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SOMEWHERE -- Oakley Customer Care is impossible to reach and if you do speak to an agent from Oakley their only solution to warranty claims is to offer a discount towards the purchase of Oakley products. I waited on hold for 1 hour and 40 minutes today before hanging up with no resolution to a warranty claim made one month ago and with no other response having yet been received. If you have Oakley Sunglasses and have a problem just throw them in the trash rather than experience the frustration of trying to make contact and then receive a reasonable offer of solution.
I purchased Oakley Sunglasses with the iridium finish and have found out (according to Oakley) that the iridium breaks down from contact with your skin. I was offered a discount applied against the same lens with anticipation of the same problem reoccurring. There should be a law against companies behaving like this!
FORT MYERS, FLORIDA -- I purchased a watch direct from Oakley. I need a replacement band and have contacted the Warranty Dept. The watch band is only used on this watch. They now state they do not have and will not service the watch. This is a three hundred dollar watch from a major manufacturer. From talking with many who have purchased Oakley watches in forums, this is their business model. There is no reason for them not to run off enough bands to cover the units they sold. Oakley has sold me thousands over the years but no more. I have posted the same in every forum I could find. And will warn anyone thinking of being scammed by Oakley in this manner.
FOOTHILL RANCH, INDIANA -- I purchased a pair of Oakley Jury sunglasses while on vacation in Disneyworld (Orlando, Florida). I was in the Downtown Disney area and stopped in the Sunglass Hut store to browse. The sales associate convince me to buy the Oakley Jury glasses on ONE selling point alone - the plastic hinge mechanism that holds the arm to the front would "give" first and break before the frames were damaged if anything were to put pressure on the glasses - i.e. sitting on them, stretching them, etc. I purchased them for somewhere around $250. A few weeks ago the plastic just snapped in half after simply putting them on - plastic fatigue in my opinion.
After emailing back and forth with Oakley, the bottom line is that Oakley never intended to make these replacement parts on the aftermarket. The only solution EVER was to buy a new frame. WHY WOULD THEY DO THAT?!?!?! These are aircraft grade aluminum frames that I love wearing. Oakley's response was simply to give me a 35% discount on a new pair. Why should I have to do that? I didn't break them. I was sold on the replacement factor.
I feel like they used the bait-and-switch to sell these. I have no options but to come to online forums and let others know. I've owned Oakley glasses since 1988 but I'm afraid I'm done with their brand over a simple matter of a $3 plastic part.
FOOTHILL RANCH, CALIFORNIA -- Hi people. I used to work for Oakley inc a couple year ago. When I started working they told me a pretty sounding story that the work was easy and stress free. After a couple of months we started working Monday thru Sunday. We work like for a whole month without any day off. The people that work on the office only work Monday through Friday and us. I felt like a slave and if I complain the only thing they told me "if you don't like it there is the door."
I was can off scared but I had no choice I needed work and money. Is there any law that can help out all those manufacturing workers from over working or is slavery back again? Can someone help us out or are we stuck here till deaf does us apart.
My 5 year old daughter is rough on her $5 pair of sunglasses. It's amazing the glasses make it through a week... let alone a year or two. Thirteen months ago I purchased a prescription pair of Oakley sunglasses... total retail = $560... 13 months later, an arm falls off. The warranty is out after 12 months. These glasses have been well cared for. For $110, the dealer will replace the frame. I expected Oakley to stand by their Brand Name better than that... But hey, we are only consumers and we should understand that it is only a 12 month warranty. Please do not buy this brand.
FOOTHILL RANCH, CALIFORNIA -- Cheap product, horrible company, horrible people. As an employee of Oakley, I have to comment on this awful company. The product is cheap, yet twice as expensive as what you get for similar brand names with the same quality. The employees at the Foothill Ranch location walk around like their ** don't stink, and they are hourly. You can read all the blogs regarding their want to be military products by real servicemen who complain continuously about how the boots fall apart in only 3 months.
I would advise everyone to do their research before they fork out money to buy their cheap products. Don't be a walking advertisement for them, and don't buy into the hype. They claim to listen to the customers, to the employees, and the market. They don't. They only care about what they think looks cool and some people are willing to sacrifice quality and comfort just to wear Oakley. I read some of the comments, and some people were praising the product despite complaints it poked them!!
Read the blogs before you buy! There are lots of people who dislike the product, the customer service, and the general disregard from a company who pretty much represents a big sphincter. And this is coming from an employee who works there.
After having my new Oakley sunglasses for a month I found a defect in the right ear piece and called Oakley and was given a warranty repair number and sent the sunglasses in for repair. After I had sent them in I inquired about changing the lenses and requested they return my light grey lenses. After over a month with very limited communication from the service center I received them back with the new lenses but they did not return the grey lenses. After contacting them through email they looked into it and the tech said they were returned with my glasses. Lie.
After emailing back and forth I was offered a chance to buy the lenses at a reduced rate and free shipping. I replied they already owe me my original warm grey lenses and that it I would not accept their offer. SO I am out 40 dollars for the lenses they kept. The service is very slow if you have warranty issues and they lie and they do not communicate with their customers as the repair is made to let them know how long it takes to make the repair. Bottom line: Do not buy from Oakley. If I had a way to return all that I had bought I would. But without the lenses I do not have everything I have bought.
I recently bought a pair of metal frame glasses from Oakley for 180 dollars. After wearing them for a week my girlfriend noticed that the nose piece was bent. Don't think I did anything wrong. I assumed that I got a faulty frame. Oakley refused to change out my frame. They then charged me 50 dollars to replace the frame. When the glasses came back two weeks latter the frame they sent me was broken and the screws were loose. When I called about this problem and asked for my warranty money back they told me to pay to ship it to them again so they could see how it was broken before they would do anything about it.
Still no glasses and still no refund. They don't stand behind their products and their glasses are overpriced and of poor quality.
MICHIGAN -- I have recently purchased Oakley ski goggles, an extra lens, and a backpack to which all became defective. The goggles have a two lens seal and the lens was crooked inside of the goggle, which was barley noticeable at first, next, the second lens that I purchased for night time skiing had the seal put right over where it connects to the goggles, making it unable to snap on to the goggle.
And lastly I purchased a backpack not long ago, but since the small warranty is up they refuse to do anything about my zipper HANDLE that broke off, making efficient use of the backpack extremely hard. Out of these three products that I have purchased, all were defective! Oakley is cool, but make sure that you aren't buying a useless piece of crap.
FOOHILL RANCH, CALIFORNIA -- I am informing everyone about a problem I have encountered with Oakley.com. In October 1997, I bought an Oakley backpack from a Oakley retailer, paying full price. Color black. Back in April 2000, I had contacted Oakley that my backpack stitching was coming undone and color was fading away. Oakley customer services, said "send us the backpack and we will fix it." They said the product was guaranteed for a lifetime. They fixed the pack and I was left feeling happy again after they fix it for me.
Now in October of 2006, I had a different issue with Oakley. This time when I called Oakley I said my backpack zippers were broken as they needed to be repaired, Oakley customer service (800.431.1439). Yet Oakley customer service said, "we don't offer repair on our products," in fact they said they repair nothing. They only said "we offer a 90 day warranty from the date of purchase," that's all. Well I said to their customer service that they repaired the same backpack before 6 years ago and it was fixed, how can that be(?).
