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Thinking Van Fans on Mr. Hansis' sea-going chat: Morgan D. enthuses, "Van is amazing, but we all knew that. But look how much brighter he shines when he is asked INTELLIGENT questions" … Mary says, "It's always nice to hear an actor be able to really understand his character" … while Tom confirms, "As someone who has met, and talked to, Van at several fan events, I can say that this interview captures his personality beautifully" … and more more. See Comments below.
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As the World Turns' Van Hansis (Luke Snyder) is definitely one of the more outspoken and risk-taking actors working on daytime today. The pairing of Luke and Noah (Jake Silberman), who are gay, has been one of the most popular soap couples ever. He has taken on the challenge of lending integrity to a role that is controversial, symbolic, and the center of many political debates. During our chat on SoapNet's "Rock the Soap Cruise," Hansis talked about finding out what it is like to make a social impact in the world, about Luke's legacy as a Grimaldi, and the truth behind Luke's REAL feelings for Brian (his amorous step grandfather, played by Laurence Lau):
D: Luke has been going through some serious stuff these past six months.
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Red telephone boxes and black cabs characterise London's city streets. Book flights to London and you'll return home with a mind full of cultural experiences and the very latest trends in your shopping bags. Visit Buckingham Palace and meet the Beefeaters at the Tower of London. A stroll through Hyde Park is a wonderful way to begin the day. And if you find yourself in the neighbourhood, pop into Harrods and marvel at the couture and sparkling diamonds. Never a dull moment in London!
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From central Milan, take Via XXII Marzo and Viale Corsica / Viale Forlanini, which leads to the airport. From the A51 ring road, which skirts the east of the city, take the 'Linate' exit (exit 6).
Milan Linate Airport has good links to the northern Italian road network: Autostrada 8 leads to Varese; Autostrada 4 links to Novara; Autostrada 1 connects to Piacenza; and Autostrada 7 runs south to Genoa. The P41 connects to Switzerland via Como. Please note that most of these routes are toll roads.
Buses 73 and X73 (tel: 800 808 181; www.atm-mi.it) run daily and connect Milan Linate Airport with the city's underground network at San Babila Metro Station (journey time: 25 minutes; fare €1.50). For Milan Central Station (journey time: 40 minutes) take bus 73 to P.za Emilia and pick up bus 92.
A shuttle bus (tel: (02) 5858 3185; www.malpensashuttle.it) operates to Milan Malpensa Airport, on the other side of the city (journey time: 75 minutes; fare: €13). Free Wi-Fi is available on-board.
There is an airport express coach service (tel: (02) 3391 0794; www.starfly.net), which runs to the Air Terminal at Milan Central Station (journey time: 25 minutes; fare €5). Other services operate between Milan Linate Airport and Pavia, Brescia, Verona and Lugano.
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Chris John vs. Juan Manuel Marquez
Chris John 125 lbs beat Juan Manuel Marquez 125 lbs by UD in round 12 of 12
- Date: 2006-03-04
- Location: Karang Melenu Sports Hall, Tenggarong, Kutai Kartanegara, Indonesia
- Judge: Pinit Prayadsab 116-112
- Judge: Takeshi Shimakawa 117-111
- Referee: Guillermo Perez Pineda
- Judge: Oscar Perez Carbonell 116-110
- World Boxing Association Featherweight Title (John's 5th defense)
- Weights: 125 lbs (each)
Bout Summary
The first third of the fight contained four extremely close rounds. John started to assert himself as the boxer while Marquez repeatedly tried to slash into John's guard with heavy punches. John also landed his share of telling blows throughout these rounds and seemed to be the quicker of the two fighters.
With the start of round five, Marquez appeared to land the heavier punches as John became less active in the bout. This trend continued into round ten, where Marquez was deducted a point for repeated low blows against John. In round eleven, John appeared to pick up the tempo. This round led to another point deduction against Marquez which sealed a 10-8 round for John. As the bout came to a close in round twelve, it was clear John was the fresher of the two fighters. The twelfth was a close round, but a round won by John.
The only western journalist to attend the bout, Scott Mallon of Ring Magazine and The Sweet Science, scored the bout 116-110 in favor of John. His report and those of the Asian journalists in attendance suggested the bout was a just decision.
- Marquez's scores were deducted twice for repeated low blows in rounds ten and eleven.
- This was the second mandatory fight for Chris John.
- The IBF decided to strip Juan Manuel Marquez's IBF belt, after no promoter bid for the IBF mandatory title fight Marquez vs. Fahprakorb Rakkiatgym (August 2005).
- The IBF's decision influenced the WBA to revoke Marquez's status as the super champion, and soon instructing John as the regular champion to fight Marquez in a mandatory bout.
- The WBA conducted a purse bid for John vs. Marquez, October 2005. The only bidder MTM Promotions won the purse bid with the minimum bid of US$ 125,001.
- MTM Promotions sold the right of the fight to the Indonesian promoter Muhammad Arsyad, enabling the fight to be featured in Indonesia.
- March 4, 2006 became the final date of the fight after two postponements of initially scheduled matches on December 9, 2005 and February 4, 2006, canceled due to John's ankle ligament injury.
- The venue was actually a parking lot of the Putri Karang Melenu Sports Hall, Tenggarong, which was developed into a new open air venue, and named by Fight News correspondent Jeffrey Pamungkas as "The Golden Gate Arena".


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As we promised earlier, we have a hands on demo of the new CoPilot Navigation app coming soon to Windows Phone 8.
The version you see here is in "demo mode" but we checked out ourselves and the software is quite nice. There's not a Live Tile yet but CoPilot seemed jazzed about what they could do with it, meaning you can expect that feature to come in a later update.
Head past the break to see the video and read our earlier article on CoPilot's history and their exciting return to the Microsoft ecosystem.


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It's come to the Internet's attention that Coachella is bringing their highly regarded festival to the high seas. Over two sets of dates in December, the S.S. Coachella will set sail for the Caribbean aboard a 1,000-foot cruise ship, Celebrity's Silhouette, for a floating micro version of their annual summer sprawl. Though, honestly, the bill hasn't scaled down that much in quality of talent, considering Pulp has signed on to headline both trips with Hot Chip, Yeasayer, Girl Talk, El-P, Sleigh Bells, Cloud Nothings, Grimes, Father John Misty, Warpaint and others joining. Will everyone on board refer to Jarvis Cocker as Captain Cocker the whole time? We sure hope so.
