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How to throw a four-star Thanksgiving at home
How to throw a four-star Thanksgiving at home
We asked executive chefs at eight top-rated Chicago-area restaurants to tell us their secrets for a Thanksgiving To Remember. Here's what these culinary wizards came back with, from tips on brining the turkey to a pumpkin mousse pie one chef swears is so good you'll dream about it.
The secret to brining
Brining is a scientific process that unwinds the meat proteins, allowing the flavors of the ingredients to saturate into the meat. The flavored solution becomes trapped inside, creating a delicious and juicy turkey. It's a careful mix of salt, sugar, water and time, but it's well worth it.
Chef's Thanksgiving Tip:
"In the restaurant kitchen, we use large containers to soak the turkeys, but you can get the same results on a smaller scale using an extra-large ziplock type of bag (like the kind I use at home to store all the clothes my 1- year-old is rapidly outgrowing). This gem of a tip came from my mother-in-law, and though we don't use it at Elate, I would definitely do this at home - it's much easier to refrigerate this way!"
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Chef Jacobs' secret for turkey to remember.
A Better Butternut Squash Soup
Scott Walton, executive chef at Markethouse restaurant in Chicago, starts his Thanksgiving dinner with this soup. He says it buys him time – from his eager gobblers – to finish preparing the rest of the meal.
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Chef Walton starts every Thanksgiving with this creamy seasonal soup.
Parsnip Soup for Persnickety Eaters
This recipe comes from Geoff Rhyne, executive chef at Naperville's Sugar Toad. Don't mention the parsnips (or, Chef Rhyne says, swap in carrots), and your kids will have a blast with the homemade marshmallow garnish!
Chef's Thanksgiving Tip:
"If you know you want to make a soup, make it ahead of time. Same with vegetables. You can cook vegetables like green beans and brussels sprouts about halfway in salted water, drain and place in a bowl of ice water to stop the cooking and lock in the color. When it's time to serve, just toss in a pan with a little butter or olive oil and heat through."
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Chef Rhyne's marshmallow-garnished starter is a treat for the whole family.
Upside-down, thumbs up
Pumpkin may be king among Thanksgiving pies, but it's not everyone's cup of tea. Try this cranberry-filled treat instead, from Willwood's executive chef, Christopher Corby.
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Chef Corby's cranberry upside-down cake
Pumpkin Perfection
Executive Chef Robert Fedorko will be serving his pumpkin mousse pie at Grand Geneva Resort & Spa's Thanksgiving brunch, but says it's simple enough to re-create in your own kitchen.
Chef's Thanksgiving Tip:
Chef Fedorko's recipe is a twist on the classic pumpkin pie, but he also offered some tips for turkeyers: "Baste the turkey in fresh thyme, rosemary and orange juice to add a unique and inspired flavor to the dish. Add sausage and cranberries to stuffing to pump up the flavor. Your family will be pleased with the tasty surprise!"
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Chef Fedorko's pumpkin mousse pie
Log Cabin Pie
Sarah Kosikowski, executive pastry chef at Trump Tower's Sixteen, will be serving this tart at the restaurant's Thanksgiving Day brunch. But it's simple enough to make in your own kitchen, and if it's good enough for The Donald, it's good enough for your in-laws.
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Chef Kosikowski's maple pecan tart.
Maple Madness
This autumn take on classic creme brulee comes from Palmer House Hilton Executive Chef Stephen Henry.
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Chef Henry's Maple Creme Brulee.
Viva Mexico!
Patricio Sandoval, executive chef at Mercadito, an upscale Mexican restaurant in River North, adapted this recipe from his grandmother's bread pudding. It's a great way to get rid of bread that's no longer fit for sandwiches - the older and drier, the better!
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Chef Sandoval's
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During the ongoing Commons debate on phone hacking David Cameron refused three times – pressed by Labour MP Dennis Skinner – to say whether he had had conversations with News International executives about the BSkyB while prime minister. He said only that he had had "no inappropriate conversations" with the company.
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More Than Football
Friday, January 25, 2013
The work of the Sugar Bowl's volunteer membership is evident in the many different sporting events the committee hosts and sponsors each year. In addition to holding a prominent position in postseason college football, the Bowl also conducts competitions at both the prep and intercollegiate level; including basketball, lacrosse, sailing (regatta), soccer, tennis, volleyball and track and field. All of these events introduce New Orleans' unique flavor of hospitality to competitors and fans from around the world.
In addition to its many events, the Bowl is also heavily involved with several other local organizations. In conducting its business, the Sugar Bowl sponsors the Greater New Orleans Sports Hall of Fame; The Manning Award, given to the nation's most outstanding college quarterback; and the local chapter of the National Football Foundation and College Football Hall of Fame.
In addition, the Allstate Sugar Bowl has sponsored the last five New Orleans CYO High School Tournaments. In 2012, Newman High School's Kyle Lewis scored on a putback at the buzzer to lift the Greenies to a 58-57 victory over Brother Martin High School. Newman forward Duke Douglas was named the MVP of the tourney and was joined on the all-tournament team by Matt Felger (Jesuit), Edwin Winston (East St. John), Greg White-Pittman (Holy Cross), Jordan Cornish (Brother Martin) and Kyle Lewis (Newman).
This January, the Sugar Bowl hosted the third annual National Prep Classic basketball tournament featuring elite boys' high school teams from around the country. Tournament MVP Charvon Julien scored 22 points and handed out five assists as Riverside Academy, of Reserve, La., upset Sheldon High School from Sacramento, Calif., 72-65, to win the boys' title. In the first girls' tournament at the National Prep Classic, Warren Easton High School, from New Orleans, won the championship with a 42-39 defeat of Salmen High, from Slidell, La. Lawriell Wilson scored 17 points and was named the girls' Most Valuable Player.
The Allstate Sugar Bowl continued to expand its offerings in the sport of basketball by taking on sponsorship of the Primetime Super 60 AAU Tournament which was held at multiple locations in New Orleans in May of 2012. The event featured nearly 300 boys teams from third-grade to 11th-grade playing 500 games as they booked an estimated 1,500 hotel rooms around the city. Eighteen states were represented in the tournament.
Crescent City ClassicThe Allstate Sugar Bowl has joined the Crescent City Classic as the flagship Title Sponsor of the annual 10K road race scheduled for March 30, 2013. Celebrating its 35th year, the Crescent City Classic is a preeminent fitness and social event in Louisiana and is expected to feature more than 20,000 runners this year. This Easter weekend tradition has become a New Orleans signature event, both as a competitive road race and for its festive post-race celebration. The Classic has been praised in every major running publication as "one of America's fastest 10K's," and as "the originator of the post-race festival."
The Crescent City Classic is making many changes for its 35-year anniversary. The host hotel and two day expo has been moved to the Hyatt Regency next to Champion Square. The course has been changed and will incorporate a wave start with timing corrals on Poydras in front of the Superdome. After the race, participants will enjoy the post party with free food, free Michelob ULTRA and free music by Papa Grows Funk followed by Marc Broussard.
The inaugural Allstate Sugar Bowl Prep Classic was played on Sept. 9, 2011 as St. Paul's School provided the top highlights with an amazing comeback in an upset of top-rated Acadiana, 15-14, in the second game of the doubleheader. John Curtis rolled to victory over Westgate in the opening game, 27-7, of the event.
In addition, each month since 1958, the Greater New Orleans Sports Selection Committee has been selecting a Greater New Orleans Amateur Athlete of the Month, all of whom are honored at the Hall of Fame banquet. Yearly award winners in a variety of categories are also recognized - including New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees, who has been selected three times as the top professional athlete for both the city of New Orleans and the state of Louisiana.
The dominant team in the Allstate Sugar Bowl Lacrosse Classic's brief history has been Klein High School from Houston, which has captured four of the last five titles. After losing the title in 2011 to St. Thomas More, from Lafayette, La., the Klein dynasty returned to form with a championship victory over Spain Park High from outside Birmingham, Ala., last spring.
The third annual Allstate Sugar Bowl Collegiate Lacrosse Classic is scheduled for Friday-Sunday, Feb. 15-17, at Pan Am Stadium in New Orleans City Park. This year's collegiate event is expanding once again to include nine collegiate club teams. The inaugural event featured two squads and last year, the classic had four collegiate teams as well as high school competition. This year's collegiate teams are: Alabama, Auburn, Florida State, LSU, Ole Miss, Texas, Texas A&M, Tennessee, UL Lafayette.
This year's Manning Award winner is the sensational freshman star from Texas A&M, Johnny Manziel. Manziel's spectacular debut season featured a long list of unprecedented accomplishments. In addition to becoming the first freshman to win the Manning Award, he is the first freshman to win the Heisman Trophy and the Davey O'Brien Award. He is the first freshman in FBS history, and just the fifth player ever, to have 3,000 passing yards and 1,000 rushing yards in a season. He is also the first player in FBS history to pass for 300 yards and rush for 100 yards in the same game three times in his career. Manziel closed his first collegiate campaign as the FBS freshman record-holder for rushing yards by a quarterback (1,343) and for total yards in a season (5,116) and became just the second freshman in FBS history to rush for 1,000 yards and pass for 2,000 yards.
The previous winners of the honor were:
Robert Griffin, III, Baylor (2011-12)
Cameron Newton, Auburn (2010-11)
Colt McCoy, Texas (2009-10)
Tim Tebow, Florida (2008-09)
Matt Ryan, Boston College (2007-08)
JaMarcus Russell, LSU (2006-07)
Vince Young, Texas (2005-06)
Matt Leinart, Southern California (2004-05)
In 2012, 34 local high school football players were honored as NFF Scholar-Athletes and four of those were presented with $10,000 Allstate Sugar Bowl Scholarship checks: Keith Accardo (Archbishop Rummel H.S.), Caleb Gestes (John Curtis Christian School), Joseph Palmisano (East Jefferson H.S.) and Alex Yacoubian (Jesuit H.S.).
In addition, two special award winners were recognized. Elliott Laudeman, the longest-tenured active member of the Sugar Bowl Committee, was presented with the Distinguished American Award. This honor is presented to a person who has made significant contributions to the betterment of amateur football in America. Laudeman, who was elected to the Sugar Bowl membership in 1957, served as the President of the organization in 1985, and remains very active in the group.
Vince Gibson, who served as the head football coach at Kansas State, Louisville and Tulane, posthumously received the Contribution to Amateur Football Award. Gibson, who played football at Florida State University, went into coaching immediately after graduating in 1955. During his tenure, he directed both Louisville and Tulane to bowl appearances before retiring in 1982.
The 2013 event is scheduled for March 19 in the Mercedes-Benz Superdome.
The 2012 Division I State Cup Championship was held in May at various locations around the state. Winners were crowned in each age group, boys and girls, U11-U19. The U13-U17 boys and girls teams which won the LSA Division I Allstate Sugar Bowl State Cup represented Louisiana in the Region III President's Cup.
The 2012 Louisiana State Cup, presented by the Allstate Sugar Bowl, was also contested in multiple locations around the state, including Shreveport, Lafayette, Baton Rouge and Metairie. The winners of this competition (U14-U19) competed in Greenville, S.C., at the 2012 US Youth Soccer Region III Championships. That event featured state premier championship teams and regional premier league winners, both boys and girls ages 14-19, from 12 state organizations in the southeast.
A recently-added golf event for the Bowl's repertoire is the Allstate Sugar Bowl Intercollegiate Women's Golf Championship. The 2012 event was hosted by Tulane University in late-February at English Turn Country Club, an award-winning Jack Nicklaus-designed course. The Duke University women's golfers entered the final round of the 2012 event trailing defending champion Southern California, but a strong final round lifted the Blue Devils to the title. The 2013 Women's Golf Championship will be held Feb. 24-26.
The Bowl is also the presenting sponsor for the Tommy Moore Memorial Junior Golf Championship, one of the top junior golf tourneys in the region, which takes place each December at Lakewood Country Club.
The 2012 Allstate Sugar Bowl Track & Field Classic titles went to St. Paul's Episcopal of Alabama (girls) and John Curtis Christian School (boys). McGill-Toolen (Mobile, Ala.) took home girls' team runner-up honors while Brother Martin landed second in boys' events.
The 2013 event is scheduled for March 22 at Tad Gormley Stadium.


