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SPONSOR: The Crazy 8 T-Shirt Design Contest (the "Promotion") begins at 12:00:00 a.m. Pacific Time on March 4, 2013 and ends at 11:59:59 p.m. Pacific Time on March 23, 2013 (the "Promotion Period"). The Promotion is comprised of a contest that involves the child of each entrant aged 14 years or younger creating a graphic design for a t-shirt for Sponsor, as further explained below. There are four (4) design categories: baby boy, baby girl, kid boy, and kid girl. Winning designs in each category will be produced and sold in Sponsor's stores and/or online. Thirty (30) finalists, fifteen (15) designs for boys t-shirts and fifteen (15) designs for girls t-shirts, will be selected by members of Sponsor's staff. Winning designs in each category will then be determined by popular vote on Sponsor's Facebook page from among the thirty (30) finalists as follows: two (2) grand prize winners and one (1) runner up prize winner for the kid girl design category; two (2) grand prize winners and one (1) runner up prize winner for the kid boy design category; one (1) grand prize and one (1) runner up winner for the baby girl design category; and one (1) grand prize and one (1) runner up winner for the baby boy design category. The six (6) grand prize winners will each have their design produced and sold as a Crazy 8 t-shirt in stores and online and receive a $488 Crazy 8 gift card. The four (4) runner up prize winners will each have their design produced and sold as a Crazy 8 t-shirt online and receive an $88 Crazy 8 gift card. 50% of the purchase price of each t-shirt sold will be donated to St. Jude Children�s Research Hospital (located at 262 Danny Thomas Pl, Memphis, TN 38105), a nonprofit corporation recognized as exempt from federal income taxation under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. Entry in the Promotion does not constitute entry into any other promotion, contest or sweepstakes. By participating in the Promotion, entrant unconditionally accepts and agrees to comply with and abide by these Official Rules and the decisions of Crazy 8, a division of The Gymboree Corporation, 500 Howard Street, San Francisco, CA 94105 ("Sponsor") which shall be final and binding in all respects. This Promotion is in no way sponsored, endorsed or administered by, or associated with, Facebook.
ELIGIBILITY: The Promotion is open only to residents of the 50 United States of America or the District of Columbia who are 18 years of age or older as of the time of entry and the parent to or legal guardian of a child who is 14 years of age or younger (referred to in these Official Rules as the entrant�s child). The entrant must read and agree to these Official Rules. Employees of Sponsor, its prize providers and licensors, and each of the foregoing entities' affiliates, authorized designees and other related entities, and any other individual or entity associated with the development, judging or administration of the Promotion (collectively, the "Promotion Entities"), as well as members of such employees' immediate families (spouses, children, siblings, parents), and persons living in the same household as such persons, whether or not related, are not eligible to participate in the Promotion.
HOW TO ENTER: To enter the Promotion go to the Crazy 8 website, located at http://www.crazy8.com/tshirtdesigncontest, and follow directions to download a design template for your t-shirt design, including the entry form on the template. Alternatively, design templates and entry forms can be picked up at local Crazy 8 stores, while supplies last. Using the design template, the entrant�s child will create a graphic design for a Crazy 8 t-shirt, such as, for example, one featuring the child�s favorite sport, animal, hobby, place or friend (a "Submission"). Please include only the contact information for the entrant on the entry form and not for the child. Submit the Submission, including the completed entry form, during the Promotion Period in one of three ways: (1) by mailing the Submission and completed entry form, postmarked prior to the expiration of the Promotion Period, to The Gymboree Corporation, Crazy 8 T-Shirt Design Contest, 500 Howard Street, San Francisco, CA 94105; (2) by submitting the Submission and completed entry form in person to your local Crazy 8 store (excluding Crazy 8 Outlet stores); or (3) by submitting the Submission, including the completed entry form, as a PDF via email to: firstname.lastname@example.com. Limit one (1) design per child of entrant. The Submission must meet the following �Submission Requirements�: (i) the Submission must be the submitting entrant�s child�s original, previously unpublished work and not include any material owned or controlled by third parties (including without limitation, third party copyrighted material); (ii) the entrant must provide upon request all appropriate clearances, permissions and releases for the Submission (in the event an entrant cannot provide all required releases, Sponsor reserves the right, in Sponsor�s sole discretion, to disqualify the applicable Submission, or seek to secure the releases and clearances for Sponsor�s benefit, or allow the applicable Submission to remain in the Promotion); and (iii) the Submission must not include any content that is obscene, pornographic, libelous or otherwise objectionable. Any Submission that, in Sponsor's good faith judgment, violates the Submission Requirements will be disqualified. No substitutions of new versions of Submissions will be accepted under any circumstances once the original Submission is submitted for consideration. Any Submission that is considered by Sponsor in its sole and absolute discretion to be obscene, pornographic, libelous, hate speech or otherwise objectionable, in whole or in part, will be disqualified and will not be eligible for entry. If submitting artwork by email, and your design is selected as a finalist, the original artwork must be furnished to Sponsor by April 8, 2013 for reproduction purposes.
GENERAL ENTRY CONDITIONS:Sponsor is the official timekeeper for the Promotion. All entry information becomes the property of Sponsor and will not be acknowledged or returned. Except as otherwise disclosed in these Official Rules, and to the extent entrants may otherwise elect at the time of entry, personal information collected in connection with the Promotion will be used in accordance with the online privacy policy available at http://www.crazy8.com. You are providing your information to Sponsor and not to Facebook.Any communication or information transmitted to Sponsor by electronic mail or otherwise is and will be treated as non-confidential and nonproprietary. Proof of submission is not considered proof of delivery or receipt of such entry. Furthermore, Sponsor shall have no liability for any Submission that is lost, intercepted or not received by the Sponsor. Tampering with the entry process or the operation of the Promotion, including but not limited to the use of any device to automate the entry process other than as contemplated by these Official Rules, is prohibited and any Submissions deemed by Sponsor, in its sole discretion, to have been submitted in this manner will be declared invalid and disqualified. In the event a dispute regarding the identity of the individual who actually submitted a Submission cannot be resolved to Sponsor�s satisfaction, the affected Submission will be declared invalid and disqualified. The Promotion Entities shall not be responsible for incorrect or inaccurate entry information whether caused by Internet or other network users or by any of the equipment or programming associated with or utilized in the Promotion or by any technical or human error which may occur in the processing of the entries in the Promotion. The Promotion Entities assume no responsibility or liability for any error, omission, interruption, deletion, theft or destruction, or unauthorized access to, or alteration of entries. IMPORTANT NOTE: Any entrant who incorporates any intellectual property owned by a third party into his or her Submission does so at his or her own risk. Without in any way limiting, expanding or amending the Terms of Use policy residing on Sponsor�s website, http://www.crazy8.com, (the �Website�) which Terms of Use policy shall remain in full force and effect, if Sponsor is duly notified that any element of an entrant�s Submission infringes upon the rights of another person and/or receives a legally valid request to remove the affected Submission from the Website because of such infringement, such Submission may be disqualified from the Promotion, as Sponsor may determine in its sole discretion. Further, no entrant will be eligible to receive a prize unless Sponsor determines, in its sole and absolute discretion, that such entrant�s Submission has been or can be sufficiently cleared for legal purposes.
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES; INDEMNIFICATION:Each entrant into the Promotion represents and warrants as follows: (i) the Submission is the entrant�s own original, previously unpublished, and previously unproduced work; (ii) the Submission does not contain any computer virus (as applicable), is otherwise uncorrupted, is wholly original with entrant, and as of the date of submission, is not the subject of any actual or threatened litigation or claim; (iii) the Submission does not and will not violate or infringe upon the intellectual property rights or other rights of any third party; and (iv) the Submission does not and will not violate any applicable laws, and is not and will not be defamatory or libelous. Each entrant hereby agrees to indemnify and hold the Promotion Entities harmless from and against any and all third party claims, actions or proceedings of any kind and from any and all damages, liabilities, costs and expenses relating to or arising out of any breach or alleged breach of any of the warranties, representations or agreements of entrant hereunder.
ENTRANT'S GRANT OF RIGHTS:For good and valuable consideration, the receipt and legal sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, each entrant into the Promotion, on behalf of him/herself and his/her child, hereby irrevocably grants Sponsor, its successors and assigns, a non-exclusive license (but not the obligation) to reproduce, publicly perform, publically display, distribute, exploit and otherwise use the Submission throughout the universe, in perpetuity, for any reason whatsoever in any and all media, throughout the universe in perpetuity, without further notice to, consent by, or payment to entrant. Without in any way limiting the foregoing, Sponsor shall have the right, in its sole discretion, to edit, composite, morph, scan, duplicate, make derivative works of or alter the Submission for any purpose which Sponsor deems necessary or desirable, and each entrant irrevocably waives any and all so-called moral rights they may have therein. Sponsor shall have the right to freely assign its rights hereunder, in whole or in part, to any person or entity. Sponsor shall retain the rights granted in each Submission even if the Submission is disqualified or fails to meet the Submission Requirements.
PRIZES:The six (6) grand prize winners will each have their t-shirt design produced and sold as a Crazy 8 t-shirt in stores and online and receive a $488 Crazy 8 gift card (approximate retail value (�ARV�): $488). The four (4) runner up prize winners will each have their t-shirt design produced and sold as a Crazy 8 t-shirt online and receive an $88 Crazy 8 gift card (ARV: $88).
GENERAL PRIZE CONDITIONS: Gift cards are subject to the terms and conditions printed thereon and imposed by issuer. No cash alternative or substitution of prizes will be allowed, except Sponsor reserves the right in its sole discretion to substitute prizes of comparable value if any prize listed is unavailable, in whole or in part, for any reason. Prizes will be awarded only if the potential prize winner fully complies with these Official Rules. All portions of the prize(s) are non-assignable and non-transferable. Any prizes pictured in point-of-sale, online, television and print advertising, promotional packaging, and other Promotion materials are for illustrative purposes only. All details and other restrictions of the prize(s) not specified in these Official Rules will be determined by Sponsor in its sole discretion.THE WINNER IS RESPONSIBLE FOR REPORTING AND PAYING ANY INCOME TAXES OR OTHER TAXES THAT MAY APPLY TO ACCEPTING A PRIZE; SPONSOR IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR AND WILL NOT PAY ANY SUCH TAXES. ALL PRIZES ARE PROVIDED �AS IS� WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, AND SPONSOR HEREBY DISCLAIMS ALL SUCH WARRANTIES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND/OR NON-INFRINGEMENT.
WINNER SELECTION; JUDGING CRITERIA: After the end of the Promotion Period, employees of Sponsor will select thirty (30) finalist submissions, fifteen (15) designs for girls t-shirts and fifteen (15) designs for boys t-shirts, from among all of the Submissions based on the following criteria:
- overall quality (50%)
- originality and creativity (50%)
NOTICE TO WINNERS:Attempts to notify potential winners will be made by email or using other contact information provided at entry. Sponsor is not responsible for communication problems of any kind. Time is of the essence in awarding the prizes. If, despite reasonable efforts, a potential winner does not respond within three (3) days of the first notification attempt (or such shorter time as exigencies may require), or if the prize or prize notification is returned as unclaimed or undeliverable to such potential winner, such potential winner will forfeit any prize and an alternate winner may be selected.
FURTHER DOCUMENTATION:Potential winners may be required to execute a further Submission license or assignment, Affidavit of Eligibility, a Liability Release, and (where imposing such condition is legal) a Publicity Release (collectively, "Prize Claim Documents"). If any potential winner fails or refuses to sign and return all Prize Claim Documents within three (3) days of prize notification, whichever is sooner, (or such shorter time as exigencies may require), the winner may be disqualified and an alternate winner may be selected. As part of the Prize Claim Documents, a potential winner, on behalf of him/herself and his/her child, may also be required to execute a further right of publicity release to use the winner�s name and/or image, including, but not limited to, for advertising and promotional purposes, without further compensation.
DATES & DEADLINES/ANTICIPATED NUMBER OF ENTRANTS:Because of the unique nature and scope of the Promotion, Sponsor reserves the right, in addition to those other rights reserved herein, to modify any date(s) or deadline(s) set forth in these Official Rules or otherwise governing the Promotion. Sponsor cannot accurately predict the number of entrants who will participate in the Promotion.
NATURE OF RELATIONSHIP/WAIVER OF EQUITABLE RELIEF:Each entrant hereby acknowledges and agrees that the relationship between the entrant and the Promotion Entities is not a confidential, fiduciary, or other special relationship, and that the entrant�s decision to provide the entrant�s Submission to Sponsor for purposes of the Promotion does not place the Promotion Entities in a position that is any different from the position held by members of the general public with regard to elements of the entrant�s Submission. Each entrant understands and acknowledges that the Promotion Entities have wide access to ideas, stories, photographs, designs, and other literary materials, and that new ideas are constantly being submitted to it or being developed by their own employees. Each entrant acknowledges that many ideas or photographs may be competitive with, similar or identical to the Submission and/or each other in theme, idea, format or other respects. Each entrant acknowledges and agrees that such entrant will not be entitled to any compensation as a result of any Promotion Entity�s use of any such similar or identical material. Each entrant acknowledges and agrees that the Promotion Entities do not now and shall not have in the future any duty or liability, direct or indirect, vicarious, contributory, or otherwise, with respect to the infringement or protection of the copyright in and to the Submission.
GENERAL LIABILITY RELEASE/FORCE MAJEURE:Entrants agree that the Promotion Entities and Facebook (A) shall not be responsible or liable for, and are hereby released from, any and all costs, injuries, losses or damages of any kind, including, without limitation, death and bodily injury, due in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, to participation in the Promotion or any Promotion-related activity, or from entrants� acceptance, receipt, possession and/or use or misuse of any prize, and (B) have not made any warranty, representation or guarantee express or implied, in fact or in law, with respect to any prize, including, without limitation, to such prize�s quality or fitness for a particular purpose. Sponsor assumes no responsibility for any damage to an entrant�s, or any other person�s, computer system which is occasioned by participating in the Promotion, or for any computer system, phone line, hardware, software or program malfunctions, or other errors, failures, delayed computer transmissions or network connections that are human or technical in nature. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, Sponsor is not responsible for incomplete, illegible, misdirected, misprinted, late, lost, damaged, stolen, or postage-due prize notifications; or for lost, interrupted, inaccessible or unavailable networks, servers, satellites, Internet service providers, websites, or other connections; or for miscommunications, failed, jumbled, scrambled, delayed, or misdirected computer, telephone or cable transmissions; or for any technical malfunctions, failures, difficulties or other errors of any kind or nature; or for the incorrect or inaccurate capture of information, or the failure to capture any information. Sponsor reserves the right in its sole discretion to disqualify any individual who is found to be tampering with the entry process or the operation of the Promotion, to be acting in violation of these Official Rules, or to be acting in an unsportsmanlike or disruptive manner, or with the intent to disrupt or undermine the legitimate operation of the Promotion, or to annoy, abuse, threaten or harass any other person, and Sponsor reserves the right to seek damages and other remedies from any such person to the fullest extent permitted by law. No mechanically reproduced, illegible, incomplete, forged, software-generated or other automated multiple entries will be accepted. Sponsor reserves the right to modify, extend, suspend, or terminate the Promotion if it determines, in its sole discretion, that the Promotion is technically impaired or corrupted or that fraud or technical problems, failures, or malfunctions or other causes beyond Sponsor�s control have destroyed or severely undermined or to any degree impaired the integrity, administration, security, proper play and/or feasibility of the Promotion as contemplated herein. In the event an insufficient number of eligible entries are received and/or Sponsor is prevented from awarding prizes or continuing with the Promotion as contemplated herein by any event beyond its control, including but not limited to fire, flood, natural or man-made epidemic of health or other means, earthquake, explosion, labor dispute or strike, act of God or public enemy, satellite or equipment failure, riot or civil disturbance, terrorist threat or activity, war (declared or undeclared) or any federal state or local government law, order, or regulation, public health crisis, order of any court or jurisdiction, or other cause not reasonably within Sponsor�s control (each a �Force Majeure� event or occurrence), then subject to any governmental approval which may be required, Sponsor shall have the right to modify, suspend, extend, or terminate the Promotion. If the Promotion is terminated before the designated end date, Sponsor will (if possible) select the winner in a random drawing from all eligible, non-suspect entries received as of the date of the event giving rise to the termination. Inclusion in such drawing shall be each entrant�s sole and exclusive remedy under such circumstances. Only the type and quantity of prizes described in these Official Rules will be awarded. These Official Rules cannot be modified or amended in any way except in a written document issued in accordance with law by a duly authorized representative of Sponsor. Unless otherwise stated in these Official Rules, the invalidity or unenforceability of any provision of these Official Rules shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision. Unless otherwise stated in these Official Rules, in the event that any provision is determined to be invalid or otherwise unenforceable or illegal, these Official Rules shall otherwise remain in effect and shall be construed in accordance with their terms as if the invalid or illegal provision were not contained herein.
PUBLICITY RELEASE:By participating in the Promotion, in addition to any other grants which may be granted in any other agreement entered into between Sponsor and any entrant in the Promotion each entrant, on behalf of him/herself and his/her child, irrevocably grants the Promotion Entities and their respective successors, assigns, and licensees, the right to use such entrant's and entrant�s child�s name, likeness, image, and biographical information in any and all media for any purpose, including, without limitation, advertising and publicity purposes, as well as in connection with the Promotion and hereby releases the Promotion Entities from any liability with respect thereto.
NO OBLIGATION TO USE:Sponsor shall have no obligation (express or implied) to use any Submission or any materials or content created by the entrant (the �Materials�), or to otherwise exploit any Submission or Materials or, if commenced, to continue the distribution or exploitation thereof, and Sponsor may at any time abandon the use of the Submission or Materials for any reason, with or without legal justification or excuse, and entrants shall not be entitled to any damages or other relief by reason thereof, and, for winners, the cash prize shall constitute full satisfaction of Sponsor's prize obligation to winners, and no other or additional compensation will be awarded.
ARBITRATION PROVIDSION:By participating in this Promotion, entrant agrees: (i) that any and all disputes the entrant may have with, or claims entrant may have against, the Promotion Entities relating to, arising out of or connected in any way with (a) the Promotion, (b) the awarding or redemption of any prize, and/or (c) the determination of the scope or applicability of this agreement to arbitrate, will be resolved exclusively by final and binding arbitration administered by JAMS and conducted before a sole arbitrator in accordance with the rules of JAMS; (ii) this arbitration agreement is made pursuant to a transaction involving interstate commerce, and shall be governed by the Federal Arbitration Act (�FAA�), 9 U.S.C. �� 1-16; (iii) the arbitration shall be held in San Francisco County, California; (iv) the arbitrator�s decision shall be controlled by the terms and conditions of these Official Rules and any of the other agreements referenced herein that the applicable entrant may have entered into in connection with the Promotion; (v) the arbitrator shall apply California law consistent with the FAA and applicable statutes of limitations, and shall honor claims of privilege recognized at law; (vi) there shall be no authority for any claims to be arbitrated on a class or representative basis, arbitration can decide only entrant�s and/or Sponsor�s individual claims; the arbitrator may not consolidate or join the claims of other persons or parties who may be similarly situated; (vii) the arbitrator shall not have the power to award punitive damages against the entrant or Sponsor; (viii) in the event that the administrative fees and deposits that must be paid to initiate arbitration against Sponsor exceed $125 USD, and entrant is unable (or not required under the rules of JAMS) to pay any fees and deposits that exceed this amount, Sponsor agrees to pay them and/or forward them on entrant�s behalf, subject to ultimate allocation by the arbitrator; (ix) if the entrant is able to demonstrate that the costs of arbitration will be prohibitive as compared to the costs of litigation, Sponsor will pay as much of entrant�s filing and hearing fees in connection with the arbitration as the arbitrator deems necessary to prevent the arbitration from being cost-prohibitive; and (x) with the exception of subpart (vi) above, if any part of this arbitration provision is deemed to be invalid, unenforceable or illegal, or otherwise conflicts with the rules of JAMS, then the balance of this arbitration provision shall remain in effect and shall be construed in accordance with its terms as if the invalid, unenforceable, illegal or conflicting provision were not contained herein. If, however, subpart (vi) is found to be invalid, unenforceable or illegal, then the entirety of this arbitration provision shall be null and void, and neither entrant nor Sponsor shall be entitled to arbitrate their dispute. For more information on JAMS and/or the rules of JAMS, visit their website at http://www.jamsadr.com.
WINNERS LIST/OFFICIAL RULES: To obtain any legally-required winners list (after the conclusion of the Promotion) or a copy of these Official Rules, send a self-addressed envelope with the proper postage affixed to: The Gymboree Corporation, 500 Howard Street, San Francisco, CA 94105. Please specify "winners list" or "Official Rules" and the name of the Promotion in your request.


