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A Carolingian view of clerical marriage
When did priests stop being allowed to marry in medieval western Europe? The question might seem recondite, but it's actually of enormous importance.
The prohibition of clerical marriage separated out priests from the laity in a very clear and obvious way, in parallel to their exemption from processes of secular justice (one of the focuses of my research at the moment). It meant that they couldn't legally have heirs, which had a big impact on wider family strategies; and it was associated with changes in masculinity, too.
Establishing when this happened is however surprisingly difficult. The key texts are often ambiguous. And of course, for the early Middle Ages we don't have enough evidence to be able to say for certain exactly what proportion of priests were married (though recent research on local priests by Julia Barrow and a team led by Steffen Patzold and Carine van Rhijn has moved things on here a lot).
Nevertheless, many historians would suggest that the history goes something like this. Early church councils were keen for clerics in general (and bishops in particular) to refrain from illicit sexual activity, and ideally from all sexual activity. But as good householders, it was expected that these leaders would be married men: They merely had to be continent after their ordination. That tradition was maintained for centuries – the classic illustration is that Pope Hadrian II (d. 872) was a married man, and no one at the time batted an eyelid. Only in the eleventh century did reformers, seeking to create an autonomous church free from secular control, develop a novel insistence on clerical celibacy (as opposed to merely clerical continence within marriage), leading to a formal legal prohibition in the 12th century.
In many ways this is a convincing and accurate narrative. Yet there are two problems. The first is that the narrative perhaps doesn't take sufficiently into account regional diversity in the early Middle Ages. Ninth-century Italian clerics, in particular, seem to have treated clerical careers very differently from their Frankish colleagues, as Rachel Stone has shown – so we can't necessarily generalise from the case of Pope Hadrian.
Perhaps an even bigger problem though is that we tend to approach the late antique councils directly, relying on the most recent editions and the sharpest-sighted interpretations to work out what the church fathers originally had in mind. That's obviously a good thing. But it's not necessarily how early medieval authors read them.
Here's a case in point (brought to my attention by Helen Parish's excellent book). In the late 860s, Pope Nicholas I and Photius the Patriarch of Constantinople became caught up in a fierce argument. It ultimately revolved around about the extent of papal authority, but as part of this argument, a Byzantine letter began to circulate that criticised western church customs. When he heard about this, Pope Nicholas called for Frankish backup. Of the several treatises that were written in response, perhaps the most interesting for our purposes is that written by Ratramnus of Corbie in 867, known as the Contra Graecorum opposita.
Ratramnus was a noted Carolingian intellectual who remains understudied, overshadowed by his (much less sympathetic) fellow monk Radbert. This work of his is no exception, and it languishes in an inadequate 18th-century edition to this day. Yet it's of considerable interest for the relatively level-headed defence of western customs that occupies most of its fourth book (and Ratramnus's emphasis on the western/eastern (orientalis/occidentialis) distinction is incidentally quite striking).
Ratramnus argues for instance that whether clerics shaved their beards (as the Romans did) or whether they didn't (like the Byzantines) was just a matter of local custom, not of doctrine. There was a ritual logic to doing things the way people did in the western churches, but he didn't think the Byzantines should necessarily follow suit. In the end it wasn't that important.
On clerical marriage, however, Ratramnus was more intransigeant. He had heard that the Byzantines labelled the Roman church as anti-marriage because they would not let their priests marry. Nonsense, said Ratramnus – the Apostle Paul wasn't married, yet that hadn't stopped him telling people that they ought to marry.
But, argued Ratramnus, it was simply inappropriate for priests to marry, since they would inevitably become distracted by trying to please their wives rather than God (an indication perhaps of a typically Carolingian companionate view of marriage). And there was also the problem of ritual pollution, though Ratramnus seems much less bothered by this, consistent with his other work.
Not content with leaving matters there, Ratramnus declared that this was in fact the traditional position, and he cited the Council of Nicaea of 325 to prove his point. Now, modern scholars are unanimous that the Council of Nicaea did not ban clerics from being married. But that's not how Ratramnus seems to interpret the key canon, canon 4. This canon forbade priests from cohabiting with women except for close family members. It doesn't mention wives – but in a fascinating short passage (translated below), Ratramnus uses common sense to argue that this was implied.
Was Ratramnus arguing that priests once ordained should not marry, or that they should be actually not be married at all? Here there's a touch of perhaps deliberate ambiguity to the Latin. He says that priests shouldn't matrimonia sortiri (lit: 'acquire marriages') which implies a prohibition on becoming married after ordination. But he also says that uxoria copula (lit: 'wifely bond/union') is forbidden to priests. Now, this could in principle mean sexual contact with one's wife – but the context, and the other occasions on which Ratramnus uses this phrase, strongly suggest he meant the state of being married. [1]
In arguing that the Nicene Fathers prohibited priests from being married, Ratramnus was almost certainly misrepresenting the Nicene council's original intentions. But in a sense, that's irrelevant. What matters is that for this ninth-century author, clerical celibacy was baked into the early church decisions – and moreover that this was a key factor in separating the laity from the priests.[2]
Historians working on clerical celibacy and other related issues naturally tend to focus on new and dramatic texts produced in the eleventh century. But to what extent had the groundwork for these new texts already been laid by subtle, and much harder to discern, changes in how pre-existing texts were interpreted?
TRANSLATION: Ratramnus of Corbie, Contra Graecorum opposita, Book IV, c.6 (PL 121, 329, based on D'Achery's Spicilegium)
Extract (please note this is just a provisional translation and suggestions for improvements are welcome).But let us come to the ecclesiastical decrees, by which we may understand what they [the maiores] wished to decide about this. In the Council of Nicaea held under Emperor Constantine I, it was thus decided by 380 bishops: "The great synod stringently decreed that it was not permissible for a bishop, priest or deacon, or absolutely anyone else in the clergy, to have a woman living in (mulier subintroducta): Except perhaps his mother, or sister, or aunt, or those women who escape suspicion".
Let these Constantinopolitan emperors hear this, and judge whether those grades this canon concerns ought to obtain marriage (matrimonia sortiri) – grades to whom it is not permitted to cohabit with women, except only those persons whom no suspicion can stain. For whoever marries (duxerit) a wife is unable not to have other women in the household too apart from his wife, women through whom wifely necessity and domestic business (domestica cura) may be supplemented. In truth where the living-in (subintroductio) of all women is forbidden, except for those persons who lack all suspicion, it is clear that a wifely union (uxoria copula) is also forbidden, since this can in no way happen without contact (accessio) with other women.[3]
[1] Earlier in the passage, R. wrote that Paul "significat se caelibem esse, nec uxoris copula detineri" – ie, that he was not married. Cf. his comment re: the 862 council of Aachen here: "quod autem opponitur non fuisse copulam illam legitimum conubium"
[2] nec inter laicos et sacri altaris ministros ullam differentiam consistere.
[3] Sed veniamus ad ecclesiastica tandem decreta, quo cognoscamus quid decernere super his maluerint. In Nicaeno concilio sub Constantino imperatore primo per trecentos octodecim episcopos sic decernitur: «Interdixit per omnia magna synodus, non episcopo, non presbytero, non diacono, nec alicui omnino qui in clero est, licere subintroductam habere mulierem; nisi forte matrem, aut sororem, aut amitam, vel eas tantum personas quae suspiciones effugiunt.» Audiant haec Constantinopoleos imperatores, et judicent, an debeant isti gradus, super quibus hoc capitulo decernitur, matrimonia sortiri, quibus non licet mulieribus cohabitare, nisi solummodo personis illis quas nulla suspicio possit commaculare. Nam quisquis uxorem duxerit, non potest praeter uxorem alias etiam mulieres in domo non habere, quibus uxoria necessitas, et cura domestica suppleatur. Ubi vero cunctarum interdicitur subintroductio feminarum, praeter omnino personas quae careant omni suspicione, manifestum est quod interdicatur etiam uxoria pariter copula, quae nullo modo potest fieri sine reliquarum accessione feminarum.