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Will Smith brings little-known Hurricane Katrina story to life
While time has passed since the devastating blow of Hurricane Katrina, we as Americans are still realizing the effects and hearing some of the stories of survival during those harrowing weeks. One of these stories is finally getting to be shared with the masses thanks to Will Smith and Overbrook Entertainment.
Initially announced 4 years ago, in May 2009, American Can is the story of an ex-Marine who orchestrated the rescue of hundreds of his neighbors during the Hurricane Katrina disaster.
Standing at six-foot, seven-inches and 260 pounds, John Keller, the ex-Marine, lived in a five-story apartment building; and after chasing some looters, emerged as the man in charge of the 244 residents, many of them elderly or handicapped.
For five days, Keller, dubbed the "Can Man," kept the building, isolated by 11 feet of water, safe from the chaos raging around the city. He also directed the eventual rescue operation from the building's roof.
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ACTHSerum adrenocorticotropic hormone; Adrenocorticotropic hormone; Highly-sensitive ACTH
An ACTH test measures ACTH, a hormone released from the anterior pituitary gland in the brain.
How the Test is Performed
A blood sample is needed. For information on how this is done, see: Venipuncture
ACTH levels change with the body's natural 24-hour cycle of processes (circadian rhythms). This test is most accurate if it is performed early in the morning.
How to Prepare for the Test
The health care provider may advise you to stop taking steroid drugs. You may need to be at the laboratory or office where the blood is being drawn by or before 8 a.m.
How the Test Will Feel
When the needle is inserted to draw blood, some people feel moderate pain, while others feel only a prick or stinging sensation. Afterward, there may be some throbbing.
Why the Test is Performed
This test can help find the causes of hormone problems.
The main function of ACTH is to regulate the steroid hormone cortisol, which is released by the adrenal cortex.
Normal Results
Normal values: 9 - 52 pg/mL
Note: pg/mL = picograms per milliliter
The examples above are common measurements for results for these tests. Some laboratories use different measurements or may test different specimens. Normal value ranges may vary slightly among different labs. Talk to your doctor about the meaning of your specific test results.
What Abnormal Results Mean
Higher-than-normal levels of ACTH may be present with:
- Addison's disease, when the adrenal glands do not produce enough cortisol
- Congenital adrenal hyperplasia
- When the pituitary makes too much of the hormone ACTH (called Cushing's disease), which may be caused byexcess growth of the pituitary gland, or tumors of the pituitary gland or elsewhere in the body (such as the pancreas, lung, and thyroid)
Lower-than-normal levels of ACTH may be seen with:
- Pituitary gland that is not producing enough hormones, such as ACTH
- Tumor of the adrenal gland that produces too much cortisol
- Tumor elsewhere in the body that produces cortisol
Other conditions under which the test may be performed:
Veins and arteries vary in size from one patient to another and from one side of the body to the other. Obtaining a blood sample from some people may be more difficult than from others.
Other risks associated with having blood drawn are slight but may include:
- Excessive bleeding
- Fainting or feeling lightheaded
- Hematoma (blood accumulating under the skin)
- Infection (a slight risk any time the skin is broken)
Special handling of the blood sample is required.
Stewart PM, Krone NP. The adrenal cortex. In: Kronenberg HM, Melmed S, Polonsky KS, Larsen PR, eds. Williams Textbook of Endocrinology. 12th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Saunders Elsevier; 2011:chap 15.
Melmed S, Kleinberg D. Pituitary masses and tumors. In: Kronenberg HM, Melmed S, Polonsky KS, Larsen PR, eds. Williams Textbook of Endocrinology. 12th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Saunders Elsevier; 2011:chap 9.
Review Date: 12/11/2011
Reviewed By: Nancy J. Rennert, MD, Chief of Endocrinology & Diabetes, Norwalk Hospital, Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.


