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The advertisement industry is starting to feel the effects of T-ara's controversy, as many of the brands the girls are endorsing have begun to strip the girls' image from their stores.
Many of the brands have reported that they are currently receiving hundreds of calls and requests on their official homepages from fans claiming that they will be boycotting their products should they continue to use T-ara as their endorsement models.
'Tony Moly', a cosmetics brand the girls are currently endorsing, has even gone as far as to publicly claim that they will not be signing the girls again. A representative stated, "T-ara's contract ends at the end of August. We were in the midst of negotiating a new contract, but now that this controversy has happened, we will not be signing them on again."
Other fans have actually visited the stores to express their boycott, causing stores to take down all of their T-ara posters from the walls.
Outdoor clothing brand 'Wild Rose' still has eight months left with the girls. Representatives stated, "There is still time left with their contract, but because this is such a sensitive issue, we will be working with T-ara's company to figure out what to do next."
Other brands the girls are working with have been showing similar sentiments.
» allkpop » Sports Seoul via Naver
Core Contents Media's CEO Kim Kwang Soo has demanded that the media cease reporting unconfirmed news regarding T-ara.
On July 31st, he was interviewed by Star News where he revealed that he met with the parents of Hwayoung and Hyoyoung and asked reporters to only report the facts for their sake.
He expressed, "After checking with T-ara's backdancer team, I was able to confirm that the post claiming to be T-ara's backdancer was indeed false, as with the content. The reason I terminated Hwayoung's contract yesterday was because of her tendency to act out, such as refusing to perform on a live broadcast. The decision was made as a reflection of the opinions of T-ara's staff. However, I believe that this decision will better aid Hwayoung in becoming a better artist."
He continued, "Like I said yesterday, this decision has nothing to do with the bullying rumors going around. Because of the haters that are spreading rumors, the situation has taken a route of its own. These hateful lies are continuing to spread online, which is only making it harder for T-ara and Hwayoung."
Kim Kwang Soo added, "I met with Hwayoung and Hyoyoung's parents yesterday to explain to them my decision, and they were understanding of it. They wished for the best for both T-ara and Hwayoung, so it's making it greatly difficult for both her parents and T-ara to see these unconfirmed stories coming up on the internet."
Core Contents Media further emphasized, "We ask that all articles in relation to T-ara be confirmed through our company before they are released on the internet."
» allkpop » Star News via Daum
With more and more individuals growing frustrated over the controversy that first surfaced with the controversial tweets of the T-ara members and the announcement of Hwayoung's contract termination with Core Contents Media, criticisms have been pouring in for the girl group.
A petition has even been created online asking for the disbanding of the group, with the title, "Petition for the Disbanding of T-ara". The petition's description states, "As a group who does not take the stage seriously, and as a group who is taking the lead in the spread of bullying, a big social problem, we ask for the disbanding of this group. It seems the time has come for T-ara, a group who doesn't even greet their sunbaes if they don't believe the other artist to be popular enough, to face the verdict of the public. Please dissolve this group."
The petition has so far gained over 71,700 online signatures with numbers rising quickly.
» allkpop » daum
On the afternoon of July 30th, reporters visited the rehearsal studio of Core Contents Media to speak with 5dolls' Hyoyoung on the issue surrounding her twin sister Hwayoung.
Hyoyoung gave a short statement, expressing, "I'm upset that the issue had to spread this far." Reporters claimed that she shed tears for a while after the comment.
Hyoyoung has been nothing but supportive of her twin sister through the ordeal, publicly displaying her support and concerns through Twitter.
» allkpop » Sports Chosun via Naver
After Core Contents Media CEO Kim Kwang Soo announced that T-ara member Hwayoung had acted in an 'unacceptable' manner on a number of occasions, an incident that took place between Hwayoung and Jiyeon has also been revealed.
According to an industry insider, there was an incident that took place back in 2010 where Hwayoung did not oblige with T-ara's manager who asked the girls to prepare for their stage performance.
This brewed some quarrel amongst the girls, and Hyomin who grew tired of her attitude gave Hwayoung a piece of her mind, but Hwayoung reportedly refused to listen to Hyomin as well. Fellow member Jiyeon who was observing the situation also stepped up to say something to Hwayoung, causing the two to begin arguing. Following the fight with Hwayoung, Jiyeon was then unable to properly focus on stage, and the way the camera captured Jiyeon made it seem as though she had an attitude problem.
Meanwhile, CCM reported that Hwayoung suddenly refused to participate in T-ara's July 27th 'Music Bank' stage, with only two groups before them left to go. On the way home, Hwayoung, in front of fans and reporters, threw down her crutches and sat on the floor, threatening to yell at the managers in public.
» allkpop » Newsen via Nate
The number of members who have joined online café T-Jinyo ("We Demand the Truth from T-ara") has now surpassed 160,000.
Fans created 'T-Jinyo' shortly after CCM's CEO Kim Kwang Soo announced that member Hwayoung will be leaving T-ara. While T-ara's fan café has lost around 6,000 members, the members of the 'T-Jinyo' café has been steadily increasing. And now less than a day after the big announcement, the number of T-Jinyo members has quickly surpassed 160,000. Fans are using the café to argue that they have a right to know the truth, and that they deserve a clear explanation as to why Hwayoung is leaving the group. Incidents of where Hwayoung was supposedly being bullied by the other members have continuously been shared by fans, while other netizens are creating online bulletin boards to show their support and encouragement for Hwayoung.
It seems like the name for the café was modeled after 'Tajinyo', and some netizens are even petitioning for the T-ara members be expelled from variety shows and K-dramas, as well as the entire disbandment of T-ara.
» allkpop » Ilkan Sports via Nate » TVReport via Nate
Among the many that are stepping forward to offer some more insight on the T-ara controversy, is a netizen who claims to be a former T-ara back-up dancer.
The post is going viral online, and in it, the dancer describes in detail of a time Jiyeon had slapped Hwayoung across the face.
It reads:
"I am a member of Hot Chicks, an exclusive dance team for T-ara, and am also working with Davichi, KARA, Brown Eyed Girls, Rainbow Pixie, and more.
It was around the time the Japanese concert took place. We were getting big with our "Lovey Dovey" shuffle dance after Hwayoung was admitted, and getting ready to perform "Roly Poly" for our year-end performance.
During one of the rehearsals, it was a situation where Kwang Soo had jam-packed our schedules, so both the dancers and the members of T-ara who had just completed their day's work were extremely sensitive and on edge.
Still, everyone was mustering up their last bit of strength and practicing, when Hwayoung messed up a little bit of the choreography.
Seeing this, Jiyeon and Soyeon then sarcastically scoffed at her, saying, 'Since you already decided to join, you should maybe work a little harder.'
Hwayoung then became a little depressed, but the dance leader mediated the situation and the rehearsal resumed.
But Hwayoung maintained an uncomfortable expression on her face, and Jiyeon who saw this slapped Hwayoung across the cheek and told her that because she had come in late to the already-established group T-ara, she needed to act sensibly and to rehearse without that expression on her face.
The atmosphere became extremely tense, and Hyomin took Jiyeon outside, telling her that she should just be the bigger person.
Even after Hwayoung's 'exposure' incident, everyone was indifferent towards her, rather than comforting.
After the incident, T-ara went on hiatus to prepare for "Day By Day" and because of events with Davichi and Brown Eyed Girls, I could only see T-ara on TV.
Seeing them on the small-screen, I thought that the girls' relationship with Hwayoung had improved, but these girls who are all grown don't want to sit by her in the car so they blatantly play rock paper scissors right in front of her face."
Post like these attesting to the bullying attacks against Hwayoung continue to surface on portal site community boards, causing netizens to become all the more eager to uncover the truth.
[Update: The leader of the dance team has come forward to deny these claims and Kim Kwang Soo himself has also stated that this story has been fabricated in the latest article here.]
» allkpop » citydaily » ggtimes
SBS PD Ryu Chul Min who tweeted earlier today stating that he will no longer cast the members of T-ara has since apologized for his previous tweet.
PD Ryu wrote his apology via Twitter on July 30th saying, "After reading the articles about T-ara today, I personally felt that it was an unfortunate situation for Hwayoung to be in. I failed to consider the fact that my opinion could have been interpreted as an official stance [on the situation]. I apologize."
Earlier today, Ryu Chul Min PD caused quite a stir among netizens by making it seem as if he will no longer cast T-ara by tweeting, "Aigoo Hwayoung ㅠㅠ this oppa will no longer cast T-ara."
Shortly after his initial tweet, he has been trending on various online portal sites along with various phrases like "A brave statement" and "Irresponsible", causing him to take to Twitter to apologize for his actions.
