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SALT LAKE CITY –– Coming off of two tough losses on the road, the Sixers traveled to Utah looking to end the pre-All-Star Break portion of their schedule on a high note. They kept it close through the first three quarters of the game, but a Jazz surge early in the fourth pushed their lead to 14.
The Sixers were able to battle back and tie the game at 91 apiece with 2:10 left in regulation, but a 9-0 Utah run spoiled Philadelphia's comeback effort. Three three-pointers by James Anderson in the final 20 seconds of the game trimmed the deficit down to three with just under five seconds left, but a pair of free throws from Gordon Hayward sealed a 105-100 victory for Utah.
"To get humbled the last few games the way we [were] and to be down points on the road in a loud building, I'm proud of what we did," said head coach Brett Brown of his team's comeback effort.
Evan Turner led the Sixers with 21 points, and Michael Carter-Williams filled out the stat sheet with 19 points, eight assists, five rebounds, three blocks, and two steals. Spencer Hawes finished with a double-double (16 points and 11 rebounds).
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Shortly after I became AIA President, Will Wittig, AIA, dean of the School of Architecture at the University of Detroit Mercy, shared with Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture president Donna Robertson, FAIA, and me a letter he wrote to Anthony Carnevale. Wittig was troubled by the negative fallout of a Georgetown University study published last year that was co-authored by Carnevale, entitled "Hard Times." The widely read study raised questions about the value of an architectural education, because employment opportunities for those holding a degree in architecture ranked appreciably lower than general skills majors.
Although the study contained an implicit caveat—the data were collected at the height of the recession—the public perception created by the media buzz has likely turned off some talented young men and women who might have considered architecture as a career. This obviously hurts our profession. Moreover, ours is a cyclical industry; trying to make a prediction about economic conditions five or six years out based on what is happening at a particular point in time is questionable, at best. But I have a deeper quarrel with studies like this.
Whenever I see data that seem to quantify the value of architecture education only in terms of future dollars and cents, I'm bothered. Of course we have to make a living. Having navigated my own firm through the recession, I have no illusions about the value of making payroll and struggling to find new projects. Still, even under the most challenging circumstances, I would be willing to bet that most of us who choose a career in architecture do so, yes, to make a living, but even more so to make a life.
I was reminded of that by a recent AIA video that profiled this year's recipients of the AIA Young Architects and Associates awards. In a series of interviews of the 18 individual award recipients, not one of them monetized their work; they were motivated by mission—a passion to make a positive difference in other people's lives, and in doing so, finding a meaning or purpose in their own. Watching them describe their experiences and their beliefs was inspirational. They reminded me why I went to college and chose to be an architect.
Last month, I received an email from Adrian Carter, whom I met a few years back while he was an undergraduate student in architecture at Florida A&M University. He wanted to tell me how excited he was that he had just successfully defended his thesis at Virginia Tech and would be graduating in the spring. He wrote that he would "love the opportunity to be a voice for architecture," and that he was "willing to do whatever it takes to make that happen."
I thought back to the first time we met, at AIA Florida Legislative Day, where Carter shadowed me as we visited lawmakers to discuss issues. I heard his passion then. What's different now is that his educational experience has equipped this eager and curious student to be a creative, energetic leader who is ready to make a difference in the world. Engaged educators like Wittig, the Young Architects and Associates award recipients, and future leaders like Adrian Carter demonstrate by their own lives and their contributions to the profession that choosing architecture as a field of study is more than just pursuing an occupation. It's about building a career which enables you to make the world a better place. That passion, that optimism about the future, and that commitment to making a positive difference are why we become students of this profession. It's why we're architects.
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With Christmas just 2 weeks away, its time I get into preparation high gear. So at 4am on Sunday morning, I attacked my gift pile with this year's treatment. I used a simple reindeer head but you could do something a lot more elaborate with the very same technique. It just requires a scissors, some cardboard (I used some left over gift boxes) and chalkboard paint (although any matte paint will do). Especially handy if you have a lot of gifts - it costs next to nothing and makes a big impact.
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SPARTA, Wis. - A Wisconsin teen is the winner of Doodle 4 Google's national contest with her art called "Coming Home."
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Sabrina Brady is a senior at Sparta High School. Brady says she created the art in honor of the day her Dad returned home from Iraq after 18 months of military service.
It's featured on the Google homepage this week. It shows a girl, in black and white, moving toward a soldier with an American flag in her hand. The last letter in the Google logo is a colorful image of the girl hugging the soldier.
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Ultra Music Festival offers payment plan
The ticket prices of music festivals have been getting more and more expensive every year. This trend is disheartening to those who love the music, but can't afford to go - especially to festivals like Ultra Musical Festival where many festival-goers have to fly in and book a hotel as well. Sure, it's broadcasted on YouTube, bet let's be real - actually being there is so much better! No matter how big your TV is.
Ultra has just announced a payment plan that may make it easier for fans to get to Miami next year. A general admission, three day pass for Ultra 2014 costs $399.95 (before the extra fees). When prospective festival-attendees want to buy a ticket, they can either pay upfront, or now they have the option to spread out five payments of $98.95.
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2. Card Accounts: (1) A Patriot Card Account is a record of pre-deposited funds accessed by the cardholder for the purpose of purchasing products and services. (2) There is no daily limit to the number of transactions that can be made; however, no debits shall exceed the amount deposited into the account. (3) The University will not pay interest on balances in a card account. (4) The card holder understands that the account is non-transferable. (5) The account will be activated upon receipt by the University of an initial deposit. Note: Dependant of the manner in which funds are deposited onto the card balances may not be available immediately following the deposit of funds. See the deposit procedures below for more details. (6) The card holder is responsible for monitoring his or her own account balances.
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Started during New York Fashion Week 2012, the NYC Fair Trade Coalition, with support from Magnifeco.com, has created a new platform to promote Eco-fashion and Fair Trade in a collective and innovative show.
NYCFTC seeks to increase fair trade education and nurture fair trade business in NYC. We partner with ethically-aligned NGO's and citizens on NYC events to engage the public in fair trade dialogue. We offer social media advertising support, sales events and conscious-community networking to ethical and fair trade businesses through our Business Membership program. nycfairtradecoalition.org
MAGNIFECO - Where ethics meets aesthetics, Magnifeco.com is the digital source for eco-fashion and sustainable living. Dedicated to bringing together ethical designers and conscious consumers from all corners of the globe, Magnifeco.com publishes stories about small artisans and corporate retailers who are focused on producing garments or products in ways that won't harm the earth, yet still offer stunning visual appeal and longevity.
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By Christine Cignoli
This recent research on cloud computing from the Register delves a little deeper than many of the "We're all adopting cloud!" surveys we've seen. They found that meaningful cloud adoption and the idea of the cloud-first enterprise are still not reality for many businesses. The Register's stats also show a more gradual cloud deployment trend over the past five years, not any sort of explosion. One important takeaway is that coherence across internal and external clouds is essential for IT right now. That translates into tasks like planning better cloud management and application and platform integrations.
Here's an in-depth look from PacketPushers at the decisions and process that go into big IT projects like lifecycle refreshes and cloud moves. There are some excellent tips on avoiding common issues with buying new technology products. For example, avoid buying new hardware if you can repurpose what you have now. Make sure you could do the necessary work in-house, or do the careful math to see how much consultant time (and money) would be required to do the overhaul or upgrade. And keep an open mind on trying new vendors.
