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Ending the Embedded Linux Patent War Before It Begins
May 13, 2014
The Open Invention Network was created in 2005 as a white hat organization to protect Linux. It has considerable financial backing from Google, IBM, NEC, Novell, Philips, Red Hat and Sony. More than 800 organizations worldwide have joined the community by signing the free OIN license. A clamor recently has been growing for OIN to take steps to protect embedded Linux from patent pillagers.
Reading Into the Red Hat CentOS Deal
April 23, 2014
There was a somewhat quiet, cost-free acquisition of sorts in the Linux world earlier this year when Red Hat announced it was joining forces with Red Hat Enterprise Linux community clone CentOS. The move, which effectively brings organization, governance, backing and technology of CentOS under Red Hat's brim, is interesting for a few reasons.
Adobe's Open Source Tightrope Walk
April 19, 2014
Open source software continues to gain momentum -- but what is not growing is an open desire among individual software developers to port their commercial Windows wares to Linux. Open source support is not a mere in or out decision. Some software makers shape their business models to take advantage of open source support for some products but not others.
Eich Falls on Sword for Mozilla
April 4, 2014
Mozilla Foundation cofounder Brendan Eich -- whose recent appointment as CEO of subsidiary Mozilla Corp. sparked an uproar -- on Thursday stepped down from the post in a bid to keep the company viable. Foundation cofounder and CEO Mitchell Baker painted the move as a return to the foundation's core principles, noting that Eich made the decision "for Mozilla and our community."
Is Google Thwarting Android-x86 Development?
March 26, 2014
Has Google been spreading FUD to discourage computer makers from using an Android OS retooled to run on legacy computers? The maintainer of the Android-x86 Project has suggested that the Justice Department should investigate whether Google has been interfering with adoption of the open source code his community is developing. The FOSS development world is hardly free of rivalry and power plays.
Horvath Hurls Harassment Charges in Fiery GitHub Exit
March 17, 2014
Adding fuel to the debate over the treatment of women in tech, Julie Ann Horvath, a developer at GitHub, has stormed out of her job, accusing the company of ignoring harassment in the workplace. One of the company's three cofounders and his wife had persistently intimidated her, and an engineer had repeatedly ripped out her code after she turned down his advances, Horvath claimed.
Dear Adobe: Make Software for Linux Too
February 18, 2014
What if commercial software developers for popular Windows products sold Linux versions to a waiting market of open source users? Think in terms of paying a subscription fee to use a Linux version of Adobe's Photoshop image manipulation software, for starters. Is porting commercial products like Photoshop as a paid product for Linux a viable idea?
Red Hat and CentOS: A Great Thing or a Gates Thing?
January 13, 2014
There's no doubt privacy is a highly pertinent goal for 2014, but partnership and collaboration are nothing to sneeze at, either. That's why the news out of North Carolina last week was so exciting. "Red Hat and the CentOS Project are joining forces to build a new CentOS," the press release began, "capable of driving forward development and adoption of next-generation open source technologies."
Goodbye, Win XP - Hello, Linux?
December 11, 2013
Microsoft will stop security support for Windows XP this coming April, meaning that more than a few remaining users of the long-standing OS need to come up with an alternative plan. Almost a third of desktop computers still run Windows XP, according to Net Applications. More than 15 percent of midsize and large enterprises will still have Windows XP running on at least 10 percent of their PCs after support ends.
Build Your Own Simple Linux Banking Tool
December 3, 2013
The Linux OS lacks an effective yet simple checking and banking tool. There are money-management tools for Linux users, of course, but most full-fledged offerings are overkill for monitoring spending patterns and balancing financial accounts. In general, Linux financial applications are either too complex to use without an accounting degree or too simple to be truly useful.
How to Avoid Cloud Vendor Lock-In
November 13, 2013
Vendor lock-in has been such a standard part of enterprise IT over the years that it often goes unnoticed and unquestioned. Recently, however, that lock-in mentality has followed enterprises to the clouds. One might not think that vendor lock-in would exist for those who use open source software or open cloud solutions. Think again.
FOSS in the Enterprise: To Pay or Not to Pay?
November 5, 2013
One of the big attractions behind the growing popularity of open source software is the ability to get it and use it for free. In a world of ever-rising costs in pretty much every other aspect of business and life, "free" is an offer that's increasingly difficult to refuse. Support is one area, however, where "free" may not be all it seems -- particularly for enterprises.
How to Choose an Enterprise Server Linux Distro
October 30, 2013
Discuss the merits of the many competing desktop Linux distributions out there, and you could fill several hours with heated debate. Turn the conversation to enterprise server distros, however, and the room can become quiet very quickly. The fact is, those on the hunt for the best or easiest or cheapest enterprise Linux distro have far fewer choices.
JFrog's Fred Simon: It's All About Developer Freedom and Faster Build Time
October 29, 2013
For software developers, success is being able to maximize their chosen programming language to speed up build time. Almost as important is being able to speed up product distribution. In order to accomplish those goals, software developers need a better distribution system and access to other developers' code to build in compatibility and integration.
