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Author Chang asks 'What Does an American Look Like?' April 30
Posted April 30, 2003; 10:31 a.m.
Author Iris Chang will deliver a lecture titled "What Does an American Look Like?" as the closing event for Asian Pacific American Heritage Month at 8 p.m. Wednesday, April 30, in McCosh 50.
Chang is the author of the best seller "The Rape of Nanking" and a new book, "The Chinese in America." Her lecture will take a fresh look at what it means to be an American and draw a complex portrait of hardships faced by minorities.
Chang has been awarded the John T. and Catherine D. MacArthur Foundation's Program on Peace and International Cooperation Award and the Woman of the Year Award from the Organization of Chinese Americans. Her work also has appeared in many publications, such as Newsweek, The New York Times and the Los Angeles Times.
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Quirinus Quirrell's second mountain troll was a troll used to guard the Philosopher's Stone in 1991. It was the obstacle of Quirinus Quirrell. It was in between Minerva McGonagall's giant chess set and Severus Snape's potion riddle.
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- In the book and GBC video game, the troll has already collapsed on the floor when Harry and Hermione get there, courtesy of Quirrell. However, in the PS1 game adaptation, the troll wakes up when Harry and Hermione get there. The troll is still groggy so while Hermione tries to unlock the next door, Harry levitates the litter present in the room from out of the troll's way, without making noise. The troll doesn't notice a hole on the floor and falls into it.
- The troll and the room it guards is completely omitted from the film adaptation of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone.
- Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (First appearance)
- Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (video game) (GBC and PS1 versions only)
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Yamaha CS-20m
The CS-20m is another of Yamaha's classic CS-series analog synthesizers of the '70's and '80's. It is a monophonic analog synthesizer with dual-VCOs that use subtractive synthesis to create superb bass, synth, lead, bubbly-squirty and percussive sounds. It has all the essential components of a classic synth: There is a resonant filter with switchable high, band or lowpass filtering with its own ADSR envelope controls. There is an ADSR VCA envelope generator which contains a third oscillator which generates a sine wave to modulate and enhance your sounds. And there is an LFO which can modulate the PWM sweep. Fortunately, the CS-20m features 8 memory locations for patch storage of your favorite or most used sounds.
Stacked up against the other CS-synths, the CS-20m appears to be a very little brother to the CS-70m (a 12-VCO and very flexible beast). The CS-20m offers more memory patches than any other CS-synth (excluding newer CS1x and CS6x models). As for other synths, the CS-20m could be considered Minimoog-like, though it sounds much brighter and thinner than the Mini. If the Minimoog's price is out of your league, the CS-20m is not just a nice alternative but it is quite a classic and solid analog synth! It is used by The Crystal Method.
Lookup Yamaha CS-20m Prices
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- Demos & Media
Audio Clip 1 - Some demo sounds from the CS-20m performed by Moimir Papalescu.
Manual - Download the original owner's manual from SoundProgramming.net.
- Specifications
- Polyphony - Monophonic
- Oscillators - 2 +1 sine osc. in VCA section
- Filter - 1 filter with low, band or hi pass; ADSR envelope
- VCA - 1 ADSR; additional sine wave generator
- Keyboard - 37 keys
- Memory - 8 patches
- Control - CV / Gate
- Date Produced - 1979
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By Ben Levisohn
China's regulators are bobbing for Apple (AAPL)–and it won't be pretty for the U.S. tech giant, according to a Citigroup report.
On March 28, China's State Administration for Industry and Commerce said Apple should be investigated for "illegal acts." This report followed a March 15 program on China Central Television, which claimed the tech giant treats Chinese consumers worse than others, while the People's Daily criticized Apple's response to the claims last week. Note that these are all state-linked enterprises.
Citigroup's Glen Yeung sees the attacks as another reason to be wary Apple. He writes:
While Apple has offered 2 statements in their defense, we have concerns about the impact of this propaganda on Apple's China market share. Recall that a similar campaign hit HP in 2010, leading to a ~50% reduction in their PC share in China. Apple derives ~16% of its sales in China (CY12) and China accounted for ~24% of Apple's revenue growth in the past 2 years (2010-2012). If Apple were to lose as much as 50% of their China market share, this would equate to ~$13.1B/$3.62 in revenues/EPS.
The attacks might also prevent Apple from hooking up with China Mobile (CHL), Yeung says, and could damage Apple's brand longer-term.
Apple is just the latest company to have its life made difficult by Chinese authorities. In recent months, Google (GOOG), Coca-Cola (KO) and Yum! Brands (YUM) have also been targeted.


