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TORONTO - Actor Neil Hope, who starred as Derek "Wheels" Wheeler on the popular 1980s TV series "Degrassi Junior High" and had little contact with relatives and friends in his final years, died alone in an Ontario rooming house in 2007, his former fiance confirmed Friday.
Ex-fiance Christina Boulard said Hope's family spent years trying to track him down after hearing rumors of his passing several years ago, but only learned last month from police in Hamilton, Ontario, that he had died.
Boulard said the former star of Canada's groundbreaking "Degrassi" series died on Nov. 25, 2007, of "natural causes" at the age of 35 but declined to elaborate, only saying Hope was diabetic.
Boulard, who last saw Hope in 2002, said it was not unusual for him to cut ties with friends and family for sometimes a year at a time.
"Neil was a very private person. He didn't have the best life, there were times when he would go a while without seeing or talking to his family," Boulard said.
She said she is angry that police took so long to inform Hope's relatives of his death. He apparently had not listed a next-of-kin in any official documents, she said, adding she doubted that was true.
"He deserved better and so did his family," Boulard said.
Hamilton Police Service Sgt. Terri-Lynn Collings said Friday that the force doesn't comment on "sudden death investigations where there's no suspicion of any foul play."
A spokeswoman for Ontario's Office of the Chief Coroner said that an unclaimed person would be buried by a municipality only after a next-of-kin search was conducted. Cheryl Mahyr said a search could include hospitals, physicians, pharmacies, community organizations and mental health facilities.
Hope was one of "Degrassi's" earliest stars, appearing as "Griff" on the first installment, "The Kids of Degrassi Street," in 1979.
On "Degrassi Junior High," which ran from 1987 to 1991 on PBS in the United States, he portrayed the troubled character Derek Wheeler - known as "Wheels" - who struggled with alcoholism. The actor was candid about his own difficult childhood growing up with alcoholic parents.
"Degrassi Junior High," was acclaimed for its realistic portrayal of topics such as drug use, child abuse, teen pregnancy, homophobia, racism and divorce. The show followed the lives of teens who eventually graduated to "Degrassi High," another incarnation of the show.
Hope later guest starred on "Degrassi: The Next Generation" in 2001 and 2003, but details of his final years were scarce. The "Degrassi" series has won two International Emmy Awards and two Teen Choice Awards, along with several other awards.
Facebook members who said they were relatives of Hope first posted a notice of Hope's death last month, but online reports of his death only began circulating Thursday morning.
Twitter was abuzz with tributes as word of his death spread. A memorial page from a fan in Israel featured photos of Hope and a guest book for other fans to share condolences.
Film director Kevin Smith, a longtime "Degrassi" fan who appeared on the show as a guest star, tweeted that Hope "will be missed."
"Degrassi Junior High" creator Linda Schuyler said she was "terribly saddened to hear the news."
"Neil made an important contribution to our lives, to the lives of our television team who are like a family to us and indeed to the lives of the many Canadians and others around the world who were influenced by Neil and the roles he played, starting from the early days of 'The Kids of Degrassi Street,'" Schuyler said in a joint statement with executive producer Stephen Stohn.
"His life was not an easy one but the time he spent with us was a shining example of determination, hard work and hopeful optimism and he is sorely missed."
Boulard is planning a private memorial in June for Hope's old "Degrassi" colleagues and close friends.


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The Arkansas Department of Education plans to track its spending of federal funding grants with dashboard technology from IBM.
As part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, Arkansas is scheduled to receive as much as $569.9 million in stimulus funding in the next six months. The state's local education agencies will be given the money with the goal of improving public-school students' academic performance.
The state will focus on services for low-income students and those with disabilities and on creating facilities that promote learning and expand the use of technology, IBM and Arkansas officials said.
Recipients of federal money are expected to report their use of that funding in October.
To meet those requirements, the Arkansas Department of Education will use IBM's Economic Recovery Fund Tracking technology to monitor and analyze the effectiveness of its programs.
"Advances in financial management technology can play a crucial role in helping governmental organizations manage spending in real time," said Gerry Mooney, IBM's general manager for global government and education.
The company's Web-based dashboard technology combines business intelligence and performance management capabilities. For example, if an education project has reached 56 percent completion but the managing agency has already spent 66 percent of the economic recovery funds, the system will immediately alert program managers.
Agency program managers also have access to financial management experts with government experience to help them monitor funding, track job creation and analyze the overall success of the programs.
IBM officials said the technology solution is based on secure, open software that integrates spending information to:
Arkansas officials have established a Web site to track spending and results, and they plan to incorporate the information into a reporting system that is accessible and easy to understand, IBM officials said.
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For some parents, talking to a child about money is almost as hard as broaching some of those other difficult subjects. But understanding what money is and how to manage it is a crucial life skill parents must pass on to their children. It's never too early to start giving your child a solid foundation for making a lifetime of financial decisions.


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DescriptionPress the button and spin those wheels for fun and money. You might have as much fun as a barrel full of monkeys.
Monkey Money is a simulation of a slot, fruit or poker machine, depending on where you live. There is no real money, only simulated, so you can play without fear. Select the amount you wish to bet then press the SPIN button. Depending on what you get on the screen will depend on your payout. The wheels consist of a 9, 10, J, Q, K and A as well as coconuts, palm trees, a snake, and a bird. You can also get a bunch of bananas, a butterfly or a monkey. Getting a 9, 10, J, Q, K, A, coconut, palm tree or bird will pay depending on how many of any stopped on the screen. Getting two bunches of bananas or two butterflies will pay double your bet. Monkeys act as wild cards for anything except the bananas or butterflies.
If you get three bunches of bananas, you will enter the Jungle Feature. This will cause the machine to make spins over twenty times without you losing any money. You can, however, win according to your initial bet. Getting three butterflies will cause you to enter the Butterfly Bonus. You will have a screen with fifteen cells, each with a butterfly. You will click butterflies until you find two items that match. This is what you will receive. It could be seventeen free spins, double your bet, etc.