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10 Facts You Need to Know About the Measles Outbreakby Lindsay Hutton
Since the beginning of 2015, the measles have infected more than 150 people from 17 states, with many cases stemming from an outbreak that originated at Disneyland in California and prompting the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) to issue a press release urging all parents to vaccinate their children. Read on to find out what you need to know about this recent measles outbreak, the safety and effectiveness of the measles vaccine, and other steps you can take to protect your family.
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The Seriousness of the Current Outbreak
Between 2001 and 2011, the average number of measles cases reported in the United States per year was 62. There were 644 reported cases of measles in 2014 — the highest number of cases since 2000. This year, there have already been 102 reported cases across 14 states, making the number of cases so far in 2015 higher than the number of cases the U.S. typically sees in an entire year. The outbreak that originated at Disneyland represents 92 percent of the reported cases this year.
According to the Centers for Disease Control, before the live measles vaccine was introduced in 1963, the average number of cases per year was 549,000. After the one-shot vaccine was introduced, the number of measles cases dropped significantly. There was a resurgence of the disease from 1989 to 1991, during which 55,000 people were affected. Although most were unvaccinated, some people with the vaccine also got the disease, leading the medical community to recommend the two dose regimen. Since that regimen was introduced, measles cases have been dramatically reduced, leading the U.S. to declare in 2000 that endemic measles were "eliminated."
In other words, if your child is vaccinated, you do not need to be concerned. Dr. Anne Schuchat, assistant surgeon general and director of the CDC's National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, says, "This is not a problem with the measles vaccine not working. This is a problem of the measles vaccine not being used."

