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It sounds like a double-whammy of a bad idea: a free phone service that determines which ads to target to you by applying speech-recognition to all your conversations. To make things worse, the home page of ThePudding.com insults potential customers by saying it's "a breakthrough technology that makes your phone calls interesting." Hey, my phone calls are a thrill a minute.Although it will offer service, ThePudding isn't trying to claim a piece of the pie that Skype, Vonage and the cable companies have been wrassling over for years. According to the AP, it hopes to "license its speech-recognition service to other companies that use Voice over Internet Protocol." But AP tech writer Peter Svensson had mixed results when testing ThePudding's speech recognition:
"Relevant ads appeared when this reporter talked about restaurants and computers, but the software was oddly insistent that he should seek a career as a social worker, showing multiple ads and links pointing to that field."
The description of the service inspires such Kubrickian paranoia, I could have just as easily used that classic image of Alex strapped to the chair, eyelids peeled back with clamps. Welcome to the future, my little droogies. AP


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This apartment hotel is located in a quiet and secluded spot, around 1 km from Guadix, with wonderful views over the historical centre and the stunning Sierra Nevada mountain range in the background. An abundance of shops and entertainment venues are located in the immediate vicinity. There is a bus stop also located 700 m from the hotel. It is 65 km to the Sierra Nevada ski areas and the Mediterranean is around 110 km away.The hotel and its apartments are in a historical cave dwelling in soft volcanic tuff hills. Guests enjoy the authentic charm and the history of this unusual accommodation with the modern services of today. Each stay makes for a particularly great experience. The hotel was opened in 2003 and has a total of 20 apartments. Guests are offered a lobby with a hotel safe. In addition, there is a bar and a conference room as well as an air-conditioned à la carte restaurant within this unusual place. Additionally, there is a room and laundry service available. The hotel also has a children's playground outside. Guests arriving by car may make use of the car park and garage.The rustic and comfortable rooms are all equipped with a ventilation system. The comfortable studios come equipped with an integrated living room/bedroom with a chimney, a separate bedroom, an en suite bathroom with a hairdryer and a kitchenette with a fridge. Additional furnishings include a direct dial telephone, a radio, TV and central heating.A swimming pool with sun loungers and sunshades are all located in the outdoor complex.Breakfast is available to guests each morning. At lunchtime and in the evenings, guests may select dishes from the set menu or choose the à la carte option.
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We've all encountered photographs so perfectly of their time that they somehow remain vital long after the forces of sentimentality and commercialization have conspired to diminish them. Alberto Korda's portrait of Che Guevara; Alfred Eisenstaedt's sailor and nurse in Times Square; Ansel Adams's Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico; Diane Arbus's twins—these and other classic images resist popular culture's tendency to drag all forms of art down (or up) to the same, easily digestible level.
They endure, in a sense, not because they appeal to so many people on so many levels, but despite their appeal to so many people on so many levels.
That said, few pictures have ever been embraced by as many people, without the photograph's admirers knowing the first thing about the fraught back-story of the image, as W. Eugene Smith's The Walk to Paradise Garden. Over the past seven decades, the picture has evolved into a kind of visual shorthand for myriad platitudes—hope, childhood, innocence, friendship—while somehow retaining the pure, elemental power with which Smith invested the photograph when he made it on a spring day ("a warm day of lilt without drag," Smith called it) in 1946.
A photojournalist of legendary intensity, commitment and, at times, epic irascibility, W. Eugene Smith was badly wounded while covering the fighting in the Pacific (during his "thirteenth Pacific invasion") in the latter days of World War II. He shipped back to the States, where he endured "two painless, helpless years" of surgeries and rehab. On the spring day when he made his Paradise Garden photograph, Smith was in the midst of what might best be characterized as a spiritual crisis: his body half-mended, his confidence in his abilities as a photographer wavering, his memories of the horrors of what he'd witnessed on Saipan and Iwo Jima and other battlefields still brutally fresh in his mind, Smith had not made a photograph in many, many months. He was not sure that he could make another photograph that would, ultimately, matter.
It was to be a day, he later recalled, "of spiritual decision." He grabbed a camera and went outside with his young children, Pat and Juanita. His body was in severe pain. He was in the midst of an "emotional and physical crisis more personally terrifying in its potency" than any he'd ever encountered. He followed his children. He watched, and waited. And then, right in front of him, he saw it unfold.
Pat saw something in the clearing, he grasped Juanita by the hand and they hurried forward. While I followed my children into the undergrowth and the group of taller trees—how they were delighted at every little discovery!—and observed them, I suddenly realized that at this moment, in spite of everything, in spite of all the wars and all I had gone through that day, I wanted to sing a sonnet to life and to the courage to go on living it. . . .
Damaged, hesitant, frightened—W. Eugene Smith had every excuse in the world not to spend that spring afternoon walking in the woods with his young children, hoping and perhaps even praying for a moment to reveal itself, a moment that would force him to raise the camera to his eye, and shoot. To his eternal credit, however, he did exactly that—and viewers have been drawing inspiration from his private, solitary triumph ever since.
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Scanbox is an easy to use, affordable and unbelievably portable scanning box that uses your smartphone's camera to take amazing high quality scans. It's easy to set up and packs down flat to easily fit into your bag or brief case.
Scanbox was born from the idea that we need to use document scanners every so often, but traditional desktop scanners are far too big, expensive and cumbersome for their occasional usefulness. They take up desk space, require you to install drivers/updates and need a power source to operate. Scanbox on the other hand can be set up and packed down in seconds.
We [Phil Bosua, Ben Hillier and Luke Allen] have redesigned Scanbox countless times over the past 3 months; constantly making it simpler to use and ensuring it works in every situation. We are now ready to take Scanbox into full production. Thats why we need your help.
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Well, if you find yourself often needing to scan a photo or document but don't want to take up valuable bench space with a clunky old scanner or use crappy old fashioned software to do a simple document scan and email out then Scanbox is for you.
- Digitize your receipts
- Live projector for presentations
- Optimized for face recognition when you scan photos
- Scans 3D objects (great for eBay product shots)
- Scan a page from a book (remember those!)
- Turns your phone into a photocopier
Scanbox is also unbelievable portable. It packs down flat to fit in your bag and is practically indestructible. When you want to use it simply unfold and let the high powered mini magnets to hold it together for you.
What do I get?
Scanbox comes flat packed for your convenience and is ready to be assembled straight away. Each Scanbox is printed, creased, cut to size and flat packed. All magnets, stickers and instructions are included.
With Scanbox Plus we also include a set of LED lights to even out any shadows that may appear depending on the natural light direction (BYO 9V battery).
Both Scanbox's also come with a variety of color accents so just for fun you can change the color of the top of your Scanbox. [Red, Blue, Pink, Green, Black, Orange]
What are the POPS and WHISTLES I get with Scanbox Plus ?
Scanbox Plus is completely enclosed by an additional back section. The complete white inside helps to diffuse light and reduce lens flare whilst maximising the scans color vibrancy.
We also include a set of LED Lights with wires (BYO 9V battery) so you can use Scanbox anywhere.
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Scanbox is designed to fit photos and documents up to a maximum of US Letter and A4 paper size.
The Dimensions of Scanbox when set up:
- Height: 12.2 inches (310 mm)
- Width: 12.2 inches (310 mm)
- Depth: 9.05 inches (230 mm)
The Dimensions of Scanbox when packed down:
- Height: 0.19 inches (5 mm)
- Width: 12.2 inches (310 mm)
- Depth: 9.05 inches (230 mm)
What device does the Scanbox work with?
Scanbox is optimized to work with smartphones, especially the iPhone 4 and 4S. But it works just as well with any device that has a camera on the back.
Why do you need the cash?
Our funding goal of $12,500 is calculated to be just enough to pay for the toolings and the materials the first production run and packaging cost. To print, cut and fold Scanbox onto durable laminated card we need to use a process called "offset" printing and to do this at an efficient price point we need to produce a minimum of 1000 units. We also need to buy at least 20,000 super strong neodymium magnets so Scanbox clicks together and folds down really easily.
When will I get it?
Wow!! We are so greatful to the KS community for making our dream a reality and only 10 days into the project. Now we have reached our goal we will begin production of Scanbox immediately after the KS deadline. We hope to ship Scanbox in July/August 2012. We will keep you informed of how production is going with regular updates during this process. We can't wait to get started.
Anything else?
There are numerous smartphone applications that will significantly increase the functionality of your Scanbox. We recommend CamScanner+ as the perfect accompaniment. It allows you to do OCR scans, scan directly to PDF, create multi-pages documents and upload directly to Google Docs. Note: we are not affiliated with Camscanner+ in any way, we just love the app and happen to think its the best one out there to use with Scanbox. (and we've tried most of them)
Thank You
Feel free to message us with any questions at email@example.com and make sure you tell all your crazy friends on Facebook and Twitter to help us make this project a reality.
The Scanbox is patent pending.
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For the first time, a team of MIT chemical engineers has observed single ions marching through a tiny carbon-nanotube channel. Such channels could be used as extremely sensitive detectors or as part of a new water-desalination system. They could also allow scientists to study chemical reactions at the single-molecule level.
Carbon nanotubes — tiny, hollow cylinders whose walls are lattices of carbon atoms — are about 10,000 times thinner than a human hair. Since their discovery nearly 20 years ago, researchers have experimented with them as batteries, transistors, sensors and solar cells, among other applications.
In the Sept. 10 issue of Science, MIT researchers report that charged molecules, such as the sodium and chloride ions that form when salt is dissolved in water, can not only flow rapidly through carbon nanotubes, but also can, under some conditions, do so one at a time, like people taking turns crossing a bridge. The research was led by associate professor Michael Strano.
The new system allows passage of much smaller molecules, over greater distances (up to half a millimeter), than any existing nanochannel. Currently, the most commonly studied nanochannel is a silicon nanopore, made by drilling a hole through a silicon membrane. However, these channels are much shorter than the new nanotube channels (the nanotubes are about 20,000 times longer), so they only permit passage of large molecules such as DNA or polymers — anything smaller would move too quickly to be detected.
"From a molecular perspective, these are exceptionally long distances. This bridging of the gap between nano and the larger world could open up opportunities for harnessing nanoscale phenomena for macroscale applications — from water purification to nanofluidic networks, sensing and fuel cells," says Shekhar Garde, professor of chemical engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, who was not involved with the research.
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Strano and his co-authors — recent PhD recipient Chang Young Lee, graduate student Wonjoon Choi and postdoctoral associate Jae-Hee Han — built their new nanochannel by growing a nanotube across a one-centimeter-by-one-centimeter plate, connecting two water reservoirs. Each reservoir contains an electrode, one positive and one negative. Because electricity can flow only if protons — positively charged hydrogen ions, which make up the electric current — can travel from one electrode to the other, the researchers can easily determine whether ions are traveling through the nanotube.
They found that protons do flow steadily across the nanotube, carrying an electric current. Protons flow easily through the nanochannel because they are so small, but the researchers observed that other positively charged ions, such as sodium, can also get through but only if enough electric field is applied. Sodium ions are much larger than protons, so they take longer to cross once they enter. While they travel across the channel, they block protons from flowing, leading to a brief disruption in current known as the Coulter effect.
Strano believes that the channels allow only positively charged ions to flow through them because the ends of the tubes contain negative charges, which attract positive ions. However, he plans to build channels that attract negative ions by adding positive charges to the tube.
Once the researchers have these two types of channels, they hope to embed them in a membrane that could also be used for water desalination. More than 97 percent of Earth's water is in the oceans, but that vast reservoir is undrinkable unless the salt is removed. The current desalination methods, distillation and reverse osmosis, are expensive and require lots of energy. So a nanotube membrane that allows both sodium and chloride ions (which are negatively charged) to flow out of seawater could become a cheaper way to desalinate water.
This study — funded by the Institute for Soldier Nanotechnology at MIT, U.S. Army Research Office, and a fellowship from the Sloan Foundation — marks the first time that individual ions dissolved in water have been observed at room temperature. This means the nanochannels could also detect impurities, such as arsenic or mercury, in drinking water. (Ions can be identified by how long it takes them to cross the channel, which depends on their size). "If a single arsenic ion is floating in solution, you could detect it," says Strano.
Sohail Ehsan
September 20, 2010
Great work but waiting for this technique to be Commercialized.
Wenjun Liu
September 21, 2010
Can't wait to see it applied.
Dr. kaushik Ghosh
April 19, 2011
Nice thinking and good motivation. I have a simple query. How the charge carrier mobility will affect once the SWNT is readily doped with substitutional nitrogen doping which is known to be enhancing the negetive charge density on the outer and inner SWNT surface.