Keeping with Coachella's affection for catering towards a "higher end" clientele, passengers can expect DJ sets by James Murphy and The Rapture, a wine tasting hosted by Mr. Murphy, and such ship amenities as cabana-style alcoves and an half-acre grass lawn that magically makes a ship deck look a lot like Indio. How much will a weekend in indie-rock paradise set you back? Anywhere between $500 and $9,000 per person, plus the cost of bar tabs and travel to/from Fort Lauderdale, where the voyages begin and end. The important questions, though: Will Drew Barrymore be there? How many bathing suits should you pack to impress her? Will there be a variety of hummus and ample organic vegetables provided at every dining opportunity? What's on the agenda for daily activities? Well, for that, we have a few suggestions:


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IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE * FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL * DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS * OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) * HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT * LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY * OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF * SUCH DAMAGE. * * The licence and distribution terms for any publically available version or * derivative of this code cannot be changed. i.e. this code cannot simply be * copied and put under another distribution licence * [including the GNU Public Licence.] */ #include <stdio.h> #include <stdlib.h> #include <string.h> #include <openssl/rc4.h> char *usage[]={ "usage: rc4 args\n", "\n", " -in arg - input file - default stdin\n", " -out arg - output file - default stdout\n", " -key key - password\n", NULL }; int main(int argc, char *argv[]) { FILE *in=NULL,*out=NULL; char *infile=NULL,*outfile=NULL,*keystr=NULL; RC4_KEY key; char buf[BUFSIZ]; int badops=0,i; char **pp; unsigned char md[MD5_DIGEST_LENGTH]; argc--; argv++; while (argc >= 1) { if (strcmp(*argv,"-in") == 0) { if (--argc < 1) goto bad; infile= *(++argv); } else if (strcmp(*argv,"-out") == 0) { if (--argc < 1) goto bad; outfile= *(++argv); } else if (strcmp(*argv,"-key") == 0) { if (--argc < 1) goto bad; keystr= *(++argv); } else { fprintf(stderr,"unknown option %s\n",*argv); badops=1; break; } argc--; argv++; } if (badops) { bad: for (pp=usage; (*pp != NULL); pp++) fprintf(stderr,*pp); exit(1); } if (infile == NULL) in=stdin; else { in=fopen(infile,"r"); if (in == NULL) { perror("open"); exit(1); } } if (outfile == NULL) out=stdout; else { out=fopen(outfile,"w"); if (out == NULL) { perror("open"); exit(1); } } #ifdef MSDOS /* This should set the file to binary mode. */ { #include <fcntl.h> setmode(fileno(in),O_BINARY); setmode(fileno(out),O_BINARY); } #endif if (keystr == NULL) { /* get key */ i=EVP_read_pw_string(buf,BUFSIZ,"Enter RC4 password:",0); if (i != 0) { OPENSSL_cleanse(buf,BUFSIZ); fprintf(stderr,"bad password read\n"); exit(1); } keystr=buf; } MD5((unsigned char *)keystr,(unsigned long)strlen(keystr),md); OPENSSL_cleanse(keystr,strlen(keystr)); RC4_set_key(&key,MD5_DIGEST_LENGTH,md); for(;;) { i=fread(buf,1,BUFSIZ,in); if (i == 0) break; if (i < 0) { perror("read"); exit(1); } RC4(&key,(unsigned int)i,(unsigned char *)buf, (unsigned char *)buf); i=fwrite(buf,(unsigned int)i,1,out); if (i != 1) { perror("write"); exit(1); } } fclose(out); fclose(in); exit(0); return(1); }


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Offered through UMass Lowell's Manning School of Business, this 4-course online graduate certificate program assists the aspiring entrepreneur, inventor and mid-career professional in understanding and applying the process associated with starting a new business or creating new business opportunities within established organizations.
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Visit UMass Lowell's Graduate Certificate in New Venture Creation webpage for more details.
New students register for courses using UMass Lowell's New Student Registration Form. Follow the instructions for registering included on the form. Current students register for their courses online by logging into the secure Student Information System (SIS).
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For additional registration information, visit UMass Lowell's Division of Online and Continuing Education Website.
The University of Massachusetts is accredited by the New England Commission of Higher Education (NECHE).
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University of Massachusetts has earned several awards for its distance learning programs, faculty and technology including:
- University of Massachusetts Lowell's B.S. in Information Technology Ranked Among Top Affordable Online IT Degrees by Get Educated in 2011
- UMass Ranked Among Top 10 Best Colleges in Online Education in Communication & Public Relations Degrees, 2011 by The Best Colleges
- UMass ranks 19th highest-rated university in the world by the Times of London.
- UMass ranked 56th in the Times of London's Top 200
- UMassOnline, UMass Boston President's Special Achievement Award, Valerie C. Haven, Sloan-C 2010 Awards
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To apply online, please visit UMass Lowell's Graduate Admissions website at www.uml.edu/GRAD.
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Ana Garcia is one of the most vivacious traditional Mexican chefs and teachers in Mexico today. Born in Monterrey, Mexico on December 19, 1972 and raised in Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico, Chef Ana traces her lineage well beyond the Mexican Revolution. Her great grandfather was a contemporary of the famous and revered revolutionary Emiliano Zapata and post-revolution Senator who participated in founding the first constitution for the State of Morelos. Ana's great grandmother was a well-know butcher with various stands in the large central mercado, revered for her incredible longaniza and chorizo.
The inspiration for Chef Ana's recipes and hospitality grow out of her long, rich family history in central and northern Mexico. Her abilities as a chef are intricately linked to her close relationship with her mother, aunts, grandmothers and great grandmother, as each passed down their culinary wisdom. She has taken this extensive knowledge and incorporated it into a culinary repertoire that includes traditional central and northern Mexican specialties as well as nouvelle Mexican cuisine using traditional ingredients in new and gastronomically adventurous ways.
Passionate about Mexican cuisine and its preparation since childhood, Ana had originally embarked upon a career in business. She received a B.A. from the Instituto Tecnologico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey in 1998, and planned on attending The Wharton School following in the same path as her father. That changed when she met her future husband, Rob Anderson, who saw in her a unique gift that combined her vast knowledge of Mexican cuisine with her talent for teaching and communicating.
In 2001, Ana and Rob founded La Villa Bonita Mexican Culinary Vacation® (www.lavillabonita.com) a cooking school and culinary vacation destination that combines Chef Ana's cooking skills and inviting hospitality in a breathtaking setting beneath the Tepozteco Mountain range. Since opening its doors, La Villa Bonita has received several distinctions including being named "One of the Five Best Culinary Vacations Worldwide" by The Food Network as well as one of "The 100 Best Vacations to Enrich Your Life" by National Geographic Books and author Pam Grout. She has appeared on the Food Network, WGN, PBS and ABC as well as the focus of articles in Newsweek, Travel and Leisure, Bon Appetit, Latina, Cooking Light and Intermezzo. She now is a regular guest on Los Angeles' most popular morning television show, KTLA's Morning News at 9, explaining major Mexican holidays and culinary traditions.
In addition to her responsibilities as owner and head chef of La Villa Bonita, Chef Ana signed a development deal with television reality show giant Mark Wolper and The Wolper Organization of Burbank, California, a subsidiary of Warner Brothers, to develop and produce the first documentary/reality audio-visual cooking series featuring a Mexican-born chef. The Emmy-Award winning Wolper has dubbed Garcia "the Mexican Rachel Ray," and believes that the $4.3 billion growing Mexican food market in the U.S. confirms that the timing is just right for a new Mexican cooking show starring Garcia.
As a restaurant consultant, Chef Ana has trained chefs from all over the world such as the U.S., England, South Korea, Germany, and has assisted in restaurant development with the U.S. restaurant chain La Salsa. Chef Ana has also served as a spokesperson in national media campaigns for Corona, Modelo Especial and Negra Modelo Beers and Mexicana Airlines in the U.S. market. In 2009, she became the newest spokesperson for IMUSA cookware, the largest Hispanic cookware manufacturer in the U.S. and has given classes resurrecting the traditional local cuisines in the touristic destinations at the Villa Group Resorts in Puerto Vallarta and Cabo San Lucas. In 2010, Chef Ana acted as the national chef spokesperson for Sara Lee with a national bilingual U.S. television and radio campaign called "More Choices, Healthier Lives" focusing on healthier options for Latino families utilizing a new healthy line of Ball Park Franks, Hillshire Farms cold cuts, and Sara Lee bread.
Chef Ana was the executive chef of the very popular Reposado Restaurant in Cuernavaca for 9 years and in 2007 founded Cafe Cinco, an ecological cafe constructed with recycled products as well as a reduced environmental impact hostal called Tubohotel (tubohotel.com) which is made of large concrete tubes. A well-accomplished public speaker, Ana has given culinary demonstrations and lectures about Mexican Cuisine at the Orlando Culinary Institute, the Arizona Culinary Institute, the Chicago Hospitality Institute of Chicago, Central Market Cooking School, and the National Restaurant Association Convention.
Chef Ana's passions are maintaining traditional Mexican slow food techniques, fostering good eating habits for kids, employing good environmental practices in daily life ,and promoting healthy eating and living habits for the family. Together with her husband Rob, Ana finds time to raise their three small children, and to pass down her rich history and her passion for food.