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Published May 05, 2013
Bangladeshi protesters throw stones at policemen during a protest in Dhaka, Bangladesh, to demand that the government enact an anti-blasphemy law.
Juventus' Kwadwo Asamoah is tackled by Palermo's Egidio Arevalo Rios (top) during the Italian Serie A soccer match at the Juventus stadium in Turin, Italy.
Wounded churchgoers lie on the ground as Roman Catholic nuns run for cover after a blast at the St. Joseph Mfanyakazi Roman Catholic Church in Arusha, Tanzania.
Guo Fuxiang (2nd L), a researcher of the Palace Museum, introduces the damaged Qing Dynasty clock to journalists during a media briefing at the Forbidden City in Beijing, China. A man broke a window with his bare hands while touring the museum, knocking the clock onto the ground and causing the damage.
Libyan protesters hold placards and banners during a demonstration in support of the "political isolation law" in the country's landmark Martyrs Square in Tripoli.
People walk with candles around "Alexander Nevski" cathedral during an Orthodox Easter service in Sofia, Bulgaria.
Lazio's mascot, the eagle Olympia, sits in the empty stands prior to the start of a Serie A soccer match between Lazio and Bologna in Rome's Olympic stadium, Italy.
Ajax Amsterdam supporters celebrate after winning a Dutch Eredivisie football match against Willem II Tilburg in the Amsterdam Arena, the Netherlands.
Elliott Sadler (11), Mike Wallace (1), Justin Allgaier (31), Alex Bowman (99), and Landon Cassill (4) spin through the tri-oval near the end of the NASCAR Nationwide Series auto race at the Talladega Superspeedway in Talladega, Alabama, USA, May 4, 2013.
Two cows challenge each other muzzle to muzzle during the traditional spring release of cows in Huddinge, Sweden.


