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Animal Species:Red Triangle Slug
This native slug is probably the best known and one of the most spectacular slugs in Sydney gardens.
Standard Common Name
Red Triangle Slug
The Red Triangle Slug is Australia's largest native land slug. The distinctive red triangle on its back contains the breathing pore.
Size range
14 cm
East coast of Australia: Queensland, New South Wales.
Red Triangle Slugs are found in urban areas, forests and woodlands and heath.
Feeding and Diet
The Red Triangle Slug is usually found grazing on microscopic algae growing on the surface of smooth-barked eucalypt trees, leaving behind scalloped tracks as it goes. If given the chance, it will also remove bathroom mould.
Other behaviours and adaptations
Native slugs can be differentiated from introduced slugs because they have only one pair of tentacles, while introduced snails and slugs have two pairs. Also, the saddle-shaped mantle seen in introduced snails is reduced or absent in native snails and slugs.
- Species:
- graeffei
- Genus:
- Triboniophorus
- Family:
- Athoracophoridae
- Phylum:
- Mollusca
- Kingdom:
- Animalia
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Albert Alfred Martinez was born in Trinadad, Colo. on March 22, 1922. He was a World War II veteran of the United States Army 1942-1945.
He married Marjorie Gomez, the love of his life. They loved to travel, take pictures of all the places they went. They loved camping and fishing. They enjoyed their lives together. He was a religious man who loved his family.
The passing of his wife was heartbreaking, but he knew he would reunited with his Majorie. He was a hard working man all his life for his family.
He loved painting mountains, seascapes and eagles.
He will be dearly missed by his family and friends. He enjoyed going to his Catholic Church all his life. He is preceded by the death of his wife of 53 years Marjorie, his brothers George, Richard and Frankie Martinez, his sisters Ada, Bettie and Rosie.
He is survived by his son Rick and his wife Otto Martinez of Aurora, Colo; his daughter Patricia Martinez of Ridgecrest; sister Margret Mitotes of Denver. Albert loved all his nieces and nephews, his grandchildren Andree Davis of Ridgecrest, Rebecca and her husband Jairo Mesa of Bakersfield, Kathleen and her children Christina and Josh Duran, all of Bakersfield. He also survived by his great-grandchildren Amanda Taylor, her boyfriend Fernando Montoya, Austin Taylor, Christian Davis of Ridgecrest, his great-great-grandchildren R.J. Mesa of Bakersfield, the twins Penelopy and Alondra Montoya of Bakersfield and all of his friends.
There are too many good things to say to my dear loving dad. I will love him with all my heart. I will miss you every day I live. I know you're in Heaven with mom, your loving daughter.
Father John Okki at St. Joseph's Catholic Church will officiate a mass starting at 11 a.m. on Nov. 9. Burial will be 2 p.m. at the National Cemetery in Arvin.


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The unmistakable message was that the state does not represent you. The state won't even hold its own forces accountable for killing your children.
Washington, DC (PRWEB) July 24, 2014
Wars on crime, immigration, and drugs and similar coded appeals to racial fears allow politicians to win votes, which in turn pressures police to enforce racial boundaries, according to new research from School of International Service associate professor Cathy Schneider. Schneider studied the cause of riots in her new book Police Power and Race Riots: Urban Unrest in Paris and New York and recommends the people who could learn the most from reading her book are U.S. and European voters, political leaders and legislators who make the laws that the police enforce.
"Police are not rogue agencies," says Schneider. Schneider's research looks at the 1964 riot that erupted in New York when a white police officer shot and killed a black teenager three weeks after President Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act. The New York riot set off almost a decade of Black and Latino riots that crisscrossed the United States. Yet, by the late 1970s, riots had become rare in the United States. Meanwhile, across the Atlantic, particularly in Great Britain and France, they became more frequent. Schneider wanted to know why.
U.S. Accountability
In the United States, she argues, young people who had experienced the riots were hired by the city as peacekeepers, using moneys from Great Society programs. By the 1980s these young people had become community activists, and created an array of community-based organizations and a standard nonviolent repertoire for dealing with police violence. The Civil Rights Movement had opened up access to the judicial system for minorities to act as plaintiffs in both criminal and civil complaints against the state, and activists increasingly channeled community anger into the courtroom. Police violence remained a major issue, but the opening of alternative avenues to pursue justice made riots less likely.
Transatlantic Déjà Vu
Rioting in France had all the hallmarks of New York's riots decades earlier. In Paris, French police targeted minority youth, brutalizing and sometimes killing them, and doing so with impunity. By not holding police accountable the state was "saying that foreign and minority children's lives had no value" explains Schneider. "The unmistakable message was that the state does not represent you. The state won't even hold its own forces accountable for killing your children."
Paris in Flames
France's worst riots occurred in October 2005 when police chased three minority youth into an electrical substation and an African boy and an Arab boy were electrocuted. But initially the community responded with nonviolent protests. Only after the French president defended the police twice, first claiming the youths must have committed a crime to hide in an electric grid, and then again after police lobbed a tear gas canister into a mosque did riots erupt. They began where the boys had died, and then spread rapidly to 300 other cities, towns and suburbs in France. "For three consecutive weeks youths set cars and buildings ablaze," says Schneider. "In setting cars and buildings aflame they externalized their internal pain, externalized the fires in their heads and in their hearts."
U.S. Community Policing Gaining Ground
Schneider argues that other forms of community police relations are possible and more effective. Activated racial boundaries are bad for both community members and police. "When police enter a high crime neighborhood they should recognize that most residents are more likely to be victims rather than perpetrators of crime. These communities need police, but they want police to protect them not treat them as criminals. For police too it is safer and more effective to work in a community that trusts them and is willing to give them critical information."
Schneider gives the example of New Haven Police Chief Nick Pastor who turned the arrest incentive model on its head. "Chief Pastor gave awards to officers that engaged the community rather than boosted arrest statistics," Schneider explains.
U.S. Problems Still Remain But Change May Be Coming
While riots have become less frequent in the United States, the American criminal justice system is even more discriminatory than that of France. The explosive growth of the U.S. prison population from 250,000 in 1972 to more than 2.3 million Schneider attributes to the mid 1980s harsh mandatory sentencing laws and statutes that supplanted judicial discretion in sentencing. Wars on drugs and crime packed prisons with minority youth. Pressures on police to meet arrest quotas also contributed to the racial disproportion in incarceration. Together these measures dramatically increased the likelihood that poor minority males and even females would spend time in prison, for nonviolent, often victimless crimes. Even innocent minorities, Schneider says often plead guilty to offenses because they cannot afford lawyers to vigorously defend them.
Today there are some positive signs says Schneider. U.S. prison populations are on the decline and harsh mandatory sentences are falling out of favor. Whether sentences will be shortened retroactively for those in prison, remains to be seen, or whether the country will help those leaving prison to reenter the job market and reconstruct their lives.
France's Dilemma
In France, Schneider says, "The centralization of policing has left little room for local innovation. The victory of the far right in the European elections coming on the heels of the National Front's strong showing in local elections months earlier are a bad omen." The recent riots and attacks on synagogues and Jewish residents in the French suburbs of Sarcelles and Garges-les-Gonesse (in response to the Israeli aggression in Gaza, and the French governments defense of Israeli actions),"show how quickly simmering anger and resentment at the low value placed on the lives of Muslim and minority children can erupt into violent conflict."


