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Commercials for Google's Nexus 7 and Samsung's 10.1-inch Galaxy Note have appeared online in the last day. And as you might have already guessed, both take different approaches on how to convince you to buy their tablet.
The commercial for the still unreleased Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 is aimed squarely at the business crowd. Boasting the tablet's 10.1-inch "multi" screen for multitasking and special properties of the S Pen, Samsung uses their Note 10.1 commercial to take us through the afternoon of a hot-shot businessman and how the Note fits into his life.
I imagine this will be just one of many commercials for the Note 10.1 once the tablet is made available. Hopefully future ads will target a broader audience. For now, Samsung is going after a very clear demographic:
The commercial for the Nexus 7 has a much more human feel than the Note 10.1 commercial, clearly intended to tug at the heart strings of families across the web.
Featuring a father and son camping with the Nexus 7, the commercial shows a family using the tablet to enhance their bonding experience. Reading books, watching a movie, playing checkers, looking up wild animals; the Nexus 7 can do it all (and without a constant data connection?).
Whether or not this commercial will make its way to television remains to be seen, but I have a good feeling it will.
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If anyone has been following what's going on the UFO abduction research circles, you'll know that blood type is now one of the questions that gets asked when interviewing a potential abductee. I just went to a UFO conference and everybody was asking each other about their blood type. The internet is a bottomless pit of confusing information, so I actual have no idea what it might actually mean.
The Rh Negative factor makes up approximately 15% of the worlds population. And, according to some researchers, 54% of UFO abductees have the Rh Negative factor. But, (according to ICAR) A Negative blood makes up 6% of the world population, yet A Negative is only 4.5% of the UFO abductees. This was from a pool of 1,400 that gave their information in the study. To me, this isn't a very large study and I don't know about the details.
My conclusion is (after minimal research) that there is a lot of buzz in among the UFO community, but I can't make out much from the on-line data.
Also, my father has O Negative blood, the universal donor.

