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It's just more fashonable to raise money for AIDs. The bad thing is, HIV is a virus, something that we've NEVER been able to get rid of because it isn't a living thing. We can't even cure the common cold. The chances for curing AIDs isn't good. There is always one cure that not many people like to accept- prevention.
In the past we have had success inoculating against viruses. Furthermore, since our immune system capable of destroying viruses there is no reason to suspect that an artifical equivalent would not be possible. There is much promising work to be done in the field, hardly something we should cut funding to. Oh, and a cure to aids would probably be easier to come by than a cure to the common cold as there are far more strands, variants, and mutations of the 'common cold' than the HIV virus.
I would like to see some one try to convence a group of people they should be inoculated for HIV! I think funding could be put to better use in other places, like educating people about how to prevent getting HIV, or for other health problems.
Well, if an appropriate vaccine is found you could simply inoculate the entire population when they are young, problem solved.
Like the push to all but eradicate smallpox?
There is much promising work to be done in the field, hardly something we should cut funding to.
I don't know about the others, but my desire isn't to see AIDS research funding cut, but research money to the others increased... (Okay, maybe cut AIDS research a little). The heart of the objection to the funding disparity in the OP seems to be a mix between "where your treasure is there is your heart also" and "hey, more people are afflicted by this other thing... isn't it in our national interest to fund that one at least as much as the other?"
Oh, I agree (except I never want to see research cut, even a little), as my initial response indicated I support the AIDS funding, though I think even more should go to Alzheimers research...if we cut, let's cut from other government programmes and add to research. Heck, I'd even support a tax increase if all the money went to Research, though that's one of the few reasons I'd support a tax increase, and I'm probably in the minority on that one.
Alzheimers is a disease that kills rich people - so the pharmacutical companies are going to invest their research money on diseases that kill rich people. They do not care about the poor.
Your statement is incorrect, disingenous, mean-spirited and betrays any sense of charity. I have yet to see where Alzheimers is selective to only those earning six-figure incomes or more! And there are documented cases of Alzheimers affecting "younger" people, even people in their thirties!
I was thinking that the money for AIDS research was good because it helped people in the United States...Africa can do their own research, they want to be free from rule by western powers, shouldn't they also want to be free of western money and technology?
The poor here in the U.S. can pull themselves up by themselves. They want to be free from The Man, shouldn't they also want to be free of his money?
Of course, you're comparing apples and oranges here. Caring for one's own society is fundamentally different from caring for a foreign, hostile society.
The parable speaks of being kind to your neighbour, it references interpersonal relationships...not international ones. It's completely irrelevant to the discussion at hand.
What does pre-existing relationships have to do with what I said? They were individual travelers, they were not states traveling. The parable has to do with interpersonal relationships and conduct one man to another, it has nothing to do with the interactions between nations.
Your exact words were "Caring for one's own society is fundamentally different from caring for a foreign, hostile society." As individual Christians, even as a businessman with money to invest in something, we have a responsibility to foreigners as much as to our own kin.
There is nothing stopping an American individual from donating money or other resources to whatever is the latest cause in Africa. It is not the responsibility of a government to go off on an altruistic goose chase at tax payer expense.
One of the matters at hand was privately-owned drug companies.
Again, we are refering to societies, not individuals. The pharisee was condemned for failing to send money half a world away, he was condemned for failing to help an individual calling out for help in his very presence. You would have us neglect those who seek help in our very presence to aid those half a world a way...I'm sure the pharisee donated money to the temple to help the poor, but he did not help those who were in his presnece.
You would have us do the same, send money to a far away land while neglecting those who are next door to us.
It is the primary responsibility of that society to care for its own
Many African states were even given the option of being part of a western state and they, often violently, rejected this.
No, if you had read the OP, you would know that the discussion is about government funding of research.
Global communicate has put those who are half a world away effectively in our presence. If you know that people are suffering, then you have some responsibility to help them. Now, one only has so much money, and so one cannot help everyone, but one must help someone, and I don't think that those who are in the same national borders as we are automatically get priority. Swinburne makes some arguments about these things in his Responsibility and Atonement (Oxford University Press, 1989).
You would have us neglect those far away on the sole grounds that they were born within different borders.
Can you cite that one must care only for one's own to any Orthodox philosopher of religion, please?
Poor children are not responsible for the choices of their dead ancestors.
Since we don't live in an utopia, they still must live out the consequences of those choices.
That's not a very Christian take on matters at all. The Kingdom of God is within us, so in a sense we at least do live in a utopia, and the Church has generally rejected notions that innocents (those below maturity) can be punished for the sins of their fathers.
While it is lofty (and leaves that warm and fuzzy feeling inside) to say the Church historically forbids this, or commands this - it has no bearing in reality. In places where warlords still rule and dominate, innocents will still suffer. And there, practically speaking, isn't a thing that can be done about it.
You still have yet to put forth any argument as to why it is the burden of the American taxpayer (which you are not according to what you have said in other posts) to save a far off continent from itself while there are still major domestic problems in the United States to be dealt with.
Your statement is incorrect, disingenous, mean-spirited and betrays any sense of charity. Â I have yet to see where Alzheimers is selective to only those earning six-figure incomes or more! Â And there are documented cases of Alzheimers affecting "younger" people, even people in their thirties! Â Scamandrius
But we are not those warlords, and while there certain exist warlords in general, earlier charitable endeavours have been successful in ameliorating much poverty.
My points were entirely limited to the duties of individual Christians, going from the drug company CEOs brought up.
And as for taxes, as I still have a U.S. passport, I am theoretically bound to pay taxes, were my income to just get over a certain level.
Only if your income is made in the United States. So as long as you live abroad, you are just whining about how the government should spend somebody else's money.
I suspect that you might be misunderstanding what I am trying to get at. And I appreciate your zeal towards charity. That is a good thing. Let me try to elaborate to you what I am trying to say.Are there young people who suffer from Alzheimers? Yes. Certaintly.Does Alzheimers affect both the poor and the rich?Yes.Now, if you were the CEO of a big pharmacutical giant...let's say Merck or Pfizer, where do you invest your research money? AIDS research or Alzheimer's research?
I will not be drawn into hypothetical arguments. The fact is you labeled persons stricken with Alzheimers to be of a certain demographic and, as a result considering your other posts, are not deserving to be treated with such compassion. Do they suffer any less than people stricken with AIDS? NO! If we were to base charity and compassion to people who have suffered the most, where do we draw the line? Victims of genocide? People with malignant cancers? Where?Forgive me if I wax righteous. I'm anything but! It's just that I've seen what Alzheimers can do, up close and personal!All your prayers needed!Scamandrius
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Teacher professional development and classroom resources across the curriculum
Workshop 7
Reflect on how you teach public health crises, such as typhoid and polio, in your classroom. How would you teach it differently with primary sources?
Now consider these lesson ideas contributed by Primary Sources teachers:
In this activity, students held a conference to create a policy for dealing with future infectious diseases and epidemics based on the typhoid epidemic. Before this activity, the students studied the typhoid epidemic and the case of Mary Mallon.
To begin the activity, I divided students into groups and told them that they would be representatives at an early 20th-century conference. Their task was to create a policy for dealing with future outbreaks of infectious diseases based on what they learned during the typhoid epidemic. Each group chose a different role for the conference. Roles included doctors, public health officials, representatives of the courts, civil rights activists,* and friends and family of typhoid victims.
Each group used a variety of texts and primary source documents to prepare a policy to recommend at the conference. I asked the students to consider what role the government, society, and various individuals would play in creating and maintaining this policy. During the conference, the groups took turns presenting their arguments and then commenting on the cases made by the other groups. By the end of the conference, the groups attempted to come to a consensus on rules to deal with future epidemics.
Finally, the students took the rules that they listed and used them to look at actual cases of disease outbreaks, like polio or AIDS. The students compared how the epidemics were really handled to their own policy. What are the similarities? What are the differences? Should the real cases have been handled differently? If so, how?
* Although the term "civil rights activist" did not exist during this time period, I use this to refer generally to people interested in the civil rights of others.
As part of a study on the turn of the century, I had students do a research project on individuals who were denied certain rights and/or shunned by society. This project followed a whole-class study of the typhoid epidemic and, specifically, the case of Mary Mallon.