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Researchers from the Translational Genomics Research Institute, the Technical University of Denmark, and elsewhere used whole-genome sequence typing to retrace the evolutionary history of a methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strain currently found in livestock back to its antibiotic-susceptible roots in humans. (GenomeWeb article - subscription needed to read)....
New insights into the genomic anatomy of Escherichia coli O157:H7 outbreaks
A team of U.S. scientists published data presenting the genomic blueprints and outbreak dynamics of the human pathogen Escherichia coli O157:H7 in previously unprecedented detail (new PNAS paper)...
Unraveling genomic code of E. coli bacteria that caused deadly outbreak in Germany
A team led by University of Maryland School of Medicine Institute for Genome Sciences researchers has unraveled the genomic code of the E. coli bacteria that caused the ongoing deadly outbreak in Germany that began in May 2011. To date, 53 people have died in the outbreak that has sickened ...
Video interview about the German E. coli outbreak and international research initiative
Interview with Dr. David Rasko, lead author of paper in NEJM - using latest analytic tools, experts in microbial pathogens decipher strains.
Biotech Now: Podcast interview of Dr. Herve Tettelin Discussing Reverse Vaccinology
Dr. Tettelin, with the Institute for Genome Sciences at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, discusses his research in reverse vaccinology and his pioneering work with pan-genome research. In a podcast produced for BIO 2011, he discusses how DNA sequencing's evolution impacts vaccine development.
Inside Job: Teams of Microbes Pull Strings in the Human Body
You are being manipulated from within by your "frenemies", the microbes.... Tina Saey's article in Science News
Moving pictures of the microbiome
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Human Microbiome Project Data Available to Research Community
The Human Microbiome Project (HMP), funded through the National Institutes of Health Common Fund's Roadmap for Medical Research, is now releasing reads and assembled sequences from whole metagenome shotgun sequencing of 690 microbiomes and ~ 72 million reads from targeted 16S sequencing of 5034 microbiomes from healthy human subjects for ...
IGS and OpGen Collaborate to Develop Microbial Sequence Database
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Stress related genes in strawberries
Crops growing in the field can face dramatic changes in temperature, lack of water, or increased salt in the soil resulting from irrigation. Under these stressful conditions crops cannot grow well and their ability to produce seed and fruit is decreased. Because plants cannot move they have evolved genes that ...
The Clinical Push (Genome Web article)
Tracy Vence of GenomeWeb summarizes the connection between the Human Microbiome Project research, metagenomics and clinical implications and applications.
Two new studies seek to validate the results of retracted 2004 paperon parasite-to-host gene transfer
The microparasite that causes Chagas disease really can integrate bits of its genetic material into its host's genome, where it can then be inherited by the host's offspring, according to two studies published in PLoS ONE and PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases (PLoS NTD).
Research Unlocking the Mysteries Surrounding Lyme Disease
Researchers recently developed novel diagnostic tools able to distinguish between the various strains of bacteria responsible for causing Lyme disease. For more than a decade, only one strain of B. burgdorferi (Lyme bacteria) had been sequenced (mapped), and although that helped research efforts, it was not sufficient to understand the ...
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The 11th meeting of the Genomic Standards Consortium will be meeting at the Wellcome Trust to discuss the usability of important 'omics data.
11th Genomic Standards Consortium Mtg
The Wellcome Trust will be hosting the next meeting of the Genomic Standards Consortium on April 4 - 6 2011, covering the value of standardized and consistent metadata, functional annotation standards and other topics, which will be held near Cambridge in the UK. For info, please visit www.welcome.ac.uk/conferences.
First Scientific Paper about 2001 Anthrax Investigation Published Today
Researchers at the Institute for Genome Sciences at UMSOM and their collaborators at the FBI, the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases and Northern Arizona University have published the first scientific paper based on their investigation into the anthrax attacks of 2001. The case was groundbreaking in its ...
Combining Microbiological Research Background with Bioinformatics
This is guest blog post i wrote for Biocareers website (for life sciences industry). Its intention is to highlight how people can combine interest in microbiology with growing field of bioinformatics. Comments welcome.
Bioinformatics - Curation Generation
With biological databases growing in size and number, curators are needed to update and correct their contents. For biologists with computer expertise, curating biological data can be ideal combination of their skills....
Decoding Pneumonia's Defenses
Researchers seuquence more than 200 strains of streptococcus pneumoniae and reveal ways that the mircobe evades attempts to defeat it. Findings show how the microbe swaps chunks of DNA with other strains, allowing it to evolve defenses against antibiotics and vaccines. Emily Singer of MIT Technology Review interviews scientists ...
NIAID Grantees Trace Evolution of the Plague
NIAID-funded scientists completed a study on evolution of Yersinia pestis...Researchers analyzed one of the largest collections ever assembled of the bacteria that causes plague.
Whole genome sequence of Borrelia burgdorferi...
Human Lyme disease is caused by a number of related Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato species. We report here the complete genome sequence of Borrelia sp. isolate SV1 from Finland.
Genomic view of humand and their microbes
Claire Fraser-Liggett's presentation to the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology's annual meeting titled "The Role of Microbial Communities in Health and Disease", with particular emphasis on microbes in the GI tract.
The Human Microbiome Project & DACC
Dr. Owen White of the Institute for Genome Sciences at the University of Maryland School of Medicine describes how the Data Analysis & Coordination Center supports the Human Microbiome Project, working with sequencing data from microbiology researchers. (info about HMP-DACC is at http://www.hmpdacc.org/)
Microbiological Resilience
Ecological perspective on humans, their microbial and physical environments
Symposium on the Microbiome - the Good, the Bad & the Beautiful
Full day symposium, free to the public, held at Mountcastle Auditorium at Johns Hopkins University. Speakers include Drs. Brendan Cormack, Tom Cebula, Craig Townsend, Cindy Sears, Ying Zhang (all from JHU), Jacques Ravel, Claire Fraser-Liggett, Jim Kaper (IGS & UMSOM), Barak Cohen (Wash U), Dave Newman (NCI) and others. For ...
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Chlamydia Basic Society planning annual mtg
The Chlamydia Basic Society is planning their annual meeting in California in March 2011. Abstracts will be accepted until November 30, 2011.
International Team Tracks Plague Pathogen Patterns Using Sequencing and Phylogenetics
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Scientists have determined the genetic structures of the bacteria that causes Lyme disease
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"Microbial Communities as Drivers of Ecosystem Complexity" Keystone Symposia
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Human Microbiome data repository site - HMP DACC
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Hunt for genetic causes of diseases narrows targets
The falling cost of genome sequencing has kicked off a new phase in the search for the genetic underpinnings of complex diseases such as asthma, diabetes and autism.... Published in Nature May 18th from the Biology of Genomes meeting in Cold Spring Harbor by Alla Katsnelson
Gates Grand Challenge Grant Awarded
The Institute for Genome Sciences at UMSOM has received a $100,000 Grand Challenges Explorations grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The grant will support an innovative global health research project conducted by Julie Dunning Hotopp, Assistant Professor, titled "Targeting Bacterial Genes Found on Filarial Chromosomes for the Treatment ...
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Very nicely put Joe! I like this - clear, concise, rational and to the point. I suspect that Catholics may take issue with the idea that we were all born atheists -they would probably argue that if your parents are catholic then you are born catholic, an idea that I find disturbing.
I also like Richard Dawkins idea that even religious people are atheistic since they reject the other 3,000+ gods that humans have worshiped through history. Atheists have just gone one god further!
What gets me about us saying we are atheist to a religious person is that we tend to be labeled as insensitive, cold-hearted people. This is why some may find it easier to follow the herd. Great arguments, Joe. :)
Never thought to ask if they thought god has a penis!
I want to tell them, "I don't agree that atheists are immoral or insensitive. And many believers are insensitive".
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"The Quantum Coreworld, or simply the Coreworld, is an abstract world inhabited by assembly language programs; this languagean extended version of Corewar's Redcodepermits programs to use quantum operations on quantum bits (qubits)"

Does the underlying physics of a living system change its properties in a qualitative way? Could a different physics permit entirely new types of life? The aim of the Quantum Coreworld project is to engineer, or discover, toy quantum lifeforms. The success of such organismsat exploiting available resources before competitors or at cooperating with genetically identical friendsmust depend on their use of quantum operations. If this endeavor required delicate control of large quantum systems, there would be no way to get started with current technology. As it happens, however, interesting quantum operations can be simulated on an ordinary digital computer.
The Quantum Coreworld gets its name from the game Corewar and the first Corewar-like artificial world of Rasmussen, Knudsen, Feldberg, and Hindsholm (1990). The Quantum Coreworld ecology is run 24x7 on participating Internet servers at http://science.fiction.org. The software, pQmars, used to run the ecology and to develop and debug new lifeforms is available under the GPL license. A book, "The Coreworld: Quantum Teleportation and Artificial Souls", is in progress and will be available under the GNU FDL.
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The Quantum Coreworld, or simply the Coreworld, is an abstract world inhabited by assembly language programs. This language--an extended version of Corewar's Redcode--permits programs to use quantum operations on quantum bits (qubits). The goal of the project is to engineer, or discover, toy quantum lifeforms.
As a developer you will learn about an important class of artificial life simulators and the growing field of Quantum Information Processing. No prior knowledge of ALife or QIP is required but programming experience in the component technologies is a big plus. Please contact await @ genetics.med.harvard.edu if interested.
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The transition of many practitioners from modern graffiti styles to street art experimentation is still strongly rooted in old‑school graffiti culture. Following the established codes of conduct, many street artists hold fast to the rules of the game that define the graffiti culture at its purist core: skill in placement, originality of style and degree of risk associated with the creative act. The graffiti writer or street artist is rewarded with notoriety and most importantly, respect from other writers and artists operating in the scene.
A handful of Australian artists including Perth-based Yok, have managed an effective blend of the established graffiti culture and more-recent street art techniques, extending their practice with street art experiments through a simple yet highly effective adjustment of their original graffiti spray‑painted forms. Melbourne's Everfresh crew: Meggs, Phibs, Prism, Rone, Reka, Makatron and Sync form a collective that successfully bridges the notoriety and inherent chaos of the graffiti culture and the progressive and viable experimentation of street art. These artists occupy an interesting position in connecting old and new subcultures and have played a major role in revolutionising the Australian street art scene.
Paint fumes, spilt bong water, pigeon shit, mixtapes, fatcaps and longnecks…
REKA, in response to a question about what motivates the Everfresh group.
I make t-shirts. I get people to bring in the t-shirt and give me a six-pack of beer. HaHa is not interested in commercial success.
When I want to cause trouble I am G2S (Goodie two-Shoes). When I carry the spray can, when I want to be naughty, there is a part of that, that I can't resist.
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Influences on my style? Well, there are a lot of influences: travel to Barcelona, living in Melbourne, Vikings, Mad magazine, Barry McGee, 50's advertising characters like Mr Sheen and a healthy obsession with beards and coffee.


