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|Till the Clouds Roll By
Actors: Robert Walker, Van Heflin, Lucille Bremer, June Allyson, Judy Garland
Directors: George Sidney, Richard Whorf, Vincente Minnelli
Genres: Drama, Musicals & Performing Arts
NR 1998 2hr 12min
Hollywood's 1940s craze for composer biographies did not yield many masterpieces, and Till the Clouds Roll By is one of the weaker efforts in the bunch. Robert Walker tries gamely to suggest the decency of Jerome Kern but ... more »
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A star-studded musical "bio"
Alejandra Vernon | Long Beach, California | 11/15/2004
(4 out of 5 stars)
"Though only marginally a biography of Jerome Kern, and with a corn and syrup plot, anyone who likes traditional American musical theater will appreciate this film, which is a great showcase for Kern's wonderful songs.
Robert Walker as Kern, and Van Heflin as his arranger James Hessler are good, but this film is all about the music and the singers, especially Judy Garland. Lena Horne, and Frank Sinatra.
Directed by Richard Whorf, with Vincente Minelli directing the Judy Garland portions, and musical numbers staged by Robert Alton. Total running time is 132 minutes.
I own a cheap DVD edition (released by Vina) which is remarkably clear considering the price, though it has a slight "bootleg" quality to it.
Musical numbers include:
Excerpts from "Showboat", with Lena Horna exquisite singing "Can't Help Loving that Man of Mine". Others include Kathryn Grayson, Tony Martin and Caleb Peterson.
"Howja Like to Spoon Me" from the "London Gaieties" with Angela Lansbury.
"They'll Never Believe Me", Dinah Shore.
"Till the Clouds Roll By" from "Oh Boy" with Ray McDonald.
"Leave it to Jane" with June Allyson and Ray McDonald.
"Look for the Silver Lining" from "Sally" with Judy Garland. This may be the most interesting song of the film.
"Who" from "Sunny" with Judy Garland.
"I Won't Dance" with Lucille Bremer and Van Johnson.
"Smoke gets in Your Eyes" from "Roberta" with Cyd Charisse (a short but lovely dance).
"The Last Time I Saw Paris" with Dinah Shore.
"The Land Where Good Songs Go" with Lucille Bremer.
"Yesterdays" by the chorus (one of my favorite songs).
"Long Ago and Far Away" with Kathryn Grayson.
"A Fine Romance" with Virginia O'Brien.
"All the Things You Are" with Tony Martin.
"Why Was I Born ?" with Lena Horne.
"Old Man River" with a remarkable vocal performance by a very bushy-haired Frank Sinatra.
Inspired Musical Numbers Will Appeal to Musical Fans
Gary F. Taylor | Biloxi, MS USA | 04/09/2002
(3 out of 5 stars)
"Jerome Kern died while MGM's bio-pic TIL THE CLOUDS ROLL BY was still in the pre-production stage--and while Kern had been more than willing for MGM to tell all, his estate was considerably more reticent. In order to avoid any legal issues, MGM scrapped their original intentions, wrote up a fluffy script that bore little similarity to Kern's life, and crammed the film with every musical star available in a non-stop series of drop-dead-stunning production numbers. The result may be extremely bad biography, but leading man Robert Walker and co-star Van Heflin keep the sentimental story moving--and the musical numbers are piled on top of each other so quickly that one doesn't really question it. The film opens with a lengthy montage from SHOWBOAT, Kern's innovative masterpeice, that features knock-out performances from Lena Horne, Katheryn Grayson, and Virgina O'Brien and then quickly seques into a series of star-solos that feature June Allyson, Gower Champion, Cyd Charisse, Angela Lansbury, Dinah Shore, and Frank Sinatra.Along the way we are also treated to an extended cameo by Judy Garland, performing "Look For The Silver Lining" precisely as Marilyn Miller played it on stage and singing "Who?" to a staircase of chorus boys--which Garland was said to find most amusing, considering that she was pregnant at the time. Also notable is Lucille Bremer in the role of Robert Walker's stage-struck ward; although her star quickly faded, Bremer is an attractive performer and shows her talent for song and dance here by teaming with Van Johnson for a spirited version of "I Won't Dance." TIL THE CLOUDS ROLL BY will not appeal to most casual viewers, for the story line and script are much too weak. But musical fans will love this one all the way from Lansbury doing a Cockney "Spoon With Me" to Sinatra belting out "Old Man River." As a Jerome Kern song-and-dance fest, the movie can't be beat, and it should have a place in every musical fan's collection."
The Official DVD!
Charlotte Kendall | Bay City, MI | 01/28/2006
(4 out of 5 stars)
"First off this is Warner Brothers DVD release I am talking about for my review. Warner Brothers has finally released Till The Clouds Roll By on DVD! The movie is about the life and career of Jerome Kern. Robert Walker protrays Jerome Kern. This movie isn't exactly accruate but it has many great numbers from the MGM stars of the time. Some of the highlights include a mini verison of Show Boat, How'd You Like to Spoon with Me?, and Judy Garland singing some numbers. Most of the MGM stars are in this movie including, Judy Garland, June Allyson, Kathryn Grayson, Lena Horne, Van Johnson, Tony Martin, Dinah Shore, Frank Sinatra, Gower Champion, Cyd Charisse, Angela Lansbury, Ray McDonald, Virginia O'Brien, and Lucille Bremer. As for the numbers, here is a list and a mini description:
Mini version of Show Boat- The movie opens up here at the opening night of the show. Tony Martin sings "Where's the Mate for Me." "Make Believe" is sung by Tony Martin and Kathryn Grayson. Kathryn Grayson would later appear in the 1951 film "Show Boat" as the same character, Magnolia. Virginia O'Brien sings "Life Upon the Wicked Stage." The lovely Lena Horne sings "Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man." Then the chorus sings "Old Man River."
How'd You Like to Spoon with Me?- A very young Angela Lansbury sings this number. A personal favorite!
They Didn't Believe Me- Some girl sings this song and I have no idea who she is!
Till the Clouds Roll By- This is sung and danced by Ray McDonald, June Allyson and a Chorus. A great number. I think this one is my favorite out of the movie!
Leave It to Jane / Cleopatterer- This is also sung and danced by Ray McDonald and June Allyson.
Look for the Silver Lining- Judy Garland sings this great number. Another favorite!
Who?- Judy Garland sings and dances again. Another favorite. Judy Garland was actually pregnant during the filming of this movie. So she may look a little bigger. Months later Liza Minnelli was born! That's another story though!
One More Dance- Lucille Bremer sings this number but, she's really dubbed.
I Won't Dance- Van Johnson sings and dances this with Lucille Bremer.
She Didn't Say Yes- A quick number but this twin sister act sings it.
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes- A chorus sings this lovely tune while Cyd Charisse and Gower Champion dance to it.
The Last Time I Saw Paris- Dinah Shore sings this lovely song.
The Land Where the Good Songs Go- Lucille Bremer sings this song.
Yesterdays- A chorus sings this song as well.
