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Box Office Recap: What Happened over the Weekend?
"Captain America: The Winter Soldier" opened with $96,200,000 during the weekend of Friday, April 4, taking top honors at the box office. While trying to adjust to life with S.H.I.E.L.D., Captain America encounters a ruthless new enemy. The Winter Soldier wreaks havoc on the organization, leaving the patriotic superhero to clean up the damage. Captain America must also find out the mysterious villain's true identity and motives. The PG-13 rating is due to intense sequences of violence, gun play and action.
Continuing Films
"Noah" fell from top spot, but still earned $17 million during the weekend, bringing total profits to more than $72 million. In a world gone astray, Noah is one of the few men who will still listen to divine messages. It is due to his faithfulness that Noah heeds the warning about a devastating flood that will sweep the planet, leaving death and destruction in its wake. "Noah" has a PG-13 brief suggestive content, violence and disturbing content.
"Divergent" has brought in over $114 million since its debut, including $13 million over the weekend. After teenage Tris takes the required test to learn which faction of society she'll belong to, she discovers that she is actually divergent. Carrying this dangerous secret with her, Tris attempts to lead a normal life, but circumstances soon force Tris to embrace her true strengths. "Divergent" has a PG-13 rating for intense violence and action, sensuality and thematic elements.
"God's Not Dead" saw weekend profits of $7,725,685. The film has brought in over $32 million since its debut. Josh's professor asks the young Christian to agree that God is dead, but Josh refuses to go against his faith. As a result, Josh and the professor enter into a series of insightful and passionate debates to uncover the big questions behind faith, God and religion. The film has a PG rating for brief violence, thematic material and an accident scene.
"The Grand Budapest Hotel" has earned more than $33 million. This weekend, Wes Anderson's film brought in $6,300,000. Gustave H is one of the most devoted hotel concierges the world has ever known. He's about to land in some serious trouble following the unexpected death of one of his wealthy and elderly patrons. Gustave relies on a lobby boy to be his main confidante. "The Grand Budapest Hotel" has an R rating for language, mature content and violence.
"Muppets Most Wanted" brought in $6,285,000, bringing total profits past the $42 million mark. Dominic Badguy promises that his surname is just a coincidence, but in reality, Badguy spells very bad news for the Muppets. Their new tour manager has a secret agenda that involves a dangerous thief, a Siberian gulag and a whole lot of risky heists. Mild action contributes to a PG rating.
Movies to DVD
"The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug" arrives out on DVD on Tuesday, April 8. As the dwarves and Bilbo continue their perilous journey, they encounter new enemies and new allies alike. With Gandalf behaving mysteriously and giant spiders closing in on the party, their final destination seems more distant and more dangerous than ever, but the brave warriors push on. The PG-13 rating is due to extended sequences of intense fantasy action violence, as well as to frightening images.
"August: Osage County" features a star-studded ensemble cast that includes Meryl Streep, Julia Roberts and Benedict Cumberbatch. When the matriarch of a volatile family is dying from cancer, her various family members try to show their support. However, dark secrets and old wounds get in the way of true healing. The R rating is due to drug use and language that includes mature references.
In "Grudge Match," Robert De Niro and Sylvester Stallone face off against each other in the battle of the century. Razor and The Kid had the whole world watching their rematch, but Razor's unexpected retirement ruined the big fight. Now, the two boxers will reignite an old grudge. "Grudge Match" has a PG-13 rating for mature content, language and sports action violence.
"Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones" follows a California teenager who accidentally stumbles into the middle of a demonic plot that threatens to destroy life as he knows it. After exploring the apartment of an eccentric neighbor, Jesse starts to experience unexplainable events, all of them leading to a terrifying showdown. The horror movie has an R rating for violence, graphic nudity, language and drug use.
"Justin Bieber's Believe" offers Bieber fans an inside peek into the off-stage and on-stage life of the pop star. Since his meteoric rise to fame, Justin Bieber has had all eyes on him. The documentary highlights both the high points and the challenges of Bieber's fast-paced career as a young performer. Mild thematic material and brief language contribute to a PG rating.


