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Social-network creator Ning is letting those networks get even more customized: it's unveiled Ning Apps, the company's full plunge into the developer platform craze. It goes into private beta on Thursday and will launch in full later in May.
This announcement is a long time coming, as Ning launched a limited application gallery in October--and that was still nearly a year after it was among the original launch partners for the OpenSocial developer application consortium.
There are a couple of things that make Ning Apps different from the social platforms found on the likes of Facebook or MySpace. While the earlier, limited array of apps offered on Ning was strictly for members to embed on their profiles, the formal Ning Apps product is geared toward the creators and administrators of Ning social networks. They can add an application--from a cash donation widget for a nonprofit network, to a ticket sales app for a band's fan page, to a live video stream of what-have-you--and it'll mesh right into the social network.
"A Ning network creator selects one of these apps, that functions basically like a full-fledged feature on the social network, and by choosing to install an app the app has a presence on the front page of the social network," Jason Rosenthal, Ning's senior vice president of business operations, told CNET News. "It gets a dedicated tab within a social network, and perhaps most interestingly, by default the app is installed on every (member's) profile page of that social network."
Ning, co-founded by Silicon Valley notable Marc Andreessen, doesn't yet make any extra revenue off Ning Apps, even though the possibility is there for the social network to take a cut of financial transactions or ad revenue. "It does open an interesting new monetization opportunity for us," Rosenthal said, "but not today."
The company announced last month that 1 million social networks had been created on its platform.
Star Wars: Episode 9 filming wraps: But where's that title? Director J.J. Abrams says the milestone "feels impossible."
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Two second-year students in the Chester F. Carlson Center for Imaging Science at RIT traveled to Hawaii to speak at two conferences. The students, Rose Rustowicz of Cheektowaga, N.Y., and Malachi Schultz of Honeoye Falls, N.Y., gave talks that centered on the Innovative Freshman Experience program in the Center for Imaging Science.
The first conference, held on June 10-12 in Honolulu, was the Hawaii University International Conference on Education and Technology. Rustowicz gave a talk titled "Student Initiated Project: Creating a Volumetric Display." Schultz and Rustowicz also gave a presentation on "Using a Non-Traditional Pedagogy in STEM Disciplines: Implications for Faculty."
At the second conference, the 26th International Conference on the First Year Experience, on June 17-20 in Waikoloa, Schultz and Rustowicz gave a talk called "Putting the Capstone First: Turning the STEM Curriculum Upside-Down."
"One of my favorite parts of the conferences was sitting with other presenters or attendees at meals—making connections and being able to have relaxed conversations with great people from all around the world," says Rustowicz. "The whole experience has been extremely valuable and unforgettable, and the opportunity has allowed me to grow as an individual, a student and a presenter."
The First Year Experience conference attracted presenters from more than 25 countries, including Australia, South Africa, Japan and The Netherlands.
"To present at an education conference, as an undergraduate student, and to get to share your thoughts and your ideas with professors and educators from all over the world is an incredible experience," says Schultz. "I am truly grateful to the Center for Imaging Science for allowing me to do this."
Started in 2010, the Innovative Freshman Experience is a hands-on, experiential learning environment that focuses on researching, designing and building a fully functioning imaging system. It takes the place of traditional lecture-style classes that are common in the first year of most undergraduate programs. The goal is to provide the students with an experience that is more relevant, engaging, challenging and motivating than the traditional pedagogy.
Four additional RIT students will give presentations about the program at the 2013 STEMtech Conference in Atlanta in October.
"I can't thank the center enough for giving me this opportunity to present at conferences while at the same time having an adventure in Hawaii," says Rustowicz. "Mahalo nui loa! (That's 'thank you very much' in Hawaiian)."

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Welcome to future Los Angeles. All of our homes will be built into the side of a hill. They will all be gigantic, geometric forms, with stark, hypermodern interiors. Colors are forbidden. Black, white and shades of grey only. (Exceptions can be made if you intend to hang a Warhol.) While residing in the MUL:7691 house, your bathtub will alone stand as a piece of
moderncontemporary art. And your house may or may not be equipped with the ability to launch into the cosmos.
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Responding to The Times' editorial on Wednesday, "Morsi's hateful speech," which condemned Egypt's president for a 2010 speech in which he attacked Zionists, UC Irvine historian Jon Wiener wrote in a letter published Friday:
"Your editorial calling on Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi to apologize for describing Zionists as 'descendants of apes and pigs' is only half right. We are all descendants of apes, more or less.
"Morsi is to be congratulated for embracing the theory of evolution at a time when so many of our own Christian leaders reject it. No apology is necessary there; it's the pigs that are the problem."
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|2007-08-22, 12:50
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Ok so this is what you do. All you got to do is go the the file that you want encoded, then right click and "Queue for encode". After that, you use the output file and burn it into a DVD using any DVD software. I use Nero Vision 4 so is this right?
|2007-08-22, 15:59
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Seems you can use any program to burn it but yea that is correct. GHDPro, I think my problem and all my problems revolve around VFR. It seems that the reason my files run through the passes but I get no resulting file is because of this. Unless there is a way to change the VFR file in the anime episode then I think I am forever screwed ><
|2007-08-23, 23:23
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Ok i got a problem. Whenever its encoding, in 2 minutes, it always give me a runtime error. Something to do with QuEnc.exe. abnormal program termination. Help please? I even made sure that all the files go to the places its suppose to go.
|2007-08-31, 13:22
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Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Age: 31
Wow, these guides are really amazing I just have a few dumb questions though...
Are Queue for encoding and TMPGEnc two completly different programs?
If so, can I choose which one to use as I really like the looks of TMPGEnc?
Thank you and oh, in the "GHDpro's Guide to TMPGEnc" only the first page will work for me. I really wanted to read through but pages 2-5 come up with No Thread specified. If you followed a valid link, please notify the administrator What do I do?
Thank you again
|2007-08-31, 13:49
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Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: Netherlands
Age: 39
"Queue for Encoding" is just a PHP (command line) script with a bunch of freeware apps that together will encode anime to DVD (with extra borders to counteract overscan). It's been a long while since I used TMPGEnc, but last time I tried it didn't have very good support for MKV files (especially ones with soft-subtitles). If all you want to convert are AVI files, then TMPGEnc is the easy solution. Otherwise, while complicated to set up, my script might be more reliable for MKV files.
As for your second question, see this post.
|2007-08-31, 14:30
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Location: Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Age: 31
Thank you for the links aswell. Unfortuantly I wasn't able to get past page 1 again on the "Convert AVI to DVD" but the other link you gave was really good so thanks so much again for all your help
|2007-10-02, 16:18
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Join Date: Oct 2007
I read all through this thread, however I wasn't able to come across a fix for:
FATAL Error: M2V file not found. I'm using CCE to do the encoding. I tried to access Aktee's guide its just his website appears to be taken down. Any help would be greatly appreciated thanks.
|2007-10-11, 03:49
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Resolution, encoding, and general DVD burning.
Hello. I suffer from the same problem most people seem to; when I burn some anime (unlicensed of course) to DVD, on my tv, the video is cut off on either side, or even the top or bottom. I once tried to burn one and went through a bunch of trouble trying to encode and do a bunch of stuff. It took me a month and it still wasn't right. I was wondering if anyone had an easy (well, doesn't have to be), good, or proven way to burn anime to DVDs that play in DVD players so that it fits well on the screen without any problems or distortions.
