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It was a massacre of the kind we'd always expected from the might of West Indian batting. After blitzing to the highest total in this edition, thanks to Chris Gayle's pyrotechnics, the West Indies unscrewed Australia's chase wicket by wicket on Friday night, winning by 74 runs to enter their first ICC World Twenty20 final. The upbeat Calypso Kings will take on the home side, Sri Lanka, for the title on Sunday.
Electing to bat, Darren Sammy's side posted a mammoth 205-4 as Gayle's unbeaten 41-ball 75 formed the centrepiece around which other batsmen pivoted their aggression. 14 sixes and 13 fours came from the bat as Marlon Samuels (26), Dwayne Bravo (37) and Kiero Pollard (38) partnered Gayle in brisk alliances against an Aussie pace and spin attack that appeared increasingly tattered as the innings progressed. The assault reached a crescendo in the final over when Xavier Doherty's left-arm spin was condemned for 25 runs, as Pollard rained sixes upon the crowd.
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Australia's chase was headed nowhere from the start. They lost their first six batsmen with 43 on the board, and although skipper George Bailey blasted a blinder of his own - a 29-ball 63 including four sixes - none of the other batsmen reached 20 on a night of humiliation for the Aussies. Ravi Rampaul (three for 16), Samuel Badree (two for 27) and Sunil Narine (two for 17) starred with the ball, while Pollard too added a couple of wickets to go with his frenetic 15-ball 38. The Aussies were dismissed for 131 in 16.4 overs.
Leg-spinner Badree opened the bowling and drew first blood when he bowled the dangerous David Warner. Michael Hussey, who was always going to be central to the chase, perished when he was caught and bowled by Samuels. Badree struck again when he pushed one past the in-form Shane Watson, and Cameron White snicked Ravi Rampaul to the wicket-keeper down the leg side. Two more wickets - David Hussey chipping back to Rampaul and Mathew Wade undone by Sunil Narine - added to the mess.
The asking rate was nudging 14 when Bailey began his hit out, but it was a bridge too far, and when the skipper fell in the 14th over, it was only a matter of time and by how much. It could be assumed that when Australia began their chase they were still reeling from Pollard's final-over flourish in the West Indian innings, which appeared like a cherry atop the mountain of runs plundered by almost the entire middle order. Gayle, who faced just 41 deliveries, made them all count and featured in key partnerships with Samuels, Bravo and Pollard.
Gayle's knock helped Windies to a huge total.Gayle hits out
Sammy elected to bat and once again Johnson Charles deprived Gayle of the strike, before perishing to an edge off Starc that was taken by the 'keeper. Gaye had faced just 14 balls in the first nine overs, and it was Samuels who struck the first blows, carting sixes off Brad Hogg and Doherty and driving Cummins for four. Samuels was castled by a Cummins slower ball, allowing Dwayne Bravo to take over.
Meanwhile, Australia was starting to wilt under the attack. Wade let slip a full toss to concede four byes and Starc's wide swinging delivery went running down the leg side for five wides. The gears shifted ominously in the 15th when David Hussey came on. Gayle struck a six and two fours as 19 were taken. Bravo was out after adding 83 in 51 balls with Gayle.
Gayle, who appeared to be troubled by an abdominal spasm, then got into his own. He reached his fifty in 29 balls as the Windies gained 150 in the 17th over, and he and Pollard struck regular boundaries against Watson and Cummins to keep the board ticking. But it was in the final over that the match appeared to slip irrevocably from the Aussies. Doherty came on, was greeted by Gayle with a six, and then brutalised for three more hits over the fence by Pollard, as 25 came from the last six balls. For Australia, whose Starc and Cummins had kept it tight at the start, the 73 runs leaked in the last five overs of the West Indian innings cost them dear.


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TROY -- The two things that everyone in the audience of Thursday night's Troy City Council meeting wanted to talk about were the two things that Council President Lynn Kopka, D-At Large, said did not need to be discussed: grievances with reassessment and the draft of a letter in support of the NY SAFE Act from the City Council, which originally stated it was speaking on behalf of the entire city.
Kopka informed the 75-plus person audience that those with issues or questions regarding the reassessment should follow the directions on the assessment letters sent out in recent days by the city and attend upcoming meetings and workshops. During the lengthy reassessment process, it had been noted that some homeowners' assessments would go down, some would stay the same and some would go up. Despite Kopka's housekeeping preface, it was mainly the latter that spoke their minds during the public input portion of the nearly hour-and-a-half meeting.
"I love this city. But it seems I may have to move out of it," said a 5th Avenue resident. The 73-year-old said she had lived in Troy for a few decades but her taxes are now $6,600 more than they were last year. "It almost gave me a heart attack, which is not good for a 73-year-old woman."
Giving a passionate speech to the council, she started to cry as she talked about how her home had become a refuge and she does not want to move, but that is one of the options she is faced with - along with continuing to work even though she had planned to retire. "Maybe someone will buy it and pay the $13,000 in taxes. But I don't know who would do that," she said, also bringing up that, to her, it made no sense that the assessment for her house would go up while the assessment for the Verizon building would go down, even after the city invested money into it to make renovations and improvements.
But one Lansingburgh resident pointed out that the process is, indeed, equalizing the taxes paid throughout the city. He said that those whose taxes went up had been paying below their fair share and those whose taxes are going down are now getting a break after paying more than they should have been.
"There are just as many people who have been overtaxed for years," he said.
Still multiple other speakers, including former councilman Michael LoPorto, said the reassessment was wrong but hoped the tax rate would at least go down.
Charlene Dobert of Stowe Avenue said many in the city were already paying for upkeep of houses that are more than 100 years old. "It's a slap in the face, with such exorbitant rates," she said.
And a resident on 2nd Street, after conducting extensive research of his own, could not find homes in his neighborhood that had been bought or sold for the figure that his home is now assessed. "I don't know what to do. I don't know how they came up with these numbers," he said. "How did my house appreciate 300 percent in 10 years? It doesn't make sense. And I'm not going to be able to stay."
LoPorto added, "We spent $1 million to have people punished. It was wrong."
Kopka said after the meeting that she was also going to file a grievance for her Washington Park property. Her assessment went up from $250,000 to $408,000. She said she wished that reassessment had gone through during Mark Pattison's administration since the affects on residents have only increased since then.
NY SAFE Act Letter
Kopka informed the audience, at the start of the meeting, that a letter in support of Gov. Andrew Cuomo's NY SAFE Act that had been distributed was only a draft and was not the final copy. She said that they have since taken out the part in the first paragraph which stated that the letter was being sent on behalf of the entire city.
Councilman Gary Galuski, D-District 6, said sending the letter to everyone on the council was the "right thing to do" but now the council is being scrutinized for a draft letter since it was leaked by one of the council members. He and Kopka alluded that the person who leaked the letter was in the council's Republican minority. They also said that the draft "had" to be signed because of the inner politics of the council and since that was the only way business could be done.
Kopka said that she took into consideration the input given at the meeting for the final draft.
Multiple residents said they would vote the council members out if such a letter was sent.
Reader Reaction to Kopka's NY SAFE Act letter by
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The local law which would enact and create a parolee registration was tabled at the finance committee meeting. Kopka said that the council would be meeting in the next couple weeks with the parties involved - including the police department officials who had initiated the discussions of the registration.
Danielle Sanzone may be reached at 270-1292.


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Swackett (free; iOS)
What it is: A weather app that uses icons to suggest what to wear based on conditions
How it works: Type in the city or postal code you're interested in to find hourly and daily forecasts, with highs, lows, "what it feels like" temps and wind speeds. Satellite motion imagery gives a hint of how weather systems are developing. That's when the iPhone is in landscape mode. In portrait mode, up pops a stylized human silhouette with a hoodie and shades when it's cool and sunny out.
Why it's great: Any weather app can give you forecasts, but the whimsy of Swackett makes it fun and informative. For 99 cents, you can dress your silhouettes in '50s togs.
Why you might hesitate: A tiny portion of screen real estate is devoted to ads (which can be banished if you pay 99 cents).
Who it's for: Anyone who wants to dress up their weather forecasts
Jetlag Acupoints ($2.99; iOS)
What it is: An assistant that reminds you when and where to apply pressure on your body in hopes of defeating jet lag
How it works: Enter your destination's time zone (a handy link is included to help you find what that time zone is) and tell the app how frequently you want to be reminded to apply pressure.
Why it's great: At two-hour intervals, the app reminds you to gently but firmly press a body part (with an image of the target body point and a dot indicating where to apply pressure) for two minutes while imagining you're in your destination at the current destination's time. For believers in acupressure, the app-makers promise you'll arrive refreshed and ready to go.
Why you might hesitate: At $2.99, this is a relatively expensive way to find out whether it will work for you.
Who it's for: Travelers who hope to rebound quickly from jet lag
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What it is: An attractive-looking reader that makes looking at Web content from Yahoo and other publishers feel more like you're looking at a magazine
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I firmly believe God doesn't want me to swim. At least not in any way in which my hair gets wet. I mean, I can doggie-paddle my way around the deep end of a pool like a pro. And the truth is, I was the star student in the Polliwog and Guppy classes I took at the Y when I was a kid, and no one can take that away from me. But tragically, that's where my swimming career peaked. Every summer after that was spent in the remedial section of the Minnow classes until I was 11, when the frustrated YMCA staff and my parents came to a joint decision that life vests would serve me just fine. And despite the fact that Will's Mamaw insists she's going to teach me how to swim every time I bump into her, I just don't see it in the cards. But that's exactly why I'm so darn excited about the German engineered Seabob! It does exactly what the Segway did for people who struggle with walking.
Like a motorized kick-board, Bob (as he's known to his friends) can speed riders along the water's surface at 12 miles per hour. And it can even dive under the water with ease. In fact, an experienced diver can tweak the controls to get cruise waters as 130 feet deep for a better view of the ocean. I can't wait to take it to the Y this summer, and dominate everyone in Marco Polo. There's nothing quite like the feeling of getting your dignity back.