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Our Order Fulfillment & Warehouse Operations department is an integral part of Belkin's business. Before our products can become successful in the marketplace, they first need to get from the manufacturing facility to our warehouse where they're sorted, packed, and shipped to stores around the nation. Those aren't necessarily simple tasks in a warehouse that moves tens of thousands of pieces of product in and out each day. Our staff must take customer requirements and requests into consideration when it comes to packing and palletizing shipments.
Belkin's Sales department also relies on this team to expedite special requests or last-minute orders on the fly. The bottom line? Our customers know that when they buy from Belkin, they'll get exactly what they want when they want it every time. Our Order Fulfillment & Warehouse Operations department is here to make sure that Belkin meets those expectations no matter what.
You're focused on speed, but also accuracy. You have solid math skills and are educated about safety issues. You have good manual dexterity and experience working with a sortation system. You enjoy working in a team-oriented environment, get along well with people, and are comfortable taking responsibility for the tasks you're charged with on a daily basis.
1% of every purchase goes back into the community.


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define "old"edt wrote:Old people do not try new things. They do the things they already know. I know it looks good in a mountain dew commercial to see granny snowboard down the mountain . . . but . . . if old folks are not even willing to put the 3 days in to switch from skis over to a snowboard what are the odds they will put in the month for kiteboarding. Maybe 1 in a 100. Not happening. There is no stampede of olds.tomatkins wrote: HERE COME THE BOOMERS
What the olds will do, is go out and buy themselves a nice little sunfish or if they have more money, a 30 foot sloop, or perhaps even a yatch. That's what the olds do when it gets windy, not kiteboarding. (present company excepted -- if you are an olds and kiting you are 1 in a 100).


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The Strong is one of only a handful of museums in the nation to offer guests a circulating library. This program is made possible in part through a special partnership with the Rochester Public Library and the larger Monroe County Library System. Children's books, at all reading levels, can be found throughout the museum in book nooks housed among the exhibits.
Library Hours
The Grada Hopeman Gelser Library is open during regular museum hours.
Monday–Thursday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Friday & Saturday, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Sunday, noon to 5 p.m.
Borrow and Return
With books selected to complement the museum's outstanding exhibits, the museum's child-focused library offers guests who have a Monroe County Library System card the opportunity to enrich their museum experience by borrowing books to read at home. Books may be checked out at the Grada Hopeman Gelser Library desk, located on the museum's first floor opposite the Field of Play exhibit. Books may be returned at the museum or at any public library branch in the system.
Museum librarians have compiled a list of favorite children's books— ideal for early, intermediate, and advanced readers—that match the five literary landscapes in Reading Adventureland.
For New Readers
New readers are encouraged to apply for a library card at the museum's Grada Hopeman Gelser Library desk.
For Parents, Caregivers, Educators, and Others Interested in Play
Resources that consider the role of play in learning and human development and its impact on cultural history are available at the Play Fare bookshelf near the Grada Hopeman Gelser Library desk.
The Brian Sutton-Smith Library and Archives of Play, located on The Strong's third floor, is a non-circulating, multidisciplinary research repository devoted to the intellectual, social, and cultural history of play. Scholars, students, collectors, and other researchers are welcome to conduct research by appointment.


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The Hoops have already claimed a notable scalp in this season's competition, beating Barcelona 2-1 in the group stage in front of a raucous Parkhead crowd, and the former Liverpool boss believes the Bhoys can replicate that against the Serie A holders on Tuesday evening.
|Celtic are 4/1 with Paddy Power to qualify for the next round
Dalglish said: "I think it's fantastic what Celtic have done. Beating Barcelona, you wouldn't have even contemplated predicting that.
"They've been fantastic, they got over the line by beating Spartak Moscow 2-1 in their last game - two fantastic nights at Celtic Park. There'll be another one against Juventus.
"They'll all be looking forward to it, they've tasted the success. They want to taste more of it.
"It's a really difficult tie. I saw them play at Chelsea, Juventus. They were fantastic. So it's a really big game for them. It's a big ask, where there's a will, there's a way.
"Of course you can stop anybody playing, you've just got to be lucky or they've got to have a bad day or whatever.
"It's more about Celtic than Juventus, it's how they play and how they go about their work that's more important."


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Watching Olympic gymnastics last week, I was struck by the unlikeliness of it all: that a human body could leap so high, pinwheel through the air and finally land --two feet down and two arms up -- as assuredly as a key sliding into a lock.
Yet, every four years, the world (which usually pays little attention to gymnastics) is treated to just that: amazing displays of equal parts muscle and grace, thrust and precision, preparation and inspiration.
Earlier this week, those ingredients combined to produce another unlikely feat: the Curiosity rover's triumphant Mars landing.
Who would believe that an 8,500-pound craft, riding on a million pounds of fuel, could execute an eight-month journey and land -- six wheels down and mast up -- on another planet? Just like the best gymnastic performances, it required brute force and cold exactitude. And, like gymnastics, it required acknowledging the very real risk of crashing to the ground.
In the women's all-around event, gymnasts compete in four different events. Curiosity will be "competing" on 10 different pieces of apparatus -- if by apparatus, you mean scientific instrument. Curiosity's suite of instruments -- which includes cameras, a laser spectrometer, a robotic arm and more -- is designed to reveal whether Mars has (or once had) the ingredients necessary for life to take hold.
Yet for all that scientific firepower, the Curiosity rover is not so much bigger than a gymnast. The new sweetheart of gymnastics, Gabby Douglas, is less than 5 feet tall. Curiosity is about 9 feet long, and its mast stretches up to 7 feet. All in all, Curiosity is probably about the size of a car Douglas might drive.
From here, though, the differences become more dramatic. On a trampoline, a gymnast can fly more than 30 feet in the air. That's pretty impressive. But the Mars Science Laboratory can fly 30 feet in less than a hundredth of a second, and it traveled more than 350 million miles before coming to rest on Mars' red soil.
Speaking of landings: To land on the balance beam, a gymnast must hit a target just 4 inches wide. MSL is aiming for a target 12 miles wide. On this score, the gymnasts seem to have MSL beat -- until you consider that MSL was traveling at 13,200 mph just a few minutes before it fluttered down to its landing site.
And for all the minute, moment-by-moment mid-air course corrections a gymnast can perform, over the final months of its journey to the Red Planet, MSL had just six opportunities to fire its thrusters and tweak its trajectory before entering Mars' atmosphere.
Which brings us to the most dramatic part of all: the dismount. Because Curiosity is so heavy, none of the tried-and-true landing strategies would do. So engineers designed a series of maneuvers that required the spacecraft to fire 76 pyrotechnic devices as it morphed into six different configurations during its seven-minute, 1,600-degree Fahrenheit descent through the atmosphere.
The routine ended with the most dramatic flourish of all: a "sky crane" maneuver in which a harness of nylon cables gently lowered the Curiosity rover to the ground. Hovering just a few stories in the Martian air, Curiosity sprung its wheels and suspension into place. Finally, descending at less than 2 mph, it made its landing.
I didn't see any gymnasts doing that on the balance beam.
Watching the faces of the scientists and engineers at mission control as they got the signal at the rover was safe, I recognized the same expression that I've seen on the faces of those gold-medal athletes: the staggering smile that comes from having your darkest doubts proved wrong and your wildest hopes proved right.
The feat that once seemed so unlikely is done; it is real. But for Curiosity, the prize won't be gold -- it will be red.
Kate Becker is a science writer living in Boston. Contact her at spacecrafty.com, or connect via Facebook (facebook.com/katembecker) or Twitter (@kmbecker).