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Local roundup | SCF tennis player wins national title; Lakewood Ranch girls swimmers second at Tri-County Meet
State College of Florida tennis player Chloe Murphy won a national singles title on Saturday at the Intercollegiate Tennis Association in Mobile, Ala.
Murphy, a native of Liverpool, England, and a transfer from Seminole State College, defeated Tyler (Texas) Junior College's Fausthy Pietersz 6-4, 5-7, 6-4 in the Junior College Division final.
The ITA comprises four small-school divisions: NCAA Division II and III, NAIA and junior college. After winning the juco title, Murphy competed in the Super Bowl, which pits the champions of each division against each other. She fell 6-4, 6-3 to the NAIA champion, Tiffany William, of Auburn-Montgomery.
Murphy and playing partner Lai Wei finished second in the juco doubles bracket, dropping a 6-3, 6-4 decision to Tyler's Pietersz and Nelo Phiri.
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TRI-COUNTY MEET — Lakewood Ranch's Danielle Valley won a pair of events to lead the Mustangs girls to a second-place finish at Selby Aquatic Center in Sarasota.
Valley won the 200- and 500-yard freestyle events. She finished in one minute, 51.96 seconds in the 200 and in 4:54.53 in the 500.
Lakewood Ranch scored 300 points, a distant second behind Riverview (580). The Rams also won the boys team event with 413 points. Punta Gorda Charlotte was second with 284 points. Lakewood Ranch finished fourth with 233.
Ellie Berdusco led Saint Stephen's by finishing second behind Valley in both of her victories. Berdusco turned in a time of 1:52.96 in the 200 and 4:57.78 in the 500.
Valley swam on two relay teams that finished second. The 200 medley relay team of Sydney Panzarino, Shannon McCarthy, Madison Jean and Valley finished in 1:58.99 behind Riverview. The same four girls swam on a 400 freestyle relay team that was second behind Riverview in 3:45.60.
The Lakewood Ranch boys had two second-place relays. Will Kazokas, Jay Cho, Johnathan Chaires and Eric Erlenmeyer finished the 200 medley relay in 1:45.01 behind Riverview, and the 200 freestyle relay team of Cho, Kevin Berkenbusch, Chaires and Luke Hanner was second in 1:34.93. Riverview won the event.
Hanner finished second in the 200 freestyle in 1:45.51.
Braden River diver Allison Lindfors also turned in a second place with a score of 131.90.
Saint Stephen's also got a fourth-place finish in the 200 freestyle relay. Berdusco, Kristi and Lauri Schleicher and Kristen Brockett recorded a season-best time of 1:48.66. The same girls finished in the top five in the 400 freestyle relay in 3:59.77.
Harris Dunlap paced the Saint Stephen's boys by finishing fourth in the 100 freestyle in 53.06 seconds.
Prep volleyball
ST. PETERSBURG NORTHSIDE CHRISTIAN INVITATIONAL — The Out-of-Door Academy Thunder split a pair of matches to finish third in the second day of competition.
ODA (9-7) fell to eventual champion Orlando Orangewood 25-13, 23-25, 25-22, 25-21 in the opener. Lauren Maxey had 11 kills and 11 perfect passes, and Natalie Buffett had 10 kills for the Thunder. Emily Greenwood contributed six kills and four blocks.
Maxey, who made the all-tournament team, led ODA to a 25-20, 25-19,17-25, 25-18 victory over host Northside Christian in the final match. She had 15 kills, while Natalie Buffett chipped in with 14. Bagriella Costa had six kills and six blocks, and Emma Henson had 17 perfect passes.
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UPDATE! For those still keeping score at home, we're now safely past the ¾ mark, with 9 months down and less than 3 remaining in our New Year's 2013 Resolution. However, these next few months include: our eldest boy's 8-year-old birthday party, a best friends wedding, our 10th wedding anniversary, and this little family tradition we like to call Christmas. So…it should prove to make for a few more interesting posts before this year of buying nothing new ends!
DISCLAIMER: While we managed to get past our 2-week road trip without buying anything new, there were 3 incidents including new purchases by other people for us/our family.
First: we blew a very important fuse on our car while traversing the East Coast, and out of the 4 fuse panels, this one was the only one located under a specialized screw, of which said screwdriver was safely tucked on the wall of my garage…in Chicago. So, my buddy Pettee threw down $4 and bought me an emergency screwdriver to keep in the glove compartment. Looking back, I guess that purchase would have been exempt under the "Auto Repair" category…but life is so much more interesting without exemptions.
Second: our (same) friends bought our oldest boy a Hermit Crab, named "serfer" (sic). This has since turned out to be a very incredible investment…Liam is mesmerized with his new pet, and has really shown some amazing discipline around caring for him. Her? It?
And, finally: what trip would be complete without a grandparent spoiling the kids with a "supermarket sweep" style free-for-all in a toy store? Not one in my family, evidently. You would think these kids hadn't seen a new toy in their entire lives…where in actuality it was only 8 months (which in terms of a 3 and 7 year old, is their entire life…)
Looking back at our previous family summers, I think we managed to make more out of the time we spent together this year than ever before. For starters, this was a shorter summer than most, mainly due to the Chicago Teachers Union strike lengthening the school year, but as well, it took quite awhile for the weather to finally heat up and really feel like summer. Notwithstanding these setbacks, we did the best we could in terms of taking advantage of every weekend, starting with a camping trip the weekend school ended, followed by our "Garden Party" the following weekend, the 2nd Anniversary of Thrift & Thrive, Pitchfork Music Festival, an East Coast road trip of epic proportions that closed July and opened August, our little Evan's 3rd birthday, and finally, we book-ended our summer with another family camping trip over Labor Day weekend. I'm getting tired just writing about it!
The nice thing about camping is that we love to do it, it's cheap, and we already own all of the gear. Sure, we're tempted to buy newer, shinier gear, but we just don't need it. Being in the Chicago area, we're smack dab in the middle of tons of great campgrounds, all of which offer prairie vistas, water activities (great lakes or otherwise) and nice nature/wooded trails. Our boys love the "wild", and we really do try our best to give them the wildest experiences we can, while still sticking safely to the security blanket of car camping. One day we will venture out and do some serious remote camping, but for now, our 3 year old can be dangerous, so we like to be close to emergency facilities whenever possible, you know, just in case. Our first trip with friends brought us to an oddly named campground in Wisconsin, and the second, over labor day weekend, to our favorite standby campground just about an hour north of the city. Outside of food and beverages, nothing new was purchased before or during these two getaways!
Every summer also finds us in our favorite destination, namely anywhere with a beach. For the past several years, we have called a little cottage on the shore of Lake Michigan home, but this year we decided to shake things up a bit. When offered the opportunity to visit some old friends at their beach house in New Jersey, we immediately decided that we just had to do it.
For one reason, it was the 20th anniversary of the first summer that my friends and I began hanging out in the little town of Shipbottom, NJ as youngsters. Now, all grown (and with youngsters of our own) it seemed high time we got this reunion together! All I can say is, we're so glad we did. It's memories like this that last a lifetime, and nothing replaces time spent with the people you love.
The second reason was simple: though we couldn't really figure out if renting a beach cottage was "buying something new," we were presented with an opportunity to save that expense and put it towards gas and food, which we were planning on consuming anyway.
The final verdict: a two week vacation (vs. our typical one week) that cost in total for gasoline and food purchases exactly what the one week cottage rental would have set us back alone…NOT BAD! Not to mention, this vacation found us jet setting around the Jersey Shore (no, not THAT Jersey Shore), Crabland, USA, aka PA/DE/MD border, and the greater New York metro area.
Some of you may be wondering where our blog has been all summer? I recently read somewhere that most blogs take a publishing dive after about 6 months, and clearly ours did not escape this sad, sad statistic. I hope to make up the gap with several absence-inspired posts over the next week or two that should have happened anywhere between 1-3 months ago! After that, we will be back on a more regular basis. Over the next couple of blogs, I'll be sharing some pictures and details of our back yard renovation (phase 1), which was one of the few reasons why our blogging was so non-existent this summer! Couple that with the adventures above AND being locked out of our own website due to a coding error (true story…we're amateurs) and it's hopefully easy to see why we fell out of the saddle. Stay tuned for more great stuff coming soon!


