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|An Ideal Wine
|One Generation's Pursuit of Perfection - and Profit - in California
|David Darlington
From the author of the acclaimed
Angels' Visits
comes an inside look at how a handful of ingenious winemakers has transformed—and been transformed by—the California wine industry over the past four decades.
In the 1970s, a group of idealistic baby boomers was attracted to the seemingly romantic world of winemaking. Over the course of nearly forty years, however—as competition from abroad increased, wine eclipsed beer and spirits as American adults' beverage of choice, critics came to control the marketplace, and corporatization took over the industry—these young aesthetes would learn that wine is an unforgiving business. They would have to be clever to survive in an increasingly cutthroat atmosphere, and no one was more innovative than Randall Grahm of Bonny Doon Vineyard—the court jester and bleeding conscience of California wine, its most original and amusing figure. But Grahm is only one of the restless visionaries who, having chosen wine as the vehicle through which to fulfill their dreams, ended up changing the rules of the industry by adapting to its demands. From high technology to hardball entrepreneurship, from handicapping scores to holistic farming, each vintner operates by his or her own definition of an ideal wine.
In this lively, sweeping account that spans the early seventies to the present day, David Darlington employs a sharp journalistic eye to profile a group of wine pioneers. A tale of vision and disillusion, brinksmanship and pragmatism, nature and business, politics and culture , An Ideal Wi ne is a fascinating look at an ever-evolving industry that reflects the values of our society and our civilization .
About the Autho r
David Darlington is the author of four books : In Condor Count ry , Angels' Visi ts (published in paperback a s Z in) , The Moja ve, an d Area 51. A special correspondent fo r Wine & Spiri ts and a recipient of a 2008 James Beard Foundation Award for Writing on Spirits, Wine, or Beer, he also won a National Magazine Award for Public Interest in 2009. He lives in Berkeley and Mendocino County, Californi a.


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HERAT, Afghanistan, May 24, 2001 — The day the last camel died, Mohammed Nasir knew it was time to flee Afghanistan's latest crisis: a devastating 2-year-old drought. As harvest after harvest fails on the country's parched soil, nearly a million Afghans like Nasir are on the move, searching for help from already taxed relief organizations.
Nasir left his village of Zamanzai, in northwestern Badghis province, after more than 1,000 of the village livestock — cattle, sheep and camels — died of starvation.
"There was no grass left," said the 25-year-old herder, his young face rutted by a life-long exposure to the elements. "We were even mixing grass with our last bit of flour to make it last longer."
A village dies
The 20 animals that didn't starve to death were sold for money to buy food. "But when the last camel died, the village men got together and decided we had to go, or risk the same fate as our herd," Nasir said.
Only hours before rolling into Camp Maslakh, Alya Ghasi, a 25-year-old mother of three, died of exposure and, in accordance with Muslim tradition, was immediately buried — under a pile of stones at the edge of the camp.
The surviving villagers would soon find that their arrival in camp didn't mean an end to their suffering.
Relief groups overwhelmed
Hundreds of thousands of people like the villagers of Zamanzai are overwhelming already besieged aid organizations in Afghanistan — and in neighboring Pakistan and Iran.
"These people slide further and further down the economic scale," said Stephanie Bunker, a spokeswoman for U.N. operations in Afghanistan. "Landowners become landless, herders become herdless."
Relief officials estimate that more than 1 million rural Afghans are on the verge of abandoning their land to escape the drought, which has affected almost half the country's population of 25 million. While the United Nations "begs, borrows and procures" to meet Afghanistan's emergency needs, Bunker said, "donor fatigue" with the long-running humanitarian crisis has set in.
Donor fatigue sets in
In 2000, the United Nations received less than half the $221 million it hoped to collect from donor nations for Afghanistan. So far this year, it has collected only a third of the money it needs to maintain the marginal existence of the refugees.
Hans-Christian Poulsen, the U.N. relief coordinator for western Afghanistan, said help from the "outside world has been quite limited, especially when you think of Kosovo."
In Afghanistan, international donations average about $5 per person. During the Kosovo refugee exodus, they averaged $100 per person. So unlike the hundreds of thousands of refugees fleeing Kosovo to neighboring Albania, the villagers of Zamanzai were not greeted with bottled water, apples, oranges and blankets when they arrived at Camp Maslakh.
The 'OBL' factor
Added to the donor fatigue is the worldwide opprobrium for Osama bin Laden, Afghanistan's most infamous resident, who Washington accuses of masterminding terrorist attacks on U.S. interests.
U.N. officials say the U.S. focus on bin Laden has had a negative impact on their diplomatic and humanitarian efforts in Afghanistan.
"We call it the 'OBL factor,'" said Yusuf Hassan of the U.N. High Commission for Refugees.
But OBL and donor fatigue are abstractions in Mohammed Nasir's world.
Another night without food
Because they arrived too late in the day to register with the camp's distribution center, Nasir's family spent a fourth night without food. They got water from a camp well and sprinkled tea in it for flavor.
The clinic closed before their names were called. "What are we supposed to eat, dirt?" asked Aziz.
They spent a fifthnight without food, huddled together against overnight temperatures that dropped to 40 degrees.
They also spent the next day huddled together, this time in the paltry shade of blankets and shawls fashioned into small shelters, desperate for relief from daytime temperatures that soared to 100.
Exposure had already claimed more than 150 lives in Camp Maslakh. Three elderly villagers from Zamanzai sat motionless, without moving for two days, and the group expected their burials to be next.
Promised provisions aren't delivered
Near what would have been dinnertime on their sixth day without food, Nasir located another villager, named Bashar, who had fled with his family two months before. As Zamanzai's latest arrivals listened to Bashar's account of camp life, the looks on their faces betrayed fear.
"We didn't see anything — no oil, no rice," the letter said.
'Presented with Bashar's appeal at his office in Herat, the U.N.'s Poulsen gave a weary shake of his head. "The influx we have right now is so huge that it is difficult to provide for these people, even to provide sufficient food for new arrivals," he said.
As the villagers of Zamanzai neared the end of their first week in flight from Afghanistan's latest crisis, they still had not eaten.
"We have nothing. We don't have flour. Our kids are dying from hunger and thirst," said Hur, a woman who didn't know her exact age. "Give me some food or kill me."
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Lewis Hamilton of Mercedes was the fastest driver in Friday practice for Sunday's German Grand Prix, topping the timesheets from team-mate Nico Rosberg.
Hamilton posted the quickest lap of the day in 1 minute 18.341 seconds around the 4.574-kilometre Hockenheim track, with Rosberg 0.024 seconds behind.
Red Bull's Daniel Ricciardo was an impressive third, just 0.102 seconds off the pace of Hamilton, but reigning world champion Sebastian Vettel was ninth.
The teams will hope to learn from the sessions after a number of drivers went wide on turn one, while Kamui Kobayashi had to make a sharp exit from his Caterham with smoke pouring from the car.
Marshals were soon on hand to extinguish the fire.