text: Sydney eScholarship Collection: http://hdl.handle.net/2123/997 2018-05-22T00:37:26Z Mental Causation and the Determination Relation http://hdl.handle.net/2123/1325 Title: Mental Causation and the Determination Relation Authors: Menzies, Peter Abstract: Stephen Yablo's influential article "Mental Causation" made an interesting new move in the philosophical debate about the exclusion problem about mental causation. He observed that (i) determinables are not excluded from causal influence by their determinates; and (ii) the relation of mental properties to their underpinning neural properties is analogous to, if not identical with, the relationship of determinables to determinates. In this paper I argue that Yablo's observations do not have the force that he thought they had. Nonetheless, his observations point in the direction of a more satisfactory way of answering the exclusion problem in terms of contrastive causation. 2006-12-03T23:29:24Z Remembering together: is there a social ontology of memory? http://hdl.handle.net/2123/1324 Title: Remembering together: is there a social ontology of memory? Authors: Sutton, John Abstract: In analysing certain integrated collectivities as group subjects or institutional persons, Philip Pettit stresses that such collectivities engage in a social form of self-regulation by collectivizing reason in the service of rational unity over time. This is an additional and distinct sign of collective intentionality -- of the existence of a genuinely plural subject -- over and above the mutual awareness among group members of any shared beliefs, intentions, and goals. Do either of these signs of collective intentionality extend to the case of memory? Consideration of this question is aided by some initial explorations of: memory's role in the self-regulating individual mind; the distinctive nature of groups which engage in shared activities of remembering; the role of memory in the kinds of discursive dilemma which, for Pettit, effective social integrates tend to resolve by collectivizing reason; whether or not there can ever be stark discontinuities between a group's memory and the memories of its members; and the relative contributions of mutual awareness and of the urge towards rational unification in grounding the normative commitments of groups and their members. 2006-12-03T23:22:38Z Self-organizing collections and collective agents http://hdl.handle.net/2123/1323 Title: Self-organizing collections and collective agents Authors: Ismael, Jenann Abstract: Advances in understanding self-organization over the past few decades have led to the temptation to extend it to a model of human cognition. The extension is supported by new insights in situated cognition and success in reproducing quite complex behaviors in robots without any centralized control. Dennett has been a vocal proponent of the extension, repeatedly invoking analogies with self-organizing systems and denying the existence of a self, conceived as an inner locus of information and control. I arguei argue that there is a difference between self-organizing collections and collectives. Only the latter are agents. And this difference is crucial for our understanding of selves. 2006-12-03T23:19:30Z Rationality, reasoning and regulation: the case of group agents http://hdl.handle.net/2123/1322 Title: Rationality, reasoning and regulation: the case of group agents Authors: Pettit, Philip; Steele, Katie Abstract: Note: The audio file features Philip Pettit's paper, entitiled "Rationality, reasoning and regulation: the case of group agents," followed by commentary from Katie Steele, then discussion. Abstract for Pettit's paper: Rationality involves susceptibility to certain agency-related constraints and desiderata. This susceptibility is implemented sub-personally in animal agents but the implementation is intentionally reinforced by the reasoning and regulation that human animals pursue. What, then, of artificial agents: not silicon-based robots but socially constructed organizations? It turns out that rationality is hard to implement sub-personally with such agents; that reasoning plays a natural and important part; and that regulation is a necessary supplement, as with individual subjects. 2006-12-03T23:17:40Z Death http://hdl.handle.net/2123/1242 Title: Death Authors: Ismael, Jenann Abstract: We don't like to think about death. In fact, we do everything we can to avoid it. Is it something to be feared? Why? Who does death harm? What kind of a loss is involved in the loss of a human life? Does the finitude of life render it, as Tolstoy thought, meaningless? Or is it rather the other way around? How is an attempt to make life meaningful affected by the fact that we don't know when we will die? Would immortality be desirable? Joining the University of Sydney from the University of Arizona, QEII Research Fellow Jenann Ismael will explore one of life's most grave concerns, 'death'. 2006-06-08T00:00:00Z Truth http://hdl.handle.net/2123/1241 Title: Truth Authors: Price, Huw Abstract: In this lecture, renowned philosopher Huw Price explores the concept of 'truth'. The Culture Wars have given way to the Truth Wars, but this is just a new name for an ancient conflict. From Plato to Nagel, Protagoras to Rorty, philosophy's two great families have have been feuding over the same patch of muddied ground for a hundred generations. Absolutists versus relativists, realists versus idealists, platonists versus pragmatists: the slogans swing to and fro, but both sides are well-entrenched, and the frontlines rarely move. In this talk Price introduced this conflict through the eyes of Simon Blackburn, whose new book Truth: A Guide For the Perplexed (Penguin, 2005) offers an engaging mix of embedded journalism and irenic road-mapping. However, Price argued that Blackburn's peace plan has a fatal flaw andoffered an alternative peace proposal, which has the advantage of being sufficiently even-handed to be rejected by both sides. Huw Price is an Australian Research Council Federation Fellow and Challis Professor of Philosophy at the University of Sydney, where he heads the Centre for Time in the Department of Philosophy. He was formerly Professor of Logic and Metaphysics in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Edinburgh. 2006-05-24T00:00:00Z Folk Physics, Intervention and the Concept of Cause http://hdl.handle.net/2123/1083 Title: Folk Physics, Intervention and the Concept of Cause Authors: Hitchcock, Chris Abstract: Our interventions in the world are guided by our folk physical theories of how the world works. For example, we know that we can move an object by pushing it with a stick, but not by pushing it with a rope. Nothing could seem more natural. Yet recent research on primates suggests that this kind of reasoning is far from trivial. Making use of an account of theoretical concepts due to Hempel and Carnap, I argue that one of the central roles of our concept of cause is to mediate inferences between interventions and folk physical theories. Description: Contains one audio recording (mp3) and one set of presentation notes 2006-07-19T00:00:00Z Intervention and Contrastivity http://hdl.handle.net/2123/1084 Title: Intervention and Contrastivity Authors: Schaffer, Jonathan Abstract: Jim Woodward has suggested that that interventionism presupposes a conception of causation that is contrastive for both cause and effect. I will discuss the extent to which contrastivity is presupposed in the notions of intervention and causation. Description: Contains one audio recording (mp3) 2006-07-20T00:00:00Z Roundtable discussion http://hdl.handle.net/2123/1085 Title: Roundtable discussion Authors: Chalmers, David Abstract: David Chalmers will chair a discussion of issues arising from the conference. Description: Contains one audio recording (mp3) 2006-07-23T00:00:00Z The Dimensionality of Time http://hdl.handle.net/2123/1082 Title: The Dimensionality of Time Authors: Weinstein, Steven Abstract: Many philosophers have concluded that Kant was wrong about space, the form of outer experience - that the space of our experience is not necessarily Euclidean. Be that as it may, one can nevertheless ask whether he was right about time, the form of inner experience. Is time necessarily one-dimensional? In this talk I will explore whether and how one might make sense of the possibility that the mind, or its physical embodiment, is extended in more than one time dimension. Description: Contains one audio recording (mp3) 2006-07-23T00:00:00Z Art, Time and Consciousness http://hdl.handle.net/2123/1081 Title: Art, Time and Consciousness Authors: Haines, Simon Abstract: Philosophical conceptions of time seem to fall into two groups, "flow" (river, arrow) and "block": both of them spatialised. Kant was an important exception, and modern subjectivist thinking about time, or about the consciousness of time, seems to have taken its lead from him. But art (poetry, anyway: music and the plastic arts raise different time issues) seems always to have represented time as consciousness, or at least as an important element in it. Two groups again: "big-time", apocalyptic poets like Dante and Virgil, and "small-time", ordinary-life poets like Homer and Shakespeare. Modern (post-Kantian?) poetry wants to find big-time meanings in small-time lives. Maybe if we could blend philosophy's block/flow conceptions and poetry's big/small representations of time we might get a richer sense of the relation between time and consciousness. Description: Contains one audio recording (mp3) 2006-07-22T00:00:00Z Projectivism and Experiences of Temporal Properties http://hdl.handle.net/2123/1080 Title: Projectivism and Experiences of Temporal Properties Authors: Chuard, Philippe Abstract: Among the many ways in which, it seems, we can be conscious of time, there is the sensory perception of certain temporal properties. Many of perceptual experiences seem capable of representing properties such as (i) the succession of events and (ii) their duration. Accounting for the representational content of such experiences is one of the central issues that make up what I'll call the problem of temporal perception. How does the problem arise and who is it a problem for? In the first part of this paper, I'll try to clarify the relationship between perceptual experiences of temporal properties and the main accounts of the metaphysics of time. The problem of temporal perception is in fact quite independent from the issues that oppose A-theories and B-theories of time. For one thing, succession and duration are B-properties, the existence of which is recognized by both A-theories and B-theories. For another, it may be that perceptual experiences typically mis-represent temporal properties&emdash;in which case, an account of such experiences will have little to do with the true metaphysics of time. The problem of temporal perception arises in fact because of the following two assumptions: Temporal Resemblance: perceptual experiences represent the temporal properties of events partly in virtue of their own temporal properties. No Specious Present: perceptual experiences represent events as present, but a single experience cannot represent non-simultaneous events as being all present. In the second part of the paper, I'll attempt to defend a particular account of experiences of temporal properties: a simple-minded version of Projectivism, according to which experiences represent the temporal properties of events in virtue of their own temporal properties. Interestingly, most alternative accounts of temporal experiences are usually motivated in reference to the many difficulties allegedly plaguing such an account. In particular, it is often argued that such a version of Projectivism cannot account for various aspects of the phenomenology of experiences of time. Thus, the argument goes, an account of experiences of temporal properties needs to be supplemented with an appeal to memory (Mellor), internal clocks (Le Poidevin), or some relation of co-consciousness (Dainton). After some clarifications of the simple-minded version of Projectivism to be defended in this paper, I'll show how it can resist the various phenomenological objections raised against it. Description: Contains one audio recording (mp3) 2006-07-22T00:00:00Z Entropy, Interventions and Causation http://hdl.handle.net/2123/1079 Title: Entropy, Interventions and Causation Authors: Frisch, Mathias Abstract: Possible connections between thermodynamics and the causal asymmetry Description: Contains one audio recording (mp3) 2006-07-20T00:00:00Z Causation and Reductive Explanation http://hdl.handle.net/2123/1078 Title: Causation and Reductive Explanation Authors: Corry, Richard Abstract: One of the most powerful tools in science is the method of reductive explanation, where we explain the behaviour of a complex system in terms of the behaviour of the parts from which it is composed. In order to employ this method we observe the behaviour of the parts in isolation and use this information to tell us how the parts will contribute the behaviour of the whole. Clearly then, the method assumes that something in what we learn when we observe the parts in isolation remains true when the parts are part of a larger whole. In particular, since all but the most trivial complex systems will involve causal interactions between their component parts, we must assume that something about these causal relations remains constant from one situation to another. Nancy Cartwright points out that we certainly donÇt assume that it is the behaviour of the parts that remains constant from one situation to another. Not only would such an assumption be false, it would trivialise the notion of reduction. Standard analyses of science try to avoid this kind of problem by turning their attention from actual behaviour to laws of nature, dispositions, and counterfactual truths. But we will see that these approaches cannot make sense of reductive explanation either: the facts they point to will either not remain constant from one situation to another, or else they will be useless in predicting the behaviour of complex systems. In response to this kind of problem Cartwright introduces the notion of a causal capacity and suggests that it is a systemÇs capacities that remain constant from one situation to another. However, I will argue that although Cartwright is on the right track, when it comes to understanding reductive explanation, her notion of capacities is no better off than the standard analyses it was set to replace. I will argue that what is assumed to be constant in reductive explanation are component causal influences. These influences sit somewhere between CartwrightÇs capacities on the one hand and the dispositions and counterfactuals that appear in standard analyses on the other. I finish by considering whether standard counterfactual, interventionist, or agency analyses of causation have the resources available to make sense of these component causal influences. If they do not, then it would seem that they cannot capture a notion of causation that is fundamental to scientific practice. Description: Contains one audio recording (mp3) and one set of presentation slides 2006-07-20T00:00:00Z The Specious Present http://hdl.handle.net/2123/1077 Title: The Specious Present Authors: Dainton, Barry Abstract: William James characterised the specious present as 'the short duration of which we are immediately and incessantly sensible'. The doctrine that our conscious awareness is not instantaneous, but rather spans a short interval, is rooted in phenomenology. We can directly perceive change and persistence – e.g., a bird swooping, a tone droning – or so it seems; since change and persistence take time, how we could directly apprehend them unless our consciousness also extends through time? However, the doctrine of the specious present strikes some philosophers as highly problematic, even paradoxical. If these philosophers are right, it is hard to see how our consciousness can be as it seems. Hence the importance of this topic. The fact that there are very different conceptions of the specious present – not to mention a lack of consensus concerning how the term itself should be employed – complicates matters considerably. I will survey the main options and try to impose some order on the situation. I will go on to argue that one conception of the specious present is considerably less problematic than the alternatives; this conception is largely, but not completely, Jamesian in character. I will conclude by considering some implications of accepting the specious present in this form for our understanding of time itself. Description: Contains one audio recording (mp3) and one set of presentation slides 2006-07-22T00:00:00Z The Subjectivity of the Present http://hdl.handle.net/2123/1076 Title: The Subjectivity of the Present Authors: Callender, Craig Abstract: Perhaps the most compelling argument for the tensed theory of time ˜ and in particular the idea of a global monadic present or now ˜ has always been that it is the best explanation of temporal experience. Most detensers admit this, but suggest that other arguments outweigh these considerations. However, it is time detensers rise and fight back on the experiential front as well. Fascinating recent work in the psychology of time perception suggests that the subjective present behaves in surprising ways. The best explanation of these phenomena, I argue, is not that we are responding to a global mind-independent present; rather, the best explanation refers to a (tenseless) temporal integration mechanism in our brains. Coupled with evidence that the subjective present is highly contingent on environmental variables, varies from person to person, and the difficulty of reconciling a global monadic present with our background theories, this argument seriously undermines one's confidence that our experience of the present is an experience of time rather than a feature of experience in time. Description: Contains one audio recording (mp3) and one set of presentation slides 2006-07-23T00:00:00Z Memory and Temporal Phenomenology http://hdl.handle.net/2123/1075 Title: Memory and Temporal Phenomenology Authors: Ismael, Jenann Abstract: In the general project of trying to reconcile the objective view of the world with the subjective view, analytic philosophy in recent years, has been almost solely focused on sensory phenomenology. But there is at least as a big a gap between the view of time presented in physics and the view of time presented in the experience of the subject. In physics, there is an almost complete assimilation of time to space. Time is just one dimension in a four-dimensional manifold of events. We experience time, however, as something dynamic. I'll be exploring prospects for understanding of the phenomenology of flow without falling into the incoherent idea that time itself moves. Description: Contains one audio recording (mp3) 2006-07-22T00:00:00Z Elusive Causation http://hdl.handle.net/2123/1074 Title: Elusive Causation Authors: Maslen, Cei Abstract: David Lewis claimed that knowledge is elusive. "That is how knowledge is elusive. Examine it, and straightway it vanishes..." He argued that epistemology robs us of our knowledge: "Maybe epistemology is the culprit. Maybe the extraordinary pastime robs us of our knowledge. Maybe we do know a lot in daily life; but maybe when we look hard at our knowledge it goes away." The aim of this paper is to answer the question: might causation be elusive in a similar sense to that in which knowledge has been claimed to be elusive? Might there be pastimes that rob us of causation too? I will argue for a contextual account of causation and present detailed mechanisms for fixing truth values from the context. Description: Contains one audio recording (mp3) and two sets of presentation notes/slides 2006-07-19T00:00:00Z Memory and Temporal Awareness http://hdl.handle.net/2123/1073 Title: Memory and Temporal Awareness Authors: Fernandez, Jordi Abstract: Memories have content in that they can be correct or incorrect. In addition, memories have an interesting phenomenological feature: If a subject remembers some event, then that event is presented to her as taking place in the past. The aim of this paper is to determine how we should construe the content of memories to account for that 'feeling of pastness' in memory. Three proposals will be considered and eventually rejected. According to some of those proposals, a reference to the temporal location of a remembered event is built into the content of the relevant memory. I will propose an alternative view. According to it, when a certain event is presented to us in virtue of having a memory experience, the content of that experience is that it was caused by a true perceptual experience of the event in question. Description: Contains one audio recording (mp3) and two sets of presentation notes/slides 2006-07-23T00:00:00Z Two bits of Nous from 1979 http://hdl.handle.net/2123/1072 Title: Two bits of Nous from 1979 Authors: Ismael, Jenann; Price, Huw Abstract: Tram drivers know where their vehicles are bound, and don't have to decide to take them there, rather than somewhere else; the tramlines take care of it. Bus drivers know where their vehicles are headed, too, but without the benefit of the rails. In this talk we explain how this difference offers both bad news and good for bus drivers. It make them less noble, less god-like creatures than their tram-driving cousins, for their epistemic perspective is necessarily degenerate in comparison; but degeneracy sets them free. We propose that this discursion on public transport throws important new light on the foundations of interventionist causation: roughly, it suggests that the causal perspective is an inevitable by-product of an epistemic degeneracy. Description: Contains one audio recording (mp3) and one set of presentation notes 2006-07-19T00:00:00Z Time is the Simplest (and Strongest) Thing http://hdl.handle.net/2123/1071 Title: Time is the Simplest (and Strongest) Thing Authors: Callender, Craig Abstract: What is the difference between time and space? This paper proposes an answer: the temporal direction is that direction on the manifold of events in which our best theories can tell the strongest, most informative "stories." Put another way, time is that direction in which our theories can obtain as much determinism as possible. I make two arguments. The first is a general one defending the idea that strength determines what is temporal. The second is a more specific technical illustration of the first: understanding 'strength' as having a well-posed Cauchy problem, I show that for a wide class of equations, namely, linear second-order partial differential equations, the desire for strength does indeed distinguish the temporal direction. After assessing how general the second argument is, the paper explores the ramifications of this theory for various problems in the philosophy of time. Description: Contains one audio recording (mp3) and one set of presentation slides 2006-07-21T00:00:00Z Nonlocal causation in Maxwell theory http://hdl.handle.net/2123/1013 Title: Nonlocal causation in Maxwell theory Authors: Weinstein, Steven Abstract: Maxwell's equations were the inspiration for special relativity and the principle of relativistic "causality", whereby spacelike-separated events are understood to be causally independent. In this talk, I will show that one of Maxwell's equations actually implies a form of nonlocal causation - causation between what are nominally causally independent events - and show that this sort of causation, while not susceptible to an interventionist or counterfactual analysis, is crucial for many everyday attributions of causal connectedness Description: Contains one audio recording (mp3) and one set of presentation notes 2006-07-21T00:00:00Z Causal Asymmetry and Culpability http://hdl.handle.net/2123/1007 Title: Causal Asymmetry and Culpability Authors: Kutach, Doug Abstract: In developing an adequate explanation for causal asymmetry it is important to distinguish two importantly different applications of the concept of causation. One role for causation is in prediction. Knowledge of causal generalities allows us to predict how likely various effects will follow, given some alleged cause. In this prediction-permitting role, facts about causation can be empirically checked, e.g. whether this particular planetary probe will land on Venus. Another role for causation is assigning culpability for certain facts, i.e. the chunks of physical stuff that are responsible for the effect occurring. Although we humans sometimes have strong intuitions about how causal responsibility is properly allocated, there is no independent or objective check on whether our intuitions are correct. The asymmetry presumably present in manipulation, influence, and control involve a mixture of both roles. I will try to sort out what the distinction means for our understanding of causal asymmetry. Description: Contains one audio recording (mp3). For additional information please go to http://www.brown.edu/Departments/Philosophy/Douglas_Kutach/index.html#CausationSydney2006 2006-07-20T00:00:00Z Two Varieties of Causal Anti-Realism http://hdl.handle.net/2123/1006 Title: Two Varieties of Causal Anti-Realism Authors: Weslake, Brad Abstract: Agency theories of causation have often been criticised for not being sufficiently realist about causation. In my view recent agency theories have not been dialectically effective in addressing this charge. On the one hand there are those such as Huw Price and Peter Menzies, who have appealed to analogies with mind-dependent properties such as secondary qualities (Menzies and Price) and perspectives (Price), have emphasised the experience of agency, and have aimed for reductionòencouraging (despite their disavowals) the view that the agency theory amounts to a kind of subjectivism. On the other hand there are those such as Judea Pearl and Jim Woodward, who in reaction have distanced themselves completely from the centrality of agency (Pearl), or who have sought refuge in non-reductionism, hoping the question of realism can thereby be evaded (Woodward). In this paper I describe a minimal agency view of causation, and place it with respect to issues of realism and anti-realism. I argue that it is confusion over two forms of anti-realism, encouraged by inessential aspects of the mind-dependent analogies, that has seen Pearl and Woodward shy away from endorsing the anti-realist elements in the agency theory. Description: Contains one audio recording (mp3) and one set of presentation slides 2006-07-19T00:00:00Z