And here's another useful take on the decisions around moving to cloud. It takes into account the emotional nature of some aspects of business decisions, such as security. If someone's been burned by a data breach, or works in a regulated industry, the idea of storing sensitive data off-premises may just not be tenable. Moving large workloads to the cloud can also just not be possible, depending on the amount of data. However, businesses with small IT teams and budgets, and those looking for DevOps-esque agility, can do well with cloud.
On the topic of those emotional security decisions, we came across these cloud security tips from Network World. There are some necessary cloud security best practices, including encrypting data, both in transition and at rest, as well as testing and setting policies. Other useful tips include using role-based access control features for user-level security, and working with your cloud or SaaS provider to build a private cloud just for your company's data.
Till next week, keep calm and trust the cloud.
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SYS-CON Events announced today that Calligo, an innovative cloud service provider offering mid-sized companies the highest levels of data privacy and security, has been named "Bronze Sponsor" of SYS-CON's 21st International Cloud Expo ®, which will take place on Oct 31 - Nov 2, 2017, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA. Calligo offers unparalleled application performance guarantees, commercial flexibility and a personalised support service from its globally located cloud plat...
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IoT is at the core or many Digital Transformation initiatives with the goal of re-inventing a company's business model. We all agree that collecting relevant IoT data will result in massive amounts of data needing to be stored. However, with the rapid development of IoT devices and ongoing business model transformation, we are not able to predict the volume and growth of IoT data. And with the lack of IoT history, traditional methods of IT and infrastructure planning based on the past do not app...
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SYS-CON Events announced today that DXWorldExpo has been named "Global Sponsor" of SYS-CON's 21st International Cloud Expo, which will take place on Oct 31 – Nov 2, 2017, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA. Digital Transformation is the key issue driving the global enterprise IT business. Digital Transformation is most prominent among Global 2000 enterprises and government institutions.
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SYS-CON Events announced today that Datera, that offers a radically new data management architecture, has been named "Exhibitor" of SYS-CON's 21st International Cloud Expo ®, which will take place on Oct 31 - Nov 2, 2017, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA. Datera is transforming the traditional datacenter model through modern cloud simplicity. The technology industry is at another major inflection point. The rise of mobile, the Internet of Things, data storage and Big...
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With tough new regulations coming to Europe on data privacy in May 2018, Calligo will explain why in reality the effect is global and transforms how you consider critical data. EU GDPR fundamentally rewrites the rules for cloud, Big Data and IoT. In his session at 21st Cloud Expo, Adam Ryan, Vice President and General Manager EMEA at Calligo, will examine the regulations and provide insight on how it affects technology, challenges the established rules and will usher in new levels of diligence...
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In his session at @ThingsExpo, Sudarshan Krishnamurthi, a Senior Manager, Business Strategy, at Cisco Systems, discussed how IT and operational technology (OT) work together, as opposed to being in separate siloes as once was traditional. Attendees learned how to fully leverage the power of IoT in their organization by bringing the two sides together and bridging the communication gap. He also looked at what good leadership must entail in order to accomplish this, and how IT managers can be the ...
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DX World EXPO, LLC., a Lighthouse Point, Florida-based startup trade show producer and the creator of "DXWorldEXPO® - Digital Transformation Conference & Expo" has announced its executive management team. The team is headed by Levent Selamoglu, who has been named CEO. "Now is the time for a truly global DX event, to bring together the leading minds from the technology world in a conversation about Digital Transformation," he said in making the announcement.
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Everything run by electricity will eventually be connected to the Internet. Get ahead of the Internet of Things revolution and join Akvelon expert and IoT industry leader, Sergey Grebnov, in his session at @ThingsExpo, for an educational dive into the world of managing your home, workplace and all the devices they contain with the power of machine-based AI and intelligent Bot services for a completely streamlined experience.
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In the enterprise today, connected IoT devices are everywhere – both inside and outside corporate environments. The need to identify, manage, control and secure a quickly growing web of connections and outside devices is making the already challenging task of security even more important, and onerous. In his session at @ThingsExpo, Rich Boyer, CISO and Chief Architect for Security at NTT i3, discussed new ways of thinking and the approaches needed to address the emerging challenges of security i...
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While the focus and objectives of IoT initiatives are many and diverse, they all share a few common attributes, and one of those is the network. Commonly, that network includes the Internet, over which there isn't any real control for performance and availability. Or is there? The current state of the art for Big Data analytics, as applied to network telemetry, offers new opportunities for improving and assuring operational integrity. In his session at @ThingsExpo, Jim Frey, Vice President of S...
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"DX encompasses the continuing technology revolution, and is addressing society's most important issues throughout the entire $78 trillion 21st-century global economy," said Roger Strukhoff, Conference Chair. "DX World Expo has organized these issues along 10 tracks with more than 150 of the world's top speakers coming to Istanbul to help change the world."
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"We provide IoT solutions. We provide the most compatible solutions for many applications. Our solutions are industry agnostic and also protocol agnostic," explained Richard Han, Head of Sales and Marketing and Engineering at Systena America, in this SYS-CON.tv interview at @ThingsExpo, held June 6-8, 2017, at the Javits Center in New York City, NY.
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"We are focused on SAP running in the clouds, to make this super easy because we believe in the tremendous value of those powerful worlds - SAP and the cloud," explained Frank Stienhans, CTO of Ocean9, Inc., in this SYS-CON.tv interview at 20th Cloud Expo, held June 6-8, 2017, at the Javits Center in New York City, NY.
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"We've been engaging with a lot of customers including Panasonic, we've been involved with Cisco and now we're working with the U.S. government - the Department of Homeland Security," explained Peter Jung, Chief Product Officer at Pulzze Systems, in this SYS-CON.tv interview at @ThingsExpo, held June 6-8, 2017, at the Javits Center in New York City, NY.
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The financial services market is one of the most data-driven industries in the world, yet it's bogged down by legacy CPU technologies that simply can't keep up with the task of querying and visualizing billions of records. In his session at 20th Cloud Expo, Karthik Lalithraj, a Principal Solutions Architect at Kinetica, discussed how the advent of advanced in-database analytics on the GPU makes it possible to run sophisticated data science workloads on the same database that is housing the rich...
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Internet of @ThingsExpo, taking place October 31 - November 2, 2017, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA, is co-located with 21st Cloud Expo and will feature technical sessions from a rock star conference faculty and the leading industry players in the world. The Internet of Things (IoT) is the most profound change in personal and enterprise IT since the creation of the Worldwide Web more than 20 years ago. All major researchers estimate there will be tens of billions devic...
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"MobiDev is a Ukraine-based software development company. We do mobile development, and we're specialists in that. But we do full stack software development for entrepreneurs, for emerging companies, and for enterprise ventures," explained Alan Winters, U.S. Head of Business Development at MobiDev, in this SYS-CON.tv interview at 20th Cloud Expo, held June 6-8, 2017, at the Javits Center in New York City, NY.
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Man Being Chased by Cops Stops to Play With Cats
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(NEWSER) – Daniel Pinedo-Velapatino was apparently so stressed out during a police chase last week he stopped at a stranger's house to play with her cats. The saga began when the 21-year-old allegedly stole $15,000 from a friend in Florida, and police later saw him hit a car at an intersection—while driving a stolen Lexus.