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Yamaha TX16W
The '16' in TX16W stands for 16-voices, which is nice, but unfortunately it does not apply to this late-eighties sampler's specs. It's only 12-bit (as opposed to 16-bit) and shipped with a slim 1.5 MB of RAM. Albeit, this is a sampler more than 15 years old. Supposedly marking Yamaha's entry into professional rack-mount samplers, the TX16W seems to take its rack-design from Yamaha's REV-series effects processors. A narrow 2-line LCD display, numeric keypad and about a dozen other buttons makes for a lousy sample-editing experience - yet this was how it was done in 1987/88. With internal RAM expandable up to 6 MB's, floppy disk storage, digital filters, and 8-part multitimbral operation, the TX16W was good for its time but is certainly now, a dinosaur.
This 12-bit sampler has a variable 50 kHz sampling-rate without aliasing, eight monophonic outputs, polyphonic stereo out and an external audio input (Mic, Line) on the front-panel. The original TX16W's System OS had to be loaded from 720kb disks in non-DOS format, and frequently needed reloads from the System disk. Moreover this OS is one of the worst ever made. Alternative: Typhoon 2000, a freeware OS provides much easier handling, support for RS422 (you can connect it directly to the built-in MIDI interface of a Mac for SCSI-like communication), 17 factory filters and support for the AIFF audio format. Typhoon is a must have to stay healthy while working with this sampler. It is good for M1-type pianos, percussion sounds, voice samples and your basic 80's style sounds. It has been used by Jimmy Edgar.
Lookup Yamaha TX16W Prices
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- Demos & Media
Manual - Download the original owner's manual from SoundProgramming.net.
- Specifications
- Polyphony - 16 voices
- Sampler - 12-bit, 50kHz (mono), 33.3kHz (stereo), variable.
- Memory - 1.5 MB (expandable) for 16.3 seconds at 16.7kHz in mono. External 3.5" disks.
- Filter - 17 including resonant types, one per voice
- Sequencer - None
- Effects - Filter, Phaser, all possible thru Typhoon 2000
- Keyboard - None
- Control - MIDI IN/OUT/THRU (8-part multitimbral), Remote start/stop
- Date Produced - 1987/88
- Websites of Interest
- Shop for Keyboards, MIDI & Gear
Guitar Center: Synths and MIDI
Sweetwater: Hot items in Keyboars section
The Musician's Friend: Keyboard gear
AMS: Brand synths and accessories
The Woodwind & Brasswind Store
music123.com: Synth Blow Out Deal Section
zZounds: Keyboards and MIDI equipment
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Huawei, the privately held (actually, employee-owned), China-based telecom and handset vendor, on Monday unveiled its latest top-tier smartphone at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, the Ascend Mate 2.
The original Ascend Mate was introduced here a year ago and instantly became one of the most prominent examples of the large-screen phones dubbed "phablets" because they seem to inhabit the world of phones and tablets.
The Mate 2 brings a plethora of new features, as described in the post above. Among them is the ability to take a picture of oneself that is panoramic. The front camera on the device has unusually high resolution for a front-facing camera, at 5 megapixels. (The rear camera is a 13-megapixel model.)
As you'd expect, one makes this "panoramic selfie," as Huawei calls it, by tilting the phone, much as one does with an ordinary panoramic photo function, and smart software stitches the frames together. The assembling of the image is slightly slower than with, say, Apple's (AAPL) iPhone's normal, non-selfie panorama; there's a moment between when the images have been captured and when the resultant panorama appears in the photo roll. But the effect is still rather nifty.
The question becomes, if it's not just you in the picture but your whole family, say, does the dictionary need a new word for these pictures? Selvies?
Below is a video of the demonstration I received at Huawei's booth at the convention center.


text: Earl, is there a DVD to help choose a training group?I haven't used white buckets or traffic cones in 35 years of teaching blind work. Used to do it until saw a few dogs run to the big white sign at public grounds on more then one occasion. The problem most newer folks have is all the loose jargon with drills, whatchma call its, and various terminology floating around the country. The basics seem mostly the same for the various DVD's out there, the problem arises when basics ends and transition (buzz word) takes over. For some of us that have trained our share of retrievers, saw the good and bad, and are able to adapt no problem. I am teaching water blinds to a two year old now. Yes we have done all the buzz words, basics, swimbys, tune-ups,walkarounds, sight included. Water blinds are the most difficult concept to grasp for young dogs and since all my training is geared for All-age training, and we do run UKC and AKC hunt tests too. For the most part I have never trained for just hunt tests, but, have run hunt tests with all-age dogs. I do admit my knowledge is limited to training from bottom up to a Master or Finished? we have never trained just for those venues. Having said that I think many folks are getting confused in the transition process. This is my opinion, on higher level training for hunt tests. I don't believe it is necessary to train at a field trial level for water blinds, land blinds, or marks of great distance with various types of land or water contours. I believe many are getting confused and should be realistic on their venue goals. Perhaps at the grand Level and the master national Level some advanced work might be in order. For the weekend hunt tester though a good solid transition training level, at a field trial level might be in order. I sold a promising young derby dog a few years back to a very prominent hunt test pro. The field trial buyer backed out after the dog spent a month at a field trial pro's place. The excuse did not make sense and I think it was a personal thing with the potential buyer. Price was cut, gave a demo with the dog to the hunt test pro, he agreed to take the dog for a month to evaluate her. He had the dog for a few days and bought her. She was about ready for a qualifying. Judged the dog, ran against the dog in hunt tests, a few years later, and it was my opinion the dog never went much above the training she received from me. She finished I think about 3 or 4 master nationals maybe more haven't checked on the exact number. Maybe with all the training DVD's at higher levels is not needed, choose your realistic venue, get in a good training group that supports you and have fun without all the hoopla of what program are you in and just train your dog.