Two of the items you can find in the Butterfly Bonus are mini games. One is the Jungle Jackpot. Using the arrow keys or clicking the arrows on screen, you must get your monkey from the top of the screen to past the line of bananas at the bottom in less than thirty-five seconds. You may also step on boxes to acquire bonuses along the way. The other mini game is the Coconut Feature. You will see three coconut palms, each with a monkey at the bottom. You must click the word Climb under one monkey repeatedly to make your monkey climb faster than the other two. If you reach the top first, you win.
After you have spun, you can try to increase you winnings. If you click the button that says Gamble, you will see a playing card, face down. You can double your winnings by guessing if the card's suit is red or black. You can quadruple your winnings by guessing the suit of the card. You can also press the button called Roulette, to try increasing your winnings. You can guess red, black, even, odd or a particular number.
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Whilst I alone did call upon thy aid,
My verse alone had all thy gentle grace;
But now my gracious numbers are decay'd,
And my sick Muse doth give an other place.
I grant, sweet love, thy lovely argument
Deserves the travail of a worthier pen;
Yet what of thee thy poet doth invent
He robs thee of, and pays it thee again.
He lends thee virtue, and he stole that word
From thy behaviour; beauty doth he give,
And found it in thy cheek: he can afford
No praise to thee, but what in thee doth live.
Then thank him not for that which he doth say,
Since what he owes thee, thou thyself dost pay.
Sonnet 79: Translation to modern English
When I was the only one who sought inspiration from you it was only my verse that contained the effects of your noble grace, but now my inspired verses have declined as my muse makes room for another. I admit, sweet love, that such a lovely subject deserves the labour of a better writer. But whatever praise of your qualities your new poet makes, all he's doing is stealing them then giving them back to you. He attributes virtue to you but he only got that word from observing you. He gives you beauty but only discovered beauty by looking at your face. He's unable to offer any praise other than those things that he's already found in you. So don't be grateful for the things he says about you: because you're paying for everything that he owes you.


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Graduate Council Meeting
December 6, 2012
I. The meeting was called to order at 2:05 p.m.
Voting members and alternates present were: C. Brun, D. Cipollini, D. Cool, R. Grandhi, M. Gruys, T. Longley-Cook, M. Kadakia, M. McNutt, M. Miller, B. Milligan, R. Ramsey, B. Rigling, A. Russell, S. Schiller, E. Self, and T. Tarpey.
Non-voting members, alternates and other attendees were: R. Ayres (chair), C. Cherrington, S. Foster, E. Gilles (scribe), J. Greening, L. Hong, J. Keferl, C. Loranger, M. Mamrack, D. Steele-Johnson, R. Williams.
II. Approval of Minutes
It was moved and seconded that the minutes of the Nov. 1, 2012 meeting be approved as written. Motion carried unanimously.
III. Report of the Assistant Dean (R. Ayres)
a. Budget allocations for Graduate Tuition Scholarships (GTS) – The administration has agreed to strengthen the support of funding for graduate tuition scholarships.
b. Ed.D. in Organizational Studies –The full proposal was presented and approved at the Nov. 30 RACGS meeting.
IV. Committee Reports
a. Policies Committee (R. Ayres for G. Alter)
The Policies Committee is still considering the transcript policy revision. The committee has been gathering feedback and will meet again in January.
b. Membership Committee (R. Ayres for B. Gray)
Since the last Graduate Council meeting, the Graduate School Dean approved 4 regular and 8 adjunct graduate faculty memberships. The Membership Committee approved 2 adjunct nominations.
c. Curriculum Committee A (R. Grandhi)
1. Degree Designation Change: MS in Electrical Engineering – The Master of Science in Engineering degree has been awarded for 40 years with tracks in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, etc. This request is to change the degree to Master of Science in Electrical Engineering and will be the first of several proposals from CECS requesting a degree designation change. There are no changes to the program, the courses, or the degree requirement. On behalf of the Curriculum Committee A, R. Grandhi moved to approve the degree designation change. Dr. Ayres added that the proposed will need Faculty Senate and OBR approval. No discussion. R. Ayres called for a vote. All in favor. Motion passed.
2. New Course Request: EE 6800 and Course Modifications: BMS 7670, CEG 6400, NUR 6114, NUR 7114, and NUR 7513 - On behalf of the Curriculum Committee A, R. Grandhi moved to approve the new course request and five course modifications. No discussion. R. Ayres called for a vote. All in favor. Motion passed.
3. Program of Study: Innovation and Entrepreneurship Certificate Program – This is a quarter to semester conversion with no changes to the certificate program. On behalf of the Curriculum Committee A, R. Grandhi moved to approve the program of study. No discussion. R. Ayres called for a vote. All in favor. Motion passed.
d. Curriculum Committee B (S. Schiller for S. Franco)
The committee reviewed 19 items since the last Grad Council meeting and recommends approval of 18. Information item: Some of the items required additional information from the instructor. The committee has noticed an inconsistency with the templates used by the different colleges. On behalf of the Curriculum Committee B, S. Schiller moved to approve the following:
1. New Course Requests: EDT 8490 and EDT 8590
2. Course Modifications: EDL 9740 and EDL 9860
3. Programs of Study:
i. EDS Advanced Curriculum and Instruction
ii. EDS Superintendent
iii. MED Teacher Leader Curriculum and Instruction
iv. Multi-Age Education License: World Language German
v. Multi-Age MED Concentration: World Language German
vi. MED Principalship
vii. TESOL Endorsement
4. Quarter to Semester Changes: EDL 662 to SAA 7690, EDL 8710, PHL 5110, PHL 5780, PHL 5800, PHL 6110, and PHL 6140
No discussion. R. Ayres called for a vote. All in favor. Motion passed.
e. Student Affairs Committee (C. Brun)
The committee had one meeting with full attendance. The nominations for the Spring 2013 Wright Fellowships were reviewed. The committee recommended that the Graduate School distribute awards to: Erica Stewart, African American, MS in Anatomy, CoSM; Antoine Wrice, African American, MS in Anatomy, CoSM; Loic Kiza, African American, MS in Nursing, CoNH; Karina Descartin, Asian American, Community Health, BSoM; Edward Kennedy, Native American, Environmental Sciences PhD, CoSM; and Young Kim, Asian American, MS in Nursing, CoNH.
