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Crashes and near crashes are more common in the first six months of independent driving than in the following year, a new study that observed teenage drivers using cameras and other sensors has found. Previous research has shown that teen crash rates decline quickly as young drivers gain experience (see "Young drivers' crash rates decline sharply under graduated licensing in 3 states," Feb. 17, 2001), but the study by the National Institutes of Health and the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute is the first to use in-vehicle monitoring to confirm that trend.
In the study, vehicles driven by 42 newly licensed 16 year-olds were equipped with cameras, sensors, and computers. For each trip, the devices collected information on passengers, crashes, and near crashes. Data also were gathered when parents drove the vehicles.
A total of 40 crashes and 279 near crashes by all drivers were recorded during the 18-month study period. Teens' rates of both crashes and near crashes per distance driven were higher during the first 6 months than the prior year. The teenagers had 13.3 crashes or near crashes per 16,000 kilometers in the first period and 8.5 in the second. As expected, the teen crash and near crash rates were much higher than those of their parents. The teen rate averaged about 10 per 16,000 kilometers during the entire 18 months, while the parent rate was about 2.
In a separate analysis of data from the same study, researchers looked at different variables such as the presence of adult or teen passengers to see how they affected the young drivers' crash and near crash rates. In addition to crashes and near crashes, the researchers also measured risky driving, including things like rapid acceleration, hard braking, and hard turns.
Not surprisingly, teens drove better when they were with their parents. In the presence of adults, the rate of crashes and near crashes was 75 percent lower, and risky driving fell 67 percent compared with teens driving alone. When other teenagers were in the car, the crash/near crash rate did not vary, and risky driving was 18 percent less frequent than when the teenagers drove alone. Those results were surprising because fatal crashes are known to be more likely when there are teenage passengers riding along.
The researchers also looked at how rates of risky driving among teens changed over time. They found these rates were nearly 5 times as high as those of their parents and didn't decline as the teenagers gained more experience at the wheel.
The rate of crashes among teens fell after the first six months of independent driving, but risky maneuvers didn't.
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Herrera-Sobek, María and Helena María Viramontes, eds. Chicana Creativity and Criticism. Albuquerque: U New Mexico P, 1996. OHIOLINK NETLIBRARY EBOOKS. 2007.
Contains the poetry and prose writings presented at the second conference on Mexican American Women's Literature in 1987. Literary criticism of such writing and of film is also included.
---. Chicana (w)Rites: On Word and Film. Berkeley: Third Woman Press, 1995. PS508.M4 C56 1995
Includes criticism and poetry and prose, from the third conference, 1990, on creative works of Chicana women held at the University of California, Irvine and hence the name of this book.
Kevane, Bridget, and Helena Maria Viramontes. "Viramontes on O'Connor." Flannery O'Connor Review 4 (2006,): 5-11. Humanities International Complete. EBSCOHOST. Otterbein University Lib., Westerville. 5 July 2007 <http://search.ebscohost.com/>.
The article discusses the influence of Flannery O'Connor on Chicana writer and professor at Cornell University, Helena María Viramontes. It also presents the views of Viramontes regarding O'Connor's ideas and the similarities of O'Connor to some Chicana feminist writers which include Ana Castillo and Judith Ortiz Cofer.
Trambley, Estela Portillo. Trini. New York: Feminist Press, 2005.
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Helena María Viramonts wrote the forward to Trambley's only novel. She was a Mexican-American, 1927-1998, who wrote about women who overcame social oppression, such as this, about a poor girl determined to own her own land, set in the borderland region between Texas and Mexico in the 1940s.
Viramontes, Helena María. "Growing." Infinite Divisions: An Anthology of Chicana Literature. Comp.Tey Diana Rebolledo and Eliana S. Rivero. Tucson: U Arizona P, 1993. 307-314. PZ1.I545 Re 1993
Rebolledo and Rivero bring together an impressive array of Chicana feminist memoirs, poetry, and fiction. Viramontes' story is part of the section on Growing-up.
---. "Miss Clairol." The Oxford Book of Women's Writing in the United States. Ed. Linda Wagner-Martin and Cathy N. Davidson. Oxford: Oxford UP, 1999. 154-158. PS508.W7 O95 1999
A short story about a mother/daughter relationship.
---. "The Moths." Growing Up Latino: Memoirs and Stories. Ed. Augenbraum, Harold and Ilan Stevens. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1993. 32-37. PS 647.H58 G76 1993
Reflections on life in the United States -- a story by Helena María Viramontes, and other memoirs and stories by noted Latin authors describing life between two cultures.
---. The Moths and Other Stories. Houston: Arte Público, 1995.
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Viramonte' first published book of short stories set in Los Angeles about lives of Chicana women.
Viramontes, Helena María. "Praying for Knowledge: An Interview with Helena María Viramontes." Latina Self-Portraits: Interviews with Contemporary Women Writers. Ed. Bridget A. Kevane and Juanita Heredia. Albuquerque: U New Mexico P, 2000. 141-154. PS153.H56 K48 2000
In this interview Viramontes discusses her education, influences, the use of Spanish in her novels, as well as Estrella and the barn from Under the Feet of Jesus.
---. Their Dogs Came with Them: A Novel. New York: Atria, 2007.
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Viramontes second novel is set in East Los Angeles during the 1960's portraying diverse characters, and reflecting on the conditions of women.
---. Under the Feet of Jesus. New York: Plume, 1996. PZ4.V5725 Un 1995a & PZ4.V5725 Un 1995
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Not having all the above information, the reader of Matlock's post is left with the bare and distinct insinuation that Liberty is subpar. QED.
Neal,It makes him ignorant because of his insinuation that "Liberty sucks, look at them, they're still dealing with accreditation, bahahaha!" What that statement ignorantly fails to take into account is that LU School of Law has not yet had the opportunity to even APPLY for full accreditation, through the sheer minimum amount of time that it takes to so apply. As I stated, based on when LU attained provisional accreditation (which, AGAIN, was the FASTEST in ABA history), the absolute soonest that LU could attain full accreditation is in April 2010. And as I previously stated, we are on track to complete that milestone in the minimum amount of time, continuing to set records and impress site teams as we go.Not having all the above information, the reader of Matlock's post is left with the bare and distinct insinuation that Liberty is subpar. QED.
LU School of Law is not for everyone. This should be plainly obvious to anyone who visits their website. It wears on its sleeve a proud and authentic dedication to teaching law according to the traditional Judeo-Christian values on which this country was founded. If you have no inkling of what that means, or a knee-jerk reaction to what that instruction may contain, then I suggest you look elsewhere.For a growing slice of students, however, Liberty's focus on traditional values is like a breath of fresh air. The curriculum is very much focused on interpreting the law in light of the Founding Father's original intent. There is a healthy skepticism for progressive causes and tactics, especially as it relates to judicial activism and relativism. And, without a doubt, it is first and foremost a Christian university. If that rubs you the wrong way then, again, look elsewhere. If you want to be a ACLU lawyer, this ain't your gig. But, most importantly, Liberty's focus alone does not make it an inferior school. That is a tremendously naive position. Consider:Faculty, staff, and students are all very dedicated folks. They WANT to be there, despite the knowledge that they will be ridiculed unfairly, ruthlessly, and without basis (e.g. read the rest of this thread). This shared desire not only foments an esprit de corps you'd be hard to find at other schools but, most importantly, it attracts professors who are over-qualified for their positions---because they want to come to Liberty specifically. There are several fed appellate judges on staff, numerous highly qualified attorneys, and, most recently, Ken Blackwell. [That crash you just heard was yet another over-used stereotype about Liberty shattering.] Moreover, in terms of post-graduation prospects, LU grads are indeed at a disadvantage relative to T1/T2 schools....unless the employer is Christian. Yet another way faith pays. But you have to know the secret handshake.The facilities are brand-new and top-notch. The campus includes a scale reproduction of the US Supreme courtroom. There are two complete trial courtrooms, as well as two interview rooms. Every classroom is state-of-the-art, no-expense-spared. I challenge anyone to find a more technologically advanced law school in America today.The curriculum includes six semesters of Lawyering Skills. I challenge anyone to show me a law school in America with a similar, much less equivalent, focus on practical lawyering skills. While a degree from Yale may look great hanging on the wall, I'll bet the average LU grad knows more about the real legal world than 95% of Yale's graduates. This is borne out by Liberty's performance in the National Negotiation Tournament. In 2008, Liberty qualified two teams in the National Negotiation Tournament---the first law school to do this in the HISTORY OF THE TOURNAMENT. In 2009, Liberty Law put two more teams in the finals. That type of performance simply isn't consistent with the allegations of mediocrity found elsewhere in this thread. I left my job as an senior manager at a global manufacturing corporation to attend law school at Liberty. For those of you content to squabble over arbitrary law school statistics like a couple of pissed-off bookies after game day, I encourage you to gain a little perspective, a modicum of humility, and a healthy dose of maturity. Attrition rates or no, ideology or no, Liberty Law is graduating some very fine lawyers. When you meet one in the courtroom, I assure you their anxiety over attrition rates or their spiritual leanings will be the least of your worries.