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The Habitat for Humanity and the Bowling Green Rotary Club are partnering to give one family a home, and one doctor donated thousands of dollars to fund the project.
When Dr. Rajah Kara of Louisville decided to donate $40,000 to the Bowling Green Rotary Club to help the Habitat for Humanity build a home, it meant more than just money.
"He wanted to do this as a way to show appreciation to the Warren County/Bowling Green community for his 40 plus years of practice here in Bowling Green," says Rotary Club President, Jim Allen.
As a current Louisville Rotary Club member, Dr. Kara helps the Habitat for Humanity build homes when needed.
Allen says Dr. Kara wanted to do the same for his former hometown.
"It's right down our alley of doing community service, and here's an opportunity that was given to us and we hope to take full advantage of it," he says.
"Any donation means a great deal to us because we live on the donations and to have this kind of donation, it takes a lot of pressure off us. It means another family that can be served," says Habitat for Humanity Executive Director, Rodney Goodman
In 12 to 16 weeks, a refugee family of six will have a permanent home.
"This will be the first time in years that they've had stability and they are going to have a place they can call home, and they can have a garden. It means a great deal to that family," Goodman says.
Not only is the rotary club funding this project, but they will also have a first-hand involvement with giving a family a home.
"We are actually going to pick up hammers and saws and nails and go to work, and we are actually going to be involved in the actual construction of the house," Allen says.
On March 2nd, the rotary club and the Habitat for Humanity will work together to start building the home.
Dr. Kara, along with the Habitat for Humanity, will be at the Bowling Green Rotary Club meeting Wednesday to discuss the plans for the project.


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HitsBoosterPro is a free manual traffic exchange, where you receive hits to your sites in return for visiting other members' sites.
It's a very simple system. All you have to do is sign up and start surfing by clicking the link in the members area. You need to spend at least 6 seconds on each site to receive credits, and every 10 credits you earn are worth one visitor to your site. You receive 500 free credits just for signing up, and surfing the 25 sites needed to fully activate your account. You can also earn extra credits by referring other members.
There is a choice of different membership options. When you first join, you will be given a free new member platinum upgrade, which will last 7 days. After that, your account will revert to free status. You can keep your free account for as long as you want. (If you are an active surfer, you can earn lots of traffic this way, and it won't cost you anything.) If you have less time to surf, or you simply want to earn more credits, there are 3 upgrade levels available. Upgrade your account to Silver, Gold or Platinum, and you will earn more credits per site view than free members, more referral credits, monthly bonus credits, plus commission on referral upgrades and purchases. Gold and Platinum members also receive random referrals. (There is more information on the different account types inside the members area.)
There are also options to buy extra credits, if you need more than you can earn through surfing.
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12 Great Video Games With Ridiculous Premises
Sonic the Hedgehog
The Premise: A super-fast anthropomorphized blue hedgehog wearing only sneakers and gloves races through levels collecting rings and breaking open robots to free the cuddly animals trapped inside by an evil, obese doctor.
What Made It Ridiculous: The ever-expanding cast of supporting characters, which included a two-tailed fox, a girl hedgehog who was, as in nature, bright pink, a fantasy creature known as an echidna, and we're pretty sure at one point a snowboarding spider.
Why We Didn't Care: The only thing cooler than blasting through a level without ever slowing down is stopping to jump into a giant slot machine again and again and again until your level time runs out.
Donkey Kong
The Premise: An Italian garbage man must jump over barrels, climb ladders and girders, and collect hats, parasols, and purses in order to keep a princess from being raped by a giant monkey named Donkey.
What Made It Ridiculous: Where does he keep getting all these barrels? Huh?! Is there like a barrel factory up there or something? Because he sure as hell seems to have a lot of these fucking barrels!
Why We Didn't Care: We got to wield a hammer against a large, hairy authority figure, which helped us work through a few issues we had concerning our "new Dad."


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I was wondering why the Fujisaki-Okamoto construction (or one of its variants) is not (at least commonly) used with RSA to achieve CCA2 security? Does anyone know of any speed comparisons between RSA w/ F-O and RSA-OAEP? Perhaps the reason is simply historical since F-O is newer.
The Fujisaki-Okamoto construction requires a non-deterministic public key encryption scheme. Textbook RSA is not randomized, but deterministic, and so it cannot be applied to it to obtain CCA-security. It can be applied to schemes like Elgamal and Paillier that take randomness to create indistinguishable encryptions of the same message.


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Where can I find derivation of formula for portfolio skewness and kurtosis? I can find formulas everywhere, but not their derivations? For example, the portfolio variance formula is well known and I can find the derivation of that formula in a lot of books, but I can't find anything on portfolio skewness formula and kurtosis. They are just given the way they are. I'm not strong enough at probability theory to use it to derive the formulas from the expectations operator. Who was the first person to derive them? Where were they first published?
What is the data basis that you start from? If you just have the covariance matrix, then you can only calculate portfolio variance or volatility by $$ w^T \Sigma w$$ where $w$ are the portfolio weights and $\Sigma$ is the covariance matrix. If you have the individual asset continuously compounded returns $r^j_t$ where $j$ indexes assets, $j=1,\ldots,N$, and $t$ stands for time, $t=1,\ldots,T$, then you can also calculate the portfolio returns for each points in time $$r_t = \sum_{j=1}^N w_j r^j_t$$ and then apply the standard variance estimator on $(r_t)_{t=1}^T$. Coming back to your question, having $(r_t)_{t=1}^T$ you can calculate skewness and kurtosis on this sample. You find the formulas on wikipedia.


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But do you really know Jean-Michel Folon?
He was a very versatile artist being drawer, painter, etcher and sculptor. He did illustration work for a great deal of major writers among which Kafka, HG Wells, Prévert, Vian, Borges. He made crafty stained-glass windows and mural paintings such as the one in the Brussels metro station Montgomery.
Being a humanist, he designed posters for humanitarian causes. In 1988 he illustrated the Universal Declaration of Human rights for Amnesty International. It was published in the 6 official UN languages, with a preface from Javier Pérez de Cuellar. In 2003 he became Ambassador for Unicef.
Folon was a known and recognised artist on all continents and galleries and museums from all over the world offered him exhibition space: New York for the first time in 1969 and later in 1990 at the prestigious Metropolitan Museum of Art, Milan, Paris – the Musée des Arts décoratifs, Rotterdam – Boymans van Beuningen museum, London – Institute of Contemporary Art, Antibes – the Picasso museum, Venice – the Correr museum, Buenos Aires, Tokyo, Kyoto, Barcelona, Lausanne...
In 2000, he established the Folon Foundation, which presents his major works from his childhood on a symbolic location.
In 2001, a major exhibition of his sculptures was held in Lisbon and in 2005 Florence was the decor for a retrospective exhibition, which turned out to be huge success.
Jean-Michel Folon died in Monaco on 20 October 2005.
In 2007, the city of Sao Paulo paid tribute to Folon with a major exhibition of his paintings.
Jean-Michel Folon offered a clear and poetic view on humanity. He leaves behind a world that is focused on the fundamental values of man and his environment.