I assigned each group of students a person from the late 19th or early 20th century for their project. Their task was to research that person's background, particularly what put them into their difficult situation. In addition to the research portion of the project, I also asked the students to do some critical thinking and speculation: Consider what they think should have been done regarding this individual and in what other ways events could have happened.
Note: Research can be done either individually or as group research projects.
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Uncritical Publicity for Supposed 'Independent UFO Investigation' Demonstrates Media Gullibility
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Robert Sheaffer
Skeptical Inquirer Volume 22.5, September / October 1998
On Monday, June 19, 1998, all of the major media outlets were suddenly filled with accounts proclaiming that an independent panel of scientists had taken a fresh look at the UFO question, and had concluded that the matter needed to be taken seriously after all. The Washington Post wrote glowingly of "the first independent scientific review of the controversial topic in almost 30 years" that supposedly found "cases that included intriguing and inexplicable details, such as burns to witnesses, radar detections of mysterious objects, strange lights appearing repeatedly in the skies over certain locales, aberrations in the workings of automobiles, and irradiation and other damage found in vegetation." ABC News reported, "A panel of scientists is conducting the first independent UFO investigation in nearly 30 years." The Associated Press reported that "an international panel of scientists" was convened to conduct "the first independent review of UFO phenomena since 1966."
While finding that eyewitness testimony about UFOs was of little scientific value and "there was no convincing evidence pointing to . . . the involvement of extraterrestrial intelligence" (a major point widely underplayed by news reports), the panel had concluded that "the physical evidence in some UFO sightings merits further serious scientific review."
However, what virtually every major news organization completely overlooked is that this was far from an "independent" review of UFOs. The Society for Scientific Exploration, sponsor of the panel, is not a "mainstream" scientific organization. Instead, it is a group inclined toward belief in paranormal phenomena, albeit one with many scientists among its membership. This could have been easily determined by any reporter who would have taken the trouble to peruse their Web site, or to interview them meaningfully. For the past eleven years, the Journal of Scientific Exploration been publishing articles suggesting that at least some paranormal claims are true, and have been verified scientifically. On the SSE Web site are found papers purporting to demonstrate that dowsing has been verified, that young chicks have psychokinetic powers, and that reincarnation is not only verified, but that past lives are often indicated by the presence of birthmarks. The Web site proclaims the journal's intention to publish supposedly scientific papers on "UFO and related phenomena, clairvoyance, precognition, telepathy, psychokinesis, out-of-body and near-death experiences, cryptozoology, evidence suggestive of reincarnation, alternative medical practices, astrological claims, ball lightning, crop circles, apparent chemical or biological transmutation (alchemy), etc." Despite the impressive jargon and in some cases the impressive academic degrees of the authors, these papers have been absolutely unconvincing to mainstream scientific journals and organizations, and, far from pointing the way to further research, they have been quite deliberately ignored.
The SSE UFO Panel invited only pro-UFOlogists to present supposed "evidence"; the skeptical viewpoint was evidently felt not to be worth considering. The panel was funded by Laurance Rockefeller, whose previous financial support for pro-UFO organizations is well-known. The scientific sessions of the panel were moderated by David E. Pritchard, professor of physics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harold E. Puthoff, director of the Institute for Advanced Studies in Austin. Puthoff is well-known in parapsychological circles for his experiments with Uri Geller at SRI International during the 1970s, which are now viewed even by most parapsycholgists as hopelessly flawed. He is currently researching "Zero-Point Energy," i.e. supposed techniques for extracting useful amounts of free energy from the vacuum of space. (see "Zero-Point Energy and Harold Puthoff," Skeptical Inquirer, May/June 1998, and the subsequent exchange between Puthoff and Martin Gardner in this issue, page 60.) The Journal of Scientific Exploration has published Puthoff's writings on that subject. Pritchard was one of the organizers of the 1992 Abduction Study Conference at MIT, along with Budd Hopkins, Dr. John Mack of Harvard, and David Jacobs of Temple University. This conference, which was overwhelmingly slanted toward the pro-UFO and pro-abduction position, was intended to provide scientific credibility for the Hopkins-Jacobs-Mack abduction hypothesis, which centers around a supposed alien plan to breed part-human, part-alien hybrids. The conference not only failed to sway the scientific community, but has become something of an embarrassment to UFO believers as it made public for the first time some of the more outlandish claims and practices of the UFO abductionists.
The UFO "experts" who were invited to present supposed evidence to the SSE UFO panel were: Richard Haines, psychologist and longtime pro-UFO researcher; Illobrand von Ludwiger, director of the Central European branch of MUFON; Mark Rodeghier, director of the Center for UFO Studies, Chicago; John Schuessler, Deputy Director of MUFON; Erling Strand, one of the directors of UFO Norway; Michael Swords, Scientific Director of CUFOS; Jacques Vallee, the author of many UFO books, who has repeatedly suggested that UFO reports signify something momentous precisely because they do not make sense; and Jean-Jacques Velasco, the Director of SEPRA, the French Space Agency (CNES) UFO Study. Not one of these investigators is a skeptic in any sense of the word; all of them have long-standing positions of UFO advocacy.
Amazingly, the cases that the panel found so impressive are old ones that have long been touted by UFO promoters and have failed to convince skeptics inside or outside the scientific community. One of their principal cases was an alleged UFO "landing trace" case in Trans-en-Provence, France. The soil appeared to have been compacted, and traces were found of iron, zinc, and phosphates. However, the connection of the alleged 'landing trace' to any aerial event rests upon the testimony of just one individual. If he is either hoaxing or deluded, then the incident proves nothing about UFOs no matter how many tests might be performed upon soil samples.
The Cash-Landrum case of 1980 was presented as evidence of physiological effects upon witnesses. Exposure to a flaming UFO is said to have produced blisters, digestive disorders, burns, hair loss, and other dramatic effects. However, the accuracy of these claims is impossible to assess, as only selected portions of the medical records of the individuals involved have ever been released. Furthermore, no other witnesses in this suburban area of Houston reported seeing anything at all, and no effects of the UFO's supposed heat and/or radiation were detected on any animals, plants, or inanimate matter. The witnesses' claim that the UFO was being pursued by exactly twenty-three large dual-rotor helicopters (which if true would certainly have attracted a great deal of attention and would have been verifiable afterward) raises serious issues concerning witness reliability and candor. As before, the link between a "physical effect" and any alleged UFO is quite tenuous. Jacques Vallee made presentations concerning a number of alleged "artifacts," none of which can be excluded as ordinary terrestrial objects. One of the cases Vallee presented was the supposed UFO crash in Aurora, Texas, in 1897, which has long been dismissed as a hoax even by many pro-UFOlogists.
The fallacy underlying all of the panel's "evidence" is that no matter how indisputably real any measurement may be, its relationship to any alleged aerial phenomenon is merely anecdotal. The late J. Allen Hynek was fond of citing in his lectures supposed animal reactions to UFOs as proof that the case for UFOs does not rely solely on fallible eyewitness testimony: animals, he assured us, do not suffer from mass hypnosis. He never seemed to understand the objection that our knowledge of the animals' supposed actions rests entirely upon uncorroborated testimony.
It has not been a good year for the giants of American journalism. CNN and Time were forced to retract, and even apologize for, an unfounded story that the U.S. military used nerve gas against defectors. The New Republic fired one of its reporters, and the Boston Globe saw one of its reporters resign under pressure, both for fabricating stories in whole or in part. The Associated Press reported the death of Bob Hope while the famed comedian sat at his home, calmly eating breakfast. Close on the heels of these embarrassments comes a gaffe in which nearly every major news outlet uncritically heralded as an "independent scientific review of the UFO phenomenon" an in-house study from a fringe organization whose conclusion, because of the group's very makeup, was never in doubt. While perhaps not as egregious as the other examples, it illustrates all too plainly the tendency of the contemporary American news media to leap before they look.


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deano6410 needed a new other design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 42 designs submitted by 21 freelance designers.
I am looking for you to design a set of edgy or funny killer bunny graphics and props for a series of videos I am making. This bunny should walk on two legs, like a human, but the rest I will leave to your imagination.
It is important that the design is not too complex, as I am making low-quality videos.
Also, I will need this bunny in numerous poses and positions, and I need some props such as a book in his hands, a wheelbarrow of cash, a baseball bat, and a laptop.