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"I have a room full of hats. Wear new era caps, which means that, 'I am confident, do not mind people looking at me'."
– Dita Von Teese, she was a stripper, now is the fashion muse, also a hat control.
"I do not interested in designing men. Men do not wear clothes, is it not better to see it?"
– Even if the family has a super guy, had reached the ranks of professional designers design Beckhams or nothing of interest in men. God Ma and David Beckham to launch men's, it was all cloud.
"People always think I'm pretentious, I'm not. I just want to say to help you express something, but can not tell."
– Chanel designer Karl Lagerfeld is so to see their own.
"I feel like I'll never retire, we must always engage in some things, even if the models do not do, will do anything else, because it is the one you love is to let the momentum every day I wake up."
– Supermodel Gisele Bundchen very abundant energy.
"He said, 'is very simple. I looked at Chanel has been achieved, and then decided to modernize the People First.' That sounds simple, but we did just Red Bull Hats."
– Tommy Hilfiger, said Karl Lagerfeld saved him and his brand.
"Fair point, I still have flat shoes, such as some of Aspen's snow boots."
– "High heels queen", singer Mariah Carey is pregnant their first child, apparently in addition to preparing baby products, also need to buy more flats.
"Design is also very popular for everyday wear interesting, but this is not a cutting-edge designers expected, but still interesting to me."
– Belgium talented designer Olivier Theyskens "unemployment" Nearly a year later, settled in simple and generous main section of the Theory, What is life like, I am afraid that only he himself knows.
"I love my magazines, but I need to express myself. In a magazine I am not who I am. I always hope that the path of non-magazine, to let everyone hear my voice, I understand."
– Japanese version of "Vogue" editor Anna Dello Russo called the "fashion Lady Gaga", with a series of out-of shape, more and more people remember the Big Sister.
"I do not mind making a large conventional fashion, but I think Funny film more suitable for me."
– Supermodel Lara Stone is a virtue, such as drug treatment centers and a series of controversial photos fashion photos onto the cause of the summit.
"Comments will be hurt. Critics do not see the designer in the quarter quarter Lian Zhouzhuan then continue writing the DC Hatscourage to continue to innovate. If not satisfied with their work, film director to remake or delayed release, designers can not. "
– Designer Vera Wang tells the designers of the hard feelings.
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How did the federal judiciary transcend early limitations to become a powerful institution of American governance? How did the Supreme Court move from political irrelevance to political centrality? Building the Judiciary: Law, Courts, and the Politics of Institutional Development, by Justin Crowe, uncovers the causes and consequences of judicial institution-building in the United States from the commencement of the new government in 1789 through the close of the twentieth century. Explaining why and how the federal judiciary became an independent, autonomous, and powerful political institution, Justin Crowe moves away from the notion that the judiciary is exceptional in the scheme of American politics, illustrating instead how it is subject to the same architectonic politics as other political institutions.Here are the contents:
Arguing that judicial institution-building is fundamentally based on a series of contested questions regarding institutional design and delegation, Crowe develops a theory to explain why political actors seek to build the judiciary and the conditions under which they are successful. He both demonstrates how the motivations of institution-builders ranged from substantive policy to partisan and electoral politics to judicial performance, and details how reform was often provoked by substantial changes in the political universe or transformational entrepreneurship by political leaders. Embedding case studies of landmark institution-building episodes within a contextual understanding of each era under consideration, Crowe presents a historically rich narrative that offers analytically grounded explanations for why judicial institution-building was pursued, how it was accomplished, and what--in the broader scheme of American constitutional democracy--it achieved.
Chapter One: The Puzzle of Judicial Institution Building
Chapter Two: The Early Republic: Establishment
Chapter Three: Jeffersonian and Jacksonian Democracy: Reorganization
Chapter Four: The Civil War and Reconstruction: Empowerment
Chapter Five: The Gilded Age and the Progressive Era: Restructuring
Chapter Six: The Interwar and New Deal Years: Bureaucratization
Chapter Seven: Modern America: Specialization
Chapter Eight: Judicial Power in a Political World
Here are the blurbs:
"With the arrival of this book, the idea that elected politicians and unelected judges operate in separate spheres finally has to be put aside. A blockbuster work, this magnificent rendition of how Congress has built federal judicial power invites us to recognize the national judiciary as a central actor in American politics, placed there by continuous legislative design."--Rick Valelly, Swarthmore College
"Building the Judiciary reveals a fascinating paradox of American political development: the courts are periodically pulled into partisan rancor and interbranch warfare, and yet these episodes have resulted in the building of an autonomous and powerful judiciary. This pathbreaking book is a major contribution to understanding how judges have participated in institutional reforms that have forged a unique American state and is a must read for understanding the politics of judicial statecraft."--Sidney Milkis, University of Virginia
"Accurate, accessible, and sound, this book is a much-needed comprehensive developmental history of the entire federal court system. It is a valuable reference work for lawyers, historians, political scientists, and anyone else interested in this subject."--Mark Graber, University of Maryland School of Law
"This is an excellent book, richly textured and nicely argued. Crowe is to be commended for so successfully analyzing the development of the judiciary, given the broad sweep of history covered. His book is a significant contribution to the study of law and courts and will cement the author's reputation as one of the field's brightest young stars."--Kevin McMahon, Trinity College


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Ryder's 2 goals lead Stars past Wings
When Michael Ryder scored in the third period to give Dallas a two-goal lead, Stars goalie Kari Lehtonen relaxed a bit.
By the time the Detroit Red Wings finally put the puck past him, it was too late to make any difference.
Ryder scored in the first and third periods, and Lehtonen came within 3.4 seconds of a shutout in the Stars' 2-1 win over the Red Wings on Tuesday night.
Lehtonen made 39 saves and allowed only Damien Brunner's first career goal just before time expired.
''It was fairly easy the first 50 minutes I would say, then Detroit came a lot harder,'' Lehtonen said. ''It was nice to have that two-goal lead. It made it a little more calm.''
Ryder had already scored an insurance goal with 14:26 to play.
Detroit's Jimmy Howard had 30 saves - including 16 in the second period - to keep his team in it.
''I think in pieces in the game we did some good things,'' Red Wings forward Henrik Zetterberg said. ''The power play's not good. Got to get better at that.''
Detroit went 0 for 4 with the man advantage and is 0 for 15 on the season.
Jaromir Jagr went without a point for Dallas for a second straight game after posting two goals and two assists in the season opener Saturday.
Detroit's fans were ready for the Red Wings' first home game after the lockout.
It was the 72nd consecutive sellout for an NHL game at Joe Louis Arena, and the crowd roared when Tomas Holmstrom came out to drop the ceremonial first puck. Holmstrom announced his retirement earlier Tuesday after 15 seasons with the Red Wings.
Ryder opened the scoring with 14:19 left in the first, beating Howard from the edge of the right circle with a terrific shot that sailed past the goalie's right shoulder.
''Took a quick shot from the slot, and it managed to find its way in,'' Ryder said. ''As a team here, we're doing a lot of good things, and we're getting better as every day goes by.''
The Red Wings killed 3:55 of power-play time after Brunner and Kyle Quincey took back-to-back minor penalties in the second. While short-handed, Detroit's Valtteri Filppula beat Lehtonen to the goalie's right, but the shot hit the post and stayed out.
''Always when you hear that noise it's not fun, but I was happy to see it come back,'' Lehtonen said.
Howard was terrific in the second, stopping Tom Wandell's stuff attempt and later denying Trevor Daley when he had a chance from in close.
''I thought we were fine in the first. Then we started turning the puck over all over the place in the second. We weren't mentally sharp all night,'' Red Wings coach Mike Babcock said. ''I think we looked like we were out of gas.''
Detroit nearly tied it in the first minute of the third, but Lehtonen stopped Zetterberg at the doorstep, then slid to his left to prevent Brunner from knocking in the rebound.
Dallas added its second goal after Ray Whitney had his shot blocked. He retrieved the loose puck and sent a nice cross-ice pass to Ryder, whose quick wrist shot went past Howard.
Howard's best save might have been a few minutes later when Reilly Smith stickhandled past a Detroit player and lifted a backhander from point-blank range that Howard gloved.
NOTES: The Red Wings honored the memory of former public address announcer Budd Lynch during the first period. Lynch, a veteran radio broadcaster who spent more than 60 years working for the team, died in October. ... Jagr remains a goal behind Luc Robitaille for 10th place on the NHL's career list. Jagr has 667 goals. ... Brunner scored in a shootout in Monday's victory over Columbus, but this was his first real goal.


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backgroundLayer = new OpenLayers.Layer.Vector("Background Layer", {styleMap: backgroundStyleMap} );
totalAreaPolygon = new OpenLayers.Feature.Vector(new OpenLayers.Geometry.Polygon([linearRing]))
And same for other polygon.
How can I subtract the other polygon from background polygon as shown in the picture (right polygon).
This is one of the examples from OpenLayers. http://openlayers.org/dev/examples/donut.html


text: Hi Gerry: On Thu, Dec 10, 2009 at 1:22 PM, Gerald Creager <gerry.creager at tamu.edu> wrote: > Grand Theft Auto? More'n'likely, YellowDog Linux, which is what the folks > in Colorado adapted, under contract with Sony, to generate for the PS3. :-) Actually by now you could install pretty much any Linux flavour on the PS3. I was talking specifically about what system software they used to provision the 2000+ PS3s. You would still need to manually switch each PS3 to boot from "otheros", but beyond that it would be nice to have an automated system of provisioning the OS... Cheers, Bernard