Rosberg currently leads the world championship but, with Hamilton only four points behind, the Briton could overtake him with his sixth win of the season on Sunday.
Williams development driver Susie Wolff was given another chance in the first practice session, having been stopped by engine failure in a similar session at the British Grand Prix.
The 31-year-old Scot ended in 15th place after a first lap scare when her car could not change gear. She posted a best time of 1:20.769.
"It was so nice to be out on track every lap, going quicker and getting more feel in the car. I'm just really happy to have completed a successful FP1 session," Wolff told BBC radio.
"The team did a good job of preparing me – I knew what to do on every lap of the session. It feels so good to be driving a race weekend."
Wolff's entry at Silverstone made her the first woman to take part in a Formula One race weekend in 22 years. The last female driver to enter a race was Lella Lombardi in 1976.
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OSDL's Weinberg: Open source is a 'velvet' revolution
OSDL's Bill Weinberg says the open source revolution is here, and it's sure to be a much-discussed topic at next week's LinuxWorld conference.
There may not be fireworks. CIOs and IT directors may not be heaping their proprietary software on bonfires and dancing. Even so, the open source revolution is happening right now and will carry the day, said Bill Weinberg, open source architecture specialist and Linux evangelist for Open Source Development Labs (OSDL).
Weinberg will be evangelizing that revolution as a conference speaker at LinuxWorld Conference & Expo San Francisco next week. Before that gig, he discussed the state of the Linux and open source revolution in an interview with SearchEnterpriseLinux.com.
Is there an open source revolution taking place in the business world?
Bill Weinberg: The 'revolution' is real and on-going, but it is an incremental 'velvet' revolution.
Rather than involving the dramatic overthrow of an existing order, Linux has, for the last decade, been making stepwise gains in the enterprise, in large, medium and small companies. This quiet, but persistent, march on the gates of proprietary systems has resulted in impressive market share gains, such that combined worldwide market for Linux desktops, servers and packaged software is forecast to grow from roughly $23 billion today to $35.7 billion by 2008.
Why does the revolution have staying power?
Weinberg: Enterprise IT has always enjoyed (or endured) significant ongoing investments in custom, in-house software development and integration. Before the advent of Linux and OSS [open source software] in the enterprise, such investments offered low returns -- their audiences were small, maintenance costs were high, and the very existence of such legacy placed a drag on upgrade and new deployments to meet corporate growth and IT needs.
Investments in Linux and accompanying open source applications and middleware, by contrast, offer higher ROI. Investment and risk can be shared with a community of like-minded developers and users, and the standards-based APIs and components in Linux are both long-lived and portable to future (re)deployments on Linux and other standards-based platforms.
Moreover, building out enterprise deployments on Linux and OSS is both more transparent and more secure: Companies no longer need to cultivate and maintain application-specific, often one-of-a-kind proprietary expertise, easing HR woes and reducing risk of orphan legacy s/w. And, because the software is community-based, it enjoys the purview of a cadre of experts, whose scrutiny helps to enhance its security and performance with each patch, bug fix and generation of the software involved.
What are the three top things that CIOs should know about open source software and the open source movement today?
Weinberg: One -- Linux and OSS are enterprise-ready: Leading systems and platform providers, thousands of independent software vendors and a global community of developers and integrators place Linux and OSS on a par and ahead of legacy proprietary platforms and applications.
Two -- The combination of open source and COTS [commercial-off-the-shelf] hardware offers lower cost-of-ownership and return-on-investment that proprietary s/w and hardware don't offer.
Three -- Linux and open source offer more than lower cost; they free companies from dependence on single suppliers and expand the ecosystem of solutions.
What should CIOs do?
Weinberg: Don't take our word for it. Look around your organization for a utility computing workload to use as a pilot, and see for yourself how Linux and open source can deliver lower costs, improved reliability and enhanced security.
Some CIOs are taking a wait-and-see approach to adopting mission-critical open source applications, even though they may be running Apache and some open source admin and security tools. What's good and bad about that approach?
Weinberg: Wait-and-see is a very typical position for companies in early stages of open source adoption. The allure of open source, however, is sufficiently strong, so they want to keep the 'wait' short and the 'see' close at hand, inside the enterprise.
Companies often make their first forays into migration by deploying less critical applications or loads with Linux and OSS. They then take the lessons learned from such pilot programs and apply them in increasingly business-critical applications. Certainly this has been the route followed by financial institutions like Bank of America, Goldman Sachs, Charles Schwab and the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, to name a few. They all began by using Linux and OSS for Web sites, customer service and help desks, and proceeded, stepwise, to the point where Linux-based application stacks are processing billions of dollars in transaction every day.
CIOs tell us that they don't have enough in-house expertise to use Linux and open source software extensively. Could you offer some training tips that won't break their budgets?
Weinberg: Enterprise IT management turns to a broad array of training and ongoing education resources to help build and maintain Linux competence. Many turn to resources offered by commercial distribution suppliers like Red Hat, Novell et al. Similar resources exist within the Linux teams at key platform providers like IBM and HP. And a resource often ignored is that of already-resident Unix expertise, which can be applied in part or whole to Linux deployment and support.
There is also a burgeoning new field of systems management software and appliances, based on Linux and targeting enterprise Linux deployment, as well as other types of enterprise systems.


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OpenSkyz needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 57 designs submitted by 12 freelance designers.
Logo needed for our site that handles overstock parts inventories for powersports dealers (motorcycle, boats, pwc, snowmobiles)
Dealer Overstock -- dealeroverstock.com
"Our Buyers. Your Parts."
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Vector Formats (.eps, .pdf or .ai); Layered Formats (.psd or .tiff)
Looking for a creative, unique, very graphic oriented logo for our site that connects buyers up with dealers that post their parts inventories on our site.
We will be marketing towards powersports dealers first (motorcycle, boats, pwc, snowmobiles) and then expanding to automotive, and implement segments (tractors, farm equipment, etc)
- We are open to color schemes, but it needs to be eyecatching.
- We want something that will give site recognition.
- One option we have talked about has the logo being some sort of shape or concentric square edge metallic rings with Dealer Overstock engraved into a ring, then around the outside have small graphics of the various powersports areas, like a motorcycle, a snowmobile, an atv, a pwc, etc.
- The logo should be able to stand alone, but should also have a version with the Dealer Overstock name in text postioned somewhere as well.Be creative we are open to more ideas than just the rings mentioned above.
Looking forward to seeing the entries.
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Jessica Serfaty was a contestant during Cycle 14 of ANTM.
The then 18-year-old aspiring model is from Conway, Arkansas was a stay-at-home mom during her stint on the show.
During her initial interview with the panel, she revealed that she got pregnant at the age of sixteen (after the first time she had sex) and married her boyfriend (whom she met in church) a year later when she turned seventeen.
Jessica can really identify with Brenda Arens, who, like Jessica, also became pregnant after her first sexual experience.
During on-camera interviews, Jessica said that she loves two things in her life: her family and the modeling industry.