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SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — Many of us these days are predisposed to look down at Wall Street and, conversely, to admire Silicon Valley.
And why not? On the surface, Silicon Valley offers a virtual utopia of fresh ideas and ideals that we aspire to. It produces useful products and services that improve our lives, holds a reverence to the entrepreneurial spirit and seems to strive for a better world. The industry has given us new tools to aid our work, social lives and health. Its purveyors are confident and bold.
Wall Street, by contrast, is an industry trying to protect itself. Its idea of creativity is how to extract more fees, commissions and charges from its customers. Its idea of risk-taking is dubious. There are rigged markets, too-big-to-fail banks, trading debacles, foreclosure fraud, influence peddling and the excessive bonuses derived from all of it.
The Valley gave us Steve Jobs and Google Inc. GOOG, -0.04%. Wall Street gave us Bernie Madoff and Lehman Brothers.
While the "good" Valley and the "bad" Wall Street assessment isn't exactly wrong, it isn't the whole truth. The technology industry overreaches with its promises and oversells itself. Wall Street bankers, by contrast, may not be mistaken for the Sisters of Calcutta, but they do provide trillions of dollars in finance to consumers and companies that keep the economy churning and keep a lot of people employed.
There's also some unfair perceptions of the industries. For instance, Wall Street is considered to be scandal-plagued but leading tech companies such as Apple Inc. AAPL, +0.65%, Hewlett-Packard Co. HPQ, -0.08% and Yahoo Inc. US:YHOO suffer from the same volatility, management turmoil and accusations of exploitative labor practices
Wall Street is widely blamed for triggering a recession (2008) by using extreme leverage and taking undue risks. But the tech bubble that kicked off the millennium had its own problems. Tech companies such as WebVan, Pets.com, Etoys and Go.com were rushed to market at unjustified prices. You didn't see the founders and early investors of those debacles warning the public that the companies were overvalued. Of course, they eventually crashed to earth, helping to trigger a recession (2001) too.
In the same way, bank mistakes, such as Bank of America Corp.'s BAC, -0.90% 2008 purchase of Merrill Lynch & Co., get a bad rap but tech blunders are forgotten. The $162 billion AOL-Time Warner merger of 2000 was heralded as a passing of the torch of an "old economy" business (media and hardware) to the "new economy" model of social networking and the Internet. That 2002 deal cost shareholders what at the time was a record $99 billion and the company thousands of jobs.
And, more recently, we've seen the same hype in the marketplace. Facebook Inc.'s FB, -0.14% $2 billion acquisition of Oculus VR and $19 billion buy of messaging service WhatsApp stand out.
We also tend to overlook financial misdeeds of the Valley too. Hewlett-Packard's $8.8 billion writedown of its 2011 purchase of software maker Autonomy later prompted HP CEO Meg Whitman to say, "There appears to have been a willful sustained effort" to inflate Autonomy's revenue and profitability. "This was designed to be hidden."
Whitman herself illustrates another wart we overlook in Silicon Valley. She's in a very small minority of women who work there. Indeed, the Valley, with just 25% of women in the workforce, has less than half of Wall Street's 53% employment rate for female workers. With gender equity so lopsided, it's no wonder the Valley is subject to criticism of male-dominated cultures, such as Twitter Inc. TWTR, -0.82% or direct discrimination lawsuits, such as the one levied against venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield and Byers.
However, no issue exemplifies the double standard applied to tech and banking than Bitcoin. The cryptocurrency is the most direct expression of Silicon Valley hubris and self-delusion. Aimed at supplanting the Wall Street money system, Bitcoin advocates describe the currency as free and unfettered (like the Internet). In holier-than-thou sermons, leaders such as Marc Andreessen extol Bitcoin's potential as a replacement for conventional bank-payment systems.
The reality is something else: Wild speculation that's led to dramatic volatility, con artists and money laundering and criminals. The banking system may have its faults, but would you feel safer having an account at J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. JPM, -0.10% or Mt. Gox?
Ultimately, Bitcoin stands as an ultimate example of how the so-called idealism of Silicon Valley helps tech get a free pass in our society. Banking, for as much as you and I depend on it, gets our outrage. Yes, it may be deserved, but banking never claimed it would save the world.
In the end, neither industry is perfect. Wall Street's transgressions are disappointing because they fall short of our expectations of fair dealing and honesty.
But Silicon Valley, for all of its contributions, disappoints us, or should, not because of what it achieves, but for the expectations it sets for itself. It's highly admirable those ideals are so lofty, but doubly disappointing that the industry falls so short.
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Much can be said about a name. Especially about a name which isn't really a name at all. Whereas the heroes of Jewish history have had volumes written about them, sometimes it is those untold stories that seem the most compelling. Such was the case during the Purim saga (as related in the Book of Esther), where God's name was not mentioned explicitly even once in the megillah.
Perhaps then it would be much better for all of us to be called anonymous? Maybe we should all keep our secret identities of ourselves? To the world we are Clark Kent, but secretly we really have untold super-powers.
Indeed, in Jewish law, sometimes it is most praiseworthy to do things anonymously. For instance, when giving tzedakah (charity), it is virtuous to do so discreetly so as not to embarrass the recipient. In general, those mitzvot (commandments and good deeds) done unnoticed, seem to have a greater potential to be carried out altruistically.
So on the surface, naming your activities "anonymous" doesn't seem intrinsically wrong. In fact, it could be something most virtuous.
Two Types of Anonymous
Returning to the Purim saga, we can observe two representations of the "anonymous" concept. But as is the nature of most Purim related discussions, they tend to reside on opposite sides of the spectrum. On the good side, as mentioned, is the "anonymous" nature that God played during the story. Before the miracle of Purim, God Himself "hid His face" from Israel. By initially hiding one's true identity, pretending to be someone else, the innermost essence of one's true identity becomes revealed. On Purim we reach the level of the "unknowable head" ("the head that does not know itself nor is known to others"), the state of complete existential hidden-ness of self from self, for the sake of "giving birth" to one's ultimate self anew.
It is clear, whether they consciously realize it or not, that this is the attraction behind the Anonymous group name and logo. But the source for the attraction to this concept doesn't jive well with some or all of their activities. As mentioned, the purpose of this first type of anonymous is to ultimately benefit the world with a greater state of revelation. Individually, this means being able to reveal your secret identity in public; to "give birth" to your superhero self anew. On the macro level, this means making the name of God explicit from within a state of concealment. For out of the darkness of their trial, Mordechai, Esther and the entire Jewish people witnessed and revealed great Divine light to the world.
So if "anonymous" is to be capitalized, the best reason would be to reference the word to the "hidden face" state of God Himself during the exile of the Jewish people.
Above Nature
While it is true that some of the activities seem (at least on the surface) to present signs of altruism, many other activities are not mitzvot or good deeds at all. Such was the case with their #OpIsrael April 7th campaign timed to coincide with Holocaust Remembrance Day. They had promised to "launch a coordinated, massive cyber attack on Israeli targets with the intent of erasing Israel from the internet."
The timing and wording of their campaign was reminiscent of the plot of the wicked Haman during Purim "to destroy, kill and annihilate all Jews, from young to old, infants and women, on a single day, on the 13th day of the 12th month, the month of Adar."
While the date of the 13th of Adar was selected by drawing lots (the name "purim" is Persian for "lots"), Haman was very happy with the results. Adar was a month without Jewish holidays. Also the 7th of Adar was the day when the great leader of Israel, Moses, passed away. What he failed to realize, however, was that the 7th of Adar was also the day when Moses was born. Such began the reversal of fortune that led to Haman and his sons being hanged on the gallows that he himself built.