Also, see the description for the background picture that will also be required.
The winner is likely to also be given future work on a regular basis.
ok, firstly you need to design the killer bunny. Remember, he should walk on two legs, and the amount of detail in the design should be a little lower than normal.
The reason for this is that I am creating fairly low quality videos in an almost 'Zero Punctuation' style... so the winning design will look good, edgy, or funny, but will be quick to draw in numerous poses and positions.
For this particular contest, I need the bunny in at least 4 different positions and poses.
The videos will be called 'Killer Bunny's Bedtime Stories', so I also need a bedroom background, this should be a child's bedroom, with one male child in the bed aged 3-4
I run deanhunt.com and numerous other sites, and am globally recognised in the industry, so if you are chosen as the winner of this contest, then you will get future work and a lot of recognition and authority as a designer.
Vector graphics are strongly preferable, as they give us the most flexibility.
I am open to any suggestions or questions.
- Killer Bunny Mockup in vector graphics
- Once I like it, please do it in 4+ different poses and positions, e.g sat down, stood up, side-facing, etc...
- Include the following props: baseball bat, a book in his hands, a wheelbarrow of cash, a laptop. All the props should be done in the same style, and again, don't need to be complex designs.
- One background image of a child's bedroom would also be a huge plus, but is not essential. There should be a young boy aged 3-4 in the bed.
- In terms of style, I am open to inspiration, but it MUST be easy and quick to draw. As I will potentially need many more poses and props in the near future.
- Extra preference will be made for graphics that are done in vector format eps, or ai are preferred
- If you are not going to be available to do future work on this project, then please say so when you submit your design.
- Ideally should be edgy, dark, or funny.
- a complex or detailed design
- a bunny that walks on 4 legs
- something that cannot be replicated with ease
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Legendary Japanese animator Katsuhiro Otomo is known around the world for his work, particularly his groundbreaking cyberpunk action feature "Akira." But Otomo doesn't spend time watching his own films.
"The truth is, I don't read or watch my own creations," Otomo says. "When I'm creating something, I'm 100% immersed in that universe, so when I'm finished, I'm ready to journey to a different world. Once a work is completed, it belongs to the readers and viewers."
One of the most influential artists working in animation today, Otomo will receive the Winsor McCay Award for career achievement at the Annie Awards on Saturday. Frank Gladstone, president of the Assn. Internationale du Film d'Animation, or ASIFA, said that "for the board, it was an easy decision to present Mr. Otomo with the McCay Award: His influence and achievements have been consistent and unparalleled."
Best known as the director of the 1988 manga classic "Akira," Otomo, 59, talked about his work via email from Tokyo last week. The McCay trophy follows the prestigious Medal with Purple Ribbon he received from the Japanese government last year; in 2005, the French government conferred the title of Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters.
"I'm honored to receive such a fabulous award," Otomo said about the McCay honor. "But I don't think about awards when I'm working."
Otomo was fascinated by movies as a teenager, sometimes traveling three hours by train to see films that didn't play in his rural home town. "When I was in high school, I had a vague idea of wanting to become a manga artist or a movie director," he recalled. "Having grown up in the countryside, I had no idea how to enter such an occupation. But I knew that to begin, I had to move to Tokyo."
Otomo arrived in Tokyo after graduating high school in 1973, and he quickly established himself as a writer, manga artist and animation-character designer. In 1983, he began "Akira," a dark, sprawling epic that ran as a serial for eight years.
In 1988, Otomo directed and co-wrote the animated feature of "Akira," the film credited with creating a mass audience for Japanese animation in America. "Akira" is set in 2019, 31 years after Tokyo was destroyed during World War III. The glittering skyscrapers of Neo-Tokyo loom over a grimy under-city, where brutal military officers subject Tetsuo, the weakest member of a teen-age biker gang, to biomedical experiments that go terribly wrong.
Roland Kelts, the author of "Japanamerica: How Japanese Pop Culture Has Invaded the U.S.," said that "Otomo completely transformed my awareness of animation as an art form. I first saw 'Akira' when I was in college. I remember talking about it for hours with three other friends who were similarly shaken by Otomo's vision and techniques, and by his seamless blend of spiritual psychosis and institutional corruption. He is one of a handful of Japan's, and the world's, greatest living animators, and his art continues to expand the boundaries of visual expression."
Although he's identified with the brooding "Akira," Otomo's work encompasses a wide spectrum of moods, graphic looks and subjects. He drew and wrote the charming manga "SOS! Tokyo Metro Explorers," about a group of schoolboys searching for lost treasure under the modern city. He wrote and directed the lavish Victorian Steampunk adventure "Steamboy," and wrote the screenplay for the action-comedy "Roujin Z," in which a group of feisty senior citizens hijack a military robot.
"I don't try to make my viewers or readers like something," Otomo said. "I think my works that receive praise show exactly that. They're pieces I thought were intriguing — I was fully alive in those worlds. I don't know exactly what the Japanese audience — or another country's audience — is feeling, but I don't believe that everyone who goes to movies goes to see a happy ending every time. If everyone was happy, movies and entertainment would be unnecessary."
Last year, Otomo completed "Short Peace," an animated anthology that includes four segments by different directors. His segment, "Combustible," a tale of Edo-period star-crossed lovers in the 18th century, styled after antique woodblock prints, made the short list for the Oscar for Animated Short Film last year. Shuhei Morita's segment, "Possessions," in which a samurai faces the angry spirits of umbrellas and other objects that resent being abandoned by humans after years of faithful service, is nominated in the same category this year.
Otomo declines to comment on the prospect of a live-action remake of "Akira," a project that's been kicking around Hollywood for more than a decade: "I illustrated the manga then directed the animated film: I will not be involved a third time." But he's directed one live-action movie, an adaptation of Yuki Urushibara's supernatural manga "Mushishi," and would like to do more,
"I would love to make live-action films, but have not had many opportunities. I'd have to start by finding trustworthy staff, which is very difficult. But I will do it. I'm thinking of making a live-action film next."


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As a doctor, I know the value of information, but I also know what's worse than not enough information: misinformation or too much information. In this information age, we seem to have plenty of both.
No matter what you think or believe, you can find proof of it on the Internet. You can also find a million and one ways to decorate your living room, making it overwhelmingly impossible to decide which ideas to use. The Internet is great at quenching our attention deficits by providing novelty at every click. Indeed, we can spend hours reading, watching, listening, or commenting without accomplishing anything at all. On the other hand, we get access to excellent resources and minds, beyond what was possible in a non-connected world.
Modern medicine also struggles with managing information. In our lust for data, we have created systems that store every keystroke, scan, or import, in a limitless cloud. Discrimination is no longer necessary. The pertinent and the frivolous are stored side by side. We no longer have data; we have "big data." This allows the detection of trends and patterns that could never be identified with our smaller data sets. We are just beginning to understand its power.
[ Should be obvious: EHRs Must Solve Real Problems.]
Interestingly, however, while computers are great at sorting through data quickly and efficiently, humans aren't. In fact, "more," often clogs our ability to discern and decide. Additionally, computers can't distinguish good data from bad data. At present, humans are still required to use the data to make decisions and care for patients. Until we have computers that can form therapeutic alliances, be compassionate, diagnose conditions, and provide and coordinate reasonable treatments, we are still dependent on fallible biologic beings to provide our medical care.
One of the hopes of electronic health records (EHRs) is that they will revolutionize medicine by collecting information that can be used to improve how we provide care. Getting good data from EHRs can occur if good data is input. This doesn't always happen. To see patients; document encounters; enter smoking status; create coded problems lists; update medication lists; e-prescribe medications; order tests; find, open, and review multiple prior notes; schedule follow-up appointments; search for SNOWMED codes, search for ICD-9 codes, and find CPT codes to bill encounters (tasks previously delegated to a number of people); and compassionately interact with patients, providers have to take shortcuts.
To simplify the more cumbersome and involved process of documenting in EHRs, we use templates, checkboxes, and default reports. This standardizes the entry and ensures that all of the necessary bullet points are included. While this documentation allows more accurate CPT coding, it often doesn't reflect reality. Numerous patients with abnormal physical finding or other distinguishing features suddenly have normal exams except for the specific abnormality surrounding the chief complaint. Comatose patients are often "alert and oriented," and all ear infections look exactly the same -- "red and bulging." Template-based records are notorious for including things that were never done, such as performing a complete physical exam on a patient who came in with a splinter in a thumb. Or the record might detail a full review of systems -- including questions about exercise-induced chest pain and feelings of anxiety -- on a visit with a two-month-old.
