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The historic Ilkley Town Hall is about to close its doors to the general public, prompting questions about the future of the early-1900s landmark.
Owner Bradford Council says limited public use of the town hall, on Station Road, does not justify the cost of a staffed reception and it is to issue access cards to staff who work there.
The move comes amid the ongoing drive by the authority to save millions of pounds which could also see the Council-owned Manor House Museum transferred to community management or mothballed.
The Council has removed a number of services from the town hall in recent years. It closed its cash office, where residents could pay Council Tax, business rates and other bills, last year.
Ilkley Visitor Information Centre, in an office at the front of the town hall, will remain open as usual.
The town hall is also home to the Ilkley Parish Clerk's office, and the parish council meets in the council chamber.
A Bradford Council spokeman said: "Ilkley Town Hall has very limited public use and the number of visitors does not justify the cost of a staffed reception. Access to the tourist information centre will remain as it currently is. Members of staff and councillors requiring access to the building will be issued with access cards.
"Members of the public visiting the building will be able to access freephones in the reception that will enable them to contact officers in the building, or Council information points."
Ward councillor, Anne Hawkesworth (Ind, Ilkley) asked about the future use of the town hall, built between 1906 and 1908 as the new offices of Ilkley Urban District Council.
Coun Hawkesworth said: "The new arrangements are merely a sticking plaster and temporary in nature. What is its future? This is a listed building of value to civic pride of the residents of Ilkley.
"The Core Strategy designates Ilkley as a principal town because it has provides central Council services for the rest of the valley.
"It is rather disturbing that these changes are being done without discussion with the district councillors in such an underhand way."
She asked if a civic buildings trust could be an option for the future of the town hall.
Ilkley Parish Council chairman Mike Gibbons believes the new arrangement could offer better security for parish council officers who work in the building.


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It seems no matter who or what is being constructed or renovated, contractors, owners, and everyone involved in a building project objects to sidewalks being built. It feels like despite all of our regulations regarding storm water runoff, fire codes, etc. sidewalks get the most backlash. I've had people build in a neighboring town because they didn't require sidewalks (the owners didn't realize fuel costs in the long run were a lot more), and I've had people threaten anything they could so they don't have to put in sidewalks. Why the aversion, and are your communities like this? We had one man at a public meeting even say, "We don't need sidewalks. People walk in the street."


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EVEREST: A CLIMB FOR PEACE chronicles the journey of nine 'peace climbers' from different faiths and cultures as they attempt to summit the tallest mountain in the world. Actor Orlando Bloom, also a United Nations Ambassador for UNICEF, narrates. Filmed on location in Nepal, Tibet, Israel, Palestine, Jordan, U.A.E. and the United States, the documentary focuses on Palestinian Ali Bushnaq and Israelis Dudu Yifrah and Micha Yaniv. Setting aside their differences, they come together to forge a path of teamwork and cooperation. This, however, is easier said than done. Each believes their respective nations, embroiled in a brutal war for years, lie on the right side of the conflict. A socially relevant film about peace, war and the human spirit, EVEREST: A CLIMB FOR PEACE features spectacular Everest footage, including a dramatic rescue near the summit.
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Also, 5 trope is not dead!. Some background, 5 trope is probably one of my all-time top 5 favorite literary journals and I thought they'd stopped publishing because they had not posted new material in over a year.
It seems they just changed web addresses and did not link the old address to the new. So this means they are probably not super tech-savvy. Thankfully, they are amazingly language savvy. For example, look at the story 'Small Finger of Potent Magnetism' by Caren Beilen. Sick. These are texts in the fullest and most laudatory sense of the word.
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This exhibition explores human rights in a world of increasingly limited natural resources; specifically, access to clean water. A result of the research and collaborations arranged by two Grand Valley State University social work faculty members, Dr. Paola León and Dr. Steven Smith, this exhibition includes images and descriptions of the challenges faced in El Salvador and Flint, Michigan. Organized into themes dealing with civic engagement, infrastructure, ownership/legislation, public health and scarcity/contamination, these materials provide local, national and international context to water rights.
The El Salvador portion of the exhibition, focusing on the lack of running water in homes, social activism and contamination by the mining industry, was organized by Dr. Paola León. Dr. Steven Smith organized the Flint portion of the exhibition, documenting the ongoing issues and continuing recovery of the City of Flint's tainted water supply.
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NEW ORLEANS (AP) – Arizona Cardinals starting defensive tackle Dan Williams is not with the team for Sunday's game against the New Orleans Saints because he was excused for the death of his father, who was killed in a car wreck.
Team spokesman Mark Dalton says Thomas Williams was en route from the family's home in Memphis to New Orleans, with plans to see his son play in Sunday's game, when the accident occurred in the vicinity of Jackson, Miss.
Dalton says the team did not have details on precisely when the accident occurred, only that Williams received word before the Cardinals traveled to New Orleans on Saturday.
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To talk about fashion in sportswear is quite a challenge, as for years we have equated sportswear with functionality and performance alone and nothing else. Looks and appearances have been not so important, even though some sports shoe brands have made a commendable effort to make their products look quite appealing. So when I discovered that Lacoste was starting its line of runway clothes earlier this year, I was really very surprised. Talk about my wonder when I saw some of their new fashion statements making way into commercial stores in Europe. Quite bold and yet elegant, they make the functional look sexy and admirable. Even though Lacoste is primarily a man's brand, women account for 20% of their sales every year.
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DETROIT (AP) ? Chris Ilitch says progress is being made on plans to build a new arena for the Detroit Red Wings.
DETROIT (AP) ? The Detroit Red Wings will get a new arena.
It's not if, but when and yet Chris Ilitch doesn't know or want to say much about it.
"Everybody is working hard and there's positive progress," the president and CEO of Ilitch Holdings told The Associated Press after Thursday's Detroit Economic Club meeting.