Any help is welcome and appreciated!
|2007-10-11, 04:08
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Location: New York, USA
Here you go! I merged your post into this thread so that you can see an easy, good and proven way to burn anime to DVDs so you can play it in a DVD player and will fit well on the screen without any problems or distortions.
|2007-10-22, 02:47
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Join Date: Apr 2006
Hey, I have a question that I think will be best answered in this thread. I've burned DVDs that play perfectly well on PS2's and several modern DVD players, using Queue for Encoding. But on my parents' old DVD player and on my local anime club's DVD player, they don't play. The DVD player says "Reading..." and just doesn't go anywhere from there, eventually saying "error" sometimes. Is this a software problem, or is it that old DVD players physically can't read the relatively cheap Memorex DVD+R's? If the latter, can anyone recommend a convenient DVD that will play on those DVD players?
|2007-10-22, 04:44
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You could say.....
Join Date: Apr 2007
Well, I don't use GHDPro's method rather I bought convertxtoDVD. It's a known issue that certain DVD players are extremely picky with which DVD's they can read. The common thread is that the brand name ones are pickier than the generic $20 special DVD players. Also the general consensus is the better grade DVD's like TDK and Taiyo Yuden's are more sucessful than the cheapo ones. IDK why that's the case but that's the general experience.
I also note that you use DVD+R, make sure the DVD players can support it.It may just be case that they can only read DVD-R although this is pretty unlikely.
|2008-01-01, 17:05
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Junior Member
Join Date: Dec 2007
I posted this in another similar forum, but there is some easy to use, freeware, DVD burning software called DVD Flick which is pretty easy to use. A search on Google, etc will locate the site. It is not fond, as some others, of mkv files, so I had to buy MovKit ($20) to convert the .mkv files to .avi, but in general it is pretty cool.
|2008-01-06, 01:16
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Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2007
for avis and such, i do the whole virtualdub, save audio independently, get the subs, compress in tmpegenc etc etc etc, and for mkvs, i got ConvertXtoDVD, and its pretty simple to use although, not very configurable, but its great for getting those annoying(in the sense that they're not that easy to burn) mkvs to dvds.
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You wanted change?
Tom Telesco gave you a large, Southern slice of change on Thursday.
When the rookie general manager selected Alabama right tackle D.J. Fluker with the 11th pick, it was the first time the Chargers used a first-round pick on an offensive tackle since taking USC's James FitzPatrick in 1986.
Fluker, a fourth-year junior, is a powerful, enthusiastic run blocker who hammered SEC ends and linebackers and usually held up in pass protection. A 36-game starter, Fluker loves football. He has a bubbly personality. During games, he would hop and holler, imploring the Tide to run to his side.
FitzPatrick became a bust after developing weight and injury problems. Chargers strength coaches, for sure, will need to keep a close watch on Fluker, who is 6-foot-4 5/8 and 339 pounds. He played at 355 last year.
He made all 27 starts for Alabama's back-to-back national champions in 2011-12.
Fluker has the longest arms in the draft, allowing him to ward off pass-rushers, although he lacks a left tackle's mobility.
Right tackle is his best position, although he also profiles at guard.
It's not likely that Fluker will be a long-term starter at left tackle, although NFL Network analyst Marshall Faulk declared after the pick, "I think he can play left tackle."
I like Fluker. The Chargers still need to add a left tackle. Thursday, for the first time in draft history, three offensive tackles -- all left tackles -- went before the fifth pick. Ten days before the draft, Telesco said he'd like to see five quarterbacks taken among the top 10. Instead, for the first time since 2000, no quarterback went among the top 10 picks.


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LITCHFIELD ��In a continuing effort to improve the quality of education for its students, the Litchfield Community School Board of Education approved new math curriculum for all grade levels during last week's meeting.
New math textbooks for all grade levels were approved and purchased for the upcoming school year. The board also approved Benjamin Davis as a new middle school math instructor.
Assistant Superintendent Bill Childs said the new text books are in line with Michigan�s Common Core standards.
The board is also currently in discussions about filling the school�s vacant superintendent�s position.
Childs said the board had two applicants, but both of them changed their minds to pursue other avenues.
The board is currently talking with officals from Tekonsha Community Schools about the possibility of sharing a superintendent.
The board also heard the first reading on revisions to the school�s handbook.
The meeting was the first for new Principal Dr. Corey Helgesen.
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HP Enterprise Services will provide application services to the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
Hewlett-Packard Co. will help the Homeland Security Department speed internal processing of immigration status under a $41.6 million contract.
The DHS Eagle contract task order calls for HP Enterprise Services to provide application services to the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's Law Enforcement Support Center.
The LESC is a critical point of contact for the national law enforcement community, providing a wide range of informational services to officers and investigators at the local, state and federal levels, according to an HP announcement today.
The LESC operates around the clock to provide timely and accurate information to law enforcement officers on the immigration status. The center also provides identities of individuals who have been arrested or are under investigation for criminal activity.
According to the terms of the task order, HP will automate the existing manual status determination process, develop warrant creation, jail roster/release and criminal alien tracking as well as integrated case management services.
To achieve this, HP will deliver applications development services that provide critical information and decision-making capabilities to ICE. The new applications services include requirements gathering, design, development, testing, integration, implementation and maintenance support, the announcement said.
The new contract, which supports the DHS Secure Communities initiative issued last year, will become ICE's fifth applications operations and maintenance contract with HP.
Hewlett-Packard Co./EDS, of Palo Alto, Calif., ranks No. 12 on Washington Technology's 2009 Top 100 list of the largest federal government prime contractors.
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The delightful Fort Lauderdale actress who turned 13 on Monday will be on the red carpet for opening ceremonies Friday night. Bailee's resume ranges from Disney's "Bridge to Terabithia" to last year's horror flick "Don't Be Afraid of the Dark" and the recent heart-warmer "Cowgirls n' Angels," screening at FLIFF Oct. 21, when Bailee will receive a FLIFF Star on the Horizon Award. Her next film, getting a prestigious holiday release, is "Parental Guidance," with Billy Crystal, Marisa Tomei and Bette Midler.
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Hundreds of coal industry workers and supporters gathered Tuesday in front of the U.S. Capitol as a parade of coal-state lawmakers assailed the Obama administration as waging a "war on coal" with new environmental rules.
Last month, the Environmental Protection Agency proposed standards aimed at curbing carbon-dioxide emissions, a major contributor to global warming, according to most climate scientists. However, the rules would make it nearly impossible to build new coal-fired power plants without expensive and unproven technology to capture carbon dioxide and pump it underground.
On Tuesday, miners from several coal-producing states, some wearing yellow hard hats and carrying signs that said "Impeach Obama," cheered as lawmakers of both parties and other speakers criticized the administration.
"I blame one man," Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., told the crowd. "President Barack Obama."
Rep. Andy Barr, R-Ky., blasted "unelected, unaccountable bureaucrats" at the EPA. He challenged Obama to come to eastern Kentucky, where more than 6,000 coal-related jobs have vanished in the past two years. Many counties in the region have an unemployment rate that's higher than the national and state average.
"It's not a recession," said Paul, who's a potential 2016 Republican presidential candidate. "It's a depression."
At a House of Representatives Energy and Commerce Committee hearing after the rally, witnesses described coal-dependent communities in crisis.
Eastern Kentucky was the birthplace nearly 50 years ago of President Lyndon Johnson's War on Poverty, and the social programs it created helped reduce the region's distress. But plummeting coal employment threatens to erase that progress.
Albey Brock, the top elected official of Bell County in southeast Kentucky, told the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations that eastern Kentucky depended on coal more than Detroit depended on the auto industry. But the county of 28,000 has a 14 percent jobless rate, compared with 8 percent statewide and 7 percent nationwide.
"I cannot imagine the EPA calculated the human impact of their decisions," Brock told lawmakers.
A bill co-sponsored by Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., and Rep. Ed Whitfield, R-Ky., would ease the new EPA rules.
"This bipartisan, bicameral solution will prevent unworkable regulations that threaten to limit America's power portfolio and make energy more expensive," Whitfield said in a statement.