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Shania Twain, What Are You WEARING?! + More ACM Awards Worst Dressed Stars
Shania Twain opted for s wacky black booted look at the Academy of Country Music Awards. Yikes! More worst dressed stars here!
-Lucia Peters
Alas, not everyone rocked the Academy of Country Music Awards red carpet as hard as our best dressed stars. These gals? Well, let's just say that they didn't quite make the cut. From Shania Twain to Kaley Cuoco, we think they could all use new stylists, stat!


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Fresh off a banner year in 2008, Berlin's Marcel Dettmann is sitting on top of the techno world. RA's Will Lynch chats to the DJ/producer about Berlin, Berghain and Hard Wax.
Legendary electronic hippies Future Sound of London will return this week for their first live show in nearly 11 years at Bloc Weekend. RA's David Stubbs talks to Brian Dougans to see what the group has been up to in the meantime.
RA takes a look into the Detroit DJ/producer's record bag to see what he's been using to beat down the floor.
Daniel Lyons is a self-professed slacker, yet he runs three quirky imprints that span house, techno and beyond in their limitless scope. RA's Todd L. Burns calls up Copenhagen to get to the bottom of things.
After weathering plagiarism accusations last year, Shlomi Aber has soldiered on the only way he knows how: By crafting addictively propulsive tech house that has soundtracked dance floors the world over. We talk to the Israeli producer about his tumultuous 2008—and what's coming up next.


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WATCH: Katy Perry teases single in new video
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Katy Perry may be leaving her "Teenage Dream" days behind her.
In a new video posted to her YouTube channel, the singer is shown dramatically lighting fire to the signature bright blue wig she became known for during the 2010 album's extensive tour.
The video is named "Burning Baby Blue," is being seen as Katy's signal to fans that she won't be taking the bubblegum pop route on her upcoming album Prism, out in October.
The video also confirms that her new single will be called "Roar," as previously rumored. It follows similar hints dropped by her longtime songwriting collaborator Bonnie McKee, who told "MTV" last month that the new album will sound "more grown up" and "mature."


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Violence is the only path in communism. There is a conflict of opposites. "There is conflict in the world. We live with that, and the strong survive," they say. Lenin says that Leninism has to have a violent component.
It is a slip of the tongue for Muslims to say "the timing of the slaughter is wrong." There can never be a right time for slaughter. It is talk and suggestion that convinces people. And that comes from science. Not with oppression and tanks and guns. This stems from the ferocity of the way of the Sufyan. Their aims in Turkey are normally of that kind. They imagined they could destroy Muslims en masse. The alleged terror organization Ergenekon will not just sit idly by, so we are carrying on. That is their logic. Whoever said "the timing is wrong" should issue a retraction.


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Women's Achievement Quiz
Quiz in Women's History
American women have been contributing in the professional fields as well as in the nurture of family and community from before our nation was founded until today.
Test yourself on how much you know about these wonderful women!
Women and Civil Rights
Q : She is primarily remembered as a founder of the Settlement House Movement and the first American Woman to receive the Nobel Peace Prize.
A : Jane Addams is portrayed as the selfless giver to the poor as well as a labor reformer to improve working conditions for children and women and was a founder of the NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People). She worked for Chicago municipal suffrage and became first vice-president of the National American Women suffrage Association in 1911. Meet Jane Addams in her autobiography, Twenty Years at Hull House.
Women in Science
Q : Female physicists who opened up and developed nuclear physics, despite prejudice against women in a traditionally male field, prejudice against their races, and the horror of world wars. Unfortunately, their colleagues received Noble prizes for their works. Name the two nuclear physicists.
A : After escaping from the Nazis, Dr. Lise Meitner (1878-1968) achieved nuclear fission, her most famous discovery. Because of the war, the discovery of fission led to the development of the nuclear bomb. Dr. Meitner did not work on the bomb, and she was careful to make that known in her interview with Eleanor Roosevelt after the war. She was a pioneer in nuclear fission, but it was Otto Hahn who was awarded the 1944 Nobel Prize in chemistry for the discovery.
Dr. Chien-Shiung Wu (1912-1997) developed better instruments to detect radiation in support of the US' secret development of the atomic bomb, and invented a method of separating two types of electrons emitted from the nuclei of radioactive atoms. In 1956, Wu had proved that the law of parity. After Wu's experiment was duplicated and its conclusion confirmed, her collaborators, Lee and Yang won the Nobel Prize for Physics. Wu herself was overlooked. Still, her colleagues knew the value of her work; and in the following years Wu did win a number of prestigious honors, including the National Academy of Sciences' Comstock Award (1964), and the National Medal of Science (1975). In 1973, she was elected President of the American Physical Society.
Q : Almost a century ago, she noticed the environmental problems associated with rapid urbanization. In She was the first woman admitted to a scientific school and 1873, MIT awarded her a Bachelor of Science. Unfortunately, she was never awarded the doctorate she earned. She remained an assistant at MIT and began teaching science to female schoolteachers at night. In a renovated MIT garage, she opened the world's first Science Laboratory for Women, where she began her study of ecology. Name the pioneer the field of sanitary engineering.
A : Ellen Swallow Richards, a 19th-century advocate for public sanitation and good health, is now recognized as the woman who created the fields of ecology and home economics. MIT finally recognized her with a bronze plaque, installed in 1914, in a hall of the chemistry building.
Q : People remember her as a silver screen actress, but many people
may not know is that she helped the United States win World War
II. Her invention became a key component of wireless data technology,
from cell phones to wireless networking systems.
A : On June 10, 1941, actress Hedy Lamarr (1913-2000) and composer George Antheil received a patent for their invention of a classified communication system that was especially useful for submarines. It was based on radio frequencies changed at irregular periods that were synchronized between the transmitter and receiver. While a message was being sent, both the transmitter and the receiver would simultaneously change radio frequencies according to a special code. At each end of the transmission, identical slotted paper rolls, similar to those used on player pianos, dictated the code according to their pattern of slots. Just as a player piano holds and changes notes at different intervals to make a melody, their invention held and changed radio frequencies to make an unbreakable code. Signals could be transmitted without being detected, deciphered or jammed.
Q : An artist specializing in plaster of Paris sculptures, she invented one of the most revolutionary substances in the history of the modern construction industry: a building material that is both indestructible and fireproof. Name the inventor.
A : Patricia Billings received a patent in 1997 for a fire resistant building material called Geobond, after nearly two decades of basement experiments. When added to a mixture of gypsum and concrete, it creates an amazingly fire resistant, indestructible plaster. Because Geobond® is non-toxic as well as indestructible and fireproof, it is also the world's first workable replacement for asbestos. She also created a new product, CraftCote to bring the Geobond® technology to the art world. She was the recipient of the Woman Making History Award in 1998.
Q : Do you know the inventor and entrepreneur of 'Liquid Paper'?
A : Inspired by painters Bette Nesmith Graham, an executive secretary, painted over her typographical errors. She started her business, using her kitchen blender she combined paint with other chemicals to develop and refine her product, "Mistake Out." In 1975, the renamed company, Liquid Paper, Inc., grew to an employment of 200 people, and 25 million bottles of Liquid Paper were sold in 31 countries. She played a major part in the design of the company plant, which included a library, a child-care center, and a greenbelt. After Graham retired from the company, the Bette Clair McMurray Foundation (her maiden name) was established to support women's welfare and also to generate more efforts in business and arts.
Women in Medicine
Q : She graduated at the top of her class at Geneva Medical College in 1847, becoming the first woman to graduate from an American medical school. (Previously, seventeen medical schools had rejected her on the basis of her gender.) With her sister, she founded the Women's Medical College in 1868. Who is the pioneer in preventive medicine and in the promotion of antisepsis and hygiene?
According to data from the American Association of Medical Colleges, women currently comprise 45% of the students in US medical schools.
A : Elizabeth Blackwell (1821-1910) earned a medical degree from Geneva Medical College (later Hobart and William Smith Colleges), in Geneva, New York, and later went on to set up a medical practice in New York. Her first practice was a small dispensary in the New York City tenement district. It opened in 1851. She formally opened the New York Infirmary for Indigent Women and Children, along with her sister, Emily Blackwell and Marie Zakrzewska in 1857 and became the first woman physician listed on the United Kingdom Medical Register in 1859. In 1868, Elizabeth and Emily Blackwell founded the Women's Medical College, associated with their New York Infirmary for Indigent Women and Children, with Elizabeth as professor of hygiene and Emily as professor of obstetrics and women's diseases; it remained operation until Cornell University began to accept women medical student in 1899.
Q: She delivered over 2,000 reportedly healthy infants and performed 5,000 surgeries with the aid of "twilight sleep," an anesthetic 'cocktail' she invented to ease the pain of childbirth.
A: Bertha Van Hoosen (1863-1952) was one of the first female doctors. She graduated from the University of Michigan and opened a private practice in Chicago in 1892. She founded the American Medical Women's Association in 1915. Learn how her agricultural background inspired her to be a surgeon in her autobiography Petticoat Surgeon.
Patriotic Women
Q : In April, 1777 a 16 year old girl rode on horseback across
40 miles of dark, unmarked roads to spread the alert the British
were burning the town of Danbury, Connecticut. Name this true American
A : Sybil Ludington rode her horse to alert the news of a British attack on Danbury, Connecticut where munitions and supplies for the entire region were stored. While her father, the noted New York militia officer Henry Ludington, organized the local militia, Sybil brought together the surrounding patriots to repel the British raid. Racing through the dark night over more than 40 miles of unfamiliar dirt roads, the 16-year-old girl spread the alarm to rouse the countryside against the attack. Although the Revolutionary War spawned many heroic deeds, Sybil Ludington is one of the few women recognized by historians. Sybil Ludington's courage and spirit in risking her life to warn fellow patriots on April 26, 1777, motivated the Women's Policies Committee of the NRA to establish the Women's Freedom Award in her honor.
Q : Taught by her famous brother Victorio, Lozen was a skilled reconnaissance scout and clever battle strategist, as well as a gifted medicine woman, seer and shaman. Along with Lozen, Dahteste was a trusted scout, messenger and mediator between her people and the U.S. Cavalry. Do you know the warriors' tribe?
A : The Apache , a Native American nation, teach their boys and girls the same skills, allowing the individuals to choose their own lifestyle. Girls who choose the warriors' paths are not scorned; neither are boys who choose a gentler life - they receive equal praise if they excel in their chosen direction.
Women in Law
Q: Even though she graduated third in her class at Stanford Law School in 1952, the only offer she received from a major law firm was for a secretarial position. Name the Court's 102nd justice and its first female member.
A: Sandra Day O'Connor was nominated to the Supreme Court on July 7, 1981. Justice O'Connor held the deciding vote for such controversial decisions as a constitutional right to abortion, state affirmative action, mental capacity standards for the death penalty, and school prayer. She has been a strong advocate of state autonomy and the development of the Establishment Clause jurisprudence. She was received the Women Making History Award in 1999.


