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Any Myers Briggs personality test takers? - page 4
A student here curious to see if there are any ENTJ / INTJ / ENTP / INTP personalities in the nursing field? If so where do you work/ what is your specialty? If you haven't taken the test, you can... Read More
1Sep 8, '12 by DawnJINTJ
Glad to see so many other INTJs since I was a little nervous going into nursing school that I might not have a great personality for nursing. I plan to do more administrative work over bedside nursing anyway but it is good to see that I may have other areas I could do well in
1Sep 8, '12 by catladyRNjanellybelly I have a half sleeve, wrist, and forearm tattoos and I've always just worn long sleeves or a lab jacket.
1Sep 8, '12 by Aongroup1990ENFJ. I always come off as the leader.. gosh darn it
0Sep 8, '12 by VivaLasViejas, ASN, RN GuideQuote from Aongroup1990ESFJ. I can't get away from the leadership role either, even when I don't want it!ENFJ. I always come off as the leader.. gosh darn it
0Sep 8, '12 by mariebailey, MSN, RNAnother INTP here, along with 3.3% of the general population. I'm in public health nursing, but I'm thinking a/b moving in the direction of infection control.
0Sep 8, '12 by nursingilove, BSNTest results. Estj.
1Sep 8, '12 by cannolisQuote from VivaLasViejasYour username made me lol.
ESFJ. I can't get away from the leadership role either, even when I don't want it!
0Sep 8, '12 by cannolisQuote from catladyRNThis is good to know. I practically have a sleeve and do plan to be covered in the future, heh.janellybelly I have a half sleeve, wrist, and forearm tattoos and I've always just worn long sleeves or a lab jacket.
0Sep 8, '12 by blondy2061h, MSN, RNISTJ here. Looks like I'm the only one in the thread so far. I don't really know enough about the test to know what that means.
0Sep 9, '12 by CloveryI've taken several quizzes and always come up as INTP. I'm in my last semester now and I really want to work with geriatric populations, med-surg, or oncology. Perhaps ICU after I get some experience. I love reading nursing journals and evidence based practice and trying to implement what I've read in my clinicals. I'm also interested in research and informatics. I think, after some years of experience, I could design a really awesome program for electronic charting.
1Sep 9, '12 by CatzillaDepending on which test I take- ISTP or ISTJ. There doesn't seem to be a lot of "Sensing" in the AllNurses world, which surprises me.
2Sep 9, '12 by Always_LearningINFJ here...work in ICU.
2Sep 9, '12 by AZO49008INFJs rock! We are the rarest of the personality types. :-)


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Glenn McQueen
|Glenn McQueen
|Glenn John McQueen
December 24, 1960
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
|October 29, 2002
(aged 41)
Berkeley, California, U.S.
|Cause of death
|Alma mater
|Sheridan College
|Computer animation
|Terry McQueen
Glenn John McQueen (December 24, 1960 – October 29, 2002) was a Canadian supervisor of digital animation and supervising character animator at Pixar and PDI.
Personal life[edit]
McQueen graduated from Sheridan College in 1985. He was sent by Sheridan on a scholarship to the New York Institute of Technology Computer Graphics Lab, where he worked as head of the 3-D production department, which made film effects, TV commercials and scientific visuals.[citation needed]
In 1994 he moved to Pixar Animation Studios (partly due to his interest in Toy Story and his respect for John Lasseter), where he supervised the animation on Pixar's early successes, including Toy Story, A Bug's Life, Toy Story 2 and Monsters, Inc..[1][2]
McQueen also served as a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in Hollywood. He and his wife, Terry, had a daughter.[2]
On October 29, 2002, McQueen died from melanoma in Berkeley, California, at the age of 41. His death occurred during the production of Finding Nemo, which is dedicated to him. His former colleagues also paid homage by naming the main character in the film Cars "Lightning McQueen".[3][4][5]
McQueen has admirers all over the world for his work, and has been hailed as one of the best animators in the field. Pixar co-founder John Lasseter called McQueen "the heart and soul of our animation department", and also said that "Glenn is not gone from us. He's still alive in all of us."[3]
Pixar Animation Studios had plans underway to open a new studio in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, which would be named the Glenn McQueen Pixar Animation Center to honor McQueen. It was planned to be around 20,000 square feet (1,900 m2) and be located in the downtown area of Vancouver. The studio focused on producing short films and TV episodes based on Pixar characters.[6] Job qualifications were released in 2009[7] and the studio opened in spring 2010, producing many shorts including Small Fry (2011) and Partysaurus Rex (2012).