Police gave chase when he sped off and hit the highway to Boca Raton; he eventually ended up on a dead-end road, the Sun Sentinel reports. That's when police say he promptly crashed into a fire hydrant, hit an officer's car twice, then got stuck in mud. After breaking away from cops on foot, he ended up at Candace Noonan's back door, WPBF reports.
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I am starting a website about building your own online business. I would like to have a tools and research area where visitors can come and use tools that will help them in building and operating a online business. Where can I find/buy tools (or calculators) with embedded codes so that I can put it on my website. I would like tools for things like SEO and rank checkers example: http://www.getrank.org/ . I would also like to find startup calculators for businesses and tools that will help you find stuff like niche research and business planning. Thank you your help would be much appreciated!
This wiki may be helpful: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_rapid_application_development_toolsUsing these platforms you can build your own applications. As far as I can see, the needs you mentioned are quite niched, I doubt you can easily find ready-made applications on the web.
I think you should research the "Google webmaster tools", it will be of much help to you
Most of the time webmasters use the tools for themselves. For example they will have tools that will help them check the statistics, the hits, how long visitors stayed etc These information can be obtained from the Google and Yahoo Webmaster Tools. However if you are looking for a tool that is to be embedded at your site, then depending on your niche, you may be able to get them from your affiliates. For example a weight loss affiliate/merchant may have a weight loss calculator that you can embed on your page. The other alternative is to build your own
Google Webmaster Tools and Google Analytics will do the vast amount of things that you want to do.
You don't want to embed these types of tools into your page, you want to keep them separate (or at least hidden in an admin-only section). There is no need for your visitors to see these kinds of tools (unless it's a site for providing these kinds of tools).
I once had a need to install a custom calculator on a website and I came across this website.
As it turned out we had to hire a PHP developer for it as the calculator was for working out flow dynamics for liquids and gases (really, really niche).
Have a look and see if they have anything suitable.
Hope this helps. Ingenyes
Well Google webmaster tool itself a complete tool for SEO. I will refer you this tool. Another tool which can help you better is SEO book.
WebPlus X4: Importing website & embedded files WebPlus. ... the swf resources which are very easily added to the site design using Serif tools.
I am not very sure what kind of online business you are starting. Its a web design, development or web promotion business? It seems that you are concerned about all these, then I think you should develop custom tools for all these. By making custom tools you can have better authority and command over your future tasks.
Great Idea, Although you are going to provide a platform where user can come and use such tools but as I am watching is just doing optimization of your website could not guarantee that you will boost your online business, if possible try to integrate such tools from where one can get idea how to embed business with websites. provide a service so user can interact with other guys who is seeking exactly for the product/service
perhaps, seomoz.org and google's keyword tool would be ok


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i was wondering if my cisco aironet card is compatible with airpwn
here's a quote form the site
In theory airpwn supports any cards supported by the LORCON framework. This list as of 7/6/06 is: wlan-ng, hostap, airjack, prism54, madwifi, rtl8180 and rt2500.
my card uses the madwifi drivers so in theory it is compatible right?


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New lawsuit could derail Obamacare
(Becket Adams) Although it's widely believed that "Obamacare" is here to stay, one lawsuit is threatening to undo President Obama's landmark health care bill.
"A challenge filed by the Pacific Legal Foundation contends that the Affordable Care Act is unconstitutional because the bill originated in the Senate, not the House. Under the Origination Clause of the Constitution, all bills raising revenue must begin in the House," the Washington Times notes.
You may recall in June 2012 when the Supreme Court ruled on "Obamacare" that Chief Justice John Roberts defined the bill as a tax, not a mandate. This, according to the Times, is where PFL attorneys saw their opening.
"The court there quite explicitly says, 'This is not a law passed under the Commerce Clause; this is just a tax,'" foundation attorney Timothy Sandefur said recently. "Well, then the Origination Clause ought to apply. The courts should not be out there carving in new exceptions to the Origination Clause."
The Times explains the details:
The Justice Department filed a motion to dismiss the challenge in November, arguing that the high court has considered only eight Origination Clause cases in its history and "has never invalidated an act of Congress on that basis."
The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia is expected to rule on the Justice Department's motion "any day now," said Pacific Legal Foundation attorney Paul J. Beard.
The challenge citing the Origination Clause isn't the only lawsuit against Obamacare, but it is the only one that has the potential to wipe out the entire act in one fell swoop. Other claims, notably the freedom-of-religion cases dealing with the birth control requirement, nibble at the fringes but would leave the law largely intact.
In their brief, attorneys for the Justice Department argue that the bill originated as House Resolution 3590, which was then called the Service Members Home Ownership Act. After passing the House, the bill was stripped in a process known as "gut and amend" and replaced entirely with the contents of what became the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.


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Heidenreich's gem a real crowd-pleaser
Dash right-hander hurls a shutout with grandparents in stands
By Jonathan Raymond / Special to MLB.com | June 25, 2012 7:04 PM ET
The Class A Advanced Winston-Salem right-hander needed just 98 pitches to go the distance in an 8-0 blanking of Salem, scattering four hits while striking out three and not issuing any walks. It was his second complete game of the season, the other an eight-inning loss to Myrtle Beach on April 16.
But what mattered most to the 21-year-old was that his grandparents had made the trip from Palm Springs, Calif., to North Carolina to see him.
"The most satisfying part [of the game] was that my grandparents were here today and saw me pitch for the first time," he said. "That was motivation enough and the shutout was the cherry on top. I was just excited to share that with them."
Heidenreich (7-5) said he gave his grandfather the game ball after the final out. A native of Southern California, he's only pitched along the East Coast since being drafted in the fourth round in 2009 by the White Sox. His grandparents had never been able to see him pitch in person as a pro.
"They were almost in tears [after the game]," he said. "They just wanted to tell me that they loved me."
It also was arguably the best start of his career, coming roughly three weeks after he'd allowed seven runs in back-to-back starts. His ERA shot up to 4.55 from 3.32 after those outings, which came May 29 against Frederick and June 3 against Carolina.
After Monday, though, it was back down to 3.75 after three straight starts of at least six innings and two or fewer earned runs. Heidenreich said he had to have confidence that the balls would start bouncing his way again and worked with Dash pitching coach J.R. Perdew helped put him back on the right track.
"That's the beauty of baseball, everything balances out," he noted. "My pitching coach and I, we spoke about the things I was doing wrong and corrected them. But it's easy to pitch when you have a defense behind you make every play, I give a lot of credit to them."
One other thing Heidenreich has succeeded at is eliminating walks. He hasn't issued a single free pass in June, a stretch of 24 innings that dates back to the May 29 start. With 10 walks in 86 1/3 frames overall this year, he boasts has allowed just 1.04 free passes over nine innings while striking out 58. His 1.10 WHIP is good for sixth in the Carolina League. His seven wins have him tied with two other pitchers for third in the circuit.
"I've just used my two-seam fastball a lot, getting groundballs and trusting that great defense behind me," he said.
On Monday, Brady Shoemaker paced the Dash, going 3-for-5 with a home run, a double and four RBIs. No. 3 White Sox prospect Trayce Thompson smacked a three-run homer and Dan Black went 3-for-5 with two doubles.
Jonathan Raymond is a contributor to MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of the National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues or its clubs.View More


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Clowns to the left of me, jokers to the right . . . (stuck in the middle with GNU)
The groundswell of FUD lately arguably can be a cause for concern in GNU/Linux circles. Interestingly, one of the tell-tale signs whether that Web-based story you're reading has all the hallmarks of propaganda, at the least, and more than likely is outright FUD, at the worst, is whether the site is sponsored by your friendly neighborhood Redmond death star.
