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Australia's men swept into the hockey World Cup semi-finals with a 5-0 drubbing of England in The Netherlands on Saturday.
But the previously undefeated Hockeyroos lost to the home side 2-0 in women's Group A play.
New Zealand's women beat Japan 4-1 and will meet Australia on Monday to determine who goes through to the semi-finals with the Dutch.
In the Australian men's match, Matt Gohdes' strike inside the opening 30 seconds set the tone for a feast in a first half that finished with Kieran Govers scoring one of the goals of the tournament, knocking a Mark Knowles' aerial pass into the net with just one second of the half remaining.
In between, two of Australia's most decorated players - Athens Olympic gold medallists Liam De Young and Jamie Dwyer - showed their enduring talent; De Young knocking home a penalty corner rebound and Dwyer finishing from close range after Jake Whetton's unselfish pass across goal.
Aran Zalewski's surging run through the heart of the English defence just three minutes after the re-start made it 5-0, the result taking the undefeated Kookaburras to 12 points with one pool match remaining.
Their nearest challengers Belgium are three points behind after beating Spain 5-2 with England a further two back on seven.
India collected their first win with a 3-2 victory over Malaysia.
England and Belgium meet on Monday to fight for the other semi-final position from Pool A while the Kookaburras play India the same day.
"When I came to the ground I would have been happy with a draw because that was enough for us to qualify for the main games," said coach Ric Charlesworth.
"We now have the opportunity of a long break before the semi-final but the next game [against India] is important for us to play well again and start preparing for what will be a semi-final next Friday."
With Pool B a day behind, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Argentina and Germany are all still in the running to progress to the final four from the other half of the draw.
In the women's Pool A, The Netherlands improved to 4-0-0 for 12 points and a spot in the semis, while Australia remain second after their first defeat.
"In international hockey ... you have to take your chances. Unfortunately, we didn't take ours tonight and the Dutch were able to take theirs and they were very well taken at that, as well," said Hockeyroos coach Adam Commens.
Third on seven points are the South Koreans, who blasted Belgium 4-2 while New Zealand enjoyed a 4-1 victory over Japan to improve to 2-0-2 and six points.
New Zealand will take on Australia on Monday knowing they could advance to the semi-finals with a win and a loss by South Korea, who face the Netherlands.
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2012 Daily Bible Reading Chart
The 10-12 year old boys in my Bible Class really blessed me a few weeks ago when they excitedly announced they had begun daily Bible reading - ALL BY THEMSELVES! Can you believe that? I asked them who's idea it was first and they said their 15 year old brother! Marvel again! They couldn't wait to each tell me where they were in their reading. I was bowled over!
Obviously I want to do all I can to encourage this MOST worthy endeavor that has life long blessings. As human beings, and BUSY ones at that, I know how hard it can be to stick to something like this. I have often shared here how wonderful it was to read through the Bible last year, CHRONOLOGICALLY for the first time. It's like a new book! For me, having it all in order made such a difference on my understanding and I have loved it so much that I'm still doing it. I use reading programs at http://www.ewordtoday.com/year/ which allow you to pick what you want to read, how and what translation, also when you start. It's fantastic. Hope you try it!
Ok, back to the topic... so, knowing how hard this would be for them, first I offered my phone number for the many difficult words they would encounter and just to help in general. I also offered that they can write the words down and bring them to class if they prefer.
I wasn't surprised Sunday when I asked how they were doing to hear sad boys say they had let it slip. I told them that making ANY new good habit is difficult and takes a lot of effort, not to be discouraged. I recommended they read starting at Matthew instead of Genesis as it's easier. I hadn't said that when they began, because that's where they chose to start and I wanted to be 100% supportive. Again I invited phone calls.
I don't believe in bribery, but this is such a wonderful thing they are wanting to do, that would bless their entire lives, that I sat and brainstormed with my husband last night. This is what we came up with.
- A way to keep track of our progress keeps people encouraged. Just like the chart in class for attendance and doing their memory work, they need a chart they can tack up on their bedroom walls at home to keep track of their progress and keep encouraged. I personalized every chart for each child and printed ones with the name blank for any adults who would like to join us. I'm sharing the blank one with all of you today! To keep it cheap, they print in black and white on two 8.5 x 11 pages. You could print it on neon paper to make it more fun. God bless your efforts to get to know Him and how to please Him even more than you already know.
- Understanding they are young, have school and also weekly memory work for Bible class, I wanted it to be "doable". The requirement will be to read 5 verses of their choice each day and it can't include their memory work. If they do that, they can mark the box for that day on their chart. The boxes are the perfect size for small stickers or stamps or just check them off.
- I will design a poster to prominently displayed in the church. We are a very small fellowship, so I'm thinking right next to the door everyone comes and goes by. I wanted to call it, "Daily Bible Reading Challenge", but my husband says it will be called, "Honor Roll", so people will be motivated to participate and be on it.
- The first Sunday of each month, anyone who has marked off at least HALF the days in the month will bring their chart to church and be recognized from the pulpit. It's sad to make it only half the days and only five verses a day, but again, the important thing is to get people into reading daily. The rest is up to them and God. They will also get to add their name to the poster for that month and their names will be printed in an article about the project in the local newspaper each month. (So far, the newspaper will print small articles of special church events for free.) Encourage, encourage, encourage!!!
- Feeling that a year is too long for a child...LOL and many adults!...we decided that we would then divide the year into two six month sections. Anyone who had met the daily and monthly requirements for five out of six months of that period would then get to choose any Christian CD they want (that's available) and the church will award it to them in front of the assembly. We chose CDs because this really is about the young people and that's what they want. Most are from families where that is a luxury. It's also a good way to increase how much of their listening time is building up their walks with God.
I hope you will pray with me that God will touch hearts in our little fellowship, that many people, young and old, will participate and our relationships with Him will prosper this year. There is nothing to equal the value of having the Word of God living in you so that the Holy Spirit can bring it to your mind when you need it, whether for your own help or to help another. And there's no way to get the Word inside you other than reading it and hearing it.