In October 2013, the studio was closed down in order to re-focus Pixar's efforts at its main headquarters.[8]
- The Last Halloween (1991) (director) (short film)
- Sleepwalkers (animator)
- Angels in the Outfield (1994) (character animator)
- Toy Story (1995) (animator)
- A Bug's Life (1998) (supervising animator)
- Toy Story 2 (1999) (supervising animator)
- Monsters, Inc. (2001) (supervising animator)
- Finding Nemo (2003) (dedication; told at the end of the movie)
- Cars (2006)(animation character developer)
- ^ Plume, Kenneth (2000-02-10). "Interview with Glenn McQueen". IGN. Retrieved 2012-11-08.
- ^ a b Obituary, latimes.com, November 19, 2002; accessed September 1, 2015.
- ^ a b Rizvi, Samad. "Remembering Glenn McQueen, 1960-2002". Pixar Times. Retrieved 2012-11-08.
- ^ Nusair, David. "5 Things You Didn't Know About the Cars Series". About.com. Retrieved 2012-11-08.
- ^ "Cars Easter Egg - Tribute to Dead Animator". husband and wife team of David and Annette Wolf. Retrieved 2012-11-08.
- ^ Marke Andrews (2009-05-08). "Pixar to open Vancouver studio". Archived from the original on 2010-04-20. Retrieved 2012-11-08.
- ^ Mike Valiquette (2009-11-15). "Jobby: Production Manager, Layout Artist, Pixar Vancouver!". Retrieved 2012-11-08.
- ^ "Pixar Canada shuts its doors in Vancouver". The Province. October 8, 2013. Retrieved June 20, 2014.

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Weekend Link Love – Edition 122
If this story doesn't make you smile, I don't know what will.
Melissa McEwen is fond of ponies. On her plate!
Congratulations are in order. After a four year engagement, I can now proudly announce that Jenny Craig is married to Nestle Corp. Mazel tov!
Here's a good example of why evoking the question "What would Grok do?" only goes so far. Discovery has a piece on what early man devoured that you should probably not.
And finally, how to sled if you don't have hills (requires fighter jet).
Recipe Corner
- Eat Health-Bent's green chile chili when it's chilly. Rim-shot.
- Life as a Plate gets tasty again with a bacon Brussels sprout slaw with cranberries and almond over at Food Renegade.
Time Capsule
One year ago (December 12 – 18)
- Primal Holiday Gifts – This is last year's list of Christmas goodies to give your Primal loved one. The list works just as good in 2010 as it did in '09!
- In Defense of Meat Eaters – Meat is murder. Meat gives you cancer. Man is really an herbivore. You've probably heard those arguments before. This two part series chimes in with a rebuttal to the wave of anti-meat rhetoric pervading modern culture. Part one covers the evolutionary angle. Part two covers animal and human well-being.
Comment of the Week
Here's a bit of Christmas cheer sent in by Grok Star and Primal Blogger, Batty, earlier this week:
After high fiving my computer screen, I asked her how she did it…
…just following the directions for the tat itself, giving it a bit more water so it would stick. hat is done in acrylic paint, and there's actually a jungle-y background painted on the back of it, you can kind of see the strokes near the bottom. glad you liked it!
FYI – She's using the Grok tattoo that was given away during the Primal challenge. I still have a ton of 'em. If you want them, same rules apply, mail me a stamped, self-addressed envelope and I'll get a tat to you. Happy holidays!
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Once again the left is offended by a commercial, which shows patriotism and the traditional values, which is exist in most main street towns in America. Airing this past Sunday during the Golden Globes, the McDonalds ad featuring their various sign messages is one of the best commercials on the market since the "God Made a Farmer" commercial done by Dodge for the 2013 Super Bowl.
The company notes on its Tumbler page, "there's a story behind every one. that captures a moment in time and reflects the lives of the community it serves."
Yet, almost immediately those on the left started wining about how dare McDonalds try to put any good message out when they are refusing to allow the unions to take over and not jumping on the raise the minimum wage band wagon. more >>
One hundred years ago this month, a brilliant young British economist, Dennis Robertson, published, A Study of Industrial Fluctuations. Economists regard it as a classic in the theory of the business cycle. Yet Robertson is not well known, though he was an economics pioneer who anticipated many ideas that today are associated with others. He was a student of John Maynard Keynes, and his friend and colleague during a fertile period of collaboration in the 1920s.
I bring up this milestone in the history of economics to highlight a shared belief and a polar opposite perspective between the two men, which has had profound effects on us today, and will have profound effects on our children tomorrow. Robertson and Keynes (who were both childless, by the way) were of the shared opinion that more focus be given to economic welfare in the short run. Robertson believed there was too much savings for the benefit of descendants; to the effect it permanently reduced economic well-being. Robertson wanted people to consume more and save less, thereby moderating the business cycle and enhancing economic welfare.