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Orlando Bloom's Legolas battles against Uruk-hai warriors at Helm's Deep in the 2002 film "The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers." (Pierre Vinet/New Line Productions)Link
Orlando Bloom as Legolas in "The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers." (Pierre Vinet/New Line Home Entertainment)Link
Heath Ledger and Orlando Bloom star in the 2003 movie "Ned Kelly." (Carolyn Johns/Focus Features)Link
Orlando Bloom and Johnny Depp take to the high seas in 2003's "Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl." (Walt Disney Pictures)Link
Orlando Bloom as Paris in the 2004 movie "Troy." (Alex Bailey/Warner Brothers Entertainment)Link
Orlando Bloom as Paris in the 2004 movie "Troy." (Alex Bailey/Warner Brothers Entertainment)Link
Orlando Bloom stars in the 2004 movie "Haven." (Yari Film Group)Link
Orlando Bloom signs autographs for fans during the gala performance of "Haven" during the 29th annual Toronto International Film Festival September 11, 2004 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. (Jim Ross/Getty Images)Link
Orlando Bloom in a scene from the 2005 film "Kingdom of Heaven." (David Appleby/Twentieth Century Fox/Associated Press)Link
Orlando Bloom in a scene from the 2005 film "Kingdom of Heaven." (David Appleby/Twentieth Century Fox/Associated Press)Link
Orlando Bloom plays opposite Kirsten Dunst in the 2005 film "Elizabethtown." (Neal Preston/Paramount Pictures)Link
Orlando Bloom arrives at the 77th Annual Academy Awards at the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles, Calif., Sunday, Feb. 27, 2005. (Beatrice De Gea/Los Angeles Times)Link
Orlando Bloom in 2006 sequel "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest." (Disney Enterprises, Inc.)Link
Orlando Bloom in the 2007 third installment, "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End." (Peter Mountain/Disney Enterprises, Inc.)Link
Orlando Bloom plays with a soccer ball at the New York Entertainment Soccer Tournament at the Tribeca Film Festival April 23, 2011. (Timothy A. Clary/Agence France Presse/Getty Images)Link
Actor Orlando Bloom and his wife, model Miranda Kerr, arrive at the Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute gala, May 2, 2011 in New York. (Timothy A. Clary/Agence France Presse/Getty Images)Link
Orlando Bloom is ready to slide back in the saddle as the elf-prince Legolas from the "The Lord of the Rings" movies for Peter Jackson's upcoming two-part adaptation of "The Hobbit." It's a move that may irk some die-hard fans of the J.R.R. Tolkien novels — Legolas does not appear in the bookshelf version of "The Hobbit," a tale set 60 years before "The Lord of the Rings" unfolds.
"Ten years ago, Orlando Bloom created an iconic character with his portrayal of Legolas," Jackson said in an announcement on his Facebook page. "I'm excited to announce today that we'll be revisiting Middle Earth with him once more. I'm thrilled to be working with Orlando again. Funny thing is, I look older — and he doesn't! I guess that's why he makes such a wonderful elf."
Bloom, who next appears as the Duke of Buckingham in "The Three Musketeers" in October, is one of several actors from the original "Lord of the Rings" franchise whom Jackson has enlisted for "The Hobbit." Elijah Wood returns as Frodo Baggins, Ian McKellen as Gandalf, Andy Serkis as Gollum. Also, Cate Blanchett will reprise the role of Galadriel, another character absent from "The Hobbit" novel.
Martin Freeman, best known from the British version of "The Office," plays the lead role of Bilbo Baggins in the movie, which is currently shooting in New Zealand. The first Hobbit film is slated for release in late 2012, the second in 2013.
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SIOUX FALLS, SD --Vonica Y. Cottington was born on Nov. 24, 1923, and passed away on Dec. 13, 2012, at the Covington Heights Golden Living Center in Sioux Falls, SD.
Vonica was born on a farm in Charles Mix County, South Dakota to Milo and Elsie (Hronish) Josifek. She attended country school in South Dakota and Iowa through the eighth grade and graduated from Silver Lake High School in Ayrshire in 1942. Employed as a bookkeeper at Farmers Coop Elevator in Ayrshire from 1943 until 1946 when she married her high school sweetheart Garth C. Cottington on April 3, 1946. Lived on the Cottington farm until 1969 when they moved to Guthrie Center. She was employed as the Office Manager of the Guthrie County Iowa Farm Bureau and Farm Bureau Insurance until she retired Dec. 31, 1985.
Spent winters in Mission, TX until 1994 when they moved to Texas year round. She taught swimming pool exercise class at El Valle Del Sol where they lived and also enjoyed all the activities that the community held. In May, 2005 they moved to a Retirement Home in McAllen, TX. When Garth's health began to fail, they moved to Sioux Falls, SD, September 2008.
Vonica became a member of the Methodist Church in Iowa in 1941 and continued that membership in Texas and Sioux Falls. She was President of her church women's society in Iowa and President of the American Legion Auxiliary in Iowa. After moving to Guthrie Center, she took up the game of golf and was President of the Women's Golf Association there.
Survivors include her daughter Connie Colwill of Sioux Falls, SD; son Kirk (Elizabeth) Cottington of Cordova, TN; grandchildren Scott (Jodie) Colwill and daughter Sophie of Sioux Falls, SD, Stephanie (Joe) Harmon and children Justin, Chase and Ryleigh of Spearfish, SD, Alissa (Brian) Rich of Palmer, TX, Travis Cottington and his daughters Elizabeth, lzabella and Rozaleigh of Kyle, TX; sister Georgia Kassel of Ayrshire, brother-in-law Greg (Lois) Cottington of Beaumont, TX; several nephews, nieces, cousins and many dear friends.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband of 62 years, Garth Cottington; granddaughter Melanie Cottington; son-in-law Gary Colwill and brother-in-law Lawrence Kassel.
Graveside inurnment services will be held in the spring of 2013 at the Silver Lake Cemetery in Ayrshire.
Memorials may be directed to Children's Home Society in Sioux Falls, SD.
Online condolences www.millerfh.com


