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==A Note on Processing Multiple Batches==
Multiple batches MUST be processed through uploads (1) at the exact same time OR (2) completely separately.
Multiple batches MUST be processed through uploads (1) at the exact same time OR (2) completely separately.
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Follow the digitization and quality control procedures as outlined here.
A Note on Processing Multiple Batches
Multiple batches MUST be processed through uploads (1) at the exact same time OR (2) completely separately.
If not uploading multiple batches at the same time, make sure any given batch has made it all the way through the process, including eadLive, before beginning the next batch. This is so that the EAD can be updated to incorporate already-indexed material without picking up changes related to material that hasn't been indexed yet, creating dead links.
Preliminary steps on the server
Note: you may not need to take these steps. The share should be mounted already.
- First, make sure that the Windows share is mounted: type into the ssh window on libcontent1: `ls /cifs-mount` -- if no listing appears, or the window hangs up, you need to mount the share drive.
- To mount the Windows drive, type this in on the commandline on libcontent1: `sudo mount -t cifs -o username=jjcolonnaromano,domain=lib //libfs1.lib.ua-net.ua.edu/share/Digital\ Projects/ /cifs-mount` and use the password for share for Jeremiah. If successful, the command in the last step will show you the directories within the Digital Projects folder on Share.
- Log in to SSH and open a command-line window. Type in: `cd MassContent/scripts`. This will change your working directory to the one where the scripts are.
- Run makeMassJpegs in MassContent/scripts directory
- type in: `makeMassJpegs`
- This script will ask you for the collection number, and will also ask which directories you want JPEGs created for (do NOT use for transcripts, or they will overwrite the content images).
- The script will create JPEGs for all the tiffs in the directories you've chosen, and will place them all in the MassContent/jpegs directory on the server.
- After creating all the JPEGs it will correct for any multiples created due to thumbnails in the TIFFs.
- Spot check the output
- There should be 2 jpegs for every tiff. One ends in _128, and one in _2048.
- These correspond to the number of maximum pixels to a side. The one ending in "_128.jpg" is a thumbnail. The one ending in "_2048.jpg" is a large image used in display.
- Run linkContent in MassContent/scripts directory
- type in: `linkContent`
- This script asks for the collection number, looks at all the "_2048" size jpegs in the jpeg directory that belong to this collection, and asks you a series of questions.
- It will look through your match file, find the box/folder for each item, make sure there's at least one large jpeg for it, and match up filenames with their box/folder location in the finding aid.
- Once the item is located in the EAD, it will obtain a persistent identifier link for each item from the Mysql database, and update the EAD in the EAD directory.
- It will also generate the MODS file for the item, using the "unittitle" for the folder as a prefix for "Item x" in the item title, filling out the template, and placing the new MODS (with new PURL) in the MassContent/MODS directory. The unmodified EAD version will have been copied to the MassContent/backups directory.
- This script depends upon a template specifically developed for your collection in the templates directory; without it, this will fail.
- Check the output file
- Look in the output directory for the latest Linking_README file (they are timestamped). Look for "ERROR" and note any warnings. If necessary, make repairs to files and rerun.
- If the EAD was trashed, the previous copy was placed in the backups directory with a timestamp on it. You can replace the trashed one with the previous version and rerun if you need to.
- Run makeMassLive in MassContent/scripts directory
- type in: `makeMassLive`
- This script distributes the jpegs and MODS in Acumen.
- It will delete the local copies of MODS and jpegs, so you can reuse the same directories over and over.
- Watch for errors on the command line.
- Run findMissing in UploadArea/scripts directory
- move up to the home area and down into the scripts directory there (cd ../../scripts), and run `findMissing`
- This script will hunt through Acumen to make sure there is a MODS file for every item, and at least one derivative for each MODS file. Any errors will be found in the output file written to the scripts/output directory.
- If errors are found, regenerate those MODS and/or JPEGs/MP3s and rerun makeMassLive. Then run this script again to ensure all errors have been remedied.
- Run moveMassContent in MassContent/scripts directory
- return to MassContent area( cd ../MassContent/scripts) and type in: `moveMassContent'
- This script will check for a collection icon and for collection information (you can upload a new collection xml file if you need to make changes)
- It will copy the content to the deposits directory on the storage drive.
- After checking the copy, it will delete the version on the share drive, including empty scans directories. Thus, anything left behind did NOT make it to the storage drive for some reason; don't delete it.
- It also creates a timestamped output file in the MassContent/outputs directory, and it will put errors there, as well as indicate when it has completed.
- moveMassContent will also create OCR for content specified in the match file.
- Wait for indexing to occur
- This should happen overnight, unless Will has stopped automatic indexing or changed his indexing schedule.
- Check online to locate one of the files you just uploaded. For example, if one of them was u0003_0000555_0420123, then look for http://acumen.lib.ua.edu/u0003_0000555_0420123 -- if it's there, indexing completed.
- Run eadLive in MassContent/scripts directory
- This script copies the updated EAD to the web directory.
- It's important to wait for indexing to be complete so the links in the EAD are valid.
- Check the output file from the moveMassContent script
- Also check the directories on the share drive, to see if anything did NOT get moved successfully to the storage drive.
- If anything failed, rerun the script; if it still does not move the content, flag the directory with "_NotInStorage" added to its header, and report it to Jody.
- Check the website and make sure everything is hunky dory. :-)


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On the off chance you're crazy enough to seek out a triple jogging stroller like yours truly is doing, the BeBeLove Triple is one of the most affordable on the market. It has all the features you need for jogging, including a fixed front wheel (but be warned: you can't unlock it), foot and hand brakes and 5-point harnesses. I've also had some serious luck scouring used baby gear sites, like eBay and Craigslist, for this big-ticket item. It's one of those things that you can find in fairly good condition, because somehow parents don't end up using it as much as they thought they would... crazy, right? (Walmart, $540).
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Organizations are permitted, however, to hold organizational business meetings. Participation in philanthropic activities must be specifically approved by the Office of Fraternity and Sorority Life.
