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Holland America Line's (HAL) Statendam and Veendam will sail roundtrip from San Diego to Mexico, Hawaii and French Polynesia during the 2013-2014 season on newly expanded itineraries offering extended port stays, overnight calls and visits to picturesque locations.
"These cruises make it easy for travelers to visit extraordinary locales without the need for international air travel," said Richard Meadows, executive vice president of marketing, sales and guest programs. "Each sailing features varied port calls including some overnights and enriching onboard activities that give our guests a very exciting and comprehensive Holland America Line vacation experience."
The seven- and 12-day cruises to Mexico sail in November, December and March. Six weeklong Mexican Riviera itineraries onboard the Veendam call at Mazatlan, Cabo San Lucas and Puerto Vallarta, along with scenic cruising along Magdalena Bay, noted for its seasonal migration of California gray whales. Departure dates are Nov. 9, Dec. 21 and 28 (two holiday sailings) and March 9, 16 and 23.
A 12-day cruise onboard Statendam sails Dec. 4 and visits Cabo San Lucas, Pichilingue (La Paz), Loreto, Guaymas, Topolobampo and Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. Guests have extra time onshore in Puerto Vallarta with an overnight call, during which they can sample local cuisine, learn more about the country's history or check out the area's nightlife. This departure also includes scenic cruising in Magdalena Bay.
In Hawaii, the 17- to 35-day Circle Hawaii, Tahiti and Marquesas itineraries have departures this October and next February and April. Veendam offers four roundtrip San Diego itineraries, adding Kona as a port of call. These sailings have a leisurely pace that combines interesting ports with plenty of sea days to enjoy the amenities found onboard. The 17-day itinerary departs Nov. 16 and Jan. 4, and calls at Hilo, Honolulu, Nawiliwili, Lahaina and Kona. The 18-day cruises depart Dec. 3 and Jan. 21 and add an overnight in Honolulu.
Statendam's three Circle Hawaii, Tahiti and Marquesas itineraries range in length from 29 to 35 days. Four calls in Hawaii, Maui and Oahu include an overnight in Honolulu and late departure from Lahaina. In French Polynesia, the ship visits Bora Bora, Raiatea, Tahiti, Moorea, Rangiroa and Nuku Hiva — the largest of the Marquesas Islands — with overnight stays in Bora Bora and Tahiti.
Departures from San Diego are scheduled on Oct. 4 and Dec. 16 for a 30-day special holiday cruise. Guests can also join the cruise in San Francisco on Oct. 2 or in Vancouver on Sept. 29 for 32-day and 35-day sailings, respectively. In 2014, the ship departs San Diego on Feb. 14 for a 29-day roundtrip itinerary, as well as April 15 on a 29-day roundtrip cruise. A 33-day itinerary that ends in Vancouver is also available for booking.
HAL is using the days at sea to enrich the cruising experience and prepare guests for the cultures they will encounter through lectures, classes, demonstrations and performances. For example, with the new On Location program, guests on cruises to Hawaii might learn how to hula, make a fresh flower lei or get a ukulele lesson from a local, while cruisers on sailings to Mexico are entertained by an authentic mariachi band during a Mexican fiesta on deck.
HAL's Explore4 early booking promotion features a free Signature Beverage Package or beverage card, a free specialty restaurant dinner, free or reduced fares for third and fourth guests in the same stateroom and 50 percent reduced deposits for bookings on select 2014 cruises made before Oct. 15, 2013. Guests may receive all four offers when booking a qualified itinerary.
Cruise fares for Mexico itineraries start at $899 for a seven-day sailing and include Explore4 early booking promotion offers. Fares for Hawaii begin at $1,599 for a 17-day Circle Hawaii itinerary with Explore4 early booking promotions. Circle Hawaii, Tahiti and Marquesas cruises start at $3,699 per person.


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While it may be too early to say which of the styles recently spotted on New York's runways will turn out to be the It bags of Spring 2013, there are already plenty of contenders. From the checkered and chained clutches at Victoria Beckham to the boxy totes emblazoned with florals at 3.1 Phillip Lim, the possibilities are endless. To make the competition just a little easier, we've gathered up some of the best of them — and we'll be adding more as they come in. Start the bidding now.
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Faenol Festival
Opera star Bryn Terfel set up the Faenol Festival in his native North Wales in 2000, to showcase some of the best of classical, opera and pop music.
Like Manic Street Preachers before them, Feeder appear to be one of those rare bands that, in the face of tragedy, have the strength and determination to fight on and ultimately eclipse their dark history.
Fernhill formed in 1996 after Julie Murphy met husband Ceri Rhys Matthews at art college and moved to Matthew's native West Wales.
Ffa Coffi Pawb
Ffa Coffi Pawb are best known as the band that later mutated into Super Furry Animals.
Flint Male Voice Choir
Founded in 1975 the choir draws its membership of some 70 singers from communities surrounding the industrial areas of Deeside in North East Wales.
Flying Pickets
The acapella band formed by Welsh singer and actor Brian Hibbard had a huge Christmas Number with Only You.
Folk and traditional music in Wales
Like Ireland and Scotland, Wales has a vibrant, healthy modern music scene based on instruments and music that stretch back hundreds of years.
Forming from the ashes of Cardiff Art School outfits The Corsairs and Screen Gemz (in addition to featuring - for a short period - future The Who bassist Pino Palladino), Freur were an ethereal synthpop indie quartet who flared briefly before calling it a day, moving to Essex and becoming Underworld, one of the most successful dance acts of all time.
Fron Male Voice Choir
Situated in the beautiful Vale of Llangollen in North Wales, some 15 miles from Chester, the village of Froncysyllte is the home of one of Wales' most distinguished male choirs.
Full Ponty
Currently on hiatus, The Full Ponty in 2006 and 2007 showcased some of Wales' and the world's top rock outfits in Ynysyngharad Park in Pontypridd.
Funeral For A Friend
After the transatlantic success of Lostprophets, eyes turned to the South Wales punk/hardcore circuit to find the next big thing. Funeral For A Friend were the obvious choice.
Future Of The Left
When Mclusky imploded in January 2005, little beyond rumours were heard of frontman Andy Falkous. That was, until the emergence of Future Of The Left.
Browse our galleries of artists, festivals and events in Wales.
Gareth Roberts
Jazz trombonist Gareth Roberts has been playing in and around the south Wales area for many years now. He plays in a wide variety of different Welsh bands including the Wales Jazz Composers Orchestra, the Heavy Quartet, Steve Waterman's Jazz Orchestra and his own quintet, for which he writes all the material himself.
Geoff Eales
Throughout a long and distinguished career, Geoff Eales has worked with pop stars, country singers, opera divas and funk legends, and has played on countless soundtracks, TV shows and jingles. He has also composed chamber works, symphonies and concertos and has performed as a featured soloist with symphony orchestras.
Georgia Ruth Williams
Aberystwyth's Georgia Ruth Williams is a student at Cambridge University, but is as talented a musician as she is an academic.
Goldie Lookin' Chain
Alright clart? Sit back and listen to Newport's mighty rap stars: the GLC. You knows it!
Gorky's Zygotic Mynci
In 1991 a group of boys in Ysgol Bro Myrddin, Carmarthen decided to form a band. They settled, for better or worse, on the name Gorky's Zygotic Mynci.
Grant Llewellyn
The journey across the Atlantic has been a very familiar one to Grant Llewellyn since his earliest days as a conductor.
Green Man festival
19-21 August 2011
Since It's Jo And Danny founded this folk-orientated festival in 2003, the Mid Wales-based event has grown in both capacity and public standing.
Gruff Rhys
Gruff Rhys is the main songwriter and lead singer in Super Furry Animals, and occasional solo star.
Gwilym Simcock
If there's one person to be keeping an eye on in the world of jazz, it's new crossover hero Gwilym Simcock.
