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Desktop Summit 2011 Announced
KDE e.V. and GNOME Foundation to Co-Host 2011 Desktop Summit in Berlin
GNOME and KDE are teaming up again to host the 2011 Desktop Summit in Berlin, Germany. Due to the success of the 2009 Desktop Summit the projects will co-locate GUADEC and Akademy once again in August, 2011 for the largest free software desktop event ever.
The 2009 Desktop Summit was a fantastic opportunity for the leaders of the free software desktop community to share talks, address common issues, and build relationships between the communities with combined social events.
The 2011 Desktop Summit will build on the first Summit's success. More than 1,000 contributors from more than 50 countries are expected to attend the 2011 event in Berlin. In addition to members of the GNOME and KDE development community, the conference will also attract many participants in the overall FLOSS community from local projects, organizations, and companies.
"We are looking forward to the Desktop Summit. GUADEC is our community's opportunity to meet in person and we are glad to be able to have our KDE colleagues as part of our conversations and our celebrations." says Stormy Peters, Executive Director of the GNOME Foundation. "Berlin is a great city with a very strong free software community. C-base, KDE and GNOME will make a great team!"
Berlin was one of several locations proposed for the Desktop Summit in 2011. It was chosen due to the excellent facilities at the conference site, the strong presence of KDE and GNOME communities in the area, the strength of the organizing team, and an easily accessible site for those travelling to the Desktop Summit. Both communities are very excited about holding the Desktop Summit 2011 in Berlin!
"Berlin is a fantastic city with strong ties to both the KDE and GNOME communities as well as free software in general," says Cornelius Schumacher, President of KDE e.V. "The KDE community is excited to meet again with the GNOME community to hold the second Desktop Summit there. This is going to be one of the main free software events of the year 2011."
The Berlin team consists of Claudia Rauch of KDE e.V., Caspar Clemens Mierau of Ubuntu and c-base, and Mirko Boehm of KDE, and is strongly supported by the city of Berlin. With their ties into both the Gnome and KDE communities, the team well represents the idea of a joint Desktop Summit.
"We are honored and proud that our proposal was selected. What we look forward to the most is the inspiration our communities will draw from having the Desktop Summit together again, but also from visiting our bustling, welcoming city. We would like to thank all the supporters of the proposal, and will work hard to make the conference a big success." says Mirko Boehm.
About KDE and KDE e.V.
KDE is an international community that creates Free Software for desktop and portable computing. Among KDE's products are a modern desktop system for Linux and UNIX platforms, comprehensive office productivity and groupware suites and hundreds of software titles in many categories including Internet and web applications, multimedia, entertainment, educational, graphics and software development. KDE software is translated into more than 60 languages and is built with ease of use and modern accessibility principles in mind. KDE4's full-featured applications run natively on Linux, BSD, Solaris, Windows and Mac OS X.
KDE e.V. is the organization that supports the growth of the KDE community. Its mission statement -- to promote and distribute Free Desktop software -- is provided through legal, financial and organizational support for the KDE community. KDE e.V. organizes the yearly KDE World Summit "Akademy," along with numerous smaller-scale development meetings.
More information about KDE and the KDE e.V. can be found at www.kde.org and ev.kde.org.
About GNOME and the GNOME Foundation
GNOME is a free-software project whose goal is to develop a complete, accessible and easy to use desktop for Linux and Unix-based operating systems. GNOME also includes a complete development environment to create new applications. It is released twice a year on a regular schedule.
The GNOME desktop is used by millions of people around the world. GNOME is a standard part of all leading GNU/Linux and Unix distributions, and is popular with both large existing corporate deployments and millions of small business and home users worldwide.
Composed of hundreds of volunteer developers and industry-leading companies, the GNOME Foundation is an organization committed to supporting the advancement of GNOME. The Foundation is a member directed, non-profit organization that provides financial, organizational and legal support to the GNOME project and helps determine its vision and roadmap.
More information about GNOME and the GNOME Foundation can be found at www.gnome.org and foundation.gnome.org.
I start to wonder if KDE only exists for German people....
By Bart Schelstraete at Sat, 2010/07/31 - 10:30am
I wonder why you feel this
I wonder why you feel this way.. KDE software is translated into many languages, with English being the primary one. KDE itself is an international team of volunteers, and companies from all over the globe. And working all together!
By vdboor at Sat, 2010/07/31 - 1:32pm
Yes of course...
and Gnome also... that's why the Desktop Summit will be in Berlin!
Akademy / Desktop Summit
Camp KDE
What's so hard to understand? Gnome and KDE are international projects. Really one of the points that makes them so appealing. In a big project it is wise to have one major "communication language" to reduce translation troubles. That's english (due to "laziness" cause most people already learn it in school), but that does not make KDE or Gnome a project for "english" audience solely.
By thomas at Sat, 2010/07/31 - 2:15pm
source: official kde website:
Contributor Meetings
There have been roughly yearly large-scale contributor meetings for the KDE community since very early in the project. Since the KDE e.V. was created the yearly meeting is a requirement of its bylaws, so we can count on it now.
AKademy 2011 - Germany
13 meetings, 5 in Germany.
So for an international project, almost 40% of the meetings are in Germany. Some people call this 'weird'.
aseigo, you also need to learn how to use a calculator.
ps: feel free to give my post negative points. Open source = freedom .. but not free to give your opinion it seems..
By Bart Schelstraete at Thu, 2010/08/05 - 8:36pm
> Normal people, which are
> Normal people, which are not paid for it, so they cannot afford such travels.
Akademy is always in Europe because of this reason. There are a lot of European developers in KDE. Also, students and people with low income are able to ask for a travel sponsorship from the E.V.
Lately, CampKDE is started in America to get a stronger community over there - and provide an alternative for Americans. There are also local Akademy's these days (spain, brazil). These things start because those local communities are strong.
