that the example be set by the President of the United States and his cabinet." As governor of New York from 1928 to 1932 Roosevelt inherited from Gov. Al Smith a surplus of $15,000,000 and left it with a deficit of $90,000,000. Toward the end of the 1932 Presidential campaign he cried: "Stop the deficits! Stop the deficits!"
This was the New Deal as it was described to the people in the fall of 1932.
Another thing that smeared Hoover's campaign was when a group of Veterans made a public march. Hoover ordered General Douglas MacArthur to gently disperse them. However McArthur was far from gentle and several people were badly injured. Hoover bore the blame for it. The voters clearly decided in favor of Roosevelt on election day.
|popular vote
|electoral vote
|Franklin Roosevelt
|Herbert Hoover
|Norman Thomas
|William Z. Foster
|William D. Upshaw
|Verne L. Reynolds
|William H. Harvey
- ↑ A Pictoral History of the U.S. Presidents, by Clare Gibson, Gramercy Books, 2001, p. 124.


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All of us go through a coming-of-age period when it comes to music, beginning roughly when we enter grade 9 and continuing through until our early 20s. As we figure out who we are as people, we use music to understand ourselves and then to project that identity to the world. We also have lots of time and energy to devote to sourcing out music–especially new music–that touches us.
But by the time our mid-20s approach, life starts to get in the way. Jobs. Family. Mortgages. The amount of time and energy left over to devote to music begins to diminish. By age 30, it's often just easier to default to the favourite music of your youth.
Science is most interested in this behaviour. Deezer, the France-based streaming service, is also interested because this sort of thing directly affects their business.
Deezer commissioned a survey of 1,000 people in the UK about their music preferences. They discovered that the peak age for music discovery is 24. This is based on the metric of listening to 10 or more new tracks a week. About 64% said that they listened to five new artists every month.
After 24, it's all downhill. People report difficulties keeping up with what's new and cool.
- 60% say that they're in a rut musically. The same songs over and over again work just fine for them.
- 25% reported being open to new music
- 19% complain that there's too much music out there and they're overwhelmed by the choice
- 16% say having a job is getting in the way
- 11% say they're too busy with children and family
- About half the people (47%) said they wished they had more time to devote to music. That means 53% just can't be arsed anymore.
Need more? Another survey of music preferences using data from Spotify offered up these facts.
- Music in our teen years is dominated by current music, the stuff that's new and cool.
- Tastes eventually "mature" until we reach our early 30s. By 33, a sizeable number of people had stopped listening to new music entirely. Instead, nostalgia takes over and the music of our youth becomes dominant.
- Songs from your teens will be popular again among people of your same age a decade later.
Digital Music News took a deeper dive into this by looking at what they call the "peak and paralysis" ages around the world. (Brazil! What's up with that stat? What happens to you?)
'Course, none of these applies to you, right? Right?
(Via Science Alert)
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NASA's InSight mission, planned for 2016, will examine the geophysics of our neighboring planet. In this short documentary, scientists from the project describe what they'll be looking for on our neighboring project.
NASA describes the scope of the project on their site:
InSight (Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport) is a proposed NASA Discovery Program mission that will place a single geophysical lander on Mars to study its deep interior. But InSight is more than a Mars mission - it is a terrestrial planet explorer that will address one of the most fundamental issues of planetary and solar system science - understanding the processes that shaped the rocky planets of the inner solar system (including Earth) more than four billion years ago.
By using sophisticated geophysical instruments, InSight will delve deep beneath the surface of Mars, detecting the fingerprints of the processes of terrestrial planet formation, as well as measuring the planet's "vital signs": Its "pulse" (seismology), "temperature" (heat flow probe), and "reflexes" (precision tracking).
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Top 10 ethical travel destinations for 2014
By Karla Cripps, CNN • Published 11th December 2013
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For those who've resolved to only spend their tourist cash in up-and-coming destinations with strong environmental and human rights records in 2014, nonprofit
Ethical Traveler
has taken care of the research for you.