Gwyneth Glyn
Llanarmon's Gwyneth Glyn was "conceived following Plaid Cymru's St David's Day dinner at Abaty Maenan, Dyffryn Conwy, North Wales, in 1979".
Dame Gwyneth Jones
Every inch the diva, Gwyneth Jones is one of the greatest Wagnerian sopranos of all time.
Gwyn Hughes Jones
A tenor whose voice is just made for the big Italian romantic roles.
Gwynne Howell
Although not a household name in the manner of some international opera stars, Gwynne Howell is a highly respected singer who has consistently worked at the highest level throughout the world, both on the opera stage and the concert platform.
Harry Secombe
According to Sir Geraint Evans, Harry Secombe could have been a fine comic operatic baritone, and he once offered him the part of Bardolph in Verdi's Falstaff. Had things been different, maybe we wouldn't just remember Harry Secombe's singing with If I Ruled The World.
Helen Love
One of Wales' longest-lived and fondly regarded bands, Helen Love were one of the late John Peel's favourite bands, and remain one of Mark Radcliffe's top listens. Having BBC DJ cognoscenti appeal, though, is only part of the story.
Henry Priestman
The ex-Christians man, an Anglesey resident since 1992, released his debut album in 2008.
High Contrast
Cardiff-born musician who swiftly became one of the UK's hottest drum and bass DJs.
Hot Puppies
Fronted by charismatic singer Becky Newman, The Hot Puppies formed in December 2000.
How to...
Want to get on in the music industry? We have a selection of guides on how to get ahead in your chosen field.
Huw Warren
Since the late 1980s Huw Warren has established a name as a sensitive and versatile jazz musician, blending rich melodies with unpredictable minimalism, and exploring the boundaries of rhythm and improvisation. His music ranges across jazz improvisation to modern classical to folk.
Huw Watkins
Huw flies the flag for contemporary classical music, both as a composer and as a pianist.
Swansea-bred progressive trance collective practise a fine line in organic instrumentation and chilling spy-movie atmospherica.
I Am Hope
I Am Hope are a south Wales rock band influenced by a mix of indie and punk bands.
Ian Shaw
Ian inherited a love of jazz from his late father, a cornet and trumpet player who was a fan of big band music.
Indie and alternative music in Wales
From the early days of The Pooh Sticks and The Darling Buds, through the commercial and cultural influence of SFA and Catatonia to the third wave of The Automatic and Los Campesinos!, Wales has long had a thriving indie and alternative scene. Here are some of the major players.
It's Jo And Danny
Folktronica duo It's Jo And Danny have become synonymous with the Green Man festival, but their own music is well worth investigating.
Ivor Novello
Ivor Novello was a giant of the early 20th century stage and screen: songwriter, playwright, composer, actor and star.
James Dean Bradfield
Manic Street Preachers singer James Dean Bradfield finally took the plunge to record a solo album in 2006.
Jayce Lewis
Jayce Lewis is the former drummer of Losing Sun who's building a career in East Asia.
Jazz in Wales
Unbeknownst to many, jazz in Wales has a healthy following and some adventurous musicians.
Jean Jacques Smoothie
Armed with an analogue synth and a sample of Minnie Ripperton, JJS - Steve to his mum - scored a surprise hit in late 2001 with 2 People.
While it's become the norm for US artists such as The Bravery, The Strokes or Scissor Sisters making a name for themselves in the UK before taking on their home turf, it's unusual for a British artist to turn the tables. And yet singer-songwriter Jem became a sensation in America without being much more than a well-kept secret in the UK.
John Cale
John Cale is one of the most influential musicians ever to have come from Wales. Born to a coal miner father and school teacher mother in Garnant in 1942, Cale's talent for music - particularly the piano and viola - was spotted early on.
Joseph Parry
Dr Joseph Parry, who died on 17 February 1903, was famous for his compositions both in Wales and the USA. One of the most famous Welsh tunes - Myfanwy - and perhaps the greatest hymn tune ever written - Aberystwyth - came from his pen.
Joy Formidable
The Joy Formidable, originally from North Wales, and called Sidecar Kisses, have since decamped to London, changed their name and began getting a great reputation in the capital's coolest cliques.
Karl Jenkins
The UK's most popular contemporary composer, Karl Jenkins was born in 1944 and was raised in Penclawdd, South West Wales.
Katherine Jenkins
Katherine Jenkins is a former school teacher from Neath who became the fastest-selling female classical singer since Maria Callas.
Kids In Glass Houses
One of south Wales' most hotly-tipped acts, Kids In Glass Houses nailed their reputation during 2006 with a series of high-profile support slots.
Forned in Wrexham in the late 1980s, K-Klass were at the forefront of the UK house scene and mainstays of the Hacienda club in Manchester.
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We are nowhere near Halloween, but Tander Edis just had a creepy, creepy essay published in the 'History of Science Society' newsletter. Its like seeing a ghostly double in the mirror:
In the 1970s, political Islam started to gain strength in Turkey as well as the rest of the Muslim world. Evolution became a minor culture war item, as a way for Islamists to demonstrate opposition to secular life without taking the risk of naming official secularism as a target. But creationism came into its own only in the mid 1980s, when in the aftermath of a short period of military dictatorship, religious conservatives gained control of the Turkish Ministry of Education. These conservative Muslims thought evolutionary ideas were morally corrosive, yet they found themselves in an environment where science commanded significant cognitive authority. So they needed a way to suggest that evolution was a fraudulent, scientifically dubious idea. They found the resources they needed in American "scientific creationism," and invoked Christian creationists in a curious mirror image of the way Turkish secularists regularly relied on Western scientific authorities. While the Muslims downplayed some features of popular American creationism such as a young earth and flood geology, they adopted the bulk of the anti-evolutionary debating points developed by their Christian counterparts. Indeed, the Ministry of Education had many instances of creation-science literature officially translated and made available to high school teachers and libraries. Since this mid-80s breakthrough, Turkish textbooks have often contained anti-Darwinian or explicitly creationist material. The creationist paragraphs have disappeared in the infrequent occasions when secularist parties have shared power and reappeared when Islamists returned to government. At present a moderate Islamist party sympathetic to creationist views holds power. This party won another overwhelming electoral victory in 2007, and so it looks like conservative Muslim concerns will continue to influence Turkish science and education policy for the foreseeable future.**shudder** A nightmare. A dystopic horror unleashed in reality.
Its real.
And its what they want for us.
But dont despair! I gots a good Behe Bash in the works ;)


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A growing number of libraries are offering to host journals and conferences using PKP software for their faculty and students as a low-cost means of advancing scholarly control of scholarly publishing. Examples of these library collections are listed below. This list is not by any means exhaustive.
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- "Copenhagen Business School, Denmark"
- "Georgia Institute of Technology, USA"
- "La Trobe University, Australia"
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- "National Library of Australia, Australia"
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- "University of New Brunswick, Canada"
- "University of Queensland, Australia"
- "University of Sydney, Australia"
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- "University of Tennessee, USA"
- "University of Toronto, Canada"
- "University of Winnipeg, Canada"
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Kewangji wrote:Unfortunately, this delicious vegan thing had basically nothing holding it together (maybe I made it too big?) so it fell apart as I was eating it. Still hella yummy though.
Chickpea juice! The answer's always chickpea juice (i refuse to call it aquafaba, just sounds too bloody pretentious, even for a miracle ingredient)


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1 cup Sourdough Starter*
2 cups cornmeal
4 teaspoons lemon juice
1/4 cup sugar
2 large eggs
1/4 lard, melted
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
Mix water and lemon juice together and let sit a few minutes. Preheat oven to 425 F. and grease a 10 inch ovenproof skillet or baking dish.
In a large bowl, combine the starter, cornmeal, milk mixture, sugar and eggs (beaten first). Stir in the melted lard, salt and baking soda. Bake 25-30 minutes.
Serve with butter and honey
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This recipe is easy enough that you can start one over easily, and with the help of the potato ferments quite rapidly so you can make your bread just a day or two after you have started it.