As they had the information on their computer from April 2000, they fixed the bag but were denying it. I said "I don't understand, I bought this backpack with a lifetime warranty." And they said, "nope, no warranty, we never had a warranty." Well as expensive as Oakley is, how can they not offer a warranty on expensive luggage? This is considered camping outdoor equipment and the competitor who make the same products are guaranteed for life.
Oakley products should all be lifetime warranty, not just for me I told them. They are expensive and not just for me as a customer but it should apply to everyone who buys apparel packs as this is good gear. When Oakley offers a 90 day warranty that is a Honda dealer selling you new Honda and with a 90 Day warranty when the car can last 20 to 30 years of hard driving on the original engine. If something small breaks, the dealer refuses to fix it. How would you feel? Well this is what Oakley is doing, not to me but to everyone who buys from Oakley.com and every retail or outlet on any Oakley product.
Oakley makes these packs for heavy outdoor use, why not guarantee them as they can withstand heavy outdoor activities on sorts of use but a 90 day warranty, that says Oakley cannot guarantee its products. The price you pay with Oakley, again is more expensive than your average major competitors charge to make the same gear. If they can sell gear cheaper and warranty it for a lifetime compared to a more expensive product than Oakley's 90 day guarantee, what does they say about your company?
You know if I own a backpack from LL Bean I bought 90 years ago and it needed new zippers, LL Bean will replace it or even refund my money back if they can't. Imagine LL Bean fixing my 90 year old backpack and Oakley refusing to fix 2 simple zippers after 90 days of purchase (and LL Bean refunds everything they make, no matter what it is).
So I guess I am going to have to buy a Jansport backpack because Oakley won't fix 2 simple zippers on my pack. I am disgraced on what I have purchased from Oakley, I will pass the information around that I was ripped off from Oakley. When Oakley's CEO Scott Olivet says that his customer service would not replace or fix an Oakley product, he is going to wish he did offer a lifetime warranty.
Look at these other companies that make the same equipment, all have warranties: North Face, Jansport, Lowe Alpine, Kelty, MEI, LL Bean, CamelBak, Camp Trails, Columbia, Deuter, Eagle Creek, GoLite, Gregory, High Sierra, M-Rock, Mountainsmith, Mountain Engineering, Osprey, Outdoor Products, Timbuk 2, Burton, Black Diamond, Climb High, Dakine, Gravis, Mammut, Marmot (ALL LIFETIME WARRANTY PRODUCTS).
If you want a warranty, don't buy from Oakley as good as they look, Oakley can't not assure you they will last. When a company warranties its product as backpacks, only buy when they have a lifetime guarantee. Stay away from Oakley.com. I am only letting people know what they did to me to protect people from wasting your money at Oakley.com


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SUBMITTED BY ARTHUR N1ORC - AMSAT A/C #31468 *EVA 7* The first parts of the Feb. 4 spacewalk are similar to the previous one. Lopez-Alegria and Williams begin the tasks of the second spacewalk by reconfiguring the second of the two cooling loops serving Destiny from the temporary to the permanent system. At the rats' nest, Lopez-Alegria will reconfigure the fluid loop connections, moving the second pair of the fluid lines of the early system from the lab and connecting them back up to the Z1 panel. That will help enable reactivation of the early cooling system if it should be required. Williams will reconfigure electrical connections. The job, like the similar activity on the first spacewalk, is expected to take about 1 hour, 45 minutes. Next they will watch as the ground retracts the aft radiator of the P6. After retraction they will install another set of six cable cinches and two winch bars to secure the radiator and then install the shroud. Again, those tasks should take about 2 hours, 20 minutes. Lopez-Alegria will then move to the end of PMA-1 to remove a sunshade from the Node Multiplexer-Demultiplexer (MDM), a data relay system. The area was in the sun during the time the station flew in a previous orientation. Now, with the station's orientation putting the lab in the direction of travel and its 18-inch window always facing the Earth, the sunshade is being removed to keep the MDM from getting too cold. Lopez-Alegria will remove a single bolt to free the sunshade, then move with it a short distance on the PMA-1 and jettison it aft and a little to starboard. Meanwhile, Williams will bring tools and cables to the forward end of the lab, where Lopez-Alegria will join her. Together they will finish routing and installation of the SSPTS cables. Get-ahead tasks include photographing a connector on the end of PMA-2. Shuttle-station audio communication difficulties have been reported during recent shuttle missions. Engineers believe the connector might be affected by debris or corrosion. ---- Sent via email@example.com. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/sarex
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Force10 Networks Announces Support For Oracle Vm And Oracle Linux For Its Virtualization Solutions
This is a Vendor Newsfeed Posted by Mike Fratto- Editor
October 26, 2010
SAN JOSE, Calif., Oct. 25 /PRNewswire/ -- Force10 Networks, Inc., a global technology leader that data center, service provider and enterprise customers rely on when the network is their business, today announced plans to build network automation solutions that support Oracle VM server for x86 virtualization software and Oracle Linux. Force10 will help ensure interoperability and complementary virtualization of network resources as they develop virtualization solutions based on their Open Automation Framework while utilizing the functionality of Oracle VM and Oracle Linux.
Force10 is developing a suite of network management and architectural tools designed to promote greater efficiency and flexibility within the data center by enabling network and infrastructure resources to be provisioned similarly to virtual machines (VM) as requirements dictate. With this type of functionality, network security and quality of service policies are automatically migrated with the VMs when logical server resources are provisioned.
"Oracle VM helps maximize the use of physical server resources, and also makes it easier to deploy and manage applications as business priorities change," said Monica Kumar, senior director Linux, virtualization and MySQL product marketing, Oracle. "Partners, such as Force10, leverage Oracle VM in their solutions to enable joint customers to achieve greater value by increasing resource utilization across servers and the network."
Oracle VM server virtualization software supports both Oracle and non-Oracle applications and delivers near-native performance. Backed by Oracle's world-class support organization, customers now have a single point of enterprise-class support for their entire virtualization environments, including Oracle Database, Oracle Fusion Middleware, Oracle Applications, Oracle Linux and Oracle Solaris, which are certified with Oracle VM.
Building upon Force10's proven virtualization framework, the Open Automation Framework leverages new "open" elements within the modular Force10 Operating System (FTOS) software that streamline the data center network fabric's ability to participate in automated, policy-driven, real-time workload allocation in response to changing application and service demands.
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posted by Thom Holwerda on Fri 15th Feb 2013 18:53 UTC
"Images and open source code for the Touch Developer Preview of Ubuntu will be published on Thursday 21st February, supporting the Galaxy Nexus and Nexus 4 smartphones. They are intended for enthusiasts and developers, to familiarise themselves with Ubuntu's smartphone experience and develop applications on spare handsets. Tools that manage the flashing of the phone will be available on the same day in the Ubuntu archives, making it easy to keep a device up to date with the latest version of the Touch Developer Preview." Cool. Too bad it's only for Nexus phones, and not for more popular ones.