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Thanks to all for the encouraging comments on yesterday's post. I will, of course, keep plugging away at this end. It's not that I want to become a "vegangelical" (who coined that term?) and brow beat people in veganism, or force them to watch "Meet Your Meat" a la A Clockwork Orange, I am just wondering how to make my blogging more effective. How can I get more people to click over and check out the recipes? I certainly think blogs can be a powerful force for change because they make veganism so accessible, and I guess I just want mine to be as effective as possible. I suppose patience is key here--I have only been doing this since September 2007 and am blown away that I have had over 46 000 hits. Now, back to the kitchen!
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- Romina said...
Hey Vegan Dad,
I have found that the best way to get people to find out about your blog is to post comments on a ton of other blogs. Especially non-vegan blogs. People will be intrigued and click on your name. =)
- March 28, 2008 at 3:29 PM
- Rena said...
I think you've done a lot already-- just taking the time to blog daily about what you and your family eat is a huge commitment. Of course, there's plenty else you can do, including what Isa has on her blog and what romina advised regarding commenting on general foodie blogs.
Something I just found out about on our campus-- our provost is a vegan and asked that the on-campus caterers develop a vegan menu. Now, for special events, there are vegan options. The cool thing is my colleagues in special event planning would rather pick vegan menu items than try to suss out the vegan vs. vegetarian menu options, so now I don't have to worry about not having something appropriate to eat. Recalling your difficulties in dealing with faculty luncheons, maybe you could start with something like that on your own campus? Or maybe talking to the dining hall folks about offering vegan options (our dining halls always have a vegetarian soup and entree each day). And if you can get students involved, so much the better!
- March 28, 2008 at 5:54 PM
- Morgan said...
"How can I get more people to click over and check out the recipes?"
Just keep posting wonderful looking food and it will happen! People will eat things that look wonderful, speak to their stomachs and are foods that are easily accessible/familiar to them. Oh and I read something today in a vegan cookbook that said something to the tune of : We all need to strive to do our very best. Your best may be different than another's best. All you can do is set your own example and graciously let everyone follow their own paths. I love your blog and you are doing wonderful as far as I can tell.
(And hello! I've never commented before but as soon as I found your blog I have been back daily and read all of the past recipes!)
- March 28, 2008 at 9:07 PM
- lae21 said...
You're doing a great job just doing what you're doing. I cook for a very picky boyfriend, so I use a lot of your recipes because if they're kid approved, they'll be well received in our house. Keep posting great recipes and great pictures. The best way to get people to pay attention is to lead by example and keep showing them that it's not hard, and it's still tasty.
- March 29, 2008 at 4:53 PM
- Alexis said...
Another thought: You have that list of fast-food calorie info -- why not have a comparative list with your stuff? Compare Pizza Hut Meat-Lovers to your homemade vegan pepperoni pizza, BK burgers to your Perfect Tempeh Burgers.
- March 30, 2008 at 3:07 PM
- jessy said...
just wanted to say hello and thanks for all the awesome posts! i've found your blog and many other vegan blogs so inspiring that i've started my own, too! go vegan activism! w00t! keep up all the awesome work and rock'n recipes!
hugs & love,
~ jessy
- March 31, 2008 at 4:02 PM
- Nasreen said...
I just found your blog and I am now utterly starving! Everything looks so tasty (more tasty looking than a lot of vegan cookbooks and blogs)! I can't wait to try out some of the recipes you've already given the taste approval. I've been veg for about 15 years and I've been working on vegan for about 2 months, I can tell your blog will be making the transition a lot easier! I look forward to trying these out and seeing more tasty morsels.
- April 6, 2008 at 10:52 PM
- veg.in.the.fog said...
so i have no idea how (or why) you would get more visitors (46000!) but for us loyal readers (*cheering* we love you VD!), a general comment bar would be nice. sometimes i have a random comment or question and nowhere to put it! and a new label is in order: "omni friendly." you have a crepe label but nothing for struggling missionaries of veganism like myself?! i am going to stay with omni/carni relatives for a weekend but i'm having trouble finding something "normal" that they would like. its hard.
well thanks for your help (through the past few months of whats-for-dinner syndrome.) your site may just outdo veganomicon!
- June 12, 2008 at 6:23 PM
- Vegan Dad said...
I will look in to a general comment bar--good idea! I wonder if Blogger has such a gadget. Have you seen it on other blogs?
I will also start the "omni-friendly" tag, although I admit to being a horrible judge of what is omni friendly. It is amazing how your tastes change when you stop eating animal fat.
- June 13, 2008 at 8:04 AM
- veg.in.the.fog said...
i haven't seen any gadgets like it, but i don't read many blogs. i think it would be worth looking for though...
my idea of what the rest of the world likes to eat has changed as well. but generally, nothing tempeh, seitan, or tvp; comfort foods; fat; and veganized classics. of course, you know those.
thanks for listening!
- June 13, 2008 at 11:37 PM
- Vegan Dad said...
The general comment bar is now installed. Look on the bottom of the right hand column.
- June 14, 2008 at 10:32 AM


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On sale at Target for $19.00 and free shipping. That beats Amazon by $1.90!
Hmmm...do I wait to see if Amazon matches, or cancel my preorder there?
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Why is this book so expensive?
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@garrick06: Hardcover books that are expected to sell well are always pricey when they're first released. I try to wait until they hit the clearance racks for under $10, or until they come out in paperback, but sometimes I just gotta have the book at full price!
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When I was working in our server room, I noticed that it was very cold.
I know that the server room has to be cold to offset the heat of the servers, but perhaps it is TOO cold.
What is an appropriate temperature to keep our server room at?
When I was working in our server room, I noticed that it was very cold.
I know that the server room has to be cold to offset the heat of the servers, but perhaps it is TOO cold.
What is an appropriate temperature to keep our server room at?
Recommendations on server room temperature vary greatly.
This guide says that:
This discussion on Slashdot has a variety of answers but most of them within the range quoted above.
Update: As others have commented below Google recommends 26.7°C (80°F) for data centres.
Also the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) has recently updated their recommended tempature range to be from 18°C-27°C (64.4°F-80.6°F).
However this article agains highlights that there is still no consensus on the subject. As mentioned in the article I would highlight that:
IMO most companies would not have such a strong understanding of cooling conditions and thus it would be safer in a small business environment to be running the rooms a little cooler.
NB: It is important to note there are a lot more factors to consider in a server/data room than just the temperature, air flow & humidity for example are also important concerns.
As others have said, somewhere in the low 70's F is good. However, it's even more critical to make sure the rack and the hardware in it can "breathe". If hot air is trapped in the rack - or in a server chassis - then the low ambient temperature won't really do any good.
Google's datacenter best practices recommends 80 degrees. We run at 72, but then again I don't exactly trust our own room was designed with airflow in mind.
My server room is set to 69 degrees. We have one air conditioning unit that services that room and it runs 24/7 to keep the room at 69 degrees year round.
18°C (65°F). Its a bit colder than it has to be, but if something fails it gives us a few precious extra minutes to react before it gets uncomforably hot.
All server rooms I've seen usually are between 20°C and 25°C but from experience I've noticed hardware is more sensitive to variations more than a given temperature. I've often seen hardware fail after a bump of, say 4-5°C, even if it is from 20 to 25.
So stability is a key, as well as air flow of course.
Remember that Google's advice of 80°F is including virtually no cost to shutting down a datacenter when it overheats due to unexpected load or air conditioning failure. They also include a greater control of airflow over critical components.
We like ours to be between 19C and 23C with alarms at 28C - we're a 98% HP blade place so in the event of ours getting to that alarm level certain servers/enclosures 'turn their wick down' to lower overall power draw (it's called thermalogic).
In my experience, it depends on the equipment. I know one company had three server rooms. One was kept about 80°F, the other, with fewer servers, was at about 72°F, and the third, with only two servers, was at about 65°F. Never had a problem in the time I was there, but, like others have said, 75°F or slightly below is probably best, since it gives a little elbow room if the AC goes out.
Anything over 30c at air inlets we've found causes temperature warnings (which we monitor), In general that means an ambiant room temperature below 25c.
In Australia it seems Emerson (Liebert) decided that 21c would be the standard and every room I've been in here has been set the same.
If your room is big enough look at hot-aise/cold-aise, blanking tiles, and similar, they can really improve the cooling efficency.
I'm in the Navy. On our ship we kept our rooms at less than 65 degrees Fahrenheit. We'd be in the middle of the Red Sea and it would be 120 degrees outside. We'd walk out of the space (at 62 degrees) with a sweater, gloves, a coat and a peacoat and everyone would look at us like we were crazy. Everyone else was striped down to their tee shirts and sweating like crazy.
The problem is, our cooling system does not remove the humidity very well. So, if it's humid outside and the temp goes up to 70 degrees or more it starts to get sticky in the space.
There is no hard and fast answer to this question. It depends a lot on the type of computers and the design of the datacenter.
One of the key points made in that slashdot discussion is that the real difficulty is dealing with hotspots and airflow.
A cool ambient temperature in the room is an easy way to cool down the thousands of hotspots in the room. But it's inefficient: The datacenter cooling the whole room when all that's really needed is to cool the hot parts of the servers (cpus, memory, storage, power supplies, etc). Many colocation facilities have customers with disparate types of hardware (115V or 208v, good designs, bad designs).
A datacenter also needs to maintain enough cool air to provide a buffer in the event of a power outage. A buffer of cool air means that UPS and generators work less. Imagine that a datacenter looses 100% of power (All nodes go down, cooling also goes down) all at once. The nodes may not have power, but the hardware will take time to cool and are still radiating heat for a while, and this can make a datacenter very hot.
Organizations with warm server rooms often use closed cabinets and fancy ductwork to direct cool air directly over the hot nodes. A specialized power infrastructure can help to reduce the heat from power conversion. This keeps the nodes cool enough, even though the ambient temperature in the server room is warm. These organizations usually have tight control over most aspects of their hardware, and can custom design the entire datacenter for their needs. They can make investments and reap the benefits.
The temp you're really looking to monitor is the internal server temperature - not the external ambient temperature. Watch your server temperature (all servers have internal thermometers that report through the server interface) and adjust your ambient temperature accordingly. This will account for air flow, etc. Having a back-up cooling plan is a good idea, even portable A/C units can be lifesavers if there is a primary cooling system failure.
I have found 19-21 a good temperature. Google runs its server rooms at a slightly higher temp than you would epxect as they found the slightly higher failure rate better than paying the extra in cooling.
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Belarus said today that it had a claim to Lithuanian border territory apparently extending as far as the capital, Vilnius, but said it wanted to resolve the dispute peacefully. Foreign Minister Pyotr Kravchenko surprised a European Community delegation by raising the matter at an official lunch, saying he wanted to put it on record before an international audience. He said Lithuania had refused to negotiate.