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Network switches look different in the cloud
Adapting to changing patterns
Cloud computing takes more than just a philosophical shift. It requires new skills, processes and architectures.
In particular, traffic patterns in cloud networks can be quite different from those of the familiar enterprise network and the scale of operation can be significantly higher.
That, according to experts in the field, means planning and building your network differently, both physically and logically.
One of the biggest changes is allocation of bandwidth. In an enterprise network, traffic flow is primarily vertical, or north-south: that is up to the core and down to the clients. It is also pre-defined to some degree: you know which apps run on which servers, and therefore how much bandwidth is needed and where.
By contrast, in a cloud apps are virtualised and logically decoupled from the hardware layer, so an app can run pretty much anywhere and is moveable.
That means you have to build a standardised infrastructure where anything can run anywhere.
"Applications don't correspond to physical space any more," says Ken Duda, vice-president of software engineering at cloud switching specialist Arista Networks.
He adds that it also means significant horizontal, or east-west, traffic, once you have automated systems moving those virtual machines from server to server as their demands for network capacity change.
Leaf and spine
Part of the solution to this is simply more capacity – for example, the latest switches offer wirespeed 10Gig Ethernet for as little as 2W per port, plus 40Gig, and in the future 100Gig for east-west interswitch links. But most also agree it also demands a different network topology.
Many vendors propose replacing the familiar hub-and-spoke topology with a leaf-and-spine approach, similar to the non-blocking Clos network .
It is possible to build a high-bandwidth switching infrastructure that gives lots of east-west bandwidth using standard protocols. Most network experts also say that the network should be flatter with fewer tiers: two rather than three, and perhaps even just one.
This is partly to simplify network management, but also to reduce latency and increase throughput, according to Bala Pitchaikani, senior director of product line management at Force10 Networks.
One popular idea is to replace spanning tree protocol and its limitations – including blocking off alternative paths, which does not sit well in a fully virtualised any-to-any environment – with a single big Layer 2 network where multiple non-blocking paths between end points can coexist.
Just a large cloud
The result is an Ethernet fabric analogous to today's virtualised storage fabrics, says Simon Pamplin, Brocade's UK and Ireland systems engineering manager.
"We've learned from the storage industry how to manage in virtualised environments," he says. "A storage network is just a large cloud."
The two leading non-proprietary options for replacing spanning tree are the IEEE's shortest path bridging and the IETF's Trill (transparent interconnect of lots of links).
The problem is that having two of them leaves plenty of room for vendor confusion and semi-proprietary alternatives. And both are likely to need new hardware.
But there are other schemes on offer. For example, Pitchaikani says that as well as backing Trill over L2, Force10 recently introduced a 64-port switch supporting a Layer 3 alternative called equal-cost multi-path routing.
Duda, on the other hand, prefers "network virtualisation – a service model virtualised at the edge, giving the appearance of lots of L2 networks".
He adds: "Layer 2 scales well to a couple of thousand servers, which is enough for smaller clouds. Beyond that the simplest thing is what Google did: a Layer 3 cloud that includes a broadcast service."
Whichever multi-path scheme you end up using, the next layer of automation – and complexity – is the ability to move the network connection along with the virtual machine.
Pamplin says that is why Brocade's Ethernet fabric technology also includes automatic migration of port profiles.
Other vendors do broadly similar things. Arista, for example, has provided hooks in its EOS switch operating system so cloud management tools can dynamically modify an 802.1Q virtual LAN.
Building blocks
Finally, while we are still at the switching layer, the need to increase speed and minimise network latency also means doing more locally.
One solution is to have an application service module or blade within the switch so that some tasks, such as security and load balancing, can be done within the rack instead of being farmed out across the cloud, says Johan Ragmo, data business development manager for northern Europe at Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise.
This also ties in with the standardised block, pod or container approach favoured by Alcatel-Lucent, Brocade, Cisco and others, where servers, storage and switches are integrated into a pre-tested modular building block.
Shipped as a single standard item, this hooks up with the automated provisioning layer and automatically adds its resources to the cloud pool. ®


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Last year, the Broncos and Patriots played twice, and neither game was close: New England won 41-23 in the regular season and 45-10 in the playoffs. This year, the Broncos are preparing to play the Patriots on Sunday, and they think things will be different.
In fact, Broncos cornerback Champ Bailey says the Broncos don't just think they can win: Bailey said the Broncos "know we can win."
But that wasn't always the case. According to Bailey, last year he didn't believe all of his teammates were confident heading into their two losses against the Patriots.
"I didn't feel like there were 53 guys that thought we could win," Bailey said. "And it showed."
So what's different this time? Bailey suggested that replacing last year's defensive coordinator, Dennis Allen, with Jack Del Rio was a step in the right direction. And although he didn't mention them by name, he clearly believes that quarterback Peyton Manning gives the Broncos a better chance of beating the Patriots than Tim Tebow did.
"Couple of different players here and there. Different coordinator. Different mentality," Bailey said. "But I think last year, it was pretty obvious we didn't put our best effort in that last game. It was real disappointing to get that far and not put forth 100 percent. But it is what it is, it's in the past, and this is a different year, different breed of guys going in there."
If Bailey is right, and if the Broncos do beat the Patriots, that would be a strong sign that the Broncos really are a better team this year.


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Snakes, rodents flee flood waters
MISSISSIPPI STATE -- High waters from hurricanes and floods will drive snakes and rodents into areas they may not venture normally, such as homes and storage buildings.
Bill Maily, area wildlife agent with Mississippi State University's Extension Service, said anytime a building has been flooded, people should enter it with extra caution.
"Snakes and mice or rats are just like people; they will seek shelter from a storm," Maily said. "If they are in flowing water and encounter a tree or structure, they'll likely climb up for a dry spot. If they find a house, they may go up to an open area under the eaves."
When flood waters recede, Maily urged extreme caution inside closets, on bookcases, under furniture or any place elusive creatures might hide. There may be an increase in snakes and rodents outside homes near piles of debris, around stalled automobiles, near or inside outbuildings or any area that offers shelter.
"If a snake is in a house, I suggest homeowners get glue boards that they can put down on top of sheets to catch the snake," Maily said.
After capturing a snake on a glue board, roll up the sheet to carry the snake outside for release. Vegetable oil will counteract the adhesive. In some areas, animal control officers may be available to assist.
Ben West, Extension wildlife specialist, said if homeowners are controlling rodents in the home, snakes will not remain for long. They will leave in search of other food.
"Flood conditions can cause new infestations of insects, rodents, snakes and other pests that can cause health problems for humans and livestock," West said. "Use flashlights to inspect closets, basements, storage areas, bins and shelves with extra caution. It's as important to avoid rat bites as you would want to avoid snake bites."
West said snakes can only strike within two-thirds the length of their body, so a 3-foot snake could reach up to 2 feet away. A person who is bitten should try to look for characteristics to determine the type of snake it is. Venomous snakes will leave two distinct puncture wounds, and nonvenomous snakes may leave marks more like scratches.
"Victims of venomous snake bites should try to get to the hospital as soon as possible. If you are not close to a hospital, wrap a constricting band between the bite area and the heart to slow down, but not stop, the blood flow. Do not apply a tight tourniquet," West said. "In general, it's better not to waste time with first aid; just head to the hospital."
Rodents can be eliminated by trapping or poisoning. The anticoagulant poisons (warfarin, pival, fumarin and diphacinone) require at least four days of successive feeding before the rats begin to die. Rats will continue to die for two weeks or longer after consuming bait.
"Insects such as flies and mosquitoes can multiply at alarming rates after torrential rains, so people should be aggressive in removing standing puddles and containers filled with water. Appropriately dispose of garbage and animal carcasses," West said. "Repair or replace screens, windows, doors and vents as soon as possible."


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The aim of the study tour is to enhance the capacities of the staff of the Ministry of Energy and Mining with emphasis to their Energy Community Treaty responsibilities.
The Programme goals of the study tour are the following:
- To establish relationships with counterparts in other countries;
- To develop an understanding of process followed by the Member States to comply with EC regulations and lessons learned;
- To present the EU energy policy and discuss options for creation of long term energy strategy;
- To present the EU policy on renewables and discuss options for supporting schemes for development of renewable energy sources;
- To present the EU policy in energy efficiency and discuss options for creation of energy efficiency fund;
- To present the EU policy and incentives for combined heat and power production and discuss options for high efficiency cogeneration;
- To present the EU policy for development of natural gas distribution and supply and discuss options for development of natural gas distribution networks.
Key authorities from the Kosovo energy sector and EPTISA's project staff will have the opportunity to visit the Ministry of Economy, Energy and Tourism of Bulgaria, State Energy and Water Regulatory Commission, Energy Efficiency Agency, and Ministry of Environment and Water of Bulgaria.
The study tour that will be held from 19th to 23rd July 2010, is fully prepared and managed by EPTISA with financial support of the European Union, within the project "Assistance to the Ministry of Energy and Mining".


text: IMG_1172 by Mr D. Farry | Apr 22, 2022 About Latest Posts Mr D. FarryHi, my name is Mr Farry, I still consider myself very much part of a great team in a great school, we really do ALL pull together to ensure the children complete a fantastic and enjoyable curriculum. I am still the P.E coordinator (a veteran now that I've joined the over 40s club), and still completely passionate about sport and my role in sport at Park. I am still actively involved external sports (both team and individual) and consider this essentially to maintaining a healthy body and mind. The children will tell you I'm still the jovial and humorous person I was when I joined the school, buy I'm simply four/five years older and 'hopefully' a little wiser, albeit with a few stray greys! My classroom is a busy place, with high expectations whilst still maintaining a nurturing environment, especially with the kind and generous Mrs Lucas by my side. The children, thus, continue to feel comfortable and content in their learning environment. Latest posts by Mr D. Farry (see all) An Assembly to 'Remember' - 12th November 2023 Healthy 'Fakeaway' options in 6F (D&T) - 16th October 2023 A Vicious Viking Visit in Year 6! - 22nd June 2023


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text: Hour 1: From the archives – How do you know if someone is disturbed? Could they be a psychopath? We explored the bizarre world of psychopaths, the doctors who study them and the penal systems that incarcerate and try to treat them last summer with Jon Ronson, author of "The Psychopath Test: A Journey Through the Madness Industry" (Riverhead Books, 2011).