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New estimates indicate that Lyme disease is 10 times more common than previous national counts showed, the federal government announced Monday, with about 300,000 people getting the disease each year — most in the Northeast.
The updated total, compiled by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, is based on data from health insurance claims, laboratories, and public surveys. Past estimates of 30,000 cases a year relied on physicians' reports to states, and the illnesses were widely considered underreported.
Lyme, spread by the bite of deer ticks, is now about as prevalent in the United States as reported cases of gonorrhea and more common than syphilis and whooping cough.
The CDC did not break out the new Lyme numbers by state, but the estimate would appear to translate into at least 40,000 new infections a year in Massachusetts.
The higher estimate is expected to increase political pressure for more government funding to combat the disease.
"This new preliminary estimate confirms that Lyme disease is a tremendous public health problem in the United States, and clearly highlights the urgent need for prevention,'' said Dr. Paul Mead, chief of epidemiology and surveillance for CDC's Lyme disease program. He said scientists have known since the 1990s the number of cases was underreported by three- to 12-fold but did not have a good handle on exactly how greatly until now.
The new numbers were presented at the 2013 International Conference on Lyme Borreliosis and Other Tick-Borne Diseases, being held this week at Harvard Medical School.
Lyme disease has spread throughout Massachusetts and New England in recent decades after first being identified in a group of children in Lyme, Conn., in the mid-1970s. Deer ticks — often found in areas that are forested or overgrown with tall grass — can infect people with Lyme and four other known pathogens.
Early symptoms of Lyme include fever, headache, fatigue, and a skin rash that looks like a bulls-eye. A short course of antibiotics cures most cases if caught early, specialists say, but if the infection is left untreated, it can spread to joints, the heart, and nervous system, resulting in arthritis, facial palsy, tingling, and other symptoms.
Lyme disease is controversial. As its numbers have grown, so has an enormous divide between Lyme patients and the medical establishment over whether the disease is chronic and antibiotics should be used long-term to manage symptoms. Confounding the issue are tests that can sometimes be inaccurate.
Lyme disease activists say the new numbers are hardly surprising, but they hoped the news would motivate government officials to push for more funding for tick control and prevention. A bill is pending in Massachusetts to expand the authority of mosquito control districts to kill ticks too.
"Everyone in New England knows someone who has Lyme disease,'' said state Representative David Linsky, a Democrat from Natick who spearheaded a state special commission on Lyme disease that earlier this year called for more funding.
"We need more funding and research and more doctors to understand and treat Lyme disease," Linsky said.
Based on physician reports, there were 3,342 confirmed and 1,708 probable Lyme disease cases last year in Massachusetts, a 19 percent increase over 2011. In comparison, last year there were 33 human cases of West Nile virus and seven cases of eastern equine encephalitis, which are both transmitted by mosquitoes. Nationwide there were 5,674 cases of West Nile virus last year and about 15 cases of EEE.
Lyme and ticks appear to be a low priority for public health authorities here — and nationwide. More than $10 million is spent each year in Massachusetts to control mosquitoes. Tick-borne diseases receive only about $60,000 annually in state funding. National numbers were not available, but tick specialists say funding is much less than for mosquito control.
State public health officials also said the numbers were not surprising. "We have always known we were nowhere close to the actual numbers,'' said Katie Brown, state public health veterinarian.
The CDC arrived at the new estimate from three sources: insurance claims data for 22 million Americans from 2005-2010; positive test results from large labs that test for Lyme; and population surveys asking whether respondents had been diagnosed with the disease in the past year.
The agency said it is still analyzing the data and will publish its final estimate when the studies are complete. In the meantime, officials are working to get the message out on prevention and, along with the US Environment Protection Agency, have begun discussions about how to control ticks on a community-wide basis. They acknowledge that it is challenging to do so effectively, because ticks are so widespread.
CDC's Mead said many infectious diseases are underreported for various reasons and the paperwork involved for doctors may discourage many from reporting Lyme. However, he said that does not mean those cases went undiagnosed and untreated — they were merely not counted by the federal government.Beth Daley can be reached at email@example.com. Follow her on Twitter @GlobeBethDaley.


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A University of Pennsylvania senior and Pocono Mountain graduate, has died after suffering a stroke after an apparent fall at a fraternity house.
With perfect SAT scores and on full scholarship at the University of Pennsylvania, Thomas J. Hartford had a bright future and the brightest of outlooks.
"He lived life to the fullest," his father said.
But that life came to a tragic end Wednesday after Hartford, 22, a senior from Stroudsburg and graduate of Pocono Mountain East High School, suffered a massive stroke following an apparent fall on campus nearly two weeks ago.
Hartford's body was found in a pool of blood on a concrete surface outside the Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity house about 1:30 a.m. Jan. 10, said his father, Thomas W.
His son had attended a gathering for potential fraternity members on the evening of Jan. 9, Thomas Hartford said. After the event, he remained at the house, socializing with a small group of friends, the father said. His son was last seen at 12:45 a.m.
Hartford suffered multiple skull and facial fractures, severe brain trauma, a broken wrist, and optical nerve damage, he said.
A doctor at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, where his son was in intensive care, told him the injuries were consistent with a fall from about 15 to 20 feet, he said.
University detectives told him they believe Hartford either fell from a window or had been locked out and was climbing up to get in the window.
Penn officials declined to release information about the fall and issued a one-sentence statement.
"We are deeply saddened by Tom's tragic death, and our thoughts and prayers are with his family and friends at this very difficult time," said Stephen J. MacCarthy, vice president for university communications.
The fraternity also issued a statement, noting that Hartford was a former member.
"While he was no longer affiliated with the chapter, he remained close with many of the undergraduate members," said Brian Warren Jr., executive director. "Our thoughts and prayers go out to his family and friends."
Hartford's father said his son had drinks that evening but was not intoxicated. A child-support system investigator for Monroe County, he said he did not blame the university or anyone and has no plans to sue.
"They've been great to us," he said of the university. "It was just a tragic accident in my mind."
A soccer player and skier, Hartford was a well-liked, positive young man majoring in cognitive science, his father said. Fifty fraternity brothers visited him at the hospital Tuesday.
"They came to say goodbye," Hartford said.
A viewing will be Friday at Clark Funeral Home in Stroudsburg. Services will be Saturday at Reeders United Methodist Church, where Hartford was a member of the youth group.
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Once upon a time string orchestras were thick on the ground here: there was Boyd Neel, Reginald Jacques, the English Chamber Orchestra and other ensembles often providing good concerts so that we heard Arthur Bliss' fine Music for Strings, the Frank Bridge Variations of Britten and other pieces that are not so frequently played now. But 3000 miles away there is one class act, the Australian Chamber Orchestra. It was founded as far back as 1975 but gained strength in '89 when Richard Tognetti was appointed Artistic Director and Lead Violin. And now, nearly a quarter of a century later he is still there. And he still looks as fresh as he did then and he has not lost any of his ability to play like a master and to uphold his by now international reputation for being a fine trainer of string players (and they sometimes sprout wind and brass for the bigger classics).
The ACO is here to visit Edinburgh for the Festival and London's Cadogan Hall. The programme began with a Paganini gallimaufry, a Caprice on Pag's Caprices, thought up by Tognetti himself, a pleasant overture/cum visiting card, flitting between No. 20 in D and No. 17 in E flat. Curiously the scalic upbeat to the E flat was not articulated so that one heard the notes and not just a flurry. Why, I wondered? Next we heard that fine Oz composer Richard Meale in tonal mood, his somewhat contrived Cantilena Pacifica. The first half ended with another of Tognetti's enlargements: the String Quartet of Maurice Ravel. These string orchestral versions are like viewing a familiar sculpture from an unusual angle and they make one rethink, usually with pleasure, a favourite piece of chamber music, perhaps introducing it to some listeners.
Dawn Upshaw, American soprano, delighted us with songs by Schumann, Schoenberg and Schubert, each accompanied by strings. Mondnacht, magical evocation of nocturnal love, the Litanei from the String Quartet No 2 and Tod und das Mädchen, three teutonic gifts to the world. The concert ended with more Schoenberg, his early, tonal masterpiece, Transfigured Night, Verklärte Nacht, an Art Deco scene that sounds to me always as if it were an Egon Schiele canvas buried in pink wallpaper. The work is violently passionate as if it would tear your heart out, an engulfing experience.
A special bouquet for the principal viola player, Christopher Moore, whose sound on his instrument was beautiful.