The committee also reviewed the nominations from all colleges for Alumni of the Year and recommended Sung Ahn, 1983, MS in Statistics, CoSM, be selected as the Graduate School Outstanding Alumnus of the Year.
V. Graduate Student Assembly (J. Greening)
The GSA received 12 applications for the professional development grants and 11 for the original work grants in the first round. This is double the number of applications from last fall. All colleges and schools were represented. The grant recipients will be announced soon. The GSA also met their fall semester membership goal of 90 total members just today.
VII. Old Business – None
VIII. New Business – None
IX. Discussion - None
X. Announcement: Next meeting will be held January 24, 2013.
XI. The meeting was adjourned at 2:25 p.m.


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BOSTON - Denver and Colorado have the highest rates of health club membership among the nation's cities and states, according to the 2005 IHRSA/American Sports Data Health Club Trend Report. The annual report has been conducted for the last 19 years by American Sports Data (ASD) and sponsored by the International Health, Racquet & Sportsclub Association (IHRSA).
A projected 21.8 percent of Colorado state residents (over the age of six) belong to a health club or fitness center, the study found. Utah residents follow closely with 20.8 percent of them belonging to health clubs or fitness centers, while 20.6 percent of Massachusetts residents belong.
Denver ranks as the top city in the country for health club memberships with 25.1 percent of its residents belonging to either a health club or fitness center. Columbus, OH, follows closely with 24.9 percent of its residents saying they are members, and 23 percent of the residents of San Diego belong to a health club or fitness center.
The study also showed that one-third of all health club members in the United States live in the South where obesity rates tend to be among the highest in the country. Interestingly, the South has experienced the greatest level of growth in health club membership of any region in the nation, increasing 29 percent from 10.7 million members in 1999 to 13.8 million members in 2005. The West has the next greatest number of health club members with 10.2 million followed by the North-Central region with 9.2 million members and the Northeast with 8.1 million members.


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The Federal Reserve warned that continued market volatility was threatening America's economic recovery. Janet Yellen said before markets opened that the Fed continues to look closely at market volatility and would raise interest rates gradually, with the pace depending on market conditions. Equity futures rose on the news.
Yellen said the Fed's interest rate path remained "data dependent," adding that worsening financial sector conditions could result in broader stress throughout the market. "These developments if they prove persistent, could weigh on the outlook for economic activity and the labor market," she said, adding that foreign risks were also a threat to America's recovery.
With weak exports to China, lower commodity demand, financial market volatility, and uncertainty over China's revamped currency policy weighing on foreign markets, Yellen was cautious about the future of American exports. "Should any of these downside risks materialize, foreign activity and demand for U.S. exports could weaken and financial markets could tighten further," she said.
Cratering Rates, Inflation Expectations
With indications of weakening industrial output, aggregate demand, price growth, and home buying activity, the market has defied the Federal Reserve and pushed Treasury yields far below their 2015 levels.
The 10-year Treasury was yielding 1.85% after falling from over 3% at the beginning of 2015, with some analysts arguing that yields will fall even further. This is partly the reflection of weakening expectations about inflation, which has fallen from above the Fed's 2% target and is in danger of falling into deflation.
Nonetheless, Yellen proved resistant to outcries from Wall Street that America's economy remained weak. "Ongoing employment gains and faster wage growth should support the growth of real incomes and therefore consumer spending," she said, adding, "global economic growth should pick up over time."
Her bullish comments included a subtle dismissal of recessionary fears that have clouded equity markets. "[The Fed] expects that with gradual adjustments in the stance of monetary policy, economic activity will expand at a moderate pace in coming years and that labor market indicators will continue to strengthen," she said on Wednesday.
Oil Weakness
While part of the falling inflation is the result of weak demand and stagnant wages, a significant cut in prices has been due to the fall in oil. WTI futures fell to $27.73 per barrel in trading Wednesday, while broad based declines in energy costs have pushed purchasing managers to see continued declines in costs.
The producer price index (PPI) fell in January, according to the ISM, with weak energy costs a significant contributor.
The CEO of British Petroleum, or BP, has warned investors that he remains "very bearish" on oil as he sees storage overcapacity. "In the second half, every tank and swimming pool in the world is going to fill and fundamentals are going to kick in," said Robert Dudley at the IP Week conference. However, he noted a hint of bullishness by seeing a turn in inventory trends later in the year. "The market will start balancing in the second half of this year," he added.
Dudley is more bullish about a tightening of supply than Igor Sechin, CEO of Rosneft OJSC, which is the largest Russian oil producer. Sechin predicted a shortfall of 700,000 barrels of oil a day by the end of 2017, but Dudley said BP expects to see inventories decline sooner.


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JOHANNESBURG (AP) � Nelson Mandela�s casket was draped in a lion skin, an ox was ritually slaughtered and a family elder kept talking to the body�s spirit: The state funeral for South Africa�s anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela on Sunday included these rituals from the tradition of the Xhosa tribe, to whom Mandela�s Thembu clan belongs.
The coffin of the country�s first democratically elected President was wrapped in the South African flag, standing atop animal skins during the funeral in Mandela�s southeastern childhood village of Qunu. The ceremony was an eclectic mix of traditional rituals, Christian elements and the military honors of a state funeral.
His body was buried around noon, �when the sun is at its highest and the shadow at its shortest,� Cyril Ramaphosa, deputy leader of the country�s ruling party, the African National Congress, said during the ceremony.
Here�s a brief look at the Xhosa people and the main elements of their burial traditions:
The Xhosa people
The majority of the country�s 7 million Xhosa people live in the country�s southeast, in the Eastern Cape province. Their language, Xhosa, is famous for its three click sounds. The Xhosa recognize the presence of ancestral spirits and call upon them for guidance. Veneration for the world of the ancestors, or Umkhapho in Xhosa, plays an important role in their culture. The ceremonial slaughtering of animals is one of the ways the ancestors are called upon for help, according to a website of South Africa�s Tourism Department.