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As I know Android is running on Java VM on top of Linux kernel. These so many layers may lower down the performance (FPS,etc.). Is Android still good for game development then?
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In Android, java files are compiled into class files via javac (as usual). Next, the dx tool converts the class file into a "dex" file. The dex file is optimized for mobile devices. Android's Dalvik virtual machine on the device runs the dex files. Dalvik uses a register based architecture (Java JVM is stack based). You can learn more by reading the performance section of this article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dalvik_(software)
Each application running under Android gets its own Dalvik virtual machine as a Linux process. To speed application start up and to minimize memory footprint, Android has a Zygote Dalvik virtual machine that is created at boot up. The Zygote instantiates the core library classes. The Application VMs connect to the Zygote following a binder IPC pattern (see http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4936531/do-apps-using-multiple-processes-share-a-dalvik-instance). The application's VM is forked from the Zygote so that it has the common libraries already mapped.
Keep in mind Android does let you run native code. If you don't want the Java layer, you don't have to have it for the bulk of your project.
(Some of the vital Android APIs are Java-only, but you can always set up a thin wrapper.)


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Praxair's steam methane reformer (SMR) in St. Charles, Louisiana, will supply hydrogen and up to 450,000 lb/hour of steam to Valero's new 60,000 bpd hydrocracker. The hydrocracker produces 1.2 bbl of high-value, low-sulfur products for each barrel of high-sulfur feedstock.
Praxair has started up a new 135 million standard cubic
feet/day (scfd) hydrogen plant serving Valeros St.
Charles refinery in Norco, Louisiana, the
company said on Thursday.
The hydrogen will be produced for Valero under a
long-term supply agreement.
Praxair is also scheduled to complete its 50-mile pipeline
extension to the Valero and Motiva refineries in Norco in the
fourth quarter of this year. When complete, Praxair says it
will have 85 miles of pipeline connecting the companys
five steam methane reformers (SMR) between Baton Rouge and New
Orleans to meet growing customer demand in the lower
Mississippi River corridor.
Praxairs St. Charles SMR supplies hydrogen and up to
450,000 lb/hour of steam to Valeros new 60,000 bpd
hydrocracker. The hydrocracker produces 1.2 bbl of
high-value, low-sulfur products for each barrel of high-sulfur
As petrochemical companies continue to
make unprecedented investments in the lower Mississippi River
corridor, Praxair is committed to supporting their growth
through the expansion of our hydrogen supply and
overall syngas capabilities in the region, said Mike
Jordan, vice president of Praxair's US hydrogen
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Symposium Considers "9/11 and the Law, 10 Years After"
The attacks on 9/11, and the nation's response to them, have challenged both the structure and the substance of the law governing national security. For its 2011 annual symposium, to be held on February 3 and 4, the Rutgers Law Review has brought together a top-notch group of experts to consider the unsettled foundations and uncertain outcomes of the struggle against transnational terrorism and suggest the way toward a rule of law adapted to the new reality.
"The upcoming 10th anniversary of 9/11 was certainly one impetus for selecting this topic," says Sean Mullen '11, Law Review editor-in-chief, "but we were also excited to have the chance to work with Dean John Farmer and draw on his expertise and experience in the field of national security law. With his help, we have assembled a group of speakers and panelists who represent all sides of the national security debates our country has engaged in over the last decade." Speakers include military personnel engaged in counter-terrorism, academics who specialize in national security law, and several current and former members of the federal and state government who have grappled with national security issues.
"Over the course of the event," adds Mullen, "we hope to explore the tensions that the war on terror has created in our legal system, and the ways in which the nation has tried to deal with those tensions." Panel topics include the adequacy of the court system in adjudicating terror, congressional oversight of national security, the ethical obligations of professionals, and emerging threats and counter‑measures.
The Thursday, February 3, program will take place at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center and the Friday, February 4, program at the law school. Following is the agenda:
Unsettled Foundations, Uncertain Results: 9/11 and the Law, 10 Years After
|Thursday, February 3: "Unsettled Foundations"
Location: New Jersey Performing Arts Center, One Center Street, Newark, NJ 07102
|Registration and Breakfast
8 – 9 am
|Welcome and Overview
9 – 9:15 am
|John J. Farmer, Jr., Dean, Rutgers School of Law–Newark
Carlys Lemler '11, Co-Chair, 2011 Rutgers Law Review Symposium
Elizabeth McPhillips '11, Co-Chair, 2011 Rutgers Law Review Symposium
|Featured Speaker: "The Unsettled Foundations of National Security Law"
9:15 – 9:40 am
|The Honorable Thomas Kean, Chief, National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States
|Panel: "Executive Power and the Fourth Amendment"
9:45 – 11 am
|Gregory Mark, Vice Dean, Rutgers School of Law–Newark, moderator
William Banks (invited), Director, Institute for National Security and Counterterrorism
Alex Gallo, Combating Terrorism Center, U.S. Military Academy
Thomas A. Schwartz, Ph.D., Professor of History, Vanderbilt University
|Panel: "Truth Commission Proposals and Ethical Obligations: The Duty to Report"
11:15 am – 12:30 pm
|Dean John J. Farmer, Jr., moderator
Baher Azmy, Professor, Seton Hall Law School
Almerindo Ojeda, Director, Center for the Study of Human Rights in the Americas, University of California, Davis
Colby Vokey, Fitzpatrick, Hagood, Smith & Uhl LLP
James Yee, Former U.S. Army Chaplain at Guantanamo Bay and Executive Director, CAIR
|Featured Speaker: "9/11's Challenge to the Courts"
(1:15 – 2 pm)
|The Honorable John J. Gibbons, Chief Judge (Ret.), Third Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals
|Panel: "The Adequacy of the Court System"
2 – 3:15 pm
|Harvey Rishikof, Chair, ABA Standing Committee on law and National Security, moderator
Norman Abrams, Professor of Law Emeritus, UCLA Law School
Capt. Glenn Sulmasy, U.S. Coast Guard Academy
Vincent Vitkowsky, Center for Law and Counterterrorism of the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies
Stephen I. Vladeck, Professor, American University School of Law
|Panel: "Preventive Detention"
2 – 3:15 pm
|Alec Walen, Associate Professor, Rutgers School of Law–Camden, moderator and panelist
Col. Morris Davis, Crimes of War Project
Christopher Slobogin, Director, Criminal Justice Program, Vanderbilt University Law School
Gary S. Thompson, Reed Smith LLP
|Featured Speaker: "Government Authority and National Security"
3:25 – 4:10 pm
|The Honorable Michael Chertoff, Former Secretary, U.S. Dept. of Homeland Security
|Panel: "Congressional Oversight and National Security"
4:10 – 5:15 pm
|Ronald Chen, Vice Dean, Rutgers School of Law–Newark, moderator
Wyndee Parker, National Security Advisor, Office of the Minority Leader, U.S. House of Representatives
Harvey Rishikof
Suzanne Spaulding, Bingham Consulting Group LLC
|Friday, February 4: "Uncertain Results: Unresolved Legal Issues"
Location: Rutgers School of Law–Newark, 123 Washington Street, Newark, NJ 07102
|Registration and Breakfast
8 – 9 am
|Panel: "Tread Lightly: Pressures on the Media and Reporting Post 9/11"
9 – 10 am
|Sandra King, Executive Producer, "Due Process," moderator
Michael Bronner, "60 Minutes"
Robert Braun, Columnist, the Star-Ledger
Dafna Linzer, Senior Reporter, ProPublica, Inc.
Maj. (Ret.) Michael Lyons, Military Analyst, CBS News
|Panel: "Emerging Threats and Countermeasures"
10:05 – 11:20 am
|The Honorable Thomas Kean, moderator
Paul Fishman (invited), U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey
Charles B. McKenna (invited), Director, New Jersey Office of Homeland Security and Preparedness
Raymond M. Brown, Greenbaum Rowe Smith & Davis LLP
Michael Hurley, President, Team 3i LLC
Christopher A. Kojm, Chairman, National Intelligence Council
John A. Russack, Director, Intelligence Community Strategies, Northrup Grumann Information Systems
|Panel: "Suspicious Activity Reporting"
11:30 am – 12:45 pm
|Richard L. Cañas, Former Director, New Jersey Office of Homeland Security and Preparedness, moderator
Michael German, Policy Counsel, American Civil Liberties Union
Thomas J. O'Reilly, Director, Nationwide Suspicious Activity Reporting Initiative Program Management Office
Harvey Rishikof
|Panel: "Law of War Implications"
11:30 am – 12:45 pm
|Adil Ahmad Haque, Assistant Professor of Law, Rutgers School of Law–Newark, moderator
MG (Ret.) Paul D. Eaton, Former Commander of Training of the Iraqi Military Forces
Adam Klein, Columbia Law School
Dr. Nicholas Rostow, Senior Director, Center for Strategic Research Institute for National Strategic Studies
|Featured Speaker: "The Current State of Homeland Security"
1:15 – 2:15 pm
|Ivan Fong, Esq., General Counsel, U.S. Department of Homeland Security
|Closing Remarks
2:15 pm
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I am carrying out a review of a network protocol, and the author has provided a function to calculate the average steps a message needs to take to traverse a network.
It is written as $$\log_{2^b}(N)$$
Does the positioning of the $2^b$ pose any significance during calculation? I can't find an answer either way. The reason is, they have provided the results of their calculations and according to their paper, the result would be $1.25$ (given $b= 4$ and $N= 32$). Another example was given this time $N= 50$, $b=4$ giving a result of $1.41$.
I don't seem to be able to get the same result if I were to apply the calculation and so it's either my method/order of working or their result is incorrect (which I doubt).
Can someone help to provide the correct way of calculating the values, and confirm the initial results? My initial calculation was calculate $\log(2^4) \cdot 32$... Clearly it's totally wrong (maths is not a strong point for me).