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The Recycle Today program provides recycling collection to single-family households, some small businesses, and multi-family units that have requested recycling service. Collection is performed by a private contractor, Waste Management.
The program recycles newspapers, magazines, telephone books, junk mail/office paper, chipboard, corrugated cardboard, glass jars and bottles, all plastic bottles, aluminum beverage cans, steel food and beverage cans, aerosol cans, cardboard milk and juice cartons, and aluminum foil and pie tins. No sorting is needed, but please follow the Preparing Materials guidelines. Rollout recycling carts must be at the curb by 6 a.m. on collection day. Please ensure that the cart is at least three feet from any other object, including another cart. Do not place your cart under low-hanging wires or branches.
Recyclable materials are taken to a Materials Recovery Facility where they are separated, baled, and prepared for market. Ultimately, those recyclables will come back in the form of new products.
The City also provides a drop-off station for recyclable materials at the Hanes Mill Road Landfill that can be used at no charge. Additionally, nine drop-off sites for corrugated cardboard are provided at select fire stations throughout the city. Through a contract with Forsyth County, the City manages Forsyth County's two Drop-off Recycling Centers.
Recycling is the right economic and environmental choice. Recycling INCREASES the life span of landfills; SAVES money, natural resources and energy; REDUCES air and water pollution; and CREATES jobs and market demand for recyclable products. Any way that you look at it, recycling is the right thing to do!
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CHIPBOARD - paperboard packaging for food and other miscellaneous products, such as cereal, cracker, pasta and other food packages; paper towel and toilet tissue rolls; detergent, facial tissue, shoe boxes, etc. Chipboard is usually brown or gray on the inside and does not include boxes with waxed, aluminum or plastic coatings, such as milk, juice, frozen food cartons.
CONTAMINATION - occurs when an unacceptable item is placed into a recycling container. Contamination hinders and sometimes ruins otherwise good recyclables, costs money, and must be transported to the landfill.
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Abington post a a 5-1 win over Hull/Middleboro in the Div. 3 South Sectional quarterfinals on Sunday.
BOURNE – The best goals are sometimes the unexpected ones.
Abington High freshman Marcus Little had two surprises waiting for him when he looked at the back of the net in the Green Wave's 5-1 win over Hull/Middleboro (8-seed, 13-8) Sunday in the Div. 3 South Sectional quarterfinals at Gallo Arena.
Little deflected home two of senior captain Jake Quinlan's shots, the first for a 1-0 lead and the second for 4-1 lead.
"They deflected off my stick both times," said Little. "(I) just won the face-off and tipped the puck in.
"Didn't even know I did it, felt great though."
Little, along with freshman Justin Doherty and sophomore Owen Leary, had a strong night on Abington's third line.
"He was winning all the face-offs today. He was outstanding today, best game I've ever seen him play," said Abington coach Brian Smith of Little. "Two tips and I think he won every face-off that he was on."
The win advances Abington (16-seed, 11-7-5) to the semifinals against No. 5 Hanover (14-7) on Friday at 7:30 p.m. at Gallo.
After one period, Abington held a 1-0 lead and killed off a 5-on-3 penalty, but Hull/Middleboro converted on Abington's next penalty.
Sachems junior Tommy Bellew tied the game at one on the power play with a back-hand shot that went 5-hole off an assist from Kevin Perry.
"Definitely a couple shifts after that I thought we had momentum," said Hull/Middleboro coach Scott Drevitch.
The momentum disappeared quickly as the Green Wave scored three more goals to take a 4-1 lead after two periods.
"We never really got out of the game after they came and tied it," said Smith. "We didn't get deflated so I think it really focused us more."
A little over three minutes after Bellew's tally, Abington senior Joe Marella netted the first of his three tallies off a rebound on a Quinlan (three assists) shot.
Off an assist from Sean Linehen, Marella scored on a breakaway goal for a 3-1 lead and Little's second tip-in made it 4-1.
"Huge," said Smith of Quinlan and Marella's performances. "Joe, I've said it before, Joe's outstanding. Quinny plays the whole game. He's non-stop, he doesn't come off the ice when we call him. He's just a force out there."
Marella capped the scoring with a late empty-netter.
The seniors (Sean Connor, Tommy Homer, Neil Perry, Tyler Geary, Jeremiah Sylvia) from Hull/Middleboro have left a lasting mark on the newly formed co-op program.
"They've done something that no other class has done and made the tournament all four years," said Drevitch, who was the Middleboro High coach before the teams combined. "They had the first tournament win in school history and they've done a great job and help the program move forward. Going with the Hull guys has really helped us this year because we didn't have the numbers."
Abington will have a chance to avenge a 5-0 loss to Hanover on Feb. 21 in the semifinals.
"I think we're ready to go," said Smith, whose team has outscored opponents 18-4 since trailing Attlelboro, 1-0, after the first period of their preliminary round game. "I think we're as ready as we're ever going to be. I don't think we've been hotter than right now."
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A student at a Nevada middle school opened fire on campus, killing a staff member who was trying to protect other children, police said Monday.
SPARKS, Nev. (AP) � A student at a Nevada middle school opened fire on campus, killing a staff member who was trying to protect other children, police said Monday.
The suspected gunman was also dead, and authorities say no shots were fired by law enforcement.
Two other students were critically injured in the violence that erupted around 7:15 a.m., shortly before classes began Monday. One is out of surgery and the other is doing well, according to police.
Police said between 150 and 200 officers responded to the shooting.
Students from the middle school and next door elementary school were evacuated to the nearby high school, and classes were canceled.
At the evacuation center, parents walked with their arms around their children, some of whom were in tears.
"We came flying down here to get our kids," said Mike Fiorica, whose nephew attends the school. "... It's really chaotic. You can imagine how parents are feeling. You don't know if your kid's OK."
The shooting happened on the school's campus, but outside the school building itself, according to police.
Gov. Brian Sandoval issued a statement after hearing about the shooting.
"I was deeply saddened to learn of the horrific shooting at Sparks Middle School this morning. My administration is receiving regular updates and the Nevada Highway Patrol is assisting at the scene," he said. Sandoval extended his thoughts and prayers to those affected.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nevada, offered his condolences to students, parents and staff who experienced "a traumatic morning."
"No words of condolence could possibly ease the pain, but I hope it is some small comfort that Nevada mourns with them. I stand by to be of any assistance if there is anything that can be done," Reid said in a statement.
The school, located in a working class neighborhood, enrolls about 700 students in 7th and 8th grades.
The violence erupted nearly a year after a gunman horrified the nation by opening fire in Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., leaving 26 dead. The Dec. 14 shooting reignited debate over how best to protect the nation's schools and whether armed teachers should be part of that equation.
Washoe County School District held a session in the spring in light of the Connecticut tragedy to educate parents on what safety measures the district takes.
Sparks, a city of roughly 90,000 that sprung out of the railway industry, lies just east of Reno.
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NORWALK, Ohio -- The extremely popular Summit Racing Equipment Pro-Am Tour presented by AMSOIL has long been heralded as the cornerstone of the International Hot Rod Association's (IHRA) sportsman drag racing series. And to further increase the prestige of the series, the IHRA and Summit Racing Equipment will be taking it to the next level in 2014 by broadcasting all of the more than 40 divisional events live on the IHRA family of websites.
"This is an exciting opportunity to improve the coverage of IHRA Sportsman Drag Racing. We tested this live coverage program during the 2013 season," said Jim Greenleaf, Summit Racing's Motorsports and Events manager. "The fans like it and racers and host tracks appreciate the attention. The IHRA has done a great job bringing everyone together to make this a reality. We are looking forward to an exciting season of IHRA Summit Racing Equipment Pro- Am Tour drag racing in 2014."
IHRA's Summit Pro-Am Tour will be broadcast live throughout 2014 - from the season-opener at Immokalee Regional Raceway January 31-February 2 through the Summit Racing Equipment World Finals at Memphis International Raceway in October. Results and championship showdowns from all six divisions spanning 12 states and three Canadian provinces will air on the IHRA websites.
"IHRA, Summit Racing Equipment and all of the host tracks on the Summit Pro-Am Tour formed a unique partnership to make this happen. The goal is to raise the prestige and awareness of the Summit Pro-Am Tour and all of the IHRA competitors who support it," said Scott Gardner, President of IHRA Motorsports. "This program is a first in the industry for class racers on this level and as usual, Summit Racing really wanted to lead the way, supporting the achievements of sportsman racers."
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The death of her father pushed Nnedi Okorafor to write "Who Fears Death," her latest novel.
"The opening scene in the book happened to me," she said. "That is an emotional look at a young girl attending her father's funeral. The book was therapy for me."
The dust jacket of "Who Fears Death" is illustrated with the image of a young woman profiled against a desert scene. Are those angel wings sprouting from her back? Look closer.
That's about all I will tell you, but the wings will give you a hint about what lies inside the pages of this sci-fi fantasy thriller.
This is the first adult novel of Okorafor and, although it is the comingof-age story of a young African girl, Oneyesunwu, there are enough grisly depictions to make it adults-only.
Horrific scenes of rape, genital mutilation and genocide are played out against the struggle of a young woman to create a world worth living in. Oneyesunwu's name was chosen carefully by her mother. It means "who fears death."
Oneyesunwu, a product of genocidal rape, is different — and not just in a physical sense — with lighter skin and facial characteristics that show her cross-tribal parentage. Her mother recognizes she is special in a magical way and destined to confront the genocidal holocaust of Africa.
In many ways the book, set sometime in the future, is an alternate gender-bender "Star Wars" with a female protagonist out to change a much grimmer world. It has a pure science-fiction quest mixed with large doses of magical realism.
The author admits she has written 15 unpublished novels. "This one was different," she said. "I felt it was dictated to me — it just came. It was as if I wanted to find out what happened next."
She said she had nightmares about some of the themes when she was editing them. However. one of her biggest fears about her newest book is her mother's reaction to some of the more explicit scenes in the book.
"She's reading it now," Okorafor said. "She hasn't said anything yet."
Okorafor is a writing professor at Chicago State University, a graduate of the University of Illinois and a graduate of Michigan State University's School of Journalism master's program. She is the daughter of Nigerianborn parents and has written two young adult novels, "Zahara the Windseeker" and "The Shadow Speaker." Although she settled into a writing career, that path wasn't always as clear-cut.
Okorafor said her time on the campus of MSU was one of her best experiences as a writer.
" The workshop introduced me to ( A f r i c a n - A m e r i c a n science-fiction writer) Octavia Butler and, while working on my masters, I did a lot of writing. I admitted to myself that I was a writer and came out of that closet."
At MSU she credits her discovery of the MSU Special Collections and the library's Africana Collection with influencing her writing, which complemented the African folk tales she heard from family members while growing up.
Okorafor's science fiction writing may have been strongly influenced by Octavia Butler, but her writing style and dark thematic approach are comparable to horror master Stephen King.
At MSU, she was pondering whether to pursue a career in journalism or literature. She had applied for both an internship with a Chicago daily newspaper and a slot in the prestigious Clarion Science-Fiction Workshop.
Then there was the bad news/good news. She was not chosen for the internship but was accepted for the workshop, which was being held in East Lansing at that time.
She said the workshop thrust her into the role of a writer, one she has fully embraced. As for journalism — there's no looking back.
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TUCSON, AZ - Kent State scored 11 first-inning runs and held off the University of Arizona baseball team the rest of the way en route to a 14-5 victory Saturday to even the three-game series at Hi Corbett Field.
The Golden Flashes jumped all over Arizona starter Tyler Crawford in the initial frame, chasing the lefty after he faced eight batters and recorded just one out. The initial opening onslaught continued against right-hander Nathan Bannister, who also retired just one of his seven batters faced, before lefty-hander Cody Moffett finally sent the Wildcats to bat in the bottom of the first.
The trio of hurlers threw 55 first-inning pitches in an inning that ultimately lasted 55 minutes when Arizona mounted a scoring threat of its own in the home half of the inning. However, Golden Flashes starter Nick Jensen-Clagg was able to retire Riley Moore on a fly out to strand a pair of Wildcats and preserve an 11-run lead that was more than enough for the win.
Kent State (1-1) was held to just one run in Friday's season-opener, but erupted for 11 first-inning runs, which were the most scored against Arizona in a single frame since Arizona State plated 13 in a victory in Tempe, Ariz., on April 29, 2009. The 14 total runs were the third-most scored against the Wildcats at Hi Corbett Field since moving into the ballpark two seasons ago.
Arizona's bullpen settled down after the first inning, as Moffett went on to pitch 3.1 innings with just one run allowed. Freshman Luke Soroko allowed only one run in 2.0 innings of work, while junior Mathew Troupe and freshman Morgan Earman combined to scatter three hits over 3.0 shutout innings.
First baseman Cody Koch paced the Golden Flashes offense with a 5-for-5 night at the plate, which included three runs batted in and a run scored. He also walked once.
Koch, the No. 5 hitter in the order, rounded out a top-half of the lineup that combined to hit 14-for-25 on the evening, with 10 runs scored and eight driven in. Three-hole hitter Alex Miklos tallied three hits and a pair of runs scored, while cleanup hitter Zarley Zalewski drove in four and scored twice on two base hits.
Crawford (L, 0-1), Arizona's Sunday starter the second half of last season, was charged with seven earned runs on five hits over his 0.1 inning. He hit two batters.
Jensen-Clagg did not factor into the decision since he pitched just 4.2 innings, but he limited the Wildcats to three runs on eight hits and three walks in his first start of the season.
In relief, Eric Lauer (W, 1-0) picked up the victory with 2.2 solid innings in which he surrendered a run on one hit. Andy Ravel recorded the final five outs of the game and allowed one run on three hits.
Arizona (1-1) scored single runs in the second, fourth and fifth innings, while adding two in the bottom of the eighth. However, the Wildcats were just 3-for-10 with runners in scoring position and left 13 runners on base.
Kevin Newman, named earlier this week to the USA Baseball Golden Spikes Award Watch List, shook off a hitless season debut with a 3-for-4 game Saturday. He drove in three of the team's five runs scored.
The rubber-match of the series is set for Sunday at noon at Hi Corbett Field.