Talking to the body Following a tradition called Thetha, Xhosa culture requires a family elder to stay with Mandela�s body and explain to his spirit what is happening. �When the body lies there, the spirit is still alive,� said Rev. Wesley Mabuza, chairman of South Africa�s Commission for the Promotion and Protection of the right of Cultural, Religious and Linguistic Communities.
�The body must be informed of whatever is happening before the funeral,� said Nokuzola Mndende, director of the Icamagu Institute for traditional religions. The body must rest for one night in his family house before the burial. �On Sunday he must then be told �Madiba, we are now burying you�,� she added, using his clan name in an expression of affection and respect.
Wrapped in a lion skin
The deceased must be wrapped in a special garment. For people of a high rank like Mandela, who is the son of a traditional clan chief, the body or the casket is usually wrapped in the skin of a leopard or a lion, according to Mndende. Mandela�s body was wrapped in a lion skin. �But because Madiba is also a former statesman, maybe there will also be the South African flag,� she said. Mabuza added: �It�s a ritual showing deep respect for the deceased.�
Slaughtering the ox
Xhosa tradition requires the slaughtering of an animal early on the day of the burial. After the ritual throat slitting, the animal will be eaten by the mourners, usually outside the family house. For people of a high rank like Mandela an ox will be killed, Mndende said.
�That ox is slaughtered, cooked and eaten all in one day,� she said. In some regions no salt will be used to season the meat, but in the area of Mandela�s clan that�s up to the family�s discretion, she added.
End of the mourning
A year after the burial another ox will be slaughtered and eaten by the family to mark the end of the mourning period, in a tradition called Ukuzila. �There must be a time when the mourning is broken,� Mndende said.
Bringing back ritual
About another year later a joyous ceremony is celebrated to bring back the deceased into the family so that the person will henceforth be looking over the family and its children as a well-meaning ancestor, a ritual called Ukubuyisa, according to Mndende.


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Bobby Thompson, who a federal marshal says is John Donald Cody, appears at a hearing in Cuyahoga County Court in Cleveland, May 8, 2012.
When he was arrested on April 30, the suspect known as Bobby Thompson had been on the run for nearly two years from charges that he ran a bogus charity that collected millions of dollars from people who thought they were helping out Navy veterans.
On Monday, federal authorities revealed that Thompson is really John Donald Cody, 65, a 1972 Harvard Law School graduate and Army veteran the FBI had long sought on numerous fraud charges related to a 1987 espionage probe.
U.S. Marshal Peter Elliott, head of the task force that found Thompson, said on Monday that he was doing Google searches for fugitives recently when landed on an old FBI wanted poster for Cody. Elliot noticed the man's resemblance to the suspect marshals had nabbed in the Ohio fraud case.
Cody, it turned out, had been charged but never arrested, so his fingerprints were not included in a nationwide FBI print database, the Cleveland Plain Dealer reported on its website.
By obtaining Cody's fingerprints from the Defense Department, Elliott was able to compare them with the prints taken after Thompson's arrest. The suspect had served as a captain in U.S. military intelligence, Elliott said.
"Thank goodness for Google," Elliott said in a news conference Monday announcing Thompson's apparent unmasking, the Plain Dealer reported.
"This is definitely John Donald Cody," Elliott said. "He's a guy that thought, No. 1, he could never get caught, and No. 2, he would never be identified. And we were able to do both."
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Cody graduated from the University of Virginia in 1969 and Harvard Law School in 1972 and practiced law in several states, Elliott said. Harvard confirmed to The Associated Press that a John Cody graduated from its law school in 1972.
The suspect known as Bobby Thompson was featured on television as one of "America's Most Wanted" fugitives. He surrendered after a tip led to a Portland bar and marshals followed him home.
Thompson is now jailed in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, charged with 22 counts of theft, money laundering, tampering with records, engaging in corrupt activity and other charges. He ran the national charity out of Tampa, Fla., with fake officers and state chapters and opened up numerous bank accounts and rented mailboxes to pull of the scheme, according to Ohio authorities.
An associate of Thompson's, Blanca Contreras, of Tampa, Fla., was sentenced to five years in prison in August, 2011, in connection with the charity scam.
Thompson's attorney, Joseph Patituce, told The Associated Press he is preparing for a March 11 trial. "We believe that the state has a very weak case against our client, but we look forward to our day in court," he said.
According to authorities, little of the money collected to benefit veterans through the U.S. Navy Veterans Association was used for that purpose. However, thousands of dollars was contributed to political candidates.
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This article was originally written in English. Text in other languages was provided by machine translation.
Here is the scenario:
It's the 1950's. You are at the head of an expedition in Nepal, and the brave leader of a dozen mountaineers plus a couple hundred porters all walking deep into the Himalayas in search of an unclimbed summit. The risks of the journey are high but you will be showered in glory by your nation, ticker tape parade and everything, when you return home successful. Entering a deep valley you come upon a long and narrow rope bridge which the whole expedition will have to cross. The bridge is too weak to hold more then one person at a time and it takes 5 minutes for each person to cross.
You can get the the first 12 climbers across in an hour.
(12 Climbers x 5 minutes each = 60 minutes) so 1 hour to cross.
But the very last porter won't make it across until almost 2 days after the first climber starts out.
(200 Porters x 5 minutes each = 1000 minutes) or an additional 41.6 hours to cross!
You may not be getting that ticker tape parade after all.
The success of the entire expedition is a stake. Valuable resources, food, tents, climbing gear, etc. are going to end up spread all up and down the trail with their respective porters. This means they won't be arriving at base camp when and where you need them. This is not a good way to get started.
The bridge crossing metaphor used here is a textbook example of encountering the limiting factor in your process chain. No matter how many resources you can bring to bare on the project there is a choke point. It can take many forms but identifying and solving this problem will be critical to reaching your goals. It doesn't matter how fast you proceed through all the other steps of your plan, you are going to lose those 2 days here unless something changes.