SalesAgility Sweetens CRM With Open Source Sugar
October 28, 2013
SalesAgility last week rolled out SuiteCRM, an application that's designed to offer a fully open source alternative to SugarCRM Professional Edition. Built upon the latest release of SugarCRM Community Edition, the software includes reporting, workflow, quotes, products, security and portal extensions designed to deliver functionality previously found only in the proprietary, paid-for editions of SugarCRM.
MediaFire's Derek Labian: Cloud Storage Is an Everyday Need
October 15, 2013
Security and privacy concerns may be far outweighed for many users by the convenience and appeal of the cloud, but users need to view cloud access as more than just another storage utility on the desktop. That's according to Derek Labian, CEO of cloud storage service MediaFire. Instead, cloud users need to focus on cloud performance and application functionality, Labian suggests.
Coverity's Zack Samocha: Software Quality and the Open Source Advantage
October 1, 2013
Software quality is a topic close to most developers' hearts, whether they work with open source or proprietary code. Assessing quality, however, isn't always a simple matter. As a result, several efforts have sprung up to tackle the challenge, including the Coverity Scan project. Coverity began work in 2006 on the open source project, which is a joint endeavor with the Department of Homeland Security.
AlienVault's Barmak Meftah: Time to Put Hackers on the Defensive
September 24, 2013
As CEO of AlienVault, Barmak Meftah faces enemies every day who play out their attacks from faraway lands using seemingly unbeatable weapons. One of the weapons AlienVault uses with the support of the open source community is a global report called the Open Threat Exchange that tracks threats to computer networks. The results make it possible to identify trouble spots and take corrective action.
$7M Funding Means All Systems Go for Cyanogen
September 19, 2013
The Cyanogen free and open source Android firmware project on Wednesday announced that it had received $7 million in a Series A round of funding in April. The investment came from Benchmark Capital and Redpoint Ventures. "What will change is our capabilities, our speed, and our size," wrote Cyanogen founder Steve Kondik. "I am not going to let anyone stagnate."
Tiny CuBox-i Plays Nice With Linux and Android
September 5, 2013
Aiming to capture a piece of the market that has given the Raspberry Pi such a warm reception, SolidRun on Wednesday announced a new tiny computer of its own dubbed the "CuBox-i." Available in four models with prices starting at $45, the tiny computer includes an OpenGL|ES 2.0 GPU with OpenCL 1.1 embedded profile support; and up to four i.MX6 Cortex A9 ARM processors with as much as 1.2GHz each.
Failed Funding Effort Blunts Canonical's Ubuntu Edge
August 23, 2013
Canonical raised more than $12 million over 30 frantic days of crowdfunding its ambitious Ubuntu Edge superphone project, but it was still short some $20 million by the time the effort closed on Wednesday. The company's target was $32 million. "We raised $12,809,906, making the Edge the world's biggest ever fixed crowdfunding campaign," wrote Canonical founder Mark Shuttleworth.
Open Source Meets Textbook Publishing - Much Cash Freed Up
August 22, 2013
There's no denying the growing impact of open source software in today's business landscape, but for those who want additional proof of the open approach's viability, there's OpenStax College. Since 2012, the initiative has been producing peer-reviewed open source textbooks under a Creative Commons license. This year, the organization expects to save some 40,000 students about $3.7 million.
1 Small App, 1 Giant Feather in Linux's Cap
August 13, 2013
What a difference a day makes, as the old saying goes -- or, perhaps more aptly here in the Linux community, what a difference an app makes. Which app, you may ask? Why that would be Microsoft Office for Android, of course -- the arrival of which a few weeks ago has caused no shortage of jubilation in the Linux blogosphere. "It looks like Linus has won," noted a recent article.
The Great OpenStack-Amazon API Debate
August 8, 2013
The discussion and debate over open source cloud software's compatibility with cloud leader Amazon's proprietary APIs was just beginning when the 451 Group released "The OpenStack Tipping Point" in April. With the advancement of the OpenStack software and community -- along with lingering questions about the desired level of compatibility with Amazon's cloud -- the matter is heating up.
Canonical's Edgy Endeavor
August 5, 2013
Fans of Ubuntu will have to be forgiven if they've been a little distracted lately. After all, exactly two weeks ago Canonical launched its crowdfunding campaign for the new Ubuntu Edge smartphone. It's not just any crowdfunding campaign, of course -- it's a big one. Really big -- to the tune of $32 million. No one ever said Mark Shuttleworth lacked ambition.
How Firefox OS Could Sneak Into the Smartphone Chicken Coop
July 26, 2013
Spanish wireless network Telefónica recently started selling a super-cheap Linux-driven phone called the "ZTE Open" for the equivalent of around $90, which includes about $40 worth of prepay. Essentially, it's a $50 smartphone. Aside from the bottom-end retail price, what's unique about this smartphone is that it's the first to use Firefox OS.