Keynes too, focused on economic prosperity today, not in some distant future. He famously wrote, "in the long run we are all dead". Keynes was even more explicitly against savings. He advocated policies to force dis-saving. He urged the government to borrow savings and spend them now to create income. (This was during the Great Depression, and many, including Robertson, called for similar policies, but with different supporting arguments.) more >>
Some churches are countering the trend of Black Friday shopping and materialism by promoting "Bless Friday," an observance promoting charity work that seeks to bless the less fortunate.
Eva Kaminski, associate director of Communications at Memorial Drive Presbyterian in Houston, told The Christian Post that Bless Friday is "an encouragement for people to shift their focus from shopping to serving."
"Bless Friday is something that our congregation and staff have embraced. The beauty is in the soul-building that occurs when we focus on others instead of self, and serve in Christ's Name," she said. more >>
A historic number of America's youth – 2.5 million children – are homeless according to a report recently released by the National Center on Family Homelessness. These children, the report shows, are victims of a number of variables that contribute to homelessness including single motherhood, racial disparities and low household incomes.
The report, based on data compiled from the U.S. Department of Education and the Census Bureau, reveals that many of the nation's homeless children are on the verge of losing their housing, don't have a fixed residence, are living in places not designated for human beings, or are living in some kind of temporary housing. Many homeless children's circumstances are tied to problems plaguing their families.
According to the report, "Poverty rates are highest for families headed by single women, particularly if they are Black or Hispanic." more >>
For the 135th year in a row, New York City's Bowery Mission will provide thousands of meals for city's homeless residents on Thanksgiving Day at their Bowery street location and other sites.
"More than 600 volunteers will prepare these meals and serve guests in the mission's century-old chapel, with music and festive decorations for the holiday," James Winans, chief development officer at the Bowery Mission, told The Christian Post.
"Meals will be served at 227 Bowery at 8 a.m., 10 a.m., noon, 2 p.m., 5 p.m., and 7 p.m. Additional meals will be added throughout the day, based on the demand," he said. "Each meal will be a traditional Thanksgiving meal, with turkey, potatoes, stuffing, green beans, gravy and all the fixings, and with pie for dessert." more >>
While people celebrate the fact that America's unemployment rate has fallen below six percent for the first time since 2008, some economic experts say not so fast and point out the discrepancy between the unemployment rate and the number of unemployed persons.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics data released its unemployment summary for the month of September on Friday and found that the country's overall unemployment rate decreased by 0.2 percentage points to 5.9 percent, the lowest the rate has been since July of 2008. Additionally, employers added approximately 248,000 jobs in the month.
American Enterprise Institute resident scholar in economic studies Aparna Mathur told The Christian Post that in order to better judge the progress of the American economy, analysts need to look at the U-6 unemployment rate. Mathur said the U-6 rate provides better measures that takes into account people that have dropped out of the labor force due to discouragement. The U-6 rate finds that the unemployment for the month of September is really double the BLS figure at around 11.8 percent. more >>


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First Day of School for Students
The 2016-2017 school year will begin for students on Tuesday, September 6, 2016. Enjoy the remainder of your summer vacation.
Back to School Nights for 2016-2017
Back to School Nights for the 2016-2017 school year have been confirmed, please mark your calendar. The dates can be found under the Announcements tab and the district calendar. In addition, please note that a date has been added this year for ESL (English as a Second Language). NOTE: Cliffwood Elementary School's Back to School Night changed from Wednesday, September 7th to Monday, September 19th.
Introducing the New/Free MARSD Mobile App
Matawan-Aberdeen Regional School District now has a mobile app to keep us connected. To download the app go to the app store on your mobile device and search Matawan Aberdeen Schools. The district's logo will appear and you can download from there.
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Registration is open to those students that are not currently enrolled in our preschool program. Applications are available on our website.
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Tuition Rates for 2017-2018: Regular Rate is $4,000; If you qualify for Free Lunch tuition rates could be $3,400; and Reduced Lunch rate could be $3,600
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Hope you are continuing to enjoy your summer! We are preparing for the 2016-2017 school year and look forward to a wonderful academic year.
Back to School Nights for 2016-2017 have been announced and are posted under the Announcements tab and also on the district and individual school calendars. Please note the change in date for Cliffwood Elementary School from September 7th to September 19th.
