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The HCPL-7850 is commercial grade isolation amplifier that provides accurate, electrically isolated and amplified representations of voltage and current. When used with a shunt resistor to monitor the motor phase current in a high speed motor drive, the device will offer superior reliability compared with the traditional solutions such as current transformers and Hall-effect sensors. This device consists of a sigma-delta analog-to-digital converter optically coupled to a digital-to-analog converter in a hermetically sealed 8-Pin ceramic DIP package. Gold plated leads, solder dipped leads and various lead form options are also available. See the datasheet for details.
The products are capable of operation and storage over the full military temperature range and may also be purchased with full MIL-PRF-38534 Class H level testing or from the DLA SMD 5962-97557. The HCPL-7850 is manufactured and tested on a MIL-PRF-38534 certified line and the Class H version is included in the DLA Qualified Manufacturers List, QML-38534 for Hybrid Microcircuits.
Superior performance in design critical specifications such as common-mode rejection, offset voltage, nonlinearity, and operating temperature make this product an excellent choice for designing reliable products such as motor controllers and inverters.
Common-mode rejection of 8 kV/micro-second makes the HCPL-7850/7851 suitable for noisy electrical environments such as those generated by the high switching rates of power IGBTs.
Low offset voltage together with a low offset voltage temperature coefficient permits accurate use of auto-calibration techniques.
Gain tolerance of 5% with 0.1% nonlinearity further provide the performance necessary for accurate feedback and control.
- Commercial Grade, 8-Pin DIP
- Performance Guaranteed over -55 degC to 125 degC
- MIL-PRF-38534 Class H Available
- DLA Standard Microcircuit Drawing Available
- High Common Mode Rejection (CMR): 8 kV/µs at VCM = 1000 V
- 5% Gain Tolerance
- 0.1% Nonlinearity
- Low Offset Voltage and Offset Temperature Coefficient
- 100 kHz Bandwidth
- 1500 Vdc Withstand Test Voltage
- Military and Industrial
- High Reliability Systems
- Transportation, Medical, and Life Critical Systems
- General Purpose Analog Signal Isolation
- Motor Phase and Rail Current Sensing
- Inverter Current Sensing
- Switched Mode Power Supply Signal Isolation
- General Purpose Current Sensing and Monitoring
- Harsh Industrial Environments
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Wolves' Rubio Finishes 2nd In Rookie Voting
Timberwolves point guard Ricky Rubio finished 2nd to Cleveland point guard Kyrie Irving in the NBA rookie of the year voting. Irving received 117 of 120 possible first place votes. Rubio had 49 2nd place votes and 23 3rd place votes with a total of 170 points while Irving had a total of 592 points. Rubio averaged 10.6 points and 8.2 assists a game in 41 games for Minnesota in 2011-2012.
Derrick Williams was the 2nd overall pick in 2011 but did not receive a vote in the rookie of the year balloting. Williams averaged 8.8 points and 4.7 rebounds a game in 2011-2012.


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Warren Buffett in Line for Top 10 Stake in Goldman Sachs
Goldman Sachs is going to have a new Top 10 holder this fall.
Warren Buffett is on pace to get nearly 2% of Goldman thanks to the soaring value of the warrants he holds in the investment bank.
The bank and Berkshire Hathaway are amending their agreement from an investment Buffett made at the height of the financial crisis. The warrants Buffett got in the deal are sitting in lucrative territory, worth some $1.4 billion to him today if he were to cash them in for Goldman shares.
Under an amended pact, Berkshire won't get the difference in dollars but in stock, putting him in line today to get some 9.3 million shares if the transaction were done at Monday's closing price. That would be equal to about 1.9% of Goldman's shares outstanding when Buffett's new shares are added in.
A position close to 2% would put Buffett in line to be the No. 9 holder of Goldman, according to FactSet.
Meanwhile, the shares were rallying in premarket trading, putting the Oracle of Omaha in place to get even more.


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Mcare needed a new stationery design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 43 designs submitted by 7 freelance designers.
Member Services Australia
Member Services is a small Telecommunications company in Queensland Australia who specializes in niche markets. Currently we have put together an offering including an exciting product for seniors.
Our product is focused at the seniors market within Australia
Brochure - A4 tri-fold colour.
Including a tear off mail back form.
- professional looking but remember the market -retirees
- not "scamy" looking
- clear & simple
- No small text
- Fun
- Colour Blue and Green
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Yet another video interviews a man whose Rhodesian Ridgebacks successfully encountered and fought off another Mountain Lion. The article INCORRECTLY states that the dogs were bread to hunt mountain lions. This is not true. Ridgebacks are a South African dog - originally of the Hotentot tribe - which were originally bred to protect African farms from wild animals. They subsequently were refined by European settlers, and used to hunt African lions. I know this because I own a breeder-quality Ridgeback, and my sister once owned the all-time winning Ridgeback (5 times BIS).
Think about the advantage a Ridgeback has in encountering animals larger and more lethan than it. I can tell you that these beasts are...
- Obscenely strong.
- Hyper lean (This guy's Ridgebacks in the video are too big/fat for the breed standard. They may have been neutered. One of them is also a "ridgeless Ridgeback", not show-able for the breed.)
- Very low center of gravity, and hence extremely agile.
- Stubborn as hell and more tenacious than any other dog I've seen or owned.
- Extremely loving and loyal to their family. Mine insisted on sleeping with one of the boys in a puppy pile, and would give unpredictable "flying kisses" to me. I always had to be careful not to bend down when his kissing compulsion happened. Once he almost took my two front teeth out.
The point is that a Ridgeback would *NOT* go toe-to-toe with an African lion. Rather it would harass it to death with fly-by after fly-by. I once witnessed my Ridgeback puppy doing his thing to a full grown housecat outside. He had the cat so flummoxed that it was frozen in place and could only try to swat him when he was doing a fly-by. In groups of two or three, they would add biting from the back end while another was harassing at the front end.
The biggest mistake American owners make when breeding them is to try to make them big and bulky like a Great Dane. Such a Ridgeback ends up being cat food for an African lion.
Anyhow in spite of the bulk of this guy's Ridgebacks, they've been the only domestic dogs to have survived the recent California Mountain Lion attacks.
There is a lesson here for our Uechika - both students and teachers. Stand there and have some retard "Uechi master" (of *any* ethnicity) beat the **** out of you to "develop" your Sanchin and show off your prowess? Not so much in my book. Good luck with the bullets and the blades there, cowboy. I'll buy tickets to watch your slaughter.
There is a "story" told by the Uechi family about an old Chinese master going for a walk when it was known that there was a tiger prowling on humans. As the story goes, someone warned him who saw him walking alone. His response? "You'll find the tiger down the road." So they went and looked, and found the beast with a broken back. *IF* that story was true, I guarantee it wasn't because the master stood still in the encounter. Enter the dragon, baby!
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In September, Facebook confirmed that the social network was testing photo synchronization on Android devices – a feature that has been available on apps like Evernote and Google+. Now that tech is reportedly in its testing stages for the iOS app, according to TechCrunch.
Photos taken on a mobile device can be automatically uploaded to a photo repository hosted on Facebook's desktop app called Synced for iPhone. The images that are automatically uploaded and hosted on Facebook are private and strictly for the user's eyes only.
Facebook allows up to 2GB of storage for any one user, which means that if the images that you're uploading are 500KB, you can store fewer than 4,194 photos. The frequent smartphone "photographers" that hit the ceiling and run out of storage space can delete photos and have the peace of mind that sensitive images can be erased forever. If you suddenly aren't feeling comfortable with instantly uploading images to Facebook, photo syncing can be turned off altogether.