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Jesse Clegg Live & Unplugged Tour - Western Cape, Durbanville
Music - Western Cape - Durbanville
Tuesday, 30 December 2014
Note: this event may have passed, search for another
Where: Die Boer, Durbanville, Western Cape
Jesse Clegg recently returned from a very successful USA tour and performance at Isle of Wight UK, and will be touring extensively at the end of the year and into 2015. Jesse has completed several successful shows in Gauteng, Mpumalanga and KZN and will be taking his acoustic two-piece show to the Northern Cape, Eastern Cape, Western Cape and Natal over December and January.
Jesse Clegg is a South African alternative rock artist whose 2008 debut album, When I Wake Up, and his 2011 follow up, Life On Mars,have made the 25-year-old a platinum-selling success in his home country. This is a considerable feat in a place where rock is a niche genre.
Jesse has just released his first live and unplugged album which will be available for sale at all these shows.
For more information visit jesseclegg.com


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RB Lance Ball signs free-agent tender with Denver Broncos
ENGLEWOOD, Colo. – Restricted free agent running back Lance Ball signed his tender with the Denver Broncos, the team announced Monday.
The diminutive but powerful tailback rushed for 158 yards on 42 carries last season as he spelled Willis McGahee and Knowshon Moreno.
Ball has bounced around the league since coming out of Maryland. Originally a college free agent with St. Louis, he made the Rams' practice squad in 2008 before joining Indianapolis that year and making the Colts' active roster for the regular season finale. He also spent time on Tennessee's practice squad before latching on with the Broncos for the last three seasons.
The 27-year-old has rushed for 801 yards in his career and two scores. He's also caught 27 passes for 230 yards and two TDs.


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My husband and I both agree that our wedding day was one of the best days of our lives, but the honeymoon that followed, was the absolute best vacation we'd ever been on together. Although I got a few eye rolls from my "Instagram husband" for whipping out my phone or camera every two seconds, we love looking back at images of those ten days of bliss. Want to get amazing captures on your honeymoon, too? Keep reading for our tips below, paired with a dreamy Bahamas shoot from Simply Sarah Photography.
Hire a Professional
Your wedding day is bound to be incredibly memorable, especially when you flip back through those images taken by your photographer. So, why not do the same for your honeymoon? Not in the budget? Include that cost in a honey fund on your wedding registry! These images from Simply Sarah Photography clearly prove it's a good idea.
Gear Up
Even if you plan to do a shoot with a professional, you'll still want to capture all of those in between moments. Here's where you want to make sure you've got the right gear for your personal needs. A versatile camera with plenty of options will come in handy for capturing everything from the beautiful landscapes you might encounter to portraits of your and your love on the beach. This one is a good option and even has built-in wi-fi for easy uploading so you can share your vacation with friends and family in real time.
If you plan on taking lots of snaps with your phone as well, make sure you're doing it right. Give your smartphone a quick upgrade with a lens kit. Planning on a snorkeling adventure? This is a must-have.
Know the Basics
Having the right gear doesn't = honeymoon photo success. You'll also want to have a basic know-how of what makes a good capture.
First up, golden hour, the time shortly after sunrise or before sunset when the natural light is least harsh and the sun is at it's dreamiest. Most photographers' work we feature here on the daily do shoots at golden hour!
Next, positioning. Try to always keep in mind how you position yourselves or your image subject when composing a shot. For beautifully lit shots, the sun should always be behind the camera rather than behind the subject. Unless of course, you're trying to capture a beautiful sunset or a silhouette shot.
Also, keep in mind the Rule of Thirds. This simple guide encourages dividing a frame into a three by three grid and aligning your image subject along these gridlines or their intersections. You don't have to be rigid with every single photo you take, but this idea helps you to get creative with your shots, rather than defaulting to centering everything.
Lastly, don't forget to ask for help! You're going to want plenty of honeymooner shots, so ask other travelers or locals to capture you. Don't be afraid to tell them where to stand and ask them to take a few shots to have options. People are usually very happy to help honeymooners capture these memories!


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Growing Trends
By Matt Windsor
Without leaving campus, UAB students, faculty, and staff—and their children—now have three options to savor farm-fresh produce.
Employees, patients, and visitors at UAB Hospital can select fresh produce each week with visits from A New Leaf Farm Stand and other local suppliers (above and below left). The popular program, organized by UAB Wellness, also allows employees to order online for pickup at several campus locations.
When Julie Price, UAB's coordinator of sustainability (above right), announced plans to open a garden on university-owned land in April 2013, she was flooded with e-mails from interested participants. UAB Gardens opened last summer with 65 plots—each about 100 square feet—which were quickly planted in tomatoes, squash, peppers, and more. UAB's facilities department supplies water hoses and tools; participants provide the seeds and labor.
UAB's Child Development Center (above left and right) now receives weekly deliveries of peaches, corn, and other seasonal fresh vegetables and fruits from A New Leaf Farm Stand. In addition to the health benefits, UAB gets to support a local business and help the environment by cutting down on long-distance deliveries, says center director Randy East.


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Wawrinka into Casablanca quarters
Casablanca, Morocco – Top-seeded Swiss slugger Stan Wawrinka was a come-from-behind second-round victor Wednesday at the Moroccan Grand Prix tennis event.
The world No. 17 Wawrinka secured a quarterfinal berth by overcoming Slovenian Blaz Kavcic 4-6, 6-2, 6-1 on the red clay at Complexe Al Amal, where the Swiss is now 5-0 lifetime.
Wawrinka, who titled here three years ago, will meet Spaniard Guillermo Garcia-Lopez in Friday's quarterfinals. Garcia-Lopez outlasted Frenchman Edouard Roger-Vasselin 6-7 (4-7), 7-6 (7-3), 6-2 on Day 3.
Another quarterfinal will pit fourth-seeded Frenchman Benoit Paire against former world No. 5 Spaniard Tommy Robredo. Paire fought back to beat Slovenian Aljaz Bedene 4-6, 6-4, 6-3, while the 2001 Casablanca runner-up Robredo handled German Tobias Kamke 6-4, 7-5 in Wednesday's nightcap.
The first round concluded, as seventh-seeded Dutchman Robin Haase held off Spaniard Roberto Bautista Agut 6-3, 2-6, 7-5 and Frenchman Kenny De Schepper doused Belgian Steve Darcis 6-3, 6-4.
The winner of this $525,000 tournament will earn $96,000.


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Mark Cerny has revealed he thinks it's ludicrous how readily people are discussing whether we'll see another console generation so soon after the launch of the latest one.
Speaking to IGN at this week's Develop Conference in Brighton, Cerny shared his exasperation that so many people are wondering whether the current generation is set to be the last, as it wasn't so long ago the same people were branding the console business as dead.
"What's amazing to me is how quickly this has changed, right?" he said. "You go back two years ago, consoles are dead and Sony's a dinosaur to be releasing one, if you talk to certain analysts.
"You go back one year and 'Wow, it's so exciting to have a new console!' But now you're going, 'but they're dead' again. So…"
Discussions about whether this batch of consoles will be the last have been going on for some time, with Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot openly saying he reckons there'll be more. The one request all developers seem to agree on, however, is that the next wave should come slightly sooner than this one.