Jessica proved herself to be one of the stronger models during Cycle 14, when she was called first during the very first panel judging. Because she performed so well, she was able to keep the Rachel Roy dress she wore during the runway challenge.
Jessica was called 10th following the photo shoot with Brian Edwards, then shot back up to 3rd following the 'dance' photo shoot with Cade Martin; the panel told Jessica that she produced a strong photograph depicting 'salsa' dancing.
During episode 4, Jessica produced a 'vampire' photo Tyra described as "stunning." She was then called 7th during elimination.
Jessica continued to impress the judges when her photo with D-Nice was called "magnetic" and "in another world." They also added that they loved that her feet were off the ground in her final photo. During the Ross Matthews challenge with Nigel, Jessica performed the best of the group and won a pair of $6,000 diamond earrings from Jude Frances Jewelry. (Alasia got to share in her prize since she was called first in panel during the previous episode.) Jessica's performance during the "fake" photo shoot earned her a 1st call during elimination.
Episode 6 proved to focus less on the performance of each girl and more on the developing drama, as well as clashing personalities, in the Top Model house. The girls began hanging in particular cliques, which collectively did not bode well for a tranquil atmosphere.
Jessica became good friends with Brenda and Raina … and this conflicted with Alasia, Angelea, Anslee and Krista. Jessica made it clear on camera that her and Alasia didn't get along, which was challenging because she shared a room with her. They were also shown loudly arguing in the limo on their way back from the first challenge.
Jessica was continually doing well during photo shoots and challenges. It was because of this that competitors such as Angelea really wanted to do well. Jessica even won the Tinsley Mortimer challenge, proving that she knew how to dress to her body proportions.
Perhaps the drama finally began to affect her performance. During the "New York women" photo shoot with Mike Ruiz, Mr. Jay was critical of her performance in front of the lens while she was attempting to portray a New York 'club goer.'
Jessica was also harshly criticized during panel. The judges, specifically Andre Leon Talley (ALT), disliked what she wore to panel. He said that her shoes took her whole innocent charm to a level of "skeeza / hoochie / skanky and/or sexy."
The criticism didn't stop there, unfortunately. Tyra called her final photo 'confused looking.' Nigel added that he too thought she looked lost. Ann Shoket said she agreed with Nigel; Jessica looked dazed and lost. Despite the barrage of negative reviews, Jessica was called sixth, not even landing in the bottom two.
When Jessica was called, Tyra revealed that she was called 6th because the judges were "less than impressed" on how she handled herself in judging while being critiqued on her clothing. Tyra said that she went from "a very sweet girl / miss apple pie" to very combative, which was not attractive. Even at the end of episode 6, Jessica proved to be a strong competitor for Top Model.
During episode 7, Jessica did okay during the first challenge, which happened to be an impromptu catwalk challenge with Miss J at Lucky Cheng's. The girls had to walk a runway in front of an audience of drag queens, Miss J and folks off the street. Jessica showed some personality, but didn't stand out as much as Krista.
During the "Hair Couture" photo shoot with Jerry Metellus, Jessica performed well; especially considering the other girls were allowed to heckle while watching. Mr. Jay's only critique was that her head positioning could have used some improvement while shooting.
At panel, Jessica got kudos from ALT for her pointed toe. Tyra said that she could see Jessica's photo in a magazine accompanied by an article about Jessica being "The one to watch." Ultimately, Jessica was called fourth during elimination, allowing her to travel to the international destination of New Zealand.
Episode 8 began with a go-sees challenge in New Zealand. Jessica ended up booking 1 out of 4 go-sees, although most of the designers said her look was a little soft and commercial.
During the "same dress" photo shoot with Nigel Barker, she seemed unsure of her surroundings while posing. Nigel said that her face looked confused and that she wasn't into it.
At panel, Nigel said that she lacked passion in her eyes. ALT said that Nigel's art direction saved the her. Tyra said that her face is very commercial, so she needs to really learn how to work her eyes and facial features.
Due to her unimpressive performance, she landed in the bottom two, with Alasia, for the first time.
While in the bottom two, Tyra said that she's a girl who can take an interesting picture, but at times she looks too commercial; she needs to work on being more edgy.
Alasia ended up being eliminated, leaving Jessica to compete for another week.
Jessica began episode 9 by setting the toaster on fire in the Top Model house. This let to a verbal lashing by the girls, with regards to her cooking/mothering skills. Jessica was upset by this, but tried not to be bothered by it.
During the first challenge, a photo shoot on a film set from the movie Lord of the Rings, Jessica's performance was called "commercial." Alexandra commented that she looked like she was in a catalog for Dilliard's.
During the "shadow shoot" with Tyra as photographer, Jessica had trouble delivering "edge." Mr. Jay said she had trouble finding her energy until the very end of the shoot.
In panel, guest judge Sarah McLeod loved her eyes. Nigel said it looked like she was "searching for truth" and that her profile wasn't perhaps her strongest attribute. ALT said that he was at a loss for words. Tyra said that the shadow was wearing her, not the other way around.
Jessica's weak photo resulted in a trip to the bottom two. While in the bottom two, Tyra said that she was so "sweet and pretty – and commercial." Tyra went on to say that being commercial was a money maker, but not a career maker. She said that she can be edgy when she concentrates, but it wasn't consistent enough for the judges.
Jessica became the 9th girl eliminated from the show. Upon elimination, Tyra said that being commercial was a "kiss of death" on Top Model.
Upon leaving, Jessica said the following:
"I've come a really long way and I made it to the top five. I gave it my all, but it wasn't enough. Tyra, thank you so much for the opportunity; you don't even know what it means to me. I'm going to miss this, but I'm definitely glad to get to see my little boy and my husband. I'm not not going to stop pursuing my dream. I'm going to move out to California or New York and I'm going to become a big top model, whether that means commercial or editorial. I'm just going to see where life takes me."
To read Jessica's post-elimination interview with RTV Games, click here.
Since the show Jessica and her husband have moved to Los Angeles to (both) pursue modeling and acting. Before the show, Jessica was signed with The Agency in Arkansas. She's currently looking for representation in California.
Source: Jessica's Facebook
Source: Jessica's Fan Facebook
Source: Jessicaserfaty.com
Source: Jessica's Myspace
Source: Jessica's Twitter
Source: Wikipedia
Source: Jessica's CW Interview
Source: All ANTM
To see more photos of Jessica, click here.
90 Responses to "Jessica Serfaty"
May 6, 2010 at 4:12 am
I don't know if you know this, but when I click the link "To see more photos of Jessica, click here." I get an error message.
June 12, 2010 at 12:59 am
Hi Jessica! You're one of my favorites. Such a big fan. You're beautiful. Please give me a message back at email@example.com!
July 10, 2010 at 11:54 pm
Her family is so cute. Also, her eyes are fascinating.
July 12, 2010 at 1:14 pm
OMG! I so love her photos. She's my second pick after Raina. I hope she can get a really big break soon.