How sad when people are satisfied with only the word or two from the Bible they get each week from a sermon. We don't live our lives seeing how little food we can survive on...why do we try to see how little of God's Word we can survive on, how little time spent with Him, how thin a relationship with Him? Remember, He has told us that He demands first place in our lives or we are not worthy to follow after Him. Matthew 10:37 It's something to think about, and pray about. Now go snag this great freebie!
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JCTC Trimble County Adult Education has been officially awarded a Proficient Rating by Kentucky Adult Education qualifying the program for student performance funding.
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Bill Adkins, who is running in the 4th Congressional District, believes the middle class has long been under assault by special interests. Middle class citizens do not have paid lobbyists protecting them—billion dollar corporations do. Without a strong middle class, the nation cannot survive. Bill Adkins will work for solutions to help defend and rebuild the middle class.
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The decision you make on who will represent us from the 4th Congressional District is very, very important. Bill Adkins is for 100 percent of the 4th and Kentucky. His opponent, Thomas Massie, is for special interest throughout the U.S. and ignoring you and me.
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I am worried about the state of our nation. I am fearful for my childrens' future. Every day "pop culture" mocks our country's history and the values America was founded on. News organizations, "think tanks" and the ivory towers of America's universities are asking "is the constitution still relevant?" Why is this happening? It is a leadership problem.
Thank you, thank you, thank you to everyone who made Charles Lindberg Taylor's 80th birthday celebration a great success. It is one he will never forget and it is all because of people like you that had a part in any way.
You will never be forgotten. May God bless each and every one of you!
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This letter goes out to band kids, parents and friends of Trimble County band program.
I must apologize for remarks that were put on Facebook recently. A great many issues have come before me and before I could think, some remarks were added to the band booster page.
Here is some information to clear up some issues:
On Aug. 14, I resigned as treasurer of the band booster organization for the following reason, MONEY.
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Populations of tiger, bull, dusky and other sea sharks have plummeted by more than 95 percent since the 1970s as fisherman kill the animals for their fins or when they scoop other fish from the ocean, according to an expert from the World Conservation Union, or IUCN.
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The numbers of many other large shark species have plunged due to increased demand for shark fins and meat, recreational shark fisheries, as well as tuna and swordfish fisheries, where millions of sharks are taken as bycatch each year, said Baum, a fellow at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography in San Diego.
Last year, IUCN put the great hammerhead, the largest of the nine species of hammerhead, on the Red List as "endangered." IUCN said in September that numbers of the shark in the eastern Atlantic may have crashed by 80 percent in the last 25 years.
Hammerhead meat has a very low value but the sharks are among the most endangered species because their fins are highly prized for the Asian delicacy shark-fin soup. In shark finning, fishermen chop the fins of the animals and dump the sharks back into the sea.
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ONE of the town's most senior figures was invited to Downing Street to meet the Prime Minister earlier this week in recognition of his hard work.
Doctor Nick Capstick, who is the CEO of the White Horse Federation, was among a handful of education leaders to receive an invite for an evening with David Cameron and other senior government officials.
Also present at the event was the education secretary Michael Gove, as well as Sir David Carter the Regional Schools Commiss-ioner for the South West and Dame Rachel D'Souza, CEO of the Inspiration Trust.
The reception was a celebration of pioneering figures in education who have achieved outstanding success in their profession.
It was also a thank you to those who have embraced the government's agenda for education reform.
The White Horse Federation is a Multi Academy Trust that sponsors six primary schools, one special school. The Ridge-way School recently came under its control.
The event was an informal drinks session at which each of the guest was given the opportunity to chat with Prime Minister David Cameron and Michael Gove.
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On Fridays, Deb Harkness of Good Wine Under $20 drops by with Serious Grape. This week, what to swill on Valentine's Day.
Admit it.
You're already trying to figure out what you're going to give your sweetie for Valentine's Day.
Most of us reach for Champagne or some other sparkling wine, and that's a wonderful, traditional choice.
But if it's romance you're looking for, why not consider a bottle of dessert wine instead? They come in white, red, and rosé versions, and one will pair perfectly with your plans for dessert.
Dessert wines are some of the least understood wines on the market. In part that stems from the mystery of how they're made. Dessert wines can be produced in a number of ways: by letting the grapes hang on the vines until they develop a fungus known as "noble rot"; by harvesting the grapes late, so that the sugar builds in the flesh and juice; by permitting the grapes to freeze, thus concentrating their sugars; and even by picking the grapes and letting them dry in the sun to concentrate their flavors.
No matter the method, dessert wines should never be cloyingly sweet. They should always have enough acidity in the wine to keep the sweetness in check. And, as a general rule, your wine should always be more sweet than the dessert.
Here are my picks for dessert wines perfect for Valentine's Day, with some pairing suggestions. Please note, most dessert wines are sold in 375ml bottles (a good size for sharing with the one you love).