Long Ago (And Far Away)- The lovely Kathryn Grayson sings this song.
A Fine Romance- Virginia O'Brien sings this song.
All the Things You Are- Tony Martin sings this song.
Why Was I Born?- Once again the lovely Lena Horne sings this song.
Ol' Man River- This is the finale and a young Frank Sinatra sings this. No offensive but I don't he should have sang this number.
As for extras on the DVD,
New featurette Till the Clouds Roll By: Real to Reel
Vintage Fitzpartick Traveltalk short Glimpses of California
Classic MGM Tex Avery cartoon Henpecked Hoboes
Two musical outtake sequences: Judy Garland performing D'Ya Love Me? and Music in the Air (I've Told Ev'ry Little Star/The Song is You) performed by Kathryn Grayson and Johnny Johnston
Theatrical trailer
Languages: English & Fran?ais
Subtitles: English, Fran?ais & Espa?ol (feature film only)
Till the Clouds Roll By is a nice film but in my opinion it seems to drag on more than it should. Some of it is too made up for Hollywood as well. The real Jerome Kern was technical advisor on this film, but he died before the film was completed. On a final note, if you enjoy the MGM musicals I say watch it but, if your looking for an accurate movie this isn't it."
MGM Stars In Their Glory
Timothy Kearney | Hull, MA United States | 06/17/2006
(4 out of 5 stars)
"TILL THE CLOUDS ROLL BY has never been considered one of MGM's greatest musicals. The film is a somewhat syrupy biographical account of the life of Jerome Kern. In some ways this cannot be seen as a criticism. The film begins with the opening night of SHOWBOAT. After the performance Kern gets in a taxi and tells the driver his life story. Of course if he's telling the story it's going to be a nice account. And Robert Walker, who plays Kern, presents Kern as a likable guy and a hero we want to root for and hope will succeed.
More than likely MGM didn't release this film to tell the story of Jerome Kern. If anything, it was just an excuse to showcase it's stars and as viewers have discovered, it is a showcase of MGM's great talent. Musical numbers include Judy Garland as Marilyn Miller performing on of Garland's showpieces "Who?" The SHOWBOAT sequence at the beginning is probably one of the film's greatest moments and includes Kathryn Grayson as Magnolia, a role she'd reprise a few years later when MGM released a newer version of SHOWBOAT. It's interesting to note that the staging of SHOWBOAT in this film is less stereotypical than the later version released by MGM and has Lena Horne as Julie Laverne, a far more accurate casting (no offense to Ava Gardner). Dinah Shore and Angela Lansbury appear as well as do MGM favorites June Allyson, Virginia O'Brien, Gower Champion, Lucille Bremer and a young Cyd Charisse. It also has a finale that showcases the talents of many of the major players and includes an appearance by Frank Sinatra.
My guess is that most people who purchase this film will watch it in its entirety once or twice, but it will not sit on the shelf and get dusty. With remote in hand, people will put this film in the player and watch their favorite clips over and over again and will be entertained time and time again. Sat least that's what I've done and I'm sure will continue to do.


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Should Japan invest in European Shale Gas?
I think so and here's why:
Natural gas pricing is a complex subject tied to seemingly unconnected multiple variables that simply don't lend themselves to a simple narrative. That doesn't stop most people trying to create one. If they want a simple life, these people should get out of the big money and go open a laundromat or something. Natural gas pricing is a high impact multi-billion dollar issue. This may explain why those who go for the natural gas is just another fossil fuel narrative just can't get gas pricing either. Their Peak Gas narrative is essentially we're all using a lot of a declining resource and we're doomed, or if we stop we're doomed anyway or we can get out of it spending a trillion euros to go green. In which case we're doomed and broke. As an aside, peakers are often as unaware of, and uncomfortable with, the success of energy efficiency on the demand side as they are with shale on the supply side, denying the good news reality of each.
A key issue in Europe remains that some continue to refuse to accept that the shale revolution will have consequences in European markets.
Under this scenario, European shale gas won't evolve for a variety of reasons and the comfortable world of rising gas prices that underpins European energy policy in other areas will remain intact.
More and more conventional experts are joining me in pointing out that without so much as a molecule of shale gas, European markets have already been affected by North American developments. One of those experts is Jonathan Stern of Oxford Energy Institute, who while he didn't write the book on gas pricing,he didedit it and everyone who purports to be an energy expert needs to read it.
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As Richard Lambert says, an increase in the share of gas-fired power generation and gas import dependence in the next few years has long been obvious to those paying any attention to the UK gas and power sectors ("The UK's energy policy stands in the way of growth", February 21). However, his assertions that these events will happen "at a time when the supply/demand balance for gas across Europe will be tightening ... [and] ... the price of our energy will almost certainly have to rise significantly", are much more problematic.
I would hesitate to make such confident predictions. With European gas demand in free fall for the past four years (2012 demand fell to the levels of the late 1990s), many new liquefied natural gas projects expected to come on stream towards the end of this decade, and the possibility that Japan will start to reopen some of its nuclear capacity, the balance of European gas supply and demand in the mid to late 2010s is far from clear.
Again, Jonathan is not a natural optimist who throws caution to the wind, so his opinion that it's complicated would be a massive sell signal from anyone else. I point this out to set the scene for this from the FT, who remain far better informed on global gas than at home:
Japan has awakened to the US shale revolution.
Let's look at some trends we've been seeing in Japan recently:
Japan's import costs for LNG have risen by several tens of billions of dollars and trillions of yen since March 11 2011.
Despite Japan being stuck for many years in a recession that forces many people to live at the standard of living of say, Switzerland, even Japan is seeing energy costs providing a systemic shock that cannot continue. In that respect they are no different than Europe, but at least Japan is confronting the issue. This is especially true since the election of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe last December, although the trend towards refusing to countenance the old ways started last September.
Less than two months after taking office Abe was in Washington seeking to hurry up US LNG exports to Japan. But even more importantly he is putting his money where his mouth is:
When Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe met President Barack Obama in Washington last week he asked the US to permit exports of its gas to Japan. Tokyo has also announced up to Y1tn ($10.9bn) in credit guarantees to fund investments by Japanese companies in shale gas projects.
Meanwhile, LNG is a key political issue and the key driver to reducing them is by removing the link to oil indexed prices. Going back to Europe, oil linked prices, so beloved due to their simplicity by simple people such as Ofgem, journalists and Gazprom, have been disrupted by LNG pricing reflecting the Atlantic Basin inflection point of US shale.
There are a number of reasons why Japanese prices have not been similarly effected. Japan imports more LNG than anyone else into a market with minimal domestic production. In a constrained world, Japan had no choice, and was even happy, to pay oil linked prices for security of supply. In the new world where oil is so high yet supplies of LNG are increasing post 2015, inevitably new realities are dawning.