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These fun chicken tenders pack a powerful flavor.
They are refreshing and perfect for this time of year; bringing a hint of summer during spring!
Honey Mustard Chicken Tenders – Adapted from Good Life Eats
- 6-8 chicken tenders
- 1 tsp. minced onion
- 4 T spicy brown mustard
- 5 T honey
- salt and pepper
In a large skillet, cook chicken tenders (use olive oil if you typically do when cooking in your sauté pan) over medium heat for 1-2 minutes.
Season with minced onion, salt and pepper and continue cooking for another 3-4 minutes. Then, flip the tenders over.
Meanwhile, mix together 4 T spicy brown mustard and 5 T honey.
Mix well.
When the tenders have cooked 5 minutes on the second side, reduce the heat to medium-low.
Pour in the honey mustard sauce and simmer the chicken tenders for 10-15 minutes, stirring occasionally.
Check that the tenders have reached 180 degrees, then serve with excess honey mustard sauce.
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The XML functions available in IDS 11 are summarized in the following table:
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|extract, extractxmlclob
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|parse XML doc to determine if it is well-formed
To use the XML functions in IDS 11:
- Start an XML VP by doing one of the following
Add VPCLASS idsxmlvp,num=1 in onconfig file to start the XML VP when the server starts
Use onmode -p +1 idsxmlvp command to add an XML VP dynamically after the server has started
Note: An XML VP is required only if you use XPATH functions such as extract(), extractxmlclob(), extractvalue(),
extractxmlclobvalue(),existsnode(), idsxmlparse(). XML functions starting with gen do not require the XML VP.
- Verify that $INFORMIXDIR/lib/libxml.udr is read-only
- Make sure a default sbspace exists.
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Stay in school, kids ... because if you do well, Carmelo Anthony will give you free Knicks tickets!!! At least that's what he did in Baltimore this week.
Melo and teammate Iman Shumpert dropped by the Carmelo Anthony Youth Development Center in MD to spend some time with the kids in the program, and Melo rewarded the 15 Students of the Month with free Knicks tickets to Thursday's game in Baltimore (against the Wizards).
Anthony gave each student 2 tickets ... handing out 30 total ... but he didn't forget about the non-Students of the Month. We're told he handed out t-shirts to everyone. And they all had a blast.
Talk about a real winner -- and not just because the Knicks trounced the Wizards 98-89.


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Disclaimer: Okay, I'm Jewish. That said, I am also an American and a New Yorker. Also, my grandma worked for Macy's for most of her adult life, as a salesperson. End Disclaimer
When I was growing up (in the 1950s and 1960s), the Christmas season began the moment that Santa and his sleigh appeared onscreen at the end of the New York Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, and not one second sooner. It was the way things were in my entire neighborhood (Richmond Hill, Queens, NY), and we were fine with it. The day after Thanksgiving was, of course, Black Friday (originally named because this was the biggest shopping day of the year; the day that could flip a store into the black, and not for the behavior of the shoppers). Heck, the whole weekend was when most people did their Christmas/Chanukah/whatever (there was no Kwaanza then, and most folks in my neighborhood didn't celebrate Yule) shopping.
Now, as online retailers started taking away some share of the brick and mortar retailers' profits (not to mention competition among the brick and mortar retailers themselves), the brick and mortar retailers started pushing back. First came early bird specials, which could start at any time after, say, 4 am. These were followed by Midnight specials: stores opening at the stroke of Midnight between Thanksgiving Day and Black Friday.
Now, some of the larger brick and mortar retailers are pushing to have stores open on Thanksgiving Night or Day, in a blatant attempt to create bigger sales. In order to do so, they are spending vast sums to stock up, hire security, and entice employees to work on Thanksgiving (in some cases coercing employees to work on that day). Now, I know that for some folks, the economy being what it is, a workday at time and a half is a wonderful thing, and I have no bone to pick with them. I wish them well, and I am certain they are thankful for the chance to add to their budget.
However, I do have an issue with the retailers, particularly the big box retailers. Thanksgiving is the one uniquely American holiday in that it can be celebrated by people of any background or religion, and in that, rather than as a holiday in which people are pushed to give gifts, it is about reflecting on all that we do have — food, a roof over our heads, friends, intelligence, whatever — the things that make our lives good.
Erica, of the blog Northwest Edible Life, did an excellent post on the subject, and I am willing to spread her conclusion:
"This, therefore, is my conclusion and my message: all y'all Grey Thursday and Black Friday deal-hunters need to just calm the hell down for a second (or, ideally, twelve hours). Have some turkey, play a board game, watch a football game. Call your friends, hug your family, put on some music. Go around your house and count how many TVs you already have. Hint: if (number of TVs x 200)>(your credit score) do not buy any more TVs!
Go shopping on Friday. Have a blast – get up early, buy a Mrs. Field's cookie and make a day out of it. Go with friends, keep the economy moving, hunt for parking, be part of the Black Friday tradition. If everyone did this, within two years stores would take Thursday sales off the table, hundreds of thousands of employees would not be pressured to work Thanksgiving, and the discounts would be just as good on Friday.
I cannot emphasize this enough: there is no reason – at all – why a steep discount has to be offered on Thursday instead of Friday. The stores would all adapt if we refused to offer up Thanksgiving to commercialism."
Of course, like Erica, I feel I am preaching to the choir here. Most of the people I know would sooner eat soap than go near a mall on Black Friday.
However, like Erica, I want to spread the word that if enough people avoid taking part in this crazy rush to acquire things, and the retailers lose enough money, they will be forced by their own bottom lines to not repeat the folly.
Therefore, I am taking a stand. And I am putting that stand out in the world, so that others so inclined might also take one. I will not, other than maybe a last-minute run to the local bodega for more milk, go near a store on Thanksgiving. I will dine with my relatives, relax with them, enjoy their company, and then go home, where I will either read, chat with online friends, or knit until bedtime.
I note that the roomie just placed a full-page ad from one of my favorite local chain appliance/electronics stores, P.C. Richards, into my hand. They are not only not going to open on Thanksgiving Day or Night, but are blasting retailers who do so.
Since the text of the ad is not clear, here is the text:
Save Thanksgiving
Our 2,968 Employees Wish You a Very Healthy, Happy Thanksgiving… A Day for the Celebration of Families, Friends, and Loved Ones.
It is our opinion that retailers who choose to open on Thanksgiving Day or Night show no respect to their employees and families, and are in total disrespect of family values in the United States of America.
Honor Thanksgiving Day… A True American Holiday!
And on this day… our thoughts and prayers are with our employees, customers, friends and neighbors who have been impacted by Hurricane Sandy.
We appreciate those who provide us essential services today.
A special thank to all emergency response teams, working tirelessly in the wake of Hurricane Sandy, and to the service men and women who protect our freedom each and every day!
Family Owned & Operated for 103 Year…Est. 1909
And because of that, I think you folks can predict what retailer will continue to get my share of patronage when I want to purchase an appliance or small electronics item.
So, I am, as I said, taking a stand. And I ask if you will, too. Will you avoid the attempt to turn Thanksgiving Day into an extension of Black Friday? Will you avoid becoming part of the madding crowd at the malls?
Note: I do welcome dissenting opinions, so long as they are voiced civilly. If they are not, I will borrow Teresa Neilsen-Hayden's disemvowelling tools, and John Scalzi's Mallet of Gentle Correction, and use them liberally.