So while clowns like Kevin Carmony keeps blogging about how he's "improving" Linux with the help of Microsoft (waiting for the laughter to die down), more FUD makes its way to the ethereal Internet thanks to a new joker by the name of Alexander Wolfe.
Wolfe, whose "Wolfe's Den" appears as the "Chips, Vista and Advanced Technology" blog on the Information Week Web site (did you notice the word Vista in there?), wrote in the latest installment on his blog that — horrors! — there are too many Linux distros to choose from.
He makes the self-serving pithy observation that, since there are so many distros, that "Linux is a forking mess." As if we should only have one or two choices in computing, rather than the 300 choices of GNU/Linux distros (and those are the active ones) offer.
That's because freedom — whether in computing or in the rest of everyday life — is about choice, and it's unfortunate that Wolfe doesn't get it. But then, most corporate lackeys beholden to the party line of their corporate masters don't; or if they do, they wallow in hypocrisy while ignoring the truth.
Wolfe also operates under the false assumption that all GNU/Linux distros are all competing against one another for the attention of the average user. Wrong again, Alex: Needless to say the distros that are business oriented — your Red Hats and Novells — are going head to head to slice up the corporate IT pie. But distros like Puppy and Slackintosh competing for IT departments' attention? Sorry, chump, even the greenest of GNU/Linux newbies realizes that this isn't true. Pity you don't — or refuse to — get it, Alex.
Also, the argument of distro-as-religion (Wolfe quotes an outdated story on Distrowatch.com) gets beaten to a pulp. That may have been the case at one time, but Alex seems to have missed the trend toward "distro polygamy" that permeates the current GNU/Linux zeitgeist. To wit: This blog is being written on a iMac running Xubuntu 7.04; next to it is a PowerMac G3 running Yellow Dog 3.0; across the room are two Dell Optiplex GXa machines — one running Linux Mint 3.0 Xfce and the other awaiting its install of Mepis AntiX (thank you, anticapitalista). So some may be beholden to one distro; many of us aren't.
When you read something about how too many distros is a bad thing, especially when it's written by a Vista columnist, you can be sure that propaganda is at the forefront. Please read it accordingly.
(Larry Cafiero, editor/publisher of Open Source Reporter, is an associate member of the Free Software Foundation.)


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GSA's Records and Goals for Small, Minority and Disadvantaged Businesses
Good morning, thank you for the opportunity to appear before you today to discuss doing business with the government, and the General Service Administration's (GSA's) record and goals for Small, Minority and Disadvantaged Businesses. I am Michael Rigas, Deputy Associate Administrator for Small Business Utilization at the General Services Administration, and I am pleased to be here this morning.
As the premier acquisition agency of the Federal Government, GSA's mission is to help Federal agencies better serve the public by offering, at best value, superior workplaces, expert solutions, acquisition services, and management policies.
GSA works hard to ensure that small businesses have ample opportunities to compete in GSA procurements. We know that small businesses are the engine of our national economy and that they bring new and innovative solutions to Government challenges. A successful and strong small business community is integral to job creation, community empowerment and economic revitalization.
GSA works hard so that small businesses, including disadvantaged, women-owned, HubZone, veteran-owned, and service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses, have every opportunity to participate in the Federal procurement process. GSA has significantly increased its spending with small businesses, and as an agency, we actually exceed the goals Congress has set.
The Small Business Act establishes, for Federal executive agencies, an annual goal of awarding 23 percent of prime contract dollars to small businesses. This equated to $1.25 billion in Fiscal Year (FY) 2006. At GSA, in FY 2006, over $1.7 billion, or 32 percent, of all prime contract procurement dollars spent went to small business. That impressive result is 40 percent higher than the statutory goal and an increase of 13 percent over the FY 2005 level of $1.5 billion. We are proud that we have surpassed the statutory goal.
Our Public Buildings Service (PBS) contracts for a wide variety of services to support their mission of providing superior workplaces for federal customer agencies at good economies to the American taxpayer. The largest contracting areas are maintenance, repair and alteration of buildings; construction of buildings; and housekeeping services. In FY 07, of the more than $1.8 billion spent in these areas, over $692 million (nearly 38%) were spent on contracts with small businesses.
PBS developed a number of regional outreach programs to heighten awareness within the small business community of PBS contracting opportunities. This includes small business fairs, trade group seminars, targeted informational/educational seminars, pre-award and post-award small business opportunity fairs. Since 2006, the Public Buildings Service has consistently exceeded its goals for contracting with small disadvantaged businesses, 8(a) procedure businesses, women-owned small businesses, and certified HUBZone small businesses. In the first quarter of 2008, we are making great strides and have increased the percentage of contracts with small businesses in all goal categories.
But the story of GSA's support for small business doesn't end with our direct GSA contracting. GSA has a strong record of supporting small business contracting throughout the Government through the GSA Multiple Award Schedules Program (MAS Program) and Government-wide Acquisition Contracts (GWACs).
The MAS Program provides ordering activities with a simplified procurement process whereby GSA establishes contracts with firms for commercial products and services. The MAS Program offers Federal agencies a broad range of products and services from private sector vendors and suppliers at fair and reasonable prices that have been negotiated by GSA.
For Federal agencies, this program offers a much more streamlined procurement process. Federal agencies turn to MAS contracts to fulfill agency requirements, knowing that they can depend on the quality of the products or services these companies provide.
The MAS program, in short, offers small businesses an expansive avenue of potential work with the Federal Government. And I am happy to report that 80 percent of the companies which hold GSA Schedules contracts are small businesses. In FY 2005, through the GSA's Schedules program, Federal agencies awarded over $12 billion in schedule orders to small business. That amount increased to over $13 billion for FY 2006, which is approximately 37% of all prime contracting Schedules spending government wide going to small business.
The ordering procedures applicable to the Schedules Program encourage ordering activities to consider and, where applicable, give preference to small businesses, thus making it easier for GSA and other agencies to reach small businesses. GSA Advantage!®, one of the MAS programs' e-Tools, is the online shopping and ordering system that provides access to thousands of contractors and their supplies (products) and services. This e-Tool promotes increased access to the small business community by allowing customers to tailor their searches specifically for products and services provided by small, minority, veteran, and women owned businesses. Contracting officers ordering via GSA's Schedules may make socioeconomic status a primary evaluation factor when making a best value determination
We at GSA pledge to continue to improve, and to keep striving to make sure that any small company with a commercial product or service will have a much easier path in regards to negotiating a GSA Schedule than ever before, and to make sure that GSA does a good job of tracking that participation.
In addition to the Schedules program, which is comprised of over 80% small businesses, GSA offers a range of small business acquisition vehicles and solutions.
Through our Small Business GWAC Center, GSA offers a number of set aside acquisition vehicles and solutions.
The 8(a) STARS (Streamlined Technology Acquisition Resources for Services) is a GWAC that is set aside exclusively for small, disadvantaged, 8(a) firms. The companies on this contract vehicle provide a full range of IT solutions—including application development, computer facilities management services, and information assurance.
As an 8(a) set-aside, this contract vehicle provides small businesses which have been historically left out of the procurement process, a chance to compete in the federal marketplace. GSA customers benefit by having access to a portfolio of over 200 industry partners distributed across eight areas of expertise. Federal agencies also receive 8(a) and other small business credits toward their procurement preference goals through the use of these contracts.