2005 Dry Creek Vineyard Soleil Late Harvest ($25, 375 ml): A golden wine with delicious aromas of crushed rose petals, apricots, and honey. Flavors of apricot crumble, with a fresh finish. Not cloying or overly sweet, there is good acidity relative to the sugar. Pair with fruit crumbles and ice cream, or fruit pie. (find this wine)
2005 Tablas Creek Vin de Paille ($65, 375 ml): Amazing aromas of nectar, honey, and white peach, followed by applesauce, cream, honey, and peach jam flavors. Wonderful acidity keeps it from being cloying. Made with Grenache Blanc, Marsanne, and Viognier. Pair with blue cheese and pears, or a poached pear with chocolate sauce. (find this wine)
2003 Castelnau de Suduiraut ($13-$26, 375ml): An extremely good and affordable Sauternes, this wine had aromas of pineapple, coconut, and honey. The flavors were reminiscent of pineapple dipped in honey, and the flavors deepened as the wine was exposed to air. Get some vanilla cupcakes with coconut icing to go with this. (find this wine)
2005 Tablas Creek Vin de Paille "Sacrérouge" ($45, 375ml): Made with 100% Mourvedre, this wine knocks you over with its dark chocolate and cocoa nib aromas. Then the flavors of chocolate extract and cherry follow, leaving a dusty, cocoa powder finish. Perfect with raspberry or dark chocolate desserts. (find this wine)
2004 Core Wine Company Candy Core ($18, 375ml): Made from late harvest Grenache, there are herbal notes in the aromas and flavors, and a sweet plum center. Sweet, but not over the top. Good with molten chocolate cake, Black Forest cake. (find this wine)
2008 Innocent Bystander Pink Moscato ($10-$17, 375ml): This great dessert wine has a little spritz, it's sweet, and it's all too drinkable. The beautiful pink color hints at the aromas of peach and strawberry which are echoed in the flavors. Good with dark chocolate, fruit desserts, or simple cookies such as madeleines. (find this wine)
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Please provide comments to the issue below as part of the 2012 WCB cost model virtual workshop for inclusion in the record. Comments are moderated for conformity to the workshop's guidelines.
Hybrid Cost Proxy Model: The HCPM sizes inter-office transport based on voice connections. The model assumes the use of state-of-the-art SONET rings. The Commission concluded there should be an allocation of a reasonable portion of the joint and common costs of the switching and inter-office functions to the cost of providing the supported services, i.e., voice telephony. Moreover, the model uses the Local Exchange Routing Guide (LERG) database to determine host-remote relationships.
CQBAT: The CQBAT model uses a tandem switch—central office switch relationship to determine which central offices tie to which aggregation points. This information comes from the LERG database. The model assumes Ethernet-based fiber connections among wire centers and between wire centers and tandem switches, including the use of reconfigurable optical add-drop multiplexers (ROADMs) and wave division multiplexing (WDM) gateways. Additionally, the model connects each hierarchy to the nearest (lowest cost) Internet access point regardless of ownership. The CQBAT model also uses routing along roads to determine the cost of deploying fiber to make connections, and includes Broadband Remote Access Servers (BRAS) and/or gateway costs.
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- How much of the cost of deploying fiber to provide inter-office transport should be allocated to the end-users being modeled (e.g., special access and Ethernet services)?
- The approach that CQBAT uses for inter-office transport cost is similar to what was used for the National Broadband Plan.
- If we adopt a green-field model, this appears to be a reasonable approach. Is there any reason to deviate from CQBAT's approach to modeling inter-office transport? Should any modifications be made?
- If we adopt a brown-field model, what approach should be used? What should be presumed to already exist? What proportion of such costs would be appropriate to include?
- Federal-State Joint Board on Universal Service, Forward-Looking Mechanism for High Cost Support for Non-Rural LECs, CC Docket Nos. 96-45, 97-160, Fifth Report and Order, 13 FCC Rcd 21355, paras. 76, 77 (1998) (Platform Order).
- Federal-State Joint Board on Universal Service, Forward-Looking Mechanism for High Cost Support for Non-Rural LECs, CC Docket Nos. 96-45, 97-160, Tenth Report and Order, 14 FCC Rcd 20291, para. 320 (1999) (Inputs Order).
- Federal Communications Commission, The Broadband Availability Gap, Omnibus Broadband Initiative Technical Paper No. 1, 114-22 (2010), http://www.broadband.gov/plan/broadband-working-reports-technical-papers.html (OBI Technical Paper No. 1).


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With More Adults Getting Acne, New Treatment Uses Light
Researchers are working on better ways to treat acne by harnessing the healing properties of light.
Acne is the most common skin condition in the U.S., affecting 40 million to 50 million people at any one time. A growing number of adults report suffering from it, according to the American Academy of Dermatology, and the reasons aren't clear. Adults may be more aware of their acne, which leads them to seek treatment, or certain products may aggravate the condition, dermatologists say. In a study of 1,013 people, 15% of women and 7% of men over 50 reported having acne.
Light, administered alone or with pharmaceuticals, offers fresh options to acne patients for whom existing treatments often are either too powerful or not powerful enough. There is no hard evidence that ultraviolet light, which is blocked by most sunscreens, is beneficial for acne, or that recent increased use of sunscreen has led to higher incidence of adult acne.
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With adults making up a growing portion of acne sufferers, pricey therapies that make use of a skin cream and light have come to the fore.
- Antibiotics: Widely used. The whole-body 'systemic' treatment helps kill bacteria and reduce inflammation.
- Topical treatments: Widely used. Some help kill bacteria and others reduce oil.
- Isotretinoin: A powerful systemic treatment known to kill all forms of acne but can have severe side effects.
- Combination treatments: Widely used. Therapies are primarily combinations of topical treatments that work in tandem to target different aspects of acne. Several combinations exist, and ongoing research is actively looking into others.
- Lasers: Lasers work directly on acne through methods such as targeting the water in cells and prompting the body to produce new, smoother collagen. A variety of lasers of different wavelengths are on the market.
- Light therapy: Known as photodynamic therapy, the treatment uses a cream containing an amino acid that targets acne. It is activated by light of a certain wavelength to kill cells. One type of photodynamic therapy exists on the market for acne; others are in development.
- Virus: Very early-stage research at the University of California Los Angeles and the University of Pittsburgh is investigating whether a virus that naturally infects the bacterium that causes acne can be harnessed to control and kill acne bacteria once it gets inside.
Sources: American Academy of Dermatology; Elma Baron, Case Western Reserve University; David Pariser, Eastern Virginia Medical College; Graham Hatfull, University of Pittsburgh
Common acne treatments include topical creams and oral medications, such as antibiotics and isotretinoin, known in the U.S. by its brand name Accutane. Some patients, though, don't respond to existing treatments or experience negative side effects. Some don't like the idea of taking drugs that affect the whole body in order to treat the skin.