» allkpop » Ryu Chul Min's Twitter


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Software & Distributions:
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Das U-Boot, often abbreviated to just U-Boot, is a bootloader commonly used on embedded systems. U-Boot can be used on the RPi to add flexibility by allowing other boot configurations to be used on top of the single specified file on the SD card.
This page explains how to get U-Boot working on the RPi, and explains how to boot images off both the SD card and over TFTP from the network.
Prepare a U-Boot image file
Get the source
Currently, the main U-Boot source tree does not fully support the RPi. Instead, you will need to get the code from Gonzoua's GitHub branch. Note that the code in 'master' (shown by default) is the unmodified U-Boot code - you should select the 'rpi' branch to view the correct code.
You can download the source tarball using this link.
Compile the source
Firstly, you will need to export the cross-compiler prefix in order to target the RPI. Assuming your gcc binary is arm-none-linux-gnueabi-gcc, the command is:
CROSS_COMPILE=arm-none-linux-gnueabi- export CROSS_COMPILE
Then, in the U-Boot source directory, run the following to start the build:
make rpi_b
The build process should take no more than a few minutes. u-boot.bin should have been created.
Prepare the image file
Use u-boot.bin and follow kernel compilation instructions to obtain kernel.img.
Once complete, transfer your kernel.img file to the SD card. You may want to rename it to something like uboot.img to distinguish it from an actual kernel image. Ensure that you have the following line in your config.txt file:
Test the image
Boot up the RPi with your new U-Boot image. You should see U-Boot load on the screen, and also on the serial port output (if you have it connected up).
Preparing a kernel image for use with U-Boot
This assumes you have the kernel source and are familiar with the kernel compilation process. As the kernel source already has the ability to build U-Boot image files, preparing a kernel image is relatively easy. First, you will need to put the U-Boot tool mkimage where it can be found by the kernel make process. This is done by copying it to the cross-compiler bin directory. From the U-Boot source directory, run the following, substituting the location and prefix of your cross compiler accordingly:
cp tools/mkimage <your_cross_compiler_path>/bin/arm-none-linux-gnueabi-mkimage
In the kernel source directory, you can now build the U-Boot image:
make uImage
The generated boot image file can be found at arch/arm/boot/uImage.
U-Boot boot options
Boot from SD card
Booting from the SD card allows multiple kernel images to be used without having to edit the config.txt file. Place your uImage file(s) on the SD card, then boot up. Press a key to drop to the command line, then enter the following:
mmc rescan fatload mmc 0:1 ${loadaddr} <your_uImage_file> bootm
Network boot via TFTP
You will need to have a TFTP server configured. Place your uImage file(s) in the TFTP root directory, and ensure that the file permissions are set accordingly (everyone should have read access - use chmod a+r uImage if unsure).
To boot using DHCP, ensure that the next-server and filename options are set in your DHCP server. Then, boot up the RPi, press a key to drop to the command line, then enter the following:
usb start dhcp bootm
To boot using static IP:
usb start setenv serverip <tftp_server_ip> setenv ipaddr <a_spare_ip_address> tftpboot uImage bootm
U-Boot script files
The above instructions can be written into a text file and compiled into a U-Boot script file so that it automatically executes on boot. First, generate the script as follows (substituting your mkimage with that created earlier:
arm-none-linux-gnueabi-mkimage -A arm -O linux -T script -C none -d <your_script_text_file> boot.scr
Place the boot.scr file on the SD card and it will automatically be used when you power up the RPi.

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Long Beech Courier necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 25 diseños de 13 diseñadores freelance.
Long Beech Courier
We are a bicycle courier service providing to all business' located in Long Beach NY. Our company is comprised of 2 avid cycling enthusiast who like giving back to the community by providing a great medium for intercity commerce. We love this city and everyone that lives here. Our relationships with our customers are very personal and friendly. We take pride in being the fastest way to get something somewhere else within the city. We ride fixed gear bikes and are your typical NYC messengers transplanted to the beach. We surf whenever the waves are good no matter what the weather is like. We are easily recognized on the street and boardwalk for our riding antics and fast pace, especially when compared to all of the beach cruisers everyone else rides. Our operation methods are simple and easy. We run credit cards from our iPhones on site for payment and are developing an online payment and booking system. We take delivery of anything we can fit on our backs and racks including food from local restaurants to the beach during the summer.
We like being the only local courier on bikes. Our competitors drive cars and cannot compete during the high traffic summer months. We stand out and love our community. We love being green, we love the beach, we love being local.
Our target market is Long Beach business' or individual looking for local courier services. Professional services such as Law offices, Doctors Offices and Real Estate companies are abundant. Restaurants often outsource to us to offload the delivery burden. We delivery anything from legal documents, to food to flowers anywhere withing the city limits and if needed can deliver out of town through our associates.
We do not want to limit your creative abilities and very open about the direction of the logo. As stated in our "tell us about yourself" section we are a local company that is part of a community. We would like the logo to represent our personality and our city. This logo will be used on all collateral and will be the foundation to our corporate identity so it must represent us to the fullest. We are cyclists and do all of our delivery's via bicycle. We are fast, nice, personable, and delivery anything we can fit on our backs and racks. We have a handy get it done with a smile on your face attitude but definitely have a chip or two on our shoulder.
We would like to incorporate the water or beach. We have a great boardwalk here. The LI Railroad let's off in town and is withing walking distance to the beach. We definitely want something that stands out as soon as you glance at it. We would like something that grabs your attention and shows that we love being your handy couriers.
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WCSU Opera to present 'Die Fledermaus'
Operetta performances to portray playful exuberance of 19th century Vienna
If you've never seen an opera before but have always been curious about experiencing one, the perfect opportunity is at hand. That's because "Die Fledermaus," which means "The Bat," will soon be on stage in Danbury.
"Die Fledermaus," by Johann Strauss Jr., is a comedic operetta that's all in English, said the production's director, Dr. Margaret Astrup. "It's ideal for a first-time experience."
A longtime professor of music at Western Connecticut State University in Danbury, Astrup explained the operetta has some singing and some spoken dialog. No one uses a mic and it's all live, with a full orchestra, so it's all very exciting.
The playful exuberance, social elegance and courtly intrigues of late 19th century Vienna provide the setting for this WCSU Opera presentation at Ives Concert Hall. Performances will be Friday, March 28, and Saturday, March 29, at 8 p.m.
"Die Fledermaus" is a three-act operatic farce that premiered in Austria in 1874, so you might say it's an oldie but a goodie. A tale of vengeance, it tells the story of two friends, Gabriel von Eisenstein and Dr. Falke. "The Bat" refers to the nickname of the main character, Dr. Falke.
"Years earlier, Eisenstein had left Falke passed out on a street corner in a bat costume after a masquerade party," Astrup said. "The Bat" is getting back at his friend by staging a charade. He talks Eisenstein into delaying his eight-day prison term for a petty offense and attending a royal ball in disguise. The plan leads to an evening of mistaken identities, seductions, champagne indulgence and rousing song by the host of the ball, Prince Orlofsky.
"Everything is set up by Falke to pay Eisenstein back for the embarrassment of his earlier practical joke," said Astrup. The light-hearted resolution in the final act leaves Eisenstein in jail to serve his time and sing the operetta's finale.
Astrup said "Die Fledermaus" is a bit like a musical as there is spoken dialog as well as singing. "The music, however, is very demanding and truly operatic," she said.
"It's a great way to ease into it; it's a comedy and the story is easy to follow. Children will get a big kick out of this and will understand the humor, while older people might be the most familiar with it."
While the operetta is typically long, about 2 1/2 hours, it includes an intermission, required for a set change, said Astrup. "We're so excited to be working with some of the fantastic, creative staff of the theater department this year, set designer Paulo Seixas and builder Kevin Sosbe."
Astrup said "Die Fledermaus" is very funny and perfect for audiences of all ages. About 40 performers are involved in the show. Another 20 to 25 people are in the orchestra, directed by Dr. Fernando Jimenez, associate professor of music.
"We have a tradition of producing a major opera each spring, having presented well-known operas such as `Figaro,' and `Carmen' and `The Magic Flute' in recent years," said Astrup. "It's definitely time for a comedy, following the tragedies of `Street Scene,' `Carmen,' and `Dialogues of the Carmelites' in the past three years."
Western students performing leading roles in the operetta include Benedetta Cordaro, of Trumbull, as Rosalinda Eisenstein, and Erick Sanchez, of Stamford, as her husband, Gabriel von Eisenstein.