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Captain's ReportA World-Class Offshore Race BoatIf you're in the market for the ultimate blend of performance, styling and bragging rights, then Fountain powerboats of North Carolina have something you should consider. The 42-foot Lightning currently holds the world speed record for v-bottom boats at an astonishing 140 plus miles per hour. Of course a full race rigged machine holds this record, however, you can get your hands on a recreational version of this boat and enjoy the experience of a world-class offshore race boat.It was a chilly morning on our test day; the temperature was hovering just above 50 degrees with a stiff wind of 10 to 15 knots. Perfect, for testing one of the longest and fastest sport boats that money can buy. Our test boat was powered by a pair of MerCruiser 550 horsepower supercharged EFI stern drives, also known as 575 Csi's. The power plants are staggered to provide a low center of gravity and great access to perform maintenance. The people at Fountain pay great attention to detail, as the engine compartment is one of the most meticulously prepared bays that I have seen. Every component and sub-system was in a proper place and neatly secured and easily accessible. Pulling in and out of the dock, I found the Lightning quite easy to handle considering her overall length of 42 feet. Underway, I was pleased to find her maneuvering abilities to be nimble and responsive. Getting the 10,000 pound boat on plane was much easier than I expected, she popped out of the hole with little effort. Trim and tab adjustments were a breeze as we accelerated to a cheek flapping 86 mph. During our aggressive testing regiment, I could not help but feel that all this fiberglass felt more like a thirty-something boat, as she gave a sense of refinement and forgiveness that I have not found in other long speed machines. I must say that the line of sight over the bow is excellent. If all this good feeling is not enough for you, then go below deck to find a spacious cabin that accommodates you and guests for over night trips. Access to the cabin is through a three-piece companionway door, and although the headroom is good, a single sliding door would be more inviting to use. Below deck, an enclosed head with shower is located to starboard. To port is a small galley, which incorporates a self-draining cooler, sink and ample storage cabinets. Leather couches are on both the port and starboard sides, and a large V-berth finishes off the over night accommodations. I found this boat to be very user friendly for the driver, and also for friends and family. A beam width swim platform with a recessed folding ladder make going for a dip easy, and the transom shower will help get the salt off after your swim. The 42 Lightning is an exciting high performance boat that will get you to your destination with style and speed. She's one boat that will keep everyone's attention from the time she leaves the dock, up until the last roar of her engines. By Capt. Ron SvobodaTest Captain
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- Top speed for the Fountain 42 Lightning with 525-hp MerCruiser is 88.0 mph (141.6 kph), burning 93.9 gallons per hour (gph) or 355.41 liters per hour (lph).
- Best cruise for the Fountain 42 Lightning with 525-hp MerCruiser is 40.2 mph (64.7 kph), and the boat gets 1.06 miles per gallon (mpg) or 0.45 kilometers per liter (kpl), giving the boat a cruising range of 248 miles (399.12 kilometers).
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It hasn't been an easy season for 13-year NBA veteran Brad Miller, who announced his impending retirement last month. He's only been averaging 9 minutes and 2.2 points per game with the Timberwolves. Nonetheless, in the final game of his career tonight, Miller tried to go out in style. After a couple of airballs in the first half, Miller finally nailed one last three-pointer in the fourth quarter, to the delight of an appreciative Target Center crowd.
Two minutes later, when Miller was subbed out for the final time, he broke down in tears on the bench. Godspeed, Brad Miller. Mostly, we'll miss the cornrows.


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The General Services Administration is getting serious about cutting paper use in federal offices, with its PrintWise program outlining steps for more efficient use of printers and toner. Of course, the government has gotten serious before about reducing paper use and overall wound up with more printing. So what's different this time?
GSA aims to save up to $330 million a year through steps such as setting printer defaults to black-and-white, draft-quality, double-sided printing; using toner-efficient fonts; and getting rid of unnecessary personal printers and not buying new ones.
All sound ideas, and part of GSA's plan to change what it calls "print/copy behavior." The Census Bureau has already netted savings with that approach.
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The paperless agency: Still just a dream in 2011?
But changing behavior means changing personal, as well as institutional, behavior, and that's always an uphill battle.
A recent study by CompTIA found that, even though a majority of businesses want to reduce paper use, about half expect to print more than they do now. A 2009 study of federal agencies commissioned by Lexmark and conducted by O'Keefe & Co., found that 92 percent of federal employees surveyed said their agencies don't need all the documents they print — and that 35 percent of printed documents get thrown out the same day they are printed. In all, the survey concluded that nearly $450 million worth of federal employee printing goes to waste.
Part of the problem is that printing something out is just too easy, double-sided and toner-friendly or not. Printing out a list, schedule or report makes for a handy reference right at your fingertips. And sometimes it's just force of habit — the Lexmark survey found that a lot of what gets printed sits in a printer basket without ever getting picked up. If you work in an office, you've probably seen the truth of this.
Getting rid of personal printers would no doubt curb the problem somewhat, but employees might need a little more incentive to break their habits. Fortunately, a couple of other trends in government work in favor of reducing printing: telework and mobile computing.
Telework presents a win-win strategy when it comes to printing. People working from home could have a government laptop or desktop, but let them use their own printer. It can have a revelatory effect on personal printing behavior.
When I worked primarily in the office, I, too, was a serial printer. I was not as bad as some, but I always found that printing out production schedules, calendars and the occasional report was the easy way to do things. But when I started telecommuting, I looked at my personal inkjet printer, added up the cost of those easily exhausted cartridges and, presto, I became Dr. Digital. All of my handy references suddenly lived on my laptop.
And it turned out that I wasn't really sacrificing convenience for the cost of a printer cartridge. Once you get used to working with electronic, rather than paper, references, it becomes just as easy, even preferable. And developing that new habit at home can carry over to the workplace. Now, even in the office, with access to the company's printers, I don't hit "Print."
That's just one example, of course, and circumstances vary, but it could be a start for some employees. Add a secure way to introduce tablets and other mobile devices, as the Veterans Affairs Department is doing, and this paperless thing might really catch on. GSA's PrintWise effort is laudable. Continuing to develop a mobile, teleworking mindset can only help.
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Well said! I think we can have a noticeable change if we move from paper based processes to digital ones. If we can have software that allows multiple users to collaborate on the same document, it will reduce paper consumption over a period of time. Also, workflows need to be digitized, so that people don't just print to get the documents stamped, signed etc. Document management systems can help achieve this, if implemented carefully. Solutions like Alfresco, Globodox etc. can help government departments as well as public sector companies achieve the efficiency levels that the private corporations are known to achieve.
Once I get a tablet, I can read magazines on the throne without getting paper copies.
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Pid is a creative, stylish, retro-flavored platforming adventure game designed to turn everything you know about 2D gameplay upside down. You play as a young boy that gets stranded on an old remote planet. He must fight off a variety of malicious robots bent on stopping him and befriend unlikely allies to shed light on a huge conspiracy that keeps the planet mesmerized and prevents him from ever reaching home.
The core feature in Pid allows players to manipulate a powerful force that can be used to maneuver around the levels in thousands of unique ways. In Pid, two players can experience the adventure together in co-op mode and help one another navigate tricky puzzles.
Also known as: Planet in Distress
Release Region: United States
Release Date: October 31, 2012
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Release Date: October 31, 2012
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Release Date: November 1, 2012
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As a hospital patient, something as simple as a hand to hold or a listening ear can help tremendously in the recovery process.
It's even more valuable if you can relate to that person culturally, like getting a visit from a hospital chaplain who speaks your native language.
Pardee Hospital has recognized this need with the addition of Pastor Alfredo Oviedo to its chaplaincy program.
"It's been very meaningful to have him here," says Alexis Versalle, assistant chaplain at Pardee. "I've seen people respond to him with great warmth and appreciation."
In having Oviedo at Pardee, the hospital aims to embrace the full breadth of ethnic communities in Henderson County.
The percentage of ethnic minorities in the county is comparable to the percentages found in Pardee's patient base — about 8 percent, according to Oviedo.
"It has changed our ministry," says Charles Kirby, the director of chaplaincy at Pardee, which employs two full-time chaplains. "We always knew there were areas we weren't addressing."
Kirby adds that they want the chaplains to be fully available to each patient, but sometimes it isn't possible because of language or cultural factors.
"It's a new learning curve for us," Kirby says. "We wanted to have someone who had the cultural sensitivity."
A native of Mexico, Oviedo has long been active in Hendersonville on numerous boards and with the Interfaith Chaplaincy Association.
Oviedo has also worked to form Iglesia Luterana Gracia, an outreach mission of Grace Lutheran Church that has been in formation since 2005.
At Pardee, Oviedo's task of ministering to those in recovery is his principal focus, regardless of their ethnicity, he says.
"Ethnicity and language become secondary as far as caring for people — and God caring for them — to the language of faith, and caring, and loving," Oviedo says. "It's an opportunity to show empathy and support, and to listen."
Four years ago, the Interfaith Chaplaincy Association advisory board recognized a need for a Hispanic chaplain at Pardee and wanted to pursue hiring a full-time chaplain for the hospital, but cost was an issue.
The proposal was nevertheless pursued about a year later, with feelers put out for candidates and mechanisms for fundraising started, Kirby says.
Donations from churches, individuals and community members enabled the advisory board to hire Oviedo as an assistant chaplain at Pardee in the fall of 2010.
"I was quite impressed by the high quality of care here," Oviedo says.
He works about 20 hours a week on a daily basis at the hospital, where he will scan the patient lists for unusual last names before starting a shift.
"I like interacting with people from different cultures," says Oviedo, who with the other chaplains wants to continually be sensitive to patients' faiths.
"The chaplain ministry is about crossing religious boundaries," Oviedo adds. "Now we are trying to be open to integrating cultures."
Though he was approached a couple of times in the past about ministering as a hospital chaplain, he felt uncertain about his abilities at first.
"It's an art," says Oviedo, who has been through specific training for this chaplaincy. "It's a sense of calling, from the heart, and you learn by doing."
Called into ministry at 15
Since he had his first sense of calling to pastoral ministry at age 15, Oviedo has been active within communities, integrating culture and religion.
After coming to live in the U.S. in 1989, Oviedo was valedictorian in the 1992 graduating class of the Hispanic Baptist Theological Seminary in San Antonio.
He was pastor at the Hispanic Baptist Ministry of the Carolina Baptist Association in Edneyville from 1993 to 2000 and has served on international volunteer missions in Mexico, Russia, the Dominican Republic and Costa Rica.
Oviedo has also been active since 2004 teaching in the religion and philosophy department at Shaw University CAPE Asheville.
He and his wife, Alejandrina, have four children and seven grandchildren.
On a typical day at Pardee, Oviedo might see as many as 120 patients.
With his gentle, soft-spoken demeanor and easy humor, it's not hard to see how a patient might feel instantly at ease with Oviedo.
A friendly, round face framed by glasses and full head of salt-and-pepper hair give him an air of comfort and approachability.
"I see my role more integral to all hospital needs — for both English- and Spanish-speaking people," Oviedo says. "We see it as a multicultural ministry, but especially to those that are Hispanic."
According to Kirby, Pardee's board of directors had a dream that the Hispanic ministry would happen.
"What we've discovered with Alfredo being here are things we hadn't dreamed of," Kirby says. "We have noticed that people have sought him out."
Specifically, members of the hospital's housekeeping staff have approached him for assistance in dealing with immigration issues, such as renewing a green card.
"It's an aspect of ministry, because there's a need," Oviedo says. "It's a simple procedure."
Latino chaplain fills a cultural void in Pardee's ministry
As a hospital patient, something as simple as a hand to hold or a listening ear can help tremendously in the recovery process.