For these patients, scientists are trying to develop better options. In a procedure known as photodynamic treatment, which has been studied for years, certain pharmaceutical ingredients that are sensitive to light can kill acne when turned on by specific light wavelengths. It hasn't yet been approved by the Food and Drug Administration as an acne treatment, though it has been approved for other skin conditions.
Other research is focused on figuring out new or better combinations of existing treatments. Early-stage research, at the University of California Los Angeles and the University of Pittsburgh, is looking into attacking acne through novel action mechanisms, such as harnessing viruses that naturally infect the acne-causing bacterium, which is known as Propionibacterium acnes.
The common term "acne" refers to several types of blemishes which may be caused by abnormalities in the functioning of the skin, the human body's largest organ. Common problems include overactive oil glands, bacteria growth within follicles and pores and problems with the keratinization process, where cells are normally sloughed off the skin, pushed out of the hair follicle and replaced by new cells. Severe acne tends also to involve inflammation, which can lead to scarring and painful pustules.
Generally, people who have mild acne can be treated with topical treatments, and those with moderate acne through a combination of topical and systemic treatments such as isotretinoin, says David Pariser, dermatology professor at Eastern Virginia Medical School in Norfolk and principal investigator of clinical trials with Oslo-based specialty drug maker Photocure, which is developing a photodynamic treatment for moderate-to-severe acne.
Isotretinoin is a powerful drug known to work on all forms of acne. It may cause potentially severe side effects, like depression, inflammatory bowel disease and birth defects. More common side effects include dry skin, dry eyes and abnormal results of lab tests such as those of liver function.
"There's a real therapeutic need for a treatment that can be used to treat moderate-to-severe acne that doesn't involve Accutane," Dr. Pariser says.
Light is used to treat medical conditions including seasonal affective disorder—a cyclical depression often tied to low sunlight—as well as skin, eye and gastrointestinal conditions. Photodynamic acne treatments appeal to patients because they are topical and don't involve introducing medicine to the entire body.
More than 10 years ago, researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston and other centers discovered the compound aminolevulinic acid, or ALA, is a photosensitizer, meaning it is activated by certain wavelengths of light. ALA-based compounds are approved in the U.S. as a treatment for actinic keratosis, a precancerous skin condition, but not for acne. Although several light and laser therapies have FDA approval as medical devices to treat acne, no true photodynamic acne therapy, combining photosensitizer and light, has been approved.
Some doctors, though, already use ALA-based compounds as "off label" acne treatments. Cream containing ALA is applied to a patient's skin and taken up by hair follicles and oil glands. Then the patient is exposed to particular light wavelengths. The resulting photochemical reaction destroys the skin cells that have absorbed the ALA, including specialized cells that produce oil.
The trick is to make sure ALA is taken up only by the targeted cells—those that are causing the acne—and not by surrounding cells, such as nerve cells. When nerve cells take up the ALA and are destroyed, the result is pain, Dr. Pariser says.
Off-label photodynamic acne treatments are legal and rely on a doctor's judgment. "In practice we use kind of what's available and what's practical," says Elma Baron, dermatology professor at Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, who is currently running a clinical trial of photodynamic therapy to treat a type of skin cancer. She isn't involved with Photocure.
Prof. Baron says photodynamic therapy appears to reduce her patients' lesions. But research is limited in terms of which wavelength works best, which dosages and frequencies patients need and how long the effects last.
Photocure is working on a more effective photosensitizer using an amino-acid derivative of ALA called Visonac. And it is studying what light wavelength best activates the compound. The drug attacks acne through multiple avenues as it is taken up by the P. acnes bacterium and oil glands, Dr. Pariser says.
In a recent midstage clinical trial, patients got either Visonac activated with light or a red-light treatment alone. Visonac was similar to the red-light treatment in reducing noninflammatory acne, but it was significantly better at reducing inflammatory lesions, according to the trial data. Some patients reported temporary mild pain during the course of the treatment, but no major adverse events have been reported, says Kathleen Deardorff, chief operating officer of Photocure.
Because the therapy doesn't use ultraviolet light, neither cancer nor wrinkles appear to be an issue. However, it is necessary to adjust the dose and exposure to make sure nerve cells don't take up the ALA. (Light in the form of lasers, often combined with other treatments, also may help with treatment of acne and acne scars. Results can be variable.)
The effects of the therapy appear to sustain themselves for about six weeks after the last dose, according to the data. Photocure plans late-stage clinical testing to monitor patients up to 12 months after treatment and intends to file for U.S. regulatory approval to treat moderate-to-severe acne. Most patients wouldn't need this type of photodynamic therapy, Dr. Pariser says.
Patients typically pay for light and laser acne treatments out of pocket, and prices can be hefty—more than $200 a session, says Joshua Fox, a dermatologist at Advanced Dermatology PC, who offers treatment at 10 locations in the New York City area. Most people getting laser treatments get four to seven sessions, he says.
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Opera and television occupy decidedly different spheres of my life, and, truth be told, I'll almost always choose the former over the latter. Television usually only fits the bill when I'm looking for a quiet night in, with minimal impact on my grey matter or wallet. And — as someone who really only finds inner peace after a stressful day by watching onions caramelize — I'll often default to just three channels during the course of an evening in front of the tube: the Food Network, the Cooking Channel and the Travel Channel. As a result of occupying what I assume is a rather predictable gustatory demographic, the number of times that I've encountered the below commercial for Yellow Tail wine in the past few months now stands somewhere close to the number of pages currently stuffed into Charlie Sheen's police file.