Some systems limit the number of choices to describe things or use unnatural language or simple checkboxes to convey things previously communicated by narratives. While computers may be able to use this data, humans who have to use the information to decide what is going on have a harder time reforming the story from this cryptic information.
Additionally, ICD codes often lack the specificity required to communicate what is going on. Patients who once had 16p11.2 microdeletion syndrome suddenly have a diagnosis of 758.33 OTHER MICRODELETIONS. A patient born with an unbalanced AV septal defect, pulmonary atresia, ventricular inversion, and bilateral superior vena cava who underwent patch augmentation of the left PA and placement of a central shunt, followed by a bi-directional Glenn and finally a Fontan procedure is now synthesized down to 746.9 UNS ANOMALY HEART. (Unfortunately, ICD-10 isn't going to make this a lot better.)
While these codes can allow computers to quickly generate reports, they often simplify or group things together in ways that aren't useful to care providers. Much can be lost in the translation, making it impossible to appreciate the uniqueness or specificity of a problem needed to make
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text: Hi, I'd like to try using ISPConfig (3) on CentOS 6 with Dovecot 2. As far as I know this is not yet supported (is this still correct?), so for now it would be nice to just have a test installation based on it, if that's possible. I do know that ISPConfig 3 works with Dovecot 2 on Debian 6, so I assume it is possible to make ISPConfig recognize and configure Dovecot 2 on CentOS 6, too. However, last time I tried it would not do it automatically, so I'm wondernig whether this is now a supported features or whether it's possible to force it, overriding defaults. Thanks in advance.


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Western Wayne romped to a lopsided LFC win over Montrose.
MONTROSE — Western Wayne came out with both guns blazing in its Week One Lackawanna Football Conference game at Susquehanna.
Led by the potent 1-2 tailback combination of Rob Siclari and Jayson Figueroa, the Wildcats ran the Sabers off their own home field en route to a 50-0 rout.
This dominating win had Varden fans giddy with anticipation for what most hoped would be a wildly successful season. After struggling through an injury-plagued 2011 campaign, Coach Allen "Butch" Keller seemed to have his team focused on a run at the division title and a possible District Two playoff berth.
Alas, with the season now half gone, those goals have been modified a bit.
On the heels of that opening day triumph, the 'Cats suffered three straight losses, two of which came in excruciating fashion...a fact that led their Hall of Fame coach to throw down the gauntlet.
"Things are definitely going to change this week," he said after last Friday's loss at Trail. "We were just terrible and that won't happen again. I can promise you that."
Whatever words of wisdom Coach Keller imparted to his troops this week during practice obviously took hold. The 'Cats traveled all the way up to Montrose and utterly dominated the Meteors en route to a 41-0 victory.
"I think it's pretty safe to say they got the message," he said with a chuckle. "We really emphasized the ideas of playing together, playing with a purpose and playing aggressive football."
With this win, Western Wayne upped its regular season record to 2-3. Next up for the 'Cats is a Week Six home game against Riverside.
Opening kickoff for Friday night's ballgame is slated for 7:00 p.m. at the Sharkey Rosetti Memorial Athletic Complex.
No Holds Barred
Western Wayne quickly established its bruising ground game early on in this one.
Figueroa and Siclari were once again at the forefront of the attack.
Jayson broke the scoring ice midway through the first quarter on a 4-yard touchdown run. The versatile junior tailback would also make his presence felt in the passing game by hauling in a 34-yard scoring strike early in the third period.
Siclari turned in another explosive performance. Robbie needed just eight carries to accumulate 121 yards rushing. The highlights of his day came on TD runs of 66 and 12 yards.
Western Wayne's top back squashed any hopes Montrose fans had of a miracle comeback when he brought the second half kickoff back 88 yards to paydirt.
Conner Rosensweet and Johnny Rhodes also contributed big plays in the this lopsided win.
A senior who starts at both inside linebacker and fullback, Rosensweet turned a short pass into a 44-yard TD reception.
Rhodes was a model of efficiency against Montrose. Johnny carved up the Meteors' young secondary by hitting 4-of-5 attempts for 81 yards and one score.
"I'm really pleased with how Rhodes threw the ball," Coach Keller said. "He looked good out there. He was very efficient and made some reallly good decisions."
Coach Keller was also quick to mention Brandon "Bubba" Hadden when dissecting his team's overall performance.
Hadden is a senior who starts on both sides of the ball, as a linebacker and guard. Thanks in large part to Hadden's blocking, Western Wayne running backs averaged 9.7 yards per carry. However, it was his defensive play that earned rave reviews.
"Bubba did a really nice job," Coach Keller said. "He got after people all game long. It seemed like Bubba was in the backfield on every play. He attacked the ball really aggressively and that's what we want to see."
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The Costs of Inaction
Sudhir Anand and co-authors recently published a fascinating book, The Costs of Inaction, which looks at cost-benefit analysis in a different way. All cost-benefit analysis requires the analyst to specify a counterfactual—how the world would have evolved in the absence of the project of program. This is critical. An evaluation in Kenya included increased use of cellphones as an indicator of project success — neglecting the fact that cellphone use in neighboring villages was just as widespread.
In many cases, the counterfactual could be "doing nothing." For a number of important areas such as health and education in Africa, The Costs of Inaction calculates the costs of doing nothing in terms of lives lost or under-educated children.


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The new Soviet Union was formed in 2034 following the annual Election. they fell under a new banner, now nown as the NSU Then, sensing world conflict, the Soviet military began to mass forces. Gathering Intel for years, the Soviets were aware of the possibility of counter-attack. Knowing the need for good Armour, the Finest Soviet minds and Engineers came together and designed the T-172 Super Tank.
Sporting a 182mm main cannon with an outstanding 30 round-per-minute fire rate, this tank has the ability to level buildings and obliterate enemy armour single handedly.
As well as crushing firepower, the Armour of the T-172 is able to keep taking hits and continue to fight back. On the front, it has 7.8 inches of titanium alloy plating re-enforced with poly-foam to absorb solid impacts.
Overall, it is one of the largest land vehicles utilized by the soviets. measuring 4.5m wide and 11m long, it is truly a iron fortress.
However, the Soviets don't purely rely on Tanks to support the ground forces.
With the invention of the SD-3000 self propelled artillery platform, Soviet Commander Vladimir Gorshkov can truly rain down fire upon those who seek safety on the horizons!
featuring a 750mm Quad-Core fuelled Plasma Battery, the SD_3000 has a tactical range of just over 52km
When your Ground Armor isn't enough, the KA-700 is death from above to those who oppose the NSU!
The KA-700 has an armament that will neutralize any target;
2x Quad 20mm missile pods
2x 65mm tactical MK2 strike missiles
1x 50. machinegun
Due to its dual jets, the KA-700 doesn't need a tail rotor and therefore can also reach speeds of 450 km/h
All the crews together
As well as this, the NSU is backed up by an infantry division to accompany the heavy armour
First, Commander Vladimir Gorshkov and his body guards, both wielding OTC's
Then there are the special units; A Nordic-Dragon-Viking that was thawed out of a glacier, Mikheal Khoroskov- KGB officer turned to scout and a strange oriental character wielding a golden blade.
Then there's the T-172 crew, led by Armoured Division Commander Ivan Greshkiv
The main force of the Soviet infantry are basic Front-line Conscripts, wielding both light machineguns and heavy laser weapons and RPG's
As well as the KA-700's basic operational crew, these paratroopers make-up the backbone of NSu air superiority
And what army exists without Heavy Troopers!
All Together in Formation
Hope you guys like them, it's sorta the main Army I've used for a long while now and they seem to win so i though i'd post them. Please give me feedback and I'm always keen for new ideas!


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John Podhoretz argues in the editor's note of the new issue of Commentary that it's time for conservatives to get serious about Obama, or begin taking him seriously on his own terms. John takes Obama to be a conventional liberal and chides conservatives for painting him as an extremist, an exaggeration which proves to be to Obama's advantage.