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Well another Thanksgiving come and gone... Many things to be thankful for- including getting my house's payments back out of their in-arrears status that they've been in since the start of the painful saga of the downturn back 5 years ago.
It just goes to show you, just when you thought things were done...
I finish the VBO support fixes (the bug alluded to in the previous entry...) only to have a stupid network problem crop up. This one requires us to either jump through hoops to get it to work right or replace OpenPlay with something else. Well, I happen to have the something else in place, and I think it works, but now the silly thing crashes on start with at least Mandriva, but not Fedora Core. The burning joys of ABI issues with C++... We're getting something out, by hook or crook- and it's going to be to our standards. It's just that it's not happening like I'd thought it would in my last entry... :-)
Got the PCMCIA working with the stock Mandriva stuff (Why they defaulted to turning the support off, I don't know...), but I'm still out of the running on ATI support. Seems that while the drivers say they support ATI, it's apparently at least a little different with my setup the way it is... And, I still wish Broadcom would support us better- it'd be nice to not need my old Prism 2 card... The thing's really, really nice though. More than enough horsepower for most of what I need it for, DVD playback capabilities, four (!) USB2 slots, 1 Firewire, and niceties like being able to turn off the touchpad with the push of a button so that typing (like this) isn't an arduous task becuse of the touchpad taking the occasional tap from your hands as a mouse move and messing up your work.


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New initiative to help Binghamton University retirees, boomers
BINGHAMTON, NY – Binghamton University is hoping a new human resources initiative will be a jump-start in preparing for the fast-approaching retirement of their Baby Boomer population. With the creation of a new part-time retiree services coordinator position, the University hopes it can keep retirees connected to the campus. In turn, the University is hoping former faculty and staff will remain more actively involved with the campus community.
Presently, Binghamton University has over 500 retirees extending back to the late 1990s and has already experienced the impact that a loss of valued people moving into this new phase of their life can have on the campus community. The University is also gearing up for the prospect of having nearly a third of its 2,300 current full- and part-time faculty and professional employees eligible for retirement in the not-too-distant future.
By starting this program now, Sylvia Hall, assistant vice president for human resources, is hoping that it will grow and mature before the wave of Baby Boomers begins retiring. She notes, too, that the Baby Boomers are expected to retire differently than previous generations.
"We're hearing that the generation retiring in the next few years often aren't interested in completely stopping their work lives," said Hall. "Although they may no longer wish to work full-time, year-round, they might consider "episodic" employment in which they'd work on special projects or fill-in for someone for a period of weeks or months."
According to Hall, many find they have done a fairly good job planning for the financial dimensions of retirement, but need a little help keeping their lives productive and fulfilling after the leave their positions. She is hoping the development of a part-time employment pool might help in that regard.
Serving as the new retiree services coordinator, Corinna Kruman has begun meeting retirees during their regular exit interviews held with employee benefits staff. The goal is to provide them with a face attached to the function, making follow-up more comfortable. Hall and Kruman said they want retirees to be aware of existing privileges such as discounted tickets for performances on campus, library privileges and e-mail accounts. They also may eventually offer a lunchtime speaker series, cooking classes and opportunities to volunteer or mentor younger workers. During this exchange, the University will also be able to gauge whether the retiree would have an interest in working on special tasks or 'fill-in' projects.
"There are many ways we can help retirees remain part of the University, honor their contributions and use their wisdom to advance others," Hall said. "People often devote a huge portion of their lives to the University and it seems only right that we give them something back."
Kruman's consultations will augment sessions already offered by some departments and divisions, Hall said, and bring a consistent, human touch to the process.
"I see this as a terrific opportunity to build community," said Hall. "The University needs to help people plan for the next phase of their lives, and perhaps a new paradigm of work or meaningful volunteerism can emerge for them along the way."


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Anatolia Collection brings old world sophistication and quality in new tufted rugs. This collection captures the authentic look and feel of the decorative rugs made in the late 19th century in this region. Hand spun wool and an ancient pot dying technique together with a densely woven thick pile, gives Anatolia rugs their authentic finish. This is a great addition to your home whether in the country side or busy city.
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Some Notes About This Weekend's Shootboxing Card; Andy Souwer, RENA and More
- Written by Dave Walsh
This weekend we finally get a break in the action a bit and Shootboxing in Japan will put on a rather big card for them. The main event is Andy Souwer facing off against Yoshihiro Sato. This is a big fight for both men and both could really use a win to keep their heads above water. Andy Souwer has discussed maybe moving over to MMA at some point and has found a good training partner by the way of UFC Featherweight Champion Jose Aldo. Aldo has once again asked Souwer to train him, this time in preparation for his next fight and Souwer has of course accepted.
Sato is coming off of a controversial loss to Armen Petrosyan at Fight Code's Oktagon Milan show in March. Armen used a lot of Muay Thai sweeps and really, for all intents and purposes fought a "dirty" fight. Sato looked good and landed more clean, powerful shots, but the cards were simply stacked against Sato that night. Sadly for Sato the cards are a bit stacked against him again for this fight, as it is Shootboxing rules, which means standing submissions and throws do indeed count. Against a Shootboxing veteran like Andy Souwer he needs to be careful.
Women's Shootboxing S-Cup Champion RENA makes her return to the ring, but not as expected. It looks like her opponent, Sun Young Kim has pulled out of the fight. This is bad news and good news, as it means we don't get to see RENA tested and actually in action, but we will still see her participate on the card. She will now face a high school student, Erika Kamimura in an exhibition bout which will only last 3 minutes.
After RENA's popularity spiked over the last few months you have to imagine Shootboxing will try to find any way to showcase her and bring some much-needed attention to the Shootboxing cause. We'll be bringing you results and further coverage of Shootoboxing 2011 Act 2 when available.