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ADRIAN — Mary E. Fromm, age 87, of Adrian passed away Sunday, Dec. 15, 2013, at South Lyon Senior Care.
She was born March 5, 1926, in Canton, Ohio, the daughter of Howard and Leah (Brown) Plaskett. After graduating from high school, she attended Ohio University. On June 11, 1949, she married James Fromm, and he preceded her in death in 2010.
Mary and Jim were owners of the Card Box in the Adrian Mall where she worked for 25 years. She was an active member of First United Methodist Church. For many years Mary volunteered and served on the auxiliary board at Bixby Medical Center. She was a member of the Fairfield Chapter of the Eastern Star and was awarded the Rose Medallion for her volunteer service.
She is survived by her loving children, Janice (Steve) Hamann of Evanston, Ill.; Douglas (Lois) Fromm of DeWitt, Mich.; Helen (Tom) Miller of Adrian and Marilyn (Kirk) Steudle of South Lyon, Mich.; seven grandchildren, Steven (Brittney) Hamann, Bridger Hamann, Naomi (Nathan) Batterbee, Mary (Adam) Levenburg, Jake (Kristie) Miller, Sarah and John Steudle; and five great-grandchildren, Isabelle and Gabriel Batterbee, Keegan and Kaci Miller and Kai Hamann.
In addition to Jim, her husband of more than 60 years, she was preceded in death by two brothers, Walter and Carl Plaskett.
Visitation for Mary will take place from 4 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 19, 2013, at Wagley Funeral Home. Services and burial will be private.
Contributions in memory of Mary may be made to the Shriners Hospitals for Children or the First United Methodist Church. Online memories and condolences are welcome at www.WagleyFuneralHome.com.
Mary E. Fromm
ADRIAN — Mary E. Fromm, age 87, of Adrian passed away Sunday, Dec. 15, 2013, at South Lyon Senior Care.


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IT Management Slideshow: CIOs and Lawyers: A Match Made in Heaven or Hell?
By Don Reisinger | Posted 05-23-2012
When was the last time you spoke with your company's Chief Legal Officer (CLO)? Did you even know there was one? A survey of 70 CLOs conducted by research firm Gartner reveals that the CIO's relationship with the CLO goes a long way toward having a positive impact on company operations. If you're among those CIOs who don't communicate with their CLO or chief legal counsel, you're not alone. In fact, the vast majority of survey respondents say their company's CIO has little to no communication with them. Here are 10 good reasons why working closely with your CLO can help your company, and your career.
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CNO Financial, Stone Energy Corp, Google, Apple and Amazon highlighted as Zacks Bull and Bear of the Day
Jan 18, 2013, 09:30 ET
CHICAGO, Jan. 18, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Zacks Equity Research highlights CNO Financial (NYSE: CNO) as the Bull of the Day and Stone Energy Corp (NYSE: SGY) as the Bear of the Day. In addition, Zacks Equity Research provides analysis ontheGoogle Inc. (GOOG), Apple Inc. (AAPL) and Amazon (AMZN).
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We are upgrading our recommendation on CNO Financial (CNO) to Outperform based on the hike in its buyback program and prospects of significant capital deployment in 2013. The latest recapitalization plan has also improved the capital structure and debt maturity profile. It is also expected to augment the bottom line and ROE.
However, high financial leverage and constantly deteriorating Bankers Life segment results are the downsides. The company's third-quarter earnings surpassed the Zacks Consensus Estimate and the year-ago numbers on the back of favorable trends in annuity spreads, improved top line and benefit ratios and better investment results.
Improved credit ratings, strong investment portfolio and declining expenses are the other positives. Although underwriting and pricing challenges remain primary concerns, increasing new business volume and cost containment measures are expected to support the bottom line in the long run.
We are downgrading our recommendation on Stone Energy Corp (SGY) to Underperform from Neutral. The company missed our expectation in the third quarter of 2012 and its quarterly earnings also plunged 54.7% from the year-earlier profit level, mainly due to lower price realization and higher operating expenses.
The spiraling lease operating expenses added to Stone Energy's woes due to high seasonal maintenance costs and the effects of Hurricane Isaac. Again, its results are heavily dependent on growth visibility at its onshore properties as well as the outcome of various deepwater exploration prospects.
Given these headwinds, we expect the shares of Stone Energy to be under pressure in the near future. Our $19 price objective reflects a 2013 P/E multiple of 9.2x.
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Google Challenges iTunes
Google Inc. (GOOG) has introduced a music service that allows customers to buy songs from the Android Market. The service is expected to compete directly with its rival Apple Inc.'s (AAPL) iTune services.
Google has now entered into partnerships with roughly 1000 record companies and thus can offer 13 million songs. Free storage and streaming of 20,000 songs on Google Music remain as part of the original service. In addition, Google will feature reviews, band information and exclusive content from artists. It will also allow the artists to design their own pages, which will feature their videos, biographies and self-published music for a one-time fee of $25.
Google has been improving its music service in the last few months. Recently, Google Music came out with a new scan and match feature to better compete with its rivals. The feature allowed a user's music to be matched in the cloud so that songs could be played on any authorized device. The service enables users to upload their music to the cloud from their respective files.
The storage of music in the cloud is growing in popularity, with iTunes offering space for 25,000 songs, Google 20,000 songs and Amazon (AMZN) through its own service called Cloud Player 250,000.
According to the market research company, NPD Group, Apple accounted for 64.0% of U.S. online music sales in the second quarter, followed by Amazon at 16.0%. Google notched a mere 5.0% share and other services made up the rest. While Google remains far behind, its free service for the broadest selection could gather momentum.
According to the market research company, IDC, Android shipments touched 136.0 million units in the third quarter of fiscal 2012, which is 75.0% of overall shipments and was followed by Apple's iOS that accounted for 15.0%. Google is dominating the OS space.
Google's rapid expansion into music, television, movies, consumer items (rice cookers, refrigerators, cameras) is an attempt to attract more users to Android. It is also going all out to break Apple's dominance in online music.
In the third quarter of fiscal 2012, Google's gross revenue (including TAC) touched a record $14.10 billion, representing sequential and year-over-year increases of 28.6% and 45.1%, respectively.
Total revenue, excluding total traffic acquisition costs, came in at $11.34 billion, 4.4% lower than the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $11.86 billion.
Google, Amazon and Apple all have a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold).
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WorldCat database reaches 2 billion holdings
University of Alberta adds 2 billionth holding to world's most comprehensive online library catalog
DUBLIN, Ohio, 7 May 2013—WorldCat the most comprehensive online database of resources available through libraries around the world, has reached another major milestone with the addition of its 2 billionth holding.
On Saturday, May 4, at 2:58 a.m. (MDT), the holding symbol for the University of Alberta Libraries, in Edmonton, was set through an automated process to the WorldCat record for the e-book, Evaluation of the City of Lakes Family Health Team Patient Portal Pilot Project: Final Report, published in 2012 by the Centre for Rural and Northern Health Research. It was the 2 billionth holding set in WorldCat. The e-book catalog record was created by the Canadian Electronic Book Library, an e-book provider in Canada, and was enhanced through OCLC's automated authority control processing system.
"University of Alberta is very proud of its longstanding association with WorldCat's global community, so its library team is naturally thrilled to be lucky enough to share in OCLC's astonishing achievement," said Gerald Beasley, recently named Vice Provost and Chief Librarian, University of Alberta.
