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Thank god for USA Network. In their decades of covering the U.S. Open, they've settled into a style that's worlds better than CBS' (such a relief!). They also keep it consistent and simple: no unnecessary graphics; minimal "comeback kid" or "on the rise" profiles; ample servings of quality matches not involving Americans; a nice sampling of play (i.e., they'll cover those outer court, low-Q-rating matches in the first week); and they take air breaks of very reasonable length — essentially just enough to cover the changeovers.
The Commentators:
Jim Courier — Wow. Where does one begin? With Mr. Courier, it seems we have a perfect balance of pros (brilliance) and cons (hubris, arrogance). Let's start with the pros: here's a guy who can back up the goods. Not unlike Johnny Mac, he also has tremendous access to the players and makes good use of it. He's smart guy, surprisingly articulate, and occasionally makes insightful cultural references.But the true bonus with Jim is his tendency to deconstruct tennis broadcasting: "I've just been told I can't say 'hot chicks' anymore," he said the other day in reference to a comment about Safin's former box-sitters. Or "I'm being told I need to wrap it up," he'll say, I'm sure to the great chagrin of his producers. Novice? Yes. Novel? Definitely.
Another example: the other night, after a long post-match analysis from Jim, host Al Trautwig asked if he wanted to keep going, upon which Jim said, "Okay. Can I read your prompter?" This brashness with which Courier tears down the fourth wall is quite a breath of fresh air.
He even got into it with Tracy Austin, insisting that Radwanska, who upset defending champion Maria Sharapova, used gamesmanship and broke the locker room code of ethics in attacking Masha's second serve. Austin countered that this brashness is just the way players are today. Courier's apparent anger, verging on hostility, brought a little verité into the USA Network booth.
All that said, Courier is far from perfect: quite often he is the epitome of smug. "Let me tell you how much I know about this; and let me also tell you how much I know about that," he seems to be saying. He's passionate — which of course is important — but when he continues to expound deep into a game without stopping, he's cut off his nose to spite his (and our) face(s). One wonders whether Courier has spent any time reviewing tapes of his broadcasts; if he does, one hopes that he'll notice his tendency to ramble. Once he corrects this, we may have a truly great player-cum-commentator on our hands.
- Tracy Austin — All designer business suits (bright blue ones, no less) and mind-numbing, somewhat grating patter, Austin has milked her playing days into a commentary career like a character on The Surreal Life. (Racqonteur gives her a C-.)
- Al Trautwig — Nice deep pipes and always solidly on-the-ball, Trautwig is the best studio host USA has had. His transitions are impeccable and I've never seen him falter in improv mode. A weakness: in his one-on-ones, he doesn't allow the interviewee much time to respond. But at least he keeps things moving.
- Michael Barkann — This long-time roving reporter is great at what he does, and far too often it's a relatively thankless task: I wouldn't want to be interviewing players who clearly don't want to be interviewed (which seems to be the case before every Ashe stadium match), but he does it (though I'm fairly sure it wasn't his idea). He's also accomplished at the mostly heinous celebrity-in-the-crowd interviews, an equally unenviable task that he manages to get done (thankfully there have been few of them thus far in '07, though we were horrified to see him sit down for a long exchange with Donny Trump during the Ferrer–Nadal match). He's at his best doing the roving reporter thing, perhaps throwing in a quick exchange with a fan or two.
- Ted Robinson — Almost no complaints; there is nothing about Ted that's not to like. He has a great memory for past matches and players; he keeps things moving but doesn't ever seem to talk too much; he throws out some relevant anecdotes when things on the court are a little slow; and he knows how to keep it brief at crucial periods in a match. His one downside, which has been minimal at this Open, is his tendency to set McEnroe up for patting himself on the back, which he (Mac) clearly doesn't need any help with. Still, overall Robinson is a key fixture for USA's coverage. (add Ted's blog to your reading list.)
- Bill Macatee — he's substantially better here than on CBS. He's a nice, dry, straight man with an ample smidgeon of personality. Easy enough to tune out, or in, as is appropriate.
- John McEnroe — Hey Mac: keep the focus on the match and the players and off yourself, and we're all good. Has the way that Mac has been doing a little biographical digging, and age comparing (is Hyung-Taik Lee the oldest player left, or is Moya?) shown signs of maturing? Heaven forbid.
(photo of Courier by mugley)
Michael Shaw is currently following the Open from his couch on the West Coast.
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I have been on a blogging hiatus simply because life has been demanding and required all of my attention and energy. At these times I want so much to blog, to share what's on my heart, and to connect with all the fabulous people in blog land but life throws a monkey wrench in my plans.
These months have not been quiet and serene but have challenged me and caused me to grow. They have been a learning experience and I wait on my Heavenly Father to make a way where there seems to be no way. With Him nothing is impossible so I lean on his everlasting love and comfort.
I have missed sharing all my latest projects with you. Crocheting is my go to favorite to relax me and get my mind focused on something productive. Below is a sampling of my latest projects. I hope to share more about them very soon.
What I really want to share with you today is this most amazing e-course that will be held in October hosted by Jeanne Oliver as part of her Creatively Made Home series called, Home for the Holidays. You can find out all of the details to this fabulous class at Life In Grace blog. Edie will be one of the many fabulous ladies sharing their insight and decor wisdom with us, but most importantly their stories and hearts for hospitality. I hope you hop on over and sign up for this incredible e-course. I am looking forward to it already.
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Baz Luhrman put an end to all the speculation yesterday after considering pretty much every hot young actress in Hollywood for his new adaption of "The Great Gatsby."
"I was thrilled to pick up the phone an hour ago to the young Oscar-nominated British actress Carey Mulligan and say to her: 'Hello, Daisy Buchanan,'" the director told Deadline.
Keira Knightley, Amanda Seyfried, Blake Lively, Abbie Cornish, Michelle Williams and Scarlett Johansson, Rebecca Hall and Natalie Portman were all under consideration at one time or another.
Hall at one time seemed to be the prohibitive favorite as she had been workshopping Luhrman's new script with Leonard and DiCaprio and Toby Maguire, who will play Jay Gatsby and Nick Carroway, respectively.
Being cast as Daisy makes for a nice finish to a disppointing year for Mulligan. After earning an Oscar nomination for her work in "An Education," both "Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps" and "Never Let Me Go" went totally ignored.
Mulligans next film, "Drive," stars Ryan Gosling as a stunt driver who moonlight's as a getaway, and must go on the run after a robbery goes bad. The film is based on the novel by James Sallis and is being directed by Nicholas Winding Refn. It's due out some time next year.


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Canada's Money May Be on the Verge of Becoming Digital with the 'MintChip' — Dollars and Sense [VIDEO]
Canada has been making some interesting changes to its currency from ditching its penny to pushing pretty, plastic pesos. The latest may become one of the coolest forms of cash on the continent.
The Royal Canadian Mint announced the development of "MintChip," a possible alternative to traditional, tangible money that's totally digital.
The new currency basically works as an electronic transfer of virtual funds from portable devices such as smartphones, tablets and even USB drives or laptop and desktop computers over the Internet. The new currency works through a secure microchip that transfers small amounts of money for smaller purchases and transactions, such as books, songs and news articles. It also doesn't transfer personal information through these transfers and purchases to reduce the risk of identity theft.
So far, it's only in the development stages and far from bringing us into the high-tech age that we've only seen in science-fiction movies and 'Jetsons' reruns. In fact, the project is holding a contest to find a software developer who can create an equally impressive application to manage MintChip's monies. The winner gets $50,000 in gold. All 500 available candidate spots for the contest have already been filled.