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An exclusive appointment is waiting for you at Baglioni Hotel Luna, the most ancient Hotel in town, to
celebrate the Carnival of Venice during the prestigious Great Baglioni Party, in the real atmosphere of the
XVIII° Century!
We will welcome you with a special Cocktail starting from 7.00 pm in the elegant Fireplace room:
in the magic atmosphere in front of the warm fireplace, you will be delighted by the typical Venetian
canapé and the famous Bellini and Rossini Cocktails.
From 8.00 pm in the elegant Marco Polo Ballroom, a real artistic jewel with the original frescoes dated back
on XVIII° Century of the School of Tiepolo, you will be involved by our Masters of Minuetto Dance: have fun
with our Carnival Artists and new friends… And don't miss to parade your Venetian Carnival Costumes and
traditional Masks in this marvellous setting!
Our Executive Chef Alberto Rossetti will satisfy your palates with a special Carnival Dinner and the
traditional Venetian delicacies: Frittelle and Galani as much as you wish!
Our Carnival Artists will amuse you with their funny Carnival sketches during the evening and the party will
continue with our Disk Jockey: International covers, rock, ball room and latin dance, the great '70s & '80s
music …….to dance till late!!
An unforgettable evening waiting for you at Baglioni Hotel Luna to experience the real Venetian Carnival!
Shrimps tempura with braised celeriac, rum and tomato powder
Eggplant pie, black squid sauce and crunchy hazelnuts
Seabass fillet covered with crunchy zucchini, stuffed with dried apricots, and Caribbean lime sauce
It reminds me of " Tiramisu"
Terms and Condition:
Dress Code: Carnival Costume (Costume d'Epoque or elegant dress with Mask and Cloak)
Rate: 290,00 Euro per person (Vat and Wine from Canova Selection included).
Cancellation Policy: by 12.00 p.m. of 02nd February 2018. Failing to cancel, the whole rate will be charged to
your credit card details as penalty.
For info and reservation:
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Space Weather Mysteries & Unanswered Questions
Space weather is a new science. It hasn't been studied for thousands of years. So space weather has many questions that still need to be answered. And it has a lot of unsolved mysteries which is exciting!
If you study space weather when you grow up, maybe you'll be able to answer some of these questions:
- Is there a connection between space weather and Earth weather?
- What causes the 11-year sunspot cycle?
- Where does the heliosphere end? Is Voyager there yet?
- Why do Earth's magnetic poles move around?
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Superbly written by Robert Fisk, master journalist, legendary Middle East correspondent for The Times of London and a raft of other papers and news organizations, it takes us to Afghanistan in the time of the Russian "intervention", gives us a seat next to him when he (twice) interviews Bin Laden and explains a heck of a lot of the what and why that is the Middle East conflict.
Not a finance book per se, it nevertheless helps connect a bunch of global finance-related dots.
Read it.


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Didi adds Apple Pay support across core mobility services
China's ride-hailing giant Didi is this week adding support for Apple Pay to its core personal mobility services — including Didi Premier, Didi Express, Didi Luxe and ofo, a partner station-less bike-rental service also powered by an app.
Apple Pay is the mobile payment system baked into iOS, which lets users authenticate payments with a fingerprint biometric (and soon via Face ID — Apple's new facial biometric feature in the iPhone X).
Didi already supported other iOS features — such as ride-hailing by using Siri from within the Maps app, and via the Apple Watch.
It says it now supports payment through WeChat Pay, Alipay, Apple Pay, QQ Wallet, international credit cards and CMB OneNet Service for core services.
The erstwhile Uber rival — before it swallowed the competition (leaving Uber with a 5.89 equity stake in the merged entity) — has also today said that Didi Select, a second product operated by the Uber China division, has passed one million rides.
Didi Select is targeted at younger, cost-conscious consumers in urban areas, offering more affordable prices than other Didi ride-hailing services.
It was launched this February and the company is targeting it to be in 22 cities by the end of September.
Also today, Didi said its high end on-demand limousine service, Didi Luxe, has launched a bilingual version. The service debuted last month in Beijing, and the company says it intends to extend it to other cities throughout this year and next.
Did, which was founded in 2012, claims some 400 million users across all its services — which as well as individual car-hailing and bike-rental include an Internet-booking bus service (called Didi Bus), and says its business powers more than 20 million rides per day, operating across over 400 major Chinese cities.
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Merlin's weekly podcast with Dan Benjamin. We talk about creativity, independence, and making things you love.
Merlin's weekly podcast with Dan Benjamin. We talk about creativity, independence, and making things you love.
"What's 43 Folders?"
43Folders.com is Merlin Mann's website about finding the time and attention to do your best creative work.
Sloan get organized for new record
Merlin Mann | Sep 27 2006
One of my favorite bands, Sloan, has a new record called Never Hear the End of It that just came out last week in Canada (currently only purchasable via import in the US; in Canada, you can buy it on MapleMusic). While recording the CD, Sloan also shot a bunch of short in-studio videos, including a couple that reveal their innately organizational side. In "Shades 'o' Sloan", Murph shares the color-coded card system they used to track each band members' song status. "I'm red, and Jay's yellow, Patrick's green, and Andrew's blue..." In "Sneak Peek," the color system returns, vaguely Mondrian-like, plus you get to hear samples from a few of the songs. I'm a big fan of "Set in Motion" (which you'll see is Chris Murphy Red). The tracks I've heard from the record are really good -- probably their best since Between the Bridges. Also, if you ever get the chance, do catch Sloan on tour when they come to your town. Always a really fun show. [ via Mrs. Mann ] POSTED IN:
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Praise be to Allah.
The opening takbeer is one of the pillars or essential parts of the prayer, without which a person's prayer is invalid and he has not entered the prayer if he does not say it. The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: "No person's prayer is complete unless he does wudoo' as it should be done and then says 'Allahu akbar.'" Al-Albaani said: It was narrated by al-Tabaraani with a saheeh isnaad. Ibn Qudaamah said: This is the view of the majority of scholars, past and present.
Al-Mughni, 2/126; see also al-Majmoo', 3/175.
This is the first thing with which a person should start his prayer, because the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: "The key to prayer is purification, its opening is to say Allahu akbar and its closing is to say al-salaamu' alaykum." Narrated by Ahmad, 1009; Abu Dawood, 618; al-Tirmidhi, 238; Ibn Maajah, 276. al-Nawawi said: its isnaad is saheeh.
The phrase tahreemuha al-takbeer (translated here as "its opening is to say Allahu akbar") means that this takbeer makes it haraam for the worshipper to eat, drink or do other things that are permissible outside of the prayer, or that one enters into the sanctity (hurmah) of the prayer by saying the takbeer. See al-Majmoo', 'Awn al-Ma'bood.
With regard to when the opening takbeer should be said, it is the first thing that the person does in the prayer, so he should say it when he stands to pray; he should turn to face the qiblah and then say the takbeer, then recite the opening du'aa', then seek refuge with Allah from the accursed Shaytaan, then start reciting Soorat al-Fatihah.
It is mustahabb to raise the hands when saying this takbeer, raising them until they are level with the shoulders. This raising of the hands is a confirmed Sunnah (Sunnah mu'akkadah). See Sifat Salaat al-Nabi (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) by al-Albaani [Available in English under the title The Prophet's Prayer Described].
As the opening takbeer is a pillar or essential part of the prayer, if a person omits it, deliberately or by mistake, his prayer does not count, i.e., it does not come under the rulings on prayer. See al-Mughni, 2/128.
Shaykh Ibn 'Uthaymeen (may Allah have mercy on him) was asked: If a person omits the opening takbeer by mistake, what is the ruling?
He replied: If a worshipper omits the opening takbeer, by mistake or deliberately, his prayer does not count, because the prayer cannot begin without the opening takbeer. If we assume that a person stands in the row then starts with the opening du'aa' and recitation of al-Fatihah, and he continues with the prayer, we say that has not entered prayer in the first place, even if he performs all the rak'ahs. Fataawa al-Shaykh, 14/36.
With regard to the one who omits it and starts to pray because he is unaware that it is obligatory, if the time for the prayer in which he started to pray without the opening takbeer has not yet ended, then he has to repeat the prayer, as the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) commanded the Sahaabi who was not at ease in his prayer and did not pray properly to repeat the prayer in front of him and he told him: "Go back and pray, for you have not prayed." (Agreed upon).
But if the time of the prayer which he prayed without the opening takbeer out of ignorance has ended, then he should try to do what is on the safe side, and repeat this prayer. Similarly if he had offered more than one prayer in this fashion, he should do what is on the safe side and make sure he has discharged his duty. That is because the basic principle according to the majority of scholars is that if a person omits a duty out of ignorance or forgetfulness, he has not discharged his duty until he does it. See al-Qawaa'id wa'l-Usool al-Jaami'ah by Ibn Sa'di, p. 78
And the opening takbeer is one of the duties that are enjoined upon the one who prays.
It is very unlikely that the one who was praying would do this, especially if he was living in a Muslim land. It is very unlikely that he would be unaware of such rulings. At the very least he would see the Muslims around him doing that and would do the same as they do, or at least he would ask about what they are doing.
And Allah is the source of strength.