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The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) and the National Science Foundation (NSF) announced the award of 10 fellowships and 24 institutional grants totaling $3.9 million in the agencies' ongoing Documenting Endangered Languages (DEL) program.
This is the seventh round of their campaign to preserve records of languages threatened with extinction. Experts estimate that more than half of the approximately 7,000 currently used human languages are bound for oblivion in this century, and the window of opportunity for high-quality language field documentation, they say, narrows with each passing year.
These new DEL awards will support digital documentation work on almost 50 endangered languages, enhance the computational infrastructure of the field and provide training for the next generation of researchers.
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IIT's undergraduate program in biomedical engineering (BME) facilitates the learning of biomedical engineering fundamentals. This foundation consists of a broad exposure to the biological and physical sciences, mathematics, and fundamental engineering content. In addition, students specialize in one of three BME areas: Cell and Tissue Engineering, Medical Imaging, or Neural Engineering. In all cases, students develop the skills necessary to succeed as professional biomedical engineers, and to thrive in graduate or professional school (e.g. medical, business, law).
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Coach Lessard coaches men's and women's swimming. She was inducted into the WC Hall of Fame in 2006; her citation is below:
The success of Washington College's swim programs can be attributed in equal measure to the athletes and their coach, Kim Lessard.
Kim came to Washington College in 1989 as the assistant women's coach under Dennis Berry. In 1990 she took over the women's program, and the following year she added the men's program. She has accumulated a total of 229 wins, 117 losses and one tie.
The 2001-02 women's team finished 12-0 in dual meets, achieving the only unbeaten season for any Washington College sport in 30 years.
Washington's women have been on the plus side of .500 in 11 of the last 12 seasons, and are 138-53 overall with Kim as their coach.
Kim is one of only five coaches to record at least 200 wins, and one of only eight Washington College coaches ever with a combined winning percentage of 66% or greater. Her career winning percentage of 72.3% for the women's swim team is the highest for a coach of any women's sport here.
Kim has coached 18 All-Americans at the NCAA Division III level. Her women's teams have earned Academic All-America status 19 times, and the men's teams have done so 14 times.
Following Kim's example of community service, her swimmers annually hold a triathlon that benefits the American Cancer Society, adopt a family for Christmas, coach Special Olympic athletes, and assist with the Learn to Swim program for third-graders.
Building on the successes she enjoyed as a coach of youth swim programs in her hometown of Vineland, NJ, before she landed in Chestertown, Kim has steered the Sho'men Aquatics age-group team—whose home base is the Casey Swim Center of Washington College—to several Delmarva Swim Association championships. Kim's daughters, Devin and Kelsey, hold numerous Sho'men records.
Washington College considers it an honor and a privilege to induct Kim Lessard into its Athletic Hall of Fame on this sixth day of October, 2006.