It is explained at length in Hassidut, how the motivation for casting lots is the drive to reach a place above choice. Instead of choosing the month and date, he was attempting to reach a state above nature and reason. So too seems the case with this campaign from this formless hactivist group. While the organizers realize (in one way or another) that the God of Israel protects His children, they are hoping that this date is similar to the "month without holidays" of the Purim story. Whereas Haman realized that the God of Israel protects His children when they are observing the festivals, he had hoped this the 13th of Adar would be different. Additionally, the timing of this campaign prior to the start of Holocaust Remembrance Day on the 28th of Nissan, seems to relate to Haman's happiness at knowing that Moses passed away in Adar.
But likely unbeknownst to them, the 28th of Nissan, in some ways, is the most auspicious time of the year to counter and transform the threats and trials leveled against the Jewish people, and reveal our super-powers. This is the day when the Lubavitcher Rebbe handed over the task of bringing mashiach to us.
Identity Crisis
So who is Anonymous? There are two extremes. There are those well-meaning individuals, who are trying to make a difference in the world for the better. Then there are the hate mongers, who are using this cover to carry out their nefarious plans. Unfortunately, one doesn't need to look far to see the greatest representation of Haman today (Just instead of the Persian Empire, we now call it Iran). So those leading this campaign likely most associate with Iran (whether they presently live there or not).
The other observation is that this and other similar campaigns has left idealist hackers feeling homeless. Increasingly, they are looking for a place they can call home apart from the hate mongers. This explains the recent interest in legitimizing and legalizing certain forms of hactivism.
Virtual Threats
The final lesson from our discussion is that just as this campaign was targeted at cyber or virtual space, the other threats coming out of Iran and others are just as virtual.
Ultimately, the great reversal of fortune will occur, and much like the Purim story where "the Jews experienced light and joy, gladness and honor" [Esther 8:16], the same will occur again speedily in our days.
Author's note: this submission relied on sources and information from the website inner.org.


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The holiday season has arrived in force and that means two things dear to our hearts—entertaining and giving. Luckily we know how to make one easy concoction to help you with both.
Simple syrup is an essential addition to your home bar and the best way to add the pure sweetness of sugar to any cocktail recipe. Have you ever tried to add a spoonful of sugar or drizzle honey directly into a cocktail shaker? Not so easy. Following the recipe below is easy and a great way to sweeten up your holiday parties and gifts.
Let's start with the basics. Simple syrup in its purest form is nothing more than granulated sugar dissolved in water. In fact, to create this all you need is an equal ratio of sugar to water or 1:1. Follow the 3 steps and ingredients below to get started.
Granulated sugar and water
Optional: cinnamon sticks, vanilla bean, honey
Step 1: In a high-sided saucepan over medium-high heat, combine 1 C. cold water with 1 C. regular granulated sugar.
Step 2: Bring water and sugar to a boil. Turn the heat to low and stir constantly until the sugar dissolves completely and the mixture is clear, approximately 3 to 5 minutes.
Step 3: Let your simple syrup cool to room temperature. Pour into a container, cover and refrigerate. Your tasty syrup batch should keep in the refrigerator for 3 to 4 weeks.
Now that you're familiar with the basic recipe, here's how to add some flavor alterations.
- Vanilla Bean Syrup. Simply add half a whole vanilla bean, sliced along its length, to the basic recipe, putting the bean into the water as you begin to heat it. Remove the bean when the finished syrup cools, or for a more intense vanilla flavor, leave the bean in the bottled syrup for up to a week. Bottled and stored in your fridge, the syrup will last 3 to 4 weeks.
- Cinnamon Syrup: Add a splash of sweet heat to your simple syrup by adding two cinnamon sticks to the water as you begin heating it. Remove the cinnamon sticks when cool, then bottle and store the syrup in your fridge for up to a month
- Honey Syrup: Prepare the syrup just as you would with sugar, but substitute an equal amount of honey for the granulated sugar.
Try this great cocktail recipe at your next holiday party:
Tools: Cocktail shaker and strainer
Glass: Coupe or Martini
Extras: Thinly sliced fresh pears for garnish
Servings: 2 cocktails
4 oz. Pear flavored vodka (Grey Goose LaPoire or Absolut PEARS are both great)
2 oz. Honey Syrup
2 oz. fresh squeezed lemon juice
How to Make It:
Fill cocktail shaker with ice. Add all liquid ingredients. Shake it like you mean it! Strain into coupe or martini glasses. Garnish with pear fan.
If you're still wondering what to give some people on your holiday list, simple syrup makes a wonderful gift for your cocktail-loving friends. Keep several small glass bottles on hand (we found ours for under $5.00 each at The Container Store), add store-bought paper hangtags labeling each syrup and you've got a beautiful and simple homemade gift.
About Gidget + LaRue: Making cocktails that are easy and stress-free is what drives us. We're both busy working moms, so while the idea of whipping up some out of this world, groundbreaking cocktail makes us completely giddy, let's be real—we only have so much time in a day. We've made it our mission to prove that elegant entertaining can be simple.


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I will be training with Max in a few weeks, as his first day of work will be on Dec. 19.
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NAIA Baseball Pitcher & Player of the Week ? No. 7
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Chase Jensen of Oklahoma City has been named the NAIA National Baseball Player of the Week and Manny Perdomo of Point Park (Pa.) has been tabbed National Pitcher of the Week, the national office announced Tuesday. Jensen and Perdomo were selected based on their performances from April 15 – 21 and were chosen out of a pool of conference/independent/unaffiliated group winners.
Jensen, a native of Arlington, Texas, helped Oklahoma City win three of a four-game series at Wayland Baptist (Texas) April 19—20. He led the Stars with a .667 (10-for-15) batting average that included four home runs, two triples, a double and nine RBI. He racked up 27 total bases and a 1.800 slugging percentage, while adding two steals and walking twice.
In game one, the senior shortstop powered the Stars with two home runs, including the second of back-to-back homers in the seventh to extend the Oklahoma City lead to 11-1. Jensen finished the game 3-for-4 with three runs scored and two RBI. He concluded the day with a 2-for-3 effort in the nightcap, including a one-out RBI triple down the right field line, before adding his third home run of the series in the top of the third in game three. Jensen's blast drove in three and gave the Stars a 6-1 advantage. He ended the week just as he started, with three hits, including another home run and a triple.
On the season, Jensen is tied for the team lead with 10 home runs, while ranking second on the squad in RBI (44) and total bases (100).
Perdomo, a junior right-hander, earned his fifth win of the season with a seven-inning, no-hit performance against NCAA Division II Wheeling Jesuit (W.Va.) April 18. The native of Miami, Fla., carried a perfect game into the seventh inning before hitting a batter to start the frame. Perdomo had 10 strikeouts over his seven innings of work.
Perdomo owns a 5-2 record and 1.89 earned run average in 47.2 innings pitched.
For a complete listing of all the national statistical leaders, click here.
The final NAIA Baseball Pitcher and Player of the Week announcement will be on April 30.
Pitcher Nominees: Jason Overton, Bethel (Tenn.); Nathan Falkenstine, Houston-Victoria (Texas); Josh Smetana, West Virginia Tech; Chris Fischer, Science & Arts (Okla.); Dennis Neal, Texas College; Evan Taylor, Viterbo (Wis.); Kyle Kinman, Bellevue (Neb.); Sean Callegari, British Columbia; Manuel Ozoria, Lindsey Wilson (Ky.); Steven Cazares, Sterling (Kan.); Drew Sain, Davenport (Mich.); Tanner Tripp, Arizona Christian; Zach Smith, Southern Poly (Ga.); Andrew Yanes, Warner (Fla.); Dylan Stockton, Midland (Neb.); Adam Burns, Benedictine (Kan.); Danny Herron, Park (Mo.); John Alford, Tougaloo (Miss.); Tristan Speak, Bryan (Tenn.); Rey Rodriguez, Robert Morris (Ill.) ; Caleb Miller, Taylor (Ind.)
