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A multidisciplinary team led by Carnegie Mellon University computer scientist Edmund M. Clarke has received a five-year, $10 million grant from the National Science Foundation's Expeditions in Computing program to create revolutionary computational tools that will advance science on a broad array of fronts, from discovering new cancer treatments to designing safer aircraft. The researchers will combine Model Checking and Abstract Interpretation, two methods that have been successful in finding errors in computer circuitry and software, and extend them so they can provide insights into models of complex systems, whether electronic or biological.
In addition to Clarke, who is one of the coinventors of Model Checking, the research team includes project Deputy Director Amir Pnueli, a New York University computer scientist and a Turing Award winner for his work on systems verification. Among the other notables on the team are Patrick Cousot, an NYU computer scientist and coinventor of Abstract Interpretation, and James Glimm, a National Medal of Science winner who heads the Department of Applied Mathematics and Statistics at the State University of New York at Stony Brook.
Specifically, computer scientists, biomedical researchers and engineers from eight leading research institutions will use Model Checking and Abstract Interpretation to better understand what causes deadly pancreatic cancer and the common heart rhythm problem known as atrial fibrillation. At the same time, they will use the techniques to study the embedded computer systems that are increasingly critical to the safe operation of aircraft and automobiles.
"Biological and embedded computer systems may be on opposite ends of the research spectrum, but they pose similar challenges for creating and analyzing computational models of their behavior," said Clarke, the Carnegie Mellon FORE Systems University Professor of Computer Science and the 2007 winner of the Association for Computing Machinery's Turing Award. "Solutions to these problems at either end will enable new approaches to modeling across the spectrum that ultimately will improve health and safety. With this new initiative, I think we finally have achieved the critical mass of expertise and effort needed to crack these puzzles."
Model Checking and Abstract Interpretation are the result of more than 30 years of research. Model Checking is the most widely used technique for detecting and diagnosing errors in complex hardware and software designs. It considers every possible state of a hardware or software design and determines if it is consistent with the designer's specifications; it produces counterexamples when it uncovers inconsistencies. It is limited, however, by the size of the systems it can analyze.
Abstract Interpretation, by contrast, doesn't attempt to look at every possible state of a system, but to develop a simplified approximation of a system that preserves the particular properties that need to be assessed. This makes it possible to analyze very large, complex systems, such as the one million lines of code in the Airbus A380's primary flight control system, but with less precision than is possible with Model Checking.
In this new project, the researchers plan to take advantage of the strengths of both methods by tightly integrating the two into what they call MCAI 2.0.
One of the challenge problems driving this development involves modeling of pancreatic cancer, the fourth-leading cause of cancer deaths in the United States and Europe. Computer modeling is particularly important for discovering how this cancer develops and how it might be detected at an early, treatable stage because researchers have had trouble developing an animal model. Christopher Langmead, a Carnegie Mellon computer scientist, and James Faeder, a computational biologist at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, will lead this effort, working with researchers at the Translational Genomics Research Institute.
"The death last year of our computer science colleague Randy Pausch, who had pancreatic cancer, made all of us at Carnegie Mellon appreciate the importance of improved models for this disease," Clarke said.
Atrial fibrillation, the most common form of heart rhythm disturbance, contributes to congestive heart disease and is responsible for 15 to 20 percent of strokes. Its incidence increases with age, so the aging demographics of America mean that this condition afflicting 2 to 3 million people today could be a problem for 10 million by 2050. A team led by Flavio Fenton, a biomedical researcher at Cornell University, and Radu Grosu, a computer scientist at SUNY at Stony Brook, will explore how modeling can enable physicians to predict the onset of atrial fibrillation.
A growing number of embedded systems are being integrated into cars — electronic stability control, anti-skid systems, hybrid powertrains, collision-avoidance systems — though the ability to develop models of how these systems interact with each other is severely limited. Rance Cleaveland, a computer scientist at the University of Maryland, and Bruce Krogh, a Carnegie Mellon electrical and computer engineer, will focus on distributed automotive control and electronic stability control as they lead the development of models that can help manufacturers integrate these systems into automobiles.
The aerospace industry has been a key driver of embedded software technology since the earliest weather-satellite launches of the 1960s, but it is now faced with exponential growth in the size and complexity of these systems in both spacecraft and commercial aircraft. With aircraft manufacturers seeking to better utilize microprocessors, NYU's Cousot and Gerard Holzmann, a computer scientist at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, will develop models that identify potential conflicts that can occur as microprocessors are shared between systems.
Research will be coordinated through a new Institute for Model Discovery and Exploration of Complex Systems, which will be headquartered in Carnegie Mellon's newly constructed Gates Center for Computer Science.
Clarke emphasized that Carnegie Mellon will funnel the bulk of its project money to support graduate students, rather than faculty salaries. In addition to the NSF grant, the School of Computer Science and the Ray and Stephanie Lane Center for Computational Biology at Carnegie Mellon are providing supplemental support for the project.


