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Twenty-first century news reports, are almost daily filled with accounts of piracy, occurring within the Gulf of Aden & Indian Ocean, off the Horn of Africa, by Somalian corsairs. Such acts of piracy or terror are nothing new within the world of Islamic jihad or 'holy war,' which has been carried on for centuries against the Western world, even to the present-day.
Either as the result of Ottoman Turkish invasions in Eastern Europe, to fleets of Barbary corsairs from North Africa journeying northwards into the Atlantic, attacks and enslavement were a frequent fear of communities, as well as ship's crews and would-be colonists to the New World. Between 1609 & 1616 alone, some 466 British vessels and their passengers were captured on the high seas and enslaved in the North African 'Barbary States' of Morocco, Tripoli (today's Libya), Algiers & Tunisia, creating a demand for what one recent author has referred to as 'White Gold,' or European slaves.
Not until the Presidencies of Thomas Jefferson, John Adams & James Madison, would the threat to American ships and shipping finally be dealt with and resolved, during the 'Barbary Wars' of the early 19th-century. However, prior to these events, literally thousands of individuals would rot, starve, die or experience years of servitude in North Africa, such as the crew of the Philadelphia ship, Dauphin, taken captive west of Lisbon, on the 30th of July, 1785.
The master of the Dauphin, Richard O'Brien (1758-1824), would be in bondage to the Muslims for some ten years, after which he would return as Consul-General to Algiers. An outbreak of the bubonic plague alone, would bring about the demise of 200 Christian slaves, from January to May of 1787, including crew members of the Dauphin. O'Brien's correspondence and journal, available here at the Society, written while a captive in North Africa, is both informative & essential, in understanding those trying times in American history. He would eventually return to Philadelphia, serve in the state legislature and die in Pennsylvania in 1824.
While a prisoner in Algiers, O'Brien would write the following entry in his journal, for February 19, 1790:
"Picture to yourself your Brother Citizens or Unfortunate Countrymen inthe Algerian State Prisons or Damned Castile, and starved 2/3rd's and Naked. ..The Chains of their Legs, and under the Lash...Beat in such a Manner as to Shock Humanity...No Prospects of ever being Redeemed or Restored to their Native Land & Never to See their Wives & Families...Viewing and Considering of their approaching Exit, where 6 of their Dear Country-man is buried with thousands of other Christian Slaves of all nations...Once a Citizen of the United States of America, but at present the Most Miserable Slave in Algiers."
O'Brien's, Remarks & Observations in Algiers: 1799
Just a few days prior to the seizure of the Dauphin, the Boston ship, the Maria, was also taken by Algierian pirates off the Cape of St. Vincent on July 25, 1785. On board this vessel was James Leander Cathcart (1767-1843), who would be enslaved in Algiers for eleven years, but would eventually become a clerk for the Dey, an important Islamic official, by which he was enabled to serve as a mediator along with Colonel David Humphreys, America's Minister to Portugal, thus creating the Treaty of Algiers in 1796, which would temporarily halt hostilities between the United States and that Muslim nation.
After being freed, James L. Cathcart would come to Philadelphia in 1796, along with twelve survivors of the crew of the Maria. He would marry Philadelphia resident, Jane B. Woodside in 1798, while their daughter, J. B. Newkirk, would write an account of her father's captivity entitled, The Captives, Eleven Years a Prisoner in Algiers.
On June 5, 1798, the Philadelphia brig Mary, with its cargoe and crew were captured by Algierian pirates, causing Richard O'Brien to write from Algiers and "forewarn all citizens of the United States of the danger they run in risqueing {sic} their liberty, vessels, and property..." (The Philadelphia True American & Commercial Advertiser, January 18, 1799).
Present-day Bainbridge Street in Philadelphia, is named after Commodore William Bainbridge (1774-1833), who ran aground the brig, Philadelphia, off Tripoli in 1803, after which he and his crew were held captive for 19 months. Long after his captivity he would die in Philadelphia of pneumonia, and was buried in Christ Church within the city limits.
Eventually the famed naval hero and officer, Stephen Decatur (1779-1820), would also be intregally involved in the Tripolitian War with the Barbary Pirates and is buried in St. Peter's churchyard in Philadelphia.
The No. African states of Tripoli, Algiers, Morocco, and Tunisia would cease their hostilities with the United States temporarily, with the assault on the Tripolitian city of Derna, taken by U.S. marines in 1805, since appeasement, ransom, tribute, and diplomacy had failed to stop the conflict.
Not till 1815, during the Presidency of James Madison, would the 'Barbary Pirates' and their 'acts of terror' against Americans finally come to end. But this did not transpire until some estimated one million Europeans & citizens of the United States, would endure abuse, incarceration, enslavement and even death, within North Africa, a systematic jihad that had been raging for over 200 years.
The Historical Society of Pennsylvania has a very large collection of both primary & secondary correspondence, publications, as well as graphic materials, pertaining to the 'Barbary Wars' or America's 'First War on Terror,' fought against Islamic jihadists attempting to carry out a 'Holy War,' then as today, against the West on the high seas.


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Police in New Orleans want to know if the disappearance of a Des Moines woman is part of an alarming trend.
They're now investigating the disappearance of a second woman with striking similarities to the missing Iowa mom.
As bustling crowds enjoy Bourbon Street, employees there are on high alert after two women went missing within a week of each other.
One of them was 34-year-old Jessica Pratt, a mother of three from Des Moines. Her brother flew down immediately to find her.
Josh Pratt said his sister came to town hoping to find work as a dancer during Carnival. She was last seen leaving the Le Petit motel on Tulane last Saturday. Her belongings are still there.
"We walked around until 6 o'clock in the morning asking everyone we could showing pictures," said Pratt.
"It makes me want to go get Mace or something heavy to carry around so no one runs up on me or something," said Dina Perrin.
Perrin is a hostess at Felix's Oyster Bar, just down the street from where 38-year-old Angela Melancon was last seen.
Melancon was waitressing at the recently opened Hard Rock Cafe on Bourbon Street. She has been missing since she left work just after midnight after the Super Bowl.
Dr. Peter Scharf is a criminologist at Tulane University. He said there are striking similarities between the two women in age and body type that could indicate an alarming pattern.
"They both had piercings on the right side of their face, but is that enough? There are some in the literature serial killer cases where they choose a certain type of target. Is this a case where somebody chose these targets?" said Scharf.
For now, police are continuing to investigate what might have happened to these women, as nearby businesses advise employees to take extra precautions.
Pratt's family said her credit card and phone haven't been used since she disappeared last week.

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The founder of Vieni Estates brings his passion for wine from Italy and combines it with his love for this distinctly Canadian wine region, and particularly the unique attributes of the rolling hills of the Vinemount Ridge. Master winemaker Mauro Salvador takes the best of the many varietals grown on the estate to produce a broad and compelling range of still wines, ice wines and sparkling wines crafted in the Charmat method (Metodo Italiano). Each offering is crafted to reflect the best of the terroir, the varietal, and the winemaker's skills.
In addition to the many fine wines produced here, Vieni Estates also offers traditional Italian-style grappas and spirits distilled from the many fruits of Ontario.
Immerse yourself further in the Vieni experience by staying at the beautifully updated Bed & Breakfast, where every room has a stunning view of the vineyards and 30 acres of protected forest along the Niagara Escarpment.
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…the monkeys at Knowsley Safari Park…have taken to breaking into rooftop luggage and stealing… unmentionables in broad daylight.The largest baboons jump up and down on the box until the lock bursts open, when the rest swarm in to sift through the goodies before retreating with the desired clothing and undergarments.