It Will Take a Village to Raise Ubuntu's Edge
July 22, 2013
Canonical on Monday announced a $32 million campaign to crowdfund the creation of Ubuntu Edge, a brand-new smartphone that dual-boots Ubuntu phone OS and Android. Launched on Indiegogo, the month-long campaign focuses on funding a limited production run of 40,000 devices. Backers committing $600 by Tuesday morning or $830 thereafter will receive one an Ubuntu Edge device in May 2014.
Kaltura's Zohar Babin: Video Power to the People
July 9, 2013
In a world of mostly proprietary video platform developers, success for an open source startup requires very sharp cutting-edge technology. For Kaltura, part of the secret has been making sure that competitive edge is never dulled by settling for being just good enough. Adding a dual-license option often makes the difference between a free download and real sale.
Concurrent's Chris Wensel: The Open Source Path Is a Rocky Road
July 2, 2013
Big Data and open source software may be the next great unholy alliance in computing's current promised land, but open source is a broken business model that needs a better vehicle for supporting projects such as programming suites that build database applications. So argues Chris Wensel, founder and CTO of Concurrent. Wensel started the company in 2008 to focus on the open-source Cascading Project.
Google May Crash Game Console Party
June 28, 2013
Hard on the heels of the arrival of the Ouya video game console earlier this week, Google may be looking to get into the action. In fact, the company is currently working on an Android-powered console of its own, according to a Friday report. Apple is reportedly working on something similar as well. "There are too many screens to deal with," said IDC's Lewis Ward.


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That remark from Einstein was made when he was out walking with one of his close friends, and thinking about the so-called 'Copenhagen Interpretation' of quantum physics, which posts that the 'act of observation' is instrumental in 'creating' the particle being observed by 'collapsing the wave function'. The reason this was so perplexing to Einstein was that, as a scientist, he was convinced that the fundamental constituents of reality existed independently of any perceiving mind. This was the point that caused him to say 'does the moon exist when nobody is looking at it?' He was very hostile to the apparently mystical implications of Copenhagen.Randomseb wrote:Einstein once complained about the moon not existing if it wasn't observed, due to some quantum physics phenomena..
Obviously, from the common-sense viewpoint, the answer to his question is 'yes'. It is not as if, were all h.sapiens to perish through a planetary catastrophe, the moon and stars would suddenly go out of existence. However, the moon, or anything else, exists from a perspective, and in relation to other things. It is situated in space and time. We bring those perceptual elements to the picture, and name the resulting aggregation of elements, shapes, colours, and so on, 'moon'. Our consciousness 'makes manifest' the various elements of any object and brings it together, as object, as 'something there'. It is not as if, in the absence of that act of observation, that things go out of existence - more that the nature of existence itself, is something within which the mind plays a foundational role.
The point about the scientific attitude, is that it assumes the 'mind-independence' of the world. It begins with the fact of observing subjects in the natural environment. It presumes that 'the mind' is simply another phenomenon in the natural world. What it doesn't see, is that the mind actually constitutes what we call 'the world' by combining all of the various perceptions and judgements which comprise our experience of it, into an apparently coherent whole. To see that, is to start doing something other than 'natural science', because it is asking a very different kind of question, to scientific questions. (However this is not opposed to the scientific approach. It is simply a different type of attitude or outlook.)
Some philosophers (and not only Indian) have long understood that there is this sense in which the mind 'creates' the world. After all Schopenhauer starts his great work, World as Will and Representation, with the statement 'the world is my representation'. (Of all the Western philosophers, he was the one closest in many ways to Hindu and Buddhist thinkers.)
But I don't think this means that the world is simply unreal in any trivial or simple sense. We are in it, and bound to it by our attachments and karma, which extends back into ancient history. So I still have a lot of respect for empirical science and hard facts. It is just that they don't have the final say. The Buddhas are those who see beyond that world of appearances but until we ourselves do that also, we are bound by it.
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You've wrote plenty of scripts for original animes. What would you advise or recommend to a freshly entering scriptwriter?
>.< I'm super hyper! And looking for guest passes!!!
How did you first start getting into story writing? Did you face any failures / challenges along the way?
"You always write such brilliant scripts, can you tell us about any new projects you're working on?"
"Did you always want to pursue the career you have now and what inspires you?"
"What's your favorite anime?"
"Out of all the projects you have worked on, which one do you hold closest to your heart?"
I guess I'd like to ask her to what extent she did her research for the anime. Did she work at an onsen ryokan herself to gain the experiences needed to make the characters feel more alive or did she and her team gather information from the locations instead?
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Have you ever cried while writing your own titles? Because your stories are all so touching and give off a warm feeling... =w=
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Your characters tend to have very distinct, well-defined personalities. How do you find a balance between staying true to those personalities and letting the characters grow and change over the course of a series?
Since you worked on Aquarion EVOL and AKB0048 together. Who is the biggest troll between you and Shoji Kawamori?
If Crunchyroll ever produces an anime will you do the writing for that anime?
Work hard, play hard, watch anime.
When you are writing the heart tugging moments are you inspired by anything in real life (news articles, stories you've heard, non-fiction books) or are they inspired by fantasy (books, other anime, made up by you)?