We got the chance to sit down with both Mark Cerny and Sony Computer Entertainment president Andrew House this week, following their Develop keynote where they discussed why Sony opted to announced the PS4 first, how the decision over whether to include a hard drive caused sleepless nights, three potential aspects that could play a key role in the console's future, and how the PlayStation brand was re-established for serious gamers rather than just kids.
Be sure to check out our full interview with House and Cerny, where we discuss why for both Sony and the PS4, the best is yet to come.
Luke Karmali is IGN's UK News Editor. You too can revel in mediocrity by following him on Twitter.


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Bethenny Frankel has turned her one-time unhealthy obsession with being thin into a multifaceted empire.
Her Skinnygirl brand features supplements and reduced-calorie margaritas. She has cookbooks, exercise videos and soul-baring tomes.
The natural food chef-turned-reality television star is finding success in food — the source of decades of struggle.
"I was obsessed with being thin," Frankel, 40, recalled. "I didn't care about health."
Frankel, who started dieting at 8, will mix heart-wrenching tales with humor and good old-fashioned girl talk Saturday night when she appears at the Hippodrome for "Skinnygirl Night Out: A Conversation with Bethenny Frankel."
"It's a 2 1/2-hour conversation where I discuss women's issues, dieting, gossip and my show," Frankel said. "I talk about my book ["A Place of Yes:10 Rules For Getting Everything You Want Out of Life," due out March 22]. We drink margaritas; there's a lot of laughing. It's very inappropriate. It's a really great night."
The New Yorker is not your typical "housewife" looking to cash in on over-the-top antics. Frankel approached the popular "Real Housewives" franchise with the same business savvy that TV viewers observed in 2005 when she placed second in "The Apprentice: Martha Stewart."
Frankel resurfaced in 2008 as one of the original cast members of "The Real Housewives of New York." Last year, she became the first woman from any of the hit Bravo "Housewives" shows to get her own spinoff, "Bethenny Getting Married?" Last month, "Bethenny Ever After," a show that chronicles her life as a newlywed, premiered.
Frankel, who falls somewhere between sugar-sweet and villain on the reality-TV spectrum, attributes her success and staying power to her candor.
"Everything is authentic and truthful," she said. "I don't have to think or look at a piece of paper to answer any questions because this is what I actually do. If I was married to someone wealthy and went on a show and had to find something to talk about or to sell, then that would probably be an inauthentic association."
Maybe that authenticity can be traced back to Frankel's approach to reality television. Before becoming a household name, she was successful as a natural-food chef. Upon graduation from the Natural Gourmet Culinary Institute in New York, she launched BethennyBakes, a company that provided baked goods and meals. Frankel eventually closed the company to focus her attention on her Skinnygirl brand in 2009.
"I went to culinary school originally as a hobby," Frankel said. "I ended up liking it. I saw an opening in natural food — reinventing recipes and making them delicious."
Frankel said she was able to keep her struggles with food separate from her career as a chef.
"It's not like I worked in a fast-food restaurant with burgers and fries," Frankel said. "Even if I did, I don't think that would be a problem. I never thought about working around food as a problem. Most chefs that I know abide by what I'm doing — they try everything and taste nothing."
Even though Frankel stopped feeling guilty about food several years ago, it was a long battle getting to that point.
Frankel believes that being called a "whale" by classmates as an 8-year-old triggered body-image issues.
"I think that's where it began," she said. Life at home only added to the pressures of being thin.
"I grew up in a house where it was everything to be thin," Frankel said. "I was always on diets."
She would comb magazines for the latest crash diets. She said she overexercised and obsessed about fatty foods. Pressures from others to remain thin as she pursued an acting career didn't help.
"It's all I wanted," Frankel said. "I just wanted to be thin."
It wasn't until a trip to Italy in 2006 that she broke the cycle of guilt, binge eating and extensive laxative use.
"I didn't want to go on a trip and not eat while I was there," Frankel said. "We're so crazy in this country about tall fat-free lattes. In Italy, it is all about portion and quality. They are thinner than we are. We are all too obsessed."
After the trip, Frankel changed her approach to food. Now she does not feel guilty about what she eats.
"The body is a bank account," she said. "Nothing should be forbidden. People are afraid of food. You can have it all, but you can't have it all at once."
Frankel maintained her eating approach during pregnancy. As a result, she was comfortable with being photographed in a bathing suit for magazines three weeks after giving birth to her daughter, Bryn, now 10 months old.
"It wasn't a problem," said Frankel about regaining her figure. "I was happy and healthy before, during and after. It was the easiest thing in the world. Most people view pregnancy as one gigantic binge. I didn't."
To juggle book signings, promotional appearances for her television show and other events associated with her brand, Frankel has enlisted the help of a nanny. She also prioritizes.
"I say no a lot more to other things because I just want to be with [Bryn] and my husband," said Frankel, who advised other working mothers to do the same.
Mothers should not attempt to do everything, according to Frankel.
"You are never really going to have balance," she said. "Do not take on too much. You have to say no sometimes. Don't get obsessed with other things. Don't feel guilty; we're doing the best we can. That's all you can ever wish for."
Frankel said she is determined not to allow the same hangups about body image to bother her daughter.
"Since she was born, we said she's a nice girl," Frankel said. "She'll be nice and open — and know that everyone is different. And that's what makes the world a beautiful place."
Frankel has a message for bullies who may target her daughter in the future.
"No one's bullying her," Frankel said without hesitation. "They'll be terrified. I'll go in and kill somebody. Are you kidding me? They have to know who they are dealing with. Nobody's bullying my child."
It's that bluntness that has helped Frankel distinguish herself in the reality-television genre.
"That is what the goal is — to be completely honest," she said. "I didn't know how far it would go when I first started. I have such a great open and trustworthy relationship with my fans. I feel an obligation to them to be honest and give them the whole story. They may not like everything I do, but they know that it is going to be the truth. They know they can trust it."
More from Bethenny
Dream 'Housewives' cast: "Kim [Zolciak], Nene [Leakes], Gretchen [Rossi], Caroline [Manzo], me. I think that's it."
On 'Real Housewives of New York': "I don't regret it. It was a wonderful, amazing decision that I made, as far as business and the opportunity," she said. "I don't regret it, but I am very happy that I am not there anymore."
Her style: "I do a show-and-tell after my appearances on shows each week [on my website, bethenny.com]," said Frankel, who describes her style of dress as "simple."
If you go
"Skinnygirl Night Out — A Conversation with Bethenny Frankel" is at 8 p.m. Saturday at the Hippodrome Theatre at the France-Merrick Performing Arts Center, 12 N. Eutaw St. Tickets are $35-$125, plus fees. Call 410-547-7328 or go to ticketmaster.com.


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Meet Wyplay and STMicroelectronics at TVConnect 2014
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LONDON, March 19, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Wyplay, creator of software solutions for leading pay-TV operators, and STMicroelectronics (NYSE:STM), a global semiconductor leader serving customers across the spectrum of electronics applications, today announced the availability of a satellite broadcast-enabled reference implementation of the open-source Frog by Wyplay set-top-box middleware for ST's range of system-on-chip processors based on ARM® architectures (Cannes, Liege2, Monaco, and Orly).