If Obama is a conventional liberal, however, liberalism has moved to the left in the direction of "fundamental transformation" of the United States. It seems to me it would be worth giving some thought to the nature of the transformation to which Obama himself has professed to aspire, as Charles Kesler has set out to do in I Am the Change and elsewhere.
I thought in 2008 that Obama was the leftwardmost viable candidate in a crowded Democratic field, and that this was in part his attraction to the Democratic faithful. It seems to me that the Heritage Foundation video below is clarifying on this and related issues. If conservatives and Republicans can't successfully fight this, it is indeed past time to get serious.


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R&B; singer Miguel was arrested in the wee hours Thursday on suspicion of DUI in Marina del Rey, according to police.
The 27-year-old Grammy winner, real name Miguel Pimentel, was initially pulled over for speeding and having his car windows tinted, a California Highway Patrol spokeswoman told L.A. Now.
The "Adorn" singer failed a field sobriety test, the CHP said, and blew 0.10 blood alcohol count on a breath test. He was arrested at 2:39 a.m., booked around 3:30 and released a little after 5 a.m. on $5,000 bail.
Miguel took home the prize for R&B; song for "Adorn" at the 2013 Grammy Awards in February, and was nominated for rap song, song of the year, R&B; performance and urban contemporary album for "Kaleidoscope Dream."
He's due in court Sept. 9.
'Real Housewives' stars Teresa, Joe Giudice plead not guilty
Prince William compares military duties to raising his baby son
Khloe Kardashian and Lamar Odom not divorcing, Kris Jenner says
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Feb. 8, 2008
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - Following a 30-23, 30-22, 30-26 victory, the nationally-ranked No. 11 MIT men's volleyball improved to 7-4 on the year and 6-1 in NECVA New England Division action. In addition, the Engineers extended their winning streak to a season-best four matches.
Scott Pollom had a solid outing for MIT as he finished with eight kills, a hitting percentage of .389, and a team-high seven blocks and three aces. Michael Demyttenaere notched eight kills on 12-errorless attempts for a .667 hitting percentage to go along with three blocks. Praveen Pamidimukkala posted a team-high 11 kills and nine digs while Matthew Ng and Ryan Dean each tallied eight digs. Randolph Li registered three blocks in two games as Philip Rogoz and Tim Lee dished out 23 and nine assists, respectively.


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Sonex Aircraft is now accepting refundable deposits to reserve kit production slots for the Onex single-place, folding-wing, aerobatic sport aircraft.
Onex Airframe Kit deliveries are expected to begin by mid-year, with Tail Kit deliveries beginning much sooner, according to officials with the Oshkosh-based company.
The Onex has been a highly anticipated Sport Pilot-eligible airplane kit, as evidenced by the Onex mailing list membership growing to more than 1,300 subscribers, officials add. On Tuesday, March 15, Onex mailing list subscribers were given advance notification of the availability of Onex Kit production slot reservations via a $500 deposit. The date and time of Onex deposit payment will be used to sequence customer orders.
"Sonex Aircraft is excited to be taking deposits on this outstanding new aircraft," said Sonex Aircraft CEO and General Manager Jeremy Monnett. "Many hundreds of hours have been invested in the design, engineering, testing and flying of the Onex. We feel the Onex has the potential to cut the already low operating costs of the Sonex, Waiex, and Xenos even further. It represents what we consider to be the lowest operational cost of any sport pilot aircraft."
Estimated kit pricing is now available for the Onex, with a Complete Airframe Kit base price of $12,995. Onex kits will be offered in Complete Airframe Kits & Sub-Kits, and upgrades such as Pre-Assembled Main Wing Spars and Machined Angle Component Kits will be offered to reduce building time, officials said. Additionally, the Onex design has a smaller parts count than other Sonex Aircraft designs, while using more CNC machined parts to be included as standard items in the basic, non-upgraded, kit to further reduce build time, officials add.
The Onex flight test schedule continues to make rapid progress, and the Hornets' Nest Research and Development team at Sonex Aircraft is extremely pleased with the aircraft's performance in every aspect, officials said. "The preliminary flight test evaluation has been extremely positive," remarks Monnett. "A new flight video is available for download showing this activity. We're having a lot of fun putting time on this little fighter!"
For more information: www.SonexAircraft.com


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Oliver Perez has thrown worse, but by no means does that make yesterday's loss to Washington a quality outing.
He had three innings of 12 pitches, but two innings of 24. It was the same old problem with Perez: When he slowed up his tempo he lost command; he walked four of which two of them scored.
Those two runs were the difference in the game, so let's not blame in all on the offense taking another game off.
NOTEBOOK: The Mets placed reliever Sean Green on the disabled list with a small tear in his rib cage. He was replaced on the roster by left-hander Raul Valdes. The addition of Valdes could take some of the pressure off Pedro Feliciano, who's in competition with Fernando Nieve for the eighth-inning, set-up reliever. … Despite Mike Jacobs' slow start there are no plans to bring up Ike Davis. … Today the Mets try to get back to .500 behind Johan Santana.


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Add friends on Facebook Group (Only Pakistan)
Presupuesto $2-8 USD / hora
Facebook friends need to be added on my group.
Only targeted members Pakistan, UAE.
Our group is about eCommerce.
- How many friends do you have on Facebook?
- How many friends are from Pakistan, UAE?
- How much will you charge to add friends on my group? (Minimum)
Without this 3 answer, your proposal will be ignored.
I'll need as much as members on my group. So all of proposal will get priority.
Thank You
15 freelancers están ofertando el promedio de $4/hora para este trabajo
I Have 600 Friend on Facebook 500 are from Pakistan and about 100 From UAE. $ 1 Per Friend for Adding. Currently i am in UAE
Hello! Good day .Hope you are fine. (1)i have 256 friends on Facebook. and i have two Brothers and all the friends appox above700. (2) Maximum are Pakistani and may of my friends live in UAE but they are not a nation Más
Hello! I do have facebook profile with 2500 friends. Among them 2000 are Pakistani. I will only charge $15 for adding 2000 friends. Thanks!
Dear Hiring Manager, I read your job posting about adding members in your group.i have 1000+ friends in facebook,821+ members in my group and after hiring me i will create another group and add friends from Pakistan, Más
Hi, I am a social media marketer specialized in working with UAE clients. Are you looking for Pakistanis staying in UAE or both Pakistnai's and UAE residents? Regards Sunitha
Hi there. I'm from Pakistan and I have above 200 friends on facebook more than 150 from Pakistan and 10 from UAE. I'll charge $30 to add all of them. Plus i can do extra as well by asking my other friends to add thei Más


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jeffnaz needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 65 designs submitted by 21 freelance designers.
New product (single property websites) is being launched for real estate agents.
One Door System
The One Door System is a real estate marketing tool. It's a single property website used to impress sellers so the real estate agent wins the listing.
We promote it as a system because it also helps real estate agents get more buyers.
- Tagline: Win More Listings - Close More Sales
- Style: Modern
- Color Scheme: Unsure, open to your ideas
- Font: San Serif
- Clip art widely available on the Internet
Find out how a design contest works or learn more about our logo design services.


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I have read somewhere that readers, in general, dislike blog posts with power graphs. I, naively, wonder if it is the same with heart rate graphs. Perhaps not because most of us are still training with HR monitors and they don't look as incomprehensible as their complex cousins.
Chances are it will be exactly the same, and I won't mind if I get some comments on that, but I chose to take the risk by posting my latest HR graphs. The reason is that they are more than an illustration of my thrilling time on the trainer, they are a good example of how our health can affect our training and performance.
My case is an issue with the symptoms of Hay fever. I have had problems with different types of allergies for as long as I can remember but it has really got worsen since I came to Australia, a couple of decades ago. But I won't go into too many details, I just want to show (graphically) how those symptoms can affect us.
In fact, it does affect people's day to day lives in a very bad way, I am learning. The more I read and the more I talk about it, the more I understand why I feel like crap when it gets to November/December and close to the festive season. I can tell, it is not very festive for me!!!
Anyway, here are the graphs which demonstrate clearly how I finished one week of training well, didn't train for three days and got back just to see my performance dropping. One thing, I don't have on the graphs is cadence. The efforts are all done with a 120-130 rpm cadence, part of my training and attempt to stay fit whilst off the bike.