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Book raises money for Liberty's new performing arts center
Liberty University Press has recently released "My Secret Place: Living with AIDS & Addiction — A Man Who Gave Up Homosexuality for God," by Jonathan Ervin and Mitzi Bible; Foreword by Jonathan Falwell.
Proceeds are being donated to Liberty University to build a performing arts center, now under construction at Campus North.
"My Secret Place" explores the issue of homosexuality within a Christian worldview. Bible, a writer and editor with the University Advancement office at Liberty University, tells the life story of Liberty alumnus Jonathan Ervin, who was the subject of an article she wrote in the July/August 2008 Liberty Journal.
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Bible and Ervin will be signing copies of the book at both services at Thomas Road Baptist Church in Lynchburg, Va., this Sunday. "My Secret Place" is also available for purchase at Amazon.com and other online retailers, and at the Liberty University Barnes and Noble Bookstore, the TRBC bookstore, and most bookstores across the country.
As a preacher's son at Dr. Jerry Falwell's conservative Liberty University in the 1980s, Jonathan Ervin wanted to impact lives. With a natural gift of song, he seemed poised for a career in Christian music. But God simply wouldn't allow that to happen, Jonathan says more than 20 years later. That's because he was living a lifestyle God would not honor, keeping a secret from family, friends, coworkers, church members and even his own son for many years. That was, until God's call on his life got too strong to ignore.
In front of thousands at Falwell's Thomas Road Baptist Church, Jonathan confessed to a life of sexual immorality and announced he had AIDS. As the disease wreaked havoc on his immune system, he made a solid commitment to lead a life pleasing to God — and that's when he received the biggest blessing of his life: life itself. As medical tests showed his condition was deteriorating, he was soon being called "a walking miracle." His health was extraordinary for a man in the critical stages of AIDS; he could work full time, exercise on his treadmill and take trips across the country. Living his last days on Earth, he was singing praises to God once again, with a renewed hope in a God who had completely renovated his life.
Liberty University Press was established in the fall of 2008 and has published three other books to date:
— "Play Your Hand Well: A Nutritional Approach to Wellness So You Can Live a Healthier Life Now!" by Dr. Joseph A. Mix, a Health Sciences and Kinesiology professor at Liberty University.
— "Reward: Collecting Millions for Reporting Tax Evasion, Your Complete Guide to the IRS Whistleblower Reward Program," by Joel D. Hesch, Assistant Professor of Law at Liberty University School of Law.
— "Journey," with leader's guide and student workbook, by Max Mills, a Lynchburg, Va., resident and LU graduate with a background in pastoring, counseling and teaching.


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Government forces in Syria step up efforts to drive the rebels out of Aleppo, the country's biggest city.
Albuquerque plans to expand its free spay and neuter program to include moderate income households. Make Bob Barker proud.
Chinese swimmer Ye Shiwen denies doping allegations after smoking the competition.
Brazilian judoka Felipe Kitadai breaks his bronze medal in the shower.
More than half of India—or 600 million people—is still without power.
Snoop Dogg is now Snoop Lion in light of his transformation to Rastafarianism.
Peter Jackson announces a third Hobbit film and plans to incorporate Tolkien's appendices.
Mitt Romney didn't mean what he said regarding his disparaging remarks about Palestine.
Romney's aide tells reporters to "kiss his ass" in Poland.
Beware, beware, the haunted pizzeria of Louisiana.
A man is bitten by a shark in Cape Cod, and lives to talk about it.
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This week's feature story is a history piece from Andrew Ferguson, with an insight into the life of the man who refereed the first NSWRFL first grade match in 1908 - Ted Hooper.
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AbstractThe General Social Survey (GSS) conducts basic scientific research on the structure and development of American society with a data-collection program designed to both monitor societal change within the United States and to compare the United States to other nations. Begun in 1972, the GSS contains a standard 'core' of demographic, behavioral, and attitudinal questions, plus topics of special interest. Many of the core questions have remained unchanged since 1972 to facilitate time-trend studies as well as replication of earlier findings.
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Time period: 1991
Collection date: 1991
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Please note that NORC may have updated the General Social Survey data files. Additional information regarding the General Social Surveys can be found at the General Social Survey (GSS) Web site and the Roper Center Web site.
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There won't be any tennis played or swim laps completed at Woodland Villages in the next few days as engineers evaluate a sinkhole that sucked all the water out of the complex's iconic "lake" late Tuesday.
Wes Herren, property manager for the Woodland Villages Association, said Wednesday that the insurer has ordered the area secured. He said engineers will evaluate the situation and hopefully advise in a day or so about the next step.
The body of water, often referred to as a lake by Woodland Villages residents and passers-by, is actually a retention pond. It was created in 1984 when the complex of estate homes, condominiums, town homes, manor homes and patio homes was built. About 700 people live in the complex. The pond has long been a focal point at the entrance.
Herren said that twice before, in 1996 and 2003, the water in the pond had diminished due to sinkholes, "but not this major."
In those prior instances, he said, the sinkholes were filled with "dirt and clay and fill rock, according to the standard of that time."
He said Wednesday it was not yet clear what repairs might be made this time.
About 2:30 p.m. Tuesday, Herren noticed that something seemed "different" with the pond, which has a fountain in the middle that sprays water into the air. He said his phone soon was "bombarded" with calls from residents and passers-by.
By 4:30 p.m., he said, the pond "was essentially gone."
"I just watched it going down and down," he said.
As the water was being sucked into the widening vortex, complex officials called engineers, contractors and the city of Ocala's Public Works Department, seeking advice on what to do to keep the pond from draining. Shortly before nightfall, all that remained were globs of mud, floundering fish, and a couple isolated shallow pools of water.
Herren estimated that the pond was roughly five acres in size. He said it had been roughly eight feet deep in places.
The sinkhole that sucked in the water is situated more to the clubhouse side of the property and measured about 15 feet across at the surface late Tuesday. Because of the location, the clubhouse, swimming pool and tennis court area are closed for safety purposes.
Constance Quigley, who has lived at Woodland Villages for five years, said Wednesday she had noticed a change in the water levels off and on since March, but thought perhaps it was related to the summer heat. More recently, she said, the water level has gone down "quite a bit."
Quigley said that around 2:30 p.m. Tuesday the fountain in the pond, which normally spews water about 20 feet in the air, was only pushing water about a foot upwards. She said that by 4 p.m. the water had gone below some rocks around the rim of the pond and that by 7, there were only a few patches of water to be seen.
"You see the water churning in there," she said, pointing toward the sinkhole as several birds pecked at dead fish in the mud or flew above what used to be the complex's pride and joy.
Lake's water drains away
There won't be any tennis played or swim laps completed at Woodland Villages in the next few days as engineers evaluate a sinkhole that sucked all the water out of the complex's iconic "lake" late Tuesday.