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L'Atelier presents 'Le Dindon,' April 22-23
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L'Atelier, the French Theater Workshop will present its first full-length play, "Le Dindon," at 8 p.m. Thursday and Friday, April 22-23, in the Matthews Acting Studio, 185 Nassau St.
The play by Georges Feydeau will be performed by L'Atelier students who are in their second year of the workshop and who have traveled to Paris to refine their understanding of French theater. To prepare for the play, the cast met with actors from the Comedie-Francaise who were finishing their run of "Le Dindon."
The performance at Princeton will be directed by Florent Masse, a lecturer in the Department of French and Italian and creator of L'Atelier. It is sponsored by the Department of French and Italian and the Center for French Studies.
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MHA Tom Osborne ended nearly a year in limbo Thursday by announcing that he's joining the Liberal party.
In front of a crowd of about 100 supporters, family members, Liberal politicians and staffers, Osborne declared that the Liberal party was the best place for him.
"The party that I'm joining, I'm joining for the rest of my life," he said. "I believe that philosophically, ideologically and politically I'm a good fit for the Liberal party."
Osborne has been a Progressive Conservative stalwart for decades, and an elected MHA since 1996. But last September, he left the PC party caucus, saying that he could no longer support the leadership of Premier Kathy Dunderdale.
The Liberals are enjoying an upswing in support and interest as five candidates campaign across the province for the leadership of the party.
On Thursday, Osborne didn't endorse anybody, but he did insert himself into the race, saying after considering the lay of the land, he could happily serve under the leadership of any of the "three frontrunners" in the race.
"If either of the three frontrunners win the leadership of the Liberal party, they are somebody that I can work with," he said. "I think we have five very good individuals running for the Liberal party. The three frontrunners are, I think, three fine individuals."
Later, he said he believes Dwight Ball, Cathy Bennett and Paul Antle are the frontrunners in the race.
Ball was in the Shea Heights community centre for Osborne's announcement, and said the move is in line with the momentum that he's developed in the past year and a half as interim leader.
"It supports what I've been saying for quite some time, that we've been bringing people back to the Liberal party. We're bringing new people to the Liberal party," Ball said.
Antle said having an MHA from St. John's will give the party a foothold to expand support in the area. Until Osborne joined the party, all six Liberal MHAs were clustered along the west coast of the island and in Labrador.
"It gives us a presence in St. John's, a base for us to grow from," Antle said.
"He's an honourable gentleman. He's the longest-sitting member in the House of Assembly. He has a great rapport with his constituents. He has so much to offer."
Interim opposition leader Eddie Joyce said the party has been talking with Osborne for months, but things weren't nailed down until this week.
"There was always a lot of discussion back and forth over this. We had some strong indications Tuesday and Wednesday," he said. "There's been negotiation going on and chatting for the past year, and then it got more serious in the last month or two months."
There had been rumblings and rumours that Osborne could join the NDP, and New Democrat Leader Lorraine Michael said they'd been talking.
But she said they wouldn't cut any deals, and they wouldn't offer protection to Osborne if the
St. John's South NDP district association tried to nominate another candidate in the district for the 2015 election.
"I did indicate to Mr. Osborne that there (were) no concessions to be made — that he would come in on an equal footing with everybody, and find his place within our caucus and within our party," she said. "He would have to come in on his own merit."
Premier Kathy Dunderdale issued a written statement, wishing Osborne well.
"Mr. Osborne has made his decision. I wish him well," Dunderdale said. "Our government's focus remains the same — doing what's in the best interests of the people of the province and ensuring Newfoundland and Labrador's fiscal future continues to be stable and sustainable."
Osborne's family has been heavily involved with the PC party for a long time; both his uncle, Bob Ridgley, and his monther, Sheila Osborne, represented the Tories in the House of Assembly.
Sheila Osborne was at Tom's announcement Thursday morning, wearing a red shirt — although she said she wears red all the time, and wasn't trying to send any political signals.
Nonetheless, she said she'll be voting Liberal from now on.
"Of course, I'll be supporting the LIberal party because my son is a member, and because we were disenchanted with the leadership of the Progressive Conservative party, which was why he moved," she said.
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So, the motherboard replacement, I mentioned in my previous entry, worked out just fine. A modest outlay has given me a completely working box again, and no leftover parts (well, okay, maybe a few screws). The CMOS battery was DoA (but that's not surprising for a five year old board) so the only real gotcha was that the behaviour of the audio ports didn't match the documentation in the manual. Thankfully I didn't have too much to lose, so trying my headphone jack in the "microphone" socket wasn't that risky. Actually, the problem may lie with the autodetection function of the Realtek driver. I'm not that fussed now that I have sound. I didn't realise that you could buy replacement latex mounting grommets for Antec fans, so mine are now held in place with wire ties and Blu-Tack.
"Are you from the past?"
I have been introducing my S.O. to The IT Crowd. When watching one of the shows from an early series she was puzzled when I pointed out the show was dated now because there was a LOLCat poster on the wall - but NOT because they had an Altair, a PET and a ZX81 on display.
Speaking of things becoming dated, I am wondering if Rich Lam's Vancouver couple photo will be the modern equivalent of Alfred Eisenstaedt's Times Square V-J Day picture. We'll see.


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KRUSH.16 Videos: Yuta Kubo vs. Francois and Sato vs. Merza
- Written by Dave Walsh
Just when you had given up hope of watching the recent KRUSH.16 event a shining beacon of hope comes through and two of the feature bouts from the event have made their way to the internet in all of their glory. We've heard the complaints about lesser competition, how these guys can do better, now it is time to watch the fights and decide. Yuta Kubo took on Charles Francois and Yoshihiro Sato vs. Fadi Merza. Enjoy.


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By Ben Levisohn
India's central bank told investors that the rupee's stability trumps all, ahead of its meeting this week. Marketfield Asset Management's Michael Shaoul thinks it could be making a mistake:
Unfortunately for the RBI the weakening of the INR has been caused both by a large current account deficit (which has been in place for several quarters) and a sudden reversal of foreign flows into both equity and debt markets. Cumulative 2013 Equity flows have fallen from $15.3 bln on June 10th to $12.3 bln on July 26th, one of the sharpest withdrawals of capital in recent years. The picture for bonds is even worse, with peak flows of $5.58 bln on May 21st turning into a net outflow of -$3.25 bln on July 26th, the largest ever YTD outflow of fixed income investments since the data starts a decade ago.
In other words India would appear to have gone "back to the future", suffering from an old fashioned currency crisis, with the RBI responding in the manner of a EM central bank of 15 or 20 years ago. The clear danger is that monetary tight policy acts to worsen economic conditions which in turn further undermines investor confidence. Under such circumstances the currency could continue to weaken even as the RBI acts to protect its value, making the policy an exercise in futility.
Lombard Street's Shweta Singh doesn't see repeat of India's 1991 crisis, however, despite its massive current account deficit. Singh writes:
India's current account deficit (4.8% GDP in FY 20131) remains uncomfortably close to historical highs and way above the gap of 3% during the 1991 BOP crisis. With the fiscal deficit at 7.2% of GDP, the 'twin' deficit stood at 12% GDP in FY 2013, just a touch lower than the 1991 high of 14% of GDP. Apart from a weak currency adding to fuel subsidy expenditure, the proposed Food Security Bill may lead to an additional burden on the fiscal balances. The Bill, if passed and implemented, may also worsen the current account balance, which is already under pressure from a lacklustre external demand and relatively high global oil price. Indeed, with QE 'tapering' the talk of the town, investors are getting increasingly wary of financing the deficit and a potential re-run of the 1991 BOP Crisis.
We do not pencil in a 1991 style BOP 'crisis' in our base case forecasts with a very low probability of such shocks in the medium-term. The 1991 crisis was the result of an insalubrious concoction of fiscal profligacy, rigid controls and political instability which led to worsening external balances. The latter was exacerbated with the dissolution of the Soviet Union, the largest contributor to India's export growth. The trigger was a spike in global oil prices (170% increase in less than four months) during the 1990-91 Gulf War, causing the current account balance to plummet amidst sticky imports. With a confluence of deteriorating domestic and external fundamentals, foreign financing became elusive, putting pressure on the capital account balance. The stock of FX reserves dwindled and could cover less than 2 weeks of imports at the trough, forcing the country to seek external aid.
Last week, JPMorgan's Bharat Iyer and team contemplated what India's falling currency means for its stock market:
The pace of downgrades for corporate earnings estimates has intensified over the last quarter. Despite these cuts, we believe current earnings growth expectations of about 12% for FY14E are demanding in relation to both economic growth forecast and the recent deterioration in key macro variables – particularly the currency and interest rates. Our macro models suggest earnings growth of about 6-8% for FY14E.
Sectors that we believe are vulnerable to meaningful earnings downgrades are Consumer and Financials. An improving global growth outlook and INR depreciation should however be supportive of and lead to earnings.
We remain cautious on Indian equities, particularly the rate sensitive domestic sectors. Our cautious stance since late January is premised on growth numbers disappointing and limited policy stimuli. Our portfolio stance is biased towards Energy, IT Services, Healthcare, and 'Sin' stocks in the Consumer space.
The iShares MSCI India Index (INDA) has dropped 1.9% to $23.52 today, while the WisdomTree India Earnings ETF (EPI) has fallen 1.9% to $16.16. The iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Index ETF (EEM) has dropped 1.1% to $39.40.