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it's a medical record, entitled to the appropriate legal protections and the property of the person to whom it refers.
End of discussion.
Yup. Why would it be any different than the printout of an ECG or an image from an MRI? Just because it's inside the body doesn't make it something other than a medical device.
I think that this is the correct thinking. The location of the data collecting device and the means of transmission make no difference. Whether or not it goes through a 'physician' makes little difference - if it's personally identifiable data, it should be protected.
If you are creating, say a smartphone app that follows your heart beat and respiration over time. Or your weight. Or your level of depression. Or whatever, the company creating the app needs to make it clear who has the data, who can get to the data and for how long. If they want to sell the data to an advertising company, fine, but it has to be upfront (in fact, you might want a cut of the pie).
People toss their private medical data all over the web. I'm always impressed about the number of patients I've seen who want me to take a picture of the large gash on their buttocks so they can put it on Facebook to amuse their friends. That's fine, it's their butt. Everybody else needs written and carefully drafted permissions. Including the implanted stuff.
It's really pretty much of a no brainer.
It's a classic example of how IP law works now. In this case "on a computer" is replaced with "in a body".
I'm more concerned about a third-party selling my data. All medical information should only be between the doctor and the patient. Any intermediaries should have limits that prevent them from sharing the data with anyone other than the patient or the doctor (who is really acting on behalf of the patient). If there is a loophole that allows companies like Medtronic to sell patient data then congress should address this (I can't even type this with a straight face).
I'd thought these limitations are already in place and data from medical devices would be covered like data from labs and radiologists.
I wouldn't want my data sold to anyone...ever...period!
However as real-time monitoring devices become more prevalent, more precise, and more capable; I can see a strong argument made for the data being captured and analyzed in aggregate by "trusted sources". The CDC could get an early warning of an outbreak, or it could be found that a disproportionally large number of people in a small town are getting cancer due to poor working conditions in a factory or pollution.
As with any data collection tool, it has as much potential to harm as it does to help...but so does a hammer.
I believe NEMSIS' ultimate goal is to benefit individual patients by providing a mechanism to share en-route EMS data to participating hospitals and the various health departments.
This may be different than the goals of the medical companies mentioned in the article that may benefit pharmaceutical companies or others.
In other words, NEMSIS seems to be enforcing a data format that enables the transfer of data between medical participants (directly benefits patient and others may benefit indirectly from the government agency monitoring), while the companies mentioned in the article are trying to market the data that they have collected (directly benefiting themselves and others may benefit indirectly from advances made in medical science from aggregated data being sold).
I've never seen an ambulance system which didn't have an MD as an advisor, and where is one taking the patient but to a doctor at an emergency room?
Again, I've never seen a nursing home which didn't have at least a consulting physician.
End of discussion.
You have no appreciation for what will happen when this becomes a political issue.
It already is a political issue, the moment the idiots wanted politics involved in HealthCare. Don't want politics involved, then stop involving politics. This is the full problem of centralizing decision making away from the people.
It already is a political issue, the moment the idiots wanted politics involved in HealthCare. Don't want politics involved, then stop involving politics.
That is a multifaceted statement, so I'm sure it will generate some arguments covering various topics.
First of all, calling anybody an idiot for any reason especially for not agreeing with you is not conducive to a healthy discussion. I only bring this up because name calling plays a major part of the US government being dysfunctional.
There is absolutely nothing wrong with making anything a political issue. This is how a functioning democracy (more accurately republic) works. I'll go out on a limb and state that one major distinction between a republic and a dictatorship is the republic's ability to have political issues. I can only conclude that people who dislike political issues are those that wouldn't mind a dictator as long as that dictator did everything that the individuals wanted despite the fact that they might actually be in the minority of that country's population that agreed. Just reflect on that for a moment. There is no such thing as "I believe in a constitutional government as long as it only does what I believe it should" simply because there are other people involved and a lot of them pay their share of taxes too.
which brings me to this:
This is the full problem of centralizing decision making away from the people.
You have to centralize the decision process in order for political discussion to take place. You have two senators and a several house representatives that bring your local issues to this forum. Every time I see someone say we need to take our freely elected government back, I always ask "from who?".
Anyway back to the real topic -- government has to be involved to protect our rights as patients. Who else should it be?
by Idiot, I mean people who want politics involved in heath care decisions, then complain and whine about healthcare being politicized. They are idiots because they want their cake and eat it too. If you want politics involved, you have no right to complain when politics are involved. I don't understand why this isn't clear. Either have politics involved, or don't. But don't complain when you can't have it both ways, they are mutually exclusive. This is a binary choice. I know that plenty of people think th
Every time I see someone say we need to take our freely elected government back, I always ask "from who?".
http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/ [opensecrets.org]
It already is a political issue, the moment the idiots wanted politics involved in HealthCare.
If they're idiots, why is it that health care with lots of government involvement has better patient outcomes for lower costs?
This is the full problem of centralizing decision making away from the people.
The problem with patients making all the key decisions is that patients as a rule (a) don't have a clue what they're deciding, (b) have no idea what it costs, (c) would as a rule pay any price to not die, and (d) don't always have cash on hand when they would need to pay the price to not die. Those are the basic reasons why free markets don't produce optimal outcomes for health care.
I hope you're making a mistake in saying that patients don't make all the key decisions about health care, at least when it comes to their own care. See, most hospitals I've ever gone to have this big thing about consent. You must consent to care before it will be given. Sometimes that consent is pretty broadly written, but consent can be dialed back to only those things you actually consent to. To the point about whether they know what they're deciding or not, that doesn't matter from this standpoint becau
"If they're idiots, why is it that health care with lots of government involvement has better patient outcomes for lower costs?"
Complete and utter lack of free market would have better care and results at lower costs. Lasik eye surgery is one such micro economic example. The cost is not borne by Insurance and you can have excellent care, at a definitively affordable price in just about any city in the USA. The US health care system is rife with inefficiencies of Insurance and regulation that places like Can
it's a medical record, entitled to the appropriate legal protections and the property of the person to whom it refers.
End of discussion.
Not so. When I emigrated from the UK, I asked my doctor for a copy of my records for myself, so that I could pass them onto my new doctor in NZ. Sorry, I can't do that, he replied.
He might have been yanking my chain, but he offered to give me a summary of my medical history for the new guy - which was more work.
It could also be Google.
If the doctor used Google Drive he may have given up those rights you referered to, only so that Google should be able to store that data at various servers around the world at their own accord.
If it is a US citizen it may perhaps be less complex, as they technically all you are belong to us Nigeria; I have eleven e-mails from a billionaire to prove that.
There is a large research market for de-identified data, regardless of its source. I suspect that is what is being sold. Even that is fairly well-regulated out of fear of HIPAA if nothing else.
Yet it's still a federal offense to file serial numbers off guns, even though there is a large market for de-identified guns.
In this case, I would think you'd want the personalized information removed, unlike on a weapon, since the idea is to provide privacy, rather than to provide responsibility for its use. Just saying.
Well... guns can kill people and although I'm generally in favor of the right to bear arms, they do need some control. The fact that registered weapons can fall into the hands of others or have the serial numbers filed off is beside the point. Your data is only going to actually affect you if you can be identified by it, which means you want the opposite of registration.
As for your own data, I understand that you see people making money off you, but they really aren't making money off of you as they are f
Well... guns can kill people
No, they don't.
looks at his gun Gun: Go kill someone!
... gun does not respond
FYI, improperly designed medical implants really can kill people without outside intervention, unlike a gun.
As for your own data, I understand that you see people making money off you, but they really aren't making money off of you as they are from operating equipment that can make those observations.
Observations provided by me, my body, through a device I had to pay to have implanted.
What part of that sounds like I shouldn't be compensated? Hell, at least Google has enough conscience to give me a friggin' email account in exchange for mining my data, and they aren't even sticking their products in my chest.
I suppose that you could sell it, but I really don't see the harm in them using aggregate data that you are a part of, as long as you are in no way associated with it.
The U.S. has strict privacy laws
Is that the same U.S. as in all the other posts? Since when has the U.S. any effective privacy laws?
According to Betteridge's law of headlines, the answer to "Who Owns Your Health Data?" is "no".
I interpreted it as: "not you". Or perhaps a more verbose: "If you have to ask, you cannot afford it."
"When other health device companies sell data they won't let you see, why spend your money with a company you can't trust? With MedicalCompany, your data is your own."
But in order to be profitable you would have to charge more for your services that Medtronic. At that point you become "out of network" for the insurance providers and the government programs that care only about the least expensive service. Your health insurance company does not care what the service provider does with your data. In fact, they are probably one of the customers buying your medical data so they know if they want to continue covering you next year. Don't like it? Choose to self-insure.
HIPPA only applies to health care providers. Anyone else who gets your data by any means, is not restricted by HIPPA. Notable examples are life insurance companies. You sign a waiver to give them access to your health info to qualify for a policy. After that they can do whatever they want with the data. They can, and do, routinely pass it along to a medical information clearing house in Massachusetts (I forget the name of it), which is a third party. The clearing house dishes out the information (including personal identifying information) to anyone who wants to pay for it.
Americans imagine that they own their personal data. Data (information, facts) are not property and can not be owned. Intellectual property laws bestow some rights but not "ownership" You can own the rights but not the facts. If you could own facts, then you could prevent police and courts from using facts about your behavior against you.
Records, on the other hand are ordinary property. Whoever owns the records can treat them like any other property, regardless of the information they contain (exceptions for national security, for parties covered by HIPPA, records under subpoena and so on). There was once a notable case of a hospital in Las Vegas. They rented a warehouse to store paper patient records. They failed to pay the rent. The landlord sold all property stored in the warehouse to recover money owed to him. Neither the landlord, nor any subsequent owner of those paper records was restricted in any way as to what they could do with them.
"Data (information, facts) are not property and can not be owned"
I think just about every single government organization and corporation throughout history is laughing at that comment.
You're wrong on every single level. HIPPA applies to all records regardless of source. Just ask any HR department of any company anywhere in the US. I'm routinely dealing with HIPPA requirements in my IT department and we do nothing with the medical industry. Sorry but tossing out this type of nonsense is irresponsible.
Actually, no, he's mostly right, to my surprise. From http://www.hhs.gov/ocr/privacy/hipaa/understanding/coveredentities/index.html [hhs.gov]:
"The Privacy and Security Rules apply only to covered entities. Individuals, organizations, and agencies that meet the definition of a covered entity under HIPAA must comply with the Rules' requirements to protect the privacy and security of health information and must provide individuals with certain rights with respect to their health information. If an entity is not a covered entity, it does not have to comply with the Privacy Rule or the Security Rule."
The one thing he got wrong is that while the life insurance company's use of health information is not covered by HIPAA, the medical information clearinghouse *is*, as such clearinghouses are "covered entities" (along with health care providers and health plans--while your life insurance isn't covered by HIPAA, your health insurance is).
You're wrong on every single level. HIPPA applies to all records regardless of source. Just ask any HR department of any company anywhere in the US. I'm routinely dealing with HIPPA requirements in my IT department and we do nothing with the medical industry. Sorry but tossing out this type of nonsense is irresponsible.
Ironically, that's precisely the type of nonsense Medtronic is using to justify their own actions.
They can, and do, routinely pass it along to a medical information clearing house in Massachusetts (I forget the name of it), which is a third party.
MIB Group, Inc. [wikipedia.org], claiming the title for creepiest business name in the health industry.
Not "HIPPA"... just so you know.
* What is it they say around here, acronym-wise? Oh, yea - "FTFY"...
P.S.=> I used to work for a fairly large insurer doing data processing oriented programming for conforming to the regulations it imposed...
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"Medtronic plan to sell the data but won't provide it to the person who generated it."
Why wouldn't they give you the data you generated? Why is this allowed? Why is patenting human genes going through a supreme court decision? Who in their right minds thinks that will ever turn out well?
The problem is right in how you're asking the question: "why wouldn't they give you the data you generated". That word, "give", it implies something you get for free. Why would you expect companies would do that? Nothing in it for them. The only way to get access to the data is to pay for it, with a trip to your doctor's office for example.
Recently, I visited my doctor. He needed information from my former doctors and hospitals. I asked him, if it would not be easier when he would ask and I would provide the addresses. As I thought the data was owned by those doctors and hospitals. He informed me, that this would be complicated and he would require a permission signed by me for every data record. However, I could get everything just be call or mail, as I am the owner of my data. This is at least valid for Germany. The data is cannot be passed to the health insurance nor to any other organization. Especially not without my permission. Furthermore, other institutions are not allowed to ask for such information. The only exception so far are private/commercial health insurance companies. Thanks god we have that community/state driven system.
I'm sure that this will all end well for consumers if you just let the capitalist system work. We don't need any business-crippling regulation about ownership and rights. I'm sure if the company who sells implantable devices that keep people from dying stops having people buy their product, they'll loosen up their terms. When it's your life or your data, just tell them you'd rather die. After a few years, if everybody died instead of giving in, the company would have to change their policies or go out of bu
These devices shouldn't be shipping anything sensitive into the "the cloud" in the first place. They should be delivering the data to local readers operated by patients and/or doctors... who may or may not then choose to give some information to the device builders and/or to others.
That's where regulation should be aiming: total local patient control from the get-go.
I've long since had a problem with a doctor or doctor's office claiming they own my health data. I pay them for a service, and thus what they tell me should be between my provider and myself. Once I'm finished with my appointment. I should be leaving the office with a copy of the diagnosis and treatment suggested. If I make an agreement with my doctor to receive medical payment from my insurance company, then my doctor may send a copy of that visit information to my insurance company. And if I feel it i
I have a cold with congestion and my tummy hurts.
This kind of intellectual gymnastics is a perfect example of taking something simple and making it complicated.
I pay for my insurance, I am the customer and the insurance is my agent. I own whatever I pay for.
Except when its not profitable for the company that did not design the data collection properly to be easily produced upon request.
I don't care if its machine code.... if my body generated during my treatment, again which I paid for I should have no problem at all getting my data.
How stupid is this?
No one owns data. What you mean to ask is "Who should have access to your health data?"
However I am also pretty sure that with the state of health "care" in Canada, nobody knows where your health data is anyways. They couldn't even send my health card renewal notice to the correct address. Psst, its the same address I have been paying excessive taxes from for the last 10 years.
Always leave room to add an explanation if it doesn't work out.