Other members of the student cast are Charles Widmer, of Oxford, as Alfred; Stephen Wynn, of Cos Cob, as Dr. Falke; Rachel Armour, of Waterbury, as Adele; Megan Kellogg, of Stamford, as Prince Orlofsky; Steve Valenzuela, of Waterbury, as Frank; Matthew Johnson, of Trumbull, as Dr. Blind; Ryan Reynolds, of New Fairfield, as Frosch; Jilian Saber, of Redding, as Sally; and Connor Thompson, of Ledyard, as Ivan.
"We've been looking forward to doing this particular operetta for a long time," said Astrup. "Everyone should come see it."
"A Night at the Opera" dinner and theatre package is offered Friday, March 28; it's $35 per person. That includes a buffet dinner with complimentary wine at 5:30 p.m. in Warner Hall on the WCSU midtown campus, and a ticket to Friday's performance. For reservation information, call the Office of Alumni Relations at 203-837-8298.
Ives Concert Hall in White Hall on WestConn's midtown campus, 181 White St., Danbury, Friday, March 28, Saturday, March 29, 8 p.m., $15, $10 for seniors and children 12 and under, free for WestConn students with valid ID, 203-837-TIXX, www.wcsu.edu/tickets
M.B. Tuccio is a freelance writer in Connecticut; firstname.lastname@example.com


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The Development Law Service's legislative assistance projects relating to animals fall into three main categories: 1) animal health; 2) regulation of the veterinary profession; and 3) control of veterinary drugs. FAO has also assisted with other legislation falling under the broad heading of "veterinary matters.
Malawi has sought legal advice on the implementation of a livestock identification scheme, whereas in Jordan, FAO has been called upon to make legislative suggestions regarding empowering community animal health workers to carry out certain veterinary activities in the country. Nepal has received assistance in the preparation of legislation for the control of veterinary drugs, as has Rwanda. The Rwanda project also resulted in the preparation of draft basic laws on animal health and animal welfare and the exercise of the veterinary profession, as well as essential implementing regulations. A follow-up activity will provide legislation for the control of foods of animal origin.
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* China April home prices +4.9 pct on year, fastest gains since April 2011
* Month-on-month gains ease on govt curbs
* New home prices rise in 67 of 70 cities vs 68 in March on month
* Property tightening campaign still at critical stage-official (Adds details)
By Xiaoyi Shao and Michael Martina
BEIJING, May 18 (Reuters) - China's housing inflation accelerated to its fastest pace in April in two years, driven by a jump in prices in Beijing and Shanghai, complicating the task of policymakers trying to cool the property sector while supporting economic expansion.
Average new home prices rose 4.9 percent last month from a year ago, after a year-on-year increase of 3.6 percent in March, according to Reuters calculations from data released by the National Bureau of Statistics(NBS) on Saturday.
The rise was the sharpest since April 2011.
Rising home prices have reignited concerns about property inflation, adding to pressure on policymakers who are struggling to curb house prices and still spur a strong economic recovery.
"The market expectations on rising home prices have not changed thoroughly and the property tightening campaign is still at a critical stage to strictly enforce (curbing measures)," Liu Jianwei, a senior statistician at the NBS, said in a statement.
Worried about a rebound in home prices, China's government unveiled a fresh round of measures in March to try to cool the sector, though those measures were less stringent than market expectations.
New home prices in Beijing rose 10.3 percent in April from a year earlier and Shanghai's prices were up 8.5 percent in April from a year ago. Both marked the fastest year-on-year gains since January 2011 when NBS changed the way it calculated data.
China's fight against property speculation has headed into its third year but many middle-class Chinese are still priced out of the urban housing market. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
China property price changes in April
China April property investment quickens, sales slow
China Q1 outstanding property loans up 16 pct y/y ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
However, on a monthly basis, new home prices rose 1 percent in April, easing from March's gain of 1.2 percent, the NBS data showed, providing tentative signs that recent government moves to ward off property bubbles are biting.
Home prices rose month-on-month in 67 of 70 major cities monitored by the NBS in April, down from 68 in March.
The accelerating year-on-year home price gains were mainly caused by low bases last year as over 60 percent of 70 cities saw month-on-month price drops last April, said Liu.
China's home prices began their latest climb in mid-2012 when the central bank started expanding monetary easing as part of Beijing's growth-supporting policies.
"Going forward, we expect property sector policy to stabilize in the coming months and see a modest property recovery to continue," Tao Wang, an economist at UBS, said in a note to clients before the data was released.
"Meanwhile, the recent property tightening, including administrative price controls, may keep property prices from rising too rapidly in a few large cities," Wang added.
Reuters started its weighted China home price index in January 2011 when the NBS stopped providing nationwide data, only giving home price changes in each of 70 major cities. (Reporting By Xiaoyi Shao and Michael Martina; Editing by Sanjeev Miglani)


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Ex-Miami Beach clinic head charged with stealing millions pleads not guilty
Kathryn Abbate, former head of the Miami Beach Community Health Center, was charged in state and federal courts on Wednesday with stealing several million dollars from the clinic, which is funded with state and federal money.
Abbate, 64, a Hollywood resident, pleaded not guilty in federal court after she surrendered to FBI agents earlier in the day. She was released on a $150,000 bond that a prosecutor and her defense attorney jointly recommended to the magistrate judge.
She was fired last summer after outside auditors uncovered the alleged fraud. The center's board accused her of diverting $6.8 million in funds for personal use over a four-year period — money intended to provide care for the poor who used the center.
The center receives about $4 million annually in federal funding. In 2011, the clinics received about $15 million from various county funds, including the Children's Trust, AIDS support and Jackson Health System.
Abbate, who in 2010 earned $1.2 million in salary and other compensation, faces up to 10 years in prison on the federal charges and up to 30 years on the state charges.
According to the federal information charging Abbate with theft, she caused the center to "disburse millions of dollars in over 800 checks made payable to her for 'community development.' Abbate provided no backup documentation, such as invoice or receipt, for any of these checks."
The court document says the theft occurred from 2008 to 2012.
She is also accused of a coverup, by showing the center's auditors documents in 2012 that "falsely and fraudulently indicated that $1 million of these funds were paid to five doctors." In fact, the document says, "the funds weren't paid to the doctors."
In state court, she is charged by information with one count of an organized scheme to defraud and one count of grand theft in the first degree.
Miami-Dade Inspector General Christopher Mazzella said Wednesday that the state charges focus on Abbate's alleged coverup of the $1 million involving the five doctors, which were supposed to be payments to the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine. UM never received the money, Mazzella said.
Mazzella said he planned to brief the Miami-Dade County Commission as soon as possible because the center had "a total breakdown of fiscal accountability" and "very very lax oversight."
He said he'll be "putting the county on notice that there needs to be close oversight of this organization, which spends millions and millions in county funds."
"The big picture here is how the hell did this happen?" Mazzella added. "How could somebody steal this money with minimal excuses? It's almost ridiculous. It's mind-boggling."
The center released a statement praising the "strong action" of the U.S. Attorney's Office because it "closes a sad chapter in the history" of the center. "From the time Ms. Abbate's outrageous breach of a sacred trust came to light, the center has cooperated fully with the U.S. Attorney's Office."
Abbate was charged by information instead of indictment, a sign she is expected to cooperate with authorities in the ongoing investigation and eventually plead guilty.
After Wednesday's bond hearing and arraignment in federal court, Abbate's attorney, Bruce Lyons, said that "depending on what's asked of her, she will cooperate."
Lyons said he did not understand why State Attorney Katherine Fernandez Rundle also filed theft charges against Abbate because they are virtually the same as the federal charges. "It's unusual," said Lyons, a longtime criminal defense attorney in South Florida. He said he hopes the state attorney's charges will be eventually dropped as part of his effort to resolve the federal charges.
"The fact that the state attorney entered into the equation late in the game became an impediment to reaching a resolution of the federal case," Lyons said. "But I am hopeful that will happen."
In a prepared statement, Fernandez Rundle said: "There is no excuse for the theft of funds intended to heal the sick and the poor of our community. Every stolen dollar took a part of a sick person's future."
In a separate statement, U.S. Attorney Wifredo A. Ferrer said: "We will not relent in our efforts to charge individuals who use the health care system to line their own pockets. Our investigation remains ongoing."
Abbate could see her federal sentence reduced depending on the extent of her cooperation with Assistant U.S. Attorney Michael Berger and agents from the FBI and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
The center, which has three facilities, employs about 300 people and receives about $4 million annually from the federal government.
Abbate's alleged misdeeds go back to 2008, when she earned $824,000 — several times what other Miami-area clinic heads earned. In a Miami Herald story about her sky-high salary in 2010, Abbate said her base salary was $275,000 and the rest was buying out "my pension and vacation time." She told The Herald she needed additional money because "I had a sick child."
In 2009, federal tax reports show, Abbate's total compensation was $987,902, rising to $1.2 million in 2010. By contrast, the chief executive of Community Health of South Florida, with operations in South Miami-Dade and twice the revenues of Abbate's center, earned $265,000 in 2008.