1 package (or cake) active dry yeast
4 cups warm spring water
3 tablespoons sugar
4 cups unbleached all purpose flour
Dissolve the yeast in the warm water (about 3 minutes), then stir in the sugar and the flour. To help feed the fermenting yeast some cooks will add one potato, peeled and cut into quarters. Cover with a clean town and let stand 8-12 hours in a warm place, free from drafts, stirring occasionally. Keep lightly covered and stored in the refrigerator until ready to use again. If you do wish to "feed" the starter, rather than start over each time, replace used starter by adding equal parts flour and warm water with a couple teaspoons of sugar. (i.e. for each two cups starter used, add in one cup flour, one cup warm water and the sugar).


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Improving Access to Services for Female Offenders Returning to the Community by Marie Garcia with Nancy Ritter
The Second Chance Act (SCA) was signed into law in 2008. The SCA authorizes federal agencies to award grants to state and local agencies and nonprofit organizations to provide employment assistance, substance abuse treatment, housing, family programming, mentoring, victims support and other services to people returning to the community from prison or jail. The goals of the SCA are to increase re-entry programming and improve outcomes for offenders returning to their families and communities. (For more information about the SCA, visit the
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The SCA directs NIJ to evaluate the effectiveness of demonstration projects funded by the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA). In fiscal year 2010, NIJ awarded $10 million for re-entry-related research:
NIJ has also given additional funding for Alfred Blumstein and Kiminori Nakamura's research on hiring ex-offenders. The $247,000 project continues their previous research into calculations of "redemption time," the amount of time that an individual with an arrest record has stayed "clean" (i.e., no additional arrests) and could be considered "redeemed" with respect to his or her criminal record. The researchers are testing the robustness of the previous findings, and looking at out-of-state arrests and racial differences. The work is increasingly relevant because of the large number of people who are handicapped in finding employment by stale criminal records.
Back to: Improving Access to Services for Female Offenders Returning to the Community.
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OKLAHOMA CITY—The Oklahoma medical examiner's office says two infants are among 24 people killed by the tornado that ripped across the Oklahoma City area this week.
The office announced Wednesday that it has positively identified 23 of the 24 victims and that 10 of those killed are children.
Among the dead are 4-month-old Case Futrell and 7-month-old Sydnee Vargyas. Both babies died from head injuries.
The eight other children ranged in age from 4 years old to 9 years old. Of those, six were suffocated. The other two died from massive injuries.
All the children have been positively identified. Medical examiner's office spokeswoman Amy Elliott says officials still are trying to contact relatives of eight victims.


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Defending Class AA state champion Jefferson invades Thunder Alley this week for the quarterfinal round of the GHSA playoffs.
Trojan wingback Quentin Frazer (12) bursts through a massive hole opened by his offensive line on his way to a 76-yard touchdown during Friday's 38-20 win over Thomasville. The Trojans advanced to the quarterfinals of the GHSA Class AA football playoffs and host Jefferson here this Friday. (Photo: Walter Geiger)
Trojans host defending champs Friday
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"Dr. Zwack! This is a Unicum!" – declared Joseph II, having tasted the unique drink made for him by his royal physician, and so the iconic name was born.
One of Hungary's most famous liqueurs has a history entangled in mystery, starting with its recipe which still remains the secret of the Zwack family. Although the exact recipe remains unknown to this day, it is certain that the unique taste of Unicum is enhanced by more than 40 herbs, making it an exceptionally healthy potion, not to mention the additional benefits.
On arrival a short film presents the amazing story of this more than 225-year-old bitter and the Zwack dynasty. Following the screening, visitors are invited on a tour around the factory, starting with the impressive Unicum exhibition (aided by English audio guides), which displays the turbulent history of this exceptional product. Further fascinating details are revealed in the depths of the factory cellars. With the help of a professional tour guide visitors can explore the labyrinth of casks where spirits are aged, and also sample them fresh from the barrel! The tasting includes three different versions of the liqueur: the Original Unicum, the brand's latest addition, the delicious Unicum Plum and the truly sumptous Unicum Riserva, which is matured in barrels that survived WWII.
Acquaint yourself with healthiest Hungarian liqueur and discover the spirit of Budapest!
Duration: Approximately 1 hour
Opening Hours: (Available tours in English language:) From Monday to Friday: 11:00 ; 15:00, Saturday: 11:00
Price: 12€ /Person
Meeting Point: Zwack Museum and Visitors' Centre
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I think when the object lies on the table in "two or more pieces" wouldn't have to be pictured. :-\
Looks like someone went a little overboard with caressing her glass... :wsh:
Poor Rose... Not good. Not good at all.
Just for px: Broken = two or more pieces; as in Broken Glass
..... they don't look like "fractures" in my eyes...? (this is word I knew but still checked it in the dictionary it means something that is broken, right?) That is I don't think they are, but how would I know.
... and it's this that's causing the problem.
Like in "Walking on Broken Glass" ? :thup: Rose, are you going to add your poor bird picture to the gallery
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USDA announces 1st update to poultry inspection rules since 1957
The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced on Thursday the first new regulations for poultry inspection since 1957.
The rules, which were finalized Thursday, require plants to conduct their own testing and sampling of birds for the first time for food-borne pathogens such as campylobacter and salmonella, at least twice during the production process. The USDA will continue to conduct its own tests as well.
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said the changes would result in 5,000 fewer food-borne illnesses connected to poultry products every year.
"Bottom line, this is a significant opportunity to bring the inspection system for poultry into the 21st century," Vilsack said.
He said the agency had taken into account concerns about worker safety and wouldn't increase processing-line speeds as initially proposed and which the poultry industry had wanted. The speed will be capped at 140 birds per minute, rather than 175.
But under the new rules, fewer federal inspectors will be required to eyeball chicken carcasses at plants as they fly by on hooks in the slaughter line, a change that's drawn criticism from food safety groups.
Wenonah Hauter, the executive director of the nonprofit Food & Water Watch, said the USDA's concession on line speeds wasn't a meaningful victory.
The "one USDA inspector left on the slaughter line under this new rule will still have to inspect 2.33 birds every second, an impossible task that leaves consumers at risk," Hauter said in a statement.
She added that the new regulations effectively privatize the poultry inspection process by allowing companies to police themselves.
"With the poultry industry standing to gain financially due to increased production and fewer regulatory requirements, the plan is a gift from the Obama administration to the industry, one that will undermine consumer and worker safety, as well as animal welfare," Hauter said.
The industry welcomed the news that the USDA would implement the regulations at last after a years-long bureaucratic process. But it had lobbied hard to increase line speeds, and the National Chicken Council, a trade group, expressed disappointment Thursday that speed limits would stay the same.
"It is extremely unfortunate and disappointing that politics have trumped sound science, 15 years of food and worker safety data and a successful pilot program with plants operating at 175 birds per minute," National Chicken Council President Mike Brown said in a statement.
Brown said the cap of 140 birds per minute also went against global precedent.
"Broiler plants in Brazil, Argentina, Canada, Belgium and Germany, among others, all operate at line speeds of 200 or more birds per minute," he said.
Workplace safety groups spent two years advocating against the USDA's proposal to increase line speeds, arguing that it could endanger the workers who must sort and trim inedible carcasses. Minorities, immigrants and women make up most of the low-wage workforce at poultry plants.
In 2008, The Charlotte Observer, a McClatchy newspaper, published a series of articles about dangerous working conditions at House of Raeford, a North Carolina poultry processor. The series highlighted the failure of federal regulators to crack down on plants that violated workplace safety rules.
The cap on line speeds the USDA announced Thursday is a testament to the power of workers' voices in Washington, said Catherine Singley Harvey, the manager of the economic policy project for the National Council of La Raza, a Hispanic civil rights and advocacy group.