However, coal isn't threatened just by EPA regulations. The deepest recession since the Great Depression reduced demand for electricity, and the market hasn't experienced a strong recovery.
An abundance of cheaper natural gas unlocked by hydraulic fracturing has made coal less attractive to domestic utilities. Coal generates less than 40 percent of the nation's electricity, down from half a decade ago. Natural gas, meanwhile, has increased its share from 20 percent to about 30 percent.
Renewables such as wind and solar have steadily increased their share of the energy market, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration.
"This isn't something the government did," said Rep. Henry Waxman, D-Calif., the ranking member on the House Energy and Commerce Committee. "This is something the market dictated."
More than a century of mining coal in Central Appalachia has depleted what's economically recoverable, according to Jason Bailey, the research and policy director of the Mountain Association for Community Economic Development in Berea, Ky. He said the decline had started well before the recession, the rise of natural gas or the Obama EPA's focus on carbon emissions.
"It's not going to come back," he said. "There's beginning to be some acceptance of that."
On Monday, Rep. Hal Rogers, a Republican whose district spans much of the struggling eastern Kentucky coalfield, and Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear, a Democrat, announced a December economic summit to discuss ideas to wean the region off coal.
It's common for multiple generations of Appalachian families to have worked in coal mines. Michael Warrix, of Prestonsburg, Ky., said his father had spent 38 years in the mines and was still working.
"He can't leave it," said Warrix, who attended Tuesday's rally. "There's no place to go."
But Warrix can't find steady work in the mines. He said he was taking community college classes with the goal of transferring to the University of Kentucky's engineering school.
Bailey said policy makers in Kentucky and Washington were failing to help the region overcome the long-term decline of its mainstay industry with job training and education.
"That responsibility has been ignored," he said. "It should be part of energy policy."
CORRECTION: An earlier version of this story named the wrong House of Representatives subcommittee where the hearing took place. It was at the Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations.


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This is the finished dress you saw a peek of in an earlier post. I made dresses similar to this for our first trip to WDW three years ago. I thought they were totally cute but the ingrate children didn't seem real enthusiastic at the time. (see the dresses here).
So the next trip I assumed they would not be missed and decided not to add it to my already long to-do list. Wrongo! When the time came to pack, they were horrified to have no special Disney dress to wear. After the oldest broke down in tears, I let her wear the one from the year before but she had to wear it with pants because it was more like a tunic after her crazy growth spurt. Lesson learned.
So this time I asked what they wanted and the oldest went with Pluto. I searched around for images of Pluto and found this puppy version that was a collectible pin design. Fairly simple to applique, using interfacing on the fabric and Heat N Bond on the back of the applique pieces.
The dress pattern for both was made by tracing half of this dress and adding some width and length for growth. Despite the simplicity of the dress design I managed to screw it up on the oldest's (forgot to take out the zipper seam allowance on the front piece) and that's why there is a pleat in the front at the neckline. But it's all good.
This is the youngest's. When she chose Rapunzel I immediately thought of Rapunzel's pretty lantern painting from the movie and told myself that was too crazy and too complicated and to just do a simple purple figure with long hair, but somehow I ended up doing the crazy painting anyway and was still feverishly sewing at 11pm on the night before we left. Ridiculous right? Yes.
I located an internet image of the painting and roughly sketched the pieces onto freezer paper that had an outline of the dress on it. Then I used tracing paper to cut out individual pieces for the hills, trees, and Rapunzel. The lanterns I just cut freehand. I told myself it would be foolhardy to applique it without something for backing, but reason went out the window about 10pm and I just did it without. It still turned out ok. Oh my word. All the many, many lantern pieces to zig zag around. What was I thinking?


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MIDDLEBURY — Rep. Michael Fisher, D-Lincoln, has promised to file legislation calling for a temporary state income tax increase in order to preserve some of the programs that serve the Vermont's most needy citizens.
By KATHRYN FLAGG
MIDDLEBURY — Gathering in Gov. Jim Douglas' figurative back yard on Monday, several dozen residents from around Addison Country congregated at Court Square across from the Middlebury Inn to protest the Middlebury Republican's proposed budget cuts to human service agencies, which protestors argued unfairly hurt low-income Vermonters.
By ANDY KIRKALDY
VERGENNES — In January directors of the four Addison Northwest Supervisory Union schools approved spending proposals for the 2009-2010 school year that, if approved by voters, would boost budgets by between 1.7 and 4.9 percent.
MIDDLEBURY — Fifteen years ago, Middlebury College senior Ben Rudin's family moved from New York City to suburban Scarsdale, N.Y. Rudin was the new kid at Quaker Ridge Elementary School.
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The Heimlich maneuver is an emergency technique for preventing suffocation when a person's airway (windpipe) becomes blocked by a piece of food or other object.
See also:
Choking (for conscious infant under 1 year) Choking (for conscious adult or child over 1 year) Choking (for unconscious adult or child over 1 year) Heimlich maneuver on self
Alternative Names
Choking – Heimlich maneuver; Abdominal thrusts
The Heimlich maneuver can be used safely on both adults and children, but most experts do not recommend it for infants less than 1 year old. You can also perform the maneuver on yourself.
First Aid
For a conscious person who is sitting or standing, position yourself behind the person and reach your arms around his or her waist.
Place your fist, thumb side in, just above the person's navel (belly button) and grab the fist tightly with your other hand.
Pull your fist abruptly upward and inward to increase airway pressure behind the obstructing object and force it from the windpipe.
If the person is conscious and lying on his or her back, straddle the person facing the head. Push your grasped fist upward and inward in a maneuver similar to the one above.
You may need to repeat the procedure several times before the object is dislodged. If repeated attempts do not free the airway, an emergency cut in the windpipe (


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Q&A: Dr Anoop Shah on using data from health records
Information from health records can be extremely useful in medical research, but at the moment not all the data can be extracted automatically. At University College London, Dr Anoop Shah is developing software to pull out more detail without compromising patient anonymity. By Michael Regnier.
How are health records used?
The General Practice Research Database (GPRD) has been collecting data from GPs' electronic health record systems for 25 years. The information is anonymised and can be used for medical research, such as studies on drug safety. About 5 per cent of the UK population is covered by the database, so it has millions of patient records, many more than you could access by setting up a new research project.
Why isn't all the data available?
GPs record major diagnoses using a system called Read Codes, which is standardised across the NHS. But doctors also enter information as free text: this could include specific symptoms, a suspected diagnosis or even a negative diagnosis. If a researcher wants to use the information in the free text, someone has to manually look at each record, anonymise it and pull out the relevant data. It's not very practical.
How does your program work?
I have developed software that identifies pieces of free text that could potentially be coded in Read, even if they have been written using non-standard terms. It also detects the context of the diagnosis. For example, the coded term in a patient's record might be "chest pain" but in the free text the GP may have written "not myocardial infarction". Both bits of information are relevant and the program would pick them up while recognising that myocardial infarction was a negative diagnosis. On the other hand, the program deliberately omits any information that could identify the patient, such as names and locations.
Initially, we tested whether the program could detect causes of death recorded in free text. It was very successful – of diagnoses detected by the program, 98 per cent were correct. More generally, it can be harder because it has become common to include correspondence between GPs, hospitals and patients. These letters can have complex language structures that confuse the program, but we are continually developing and improving it.
What could it be used for?
If you are studying patients with a particular disease, you probably want to know whether they eventually died of that disease or some complication linked to their treatment. Much of that information will be in the free text. It may also contain suspected diagnoses, which cannot be recorded in the coded data.
With further development, this type of software could also help doctors to fill in records: analysing their free text in real time, the software could suggest standardised terms. If it wasn't right, the doctor could rephrase the information.
What drew you to this problem?