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Sign Permits
A sign permit is required to erect, install, or display any commercial signage in Citrus Heights. Applicants must submit for permit utilizing the Citizen Access Portal and provide scaled drawings and site plan as described below. All plans and supporting documentation shall be organized, correctly orientated and submitted as a single PDF file.
At the time of submittal to the Building and Safety Division, applications will be reviewed by the Planning Division for compliance to sign code regulations.
Sign Plan - Wall Mounted Signs
The applicant must submit scaled drawings of the proposed sign. Sign details include: outside dimensions of the sign, description of lighting for the sign, type of sign, weight of sign, and method of installation/connection details. Proposed wording and design must be shown.
Monument or Freestanding Signs
The applicant must submit scaled drawings proposed signage which are wet-stamped and signed by a structural engineer. Proposed wording and design must be shown. Detailed foundation plans are required on freestanding monument signs. Sign details include:
- Outside dimensions of the sign
- Description of lighting for the sign
- Type of sign
- Type of materials used for the construction
Site Plan
The applicant must submit a scaled drawing of the site plan and where the sign will be erected for both freestanding signs or wall mounted signs. View a sample Site Plan (PDF). The drawing shall show all pertinent information:
- Property lines
- Road right-of-way
- Existing structures
- Exact location of the proposed sign on the property
- Distance of the sign from property lines and roads must be noted
- Identify all existing sign locations on the site plan
Sign Inspections
Sign permit applications require plan check through the Building and Safety Division. Please view the inspections page for additional information.
Special Notes
- Applicants should allow 10 working days for plan check review.
- Sign permit fees are collected based upon valuation. Plan check fees are due at time of submittal and the building permit fee is due at issuance. If the sign is electric, an electrical fee will be added to the building permit fee.
- Approved sign permits will be issued a city sign tag that must be affixed to sign at time of inspection.
- Inspections required are setback, footing/foundation, electrical and a final inspection.
Changing the Face, Type or Wording Only
If a business is changing the type, wording, or face of the sign and the sign size (area of the text) has not increased, then a permit is not required.
If changes to an existing sign result in an enlargement to the sign size, the applicant must apply for a building permit.
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An Air India pilot has caused outrage by posting a homemade rap video on YouTube decrying the decline of the airline and its aging air hostesses.
Captain Anjum Chabra is a first officer with the carrier's now grounded Dreamliner fleet, reports the Mumbai Mirror. His five-minute video has received more than 90,000 views since it was first uploaded on Feb. 13 and includes lines like: "How do I fly with women in their 60s/ They call them air hostesses, we call them aunties."
(VIDEO: Flight Attendant Behind Parody Videos Fired)
The clip starts with Chabra preparing for work only to hear at the last moment that his flight has been canceled, prompting an angry rant at company bosses, his labor union and the declining airline industry in general. "I'm working Air India, I am in India, but not in the air," he raps. "Is there anyone here who's got some extra money to spare?"
State-run Air India is the nation's fourth largest airline by market share but has struggled in recent years to compete with private carriers. It also has a legacy of labor problems, referred to in the YouTube video with the line: "Where is ma union y have they fallen sick? [sic]"
Although Chabra includes the disclaimer: "Dear friends and fellow pilots, the following content is not meant to harm anyone's feelings for the company," the film has nevertheless drawn the ire of senior executives at the troubled airline. Air India chairman and managing director Rohit Nandan told reporters in New Delhi that Chabra has since "unconditionally apologized and promised to withdraw the video from the Internet site," reports the Times of India.
MORE: What Can Consumers Expect from the American-US Air Merger? Nothing Good


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Syria closed universities and suspended classes for college students across the country Wednesday as anti-regime activists reported that the death toll from two massive blasts that ravaged a campus in the city of Aleppo reached 87.
The opposition and the government have blamed each other for the explosions, which marked a major escalation in the struggle for control of Aleppo Syria's largest city and once the country's main commercial hub.
The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the number of those killed in Tuesday's blasts at Aleppo University could rise even further because medics have collected unidentified body parts and some of the more than 150 injured are in critical condition.
It remains unclear what caused the blasts, which hit the campus as students took exams, setting cars alight and blowing the walls off dormitory rooms.
Activists said forces loyal to President Bashar Assad launched two airstrikes on the area at the time of the blasts, while Syrian state media said a "terrorist group" the government's shorthand for rebels hit it with two rockets.
Either way, the explosions shattered the relative calm of the sprawling, tree-lined campus, signalling that Syria's civil war has reached areas that were mostly spared the violence that has killed more than 60,000 people and reduced entire neighbourhoods all across the nation to rubble.
Syria's Ministry of Higher Education suspended classes and exams at all Syrian universities on Wednesday, "in mourning for the souls of the heroic martyrs who were assassinated by the treacherous terrorist hand," the state news service reported.
The SANA report quoted the minister of higher education, Mahmoud Mualla, as saying that Assad had ordered the reconstruction of Aleppo University "with the utmost speed."
The competing narratives about what caused the blasts highlighted the difficulty of confirming reports from inside Syria.
The Syrian government bars most media from working in the country, making independent confirmation of events difficult. Both anti-regime activists and the government sift the information they give to journalists to boost their cause. And civilians stuck in the middle avoid talking to the media, fearing reprisals from both sides for speaking their minds.
Aleppo has been the focus of a violent struggle for control since rebel forces, mostly from rural areas north of the city, pushed in and began clashing with government troops last summer.
The university is in the city's west, a sector still controlled by the government. Both activists and the Assad regime said those killed in Tuesday's blasts were mostly students taking their mid-year exams and civilians who sought refuge in the university dorms after fleeing violence elsewhere.
Activists said a government warplane carried out two airstrikes on the university. To support their claim, they circulated a video they said showed a small trail of smoke left by a jet. They could not explain why the government would strike an area controlled by its forces.
"We have no idea why the plane hit there, but it was very clear that it was a plane that struck," said an Aleppo activist reached via Skype who spoke on condition of anonymity due to security concerns.
Syria's state news agency said a "terrorist group" government shorthand for rebels fired two rockets at the university from an area further north. It did not give numbers for the dead and wounded.
The scale of destruction appeared inconsistent with the rockets the rebels are known to possess.
The Observatory, which relies on a network of contacts inside Syria, said 87 people were killed in the blast, though it had documented the names of only 11 of them.
On Tuesday, Syria's U.N. Ambassador Bashar Ja'afari told a Security Council meeting on combating terrorism that "a cowardly terrorist act targeted the students of Aleppo University" as they sat for their mid-terms. He said 82 students were killed and 152 were wounded.
Syria's crisis began with political protests in March 2011 but quickly descended into a full-blown civil war, with scores of rebel groups across the country fighting Assad's forces. The U.N. said this month that more than 60,000 people have been killed in the violence.


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Ephesians 5:4
5:4 jesting. It seems surprising at first glance that "foolish talking" and "jesting" would be condemned as in the same category of sins as fornication and filthiness. Nevertheless, there are many Biblical warnings against "every idle word" (e.g., Matthew 12:36), and it may be significant that the only Biblical reference to "jesting" is a warning against it. There are also many such Biblical commands as: "Let your speech be alway with grace" (e.g., Colossians 4:6). It seems that the popularity of many Christian speakers today is measured by the amount of humorous anecdotes and witticisms they can inject into their messages, but one never finds this element in the sermons of Christ, the letters of Paul or anywhere in the Bible. Sin and salvation are sober, serious issues.


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Thanks to Arnold Kling, I Sort of Understood Trump's Speech Last Night
My personal reaction was that Trump's speech was horrifying, a dystopian vision that bears no relationship to what is actually going on in this country (e.g. violent crime continues to fall, trade continues to make us wealthier, immigrants continue to make productive contributions, etc). Peter Suderman has more in case you missed it.
But in Arnold Kling's 3-axis model of politics, the speech made perfect sense. Trump has decided he is going to run hard on the civilization-barbarism axis. The barbarians are at the gates, and his opponents are either too weak to deal with them or are actually in league with the barbarians. He is the strong leader who will turn them back and make everyone safe again. We're not going to trade with the barbarians, we are not going to treat with them, and we are not going to waste civil rights on them. Ugh. Trump is working hard to make me feel the victim, but I don't accept victim status.
I am not sure if this is marginally better or worse than what we are going to get at the Democratic Convention, where we will get four days of hearing that I personally am the bad guy and source of all misery in the world and the person that needs to be regulated harder and looted more furiously. I almost prefer the Democratic approach, because at least evil is being done against me rather than in my name.