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Jayne Capsel Bensema, of Winter Springs, Fla., was born March 11, 1933, in Ottawa Ill., to V.A. "Cap" and Jennie Tillman Capsel. She died Oct. 12, 2012.
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A memorial service will be held for her at 11 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 1 at Westminster Presbyterian Church, 2641 Red Bug Lake Road, Casselberry, Fla. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Westminster Presbyterian Memorial Fund.
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I would like to create a custom startup image (in place of the default Ubuntu logo) on a LiveCD that I will be producing for internal use within my company. I would like to brand it with a company logo during the bootup process, and be able to customize various icons in the installation process (similar to Jolicloud)
To create your own Live CD, please take a look at this question: How can I make a live CD/DVD from my harddisk installation?
To use your own company branding, you must modify the images in
In my machine, I have only a background image of
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In general, Wisdom can be (and is, and was) identified as Jesus. However, there is this verse:
Proverbs 8:22 (NLT)
22 "The Lord formed me from the beginning,
before he created anything else."
Hold on a moment...I thought God the Son wasn't created, having coexisted with God the Father since before time? How is the identity of Wisdom established as being that of the Son and how is Proverbs 8:22 handled? If it makes a difference, I grew up Wesleyan, so I'd prefer Protestant doctrines although Catholic or Orthodox doctrines are acceptable.


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B.S. Northwestern University
Ph.D. Arizona State University
Christina Marín joined the Performing Arts faculty of Emerson College as an Assistant Professor in the area of Theatre Education in 2010. She teaches Drama as Education, Theatre of the Oppressed, Human Rights in Theatre, and Qualitative Arts-based Research. Her research interests examine the intersection of theater pedagogy and human rights education, the use of Theatre of the Oppressed techniques as arts-based qualitative research methodologies, and the potential for drama to enhance the thematic exploration of Young Adult Literature across the curriculum.
She has presented at the annual conferences of the American Alliance for Theatre & Education, the American Educational Research Association, the American Society for Theatre Research, the Association for Theatre in Higher Education, the United States Hispanic Leadership Institute, and Pedagogy and Theatre of the Oppressed. Marín has also directed, conducted workshops, and delivered papers in Colombia, Ecuador, South Africa, Ireland, Singapore, Jamaica, Turkey, and Mexico.
Her artistic and creative projects focus on the human rights issues plaguing the U.S.-Mexico border including femicide, the drug wars, and immigration policies.
Her research and artistic endeavors have been funded by the American Association for University Women, Facing History and Ourselves, New York University, the American Alliance for Theatre & Education, The Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation, and the Hispanic Scholarship Fund.
She is published in STAGE of the Art, Youth Theatre Journal, Gender Forum, The Dictionary of Literary Biographies, the Encyclopedia of Latina and Latino Popular Culture in the United States, Children Under Construction: Play as Curriculum, and Theatre of the Oppressed and Youth. Her professional and community theater directing experiences include the award winning productions of José Casas' play 14, and Rubén Amavizca's Las Mujeres de Juárez for Teatro Bravo in Phoenix, Arizona.
Her Boston directing debut with Escena Latina Teatro will be Los de la Mesa 10 by Argentinian playwright Osvaldo Dragún.