More people == More conferences near that place.
The first German meetings are done like that, because they were the _first_ meetings. People got the idea that meeting up would be nice (this was AFAIK uncommon in FOSS those days!) that was the basis of the real Akademy which started in 2004. Not something you can draw conclusions from, as you did.
> p.s. feel free to give my post negative points.
Besides giving your opinion, I think you're also trying to imply something. And point fingers somewhere. That is a different thing, and treated differently.
By vdboor at Fri, 2010/08/06 - 11:31am
german? no, spanish!
obviously, since there have been two Akademies in Spain (so far the largest number in any single country, next year will even that), Akademy.es has been a great success and KDE e.V. just signed officially with KDE Spain granting them official usage of KDE trademarks, etc. it quite evident that KDE only exists for Spanish people!
By Aaron Seigo at Sat, 2010/07/31 - 8:11pm
Not true!!!
Ha, I disagree. Considering KDE users mostly live in Brazil (over 50 million, as YOU said), KDE is all about Brazil. So!
By Jos Poortvliet at Sat, 2010/07/31 - 9:57pm
Spain migration
Yes, as an English early adopter, I can confirm that Spain works quite well. But I am eagerly looking forward to the Spain 3.0 release.
By Richard Dale at Sun, 2010/08/01 - 6:05am
KDE is coming home
Very nice location for a conference. I hope the others from android, XFCE and LXDE would also join.
By André at Sun, 2010/08/01 - 1:23pm
people from those projects / communities would be more than welcome to join us, and i'm sure we would all learn new things in the process. :)
By Aaron Seigo at Sun, 2010/08/01 - 9:55pm


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The Beatles played their second night of shows at the Centennial Hall, Adelaide. They performed two sets, as on the previous day, each to 3,000 people.
Around 4,000 fans were camped outside the Hotel South Australia when The Beatles awoke just after midday. In the afternoon they held a small reception for the organisers of their Australian fan club.
Australia was a high moment, like the first time in America: us appearing on every channel and ten records in the charts. This was another one. It's funny, but there were more people came to see us there than anywhere. I think the whole of Australia was there.
We must have seen a million million people before they let us go. There was good security and everybody was happy and shouting, but we still saw everybody, everywhere we went – and nobody got hurt.
Meanwhile, Ringo Starr, delayed from joining the tour by illness, arrived in San Francisco en route to Australia. He gave a press conference at the airport before boarding the Qantas flight to Sydney.
The Beatles' concerts at the Centennial Hall were compèred by Alan Field. The support acts were Sounds Incorporated, Johnny Devlin, Johnny Chester and The Phantoms.
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This was Jimmie Nicol's final appearance as Ringo Starr's stand-in. The following day The Beatles were reunited, and on 15 June Nicol flew back to England.
Also on this day...
- 2010: Paul McCartney live at the Isle of Wight Festival
- 1963: Live: Southern Sporting Club, Manchester
- 1963: Live: Palace Theatre Club, Stockport
- 1962: Live: Cavern Club, Liverpool (evening)
- 1962: Live: Cavern Club, Liverpool (lunchtime)
- 1961: Live: Top Ten Club, Hamburg
- 1960: Live: Jacaranda Coffee Bar, Liverpool
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Northern Light Joins the Center for Complex Systems and Enterprises as a Charter Member
Hoboken, N.J. – Stevens Institute of Technology announces the launch of the Center for Complex Systems and Enterprises (CCSE), an interdisciplinary initiative designed to foster research and education in systems science and engineering and to create innovative solutions to manage complexity. The CSSE confirms the addition of Northern Light as a second charter member; Lockheed Martin joined as the first charter member.
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"The leading-edge analytics and information tools provided by Northern Light will enable the CCSE to immediately establish and accelerate a significant portfolio of research initiatives that will address and contribute solutions to complex issues in the four domains of healthcare delivery, financial systems, sustainable energy and national security," said Dr. William B. Rouse, the Alexander Crombie Humphreys Chair of Economics in Engineering at Stevens and the inaugural director of the CCSE.
The CCSE will focus its research on four key domains – healthcare delivery, financial systems, sustainable energy and national security. The large-scale, public-private enterprise systems associated with these domains are characterized by wide ranging and splintered groups of corporate and government stakeholders, often with conflicting interests and objectives, which present major hurdles to performance improvement, productivity increase and system transformation.
"We are thrilled and honored to be part of the new Stevens Center for Complex Systems and Enterprises," said Northern Light CEO C. David Seuss. "In our discussions with the academic leaders at Stevens, it became evident to us that Stevens has a profound understanding for the potential of technologies like content aggregation and text analytics to transform the state of knowledge and quality of decision making within enterprises. Working together, Northern Light and Stevens can really push the envelope in terms of what is knowable and what is doable."
The primary activity of the CCSE will be the development of mathematical and computational models of complex enterprises to guide the decision making of business leaders and policymakers in these four domains. These "policy flight simulators" will enable leaders to rapidly evaluate how potential organizational decisions will impact stakeholders, eliminate bad ideas, understand alternatives and translate data into effective strategies and policies.
The CCSE has already developed a unique multi-level enterprise modeling framework which it hopes becomes the preferred means for addressing transformation issues in complex systems and enterprises. It has already been tested in healthcare, security and energy. The modeling paradigm enables the replication of any complex enterprise, and along with associated interactive visualizations, it allows for the exploration of issues and solutions at any level of a system.
For more information on the CCSE please visit http://www.stevens.edu/ccse.
About Stevens Institute of Technology
Founded in 1870, Stevens Institute of Technology, The Innovation University™, lives at the intersection of industry, academics and research. Students, faculty and partners collaborate in an academic culture of innovation, research and entrepreneurship to develop, implement and leverage technology to confront global challenges.