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Middlesex County Prosecutor Bruce Kaplan says autopsies were performed Saturday on 18-year-old Cristina LoBrutto and 24-year-old Bryan Breen. They were gunned down early Friday at a Pathmark store in Old Bridge Township by 23-year-old Terence Tyler, who committed suicide by shooting himself once in the head with a handgun.
All three were pronounced dead at the scene. About a dozen other workers who were in the store were able to escape the shooting and were not hurt.
The supermarket has been shuttered since the shootings occurred, and a Pathmark spokeswoman said Sunday that it was not known when the store might reopen.
It's still not clear what sparked the shootings. Authorities are investigating his motive, but family members said Tyler - who once tweeted about killing "everyone I see" - was discharged from the Marines two years ago after suffering from depression and had never gotten over his mother's death about five years ago.
Authorities said Tyler left his job as an overnight clerk at the supermarket around 3:30 a.m. He drove off and returned to the store shortly afterward with a handgun and an assault rifle similar to an AK-47.
Tyler, who was dressed in camouflage gear, fired more than 16 rounds from his rifle - shooting first at an employee standing outside the closed store and blowing out windows, authorities said. He then went inside and shot at five other workers in an aisle, including LoBrutto and Breen.
Authorities say Tyler had worked at the store for less than two weeks.
Tyler's Twitter account, which had a photograph identified by family members as Tyler, interspersed posts about hating Marine life, expressions of violence, and his take on football, movies, women and other interests.
"smh is it normal to want to kill ALL of ur coworkers? Maybe but I'm actually in a position where I can, smh," he wrote in June 2009, using the handle (at)Tylerbkstyle and the abbreviation "smh" for "shaking my head."
Tyler tweeted months later about killing.
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Don Davis collection of classic cars headed to auction
It's a problem most car fans wouldn't mind having. Don Davis has to change too many batteries.
The Texas-based businessman and avid car collector is putting 64 rare and classic cars up for auction April 27. More than $15 million worth of old Ferraris, Mercedes-Benzes, Porsches and Corvettes will be offered without reserve by RM Auction in Fort Worth, Texas.
Davis is selling the cars to whittle his collection down to 25 to 30, he said.
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"It's just too many cars to maintain," said Davis, who also lives in Carmel for a portion of each year. "This way, we won't have as many batteries go bad," he said with a laugh.
Many of the cars he is selling are duplicates in his collection. For example, Davis owns numerous Mercedes-Benz 300 SL roadsters and coupes, and is selling three of them in the auction. A total of 10 Porsches will be offered, and models include a rare 1988 959 Komfort, a 1973 911 Carrera RS Touring, and several 356 coupes and convertibles.
Other notable cars being offered at the auction include a 1973 Ferrari 365 GTB/4 Daytona Spider, a 1967 Toyota 2000GT, a pair of Shelby 289 Cobra's, a 1954 Chrysler GS-1 Special by Ghia, 1966 Toyota FJ40 Land Cruiser, and a 1958 Dual-Ghia Convertible.
A full list of the cars is here.
Several of his cars will be particularly hard to say goodbye to, Davis said.
The first is a 1967 Ferrari 330 GTS. This dark blue convertible is one of only 99 built, and it's powered by a 300-horsepower V-12 engine.
"If you say you have a 100-point car, this one's a 120-point car," Davis said. The car has the awards to prove it, Davis said, including a Best of Show title from the 2011 Concorso Italiano in Monterey. The presale estimate on this Ferrari is $1.2 to $1.5 million, according to RM Auctions.
A 1941 Chrysler Newport pace car from that year's Indianapolis 500 will also be hard for Davis to part with, he said.
The car is one of only five built, and is the actual vehicle used for the pace car duties in the 1941 race. This Newport was also owned and driven by Walter P. Chrysler Jr., the son of the company's founder. The car's "dual-cowl" configuration means the car has one windshield for the front passengers and a second to protect the rear passengers.
This Newport has an inline eight-cylinder engine that makes 143 horsepower. Its presale estimate is $900,000 to $1.2 million.
Finally, Davis said one of the Shelby 289 Cobras is unique for the extensive paper trail that tracks the car's history. The black-on-black 1965 Cobra has the original Shelby window sticker, buyer's order and receipt, and registration records for more than a decade.
The car is powered by a Ford V-8 engine with a four-barrel carburetor, and makes at least 271 horsepower. The car's presale estimate is $650,000 to $850,000.
Though he's downsizing his collection, Davis said he doesn't plan to stop collecting cars. "Oh, I plan on being active in the old car market," Davis said assuredly.
Though he'll continue to focus on post-war Europeans cars from marques such as Ferrari, Lamborghini and Mercedes-Benz, Davis said there wasn't anything in particular he was looking to buy next.
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The Minors longest winning streak is over and so is the Bisons seven game losing skid.
The Buffalo Bisons, Triple-A affiliate of the New York Mets, toppled the undefeated Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees Tuesday, outdueling the best record in the minors, 7-3.
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Thanks to Stianh, we now have a Norwegian translation of the documentation. See http://conduet.org/doc/view/no/index.xml :)
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I just committed my entire working tree. It contains all of the features of the old tree, plus everything from leejr's version. I also added the beginning of a kernel RTL: lib/ has support for IO and a string class, both of which are demonstrated in kernel/x86/main.cpp.
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Sony Unveils the a7 and a7R– Sony's First Full-Frame Mirrorless Cameras
Today Sony announces the α7 and α7R digital cameras. They are the world's smallest and lightest full-frame interchangeable lens camera. The α7R offers a 36.4-megapixel Exmor CMOS sensor with no low pass filter. The α7 model features a 24.3-megapixel Exmor CMOS sensor and Hybrid AF system.
Both cameras feature the new Bionz X image processor (just like the RX10), fast AF capabilities, full HD 60p video recording, and Wi-Fi /NFC connection. They also offer full customization and manual controls. There are 9 customizable buttons and 46 assignable functions. The cameras have a 2.4 million dot XGA OLED Tru-Finder and a tiltable 3-inch LCD screen. The α7R and α7 models can utilize Sony's PlayMemories Camera Apps. The α7 and α7R cameras offer a magnesium alloy, weather resistant body.
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- Full HD 24p and 60p video capabilities
- 20% faster AF than the NEX-7
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- Bionz X processor
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There are 5 new full-frame E-mount lenses. These lenses, also being announced today, include a 55mm F1.8, a 35mm F2.8, a 24-70mm F4, a 28-70mm F3.5-F5.6 and a 70-200mm F4. Also being announced is a 70-200 F4 for Sony's A-mount. Sonys E-mount lens lineup now has 21 lenses.
In addition to the new lenses, there are also two new-generation mount adaptors that allow users the ability to utilize full-frame Sony A-mount optics on the α7 and α7R cameras. The LA-EA3 adapter simply adds compatibility for existing A-mount lenses the new cameras, while the LA-EA4 model adds the fast focusing capabilities of Sony's Translucent Mirror Technology.
Pricing and Availability
The Sony α7R and α7 full-frame interchangeable lens cameras will be available for purchase this December. The α7R camera will be offered as a body-only for about $2300. The Sony α7 compact system camera will be offered with a 28-70mm F3.5-F5.6 full-frame lens (model SEL2870) for about $2000. It will also be offered as a body-only for about $1700.
The Carl Zeiss Vario-Tessar T 24-70mm F4 zoom lens will be available in January for about $1200.
The Carl Zeiss Sonnar T 35mm F2.8 prime lens will be available in December for about $800.
The Carl Zeiss Sonnar T 55mm F1.8 prime lens will be available in January for about $1000.
The Sony 28-70mm F3.5-5.6 OSS zoom lens will be offered as the kit lens paired with the new Sony A7 Full-Frame E-mount camera for about $2000.
Pricing and availability for the new G Lens 70-200mm F4 OSS Telephoto zoom is still undecided.
The G Lens 70-200mm F2.8 G SSM II Telephoto Zoom Lens for A-mount cameras will be available in January for about $3000.
The LA-EA3 and LA-EA4 mount adapters will be available in December for about $200 and $350, respectively.
The VG-C1EM vertical grip and LCS-ELCA premium case will also be available in December for about $300 and $ 140, respectively.