"I understand this action will not be popular, but some of our Greek organizations' student leaders have expressed to us that it may be the best way to change our culture," said vice president of SDES Maribeth Ehasz in an email. "Some may ask, "Why are we being punished when we have done nothing wrong?' It is true that there are many model fraternity and sorority chapters at UCF. The community can seize this opportunity to be part of the solution, and I believe this decision will produce a thorough and timely change."
The school said chapter activities will resume when officials are satisfied that "Greek culture reflects the values of the UCF Creed and, more importantly, that we can ensure compliance with laws and university regulations governing hazing and alcohol."
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Local 6 first reported last week that Sigma Chi was temporarily suspended, pending an investigation, after a photo of alleged hazing was posted to a social media website. In November 2012, UCF's chapter of Alpha Tau Omega was suspended after a hazing allegation prompted an investigation. It's not clear if that prompted the halt of Greek activities.
Local 6 has confirmed through sources that UCF is also now investigating a second fraternity for alleged improprieties.
The university will engage members of the Greek community, including students, advisers, national organizations and chapter alumni, in conversations about the future of Greek Life at UCF.
"We also are encouraging chapters and national organizations to share best practices for promoting responsible behavior," UCF said on its website.
A recent estimate placed UCF with the second-largest student population, trailing only Arizona State University. Of those students, more than 3,100 UCF students participate in 48 recognized Greek organizations. Students will continue to live in UCF's 12 fraternity and sorority houses.
For a full list of which activities are prohibited or not, visit the SDES website.
Some students say they believe the sweeping cancellations are unfair.
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Others say the alcohol isn't only a problem in Greek life.
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In a statement, UCF discusses the legal authority to suspend Greek life at the university.
"UCF consulted with its General Counsel's Office and determined that the action taken today was within the university's scope of authority," the statement reads. "We look forward to discussing with students the importance of following the university's policies and state's laws regarding alcohol and hazing. The action taken today is a significant first step in the process."
The Board of Governors also released a statement on Wednesday, saying, "with the limited amount of information that we have today, it is impossible for us to weigh in on this issue."
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It was especially jaw-dropping since $200 billion in acquisitions by Pfizer PFE, +0.49% over the previous decade were accompanied by a sharp decline in its stock price.
In fact, Pfizer's chairman and CEO, Ian Read, appeared to rule out such giant acquisitions just two years ago in favor of cutting costs and returning money to shareholders.
But now, the Scottish-born chartered accountant has a grand plan to make over the dowdy pharmaceutical behemoth through a simultaneous mega-acquisition and a vast restructuring of Pfizer's businesses, plus relocating its corporate and tax domicile to the United Kingdom.
That could save Pfizer $1 billion in U.S. corporate taxes annually and free up tens of billions of dollars it has locked away abroad.
Amid a firestorm of criticism, Pfizer has now made a legally binding pledge to keep AstraZeneca's AZN, +1.28% British research facilities open for five years and to keep 20% of its research staff in the U.K.
But on Tuesday, Read acknowledged to British MPs that "there will be some job cuts" and reductions in the combined companies' research and development spending. He couldn't say "how much or how many or where," but I'll bet Pfizer's U.S. operations will take another hit.
Such grandiose deals rarely work out, and Pfizer's hugely ambitious megamerger, restructuring, and relocation make the odds even longer.
Yet Read should do fine no matter what: He could leave the company today with compensation, stock and benefits worth over $160 million, according to Equilar, a Redwood City, Calif.-based executive compensation and corporate governance data firm. That approaches the notorious $188 million departing CEO Hank McKinnell received back in 2006.
That was Pfizer's Decade of the Megamerger. In 2000, it paid $90.3 billion in stock to acquire Warner-Lambert and its super-blockbuster anticholesterol drug, Lipitor, which produced as much as $13 billion in annual revenue until it went off patent late in 2011.
Then in 2003, it acquired Pharmacia for $60 billion in stock. In 2009, it paid $68 billion in cash and stock for Wyeth, a deal then-CEO Jeffrey Kindler declared was not about "a single product or cost cutting." Pfizer promptly cut 15% of the combined companies' workforce, about 20,000 jobs.
In announcing the AstraZeneca deal, CEO Read declared: "Pfizer has a proven track record of successful acquisitions."
Really? A recent report by consultancy McKinsey & Co. said the Warner-Lambert deal "drove significant value creation for shareholders…, aided by the wildly successful growth of Lipitor." But, it declared, "the Pfizer-Wyeth merger resulted in an overall decrease in economic profit for Pfizer" — a 26% decline, McKinsey estimated.
Shareholders could be forgiven for not seeing any value at all. The stock dropped by nearly two-thirds from its all-time high in July 2000, shortly after the Warner-Lambert acquisition, through Oct. 15, 2009, when the Wyeth deal closed. That was much worse than the S&P 500 Index's 26% decline during that time.
Since 2000, Bloomberg reported, Pfizer has introduced just three "blockbuster" drugs (which generate more than $1 billion in annual sales), the same number as Bristol-Myers Squibb BMY, +1.00%, which spent a tenth of what Pfizer did on deals.
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One fact is as certain and as reliable as the granite foundation on which our state stands: New Hampshire's economy rests on the fate of our small businesses. It is almost impossible to overstate their importance. When small businesses flourish and prosper, all of New Hampshire prospers too; when they struggle, our economy struggles as well.
So it's sound policy to do everything we can to help them grow and expand. That is why I pay special attention to their needs. I have visited approximately 75 small businesses in the year and a half since I began serving as your Representative in Congress. I have talked with men and women who build their business from scratch. I have heard them tell me what Washington should be doing to help them, and how Congress needs to cut the red tape that is holding back many of them from expanding and growing. I have listened to their frustration over Washington's refusal to bring federal spending under control, and have heard how uncertainty and unpredictability (such as the Senate's ongoing refusal to pass a budget for three years in a row) is keeping them guessing about what could lie in store, and what impact it could have on their bottom line.