"The fact that the administration prevented a bad situation from becoming worse was a result of collective advocacy, so we're pleased to see that USDA and the Department of Labor recognized the human costs of chicken production, and we look forward to working with both agencies in continuing to improve worker safety," Singley Harvey said.
Vilsack said the agency "took very seriously" the feedback it had received over the last several years about the proposal. He said he was confident that reducing the number of inspectors on the slaughter line would free them to perform more important tasks elsewhere in plants, such as random pathogen testing and monitoring for cleanliness.
Federal inspectors shouldn't be doing quality control, and the new regulations will give that responsibility to the plant's workers, where it belongs, he said.
"We know a lot more about what makes food unsafe today than we did in 1957," he said.
"The theory was that if there was a bruise or some indication that the bird was damaged in some way that that necessarily indicated that it would be a food safety risk," Vilsack said. "The fact that a bird is bruised does not mean that it poses a food safety risk. . . . The reality is those birds may be equally safe in terms of consumption if cooked properly."


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A Ron Paul supporter was arrested and emerged with broken fingers and another was reportedly given a dislocated hip after a June 2 Louisiana Republican convention split into two groups. According to Hamdan Azhar at PolicyMic.com, the majority convention backed Paul, and the Texas Congressman will send 27 of 46 Louisiana delegates to the Republican national convention this summer in Tampa. However, GOP establishment forces, who constituted a minority of the delegates in attendance, pledged to send a different, less Paul-friendly delegation to Tampa despite opposition by local Romney campaign officials.
Paul supporter Henry Herford, Jr. was arrested by police after the convention voted to make him chairman and oust the establishment-appointed chairman, and in the process of his arrest Herford's hip was reportedly dislocated. Also, Rules Committee Chairman Alex Helwig, another Paul supporter, was arrested by police. Helwig returned to the convention with broken fingers and walking with the aid of a cane after a brief police custody.
According to Paul campaign sources, state convention delegates supporting Ron Paul balked at new Louisiana convention rules that allowed campaigns to pick delegates rather than the state convention and then voted out the establishment-picked chairman with a majority of the delegates.
GOP officials had been prompted to change the rules because of warnings from former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum's presidential campaign, which complained of "delegate stealing" in a communication with the Louisiana state GOP after the Paul campaign out-organized the other candidates in other state conventions. "We just tightened up the rules. We made it more responsible so that delegates for those candidates would be elected," Minority Convention Credential Committee Chairman Jeff Giles told KTBS, the ABC-TV affiliate in Shreveport, Louisiana. "Instead of Ron Paul people posing as supporters of those candidates."
Ironically, rule changes had been made by many state Republican organizations in 2010 and 2011 to allow runaway conventions to benefit the Romney campaign in case the establishment-favored candidate lost too many primaries and caucuses. Even more ironically, local Romney campaign officials openly backed the Paul campaign's control of the majority convention and received enthusiastic praise from Paul campaign officials. Ron Paul campaign chairman John Tate thanked Romney campaign officials for ensuring that all Paul delegates elected in the Paul majority convention would be seated in the Tampa GOP national convention:
Delegates to the state convention were chosen at caucus meetings on April 28th. Ron Paul slates won four of six congressional district contests. Of the approximately 180 delegates attending the state convention, 113 voted to remove the LAGOP chairman when he failed to respond to requests for information and other motions from delegates. Nearly two-thirds of the delegates began physically moving their chairs, literally turning their back on the GOP chair appointed by the party hierarchy.
In another instance, State Central Committeeman and Ron Paul supporter Henry Herford Jr. of Franklin Parrish was attacked by some security officials who didn't realize that the body had voted out the previous chairman. Mr. Herford has a prosthetic hip and according to a doctor at the scene it appears as though the prosthetic was dislocated and may require replacement. The injury occurred as he was beginning to call to order the newly re-formed convention.
In yet another instance, Ron Paul supporter Alex Helwig, Chairman of the Rules Committee who made the motion to remove the chair, was arrested by Shreveport police and released. During his brief detainment, some of his fingers were broken and when he returned to the event he was walking with aid of a cane.
By 10:50 a.m. today, the newly formed convention completed its work. Newly-elected national delegates met with the Romney campaign's Louisiana Chairman, Scott Sewell, who graciously said 'that he supported the effort and would do everything he could to make sure the delegation was seated' in Tampa.
Ron Paul Campaign spokesman Doug Wead charged that "Ron Paul supporters are enduring false arrests, detainment, broken bones and slander as they simply exercise their constitutional rights of voting and participating in party politics." Wead blamed establishment GOP officials officials who ordered the rule changes and tried to break up the majority convention led by Paul delegates.
Paul campaign official blogger Jack Hunter concluded of the melee at the Louisiana GOP state convention: "Thanks to the Romney campaign for stepping in and taking the high road. Thanks to Paul supporters who have taken the high road since the beginning by playing by the rules — and winning — whether some in the establishment like it or not."
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2011 25th Anniversary Reunion Conference Follow-Up
June 25-26, 2011, Mountain View, California
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Thanks to all for a successful summer conference! We're still hearing about some great connections and synergies made at the gathering that will help further transformative nanotech. With the addition of NASA-Ames Singularity University grad students, as well as 20Under20 Thiel Fellows, there was standing room only on Sunday afternoon; we intimately filled the 236-occupant venue room, with overflow chat in the hall 'Alley'. Some quotes that rolled in just hours after the conference was over:
Want to see the video? We're in the process of putting together more elegant video for the conference, but in the meantime you can see recordings of the free webcast via Ustream (with ads) here:
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I feel like I can finally take a deep breath for the first time in awhile; we found an apartment. We signed the lease yesterday. I'm so happy, it's in a great location for us and has a giant wrap around balcony I plan to fill with plants! Plants such as the strawberry one below. I don't know how successful I will be with this little one, if I get one strawberry it will be cause for celebration!
p.s. Happy Canada Day!
EDIT// Roberta Jane reminded me to talk about my nail polish and ring! My ring is by Gabriela Artigas and was purchased at Robber. Both nail polishes are Sephora by OPI the grey base is "Metro Chic" and the glitter is "Only Gold for Me" topcoat. I've been obsessed with that topcoat since Nomadic D. used it here.
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HIV awareness goes mobile
Text messages will be sent to mobile phones in South Africa to encourage people to be tested and treated for HIV/AIDS.
Project Masiluleke will send one million texts a day to South Africans after it is launched on 1 December. The messages are written in English and local languages such as Zulu, and will include prompts to call helplines. Many of the messages were composed with the assistance of local communities.
Trials of the system increased calls to the National Aids Helpline by 200 per cent.
The system will use PCM or 'please call me' messages. These are free to send and are often used by people with no prepaid phone credit to ask their friends to call them.
It is estimated that there are around 43 million mobile phone handsets in South Africa, which has a population of 49 million people.
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While early reports had the Nokia Lumia 521 launch over at T-Mobile on April 24th, that date has come and gone with no new Windows Phone in sight. The reason, T-Mobile will now launch the Lumia 521 on April 27th during HSN.com's Innovation Weekend. You'll need to check local listings for showtimes.
The Windows Phone 8 device will be bundled with a car charger and screen protector during the event for $149.99 with free shipping with a flex pay option available.
Following the HSN debut, the Lumia 521 will be available at Microsoft Retail Stores and Walmart beginning May 11th. The Lumia 521 will run $149 through the Microsoft Retail Stores (not sure about online availability) and available through Wal-Mart's exclusive T-Mobile no contract $30 per month unlimited web and text plans.
The Lumia 521, a custom variant of the Lumia 520, packs a mild 4" 800 x 480 display, 512RAM, 8GB storage,a microSD slot, 5MP camera with 720p video recording, 9.9mm thick and HSPA+ 21Mbps connectivity.
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The primary version of Linux Mint uses Ubuntu as its source, but to think that it is the only source would be wrong; there's also the Linux Mint Debian Edition (LMDE).