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Space-creating design
The horizontal separation of the surfaces creates feeling of lightness in the BMW 2 Series Gran Tourer that emphasises the actual amount of space available. The wide front windscreen, large windows and optional panorama glass roof allow plenty of daylight to enter the interior, which further enhances the airy, roomy sensation.
In the cockpit of the BMW 2 Series Gran Tourer, you can enjoy your drinks without any risk of spillage – thanks to the two large cupholders located behind the gear lever. In the roomy door pockets at the front and rear, there's also space for bottles up to 1.5 litres in size.
Storage possibilities
Storage possibilities in the BMW 2 Series Gran Tourer include the open compartment above the centre console, which can accommodate smartphones, glasses and keys, as well as practical compartments under the front seats and the second row of seats.
The rear of the BMW 2 Series Gran Tourer caters ideally for all your space requirements. Depending on what you need to transport, all you need is some simple pulling, pushing and folding to quickly transform the three full seats into additional luggage space. Thanks to a rear seat backrest that can be folded down in a 40:20:40 split, the angle of which can also be adjusted, this seat bench offers additional loading convenience and incredible variability.
Electrically folding rear seat
When you're loading the BMW 2 Series Gran Tourer via the wide-opening tailgate, even long objects (up to 2.60 m) pose no problems: The remote electronic rear backrest release makes it particularly easy to fold down the rear seat from the luggage compartment.
Adjustable rear seat
The adjustable rear seat allows even more versatile use of the luggage compartment. The seats can be adjusted to either increase leg room for the rear passengers or to maximise loading space in the luggage compartment, depending on the needs for each journey. Both are extremely practical for everyday use. The fore-and-aft position can be mechanically adjusted up to 130 millimetres using a handle underneath the seat. The seat can be divided in a 60:40 split.
Oddments tables
Passengers can place various objects on the folding oddments tables at the rear – from toys and colouring books for young passengers to game consoles, books, laptops and snacks.
The tables are attached with rails to the back of the front seats and can be moved up and down. When not in use, they can be folded away. They close securely, ensuring unencumbered access to the rear seats.
Available as an option, the fold-out third row of seats with room for two additional passengers expands the space available in the BMW 2 Series Gran Tourer. This row of seats, which can disappear into the floor when not in use and thereby create a flat loading surface, further increases the interior flexibility.
Room for seven people
Whether large or small – in the third row of seats, both additional passengers are sure to travel in comfort. Thanks to the high roof line, adults have ample headroom and leg room, while younger passengers are guaranteed the best possible safety – the third row of seats is authorised for two additional child seats. And there's space for your baggage, too: Even when the third row of seats is in use, there are still 145 litres of luggage space available.
Peace, quiet and relaxation dominate the third row of seats in the BMW 2 Series Gran Tourer. With two cupholders and a storage compartment, the special centre console provides a high level of comfort. Storage compartments with nets on the side panels provide further stowage space. Passengers also have their own light sources in the headliner (in combination with the optional lighting package).
Easy-Entry function
The second row of seats features a folding backrest that can be angled forward with the Easy-Entry function to let passengers get in comfortably. A larger rear door sill functions as a running board.
Flexible features for family use.
Luggage compartment volume
Thanks to the adjustable rear seat that can be folded down in a 40:20:40 split as well as the passenger seat with a foldable backrest (optional), the entire luggage space extends well into the front of the exterior. Depending on the position of the seats, the entire volume is between 645 and 1,905 litres.
Folding boot floor
The section under the boot floor offers additional storage space of approximately 80 litres. To access this space, the folding boot floor can be opened easily with just a few simple hand movements.


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Professional Services Schedule
The Professional Services Schedule (PSS) is an indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (IDIQ) multiple award schedule, providing direct access to simple or complex fixed-price or labor-hour professional services including:
- Advertising and marketing solutions;
- Business consulting solutions;
- Environmental solutions;
- Financial and business solutions;
- Language services;
- Logistics solutions; and
- Professional engineering solutions.
Using the streamlined procurement procedures in FAR Subpart 8.4 Federal Supply Schedules, PSS offers federal agencies access to more than 3,300 experienced contractors who provide a range of commercial professional services at discounted and competitive prices. Review the PSS Fact Sheet [PDF - 771 KB] to learn more.
Why use the PSS?
PSS gives federal agencies the ability to use a single contract to procure simple to complex fixed-price or labor-hour professional services. When using PSS to buy professional services, agencies can:
- Use simplified acquisition procedures to issue a Request for Quotation (RFQ) using either your agency's solicitation system or GSA's eBuy solicitation system, or issue an RFQ directly to contractors using your agency's procedures.
- Allow unique Contractor Team Arrangements to bring a wide variety of industry partners to the negotiating table.
- Customize terms and conditions in task orders - or through Blanket Purchase Agreements - to meet specific requirements.
- Be assured that required FAR terms and conditions are incorporated into the contract.
- Ensure adequate participation by small businesses, including setting aside RFQs for various socioeconomic subgroups.
- Save time by using the streamlined procurement procedures of FAR Subpart 8.4.
Did you know GSA offers two contracts that can meet any simple or complex professional services requirement - the Professional Services Schedule and One Acquisition Solutions for Integrated Services (OASIS). Is the PSS or OASIS the right solution for your professional services requirements? Review the PSS/OASIS Fact Sheet [PDF - 451 KB] to help you understand the two contracts.
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Lanston Type's rich history dates back to 1887 when Tolbert Lanston received his first patent for a mechanical typesetting device. Lanston grew rapidly with America's pre-eminent type designer, Frederic Goudy, until the company found its way to master printer Gerald Giampa. Under his stewardship, Lanston faces were digitized in a style that was true to the sources. In 2004, Lanston came under the care of a new steward: P22 type foundry.


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Intel® Core™ i9-10980XE Extreme Edition Processor
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The Intel® Core™ X-series processor platform is the ultimate creator PC platform: Featuring unlocked processors, the new Intel® Core™ X-series processor platform pushes the boundaries of performance and is designed for advanced creator workflows that vary in need: Photo and video editing, visual effects, motion graphics, game development, and 3D animation.
Whether you are working on your latest feature film or the next episode of a YouTube series, the unlocked Intel® Core™ X-series processor family is designed to meet your most demanding creative workflows: With up to 18 AVX-512 enabled cores and enhanced Intel® Turbo Boost Max Technology 3.0 directing your most critical workloads to your processor's four fastest cores. Experience extreme performance, immersive 4K visuals, high speed storage and memory, and the latest technological advancements - all designed to get you from planning to final product faster than ever.
Spend more time creating and less time waiting. The Intel® Core™ X-series processor family can handle your most demanding creative workflows. Upload and edit your 360* videos quickly and experience VR videos – all in stunning 4K. There are no limits to what you can create on your computer.
The Intel® Core™ X-series processor family is unlocked to provide additional headroom. Features include the ability to overclock1 each core individually, AVX ratio controls for more stability and VccU voltage control for extreme scenarios. Combined with tools like the new Intel® Performance Maximizer, Intel® Extreme Tuning Utility (Intel® XTU) and Intel® Extreme Memory Profile (Intel® XMP), you have a powerful kit for maximizing performance.
Increase your computer's processing power. Available on the Intel® Core™ X-series processor family, the enhanced Intel® Turbo Boost Max Technology 3.0 directs your most critical workloads to your processor's four fastest cores to provide increased performance on lightly threaded tasks.
Intel® Deep Learning Boost (Intel® DL Boost) is a new technology unique to Intel® architecture designed to accelerate artificial intelligence for faster Image tagging, image enhancement, and marker-less motion tracking.
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The Jackson 5 have launched a clothing line called J5 Collection, commemorating their music legacy and late brother, Michael with graphic T-shirts and leather jackets for men and women.
Channeling Michael's Thriller aesthetic—almost to a T, actually—the line features distressed leather biker jackets in red and black, as well as the Prince of Pop's iconic head shot image silkscreened on tees and tanks. Other t-shirt graphics include nostalgic newspaper prints and concert images of all the brothers, culled over their four decades in the business. We imagine hipsters on the hunt for an ironic Tito Jackson tank top will be thrilled.
The venture is being spearheaded by the eldest Jackson brother, Jackie Jackson, with Tito, Jermaine, Marlon and Randy all on board, in conjunction with the estate of Michael Jackson.
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The t-shirts will retail between $32-$58, and the jackets for $600, and will be carried at Urban Outfitters, Pac Sun, Revolve Clothing, 80s Purple and Kitson Men.