And I have responded to their concerns. I voted to approve budgets in 2011 and again this year. I have voted to approve more than 30 job-creating pieces of legislation — only to watch most of them sit idle in the Senate. I have voted to provide relief from job-choking over regulation and to place limits on the ability of federal bureaucrats to impose new rounds of red tape.
So I was deeply honored a couple of weeks ago when the National Federation of Independent Business presented me with a special award. This group has approximately 400,000 members nationwide, and advocates on behalf of small business interests. I was given the "Guardian of Small Business Award" in recognition of my voting record and efforts on behalf of New Hampshire's small businesses.
Thinking about it afterward, it occurred to me that every Congressman and Senator should be a guardian of small business. We have the responsibility, as your Representatives and Senators, to create the fiscal environment where small businesses have the opportunity to prosper and grow. Our nation's economy has always depended on the pioneering spirit of entrepreneurs to move us ahead. The visionaries, the risk-takers and the people with bold new ideas are the ones who keep us advancing and make us the envy of the world. It is not government's duty to determine which of these ventures succeeds or fails; it is up to the free market to determine that. But your government should create a fiscal atmosphere that encourages people to step forward and dare to take a risk. Because when those ventures succeed, new jobs are created, new salaries are created and there is increased opportunity for everyone.
We know what needs to be done, and I am proud of the lead the House of Representatives is taking to make it happen. But we cannot do it alone. We need the Senate and the White House to join with us. We need to set aside our differences and work together to create better opportunities for everyone. That is the approach I bring to serving as your Representative in Washington. And I want you to know this: I remain ready to work with anyone -in either party or in either house of Congress- to return our federal government to the basics of sound fiscal responsibility
I look forward to reporting back to you in two weeks on the latest developments in Washington. In the meantime, if I can be of service to you, or if you want to share your thoughts, suggestions or concerns with me, please call either my district office in Manchester at (603) 641-9536 or my Washington office at (202) 225-5456, or contact me through my website at www.Guinta.House.Gov.
You can also follow what I'm doing 24/7 on Facebook at www.facebook.com/repfrankguinta and on Twitter at @RepFrankGuinta.
Until next time, please know that I am always on your side and am actively fighting for New Hampshire's interests in Washington.
U.S. Rep. Frank Guinta
Frank Guinta on standing up for small business
One fact is as certain and as reliable as the granite foundation on which our state stands: New Hampshire's economy rests on the fate of our small businesses. It is almost impossible to overstate their importance. When small businesses flourish and prosper, all of New Hampshire prospers too; when they struggle, our economy struggles as well.


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Enjoying great glory across a variety of appellations ...
Enjoying great glory across a variety of appellations, Grenache thrives in any warm, Mediterranean climate where ample sunlight allows its clusters to achieve full phenolic ripeness. The grape typically produces full-bodied reds interestingly light in both color and tannins. While it can make a charmingly complex single varietal wine, it also lends well to blending. Grenache's birthplace is Spain (there called Garnacha) where it remains important, particularly in Priorat where winemakers enjoy great liberties in blending Grenache with other varieties. Today it might be most well associated with the red blends of the Southern Rhône, namely Châteauneuf-du-Pape, Côtes du Rhône and its Villages. The Italian island of Sardinia produces bold, rustic Grenache (there called Cannonau) whereas in California, Washington and Australia, Grenache has achieved popularity both flying solo and in blends.
In the Glass
In sufficiently warm conditions, Grenache produces smooth and generous wines that are loaded with strawberry, cherry blackberry, purple plum and in the richest examples, even cocoa, black tea or licorice.
Perfect Pairings
Despite its bold flavors, Grenache has very mild-mannered tannins, which makes it eminently quaffable on its own, yet easy to match with food. Because of its friendly nature, Grenache is the ultimate barbecue red, pairing happily with lamb chops, pork loin or tri-tip. Unlike most other full-bodied reds, Grenache's low tannin level ensures that it will not easily be fazed by a bit of spice.
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Sardinia is often revered for its association with a long and healthy life. Residents of the Italian island often live well into their 90s and beyond, crediting this to their antioxidant-rich red wines, like Cannonau, along with their healthy Mediterranean diet.
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Asthmatic Kitty Clarifies: It Never Meant To 'Guilt' Fans Into Avoiding Amazon
from the words-are-futile-devices deptA few weeks back, we had written about the small indie label Asthmatic Kitty, who earlier this year, had impressed us with a really forward-looking attitude, when it came to the music industry, saying (in part):
I operate under the conviction that people buy records because they want to own them, not because they want to hear them. It is too easy these days to hear a record without having to buy it. I don't resent that fact, rather I feel we at Asthmatic Kitty embrace it through streaming albums and offering several free mp3s (even whole free albums). And why do they want to own it? They want it to illustrate to others their taste and identify who they are as a person. I also believe they want to be part of something bigger than themselves, they want to belong.So, we were disappointed last month when the label appeared to have sent out an email concerning the release of the band's biggest act, Sufjan Stevens, suggesting that Amazon's promotion of the album for $3.99 was somehow devaluing the music, telling fans:
Our job is no longer to sell folks things they want to hear. They want an experience and to identify themselves as part of a community. Ownership then becomes a way of them supporting your community through investing in that community. Fostering that in an honest, transparent and "non-gross" way takes a combination of gracefulness, creativity and not taking oneself too seriously, while still taking art and music seriously.
We also feel like the work that our artists produce is worth more than a cost of a latte. We value the skill, love, and time they've put into making their records. And we feel that our work too, in promotion and distribution, is also valuable and worthwhile.This seemed like a bit of an about-face, and we were also confused as to why the label would allow Amazon to promote its album if they didn't like the price. I also wondered if such promotional discounts even impacted the label's bottom line, as everything I'd heard suggest the labels still got the same cut on such discounted albums as they normally would.