Player Nominees: Daniel Schneider, Olivet Nazarene (Ill.); Christian Maciel, Evangel (Mo.); Brandon Villeneuve, Jarvis Christian (Texas); Keaton Neeb, Campbellsville (Ky.); Nolan Skowronek, Jamestown (N.D.); Stephen Shorkey, Houston-Victoria (Texas); Marc Culmer, West Virginia Tech; Stephen Shorkey, Houston-Victoria (Texas); Blake Shepherd, Viterbo (Wis.); Tevin Padgett, Waldorf (Iowa); Jeremy Kral, British Columbia; Victor Barron, Madonna (Mich.); Seth Neely, Arizona Christian; Roeman Fields, Bethany (Kan.); Kevin Lindheim, Embry-Riddle (Fla.); Jordan Doherty, Mount Vernon Nazarene (Ohio); Lance Kays, Park (Mo.); Marlon Leyva, Point Park (Pa.); Chris Manning, Doane (Neb.); Zack Hebert, Tougaloo (Miss.); Seth Davis, Virginia Intermont; Chris Dykes, Southern Poly (Ga.); Matt Thomas, Martin Methodist (Tenn.).
2013 Composite Award Winners (Pitcher; Player)
Week 1 (March 12): Jeremy Gooding, Madonna (Mich.); Nerio Barreto, Talladega (Ala.)
Week 2 (March 19): Elliott Engle, Doane (Neb.); Brady Steiger, Lewis-Clark State (Idaho)
Week 3 (March 26): Rey Rodriguez, Robert Morris (Ill.); Justin Moore, Georgetown (Ky.)
Week 4 (April 2): Cole Swanson, Concordia (Calif.); Wigberto Nevarez, Lubbock Christian (Texas)
Week 5 (April 9): Drew Greiwe, Central Methodist (Mo.); Brian Ferrell, Bethel (Tenn.)
Week 6 (April 16): Mike Lachapelle, Arizona Christian; Tyler Brake, Union (Ky.)
Week 7 (April 23): Manny Perdomo, Point Park (Pa.); Chase Jensen, Oklahoma City


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I know that preparing for interviews can seem like a waste of time sometimes. In the basic sense, it is just having a conversation, so why not just go in with the attitude of: "I'm just gonna go in there, be myself, answer their questions with great stories, and knock the interviewer's socks off." And the answer is, because that probably isn't how it will go at all if you don't do any prep work, like having answers for common questions prepared.
When I was up in Chicago for the MBA Veteran's conference, I participated in a conversation with some fellow combat arms vets that probably could have been titled: The greatest hits of terrible interview question answers. The questions that were asked in the interviews were generally along the lines of:
"Tell me about a time you were in a seemingly impossible situation, how did you find an innovative solution?"
"Tell me about a time when you were under a lot of stress and had to make a difficult decision?"
"Describe a time when you worked as part of a team to meet a seemingly impossible goal?"
"Describe a time when you used your leadership skills in order to resolve a conflict?"
As a former infantryman who went on multiple overseas deployments, I have a fair amount of experience working in adverse situations, making difficult decisions, working as a part of a team, and using leadership skills. But, as the mental Rolodex clicks through my life's story, the first experience that comes to mind for any of those questions is not one that I am going to use in a job interview. The reason I say that isn't because I lack pride in my time as a Marine, or am ashamed of what I did overseas or anything like that. The reason is that the interviewer is not going to be able to understand how to translate those answers into potential value for the company. During a job/internship interview, the potential employee has to show that it would add value to the company to bring them on board. If your answer takes the interviewer to a situation and place that they will never understand, full of acronyms and jargon that sounds like a foreign language, they are not going to be able to grasp the value that you can add to their company through your past experiences. Instead of stories appropriate for the VFW hall, focus on positive stories, that showcase skills like the ability to work as part of a team, be a leader, use time management efficiently, make timely decisions, ect…
So, in my humble opinion, if you are in a situation where you are going to be going to interviews, taking the time to think through some answers to typical behavioral interviewing questions. That is what I have done, and now I have alternative experiences to draw on, and don't need to rely on the first experience that comes to mind when someone asks me about a time when everything was going wrong, and success seemed impossible.
I know this post seems rather veteran-centric, but I think it applies to everyone. It is a good idea to think before you speak in an interview, and make sure that your story conveys a sense of added value to the company that they will be able to understand. That generally isn't something that is going to happen without some prep work ahead of time.


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There are some cases where the delay() function doesn't work, causing programs such as the example "Blink" program to malfunction. See http://arduino.cc/forum/index.php/topic,56841.msg410902.html#msg410902
There are some cases where the delay() function doesn't work, causing programs such as the example "Blink" program to malfunction. See http://arduino.cc/forum/index.php/topic,56841.msg410902.html#msg410902
===Working with Uno/Mega2560===
===Working with Uno/Mega2560===
Revision as of 23:25, 13 August 2011
Arduino is an open-source electronics prototyping platform based on flexible, easy-to-use hardware and software. It's intended for artists, designers, hobbyists, and anyone interested in creating interactive objects or environments.
More information is availible on the Arduino HomePage.
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- 4 See also
Install Template:Package AUR from the AUR.
Add the following modules to your /etc/rc.conf file.
cdc-acm ftdi_sio
Load them manually with modprobe so you don't have to reboot:
# modprobe --all cdc-acm ftt
Running arduino for the first time
If the file /usr/share/arduino/lib/targets/libraries/Wire/utility/twi.o does not exist arduino will try and create it. Normal users don't have permission to write there so this will fail. Run arduino as root so it can create the file, after the file has been created it can be run under a normal user.
Other info
Accessing serial
The arduino board communicates with the PC via a serial connection or a serial over USB connection. So the user needs read/write access to the serial device file. Udev creates files in /dev/tts/ owned by group uucp so adding the user to the uucp group gives the required read/write access.
gpasswd -a <user> uucp
Modify ~/.arduino/preferences.txt
Change serial port from COM1 to your serial port. You can find out what your serial port is with:
ls /dev/ | grep "USB"
This is the line to change in ~/.arduino/preferences.txt:
delay() doesn't work
There are some cases where the delay() function doesn't work, causing programs such as the example "Blink" program to malfunction. See http://arduino.cc/forum/index.php/topic,56841.msg410902.html#msg410902 and http://arduino.cc/forum/index.php?topic=59409.0 Fedora has the same problem with binutils 2.21 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=688645 Downgraded packages that work are binutils-avr 2.20.1-3 and gcc-avr 4.5.1-2. Unknown whether there is an upstream bug report.
Working with Uno/Mega2560
The Arduino Uno and Mega2560 have an onboard USB interface (an Atmel 8U2) that accepts serial data, so they are accessed through /dev/ttyACM0 created by the cdc-acm kernel module when it is plugged in.
The 8U2 firmware may need an update to ease serial communications. See [1] for more details and reply #11 for a fix. The original arduino bbs, where you can find an image explaining how to get your Uno into DFU, is now in a read-only state. If you don't have an account to view the image, see [2].
You can perform a general function test of the Uno by putting it in loopback mode and typing characters into the arduino serial monitor at 115200 baud. It should echo the characters back to you. To put it in loopback, short pins 0 -> 1 on the digital side and either hold the reset button or short the GND -> RESET pins while you type.
Adruino Mega2560 and new gcc-avr
If you are using gcc-avr >= 4.3.5 then there is a C++ bug in the gcc-avr toolchain which builds bad firmware for the Atmel2560 processors. gcc-avr must be rebuilt using a patch found at [3]. You can read more about the problems at [4].