A report released yesterday by the International Energy Agency offers a full discussion of Asian price development. For those, reading this during the dry cycle who still seek the Reader's Digest explanation,
Accordingly, Asia must develop a competitive gas market, which is only in it's most early days. It's complicated by LNG prices soaring in the short term. Until new export capacity develops both from export terminals and shipping, the next couple of years don't look promising. This winter we've even seen Japan spot LNG cargoes go above $20, quite someway north of oil linked prices. This is due in the short term to a drought in Brazil leading to them paying any price and Japanese and Korean buyers having to trump the suddenly booming Brazilians, an example of multiple variables yet again.
Sooner or later it will rain in the rain forest again, and LNG from Angola, the US and later on, Canada and East Africa and the East Med, will provide liquidity that will make supply far less problematic as soon as two years from now and certainly by 2020.
That will mean the inevitable development of some sort of Asian, and thus global gas market. It's going to happen, but what will it look like?
In a gross over simplification for those who require one, I think the dual role of Brent and WTI in the oil market provides precedents as to how a global gas market could operate. The two oil blends provide price signals for many smaller individual markets and even when they vary as much as they do today, they don't operate entirely independently. Effectively all oil is the same price. Even when it isn't.
Similarly, Asian Hub Prices could be a synthesis of Henry Hub and European Prices. (The UK NBP is thought by many to be imminently replaced by a larger European price index).
However, back to the here and now, and we already have seen some spot cargoes to Japan indexed to at least some elements of UK NBP. We don't necessarily need to wait until a formal market exists - in some ways it already does
Back to the original topic, and Japan must ask what they wish to achieve and the answer is simple: They want access to world prices. So far they seem to think Henry Hub will provide them and are willing to spend $10 billion to do so:
The new loan program,...will give preferential treatment to U.S. shale gas projects, the paper said.
The way this would work is the Japanese Government gives loan guarantees to insure the massive sums needed for shale development in fields, pipelines and LNG plants.
But thinking outside the bento box here, a similar outcome could be achieved by simpler means. Means that are no riskier than the LNG market but a lot cheaper and probably quicker, and involve investing in European shale gas. If, or as I like to say when, European shale is successful, Japan will reap two major advantages:
- In the local European market, increased gas supply would put further downward pressure on NBP/TTF prices, and thus any Japanese LNG contracts linked to them.
- Increased supply would mean world LNG prices reflecting reduced European demand. In effect, the only major LNG market remaining would be Japan. Does that sound far-fetched? Only as far-fetched as US LNG exports sounded four years ago.
The above scenario will happen anyway. But perhaps Japan and European shale explorers could act in concert to make it happen sooner. Sooner in fact than investing in outback Australia or Canada and building pipelines and terminals, which have their own risks.
I've spoken to Japanese investors before and they were happy to invest billions at low interest rates for sure things, but hesitant to risk tens of millions on what are considered high risk long term exploration projects.
Until now, we haven't had sure things in Europe, but we're getting closer every day. Even a month ago, we wouldn't have seen headlines like this example:
Germany Agrees on Regulation to Allow Fracking for Shale Gas
France (and everyone else) is waiting to see what UK shale gas turns out like. Let's not forget the possibility of a Polish surprise or two. We could envisage a future, not so far fetched, where some or even all the negatives about European shale get turned around. That's an outcome that I have no doubt will happen. The question is when.The answer: you'd be surprised.
People who go looking for problems often find them. Those obsessed with risk, stay home or sit in the laundromat. But those who see challenges and rise to meet them will certainly be sometimes disappointed. Sometimes however, they will be rewarded.
If Japanese companies could get even a portion of the guarantee program, investments in European shale would entail far less risk, and would achieve the outcome the Japanese government seeks, i.e pushing the reset button on LNG pricing, at a lower price. Sometimes its best not to think about the journey and to concentrate on the destination.


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Microsoft detailed on Tuesday its road map and pricing for Web-based software suites built for big companies and growing businesses.
Enabling telecommuting, which many employers and workers increasingly favor, is likely to be a selling point for the productivity and "deskless worker" tools within the Microsoft Online Services lineup.
The move is part of Redmond's push to integrate online and desktop software, shifting much of the heavy lifting to the "cloud."
"Microsoft Online Services is a key component of the software plus services initiative, and we're seeing customers, partners and even competitors embrace this flexible approach to the cloud," Stephen Elop, president of the Microsoft Business Division, said in a statement.
Details were unveiled Tuesday in Houston at the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference.
For $15 per month per person, the business productivity suite offers an Outlook-integrated Exchange Online for e-mail and calendars, Office SharePoint Online collaboration, messaging via Office Communications Online, and Office Live Meeting video-enabled Web conferencing.
The software giant will charge another $3 per month per user for the Deskless Worker Suite, which combines flavors of SharePoint Online and Exchange Online. The SharePoint portal offers access to internal company sites and search. E-mail, calendars, security filters, and Outlook Web Access Light are included with Exchange Online Deskless Worker.
Microsoft aims to simplify otherwise complex corporate tasks managed by engineers or IT technicians. For instance, a WYSIWYG interface would enable an IT worker to give a new employee access to the company tools in a series of steps that could be shorter than setting up, say, a free Hotmail or Yahoo e-mail account.
One can sign up online to try the beta services.
Exchange Online and Office SharePoint Online remain in beta, with final availability set for sometime in the second half of 2008, when Office Communications Online beta is also due. Microsoft plans for international availability in 2009.
The company offers to pay resellers of its Online Services 12 percent of the price of each contract secured during the first year, and 6 percent per subscription year thereafter. Interested companies can learn more at Microsoft's QuickStart Web site.
Microsoft partners and resellers of Online Services include Accenture, CDW, and Unisys. Nokia is among the companies using the online tools for messaging and collaboration.


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FA Cup: Sixth Round draw
The big teams remaining in the FA Cup were kept apart during the sixth round draw of the competition at Wembley.
Both Merseyside teams were handed home draws - providing Liverpool can overcome Brighton & Hove Albion in the final match of the fifth round - whilst Chelsea and Tottenham Hotspur are also at home if they can win their replays.
Kenny Dalglish's Reds were first out of the hat, and either they or the Seagulls will host Stoke City after the Potters overcame Crawley Town in Sunday's early kick-off.
Chelsea or Birmingham were next out of the hat, and the winner of their replay will play Leicester City at home, as Nigel Pearson's side weren't rewarded with a home tie after victory at Norwich City yesterday.
Tottenham Hotspur, the highest ranked side left in the competition, will play host to Bolton Wanderers in the quarter-final if they can overcome Stevenage in a replay. The League One side are the lowest ranked team still in the hat, and were well worth the draw against Harry Redknapp's men at the Lamex Stadium.
Finally, Sunderland will travel to Goodison Park to face Everton after both teams won home matchs in the fifth round. Martin O'Neill's side took the scalp of Arsenal, whilst the Toffees avoided an upset against Blackpool.
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We're all either in a storm, just coming out of a storm or on our way into a storm.
Would seem that would give us a great deal of compassion for others! But that's not where I'm going this time. I want to point out to those of us who seem to live perpetually in painfully challenging circumstances, take heart for two reasons!