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This version is less stylized than the first one and incorporates more paper than fabric in the collage part. Also, it has something ripped out of an old National Geographic. It's current title is Splendorous, based on one of the torn-out words. I can't recall seeing that word in print before, love it. Who knew how fun it would be to add some text to the image? Here's a detail shot:
Saturday, June 26, 2010
Take two on the oak branches
This version is less stylized than the first one and incorporates more paper than fabric in the collage part. Also, it has something ripped out of an old National Geographic. It's current title is Splendorous, based on one of the torn-out words. I can't recall seeing that word in print before, love it. Who knew how fun it would be to add some text to the image? Here's a detail shot:
9 comments:
- Libby Fife said...
I get the idea of the moss but I really liked the piece without it. It already has a sort of "Southern" feel to me I think because of the colors and the way the branches curve and twist-kind of a softened gothic feel. But I can see how the moss would add another dimension.
- June 27, 2010
- Quilt Rat said...
The moss could be interesting especially if you plan to add a bit of thread painting or some other stitching.(maybe felting even) Otherwise, the image without it seems to work quite well as it is. I find that my eye is led more easily around it....It is quite graceful!
- June 27, 2010
- joyceshelton said...
Beautiful.... and finished! (No moss) Looks great! The question is... did you have fun and are you motivated to keep going. Ah ha!
- June 27, 2010
- yarngoddess said...
Real moss is hairy and thread-like. It doesn't really obscure the branches in the trees. I love your tree better without the solid blobs of moss. Moss is more greeny gray than bluey gray, but that could be my monitor. If you did the moss as purely stitches, I think I would like it better.
- June 27, 2010
- Dolores said...
I do like trees and your tree is wonderful. I love the colours.
- June 27, 2010
- Loreen Leedy said...
Thanks for the comments, guys! My husband Andy has also weighed in on the "no moss" side... hey, it's less work for me. I'll try it on a future project. What would really be easy is to use real moss front my front yard. ; )
I didn't clarify very well that this is a "hard" collage meaning that everything is adhered with acrylic gel on canvas rather than a soft collage using stitching. I've never tried using paper with soft collage, but have seen some artists that do... hmmm, another experiment to try.
- June 30, 2010
- Diane J. Evans said...
First of all, if you ever have the desire to throw a canvas in a nice hot bonfire, CALL ME IMMEDIATELY! I will gladly take the canvas off your hands, because I think your work is beautiful. I love it with or without the moss, so I'm not much help to you. I think that we sometimes get so close to our work that we need for others to tell us that it's really more beautiful than we think it is. So I'm telling you: this is beautiful.
- June 30, 2010
- imquilternity said...
I'm in agreement with the others....I like it better without the moss. Although exploring the idea of "thread-painted" moss might be fun. It's gorgeous already!
- July 02, 2010
- norma said...
I'm with the "no moss" group, unless you do it in a different way to make them less solid. But it's a fabulous piece. I do love your work.
I had to laugh about your deer problem. Here in CT it is a huge problem, even in the very developed area that I live in. They will come right up to the door step and eat your favorite flowers. I spray, spray, spray to keep them away. Right now I'm using something called Liquid Fence. It is very stinky until it dries and supposedly the deer can smell it even when it's dry. I just came in from spraying and now I have to take a shower, since some of it got on my legs. Phew!
- July 04, 2010


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Just went into my local store and was told the Storm 2 will be out 10/28. I asked why no marketing yet and they said it's imminent.
I'd imagine RIMM will do anything possible to get S2 out before Verizon rolls out the Droid, so I'm inclined to believe this date will be good...but I'm as clueless as anyone until I can hold the latest Storm in my hand.