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Name three stereo types…
No? Not even a little? All right then, let's move on.
One of the things that stuck out for me when I was studying cognitive psychology is the extent to which our brains are happiest when they have the least amount of work to do. We have a wide variety of mechanisms evolved specifically to let our brains 'coast' and do as little work as possible. Stereotypes, whether about people or groups or behaviours (or anything, really) are one very popular and powerful way of classifying information without having to put a lot of thought into it. Of course, the downside of stereotypes is that they often lead us to make erroneous conclusions based on bad information.
Those stereotypes propagate, and we come to see the entire world through the lens of our own lazy ignorance. For example:
The brilliance of this video is that it repeatedly hammers you with the contrast of the reality with the stereotype. In so doing, it forces your brain into a state of cognitive dissonance – it must reconcile these images that do not go together. Those happy, smiling, fun-loving guys do not conform to the pictures we're shown in the movie clips. It drives that wedge in there and forces us to confront our programming.
Of course, some people don't care to challenge lazy stereotypes. Some people are lazy themselves, and would rather kowtow to our baser instincts for a cheap laugh. The problem is, sometimes they just aren't funny:
First of all, Ashton Kutcher is seriously… seriously… not funny. I'm not hilarious, but I know funny. That's not it. It's not even just a question of taste – there wasn't anything funny about that commercial, except maybe the premise of having a 'normal' guy mixed in with a bunch of 'abnormal' guys. Second, the Raj character was completely unnecessary. Why did he have to be Indian? Aside from the fact that Kelso can't do an Indian accent for shit, it didn't make any sense. The rest of the characters were white and silly (except Swordfish, who seemed kind of deep), why throw in obligatory brownface?
Anyway, Mr. Punk'd is an idiot. This guy knows what's up:
Once again, smart is better than stupid.
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|Source: Portland, Indiana Commercial-Review, September 26, 1933, page 1.
Henry Martin, former auditor of Jay county, has purchased the A.R. LeMaster grocery at the corner of North Meridian and Votaw streets and is now in charge.
Mr. Martin in an announcement today of the change in proprietors, states that he will maintain the high service and quality of the former owner. The name of the place will be called "Martin's Market."
Mr. Martin is a native of Jay county and has a wide acquaintance as well as experience as he formerly conducted a store at New Corydon.
The A.R. LeMaster was Arthur Raymond LeMaster (1885-1971), my paternal great-granduncle.
I knew that he operated a grocery but was unaware until finding this article where it was located exactly. Now I need to dig into the directories to see if I can locate any advertisements, etc.


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David Friedman / NBC News
Easton police officer J. Sollazzo greets parents and students returning to Hawley Elementary School on Tuesday in Newtown, Conn.
Hearts were heavy and security was tight as thousands of children in Newtown, Conn., returned to school Tuesday for the first time since a gunman killed 20 students and six staff at Sandy Hook Elementary.
It was a tiny glimmer of normalcy in a town that was also burying two more youngsters, but officials made it clear this was no ordinary school day.
"This is a day to start healing," Newtown High School Principal Charles Dumais wrote in an e-mail to parents before six schools opened two hours later than usual, with police officers and counselors on hand.
Sandy Hook, where a rifle-toting Adam Lanza turned two classrooms into a shooting gallery on Friday, remains a crime scene, with no indication if its 600 students will ever return to the building. Preparations are being made for them to use a school building in a neighboring town in the interim.
At Hawley Elementary, Keith Muckell said he felt "deep sadness" as he dropped off his 8-year-old daughter, Shannon, but he knew he couldn't keep her "in a bubble."
"I told her I loved her, kissed her, told the teacher to just take care of these guys. And he was like, 'We got it,'" Muckell said.
More victims of the mass shooting last week at Sandy Hook Elementary school in Newtown, Conn., will be laid to rest Tuesday. Meanwhile, more details emerge about the gunman. TODAY's Natalie Morales reports.
He said that as Newtown's children head back to school, he hopes the nation learns a gun-control lesson from the horrific tragedy that rocked the quiet bedroom community.
"I just hope that this is sort of a tipping point in some way to really do something meaningful," he said. "I am a hunter, a bow hunter just so you know, but I can't imagine why anybody would want these assault rifles. It just doesn't seem to me to make any sense."
Newtown High School senior P.J. Hickey told The Associated Press that being with friends would help him cope with the tragedy. He said there were would be "no joy" in school – but also, at least for him, no fear.
Boy died in arms of his favorite teacher
"This is where I feel most at home," he said. "I feel safer here than anywhere else in the world."
Newtown Police Lt. George Sinko said the town prepared for "a lot of apprehension" from parents.
"We just had a horrific tragedy. We had babies sent to school that should be safe and they weren't," Sinko said. "You can't help but think ... if this could happen again."
Even as schools were reopening, two more kids -- 6-year-olds Jessica Rekos and James Mattioli -- were being laid to rest.
Wakes also were scheduled Tuesday for Charlotte Bacon and Daniel Barden and for teacher Victoria Soto, 27, hailed as a hero for shielding her students in a closet.
Funeral directors from throughout Connecticut have come forward to help the grieving town, another example of support that's so desperately needed. NBC's Anne Thompson reports.
On Monday, the first two funerals for shooting victims were held, with Noah Pozner and Jack Pinto, both 6, laid to rest in tiny coffins.
Pinto so idolized New York Giants receiver Victor Cruz that he was buried in his jersey. Cruz visited the Pinto home on Tuesday and tweeted in the afternoon: "Much love to the entire Pinto family. Great people with huge hearts. I'm sorry again for your loss. Looking at life through a different lens "
The slain children's parents have been releasing statements praising school staffers and emergency responders.
Full coverage: Tragedy at Sandy Hook
The family of 6-year-old Dylan Hockley, a special needs student, said they chose Newtown for its excellent schools and "shall never regret this choice."
"Dylan's teacher, Vicki Soto, was warm and funny and Dylan loved her dearly. We take great comfort in knowing that Dylan was not alone when he died, but was wrapped in the arms of his amazing aide, Anne Marie Murphy," they added.
The father of Emilie Parker, 6, said he hoped her memory would inspire Americans to do good.
"Remember these beautiful children; keep them close to our hearts. Do not let their bright shining faces become extinguished," he wrote.
Connecticut Gov. Dannel Malloy has called for a moment of silence on Friday at 9:30 a.m., exactly one week after massacre, one of the deadliest school schootings in U.S. history. Twenty-six church bells would be rung, one for each life lost.
David Friedman / NBC News
A nation mourns after the second deadliest school shooting in U.S. history at Sandy Hook Elementary, which left 20 children and six staff members dead.
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Fear and football: Stampede taints UVA victory
Euphoria turned to terror on Saturday night, October 15, when a fence collapsed and dozens of fans were trampled as they attempted to rush the Scott Stadium field after the Cavaliers' 26-21 victory over the Florida State Seminoles.
"Incredible force" is how UVA fourth year Ben Milam describes the experience. He and a group of friends had watched the game from The Hill, the grassy bank behind the north goalpost, a traditional spot for students. But after a Cav interception late in the game, the win seemed assured, Milam says, so he and three friends made their way to the bottom of the slope to be ready for the victory charge.
Milam's friend Michael Behr (a Hook intern) joined him, and says he knew immediately that something was going wrong.
"I could feel the pressure start to mount," says Behr, who was in the fourth row behind a chain-link fence separating the fans from the field. "The air pocket got smaller and smaller," says Behr. "It felt like you were being crushed."
Though Behr says he once rushed the field– after a victory against Virginia Tech during his first year– the pressure "usually doesn't build that fast– people have time to jump the fence." This time, however, "People didn't have time," says Behr. "The fence gave way, and the first four rows of people fell."
At 6'3", Behr says he believed he'd be able to handle any pushing and shoving a crowd could give. That was not the case.
"I fell forward on top of other people," he recalls. "You could hear people screaming and yelling for people to back up. People were running on top of the people on the ground."
Milam, who'd made it all the way up to the second row, says he, too, was surprised by the power of the crowd. "The onslaught and pressure pushed the fence down," he recalls, "and we were pushed down with it."
While stampedes are an uncommon occurrence at sporting events in the United States, soccer fans in other countries know the danger well.
One of the most deadly sporting stampedes occurred in 1982 at a soccer match in the Luzhniki stadium in Russia. Newspaper reports at the time claimed up to 340 had perished, though the Russian government put the death toll at 66. Hundreds– if not thousands– of people have perished during stampedes since then.
In America, music venues are more common sites for stampedes, as was the case in February 2003 when 21 people were killed and at least 50 injured as they attempted to leave a second-floor Chicago nightclub after security guards used mace to break up a fight.
Particularly vulnerable during stampedes are children accompanying their parents at sporting events, concerts, or religious gatherings. Earlier this month, 11 people– three of them children– died during a stampede at a stadium in South Korea. And in Baghdad in August, nearly 1,000 Shiite pilgrims died following a crowd stampede on a bridge.
Milam says he'd heard about crowd stampedes but hadn't fully understood the danger. His experience, he says, taught him a lesson.
"You don't have control of the situation," he says. "Your life-and-death instincts kick in."
As the crowd surged down the hill at Scott Stadium, stadium security and onlookers screamed for the crowd to stop and tried to push people back, but by the time authorities gained control, says UVA Police Sergeant Melissa Fielding, 12 people had been injured seriously enough to require medical treatment.
"After it was all over, there was girl on the fence shaking, and paramedics were coming to get her," says Behr, who was not injured. "I saw a guy pulled out of the fence crying."
Milam's pants were ripped, and he sustained a minor cut on his leg. No injuries were life threatening.
Rushing the field is a rare occurrence at UVA, but it is nonetheless a long-standing tradition after unexpected or particularly significant Cavalier victories.
Athletic director Craig Littlepage hopes it's a tradition that won't continue. Four days after the incident, Littlepage sent an email to UVA students and fans, reminding them that the field is for players and other game personnel– not for fans.
"I ask for your continued support for all of our teams," he wrote. "We cannot, however, allow another situation to occur as it did on Saturday night. The injuries and the fear experienced by so many are not worth the brief thrill that might have come from being in a restricted area on the field."
In an interview, Littlepage says he hopes his letter will start a dialogue between administration, sports officials, and fans. "What we're trying to do is establish expectations, and some semblance of order. There's no place for fans to be on the field, but I think everyone acknowledges that you can't keep fans off the field 100 percent of the time."
Milam and Behr say they would storm the field again– they just wouldn't rush to do it.
"I will not be in the first wave of people on there," says Milam. "It's sort of scary."
In the endzone, celebration and fear.
Thousands of fans stormed the Scott Stadium field.