John Beeler, who works for Asthmatic Kitty, now points us to an interview with the label's A&R guy, Michael Kaufmann, where he more or less admits that the label goofed in how it presented the email, and that it was never intended as a guilt trip or to suggest there was anything bad about the Amazon promotion. In fact, he now claims, they were actually excited about the Amazon promotion:
Unfortunately we poorly communicated this point. As Sufjan sings, "words are futile devices." When we first heard about the potential Amazon deal we were very excited to participate. For a small label like our own this was a great opportunity for essentially free marketing. It is a great program, Amazon is doing this as a loss leader, and therefore we still make the same amount of money we would have made at the regular sale price.That makes a lot of sense, and I apologize for contributing to blowing the story out of proportion, and apparently not providing the proper context, which I was unaware of at the time. I'm still a little confused about the claims in the original email about the "value" of music, but I understand that's a different discussion. In the meantime, the label seems back to recognizing that it's important to connect with fans in whatever manner possible, rather than guilting them:
So I am sure many folks are thinking, "What in the world is our problem?" What gave us pause was that we were also offering the album at a higher price and we wanted to make sure our customers knew that it would be available for half that price on street date through Amazon. We wanted to be honest and transparent about the coming deal so that folks who preordered at a higher price didn't feel like they have been misinformed, or had a lack of information to make an informed choice.
We never wanted to impose any sort of guilt on our consumers. To me this is in large part of what the record industry has been doing wrong: criminalizing music lovers. However, the message when taken away from the intended audience and often taken out of context read as if we were guilting people into buying direct from us. This was certainly not our intention, and if we had known this was how it was going to be perceived, we certainly would not have sent the email.
What we wanted to do was provide choices. And in the process we thought it would be an interesting opportunity to give food for thought on the perceived worth (or value) of an album. But that discussion should have taken place in a different context. The intent was certainly not to criticize of Amazon's approach. Rather, we hoped to spark conversation and examination of our methods of doing business real time with our customers. We didn't realize this spark was going to blow something up in our faces. Again, what we intended as a cursory thought of the email became the main focus of its criticism.
We want them to have the opportunity to hear our releases. We want them to have the opportunity to listen. We want them to take active part in deciding what it is worth to them to own our music by deciding how they purchase. The last thing we want to do is dictate price or guilt someone into a particular point of sale. That is pretentious for us to think we even can. It is a complex mechanism that involves supply, demand and all the other facets that make a market economy. We have our opinion, but that isn't meant to be an authoritative statement.
We do want to encourage folks to support us, and they are supporting us whether they buy it from Amazon, iTunes, eMusic, Bandcamp or from their local record store. So ultimately their decision of where they buy and how much they pay is trivial, because they chose to support us in an age where it is so easy to just download for free.
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Senior captain becomes first Buccaneer to be named First Team selection
KANSAS CITY, Kan. (Dec. 9, 2011) – Senior forward Aaron Schoenfeld (Knoxville, Tenn.) made Buccaneer history on Friday, becoming the first member of the ETSU men's soccer team to be named a NSCAA All-South Region First Team selection.
The All-South Region honor is the second of Schoenfeld's career, having been named to the Second Team after the Bucs' 2010 championship campaign. Former Buc Guilherme Reis (Belo Horizonte, Brazil) joined Schoenfeld as the other ETSU selection that year, earning the program its first two All-South Region selections.
Schoenfeld is one of two student-athletes from the Atlantic Sun Conference named to the 2011 First Team list, joining Stetson's Jonathan Mendoza. In total, the A-Sun had seven All-South Region selections as FGCU's Josey Portillo and Jacksonville's Tobias Hottner were given Second Team honors, and FGCU's Chirstian Raudales and Stetson's Luis Ocejo and Gonzalo DeMujica were named to the Third Team.
This year, Schoenfeld scored seven goals, tallied a team-leading five assists and notched 19 points as ETSU registered its second-consecutive 10-win season and advanced to its second-consecutive Atlantic Sun Tournament Championship final. One of the senior's many clutch performances of the 2011 season came October 29, when ETSU needed a win over conference foe USC Upstate to earn a spot in the A-Sun Tournament. With ETSU trailing 1-0 with less than 16 minutes to play, Schoenfeld assisted junior Alesi Osorio (Austin Texas) on the equalizer, before sending the Bucs through to the A-Sun Tournament a few minutes later with the seventh game-winning goal of his career.
Schoenfeld will leave ETSU with 20 goals, seven game-winners, 10 assists and 50 points as the program's all-time leader in each category. His 68 starts is also first in program history, and his 72 games played and 5,357 minutes of action ranks second only to fellow departing senior Ronnie Westbrook (Round Rock, Texas).
For more information on ETSU men's soccer, please visit ETSUBucs.com and click on the men's soccer links.Complete NSCAA All-South Region First TeamGK Alec Kann FurmanD Matthew Hedges North CarolinaD Lee Williams Appalachian StateD Walker Zimmerman FurmanM Coleton Henning FurmanM Enzo Martinez North CarolinaM Jonathan Mendoza StetsonM Kirk Urso North CarolinaF Aaron Schoenfeld ETSUF William Schuler North CarolinaF James Wanger Duke


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All the Rage
Time Out says
Theater review by Adam Feldman
[Note: This is a review of the 2013 production of All the Rage at the Peter Jay Sharp Theater. The play returns in 2019 for an encore run at the Barrow Group Theatre.]
Anger is relatively easy for most actors to play: It's up-front and immediate, and exciting to watch. In his new solo show, All the Rage, Martin Moran assumes the harder task of examining his lack of fury. "To be truly free, honey, you've got to get in touch with your anger," his mother once advised him—explaining the punching bag she'd hung in the garage post-divorce—and Moran has plenty to fume about: His 2004 monologue, The Tricky Part, dealt with sexual abuse he suffered as a confused Catholic teenager. But The Tricky Part was compelling precisely because of its ambivalence about that experience; in All the Rage, Moran explains away the mystery of his equanimity in an extended not-mad scene.