Alliant Small Business (SB), a small business set-aside GWAC, is designed to provide worldwide information technology solutions to Federal agencies, while strengthening federal contracting opportunities for small business concerns. Alliant SB is assisting agencies in reaching their small business utilization goals, while providing small business concerns opportunities for prime contracts in the information technology arena and to develop their business skills before moving into unrestricted acquisition environments.
VETS (Veterans Technology Services), a service-disabled veteran-owned small business set-aside GWAC, encompasses the functional areas of systems operation and maintenance, and information systems engineering. VETS is designed to provide worldwide information technology solutions to federal agencies, while strengthening federal contracting opportunities for service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses.
The VETS GWAC assists agencies in meeting their 3 percent service-disabled veteran-owned small business goals, by providing pre-qualified industry partners in one easy-to-use contract vehicle. Service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses will, in turn, be provided with opportunities to compete within a
smaller group of contract holders, allowing self-marketing opportunities, and a chance to develop their businesses before moving into larger acquisition environments.
Madame Chairwoman, as an agency, GSA's focus on small business starts at the top. As one of the few Government agency heads who was an entrepreneur, a former small and minority business owner, and a Federal Government contractor, Administrator Doan is our agency's biggest advocate for small business. She knows from experience that starting a business is hard, and that sustaining and growing a business is even harder. She is a strong advocate for ensuring that doing business with GSA is not one of those hardships.
Our Office of Small Business Utilization assists small businesses by answering the many questions that are submitted by phone, e-mail, letters, and in person. We consult with most companies over the phone; however, we also conduct one-on-one counseling sessions to help companies in understanding and participating in the Federal procurement process. We also attend procurement conferences to conduct workshops that provide important information to small business owners on how to do business with GSA.
GSA has many resources available to help small businesses and provide them with useful information. One such resource is our Doing Business with GSA booklet, which is geared toward new and prospective contractors. It explains the process, offers practical advice, and lists helpful websites, including www.gsa.gov/sbu.
Our website also provides links to resources that will help small businesses better understand how to submit an offer for a Government contract. It provides them with points of contact and keeps them informed of upcoming conferences in which we will be participating.
GSA has a strong record of supporting small businesses and small business contracting. We conduct hundreds of outreach events a year across the country for small businesses, to open doors to Federal contracting opportunities to them, and continually work to improve on our already impressive performance record with regards to small business contracting. We share the Administration's view that small businesses are the backbone of our economy.
Madame Chairwoman, I thank you for the opportunity to appear before you today. I will be happy to answer any questions you and other members of the Committee may have.


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Chiefs' Jenkins goes the distance
Cards prospect fires first career shutout, sets sights on no-no
By Ashley Marshall / Special to MLB.com | May 5, 2013 3:52 PM ET
After tossing the first complete-game shutout of his professional career Sunday, Tyrell Jenkins already has set an even loftier goal for his next start.
The Cardinals' No. 5 prospect pitched a three-hitter, striking out five and walking one, as the Class A Peoria Chiefs blanked the visiting Fort Wayne TinCaps, 1-0.
"I felt strong toward the end, like I could have gone another three innings," the first-rounder said. "Those are always the best days when you're not thinking, just throwing. Once I got out of the eighth, there was no way they were taking me out. That was my mentality.
"It lets me know that if I pitch within myself, I can do this every game. This is my best start. I'll live it up today, but after that, tomorrow's a new day and it's back to work for my next start. This is just a starting point and I'll try to throw a no-hitter next time out on Friday."
The 20-year-old right-hander worked around back-to-back singles in the first inning, then cruised. He retired 21 of the next 22 batters, including 16 in a row at one point, before Brian Adams reached on third baseman Carson Kelly's throwing error with one out in the eighth.
The only other TinCap to reach base against Jenkins (1-2) was Jeremy Baltz, who singled to left field with two outs in the ninth but was stranded at first base.
"The plan was to come in and establish my fastball early and then throughout the game," said Jenkins, who induced 14 ground-ball outs, five fly balls and a pair of popups. "I threw a few four-seamers up and they got hit. After that, it was all sinkers right down the middle. I was begging them to hit it, beat it into the ground.
"Whenever I'm keeping the ball down, I get a lot of ground balls. I don't consider that a bad thing as long as we're getting outs. [My defense] did great. I had confidence in them from the first inning. I knew anything they hit was going to be an out, that's how the defense has been all year. My outfielders made some big catches, my catcher threw a guy out late in the game and my infielders got a lot of ground ball outs."
The victory was Jenkins' first since Aug. 18 and marked the first time in his four-year career that he pitched past the sixth inning. He entered the weekend with an 0-2 record and 7.71 ERA, and opponents were hitting .333 against him.
Selected 50th overall in the 2010 Draft, the Texas native went 4-4 with a 5.14 ERA in 19 Midwest League starts last year. That prompted some small mechanical tweaks during the offseason.
"When I came set, I would come set straight up and my balance would be off," said Jenkins, who threw 67 of 93 pitches for strikes. "Now it's more with my weight over my toes so my weight is going toward the plate and I'm not off-balance. From the stretch, it's just about staying tall so the ball comes out well and on a nice downward plane.
"Today, I really commanded my fastball and established it. We have been working on some things on my mechanics. [Last week] in Bowling Green, we took two days off throwing completely because of the rainouts, so I got off my schedule. This week, I had a full week of preparation."
The Chiefs scored the game's only run in the fifth as Michael Swinson doubled with one out, took third on a ground ball and came home on Casey Rasmus' bloop single to right field.
Fort Wayne starter Ruben Mejia fell to 1-3 after giving up one run on four hits over five innings. He walked one batter and struck out one.
Ashley Marshall is a contributor to MLB.com. Follow him on Twitter @AshMarshallMLB. This story was not subject to the approval of the National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues or its clubs.View More


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We will continue to have breakfast served every morning, which means that we will continue to have our normal dorm rate as well.
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Richard Goodman became Shaftesbury Barnet Harriers' sixth ever Southern champion after he clinched victory at the Southern Cross Country Championships at Parliament Hill Fields on Saturday.
Competing in the senior men's race, Goodman (Under-23) produced an assured run to claim victory in 49.57 which was 24 seconds ahead of his nearest rival.
By becoming Southern champion, Goodman follows in the footsteps of former world record holder and Shaftesbury Barnet athlete David Bedford and Commonwealth Games bronze medalist Julian Goater.
Goodman's victory helped the Harriers' senior side to a team gold medal. Also competing for the team were Glen Watts who was 13th, Richard Horton (Under-23) in 14th, Kojo Kyereme (V35) in 16th, Orlando Edwards (V35) in 34th and Daniel Watts who was 52nd.
Matt Grant won the Perseverance Cup which is awarded to the seventh finisher in the winning team.
The Under-17 men's team of Jamal Lewis, Jamie Dee, Greg Cooke, Khalid Ali-Ahmed came third and claimed bronze medals while in the Senior Women's race Rachel Felton and the team finished in fourth place.
The Under-13 Boys also finished in fourth place and did so without the services of their top runner, Jamie Harper, who was unwell.


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CA Gang Member Convicted In Teen's Slaying
SANTA MONICA, Calif. (AP) — A gang member has been convicted of killing a popular Santa Monica High School student seven years ago.