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New York City shut down its mass transit system, closed its schools and ordered hundreds of thousands of people to flee their homes Sunday in the face of increasingly dire predictions about the wall of water that could hit the nation's largest city as part of the superstorm bearing down on the East Coast.
A seawater surge of anywhere from 6 to 11 feet threatened to swamp parts of lower Manhattan, flood subway tunnels and knock out the underground network of power, phone and high-speed Internet lines that are the lifeblood of America's financial capital.
Metropolitan Transportation Authority spokesman Charles Seaton said the process of suspending subway service began at 7 p.m. Sunday. Suspension of bus service is to begin at 9 p.m.
While the New York Stock Exchange will close its trading floor, Big Board trading will continue electronically.
The United Nations announced plans to close on Monday and canceled all meetings at its headquarters.
After days of seeming to take the storm in stride, New Yorkers packed grocery stores for supplies and scrambled to get out of flood zones.
Clutching a white pillow in her left hand and two computers in another, Alyssa Marks rushed to get to the subway before it stopped running Sunday evening.
As she hurried to leave her apartment in a lower Manhattan evacuation zone for a friend's place on higher ground, she'd gotten cash but had not time to get toiletries and water.
"I'm nervous, but I'm also excited," she said as she left her apartment. "We're going to get some wine, cuddle up and watch movies."
Still, some hardy residents said they weren't going anywhere, even as the mayor urged them to go.
"If you don't evacuate, you're not just putting your own life in danger — you are also endangering the lives of our first responders who may have to come in and rescue you,"
Mayor Michael Bloomberg said at a news conference Sunday as he announced a mandatory evacuation affecting 375,000 people in low-lying areas from the beaches of Queens to the glassy high-rises of Battery Park City. "This is a serious and dangerous storm."
After days of more modest warnings, the tone grew sharper Sunday as the National Hurricane Center predicted "life-threatening flooding" for areas including New York Harbor. Louis Uccellini, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's environmental protection chief, called the projected storm surge "the worst-case scenario" for New York City, Long Island and northern New Jersey.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo deployed National Guard troops to the city and Long Island as President Barack Obama signed an emergency declaration enabling the federal government to provide support and resources to state and local governments.
Consolidated Edison weighed the possibility of shutting down power in parts of lower Manhattan to protect equipment. Broadway shows were canceled for Sunday and Monday.
One small hospital was being evacuated, while several others were moving patients to higher floors.
America's biggest public school system, which serves 1.1 million students, was ordered closed Monday, while many of the schools opened Sunday as emergency shelters.
Ralph Gorham watched the sea get rough, but he planned to weather the storm at the Red Hook Lobster Pound, the seafood business he co-owns in a low-lying part of Brooklyn.
"I'm not leaving. My house is here. My business is here," he said. "When the bell tolls, you live with it."
The megastorm — a predicted combination of Hurricane Sandy, a wintry system moving in from the west and cold air streaming down from the Arctic — marked the second time in 14 months that New York City has faced a scenario forecasters have long feared: a big hurricane hitting the city or a bit south, such that the cyclone's counterclockwise winds drive water into miles of densely populated shoreline.
Hurricane Irene ultimately came ashore as a tropical storm in Coney Island, with a four-foot storm surge that washed over parts of the southern tip of Manhattan but didn't wreak the havoc that officials had feared, although it caused tremendous damage elsewhere. Some experts have said that a surge three feet higher could have caused huge damage.
The deluge from the approaching superstorm may well be worse than Irene's — and longer lasting, forecasters said. Bloomberg warned that damaging flooding could start with high tide Sunday night and continue into Tuesday afternoon.
With the worst of the surge expected Monday night, the key factor is whether it coincides with the higher-than-usual full moon high tide, said Klaus Jacob, a Columbia University researcher who has advised the city on coastal risks. But in any case, he said he expected the subway system to be at least partially flooded.
"I do not think that there's enough emergency measures that will help prevent the subway from flooding," Jacob said.
Bloomberg announced evacuations at about 11:30 a.m., telling people to be out just 71/2 hours later. The city was alerting residents with cellphone emergency warning systems, its own Notify NYC system of emails and phone calls, and police cars going down streets with bullhorns.
To those who refused to leave, Bloomberg had a message.
"They won't be arrested. But I would argue they are being very selfish," said the mayor, noting rescue crews will still try to help them if they are flooded. "We aren't going to leave them to die. We are going to save them."