Based in Hoboken, N.J., Stevens offers degrees in engineering, the sciences, management, business, humanities and the arts. Stevens has been recognized by both the U.S. Department of Defense and the Department of Homeland Security as a National Center of Excellence in systems engineering and port security research. The University has more than 6,100 undergraduate and graduate students with more than 350 faculty members. Stevens' programs have attracted international participation and strategic partnerships with industry leaders, governments and other universities around the world.
For more information on Stevens visit www.stevens.edu and www.stevens.edu/news.


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Batten disease is the most common form of a group of rare disorders known as neuronal ceroid lipofuscinoses (NCLs). Batten disease is an inherited genetic disorder that causes a build-up of lipopigments in the body's tissues. Batten disease refers to a juvenile form of NCL, but the other forms of NCL can also be referred to as Batten disease. The forms of NCL include:
- Infantile NCL
- Late infantile NCL
- Juvenile NCL
- Adult NCL
Batten disease is caused by abnormalities in genes that are involved with the production and use of certain bodily proteins. The disease results in a build up of fats and proteins called lipopigments in the cells of the brain, eyes, skin, and other tissues.
Researchers have made progress in identifying the defective enzymes and mutated genes that underlie these disorders, but it is not yet known exactly how the gene mutations cause this build up of lipopigments.
Risk Factors
Since Batten disease is an inherited condition, people at risk include:
- Children of parents with Batten disease
- Children of parents not afflicted with Batten disease, but who carry the abnormal genes that cause the disease
Batten disease may cause:
- Vision loss and blindness
- Lack of muscle coordination
- Intellectual disability or decreasing mental function after a period of normal development
- Psychological problems, such as depression or anxiety
- Seizures
- Muscle spasms
- Deterioration of muscle tone
- Movement problems
Symptoms of Batten disease are similar in each type of the disease. However, the time of appearance, severity, and rate of progression of symptoms can vary depending on the type of the disease. For example:
Infantile NCL (Santavuori-Haltia disease)—Symptoms begin to appear between 6 months-2 years of age and progress rapidly. Children with this type generally live until age 5, though some survive in a vegetative state a few years longer.
Late infantile NCL (Jansky-Bielschowsky disease)—Symptoms begin to appear between 2-4 years of age and progress rapidly. Children with this type usually live until ages 8-12.
Juvenile NCL (Spielmeyer-Vogt-Sjogren-Batten disease)—Symptoms begin to appear between 5-8 years of age and progress less rapidly. Those with this type usually live until their late teens or early 20s; and in some cases, into their 30s.
Adult NCL (Kufs disease or Party's disease)—Symptoms usually begin to appear before 40 years of age. Symptoms progress slowly and are usually milder. However, this form of the disease usually does shorten a person's life span.
You will be asked about your symptoms and medical and family history. A physical exam will be done. In most cases, the first symptoms involve vision problems. An eye exam may lead to the initial diagnosis.
Other tests may include:
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- Genetic tests—To assess chromosomal and molecular abnormalities associated with Batten disease.
- Urine tests—Certain substances in the urine may be elevated.
- Skin biopsy—Abnormal deposits can be found in skin cells and sweat glands.
Imaging tests assess internal structures (like the brain) for abnormalities. These tests may include:
An electroencephalogram (EEG) evaluates the electrical activity of the brain.
There is no known treatment that will stop the progression or effects of Batten disease. Treatment will depend on the types of symptoms present. The goal is to ease symptoms. Options include:
Examples include:
- Antiseizure medications
- Antipsychotics to control seizures, depression, anxiety, and muscle spasms
- Medications to control other symptoms, such as gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD)
- Antibiotics to control bacterial infections, such as pneumonia
Nutritional Support
If there is a high risk of malnutrition or dehydration, a nasogastric tube can be used. It is a long, narrow tube that is placed through the nose and into the stomach. Liquid nutrition, water, and medications can be delivered through the tube.
Other Therapies
Other supportive treatments may include:
- Physical therapy to maintain as much movement as possible
- Occupational therapy to assist in everyday tasks and self-care
- Dietary changes which may include vitamin C and E supplements or a diet low in vitamin A
There is no known way to prevent Batten disease. If you have Batten disease or have a family history of the disorder, you can talk to a genetic counselor when deciding to have children.
Revision Information
- Reviewer: EBSCO Medical Review Board James P. Cornell, MD
- Review Date: 03/2018 -
- Update Date: 03/21/2016 -


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It's too early to tell if the "great rotation" has begun, but indicators are strong—very strong, according to TrimTabs Investment Research. The firm reported Tuesday that U.S. equity mutual funds and exchange-traded funds received a record $40.3 billion in July, easily surpassing the previous record of $34.6 billion in February 2000.
"We really only a few months of these heavy flows, but yes, the 'great rotation' so many pundits have been expecting may finally be starting," David Santschi, TrimTabs CEO, told ThinkAdvisor. "In June and July, U.S. equity funds posted an inflow of $39.9 billion, while bond funds redeemed $90.1 billion."
Santschi noted this strong enthusiasm for equities "should give contrarians pause," adding that four of the 10 largest inflows into U.S. equity funds occurred at the peak of the technology bubble in early 2000.
An oft-cited statistic from the Investment Company Institute found that investors poured a record $309 billion into equity mutual funds at the top of the market in 2000, purchasing shares at the highest possible price, while pulling a record $50 billion from bond funds.
Conversely, investors put a record $140 billion into bond funds in 2002, while pulling a record $27 billion out of equity funds at the bottom of the market, selling at the lowest price. In both instances, investors did the exact opposite of what prudent investment required.
While noting the trend, Santschi (left)was hesitant to compare current actions to the previous decade; central banks are intervening to a much greater extent, he argued, and market expansion means "it can be stretched further."