- The devil doesn't mess with those who are no threat to his plans.
- We don't grow on the mountain top - we grow in the valley as we meet challenges in God's strength, in His way.
Realizing the truth of, "We're all either in a storm, just coming out of a storm or on our way into a storm", should help us to not take it all too seriously. If it's just common to human existance, then we needn't let ourselves experience it on a deeper, more tragic level than it has to be and this will make it all easier to bear and walk through, knowing this too will pass. My girls have a profound way of putting it - "It's just life!" I'm trying to learn this.
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A time to give birth and a time to die;
A time to plant and a time to uproot what is planted.
A time to kill and a time to heal;
A time to tear down and a time to build up.
A time to weep and a time to laugh;
A time to mourn and a time to dance.
A time to throw stones and a time to gather stones;
A time to embrace and a time to shun embracing.
A time to search and a time to give up as lost;
A time to keep and a time to throw away.
A time to tear apart and a time to sew together;
A time to be silent and a time to speak.
A time to love and a time to hate;
A time for war and a time for peace. Ecclesiastes 3:1-8
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IDB announces selected proposals of its "Bootcamps for Tech Fans" challenge
Thursday, June 6, 2019 - 16:48
Fifty-seven proposals were submitted, and the entities selected will benefit people in Central America, Colombia, Mexico and Venezuela. IDB Lab, the IDB's innovation laboratory, has announced the two proposals selected to implement the best and most innovative Ready-to-Work Bootcamp models aimed at closing the skills gap of our future workforce in Latin America and the Caribbean, especially of people in vulnerable circumstances.
IDB launches Improving Lives Grant 2019 in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area
Thursday, April 25, 2019 - 14:23
The grant offers up to $25,000 to 10 nonprofit organizations addressing the needs of Latin American and Caribbean communities in the DC area The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) launched a call for proposals to identify 10 impactful initiatives that address challenges faced by members of the Latin American and Caribbean communities in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area.
IDB launches 2019 Call for Proposals to finance regional projects in Latin America
Wednesday, January 16, 2019 - 10:27
THE DEADLINE FOR ACCEPTING PROPOSALS FOR REGIONAL PUBLIC GOODS IS MARCH 1ST, 2019 The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) launched the 2019 Call for Proposals for the Regional Public Goods (RPG) Initiative in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), which supports projects involving three or more countries.
Argentina seeks to increase youth employment and reduce gender gap through sports
Wednesday, October 10, 2018 - 14:39
The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has joined forces with the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to launch an initiative that will benefit more than 4,000 young people through sports in Argentina. The project, which will be financed by US$1.5 million commitments from the IDB's Multilateral Investment Fund (MIF) and the IOC, was formally announced in Buenos Aires, Argentina as IDB President Luis Alberto Moreno and IOC President Thomas Bach signed a Letter of Intent.
Colombia, Mexico, Brazil and Argentina win the Gobernarte 2018 Award with innovative ideas
Wednesday, August 29, 2018 - 09:36
The fifth edition of the "Gobernarte - Premio Eduardo Campos" contest of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), identified innovative ideas in the area of citizen participation and digital citizenship from the subnational governments of Bogotá, Colombia; Puebla, Mexico; Sao Paulo, Brazil; and Cordoba, Argentina.
IDB backs measures to boost productivity in Paraguay
Wednesday, November 22, 2017 - 19:00
Loan of $200 million will support key measures to develop the private and financial sectors The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has approved a $200 million policy-based loan to support reforms aimed at boosting economic productivity in Paraguay. The reforms are key to improving inclusive and sustainable growth in Paraguay in a context marked by international financial uncertainty, the economic evolution of its main trading partners and a fall in commodity prices.
Argentina to implement federal public safety program with IDB support
Thursday, June 29, 2017 - 03:00
Argentina will implement a public safety program aimed at curbing the robbery and murder rate in high crime incidence areas across the country with a $25 million loan from the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB).
Crime exacts steep social, public and private costs in Latin America and Caribbean: IDB study
Friday, February 3, 2017 - 03:00
Annual costs of crime and violence estimated at $261 billion for region; impacts vary among and within countries Violence and crime impacts much higher than for developed nations Report calculates foregone income of murder victims, imprisoned individuals A study by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) estimates the direct annual cost of crime and violence in Latin America and the Caribbean at $261 bill
IDB to support criminal justice reform in Guyana to help overcome prison overcrowding
Thursday, December 15, 2016 - 16:53
An US$8 million project approved by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) will help Guyana overcome prison overcrowding, by reducing pre-trial detentions and increasing the use of alternative sentencing, among other measures. The loan's objective is to contribute to the high concentrations of prison population in the country, which stands at 256 per 100,000 of national population, well above the world average of 146 per 100,000. The Guyanese criminal justice system tends to use incarceration as the default sanction.
Better governance and greater integration to determine fate of Latin America and the Caribbean in 2030
Thursday, December 1, 2016 - 03:00
New Atlantic Council report commissioned by IDB offers contrasting scenarios for crime, democracy, trade and economic growth The Atlantic Council today released "Latin America and the Caribbean 2030: Future Scenarios," a report commissioned by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) that looks at how the region's countries could evolve over the next 14 years, underscoring how more integration and better governance hold the key to greater prosperity.


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An Introductory Mac OS X Leopard Review: Core Graphics and the New UIBeyond the desktop and main applications in Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard, its most obvious advancements are related to graphics and the underlying performance improvements that speed up everything being displayed on the screen. There are a number of aspects to why Leopard's graphics feels faster, and some interesting notes on how the graphical user interface is changing in Leopard. Here's a look at how everything works.
Mac OS X Leopard pairs together a number of technologies developed inside and outside of Apple. Here's where they came from and how Leopard is leveraging open standards to improve its performance in graphics and video.
In the beginning was QuickDraw
The original Macintosh used a procedural graphics programing interface called QuickDraw to paint everything on the screen. It mapped graphics into a rasterized grid of square pixels, with a set 72 pixels per inch density. That allowed applications to accurately represent how things would look on the printed page.
Bill Atkinson's QuickDraw also invented the concept of Regions, which among other things allowed drawn content to be clipped into a window and presented in the familiar and intuitive desktop environment of overlapping windows. Andy Hertzfeld described the importance of Regions in Folklore.org - I Still Remember Regions.
One of the most impressive aspects of QuickDraw was that it could run on the limited hardware commercially available in 1984. Systems like the Commodore Amiga and Atari computers used hardware-assisted graphics, while the Mac did everything in software. That gave an early performance edge to other systems, but allowed Apple to rapidly port its graphics technology to new hardware as it became available, rather than being tied directly to the hardware architectures of obsolete chips.
After developing the color-capable QuickDraw II to provide a windowing environment for the Apple IIGS, Apple introduced Color QuckDraw for the Mac, and later 32-bit QuickDraw. Those advancements cemented Apple's lead in the markets for graphics and print. QuickDraw also acted as the foundation of QuickTime, as noted in Road to Mac OS X Leopard: QuickTime, iTunes, and Media Features.