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As emailed to Tas Walker and several others most of whom are not YECs (I also tried to send it to CMI Enquiries in the UK but it refused to send):
"Bolivian salt pans at Salar de Uyuni.
"... the uplift of the continents mid-way through Noah's Flood" (after
150 days of flooding from 40 days of incessant rain covering the
highest mountains by over 20 feet of water, presumably). Really? There
is no mention of any 'uplift' in Genesis. Or are you referring to Psalm
104:8 in the NASB - but that might be referring to 'creation week' as
described in Genesis 1. Genesis implies that the floodwaters receded
from the mountains because it had stopped raining, because of a 'wind',
and because and the 'springs of the deep' and 'floodgates of heaven' had
been closed. Not because (in part) of any drastic worldwide 'uplift' of
what the NIV says were already 'high mountains'.
"In fact, it is only the receding waters of Noah's Flood that explain
these flat plateaus at high elevation." What about glaciers or volcanic
"This uplift was the last major uplift of the continents, which formed
the present-day mountains." Those mountains were there more than 5,000
years ago. And huge ranges such as the Andes, the Alps and the Himalaya
do not all date from the same [typo corrected] single year in Earth's history.
"This water that remained trapped from the Flood would have contained
lots of unusual chemicals and organic material that accumulated during
the Flood, quite different in composition from the sort of environments
that are found today. The waters were also likely warmer than for
similar lakes today." Evidence? And the lithium deposits in Bolivia are
not typical of what is found elsewhere as far as I know.
"Most wood and organic material found in Flood sediments gives 'ages'
in this range." That proves nothing (you dispute the dates of '30,000
to 42,000 years' anyhow). Carbon-14 dating cannot be used to ascertain,
in cases where the animal or plant died longer ago than around 60,000
years, how old organic material is likely to be. Besides (as well as no
worldwide flood 4,500 years ago) there has been precisely no 'ice age'
more recently than that date.
I also note that your receding 'worldwide' Noah's Flood conveniently
not only was accompanied in its latter stages by massive worldwide
'uplift' - forming today's very highest mountains apparently - but at
the same time the draining floodwaters also then managed to carry out a
massive amount of localised erosion in just several months to form
these flat Bolivian salt pans at high altitude (as well as the Grand
Canyon etc). Presumably the erosion either all happened once the
'uplift' had stopped - or (if the two happened concurrently at this
high altitude) the 'uplift' did not prevent the simultaneous erosion
from forming an almost perfectly flath surface (where shallow
depressions allowed lakes to form that later drained leaving behind
unusual and valuable salt deposits)?"
PS Further message to CMI sent on 15 February (referring to the latest comments):
The 'correction factor' is not real. You cannot demonstrate that it is. It is pseudo-science - motivated by fundamentalist religion. Falsification factor would be a more accurate term for what you are performing. I will now check my email to see to see whether my previous rebuttal has been acknowledged, let alone refuted, by anyone at CMI."


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Andrew M. Heller Professor at the Wharton School, Senior Fellow Leonard Davis Institute for Health Economics Co-Director, Mack Institute of Innovation Management
Christian Terwiesch is the Andrew M. Heller Professor at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. He also is a Professor in Wharton's Operations and Information Management department as well as a Senior Fellow at the Leonard Davis Institute for Health Economics. Professor Terwiesch is the co-author of Matching Supply with Demand, a widely used text-book in Operations Management that is now in its third edition. For his teaching in Wharton's MBA program, he has received numerous teaching awards. Professor Terwiesch has researched with and consulted for various organizations. From small start-ups to Fortune 500 companies, he has helped companies to innovate and to improve their business processes. Most of his current work relates to healthcare. Recent projects include the design of patient centered care processes in the VA hospital system, the impact of emergency room crowding on hospital revenues at Penn Medicine, and the usage of ICU beds in the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. In the innovation space, recent projects include the management of the clinical development portfolio at Merck, the development of open innovation systems, and innovation tournaments for large healthcare organizations.


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Here are a few updated release dates for some upcoming films:
- Trouble with the Curve, starring Clint Eastwood, Amy Adams and Justin Timberlake has moved up a week to September 21, 2012.
- Hit & Run, written/starring/directed by Dax Shepard and also starring Kristen Bell and Bradley Cooper, will open August 22nd, 2012.
- The Conjuring, previously titled The Warren Files, stars Vera Farmiga, Patrick Wilson, Ron Livingston and Lili Taylor, will open January 25th, 2013.
Hit the jump for more on each film.
All release date info via Box Office Mojo. The Robert Lorenz film Trouble with the Curve stars Eastwood as "Gus, an aging Atlanta Braves scout (Go Braves!) with vision problems whose daughter, Mickey (Amy Adams), reluctantly agrees to be his eyes on a crucial recruiting trip." Timberlake co-stars as a young rival scout who respects Gus (and develops feelings for Mickey), alsongside John Goodman as the Braves' clubhouse boss and Matthew Lillard as a recruiter who "clashes with Gus over a green power hitter named Bo Gentry (newcomer Joe Massingill), so the veteran embarks on a road trip to follow Gentry and gather more information."
The Conjuring, the new horror thriller from director James Wan (Insidious) features Farmiga and Wilson as Lorraine and Ed Warren, a married couple who has a long history of investigating paranormal claims. More on this picture as it becomes available.
Hit & Run
Charlie Bronson, a former getaway driver busts out of the Witness Protection Program to drive his girlfriend to Los Angeles so she can land her dream job. Their road trip grows awkwardly complicated, when they are chased by the feds, and increasingly dangerous, when Charlie's former gang of criminals enter the fray.


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I'm using openemm since many days and i can't find in the forum or the documention or on the net the cause and the solution to remove this error message :
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org.agnitas.beans.impl.UserFormImpl - Velocity init: null java.lang.NullPointerException
Velocity is maybe linked to the template system ?
Is somebody can give me a link or help to solve this error ?
I have another error due to looking for current version of the openemm version's check, can i deactivate this functionality ? (a normal error because the server do not have the net access)
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Hi all,
With the Unit 3 exams and the GAT around the corner I thought it would be timely to remind you all of some key resources that you can find on the VCAA website to help you with your VCE exam preparation.
1. VCAA exam timetable - duh...no kidding...of course you can find when the exam is on here with the timetable.
2. VCE exams navigator - you should have received a hard copy of this from school but it is a very detailed document which outlines everything from examination hall rules, to equipment you can bring in, etc, etc. Very important and very useful...
3. Copy of last years GAT (found here) -I have written about the GAT and the importance about it previously but it is in your best interests to know what it is, how it is assessed and more importantly, take it seriously.
4. VCE Exam front covers - these are published on the VCAA website so you can learn more about the number of marks allocated, the materials you can bring in etc, etc. The usual disclaimer exists where the VCAA reserves the right to change the number of marks, pages etc, etc but it gives you a pretty reliable indicator that you can use to help your preparation.
5. Past VCE exams - Past exams are a fantastic way to learn about the content amd how it has been assessed previously. Whilst many commercial providers sell trial exams you can get access to some wonderful questions for free here... a word of warning though...make sure if there has been a change in study design that you take this into consideration as not all questions in previous exams will be relevant in a new study design.
6. VCE Examiners reports - Here you can learn from previous students and find out how students performed on questions and what was required to get full marks. You can learn about areas that students struggled with and note that any area that students have notoriously struggled with can (and sometimes does) get re-assessed the following year.
Good luck with all your VCE exam preparations.
Cheers, Heath
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A little Christmas Present for you
Here's an excerpt from my chapter "Blood, sweat and urine" from The Bad Data Handbook. Have a lovely Christmas!
I spent six years working in the statistical modeling team at the UK's Health and Safety
Laboratory. A large part of my job was working with the laboratory's chemists, looking
at occupational exposure to various nasty substances to see if an industry was adhering
to safe limits. The laboratory gets sent tens of thousands of blood and urine samples
each year (and sometimes more exotic fluids like sweat or saliva), and has its own team
of occupational hygienists who visit companies and collect yet more samples.
The sample collection process is known as "biological monitoring." This is because when
the occupational hygienists get home and their partners ask "How was your day?," "I've
been biological monitoring, darling" is more respectable to say than "I spent all day
getting welders to wee into a vial."
In 2010, I was lucky enough to be given a job swap with James, one of the chemists.
James's parlour trick is that, after running many thousands of samples, he can tell the
level of creatinine in someone's urine with uncanny accuracy, just by looking at it. This
skill was only revealed to me after we'd spent an hour playing "guess the creatinine level"
and James had suggested that "we make it more interesting." I'd lost two packets of fig
rolls before I twigged that I was onto a loser.
The principle of the job swap was that I would spend a week in the lab assisting with
the experiments, and then James would come to my office to help out generating the
statistics. In the process, we'd both learn about each other's working practices and find
ways to make future projects more efficient.
In the laboratory, I learned how to pipette (harder than it looks), and about the methods
used to ensure that the numbers spat out of the mass spectrometer4 were correct. So as
well as testing urine samples, within each experiment you need to test blanks (distilled
water, used to clean out the pipes, and also to check that you are correctly measuring
zero), calibrators (samples of a known concentration for calibrating the instrument5),
and quality controllers (samples with a concentration in a known range, to make sure
the calibration hasn't drifted). On top of this, each instrument needs regular maintaining
and recalibrating to ensure its accuracy.
Just knowing that these things have to be done to get sensible answers out of the ma?
chinery was a small revelation. Before I'd gone into the job swap, I didn't really think
about where my data came from; that was someone else's problem. From my point of
view, if the numbers looked wrong (extreme outliers, or otherwise dubious values) they
were a mistake; otherwise they were simply "right." Afterwards, my view is more
nuanced. Now all the numbers look like, maybe not quite a guess, but certainly only an
approximation of the truth. This measurement error is important to remember, though
for health and safety purposes, there's a nice feature. Values can be out by an order of
magnitude at the extreme low end for some tests, but we don't need to worry so much
about that. It's the high exposures that cause health problems, and measurement error
is much smaller at the top end.