While Synced for iPhone can be used to store images, it's also a quick solution to get your images from your phone and onto Facebook without the hassles of navigating to your iPhone's Camera Roll, and going through the multiple steps to share a single image. Packaged in the photo sync feature for Facebook is the ability to share multiple images at once as well.
The photo sharing trend has been embraced by just about every social network out there so it's a natural transition for Facebook to make the sharing process as seamless as possible. Of course with Facebook being Facebook, the social network had to tread carefully without tripping over wires that that would trigger attacks from privacy advocates — which this feature likely still will. Facebook will definitely have to make the off button big and bold when it comes with Synced for iPhone.
Even if privacy advocates aren't finding any faults with photo sync, uploading images to a social network, even if it is "private," has its inherent risks. Anything uploaded to the Internet is never truly safe from prying eyes. That could mean your significant other figuring out your password, a hacker gaining access to your account, or you accidentally sharing a photo you never wanted the world to see thanks to your shaky fingers. At the end of the day, just be careful.
Synced for iPhone and photo synchronization isn't publicly available to every user just yet. Facebook confirmed that the feature is being tested among select users for now and that there's no guarantee that photo synchronization will be released publicly any time soon.
To find out if you've been chosen for testing, navigate to your Timeline on the iOS app and select your "Photos." At the very top of the page, you should see a button for enabling photo syncing. If that's the not case then you'll have to wait.
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Inside the Nehalem: Intel's New Core i7 Microarchitecture
Nehalem Design Goals
Previous to this piece, I had written not one, not two but three rough draft analysis of the Nehalem core. (Here, here and here.) Some of what we cover today in this article will be a repeat of those details but even I could use a refresher course since the early March 2007 briefings.
Intel's Design Goals
Since introducing the "tick-tock" method of processor design several generations ago Intel has really impressed me with their ability to layout a roadmap years in advance and hit the dates and performance targets nearly dead on. The "tock" of this design mentality is a new microarchitecture (like Merom) while the "tick" is an upgraded process technology (like the move from 65nm to 45nm with Penryn). Nehalem will be the next "tock" on this scale followed by a 32nm reduced version called Westmere.
The current Intel flagship CPU, the Core 2 Duo/Quad design, is still quite the performer. It introduced a 4-wide execution engine and SSE4.1 instructions that added 128-bit wide instruction support. Smart Cache and Smart Memory Access were marketing names given to better caching systems and protocols that improved performance marginally over the previous design.


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Kansas Legislature may use state parks earnings to pay for income tax cuts
For years, Kansas' state parks have dealt with declining funding from the state Legislature.
Now, they may lose about $500,000 from state park earnings, one of several budget actions being proposed to pay for income tax cuts that took effect in January.
Robin Jennison, Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism secretary, said last week the House Appropriations Committee recommended taking money from fees earned from park cabin rentals. The money would go to the state's general fund.
Rep. Marc Rhoades, R-Newton, the committee chairman, said he has been checking the accounts of scores of state departments for several weeks.
"The tax cut we got as of Jan. 1 is going to cost us $400 million, so you have to make it up in other ways," Rhoades said.
Rhoades said the cabin fee fund was picked because it had a growing balance, and it was his job to "find funds that had more money coming in than going out."
In all, the House Appropriations Committee is recommending taking about $18 million from various funds from a variety of state agencies.
Linda Lanterman, state parks director, said it is important for parks to maintain a sizable amount of funds this time of the year, when a lot of maintenance is done, but peak attendance and income is still a few months away.
Jennison said the move comes as the financially strapped agency deals with other cutbacks and the challenge of finding ways to pay more of its own bills.
"We made the commitment last year to become more self-sufficient, and try to get away from state tax money," Jennison said. "Now they want to take revenue from the people paying to utilize the parks. ... That's 180 degrees from what we've been trying to do."
He said the annual state park budget is more than $10 million. Earlier this year the department had been notified it also will get about $660,000 less from the state's lottery fund compared to last year, and $350,000 less from the Kansas Department of Transportation, which annually shares some funds with the state parks.
"That's a loss of about $1.5 million, an 18 percent reduction in our budget from last year," Jennison said. "My gosh, that's huge when you consider how things have already been."
He said state parks' budget has grown steadily since it was about $9 million in 2007, even though help from state sources has dropped from about $5 million in 2009 to as low as about $3 million in 2011.
Financial strain
Jennison said parks have been under increased financial strain the past few years because of things like the cuts in state funding and decreased state park attendance due to extreme heat, drought and blue-green algae infestations, which made reservoir waters unsafe for many sports.
Meanwhile fuel and utilities, some of the department's highest expenses, have gone up dramatically in that same time.
Lanterman said tight park budgets have largely put a hold on capital improvements for several years, putting off things like road repairs, replacing roofs on outbuildings and replacing worn-out maintenance equipment.
Also, state parks have postponed hirings to fill vacant jobs and delayed the hiring of seasonal help for spring and summer maintenance.
To help raise funds, Lanterman said state parks have recently stopped offering discounts for second vehicles owned by park users, started a reservation system that requires payment in advance and raised utility fees.
"We're trying to do our part," Lanterman said.
Beginning this year, it also has begun offering reduced-rate annual state park vehicle permits at county courthouses when motorists register their vehicle. Jennison hopes the new Parks Passport program eventually does well enough to wean parks from state funding, but said it's too early to predict income amounts.
Revenue from cabins
Jennison and Lanterman said fees from state park cabins are considered an important part of funding the parks.
Kansas' first state park cabins were created in the mid-1990s, when basic shelter structures were enclosed to create primitive cabins. Jennison estimates the roughly 115 cabins that are scattered amid most state parks, and some other state areas, earn about $1 million annually.
Most of that is profit, too, because Gov. Sam Brownback allocated about $1.7 million from state casino revenue in 2012 to pay off any debt owed for building the cabins.
Mike Hayden, a past governor and later a Wildlife and Parks secretary for nine years, said very little, if any, state general fund money ever went into the cabins. Hayden said most were paid for by the Kansas Wildscape Foundation, a nonprofit group he helped found in 1991 as a way to promote outdoor enjoyment and education in Kansas.
For several years fees from cabin rentals went to pay back Wildscape, until Brownback's one-time allocation.
Kansas Wildscape gets no funding from the Legislature. Hayden added many of the cabins were constructed by inmates at Kansas correctional facilities to help keep costs low while providing some educational opportunities for inmates.
"What we have is a lot of legislators with no history of the program," Hayden said "They don't realize they never paid a penny for (the cabins). They say they want (state parks) to become self-sufficient, then they take away some of the major sources of funding. It's not right."


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The Wendy Schmidt Ocean Health XPRIZE, launched this week with IUCN as a partner, promises to improve our understanding of how carbon dioxide emissions are driving the process of ocean acidification, a global threat that could greatly affect multiple levels of the ocean's food chain.
The $2 million global competition will challenge teams of engineers, scientists and innovators from all over the world to create pH sensor technology that will affordably, accurately and efficiently measure ocean chemistry from its shallowest waters to its deepest depths. This information will, in turn, serve to inform decision makers on what action needs to be taken to address climate change in the coming years and what protection measures will be necessary to boost ocean resilience in the face of multiple and cumulative threats.


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Looking for funfair ride hire for your next event in the Manchester, Salford, Stockport, Middleton and Ashton Under Lyne area, then look no further than Funfair Ride Hire.
Based in Yorkshire, fun fair hire is our business. No matter what you may require, we have a wide range of fun fair rides available, from the latest high tech thrill rides, traditional family rides to childrens fun fair rides and a whole host of funfair games and attractions suitable for your event.
Key to our very own line– up of funfair rides are the Dodgem cars, which are now in their third season and are a traditional fairground ride suited for large groups of people set on having fun.