I started developing the program when I worked at the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency, which holds the GPRD. I've had an interest in computing for years but it had always been more of a hobby. Now I've combined it with my research.
My medical training was in clinical pharmacology and general medicine, and now I have a Wellcome Trust Research Training Fellowship to do a PhD looking at biomarkers and prognosis of coronary heart disease, mostly using electronic health records. This program is intended to be a resource for anyone but it would certainly help me as well.
This feature also appears in issue 72 of 'Wellcome News'.
Further reading
Shah AD et al. The Freetext Matching Algorithm: a computer program to extract diagnoses and causes of death from unstructured text in electronic health records. BMC Med Inform Decis Mak 2012;12:88.


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"Answers" says you can't mix and match parts but a gleaner engine in a WC is ok? Or how about that Deere with the power block?
The rules seem pretty bias don't they?
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Group of women workers with a male "supervisor" from Rolls-Royce, Derby, c.1916-1917
Large format mounted print by W.W. Winter, Midland Road, Derby
Image © and courtesy of Chris Elmore
This image was sent to me by Chris Elmore, who wrote:
I believe the attached photograph was taken by W W Winter of Derby in 1916 or 17. It shows women who were recruited by the Rolls-Royce factory in Derby during the Great War. These ladies were perhaps the earliest to perform engineering tasks previously only performed by men. My grand mother Ada May Morris née Rudkin is in the photograph (seated second row from the front next to the last right) dressed in black out of respect for her husband Henry Augustus Morris D.C.M. who had died at the Battle of the Somme in July 1916.
Rolls-Royce Armoured Car, unknown date and location
Much has been written about the women who worked in the Rolls-Royce factory in Derby during the Second World War, assembling Merlin engines which powered the celebrated Spitfires, but I've not been able to find a great deal about their role there during the Great War. When war broke out and orders for luxury cars all but disappeared, the factory initially took in some small orders for the manufacture of shell casings and ambulance wagons. The chassis of the Silver Ghost was also adapted for use in the construction of armoured cars, employed by T.E. Lawrence in his desert campaigns, but this was not enough to keep the factory running.
Handley Page Type O Bomber, nr Dead Sea, Palestine, c. 1918-1920
Image courtesy of Middle East Pictures
Although the British government had intended that the Derby factory manufacture existing aero engine designs under license, Henry Royce had other ideas. First tested in early 1915, the Eagle was designed from scratch by Royce and his engineering team, and subsequently became one of the mainstays of the British war effort, used to power a number of aircraft, including the Handley Page bomber. By the end of the war, the plant was making 50 engines a week.
If anyone can shed any further light on the women who worked at the Rolls-Royce Factory during the Great War, the kind of work they did, etc., Chris Elmore will be very grateful for the information.
Here's a quiz for all you budding and practised sleuths out there. What did it take New Zealand and Australia over a century to achieve, while Great Britain and Argentina almost managed it in half a century, and yet countries like India, Sri Lanka and Israel could do it in two or three decades? By the way, the United States has yet to do it, and Saudi Arabia can't do it.
Rolls-Royce Eagle and Rolls-Royce Limited, Wikipedia.
Botticelli, Peter (1995) Rolls-Royce and the Rise of High-Technology Industry, in Creating Modern Capitalism: How Entrepreneurs, Companies, and Countries, Triumphed in Three Industrial Revolutions, Thomas K. McCraw (ed.), pp.96-129.
Clegg, George (1968-1970) George Clegg Reminisces, Rolls-Royce Enthusiasts' Club.
King, Peter (2003) A Woman's Place in the Factory, Derby, BBC WW2 People's War.


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|Kathryn Ireland 's picturesque French farmhouse home set on fifty acres of farmland and pastures. The main house dates back to 1880.
|A French Gourmet Adventure
By Ronda Carman (www.allthebestblog.com)
There is no question that my impulse to travel is strong and ever growing. In part, the ability to travel throughout Europe played a key role in our decision to decamp from the US and call Scotland home.
When I am not dreaming of travel destinations, I am anxiously awaiting my next trip. There is little I relish more than renting a private home in some small village in Majorca or a wee Scottish town so that I can learn more about the local foods, beverages and customs. Maybe my family just has fantastic luck, but it seems that we always end up wishing we could call our latest destination home.
Perhaps the only thing I love more than discovering somewhere new on my own, is being invited to a friend's home in a far-flung part of the world. The mere thought of temporarily residing in unfamiliar surroundings with people who actually know the local secrets and have embraced the local customs fills me with happiness.
|Relaxing in one of the many hammocks was my much anticipated daily ritual.
|I could not have been more delighted, then, when international interior and textile designer Kathryn M. Ireland invited me to southwest France in September. Shortly after meeting Kathryn, she declared in her wonderful British accent, "Darling! You must come to my home in France! It's heaven!" She did not need to convince me, the one who suffers wanderlust, to make the journey. Who in their right mind passes up the opportunity to visit heaven on earth? Little did I know that she would be so right (it is heaven on earth) and that the trip would be so enchanting.
Kathryn's picturesque farmhouse, La Castellane, is set on fifty acres of farmland with the southern view overlooking the Tescou Valley and, on clear days, Spain and the Pyrenees. La Castellane has long been available to friends and family, but most recently Kathryn partnered with Nikki Maxwell, Proprietor of Picnics in Provence, to widen the circle of guests and visitors. A passionate cook, world traveler and ardent Francophile, Nikki specializes in offering off the beaten track tours of France, complete with glorious food, bustling markets, beautiful vineyards, superb scenery and of course, delightful company. And, as the name of her company suggests, Provence has long been the main focus of Nikki's exclusive gastronomic explorations.
|Local rosé was a daily staple of our diet.
|That was until she met Kathryn and traveled to the Tarn et Garonne region of southwest France. Convinced that Kathryn's lovingly restored home was a perfect backdrop, Nikki painstakingly devised an eight-day getaway offering an insider's rambling through southern French country markets, vineyards and out of the way restaurants.
After a short flight to Toulouse, I made my way to La Castellane with British fabric designer Hugh St. Clair. As we journeyed through the tranquil French countryside our stress levels melted away with each kilometre. Once established at La Castellane, our first evening began with local, pale pink rosé on the terrace and a multitude of canapés, including crudités with basil aioli, foie gras and quail eggs with fennel flower salt. The night was improved on only by a candlelit dinner in Kathryn's refurbished Dutch barn. It takes only one evening in the charming barn to see why Vogue Living magazine called it "one of the 100 most beautiful outdoor rooms in the world."
|Kathryn's fabrics made for perfect pillows at
our lakeside picnic.
|As a self-proclaimed lover of food I was elated to this learn that Chef Daniel de la Falaise was the man responsible for our gastronomic evening. But more importantly, that we were going to be in his epicurean care of for a week. The grandson of celebrated fashion model and food writer Maxime de la Falaise, Daniel, much like his beloved grandmother, is a passionate cook. A food purist, everything he prepares is fresh, locally sourced and without extraneous or unnecessary elements.
While Daniel trained at his great-uncle Mark Birley's Harry's Bar in London under Alberica Penati, and later launched George Club, he now lives in France where he keeps an extensive vegetable and herb garden and works solely as a private chef.
Our first dinner far surpassed expectations, and served to whet my appetite for the days to come. And while our meals still remain fixed in my memory, our tour of the local market with Daniel as tour guide was a highlight of the trip. At market, amongst the rabbits, live chickens and local produce, we gathered all the ingredients for a private, hands-on cooking class, complete with the preparation of my favorite food—soup.
|Starting our market tour with Daniel.
|Rabbits at market. Sadly, I don't think they went home as pets.
|Beautiful bread.
|Fresh flowers at every turn.
|As most people know, with any good soup you must start with a good broth. Much to my surprise, Daniel's recipe for broth solely comprised chicken and mineral water! Where were the onions, garlic and salt? I was skeptical. In fact, I told Daniel as much. But, once he painstakingly prepared his broth I also had to concede the flavor was amazing, well beyond what I could have imagined (hence the reason I was not the chef for the week).