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He finished 7th in the 2011 Walter Payton Award voting for the top offensive player in the Football Championship Subdivision. He has been selected to every All-America squad announced this winer including the America Football Coaches Association, the Sports Network and Associated Press squads.
He stands No. 2 in the nation in scoring and ranked No. 27 nationally in rushing yardage per game. He was named as Southland Conference "Player of the Year" following the regular season.
University of Montana head coach Robin Pflugrad praised the running back after the sophomore torched the Grizzlies' defense for a school record 287 rushing yards in the NCAA national semifinals.
"Flanders has a great jump cut, and he looks like Barry Sanders on the jump cut," Pflugrad said. "There's nobody else I can compare him to other than that."
Perhaps it's no coincidence that Flanders wears the No. 20 that Sanders donned throughout his Hall of Fame career.
Flanders' exploits in the semifinals helped the Bearkats hold on for a 31-28 victory that sent them to their first national championship game. Sam Houston State (14-0) will face No. 2 seed North Dakota State (13-1) on Jan. 7 at Pizza Hut Park in Frisco.
Flanders, who broke McNeil Moore's record of 286 rushing yards set against Lamar in 1951, essentially put the game out of reach with a 22-yard run on fourth-and-1 from the Sam Houston State 47-yard line with just over two minutes left in the game. Flanders had been stuffed for no gain on the previous play, but he found a seam up the middle on his second try before bouncing outside to the left and falling down inbounds instead of trying to score to keep the clock running.
Flanders had a 69-yard touchdown run earlier in the game and rushed for 63 yards on the final drive. He picked up another first down in the final drive that allowed the Bearkats to set up their victory formation before a capacity crowd of 12,367 at Bowers Stadium.
"What a game," Bearkats coach Willie Fritz said afterwards. "They've been playing football here for 96 years, and he establishes the single-game rushing record. That's the best I've seen him since I guess the New Mexico game. He had an unbelievable game at New Mexico, but boy he was hot tonight."
Mindset of a champion
Fritz is no longer surprised by anything Flanders (1,559 rushing yards, 24 total TDs) does, but he might not have seen this type of dominance coming back when the latter transferred to Sam Houston State from Kansas State in August 2010. Flanders had committed to Kansas State after graduating from Midwest City High School in Midwest City, Okla., but decided he needed a change of scenery after redshirting during his only season there.
Flanders (5-9, 210 pounds) was a star at Midwest City, rushing for 2,134 yards and 34 touchdowns as a senior in 2008 and finishing his high school career with more than 5,000 yards rushing and 65 touchdowns. His former high school coach, Steve Huff, was a colleague of Sam Houston State offensive line coach Derek Warehime and helped Flanders becoming acquainted with the Bearkats' coaching staff.
At the time, Fritz had been at the helm for eight months and was trying to turn around the moribund program with a roster containing mostly freshmen and sophomores. Flanders proved to be a crucial addition, rushing for 948 yards and 13 touchdowns as a redshirt freshman to help the Bearkats finish 6-5 last season.
Flanders has been more impressive in his sophomore campaign to help lead the Bearkats to an improbable undefeated season and berth in the national title game.
In 24 games as a Bearkat, Flanders already has set 12 Sam Houston
football records. He started his sophomore season ranked 31st in Bearkat career rushing. He now stands 3rd, 180 yards behind career leader Charles Harris (1991-94) who gained 2,688 yards.
Flanders' 24 touchdowns and 144 points are Southland league season marks. His 2011 season total of 1,560 yards is the fourth highest single season total in league history. The Southland record is 1,593 yards by Claude Mathis of Southwest Texas State in 1997.
"It feels great," Flanders said. "Coach Warehime told me before I got down here that coach Fritz had a really good staff and that they wanted to build a team of champions. That's exactly what he's doing right now."
Flanders, who was held to just 38 rushing yards in the Bearkats 49-13 win over Montana State in last weekend's semifinals, was modest when commenting on Friday's performance, chalking it up as another day at the office.
His teammates, however, didn't hold back their praise.
"(He) makes our job so much easier," sophomore quarterback Brian Bell said. "He's the most modest guy on the team and takes no credit for anything, but he's the best offensive player out there who we've all played with."


