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As expected, property owners in Sarasota will be paying a little more in taxes next year.
Next year's city budget, passed Tuesday night by the City Commission with a 3-2 vote, will raise property tax bills in the city by 6.8 percent. The city commission also voted to spend $500,000 on homelessness issues in the coming year, using federal and city funds to match an equal county effort.
When the new tax package takes effect in October,it will bring the tax rate to 3.1728 mills, or $3.1728 per $1,000 of taxable value. Factoring in the decrease in debt service, that means someone with a property with a taxable value of $200,000 will end up paying $630.82 in city taxes in 2014. That would be $45.84 more than last year.
One Sarasota resident came to the meeting Tuesday to say how unhappy he was with the tax hike. Joel Schleicher told commissioners that the reduction of garbage collection to once a week was "unconscionable," and that with stormwater drainage problems ongoing and crime problems unattended to, the city didn't deserve to be rewarded with more revenue.
"With poor service, taxes should not go up," Schleicher said. And with few others appearing at public meetings, he said, residents were like "lambs going to the slaughter."
Mayor Shannon Snyder and Commissioner Paul Caragiulo each voted against the budget, with the mayor calling it "extravagant." But when pressed by other commissioners to say specifically what they would cut from it, both declined.
The increase in tax bills comes from an 8.5 percent increase in property taxes, mitigated by about a five percent decrease in the city's debt service tax.
That marks the third year in a row that the property tax has been increased, after the city had gone four years without an increase starting in 2007. The city lost a quarter of its revenue in the economic downturn of recent years, and has shed about 200 employees, said City Manager Tom Barwin.
The $1.4 million raised by the tax increase is meant to go toward a budget shortfall and financial obligations to retired city employees.
To cover the city's budget of more than $192 million next year, the city is also dipping into "rainy day" funds and other departments to find about another $2 million and cutting 11 city jobs by attrition.
Sarasota raises property tax rate
As expected, property owners in Sarasota will be paying a little more in taxes next year.


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UMAATC VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIESMaking a World of Difference Through Volunteering and Community Involvement". At UMAATC we have many opprotunities for volunteers. Many people involved with UMAATC work tirelessly to make a difference and positively impact the lives of others through volunteering, while along the way motivating many to do the same. Imagine a place where everyone is linked together by their good deeds. A place where we all seek out ways to have a positive affect on another's life. A place where everyone in some way helps everyone. To often we overlook the power of a helping hand and providing a positive presence in others lives. Well, such place can exist if each of us takes an active role in volunteering.Direct Service Work Direct service comprises hands-on involvement and the implementation of organizational non profit programs. Direct service can be one-time only projects, an on-going commitment, working with a group, working alone, in a set location or moving from place to place, the category holds tremendous variety. Many direct-service assignments consist of very basic activities but are very badly needed by the people or causes served. It encompasses anything from filling paper work, spending time with youth to complicated technical work. The possibilities are endless.Ways to Give Direct Service is the last part in the volunteering series. I hope that I have inspired you to become a volunteer or to rededicate some of your time and talents to volunteering again. Tap into your own creativity to find new and exciting ways to give. Direct service is easy to give and is something both adults and children can do. It is something that you can do on your own or with your family. Below is a list of direct service you might perform. My hope is that this list will jog your awareness of your desire as well your abilities: Here are ideas to help you get started:
[ Become a mentor to a young person.
[ Assist a crime victim with sustained personal support.
[ Give up your afternoon cappuccino for a month and donate the money you save to your favorite charity.
[ Do the bookkeeping for UMAATC.
[ Provide business counsel to a beginning entrepreneur.
[ Tutor kids in math or algebra.
[ Provide pro bono services in law, , management, taxation, or real estate.
[ Provide career counseling for UMAATC Participants.
[ Work in a rape crisis center.
[ Encourage your children to save their pennies for UMAATC.
[ Read text books to a blind student.
[ Work with families to stop child abuse.
[ Clean out your garage and give away out grown bikes and sports equipment.
[ Circulate a petition and collect signatures concerning an issue that is important to you.
[ Join a clean up project in a neighborhood, inner-city district or park.
[ Do remedial tutoring with a college student.
[ Offer your clerical skills to UMAATC
[ Train to staff a crisis hotline.
[ Remodeling your office? Offer discarded cabinets and shelves to a non-profit organization that needs it.
[ Share your experiences at a drug or alcohol abuse program..
[ Encourage children to collect cans and bottles and donate the deposits to UMAATC.
[ If you speak a foreign language: Offer to tutor students.
[ Donate your computer programming skills to UMAATC..
[ Volunteer to work at UMAATC fundraising Events.
[ Teach English to recently arrived immigrants.
[ Participate in conflict resolution for the community, neighborhood, or family disputes.
[ Teach job skills to the disabled.
[ Share ideas for community service with others.
[ Counsel dropout or troubled youth.
[ Become a court appoint advocate for a child in the foster care system.
[ Assist in physical or speech therapy in a hospital or rehabilitation center.
[ Volunteer to be the Youth Council Advisor and help the neighborhood kids organize and odd-jobs pool. It's a great way to keep the community beautiful.
[ Provide crisis intervention for families in conflict.
[ Volunteer to lend a hand at a battered women's shelter.
[ Teach daily living skills to mentally challenged youth and adults.
[ Join a walk-a-thon.
[ Whenever you and your friends entertain ask guest to bring one item for the local food pantry.
[ Welcome people who have moved in your community.
[ Donate your word processing skills or knowledge of computer software to UMAATC.
[ Organize/Participate in a bike-a-thon for UMAATC.
[ Work as a counselor in a summer camp for inner city children.
[ Help with a local or national fund raising activity.
[ Donate useful goods (books, clothes, shoes, and/or games) to a UMAATC
[ Organize a drive to collect donations (for example: food for Thanksgiving, or toys for Christmas).
[ Ask your company to encourage employees to devote a paid work day to performing community service.
[ Donate old office computers to UMAATC.
[ Make a deal with your employer. If the employees in your company can raise a certain amount of money (say $500, $1000, $2000) for UMAATC, the company will match it.
[ Assist in an exercise program for disable individuals.
[ Commit with your co-workers, family and/ or friends to help serve meals at a soup kitchen.
[ Provide financial counseling at UMAATC.
[ Ask your co-workers to give up their afternoon candy bars and donate the savings to UMAATC.
[ Teach first aid or water safety.
[ Participate in a read-a-thon for UMAATC.
[ Take a group of UMAATC kids to the circus.
[ Take UMAATC children on outings.
[ Place bins at store to collect clothes for the needy.
[ Start a coat drive now for those who may be cold next winter.
[ Assist in group therapy sessions at a youth center or halfway house.
[ Start a shoe drive and collect shoes that are in good shape to donate to an organization.
[ Ask grocery shoppers to buy extra canned goods for the local food pantry. Collect donations as they leave the store.
[ Help kids at a drop out center with their homework.
[ Host an inner city child in your home.
[ Organize a kids basketball shoot-a-thon with sponsor donating $1 per basket to UMAATC.
[ Answer hotline calls.
[ Hold a count-the-jelly beans-in-the-jar raffle charity.
[ Help at a Special Olympics.
[ Organize a comedy night to raise money for a charity.
[ Join a program to improve police-community relations.
[ Hold a neighborhood car wash for a UMAATC.
[ Help integrate an immigrant family in the community.
[ Organize 100 people to walk a walk/run a 10k race for UMAATC.
[ Interview and test applicants for job training for the unemployed..
[ Act as a language interpreter for UMAATC.
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Clive's $2.8m gift set to help blind and deaf children
IT MIGHT have cost him the best part of $3 million, but Toowoomba's favourite philanthropist reckons having a new centre for blind and deaf children was well worth the price tag.
Next week, the Royal Institute for Deaf and Blind Children will throw open the doors in Toowoomba for major sponsor Clive Berghofer.
Mr Berghofer said when he was approached by the institute about the possibility of providing funding a few years ago, he was quick to stump up the first $1.3m to get plans moving ahead and wound up donating a total of $2.8m over three years.
The RIDBC Clive Berghofer Centre on the corner of Herries and Neil Sts would be Queensland's first physical centre even though the organisation has been running in Australia for about 150 years.
The new state-of-the-art facility would support people with vision and hearing loss in the local area by providing education, assessment, therapy, diagnostic services and cochlear implantation services.
Mr Berghofer said the facility was the perfect fit for his beloved hometown.
"Well it cost me a bit of money but the Toowoomba region is one of their busy areas and even though they have quite a few outlets in New South Wales, this is the first one in Queensland," he said.
"There are lots of children born with hearing and sight difficulties."
He said Toowoomba was fast growing into one of the busiest healthcare regions on a number of fronts including one of his favourite charities, RACQ LifeFlight, largely thanks to the huge area out west it serviced.
He said it was hoped the centre would be up and running by February, but there were construction delays along the way.
But anyone who regularly drives through the intersection would have seen the facade taking shape recently and Mr Bergofer said he was looking forward to taking a tour of the new centre next Thursday.
RIDBC marketing manager Chris Silvestro said the official opening date was yet to be firmed up, but residents could expect their own tour of the centre soon enough.
In the meantime, RIDBC would continue to work with clients in the area as it had done for some time, through remote programs like the RIDBC Teleschool.
RIDBC's Chief Executive, Chris Rehn, said the funds provided would support the expansion of vision and hearing services in regional Queensland and local families in Toowoomba.
He said he was incredibly grateful to Mr Berghofer.