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This is another topic suggested by some of you when I asked for new blog ideas. What is that old saying? Be careful what you ask for, you just might get it. Any way, I got it and will try to enlighten. Can anyone sense a chance for controversy or maybe dry humor? The complete suggestion was about demon possession and oppression. Because those words are long and difficult for me to type, I will blog about what I think you need to know about demons.
I guess the first question to answer is do I believe in demons. The answer is yes. I raised three children and each one of them were evil. (Right about now, many are gasping at my cruelty…get over it) I believe in demons like most people do to one degree or another. I think more people believe in evil spirits than a God. Just look at stories through generations of humanity and how there has always been evil spirits in them. Most cultures have evil spirits that are blamed for what goes wrong. Ancient tribes in Africa and the Amazon, native American, and Island tribes all give place to evil spirits. Hollywood has always used evil spirits as plots to movies and today's television programs are full of supernatural evil beings.
That is not why I believe in them. I believe in them because I believe in Jesus Christ and He believed in them. He did not just believe in them but He conquered them. He warned Christians against an ever-present battle between good and evil. What I find most funny is that when Christians start talking about evil spirits we are wacky but when someone says that they can speak to the dead, good and evil, they are deemed psychic and can even help solve crimes. People criticize Christians for believing in a Bible that claims the existence of good and evil but will flock to the theaters to see a movie about the same.
The Bible speaks clearly about demons being fallen angels and Satan being the leader. It talks about humans being overtaken by these demons and their every action controlled by them. It speaks of those who do not believe in God and Jesus being possessed to the point of their very souls being owned by them. It tells of people who are freed from this control but never totally surrendering to God and therefore being overtaken again. It tells us that Christians can yield their well-being to evil spirits and live in an oppressed state of being.
Possession has been glamorize by Hollywood. The Exorcism is a reminder of how enthralled we can be over such things. But it puts the emphasis on a man called a priest to free the girl from the demon and the emphasis should be on Jesus. Only He can free someone who is controlled by demons. Yes, He has given believers authority to cast out demons, but it is only under His power that we can do so and you don't have to be a Catholic priest to do so.
Oppression is when a Christian does not yield to the Spirit of God and opens themselves up to control by evil spirits. I personally believe that once you are the child of God you can never be possessed by anyone other than God. But I also believe that God will allow us to be oppressed by evil if we are disobedient. (1 Corinthians 5:5- hand such a person over to Satan to destroy his corrupt nature so that his spiritual nature may be saved on the day of the Lord.) But I believe this oppression can be defeated by something as simple as repentance.
Either way you slice it, demons are not to be taken lightly. If you do not believe in God, they will twist your head around on your body and make you puke green stuff. If you do believe in God they will make you disobedient to God. Most importantly, they want to keep you from knowing Jesus Christ as your Savior. They want you to go to Hell. God does not.


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- Tampa is 2-5 against the Orioles this season, having met in 7 of the first 10 games of the season.
- For the 2nd straight week, a Devil Ray was named AL player of the week. Last week it was Scott Kazmir. This week, Carl Crawford was named co-player of the week with Tiger's pitcher Justin Verlander. This is the 10th time a D-Ray has been so honored. Last week, Crawford hit .484-3-5-8. Only once (1999-3) have the Rays had more than 2 honorees.
- The Rays enter the final leg of their longest roadtrip of the season (10 games). They are 1-6 so far and 9-19 on the road this season.
- Tampa has lost 4 straight on 3 occasions this season. They have yet to lose 5 straight.
- The Rays are 1-7 in Doug Waechter's 8 starts and he has not won a start on the road since September of 2004. However, he did have his best outing of 2006 at home against Baltimore on April 13. He went 6 innings and gave up only 1 run. He failed to get a decision as the Rays lost 6-5.
- James Shields will make his major league debut tomorrow night. Shields, 25, was the 16th round pick of the Rays in 2000, is a 6'4″ righty. He is not overpowering but has shown remarkable control at Durham, with a 64:6 strikeout to walk ratio in 61.1 innings. He has walked more than one in a start only once (2) and has struck out 10 in two of past three starts.
- Jorge Cantu began his rehab assignment last night for AA Montgomery. He DH'd and went 0-3 with a walk and strikeout. He is scheduled to play 7 innings tonight at 2B.
- SP Daniel Cabrera (2-2, 5.23 ERA) is on the 15-day DL and will miss this series. OF Jay Gibbons, (.268-10-29) is listed as day-to-day with an injured knee. There is a chance he could be in the lineup tonight.
- Tonight's starter Rodrigo Lopez, was the Orioles' opening day starter picking up the win against the Devil Rays in Camden Yards. He went 7 innings, giving up 7 hits and 5 runs. In his last start, in Seattle, he had his best start of the year, throwing 7.1 innings of 2-hit shutout ball.
- Bruce Chen worked into the 8th in his only start against Tampa this season at the Trop. He gave up 5 hits and 5 runs, failing to pick up a decision in the O's 6-5 win. In his last start against the Angels, he received a no-decision as he went 6 innings, giving up 5 hits and 2 runs.
- Eric Bedard has 2 of his 5 wins against the Rays this season, including a start in Tampa in which he pitched 7 shutout innings. He had his worst outing of the season in his last start, failing to get out of the 4th against the Angels. He gave up 10 hits and 6 runs, taking the loss.
Probable Pitchers
Tuesday, 7:05 et
Devil Rays Doug Waechter, RHP (0-3, 6.43)
Baltimore Rodrigo Lopez, RHP (2-7, 7.16)
Wednesday, 7:05 et
Devil Rays James Shields, RHP (0-0, 0.00)
Baltimore Bruce Chen, LHP (0-5, 7.40)
Thursday, 7:05 et
Devil Rays Scott Kazmir, LHP (7-3, 2.86)
Baltimore Eric Bedard, LHP (5-4, 5.67)


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What does a gorgeous one-time volley and a rare assist from a goalkeeper get you? A big win in Toronto and the AT&T Goal of the Week.
TFC striker Javier Martina's impressive blast from just outside the penalty box in last Saturday's 2-0 win over the Portland Timbers earned roughly 34 percent of the vote to take the top honor. It also gave Martina a brace for the match and sealed TFC's first win of the season.
WATCH: Martina's winning blast
The goal also gave goalkeeper Stefan Frei a rare assist, thanks his well-placed clearance after snuffing out of a Timbers corner kick. Martina took the ball on a hop and promptly snapped a right-footed shot past Timbers goalkeeper Jake Gleeson.
Real Salt Lake midfielder Javier Morales finished second in the voting (30 percent) for his right-footed blast in a 4-1 RSL win over the LA Galaxy.
Final Results
1. Javier Martina, TOR – 34%
2. Javier Morales, RSL – 30%
3. Marco Pappa, CHI – 17%
4. Chris Wondolowski, SJ – 11%
5. Quincy Amarikwa, COL – 8%
Previous Winners
Week 1- Juan Agudelo, NY (watch here)