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American Midstream (Midla), LLC
Sixth Revised Volume No. 1
Contents / Previous / Next / Main Tariff Index
Effective Date: 05/01/2010, Docket: RP10-483-000, Status: Effective
Original Sheet No. 312 Original Sheet No. 312
the applicable MDQ set forth on Exhibit B for each such Point of Delivery or Customer's
nomination, if less than the MDQ.
1.3 To the extent permitted by Pipeline's FERC Gas Tariff, Fifth Revised Volume No. 1
(hereinafter the "Tariff"), and FERC orders and regulations, Pipeline shall have the right
to interrupt service under this Agreement if at any time Customer fails to materially
comply with any provision of this Agreement.
2.1 This Agreement shall become effective as of the date first set forth hereinabove
written and shall continue through ______________ (the "Primary Term"). Thereafter,
this Agreement shall continue for successive terms of twelve (12) Months each (the
"Renewal Term") unless either party gives ninety (90) Days written notice to the other
party prior to the end of the Primary Term or any twelve (12) Month Renewal Term
2.2 Termination of this Agreement shall not affect or cancel the obligations, claims, and
liabilities then owing by either party to the other.
2.3 Pipeline's or Customer's right to terminate this Agreement upon expiration of the
Primary Term hereof shall be subject to the pregranted abandonment provision of
Section 7 of the General Terms and Conditions of the Tariff.
3.1 Customer shall pay Pipeline each Month for service provided under this Agreement
the maximum rates and such other charges as are specified in the Tariff for Rate
Schedule FTS, including but not limited to the Annual Charge Adjustment (ACA), the Fuel
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Cubs president Theo Epstein is seated behind home plate in section 110 for today's Cougars matinee against Peoria at Fifth Third Bank Ballpark.
Asked about Epstein's rumored arrival before the game, Cougars manager Mark Johnson said he had not heard anything. However, Johnson was quick to note the Cougars' proximity to Chicago was a great player development tool.
"That's the thing about being here, there's always people popping in and showing up at game time, which is good," Johnson said.
Stay tuned for more as we try to get in touch with Epstein.
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The third-annual Veuve Clicquot Polo Classic, Los Angeles will return to Will Rogers State Historic Park on Saturday, October 6, 2012. Fresh off the heels of June's widely popular Veuve Clicquot Polo Classic in New York, the Los Angeles event serves to bring the excitement of polo to the West Coast. Open to the public, the event offers Angelenos the opportunity to experience professional polo first-hand as event-goers will watch renowned Argentine polo player, Nacho Figueras, leads his team in the match.
Rachel Zoe and husband Rodger Berman will return as co-hosts, alongside Nacho Figueras, wife Delfina Blaquier and President of Veuve Clicquot USA, Vanessa Kay. Last year, the event was attended by the likes of Zoe Saldana, Sofia Vergara, Camilla Belle, Ali Larter, Selma Blair, Jaime King, Lauren Conrad, Lo Bosworth, Adam Sandler, Jeremy Piven, Greg Kinnear and more. Veuve Clicquot expects another star-studded turn out in 2012!
The Veuve Clicquot Polo Classic, Los Angeles, will offer food available for purchase as well as flutes and bottles of Veuve Clicquot and specialty items in the iconic Veuve Clicquot yellow. Tickets for the event must be purchased in advance on www.vcpoloclassic.com.
Veuve Clicquot has a long association with polo in England through the Veuve Clicquot Gold Cup and now in the United States of America with the Veuve Clicquot Polo Classic, which kicks-off the Veuve Clicquot Season summer opening. The champagne house was established in 1772 by Philippe Clicquot, and began to thrive when Widow Madame Clicquot took the helm 1805. Today its eponymous Yellow Label continues to be one of the world's most beloved champagnes. The Veuve Clicquot Season is an essential guide to the most exclusive social events and parties of the year across the country. For more information, please visit www.vcpoloclassic.com


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Atheist Shoes, a German company that makes atheist-branded shoes, did a simple experiment. They shipped duplicate packages to American destinations, with one difference: one package would be plain, the other had tape with the word "atheist" put on it.
Atheist-labeled packages were ten times more likely to be lost in transit.
Their interpretation: workers at the post office are taking offense at overt godlessness, and most unprofessionally, are 'accidentally' losing packages with labels they don't like. They're going to be more discreet in their packaging from now on.
Alternative explanation for godbots: the USPS is more dependent on divine assistance to get their job done than they want to let on.


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Very few players from around the world can be regarded as true legends of the game.
This elite group of players are those who have been at the forefront of badminton for many years, playing with a style and brilliance that has graced the world's tournaments and remaining at the top of the world rankings for more than a decade.
Audiences around the world cherish memories of the breath-taking rallies and thrilling matches they have witnessed these players competing in. It is not an exaggeration to say that they have helped shape the history of today's game.
Around the world there are thousands of players who try to emulate their grace, speed and style.
YONEX has been proud to have played their part in this great legacy, supporting these elite players throughout their illustrious careers at the top of world badminton.
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Press Centre
About Arbor Memorial
Arbor Memorial Inc. is a family-owned Canadian company, established in 1947 that provides interment rights, cremations, funerals and associated services to families across the country.
Arbor Memorial pioneered the 'onsite' approach, with many of our funeral homes located on cemeteries to provide families with the most comprehensive service possible.
Arbor Memorial offers conveniently located funeral homes and cemeteries to best serve the needs of our families.
With 41 cemeteries, 28 crematoria and 92 funeral homes in provinces across Canada, Arbor Memorial is prepared to serve the needs of Canadians.
Press Contact
For media inquiries about Arbor Memorial Inc., and to arrange interviews with our staff, please contact:
Dustin Wright
Director, Marketing Communications
(416) 763-3230 ext. 3032
Arbor in the News
"Arbor Memorial: Canada's Best Managed Companies 2018" Canadian Business, March 8, 2018
"Arbor Memorial Tackles a Taboo Topic" Strategy Online, Jan. 26, 2017
"Dying in a digital world means life after death" Toronto Sun, Feb. 2, 2016
"Are Nova Scotians ready for end-of-life celebrations instead of funerals?" Halifax Herald, Jan. 26, 2016
"Baby boomers expected to breathe life into funeral industry" Globe and Mail, Nov. 10, 2015
"Would you take a selfie at a funeral?" Toronto, Oct. 13, 2015