Every year, the California-based team reviews policies and practices in the developing world, then selects the 10 countries that are doing the most to promote human rights, preserve their environments and support social welfare -- all while creating a lively, community-based tourism industry.
"By visiting these countries, we use our economic leverage as travelers to support best practices," says Ethical Traveler.
In alphabetical order, the 2014 top 10 are:
1. The Bahamas
2. Barbados
3. Cape Verde
4. Chile
5. Dominica
6. Latvia
7. Lithuania
8. Mauritius
9. Palau
10. Uruguay
"Once again, no Asian country qualified for our list," says Ethical Traveler.
"The human rights and environmental records of these nations continued to be found wanting. Equally unfortunate is that no continental African country made it onto our 2014 list; Ghana was removed because of its declining human rights record this year."
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Ethical Traveler's research focuses on three categories: environmental protection, social welfare and human rights.
"For each of these categories we look at information past and present so that we understand not only the current state of a country, but how it has changed over time," says Ethical Traveler.
"This helps us select nations that are actively improving the state of their people, government and environment."
Information sources include Freedom House, the Millennium Challenge Corporation, Reporters Without Borders, UNICEF, GLBT resources and the World Bank.
"After identifying about two dozen 'short list' performers, we turn to detailed case research, focusing on actions these governments have taken over the year to improve (or in some cases, weaken) practices and circumstances in the countries," says the report.
The list has to have something to offer tourists.
Each "best ethical destination" offers opportunities to check out incredible natural beauty and interactions with local people and cultures in a meaningful, mutually enriching way, says Ethical Traveler.
Researchers stressed that just because these destinations made the list, none scored perfect marks.
"This year, the most prevalent bottleneck issues were the treatment of indigenous populations and of gay citizens," says the report.
"In particular, Chile and Dominica need to increase their efforts to respect the rights of their indigenous citizens."
Criticisms include outdated laws criminalizing homosexuality, which are on the books in some of this year's countries, including Barbados, Dominica and Mauritius.
"However, anti-homosexual laws are laxly enforced in these countries," says Ethical Traveler.
"In Dominica, rights groups feel encouraged that the country has started a dialogue on this issue and, while homosexuality is still illegal in Mauritius, recent steps point to positive change. When considering these countries for inclusion in the 2015 list, progress on this issue will receive our attention."
The full report, in PDF form, can be found on the
Ethical Traveler website
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What "Lewd Act" Did Beyoncé's Bodyguard Perform with Her Passport?
The New York Daily News published a bananas story Wednesday exposing the bizarre circumstances surrounding Jay Z and Beyoncé's abrupt dismissal of their 6'5", 280 lbs. head of security, Norman Oosterbroek: He was fired after the couple allegedly saw photographic and video evidence of him "using the family's passports in a lewd act." (The couple also discovered he had hired a prostitute while on duty for them in Las Vegas, which is crazy because it is somehow the LEAST interesting aspect of the story.)
The Daily News write-up is scant on details with regard to the act itself, except to note that a source described Oosterbroek's performance entailed "some pretty freaky things."
Oosterbroek met an even stranger end when he died earlier this month at the age of 43, after he was Tasered by police for resisting arrest. The Miami Herald reported that he had broken into a neighbor's home, fully nude, and was beating the owner of the home when the cops arrived. Police said they saw Oosterbroek ingest "an unknown substance" before he was Tasered. The wife of the man Oosterbroek attacked called the encounter "horrifying" and said her family "[didn't] really know the man at all."
The Daily News reports "a major print publication" uncovered the story of Oosterbroek's firing last year, but then brokered a deal with the Carters in exchange for burying it.
Which leaves us with the following questions:
What "major print publication" squashed this insane story?
To what lewd acts does a collection of three passports (Beyoncé, Jay Z, and Blue Ivy's) lend itself?