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Our fun fair rides and attractions are suitable for many types of events and locations, including University Balls, Corporate events, Music Festival's, Fetes and even Weddings, infact no matter what occassion we are sure we can find a funfair ride or attraction to suit your requirements.
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Alfred Jarry
Atlas Anti-Classics 9
This second volume of the Collected Works presents three early novels:
Days and Nights, a semi-autobiographical novel whose protagonist deserts everyday life by all means available — dream, drugs, hallucination and a strange erotic quest: the pursuit of "The Double".
Exploits and Opinions of Doctor Faustroll, Pataphysician, Jarry's masterpiece, in which 'Pataphysics, the science of imaginary solutions, is presented and applied.
Absolute Love, the strangest of Jarry's novels, in which he explores an entirely new dramatic scenario, "the discovery that one's mother is a virgin".
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A week-long Alabama standoff in which a retired trucker held a 5-year-old boy hostage in an underground bunker has ended with the kidnapper dead and the child safe, according to law enforcement.
"FBI agents safely recovered the child who's been held hostage for nearly a week," FBI Special Agent Steve Richardson said at a news conference.
The agent said negotiations with the suspect, Richard Lee Dykes, "deteriorated" in the past 24 hours.
"Mr. Dykes was observed holding a gun," Richardson said. "At this point, the FBI agents, fearing the child was in imminent danger, entered the bunker and rescued the child."
The boy, identified only as Ethan, "appears physically unharmed" and is being treated at a hospital, authorities said.
Dykes, 65, is dead, but officials have not yet provided details on how he died.
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"Right now, FBI special agent bomb technicians are in the process of clearing the property for improvised explosive devices," the FBI said in a written statement. "When it is safe to do so, our evidence response teams, paired with state and local crime scene technicians, will process the scene."
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Dykes allegedly shot and killed a school bus driver last week and threatened to kill all the children on the bus before taking the boy, one of the students on the bus said.
"He said he was going to kill us, going to kill us all," Tarrica Singletary, 14, told ABC News.
Dykes had been holed up in his underground bunker near Midland City, Ala., with the abducted boy for a week as police tried to negotiate with him through a PVC pipe. Police had used the talks to send the child comfort items, including a red Hot Wheels car, coloring books, cheese crackers, potato chips and medicine.
Dykes was a decorated Vietnam vet who grew up in the area. He lived in Florida until two years ago, the AP reported, and has an adult daughter, but the two lost touch years ago, neighbor Michael Creel said. When he returned to Alabama, neighbors say he once beat a dog with a lead pipe and had threatened to shoot children who set foot on his property.
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Weighing in at only 40 grams, brown mouse lemurs are one of the smallest species of primate in the world. Their diminutive size, as well as their nocturnal, tree-dwelling lifestyle, makes them difficult to track and observe. Sarah Zohdy, then a graduate student at the University of Helsinki in Finland, and her colleagues came up with an ingenious way to study the interactions of these small lemurs: they followed their lice.
Scientists have estimated that lice originated at least 130 million years ago, when they fed off feathered dinosaurs, although they now live on just about all species of birds and mammals. They tend to be very host-specific, meaning they only live and feed on one species or a set of closely related species. And for lice to reproduce and spread, their hosts have to be in fairly close contact (like, as many parents know, kids in a kindergarten classroom).
In wild species, lice rarely switch hosts unless the animals interact physically, whether through wrestling, nesting together or mating.
Zohdy and her colleagues had been studying lemurs in Madagascar, using traps to monitor their movement. The team tagged Lemurpediculus verruculosus, a species of lice that is specific to the brown mouse lemur, with a unique color code using nail polish. Over time the researchers continued to trap lemurs and look at their lice to see if any of the tagged ones had switched hosts.
They documented 76 transfers among 14 animals—all males—over the course of a month, which happened to be during the breeding season. The researchers hypothesized that the male-only transfers most likely occurred during fights over females. But perhaps more interestingly, the lice data found 13 new social interactions that the traps had failed to predict. Among these was the finding that lemurs travel more than had been thought: some lice transfers occurred between lemurs that had last been trapped more than 600 meters apart.
This is not the first study that used lice to look at a bigger scientific picture, but it is one of the first to use lice to study behavior in a living wild species. The team hopes its work shows the usefulness of this technique.
This article was published in print as "Lice Don't Lie."


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Mark Buehrle sharp, then Blue Jays rally past Astros in 9th
HOUSTON -- Toronto might start calling Mark Buehrle the streak buster.
For the second time this season, Buehrle ended a Blue Jays seven-game losing streak Sunday.
He allowed one run over eight innings and the Toronto Blue Jays rallied for two runs in the ninth inning to walk away with a 2-1 win over the Houston Astros.
Buehrle (10-7), who also ended the Blue Jays previous seven-game skid with a shutout against the Houston Astros on July 25, allowed seven hits and struck out seven in winning his fifth straight. He has allowed seven runs over 27 innings, spanning his last four starts.
"If you last long enough, good things are going to happen," Buehrle said. "It would be nice to get runs early on, but you have to tip your hat to their pitcher keeping the guys off balance when you got guys on, getting ground balls. Tip your hat to him for not letting us score. Again, we battled until the end. That's why you play 27 outs. We scored runs at the right time."
With the win, Buehrle has earned at least 10 wins in 13 straight seasons, which matches CC Sabathia for the longest active streak in the majors.
"I'd rather forego some of the personal stuff for being in a better position than where we are right now," Buehrle said. "At the end of the day when the season is over and you look at the season, I feel like I am having a decent season, but I have six or seven starts left, so I have to finish strongly and get as many wins as I can."
Casey Janssen pitched the ninth for his 23rd save.
Toronto manager John Gibbons said the win felt good because they have been hard to come by of late for the Blue Jays.
"We have been in so many games on this road trip -- all of them except the last two games here where we came up short -- so that is eating at you," Gibbons said. "Then, of course it is a losing streak, so winning the last one here always feels good. It doesn't make things any better where we are at right now, but it was something we needed."
Robbie Grossman had two hits to extend his hitting streak to 12 games for the Astros, who have yet to sweep a series at home this season.
Moises Sierra drew a bases loaded walk to tie the game at 1-1 in the ninth. Following Sierra's walk, Chia-Jen Lo (0-2) struck out Kevin Pillar before Kevin Chapman induced a run-scoring groundout by Ryan Goins to put Toronto in front 2-1.
After Chapman walked Jose Reyes, Philip Humber got Rajai Davis to ground out to end the inning.
Houston loaded the bases with two outs in the ninth off Janssen with a walk to pinch hitter Jason Castro before Jonathan Villar singled and pinch hitter Brett Wallace walked, but the closer induced a ground out by Cody Clark to end the game
Dallas Keuchel gave up four hits and three walks with two strikeouts in seven innings. He had allowed four or more runs in each of his last three starts and had allowed at least a run in every start this season.
Keuchel did not allow a Blue Jays runner past second base.
"I just wanted to go out there and work as quickly as possible and give our team a chance to hit," Keuchel said. "But (Buerhle) was pretty much matching me pitch for pitch, and it was actually pretty fun. The last thing I wanted to do was have a long inning, and I am a fast-paced working, so it was nice to see another fast-paced working in Buehrle."
Matt Dominguez scored on Jake Elmore's double play groundout to give Houston a 1-0 lead in the second inning. Houston worked the bases loaded with nobody outs as Dominguez walked to lead off the inning, followed by singles by Brandon Barnes and Villar.
Buehrle worked out of the inning on Elmore's double play and got Clark to ground out to end the inning.