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Investigation Discovery will "celebrate" Valentine's Day in its own unique style with its first-ever FORGET YOU WEEK, anchored by daytime talk personality Wendy Williams, who also hosts the original special 50 WAYS TO LEAVE YOUR LOVER. Love hurts on ID's anti-Valentine's Day special, as we reveal breakup tactics taken by real people spurned by lousy lovers using recreations and interviews with the old flames. But before feeling the sting of Cupid's acid laced arrows, FORGET YOU WEEK primes viewers for the darkly funny special with an on-air watch & win sweepstakes, as well as digital extensions including a "Relationship Personality Quiz" and March Madness-style "Break-up Bracket."
ID kicks off the first-ever FORGET YOU week, launching Friday, February 7, where fans can tune into the 8/7c broadcast each night for a code to enter to win a $5,000 retail therapy shopping spree on www.InvestigationDiscovery.com. And lovelorn viewers have another outlet for their angst on ID's digital and social channels with the following initiatives beginning Saturday, February 1:
· Relationship Personality Quiz – take the test to see where you stand. Are you a DIVA or a DOORMAT, a BULLDOZER or HOPELESS ROMANTIC? The answer will give you useful tips to take into your next meaningful partnership with the hopes of living happily ever after.
· Break Up Bracket – A March Madness-style bracket where users will pick the best way to end it with a significant other. Whether you deliver the news in person or over the phone, or take a more insensitive tactic such as a sending an outsider to deliver the news or even a creative skywriting message — the winning way to ditch a loser will be crowned on Valentine's Day.
· Funny Valentine's Day E-Cards– Enjoy these shareable images with tag lines like, "I've been 'arrested' by your love" or "My love for you has me serving 25 years to life"
Selfies Without Sympathy Contest- Viewers are invited to take to Facebook and Instagram and post images of themselves with faces mostly hidden by a piece of paper on which they've written or drawn their favorite – or their own – revenge quote.
Everyone has their own list of deal breakers in a relationship, but a select few warrant the ballistic responses witnessed in ID's all-new Valentine's Day special, 50 WAYS TO LEAVE YOUR LOVER, premiering Friday, February 14 at 10/9c . Maybe your lover never keeps his word. Maybe they're second-rate in the sack. Maybe he hates your friends or, even worse, he's cheated on you with one of them. As Paul Simon sings it, "There must be fifty ways to leave your lover." Host Wendy Williams is the viewer's best friend giving advice and relatable wisdom as she turns the camera onto breakup stories that are stranger than any tabloid rumor. Three stories of damning dismissal featured in 50 WAYS TO LEAVE YOUR LOVER are as follows:
· It's love at first sight for Jennifer Klinkhammer and Leshaun Meane when they meet at a car show. Jennifer is so head-over-stripper heels for Leshaun that the exotic dancer offers to move him to Houston where she can be his personal sugar momma. But when Leshaun starts sampling other sweets in the candy store, Jennifer goes on a rampage to teach the lothario a lesson. Location: Chicago, IL/Houston, TX
· Truckers Roger and Kathy are on a highway of love when this couple's romance goes from 0 to 60 almost immediately. They zoom full speed ahead into marriage, but Roger can't seem to steer clear of female temptations while on the road. When Kathy catches on, she boils over and the two face off in divorce court. Roger emerges victorious but Kathy gets revenge by revving her engine and putting her pedal to the metal…right through Roger's house. Location: Muskegon County, MI
· Kierra Reed and Henry "Man Gizzle" Brown seem destined to be together. Kierra is dazzled by her boyfriend's ambition to be the next greatest rap star. But that success comes with a price. When Henry enters the club to take the stage, he becomes a totally different person…one who plays her for a fool. Kierra confronts him, hoping he'll change his tune and surprise her with a ring. Instead, this Jekyll and Hyde offers a love song gone wrong and when Kierra catches him again, she erupts with a volcanic fury that eventually lands her in jail. Location: Cincinnati, OH
50 WAYS TO LEAVE YOUR LOVER is produced for Investigation Discovery by Indigo Films with David M. Frank as executive producer, Carl Schick and Paul Sauer as supervising producers, and Chris Leavell as vice president of content. For Investigation Discovery, John Terp is executive producer, Sara Kozak is senior vice president of production, Kevin Bennett is general manager, and Henry Schleiff is group president.
About Wendy Williams
Mother, wife, media mogul, entrepreneur, performer and best-selling author, Wendy Williams is best known for her long-running talk show "The Wendy Williams Show." Named one of the "35 Most Powerful People in Media" by The Hollywood Reporter in both 2012 and 2013, Williams' nationally-syndicated weekday program was hailed a "breakthrough in daytime" by The New York Times when it launched in 2009. The show now airs in 52 countries, on BET at midnight, launched its fifth season in fall 2013 and has been renewed through 2017. Prior to achieving success in daytime television, Williams built a devoted audience of fans throughout an enormously successful 23-year career in radio. "The Wendy Williams Experience" was Williams' top-rated, daily radio show. Syndicated nationally, it aired on WBLS in New York and was listened to by an audience of more than 12 million people. One of the most popular personalities in radio, Williams was inducted into the National Radio Hall of Fame in November of 2009 – one of only a handful of women with that honor.
About Investigation Discovery
Investigation Discovery (ID) is the leading mystery-and-suspense network on television and America's favorite "guilty pleasure." From harrowing crimes and salacious scandals to the in-depth investigations and heart-breaking mysteries that result, ID challenges our everyday understanding of culture, society and the human condition. One of our nation's fastest growing cable networks, ID delivers the highest-quality programming to nearly 85 million U.S. households and is available in both high definition (HD) and standard definition (SD). For more information, please visit InvestigationDiscovery.com, facebook.com/InvestigationDiscovery, or twitter.com/DiscoveryID. Investigation Discovery is part of Discovery Communications, the world's #1 nonfiction media company reaching more than 1.8 billion cumulative subscribers in 218 countries and territories.


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Streets Department
Snow Removal
The Streets Department is responsible for plowing and treating City streets in the winter.
If you are a property owner, you are responsible for clearing the sidewalks and curb ramps on your property within 24 hours after the snowfall/ice ends. If walks are not cleared and the City receives a complaint, the City will clear the sidewalk and bill the property owner.
Learn more about snow removal
Weeds / Grass
The Streets Department and the Rental Housing Department inspect tall grass and weed complaints, depending on the type of property.
If you are a property owner, you are responsible for mowing and trimming grass and weeds on your property. The maximum height allowed is 10 inches. Weeds tend to grow faster than grass, but the majority of the grass and weeds in lawn areas should not exceed 10 inches (excludes garden plants and ornamental grasses). If the City receives a complaint, the City will mow and trim and bill the property owner.
Report grass / weeds nusiance
Planting in Right of Way
The area between the sidewalk and the street is reserved for utilities. A permit is required before planting trees in this area. Learn more about trees in the right of way
Place your mailbox to meet the following standards:
- The bottom of the mailbox should be 36 inches to 42 inches above the roadway surface.
- The mailbox door (the side facing the road) should be set 6 inches from the back of the curb.
- The address should be visible on both sides of the box.
- View mailbox placement
Storage of Special Vehicles and Watercraft
City parking ordinance allows storage and parking of vehicles in driveways that are under one ton load capacity with no length or height restrictions. No parking is allowed on unpaved surfaces.
Report an Issue
The City receives nuisance reports year round and inspects nuisances on a complaint basis as staff is available. Report an issue at 319.248.1740 or www.coralville.org/letusknow.
Violations & Fees
If the City inspects the property and a violation exists such as a snow-covered sidewalk or tall grass, the following occurs:
- The City posts a notification on the property with a deadline to correct the violation. In the event of a registered rental property or vacant lot, the City also attempts to notify the property owner directly.
- The City re-inspects the property.
- If a violation remains, the City hires a contractor to mow, trim, shovel, etc. at the property owner's expense.
- The property owner is responsible for the cost to complete the work, plus a $50 administrative fee.
- The City immediately hires a contractor to mow, trim, shovel, etc. at the property owner's expense.
- The property owner is responsible for the cost to complete the work, plus a $50 administrative fee.
The nuisance costs and administrative fees are assessed against the property owner for collection in the same manner as a property tax.
Contact Us
Eric Fisher
Streets & Solid Waste Superintendent
Email750 Camp Cardinal Blvd.
Coralville, IA 52241Ph: 319.248.1740
Office Hours
Monday - Friday
7:00 am - 3:30 pm