Fellow opera-goers, I ask you: is this not the lamest, most odious commercial ever aired? If any of you are like me, the appearance of this ad must also prompt your family and friends to burst into laughter at the conspicuous rising of your blood pressure, that pulsing vein in your neck, your violent clenching of the chair arms, followed by obscene gesturing at the television and an apoplectic descent into the nadirs of the English vocabulary. Let me say, unequivocally, that I despise this commercial more than any piece of advertising I've ever encountered. According to the information accompanying the YouTube video, the ad was created by the Burns Group, an agency known as such a conspicuous arbiter of good taste that its other clients include Fruity-Cocoa Pebbles, Beck's Beer and Hebrew National hot dogs.
I suppose what makes this ad so fundamentally insulting to me as an opera-goer is that, in addition to it being obvious that the director knows nothing about the art form he's skewering, it's viscerally repellent. Clearly filmed on a shoestring budget — it was shot on location in the perennially teeming vacation spot that is Rovinj, Croatia — the spilled wine looks like thick strawberry Kool-Aid and the voices are out-of-sync with the actors. Most notably, though, their voices are off pitch and abysmal. They're not just bad parodies of trained operatic voices — they also happen to bad. Could the folks at the Burns Group really not find a pair of young, conservatory trained singers that could, at the very least, do this lame jingle justice?
The tagline for the ad, "Great wine doesn't have to be expensive," seems to suggest that the commercial's creators equate opera — or some terribly conceived signifier for it — with the one label that still seems deserving of derision in an era notable for the relative degree of political correctness in commercial advertising: elitist. The truth of the matter is that opera isn't nearly as snobby or — with the popularity of Live in HD screenings and rush ticket programs — expensive as the commercial's creators seem to think. Nor, for that matter, is Yellow Tail's shiraz anything even approaching "great." (According to the company, Yellow Tail's chardonnay is "best served at backyard temperature," while a recommended food-pairing for its merlot is a chicken sandwich. Bacchus, it seems, has become a fan of KFC.)
Maybe I'm being oversensitive about a mindless portrayal of an art form that I love, or maybe it's just that this ad seems so completely devoid of any of the redeeming characteristics attendant in the other commercials that have drawn opera as inspiration. (Ghirardelli Chocolate and British Airways, which both use Lakmé's flower duet, and Johnsonville Italian Sausages, which ran a commercial with Domingo's "Di quella pira" as its soundtrack a few years back, stick out in my mind as particularly effective.) Either way, it's rare that I see a commercial that strikes me as so repugnant that I'll actually go out of my way to avoid a company's product — let alone write a 700 word screed about it. Yellow Tail has done the deed. I'd rather have a glass full of bits of cork.


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TUSCALOOSA | City officials will urge local legislators to oppose any legislation that will streamline sales tax collections statewide during their annual Legislative Breakfast on Monday.
TUSCALOOSA | City officials will urge local legislators to oppose any legislation that will streamline sales tax collections statewide during their annual Legislative Breakfast on Monday.
The concern is rooted in a growing push for national rules to require that sales taxes are collected from every online purchase.
Now, sales taxes are not collected on web-based transactions with businesses that have no brick-and-mortar building within the area from which the purchase was made. This means a purchase made by someone in Tuscaloosa on Amazon.com is not charged sales tax, but one made at BestBuy.com would be taxed.
Alabama law says people who make online purchases from businesses that don't collect sales tax should calculate the tax and pay it on their income tax return.
But with no mechanism to enforce the provision, few report it.
According to Gov. Robert Bentley's office, this loophole costs Alabama about $300 million a year, city officials said.
Securing these lost tax dollars is a worthy goal, but the current plan, city officials said, would centralize sales tax collections at the state level, thereby preventing local revenue collection efforts from monitoring the businesses that fall within its jurisdiction.
And in addition to removing Tuscaloosa's ability to ensure that local sales taxes are properly collected, it would force businesses to take questions related to tax collections to a state agency.
"Ultimately, I think it will cause more confusion within our business community," said Mayor Walt Maddox.
This is one of the 20 items the City Council adopted last week in its local legislative agenda. This compilation of anticipated laws and bills that the council either endorses or opposes, as well as other matters it wants to see addressed during the regular session, will be formally presented to the local delegation during the annual breakfast held at the Tuscaloosa River Market.
Also on the agenda is Tuscaloosa support for altering a portion of the boundary separating Tuscaloosa and Northport.
Shifting Tuscaloosa's border from the northern edge of the Black Warrior River to the waterway's midpoint was approved by the City Council last month after Northport officials and state Rep. Alan Harper, R-Northport, made the request.
Usually, when two municipalities border one river, the jurisdiction for each ends in the middle of the water. But for a nearly one-mile span of the Black Warrior River near Northport's historic downtown, the city of Tuscaloosa's border ends on the northern shore of the Black Warrior River.
Harper and Northport City Administrator Scott Collins asked the Tuscaloosa City Council to go along with the change because the current border would not allow Northport to benefit from any riverfront development that extends from its jurisdiction into the river, such as a marina or private boat dock.
Other items on the agenda include extending legal liability limits to those sued in their individual capacities as part of lawsuits against municipal employees. These limits of $100,000 per person, per offense or a total of $300,000 in the event of widespread offenses are offered only when those employees are sued in their official capacities.
The City Council also would like to increase the amount City Hall and police officers and firefighters contribute to the Tuscaloosa Fire and Pension Fund by 0.25 percent of the employee's salary. Because the fund was established by the Legislature in the 1950s, any changes to it must be approved at the state level.
To eliminate complaints from unsuspecting buyers and renters, the council supports legislation that would require sellers or landlords to disclose the occupancy limitations for which the property is zoned.
Officials said it's common for residents to purchase a home with the intention of converting into rental property only to learn after the deal is closed that the number of unrelated persons who can live under one roof is regulated by city law.
Other items include:
- Opposition to any legislation adverse to the city's water and sewer operations.
- Support for Lake Tuscaloosa extra-territorial zoning.
- Opposition to drug sales exemptions from the gross receipt total that is used to determine business license fees.
- Support for adequately funding the state General Fund budget to eliminate unfunded mandates for municipalities.