"Those veteran guys, when you get them on the ropes early, you want to do everything you can to put crooked up and give yourselves a cushion," Houston manager Bo Porter said. "As you can see, (Buehrle) got out of that, he only gives up the one run, he gets into a groove, and he ends up going as far as he went."
Buehrle had a nice play on an Elmore line drive in the seventh as he took it off his hand, chased it down going to first base and flipped it over to Encarnacion at first using his glove for the second out. After a visit from Toronto manager John Gibbons and the trainer, Buehrle stayed in the game and struck out Clark on three pitches to end the inning.
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Israeli naval commandoes on Wednesday raided a cargo ship near Sudan, confiscating a cargo of dozens of advanced missiles that were making their way to Hamas-ruled Gaza.
The shipment of B–302 missiles, each with a range of up to 200 kilometers (124 miles), would have significantly increased Hamas' ability to threaten Israel's population centers.
The raid took place during the predawn hours in international waters between Sudan and Eritrea. Army officials said the ship's captain tried to throw off the Israelis by first heading toward Iraq, before correcting his course.
There were no casualties on either side, and the ship's crew of 17 was taken in for questioning, while the ship itself, the Klos C, was sailed back to Eilat where its cargo could be safely unloaded.
The shipment of missiles is believed to have originated in Syria, possibly part of a Syrian stockpile that Iran is trying to redistribute to other allies. The missiles were then flown to Iran, where they were loaded on the Klos C hidden in sacks of cement. From Iran, the cargo was to make its way by sea to the Port of Sudan, and then be smuggled into Gaza via the Sinai Peninsula.
Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon issued a statement shortly after news of the raid broke:
"It has once again become clear that Iran continues to be the greatest exporter of terror in the world, with the express purpose of destabilizing the Middle East. …The Iranian regime continues to deceive the world; while it shows its smiling face it continues to be the biggest threat to world peace. …This Iranian attempt to transfer weapons to the Gaza Strip is additional evidence that Gaza is a terrorist entity under Iranian auspices preparing to strike deep into Israel."
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The social media management platform released the beta version of HootSuite Conversations. This tool is built on top of HootSuite Teams functionality, and empowers everyone within an organization to collaborate with real-time chat. The platform is currently in free beta and available to all users, including Free, Pro and Enterprise clients.
"Conversations is built on top of HootSuite Teams which helps visualize the organizational structure of work groups in your business. Conversations will increase efficiency between teams or departments and ultimately improve ROI," said Ryan Holmes, CEO of HootSuite. "Now, true social collaboration can happen around campaigns or trending topics that impact business immediately."
The Conversations platform also enables users to send social messages to internal conversations for teams to discuss and share. This allows teams to talk about response strategies, communicate approved messaging and encourages team members to broadcast across their own social networks by commenting, re-tweeting or posting content. Additionally, the platform allows users to import contacts from their personal Google or Yahoo Account address books, so that no one is left out of important conversations.
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Cleft lip and palate is one of the most common birth defects in the United States. The defect occurs when either the lip or the palate (roof of the mouth), or both, do not join together properly during development. With the use of prenatal screening such as ultrasounds, this can frequently be recognized and diagnosed before birth.
What does it look like?
Cleft lip can either occur on one side of the mouth or both sides. Cleft palates can also be located on either one or both sides of the mouth, as well as only the soft part of the palate. Because fusion of different parts of the face, mouth and palate takes place at different times during development, a wide variety of lip and palate clefts can occur.
Clefts can involve more than merely the lip or palate. In extreme cases a severe midline cleft palate may involve the entire face. Read about one such case treated by UK HealthCare's Dr. James Liau.
Why does it happen?
There are many theories about why cleft lips and palates occur, however the majority of cases are linked to exposure to drugs, viruses, radiation or other toxins. In the United States, clefts of lip and/or palate occur at a rate of about one in every 700 births. The risk of having a child with a cleft is higher if a parent or sibling has the defect. Presence of cleft lip or palate can lead to other complications – such as poor growth, frequent ear infections or feeding problems – reinforcing the need for providers who are experienced and trained in cleft lip and palate care.
How does it affect my child?
Cleft lip can greatly affect a child's overall appearance, and total correction is the ultimate goal. Depending on the severity of the cleft, the nose may also be involved in the treatment process. The goal of cleft lip correction is to make both sides of the mouth look the same, resulting in an appearance that is as close to normal as possible.
Cleft palate might or might not exist alongside a cleft lip. Either way, the palate serves to keep the nose space separate from the mouth. If this barrier does not exist, several difficulties might arise. Food and liquid can easily pass from the mouth into the nose, making it difficult for the child to drink and/or eat. Special bottles and nutritional therapists can help with newborns learning to eat.
As the child grows older, speech can become a major concern, as many sounds cannot form in the mouth without the aid of a palate.
Another issue that can accompany cleft palates involves the palatal muscles, which help open the middle ear. When a cleft palate occurs, the middle ears might not empty as normal, resulting in repeated ear infections. Ear tubes are regularly used in these cases, and they can be inserted on the day of the palate surgery. Hearing can also be affected and must be checked routinely.
There is also a type of cleft palate called a submucous cleft, which occurs when the palate appears intact but there are muscular problems beneath the skin on the inside of the mouth. Diagnosis can be based on three separate areas of the mouth: 1) cleft or bifid uvula (the "punching bag" hanging down from the roof of the mouth); 2) zona pellucidum (a thin, whitish line going down the middle of the palate); and 3) a notch in the back of the hard palate (which can only be felt during an exam). The concerns for a submucous cleft are similar to those regarding speech and middle-ear infections.
Cleft lip and palate are corrected at separate times, and this can vary from surgeon to surgeon. At UK, we aim to fix the lip at 2-3 months of age, although this can be done later depending on how the child's weight gain and growth are progressing.
Lip surgery can be done on an outpatient basis; however, this is best discussed with the cleft surgeon.
The palate is usually fixed when a child is 6 months to a year old, depending on the type of cleft and the child's general state of health. Palate surgery usually requires an overnight stay and, depending on how well the patient is eating and drinking, he or she can usually go home the next day. We encourage an applesauce consistency diet (Stage 2 baby food). Both lip and palate surgeries require children to wear arm restraints (No-Nos) which keep them from putting their fingers or other hard objects in their newly repaired mouths.
After lip and/or palate surgery, routine clinic visits will ensure that the child is doing well with both eating and speech. As children enter into kindergarten, it is not uncommon to "touch up" their lip repair to reduce any unnecessary attention from other children. The patient will also have comprehensive speech evaluations to ensure the palate is working properly.
See the cleft palate guideline (link below) for suggested timing of procedures.
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For more information about cleft lip and palate, please refer to the American Society of Plastic Surgeons website.
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From our website: Home Star Solar, is a general contractor that helps people invest in solar energy for their home and business. First and foremost, each project we work on will focus on generating value for you - our customer. We do much more than just install systems, it is our goal to make the entire "Going Solar" experience easy. At Home Star Solar we consider your project a success when you've proudly shown your family, friends, and neighbors your new solar energy system and encourage them to give us a call, so like you, they can begin to save money and the environment.
From this website opening phrase, you can get a sense of the tone I'm using with customers, it's professional, but personal, approachable, friendly, informative, and easy to do business with.
My audience is 80% residential home owners. Usually upper income / net worth, over age 40, educated, and with home values over $250,000. Some are liberal 'green' advocates, but suprisingly most are rather conservative people that want a responsible contractor working on their home.
I'm also trying to open solar to middle income home owners by offering monthly financing programs that make solar affordable.
The other 20% are commercial, industrial, and municipal businesses.
The company name is intended to draw out 2 meanings of Home Star. 1) We're a star company for home solar energy systems. 2) Our home star is the sun.