Does the narrow rope bridge which will only let one person across at a time sound like an unlikely obstacle to face in your machine translation project? It's not. When we launched the Adobe Moses MT project last spring getting across this bridge was the first problem was faced. Why? Quite simply we had years of translation memory stored up from Adobe localization projects. All those years of TM were the raw materials to be used in building Adobe specific engines. We knew with them that we could build better engines for translating Adobe products then we would ever find on the open market. However, the sheer volume of TM that needed to be processed into a Moses ready corpus represented a blockage of serious proportions.
A quick back of the napkin metric to put this inperspective:
We found, given the existing tooling for corpus work, that it required 1-2 weeks of an engineer's time to process 5-10 million words of translation from .tmx format into a pair of aligned flat corpus files. (i.e. Moses ready)
Moses does come with a set of support scripts for working these problems. (tokenizer.pl, clean-corpus-n.perl, etc.) and they are functional. That said, the effort is time consuming. The scripts are all run from the command line. A great deal of organization and discipline is required of the user or all the required steps can quickly get confusing.
If you have millions of words across multiple languages, as Adobe did, you can see it's going to take a long time for that one engineer to process those .tmx files. If you add a couple more engineers then you can speed up the process but the overall time required per unit of .tmx cleaned hasn't gone down. This would be the equivalent of building a couple of more bridges across that chasm in the Himalayas. It speeds things up but it's expensive now and doesn't lower costs in the future.
So if we've only got one bridge to cross then the solution is to reduce the time it takes us to cross that bridge.
The Adobe Moses Corpus tool was our solution to this problem. While none of the individual steps in taking a .tmx file to a Moses ready state are too time consuming, those small steps all add up. We decided to solve the problem once and for all and to develop a light weight, modular, GUI based, AIR app which any user could install and use to process TM files for Moses. What does it do? Quite simply it lets you automate your corpus cleaning to improve efficiency. It takes the multiple command line options available and allows the user to orchestrate using them on any .tmx without the worry of calling scripts and passing parameters. How much does it help? While these numbers are loose, we've been able to increase the productivity of a single engineer working on corpus cleaning by up to 10x.
We can now do it in 2 days what used to take 2 weeks.
When you have millions of words of translation memory this is a big deal. If you want to do MT for yourself you will need to solve this problem. For us, the Adobe Moses Corpus tool continues to evolve as we learn more about the cleaning steps we want access to and how to order these steps. It is our vision that it will fit into a greater more comprehensive package of MT related tools which may include the automatic testing and tuning of engines. We continue to consider all the possibilities this tool would open up for the greater MT interested public and are open to ideas and collaborations with others around it's improvement and extension.
There are plenty of bridges to cross on the way to building MT systems. Corpus handling is just one of them. Hopefully this knowledge makes your journey a bit more clear. Now get out there and build an engine!
A quick (but by no means complete) list of things of things that could be done to improve MT engine quality:
This is a short list of the steps the Adobe Moses Corpus tool can currently perform. We are open to suggestions about adding other steps or refining the nature of these steps.
Clean Placeholder Tags
Clean URLS
Clean Numbers
Clean Duplicate Lines
Clean Long Segments
Clean Misaligned Pairs
The efficacy of each of these steps could be debated around the MT round table but in general most people will need to process their TM files through these steps before the can be used with Moses for engine building as well as to improve quality.


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I get it. I have checked tolkienonline all over its forums and found very little about the game that I figured most fans of this website would play. If you have played WoW i'd like to hear your thoughts on the game. If you havent played I would like you to download the free trial lol its an amazing game that does borrow heavily from multiple worlds, LoTR the most I would imagine.
I dont want to be that guy that plugs something, but I just thought I would start a thread and see what our community thinks about my favorite game/hobby/job???
P.S.S If you do play post your server and char name, my main is named Dinadans on the Suramar server.


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It is that time again – another restaurant week is approaching. Northside Nights, a version of Devour Downtown but on the North side, will be up and running March 8-18 for the Spring eating edition.
There are quite a variety of restaurants available; almost all are local or local chains. I've been to most, but for a few, it has been quite a while. I think I may have to try to the restaurants I've never been to, including some chains, like Ruth's Chris. Yup, never been. Here are the others I may need to try:
- Bella Vita
- Hellas Cafe
- Ruth's Chris
- LA Cafe
- Michael's Southshore
I'm most curious about Michael's Southshore as I haven't heard of them prior to this. From a quick look at their menu, I really wouldn't be surprised if I ended up there. Though, I did discover this 2 for $57 deal which also included wine. This does leave the debate of 'wine vs. dessert', but another option to consider.
Another great thing about Northside Nights? Daily giveaways. Be sure to register to win gift certificates – and you can do so everyday!
Save the date for these other events this year too:
- Devour Downtown: July 30-August 12
- Chow Down Midtown: June 11 – 24
- Northside Nights & Savor the Southside: September 11-23
Where are you looking to try, or where will you return to? Would love to hear everyone's thoughts!, as well as how your experience was.


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Geospatial pioneer Trimble Inc. said it would make Trimble Feedback – a cloud-based system for managing feedback and messages from customers – available to local governments as tool for managing constituent requests and fostering community engagement.
The system is designed to enable local governments to assign, schedule and resolve service requests from constituents through configurable Web and mobile interfaces. Local governments could also use the system to gather community input on upcoming planning projects.
"Local governments continuously receive enormous amounts of community input, that can have a big impact if handled well," said Rick Gosalvez, market manager for Trimble's Local Government, Geospatial Division.
Trimble said agencies could also configure Feedback to set up large-scale crowdsourcing events to foster collaboration with the public on common projects and plans, such as soliciting input on new bus or cycle routes, or reporting illegal litter dumping or graffiti.
Constituents would access Feedback with a Web app that is available from the Apple Store, Google Play or Microsoft App Store. The system can also accommodate email or website forms.