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N° 27–2002: ESA astronaut on Russian flight to Space Station
16 April 2002
A cosmopolitan crew representing the nations of Italy, Russia and South Africa will make history when they are launched into space next week from the Baikonur launch site in Kazakhstan.
Roberto Vittori, 37, a former Italian Air Force test pilot now a member of ESA's astronaut corps, will be the third European to visit the International Space Station.
Vittori is preparing for lift-off on Thursday 25 April in a Russian Soyuz spacecraft on a mission codenamed Marco Polo that will replace the emergency rescue vehicle for the resident crew.
He will fly alongside Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gidzenko, the mission commander, and flight participant Mark Shuttleworth, South Africa's first person in space.
"Marco Polo is another step in Europe's significant role in the Space Station's development," said Vittori, speaking from Star City in Moscow during the final days of training before launch.
"Space is here to stay and will play a key role in our future. Part of my job is to inspire young people by showing them that space is very relevant to daily life."
Two days after reaching orbit Vittori, a Soyuz flight engineer, Gidzenko and Shuttleworth will approach and dock with the Space Station as the two craft travel at 27 000 km/h, some 400 km above the Earth.
Their three-person spacecraft will replace the Soyuz 'lifeboat' currently attached to the Space Station which, according to mission safety rules, has to be swapped after six months in orbit to ensure the rescue craft is always in top condition.
Marco Polo, Vittori's first flight, is being carried out under an agreement between ESA and the Italian space agency (ASI) on the one hand and the Russian space agency (Rosaviakosmos) and the Russian company RSC Energia on the other.
During his planned eight-day stay on board the Space Station with the resident crew - Expedition Four commander Yuri Onufrienko and flight engineers Dan Bursch and Carl Walz - Vittori will oversee four European experiments.
These will look at the forces involved in moving around in Microgravity and the effects on humans of cosmic particles during long missions, assess newly developed clothing, and test a non-intrusive blood pressure monitoring device.
"I have been training intensively for this mission since last August, and learning Russian in such a short time has been an added challenge," said Vittori.
"Flying in space has many similarities with flying an aircraft but the possibility of encounting the unknown is all part of the thrill and excitement of space."
Marco Polo - following the successful Andromède mission last October with ESA's French astronaut Claudie Haigneré - is the latest in a series of European manned missions to the Space Station.
Belgian ESA astronaut Frank De Winne has already started training for a similar 'taxi' mission in October and Sweden's first astronaut Christer Fuglesang will be on the Space Shuttle for an assembly flight next spring.
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text: Could You Describe Your Spouse To A Sketch Artist? July 29, 2015 Administrator (0) You wake up to them every morning and go to bed next to them every night but how well can you describe them? Watch as these couples hilariously attempt to describe how their partners look to a sketch artist. How would you describe your mate?


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Burger King jumping on latte bandwagon
10 drinks added to menu, growing coffee market
On Tuesday, Burger King officials announced the fast food chain will be selling lattes, mochas and iced coffees.
Burger King will be competing with McDonald's and Starbucks.
It will use Seattle's Best Coffee, meaning Starbucks will make money for every cup sold.
Marketing experts said it's a good idea to get into the coffee market, and is more profitable than burgers and fries.
Just last year the sales of lattes and cappuccinos jumped 6 percent in the United States.
Burger King's price point is $1.49 for iced coffees and $3.49 for large lattes.
Some coffee drinkers in Stockton said they would try the new specialty drinks, others said the price was too steep and they didn't plan to deviate from Starbucks.
Kris Wilson told KCRA 3 that fast food coffee was "gross."
Mochas and iced coffees are now being sold. Lattes will be added to the menu in March.
Armando Martinez said he liked Seattle's Best coffee and that it would go well with a Burger King breakfast meal.


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Motivated De La Rosa confident in Rockies
Fresh season a chance for lefty to build on '13 numbers, honor late mother
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- Jorge De La Rosa leaned against the doorway to the clubhouse at Salt River Fields at Talking Stick on Monday morning, his black Colorado Rockies hoodie, cup of coffee and bright smile shielded him from the howling wind of the air conditioner. But not to worry.
The temps would hit the low 80s during the Rockies' first pitchers and catchers workout. De La Rosa needed the warmth of a new baseball season, possibly more than anyone else in the clubhouse or even the Rockies themselves, even though the team is trying to thaw out from two straight basement finishes in the National League West.
De La Rosa had a good year on the mound in 2013. He tied a career high for wins by going 16-6 with a 3.49 ERA in 30 starts, including many while dealing with a bruised left thumb. And he conquered Coors Field to the tune of 10-1 with a 2.74 ERA in 14 starts. But the last of his home wins, against the Dodgers on Sept. 1, has become a bittersweet memory.
It was the last time De La Rosa's mother, Juana, saw him pitch. She had cancer, but then had a tumor removed in November and the prognosis seemed good. But her health took a sudden turn, and she passed away a couple of weeks ago. De La Rosa said her death has been difficult for him and his family.
"You never think about bad things like that," De La Rosa said. "She was doing well. But something happened in November. It was so quick. That's why we got more sad. She went to a lot of my games. She lived in Mexico, but every time I got a chance, she was there.
"I couldn't wait. I was telling my wife all offseason, saying, 'I want to pitch.' I was anxious to pitch. Now we're here. And after losing my mom, I'll do everything for her. I will do the best I can to make her feel proud of me. I remember when I was a little kid, she and my dad took me to the field almost every day. She, my wife and my family -- I do everything for them."
Honoring his mother is tops on the list of objectives for De La Rosa, who turns 33 on April 5. There are some other motivations as well.
De La Rosa enters the final year four-year, $42.5 million contract but says he's up for more pitching in purple pinstripes. He revived an inconsistent career after joining the Rockies in 2008, helped the team to the playoffs in '09 and signed the multiyear deal believing the team would keep winning.
De La Rosa has personally experienced some of the injury misfortune that has been a big part of the Rockies' struggles. After winning 16 games in 2009, De la Rosa made just 10 starts in 2010 because of a torn pulley tendon in his left middle finger, then blew out his left elbow after 10 starts the following year before a long recovery limited him to three starts in '12.
De La Rosa was one of the shining lights in a 2013 campaign that saw shortstop Troy Tulowtizki and outfielder Carlos Gonzalez -- two All-Stars -- and closer Rafael Betancourt suffer injuries at a time the Rockies' season could have gone either way.
But De La Rosa believes in where the Rockies can go when healthy. He backs that by pointing to the fact he, Jhoulys Chacin and Tyler Chatwood are coming off solid seasons and the rotation has able-bodied candidates, and the bullpen has been improved.
"We had a hard time last year and the year before with injuries," said De La Rosa, who said reaching into a rice bag and squeezing is one of the exercises he'll use to try to avoid the finger and thumb injuries that have been a nuisance in his career. "If we stay healthy, we can be in a good place. We have to work and guys have to stay healthy for us to be in a good position. I hate to lose. I'm tired of losing. The main thing is to stay healthy and do little things."
De La Rosa's willingness to attack Coors has already impressed new lefty Brett Anderson, acquired from the Athletics to improve the rotation.
"It was kind of funny, but I asked him, 'What's your favorite place to pitch?' He said, 'I like Coors Field,'" said Anderson, a ground-ball pitcher who doesn't fear the park. "I was like, 'You might be one of the only people to say that, ever.'"
Rockies manager Walt Weiss is excited about his fearless front of the rotation.
"I think in Jhoulys' and De La Rosa's case, I think they had two of the better seasons ever for Rockies pitchers," Weiss said. "When you take it all into consideration, it's tough to say that De La Rosa is going to repeat what he did, because it was a phenomenal season, statistically. But I think he took a huge step and Jhoulys did."
Healthy and motivated by what he feels are the right reasons, De La Rosa isn't concerned about his contract status. If all goes well, he knows how it will end.
"I don't really think too much about that," he said. "The only thing I have to do is pitch well. I don't know what's going to happen. I would like to stay here the rest of my career, but we'll see."