Wednesday, 10th Dec.
Monday, 15th Dec.
Tuesday, 16th Dec.
Wednesday, 17th Dec.
- Getting worse. Struggling here... HR kept going up.
So, I won't get on the trainer for a couple of days.


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Weekend project: A décor idea that really nails it
Between the popularity of eclectic, "thrift store chic" and this generation's eco-friendly thrust to reuse old things, there's newfound enthusiasm for hardware store décor.
Hardware stores — with their shiny pipes, clamps, locks, screws, nuts and bolts — inspire good design. Simply by trolling the aisles in search of items that will make interesting table centerpieces, wall art, storage, tableaus or conversation pieces, do-it-yourself decorators will view their neighborhood hardware store shelves with greater appreciation.
A few ideas from Colorado designers and decorating enthusiasts for bringing home the hardware store look:
— Use an old metal pulley to fashion a one-of-a-kind Lazy Susan, or rotating serving tray.
— Stack various-sized hardware nuts to make funky candlestick holders.
— Employ a vintage tool boxes to display photos, hold flowers, store gardening tools or organize desktop clutter.
Flea markets provide ample opportunity to purchase vintage hardware and tools for this purpose. If you're lucky enough to have a friend or family member with an overstocked work bench, even better! The following idea for using spigot handles as towel or coat hooks is from "Found, Free & Flea: Creating Collections from Vintage Treasures," by Tereasa Surratt ($32.50, Clarkson Potter, 2011). — Stacey Johnson and Elana Ashanti Jefferson
Spigot handle hooks
Step one: Look for spigot handles of similar sizes, in a variety of colors.
Step two: Drill pilot holes into the wall. Use wall anchors in drywall or plaster.
Step three: Insert a screw into the handle. "Sleeve" the screw with a common spring to act as a spacer.
Step four: Screw in the desired length, securing the back side with a bolt and washers.
Step five: Hang and enjoy.
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The certification program, which NetSuite announced Monday, was developed through testing by more than 100 of NetSuite's top consultants and solution providers. Partners contributed questions for the exams as well as helped with beta testing and establishing the pass marks.
"There was a lot of collaboration between us and our partners on the actual program," said Dean Sprankling, NetSuite vice president of worldwide education services, in an interview with CRN.
[Related: ERP Climbing The Cloud Applications Ladder ]
There are two tests involved in the certification process. The first is on the general NetSuite cloud offerings, and the second focuses specifically on the ERP solution. The dual level is designed to make sure consultants have a foundation in the broad product as well as the ERP software itself, Sprankling said.
Steve Jones, CEO and co-founder of Bellevue, Wash.-based Explore Consulting, a top-five NetSuite reseller for three years in a row, said the certification program is great for emerging partners that want to get a leg up on the competition, but it's also helpful for more established partners, like his own company.
"From our perspective it's a really great thing to be able to establish [competency], even for us who have a really good foothold," Jones told CRN.
NetSuite's partner community was the driving force behind the certification program. When asked 18 months ago if they would like a certification program, partners responded with a "resounding yes," Sprankling said. There were already 100 certified individuals before the program launched, Sprankling said, and he said he only expects it to expand from there due to customer demand.
"I think it's one of those things that as it builds, it becomes a de facto must-have in the implementation of NetSuite," Sprankling told CRN.
Next up are NetSuite certifications in e-commerce, CRM, development and administration, Sprankling said, which are expected within the next year.
Sprankling said the new certification program will provide customers comfort that a solution provider knows the product and its implementation backwards and forwards. He said that when customers conduct a Web search to find a NetSuite partner for implementation, he expects they will be drawn to partners that advertise a certification because it adds value to what they are offering.
The certification is designed to be fairly difficult to pass, Sprankling said, to maintain the reputations of both the partners and the product itself. He said that generally two years of experience with the ERP product is needed for those taking the test.
"We actually want this to mean something. The feedback we got from people is that this is tough," Sprankling said. "Without that, it won't have any value in the marketplace. Customers would see that pretty soon."
Jones said the certification program will help partners not only build customer confidence but also internally develop NetSuite skills. He said the certification program assists in setting a bar of where his own consultants' skills need to be.
"Internally I think it's a good thing to get our consulting team to that level. It sort of defines who is a senior resource within our organization," Jones said. "It's a good thing internally to push people to get that level of competency." Registration for the certification program is now open on NetSuite's website and tests can be taken at more than 600 global locations.
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Saints Row 4 DLC Brings on the Bling
As a form of curtain call for small packs of downloadable content, Volition and Deep Silver have dropped five pieces of DLC for Saints Row 4. Just when we thought it could not get any more over-the-top, Saints Row 4 had to deliver.
The Bling Bling Pack will help you make it rain as you shoot cash at your enemies to kill them and turn corpses to gold. Hey, you have got to spend money to make money. The Game On Pack will depict alien vs. hockey technology where you can attack an ice rink's Zamboni with an alien space hover vehicle (be on the look out for other sports-related weapons and vehicles in the Game On Pack, like golf clubs and carts).
The College Daze Pack will bring things back to the golden, wild days of 'Animal House', where bra hats, beer helmets and barstool racers are a necessity. Beer pong skills are definitely going to be clutch here. Showing off the winners of Saints Row 4's recent community contest, the Reverse Cosplay Pack features the Freckle B*tch's Delivery outfit and the Genki Space Pimp outfit.
These DLC packs are now available for the Xbox 360 and PC versions of Saints Row 4. Those hoping to try them out on PlayStation 3 will have to wait one more week. The Game On Pack, College Daze DLC and Bling Bling Pack will sell for $2.99 each, whereas GameStop's fan-made Polarizer weapon will cost $0.99 and the Reverse Cosplay pack is free to download for all formats.


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jdhf99 necesitaba un nuevo diseño de página web y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 60 diseños de 18 diseñadores freelance.
Looking for a complete re-design of my client's site. It needs to be updated to 2.0. Looking for something simple and clean looking. Winner will get contract for whole site.
I need a complete re-design of the current site at: http://www.dataed.com/about.htm
I'm looking for a nice clean web 2.0 design using light colors. Black may be used but the site needs to remain light color themed. This is a contract manufacturing company that assembles circuit boards. This means they put the parts on the boards, they don't actually create the board. I would really like a center image that changes just like at http://dell.com . For the contest you only have to create the first image. I will work out a deal with the winner to complete all pages of the site and additional images. Please only submit your design if you're willing to work out a deal to complete the rest of the site. This contest is JUST or the main page. I would prefer coding be included but if you can't code and have a great design I still want to see it.
The navbar will consist of 5 items, undecided at this time. The last item will be "Quote Now" and should be in a different color to make it stand out.
Things we're trying to get across with the site:
Low cost
Local but also global (Sister company in China)
Breaking the mold (Doing something different)
Customer friendly (Guiding the customer through everything, we're not just building their product but also helping them along the way with the process)
You can use any content from the current site at:
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Beauty News: Lupita Nyong'o Breaks into The Beauty World (Finally!)
It was only a matter of time before Lupita Nyong'o broke into the world of beauty. The Oscar-winning actress has been taking the red carpet by storm this year, knocking out one jaw-dropping, rule-breaking beauty look after another. Which brand was lucky enough to snag her? The 12 Years a Slave actress took to Instagram early this morning to announce she's been tapped as the latest face of Lancôme.
"I am particularly proud to represent [Lancome's] unique vision for women and the idea that beauty should not be dictated, but should instead be an expression of a woman's freedom to be herself," Nyong'o says.
The actress joins A-listers like Kate Winslet, Julia Roberts, and Penelope Cruz as a face of the French brand, giving a fresh jolt to the iconic label. We can't wait to see what they do together!
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Jeremy4 necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 79 diseños de 33 diseñadores freelance.
We run a small offline automated testing consultancy. We are looking to make our mark online by creating an automated testing community site with Blog, Forums, Online Training and various automated testing related content. We like to have fun and enjoy the art of automated testing, while at the same time we need to project a professional image. Just not a typical uptight corporate image.
We are targeting fresh graduates or testers looking to make the move to Automated Testing, Or seasoned professional looking to perfect their trade.