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U.S. college enrollment may be on the decline, but for those applying to America's elite colleges, the admissions process is "more cutthroat and anxiety-inducing than ever," the New York Times reports.
For the second year in a row, Stanford University was tougher to get into than Harvard, accepting just over 5 percent of its latest applicants. It's the lowest acceptance rate among America's top colleges and lower than its 5.7 percent acceptance rate last year.
According to the Times, Harvard and Yale accepted about 6 percent of applicants, while fellow Ivy League institutions Columbia and Princeton accepted approximately 7 percent. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the University of Chicago each accepted about 8 percent.
Those rates have been shrinking. In 2005, Harvard accepted 11 percent of its applicants. The same year, Stanford accepted 13 percent.
The reason? Prospective students are hedging their bets and applying to more top schools, forcing those schools to reject a greater percentage of applicants in the deluge.
"Kids see that the admit rates are brutal and dropping, and it looks more like a crapshoot," Bruce Poch, former admissions dean at Pomona College in California, told the paper. "So they send more apps, which forces the colleges to lower their admit rates, which spurs the kids next year to send even more apps."
Another reason: Electronic applications and widely used forms, such as The Common Application, have made it easier for bet-hedgers to apply.
The Times report is not exhaustive, since admissions rates for many schools have not been released.
And, as The Washington Post points out, the rates are often misleading. Waiting lists are typically not included in the initial calculations. And colleges define applications differently. Some only count those "that have all required elements in a file — essays, test scores, transcripts, letters of recommendation," the Post notes. "Others essentially count anyone who starts the process and pays a fee."
Still, it's a useful, if imperfect, metric that helps answer the most common question that college admissions counselors get: What are my chances?
Lowest preliminary acceptance rates at top U.S. schools, 2014
• Stanford University: 5.1% (2,138 offers; 42,167 applications)
• Harvard University: 5.9% (2,023 offers; 34,295 applications)
• Yale University: 6.3% (1,935 offers; 30,932 applications)
• Columbia University: 7.0% (2,291 offers; 32,967 applications)
• Princeton University: 7.3% (1,939 offers; 26,641 applications)
• Massachusetts Institute of Technology: 7.7% (1,419 offers; 18,357 applications)
• University of Chicago: 8.4% (2,304 offers; 27,503 applications)
• University of Pennsylvania: 10.0% (3,583 offers; 35,868 applications)
[Sources: The Washington Post, The New York Times]
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First I need to talk about last night's "extra" session. Pam Stone Eagleson spoke for about an hour about writing. WOW!!! I had an opportunity to talk with her at breakfast today and told her that she made the process seem simple but not easy. The basic steps are simple enough for each of us to follow. The difficult part is going to research, after the family facts research, that is necessary to make an interesting narrative. I still need to do a little more fact research before I think about writing. Of course, I need to do a lot more other research also.
Well, Maia's books to the rescue. Martha set up books for us just outside the cafeteria. She had so many different types, but there were a few that are going to give me some historical perspective. I know I have a few at home also, that I haven't read yet. Now I have more motivation. So I just have to find the time.
Now on to today, Tuesday's sessions. Our Intermediate class began at 8:30 with Paula walking us through citations. Yes, we all have some experience with them, but we had some good discussions about how to handle unusual situations. I haven't been very diligent about recording when I accessed a record, particularly an online one. Paula, and others, explained why this is important. I'm definitely going to be more careful with this; and with my software program, it's really not that hard. I've just been "neglecting" that box, thinking that it wasn't really that important. I'm not going to any more.
The next morning session, Josh Taylor came in and gave us great information about JSTOR. I had never heard of it and I need to work with it a lot more before I understand it, but it's a great resource for academic writings on 55 (I think Josh said) different topics. Most of us in the class were able to acccess JSTOR through the LaRoche College library site. Lucky us. There are a few places in Arizona that have JSTOR. I just need to find out which ones and see if there are any I can access remotely also. (I love researching "after hours".)
Original Manuscripts was Paula's first session after lunch. Oh, I hope I can find some great things my ancestors left. I'm lucky to have some, but it's really amazing what is available and at so many different repositories. Manuscripts regarding mid-American ancestors are at repositories from the University of Virginia to Bancroft Library at the University of California and many places in between. A major point I learned is to not limit my search of documents to just the locations where I thought my ancestors lived. Original manuscripts can be anywhere AND since they are one of a kind, we can't just find them locally.
Last for today was Paula talking about Government Records. I must admit that I was really brain-tired by 3:30, so I didn't process as much information as I would have liked. But with the syllabus and my notes, and some rest, I'm sure I will be able to research some of the wide variety of records that the federal government keeps and has stored in repositories all over the country. I did remember that we need to look at libraries/repositories that are not just NARA facilities. Many university libraries, as well as perhaps a few others, are federal repositories, so these places also have records that we may be able to access. Great information but I'm going to have to do some good searching before I use these.
I have a little homework for tonight, and I'll see if I can get the timeline with surnames done. It feels funny not being able to do it all online and then just printing out a copy. Oh, well. (Should I try to bring a printer with me next year?) I'll have to think about it.


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Location Efjord, north of Norway, photographed by Rune Dahl (www.runedahl.no)
Though I know many of you out there are addicted to the sweat, pain, and released endorphines that goes hand in hand with organised training, being honest, I'm certainly not one of them. However, we do what we gotta do, and number one thing to get me motivated to kick off a training session is fabulous sportswear, being honest again, it does count a whole lot if you're as undedicated like me.
When I recently teamed up with Net-a-Porter's newly launched lifestyle category Net-a-Sporter, who's got an amazing selection of everything from gym wear to loungewear brands, I chose the most natural location, my childhood playground in the north of Norway. Except for feeling strong, beeing physical in wild nature has always given me a feeling of weightlessness and is fantastic for clearing your mind. Highly recommended you lovely ones, in style, lets get started shall we?
Jersey shorts and sports bra by Live The Process, flyknit sneakers by NIKE, and hooded sweatshirt by American Vintage.