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This week I haven't blogged all week for no reason in particular. Perhaps the Olympics have been keeping me up well past my bedtime and I have also been busy, busy, busy finishing up things here at work. I cannot believe that next Monday I will be starting a new adventure. I'm rather excited about it and yes, tad nervous. It reminds me of the first day of school a little bit. Though I haven't experienced those first day of school butterflies for quite some time, I remember thinking about how exciting it was to start a new grade, covering my books with brown paper bags to 'protect' them and trying to memorize a new locker code. My love for school supplies sure hasn't gone anywhere either, as I walked through the school aisle of Target the other day with wide eyes and an open wallet. I may or may not have purchased a Justin Beiber folder and some new markers, much to B's dismay.
This week I haven't run or worked out much at all, but I do have a new goal, which usually inspires me to work out. Yesterday I signed up to run the Long Beach Half Marathon. Since I won't be working with the company, I'm excited to run the race, one of my favorites again this year. That means that training starts this weekend! I've got a 4 miler to do tomorrow morning and I think setting a 'goal' by signing up for Long Beach will be helpful to me in training for something again. I also somehow convinced B to run it with me, which I'm really looking forward to training with him as well.
Speaking of Olympics, I was reminded of the time that Michael Phelps was at one of our events… Ridiculous.
Anyways, it's off to the gym tonight and tomorrow morning 'training' for the half really begins! B will have to run at the station since he will be at work but I'm looking forward to having something to plan for and train for once again!


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Strategically placed shade trees - a minimum of three large trees around your home - can reduce air conditioning costs up to 30 percent. Plant deciduous trees, which shed their leaves during the winter, on the south and west sides of buildings. These trees provide shade and block heat during hotter months. By dropping their leaves in the fall they admit sunlight in the colder months.
Shade all hard surfaces such as driveways, patios and sidewalks to minimize landscape heat load.
Plant evergreen trees, which retain their leaves/needles yearlong, in a planned pattern. They will serve as windbreaks to save from 10 to 50 percent in energy used for heating. Evergreens offer the best benefits when you:
- Usually place them on the north side of your home to intercept and slow winter winds.
- Do not plant them on the south or west side of your home, because they will block warming sunlight during the winter. These trees also provide some shading benefits during summer.
Get professional assistance to assure correct selection of species and their placement to maximize energy savings.
To help residents use trees to save energy and money.
Program at a Glance
Program Title: How to Maximize Energy Savings with Trees
Agency: District Department of Transportation
Office: Urban Forestry Administration (UFA)
Type: Outreach and Education
Phone: (202) 671-5133
*With contributions courtesy of the USDA Forest Service


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As a parent, you teach your children about stranger danger.
But there's a different kind of perpetrator kids need to fear — the friend or relative who might steal their identity and damage their credit history years before they've had a chance to establish it themselves.
Experts have long warned adults that they need to protect their personal information from crooks who fraudulently obtain such data. Using stolen Social Security numbers or credit cards and other financial information, identity thieves buy cars, get cellphones and open new credit card accounts.
This week, three organizations released the results of a child identity fraud survey based on responses from more than 5,100 U.S. households with dependents under 18.
First some good news. The incidence of child identity theft is low. The study found only one in 40 households with minor children affected by this crime.
But this doesn't mean you shouldn't be concerned. When children are victimized, the offense often goes undetected for a long time and it becomes hard to clear up the financial mess left by the identity thief.
"Any case of identity fraud involving a child is distressing because it can be a terrible experience for families and the child involved with serious consequences," said Ann Wallace, president of the Identity Theft Assistance Center, one of the co-sponsors of the survey conducted by Javelin Strategy & Research.
Children between 6 and 11 are the most vulnerable, the report found. One woman, who was victimized starting at 11, said she only discovered the abuse of personal information when she tried to rent an apartment.
One item from the report really bothered me: 27 percent of those surveyed said they knew the individual responsible for stealing their child's identity. Further, a majority of households in which children were victimized had more than one child, and in 37 percent of those cases, personal information on multiple children was stolen and used.
A 33-year-old Baltimore woman found out that her adoptive mother, who has the same name and middle initial, had victimized her for years. For a television program on identity theft, I interviewed a young man whose father, who shared the same name, used his information to get credit cards and even student loans. The son's credit was ruined because his father didn't pay the bills. The young man then spent years trying to persuade creditors that he hadn't gotten credit cards or taken out college loans before he graduated from high school.
"During this study, we discovered powerful examples of child identity fraud committed by family," the report says.
In one case, a mother found out about the crime but was physically threatened by the family member, who had a criminal history. She was warned not to call the police.
The study found that the most common way criminals use a child's personal information is to combine his or her Social Security number with a different date of birth to create a new identity. Javelin Strategy and Research calls this "synthetic identity," which is especially difficult to detect.
Whether from an adult or child victim, the most stolen piece of information is a Social Security number. Fifty-six percent of survey respondents reported being victimized this way.
The survey found that lower-income families are disproportionately affected by child identity theft — 50 percent of households in which child identity theft occurred had yearly incomes less than $35,000.
"Identity theft affecting minors may be crimes of desperation when perpetrators known to the victims fall on difficult economic times," the report says. "Poor access to credit may be a push factor in perpetrators' decisions to misuse children's identities, and the high prevalence of certain nonfinancial account fraud types such as renting an apartment or house and opening utility accounts supports the case that fraudsters may be using children's personal information to obtain access to or secure basic necessities."
Here's the take on this report: Be vigilant about keeping your child's personal information safe. "People have to understand the same precautions you take for yourself you should take for your child," Wallace said.
Don't leave your child's information lying out on your desk or in easily identifiable folders in your file cabinet. The Identity Theft Assistance Center along with Intersections, a leading provider of consumer and corporate identity risk management services that also sponsored the report, says if asked to provide your child's Social Security number, ask these three questions: Why is it needed? Isn't there another way to identify my child? How will my child's information be protected?
"You have to think like the criminals," Wallace said. "They think of information as a key to the lock. You have to think that way, too."
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I used to have this mentality : take care of your obligatory deeds, do some superegoratory deeds (amalan sunat) if you can and live as a "normal muslim".
A lot of people in my country have this mentality too. When it comes to food, we're very particular about halal and haram.
But when it comes to other things, "malaysia boleh!"
graft? boleh! its called "service charge"
interest? boleh! give it a nice name, "bunga" (flower) and you're good to go.
touching a non-muhrim before marriage? boleh!
So yeah, i had this 'ritualistic' mindset about islam. Do the rituals and you're going to heaven. Attend circles once a week and you're doing fine.
Recently, the meaning of one verse became apparent to me:
إِنَّ سَعْيَكُمْ لَشَتَّى
Certainly, your efforts and deeds are diverse (different in aims and purposes); (Al Lail : 4)
This is why we musn't rely solely on translations.
The word used here is: سعى (sa'a, sa'y). It is translated as "efforts, deeds".
But what does it really mean?
سعى - to move quickly, run, speed, to move across the sky, to head for, proceed, to strive for, aspire to, to work, endeavor, attempt, make an effort, to achieve, to run after, pursue, chase, to take steps.
To rephrase : "Verily, what you pursue/run after are diverse". The surah then proceeds to describe two different types of people with different pursuits. One in heaven, one in hell.
Let us reflect on that : what we run after.
We may be the typical 'good, ritualistic muslim'. But what do we run after? What puts us in a hurry? What makes us anxious? What do we stay awake at night for?
Imagine you were late for class. What would you do? You'd bathe like a buffalo, put on whatever clothes there are and get on the next train. getting squeezed by the closing door of the train? no problem. bumping into an old lady and spilling all the things in her grocery basket? no problem.
That is sa'a. We hurry for class because no class ---> no preparation ---> fail in exams ---> no job ---> no money. Of course we're in a hurry.
But what if
*LLLB = Lek Lek La Bro.
We hurry for our world. But when it comes to the eternal life, we say "I won't procrastinate tomorrow".
look at the man Allah described in surah Yasin.
And there came running from the farthest part of the town, a man, saying: "O my people! Obey the Messengers; (36:20)
Its that word again : يَسْعَى . This guy was running from the furthest part of town. Just to say "Obey the messengers. obey these people. obey these righteous men."
He got killed. But as soon as he was killed, Allah said to him "enter paradise". He was rewarded paradise just for RUNNING, for HURRYING to convey the truth.
Dear readers, run. Run to save your lives.