Adobe's PostScript
After researchers at Xerox PARC invented laser printing in mid 70s, they began work on a standardized page description language called InterPress. In 1982, John Warnock and Chuck Geschke left Xerox to form Adobe, and simplified the InterPress language into a commercial product called PostScript. Steve Jobs urged Adobe to adapt PostScript for use as the standard language for laser printing, and in 1985, Apple shipped the LaserWriter (below) as the first PostScript printer.
In order to print to the much higher resolution 300 dpi LaserWriter, QuickDraw drawing commands needed to be translated into the PostScript language, which was then sent to the printer for rasterizing at high resolution. Because Adobe's PostScript wasn't cheap to license, Apple later delivered some lower-end QuickDraw printers that used the Mac's internal drawing language to plot out a higher resolution version of the screen for printing.
However, PostScript became the professional standard for raster image processing, and a key cornerstone of Jobs' Macintosh Office plan described in Steve Jobs and 20 Years of Apple Servers, which initially launched the Mac and created the desktop publishing industry. At its launch, the LaserWriter was the most powerful computer Apple sold, because it required so much processing power to rasterize graphics at high resolution.
And at NeXT: Display PostScript
By the time Jobs left Apple and began putting together the NeXT platform in the late 80s, technology had increased dramatically. Sun had developed a windowing system called NeWS, the Network extensible Window System, that adapted PostScript to drive the entire graphical interface. While technically sophisticated, NeWS failed to gain much traction for a number of reasons, including its complexity for developers and performance issues.
NeXT began parallel efforts with Adobe to develop an alternative display system called Display PostScript. Rather than running the entire window system using PostScript as NeWS did, DPS only used it for drawing. NeXT and Adobe created a DPS specification that could be used by other vendors, who commonly paired it with MIT's bare bones X Window System.
For NeXTSTEP however, NeXT created its own window server that tied into the rest of the system's object oriented development frameworks and made application development much simpler. DPS never became popular on X11 because of the noxious fumes of the convoluted glue between it and the underlying windowing system.
On NeXT however, DPS was a key feature as it enabled the system to deliver more accurate printing, because there was no translation between QuickDraw and PostScript. In addition, the NeXT computer itself could render pages for the much simpler laser printer NeXT sold, saving the added expense of another entire computer built into the printer itself.
3D Drawing: IRIX GL and Pixar
In parallel with the development of PostScript for use in 2D graphics, Unix workstation vendor Silicon Graphics, Inc. pioneered the development of high end graphics workstations used in computer animation and scientific visualization. In 1988, SGI introduced IRIX 3.0, which paired AT&T's Unix with SGI's 4Sight windowing system (below), based on Sun's NeWS and SGI's own IRIS Graphics Language for 3D graphics.
Prior to starting NeXT, Jobs also purchased the computer graphics division of George Lucas' LucasFilm in 1986 to form Pixar. That company pioneered the development of computer graphics, releasing the Pixar Image Computer (below) as a $135,000 state of the art graphics rendering system that was used alongside a $35 workstation from SGI or Sun. Pixar's system also used NeWS internally.
The extremely small market for such high end graphics processing resulted in Pixar selling off its hardware business in 1990 to move into software sales of its RenderMan product, along with CGI work for commercials. Pixar's biggest customer for its high end systems was Disney; in 1991, Pixar maintained its relationship with Disney in a deal to develop a series of computer generated feature films, resulting in Toy Story in 1995, followed by a series of pioneering CGI films that pushed the boundary of graphics technology.
That same year, SGI dropped support for NeWS and moved to X11, and by 1993 was hosting support for DPS on top of X11. The real value SGI offered, however, was in its IRIS GL. In 1992, SGI made a pioneering step to launch its graphics technology as an open, interoperable standard under the name OpenGL.
IRIS GL had included support for an entire windowing system developed prior to NeWS and X11; after removing this support, SGI released the new OpenGL specification under the OpenGL Architecture Review Board consortium, and it rapidly became the professional standard for 3D graphics.
NeXT and Apple: Quartz
After acquiring NeXT, Apple began work on merging its own graphics assets into the foundation of NeXT's DPS-based graphics system. A key problem was that DPS was expensive to license from Adobe. NeXT had sold its software for $700 per seat, while Apple's consumer-oriented installed base couldn't be expected to pay more than around $100 for an operating system, leaving little room for expensive licensed technologies.
Apple determined that the X11 system that most other Unix workstation vendors had settled on by the mid 90s would not supply enough of a foundation to cover the features it wanted in its new system. Adding those features to X11 would have resulted in a a non-standard version of X11 that would not be compatible with other system anyway, but which incorporated a lot of design tradeoffs that would needlessly complicate and slow its performance. Instead, Apple began work on what would be called Quartz.
Rather than using the PostScript language, Quartz used the drawing model of Adobe's Portable Document Format. PDF is a file format containing resolution independent drawing information that can be the interpreted results of a PostScript program. However, Quartz didn't just swap out PostScript for PDF to become Display PDF. Instead, Apple wrote an entirely new graphics engine using the mature and highly regarded PDF model.
On page 2 of 2: Mac OS X 10.0 Quartz; Mac OS X 10.2 Jaguar: Quartz Extreme; Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger: Quartz 2D Extreme; What's New in Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard; and Leopard User Interface.


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Bob Cannon, 52, of Oklahoma passed away unexpectedly Oct. 9, 2011. He was born in Buffalo, New York to Patsy and Charles Cannon on June 20th, 1959. He lived in Tonawanda, New York; Denver, Colorado; Placentia, California; Dayton, Ohio; Pleasanton and area cities, California and Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. He was a member of the first graduating class of Foothill High School (1977). He excelled in tennis and golf and played on his high school team all 4 years. He traveled competitively for tennis. Bob joined the Army after high school and was stationed in Germany where he met his wife Maggie and married in 1982. He worked 20 years for Farmer?s Insurance (Dublin, CA and Oklahoma City). Moving up through the ranks, his last position was as a Software Development Lead. Bob always enjoyed a variety of sports and began running over the last five years. He participated in many marathons, ranking extremely high in many of his races. Even though he moved to Oklahoma 12 years ago, his devotion to the San Francisco 49ers never changed. He loved a variety of music and celebrated anniversaries with his wife at jazz festivals.
Bob is survived by his wife of 29 years, Maggie Cannon of Oklahoma City, OK and their three children Renee, Nathan and Justin, all of Oklahoma; his father, Charles Cannon and step-mother June of Pleasanton, CA; Sisters, Debra (Neil) Cannon Ardoline of Westminster, CO and Karen (Mark) Cannon Hitesman of Pleasanton, CA as well as many nieces, nephews, aunts and uncles. He was predeceased by his mother Patsy Puderbaugh Cannon.
Friends and family are invited to attend a celebration of Bob?s life which will be held at Rock Bible Church, 4100 1st Street in Pleasanton, CA on November 26th, 2011 at 3:00 PM . A service will also be held on November 17, 2011 at the family church in Oklahoma City.