One of the allegations in the federal charges against her is that Abbate "obtained unauthorized compensation by causing MBCHC to issue unaccrued vacation pay to her that was not approved or authorized by the board of directors."


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Sept. 9, 2007
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - The MIT women's tennis team kicked off its 2007 campaign by defeating Smith College, 8-1, in a New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) match on Saturday. The Engineers' ledger improved to 1-0 overall and in conference play while the Pioneers fell to 0-1 on the year and in the NEWMAC.
MIT's No. 1 doubles tandem of Mariah Hoover and Leslie Hansen opened the match with an 8-0 victory while Anisa McCree and Liz Denys notched an 8-2 win. Smith cut its deficit in half when Catherine Lydecker and Alanna Dick defeated Jen Rees and Melissa Diskin, 8-6, in the No. 3 spot.
Hansen and Denys registered 6-0, 6-1 wins in the top two singles slots as Diskin defeated Anderson, 6-2, 6-1 in the No. 5 position. Hoover and Yi Wang sealed the match with victories of 6-2, 6-2 and 6-1, 6-3. In the No. 6 slot, McCree dropped her first set, 6-3, but bounced back with decisions of 6-1 and 10-6 to secure a singles sweep by MIT.
In exhibition action, Pikhart and Jenny Dohlman were double winners for the Engineers. Pikhart first collaborated with Wang for an 8-4 doubles victory and then outlasted her singles foe, 6-3, 7-5. Dohlman teamed up with Kerry Weinberg for an 8-4 win and went on to record a 6-2, 6-4 decision over Vida Nanal Mays. Emily Onufer and Katie Smyth wrapped up doubles play with an 8-5 win. Rees and Emma Rosen bolstered MIT's singles win total with 6-0, 6-4 and 6-1, 6-1 decisions, respectively. Sheena Bhalla lost a tough three-set match (6-2, 3-6, 10-5) while Weinberg retired in her match with the score at 2-6, 5-4.
Smith College vs. MIT
Final Team Score: MIT 8, Smith 1
1. Mariah Hoover/Leslie Hansen (M) def. Miyu Kikuchi/Seiko Fujii (S), 8-0
2. Anisa McCree/Liz Denys (M) def. Diana Fiumefreddo/Nikki Anderson (S), 8-2
3. Catherine Lydecker/Alanna Dick (S) def. Jen Rees/Melissa Diskin (M), 8-6
4. Karina Pikhart/Yi Wang (M) def. Tina Jackson/ Vida Nanal Mays (S), 8-4
5. Kerry Weinberg/Jenny Dohlman (M) def. Jacqui Sager/Maggie Steiner (S), 8-4
6. Emily Onufer/Katie Smyth (M) def. Vida Chen/Mindy Chu (S), 8-5
1. Leslie Hansen (M) def. Miyu Kikuchi, 6-0, 6-1
2. Liz Denys (M) def. Seiko Fujii (S), 6-0, 6-1
3. Mariah Hoover (M) def. Diana Fiumefreddo (S), 6-2, 6-2
4. Yi Wang (M) def. Catherine Lydecker (S), 6-1, 6-3
5. Melissa Diskin (M) def. Nikki Anderson (S), 6-2, 6-1
6. Anisa McCree (M) def. Tina Jackson (S), 3-6, 6-1, 10-6
7. Karina Pikhart (M) def. Alanna Dick (S), 6-3, 7-5
8. Jen Rees (M) def. Mindy Chu (S), 6-0, 6-4
9. Jenny Dohlman (M) def. Vida Nanal Mays (S), 6-2, 6-4
10. Jacqui Sager (S) def. Kerry Weinberg (M), 2-6, 5-4 (ret.)
11. Emma Rosen (M) def. Maggie Steiner (S), 6-1, 6-1
12. Vida Chen (S) def. Sheena Bhalla (M), 6-2, 3-6, 10-5


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Union (Tenn.) Wins Second Consecutive National Championship With 73-65 Win Over Azusa Pacific (Calif.)
March 24, 2010
JACKSON, Tenn. – (Final Bracket) Union (Tenn.) University claimed its second consecutive NAIA Division I Women's Basketball National Championship with a 73-65 victory over Azusa Pacific (Calif.). The Lady Bulldogs shot 15-of-30 (0.500) in the second half and 5-of-10 (0.500) from behind the arc to pull away from the Cougars down the stretch.
The first half of the game was back and forth, featuring 11 ties and five lead changes. After matching baskets for most of the half, Union took its largest lead with 5:45 remaining before intermission. Ashley Lillard knocked down two free throws to give Union a 25-20 advantage. C.J. Hill would answer for Azusa Pacific just 10 seconds later drilling a 3-pointer to bring the Cougars back within two points. Kristie Hala'ufia scored off of a Union turnover less than 30 seconds later to tie the score at 25-25 with 5:03 remaining in the half. Neither squad took more than a two point lead the rest of the half and entered the intermission knotted at 33-33.
APU knocked down 14-of-25 (0.560) shots in the first half, while Union shot just 11-of-32 (0.344) from the field. It was the Lady Bulldogs dominance on the glass that kept the game close in the first half. Union out-rebounded Azusa 12-4 on the offensive glass in the first half, leading to 13 second chance points.
Union jumped out to a quick lead in the second half, starting with a 7-0 run keyed by a Kaitlin Dudley 3-pointer, a basket by Zeinab Chan and two Jessica Graves free throws. Azusa pulled back within two points on Hala'ufia's lay-in with 16:53 remaining and took a two-point lead at the 13:10 mark on Michelle Byrd's 3-point basket. It would be Azusa's only lead of the second half, as the Lady Bulldogs went on a 15-2 run over the next 5:30 to take a 60-49 lead. Kayla Hudson keyed the run knocking down three 3-point field goals during that span. The closest Azusa would get the rest of the way was a five-point deficit, 70-65, with 17 seconds remaining. Hudson and Dudley sealed the victory for Union, knocking down free throws in the final seconds for a 73-65 win.
Union out-rebounded the Cougars 40-26 overall in the game, 18-6 on the offensive end, which led to the Lady Bulldogs outscoring Azusa 16-7 in second chance points.
Tournament MVP, Zeinab Chan, led the Lady Bulldogs with 20 points and 10 rebounds. Kayla Hudson and LaVanda Ross scored 14 points each and Jessica Graves added 10 points. All-Tournament First Team member Kaitlin Dudley scored seven points.
Azusa Pacific was led by Kristie Hala'ufia's 20 points. Alex Moore-Porter was also named to the All-Tournament First Team and netted 13 points for the Cougars. C.J. Hill and Michelle Byrd added 10 points each.
Union moves into a tie for second place with Oklahoma City and Southwestern Oklahoma with five national championships. The Lady Bulldogs passed Southern Nazarene (Okla.) for first place in all-time tournament wins with 59. The Lady Bulldogs have a 59-16 record in the tournament, while Southern Nazarene holds a 58-11 all-time record.
Union finishes its season with a 36-2 record, while Azusa Pacific ends its season at 29-7
30th Annual NAIA Division I Women's Basketball National Championship Awards
Tournament MVP
Zeinab Chan, Union (Tenn.)
All-Tournament First Team
Whitney Ballinger, Campbellsville (Ky.)
Zeinab Chan, Union (Tenn.)
Kaitlin Dudley, Union (Tenn.)
Starr Fairbanks, Oklahoma City
Alex Moore-Porter, Azusa Pacific (Calif.)
All-Tournament Second Team
Erin Hannemann, Saint Xavier (Ill.)
C.J. Hill, Azusa Pacific (Calif.)
Katie Nelson, Lee (Tenn.)
Allison Rader, Lee (Tenn.)
Chontaye Walter, Oklahoma City
Hustle Award
Alex Barone, St. Xavier (Ill.)
Phyllis Holmes Coach of the Year Award
Mark Campbell, Union (Tenn.)


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Richard Linklater on 'Boyhood' and Film That Shaped His Non-Hollywood Career
It might be a stretch to claim that 'Boyhood' — one of the most remarkable films to be released in, well, ever — might not exist if it weren't for Richard Linklater's 1998 box office disappointment, 'The Newton Boys.' The latter film — a true story starring Matthew McConaughey as the leader of a group of early 20th century bank robbers — was Linklater's first and only one of a handful of his forays into mainstream Hollywood, a town that Linklater all but eschews these days.
Linklater had such a lousy experience with 20th Century Fox on 'The Newton Boys' (as he explains in this interview, which is a fascinating behind the scenes tale in its own right) that it truly did shape the path of smaller, more intimate films that the filmmaker would make over the next 16 years. (That doesn't mean he doesn't dabble here or there with studio movies; 'School of Rock' made a lot of money.) Four years after 'The Newton Boys' premiered, Linklater would start shooting 'Boyhood.'