What's next in the process?
"It's tough to say," he said. "I'd prefer not to make any predictions and just keep working away and continue to do our due diligence and see what we can put together."
Joe Louis Arena, which is among the oldest NHL facilities, opened in 1979.
Chris Ilitch leads a company owned by his parents ? Mike and Marian ? that includes the Red Wings, Detroit Tigers and had $4.2 billion in revenue in 2010.
Four months ago, Michigan lawmakers approved a measure allowing tax dollars collected by the Downtown Development Authority to be used for a $650 million multi-use development that will include a facility for the Red Wings. The DDA has been allowed for nearly two decades to pay down Detroit's general obligation bonds with about $12.8 million a year that otherwise would have gone to education
Supporters of the bill claimed it will create upward of 8,300 new construction jobs and pump $1 billion into Michigan's economy. Opponents of it said funding a private stadium with taxpayer dollars shouldn't be a priority, especially when that money was otherwise going to the School Aid Fund.
But for Detroit which is under state financial oversight, such a complex is seen as a godsend.
"I think this is a great opportunity, as we continue the process of transforming Detroit," Mayor Dave Bing said Wednesday in an emailed statement. "This sports complex will not only create thousands of jobs, hopefully for Detroiters, but will also be a major economic benefit to our city."


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Who knew about faults in the equipment that shut down the San Onofre nuclear plant? When did they know it? And how did they respond?
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, the manufacturer of equipment blamed for a 13-month outage at the San Onofre nuclear plan, has given federal regulators a redacted version of its sought-after report on the root cause of steam generator problems that have sidelined the plant's two reactors.
Two U.S. lawmakers say the report shows San Onofre plant operator Southern California Edison knew about safety issues with Mitsubishi's replacement steam generators before installation -- and went ahead without making some safety upgrades in order to avoid a more thorough regulatory review. Edison officials say the company never installed generators it knew to be unsafe.
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission received the full report months ago but asserts that proprietary information prevented the agency from making the document public. The commission requested a publishable version of the report more than two weeks ago, with nuclear activists and industry analysts eagerly awaiting a response.
Commission spokesman Victor Dricks said Monday that regulators are "reviewing the redactions to see if we agree with them." He said it was still unclear when the public would see a copy with blanked-out information.
San Onofre shut down on Jan. 31, 2012, in response to a tube leak within replacement steam generators. Designed to perform for decades, the four new generators displayed rapid degradation after less than two years in operation. Edison hopes to restart one reactor at partial power by this summer -- if safety regulators give the go-ahead.
Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., and Rep. Edward Markey, D-Mass., went public in early February with their description of the Mitsubishi report. The nuclear commission subsequently revealed that it had opened an investigation last year into the completeness and accuracy of information provided by Edison about the generators.
In late February, Edison said it still had not seen the Mitsubishi report, although Mitsubishi was consulted on its restart proposal. Edison and Mitsubishi, meanwhile, are at odds over the manufacturer's liability and whether it can exceed the $137 million warranty for the generators.
Rapid wear among thickets of tubing with the steam generators has been traced primarily to botched computer modeling of steam flows during the design phase. Manufacturing issues also played some role.
Edison's design criteria for the generators included provisions that they require no prior approval by the nuclear commission, according to documents including an article by Edison and Mitsubishi engineers in a nuclear industry trade magazine.
The environmental group Friends of the Earth has accused Edison of violating safety regulations in avoiding a more thorough review of the replacement generators under license amendment provisions. The nuclear commission is still reviewing that petition and another demanding a quasi-judicial license amendment review of the Edison's restart plan.


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At Sam's Club, the company's small business loan program is devoted to customers who do not qualify for traditional bank loans. Since 2010 they've had over 1,000 members qualify. The average loan size is $11,000.
A growing number of retailers including Costco, Walmart, Sam's Club and Home Depot are going beyond the basic store credit. They're offering exclusive deals on a slew of financial services and in some cases even home and auto insurance.
Tom Feltner with the Consumer Federation of America says with nearly 10 million U.S. households without bank accounts, and credit from conventional lenders tight, these retail services may offer a sense of comfort.
"Consumers are drawn to the simplicity of a transaction that in previous products, there was much more of a barrier to entry," he said.
Over at Home Depot, personal project loans are offered up to $40,000.
When Jayson Opalka of Orlando decided it was time for a kitchen remodel he turned to Home Depot for a loan not his bank.
Opalka says it was convenience, location and a great rate that spurred his decision.
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. - The Kansas City Chiefs could be without their two top pass rushers against Peyton Manning and the Denver Broncos on Sunday after Tamba Hali and Justin Houston were hurt against San Diego.
Hali had an MRI exam on his sprained ankle Monday that came back better than the Chiefs had expected, while Houston had to postpone an MRI exam on his elbow due to swelling.
"They weren't able to get him in the position that they wanted him to do the MRI," Chiefs coach Andy Reid said, "so we'll wait a day or so to get the swelling down."
Hali rolled over his ankle in the first half of Sunday's 41-38 loss to the San Diego Chargers, and was helped gingerly off the field. He was driven on a cart to the locker room and didn't return, and afterward was seen hobbling around on a pair of crutches.
Reid joked that Hali was down to one crutch on Monday, "so we're halfway there." Hali has nine sacks on the season, tied for fifth in the NFL entering the weekend, and needed just two more to pass Art Still (73) for the third-most in franchise history. The two-time Pro Bowl selection is among the most dependable players on the team, rarely missing a game.
"He'll continue to work this week. He was in moving around a little better today than he was after the game," said Reid, who wasn't sure whether Hali would practice on Wednesday.
"We'll just see how he does," Reid said. "He made big improvements, but we just have to see how he does. He was on crutches after the game and then today he was able to walk in the pool."
Reid sounded less upbeat about the prognosis for Houston, who landed awkwardly on his right arm while chasing down a play shortly before halftime.