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Watching Aristotle do stand-up is entertaining, impressive, and a wee bit alarming. With some strangely intelligent insight, an array of absurd characters and loads of impressive physicality, there is never a dull moment while he graces the stage. Aristotle is the winner of The 2010 Broward Holiday Comedy Festival, The 2011 David Stebbins Comedy Contest and the 2011 South Florida Halloween Comedy Festival. He participated in Rooftop Comedy's National College Comedy Competition sponsored by TBS and was named one of Florida's rising stars in the inaugural Florida's Funniest Comedian Contest. Aristotle's unique style has proven that creative comedy still exists and that people laugh at weird things.
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The most powerful and prestigious soccer leagues in the world have stopped at 20. From a huge country like Brazil to a relatively small one like England, 20 clubs seem to be the limit for even the strongest circuits. Whether it's to keep the number of games manageable, maintain the depth of the talent pool or simply a trend, 20 has become the standard.
MLS president Mark Abbott, for the time being, seems to be content with 20, too, raising the bar significantly for those markets or investors keen to join the league. While other major American pro sports leagues have expanded to 30 teams and beyond, Abbott told Sporting News that 20 is suitable for MLS.
The Montreal Impact will ascend from the second-division NASL to become club No. 19 next year, while MLS has targeted New York City as the site for No. 20.
"Our focus right now is the 20th team in New York and we have not yet set a timeline for expansion beyond that, or even (determined) if we're going to expand beyond that," Abbott said. "There's no place we need to be. Even at the size we are, we have a tremendous national footprint and are at the size that soccer leagues typically are. We feel good about the size we're at. Other markets could be very successful as MLS markets, but (expanding beyond 20) wouldn't be out of need. We don't need to grow beyond where we are."
The league's growth has been explosive. Following the 2001 season (its sixth) MLS contracted the clubs in Tampa and South Florida, cutting membership to 10 teams. It climbed to 12 in 2005, with six more coming aboard over the next six years, including the Portland Timbers in 2011.
Meanwhile, the league continues to tinker with its player acquisition rules and give teams increasing leeway to determine how much money they want to spend and to determine their player development and acquisition priorities. The average MLS player salary has risen 81.5 percent since 2006.
It's a lot to handle, and the changes may be enough for MLS executives to conclude that it's time to let everything settle in for a few years. Commissioner Don Garber has said on several occasions that he is tired of the annual changes in schedule and competition format, and that establishing consistency and stability is crucial.
That puts cities, supporter groups and minor league clubs hoping to play in MLS on the furthest of back burners.
The competition for the New York City team will command the headlines over the next couple of years. While the New York Cosmos appear to be the frontrunner thanks to a branding blitz that landed the organization an exhibition against Manchester United last month, both MLS and the Cosmos confirmed that there are other interested bidders.
"It's not just the Cosmos. All you guys think it's the Cosmos that are going to be buying that team when they get a stadium. They're one of many ownership groups," Garber said at July's All-Star Game at Red Bull Arena, just across the Hudson River from New York.
And getting that stadium is no easy task. Cosmos vice chairman Terry Byrne told Sporting News in late June that his group has narrowed the number of potential sites to four, and that while the Cosmos have the financial resources to get it done, several hurdles remain.
"On a level of 1 to 10, we're at a 4—10 being in the MLS, a stadium, up and running with an all-singing, all-dancing team. I think we're just about to hit 4," Byrne said, adding that he expects to make significant progress over the next couple of months.
Not even a team that played Manchester United is a shoo-in.
The expansion bar already had been set higher by MLS. Portland, Montreal and the Seattle Sounders had a long tradition of minor league success and support. Philadelphia Union fans showed up en masse to league events before the franchise was even awarded. To enter MLS in the near future, considering its satisfaction with 20, would take an exceptionally special case. There would need to be a wealthy ownership group in place (the expansion fee alone could approach $100 million), a stadium plan (preferably soccer-specific) and a proven level of support.
Minnesota Vikings owner Zygi Wilf has said he's interested in an MLS team if he's successful in securing a new stadium for his NFL team. A developer named Christopher Milam was given permission to conduct feasibility and design studies for a stadium complex in Henderson, Nev., several miles south of Las Vegas. The plan includes a 25,000-seat soccer facility.
Orlando is going the minor league route. A little more than a week ago, Orlando City won the USL Pro (third division) championship before more than 11,000 fans at the Citrus Bowl. Drawing five figures to a game two tiers below MLS is something that City co-owner Phil Rawlins hopes will earn respect at MLS headquarters.
"Don Garber's going to have no shortage of applications crossing his desk from all sorts of different areas," Rawlins said, mentioning Atlanta and Miami as other interested markets. MLS lacks a team in the southeast U.S. and has spoken to groups in all three cities.
"We've met with Garber and Abbott and they've laid out a road map for expansion. It's going to come down to the right ownership group, the right fan base, the right TV marketplace with the right exposure for them," Rawlins said.
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The National Institute of Standards and Technology's draft publication SP 800-168, Approximate Matching: Definition and Terminology, provides a description of approximate matching and includes requirements and considerations for testing.
Approximate matching is a technique designed to identify similarities between two digital artifacts or arbitrary byte sequences such as a file.
A similarity between two artifacts is determined by a particular approximate matching algorithm. One process the technology uses to find these similarities is resemblance. In this method, two similarly sized objects are compared and searched for common traits. For example, successive versions of a piece of code are likely to share many similarities.
A second way approximate matching measures similarities is containment. This method examines two different sized objects and determines whether the smaller one is inside the larger one, such as a file and a whole-disk image.
This technology is very useful for security monitoring and forensic analysis by filtering data. It provides a result from a range of outcomes [0, 1], which are interpreted as a level of similarity. The reliability of a result is assessed by the robustness of the algorithm, its precision, and whether the algorithm includes security properties designed to prevent attacks, as the manipulation of the matching technique.
A public comment period on Special Publication 800-168 begins on Jan. 27, 2014, and runs through March 21, 2014. Comments can be sent to email@example.com with "Comments on SP 800-168" on the subject line.
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First, I offer a suggestion to expand the domains of utility. The domain of utility can be expanded to include the detection of unauthorized use or reuse of proprietary information, copyrighted material, and trade secrets. Here the fragment detection use case would be especially applicable. Here the type of similarity expected may be either resemblance or containment.
Second, I offer the suggestion to expand the universe of deep detection by employing Carnegie Mellon University's Function Extraction (FX) methods to reveal intended functions that may then be subject to approximate matching algorithms to determine similarity or identity.
Third, I offer the suggestion to expend the universe of deep semantics through cognitive computing, for example, IBM Watson.
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Easy Listening music, or "Muzak" with a 60's feel that would suit background music for a supermarket, elevator or telephone call, especially in a comic production. It can also be used as an easy listening track in its own right.
Two versions are included: a normal full quality one and one with a high treble and low bass EQ to simulate the sound of a small speaker. Both version are 1:34 in length.
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Physical Address:South Mountain State Battlefield6620 Zittlestown RoadMiddletown MD 21769
Mailing Address:c/o Greenbrier State Park21843 National PikeBoonsboro MD 21713
8 a.m. to Sunset
Certain activities are permitted outside of the regular park hours. Please check with the park before your visit if you plan to engage in an activity which requires you to be in the park before or after the posted hours.
Pets are allowed in South Mountain State Battlefield.
South Mountain State Battlefield seeks to preserve and interpret the first major Civil War battle to take place in Maryland. Fought on September 14, 1862, the Battle of South Mountain was a critical turning point in the American Civil War. The Union victories at South Mountain and Antietam (fought three days later) led President Abraham Lincoln to issue the Emancipation Proclamation.
The state battlefield, located along the gaps of South Mountain, includes valuable farm and forestland, and is home to diverse wildlife. Only here does the Appalachian National Scenic Trail intersect a major Civil War battlefield.
South Mountain Battlefield is on the National Register of Historic Places, recognizing its historical significance in American history. The National Park Service, which administers the official federal list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects significant in American history, architecture, archeology, engineering and culture, confirmed the Battlefield's application in January 2011.
National Register of Historic Places applications submitted for South Mountain Battlefield can be viewed in detail below:
Riding on a string of victories, General Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia invaded Maryland on September 4, 1862. Lee hoped to take the Civil War into the Union, where a victory might persuade neutral Great Britain and France to side with the South, and convince war-weary Northerners to sue for peace. In short, a victory in the North might have secured Southern independence.
The Confederate invasion went well at first. Lee's army occupied Frederick, Maryland, then moved into Washington County towards Hagerstown. Union General George B. McClellan's Army of the Potomac, however, left its fortifications around Washington, D.C. and pursued Lee's army faster than expected. Then on September 13th a copy of Lee's battle plans fell into Union hands. McClellan now knew that Lee had divided his army, sending part of it to capture Harpers Ferry, leaving only a few regiments to guard the South Mountain Gaps. This set the stage for the campaign's turning point: the Battle of South Mountain.
Fought on September 14th, the Battle of South Mountain took place on three gaps. The northern gaps (Turner's and Fox's) are clustered around the National Pike (present-day Alternate U.S. 40). Crampton's Gap is six miles to the south at present-day Gathland State Park. Advancing from the east, the Union troops sought to cross South Mountain, and destroy Lee's dispersed army. Preventing this were a few Southern regiments on the mountain gaps. The battle for the northern gaps involved two waves of Union attacks. The first wave hit Fox's Gap at 9 am, while the second wave hit both gaps simultaneously in the early afternoon. The Union attacked Crampton's Gap in the late afternoon.
The battle forced Lee to abandon his invasion plans and go on the defensive. However, the Union's failure to muster a full-scale attack in the morning allowed the Confederates to bring up reinforcements. The defenders bought time for Lee to reassemble his dispersed army, setting the stage for the Battle of Antietam, fought three days later.
The Battle of Antietam, the bloodiest one-day battle in American History, forced Lee to retreat back to Virginia. It also provided President Abraham Lincoln with the opportunity to issue the Emancipation Proclamation, which ultimately led to the abolishment of slavery in the United States.
Total casualties for the Battle of South Mountain were about 6,100 killed, wounded, and missing. For many of these men the South Mountain is their last battlefield. The battlefield serves as a shrine to the memory of those who fought and died here in 1862. Assistance is needed to prevent encroaching development from forever snuffing out this unique landscape.
More detailed description of South Mountain State Battlefield.
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The Battlefield holds annual events that interpret the Battle of South Mountain. Some of these events feature living history. The Maryland Park Service maintains strict guidelines for the use of historic weapons. All re-enactors and interpreters are expected to adhere to the Maryland Park Service Standards For Historic Weapons Use.
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It's a grueling time of the year for the Pine Bush swimming and diving team, which has spent much of its Christmas vacation in the pool during daily six-hour practices.
It's a grueling time of the year for the Pine Bush swimming and diving team, which has spent much of its Christmas vacation in the pool during daily six-hour practices.
The swimmers, however, aren't complaining. It's a group that loves being together not only for the competition and camaraderie developed in these practices, but for the opportunity they have to offer one of their teammates support at a tough time.
One of the swimmers on the team — Pine Bush head coach Kevin Blackwell and swimmers contacted for this story declined to give a name out of respect for the family — recently learned that his mother had been diagnosed with breast cancer.
As soon as Blackwell and team captains Tyler Alexander and Stephen Lowe heard the news, they decided they needed to do something to show how much they cared.
"When this first came across, I was thinking of a way of something we could do and I talked to my coach," Alexander said. "A nice idea we could do is to all wear these pink bandanas, so we bought them online and we wear them on our left bicep at meets, at school, on the pool deck.
"It's just symbolizing that we all stick together when somebody's down. We're there to pull them up. We have each other's backs."
"We're all really good friends," Lowe said, "but we're more than that. We're family on the Pine Bush swim team. This just adds to the things that we do together."
The swimmers also believe that this sense of togetherness is a big part of their success in the pool. Pine Bush has won four consecutive OCIAA and Section 9 meet titles. The Bushmen did so last season with just one first-place finisher at those meets, diver Matt Salle.
"We may not have the fastest team in the league this year, but I think we have one of the tightest and the strongest," Blackwell said. "I'm proud enough of that."
This year, Pine Bush is one of three teams still undefeated in OCIAA dual meets, but it does not have any swimmer or diver ranked among the top two in Section 9 in any event. Tyler Alexander (200 freestyle), Jake Borkowski (100 butterfly and 100 backstroke) and Milo Licata (diving, six-dive scores) are all ranked third in their respective events.
The 2012-13 season is shaping up to be another strong campaign for the Pine Bush swim team, but Blackwell is most pleased that his swimmers found a way, even if only symbolic in the form of a pink bandana, to support one of their teammates in a time of need.
"The team is always, well, we've always been very family-oriented," Alexander said. "We always have each other's backs. I always say when somebody asks me how we are, I tell them that I have 32 brothers."
"It's a sign that when something happens to one person on the team, it happens to everybody on the team," said Blackwell. "That's really, of all things, what I'm most proud of. You could take away any of the championship banners, but the fact that we were able to build that amongst these boys, that they feel this responsible for each other and that close to each other, I'm more proud of that than any meet we've won. That's for sure."