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Roma Women's Access to Justice, or simply named JUSTROM3, is a Joint Programme between the European Union and the Council of Europe, with a focus on addressing multiple discrimination and improving access to justice of Roma women in four different countries.The third phase will run until August 2021 with specific objectives around 3 pillars. Read more about JUSTROM3.
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JUSTROM progress in improving Roma women's livesBULGARIA, GREECE, ITALY, ROMANIA 30 JUNE 2020
The programme, defined to evolve around 3 interconnected pillars, has been very active in...
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Webinar on the Increase of Hate Crimes and Domestic Violence against Roma minority during COVID-19Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria 17 June 2020
On 17 June 2020, Veliko Tarnovo District Administration hosted a meeting organised jointly by...
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Webinar on Non-discrimination and Responsible Journalism with the Ecological University of BucharestOnline, Bucharest, Romania 10 June 2020
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Collaboration between academia and JUSTROM was enhanced during COVID-19 pandemicBulgaria, Greece, Italy, Romania April-May 2020
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Webinar on the Representation of the Roma community in the media/onlineOnline, Bucharest, Romania 7 May 2020
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Info Day at the National Roma Agency Office
Info Day at the National Roma Agency Office
The Info Day took place at the National Roma Agency office, where JUSTROM Bucharest team and 22 participants took part in the meeting. The participants were central and municipality civil servants, Roma women / Roma NGOs from Bucharest.
The meeting was opened with a presentation of JUSTROM3, including results of the previous phases of the programme. JUSTROM3 consultants presented their foreseen activities within the programme and municipality representatives presented interventions of positive responses to the access of Roma women and other vulnerable categories to justice and high trust of women to justice, the increased number of complains and a real reflection of the violence against (Roma) women.
Outcomes - the following proposals were recorded:
- Introducing a syllabus related to non-discrimination and barriers of vulnerable groups in accessing justice into the curricula of the Superior Council of Magistrates;
- Meeting of the Roma women with the National Council for Combating Discrimination in April/May 2020;
- Meeting of the Roma women with the Ministry of Labour in April/May 2020;
- Meeting of the Roma women with the Local Municipality (district 2);
- Thematic roundtable with the Ministry Youth and Sport;
- Free and permanent access to locations for different events /current JUSTROM activities at the Social Work Faculty in Bucharest.


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Tony Abbott has promised to return Australia to the "golden age" of the Howard government under his "incoming Coalition government".
In a speech to the South Australian Liberal Party yesterday, the federal Opposition Leader emphasised the connection between the Coalition under his leadership and the government of John Howard, which was voted out in 2007 after 11 years.
The tradition of the Howard government would live on, Mr Abbott declared, in no small part because of the similarities between his frontbench and Mr Howard's ministerial team.
"Sixteen members of my frontbench were ministers in the Howard government," Mr Abbott said.
"We won't have to learn on the job because we have done the job before. There won't be questions about the judgment of an incoming Coalition government because an incoming Coalition government has shown good judgment in the past and that's where there is going to be such a contrast between an incoming Coalition government and the government that we currently have."
The number of former Howard government ministers on the frontbench could increase after the next election if Mal Brough, who served as the minister for indigenous affairs, is successful in his bid to return to federal politics.
Mr Abbott, who once described himself as the political love child of Mr Howard and the Liberal MP Bronwyn Bishop, has previously been criticised for the number of long-serving MPs he has kept on his frontbench at the expense of up-and-comers.
Many of the names mentioned as being at the forefront of the next generation of Liberal Party politicians were aides in the Howard government years, such as Kelly O'Dwyer and Josh Frydenberg.
Despite his sustained lead in the polls, Mr Abbott has stressed his team must remain disciplined and focused to win the next election, due in the second half of next year.
Mr Abbott's vision for the next Coalition government, as outlined in his speech, made it seem as if the two terms of Labor government were no more than an inconvenient blip on the radar of political history.
Last week, the federal government all but reinstated the immigration policies of the Howard government, one of the most defining and controversial features of its time in office.
"If you want to get John Howard's results on border protection, you've got to show John Howard's resolve on border protection," Mr Abbott said.
"That's why the longer this government lasts, the better the Howard government looks and that's why the Howard government now looks like it created a golden age of prosperity, which is lost."
Stephanie Peatling is a senior writer for The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age.


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Highway safety chief has history of accidents, speeding violations
Sheila Burgess to be reassigned to different position
The Massachusetts Highway Safety Division director has lost her job after a newspaper reported that her driving record included seven accidents, four speeding violations and one failure to wear a seat belt.
The Boston Globe reported that Sheila Burgess has 34 entries on her driving record since 1982.
Burgess has been on leave since she suffered a head injury in a one-car crash in Milton in August. She told police she swerved off the road to avoid an oncoming vehicle and wasn't cited.
Burgess declined to answer detailed questions about the accident and her $87,000-a-year job.
Officials in Gov. Deval Patrick's administration said Burgess was hired partly based on the recommendation of Congressman James McGovern, but could not address why she was given the highway safety job with the driving record she has.
NewsCenter's Kimberly Bookman Patrick on Sunday what he thought about the new revelations regarding Burgess.
"They are new to me and I'm going to get to the bottom of it," Patrick said. "I am not happy."
State public safety secretary Mary Elizabeth Heffernan said in a statement Sunday that Burgess will no longer have any role in highway safety and will be reassigned to a different position when she returns from medical leave.
"Given her driving record, it is clear that Ms. Burgess should not have been hired as the director of Highway Safety in 2007. While she has performed her duties properly and with professionalism, has not had any citations or at-fault accidents since she was hired and has otherwise been a solid and dependable employee, Ms. Burgess cannot expect the public's trust, nor mine, as the directory of Highway Safety going forward," the statement read.