- Opposition to legislation that would redistribute tax proceeds collected from the sale of beer across Tuscaloosa County.
- Support for legislation to bolster tornado recovery efforts.
- Opposition to limitations on business license fees.
- Support for extending law enforcement immunity to tactical paramedics.
- Support for modernization of the state's bicycle laws.
Reach Jason Morton at email@example.com or 205-722-0200.


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Kuroda only adds to slump with latest loss
TORONTO -- One of the greatest strengths driving the Yankees' postseason dreams was Hiroki Kuroda's dominance in the starting rotation, but the right-hander has picked a terrible time to dive into a second-half swoon.
Kuroda struggled for a third straight start to fuel concerns about his possible fatigue late in the schedule, coughing up seven runs (five earned) over five innings. The Yankees fell, 7-2, to the Blue Jays on Wednesday at Rogers Centre.View Full Game Coverage
TORONTO -- One of the greatest strengths driving the Yankees' postseason dreams was Hiroki Kuroda's dominance in the starting rotation, but the right-hander has picked a terrible time to dive into a second-half swoon.
Kuroda struggled for a third straight start to fuel concerns about his possible fatigue late in the schedule, coughing up seven runs (five earned) over five innings. The Yankees fell, 7-2, to the Blue Jays on Wednesday at Rogers Centre.View Full Game Coverage
"It feels like, against the hitters, they're getting good timing off me," Kuroda said through an interpreter. "And it feels like that's happening quite a lot."
The Yankees concluded their trip with a pair of series losses, dropping four of six contests to the Rays and Jays. New York was never in the finale, as Kuroda and a costly Chris Stewart error put the Yankees down by four runs after one inning.
With his club already facing a climb to make the playoffs for an 18th time in 19 seasons, manager Joe Girardi knows the latest batch of results is not making the task any simpler. The defeat dropped New York 5 1/2 games behind the Athletics for the second American League Wild Card spot.
"We need to win games, and we need to win series," Girardi said. "We need to have a really good homestand. We've got 29 games left, and we're home for 10 games. We're playing some teams in our division. We need to have a really good homestand."
Kuroda had been dominant in July (3-0, 0.55 ERA), but that's not the case anymore. The 38-year-old permitted nine hits on Wednesday and has allowed 15 earned runs in his last 16 2/3 innings (8.10 ERA), falling to 1-4 this month.
"It could be mechanics," Stewart said. "It could be that it's late in the year, his body could be getting tired, he's not able to physically repeat what he was doing early on in the year. He could be getting more conscious of it now. We can go to the tape, take a look at what he was doing, and hopefully correct it before his next outing."
Brett Lawrie put Toronto on the board early with a two-run double on a hanging slider, and Kuroda got crossed up with Stewart on a strikeout of J.P. Arencibia, resulting in a passed ball. Stewart fired errantly down the first-base line, allowing Lawrie and Rajai Davis to race home.
"I called a slider, but he threw a fastball," Stewart said. "I expected it to break down and away, but it kept straight and hit off my glove. I tried to force the issue after that. I probably should have just eaten the ball and gone on to the next hitter. Unfortunately, I hit [Arencibia] in the back, and two runs come around to score."
Edwin Encarnacion launched a towering two-run homer off Kuroda in the second inning. When Jose Reyes gave Toronto a seven-run lead with a third-inning sac fly, Joba Chamberlain was already getting ready for another round of mopup relief: certainly not what the Yankees needed to see as they continue to play must-win games.
"We've got to win games; that's the bottom line," said Yankees captain Derek Jeter. "We're playing the teams that we're chasing, for the most part. We don't have much room for error. Every game we play is important."
Matched against a lineup that did not include Robinson Cano, a night after he was hit on the left hand by a pitch, journeyman right-hander Todd Redmond held the Yankees to a pair of runs on three hits over 5 2/3 innings in his first career start against New York.
"Our offense did amazing tonight," Redmond said. "You have to give them all the praise in the world. Coming out with an early lead enables you to go out there and throw strikes, get ahead of hitters."
Alex Rodriguez and Mark Reynolds -- the latter starting his first Major League game at second base, with both Cano and Eduardo Nunez (right knee) unavailable -- collected run-scoring hits against Redmond, but their fourth-inning RBIs were too little, too late.
The Yankees also ran themselves into some ill-advised trouble in that inning, down by five runs; sent by third base coach Rob Thomson, Rodriguez was thrown out at home plate on what Girardi called "a bad read."
Reynolds said that he believed the Yankees should have taken two of three games from the Blue Jays, who have been relegated to playing spoiler in the postseason races. But Toronto got hits when the Yankees didn't, and now it is crucial that New York figures out how to shake the trip off and play well at home.
"It was tough, but at the end of the day, the season's not over," Reynolds said. "We've got a lot of games left, and we're going to give it hell to the end."
Bryan Hoch is a reporter for MLB.com. Follow him on Twitter @bryanhoch and read his MLBlog, Bombers Beat.


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From a J2EE perspective WebSphere Portal consists of various ear and war files, datasources, and configurations. The main application is the wps.ear file. It holds the main Servlet, XMLAccess, the contenthandler and poc Servlets and WSRP functionality. Whenever a server side page switch happens the main Servlet is invoked. The default URLs of the Servlet are /wps/portal and /wps/myportal.
WCM's main components are the wcm.ear file and the rendering portlet. The wcm.ear file contains the Content servlet that is accessed via the default URL /wps/wcm.
Simplified Request flow:
Any page accessed is aggregated by including the theme, skins, portlets, widgets and other components on the page. In case the WCM portlet is on the page it will call the WCM APIs to retrieve the data from caches or the Java Content Repository component.
Alongside the request a session cookie is sent along to the browser and it will be submitted on subsequent requests - identifying the session.
In case the user is authenticated the Single Sign On cookie is sent to the browser and will be submitted on subsequent requests - identifying the user.