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Post-game breakdown, video: Harvard
UConn is a surprising 7-2 heading into an exam break after beating Harvard, 57-49, Friday at Gampel Pavilion.
Nothing comes easy for these Huskies but they keep finding ways to win.
Sophomore DeAndre Daniels played the starring role, scoring a career-high 23 points. Sophomore Ryan Boatright finished with 16 points.
The Huskies were out-rebounded (27-20) for the eighth time in nine games. Their bench provided only eight points – all in the final 10 minutes. And they allowed Harvard to shoot 48.8 percent.
But they won, and that's all that really matters.
"Hopefully, we just continue to play like this and find a way to win," coach Kevin Ollie said.
Some news, notes and quotes from post-game:
-- Could Daniels become the third scoring option that UConn needs?
Time will tell.
Daniels had his best game despite playing with a sore lower back. He's been suffering from back spasms since the North Carolina State game on Tuesday.
Defenses are focusing on containing the backcourt of Shabazz Napier and Boatright. Daniels went 9-for-12 from the field and added four rebounds. He's the first non-guard to lead the Huskies in scoring.
"I can help them and take the load of them because everyone is going to be scouting us and trying to get us out of our game," Daniels said. "I just need to step up and help and get the load off of their back."
"He decided to play today," Ollie said. "And that's what DeAndre can do."
-- Ollie changed the starting lineup for the first time all season. Junior Enosch Wolf replaced junior Tyler Olander at center.
Wolf had four points and zero rebounds in 20 minutes. Olander had four points and two rebounds in 20 minutes.
"He had a couple of dunks, but I need more rebounds," Ollie said of Wolf.
Ollie added that the competition for starting center position remains open.
-- UConn forced a season-high tying 18 turnovers, leading to 22 points. The Huskies ties a season-low for points allowed.
"Our defense was great," Ollie said.
-- Napier had just six points but made a major impact on the game. He had season highs in assists (9), rebounds (7) and steals (4) in 38 minutes.
"I love passing the ball and getting rebounds and assists," Napier said. "I don't really care too much about scoring as long as my team wins."
He went scoreless in the first half and made his first basket with 7:40 left in the game. His 3-pointer came during a key 13-2 run that turned a tight 33-32 game into a 46-34 lead.
Ollie loved Napier's assist-to-turnover ratio (9 to 1).
"That's better than me," said Ollie, a former UConn and NBA point guard.
-- Ollie made a point to praise the season-high home crowd of 9,113 fans.
"Our sixth man – our crowd – was unbelievable. I definitely want to praise them."
-- Reserve guard R.J. Evans played just seven minutes. He fell hard on his bad right shoulder while hustling back to make a play on defense.
"I aggravated it a little bit," Evans said.
Evans will get an opportunity to heal up during the exam break.
-- The Huskies didn't receive a point from their bench until junior Niels Giffey scored off an alley-oop with 9:54 remaining in the game. He finished with four points in 21 minutes after scoring just two in the previous 49 minutes over two games.
-- Freshman guard Omar Calhoun has struggled lately. He went 0-for-6 from the field and had three turnovers. He has 15 turnovers in the last four games.
-- UConn is off until Monday, Dec. 17, when it hosts Maryland-Eastern Shore in Hartford.
-- Check out the attached video of Daniels who met with the media after the game.
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Remember Funland In Wichita Falls? [VIDEO]
You wouldn't realize it if you looked at the southwest corner of Week's park now, but not so long ago at all, it was the home of Funland. Many Wichita Falls residents have fond memories of this amusement park. I found this video on YouTube and it definitely shows some of those memories. In the about section, the poster says:
One of our favorite things my sisters and I loved to do as kids was go to Funland amusement park in Wichita Falls. My father shot quite a bit of Super 8 film in those days (1970-75) just before my parents divorce. I love watching these reels as these fragile strips of celluloid film are the only place where we still exist as a family. To preserve the memories...I recently digitized the footage and edited some of the content into this reel. There are some amazing examples of some old school amusement rides!
Funland closed down in 2000 and the owner, Ernie Baker, moved it all to San Angelo. In an Amusement Business Magazine article about the move, Baker said, "It's all about location, and I didn't see any future in being located in Wichita Falls." He noted that San Angelo was more of a tourist destination and said that in the Falls he was having a hard time competing against indoor, air-conditioned entertainment.
Unfortunately for Baker, Funland didn't seem to work out in San Angelo either. After only operating the park in San Angelo for two years, Baker ended up closing up again.
If you want to see a little bit more of Funland, watch this old music video from Bowling For Soup. It features some scenes in the park, and also in other places around town.
Do you have memories of Funland? Let us know in the comments section below.


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SYNC(8) NetBSD System Manager's Manual SYNC(8) NAME sync -- force completion of pending disk writes (flush cache) SYNOPSIS sync DESCRIPTION The sync program can be called to ensure that all disk writes have been completed before the processor is halted in a way not suitably done by reboot(8) or halt(8). Generally, it is preferable to use reboot(8) or halt(8) to shut down the system, as they may perform additional actions such as resynchronizing the hardware clock and flushing internal caches before performing a final sync. The sync program simply invokes the sync(2) system call. SEE ALSO fsync(2), sync(2), halt(8), reboot(8) HISTORY A sync command appeared in Version 4 AT&T UNIX. NetBSD 8.1 August 12, 2016 NetBSD 8.1
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Sheriff Mack, who successfully challenged the 1993 federal Brady handgun control act in a landmark case that went all the way through the United States Supreme Court, has been an outspoken champion of constitutionally limited government and a critic of federal usurpation and abuse of police powers. The forty-year-old Southern Poverty Law Center is notorious for lionizing left-wing extremists (such as unrepentant Weather Underground terrorist Bill Ayers) and equally notorious for smearing innocent individuals and organizations with the "racist," "extremist," "anti-semitic," "anti-government," and "hate group" labels. It is not surprising then that it has targeted Richard Mack for vicious treatment in a number of its publications and web sites over the years. But even more troubling than what it has published about him, says Sheriff Mack, are the lies that it has spread to law enforcement agencies about him in the seminars and training programs the SPLC conducts for federal, state, and local agencies.
Sheriff Mack, who was a speaker, along with this writer at the 53rd Anniversary Banquet of The John Birch Society in Sacramento, also announced to the assembled guests that he would also soon be filing papers to run in the Republican primary for the 21st Congressional District of Texas against incumbent Rep. Lamar Smith, whom Mack describes a "RINO" (Republican In Name Only). The 21st District includes much of San Antonio and Austin, as well as Fredericksburg, where Mack now resides.
In an interview with The New American after the banquet, Sheriff Mack, explained that he had contemplated a lawsuit against the SPLC for the past several months, but the difficulty, time, and expense of taking on such an endeavor against the well-funded organization had prevented him from doing so. In May of this year, however, he received a telephone call from an SPLC "reporter." Mack says he was amazed and told the reporter: "This is really funny. You guys have been lying about me for 15 years and this is the first time you've bothered to call me."