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Researchers Create Glare-Free Self-Cleaning Glass [VIDEO]
Researchers have discovered a way to make glass that is not only glare-free, but is also anti-fogging and can clean itself.
The glass is created by depositing thin layers of material on the surface of the glass and then selectively etching that material away. The end result creates tiny cones on the glass taller than they are wide that allow the glass to prevent reflections and also repel water.
The technology was developed by researchers at MIT, who hope the technology will eventually be used in things like your smartphone or television, or possibly even the windows of your car or office building.
They also hope to use the technology in solar panels. Solar panels lose much of their efficiency as they start to become dirty. The glass would work better because it is self-cleaning and wouldn't accumulate dust and dirt like other alternatives. The glass would also offer an advantage for its anti-glare properties, allowing more light to be transferred through its surface rather than being reflected away. The glass also repels water better than glass currently used to build solar panels.
This special glass would be exceptionally useful in other devices such as cellphones, allowing you to see the screen even in bright conditions and resisting contamination by sweat while you're chatting or using your phone's touchscreen.
What do you think of this new type of glass? Can you think of any other devices that could benefit from a self-cleaning, anti-glare and anti-fog glass? Let us know in the comments.
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At its Monday, Nov. 2, regular meeting, The Longboat Key Town Commission:
• The mayor to sign a new 30-year wholesale wastewater agreement between the town and Manatee County, which also includes a 10-year renewal option.
• A proposed 2010 Town Commission meeting calendar.
• An ordinance that provides for a $450,000 budget transfer in the fiscal year 2008-09 budget from the road and bridge fund to the general fund for transportation expenditures that includes the payroll of the town's street employees and recent road resurfacing projects.
• A resolution that reallocates $425,000 of surplus Sarasota County Phase II infrastructure surtax funds to the public safety category so the town can utilize the funds to purchase a fire truck pumper for the fire department. The money is being transferred now so the town can take advantage of $14,400 in savings available by prepaying for the pumper now.
Forwarded to the Monday, Dec. 7 regular meeting:
• A change to the town's business tax receipt program, which will change the tax assessed annually to boat slip owners who rent their boat slips from $103.95 per year to $33.60 per year.
• An amended telecommunication ordinance that prohibits uncamouflaged cell phone towers and specifically does not allow unipole towers.
Forwarded to the Thursday, Nov. 19 regular meeting for a second reading and public hearing:
• An annual update to the capital improvements element of the
town's Comprehensive Plan.
• An ordinance that provides a required update to the town's 10-year water supply plan documenting the town's ability to meet existing and future development needs.
• A site plan amendment for The Longboat Key Moorings Marina, 2800 Harbourside Drive, to allow for the addition of 13 parking spaces.
• To discuss a Longboat Key Moorings Marina dredging project at its Thursday, Nov. 17 regular workshop.
Contact Kurt Schultheis at [email protected].


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In AAVSO Bulletin 79 there are two stars that exhibit double maxima: R Cen and R Nor. These stars therefore have primary and secondary maxima and minima. They are not included in the main Bulletin table. Their predicted dates of maximum and minimum for January 2016 through February 2017 are presented here in list form (JD and Gregorian calendar dates) and in approximation of the main Bulletin table format.
Mira variables are the longest-observed class of stars for which we have long-term quantitative data that allow us to study their behavior over centuries-long periods of time. Fortunately for us, they're also easy to observe and monitor, having some of the largest amplitudes of all variables, and hundreds of them are bright enough that they're within reach of astronomers with modest telescopes.