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The Lincoln Parks and Recreation Foundation in cooperation with the City of Lincoln Parks and Recreation Department today kicked off "Beat the Heat" campaign to raise funds to extend the swimming season at public pools. The Foundation is leading off the campaign with a contribution of $1,000.
Due to budget cuts, six neighborhood pools were scheduled to close two weeks early on August 4, and evening hours were cut at seven pools. The recent "Keep 'Em Wet" Campaign in the Irvingdale neighborhood raised $2,400 to restore evening hours and extend the pool season at Irvingdale Pool. City Council Member Jonathan Cook also contributed $5,000 of his research and constituent services fund to the campaign.
The Foundation hopes to raise at least $10,000 before Friday, August 2 to allow Belmont Pool and Meadow Heights Pool to remain open through August 18. If the goal is reached, only three of the city's 11 pools would close August 4 – Air Park, Ballard and Kuklin.
"We are making an appeal to the community to help keep the public pools open." said Clancy Woolman, Vice-President of the Lincoln Parks and Recreation Foundation.
Pool attendance is up by more than 12 percent this summer over last year, in spite of reduced operating hours. "It's been a very dry and hot summer," said Lynn Johnson, Parks and Recreation Director. "We're certain that families and children will appreciate an opportunity to continue water recreation activities at their neighborhood pool later into August."
"We did not want to cut pool hours and days, but declining City revenues have forced us to make some tough decisions," said Mayor Don Wesely. "I want to thank the Foundation and the community for stepping in to help us increase pool access for Lincoln families."
The hour and season reductions are also proposed as part of the City budget for next year. If the campaign exceeds its $10,000 goal, funds would be used to extend hours and days next summer. Tax deductible donations for the "Beat the Heat" campaign can be sent to the Lincoln Parks and Recreation Foundation, Box 201, 2740 "A: Street, Lincoln, Nebraska 68502. The Lincoln Journal Star will have daily reports on the progress of the campaign.
The annual budget for operating public pools is about $900,000. Receipts from admission fees, season passes, program registration fees and pool rentals total about 50 percent of the annual budget. The City's modifications to the pool schedule will save about $100,000 this summer.
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I fell in love on the phone. I was working on a novel in Washington, and she was my editor in New York, but this was hack work — a movie novelization unworthy of a travel budget — so we never met. Still, the voice stayed with me. It contained a smile, a mellow eroticism, a bubbly smarts and layers of warmth. It would be years before we met and still more years before we got together and a bit longer until I moved in. I loved her like a teenager, like the kid I no longer was. I was stunned by the force of it, waited for it to fail — but it never did. She died last Wednesday, not that she ever will.
Mona Riklis Ackerman succumbed to ovarian cancer, a mean, vicious disease. The 3 1 / 2 years she suffered from it were brutal, but somehow she rarely lost her glow and her sense of humor. She organized her chemotherapy sessions so we could watch movies on a DVD player, or we would just sit around and chat. Her son and daughter joined us; friends, too. The sessions were often raucous — much laughter, much food for us and the medical staff. You scoff. I understand. Still, it is true.
Before book publishing, Mona had been in the movie business, a vice president of United Artists. But the bicoastal life was not for her. Her two children came first, and so, in her mid-30s, she went back to school, nailed her PhD in clinical psychology and set herself up in a little office at Bellevue Hospital. Later, she moved on to a private high school and then opened her own practice. Among her first patients were HIV/AIDS victims, confused and terrified men who were told the disease — then incurable — was their own fault. Mona soothed. Mona listened. Mona talked. She had the gift.
I have swum with whales. I have been a Post columnist for a very long time. I have met politicians, movie stars, famous writers, billionaires with airplanes, billionaires with yachts — whales you know, whales you've heard of. Mona was no whale. She worked in secret, in her office with the shades drawn. She'd come home and tell me she'd done good work, nothing more. She had difficult patients — anorexics and such — and sometimes we were on suicide watch. On rare occasions, a former patient would emerge from the shadow. "Saved my life," one of them told me recently. Whales don't do that. Mona did.
She was a writer herself. For a long time she did a weekly column on psychology for the Huffington Post. Her insights were smart, wise. She taught a course of her own creation on the psychology of philanthropy at New York University. She was a philanthropist herself as well, president of her family's foundation. She contributed to NYU, the Museum of Modern Art and the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel. She opened her home to performing artists in the name of scientific research. She threw brilliant parties, although she didn't always stay. She would tiptoe down the hallway to her bedroom and read a book.
Over the years, before we became a couple, we'd run into each other from time to time — first when she was with mutual friends at a restaurant, then at a party, then another party, then a funeral. Each time, we'd find a corner and talk and talk and talk. Finally, we met alone — lunch, we called it. That was nearly 11 years ago. Soon, I moved in, and my every morning would begin with a therapy session. I'd try to get away, but her voice would draw me back. "Let's talk," she'd say. She found meaning in what I said and what I didn't say. She opened me up, filleted me like a halibut and then, with a smile, put me back together again. I loved my shrink.
I had what I called "Mona Moments" — bursts of intense love. They could make me gasp, even go a bit weak in the knees. (Ya think it doesn't happen?) She'd ask me what she had said — what had done it? I rarely knew. I watched her have a similar effect on others. She was adored. She glowed. She was descended from the 18th-century charismatic rabbi known as the Baal Shem Tov, and I came to think she inherited a particle of his electrifying DNA. It might be scientifically silly, but it worked for me.
The whales get their due — accolades and swell obituaries, sometimes even deserved. This is Mona's. For 3 1 / 2 years, I breathed the fumes of her optimism almost until she could breathe no more. She died last Wednesday, not that she ever will.
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NOVA "Hunting The Edge of Space - The Ever Expanding Universe" The conclusion investigates the universe's distant past - and its future. Modern telescopes add a mysterious new twist: The majority of the stuff of the universe is invisible, tied up in dark matter and dark energy. A new generation of telescopes embarks on a new mission, to seek out these mysterious dark forces. Part 2 of 2G
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Bike blinding mode with a Light and Motion Taz on the front and Knob Blinders on the back
With lights set to stun on the D-Plus rode to Citizen Seattle and spotted the Space Needle through a window. Took a photo and continued riding. It's been raining nonstop for 2 weeks here.
Space Needle in the dreep
On the stoop at Hugga HQ, a package from Rapha arrived. Since it was Halloween, told the kids the Great Pumpkin brought it, but know it was sent by this man.
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In the Rose Garden at the White House today, President Obama signed into law new fuel efficiency and emissions standards for medium and heavy duty trucks. The executive order mandates that the Environmental Protection Agency and the Transportation Department develop new requirements for larger vehicles and extend and improve upon those for smaller vehicles. Though — as we recently reported — Congress now has a climate change bill in the works, the President decided to push these vehicle standards forward on the road towards a more energy-efficient tomorrow.
The President noted that he hoped that Congress would pass their climate and energy bill sometime this year, but that he thought he'd go ahead and get the process started. He told the crowd at the White House, "I intend to work with members of both parties to pass a bill this year. In the meantime," he added, "I'm going to take every sensible, responsible action that I can take using my authority as president." The executive order puts the task upon the EPA and the DOT to come up with strict fuel efficiency and emissions standards on large trucks that will go into effect in the 2014 model year. It also orders them to expound upon the emissions goals set last month for small cars and to create new goals for the 2017 model year.
The administration is hoping these standards, along with the bill in Congress will push auto manufacturers to pursue energy alternatives instead of just reducing the amount of fuel used by vehicles. President Obama made reference to the oil spill in the Gulf as a perfect reason to reduce our oil dependence: "the disaster in the Gulf only underscores that even as we pursue domestic production to reduce our reliance on imported oil, our long-term security depends on the development of alternative sources of fuel and new transportation technologies." Though the order does not set specific standards it calls for an improvement on the current 3.7 miles per gallon that large trucks currently average. Let's hope we can improve on that quickly, because if not, we're probably doomed.


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233455 needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 71 designs submitted by 35 freelance designers.
We need a military themed army style logo for a new online army navy store. The logo should contain the text 'ArmyShop.com' in some way or another. A small or unique military clipart would also be nice. This needs to be a very very appealing design at first glance.
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We need a logo for ArmyShop.com that will quickly and clearly advertise us as an army store selling military clothing and supplies.
something that will stand out as different and better than other army stores
Regular stencil font on a solid background.
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The World Bank recently interviewed several families in Armenia to depict the hardships people face when they cannot earn more than $5 a day per person. The country faces long, harsh winters and paying to stay warm and eat enough to survive the cold can quickly eat into the poor's meager incomes.
The Face of Poverty package aims to show how tough life can be for these families and their belief that education is the singular way out of poverty for their children.
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Communities in Georgia, Texas and Tennessee have been awarded the "Cotton Town USA" designation under a program sponsored by Bayer CropScience and the National Cotton Women's Committee.
Recipients of the 2003 Cotton Town USA grants are Moultrie, Ga., Ropesville, Texas, and Somerville, Tenn., each of which will receive a $10,000 grant to fund community improvement projects.
"After reviewing the many contest applications, it is apparent that rural American towns are facing economic challenges," says Cotton Nelson, manager, public relations for the National Cotton Council. "These three Cotton Town grant recipients provided clear plans on how they want to improve their communities for the benefit of their citizens. With the support of Bayer CropScience, they will be able to make those plans a reality."
All three towns have indicated specific community projects for the grant dollars.
Moultrie plans to put the funds toward the completion of Moss Farms Aquatic Center, a state-of-the-art diving facility established by local cotton farmer Moose Moss.
"As a designated Cotton Town USA, Moultrie will host many opportunities to educate and showcase the unique ways cotton farming has inspired excellence in South Georgia," writes Moultrie's nominator U.S. Senator Saxby Chambliss in the town's application.
The west Texas community of Ropesville will use its grant money to preserve and maintain the town's oldest historic building, as well as add handicapped accessibility to this community gathering place.
"This building is important to the community not only for its historical significance but also because it is the only available meeting place for civic and social events," says Jerry Beth Shannon, Ropesville's nominator and retired librarian.
Somerville, Tenn., proposes its grant be matched by town funds to contribute to the restoration of the historic Fair Theatre.
"We hope to make the theater central to Somerville's surrounding towns, Fayette County's adjoining counties, and the metropolitan Memphis area," writes Jamie Jenkins, county Extension agent, in his nomination for Somerville.
Cotton Town USA grants are available to towns that rely on cotton production as a cultural and economic cornerstone. Applicants are asked to complete a nomination form that includes demonstrating why theirs is a cotton town, and a short explanation of why their town should receive the award and what it would do with the grant money if their community was selected. Moultrie, Ropesville and Somerville were selected out of more than 70 applications received this year.
"Bayer CropScience recognizes these towns for representing the importance of cotton in our lives," says Scott Johnson, insecticide business manager, Bayer CropScience. "We are proud to add value to cotton communities through the Cotton Town USA program."
Cotton Town USA is part of Cotton Counts, a National Cotton Council consumer awareness campaign aimed at improving the understanding of and attitudes toward the U.S. cotton industry, and led by the National Cotton Women's Committee. Funds earned by the sale of Bayer CropScience products including Baythroid insecticide, FiberMax cotton seed, Finish 6 Pro harvest aid, Temik insecticide, Trimax insecticide and others help support the campaign and make Cotton Town USA grants possible.