TrimTabs also reported that outflows from bond funds are persisting. Bond mutual funds and exchange-traded funds redeemed $21.1 billion in July after losing a record $69.1 billion in June.
"Investors dumped bond funds at a record pace at the mere suggestion that the Fed might take away the punchbowl sometime in the future," Santschi concluded. "What will happen when the Fed does more than just talk?"
In a related note, bond giant PIMCO saw $7.4 billion pulled from its mutual funds in July, marking the second-biggest monthly outflow on record after June.
DoubleLine Capital also suffered its second month ever of outflows in July. The Los Angeles-based firm had $631 million pulled from its U.S. mutual funds in July, on the heels of $1.45 billion pulled in June.


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Monday, February 28, 2011
Mondays just keep getting closer together
Sunday, February 27, 2011
Dude, it's a tractor and a tidbit of wisdom
I'm a farmer guys. Or at least I rode a tractor today. Which kinda makes me a farmer. And you know you're a farmer if you have a picture with a tractor. So there. By the way this is not what I wore. I know, I read your mind on that one.
I was a little stressed out today {and may have had a slight/not so slight, tearful emotional breakdown} so I told Dusty at dinner that I just needed to make a list. Because that's what I do when I'm stressed, as if writing it down will keep it from clogging up my already-foggy head. Dusty offered his advice on the listmaking process which goes as follows: "When you make a list, you should always add some things that you've already done or that are easy to do so that you can cross them off and feel good about yourself. And then your list is already half done and you feel super productive." This is either ridiculous or really brilliant. I'm going with brilliant. Notice his additions to the list. Little stinker.
Saturday, February 26, 2011
Button-up: American Eagle, Skirt: F21, Belt: Thrifted, Socks: Target, Shoes: Steve Madden, Watch: Vintage Gucci, Ring: F21, Shades: Old Navy
I'm closing in on this thing guys! Yay! The rest of my closet has been feeling really depressed lately from the utter neglect it's been facing. I've been sifting through my drawers just looking at alll my lonely clothes and planning what I'm going to wear as soon as I get the rest of my closet back. My spring/summer clothes are getting pretty psyched about the whole deal. I'll be honest though, I've become pretty attached to the denim shirt. So you can pretty much expect to see him a lot more. Like maybe every day. Or every other day at least.
I was pretty proud of myself for making it to Saturday morning Zumba despite the candy hangover I woke up with. Two points. We finished our Saturday with a date to Home Depot {can we say romance?} Then we mowed down some Steak and Shake. Mint Cookies and Creme, I love you.
Alrighty guys, this is a day late, but....you are so gonna love me because I have the video tutorial finished {YAY}, which I will hoooopefully post tonight. Ching!
Friday, February 25, 2011
Dear Weekend,
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
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This outfit made me feel like I should be cruising down the highway with my lovie in my vintage red convertable without a worry in the world.
Only, I had class . And my lovie was at work. And I don't really own a vintage red convertable. Details, details. I really think professors should just cancel class altogether when it feels like this outdoors.
I did, however, take the liberty of giving myself permission to sleep in and skip my rather unnecessary {watching a movie} first class. The weather was just too nice not to take a walk and soak up some sun! I also had lunch with my sweetie before I headed off to campus. And we found this awesome, random pile of bricks to take pictures on. So take that professors. Muhahaha!
This little darling {The car, not the man. Though old men in cute little caps driving vintage, red convertibles are rather darling.} was in front of me on the way to class. Not creepy at all to take pictures of the guy driving down the road in front of you. Right.
Oh, and some of you guys have been requesting a little tutie {tutorial}. So I'm taking requests. Singing is out. That only takes place in the shower.
Monday, February 21, 2011
I'm a bookworm
Hello tomato legs!
Dress: F21, Belt: Thrifted, Shoes: F21, Scarf: Old Navy, Watch: Vintage Gucci
So yesterday was just 100% fabulous! Please weather, do stick around! I promise we'll spend every afternoon just like yesterday, napping in the sun. I'll bring the lemonade.
Saturday, February 19, 2011
I'm officially a techie now
Ok, I overdosed on sushi today {Lunch and dinner. Oh yeah. I'm committed.} so I'm off to bed.
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Google's Communication Problems Continue: Blogger Can't Get His Blog Turned Back On After Six Months
from the not-cool deptFor the last few months, we've been seeing more and more stories about Google's communication problems with users. This has always been something of an issue with Google -- which seems to prefer algorithms to humans whenever possible -- but we're seeing it so often, that I'm really beginning to wonder if this is a serious problem (or potential Achilles heel) for the company. It seems like Google could take some serious lessons from a company like Zappos that treats everyone like a human and goes to amazing lengths to resolve any problems. Instead, too often dealing with Google feels like tossing a request into a giant shiny white box where you may or may not ever hear back -- and, if you do hear back, it's unlikely to be particularly helpful.
For example, we've already talked about the problems many suddenly banned advertisers have had in getting any kind of explanation from Google (let alone any recourse). On top of that, there was the situation with users being locked out of their Google docs, with little communication from Google available. This is really potentially quite damaging. It gives the impression of a giant white wall between users and the company in an age where having some sort of human connection to a company is increasingly important. I recognize that Google has it in their DNA to be afraid of people gaming the system, but in shutting itself off from the world, it may be creating more problems for itself.