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Thursday, June 01, 2006
Digital technology builds a virtual concert hall
An important 2CD set from an enterprising Seattle record label reminds us that the massive number-crunching power of today's PCs can bring musical benefits beyond the ubiquitous MP3 file download. Acoustics remain a highly fallible science. A number of modern concert halls, including London's Barbican and Royal Festival Halls and New York's Avery Fisher Hall, have all undergone extensive, and expensive, rebuilds in search of the perfect sound, while the computer-less architects of yesterday, who built halls including Amsterdam's Concertgebouw and Bayreuth's Festpielhaus (above), had an infuriating habit of getting it right.
In a very thought provoking project Loft Recordings have leveraged modern computing power to demonstrate how a virtual acoustic can be created. The acoustics of Chartres Cathedral in France were mapped using a tone sweep played through three monitor speakers placed in the cathedral crossing (see diagram below), and recorded through microphones placed eleven meteres away. The difference between the original sweep tone and the recorded sound is the acoustic 'signature' of the cathedral. This signature was then encapsulated in a computer algorithm, this means any recording processed by it takes on the characteristic sound of Chartres Cathedral. The number crunching involved in the process is awesome. The reverberation period in Chartres is slightly more than ten seconds. The processing computer has to take each digital sample of the original recording and apply the algorithm to it to generate 10 seconds worth of results. The sampling rate was 44,100 times per second, per channel. This means that for each second of stereo sound, the computer had to generate 38,896,200,000 numbers!
Commendably, Loft Recordings have not used this new technology as a sales gimmick, but rather as a very useful appendix to a first-class recording of Tournnemire's organ works played by J.Melvin Butler made on the new instrument in the Finney Chapel in Oberlin College, . The organ was constructed by C.B. Fisk, and is modelled on the classic Cavaillé-Coll instruments in Epernay, Caen, Toulouse, Rouen, Lyon, and in Paris, St Sulplice and Sacre Coeur (open this link for a database of all Cavaillé-Coll organs). The first CD in the set includes three substantial extracts from Tournemire's L'Orgue Mystique (for more on this monumental work see the links at the end of the article) coupled with several of his notated improvisations. This CD is recorded 'straight' in the Finney Chapel, and is the raison d'etre for the release. The second CD is presented as a bonus, and is exactly the same recording as the first modified to the Chartres acoustic using the computer algorithm.
So what does it sound like? The first CD is an excellent performance and recording of Tournemire's music played on an exceptionally fine new instrument. The 'Chartres' recording is palpably different, with more space around the sound, and more depth and body created by the signature 'lift' in the bass reverberation of the cathedral. I cannot say that the sound is better, or that it is the accurate sound of Chartres Cathedral, but there is no claim that this is the authentic sound of Chartres. The acoustic mapping was carried out at the crossing of the cathedral, and this is not where the organ would be located. Additionally the original recording included the Oberlin acoustic, and this was also 'enhanced' by the reprocessing.
But Loft Recordings did not release this fascinating 2CD set (LRCD1063-64) to prove they could use a computer to recreate any acoustic. They set out to make a world-class recording of Tournemire in the Finney Chapel complete with excellent documentation. They added as a bonus a thoughtfully presented illustration of the creative possibilities that are being opened up by new technology, and the 2CDs sell for the price of one. Tournemire in Oberlin is a triumph in its combination of artistic excellence and creative experimentation.
* On An Overgrown Path has recently visited other fine organs in St Peter Mancroft, Norwich, St-Louis-en-l'Ile, Paris, the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church, Berlin, the recently restored Frauenkirche in Dresden, St Thomas', Leipzig and Norwich Cathedral.
* The Gothic Catalogue has a wonderful catalogue of organ, choral and early music recordings from Loft Recordings and Gothic records, all made with passion and flair. Do visit their web site and explore the riches.
Image credits: Bayreuth Festpielhaus - Wikipedia, Chartres Cathedral - History.com, Sainsbury Centre, UEA - Greatbuildings.com. Any copyrighted material on these pages is includedin "fair use", for the purpose of study, review or critical analysis only, and will be removed at the request of copyright owner(s). Report broken links, missing images and other errors to - overgrownpath at hotmail dot co dot uk
If you enjoyed this post take An Overgrown Path to 'L'Orgue Mystique' - the music and 'L'Orgue Mystique' - the images.
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- Guthry Trojan said...
Dear Pliable,
Artificial reverb is one of the few special effects to have been wholeheartedly (if tacitly) embraced by the perennially conservative classical music industry. Unfortunately though, by using it to disguise second-rate acoustics rather than as a creative effect, its implementation usually achieves little more than precipitating the trend toward bland, stylised mediocrity in classical music recording. Notwithstanding the mind-and CPU-boggling complexity of Convolution reverb, it's proving to be no different. Click here to discover it - buy it - and turn your broom cupboard into the Concertegebouw.
- 9:23 pm
Hmm... sure sounds like a sales gimmick to me.
This isn't really anything that new, though perhaps it's new to the "classical" world, where things like digital effects and such aren't too commonplace. It'll sound like something new and exciting to those who've never been behind the boards of a recording studio - even a home makeshift one. Admittedly, that's most of the world - but to those of us who have, this is kind of a "Huh? So?"
I guess to someone who's familiar with studio effects, this news is a bit like hearing that a 2CD set is being released - one disc played normal, the second through a distortion pedal or a spring reverb tank.
In studio production they call it "impulse modeling" and it's been around for awhile - the first IM program I played around with was in, like, '98 or '99 or so. I've got a few concrete pieces that make extensive use of them (shameless plug: various parts of my piece "Sanctuary" involved running material through a series of different impulses taken at the Todaiji Temple in Kyoto...)
One of the fun things about the technology is that you can use the same setup to make "impulses" of not just rooms, but vintage effects pedals, amplifiers, and other studio gear. A plate reverb unit costs thousands of dollars - but you can get multiple impulses of them online for free by poking around.
On my system I've got probably close to 200 impulses from churches, temples, empty silos, caverns, bathtubs, swimming pools (empty and underwater) and all sorts of funny-sounding places around the world - some I've taken myself, some came from others. People trade them online. There are programs from which you can create virtual impulses by designing a room in a CAD-like environment, telling the computer what the walls are made of, placing the source speaker and mics in your virtual room and voila. Some of these programs even use impulses taken from specific amplifiers and microphones, so you can not only hear what your guitar would sound like in in some "impossible" Escher-inspired room, but what it would sound like in that room, played through a '65 Fender Champ turned up to 8, and recorded with a vintage Neumann U87. Impulse upon impulse upon impulse.
Anyway, the only reason I can see for this CD release is the gimmick. A gimmick the producers are pretty sure most listeners won't know has been around for a long time.
- 9:29 pm
- Pliable said...
Seth, I understand where you are coming from, but Loft Recordings have most definitely not used the second 'virtual acoustics' CD as a sales gimmick.
The front of the CD sleeve makes no mention at all of the second CD, and the rear only carries one small paragraph about it. The 'virtual acoustics' CD is presented as a scholarly appendix to the 'vanilla' recording made in Finney Chapel, Oberlin College.
Any undue emphasis on the 'virtual acoustics' CD is mine, and mine only. I took an editorial decision that it was a worthwhile project that deserved highlighting. The highlighting is mine, not Loft Recording's.
- 9:51 pm
Seth and Guthry, I think you have mis-understood the CD and the reason we included the second CD (without charge). This is a recording that is first and foremost about the music, and the type of organs and acoustical environments on which it was composed and played. Loft Recordings has never produced a CD with any kind of digital processing - no compression, no EQ, no panning, no reverb. We generally get the effects we are looking for with microphone selection and palcement, along with carefully selected cables and electronics. If we were interested in reverb for its own sake, there would have been only one CD in the box.
The purpose of the second CD was to raise questions about technology and the appropriateness of its use. This is a case where the organ is about as authentic as one can find in the US, but where the acoustics are more like those of an English "Town Hall". The music was written and performed at Ste Clotilde in Paris, a neo-Gothic church with reverberant acoustics. The question is whether the music is better served by the drier acoustics that the organ was recorded in, or the wetter acoustics of a real French cathedral.
Some of the beneficial musical effects of the Chartres cathedral include:
1. Rolling off of the treble, which gives the organ a tonal balance more like the original Cavaille-Coll organs.
2. Increased strength in the bass, most notable in the pedal reeds, which "roar" and "thunder" more, and "buzz" less.
3. Increased cresecendos and decrescendos, due to the buildup and die down of the reverberation. This is a biggie...
4. Wider variety of touches are possible (you can play with shorter notes, and the room puts it together).
As you might surmise by this post, I am not entirely convinced this is a good thing to do for a classical recording---but I am not convinced otherwsie either! In the CD booklet, I wrote an essay on the philosphical aspects of these choices.
Guthrie - I agree with your statement about classical music CDs in general, but that is not what THIS CD is about...
Roger Sherman, Executive Producer
- 6:26 pm
- Guthry Trojan said...
Dear Roger,
My apologies - I didn't mean to imply that your company or your recording was trying to disguise a second-rate recording. Pliable made it very clear that you were in no way using the second CD as a sales gimmick, besides which, I'm sorry to say that I haven't even heard your recording. My comments were intended only as a response to the more usual, less well-considered application of artificial reverb. I was I suppose, addressing the question of the appropriateness of technology just as you had hoped.
I hope that your disc proves a successful release although [judging by your description of the Charters version] I fear that the immediate impressiveness of the artificially enhanced sound of the bonus disc will persuade many listeners that it is in fact superior to the original recording. Stylised homogeneity is, after all, what we are becoming accustomed to these days.
Nevertheless, all credit to you and your colleagues for drawing attention to the intangible and underrated importance of acoustics. I look forward to hearing the disc and to reading your essay.
- 10:44 pm


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Richard Sherman's 'I'm Better at Life Than You' Comment a Lesson on Self Worth?
Richard Sherman's 'I'm Better at Life Than You' Comment a Lesson on Self Worth?
A debate continues to rage online over comments made two Thursdays ago by Seattle Seahawks star cornerback Richard Sherman, who unmercifully ripped into controversial ESPN First Take analyst Skip Bayless for trying to bait him into comparing himself to New York Jets cornerback Darrelle Revis.
In what some have vaunted as the best takedown ever of a TV host, 24-year-old Sherman declares, as seen in a YouTube clip that has already garnered about 2 million views, that he is better at life than Bayless and refuses to compare himself to Revis. Both Sherman and Revis were involved in a nasty Twitter war of words in February over who is the best cornerback in the NFL.
In the YouTube clip, Sherman is initially asked by First Take co-host Stephen A. Smith about how good a player he thinks he is and he quickly takes aim at Bayless in his response.
"Skip can say whatever he wants but Skip, whenever you refer to me, whenever you speak to me, whenever you address me, address me as All-Pro Stanford graduate, because those are some accomplishments you can never, you can aspire to, but never accomplish. You have never accomplished anything…"
"OK. I'll accept that, I think I've accomplished more in my field than you have in yours, though you're just getting started," responded Bayless.
"I'm at the top of my field. I am All-Pro, one of the best 22 players in the NFL. You're gonna brush it off but I don't think you are the best 22 in anything. Not in sports, not in media, not in anything," said Sherman.
"I think you think more of yourself than you actually can prove. I'll put it like this, in my 24 years of life, I'm better at life than you," declared Sherman to a conceding Bayless, who responded, "that's fair, let's not get personal here."
Bayless went on to ask Sherman if he thought he was better than Darrelle Revis right now, and he reiterated, "I'm better than you!" Sherman then called him an "ignorant, pompous, egotistical cretin."
Public reaction to the exchange has been mixed and polarizing.
"One of the greatest takedowns of an ESPN knucklehead in history. Talk about Must See TV," tweeted Chris Sheridan, publisher and editor-in-chief of sheridanhoops.com on Friday.
"This is just the best interview I've ever seen by any guest appearing on TV," wrote columnist and blogger for the Guardian UK, Glenn Greenwald.
In a post last Monday, however, Tim Briggs of Church Sports Outreach wrote, "I had a hard time watching this video. Not just because it's uncomfortable and awkward (which it is) but because of the posturing involved.
"I'm not sure I've ever witnessed two people fight so hard to prove their worth. What you see in this video are two grown men who look to their accomplishments for their significance. When your significance is found in anything but God, you never feel secure. It feels like sinking sand that could all dissolve in a moment. So, when it's threatened you feel the need to prove yourself," he noted.
For his part, Mike Florio of Pro Football Talk said Sherman could have handled himself much better for a Stanford graduate.
"For as bad as the words, the delivery was worse. Sherman displayed no charisma, which often is the difference between words being perceived as humorously brash and insufferably rude," wrote Florio in a recent report.
"If that's the attitude Sherman needs to have in order to be the best he can be on the field, that's fine. But it won't win him many admirers beyond those who already are fans of the Seahawks," he added.