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Camera Plus Pro In-Depth Review
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Ghandi once said: "The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated. " He was indeed a wise man, but I think the following also rings true: "The shallowness and decay of a civilization and its moral progress can be judged by the way its smartphones are treated."
I've come to realize that I use the camera on my iPhone more than the phone itself. I'm essentially walking around with a dumbcamera. There's something very alluring about having the power to capture one moment in time within an infinite universe, innocent, natural, raw and vulnerable, forever.
Few things in life, aside from animals and small children, remain untainted from its harsh realities, yet only a simple photograph, regardless of its subject, has the power to transcend time and nature, combining the two to convey an image powerful enough to invoke passion, pleasure and pain from deep within the human psyche. When you combine this power with a photography application like Camera Plus Pro, it's like shooting fish in a barrel (an activity not condoned by Ghandi nor myself).
Camera Plus Pro was developed to address all of the iPhone camera's shortcomings and then some, providing users with the iPhone camera's native features (auto-zoom and tap-to-zoom) and additional functionality, such as burst-mode shooting, timed capture, geo-tagging and a variety of photo/video editing features.
Camera Plus Pro's menu interface is clean and uncluttered, consisting of four buttons/features located along the bottom of the viewing plane: The Features button opens to expose Point Zoom, Burst Mode, Timed Capture, Grid View, Big Button, Tags, Geo-Tag, Settings, Info and Help.The Quick Roll button gives users access to photos and videos taken and stored with/in Camera Plus Pro. The shutter button is located in the middle and the video/photo toggle switch is located next to it, at the far right.
Camera Plus Pro's menu interface is clean and uncluttered, consisting of four buttons/features located along the bottom of the viewing plane: The Features button opens to expose Point Zoom, Burst Mode, Timed Capture, Grid View, Big Button, Tags, Geo-Tag, Settings, Info and Help.The Quick Roll button gives users access to photos and videos taken and stored with/in Camera Plus Pro. The shutter button is located in the middle and the video/photo toggle switch is located next to it, at the far right.
Camera Plus Pro is essentially operated using one of two modes: Camera Mode (preparing for and taking pictures) and Edit Mode (post picture taking). Additionally, Share and Manage features allow users to send multiple photos to Facebook, Twitter, Flickr, Picasa or Email and delete and/or sync photos in the app's Quick Roll to their iPhone's Camera Roll. All photographs and videos taken with Camera Plus Pro are saved to its built-in Quick Roll. Users can then sync one or multiple photos/videos, at any time, to their iPhone's Camera Roll. Once synced, the original photo/video remains in the app's Quick Roll for users to keep or delete.
Using Point Zoom requires the user to focus on a target, then touch the spot/area which they want to zoom into. Doing so produces an icon, at which time they can zoom further using the on-screen slider or by touching and holding on the spot they want to focus onto. Once the picture is taken, it's saved to the app's Quick Roll. When using Point Zoom, the farther in you zoom, the more movement your camera registers, a negative you need to take into account when using digital zoom. I was able to take decent photos using the app's Point Zoom mode, thanks to its anti-shake feature, found within Settings. I sent several photos to my Facebook and Twitter accounts with no problem and also emailed several photos. Camera Plus Pro performed these tasks flawlessly.
Burst mode allows users to take photographs in rapid succession. Camera Plus Pro allows users to take anywhere from 1-15 photos, user-adjustable within Settings. My experience with Burst was essentially the same as with most other apps, with one caveat: The camera takes a rapid succession of shots, dependent upon the user's configuration settings, then, instead of automatically saving them, presents the photos for the user's review. The user can then select which photos he/she wants to delete/save to their Quick Roll. This adds a third level of photo saving (Burst quick roll, quick roll, camera roll) that seems redundant.
Timed Capture allows users to touch the shutter button, initiating a count down which appears on-screen before the picture is taken. While it's nice to have, I can't think of a situation where I would use Timed Capture with a smartphone camera that has no stand, base, etc., unless I set the timer, hand it to my 11-year old and tell him to make sure we're all in the frame when the timer reaches zero. Timed photos can be set to anywhere from 1-10 seconds, from within the Settings menu.
Grid View superimposes a 3x3 grid on the viewfinder, providing users with a frame of reference when taking photos; a feature I've never needed, but appreciate its presence. The Big Button feature allows users to touch anywhere on-screen to capture a photograph, a feature I always use.
The Tags feature allows users to tag single or multiple photographs before capturing them, using pre-determined tags provided by the application, or custom tags, as defined by the user. To do so, users simply take a photo, then go to its saved version within the app's Quick Roll. Pressing the Edit button in the upper, right corner will produce a menu at the bottom of the screen. Pressing the icon at the bottom, left brings up the Edit options. Pressing the Tag option will bring users to the Tag screen. Users can also manage tagged photos by going to Settings, General and tapping Manage Tags. Once tagged, photos you take will fall under the Tag you set. Users can also enter comments/descriptions for shared photos. I took several photographs and tagged them manually, using my own categories, as well as pre-configured categories.
To use the Geo-Tag feature, simply repeat the above, but choose the Geo-Tag option instead of Tags. Users will be brought to a Google Map screen. Touching the reticule in the bottom, center of the screen will enable your iPhone to Geo-Tag the photo, using its location-aware features and add the location of the photo using a red push-pin. Continuously double-clicking this pin will cause the map to zoom in on the location of where the image was taken. Users can then edit the photo to their desire and sync it to their Camera Roll.
The Settings, Info and Help menus provide users with options to configure the application to their desire, FAQs, Tips and Tricks (some of which are interactive) regarding Video Recording and Photo Capturing and Help/Explanation of the application's menu features.
Accessing the Quick Roll from the main screen provides users with a categorized view (All, Photos and Videos) of all the photos/videos they've taken. From here, users can view, edit, tag, delete, set passwords, send to Facebook, Twitter, Flickr, Picasa or Email and/or sync photos to the iPhone's Camera Roll.
When using the Video Camera, users can pre-set filters, such as Invert, Black and White, etc, as well as video quality (in Settings, you can set video quality to High or Low. At High, your recording time is limited) and audio capture (also in the Settings menu). While filming, users can zoom in and out using a slider located at the bottom of the screen. The zoom should be used properly, however, as zooming in on an object faraway will result in low quality/resolution, so the closer you are, the better. The bottom of the screen also contains a display, showing the amount of time elapsed while recording. After recording, the video is saved to the app's Quick Roll, where users can tag/geo-tag it, upload it to YouTube, Facebook, Twitter or Email, or delete it.
Once pictures are taken, they can be easily edited to the user's preference. However, Settings contains options that allow users to pre-configure certain post-capturing features, such as the ability to set Autosave, edit an optional watermark/Copyright logo and color, edit the Date on/off and color, set a password and manage Tags. In addition, users can import photos into Camera Plus Pro's Quick Roll from their Camera Roll and can also configure video filters, video quality and audio capture quality.
Once in edit mode, users can set software Flash settings, crop the image, flip, rotate and invert the image, adjust brightness, saturation, hue, sharpness, contrast, temperature and tint, choose (from 7) and set filters, add your copyright logo, add tags, geo-tag the photo and save the new image to the Quick Roll.
Camera Plus Pro's extensive array of editing features work great and, with the clean, user-friendly interface, are easy to use. I took a photograph in a darkened area and used the software Flash edit feature to lighten the image:
Using the additional editing tools, I can add filters to the image, crop sections of the image by dragging highlighted portions of the crop box, adjust the brightness (to lighten it even further), saturation, hue, tint, etc. rotate or flip the image, add my copyright and tag/geo-tag it. Experimenting with Camera Plus Pro's editing tools is fun and easy and adds remarkable character to otherwise lifeless photos.
I enjoyed my time with Camera Plus Pro immensely. So much so, that I added it to my personal library of photography apps. Camera Plus Pro is packed with features and its unassuming interface makes taking pictures a joy. While testing it, I found every feature works as advertised. The only issue I came across is that it can take a couple of seconds to save photos/videos, but that's standard for 3rd party photography apps. Camera Plus Pro has it all, baby and at only $1.99, I highly recommend it.
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Cricket's lucrative Champions League has been dragged into the potentially explosive fixing case shaped by the testimony of former New Zealand batsman Lou Vincent.
New Zealand Cricket chief executive David White confirmed on Thursday that some matches played by the Auckland Aces at the global Twenty20 tournament, when it was held in South Africa in 2012, were under investigation by the International Cricket Council's anti-corruption unit.
Cricket Australia's own anti-corruption detectives have been assured that no Australian players, teams or matches are being investigated.
But the scandal has widespread implications for world cricket because it involves allegations of spot-fixing in at least five countries between 2008 and 2012. Cricket Australia has a financial stake of 30 per cent in the Champions League, which is 50 per cent-owned by the Board of Control for Cricket in India while South Africa has a 20 per cent share. Australian Big Bash teams aspire to qualify and compete for a slice of the $US6 million prize pool.
"No games played in New Zealand are being investigated by the ICC. No current Black Caps are being investigated," White said after The Telegraph in London reported that Vincent had provided ICC detectives with a "treasure trove" of information – including names – with which to build their case.
"No matches involving New Zealand national teams are being investigated, however we have been informed by the ICC that some Auckland Aces matches in the Champions League in [South Africa] in 2012 are being investigated."
Vincent, who has blown the whistle in the hope of avoiding criminal prosecution over his involvement and knowledge, opened the batting for Auckland Aces against Perth Scorchers at Centurion in 2012, but it's believed that game does not figure in the investigation.
While CA has no reason to believe any of its players are under scrutiny, its surveillance team remains on high alert after an explosion in betting on the Big Bash League last summer.
The head of CA's integrity unit, Iain Roy, and security manager Sean Carroll, a former Victorian police detective, this week attended a Victoria Police conference at the MCG about the infiltration and corruption of sport by organised crime.
The Telegraph report said charges were imminent against one former Pakistan player, and that a current international captain was approached by a corrupt player, but he rejected the advance and reported it to authorities.
The probe based on evidence from Vincent is not the only corruption scandal simmering in cricket.
The fallout from the betting and spot-fixing controversy in last year's Indian Premier League, which resulted in the arrest of three Indian players from the Rajasthan Royals, is being played out in the Indian Supreme Court.
The court has stood down the BCCI's powerful president, N. Srinivasan, whose family is embroiled in the saga. Embarrassingly, Srinivasan is the man backed by Cricket Australia and the England and Wales Cricket Board to become chairman of the ICC at next month's annual conference in Melbourne.
In Australia, CA boss James Sutherland in March welcomed the introduction of laws in Queensland and NSW to fight match-fixing and regulate betting, respectively, bringing them into line with other states.
"A harmonised approach will avoid situations in which match-fixers and their associates are dealt with differently by the law depending on where in Australia offences are committed," said Sutherland, who also chairs the Coalition of Major Professional and Participation Sports.
More than $625 million was punted on the BBL with Betfair alone last summer. In January, a man was investigated for illegal betting after attending a BBL game in Melbourne and a one-day international in Sydney. He had a laptop computer and his conduct raised concerns that betting markets could be manipulated if information was conveyed to overseas bookmakers from venues, beating the delay from live play to television broadcasts.
CA restricts access to players at grounds, and players have to hand over phones and tablets before games. It also has information-sharing agreements with every corporate betting agency in Australia, and has engaged a company to monitor the nature and volume of betting on domestic matches.


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Cree, Inc., a market leader in silicon carbide (SiC) power devices, announces a new family of silicon carbide (SiC) Schottky diodes optimized for performance. Cree is advancing the adoption of silicon carbide power devices into mainstream power applications by introducing a comprehensive family of SiC diodes with a wide range of amperage ratings and package options.
"In order to develop the next generation of power electronics, design engineers are looking for the unique performance advantages of SiC Schottky diodes - zero reverse recovery losses, temperature-independent switching losses, higher frequency operation - all with a lower EMI signature," said John Palmour, Cree co-founder and chief technology officer, Power and RF. "This new family of diodes allows a higher current density and increased avalanche capability over previous generation SiC Schottky diodes with no penalty in performance. Cree's recent innovations in device design and commitment to continuous process improvement are allowing us to offer significantly higher amperage ratings at lower cost per amp."
Cree Z-Rec diodes feature zero reverse recovery, resulting in up to a 50% reduction in switching losses versus comparable silicon diodes. They also exhibit consistent switching performance across their entire temperature range, which simplifies circuit design and reduces the need for complex thermal management. When used in conjunction with Cree's recently-introduced 1200V SiC power MOSFETs, these SiC Schottky diodes enable the implementation of all-SiC power electronic circuits with the capability to operate at up to four times higher switching frequencies when compared to conventional silicon diodes and IGBTs. This enables a reduction in the size, complexity and cost of inverter circuitry, while achieving high system efficiency. Finally, this new family has the additional characteristics of higher surge ratings and avalanche capabilities than the previous generation of SiC Schottky diodes, helping to increase overall system reliability.
These devices are ideal as boost diodes and anti-parallel diodes in solar inverters and 3-phase motor drive circuits, as well as in power factor correction (PFC) boost circuits in power supplies and UPS equipment. They can also be used in applications where engineers typically parallel many devices to address higher power requirements.


