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I went to the Art Museum of Hong Kong to view the artworks on display. Although there weren't any Western arts there (aside from a lot of reproduction prints of western paintings, but those don't count), there were plenty of Chinese works that have been influenced by western art. For example one piece that caught my attention was Wu Guazhong's Leaving Youth Behind (2009). When I saw this piece I was instantly reminded of Jackson Pollock's drip technique. Thick dark lines and shapes of what looked like ink were splattered and thrown across the sheet. It was strange seeing this abstract painting in a room filled with naturalistic and realistic subjects. I later learned that Guazhong was a bit of a pioneer in Chinese history and that he was one of the first to forsake realism for abstraction. He was trained in European style and technique by a French-trained artist named Lin Fengmian. In the 1940's he went to France and would eventually become known as one of the greats of Chinese modernism.
Other paintings show evidence of western techniques of realism and naturalism. Monkeys and Snowy Pine by Gao Qifeng is a combination of Japanese realism and western naturalism. Other paintings that looked as though they contained nothing but blotches of vivid colors are reminiscent of abstract expressionism. Although the artists may have adopted certain western ideas, all of the works still had a traditional Chinese style to them, either through brushwork or chosen mediums, and would not be mistaken for a western artwork. By combining western ideas while remaining true to their own culture these artists have been able to create something that is new, yet still feels traditional.


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I did watch the Bafta's when it was aired on telivision, but it never covered any of the red carpet action. So I decided to watch mtv Screenplay today as they had talked to many to actors/ actresses on the red carpet. One of the actors they did talk to was Mr.John Rhys Davies.
This is what he said: ' I wish we would give more credence to Christopher Lee. Christopher Lee really should be knighted. You know, this man is a war hero and he has made more films than any of the five major actors here put together'.
Now I think he said put together, if he didn't then I would proberly want to of said that! And do you know, I totally agree with him, Mr Lee served in The Royal Air Force during the 2nd World War and he is a Acting Legend, why shouldn't he be knighted? come on Queen Elizebeth, you know you want to! (Yeah like she would read this! I am a worthless idiot, who on earth would read this?)
Well what do you think? I think you are sooooo right Mr Davies!
By the way is John Rhys Davies cornish?
I totally agree that Mr. Lee should be given much more respect for his talents than he is, whether it is being knighted or whatever. Unfortunately, what really happens in everyday life in the U.S. as well as the U.K. (I'm pretty sure) is that if you are not "connected" or know the "right people," recognition is far and few between. It still is a matter of who you know, not what you know or can do. I know that is how you get top jobs in the U.S. and I'm sure that exists most everywhere else in this corrupt world of ours. It is unfortunate but all too true. If it wasn't and talent alone were the only criteria for getting nominated for any prestigious award (like the Oscar), then Peter Jackson would have been nominated. We know that just isn't the case.
Cheers to Mr. Lee for rising above it all and appreciating what he does have! He's a great man!!
This is the Royal Family Official Website.
Maybe you can let her know your self.
Maybe we should all sent her an e-mail :D
I think that the Oscars on March 22nd.
Since I live in the U.S. I am probably not really qualified to comment on this subject, but still...It really is a shame that Mr. Lee hasn't been knighted. He's the perfect candidate for it. In fact, some time ago I believed that he had been knighted. I was shocked to find out that this was not so.
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Owings Mills, MD (Sports Network) - Reigning NFL Defensive Player of the Year Terrell Suggs will likely be a game-time decision when the Baltimore Ravens visit the Washington Redskins this coming Sunday.
The standout defensive end/linebacker tore his biceps in last week's 23-20 loss to rival Pittsburgh, but returned to the practice field on Thursday and also got in some limited work on Friday. The Ravens have listed Suggs as questionable for Sunday's tilt.
"Hopefully, I can play," Suggs said on Thursday. "I really believe if everything [works] out with how I am feeling, and we do a good job throughout the week, I will be lining up. If not, then I miss the Washington game and hopefully I can be back for the Denver one [in Week 15]."
Suggs, who registered a career-best 14 sacks and a league-best seven forced fumbles along with two interceptions to take home last year's top defender award, also missed the first six games of this season after recovering from a partially torn Achilles tendon sustained during the spring.
Baltimore did rule out linebacker Dannell Ellerbe (ankle) and tight end Ed Dickson (knee) for Sunday's matchup, with cornerback Jimmy Smith doubtful to return from a groin procedure performed last month.
Ellerbe has been starting in place of perennial Pro Bowl honoree Ray Lewis, who remains on the team's injured reserve/designated to return list with a triceps tear he suffered against Dallas in October but is a possibility to play in next week's clash with the AFC West champion Broncos.
Smith has missed Baltimore's last three games due to his surgery.
Veteran free safety Ed Reed (shoulder) is one of a number of Baltimore players that are probable to face Washington, a list that also includes wide receiver Jacoby Jones (ankle), strong safety Bernard Pollard (chest), fullback Vonta Leach (ankle) and defensive end Pernell McPhee (chest).
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There will always be a solid argument between those who crave all the latest information regarding a film and diehard cinephiles going into a theater completely cold. It's not that one method is better than the other, or more preferable, per se. Honestly, it's next to impossible to know virtually nothing about a movie these days, what with online marketing and the incessant buzz of the blogosphere, but this doesn't always hold true when it comes to indie films. Certain movies, though, are tailor-made specifically to this second group of people; ones that shun spoilerish advance reviews and the endless stream of Internet chatter. Certain movies demand to be seen through virgin eyes at a time where nearly every single plot point is telegraphed in studio-approved trailers, which all leads to this new movie called Cabin in The Woods.


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Saturday 17 May is International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia. Find out more here
Art Chum & BBF John Taylor's Film The Blanks exhibit opens this week.
John takes classic film posters and reimagines them as vector abstracts. They're stunningly beautiful, and a lot of fun to decode.
Blown up as large fly posters I think they fit perfectly in the subterranean setting of the Tunnel Gallery at Middlesborough Station.