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Research Development Office - Highlighted Publications
Osuri, et al. 2016. Seed size predicts community composition and carbon storage potential of tree communities in rain forest fragments in India's Western Ghats. J. Applied Ecol.
Agashe, et al. 2016. Large-effect beneficial synonymous mutations mediate rapid and parallel adaptation in a bacterium. Mol. Biol. Evol.
Köster, et al. 2016. Actomyosin dynamics drive local membrane component organization in an in vitro active composite layer. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci.


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Room 205--Youth: Grades 9 - 12
Well-planned programs for young people in grades 9 - 12 provide intense and thought-provoking studies of God's Word. This small group fellowship discusses issues of faith and discipleship that teens face in their Christian walk and development. A spirit of service is encouraged by regular visits to nursing homes, homeless shelters, and shut-ins. The Youth take part in regular worship services with prayer, music and special programs.


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By Xhanti Payi
One of the most difficult struggles being fought by those who wish to attract investment into Africa is to destroy the widely held belief that Africa is one big country. Africa in reality is a collection of widely diverse and exciting countries, with varying prospects and challenges.
So apart from the argument that an African Monetary Union (AMU) would be a bad idea if the example of the European Monetary Union is anything to go by, there is a case to be made that a monetary union may interrupt the fight against negative sentiment about Africa that is born out of this that arbitrary aggregate approach. With that said, the idea of an African Monetary Union is a product of history, and arguing against it requires understanding of its context. Read more


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Brent Vanni, L.L.Bean Product Developer: I'm here today to talk to you about the warmth-rating system we designed to help you choose the right outerwear for your needs.
The first number of our comfort ranges is based on a computer model simulating a person engaged in light activity, such as walking. The second number is based on a model simulating a person engaged in moderate activity, such as running or skiing. Because an active person generates more body heat, the same piece of outerwear will be comfortable at a lower temperature.
To generate the data for these computer models, we scientifically test all our insulated outerwear at Kansas State University's institute for environmental research, using a high-tech thermal mannequin.
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Last week we also saw some more solid performances between the pipes from our netminder. I love how a lot of media are putting forth the question, Dominik who? Marty Biron is no Hasek, no one else could be, but he sure is showing us what he is capable of doing.
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KingDog said
The Membership Terms of Usage don't necessarily prohibit a second account. However, if the second account is used to "game" the system, like buying and rating your own files, it would be against the membership terms.
That is exactly i posted in my 1st reply, Thanks for the confirmation
with vpn and other tunneling softwares, how is it possibles to be detected if someone is using multiple accounts?
waynegomez said
with vpn and other tunneling softwares, how is it possibles to be detected if someone is using multiple accounts?
It will be pretty obvious when the same few accounts are the only ones buying your items. Besides, you also have to fund the accounts, and they can see the same credit card or Paypal account funding all of the accounts.
What if:
1) I am freelancer AND
2) I sell exclusive item AND
3) I want to use item in my project
As I understand in this case I must buy my own item.
i think they changed this. you don't have to buy your own item to use it. read it recently, someone please confirm.
ichurakov said
What if:
Good question! I hope it's not necessarily to buy your own items anymore.
Pricop said
ichurakov saidGood question! I hope it's not necessarily to buy your own items anymore.
What if:
Even if it was necessary, who would be so stupid to actually do so? It are your files and there's no way to forbid someone to use their own stuff.
There are good reasons for having 2 accounts. To have both exclusive and and non-exclusive items that's the only way here.
Also there is an another case where it may need. If an author want to opt-in Extended License for one marketplace and opt-out on other (Envato) marketplaces, the staff's suggestion as of now is to have 2 different accounts.
So there is a possibility of 4 recommended accounts in case you need this way:
1. Exclusive + Extended
2. Exclusive + without Extended
3. Non Exclusive + Extended
4. Non Exclusive + without Extended
hehe, anyone interested?
I have asked this question few weeks ago. Support said it's ok. In my case I have this account and a collaboration account with another author…
Can I connect both accounts on the same payoneer card?