July 25, 2010 at 2:16 am
Hey! Jessica is my favorite. She is stunning; I wish her the best of luck in the near future.
August 2, 2010 at 6:24 am
Jessica was my daughter's childhood friend in Texas. They had a dog washing buisness in our subdivision. We miss her and think of her often. Jessica, your family is beautiful!
August 2, 2010 at 6:52 am
Hi Jessica! I wish you would have won, pretty girl! Email me at firstname.lastname@example.com!
October 2, 2010 at 11:16 am
Hi Jessica! You're such a beautiful lady, even if you didn't made it to the top. I will idolize you forever.
October 9, 2010 at 5:50 pm
Hi Jessica! You're my favorite! I wish you would have won in that cycle! Anyway I'll always be a huge fan of yours forever!
October 10, 2010 at 8:21 pm
One of my faves too!
October 28, 2010 at 1:53 pm
Jessica, I love you so much! You're the most beautiful of the girls of ANTM's Cycle 14 (Raina's my second pick). You're amazing; you're so cute. It's no wonder your baby's a cutie too. 🙂 I really wish you more jobs and happiness to come.
October 28, 2010 at 9:59 pm
I like your passion on Top Model and I also love your sincerity and hospitality to others. You don't like those girls who are harsh and mean. I miss your sunshine smile and admire your family and I hope you will keep being happy and achieve your success as a top model. Una amiga from China! Will keep eyes on you! Come on!!!
November 3, 2010 at 2:47 pm
I love her face! I love her! I wish I looked like her! haha. 🙂 She is just freaking stunning! She is so pretty! I really love her!
November 20, 2010 at 3:36 pm
I love Jessica. She and Raina were my favorite. 🙂 She's pretty, lovely and stunning. She has the BEST portfolios. I wish she'd won.
November 28, 2010 at 11:40 am
Hi Jessica!! I like you so much in all ANTM cycles. I like cycle 14 because you inspired me most. I hope that I will see you in person because I'm dreaming to see you soon! I like you because you're sweet, cool and very down to earth. I always watch ANTM. Please email me at firstname.lastname@example.com. I'm from the Philippines! Thnx!
November 28, 2010 at 8:54 pm
She's absolutely stunning!
November 30, 2010 at 3:05 pm
Hi Jessica. I'm a huge fan of yours! You're absolutely stunning and beautiful! I hope I could see you in person, but I'm from the Philippines. I wish you could have won!
December 2, 2010 at 11:59 am
Hey Jessica!!! I am such a big fan of yours! I'm just so impressed by you throughout the whole cycle! I love you and I hope you will send me a message sometimes! (email@example.com) From a boy who is 13 ( turning 14) in Malaysia. If you don't know where it is, its way below China! ^^
December 12, 2010 at 4:04 am
Jessica you should have really won!! You were the prettiest on the show! As far as I can tell the show doesn't really know true talent. Best of luck!!
December 20, 2010 at 3:04 am
She's so stunning and angelic looking, the only photo she didn't look near-perfect was the covergirl one. Idk why, the make up or something just didn't work. She's so cheery and wholesome, so likeable! So wholesome-seeming that I was shocked to find out that she had a son! With a guy she met from church! Well, things do happen. And the guy was decent and married her.. etc etc. Overall she's still 99% wholesome! She's like Betty from Archie Comics almost. The only time she slipped up was when she tried to explain herself when receiving criticism during judging, and it wasn't as bad as they made it out.
December 26, 2010 at 7:34 am
She is currently in Korea pursuing her modelling.
December 29, 2010 at 6:08 pm
Hi Jessica,
AMTM 14 has just been aired in Australia. I don't know what they were thinking eliminating you. You are beautiful inside and outside. Hope you have found someone to represent you.
December 31, 2010 at 10:57 am
WOW. Jessica is gorgeous. Absolutely stunning. I love her.
January 4, 2011 at 6:23 am
Hey, I was just wondering, is it her in the Justify Sex Video by Dan Balan?
I can't seem to find anywhere if it is her and I'm dying of curiosity. Anyone find anything out?
February 1, 2011 at 8:38 am
I was thinking the exact same thing! It looks like her!
September 18, 2011 at 1:36 am
YES! It has to be her!!! I was thinking that too!
January 5, 2011 at 10:01 am
Ohhh, Jessica! I am your number 1 fan on ANTM and I think you deserved it; your passion is very cool. I love it.
January 15, 2011 at 4:35 am
She is clearly very, very stunning. But I don't see her as a model for high fashion and runway etc. Perhaps catalogue and magazine/commercial shoots.
Her ANTM photos are mixed good and bad – they're bad being flat or lifeless (still looks stunning in every photo of course) but I guess it't not always enough.
Probably one of the most naturally beautiful contestants I think.
January 21, 2011 at 7:54 am
I like Jessica Serfaty. Her personality that makes her glow.
February 2, 2011 at 1:45 pm
Jessica was my all time favorite. I loved her and she has what it takes to be a top model!
February 18, 2011 at 6:51 pm
I know that you can give more, but it's okay. You made it up to top 5. I love you so much as a fan of yours.
February 18, 2011 at 6:52 pm
I know that you can give more, but it's okay. You made it up to top 5. I love you so much as a fun of yours, and you're so beautiful!
February 20, 2011 at 5:11 pm
Hi jessica! You know what? You're the most beautiful girl I'd ever seen in my whole life. To all the girls of antm 14, you're my favorite because super you're stunning, gorgeous, amazing, and nice. 🙂 I wish I could see you in person. This is Via from the Philippines.
February 21, 2011 at 2:43 pm
Hi Jessica! This is Via again! Today I downloaded all your portfolios and you look amazing in that photo and I like your body structure. And I hope you will bring me an e-mail (email@example.com).
February 25, 2011 at 11:26 pm
I love Jessica! I thought her or Raina should have won. Such cute pictures with her boy!
March 11, 2011 at 12:23 am
Одна из моих любимых моделей!!!!!!!!!!!!
March 20, 2011 at 12:02 am
She was cute.
April 3, 2011 at 3:58 pm
Simply, Jessica is one of the most beautiful girls that ever walked to ANTM.
June 13, 2011 at 6:01 am
i really loved her as a model 😦 too bad she didnt get far enough
personally…shes too pretty to be a model.
i saw her modeling catalog for papaya though
April 22, 2011 at 10:55 pm
hey jessica!! u r my fav model.. i luv ur smile … u r a rockstar…. wish u all the happiness in the world .. ur biggest fan p@l$
April 22, 2011 at 10:58 pm
jessica u r the best and most beautiful girl i've ever seen….. u r my inspiration.. 🙂
April 27, 2011 at 1:30 pm
if you all live in kuala lumpur ,have one an actress name nur fathia have a same face like jessica….
so come to malaysia to know about our actress or type it in google image
May 9, 2011 at 12:23 pm
beautifull, just beautifull.
why'd she get eliminated? she's so much better than angelea.
and her posing is great!