While you were writing, did you ever feel as if you were one of the characters?
What are some of the things in your life that inspire you to write?
What is one of the most challenging thing you experience writing anime?
What are some of things that you find absolutely fascinating?
What are some of your favorite places in the world to visit?
Is there anything you dislike about your career?
What is something you think you feel you need to work on in your writing?
Other than your own, what are some of your favorite anime?
What are some projects your working on now?
What are some of the most influential things in your life?
Do you have a favorite quote, if so what is it?
After watching the anime, why did you make Hanasaku Iroha have no main real antagonist (like in a human physical form)? Although i never seen a main person who was bad all the time some characters were bad for a certain situation. Was it for realism or was it too much to put all the hate into on human form? The story was pretty amazing and i enjoyed ths whole anime! It was the first anime I seen with no human antagonist with the drama and the motivation as the energy to run the show. It was also a slice of life that actually had a plot other than shows like Nichijou.
Feeling too lazy to go after Nico atm... :( ill try later on...
Hanasaku Iroha presents us with some very strong female characters. In contrast some of the male characters can seem incompetent, perverted or oblivious. Would you consider Hanasaku Iroha a "feminist" anime? And how much did gender roles or stereotypes factor into portraying different characters and shaping the story?
In Hanasaku Iroha, I felt like all the characters could have been real people. How difficult was it to write such a sweet, heart warming story, but keep it so grounded in reality?
"How did you decide to become a write for anime?"
"If it was an anime or manga, which one please?"
I would love to read them!
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Princeton-based pharmaceutical company Soligenix announced Monday it has appointed Dr. Richard Straube as senior vice president and chief medical officer.
According to the announcement, Straube is a board-certified pediatrician with clinical research experience in host-response modulation. He has 35 years of experience in academia and industry, including positions at Centocor, Ohmeda Pharmaceuticals, INO Therapeutics, and Stealth Peptides Inc.
Straube received his medical degree and residency training at the University of Chicago, completed a joint adult and pediatrician infectious diseases fellowship at the University of California San Diego, the company said in a statement.
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University of Vermont
Blackboard Assessment Tools
Tuesday, September 05 2017
@ 11:30 AM- 1:00 PMIn this introduction to Blackboard's assessment tools and grading features, we will show the basics of using the following:
- Grade Center
- Assignments
- Tests
- Rubrics
This workshop assumes prior knowledge of: navigating the course environment (course menu, control panel, bread crumbs); basic understanding of content areas and adding tools; basic understanding of how to use the text editor.
If you do not have mastery of the above skills, please make an appointment with the CTL "Doctor Is In" program before attending this workshop. Email firstname.lastname@example.com
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Australian Jesuit Father Jeremy Clarke, assistant professor at Boston College,has launched a searchable website he calls "Beyond Ricci" that gives scholars and researchers online access to newly digitized books containing historical narratives, maps, correspondence and musical compositions in five languages that depict life in China in early modern history and the East-West exchanges initiated by the early Jesuit missionaries. The site was launched in late July.
"This website takes knowledge and information that is rare and beautiful and puts it into the academic domain providing an interdisciplinary resource for scholars and students of disciplines ranging from history and geography, to Latin and Chinese," Father Clarke said in a statement.
His project was funded through a grant from the Academic Teaching Advisory Board and the Office of the Provost at Boston College. It was a year in the making, with the priest working with the Jesuitana Collection at the university's Burns Library.
Father Clarke calls it "a labor of love and an act of homage to my Jesuit brothers and their Chinese counterparts whose remarkable scholarship is preserved in these rare books that will now be available to visitors from Chestnut Hill to Canberra, San Francisco to Shanghai."
Here's a sampling of items that can be accessed on the site: melody lines from the Chinese Imperial Court transcribed by the Jesuits in the mid-18th century; a translation of Confucian texts by the Jesuit missionaries that represented the first introduction of Confucius to the Western world; and an extensively detailed 18th-century atlas.


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AIG's ( AIG) board is meeting Wednesday to consider whether to join a $25 billion shareholder lawsuit against the government, court records show, The New York Times reported. The lawsuit doesn't argue that government help wasn't needed at the giant insurer during the financial crisis, the Times said. AIG just completed paying back the U.S. government for a $182 billion bailout. The newspaper said that AIG contends that the onerous nature of the rescue -- the taking of what became a 92% stake in the company, the deal's high interest rates and the funneling of billions to the insurer's Wall Street clients -- deprived shareholders of tens of billions of dollars and violated the Fifth Amendment.
Aluminum giant Alcoa ( AA) is expected by analysts Tuesday to post fourth-quarter earnings of 6 cents a share on revenue of $5.61 billion. 5 Heavy Shorts About to Report Earnings
Seeds company Monsanto ( MON) is expected by Wall Street to report fiscal first-quarter earnings of 37 cents a share on revenue of $2.64 billion. Overvalued Stocks Raise the Earnings Bar
Sears ( SHLD) said late Monday that CEO Louis D'Ambrosio is stepping down for family health reasons; Chairman Edward Lampert will take over the CEO duties. The U.S. retailer also said it expects a loss in the quarter ending Feb. 2 of $280 million to $360 million, or $2.64 to $3.40 a share. The period includes a charge of about $450 million related to pension settlements.