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That's right, FREE.
But if that's not quite enough to convince to you to check it out, here's the start of my first short story in the antho, titled "Under New Management." It's tempted two readers already today. Let it tempt you too!
Officer Castro eyed me as he stirred another creamer into his paper coffee cup. I squirmed
under his dark, probing gaze, hoping he wouldn't ask if I had skipped class again to hunt in the woods for the spaceship. Because I had. And I didn't want to lie.
No one believed me about the ship, but I knew what I'd seen—a silver streak across the sky, streaming trails of dark smoke like a dragon crashing to earth. The spherical UFO went down beneath the forest's canopy, where I couldn't see it anymore. Moments later, I heard a series of booms and then the ground shook. The rest of the town heard it too, felt the shaking. But no one else had seen the ship. They didn't believe me, not even when the alien walked into the diner's front door, asking for work in broken English.
He was short, squat, about four feet tall, with shuffling flat feet and exceptionally long fingers. His silvery, scaled face looked like it had been squashed in by a giant fist. Calling him ugly would have been generous. I couldn't understand why no one else was reacting. But as soon as I stuttered a confused question about his appearance, Mom pinched me and hissed in my ear, "Don't be rude! He's one of those short people, is all."
Everyone in the diner was staring at me like I was the weirdo. Even Jim looked disgusted. I didn't want to set my stepfather off, so I mumbled an apology and let him do the talking. He wanted someone to clean the bathrooms. The next thing I knew, poor Vergel, the silent crash survivor, was working in the diner as a lowly janitor. I was the only one who knew the truth.
(Well, my therapist knew. But when I told him, he asked if I ever hallucinated or heard voices. It was shaky at first. In the end we made a deal. I promised to work hard to "accept reality," and he promised not to prescribe me pills. I also decided privately not to think too much about why no one else could see what Vergel really was.)
I pulled my thoughts back to Castro, who was still studying me. The burly Italian officer didn't ask about the ship, the aliens, or even my therapist visits. He asked about the sign. "Michael, isn't it time to take that down?" He tilted his head toward the ragged paper hanging crookedly on the wall, scrawled with big red Sharpie letters:
Under New Management
"Jim says it brings in business," I muttered, "because customers like to help out a new guy." Which was stupid. Everyone in town knew we weren't new. But there was no arguing with Jim, who had a persistent delusion that this dumpy diner would make him rich one day.
"Speaking of Jim," Castro said carefully, "how's he been treating you and your Mom?"
I shrugged and traced the scratch marks worn into the weathered Formica countertop. What was there to say? The police came to our house every few months. Mom refused to press charges. Then the spaceship crashed, and I talked about it. Since then, Castro came in for coffee every day, asked about Jim and Mom, and sometimes about school. He thought I needed help and had a soft spot for kids with messed-up parents, like me. But I still didn't want to talk to him about my stepfather. The truth was too uncomfortable.
Not bad, eh? And there's more where that came from. Go ahead... Download your copy on Amazon. Tell your friends. And after you read the anthology, review it on Amazon. I don't care how many or how few stars you give it. Just share your thoughts. Those reviews not only help me get attention on Amazon, but they help fellow readers decide whether or not to buy, and as a reader myself, I always appreciate knowing what other readers thought of the book.
And stay tuned, because I'm also getting ready to relaunch this blog on WordPress soon. I'll let you know more about that in a few days.
Thanks, and happy Halloween! Muahahahahaha!
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Copyright (c) 2013 by M.A. Chiappetta. All rights reserved.


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Launch the program and it will check your addons for any which "have a poor reputation" (according to their users), or "engage in aggressive tactics" to manipulate your settings. If any are discovered then these will be displayed on an Summary screen, and you can remove them all with a click.
After that, you can click a browser tab to display any associated addons, along with their user ratings. You can obviously do this from within the browser itself, but avast! Browser Cleanup does by default exclude addons with a good rating from the list, which might make it easier to spot the more dubious extensions.
If you decide a particular addon is surplus to requirements then clicking "Disable" will disable it completely (there's no "Remove" option here, unfortunately).
And there's also a "Reset browser settings to default" option which will restore your home and search pages to their default value. The product's home page has more.


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Following on from an ultra-relaxing stay at luxury hotel, The Landmark London, Mommy Dearest and I nipped just a few streets away to sample the delights of a much smaller, but no less stylish, star-filled hotel in the city. Celebrity singers and firm friends, Kylie Minogue and Natalie Imbruglia have shared some girlie time together at the bijou Ten Manchester Street Hotel and we liked that idea, so decided to do the same.
The Lowdown
Ten Manchester Street Hotel is situated on a slice of prime London real estate, around the corner from the chic boutiques of Marylebone High Street, and walking distance to the West End, and couldn't be in a better position for a girlie break in the city. And it's everything a boutique hotel should be: low-key, luxurious, stylish and a little bit decadent. 45 guests rooms are spread over five floors, with the penthouse level being given over to the show-piece Grand Suite which boasts a separate living room furnished with cool Christopher Guy furniture and creamy marble bathroom loaded with Aveda products.
All of the rooms are kitted out in a classy palette of brown, gold and cream with lots of glossy surfaces and fancy fabrics. The rooms aren't large – even our junior suite was on the dinky side – but they are incredibly comfortable with statement chairs and sofas, dramatic hand-made mirrors and silky-yellow padded headboards above beds swathed in Egyptian-cotton sheets with an off-the-chart thread count. Downstairs, the small black-marble clad reception leads to an intimate bar/lounge/restaurant and chic all-weather cigar terrace. It's all very polished, as were our fellow guests.
The Highlights
Boutique hotels come with a expectation of personal service and Ten Manchester Street certainly excelled in that department. The reception and concierge staff were friendly and helpful, with everyone we passed from the cleaners to the bar staff offering a cheery nod and "Hello". After noticing me snivelling miserably with a horrible head cold – my runny nose and freakishly-red eyes were probably a clue too – the concierge arranged for a nice big pot of hot water, honey and lemon to be sent to my room. A lovely, thoughtful touch which I was incredibly grateful for and which, of course, meant they could do no wrong in my eyes from that point onwards!
Of course, a few sniffles weren't going to stop Mum and I from making the most of our day out in London. The streets surrounding the hotel were brimming with pretty little boutiques, and nearby Selfridges made for the perfect spot for catching up with Auntie T for some champagne-fuelled chit-chat. But by the end of the afternoon, the Beechams and bubbles combo was taking it's toll and the only thing that was stopping me from collapsing into my super-sized invitingly white bed was the need for a good feed. Thankfully the dining room was a welcoming spot with the same cosseted feel as the rest of the hotel; all soft-lighting, dark brown and gold tones with statement furnishings like the Asian-inspired lacquer screen that separates the eating area from the swish little cocktail bar. We both settled on the steak and it arrived juicy and delicious-looking with a square-shaped stack of thick-cut chips. It was excellent. And so was desert, which inspired by our cake-in-bed event the night before, we asked to be sent to our room (I can see this becoming my favourite new hotel habit!).
It was easy to see why celebrities love this little hideaway, the atmosphere is warm, the location perfect for a post-shop drop and the staff make you feel like you're staying over with friends – rather posh, stylish friends but friends nonetheless.
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Ten Manchester Street, Tel +44 (0)207 3175 900; www.tenmanchesterstreethotel.com; Doubles from £169


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Khloe Kardashian's basketball star husband Lamar Odom has left rehab just a day after checking into the facility, according to reports.
The embattled sportsman entered a drug and alcohol treatment center on Wednesday morning in an attempt to get clean, five days after he was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence in Los Angeles last week.
However, sources now tell People.com that Kim Kardashian's brother-in-law left the medical facility on Thursday afternoon. He was later spotted out in Los Angeles.
The 32 year old's legal trouble emerged following weeks of speculation surrounding the state of his marriage to reality TV star Khloe Kardashian and rumors of his alleged drug addiction. She has refused to comment about reports suggesting she had led an intervention to prompt her husband to seek help, and that they were living apart at the time of his DUI arrest, although she recently told fans she is trying to stay strong amid her personal drama.
In a Twitter post last Sunday, she wrote, "As much as I wish I were made of steel… I'm not. I'm pretty damn close to it though hehe (sic)."
As much as I wish I were made of steel… I'm not
— KhloéKardashianOdom (@KhloeKardashian) September 1, 2013
I'm pretty damn close to it though hehe
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Odom is no stranger to drug problems – he violated NBA drug policies in 2001 and spoke candidly of his marijuana use in 2003.