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LAKE PLACID - It's official. Both Mirror Lake and Lake Placid have iced out.
"I got the call that the ice was out on Lake Placid at 2:30 p.m. on Tuesday, April 30, said Judy Shea, who overseas the annual Ice Out Benefit, now in its 22nd year. The benefit raises funds for the Lake Placid Volunteer Ambulance Service. Participants bought tickets that cost $5 each trying to guess the hour and date of the ice out of the aforementioned local bodies of water.
The Ice Out Benefit sold more than 400 tickets and generated just over $5,500 from tickets sales and donations, Shea told the News. This year, proceeds will go toward funding construction of siding on the new addition at the ambulance garage on Mill Pond Drive.
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The ice officially went out on Lake Placid on Tuesday, and most of the snow has melted from Whiteface Mountain. This photo was taken Monday.
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The winner of the Lake Placid contest was Judi Good. Mirror Lake Ice was declared out at 8:30 p.m., Monday, April 22 by the ice meisters, according to Shea, and the winner was Dr. David Welch.
Shea said that Ice Meister Marty Shubert, who along with Mary Shubert was entrusted with determining when the ice is "out" on Lake Placid, was the one who made it official. But she added that a new twist on the announcement came this year - and much to her surprise.
Shea said that she received a phone call from Steve Short of Adirondack Flying Service who had done a fly over of Lake Placid in an airplane, and he called her to give news of the ice out progress.
"He told me that the ice was pretty well out," Shea told the News, adding that this was a first in all the years she's been doing the Ice Out benefit.
"It was interesting. I have people going out by boat to check the ice, now I have people doing a fly over," Shea said with a laugh.
Records for the Ice Out on Mirror Lake were originally kept by F.B.Giles in 1903 and are the longest records of ice breaking in New York state. Previously town and village historian Mary MacKenzie and now Chris Beattie send the date to State University of New York in Buffalo where a professor conducts studies in climatic changes, according to information that was provided by the LPVAS.
The range for Mirror Lake was March 23 in 2012 to May 13 in 1971, and the range for Lake Placid March 26 in 2012 to May 16 in 1972.
Other winners in the Lake Placid Ice Out were: Ellie McAvoy, 15 minutes off, and Linda Adil, Peter Coffin, Jen Jubin, Jay Ireland, Eddie Lawless, Heather Perkins and Chris Varden were tied for third place.
The other winners in the Mirror Lake Ice Out were: Jen Jubin, Maureen Brooks Herr, Mike Hurley and Olga Krone.


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Chambersburg Sharks (U17 Boys) were finalists in the U19 boys bracket at the Hempfield Fall Classic over the weekend of November 19th and 20th. First three games to qualify for the championship the Sharks defeated the Montgomery United Magic and the Stronghold Crusaders by a score of 1 - 0. In the third game the sharks battled to a 1-1 tie with the Lake Grove Blue Eagles. Playing for the Championship, the Sharks fell to the PA Classics U18 Boys.
Congratulations Sharks!
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Seriously, "freemium"? That has to be the worst mangling of the English language since "doorgasm."
Seriously, "freemium"? That has to be the worst mangling of the English language since "doorgasm."
Oh, I thought malmanteau [xkcd.com] was pretty goofy.
Seriously, "freemium"? That has to be the worst mangling of the English language since "doorgasm."
Freemium is a perfectly cromulent word.
I'm surprised anyone on Slashdot is old enough to have had doorgasms. Or floydgasms. Or stonegasms.
Although, you've gotta give to to kids today. Given my choice, I'd prefer a gagagasm anyway.
"Freemium is a business model that works by offering a basic product or service free of charge (such as software, web services or other) while charging a premium for advanced features, functionality, or related products and services."
"In economics, a damaged good (sometimes termed "crippleware" or product with "anti-features") is a good that has been deliberately limited in performance, quality or utility,[1][2][3] typically for marketing reasons as part of a strategy of product differentiation.
I think there's a fancier name [merriam-webster.com] for the ancient tradition of giving unappealing things a more appealing name. As far as I can tell, this "reality 2.0" has been around for all of recorded history.
So you're saying we need a more appealing word or phrase meaning "euphemism"?
> your shit gets all retarded.
Well at least we can all agree that constipation sucks.
And there was a time in this country, a long time ago, when reading wasn't just for fags and neither was writing. People wrote books and movies, movies that had stories so you cared whose ass it was and why it was farting, and I believe that time can come again!
and I believe that time can come again!
...possible! I did hear talk about a second coming. No, wait, that was about something else I think.
The most important thing in schools nowadays seems to be saluting the flag and singing a national anthem.
While I guess a comeback in education quality is possible (at least in theory), my advice is, don't hold your breath.
I believe that you have just taken a Synergistic Comparable Post Opportunity.
Syncompoop for the 2.0 folks.
While I agree that Freemium isn't new, I don't think that it meets your definition for 'crippleware'. For instance, Dropbox, Pandora and Rhapsody both offer free services that are enough for a majority of users. Dropbox has a 5-9% rate (depending on who is giving the numbers) of paying customers... the rest are using the free product. The free product isn't crippled, or have 'anti-features'... The only thing you pay for is additional space. Rhapsody offers free stations, and a limited ability to listen to specific songs. Pandora gives free stations, and a limited ability to skip over songs you don't like. Hell, even Redhat offers it's OS as 'Freemium'... you get 'premier support' if you pay for it
Demo != freemium
Shareware != freemium
Economics evolves as well, trying to keep up with technology. Things change, regardless of how much grumpy old men complain about it.
You also aren't allowed to call it Red Hat unless you pay for it
Read Orwell's 1984. There's a nice piece on language in it....
Ignore the apple haters, as you should in any thread. They experience an inverse effect of the JOBS RDF, where their personal reality bends and distorts until Apple is always wrong. It makes them do dumb things like promote flash and hate unified, consistent UIs.
Anyway, I'll be glad that Apple is changing their rank system. Searching for apps in the interface is useless because companies gaming the system put endless piles of utter, complete crap. If browsing on the phone pretty much only the hand-picked featured items are worth a look.
TitanWars? Other lame-o-wars game getting into the "top apps" list simply because they confer in-game benefits for Elimnate/We Rule players?
I wonder what they're using now to base the rankings. The wording of the summary is bad; Apple is not monitoring how many times people open apps etc. My guess is that it's likely how many ratings the app got in the app store and what the average rating was.
In case of Google (no experience with Apple in this respect - and anyway the linked article is as much about Google as it is about Android), I can think of a few points they can include. I suppose these data points will also be available to Apple for their apps.
Lavish spending can be disastrous. Don't buy any lavishes for a while.