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Silicon – a minimalist theme with plenty of features and ways to organize your content in a unique way for each page by simply dragging and dropping the content boxes to the page.
How is this possible? The answer is simple, by using wonderful Page Layout builder with nice and user-friendly interface you can generate pages in seconds. You'll learn more about how to handle with Page Layout builder plugin in theme documentation, also you have the choice to watch video demonstration of how Silicon theme can be configured in proper way.
Silicon theme contains 8+ skins/colors and more to come in the near future as requested from the customers.
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CROKE, NICHOLAS, builder and architect; b. c. 1800 probably in New Ross, County Wexford (Republic of Ireland); m. 8 Aug. 1821 Mary Flynn in St John's, and they had three sons and one daughter; d. there 8 Dec. 1850.
Nicholas Croke probably came to St John's as a carpenter (the trade his eldest son later followed) fairly soon before his marriage. Like fellow Wexfordman Patrick Kough*, he must have attained some standing in the building trade for by 1836 he was styling himself "architect." However, only a few of his works are known, among them the now demolished Orphan Asylum school, built in 1827 and later enlarged by James Purcell*. As a member of the Benevolent Irish Society, which sponsored the school, Croke had submitted a set of plans and, on the basis of these, had been asked to join the building committee. When the contractor was unable to complete the work, Croke agreed to take it on. A fairly simple, hip-roofed example of vernacular Georgian-style architecture, the school was described by the Reverend Michael Francis Howley* in the 1880s as "one of the neatest buildings in the city, and was much admired by the typical 'Out-harbour-man,' on his annual visit to the capital." It may be that this admiration was occasioned only by the Purcell additions, including an observatory and portico, which gave the building some sense of style. That plainness was a characteristic of Croke's work is suggested by the comment in Robert John Parsons *'s Newfoundland Patriot that his New Commercial Building (1842) in St John's had an "unhandsome exterior." Croke was also responsible for a number of government works. During the period 1836–38 he was contractor for the court-houses built in Brigus and other outports.
In politics Croke took a position which was quite independent of that held by the majority of the Roman Catholic population, though possibly very dependent on the realities of his trade. The Catholic bishop, Michael Anthony Fleming, was a strong supporter of reform politics and its adherents, the largest number of whom, including Patrick Morris and John Kent*, were also Irish Catholics. The few who did not follow this tradition, among them Patrick Kough and Michael McLean Little, a merchant, did so sometimes at a risk to their businesses. Croke publicly supported Kough and Little, and in 1834 he opposed William Carson's municipal corporation bill. His alignment with the conservative faction [see Henry David Winton*] can be seen, in part, as self-serving. The conservatives were mostly Protestant merchants who controlled many private building contracts and had strong ties to Government House and the Council, thereby influencing which builders received public contracts.
One curious aspect of Croke's life is that he does not appear to have owned any property in Newfoundland – a somewhat unusual situation for a man of his standing at the time.
Basilica of St John the Baptist (Roman Catholic) (St John's), St John's parish, reg. of baptisms, 1821–36: 308; reg. of marriages, 1793–1836: 21 (copies at PANL). MHA, Croke name file. PRO, CO 194/96 (mfm. at PANL). Supreme Court of Nfld. (St John's), Registry, administration of Nicholas Croke estate, 1851; probate book, 3: f.223. Nfld., House of Assembly, Journal, 1837: 119; 1838: 88. Newfoundlander, 6 Oct. 1842. Newfoundland Patriot, 17 Aug. 1842. Public Ledger, 4 April 1834. Royal Gazette and Newfoundland Advertiser, 10 Dec. 1850. Centenary volume, Benevolent Irish Society of St. John's, Newfoundland, 1806–1906 (Cork, [Republic of Ire., 1906?]), 42, 45, 68, 144. Gunn, Political hist. of Nfld. M. F. Howley, Ecclesiastical history of Newfoundland (Boston, 1888; repr. Belleville, Ont., 1979). R. R. Rostecki, The early court houses of Newfoundland (Can., Parks Canada, National Hist. Parks and Sites Branch, Manuscript report, no.312, Ottawa, 1977).
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Shane O'Dea, "CROKE, NICHOLAS," in Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 7, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003–, accessed February 22, 2024, http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/croke_nicholas_7E.html.
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Novel technique reveals both gene number and protein expression simultaneously
Researchers have discovered a method for simultaneously visualizing gene number and protein expression in individual cells. The fluorescence microscopy technique could permit a detailed analysis of the relationship between gene status and expression of the corresponding protein in cells and tissues, and bring a clearer understanding of cancer and other complex diseases, according to researchers who led the study.
The new technique is called the fluorescent in situ gene protein assay. It combines traditional fluorescent in situ hybridization (FISH) with the in situ proximity ligation assay, which is capable of resolving individual protein molecules.
"To my knowledge, this is the first technique that allows us to concurrently address gene activity and corresponding protein expression in the same cells," says co-principal investigator Dr. Arnab Chakravarti, chair and professor of radiation oncology and co-director of the Brain Tumor Program at the Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center – Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solove Research Institute (OSUCCC - James).
"The ability to resolve gene and protein-expression changes across a tumor could help us understand what drives tumor behavior overall," Chakravarti says.
The new assay is described in the August issue of the journal Neuro-Oncology. For this study, principal investigator Dr. Markus Bredel, an associate professor at the University of Alabama Birmingham, and an adjunct associate professor radiation oncology at the OSUCCC – James, along with Chakravarti and their collaborators first assayed fixed human glioblastoma tumor cells, then paraffin-embedded human glioblastoma tissue. In both cases, the researchers assayed for overexpression of a mutant form of the epidermal growth factor receptor gene, EGFRvIII, and for levels of its truncated protein in glioblastoma.
"This method has potential to perform a detailed analysis of the relationship between cancer gene status and corresponding protein expression in cells and tissues," Bredel says. "We demonstrate that the fluorescent in situ gene protein assay methodology is capable of resolving cancer gene and protein patterns simultaneously on a cell-by-cell basis, which is particularly important in heterogeneous diseases such cancers."
The implications of the assay include the following:
- It is particular relevant to cancer research due to the role of epigenetic and posttranscriptional regulation.
- The ability to correlate gene and protein information in the same cells might increase the reliability of biomarker screens.
- It might aid in therapeutic decision making when screening for only the gene or the protein yields indeterminate results.
- It can be applied to gene-transfection studies that use 'knock-in' models to study the effects of gene number on protein expression.
"We believe this assay is broadly applicable to disease-oriented and cell- and molecular-biology research," Chakravarti says.


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The previous blog post provided an example, named EarthCubeFX, of creating a 3D application with JavaFX 1.3.
Today's post highlights Oracle JavaFX engineer and author Jim Clarke's experience running EarthCubeFX on JavaFX-TV. To quote Mr. Clarke:
The tag line is "JavaFX: Bringing Rich Experiences to All the Screens of Your Life", so I decided to put it to the test. Jim Weaver created a 3D demo called EarthCubeFX, and I wanted to know what needed to be done for it to run on a true JavaFX-TV platform. Luckily, I had just obtained an Intel Canmore CE3100 system that runs JavaFX-TV.
Obviously, the TV does not have a mouse, so the first thing I had to do is use some of the keys on the remote control to invoke the same behavior that the mouse buttons activated in Jim's original code. The JavaFX-TV runtime maps the remote control keys to JavaFX KeyEvent objects. The first choice was to decide which keys to use for the pitch and roll rotations; the remote's arrow keys were the obvious choice. I arbitrarily picked the CHANNEL_UP and CHANNEL_DOWN keys to do the Z translation, which moves the cube further back or forward in the field of view. Lastly, I used the OK key to take the cube back to its home position. I only added 8 lines of code, compiled the application in NetBeans using the JavaFX-TV Emulator, then copied the Jar file over to the Canmore and ran it as shown in the video. The Google map tile images are still fetched over the Internet. The animation, and 3D features, run exactly as on the desktop.
Here's a short video that Jim Clarke created of EarthCubeFX running in JavaFX-TV on the Canmore set-top box:
Also, here is the code that Jim Clarke added to handle remote controller keys:
public function keyRotation(ke: KeyEvent) : Void { if (ke.code == KeyCode.VK_RIGHT) { angleY++; } else if (ke.code == KeyCode.VK_LEFT) { angleY--; } else if (ke.code == KeyCode.VK_UP) { angleX--; } else if (ke.code == KeyCode.VK_DOWN) { angleX++ } else if (ke.code == KeyCode.VK_CHANNEL_UP) { translateZ -= 10; } else if (ke.code == KeyCode.VK_CHANNEL_DOWN) { translateZ += 10; } else if (ke.code == KeyCode.VK_ENTER) { goHomePosition(); } }
Thanks, Mr. Clarke! Also, remember that the deadline for RIA Exemplar Challenge entries is 22-May-2010 so please submit it if you haven't already!
Jim Weaver


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Mountainsmith Rhyolite 6061
I received these poles for free with my Mountainsmith Maverick pack. For the price (free), you can't beat them. At the time of purchase, I never used trekking poles. But, I wasn't prepared to turn down a free set. Now that I've started using trekking poles, I find them indispensable. Most of my hiking is uphill into the mountains for the night and back downhill the next day. The stability added by trekking poles makes the purchase of a set worthwhile.
That said, I've used these poles for about 2 years. Until recently, most of my complaints have been mostly annoyances. The hiking baskets on the tip tend to come loose and fall off at the worst times. My friend who had the same set lost both of his almost immediately after purchase.
I was able to keep both of mine until last weekend when I lost one while snowshoeing atop 30 feet of snow in the Hakkoda Mountains. The pole was rendered useless in snow without a basket.
The strength is also not great. My friend bent one of his while backpacking in Italy and I bent one of mine in the snow last weekend. Luckily, I was able to straighten mine for the remainder of the trip. My friend's pole was rendered useless.
I'm also not fond of the locking mechanisms. With mine, I usually had problems getting them to unlock after a trip. I usually had to get my pliers on them in order to get them loose. In the snow, however, it was a different story. When cold, I couldn't keep the locking mechanisms tight enough to prevent collapse. Coming down the slope, I finally gave up on them after continuous collapsing. As a result, I spent a lot of time picking myself back up from the snow.
Overall, I wouldn't recommend the purchase of these poles by themselves. A little extra money would be well spent on better poles. However, I would recommend the purchase of the Maverick pack/trekking pole combo. The pack is a good buy for the money and these trekking poles are a decent enough introduction to trekking poles.
Price Paid: Free w/ Maverick Backpack
Sturdy, easy to adjust, fairly light, value-priced trekking poles.
- Price
- Ease
- Non-padded straps
For the trekker who is looking for a little extra help, some good balance and something to test the ground, these are great poles. They don't offer real shock absorbency, but they are sturdy and comfortable.
The one drawback is that the straps are not padded. I either tape my hand in the web between my thumb and index finger to avoid chaffing or I wear gloves.
Other than that, I'm very pleased.
Source: bought it new
Price Paid: $25 for the pair
Lightweight and fragile.
- Light weight
- Easy adjustment
- Shocks
- Bend easily
These poles work fine for light walking and hiking. Definitely not built to withstand any abuse. One of my poles bent on my second trip with these; I was descending a steep ridge and put a little pressure (not really all that much) on the pole and it bent on the lower section.
However, as long as you don't use them for skiing or rough, off-trail use you should be ok.
Source: bought it new
I bought these because I forgot to pack my regular poles. Learned my lesson. I used them once, for about 2 hours, and the spring lockout failed on one of them. I can no longer lock the shock absorber out. Also, the insides rattle when you apply pressure on them or tap them on the ground. Very annoying.
Truth is, as hiking poles, they perform as they are supposed to. Then again, so would a pair of sticks that I could have found along the trail. I should have just done that instead of paying for these.
Price Paid: $19.95 ea. (Too much)
Good, run-of-the-mill poles... These are almost identical to the $8 SwissGear poles from Walmart. The carbide tips on the Rhyolite 6061's last a little longer than the SwissGear, though. I got about 150 miles out of the Rhyolites and only 70 miles on the SwissGears. The springs are good and the sections hold in place, fine. For the money though, they are a bit of a stretch. You are probably better off to spring an extra $20-$40 a pair and buy Lekis. There is a huge quality difference.
Price Paid: $39.99
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With mobile being well and truly here and an increasing amount of website traffic (25%+) coming from mobile devices - having a mobile solution is critical for all brands.
So far, so obvious. Everyone has probably accepted that getting a mobile enabled site is fundamental and will be or should be on everyone's development roadmap.
Some brands may ask themselves should we develop an app? Accepted wisdom will be: well, if you have the budget and if the role of the app is to either save time (Trainline/Googlemaps) or waste time (Angry Birds) for the consumer/candidate then go for it - BUT ONLY if you have a mobile enabled site in place.
Today my team and agency attended a Google workshop of YouTube, where they shared (amongst lots of other cool stuff) how YouTube is now a site designed in 'Responsive DesignWeb ' i.e. websites that respond to their environment, be they, desktop, smartphone or tablet - One site for every screen.
Brands dont have to develop several different types of sites or indeed a standalone mobile site. They can develop one site. This changes the whole game.
Like Africa skipping the whole desktop/dial up era and going straight to mobile, recuitment brands with no mobile site can pass Go and go straight to RWD.
But what are Challenges? Realities? Cost will no doubt be one, timeframes an issue and we still need to figure out how applicants can apply for a job on the go and what role each device plays in the process. Will brands need a quick and easy mobile enabled site in interim? possibly.
Lots of things to explore and learn on RWD but very exciting and interesting times.
Thanks to the Google team for the heads up.