Here is the patch for gcc:
--- gcc-4.5.1.orig/gcc/config/avr/libgcc.S 2009-05-23 17:16:07 +1000 +++ gcc-4.5.1/gcc/config/avr/libgcc.S 2010-08-12 09:38:05 +1000 @@ -802,7 +802,9 @@ mov_h r31, r29 mov_l r30, r28 out __RAMPZ__, r20 + push r20 XCALL __tablejump_elpm__ + pop r20 .L__do_global_ctors_start: cpi r28, lo8(__ctors_start) cpc r29, r17 @@ -843,7 +845,9 @@ mov_h r31, r29 mov_l r30, r28 out __RAMPZ__, r20 + push r20 XCALL __tablejump_elpm__ + pop r20 .L__do_global_dtors_start: cpi r28, lo8(__dtors_end) cpc r29, r17
The easiest way to rebuild gcc-avr is using ABS and makepkg.
Using a Makefile instead of the IDE
Update 2011-03-12. Arduino Is not shipping a Makefile with version (22). The Makefile from the dogm128 project works for me though.
Instead of using the arduino IDE it's possible to use another editor and a Makefile.
Set up a directory to program your Arduino and copy the Makefile into this directory. A copy of the Makefile can be obtained from arduino website or from /usr/share/arduino/hardware/cores/arduino/Makefile
You will have to modify this a little bit to reflect your settings. The makefile should be pretty self explainatory. Here are some lines you may have to edit.
PORT = usually /dev/ttyUSBx, where x is the usb serial port your arduino is plugged into TARGET = your sketch's name ARDUINO = /usr/share/arduino/lib/targets/arduino
Depending on which library functions you call in your sketch, you may need to compile parts of the library. To do that you need to edit your SRC and CXXSRC to include the required libraries.
Now you should be able to make && make upload to your board to execute your sketch.
Associate .pde files with the Arduino IDE
edit /usr/bin/arduino so it looks like this:
/usr/share/arduino/arduino "$*"
Then change the last line in /usr/share/arduino/arduino to look like this:
java -Dswing.defaultlaf=com.sun.java.swing.plaf.gtk.GTKLookAndFeel processing.app.Base "$*"
Now you can run "arduino /some/path/sketch.pde and it should open instead of a blank sketch
Using Scons instead of the IDE
Using scons together with arscons it is very easy to use to compile and upload Arduino projects from the command line. Scons is based on python and you will need python-pyserial to use the serial interface. Install everything with
# pacman -S python-pyserial scons
That will get the dependencies you need too. You will also need Arduino itself so install it as described above. Create project directory (eg. test), then create a arduino project file in your new directory. Use the same name as the directory and add .pde (eg. test.pde). Get the SConstruct script from arscons and put it in your directory. Have a peek in it and, if necessary, edit it. It's a python script. Edit your project as you please, then run
$ scons # This will build the project $ scons upload # This will upload the project to your Arduino
Using CMake instead of the IDE
Using arduino-cmake and CMake you can build Arduino firmware from the command line using multiple build systems.
Running Arduino Uno
Once Arduino is running you must ensure you have selected the correct board from the Tools->Boards menu item:
Arduino Uno
Secondly you must ensure you have selected the correct serial port from the Tools->Serial Port menu item:
Once these are done you should be able to write and upload sketches to your Arduino Uno without any issues.
When building with pak gcc-multilib and binutils-multilib were installed, however testing has revealed that the multilib versions are not required and the Arduino Uno works fine with the regular 64 bit versions of these programs.


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Spotless effort by Minor as Braves clobber Rox
ATLANTA -- Energized by the success of the near-flawless series sweep against St. Louis, the Braves have spent the past three days assaulting Colorado's pitching staff, showing they are the dominant juggernaut that they have aspired to be throughout this season.
The offensive contributions in Wednesday night's 9-0 victory proved to be more than enough for Mike Minor, who surrendered just two singles in seven stellar innings.View Full Game Coverage
ATLANTA -- Energized by the success of the near-flawless series sweep against St. Louis, the Braves have spent the past three days assaulting Colorado's pitching staff, showing they are the dominant juggernaut that they have aspired to be throughout this season.
The offensive contributions in Wednesday night's 9-0 victory proved to be more than enough for Mike Minor, who surrendered just two singles in seven stellar innings.View Full Game Coverage
"I think everybody is just relaxed," Minor said. "Last year and in previous years, I've felt like there's added pressure with us trying to chase a team. Now everybody is chasing us and there's no added pressure. Guys are having fun. Guys are relaxed out there with the bat, and we're relaxed on the mound because of the way we've been playing."
While winning each of the first six games of this homestand, the Braves have gained an 11-game lead over the second-place Nationals in the National League East. More important, they have seen their inconsistent offense assume the appearance of a finely tuned machine.
Since falling behind 5-0 through the first 2 1/2 innings of this series against Colorado, the Braves have outscored the Rockies, 29-6. They have scored at least six runs in an inning each of the past three nights. This marks the first time the Braves have done this in three consecutive games during the live ball era (since 1918).
"This is not the kind of production you're going to get for 162 games," Braves catcher Brian McCann said. "But this is what we're capable of. When we get hot, we're as good of a hitting team as there is in baseball. I hope we keep this momentum going for the rest of the way out."
McCann belted a three-run homer in Tuesday night's victory and then added another in the seven-run third inning that chased Rockies starter Tyler Chatwood on Wednesday. But the performance of the night came from Freddie Freeman, who delivered RBI singles in the first and fourth innings on the way to notching his second career four-hit performance.
Those who have followed Freeman's career closely should not be surprised that he has recorded both of his four-hit games against the Rockies. He has batted .358 with 10 home runs and a 1.263 OPS in 21 career games against Colorado.
"There's no explaining it," Freeman said. "I don't know what it is. I guess I was struggling against St. Louis and we got it clicking a couple of days ago in the video room and the [batting] cage. Unfortunately, the Rockies were the ones [we were playing] when I started clicking again. It seems like I always click against them."
Minor aided Atlanta's 15-hit attack with an RBI single that capped the third-inning uprising. This simply added to the enjoyment as he faced just one more than the minimum and did not allow the Rockies to advance a baserunner past first base during his seven innings.
Since compiling a 4.50 ERA in six starts from June 4 to July 3, Minor has posted a 1.53 ERA in his past five outings. He has gone 18-9 with a 2.54 ERA in 37 starts dating back to July 5, 2012.
"I'm not surprised by any of this," McCann said. "This is what he does. This is who he is. He's a guy who takes the ball and knows exactly what he's trying to accomplish."
While the offense has taken center stage throughout this Rockies series, Atlanta's starting rotation has spent the past week proving that it can persevere in the absence of Tim Hudson, who suffered a season-ending right leg injury last week. The Braves have allowed two runs or fewer in four of the first six games of this homestand. The only two games in which they allowed a higher total were started by rookie Alex Wood, who surrendered three runs in seven strong innings on Tuesday, and Brandon Beachy, who struggled Monday while making his first start following Tommy John surgery.
"[Pitching is] the reason we're where we're at," McCann said. "They keep us in every single ballgame. Our bullpen is lockdown. I think the offense is the last piece that needs to be a little more consistent. I think we're showing we're a dangerous ballclub."
The Braves' lineup has proved to be more fluid since manager Fredi Gonzalez made the much-anticipated decision to move Andrelton Simmons out of the leadoff spot and replace him with Jason Heyward. Time will tell whether it is simply a coincidence that the offense has started to click since this move was made.
But after watching his club compile a .384 on-base percentage and average 6.7 runs through the first six games of this homestand, Gonzalez is not going to tinker with an offense that is starting to live up to expectations.
"We've been clicking on all cylinders, coming out for them early on and keeping it going throughout the game," Freeman said.
Mark Bowman is a reporter for MLB.com.


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Karzai's Complaint Against the U.S.