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Amtrak will host major events at train stations in Chicago, Los Angeles, New York and Philadelphia. The events will feature live entertainment, interactive and educational activities about how trains have transformed America and will continue to do so in the future with high speed rail, as well as, fun activities for the entire family.
National Train Day will also bring the "rail way" to life for attendees, and those participating online and through social media. To join in the celebration, passengers inspired by their train travel experience are encouraged to submit photos, video and stories at NationalTrainDay.com, facebook.com/NationalTrainDay or @natltrainday for a chance to win prizes.
May 12, 2012
11:00 am – 4:00 pm
New York, Philadelphia, Los Angeles and Chicago
In addition to the four markets listed above, communities across the country are encouraged to develop and host their own National Train Day celebrations. More than 200 such celebrations took place in towns across the country in 2011 and the number of events is expected to rise again this year.
Award-winning actress, writer and philanthropist Rosario Dawson will share her love of train travel and how it allows her to be involved in the community in a more personal way as National Train Day"s spokesperson. A multi-faceted talent, Dawson is known to her legions of fans for her work in film, her leading roles with today"s hottest film actors and directors, as well as for her philanthropic efforts in communities across the country.
National Train Day Exhibits
Experiences in the four markets will feature a wide array of activities including:
Train Equipment Displays: In select markets, walk through privately owned, luxury railcars. Explore commuter displays, rail passenger services and freight equipment displays showing how "green" locomotives transform the nation"s freight fleet.
Kids Depot: Bring the kids and let them build, explore and compete for surprise giveaways happening all day long at the All Aboard Explorers' kids zone.
Model Train Displays: Take a closer look at the miniature masterpieces and marvel at the wonder of the model train displays that will be featured on-site at National Train Day.
K-9 Unit Demonstrations: In select markets, interact with Amtrak Security K-9 Units, one of the largest programs in the United States.
Amtrak High Speed Rail Display: Explore the future of high speed rail travel.
Amtrak Culinary Experience: Enjoy live cooking demonstrations by Amtrak celebrity chefs and taste free samples of regional culinary specialties.
See More Store: Take home a print, a t-shirt, and other memorabilia that will remind us to see more, do more, live more from the passenger seat of a train.
Exclusive Exhibits
In addition, signature events in New York City and Chicago will include the following exhibits from 11 a.m. – 4 p.m. on Saturday, May 12, 2012:
Amtrak 40th Anniversary Exhibit Train (New York City): The exhibit featured at the 5th Annual National Train Day Celebration at New York City"s Grand Central Terminal will include a locomotive, Bistro car, and renovated baggage cars displaying historic advertising, uniforms, photos, and memorabilia. A variety of commemorative items will also be available for purchase at the event.
Hill Harper: Scenes from the Southwest Chief (Chicago): Actor Hill Harper, star of CSI: NY will share his personal Amtrak travel experience during the 5th Annual National Train Day Celebration at Chicago"s Union Station. Harper, also a noted author, wrote sections of his latest book The Wealth Cure: Putting Money In It's Place while traveling aboard Amtrak"s Southwest Chief from Los Angeles to Chicago in 2010.
As the official toy partner of Amtrak's National Train Day, B. toys will be showcasing their building block toys – the Elemenosqueeze and Stackadoos – at the kids' activity stations at the festivals. The Elemenosqueeze (ages 6 months to 3 years) and the Stackadoos (ages 2 to 6 years) are both wonderful toy to engage babies & children of all ages in the event, and allow them to play and build together!
To help celebrate this big day, B. Toys would like to offer a giveaway of the Elemenosqueeze as a giveaway prize to one of my lucky readers. This giveaway ends on May 14th, 2012.
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High State Excise Taxes Mean Smuggling, Theft and Violence for Michigan
Where There's Cigarette Taxes, There's Smuggling
(Permission to rebroadcast in whole or in part is hereby granted. A courtesy super or CG crediting the Mackinac Center would be appreciated.)
In a 2010 update to their 2008 study "Cigarette Taxes and Smuggling," Michael LaFaive and Todd Nesbit show the strong correlation between high cigarette taxes and smuggling, theft and other violent crimes.
(Note: The study covers 47 of the 48 contiguous states, omitting North Carolina as the basic source state for smuggled cigarettes.)
Kathy Hoekstra is a communications specialist at the Mackinac Center for Public Policy. The Mackinac Center for Public Policy is a research and educational institute headquartered in Midland, Mich. Permission to reprint in whole or in part is hereby granted, provided that the author and the Center are properly cited.


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What's it like filming the series for WE tv? In a nutshell, insanity!!!!!
Well, we have had experience filming television shows before. We have competed on the Food Network challenge several times, and thought, "Oh well, this isn't a competition, and they fly out and come to us to produce this show, we'll do our thing, make the cakes, so it can't be that hard, right?"