The latest example is instructive. Jack Yan alerts us to his own writeup of the struggle he's gone through to try to get Google to reinstate a blog it incorrectly deleted back in July. You can read the forum exchange that began in November (after many months of going through the regular official channels and being told to "wait 2 days" over and over again with nothing coming of it). Jack summarizes the forum exchange this way, with Google's explanation first, and his response in parentheses:
The exchange is incredibly frustrating to read, and I'm amazed that Jack remained as calm as he did through it all. In fact, he notes that Google itself had a cache of the site for a long time -- including when he kept submitting for reinstatement and getting told to wait two days. But now Google's own cache is gone, so he's pointing the Google folks to Yahoo's cache to prove the blog is not a spam blog. And Google's response appears to be nitpicking over the search term, rather than the cache itself, or looking for ways to get the blog back. I know plenty of folks who work at Google and care deeply about their products and how they're perceived, but I'm amazed at how badly the company seems to handle basic customer service issues like this one.
- You probably didn't follow the suggestions. (Yes, I did.)
- You didn't do it at the right time. (Yes, I did.)
- Wait two days. (Waited, nothing happened.)
- Wait till this afternoon. (Waited, nothing happened.)
- There's no cache of it. (Yes, there is.)
- You're not the owner of the site. (Owner steps in and says I am allowed to follow this up for him.)
- There's no cache of it. (Yes, there is.)
- I'll ignore the main link you give and focus on a second one that is less useful. (Look at the first one then.)
- There's no cache of it. (Yes, there is.)
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Women in Israel: From back of bus to top of agenda
Leading activist Anat Hoffman will keynote conference on gender segregation
Anat Hoffman has been detained by police many times in the course of her decades-long crusade for social justice, during which she has repeatedly confronted gender segregation and discrimination at Jerusalem's Western Wall and elsewhere.
She learned the difference between being detained and being arrested last autumn, when she was jailed for wearing a Jewish prayer shawl at the Wall – an act forbidden to women by Orthodox religious authorities there.
The police "checked me naked, completely, without my underwear," said the longtime leader of Women of the Wall and the Israel Religious Action Center. "They dragged me on the floor… They threw me in a cell without a bed, with three other prisoners including a prostitute and a car thief. They threw food through a little window in the door. I lay on the floor covered with my tallit."
Despite that experience, when Hoffman comes to Brandeis Sunday, April 14, to give the 5th Annual Markowicz Lecture on Gender and Human Rights, she will focus on the positive. Her talk on "Women in Israel: From the Back of the Bus to the Top of the Agenda," at 7 p.m. in Wasserman Cinematheque, is the keynote address for a conference the following day on gender segregation organized by Gender, Culture, Religion and the Law, a project of the Hadassah-Brandeis Institute.
"There are fantastic victories," Hoffman said in a recent telephone interview. "Ten years ago, buses were legally [gender] segregated. On almost 100 bus lines, women were asked to enter by the back door and sit in the back of the bus. Almost all have signs now that say this segregation is illegal. There has been a dramatic decline in the number of segregated lines."
She said great progress also has been made against gender segregation in cemeteries, where Hoffman and her allies successfully sued in a case in which religious authorities refused to allow a woman to eulogize her father, and on the airwaves, where a radio station they sued for refusing to hire women and for beeping out comments by female Members of Knesset was ordered by the government to change its practices or face loss of its license. In the most recent election, 27 of the 120 Knesset seats went to women – the most in Israel's history.
"It's not 60," Hoffman said, "but it's not bad."
She is acutely aware that many challenges remain, noting that "every time we eliminate segregation in one place – oops! – it pops up in another."
Women of the Wall, for example, has had limited success changing rules established by religious authorities and enforced by the police that sharply circumscribe women's activities at one of Judaism's holiest sites.
Still, Hoffman said, "Women of the Wall has scored a victory by moving out of obscurity and becoming one of the major issues under discussion in the Jewish world today. We have been around for 24 years but only in the last year and half has that taken place. Paratroopers who joined us have shown it is the consensus view" that women should be able to participate in ritual at the Wall. "Israelis had given up on the Wall, but now that has changed."
Hoffman was born in Jerusalem and in her youth was a national swimming champion who represented Israel in international competitions. She graduated UCLA with a degree in psychology, found her calling as a social activist and was a longtime member of the Jerusalem City Council.
The conference Hoffman is keynoting is titled "Gendered Rites/Gendered Rights: Sex Segregation, Religious Practice, and Public Life," and will be held Monday, April 15, in the Luria rooms of Hassenfeld Conference Center.
Scholars from the United States, Israel, Canada and France will participate in panels exploring borderlines between religion and public life; sex segregation and public life; and current trends in sex segregation.
Full conference details are at the Hadassah-Brandeis Institute website. RSVPs are recommended for the keynote address.
About the Markowicz Memorial Lecture
The Markowicz Memorial Lecture on Gender and Human Rights was created by Sylvia Neil, founder of the Gender, Culture, Religion and the Law project, and her husband, Dan Fischel, in memory of Sylvia's late sister, Diane, to honor her commitment to gender equality and social justice. The series features internationally renowned scholars, judges, and activists discussing ways of negotiating the tensions between gender equality and religious or cultural norms.
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Apple's tablet market share took a hit as consumers "sat out" the third quarter in anticipation of the iPad Mini, analyst firm IDC said. Android tablets made gains as a result.
After a strong second quarter, Apple's unit shipment growth slowed in both consumer and commercial (including education) markets, according to an IDC report published Monday.
"We believe a sizeable percentage of consumers interested in buying an Apple tablet sat out the third quarter in anticipation of an announcement about the new iPad Mini," said IDC analyst Tom Mainelli in a statement.
Apple's share sank from 65.5 percent in the second quarter of 2012 to 50.4 percent in the third quarter. In the same period last year, Apple's market share was 59.7 percent.
The other four vendors ranked in the top five all gained share during the quarter. Samsung led the way, buoyed by its Galaxy Tab and Note 10.1, shipping 5.1 million tablets worldwide in the third quarter, up 115 percent from the second quarter of this year. And that's an increase of 325 percent from the third quarter of 2011, when it shipped 1.2 million tablets.