Frog is an initiative built around Wyplay's software solutions, made available under a shared-source model for a growing community of companies across the entire digital-TV ecosystem which includes chipset vendors, device manufacturers, independent software vendors, software-service providers, and operators.
Within the Frog initiative, Wyplay offers to development teams of member companies a hardware platform based on ST hardware on which Wyplay has ported its solution. This serves as a "turnkey" example of an implementation and as the basis for further customization of projects for Pay TV operators.
The latest Frog reference implementation relies on a production-grade hybrid satellite / IPTV[1] decoder that incorporates the Orly STiH416 system on chip from ST. In addition, this reference hardware provides support for Satellite Digital Video Broadcast (DVB-S/S2), a TV-content delivery technology that covers the majority of pay-TV subscribers around the globe.
The porting of the Frog software on this reference implementation relies on ST's "SDK2" software environment and offers a straightforward and natural migration path to all of its ARM architecture-based system-on-chips, including the 'Cannes' and 'Monaco' families, as well as the recently announced Liege2 for broadcast markets.
The reference platform empowers operators to use the complete, reliable, and well integrated Frog environment to freely build their own applications, encouraging innovation that expands features for the consumer and grows revenue for the operators. With most broadcast-infrastructure work done, developers can focus on expanding services.
"Operators will be able to work on ST platforms with an even higher level of confidence as they will have an already complete environment for their development," said Hervé Mathieu, Group Vice President and General Manager of ST's Unified Platform Division. "In a dynamic, fast-growing and highly fragmented market, the Frog initiative will expand the popularity of our devices."
"The new Frog reference hardware is the latest milestone in our fruitful ongoing collaboration with ST," said Wyplay CEO Jacques Bourgninaud. "It offers a high-performance platform for our Frog Licensees and will allow the implementation of innovative use cases such as 3D user interfaces, transcoding, home media streaming, and more for pay-TV operators."
The ST-based Frog by Wyplay reference hardware will be available for order by Frog Licensees in April 2014 through the Frog Community portal website (https://portal.frogbywyplay.com ).
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By Lady Mary of Montevale
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Artisans' Row hosted its first ever Pottery Day on Friday, and it proved to be quite a popular (and delightfully messy) activity for all ages. "Pottery is great for families," said instructor Baroness Laurens de Vitrolles (Caer Adamant, East). "You can develop your skills as you go along."
She and other potters at Pennsic decided that a pottery day would be the best solution for overflow attendance at the more traditional pottery classes conducted in previous years. An almost equal mixture of adults and youth were working at four plastic-covered tables on Friday. The day's heat meant that everyone needed to frequently moisten their clay to keep it from becoming too dry to work with easily.
Sir Ragnar Karlsson (March of Tirnewydd, Middle) brought his daughter Zoe and her best friend Wendy, both age four, and he was busy fashioning two drinking cups, one for each of them. "This is easy kid entertainment," the novice-to-clay knight explained as he used his palms to roll out long ropes of reddish-brown clay on the tabletop and then coil them to form the cylinder of a cup. Zoe had already used a rubber stamp with a floral pattern to embellish a lozenge-shaped medallion for her mother.
Liz (East) had also chosen to make a cup of coiled clay rope, but instead of smoothing its exterior with her fingers moistened in water, she was using a wooden tool to incise marks evenly along the coils so that the surface of her cup with resemble a woven basket.
Baroness Laurens announced that all the items created at Pottery Day would receive their first, or bisque, firing sometime next week provided that they were sufficiently dried by then. Master Simon de Okewode, who has a kiln at the War, has generously offered space in his third firing of this Pennsic next week.
The dark, damp clay being rolled by hand or large rolling pin on Friday will become a terra cotta (orange) color after that first firing. One way to create a lovely patina of age on the pieces, the Baroness told me, is to rub them with black or brown shoe polish (instead of using a glaze) so the dark color of the polish settles into the 3-D designs stamped or carved into the item.
Her Excellency got involved in pottery when she was an art major in college and has been teaching it in the SCA for about a decade.
Friday she was teaching some older youths and adults about making clay tiles which might be used in a garden or for some decorative purpose indoors. Even with wooden guide strips and rolling pins to guarantee a tile of even depth all over, and with a variety of rubber stamps to make Celtic patterns, medieval flora and fauna, or Oriental chrysanthemums, the tile maker's hands are going to get dirty. But that's part of the fun of playing with clay.
A particularly nice tile was being created by Telyn (Æthelmearc) who will be a high school senior this fall. When he was finished, the Baroness came over to inspect his handiwork. "This is the essence of a medieval tile!" she exclaimed to the grinning young man.
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2009 Salary and Job Satisfaction Survey - Food Processors are Happier, Wealthier
Despite the economic upheaval, our third annual Salary and Job Satisfaction Survey shows an increase in pay while satisfaction holds steady.
At a time of great job stress and pay cuts across American industry, the average salary in the food industry managed a 5 percent climb in the past 12 months while job satisfaction held pretty steady.
The average pay for all respondents to our third annual Salary and Job Satisfaction Survey was $99,877, up nearly 5 percent from last year's $95,226. Those very satisfied or at least somewhat satisfied combined was 68 percent, down a smidge from last year's 71 percent.
What has us most worried is the number of responses. We had 1,732 people take the survey last year and 1,286 this year. What happened to those 446 workers?
This is not necessarily the explanation: "They laid off a third of our workforce and [we] have been in a wage freeze for six months," wrote a 40-49-year-old woman at a Southwest potato processor.
"Everyone is scared," wrote a 30-39-year old at a southern meat/poultry/seafood company.
"The 24/7 expectation and the impossibility of truly taking time off is having a negative impact on many, mental and emotional," wrote an R&D manager at a Great Lakes processor. "We all have Blackberrys we check and respond on around the clock – all week and on weekends."
Yet, we expected worse. As one respondent said: "We're doing better than last year due to lower input costs, but demand has definitely slowed."
"No one's received a raise in '09 based on work completed in '08, but we did get bonuses," wrote an executive at AIG Insurance – just kidding, that was a 50-64-year-old guy from a New England packaged foods company.
"We may moan and groan about how hard you are working, but think of the alternative. Consider yourself lucky," wrote another.
The salary survey was taken April, arguably when the general economy had hit rock bottom and perhaps was even showing signs of rebounding (the Dow Jones Industrial Average was above 8,000 for most of the month).
Some top-line changes from last year:
- We had a slightly older group, with 44 percent in the 50-64 age range, up 5 percentage points from last year's crowd.
- R&D people (22 percent) barely outnumbered our Plant Ops respondents (21 percent), whereas last year Plant Ops was the biggest group, representing 27 percent.
- It was a slightly more-tenured group, with 66 percent having at least 15 years in the food business (last year 61 percent had 15+ years).
- Significantly fewer people get raises every year: 65 percent this year versus 76 percent last year. The question's somewhat redundant, but when we asked how much this year's raise was, 30 percent said they didn't get one; only 18 percent got snubbed this time last year.
- Profit sharing and bonuses were similarly down (off 4 percentage points).
- While about the same numbers continue to get medical, dental and life insurances, those getting a 401(k) match dropped by 3 percentage points.