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Then Solomon said: "The LORD intends to dwell in the dark cloud.
I have truly built you a princely house and dwelling, where you may abide forever."
Turning about, the king greeted the whole community of Israel as they stood.
He said: "Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, who with his own mouth made a promise to my father David and by his own hands brought it to fulfillment. He said:
'Since the day I brought my people out of the land of Egypt, I have not chosen any city from among all the tribes of Israel for the building of a temple to my honor, nor have I chosen any man to be commander of my people Israel;
but now I choose Jerusalem, where I shall be honored, and I choose David to rule my people Israel.'
My father David wished to build a temple to the honor of the LORD, the God of Israel,
but the LORD said to him: 'In wishing to build a temple to my honor, you do well.
However, you shall not build the temple; rather, your son whom you will beget shall build the temple to my honor.'
"Now the LORD has fulfilled the promise that he made. I have succeeded my father David and have taken my seat on the throne of Israel, as the LORD foretold, and I have built the temple to the honor of the LORD, the God of Israel.
And I have placed there the ark, in which abides the covenant of the LORD which he made with the Israelites."
Solomon then took his place before the altar of the LORD in the presence of the whole community of Israel and stretched forth his hands.
1 He had made a bronze platform five cubits long, five cubits wide, and three cubits high, which he had placed in the middle of the courtyard. Having ascended it, Solomon knelt in the presence of the whole of Israel and stretched forth his hands toward heaven.
Thus he prayed: "LORD, God of Israel, there is no god like you in heaven or on earth; you keep your covenant and show kindness to your servants who are wholeheartedly faithful to you.
You have kept the promise you made to my father David, your servant. With your own mouth you spoke it, and by your own hand you have brought it to fulfillment this day.
Now, therefore, LORD, God of Israel, keep the further promise you made to my father David, your servant, when you said, 'You shall always have someone from your line to sit before me on the throne of Israel, provided only that your descendants look to their conduct so as always to live according to my law, even as you have lived in my presence.'
Now, LORD, God of Israel, may this promise which you made to your servant David be confirmed.
"Can it indeed be that God dwells with mankind on earth? If the heavens and the highest heavens cannot contain you, how much less this temple which I have built!
Look kindly on the prayer and petition of your servant, O LORD, my God, and listen to the cry of supplication your servant makes before you.
May your eyes watch day and night over this temple, the place where you have decreed you shall be honored; may you heed the prayer which I your servant offer toward this place.
Listen to the petitions of your servant and of your people Israel which they direct toward this place. Listen from your heavenly dwelling, and when you have heard, pardon.
"When any man sins against his neighbor and is required to take an oath of execration against himself, and when he comes for the oath before your altar in this temple,
listen from heaven: take action and pass judgment on your servants, requiting the wicked man and holding him responsible for his conduct, but absolving the innocent and rewarding him according to his virtue.
When your people Israel have sinned against you and are defeated by the enemy, but afterward they return and praise your name, and they pray to you and entreat you in this temple,
listen from heaven and forgive the sin of your people Israel, and bring them back to the land which you gave them and their fathers.
When the sky is closed so that there is no rain, because they have sinned against you, but then they pray toward this place and praise your name, and they withdraw from sin because you afflict them,
listen in heaven and forgive the sin of your servants and of your people Israel. But teach them the right way to live, and send rain upon your land which you gave your people as their heritage.
When there is famine in the land, when there is pestilence, or blight, or mildew, or locusts, or caterpillars; when their enemies besiege them at any of their gates; whenever there is a plague or sickness of any kind;
when any Israelite of all your people offers a prayer or petition of any kind, and in awareness of his affliction and pain, stretches out his hands toward this temple,
listen from your heavenly dwelling place, and forgive. Knowing his heart, render to everyone according to his conduct, for you alone know the hearts of men.
So may they fear you and walk in your ways as long as they live on the land you gave our fathers.
"For the foreigner, too, who is not of your people Israel, when he comes from a distant land to honor your great name, your mighty power, and your outstretched arm, when they come in prayer to this temple,
listen from your heavenly dwelling place, and do whatever the foreigner entreats you, that all the peoples of the earth may know your name, fearing you as do your people Israel, and knowing that this house which I have built is dedicated to your honor.
"When your people go forth to war against their enemies, wherever you send them, and pray to you in the direction of this city and of the house I have built to your honor,
listen from heaven to their prayer and petition, and defend their cause.
When they sin against you (for there is no man who does not sin), and in your anger against them you deliver them to the enemy, so that their captors deport them to another land, far or near,
when they repent in the land where they are captive and are converted, when they entreat you in the land of their captivity and say, 'We have sinned and done wrong; we have been wicked,'
and with their whole heart and with their whole soul they turn back to you in the land of those who hold them captive, when they pray in the direction of their land which you gave their fathers, and of the city you have chosen, and of the house which I have built to your honor,
listen from your heavenly dwelling place, hear their prayer and petitions, and uphold their cause. Forgive your people who have sinned against you.
My God, may your eyes be open and your ears attentive to the prayer of this place.
And now, "Advance, LORD God, to your resting place, you and the ark of your majesty. May your priests, LORD God, be clothed with salvation, may your faithful ones rejoice in good things.
LORD God, reject not the plea of your anointed, remember the devotion of David, your servant."