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Batik and printed textiles created by Aboriginal artists are an important art form and are highly regarded. Equally, fine woven fibre works are made for both functional and decorative purposes.
The traditional Javanese silk batik technique was introduced to the Pitjantjatjara women of Ernabella in 1972 and to the Anmatyerr and Alyawarr women of Utopia in the early 1980s. These groups from central Australia embraced the technique using their own cultural imagery often related to body painting and plant life. The delicate textiles, with their layered bands of translucent desert colours, skilfully capture the intensity and textured density of the local landscape.
Screenprinted fabrics from the south-east region and far north of Australia often use repetition to reinforce the significant cultural iconography of their specific region to create powerful designs.


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By Sam Mamudi
Airline companies were among the first to report first-quarter earnings, and with the industry's major players having come out, JPMorgan analyst Jamie Baker today takes a look at how they fared, and gauges their prospects.
First, a summary of earnings season and how investors reacted:
Salubrious fuel prices are offsetting uninspiring demand trends and allowing earnings, cash flow, and deleveraging plans to remain broadly on track. Our primary takeaway this earnings season was one of surprise. We had expected a potentially grim season (from an equity perspective), given how poorly the market responded weeks earlier to softer-than-anticipated March demand and our expectation that conference call commentary would paint an even bleaker April picture (which turned out to be the case). But much to our surprise, the market chose to rightfully focus on the profit output rather than solely on the RASM input. Accordingly, equities are comfortably sitting anywhere from 3% (Alaska Air Group (ALK) and Southwest Airlines (LUV)) to 14% (AMR (AAMRQ)) higher than on the eve of earnings (vs. S&P500 +2%), despite far from-inspiring demand trends.
Baker updated some price targets and estimates, due in part to placing greater emphasis on 2014 performance. As a result, his price target for Southwest is $13, up from $11.50; AMR is raised to $9.50 from $8, and Delta Air Lines (DAL) and US Airways (LCC) are both increased to $20.50 from $19 and $19.50, respectively.
As for his picks, Baker has Overweight ratings on AMR, Delta, US Airways and JetBlue Airways (JBLU). As Baker explains:
AAMRQ remains our favorite idea in the space, based on ~100% upside potential to our target. But it is neither for the meek nor the uninitiated. LCC valuation looks downright compelling to us, (cheaper than Delta) particularly if New AMR Group achieves $5 in untaxed 2014 earnings as suggested in its POR. Meanwhile, Delta is poised to unveil its capital deployment strategy this spring, and potential dividends will likely drive the continued long-term "Southwestification" of its shareholder base, in our view. Three different ideas, three differentiated risk profiles.


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The Way I See It!
I am an Ultra-Conservative, Alpha-Male, True Authentic Leader, Type "C" Personality, who is very active in my community; whether it is donating time, clothes or money for Project Concern or going to Common Council meetings and voicing my opinions. As a blogger, I intend to provide a different viewpoint "The way I see it!" on various world, national and local issues with a few helpful tips & tidbits sprinkled in.
Shhhh...I Will Let You In on a Secret
So you may have noticed over the years and a good example was just the other day with my post titled "Never Going to Make Them Happy - The Haters, the Distractors, and the Detractors" that when I directly point out the Haters, Distractors and Detractors in how they act especially in the comments section they are silent with only silence and desolation surrounded.
We know them as Walk away Wendys and Missing Marvins.
And silence covered the sky…What was that, a pin drop in China we could hear in Cudahy.
"The empty vessel makes the loudest sound". - William Shakespeare
You see they don't like to be exposed or for you to watch for them, so when I tell you they are coming, I already know they will not.
We can all guess that their absence was attributed to an illness, but a diagnosis of 'aversion to the truth' would be more accurate and dead on!
The truth is they for the most part are thinned skinned and most definitely cannot handle what they dish. Beside they are one trick pony. We will hear that I have a spelling or grammar error, but for them to comment on the subject is near impossible. They cannot because the truth is on my side.
For the ones who try to hurt me in some way, have at it. I lived through a lot, and what you bring to the table, is small by comparison.
Stay tuned for more teenage reverse psychology, or is it?
Just remember, I am not being played, I am the one handling. They keep underestimating me and that is just the way I like it.
"The dogs with the loudest bark are the ones that are most afraid". - Norman Reedus
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Brunch for a bunch? Whip up an easy cheesy egg bake you can prep the night before.
Turn this brunch dish into a tasty supper by serving your favorite taco toppers on the side. Try shredded lettuce, chopped fresh tomatoes, sour cream, sliced ripe olives and chopped green onions.
If you like, assemble the casserole the night before, but don't bake it. Cover tightly and refrigerate until ready to bake. The next morning, uncover and bake as directed.
Top off this Mexican-style egg bake with a spoonful of salsa, a dollop of sour cream or a scoop of guacamole.
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While I understand the wanting to keep something like that quiet, it is public information. I'm not sure it is wrong to have it there even if it is undesirable.
You make a good point. And in this case, I tend to agree with you.
However, in general does anyone else see a difference between information that is merely public (I.e., freely available to interested parties) and that which is actively public-ized (however "inadvertently")?
Sorry, but the value 3000K refers to the color temperature of incandescent bulbs, not the actual temperature. See this chart.
Did you REALLY think the filament of an ordinary incandescent tungsten bulb operates at 4940.33 degrees Fahrenheit (2727 degrees C)? Seriously?
... I've found regardless of what they have had installed they invariably get infected, may as well go with the AV system that doesn't choke the system to death nor constantly shove itself in your face while you're trying to get work done.
Exactly! This is precisely my thinking. And it's also what I tell my clients. I use MSE on all my (four and counting) systems, and I strip off whatever "choke-ware" my clients are running and install it for them.
Plus, I also strongly recommend Sandboxie, which is free for non-commercial use, and if they agree, I provide a prominent icon which runs the browser inside a sandbox, for those times when curiosity gets the better of them.
My own machines have been kept safe by using this approach more than once from stuff my teenaged kids clicked on, where Sandboxie prevented something bad from actually installing itself (after which I deleted the sandbox contents and it was as if nothing had ever happened). More than worth the annoyance of the occasional 5 second pop up reminder from Sandboxie when it starts, once the initial 30 days has elapsed.
For trusted browsing, I just use the unsandboxed browser.
My own machines have never actually been infected since I started doing this (five or six years now), and only once or twice have I been called out to clean a client's machine set up in this manner. Invariably, the client chose NOT to run the sandboxed browser when they knew they should have.
In any case, it's far easier to recover a system running MSE than one with a "choke-ware" which has detected but is unable to remove some malware.
Also, clients appear to appreciate the complete LACK of scare-ware pop up warnings every year or so, or whenever it's coming up on renewal time.
No, they don't need to learn other languages. THEY JUST NEED TO SPEAK ENGLISH LOUDER and sl-ow-er!!!
Here, fixed that for you
That's like saying you don't use condoms because you know how^H^H^Hwhen to pull out.
There, fixed that for you
Do you really think that there aren't people who are comforted by this show of security theater?
TSA = Theater of Securité Absurditus
Stuxnet - the gift that keeps on giving.
This can only end badly, indeed!
Has no one read Michael Crichton's Prey?
What about the Sandman in Spiderman 3?
The amount of time between slipping on the peel and landing on the pavement is precisely 1 bananosecond.