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DEMO 09: Hooking Up While on the Go
The first demo was actually hardware. Coveroo makes covers for phones, using artwork from bands, movies, or your own custom artwork to make special battery covers that are completely personalized. The company has 75 phones, hundreds of pieces of artwork, and the ability to upload your own. The artwork is actually etched into the cover; and among new offerings are more colors and support for iPods as well. While this isn't earth-shattering, it does help you make your phone "one of a kind."
Check out all of Michael Miller's reporting from the first day of the DEMO 09 show: hot mobile apps, startups interested in saving you money, some hot new personal productivity applications, and some terrific new portable hardware.
Promptu Systems introduced Shout Out, a very nice iPhone application for converting voice messages to SMS. The company, which has developed voiced applications for carriers, has made the new application more general.
Basically, all you do is select the application, speak into the phone, and then it translates it into text, which you can send via SMS, either by entering the number or choosing it from your address book. The application actually pre-processes the audio on the handset, then sends the data over the network and recognizes it. It does include some tools for editing the text, but in most of the demos I saw, it seemed to work quite well. You can also send the message via Twitter. The application will be launched in the U.S. next quarter.
HAM-It lets you connect with local providers of a particular service - such as an accountant or a mover. What makes it difference is that it includes scheduling information; and that it is designed to work with mobile handsets as well as through a desktop browser. It's designed to make it easy to carriers to enable small businesses in local markets throughout the work to use it easily.
Asurion Mobile Applications showed an open framework for a Mobile Address Book. The demo shows an address book that has all the traditional information (name, picture, address, phone number), plus what the company calls "mix ins." These include information from Facebook, Yahoo, Twitter, Flickr, AIM, and more - so when you open up a contact you can see a lot more about your relationship with the contact, including a history of all your interactions with the person.
This is an open platform, so third party developers can add applications to the address book. For instance, the demo showed a "Starbucks" application that lets you just pick it from your address bookl, and it can show you the nearest store. The company is focused on carriers and handset makers, but the platform will be released first on Android. This looked quite good.
BluBuzz is a mobile commerce system that uses Bluetooth rather than GPS for location-specific mobile commerce. It uses proprietary hardware to send out marketing messages via Bluetooth to phones near you; and includes software for creating and sending the message. I'm not sure most people will respond to Bluetooth messages like this, but it is different.
Skout is an iPhone application that lets you browse for singles physically near you either via the application or a web-based phone. They also showed a very large touch screen display called Skout Out that will be in 10,000 locations soon so you can flirt with people - offer to buy a drink, dedicate a song, etc. The person you send the flirt to will get a message on their phone. I'm a long way past the target market for this application, but it certainly got some laughs.
All in all, Demo had an interesting combination of mobile applications. I think a number of people will like Coveroo, and I was impressed by both Shout Out and the Asurion Mobile Address book.Originally posted to Michael Miller's blog, Forward Thinking.


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CO 2 and greening observations indicate increasing light-use efficiency in northern terrestrial ecosystems. Geophysical Research Letters.. 2016.
Contributions of wildland fire to terrestrial ecosystem carbon dynamics in North America from 1990 to 2012. Global Biogeochemical Cycles. 31(5):878-900.. 2017.
Ecosystem carbon storage capacity as affected by disturbance regimes: A general theoretical model. Journal of Geophysical Research. 117(G3). 2012.
The impacts of recent permafrost thaw on land–atmosphere greenhouse gas exchange. Environmental Research Letters. 9(4):045005.. 2014.
Insights and issues with simulating terrestrial DOC loading of Arctic river networks. Ecological Applications. 23(8):1817-1836.. 2013.
North American carbon dioxide sources and sinks: magnitude, attribution, and uncertainty. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment. 10(10):512-519.. 2012.
North American terrestrial CO2 uptake largely offset by CH4 and N2O emissions: toward a full accounting of the greenhouse gas budget. Climatic Change.. 2014.
North American terrestrial CO2 uptake largely offset by CH4 and N2O emissions: toward a full accounting of the greenhouse gas budget. Climatic Change. 129(3-4):413-426.. 2015.
Recent Arctic tundra fire initiates widespread thermokarst development. Scientific Reports. 5:15865.. 2015.
Reconciling estimates of the contemporary North American carbon balance among terrestrial biosphere models, atmospheric inversions, and a new approach for estimating net ecosystem exchange from inventory-based data. Global Change Biology. :n/a-n/a.. 2012.
Reviewing Global Change Research and Recommending Future Priorities. Eos, Transactions American Geophysical Union. 94(46):426-426.. 2013.
Rising methane emissions from northern wetlands associated with sea ice decline. Geophysical Research Letters. 42(17):7214-7222.. 2015.
The role of remote sensing in process-scaling studies of managed forest ecosystems. Forest Ecology and Management. 355:109-123.. 2015.
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Angry Birds Maker Rovio Aims for the Next Level
Amid a Decline in Profit, Company Shifts Revenue Model, Invests in Movie Based on Mobile Hit
ESPOO, Finland—"Angry Birds" has been downloaded billions of times, but will gamers still want to fling birds at a stack of malevolent pigs in a few years?
Angry Birds' maker, Rovio Entertainment Ltd., wants to prove that its flagship game has legs—or, rather, wings—but sluggish revenue growth and steep profit declines suggest that won't be easy. New games, such as "Angry Birds Go!," haven't caught on, and talk of an initial public offering by Rovio executives has ceased....


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Reeling from the deadly collapse of a building packed with thousands of factory workers, Bangladeshi laborers rallied Wednesday, marking May Day with renewed calls for workplace safety.
The death toll steadily swelled in the aftermath of the disaster last week and continued to grow Wednesday as more bodies were pulled from the rubble, reaching 412 people killed in the collapse, according to the Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha national news agency.
Outrage over the disaster spilled into May Day, an annual holiday meant to champion the rights of workers worldwide. Labor activists have accused the building owner and factory managers of forcing workers to enter the Rana Plaza building, which had visible cracks before it collapsed. Thousands of workers packed a procession through Dhaka, the capital, demanding justice for the dead.
"My brother has died. My sister has died," one participant said from a loudspeaker on the back of a truck, the Associated Press reported. "Their blood will not be valueless."
Bangladesh branded the public holiday with the theme "Safe Workplace, Bangladesh Will Move Forward." Fearful that the simmering public anger could result in violence, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina reportedly called for "cool heads," saying factory owners must be mindful of worker safety but cautioning workers not to engage in "destructive activities," the national news agency reported.
The Rana Plaza disaster followed a factory fire that claimed 112 lives. Calls for change have reverberated beyond Dhaka: The disaster moved Pope Francis to weigh in from the Vatican on Wednesday, calling the wages paid to the Bangladeshi workers who perished "slave labor," according to Vatican Radio. The EU is weighing action to pressure Bangladesh to reform.
Rallies elsewhere around the world reflected frustration with government cuts and economic malaise. Masses of protesters took to the streets in Spain and Greece, aggravated by government austerity measures. Demonstrators in Madrid toted signs slamming the president.
In Turkey, protesters reportedly clashed with police after trying to reach a square that had been blocked by authorities. It was a location loaded with symbolism because May Day demonstrators were gunned down there 36 years ago. In Sweden, arrests and detentions followed an attempt by protesters to interrupt a parade by right-wing extremists, the Associated Press reported.
Afghanistan peace negotiator killed in bombing
Ireland proposes law on abortions to protect mothers' lives
Bolivia, angered by Kerry, says it is ejecting U.S. aid agency