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Broken Lizard's Club Dread
The crazy comedy troupe that brought you Super Troopers takes you on a trip that is so outrageously fun, it's murder, in Broken Lizard's Club Dread. At Coconut Pete's Pleasure Island, a sun-kissed, booze-soaked resort, high-spirited comic hijinx are about to meet up with machete-wielding horror. It all starts when a group of fun-seeking young travelers arrive on the island ready to party with the resort's staff, who are there to provide them with every legal form of leisure on earth, and then some. Run by the washed-up pop star Coconut Pete (Bill Paxton), still basking in the fame of his hit '70s single "Piña Colada-Burg," the island provides the ultimate kick-back holiday... that is, until islanders start kicking the bucket.
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The Higgs Boson is kind of a big deal. If it does exist, it could provide a key to unifying the standard and quantum models of physics. But what is a Higgs Boson, what does it do, and how does it work? With the help of this animated short, UCI physics professor Daniel Whiteson breaks down the basics of this mysterious particle (or is it a field?) in a way even your parents can understand.
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Presidential Debates Would Have Violated 'Speech Codes' of Host Universities
This article appeared in Breitbart.
We all know that "politics ain't beanbag," and perhaps in no setting is that made clearer than in the presidential and vice presidential debates. Public debates on the issues are a hallmark of representative government, and, as we saw in the debates this year, the discussions can get pretty intense. This is healthy in a democratic system. But there's an outrageous fact about these debates that goes unremarked by the candidates, moderators, and the media: if President Obama and Governor Romney were college students, they could have been hauled in front of a campus court and punished for what they said to each other during those 90-minute sessions.
Take the University of Denver, for example -- the site of the first debate. The university bans "Any act, display, or communication that causes substantial injury or distress." I think it's safe to say that the candidates caused one another some distress in the first debate. As for "substantial injury," even Obama admits he did not leave that debate unscathed.
How about the vice presidential debate at Centre College in Kentucky, where "verbal abuse" is banned? Did Joe Biden or Paul Ryan violate that restriction? What do you think?
And certainly both Obama and Romney would have felt the other was guilty at the second debate of violating Hofstra University's speech code—a code that bans "verbal abuse, ridicule… stereotyping, and offensive and unwelcome jokes and comments."
But Lynn University, the Florida school that was the site of the third presidential debate, takes the cake. Its policy bans "Making a false or misleading oral or written statement that misrepresents the character, qualifications, or reputation of another." How does this square with the existence of political fact-checkers who spring to life to criticize both candidates right after each and every debate? Answer: it doesn't. To a great extent, what is "misleading" or "misrepresenting" is in the eye of the beholder. That's why in America, our fact checkers aren't government authorities; they're reporters and bloggers. At Lynn University, it's safe to assume the fact checkers are the authorities. If they don't agree with you, they can punish you. They would just never dare to do it to our nation's presidential candidates.
So, why didn't these ridiculous speech codes that are completely incompatible with the very function of a university ever come up in the debate? Well, for one, I doubt either candidate bothered to look into the colleges' policies. They could have easily done this if they'd simply visited the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education's (FIRE's) website (I am the president of FIRE).
The second and more pernicious reason, however, is that as a society we have gotten too used to university censorship. Indeed, in our 2012 report on speech codes, FIRE revealed that 65 percent of 392 top colleges in the country maintain policies that flatly circumvent both the principles enshrined in the First Amendment and our honored traditions of academic freedom.
Campus speech codes were considered a scandal back in the 1980s and '90s. Yet most campuses have long since adopted them anyway, and when FIRE regularly announces its Speech Code of the Month—as it has for more than half a decade—some universities seem to simply shrug their shoulders, wondering, "what's the big deal?"
In my new book Unlearning Liberty: Campus Censorship in the End of American Debate, I try to explain how campus speech codes and blatant acts of viewpoint-based censorship on campuses harm us all. The book is loaded with examples of students getting in trouble for saying anything and everything. At Syracuse, a white student was punished for complaining about a comment he believed was racist. At Bucknell, students criticizing Obama's stimulus bill were silenced. And in one case in Indiana, a student was punished simply for reading a book that was critical of the Ku Klux Klan in public.
Violations of student rights even go beyond what students are prevented from saying and at times actually dictate what students are required to say—even against their own conscience. In Unlearning Liberty, I discuss shocking cases in which social work students were asked to lobby the government for causes they did not believe in. In one case in Missouri, an evangelical Christian landed in serious trouble when she wouldn't sign a letter supporting gay adoption.
You might be surprised to hear that I would have welcomed it if the campus speech codes in effect on the debate campuses were used against both candidates in the debate. I wish that every time either Obama or Romney engaged in something that their opponent could argue was "ridicule," a university administrator had come on stage and told them to stop talking or face punishment.
As a lifetime advocate of free speech, why would I like this? Because speech codes are only able to survive when they are applied with double standards and kept safely in reserve -- both as a warning for students to keep their mouths shut and as a tool to use only when administrators so choose. If they were actually used as written on a regular basis, they would be instantly exposed for the assaults on free speech that they are, and they wouldn't last a day.
I wish our country would have had the chance to see the spectacle of these absurd codes in action. Maybe then we would stop accepting campus speech codes as some kind of new normal.
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HSBC Bank Deploys Centrify Suite to Centrally Manage Security and Auditing for Worldwide IT Operations
Leading Worldwide Financial Institution Uses Centrify to Secure Access, Improve Auditing, and Manage User Accounts
SUNNYVALE, Calif., and BRACKNELL, UK – Nov. 13, 2012 – Centrify Corporation, the leading provider of security and compliance solutions that centrally control, secure and audit access to on-premise and cloud-based systems, mobile devices and applications, today announced that HSBC Bank UK is deploying the Centrify Suite to centrally secure system access to HSBC's distributed IT infrastructure.
Headquartered in London, HSBC is one of the largest banking and financial services organisations in the world. HSBC's international network comprises more than 7,200 offices in more than 80 countries and territories in Europe, the Asia-Pacific region, the Americas, the Middle East and Africa. HSBC central IT staff manages thousands of user accounts across its UNIX and LINUX estate; making access control, privilege management and reporting on user access a critical concern for IT Operations and Audit teams.
"Centrify's product functionality sets it apart from anything else on the market by consolidating complex user and computer access into a streamlined and easy-to-manage arrangement within Active Directory; it's a massive plus for us," said Paul Sharpe Enterprise Technical Specialist, Global IT Operations with HSBC. "We looked at several vendors, but Centrify Suite's underlying Zones technology was by far the best approach for us to maintain compliance and simplify our processes."
Prior to deploying Centrify, Sharpe said, "We had multiple goals for this project including enforcing password policies, user account consolidation in Active Directory and auditing requirements. We needed to manage our Linux and UNIX systems in a centralized manner and wanted to leverage an existing directory infrastructure. The result was a decision to acquire the best technology to meet our needs, and after careful evaluation we chose Centrify."
"HSBC is a global financial giant in the industry, with a dynamic IT organisation that demands the highest level of performance and ROI," said Darren Gross, Centrify Regional Director for EMEA. "We are extremely proud that they have selected Centrify to help manage their security needs for centralized user management and auditing, and we look forward to a long-standing, mutually successful relationship."
Centrify has broad acceptance in highly regulated industries such as banking, securities and insurance where the constantly shifting compliance and security landscape drives the need for rigorous internal auditing and risk management.
Centrify is uniquely able to scale to enterprise-wide projects where implementing granular role-based access is complex due to acquisitions, heterogeneous system environments, and identity silos that have grown up across the enterprise. Centrify's integrated solution ensures that even the largest financial institutions can establish accountability across data center systems, cloud servers, applications and mobile devices.
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Those are some huge feet! Great photo of him (or her) walking across the water.
What a unique bird!
OMG! I've never seen feet like those on a bird! And the name Coot...makes me giggle.
Thanks for sharing.
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It looks like they stepped on something and it stuck to their feet! Great pictures!
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I can see why you were fascinated - those are very strange feet.
Looks fun to watch them plowing through the water in that last shot. I wonder what kind of food they eat, given that beak. Seems like it's the strong kind fit for breaking open nuts and so on.
I always enjoy seeing your birds... they are so different from what I find in the Midwestern USA.
That snowy white bill is very distinctive. I'm always amazed at the way birds evolve their feather colors and wonder what advantage a white bill would have. That Coot looks much more comfortable in the water than on the land!
Oh! I love the feet!
That last photo looks so comical - makes me wonder what they look like at full speed!
What a fascinating bird! I didn't notice the feet at first because I was so taken with his beautiful black body contrasted by the pure white spot leading to the beak - it gives this bird such an interesting look.
But those feet are something else! The photo where he looks like he's walking made me thinking of the Monty Python sketch "The Ministry of Silly Walks".
Thank you for the photo in the water that shows what this bird's funny feet help him do!
truly unique.
If birds can walk and even run on water, can man be far behind?
There are coots here in Geneva, too. I wonder why old people are called 'coots' though?
I love the name "coots" and the shot of the Coot running across the water with his ski/paddle like feet!!
These are great shots! Their feet look too big for their bodies.
Great lookin feet, and useful too. Must love what evolution comes up with :-)
Great shots!! I love watching birds swoop down to catch fish!
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i enjoying seeing photos of birds that I will probably never witness first hand. Thanks so much ...big feet LOL
Wow, those are the most strangest birdfeet I have ever seen! And yet, that old coot is adorable!
thanks for sharing all these unique birds with us.. the last photo is especially nice
great pictures! the Eurasian Coot almost looks like a cross between a penguin and a vulture - i've never heard of it either - but it's a really cool looking bird
That's very cool that they can run across the water. And visiting Tasmania is sweet too.