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Old Dominion 100 was a great experience for me. I had a lot of fun, learned a lot, and was able to finish well. I headed out to Woodstock, VA on Friday to attend the race briefing and pitch my tent at the fairgrounds; where the race would start at 4 AM on Saturday. The race has a real community feel to it. I really liked the simple race organization and the exciting encouragement given to the runners to try to finish 100 miles in one day. I spent some time talking to other runners about the history of the race, the course, and recovery (a few of us had run MMT only three weeks ago).
I woke up a little after 3 AM on Saturday, got my gear together and walked down to the start. After a short prayer we were off and running around the horse track, through the town, and up the first climb toward Woodstock Tower. A couple guys took off from the start; I stayed back a bit and ran this early part of the race with Neal Gorman, Eric Grossman, Jon Loewus-Deitch and Patrick McGlade. Somewhere around mile 14 I started up a section of trail that was well marked, but that we had already run…I discovered my error when I came upon some middle-of-the-pack runners. I quickly turned around and corrected myself, but I had lost several minutes. As I worked to catch back up, my stomach started disagreeing with me. A quick stop in the woods and I felt a little better, but now was getting nauseous when I tried to eat. In my head I was thinking "slow down, pull it together, you have plenty of time."
|Kept forgetting to take off the headlamp
At the 50K mark I had caught up to Sean Andrish (who amazingly finished the race in a great time, despite recently having pins removed from his thumb and minor brain surgery). Running through Duncan Hollow I fell a couple times and started getting frustrated. Then the heat of the day started rising. Luckily it never got very hot, but it was hot enough to get dehydrated if you were not careful. There was supposed to be a water station along the trail, but it had not yet been set-up. After this section is the first medical check in and I was disappointed, although not surprised that my weight was down quite a bit. There is a lot of road running in this race and as I headed off the trail and back onto the roads, my right knee started to lock-up making it very difficult to run. As I came into the Four Points aid station at mile 47, I really wanted to drop. I had not been running the race I wanted, was well off the time I was shooting for and it seemed that everything that could possibly go wrong was going wrong. I decided to press on and walked for a long time. It was very depressing to be walking across the big "50" painted on the road. Halfway through and I felt like crap.
|Yeah, that's how I felt mid-race:(
I kept walking for awhile and eating as much as I could. At some point I started running again and it didn't feel great, but I was moving. I came up on Ron Shriver and Jon, who was having quad problems and slowed to talk to them for a few minutes. Around this time I started feeling really good and began really running again. As I came into the aid station at mile 55 I had caught back up to Patrick. I quickly headed out on the ATV trail section and was moving along very well. Around the 100k mark I came up on Dave Ploskanka, who had been leading the race earlier. He was having some stomach issues, so I offered him some ginger and kept pressing on. A little while later I passed Jon Allen – through 65 miles I was back into 4th place. The next section went very well and I was cruising along until I started coming up on the road before Elizabeth Furnace and realized I did not see any course markings. I ran back up hill to where I saw the last one, but there was not another marking to be seen. Apparently, vandals had ripped down two miles worth of markings. After about 25 minutes of wandering, a race official came out and started remarking the course and told me the right way to go. This 25 minute detour ended up effecting 3 of the top 4 runners (Karsten Brown was familiar with the course and luckily knew the right trail).
|Feeling good again!
Heading into the Furnace at mile 75 I saw Anne and the boys for the first time; this was a big boost after the demoralizing effect of my 25 minute detour. I quickly refueled and headed up over Sherman Gap. I can't complain about this section too much after MMT, but it was much steeper and rockier than I was anticipating. I saw Anne again at mile 87 and from there to the finish it was all roads. These rolling hills took a bigger toll on me than I would have thought, but I was able to run them, albeit slowly. I came back into town, ran to the fairgrounds, did a big loop around the horse race track and crossed the finish line, where Anne and Logan were waiting for me. This was by far the best part of the race – finishing early enough for him to see me cross the finish line in 18:10.
|Best part - sharing the finish with Poker
Lessons Learned: MMT helped with this, but OD really put a stamp on my belief that it is possible for me to run all day long. Also, I guess three weeks is enough time in-between 100s - not that I want to make a habit of it. I also have a lot more confidence moving forward in actually racing the distance. If I didn't go off trail and had run better in the first half I could have run sub-17. I know I am capable of it, and hopefully I can use this experience at Vermont next month.
Gear Talk: I had a hard time deciding which shoes to wear. The course is mostly roads (gravel, paved, jeep or ATV), but there are a few technical sections as well. The NB 101s worked at MMT, but I do not like running on roads with them. I decided on the Montrail Rouge Racers, they are a little more shoe, but still lightweight and do have some cushion. They worked OK – I am just glad it was fairly dry on the course, because my biggest complaint with this shoe is that it does not drain well at all. My feet held up well and just like MMT I had no blisters or toenail issues. I really attribute this to Balega socks. Since I have been running in them I never have foot problems; despite many 100+ mile weeks and running 90% of the time in minimalist shoes.
Overall, I think OD is a fun, low key race that has a great community/family feel to it. It is a race I would recommend and will probably come back to in future years. My hope is that it can reclaim its spot in the Ultra community as one of the traditional, premier 100s in the country without losing the genuine nature of the event.
Special thanks to Bobby Gill for all the great pictures. I swear every time I made a turn on the course there he was snapping pictures:)


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What is your favorite PBS or KCPT program and why?
The Local Show—I love to learn about the fascinating talents of people around the city! For example, I had just finished reading both the River of Doubt & Destiny of the Republic by Candice Millard. The next week I was watching an episode of The Local Show and they had a great interview with her. Honestly, I didn't realize she was from Kansas City until I watched the show.
History—I love history so whenever a Ken Burns program is on I'm hooked. And, of course anything about Kansas City history I love too!
What do you enjoy most about being involved with KCPT?
I am a big fan of Kansas City as I grew up here. Like most kids, I started watching Sesame Street on KCPT. While most of my life is involved in sports, I truly love the arts and to have the ability to give back to a great board and organization like KCPT is something I am very proud of.
Why should people support KCPT?
KCPT is Kansas City. There is no other media outlet in our area that offers the type of programming that KCPT offers — and has for many years. If you believe in the community and enjoy the programming available on KCPT, you should support it.