As befits an actor who starred in his high-school production of Godspell, Moran offers a gentle, good-natured message of sympathetic understanding that boils down to Jesus' plea from the cross in Luke ("Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do"). His story includes trips to Las Vegas (for his dad's funeral) and South Africa (where he reflects on the implications of Pangaea), plus a description of his volunteer work as a translator for a Chadian torture survivor. Directed by Seth Barrish with plenty of homey touches, including a blackboard that becomes a collage of mementos, the show is not so much in touch with anger as in touchy-feel with it; Moran is light-footed and engaging onstage, but his writing has a homiletic and mildly self-congratulatory air. "Nice is okay," Moran says, describing the vicarious thrill of seeing a woman scream at a Humvee on the Upper West Side. "But let's admit it: Anger is awesome." All the Rage, let's admit it, is nice.
Peter Jay Sharp Theater (Off Broadway). By Martin Moran. Directed by Seth Barrish. With Moran. Running time: 1hr 20mins. No intermission.
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Militants including a suicide bomber attacked the office of a senior official in Pakistan's northwestern city of Peshawar on Monday, killing five people, officials said.
The top political official, Mutahir Zeb, for the northwestern tribal district of Khyber was holding a meeting in his office but was not hurt in the attack.
Khyber, part of Pakistan's semi-autonomous tribal belt on the Afghan border, is currently in the grip of stepped-up fighting as part of a long-running military operation against the Taliban and other Islamist insurgents.
At least five people were killed when a suicide bomber blew himself up near the entrance to the Peshawar complex, which also contains cells where police detain suspected militants, officials said.
"We have five dead. Seven are injured. They have been admitted with serious injuries," Jamal Shah, spokesman for the Lady Reading Hospital.
"The dead include four security officials and one civilian, an old man of about 60," he added.
Some officials suggested the militants staged the attack to free detainees and unconfirmed reports indicated that some prisoners may have escaped.
Muhammad Iqbal Afridi, local leader in the opposition Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party headed by former cricket star Imran Khan, told AFP that he heard heavy gunfire.
"We were inside the office when we heard gun shots. Suddenly firing started and then they hurled some grenades," Afridi said.
"Then there was intense exchange of firing between the militants and the security forces. Later, security forces evacuated us from the building. While leaving, I saw two dead bodies and blood everywhere," he added.
Witnesses said there had been three attackers. Security officials told AFP that soldiers were combing the area for the other two.
"One of them blew himself up, killing two local police officials and a search is on for other suspected suicide bombers," one of the officials said.
Violence has recently increased in Peshawar as Pakistan prepares to hold historic general elections by mid-May, which will mark the first time an elected civilian government completes a full-term in office.


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U.S., Europe Seek to Cool Currency Jitters
Amid Worries Over Japan Policy, Some G-7 Officials Discuss Underlining Commitment to Market-Driven Exchange Rates
U.S. and European financial policy makers are discussing issuing a joint message designed to head off a potentially destabilizing round of currency devaluations, according to people familiar with the talks.
The discussions follow comments in recent months from Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his aides implying they were targeting a specific exchange rate. This rhetoric, and a sharp drop in the yen, have sparked warnings from Latin America to Europe about a looming currency war in which nations devalue their currencies...


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AT mealtime, I turn into a vaudevillian. The Contortionist. Dr. Airplane. Maestro the Great.
"I will make this bite of avocado disappear — in your mouth!"
My lovely assistant is my daughter, Mirabel, age 22 months, strapped into a highchair. She might well demur, pursing her lips. Or sometimes she'll meet my overture with raised arms and a single word: "Out!"
It's a challenge that will be familiar to anyone who has tried to feed a baby developing both a palate and free will.
Enter Neil Grimmer, who wants to smooth out an age-old family power dynamic by empowering children.
Mr. Grimmer, 40, is the chief executive of Plum Organics, one of the pioneers of a booming new business: food pouches for babies and toddlers. The pouches have little plastic spouts at the top from which a mix of organic fruits, veggies and grains (about 100 calories' worth) can be sucked. Now our children can eat on the run, too.
Since Plum Organics, in Emeryville, Calif., introduced the pouches in 2008, the category has taken off with competitors. In the last year or so, even big names like Gerber and Earth's Best have gotten into the act. So have boutique companies like Ella's Kitchen, Happy Baby and Sprout Baby Food.Continue reading the main story
And although the pouches cost $1.40 to $2, nearly double the price of food sold in a jar (a difference that reflects, in part, higher production costs), major retailers like Safeway, Target, Whole Foods and Babies "R" Us are stocking up.
Mr. Grimmer believes the pouch's popularity can be attributed to the emergence of a new way of relating to our children. He calls it "free-range parenting."
Parents, he explained, want to be as flexible as modern life demands. And when it comes to eating, that means doing away with structured mealtimes in favor of a less structured alternative that happens not at set times, but whenever a child is hungry.
What Mr. Grimmer is selling, he said, is a way to facilitate that: mobile food technology for the modern family.
"It's on-the-go snacking, on-the-go nourishment," he said. "It moves with kids and puts the control in their hands. The Gerber generation was raised on the idea that baby food in a glass jar was the pinnacle of health. We're challenging that notion."
Gerber, by the way, doesn't concede that last point. Apparently, there is a new generation of Gerber Babies who are reveling in the control that food pouches give them, a claim echoed by other pouch manufacturers.
Maureen Putman, chief marketing officer of Hain Celestial Group, the company that makes Earth's Best baby food, said: "As a child becomes more independent and wants to self-feed, the pouches are mom's answer. They definitely give the child a little bit of control and confidence."
But they also raise questions about some of our most basic assumptions to do with how we feed our children and who is in control. By handing our toddlers the keys to the kitchen, are we inviting a whole new set of problems down the road?
I'm not alone in feeling conflicted about this. Even some of Mr. Grimmer's employees have their moments of doubt.