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Welcome to Road to the Eater Awards, in which the Indiana band Houndmouth chronicles the good eating along the Southern leg of their "From the Hills Below the City" tour, culminating at Eater Eve and the Eater Awards. This series is presented by Canon PowerShot, makers of the PowerShot S110 and SX280 cameras that captured all the action.
Our first edible stop in New York was supposed to be in the early afternoon for lunch at a new Brooklyn restaurant. We departed Boston early that morning, expecting to hit traffic. And we did.
Thanks to mind-numbing traffic, we stood up our amazing hosts at Nightingale 9, a Vietnamese lunch spot. (Along with our Eater editor. Oops.) Luckily, we were able to reschedule for the following day.
We woke up the next morning, partially running off adrenaline from our sold out show at Mercury Lounge the night before and partially running on fumes. No meal could have been a better cure than Nightingale 9.
Robert Newton and Kerry Diamond, the owners, greeted us upon entry. We apparently weren't fully educated, as Robert schooled us on Vietnamese food quickly, pointing out that pho is traditionally a breakfast dish in Vietnam. Suddenly the notion of a Vietnamese brunch made so much more sense to us.
We started off with some delicious Vietnamese coffee. The mixture of a certain ingredient made both the hot and iced versions taste great. It was a nice addition to food.
Katie was able to find two wonderful vegetarian and garlic-free dishes, which isn't the easiest thing to do on the road. The mushroom soup and shaved collard green salad proved to be absolutely perfect finds.
The boys meals ranged from a breakfast bahn mi with bacon, to fried rice, to what ended up being the crown jewel of the day—the Handi style beef pho with poached egg.
Once we were all full, the chef surprised us with even more grub. The market apple and catfish turned out to be so good that we couldn't resist stuffing ourselves a bit more.
We'd definitely like the thank everyone at Nightingale 9 for one of the best meals we've ever had together as a band. We will definitely make a visit when we return to NYC next year for our Winter Tour 2014, March 14 at Bowery Ballroom, and March 15 at Music Hall of Williamsburg.
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I have a (sporadically updated) blog about my life in academia. Check it out
My research area is artificial intelligence (AI). I am
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I am the lead author of the checkers-playing program Chinook, the first computer program to win a human world championship. In 2007 we announced that the game had been solved: perfect play by both sides leads to a draw.


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This NASA Hubble Space Telescope image of the rich galaxy cluster, Abell 2218, is a spectacular example of gravitational lensing. The arc-like pattern spread across the picture like a spider web is an illusion caused by the gravitational field of the cluster. The cluster is so massive and compact that light rays passing through it are deflected by its enormous gravitational field, much as an optical lens bends light to form an image. The process magnifies, brightens and distorts images of objects that lie far beyond the cluster. This provides a powerful 'zoom lens' for viewing galaxies that are so far away they could not normally be observed with even the largest available telescopes. Hubble's high resolution reveals numerous arcs which are difficult to detect with ground-based telescopes because they appear to be so thin. The arcs are the distorted images of a very distant galaxy population extending 5-10 times farther than the lensing cluster. This population existed when the universe was just one quarter of its present age. The arcs provide a direct glimpse of how star forming regions are distributed in remote galaxies, and other clues to the early evoution of galaxies.
Hubble also reveals multiple imaging, a rarer lensing event that happens when the distortion is large enough to produce more than one image of the same galaxy. Abell 2218 has an unprecedented total of seven multiple systems. The abundance of lensing features in Abell 2218 has been used to make a detailed map of the distribution of matter in the cluster's center. From this, distances can be calculated for a sample of 120 faint arclets found on the Hubble image. These arclets represent galaxies that are 50 times fainter than objects that can be seen with ground-based telescopes.
Studies of remote galaxies viewed through well-studied lenses like Abell 2218 promise to reveal the nature of normal galaxies at much earlier epochs than was previously possible. The technique is a powerful combination of Hubble's superlative capabilities and the 'natural' focusing properties of massive clusters like Abell 2218.
Credits: W.Couch (University of New South Wales), R. Ellis (Cambridge University), and NASA.


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The new "time by numbers" feature and SHOTPlus®-T software allows blasters to operate in a familiar way with the great convenience of all detonators being the same. eDev™ offers the users significant reduction in inventory logistics and costs.
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We asked for rain, and it came down in buckets. Anything with big trusses, like this Hydrangea 'Limelight' was laid low.
Some tall things, like the Macleaya cordata (plume poppy), met a similar fate.
Once standing proudly a good 8′ tall, Leonotis nepetifolia now crouches on the ground. Before I had a chance to get out there and stake them, the flowering tips began to bend upward to reach for the light. Note to self: next year, stake early and stake liberally (yeah, sure…like I'm about to do that).
See what I mean? At this point they would look mighty peculiar if I were to stake the bent stems.
I actually did stake the Chasmantium latifolium because last year it dipped over into the pond. Live and learn: the stakes need to be taller, with at least two levels of bamboo poles strung between them.
Waterlogged zinnias were dead headed, the plants freshly tied up to existing stakes, and these little flower factories are already pumping out new product.
Hydrangea 'Preziosa' is turning many shades of dusky hues. Beaten down as it is by the rain, I needn't hesitate to cut freely and hang the flower heads upside down to dry. I find all kinds of uses for them during the holidays.
The big mopheads fade to even more interesting colors.
I like the deep purple of the last throes of Verbena bonariensis, but most of them are finally flopping and must be cut back.
So the first week of September was soggy and it seemed that summer had ended with a flash of light and a clap of thunder. Hah! We are into the second week, characterized by temperatures in the 90's. Our Texas friends laugh condescendingly, but we Oregonians (with a few notable exceptions) wilt and whine in such weather. I am circulating a petition for Indian summer: crisp, sunny days in the 70's. Are you with me?


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The award-winning Rogue Machine scores again with John Pollono's world premiere production of "Lost Girls," a dramedy that explores the embers of a failed marriage as well as the emotional dynamics of a working class family.
With a raging snow blizzard on a cold, windy day in Derry, New Hampshire, the play begins with Maggy (Jennifer Pollono) getting ready to go to work.
Bundled up, she leaves her "blue collar" home, which she shares with her foul-mouth mother Linda (Peggy Dunne) and her rebellious 17-year-old daughter Erica (Anna Theoni DiGiovanni) whom Maggy believes is in school.
Her morning doesn't start well as she quickly discovers that her Honda has been stolen and thus begins this extremely well written play, skillfully directed by John Perrin Flynn.
Maggy calls her ex-husband Lou (Joshua Bitton), a recovering alcoholic cop who comes to her house to take down the stolen car report.
The tension between Maggy and Lou is visceral and is compounded, in part, due to the presence of Lou's new wife, Penny (Kirsten Kollender) who is really the most reasonable of the bunch.
To add to the highly charged atmosphere, it turns out that Erica did not show up for school sending Maggy into an emotional tailspin as she congers up all the possible calamities that may have befallen her daughter.
Lou gets a phone call from one of the other police officers who tells him that there's been a big pile up with some fatalities.
When Maggy hears one of the cars in the crash is a Honda, she becomes convinced that her daughter is dead.
As the drama slowly unfolds, we discover that Erica has run away with her old friend Scooter, played by Jonathan Lipnicki, whom you might remember as that adorable kid in "Jerry Maguire."
Their friendship soon begins to go in another direction as Scooter confesses he's been in love with her since the second grade and compares them to "Romeo and Juliet," to which Erica responds, "That lasted three days and six people died."
Playwright Pollono has carefully crafted his characters and soon it becomes apparent that all of them harbor guilt for either what they did or didn't do.
Maggy's mother spends her time in a bathrobe and curses like a sailor.
Her rough exterior belies her feelings of failure as a parent, which Maggy shares, to some extent, about her own parenting skills.
She is also still furious about the divorce and is hell bent on ripping into Lou for his alcoholic behavior when they were married.
Adding to the "guilt" mix, Erica confesses to Scooter that she has seduced her mother's boyfriends since she was a young girl.
Lou's new wife Penny is probably the most reasonable of the "mea culpa" bunch and tries to win Maggy's acceptance explaining that she didn't start dating Lou until the divorce was final.
In an intense confrontation between Maggy and Lou, unresolved feelings surface and defenses begin to melt away as old wounds are sliced open and their mutual guilt spills out with a surprising climax.
Lest you get the impression that the play is about a lot of dramatic blood letting, Pollono has peppered his play with many laugh lines that mitigate some of the bubbling anger from Maggy and Linda.
The writing is almost poetic and in some ways reminiscent of some of the works of Eugene O'Neill who so beautifully wrote about the family dynamic, sans the "potty mouths" as spoken especially by Maggy and Linda.
Given the limitations of the small space, the production values are modest but highly functional beginning with David Mauer's Scenic Design, Jeff McLaughlin's Lighting Design, Peter Bayne's Sound Design, Caitlin Doolittle's Costume Design, and Corwin Evans' Video Design which flooded the stage with snow flurries allowing the actors to change the set from the living room to the motel room without stumbling around in the dark and avoiding leaving the audience in multiple black outs.
Director Flynn has put together a flawless, extremely talented ensemble, each of whom delivers a riveting, fully actualized, sub-textual performance, fully servicing the material, thus creating a compelling evening of theatre.
Rogue Machine
5041 Pico Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90019
Run: 5 pm Saturdays, 7 pm Sundays, 8 pm Mondays
Closing: Nov. 4, 2013
Reservations: 855.585.5185 or www.roguemachinetheatre.com