Update: As many astute commenters have pointed out, entertainment blog Crazy Days and Nights published a version of this story as a blind item earlier this year, and later identified American Media, Inc. (publisher of Shape Magazine...and the National Enquirer) as the company that buried the bodyguard story. Beyoncé appeared on the April cover of Shape.
We've reached out to the company for comment and will update if we hear back.
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San Jose Mercury News Business Columnist Michelle Quinn moderated a panel Tuesday on how women can open more doors in the tech industry. Women are getting ahead, negotiating raises, finding more opportunities and changing the work cultures. This panel of technical women examined the challenges and opportunities in the hottest industry in the country and shared their tips and success stories from the trenches to help you navigate your technical career.
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- An AEM Analog Gauge offers up-to-the-minute read-outs so you know exactly what is going on within your engine
- 9 different analog gauges to choose from
- Backlit systems match up with most factory analog gauge clusters
- Interchangeable black/silver bezels and black/white faceplates
- Differential analog output, 0V to 5V for data logging that works with virtually any outboard engine management system
- Accurate, quick needles with smooth action
- Readiness light and internal diagnostic warning
- All gauge kits include proper sensors to read specific engine characteristics
- 320 degree viewing area
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Most cars get by with one "Check Engine" light blindly warning owners about necessary engine maintenance, regardless of what is wrong or what actually needs to be fixed. Install an AEM Analog Gauge, however, and more accurately monito those vital engine parameters.
9 different gauges are available to follow everything from oil pressure to coolant temperature to voltage. Every AEM Analog Gauge is designed in the same manner as factory gauge clusters for a near-perfect display match featuring backlit systems and interchangeable black/silver bezels and black/white faceplates. Each gauge comes with the proper sensors to read and diagnose specific engine characteristics and problems, and every gauge features an analog output that works with outboard engine management systems.
If you prefer the old-school vibe of an analog display, these are the gauges for you. Match everything up stylistically and keep tabs on your engine with an AEM Analog Gauge. 1-Year Warranty.


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Inspired by the natural world, the paintings of Noriyoshi Morimoto revel in repetition. Rendering a graduated contrast from black into white, Morimoto's artistry lies in finding multitudinous variety in the most restricted palettes. Working mainly with acrylic paints, Morimoto's works tend towards a monochromatic appearance. In his own own words, "I always try to feel nature work around us. I find it both inspiring and relaxing to feel the confident repetition at work there, that functions without thought of us."
The purposefulness that underlies nature is expressed in Morimoto's work by way of the line. For him, drawing is an action by which one line leads into the next. Out of this repeated process, development occurs, and a painting comes to take shape. In this manner, the emotions viewers intuitively perceive in Morimoto's works could be interpreted as part of some cosmic process. Similar to how the cell constitutes the building block for life, the simplicity Morimoto uses to render images onto canvas builds into more complex integrations. His paintings keep growing until they take root in the viewer's mind.
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This morning while cleaning my office I ran across this People magazine. The magazine was dated April 30, 2007. I was struck by the irony that I would find this magazine during this time of national mourning regarding a heartbreakingly similar incident. The magazine featured all 33 victims of the Virginia Tech massacre along with a short profile of each victim. The gunman's first victims were senior Ryan Clark, 22, freshman Emily Hilscher, 18 and freshman Reema Samaha, 18. The gunman killed 33 people that day and then he killed himself, but who remembers the victims? There friends and relatives do, but sadly we do forget. We don't mean to but life marches on. Now we are confronted with another killer who some are saying was always odd, but over the years he became a recluse and no one knew what had happened to him until he came out from the shadows and killed 20 precious children and 6 very brave adults. Everyone says this will be the tipping point, but what will actually change? We live in a violent world. We see so much that we are desensitized to it. We bring it into our homes through television, computers and video games. Most of us are sane enough to know that this is not real, but do we hold some responsibility for making violence a form of entertainment? All of this is now part of the national conversation. Over the past few days as we have shopped for Christmas I have seen so many happy children out smiling and laughing counting the days until Santa comes to town, but my heart still hurts for the 20 children* that will not be getting up early in anticipation of the arrival of Santa, they will not be here with their families to enjoy another Christmas and that is a tragedy, but hopefully we will honor their memory by making some real meaningful changes, and to just say gun control is the begining of the conversation not the endpoint.