So why was the broth so flavorful? The most obvious reason is the better the chicken, the better the broth. But I also learned that you should remove all skin to achieve a rich essence. Another important step is to cover the chicken in mineral water, not tap. Mineral water imparts a clean, pure flavor. But most importantly, according to Daniel, broths are to be simmered gently, with bubbles just breaking the surface. NEVER boil.
|Soup. Glorious soup. Happy and satisfied.
|Each day proved to be a culinary and cultural adventure in some small way. Discovering, tasting and experiencing, while trying to understand the local flavor and history all heighted my appreciation for the region. From touring neighboring vineyards, sipping coffee at hilltops cafes, picking fresh figs for breakfast to feeding the horses apples straight from the orchard and 'putting the chickens to bed' at night, I was transported to a state of happiness, even if for a brief moment in time.
But perhaps no day was as memorable as the lakeside picnic at Daniel's remote home. Sitting by the secluded lake, surrounded by happy faces, artisanal foods, local wine and the warmth of the sun above me, I felt as if I were a million miles from nowhere.
|Dorade Royale caught off the Vendée coast.
|A fresh fig right off the tree.
|Rounding up the chickens and putting them to bed.
|Another wonderful day comes to an end. I am counting the days until I return.
|The lovely Nikki Maxwell, founder of Picnics in Provence.
|Our first course of regional cheeses had everyone begging like children for candy long after the plates were cleared. Roquefort made from sheep milk and the La brique de Ségala crafted by the Marty family at Laparrouquial in Aveyron were like no other I have ever tasted.
Third generation sheep cheese makers, Daniel has been buying from the Marty family in local markets ever since "the first morsel passed his lips" years ago. The family has a flock of 800 sheep that graze on their pasture from February until November.
|Overlooking the Tescou Valley.
|Robert and Bernard Plageoles are perhaps the most renowned producers in Gaillac. The family is committed to using Gaillac's obscure varietals and producing high quality organic wines.
|During the winter they are fed home grown hay and cereals to ensure exceptional flavor and quality. As we learned, the magic of their production is the subtle variation of flavor across the year. Just as the characteristic of pasture varies throughout the seasons, so does the flavor of milk and consequently that of the cheeses.
Just one more pearl of wisdom I garnered during my stay. A week of learning, waking to the sounds of crowing roosters each day (no alarm clock), streams of sunlight flooding my room, glorious breakfasts, friendly faces and our cherished lakeside picnic, all proved Kathryn correct. La Castellane truly is magical.


text: Harry Truman (1884-1972), the 33rd U.S. president, assumed office following the death of President Franklin Roosevelt (1882-1945). In the White House from 1945 to 1953, Truman made the decision to use the atomic bomb against Japan, helped rebuild postwar Europe, worked to contain communism and led the United States into the Korean War (1950-1953). A Missouri native, Truman assisted in running his family farm after high school and served in World War I (1914-1918). He began his political career in 1922 as a county judge in Missouri and was elected to the U.S. Senate in 1934. Three months after becoming vice president in 1945, the plain-spoken Truman ascended to the presidency. In 1948, he was reelected in an upset over Republican Thomas Dewey (1902-1971). After leaving office, Truman spent his remaining two decades in Independence, Missouri, where he established his presidential library.


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New York State Fire Department Drill Teams
2011 will be the biggest New York Fire Department Racing season ever, with sanctioned events all across Long Island attended by thousands of fans and firefighters throughout the summer. Firefighters from departments across Long Island and New York State challenge each other in competitions designed to test their skills in the pillars of firefighting: climbing ladders, positioning hoselines, even using old-fashioned buckets to extinguish the blaze.
Check out this link for a great video of the action!
To see photos of the great crowds, check out the sixth, seventh and eighth photos.
We are looking to recruit sponsors to advertise at the events. Most of these sponsors are local vendors, who usually do business with the local fire departments.
Sponsorships allow businesses to reach out to the extensive weekly audience for each competition and increase loyalty in their business by saying thanks to the Firefighters.
Tell these businesses why they NEED to sponsor the Fire Department Drill Teams!
There are over 20 Fire Department competitions across Long Island each summer, which culminate this August in Central Islip, Long Island for the New York State Championship Drill. The NYS Drill and Parade attracts over 2000 Firefighters, Chiefs, Commissioners and, most importantly, fans!
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Fun Professional Realtor looking to get Tagged!!! I would like a logo/ Branding Material for myself...I am tired of my personal picture as my logo/brand - I need a something unlike anything up here in Alaska!! I have lots of Energy & Looking for a Unique & Professional logo - a tag line would be great too!!
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Like many young adults in Addison County, Jen Roberts, 33, and Judd Markowski, 28, both moved away after finishing school. Roberts lived in England for a few months, working as a babysitter and bartender, and Markowski worked various jobs in Montana. But both chose to return here, and they soon met and got married. They're now raising their two daughters, Mirabelle and Adalaide in Bridport.
"I'm more interested in where I wanted to be than what I wanted to do," said Roberts. She explained that since she didn't want to follow a career path that would force her to live where she found a job (she gives the example of being a rocket scientist), she wanted to raise her children in an area with a high quality of life. Also, she wants to raise her children near their grandparents. Both Markowski's and Roberts' parents live within ten miles of their home in Bridport.
Since they moved back to Vermont, they have worked a wide range of jobs — including trucking, landscaping, restaurant work and ski instructing. But they now own Daily Chocolate in Vergennes. Most days, Roberts works at the chocolate shop and Markowski stays home with their two daughters, Mirabelle and Adalaide.
Read more about this and other families who decide to raise children in Addison County here.
You've seen the headlines, you've heard the personal stories from friends and neighbors: Vermont needs to create more opportunities for its young people or else they will leave the state. But many young adults choose to stay here and many others return after a few years away.
The "Making a life in Addison County" series will take a closer look at the lives of the 7,000 people between ages 20 and 34 who live in this county. What are they doing? Why did they stay or come back? How are they making it? Among other things, the series will look at the effect of the tough job market on the lives of young adults, whether they plan on remaining in the area and how they see the future of Addison County.
It will include profiles in the newspaper, and a weekly multimedia profile. Find them here.
And if you have a story that deserves to be told about your decision to make Vermont your home, we want to hear from you. E-mail tips and ideas to [email protected] or call 388-4944.
Young adults in Addison County by the numbers:
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What happened after you got to the hospital?
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Do you feel the care you received at Rochelle made a difference in your outcome?
Not many people can say they had 99% blockage in their artery and walk away with no heart damage at all... but I can. Even the nurse practitioner in Rockford said that having that type of blockage and no heart damage is rare and proof of the prompt care I received from my community hospital. Dr. Berg and the emergency room staff at RCH definitely saved my life.
Did you think you were at risk for a heart attack?
People were shocked when they found out I had a heart attack. I ate healthy, tried to maintain a good weight and kept active. I did have elevated cholesterol, but my doctor and I had been working on that. I didn't think I had any symptoms prior to the attack, but looking at it with 20/20 hindsight, I can see there were. I also think stress and genetics play a huge factor - both of which I have in my life.
What has your experience been with Rochelle Community Hospital since your heart attack?
I've done all my rehab at RCH. They provided me with excellent education on what I should be eating and doing to keep my heart strong. I even graduated from the rehab program early, but still go over there to work out. Anyone who goes through a similar situation should definitely listen to what they have to say. People tend to think a larger hospital is better than their small community hospital. But that isn't so... especially in my case. The people and type of care you receive at RCH is what makes a difference.