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Can Google+ Succeed Merely By Being Not Facebook?
from the it's-possible deptLike many folks, I've been playing around a bit with the latest attempt by Google to offer "social networking" features, Google Plus. Given the underwhelming performance of Orkut, Buzz, Wave and other attempts -- combined with the inability to do anything useful with the purchased companies Jaiku and Dodgeball -- I really didn't expect much. However, after playing around with it a bit, I have to admit that my first reaction, like some others', is that it's surprisingly well done. I can't quite explain why or how, but it feels like Facebook, without everything that makes Facebook feel clunky. Not surprisingly, xkcd sums it up best:
The current key difference with Google+ is in the "Circles" functionality, which better lets you compartmentalize who you're sharing with. Rather than sharing with all your "friends," Google lets you classify them into different groups, and makes it easy to choose who sees what. It's one of those features that makes you wonder why Facebook never offered it. It also has a funky "hangout" feature, that basically makes video conferencing quite simple and convenient. Some, of course, will complain about yet another centralized social networking service, but as Rick Falkvinge points out, that really doesn't matter to most people. And, to Google's credit, it makes it abundantly clear within Google+ that you can export your data and delete your account at any time. In fact, the delete button is so easy to find, I got nervous that I'd accidentally click it (though, I'm guessing there's a confirmation step somewhere).
That said, there are obviously still lots of challenges. Actually getting people to use the service is a big one (especially while Google is still trying its increasingly tiresome "you need an invite" launch method). Separately, I'm curious to see how well this plays with others. Will developers be able to build apps for it? How will those work? Will other services be able to integrate? The first thing I did was look to see if I could feed my Twitter feeds and Techdirt blog posts into my profile, but I couldn't figure out a way to do either (the tools may be there, but I couldn't find them). And, just in general, I think plenty of people feel a level of fatigue around the idea of starting up with another social network (even if Google makes it easy). I could definitely see Google+ not getting the kind of traction it really needs. But, I will say, that unlike some of its other attempts (especially Wave), my initial impression was that this is something worth playing with some more, and it's something I could see myself using regularly. And, to be honest, a part of that is just the feeling that it's not Facebook.
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Recent News
April 22, 2014
Georgia Firm Recalls Chicken Breast Tenders Products Due to Misbranding and Undeclared Allergens
The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services received information regarding a recall of Sugar Lake Farms fully cooked breaded chicken breast products due to misbranding and undeclared allergens. The products were formulated with egg and wheat, known allergens, which are not declared on the product label.
The following products are subject to recall: [View Label]
- 2, 5-lb. bags in a 10-lb. box of "Sugar Lake Farms Fully Cooked Breaded Chicken Breast Tenders" with the product code 77422 printed on the box.
- 2, 5-lb. bags in a 10-lb. box of "Sugar Lake Farms Fully Cooked Spicy Breaded Chicken Breast Chunks" with the product code 77448 printed on the box.
The products were produced from Dec. 12, 2012 to March 21, 2014. The products bear the establishment number "P-9165" inside the USDA mark of inspection. The products were distributed to hotels, restaurants and institutions nationwide.
The full recall can be found at www.fsis.usda.gov/wps/portal/fsis/topics/recalls-and-public-health-alerts/recall-case-archive/archive/2014/recall-023-2014-release.


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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Onyx Pharmaceuticals Inc ONXX.O, whose cancer drugs promise a strong revenue stream, is attracting preliminary buyout interest from several large pharmaceutical companies such as Pfizer Inc (PFE.N) and Novartis AG NOVN.VX, two people familiar with the matter said on Monday.
Onyx, a biotechnology company with a market value of around $9.5 billion, put itself up for sale on Sunday, citing "expressions of interest" from unnamed companies. It also said it had rejected a recent $8.7 billion offer from larger biotech Amgen Inc (AMGN.O) as too low.
Pfizer, which is due to pay Onyx royalties on a promising experimental breast cancer drug, and Novartis, with a strong franchise of cancer medicines, are among the parties interested in Onyx and its portfolio of marketed cancer treatments, the two sources said.
Amgen's $120-per-share offer in June was its first and the company did not indicate if it was the best and final, according to a third person familiar with the matter, who expected Amgen to participate in the auction process.
The offer represented a 38 percent premium to Onyx's Friday closing share price of $86.82.
Onyx surged 51.3 percent to close at $131.33 on Nasdaq on Monday, well above Amgen's offer, suggesting investors expect bids to go much higher.
San Francisco-based Onyx could appeal to a wider group of large biotech and pharmaceutical companies, including Bayer AG (BAYGn.DE), AstraZeneca Plc (AZN.L) and Merck & Co (MRK.N), several people familiar with the matter said.
All the sources in this story were not authorized to speak with the media and asked not to be identified.
An Onyx spokesperson declined to comment beyond the company's statement on Sunday that it would reach out to potential buyers.
Amgen, Pfizer, Novartis, Bayer and Merck declined to comment. AstraZeneca did not immediately return calls seeking comment.
Shares of other mid-size biotech companies that have long been rumored as potential takeover targets also rose on Monday, as takeover interest in Onyx underscored the sector's attractiveness.
Large pharmaceutical and biotech companies have been looking to acquire smaller biotech firms to gain access to new drugs, often high-priced cancer treatments, as they face significant revenue losses stemming from expired patents.
Ariad Pharmaceuticals ARIA.O jumped 11.7 percent to $19.53, Isis Pharmaceuticals Inc ISIS.O rose 5.95 percent to $28.47 and Seattle Genetics Inc (SGEN.O) climbed 3.97 percent to $32.71.
Onyx sells Nexavar, a treatment for liver and kidney cancer, and the new colon cancer drug Stivarga - both in partnership with Germany's Bayer. Onyx last year began selling Krypolis, which some analysts estimate will reach peak annual sales of $3 billion.
In addition to very high prices - some new oncology medicines can cost more than $100,000 per patient - cancer drugs are desirable because they require relatively small sales forces and tend to be covered by medical insurers.
Onyx is particularly attractive because it has three cancer drugs on the market - two of which are new with their best sales days ahead, while the third - Nexavar - is firmly established and being tested for additional uses. It has other promising drugs in its pipeline.
Amgen has faced growing pressure to beef up its drug development pipeline as safety concerns trimmed sales of its flagship anemia drugs. The company is best known for these and other medicines used in supportive care of cancer patients. Patents on four of Amgen's five top-selling drugs will expire, starting in 2015.
Amgen Chief Executive Bob Bradway, a former Morgan Stanley investment banker, took over from Kevin Sharer just over a year ago. Amgen shares have risen more than 30 percent since then as investors applauded the company's higher dividends and share repurchases.
Amgen's late-stage pipeline has several cancer drug candidates, including some acquired through takeovers.
The company, which held more than $21 billion in cash at the end of March, has not done a deal for more than $1 billion since its buyout in 2006 of Abgenix for $2.2 billion. Amgen's largest acquisition so far is Immunex Corp, which was valued at about $10 billion when completed in 2002.
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Reporting by Soyoung Kim and Jessica Toonkel in New York, additional reporting by Bill Berkrot in New York and Deena Beasley in Los Angeles; Editing by Richard Chang