Apart from its Debian roots, LMDE differs from regular Mint versions by being a rolling release; meaning that the system is constantly and gradually updated, rather than having a massive update every six months bundled into a new release of the distro that demands a new installation or comprehensive updating sequence. Hence, LMDE should only ever need be installed once.
LMDE tracks the Debian Testing branch, but rather than have the slew of daily updates that occurs in testing, Mint rolls the updates into "packs" to provide an amount of stability. Because LMDE maintains compatibility to Debian, it is possible to switch over to Debian Testing or Debian "sid" Unstable repositories if the LMDE update packs are too infrequent.
The other way that LMDE differs is by defaulting to the MATE desktop. MATE first appeared in Linux Mint 12, and was rather rough around the edges. With the release of MATE 1.2, and its quick inclusion into LMDE, we used the opportunity to cast an eye over the GNOME 2.x replacement, as well.
Previously, MATE was a hodge-podge of MATE-branded applications and legacy GNOME applications, and so it remains, but to a lesser extent. Even though MATE says that it has solved all of the conflicts with GNOME, and has moved all of the configuration files into ~/.config/mate.
MATE does not offer anything in the way of improvements to the GNOME 2.x; rather, it is still completing its forking and has reduced the number of bugs and quirks in the desktop.
For users who still pine for the GNOME 2 experience, MATE is now "good enough" for you.
Given that users fluent in the command line and fixing Linux borkage are likely to be attracted to LMDE's Debian roots, I think that the MATE desktop is a good choice for this edition.
Compared to the glossy aesthetics of the standard Linux Mint, LMDE looks downright boring. Its edge comes from the rolling updates, and the slight chance that stability will fly out of the window for a few days. And I imagine that users of LMDE wouldn't have it any other way.
LMDE: it's Mint, just a bit more conservative than you are used to, yet not.
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Some would say that it is a long way from software engineering to journalism, others would correctly argue that it is a mere 10 metres according to the floor plan.During his first five years with CBS Interactive, Chris started his journalistic adventure in 2006 as the Editor of Builder AU after originally joining the company as a programmer.Leaving CBS Interactive in 2010 to follow his deep desire to study the snowdrifts and culinary delights of Canada, Chris based himself in Vancouver and paid for his new snowboarding and poutine cravings as a programmer for a lifestyle gaming startup.Chris returns to CBS in 2011 as the Editor of TechRepublic Australia determined to meld together his programming and journalistic tendencies once and for all.In his free time, Chris is often seen yelling at different operating systems for their own unique failures, avoiding the dreaded tech support calls from relatives, and conducting extensive studies of internets -- he claims he once read an entire one.


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LONDON, England (CNN) -- London's newest hotelier Mark Fuller is showing commendable bravado for someone about to open a luxury hotel during a global recession.
Entrepreneur Mark Fuller in the Sanctum Soho hotel, a rock'n'roll "haven of hedonism" in London.
"F*** the recession, let's get on with it," he says, while sitting on the roof terrace of the Sanctum Soho, a 30-room establishment dubbed the rock'n'roll hotel, as much for its "anything goes" service philosophy as the pedigree of its owners, which include the co-managers of heavy metal band Iron Maiden.
"We do not recognize there is a credit crunch because we believe you should battle through it," Fuller says, adding, "If you get panicky and scary about things like this, you're no man at all."
Besides, he admits, three years ago when he started working on the concept of an 'alluring haven of hedonism' (as the hotel is described on its Web site), the credit crunch didn't exist.
And by the time it hit, it was too late to pull out. "We wouldn't do anyway," Fuller insists, adding "fortune favors the brave, as they say." See images of the rock star hotel »
The former band manager turned entrepreneur, is looking quite the rock star tonight, decked head-to-toe in black while a shiny silver skull stares ominously from his belt buckle.
Downstairs, staff are frantically preparing for a launch party that promises to be heavy on champagne, cocktails and celebrities. It's almost like the crunch doesn't exist.
This is Fuller's world and he's hoping plenty of people will want to join it. "In every downturn in the economic climate I think people look for some affordable glamour and escape," he says.
Fuller also owns and runs the Embassy Hotel, an exclusive nightclub in the upmarket London suburb of Mayfair which he plans to franchise in Dubai, Istanbul and Abu Dhabi.
The partners in his new hotel venture ooze rock credential: Iron Maiden co-managers Rod Smallwood and Andy Taylor.
While Taylor has experience running a restaurant and hotel, "The Inn on the Green," Smallwood's experience in the hotel industry is based on 30 years on the road with Iron Maiden.
Last year he stayed in 80 hotels in 40 countries and one of his biggest gripes is returning to his hotel after a gig and finding the bar is closed.
"You want good service, and you want the bars open, and you want good food available," he says from the roof terrace equipped with a bar and Jacuzzi he's taken to calling "my lounge."
Smallwood expects to stay in the hotel once a week and says it will become a London bolt-hole for the band.
While non-music types and the tone-deaf are welcome to stay in the hotel, over-enthusiastic groupies are not.
"If you're on the road for three months, you can never escape," Smallwood says. "The fans, some of them, think they have a God-given right, just because they're staying in the same hotel, to put a camera in your face over your cornflakes."
"The rule here is no autographs and no photographs," he says firmly. "Say Paul Weller is sitting in the corner having a beer, and you go and ask for an autograph or photograph, you will not stay here again."
Along with privacy and a beer at all hours, guests have access to an on-call guitar doctor, a necessity, apparently, if you break a string while strumming in your room. Guests who have inadvertently left their guitar at home can hire one from reception.
The rock star concept extends to the room decor. The silver wallpaper and mirrored columns may appear garish in daylight, but at 3 a.m. one suspects they add a touch of glamour.
Free standing baths are a bold leap from the bed and the mini bar is well-stocked with champagne.
Rod Smallwood is confident the concept will work.
"Recession or no recession, we're talking about 30 rooms in a huge major city. If we can't sell 30 rooms in the depths of recession it means we're useless, and we know we're not."
Mark Fuller says he's selling more than a hotel room. In times of economic crisis the Sanctum Soho offers the chance to forget the mortgage and live like a rock star, if only for a day.
"You can sit in the restaurant and have a hamburger for seven pounds ($10)," he says. "The drinks are cheaper than most hotels, and probably cheaper than most nightclubs. The room accommodation runs everywhere from £125 ($255) straight up to £450 ($650). Take your pick. Cut your coat."
I mishear him. "Cut your coke?" I ask.
"No, you can't do that!" he exclaims.
"Musicians are not like that anymore," Fuller says. "The music industry is such now that people release CDs to support tours, not the other way around, so this is a professional state.
"I just don't want to be the hotel at the end of the tour, then I'm in danger," he laughs.


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Marion County Sheriff's Department is going to have an open house at the new jail from 3 to 7 p.m. Friday and 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday. It will be the first chance for the general public to see the jail, and hopefully for most people it will be the last time they see the inside of it.
When Marion County Commission and a group of volunteers were considering what to do about the existing jail, the Sheriff's Department opened it up for tours. So few people showed up that offering the tours was a waste of time for everyone involved. I don't know whether the horrible turnout was because people didn't care, or because they actively didn't want to know about the condition of the jail. Apathy about public issues is frustrating but understandable, but willful ignorance is unforgiveable.
This weekend is a chance for you to take a look at what the county has spent $3,000,000 on, not to mention years of discussion and argument about what the county needed and how to pay for it. Sheriff Rob Craft gave me a tour of the new facility Tuesday morning, about an hour before I sat down to write this. Structurally, the jail is virtually done, but there is a lot of moving in left to do before the county can move inmates into the jail or relocate the Sheriff's Department and 911 services.
I think Marion County got what it needed. The existing jail has a lot of problems, some caused by its age, others by its design, and others by increased numbers of inmates. It isn't a fit living environment for the inmates, nor is it a fit working environment for jailers, deputies, and dispatchers.