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ACT Canada is the internationally-recognized association driving payment evolution and digital identity. The IVIE Awards, celebrate innovation in payments and digital identity products and recognize the ingenuity of the winners and the value that implementations of emerging technologies bring to the market.
According to Gartner, "By 2019, 90% of new and refreshed user authentication deployments for small and midsize organizations will be delivered via cloud, up from less than 50% today."
Get the latest insights on trends, vendors and solutions.
Featuring analysis, strategic recommendations and success factors for the changing and competitive digital banking market – today and tomorrow.
Watch the webinar where Juniper Research and Gemalto present key insights on the digital transformation in banking with Cécile Eurendjian, BPS Marketing Director and Nitin Bhas, Head of Research at Juniper.
The promised potential of Internet of Things hinges a lot on IoT Security. As the leader in digital security, Gemalto is paving the way in the world of IoT Security.
We are pleased to present our readers with Gartner's Market Guide for IoT Security. The report brings key insights and recommendations on IoT endpoint and data security.
In this webinar hosted by Frost & Sullivan, Emmanuel Legros, Marketing Director for "On Demand Connectivity" at Gemalto, together with Jean-Noël Georges, Global Program Director, Research Manager at Frost & Sullivan and Sergio Cozzolino, Strategy & Innovation Dept - eSIM ecosystem Project at TIM will share their vision and talk about how eSIMs can boost the market and ensure an explosion in sales.
There's no doubt that over the coming years, the connected car will shake up the automotive ecosystem. Industry giants will have to rethink their business model, and take on a new role as mobility service providers.
Security concerns clearly undermine consumers' trust in connected car technology. To address these consumer concerns, as well as to protect their assets and support new business models, auto makers need to embed security into every aspect of their designs.
In a webinar hosted by Frost & Sullivan, Christine Caviglioli, VP automotive M2M at Gemalto. will share the company's vision.
Gemalto, has been recognized by Juniper Research, the respected industry analyst, as a key player in the global M2M sector. This leadership position is based on Gemalto's advanced capabilities and product offering for the industrial and consumer IoT markets, where Juniper predicts strong growth for eSIMs and remote subscription management platforms.
Positioning & Matrix ResultsSource: Juniper, July 2016
Carrier Billing Vendor Positioning Matrix 2016Source: Juniper, July 2016
Fraud Detection and Prevention (FDP) Vendor Positioning Matrix Source: Juniper, Online Payment Fraud, May 2016
Mobile and Online Ticketing Vendor MatrixSource: Juniper, Mobile and Online Ticketing, April 2016
Juniper commented that Gemalto is a digital payments and security specialist with nearly 10 years' experience.
NFC Vendor Positioning Matrix Source: Juniper Contactless Payment 2016-2020, March 2016
Juniper said "As a leading provider of UICCs, Gemalto has an extremely strong position where cellular M2M is concerned in the connected car space".
Connected Car Vendor Positioning Matrix Source: Juniper, Connected Cars, December 2015
Juniper said that in IoT Security: "Gemalto's portfolio of end-to-end security solutions helps in establishing a trust between the different networked elements and entities".
IoT Vendor Positioning Matrix Source: Juniper, Internet of Things 2015-2020, July 2015
Source: ABI Smart Card and Secure ICs Market Update, July 2015
Source: Juniper, M2M and Embedded Devices, June 2015
Source: Juniper Mobile Money Transfer & Remittances Vendor Matrix, June 2015
"Gemalto and HPS collaborate on a tokenization solution: HPS offers the core tokenization platform for account management, token vault and transaction management, and Gemalto offers the mobile gateway and cloud provisioning service. The SaaS service is managed by Gemalto in its secure data centers. Gemalto is the primary go-to-market brand, leveraging its global customer base in financial services and mobile industries."Source: Market Guide for Issuer Tokenization, 18 June 2015
Gemalto named among the top 5 players for Software monetization for the IoT
Gemalto acquired SafeNet in August 2014. The acquisition combines SafeNet's data protection and software monetization functionality with Gemalto's digital security, cloud data, software and transaction security.
As the IoT continues to evolve, flexible monetization solutions that leverage a broad ecosystem will be necessary. In light of its recent acquisition and in order to remain competitive in the LEM (license and entitlement management market), SafeNet (now Gemalto) must find the right balance of leveraging complementary parts of Gemalto, such as Gemalto M2M, while partnering with external third-party vendors to serve various industry use cases.
Source: Gartner License and Entitlement Management for 'Things' in the Internet of Things, May 2015
It has a ubiquitous TSM approach, able to provide support and management for hardware-based secure elements, HCE, and TEE, and can leverage its strong partnerships with MNOs, banks, and financial institutions to connect service providers with the relevant entities to help scale uptake.
Gemalto offers a TSM service,
considered the most successful TSM platform worldwide to date
Gemalto can support HCE via its TSM hub, in an agnostic approach, covering any market eventuality. Recently it expanded its TSM hub solution to support TEE, showing the vendor's understanding of the various differentiating needs of service providers.
Source: ABI competitive matrix for Payment, May 2015
« The Gemalto/HPS end-to-end service is integrated, modular, and agnostic of the consumer device. It will secure account credentials for payment applications in rich mobile operating systems, secure elements (embedded and SIM), and trusted execution environments (TEE). The service is available in hosted or on-premises models…
…The Hub has everything an issuer needs to provision data for payment applications to any type of mobile device used by their cardholders
SIM, eSE, TEE, or Host Card Emulation (HCE). The Hub also offers a software development kit that lets issuers customize payment apps to receive and
manage tokens. »
Source: Payment and Banking Card Technologies, May 2015
Source: ABI Smart Card Overview, March 2015
Gemalto adds tokenization options to Trusted Services Hub: After spending the better part of 2014 dismissing HCE as an inferior approach to mobile payments, it seems the digital security giant has experienced a change of heart. Gemalto has bolstered its Allynis Trusted Services Hub to enable tokenized payments, which now supports HCE. As interest in hardware based mobile payment deployments subsides, players like Gemalto have to meet their clients where they're at by subscribing to a software approach.
Source: Yankee Group – 451 Research, March 2015
First position within ABI Research's transportation and ticketing card vendor matrix was awarded to Gemalto. Gemalto impressed across the board scoring highly within both the implementation and innovation categories, through its broad product portfolio, expansive global reach and penetration, market share positioning and innovative multi-application product lines. Gemalto additionally impressed through its range of NFC products and solutions which includes physical hardware products alongside TSM capabilities.
Gemalto has been awarded 1st position within ABI Research's transportation and ticketing card vendor matrix. Its strong product portfolio, protocol support, market share positioning and NFC readiness and support were all important factors within Gemalto's overriding first position ranking. Gemalto has quickly moved to establish itself in a leading position within the NFC market. Combining this with an already strong market presence will present Gemalto the ability to target its existing client base with mobile ticketing enablement on top of green field opportunities.
Gemalto has quickly moved to establish itself in a leading position within the NFC market. Combining this with an already strong market presence will present Gemalto the ability to target its existing client base with mobile ticketing enablement on top of green field opportunities.
Source: ABI matrix for Transportation and Ticketing Card, March 2015
Source: Juniper Mobile Online Ticketing vendor Matrix, March 2015
Gemalto ranked in the Top 7 players to watch
Gemalto is a leading provider of enterprise user authentication solutions. Its Protiva IDConfirm 1000 product's strong capabilities enable tier-1 telcos to authenticate their employees' identities for access to enterprise resources. Gemalto's Mobile ID solution, provided by acquired asset Valimo, has been used extensively by a number of telcos to authenticate and provide simple access to online services. The vendor continues to strengthen its position in telco IDM, working with the GSM Association (GSMA) to realize the notion of telcos becoming mobile identity service providers. Potentially, the release of its cloud-based Mobile Identity platform could transform the vendor's position within the telecoms industry.
Source: Ovum Decision Matrix: Selecting an Identity Management Solution for the Telecoms Industry – October 2014
Gemalto is the leading provider of TSM services. It has invested in its own data centers, which allow it to host and manage TSM services for clients rather than requiring them to invest to build their own data centers. In addition, Gemalto provides its TSM platform to customers' clients, allowing them to utilize it in house, as a white-label offering. Gemalto has taken a broad approach, and although its focus is predominantly around access to physical secure elements (specifically its SWP SIM cards), it is also able to address what it sees as a potential market for cloud-based secure elements.
As of autumn 2013, Gemalto was promoting its "TSM Hub," which is based upon a centralized TSM architecture into which multiple SPs and TSMs can connect. Its aim is to simplify TSM implementations, reduce CAPEX costs, improve time to market, and reduce the level of management of the MNO-SP relationship.
Source: ABI, TSM Strategies and Business Model, September 2014
Juniper Research published its forecast of the Mobile and Online Banking markets across both developing and developed markets. The report also analyses and ranks the various technology players that service providers should consider when firming their strategies and rolling out their offerings.
Gemalto's ranking in the most coveted position in the matrix is of high importance, given that this report will be referred to and referenced by potential customers as well as industry commentators and media.
Juniper specifically highlighted Gemalto's industry-wide relationships and partnerships as well as the breadth of the portfolio across Ezio Server, Ezio Mobile SDK,LinqUs Mobile wallet and TSM and Netsize mobile payments solutions.
Source: Juniper, July 2014, Mobile banking and Online Banking
Gemalto has been ranked first in ABI Research's latest competitive assessment of leading suppliers for government and healthcare electronic documents such as smart card and passport, as well as associated solutions and services.
"Gemalto continues to innovate at the forefront of the ID market," said Phil Sealy, senior analyst at ABI Research. "In line with future market trends, the company is placing the emphasis on eGovernment enablement regardless of the device used by citizens – computers, smartphones, tablets and more."
Source: ABI, July 2014, Government and Healthcare & Identity markets report
supported by its extensive international presence and selection for TSM projects such as Singapore IDA and ISIS. Not only does Gemalto have a strong involvement in NFC payments projects, but
its smartcard and NFC ticketing capability and worldwide reach gives it a commanding position in the market and its portfolio has been significantly enhanced through its acquisition of Ericsson IPX.
Source: Juniper, April 2014, Contactless Mobile Payments NFC, iWallet & Host Card Emulation 2014-2018
Its competitive advantages include its global presence, mature solutions for banks and CSPs, and focus on security and NFC services.
Thus, it is a strong candidate for companies with global scale, interest in NFC, and razor-sharp focus on reliability and security.
Source: Gartner, March 2014, Competitive Landscape: Mobile Wallet Solution Providers, 2014
Source: Juniper, March 2014, Releases Mobile Payments for Physical & Digital goods
"Frost & Sullivan was looking for a company that not only had
a vision for a high-quality total customer experience, but used those insights to achieve growth above the industry average," commented David Frigstad, chairman of Frost & Sullivan. "Our market analysis of the Border Control and Biometrics sector highlights
Gemalto's expertise in delivering end-to-end solutions that meet the combined needs of securing borders and simplifying travel procedures at land, sea and airport check points."
Source: Frost & Sullivan, March 2014
The Gartner Magic Quadrant is a graphical representation of how Gartner positions authentication vendors in the marketplace, following its research each year. Gartner categorizes the vendors in the "niche players," "visionaries," "challengers" or "leaders" quadrant. A company's ability to execute and completeness of vision affect their position inside each quadrant.
Gemalto is once again positioned as a leader in Gartner Magic Quadrant for User Authentication. Every year, Gartner, Inc. performs an independent, in-depth analysis of vendors in the user authentication marketplace.
According to Gartner, leaders in this Magic Quadrant are vendors with a solid track record and, typically, a significant presence in the market. They have a clearly articulated vision that is in line with the market trends, and their vision is typically backed by solid technical innovation, as well as an understanding of the challenges and opportunities presented by the Nexus of Forces. Leaders' business strategies and execution are very sound. Vendors in this quadrant can provide a strong solution for enterprises in different vertical industries across one or many use cases, typically including emerging needs pertaining to cloud and mobile. *According to Gartner, by year-end 2016, about 30% of enterprises will choose cloud-based services as the delivery option for new or refreshed user authentication implementations – up from about 10% today. *
Download your copy of Gartner's Magic Quadrant for User Authentication
Source: Gartner (December 2013) **
* Gartner, Magic Quadrant for User Authentication, Ant Allan, 09 December 2013** This graphic was published by Gartner, Inc. as part of a larger research document and should be evaluated in the context of the entire document. The Gartner document is available upon request from Gemalto. Gartner does not endorse any vendor, product or service depicted in its research publications, and does not advise technology users to select only those vendors with the highest ratings. Gartner research publications consist of the opinions of Gartner's research organization and should not be construed as statements of fact. Gartner disclaims all warranties, expressed or implied, with respect to this research, including any warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.
According to Naomi Lurie, Marketing Director, Mobile Financial Service, from Gemalto, adoption rates of mobile financial services are growing rapidly:
Source: Juniper interviewed Naomi Lurie, Marketing Director, Mobile Financial Service, Gemalto, November 2012
In this recent report Gartner analyst, Bettina Tratz-Ryan, look into how the increased population density complicates the task of adjusting city infrastructure according to population growth.
Their recommendation is that "IT leaders should look to Smart City as an innovative and comprehensive framework that uses Information & Communication Technology to generate a sustainable, contextualized and more citizen-centered service environment".
The publication develops a notion of an "E-Conomics" domain, where "the entire architecture is embedded in a transactional, billing or brokering domain that will create revenue-bearing models from this information flow and exchange".
E-Conomics: Apple, Atos, Automatic Data Processing, eBay, E-Chex, Gemalto, Google, Microsoft, PayPal
Source: Gartner - Innovation Insight: Smart City Aligns Technology Innovation and Citizen InclusionPublished: 20 December 2012 by Bettina Tratz-Ryan
Trusted service managers (TSMs) will see increasing numbers of contract awards but will wait until at least 2015 to see meaningful revenue as secure Near Field Communication (NFC) services. The top five TSM providers will account for 80% of the market in 2015 calculated by the number of secure elements and card accounts managed.
Gemalto is recognized in this Gartner report as an example TSM providers
Source: Gartner - Competitive Landscape: Trusted Service Managers for NFC Services, 2012Published: 18 October 2012 by Sandy Shen
In Singapore, the Near Field Communication (NFC) call for cross-industry collaboration starts to address the concerns of infrastructure and economies of scale.
The Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore's (IDA) initialized the NFC Call for Collaboration in 2011 and adopted one trusted service manager (TSM) model. The consortium, which is led by the IDA, is composed of Citibank, DBS and EZ-Link, as well as three local mobile operators: M1, SingTel and StarHub.
Gemalto is mentioned in this Gartner report as the sole TSM provider for Singapore
Source: Gartner, Mobile NFC Payments Demand Much More Than Cross-Industry Collaboration
Published: 22 January 2013 by Ethan Wang, Christophe Uzureau
Using the technology and platform supplied by Valimo Wireless, Elisa allows mobile phone users to:
The solution combines strong security and ease of use, while also meeting regulatory requirements.
The Gemalto-Valimo mobile certificate solution has enabled introduction of new services, such as Elisa Wallet .
IDC believes that Gemalto is in a very strong position to capitalize on market trends, government and industry compliance demands with its secure identity solutions.
Source: Buyer Case Study: Elisa Oyj Secures Mobile Transactions and Enhances Customer Confidence via Gemalto PKI for Mobile IDPublished: Jan 2013 by Sally Hudson
Gemalto claimed first position within ABI Research's smart card government, healthcare and citizen ID vendor matrix. Scoring extremely highly within all criteria, Gemalto has demonstrated a focus on the government ID market, which is boosted by an excellent global reach and market share, along with a willingness to really push the boundaries within its multi-application and e-government service solutions.
Source: Government and Healthcare Smart Cards and ICS, Competitive AnalysisPublished: 2012
Gemalto continued its dominance in the payments card industry, achieving 33.3% overall market share for 2011 payment card shipments. When compared to 2010, Gemalto actually lost 2.1% in share, but maintained the top spot with an overall increase in shipments (from 2010) of 23%. Gemalto already has a good foothold within the U.S., supplying banks and financial institutions with mag-stripe cards. Gemalto should be focused on maintaining and growing business within the U.S. to give them the highest possibility of contract wins once US EMV migration begins on a national scale.
Source: Payment cards, point of sale, and mobile card readersPublished: 2012
Gemalto expanded its solutions portfolio significantly in 2010 through the acquisition of Trivnet, a mobile payment vendor. This mobile payment technology forms the core of the company's mobile money solutions that are targeted at emerging markets. The mobile money offering is complemented by a range of software and services that position Gemalto as an end-to-end solution provider for mobile financial services in both developed and emerging markets. The portfolio also includes Mobile NFC and Trusted Service Manager (TSM) services, mobile payments, mobile international remittance and secure mobile banking solutions.
Source: Mobile Money in Emerging Markets Published: Second Edition, 2012 by Lars Kurkinen