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A Pint With: Todd Haug, Surly Brewing Co.
Chatting about beer with the folks who make it.
I've been a fan of Surly Brewing Co. ever since my friend Lee of Hoptopia gave me one of his precious cans of Furious, an intensely brisk IPA with some rich Scottish malt thrown into the mix. (Thanks, Lee.) Who's behind this awesome Minnesota beer? A rock star. Literally.
Name: Todd Haug
Location: Brooklyn Center, Minnesota
Occupation: Head Brewer, Surly Brewing Co.
What's the Minnesota beer scene like? How does Surly fit into it? How has it changed in recent years? The MN beer scene has exploded in the last four years. Everybody wants to take credit for it but I think it is a result of everything coming together at the same time. Surly sells all of our production in MN, so people are pretty excited about our beers. With no end in sight, out of state brands will continue to come and go, but clean local/fresh beer will never go away!
How did you learn to brew? When did you know you wanted to make beer professionally? I became interested in local/fresh beer when I was touring the US in the metal band Powermad at the age of 19. During home stints I started homebrewing and soon was brewing 2-3 times a week. As music stopped paying the bills, brewery work started to. I picked up a part time job at Summit and really discovered what professional brewery work entailed. I was hooked and after a year of part-time work I started shift brewing. The good part: I developed my brewing/mechanical aptitude and met my future wife while employed at Summit. The bad: I was not creating new beer flavors. So I moved on, tried to get a paying music gig to no avail, and got a job at a local brewpub called Rock Bottom. Rock Bottom was the perfect place for me to create new and unique beer, so I took advantage of the opportunity for ten years. I left Rock Bottom four years and ten months ago to work for Omar and put Surly's brewery together.
How would you describe your brewing style? You make some seriously intense beers, like Furious, but also some sessionable beers...what do they all have in common? Regardless of ABV or IBUs, I always strive for over-the-top flavors and body, which come from high quality/unique raw materials, not filtering, and careful beer processing.
How do you develop recipes for Surly's latest creations? How do you get inspired? I have a knack for creating flavor combinations in my head, it's like writing music—hearing it in my head before picking up the guitar is the best example I have.
Why did Surly go with cans instead of bottles for most of the lineup? I've been a fan of beer in cans forever; Omar was receptive to my idea eventually. My wife Linda contributed the 16-ounce size idea. We brew with a high percentage of finishing hops and cans do not allow any light-struck off flavors to develop.
What's your favorite Surly beer to drink on a hot day? Bitter Brewer, which is our 4% ABV Americanized English Style Ordinary Bitter.
What are your favorite Surly beer and food pairings? [I like] Hell with sushi, Furious with anything blue cheese, Cynic and charcuterie, Smoke with pork and adobo from my wife's restaurant Cafe Twenty-Eight, Coffee Bender with French toast and bacon.
If you could only take five kinds of beer (and only one Surly) with you to a desert island, what would they be? Surly Bender, Fantome Saison, 3Floyds Topless Wytch, Piece Golden Arm Kolsch, and Russian River Blind Pig IPA.
Surly-loving volunteers are making an effort to do something good in a series of Surly-organized public service projects. How did this come about? What sort of good work are you doing? Omar started that. He and Mary Selke run the whole thing. Omar saw the huge potential our beer event volunteer base had for public service, and it has been a big success. Blood Drive at the brewery, Minneapolis Bicycle Greenway Cleanup, and food drives are just some of the ongoing efforts.
What's coming up for Surly? What will we see in the coming months and over the next year? We have some big process/material handling projects at the brewery this year: spent grain pump, malt handling system with new malt mill, can date coder, whirlpool install, new FV's installed, and maybe a new fall bottled/canned beer?
Any chance you're going to expand your distribution? Not in the near future.
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Joshua Jackson: Shirtless Before Day Out with Diane Kruger!
Joshua Jackson shows off his shirtless body while hanging out on the balcony of his hotel room on Thursday (October 31) in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
The 35-year-old actor was spotted hanging out on the terrace with his longtime love Diane Kruger. Later in the day, Josh put on some clothes and headed out with Diane and a small group for an afternoon out.
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Low Profile
With a height of just 25mm, the trays incredibly low profile provides a seamless aesthetic and practical benefit that is required in a wetroom. These trays offer low-level access when placed directly onto the floor, which will leave a contemporary feel in your bathroom and makes getting in and out of the shower just that little bit easier.
Waste Included
For easy maintenance, these trays include a removable waste trap that makes an easy job of the cleaning, allowing you to keep your showering area in tip-top condition.
- The oblong shape waste has been designed to fit easily between floor joists.
- For a flexible installation the waste pipe can be connected horizontally or vertically.
- Waste performance 30 l/min at 10 mm, 40 l/min at 15 mm head height
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When buying products for your home you need to know that they're going to stand the test of time, especially in a moisture rich environment like the bathroom. This is why this product comes with a fantastic 10 year guarantee against any manufacturing defects should the worst happen and the product is not up to standard.
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Mira Flight Level Rectangular Shower Tray - 1000 x 800mm with Waste
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The Plumbworld Team are excited to introduce the new range of Mira Flight Level Shower Trays. We love the flush fitting that can be fully recessed into the floor of your shower for a true wet room look. Always of high quality, you can trust Mira, and to show we do too we have given this a 10 year guarantee!