As the American military presence in Afghanistan has expanded in recent years, the Obama administration's relations with the Afghan president have declined dramatically. As WSJ Kabul correspondent Yaroslav Trofimov explains to Weekend Review editor Gary Rosen, Karzai opposed the "surge" strategy from the start and feels vindicated by its setbacks.
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Fort Hood Shooter Not Allowed to Plead Guilty
(FORT HOOD, Texas) -- Nidal Hasan, the Army psychiatrist accused in the deadly 2009 Fort Hood shooting rampage, will not be allowed to plead guilty, a judge ruled on Wednesday.
Maj. Hasan's attorneys had previously indicated that he would plead guilty to 13 counts of premeditated murder in the case of the deadliest shooting on a U.S. military base. However, the Uniformed Code of Military Justice does not allow the court to accept a guilty plea on capital charges.
Col. Tara Osborn, the presiding judge, also denied the requests made by Hasan's lawyers to move the court martial away from Fort Hood.
Osborn also heard arguments pertaining to an expert witness in the case and said that a decision as to what extent he may testify will be made at a later date.
Hasan had been encouraged to commit an act of jihad by al Qeada-linked radical mosque leader from Virginia, Anwar al Awlaki, who was later killed in a drone strike. Co-workers of Hasan reported to their superiors his increasing Islamic extremism, but no action was taken against him before his rampage.
The next hearing in the case is set for April 16.
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Have you ever wondered how much the ultra-hardcore gamers affect the industry? The NPD Group has released a new report called Gamer Segmentation 2009 that breaks gamers down into groups, and then looks at the behavior of those groups. The findings are interesting... and rather humorous.
It seems that more females are playing games compared to 2008, with a four percent rise in female membership in the groups "Extreme Gamers" and "Heavy Portable." Females rose five percent in "Console Gamers" as well. The reason for the large jump in that area? Most likely the Nintendo Wii.
What does it mean to be an "Extreme Gamer?" The report explains that "Extreme Gamers play an average of 39 hours a week, which is 10 hours more than the next highest segment in terms of hours played, Avid PC Gamers. Purchasing 24 titles throughout Q4 2008, Extreme Gamers purchased more than six times the number of games compared to any other segment." 24 games in a single quarter? Yikes.
The Extreme Gamers have become somewhat less extreme this year, only buying four times as many games as the other segments, "even with the lowest household income," and playing seven hours less a week. Those are some crazy numbers, but they don't impact sales all that much, because only four percent of gamers fall into the Extreme category.


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Forward! The Necessity of Twitter/
By Rob Millis Every filmmaker, distributor, press agent and their mother has seen plenty of posts about how important Twitter is, yet filmmakers constantly ask me why and how to use it. So at the risk of beating a dead horse, I'm going to try and convince that silent majority once and for all.
Twitter is one of the most powerful tools for direct communication with your audience. It is easy to use, conversational and can be lots of fun as well. Twitter enables industry leaders and celebrities to easily and safely engage in conversations with thousands of fans, which means you can easily join the dialogue too. Where else can you exchange ideas with editors of national papers, pop celebrities and your favorite filmmakers? In fact the best part of Twitter is that it makes marketing feel like a casual conversation with fans, because that's exactly what it is.
Contrary to many first impressions, Twitter is not simply a flood of random people sharing what they had for breakfast and whining about their browser crashing, or at least it doesn't have to be. When you are logged in, you'll only see the people you follow, so the key is simply to follow people who genuinely interest you and have something useful to share. For instance, if you follow @tedhope you'll see a steady stream of useful news about independent film (and probably nothing about his breakfast).
Likewise, once you spread the word to your fan base that you are on Twitter, many will begin to follow you, and they'll expect news and discussion about your work. Many filmmakers I talk to have frozen up before posting their first tweet —What do I say? What if it sounds stupid? Who cares what I think about this? If you set aside your marketing strategies for a moment and think of Twitter as a cocktail party, you'll find that this is easier than you think.
The best first step may be to simply say hello to one of the people you want to engage with. You can say hello to me for instance: "@robmillis it's great to find you here on Twitter. I'll be connecting with fans and sharing news about my work here." Then simply share reviews of your work, your thoughts on the industry, share links to new work from the actors and directors you admire or have worked with — your audience will appreciate the engagement and your followers will multiply.
The most important part of using Twitter to build an audience is that you are truly building relationships. With that in mind, remember that this is a digital cocktail party, not a sales call, so constant pitching and self-promotion will usually backfire. When you announce your screening or a new critical review, your followers will only be excited to hear about it if they genuinely have an interest in what you do and what you tweet the rest of the time.
To get started all you need to do is register and then search for a few of your favorite bloggers, filmmakers or friends. To help demonstrate how others are using Twitter effectively, I've included a few recommended accounts for you to follow below. As you begin to follow and exchange messages with people you know, you'll quickly get a sense of how to use the bare bones system, and why Twitter has become so popular.
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Lawmakers and industry officials debated the merits in mid-September of whether there should be a self-regulatory organization (SRO) for advisors, and at least one industry official says to expect SRO legislation from the House this fall.
At a hearing to discuss draft legislation introduced by House Financial Services Committee Chairman Spencer Bachus, R-Ala., calling for one or more SROs for advisors, Rick Ketchum, CEO of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), told lawmakers that FINRA stands ready to take on that role.
Rep. Scott Garrett, R-N.J., chairman of the House Financial Services Capital Markets Subcommittee, which held the hearing, also challenged the SEC's decision to move forward with crafting a fiduciary standard for brokers without offering adequate cost-benefit analysis to support such a rule. While any rule proposal crafted by the SEC must include an economic analysis that gets issued for public comment, David Tittsworth, executive director of the Investment Adviser Association (IAA) in Washington, said at the hearing that the "SEC can be taken to court if [the agency's] cost-benefit analysis is not robust enough."
Despite fiduciary critics, Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chairman Mary Schapiro is moving ahead with crafting a fiduciary standard for brokers. The SEC lists among its planned activities under Section 913 of the Dodd-Frank Act from August to December "proposed rules, as may be appropriate," regarding a fiduciary duty for brokers.
Bachus' draft SRO bill, introduced on Sept. 8, would amend the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 to provide for the registration and oversight of national investment advisor associations, i.e., SROs. The draft states that advisors would have to be members of the SRO, which would report to the SEC. Duane Thompson, senior policy analyst for fi360, says that "it's a safe bet" that an SRO bill will come out of the House this fall.
In testimony before the Capital Markets Subcommittee, Ketchum said that FINRA, as the advisor SRO, would establish "a separate entity with separate board and committee governance to oversee any adviser work, and would plan to hire additional staff with expertise and leadership in the adviser area." What's more, he pledged, "if FINRA becomes an SRO for investment advisers, we would implement regulatory oversight that is tailored to the particular characteristics of the investment adviser business."
Ketchum went on to say that given FINRA's "experience in operating a nationwide program for examinations and our ability to leverage existing technology and staff resources to support a similar program for investment advisers, we believe we are uniquely positioned to serve as at least part of the solution to this pressing problem." While Bachus' draft bill calls for one or more SROs, the only SRO option discussed at the hearing was FINRA.
Indeed, William Dwyer, chairman of the Financial Services Institute (FSI) and head of sales at LPL Financial Services, told lawmakers at the hearing that they should "quickly pass legislation to approve an SRO for advisors," and that the SRO should be FINRA.
Tittsworth, however, stated IAA's "strong" opposition to an SRO for the advisory profession—particularly FINRA—as "substantial drawbacks to an SRO outweigh any potential benefits." These drawbacks, he said, include "insufficient transparency, accountability, and oversight by the SEC and Congress, due process issues in disciplinary proceedings, and the absence of any requirement for a cost-benefit analysis for proposed rules."