*There were children of all religions killed in the massacre.
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Akademy 2006 is in Dublin this September
The yearly KDE World Summit, Akademy, has found a home for 2006 on the emerald isle. This year,
"We are looking forward to meeting and sharing ideas with so many
This year, based on a popular vote by the KDE e.V.'s members, Akademy will
"The School of Computer Science and Statistics at Trinity College is
The preliminary schedule for Akademy 2006 is as follows:
A formal call for papers will be put up in due time, but you may wish to
Who is Marcus Furlongß
Never heard of Marcus Furlong... While previous aKademys were organized by well known activists and participants of the KDE community, this time there is a white spot on the map.
And the link provided by the story
--> https://www.cs.tcd.ie/~furlongm/ <--
tells me close to nothing...
So... this isn't a joke?
By ac at Wed, 2006/03/15 - 6:00am
Re: Who is Marcus Furlong
It's the same team as organised GUADEC in Dublin a few years ago.
By Jonathan Riddell at Wed, 2006/03/15 - 6:00am
Re: Who is Marcus Furlong
No it is not the same team.
By Alan Horkan at Fri, 2006/03/17 - 6:00am
Re: Who is Marcus Furlong
Gnome is evil. KDE is not evil.
By Gerd at Sat, 2006/03/18 - 6:00am
Re: Who is Marcus Furlong
> Gnome is evil.
By Alan Horkan at Sun, 2006/03/19 - 6:00am
Re: Who is Marcus Furlong
Oddly enough, I'll agree. It was begun primarily, instead of a way to help get KDE legal, to replace KDE with a nearly completely incompatible desktop. Nowadays its primary purpose seems to be the proprietary-software-friendly desktop. Another wrinkle is the attention and excitement paid to Mono, which may or may not have legal problems, depending on who you ask. And unlike KDE, the GNOME project doesn't seem to want to play nice. With anyone.
I admire GNOME for their work on usability and for much of their work in becoming friendly in other areas, but big jeers for not playing nice and for all the code duplication.
By regeya at Sun, 2006/03/19 - 6:00am
Re: Who is Marcus Furlong
> No it is not the same team.
Although I have been told that Dr. Mads Haar (a Trinity lecturer) has once again done great work to help make things happen.
By Alan Horkan at Thu, 2006/03/23 - 6:00am
Re: Who is Marcus Furlongß
Am I the only one annoyed by anonymous complainers. :S
By Ian Monroe at Wed, 2006/03/15 - 6:00am
Re: Who is Marcus Furlongß
He's a enthusiast KDE user, and contributes to KDE by taking a shitload of work on him. Organising aKademy is a lot of work and we're more than happy to have the local team supporting KDE in this very unique way. I'm looking forward to aKademy 2006.
And btw, Marcus is a nice guy and until now, he's excellent to work with.
So yes, this is not a joke.
By Sebastian Kügler at Wed, 2006/03/15 - 6:00am
Re: Who is Marcus Furlong?
Thanks a lot for your explanation. I'll trust you on this.
(With the "joke" I didn't mean the story per se -- I meant the so called "link" that is given for Marcus' home page at tcd.ie; which is only slightly better than a dangling or broken link.)
By ac at Thu, 2006/03/16 - 6:00am
Re: Who is Marcus Furlong
OK -- I didn't know who Marcus was either, but obviously he is contributing in a major, major way just by organising this conference. So it is more than a little bit rude to imply that he is a "joke" IMHO.
Go Marcus!
By Martin at Thu, 2006/03/16 - 6:00am
Re: Who is Marcus Furlong
nobody said "he" is a joke.
but the story was published; his name is linked to a website; such a link commonly suggests to the innocent reader that one can find more info about the person there; but that linked website is basically empty; so that link can only be seen as a kind of joke -- otherwise you wouldn't include it at all in the story.