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The Pavement Management Group collects detailed pavement condition data, manages database systems to store and retrieve this information, analyzes pavement data to assess system conditions and to identify areas needing treatment, and supplies information used to drive the Departments capital pavement program. In this process, the Pavement Management System identifies current needs, formulates yearly pavement treatment programs, and forecasts future pavement system performance under various funding scenarios in support of the Capital Investment Strategy. Thus, the Pavement Management System is used to identify funding needs and to plan how to utilize available funding effectively.
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There is nothing both so soothing and so promising in the early morning light than melting a pat of butter in a hot skillet.
Well, except for listening to my espresso machine sputter out its dark liquid treasure while being enveloped by its hypnotic aroma – but that's not happening anytime soon lest I inadvertently pass some caffeine to Little C, which I will ultimately end up paying for come bedtime!
So for now…butter. Golden and sunny and smelling of only good things. A little yellow island in your pan slipping and sliding and melting into the beginnings of deliciousness. If you were industrious and made some pancake batter the night before, you can lay ladlefuls of it in the pan, letting them cook in the hot butter. If you were up for most of the night feeding your little one while sneaking in some dvd watching (on the laptop with headphones!) with your other half, then maybe you can manage some French toast, likewise slipping them in to cook in the butter. Or, if you've snuck out of the room while everyone else was still asleep, and there hangs a lovely silence in the air (even in the middle of a busy city), perhaps you'd like to stir a pot of this while you count those blessings that seem to leap fresh in your mind in that early morning air.
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- 1-2 tablespoons raisins
- 2-3 tablespoons maple syrup (depending on your taste and your maple syrup)
- 1 apple, peeled, cored, and cut into chunks (I used a Fuji apple)
- 1 tablespoon butter
- 2 tablespoon brown sugar
- A couple of dashes of cinnamon
– Heat the milk and water in a saucepan. When hot and small bubbles begin to form on the sides of the pan, stir in your oats. Let this cook over low heat for about 10-15 minutes then add the raisins and the maple syrup. Cook further, about 10-15 minutes more, stirring regularly, until oats are done to your liking. If it starts to dry out before the oats are done add a splash more milk.
– In a hot skillet melt the butter. When the butter starts to bubble, add the apple and sprinkle over the sugar. Stir gently until all the apple pieces are coated evenly. Add a couple of dashes of cinnamon (I give it two shakes) and stir again to make sure everything is distributed evenly. Swish the pan around – this helps! Cook for about 5-10 minutes or until the apples are starting to soften but still have a crunch and the butter/sugar mixture is bubbly and coating the apples.
– Divide the oats into two bowls. Top with some of the apple – don't forget to drizzle some of the caramel-y sauce onto your oats as well!
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Providence is the primary site of inpatient teaching in the Internal Medicine Residency Program. In addition to Providence's Internal Medicine Residency, the Hospital has a residency in Family Practice and a Geriatrics Fellowship Program, both affiliated with Georgetown University. The Family Practice Residency Program provides an office practice at the Fort Lincoln Family Medicine Center in Colmar Manor, Maryland, a model teaching facility jointly operated by Providence and Georgetown.
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Romans 10:17 So faith comes from hearing, and hearing through the word of Christ.
This verse summarizes what we are about, which is a community focused on the preaching and teaching of the Bible's core message. Herein are our mission and evangelism, and also the means by which we grow up into the fullness of Christ. The ultimate intention of this is to bring honor and glorify to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Our theology is Reformed, moderate though it is, and our intent is a proclamation of the essential Gospel story in as unencumbered and plain manner as possible. We go about this is a number of ways.
Most importantly are public services, wherein is emphasized the teaching and preaching of books of the Bible. On Sunday morning we have both a Bible exposition and a sermon, the first being much shorter than the second. All of this is uploaded to Ustream and thus available to many people. Sunday evening there is also a sermon based on a biblical passage. There are a number of us, including women, who teach and preach.
As part of our outreach there is a weekly television program, The Bible Study, now in its twenty-ninth year, that features verse by verse teaching of Scripture.
Tuesday evening there is a Bible study, small group format, where again a Bible book is examined verse by verse.
Our music—both the great hymns of the Church and contemporary music with guitar and piano, and all geared to worship and not entertainment. We have a wonderful choir as well, which anyone can join and without an audition.
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Have we discussed the dog petting position I like to call "The Court Reporter"? It's a very good thing that I do almost every morning I am lucky enough to wake up at home. My big dog, Bronwyn, who is my older, loving Australian Cattle Dog mix, will follow me out of the warm bed into the bathroom and while I am seated on the toilet, where she and I both know I will take considerable time, and stand, pointing her tail at me.
She stands expectantly, just within the reach of my arms, and I pet the two inches above her tail, on the lower part of her spine, and from where I am sitting, and how I am delicately ruffling her fur with my fingers, it looks like I am a court reporter. We sit for several minutes like this, like we are Exhibit A – The Court Reporter.


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Banks will get more time to build up cash buffers to protect against market shocks under a rule change that could help free up credit for struggling economies, a European regulatory source said.
The Basel Committee, made up of banking supervisors from nearly 30 countries, is expected to announce the revision on Sunday to its "liquidity coverage" ratio or LCR, part of efforts to make banks less likely to need taxpayer help again in a crisis.
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The change comes after heavy pressure from banks and some regulators, who feared Basel's original version would suck up too much liquidity at a time when ailing economies are badly in need of a ready supply of credit to finance growth.
Banks were required to comply with the LCR by 2015, but will now get more time, the source said. The Basel Committee had no immediate comment.
The LCR requires banks to hold enough liquid assets like easily sellable government and corporate bonds to cover net ouflows for up to a month. Under the Basel III regime, the LCR rules would run alongside separate rules governing banks' capital, intended to ensure their longer-term stability.
"In principle, there will be a phase-in similar to what we have for capital requirements. There is no reason to treat liquidity differently from capital," the source said on condition of anonymity due to the issue's sensitivity.
Banks would still start complying in 2015, perhaps holding about 60 percent of the buffer and building up to 100 percent by the start of 2019, when Basel's separate, tougher bank capital requirements also must be met in full.
The International Monetary Fund estimated in its April 2012 Global Financial Stability Report the LCR could increase demand for safe assets by $2 trillion to $4 trillion globally.
Barring any last-minute setback, the change will be endorsed on Sunday by the Basel Committee's oversight body chaired by Bank of England Governor Mervyn King.
King and Basel Committee Chairman Stefan Ingves, who also heads the Swedish central bank, hold a news conference at 11 a.m. ET on the same day.
The liquidity rule is the first such global requirement on banks and is meant to avoid a repeat of how a short-term funding freeze brought down lenders like Britain's Northern Rock early on in the 2007-09 financial crisis.
It is part of the Basel III bank capital and liquidity accord agreed by world leaders in 2010 and being phased in over six years from this month, though there are delays in the United States and European Union.
Banks hope the Basel Committee will allow a less severe "stress scenario" for calculating the amount of liquid assets they must hold, meaning the buffer would be smaller.
Banks expect more flexibility on the range of assets they can include in the buffer but could face more stringent requirements to cover derivatives.
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Fresh from the Ducati 1199 Panigale international press launch at the Yas Marina Circuit in Abu Dhabi, our friends from OmniMoto.it have been kind enough to share their experience on Ducati's newest flagship model, since Asphalt & Rubber wasn't one of the American publications invited to test Borgo Panigale's latest creation (click this to let Ducati know that you want to see A&R at future events!).