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Energy supply is a basic requirement for sustainable development yet most of the rural populations in Kenya have no access to grid electricity (estimated at 63% by Kenyan Government rural electrification agency). Most of these areas are sparsely populated making it extremely uneconomical for the expansion of electricity grid energy thus decentralized (off-grid) technologies most suitable.
The United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) in partnership with the Government of Kenya have identified the need to harness and enhance the use of these off-the-grid renewable energy technologies to produce power for use in domestic lighting and productive income generating applications.
Community Power Centres (CPC)
A Community Power Centre (CPC) or "Energy Kiosk" is a common utility (community-managed), decentralized electrical energy service centre powered by renewable energy technologies.
The CPC can utilize a single source of Renewable Energy (RE) system (Stand-alone) or a combination of sources (Hybrid) to produce electricity from locally available RE resources like water, organic wastes, plant oil, solar and wind etc. This electricity is then used in productive activities that Add Value to the community's lives, produce and economic activities.
Business Model for CPCs
The community power center is designed to be a financially sustainable enterprise. Based on a business plan, the CPC is designed to generate enough income to cater for its costs and make a profit. This is the only way the CPC model can be viable and replicable throughout the country and beyond.
The CPC earns its money from the Energy services or energy sales it makes or supports. These include productive activities like the ones run at the Industrial Center, and the other services like ICT, community recreation, Recharging of LED lamps and phones etc.
Pilot CPCs
Currently UNIDO Kenya has implemented a number of pilot CPCs in various parts of the country. These include:
CPC Location | Renewable Energy Source Used | Applications |
Kibae CPC, Kirinyaga, Central Kenya | 2KW Micro-hydro, 500W Solar | Lamp recharge, ICT, Small Industrial applications, Community Center. |
Kamahuha CPC, Muranga, Central Kenya | 8KW Biogas | Lamp recharge, ICT, Small |
Mbuuni CPC, Machakos, Eastern Kenya | 8 KW SVO | Lamp recharge, ICT, Small Industrial applications |
Cheptabach CPC, Kericho, Western Kenya | 2KW | Micro-Hydro Lamp recharge, ICT |
Uhuru CPC, Siaya, Western Kenya | 2KW Solar, 8KW SVO | Lamp recharge, ICT, Small Industrial applications, Community Center |
Changara CPC, Bungoma, Western Kenya | 2KW Solar, 8KW SVO | Lamp recharge, ICT, Small Industrial applications, Community Center |
Wema CPC, Mombasa, Southern Kenya | 5KW | Biogas Lamp recharge, ICT |
Ikinu CPC, Kiambu, Central Kenya | 1KW | Micro-Hydro Lamp recharge, ICT |
Makandune CPC, Meru, Central Eastern Kenya | 8KW SVO | Lamp recharge, ICT, Small Industrial applications, Community Center |


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Hays Police Officers work 12-hour shifts. Each shift begins & ends at 6:30. Officers change from day shift (0630 – 1830) to night shift (1830 – 0630) every four months. The 12-hour work schedule allows officers to have half of the year off. A typical schedule follows a two-week schedule. A sample schedule* is below:
*Note that Police Officer schedules also include overtime, court appearances, & off duty meetings. Changes to cover staff shortages & departmental needs may change your schedule as well.
New Police Officers begin their employment with the Hays Police Department on a mutually agreed upon date. After employed, the Hays Police Department will sign you up for the Kansas Law Enforcement Training Center (KLETC). Between your start date & the next open slot for the KLETC, you will begin your 14-week field training program. This is where you are paired up with other officers to start learning the aspects of the Police Officer position. Your 14-week field training program will be put on hold while you attend the 14-week KLETC in Hutchinson, KS. During your 14 weeks at the academy, you will live in the KLETC dorms Sunday night through Friday evening. You will drive home Friday night & return to KLETC Sunday night. All drive time & training time will be paid for. Once you graduate KLETC, you will finish your field training program.
Applicants are encouraged to call the Hays Police Department at 785-625-1030 & ask for the shift supervisor to schedule a ride along with a Hays Police Officer. This will give you an idea of what to expect as a member of the Hays Police Department. It will also give you an opportunity to get your questions about the position, department, & selection process answered by someone who went through the same process.
Kansas law (K.S.A. 74-5608a) allows the director of KLETC to recommend that the KSCPOST grant reciprocity certification to any person who has been duly certified under the laws of another state or territory if, in the opinion of the director, the requirements for certification in such jurisdiction equal or exceed the qualifications required to complete satisfactorily the basic course of instruction at the training center. Kansas reciprocity training is two weeks long.
Reciprocity Details
The State of Kansas does have a conditional Reciprocity certification program if the law enforcement officer applicant meets certain requirements. Applicants for conditional reciprocity must be employed by a recognized Kansas law enforcement agency and cannot at the time of the reciprocity application process been out of law enforcement for more than five years. Certified law enforcement officers from another state whose basic training requirements meet or exceed the Kansas requirement during that same time period, or those eligible for certification (who have recently completed a basic training program that meets or exceeds Kansas requirements) may be eligible for conditional reciprocity. Pursuant to an inter-agency agreement with the Kansas Commission on Peace Officers' Standards and Training, the director of the Kansas Law Enforcement Training Center conducts all evaluations of an individual's training regarding their eligibility for Reciprocity in Kansas.
Any applicant (at the time of making application for conditional reciprocity) who has been out of full-time law enforcement for more than 5 years is not eligible for conditional reciprocity and must attend a 14-week basic training program to gain Kansas certification.
KLETC will provide a cursory review to determine possible eligibility for conditional reciprocity. To do so requires:
Based on a cursory review, KLETC will provide an "UNOFFICAL" preliminary determination based on the documentation submitted. KLETC will not issue any formal determination until after the formal application process is initiated and certified documentation has been received during the application process from the issuing authority. Employment with a recognized Kansas law enforcement agency must precede the formal Reciprocity application process.
Hays, Kansas (pop. 20,500), is a university community serving as a regional center for education, health care, professional services, shopping, culture, arts, & recreation for the western half of Kansas - serving a population of nearly 100,000. This excellent community is recognized among the top Kansas cities in entertainment, health, arts, culture.
Hays is home to Fort Hays State University (FHSU), a regional comprehensive university with over 14,000 students, known for its innovation & entrepreneurship. FHSU is the fastest growing university in the Kansas Regents system. The Beach/Schmidt Performing Arts Center on the FHSU campus is home to the Encore Series, Hays Symphony, & other national & world caliber performances.
Hays Med, part of the University of Kansas Health System, is a major employer with more than 1,000 employees. Hays Med is home to the DeBakey Heart Institute of Kansas & one of the top rural medical centers in the United States.
The Bricks in Historic Downtown Hays has unique shopping, galleries, eateries, & entertainment. Hays boasts excellent recreational facilities including: full service gyms, Hays Aquatic Park, Smoky Hill Country Club, Hays Municipal Golf Course, an extensive recreational program, & excellent opportunities for walking, running, & biking. Hays is within 45 minutes of two large lakes providing fishing, boating & other water sports. Bike Hays contains 21 miles of connecting trail system.
The Hays Municipal Airport provides connecting jet service to Denver with several flights in each direction.
More information about the City of Hays, KS at www.visithays.com.
Anyone wishing to be notified when a job becomes available may sign up for Notify Me.
You may find all open positions at https://www.haysusa.com/Jobs.aspx. Once you click on the position you are interested in, there will be a link that says "Apply Now". You will apply there. The application is mobile friendly. Once you apply you will be taken to a confirmation page. That page confirms your application has been received. If you have questions if your application was received you may call HR at 785-628-7320 or email email@example.com.
Applications are accepted for open positions only. Anyone wishing to be notified when a job becomes available may sign up for Notify Me.
Applicants can confirm that an application was submitted when you are shown the confirmation page. You may also contact HR at 785-628-7320 or firstname.lastname@example.com to verify an application was received.
Applicants that are not selected to continue on for testing or interviewing will receive communications that they have not been selected.
You must complete an online application to be considered for any position. You may attach a cover letter and/or resume to the online application if you'd like.