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First United Methodist Church
Tuesday, September 22, 2020
Growing and Sharing our Faith in God
Celebration Worship
Date: Sunday, September 27, 2020
Time: 11:00 AM -
Location: Sanctuary
Worship in a non-traditional manner
Celebrate describes the overall mood of this service where praise songs and hymns and videos are blended to provide inspiring and diverse music. Worship is a way for us to praise God, encounter Jesus Christ, and experience his Holy Spirit. Sunday services refresh our spirits and help us to serve Jesus Christ through the week. Families appreciate the opportunity for children to participate in the worship experience. Come early for Coffee and meet friends or attend one of your Sunday School Classes at 9:45 am which ends 15 minutes before 11:00 am worship begins.


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Metallica helping kids learn their ABCs with new book
Heavy rockers Metallica are helping young fans learn their ABCs with their first children's book.
The Enter Sandman hitmakers will school kids on the group's history in new release The ABCs of Metallica, which was co-written by former music executive-turned-author Howie Abrams, and illustrated by top graffiti artist and Lordz of Brooklyn MC Michael 'Kaves' McLeer.
"Including rhymes and illustrations, The ABCs of Metallica looks back at the history of the band from, duh, A to Z!" the musicians share in a statement.
"Each letter of the alphabet highlights a moment along our journey from (albums) Garage Days to Master of Puppets to fun facts about us."
The book will hit retailers in late November (19), with a portion of proceeds benefitting Metallica's All Within My Hands Foundation, through which they aim to fight hunger and support workforce education.
The project reunites the rockers with McLeer, who previously participated in the group's Obey Your Master art exhibit in 2012.


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Sunday Showcase
I'll be sharing more features this weekend – there is plenty more inspiration!
This weeks party and giveaway from
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Spring is here and with it comes the threat for severe weather. Thunderstorms, heavy rain, flooding, lightning, hail and tornadoes are common during this time of year, and can cause significant damage to homes in minutes. Paul Davis Emergency Services of New Castle, a leading provider of fire and water damage clean up and restoration services, offers consumers some safety measures to protect their family and property.
According to Stephen Haftl, Paul Davis office owner, every homeowner should have a disaster plan and a basic emergency kit for their family should a severe storm strike. A family disaster plan should include where to assemble in the house when the storm hits (i.e., sturdy interior room or basement) and the nearest designated storm shelter if you have time to evacuate.
The Basic Emergency Kit should include:
- Water – one gallon of water per person and pets per day for at least three days.
- Food – at least a three-day supply of non-perishable food for adults, children, babies and pets, along with a can opener.
- Battery-powered or hand crank commercial radio and a NOAA Weather Radio.
- Cell Phone with charger.
- Flashlight.
- First aid kit – sterile dressings; antibiotic ointment; scissors; thermometer; non-prescription drugs such as pain relievers; prescription medications and supplies.
- Copies of insurance policies, identification and bank account records in waterproof container.
- Sleeping bag or warm blanket for each person.
- Fire Extinguisher
Below are some valuable tips for protecting your property from severe weather:
- Secure major appliances to the wall studs or foundation of your home using "L" brackets.
- Inspect your roof and repair any loose shingles to prevent leakage from water and winds, and remove debris.
- Repair siding, awnings, gutters, downspouts and brackets if loose or damaged.
- Clear yard of loose articles and debris. Keep yard tools, patio furniture, grills, garbage cans and toys stored when not in use.
- Trim trees and shrubs to prevent branches from breaking off during high winds.
According to Haftl, if damage to your home or business is significant, contact a properly licensed professional or company in the property loss restoration and emergency mitigation service industry. Look for certifications from The Institute of Inspection, Cleaning and Restoration Certification (IICRC).
Paul Davis is a leading provider of fire, water and mold damage restoration and reconstruction services for residential and commercial properties. Local office owners nationwide are properly licensed individuals with certifications from leading industry organizations like The Institute of Inspection, Cleaning and Restoration Certification (IICRC). Founded in 1966, Paul Davis has restoration, remodeling and emergency services franchise office locations throughout the US and Canada. Visit the local office website at www.pauldavis-newcastle.com.