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But wait, there's more . . .
Mea culpa. Mea maxima culpa.
After writing my last entry, I went to bed thinking that I had forgotten to mention someone. And as I have been reminded in many of the posts in the last entry, I did — possibly the biggest FUD-meister of them all.
Rob Enderle.
So here's his nomination:
Rob Enderle: As one of the Four Horsemen of the FUD-pocalypse, Rob Enderle seems to have never missed an opportunity to malign GNU/Linux in the years that he's been a self-proclaimed "one of the most recognized commentators on tech" heading The Enderle Group (which I am told, but can't confirm, may only consists of Mr. and Mrs. Enderle). As of late, his efforts to provide "a unique perspective on personal technology products and trends" (the Enderle Group's raison d'etre, although it's a mystery why ". . . while spoon-feeding the public Microsoft's propaganda because we're Redmond's lap dog" is not part of that, truth-in-advertising laws being what they are . . . ) have given us such gems as "Open Source if Losing its Momentum" (after talking with non-FOSS software executives, and you would expect them to say, "Oh absolutely — FOSS is completely kicking our ass," right Rob?), and (paraphrasing) "monopolies make the best business sense" — yeah, for fascist dictatorships, Rob. And never mind that Rob thinks you're a communist and a terrorist for being a GNU/Linux user.
[In fairness, there is one other nomination that was received in an LXer.com forum thanks to a poster named dinotrac, and that would be . . . .]
Larry Cafiero: This print journalist whose career spans three decades over two continents saw the FOSS light last year, and has taken up evangelizing for software choice and against software and hardware hegemony, whether it's Redmond's or Cupertino's. He plans to publish Open Source and Free Software Reporter, a bimonthly print magazine, in January while currently maintaining Open Source Reporter and this blog. While characteristically avoiding the chore of rearranging his living room so three iMacs (with different distros) aren't taking up space on a coffee table, he came up with The Elmers — an award for those spreading disinformation and misinformation about FOSS. However, this newby GNU/Linux evangelist had the unmitigated audacity, in the eyes of one LXer.com forum denizen, to "imply" that .Net won't run on GNU/Linux. In his defense, he would like to take that back, but ask "why anyone would . . .?," hoping that answer is forthcoming.
[However, how ethical would it be to win an award that I proposed? Not very, so I cannot accept dinotrac's nomination, but not without thanks and a tip of the hat to the one making this nomination.]
Further nominations will still be accepted . . .
(Larry Cafiero, editor/publisher of Open Source Reporter, is an associate member of the Free Software Foundation.)
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I am due in mid-august with #2, my family is from North America but my husband and I live in Australia with his family. We frequently fly to see my parents as much as we can, as they live in california and they have seen our first daughter who is 18 months about 5 times since she was born which we find fair enough given the distance. BUT this has always been because we fly to go see them.
They have never been happy about my decision to go to Australia with hubby, never supported me in anything with him, and so far taking Emma to the states really seems generous to me since they don't make much effort on their part to see her. We never have had any conflict really with my family, we don't fight about how they don't agree with me, or don't like DH, we just go on about our business and pretend it's not a problem.
Well now, i guess it's all coming to an ugly head because I am pregnant with #2 and my sister is pregnant with #3 (due in October) and we offered to buy my parents full tickets to come to Australia so my mom can be there when baby is born (we bought tickets for around August 10th-September 15th) since she missed out on Emma's. Except now that we offered I am getting hate mail from my sister that I am trying to take away my mother and the attention of her baby so that I can have attention which i don't deserve. My mom accepted the offer, then turned it down after we had already bought the plane tickets for them. She said that she didn't think it was fair that she would be close to missing sisters birth so she needs to stay in California and would like to make trip in the summer time(December or so is summer for us here). I am feeling like a total loser doing this because thats about 2500 down the drain. DH (dear husband) is just saying "Well, told ya so...give the tickets to someone else if you can." We already sent them the emails for their itinerary and everything, they know that I bought them. I should have known better, but now i have no idea what to do.
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Cell Phone Photography II Exhibition
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The Texas Photographic Society's Cell Phone Contest II catalog of accepted entries. For this competition, entrants were only allowed to use cell phone cameras, photo editing software that shipped with their phones, and photo-related apps. The contest was juried by Dan Burkholder, "There is no, one 'cell phone look' that I was favoring in this contest. Things like a delightful visual ambiguity, a photo that made the eye linger, a willingness to make the "I have a camera with me!" revelation obvious — these all counted in a big way. Sometimes an image was selected because of the spontaneity, sometimes because the maker used a creative (and appropriate) selection of apps to modify the original capture. And sometimes it was an inviting photo of a dog or cat. As you can see, there isn't a solid formula in cell phone photography any more than there is in generic photography. As Ansel once said, "there are no rules for good photographs; there are only good photographs."
The contest winners were:
First Place: Karen Diven (Boulder, CO) The Leg
Second Place: Deena Feinberg (Rheinbeck, NY) Mom & Her Boy
Third Place: Gail Samuelson (Sherborn, MA) Garden Ferns
The following received honorable mentions:
Theresa Airey (Monkton, MD) Secret Garden
Colleen Drew (Highland Village, TX) Pink Tulip
Sharon Shero (Dallas, TX) The Voyeur
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The Texas Photographic Society, founded in 1985, is a nonprofit organization of amateur and professional photographers dedicated to supporting contemporary photography as a means for creative expression and cultural insight. TPS focuses on furthering the educational and artistic development of its members while involving the community at large by sponsoring exhibitions, publications, workshops and outreach programs. TPS boasts over 1,200 active members from 48 states, and D.C, and 12 countries. While Texas based, over half the membership resides outside the state. TPS exhibits have been shown in California, Florida, New York and throughout Europe. The Board of Directors, now 41 strong, includes: educators, authors, curators, gallery owners, fine art and commercial photographers and other interested professionals. Many notable figures in the photographic arts come to Texas to exhibit at TPS events, host workshops, or juror TPS exhibitions.
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Arts & Culture
Lucky ThirteenBy Sadie Stein
My apartment building on Manhattan's Upper West Side is of the standard prewar varietal, with the faint chicken-soup-in-the-stairwell smell familiar to any New Yorker and an elevator that goes up to fourteen. And by fourteen, I mean, of course, thirteen. In this respect it is standard too; the elevator, made by Otis (I paused to double-check as I was writing this), indulges our collective superstition and forces those on the top floor to live a peculiar quotidian fiction.
In taller buildings, of course, everyone above twelve is technically living a lie, albeit of the white sort. This is a bit of magical thinking that never fails to delight me on even the darkest day. Read More