If you're near go see and feel free to add your graf!
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Well, Artsy MoMo and I had a fantastic time out on the town. We went to the ballet version of Moulin Rouge, which was lovely and lots of fun.
MoMo and I made the 'mistake' of being some of the best dressed ladies at the event that night! I mean, who goes to the ballet in jeans, really? Neither of us, that's for sure. We looked great and had fun. And, MoMo got so many compliments on her dress I was starting to get a bit of a complex by the end of the night! ;)
And, oy did I cheese like an idiot in that photo! But, it was certainly a reflection of how I felt. I had so much fun getting out and being glamours with a girlfriend! Thanks again MoMo, for coming with me!
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Thrown up by a highly plausible amalgam of Religion and mystical ethos and at a critical juncture in the cyclical History of Indian Muslims Sir Syed is by common consent a unique phenomenon, indeed. He concentrated on galvanizing his co-religionists, to pull them out of the morass of degradation they had fallen into consequent on the trauma of 1857. Not confrontation but rapprochement and reconciliation with the Britishers were major plank of his policy. His radical achievements were : He planned the Strategy of Survival for the Muslims, and he made them develop their sense of self-identity in the pluralistic society of India. He advocated a judicious harmonization of traditionalism and the new structures of thought evolved in the West and accessible to Indians mainly through the medium of the English language. He helped Muslims emerge out of the Medieval into the modern era. To dub Sir Syed as a stooge of the British and characterize the corpus of his writings as 'colonial discourse' is downright silly and obnoxious. He was a patriot to the core of his being and one of the major architects of modern India. Attempt has been made in this collection of articles to look at his colossal personality and achievements from diverse viewpoints and the editor has chosen to abstain from reducing this diversity to a unified whole.
Asloob Ahmed Ansari was formerly Professor of English in Muslim University Aligarh. A notable literary critic he has extensively published both in English and Urdu. He is also the editor of the prestigious Aligarh Critical Miscellany and Naqd-o-Nazar (Urdu).
Born in Deli, Professor Ansari was educated in Aligarh and later graduated from the Honour School of English language and Literature in the University of Oxford. His first publication Arrows of Intellect came out in 1965 : It was subsequently reprinted in America in 1970 : His second book, Minor Prophecies of William Blake which is being published by the Edwin Mellen Press, Wales (U.K.) will be out early in 2001. Besides being an internationally recognized Shakespeare and Blake scholar he has also published substantial critical studies of Ghalib and Iqbal. In Shakespeare studies he made his debut by his major plays : in Urdu he is indisputably held as the initiator of Practical (text-based) literary criticism. He participated a number of times in World Shakespeare Conference in Startford (UK); recently he attended the Conference on "Time and Space in Islam" in Chicago (USA). Abstracts of his articles on Shakespeare have been included from time to time in Year's Work in English (London). He has received Sahitya Academy Award, President of Pakistan Award, Mir Taqi Mir Award, U.P. Urdu Academy Award and Ghalib Award.
1. Impact of Sir Syed with Special Reference to Shibli Farahi and Azad/Zafar Ahmad Siddiqui
2. Sir Syed's Tafsir Al-Quran/Abdur Raheem Kidwai
3. Sir Syed and His Commentary on Qur'an/Asghar Ali Engineer
4. Sir Syed Ahmad Khan's Approach to History and History Writing/Iqtidar Husain Siddiqui
5. Sir Syed Ahmad Khan's Work on Archaeology Entitled Athar-us-Sanadid : A Study/Nazir Ahmad
6. Historical Writings of Sir Syed Ahmad Khan on the Indian Revolt, 1857-59/Z.U. Malik
7. Macaulay's Curse : Sir Syed and Syed Mahmood/David Lelyveld
8. Syed Ahmad Khan and Modernization : The Role of Aligarh Scientific Society in the mid nineteenth Century India/S. Irfan Habib
9. Sir Syed and the Formation of the Modern Muslim Mind/Jilani Kamran
10. Sir Syed Ahmad Khan : An Apologist For Rationalism/Asloob Ahmad Ansari
11. Sir Syed's Attitude to the West/Syed Asim Ali
12. Pan-Islamism and Modernism : Sayyid Ahmad Khan and Jarnal al-din Afghani/Aziz Ahmed
13. Sir Syed as a Journalist/Shafey Kidwai
14. The Signs and Signifiers of Urdu-Hindi Controversy/Naqi Husain Jafri
15. A Re-valuation of Sir Syed's Politics/Iqbal Ahmad Ansari
16. Sir Syed : A True Nationalist/M.M. Adnan Raza
17. Islamic Thought and Sir Syed Ahmad Khan/Qazi Jamal Hussain
18. Influence of Syed Ahmad on Some of His Contemporaries/A.A. Siddiqui
An ardent iconoclast and A great reformer of Indian Muslims, Sir Syed is known to be an awaking source to this community. Being aware of the future of the world, he convinced conservative lots of Indian Muslims unraveled the utility of English language among them. Attempt has been made in this collection of articles to look at his colossal personality and achievements from diverse view points and the editor has reason to abstain from reducing this diversity to a unified whole.