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Connectivity and power monitoring unite in the fight against downtime.
Today, reducing electrical downtime often involves remote monitoring and control. Electrical power monitoring and control systems (PMCS) can alert you to trouble remotely, not just via an audible alarm or flashing light on-site. Thus, you can access information and address the problem - without ever having to visit your facility!
Most PMCS components are evolutionary improvements to meters, trip units, software, and similar items you are probably familiar with. What's new is their connectivity - their ability to alert you at home via a pop-up window or e-mail on your computer, or via a signal to your pager. These items are merging with other familiar technologies, such as data networks and cell phones.
Once notified, you can access detailed real-time and historical information to find and eliminate the cause of the condition that triggered the alarm. You can do so from your operation center, hotel room, home, or almost any where else you have access to a PC and a phone line or Internet connection (wireless or otherwise). If your system has automatic control capabilities, it can immediately take steps to restore power and preserve loads - while you're still analyzing the problems. As you might imagine, this means an extremely rapid response and recovery time.
While the concepts behind such a system may seem simple, the way in which they are the executed varies from system to system. Some systems are well-engineered and highly functional, but others are patchworks of components that stretch the ability of software to glue them together. Some work well within a fairly narrow scope; others are more flexible.
What is a "narrow scope"? In some cases, the system has a rigid design the end-user can't adapt to site-specific needs. In other cases, the system has a dedicated purpose. For example, you can buy a remote generator monitoring system dedicated to that purpose alone (see Sidebar).
Differences abound in the level of offerings that go with the remote-monitoring system. Some systems offer an array of integration and analytical services to help you leverage your investment. With other systems, you provide that expertise yourself. Which is more cost-effective depends on your needs and resources. The Sidebar shows key items to consider when specifying a system.
Remote alarms. Two distinctions highlight the differences between available systems. One is the granularity with which a system can detect alarm conditions. All PMCSs have circuit-monitoring devices that can alarm on larger 3-phase feeds. However, relatively few PMCSs have economical options for alarming on overloaded 15A branch circuits.
The other distinction is the degree to which a PMCS can extract useful troubleshooting information from the electrical distribution system. For example, most PMCSs can sense power circuit breaker position. The better-integrated systems can also show the cause of trip, current at trip, and contact wear.
Communications and connectivity. If the PMCS uses open standards, such as Ethernet, TCP/IP, and Modbus, you can probably use your existing networks and interfaces. That means reduced installation and servicing costs. Think ahead here. What will you do when it's time to upgrade or replace your system? Do you want to be stuck with a network consisting of orphan technology? As little as three years ago, "open" was not a realistic option. Today, you can insist on it. And you should.
One strategy many owners are successfully employing is using multiple communications means. For example, they use their facility's LAN as the backbone and access it via wireless and Internet protocols. Wireless doesn't mean just cell-phones and pagers, either. As PDAs become more popular on the production floor, the wireless PDAs have real-time, two-way communication with the PMCS.
Automatic control capabilities. Communication - the remote-monitoring part - is fairly standard among the newer systems that are beyond "entry level." The two major differences between PMCSs are the degree of remote control and automatic control. Many PMCSs are essentially "read-only." You see the information but can't do anything with it. In looking at the systems available, you'll often encounter control capabilities limited to simple setpoints and the control of a few I/O points on a local meter. This is fine for some situations, but you will probably need a more powerful and capable system if you have mission-critical operations.
The most versatile systems offer fully integrated processors for system-wide control of complex tasks, such as generator starting and paralleling, load shedding, and demand control. Because these systems are for mission-critical operations, they include features like hot backup, safe failure modes, and common programming languages.
Many owners initially want just the remote-monitoring capabilities that PMCSs offer. However, as they use the system, they become frustrated that they can't respond with control. They also find they need the control capabilities so they can implement the cost-saving ideas found with PMCS information. Those who've purchased systems that were easily upgradeable to include a control option have been able to make the leap economically. Those who bought systems lacking that upgrade path or modularity have had to choose between the costly route of replacing their existing system or foregoing the control capabilities. What's the bottom line? If you decide on a system without control abilities, ensure the control option is available.
Support and engineering services. All vendors should have a competent staff to assess your needs, make recommendations, and provide technical support. No two situations are alike, and you will need some customization - especially when integrating with existing systems or developing controls. Some vendors do the integration work themselves and provide a single point of responsibility.
Some PMCS vendors can provide ongoing engineering analysis to help ensure you make good use of the information your system collects. Others can provide you with names of third parties to contract out for such services. This kind of support is valuable to organizations that no longer have in-house electrical experts specialized enough to interpret the information, or whose electrical staff simply is too overloaded to deal with it.
Sidebar: Emergency Generator Remote Control
You can get a dedicated wireless monitoring system just for your generators. These systems use the non-voice or "control" channels of cellular systems. Typically, you'll monitor the mechanical aspects of your generator - oil pressure, coolant temperature, fuel level, underspeed - as well as run time and some basic electrical measurements. For mobile generators, you can order a global positioning system locator option.
Such a system, in addition to your PMCS, makes sense if you rely heavily on emergency power generation. It also makes sense if your generators (by nature of their location) are subject to a hostile operating environment, low maintenance, or tampering. You'll need to compare features with the various PMCSs to see if a dedicated system makes sense for your situation.
Sidebar: What to Ask Before Buying
- Can the vendor supply a full range of monitoring abilities you may need, ranging from high-end power-quality instruments to lower cost devices you can install in larger quantities to monitor power by machine, line, or department?
- Can the system use your existing LAN?
- Can you integrate the system directly into power equipment, through compatible trip units, protective relays, UPSs, and similar devices?
- Can the system log, scale, and track parameters other than purely electrical ones?
- Does the system allow you to automate such things as testing and load shedding?
- Will the vendor(s) provide services after commissioning, such as training, upgrades, troubleshooting? If you are using multiple vendors, which vendor is clearly responsible for what service?
- What history of successful systems - similar in size and scope to the one you are considering - can the vendor demonstrate?
- Does the vendor have experience successfully retrofitting PMCS systems into existing electrical distribution systems?


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Nothing changed at the top of the latest BCS rankings released on Sunday. Alabama, Florida State and Ohio State held the top three spots, just like they did last week.
But losses by Baylor and Oregon allowed Auburn and Missouri to move up into the top five, ready to take advantage of any late-season BCS craziness.
With a score of .9697, No. 2 Florida State's advantage over No. 3 Ohio State (.9200) remained solid, with a gap of .0497 between the two. Unless Seminoles quarterback Jameis Winston is charged with a felony and he gets suspended as a result, it looks unlikely that the Buckeyes will be able to creep into BCS title game if both Alabama and FSU win out.
Of course, No. 4 Auburn (.8236) has a chance to disrupt everything by beating No. 1 Alabama (.9881) this coming Saturday. That could set up a showdown with No. 5 Missouri (.8077) in the SEC title game the following week. But what if Mizzou falls to Texas A&M and then FSU gets dropped a few spots due to a Winston suspension? If Auburn then beats Alabama before falling to SEC East champ South Carolina, then we'd probably see Ohio State jumps to the top spot. Would the No. 2 slot go to FSU, a one-loss Alabama team, or even one-loss Clemson or Oklahoma State?
Tough to say. But it'd be a fitting way for the BCS to make its exit.
Here's the latest BCS top 10:
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7. Oklahoma State, .7615
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What is the ignition switch?
The ignition switch is part of the starting, charging and ignition systems. When turned, the ignition switch turns these systems on, allowing the vehicle to start and run. It also acts as a power switch for many of the electronic components in the car, including the radio, as well.
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First, fuses and relays will be looked at. Then the starting and charging system may be checked, depending on the symptoms. If the other components of the starting and charging system are functioning properly, the ignition switch will likely be suspected.
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Replacing the ignition switch does not normally require replacement of the ignition switch lock cylinder, so the same key is normally used. If the lock cylinder is replaced, the ignition key will change as well.
Can I replace the electrical ignition switch myself?
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In this satirical comedy, Mel Coplin (Ben Stiller) has a beautiful wife, Nancy (Patricia Arquette), and a four-month old son, and on the surface his life is good.
But something's been troubling him: Mel knows he was adopted, and he can't resolve his issues with the mother who gave him away years ago, much to the annoyance of his adoptive parents (George Segal and Mary Tyler Moore).
Mel decides it's time he met his birth parents and resolved his feelings once and for all, and Tina (Tea Leoni), a psychology student, has offered to tag along to capture the event on video for a research project.
But after a few minutes with Mel's real mother, they discover that a mistake has been made and they've been directed to the wrong person. A second meeting, this time with Mel's supposed dad, also turns out to be a mistake, and it's quite some time before Mel, Nancy, and Tina are finally face to face with Mel's biological parents -- a pair of burned-out hippies (played by Alan Alda and Lily Tomlin) who support themselves by dealing blotter acid daubed onto pictures of Ronald Reagan.
It doesn't help that Mel finds himself attracted to the very leggy Tina, or that Nancy's head is turned by a bisexual ATF agent (Josh Brolin). Writer/director David O. Russell previously made a splash with his independent debut feature, 1994's Spanking the Monkey.