Filming on 'Boyhood' started in 2002. Then, Linklater filmed his cast — Ethan Hawke, Patricia Arquette, Ellar Coltrane and Linklater's own daughter, Lorelei Linklater — every year for 12 years, finally finishing in 2013. To put this in perspective, Coltrane was only seven when filming started…he turns 20 next week. I met Linklater on Monday at his Manhattan hotel room — a conversation that started with Linklater asking me about a quote of mine that's used in the film's trailer, a quote in which I wrote "a once in a lifetime experience" after seeing the film at the Sundance Film Festival earlier this year. It's a quote I stand by wholeheartedly.
Richard Linklater: How is that, when your quote is being used?
In this case? I'm a fan of the movie, and that's what I wrote at Sundance.
Yeah, but what would you think for a film that you're kind of "eh" and they use a little bit? That must be an invasion or something?
That does happen.
That's so unfair.
But, in this case, I wrote "a once in a lifetime experience" and I still think that. I've never seen a movie like this and I don't know if I ever will again. I don't feel that was hyperbolic to say "once in a lifetime."
No, you're right. And it felt like it. And everything on this film was unusual. There's no one thing about this film that was normal. Even the way I feel about it now, people are like, "What does it feel like now that it's over?" Is it over? I don't even feel like it's over. It hasn't been a year since I quit shooting. I know people are watching the film now and it opens Friday, but I'm kind of like, "I don't feel like this is over."
Did you consider going a couple of more years?
No, no. It was always structurally, boom, first through twelfth grade. You know, I'm not a big plot guy, but I am a big structure guy. And I think structure is much more innate to the human psyche…we are pattern-seeking structure machines.
Speaking of plot, I've asked people if they would feel the same way about this movie if it was entirely filmed in, say, 2013, using a different actor to play Mason as he gets older. The answer is an overwhelming "no."
Because one part of you knows it's artificial. We accept storytelling, but the tone of this, what it's going for, it would have been so disconcerting. And it works in storytelling when you go from kid to adult, because you're casting someone else. Little Tommy becomes Joe Pesci — he was suddenly a lot older than Ray Liotta! He aged an extra ten years, but I bought it! So, you don't question it. But with this, where would you do the jump? You couldn't cast someone every year. It would be like a David Lynch film, "I woke up, and I'm someone different." It's a whole different movie.
When you first started, what percent did you give yourself as far as chances of finishing go?
This is going to sound completely crazy or arrogant or self-assured: 99 percent. I was that sure.
Why did you feel so sure?
It was the plan! Look at it like this, when you were in first or second grade, how sure were you that you were going to graduate from high school?
When I was in first grade, I thought seniors in high school were legitimate adults, so it was impossible to look that far ahead.
Yeah, that's pretty far off. But I was age 40, so at that point I was like, "Yeah, I'm going to be around"… and I was confident I could deal with whatever little incremental changes were going on in the lives of the four people.
There's a scene filmed in the mid-2000s in which Ethan Hawke and Ellar Coltrane discuss 'Star Wars' and conclude there will never be another movie. In 2012, when 'Star Wars: Episode 7′ was announced, were you like, "We just lucked into a funny scene"?
Yeah! It went from just kind of speculation in 2006 or 2007, whenever we filmed that. Isn't that funny? But jump ahead 10 years when it's all blurry, it will be like, "What are they talking about?" If you don't do the math, it becomes, "Wait, are they stupid?"
You did have a reputation for making movies that take place over the course of one day. That's gone forever now.
Well, I only did this to bring my lifetime average back to normal. It's unbelievable to go from some of the technically shortest films imaginable — real time — but now the longest shoot in film history, we theorize. The longest scheduled shoot.
I still can't believe this movie exists.
[Laughs] This was "the plan," but, you know, as we all know, the best laid plans. Don't get me wrong that I don't feel extremely grateful and lucky. But, it was what I was visualizing.
The year before 'Boyhood,' 'Before Midnight' premiered at Sundance, also to great reviews. Do you want to keep doing those movies? Ethan Hawke mentioned maybe starting a new "After" trilogy…
[Laughs] The "After" series! The three "after" we take to the grave. Maybe so! "The After Trilogy." Well, if we waited nine years, it would be 50…
Why not?
As someone in his early 50s, I'm like, yeah, you kind of have to admit you're kind of in the "after."
There are still interesting things going on and people love these characters.
Of course, but I'm just saying, mortality schedule-wise, if you want to look at the big picture…
Then do them more often. I doubt many people will complain.
No, but to answer your question, no ideas about that at the moment.
But you're not ruling it out?
No, of course not. Of course not. But, we just know we won't have another idea for another five years. It's happily on hiatus. And if it ends as a trilogy, that's good, too.
Are you surprised at the continued popularity of David Wooderson?
Matthew McConaughey still loves saying those lines.
"Alright, Alright" or "They stay the same age"?
Both. He loves saying them.
Yeah, he does. He's been doing that for years. It's his first movie, he's very upfront about that. There's no film like your first. And that was the film that gave him a lot of confidence. So, it was fun for me to be sitting 10 rows behind him at the Oscars and be there with him that night. Being at the Oscars is like being at a fucking– you're an extra in a TV show. So during the long commercial breaks, I'd walk up to him or he'd walk back to me and we were farting around the whole night.
That had to be nice that he's quoting your movie in an Oscar speech.
Yeah. It was special.
Your next movie with him was a studio movie, 'The Newton Boys.' Did that experience turn you off to studio movies? Did something happen where you didn't want to do many anymore?
I got that film made. It was very personal. Like, that was a film I really wanted to make and I love that film. But, I could tell the studio just didn't like it and they never got behind it. So, it was all heartbreaking to make a film that I thought was so likable.
What made you think the studio wasn't behind it?
You know something's up when they don't have an L.A. premiere. Or they don't have a poster on the lot the week it's opening. I kind of talked to an executive there and I was like, "What's going on with this film, I like it a lot." And they were like, "Hmm, not a lot of excitement here about it." I'm like, "Why?" We did those test screenings where they ask, "Who here liked the film?," and every hand went up every time. I said, "It's a film everybody likes." And they're like, "Yeah, everybody likes it. They don't love it."
Did that leave a bad taste? 'School of Rock' did very well.
That wasn't me giving up on Hollywood. That was Hollywood giving up on me, at that moment. It was kind of like, "Yeah, you're films aren't going to work for us." I think if that film came out today, it would be a different thing. And Matthew was in backlash territory there. He had that quick assent to stardom and people were like, "Fuck that guy." And then it was me, "Well, who are you stepping out of your league? Who are you? You're the Gen X little pop culture guy. You don't qualify to make a period film." So, I felt a little backlash on me, for sure. People just didn't want to like that film.
People forgot, but there was a little McConaughey backlash then. During the 'Amistad' era.
Yeah, yeah. It was like, "fuck that guy." It was pretty fascinating. I wish they would re-release the film in the next year. You know who liked that? Just middle America. It was so funny at that time, it was like, "Who are you, thinking you're making a period film?" And, "We're sick of you already." That was the attitude toward me and Matthew at that moment. He and I were on some show, we had done a little talk show together the week before it came out. And the host, he was like, "Hey, I really liked your movie. I thought I was going to hate it. But I really liked it." I said, "Matthew, did you hear what he said?" He goes, "Yeah, he liked it." I said, "No, what he said before. 'I thought I was going to hate it.'"
What host was this?
It was like Carson Daly or something, one of those MTV things. But I said, "Matthew, fuck, did you hear what he said? Why did he think he was going to hate it? People want to hate it!" You're dead. Nothing you can do about it.
Mike Ryan has written for The Huffington Post, Wired, Vanity Fair and GQ. He is the senior editor of ScreenCrush. You can contact him directly on Twitter.


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Using Garritan Jazz & Big Band
by Chuck Israels
Lesson 5 - Harmony (Continued)
Chord Voicing Guide:
These guidelines assume that the chords are voiced below the melody and they are designed to prevent minor 9ths between voices.(Minor 9ths are acceptable between the root and the minor 9th and occasionally between the root and a major 7th that appears below it, but this is a delicate situation that requires careful handling.)
Those rules that prevent half steps and minor 9ths below the melody may be ignored if the operative voices are arranged abo ve the melody.(Suppose the baritone saxophone has the melody and you need lush harmony. Some, or all, of the voices will necessarily appear above the baritone.)