Without a new jail, Marion County soon would have needed to send inmates to jails elsewhere, paying to rent space for the inmates, employees to transport inmates to and from jail, and at least one vehicle, all while having to maintain a functioning jail to keep inmates in until they could be sent elsewhere. The new jail gives Marion County what it needs: a safe, secure, humane environment not just for inmates, but also for the county employees who are responsible for them.
It is up to each person to determine for themselves whether that is worth the taxpayer money the county is spending on it. But you can't tell the worth of something sight-unseen.


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By Nila Uthayakumar, KF14 Uganda and KF15 Kenya
"It was my first day on the job," Nathan says with a wide grin.
"I wore a coat and tie, I looked very smart! I was going to work for a bank, sit in a swiveling chair, and swing my legs!"
Nathan and I are standing on the side of a road. The occasional share-taxi barrels past us, but mostly we are surrounded by the hush of farmland that stretches as far as the eye can see. We're in the Southern Rift Valley of Western Kenya. Nathan is neither sitting, nor swinging his legs. We cross the road. The mid-morning sun casts our shadows long across the hot asphalt.
"I got to the office that day and they told me to go and get a cow from a farmer who was not making his loan repayments. So I walked ten miles pulling a cow back to the office. On my first day." Nathan laughs, and I am incredulous.
Nathan works as a loan officer for Juhudi Kilimo, a Kiva partner microfinance institution in Kenya. Juhudi Kilimo makes microloans to farmers to finance the purchase of assets, like dairy cows. Of Juhudi's roughly 3,500 borrowers, around six or seven will default in a given year. When that happens, a loan officer, and in this case Nathan, is asked to go and collect the asset so that Juhudi can sell it and recover some of the loss.
"I almost quit." He says, "I almost called the office the next day and said I wouldn't be coming in." But he didn't. And here he and I were, two years later, visiting another farmer outside of a town called Litein.
Two years ago when Nathan applied for a job as a loan officer with Juhudi Kilimo, he had just graduated from college. Considering that he was expecting a comfortable desk job, and met instead with physical labor on his first day, I would say that he is nothing short of dedicated.
One thing I that I did not expect when I started my Kiva Fellowship in January is the respect and admiration I have gained for microfinance loan officers. When I am not working in the office, I am in the field visiting borrowers. I have spent many a scorching and dusty day walking alongside a loan officer, and I consider it an honor and a privilege. It takes humility and tremendous patience to do the work that they do. A sense of humor is essential.
The workday often begins before sunrise and finishes after sunset. Share-taxis only get a person so close to the final destination; many farms can only be reached by foot. A real lunch break can be a luxury, and very often it is skipped entirely. Furthermore, I think that 'loan officer' is a misleading title. It may make the work seem restricted to dealings with monetary exchanges, but I would argue that 'motivational speaker,' 'business consultant,' 'advocate,' and 'educator' would all be just as appropriate to describe the work of a loan officer. From my experience in Uganda and Kenya, the borrowers themselves actually prefer 'teacher.' I too find it to be far more fitting.
Back on the farm, Nathan and I have reached the home of the borrower we are meeting with. We're served steaming cups of tea while we sit on a bench under the shade of a tree. A pair of puppies dart back and forth between our feet and a goose ruffles her feathers. Nathan smiles, takes a sip, and swings his legs.
Check out Nila's other blog posts:
In Defense of "High" MFI Interest Rates: Part II
Video Blog: The Story of Lini Nanyonga
Microlending Behind the Scenes: How MFI's Judge Credit Worthiness
Nila is living and working in Nairobi, Kenya as roaming fellow. She has been working with Kiva partner Juhudi Kilimo, and is having a blast!


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COOKEVILLE, Tenn. -- The Tennessee Tech soccer team came up short in its comeback attempt against the Blue Raiders of Middle Tennessee Friday afternoon, falling in a roller coaster of a match 3-2.
Middle Tennessee started things early, scoring twice in the first fifteen minutes with a barrage of five shots-on-goal, eight total shots, and six corner kicks.
The Tech offense came to life following the second Blue Raider goal, controlling the ball better and forcing MTSU to play more towards its own net. Junior forward Ellie Iaciofano headed in her fourth goal of the season off of a pass from fellow junior Taylor Hicks to cut the lead in half. The goal, which came in the 34th minute was Iaciofano's fourth of the season and helped shift a large portion of momentum back to the Golden Eagle sidelines.
Just six minutes into the second half, Iaciofano struck again, making a nifty move following a Chelsea Ladd assist and landed the ball into the back of the net to tie the match at 2-2. Iaciofano's fifth goal of the season was also her fourth in the last three games and looked to have made up for the slow start by the Golden Eagles.
Less than two minutes later, Middle Tennessee answered back. The Blue Raiders took a 3-2 advantage on the back of a rebound goal that richocheted off the post following an incredible diving save by freshman goalkeeper Jordan Brown. The Blue Raiders would hold off the Golden Eagle attack for the rest of the match to earn their fourth victory of the season.
"The whole game came down to that first 15 minutes where we just couldn't figure it out," said head coach Daniel Brizard. "That first 15 hurt us. We did fantastic to come back and score two goals, but you can't give up two goals like that in the first 15 minutes, especially against a team like that."
With the team traveling to North Carolina to face Western Carolina on Sunday in a 1 p.m. CT match-up, Brizard knows that it will take a quick improvement to garner better results and will look for the team to play more like the team he knows they can be.
"I'm looking to see the team we had 15 minutes into the game today," said Brizard. "That's the team we've been trying to get all year, but it's like doing a kitchen remodel. You can make your kitchen as nice as possible, but if you still have a leaky sink it's not going to be any good. That first 15 minutes is our leaky sink and we need to correct that going into Western Carolina."
"I believe in this team. It's a good team. Last year we wouldn't have scored those two goals. We would have folded after that first 15 minutes. We showed some character to come back and I think against Western we have to show that character for the full 90 minutes and get the job done. We're going to have another good battle and hopefully we can get it done."
The defense played another solid match following the first two goals, allowing just 11 shots-on-goal despite 24 shot attempts by the Blue Raiders. Despite missing senior defender and back line leader Leigh Heffner, the Golden Eagles cleaned up the mess quicker, allowing just eight shots in the second half. Brown gathered up eight saves in the contest, including several acrobatic, diving stops.
Iaciofano, who recorded her first multi-goal game of her career in last Friday's match against Northern Kentucky, again made her presence felt, notching her second two-score game of the season. Her five goals and 11 points leads the Golden Eagles in both categories and puts her among the OVC leaders as well.


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Twitter has a feature that could lead you to publicly humiliating yourself, so if you don't enjoy embarrassment, now is a good time to protect yourself by shutting it down.
Specifically, Twitter has a feature -- actually pretty useful -- that lets you receive private direct messages on your phone via SMS text message. This is a handy way of using Twitter as a real-time, private messaging system -- sort of what SMS was designed for.
Here's how it works: If someone direct messages ("DMs") you on Twitter, you'll get a text from 40404 (Twitter's SMS shortcode) that says something like "Direct from fromedome," with the message included.
The problem is that many people respond to those text messages the same way they respond to any other text messages: With a private message intended for the person who messaged them.
But that's not how Twitter's SMS system works -- it treats that as a public tweet, and publishes it for everyone to see. If you want to send a direct message reply, you have to remember to type in "d username" before the message. Every time. Twitter doesn't think about this for you.
The result is that every day, we see "accidental DMs" or "DM fail" tweets "via txt" that are clearly meant to be direct messages. (And not just by new Twitter users, but usually by long-time users. This is clearly something that people can't quite fully learn and remember.)
We don't usually know who the messages are meant for, and often they're mundane or harmless. But every few days, we see something embarrassing.
Like today, when distinguished economist Nouriel Roubini trashed our colleague Joe Weisenthal in this "off the record" tweet -- which was clearly meant to be a direct message -- sent via SMS.