1. Asloob Ahmad Ansari : formerly Professor of English, Aligarh Muslim University
2. Zafar Ailmad Siddique : Reader in Urdu, Aligarh Muslim University
3. Abdul Raheem Kidwai : Professor of English, Aligarh Muslim University
4. Asghar Ali Engineer : Director, Institute of Islamic Studies, Bombay
5. Iqtidar Husain Sidique : formerly Professor of History, Aligarh Muslim University, Ahmad Nagar, Aligarh
6. Nazeer Ahmad : Emeritus Professor of Persian. Aligarh Muslim University, Sir Syed Nagar, Aligarh
7. Z.U. Malik : formerly Professor of History, Aligarh Muslim University, Sir Syed Nagar, Aligarh
8. David Lelyveld : Professor of History, The Mario Einandi Centre for International Studies, Cornell University, USA
9. S. Irfan Habib : Director, National Institute of Science, Technology and Development Studies, Pusa, New Delhi
10. Jeelani Kamran : Emeritus Professor of Urdu, Punjab University, Iqbal Town, Lahore, Pakistan
11. S. Asim Ali : Reader in English, Aligarh Muslim University
12. Aziz Ahmad : Late Urdu fiction writer and Islamicist
13. Shafai Kidwai : Reader in Journalism, Aligarh Muslim University
14. Naqi Husain Jafri : Professor of English, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi
15. Iqbal Ahmad Ansari : formerly Professor of English, Aligarh Muslim University, Muzzamil Manzil, Aligarh
16. M.M. Adnan Raza : Professor of English, Aligarh Muslim University
17. Qazi Jamal Husain : Reader in Urdu, Aligarh Muslim University
18. Asaduddin : Reader in English, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi
19. A.A. Siddiqui : formerly Professor of Economics, Aligarh Muslim University, Sir Syed Nagar, Aligarh


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When the Dallas Cowboys signed journey-man defensive tackle Terrell McClain to a three-year deal on Wednesday, it was unclear if the young four-year player had any previous connection with the team. Now, thanks to Bill Jones over at CBS 11, we have an answer. Below you'll find current Dallas defensive coordinator Rod Marinelli coaching up a young McClain out of USF in what appears to be the 2011 NFL Scouting Combine. (or one of it's pre-scouting combine regional work-outs)
McClain went on to become a third round pick by the Carolina Panthers after this workout. With the loss of All-Pro defensive end DeMarcus Ware, and the expected losses of defensive end Anthony Spencer and defensive tackle Jason Hatcher to free agency, the Cowboys are currently scrambling to find defensive line depth. And it appears Marinelli liked something about McClain, who has had a rough start in the NFL. To find out more about the McClain's past, click here.


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Orlando Center To Unveil Tuskegee Airmen Monument
The Orlando Science Center is holding a Veteran's Day event to unveil a new monument to the Tuskegee Airmen.
Best Veterans Day Free Meals Around Tampa Bay For Vets, Military
Veterans Day 2013 will be observed on Monday, November 11. To honor our military hero's many of the bay area restaurants will offering free meals to vets and active duty personnel.
Opinion: Our Veterans Should Not Be At Risk In Fiscal Cliff Negotiations
When the deal is being made to change the tax rates and cut the deficit we must remember to keep our commitment to our veterans.
Veterans Day Parades And Celebrations Around Tampa Bay
Veterans Day 2012 is Sunday Nov. 11 and it's a National Day for Americans to honor and give thanks to all the men and women of the military past and present. It's a day to celebrate their courage, dedication and sacrifice while upholding, protecting and fighting for our democracy and freedom. Here are the best Veterans Day events going on in the Tampa Bay area to help honor our military heroes.
Free 2012 Tampa Bay Veterans Day Meals For The Military
Veterans Day is Sunday, November 11 and there are many restaurants and business who want to thank our veterans by providing them with discounts or a free meal. Here's our list of the best Veterans Day free meals and discounts.
Golden Corral's Free Dinner for Military and Vet's
Golden Corral Restaurant's 2011 Military Appreciation Monday "thank you" free dinner is Monday, November 14 from 5 p.m. – 9 p.m. nation wide.
Florida Prisons Giving Hundreds Of Veteran Inmates Second Chances
Florida is looking to give veterans behind bars a second chance.
Florida's state parks to be free on Veterans Day
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Admission will be free for everyone at Florida's state parks on Friday in recognition of Veterans Day.
The only exception will be the Skyway Bridge Fishing Pier in St. Petersburg.
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Whether you are an active service member, retired military, or just looking for a way to thank those men and women for their services there will be many activities to help celebrate Veterans Day in […]
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Veteran's Day falls on the unique date of 11-11-11 (this sequence happens once every 100 years) and to make this even more special, free meals are offered to the men and women who proudly serve and have served this country.


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Montreal, QC (SportsNetwork.com) - The Montreal Canadiens acquired additional goaltending depth Wednesday, acquiring Devan Dubnyk from the Nashville Predators for future considerations.
The move comes two days after the Habs placed starter Carey Price on injured reserve with a lower-body issue, retroactive to Feb. 26. The Predators will reportedly pick up some of Dubnyk's salary for this season.
It's the third stop this season for the 27-year-old backstop. Dubnyk began the year as the presumptive Oilers No. 1, but was dealt to the Preds in January to accommodate Edmonton signing Ilya Bryzgalov and to help Nashville deal with the absence of Pekka Rinne.
Dubnyk went 11-17-2 with a 3.36 goals-against average and two shutouts with the Oilers, then appeared in only two games in the Music City, going 0-1-1 with a 4.35 GAA.
A former first-round pick of Edmonton in the 2004 draft, Dubnyk holds a career record of 61-77-22 and 2.90 GAA to go along with eight shutouts in 173 appearances.


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FerameMobile has all the same content that the desktop version of Ferame has. As some of you may or may not already know, the content is uncensored, which is actually quite rare among Asian sites, especially when it comes to authentic Japanese porn scenes. You'll see chicks giving blowjobs, getting titty fucked and having their pussies drilled in all manners of hardcore action. There are also Japanese cuties who masturbate and fuck lesbian costars.
The landing page is the video section and it has 780 movies. Their quality varies scene to scene, as some are grainier than others. However, most look good and a few even make for great-looking scenes, while the rest are still easily watchable. Nothing is dated, but the non-mobile version of the site is updating every day or two and this site has the same content, so it seems fair to assume they too are updating that frequently. There aren't any photos.