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One of the better Yuletide traditions is the venerable holiday Advent Calendar, in which each day of December leading up to Christmas is marked off on a special calendar by opening its corresponding door to find a small gift, toy or chocolate squirreled away inside.
This year, we here at Cult of Mac decided we wanted to give our readers their very own Apple-themed advent calendar, filled with the year's best apps, gadgets, stories and other curios. So each day in December, we're going to lovingly peel back the door on the Cult of Mac 2012 Advent Calendar to reveal another delicious morsel, something really special that came out this year that we think every one of you should enjoy.
Hiding behind door number 24 is a little game that will help you extract revenge upon all your family members and friends. It's Hero Academy.


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Movement and Coordination
At this age, kids are learning to roll over, reach out to get what they want, and sit up.
You can help your child by providing a safe place to practice moving and lots of interesting objects to reach for or move toward.
How Babies This Age Move
By now babies should be able to hold their head and chest up when lying on their stomach. During this stage, they begin pushing their head and chest further by straightening the arms and arching the back, which strengthens chest and back muscles.
Your child also might begin moving his or her legs and rocking on the stomach. In this way, babies are getting ready to roll over and build up to crawling.
During this period, your baby will probably learn to roll over in both directions. So be sure to never leave your little one unattended. These newfound movements could cause a child to fall from a bed or couch unless supervised. Even if your child never rolled over before, there's always a first time. Babies like to surprise parents that way.
With improved neck and trunk strength, babies learn to sit when placed in that position with support. Over these months, your baby will learn to lean forward with arms outstretched for support, then gradually gain the strength and confidence to sit unaided, though he or she won't be able to get into a sitting position without some help.
Leg strength is also improving. Your baby will learn to support all his or her weight when held in a standing position. It's important not to force a baby to stand who is not ready, but by 7 months most infants enjoy standing (and bouncing!).
Reaching and Grabbing
Babies use their hands more and more and will learn to reach and grab for what they want. They're also learning how to pass an object from one hand to the other, how to turn them round and round for inspection, and how to pick up objects by raking things with the fingers into their grasp.
Give your child lots of toys with sounds and textures to pick up, shake, and explore. Be careful with small objects because babies will place just about anything they can into their mouths for further exploration, so watch for potential choking hazards.
Encouraging Your Child's Movement
Have a designated safe play space where favorite toys can be kept within your baby's reach. Continue to let your baby spend time on his or her tummy. In this position, encourage your baby to lift his or her head and chest off the floor. Make some noises, shake a rattle to entice your child to look, then lift up. Place a favorite toy in front of your baby to encourage forward movement.
Let your baby practice sitting by supporting your child with your hands or with a pillow behind his or her back. In a sitting position, your baby's hands are free to reach for and explore toys.
From a sitting position, help your baby pull to stand. One. Two. THREE! While standing, let your baby bounce a few times before lowering him or her back down.
These three positions (tummy, sitting, standing) let babies exercise their muscles and master the skills needed to move to the next developmental level.
When to Call the Doctor
Development follows a pattern that builds on skills your child previously gained. The time it takes for kids to achieve specific skills can vary widely, but if you're concerned about your child's development, talk to your doctor.
Originally Posted on kidshealth.org
Date reviewed: September 2014


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Mars For Earthlings (MFE) GSA 2O12 Workshop
published Jul 12, 2012 10:39amMFE is a GSA ½ day Saturday (Nov. 3) workshop that will introduce Mars/Earth analog lesson modules for integration into undergraduate introductory earth or planetary science courses. Attendees will receive lesson modules and be guided through several modules.
This workshop will provide lesson modules integrating Earth analog concepts and recent Mars imagery to engage students in STEM disciplines. Lesson modules are easily integrated into any introductory classes. Accompanying hands-on activities will utilize Google Mars and JMARS software, as well as HiRISE imagery. Example topical themes include: "What is the evidence for water on Mars? (mineralogy, diagenesis, sedimentary geology, and surfaces processes)", "Is there life on Mars? (extremophiles and habitable environments)", and "How do craters shape the Martian landscape? (relative dating, stratigraphy, surfaces processes)". This workshop is open to any faculty and postdoctoral scientists/graduate students teaching undergraduate introductory earth or planetary science. Fee to include a coupon redeemable at the GSA bookstore onsite for $20 when registrant signs in at the course. Participants will need to bring their own laptops.
Be sure to sign up for the workshop when you register for the GSA Annual Meeting in Charlotte.


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Arthur Blank faces an interesting quandary. Mike Brown has no reputation to protect, either in Cincinnati or elsewhere. The fact that the Cincinnati Bengals remain in the NFL despite decades of miserly mismanagement is a testament to the cartel nature of the league, one free from the competitive pressures that the possibility of relegation creates in the rest of the world. Brown does not care about his reputation locally, so he has no issue driving a hard bargain with his city and county and then turning a deaf ear when the effects of that bargain affect the services that the local government can provide.
I mention all of this as a cautionary tale for the Falcons. The local professional football franchise is seeking to replace the Georgia Dome - a facility that is only twenty years old and is a perfectly good place to watch a football game - with a retractable roof facility. The price tag for the new stadium is estimated at $948 million, although that seems to be a conservative estimate. Additionally, the only funding source listed so far has been a hotel/motel tax. The remaining funding is undetermined, but could very well come in the form of either additional tax revenue or in the form of charging fans more for the privilege of supporting the local team through PSLs and higher ticket prices.
I feel leery about any analogy that has Mike Brown and Arthur Blank in a sequence. Mr. Blank is widely popular in Atlanta for a variety of reasons, two of which are his various philanthropic endeavors and his generally good stewardship of the Falcons. That said, the Falcons risk the same sort of backlash that the bowls, Texas, and Bengals have all seen for pushing their position too hard. A new Falcons stadium promises little or nothing for an average fan, save for fewer seats, higher ticket prices, and the opportunity cost involved with $300 million in tax revenue going for a private business as opposed to schools, police, and other public services. The Falcons rely on the local community for much of their revenue. They ought to consider that fact when pushing for an unnecessary new stadium.
Blank, on the other hand, has a sterling reputation in Atlanta. His commercial creation - Home Depot - is generally popular, as are his philanthropic endeavors. He has done a good job as the owner of the Falcons. Moreover, he simply has a pleasant demeanor because he smiles and speaks well. If I were casting a movie and wanted to fill the role of doting grandfather, I would pick someone who looks and acts like Blank. Because of that reputation, Blank cannot credibly make the threat that would get him a new stadium: "give me this or I'll move the team." He has too much to lose if he becomes the person known as the guy who killed professional football in Atlanta, a city that loves the sport. This positive reputation works against him.
That last paragraph, by the way, can operate as a criticism of Liberty Media and Atlanta Spirit. Whereas Blank has roots in the community and therefore wants the Falcons to do well to enhance his local reputation, Liberty Media, as an out-of-state media company, has no such interest. Nor does Atlanta Spirit, which (at least in terms of ownership share) is predominantly composed of individuals from out-of-state.


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Stop whingeing about how you used to take great photos w/your DSLR but are now mired in a morass of bad cameraphone photos - get a cheap point & shoot and an Eye-Fi card & you will have great photos again w/out the DSLR weight
There are countless geeky, nerdy, folks in late 2012 "whingeing" :-) about
- how they used to take great DSLR photos but it was too heavy & inconvenient to post photos,
- so they switched to a cameraphone
- but are tired of its bad photos.
Simple solution:
- buy a $150 dollar point and shoot like the Canon Powershot A2400 which you can get for $70 (or a $200 Olympus E-PL1 or EPM-1 with the Olympus bodycap lens for $59 if you want something even more awesome for $260 instead of $150 or less),
- a $99 Eye-Fi card.
- Carry the camera in your pocket at all times.
- Post photos from the Eye-Fi via your cameraphone's WIFI access point
This makes it convenient and quick like your cameraphone but gives you much better image quality that doesn't require filters of doom to make the photos "interesting"!