Sangita Forth, 37, vice president of brand marketing, said she loves using the pouches as snacks for her 3-year-old daughter and 5-year-old son. But when she uses them as a substitute for a sit-down meal (something that happens occasionally, she said), she has mixed feelings.
"Is it the ideal scenario?" she said. "No. But as a mom, I know at least I'm giving them a healthy alternative. The mind-set now isn't that you have to be the perfect mom, but that you're doing the best you can."
Alissa Bushnell, 45, said she keeps a pouch in her bag so she can give it to her 4 ½-year-old daughter during the drive home from school. "I've got 20 minutes in the car with a hungry kid," said Ms. Bushnell, a public relations consultant who lives in a rural town in Northern California and doesn't have time to prepare an alternative. She equates the pouch to having a back-seat TV in the car: a convenient distraction in harried times.
When Mr. Grimmer and his wife, Tana Johnson, came up with the idea for Plum Organics, they weren't thinking about any of this. All they wanted was to get their baby girls to eat lunch.
Busy parents, they had put their children in day care by the time they were 6 months old, sending them off each day with a box of home-cooked fruits and grains and vegetables — food that would often return uneaten, without the parents there to sell it. But when they tried puréeing the food, in a precursor to the pouch, the box came back empty.
Mr. Grimmer, a triathlete and former executive at Clif Bar, a maker of energy bars, soon realized he had made a discovery that might appeal to other parents. "I'd argue that even if we weren't working full time, we're all moving at the speed of light," he said. Long work days, beckoning smartphones, hyper-efficiency. "We want to make sure we're able to move at the right speed, but also do the right thing for our kids."
The proof seems to be in the pudding. Plum Organics conservatively estimates that its sales of pouches for babies, toddlers and children will be $53 million in 2012, up from around $4,800 when it put out its first pouches in 2008.
Other companies are reporting similar results. Gerber said the sales of its new lines of pouches for babies and toddlers are growing at double-digit rates. And Earth's Best said its pouch sales are growing at "triple-digit rates" (sales in grocery stores grew 372 percent in the last year, the company reported) and that the popularity of the pouches is one of the major reasons their sales of organic baby food grew 41 percent in the last three months, despite falling birthrates, even as baby food sales in general have remained flat.
ON one level, certainly, the pouch is irresistible. How much time have I spent trying to sell one of my children on a piece of Colby cheese? And while my wife and I aren't particularly neurotic, we are not above hearing what I think is a fairly common refrain running through most parents' heads: "My child hasn't eaten in hours and will die on my watch!"
The pouches came out about a year after the birth of our son, Milo, who is now almost 4, and he has tried them on occasion. But Mirabel, his little sister, is a full-fledged member of the pouch generation. After gymnastics class one Saturday morning, when she'd had little breakfast, she slurped down a mash-up of blueberry, pear and purple carrot. The next afternoon, on the way to a party, after a skipped lunch, it was a mixture of zucchini, banana and amaranth.
And then there was the recent night when my vaudeville act failed and I acceded to her cry of "Out!" only to discover that, moments later, my wife had given the freed girl a Yogurt Mish Mash pouch with berries, bananas and beets. She ate it while jumping around the living room, playing trampoline.
Watching her jump and eat, I was struck by several thoughts simultaneously. One, kids aren't supposed to move and eat, are they? Two, if my children don't sit at the table, how will they ever learn manners? (Will they be cast out of polite society, like pirates or hoofed animals?) And three, aren't meals part of the glue that's supposed to hold a family together? Are we in such a hurry to do things efficiently that we're expediting the transition to the can-I-have-the-car-keys diaspora?
I put the pouch question to Brian Wansink, a professor and director of the Food and Brand Lab at Cornell University, and author of "Mindless Eating: Why We Eat More Than We Think."
He's decidedly mixed about it. On the plus side, he said, the pouch promotes nutrition and gives children choice, moving us away from "a generation of a certain kind of discipline and of a clean-your-plate attitude" that was less flexible in its ideas about child-rearing and life.
But "it's going to create a lot of self-absorbed kids," he said.
It also eliminates structure around eating, which he doesn't like: "At age 3, it's a packet of vegetables," he said. "At age 13, it's the chips or candy bar they think they deserve."
Dr. Wansink and his wife have three children under the age of 6, and he advocates keeping children at the table and power struggles at bay by "taking the attention off the food." At night, each member of his family answers four questions: What was the high point of the day? What was the low point? Whom did he or she most appreciate? And what direction is your compass pointing tomorrow?
"It takes tremendous resolve by parents to say, 'Mealtime is mealtime,' " he added. Even if meals are not always shared with Dad, as is often the case in Dr. Wansink's family, because he travels a lot for work.
I consulted next with Edward Abramson, a psychologist who studies eating habits and is the author of "It's Not Just Baby Fat." First of all, he told me, "Stop worrying, your children will not starve if they miss a meal."
Like Dr. Wansink, he also prefers structured mealtimes, which he said promote long-term nutritional health by creating boundaries when it comes to food.
But he acknowledged that there are realities to contend with: most children lack the attention span to sit for long periods of time, and nearly all parents are busy and need help feeding their children efficiently.
It wasn't the first time I had heard that last bit. True, the pouches allow children to be mobile, but their real appeal may be that they allow us to be mobile, too.
I went back to Mr. Grimmer and put the question to him: Is this about our children, or about us?
The pouch "is about recognizing the moment we live in," he told me. "We have ideal selves as parents, but there are also real moments as parents" — I assumed he was referring to those less-than-ideal times when distractions like work make cooking food or cajoling a toddler to eat it almost impossible — "and you need to find solutions."
One solution, I suggested, might be returning to the proverbial baby food jar, the every-night enforced sit-downs we used to have back when we weren't moving so fast.
No, he replied, that ship has sailed. And not just for us, but for our children, too. "My kids are more scheduled than I am as C.E.O.: soccer, ballet, theater."
Regular mealtimes just add one more item to the schedule, he said, whereas the pouch supports "those moments and gaps when they can truly be unscheduled. It's about supporting the idea that they don't have to have every last second structured."