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Click on the link to view the presentation of the District's Accomplishments for 2015-2016. District Accomplishments 2015-2016 Presentation
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The Realities of K-12 Chronic Absenteeism
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Top STEAM tools for Online and Offline Learning: Part 1
Looking for Free STEM Products? Tiggly Opens Edu Grant Applications
The Maker Movement, Equity, and Schools: Researcher Q&A
6 Summer Reads That Will Teach You - and Your Students - How to Code
Why we must move away from an industrial model of schooling that just grades and sorts students
LA Unified shortchanging funding for high-needs students, state says
Special needs pupils "need better support" in schools
Mom: A "harsh truth" I've learned about special education
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Mumbai: Monica Bedi, who will soon be seen in Sanjay Leela Bhansali's debut TV show, Saraswatichandra, says that her wait is over as she has got her dream role.
Speaking about her debut serial, Monica Bedi said, "My wait is over. I was waiting for the right role and the right banner to work with. I am now working with Sanjay Leela Bhansali and I feel I am on the right track. The character is very powerful and there is scope for acting."
Monica, who has gone through a tough time in her personal life says that television has been very lucky for her. Previously, the actress was seen in TV reality show Bigg Boss too. "I had made a comeback with Bigg Boss and it did something for me, which 25 of my films could not do. So television was (has been) lucky for me. You never know what might change your fate. This break that I have got, will be a unique thing," she said. Monica plays the role of lead actor Gautam Rode's mother in the show. The soap opera is all set to go on air on February 25 on Star Plus.
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By: Andre Gallant on August 10, 2012 - 1:47pm - Add new comment
Athens indie rock super group Supercluster just sent out a link to their new video. Enjoy. Happy Friday.
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In my review of newly-opened Yummy Pho this week, I noted that on their first day of business the baguettes didn't come in so they couldn't serve Bahn Mis, the famous French-inspired Vietnamese sandwich.
Well, I rectified the heck out of that problem by heading over there today.
I ordered the grilled pork Bahn Mi. A hefty foot-long mini-baguette stuffed with mayo, jalapenos, cilantro, daikon radish, carrot and pork that's grilled crispy, but not too charred.
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The folks over at Mint.com have a neat infographic that explains just how much meat Americans eat. Great. Now I'm hungry.
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Back in the spring I posted about Rubblebucket, a funky band from Chicago that completely tore up Farm 255 when they played here.
Everyone I talked to that went was completely blown away. (Link not from Athens. All footage from Athens show destroyed by flood of PBR).
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After all the political and media dust up over Chik-Fil-A recently, the announcment that Zaxby's is stepping into the breakfast game might have chicken biscuit loving same sex marriage supporters - who are probably starving with the boycott - feeling a little relieved.
No word yet on Zaxby Corp.'s political views.
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You might remember the bold, mellifluous voice of Dwayne Segar, also known as DJ Segar of the Segar Jazz affair, from Marquee's profile of him this summer.
That article celebrated his two year anniversary on the air.
By: Andre Gallant on August 29, 2012 - 4:03pm - Add new comment
When I talked to rapper Tony B earlier this summer, he told me there was another side to his career beyond the club banger tunes and party promotion.
He calls them his struggle songs.
If you've only followed Mr. B via his YouTube videos, you'd get the impression that the man only exists to sing about his, well, awesomeness.
But now we have proof that that is not the case.
By: Andre Gallant on August 30, 2012 - 9:43am - Add new comment
There's never enough space in print to flesh out stories like I want to. So this week, I emailed a few questions over to Vanessa Hay of the band Supercluster, and in times recent and past, Pylon.
Supercluster makes some of the most interesting music in Athens, arty stuff, complex stuff that you don't want to listen to on the radio. It's meant for headphones and contemplation.
That's not to say don't go see them live. Please do. It's worth your time.
Here's our interchange:
By: Andre Gallant on August 30, 2012 - 9:54am - Add new comment
A dear friend pointed me toward the website of Shannon Whitworth, who opens for Rodney Crowell tonight at the Melting Point. She has a classic voice that should appeal to all you country crooner fans out there.
Check out this video, swim over to her site, and if you have the time, head over to the Melting Point to see the show.
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we went to the dealership picked out not one but two cars they thought we would be able to get finacing for. my boyfriend and i said they would never approve us for two car payments. well they did. one of the companies was prestige. they set our payments out 45 days till the due date, no down payment. the week before the payment was due i got a call in the bar i was working it was matt from prestige calling me to remind me of my payment. i told him not to call me at work and he said that as long as i put that number on my appication he could call. i told him i would get in trouble for being on the phone, he said he didnt care. WHAT!?!?!?!?! he called my bar everyday till the payment was made. it was made on time thanks to the constant reminding of MATT calling the bar. knowing i would have to answer the phone. i even tried hanging up, he called back.