Amazon also made noticeable gains. Amazon, which announced new tablets late in the quarter, saw its worldwide market share from jump from 4.8 percent in the second quarter to 9.0 percent in the third quarter.
Despite all these gains by Apple rivals, it could come roaring back in the fourth quarter. "Now that the new Mini and a fourth-generation full-sized iPad are both shipping we expect Apple to have a very good quarter," IDC said.
And what about Windows 8 and RT tablets that were just announced and don't show up in market share numbers yet? "Price points are critical in tablets, and Microsoft and its partners will have a tough time winning a share of consumer wallet with price points starting at $500," IDC said.
The worldwide tablet market grew 49.5 percent year over year in the third quarter and 6.7 percent over the second quarter of 2012.


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Early Saturday morning in Portland, Ndamukong Suh lost control of his car (pictured), hitting a tree, a lightpole and a water fountain. Suh was presumably spending his two week Goodell-imposed vacation at home with his family. Or cruising around Portland's "night club district" in his muscle car at 1:15 a.m. As any sports fan over the age of 60 can tell you, nothing good happens that late at night. Well you, my friends, have not met Sgt. Peter Simpson of the Portland Police Bureau.
"He wasn't drunk and wasn't driving crazy or anything. He wasn't a jerk," said Sgt. Peter Simpson of the Portland Police Bureau. "I think he stomped on the gas when he was going around a taxi and lost the back end, spun around and hit a tree and a light pole and a (drinking) fountain. No injuries to anybody and he didn't hit any other cars."
Well played, officer Simpson.
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Release Date: 1992 |
Album Rating: 5.0i liked this review, probably my best one (im not a great reviewer but i enjoy writing
Album Rating: 5.0did you already dig early metallica and megadeth?
you prob have so go with Victims of Deception by Heathen, you cant go wrong with that one
Album Rating: 5.0then try Victims of Deception
very different vocals and a bit more melodic but rules
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this album rules rlly hard
Album Rating: 5.0if not, Mental Vortex by Coroner is another excellent tech thrash album
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Album Rating: 5.0i've never actually heard the original one, since the remaster is the most popular out there
I had heard that the original was slower but it's almost impossible to find
I will jam the original now
Album Rating: 5.0thanks for the pos
Album Rating: 4.0wait
so if i don't know what version i have, is it probably the remaster?
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Total outlays for Medicaid reached $596 billion in the 2017 fiscal year, up from $565 billion in 2016, and the program's vast size and complexity makes it particularly vulnerable to issuing large numbers of "improper payments" – defined as "any payment that should not have been made or that was made in an incorrect amount under statutory, contractual, administrative, or other legally applicable requirements."
According to a new report from the Government Accountability Office, improper payments continue to be a serious and growing problem, despite recent efforts to reduce them. In 2017, such payments accounted for an estimated "$37 billion of federal Medicaid expenditures, an increase from an estimated $29.1 billion in fiscal year 2015."
Improper payments cover a wide range of issues, from improper documentation to outright fraud. The GAO report highlights the lack of coordination between federal and state agencies, and the poor quality of the payment data collected by individual states. Without accurate, complete and timely data, provided by well-trained staff, the government can't properly track and verify billions of dollars' worth of payments, the GAO warns.
To get a better grip on the problem and finally make some headway in reducing improper payments, the GAO recommends, not for the first time, that the federal government work more closely and effectively with the states to combat this worrisome trend.


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Sumba is an island in eastern Indonesia, is one of the Lesser Sunda Islands, and is in the province of East Nusa Tenggara. To the northwest of Sumba is Sumbawa, to the northeast, across the Sumba Strait (Selat Sumba), is Flores, to the east, across the Savu Sea, is Timor, and to the south, across part of the Indian Ocean, is Australia.
The landscape is low, limestone hills, rather than the steep volcanoes of many Indonesian islands. Due to its distinctive flora and fauna Sumba has been categorised by the World Wildlife Fund as the Sumba deciduous forests eco-region. Sumba is within the Wallacea ecozone, having a mixture of plants and animals of Asian and Australasian origin. Most of the island was originally covered in deciduous monsoon forest while the south-facing slopes, which remain moist during the dry season, were evergreen rainforest.


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Why would someone choose to become a monster? That's sort of one of the central questions of Fringe, throughout its run, and last night's episode explored it in a slightly different way. The central conceit of the episode is that our team investigates a case that they already looked into, in the previous timeline, but once they delve beneath the surface, everything is totally different. But really, it's about what you're willing to give up to become something new, and what could make such a transformation worthwhile.
Spoilers ahead...
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To some extent, this is a bookend or companion piece to season one's "The Transformation," in which a man turns into a weird porcupine monster. "The Transformation" was really about the fact that Olivia had her ex-boyfriend, John Scott, living in her head, and she was having his memories and being consumed by thoughts of him — until she finally let go of him.
This time around, Olivia's in a comparable but different situation — she's got memories of a life with Peter that she didn't actually experience, and she's being consumed by thoughts of Peter. But Peter, unlike John Scott, is alive, so there's the possibility that this will go someplace.
Olivia's next family reunion will be really weird, and I kind of hope we get to see it. In this timeline, Olivia's sister is still married to the creep, and she has two kids instead of just one — which means Olivia has a nephew she has no memory of. One wonders if the fact that Olivia shot her dad in this timeline means that Ellie has a different set of daddy issues. (Whereas Olivia, who no longer remembers killing her dad, now no longer has that sense of closure.)
And because Olivia has lost her memory, she's been sent for psych evaluation and suspended from duty — which stops her from investigating the latest case for about five minutes, especially since she has special knowledge of this situation thanks to her incorrect memories. (Actually, it might have been more interesting if there was a case which Olivia ought to have known a lot about, because she'd investigated some aspect of it previously — but thanks to her Peter-centric memory revamp, she's less helpful than she ought to be.)