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- Delivered $4.7 million in services that were not fully reimbursed by government programs.
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This cute little turkey muffin salad will be a big hit with your guests, especially the kids, on Thanksgiving day. Make this little turkey as a starter for Thanksgiving dinner. It's a fun beginning dish to set the theme on turkey day. Kids can even help assemble the turkeys on the plates.
What you will need:
Pumpkin bread/ muffin
Seedless red grapes
Seedless green grapes
Slice of apple – eyes & wattle
Cut a round slice of pumpkin bread or a pumpkin muffin for the turkey body. Wash and peel carrots, then cut lengthwise slices. Cut feathers and legs from these slices. Cut the end from a red grape and use large piece for head. Cut "wattle" from a thin apple slice and, using a small straw, cut out two little eyes. Moistness of apple will make eyes stick to the turkey's head. Arrange on plate.
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As more companies seek information and insight into their operations, the demand for business intelligence (BI) software is growing. A multitude of software products are now available to meet this demand. Many of these solutions are also cloud-based, offering the advantages of affordability, mobility and flexibility.
But is a cloud-based business intelligence system right for your business? This guide will help you answer that question. Here's what we'll cover:
What Is Cloud BI?
Key Capabilities of Cloud BI Software
Benefits and Potential Issues
Organizations today generate a staggering amount of data. BI software helps businesses gather data from disparate sources and collate that information into a single source. This single source acts as a historical data archive that allows businesses to make more informed predictions and decisions regarding future business operations.
What distinguishes cloud BI software from other business intelligence and analytics solutions is that it is hosted offsite, typically on the software vendor's servers. Users access the system remotely through a network (i.e., the Internet).
Cloud-based software is commonly sold via subscription licensing, which means that businesses pay a recurring monthly or annual fee to use the software. This fee includes the cost for hosting, support, maintenance and automatic updates to the system.
Cloud-based hosting means that organizations don't incur the costs of maintaining the software on their own internal servers. As a result, upfront costs for cloud-based software are generally lower than for on-premise—though over time the costs for subscription and perpetual licensing eventually converge.
Cloud BI systems can integrate with other software your organization is already using, including customer relationship management (CRM) and enterprise resource planning (ERP) solutions.
Integrating BI software with these systems provides businesses with unique understanding on the scope of business operations, including:
Analyzing data from a variety of sources using cloud BI tools can provide a wealth of insight on your customers, clients, sales, operations and more.
While capabilities vary, cloud BI software typically helps businesses gather, catalogue, store, analyze and interpret data from a variety of sources in order to make better business decisions.
Gather: Data can include internal data, i.e., within company departments or data from external sources, such as marketing, social or industry information.
Catalogue: Many data management tools help organizations "clean up" bad data and organize information according to type, format and source. Cloud BI tools help standardize and integrate data from diverse sources.
Store: Data is then loaded and stored in a target system, i,e., a database or warehouse, where analysts can later sift through the data.
Analyze: Data discovery applications, such as data mining or online analytical processing (OLAP), help analysts sort the data and generate reports on findings.
Interpret: Data visualization tools, such as dashboards and reports, help present BI data in meaningful ways that allow executives to make better business decisions.
The functionality that cloud BI software offers can be very complex and technical (visit our BI page for more detailed information). Broadly speaking, however, the capabilities of cloud BI software include some or all of these categories:
|Data management
|Tools for data quality management help users standardize information collected from various sources and ensure data is accurate.
Extract, transform and load (ETL) functionality collects data from other sources, transforms it into the right format and uploads it to a database or data warehouse so it can be analyzed.
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|Allows users to analyze data sets to spot trends and make predictions. Data mining tools sort through large data sets to identify patterns and guide further analysis.
Predictive analytics functionality allows users to make predictions based on past and current trends, while semantic and text analytics tools identify patterns and sentiment in text data (e.g., data collected from social networks).
|These tools present the results of data analysis in an easy-to-understand way. Visualizations display information in charts, graphs and other visual formats.
Dashboards present a snapshot of key performance indicators (KPIs) at a glance. Scorecards rate performance and show progress toward goals, while report writers allow users to easily create custom reports. Dedicated KPI applications can pull performance data from disparate systems to report on it in one view.
Some businesses may have concerns about the safety of storing sensitive corporate data in the cloud. For example, the high-profile data security breaches of the past two years rattled consumers and business leaders alike. But the truth is that, with the right safeguards in place, data stored in the cloud is just as secure as data stored on-premise—if not more so.
The benefits of cloud BI are vast, including:
Mobility and remote access. One of the biggest advantages of cloud-based systems is that they can be accessed from any compatible device with an Internet connection. That means users aren't tied to their desks: They can log in from their laptop, home computer, tablet or smartphone to access the information they need at any time. If your users will need frequent mobile access, look for a system with a native mobile app, as these are designed to perform better on small screens.
Lower costs of entry. Cloud BI systems are typically easier and cheaper to implement than their on-premise counterparts. There's no additional hardware to purchase, since the system is housed on the vendor's servers. Implementation also tends to be quicker, because there's both nothing physical to install and the vendor typically handles the initial setup after the company sends over its data.
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Does anybody know one? An atheist named "Christian" is worse than Johnny Ca$h's "A boy named Sue". If anyone knows this guy, let me know so I can set up a paypal account to help support his therapy sessions.
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Part of me really really really wants Christian Siriano to be an atheist. Please. That would just totally make my day so fierce.
Mine too! I ♥ this. lol
I do have a friend who's first name is Christian! He lives in Texas and is an Atheist! No shitting!
What about Jesus, or John, or Mathew, or Mark, or Luke, or Moses, or Mary, or Jezebel............don't they need help too?
Me, I am named Michael, after the big boss of all the angels, can I get some funding for therapy?
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The Oscar Nominated Short Films 2018: Animated
In a mixture of light and dark themes, this year's Oscar Nominated Animated Short Films is an eclectic selection of family-friendly delights and adult-only wit. As is usually the case, a frontrunner in this category is the yearly Pixar entry. No, not that godawful, 22-minute Olaf "Frozen" bullshit that played before "Coco," but rather the playful and pleasant "Lou," which was one of the only good things about "Cars 3."
The silent caper focuses on a schoolyard bully who steals toys from his peers, and the anthropomorphic Lost & Found box who essentially torments the child until he learns a lesson about sharing and caring. It's a cute, funny little film that offers life lessons for the young ones, and it's one of Pixar's best short in years.
Another short film for young ones is "Revolting Rhymes," an earnest adaptation of a Roald Dahl story that reimagines classic fairy tales. This film is fine yet tedious at nearly a half hour, especially when included within a group of animated competitors that are all less than 10 minutes. Sports fans will love "Dear Basketball," unless they're not fans of the LA Lakers or accused rapists. The film blends sketched-out animation against a letter read by Bryant, all about his gratitude towards the game he loves. It'd be a stirring film if its subject and narrator weren't so controversial, because passion for one's talent is certainly a sentiment worth being addressed. With Bryant expressing these thoughts, his reputation only serves as a distraction from the film's sincere elements.
On the darker end of the spectrum, we have the quick yet moving "Negative Space." The film is imaginatively told through creative animation, which complements a beautiful narration -- the two combining visuals and prose in a way that can only be described as poetry. And then there's "Garden Party," which is difficult to discuss without spoiling its slowly-revealed surprises. Two things that can be said.
1) This film is beautifully animated, with some of the best photorealistic animation I've seen since Jon Favreau's "The Jungle Book."
2) This film is definitely (DEFINITELY) not for kids.
Predicted Winner: "Lou"


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I appreciate the opportunity to do a series on personal finances for the Messenger Post Papers, and could not be more excited.