Score References & Musical Examples Using JABB:
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When voicing for horns, voices or strings, there should be no half steps between the top two parts.(There are exceptions to this but they are unusual and require care if the results are to be intelligible.)QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE ASKED:
Remember, nothing should be voiced below D, third line, bass clef except the root or 5th. (Except for special cluster effects.)
There are situations in which the 5th (normally omitted but, in this instance, a necessary element) rises chromatically to the sixth (or beyond). This can happen on a tonic chord (of the moment), major or minor. Examples are: Make Someone Happy, (major), or the way Bill Evans harmonized Lover Man, (minor).
- Following these principles creates inner voices that move down most of the time. Is this correct and, if so, what can I do to create opportunities for upward motion in inside voices?
Yes, this is correct. There are limited opportunities for upward voice motion in inner voices.
Here are a few:
- Move voices upwards in the duration of one chord.
- IV - I progressions (as opposed to V - I progressions) have upward motion in the inner voices. Experiment with these using different chord qualities.
- When the bass line ascends by step the inner voices follow suit.TYPES OF DOMINANT CHORDS:
Score References & Musical Examples Using JABB:
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The melodies in these examples do not accommodate the chromatic line in the harmony. It is only necessary that they do not conflict with it in any substantial way. If the chromatic line were to be integrated into the melody, in order to express the
entire harmonic idea in one line, it would be a better choice to omit it from the accompanying voices.
2. Do these rules mean that inner voices always move in stepwise motion? If so, what can I do to alleviate the monotony?
Yes, they usually do, but there are some ways to improve the situation. Remember, you can move voices within the span of one chord, and you can take advantage of root movement by thirds to move inner voices further than a second. You can
also use figures that skip past the target note and then approach it from the opposite direction (4, 2, #2, 3), use escape tones (5, 6, #4), and occasionally cross between adjacent voice leading lines, if the result is a strong chromatic line.
Dominant chords fall into four main categories. The first group includes all dominant chords whose notes fall into the natural harmonic series; chords with the minor 7th degree that creates the tritone with the 3rd, and unaltered 5ths, 9ths, #11ths, and 13ths. Passing notes and color tones (the ones that complete the chord scale) for this type of chord come from the diatonic notes of the key in which the chord is normally found. In other words, the passing notes for a C7 are the diatonic notes in the key of
F. The one exception to this condition happens when the #11th is included, in which case F# replaces the F, creating a Lydian b7 scale.
Score References & Musical Examples Using JABB:
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The second type of dominant chord contains an unaltered 5th and an altered 9th. The passing notes and color tones for this type of chord come from the notes in two diminished 7th chords a whole step apart. This assembly of notes creates an 8-note (octatonic) scale alternating whole and half steps.
Score References & Musical Examples Using JABB:
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The third type of dominant chord, those with altered 5ths combined with altered 9ths, can be treated as a special condition of the first type in which the passing tones come from the Lydian b7 scale a tritone away from the root of the chord. In other words, an altered C-dominant chord uses the notes from a Gb Lydian b7 scale. In many respects, these chords function the same way as a type 1 dominant whose root is a tritone away from the chord that would normally be used in that position tritone substitute chords. Be careful when using tritone substitutes that the substitute chord is used in its unaltered (type 1) form, because altering the 5ths and/or 9ths of substitute chords makes them resemble the chord for which they are standing in, reducing the interesting effect of using the substitute chord.
Score References & Musical Examples Using JABB:
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The last type of dominant chord, (those with altered 5ths but unaltered 9ths or no 9ths), are based on the whole tone scale that includes the root of the chord.Example 3-12
Its a good idea to become familiar with these chords and the characteristic melodic patterns that suggest one or another of the chord types. Also, certain open voicing possibilities will begin to emerge as familiarity increases; upper structure triads a whole step above the root for the first type, superimposed diminished 7th chords for the second type, and upper structure triads built on the augmented 5th of the third type, are some that come quickly to mind.
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I would like to thank the Table Talk Pies company for their very generous contribution to our Pi Day celebration at Jacob Hiatt Magnet School in Worcester. Pi Day was celebrated on March 14, and with the help of Ms. Tara Tula we received a donation of 480 pies, enough for every student in our school.
On Pi Day our students were engaged in various learning activities as they investigated the irrational number pi. During their explorations students measured every round thing we could find, including hula hoops and a parachute. We also held a pi memorization contest where the school-wide winner recited 121 places of pi from memory! Nonetheless, the students will tell you that the highlight of the day was eating pie. How thoughtful of a local business to support our school � a �made in America� business that has been a Worcester institution since 1924.
Again, I want to thank the good people of Table Talk Pie for their generosity in making Pi Day a special day for our students.
Jacob Hiatt Magnet School


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Honda is in a battle with Tata and other automakers to be the next little big thing in developing markets like India. The excruciatingly literally-named and production-intent Honda New Small Concept is how they'll fight 'em.
While the five-seat New Small Concept wouldn't be quite as cheap as the Tata Nano, it'll be aiming for just above it. Let's call it the upper reaches of the cheapest part of the market.
Honda plans to begin sales of a new model based on this concept in 2011 in India and Thailand.
Honda Siel Cars India Ltd. (HCSI) has unveiled a New Small Concept at the Auto Expo 2010 in New Delhi today, along with plans to begin sales of a new model based on this concept in 2011.
To create a highly efficient compact car with seating for five people, designers have used a wide platform offering a stable centre of gravity. Its stylish design has been dubbed an "Efficient Energetic Exterior" with 'forward bumpers' that give the Concept significant road presence despite its size.
Honda is planning to introduce a new model based on the Honda New Small Concept in India and Thailand next year. The aim is to provide a new small-sized vehicle that is beyond the expectations of customers in rapidly growing markets – offering the car at an affordable price by leveraging Honda's global parts sourcing network.
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RASC Hamilton Centre Council, 1968.
Back row (l to r): W.A. Fautley (Nat. Rep.), K.E. Chilton (1st VP), L. Ewan, E.A. Colquhoun, S.A. Winger, R. Lang (Sec.), C. Raeder, D. Craig.
Front row (l to r): Rev. N. Green, C.A. MacDonald (Treas.), J.G. Craig (Curator), G.A. Thede (President), H.B. Fox, A.G. Freeth, L.V. Powis (2nd VP).


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Following last Friday's joint iPad mini UK release date and iPad 4 launch, Apple has revealed that it has broken opening weekend sales records, shifting 3 million iPads during the two devices' first three days on sale.
Although Apple has failed to breakdown the figures to offer a more detailed insight into the number of new iPad mini devices sold in relation to the fourth-generation 9.7-inch counterparts, the iPhone 5 manufacturer has revealed that a combined total of 3 million tablets were shifted during three days as the latest iOS 6 machines launched across 34 countries on the same day.
"Customers around the world love the new iPad mini and fourth generation iPad," said Tim Cook, Apple's CEO. "We set a new launch weekend record and practically sold out of iPad minis. We're working hard to build more quickly to meet the incredible demand."
With Wi-Fi only models of the two devices launching first, Wi-Fi cellular models are set to land later this year, Apple has claimed that the iPad mini and iPad 4 launch weekend doubled previous iPad launch records, eclipsing the 1.5million Wi-Fi only iPad 3 models shifted at release earlier this year.
Apple iPad mini Specs
Focal point of last week's joint release date, the iPad mini is Apple's first sub-sized tablet offering with the 7.9-inch device lining up as a direct rival to the Google powered, Android 4.1 Jelly Bean launching Google Nexus 7.
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Contrary to a Common Myth, War is Bad for the Economy
Nobel prize winning economist Paul Krugman wrote yesterday:
Military spending does create jobs when the economy is depressed. Indeed, much of the evidence that Keynesian economics works comes from tracking the effects of past military buildups.
(Mr. Krugman has said the same thing many times in the past. And many other influential people have said the same thing.)
I am not a Nobel prize winning economist … but Joseph Stiglitz is.
Stiglitz wrote in 2003:
War is widely thought to be linked to economic good times. The second world war is often said to have brought the world out of depression, and war has since enhanced its reputation as a spur to economic growth. Some even suggest that capitalism needs wars, that without them, recession would always lurk on the horizon.
Today, we know that this is nonsense. The 1990s boom showed that peace is economically far better than war. The Gulf war of 1991 demonstrated that wars can actually be bad for an economy.
Stiglitz has also said that this decade's Iraq war has been very bad for the economy. See this, this and this.
A No-Brainer
This is a no-brainer, if you think about it.
We've been in Afghanistan for almost twice as long as World War II. We've been in Iraq for years longer than WWII. We've been involved in 7 or 8 wars in the last decade. And yet still in a depression. (And see this).
If wars really helped the economy, don't you think things would have improved by now?