To some extent, the episode juxtaposes Olivia's decision to have 40 percent of her memories be at variance with the real world with a bunch of people deciding to become flying porcupine people. Although it's not ever really made explicit, the way the parallels between A and B story often are on Fringe — and I don't think the episode is suggesting that Olivia's choice is akin to becoming a mute creature in a cage on board a cargo ship full of monsters.
So what does taking control of human evolution even mean? The episode is full of hints that there's a huge conspiracy, or secret society, with the cuneiform tattoos and stuff, based around the notion of taking control over evolution. Which, of course, is a random process that takes place over long periods of time in response to external duress. It's like saying "We're going to take control over erosion by dynamiting a mountain."
Anyway, the episode's main plot feels somewhat inconclusive, probably because it's intended to set up something further down the line. The porcupine conspiracy is somehow connected to David Robert Jones' the season's uber-villain, but we don't really get any details about that, nor do we find out much about the boat full of monsters that we glimpse at the end of the episode.
Oh, and not only is Olivia fully committed to Peter at this point, but Walter has come around to seeing Peter as the closest he's ever going to get to having his son back. He pulls out the giant box of presents he got for Peter on all of his birthdays since his son died — leading, of course, to lots of shots of Walter wandering around with a copy of HUMP Magazine.
But in an episode full of people who are choosing to become monsters — like the couple at the end, who see it as a great adventure they're taking together — there's Lincoln Lee, who chooses not to be a monster. First of all, when he's driving around with Peter, and Lincoln makes a conscious choice not to be a jealous dick or blame Peter for Olivia's transformation. Lincoln makes a huge choice to be a good guy, whatever it costs him — and it nearly costs him his life, because he gets infected with porcupine-itis because he won't call for backup and get Olivia in trouble.
Later, Lincoln chooses to stay in Walter's lab and deal with all of Walter's poking and prodding, and gets saved from undergoing a transformation of his own. It's hard not to think, in some way, that Lincoln is being rewarded for his choice not to be a judgmental dick earlier in the episode.


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Sandy storm damage tops $360M in state
HARTFORD -- Damage to Connecticut businesses and homes from last month's superstorm has topped $360 million, but Gov. Dannel P. Malloy expects the total to rise.
In a Wednesday interview, Malloy said the amount includes a variety of damage in all eight counties and applications for assistance will keep growing.
He looks forward to working with the governors of New York and New Jersey in seeking additional federal funding for major infrastructure projects to combat the effect of future storms.
"These preliminary applications will be coming in for a much longer period of time," said Malloy in the Capitol, stressing that the damage will surpass last year's August tropical storm, which was followed by a freak October snowstorm.
"It clearly raises some other serious questions based on the tidal surge that we experienced, which was a record from New Haven down through Greenwich," Malloy said. "I think but for the grace of God, we ducked what could have been a much worse outcome."
He said that "hardening" roads, shoreline water protection, transportation systems and other infrastructure considerations are all part of the longer-term effects of the storm.
"This is a damage number, not a hardening-our-infrastructure number and those are two completely different things," Malloy said. "We have some real big infrastructure issues," he said.
Three breakwaters in Stonington were damaged in the Oct. 29 storm, and waterside utility substations in Stamford and Bridgeport were exposed as vulnerable to storm surges.
The Stamford substation, which the Connecticut Light & Power Co. hastily fortified the day of the storm, did not get flooded. The United Illuminating Co. substations in Bridgeport were shut down as a precaution as the storm approached, blackening out tens of thousands of people.
Earlier this week, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo estimated that damage and infrastructure needs in his state will be about $30 billion. Malloy said it is too early for Connecticut to estimate the public costs of the storm.
"We didn't have sewage systems overrun, we didn't have subway systems overrun, we didn't have tunnels overrun; people drowning in their own homes," Malloy said of New York and New Jersey.
"I'm going to work with those two governors and the federal administration on what really needs to be a longer-term approach as we also work through the short-term recovery," Malloy said.
He noted that a new state law triggers the state's Public Utilities Regulatory Authority review of the response of UI and CL&P to the storm because more than 10 percent of their customers were affected.
"I think we have to take a serious look at building codes," Malloy said. "We saw an amount of roof damage that is troublesome. There is some hard work to be done."
Earlier this week, the Federal Emergency Management Agency reported that more than 7,270 property owners have applied for assistance, including 6,000 along the shoreline. About $4 million in FEMA funding has been awarded to residents affected by the storm, mostly for temporary housing costs.
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Saturday, January 16, 2010
13 Gypsies
Clicking through the 13 Gypsies website is like flipping through a friend's old family photo album. A nostalgia for the "peasant" food remembered from a childhood in Spain combined with a desire to provide a high-quality neighborhood restaurant in his Jacksonville home has allowed Chef Howard to create a restaurant with a clear vision. With only seven tables seating a maximum of 18 diners, 13G is true to the model of a European neighborhood bistro and allows the Chef to maintain total control over each dish that is put out. He even prepares many items like breads, sausages, and cheeses in-house and shares his techniques on the 13G blog. The focused menu looks back to classic flavors and traditionally prepared dishes that stay true to their origins, as opposed to a modern trend that Chef Howard believes often unnecessarily melds different styles and culinary histories. As diners, we are led on a gastronomic ramble through the "gypsy migratory trail": out of India and through central Europe, Italy, France, Spain, and northern Africa. All this, right in our own backyard. 13 Gypsies is open for both lunch and dinner, and the diverse menu affords a variety of meal arrangements. For lunch, any diner could find something that suits him from the pressed sandwich or salad options, such as the double cow sandwich with angus roast beef, caramelized onions, and fontina cheese or the Cordoba salad of mixed greens, queso blanco, sautéed mushrooms, oranges, and sliced almonds dressed with a balsamic vinaigrette. At a recent dinner, I sampled the 13G grilled three-cheese sandwich. It came with a simple side salad of mixed greens and would make a very substantial (and deliciously gooey!) lunch. But the star of the menu really is the selection of exotic and creative tapas. With more than twenty choices, many of them vegetarian and many changing daily based on market availability or the chef's inspiration, 13 Gypsies can easily satisfy any diner, including repeat customers (of which I will certainly become!).