After 38 years in and around the bankruptcy courts, 20 of them as a judge; over 16 years of writing and making presentations about personal finances all over this country; founding the National Credit Abuse Resistance Education (CARE) Program for high school and college students; and hearing first hand the thoughts and experiences of so many people, especially here in the Rochester area, I hope that I have a lot to share with you and your children.
Yes there will be tips, but also food for thought (to be honest, I think it�s just that I am still in a food coma from Thanksgiving), to increase everyone�s Financial IQ, help you and your family make smarter financial choices, or, for some of you, affirm the choices that you have already made.
We hope you will suggest topics that you would like to see addressed, and please, continue to stop me when you see me to share any tips you think would benefit other readers.
Here are my favorite holiday tips. There is still some time to consider them for this year, but now is the time to be planning for next year:
1. Create a realistic and affordable budget. Decide on an amount you will spend per person and per celebration, which won�t take the joy out of the season and will also serve as your shopping list. It should include everything, even things like wrapping paper. Have it with you when you shop online or in the stores, and stick to it.
Like the classic "Seinfeld" episode�� anyone can make a budget, the key is to stick to it.
2. Shop with cash, your checkbook or a debit card that you use with a ledger. It will keep you in touch with your money, and result in better spending decisions�� you could spend as much as 20 percent less. This is true even if you would otherwise use a credit card that you pay off in full each month (and, yes�� for you, consider whether this would be better than rewards). I purchased all of my gifts one year with my checkbook. As I watched my balance drop, I started saying things like "I think my father could get along with that $20 tie instead of the $30 one." He doesn�t even know the difference.
3. Avoid impulse buying, by following the first two tips and avoiding last-minute shopping.
4. Pay off any holiday debt as soon as possible, but within a specific time�� how does three months sound? If you had no prior credit card debt, it will be easy to track. If you were carrying a balance, at least pay it down to the pre-holiday balance (we will be talking a lot about carrying credit card debt in the future).
5. Consider gifts that are not just more "stuff." In our "hyper consumption society," many people would prefer a personal, more thoughtful gift. Perhaps a "quality time" breakfast, lunch or day together, or even a handmade gift.
6. For next year, right after the holidays, start saving the amount you spent this year in a separate account (we used to call them holiday accounts, and they still work), comparative shop and take advantage of bargains all year long, and remember a recent commercial. A women brags about how she saved hundreds by getting up early and shopping on Black Friday. Her friend says she saved thousands by sleeping in.
� John Ninfo is a retired U.S. Bankruptcy Judge and the Founder of the National Credit Abuse Resistance Education Program. To suggest topics, email him at firstname.lastname@example.com.
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Another day, another chilling revelation in the case of missing child Ayla Reynolds. Two months after the then 20-month-old toddler disappeared from her crib in her Waterville, Maine home, her mother, Trista Reynolds, is telling the media that the girl's father, Justin DiPietro, took out a life insurance policy on the child. It's looking like any benefit of the doubt people were willing to give the man who was the last person to see his daughter alive is about to go out the window.
I hate to jump to conclusions here, but I just don't see how DiPietro is going to explain this one away. Especially when you look at the timing.
According to Reynolds, the policy was taken out just a week after DiPietro took custody of the little girl while her mom entered rehab. That was in October, when the Maine Department of Health and Human Services placed the child in her father's care. Two months later -- just as Trista was applying for full custody -- the girl was gone. As Reynolds says on the site she maintains for information about her daughter:
Now, why did he take out that life insurance policy? I'm still trying to figure that one out myself. Because who takes a life insurance policy out on their own child.
Life insurance on kids in and of itself isn't completely crazy. There are people who buy these policies. It's significantly less costly to apply when a person is young and in the prime of health. Not to mention some people use these policies as a means to save for a kid's future. So maybe DiPietro has a reasonable explanation.
But then again ... is reason really possible here?
When you consider this type of insurance is supposed to offset a loss of income, and kids don't actually have an income, it's a little silly. Ask a financial advisor about life insurance policies on little kids, and they're likely to tell you to invest in a college savings plan instead. No wonder less than 15 percent of Americans under age 18 have a life insurance policy.
No one can determine guilt here other than the police. But knowing that Justin DiPietro was the last person to see Ayla Reynolds before she went missing, and knowing he took out a life insurance policy on the toddler, it's hard not to jump to conclusions.
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I am here at last; flying over the Andes this morning from Santiago in Chile was amazing - beautifully clear and I could see all the glaciers and snow-capped peaks. Not much snow now because it is summer here....
Cordoba is a beautiful town, a brilliant mixture of old colonial and new. The University where the herbarium is located is near the centre of town, we went over there this afternoon to have a look around. They are experiencing a heat wave in Cordoba - it is approximately 30 degrees and VERY humid! I am catching up on all the adventures Tiina and Gloria have been having last week - I'll had over to her now for the update!
It was great to get Sandy here with us to sort out some issues with Solanum! Like Sandy says, it's extremely hot and humid, which is why we've also had some big storms this week. A few days ago it was raining ice balls - yes I mean ICE BALLS!
I took pictures as proof of how bad it was: we had to mop water from the floor as the roof and windows were leaking in the herbarium! It was a real mixture of ice the size of table tennis balls, and massive rain.
It just goes to show that it's not easy to keep up a museum in tropical countries... While we were busy mopping water from the floor, the storm knocked down a large tree just outside. The sound was tremendous! Gloria and I went out to see the damage afterwards.
The challenge of the coming days is to fit everything in. We have meetings to talk about our recent results, our work with molecular phylogenetics and taxonomy at NHM, and cytogenetic and taxonomic work here in Cordoba. It's a great chance to throw some ideas around, discuss what we have and plan future work.
We also have to plan the route for our longer trip in the north. We are heading to the big Andes on Friday, to the departments of Jujuy, Catamarca, Tucuman and Salta. There are many species we want to cover, and we can gather localities where to find them from the herbarium and our existing online Solanum database.
During the weekend we did a short 3 day trip around the departments of Cordoba and San Luis and managed to find species which were previously only known from types. The three species we found in the field can now be studied in detail together with the original descriptions to fully understand the species.
Now off to bed, we are gathering strength for what's ahead! Thus far 253 specimens fully databased, c. 400 identified, and more to go!


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Long-Term Report - 2012 Ram Power Wagon, Part 2Posted in Vehicle Reviews on February 1, 2013
Last quarter we broke in our 2012 Pickup Truck of the Year winner with a wheeling trip over desert two-track, then hitched up a 10,000-pound trailer and hit the road for the Easter Jeep Safari in Moab, Utah. This quarter our Power Wagon continued to impress us with its towing capability and off-road prowess.
Nearly one third of the miles on our '12 Ram have been with a trailer in tow. These trailers have ranged from small empty car haulers (1,500 pounds) to a loaded-down 10,000-pounder. At this point we have come to expect that the combination of the Power Wagon's 4.56 axle gears and Hemi V-8 chew through fuel. This is even more pronounced when towing a load over 4,000 pounds at 75 mph or greater, which typically results in single-digit mpg numbers. On the plus side, we never really yearn for more power, even on the steepest grades. The Ram pulls hard regardless of what you put in front of it or hitch up behind it. The factory built-in adjustable electric trailer brake control works well and allows plenty of range for any trailer and weight. The only bummer is that the controller is located in a somewhat hard to see location on the lower left side of the dash. In some aspects it's a plus because the large green-lit numbers might be annoyingly distracting if they were within eyesight.
Even though we're typically not the techie type, we've become addicted to the 730N Media Center, the top-of-the-line Ram head unit. It has way more attributes than our slag brains can grasp, yet it's still very simple to use. We love the programmable Favorite Artists feature of the satellite radio. The head unit informs you with an on-screen message whenever your favorite saved artist or song is playing on any of the satellite channels. The navigation system of the 730N is also much loved by us, especially in Los Angeles traffic. Before we get a chance to rot at a stop in the fast lane, the 730N has been able to reroute us around traffic. Of course, it adds a few miles to your trip, but for us the time saved has been extremely significant.