Our Italian brother in arms, OmniMoto's Lorenzo Gargiulo shares his initiation to the 1199, while riding around one the world's most expensive race circuits…the lucky bastard. With much thanks to him, enjoy Lorenzo's review and continue to countdown the months until A&R will get its own chance to flog the Ducati 1199 Panigale in a similar manner. -Jensen
It is a known fact that journalists like to complain to motorcycle manufacturers, because some OEMs give you too little notice before a press event, while others fill up your calendar with possible dates way before they have something set on their own schedule. In the present case, Ducati told us about this event almost two months ago, which for this writer has led to an incredible amount of performance anxiety that has lasted until today.
Consider this: we are testing a new bike, which is set to take the scepter as the Queen of all the Superbikes, and it is to be tested on a new track, the Yas Marina Circuit in Abu Dhabi, where no journalist in the world had ever done a lap aboard a motorcycle. Accordingly, there was enough anticipation and excitement surrounding the event to make it difficult for anyone to fully process the true performance potential of the 2012 Ducati 1199 Panigale. Fortunately, the Panigale did not disappoint our expectations, and instead went way beyond them, unleashing breathtaking performances.


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David Stern, the NBA commissioner has wielded unquestioned power over his sport in a way rarely seen over the last 30 years.
He will retire in February of 2014, handing power over to his longtime deputy, Adam Silver. It is unlikely that any commissioner will exert the sheer domination that Stern exercised again.
So what is his legacy?
In 1984 the NBA was a very different league. The sport's premiere event, the NBA Finals, was being shown on tape delay on television at 11:30 p.m.. Teams like Chicago were lucky to draw 7,000 fans a night. The average salary in the league was well under $250,000. Franchises could be purchased for as little as $11 million.
The four-year deal for national television with CBS was worth $91 million for the league. The popular perception was that no game was worth watching until the final two minutes because every game was decided at the last minute. The NBA was not considered a sport at the same level of the NFL, Major League Baseball or college football. Stern dramatically changed that tableau.
Stern understood the concept of branding and marketing. He pushed the players to be as attractive and media friendly in their public appearances as possible. He saw the natural rivalry and star power of the Los Angeles Lakers with Magic Johnson competing against the Boston Celtics with Larry Bird. Their contests seemed to be featured on national television virtually every week.
Stern realized how shoe companies could help build the brand, especially Nike, and how that would lead to endless hours of free exposure for basketball. As technology progressed, he became adept at utilizing every platform of content supply, Twitter to mobile phones to reach fans. He pushed the creation of an NBA network. He had NBA players compete in the Olympics starting with the 1984 Dream Team. That led to outreach world-wide and the internationalization of the NBA as a world sport.
He saw the potential in China and other foreign markets. He understood the concept of star power. He was fortunate to have the Michael Jordan era followed by Shaquille O'Neal, Kobe Bryant, LeBron James and other recognizable figures that became household names. He also added seven expansion franchises, extending the reach of the league. And he created a luxury tax system to deal with market inequity in which the lowest income teams split up $180 million.
The economic explosion occasioned by the reshaping of the NBA was dramatic. Revenue increased exponentially. National television increased from a USA/ESPN/CBS combined package for the league of $28 million per year to the TNT/ESPN/ABC package of $930 million per year. This doesn't count local or regional television contracts.
The Lakers signed a deal with Time Warner Cable which starts this year and pays them $200 million a year. The Celtics signed an agreement with Comcast Sports Net New England which gives the team a 20% equity stake in the network and doubles their rights to roughly $38 million per year.
Television revenue has a direct effect on franchise value. The Lakers value expanded to an NBA-high $900 million based on their Time Warner deal. The Golden State Warriors' deal with Comcast pushed their value up to $450 million, roughly a 25% increase.
Jerry Reinsdorf bought the Bulls in 1985 for $16 million and today they are valued in the range of $600 million.
The players were beneficiaries of the new financial largesse. The average salary of an NBA player today is $5.15 million. The highest paid player in the league is Kobe Bryant at $27 million. Keep in mind that many rosters have "maxed out superstars" and players at the $300,000 minimum.
Endorsement revenue can more than double the on-court income of a player like Kobe. NBA players have the advantage over other sports that fans can see their bodies and faces clearly and their shoe-wear translates into every day wear.
When it came to labor negotiations, the mask of cordiality disappeared from Stern and a harsher, more bullying side emerged. It was evocative of the corporate theory of "Bulwarism" which evolved in the labor negotiations of the 1930s.
Management scientifically decided what was the only rational position for both sides and was unwavering in the face of all odds. As meticulously as he protected the NBA image in other areas, he was content to endure strike after lockout after missed game to achieve his goals. He made antagonistic public comments about the players, their leadership and their position as if the public really has a stake in a battle between what it perceived as millionaires versus billionaires. He was successful in imposing a salary cap on teams and rookies which protected management from themselves. He did reduce the percentage that players receive of the gross revenues from basketball from 57% to 49%. That will save owners some $3 billion in salary and benefits over the next 10 years.
Ego and arrogance aside, Stern radically changed the scope and popularity of the NBA in a way that has benefited fans, owners and players and it is doubtful that a figure that omniscient will rise soon again.
LEIGH STEINBERG is a renowned sports agent, author, advocate, speaker and humanitarian. His column appears weekly. Follow Leigh on Twitter @steinbergsports or blog.steinbergsports.com.


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I feel a need to confess. And, still being a few days from Christmas, perhaps I'm not too late. It's been building up for a couple of weeks now, ever since I saw the movie, "Shattered Glass."
For those of you who haven't seen this film, it's based on a true story, about a New Republic reporter who invented his stories, made them up out of his admittedly creative mind and presented them as fact. When called on to offer proof of his assertions he simply responded: "It's in my notes. I left my notes at home."
Well, smart editors eventually exposed his fiction and he ended up allowing an attorney to make his excuses for him. Movie credits reported that Mr. Glass graduated from law school and became a novelist, so justice was served after all.
Anyway, I squirmed all during that movie, thinking of all the half-truths, exaggerations and downright falsehoods I may have inadvertently represented as truth to you folks who regularly read this column. So, I want to clear the air and perhaps recant any false impressions I may have made, unwittingly, of course.
First, regarding any column in which I mentioned fishing, please reduce both the number and size by at least 50 percent. Reports of me falling in the water, hooking myself in the backside or destroying property are, regrettably, factual.
If you recall the recent discourse about my brief experience in the cattle business, I must confess that the obstacle into which I ran while trying to escape yellow jackets may have been a muscadine vine instead of an oak tree. Memory fails me on the exact details. And I may have had only two cows at the peak of expansion, which is about two-thirds the number reported. I apologize for the error. The condition of the fence, however, is accurate. It's in my notes.
The story of my two uncles who traded a mule back and forth is completely false and I don't know how it made its way into my column.
You may recall a piece about the struggles my brother and I encountered as children forced to haul buckets of water from a distant well, even in the coldest days of winter. I believe I might have left the impression that the well was quite a ways from the house, perhaps as much as a mile. It was 37 feet from the back door. As I said, memory sometimes fails me.
I stand by the assertion that my older brother always carried the lighter side of the bucket.
And I think I wrote a story once about my uncle, (I don't really have all that many uncles either.) a small-town cobbler, who took in a pair of shoes to mend and when the customer returned some 20 years later reported that the shoes "would be ready next Tuesday."
I did have an uncle who was a small town cobbler.
Oh, the list could go on and I am humbled with remorse at the falsehoods I've penned. A simple way to ferret out the truth, separate the wheat from the chaff, differentiate fact from fiction is:
Anything that puts me in a good light, discount as pure fantasy.
Anything that paints me as a downtrodden victim of circumstance, assume to be prevarication.
Anything that indicates I have any knowledge about fishing is bound to be a lie.