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We're about to lose Lost, and many of your other favorites are going on break. But luckily, a bunch of great new series are starting up. Get ready for new doses of True Blood, Doctor Who, SGU and Breaking Bad.
Ugly Americans
This is by far our favorite new spring show. This animated spoof is short, sweet, and bitterly funny. Each week, we follow social worker Mark Lilly as he tries to patch up the relations between the monsters, aliens, vampires and zombies illegals with the rest of NYC. His zombie roomie, Randall, steals the show every week.
The show airs Wednesdays on Comedy Central at 9 PM.
Here's half of the Ugly Americans pilot:
We're giving FlashForward one last chance to win us back, with the second half of its first season. After all, Lost is going to be off the air soon and we'll need things to watch. But we're also tuning in to find out a few answers, like why Mark's daughter is so important and what's the deal with those crows in Somalia. Mostly, though, we're eager to see ex-con, ex-Marine Aaron kick some Jericho ass.
FlashForward airs Thursdays on ABC at 8 PM.
Breaking Bad
Time to get cooking with Mr. White again. And after last season's finale, we know that money does not buy happiness — getting anonymous donors to fill up your son's charity does. We can't wait to see what the meth-making high school science teacher will do next, with his now-troubled partner in crime Jesse. Fingers crossed for more sexy crystal-producing science, and turtles with human heads on their backs.
The show airs Sundays on AMC at 10PM.
Here's an amazing recap of the last seasons:
When will the world see the true lizard faces that are behind the fleshy human masks The Visitors are wearing? Now that the Earthlings are continuing to assimilate with the Vs, it's only a matter of time until their evil plot is revealed.
V airs Wednesdays on ABC at 9PM.
Here's a scene from last night's premier:
Flashbacks, alternate universes and root beer floats laced with acid — thank goodness for Walter Bishop is back from the two-month long break with some brand new Fringe. The new episodes will explain exactly what happened to the "other" Peter Bishop, all those years ago.
New Fringe episodes start Fox, April, 1 on Fox, and air at 8 PM on Thursdays.
Here's a clip from tomorrow's new episode:
Stargate Universe
The crew of the Destiny picks up where they left off, to finish off their first season. The grittier and darker Stargate still has the members aboard the mysterious Destiny, searching for a way to get home, and unable to dial out. But this time around, they're not just battling the depleted resources or the elements, but big bad aliens. About damn time. This show has slowly been inching its way up our "what to watch" list.
New SGU episodes premiere on the Syfy Channel April 2nd at 8 PM.
Adventure Time
Finn and Jake are best friends. Finn is a 12-year old boy, and Jake is a 28-year-old dog with magical powers. So please watch this crazy-ass fantasy series, since the last episode will probably be "Finn puts Jake down."
New Time episodes start on Cartoon Network April 5th on Mondays.
Doctor Who
For those of you patiently awaiting the American premiere of Doctor Who's fifth season, along with the premiere of the brand new Doctor Matt Smith, your time is almost here! New showrunner Steven Moffat promises a fairytale-like epic.
The season premiere airs on April 17th at BBC America at 9 PM.
Promo for the new season:
Ben 10
Ben and the gang are back in their thrilling world of aliens and robots. Quality kid programming for eager minds.
New Ben 10 starts on Cartoon Network on April 23rd, Fridays.
True Blood
The now viral term "waiting sucks" has never been more true for any other series. Fans are literally biting their nails down to the nub, waiting for the return of the campy sex-crazed ultra-violent vampire series, based on the book series by Charlaine Harris. These vampires are the only things we have on television that is even remotely close to what a blood sucking demon should look and act like. But the new season should add a new monster to the equation: werewolves.
The third season of True Blood premieres on HBO on June 13 at 9 PM, Sundays.
Kekkaishi will start re-airing episodes on Adult Swim in the month of May. Based on the work by Yellow Tanabe, the story focuses around a Junior High student, Yoshimori Sumimura, who is a normal kid half of the time, but the rest of the time he and his family spends their days fighting the forces of evil. I think.
Kekkashi will be airing episodes in Adult Swim starting May 29th, Saturdays


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This guide is geared toward parents and guardians of young people ages 10 to 14. Parents can have a major impact on their children's drinking, especially during the preteen and early teen years. Use this guide to find ideas you are comfortable with, and use your own style in carrying out the approaches you find useful.
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Research shows that parents do make a difference. You can share this fact sheet with the parents of your students to help them talk about alcohol before graduation celebrations begin.
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Knicks point guard Jason Kidd -- just days after signing with the team -- was arrested on a drunken-driving charge Sunday after police said he crashed his SUV into a telephone pole in the Hamptons.
Kidd was treated at a hospital for minor injuries after the crash. He was arraigned on a misdemeanor driving-while-intoxicated charge and released without bail, Southampton Town police said.
Kidd's agent didn't immediately respond to phone or email messages. His attorney, Ed Burke Jr., said in a statement that Kidd was returning from a charity function before his accident, had pleaded not guilty to the DWI charge and was awaiting further court proceedings.
The Knicks, who signed the 10-time All Star in free agency last week, had no immediate comment.
Kidd, 39, was alone in the 2010 Cadillac Escalade when it hit a pole and veered into the woods around 2 a.m. near the intersection of Cobb Road and Little Cobb Road in the hamlet of Water Mill, police said.
The DWI charge carries the potential for up to a year in jail.
The Knicks signed Kidd away from the Dallas Mavericks last week in a deal that will pay him about $3 million a year. Kidd had played in New Jersey, leading the Nets to two appearances in the NBA Finals, before he was traded to Dallas. He'd kept close ties to the New York City area, where his children continued to live.
The two-time Olympic gold medalist has been in trouble with the law before. While playing with Phoenix in 2001, he was arrested on a domestic-violence charge, acknowledging that he struck his former wife.
Kidd is second on the NBA's career list in assists and steals. Kidd, who helped the Mavericks win the 2011 NBA championship, is expected to mentor Knicks point guard Jeremy Lin if the team opts to keep him.
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The Aquarium
While we were in S.F. this weekend we went to the Aquarium. I took a bunch of great pictures. I just LOVE my camera! This is a jellyfish.
More jellies...as they call them. They make me think of ghosts.
I like this picture of a star fish. You can see all the little suckers.
This one looks like he is saying..."Hurry! This way!"
An anemone and a crab. The colors are great!
Here is Honyak #3 looking at a Sturgeon. I am told they come from prehistoric times. This Honyak is 12 and pretty tall. I think the other fish are Leopard sharks.
This picture looks like someone used Photo shop to put people lips on this stingray...cracks me up.
There was also a petting pool. It had rays and sharks in it. The skin on this ray was very smooth. I didn't get to touch the shark.
If you look really close, right in the center of the picture, you will notice the faint outline of a ray in the sand. His eyes are in line with the right hand. He is looking right at me.
He blinks in this one. And disappears. How funny.
Bunches of star fish and mollusks. Very colorful.
By hanging out with all the wildlife, some of us got transformed.
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My maternal Grandmother worked in a paper factory for 15 years before she retired. This was in the late fifties and early sixties before the idea of workers wearing protective gear including earplugs existed. Her hearing was damaged due to the noise and by the time she passed away almost 18 years later she was nearly totally deaf. So hearing protection devices is something I care about a lot. For her wearing earplugs at work wasn't an option, but today they are. Still many times those who need them most don't wear them. One such group are soldiers in the field, who should wear earplugs to protect their hearing from the sound of gunfire and explosions. However they often refuse because they also need to hear what is going on around them. This is also true of musicians and construction workers who often work in noise environments
Etymotic the company that pioneered in ear headphones in 1983, is attempting to solve this problem with the EB-series of electronic BlastPLG™ Earplugs which won a CES 2011 inovation award in the Health and Wellness Category There are two models of BlastPLG Earplugs, one the EB15 is for some one who is around constant loud noise such as heavy equipment or vehicles. The EB15 circuitry adapts to the environment to become a 15-dB earplug when the environmental noise could cause hearing damage. It then returns to natural hearing when the noise level is back to normal. The EB1 is for someone who maybe faced with a sudden loud noise such as a hunter, but otherwise is in a normal hearing environment. The EB15 has a MSRP of $499 a pair and the EB1 have a MSRP of $449 a pair. The idea behind both these models is to allow the user to hear normal sounds around them while protecting them from noise that may damage their hearing. Hopefully someone will use these earplugs and save their hearing, unfortunately hearing loss often happens over a long period of time and is often not noticed until it is almost too late.