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Tens of thousands of people are petitioning to have 2SM radio host John Laws educated on how to speak with sexual abuse victims on air.
Campaign representatives from GetUp! and Destroy the Joint presented 2SM with a petition on Friday bearing more than 38,000 signatures from people concerned that Laws had asked on-air if a woman had been "provocative" when she was sexually abused as a child.
During Laws' interview the woman said her mother believed the abuse was her fault and Laws subsequently asked: "Was it in any way your fault? ... you weren't provocative?"
More than a dozen protesters and one police officer waited outside the 2SM offices on Friday morning during Mr Laws' show, before an employee identifying herself by saying, "I work for John Laws," accepted the petition.
She said she was "fine" with the petition's request to have Mr Laws educated on-air about why his remarks about sexual abuse were damaging, but told protesters they would have to apply for an interview formally via the 2SM website.
John Laws acknowledged the protesters outside the 2SM offices on Friday's show.
"So why are there protesters outside the building?" he asked.
"Well, because you've got a few self-appointed moral arbiters like GetUp! - which ought be called 'shut up' - and Destroy the Joint. Charming. Aren't they clever little groups. They operate within the shadows of the internet. They're constantly searching for reasons to be offended."
Mr Laws reiterated that the woman had told him she was not offended by his line of questioning during the interview on March 19.
"If anybody took offence at the way I framed the questions, then of course I'm sorry, and I've already said I'm sorry," he said.
Mr Laws also said the reaction to the interview "defies belief".
GetUp! campaign director Erin McCallum said "people like John Laws are perpetuating the culture of victim-blaming that's really damaging to the millions of Australians who have survived sexual assault and rape".
"We're giving Mr Laws a chance to redeem himself."
The petition is asking Mr Laws to apologise for perpetuating victim-blaming and requests that he and other 2SM staff be educated by speaking on-air with Dr Cathy Kezelman, a sexual abuse victim and president of the group Adults Surviving Child Abuse.
"It's not just about educating Mr Laws, but also other people who have these attitudes," Dr Kezelman said.
"It's not OK to blame victims for their own assaults. Perpetrators are responsible and need to be brought to justice."
The interview, which aired on March 19, ignited fierce debate, with many people offended by Mr Laws' questioning.
More than 10,000 members of GetUp! and Destroy the Joint have written to 2SM with their complaints, while the Morning Show's Facebook page has received more than 700 comments about the interview.
At the time, Mr Laws stood by his comments and said the woman was not offended by the interview.
However, three days after the segment, the woman posted a comment on the radio station's Facebook page saying that while "the conversation did not offend me, I would hope you word your questioning more carefully in the future when speaking with victims of child abuse … You were lucky it was me you said those unfair comments to and it was not someone more fragile."
Mr Laws has been contacted for comment.