Reid called the injury a subluxation of the elbow, which is essentially a minor dislocation of the joint, and said he wasn't surprised that he was unable to have an MRI exam Monday.
"It swelled up. You could see it after the game," Reid said. "They tried to keep the swelling down but you could see it was puffing up a little bit after the game when we were in the locker room, and then overnight it swelled up even more. I get it. I understand how that works."
Houston, who entered the weekend tied for third in the NFL with 11 sacks, appeared in the Kansas City locker room on Monday with his arm tightly bound and in a sling. When he was approached by reporters, Houston said he was told not to say anything.
Frank Zombo would be first off the bench if either of the Chiefs' outside linebackers is unable to play against Denver. He backed up Clay Matthews with the Green Bay Packers last season.
"He can do either side. He's played a little football," Reid said. "He's in that group where he filled in and did a nice job. You saw the hurry that he had. He has pass rushing ability. He's consistent. He's a smart kid. He's a consistent player."
If Hali and Houston are both out, as they were Sunday, Dezman Moses would be called upon.
"That's my job. I don't feel any extra or any added pressure," Moses said Monday. "I definitely understand what needs to be done. That's my job as a backup. When one of those guys goes down, you have to come in prepared and ready to fill in."
In other injury news, offensive guard Jeff Allen finished the Chargers game despite a groin strain, and fellow guard Jon Asamoah is still recovering from a bruised shoulder that kept him out entirely. Right tackle Eric Fisher also has a shoulder injury and defensive tackle Mike DeVito a knee injury. It's unknown which of them will be available against the Broncos.
"We can't let it be an excuse," Chiefs safety Kendrick Lewis said. "Injuries are part of the game, it could have happened to me. It could have happened to anyone."


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Imagine a football (American-style) team that wants to measure their success during a particular season. Team management decides to measure the height and weight of each player. They time how fast the player runs the 40 yard dash. They note the college from which each player graduated. They collect many other statistics as well, then spend time debating which ones best indicate how successful the football team is. Should the center weigh over 300 pounds? Should the wide receivers have a shoe size of 11 or greater? Should players from the north-west be on the starting line-up? All of this seems perfectly rational to this team.
An outsider looks at the situation and says: "Check the scoreboard! You're down 42-7 and you have a 1-6 record. You guys are losers!"
In my opinion, this summarizes the mindset of US government information security managers.
Here are some examples from Mr. Heretick's talk. He showed a "dashboard" with various "metrics" that supposedly indicate improved DoJ security. The dashboard listed items like:
- IRP Reporting: meaning Incident Response Plan reporting, i.e., does the DoJ unit have an incident response plan? This says nothing about the quality of the IRP.
- IRP Exercised: has the DoJ unit exercised its IRP? This says nothing about the effectiveness of the IRT in the exercise.
- CP Developed: meaning Contingency Plan developed, i.e, does the DoJ unit have a contingency plan should disaster strike? This also says nothing about the quality of the CP.
- CP Exercised: has the DoJ unit exercised its CP? Same story as the IRP.
Imagine a dashboard, then, with all "green" for these items. They say absolutely nothing about the "score of the game."
How should the score be measured then? Here are a few ideas, which are neither mutually exclusive nor exceedingly well-thought-out:
- Days since last compromise of type X: This is similar to a manufacturing plant's "days since an accident" report or a highway's "days since a fatality" report. For some sites this number may stay zero if the organization is always compromised. The higher the number, the better.
- System-days compromised: This looks at the number of systems compromised, and for how many days, during a specified period. The lower, the better.
- Time for a pen testing team of [low/high] skill with [internal/external] access to obtain unauthorized [unstealthy/stealthy] access to a specified asset using [public/custom] tools and [complete/zero] target knowledge: This is from my earlier penetration testing story.
These are just a few ideas, but the common theme is they relate to the actual question management should care about: are we compromised, and how easy is it for us to be compromised?
I explained my football analogy to Mr. Heretick and asked if he would adopt it. He replied that my metrics would discourage DoJ units from reporting incidents, and that reporting incidents was more important to him than anything else. This is ridiculous, and it indicates to me that organizations like this (and probably the whole government) need independent, Inspector General-style units that roam freely to assess networks and discover intruders.
In short, the style of "security" advocated by government managers seems to be "control-compliant." I prefer "field-assessed" security, although I would be happy to replace that term with something more descriptive. In the latest SANS NewsBites (link will work shortly) Alan Paller used the term "attack-based metrics," saying the following about the VA laptop fiasco: "if the VA security policies are imprecise and untestable, if the VA doesn't monitor attack-based metrics, and if there are no repercussions for employees who ignore the important policies, then this move [giving authority to CISOs] will have no impact at all."
PS: Mr. Heretick shared an interesting risk equation model. He uses the following to measure risk.
- Vulnerability is measured by assessing exploitability (0-5), along with countermeasure effectiveness (0-2). Total vulnerability is exploitability minus countermeasures.
- Threat is measured by assessing capability (1-2), history (1-2), gain (1-2), attributability (1-2), and detectability (1-2). Total threat is capability plus history plus gain minus attributability minus detectability.
- Significance (i.e., impact or cost) is measured by assessing loss of life (0 or 4), sensitivity (0 or 4), operational impact (0 or 2), and equipment loss (0 or 2). Total significance is loss plus op impact plus sensitivity plus equipment loss.
- Total risk is vulnerability times threat times significance, with < 6 very low, 6-18 low, 19-54 medium, 55-75 high, and >75 very high.


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Saturday, April 20, 2013
Vigorelli Design Competition Winner
The winner of the Maspes-Vigorelli Design Competion has been announced: Vittorio Grassi Architetto & Partners of Milano.