so remember the 400.00 payment, with both payments and insurance our cars ended up costing 1500.00 a month. no problem right? the new hotel finally opened up on 12/31/07 and no one showed up. NO ONE!!!! no people in my industry means no tips. no tips means no car. prestige called me everyday from the time i missed my payment, till about a month ago. they also called my father who had a massive stoke and told him that if HE didnt pay MY car note they would find a way to get it out of him or me. they repossed my car in the beginning of this year and are now trying to garnish my wages through callister and reynolds attorneys at law in vegas.
the business practices of this company is so shady. if i had known then what i know now i would have never answered my phone or gone to the dealership. the harrassment even after the car was repo'd was disturbing. they sent e-mails and the phone calls. they would call at all hours it seemed. MATT even called me and my boyfriend from his personal cell. i wish i had saved the number. i would call him at 3 in the morning. however now they have a woman calling us and she still gets nowhere with us. there is a reason the car was repo'd in the first place. duh. we tried having them do a volunitary repo, they said no they would take the car back after is was 90 days late and not a day before. thanks jerks. i hope the economy hits these idiots as hard as it is hitting the hard working americans that at least try to make there payments. we are by far dead beats, but i REFUSE to pay a company that intimidates and uses unfair business practices. they will have to take me to court and pry the cash out of my hand. DO NOT use this company. dont care how bad your credit is, ours was fine till this company got a hold of it.
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Revenge Porn: Laws & Penalties
Revenge porn is the online posting of explicit photos of people without their permission, usually by exes. The legality of such conduct is a gray area in many states. Advocates for victims argue that revenge porn is a form of harassment and an invasion of privacy and should be criminalized. However, in slightly less than half the states, revenge porn (at least where adults are concerned) is not a crime. But the legal landscape is changing and states are moving towards criminalizing revenge porn.
Revenge porn sites feature nude and sexual photos of people, mostly women, often posted by their ex-spouses or ex-lovers. A number of websites host these images. Many sites include identifying details, such as the person's full name, employer, and hometown, as well as links to the person's Facebook or other personal webpages, plus nasty comments. Although some revenge porn sites have been shut down, new sites pop up all the time. Images can also be easily picked up by other websites, and content that is widely distributed on the Internet is difficult to remove. So, even if a person succeeds in getting images removed from one site, it may be difficult or impossible to get them completely off the Internet.
Isn't That Illegal?
In most states, it is not a crime to post people's photos or personal information online without their permission. However, states are increasingly criminalizing postings that are posted with malicious intent, and that constitute a significant invasion of a person's reasonable expectation of privacy. Thoughtful laws make exceptions for postings of artistic, newsworthy, or historic images.
Targeted Legislation
Many states are starting to criminalize revenge porn, or are using existing laws to prosecute people who commit revenge porn. For example, New Jersey's invasion of privacy law, enacted in 2003 (before revenge porn came to national attention), prohibits selling, providing, publishing, distributing, or otherwise disseminating nude or sexual photos of another person without that person's permission. This law has been considered a model by advocates of criminalizing revenge porn.
California lawmakers amended the state's disorderly conduct law in 2013 and 2014 to criminalize some forms of revenge porn. Under the new law, it is a crime to photograph or otherwise take private, nude photos of another person and distribute the photos in a way that is intended to and does cause emotional distress; and revenge porn is punished more severely if the victim is a minor or if the defendant has previously been convicted. A victim can also sue for damages in a civil lawsuit. The 2014 amendment corrected a serious limitation in the 2013 legislation: The first version of the law covered only photos taken of another person (that is, not the distribution of "selfies"). The new law, which took effect on July 1, 2015, includes the distribution of selfies as well as photots taken by someone else.
(Cal. Pen. Code, § 647; N.J. Stat. Ann. § 2C:14-9.)
Other Criminal Laws: Disorderly Conduct and Harassment
In some states, it is a crime, often a kind of disorderly conduct, to take nude photos of people without their knowledge. However, while images that end up on revenge porn sites were almost certainly originally intended to be private, often the women themselves took photos and shared them willingly, or the partners took the photos with the women's permission.
For more information on the crime of disorderly conduct, see our article on Disorderly Conduct.
Harassment is also illegal and, in many states, a crime. However, harassment laws generally prohibit a course of conduct, not isolated incidents, so harassment laws do not apply in many revenge porn cases.
For more information on online harassment, see our article on Harassment and Cyberbullying and Avoiding Criminal Charges from Online Behavior.
Child Pornography
While sharing naked photos of adults without their permission is not necessarily illegal, sharing any nude or sexual images of children under the age of 18 is considered child pornography. People who share such images can expect to be prosecuted, sentenced to lengthy prison terms, and ordered to register as sex offenders.
For more information on sharing child pornography, see Teen Sexting.