WorldCat is a database of bibliographic information created and continuously updated by some 25,000 OCLC member libraries around the world. WorldCat records describe specific works and contain a listing of institutions that own an item, referred to as "holdings." Institutions use holdings information to create local catalogs, arrange interlibrary loans and conduct reference work.
"It is astounding that the number of holdings in WorldCat has doubled in less than eight years," said Jay Jordan, OCLC President and CEO. "This is strong testimony to the power of global library collaboration. I want to thank the University of Alberta, and the thousands of librarians and catalogers around the world who are working daily to create this unique and valuable resource for knowledge seekers everywhere."
WorldCat was created in 1971 so that libraries could share cataloging information from a central database, increasing workflow efficiency and the ability to locate and loan materials. It took the OCLC cooperative almost 34 years, from August 26, 1971 to August 11, 2005, to add 1 billion holdings in WorldCat. It has taken just seven years and eight months to add the next billion holdings.
WorldCat spans six millennia of recorded knowledge, from about 4800 B.C. to the present. It encompasses records for books, serials, sound recordings, musical scores, maps, visual materials, mixed materials and computer files.
In recent years, OCLC has made a series of technological advances that has made it possible to process millions of records and holdings through batchloads. OCLC has also made a concerted effort to partner with national libraries, library agencies, regional metadata hubs and other groups. This has resulted in the loading of national bibliographies and other important collections.
Academic and cultural researchers value WorldCat as much for its depth and distinctiveness as its size. Libraries often hold unique and significant materials, including maps, music, artifacts, theses and other research materials that can be found nowhere else. In a world where general reference, entertainment and news content becomes widely available online, WorldCat helps libraries describe and promote local and specific knowledge far beyond the boundaries of any single institution.
For example, many genealogists value WorldCat as a central source for unique family and local history records. Because WorldCat represents items from more than 170 countries and 470 languages, scholars use the database to locate and borrow items around the world. More than 40 national libraries contribute to WorldCat, including recent additions from Japan, Spain, Israel and China, and over 60 percent of the records in WorldCat are for materials in non-English languages.
OCLC member institutions use a variety of specific services to add, enhance and access WorldCat records, improving workflows and helping libraries save time and money. Anyone can search these collections at www.WorldCat.org. WorldCat.org users can find nearby libraries that hold an item, build personalized lists, easily create citations and post reviews and ratings.
Other public views of WorldCat include WorldCat Identities, which provides summary pages for the name of every person, organization and fictional character in WorldCat (currently around 30 million); WorldCat Genres, which allows users to browse hundreds of genres from WorldCat; and WorldCat Kindred Works, a content-based service that helps users find similar materials of interest. In addition, the WorldCat Live! API provides a real-time stream of newly added records of library collections and published materials to WorldCat.
WorldCat information is also syndicated through relationships with partners such as Google, Goodreads and EasyBib. When searching these and other popular online services, information seekers can connect to local libraries through WorldCat links and data services.
Find more about WorldCat on the OCLC website, and watch WorldCat grow as libraries around the world contribute to the database.
About OCLC
Founded in 1967, OCLC is a nonprofit, membership, computer library service and research organization dedicated to the public purposes of furthering access to the world's information and reducing library costs. More than 74,000 libraries in 170 countries have used OCLC services to locate, acquire, catalog, lend, preserve and manage library materials. Researchers, students, faculty, scholars, professional librarians and other information seekers use OCLC services to obtain bibliographic, abstract and full-text information when and where they need it. OCLC and its member libraries cooperatively produce and maintain WorldCat, the world's largest online database for discovery of library resources. Search WorldCat on the Web at www.worldcat.org. For more information, visit www.oclc.org.
OCLC, WorldCat and WorldCat.org are trademarks and/or service marks of OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc. Third-party product, service and business names are trademarks and/or service marks of their respective owners.
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Converts an LDIF description of a directory entry (a string value) into an entry of the Slapi_Entry type.
#include "slapi-plugin.h" Slapi_Entry *slapi_str2entry( char *s, int flags );
This function takes the following parameters:
Description of an entry that you want to convert to Slapi_Entry.
One or more flags specifying how the entry should be generated
The value of the flags argument can be one of the following values:
Removes any duplicate values in the attributes of the entry.
Adds the relative distinguished name (RDN) components (for example, uid=bjensen) as attributes of the entry.
Pointer to the Slapi_Entry structure representing the entry, or NULL if the string cannot be converted (for example, if no DN is specified in the string).
A directory entry can be described by a string in LDIF format.
Calling the slapi_str2entry() function converts a string description in this format to a Slapi_Entry structure, which you can pass to other API functions.
This function modifies the string argument s. If you must use the string value again, make a copy of this string before calling slapi_str2entry().
If an error occurred during the conversion process, the function returns NULL instead of the entry.
When you are finished working with the entry, you should call the slapi_entry_free() function.
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The Division of Science
The Division of Science at City College has a proud legacy and a proud future. Nine Nobel Laureates studied science and mathematics at CCNY. World-renowned physicists like Myriam Sarachik, who serves on the governing council of the National Academy of Sciences, and well-known author Michio Kaku teach our students, and distinguished professors conduct cutting edge research on everything from climate change to structural biology to sustainable energy, and everything in between. City College students, even as undergraduates, have an unprecedented opportunity to work in these labs. In the past 8 years the Division has produced two Rhodes Scholars and several Goldwater and Truman scholars, as well as graduates who have gone on to the most prestigious graduate schools, supported by grants from the National Science Foundation to pursue their research.
Science students at City College have a wide array of degree choices. They enroll in Bachelors and Masters of Science degrees in the fields and programs listed below. The PHD is offered jointly by the City University of New York and City College in the laboratory-based sciences: biology, biochemistry, chemistry and physics.


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Section III
The Institution and its Environment
This section identifies several assumptions about the external and internal environments that inform this planning process. It is a selective treatment of those environments. Topics include how the world is changing, what these changes imply about abilities or competencies students need today, and Cornell's main strategic challenges and broad directions.
Student Competencies in a Changing World
The millennial change to the 21st century has spawned much analysis and commentary about the changing world that people live in today. While some commentaries are hyperbolic and too sweeping, it is not an exaggeration to say people are living in a period of major transformation. Some changes are social, economic, and political (e.g., economic globalization, interdependencies among states, the demise of the traditional employment contract, and the capacities of people to interact with others who are different or distant from themselves). Other changes involve physical or biological resources (e.g., sustainability, energy sources, food resources, health and well-being). Cornell is well positioned to contribute important knowledge for the understanding of the issues that underlie world problems, given its capacity to connect fundamental knowledge with practical knowledge and applications.
What implications does this changing world have for higher education today? One is that it is even more critical than in the past for democracies to have an educated citizenry that can assimilate and assess vast arrays of complex information. Second, students need to have a sufficiently general knowledge of the world in order to be adaptable, prepared for unexpected job or career changes, and able to understand and participate constructively in solutions to world problems. Clearly, institutions of higher education need to prepare their students for the complex and changing demands of careers in today's challenging global environment. Given such changes, Cornell has initiated an effort to define the appropriate learning goals for students. [See Appendix C.]