Tittsworth told members of the Capital Markets Subcommittee that IAA would assist the subcommittee in drafting, as an alternative to an SRO, legislation calling for properly structured user fees. Tittsworth said such a bill should include provisions that: (1) specifically preclude any investment advisor SRO if such fees are imposed; (2) clarify that such user fees will be dedicated to an increased level of investment advisor examinations (instead of simply being used as substitute funding for the existing level of examinations); and (3) set forth specific reporting requirements and review of any such user fees by Congress and the public.
But Rep. Bachus said that user fees are "unworkable" and amount "to an extension of the SEC, which needs reform."
Barbara Roper, director of investor protection for the Consumer Federation of America (CFA), reiterated CFA's position at the hearing that while CFA believes adequate funding for the SEC would negate the need for an SRO, CFA agrees with IAA that the user-fee approach "offers the best option for funding enhanced inspections [of investment advisors] in a way that promotes investor protection while minimizing added costs to industry." As a general principle, she said, "we believe in funding government agencies to do their jobs rather than farming out those responsibilities to private entities. Moreover, as a government agency, the SEC is more transparent and more accountable than a private regulator is likely to be."
Dan Barry, managing director of government relations and public policy for the Financial Planning Association (FPA), says that there seemed to be some consensus at the hearing that "transparency is going to be important for any SRO that might have oversight of advisors."
Indeed, Bachus said that if lawmakers are able to come to a "bipartisan agreement" on an SRO "there would have to be protection for state regulators and enhanced oversight over FINRA." When asked by Bachus at the hearing if FINRA would be willing to accept enhanced oversight by the SEC, Ketchum replied: "Yes, we would."
Subcommittee Chairman Garrett stated during the hearing that an SRO is needed for advisors because the SEC "has a lot on its plate—some would argue too much," and that shifting oversight of advisors from the SEC to an SRO is necessary as exams of advisory firms are "not getting done." That's where FINRA's stable of 1,000 examiners could help, added LPL's Dwyer.
Dwyer also noted that while the SEC and self-regulatory organizations currently examine "more than half of the nation's approximately 4,900 registered broker-dealer firms at least once a year, the SEC projects it will examine fewer than 10% of the more than 11,000 federally registered investment adviser firms during the fiscal years 2009 and 2010. The percentage of advisers audited is expected to fall to 7% in 2011."
Dwyer, along with lawmakers and others who testified, voice deep concerns with the Department of Labor's (DOL) controversial rule amending the definition of fiduciary. Dwyer told lawmakers that the "DOL should withdraw and re-propose its fiduciary proposal," while CFA's Roper said CFA has "very significant concerns about DOL's proposal."
While lawmakers and industry officials have expressed concerns for months regarding the DOL's fiduciary rule proposal, "by most accounts the Department intends to press forward," FPA's Barry says.


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WASHINGTON — Drug-resistant staph bacteria picked up in ordinary community settings are increasingly acquiring "superbug" powers and causing far more serious illnesses than they have in the past, doctors reported Monday.
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These widespread germs used to be easier to treat than the dangerous forms of staph found in hospitals and nursing homes.
"Until recently we rarely thought of it as a problem among healthy people in the community," said Dr. Rachel Gorwitz of the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Now, the germs causing outbreaks in schools, on sports teams and in other social situations are posing a growing threat. A CDC study found that at least 10 percent of cases involving the most common community strain were able to evade the antibiotics typically used to treat them.
"They're becoming more resistant and they're coming into the hospitals," where they swap gene components with other bacteria and grow even more dangerous, said Dr. Keith Klugman, an infectious disease expert at Emory University. "It's really a major epidemic."
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The germ is methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, or MRSA. People can carry it on their skin or in their noses with no symptoms and still infect others — the reason many hospitals isolate and test new patients to see if they harbor the bug.
MRSA mostly causes skin infections. Cleveland Browns tight end Kellen Winslow was just hospitalized for a staph infection, his second in recent years, and the team reportedly has had at least six cases in the past three years.
But the germ can be life-threatening if it gets into the bloodstream, lungs or organs. Pneumonia, sinus infections and even "flesh-eating" wounds due to MRSA are on the rise, doctors reported Monday at an infectious diseases conference in Washington.
About 95,000 serious infections and 20,000 deaths due to drug-resistant staph bacteria occur in the United States each year.
To treat them, "we've had to dust off antibiotics so old that they've lost their patent," said Dr. Robert Daum, a pediatrician at the University of Chicago.
The CDC used a network of hospitals in nine cities and states to test samples of the most common community MRSA strain, USA300, over the last few years.
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MRSA usually is resistant only to penicillin-type drugs. But 10 percent of the 824 samples checked also could evade clindamycin, tetracycline, Bactrim or other antibiotics.
Facts about MRSA"The drugs that doctors have typically used to treat staph infections are not effective against MRSA," and family doctors increasingly are seeing a problem only hospital infection specialists once did, Gorwitz said.
Even more worrisome: many of these community strains had features allowing them to easily swap genes and become even hardier.
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- Doctors from Spain reported the first hospital outbreak of MRSA resistant to linezolid, a last-resort drug sold by Pfizer Inc. as Zyvox in the United States and Zyvoxid in Europe. A dozen intensive care patients got pneumonia and bloodstream infections last spring and the outbreak was controlled after use of the antibiotic was severely curbed, said Dr. Miguel Sanchez of Hospital Clinico San Carlos in Madrid.
- Georgetown University saw a spike in sinus infections due to MRSA. The germ accounted for 69 percent of the staph-caused cases in the hospital between 2004 and 2006 compared with 30 percent from 2001 to 2003.
- Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit found that more than half of staph-caused pneumonia cases from 2005 through 2007 were due to MRSA.
- Doctors from Case Western Reserve University and the VA Medical Center in Cleveland found that by the time hospitals isolated and tested new patients to see if they harbored MRSA, many had already contaminated their skin and surroundings. Within about a day of being admitted, roughly a third had already started to spread the germ.
Hospital screening is controversial, and has had mixed success, said Dr. M. Lindsay Grayson, an infectious diseases expert at the University of Melbourne in Australia.
The nation's Veterans Affairs hospitals began universal MRSA testing in 2007. Illinois and some other states have adopted or are considering laws requiring hospitals to test high-risk and intensive-care patients for MRSA.
The conference is a joint meeting of the American Society for Microbiology and the Infectious Diseases Society of America.
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Farmingdale, N.Y. - Senior guard Nicky Young (Queens, N.Y.) recorded a double-double with a game-high 28 points and 10 rebounds as Farmingdale State earned a 72-59 victory over Albertus Magnus this evening. The Rams improved to 4-4 on the year, while the Falcons fell to 3-10.
Tied 39-39 early in the second half, a 5-0 Farmingdale State run put the Rams ahead 44-39 with 15:15 left to play. Albertus Magnus closed within two, 52-50, before a Lushanta Savadel (Bellport, N.Y.) layup and free-throw and a pair of free-throw's by Jeanette Spillane (Islip Terrace, N.Y.) increased the lead to seven with 9:25 remaining. Albertus Magnus junior guard Taylor Jagoe (Milford, Conn.) answered with a 3-pointer but the Rams responded with a 15-0 run to open up their largest lead of the game at 72-53. The Falcons scored the final six points but fell, 72-59.
Farmingdale State junior guard Camille Romero (Queens, N.Y.) scored 14 points, while Spillane added 11 points, eight rebounds and six steals. Savadel added five points and 10 boards in the victory.
Senior guard Lianna Carrero (Hamden, Conn.) scored a team-high 22 points and became the all-time leading scorer at Albertus Magnus. Senior forward Annie Raucci (Milford, Conn.) tallied a double-double with 12 points and 13 rebounds.
The Rams next will host Manhattanville in a non-conference game on Thursday, January 9th at 5:00 p.m.