The site will be called test-bot (think testing robots) and will focus on automated testing. So a tech oriented logo that incorporates some sort of robotics (perhaps a robotic arm, or an entire robot.) Being that we are an automated testing company something that incorporates automation and perhaps quality checking would be ideal.
A couple of things to think about:
1. Please don't go overboard on the robot part, we are not looking for Mech-Warriors style stuff, more like Robots the movie.
2. Please no clip art or stock images.
3. Feel free to choose whatever colors you like.
Here is an example of a design that we like the "high-tech" aspect:
Please incorporate the name Test-Bot or Test-Bot.com in the logo.
The files we will require are:
Print file format - .ai (CMYK)
Web file format - .jpg and layered .psd (RGB)
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2010 Referee Week in Review - Week 25
The usssoccer.com Referee Week in Review is designed to address the issues facing referees at all levels by using video highlights from professional games as well as the U.S. National Teams. Written by U.S. Soccer Director of Referee Development Paul Tamberino and U.S. Soccer Manager of Assessment and Training Brian Hall, the Referee Week in Review will highlight specific areas of focus and current U.S. Soccer initiatives designed to improve performance and aid in the development of officials across the country.
Week In Review 2010
Week 25 – Ending September 19, 2010
Referee communication and personality ("command presenceâ€) have been focal points of U.S. Soccer's 2010 training. Referees have been urged to use command presence to manage games and create positive relationships with game participants (players, coaches and team staff) while maintaining positive authority. This week, the use of command presence will be explored in two separate MLS games. The examples will demonstrate how the referee's utilization of verbal communication and body language ("visualâ€) were used to send messages. A red card tackle involving excessive force will be detailed, specifically the team work used to confirm the send off decision. Finally, an unusual post-goal situation will be discussed relative to preventative work the referee team can use to potentially avoid any conflicts.
Week In Review Podcast: For each "Week In Review,†U.S. Soccer produces a related podcast that covers the topics of the week.
Command Presence: Communicating with Personality
Command presence is about personality and the execution of personality through:
- Body language (Visual)
- Verbal communication
Simply, command presence is about presenting yourself as someone in authority who is trusted and respected. Command presence is conveyed by how you:
- Look
- Carry yourself
- Act
- Speak
All match officials (referees, assistant referees and fourth officials) need to call upon their command presence as they interact with game participants. Match officials must be able to decide upon the most appropriate method to deliver a message and, at the same time, ensure that the message matches the situation and/or player. Every situation may require and/or every player may respond to a different type of message. What works in one situation or with one player may not work in/with another.
Overall, with strong command presence comes an aura of confidence. Confidence can be felt and seen by all game participants. In fact, as a viewer of a game, you can feel the referee's confidence based upon the way he walks, carries himself and the look in his face ("presenceâ€).
Remember, your verbal communication is not only defined by what words you choose but also how the words are communicated. The tone, volume and inflection of the words are as – if not more – important than the words themselves. At the same time, the most effective form of communication is the non-verbal or the use of body language. As a consequence, referees must work to strengthen their visual body language messages.
Think about it, which has a broader audience: the verbal or the visual (body language)? It is of course, the visual communication that can resonate throughout the field, the stadium and even into living rooms across the world.
This clip begins with a clear reckless tackle for which the fouler is correctly cautioned for unsporting behavior. However, the focus of the review is the command presence of the referee and the manner in which the referee delivers the message (the yellow card).
As you watch the clip, focus on the referee and the player. Ask yourself:
- Does the referee convey authority?
- Who is in charge: The referee or the player?
- Is the referee calm, controlled and confident?
- Does the referee's body language convey a message? And, does that message resonate to other players and to you?
The referee's command presence is key in this situation to ensure the player understands the seriousness of the offense without being embarrassed. The referee employs strong visual body language that matches the severity of the foul while acting as a preventative tool (a warning to the player and others regarding future behavior).
Keys to the referee's successful presence are:
- Calm and positive body language and mechanics.
- The referee is able to get the player to stop walking away and turn around.
- Eye contact is made as the card is raised (it is not given to the player's back). This conveys confidence in the decision and decisiveness.
- The referee utilizes his right hand to send the "calm down†or "take it easy†message.
- The referee's facial expressions also convey the seriousness of his message.
In this scenario, the referee has created a positive and strong aura/appearance without the use of the verbal word. In other cases, the use of the verbal message to compliment the visual body language may enhance the overall significance of the communication.
This is another example of strong command presence through the use of the verbal word and the use of visual body language. As with the first clip, ask yourself the same questions as you watch the referee's action and the way in which he directs the decision to merely whistle for the foul (and not issue misconduct) and direct the game with his presence.
This clip involves two interactions between the player who commits the careless foul and the referee. The first occurs at 76:10 and the second takes place 30 seconds later at the next stoppage of play.
At 76:10, the referee sends a strong message. This is a "broadcast†message in that it resonates throughout the field and to all viewers of the game. This message is intended to match the severity of the offense and act as a deterrent to future negative action on the part of the player. The referee's command presence is much bigger during this first interaction.
Thirty seconds later, the referee chooses a different message and a different approach. In this case, the referee is "following up†with the player to ensure the original message was received. The player provides the referee with a clue that he understands the message as he puts both his hands up as to say "I'm good. Don't worry.â€
Note: Referees can use downtime to open lines of communication with players or to follow up with them after having previously communicated with them. Use of downtime to connect with players or send positive, preventative messages is an effective tool. Downtime represents the moments in the game when the ball is out-of-play like during injuries, throw-ins, goal kicks and substitutions or even as you wait for the kickoff prior to the start of a half.
The initial interaction (76:10) between the player and the referee is effective because the referee "feels†and "reads†the situation and the player which ensures his actions match the circumstances as they unfold. The referee initiates communication first through a verbal exchange and, then, as the player attempts to move away prior to the completion of the message delivery, the referee raises the volume of his communication with his whistle (gets the player's attention in a more direct and forceful audible manner).
Once the whistle has engaged the player for the second time, the referee "meets the player halfway.†In other words, the referee takes a few steps to the player who is walking away. This shows the referee is confident and not dictatorial. By moving toward the player, the referee makes a statement that this is not about "the referee†or winning the situation or power but it is about finding the most reasonable method to communicate and deliver a message with a frustrated player who may resist listening. By holding his ground in this situation, the referee would merely "add fuel to the fire†and inflame the situation. The player would not be open to the message and any effort would be lost.
The referee's in-control body language, posture and hand/arm gestures help to deliver the message. Watch as the referee looks the player in the eyes and then points to his head as to say to the player, "think, think before you act.†So, without saying a word, the referee has communicated to the player and all other watching that the referee is taking preventative action with the hopes of influencing the player's future decisions.
Note: Referees must be aware of situations where the verbal word may overly engage a player and solicit a negative response. In these situations, the utilization of strong body language messages may be more appropriate and not promote further discussion or dissent.
Excessive Force Tackle and Assistant Referee Teamwork
Multiple prior "Week In Reviews†have addressed the topic of red card tackles and have provided criteria for deciphering the various levels of challenges. SIAPOA as well as "mode and area of contact†have been presented to provide guidelines to enhance the consistency of decision making.
For further examination of the SIAPOA criteria, review the following "Week In Reviews:â€
Assistant referees (ARs) need to be involved in game critical situations that occur in their "zone of control†or the area in close proximity when they have a clear view of the situation and their involvement would benefit the game and the referee. Involvement can take many forms:
- Utilization of approved flag techniques/mechanics like raising the flag to call a foul or offside.
- Visual exchange of information like silent signals to indicate misconduct.
- Verbal exchange of information like face-to-face communication between the referee and AR.
- Entering the field, with the referee's acknowledgment, to manage a wall during a free kick.
This clip involves a series of events that indicate that a player's (who is eventually red carded) frustration level is increasing and the aggressiveness of his actions may lead to an eventual misconduct situation.
As the clip unfolds, identify the flash points or warning signs that indicate that the player's frustration level or aggression is on the rise. These signs include:
- The fact that the player in the red/white stripped jersey feels he was unfairly disposed of the ball on the first challenge (in the center circle) despite the referee's close proximity and clear sightlines to the event.
- The player communicates his displeasure to the referee as he gets up off the ground.
- Not getting the call, the player picks up speed and displaces the ball from the opponent but the ball ends up with another opponent.