A key premise is that Cornell should foster a range of abilities, some of which extend beyond formal classroom work. For example, students at Cornell should learn:
- to understand the values and beliefs of multiple cultures
- to embrace moral and ethical values
- to participate in community and civic affairs and engage with social problems
- to use knowledge in their own lives and pursue lifelong learning
- to develop leadership and teamwork skills
- to care for themselves and manage physical and emotional needs responsibly
These abilities have direct relevance to many of the changes in the world noted above, and thus it is reasonable to infer that Cornell students need preparation in these skills for successful lives, professionally and personally. This makes outside-of-the-classroom educational experiences increasingly important to the development of such abilities. Cornell's tradition of public service or engagement and international scope provides many relevant opportunities.
To conceptualize learning outcomes in more comprehensive terms, the university has developed a set of core competencies, distinguishing academic and personal abilities, as follows: 9
Academic Competencies
- disciplinary knowledge
- critical thinking
- communication skills
- scientific and quantitative reasoning
- self-directed learning
- information literacy
- engagement in the process of discovery or creation
Personal Competencies
- multicultural competence
- moral and ethical awareness
- self-management
- community engagement
This strategic plan emphasizes the importance of educationally rich international and public engagement experiences under the supervision of faculty. This emphasis involves a focus on what are termed "personal competencies" above, but it also implies that personal competencies should be addressed in the context of academic work that enhances academic competencies. Thus, the plan gives special emphasis to those educational activities that interconnect academic and personal competencies.
Financial Challenges
The changing world also presents significant resource challenges to institutions of higher education in general and to Cornell in particular. The most telling are financial. Universities have relied heavily on tuition increases over the last forty years or so to deal with rising costs, for example, those associated with infrastructure (educational and research), competition for faculty, and the decline of funding for the humanities. The main point is that the costs of higher education continue to grow well in excess of the cost of living. The financial challenges are compounded by political ones, having to do with education priorities in many states and demands for more costly accountability mechanisms (e.g., compliance issues). It is not an exaggeration to claim that higher education in the U.S. is experiencing the end of a 50-plus-year period of revenue growth.
Cornell enters this period of financial challenge and uncertainty with important strengths and advantages, many of which have already been mentioned. The breadth and quality of Cornell's academic programs give the university a capacity to adapt in a strategic way; Cornell has an impressive tradition of promoting creative interdisciplinary collaborations built on strong disciplines, as illustrated by recent successes of the life sciences initiative and interdisciplinary synergies around environmental sustainability; Cornell philanthropy is very strong; and the tradition of public engagement and impact, along with faculty creativity, academic entrepreneurialism, and international visibility are promising capabilities upon which to build. It is also the case that Cornell is on a road to recovery from its recent financial issues. Nevertheless, Cornell University does face significant strategic challenges. The next section overviews these.
Cornell's Strategic Challenges
This plan assumes six major challenges for Cornell over the next five years, some external and some internal.
- Intense competition for faculty. This will increase as faculty retirements increase over the next ten years. Dual-career issues compound the challenge of renewing the Cornell faculty.
- Intense competition for students - at all levels - makes financial aid, scholarships, fellowships, and the living-learning environment more critical, but also more expensive. Limited availability of fellowships for graduate students is a significant problem for graduate education.
- Limitations on tuition revenue. The university will need to reduce the growth rate of tuition increases and apply more of the revenues from tuition to financial aid, creating pressures on other parts of the university budget.
- Increasing infrastructure costs (libraries, research facilities) of high-quality scholarship and teaching will continue, making strategic choices necessary to determine where to invest limited resources and where to disinvest.
- Declines in state funding for contract colleges and the land grant mission. The real-dollar support for contract colleges will continue to decline, leading to, among other things, the need to reassess how the university fulfills its public engagement mission.
- Diverse and excessively complex funding models for academic units. These create obstacles for the cross-college ties and collaborations that are likely to be necessary to effectively and efficiently use available resources.
Broad Strategic Directions
Following are four strategic themes that identify broad directions for responding to the challenges in Cornell's changing external and internal environment. These themes are manifest in several objectives and actions proposed in subsequent sections of this plan:
- Focus
- Adaptability
- Coordination
- Efficiency
A comment on each is warranted. To become more focused, it is necessary to make difficult choices about which academic areas or units to emphasize and which to de-emphasize; what to keep and strengthen; what to downsize or eliminate. These choices need to be made while preserving Ezra Cornell's original vision. To become more adaptable, Cornell's administrative arrangements and structures need to be more flexible, to be evaluated and changed on a continual basis, and to have fluidity so that they do not become set in stone. To introduce more coordination, the institution needs more permeable boundaries and connectivity across academic fields, disciplines, programs, and colleges, so that both students and faculty can cross these boundaries or transcend them when opportunities to enhance academic excellence emerge and also to ensure that the university uses its intellectual resources efficiently and effectively. To be more efficient, Cornell needs to examine administrative structures and policies carefully, with an eye toward creating a tighter fit between our methods of accomplishing tasks and the institution's goals and aspirations.
Greater focus and connectivity are essential to preserve and enhance academic excellence, whereas greater adaptability and efficiency are especially critical to the stewardship of resources. Implementation of these broad directions would need to respect and affirm the longstanding principles of collegiality and shared governance.
Governance Issues
Meeting strategic challenges over the next five years will require university-wide responses that could exert pressure on the university's historic patterns of decentralized decision making. As stated earlier, a dynamic interchange between academic units and the university center will be critical. Whereas the One Cornell theme of this plan suggests strategic framing and coordination from the university center to address selected strategic issues, much of the actual academic decision making still must occur at the local college or departmental level. With this in mind, the Strategic Planning Advisory Council suggests that there be concerted efforts over the next five years around fundamental governance principles as follows: First, strengthen collegial organization (shared governance, faculty role) wherever possible. Second, ensure robust consultative processes (involvement, participation of those affected) when decisions at the center have significant effects on departments, colleges, or other units. Third, promote a culture of openness throughout the university, maximizing transparency (information, communication). Fourth, expect the highest standards of ethical conduct for all members of the university community, but especially for those who occupy leadership or authority positions and whose decisions have a significant impact on others. Affirming and, where possible, strengthening the impact of such principles should help to ensure that the collegial qualities of Cornell University will be preserved or even enhanced as the university addresses its strategic challenges over the years ahead.
9 These are a draft as of spring 2010. The draft learning outcomes and competencies were derived from learning outcomes defined by each college, as well as from the university mission statement, and from a wide range of campus-wide activities and services for students. [See Appendix C for more information.]
- Preamble
- Cornell's Enduring Commitments
- The Institution and Its Environment
- Goal Areas: Objectives and Actions
- Strategic Initiatives for 2010-2015
- Excellence in Organizational Stewardship
- Cornell at its Sesquicentennial
- Appendices
Appendix A: Structure and Process of Strategic Planning 2010Appendix B: Cornell's Statement on DiversityAppendix C: Student Learning OutcomesAppendix D: Assessing Progress 2010-2015
- Strategic Plan Summary
- Posted June 8, 2010
- Strategic Plan (final)
- Posted May 27, 2010


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If you have a cat, we're positive that at one point in time they climbed on your computer. Maybe it was the monitor, the keyboard or even the laptop on your lap — but we're certain it happened. As we're typing this right now a cat is on our lap. They're geeks at heart and we love it.
We're surprised we haven't seen a magnet set of a cat and a computer for refrigerators, because that's exactly what it seems like. Cats can't resist the warmth of computers, and the fact that we always seem to be at one.
It can certainly get annoying at times when we're up against a deadline, but there's no getting annoyed. Cats are just too cute, especially when they're trying to steal the attention away from the computer.