Indeed, the Iraq war alone could end up costing more than World War II. And given the other wars we've been involved in this decade, I believe that the total price tag for the so-called "War on Terror" will definitely support that of the "Greatest War".
Additional Reasons War Is Bad for the Economy
The New Republic noted in 2009:
Conservative Harvard economist Robert Barro has argued that increased military spending during WWII actually depressed other parts of the economy.
Also from the right, Robert Higgs has done good work showing that military spending wasn't the primary source of the recovery and that GDP growth during WWII has been "greatly exaggerated."
And from the left, Larry Summers and Brad Delong argued back in 1988 that "five-sixths of the decline in output relative to the trend that occurred during the Depression had been made up before 1942."
Economist James Galbraith has shown that war always causes inflation, which hurts the average American:
Inflation applies the law of the jungle to war finance. Prices and profits rise, wages and their purchasing power fall. Thugs, profiteers and the well connected get rich. Working people and the poor make out as they can. Savings erode, through the unseen mechanism of the "inflation tax" — meaning that the government runs a big deficit in nominal terms, but a smaller one when inflation is factored in.
(Ben Bernanke says that inflation is a tax, and Dylan Grice notes that inflation causes societies to prosecute minorities. And – sorry – but we can't inflate our way out of our debt trap.)
As I noted last year:
All of the spending on unnecessary wars adds up.
The U.S. is adding trillions to its debt burden to finance its multiple wars in Iraq, Afghanistan, Yemen, etc.
Two top American economists – Carmen Reinhart and Kenneth Rogoff – show that the more indebted a country is, with a government debt/GDP ratio of 0.9, and external debt/GDP of 0.6 being critical thresholds, the more GDP growth drops materially.
Specifically, Reinhart and Rogoff write:
The relationship between government debt and real GDP growth is weak for debt/GDP ratios below a threshold of 90 percent of GDP. Above 90 percent, median growth rates fall by one percent, and average growth falls considerably more. We find that the threshold for public debt is similar in advanced and emerging economies…
Indeed, it should be obvious to anyone who looks at the issue that deficits do matter.
A PhD economist [Michel Chossudovsky] told me:
War always causes recession. Well, if it is a very short war, then it may stimulate the economy in the short-run. But if there is not a quick victory and it drags on, then wars always put the nation waging war into a recession and hurt its economy.
You know about America's unemployment problem. You may have even heard that the U.S. may very well have suffered a permanent destruction of jobs.
But did you know that the defense employment sector is booming?
As I pointed out in August, public sector spending – and mainly defense spending – has accounted for virtually all of the new job creation in the past 10 years:
The U.S. has largely been financing job creation for ten years. Specifically, as the chief economist for BusinessWeek, Michael Mandel, points out, public spending has accounted for virtually all new job creation in the past 10 years:
Private sector job growth was almost non-existent over the past ten years. Take a look at this horrifying chart:
Between May 1999 and May 2009, employment in the private sector sector only rose by 1.1%, by far the lowest 10-year increase in the post-depression period.
It's impossible to overstate how bad this is. Basically speaking, the private sector job machine has almost completely stalled over the past ten years. Take a look at this chart:
Over the past 10 years, the private sector has generated roughly 1.1 million additional jobs, or about 100K per year. The public sector created about 2.4 million jobs.
But even that gives the private sector too much credit. Remember that the private sector includes health care, social assistance, and education, all areas which receive a lot of government support.***
Most of the industries which had positive job growth over the past ten years were in the HealthEdGov sector. In fact, financial job growth was nearly nonexistent once we take out the health insurers.
Let me finish with a final chart.
Without a decade of growing government support from rising health and education spending and soaring budget deficits, the labor market would have been flat on its back.
Indeed, Former Secretary of Labor Robert Reich lamented last year
America's biggest — and only major — jobs program is the U.S. military.
Back to my essay:
Raw Story argues that the U.S. is building a largely military economy:
The use of the military-industrial complex as a quick, if dubious, way of jump-starting the economy is nothing new, but what is amazing is the divergence between the military economy and the civilian economy, as shown by this New York Times chart.
In the past nine years, non-industrial production in the US has declined by some 19 percent. It took about four years for manufacturing to return to levels seen before the 2001 recession — and all those gains were wiped out in the current recession.
By contrast, military manufacturing is now 123 percent greater than it was in 2000 — it has more than doubled while the rest of the manufacturing sector has been shrinking…
It's important to note the trajectory — the military economy is nearly three times as large, proportionally to the rest of the economy, as it was at the beginning of the Bush administration. And it is the only manufacturing sector showing any growth. Extrapolate that trend, and what do you get?
The change in leadership in Washington does not appear to be abating that trend…[121]
So most of the job creation has been by the public sector. But because the job creation has been financed with loans from China and private banks, trillions in unnecessary interest charges have been incurred by the U.S.And this shows military versus non-military durable goods shipments:
[Click here to view full image.]
So we're running up our debt (which will eventually decrease economic growth), but the only jobs we're creating are military and other public sector jobs.
PhD economist Dean Baker points out that America's massive military spending on unnecessary and unpopular wars lowers economic growth and increases unemployment:
Defense spending means that the government is pulling away resources from the uses determined by the market and instead using them to buy weapons and supplies and to pay for soldiers and other military personnel. In standard economic models, defense spending is a direct drain on the economy, reducing efficiency, slowing growth and costing jobs.
A few years ago, the Center for Economic and Policy Research commissioned Global Insight, one of the leading economic modeling firms, to project the impact of a sustained increase in defense spending equal to 1.0 percentage point of GDP. This was roughly equal to the cost of the Iraq War.
Global Insight's model projected that after 20 years the economy would be about 0.6 percentage points smaller as a result of the additional defense spending. Slower growth would imply a loss of almost 700,000 jobs compared to a situation in which defense spending had not been increased. Construction and manufacturing were especially big job losers in the projections, losing 210,000 and 90,000 jobs, respectively.
The scenario we asked Global Insight [recognized as the most consistently accurate forecasting company in the world] to model turned out to have vastly underestimated the increase in defense spending associated with current policy. In the most recent quarter, defense spending was equal to 5.6 percent of GDP. By comparison, before the September 11th attacks, the Congressional Budget Office projected that defense spending in 2009 would be equal to just 2.4 percent of GDP. Our post-September 11th build-up was equal to 3.2 percentage points of GDP compared to the pre-attack baseline. This means that the Global Insight projections of job loss are far too low…
The projected job loss from this increase in defense spending would be close to 2 million. In other words, the standard economic models that project job loss from efforts to stem global warming also project that the increase in defense spending since 2000 will cost the economy close to 2 million jobs in the long run.
The Political Economy Research Institute at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst has also shown that non-military spending creates more jobs than military spending.
So we're running up our debt – which will eventually decrease economic growth – and creating many fewer jobs than if we spent the money on non-military purposes.
As I wrote last year:
It is ironic that America's huge military spending is what made us an empire … but our huge military is what is bankrupting us … thus destroying our status as an empire.
Even Admiral Mullen seems to agree:
The Pentagon needs to cut back on spending.
"We're going to have to do that if it's going to survive at all," Mullen said, "and do it in a way that is predictable."
Indeed, Mullen said:
For industry and adequate defense funding to survive … the two must work together. Otherwise, he added, "this wave of debt" will carry over from year to year, and eventually, the defense budget will be cut just to facilitate the debt.
Former Secretary of Defense Robert Gates agrees as well. As David Ignatius wrote in the Washington Post in May:
After a decade of war and financial crisis, America has run up debts that pose a national security problem, not just an economic one.
One of the strongest voices arguing for fiscal responsibility as a national security issue has been Defense Secretary Bob Gates. He gave a landmark speech in Kansas on May 8, invoking President Dwight Eisenhower's warnings about the dangers of an imbalanced military-industrial state.
"Eisenhower was wary of seeing his beloved republic turn into a muscle-bound, garrison state — militarily strong, but economically stagnant and strategically insolvent," Gates said. He warned that America was in a "parlous fiscal condition" and that the "gusher" of military spending that followed Sept. 11, 2001, must be capped. "We can't have a strong military if we have a weak economy," Gates told reporters who covered the Kansas speech.
On Thursday the defense secretary reiterated his pitch that Congress must stop shoveling money at the military, telling Pentagon reporters: "The defense budget process should no longer be characterized by 'business as usual' within this building — or outside of it."
While some might want to start another war, America's top military leaders and economists say that would be a very bad idea.
Indeed, military strategists have known for 2,500 years that prolonged wars are disastrous.
Note 1: Security experts – conservative hawks and liberal doves alike – agree that waging war in the Middle East weakens national security and increases terrorism. See this, this, this, this, this, this and this.