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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Michael Phelps has been working out with his former coach but there is no word yet on a return to swimming for the Rio Olympics.
Bob Bowman told The Associated Press on Sunday that Phelps has been taking part in workouts with the North Baltimore Aquatic Club. He's not yet committed to the sort of grueling program that would be needed if he decided to return to competition.
In fact, Phelps attended an NBA preseason game in China on Friday, visiting a country where he has extensive endorsement deals and remains extremely popular.
"He is occasionally training with the group to get back in shape," Bowman wrote in a text to the AP.
Phelps and Bowman remain close friends and business partners.
Initially adamant he would never compete again, Phelps softened his stance this past summer after reports began swirling of an imminent comeback. He told the AP during the world championships in Barcelona, "I don't know what's going to happen in the future. I don't know what's going to happen tomorrow."
When asked, yes or no, whether he'll compete at the next Olympics, Phelps coyly said he hasn't planned that far ahead in his life.
"I don't know. We're in 2013," he said. "There's nothing in the works right now."
Phelps long insisted he would quit swimming before he turned 30. After completing his brilliant career with a record 18 gold medals and 22 Olympic medals overall, he followed through on his long-stated goal of retiring after the 2012 London Games, where he was honored with a special ceremony after his final event.
He'll be 31 at the time of the opening ceremony for the Rio Games.
Phelps does have plenty of projects away from the pool, including a chain of swim schools and a foundation devoted to water safety. He is also passionate about golf and participated in a television series with famed coach Hank Haney.
But Phelps became much more realistic about his future on the links after joking not so long ago that golf was the only sport he'd possibly compete in at Rio, knowing it's returning to the Olympic program in 2016.
"It's probably the most humbling thing I've ever done, the most humbling sport I've ever done, the toughest thing I've ever done," he said.
Phelps still has plenty of time to resume serious training for Rio, though he would need to account for requirements such as re-entering the U.S. drug-testing program. He would certainly want to be back in peak condition in time for the next major international meet, the 2015 world championships in Russia, a key steppingstone to the Olympics.
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By DAVID GREEN
Morenci students are asked to wear short sleeves shirts to school Friday when nurses from the Lenawee County Health Department give inoculations for H1N1 influenza.
The flu vaccine are given at no cost and on a voluntary basis. Parents have the option of refusing the vaccination.
Morenci is first on the list of public schools scheduled for flu shots, although shots were given Monday at Adrian College and the process went well, said coordinator Jane Clark.
Vaccines will be given from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the middle school media center—serving both the middle school and high school students—and at the elementary school.
Children must have a completed permission slip and registration form. Forms were sent home with children but are also available on the school website (www.morenci.k12.mi.us). Because the inoculations are free, there is no need to fill out the insurance information section of the form.
Forms should be returned to the school Friday morning at the very latest.
Shots will also be given to staff members only if they qualify as part of five priority groups:
• pregnant women,
• people who live with or care for children younger than six months of age,
• health care and emergency medical service workers,
• people between the ages of 25 and 64 who have certain health conditions such as HIV, diabetes or heart or lung disease.
The fifth group recommended for vaccinations is children between the ages of six months and 24 years. Children nine years and younger are to receive a second shot. In Morenci, repeat vaccines will be given Nov. 20 at the elementary school.
This starts the second round of public school vaccinations, with the first round ending at Britton schools Nov. 18.
Also on Friday, inoculations will be given free to the public from 4 to 7 p.m. in the middle school office. This clinic is only for those who qualify as part of the five priority groups listed above.
Registration forms can be obtained at a school office.
Clark said there are no plans now to offer vaccines to the general public.
"We've been told there is a shortage," she said.
Clark also said the health department currently has no accurate information about the incidence of H1N1 in the county.
"We know there is some," she said, "but we don't have a count."
For additional information about the Morenci clinic, call the health department at 517/264-5215 or send e-mail to firstname.lastname@example.com.
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The Fulton County Health Department is administering a limited number of vaccines only to members of the five priority groups listed above, and only by appointment.
Call the health department at 419/337-0915.
Additional information, including clinic times and locations, can be obtained at the health department website: www.fultoncountyhealthdept.com.
Remember the Three C's:
Clean—Practice good and frequent hand washing
Cover—Cover coughs and sneezes with a tissue, or cough into your elbow
Contain—Stay home if experiencing flu-like symptoms.