Criminal Penalties
In New Jersey, sharing explicit images without permission is punishable by three to five years in prison and a fine of up to $30,000. Under California's law, revenge porn is a misdemeanor, punishable by up to six months in jail, a fine of up to $1,000, or both. If the victim is under the age of 18 or the defendant has a previous conviction for revenge porn, then the crime is punishable by up to one year in jail, a fine of up to $2,000, or both.
(Cal. Pen. Code, § 647; N.J. Stat. Ann. § 2C:14-9.)
Civil Liability
Victims of revenge porn have filed civil suits against the people who have posted their private images and the sites that have published the images, based on claims of copyright infringement and invasion of privacy. However, under section 230 of the federal Communications Decency Act, owners and operators of websites are generally not held responsible for material posted by others on their sites. The law in this area may be changing as well to provide more protection for victims. In 2011, one federal district court held that section 230 did not apply to sites that invite the "posting of illegal materials." (Jones v. Dirty World Entertainment Recordings LLC, 766 F. Supp.2d 828, 836 (E.D. Kentucky 2011).) So, in the future, civil suits by victims of revenge porn may be more successful.
A relatively new approach to combatting revenge porn lies in the filing of a copyright infringement suit. For more information, see Using Copyright Law to Combat Revenge Porn.
Obtaining Legal Assistance
If you are charged with a crime as a result of revenge porn, you should talk a criminal defense attorney in your state. An attorney can tell you how your case is likely to be treated and what you can do to protect your rights and obtain the best possible outcome. If you are a victim of revenge porn, you may also wish to talk to a civil attorney who can help you get the photos removed from the Internet and possibly take other legal action. Also, consider contacting local law enforcement. California's Attorney General, for example, asks that victims of revenge porn websites file a complaint at https://oag.ca.gov/contact/consumer-complaint-against-business-or-company.
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Ph.D. Computer Science, The University of Texas at Austin, Advisor:
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: sequence alignment, evolutionary tree reconstruction, genome-wide association studies, disease risk prediction
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Advance Machine Learning, Spring 2016
Foundations of Bioinformatics II, Spring 2016
Introduction to Bioinformatics Algorithms, Spring 2016
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Junilda Spirollari, PhD thesis advisor, (expected 2015)
Ling Zhong, PhD thesis advisor, (expected 2015)
Mohammadreza Esfandiari, PhD thesis advisor, (expected 2018)
Leo Anthoniraj, MS thesis advisor, (expected 2016)
Pranitha Andalam, MS thesis advisor, (expected 2016)
Previous students
Nandini Ghosh, MS thesis advisor, 2015
Nihir Patel, MS thesis advisor, 2014 (first position at Mt. Sinai Hospital)
Wei Wang, PhD committee member 2014, (first position as data scientist in industry)
Bharati Jhadav, MS thesis advisor, 2014, (first position at Mt. Sinai Hospital)
Harishitha Damerla, MS project advisor, 2013
Amiel Meiseles, MS project advisor, 2013
Srividya Ramakrishnan, MS thesis advisor, 2013 (first position at Cold Spring Harbor Lab)
Shuo Chen, PhD committee member, 2012
Andrew Roberts, MS thesis advisor, 2012 (Merck)
Meera Prasad, MS thesis advisor, 2011 (first position at NYU Langone Medical Center)
Seif Shahidain, MS thesis advisor, 2011 (first position at NIH)
Satish Chikkagoudar, PhD thesis advisor, 2010 (first position as postdoc at UPenn, second position as scientist at Pacific Northwest National Lab)
Tao Wu, PhD committee member, 2010 (first position at Microsoft)
Suresh Solaimuthu, PhD committee member, 2010 (first position at UBS)
Paras Garg, MS thesis, 2010 (first position as bioinformatics researcher at Mount Sinai Hospital)
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Xiao Ling, MS Bioinformatics 2013 (first position as bioinformatician at Yale University School of Medicine)
Jharna Miya, MS Bioinformatics 2013 (first position as bioinformatics analyst at Comprehensive Cancer Center, Ohio State University)
Hajira Naqvi, MS Bioinformatics 2013 (Memorial Sloan Kettering)
Sagar Changawalla, BS Bioinformatics 2011 (first position at Cornell)
Aparna Agrawal, MS Bioinformatics 2009 (first position at Roche)
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I contacted All Audio Expo, each time I called, no answer. I left a couple voice messages with them and never recieved any calls back.
I sent an email to them letting them know I never recieved my whole order and if they would please get the rest of my order to me. The reply I received was very generic and to the point, "Sorry, your money will be refunded"
It is two months later and I still have not received my product or a refund of my money. I have replied to the email I received, stating that I have not received my refund. Still no corospondence from All Audio Expo.com
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'Water Pills' May Cut Heart Risks in Diabetes
June 27, 2005 -- Water pills may work as well as other commonly used high blood pressure pills to protect the hearts of people with type 2 diabetes.