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SPRING, Texas, Nov. 5, 2012 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- American Energy Mapping announced today that it will help clients become actual owners of Energy GIS Data eliminating the need for encumber some and often confusing lease agreements. This will be accomplished through the addition of "perpetual" licenses which allow for GIS Data users to actually own their data rather than "borrow" it for a limited time. "Clients have agreed that GIS data has become more of an "off-the-shelf" commodity," says Damien Wolff, President of AEM, "Energy GIS Data, especially, is available from many different resources. Having the ability to simply purchase an entire infrastructure from one vendor who compiles all this data and know you can keep it, use it, and build on it yourself eliminates the need for long, drawn out data leases. Knowing they never have to return or delete the data provides our customers a level of comfort and security they may never have known."
Mr. Wolff warns of marketing messages meant to keep clients paying for Oil and Gas GIS Data year after year. "There is a lot of talk about "proprietary and secret" ways of collecting or "aggregating" data meant to sway the client into believing that one vendor has some special power over another in gathering information," says Mr. Wolff, "But the plain simple fact is that no vendor holds a secret key. Our GIS clients are smart enough to know how to obtain Energy GIS Data on their own, but they simply do not have the time and are not paid to do this. So they search for a vendor to do it for them. That's where we come in." Mr. Wolff says that allowing clients a perpetual license give them freedom they do not enjoy from other vendors. "No one wants to delete data from all their systems simply because they wish to stop paying for updates that many could perform themselves. That is what an annual data lease is all about…keep paying or delete the data completely. Here at AEM we believe customers should not be held hostage but rather have the opportunity to choose, so we offer both annual and perpetual licenses."
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BAC Home Loans Servicing v Westervelt
2010 NY Slip Op 51992(U)
Decided on November 18, 2010
Supreme Court, Dutchess County
Pagones, J.
Attorneys for Plaintiff
20 West Main Street
Bay Shore, New York 11706
Not surprisingly, in the wake of this new legislation, decisions are beginning to emerge in which the courts are finding that the banks have engaged in discriminatory, unconscionable, and onerous lending practices and are now negotiating settlements of these oppressive loans in bad faith. In particular, one court, upon finding that the bank's conduct "has been and is inequitable, unconscionable, vexatious and opprobrious," vacated the judgment of foreclosure and canceled [*5]the entire mortgage obligation (see IndyMac Bank v Yano-Horoski, 26 Misc 3d 717 [Sup. Ct, Suffolk County 2009]) and in another case, upon finding that the bank's conduct was "shockingly inequitable" and in bad faith, the same court forever barred the bank from collecting claimed interest accrued on the loan from the date of default and any claimed legal fees and expenses; fixed the mortgage obligation to be no more than the principal balance, and awarded exemplary damages in the amount of $100,000 (see Emigrant Mtge. Co., Inc. v Corcione, NYLJ, Apr. 21, 2010, at 25 col 3 [Sup. Ct, Suffolk County, Spinner, J.). In another case, the court fashioned an equitable remedy when the parties reach an impasse in settlement negotiations. The bank had agreed to a modification lowering the mortgage payment to $3,000 per month, but the homeowners sought to pay $2,000 per month. The court, concerned with "discriminatory lending practices" and the fact that "the mortgage was granted to a minority buyer for the purchase of property in a minority area" which would eventually call for an interest rate exceeding 9%, found a rebuttable presumption of discriminatory lending practice and froze the interest rate at a maximum of 9%. In addition, the court ordered the homeowners to make a deposit into the court of $10,000 to avoid foreclosure and ordered the parties to split the $1,000 difference in the mortgage payment gap (see Aames, supra).
Accordingly, the court, sua sponte, finds that the Bank has not acted in good faith in negotiating a settlement with this homeowner. Indeed, the homeowner's representation that plaintiff inexplicably refused to re-examine her income – which the bank must do under HAMP directives – stands uncontradicted. Further, in the face of counsel's inadequate excuse for defaulting in appearance and failing to follow up with the court attorney referee, counsel still categorically refuses to comply with the spirit of the statute and work towards a modification with this homeowner, even though the homeowner earns income to sustain a modified payment. This court is hard-pressed to comprehend why plaintiff would rather seize the property in foreclosure than work out a loan modification, as required by statute, with a homeowner who is gainfully employed.
The Bank elected to pursue an equitable remedy (see Bieber v Goldberg, 133 App Div 207, 210 [2d Dep't 1909]; see also IndyMac, supra]), and "the very commencement of this action by Plaintiff invokes the Court's equity jurisdiction" (IndyMac, supra, 26 Misc 3d at 723). In addition, the court seeks to ensure that the primary statutory goal of keeping homeowners in their homes (see CPLR R3408[a]) and the concomitant obligation of ensuring that the parties act in good faith (see 22 NYCRR 202.12-a(c)(4) are met. Toward that end, this court has the power to impose an equitable remedy commensurate with the Bank's bad faith regarding this loan modification (see e.g. Aaems Funding Corp., supra; IndyMac, supra; M & T Mtge. Corp. v Foy, 20 Misc 3d 274 [Sup. Ct, Kings County 2008]).
Based on the foregoing, it is hereby
ORDERED that the law firm of Frankel Lambert, Weiss, Weisman & Gordon, LLP shall appear at a hearing to be scheduled to show cause why it should not be sanctioned in an amount to be determined by the court pursuant to 22 NYCRR §130-2.1; and it is further
ORDERED that plaintiff is barred from collecting any arrears incurred from October 8, 2010 (the date the homeowner received the HAMP denial) until the date the homeowner is given a final determination on her loan modification application, after review and determination of all possible modifications for which the homeowner may be eligible and the case is released from [*6]the settlement part;
ORDERED that plaintiff is barred from collecting any interest incurred from October 8, 2010 until the date of a final loan modification determination and the case is released from the settlement part; and it is further
ORDERED that any unpaid late fees are waived from October 8, 2010; and it is further
ORDERED that any loan modification fees are to be either waived or refunded to the homeowner; and it is further;
ORDERED that any attorneys' fees claimed to have been incurred from the date of the default until the date of this order are not to be included in the calculation of the homeowners' modified mortgage payment or otherwise imposed on the homeowners, but, rather, any request for attorneys fees is hereby severed and to be submitted to the court for separate, independent review as to their reasonableness; and it is further
ORDERED that the parties appear for a further conference in the Foreclosure Settlement Part of the Dutchess County Supreme Court, 10 Market Street, Poughkeepsie, New York on December 20, 2010 at 12 p.m.; and it is further
ORDERED that a bank representative fully familiar with the file and with full authority to settle the matter appear at the next conference, and it is further
ORDERED that Frankel Lambert, Weiss, Weisman & Gordon, LLP is directed to appear at the next conference by either a member of the firm or an associate of the firm. Local Counsel may not appear at this conference. Appearing counsel must be fully authorized to dispose of the case as required by statute (see CPLR 3408[c]).
Adjournments are only granted with leave of court.
Failure of plaintiff to comply with this order may result in further sanctions, including discharge of the underlying mortgage obligation, exemplary damages and loss of the privilege of appearing by local counsel in all foreclosure settlement conferences conducted in Dutchess County.
This constitutes the decision and order of the court.
BAC Home Loans Servicing v WESTERVELT
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'the Nexus 5 display is immaculately sharp.'
'At this size it's an easy phone to manage, especially with some devices now getting too big to handle as phablet popularity grows. '
'Beastly specs usually mean high prices but the Nexus 5 retails from £299, making it one of the most affordable high-end smartphones ever produced. . '
'easy and comfortable viewing'
'I really enjoy holding it for long periods of time and have reverted back to reading books on my phone, something I haven't done since using my diddy-screened iPhone 4 two years ago.'
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'The iPhone 5S fully supports 2G and 3G (DC-HSPA and HSPA+) bands just as before but this time Apple has added in a host of additional 4G bands. '
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Bright and cheerful new colors, Solid value
It's a cheaper iPhone, not a cheap iPhone
'high peak brightness'
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'the One mini doesn't feel sluggish, which is the important point.'
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Google and Moto almost made a truly standout Android phone
'At just over £80, locked to Virgin Mobile, the ZTE Blade V is clearly pitched towards the very budget conscious, ideal for those that want a cheap smartphone to take to school.'
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Photo: Stewart Brennan
Into My Own
One of my wishes is that those dark trees,
So old and firm they scarcely show the breeze,
Were not, as 'twere, the merest mask of gloom,
But stretched away unto the edge of doom.
I should not be withheld but that some day
Into their vastness I should steal away,
Fearless of ever finding open land,
Or highway where the slow wheel pours the sand.
I do not see why I should e'er turn back,
Or those should not set forth upon my track
To Overtake me, who should miss me here
And long to know if still I held them dear.
They would not find me changed from him they knew –
Only more sure of all I thought was true.
Robert Frost