May 11, 2011 at 3:56 am
I must say it was major rudeness to flat out ignore the advice of Sir Andre Leon Talley on those hooker platforms she was wearing and told were a complete NO NO. Stupid bumkin church girl move with such a prominent fashion head.
May 16, 2011 at 8:42 am
I love Jessica when I first saw her at casting she was like very pretty with a little bit of some girl from the south, Jessica should be at the final four and loved her makeover isn't it ironic that both her and Raina got the same makeover and have the same hair before Raina and her are blond before and now brunette, Jessica reminds me of the models in the Philippines in the shampoo commercial beacuse her hair is so straight and parted in the middle.
May 26, 2011 at 8:32 pm
Jess is one of my favs, her pictures are amazing..
May 29, 2011 at 9:11 pm
Jessica is a pretty girl but she should go to school and be a mommy.
June 4, 2011 at 2:55 pm
I'm a Chinese girl .I often watch this program, and i really love it. I think it's very interesting.I also love Jessica . She is very very beautiful and cute. Her
photos are wonderful…So are Raina..
June 4, 2011 at 9:12 pm
Jessica, you really inspire me to follow my dreams. Although you didn't win, you've been very successful! I'm only thirteen, but I dream of being a model like you. You radiate natural beauty and I wish you the best of luck!
June 9, 2011 at 9:48 am
I loved Jessica, she was my fave of this season. I see her everytime I'm on papayaclothing.com. lol
July 7, 2011 at 2:36 am
I was looking through some old magazines and I saw a girl on one of the covers and I thought "Hmmm, she really looks like Jessica." I look inside and her name is Jessica and she's from Arkansas. Coincidence? Nope- she modeled the cover of Justine magazine when she was 16!
September 7, 2011 at 11:55 pm
Yup. That's her
July 30, 2011 at 7:13 pm
She's the best !
August 2, 2011 at 6:55 am
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August 4, 2011 at 11:22 am
She was my favorite girl!!!!
August 9, 2011 at 9:06 am
hi your so beautyfull promix.,.,.,.,.,.love u mmmuuuuuuuuuaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhh.,
August 13, 2011 at 9:53 am
So boring
August 30, 2011 at 5:57 pm
Jessica, It's your inner beauty that comes through each picture – you have something most other don't….inner peace and confidence that only comes through being loved and cherished by those loved ones in your life. You are special in so many ways, don't EVER settle for 2nd best in anything Jessica. You are a special person, and your out beauty truly enhance who you are. Best wishes to you and your beautiful family.
September 17, 2011 at 11:42 pm
Jessica is my all time favorite girl in all of ANTM. She is such a beautiful girl with a great personality. She also has a beautiful family. I really thought that she would win her cycle; she had such a great personality, had a perfect portfolio, and carried herself with grace. I'm so glad that she has such a successful career. I love you Jessica and wish you all the very best!
October 5, 2011 at 2:13 pm
She is so beautiful.I love her eyes.I want to be a woman like she
October 5, 2011 at 2:18 pm
Jessica .I'm a Chinese.I saw you on the TV and I think you are very beautiful.I want to be a friend with you .I think you have a very good future.
October 9, 2011 at 8:16 pm
she was my favourite from the start of cycle 14, i wanted her to win, she soo pretty and has a really nice personality too! And her, her husband and son are adorable! <333
October 23, 2011 at 8:59 pm
I love herrrrrrr. she was so sweet funny and a great model
November 13, 2011 at 11:28 am
her husband's name is Ididida serfaty? i saw jessica and him on facebook. He's handsome and she's beautiful. Tey're a cute couple. Where is her baby now?
November 30, 2011 at 3:12 pm
Very beautiful person..all the best in your life..
December 12, 2011 at 3:58 pm
is it just me or does she look like bella from twilight?
December 13, 2011 at 1:08 pm
Hi Jessica!I'm from Kazakhstan!And I like you too!Especially your eyes!I think that you are a wonderfull person!
February 17, 2012 at 1:32 am
Kazakhstan greatest country in the world.
All other countries are run by little girls.
Kazakhstan number one exporter of potassium.
Other countries have inferior potassium!!!!
December 30, 2011 at 12:02 pm
I think that you Jessica should have won! You are freaking gorgeous! Everytime I watch I look forward to seeing your photos(: I would love to call you y wife! But you have a mice family! Happy for you(:
January 13, 2012 at 11:28 pm
WOW she is really beautiful…BUT I CHOOSE HER HUSBAND! hahaha…best of luck to all her pretty family.. ❤
June 10, 2012 at 5:27 pm
LOL, yes, her husband are cute as hell
February 7, 2012 at 2:11 am
Was she the one in the Doritos Super Bowl commercial yesterday?
February 21, 2012 at 1:27 pm
she is so stunning. I wish her the Very Very best i hoped you won so bad darnnn. The Very Best of luck to you always.
fan of the show
February 27, 2012 at 7:59 pm
damn ! she is stunning beautiful! is just ridiculous! lol
March 14, 2012 at 9:02 pm
you know you are so beautiful jessica ! please visit us here in the phil! 🙂 i love you so much
April 16, 2012 at 10:36 pm
From all the contestant I see in antm, Jessica is the most grab my attention, she has this stability and confidence that I dont see and sense from the rest of contestant. I wish nothing but the best to her and her family. Hope to see you much much more of you in the future
May 6, 2012 at 7:01 am
hey jessica ..how are doin'?
stay beautiful my dear ..
i aLways watch antm 14 though as of now is cycle 18 aLready just 2 see ur very stunning photos ..heheh :)))
July 6, 2012 at 8:25 pm
I really love Jessica. She's sweet…..
August 9, 2012 at 1:46 am
She's beautiful, but not a model. She's just a really, pretty girl who tries to model. She looks more like a movie star or singer. She was forgettable, and I didn't care for her. Raina was much more intriguing.
October 30, 2013 at 10:29 am
Yeah, there's nothing extraordinary or special about her. Just a pretty girl who photographs beautifully, but nothing else.
September 17, 2012 at 8:51 pm
the fact a repulsively ugly monkey like krista won and an angelic,gorgeous girl like jessica didn't,is just disgusting and shows how FAKE antm is
October 27, 2012 at 9:10 pm
You are so pretty and a great model,too! You were definitely my favourite this cycle along with Raina and you deserved to be in the final 2 with her.
March 19, 2013 at 3:59 am
i didn´t remember this girl but i she got me cautivated! she´s so fresh! and beautiful! can´t stop looking at her!
July 1, 2013 at 10:21 am
She kinda looks like Ariana Grande 🙂
November 25, 2014 at 12:51 am
te amo tanto jessica quisiera un dia poder conocerte charlar con tigo y buena suerte en tu carrera
November 25, 2014 at 12:54 am
porfa si tienes tienpo respondeme
March 17, 2014 at 9:56 am
I love you Jessica u r truly beautiful!
March 26, 2014 at 10:39 am
I swear she's in the new Trojan double exctasy commercial, making out with the guy on the couch and he drops his condom under the couch and she pulls one out of her pocket.