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Three generations of a family pursue their own peculiar desires in György Pálfi's Taxidermia, a film that revels in the crude physicality of human condition. Following a Hungarian family line down three generations, the story starts with Vendel, a hair-lipped orderly working in an isolated ... Read more
During the last thirty years, the life of the Hungarian peasantry underwent many changes: From the times of unemployment to the land distribution in 1945, and then, the organisation of the collective farms. ... Embedded in the depiction of the historical events is the story of a friendship between ... Read more
Istvan Szabo's short film You was shown in the 1964 Melbourne Film Festival and it indicated the arrival of a new talent in Hungarian cinema. Szabó is only 26, and in this, his first feature film, he takes a wistful look at a group of youths and their coming of age, in a Communist society. The ... Read more
"His first feature film was The Age of Daydreaming in 1964, a story of his own generation and their discontent. It is burdened with French Nouvelle Vague influence to the point of cinema-manque rather than -verite. Andras Balint plays himself - or rather the self-image of Szabo - as a young man ... Read more
Protagonists of the film are two mice who are engaged in complicated scientific debate and keep arguing until they are unceremoniously swallowed by a cat. All things are relative. ... Read more
The film presents the two most well-known paintings, "The Lonely Cedar" and "Pilgrimage to the Cedar Tree" by the famous Hungarian painter, Csontváry. ... Read more
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Five Lies that Keep Us From Dreaming
- Thursday, March 21, 2013
I once knew a couple who longed to have children for years, but it never came to pass. The desire never went away, and in their sixties God called them to be "parents" to many children in a country far away. Now their family is bigger than they ever could have imagined. Like for Abraham and Sarah in the Old Testament, the answer to their prayers seemed a long time coming...but it did come. And that wouldn't have been possible unless they kept their hearts open to dreaming.
It's only too late for our dreams when we decide to write "The End" on our stories and close the book. As an anonymous quote my mom has on her refrigerator reads, "Never place a period where God has placed a comma."
Lie #4: "I Don't Deserve to Dream"
The tears trickle down her face, and she reaches for a tissue. "But you don't understand," she says with a sigh. "I've messed up so much. The life I have now is a consequence of the choices I've made. I don't get to have the desires of my heart—I'm paying for what I've done."
I reach out my arms to her and try to wrap her up in words of grace too. "Your dreams aren't about you," I say. "They're about what God wants to do in his kingdom through you. And he'll use anyone—just look at some of the characters in the Bible! If adultery, murder, and deception didn't stop him, then what you've done isn't going to either!"
Listen closely, my friend. You have not been disqualified from dreaming. No matter what you've done. No matter what choices you've made. No matter what's in your past. Dreams are about the future. We can say these words with the apostle Paul, a man who had murder, persecuting Christians, and a long list of other sins in his past: "But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus" (Phil. 3:13–14).
Lie #5: "I Don't Have Time"
At some point we have to decide that the time for our dream is now—no matter what. Because in today's world, normal never comes. There's always more to do, another "when I..." to check off the list, another urgent demand to be met.
If the enemy can't make us deny our dreams, then it seems his next tactic is to make us delay them. Yes, there are seasons for waiting and being still because that's what God has asked us to do. I'm not talking about those. I'm speaking of the seasons when we let procrastination get the best of us (and we all do sometimes). It's a great way to hold back the fear that inevitably comes when we actually pursue our dreams rather than just talking about them.
You don't have to pursue your dream perfectly. You only have to do what you can. Efforts that fall short of your expectations are still always better than none at all. God can fill in the gaps.
Only you know if this really is the season for your dream, and only you can decide to truly pursue it. I love the biblical phrase "for such a time as this" Esther 4:14 because it says so much about right here, right now. It's not "for such a time as then" or "for such a time as that." It speaks to today and the moments passing us by that will not come again.
You have time. I have time.
If it's not the season for your dream, then embrace that and focus on what God has in front of you now. That's honorable and faith-filled too.
But if it's your moment to take that step, make that leap, birth that dream, then go for it with all your heart and don't let anything or anyone block your way (or your schedule).
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New Yorker Sarah Tofte, a Manhattan-based researcher with Human Rights Watch, was looking for a meaningful project to undertake when the trim blonde decided to focus on DNA in rape cases that have sat, untested, on evidence shelves of the nation's police departments. She had been bothered ever since discovering that, piled high in the deep freezers of law-enforcement agencies around the country, were thousands of fat envelopes containing blood vials, swabs of semen, locks of hair and fingernail scrapings collected from rape victims — in police jargon, "rape kits."
"It stuck with me," she says. What secrets were lurking in all that untested evidence from horrible and violent crimes?
Tofte searched for answers in the hundreds of applications from state and local crime labs vying for $755 million from Congress, grant money created after the tragic case of Debbie Smith, a Virginia woman taken from her suburban Williamsburg home, dragged to a wooded area and repeatedly raped by a masked stranger who threatened to find her again. The DNA evidence in her 1989 case sat untested in a freezer for six years in Virginia, and, when finally tested, it proved that her attacker had been in prison while she lived in constant fear of his return.
Experts have suggested a stunning possibility: that 500,000 rape kits, given low priority by scores of police departments, have been sitting untested for years. So in 2008, Tofte began meticulously combing public records from the Department of Justice, to find out whether the federal Debbie Smith grants have really changed anything.
She was stunned to discover that many crime labs, although lagging far behind, haven't asked for the federal help at all. Others have been sitting on the federal cash or moving incredibly slowly. Accountability has been lax, and many police forces have been spending the money on other things.
New York stood out as a big metropolitan area that's doing it right. The Los Angeles Police Department stood out too — as what critics see as a DNA disaster zone. L.A. is so many years behind New York's Office of the Medical Examiner in testing long-stored DNA from sexual-assault cases that the LAPD would need millions of dollars — and a top-level initiative from Chief William Bratton — to ever hope to catch up. Lee Baca's L.A. Sheriff's Department is no better, years behind the practices of New York.
Critics say that neither L.A. police force is likely to catch up — and that both of these well-regarded law-enforcement leaders have essentially missed their chance now that we have entered an era of dwindling resources.
In L.A., money now being spent on outside testing labs will soon dry up, and lab workers entering the DNA-test information into computers are stretched far too thin to work on old cases, struggling to handle the hundreds of new requests from detectives that flood their labs. Critics say both the city and the county will need far more space, money and lab workers to have a chance of matching New York's success.