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A Yelp executive said that neither Google or Facebook pose any threat to the user-generated review site.
Instead, Yelp's rivals are traditional media, according to AppleInsider. "Today, we're really competing with print, radio, and television," Geoff Donaker, Yelp's chief operating officer, said Tuesday at the Morgan Stanley Technology, Media, and Telecom conference.
However, Donaker said that Yelp will likely have to fight off the tech titans at some point for advertising dollars in the future, likely in the next 10 years, he said.
U.S. & World
News from around the country and around the globe
Right now, Yelp is taking aim at those businesses still using traditional media, such as the Yellow Pages. So far, the site has 1 million business accounts and 40,000 buy ads to appear at the top of Yelp results.
And none of that relies on Google or Facebook searches.
It's an interesting point of view, especially since Yelp has a history with Google, including when it walked away from a $500 million offer in 2009. Since then, Yelp has been critical of the search engine, accusing it of stealing its reviews -- odd since Yelp relies on user-generated reviews which it receives gratis.


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For more than 40 years, the Best of Bridge cookbooks have been collecting easygoing recipes for family meals.
Six O'Clock Solution: Simple skewers from a beloved brand
For more than 40 years, the Best of Bridge cookbooks have been collecting easygoing recipes for family meals. These books also have an easygoing format: instructions in big print, handsome but realistic photographs, and convenient spiral binding so they stay open. The series, a fixture in western Canadian kitchens and popular coast to coast, has sold more than four million copies since it launched in 1976.
The 2017 volume Best of Bridge Sunday Suppers: All-New Recipes for Family and Friends (Robert Rose, $29.95) offers easy weeknight food as well as relaxed, "sit around the table" weekend dishes. The Calgary-based authors are blogger Elizabeth Chorney-Booth, food writer Sue Duncan and Julie Van Rosendaal, a CBC radio reporter who writes periodically for the Globe and Mail. They have been producing the books since 2015, replacing the original eight bridge-playing family cooks.
In this recipe, the skewers can be loaded well in advance of grilling. If you're cooking directly on the grill, the authors advise keeping the temperature low. They recommend flat metal skewers, which are hardy and inexpensive.
Vegetable Skewers
Serves 4
4 garlic cloves, minced
2 tablespoons (30 mL) vegetable oil
Salt and freshly ground pepper
6 cups (1.5 L) assorted vegetables, such as red onions, zucchini, eggplant and bell peppers
Balsamic vinegar reduction (Use a ready-made brand or make it by simmering balsamic vinegar for 5 to 7 minutes over low heat until thick enough to coat the back of a spoon; store in the refrigerator.)
In a large bowl, combine garlic, oil, salt and pepper.
Cut vegetables into 1 1/2-inch (4 cm) pieces. Add to garlic mixture, toss well, and marinate for at least 45 minutes.
Preheat barbecue grill to medium-low. Thread vegetables onto metal skewers. If using eggplant or zucchini, thread through the skin; otherwise the pieces will fall off the skewers as they cook.
Close lid of barbecue and grill, turning a few times, for 10 to 15 minutes, or until vegetables are tender and have grill marks.
Transfer skewers to a serving platter, drizzle with balsamic reduction, and serve.


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On December 9th 1999, Mr. Thierry Ehrmann an artist opened a museum "the Organ" which offered residency for artists in the Abode of Chaos. The domain in the town Saint Romain au Mont d'Or, is the property of the real estate trust VHI owned by the artist. On December 9th 2004, the mayor of Saint Romain au Mont d'Or complained to the prosecutor of Lyon that there was drawings and slogans painted on the outside walls of the property.
On February 16th 2006 the tribunal of Lyon condemned the artist and the real estate trust VHI to fines of €20,000 and €100,000 each for infractions to the code of urbanism and ordered the walls to be cleared of drawings within 6 months. On September 13th 2006, the appeal court of Lyon condemned the artist to a fine of €200,000. On December 11th 2007, the supreme court (cour de cassation) annulled the ruling of the appeal court (case 06-87445). On December 16th 2008, the appeal court of Grenoble condemned the artist to a fine of €30,000, awarded damages of €1 to the town of Saint Romain au Mont d'Or and ordered the walls to be cleared of drawings within 9 months. On December 15th 2009, the supreme court rejected the appeal of the artist (case 09-80709).
On December 31st 2009, the applicants lodged their case to the European Court of Human Rights arguing that the fine of €30,000 and the order to clear the drawings of the outside walls were a violation of articles 10 and 1P1 of the Convention. He added that the ruling of the appeal court of Grenoble was a violation of article 7 of the Convention because pieces of art are by law exempted from the regulations of the code of urbanism (art.R421-1 6)). The applicants are represented by Me Thierry Moulin (Lyon).
On June 7th 2011, the Court found the application to be inadmissible on the ground that the condemnation of the artist was to "defend order" therefore "necessary in a democratic society". The Court as the French courts refused to rule if the drawings on the outside walls of the domain are pieces of art. Surprisingly the Court invokes the Framework Convention on the Value of Cultural Heritage for Society not to protect the artist drawings but to justify the order to clear them in the name of..the conservation of "cultural heritage" . The Convention have not yet been signed by France.
On July 18th 2011, the 5th section of the Court modified the decision Ehrmann and VHI v. France by removing a statement indicating that observations of the government and the reply of the applicant were received by the Court. The head of registrar of the 5th section Claudia Westerdiek didn't answer our email for comment. According to the applicant (see below his video), he never received the observation from the French government and never submitted any. He announced his intention to file soon another application with the Court.