January 11, 2015 at 12:14 am
Shes with another guy now.What happened?


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Is the Second Standard of Fieldwork Necessary
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Today's generally accepted auditing standards were primarily framed in 1947 by the Committee on Auditing Procedure (Committee) of the American Institute of Accountants, the predecessor bodies of the current Auditing Standards Board and the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. The standards were formally adopted by the profession at its annual meeting in September 1948.* These standards have remained in place since that time with numerous statements interpreting them adopted by the Auditing Standards Board or its predecessors. These familiar standards are organized into two general classes: (1) personal or general standards and (2) procedural stand-ards. The procedural standards have two categories: the conduct of the fieldwork and reporting. The objective of this paper is to focus on the procedural standards, in particular, the second standard of fieldwork:
There is to be a proper study and evaluation of the existing internal control as a basis for reliance thereon and for the determination of the resultant extent of the test to which auditing procedures are to be restricted.1
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Special Report by the Committee November 1948
on Auditing Procedure Internal Control—Elements of a Coordinated System and its Importance to Management and the Independent Public Accountant
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equivalences in/of -categories
The notion of adjunction between two (∞,1)-functors generalizes the notion of adjoint functors from category theory to (∞,1)-category theory.
There are many equivalent definitions of the ordinary notion of adjoint functor. Some of them have more evident generalizations to some parts of higher category theory than others.
One definition of ordinary adjoint functors says that a pair of functors is an adjunction if there is a natural isomorphism
The analog of this definition makes sense very generally in (∞,1)-category theory, where is the -categorical hom-object.
One other characterization of adjoint functors in terms of their cographs/heteromorphisms: the Cartesian fibrations to which the functor is associated. At cograph of a functor it is discussed how two functors and are adjoint precisely if the cograph of coincides with the cograph of up to the obvious reversal of arrows
Using the (∞,1)-Grothendieck construction the notion of cograph of a functor has an evident generalization to -categories.
(in terms of hom equivalence induced by unit map)
A pair of (∞,1)-functors
is an adjunction, if there exists a unit transformation – a morphism in the (∞,1)-category of (∞,1)-functors – such that for all and the induced morphism
is an equivalence of ∞-groupoids.
In terms of the concrete incarnation of the notion of -category by the notion of quasi-category, we have that and are incarnated as hom-objects in quasi-categories, which are Kan complexes, and the above equivalence is a homotopy equivalence of Kan complexes.
In this form this definition appears as HTT, def. 22.214.171.124.
We discuss here the quasi-category theoretic analog of Adjoint functors in terms of cographs (heteromorphisms).
We make use here of the explicit realization of the (∞,1)-Grothendieck construction in its incarnation for quasi-categories: here an (∞,1)-functors may be regarded as a map (∞,1)Cat, which corresponds under the Grothendieck construction to a Cartesian fibration of simplicial sets .
(in terms of Cartesian/coCartesian fibrations)
Let and be quasi-categories. An adjunction between and is
a morphism of simplicial sets, which is both a Cartesian fibration as well as a coCartesian fibration.
together with equivalence of quasi-categories and .
Two (∞,1)-functors and are called adjoint – with left adjoint to and right adjoint to if
there exists an adjunction in the above sense
and and are the associated functors to the Cartesian fibation and the Cartesian fibration , respectively.
The two different definition above are indeed equivalent:
For and quasi-categories, the two definitions of adjunction, in terms of Hom-equivalence induced by unit maps and in terms of Cartesian/coCartesian fibrations are equivalent.
This is HTT, prop 184.108.40.206.
First we discuss how to produce the unit for an adjunction from the data of a correspondence that encodes an -adjunction .
For that, define a morphism as follows:
on it is the morphism that exhibits as associated to , being on and on ;
on it is the morphism , where is the morphism that exhibits as associated to ;
Now observe that in particular sends to Cartesian morphisms in (by definition of functor associated to ). By one of the equivalent characterizations of Cartesian morphisms, this means that the lift in the diagram
exists. This defines a morphism whose components may be regarded as forming a natural transformation .
To show that this is indeed a unit transformation, we need to show that the maps of hom-object in a quasi-category for all and
is an equivalence, hence an isomorphism in the homotopy category. Once checks that this fits into a commuting diagram
For illustration, chasing a morphism through this diagram yields
where on the left we precomposed with the Cartesian morphism
given by , by …
The adjoint of a functor is, if it exists, essentially unique:
If the -functor between quasi-categories admits a right adjoint , then this is unique up to homotopy.
Moreover, even the choice of homotopy is unique, up to ever higher homotopy, i.e. the collection of all right adjoints to forms a contractible ∞-groupoid, in the following sense:
Let be the full sub-quasi-categories on the (∞,1)-category of (∞,1)-functors between and on those functors that are left adjoint and those that are right adjoints, respectively. Then there is a canonical equivalence of quasi-categories
(to the opposite quasi-category), which takes every left adjoint functor to a corresponding right adjoint.
This is HTT, prop 188.8.131.52 (also remark 22.214.171.124), and HTT, prop. 18.104.22.168.
Recall that for an ordinary pair of adjoint functors, the fact that preserves colimits (and that preserves limits) is a formal consequence of
the hom-isomorphism ;
the fact that preserves all limits in both arguments;
the Yoneda lemma, which says that two objects are isomorphic if all homs out of (into them) are.
Using this one computes for all and diagram
which implies that .
Now to see this in -category theory (…) HTT Proposition 126.96.36.199
For an -adjunction, its image under decategorifying to homotopy categories is a pair of ordinary adjoint functors
This is HTT, prop 184.108.40.206.
This follows from that fact that for a unit of the -adjunction, its image is a unit for an ordinary adjunction.
The converse statement is in general false.
One way to find that an ordinary adjunction of homotopy categories lifts to an -adjunction is to exhibit it as a Quillen adjunction between simplicial model category-structures. This is discussed in the Examples-section Simplicial and derived adjunction below.
As for ordinary adjoint functors we have the following relations between full and faithful adjoints and idempotent monads.
Given an -adjunction
is a full and faithful (∞,1)-functor precisely is the counit is an equivalence of (∞,1)-functor
In this case is a reflective (∞,1)-subcategory of .
is a full and faithful (∞,1)-functor precisely is the unit is an equivalence of (∞,1)-functors.
Lurie, prop. 184.108.40.206, See also top of p. 308.
be a pair of adjoint -functors where the -category has all (∞,1)-pullbacks.
Then for every object there is induced a pair of adjoint -functors between the over-(∞,1)-categories
is the evident induced functor;
is the composite
of the evident functor induced by with the (∞,1)-pullback along the -unit at .
This is HTT, prop. 22.214.171.124.
An -functor admits a left adjoint if and only if for each , the comma (infinity,1)-category? has an initial object, i.e. every object admits a universal arrow to .
This is stated explicitly as Riehl-Verity, Corollary 16.2.7, and can be extracted with some work from HTT, Proposition 220.127.116.11.