- There were several questions that didn't indicate big changes: Gender is 69 percent male, race is 82 percent Caucasian.
Those having to take pay cuts increased only 0.5 percentage point. Respondents working more than 50 hours a week went down 2 percentage points (to 27 percent). But so did those getting paid for overtime (down to 10 percent).
Who responded
Throughout this report, we make generalizations for the food and beverage processing industry at large. But it's important to note this is only a survey based on 1,286 people, a large sample, but only the readers of Food Processing magazine.
It's a group that's somewhat evenly divided among urban (35 percent), suburban (38 percent) and rural (27 percent) locales. Twenty-seven percent are from the Great Lakes states (the Southwest and middle Atlantic states are next at 17 and 16 percent). In education, nearly 79 percent have a college education, 21 percent have master's degrees and 5 percent have doctorates.
As mentioned earlier, R&D edged out Plant Operations as the biggest responding group; right behind them is corporate management at 19 percent. Engineering and marketing and sales account for 10 percent each, and 4 percent are in purchasing.
Overall, they're not kids – only 5.5 percent are under 30 – and they've been in food and beverage processing a while – as we said earlier, 66 percent have at least 15 years in. But they haven't been at their current employer for very long: 34 percent have less than five years, another 36 percent have six to 14 years. Nearly half have held three or more jobs.
Respondents were a little heavily weighted toward larger companies. The biggest response (21 percent) said they were at companies or 5,000 or more people; another 15 percent had at least 1,000 coworkers.
And they represent all segments of the food industry. Only the meat, poultry and seafood (18 percent) and generic "further-processed and packaged foods" (16 percent) categories were in double figures; the other food categories were evenly represented.
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Wendy Williams used to love the McRib, and she hid eating it. She hid eating a lot of things and also engaged in unhealthful behaviors to try to combat her weight. That's all changed. Now the syndicated talk show host embraces her body type and uses exercise and healthful eating to look great for the people who really matter: herself and her husband.
And she doesn't hide her occasional indulgences any longer. I spoke with her the day after Hurricane Sandy hit New York, and she was having a "natural disaster binge day," sharing treats from the fridge with her family just in case the power went out and things spoiled.
Tell me about your battles with your weight.
I've been battling weight since first grade. My mother did things like give me mustard in my tuna fish instead of mayo, and make sure the tuna was always packed in water because it had less fat in it.
I grew up in a house where my mother and father never had weight issues. And my own parents called me fat. My mother would bring cookies home for my brother, and I'd bribe him to give me some of them. Once I got my driver's license, I could go to McDonald's and eat a couple of McRibs and then go home for dinner and act like it never happened. I took weight-loss pills like Dexatrim or would take a fistful of laxatives. And in my late 20s, there was a couple of years when I made myself throw up after eating.
Was there a catalyst that changed things for you?
I really think that everything changed when I became a mother. I weighed about 200 before I got pregnant and during the pregnancy gained 103 pounds because I was on bed rest. After giving birth, I realized that this just wasn't right for me. The goal was to be a great example for my son and decide to get in the best shape I can ever be.
Also, my husband is a gym rat. He watches his weight. My mentality now is that I only have one body, and it's been good to me in spite of some of the bad decisions I've made.
How has exercise become a part of your life now?
I go to the gym at least two or three times a week and work out with my trainer, Ann, for an hour each time. It's mostly about cardio, and some yoga. I do work with some weights, but it's all about my arms. The upper arms start to fall like snow when you reach a certain age.
I work a lot with the elliptical machine because it does arms and legs at the same time. And I can watch TV and talk to my trainer. I need to be able to talk when I'm exercising. I went through a few trainers to find one that was a good psychological fit for me. Prior to her, they had all been men, but Ann is also a mother, and we've got lots of things in common to talk about. We have a good rapport, so the time goes really fast.
And what about the food side? How has that changed for you?
I try my best to eat clean. There is nothing I don't eat: pork, beef, chicken and fish. Cheese is my kryptonite, and I have to monitor it. I like kale chips instead of potato chips and poured egg whites instead of full eggs. I love sardines, as long as you don't look at them because they're so ugly. I'm a foodie. And I drink a lot of water.
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HOUSTON -- A comprehensive drug development strategy that starts with extensive screening of potential targeting agents and then narrows down to a small-molecule prototype has yielded two potential drugs that block cancer-promoting pathways in novel ways, a team led by scientists at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center reports in two papers published back-to-back online at the Proceedings of the National Academies of Science.
"The conceptual advance here is to demonstrate how to go rapidly from screening to structural-functional analysis to drug prototype in a few years," said co-senior author Wadih Arap, M.D., Ph.D., of the David H. Koch Center at M. D Anderson.
"The practical outcome is a pair of new drug candidates, one that acts as a decoy to inhibit a cancer-promoting pathway and another that blocks angiogenesis, the development of new blood vessels, which has the potential to treat both cancer and retinopathies that cause blindness," said co-senior author Renata Pasqualini, Ph.D., also of the David H. Koch Center.
The strategy begins with the screening of millions of peptides - short combinations of at least two amino acids, the building blocks of proteins. Once a peptide is found that binds the target, a durable drug called a peptidomimetic is made from short combinations of non-natural amino acids.
For proof of concept, the team targeted the epidermal growth factor receptor pathway (EGFR) and the vascular endothelial growth factor receptor pathway (VEGFR).
EGFR is overexpressed on the cell surfaces of a number of cancers, including lung, colon, and head and neck. Epidermal growth factor binds to the receptor and causes cells to divide. It is currently treated with two types of drugs, antibodies that block the receptor and small kinase inhibitors. VEGFR is overexpressed in the cancer vascular system and is central to the formation of new blood vessels (angiogenesis) that accompany tumor growth
Drugs reduce tumor volume, blood vessel growth in mice
The researchers created a decoy that lures EGF away from its receptor. In a mouse model of head and neck cancer, mice that received the decoy had a median tumor size half that of those in control groups.
They also demonstrated that the drug prototype could also serve as a decoy for cetuximab, an antibody drug that blocks the pathway by plugging into the EGFR. When the peptidomimetic and cetuximab were introduced into human colon and head and neck cancer cell lines, the small drug inhibited the antibody's action.
For VEGFR, the team discovered a peptide that binds to the receptor, inhibiting angiogenesis. In a series of mouse model experiments, treated mice showed reductions in the number of blood vessels ranging from 37 percent to 72 percent.
In an animal model of retinopathy - overgrowth of blood vessels in the eye that can cause blindness - mice treated with the peptide had a 59 percent reduction in angiogenesis compared to control mice. A separate test of the peptidomimetic in an eye drop formulation resulted in a 53 percent reduction in abnormal retinal blood vessel growth.
This raises the possibility of developing an easily administered treatment for diabetic retinopathy or retinopathy of prematurity, Arap said. Preclinical studies continue for both cancer and retinopathy applications. Using small molecules to bind to the receptor site is a new approach to inhibiting VEGFR.
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The group's approach begins by screening the target receptors with a phage display library used by Arap and Pasqualini. This method screens billions of viral particles that each display a different peptide on its outer coat to find those that fit into the receptor like a key goes into a lock.