Time-stamped submissions can be monitored, assigned to a person within the organization and resolved while keeping citizens informed on the status of their comment or request.
Trimble has already been offering the Feedback system outside the UUnited States. In Finland, the city of Tampere is using it to manage feedback on the maintenance of its 39,00 streetlights.
"We use Trimble Feedback for managing and analyzing feedback on our streetlights, as well as for supervising streetlight maintenance work," a city developer engineer told Trimble.
"The benefits of software as a service include the fact that the service provider is responsible for ownership issues, such as equipment and maintenance. We can therefore manage with fewer resources."
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space remains for attendance at the upcoming Russel Allen Garden
Day. The event, sponsored by the University of Illinois Extension
Logan County Master Gardeners, will be on March 15 on
the campus of Lincoln College. An advance registration fee of only $10
is available until March 8.
Keynote speaker for the gardening workshop will be Mac Condill,
general manager of the "Great Pumpkin Patch" in Arthur. Condill had the privilege of being selected to decorate the North
Lawn of the White House, and he has also made several appearances on
the Martha Stewart television show.
Registration the day of the event is 8-8:45 a.m., with presentation
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Well, am on Winter Break here at Davis and am going to be taking at least a few weeks off of blogging/twitter/etc. And trying to ignore email too. I know - probably some irony in posting about taking a break, but whatever ... am really taking a break.
Best wishes to all out there and see you next year ....
Wednesday, December 22, 2010
Tuesday, December 07, 2010
NASA arsenic story - let's lay off the personal attacks on all sides
I have many thoughts about the recent NASA - arsenic - microbe story.
Quick summary
Quick summary
- NASA announced a major press conference
- at the conference they discussed a new Science paper claiming to show the discovery of a microbe that could replace much/some of its phosphate with arsenic
- initial press coverage of the paper was very positive and discussed the work as having profound implications for understanding of life in the universe - though some scientists in some of the stories expressed skepticism of the findings
- subsequently many science bloggers further critiqued the paper and/or the press coverage
- NASA and the scientists have now refused to discuss the criticisms of their work and press interactions
- News stories have now come out summarizing the blogger criticisms and also discussing the unwillingness of NASA / the authors to discuss their work
As I said above I have some strong opinions about the published paper and about the actions of many of the people involved. For example I think NASA handled this whole thing very poorly. And I think the unwillingness of the authors and NASA to discuss the work by saying such discussion should be done only in the "peer reviewed literature" is really unwise.
But that is not what I am here to write about today. I am here to beg for people to calm down on the personal criticisms and attacks of any of the players involved. I have seen so much out there about the failings of the paper reviewers, about the intelligence of the authors and the bloggers critiquing the authors, and a whole lot of uneducated guesswork about why some of the things associated with this story happened the way they did. I think it is perfectly fair to express opinions about the original paper, about the press releases and conferences and about the actions of any of the players here. But I do not think it is reasonable to go beyond that and to attack the people themselves. Let's try and make this an open discussion of science and science reporting and not a venue to spout derogatory comments about the people involved
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Wednesday, 24 August 2011
New brand: Smooch cosmetics
The brand has a lower price point than I would tend towards (I mostly have bad luck with the more budget friendly brands, so I consider myself a justified makeup snob) however I liked the look of the packaging ( it has a rubber feel to it, similar to NARS) and the colour range and as there was a 50% off offer on I thought there was not much to lose.
The shadow duo's (£9.50 each) I bought were:
Dare to bare (Frosty white peach paired with a frosty golden peachy beige.)
Seattle (Shimmery gold/beige paired with a shimmery cool brown)
Twilight (Frosty white silver pared with a blue toned pewter with micro glitter)
The pigment is good, they feel quite smooth and blend and last quite well, however they are very crumbly.The finishes are too frosty/shimmery for my taste so I blend the shadows out, which works well to reduce the intensity.
Swatches L-R: Twilight, Dare to bare, Seattle
Eyeshadow Ingredients:
The two lipsticks I got (£7.50 each), whilst similar colours in the tube, apply and feel very different.
Truffle is a warm brown rose (heavier on the brown) with a slight glossy finish, it feels comfortable, lightweight and moisturising. Naughty is a matte warm brick red, the pigment is more intense and the finish is not as moisturising though its more long lasting than Truffle.
Picture below Naughty on the left, Truffle on the right.
Lipsticks Ingredients:
I got one blush in the shade Sugar Rush (£8.50). Its a warm peachy/beige with a touch of silver sparkle.
I'm not a fan of sparkle on the cheeks but it looks more like shimmer from a normal distance and its only when you get really close up can you see the sparkle.
Swatches below L-R:Sugar Rush blusher, Naughty Lipstick, Truffle Lipstick
The blushers are the same size as the duos, compacts pictured below:
Blusher ingredients:
Overall the quality level and finish of products is along the lines of Too Faced, albeit a bit better and at a cheaper price. My stand outs are Seattle eyeshadow and lipstick in Truffle. The 50% off only lasts till 16th September 2011, and I am very tempted to put another order in (the prices I have put in this post are their normal full price).
I bought all these from smoochcosmeticsuk.com
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These look as exact dupes of NARS in terms of packaging :)ReplyDelete
I have just posted myself on two duo blushers I bought. One I was impressed with, one I wasn't. I am tempted to buy some of the eyeshadows, although I feel like Im drowning under eyeshadows at the moment with the amount I have, so I might resist temptation.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous24 August 2011 at 13:02
Aahhh Pout, how many ways do I miss thee? Let me count them (to badly misqote the baird). These look okay and the 50% off is highly tempting. Thanks for this. Jan xReplyDelete
I like the look of Dare to Bare and Sugar Rush. The lipglosses on the website look quite fun too - I'm tempted by Persian Princess.ReplyDelete
Eeeeep! Such cute packaging! We need this brand here. :) I'm checking out their website right now! Fabulous post & swatchesReplyDelete
Hi Eli,ReplyDelete
Yes, I do wonder if it will encourage people to buy :)
Hi Jo,
How funny we posted at the same time. I do like the look of that peachy blush. I try to ignore the fact that I am drowning in makeup :)
Hi Jan,
LOL, I was surprised in some ways that Pout went under as it seemed quite popular.