A large class of examples of -adjunctions arises from Quillen adjunctions of model categories, or adjunctions in sSet-enriched category theory.
Any Quillen adjunction induces an adjunction of (infinity,1)-categories on the simplicial localizations. See Hinich 14 or Mazel-Gee 15.
We want to produce Cartesian/coCartesian fibration from a given sSet-enriched adjunction. For that first consider the following characterization
Let be a simplicially enriched category whose hom-objects are all Kan complexes, regard the interval category as an -category in the obvious way using the embedding and consider an -enriched functor . Let and be the -enriched categories that are the fibers of this. Then under the homotopy coherent nerve the morphism
is a Cartesian fibration precisely if for all objects there exists a morphism in such that postcomposition with this morphism
is a homotopy equivalence of Kan complexes for all objects .
This appears as HTT, prop. 220.127.116.11.
The statement follows from the characterization of Cartesian morphisms under homotopy coherent nerves (HTT, prop. 22.214.171.124), which says that for an -enriched functor between Kan-complex enriched categories that is hom-object-wise a Kan fibration, a morphim in is an -Cartesian morphism if for all objects the diagram
is a homotopy pullback in the model structure on sSet-categories.
For the case under consideration the functor in question is and the above diagram becomes
This is clearly a homotopy pullback precisely if the top morphism is an equivalence.
Using this, we get the following.
For and sSet-enriched categories whose hom-objects are all Kan complexes, the image
under the homotopy coherent nerve of an sSet-enriched adjunction between -enriched categories
is an adjunction of quasi-categories.
Moreover, if and are equipped with the structure of a simplicial model category then the quasi-categorically derived functors
form an adjunction of quasi-categories.
The first part is HTT, cor. 220.127.116.11, the second HTT, prop. 188.8.131.52.
To get the first part, let be the -category which is the join of and : its set of objects is the disjoint union of the sets of objects of and , and the hom-objects are
for : ;
for : ;
for and : ;
and equipped with the evident composition operation.
Then for every there is the morphism , composition with which induced an isomorphism and hence an equivalence. Therefore the conditions of the above lemma are satisfied and hence is a Cartesian fibration.
By the analogous dual argument, we find that it is also a coCartesian fibration and hence an adjunction.
For the second statement, we need to refine the above argument just slightly to pass to the full -subcategories on fibrant cofibrant objects:
let be as before and let be the full -subcategory on objects that are fibrant-cofibrant (in or in , respectively). Then for any fibrant cofibrant , we cannot just use the identity morphism since the right Quillen functor is only guaranteed to respect fibrations, not cofibrations, and so might not be in . But we can use the small object argument to obtain a functorial cofibrant replacement functor , such that is cofibrant and there is an acyclic fibration . Take this to be the morphism in that we pick for a given . Then this does induce a homotopy equivalence
because in an enriched model category the enriched hom out of a cofibrant object preserves weak equivalences between fibrant objects.
A pair of adjoint -functors where is a full and faithful (∞,1)-functor exhibits as a reflective (∞,1)-subcategory of . This subcategory and the composite are a localization of .
adjoint -functor
Section 5.2 in
A study of adjoint functors between quasi-categories is given in
and further discussion, including also that of (infinity,1)-monads is in
A textbook development in the context of infinity-cosmoi? can be found in
The proof that a Quillen adjunction of model categories induces an adjunction of (∞,1)-categories is recorded in
and also in
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Great plan, needs work
The graphics and animation 6/10
the colors 7/10
the ability to easily mouse around and select items 3/10, constant miss clicks and drags, super annoying.
Have to teach yourself the game, not only what it wants and how to use things but also how it rates things. I have a friend who is a structural engineer and he played it, found it fun, but got annoyed that often bridges would have joints fail and there was absoulutley no way to fix it. If the game says the bridge isnt perfect you have NO WAY TO make it perfect, try and try and try all sorts of ideas and you will often still get 2-10 broken joints.
Not very user friendly, would have been awesome in the late 90's but by todays standards its just ok. a good time waster, but plan to get frustrated.


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Brian Kownacki was just looking for a way to cross home plate and deliver a win for Fordham's baseball team when he made the leap that made him an Internet star.
He knew his options were limited, so he wanted to find a solution. He did – leaping, head over heels, over the catcher.
In a matter of seconds, the sophomore saved the April 20 game against Iona, shocked the opposing team by scoring a run from the air, and created the footage that's sweeping sites from YouTube to sports blogs and beyond.
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It turns out the player in the clip with the flip is from Connecticut. Kownacki's parents live in Orange and he perfected his game at Amity High School.
His dream is to play for the Major Leagues and that flip might have landed him one step closer. His head over heels stunt on the field has left everyone spinning.
"Anything Brian does that's phenomenal doesn't surprise me," his high school ice hockey coach, Gary Lindgren, told his parents.
"He's always been pretty good at coming up with things like that," Brian's father, Bob, said.
Brian met with an NBC reporter on Thursday and explained what he was thinking the day of the play.
"I got 5 feet away I saw the catcher get the ball. He was crouched down and I really couldn't slide around him, so my first instinct was to dive over him," Brian said.
His mom, Dru, was sitting in the stands, where people were quite surprised by what just happened,
"The stands were like, 'Oh my God!' We were all pretty shocked," she said. Fordham beat Iona, 12 to 9, that game. Brian scored the 12th run, was hailed a hero and his flip went viral. But there's more to this story.
Bob says Fordham, the favorite to win this game, was losing up until the 8th inning.
"They were playing pretty badly to be honest with you and then they made a couple of hits. All of a sudden, things started happening and you could feel the crowd and the buzz, then that happened and it sent everything over the edge," Bob Kownacki said.
Now the shortstop's flip to home plate has landed him in headlines and talk shows,
"It's a lot of fun I'm really enjoying this. My 15 minutes of fame," he said.
His dad likely wants to keep it at 15 minutes. He's not too anxious for a repeat performance.
"My dad said, 'That was a very nice play but i could be very dangerous and don't try it again.'"
Brian's amazing play prompted someone to create the "Brian Kownacki can fly" Facebook page.
The 2008 graduate of Amity Regional even captured the attention of the Harlem Globe Trotters, who honored him with a "Trotter Tribute," something bestowed on professional and college athletes whose play "calls to mind the dazzling showmanship of 'the world's most famous team.'"
The move seemingly came out of nowhere for an athlete with no acrobatic experience, but his girlfriend, who was watching from the stands, is taking credit. She has cheerleading experience, Kownacki said.


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Victoria Beckham, Heidi Klum, Miley Cyrus and Simon Cowell were among the celebrity guest who stepped out for Elton John's 18th annual AIDS Foundation Oscar party on Sunday night, but one guest was more special than the others – Betty White.
"Betty White is my Guest of Honor," Elton told Access Hollywood before his big event held in West Hollywood. "I want to meet a legend and she is a legend!"