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Commencement was held Sunday, December 13
Commencement was held Sunday, December 13 in the Schottenstein Center on The Ohio State University Campus
Dr. Akikazu Ishihara received his Ph.D. in Veterinary Biosciences
Advisor: Dr. Alicia Bertone
Thesis: "Gene and cell-based BMP-2 and -6 gene therapy for equine bone regeneration"
Sara Morrow received her Master's of Public Health, Veterinary Public Health specialty
Advisor: Dr. Armando Hoet
Thesis: "Nuisance and Health Complaints Associated with Animal Feeding Facilities Reported to Ohio Local Health Departments, 2006-2008"
About the College of Veterinary Medicine at Ohio State
Founded in 1885, The Ohio State University College of Veterinary Medicine is ranked fifth in the nation and includes more than 1,000 faculty, staff and students in the Departments of Veterinary Biosciences, Veterinary Clinical Sciences, and Veterinary Preventive Medicine. The Veterinary Medical Center is one of the largest specialty referral centers in the world, with more than 35,000 farm, equine, and companion animal patients each year. A nationally-recognized ambulatory practice and teaching unit in Marysville, Ohio provides farm animal experience to every veterinary student, and the Food Animal Health Research Program in Wooster, OH focuses on detection, control, and prevention of disease. Located on the only campus in the country with a comprehensive medical center offering seven health sciences colleges, we admit up to 162 veterinary students per class, and offer a new comprehensive graduate program in Veterinary and Comparative Medicine as well as a unique Master's degree in Veterinary Public Health, in partnership with the College of Public Health. http://vet.osu.edu.


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October 16, 2012 > Upcoming National Health Education Week Focuses on Improving Adolescent Health
Last year, the biannual National Youth Behavior Risk Survey by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) reported that many adolescents are engaged in behaviors "that contribute markedly to the leading causes of death (and) disability" in the U.S. Among others, risky behaviors include tobacco, alcohol and drug use, eating an unhealthy diet, and getting little or no exercise. For example, the survey found:* Nearly 39 percent of high school students surveyed were current alcohol users and more than 20 percent had taken prescription drugs without a doctor's order.* Thirteen percent of American youth were obese and 15 percent were overweight.* Nearly one-third played video games or used the computer for non-school or work-related purposes for more than three hours a dayNext Monday, October 15, National Health Education Week will kick off with a focus on "Adolescent Health: Planting Seeds for a Healthier Generation." Founded by the Society of Public Health Education (SOPHE) and celebrated since 1995 during the third week of October, the event draws national attention to a major health issue and helps people understand how health education can improve the health status of Americans."Educating our youth and families now is critical," says Paulette Grilli, R.N., health promotions manager at Washington Hospital. "There is a sense of urgency because our society is experiencing an explosion in the incidence of diabetes, cancer and substance abuse, in both our youth and adult populations."Tobacco, alcohol and other drugsToday, most teens have relatively easy access to drugs and situations involving tobacco and substance use. Many experts believe that the earlier a person begins smoking or chewing tobacco, drinking alcohol or using drugs, the more likely he or she will develop dependence and addiction. In addition, substance use and abuse can increase the risk for injuries, violence, HIV infection and other diseases, the CDC reports.As a parent or family member of a teenager, you can help prevent your child from getting involved with tobacco, alcohol and drugs by staying directly involved in his or her everyday world and talking and listening regularly. Be sure to communicate that you do not want them drinking or using drugs, and set limits that will help your child avoid high-risk situations."Substance abuse is connected to an array of genetic and social issues. Today's economic and global problems are adding to the stress of the entire family," adds Grilli. "Family education is key to raising awareness and providing individuals with tools to make better personal choices for wellness and the prevention of disease."If you would like to take action in your community to help kids avoid tobacco, alcohol and drug use or assist youngsters who are already affected, National Health Education Week is a great time to get started. Working with schools is a good way to begin. SOPHE recommends supporting your local schools in creating and maintaining a tobacco-free atmosphere through the school system and conducting education to promote a tobacco- and drug-free lifestyle. You can also collaborate with the school system to review current health education programs and identify research-based prevention strategies for students.Diet and exerciseOver the last 20 years, the obesity rate for adolescents has more than doubled. Studies show that overweight adolescents are 70 percent more likely to become overweight or obese adults."Today, we're finding that adolescents who are overweight or obese are at risk for serious health conditions that used to affect only adults, such as Type 2 diabetes, heart disease and high blood pressure," Grilli observed. Parents can help their teens by modeling the right behaviors and creating a home environment that encourages an active lifestyle and healthy eating habits. Besides offering kids nutritious food options, educate them about why eating healthy and staying active are important to their immediate and long-term good health."It is difficult for an adult or a child to be successful in making healthy choices in food without basic information and having their entire family on a healthy eating plan," notes Grilli. "Children are more likely to exercise if their parents and older siblings are exercising. People need good behaviors modeled and they need support."To make a difference at your child's school, find out about the nutrition and physical activities policies and programs. If needed, work to help improve them. Let the school know that you support nutrition education and physical activity programs from the time children start kindergarten through high school. Work with community leaders, school administrators, organizations and government agencies to identify the needs of adolescents in your community. Then, help to create or expand programs that promote healthy eating and active living.Health educators have a roleHealth educators can play an important role in helping to teach and motivate young people to make better decisions and adopt healthier lifestyles. These professionals work in a range of different settings, including hospitals, non-profit organizations, government agencies and doctors' offices, as well as private businesses and colleges.The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics predicts the need for professional health educators will grow by 37 percent between 2010 and 2020. One of the drivers, according to the Bureau, will be "to reduce health care costs by teaching people about healthy habits and behaviors."Washington Hospital Offers Health Education Year RoundHealth Education Week is a great time to think about the health topics of concern to you. Washington Hospital offers ongoing community-focused health education through a variety of programs all year long. "We respond to community health education needs by inviting expert speakers to present at our programs, by videotaping many of our seminars on healthcare "hot topics," and then televising them on InHealth, Comcast cable channel 78," says Grilli. "We provide this community with a wide variety of health education seminars, screenings and services to empower our families to be healthier and happier, and enjoy better quality of life."To learn more about the health and wellness programs and services offered by Washington Hospital, visit www.whhs.com and click on the Health & Wellness Catalog button. To learn more about National Health Education Week and strategies to improve adolescent health, go online to www.sophe.org, the Web site of the Society for Public Health Education.


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Tottenham Hotspur are being linked with a move for Liverpool striker target Son Heung-Min.
German newspaper Bild claims Spurs boss Andre Villas-Boas has set his sights on the 20-year-old Hamburg star, whose versatility means he could also play on the right wing at White Hart Lane.
The report goes on to claim that Son wouldn't come cheap however, with the north London outfit needing to spend in the region of €10 million to lure the player away from the Bundesliga.
With Emmanuel Adebayor away on international duty at the African Cup of Nations, Tottenham Hotspur are short of attacking options, with Jermain Defoe the only senior striker available.
Brazilian international Leandro Damiao has also been linked, but Villas-Boas played down a move for the Internacional star yesterday (Thursday).
Liverpool boss Brendan Rodgers was heavily linked with a move for the South Korean star back in November, and was said to be going head-to-head with Arsenal in the race to sign the player.
Rafael Van der Vaart – who joined Hamburg from Spurs – went as far as to warn his teammate against a move to Anfield, claiming that an approach and offer had been made at the time.
"He must stay here. Of course it is tempting when Liverpool approaches you and offers £16m. Yet here he has confidence, he plays regularly and can get better. He is a very importantplayer for us," said the Dutchman, according to The Daily Express.
It's Premier League rivals Tottenham who now appear to be leading the race to sign the player however, and 'AVB' has three weeks to try and negotiate a deal if he wants the 12-cap international.
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Below is the action tag script for the form I am using. After the user clicks the submit button, the action tag makes the user go to a specific page and which page they arrive at depends on the values they enter on the form. But I wanted to make the input information go to a database too so I can see what values they entered into the form. I tried putting in the action tag for both the database retrieval and the action tag that is in the script below, but it doesn't work. When I do it it's like I can only do one or the other. how can I do both?
<form method="POST" action="http://kiosk.alabe.com/cgi-bin/chart/astrobotk.cgi?Y" target="_self" enctype="x-www-form-urlencoded">
And here is the database retrieval script:
<form action="http://www.expressdb.com/edp/?AppKey=5F0772D04FC40464506BB133AB31D35EBA9BDCE6" method="post" enctype="multipart/form-data">
I want them both to work for the same form please.