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Wow. What a year it's been for the app store. This was the first full calendar year that the store has been open for business, and we've been treated to a countless amount of games. Now, all of us have attempted to give a summary of some of our favourite games from the year. We're about to list a lot of great games, so sit back and see if you've missed any gems from last year or disagree with any of our choices.
Matt: Overall, 2009 was a great year for iPhone gaming. My personal favorite release of the year was the re-imagined classic Space Invaders Infinity Gene, easily the iPhone's best shoot'em-up. The stages, visual presentation, sound and gameplay combined to make this a game I found impossible to put down. The inclusion of music stages, generated from songs in your music library, make this a game with an infinite amount of new challenges, and the recent update made things even better. Space Invaders Infinity Gene is the best example I can think of of a major game publisher simultaneously revitalizing a classic franchise while doing right on the iPhone platform. Kudos to Taito for a job well done.
For me, the year held a number of other highlights. Meteor Blitz is the best dual-stick shooter I've ever played, with sumptuous visuals and perfect controls. Flatspace delivered the most open-ended space role-playing experience on the platform; how you outfit your ship plays a huge role in how you play the game, and you're welcome to play in any way you like, as law-enforcement or pirate, trader or bounty-hunter, good guy or bad guy. Chronicles of Inotia: Wanderer of Luone and Dungeon Hunter offered up the platform's best fantasy RPGs, while Rogue Planet delivered an SRPG to rival those on major consoles. Robocalypse, ported to the iPhone from the Nintendo DS, was the year's best RTS, and IUGO's Star Hogs was an artillery game not to be missed. GeoDefense and GeoDefense Swarm were the year's best tower defense games. Chillingo's Defender Chronicles effectively tipped the tower defense genre on its side, imbuing it with RPG qualities along the way and cementing it as one of the deepest and most rewarding alternative takes on tower defense yet seen. In addition, the developer has set a new paradigm for the support of existing properties with constant and hearty updates in content. Knights Onrush is the App Store's best castle-defense game, even beating out Gameloft's take on the genre. But it's Gameloft's NOVA that takes the crown for the year's best FPS, highly polished with a robust single player campaign and an excellent multiplayer mode. My favorite retro fixes were the addictive Hook Champ and the lite roguelike The Isle of 8-bit Treasures. For casual games, KarmaStar was a favorite for cramming incredible depth into bite-sized portions, and Canabalt for incredible atmosphere and short, but addictive gameplay sessions. My list is long, but the last games I absolutely must mention are Rolando 2 and I Dig It 2, incredible sequels to their equally incredible predecessors. Damn, what a year!
Daniel: My game of the year would have to go to NOVA from Gameloft. Call me a first-person shooter junkie, but Gameloft did an amazing job with both the campaign and online multiplayer. There have been tons of other games that have come quite close to taking home the award though, from ngmoco's Rolando 2 to Illusion Labs' Sway. Com2uS also came out of the box after releasing Homerun Battle 3D along with Inotia 2: Wanderer of Luone, both of which were definite must have titles for me. Chillingo's Ravensword was yet another title that I was overly impressed with, along with their fun Speed Forge Extreme.
The list goes on and on, including Firemint's Real Racing and Flight Control, Illusion Labs' Labyrinth 2 and Touchgrind, Gameloft's Modern Combat: Sandstorm and Gangstar, Godzilab's iBlast Moki, and much, much more. 2009 was a year quite improved from the initial release of firmware 2.0, and I'll be surprised if developers keep up the same pace. I'm sure there are games that were forgotten, but either way, let's say hello to 2010.
Nick: Going back a full year and trying to figure out the best games launched on the app store is definitely a tough task. Choosing a single game of the year though is easy. The game I have in mind had an impressive graphical upgrade from its predecessor, and the gameplay's tweaked difficulty and rolling variations kept me fully interested throughout. Yes, the game I'm thinking of is Ngmoco and Hand Circus' Rolando 2. After replaying levels just to grab all the items I missed on the first time through, I realized the game was something special because replaying is something I rarely do. I initially opened this site to try and cover games that push forward the idea that the iPhone is a legimitate gaming platform, and Rolando 2 fits the bill perfectly. In trying to list other favourites from the year, I'm sure I'm going to forget many great games. Here's a quick attempt at other standout titles I really enjoyed: Spider: The Secret of Bryce Manor, Sway, Let's Golf, Peggle, geoDefense, 2XL ATV Offroad, and Hook Champ.
Chris: 2009 was certainly a banner year for the iPhone and its gamers. In 2008 we witnessed the birth of the app store. In 2009 we witnessed it grow into something akin to a child: both awkward and wonderful; sometimes gawky, sometimes menacing, but always full of promise. This year we've seen everything from the great Halo clone N.O.V.A. to truly unique puzzlers like Labyrinth 2 and Spider: The Secret of Bryce Manor. But for every geoDefense we also had an onslaught of forgettable tower defense games that simply were a recycled waste of time. The still incomplete Minigore gave us a good laugh while Samurai: Way of the Warrior showed us that 3-D wasn't always needed. At the beginning of the year, who would've thought a simple running game like Backbreaker Football could bring so much more life to football than the iconic Madden? That's what makes the iPhone as a gaming device so special: it surprises us. This little machine somehow manages to bring a decoupage of gaming experiences that no other device seems to match. Gamers everywhere have to agree there's nothing quite like Zen Bound for the console. As for the best of 2009, that's tough. The Wing Commander-esque Galaxy on Fire comes close, but ultimately I'm a sucker for the well-rendered RPG; Ravensword: The Fallen King is certainly not without its flaws, but it is the first iPhone game I found truly amazing… utterly escapist. What can we anticipate in 2010 now that the iPhone's proverbial childhood is over? The fast track into adulthood. With Apple's newfound success in the gaming world comes a new set responsibilities… and new competition. Also, we all have bigger expectations for this little device than we did a year ago. Things could get really interesting. So, here's to a new and even better year of gaming in 2010. Good luck, Apple, and keep on gaming!
Jeff: What if iTunes didn't exist? What if there wasn't an App Store? What if the technological marvel known as the iDevice was never conceived? Each and every one of us would have missed out on something amazing and revolutionary. It's a worldwide store where you can buy all of the newest music of any nationality from anywhere in the world, and purchase multiple games that fit in your pocket starting as low as 99 cents and (almost) not going anywhere above 10 dollars. This universal store has brought many people happiness, and the offerings that you can choose from are astounding. Music will always be changing, and so will the future of gaming. However, I've never thought that gaming could change so suddenly or quickly. Five months ago, I would never have thought of the iPhone or iPod Touch as something I would play games on, much less play games on for hours on end. This year, and more specifically, these past few months, have changed the iPhone and iPod Touch into my main gaming platform. And why? Because iDevice games are the only ones that get updated, changed, and churned out so quickly, yet still maintaining the polish and quality we expect from all games.
Now that the iPhone and iPod Touch have been established as possible gaming devices, what are the best games for this "platform?" Or, what is the number one game that all iDevice owners should have? It's a hard choice, but I have to go with N.O.V.A.. This game has the best graphics, best controls, and debatably due to multiplayer, the best replay value of any game on the App Store. It has all of Gameloft's quality and polish, and it isn't a game you just finish and forget; it's an experience that you remember and keep coming back to, time and time again. On the other hand, there are many great offerings for the iDevice, including Jet Car Stunts, Asphalt 5, Need for Speed, FIFA, Inotia 2: A Wanderer of Luone and many more titles that deserve mentioning. Of course, if I mentioned all of them, the list would be too long since there are just so many different options. All in all, 2009 has been an awesome year both for myself personally and the App Store, and I can't wait to see what new events and things are in store for me this year. Onwards, and let's all have a great 2010!