Not only did we have to make three amazing wedding cakes that were extremely detailed in a 5-6 day period, we had to run a business (we have two retail locations, and it was filmed right around Christmas), attempt to be funny and clever on film AND we had to look good on TV (without a makeup artist, and little sleep). So all of that combined sent us into a whirlwind of stress and anxiety. However, in the midst of all the craziness, we managed to push through. We had a blast with the film crew and made some of our best cakes ever!
I think the biggest obstacle for us is that we were one of the only bakeries asked to film two weeks in a row. Being in Cleveland, there is a definitive line between when wedding season starts and stops. April through November, we have wedding cakes every weekend, but once winter hits, no one really plans a wedding in Cleveland. So the fact that we could even find 6 wedding events to film in December, was a feat in itself. It just so happened that all of those events fell mid-December, so that meant two grueling weeks of filming with no break in between!
One of my favorite recollections is, there would be a time of day during filming, right after lunch when everyone in the room would get loopy -the camera guys, the sound guys, even the field producers… there was a lot of laughter, and at times, we found ourselves saying things that we hoped wouldn't make it on air for fear of our mothers scolding us… we felt really bad for the editors who had to sit and listen to everything we talked about, the dirty jokes and all-around inappropriate comments (sorry, Mom).
So overall, there were some good times, some moments we wanted to pull our hair out, and some pretty spectacular cakes!


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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Thu 22nd Sep 2005 15:51 UTC, submitted by William Lahti
The first snapshot release of Komodo, a next-generation Linux/.NET-based operating system, is now available. "A new desktop environment codenamed Dagon is now being developed with [D-Bus, Composite, Linux 2.6] to bring a new face of Linux to users. The environment is being developed around the Emotion graphics/UI toolkit to best make use of these new display and communication technologies as well as to provide a solid and useable interface for casual users." Get the latest snapshots from their FTP servers. Read more information for developers, users and enterprise users.
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The Shrine of the Most Blessed Sacrament and EWTN Global Catholic Network, founded by Mother Mary Angelica, P.C.P.A., come together to provide a unique setting for your individual or group pilgrimage.
The Shrine of the Most Blessed Sacrament and Monastery of the Poor Clare Nuns of Perpetual Adoration is located on approximately 400 acres, only one hour away from EWTN. Inspired by Mother Angelica's vision of the Divine Child Jesus, the Shrine contains images and statues that celebrate the childhood of Jesus and the Real Presence. Visitors may pray and meditate before the Blessed Sacrament, stroll through the gardens and grottos, and visit the life-like Nativity. As well, Mass and rosary are available daily, and the Nuns extend a personal invitation to pilgrims seeking spiritual renewal to join them silently as they pray the Divine Office and adore our Eucharistic Lord.
EWTN Global Catholic Network, founded in 1981, is available in over 250 million television households in more than 140 countries and territories. With its direct broadcast satellite television and radio services, AM & FM radio networks, worldwide short-wave radio station, Internet website www.ewtn.com and publishing arm, EWTN is the largest religious media network in the world. EWTN's mission of spreading the Gospel to the very ends of the earth brings together the Church's most outstanding priests, theologians, Scripture scholars, and speakers. Live shows, catechetical talks and inspiring homilies deliver the Truths of the Catholic Church to the Faithful. EWTN's Chapel and surrounding grounds provide a place for prayer and contemplation. A tour of EWTN's facility shows the technology behind-the-scene. The EWTN grounds are also home to the Franciscan Missionaries of the Eternal Word (MFVA) Friary.
Gift Shop Hours
There are gift shops located at both the Shrine and EWTN. Each has a unique selection of beautiful statues, crucifixes, rosaries, books, videos, and many other "holy reminders" to nurture your faith.
The El Niño Gift Shop at the Shrine is open Monday through Saturday, 8:15 AM to 4:45 PM.
The Religious Catalogue Shoppe at EWTN is open Monday through Friday, 8 AM to 4:30 PM and Saturday, 8AM to 3PM.
Be sure to visit both!
The Shrine and EWTN are located about sixty miles apart. Please review the map of both areas as you plan your pilgrimage.


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Opinion: Afghans On the Edge
Global View columnist Bret Stephens on Saturday's national elections, the first under full Afghan control. Photo: Associated Press
This transcript has been automatically generated and may not be 100% accurate.