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Wordless Wednesday – May 28th, 2008 Follow-up
Back in early April, the topic of the Carnival of Genealogy was http://creativegene.blogspot.com/2008/04/carnival-of-genealogy-45th-edition.html">Cars as the Stars of Our Family History. At the time it was going, I was not able to get a post together in order to participate, but I did find the topic interesting and it prompted me to ask my parents about their first car. It was a very entertaining process!
So, this is a picture of what my father's first car looked like – he had a Volvo 164 that was from the 1960s. The color was as shown in the picture and my mother informs me that her friend and my father used to argue about it – he used to say that it was silver and she used to say that it was funeral grey. 🙂
My father got the car from his father and had it when he lived in NY. My father tells me that people were interested in the car because it was foreign and they never could remember what kind of car it was as there were not many foreign cars. The car was decked out too – had a cassette player (which at the time, 8 tracks were most common), had air conditioning, leather seats. With a 6 cylinder engine, it was very good on gas too – also, apparently not so common at the time when everyone had big cars. Then came the gas crisis in the 70s and people started downsizing. Sound familiar?
My father would eventually sell this car to his cousin who took it back to North Carolina. Before talking to my father about it, you know what I knew about this car? That he used it as a pick-up line on my mother when they met. He told her, "I have a car." She said – "So what. In NYC you don't need a car." Well, the pick-up line worked anyway. 🙂
Mommy's First Car
My mother would get her first car after my parents moved us all to North Carolina. Hers was a blue Pontiac Lemans. Not sure what year, but perhaps it looked something like the above. She remembers that she paid less than $100 for it and when she was looking, her co-workers at Ciba-Geigy where she worked would joke with her about what to look for in the car – like a steering wheel, tires, etc.! The car had been in an accident so the front bumper was turned to the side. After keeping the car for a few weeks, they sold it and bought another big car that they called "Big Blue Marble."


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Part-Time Permanent Positions
According to the Monster.com survey, of the permanent IT positions, part-time job postings account for a mere 2 percent. But, that same report shows that only 1 percent of IT resumes have their status identified as solely part-time. Although it's small, VAR Staffing says there's certainly a niche job market for part-timers. "There's definitely an interest in the market space and model," Billiar said, noting that some job seekers are looking for flexible work schedules that allow them not only freedom but also stability, such as parents trying to find a work-life balance, Billiar said.
For the permanent part-time job hunters, Billiar and Bier advise doing the legwork, researching both the position and company, and being up front about the number of hours they want. "[Part-time job seekers] need to highlight their skill sets and be clear on what they're looking for. As you're vetting the client and client is vetting you, be clear on the number of hours you want. The worst thing that could happen is you're looking for 20 hours, and the client's expecting to get 35," Billiar said.


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He was tempted out of retirement by London Irish in 2013 and featured 10 times before announcing his return to Rodney Parade where he first played regional rugby in 2003.
Dragons Director of Rugby Lyn Jones signed Gough for the Ospreys back in 2007 and has once again put his faith in the vastly experienced star, who has 64 Wales caps to his name.
Gough is returning to the region 18 years after making his debut for Newport RFC and is already looking forward to his comeback.
"I am very excited to be returning to Welsh rugby," said Gough. "My rugby career was first formed at Rodney Parade, so it's fantastic to have the opportunity to play back there once again.
"The squad have come so far under Lyn Jones' guidance this season - it's great to see that sleeping giant has finally been awoken."
Gough will be joined at the club by 29-year-old former Leicester and Gloucester front rower Young, who has signed a two-year deal with the region.
A Scotland U21 tight-head, Young will link up with former Leicester team-mate and fellow Dragons signing Boris Stankovich at the start of next season.
"I am really happy to be joining the Dragons. Lyn has a good squad and I am honoured that I have the chance to be part of that next season," added Young, who is currently with RFU Championship outfit Jersey.
"Having previously played in the PRO12, I understand how difficult of a league it is. So I am looking forward to stepping up for the Dragons and teaming up once again with Boris Stankovich.
"I am excited for pre-season, to get down to Wales, meet the boys and get stuck in. The Dragons are improving their game all the time under Lyn's guidance and I am excited to start playing for the region next season."


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Steve McQueen's Tweed Jacket Is Up for Grabs
- Najib Benouar
As far as menswear nostalgia goes, the Ivy-antihero Steve McQueen is on Mount Olympus.
From editors to designers, the man gets name-checked for inspiration as well as instruction more regularly than anyone else—but this takes it to a whole new level, because on Thursday you'll have the chance to don the actual tweed jacket Steve McQueen wore in Bullitt.
McQueen's brown herringbone tweed jacket, replete with giant leather elbow pads, hits the Bonhams auction block in two days, courtesy of his son Chad, along with a couple muscle cars from the family stable. And considering the jacket's estimated to go for $600K to $800K, you might as well spring for the 1968 Ford Mustang Bullitt to match the jacket and fully channel the King of Cool. (But in a pinch, a navy turtleneck will do.)
Get a few more looks at the icon maker. Then get your accountant and your tailor on the phone...»