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Global SSL Retailer Trustico® Joins RatePoint Partner Program
Partnership Significantly Broadens International Distribution of RatePoint Online Reputation Management and Customer Feedback Platform
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Needham, MA and Croydon, UK -- April 8, 2008 -- RatePoint, Inc., a market leader for online reputation management and customer feedback platforms for businesses, and Trustico®, one of the largest SSL retailers globally, today announced a strategic reseller partnership that allows RatePoint to significantly enhance its global exposure and strengthen its presence in the European and Asia-Pacific markets. In joining the RatePoint partner program, Trustico® will make available the RatePoint platform to its customer base that is growing at a rate of more than 1,400 a month.
"As a growing global company, we're faced with a competitive landscape that is dictated by what works well for customers. We're always looking for innovative ways to provide added value to our customers, and RatePoint presents a truly unique and relevant offering," said Zane Lucas, Director, Trustico®. "SSL is really all about showing that you're a trusted and secure business, and now with the addition of RatePoint, our customers can further promote their credibility and reliability to consumers online, while improving overall customer service and satisfaction."
The RatePoint platform, with international support for more than 10 languages, allows businesses to easily capture and publish consumer reviews and feedback directly from their Web sites. RatePoint verifies actual consumer ratings for authenticity, and businesses then have an opportunity to respond to feedback and publish those reviews online. In addition, the solution includes a suite of business tools, including online dispute resolution, surveys, and e-mail marketing.
Previously, where any individuals comments could impact a business through consumer-driven review sites like Yelp or Angie's List, RatePoint's patent-pending offering provides perhaps the most innovative tool for businesses to manage their online reputation by encouraging customers to speak up, and then sharing that feedback with other consumers. The mutual benefit to consumers is they are given an interactive method to provide and view insightful, honest feedback, ultimately creating a more satisfying customer experience.
"We're thrilled to welcome Trustico® to our partner program. The natural synergies of both companies further demonstrate the importance of securing online transactions and combining the most innovative technologies to enable trust with online consumers," said Tom Serani, Vice President of Worldwide Sales, RatePoint. "This alliance allows us to respond to the growing international demand for online reputation management and customer feedback solutions, and opens up new global marketing and sales channels for RatePoint."
About Trustico® Group
Founded in 2006, unlike others, Trustico® does not carry baggage of being born out of a hosting or domain name company. A dedicated SSL provider, its aim is to revolutionize the market by being a one-stop shop for your SSL needs at sensible prices. With a highly trained team offering 24/7 advice on how to buy a certificate fit for purpose, Trustico® issues within minutes and its ordering system is the first of its kind -- even offering an SSL installation service. For more information visit www.trustico.com or call 866.216.1833.
About RatePoint, Inc.
Founded in 2006, RatePoint, Inc. offers a powerful, quality-assurance certification and customer feedback platform for today's growing businesses. Leveraging the latest in Web 2.0 trends, web content authentication and consumer ratings systems, RatePoint, Inc. is revolutionizing the way businesses and consumers define, identify and monitor quality. RatePoint, Inc. was founded by the founders of GeoTrust and is a venture backed by Prism VentureWorks and .406 Ventures. For more information about RatePoint, Inc., please call 888.777.1636 or visit the RatePoint website.


text: We knew the 2009 Corvette ZR1 was fast, but until now, we didn't know how fast it could be in the hands of anyone other than GM's official test drivers. It appears Popular Mechanics has strapped its own timing gear to the ZR1 and hit the go pedal. We're kind of relieved they pulled times slightly slower than those officially quoted by GM. Despite the ridiculously accessible nature of its performance, the ZR1 is a real driver's car that actually requires some driving. It's nice to see that variations in driver skill, surface and other variables actually have an effect on it, rather than relying on electronics capable of completely removing humans from the equation. Hit the jump for the results. [via Popular Mechanics]


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In August, Google introduced a new, if rather obscure, security feature to its Chrome web browser, designed to be triggered only under extreme circumstances.
If you were talking to Google's servers using the web's secure "https" protocol, your browser makes a number of checks to ensure that you are really talking to Google's servers. Like an overly obsessive bouncer, the new code double-checks the identity of any supposed Google site against a Chrome-only list of valid Google identities hardwired into the browser.
The feature was experimental, so Google only included checks
for its own websites. This week, a handful of Chrome users visiting Gmail and
other Google sites triggered the warning, and contacted Google. According to Google's later reporting, the affected users were
"primarily located" in
What does this mean? It means that somebody in
This was not a trivial undertaking. The Iranian users'
reports reveal what must have happened. The snoopers' associates had either broken
into or defrauded the Dutch Internet security firm DigiNotar, and obtained from
them a fake digital identity document, an https certificate, in the name of
Google. They then redirected Google traffic within
The combination of a targeted attack and the commandeering of at least two Internet service providers suggests a highly organized attempt to spy on a large number of Iranian Net users' secure communications. The obvious, but unproven, candidate for this seems to be some element of the Iranian security forces.
If state security agents are working in cooperation with
criminals in repressive countries like
It is also important, however, to note what we cannot yet conclude. Firstly, we do not know the extent of the Iranian surveillance. Google only spotted the attack on its own services because the company had added specific extra checks in its browser for its own websites. Many other websites' communications may have been compromised with no chance of detection.
The company most responsible for allowing this attack has
not helped. Despite its clear involvement, DigiNotar has remained largely
silent about the attack and has failed to notify other sites that may have been
compromised. For instance, DigiNotar only informed the Tor Project, a software
regularly used by at-risk journalists to communicate anonymously on the
Internet, after the group directly requested confirmation that it had
been targeted. (If you are in
While all eyes are on
The current dependence of secure Internet traffic on a few, potentially insecure commercial companies is a profound flaw, but fixes are being worked on. One useful browser add-on that vulnerable groups should consider using is Convergence, which conducts a similar double-check to Chrome but has the potential to compare with multiple sources. The tool, still in its early stages, would have spotted the Iranian attack.
Experts can build tools to detect spying on https traffic partly because such encrypted, authenticated communications are inherently harder to spy upon. By contrast, every state, and many criminal and commercial groups, can trivially spy on unencrypted data with no chance of being spotted. Almost all of the communications of journalists and news media, including messages between sources and reporters, continue to pass over the Internet with no protection from snooping at all.
Detectable surveillance will always represent the tip of the iceberg. Journalists who expect attacks from criminals or even their own governments need to take proactive steps, including using https and tools like Tor, and protect themselves, even if they know those protections are now under concerted attack.