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West Memphis is to receive a $10.9 million grant to expand the city's port.
The grant from the U.S. Transportation Department announced Wednesday will go toward rail improvements. The work will enable the port to handle more freight.
The Transportation Department says the project will not only help the port but will spur other business activity by stimulating more trade.
The expansion is also expected to attract development in West Memphis, which will create more jobs. The expansion will dramatically expand the port's railcar capacity.
Officials say that in 2012, the port handled only 800 railcars. When the project is complete, the port at West Memphis will be able to handle almost twice that number each week.


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1. Security
One of the most evident concerns surrounding cloud security is about whether data and sensitive company resources are ultimately safe. Channel partners suggest that there are two opposing answers to this question, and both of them are correct. On one hand, cloud providers invest a lot of resources in making sure their infrastructure is secure. And that level of security is often stronger than the level of security that many customers could establish on their own -- especially as you scale downward into SMB. "Cloud providers offer a generalized level of security, based on due care," said John Pironti, president of IP Architects, Rowley, a Mass.-based solution provider. "Customers with a more stringent security need can often opt-in to additional premium services such as crypto key management, intrusion detection services, applications firewalling, advanced logging and reporting." On the other hand, they also say that hackers recognize the cloud as a huge challenge; a challenge that they can sometimes overcome.


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Roxbury Community College administrators have been operating under their own set of sloppy, self-serving rules, even at the expense of student safety. Just how sloppy can be gleaned from a Monday report by Globe reporter Mary Carmichael highlighting the failure of the community college to document several allegations of sexual assault.
For the past 11 years, RCC did not report a single sex-crime allegation to the federal Department of Education. The absence of dorms and the presence of many working, part-time students on the Roxbury campus might indicate a lower incidence of student-centered sexual assault than at other colleges. But federal education officials are examining five alleged sexual transgressions by staffers at the college. In 2010, a former student brought forward an amply documented accusation against Orikaye Brown-West, the college's former director of facilities and public safety. But like other complaints, it evaporated along with the personnel papers of three of the accused employees.
Since 1990, the federal Clery Act has required any college or university that participates in federal financial aid programs to collect, classify, and count crime reports and statistics; publish an annual security report; and submit accurate crime statistics to the Department of Education. RCC doesn't get a pass. The law applies equally to fancy $50,000-a-year private colleges and low-cost community colleges. Any attempt to cover up crimes on the urban campus should be treated as seriously as similar efforts by the most prestigious, image-conscious colleges.
The law requires the reporting of crimes both on and around campuses. That can be a disadvantage for colleges that, like RCC, are located in low-income areas with high crime rates. But the alleged crimes at RCC reflect directly on the college and its staff, not the surrounding community. Equally disturbing, campus whistleblowers are charging that administrators at the college threatened their jobs should they step forward.
Former RCC president Terrence Gomes resigned in June. And Governor Patrick recently appointed several new members to the college's board. But the campus remains tainted by recent reports of irregularities in the distribution of financial aid as well as by the allegations of sexual crimes. The shakeup shouldn't stop with the president's office and board. The failures appear marbled throughout the college.
Some of the college's supporters take umbrage at the suggestion that RCC would be better off under the administrative umbrella of the Bunker Hill Community College, a competently run institution in Charlestown. But why protect a college that won't offer similar consideration to its students?


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BURBANK, CA. Well known actor and personal trainer to the stars Jean Paul San Pedro will be spending some of this weekend at the Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall in Downey, California. He will be participating in a preliminary orientation. With that part of the process done he will then present his program which will help many of the youthful offenders regain their spirits and get back on a productive life path. From his own background and experience both on camera and as a much beloved fitness guru Jean Paul has learned effective ways to focus the mind and the body to achieve positive life changes. His goal is to apply these techniques with many of the troubled youth currently being held in numerous Los Angeles County detention centers.
"I know well that it is all too easy for some young men and women to make poor life choices and get in trouble with the law. I also know proven effective ways to alter the troubled thought process and restore self respect and real confidence to these youth." said Jean Paul San Pedro.
Jean Paul San Pedro has appeared in numerous television shows and movies. SEE: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1224863/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1. He is also the founder of Complete Universal Training or C.U.T. Nation. SEE: http://cutnation.weebly.com/. Jean Paul's approach is so effective and so unique that international actress and super star model Vanessa Millon said of CUT Nation: "With C.U.T. camp I just show up and it feels like 15 minutes later I am done with a great work out.."
Having helped literally thousands people change to much happier and healthier life styles Jean Paul San Pedro is increasingly in demand for his stunningly effective motivational speaking engagements. He recently wowed a live audience in Hollywood. The event was recorded and will soon be in "The Amazing Akanas" a film in production.
"It is not about bogus diets or meaningless exercise routines, it is about a positive mental change that brings about a positive life change." said Jean Paul San Pedro.


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Well thought out games blog Lost Garden has a design analysis of Nintendogs. In his estimation, gamers who are shrugging this off as "another Nintendo toy" are doing themselves a disservice. From the article: "There is nothing on that market that compares to Nintendogs. If you dig into the game mechanics at an abstract level, it has surprisingly more in common with a RPG than most virtual pet games. Yet hardcore gamers make a snap judgement and instantly assume it must be a Tamagotchi-style game. This is an unfortunate mistake that limits our understanding of the game design."


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Do you like to delve into deep twisting and maze like puzzle facilities, testing your strength, mind and agility? Perhaps you find a strange pleasure in the cold steel hallways of potentially deadly adventure or maybe you like living out a fantasy of escape! This map, The Escape is a greatly detailed puzzle escape adventure map for Minecraft in which you solve, jump and think to survive your trials! From cold steel hallways with fiery lava pits that scorch your face, baking your flesh as you transcend the depths to grassy, vegetation plastered ruins of ancient buildings long since abandoned. There are varied areas, tons of traps and nice scenery in some of the areas, cool redstone work, save points and many other cool features that make this map a fun experience. There are a lot of puzzles, tons of creative traps and many obstacles that you will encounter on your perilous journey that awaits you in the creepy corridors of potential death. This map was created with and works really well with the Faithful Texture pack (download here).
If you want to face dangerous challenges wrought with intense puzzle solving action, you should install The Escape right away!
The Escape Adventure Map Main Features
- Tons of creative and challenging puzzles
- Dangerous pitfalls and terrifying deadly traps
- Awesome redstone creations that hide behind the cold steel walls
How to Install The Escape Adventure Map
- Go to Start Menu, type in %appdata% and search for .minecraft
- Navigate to your .minecraft folder and locate the Saves folder
- Download the Escape file and open the contents with WinRAR (or similar)
- Copy folder into the Saves folder


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Tag: Red White & Blues
0 New Video – Red, White & Blues – Stand Up For Rock N Roll
Red, White & Blues featuring Myke Gray (SKIN) & Matti Alfonzetti have released a video for their song "Stand Up For Rock N Roll". This track is on the band's album Shine which is available now.
Check out Red, White & Blues online at this link!
Like what you hear? You can check out the rest of Shine in the Soundcloud player below!


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A former Singapore banker was arrested in Los Angeles on Thursday and accused of helping "liquidate" hundreds of millions of US dollars in an accounting fraud at Olympus Corp, one of the biggest corporate scandals in Japan's history.
Chan Ming-fon, a Taiwanese, and one-time bank vice president, is the latest former executive and the first from outside of Japan to become ensnared in the US$1.7 billion accounting cover-up at the camera and medical equipment maker.
The company has admitted using improper accounting to conceal massive investment losses under a scheme that began in the 1990s.
Court papers in the US said Chan was paid US$10 million by Olympus, or entities controlled by Olympus, for his role in the fraud. The case against Chan was filed in a federal court in New York.
"The defendant had a direct role in the secret liquidation of hundreds of millions of dollars of Olympus investments. He then waged a six-year campaign to conceal that misdeed by lying, certifying to auditors that the investments still existed years after liquidation," FBI Assistant Director-in-Charge George Venizelos said.
Olympus declined to comment.
Chan's arrest comes after three former Olympus executives pleaded guilty in September to charges related to the fraud.
Chan was interviewed by the FBI this week, US authorities said. He was being held in custody ahead of a scheduled appearance in a federal court in Los Angeles yesterday. The former banker at Commerzbank AG and Societe Generale in Singapore is charged with one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, which carries a maximum penalty of 20 years.
Commerzbank and Societe Generale could not be reached for comment.
The accounting fraud at 93-year-old Olympus was exposed in October last year by chief executive Michael Woodford, who was fired after he questioned dubious deals that were later found to have been used to hide losses.
The three former executives who pleaded guilty had been identified by an investigative panel, commissioned by Olympus as the main suspects in the fraud seeking to delay the reckoning from risky investments made in the late-1980s bubble economy.
Former chairman Tsuyoshi Kikukawa, former executive vice president Hisashi Mori and former auditor Hideo Yamada said they inflated the company's net worth in financial statements for five fiscal years to March last year. They are awaiting sentencing.
Revelations of the huge accounting fraud have revived calls for more outside scrutiny of its boardrooms, but have failed to trigger sweeping corporate governance reforms similar to those introduced a decade ago in the wake of US scandals such as at Enron Corp.
Forced to re-issue several years of financial statements, Olympus has been left financially weakened and reported losses of US$581 million in the fiscal year to March 31.
Its shareholder equity to total assets has dipped as low as 2.2 percent, well below the 20 percent level regarded as a minimum for stability.
The liquidity crunch has prompted it to accept US$592.49 million from Sony Corp in return for an 11.46 percent stake and an agreement to set up a joint venture to develop medical equipment.
The two companies yesterday said that plans to establish that company had been delayed as they wait regulatory approval overseas.
Olympus shares in Tokyo dipped 1.4 percent yesterday compared with a 0.8 percent fall in the benchmark Nikkei 225 index.