When the user logs out all sessions associated with the session cookie will be invalidated.
It is important to understand that the session identifier (in most cases the cookie) only is a link to map the request to all the sessions of the different ear files on the server.
Session size:
Sessions effect the performance of the system by using up memory and being kept in the memory until they expire or when they are terminated (e.g. at the time of user logout). The size used up by the session depends on which objects your custom code stores inside the session and how long the objects are held. The session size limits the amount of concurrent users on the system based on the configured heap size and the available free memory. While Session size is much less of an issue with 64 bit JVMs than with 32 bit JVM, session size should at least be understood. For example, large sessions take longer to garbage collect regardless of the JVM size.
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Each ear/war file deployed has its own HTTP session. Multiple Portlets that are part of the same ear/war file will share the same session. Note that this is NOT the main session used by the wps.war but rather a new session created especially for all porlets running in this ear/war. Session sharing across ear files is currently not possible. The Business Level Applications functionality is not supported with Portal/Portlet applications.
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By default WebSphere Portal does not create a session for the public (e.g. anonymous user) area, but only when the user authenticates to the protected area of Portal. This behavior is controlled by the setting public.session in WP NavigatorService.
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The session configuration also includes the session timeout. The session timeout is relative to user interaction - if e.g. the user is inactive for 40 minutes and the session timeout is 30 minutes, the sessions will be invalidated.
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Given that WebSphere Portal and Web Content Management consist of multiple ear files that have separate sessions, these sessions can "time-out" independent of each other. This can have unfortunate side effects. We recommend to code the portlets and theme components to be able to handle this case. To avoid this issue it is possible to configure the sessions of the portlets and themes to never time out. This is acceptable since when the main Portal (wps.ear) session times out or the user logs out, Portal invalidates the sessions of all portlets and themes and other components associated with the session identifier (typically the session cookie).
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Besides the session cookie approach it is also possible to configure SSL session tracking or URL rewriting. Our recommendation is to use the identification of the session via the cookie.
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Unlocking the power of mobility: The right technology, culture and process
Freedom brings risks and rewards. And, that is certainly true when it comes to mobility for most organizations. Mobility unleashes our ability to communicate, collaborate and innovate across geographies. These rewards, however, come with security, policy and network management challenges. Not a day goes by that I don't hear this first-hand from customers, partners, and providers as they think through the issues associated with bring your own device or "BYOD".
And with more sophisticated mobile devices entering the consumer market, the BYOD trend will only accelerate. As 44% of workers use three+ devices for work each day, our customers now recognize that they need to think beyond the device and address the issues of secure data access and network management. Their challenge: how to "lock it down before they free it up."
A recent global survey commissioned by Cisco from the Economist Intelligence Unit, Secure Data Access in a Mobile Environment, questioned 578 senior executives on the current and ongoing challenges stemming from increasing trends toward worker and user mobility, and how this has shaped company BYOD practices and policies. The respondents represented several different industries, with major ones including IT and technology (13%), financial services (11%), professional services (11%) and energy and natural resources (9%). Overall, the results found that although manyexecutives are uneasy about the security of corporate information on mobile devices, the trend is largely unstoppable and proper policies must be initiated to underpin access to this sensitive information.
In my new role as head of worldwide sales for Cisco, I oversee a distributed team of highly mobile professionals around the world who require the ability to "work their way" regardless of location, so I can relate to the challenges our customers are facing when it comes to managing the influx of personal mobile devices. Below are a few key findings from the survey, which are consistent with what I'm hearing from our customers:
- Most executives are still uneasy about their companies' mobile data-access policies.
- 42% say that C-suite needs secure and timely access to strategic data, yet, only 28% believe it's appropriate to access this from mobile devices.
- 49% say the complexity of securing multiple data sources and a lack of knowledge about mobile-access security and risk are top challenges for their companies.
- Larger companies are most willing to allow mobile access to critical data, but also impose stricter rules
- 47% of companies with revenue under $500m permit access on personal devices with policies that are more informal.
- Over 90% of companies with over $1b revenue allow access to data via personal and company devices and have written and enforced security policies.
- BYOD requires that companies take a fresh look at how they attempt to control devices and use. And importantly, mobile policies must not neglect social networking.
- There is a gap in what is stated and what is allowed; 56% of respondents have policies for acceptable use of social networks on mobile devices, yet, 33% of the executives are restricted from discussing work on these platforms.
- With an influx of devices, available infrastructure is the key influence on company policies around mobile access.
- 60% cite IT infrastructure requirements as the primary influence on policy around security and security related to mobile access
It's clear from the survey findings that each new opportunity to further connect and engage employees brings with it a corresponding set of challenges. Social media will become a critical component in the world of BYOD, as multiple devices necessitate collaboration technologies that must work in tandem. Tools will also have to become adaptive, as social applications begin to overlay with collaboration technologies. Additionally, mobile applications will begin expanding into the mobile workforce, creating further implications for those working outside the firewall.
With this in mind, the creation of a collaboration strategy that integrates the right technology, the right culture and the right processes is key to unlocking the power of mobility. On the technology front, we know that devices are only as useful as the connections they have, which makes an intelligent network more critical than ever before.
At Cisco we're committed to helping you address the challenges associated with BYOD so that you can enable your employees to work where and how they want, securely. I would encourage you to check out the full EIU report here, and then learn how Cisco and our partners can help you build a unified workplace strategy at www.cisco.com/go/yourway. Let me know your thoughts on the survey and how Cisco can help your business. We're only just beginning to see how mobility will transform the enterprise and Cisco is excited to lead the way.
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Here's another blog related to this same research report that addreses Security policy and BYOD.