By s.o. at Thu, 2006/03/16 - 6:00am
Re: Who is Marcus Furlong?
Hello all,
Better introduce myself properly, my college webpage is automagically
While I have not been involved in KDE development, I am currently
About Trinity itself, around the CS department in college there are
So apologies for the blank webpage, I'll get around to updating it one of
By Marcus Furlong at Thu, 2006/03/16 - 6:00am
Re: Who is Marcus Furlong?
thank you for the infos
By infopipe at Fri, 2006/03/17 - 6:00am
Re: Who is Marcus Furlong?
Thank you for welcoming everyone to Ireland. I think this upcoming conference will be a real turning point for KDE and the free desktop and I understand and appreciate all the hard work that you will have to put in to organize an event as complex as a KDE conference.
So thank you for making it happen and pass on our appreciation to the staff and faculty of Trinity College.
By Gonzalo at Sat, 2006/03/18 - 6:00am
Re: Who is Marcus Furlong?
Were you an undergraduate at Trinity too?
How can people get involved and help out?
By Alan Horkan at Sat, 2006/03/18 - 6:00am
I'm looking forward.
Last year I've missed.
By woow at Thu, 2006/03/16 - 6:00am
Re: I'm looking forward.
Marcus is not very good at pub quizzes
By Bunter Chutney at Fri, 2006/03/24 - 6:00am
Galway Oyster Fest
If you like Oysters and Guiness you might also visit Galway anytime from the 28th Sept to 1st October 2006 and enjoy the Oyster Festival. http://www.galwayoysterfest.com/
By Alan Horkan at Sun, 2006/03/26 - 6:00am
Re: Galway Oyster Fest
At the bottom of http://dot.kde.org/1142439906/ -Alan Horkan posted a plug for this site. This does not belong on a computer forum and is NOT the way to promote your wares, if everyone did that...!
By Mel at Tue, 2006/03/28 - 6:00am
Re: Galway Oyster Fest
Ah lighten up.
By John Tapsell at Sun, 2006/07/09 - 5:00am
Ooooo Ireland!
I just got back from Dublin yesterday! (been there since st. patty's day) wow what a city!
Dont forget to check out the book of kells while at Trinity, and definitely do the guinness tour!
Also, eat breakfast, lunch and dinner at Lemon (amazing crepe place, like 3 minute walk from Trinity... on Dawson I think... do it!)
By james at Wed, 2006/03/29 - 6:00am


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Hundreds of collegians in Baltimore to learn job-seeking skills
Ernst and Young teaching leadership skills
Hundreds of college students from 34 states, Canada and Mexico are spending time in Baltimore getting help from one of the world's top professional services companies to find a job.
The Emerging Leaders Summit, run by global giant Ernst and Young, attracts some of the nation's top college students who are at least two years away from graduation. The students are getting a chance to learn leadership skills from seasoned professionals.
"Coming to these programs grows me in my professional and personal senses. I learn things I will never learn in a classroom in college," said Skylar Cox, a Temple University student.
The summit focuses, in part, on teambuilding and building critical skills needed for the real world. These are students who already have their eye on fields like accounting with an interest in professional services, which is why this summit can give them a head start.
"They need to really think about the global marketplace and how they're going to lead effectively in the global marketplace. These life skills that we're giving them over the next couple of days will be invaluable no matter what they do," said Ken Bouyer, of Ernst and Young.
For students like Arizona State University's Neal Smith, it's all about turning an opportunity into a paycheck.
"You go to school to get a job, and I really have wanted to position myself in a great place to make good connections with great professionals, great students and especially great firms like Ernst and Young," he said.
Oakland University's Daniel Dorsey couldn't agree more.
"This opportunity is like something I can't explain. I feel important and I feel like have to cherish that and give back to those at my school," he said.
Ernst and Young plans to recruit more than 6,000 students from college campuses over the next year.