... I ... I ... the the the the polls on Saturday to vote for a new president ... in what's at stake ... global View columnist Bret Stephens joining me now Brett ... so for the stock in its Indian who in your mind is that for ... very hard to say because there's probably can be no one but two rounds ... in this um election ... and all of the low former foreign minister ran strong against Karzai in two thousand and ... nine ... and he's someone who ... would be pretty good ... president ... his problem is that ... I'm Efron that some problem ... in Afghanistan it is is that these have caused it ... and only half option which is ... the passions makeup Opel relative Afghans about forty two percent ... so there's an ethnic issue there ... I shrug on a ... it is a former finance minister technocrat reading very clever guy I know a trough ... and he's written books on development he said that he's a really brilliant guy and ... he's a sort of ninety one as a finance minister ... I don't know what kind of President he would be but he too ... is a potentially ... strong candidate bozos Sydney Levy ... the two front runners are a few there are few others but you know Afghan politics and this is the understatement of a century are complicated ... than that country is made an awful lot of progress probably more progress ... than most Americans realize ... whoever takes over ... canapes in the East not just keep that progress in place whether it's girls' school economic growth ... but can they build on ... yet this is um I mean that's that's that's a great question and more portly can they build on that ... as most of most coalition most U S troops ... move out of me that's the that's real question ... people do forget that the in Afghanistan in the nineteen nineties when it was an suffered from this rate is the civil war which killed millions of people ... was under the palm of this medieval Taliban ... regime that was balling of Buddha statues ... and the promises that has been remarkable ... how well for its been progress has been undercut by the persistence of the Taliban ... rebellion ... terrible misallocation of of of foreign aid and in ... our side and the arts and Antrim it was about to say and and and tremendous and tremendous corruption ... the key for the next ... president whoever does this sign a bilateral security agreement with United States maintain ... at least some kind of robust worked require U S Forest ... continued to strengthen the Afghan National Army as a bulwark against the Taliban and is due to fire the various ethnicities when I left they wanted it to another big foreign policy issue ... that occupying the ministrations Mideast peace talks ... it was is out in these last hours that John Kerry ... might be stepping back from those talks had to interpret that well I wish he'd taken our advice ... nine months ago or year ago when he decided to make a bizarrely a priority of his tenure as Secretary of State having these talks had zero no ... no ... hope whatsoever of succeeding it was totally predictable I was not alone in making this case ... you haven't Israel that looks out of bed at a neighborhood where where regimes are collapsing it doesn't know what what what ... kind of consolation comes next the Rand is ... approaching nuclear capability ... any of the Palestinian Authority gets hopelessly divided between Hamas the terrorist group in Gaza not to mention Caesars's hostess touches ... and five so we slacked list and irresponsible located global view calmness Bret Stephens ... thank you so much thank you for joining us


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University of Central Florida: Speech Quarantined to 'Free Assembly Areas'
Category: Free Speech
Schools: University of Central Florida
After instituting "Free Assembly Areas" around campus, constituting a small percentage of the actual grounds, the University of Central Florida drew criticism from FIRE for its disregard of the First Amendment. After twice preventing The Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) from protesting under the Golden Rule's "Free Assembly Areas" policy, the University of Central Florida then further diminished students' First Amendment rights by implementing a "Free Assembly Areas" policy from the Student Union, a policy inconsistent with the Golden Rule's, recognizing different areas on campus as free speech zones. The SDS was forced to cease protesting, even though they were within the designated area under the Golden Rule's policy, because it conflicted with the Student Assembly. Not only is UCF limiting free speech by introducing these policies, but they are then further inhibiting students' rights to free speech and assembly by having disparate policies. FIRE continues to criticize UCF, as the school has yet to eliminate their inconsistent and unconstitutional measures.
FIRE Letter to UCF President John C. Hitt, November 1, 2006
UCF Free Assembly Areas Policy
UCF rules fuel debate on freedom of speech
December 17, 2006
One minute, members of Students for a Democratic Society were sitting in a breezeway, holding signs asking other students to discuss a possible war in Iran.The next, the University of Central Florida police were accusing the campus activists of trespassing and were threatening them with arrest if they didn't move to a designated "free-assembly area." That event in April launched an ongoing dispute over free speech at UCF that echoes similar struggles between university administrators and students across the country. Officials at the campus east of Orlando say they're just trying to prevent protesters from blocking entrances or disturbing classes […]» Read More
Students challenge UCF's 'free-assembly' policies
December 6, 2006
by Mark Harper Daytona Beach News-Journal Months after campus police broke up an Iraq war protest because students were gathered outside "free-assembly zones," a University of Central Florida committee is reconsidering those policies. The review comes after a student grievance, a Student Senate resolution and an intervention by the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE), a Philadelphia-based civil rights organization. "It is simply unacceptable for UCF to transform the vast majority of its campus into a censorship area," FIRE President Greg Lukianoff said in a news release. "The current policy is unconstitutional and must be repealed." Maribeth Ehasz, […]» Read More
Students Censored, Free Speech Under Quarantine at University of Central Florida
December 4, 2006
ORLANDO, Fla., December 4, 2006—The Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE) is calling on the University of Central Florida (UCF) to repeal its unlawful and unfair "free speech zone" policy. This policy quarantines free speech at UCF to four areas covering only a small percentage of its campus. "It is simply unacceptable for UCF to transform the vast majority of its campus into a censorship area," FIRE President Greg Lukianoff said. "The current policy is unconstitutional and must be repealed." UCF's Free Assembly Areas policy states that only "four areas shall be deemed free assembly areas for the conduct […]» Read More


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Chic Baby Shower Gift Ideas
Vogue's Favorite Shower Gifts For Chic Moms-to-Be
Vogue's Favorite Shower Gifts For Chic Moms-to-Be
When the fashion set throws a baby shower, they do it right, as is evidenced in Vogue Daily's Power Shower feature. Inspired by the exquisite Manhattan shower thrown for Russian stylist and fashion director Anya Ziourova, Vogue's Chloe Malle rounded up 15 of her favorite gift ideas for a most fashionable mom-to-be. Click through to see what's on her list!