What we know at the moment about the winning proposal:
-it will be a multifunction facility dedicated to sports with a capacity of 5,570 seats
-a synthetic grass infield will be used for rugby, American football; other sports that can be hosted in the infield: hockey, basketball, tennis, boxing
-the track will be 250 meters with a small section of the original track preserved (addendum: track is removable); the original track was 400m
-there will be a cycling museum in the north wing
- the facility will not have a cover therefore it will not be able to host world championships
-construction will begin in 2014
-construction completion in 2016
-cost € 18 million
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Today I have several pictures and questions and I will try and deal with them as they came into me. I might get some out of order, so forgive me in advance,
If you are sending a picture, question about an item that has a markers mark or name, I would need to know that information. A picture, the best possible ,of the mark would be very helpful. Sometimes I can tell from just looking at the item, but to do real research, the marks, signature,etc. would be of great help!
Now that I have scolded you all, here we go.
The first item today was sent in by CINDY PACHECO. She has sent a couple of pictures of a lady statue. At first glance one would think that she is French. Her hair-do and custom is very much so. When in fact, Cindy, she is American. The Germans were the first to make what we refer to as," Dresden Lace." It is a process where real lace is dipped into liquid ceramic and applied to a green ware statue. When that statue is fired in the kilm, the lace burns away and the design hardens and stays in place. Dresden was a town in Germany where lots and lots of porcelain factories were located, and all of this type of work was soon called, " Dresden." I did a very long and detailed blog about this some time back. Just click into your search bar, dresdenlace myoldhistorichouse. it should pop right up.Your statue, I believe was made in American in and around 1920's or so. Americans were taken with old French fashions, via Television and Movies. While there is no mark to prove this, I feel, I am pretty sure I am right. It is a darling decorative statue. I love the story book character of it. I would say that it does not have a strong market at this time and the price would be some where around $25.00. It could command more in some places, especially if there was two collected after it. Thanks Cindy, I hope this helps.
The next item came in from BJ at SWEET NOTHINGS. She has send a picture of a clock. She tells me that the clock was black when it was first found and I believe her mother painted it white. The clock is metal. Well, BJ, your mother would fit right in, in todays world, where every one is painting everything white. I know it is a trend, I know it is fun and I know people can not help them self. I wish sometimes they could. I have had several people blog and say they were going to paint a wonderful old thing white. Gives me nightmares. I just saved a 1700's French Louis Phippe chest from the paint brush. Lord have mercy!!!! If you need to paint, paint junk, used furniture, it will do just as well as a wonderful old antique. In the antique world condition is everything. Your clock was original a gun metal color of cast iron with brass trim. It was made during the industrial revolution when things were being mass produced. it is hard to tell you a lot more as I would need to know who made it, "marks". You can see that the metal is a little rough, and this was done on purpose. While your clock looks fun white, it should not be. If the paint could be removed it would bring up it's value. If you like it white, then, there you are. Clock collectors are funny people. They have many and usually only look for a rare one. This clock is not rare, so would not be worth millions. I would say a fair price would be $125.00. Not painted maybe $225.00 In the Shabby Chick world, people who love white paint, maybe around $50.00. I hope this helps, not hurts, BJ?
Next we have a Victorian Wedding Dome, sent in by Deborah Chester. As a lot of you know, I am Dome Crazy. I have almost 100 of them in, My Old Historic House. I only have one wedding dome, kinda like yours. These were more popular in Europe than they were in America. They are now popular here and are being exported by antique dealers. They made millions of these and they can be found, not often, but can be found. I am going to cut this short, because another Blogger, Vanna, from Delusions Of Grandeur did a wonderful post about wedding domes. I would say take a few minutes and go read this She goes into great detail and I could not say any of it better. Just type,domesdemariee delusionsofgrandeur, and it should pop right up. Your dome would sell from around $450 to $950 in todays market. I know that is a big difference in price, but depends on where it is, who wants it and is there are others close by. I have seen them sale very high at auctions and also sell for hardly anything. I hope this helps Debby,
The last question today was sent in by CHRIS and JAY LELAND. And oddly enough, it is another Dome! This one is what we call a Victorian Parlor Dome. All well appointed Victorian homes had one. They were usually displayed on the Parlor center table. The domes were imported and held many items. The one that Chris and Jay are asking about has wax flowers inside. Again I am going to cut this short, and send you to a blog that I did all about these domes. Just click in your search bar, parlordomes,adifferentkindofflowerarrangemnts,myoldhistorichouse. It should pop right up. As for the value of your dome? Again the market is good now. People like us on the blogs have made them popular. People like me are crazy over them, so we often over pay. I would expect to see a price of $400 to $800 for your dome. I hope this helps,Chris and Jay.
Thanks for your pictures and questions. Send me some more. Remember send them to my email. firstname.lastname@example.com. and if there is a makers mark, a picture of it would help. I look forward to seeing what you have and until next time, keep on blogging. Richard and Sissy Dog the Beagle.


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Multiple Hope students have earned honors during recent regional singing competitions.
Five students received recognition, including two first-place awards, during the National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS) Great Lakes Regional Competition, held at Wilfred Laurier University in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, on Saturday, March 6. Two of the students had previously been named finalists in the Opera Grand Rapids Collegiate Vocal Competition held at the Betty Van Andel Opera Center in Grand Rapids on Friday, Feb. 26.
In the NATS event, senior Briana Sosenheimer of Fort Wayne, Ind., took first place in the College Senior Women Division and also received the Jessye Norman Award for the outstanding Junior/Senior Woman. Junior Angelee Garcia of Belmont took first place in the College Junior-Senior Musical Theatre Division. Senior Ross Green of Plainwell took second place in the College Senior Men Division. Junior Sarah Ashcroft of Holland took second place in the College Junior Women Division. Sophomore Caitlin McDougall of Flint received honorable mention in the College Sophomore Women Division.