The Los Angeles Times reports 25-year-old Jose Zapien was found guiltyearlier this week of fatally shooting Eduardo Lopez in February 2006 as he walked in Santa Monica. The 15-year-old was a standout outfielder on the school's baseball team.
Zapien also was convicted of gunning down 22-year-old Miguel Martin in a city park and the attempted murders of a dozen other people between 2004 and 2006.
Zapien is scheduled to be sentenced Jan. 9 and faces multiple life sentences without parole.
Police say Zapien is a member of a gang that operates on the Los Angeles area's Westside.


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GSA Releases FTS2000 Cost Effectiveness Study
January 16, 1998
Contact: Bill Bearden
(202) 501-1231
Washington, DC - Describing it as another example of how GSA continues to cut costs while providing quality service, David J. Barram, Administrator of the U.S. General Services Administration, today released a report to Congress stating that monthly charges to the Government for long-distance services used by Federal agencies were $5.9 million less than the lowest commercial equivalent offerings last fiscal year.
The report to Congress is on the cost effectiveness of the agency's Federal Telecommunications System 2000 (FTS2000) program, which provides long-distance telecommunications services to Federal agencies. The report compares FTS2000 prices with available public commercial prices negotiated by large corporations and finds that FTS2000 prices were competitive and, in the aggregate, the least expensive in the industry.
"GSA contracts FTS2000 services with private sector suppliers at prices that in fiscal year 1997 were 14.0 percent or $5.9 million per month less than the lowest commercial offerings," Barram said. "These lower prices mean lower cost to Federal agency users and savings to the American taxpayers. It is an excellent example of how government is operating smarter by taking advantage of its buying power and saving tax dollars."
The report states that the already excellent FTS2000 prices are further reduced in fiscal year 1998. At the fiscal year 1997 level of usage, the total FTS2000 prices in fiscal year 1998 would be $8.6 million per month below the 1997 commercial prices.
The FTS2000 program offers integrated voice, data, and video telecommunications services to meet common-user needs government-wide. Services are provided through two 10-year contracts with AT&T and Sprint, and are projected to be valued at $5 billion over the program life.
The cost effectiveness report is available via the Internet at http://post.fts2k.gsa.gov.
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But what we don't get from Rubin or Harris is why exactly Hagel refused to affix his name to the letter.
And he did, in fact, affix his Hancock to the tax increases in question.
They send to demand musters of the articles imported, and affix their own price for such as they wish to purchase.
To neither did he affix his name, but the latter was said to be by "a Gentleman of Oxford."
If the Council insisted on passing it, he might affix his signature but advise the King to disallow it.
affix them to the bench by nails or screws, preferably the latter.
Under each word the force of the prefix is usually given, though not the affix.
On the right is the pear-tree, to which later on we have to affix a captive pear.
The Ancient Charges, while they assert that every Mason should belong to a lodge, affix no penalty for disobedience.
The Father of his Country did not affix his revered name to so palpable an absurdity.
1530s, from Medieval Latin affixare, frequentative of Latin affigere (past participle affixus) "fasten to, attach," from ad- "to" (see ad-) + figere "fasten" (see fix (v.)).
First used by Scottish writers and perhaps from Middle French affixer, a temporarily re-Latinized spelling of Old French afichier (Modern French afficher). Related: Affixed; affixing.
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Same issue here (KDE). Apparently a bug was opened, then closed by someone who doesn't think a bug can exist if it didn't occur to him:
Backtrack 5 - Bug #36: Setting up dradis (2.7.0-bt2) ... - Redmine
I've never heard of the 'bundle' command, and google hits suggest it's some kind of ruby/rails thing which I'd rather not waste brain cells on.
I also have another VM with the GNOME version (just to prove I'd hate it) and don't have the error. Perhaps it was due to my apt upgrade process. Who knows. Anyway, yea, this sucks.
OK, here's the solution (hopefully this gets posted. For some reason my posts aren't showing up):
The dradis install depends on sourcing /root/.bash_rc. Yes, I know, this is stupid. The solution is to run apt-get upgrade after sourcing this file or within bash.
I guess we forgot to read the fine print that we have to love bash and no shell shall replace it.


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Message Board
Lois Duncan Message Board
Talk about the novels, new and used books that Duncan has written!
Author Duncan's Book Reviews
A Gift of Magic
When Nancy's parents get divorced and her mom moves her brother, sister and her to her old town in Florida, Nancy just wishes her dad and mom would get back together, a prospect which becomes unlikely when her mom starts to have a romantic interest in her old high school boyfriend. The boyfriend's job is trying to find out what extra sensory perception is, and Nancy has ESP. She doesn't want her mom's boyfriend to make her into a lab rat. The ESP was ...
Gallows Hill
Sarah Zoltanneis a teenager who recently moved to a small town with her mom, to live with her mom's boyfriend and when she has supernatural experiences, she is branded as a witch by the conservative town, mimicking much of the history relating to the Salem Witch Trials. Sarah Zoltanneis loved her old life in California and that she was her mother's only child and hates that now she is stuck in a conservative town, in an old house and that now she and her...
I Know What You Did Last Summer
Lois Duncan's book, "I Know What You Did Last Summer", spawned the movie of the same title, and its sequal, "I Still Know What You Did Last Summer". Julie and her three friends had ran over a young boy on his bike, and killed him. In a fit of panic, they decided to drive away, and make a pact never to tell another living person. It has been a year, and the group has fallen apart. But strange accidents are happening, first to Barry, then to Helen. An...
Killing Mr. Griffin
Mark Kinney is a miss-led teenager who has had enough of his strict English teacher, Mr. Griffin. Mr. Griffin believes that an 'A' is perfect and no-one is perfect - so he gives his students average marks, which they believe are not appropriate. Mark therefore gets a group of unlikely teenagers together and he plots a plan to kidnap Mr. Griffin, to teach �him' a lesson. After much deliberation with his newly acquired group they start with the well-th...
Duncan booklist
Locked in Time
Nore Robbins is a 17 year old girl who buried her mother a year ago and went to boarding school soon after, but now that her father has remarried and she has two step-siblings she visits for the summer and is horrified to realize her new family members are immortal. Nore Robbins has lived through more than most 17 year olds and finding that her father, Chuck, has remarried barely a year after her mom's death s very hard for her. It's worsened when she vi...
Ransom by Lois Duncan, is about five teens, Dexter, Jesse, Bruce, Glenn, and Marianne that are kidnapped from their bus coming home from school. The story takes place in Albuquerque. All five students have the same thing in common, they are all from the same part, Valley Gardens (where the more wealthy people live) and that's why they were the ones who are kidnapped. I liked this book, it had a good story to it and was interesting, although there were ...
Stranger With My Face
Laurie Stratton is a regular teenager until she discovers that she was born an identical twin who was separated from her sister at birth and her sister shows her how to astral project, just as she has been doing to find Laurie. Laurie Stratton is the oldest child of three. She has had a good family and has grown up knowing that she is loved. In addition, she looks nothing like the rest of her family. She is a high school student and has recently begun da...


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The Tim Tebow era is over in New England before it really began as the Patriots cut the polarizing passer on Saturday. Tebow labored throughout the preseason, completing only 7 of 18 passes for 90 yards with two touchdowns and two interceptions. Incumbent Ryan Mallett remains the backup quarterback behind Tom Brady.