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Tim Burton's fantastic take on Roald Dahl's children's book leaves Gene Wilder and his Candyman song way behind. The effects-loaded live action film is a natural for the twisted designs and subdued madness of Burton's universe. There are plenty of people for whom Burton's way of envisioning the world in storybook terms just doesn't work, but Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is a perfect fit for his sensibility. Many films have tried to interpret the world of Dr. Seuss (The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T) and not quite made the grade; Burton's phantasmagoria gathers up Seussian ideas along with many other scattershot references -- even Bollywood epics -- and rolls them into a delightfully droll and funny confection royale. Sustaining the correct balance of whimsy for a story as light as Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is no mean task. Nobody's ever made a really definitive version of Babes in Toyland or The Blue Bird, for instance. Go too easy on the production values and the show looks cheap. Too heavy with sets and props, and the end product can turn out heavy and ponderous. Just about the only perfect blend of children's story, comedy and musical ever made is The Wizard of Oz, and it's been in a category of its own for 65 years. What puts Charlie and the Chocolate Factory over the top are the same qualities that make any fantasy a winner. Superior design keeps us constantly interested. Big pieces of Willy Wonka's wonderland factory are obviously CGI-created fantasyscapes, but these neither bore us or induce visual overkill, as many CGI films do. A good point of comparison is the 'heaven' created in the Robin Williams film What Dreams May Come. It overpowers all other factors including the script and the acting ... it's just too much of a not-so-good thing. Entering Willy Wonka's sugary domain is truly awe-inspiring ... the little idealized landscapes of edible plants and chocolate rivers are storybook-perfect. They're also reminiscent of earlier psychedelic settings seen and unseen, like H.G. Wells' moon grottos in the book First Men In the Moon, or even Ishiro Honda's mysterious island in Matango. Strange things could be growing in there. At least one chocolate-devouring brat behaves like a crazed addict of Matango, practically becoming what he eats. There are similar tangential allusions or visual references to sources as varied as The Fly, Million Dollar Mermaid and Dr. Who, but John August's smooth screenplay is too clever to simply borrow ideas -- it all seems very fresh. Pundits are sniping at Johnny Depp's weird-o version of Willy Wonka as an unpleasant mirror image of Michael Jackson, luring his kiddie guests into a perverse playground. Wonka's attire and just-so Edwardian grooming indeed encourages the comaparison. But Depp's Wonka is actually another of Tim Burton's Vincent-like introverted obsessives, a benign version of Vincent Price's Verden Fell in The Tomb of Ligeia. Burton's one addition to the Roald Dahl story is to add a slightly 'haunted' backstory to give Wonka a rationale for his demented (but benign) behavior. Wonka is a good exemplar of what happens to uncomplicated people when their dreams collide with the cruel realities of business: They go slightly nuts. Burton has a genuinely sweet disposition for his characters, from Pee-Wee Herman through Edward Scissorhands and beyond. Charlie Bucket's Dickensian family situation is touching without tugging at our feelings. His grandparents share one bed while his parents put on the best face possible amid true hopelessness. The old folks are cute but aren't used for lame jokes - one Grandma is shown to be dotty but doesn't become a running gag. But the film also knows when to have teeth. The other four contestants represent various horror children of the imagination, who may not be exaggerations at all. Nobody's capable of being as insincere or downright mean as a kid, and this batch are set up as a gallery of annoyances. The Bavarian glutton would be pretty cruel stereotype, yet he's hardly exaggerated, just as the credible take-no-prisoners video game whiz is a born killer that even his father doesn't understand. The ultra-competitive pair of girls are a great combo: One is a terminally spoiled English tot who terrorizes her own father (Edward Fox), and the other is an American 'eyes on the prize' killer mini-babe quick to stick everyone else in the loser category. We can't wait to see these monsters ambushed by Wonka's garden of delights. As Wonka says, his whole idea is to find five kids and award a special prize to the one that's the least obnoxious. Much of Wonka's world is witty beyond words, especially a huge gallery of nut-sorting trained squirrels. The setup itself is hilarious and then individual jokes in the sequence made Savant laugh out loud, something I haven't done in the theater for a long time. Wonka's glass elevator becomes a rather too convenient 'get from here to there' device, but a flashback to the candymaker's traumatic childhood as the tortured son of a heartless dentist (Christopher Lee, almost but not quite loveable in the role) is almost perfection. The same goes for another weird flashback to India, where Wonka is hired to ... well, why spoil it? Multiplied to infinity to represent the Oompa Loompa tribe transplanted to run Wonka's factory, Deep Roy rows a fascinating tireme through Pirates of the Caribbean-style subterranean waterways. Hundreds of Oompa Loompas break out in amazing Busby Berkeley dances as each of Charlie's unlucky companions outsmart themselves and earn various bizarre 'consolation prizes.' The first dance is fall-down amazing, but by the second or third they become a tad repetitive. Not helping is an audio mix that doesn't allow us to hear the presumably clever lyrics - the dancing Deep Roys criticize each chocolate-doom victim as they inflate like a baloon or are sucked down a garbage disposal. Burton chooses to end Charlie and the Chocolate Factory on a sweet note of whimsy instead of a fireworks finale, which may account for some odd reviews criticizing the finale as a letdown. I thought the movie wasn't at all disturbing, and I'd show it to any kid old enough to distinguish between fantasy and reality. Obviously a four year-old might be terrorized by the jeopardy and apparent doom doled out to some of Wonka's deserving visitors. Reviewed: July 19, 2005
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Jesuit theologian Carlos Bravo labels the next four weeks "crisis and confirmation"—Jesus' insistence on extending God's love and mercy to the poor has put him on a collision course with the religious establishment and the oppressive Roman state. Far from a divine being, aware of his fate and mission from day one, Bravo understands Jesus to be profoundly human and struggling to faithfully live God's reign in the face of increasing hostility. Jesus' choices simultaneously confirm his violent fate and his identity as God incarnate, who will, through death and resurrection, offer each of us everlasting life.
Jesus faces resistance not only from social and religious leaders, but from his own disciples. Though able to confess that Jesus is the "messiah," the disciples' understanding of the title is the opposite of what Jesus teaches and lives. Jesus must insist again and again that his destination is not traditional kingship, but suffering, rejection, and, ultimately, death. Only through this path can he show that God's love for us is real and triumphant over death. Over and over Jesus must explain kingdom values, as opposed to human values that prioritize power, status, and exclusivity. He must insist that the mission is not to be served, but to serve; not to be first, but to be last. And not to limit the scope of God's work or love: Those who bring light and love in Jesus' name are to be supported, not condemned, for "Whoever is not against us is for us" (Mark 9:40).
Michaela Bruzzese, a Sojourners contributing writer, lives in Brooklyn, New York.
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Faith Into Action
Proverbs 22:1-2, 8-9, 22-23; Psalm 124; James 2:1-17; Mark 7:24-37