Ryan: The app store has come a very long way in such a short time. I remember when I was impressed by the simplest of games on a mobile device like an iPod. The app store has become a whole new market now with 'real' games becoming more polished and fun. One signing example of this is Nova. Nova is a first-person shooter developed by Gameloft that somewhat resembles Halo (ring any bells?) Nova is the most complete, comprehensive game on the app store to date. Not only does it have an engaging single player mode, but it comes with surprisingly fun online multiplayer mode as well. It is no surprise to me that Gameloft is the company behind Nova. After all, they have proven to be strong players in the app store market and have developed a number of hits. Each game they release seems to push the envelope (and my expectations) just a little further. I now expect an iPod/iPhone game to deliver much more than I did even a few months ago. I am excited to see what the app store holds for 2010. I think Nova will be hard to top, but based on what I have seen so far, it is complely plausible.
And that wraps up the gaming year of 2009. I'm sure 2010 will be bringing us even more impressive games from all the developers on the app store who will continue to push the limits of the platform. We'll see you the same time next year for another wrap up!


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2012 model year changes
Infiniti's popular G series returns for 2012 with few changes. Some cosmetic changes have been made to the Sport Appearance package and Limited Edition package, including dark wheels on the limited and a blacked-out grille on the Sport. A spare tire is also now standard on convertible models.
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Plant Journal
Use Timeliner to allow students to make and record observations of plant growth.
- Students will measure the daily growth of their plants.
- Students will write observations.
- Students will describe how organisms change as they grow and mature.
- Students will use basic computer skills for writing.
- Have each student plant a seed in a small cup or milk carton.
- Start a digital journal by creating a weekly timeline in Timeliner.
- Each day have students observe their plants and record their findings in their timeline.
- Have them write descriptions of the plants as well as record their measurements.
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NETS Profiles for Technology Literate Students
- Use input devices (e.g., mouse, keyboard, remote control) and output devices (e.g., monitor, printer) to successfully operate computers, VCRs, audiotapes, and other technologies.
- Use a variety of media and technology resources for directed and independent learning activities.
- Use technology resources (e.g., puzzles, logical thinking programs, writing tools, digital cameras, drawing tools) for problem solving, communication, and illustration of thoughts, ideas, and stories.
- Gather information and communicate with others using telecommunications, with support from teachers, family members, or student partners.
- Plant started from a seedling
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- Students can take pictures of their plants and insert them into their journal.
- Students can scan leaves or stems of their plants and insert them into their journal.
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New 'Edge of Tomorrow' Trailer: Tom Cruise Dies Over and Over and Over
Update 3/25/14: A new Edge of Tomorrow trailer has hit online, and we've embedded it below:
Previously 12/11/13: Nobody does big-budget sci-fi quite like Tom Cruise. He hasn't even done a ton of them in his career, but the ones he has done have all sealed his fate as a great presence to watch using crazy technology or fighting alien forces. Even though he's a superstar, there's still something so casual and cool about Cruise, which makes the spectacle side of his films stand out all the more. His personality doesn't eclipse the visual effects or out-of-this-world stories, which is a quality you want in movies like War of the Worlds and Minority Report.
His latest is Edge of Tomorrow (previously called All You Need Is Kill), where he stars alongside Emily Blunt in a high-concept plot that we're just going to let the official synopsis handle:
The epic action of Edge of Tomorrow unfolds in a near future in which an alien race has hit the Earth in an unrelenting assault, unbeatable by any military unit in the world. Major William Cage (Cruise) is an officer who has never seen a day of combat when he is unceremoniously dropped into what amounts to a suicide mission. Killed within minutes, Cage now finds himself inexplicably thrown into a time loop forcing him to live out the same brutal combat over and over, fighting and dying again...and again. But with each battle, Cage becomes able to engage the adversaries with increasing skill, alongside Special Forces warrior Rita Vrataski (Blunt). And, as Cage and Rita take the fight to the aliens, each repeated encounter gets them one step closer to defeating the enemy.
That's a pretty great setup if you ask us, and the trailer looks like it absolutely delivers on the strangeness of living a repeat life as a soldier fighting an overwhelming alien force. We do wonder if it will get a little repetitive seeing Cruise on the same battlefield fighting the same fight over and over, but we're guessing those badass mech suits are going to take our mind off of that.
What do you think?
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Throughout the four quarters of Khan Murjan, you'll find various shops and vendors from across the Arab world, set in the authentic splendour of a 14th-century souk, in the heart of modern Dubai.
The souk has been an integral part of Arabic life for centuries; every major city has one. Our own is inspired by an infamous ancient subterranean souk in Baghdad, and draws on all four corners of the Arab world, with influences from Egyptian, Syrian, Turkish and Moroccan architectural styles.
The majestic stained glass window that dominates the ceiling took a team of skilled craftsmen many months to create, using types of glass especially selected from mosques and temples across the Islamic world. It's one of the largest windows of its kind and is a sight no visitor to Dubai should miss.
WAFI also prides itself on helping to preserve the signature techniques of Dubai's people by uniting the culture, cuisine and craftsmanship of our forefathers, and creating a thriving marketplace environment that will keep their traditions alive for generations to come.
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Nizzy wrote:Kovy27 wrote:What the hell is going on in this thread?
I freak out from time to time. My life is so miserable that my only enjoyment is watching a quality Pens game and my bar has been set too high from the 2009 championship.
Pens were 12-4-4 for 28 points after 20 games in the 2008-2009 season.
Currently they are 13-7 for 26 points.
Not so different?


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HANGTIME SOUTHWEST — During their franchise record-setting 17-game win streak, one team was notably absent from the list of victims: the Golden State Warriors.
Rather the Warriors posted two victories over the NBA's new darlings from Tinseltown, one at the front end and another at the back end of the Clippers' streak. So when the Warriors strolled into Staples Center on Saturday night fresh off a 115-94 flogging of the lob-a-licious Clips on Wednesday night in Oakland, Chris Paul and Co. were waiting with carving knives out.
Yet, it wasn't so much the most recent Warriors uprising that had Paul and his buddies in a tizzy. Nope, it was Golden State's 114-110 win in L.A. way back on Nov. 3, and that young squad's ensuing celebration that rankled CP3.
"The first time they beat us here, you would have thought they won the NBA Finals," Paul told reporters after the Clippers gouged Golden State, 115-89, Saturday night at Staples. "Then they beat us up there pretty handily, so we wanted to protect our home court. This was the third time we've played those guys at the end of a back-to-back, so we knew if we let them get out and run, we'd be in for a long night."
The Clippers' victory set yet another franchise record, a 12th consecutive home win.
"We've been pretty good at home," said Paul, who was spectacular in posting 27 points (10-for-12 shooting), nine assists, five rebounds and no turnovers in just 28 minutes. "I think that's 12 in a row for us here. It's all about our fans, and we feed off them. So we've got to keep making this a tough place to play."
The Clippers' are now 17-3 at Staples, which is two more wins than their star-studded co-tenant has all season.
In a Pacific Division dominated by those iron-clad Lakers since the beginning of time, with Sacramento and Phoenix popping up for spurts, there are clearly two new kids on the block.
And these Warriors and Clippers are gaining a healthy dislike for one another.
Unfortunately there's just one more regular-season meeting between the two, a MLK matinee on Jan. 21 back at always raucous Oracle Arena.