Frustrated L.A. District Attorney Steve Cooley says, "There is a lot of politics going on with this stuff. A lot of posturing by some politicians. A lot of people hold press conferences — and don't do much beyond that."
In November 2007, when the Los Angeles Times reported that thousands of untested rape kits had been sitting in LAPD's freezers, Tofte, watching from New York, assumed that the deeply embarrassing media headlines that year would spark action by Chief Bratton and Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa.
But instead, City Hall politicians shrugged off pressure from women's groups and other organizations complaining that rape victims endured a four-hour invasive procedure to collect evidence — only for it to then sit, ignored.
Tofte was struck by L.A.'s failure to fully embrace the use of modern science to fight violent crimes, particularly those against women that are often committed without a witness and rely heavily on trace evidence.
So last May, she flew to L.A. to "find out the politics behind the [DNA] backlog so I would know what I was getting myself into."
Tofte found that even though LAPD received the largest grant of any California agency — $3,945,820 from the feds between 2004 and 2007 — the situation here has grown worse, not better. Seven hundred new cases a year are getting piled onto the freezer shelves, and Bratton's oversight was so lacking that L.A. got nicked with a stiff $400,000 fine — half of its allotted federal funding in 2008 — for moving too slowly in using the money.
More shocking to Tofte, Bratton's management had been ignoring the core intent of the federal Debbie Smith money, using very liberal wording in the law to conduct only a pittance of sexual-assualt tests and instead using it to buy equipment, pay for training excursions, clear up backlogs in homicide cases, and delve into property crimes.


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"Security Tester" <pentestrbk () gmail com> wrote:
While running my scans (basic TCP port scans and such)
they claim that their load balancers basically rolled-over and died
causing Internet outages (inbound and outbound).
Has anyone else seen this kind of behavior?
I believe their claim. From personal experience, many devices will roll-over during port scans. I have caused very
high-end devices with "syn-flood protection" enabled to roll-over with a small fraction of the bandwidth they had
available. It usually has to do with how much work the device has to do when dealing with connection state changes.
To safely and efficiently scan these devices we've used a scanner engine than provides a packet per second rate setting
(in our case, unicornscan). Start with a low rate of scanning (100 packets per second or so), and work your way up to
a higher rate that does not cause the outage on the remote side.
Are their configuration settings on the Link Proof that would prevent
this or is this simply a vulnerability with the load balancers?
To the best of my knowledge, this is a vulnerability with any inline device that keeps track of state changes and
passes traffic. That is, Load Balancers, Firewalls, IPS, etc.
My suggestion for load-balancer configuration changes would be to disable any extra "security" features. It seems
counter intuitive, but we've found that disabling many of the IDS/IPS/Firewall/Protection features on a load-balancer
type device greatly increased it's availablity because it consumes much less CPU time.
How many VIP's was the load balancer responsible for (VIP being front-end IP/port to back-end IP/port)? How many
IP's/Ports that the load-balancer was balancing were you scanning?
The state table for a load balancer may look something like "PROTO:SRC_IP:SRC_PRT|DST_IP:DST_PRT|NAT_IP:NAT_PRT|STATE".
If they have a high number of back-end IP's/Ports or a high number of VIP's, this outage would likely be easier to
trigger than it otherwise would be. You may end up recommending that they use fewer VIP's per load-balancer (IE, buy
more load-balancers).
it just seems strange to me that my scans were able to do this considering that they have a couple
of DS3s of bandwidth coming in.
The resource I'm guessing you exceeded was the devices ability to track state changes, which is usually much lower than
the available bandwidth. Remember these devices were tuned to deal with passing normal network traffic which is
relatively a lower number of packets with much higher data content. Port scans are not what these devices are tuned for
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-- In an update from our earlier report, Friday's SmackDown scored a 1.91 (1.9) cable rating. That's basically even with last week's 1.92 (1.9) cable rating. It ranked #2 in overall viewers among cable shows for the night behind Toy Story 3 on Disney Channel, and was #1 in all key male demographics.
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Energy transition
The energy transition (German: Energiewende) is the shift by several countries to sustainable economies by means of renewable energy, energy efficiency and sustainable development. The final goal is the abolishment of coal and other non-renewable energy sources.[1]
Renewable energy encompasses wind, biomass (such as landfill gas and sewage gas), hydropower, solar power (thermal and photovoltaic), geothermal, and ocean power. These renewable sources are to serve as an alternative to fossil fuels (oil, coal, natural gas) and nuclear fuel (uranium).
Piecemeal measures often have only limited potential, so a timely implementation for the energy transition requires multiple approaches in parallel. Energy conservation and improvements in energy efficiency thus play a major role. An example of an effective energy conservation measure is improved insulation for buildings; an example of improved energy efficiency is cogeneration of heat and power. Smart electric meters can schedule energy consumption for times when electricity is available inexpensively.
After such a transitional period, with a continuing increase in renewable energy production these are expected to make up most, if not all, of the world's energy production in 50 years according to a 2011 projection by the International Energy Agency, dramatically reducing the emissions of greenhouse gases.[2]
The Term[edit]
This term was the title of a 1980 publication by the German Öko-Institut, calling for the complete abandonment of nuclear and petroleum energy.[3] On the 16th of February of that year the German Federal Ministry of the Environment also hosted a symposium in Berlin, called Energy Transition: Nuclear Phase-Out and Climate Protection. The views of the Öko-Institut, initially so strongly opposed, have gradually become common knowledge in energy policy. In the following decades the term expanded in scope; in its present form it dates back to at least 2002.
'Energy transition' designates a significant change in energy policy: The term encompasses a reorientation of policy from demand to supply and a shift from centralized to distributed generation (for example, producing heat and power in very small cogeneration units), which should replace overproduction and avoidable energy consumption with energy-saving measures and increased efficiency.