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Ken Serbin, PhD, writes about "Violence at a Distance"
Tuesday, May 21, 2013
Violence at a Distance
By Kenneth Serbin, PhD
As the investigation of the April 15 Boston Marathon bombing continues and debate revives about blowback from U.S. actions overseas, it's striking how vast portions of the citizenry in this internally democratic superpower remain disengaged from foreign affairs.
This attitude results in good part from immense technological progress and a tendency of many Americans to live in social isolation.
In 1970, in his best-seller The Pursuit of Loneliness: American Culture at the Breaking Point (published in Brazil in 1977 as A busca da solidão), sociologist Phillip Slater pinpointed these trends and their relationship to war.
Slater pointedly described how American bomber pilots in Vietnam practiced "violence at a distance."
"B52 bombers, flying from Guam over 2,500 miles away, or from Thailand, dropping bombs from 40,000 feet so that they could not be seen or heard from below, could wipe out an entire valley," Slater wrote.
"Flying in a plane far above an impersonally defined target and pressing some buttons to turn fifty square miles into a sea of flame, is less traumatic to the average middle-class American than inflicting a superficial bayonet wound on a single soldier. The flier is protected from intimate contact with the victims of his mutilations. He cannot see the women and children being horribly burned to death – they have no meaning to him."
What did have meaning for Americans was the fact that, during the war, hundreds of thousands of draftees served in Vietnam.
Despite military superiority, the U.S. lost the war on both the battlefront – against a fiercely nationalistic enemy – and on the home front – where popular sentiment turned against a war that had no clear focus and took more than 58,000 lives.
The U.S. armed forces did deep soul-searching and produced one of the least commented but most impressive turnarounds in the history of modern institutions, leading the country to recover its might and prestige.
U.S. leaders also devised a way to radically reduce the role of politics in war decision-making by replacing the draft with all-volunteer armed forces. Thus, America ingeniously created a new method of "violence at a distance," with professional fighters shouldering the burden of war.
As one Marine veteran of the Iraq and Afghan conflicts put it before eventually committing suicide, Americans shop at the mall while the soldiers fight the wars.
In the Boston incident, alienation, and even outright ignorance, once again became starkly apparent.
Lacking serious analysis, the live, continuous TV broadcasts of the hunt for the suspects took on the tone of the dramatic, fictional crime programs that are a staple of the networks.
To correct the mistaken gossip on social media about the origins of the attackers, identified by the authorities as Chechen immigrants, the Czech ambassador to the U.S. issued a press release: "The Czech Republic and Chechnya are two very different entities – the Czech Republic is a Central European country; Chechnya is a part of the Russian Federation."
The tragedy seemed to only become clear when horrified Americans learned of the way the attacks killed and maimed people. In one TV broadcast, a woman recounted her terrible decision to have doctors amputate a badly injured foot.
Very little connection was made between events overseas and the bombings. The national defense system continues to shield people from the atrocities of war with the latest innovation in "violence at a distance:" drones.
President Barack Obama has personally determined drone strikes, which have killed thousands of people in countries such as Yemen and Pakistan. The dead include alleged terrorists (including one American citizen) but also innocent families. It's eerily reminiscent of Johnson's selection of Vietnam targets.
Like the Vietnam bombers, the drone operators bureaucratically execute kill orders without notion of the pain and destruction leveled.
Unless they have dug deeply into the news, most Americans have remained unaware of this new kind of shadow warfare, which is quietly growing into a key sector of the economy.
However, the killing of an American and an increasing publicity about the existence of these stealth weapons has led to protest against the drones as a threat to civil liberties.
In March, Republican Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky denounced the unconstitutionality of drone strikes against U.S. citizens and demanded an investigation into their use. In late April, small groups of protesters also spoke out.
Meanwhile, with the goal of stimulating civic responsibility in youths, some leaders have called for a return to the military draft and/or the establishment of an obligatory national social service program.
With the ongoing quest to perfect "violence at a distance," the draft may become a necessary means of reducing the harmful social distances among people in America – and between Americans and the victims of U.S. actions overseas. (Kenneth Serbin é diretor do Departament de História da Universidade de San Diego.)
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Demse Zullo (drums, percussion), Force (vocals), Ras Jahn (vocals), Jay Metcalf (keyboards), Ian-I (vocals, guitar), Matthew King (percussion, back ground vocals), David Rivera ( bass)
"Against a percussive backbeat The Alchemystics mix hip-hop, reggae and soul music, combined with sweet vocal harmonies delivering an optimistic message all based in the universal concept of rhythm and groove."
Triple X
Gina Andia (lead vocals), John LaValley (guitar and backing vocals), Dave Hall (guitar and backing vocals), Billy Palmer (drums and backing vocals), Jake Torrey (bass and backing vocals)
"Triple X is a cover band that specializes in the '80s hair band/heavy metal scene, but is not constrained to that genre. At any given time you may hear XXX rip into Halestorm, Pat Benatar or even Pink. No genre is sacred! … At any time you may see our singer dropping down from the ceiling or floating on a cross—we try to re-create the "Arena" rock show in the local clubs."
Trailer Trash
Joe Fazio (lead vocals, guitar), Jeff DeCarli (keyboards, banjo, violin, vocals), Jim Stanek (drums), Jim Stafilarakis (bass, vocals), Bob Stanek (guitar, vocals)
"Trailer Trash plays today's most popular music, with an aggressive and fun attitude. … Infectious hooks, grooves cut so deep they would keep a locomotive on track—call [us] trail blazers, but doing today's 'country' in 'rock' clubs is something that has never been done before."
Kwame Nyarko (vocals, percussion), Jason Mosall (trumpet), Dave Moses (saxophones, vocals), Keith Laudieri (drums, vocals), Jason Moses (trombone, keyboard, percussion, vocals), Wendell (bass, vocals), Nick D'Amico (guitar), Colin Ward (guitar), Tim Bowman (congas, percussion) with frequent guest appearances by Jamemurrell Stanley (percussion) and Heath DeAngelo Nieves (trumpet, saxophones)
"We are a collective of musicians who've come together to write and perform a unique blend of jazz/funk with a West African undertone and a conscious political message."
Goat Boy
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Jeff Bujak
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Bandmembers for live performances: Jeff Bujak (music), Jen Dulong (lighting design)
"My music is simply something different. I have released 22 albums over the six years I've been recording my solo creations, including original studio tracks, remix tracks and live recordings, so my sound and even genre have changed over the span. I am an experimental music producer … who creates instrumental songs centered around classical composition, progressive rock and dance music. My studio tracks are layered with ideas and trimmed and perfected for release, while my live tracks are created at once, on one take."
Donut Kings
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Chris Wardlaw (vocals, guitar), Dana Kendall (drums), Lucas Kendall (bass, vocals)
"Whirl is dark rock, sludge punk, turnt up, so bad, harsh killa, noise eater."
Katelyn Richards
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Anthony Whalen (lead vocals), Mike Abdow (guitar, vocals), David Ward (guitar), Rick Thompson (keyboards,vocals), Matthew Macri (bass guitar, vocals), Edmond H. Dupont III (drums)
"An accurate reproduction of the hair band, '80s arena rock era."
The Primate Fiasco
Chris Trevethan (drums), Steve Yarbro (clarinet), J. Witbeck (Sousaphone), Jeff Fennell (sax), Dave Dello Russo (banjo, vocals)
"[We play] brasstronica. Pretty much anything but Americana/folk."
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Hannah Mohan (lead vocals, rhythm guitar, electric ukelele), Paul Gelineau (lead guitar, vocals, shaker, tambourine), Lucas Averill (bass, vocals), Megan Miller (melodic percussion), Rebecca Lasaponaro (drums)
"We describe our music as youthful, rowdy, quiet, then suddenly loud, then quiet again."
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Wildcat O'Halloran (guitar, vocals), Nate "Lightning Boy" Dana (guitar and vocals), Gene Lavoie (bass, vocals), John Kokosyma (drums), sometimes the Harp Girl Singers and a guest harmonica player for bigger shows. The new CD also features The Primate Fiasco Horns and other guests.
"We're not your father's blues band."
Jamie Kent & The Options
Jamie Kent (lead vocals, acoustic guitar, ukulele), Rhees Williams (upright and electric bass, backing vocals), Dan Holmes (drum set, cajon, backing vocals), Killian Karlsson (electric/acoustic guitar, banjo), Zack Cross (keys and accordion)
"We consider ourselves 'funky folk rock.'"
Outer Stylie
Nate Martel (guitar, vocals), Tom Schack (bass), Kyle Heon (drums), John Duffy (guitar)
"Our music is really a fusion of many styles, metal definitely being one, but progressive, psychedelic, and experimental rock are heavily drawn upon as well. I think we ended up being in a few different categories … because we play so many different styles of music while meshing them together into a heavy psychedelic experience."
Zoë Darrow and the Fiddleheads
Zoë Darrow (fiddle), Tom Coburn (piano), Phil Darrow (guitar)
"Zoë Darrow and the Fiddleheads play traditional Irish, Scottish, and Cape Breton style fiddle tunes. Based in the Highlands of Western Massachusetts, the band has been entertaining audiences in New England and beyond since 1999."
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Danny Pease and the Regulators
Kenn Kosiba (vocals), Luis Perez (vocals), Dan Pease (guitar), Jeff Katz (guitar), Jake Curran (bass), Joe Grenier (percussion), Matt Penza (drums)
"We usually describe ourselves as 'dirty punk reggae,' but we enjoy blending styles of ska, hip-pop, rock and reggae into a delicious groove."


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EL PASO, TEXAS- A Fort Bliss Soldier was seriously injured
Wednesday night in a training accident at one of the installation's ranges.
The Soldier is in critical, but stable condition at William Beaumont Army
Medical Center.
"Our thoughts are with this injured Soldier and we wish him a speedy
recovery. The doctors and nurses at William Beaumont are doing everything
they can for the Soldier," said Major Joe Buccino, Fort Bliss spokesman.
The Soldier is a member of the 1st Armored Division's 3rd Brigade, which was
conducting a Fire Coordination Exercise. The accident involved an artillery
round that exploded in the vicinity of a group of Soldiers involved in the
training. The injured Soldier sustained shrapnel wounds to his torso and
left hand. He was airlifted to William Beaumont and went straight in to
No other Soldiers were injured. Operations at the range where the accident
occurred have been suspended. The Range Safety Office is investigating the
cause of the incident.
"Fort Bliss and the 1st Armored Division work very hard to avoid training
accidents. Safety is always a top priority during these exercises. When an
accident does occur, it is a tragedy. The installation is very focused on
determining a cause of this accident and will do everything we can to keep
this from happening again," said MG Sean MacFarland, Fort Bliss and 1st
Armored Division Commander.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Regulators say they have closed banks in Georgia and North Carolina, bringing the number of U.S. bank failures to 10 this year.
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. on Friday seized Douglas County Bank, based in Douglasville, Ga.
The lender, which had four branches, had about $316.5 million in assets and $314.4 million in deposits.
Regulators also closed Parkway Bank, based in Lenoir, N.C., which had about $108.6 million in assets and $103.7 million in deposits.
The FDIC arranged for other banks to assume the deposits and buy essentially all of the failed banks' assets.
The failures of Douglas County Bank and Parkway Bank are expected to cost the deposit insurance fund $104.5 million combined.
U.S. bank closures have been declining since peaking in 2010 after the 2008 financial crisis.