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Public support and sociodemographic correlates of public breastfeeding support in New Zealand
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Yanshu Huang
Danny Osborne
Chris G. Sibley
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The New Zealand Medical Journal, 131(1487 )
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Using data from the 2016/17 New Zealand Attitudes and Values Study, this study explored levels of support for public breastfeeding and sociodemographic correlates of public breastfeeding attitudes in New Zealand. The authors found that most New Zealanders supported breastfeeding in public. They also found that being a parent, having more children, being in a serious romantic relationship, having attained higher education and being of Māori ethnicity were associated with greater support for public breastfeeding.
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text: The largest collection of Isaac Newton's papers has gone digital, committing to open-access posterity the works of one of history's greatest scientist. Among the works shared online by the Cambridge Digital Library are Newton's own annotated copy of Principia Mathematica and the 'Waste Book,' the notebook in which a young Newton worked out the principles of calculus. Other of his myriad accomplishments include the laws of gravity and motion, a theory of light -- pictured above are notes on optics -- and his construction of the first reflecting telescope. Newton was also notoriously idiosyncratic and irascible, obsessed with the occult and vicious towards scientific rivals; a full account of his life and science can be found in James Gleick's Isaac Newton, and a partial but entertaining fictionalization in Neal Stephenson's Baroque Cycle. But the papers come straight from the master. "Anyone, wherever they are, can see at the click of a mouse how Newton worked and how he went about developing his theories and experiments," said Grant Young, the library's digitization manager, in a press release. "Before today, anyone who wanted to see these things had to come to Cambridge. Now we're bringing Cambridge University Library to the world." Approximately 4,000 pages of material are available now, and thousands more will be uploaded in coming months. On the following pages is a sampling of the the library.The original cover of Newton's 'Waste Book,' which he used in the mid-1660s to think through what would later become calculus, mechanics, optics and other foundational concepts.Photographer capturing Newton's Principia on the Library's conservation cradle.Annotations inserted in Newton's own copy of Principia Mathematica.A manuscript page.A portrait of Isaac Newton painted by Godfrey Kneller. Image: National Portrait Gallery, London/Wikimedia CommonsA manuscript page.The first page of one of Newton's notebooks. It reads, "Not fit to be printed."All images, unless stated otherwise: Cambridge University Library


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Is this really Shaquille O'Neal's Porsche Panamera for sale? How many other guys named Shaq do you know who played in the NBA?
This showed up on eBay Motors in Decatur, Georgia, a suburb of Atlanta, going for $69,000. It looks like an NBA player's car, or something a retired player would drive when he's not busy selling Buick LaCrosses. On the face of it, it's got the requisite black wheels and dark, dark tinted windows, black paint and leather.
But, wait, what's that under the hood? A V6? This is a V6 Panamera?
Maybe Shaq's just living within his means in his retirement. Maybe he drove a lot of those LaCrosses with the eAssist system and got on an eco kick. Whatever the case is, you put up with a car as hideous as the Panamera, shouldn't it at least have the earth-spinning V8?
I can only hope Shaq saw the light and got rid of this base Panamera for something like an Aston Martin Rapide, or maybe he's on the list for the new and extremely gorgeous Quattroporte. And if you're the kind of person who likes to buy cars previously owned by celebs, maybe Shaq has something better that he's offloading soon.
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SANFORD — The Sanford Fire Department has a new ladder truck — but it's not called Ladder 2 after the reserve one it is replacing. It's called Ladder 37.
Seems random, at first glance. After all, the department has just two such trucks. Where does the 37 come from?
For the answer, turn to the truck's previous owner — and then turn to a tragic day in American history.
The Sanford Fire Department purchased the aerial truck from the Tarrytown Fire Department in New York. Tarrytown firefighters called it "Ladder 37," after the truck went to New York City to cover for FDNY's Ladder 37 after the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001.
"We're going to keep the 'Ladder 37' and call it that," Fire Chief Jeffrey Rowe said earlier this week. "There's some history behind it, and now we have that history here."
Sanford bought the truck at a deal — $25,000, to be exact. The fire department used funds that Town Meeting members approved for that purpose as part of the city's overall capital improvement funds. The department sought that amount after it had the chance to purchase a truck at that price from a Massachusetts fire department but did not have the funds on hand at the time.
The vehicle is a 1988 E-One truck with a 110-foot ladder. It's approximately 40 feet long and a few inches taller than eleven feet. Michael Hinds, a Sanford resident and a connossieur of fire department equipment, saw an ad for the truck — described as in "very good to excellent" condition — and brought it to Rowe's attention.
Rowe, in turn, let City Manager Steven Buck know about the opportunity. The fire department had been hoping for a new truck ever since its former Ladder 2 was deemed too expensive to repair. Rowe also spoke to Michael Blau, Tarrytown's village manager.
With Buck's approval, Rowe sent Assistant Fire Chief Steven Benotti, a firefighter and a mechanic to Tarrytown for a look. The trio traveled to and from the village — located about 280 miles from Sanford, on the east side of the Tappan Zee Bridge — in one day and reported back to Rowe with a favorable recommendation.
The truck arrived earlier this month. Right now, the department is giving the truck a "Sanford" look and erasing traces of Tarrytown. That "37" painted onto the truck will remain, however, as will the Looney Tunes' Tasmanian Devil that is seen on one side.
The Sanford Fire Department has four pump engines and two ladder trucks. Of those, one is a reserve pumper and Ladder 37 is the reserve ladder. The department will use Ladder 37 whenever Ladder 1 is being repaired or serviced.
"We will probably use it between ten and fifteen times each year," Rowe said.
A brand new truck might have cost as much as $800,000, Rowe estimated.
Rowe emphasized the need for an aerial truck for the city. Fire departments in neighboring communities are quick to offer theirs for mutual aid during a fire, but their average response time of 22 minutes may be too long to wait for someone stranded on the roof of a burning apartment building. Ladder 37 is equipped to reach the heights of Sunset Tower on Main Street — Sanford's tallest building — and Rowe said such a resource will be equally effective in an area such as High Street, which has as many as 52 structures that are three or four stories tall.
Thanks to the reserve vehicles, the Sanford Fire Department always has three front pieces on hand, Rowe said. Rowe stated his appreciation to the taxpayers who made the purchase of Ladder 37 possible. He said such resources allow him and his colleagues to feel confident that they have what they need to keep Sanford's residents safe.
"They're supplying us with the tools to do that," he said about the taxpayers.