The other day my dining party ordered the honey garlic hummus as we chatted away and decided on the rest of our dishes. The hummus was blended with garlic, generously drizzled with honey, and served in a clay cazuela with warm flatbread. Who knew that honey and hummus go together like peas and carrots?! A brilliant combination. For those who have never tried Roman gnocchi, the ones at 13G will come as a revelation. You don't see many eateries in the States offering this simple yet substantial crowd-pleaser. Instead of being formed from potato dough into little lumpy boiled carb dumplings, gnocchi made in the Roman style begin with a loose, runny "dough" of semolina flour, milk, parmesan, and sometimes butter – it's a mixture that resembles very smooth and buttery grits or polenta. The dough is then spread out flat to cool, then cut into circles or squares and baked or broiled in a creamy sauce. The result is a paradox: light-as-a-cloud texture yet impossibly luscious and rich taste. (You can read about the Roman gnocchi I ate in Rome here.) The version at 13G was prepared a bit differently than what I make at home. It seemed that the chef had griddled or pan-fried the gnocchi, caramelizing the butter and parmesan and forming a crisp and salty outer layer that resulted in sturdy gnocchi "fingers." They were served with a perfectly complementary mushroom sauce. You must try this dish! Another must-try is the octopus, blackened with the chef's own spicy spice blend. Octopus can sometimes end up chewy, but these tender little morsels easily yielded to my knife.We also tried the coconut mango curry chicken – bite-sized pieces of chicken breast cooked in a coconut milk and mango sauce, flavored with curry and raisins. The dish was perfectly spiced and the raisins provided a welcome sweet note. A fellow diner ordered the angry bull - pan seared beef in a pool of paprika sauce, topped with crushed raw garlic and tiny peppercorns. The beef was well cooked and happily rested and stood up well to the pungent garlic and heat-packed peppercorns. It certainly didn't make us angry, although we did think there may have been just a tad too much paprika in the sauce. Out of the generosity of his soul, Chef Howard graced our table with a complimentary plate of the risotto of the day. It was flavored with bacon and parmesan and finished with cream, and if that doesn't make your mouth water then you have no business reading a food blog. This truly was one of the best risottos I have ever eaten (even better than the risotta alla Milanese I had in Milan!) – creamy and smooth and well-seasoned with perfectly al dente grains of rice. The risotto offering changes daily, and our server said no matter what the ingredients, it's usually her favorite item on the menu. Chef promised he would do a post on the 13G blog on his risotto technique so we can try to replicate this at home. But you really must stop by the restaurant and have the real deal.
All wines on the well-chosen list hail from Spain, and many are offered by the glass. My go-to Spanish choice is a Rioja (creative, I know), and they were out of the one I wanted to try. The knowledgeable server recommended the Dehesa de Rubiales Alaia, a blend of prieto picudo, tempranillo, and merlot grapes (if I remember correctly, it was a 2005 vintage).
Even though the food might be considered "fancy" by some, there are no big egos at 13G and the dining experience is utterly accessible. Chef Howard is excited about the food he puts out, and wants you to be excited about it, too. One of the less adventurous diners in our party initially expressed a fear to try the scary-looking octopus, but one bite and she was sold. 1 visit to 13 Gypsies and you too will be swept away.
13 Gypsies
887 Stockton Street, Jacksonville, FL
904-389-0330 (Reservations essential, especially on weekends)
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- Frederick Wright said...
Cari -
Another wonderful review with enticing pictures. One of our very favorite restaurants in the world, and a place we will miss if we leave Jacksonville.
I find it puzzling and/or depressing that most of the other diners who are there whenever we visit 13G seem utterly nonplussed by the food. They either pick listlessly at their plates, or shovel in a sandwich and leave. It is obviously a devoted coterie of true foodies that keep this place going, and prevent me from getting a table on a Saturday night!
- January 18, 2010 at 9:25 AM
- Unknown said...
This was one of the best meals I've had in Jacksonville- the food and the company were both outstanding!
- January 20, 2010 at 12:48 PM
- Frederick Wright said...
I finally made it here last night to sample their revised menu -- absolutely terrific, particularly the Shrimp Piri-Piri and the Curried Cauliflower. I was sorry to see the flank steak skewers removed from the menu but so many great additions especially vegetarian ones. I'm actually heading there tonight for dinner AGAIN to try some of the risotto everyone's been talking about.
- January 21, 2010 at 5:36 PM
- Cari said...
Frederick - Please check back once you've tried the risotto! I can't wait to hear your thoughts. I too was impressed by the number of vegetarian options on the menu... looking forward to trying the shrimp piri-piri and curried cauliflower...
- January 21, 2010 at 6:04 PM
- drfugawe said...
Thanks for your good review of this wonderful place - we're in Jax to escape the dreary winter in Oregon, and staying with our daughter - this is one of her favs, and she's taking us there this coming Tues night - Can't wait - I think Chef Howard is one of a disappearing breed -sadly- but I hope I'm wrong.
- January 21, 2010 at 6:27 PM
- Cari said...
@John - Lucky you, escaping the dreary weather! My parents are coming down from Ohio next week and they say they can't remember the last time they saw the sun. Looks like you went on quite the road trip to get down here! Enjoy your time in Jax, and especially enjoy Chef Howard and 13 Gypsies. I'd love to hear of any other memorable culinary experiences you have in the area.
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