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Is there a reason for sites to ask for another CAPTCHA verification when some other part of the registration form, e.g. the username, was invalid?
If the site has a means of knowing it's the same user in the same session, then no. So for example given a cookie or an ssl session then it seems OK to assume it's still a human user (within the limits of captcha).
If it's just a cookie that establishes the session (i.e. this is over http without SSL) then make sure to time it out tho. And you should be using SSL anyhow :-)
No. But then, was there a reason to ask for a CAPTCHA in the first place?
Let's take a random example of a platform that implements CAPTCHA; say, Stack Exchange. What Stack Exchange sites want is a collection of high-quality questions and answers on a particular topic. There's nothing there that intrinsically requires humans to supply the questions and answers: they just need to be good. This quality of goodness is determined and filtered for after the content has been published, by the community of voters and moderators.
There's also no guarantee that once you've determined the layer 8 hardware is a human, they're predestined to provide good content either. Indeed that's the easiest way to circumvent website CAPTCHAs: find some poor people and give them not very much money to fill in CAPTCHAs for you.
So implementing a CAPTCHA makes it harder for people (much harder, in some cases, as many CAPTCHA mechanisms are inaccessible to people with sight difficulties) to use the platform, while only making it a little bit harder for people to abuse the platform. In return, you get no useful information related to your goal.
That will completely depend on what the purpose of the form is, i.e. what kind of information is being collected.
One very common case is a login re-try after a failed login on a website. In this case the CAPTCHA serves a dual purpose:
It's also common that the entire form has to be re-submitted if just a single field was wrong. There is really no good technological reason for that, it comes from not prioritizing usability. Using SSL, sessions and CSRF protection tokens the webapp can reliably know that the end user solved the CAPTCHA in his first attempt, and then not require CAPTCHA again -- but it's more work to implement this correctly.
I think the main reasons are:
As far as usibility for picking usernames is concerned, I suggest to check them right away using Ajax before the form is submitted. Alternativly you can use email addresses which are (mostly) unique.
Knowing the username may make it easier for an attacker to crack passwords: A smart attacker, who is not interested in one particular account, will pick a password and then brute forces through usernames. So that is something to keep in mind, unless you have a public user directory anyway. Even without a user directory, there is a set of usernames that are likely picked by people. So a rate limit for failed login attempts is required anyway in order to prevent this kind of attack.
The reason to change always the challenge is to make harder for bruteforce attacks. Imagine that the CAPTCHA don't change after the first failed try. So a hacker could first try manually to fill in the form, introduce the right challenge and then start a bruteforce tool, that fills the input box form the captchas always with the same value making the CAPTCHA useless. It is useful to create, for example user mass creation in services like for example, gmail.


text: ENVR 215: Sustainability Workshop is not a typical college course. Although it has a course name and number, it is more than just a class. Most class time is dedicated to discussing topics related to environmental sustainability and our region of central Minnesota. This course is designed to provide students with a hands on approach to environmental studies. In addition to classroom work, students learn through various activities including weekend camping trips, local tours and environmentally-related service projects. ENVR 215 fosters a social setting in which students new to environmental studies get to know each other, learn to work together, and can share their ideas with faculty in casual settings. Anyone can join: ES majors, minors, or those who are simply interested in the program. For more information, visit your academic advisor or contact the department chair.


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To the Editor,
On a recent shopping trip, I bought some usual household products. On two of the containers I noted a warning something like, "It is a violation of federal law to use this product in a matter inconsistent with its labeling."
So if I use insecticide to spray spiders, I'm breaking a federal law? Talk about a nanny state.
But to the point, this makes me wonder, is it legal to eat oyster crackers with clam chowder?
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I know the proper way to put on your gi is to put the left side over the right side, but why is this? Where did this custom come from? I think it applies to all martial arts (at least I know it does for Aikido, Karate and Judo) or are there any exceptions?
Gi, or more properly dōgi (道着) is wafuku (和服), or Japanese Clothing, and the handedness (for lack of a better word) of kimono is that it is worn with the left panel over the right. It is mostly out of tradition, likely with roots in the the codification of Shintō traditions in which an order of things must be observed (for instance, when praying at a Shintō shrine, one washes their left hand first). This however is a guess based upon when we start to see the adoption of the left-over-right dressing correlating dates of Shintō's codification. As has been mentioned, in those occasions in which the body in a modern funeral is dressed in wafuku, the right panel is placed over the left.
Prior to the Heian period, we see a much larger variation in the styles of dress:
During the Nara period, the tradition was to wear a form of proto-kimono which overlapped right over left.
The modern kimono as a style of dress came into fashion during the Heian period, at which point it was adopted out of convenience and ease of construction (the tailor no longer needed concern himself with the shape of the body wearing the garment).
There are periods, as well, within the history of Japan in which the style of clothing has been controlled by law. For instance, government officials in the Meiji era were required to wear yofuku (Western Clothing) to official events. Sumptuary laws in the Edo period required the ostentatious colors of the Heian period to be forsaken for subdued colors (so that the wealthier merchant class would not upstage the less wealthy but higher caste Samurai), which lead to brocade being added to clothing as a means of displaying wealth.
Therefore, in answer to your question of "Why do we overlap left over right?", the answer is simple: Tradition. It's the same reason that we may bow to a kamidana, or that we do not wear shoes inside the dojo.
I seem to have been thaught a story similar to what Sardathrion explains, yet slightly different. Sadly, though, I have no reference other than "my sensei told me".
According to my sensei, people wore the left side on top because the inside of the kimono became easily accessible with the right hand, a bit like a big pocket, allowing to dissimulate weapons (most likely a tanto, or short knife) or carry small fans (which were popular in high society).
When someone died, they no longer needed to carry/hide weapons, at least not on this side anymore (I will admit I am not familiar with the traditionnal japanese afterlife). This is why, still according to my sensei, one would be buried with the right side over.
As far as I know the left side over right is for the living. Dead bodies get kimono tied right over left. Some sources include wikipedia and Japan Zone for example. So, unless you are an undead, there are no exceptions.
Agh heck, I'll post this as an answer:
It may be something akin to button sides. This may explain the difference in death as well, as few corpses dress themselves (zombies excepted, of course ;).
As a righty, I know I find it easier to tie the left side first as the whole top is less secure and my right hand is in a more comfortable position to do the tie, while the second tie (left over right) my left hand is now on point and it's a bit more awkward.
But, YMMV =)
Handedness in all cultures is related to codes of chivalry, and western and eastern clothes (flys for pants, buttoning on shirts, flaps on Keikogi or kimono, robes or kilts) are generally right-handed for cross-body weapon wielding in men's clothing.
Women do not typically wield weapons cross-body and so do not need to worry about their lapels, flaps or flys catching on their weapon guards. It is also a sign of their "weaker sex" and need of protection that their clothing is "left-handed." Thanks, Tailors!!
Mores about right-hand dominance vs left-handedness can influence dress codes in specific cultures, especially in Middle Eastern and Indonesian dress codes.
Modern tailoring and dressing is individualized and can deviate from traditional and cultural dress codes.


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I'm interested in whether people can smell in their dreams. Do people really experience smell in their dreams? For example, if I dream of smelling a flower, will I feel the smell, too?
Is there any research on whether people can smell in dreams?
I'm interested in whether people can smell in their dreams. Do people really experience smell in their dreams? For example, if I dream of smelling a flower, will I feel the smell, too?
Is there any research on whether people can smell in dreams?
Antonio, Nielsen and Doneri (1998) provide one assessment of self-reported prevalence of smell in dreams. To quote the abstract (my bolding):
There is still the question about whether self-reports are trustworthy, and how you define a smell experience in a dream that is most likely not generated by external stimuli. Antonio and colleagues go on to discuss some of these issues:
Also, in Oliver Sack's The Man Who Mistook His For His Wife, the author and famous neurologist reports a case about a man who dreamed he had the olfactory powers of a dog; however, when he awoke, he still retained his heightened sense of smell and furthermore could prove it to the nurses.
Any experience that one has in waking life can be recapitulated during a dream. In addition, Anthony Wagner has a line of research investigating how rehearsal and learning mechanisms operate during sleep. It is unclear at this point how much novel learning can occur during sleep, as no paradigm has demonstrated this very successfully.
I had a novel dreaming experience last night that led me to this website. I was having a dream revolving around plastic waste! I think this was recapitulating a discussion my wife and I had recently had about the problems of coping with the changing rules and options for dealing with domestic recycling of plastic. The content of the dream seems trivial and disorganized now, but one component was vivid and unusual.
In the dream, I set fire to some plastic waste and smelled an acrid, unpleasant odor of burning plastic. The odor sensation was VERY vivid, almost overpowering. Immediately upon registering this odor sensation, I began to be aware of the rousing of my "conscious", rational mind, which was immediately gripped by the thought of "FIRE!".
I awoke with a start and with the thought that something was burning in the house. However, after a breath two of air passed through my nose, I calmed down, as the air in my bedroom was clear and odor free. The sensation had been so vivid, however, that I could not get back to sleep until I had roused myself and walked around a bit to assure myself that nothing was burning, and that there was no lingering scent of burning plastic in my house.
I can't say that I can recall ever experiencing such a vivid odor, indeed ANY vivid odor, in a dream before this.
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