50% is going to be hard to resist ;) x
Hi Meeta,
I think I might get a few more things, I hadn't even paid attention to the glosses so will have a look at them :)
Hi Vintage Makeup,
Thanks :) I do think you would like quite a few things from this brand, I wonder if they ship internationally?


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A strict Scalia diet of exclusively right-leaning media consumption got off to an auspicious start. It began en route to the religious right's Values Voter Summit by flipping on Fox Radio and hearing an archived audio clip from Gore Vidal:
You're born into a society and you are shaped by it whether you know it of not, whether you like it or not. Each of us is born into a prison of received opinion, of superstition, and of prejudices. Now, one of the functions of art is to try and define the prison. The artist must know he's in it, and many of them don't, and those are the bad artists.
This writes itself, I thought. And in some ways, time listening to Rush Limbaugh and reading Erick Erickson on RedState.com did predictably feel like being inside a high-vaulted cell where the echoes of likeminded lifers drown out all other sounds.
"I have been making the point, trying to anyway, that the Republicans are winning," Rush Limbaugh told his listeners on Columbus Day. "That at least the Cruz and Lee faction is winning." Agreed, says the Daily Caller in a story headlined "How Cruz, Lee and Paul shut down Obama's agenda," in which author Christopher Bedford says: "One thing is undeniable: Their stand has lit a much-needed fire in D.C."
So yes, there certainly is a strain of believing only what you want to believe—known in technical terms as "epistemic closure"—happening in sections of the media. It's this type of groupthink that allows Senator Ted Cruz to head to a lunch with his colleagues last week to tell them according to his polls, things are going great.
But many of Cruz's colleagues didn't buy it. And neither does everyone in the conservative media.
"Look, this isn't working out that well for Republicans. I think the facts show that, so it's not that controversial to say that," Megyn Kelly said on her Fox News show last week.
"The Republicans are underwater by 30 points," Charles Krauthammer agreed. "That is a catastrophe."
Even Antonin Scalia, who recently told New York that he stopped reading "liberal" news outlets like The New York Times because it made him angry in the morning, probably has a sense of how poorly things are playing for Republicans. And yet, the battle rages on.
There's a vein of underdogism that runs from Fox News, to the Daily Caller, all the way to RedState that makes the fiscal fight understandable. Programming is filled with stories about WWII veterans who gave their "blood, sweat and tears" for this country only to be turned away at their own memorials. And making things worse, according to anchors like Kelly, is that channels "other than Fox" only want to cover the rally as a means to point out Confederate flag-toting protesters. "They want you to think it was all about the so-called fringe," she said.
It's no different, really than her segment with O'Reilly from just days earlier where they discussed a Wisconsin public school that proposed to limit the amount of Christmas songs sung by their choir. There's a war out there against the little guys, whether it's against Christmas or vets, and if Fox News won't stand up for them, no one will.
So sure, the majority of Americans may disapprove of how Republicans handled the shutdown and debt crisis—even they'll admit that—but it was about standing for what's right despite being in the face of it. The eventual deal is viewed by many in conservative media as a cave by the rest of the GOP. On Tuesday, Limbaugh was already saying that the "establishment Republicans are not conservative" and Erickson was calling on Republicans to "keep the fight on the continuing resolution about Obamacare."
Even the establishment conservative outlets, which admit Republicans are not faring well in the public-relations war, steadfastly stick to the conservative policy position on Obamacare—it's a terrible law that deserves to be repealed. Look at Bill O'Reilly, who for weeks said the defund-Obamacare effort was doomed to fail and then last week said: "If the president is really looking out for the folks, he has to know things are not working out well. And the country needs another year to better organize the health program and to see who is going to suffer because of it. That's just fair."
That Republicans are losing has become a truism, even in the conservative media. But the conclusions that the left and right come to based on those facts couldn't be farther apart. O'Reilly isn't saying there never should have been a fight over Obamacare; he's saying the fight should have been about delay, not defund. Erickson goes even farther, saying the real reason that Republicans are losing support is because they are being too wimpy on the matter (a recycled argument for why Mitt Romney lost his presidential bid).
"The RedState contact email is now getting one anti-GOP email for every one anti-Democrat email," Erickson wrote today. "That has never happened before. All these polls showing America hates the GOP are accurate. Even Republicans hate the GOP and the GOP might have to learn that the hard way in 2014 primaries."
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Ask five chefs what defines Israeli cuisine today and you are likely to get five completely different answers. And there's a good reason for that.
"Israeli cuisine has still not reached its final definition," says Israeli-born spice baron Lior Lev Sercarz, whose potent pods and fiery combinations at New York spice market La Boîte á Epice often takes inspiration from his travels to his homeland. "It's a blend of different things because it's a very diverse culture."
As such, he explains to me, Israeli cuisine is influenced by a variety of places — from Eastern Europe to North Africa, in much the same way that American cuisine has been shaped by its immigrants.
The wonderful news is that this makes for a bounty of intense flavors. So says chef Micah Wexler of Mezze in Los Angeles, whose Middle Eastern small plates range from hashweh risotto, made with lamb, burnt onion and lemon, to spring tabbouleh — a mound of chopped parsley, green garlic and fava beans, with slabs of chicken liver paté and of shavings of black truffles mixing up the menu in between.
"It's only in the last decade that Israel is really discovering its own cuisine by drawing upon these various cultures, the fertile land surrounding it, and the Jewish and biblical influence," Wexler says.
And why now? One reason Israeli cuisine is taking off is that, at its heart, it's comfort food. And as well know from the burger and mac and cheese crazes that have swept the country, people really dig a plate of comfort food. "One thing that has long unified, and simultaneously held back, Israeli cuisine is that it's based on a lot of home cooking," says Sercarz. "That's been the challenge — how do you justify it in a restaurant?"