The reporter asked, "When did we ever lie about you?"
Sheriff Mack recounted the telephone conversation:
I said, well, recently you said I believe in shooting federal agents, killing federal agents — IRS agents in particular. I said I have never said anything like that. I don't believe in violence. I spent 20 years in law enforcement and never slugged or slapped or hit or maced or shot another human being. So I don't believe in violence and I'm not a violent person, nor have I been.
The SPLC reporter said he would check into that. Later that day, says Mack, he received a call from spokesman Mark Potok, who edits the organization's Intelligence Report. Potok said, "Sheriff, we owe you an apology."
Sheriff Mack says "I knocked on the phone and said 'Is this really Mark Potok of the SPLC who doesn't care who they lie about? I don't trust you.'"
Mack says Potok then admitted, "We went back and reviewed the tape where we reported you advocated shooting agents and that isn't what you said."
Potok agreed to reprint a retraction. However, says Mack, the retraction was a tiny paragraph, compared to the massive coverage they had given to the earlier false charges about him. And it could not even begin to undo the vast damage they had done in smearing his name and the CSPOA before other law enforcement agencies.
Mack pointed out that Sheriff Dwight Nothstein of Carbon County, Pennsylvania, for instance, has publicly compared Sheriff Mack to Hitler and repeated the SPLC charge that he has advocated shooting federal agents.
"It does hurt me to see that the SPLC, which does training for every federal law enforcement agency, including other police and sheriffs agencies all across the country, will actually tell these people that there's something inherently wrong with someone who quotes the Founding Fathers and our Constitution," he told The New American. "That's all I'm guilty of. And isn't it interesting that I'm called a racist, a bigot, a hate group monger, and I [supposedly] hate everybody because I simply quote American ideals as expressed by the Founding Fathers? That's my 'crime.' And yet I get slandered all over the country to my fellow brothers and sisters in law enforcement."
But the Sheriff is not one to let such things get him down; besides a busy speaking schedule, he is very active with a number of positive efforts and is always upbeat and optimistic. In addition to launching his SPLC lawsuit and a congressional campaign, he is also releasing his newly published book, The Magic of Gun Control (cover shown above) and gearing up for his CSPOA "Constitutional Sheriffs Convention" in January 2012 in Las Vegas. He is hoping to bring together 150-200 sheriffs from across the country, together with other law enforcement officers to discuss with them their role in the "lawful and peaceful way to restore the Constitution and its Bill of Rights as the supreme law of the land."
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The polar vortex beat Chris Christie, hands down. According to a new Pew poll, many Americans closely followed the recent roll of Arctic weather across the nation, while fewer intensely studied the unfolding scandal involving New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and the George Washington Bridge.
Fully 76 percent of the nation looked at news of the cold snap very or fairly closely, according to the Pew results. Meanwhile, only 39 percent followed the story about Christie and the punitive bridge lane closings either very or fairly closely.
That put Bridgegate well down the list of most popular news items of the week, just below the unemployment debate in DC and just above the release of the new book by former Secretary of Defense Bob Gates.
"There also has been little short-term change in opinions about Christie: 60 percent say their opinion of Christie has not changed in recent days, while 16 percent now view him less favorably and 6 percent more favorably," writes Pew.
Good news for Christie, right? Yes, pretty much. It's early yet and there's still lots of time for new developments that might grab the public's attention. But so far the story does not seem to excite many voters, despite pundits' confident predictions that traffic tie-ups are a political scandal average people might relate to and follow with interest.
There's at least one amber warning light in Pew's numbers for Christie, however. If you break the numbers down by partisanship, they become a bit more interesting.
Majorities of Republicans, Democrats, and independents all say their opinion of Christie hasn't changed. But Democrats were disproportionately likely to say the whole thing has made them feel worse about the New Jersey chief executive.
Twenty-three percent of Democrats say they now think less of Christie. The comparable figure for the GOP, meanwhile, is only ten percent.
That's good for Christie, right? He's a Republican, so he needs to hold onto his base. That's true, but if he wants to run for president, one of his arguments is that he's a rare Republican who can attract strong Democratic support. If that trend does not hold party elites may judge him less electable, and thus less deserving of their support.
Meanwhile, those who know Christie best – New Jersey residents – have a somewhat more mixed opinion of the Bridgegate business.
A new Monmouth University/Asbury Park Press survey shows Christie has lost a bit of support in the Garden State. His job approval rating among state voters now stands at 59 percent, down from 65 percent just one month ago.
Again, partisanship makes a difference here. His ratings remain strong among New Jersey Republicans and have dropped disproportionately among New Jersey Democrats. Only 38 percent of the latter group say their opinion of Christie is favorable, down from 47 percent in December.
All this confirms one of our core beliefs about gaffes, and scandals, and so-called "game changers" – they don't. Change the game, that is. Usually, events such as Mitt Romney's "47 percent" remarks about Democratic voters only reinforce each party's pre-held beliefs about the politician in question.
It takes an event of Superstorm Sandy strength, metaphorically speaking, to truly dim a candidate's prospects, particularly at the level of presidential contender.


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SCAMming Environmental Policy
The next day. a different federal agency, the Forest Service, decided it could not be sure that logging would be bad for the environment. It therefore eliminated the requirements for preparing Environmental Impact Statements in Forest Plans and for protecting "viable" species from destruction through logging.
These back-to-back announcements illustrate the importance of an often-overlooked fact: many "scientific" agency
decisions are made on the basis not of solid scientific findings but of pervasive scientific uncertainty. On one day, officials decide that uncertainty means importing drugs would be risky; the next, other officials decide that uncertainty means logging would be safe. So it goes with thousands of such decisions every year. Despite many calls for more science, the key factor influencing outcomes often has to do with what an agency decides when there's no real way to know whether something is truly safe or not.


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The University of Central Arkansas Office of International Engagement awarded its first Distinguished International Student Scholarship to Ha Ram Kim, a student at Buenos Aires International Christian Academy in Argentina.
Kim was chosen based on his outstanding academic achievement as well as his excellent record in community service in acting as a tutor to students with learning disabilities. In addition to being class valedictorian, Kim is also the founder and president of his high school's Community Service Club, where he organized and led donation drives for local orphanages and food banks.
"We are certain that Kim will be a beacon of leadership and commitment to UCA and his community and benefit from this amazing opportunity," said UCA Latin American Specialist Lara Bersano, in a ceremony held for Kim at the United States Embassy in Buenos Aires last week.
In addition to Kim's friends and family, U.S. Embassy Cultural Affairs Representative Linda Talluto; Buenos Aires International Christian Academy Coordinator Gerson Semedo; and Education USA Advisors Amy Molden and Sarah Sumadi were also in attendance at the ceremony, as well as Bersano, who works from Argentina.