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I sent my W700 in to have the x-rite colorimeter checked, as it was giving a green cast when I calibrated. Also, the usb ports were touchy and would disconnect if bumped. The last time I sent it in, they didn't hook back up the pen tablet(my mother board fried the first week I had it)
They sent it back with a fried hard drive!!! It worked fine on Monday, I did a sales presentation on it, boxed it up and sent it off. They sent it back with a note that the hard drive was bad and that I wouldn't give them permission to re-image it. They NEVER called. I put a note in with my name and phone number specifically telling them what was wrong and to call if they had any questions. No call and they returned it unusable.
The tech support on the phone is pleasant, but, wtf?? This is my livelhood and I didn't deactivate my copy of photoshop, I had a copy of CS5 I got as a beta tester(which I can't get again without buying it) and now it will have to be wiped out.
Is there anyone that can help? Anyone I can contact?? This is just not ok. They are acting like I sent it in broken and shouldnt' be surprised it is still broken.
And to add insult to injury, they didn't even fix the X rite colorimeter that I sent it in for. Can anyone help me get in touch with someone who can help me get it FIXED. Really, I just want them to send me the parts and let my husband fix it as the service center doesn't seem capable to do so. Everytime it goes, it comes back with new problems. Sigh.
JulieP, I'm sorry to hear about your problem. Here are a few pointers that may save you and others much grief in the future, and help you get your computer working ASAP. I have no connection with Lenovo other than being a customer like yourself.
If you depend on your computer for your work, then you have to back up your hard drive. If you can't afford to lose it, then you can't afford to not back it up. I prefer to backup using disk imaging software (e.g., Acronis True Image), running from a boot CD, as I've found that type of backup to be more reliable than other types. I never allow any backup software to be installed in my system -- I instead always run it ONLY from a boot CD. You can backup to a second partition on your system disk, to a second drive inside your computer, or to an external USB drive (the slowest option). If you don't keep data or documents on your System drive, then you won't have to backup the System drive very often, as it seldom changes very much, aside from when you install new software. From time to time, save a copy of your backup files to external media or optical discs (preferably re-writable Blu-Ray, or as a second choice re-writable DVDs). After saving a copy, make sure that the copy is valid. If you're saving to an external drive, then you can boot to your backup software and have it validate the copied files. If you're instead saving to optical discs, make sure you run the data verification step that your disc-burning software provides. Always alternate between two different sets of external media or optical discs, in case one set fails or is damaged. Make two copies of any particularly important backup. You'll be fairly bullet-proof at that point.
If you send any computer to anyone for repair, you must assume they will trash your hard drive. Again, make a backup copy on external media before sending it in.
I've worn out USB ports on various computers from various manufacturers. To fix them often means a tricky and expensive replacement of the motherboard. So on desktop computers I keep a USB extension cable plugged into one of the USB ports, then plug devices in and out of that as needed. On laptops I use what's called a "FlexUSB Adapter," and plug USB devices in and out of that. Better to wear out an inexpensive cable or adapter than to have a motherboard replaced. Plus you'll eliminate the resulting downtime, service call, and the possibility that a tech will screw up your computer. The "FlexUSB Adapter" has the additional advantage that it flexes if you accidentally hit or snag whatever is connected to it, thus preventing the USB device, or the port on the computer itself, from being damaged. For laptops, it's a lifesaver (BTW, do NOT leave the FlexUSB adapter plugged in, when the laptop is in it's case!).
Whenever possible, buy onsite service with your warranty. That way, you can make sure the tech doesn't leave until the computer is fixed, or that it is at least left in a usable condition. I sit and watch them do the repair. I'm an electrical engineer, but you don't have to be an engineer to watch them and ask questions. I've never met a tech who minded having me watch, and I wouldn't care if they did mind, so don't feel intimidated to watch (it's your right). There's much less downtime this way, and much less chance of them screwing up the computer. Plus your computer won't be sitting in a service facility, waiting for parts. That's because the tech won't come out to do the repair until he or she has the parts in hand (usually the next day). If your time is worth money, then the cost of onsite service is a pittance to pay. While you're under warranty, you may still be able to purchase an onsite service contract.
You should do the above no matter who the manufacturer of the computer is. Protect yourself, because no one else will.
Finally, I'm going to paraphrase/excerpt part of an excellent post by one of the experienced moderators here, lead_org, on how to escalate your case at Lenovo (I'd give you a link to his post, but my link to it is no longer working):
Call Lenovo service again, and quote the old service number you have. Tell them that you want a customer service satisfaction officer to be assigned to your case (take down the name of the representative on the phone, and the time you called).
1. Tell them what the problems are with the repair done by the repair center.
2. Take photos of any physical damage that you feel was caused by the repair center.
3. Put everything in a word document, annotate your photos with captions explaining the position of the damage and how it occured.
4. Pdf the document.
Usually the customer satisfaction officer, would call back within 3 to 5 working days. Take down the name of the customer satisfaction officer assigned to you, and ask for their email and direct landline telephone number. If they don't call you back within the promised period, give them a call to remind them of the case.
Be calm and don't be rude, explain to them what happened as best as you could.
Anyway, knowledge is power, and you now have some new knowledge. Best of luck, JulieP!
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I always back up all my files, especially the photos(on multiple hard drives) I do have a back up of my Quickbooks and of my email(now) I had one, but, it wasn't recent enough. Thankfully I can still access the drive, it just won't run. Its just going to be a serious pita with my programs and serial numbers. I'll have to step up and buy CS5 now.
I will do as you suggested and I am going to see if they will just send me a new palm rest and let my husband deal with the colorimeter. It does not do *anything* now. No before or after. Just nothing. It beeps like its working but makes absolutely no changes.
Obviously I am a little of a Pollyana and it just never crossed my mind that a company like Lenovo would trash my hard drive, send it back broken and then not fix the problem I had to begin with!
It may be a little late in this case, but just for the future - it's always a good idea to do regular full backups (by full I mean the whole hard drive image).
Hard drives tend to fail unpredictably. Even with SMART it's still possibility that one day it will just refuse to start and you will be left dry.
Also laptops are stolen sometimes, fried by power surges, you imagine. Just buy a USB hard drive of same or bigger capacity (it's quite cheap these days), and do full backups once in a month or so. Make sure you don't store your backup drive with the laptop (I just leave mine on my office desk while laptop is at home).
This way if anything ever happens to your laptop/main hard drive, you can be restore everything in almost no time, instead of tediosly doing reinstalls/restore by pieces.
That is a very good idea. I have a stack of 1tb hard drives(and a few smaller) and to be truthful, I just have always been worried about the files(photos) I will have to learn the whole image thing so I can easily put it back together.
I still can't figure out what they did to it. The hard drive itself is testing ok. This drive I am using will serve as a emergency one if something like this happens again.
It is just hard to understand how I can send it off for a minor problem, have them not address it at all and then ruin the hard drive. The problem was in the palm rest. Not the hard drive. I feel like asking them "What the heck did you do?"
I have a new palmrest on its way, a new hard drive on its way, the screen is new as is the motherboard. So, the one positive is I have almost a totally new computer. Gotta at least look on the bright side...
"Always look at the bright side of like" ---- Monty Python
I will have to learn the whole image thing so I can easily put it back together.
It's quite easy to do in Windows 7 (or maybe even Vista) - just go to Backup and Restore and choose "Create a system image". No need for any separate software, and system image can be always restored if you just boot in the recovery mode using standard installation DVD or using recovery option in boot menu.
Hope it goes well with replacement. Colorimeters never worked well for me, after trying both hueyPro and Spyder 3 pro I had to tweak color balance manually at the end.
Can you please be a little more specific on your issue with the HDD that got messed up? If you can actually access the files off the HDD, then there is a possibility of saving/retrieving the serial numbers for your programs.
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The Creators Project: How long have you been doing animation?
Sun Haipeng: I've been doing animation since graduating from college in 2002. My major was art, and then I started to get interested in animation. Animation is complicated, and I had to learn every aspect of it; including modeling, graphic design, rendering…and on and on. After trying it out successfully, I began screenwriting and directing my own animation. I love it.
Do you remember you first work? How old were you at that time?
Actually, I made my first short movie when I was learning animation after college. It was hard for me to find a job in art, and at that time doing animation was pretty popular, so I decided to give it a go. I bought some books about animation, and I self-taught myself. The thing I tried was modeling. The first time it worked was at 3 o'clock in the morning, and I was so thrilled that I didn't sleep at all. From there, it was a snowball effect. I directed a short animation and became addicted to the process. My interpretation of animation was to present the story of an idiom in a funny way.
Can you take us through the process of how you got from doing animation on your own to the worldwide success you have accomplished?
At first, I worked for an advertising company. I was a metal signmaker. I'd been in that company for two years, but I felt tired of my job because I was always doing the same thing. I wanted to have work that was more professional and various. In 2004, I got a position in an animation company. In that year I officially started to do animation, and it was the most special year of my life. By 2007, I had some experience of doing animation, so I started to make one by myself. I searched lots of stories and materials, and then I created the work I made in 2004. I thought it was pretty interesting, and then I decided to revise this animation and develop more plots. In 2009 I did another short and put it on the website, and it garnered enthusiastic comments from users around the world. Through the popularity of my animations, I also got a chance to come to Shenzhen to develop my career. I made some friends there, got sponsored, and we decided to build a company.
What are you working on right now?
We are still doing the story of Super Baozi, and we plan to make a series out of his story. In the future we plan to add other characters based on other popular Chinese foods.
Do you feel connected to the character of Super Baozi? I would say there are some links between Super Baozi and I. Indeed in real life I am the type of person who doesn't know how to express my feelings. But I still have lots of ideas which are very interesting. Therefore I can share my ideas through Super Baozi. For example, I like listening to music, but I'm not really good at singing, so I let Super Baozi sing to represent me. Or I don't exercise a lot, but I think playing Nunchaku is pretty cool. So Super Baozi plays Nunchaku for me.
What role does technology play in your life? How do you think this will change in the next 20 years?
Technology plays an important role in my life; I feel that I can express my thoughts and feelings via technology in ways I could not without. But right now I always feel that the technology we have is not fast enough. I imagine in the future technology will become faster and faster, and then I will be able to make animation, which is still a slow process, faster, and share more of those stories with the world. But I think it could also get crazy in the future; if the technology becomes so simple and quick to use, anyone will be able to make animation just by thinking, without working at it, and then maybe everyone will be able to be a director.
What do you think is the future of animation in China?
I think there is a potential for developing animation in China, and I think it will become more and more popular. Chinese animation will be unique and special because we have our own culture that we can combine with skill to make animation more colorful and vivid. Taking grassroots culture as an example, recently in China this culture is really popular, and so lots of animators try to use this material as subject matter in their films or animation.
Speaking of grassroots culture, what do you think about the relation between technology and grassroots culture?
I think grass-roots culture came to be so popular as a result of the internet. Everyone has a chance to share and tell their stories. And the internet is useful for the animator who doesn't have money. We can do whatever we want and put our films on the internet, then it is up to the world to decide whether it is great or not.


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You know it, you love it, Dance Dance Revolution. Konami's rhythm game is apparently coming to the PS3.
Yes, that is an older model PS3.
Via its Facebook page, Konami revealed that the game is *finally* PS3 bound:
Yes, DanceDanceRevolution fans, it's true-we're bringing DDR to the PS3! And we're bringing YOU to the launch party. Thursday evening, August 12, in LA. Join us in person, on Twitter, or on Facebook for exclusive, interactive, fan-friendly, multiplayer Music & Motion fun.
No word on whether DDR will be hitting any of the other home consoles.
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GLENDALE, Ariz. -- Manager Robin Ventura said right-hander Andre Rienzo has some work to do this spring to crack the White Sox Opening Day rotation.
"Right now, he's probably sitting outside of the rotation, could work his way in there," Ventura said.
Rienzo made his Major League debut last season and was 2-3 with a 4.82 ERA in 10 starts. He struck out 38 in 56 innings but also walked 28.
"He came up and started out pretty good but command was an issue for points when he was pitching," Ventura said. "He can work on that. I'd say he's probably on the outside with a chance to work his way into it."
Rienzo figures to be in competition with fellow right-hander Erik Johnson and left-handers Eric Surkamp and Charlie Leesman.
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