As Ms. Putman, of Earth's Best, put it: "We're always asking more from our children. They're expected to be involved in so many activities, sports and music and language classes. How do you fit a meal in in between?"
Her conclusion: "It's just necessary to live life on the go."
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Dec 18, 2013, 11:51 ET
GSA issues RFI to collect industry feedback
WASHINGTON, Dec. 18, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The U.S. General Services Administration's (GSA) released a Request for Information (RFI) today seeking industry feedback and demonstrated best practices in facility maintenance and operations to assist the agency with the development of a new government-wide Building Maintenance and Operations (BMO) services program, such as HVAC, elevator maintenance, janitorial services, grounds maintenance, and utilities.
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- In 2013, Building Maintenance and Operations was selected as one of five new commodity categories to be considered as a Federal Strategic Sourcing Initiative (FSSI).
- GSA is currently developing a governmentwide program designed to improve the way the federal government purchases and manages these types of services, which could include:
o HVAC
o electrical
o elevator
o road work
o janitorial
o landscaping
o pest control
o waste management
o utilities
- Small and local business utilization is a major focal point of the development of this building maintenance and operations program. The agency is committed to creating opportunities for small businesses.
GSA's Federal Acquisition Services (FAS) Commissioner Tom Sharpe
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"The federal government's portfolio of building assets contains more than double the square footage of the top five U.S. commercial real estate companies combined," said Federal Acquisition Service Commissioner Tom Sharpe, Jr. "This program has the opportunity to significantly change the way the government approaches the services used to maintain and operate its buildings and structures, saving money and streamlining processes."
Next Steps
For more information, and access to the RFI document and submittal instructions, click here. The RFI response period will close on January 17, 2014, and the agency will host a follow-up Building Maintenance and Operations "Industry Day" next month to discuss the government's strategy and provide the opportunity for interested industry stakeholders.
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CLEVELAND -- Running back Trent Richardson started the Cleveland Browns' regular-season opener Sunday against the Philadelphia Eagles
Team sources confirmed the rookie running back would start before the game.
Richardson said Wednesday he felt ready to play in Week 1 after his full week of practice since undergoing a scope on his left knee on Aug. 9.
Linebacker Scott Fujita did not play after having his previous three-game suspension overturned Friday by an appeals panel. Team sources had said the linebacker was unlikely to play Sunday.
Fujita had been suspended for his alleged involvement in the New Orleans Saints' "bounty" program.
The Browns announced Fujita would not play vs. the Eagles and would remain on the exempt list.
The 10-year pro suffered a lower left leg injury in the Browns' preseason opener against the Detroit Lions and missed the ensuing three games. He did not practice with the Browns the past week as part of the terms of his suspension.Follow Albert Breer on Twitter @AlbertBreer.


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US Ambassador Stevens laid to rest Friday in Grass Valley
Staff Writer
Ambassador Chris Stevens, who was killed during a Sept. 11 attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya, was interred to his final resting place Friday morning at a cemetery in Grass Valley — the city where he was born.
Bathed in sunshine amid the bright autumn colors of the Sierra Nevada foothills, nearly 30 family members and close friends gathered at a family plot to bid farewell to the slain emissary, said Ellen Gibson, a relative and local resident.
"It was short, it was lovely and very private, and he was surrounded by his loved ones," Gibson said. "It was absolutely wonderful."
Friday's burial was the second observance of the ambassador's passing. A highly publicized memorial for Stevens took place Oct. 16 under the dome at San Francisco City Hall where family members and government officials mourned his passing. Another service will take place later this fall in Washington, D.C., according to a memorial website set up by his family.
"A number of Stevens are buried there," said Jan Stevens, the ambassador's father. "His grandfather and great-grandfather were buried there. His mother and I agreed it was the appropriate thing to do."
The California native reportedly died during an attack on the Benghazi consulate on the 11th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. Also killed in the consulate attack were a State Department computer expert and two security agents who were former Navy SEALs.
The events surrounding Stevens' death are at the heart of ongoing congressional hearings in the nation's capital. But in Grass Valley, Friday was not a day focused on the controversy.
"It was for his family to say goodbye," Gibson said. "That's what it was about."
Stevens and his two younger siblings were born in Grass Valley, where he would frequently return in his youth to visit his grandparents, Elmer and Marguerite Stevens, even though his father's work as California's assistant attorney general took him to the Bay Area.
"Chris loved Nevada County. He spent many happy days swimming in the Yuba (River), skiing at Donner Summit, jogging the trails and hiking with us," Jan Stevens said. "It was a formative part of his life. I think he felt a bond to Nevada County, an identity, and really appreciated the history and had ancestors who were part of the community."
Elmer "Chief" Stevens was a well known history and speech teacher at Grass Valley High School before it consolidated with Nevada City High School and became Nevada Union High School. His grandmother, Marguerite Stevens, taught Spanish and physical education at Nevada City High School.
"Chris' grandfather was very outgoing. His trips through the county with his grandkids were punctuated by stops to chat with his numerous friends and exchange 'Cousin Jack' stories," said Jan Stevens. "We like to think it was this example that led Chris to be so friendly and accessible on the Libyan streets."
Stevens, 52, moved to Davis soon after his birth and began his education at Pioneer Elementary School before moving to Piedmont, outside Oakland, where he attended high school. He graduated from Berkeley in 1982 after majoring in history.
"Elmer's father and grandfather were Cornish miners, and my dad had an abiding interest in California history that inspired him to co-found the Nevada County Historical Society," said Jan Stevens. "I believe it was that that gave Chris the interest in history and world affairs that led to his history degree at Berkeley."
The ambassador's father and mother, Mary Commanday, a retired Marin Symphony cellist who reportedly still has a Nevada City home, also obtained Berkeley degrees, according to the school's website.
As a young man, Stevens joined the Peace Corps and taught English in Morocco.