But I did once apprehend a vicious gang of cutthroat horse thieves, single-handedly, with only a Popsicle stick for a weapon.
It's true. It's in my notes. But I left my notes at home. And the cat ate them.
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Fall 2008
The following projects are approved for the Fall 2008 semester:
|Faculty Advisor
|Project Title
|Kyle Bacon
|Randolph Blasing
|Memoirs of a Soldier
|Stephanie Barbusci
|Gina Santoro
|Write a teachers book - supplemental guide
|Stephanie Barbusci
|William Squizzero
|Investing Capital
|Kathrynn Cabigting
|Stanley Spencer
|The uncontrollable aspect of marketing in a dynamic economy
|Natasha Corkren
|Lisa Ethier
|Surreal Garden
|Samantha Crowe
|Steve Forleo
|The unfiltered Lens
|Elyssa Darosa
|Patricia Lucas
|Patient Care in Radiography: a Research Project
|Ryan Duclos
|Randolph Blasing
|Study in short story composition
|Chelsey Dumas
|Lillian Patterson
|Comparing school philosophies, charter, public, and private
|Michele Dupuis-Clarke
|Arthur Ricci
|Social Host Laws (RI/MA)
|Michele Dupuis-Clarke
|Jonathan Steele
|RI Attorney General Office
|Nzinga Yasha Fitzgerald
|Melissa Marchacos
|Virus Replication
|Benjamin Fosmoen
|Carol Panaccione
|La Veuve: A look at the role played by the guillotine during the French Revolution
|Sherri Fournier
|Michelle Connolly
|Contemporary issues in Latin America
|Megan Freitas
|Jacob Stott
|History and Development of Jazz
|Brandon Gailliard
|Steve Forleo
|"Untitled" 60 second commercial
|Matta Ghobreyal
|Kathleen Katic
|Informative Speech on Seatbelts
|Karen Goodson
|C. Leblanc
|Adventures below the 22nd Parallel
|Ron Haley
|Mike Kelly
|Mobile Database with Web Interface
|Ron Haley
|Manny Correia
|Visio for your office and mobile workforce
|Ron Haley
|John Lowry
|Local cable access interconnects social networking nationally
|Elaine Harris
|Richard Pendola
|Delayed Sleep phase syndrome
|Tinh Huynh
|Jack Owens
|Experiments with Viscosity
|Patricia Isom
|Lisa Ethier
|African American Art
|Heather Jacobe
|Raffaele Florio
|The idea of the west in the modern narrative
|Shelly Jaseau
|David Vito
|Isolating Coliform Bacteria from the Environment
|Heather Kassner
|Robert Douglass
|Formative Assessment Worksheets for Math 1430
|Heather Kassner
|Laurie Sherman
|Beowulf in the 21st Century
|Kyle King
|Steve Forleo
|"Untitled" 60 second commercial
|Sarah Kinnaman
|Bill Johnson
|The effect of functioning surface area of the alveoli with COPD
|Allison Knight
|David Vito
|Laboratory synthesis of disinfectant resistant bacterium
|Adetoro Kottun
|Dan Donovan
|Off the record: Defendants rights v. the law
|Adetoro Kottun
|Joe Parys
|Illusory: Criminal Justice System
|Jean Lamb
|Linda Corrente
|Gray matters: Elderly substance abuse
|Ebony Laprocina
|Joann Warren
|Servant leaders in our community
|Ebony Laprocina
|Barbara Conti
|The American education gap and its effect on the Providence School District
|Jacqueline LeFrancois
|Suzanne McCormack
|Charlotte Gilman and post-partum depression in early 20th century America
|Ruth Lincoln
|Francine Knowles
|Evidence Based and Therapeutic Practices of a Residential Substance Abuse Center for Pregnant and Post-partum Women
|Cathy Madden
|Cynthia Smith
|Art Inspired Color Palettes for Interior Design
|Greg Mallozzi
|Steve Forleo
|"Untitled" 60 second commercial
|Kimberly Manchester
|Kathleen Beauchene
|The online student's guide to the galaxy: A navigational guide to distance learning
|Chris Mancini
|Dennis Najarian
|Does Hippocrates deserve the title "father of medicine"?
|Menlee Mansue
|Eric Siegel
|DeJure: National and state government educational policies
|Menlee Mansue
|Wayne Solomom
|Liberia, hope on the horizon?
|Nicole Marcucci
|Raffaele Florio
|Historical analysis of the properties on the Snake Den state Park
|Michelle Mariana
|Maddie Josephs
|The Plague - The Neglected Disease
|Andrew Mattera
|Lisa Ethier
|Drawing's Role in Sculpting
|Kaitlin Maynard
|Kira Trainor
|Past present and fracture fairy tales
|Kaitlin Maynard
|Nancy Fuller
|The history of the RI Deaf community
|Elizabeth McAuliffe
|Bert Silverberg
|Creating and Performing a Solo Play
|Leonore McCarthy
|Tina Tryforos
|Urban RI
|Kevin Mendes
|Karen Anderson
|Teaching critical thinking
|Christopher Menihan
|Carlton Hastings
|Motivation and function of street art
|Ariana Meyer
|David Vito
|The affects of acid rain on cucumber plants
|Jennifer Moffat
|David Vito
|Hormone Auxin's Affect on Plant Growth - Apical Dominance
|Jennifer Moffat
|Ed Zuromski
|Risk factors for rehospitalization in depression
|Nichole Molloy
|Dennis Ricci
|Artifacts from ancient Mesopotamia
|Michael Mosco
|Mark Zellers
|Thrown Vessels
|Lindsay Nousch
|David Vito
|Laboratory synthesis of antibiotic resistance bacterium
|Kathleen Ogni
|Katie Grinnell
|Neural feedback therapy and ADHD
|Ayodeji Olusola
|Maddie Josephs
|Tiny mosquitoes with gigantic catastrophe illness
|Kaori Oneil
|David Vito
|Prevent food poisoning with plants - Wasabi, ginger and mustard
|Marisa Paliotta
|Ken Lyon
|How to Use PowerPoint
|Shanna Palmisano
|Richard Marchetti
|Humanistic theory: Law of attraction
|Shanna Palmisano
|Anthony Amore
|Fears we face in America
|Ariana Parent
|Isabel Trombetti
|Neglective Learning
|Raquel Perdomo
|Steve Forleo
|"Untitled" 60 second commercial
|Donna Powers
|Dan Donovan
|What is temporary disability insurance?