- At this point, the player has reached his maximum frustration and it is displayed in further increase in his aggression level and speed.
The tackle committed is a clear red card tackle as excessive force and brutality are used to endanger the safety of the opponent. The fact that the ball is played does not diminish the fact that the tackler has placed the opponent at a high risk of injury and has far exceeded the use of force necessary to make a fair play for the ball. The tackler goes through both legs of the opponent, directly from behind, with his entire body. Hence, a red card for serious foul play is mandated.
Watch the clip carefully and, at 28:42, you will see the AR providing appropriate confirmation (by patting the back pocket) to the referee that the tackle should be punished with a red card. Concurrently, after assisting with flagging the foul, the AR moves up the touchline to be in closer proximity to play in the event his presence was needed to monitor or prevent any escalation or retaliation.
As the last replay ends notice that the AR does well to move back down the touchline to defuse any potential interaction with the red carded player who believes the AR is responsible for his being sent off. Instead of holding his ground, the AR takes preventative action and creates space between himself and the player receiving the red card as the player moves toward him.
The referee can enhance his presence and view by reading the flash points and by following the play more closely even to the point of verbalizing. In the replay view of the foul, notice the referee's position – too static almost hiding behind a player. As the tackler is moving from one flash point to another, the referee must also pick up his intensity and ensure that his presence is felt and he has an optimal line of sight to the player at all times. In similar cases of clear red card offenses (without other complications), it is vital that the referee indicate the decision by showing the red card as quickly as possible. Such action should act as a deterrent for any potential negative reaction.
Post-Goal Awareness and Concentration
Celebrations and exuberance are often a standard part of player reactions after scoring a goal. These celebrations can be done individually or as a group. On some occasions the celebrations can involve props like the corner flag, runs up to the crowd or the ball. No matter what form the players use to demonstrate their joy, the referee team must not use this time to lose concentration or awareness.
All match officials must keep their eyes on the field and celebrations. This includes the trail or far side AR and fourth official. Additionally, the referee must anticipate issues or problems. For example, if a goal is scored and an attacker moves toward the ball, this is a warning sign of potential conflict. The attacker does not need the ball and the referee should immediately intervene to prevent any potential conflict. Intervention can start immediately with a loud and authoritative whistle and quick movement toward the attacker thereby lending the referee's presence in a preventative manner.
Immediately following the scoring of a goal, it is vital that officials keep their heads up and eyes focused on the field of play and the area around the celebration. It is not important to write the scoring information immediately. The referee and lead AR should focus on the celebration, the goal area and the ball while the fourth official and trail AR should scan behind the referee's back and assist with identifying and visually monitoring potential hot spots (areas and players of likely conflict). When officials write, their eyes are focused downward and not on the field and, as a consequence, it is easy to miss scenarios requiring their intervention.
Note: Watching and monitoring are the first priorities. Writing or recording information is secondary. The game cannot be restarted without the referee's whistle. Hence, when the hot spots or danger zones have been cleared and players are in safe areas along with the ball, match officials can record the necessary information. Do not all write at the same time as this will also leave the field unsupervised. The referee should not whistle the restart until the referee team has had the opportunity to take note of the goal scorer and time. Key: VISUAL OBSERVATION.
The Laws of the Game provide guidance relative to goal celebrations:
"While it is possible for a player to demonstrate his joy when a goal has been scored, the celebration must not be excessive. Reasonable celebrations are allowed but the practice of choreographed celebrations is not to be encouraged when it results in excessive time-wasting and referees are instructed to intervene in such cases.â€
Overall, when dealing with goal celebrations, referees should exercise common sense but must act in a preventative manner. Prevention begins with focus, concentration and attentiveness. Anticipate problems based upon the warning signs (time, score, location of the ball, location of the celebration).
For a more detailed discussion and examination of this situation, listen to the "Week In Review Podcast.â€
Immediately following the scoring of a goal, the team celebrates in the area near the lead AR. The ball, however, remains in the goal area. While the team is celebrating, another attacker moves in and kicks the loose ball. The defending goalkeeper is immediately in front of the ball and contact is made with the ball that is kicked by the opponent. As a result of this contact, the goalkeeper is injured. With the use of preventative action on the part of the referee, it is hoped that this type of action can be prevented.
When evaluating the situation, the referee must consider whether the attacker's action was fair, careless (not misconduct but a verbal admonition), reckless (a caution is warranted) or whether the player delayed the restart of play (a caution is warranted) because he played/interfered with a ball that did not belong to his team. In the event preventative officiating did not work, the referee must use common sense and "feel†or read the situation and make the best determination for the game at that moment.
Looking Forward – Week 26
The ability to convey confidence and positive authority through the use of command presence will provide the foundation for game management and control. As the season winds down and the playoffs approach, match officials must be thinking preventative refereeing and how they can manage the game with personality and communication. The ability to steer the direction of the game and the actions of players through one's command presence is never more important. By communicating both verbally and visually through body language, referees can send valuable messages to players, coaches, administrative personnel as well as the media and spectators. These "broadcast†messages can help draw the line in the sand and set the tone as the game develops.


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The Friends For La Plata Preservation have recently purchased the Green Theater in La Plata, MO. The theater opened in 1936 and closed it's doors for good in 1985. The building still has most of the original fixtures inside. Our preservation group hopes to get the building listed on the National Register of Historic Places, and then renovate it back to the way it was in 1936.
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My grandfather's theatre (V.G. Green)…I spent many a summer's evening working the consessions with him or sitting on my grandmother's lap in the ticket booth passing out admission.
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A Journey To All The National Parks In The Lower 48 States And Everything Else "In Between The Airports"
On my 36th birthday I was tired of sitting in a cubicle for hours on end staring at a computer screen so I quit my job. It was time for a change but also time for a break from the corporate world. The original plan was to drive from Philadelphia to Utah to ski at Snowbird Ski Resort for 2 months. When those two months came to an end I drove to Mammoth Mountain and skied until July 4th.
While in Salt Lake and Mammoth I took some side trips and discovered the US National Parks (Arches, Canyonlands and Yosemite). It was love at first sight. It's now been four years of sleeping in my car (around 200 nights a year), camping in a tent along with the occasional random couch, hostel bunk or cheap hotel. The journey has covered 100,000 miles and included every National Park in the lower 48 US states.
The journey will go for one more year. 2014-2015 will focus primarily on the Pacific Northwest, the Canadian Rockies and include parts of Oregon, Utah, California and Texas along with the states between the east and west coasts. I manage to get by on about $1,000 per month for food gas and lodging. Any proceeds from prints purchased here go directly to the gas and food budget since their is no longer a lodging budget. Waking up in random WalMart parking lots, rest stops and truck stops in the front seat of the car isn't the most wonderful thing in the world but it is free! It is also so uncomfortable that I'm more often awake for sunrise photos than I otherwise would be.
There is a blog and a Facebook page to accompany the trip. If you have any interest in links to those, just contact me through the FAA site and I'll send you the links. Remember to get out of the cubicle on a regular basis. Sitting down all the time staring at a computer screen will kill you. But if you are going to die early do it in the presence of beautiful sights hanging on the walls!
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After more than a year of legal maneuvers, it appeared Kobe Bryant and his wife Vanessa were nearing the close of their high-profile divorce proceeding in an Orange County court.
But on Friday, Vanessa Bryant had some surprising news.
"We are pleased to announce that we have reconciled. Our divorce action will be dismissed. We are looking forward to our future together. Kobe & Vanessa," she wrote on her Instagram page.
No further details were released. The couple had been in the process of dividing their assets.
A Newport Coast home owned by Kobe Bryant's wife has sold for $3.2 million, real estate records show.
Vanessa Bryant's Pelican Ridge home at 4 Windemere Court includes 6,026 square feet of space on 0.29 acres, according to the Multiple Listing Service.
The Mediterranean-style home on a cul-de-sac boasts five bedrooms, six bathrooms and five fireplaces.
The name of the home's buyer was not immediately available, according to a representative from the Orange County clerk-recorder's office.
The Bryants still live in Newport Beach. The three homes the couple owned in the area were transferred into Vanessa Bryant's name after she filed for divorce from the Laker guard in December 2011 after 10 years of marriage, citing irreconcilable differences.
—Lauren Williams and the Los Angeles Times
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