If you don't mind the occasional accident, and have nothing to hide, go ahead and keep the DM-to-SMS feature turned on.
But if you want to make sure you never screw up, here's how to turn off this feature: Go to Twitter's mobile device settings (you'll need to sign in) and under "Text message notifications," uncheck "Direct messages."
It would be nice if Twitter figured out a solution to this problem, because it's actually quite handy to have DMs turned on via SMS. But we doubt that's a priority for the company. So for now, the best way to protect yourself from accidentally tweeting direct messages is to turn off the feature completely.


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There are reports that Congress is closing in on a deal to end the government shutdown, and from the perspective of the hurricane science community an end soon is critical.
While the National Hurricane Center has remained open to issue forecasts, the tropical cyclone research arm of the federal government, the Hurricane Research Division, as well as the Earth System Research Laboratory, have been closed.
Who cares, you say?
According to one Florida hurricane scientist I spoke to this week, "A lot of what we do next season starts right about now. We'll evaluate how the models performed, and assess some of the newer models. This time frame is crucial for the new models that we'll be using next year. A delay now will impact us for next year. It will not allow us to make improvements. And delay right now will affect us in moving forward as we hoped."
Of most interest to me is the development of a new global forecast model known as the FIM model.
Right now there are two forecast models for storm tracks that far outperform the others — the European and Global Forecast System, or American GFS, models. When there's a storm in the Atlantic you will almost always see forecasters defer to either the European or GFS model. If there were a third model, and two of the three agreed upon a solution, there would be a lot higher confidence in a track forecast.
What is the FIM model? It's a new approach to global modeling.
Because they require such vast computing power, the global models, which simulate weather for every point around the globe, have not been based upon a traditional grid point forecast. Instead they are known as spectral models, meaning they issue forecasts that look something like undulating ocean waves. It's fairly technical, so I won't go into the details.
Another problem with grid point forecasts is the circular nature of the globe — how does one have uniform grid boxes further away from the equator (this is the same problem map makers face when translating the globe to a flat surface, and its why Greenland looks so big on maps). The answer appears to be an icosahedral global grid, which looks something like this:
Using this icosahedral grid system, he FIM model (see a background paper on the FIM model, .pdf here), then, could become the first global, grid-point model that is competitive with the European and GFS forecast models. "Experimentally it's been shown to be a good tool," the hurricane scientist told me. But to ensure the model is used more by forecasters during next year's hurricane season, evaluation work needs to be done now.
Getting scientists back to work now would help ensure those kinds of evaluations can be done, but further delays probably would set the program back significantly.
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Magic Mushroom Mould Mountain Made Mysteriously Of Milked Moose is a new installation and exhibition of photographic, illustrative and sculptural works from Marnie Vaughn and Miriam Montgomery.This collaborative installation plays with the idea of the narrative in altered states of consciousness. It encourages audience interaction as they have a mystical experience of magic mushroom mould mountain, made mysteriously of milked moose. The installation aims to express a sense that all could change again upon entry, highlighting the fleeting nature of dreams and memories.
"things that grow, and things that snow, get big and small, short and tall, It's a story, a mystery, a once upon a time of a different kind, you never know what you might find; nut cracker, mad hatter, pip the snail and her button tail, William the worm who lost his squirm, strawberry tea, for free, at three, would it be, that we would pee, from a tree."
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TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - Jan. 31, 2013) - QMX GOLD CORPORATION (TSX:QMX)(OTCQX:QMXGF) ("QMX Gold" or the "Company") has produced approximately 4,000 ounces of gold from its Lac Herbin Mine in Val D'Or, Quebec in the fourth quarter of 2012. This brings total 2012 production for that mine to over 20,000 ounces of gold.
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The Company achieved its 2012 production guidance of between 18,500 to 20,500 by producing 20,100 ounces of gold from the Lac Herbin Mine. Additionally, the fourth quarter results are in line with 2012 budget numbers. Full financial results, including cash costs for 2012 will be released as part of the year-end disclosures expected in March.
The Aurbel Mill continues to perform positively and with more consistency in 2012. Recovery rates in the first quarter of 2012 started at 87% but increased substantially over the next two quarters to 91% and 94% respectively. The fourth quarter saw a drop to 87.8% mostly due to lower than expected grades; however, several potential improvements have been identified and implemented which should allow for further improved recoveries in 2013. The average recovery for 2012 was 89.8%, which is slightly better than the budgeted recovery rate of 89%. Higher recoveries over the course of 2012 can be attributed to operational improvements in the milling process and a higher grade of ore delivered to the mill.
In reviewing the results for 2012, Francois Perron commented, "I am happy to report that QMX Gold has achieved the upper end of its 2012 production target by producing 20,100 ounces from the Lac Herbin Mine. The recovery rates at the Aurbel Mill did slip somewhat in the fourth quarter mostly due to changes in the ore grade; however, further improvements in the mill have been identified and corrective measures have been taken, and we are already seeing improvements in our January recoveries."
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Technical programs and information included in this release have been reviewed and approved by David Rigg, P.Geo., the Chairman of the Company and a Qualified Person as defined under NI 43-101.
About QMX Gold
QMX Gold Corporation is a Canadian publicly traded mining company focusing on mine development and exploration in Quebec and Manitoba. QMX Gold continues to operate in the Val-d'Or area with production estimated at 18,500-20,500 ounces of gold per year. The Company has also begun to ramp-up pre-production activities at its property at the Snow Lake Mining Camp which has a Measured and Indicated Mineral Resource of 5.4 million tonnes grading 4.45 g/t Au for approximately 720,000 oz of gold. The Snow Lake Mine is expected to produce 80,000 ounces of gold per year. Full details of the Snow Lake Project are outlined in the Technical Report titled "Snow Lake Mine Re-activation Project" dated December 10, 2010 and prepared by: Andre Roy (Eng.) Jamie Lavigne (P.Geo), David West (P.Eng), Ian Ward (P.Eng), Matthew Parfitt (P.Eng), Mark Bednarz (P.Geo), which is available on the SEDAR profile of the Company at www.sedar.com.
Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Information and Mineral Resources:
This press release contains "forward-looking information" within the meaning of applicable Canadian securities legislation. Forward-looking information includes, but is not limited to, statements (express or implied) relating to production results and/or the impact of such production results with respect to the mine at Lac Herbin, the timing, cost and/or amount of future exploration and development of the property, the timing, cost and/or amount of future production, the future price of gold or other minerals, the successful implementation of development plans at any of the Company's properties and/or the future financial or operating performance of QMX Gold, its properties and/or its projects. Generally, forward-looking information can be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology such as "plans", "expects" or "does not expect", "is expected", "budget", "scheduled", "estimates", "forecasts", "intends", "anticipates" or "does not anticipate", or "believes", or variations of such words and phrases or state that certain actions, events or results "may", "could", "would", "might" or "will be taken", "occur" or "be achieved". Forward-looking information is subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause the actual results, level of activity, performance or achievements of the Company, its properties and/or its projects to be materially different from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking information, including but not limited to those risks described in the annual information form of the Company, which is available under the profile of the Company on SEDAR. Although the Company has attempted to identify important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in forward-looking information, there may be other factors that cause results not to be as anticipated, estimated or intended. There can be no assurance that such information will prove to be accurate, as actual results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such statements. Accordingly, readers should not place undue reliance on forward-looking information. The Company does not undertake to update any forward-looking information, except in accordance with applicable securities laws. It should also be noted that mineral resources that are not mineral reserves do not have demonstrated economic viability.
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Each year, we hear about the importance of the all-mighty board when it comes to the NFL Draft. Each year, teams deviate from said board.
Former Dallas Cowboys scout Bryan Broaddus discussed the habit and how the Cowboys missed out on selecting running back LeSean McCoy because of it.