In a broader sense the energy transition also entails a democratization of energy:[4] In the traditional energy industry, a few large companies with large centralized power stations dominate the market as an oligopoly and consequently amass a worrisome level of both economic and political power. Renewable energies, in contrast, can as a rule be established in a decentralized manner. Public wind farms and solar parks can involve many citizens directly in energy production.[5] Photovoltaic systems can even be set up by individuals. Municipal utilities can also benefit citizens financially, while the conventional energy industry profits a relatively small number of shareholders. Also significant, the decentralized structure of renewable energies enables creation of value locally and minimizes capital outflows from a region. Renewable energy sources therefore play an increasingly important role in municipal energy policy, and local governments often promote them.
Status in Specific Countries[edit]
Due to geographical conditions, energy production in Austria relies heavily on renewable energies, notably hydropower. Over 76% of domestic production in 2009 came from renewable energy, 14% from the combustion of natural gas and 9% from the combustion of petroleum.[6] On the basis of the Federal Constitutional Law for a Nuclear-Free Austria, no nuclear power plants are in operation in Austria.
But domestic energy production makes up only 31% of Austria's total energy consumption, which among other things encompasses transport, electricity production, and heating. Oil accounts for about 42% of total energy consumption, renewable energies 23%, gas 23%, and coal 12%. Relative to total energy consumption, renewable energy sources have increased their share by only about one percentage point in the past 20 years. EU targets require an increase to 35% by 2020.[7] No trend towards energy transition is noticeable, however, particularly in the area of eco-power — the actual share of which has been steadily falling in Austria over the last ten years. Even though electricity from green-power plants is constantly growing (from 37 TWh in 1997 to 45 in 2010), their absolute share of total energy consumption is falling (from 66% to 61% over the same period).
An energy transition in Austria can be seen in some villages, towns and regions. For example, the town of Güssing in the state of Burgenland is a pioneer in independent and sustainable energy production. Since 2005, Güssing has already produced significantly more heating (58 gigawatt hours) and electricity (14 GWh) from renewable resources than the city itself needs.[8] Burgenland plans to meet all electricity needs with renewable energy by 2013 — based on the state parliament's resolution of 8 June 2006. This is to be achieved mainly through the construction of additional wind turbines — implementation of all planned projects should bring the total number of wind turbines in operation to 290, with a total capacity of about 520 MW.[9][10] (See also Wind power in Austria)
The UK[edit]
The UK is mainly focusing on wind power, both onshore and offshore, and in particular is strongly promoting the establishment of offshore wind power. With an installed capacity of 2.1 GW (about half of the world's installed offshore wind power), Britain is the worldwide leader. At the end of 2012, the country had an 8.4 GW of overall installed wind power capacity, putting it in fourth place worldwide, after China, the United States, and Germany. It was initially promoted with a quota system, but expansion targets were missed repeatedly. This led the government to implement a feed-in tariff instead.[11]
Denmark, as a country reliant on imported oil, was impacted particularly hard by the 1973 oil crisis. This roused public discussions on building nuclear power plants to diversify energy supply. A strong anti-nuclear movement developed, which fiercely criticized nuclear power plans taken up by the government,[12] and this ultimately led to a 1985 resolution not to build any nuclear power plants in Denmark.[13] The country instead opted for renewable energy, focusing primarily on wind power. Wind turbines for power generation already had a long history in Denmark, as far back as the late 1800s. As early as 1974 a panel of experts declared "that it should be possible to satisfy 10% of Danish electricity demand with wind power, without causing special technical problems for the public grid."[14] Denmark undertook the development of large wind power stations — though at first with little success (like with the Growian project in Germany).
Small facilities prevailed instead, often sold to private owners such as farms. Government policies promoted their construction; at the same time, positive geographical factors favored their spread, such as good wind power density and Denmark's decentralized patterns of settlement. A lack of administrative obstacles also played a role. Small and robust systems came on line, at first in the power range of only 50-60 kilowatts — using 1940s technology and sometimes hand-crafted by very small businesses. In the late seventies and the eighties a brisk export trade to the United States developed, where wind energy also experienced an early boom. In 1986 Denmark already had about 1200 wind power turbines,[15] though they still accounted for just barely 1% of Denmark's electricity.[16] This share increased significantly over time. In 2011, renewable energies covered 41% of electricity consumption, and wind power facilities alone accounted for 28%.[17] The government aims to increase wind energy's share of power generation to 50% by 2020, while at the same time reducing carbon dioxide emissions by 40%.[18] On 22 March 2012, the Danish Ministry of Climate, Energy and Building published a four-page paper titled "DK Energy Agreement," outlining long-term principles for Danish energy policy.[19]
The installation of oil and gas heating is banned in newly constructed buildings from the start of 2013; beginning in 2016 this will also apply to existing buildings. At the same time an assistance program for heater replacement was launched. Denmark's goal is to reduce the use of fossil fuels 33% by 2020. The country is scheduled to attain complete independence from petroleum and natural gas by 2050.[20]
Since 2012, political discussions have been developing in France about the energy transition and how the French economy might profit from it.[21]
In September 2012, Minister of the Environment Delphine Batho coined the term "ecological patriotism." The government began a work plan to consider starting the energy transition in France. This plan should address the following questions by June 2013:[22]
- How can France move towards energy efficiency and energy conservation? Reflections on altered lifestyles, changes in production, consumption, and transport.
- How to achieve the energy mix targeted for 2025? France's climate protection targets call for reducing greenhouse gas emissions 40% by 2030, and 60% by 2040.
- Which renewable energies should France rely on? How should the use of wind and solar energy can be promoted?
- What costs and funding models will likely be required for alternative energy consulting and investment support? And how about for research, renovation, and expansion of district heating, biomass, and geothermal energy? One solution could be a continuation of the CSPE, a tax that is charged on electricity bills.