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L-amino acids and proteins are the building blocks of life but are easily degraded by cellular protein recycling machinery, making peptide-based drugs more vulnerable to destruction. Through a process called retro-inversion, the group chemically synthesizes a mirror image peptidomimetic using D amino acids along with a reversed peptide sequence. The resulting products are more durable but still target the receptor.
For example the peptide that targets VEGFR is called RPL, letters that represent three natural amino acids that make up the peptide. The retro-inverted D-peptidomimetic is D(LPR). For the EGFR decoy, the natural peptide CVRAC becomes the D-peptidomimetic D(CARVC).
The two prototype drugs will need to be further refined in preclinical models and later tested in clinical trials before they can become available for general use.
Both studies were funded by grants from the U.S. Department of Defense and the National Institutes of Health, and awards from the Gillson-Longenbaugh Foundation, the Marcus Foundation and AngelWorks. Marina Cardó-Vila, Ph.D., first author of the EGFR paper, is a fellow of the Susan G. Komen for the Cure. Ricardo J. Giordano, Ph.D., the first author of the VEGFR paper, is currently an Assistant Professor of Biochemistry at the Chemical Institute, University of São Paulo, Brazil.
Co-authors of the VEGFR paper with first author Giordano, Pasqualini and Arap are Cardó-Vila and Ahmad Salameh, Ph.D., of M. D. Anderson's David H. Koch Center; Christiane Anobom, Ph.D., Ana Valente, Ph.D., and Fabio Almeida, Ph.D. of the National NMR Center, Rio de Janeiro Federal University, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Benjamin Zeitlin, Ph.D., and Jacques Nör, D.D.S., Ph.D., of the Angiogenesis Research Laboratory at the University of Michigan School of Dentistry; David Hawke, Ph.D., of M. D. Anderson's Center for Targeted Therapy; and Richard Sidman, M.D., of Harvard Medical School and the Department of Neurology at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center.
Co-authors on the EGFR paper with first author Cardó-Vila, Arap and Pasqualini are Giordano; Sidman of Harvard; and Zhen Fan, M.D., and John Mendelsohn, M.D., M. D. Anderson's president, both of the Department of Experimental Therapeutics.
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Annette Hamm, an office manager with the Faculty Senate, has been named the Western Illinois University Al & Elaine Goldfarb Civil Service Employee of the Month for May.
Hamm was hired at WIU in December 1985 as a secretary III in educational/public service radio. In June 1997, she was reclassified to secretary IV.
In July 1991, the department was reorganized into SECE, and in August 2002, Hamm was transferred as a secretary IV to the Faculty Senate.
In November 2007, she was reclassified as an office manager.
Hamm's nominator said they have never met anyone who approaches their job with such a positive attitude.


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In line with GM's commitment to its ambitious 20-20 sustainability goal, GM India has announced transforming its Talegaon-Engine Manufacturing (Powertrain), Parts Distribution Centre and Stamping operations as landfill-free. With this achievement, GM now has over 137 landfill-free operations around the world. GM India has reached this important milestone on the road to becoming a zero waste company.
GM Waste Management programme is among the best waste minimisation programme in all the industries worldwide, and this work is a good example of how this recognition has been made possible.
With this successful initiative, no waste from the Talegaon plant operations of GM India will go to landfill sites for disposal. All the waste generated from these operations will be managed in an environment-friendly manner, ie, reused as raw materials by other industries and will be recycled to make other products, or for energy recovery. Overall, 99.77 per cent of the total waste generated form the Talegaon site will be managed in an environment-friendly manner, in line with the waste management principle to reduce, reuse, recycle, energy and disposal.
This initiative demonstrates GM's commitment to work towards environment conservation and long-term sustainability in their operations globally. The company is also working on replacement of all florescent bulbs and tubes with highly-efficient LED to reduce the energy consumption, which ultimately helps in reduction of carbon emissions.


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Montana Families in Need for Hosting Foreign Exchange Students
My most memorable experience of college was studying abroad in Japan. My only regret was that it took me until I was 22 years old to fully embrace another country's culture. Being a host family, you will not only learn your exchange student's culture, but you will help shape his or her once-in-a-lifetime experience here in Montana.
Cities in Montana that are eligible for hosting students include Livingston, Belgrade, Bozeman, Missoula, Billings, Great Falls, Helena, Kalispell and Whitefish. Host families provide exchange students a room (can be shared), meals outside of school and transportation to school events. Exchange students will have their own spending money and full heath insurance. Host families can even get a tax deduction.
Here are a few of the students in need of a Montana Family. The host family picks who they would like to be paired with.
Hannah - Germany - Age 15
Interests: Rope Skipping, track (Running), Hip Hop Dancing, Music, Pets, Photography
I'm a vegetarian, but I eat fish
Laura - France - Age 18
Interests: Badminton, Skiing/snowboarding, Fitness, Going to the movies, Listening to music, Traveling with parents or friends, Playing guitar
Aranu - Spain - Age 15
Interests:Tennis, Baseball, Surfing, Running, Biking, Learning new things, Playing the flute
Pascal - Germany - Age 17
Interests: Snowboarding, Wakeboarding, Volleyball, Fitness
Donggue - South Korea - Age 15
Interests:Soccer, Basketball, Baseball, Composition, Playing the guitar
Regine - Norway - Age 17
Interests: Jogging, Basketball, Hiking, Friends, Music, Photos, Singing
International Cultural Exchange Services aims to advance international awareness and cultural understanding with the goal of promoting a more peaceful world. Students in the program are from 20 different countries spread across Europe, Asia, South America and Australia.
Who: High School foreign exchange students ages 15 - 18
When: Students will arrive mid August but host families are need ASAP
If you are interested in hosting a student, contact Sierra Fein at 406-570-2218 or email@example.com or visit icesusa.org for more info


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Many U.S. police departments are tracking the location of cell phones without a warrant or court supervision, according to an investigation by the American Civil Liberties Union.
Starting last summer, ACLU affiliates around the country began filing hundreds of Freedom of Information Act requests with law enforcement agencies to find out about their policies and procedures governing cell-phone location tracking.
Many agencies didn't respond at all. But based on more than 5,500 pages of documents from the 200 agencies that did respond, the ACLU found that although police departments routinely use cell-phone location tracking in their investigations, "only a tiny minority reported consistently obtaining a warrant and demonstrating probable cause to do so."
Related coverage:
Supreme Court: Planting GPS tracker on a car is 'search,' requires warrant
Certain uses of the tracking summarized in a New York Times story on the practice raise constitutional questions, the ACLU said:
The relative lack of judicial oversight in these investigations has received special scrutiny from civil libertarians in light of the Supreme Court's recent ruling in U.S. vs. Jones. In that case, the court ruled that prolonged government use of a GPS tracking device is a "search" within the meaning of the Fourth Amendment's ban on "unreasonable search and seizure."
The government had argued that the tracking was not much different than following someone by sight, but the court ruled that installing a GPS device to collect data went beyond surveillance and constituted a search, which would require a warrant to carry out.
"The conclusion should be no different when the government tracks people through their cell phones, and in both cases a warrant and probable cause should be required," the ACLU said.
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Is this similar to traffic cams which monitor intersections for possible transgressions?