In his opening remarks to the United Nations General Assembly Sept. 25, President Barack Obama said it was in North Africa that Stevens came to love and respect the people of that region and the Middle East.
"He would carry that commitment throughout his life," said President Obama in the U.N. speech in which he referenced Grass Valley.
"As a diplomat, (Stevens) worked from Egypt to Syria, from Saudi Arabia to Libya. He was known for walking the streets of the cities where he worked — tasting the local food, meeting as many people as he could, speaking Arabic, listening with a broad smile," Obama said.
Arriving via a cargo ship, Stevens went to Benghazi in the early days of the Libyan revolution and was subsequently appointed as U.S. ambassador to that country in May.
"As America's representative, he helped the Libyan people as they coped with violent conflict, cared for the wounded and crafted a vision for the future in which the rights of all Libyans would be respected," Obama said. "And after the revolution, (Stevens) supported the birth of a new democracy, as Libyans held elections and built new institutions and began to move forward after decades of dictatorship."
Two weeks before the attack on the U.S. compound in Benghazi, Stevens traveled there to review plans to establish a new cultural center and modernize a hospital.
"In many ways, he never left Nevada County or the (Sierra)," said Jan Stevens. "I think he intended to come back some day."
An inmate work crew from the Wayne Brown Correctional Facility outside Nevada City attended to the Grass Valley cemetery prior to Friday's interment, said Nevada County Sheriff Keith Royal.
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The Daughters of the American Revolution also provided flowers to the ceremony.
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This firmware is not yet rooted, you can use your favorite rooting application for PC such as vRoot/iRoot/Kingoroot or you can use an APK file which is Kingroot to root your device.
All pictures below are just an example.
1. Bootloop
2. Damaged System UI
3. TP Upgrade only
4. Dead phone but it is detected in computer
5. Remove Gmail Account / Password / Pattern Lock (Alternative Way)
6. Privacy Protection Password Lock up
Firmware Here -->Alcatel One Touch Pop C7 7040E Part 1
Firmware Here -->Alcatel One Touch Pop C7 7040E Part 2
Firmware Here -->Alcatel One Touch Pop C7 7040E Part 3
Firmware Here -->Alcatel One Touch Pop C7 7040E Part 4
Alternative Driver --> AutoInstaller
"Extract the files to your desired folder"
"If you encounter error in flashtool, use different version of it."
"I suggest to use 32bit Windows OS for compatibility of the driver"
"You can also use 64bit version, just disable driver signing or driver signature before installing the driver."
Installing Driver with AutoInstaller
First try the Alternative Driver, which is the AutoInstaller. Just open the install.exe then it will automatically install the driver. To fully check if the driver is correctly installed in your computer.
Follow these steps:
- Turn off your phone (always powered off is a must)
- Press and hold volume up or down, or you can simple press the two button.
- Insert your USB cable without releasing the VOLUME button(s).
- In your computer, it must detect your phone and it will install the MTK Preloader or Mediatek USB VCOM driver.
- Repeat 1 to 4 if it does not detect your phone.
- If MTK Preloader/Mediatek USB VCOM Driver is installed you are good to go in flashing your phone ^_^
Reference Video using Driver Auto Installer (watch in HD)
Installing Manually using VCOM Driver
1. This is the first time that you will connect your phone and it will search for the correct driver.
3. If the driver is successfully installed MediaTek DA USB VCOM will appear in the New Hardware Wizard.
Reference Video Using FlashTool version 5.xxx (watch in HD)
3. After you load the file, FILL CUSTPACK, MOBILE_INFO, and other file. UNCHECK PRELOADER only (Never flash preloader), If you cannot proceed in flashing without PRELOADER include PRELOADER. Proceed at your own risk, press Press Download to Flash your Phone.
- Turn off your phone (always powered off is a must)
- Press and HOLD volume UP or Down or you can simply press it simultaneously
- Insert your USB cable without releasing the VOLUME button(s).
- Keep on repeating until Flashtool detected your phone.
Some workarounds:
- PMT_CHANGED error occur when firmware is not compatible with your phone. Sometimes your phone has a different board version. You should check it too, if your firmware is compatible with your phone.
- Try Firmware upgrade
- Try different version of flashtool
- Try to set Format All + Download
- Or try Manual Format first then Download.
If you encounter Privacy Protection Password:
- Open flash_tool.exe
- Load the scatter file
- Goto Format Tab
- Click on Format except bootloader
- Press Play/Start Icon
- Then remove battery
- Insert the battery again
- Insert the USB cable (you should hear a beep on your computer, and it should proceed in formatting.)
- After done formatting proceed in Flashing.
- Goto Download tab (I assume that you loaded the scatter file already)
- Uncheck PRELOADER (this is very important)
- Press Download
- Then remove battery
- Insert Battery again
- Insert the USB cable (you should hear a beep on your computer, and it should proceed in flashing or downloading the firmware in your phone.)
- Power ON the phone after flashing.
- Restore your IMEI.
For Invalid IMEI (Does not work in MT6571 SoC):
- Root your phone via vRoot/iRoot/Kingoroot or your preferred method in rooting you device. Your phone must be rooted first.
- Download MTKDroidsTool version 2.4.8 and version 2.5.3
- Enable your USB debugging in Developer Option (you also need this in rooting your phone via PC)
- Okay in your PC -- Open MTKDroidstool version 2.4.8 (Mtkdroidstool.exe) first. Make sure that you connected your phone already.
- Still in Mtkdroidstool -- Click ROOT
- In your phone -- A pop up dialogue will appear, just grant or allow it.
- In your PC -- If root shell is granted/allowed, Click in IMEI/NVRAM tab. If it is grayed out this is the time when you open the MTKDroidsTool version 2.5.3.
- Enter your original IMEI
- Click Replace
- Reboot your phone
1. Make sure you have MTKDROIDSTOOL version 2.4.8 or version 2.5.3 (you can search it in google)
I hope this tutorial help you. Please drop a comment if something is not clear to you.