"If you go back to the 2009 draft, they sat there and they had LeSean McCoy with a first-round grade," Broaddus said during a radio interview last week on KRLD-FM, according to The Dallas Morning News. "The problem was, they weren't willing to take LeSean McCoy. That's the issue. Don't window-dress your board. They're sitting there in the second round and they've got LeSean McCoy with a first-round grade on their board. That's value. They did it (got it right) with Sean Lee, they did it with Bruce Carter. They sat there, they took the guy that was on the board that they were supposed to take.
"Mistakes are made when you jump around on the board. Jerry (Jones has) done it a couple of different times. The Quincy Carter draft, we had Kendrell Bell there, first-round grade, ends up going the second round; goes right behind us to the Pittsburgh Steelers. Ends up being AFC Defensive Rookie of the Year. And then we take Quincy Carter. That was a forced pick right there. You had a guy there you had a better grade on, you probably could have got Quincy Carter later in the draft. That's where you get in trouble leapfrogging around."
McCoy ended up going to the Philadelphia Eagles at No. 53 overall.
Broaddus said the opposite happened with tight end Jason Witten, who was selected in the third round and has eight Pro Bowls on his resume.
To say the draft is an inexact science would be an understatement. Still, we assume quarterback Tony Romo would have benefited from having a versatile threat like McCoy in the backfield. Wrong selections are made all the time, but the knife is twisted if the original evaluation was correct.
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Double Fine's Next Game Takes You to Sesame Street
Gameplay details are sparse, but kids can expect to join the famous Sesame Street gang to help solve puzzles. Kinect will be used sense motions like dancing and jumping. The Sesame Workshop is setting the curriculum for the game, which promises to "promote lifelong lessons about making friends, cooperation, and recognizing and labeling emotions." Now isn't that swell?
"Sesame Street had a profound effect on me, and many members of the Double Fine team, when we were children," said Double Fine CEO Tim Schafer in the press release. "So did video games. Now many of us are parents and we want to share with our kids the great experiences we had, but also the completely new ones made possible by cutting-edge technology like Kinect for Xbox 360. So it's a labor of love on many levels."


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Burger King Corp. may have just the thing. The home of the Whopper has launched a new men's body spray called "Flame." The company describes the spray as "the scent of seduction with a hint of flame-broiled meat."
The fragrance is on sale at New York City retailer Ricky's NYC in stores and online for a limited time for $3.99.
Burger King is marketing the product through a Web site featuring a photo of its King character reclining fireside and naked but for an animal fur strategically placed to not offend.
The marketing ploy is the latest in a string of viral ad campaigns by the company. Burger King is also in the midst of its Whopper Virgins campaign that features an taste test with fast-food "virgins" pitting the Whopper against McDonald's Corp.'s Big Mac.
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Because you are Gnostic about God, you claim to have knowledge that God is real. This is not about believing, it is about knowing. People who claim that they KNOW there is a God or KNOW that there is not a God, are not telling the truth. It takes demonstrable evidence to be able to claim knowledge. Just as you can prove there is a sun, that is the kind of thing you need to be able to back up a claim of knowledge. It would only be honest to say that no ones knows as a matter of fact if a God or Gods exist or not.
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Nick Rimando is one the league's best, with the second lowest goals-against-average (0.71) in MLS. If there's anyone whose reflexes can match up with the attacking talents of the Henry-Ángel combo, it's Rimando.
Greg Sutton will be called into action again to replace NYRB regular and Senegal call-up Bouna Coundoul. In his lone appearance of the year two weeks ago, the veteran was shaky and the rust was clearly visible.
RSL central defenders Jamison Olave and Nat Borchers may have the size to compete with Juan Pablo Ángel, but they can be caught chasing when it comes to the accelerating speed and tricky footwork of Thierry Henry.
Danleigh Borman can effectively replace left back Roy Miller, called up by Costa Rica, but the Red Bulls back four has shown it can be exposed when faced with speed like RSL's Robbie Findley.
While Andy Williams may not be able to replace Will Johnson's work rate, the Jamaican's ability to keep possession and draw fouls can prove equally effective. Ned Grabavoy and Kyle Beckerman will need to work extra to fill the defensive holes.
The absences of Rafa Márquez and Dane Richards to international duty, coming off their best matches last weekend, will severely impact NYRB. Their likely replacements, Seth Stammler and Mac Kandji, are very different players and the Red Bulls have not been as incisive a team in attack with them.
Fabian Espindola and Robbie Findley have only started four matches together this year (RSL has a 2-1-1 record). While the Argentine is clearly in form, the pressure will be on Findley and whether he can be as much a handful as Costa Rican international call-up Álvaro Saborío.
|Juan Pablo Ángel and Thierry Henry are quality and class. But how dangerous they can be is purely dependent on the service they receive. Without Rafa Márquez and Dane Richards unlocking the opponents' back line, this remains the biggest question mark.
Aside from left midfielder Nelson Gonzalez, RSL does not enjoy an abundance of proven talent off the bench and they instead count on younger players.
Four absences due to international duty will hurt any team's depth, but the Red Bulls can still turn to veterans midfielders Carl Robinson, Sinisa Ubiparipovic and forward Ibrahim Salou.
When his team could have easily folded between travel and heartbreaking results, manager Jason Kreis has found a way to keep his team hungry and focused. Real Salt Lake are the only undefeated team at home in MLS and the altitude makes for a real advantage.
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LeTourneau University in Longview, Texas, ranked 5th among the top 10 schools with the best return on investment in the state, and ranked 2nd among private Texas colleges and universities, according to Seattle-based PayScale Inc.
The 2014 PayScale College ROI Report recently ranked U.S. colleges and universities on the total income graduates will earn after 20 years in the workforce, subtracting the cost of the college education and what they would have earned as high school graduates.
The 20-year ROI in Texas are:
1. Rice University, $633,400 (private)
2. Texas A&M University, $566,700
3. University of Texas at Austin, $497,100
4. Prairie View A&M University, $494,900
5. LeTourneau University, $436,000 (private)
6. University of Texas at Dallas, $435,400
7. University of Houston, $409,300
8. University of Texas at Arlington, $402,500
9. Southern Methodist University, $401,900 (private)
10. Texas Tech University, $398,800
The purpose of the rankings is to provide insight into the value of a college education compared to other investments.
"Among all the faith-based universities in Texas, LeTourneau University ranks number one for return on investment," said LETU Provost Dr. Philip A. Coyle. "Actually, on a national level among all evangelical faith-based universities, LeTourneau University ranks at the very top as a best investment choice for today's students. Not only do we have an exceptionally high placement rate above 90%, but in addition to our commitment to nurture Christian virtue, our students' tuition investments result in the highest earning outcomes among all faith-based universities."
To see the listing, go to http://www.payscale.com/college-roi/#by-state/Texas .
The top schools in the listings, both statewide and nationally, have strong programs in engineering and technology. The top three schools nationally were Harvey Mudd College, California Institute of Technology and Massachusetts Institute of Technology, respectively.
About LeTourneau University:
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LeTourneau University is a Christ-centered, interdenominational institute of higher learning offering a wide array of undergraduate and graduate degree programs in aviation, arts & sciences, business, education and engineering. The university enrolls more than 2,700 students representing nearly all 50 states, more than 30 foreign countries, and 53 different denominational groups. Around 1,300 study at its main campus in Longview, Texas, a progressive hub city nestled among beautiful pine-forested hills and lakes in East Texas, approximately 120 miles east of Dallas, Texas, and 60 miles west of Shreveport, La. Students are also enrolled in a robust suite of online programs, as well as the university's innovative hybrid programs in Dallas and Houston. Committed to its core mission, LeTourneau University is a comprehensive institution of Christian higher education where educators engage learners to nurture Christian virtue, to develop competency and ingenuity in their professional fields, to integrate faith and work, and to serve the local and global community. The university is also led by its vision: Claiming every workplace in every nation as their mission field, LeTourneau University graduates are professionals of ingenuity and Christ-like character who see life's work as a holy calling with eternal impact.
For additional information, visit www.letu.edu.
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