The Environmental Conference on Sustainable Development on 14 and 15 September 2012 treated the issue of the environmental and energy transition as its main theme.[23]
On 8 July 2013, the national debate leaders submits some proposals to the government. Among them, there were environmental taxation, and smart grid development.[24]
The key policy document outlining the Energiewende was published by the German government in September 2010, some six months before the Fukushima nuclear accident.[25] Legislative support was passed in 2011. Important aspects include:
- greenhouse gas reductions: 80–95% reduction by 2050
- renewable energy targets: 60% share by 2050 (renewables broadly defined as hydro, solar and wind power)
- energy efficiency: electricity efficiency up by 50% by 2050
- an associated research and development drive
The policy has been embraced by the German federal government and has resulted in a huge expansion of renewables, particularly wind power. Germanys share of renewables has increased from around 5% in 1999 to 17% in 2010, reaching close to the OECD average of 18% usage of renewables.[26] Producers have been guaranteed a fixed feed-in tariff for 20 years, guaranteeing a fixed income. Energy co-operatives have been created, and efforts were made to decentralize control and profits. The large energy companies have a disproportionately small share of the renewables market. Nuclear power plants were closed, and the existing 9 plants will close earlier than necessary, in 2022.
The reduction of reliance on nuclear plants has had the consequence of increased reliance on fossil fuels. One factor that has inhibited efficient employment of new renewable energy has been the lack of an accompanying investment in power infrastructure to bring the power to market. It is believed 8 300 km of power lines must be built or upgraded.[26]
Different Länder have varying attitudes to the construction of new power lines. Industry has had their rates frozen and so the increased costs of the Energiewende have been passed on to consumers, who have had rising electricity bills. Germans in 2013 had some of the highest electricity costs in Europe.[27]
On 14 September 2012 the Japanese government decided at a ministerial meeting in Tokyo to phase out nuclear power by the 2030s, or 2040 at the very latest. The government said that it would take "all possible measures" to achieve this goal.[28] A few days later the government retrenched the planned nuclear phaseout after the industry pushed for reconsideration. Arguments cited were that a nuclear phaseout would burden the economy, and that imports of oil, coal, and gas would bring high added costs. The government then approved the energy transition, but left open the time-frame for decommissioning the nuclear power plants.[29]
See also[edit]
- Renewable energy in the European Union
- Energy Transition in Germany
- Passivhaus
- Renewable energy commercialization
- List of countries by renewable electricity production
- Germany National Renewable Energy Action Plan
- Berlin Declaration (2007)
- Wildpoldsried
- German Solar Industry Association
- Amory Lovins
- Soft energy path
- The Fourth Revolution: Energy
- 100% renewable energy
- ^ Federal Ministry for the Environment (29 March 2012). Langfristszenarien und Strategien für den Ausbau der erneuerbaren Energien in Deutschland bei Berücksichtigung der Entwicklung in Europa und global [Long-term Scenarios and Strategies for the Development of Renewable Energy in Germany Considering Development in Europe and Globally]. Berlin, Germany: Federal Ministry for the Environment (BMU).
- ^ Ben Sills (Aug 29, 2011). "Solar May Produce Most of World's Power by 2060, IEA Says". Bloomberg.
- ^ Krause, Bossel, Müller-Reißmann: Energiewende – Wachstum und Wohlstand ohne Erdöl und Uran, S. Fischer Verlag 1980, ASIN: B0029KUZBI. (Energy Transition – Growth and Prosperity without Petroleum and Uranium)
- ^ Henrik Paulitz: Dezentrale Energiegewinnung - Eine Revolutionierung der gesellschaftlichen Verhältnisse. IPPNW. (Decentralized Energy Production - Revolutionizing Social Relations) Accessed 20 January 2012.
- ^ Mit Bürgerengagement zur Energiewende. (With Citizen Involvement for the Energy Transition) Website of the organization Deutscher Naturschutzring. Cited as of 17 February 2012.
- ^ Energiestatus Österreichs 2009 (PDF; 1.58 MB) of the Federal Ministry for the Economy, Family, and Youth, S. 1–2.
- ^ Brüssel gibt Wien strenge Klimaziele vor, Der Standard, 3 December 2007.
- ^ Modell Güssing - Wussten Sie, dass ....
- ^ Austrian Wind Power - Stromautarkie.
- ^ Forschen & Entdecken, 01/2012.
- ^ Erneuerbare Energien: Quotenmodell keine Alternative zum EEG. DIW Wochenbericht 45/2012, S.18f. accessed on 14 April 2013.
- ^ Sonne: Im Norden ging die auf. In Tagesspiegel, 18 October 2010. Retrieved 19 October 2012.
- ^ Nuclear Energy in Denmark. http://www.world-nuclear.org. Retrieved 19 October 2012.
- ^ Erich Hau, Windkraftanlagen: Grundlagen, Technik, Einsatz, Wirtschaftlichkeit, Berlin - Heidelberg 2008, p45.
- ^ Die Kraft aus der Luft. In: Die Zeit, 6 February 2012. Retrieved 19 October 2012.
- ^ Erich Hau, Windkraftanlagen: Grundlagen, Technik, Einsatz, Wirtschaftlichkeit, Berlin - Heidelberg 2008, p56.
- ^ Renewables now cover more than 40% of electricity consumption. Danish Energy Agency. Retrieved 19 October 2012.
- ^ Dänemark hat neue Regierung In: Neues Deutschland, 4 October 2011. Retrieved 19 October 2012.
- ^ Abschied vom Ölkessel. In: heise.de, 16 February 2013. accessed on 16 February 2013.
- ^ La transition énergétique, un vrai vecteur de croissance pour la France Les échos, Mai 2012
- ^ Transition énergétique: quels moyens et quels coûts? batiactu 21. September 2012
- ^ Conférence environnementale des 14-15 septembre 2012 developpement-durable.gouv.fr, September 2012
- ^ http://www.transition-energetique.gouv.fr/sites/default/files/dnte_synthese_nationale_des_debats_territoriaux.pdf
- ^ Bundesregierung Deutschland (28 September 2010). Energiekonzept für eine umweltschonende, zuverlässige und bezahlbare Energieversorgung [Energy Concept for an Environmentally-Friendly, Reliable, and Affordable Energy Supply]. Berlin, Deutschland: Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Technologie (BMWi) und Bundesministerium für Umwelt, Naturschutz und Reaktorsicherheit (BMU) (Federal Ministry for Economy and Technology, and Federal Ministry for Environment, Conservation, and Reactor Safety).