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First online development environment for the Internet of Things
Thingsquare Code is claims to be the world's first online interactive development environment (IDE) for the Internet of Things and works with a number of recent chips that target the emerging Internet of Things market, from leading chip vendors Texas Instruments and ST Microelectronics.
Thingsquare Code lets developers of Internet of Things products program their wireless chips from a web browser. Before Thingsquare Code, developing Internet of Things products used to be time-consuming and would require extensive expertise on behalf of the developer. With Thingsquare Code, developers can quickly prototype and validate their products, directly from their web browsers.
"The latest IP/6LoWPAN solutions for IoT applications from Texas Instruments (TI) will be ready for Thingsquare Code," said Oyvind Birkenes , general manager, Wireless Connectivity Solutions, TI. "Thingsquare opens the door to developers from various disciplines to connect their products faster to the Internet."
Thingsquare Code already works with a number of microprocessor platforms, including the ARM Cortex M3 and the TI MSP430. By leveraging secure cloud connectivity, devices can be programmed without cables and without having to install compiler toolchains, which is a large step forward for IoT programming."
Thingsquare Code is currently available for beta testers and will be available for use with a number of wireless chips for the emerging Internet of Things market developed by Texas Instruments and ST Microelectronics.


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Sickle cell disease, sickle cell trait are not the same
(HealthDay)—Both sickle cell disease and the condition known as sickle cell trait are genetic blood diseases: You're born with one or the other because of the genes inherited from your parents. Beyond that, the two conditions vary considerably.
Sickle cell disease gets its name from the shape of the red blood cells in someone who has it. They're crescent-shaped, similar to a farm tool called a sickle. These abnormally shaped red blood cells become hard and sticky and can clog the blood vessels, creating pain, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
People with sickle cell disease are also prone to infections, anemia and enlarged spleens, said Dr. Radhika Peddinti, a pediatric hematologist at La Rabida Children's Hospital in Chicago. However, the prognosis for people with sickle cell disease has improved dramatically. "It used to be that the life expectancy for someone with sickle cell disease was 20 or 25 years," she said. "Now people are living with sickle cell disease, not dying from it. We're getting at the complications early and managing sickle cell disease."
To get sickle cell disease, you have to inherit a sickle cell gene from each parent. Those who inherit a sickle cell gene from one parent have the sickle cell trait. About 2 million people in the United States have sickle cell trait, according to the CDC.
Most people with the trait have no signs or symptoms of sickle cell disease. Such extreme conditions as high altitude or high heat, however, can create an exception for someone with the sickle cell trait who exercises intensively. In those conditions, their red blood cells can change to a sickle shape and can block the normal flow of blood to tissues and muscles. Though rare, this could lead to an athlete collapsing and possibly dying, according to the National Collegiate Athletic Association.
"In the U.S., a lot of the sickle cell trait we're seeing is not just in the African American population, but also in the Southeast Asian population, the Mediterranean population and in people coming from Jamaica," Peddinti said. "This is a worldwide disease."
Today, newborns are routinely screened for sickle cell disease and sickle cell trait. Peddinti said that parents are always told if a child has either and that the information should be passed on to the child at some point. The knowledge becomes especially important when people are going to have children of their own because if two parents with the sickle cell trait have a child, there's a 50 percent chance that their offspring will have sickle cell disease.
A simple blood test can determine sickle cell trait status for anyone who doesn't know it, and the test is available at most hospitals, according to the CDC. Usually, a genetic counselor explains the results, including what the implications for your family might be.
More information: For a look at the debate over sickle cell trait screening, click here.
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Ex-Halliburton Manager Charged in Gulf Spill Probe
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A former Halliburton employee has been charged with destroying evidence following BP's 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
Anthony Badalamenti, who had been the cementing technology director for Halliburton Energy Services Inc., was charged in federal court Thursday with instructing two other employees to delete data during a post-spill review of the cement job on BP's blown-out well.
The 61-year-old Badalamenti of Katy, Texas, is charged in a bill of information, which typically signals that a defendant is cooperating with prosecutors.
Also on Thursday, a federal judge accepted a plea agreement that calls for the Houston-based company to pay a $200,000 fine for conduct related to the charge against Badalamenti.


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I'm using ArcGIS 9.3.1 to host WMS and WFS services.
I have a map (.mxd file) with a layer whose attribute table includes fields with mixed-case string data. When I open this map in ArcMap and perform a Find (Edit -> Find), selecting the appropriate layer and field, I get all matching results back, no matter what case I use in entering the search criteria. Searching for 'fireside', 'Fireside', and 'FIRESIDE' in STR_NAME all return features whose STR_NAME is 'Fireside Ln'.
However, if I take the same map and publish it to WFS in ArcCatalog, when I perform a WFS request against it, I only get matching results when searching for 'Fireside' (not 'fireside' or 'FIRESIDE').
I am performing a WFS request in the form of an XML POST. This is an example request that returns no results:
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Gluten Free Biscuits and Gravy |
photo by recipe author |
Servings: 3-4
- 1/2 cup coconut flour
- 1/4 cup almond flour
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 tablespoon cold grass-fed butter (coconut oil is fine here too)
- 6 egg whites
- a little coconut oil
Sausage Gravy:
- 16 oz. bison breakfast sausage
- 2 tablespoons arrowroot powder
- 14 oz coconut milk*
- 1/4 teaspoon fennel seeds
- 1 tsp dried, rubbed sage
- 1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper
- 1/2 teaspoon pepper
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Grease up 6 cups of a muffin tin with coconut oil.
2. Put coconut flour, almond flour, salt and baking powder in the bowl of a food processor. Add the butter and pulse until the butter is incorporated. The butter pieces should be about the size of peas.
3. In a blender (or by hand if you're feeling energetic), whiz the egg whites until they are frothy. Add them to the food processor and pulse a couple times until they're incorporated. Don't go crazy though, just pulse it a few times until just blended.
4. Distribute the batter evenly into the 6 cups of your muffin tin. It should fill them about 3/4 full. These biscuits don't rise, so that's okay. Bake for 15 minutes until the tops are browned.
5. Pour your gravy on top, and enjoy.
Sausage Gravy:
1. Heat up a skillet over medium-high heat and brown the sausage. Break up the sausage into fairly small pieces so it will cook easily, but I like to leave some bigger chunks in there too. Once the sausage is thoroughly cooked, remove it with a slotted spoon and set it aside. Discard most of the fat, but leave about a tablespoon in there, and leave all the stuck-on brown bits of sausage in the bottom of the pan.
2. Turn the heat down to medium. Add the arrowroot and stir it into the fat and brown bits, whisking constantly for about a minute so it doesn't burn. It will get pretty thick and almost dry.
3. Add the coconut milk about 1/3 at a time, and whisk together with the "roux," incorporating it thoroughly. Some of the browned bits should start to come off the bottom of the pan, too. This is what we want. Keep adding in the coconut milk until it is all incorporated. Add the fennel, sage, cayenne, salt and pepper and mix it in.
4. Add the sausage back in and incorporate throughout the gravy. Cook for a moment so everything is heated evenly. Serve immediately over biscuits.
Recipe submitted by Amber, Norfolk, VA
* For the freshest coconut milk make homemade coconut milk. (See video at this link.)