"Although we in Arkansas could not present for the celebration, we are honored to have this young scholar representing Argentina at UCA," said UCA associate vice president and associate provost Jane Ann Williams.
Kim plans to pursue a degree in the field of education but also hopes to continue his community service efforts while at UCA. "This scholarship is even more significant to my family and me as UCA is an open door when most of the doors have closed on me. I will not only try my best at upholding excellence, but will also strive to be the person who helps open new doors to others, both at UCA and abroad," said Kim.
The Distinguished International Student Scholarship is a highly competitive scholarship with awards being determined based upon college proficiency exams, grade-point average, essay submission, and letters of recommendation.
Distinguished International Student Scholars will receive an award equivalent to full tuition and fees and includes housing and meals for the fall and spring semesters up to four years. To read more about this scholarship as well as other scholarships available to international students at UCA, visit www.uca.edu/international/scholarships. <http://www.uca.edu/international/scholarships.>


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|Disney To Rent Self Destructing DVDs
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Home Video announced that they will be offering a new style of self
destructing DVD discs as a new rental option coming this summer. The
concept behind the disc is that after 48 hours the disc undergoes a
chemical reaction making it unreadable by a DVD player.
Disney says that the disc, with its GE invented technology, will allow them to rent discs from new venues without having to worry about them being returned. The studio also boasts that after the time that the disc has expired it is impossible to steal.
Critics point at environmental concerns. In a world where recycling is only starting to become a mainstream practice, throw-away renal DVDs seem wasteful. In terms of copy protection, the discs are hackable during their first 48 hours which only entices people with easily available DVD copying software to break these new discs with the added thrill of beating the clock.


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The fulfillment or accomplishment of a promise, contract, or other obligation according to its terms.
Part performance entails the completion of some portion of what either party to a contract has agreed to do. With respect to the sale of goods, the payment—or receipt and acceptance of goods—makes an oral sales contract, otherwise unenforceable because of the Statute of Frauds, enforceable in regard to goods for which payment has been made and accepted or which have been received and accepted.
Specific Performance is an equitable doctrine that compels a party to execute the agreement according to its terms where monetary damages would be inadequate compensation for the breach of an agreement, as in the case of a sale of land. In regard to the sale of goods, a court orders specific performance only where the goods are unique or in other proper circumstances.
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White House: 3 million signed up on health exchanges
WASHINGTON -- More than three million people have now signed up for private insurance plans through the federal and state health exchanges, the Obama administration announced today.
The numbers include new January enrollees announced by California and New York this week. Those two states by themselves have gained as many enrollees as the federal exchange, HealthCare.gov.
"As our outreach efforts kick into even higher gear, we anticipate these numbers will continue to grow, particularly as we reach even more uninsured young adults so that they know that new options and new ways to help eligible individuals pay for their premium are now available, thanks to the Affordable Care Act," Marilyn Tavenner, administrator for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, wrote in a blog.
Almost 1.2 million people had enrolled in private insurance through the federal health care exchange from Oct. 1 to Dec. 28. Another 956,000 people had signed up for private insurance through state-based exchanges during that time.
Tavenner said another 6.3 million people have been determined eligible for Medicaid or CHIP, the government-based health insurance program for children.
About 500,000 people enrolled in private plans in California from Oct. 1 through Dec. 31. On Tuesday, officials announced another 125,000 people had signed up.
"While our objective is to insure all eligible Californians over time, independent estimates for Covered California's subsidy-eligible enrollment by the March 31 deadline range between 487,000 and 696,000,"said Covered California Executive Director Peter Lee. "These impressive numbers for the first half of open enrollment and the continued momentum in January tell us we are on track to meeting, if not beating, those enrollment estimates as we continue to pick up steam."
In New York, 100,000 people have signed up since Jan. 1, said Donna Frescatore, executive director of NY State of Health. Prior to that, 230,624 people had signed up.
"We are very pleased with our overall results to date as well, with almost 330,000 enrolled, and more than 587,000 people have completed applications since the October 1 launch of the marketplace," she said.


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DeCock: Wolfpack can take hope from history
For all the ups and downs of the N.C. State football program over the past decade, it's hard to beat this particular accomplishment: Clemson will be the fourth top-10 team to play N.C. State since 2005. The Wolfpack has beaten the last three.
Florida State in 2005. Clemson in 2011. Florida State in 2012. And now Clemson, No. 3 in the Associated Press poll, in 2013. There's no common thread, nothing tying the three wins together, nothing tying the three wins to Thursday night.
"We're more focused on the present," Wolfpack wide receiver Quintin Payton said. "We know what happened in the past."
Still, it feels like a little bit more than coincidence that the last three times the Wolfpack faced a top-10 team, it won. Good luck figuring it out. Other than N.C. State being a huge underdog, there's no way to connect the dots.
It happened under different coaches (Tom O'Brien twice, Chuck Amato once) and in different places (Carter-Finley Stadium twice, Tallahassee, Fla., once) and with different quarterbacks (Mike Glennon twice, Marcus Stone once) and at different times (evening twice, afternoon once) and in different months (November twice, October once).
Almost all of those variables are new this time around: Dave Doeren, Pete Thomas, evening, September – and on a Thursday night, when N.C. State is 7-5 at home.
"I just say, 'Look guys, a lot of people are thinking you don't have a chance in this game, and everyone that's played here knows that you do. Because of what you did last year with Florida State coming in, and the year before against Clemson,'" said Doeren, who will make his ACC coaching debut Thursday. "It doesn't help you win this game. Those games aren't going to win this game for us. But at least there's guys in the room who were in those games who remember."
It's fair to wonder, given all the additional change this offseason, with a new coach, new system, uncertainty at quarterback and so on and so on, whether there's anything at all that carries over. It's also fair to point out there was as little that carried over from 2005 to 2011 as there is that carries over from 2012 to now.
Perhaps more worrisome for N.C. State is Clemson's high-powered offense that hung 62 points on the Wolfpack in last year's Textile Bowl. The Wolfpack has been surprisingly good defensively in its two wins this season, but N.C. State hasn't seen anything like this yet. And if there's anything the three upsets have in common, it's that the Wolfpack allowed no more than 16 points in each of them.
"The whole world thinks we're underdogs in this game," N.C. State linebacker Zach Gentry said. "I like that. I always thought that was a great thing. Coming from where I've been, I'm an underdog. Whatever. If we're the underdogs this game, that's fine. We'll take the role to heart, and that'll be fine for us."
It's hard to believe N.C. State can beat Clemson on Thursday, very hard indeed, but it was hard to believe N.C. State could beat Florida State last year, or Clemson two years ago, or Florida State in 2005.
Each of those teams entered those games with its own unique baggage. Each of them emerged victorious.
"With the crowd behind us, you never know," Doeren said. "Our guys are really excited, and that's one thing about State, they have a history of upsetting football teams. Being in the underdog role against a great football team on national television is something that we're really excited for. Now we just need to go do it."
Likely? No. But impossible to rule out, because it was just as unlikely in 2005, and 2011, and 2012.


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