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ARCADIA >> Ria Antonia turned a bump into its biggest horse racing victory in the $2 million Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies race on Saturday afternoon at Santa Anita.
The longshot, ridden by Javier Castellano, was bumped by leading She's A Tiger, ridden by Gary Stevens, down the stretch. After a five-minute inquiry, She's A Tiger, which led the entire 1 1/16 miles, was disqualified.
"The first thing Javier said to me," trainer Jeremiah Englehart said, was that he got bothered. "He said she bothered us enough."
Ria Antonia was well behind She's A Tiger, but the Jeff Bonde-trained horse began fading. He drifted out into Ria Antonia's path.
"I thought at 29-1 she would probably fade at some point," Englehart said. "When I realized she could win the race I thought to keep your clothes on, act professional."
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World Council's Philippines Relief Fund Raises Over US$260,000
March 14, 2014
MADISON, Wis. — Nearly four months after Super Typhoon Haiyan destroyed communities throughout the Philippines, local credit unions have begun rebuilding their offices while thousands of credit union members struggle to access basic financial services.
Immediately following the country's most powerful and deadliest natural disaster, the Worldwide Foundation for Credit Unions—World Council's fundraising arm—activated a campaign that raised over US$260,000 from the global credit union community. Through the Foundation's reconstruction grant, VICTO National Co-operative Federation and Development Center will coordinate the rebuilding of nine associated credit unions and their branches that were significantly damaged in the Eastern Visayas region—the Nov. 8 typhoon's worst-hit area. Funds will finance the purchase of rebuilding materials and institutional-capacity items such as office equipment, generators, computers and furniture.
"Thanks to partners like CUNA Mutual Group, Credit Union Foundation Australia and the Irish League of Credit Union's International Development Foundation, as well as contributing credit unions and individuals worldwide, World Council will reignite financial services for over 240,800 credit union members in an effort to help strengthen resiliency during this difficult time," said Brian Branch, World Council president and CEO.
World Council has led relief and rebuilding efforts for past international disasters including the 2006 Philippines landslide in Leyte, after which the Foundation's relief efforts supported the administration of small microloans to help credit union members and employees rebuild their homes and businesses. World Council's technical services team, including Peter Graves, senior vice president; and Luis Sasuman, consultant and former World Council employee, will monitor Typhoon Haiyan's reconstruction efforts.According to World Council's 2012 Statistical Report, there are 1,320 credit unions in the Philippines serving 4.3 million members. To support World Council's general relief efforts, donate online today at www.woccu.org/give.
World Council of Credit Unions is the global trade association and development platform for credit unions. World Council promotes the sustainable development of credit unions and other financial cooperatives around the world to empower people through access to high quality and affordable financial services. World Council advocates on behalf of the global credit union system before international organizations and works with national governments to improve legislation and regulation. Its technical assistance programs introduce new tools and technologies to strengthen credit unions' financial performance and increase their outreach.
World Council has implemented 300+ technical assistance programs in 89 countries. Worldwide, 89,026 credit unions in 117 countries serve 260 million people. Learn more about World Council's impact around the world at www.woccu.org.