Much the same way Italian peasant food has been elevated to culinary heights over the years, it turns out the translation comes down to one thing: Refinement.
"There's a sort of movement in Israel happening where people are getting really proud of the Israeli terroir," agrees Michael Solomonov, whose restaurant Zahav in Philadelphia is often credited with leading the movement of new Israeli cuisine in the U.S. "They're using ingredients that are found [in Israel], but maybe the chef has spent some time in Paris or Italy. So they're interpreting those flavors with different culinary techniques."
Examples of that fusion appear as often abroad — as with Restaurant Katit in Southern Tel Aviv, whose chef is an Alinea alum — as in the States, where New York pastry chef Zohar Zohar opened Zucker Bakery, whose confections are inspired by the homey kitchens of her Israeli family, but crafted using methods honed alongside Daniel Boulud, David Bouley and Johnny Iuzzini.
From Wexler in Los Angeles to Ana Sortun's Oleana in Cambridge, Mass. and Efraim Naon at Barbounia in New York, restaurants producing exciting Israeli cuisine in America are as varied as they are valid interpretations.
Citron & Rose, Solomonov's newest effort due to open this summer in Philadelphia, will expand upon his own journey by focusing on the Jewish cuisines of Eastern Europe, using cooking techniques from places like Bucharest and managing to remain completely glatt kosher, all at the same time.
"What's most exciting to me about Citron & Rose is that it gives us an opportunity to explore things that have been forgotten," says Solomonov, who rejects describing himself as educator of Israeli traditions.
"Maybe a conduit," he concedes.
But despite the chef's personal modesty, his friends are quick to revere his pioneering spirit.
"He understood that there was an interest and a need to show people that Israeli cuisine is more than falafel," says Sercarz. "And to prove that, he doesn't even serve falafel on the menu at Zahav — and thank God."
"People are exposed to a lot more flavors these days," he adds, citing travel and television as channels for broadening the international palate. "The first time I served tahini to my mentor in France years ago, he politely asked me if it was used to glue down tiles the street," Sercarz recalls, laughing. "But it's like eating kimchi for the first time or sour prunes." Before long, you'll crave it.
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Taking a job at search engine vendor Google is no longer seen as a quick path to wealth for most new employees.
Prize hires are still granted high salaries and large grants of restricted stock known as Google Stock Units (GSU). But most applicants get salary offers that are below the prevailing market levels, said David Goodenough, a Seattle-based executive coach.
The high cost of living in Silicon Valley, where the vast majority of Google's job openings are located, also reduces the company's attractiveness, especially to out-of-state workers.
GSUs do have an advantage over more traditional stock options, which can become worthless if a company's stock falls. But their value is still pegged to Google's stock price, which has been moribund so far this year. It closed on Friday at $420.50, a hair under its price at the beginning of 2006, after doubling in 2005.
"Although Google options may continue to climb, candidates may prefer betting on another young start-up that is pre-IPO," said Rayna Brown, a Silicon Valley human resources consultant. Google's initial public offering occurred two years ago.
Grants of GSUs have also been reduced. For instance, earlier this year, new college graduates were only being given 25 GSUs vesting over a four-year period, according to a former Google recruiter. That is essentially six shares of Google stock per year. "When I first heard that, I thought there was a zero missing," she said. "It was nothing compared to what they were giving away a year before."
Google spokeswoman Sunny Gettinger didn't dispute the GSU figure. But she disagreed with the overall implication that Google pays workers less than other companies. "In all markets, we offer a competitive compensation package in line with the industry," Gettinger said.
"As far as I can tell, the people who are leaving Microsoft for Google are those who have wanted a change for quite some time," said an engineer at Microsoft Corp.'s office in Mountain View, Calif., who has seen a number of his co-workers jump to Mountain View-based Google.
"Google seems like a great alternative," he added, "but nobody goes there expecting to get rich anymore."


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Even more than is usually the case, the new 5:4 Mixtape is a pure stream of consciousness. i've returned to a theme i explored in one of the earliest mixtapes, miniatures, once again setting myself a limit of music lasting under two minutes. With a shortlist of 100+ tracks (each one a personal favourite), i then simply followed my nose, treating them as puzzle pieces for a newly-created jigsaw, or perhaps more accurately as tessera for an eccentric aural mosaic. As usual, they embrace a mixture of new and old, and stylistically it's all over the place, though its narrative was entirely suggested by the material, sometimes dovetailing or morphing, elsewhere successive tracks acting as rude non sequiturs. Along the way you'll encounter abrasion (Alejandro Jodorowsky, Naked City, Benjamin Wallfisch (whose IT soundtrack is gleefully insane), aTelecine), playfulness (Syd Dale, Andrew Liles, Camille), moody atmospheres (Laura Sheeran, Supersilent, Vangelis, Olga Neuwirth, Beacon, Gareth Davis & Machinefabriek, Alva Noto, Ben Lukas Boysen), edgy lyricism (Zola Jesus, Elsiane, Gazelle Twin, Clark, Jenny Hval), convoluted beats (Don Davis, Zavoloka & AGF, The Flashbulb, Derek K Jeppsen, Shad[]wb[]x, Ryoji Ikeda), drama of various hues (James Newton Howard, Peter Ablinger, Veli-Matti Puumala, Claude Vivier), dreamy ambient (Bad Loop, The Real Tuesday Weld, Cliff Martinez, Get Well Soon, Monty Adkins, Aphex Twin), rich tonal yum (Marcel Dupré, Carpenters, Cyrillus Kreek, Tõnu Kõrvits) and various other electronic, experimental or otherwise unconventional amuse-bouches (Francis Dhomont, Frank Zappa, Nicolas Obouhow, Andrew Lloyd Webber (yes, really), Sophie, Steve Levine, John Zorn, Kenneth Kirschner). And all of this in just one hour.
48 tiny tracks ranging in duration from 1'59" to a mere 26 seconds. Here's the tracklisting in full, together with links to obtain the music. As ever, the mix can be downloaded or streamed via MixCloud. Read more