The researchers say they found "no evidence" that newer, more costly high blood pressure medications were better at preventing heart disease deaths or heart attacks than water pills, also called diuretics.
The findings were complex and "must be interpreted with caution," they write in the Archives of Internal Medicine.
They say the type of diuretics they studied "should be strongly considered" as initial drug therapy for patients with high blood pressure and type 2 diabetes or prediabetes.
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Nearly one in three U.S. adults has high blood pressure. But almost a third of them don't know it, says the American Heart Association (AHA). High blood pressure affects nearly 50 million people in the U.S. and approximately 1 billion worldwide, according to the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI).
Uncontrolled high blood pressure can be very dangerous. It can raise the risk of heart attack, stroke, heart failure, or kidney failure, says the AHA.
The relationship between blood pressure and heart disease risk is a continuous and consistent one, says the NHLBI. The higher the blood pressure, the greater the risk of heart attack, heart failure, stroke, and kidney disease. People with diabetes and high blood pressure have approximately twice the risk of complications compared with people who have high blood pressure alone.
Medications can help curb high blood pressure and reduce the risk of complications from the disease. A healthy lifestyle -- including exercise and good nutrition -- can also make a difference.
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"Almost three out of every four persons with type 2 diabetes has [high blood pressure]," says Paul Whelton, MD, MSc, in a news release.
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DD has been potty trained (pee) since August. She poops on the potty probably 3-4 times a week and in her pants about the same. She doesn't seem to struggle, there's no consistency to when she goes in her pants vs. her potty, it happens here, at my parents' house (daycare), morning or night, etc. It's not a question of being afraid to poop in the potty, so the earlier discussions we had about pooping on the potty are somewhat moot at this point (no need to cut the hole in the diaper on the toilet, for example).
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Cruises can be one of the best valued vacations for you if you plan ahead and use certain strategies to avoid unnecessary costs. From booking your cruise, up until the time you arrive on your ship, you can take steps to make your vacation cheaper than expected while having just as much fun.
1. This is an obvious one, but shop around online to compare prices. Make sure you do your research and read the fine print. With things like cruise lines websites, social media websites, and special deal websites, there will be many options to choose from and one of them is bound to fit your budget.
2. Book your cruise during "wave season" (January through March). These three months often have the most cruise sales because the cruise lines are looking to plan ahead and book up their ships for the year. This is the time of year when the cruise lines are competing with each other to appeal more to customers.
3. Explore ports on your own. Shore excursions can be very pricey depending on what they have planned. Save money by doing some research and exploring the port on your own. Not only will you spend less money, but you will also have more time to do more things because you won't be part of a big group.
4. Unplug and disconnect from the internet while you're away. It's nice to get away from the demands of always being connected to the world. Also, internet access and Wi-Fi are often charged at extremely high rates while on board. You should look into this information so you know if and what you will be charged. If the rate is high and you are someone who needs the internet, I suggest you wait until you are on your shore excursion before going online.
5. If you are looking for more than a one time trip, I suggest you stick with the same cruise line. Cruise lines reward their customers who continue to use their services. When you book more trips with the same company, you will definitely be made aware of more discounts and promotions that other first-time customers will not see. These rewards could effect your upfront rate, but they could also be perks such as special dinners and other upgrades.
If you take these tips into consideration while booking and while on your trip, then you will be able to keep to a strict budget while having a fun trip at sea.


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Pimsleur Pimsleur Approach Pimsleur sold me a small set of disks, then much later charged my account two more times for $64 each Internet
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We are still not done. After a quick interview and some smooth talking on their end, they will tell you that they will call to let you know if you have a second interview or not. I can almost garentee that if you said "hi" during the interveiw you will get the call. Your second interview will take place in the "field". Most likely you will be talked to by a "sales rep" and they will sell you on this is not a sales postions and proceed to sell a product. Yet a fourth red flag here. Here is the big kicker, there ad claims $400 - $600 weekley.
This is all commision based. So in reality is should be $0 - X amount. Why would they put $400 if there is a chance you could make a lot less then that. You should also know that they are not a door to door sales but rather a person to person at a gas station or store sales. Yes these are the people that sell you the car wax that will last a life time or the glass cleaner that is perfect. These are the smooth talkers. You will notice multiple reports saying that they work for redline and these reports are false and they will claim to be unbiased.