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The rumors continue to swirl that the New York Jets are weighing their options on what to do with quarterback Mark Sanchez . Peter King of Sports Illustrated said he "wouldn't be remotely surprised if the Jets traded [Sanchez] for a low-round draft pick or cut him before Week 1." As has been discussed, the problem in moving on for the Jets is Sanchez's contract. Brian Costello of the New York Post thinks the Jets could agree to pay a large portion of his salary, which includes $8.75 million guaranteed.
Fantasy Analysis:
The Jets made the dumbest mistake for their franchise when they locked up Sanchez with a five-year deal worth $58.25 million and $20.5 million guaranteed. You may think, well, he probably signed that deal a couple seasons ago, right? No. Sanchez signed the bottom line in March 2012. There's no good reason to stick with him any longer. David Garrard , if healthy, can perform just as well and Smith is the future. Why waste time and money by sticking with Sanchez for yet another wasted season? This team really needs to turn over a new leaf. Fantasy owners should stay away from this offense, unless they can grab Chris Ivory.


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Gearing up for my First every "Western Big Game" hunt. It's an early season Archery Colorado "opportunity hunt" for Elk in the High Country around Crested Butte Unit 55. Also, there is a slim chance that I could draw for a Limited Draw Mule Deer Non-Resident Archery Tag.
It's not a DIY hunt but I am hunting with a friend of mine who works for a local Outfitter. Staying in a lodge of some kind and hiking out daily.
I would appreciate ANY advise on gear and accessories. Like: backpack, water containers, clothing, and misc items.
Note: on clothing; I've been researching Sitka, kuiu, and some other brand in similar price range. MAIN issue or gripe is I cant order complete "layering" system of either because some random item is sold out!! - frustrating. Surely someone can suggest some type of mix match system of layering?


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On Drugs
Free of One's Melancholy SelfBy Angela Serratore
When Jordan Belfort—played by Leonardo DiCaprio in a truly masterful moment of full-body acting—wrenches himself from the steps of a country club into a white Lamborghini that he drives to his mansion, moviegoers, having already watched some two hours of Martin Scorsese's The Wolf of Wall Street, are meant to be horrified. His addiction to quaaludes (and money, and cocaine, and sex, and giving motivational speeches) has rendered him not just a metaphorical monster but a literal one. He lunges at his pregnant wife and his best friend, played by Jonah Hill, and equally high; he smashes everything in his path, both with his body and with the aforementioned Ferrari. He gurgles and drools and mangles even monosyllabic words. He's Frankenstein in a polo shirt.
But what of the movie's glossier scenes? The one where Belfort and his paramour engage in oral sex while speeding down a highway? Where he and his friends and colleagues are on boats and planes and at pool parties totally free of the inhibitions that keep most of us adhering to the laws of common decency? What about the parts that look fun?
Everyone I spoke to post-Wolf (at least, everyone who liked it) rapturously praised Terence Winter's absurd dialogue, DiCaprio's magnetism, Scorsese's eye for beautiful grotesquerie. Most of them also included a half-whispered, wide-eyed aside: What exactly are quaaludes, and where can we get some? Read More


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School report cards released for Oregon
Oregon Deputy Superintendent Rob Saxton released the newly redesigned report cards for Oregon's K-12 public schools and districts. Oregon first released school and district report cards in 2000, and while there have been small changes to the reports over the years, today's release represents the largest redesign since the report cards' inception. The redesign is the product of a broad-based effort which gathered feedback from parents, community members, educators, and stakeholders from around the state on the key elements, layout, and focus of the report cards.
"These report cards are designed to provide parents and community members with important information about their schools and districts, and it was essential that the audience for these reports had a strong voice in their redesign," said Deputy Superintendent Rob Saxton. "Our education system is changing, our schools are changing, and we needed these report cards to change as well to better tell our schools' stories and to provide parents and community members with critical information on student and school performance. I want to thank everyone who engaged in this redesign process, and I hope to continue to hear from our broader community as we further refine and improve these report cards in the years to come."
One of the goals of the redesign was to make the report cards more visual, user-friendly, and relevant. For the first time, the reports are in color and include a number of new features designed to better describe each school or district.
The new school and district report cards include:
• A letter from the principal/superintendent
• An enhanced school/district profile with demographic charts
• Two overall ratings – one which compares the school to all others in the state; one which compares the school to other schools with similar student demographics
• Student performance over time
• Outcomes by student group
• Information on the curriculum and learning environment
• For high schools data includes graduation, completer, and dropout rates, percent of freshmen on track to graduate, and percent of students going on to college
The Redesign Process
Last fall, a 17-member Report Card Steering Committee was convened to make recommendations on the design, content, and rating methodology of the new report cards. Goals for the redesign included aligning the report cards with district achievement compacts, more accurately reflecting student learning and growth, and incorporating important measures of college and career readiness necessary to move the state toward its 40/40/20 goal. The redesign was undertaken as part of the larger accountability systems change precipitated by Oregon's federal ESEA flexibility waiver.
The Report Card Steering Committee gathered feedback on the redesign from over 130 parents, teachers, and administrators around the state via in-person focus groups. In addition, online surveys gathered over 2,000 responses from around the state. This community outreach was made possible through the support of the Governor's Office and funding from the Oregon Community Foundation. The State Board of Education adopted the newly redesigned report cards this spring.
How Schools Are Rated
As part of our federal waiver application, Oregon developed a new accountability system with a much greater focus on student learning and growth. This new system uses multiple measures to rate schools. For high schools these measures include academic achievement, academic growth, subgroup growth, graduation rates, and subgroup graduation. For elementary and middle schools the first three measures are used. Schools receive an overall rating of Level 1 through 5 based on how well they are doing in each of these areas. Level 1 schools represent the bottom 5% of schools. Level 2 schools represent the next lowest 10%. Level 3 makes up the next 30% of schools. Level 4 represents the largest share of schools, those that fall between 44% and 90% of schools. Level 5 represents the top 10%.
For the report cards, schools also receive a rating that compares them to "like" schools - other schools with similar student demographics including percent poverty, mobility, students of color, and English learners. Schools are rated as below average, about average, or above average as compared to similar schools. This provides parents and community members with another perspective on achievement at the school.
In addition to the main report cards which are distributed to parents by local school districts, further information is available online. The Oregon Department of Education (ODE) creates a detail report that provides more information on the various rating components and the Chalkboard Project is hosting an interactive online version of the report cards which will be available on the Open Books Project website starting in November.
Focus, Priority, and Model Schools
In order to provide support to the schools that need it most, last year ODE identified a list of Focus and Priority schools using our new accountability model. Identification of these schools was part of our state's federal flexibility waiver. These schools were the lowest performing, high poverty (Title I) schools in the state last year and have been receiving additional supports, interventions, and funding to increase student success. As outlined in the waiver, these schools will receive supports for a total of four years and new Focus and Priority schools will not be identified until these schools have exited the program in 2015. However, last year we also released a list of Model schools - high poverty schools that have been identified as examples of successful student outcomes. These schools serve as models and mentors to other schools around the state. Unlike the Focus and Priority schools which are designated for four years, the Model school designation is done annually. This year, 27 schools were identified as Model schools. 12 of these schools were on the Model schools list last year.
An FAQ on changes to the School and District Report Card is available at: http://www.ode.state.or.us/data/reportcard/docs/report-card-faq.pdf
School and district report cards are available on the Department's website at: http://www.ode.state.or.us/data/reportcard/reports.aspx