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LOS ANGELES (CNS) – Guns may be surrendered, with no questions asked, at four locations today in exchange for Ralphs grocery cards valued at up to $200.
The city of Los Angeles will accept firearms from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. at:
— the Los Angeles Sports Arena, 3939 S. Figueroa St., in central Los Angeles;
— at the park and ride parking lot at 1300 W. Pacific Coast Highway in Wilmington;
— the parking lot at 2379 W. Washington Blvd. in West Los Angeles; and
— the Van Nuys Masonic Temple, 14750 Sherman Way.
Almost 12,000 firearms have been taken off the streets since the city's gun buyback program started in 2009, according to the mayor's office.
The Gang Reduction and Youth Development in the Mayor Eric Garcetti's office runs the gun buyback and the Summer Night Lights program.


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JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (Oct. 22, 2012) – The ETSU Department of Intercollegiate Athletics officially announced Saturday's Atlantic Sun Quarterfinal between ETSU and Jacksonville will take place inside Summers-Taylor Stadium at 7 p.m.
ETSU (12-5-0, 6-3-0 A-Sun) earned the No. 4 seed with 18 points in the league standings, while Jacksonville (8-6-3, 5-2-2 A-Sun) took the No. 5 seed with 17 points in conference play. The winner of Saturday's quarterfinal will move on to Ft. Myers, Fla., to take on No. 1 FGCU in the semifinal round.
If inclement weather postpones Saturday's game, the makeup date is scheduled to be Sunday at 1 p.m.
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Sunday, July 02, 2006
31 comments:
- Amy said...
Very nice use of color there! I like it. =)
- Sunday, July 02, 2006 1:40:00 PM
- Roy Blumenthal said...
Oooooooo! Wow! What a dark and atmospheric pic. Very good work. Thanks!
Blue skies
PS: My 'Sticky' for Illo Friday is at: Coffee-Shop Schmuck
- Sunday, July 02, 2006 3:25:00 PM
- annax said...
Beautiful and striking...
- Sunday, July 02, 2006 5:20:00 PM
- Jennifer Herring said...
Beatuiful light and dark. I love th warm glow of this.
- Sunday, July 02, 2006 7:35:00 PM
- Teri C said...
The play of lgiht and dark is awesome and so striking! Wow!
- Sunday, July 02, 2006 7:36:00 PM
- doodlestreet said...
Wow! First time I've been to your blog...I love your work. I love contrast and bright colors...my favorite. SWWWWWEET!
- Sunday, July 02, 2006 8:53:00 PM
- Lou said...
Love your use of shadowing. Really draws you in. the choice of color adds to the sticky situation effect.
Great job!
- Sunday, July 02, 2006 10:25:00 PM
- Bron Smith said...
I really like the way you paint in Photoshop. Photoshop, right?
- Monday, July 03, 2006 2:06:00 AM
- Ginger*:)* said...
Extremely interesting use of color, light, and shadow. The effect it has on me is that I would want to know more if I were in this situation, but I would approach very cautiously. Great job!
- Monday, July 03, 2006 10:22:00 AM
- Alina Chau said...
beautiful, love the dramatic lighting!
- Monday, July 03, 2006 11:31:00 AM
- Alexiev said...
This is beautiful, great colours and work... And Blog...
Saludos desde Buenos Aires...
Best regards...
- Monday, July 03, 2006 6:03:00 PM
- Loni said...
Beautiful use of colors and shading! Nice job. Thank you for the nice comment on my blog :)
- Monday, July 03, 2006 6:30:00 PM
- steve said...
Somehow, this reminds me of making hasty deals, and the name...Faust.
Yikes !
- Monday, July 03, 2006 6:39:00 PM
- Princess Pepper Cloud said...
Love the firey colors! I do wonder what is going on behind those shadows.
- Monday, July 03, 2006 7:59:00 PM
This is an incredible piece of art work!!!This truly must be a very sticky situation in more ways than one!Your light play and movement in the curtain are truly amazing!!!
- Monday, July 03, 2006 9:13:00 PM
- Tony LaRocca said...
This is such a cool picture, it can mean whatever the viewer wants it to. Great job.
- Monday, July 03, 2006 11:49:00 PM
- carla said...
This one is very mysterious and very beautiful. I love the chiaroscuro...makes me think of a Georges de La Tour painting.
- Tuesday, July 04, 2006 8:57:00 AM
- Rrramone said...
Brings back scary memories. Very nice work.
- Tuesday, July 04, 2006 9:04:00 AM
- chippamunkey said...
Wow, good job! I really love how you accomplished the light and dark in this piece. NICE!
- Tuesday, July 04, 2006 10:42:00 AM
- the heartful blogger said...
Wonderful shadows and atmosphere, as always.
- Tuesday, July 04, 2006 1:59:00 PM
- Katili said...
Mysterious. Love the way those dark shadows and flame yellow light work together to create a very exciting moment. Scary but I like it.
- Tuesday, July 04, 2006 4:18:00 PM
- himavant said...
hi miri! very nice lighting in the dark.
thank you for nice comment at blucolage.
- Wednesday, July 05, 2006 10:33:00 AM
- TXArtcGal said...
The shadows are awesome...and, the colors are great!! What a great take on this week's theme! Nice job!
- Wednesday, July 05, 2006 12:47:00 PM
- AndyDoodler said...
Makes me look and think- as your work always does. Is it a vampire like thing running from the sunrise? Feel more sadness than fear here. Love the sun- love the painting.
- Wednesday, July 05, 2006 3:14:00 PM
- belinha said...
Digital panting?!!Beautifull!
- Wednesday, July 05, 2006 5:01:00 PM
- belinha said...
You can get a CUBE to your blog too!It's easy and I think that your paintings may work pretty good also.Check the sitehttp://www.picturetrail.com/
and choose.They have lots of Flicks, that's what they call it!
- Wednesday, July 05, 2006 7:31:00 PM
- Mauricio said...
very nice artwork!
Congratulations for the color, the light for all!
My best
From Rio
- Wednesday, July 05, 2006 8:57:00 PM
- stacey m said...
wow, very dramatic, amazing colors! i found myself staring at it for a full 5 minutes trying to determine what the situation was! it will have to remain a mystery :)
- Friday, July 07, 2006 1:07:00 AM
- The Unknown said...
Haunting and makes me feel a little sad. Personal demons I guess.
- Tuesday, July 11, 2006 1:50:00 AM
- the heartful blogger said...
Ooooh, mysterious! I like it.
- Friday, July 21, 2006 5:42:00 PM
- ahmed said...
nice art and lovely colors
- Sunday, July 23, 2006 10:12:00 AM


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Three of every four soybean farmers in America support their checkoff, according to a recent soybean checkoff-funded survey, information vital to farmer-leaders serving on the United Soybean Board.
"There's nothing more important than direct input from our fellow farmers when it comes to investing checkoff dollars," says Ike Boudreaux, USB chairman and a soybean farmer from Lebeau, La.
"We have a number of avenues to gain insight from farmers and our yearly surveys … provide a grade card to let us know how we are doing and what moves we can make to meet the changing needs of our industry."
When it comes to the survey, farmers were asked about biodiesel, production issues, developing new uses for soy, support of the livestock industry, development of healthier beans and international marketing.
Overall, support for the checkoff continued at the same level as it has been the last two years, 75 percent with two out of every three responding that they were at least somewhat familiar with details and specifics of the checkoff.
Generally the results reflected the effectiveness of the board's communication efforts with farmer audiences. Results indicate 63 percent of the farmers are familiar with the interests of the checkoff.
Other results regarding checkoff programs include the following:
• Soy biodiesel use was at 58 percent in the survey, up 8 percent from 2007.
• Close to 90 percent of farmers agreed the soybean checkoff funded soy-based products.
• Nearly 80 percent of those farmers could name a specific soy-based product.
• 81 percent of farmers thought the checkoff expanded international markets, up 9 percent.
• Farmers thought plant research was important as 76 percent thought the checkoff improved new advances and techniques to develop pest and disease-resistant varieties.
• 78 percent of farmers support the growth of livestock operations.
The survey was completed Feb. 18 and soybean checkoff farmer-leaders were briefed during their recent board meeting. The survey helps keep directors informed of priorities soybean farmers feel should be considered by the board as it makes funding decisions.
"Even though our recent survey has been completed, we welcome additional input regarding our efforts," says Boudreaux. "Surveying the minds of farmers across the 29 soybean-producing states … has never been more important and we will keep an open eye and ear to the needs of our fellow farmers."
USB is made up of 68 farmer-directors who oversee the investments of the soybean checkoff on behalf of all U.S. soybean farmers. Checkoff funds are invested in the areas of animal utilization, human utilization, industrial utilization, industry relations, market access and supply.
As stipulated in the Soybean Promotion, Research and Consumer Information Act, USDA's Agricultural Marketing Service has oversight responsibilities for USB and the soybean checkoff.