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Brick's Beer News: Beer Tasting Friday 7/6 and New Arrivals
By: Bryan Brick | K&L Beer Buyer
Hey All,
In keeping with tradition we will be holding our Redwood City summer Beer tasting this week on Friday, July 6th from 5- 6:30pm. I'll be pouring a selection of new beers in the Redwood City bar. Cost will be $10. Once the lineup is confirmed, I'll post it on the event link above.
I highly recommend you all attend being that we may have some special releases available that night only for attendees of the tasting to enjoy...just sayin.'
In the meantime here are a few new beers we've received:
AleSmith "Nut Brown" English Brown Ale, California 22oz $4.99
2012 Avery Brewing Company "19th Anniversary" Belgian Style Triple, Colorado 22oz $8.49
Brasserie Bourganel "Biere au Miel de Chataignier" France 330ml $4.49
Brouwerij 't Gaverhopke "Singing Blonde" Blonde Ale, Belgium 330ml $5.99
Brouwerij De Molen "Op & Top" IPA, Netherlands 330ml $3.99
Devil's Canyon "California Sunshine" Rye IPA, California 16oz Cans $2.79
Drake's Brewing "Alpha Session" American Pale Ale, California 22oz $5.99
Evil Twin Brewing "Disco Beer-Red Cap" Imperial IPA Aged in Red Wine Barrels, Denmark 11.2oz $9.99
Evil Twin Brewing "Epilogue" Wine Barrel Aged "Monk Suffers" Danish Ale, Denmark 11.2oz $11.99
Evil Twin Brewing "Monk Suffers Serious Sugar Rush On Barbados" Danish Ale, Denmark 500ml $12.99
Frederic Gouison "Heritage 1900" Pays d'Othe Apple Cider, France 750ml $14.99
2012 Grand Teton Brewing "Snarling Badger" Berliner Weisse, Wyoming 750ml $9.99
Maui Brewing Company/Jolly Pumpkin "Sobrehumano Palena 'ole" Red Ale Brewed with Liliko'i and Cherries, Hawaii 12oz Can $2.79
New Belgium "Lips of Faith-Tart Lychee" Wild Ale, Colorado 22oz $8.49
Nøgne-Ø/Bridge Road Brewers "India-Style" Saison, Norway 500ml $8.99
2012 Sierra Nevada "Southern Hemisphere Harvest" Fresh Hop Ale, California 24oz $4.99
Stone Brewing "Vertical Epic 11.11.11" Belgian Strong Pale Ale, California 22oz $6.99
Stone Brewing Company Smoked Porter w/Chipotle Peppers, California 12oz (3 bottle limit) $2.49
Stone Brewing Company Smoked Porter w/Vanilla Bean, California 12oz (3 bottle limit) $2.49
2012 Stone Brewing Russian Imperial Stout, California 22oz $5.99
You can shop our entire Beer selection easily online - just follow this link and browse by category or use the word search tool to find a specific beer: K&L Beer Selection.
Will-Call Pick-up Reminder-CA customers: even if the beer isn't listed in stock in your local K&L, if you purchase online and choose Will Call pick-up at your K&L store of choice, we will transfer your beer for pick-up there at no extra charge!
Also, if there is something specific you are looking for or if you have any questions about any of our beers, please don't hesitate to contact me.
Happy 4th of July and I hope to see a bunch of you at next week's tasting!
Bryan Brick
K&L Wine Merchants
Redwood City
(650) 556-2758


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Saturday, February 20 – Swordsmen's Rendezvous
En garde! Experience this unique living history program at Gadsby's Tavern Museum (134 N. Royal St.) as you learn a skill all 18th-century gentlemen must know – swordplay! The program includes re-enactment of 18th-century swordplay and a display of 18th-century weapons. This popular family event will include some audience participation as you practice your newfound talents. The cost is $6 per person. The program is recommended for first grade and older (adults will have fun too!). Tours are conducted from 11 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and reservations are required. For more information, call 703.746.4242 or visit www.gadsbystavern.org.
Tuesday, February 23 - iMovie Mentors Volunteer Orientation
The iMovie Mentors Volunteer Orientation will be held on Tuesday, February 23. The iMovie Mentor Program is a mentorship for at-risk, minority and immigrant boys in sixth and seventh grades. The kids are paired up with an adult mentor from Alexandria and the two work over the course of the year shooting and editing a short film based on life around town. For more information, please contact Linda Odell at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Thursday, February 25 – Deadline for 2010 Salute to Women Awards Nominations
Due to the inclement weather and related closing of Alexandria government offices last week, the deadline to submit nominations for the 30th Annual Salute to Women Awards has been extended until 12 p.m. on Thursday, February 25. For more information, visit www.alexandriava.gov/Women or contact Angela Johnson at firstname.lastname@example.com or 703.746.5030.
Friday, February 26 – Deadline for Student Human Rights Awards Nominations
The Alexandria Human Rights Commission will award up to three Student Human Rights Awards to recognize high school juniors, seniors, and first-year community college students who have contributed significantly toward improving basic human rights and fairness for all in the City of Alexandria. Recognized students will receive a commemorative plaque and a monetary award. Submissions must be sent or delivered to the Director of the Alexandria Office of Human Rights, 421 King Street, Suite 400, Alexandria, Virginia 22314, by Friday, February 26. For more information, contact Jean Kelleher Niebauer, Alexandria Office of Human Rights, at 703.746.3140.
Coming Soon!
Saturday, February 27 – Little Conductors Day
All aboard! Let your little one be the conductor at a special train event at The Lyceum, 201 S. Washington St. Children ages 3 through 7 will love visiting train activity stations, including operating Lego trains presented by the Washington, D.C. Metropolitan Area LEGO Train Club, a train-related craft, a train bean bag toss, Thomas the Tank Engine play table, Lego play area, and a miniature train display. Space is limited so advance reservation and ticket purchase is recommended. Timed admission for the event occurs on the half-hour between 10:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. Admission is $5 per child and free for caregivers. For more information, visit www.alexandriahistory.org or call 703.746.4994.
Saturday, February 27 – "Feeding Our Founding Fathers" Lecture
Culinary historian Michael Twitty returns to the Alexandria Black History Museum (902 Wythe St.) to explore the role and work of enslaved African Americans in providing food to founding fathers George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison and James Monroe. His illustrated lecture will begin at 11 a.m., and he will examine who the enslaved cooks were, how they were trained, and how they prepared and served food to our nation's first leaders. Reservations are requested for this free event. Please visit www.alexblackhistory.org or call 703.746.4356 for more information.
Saturday, March 6 – 29th Annual St. Patrick's Day Parade
The City of Alexandria will host the Annual St. Patrick's Day Parade on Saturday, March 6 at 12:30 p.m. The celebration will include many additional activities, including an Antique Car and Dog Show. For more information, visit www.ballyshaners.org.
Saturday, March 13 – Naomi Project Volunteer Training
The Alexandria Campaign on Adolescent Pregnancy invites volunteers who are interested in mentoring Alexandria pregnant teens and new moms to attend an upcoming training with the Naomi Project. The training is scheduled from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Falls Church Presbyterian Church. The Naomi Project is a free, confidential, interfaith program that matches one volunteer with one pregnant or newly parenting woman in a mentoring friendship that extends through pregnancy and the baby's early development. If you have four hours a month and want to help make a difference in the life of a pregnant woman, then this opportunity is for you! To learn more or to register, contact Laura Greenspan at 703.860.2633 or visit www.naomiproject.org.
Every Monday Through April 26 – Tavern Toddlers
Join us for a special program for toddlers (walkers through 36 months) and their caregivers at Gadsby's Tavern Museum, 134 N. Royal St. Tavern Toddlers features a weekly open playtime in Gadsby's historic ballroom Mondays, excluding Federal holidays, through April 26 any time between 10:30 a.m. and noon. Cost is $7 for a group of three, which must include one adult, or $30 for purchase of a five-week pass. For more information, please visit www.gadsbystavern.org or call 703.746.4242.
Open Through Saturday, March 13 – "Grass Roots" Exhibition
"Grass Roots: African Origins of an American Art" is now open at the Alexandria Black History Museum, 902 Wythe St. Explore the history of coiled basketry in Africa and America with this traveling exhibition from the Museum for African Art. "Grass Roots" traces the evolution of an ancient art while examining rice-growing societies which, through the trans-Atlantic slave trade, exported their cultures to America. See baskets from the Lowcountry of South Carolina and Georgia as well as from diverse regions of Africa. Suggested admission is $2. The Alexandria Black History Museum is open Tuesday through Saturday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. For more information, please visit www.alexblackhistory.org or call 703.746.4356.
Open Through Saturday, May 31, 2010 – "Tramping and Trailing with the Girl Scouts"
A new exhibition at The Lyceum, 201 S. Washington St., blends historical photographs, artifacts and reflections to tell the story of Girl Scouting in the Washington metropolitan area. "Tramping and Trailing with the Girl Scouts" features a collection of Girl Scout uniforms from the 1910s, 1930s and 1960s; Brownie items from as early as 1937; a display of cookie fundraising materials; extensive camping and hiking exhibits; and official Girl Scout gear including a canteen, collapsible cup, pocket knife, compass and more. Suggested admission is $2 and the exhibition is open through May 31, 2010. The Lyceum is open Monday through Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and on Sundays, 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. For more information, please visit www.alexandriahistory.org or call 703.838.4994.