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Example: Fair market value means "the amount a knowledgeable buyer would pay for the property and a willing seller would accept for the property at an arm's length, bona fide sale." Assessed value is 40% of the fair market value. If a person that owned a home with a fair market value of $100,000 in an unincorporated area of a county where the millage rate was 25.00 mills, that person's property tax would be $950.00--[(100,000 * 40%) - $2,000] * .02500 = $950.00. Multiply $100,000 by 40% which is equal to the assessed value of $40,000 and subtract the homestead exemption of $2,000 from the assessed value. Then multiply $38,000 by the millage rate of .02500 which is equal to $950.00.
The County Tax Commissioner's Office is the best source of information for questions about: •paying your tax bill •registration of your motor vehicle •purchasing tax liens. The County Tax Assessor's Office is the best source of information for questions about: •filing an appeal of your property tax assessment •the appraised value on your home •filing homestead exemptions •receiving property tax returns •maintaining property tax records and maps for the county.
The State and Paulding County offer homestead exemptions to persons that own and occupy their home as a primary residence. Homestead applications may be filed with your county Board of Tax Asessors at any time however, the deadline for filing is April 1st of the year the exemption is being sought.
Simply stating that property taxes are too high is not considered relevant information. You should establish in your mind what you think your property is worth. The best evidence of this would be the recent sale price of your property. The next best evidence would be recent sales prices of properties that are very similar to yours, the closer in proximity and similarity, the better the evidence. Another type of evidence is a recent appraisal of your property. Keep in mind, your evidence should be strong enough to substantiate your opinion of value.
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Paulding County Water offers several ways to establish service.
Paulding County Water's email address to send all correspondence is firstname.lastname@example.com.
To transfer your service, you will only be able to have the service active at both properties for a maximum of seven days. If that works, you will need to submit an application for service for the new property and a copy of your photo ID as well as your rental/lease agreement if you do not own the home to firstname.lastname@example.com. About 3/4 of the way down the 2nd page, it will ask if it is a transfer and require the current account number. Your current address will need to be at a zero balance. Your deposit will transfer to the new address and you will be responsible for the $25.00 application fee as well as additional deposit if required.
Paulding County Water offers several different ways to pay your bill.
No. If service has been disconnected, we require you to contact Paulding County Water between the hours of 8:00 am and 4:00 pm, Monday thru Friday, at 770-222-6868.
This will ensure that no additional delays occur and service is restored as quickly as possible.
Paymentus, Paulding County's payment processor, charges a convenience fee of $2.45 to pay online. Payments over $400.00 will require multiple transactions.
To test your toilets for a leak, simply drop a few drops of any color liquid in the tank of the toilet to discolor the water. Give it about 10-15 minutes and check the bowl to see if any of the discolored water has seeped thru. If so, you have a flapper that is not sealing properly which is the cause of the leak. View this flyer for more information.
Your water may be cloudy due to work recently done in the area. This is only air in the lines and will eventually go away. One way to find out is to run a glass of water and allow it to sit on the counter for a few minutes. You will see the water become clear.
No, Paulding County Water still offers Automatic Bank Draft at no charge. If you wish to sign up for AutoPay with Paymentus, please make sure to cancel your Automatic Bank Draft with Paulding County Water. Please note that if you wish to use the AutoPay through Paymentus, there is a $2.45 fee for each payment transaction.
If you leave a balance on your account, it will follow the customer and if it is not paid in full after 90 days, the balance is then sent to our ONLINE Collections Department.
The following are needed for an adjustment from Paulding County Water if you filled a pool.
Effective March 1, 2023 Paulding County Water will be offering a new leak adjustment program.
The new program will be called Paulding County – ServLine. The program will cover the cost of an unexpected high residential water bill due to an eligible leak up to $2,500.00. If your sewer service is provided by the Paulding County Water System your coverage would be up to an additional $2,500.00.
The program allows for two adjustments per 12 months over a maximum of 2 billing cycles. To qualify for a leak adjustment the billing amount must be at least 2x's the average bill and we must have proof of the repair.
Paulding County – ServLine customer service representatives are here to assist you with all the details of the new program. For all inquiries please call 770-628-2588 after March 1, 2023.
If you have a leak prior to March 1, 2023 please call Customer Service at 770-222-6868 to discuss your options.
Paulding County Water does offer temporary service for inspection or cleaning up for new renter purposes only.
Go to Paulding County Water's 3rd party payment site, Paymentus. You can enter your login information at that time.
Yes! You can now pay through the kiosk located at either 3844 Atlanta Hwy Hiram, GA 30141, available 24 hours a day on the side of the porch or the one located inside the Paulding County Administration building at 240 Constitution Blvd Dallas, GA 30132, Monday - Friday 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. You must have your Account Number and CID number both located on your bill stub as well as enter in your phone number and last name. Kiosks will accept cash, checks, credit or debit cards. The kiosk does not give change, overpayment will be credited to your account.
Paulding County Water Operations Division is available 24 hours per day for questions and emergencies at 770-445-2761.


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I love a good pumpkin pie and, while I will always make the classic recipe in the fall, I like the flavors enough to want to experiment with them. Sometimes, this means putting a twist on the pie by adding other elements and turning it into something like a Chocolate Pumpkin Pie. Other times, this means taking those pie ingredients and putting them in a different form entirely, like I did with this Pumpkin Pie Ice Cream.
This homemade ice cream really captures the flavor of pumpkin pie. The ice cream includes pumpkin puree, brown sugar, pumpkin pie spices and vanilla extract. The ice cream has a custard base, meaning that it is made with egg yolks and cream that are cooked together before freezing. This means that you'll have to prepare the base in advance and chill it for several hours (preferably overnight) before making your ice cream, but it also means that the finished product has a richer, smoother consistency than most ice creams made with other methods. You'll also get a good-sized batch of ice cream from this recipe (1.5 qts), so although there is some chilling time, you'll have plenty to enjoy in the long run.
You'll get the best results with this ice cream by using an ice cream maker. If you don't have one, you can pour the ice cream into a loaf pan or bowl, freeze it and vigorously stir it (an electric mixer works well, as does transferring it to a food processor) every 30-45 minutes until it has frozen. But you will definitely get the best results with an ice cream maker and if you like to make ice cream at home, it is probably worth investing in one. Serve this ice cream in mini graham cracker crusts for more pumpkin pie flavor, or just top it off with some whipped cream and serve it in a nice dish.
Pumpkin Pie Ice Cream
2 cups heavy cream
1 1/2 cups milk
3/4 cup brown sugar
1 tsp ground cinnamon
1/2 tsp ground ginger
1/4 tsp ground cloves
1/4 tsp ground nutmeg
1/8 tsp salt
1 cup pumpkin puree
3 large egg yolks
1 tsp vanilla extract
In a medium sized saucepan, combine cream, milk (you can use half and half instead of the cream/milk mixture), brown sugar and all spices. Cook over medium heat, stirring occasionally, until mixture almost comes to a boil and all of the sugar is dissolved.
Meanwhile, whisk together pumpkin puree and egg yolks in a large mixing bowl. When the cream is very hot, drizzle it into the egg mixture while whisking constantly to temper the eggs. Once the hot cream has been completely incorporated, transfer the mixture back to the saucepan. Cook over medium heat, stirring frequently with a spatula and scraping the bottom and sides of the bowl, until mixture has thickened and coats the back of a spoon. Stir in vanilla extract and remove from heat.
Strain (optional, to ensure smoothness) into a large, clean bowl, cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate for 6 hours or overnight.
Pour chilled mixture into an ice cream maker and freeze as directed.
Transfer to a freezer safe container and allow ice cream to firm up for 1-2 hours before serving.
Makes 1 1/2 quarts.