Well here is another problem, if you have worked for a long period of time or still currently are working how can you be unbiased when you may have been a part of the scam the whole time. You will also notice cursing from one of the "employess" on a reply to the rip off report. Here is a great warning sign. Why would you curse if your trying to market yourself to potenital canadiates as being a "professional company". http://www.ripoffreport.com/sales-people/redline-executive/redline-executive-event-in-3wy6d.htm there is the link and please i do ask that you read through and notice what i am talking about. As far as the travel allowance goes, when asked they give you $10 extra in your paycheck to drive the company car not your car.
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Given the current construction environment, there are new and magnified risks that you should know how to alleviate
Once a subcontractor takes a job, that may only be the beginning of the risks to the owner.
By Paul E. Himes
Up. Down. Up. Down. Flat. Which way are construction prices going? Polish up that crystal ball or find, in Harry Truman's famous words, that ever-elusive one-handed economist.
Copper, aluminum, steel, and other strategic metals prices have all gone through the roof during the last several years. (Nice if you own commodity stocks, but not so nice if you're buying construction contracts.) Drywall went from expensive and scarce to plentiful and easy to obtain. Site-work guys? "Forget about it" was the response 2 years ago when trying to get a quote or firm price and manpower, and now they're calling and begging to put their equipment to work. (Thank you, residential slowdown.)
As they try to find good news for their budgets and job-cost forecasts, owners frequently ask, "Aren't construction costs going down?" The answer is an absolute, definite "maybe." If you're doing a project that's very site-work intense with less skilled labor, such as a warehouse, then the answer is "yes." If you're doing a Tier 3 data center with miles and miles of copper and aluminum cable, highly sought-after and in-demand generators, as well as sophisticated building-control systems, then the answer is "no."
In an era where we're being seesawed on pricing, we find ourselves in a very uncertain time for construction-cost forecasting. As recently as 9 months ago, we were using 0.75-percent per month as an overall escalator on square-footage or ROM (Rough Order of Magnitude) costs. Now, it's more like 0.4 to 0.5 percent. And, we're seeing interiors projects that are currently being bid come in 20-plus-percent under 1-year-old and older budgets.
These budgeting and cost-forecasting factors obviously play a role in the construction environment, but the much more insidious aspects of costs and dangers that this market brings us are important, too. General contractors across the land fear the one subcontractor bid on bid day that is unreasonably low—so low that they scratch their heads as to how it could be, yet knowing that their competitors will take that number and use it at bid time, and, if they do not, they will lose the job.
Once a subcontractor takes a job, however, that may only be the beginning of the risks to the owner. Here are some of the risks inherent in subcontracting—especially with ultra-low bids.
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Risk No. 1: Subcontractor DefaultThis is the obvious one. The subcontractor isn't making money, he takes a hit on another job, he starts playing with his sub-subcontractor and materialmen's payments, and, the next thing you know, there are no workers on-site because payroll isn't being made, and the sub defaults.
Mitigation techniques you can use to avoid this situation:
Risk No. 2: Contractor DefaultThis is the biggest of all risks. It will not be the first time, or the last, that a general contractor has been taken under by a sub taking a job at a cost that is too low. This is most likely to occur with weaker general contractors. The sub goes under and it costs more to complete the work later with a different sub.
Risk No. 3: Schedule DelayThis one is like getting pecked to death by ducks: one peck at a time. The subcontractor starts to have payroll problems and starts to short staff the project, and starts to slip behind a little at a time. Project team members make lots of efforts eventually to have them catch up, but things slip and then start to affect other subs, and then the overall schedule.
Risk No. 4: Materials Security Copper at $4 per pound. Aluminum at $1.30 per pound. These are commonly used materials on construction sites. They're relatively lightweight (ever tried to haul steel I-beams off-site with your station wagon?). And, most importantly, they're easily resold at scrap yards - no questions asked. We are now seeing copper piping being cut out of buildings as fast as it goes in, and copper cables cut out before being energized.
Be certain that your construction documents and specifications are well and tightly coordinated.
Risk No. 5: Materials SubstitutionWe are now seeing this start to happen again. Cheaper materials are being installed instead of what was specified and contracted for. The lower the bid, the higher the temptation to substitute (and we're not talking about approved substitutions).
Risk No. 6: Increased ClaimsIn any bid environment, there is always a risk for claims, but most notably in the low-bid, fixed-cost type of contracting. The lower the number used by the sub or general contractor, the more he is going to be looking for discrepancies in the documents or jobsite situations in order to make claims. Many subs take projects on at cost, hoping to make money on claims or changes.
There are entire volumes written about construction risks and how to prevent them. Here, we try to point out either new risks or those that are magnified due to the current pricing environment. So, these thoughts are in addition to the good and proper project-management techniques of contracts, schedules, budgets, etc.
The rewards are great right now if you're an owner/purchaser/user of construction. But, beware: The risks are increasing as well. Be smart and stay ahead of that curve.
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