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freenx (Free implementation of the NX Server)
Freenx is an application/thin-client server based on nx technology.
NoMachine nx is the next-generation X compression and roundtrip suppression
scheme. It can operate remote X11 sessions over 56k modem dialup links or
anything better. This package contains a free (GPL) implementation of the
nxserver component.
Because a nx user with some default settings is needed for the server to
build, a script, preinstall.sh, is provided to be executed (sh preinstall.sh)
before running the slackbuild: it's pretty straightforward in his functions,
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Ruins of Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula
Apocalypse when? The Maya, known for their tall pyramids, epic ballgames and human sacrifices, once dominated the Mexican state of Yucatán. These days, the area makes a fascinating destination for a photographer, with pre-Columbian and colonial architecture, eerily lighted underground pools and jungle landscapes. It's also one of the safest states in Mexico -- unless, of course, you believe the profiteers selling the idea that the Mayas predicted an end to everything on Dec. 21, 2012.
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The first half ended with a sense of impending opportunity lost.
This was the Clippers versus the Cleveland Cavaliers. It was also the NBA in November, which has a history and significance of entertainment value along the lines of the horseshoe playoffs at the local senior center.
In the NBA, they play 82 games for the right to qualify for about 50 more. Drama starts in mid-February. By then, the traveling troubadours of Commissioner David Stern can start to see the light at the end of the tunnel. Also, additional wads of cash. They all say they play for the ring and they all cash the playoff checks.
History also tells us that the Clippers versus the Cavaliers on a Monday night is as good an excuse as any to stay home and help the kids with the homework.


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On paper it sounds unbearably precious and solipsistic � a clich�, even. Middle-class, college-educated white girl in her mid-20s wanders around New York City with no real home, job or purpose. She has no idea where she�s going or what she�s doing, and as she struggles to find herself, she ends up even more lost.
But as it turns out, �Frances Ha� is absolutely charming: funny, sad, cringe-inducing and heartbreaking but, above all, brimming with authenticity, thanks in large part to a winning star turn from indie darling Greta Gerwig. This is a great showcase for Gerwig�s abiding naturalism; not a single moment from her feels cutesy, self-conscious or false.
She and director Noah Baumbach, who worked together on the 2010 comedy �Greenberg,� co-wrote the script, creating a sense of realism through a series of absurd moments. Frances is goofy and guileless, awkward and affectionate but clearly decent-hearted to the core, which only makes her misadventures more agonizing and makes you root harder for her to find true happiness.
Baumbach, whose previous films include the subtle, brilliantly observant �The Squid and the Whale,� borrows from a couple different sources here: the chatty, cultured New York epitomized by 1970s Woody Allen films and the black-and-white intimacy and restless youth of the French New Wave. But there�s a timelessness to this story and a universality: that state of uncertainty between the optimism of college and the responsibility of adulthood.
Frances is having a harder time forging a path between those two points than her best friend and roommate, Sophie (a grounded Mickey Sumner, Sting�s daughter), who works at a publishing house and has a serious boyfriend. At age 27, Frances is still an apprentice in a dance company, which barely pays the rent. When Sophie moves out of their Brooklyn apartment to live in her dream neighborhood of Tribeca (this movie it dead-on in its vivid sense of place) Frances finds herself hopping between couches and friends. Among them are a couple of artists/trust-fund kids (Adam Driver and Michael Zegen) and a fellow dancer (Grace Gummer) who�s clearly reluctant to take her in.
On a lark, Frances takes a weekend jaunt she can�t afford to Paris, which Baumbach strips of all its usual romance; she can�t even do something traditional like this correctly, but her trip is appealing in its messiness. But what�s so great about her is that after each setback, she picks herself up again. Call it stubbornness or delusion, she is determined to be her flawed self at all times; Gerwig makes us fall in love with this seemingly mundane figure by revealing all her shades, all her humanity.
Nothing really happens in �Frances Ha� and yet the film takes us on an emotional journey. If there�s a misstep, it�s in the rushed romance between Sophie and her preppy financier boyfriend, which sets the story in motion but is never really believable. Eventually, though, Frances� search leads her to a final moment that�s so simple and surprisingly lovely, it sneaks up on you with its emotional impact.
It may not be a conclusion, exactly, but rather more of a beginning. There�s hope for her yet.


text: Michael Cart on Reading with Your Ears Eileen O'SheaFeb 12, 2010 In this podcast, Infopeople's book guy takes a look at the world of audio and other multmedia-type books. From Simon & Schuster's "vooks" to Playaway audio books, it's a brave new world of listening (and reading) out there. Is print dead? You decide (with some help maybe, from Michael!). [more]


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Music industry interest groups, including the Recording Industry Association of American (RIAA) and the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI), are privately considering an anti-trust lawsuit against Google, according to an internal document obtained by Handelszeitung and TorrentFreak. While Google has worked with the music industry over the past year, these organizations do not believe the search giant is doing enough to stop sending traffic to piracy sites, like The Pirate Bay.
According to Handelszeitung, the IFPI's legal team, along with the RIAA, are continuing to negotiate with Google "to obtain better anti-privacy cooperation in various areas." Specifically, Google has provided these groups with a special search tool that allows them flag allegedly infringing sites en masse. Between August and December of last year, IFPI found a total of 460,000 allegedly infringing sites, which included blogs on the Google-owned Blogger network. Hundreds of such blogs were reportedly shut down at the request of IFPI. In total, Google says it removed 5 million copyright infringing links from its search results.
Despite Google's willingness to cooperate, IFPI wants more to be done. Specifically, it wants Google to rank "legal" music sites higher than sites that engage in copyright infringement..
"Google continues to fail to prioritize legal music sites over illegal sites in search results, claiming that its algorithm for search results is based on the relevance of sites to consumers," reads the document.
It continues: "With a view to addressing this failure, IFPI obtained a highly confidential and preliminary legal opinion in July 2011 on the possibility of bringing a competition law complaint against Google for abuse of its dominant position, given the distortion of the market for legitimate online music that is likely to result from Google's prioritizing of illegal sites."
This stance — that legal music sites should outrank illegal sites — is something the industry has pushed for repeatedly.
For those of you who payed close attention to the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), you'll remember that the legislation sought to require Google and other search engines to strip allegedly infringing sites from its search results. With SOPA currently off the table, the RIAA and IFPI last month released a "Voluntary Code of Practice" for search engines, asking them to do exactly that by their own accord.
Because Google is such an omnipresent gateway to much of the Web's content, it's no surprise that the music industry sees the company as a major obstacle in its crusade to rid the Web of file-sharing. And, obviously, Google is doing its best to not be seen as more of a threat than it already is. But if a lawsuit does come forth, the decision will have wide implications for the balance of power in this everlasting battle over intellectual property regulations.