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Washington, D.C.
-The American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) today announced the appointment of Nancy C. Somerville as the Society's new executive vice president, effective August 21, 2000.
"We're very fortunate to have someone of Nancy's caliber joining us to help build on our recent successes, especially in the public affairs arena. From the Centennial on, we've been working hard to leverage our efforts for even greater success," said ASLA President Janice Cervelli Schach, FASLA. "And the fact that she's the first woman to serve as the Society's executive vice president is just further proof of how far we've come as a profession."
Somerville comes to ASLA after an 18 years with American Institute of Architects (AIA) where she has served as managing director and vice president of many program areas including membership, state and local government affairs, chapter relations, and continuing education.
Somerville's contributions there include creating a highly successful State Government Network and leading the Institute's chapter assistance program. Most recently, she directed the selection and implementation of a web-enabled membership database, audience management, and communications platform for the organization and its 300 chapters.
Somerville served as the Institute's lead policy expert on licensing issues for 10 years and wrote the entry on "Registration of Professionals in Construction" for the 1989 edition of John Wiley's Encyclopedia of Architecture, Design, Engineering, and Construction. She is also the author of the 1985 landmark AIA study of qualifications-based selection and competitive bidding, Selecting Architects and Engineers for Public Building Projects: An Analysis and Comparison of the Maryland and Florida Systems.
"Nancy has had a wide range of experience with AIA and she's definitely ready to put together all the pieces for ASLA - from licensure to our move towards enhancing our electronic communications. Of all the candidates, Nancy seems to be the best person for the position, given where ASLA is and where ASLA wants to go. She has just the right experience, vision and personality that should be a perfect fit for our Society," said ASLA President-elect Leonard J. Hopper, FASLA.
Somerville received the AIA's Citation for Exceptional Service in 1990, was honored in 1991 by the Illinois Council of the AIA for her contributions to the profession, and received honorary membership in the AIA in 1993.
Early in her career, Somerville served in the U.S. Department of Energy, providing program analysis and evaluation support. Her duties there included writing reports to Congress and responding to White House inquiries. She began her professional life as a writer/editor with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission.
A native of the Washington, D.C. area, Somerville holds a B.A. from Princeton University and an M.A. from Stanford University.
Somerville's appointment follows a thorough selection process that saw the Society's search committee, comprised of two trustees, a chapter president, two members-at-large, and a Landscape Architecture Foundation representative, review hundreds of nominations and applications. The ASLA Executive Committee conducted the final round of interviews and made the final decision.
"Transitions are always difficult, and we owe a real debt to Jim Tolliver, who served as our management team leader, helping to shepherd us through this interim period, as well hearty thanks to our other dedicated staff. We couldn't have done it without them," said Schach.
Tolliver's service has been recognized with his also newly announced promotion to serve as ASLA's deputy executive vice president.
The American Society of Landscape Architects, founded in 1899, represents more than 13,000 members nationwide. Landscape architecture is a comprehensive discipline of land analysis, planning, design, management, preservation and rehabilitation. Typical projects include site design and planning, town and urban planning, regional planning, preparation of environmental impact plans, garden design, historic preservation, and parks/recreation design and planning. Landscape architects hold undergraduate or graduate degrees. They are licensed to practice in 47 states and are required to pass a rigorous national three-day examination.
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Three Minutes With: Rachel Roy
The always lovely designer—and repeat Project Runway guest judge—Rachel Roy visited our Seattle Flagship Store last week to meet and mingle with lucky shoppers. There was a lot to celebrate, including the launch of her Rachel Roy Dress Salon (check out the gorgeous lookbook) and her new shoe line. What better time to do a little Q&A and get the dish on her inspirations and must-have item for fall!
Tell us about your new dress collection and the inspiration behind it.
Beauty, strength and effortless elegance inspired the new collection. The dress, to me, is about the ease of putting on one singular piece and making that your statement. It's a collection of dresses that flatter, fit and move with each need in a woman's busy life. I love that feeling of strength balanced with feminine silhouettes, and wearing a great dress can make you remember what is beautiful about life.
What do you look for in a great dress?
The feeling of elegant, sexy confidence. When you put it on, you know.
Is there an overall theme that ties your collections together?
My goal is always to design things that make women feel smart and confident, and there's always a theme of the effortless and exotic in my collections. I think beauty and style should be effortless and at the same time look amazing, so I try to achieve that through interesting silhouettes and shapes. Exotic touches like print mixing and fabric manipulation add interest and depth to the story we are telling with the collections.
Where do you look for inspiration when designing?
Old Hollywood movies have always been an inspiration. I love the strength and glamour of Grace Kelly, Ava Gardner and Katharine Hepburn. I surround myself with art that inspires in my home and office. It's important to me to fill my spaces with canvases, photography and sculpture that tell a story or elicit an emotion.
Describe the woman you envision wearing your clothes.
I design for women like me—working, raising a family, and navigating everything that comes with that. It means a great deal to me when women trust me enough to wear the collection or try something new. Designing, to me, is about helping women express themselves, and when she chooses to wear something from my collection and feels good in it, then I've done my job.
Do you have a favorite new trend or must-have item for fall?
A dress! It's that one piece that's always flattering and that works perfectly with anything from a leather jacket to a sweater coat. It's the most versatile piece a woman can own.


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Access to broadband and faster internet speeds has increasingly become a catalyst for economic growth. This is especially important in high-tech sectors, such as Healthcare IT, as we move further into the knowledge economy.
The Virginia Center for Innovative Technology recently released its annual 2013 Healthcare IT Assessment, which again points to Virginia's position as a technology leader.
First, access to broadband has increased. Since 2010, the percentage of the Virginia population with access to broadband has grown from 33 percent to 97 percent.
Second, Virginia is a national leader in broadband speed. In 2013, the Commonwealth was able to increase its average download speed by 33 percent to 11.1 Mbps (megabits per second), moving Virginia up to a No. 3 national ranking. Virginia remains well ahead of the national average, which is 8.7 Mbps.
Third, Virginia also improved its average peak connection speed. In 2013, the Commonwealth increased its peak connection speed to 44 Mbps, vs. the national average of 36.3 Mbps. This puts the Commonwealth at a No. 6 ranking and reflects a year-over-year improvement of 29 percent.
These increases in broadband access and speed are helping to grow sectors, such as Healthcare IT, that require the transmission of large amounts of data. In 2013, Virginia ranked No. 3 in hospital-based adoption of Electronic Medical Records. Over the last four years, Virginia hospitals have consistently shown greater than 90 percent adoption rate of EMR. Other medical providers across the Commonwealth are also closing the gap in early adoption of EMR, with 86.5 percent of Virginia physicians participating in 2013.
To continue improving care and offer a higher quality of service to patients, the next step for healthcare providers is participation in initiatives, such as Healthcare Information Exchanges and Telehealth Services. According to the study, 50 percent of Virginia hospitals participated in HIE and 58.6 percent offered Telehealth Services in 2013.
The CIT study illustrates how Virginia's leadership in building a robust broadband network has laid the groundwork for growth in high-tech sectors like Healthcare IT. To learn more about Virginia's innovative, technology-driven environment and how the Commonwealth can help your business, click here.
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Caron pour un Homme
Thread: SOTD: Thursday, January 31, 2013
Hi Everybody. Dark Amber by Bath & Bodyworks is my choice.
Caron pour un Homme
,,,,,,,,,,,,Good morning!
...........................................Puig - Springfield, vintage
Charriol Royal Gold
"I hold it that a little rebellion now and then is a good thing, and as necessary in the political world as storms in the physical...It is a medicine necessary for the sound health of government." - Thomas Jefferson
I smell marshmallows!
Santos de Cartier
Chanel - Antaeus
Himalaya - Creed
ointments and perfume delight the heart....
Guerlain - Mouchoir de Monsieur
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Hello and Good morning!
Jaguar "Vision"
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Current 10 Autumn Favorites in no particular order:
Ermenegildo Zegna - Z Zegna Milan
Christian Dior - Jules
Penhaligon's - Lothair
Pal Zileri - Essenza di Aoud
Hugh Parsons - Hyde Park
Floris - Eau de Santal
Berdoues - Selva do Brazil
Amouage - Myths Man
Dunhill - Custom
Atkinsons - The British Bouquet
Amouage Epic Man
Dia Man edt by Amouage
Current Top Favorites:
1) Portrait of a Lady original formula (EdP Frédéric Malle)
2) Giorgio for Men vintage/V.I.P. for Men (Giorgio Beverly Hills)
3) Dia Man vintage edt (Amouage)
4) Anat Fritz Original Formula and Classical (Anat Fritz) - tie
4) Lalfeorosa (O'driù) - tie
6) Les Nombres d'Or Vetyver (Mona di Orio)
7) Captain vintage (Molyneux)
8) Tzora (Anat Fritz)
9) Javanese Patchouli (Zegna) - tie
9) Monsieur de Givenchy vintage (Givenchy) - tie
9) Coeur de Vetiver Sacré (L'Artisan) - tie
9) Polo vintage (Ralph Lauren) - tie
9) Patou pour Homme Privé (Jean Patou) - tie
9) Oud Shamash (The Different Company) - tie
Christian Dior Vetiver
Chanel Platinum Égoïste
To defeat an enemy you must know them. Not simply their battle tactics, but their history, philosophy, art.
Grand Admiral Thrawn
Today I'm wearing Tobacco Vanille.
Trying the vintage formulation of Aramis JHL for the the first time today.
invasion barbare
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Have I told you about the scent of jasmine? Have I spoken about the smell of the sea? The earth is scented. And I perfume myself to enhance what I am. That's why I can not wear a perfume that bothers me. Perfuming is an instinctive wisdom. And like all art, it requires some knowledge of yourself..."
Clarice Lispector ( 1920-1977) - Perfumes da Terra / Earth Perfumes
SotD - A*Men / Angel Men by Thierry Mugler