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Longtime Broward County resident Brad Meltzer is a bestselling thriller novelist and television host who exercises his body as well as his brain.
Through the years, he has cycled, lifted weights and done yoga, switching it up when he gets burned out. He says there's "no better place to plot the death of a character" than during a workout.
Meltzer's newest novel, "The Fifth Assassin," features a serial killer recreating the crimes of presidential assassins, from John Wilkes Booth to Lee Harvey Oswald.
Q: What's your workout routine?
A: I tend to do something for two years then move on to something new. Yoga, then biking, then weight lifting, then back to biking. The moment it feels like a rut, I switch and search for a new love. It's like having a midlife crisis, but without the new wife or cheesy BMW.
Q: Have you always worked out?
A: I grew up here in South Florida, which means that in high school, I wore lots of tank tops to show off what I perceived as muscles. I wore a red-white-and-blue headband, too, once. It was the '80s. Blame Springsteen.
Q: Played sports?
A: I played Little League for one year. That was it. Then my mother realized I liked books and threatened my father. I owe her forever for that.
Q: Does working out help your writing?
A: There is no better place to plot the death of a character than when you're miserable and working out.
Q: Do you have any characters who are into fitness?
A: I made one character a runner. He ran farther and faster than I ever will. He also had more hair.
Q: Did you have physically active jobs when you were younger?
A: I spent four years scooping ice cream at the Haagen-Dazs in Aventura Mall. If you were a jerky loudmouth customer, I'd use my pinky to break the bottom of your cone, so you'd be 100 feet away before the ice cream was running down your shirt. My pinky. That was as physically active as it got.
Q: What's your typical daily diet?
A: Start with blueberries, granola and yogurt. Lunch is a plain turkey sandwich so I don't fall asleep and can keep writing. Dinner is fish, chicken or pasta.
Q: What do you drink?
A: Water.
Q: Do you ever eat unhealthy foods?
A: Ice cream is my vice. All throughout the weekend.
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City of residence: Fort Lauderdale
Occupation: Thriller novelist and host of History Channel's "Brad Meltzer's Decoded"


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Banks are less willing to provide loans to the steel sector, given the high default rate and the recent debt impairment from one big steel manufacturers.
- Demand is driven by public construction projects
- Slim margins and strong competition
- Our underwriting stance is cautious
Thailand is a net importer of steel due to low domestic production. The country is ranked 8th in the world as a net importer with net imports of 14.6 million tonnes in 2015. Thailand´s steel demand is expected to increase in 2016 due to new and on-going public construction projects, such as new public transportation systems (underground trains) and new private residential projects in response to the government public housing programme for low-income earners. Demand from the Thai construction sector alone is expected to increase by about 3% in 2016, to 8.4-8.6 million tonnes, following a2% increase in 2015.
We expect Thai steel producers´ margins will increase slightly due to rising demand. Margins should remain stable for steel traders and minor processors, who account for the large majority of Thai steel players. Competition in this downstream segment of the steel sector is very high, leading to very thin margins of just 0.5%-1.5% on average.
The gearing of steel businesses is high due to long trade cycles and slim and volatile margins. As a result, the gap between cash generated and cash required is usually financed by external parties such as banks. However, Thai banks are less willing to provide loans to the steel sector, given the high default rate and the recent debt impairment from one of the big local steel manufacturers at the end of 2015. Usually debts in the steel industry are on secured terms with high interest rates.
Payments in the industry take between 60 days and 120 days. In most cases payments are on time, as any payment delay from a particular buyer will cause the local suppliers to terminate and boycott the business relationship. The payment delay news spread very fast in Thailand as the relationship among the players in the steel industry is strong. That said, due to higher risk and increased volatility in the steel sector, the level of protracted payments is higher than in other industries.
Despite the rather benign growth outlook for the coming 12 months our underwriting stance remains cautious for the steel sector, due to the structurally weak market conditions in this sector and the on-going volatility in the global steel market. Local steel producers are not running cost-effective businesses due to outdated production technology, high labour and energy costs and volatile import raw material prices. Steel/metals traders and wholesalers are mainly weaker buyers due to strong competition and slim margins.


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Neighbors oppose plans for homeless day shelter
Shelter on Madison's east side could open Nov. 1
MADISON, Wis. — Residents in a neighborhood on Madison's east side want Dane County leaders to nix their plan to move a homeless day shelter into their neighborhood.
Dane County Executive Joe Parisi has proposed that shelter for a county-owned former military building in the 1400 block of Wright Street in the greater Truax neighborhood in the area just north of East Washington Avenue and south of Madison College.
At a community meeting Wednesday, neighbors said they feel like the county's forcing this on them at the last minute. The shelter could open Nov. 1, but the area's county supervisor said he has an alternative site for consideration.
Porchlight, a group that helps the homeless, would run the shelter, as it did last winter at the now-demolished Don Miller showroom on East Washington Avenue.
The shelter would operate only during the day, and vans would transport the homeless from downtown. The homeless usually pass their time on the Capitol Square.
Neighbors said they have concerns about homeless people hanging around in the area and causing problems.
"This is not really an appropriate place," said Karin Barreu, who lives near the proposed shelter location.
"What's going to happen to these people at 4 o'clock when school lets out? Where are they going to go, and what's going to happen to our community and our neighborhood from that point on?" said John Skillrud, who owns a nearby laundromat.
County leaders said they're still open to suggestions, but they said winter isn't far away.
"Somebody give us a gym with showers and locker rooms (within) two blocks of the (Capitol) Square — we're in; I would love it. I have had not one call," said Lynn Green, of Dane County Human Services.
Paul Rusk, the local county supervisor, said he opposes Parisi's Wright Street proposal. Instead, Rusk said the county should use the now-abanonded Lussier Teen Center in the 800 block of East Washington Avenue.
That site is closer to the Capitol Square and wouldn't require a zoning change, Rusk told WISC-TV at the community meeting. It is next to the Rainbow Project, an organization that provides assistance to children and families who've experienced trauma.
Shelby Andrews, who has been homeless for four years, said she isn't looking forward to facing winter without someplace to go.
"It's a whole big mess, and I think something needs to be done about all of it. There are too many homeless people and there's not enough room and space," Andrews said.
Porchlight's director told the neighbors that 85 percent of homeless people don't cause problems. But Madison police records indicated there was nearly a call per day at the former Don Miller shelter over a three-month period last winter.


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We want you, our readers, to vote daily on the previous night's Fantasy 3 Stars of the Night. Based on your votes, points will be assigned to the top 3 stars of the night and at the end of the season the 3 players with the most points will be delcared the DailyFaceoff Fantasy 3 Stars of the Year.
The results for Oct. 20 as voted by you:
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