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Could you just make the check out to the Bride with her maiden name and send it to her parents' house? I know when we got married, we got checks made out to all sorts of permutations and combinations of DH's name and my name. We did have a joint account prior to our marriage, so we just deposited all the checks there and it really didn't make a difference on how the check was made out.
We'll send the check made out to the bride and a note with our good wishes care of the Bride's parents.
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NEW YORK -- Facebook's FB fourth-quarter earnings topped Wall Street expectations as revenue jumped 40%.
The social-networking giant said Wednesday it earned a non-GAAP 17 cents a share in the quarter on revenue of $1.585 billion in revenue. Revenue from advertising rose 41% to $1.33 billion, making up 84% of total revenue. Mobile revenue represented 23% of advertising revenue in the fourth quarter, up from 14% in the third quarter.
Analysts polled by Thomson Reuters were expecting Facebook to earn 15 cents a share on sales of $1.53 billion in the fourth quarter.
"In 2012, we connected over a billion people and became a mobile company," said Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook founder and CEO. "We enter 2013 with good momentum and will continue to invest to achieve our mission and become a stronger, more valuable company."
Facebook shares moved lower in extended trading as mobile revenue came in shy of many analysts' lofty estimates.
Facebook's CFO: 'We Became a Mobile Company in 2012'
Qualcomm QCOM , the chipmaker, blew past Wall Street's fiscal first-quarter estimates and offered robust second-quarter guidance.
The San Diego-based company reported revenue of $6.02 billion, a 29% increase from a year earlier and well above analysts' forecasts of $5.9 billion.
Excluding items, Qualcomm earned $1.26 a share, a rise of 30%. Analysts were looking for earnings of $1.13 a share.
Qualcomm is projecting fiscal second-quarter revenue between $5.8 billion and $6.3 billion and earnings between $1.10 a share and $1.18 a share. Analysts forecast revenue of $5.88 billion and earnings of $1.10 a share.
Qualcomm's Shares Surge as Business Goes Gangbusters
MasterCard MA is expected by analysts Thursday to report fourth-quarter earnings of $4.82 a share on revenue of $1.89 billion.
Media giant Viacom VIAB is expected by Wall Street to have earned 90 cents a share in the fiscal first quarter on revenue of $3.49 billion.
Citigroup C is looking to pull out of consumer banking in more countries in an effort to lower costs and boost profits, Reuters reported, citing two people familiar with the matter.
Citigroup said last month it was withdrawing from consumer banking in five countries -- Pakistan, Paraguay, Romania, Turkey and Uruguay -- as part of a plan to save $1.1 billion a year and eliminate 11,000 jobs, Reuters noted, but "there is more on the list," a source said.
Royal Dutch Shell RDS.A , Europe's largest oil company, said fourth-quarter net earnings rose 2.6% to $6.67 billion, coming in below analysts' expectations.
Shell said it would raise its dividend in 2013 to 45 cents a share, a 4.7% boost from the year earlier.
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Leah Stambler, Department of Education & Educational Psychology
Dr. Leah Stambler, is a Full Professor of Education at Western Connecticut State University, where she teaches both undergraduate and graduate courses in Foundations of Education, Curriculum of the Secondary School, Curriculum of the Elementary School, Adolescent Development, Methods of Teaching in the Secondary School, and Integrating Language in the Secondary School.
Dr. Leah Stambler holds a BA in History from Hunter College of the City University of New York, an MA from Stanford University, and a Ph.D. in Higher Education Administration from the University of Connecticut. She was a History/Social Studies Educator at the secondary education level for 14 years in New York City, New Haven, and Stamford schools before shifting her teaching focus to higher education clientele. She taught History and Education courses at South Central Community College [now known as Gateway Community College], University of New Haven, Albertus Magnus College, Southern Connecticut State University, and the American University of Les Cayes, Haiti.
She has served as a People to People Delegation Leader for groups of secondary level studentswho traveled to such countries as the former Soviet Union, Australia, New Zealand, and Hungary. Dr. Stambler also has traveled in Italy, Kenya, and India as a Fulbright Scholar, and has participated in multiple programs as an awardee of the National Endowment for the Humanities. She participated in the Connecticut State University's Yale Visiting Faculty Program, where she was hosted by the late Dr. Paula Hyman in the Religious Studies Program of the History Department. Dr Stambler has participated in the International School for Educators Winter Seminar at Yad Vashem, Jerusalem, Israel. She has been awarded multiple CSU-AAUP grants for her research on the Holocaust and Cultural Competence about Islam for Pre-Service Teacher Candidates.
She has a large variety of published articles and chapters in edited books focused on Women's History, the Holocaust, Character Education, Civics Education, Assessment of Teaching Strategies, and foundations of American Education. She has presented numerous workshops in her field and her research based papers concerning the previously mentioned topics at state, regional, and national, and international conferences. She has served on various committees of the National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS), and has reviewed Social Studies NCATE Portfolios. She has been active in the State of Connecticut's Beginning Educator Support Training Program (BEST) as a Cooperating Teacher, Mentor, State Assessor, Trainer of Mentors, and Social Studies Beginning Teacher Portfolio Scorer, and wrote/implemented a CSDE BEST training grant for 30 administrators in the Danbury Public School System. She has served on visiting accreditation teams for the CSDE. She is active as a trainer and beginning teachers' reflections reviewer in the CSDE TEAM Program that replaced BEST.


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The Nintendo Wii homebrew/hacking scene hit a big case of misfortune recently after the encryption for the Wii virtual console games was decrypted. Many sceners did not want this to publicly happen, as they feared it would shorten the lifespan of the Wii from piracy, and Nintendo would be more adamant in patching holes for newer firmwares.
However, since the first few virtual console games have been released in the inner cores of the Internet, one of our staff members took the liberty in seeing what one these decrypted virtual console games (and which he owned) had inside them. Upon further inspection, he found that the game held a ROM file, that can even be played on emulators! Not only that, but the documentation of the game that you can read on the Nintendo Wii is simply a bundle of HTML files. The virtual console games come with the emulator as well, and the emulator application is one of the files in the game WAD.
I finally got my hands on the files and it looks like it'd be easy enough to hack the files to use different ROMs. Hell, the ROM used by the VC title plays just fine on SNES9x
Oh, and I figured out how the archives are laid out. ^^
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Black Ops 2 takes the franchise to the near-future. So, how will the new setting change multiplayer? Treyarch and Activision has released a brand new trailer showing off the game's new online offerings. You'll notice some throwable melee weapons, riot shields, drones, and vehicles.
The game will be out on PC, PS3, and Xbox 360 this November. Pre-orders come with a bonus remade Nuketown 2025 multiplayer map.
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I need to extract the whole number digits from a number that has decimal point. for example I need only the first 3 digits of a number like 143.454369 which will be 143. I can get it by dividing it with its place value but the problem is that the number will be supplied by the user in my program.
so I don't know how long the number will be and how to divide it by place value.
please help.


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MELBOURNE, Australia, March 19. IN the latest fallout from the release of the independent reviews regarding Swimming Australia's performance at the 2012 Olympic Games, the organization has fired national team head coach Leigh Nugent for lack of responsibility during the pre-Olympic troubles that led to a low number of medals at the Games.
The Herald Sun reports that Swimming Australia's board of directors had decided to fire Nugent last Thursday, and informed him of the decision yesterday. Nugent had been the leader of Swimming Australia's wet-side operations since 2009, and until the London Games, had found success with his teams at the international level at the Commonwealth Games and world championships.
Nugent is the first major casualty of the two independent reviews released in February that cite a lack of coherent leadership as one reason why team bonding was virtually non-existent in London, and why the antics of the men's 400 free relay caused an even bigger rift, and went unpunished until recently.
The men's relay members, who have admitted to causing problems for team members one night during a pre-Olympic staging camp, are currently under investigation by an integrity panel that will determine their punishment soon.
No word on whether Nugent's position will be filled, or if soon-to-be-appointed high performance director Michael Scott will absorb that role.
Update: Swimming Australia has issued a press release stating that Nugent came to Swimming Australia executives and submitted his resignation, instead of the board of directors firing him.
"In those discussions it soon became very clear that while he still wanted to remain involved in the sport, he didn't want to continue in the position of Head Coach," said Swimming Australia President Barcaly Nettlefold.
"The time is right for me to step aside and let someone else take over. It's been an honour and a privilege to coach the Australian Swim Team at the highest level, and I'm just pleased that I'm able to stay involved in the sport that I love," said Nugent.
An interim head coach will be appointed in the coming days before the start of the Australian nationals/world championship trials on April 26.


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BATAVIA – Island/Shumway Avenue at Wilson Street will be closed starting at 10 p.m. tonight through 7 a.m. Wednesday for the construction of a water main at this intersection.
The work is part of the Wilson Street streetscape project. The road will be opened to traffic by 7 a.m. Wednesday.
Vehicle access on Wilson Street will remain open to traffic during this time, with single lane closures possible during this work. Flaggers will direct traffic in this area.


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Submission + - Attack of the Telepresence Robots! (informationweek.com) 1
__aajbyc7391 writes: A handful of innovative high-tech startups have recently emerged to create a new market: remote telepresence robots. With one of these robotic Avatars, you can wander around in the remote environment, chatting with coworkers and managers, attending meetings, and solving problems encountered through those interactions. InformationWeek's Telepresence Robot Smackdown compares five such bots — the MantaroBot TeleMe, VGo Communications VGo, Anybots QB, Suitable Technologies Beam, and Revolve Robotics Kubi — and includes short videos demonstrating each. As the article concludes, 'bear in mind that what we're witnessing here is the emergence of a new industry; and if Moore's Law applies here as it does to so many IT spheres, it won't be long before these gadgets are inexpensive, commonplace, and far more flexible and intelligent. Let's just hope they don't get too smart and decide to take over!'