|Donna Powers
|Joe Parys
|The history of the Rehnquist court
|Saima Qamar
|David Vito
|Learning the principle of biotechnology
|Kellie Randall
|Rita Price
|3rd Grade bulletin board concepts
|Rebecca Reis
|Steve Forleo
|"Untitled" 60 second commercial
|Sarah Reiter
|Marco Enriquez-Bernau
|Environmental conservation through engineering in Latin America
|Erica Rhodes
|John Dougherty
|Economic platforms of the Presidential candidates
|Ondrea Robinson
|Randolph Blasing
|The Gwendolyn Brooks Project
|Jennifer Roderick
|Thomas Asermely
|The Curious World of Carnivorous Plants
|Jennifer Roderick
|Karen Kortz
|The Sliding Rocks
|Evan Rodman
|Brendan Britton
|Gamma ray bursts: Our current theories and understanding
|Evan Rodman
|Jeff Taylor
|Real world application of systems of equations and linear regression
|Cassidy Sandberg
|Suzanne McCormack
|Women in History: Nancy Elizabeth Prophet a RI Artist
|Wendy Schilling
|Leigh Karem
|SANE: Its Beginnings and How It Has Affected Sexual Assault Patients
|Wendy Schilling
|Debra St. Pierre
|Antibiotic Resistance in Microorganisms
|Jessica Schloesser
|Amanda Santo
|The telephone by Gian Carlo Menotti
|Elaine Scott
|Arthur Ricci
|Persuasive Argument for laws for banning the use of cell phones while driving
|Gerald Sena
|Laurie Sherman
|Life of Aeschylus
|Gerald Sena
|Cecile Roberti
|Analysis of the Google corporation
|Jacob Shidler
|Al Craig
|Anti-microbial effects of allicin
|Gerald Shippee
|Yvonne Leonard
|Legends in illustration
|Erin Smithers
|Safiul Huda
|The paradox of consumption
|Erin Smithers
|Robert Feinberg
|Church and state: Then and today
|Catherine Spinella
|Gerry Brousseau
|The Multiculture Workplace: An Employer's Challenge
|Amy Silva
|Karen Montgomery
|Sacroiliac Joint Dysfunction in Relation to Low Back Pain
|Amy Silva
|Fatima Khadar
|The Rise of Electronic Medical Record Use in the Medical Profession
|Kelly Rae Stoddard
|Peter Nulton
|The Hagia Sophia: History of an Iconic Building
|Jahaira Torres
|Jonathan Sylvia
|Model Study Series
|Jahaira Torres
|Cynthia Smith
|Texture Study Series (Still Life)
|Brittany Vespia
|Lisa Ethier
|Textile Design
|Heather Vieira
|Steve Forleo
|"Untitled" 60 second commercial
|Charles West
|Mandatory ethics courses for middle schools: A criminal justice perspective
|Lynn Wirth
|Yvonne Leonard
|Passionate burst
|Susannah Wittwer
|David Vito
|Avian flu as a public health concern in RI
|Qin Yang
|Carol Annarino
|Financial research of Summer Olympics in Beijing
|Emily Young
|Joe Parys
|Civil action: A review
|Emily Young
|Paul Dutra
|The OJ Simpson trial: the good, the bad, and the ugly
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Drifters Adventure Centre was established in Sandton City in 1988 by Andy Dott.
The chief purpose being to supply good quality outdoor gear by people that used it.
Today Drifters is South Africa's premier Outdoor, Climbing and Mountaineering store and we still stand by that same ethos…to supply good quality gear and advice by our staff who go out and use it!!
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Launch Day! Or, You Mean I'm NOT the Center of the Universe?
A guest post by Lisa Alber, author of KILMOON, A County Clare Mystery
Thank you Tess Gerritsen and Joe Konrath. My mom is suffering as I write this.
Today is Tuesday, the traditional day for book releases. I'm an excitable debut author, and today's my day. Get out the balloons! It's all about me! See my book cover over thereà?
See, see? That's my baby. Isn't it about the best-looking book baby you've ever seen? (See bottom of this post for a description.)
Cue in: Fly buzzing and bouncing off my office window. The sound of anticlimax.
I've spent so many months preparing for this day that I almost forgot I was a writer rather than a social media wizard or a marketing guru. I became addicted to checking my blog stats and my Facebook likes, and to brainstorming cool and innovative promotional activities (none of which I implemented). I was trying to build my platform and increase my "discoverability" in preparation for today. Twitter parties, blog hops, and QR codes. I learned so many new terms I thought my head was going to topple off my neck.
The truth is, in many ways I'm an indie author semi-stuck in a traditional mindset. I blame my beginnings as a fictionista in New York City. I worked at a couple of the Big Boy houses, and I loved it. The behind-the-scenes glamour lived on within me even after I fled the big city back to my native west coast. I viewed getting my novel published through a nostalgic haze. I imagined myself walking the halls proud as Jackie O. in her senior editor days. I imagined being feted and courted … Or, at the very least I imagined a dedicated publicist. I wanted those preorders, and I wanted the big build-up to launch day!
The notion of a launch day meant something to me. Only, it didn't matter so much to Amazon. My ebooks were available ahead of my official launch date. Also, having preorder status mattered to me. Preorder status goes with launch day. It's the chocolate to the peanut butter, or the peanut butter to the chocolate. Together, they make a delicious whole. Unfortunately, in the indie world preorders can be hard to come by.
Now my debut novel is officially out there, and you know what? I'm still staring out the window, the fly is still buzzing. I'm sitting here thinking, I'm not sure how much preorders and official launch dates matter except to appear legitimate. But legimate to who? My fellow writers? Most readers don't care. Why did I spend so much precious brain energy fretting about it all? I can only control what I can control.
I count myself lucky to be with an indie press. I'm not feeling the pressure to makes my numbers within six weeks. In the indie world a launch date is floating and flexible. At any time I can re-activate my promotional efforts to grow an audience over time.
So in the end, on this, my launch day, I'm feeling rather liberated. Foremost in my mind:
1. Keep writing. For frick's sake set some boundaries on my crazy online efforts.
2. Don't sweat the small stuff. I don't know how many hours I wasted trying to "get" Google+. Forgettaboutit.
3. Be myself, not a wizard or a guru. On Facebook, I still receive more comments for my funny pet photos and absurd observations than for Kilmoon news. People, and potential readers, want to know about me as a person not a capital-a author.
4. No one really cares about my book launch except me. I'm not the center of the universe today. If you happen to buy my book based on meeting me here today, I'll be thrilled (oh yes I will, and I'll send you a thank you note if you let me know you did buy Kilmoon), but I'll also be surprised.
5. Even my family forgot today was my launch day. Of course, I forgive my mom. In fact, my mom is my best fan because every time I bring up my novel she gets excited all over again, bless her supportive but forgetful self.
P.S. At the Bouchercon World Mystery Convention last September I got my guts in order and introduced myself to Tess Gerritsen. She was so gracious as I told her about my mom and extended my appreciation for her charitable efforts. Talk about a fangirl moment!
About Kilmoon
Merrit Chase travels to Ireland to meet her father, a celebrated matchmaker, in hopes that she can mend her troubled past. Instead, her arrival triggers a rising tide of violence, and Merrit finds herself both suspect and victim, accomplice and pawn, in a manipulative game that began thirty years previously. When she discovers that the matchmaker's treacherous past is at the heart of the chaos, she must decide how far she will go to save him from himself—and to get what she wants, a family.
Lisa evokes a world in which ancient tradition collides with modern village life and ageless motivators such as greed and love still wield their power. Kilmoon captures the moodiness of the Irish landscape in a character-driven mystery that explores family secrets, betrayal, and vengeance.
"Brooding, gothic overtones haunt Lisa Alber's polished, atmospheric debut. Romance, mysticism, and the verdant Irish countryside all contribute to making KILMOON a marvelous, suspenseful read." —Julia Spencer-Fleming, New York Times & USA Today bestselling author of Through the Evil Days
"This first in Alber's new County Clare Mystery series is utterly poetic … The author's prose and lush descriptions of the Irish countryside nicely complement this dark, broody and very intricate mystery." —RT Book Reviews (four stars)
"In her moody debut, Alber skillfully uses many shades of gray to draw complex characters who discover how cruel love can be." —Kirkus Reviews
Lisa Alber received an Elizabeth George Foundation writing grant based on Kilmoon. In addition, Ms. George asked Lisa to write a short story for Two of the Deadliest: New Tales of Lust, Greed, and Murder from Outstanding Women of Mystery (HarperCollins). She featured Lisa's story in an "Introducing…" section for up-and-coming novelists.
Lisa is currently trying to find time within her busy social media schedule to finish her second in the County Clare mystery series, Grey Man. Ever distractible, you may find her staring out windows, dog walking, fooling around online, or drinking red wine with her friends. Ireland, books, animals, photography, and blogging round out her distractions. Lisa lives in the Pacific Northwest. Kilmoon is her first novel.