- ^ a b "Germany's energy transformation Energiewende". The Economist. Jul 28, 2012. Retrieved 6 March 2013.
- ^ "Germany's energy reform Troubled turn". The Economist. 9 Feb 2013. Retrieved 6 March 2013.
- ^ Wegen Reaktorunglück in Fukushima: Japan verkündet Atomausstieg bis 2040 at focus.de, 14 September 2012 (accessed on 14 September 2012).
- ^ Energiewende: Japan schränkt Atomausstieg wieder ein at zeit.de, 19 September 2012 (accessed on 20 September 2012).
Further reading[edit]
- Clean Tech Nation: How the U.S. Can Lead in the New Global Economy (2012) by Ron Pernick and Clint Wilder
- Deploying Renewables 2011 (2011) by the International Energy Agency
- Reinventing Fire: Bold Business Solutions for the New Energy Era (2011) by Amory Lovins
- Renewable Energy Sources and Climate Change Mitigation (2011) by the IPCC
- Solar Energy Perspectives (2011) by the International Energy Agency


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University of Saskatchewan hosts first stakeholder meeting on the evaluation of Lean in Saskatchewan's healthcare system
The University of Saskatchewan hosted the first stakeholder meeting on the evaluation of Lean in Saskatchewan's healthcare system. The Saskatchewan Ministry of Health has committed to a multi-million dollar investment in implementation of Lean across the province's healthcare system. With an initial focus on leadership, strategic alignment, training and creation of a supportive infrastructure, the goal is a whole system transformation that produces "better health, better value, better care, and better teams."
Evaluating the impact of such an ambitious health system improvement initiative is a complex undertaking and the University of Saskatchewan is leading the way through the guidance of Dr. Thomas Rotter, Research Chair in Health Quality Improvement Science. The research team will be seeking input from a variety of important health service, government and consumer stakeholders to make sure this evaluation answers the key questions surrounding the impact of Lean on the quality of healthcare and patient outcomes.
"Given the scope and scale of the ambition and the commitment to resources, it is vital that a comprehensive, longitudinal evaluation plan be developed and implemented to support on-going decision-making and program design," said Dr. Rotter.
Gill Westhorp, Community Matters Australia, and Leigh Kinsman, Monash University Australia, were special guests at the first stakeholder meeting in June and will continue to work with the team to contribute to improvement science. Gill and Leigh have years of experience in complex evaluation methods and implementation of evidence-based healthcare in Australia.
Some of the long-term outcomes Lean is expected to generate are reduced wait times for emergency care, improved access to primary health care teams and improved access to surgical and specialty care. This cutting-edge evaluation willmake a significant contribution to the science of health system improvement by advancing the understanding about large-scale improvement interventions, in this case specifically Lean, in the complex environment of healthcare systems.


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Brain & Nervous System Health Center
Michigan Meningitis Deaths Not Signs of Epidemic
Oct. 11, 2000 -- Three children in the Detroit area have died recently of bacterial meningitis -- an inflammation of the membranes around the brain and spinal cord -- and some students in the community are alarmed enough to skip school and worry about school food services as a transmission site.
Meningitis can send shockwaves through a community affected by it and raise the concerns of parents and adults nationwide over its potentially deadly outcome. But a little bit of knowledge can often help dispel some of the fears associated with the illness. For instance, in Michigan, experts say these deaths seem to be a tragic coincidence and that the community should exercise only the usual precautions, such as frequent hand washing.
"Our investigation determined that there was no connection between these fatal cases. There was additional DNA testing done by the Michigan Department of Community Health and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention," says Kevin Lockar, MD, MPH. "They were all different types of pneumococcal bacteria." The deaths, involving three children under 12 years of age, "were an unfortunate random occurrence," says Lockar, the medical director of the Macomb County Health Department, the county in which the deaths occurred.
"We absolutely do not have an outbreak or epidemic or even a cluster," Geralyn Lasher, spokeswoman for the Michigan Department of Community Health, tells WebMD. "Anytime a situation involves young children, it raises concern. However, the public should know that bacterial meningitis is relatively common. We've had 145 cases reported in Michigan this year. Numbers for this year are consistent with the past few years. The fact that these fatal cases occurred in the most populous area of the state is not unique."
Should you be concerned for yourself or your children? How contagious is meningitis; how severely ill do people get? How can you protect yourself and your family against infection?
It's important to know that meningitis is not as contagious as colds or influenza, which travel widely on droplets following a cough or sneeze. For meningitis, the route of transmission is close and more direct. You need to have immediate contact with the droplets. The infected person needs to cough or sneeze directly in your face, or you need to share a drinking glass, athletic water bottle, or dinner utensil with the person. Kissing would be another example of the direct, close contact typically involved in meningitis transmission.
"You can't get meningitis by just being in the same room with an infected person," CDC spokesman Tom Skinner tells WebMD. "Why some people become ill from the bacteria is not fully understood. Some people carry this bacteria and never develop illness."
One of the major preventive actions to take is the simplest: Wash your hands often and thoroughly with soap and warm water, Skinner says. If you do this, and avoid drinking after others and sharing their eating utensils, you reduce your chances of being exposed to the organisms that can cause meningitis.


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true liberal Wrote:
Jan 01, 2013 10:06 AM
I am not surprised. Tax rates are only part of the problem but when you start adding all of the regulatory compliance costs, the costs go sky high. Several that I have known here in the States tried to open a factory here but due to the costs of studies for EPA and ESA and other onerous agencies saw that it would cost close to 1/2 million before even breaking ground. He opened a factory in China, minimal costs, minimal regulation


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