Ashcroft and Green were among the six singers named finalists in the Opera Grand Rapids Collegiate Vocal Competition. They and the other finalists will compete in a concert on Sunday, April 18, at 7 p.m. at the Betty Van Andel Opera Center. The concert is open to the public.
The regional NATS competition included singers from Indiana, Michigan, Ohio and Ontario, Canada. The Opera Grand Rapids Collegiate Vocal Competition is open to full-time students at Aquinas College, Calvin College, Cornerstone University, Grand Rapids Community College, Grand Valley State University, Hope College and Muskegon Community College.
All of the students study with Linda LeFever Dykstra, who is an associate professor of music and chairs the voice division at Hope. Jennifer Wolfe, adjunct assistant professor of music, served as the students' accompanist during the NATS event.


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One of the big questions of futurism is what kind of world we want to live in tomorrow. But as attendees at a recent conference on futurism discovered, "tomorrow" is relative. People in Egypt look at the future very differently than people in Canada do.
This was a heated topic of discussion at the recently concluded WorldFuture 2012 Conference held in Toronto, Ontario. One panel devoted to the issue consisted of several members of the Millennium Project, a multinational effort that's addressing the world's most pressing problems in a highly targeted manner. Speakers came from Egypt, the Dominican Republic, Mexico, Azerbaijan, the Czech Republic, Germany, and more.
Is developing world futurism different from developed world futurism? The answer is undeniably yes.
Opening the future
"Futurist" has two meanings depending on the context. The traditional definition has to do with holding a positive sense of the future. It's an expansion of the humanist suggestion that progressive developments in society, institutions and technology can make the world a better place. The second meaning refers to people who makes it their business to predict the future. That would more accurately be referred to as futurology.
The futurists at the WorldFuture conference most definitely subscribe to the former definition. And as the panel discussion revealed, visions of the future tend to get more restrained depending on the state of things in one's home country. It's difficult to dream of a grander future when conditions are tough. Consequently, the panelists centered their discussion around such topics as clean water, literacy, poverty, internet use, unemployment, ecology, and the threat of terrorist attacks. For many countries, the alleviation of these problems is part of a broader futurist project.
Countries on the rise
The situation in Egypt provided an excellent example. Panel member Kamal Zaki Mahmoud Sheer talked about how shocking the Arab Spring was to his country — but in a good way.
The toppling of the Mubarek regime sent a wave of hope through the country where previously there was none. Suddenly, and totally unexpectedly, the general public was concerned about the processes of democratization.
"The future suddenly opened up before us," he said, "and it created a new kind of engagement where we could actually have discussions about creating a constitution and new institutions." The Arab Spring inspired the rise of a futurist voice in that country — one that could suddenly and freely engage in strategic thinking and long term planning.
The Dominican Republic's Yarima Sosa shared her colleague's sense of hope, but her priorities were elsewhere. Sosa's talk focused on a bare necessity of life most of us take for granted: food. She talked about how one in six people on this planet go hungry every day, and how a diminished quality of life results in despair and loss of hope.
As Sosa's talk revealed, a fundamental goal of developing world futurists is to grab hold of their own destiny. To that end, she is working to see the UN pass a resolution in which they acknowledge the problem and start to work on regulating the food market. "The system needs to be more transparent, to bring more ethics to it, and to show that food cannot be used as a financial asset," she said, "it should be used as a source of nourishment, and not for the wealth of a couple of people playing on their computers."
Sosa is engaging in what she calls "creative destruction" — the act of putting an old world to rest in favor of a better one.
Second World Problems
The panel also featured members from what is often called the Second World. Reyhan Huseynova of the Azerbaijan Future Studies Society expressed concern about food security and developing a world-class IT infrastructure.
Panelist Pavel Novacek from the Czech Republic is focused on sustainable development. He has been studying the state of affairs in his country, as well as Slovakia and Poland. Unhappy with the GDP index, he's working on what's called the Future Oriented Thinking Index, a way of assessing just how prepared a country is to deal with the challenges of the future. It's a way of measuring just how 'futurist' a country actually is.
But as he works to refine his new index and propose viable models for growth, he admits that there are challenges. "How do we go about this without compromising the quality of future generations," he asked, "and what's acceptable, and what's not?"
Two Futures
The panel's conversation was not limited to the needs of the developing world, or to Second World countries. Cornelia Daheim of Germany talked about middle class population growth, climate change, and sufficiency models. She said, "We need to look at this problem differently and discuss those things that we don't want to discuss, like the need to do less, to consume less, and buy less." But like her Czech colleague, she does not want to reduce the quality of life too substantially.
This is a revealing contradiction. The developing world sees the future as one where they're able to establish food security and infrastructure. But the second and first world countries are trying to step back from growth and consumerism as they forge a path into the future. As William Gibson once wrote, "The future is already here - it's just not very evenly distributed." Before we can truly shape the future, we need to appreciate that tomorrow looks very different depending on where you live.
Photograph by Sam DCruz via Shutterstock.com. Inset images via Millenium Project, pan-african news wire, The Tact.


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2 cops plead guilty in park stomping
Veteran Bridgeport officers face up to a year in prison
BRIDGEPORT -- Two veteran city cops, caught on video in what has been called the most flagrant act of police brutality in city history, face up to a year in prison after pleading guilty Tuesday to civil-rights violations.
After a video went viral showing veteran Officers Joseph Lawlor, Elson Morales and Clive Higgins kicking and stomping a prone Orlando Lopez-Soto on a spring afternoon in 2011 inBeardsley Park, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People and other community groups held protests and demanded justice.
But it was in a very quiet federal courtroom that first Morales and then Lawlor pleaded guilty to one count each of depriving a person of their civil rights -- a misdemeanor -- before U.S. District Judge Jeffrey Meyer, ending a year of social turbulence in the city.