After that, and god-willing, it'll take a playoff series to carry on this burgeoning battle of I-5.
And how many times has anyone been able to say that?


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| Case Studies in Public Service Management (Instructors Manual).
Igoe, J and McKevitt, J. (1995) Case Studies in Public Service Management (Instructors Manual). Oxford: Blackwell. [DOI] [Details]
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Tiernan, S., Igoe, J. and Prendergast, S. (2007) 'Crisis Communication Response Strategies' In: Crisis Management and Tourisim by Law. London: CABI. [DOI] [Details]
| 'Global Strategies and International Advantage: Economic and Managerial Perspectives'
Igoe, J. and McGee, J. (2005) 'Global Strategies and International Advantage: Economic and Managerial Perspectives' In: Strategy: Text and Cases: Analysis and Practice. Dublin: McGraw Hill Education. [DOI] [Details]
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| European International Business Association (EIBA)
Raziq, M; Benito, G; Igoe, J. (2016) The Role of the Country Manager for Subsidiary Role Development, A Study of MNE Subsidiaries located in New Zealand European International Business Association (EIBA) [Details]
| Irish Academy of Management, NUIG
Hynes, P. and Igoe, J. (2015) How disruptive innovation has affected business models in the banking sector in Ireland Irish Academy of Management, NUIG [Details]
| Breaking up the Global Value Chain: Possibilities and Consequences, Academy of International Business, Bocconi University, Milan
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Taras, V., Igoe J. Curran. L. et al (2012) X-Culture Project, International Cross Comparisons and Performance Effects . In: n/a eds. Academy of International Business Boston, , 29-JUN-12 - 03-JUL-12 , pp.n/a-n/a [DOI] [Details]
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Curran, L and Igoe, (2012) Comparison of X-Culture with other International Business Simulations, in Large-Scale Multi-Country Experiential Learning projects in IB/IM Education; Challenges and Practices for Enhancing Teaching & Learning Symposium . In: n/a eds. Academy of Management n/a, , 02-AUG-12 - 13-AUG-12 , pp.n/a-n/a [DOI] [Details]
| McGill International Conference
Igoe, J. and Ryan, P (2012) Competence Creation for New Product Innovation in Geographically Adjacent MNE Subsidiaries: A Qualitative Study . In: n/a eds. McGill International Conference Milan, , 04-SEP-12 - 06-SEP-12 , pp.n/a-n/a [DOI] [Details]
| Irish Academy of Management
Igoe, J. and Scanlon, J. (2009) Subsidiary Initiative and its Role in Subsidiary Development . In: n/a eds. Irish Academy of Management Galway, , 03-SEP-09 - 04-SEP-09 , pp.n/a-n/a [DOI] [Details]
| Irish Academy of Management
Igoe, J. (2006) Effects of Autonomy in Subsidiary Capability Development . In: n/a eds. Irish Academy of Management Cork, , 07-SEP-06 - 08-SEP-06 , pp.n/a-n/a [DOI] [Details]
| 14th Annual World Business Congress of International Management Development Association
Igoe, J . (2005) Subsidiary Role and Development in Ireland-based High Technology Multinational Subsidiaries 14th Annual World Business Congress of International Management Development Association Granada, Andalucia, Spain, , 01-JAN-05 [Details]
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Boylan, S., Igoe, J . (2005) An Eclectic Model of Subsidiary Development, A Case Study of two Software Subsidiaries Irish Academy of Management Conference Galway, Ireland, , 01-JAN-05 [Details]
| EIASM 3 rd Workshop on International Strategy and Cross Cultural Management Vienna, Austria
Boylan, S., Igoe, J . (2005) An Eclectic Model of Subsidiary Development in Foreign-owned Subsidiaries in Ireland EIASM 3 rd Workshop on International Strategy and Cross Cultural Management Vienna, Austria , 01-JAN-05 [Details]
| British Academy of Management Conference
Igoe, J . (2004) An examination of the relationship between Subsidiary Initiatives and Subsidiary Specific Advantages in Ireland-based High-Technology Multinational Subsidiaries British Academy of Management Conference St. Andrews University, , 01-JAN-04 [Details]
| EIASM 2 nd Workshop on International Strategy and Cross Cultural Management
Igoe, J . (2004) An examination of the Role of Subsidiary Initiative in the Development of Subsidiary-Specific Advantages in Ireland based High-Technology Subsidiaries EIASM 2 nd Workshop on International Strategy and Cross Cultural Management St. Andrews University, , 01-JAN-04 [Details]
| European International Business Academy (EIBA) Conference
Igoe, J . (2003) The Relationship between Subsidiary Initiative and Firm-Specific Advantage in Ireland-based high-technology MNEs European International Business Academy (EIBA) Conference Copenhagen Business School, , 01-JAN-03 [Details]
| Irish Academy of Management (IAM) Conference
Igoe, J . (2001) The Internationalisation of R&D activity in Ireland-based MNEs, the Subsidiary perspective Irish Academy of Management (IAM) Conference Waterford Institute of Technology, , 01-JAN-01 [Details]
| Business History Doctoral Colloquium
Igoe, J . (2000) A Review of the Philosophical Stances in Strategic Management Research Business History Doctoral Colloquium BE School of Management, Norway Norway, , 01-JAN-00 [Details]
| Irish Academy of Management
Igoe, J. (1996) R&D Strategies in the Pharmaceutical industry . In: n/a eds. Irish Academy of Management Waterford, , 05-SEP-96 - 06-SEP-96 , pp.n/a-n/a [DOI] [Details]
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Philly's sports-talk soup is now at a full boil, if November's Arbitron ratings are an indication.
You'll recall how on Oct. 9, Greater Media's WPEN (also known as 950ESPN) began simulcasting most programming on 97.5 FM as "The Fanatic."
The 950-AM signal, which barely registered since its debut in 2005, got a nice, static-free, FM companion.
Sports-talk listeners enjoy comparing The Fanatic against perennial champ WIP (610) when it comes to content.
But it may be impossible to directly compare The Fanatic's Arbitron ratings against WIP's. The geek in me would love to have some objective comparison.
Logic would seem to dictate that you could add the audience shares of both the 950-AM signal and the 97.5-FM signal and roll them into one number. If someone is listening to Mike Missanelli on AM or FM, why should that matter?
Arbitron told me today that unless the two stations are a true, round-the-clock simulcast, their shares cannot be combined, even for a specific show. These two stations run the same programming from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. weekdays, except for the 10 o'clock hour, and Villanova games air on the AM side.
So no dice.
We have to move on and return to bickering over content.
The November ratings were great for both WIP and The Fanatic, and both stations have the Phillies' World Series run to thank for it.
In the demographic of men ages 25 to 54, WIP was No.1 with 9.3 percent of the audience, its best showing in at least a year. Each show was up over the previous month's. And though people love to bust on afternooner Howard Eskin, his show has been rising since the beginning of the year.
The Fanatic's FM station was 10th, and the AM station was 22d.
The AM/FM seems to be working. Take September, the last full ratings period that 950-AM was by itself. The share of male listeners ages 25-54 was a 3. In November, the share on just the FM signal was a 4.5. The station's top-rated personality, Mike Missanelli, went from a 6.6 in September on AM to a 7.6 on just the FM station. Missanelli edged out Eskin among men 25-54 and beat him soundly among the younger male demographics.
(This is an attempt to correct my earlier post, in which I combined the two Fanatic stations' audience shares.)