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Haiti Relief Aid Comes with Sovereignty Setback Attached
Though foreign aid to earthquake-stricken Haiti is reaching the government at a sluggish rate, waves of assistance to international aid organizations working there continue to flow. The Haitian government has received just $90 million of the $5.3 billion promised by the March U.N. donor conference for the first 18 months post-earthquake, according to Alice Blanchet, special adviser to Haiti's Prime Minister Jean-Max Bellerive.
By contrast, Doctors Without Borders has received donations of $112 million following the quake, while the Red Cross has brought in $468 million. Oxfam International, which is providing aid to 440,000 people, or 20 percent of the earthquake-affected population, is working with a post-earthquake budget of $90 million. With the Haitian government a regular on Transparency International's list of "Most Corrupt" countries, the aid organizations are deemed best-equipped to handle money and enable recovery. But a continued reliance on them could place Haiti on an unsustainable path -- one that circumvents the broken national government and excludes the Haitian people from rebuilding their own country. The Jan. 12 earthquake leveled 60 percent of Haitian government infrastructure and killed 20 percent of its top civil servants.
But instead of jumpstarting an influx of direct aid to a Haitian government desperate to rebuild, the destruction resulted in humanitarian aid organizations receiving an upsurge in funding from across the world. According to Julie Schindal, a media officer for Oxfam International in Haiti, donations jumped in the aftermath of the earthquake. But Schindal says that even before Jan. 12, "the Haitian government still did not provide a lot of very basic services, and international aid as a result has long bypassed the government's capacity." Melinda Miles, founder of the Haitian-based humanitarian non-governmental group Konpay, agreed that the government has not adequately provided for Haitian earthquake survivors.
Yet Miles, who has lived in Haiti for 15 years, said the government has taken ownership over some aspects of the response effort, citing its National Action Plan for Reconstruction and Development. The plan, widely criticized as vague, has been for the most part ignored, but Miles insists that there are risks involved with discounting the Haitians' own vision for development. "There are more NGOs than ever before with even more budgets, and international aid organizations creating their own reconstruction plans," she said. "They don't have native staff. Some don't have a long history of working in Haiti. And they aren't following the plans created by the Haitian government." She added that the situation threatens to undermine already weak coordination at the civil society and government levels. The recently established Interim Haiti Recovery Commission (IHRC), chaired by U.N. Special Envoy to Haiti Bill Clinton and Prime Minister Bellerive, has been flagged as the best option for coordinating civil society efforts, while also ensuring government accountability. The IHRC will approve individual aid projects in Haiti and will also track foreign commitments. But the commission has materialized slowly. It approved its first two government-led reconstruction projects in June, but still lacks a permanent executive leadership.
A June report on Haiti by the U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations highlighted the IHRC's potential in a country where reconstruction has largely stalled, due in part to a lack of visible government leadership. The findings could result in the diversion of the U.S. government's pending contribution of $2 billion -- slated for imminent approval and allocation over the next two years -- away from the Haitian government "that is way beyond capacity," a committee official said in a phone interview. "We need to figure out who is best in place to handle this money, and be less concerned about if it is the government or not who can get this work done," the official continued. "The problem is that there is a lot of corruption and accountability that has yet to be resolved. We want to empower the government and also spend the money in an effective way, but the Haitian government has been very weak traditionally and we are seeing that manifested today." In a New York Times op-ed that appeared on the six-month anniversary of the earthquake, Clinton and Bellerive wrote that the Haitian government has "done everything it's been asked to do by international donors to inspire confidence, maintain transparency and ensure that not one single cent is lost to corruption."
Blanchet, Bellerive's special adviser, further noted that the Haitian government is not directly handling reconstruction aid: The World Bank is overseeing the government-bound Haiti Reconstruction Fund, and is jointly monitoring the money with the Inter-American Development Bank and the U.N. Development Group. Still, the unprecedented amount of funding from individuals and foundations has been an "exceptional factor" in the Haiti emergency relief process, says Stephanie Bunker, a communications officer of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian and Affairs (OCHA). Private individuals and organizations committed 37 percent of OCHA's Haitian emergency flash appeal of $1.5 billion.
To date, $907 million has been received and allocated to U.N. agencies working directly with the Haitian government as well as with large-scale international aid organizations. That funding, separate from the money countries have otherwise pledged through the U.N., gives donors the freedom to earmark different projects they want their money to go toward -- a secure choice in their eyes, but one that could deprive the Haitian government of autonomy in making those choices.
Meanwhile, as international aid organizations continue to establish their presence and prominence in Haiti, there is a risk that Haitians will become increasingly dependent on their humanitarian services, micro-financing and cash-for-work programs as alternatives to the lack of basic resources and permanent jobs available. Just six months after the quake that killed 230,000 and injured more than 300,000 people, Haitians need all the help they can get, regardless of where it comes from. But as currently constituted, foreign assistance could come with a sovereignty setback attached, marking a steep -- if perhaps unavoidable -- price for placing Haiti on a stable reconstruction path.


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Frist open house set for Sept. 12
Posted September 10, 2007; 01:34 p.m.
Princeton University students, faculty and staff are invited to attend the Frist Campus Center's annual open house from noon to 3 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 12.
The annual kick-off event is an opportunity for the University community to learn about resources that are housed in Frist as well as other offices on campus. Information tables will be staffed on the 100 level by representatives of the Frist Center Stage Program Board, the Office of Campus Recreation, the Community Based Learning Initiative, the Davis International Center, Dining Services, the Educational Technologies Center, the Facilities Department, University Health Services, the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Center, the McGraw Center, the Office of Religious Life, the Office of Information Technology, the Pace Center, Princeton Student Agencies, the Office of Sustainability, Richardson Auditorium, University Scheduling, University Ticketing and the Women's Center.
Starting at noon, free Frist commemorative gifts will be available and Dining Services will provide food samples while supplies last.
From 12:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m., jazz vocalist Wenonah Brooks will perform live, bringing personal and expressive interpretations to traditional jazz music.
For more information, visit the Frist Campus Center website.


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Resurfacing Project Adds New Dimension To Drake Tennis
The indoor courts maintained the same surface coating but will afford players a little more spring in their games during competition.
A 100 percent acrylic finish, with a brand new color scheme, one comparable to that found at the Australian Open (dark blue on light blue), highlights the courts. The surface is similar to that used at both the U.S. Open and Australian Open and is a medium-fast surface. The new indoor surface boasts improved grip and playability as well as compliments the lighting of the facility.
"We are very excited to have the both the indoor and outdoor courts resurfaced and completed," Drake head women's tennis coach Paul Thomson commented. "The new courts are going to enhance the playing environment at the Roger Knapp Tennis Center as well as benefit the players on both the men's and women's teams."
"We are looking forward to starting the 2012-2013 season having both indoor and outdoor courts resurfaced," said Bulldog head men's tennis coach Evan Austin. "We're constantly working to provide our student athletes with the best accommodations to train and compete at the highest levels of Division I tennis and beyond, and we feel this is another huge step in that process."


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Betty Crocker's Diabetes Cookbook shares a recipe! Breaded chicken chunks "Thai" together a whole new taste when dipped in peanut sauce.
Let the kids help with this easy recipe. They can crush the cereal and mix it with the seasonings, shake the bag to coat the chicken pieces and mix up the peanut sauce. The best part is they'll be more likely to eat what they've helped prepare.
Make chicken chunks into a meal by adding a crisp green salad, your favorite bread and sliced fresh fruit for dessert.
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text: There are only a few figures in Cybertron that I feel are worth buying, but those figures really are THE HOTNESS. Prime, Primus, and Soundwave are awesome. Sure, that's a small percentage, but if the rest of the toys had to suck in order to support the brain power necessary to come up with these winners, so be it.Originally Posted by JediTricks


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Just six years ago, it would have seemed too bad to be true. At the end of 2006, as I received the mandate from the global diabetes community – assembled at the IDF General Council meeting in Cape Town – to take up the role of IDF President-elect, some 246 million people were living with diabetes worldwide. By the time I took over the mantle of leadership in Montreal in 2009, that number had risen to 285 million. Today, according to the latest IDF estimates, released recently in an update of the IDF Diabetes Atlas, 371 million people worldwide have diabetes – and there are half as many again who are unaware that they have the disease (see Leonor Guariguata's report on page 12 of this issue).
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