And the Brit even had a special place at his party for the Hollywood superstar.
"She's sitting on my right hand side," he sad. "I'm so thrilled that she's coming."
Elton explained the two had already bonded pre-party, via phone, over their shared love of canines.
"We communicate because she has a charity for dogs and I love dogs, so I made a contribution to her charity and thought, you know what, instead of just writing letters, I want to meet you, so I invited her to this," he explained.
And photos from inside the bash showed the two sharing close moments. Elton, in blue glasses, hugged and kissed Betty who was in a dress in a similar blue shade.
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Politicians kept the truth close at hand at PolitiFact Georgia last week.
Georgia Secretary of State Brian Kemp earned a True on a claim about election law violations. So did Johns Creek Mayor Mike Bodker, who talked about the region's transportation needs. A criminal justice expert earned a Mostly True when he questioned the effectiveness of Atlanta's curfew law.
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European Working Group for Legionella Infections (EWGLI)
was formed in 1986. Its membership comprised scientists with an interest
in improving knowledge and information on the epidemiological
and microbiological (clinical and environmental) aspects
of legionnaires' disease. This was achieved through international surveillance
of the disease, as well as developments in diagnosis, management and treatment
The surveillance scheme EWGLINET, formally hosted on this website, has been renamed as the European Legionnaires'
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ELDSNet is coordinated and managed by the
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Building on the historical legacy of EWGLI a new working group of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious disease (ESCMID) is being formed. http://www.escmid.org/research_projects/study_groups/esgli
The European Study Group for Legionella Infections (ESGLI) will have its constitutional meeting at ECCMID 2012 in London, UK. The kick-off meeting to discuss future activities is scheduled for September 2012.
Copies of the ESGLI/EWGLI Technical Guidelines for Investigation, Control and Prevention of Travel Associated Legionnaire's Disease can be obtained via the ESGLI web-site
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Today at Google IO 2012 in San Francisco, Hugo Barra, Director of Android Product Development, announced the Google Nexus 7 tablet. Built for Google by ASUS, it runs
and costs $199.
Super thin, light and portable, the Google Nexus 7 sports a 1280x800 HD display, NVIDIA Tegra 3 chipset with a quadcore CPU and a 12 core GPU, front-facing camera for Google Hangouts and chatting, Wi-Fi, and Bluetooth and NFC.
Coming in at a svelte 340 grams, the Nexus 7 boasts up to nine hours of HD video playback.
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The Google Nexus 7 is also designed to work seamlessly with the new Google Play store for apps, videos and music.
Designed to be a "serious gaming device," Google hopes that game developers will take full advantage of the device's NVIDIA Tegra 3 chipset with its quadcore CPU and 12 core GPU.
The Google Nexus 7 tablet will start at $199 (£159) and it will come with a $25 coupon you can use at the Google Play store.
Additionally, it will ship with a bevy of content pre-installed content like "Transformers: Dark of the Moon" as well as several e-books.
Google is currently taking orders for the Google Nexus 7 in the Google Play store and orders are expected to begin shipping in mid-July.


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Beijing-based company working on Zwick's The Great Wall.
Former Creative Artists Agency's China managing director Peter Loehr has been confirmed as the CEO of Legendary East Ltd, the subsidiary of Legendary Pictures LLC.
Loehr sent an email note to industry colleagues and collaborators today, confirming his new position. "I am tremendously excited about this opportunity and so look forward to continuing to work with all of you," Loehr said in the email.
Legendary East was established in June 2011 by Legendary Entertainment (The Dark Knight, Inception) chairman/CEO Thomas Tull as a Hong Kong-based production company aiming to enter the booming Chinese market. Chinese film studio Huayi Brothers was originally its investment, production and distribution partner. However, the company suffered a setback last December after a key investor from Hong Kong put its $220.5 million investment on hold, because of the difficult capital market situation.
With Loehr now taking the post as CEO, Legendary East is located in Beijing, where a majority of China's film studios are based.
Legendary East last year announced the production of The Great Wall, to be directed by Edward Zwick with Marshall Herskovitz producing, about the mystery of China's Great Wall.
Loehr is renowned for his expertise in international co-productions. During his CAA tenure, he helped package co-productions such as John Woo's Battle Of Red Cliff and Rob Minkoff's Forbidden Kingdom. Prior to joining CAA, his credits as producer include Zhang Yang's Shower and Sunflower and Roger Spottiswoode's The Children Of Huang Shi.


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The iPad is out, and the staff has been locked in the bowels of the Orbiting HQ until our review is finished. In the meantime, folks are already digging into configuration files hidden deep inside the iPad-only 3.2 version of iPhone OS and turning up references to Apple's next-generation mobile hardware.
Now included in the growing collection of hardware supported in
USBDeviceConfiguration.plist are two new fourth-generation iPhone models,
iPhone3,2 and
iPhone3,3. These are in addition to the
iPhone3,1 model that was previously referenced, and suggests that Apple plans to have multiple versions of fourth-gen hardware. This may be another clue that Apple will make a CDMA-compatible model that rumors have long indicated is destined for Verizon's network.
A third hardware item could suggest a WiMAX-compatible model, which could be offered on Sprint's network. Most bets are hedged on the expectation that Apple will wait for LTE to be rolled out before building a 4G compatible iPhone. Alternately, it could be the other long-rumored iPhone variant, the "iPhone nano." Of course, it could be something that no one has even guessed at yet.
(A quick note for those not familiar with Apple's naming pattern: Apple uses a
ProductNameX,Y pattern for product IDs. The first number,
X, is the main product revision, while
Y is a minor variant. While the iPhone 3G is considered the second-generation iPhone hardware, Apple labeled it
iPhone1,2 since most of the changes were minor compared to the original iPhone. The iPhone 3GS, the 3rd-gen iPhone hardware, has a product ID of
Also in the list is
iPod4,1, the first reference we've seen to fourth-gen iPod touch hardware. That would most likely be revealed in the fall—the typical iPod launch window—after the fourth-gen iPhone hardware is released in the summer.
Finally, the updated list includes
iProd2,1. References to
iProd0,0 turned up in late 2008, and it was suspected to be a prototype Apple tablet. iPhone OS 3.1 revealed a reference to
iProd1,1, and that was later confirmed to be the iPad. So
iProd2,1 is most likely the next major iPad hardware revision. When that hardware is ready for release is anyone's guess—we wouldn't bet on it happening before 2011—though we aren't really surprised that Apple is already working on it.
iFPGA is still listed as well. Chances are good that this some kind of test bed or prototyping board, as FPGA stands for field programmable gate array. An FPGA is a chip that can be "programmed" to perform specialized operations as needed, and is often used in hardware development work.


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Bombs are go for Argentina's hottest EDM duo. Heatbeat did it before, and now does it again. Get ready for the kick that is '#BOOM'!
Hot off the smash that was 'Game Over', comes a new sensation of Heatbeat making. Keeping the diversity flowing and the bass kick low, is Heatbeat's latest bang.
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