Fantasy Analysis:
Not even the former Heisman Trophy winner's magical powers could keep him on the patriots 53-man roster. Will he find a spot on another team's roster is the question. The initial thought is not likely, at least not for now. The left-handed Tebow's running style is an awkward fit for most teams, making for a sizeable adjustment if called upon. Oh, then there is this: Tebow just isn't that good. Should he ever return as a starting QB, he makes for a formidable option because of his running ways, but don't count on it anytime soon.


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SPOILER ALERT: 'The Bachelor' Monday night recap
Sean is narrowing his search for the love of his life. After meeting the families of all four women on Monday's episode of "The Bachelor," he came to the rose ceremony unsure about who he was sending home.
It came down to a tough choice between Catherine and Desiree, but ultimately Sean decided to send Desiree home.
Sean started the episode with a trip to Houston, Texas to meet AshLee's parents. After a heart-to-heart talk with AshLee's mother, Sean asked her father for AshLee's hand in marriage. Her father gave his okay, but told Sean that he hoped his daughter wouldn't get her heart broken.
Sean then went to Catherine's hometown of Seattle. The pair visited the famous Pike Place Market, where Sean tried his hand at catching fish at Pikes Places Fish Market. Then Sean headed over to Catherine's house to meet her grandmother, mother and two sisters. After eating some traditional Filipino food, Sean had a conversation about Catherine with her mother. The talk didn't go as he expected because he did not get her permission to marry Catherine.
Things heated up when Sean went to visit Lindsay's family on an army base in Fort Bragg, North Carolina. Meeting Lindsay's father, who's a two-star general, made Sean nervous, but Lindsay assured him that he had nothing to worry about. It turns out Lindsay was right, her father had no problem giving Sean his blessing to ask for her hand in marriage.
For his last meeting Sean jetted over to Los Angeles to meet Desiree's family. Things took an ugly turn when Desiree's brother wanted to have a private chat with Sean. He expressed his fear that Sean didn't feel the same love for Des that she feels for him. He even went as far as to call Sean a "playboy." Sean assured him that he was serious about his relationship with Desiree, but in the end her brother's attitude convinced Sean that Desiree was not the woman for him.
"The Bachelor" continues tonight at 9:00 p.m. Eastern on ABC with Sean discussing all the women he has sent home so far.
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September 6, 2007
What if Families of September 11 earned a penny every time you searched the Internet and a percentage of your sale every time you shopped online? Well, now we can!
GoodSearch.com is a new search engine that donates half its search revenue (about a penny a search) to the charities its users designate. You use it just as you would any search engine, and it's powered by Yahoo!, so you get great results. It adds up - just 500 of us searching four times a day will raise about $7300 in a year without anyone spending a dime!
In addition, more than 100 retailers including Target, Macy's, The Gap, Best Buy, Nordstrom, PetSmart, Staples and Wal*Mart have teamed up with GoodSearch to donate a percentage of each sale to the nonprofit or school of your choice!
Just go to www.goodsearch.com and be sure to enter "Families of September 11" as the charity you want to support. And, be sure to check out GoodSearch on September 11, 2007 as we are going to be featured as the Charity of the Day!


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With its origins in the USA, this very popular helicopter which originally a civilian helicopter (D and E model). This fuselages is an excellent 1/7 scale and will fit most 60 and 90 size helicopters. It is completed in super lightweight bright colors and finished with a clear fuel proof coat to add incredible brilliance and shine.
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The Bessies Announce 2012 New York Dance and Performance Award Recipients
The 2012 Bessies: New York Dance and Performance Award Recipients were held on Monday, October 15, 2012 at the Apollo Theater (253 West 125th Street), hosted by Elizabeth Streb. Scroll down for a full list of the award winners!
The evening included special performances by Trisha Brown Dance Company and Souleymane Badolo and award presentations by Marina Abramovic, luciana achugar, Ronald K. Brown, Brenda Bufalino, Archie Burnett, Stuart Hodes, Kevin McKenzie, Bebe Neuwirth, Charles Reinhart, Rokafella, David Thomson and Wendy Whelan.
For his pioneering work as modern dance's original maverick, helping to re-imagine what was possible in dance; for creating a unique dance language that is both lyrical and muscular, dynamic and humane; for having the courage and commitment to follow his own compass, creating new works for six remarkable decades, the 2012 Bessie Award for Lifetime Achievement in Dance goes to Paul Taylor.
The Bessie Selection Committee is thrilled to honor Paul Taylor with the 2012 Bessie Award for Lifetime Achievement in Dance. For nearly six decades Taylor has been inventing movement and creating dances which delight and challenge the audience. Starting in 1954, Taylor was one of the early radicals reimagining the ways that that one might use dance to communicate ideas. The Bessies salute him as a pioneer who helped reshape the landscape of American dance.
Paul Taylor is the last living member of the pantheon that created America's indigenous art of modern dance. At an age when most artists' best work is behind them, Mr. Taylor continues to win public and critical acclaim for the vibrancy, relevance and power of his creations. In 1954 he assembled a small company of dancers and began to choreograph. Mr. Taylor has made 137 dances since 1954, many of which have attained iconic status. He has covered a breathtaking range of topics, but recurring themes include life and death; the natural world and man's place within it; love and sexuality in all gender combinations; and iconic moments in American history. Mr. Taylor has influenced dozens of men and women who have gone on to choreograph - many on their own troupes - including Pina Bausch, Patrick Corbin, Laura Dean, Senta Driver, Thomas Evert, Danny Ezralow, Danny Grossman, Amy Marshall, David Parsons, Twyla Tharp, Takehiro Ueyama, Doug Wright and Lila York.
He was awarded the National Medal of Arts by President Clinton in 1993. In 1995 he received the Algur H. Meadows Award for Excellence in the Arts and was named one of 50 prominent Americans honored in recognition of their outstanding achievement by the Library of Congress's Office of Scholarly Programs. He is the recipient of three Guggenheim Fellowships and honorary Doctor of Fine Arts degrees from California Institute of the Arts, Connecticut College, Duke University, The Juilliard School, Skidmore College, the State University of New York at Purchase, Syracuse University and Adelphi University. Awards for lifetime achievement include a MacArthur Foundation Fellowship - often called the "genius award" - and the Samuel H. Scripps American Dance Festival Award.
For inspiring hundreds of NYC public school teens to create and perform original choreography, connecting them with a wide range of professional dancers in her Young Dancemakers Company; for thirty years teaching the art and craft of dance at the Fieldston School, and for a lifetime spent building the dance community for future generations as a performer, teacher, mentor, and advocate, a 2012 New York Dance and Performance Award for Service to the Field of Dance goes to ALICE TEIRSTEIN.
The Bessie Selection Committee has chosen Alice Teirstein as the recipient of this year's award for service to the field. Teirstein's work with young dancers in New York City has changed countless lives and given generations of young people the ability to express themselves through dance and choreography. She believes in their abilities to create and compose, and offers high school students from across the city the opportunity to choreograph and perform their work via her Young Dancemakers Company. All of us working in dance in NY owe her a great debt of gratitude.
Alice Teirstein, MA, is the founding director of Young Makers and has been choreographing, performing, and teaching dance in New York since the early 1970's. She designed, initiated and developed the dance curriculum for grades 7-12 at the Fieldston School, where she served on the faculty for over 3 decades, leading the dance program and directing its Touring Fieldston Dance Company. She initiated the dance program's Dance Out Project, bringing her students into the city's homeless shelters where they served as group leaders in dance workshops with homeless youngsters, for which she received an award from the city's Human Resources Administration. She also brought the Dance Out Project to public schools in the South Bronx. For three years she was Co-Director of the 92nd St. Y's Young Masters Repertory Ensemble. She has led workshops for dance teachers for the NYC Department of Education, the Dance Educators Lab, and many other organizations.
OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION (of a work performed in a larger capacity venue of more than 400 seats):
Preludes and Fugues by Emanuel Gat, performed by Ballet du Grand Theatre de Geneve at The Joyce Theater (nominated)
Samhara by Surupa Sen performed by the Nrityagram Dance Ensemble at The Joyce Theater (nominated)
For transforming the vast architecture of the Armory with the cloud-like designs of Daniel Arsham, the astral music of four composers, and the complex, exhilarating choreography culled from five decades of Merce Cunningham's work to create an unforgettable and profoundly moving gift to its audience, a 2012 New York Dance and Performance Award for Outstanding Production goes to The Merce Cunningham Dance Company for Event at the Park Avenue Armory.
OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION (of a work that stretches the boundaries of a culturally specific form):
Dingle Diwali by the Darrah Carr Dance Company with guest choreographer Sean Curran performed at Symphony Space (nominated)
Jazz Meets Flamenco by Juan de Juan and Jason Samuels Smith, performed at Jazz at Lincoln Center (nominated)
For astonishing audiences with idiosyncratic kineticism, rigorous intellectualism, and thrilling use of boundary-breaking movement elements, in a stark and startling dialogue between Flamenco's golden age and its many possible futures, a 2012 New York Dance and Performance Award for Outstanding Production goes to Israel Galvan for La Edad de Oro at The Joyce Theater.
ISRAEL GALVAN de los REYES is a famous Spanish flamenco dancer and choreographer. He was born in Seville. He became a celebrity in flamenco thanks to his dancing steps with complicated feet movements. He has been awarded several dance prizes.
OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION (of a work performed in a smaller capacity venue of less than 400 seats):
Twin Pines by Keely Garfield, performed at Danspace Project (nominated)
NOX by Rashaun Mitchell performed at Danspace Project (nominated)
For daring to create a 21st century drama where post modern dance, voguing and Greek tragedy collide, and in so doing offer new possibilities for the future of performance, A 2012 New York Dance and Performance Award for Outstanding Production goes to Trajal Harrall for Antigone Sr./Twenty Looks or Paris is Burning at the Judson Church at New York Live Arts.
TRAJAL HARRELL'S work has been presented at many venues including The Kitchen, Danspace Project, Dance Theater Workshop, P.S. 122, Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA) Boston, Dance Mission (San Francisco, CA), the former San Francisco Institute of Choreography, among others. Internationally, his work has toured to international festivals in France, Austria, the Netherlands, Belgium, Brazil, Germany, Poland, Croatia, and Mexico including prestigious festivals such as such as Rencontres Chorgraphiques-Paris, Festival d'Avignon, Impulstanz-Vienna, TanzimAugust- Berlin, and Panorama Festival- Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. A graduate of Yale University with a B.A. in American Studies with a concentration in Creative Processes, he has been an artist-in-residence at The White Oak Residency and Dance Center, Snug Harbor Cultural Center, Movement Research, Bennington College, CDC Toulouse, and ICA Boston, among others.
OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION (of a work in the expanding field of new art, dance, and performance practice):
The Rehearsal by Cuqui Jerez, performed at Performance Space 122, and the French Institute's Crossing the Line Festival at the Performing Garage (nominated)
Big Girls Do Big Things by Eleanor Bauer, performed in Perfoma 11 at New York Live Arts, and in American Realness at Abrons Arts Center (nominated)
For gently and deftly coaxing an audience into a community, holding them spellbound with stories spoken and unspoken; For seamlessly interweaving Blackfish's music with the magical transformations of paper into ice, and dry leaves into water; For reminding us that we all come from a place unknowable, yet known, a 2012 New York Dance and Performance Award for Outstanding Production goes to Emily Johnson for The Thank-you Bar at New York Live Arts.
Emily Johnson is a director/choreographer/curator, originally from Alaska and currently based in Minneapolis. Since 1998 she has created work that considers the experience of sensing and seeing performance. Her dances often function as installations, engaging audiences within and through a space and environment - sights, sounds, smells - interacting with a place's architecture, history, and role in community. She works to blur distinctions between performance and daily life and to create work that reveals and respects multiple perspectives. Emily is a 2011 Native Arts and Cultures Fellow, a 2010 and 2009 MAP Fund Grant recipient, a 2009 McKnight Fellow and a 2009 and 2011 MANCC Choreographer Fellow.
Fort Blossom revisited (2000/2012) by John Jasperse, performed at New York Live Arts (nominated)
Roaratorio by Merce Cunningham, performed at the Brooklyn Academy Of Music (nominated)
For taking its audience on a 21st century journey down an urban rabbit hole, beginning with a surreal ride to an unknown destination, and culminating in a frightening journey through a dark warren full of noise, bodies and violence, a 2012 New York Dance and Performance Award for Outstanding Revival goes to The Shining By Yvonne Meier, presented by New York Live Arts and performed at the Invisible Dog Art Center.
Originally created and performed in 1992 at Performance Space 122 and reconstructed in 1995 at P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, The Shining is a dance-installation work full of thrill and fearful anxiety. It speaks of experiences at once sought and avoided - how do we hide from fear, play with thrills and terrors? How do those emotions excluded from consciousness play with us? This second reconstruction features original cast members, Scott Heron, Annie Iobst, and Mike Iveson, with new cast members, Yve Laris Cohen, Jen Rosenblit, Aki Sasamoto, Osmani Tellez, Arturo Vidich, and Emily Wexler, and special guest appearances from Hapi Phace, Stinkmetal, and Gina Varla Vetro.
Wendall Harrington and Simon Pastukh, for set and projection design for Firebird by Alexei Ratmansky performed by American Ballet Theatre (nominated)
Company XIV, for light, set and costume design, for Snow White by Company XIV performed at 303 Bond Street (nominated)
Christine Shallenberg, for lighting design for Restless Eye by David Neumann, performed at New York Live Arts (nominated)
For transporting us into a hurricane-drenched apocalyptic world, where a cardboard home slowly melted into oblivion under steady torrential rain in real time over the stretch of the performance, a brilliant technical achievement that perfectly matched the artistic intent of the work, a 2012 NY Dance and Performance Award for Visual Design goes to Doris Dziersk for Meg Stuart's Blessed at New York Live Arts.
Alex Waterman for Show by Maria Hassabi performed at the Kitchen (nominated)
Christian Wolff, John King, David Behrman, and Takehisa Kosugi for Event by Merce Cunningham performed at the Park Avenue Armory (nominated)
Pandit Raghunath Panigrahi, Dhaneswar Swain, Prasanna Rupatilake, and Surupa Sen for Samhara by Surupa Sen performed by Nrityagram Dance Ensemble at The Joyce Theater (nominated)
For a driving, ebullient, viscerally live score with its varied influences of ndombolo, jazz, traditional, rock, and more,For creating a sea of rhythm that ranged from, political protest songs to music of sheer pleasure, A 2012 New York Dance and Performance Award for Outstanding Music Composition goes to Flamme Kapaya and his bandfor Faustin Linyekula's more more more. future performed at the Kitchen.