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Wadi Rum, Jordan, World Heritage site
Wadi Rum is recognised globally as a superlative desert landscape. The scenery of Wadi Rum is iconic, and features a series of dramatic and varied landfoms, including narrow canyons, wide wadis (ephemeral riverbeds) and large-scale cliffs, displaying a mosaic of colours. Thanks to the writings of T.E. Lawrence, Wadi Rum enjoys a reputation as a classic desert landscape both globally, and within the Arab States. It has been inscribed on the mixed World Heritage list as a mixed natural and cultural site in 2011.
Desert landforms developed within continental sandstones are characteristic of Wadi Rum. These landforms have been developed under the influence of a combination of various factors such as lithology, tectonic activities and surface processes such as erosion, representing millions of years of ongoing landscape evolution.
The area is traditionally inhabited by Bedouin tribes. The Bedouin tradition of climbing certain mountains for hunting is an important aspect of the cultural history of the site. Although hunting is now banned, the Bedouin still follow the old climbing routes.
Wadi Rum Protected Area (WRPA) was first established in 1997 in response to a report by IUCN and the Jordanian Royal Society for the Conservation of Nature (RSCN). It is important to note the traditional ownership of the area now defined as Wadi Rum by the local Bedouin. Long established traditional boundaries cross Wadi Rum and are well known and their validity is respected by both the Bedouin and the current management team of the site (although this has not always been the case). These two approaches to land ownership, tribal and legal, are currently co-existing without major issues.
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Size and Location
Wadi Rum is located in the southern part of Jordan close to the border with Saudi Arabia, around 290 km south of Amman and 60 km northeast of the coastal city of Aqaba. Wadi Rum is a major feature within the Hisma desert lying to the East of the Jordan Rift Valley and south of the steep escarpment of the central Jordanian plateau.
The total area of WRPA is 74,200ha, with an extent of approximately 42km from north to south and approximately 33km from east to west. A buffer zone of c. 5km in width surrounds the World Heritage site and is stated as having a total area of 60,000 ha.
The area is well known for its spectacular landforms presenting an exceptional combination of features resulting from drainage incision, severe weathering by salt, biological, and other processes, and the undermining of steep sandstone cliffs by these weathering processes. The resulting landscape contains a range of narrow gorges, natural arches, towering cliffs, ramps, massive landslides, and dramatic cavernous weathering forms.
This highly varied desert landscape is the result of the interplay between complex geological controls that have fluctuated considerably over a long period. The area has been uplifted and exposed in a tectonically active region. The area as a whole is still rising, and generally, the long-term average uplift (around 70mm/1000 years) is greater than the rate of erosion. Concentrated erosion along fault lines has cut through an excess of 700m of sandstone to create an exceptional network of corridors and canyons. Deep exploitation of fault lines has produced the wide and straight wadis, which in many instances are several hundred meters wide, and are blanketed with loose sand sheets and dunes of various colours.
Each rock formation displays its own distinctive morphology depending upon lithology, susceptibility to tectonic forces and types of cements. The Salib Formation is typified by relatively gentle slopes littered with debris, due to its close spaced joints. It shows a characteristic step-like morphology. The Umm Ishrin Formation is typified by rock falls of large masses along widely spaced vertical joints with spectacular towers of varying heights and width. Colour variation on the surface (rust red to yellow to almost pure white) is also caused by dissolution of internal calcite cements and secondary mineralization such as calcites and iron-hydroxides. The extremely friable Disi Formation is characterized by smooth dome-like rounded weathered surfaces which were developed mainly due to exfoliation along pressure-relief joints. In this formation, there are several examples of natural rock arches. The Umm Sahm Formation, highly fractured and jointed, forms distinctive pyramidal caps with step-like morphology.
Low population density and lack of development impacts have helped maintain WRPA in relatively pristine condition. Nevertheless there are a number of significant threats which require careful and increased attention.
As tourism grows, visitor pressure will increase in the future. Jeep safaris are of particular concern and appear to be having the biggest impact on the values of the property. Although a lot of progress has been made through improving vehicle quality and licensing tour operators, the overall number of vehicles, estimated to be between 500 to 1000 operating in the area, exceeds acceptable limits. A single track network has been designed between the main visitor sites but is virtually impossible to enforce. The visual impact of the jeep tracks is significant, with additional impacts on vegetation and on cultural values. Disturbance of wildlife by excessive jeep safaris is an issue of concern.
Encroachment of the Village of Rum within the Wadi Rum is a minor problem but requires vigilance.
Another concern arises from the extensive and growing extraction from the fossil aquifer of Disi, which has the potential to lower the ground water level, threatening natural springs in the area.
Local people gather firewood and carry out some limited grazing. Monitoring of this should continue in order to ensure the use remains low level and sustainable by local communities only, and to evaluate alternatives with these communities for fuel.
Dealing with the threats
The site managers are aware of the issues linked to growing tourism, and are committed to tackling them in a new management plan. Major tourism developments within WRPA are not permitted. Specialist advice on reducing erosion effects is also being sought. Reducing jeep numbers has to occur combined with promotion of more sustainable tourism activities such as camel trekking, walking and rock climbing.
Two recent incursions where houses were being built beyond the agreed zone have been stopped and legal cases are underway. Current accommodation outside of Rum Village is limited to desert camps run by local Bedouin in conjunction with the Wadi Rum management team. These camps aim to be as sustainable as possible. A limited amount of self guided tourists also sleep out in the desert but with limited impact. A local consultation process has just started for a major new luxury "eco-camp" to the north of the property.
The entirety of the World Heritage site falls within the jurisdiction of Regulation No. 24 for the Development of the Wadi Rum Area. This legislation focuses on preserving the natural and cultural heritage, allied with development of tourism. It prohibits construction (with the exception of within the existing boundaries of Rum village), mining and extraction activities, hunting, introduction of alien species, driving off designated roads, habitat destruction, pollution and timbering.
Support to the development of management capacity has been provided from both national agencies, and international support, including via a significant aid project supported by the USA.
Law enforcement is carried out by Ranger patrols operating both within Wadi Rum and outside it in the buffer zone.