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Starting immediately, Cushing Memorial Hospital in Leavenworth will be known as Saint Luke's Cushing Hospital, hospital officials said Tuesday.
Starting immediately, Cushing Memorial Hospital in Leavenworth will be known as Saint Luke's Cushing Hospital, hospital officials said Tuesday.
The name change was approved during the June meeting of the Saint Luke's Health System Board, according to Adele Ducharme, the chief executive officer of Saint Luke's Cushing. Announced to employees July 1, she said the change accompanies the public announcement of a five-year, $20 million reinvestment in the hospital that was founded here in 1894.
"It started out with a meeting we had with community stakeholders," Ducharme said of the name change, a process that began about six months ago.
She said there appeared to be an unawareness in the public of Cushing's alignment with Saint Luke's, a system which owns not-for-profit hospitals throughout the Kansas City metropolitan area. Other community groups seemed supportive of making the connection more concrete. Ducharme, however, said it was also crucial to continue recognizing the roots of the facility.
"We know that Harriet Cushing and her history here is something important that we should honor," she said.
The multi-million reinvestment plan for the hospital, however, has been in the works for much longer, with the system board approving the plan in December 2012. Over the course of five years, she said the system plans to make about $20 million worth of improvements and expansions to the current Cushing campus, located at 711 Marshall St. in Leavenworth.
"It's a very exciting time because it is an opportunity to look at what we're doing and decide where we want to go with our services," she said.
Some of the changes that arose from that process are already being made. Ducharme said the decision by Saint John Hospital last year to discontinue birth services necessitated Saint Luke's expand Cushing's maternity ward from five to eight beds ahead of schedule. That expansion is nearly complete, she said. The facility is also scheduled for some less high-profile infrastructure work later this year ― new HVAC units, electrical and parking lot improvements.
As soon as 2014, Ducharme said, Cushing could be seeing some major changes. First will be remodeling the hospital's second floor, then moving the intensive care unit to that floor and making room for an expansion of the facility's emergency room. Improvements to the Cushing Medical Plaza building will expand outpatient capacity, an "extensive" renovation to the medical-surgery unit that will result in private rooms and bathrooms for each patient and a"general update" to the hospital, including in patient areas.
From the name change to the announcement of the improvement efforts, Ducharme said those inside of hospital operations seem to support the changes.
"It was all very positive. I brought the employees together on the (July 1) and they literally applauded because they were so happy," she said, to see the hospital embrace its connection with Saint Luke's. "When you come to Cushing, you get the same quality of services that you get up north, on the Plaza. This is a way that we can make that connection stronger for the public."


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Diving the Cape Peninsula and False Bay/Long Beach Simon's Town
The dive site Long Beach (Simon's Town)is one of the most poular sites in the Simon's Town area on the False bay coast of the cape Peninsula, near Cape Town in the Western Cape province of South Africa. Information is provided which may assist in planning Recreational and Research Scuba diving at this site, and links to photographs of marine organisms that have been found there.
At first glance bland, but careful investigation will reveal interesting and varied life. A surprising variety of fish not commonly found in the region has been sighted here on odd occasions. The place to go when conditions are bad elsewhere. Very popular training site, and great for getting new equipment configurations sorted out
Name "Long Beach"Named for the long stretch of sandy beach.
S34°11.239' E018°25.574' (at the "Slipway" shown on the SAN chart). Behind the Simon's Town railway station.
This is in a Marine Protected Area (2009)
Easy shore access in most conditions. Beach entry to gently shelving sand bottom. Park at parking lot between Simon's Town Station and beach. Turn east off the M4 into (road name) just to the south of the station.
Entry and exit at any point on the beach to the north of the fence at the southern end, which is the border to naval territory. the beach is uniformly shallow shelving sand without reef or other obstacles, and the surf will be trivial in all conditions when it is worth diving.
The parking lot is tarred and generally adequate. There are public toilets and changing rooms of variable condition (frequently vandalised, sporadically maintained, sometimes closed) and fresh water showers which have on occasion been disabled by sawing the handles off the taps.
the site is very well sheltered from Westerly winds and swell, and fairly well sheltered from South Easterlies. Almost always diveable, so popular as a training site and for night dives. The place to go when everywhere else is a mess and you really want to dive. The site is usually at it's best in winter when the wind is not from the east.
Conditions will probably be unsuitable during strong south easterly winds, which mostly occur in summer.
The bottom shelves gradually down from the shore to a depth of 18m at the Simon's Town Harbour mouth, 5m is reasonably close inshore, and about 9m at the maximum distance that the average diver is likely to swim.
The bottom is fine sand and mud, with small patches of coarse shelly sand
Flat sand bottom with occasional lumps of growth on loose rocks, wreckage and other artifacts. There is a pipeline perpendicular to the shoreline near the wall at the south end of the beach, which is visible in the aerial photo, and a wreck of a small steel barge just north of this pipeline. Further south is an obstruction shown on the chart, which is the wreckage of a tubular steel structure and some large concrete footings, possibly the remains of a jetty. Assorted artefacts are strewn randomly around the bay, as a result of centuries of mooring and occasional wreckings. Most are junk, but there will be objects of archaeological value which should not be disturbed. There is the bottom of a wooden yacht hull 220m north east of the barge bearing 057°magnetic. The bottom appears to be copper sheathed and most of the timber has rotted away. The wreck is about 11m long, 2m wide and 1m high, and the bow points towards 160° magnetic. Another wreck at S34°11.172' E018°25.652' is the remains of twin screw wooden launch, Some bottom structure remains including keel bolts and stern tubes, There are also assorted mooring blocks and chains, some of them probably quite old, and usually heavily encrusted.
To the east is the wreck of a ferroconcrete yacht, which is about 170m bearing 109° magnetic from the seaward end of the pipeline.
The bay is home to the False Bay Yacht Club, so not all boats will give audible warning of their approach. Being hit by the keel of a yacht is to be avoided.
Skill level
No special skills required. The site is popular for training exercises and night dives, and is recommended as a site to test out new equipment configurations. It may be classed as confined water for some purposes.
The side produces occasional surprises. If you have a camera with you, you get to take the photos.
There are few landmarks, and though it is difficult to actually get lost, a compass is a convenience for keeping some idea of where you are. If you plan to go far from the beach it may be advisable to tow an SMB to let boats know where you are, or at least carry a DSMB in case you need to surface far offshore.
Marine life
Quite a lot to see on the barge wreck. Little clumps of sessile growth based on the pipeline, red bait, other wreckage and debris, and loose rocks, mostly less than 0.5m diameter. There are extensive areas of sand with weed in the deeper water, some of it attached to the bottom, but a lot apparently loose. In some places there are beds of strap caulerpa, and where red-bait has rooted itself in the sand, little clumps of other organisms gather, including large numbers of Common feather stars. Large numbers of the Warty pleurobranch and Sand slug wander around, and at times there are quite a lot of sea hares. A wide variety of fish have been seen at this site, including several not normally found in the Western Cape. Seals are fairly common, and whales also occasionally come into the bay and have been seen during dives.
Suggested Routes
Most dives at this site include the barge, and many are more or less at random, or a circuit of some kind based on compass course, as the landmarks are fairly far apart.
1. Compass navigation trail: If you fancy your navigation skills, try this route (see also photo above):
2. A somewhat shorter route for the less experienced or those with less air available:
3. Ferro concrete yacht wreck. Swim to the seaward end of the pipeline, then 170m bearing 109° magnetic. Return on reciprocal bearing, which will take you all the way to the beach.
Calibration leg for distance: To calibrate kick counts swim along the outer pipeline which is 52m long and record the number of kicks required. Swim back and record the number of kicks for the return leg. This should be the same or very similar. Add the two and divide by total distance of 104m to get your distance per kick count. This will vary depending on your speed, trim, posture, equipment, and style of finning, so try to be consistent and fin at a reasonable speed that you will be able to maintain for the longest leg which is about 170m. If in doubt, or for your own information, try swimming the calibration leg at different speeds to see what difference it makes. Do not expect great precision, but you should be able to get consistency within 10% with a little practice. To find the outer pipeline section, start as for the navigation route and find the inner pipeline section and follow it to the west end. Swim about 11m at 095° magnetic to the start of the outer section of pipeline. If you have no idea of your kick distance, work on about one kick count of both feet to the metre and at the end of 11 counts the outer pipeline should be visible. If not, continue for another 5 counts and look again.
Views of the site from the shore.
Back to Dive sites of the Cape Peninsula and False Bay