Under the plea bargain, the officers each face up to a year in prison when they are sentenced Sept. 2. As a condition of the plea they have agreed to resign from the Police Department. They had been on paid administrative duty pending the investigation. Both are eligible to collect pensions from the city.
"Their actions were appalling and the judicial system has to send a strong message that police officers should be held to a higher standard and this conduct will be dealt with swiftly and severely," said state NAACP President Scot X Esdaile.
Police Chief Joseph L. Gaudett Jr. said the Bridgeport Police Department cooperated with the federal authorities since the video surfaced.
"As chief, I am satisfied with the outcome of the criminal prosecution and with the fact that these individuals will no longer serve as Bridgeport police officers," Gaudett said. "Their actions are not reflective of the good work done day-in and day-out by the overwhelming majority of the men and women of the Bridgeport Police Department. The Bridgeport Police Department will continue to cooperate fully with the federal authorities until they conclude their investigation."
By pleading guilty, the officers avoided indictment, Morales' lawyer, Michael Fitzpatrick said.
"Although there was a reasonable explanation for some of the actions depicted in the video, the case as a whole was too emotionally charged for my client to risk the potential consequences of an indictment and trial," Fitzpatrick said.
Officer Clive Higgins has not yet been charged in the incident, and his lawyer, Edward Gavin, declined comment.
Bridgeport Mayor Bill Finch said in a statement that the incident was an aberration.
"Every single day, hundreds of hardworking police officers across Bridgeport keep our streets safe and secure, and do so in an honorable manner," Finch said. "But this isolated incident stands in stark contrast, and the actions by these officers are unacceptable. That's why I'm glad we're seeing some resolve in this case, and that these two officers are paying a price for their violation of the public trust."
On the video, recorded May 20, 2011, by a passer-by but not released to YouTube until January 2013, Orlando Lopez-Soto, 28, is seen running from the right side of the frame when the electrical sound of a stun gun is heard. Lopez-Soto falls face down in the grass and officers Joseph Lawlor and Elson Morales run up to him and begin kicking and stomping on him.
Higgins then pulls up in his patrol car, gets out, and leaning on Morales for support, also begins kicking Lopez-Soto.
Despite the now viral video showing him stomping a prone man on the back and head, Lawlor, 41, steadfastly refused to admit what he had done to the federal judge Tuesday or apologize for his actions.
"My physical contact might have been more than the law allowed," Lawlor told U.S. District Judge Jeffrey Meyers.
"Might have been?" the judge retorted.
"I, I, I, unnecessarily struck him once," Lawlor resumed. "Because of adrenaline, anger, the danger he put me in. I was angry with the guy for the danger he put everybody in."
"Everybody in the room can see the point in time where Mr. Lawlor's actions became unlawful," added his lawyer, John R. Gulash.
Morales, 43, was more candid with the judge. "I apologize," he told the judge. "When he (Lopez-Soto) fell on the ground he had his hands behind him and I Tased him unnecessarily."
Both men, 12-year veterans of the police department, told the judge they started undergoing counseling after the video surfaced in January 2013, worried they were going to be prosecuted. Gulash said Lawlor was out sick the last four days from the police department because he was so stressed about what was going to happen.
Lopez-Soto, who did not suffer major injuries from the incident, is serving a five-year prison term after being found guilty of criminal possession of a firearm, possession of narcotics with intent to sell and failure to appear in court for the crime that led to the chase by the officers. The city recently agreed to pay him $198,000 to settle his civil-rights lawsuit against the cit,y but much of that is expected to be spent to reimburse the state for his incarceration.
The plea hearing almost didn't take place.
Halfway through the hearing the judge asked if the victim had been told about the plea agreement. After a long pause, Assistant U.S. Attorney Anastasia King said she had talked to his lawyers but not Lopez-Soto. The judge then recessed the hearing.
But an hour later, the sides were back before the judge. Robert Berke, Lopez-Soto's lawyer, told the judge his client had been informed and had no objection to the plea bargain.
Lawlor and Morales had been riding in their patrol car shortly after 5 p.m. on May 20 when they attempted to pull over a red van, which drove off at high speed, turned into Beardsley Park and eventually became stuck in high grass, the police report stated.
Lopez-Soto leaped from the driver's door of the van, jumped on the hood of the police car and ran, the report said.
"Myself and Officer Morales gave chase on foot and yelled to Lopez-Soto to stop or he would be Tased, but he continued running," Lawlor said in his report. "Fearing that he might have a gun, Officer Morales deployed his department-issued Taser and fired one shot at Lopez-Soto, striking him in the back. He immediately stopped running and fell face-first to the ground."
Lawlor said he grabbed Lopez-Soto's right arm and attempted to place it behind his back, but Lopez-Soto struggled with him, trying to get off the ground. Morales then used a stun gun on Lopez-Soto again.
Lawlor states he then handcuffed Lopez-Soto, who had a gun holster on his belt. The officers stated they then searched the van and found a loaded handgun on the floor, along with plastic bags containing suspected drugs.
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The OS X El Capitan 10.11.1 update improves the stability, compatibility, and security of your Mac, and is recommended for all users.
This update:
- Improves installer reliability when upgrading to OS X El Capitan.
- Improves compatibility with Microsoft Office 2016.
- Fixes an issue where outgoing server information may be missing from Mail.
- Resolves an issue that prevented display of messages and mailboxes in Mail.
- Resolves an issue that prevents certain Audio Unit plug-ins from functioning properly.
- Improves VoiceOver reliability.
- Adds over 150 new emoji characters with full Unicode 7.0 and 8.0 support.
- Resolves an issue that caused JPEG images to appear as a gray or green box in Preview.
For detailed information about the security content of this update, see Apple Security Updates.
How to update your Mac
Before updating, it's a good idea to back up up your Mac. Then use the Mac App Store to install the update.
Some updates become available only after installing other updates. Install all available updates, and allow installation to complete without interruption. You can also get this update from the Apple Support Downloads site. You might have unexpected results if third-party OS X modifications have been installed, or you modified OS X in other ways.