Cell phones do use public and regulated airwaves.
I lived in an dictatorship regime and I am used to the fact that my rights can be infringed anytime without warning.
But living in a first power country where democracy reign, its ridiculous to hear that your privacy and freedom of speech can be intercepted by the government.
Little by little our civil rights are taken away. I can clearly feel the fascism and dictatorship creeping right in the system. Back on the chain gang?
As long as they are not listening to the conversation or reading texts (which I would find have a reasonable presumption of privacy), I would rule no violation. (contrary to popular belief a cell phone is not a right) The question I have is how are they gaining access to cell tower information unless the phone carriers are providing this other information without a warrant?
I can see why police would want to track criminals via cell phone, and yes they probably should obtain some sort of approval before doing so. My problem isn't with the police doing it for legitimate reasons, it is with the psycopaths who tap your cell phone with software purchased over the internet. "Just send $99.99 to BigDaddy and you too can eavesdrop on every cell phone call or text." Happened to me and my family and local police said their hands were tied and they couldn't tap the criminal's phone to prosecute. Seems like the police should be allowed to tap, but not the criminal!
@rick: I believe you meant to say "emitted." In any case, cell transmissions are encrypted for privacy to prevent interception by the causual observer with a radio scanner. Obtaining call detail records to determine the cell user's location and the number called is a breach of security, because there is a presumption of privacy by cell or even land line telephone users, subject to court orders. I would side with the ACLU on this one.
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NHL Capsules
WASHINGTON (AP) — Alex Ovechkin returned from a shoulder injury to score his 11th and 12th goals of the season, and the Washington Capitals rode a second-period flurry to a 6-2 win over the New York Islanders on Tuesday night.
After being sidelined for two games, Ovechkin scored twice on the power play in a five-goal second period for the Capitals, who have won three straight and are above .500 for the first time this season (8-7).
John Carlson, Marcus Johansson, Alexander Urbom and rookie Tom Wilson also scored for Washington, which netted four power-play goals. Nicklas Backstrom had three assists, and Braden Holtby made 34 saves.
John Tavares and Kyle Okposo scored for the Islanders, who had won two in a row. Evgeni Nabokov had 33 saves.
BOSTON (AP) — Tyler Seguin and Rich Peverley scored in a shootout against their former team and lifted Dallas over Boston.
It was the second straight shootout win for the Stars.
Vernon Fiddler tied the game for Dallas on a penalty shot with 2:34 left in the third period after he was tripped from behind by Dennis Seidenberg. It erased a lead Boston took with 8:21 remaining when Milan Lucic tipped in Dougie Hamilton's shot from the blue line.
The other goals came in the first period with Benn scoring for Dallas at 3:38, and Torey Krug tying it at 4:16.
The game was the first against the Bruins for Seguin and Peverley, who were traded to Dallas after last season.
Boston lost for the fourth time in five games after a four-game winning streak.
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Cory Hodgson scored in the fourth round of the shootout and Ryan Miller made 47 saves for Buffalo, which overcame a pair of blown third-period leads and beat San Jose for its third win in 17 games this season.
Henrik Tallinder, Cody McCormick, Drew Stafford and Tyler Ennis also scored for the Sabres, who have defeated the Sharks five straight times.
Tyler Kennedy and Tomas Hertl scored 70 seconds apart early in the third to erase a two-goal deficit for the Sharks. Tommy Wingels got another equalizer late in the third, but San Jose still lost its third straight game. Marty Havlat also scored and Antti Niemi made 32 saves.
Matt Moulson and Logan Couture each scored in the first round of the shootout, and then Miller stopped three straight shots before Hodgson beat Niemi for the winner.
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Erik Karlsson scored two goals, and backup goalie Robin Lehner made 32 saves as Ottawa topped Columbus and snapped a five-game losing streak.
Clarke MacArthur and Chris Neil also scored, and Jason Spezza had two assists.
Lehner earned his first win of the season while filling in for Craig Anderson, who was sidelined with a sore neck after a collision with Dallas rookie Valeri Nichushkin on Sunday.
R.J. Umberger scored a power-play goal from his knees for Columbus, which lost its fourth in a row.
The Senators are 4-3-2 on the road but just 1-3-2 at home.
SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — Mark Arcobello scored his second goal of the game and season 1:55 into overtime, and Edmonton snapped a five-game losing streak with a victory over Florida.
Edmonton went on the power play after Scottie Upshall was called for tripping 32 seconds into the extra period, and Arcobello sent a slap shot from the left circle past goalie Jacob Markstrom 1:23 later.
Taylor Fedun netted his first NHL goal, and Philip Larsen also scored for Edmonton. Devan Dubnyk made 20 saves. Ryan Nugent-Hopkins had two assists.
Upshall scored two third-period goals, and Marcel Goc also scored for the Panthers. Markstrom stopped 23 shots.
Florida has lost six straight and nine of 10.
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Manny Malhotra scored 2:40 into overtime, and Carolina broke a five-game losing streak by rallying to beat Philadelphia.
Justin Peters stopped 28 shots and earned his first win of the season while starting his fifth straight game since replacing the injured Cam Ward on Oct. 24.
Scott Hartnell had given Philadelphia a 1-0 lead with 3:58 left in regulation, but Jared Staal tied it with 52.3 seconds remaining to force overtime.
The Flyers, who have lost three of four, have scored more than two goals only once this season in 14 games.
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Zach Parise scored twice and Josh Harding made 24 saves in winning his fifth straight start as Minnesota routed Calgary.
Harding leads the NHL with a 1.10 goals-against average and .950 save percentage.
Parise put the Wild ahead 2-1 with a power-play goal at 6:28 of the second period. Mikko Koivu, Justin Fontaine and Zenon Konopka also scored for Minnesota.
Jiri Hudler scored his sixth goal of the season for the Flames. Reto Berra stopped 13 of 15 shots through two periods before the Wild broke the game open with two goals in 33 seconds midway through the third.
MONTREAL (AP) — T.J. Oshie's shootout goal lifted St. Louis over Montreal.
Alexander Steen and Chris Stewart scored for St. Louis (9-2-2) in regulation. Jaroslav Halak stopped 25 shots through overtime and turned away three shots in the shootout.
Rene Bourque and Michael Bournival scored for Montreal (8-7-1), and Carey Price made 30 saves.
St. Louis opened the scoring at 2:38 of the first period when Steen fired home his NHL-leading 13th goal of the season.
Stewart tied it 2-2 at 10:31 of the third period by deflecting Kevin Shattenkirk's shot from the blue line off the post and Price.
Tomas Plekanec was awarded a penalty shot in the final minute of the third period, but missed the net high and wide.
GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Antoine Vermette scored the deciding goal in the shootout for the second straight game, and Phoenix topped Vancouver for its fifth straight win.
Vermette, who gave the Coyotes a victory at San Jose on Saturday, trickled the puck just past the line in the sixth round of this tiebreaker. Henrik Sedin lost control of the puck on his chance after Vermette's goal, and the Coyotes skated off with their third consecutive shootout win.
Radim Vrbata and Shane Doan scored in regulation for the Coyotes, 7-0-1 at home. Dan Hamhuis and Ryan Kesler had goals for Vancouver.