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Thursday, October 19, 2017 1:00 PM - 12:00 AM
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In the wake of the sexual revolution and the rise of the women's movement, the 1973 tennismatch between women's World #1 Billie Jean King (Emma Stone) and ex-men's-champ and serial hustler Bobby Riggs (Steve Carell) was billed as the BATTLE OF THE SEXES and became one of the most watched televised sports events of all time, reaching 90 million viewers around the world. As the rivalry between King and Riggs kicked into high gear, off-court each was fighting more personal and complex battles. The fiercely private King was not only championing for equality, but also struggling to come to terms with her own sexuality, as her friendship with Marilyn Barnett (Andrea Riseborough) developed. And Riggs, one of the first self-made media-age celebrities, wrestled with his gambling demons, at the expense of his family and wife Priscilla (Elisabeth Shue). Together, Billie and Bobby served up a cultural spectacle that resonated far beyond the tennis court, sparking discussions in bedrooms and boardrooms that continue to reverberate today.
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What do Scott Disick, Dean McDermott and Rodger Berman of Bravo's The Rachel Zoe Project have in common? They all celebrated the impending birth of their baby with a dadchelor party. Robert Nickell, CEO of Daddy Scrubs, an apparel company dedicated to dads-to-be, says, "Once the baby comes, the family shuts down while the new baby gets through the 'fourth trimester.'" Translation: pre-delivery party. Dadchelor activities include typical dude-centric diversions: drinking, golfing and skeet shooting (see McDermott's party). Unlike its premarital sibling, the dadchelor party is more calm before the storm than Category 5 hurricane.
Nineteen percent of moms say they'd be OK if their hubby had a dadchelor party, according to a recent poll on Facebook. Many of the moms we heard from are proponents of the coed shower. "There's no reason to leave men out of baby showers," says Jessica H. on Facebook, "unless you plan to leave them out of the baby raising." We'll toast—or golf, or shoot skeet—to that!
Did you have a co-ed baby shower, or did you husband have a dadchelor party?


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Laboratoire is a fashion label and a shop based in Lausanne, Switzerland.
Labo clothes are lively and pleasent and comfortable to wear everyday.
The brand is present in selected designer shops in Switzerland.
Laboratoire creates all its designs and prototypes in Lausanne and is producing small series (around 10 pieces) in three different workshops in Switzerland and abroad whose working conditions are ethical.
Laboratoire | Rue Mercerie 16, 1003 Lausanne, Switzerland


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- Daft Punk "Around the World" vs. Young MC "Bust A Move"
- Daft Punk "Da Funk" vs. NASA "Strange Enough ft. Karen O, ODB and Fatlip"
- Daft Punk "Da Funk" vs. Queen "Another One Bites the Dust"
- Daft Punk "Robot Rock" vs. Hashim "Al-Naafiysh (The Soul)"
- Daft Punk "Robot Rock" vs. Queen "We Will Rock You"
- Daft Punk "Short Circuit" vs. Boogie Down Productions "Jack Of Spades"
- Daft Punk "Technologic" vs. Gary Numan "Cars"
- Daft Punk "Television Rules The Nation" vs. No Doubt "Hella Good"
Tyler says: Fresh off my DJ Hero preview, this is good news to me. For one, I love Daft Punk, and two, my favorite song on the DJ Hero preview was the electronica mash-up of Benny Benassi's "Satisfaction" vs. Black Eyed Peas' "Boom Boom Pow." Sadly, my favorite Daft Punk song, "One More Time" isn't included in the list of confirmed tracks. Oh well, give me the Daft Punk helmets for my Xbox 360 avatar and we'll call it even.


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Indian panel pushes new laws for women's safety
NEW DELHI: An Indian government panel recommended on Wednesday the strict enforcement of sexual assault laws, a commitment for speedy rape trials and changes to the country's antiquated penal code to protect women in the wake of a fatal gang rape in New Delhi last month.
The three-member panel received more than 80,000 suggestions for a complete overhaul in the criminal justice system's treatment of violence against women since it was set up by the government a month ago to help quell street protests sparked by the rape. The suggestions included banning a traumatic vaginal exam of rape victims to ending political interference in sex crime cases.Women say they feel under siege and are so frightened they have structured their entire lives to protect themselves from harassment and attack. Many travel in groups, go out of their homes only during the day and carry sharp objects onto public buses to stab men who grope them.
Those who are raped are often blamed by their families for the attack. If they report the crime, the police often refuse to file a report or try to get the victim and attacker to reach a settlement. If it reaches court, the case can drag on for years in the overburdened justice system."Failure of good governance is the obvious root cause for the current unsafe environment, eroding the rule of law and not the want of knee-jerk legislation," said retired Chief Justice J.S. Verma, who headed the panel.
The panel recommended that police and other officials who fail to act against crimes against women be punished. It called for a crackdown on dowry payments to enhance women's status, since families are often forced into massive debt to get their daughters married. It also suggested the government appoint more judges to lessen the backlog of cases and ensure swift justice, and it called for updating the law to include crimes such as voyeurism, stalking and other crimes against women.
"We hope the Parliament will take the legislative suggestions given by the committee," and translate these into law, Verma said.Verma advocated strict punishment to prevent sexual harassment and assaults against women and sought reforms in how police treat rape victims.He called for speedy justice and the setting of a time frame to deal with cases of crimes against women.Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's office had no immediate comment about what it would do with the recommendations.
More than 100 women's rights activists, lawyers and ordinary citizens appeared before the commission during a recent hearing to offer suggestions for removing loopholes in the existing laws and scrapping some of its most offensive provisions.Activists and lawyers have criticized the existing laws on crimes against women as so archaic and riddled with loopholes that they end up further traumatizing victims and allowing perpetrators to get away lightly.
Women's groups say the most egregious problem is the medical test that a victim has to undergo, which includes a test to determine if the woman is sexually active."The two-finger test, which has been found to be not only unscientific and unnecessary but also subjects the complainant to further trauma and humiliation should be immediately stopped," said Kirti Singh, of the All India Democratic Woman's Association.Indian law only targets three crimes against women, rape, using force to ''outrage her modesty," and making rude sounds or gestures aimed at ''insulting the modesty of any woman."
Lawyers say those laws needs to be updated to include crimes such as sexual harassment, groping, stalking and acid attacks."Groping and stalking should be viewed as sexual assault. Stalking is a psychological terror on the victim. It should be specifically defined," said Mukul Mudgal, a former chief justice of the Delhi High Court.Rebecca John, a criminal lawyer who spoke with the commission, said the ''very lexicon of the law" needs to be changed to remove euphemistic and outdated terms."The very definition of crimes against women is faulty. Phrases such as 'outraging the modesty of a woman,' and references to her chastity or honor are irrelevant," John said.
Most of India's laws, including those on rape, were inherited from the country's former British colonial rulers and date back to 1860. Public pressure after highly publicized rape cases led to amendments in the rape laws in 1983 and 2003. But loopholes remain. The law, for example, does not recognize marital rape for anyone over the age of 15.Women's groups have also called for ending political interference in police work that lets accused rapists persuade police to quash their cases by forcing women to reach settlements with their attackers."Those having clout are not held accountable even for blatant violations of laws," said a joint appeal by 10 women's groups made to the commission. – KahleejNews