We continue to find all sorts of ways to utilize the RamBox option and in-floor storage boxes. If you have lots of stuff to stow it's hard to beat our Power Wagon. We generally keep dirty items like tow straps, tire plug kits, and other recovery gear in the RamBox. We've even put a complete 48-inch Hi-Lift Jack in our RamBox. The ability to lock the lids provides more security and peace of mind than simply tossing the items in the bed of the truck. However, the owner's manual recommends strapping down and padding heavy and sharp items (like our Hi-Lift) to eliminate the possibility of damaging the plastic structures. We've found that for general on-road use the Hi-Lift stays put without doing any damage.
Off-road the Power Wagon performs impressively for a ¾-ton truck. Of course there is quite a bit of head toss when the slow-speed bumps get big or abrupt but the Ram makes short work of small bumps and graded roads. Disconnecting the electronic sway bar (in 4-Hi or 4-Lo only) smoothes the slow speed off-road ride considerably. Unfortunately, the sway bar wants to automatically reconnect at speeds over 18 mph.
As the speed increases on graded off-road surfaces the Power Wagon drives less like a big truck. It can be tossed around loose corners aggressively. But if you hit a whoop section at speed you'll quickly be reminded it's still a ¾-ton and not a desert prerunner. Assertive drivers will notice that the electronic throttle is slow to react and the transmission is slow to downshift when exiting a hard-braked corner. You can use the manual shift buttons to combat this, but they are awkwardly placed on the shifter stalk causing some fumbling when juggling the wheel off-road. Another annoyance is that regardless of the gear you manually select, the transmission will upshift when you get to redline. With all this going on, successfully pitching the Ram sideways in a high-speed dirt corner can be quite a feat to accomplish. Ultimately, with plenty of ground clearance, BFG All-Terrain tires, two locking differentials, an electronic disconnecting sway bar, and a real Warn 12,000-pound winch, the Ram is far more capable than any fullsize truck at slower off-road speeds.
Next quarter we'll take the '12 Power Wagon on a road trip and do some more serious wheeling.
Report: 2 OF 4
Previous reports: Jan. '13
Base price: $45,795
Price as tested: $52,810
Four-wheel-drive system: Part-time, two-speed, manual shift lever
Long-Term Numbers
Miles to date: 7,083
Miles since last report: 3,774
Average mpg (this report): 11.4
Test best tank (mpg): 13.4
Test worst tank (mpg): 6.1 (towing 10,000 pounds up mountain grades)
This period: $45.50
Problem areas: Intermittent creak in driver seat
What's Hot, What's Not
Hot: Quickly chews through small bumps off-road, easy to clean vinyl floor, tows and goes off-road
Not: Big off-road bumps cause a lot of head toss, tranny is a little slow to shift off-road, manual shift buttons are in an awkward location
Logbook Quotes
"Didn't think I would like the plastic flooring as much as I do"
"It chews through small bumps at speed off-road but the big whoops eat the truck up"
"Manual shift buttons are awkward"
"Hard to beat the Power Wagon's ¾-ton truck and off-road capability"


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COLLEGE PARK, Md. – Maryland travels to downtown Washington, D.C., to play in the 18th annual BB&T Classic, benefiting the Children's Charities Foundation. The Terrapins take on George Mason in the second game of a doubleheader, with George Washington and Manhattan tipping off at 12:15 p.m. in the opener.
• Maryland has played in each edition of the BB&T Classic and comes to Verizon Center this year with a 15-11 record all-time in the event. The Terps topped Notre Dame 78-71 last year to snap a two-game losing streak in the BB&T. Since the tournament went to a single-day format in 2004, the Terps are 3-5. Maryland has faced George Mason once in the event, a 78-54 Terrapin win in 2004. All-time, Maryland leads the series with George Mason 7-0.
• Depth, rebounding and an ability to ride the hot hand has helped Maryland win five straight games. Nine players are averaging double-figure minutes, and the Terps lead the ACC with a plus-17.3 rebounding margin per game. In the five-game winning streak, a different player has led the team in scoring in each contest. Most recently, Dez Wells poured in a career-high 23 points to lead Maryland to a 77-57 victory over Northwestern in the ACC-Big Ten Challenge.
• Alex Len recorded his second double-double of the year against the Wildcats by grabbing 13 points and 13 rebounds. Len leads the team in scoring (15.2 ppg), rebounding (9.0 rpg) and blocks (2.5 bpg). Pe'Shon Howard, Maryland's active career leader in assists (199), has been a solid distributor with his 6.8 assists per game leading the league. As a team, Maryland is averaging 18.7 assists per game, which also leads the league. In the five-game winning streak, the Terps have assisted on 95 of 143 field goals (66.4 percent).
Quick Hitters
• A different player has led Maryland in scoring in the last five games. Nick Faust had 12 vs. Morehead State, Seth Allen had 19 vs. LIU Brooklyn, Alex Len had 16 vs. Lafayette, Charles Mitchell had 13 vs. Georgia Southern, and Dez Wells had 23 vs. Northwestern.
• The Terps have made more free throws than the opponent attempted this season (93 to 86). The biggest margins are against Morehead State, when the Terps made 17 and the Eagles attempted 8, and against Lafayette, when Maryland made 22 and Lafayette attempted 7.
• At least eight players have scored in each of the last five games, and at least five players scored in double figures against Lafayette and Georgia Southern.
• Nine players have received at least 10 minutes of playing time for five straight games, and nine players are averaging double-figure minutes.
Super Subs
• Since being outscored by Kentucky's bench in the season opener, the Maryland bench has outscored its opponents 147-42 over the past five contests. In those four games, the biggest contributors have been Seth Allen (7.2 ppg), Shaquille Cleare (7.0 ppg) and Charles Mitchell (6.8 ppg)
• Logan Aronhalt has found his shooting stroke off the bench recently. He hit all four of his 3-point attempts vs. Georgia Southern and made 3 of 5 at Northwestern.
Sophomore Jump
• After averaging 6.0 points and 5.4 rebounds per game as a freshman, Alex Len has developed into Maryland's most consistent scoring threat as a sophomore. Len is averaging 15.2 points per game, which ranks first in the ACC among centers and tied for ninth overall. His 9.0 rebounds per game rank fifth. Len also leads the league with 2.5 blocks per game. He has two double-doubles this season: against Kentucky (23 & 12) and Northwestern (13 & 13).
Force on the Boards
• Maryland leads the Atlantic Coast Conference in rebounding margin at plus-17.3 per game, the only school averaging a double-figure margin. North Carolina is second at plus-6.9.
• The Terps have built advantages on the boards in all six games this season. Against Northwestern, Maryland built a 47-19 advantage on the boards, the largest margin this season.
Alex Len and Charles Mitchell are the biggest factors in that; Len averages 9.0 rpg and Mitchell averages 7.2. Len ranks fifth in the conference and Mitchell ranks 12th, including first among freshmen.
• Len leads the conference with 3.8 offensive rebounds per game, and Mitchell is tied for seventh with 3.0 per game. As a team, the Terps are averaging 17.0 offensive rebounds per game, second in the league behind North Carolina (17.7).
• Mitchell made an impressive debut by grabbing 10 rebounds in his first career game, against No. 3 Kentucky. That's the most rebounds by a Maryland freshman in his debut since Buck Williams had 13 against Bucknell in 1978. Williams went on to lead the ACC in rebounding that year (10.8 pg) en route to capturing ACC Rookie of the Year honors.
Two of the better rebounders in recent memory, Joe Smith and Jordan Williams, didn't reach double-digit boards until their third and fourth games, respectively.


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