Terrorism – in turn – terrorism is bad for the economy. Specifically, a study by Harvard and the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) points out:
From an economic standpoint, terrorism has been described to have four main effects (see, e.g., US Congress, Joint Economic Committee, 2002). First, the capital stock (human and physical) of a country is reduced as a result of terrorist attacks. Second, the terrorist threat induces higher levels of uncertainty. Third, terrorism promotes increases in counter-terrorism expenditures, drawing resources from productive sectors for use in security. Fourth, terrorism is known to affect negatively specific industries such as tourism.
The Harvard/NBER concludes:
In accordance with the predictions of the model, higher levels of terrorist risks are associated with lower levels of net foreign direct investment positions, even after controlling for other types of country risks. On average, a standard deviation increase in the terrorist risk is associated with a fall in the net foreign direct investment position of about 5 percent of GDP.
So the more unnecessary wars American launches and the more innocent civilians we kill, the less foreign investment in America, the more destruction to our capital stock, the higher the level of uncertainty, the more counter-terrorism expenditures and the less expenditures in more productive sectors, and the greater the hit to tourism and some other industries.
Terrorism has contributed to a decline in the global economy (for example, European Commission, 2001).
So military adventurism increases terrorism which hurts the world economy. And see this.
Note 2: True conservatives are anti-war.


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Maryann necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 62 diseños de 19 diseñadores freelance.
John Creek Giving Gala
Johns Creek Healthcare Association* requires a unique and festive logo for their annual gala. Normally in December, this is the first year the gala will be held in November. The event is a high end, formal ticketed event held at a prominent country club in Atlanta featuring live music and dancing, a seated dinner, silent auction with proceeds going to a local charity. We are looking for a luxuriant, inviting logo incorporating fall colors the event name, "Johns Creek Giving Gala"and possibly fall/thanksgiving iconography.
As each day of the contest progresses, we will provide feedback and adjust this summary, but right now we are open to ideas and creativity!
The website on which all promotion will be posted is http://www.johnscreekhealthcare.org
*While the host organization is the JCHA, we want this logo to be inviting to all, not just in the healthcare field, so medical elements are not needed.
Johns Creek professionals, potential attendees
Located just north of Atlanta, Georgia in the heart of the rapidly growing business district along Highway 141 where it intersects with McGinnis Ferry Road, the Johns Creek area radiates out to the three counties of Fulton, Forsyth, and Gwinnett, and has long been a leader in the medical field, where so many practices have found their suburban home. Continued growth has established the Johns Creek medical community as a preferred destination for referrals and treatment in Georgia.
1. Fall colors with a festive flair, i.e. not opposed to examples with a stylized, deconstructed cornucopia-like shape/image, fall/wintery leaves, and such, but please do not become focused or tied to these suggestions.
2. Aesthetically pleasing
3. Full color for use in print and on web
4. Need grayscale and black/white versions for printing and faxing.
5. For large size use (banner, projected on wall at event, medium size use (invitations, etc.), and small notations such as "Giving Gala Sponsor" icons
6. Would like image element of logo to be useful as background/watermark image.
7. Modern, dramatic and clean without looking too hip, young and trendy.
8. Final art in a vector format like that produced by Adobe Photoshop or Adobe Illustrator
9. Needs to serve as a complement to our JCHA logo
10. Keep it classy!
11. See attached logo for a starting place. It's something I quickly pulled together having found the "Gala" logo online. LOVE this swash through the word Gala as it is a perfect representation of a creek. Need original version with better matching fonts and fall colors, and more 'umph'/fun element. Maybe gradient fill in on the swash? I leave it to the experts.
1. Clutter
2. Tacky, cliché
3. Anything too hip or too trendy
4. Mimic of JCHA logo, must stand on own and not look bad on the same page as the JCHA logo.
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Methods of Scouting
In the Boy Scouts of America scouting program, there are 8 "Methods" used to achieve our goals of citizenship, character, and fitness. St. Thomas Troop 8 has an additional goal of "learning," which also sets us apart. How each troop implements the 8 methods and what emphasis they place on each determines the character of the troop. Some troops, for example, will place a larger emphasis on the outdoor adventure program, while others will focus more on uniforming and advancement/award programs.
The Eight Methods Are:
Ideals and Values
The ideals and values contained in the Scout Oath and Law. The St. Thomas Troop 8 program is firmly grounded in ideals and values, but in a quiet way. While we use the Scout Oath and Law as tools to get boys to think about such things, our view of ethics and values in the Catholic tradition goes well beyond such simplistic sayings. We quietly encourage boys to deepen their knowledge and thought about such issues, and explore their own faith.
Adult Association
Scouting provides a wonderful venue for boys to learn from "role models" of older men and women who are not their parents, and who can be at once friends and mentors. Troop 8 values this adult mentoring very highly, and actively seeks out younger 20- and 30-something leaders because the boys can identify with them. Boys and adult leaders are usually on a first-name basis, and form lasting friendships. More than a third of our former scouts found their careers because of the examples and mentoring of adult leaders in the troop.
Probably the most recognized feature of the scouting program, the Advancement Method sets goals and challenges for boys to work toward in order to get recognition through higher rank or "merit badges" that demonstrate special skill. Troop 8 uses the BSA Advancement program and has a number of boys who make Eagle Scout, but it would not be considered a central feature of our program. Our style is to work more toward internal than external motivation, and to be very rigorous about demanding high performance before awards are given. Troops that emphasize Advancement will have their program planned around getting badges, and a well-defined system to guide boys to earn things in order and on-time (and often as rapidly as possible).
Youth Leadership
In Boy Scouting, the youth grow by taking responsibility. Troop 8 emphasizes youth leadership very strongly. Our youth choose the activities, set the budget for the year, determine safety plans, do instruction, and run the show. Boys who graduate from the program are usually so accustomed to leading that they are able to step directly into outdoor guiding jobs. Troops that do not emphasize youth leadership as much will have adults doing some or all of these tasks.
Patrol Method
One of the ways that Scouting teaches youth leaders is by breaking the troop up into smaller gangs of boys, led by one or more Patrol Leaders. Patrols can be compared to "houses" like Gryffindor in the Harry Potter novels - groupings of boys of similar character who live and work together, with older boys serving as "prefects" and examples. Troop 8 runs a very well-developed patrol method structure, which keeps patrols intact from the moment a boy joins. Troops that do not emphasize patrol method will establish shorter-term, same-age, or temporary patrols for logistics reasons, but the boys won't really get to know each other or rely on patrol leadership.
The outdoors is our playground and adventures are our motivation in Scouting. Troop 8 is extremely active in the outdoors, with a year-round schedule. A number of our leaders have National Outdoor Leadership School experience or serve as leaders in the University of Michigan's Outdoor Adventure program. We were the first troop in the area to implement Leave-No-Trace camping practice, and introduce boys to "technical" outdoor skills ranging from rock and ice climbing to telemark skiing to whitewater kayaking. Troops that do not emphasize the outdoors as much will tend to run monthly car-camping outings to local parks and scout "camporees," and perhaps not run a full program in the summer or winter months.
One of the things that distinguishes scouts worldwide is a uniform. The uniform helps identify us as brothers and sisters in a common movement no matter what troop or nation we live in, or how well-off we are. Troop 8 uses the scout uniform for some events, especially when we're with other scouts or involved in a formal activity, but we would not be considered a strongly uniformed troop. It is not uncommon for boys to come from school or sports out of uniform for a meeting, and on outings we expect appropriate outdoor-wear rather than the uniform. A more strongly uniformed troop will insist on more rigid uniform compliance in a military-style fashion, including wearing full uniform for travel and some camping.
Well, this isn't really a BSA method, but it seems to belong here. Troop 8 encourages boys to participate in a variety of service with the troop. Some of that is service to younger scouts within the program, but we also do a variety of work for different community agencies. On the scale of troops, we'd be in the middle of the road in terms of service, with a few more active service troops doing major long-term projects or specializing in things like disaster relief.
What makes us different?
Compared to other troops, you'll find that we offer one of the most diverse and challenging outdoor programs, drawing from the curriculum and methods of the National Outdoor Leadership School and the Experiential Education Association. We place a greater emphasis on skills development and learning than many troops, and work very hard to use youth participant leadership in patrols to help boys develop not only skills, but judgment and decision-making confidence. Our adult leaders are dedicated friends and mentors. Your son will be exposed to the best in outdoor ethic and skills, with a quiet but firm subtext of personal responsibilities and values.
However, we are not an Advancement-focused program, and do not offer "rapid advancement" the way some troops do. We do not participate in the BSA's First Class Rank in a year program. We have a number of Eagle Scouts, but they work long and hard to earn Eagle by age 17, representing the achievement of a talented young man. And if you're looking for a military-style approach to uniforming and oaths/laws, we will not be a good fit.