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In the years following the financial crisis, advisers have spent a good deal of their professional energy helping investors rebuild damaged portfolios. More than that, they've helped clients refine their individual investment strategies. As a positive consequence, 'portfolio construction' has become a core competency for today's leading financial advisers. It's no surprise that the use of core-satellite strategies has gained meaningful traction along the way. In this period of sweeping change, the ability to craft institutional-grade portfolios for retail investors is an important way for advisers to differentiate themselves in a crowded marketplace.
Orbiting the Objective
Broadly speaking, a core-satellite approach seeks to find an appropriate balance between low-cost market exposure—core—and alpha seeking activities—satellite—through a combination of passive and active strategies. In practice, the more efficient corners of the market, where strategies offer little differentiation, are indexed to track the major benchmarks, e.g., the S&P 500 Index for large-cap domestic equity. The less efficient areas of the market (as well as asset classes with limited index options) are prime candidates for the satellite portion of the portfolio. This alpha-seeking activity would include categories like emerging market bonds, floating rate loans, international small-cap equity, and liquid alternative strategies.
Beyond benefitting from cost efficiency, broadly diversified core-satellite portfolios, by including less-correlated satellite asset classes, will theoretically produce lower volatility than those employing more unrefined asset allocations. This appealing outcome increases the likelihood that an investment objective will be achieved and, just as importantly, the investor will remain on track toward that too-often elusive end. For taxable investors, a passive core adds additional benefits to those already discussed, as it tends to bring down turnover and rebalancing costs.
Satellite Detection
Unlike traditional approaches that rely on highly constrained benchmark-aware strategies, the pursuit of satellites favors opportunistic investment strategies. Managers that can actually migrate across asset class lines or make bigger sector bets and run concentrated, thematic portfolios.That's okay in the satellite world: it only makes sense to pay for alpha if you have a high degree of conviction that it can actually be generated.
In other words, for certain satellite allocations, it's altogether logical to seek managers that have the flexibility to cross asset class boundaries and the experience to do it well. For instance, if a real-world asset allocation plan calls for a sleeve of international fixed income high yield next to domestic high yield, why not put the domestic/international decision in the hands of a high-yield expert with a global mandate? After all, that manager is out there on the front line and he's following the day-to-day dynamics of the high-yield markets. Institutions have capitalized on that kind of flexibility for years. According to MSCI research, the initial funding of global equity institutional mandates has grown from a mere 6% in 2000 to represent 38% of all global and international equity initial funding in 2009.
Just make sure the manager you select can exercise all of this nimbleness effectively. A fund's asset capacity—or lack thereof—can have real impact on the strategy's opportunity set.
Stay On Course, of Course
So if you're considering the use of core-satellite techniques to enhance portfolio and risk management capabilities, consider global mandates with nimble, opportunistic managers for the satellite portion of the portfolio. You are, after all, hiring for alpha generation. Keep a close eye, of course, on how these alpha producers combine with each other—you don't want your managers loading up on the same thing at the same time. Bottom line, the managers representing your clients' assets in these parts of the allocation equation need to be of the highest quality and closely monitored. A good blend could mean a great outcome.
Author's disclaimer: Past performance is not indicative of future results. The opinions expressed herein reflect our judgment as of the date of writing and are subject to change at any time without notice. They are not intended to constitute legal, tax, securities or investment advice or a recommended course of action in any given situation. Investment decisions should always be made based on the investor's specific financial needs and objectives, goals, time horizon, and risk tolerance. Information obtained from third party resources are believed to be reliable but not guaranteed. Any mention of a specific security is for illustrative purposes only and is not intended as a recommendation or advice regarding the specific security mentioned.


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Sacha Baron Cohen fears he will never be able to make another spoof movie like Bruno or Borat because he has become too recognisable even when he is in character.
when you make a movie like that, you want to make sure that the people you're interviewing are deserving targets
The British funnyman moved away from his 'mockumentary' format for his latest big screen offering The Dictator, which was filmed as a scripted comedy instead of featuring interviews with real people who had been duped by Cohen's character disguises.
Cohen now admits he might not be able to go undercover convincingly anymore after shooting to international fame with 2009's Bruno and 2006 movie Borat Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan.
He tells Deadline.com, "There probably are places (I could go to film another spoof) but the reality is... when you make a movie like that, you want to make sure that the people you're interviewing are deserving targets. So, you don't just want to interview some doorman at a hotel; you want to interview the incredibly wealthy guests at the penthouse, high-ranking politicians or people who are threatening. The problem is it is definitely challenging, especially now with Twitter and Facebook. It's very, very hard to get away with".
Cohen also reveals he considered making The Dictator, which focused on a fake Middle Eastern autocrat, in a similar format to his previous films, but changed his mind.
He adds, "I did consider for a while having a Middle Eastern dictator character in the real world which could have arguably been more satirical to see how people would have done anything for money, you know, which essentially they did with all of these Middle Eastern dictators... Essentially these dictators were given carte blanche in any of the western countries that needed their money. It was tempting to take that character into the real world, but I wanted the challenge of creating a comedy script that had improvisation in it as well".
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Brett Davis necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 100 diseños de 30 diseñadores freelance.
Sazneo (http://www.sazneo.com)
Our website is: http://www.sazneo.com
We are a cloud based company that started in December 2009 and are about to launch the Beta version of our product.
Our service enables corporate users to communicate more effectively in teams, and can be likened to a secure online group chat and instant messaging application for corporate use.
We are focussed on delivering a service that will look at home on the desktop of corporate users but at the same time feels modern and fresh in line with web 2.0 design. We would like our logo to reflect this.