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The Jets punt team is in the market for another personal protector.
RB Ray Rice hopes the Ravens "keep it together" in their bid to repeat.
Breaking down the state of the Bengals offensive line.
What are the quarterback options for the Browns in the draft?
Steelers LB James Harrison has taken up dodgeball this offseason.
The 2012 Texans running back highlight film.
There's no room for "one-trick ponies" on the Colts offense.
Jaguars defensive coordinator Bob Babich grew up in Western Pennsylvania, which is steel mill country and football country.
Titans OL Eugene Amano was born in the Philippines and has returned there for the first time this offseason.
Tight ends and slot receivers play an important role in the Broncos offense.
Chiefs coach Andy Reid had his best draft with the Eagles in 2002.
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EMSDanel joined the Geocaching community on 10/18/2006 and started his finds with one of my caches, Meadows Dam, on 10/23/06. It has been a straight forward endeavor since then.
Dan has personally shared with me his passion for Geocaching is not only driven by the hunt, but, also by using this medium as a means to stay healthy and fit. In fact, Dan will explain to you how Geocaching has improved his health.
I applaud not only his 1000th find and more, surely it will be more than I see today, while he and his partner, Risteen are on a business trip in Florida - but also his commitment to the Geocaching community. From putting out Quality caches, donation to functions, teaching, supporting, mentoring and particiation in events to being a community helper (as the coordinator of a yearly Cancer Fund raiser in the Ellsworth area) - Dan is a well rounded professional.
Congrats to Dan on this level of achievement (not one achieved by many in a year - let alone shy of a year )! On to many more - but I know there has been a personal promise to a special person in his life to slow down a bit! Hope to see Dan & Risteen at many more events and hope to support them too!
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The Volpe Center works with federal, state, local and international agencies to assess, research, develop and deploy transportation technologies, and support policy and decision-making.
QinetiQ Group PLC., of McLean, Va., ranks No. 43 on Washington Technology's 2011 Top 100 list of the largest federal government contractors.
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NEW DELHI, India, Jan. 20, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- 22nd Convergence India 2014 Conference -- Entropic (Nasdaq:ENTR), a world leader in semiconductor solutions for the connected home, and Inverto Digital Labs, a leader in broadcast reception and streaming products, today announced a major direct broadcast satellite (DBS) operator in India has deployed Inverto's Quad Unicable™ multi-switch based on Entropic's proven, third-generation Channel Stacking Switch (CSS), the EN5288. By implementing Inverto's Quad Unicable multi-switch, the operator can enhance TV viewing experiences of Multi-Dwelling Unit (MDU) subscribers by enabling multiple tuners and viewing locations off a single-cable run from the trunk system that already exists in the building.
Inverto's Unicable multi-switch with Entropic CSS technology enables the DBS operator to significantly reduce satellite installation costs by sending multiple video streams from multiple satellites into and around the home – over a single-cable feed. This simplified cabling approach allows the operator to deploy set-top boxes (STBs), with multiple tuner capabilities, in multiple rooms, without adding additional cabling by using the existing single-cable run from the MDU's trunk.
The new multi-switch leverages the industry standard CENELEC EN50494, which facilitates the delivery of broadcast programming to a maximum of eight STBs over a single coaxial cable. This in turn allows operators who have incorporated the standard into their STBs ahead of deployment to future-proof subscribers' in-home networks allowing seamless deployment of DVR and multi-room solutions – at any time – with CSS products.
"We are working with a major India-based DBS operator who is taking a unique single-cable architecture approach to delivering entertainment and advanced services into the homes of its subscribers," said Gil Laifer, Senior Director of Products, Inverto Digital Labs. "By implementing our Unicable products with Entropic's advanced CSS technology, operators can increase average revenue per user, improve subscriber satisfaction and have the ability to reduce churn. Specifically, Unicable products allow upgrading services to users in multi-dwelling units without the need to change the single cabling architecture which is prevalent across the Indian market. These savings for the operator can be of a significant order."
Entropic's EN5288 is a widely-deployed CSS solution that significantly reduces both the cost and complexity of direct broadcast satellite (DBS) installations. Designed to address both MDU and Single Family Unit (SFU) requirements, the integrated circuit solution offers the lowest bill of material (BoM) component count, smallest package size and adds key advancements in power-efficiency.
"Our CSS technology continues to be the global standard for DBS single-cable architectures," said Al Servati, vice president, Marketing, Entropic. "Deploying our technology with long-term partner Inverto in the India satellite market is proof that service providers recognize the opportunity to deliver more entertainment and increase service offerings – all through the simplified single-cable approach."
About Entropic's Single-Wire Satellite Solutions
Entropic revolutionized the way numerous global Tier-1 satellite operators install satellite service into and throughout the home. Its leading DBS ODU product line includes both analog and digital CSS (dCSS) solutions that deliver more entertainment to multiple tuners (i.e. set-top boxes and gateways) from the outdoor unit switch – all off a single coaxial cable. The Company is recognized as the global leader in both CSS and dCSS deployments. In January 2014, the Company announced the first and only dCSS product deployment in the U.S. market.
For more information about Entropic's presence at the 22nd Convergence India 2014 Conference, or to schedule a meeting with on-site executives, at the Pragati Maidan, New Delhi, from January 21-23, 2014, please visit the event section of Entropic's website.
About Inverto
Inverto Digital labs, is a leader in broadcast reception and streaming products. Inverto-branded products are synonymous with cutting-edge broadcast reception technology. Inverto serves tier-1 operators across the world and executes roadmaps on behalf of leading brands worldwide. Inverto drives customers' designs, validates their system, licenses respective technology, and supports implementation towards full commercialization. Inverto is an expert group in the broader sense of DVB systems with technical staff specializing across the various technologies from Antenna, Feed, RF design, through switching, tuning, and demodulation, to steaming software, HbbTV, OTT IP technologies and hardware in confined, embedded environments. This unique trait allows for a truly holistic view on product and system design. Inverto operates out of Luxembourg and is privately held. www.inverto.tv.
About Entropic
Entropic™ (Nasdaq:ENTR) is a world leader in semiconductor solutions for the connected home. The Company transforms how traditional HDTV broadcast and IP-based streaming video content is seamlessly, reliably, and securely delivered, processed, and distributed into and throughout the home. Entropic's next-generation Set-top Box (STB) System-on-a-Chip (SoC) and Connectivity solutions enable Pay-TV operators to offer consumers more captivating whole-home entertainment experiences by transforming the way digital entertainment is delivered, connected and consumed – in the home and on the go. For more information, please visit Entropic at: www.entropic.com, read our blog Entropic Topics, or get social with us at @Entropic_News, or on Facebook, Google+, YouTube and LinkedIn.
The Entropic logo is available at http://www.globenewswire.com/newsroom/prs/?pkgid=4255
Forward Looking Statements
Statements in this press release that are not strictly historical in nature constitute "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such statements include, but are not limited to, statements regarding Entropic's CSS technologies, their related prospects and their role in the future of connected home entertainment. Such forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause Entropic's actual results to be materially different from historical results or from any results expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. These factors include, but are not limited to, competition, risks associated with Entropic dependence on a limited number of customers and suppliers, technology risks, the risk that the market for HD video and multimedia content delivery solutions may not develop as Entropic anticipates and other factors discussed in the "Risk Factors" section of Entropic's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2013. All forward-looking statements are qualified in their entirety by this cautionary statement. Entropic is providing this information as of the date of this release and does not undertake any obligation to update any forward-looking statements contained in this release as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
Copyright © 2014 Entropic. All rights reserved. All other product or company names mentioned are used for identification purposes only and may be trademarks of their respective owners.
CONTACT: Inverto Contact: Gil Laifer +352 264 367 1 firstname.lastname@example.com Entropic Investor Contact: Debra Hart +1 858.768.3852 firstname.lastname@example.com Entropic Media/Industry Analyst Contact: Chris Fallon +1 917.974.1667 firstname.lastname@example.com


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