The benefits of our service to companies are:
1) Real-time communication in teams
2) Internal and external use – connect teams within your company or connect your teams with those of your customers or partners
3) A reduction in e-mail volumes by moving the reply/reply-all discussions to a service specifically designed to handle group communication
4) Secure, closed business community. No spam.
5) Access from anywhere using a browser
Our service can also be used for business communities, i.e. companies that are grouped together for a common purpose. The benefits to business communities are:
1) Allow community members to securely collaborate in real-time
2) Accelerate the sharing of information
3) Shorten the time to get answers to questions
4) Reduce the volume of e-mail between members
5) Fewer conference calls
Our service will be used by corporate users at any size of company.
These people will deal with teams of people in their day to day activity. The teams can be close together or spread out globally across different countries and time zones. The teams may also be outside of their own company.
The user is likely to use outlook as their primary e-mail client at work and is also likely to be a linkedin user.
The user is probably time poor, so will appreciate clean modern easy to use applications.
The logo will appear at the top of our website (http://www.sazneo.com) and also at the top of our user interface. (http://mvp.cobaltstorm.co.uk/sazneo…e1=&some3=)
We will therefore need the logo to work on both the white background (of the website) and the blue background (of the application).
The style of our user interface reflects our choice of brand colours, with blue being the dominant one. Our logo should aesthetically follow/compliment this theme.
We also like clear modern fonts that aren't too fancy, again as on our website.
We will need the files in the following formats:
Print file format - .ai (CMYK)
Web file format - .jpg and layered .psd (RGB)
Please do not use any stock images or clip art in the logo.
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i founded this grope because i love this MMOG and every one is welcome only if you are a fan or player of the game this grope will be for discussing tactics and setting up teams and maby even a clan or two so please come and chat
Only registered members can share their thoughts. So come on! Join the community today (totally free - or sign in with your social account on the right) and join in the conversation.
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Meet Bessy – a 21-year-old SuicideGirl who's into IT (information technology, not the Stephen King monster, although, she's probably into that, too).
She also enjoys listening to Rage Against the Machine and watching '50 First Dates', which is based on our relationship with her. Seriously, Bessy, REMEMBER.
Name: Bessy Suicide
Age: 21
Occupation: Functional analyst.
Favorite position: The Puzzles and the Acrobatic. (Ed. note – *Googling*)
I lost my virginity: In a cinema with 15-year-old.
Into: Photography, do tattoos, playing guitar and bass, drawing, studying for my career of engineering in information systems.
Vices: Cigarettes and cakes.
SuicideGirls is a community that celebrates alternative beauty and alternative culture from all over the world. Since 2001, tens of thousands of models have submitted millions of photos to their website hoping to become SuicideGirls.


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21 January 2013 | News | By BioSpectrum Bureau
Good news for cancer patients - Apollo Hospitals India to setup proton therapy center featuring Ion Beam Applications' (IBA) Proteus Plus
Chennai: Apollo Hospitals will establish a Proton Therapy Center in India, the first of its kind across South East Asia, Africa and Australia. The launch marks the beginning of the next wave of cancer therapy offerings by Apollo, which covers the equipment and services supplied by Ion Beam Applications (IBA) to help establish the Apollo Proton Therapy Center including the long-term operation and maintenance contract.
IBA will equip the Apollo Proton Therapy Center with its Proteus Plus multi-room configuration, including three treatment rooms with uniform scanning and pencil beam scanning capabilities. IBA will also provide all dosimetry equipment to ensure the safest and fastest commissioning of the center so that patients can benefit from this technology starting 2016.
In addition to this, the Apollo Proton Therapy Center will have a significant portion of the facility dedicated to R&D that will partner with leading institutions across the world to foster innovation so as to make modern healthcare accessible and available for the nation.
Speaking on this new initiative, Dr Prathap C Reddy, chairman, Apollo Hospitals Group, said that, "This new proton therapy facility will give patients access to the most advanced radiation therapy technology. Moreover, the center will become an International Proton Therapy Center of Reference in Asia, allowing us to further enhance our ability to provide superior cancer care and promote the benefits of proton therapy technology across the sub-continent".
Proton therapy is increasingly considered the most advanced and targeted cancer treatment due to its superior dose distribution and fewer side effects. Protons deposit the majority of their effective energy within a precisely controlled range, directly within the tumor and sparing healthy surrounding tissue. It is used today to treat many cancers and is particularly appropriate in situations where treatment options are limited and conventional radiation therapy presents risks to patients.


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Rising early in L.A.
I'm up and out of bed 6 am, ready to greet the day and my new life since I haven't done this in decades. I'm a classic late riser. When I say late, I mean really late: 11 am, 11:30, maybe even 12. It's not that I'm lazy, it's just that my works has me keeping other hours, those of a night watchman, say. I have only ever experienced the beauty of the morning second-hand or after writing all night long. Today, the nine-hour time difference made waking up this early possible. Good morning, L.A. – and half a day's work is done by noon.
I stop by Mel's Drive-In and we sit down in the 1950s – the good old days of cinemas and life, the backdrop for a thousand and one films. American Graffiti made this diner famous, and that film was George Lucas' very first box-office hit. You could even say he launched Star Wars from Mel's. And what about me, a guest now in this diner? Am I just an extra or am I playing the lead in the film of my life? I find myself thinking like this in L.A. before the day is half over. It's good. It's cool. This is not jet lag, it's real life. By now, it's afternoon and I've soaked up more sunlight than I would in several days in northern Germany. Rising early makes you happy. Three palm trees tower above my hotel and the sun goes down beyond Sunset Boulevard. The evening sky looks like painting in pale pink. And, I've said, I've finished the work I had to do now and will be flying home tomorrow to my life as a nocturnal animal. But one last time before I go, I get to wake at 6 am. I'm looking forward to it!
Helge Timmerberg
Our columnist, Helge Timmerberg, an irrepressible globetrotter since 1969, writes travel books and contributes monthly to our magazine.


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