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Be Thankful
Kids make a beautiful flower to remind them to be thankful for all God does.
Blessings, Thanksgiving, Thankfulness, Worry
Light green cardstock
Approximately 20 minutes
Before class, print enough Word Pages with the phrase "Don't worry, be thankful," and the Bible verse so each child will have one copy of each. Cut sponges into petal shapes, and a circle for the center of the flower. Prepare a place for painting, using drop cloths, towels for clean up, etc.
Have the kids color the phrase "Don't worry, be thankful," then cut it out and glue onto the top of their green card stock. Then cut out and paste the verse at the very bottom of the green card stock.
Have each child put on a paint shirt and go to the place prepared for painting. Make sure each plate has only one color. Tell the kids that the sponges must stay on the plate they came from. They will stamp the center of the flower first, in the middle of their green cardstock. Then they will pick the color they want their flower to be and stamp the petals onto the cardstock around the flower's center. After the flower is dry, they can write on the petals the things for which they are thankful.
You can also make a field of flowers to place on a table, the classroom floor, or the wall. Have each child make more than one flower, and label each flower with only one thing they are thankful for. Then put the flowers in the designated area to see how God has clothed the field in such splendor.
If working with paint is too difficult for younger kids, cut the flower center and petals out of construction paper. Then the kids can glue them onto the cardstock. It will be just as pretty, but without the adventure and mess.
Refer to Matthew 6:25-34 during the craft time. This is a good time to sneak in some teaching. God takes care of us in such splendid ways. We sometimes forget about all the beauty and majesty that He has prepared for us. Take time to see all that God has given us for our enjoyment. We have a God who cares for the little things. We need to remember that He cares about us and that He will take care of our every need.


text: Job Discussion Forums :: View topic - Looking to teach for a few months this summer in Europe Get TEFL Certified & Start Your Adventure Today! Job Discussion Forums"The Internet's Meeting Place for ESL/EFL Students and Teachers from Around the World!" FAQ Search Memberlist Usergroups Register Profile Log in to check your private messages Log in Looking to teach for a few months this summer in Europe Job Discussion Forums Forum Index -> General Discussion View previous topic :: View next topic Author Message Dave CoopJoined: 02 May 2003Posts: 3 Posted: Tue May 06, 2003 9:19 am Post subject: Looking to teach for a few months this summer in Europe My wife and I are Yanks currently living in London. I have a valid UK work permit, however, it is tied to my wife's work permit and since she is about to quit her horridly boring job at a huge multinational bank it is "technically" about to expire (however, the stamp in my passport says it is good until 2006). We plan on leaving London around the end of June 2003 and thought it might be fun to try teaching English for a short 2-3 month stint before returning to the USA. We may also want to return in a year or so and sign up for a full year of teaching somewhere. We both have college degrees, her's is in English/Creative Writting, and mine is in Geography (it helps me to find the unemployment office on a map). We also just took a quicky weekend / online TEFL course through i to i (http://www.teflcourses.com/index.htm ) so we are certified to at least an intial level. I know, I know, it isn't the Cambridge certified one but it should be enough to get us started. Questions I have for the group is where is the best place for us to find work in Europe for about 2-3 months starting in end of June or beginning of July? I also have experience in business as a technical salesman for AT&T that used to sell to Fortune 500 companies, so I am hoping that may carry some weight in getting a Business English gig. We are fairly open to teaching in a lot of countries either in Western or Eastern Europe, although after London I am thinking sunny Greece, Italy, Croatia or even Turkey would be great. Since we are newbies finding a job over the Internet may be difficult, especially in an EU country,. However, I am led to believe that if I go down to Italy or Germany and start knocking on doors I may be able to find something in person. So what do you think? Is a 2-3 month gig doable and where? Hope to hear from you all and thanks. Back to top Kent F. KruhoefferJoined: 22 Jan 2003Posts: 2129Location: 中国 Posted: Wed May 07, 2003 5:49 am Post subject: it's 'doable' Dear Dave: You both have degrees; that's good. You also have valid EU working permits, at least for a while; that's also good. The bad news is this: Summer jobs in EFL are a bit harder to come by, for a couple of reasons: First, business-in-general at the private language schools tends to be MUCH slower during the hot summer months, when many people go on holiday. On top of that 'business reality', most schools prefer to hire people for longer terms; usually 9 months is the minimum. That said, I'd still say you have a fairly decent chance of finding some part-time work by just 'showing up and knocking on some doors' as you put it. If you bring along some cash, a couple of slick resumes' and a positive attitude, you might get lucky. Out of the countries you mentioned in your post, I'd have to vote for Turkey as having the strongest EFL market, and Istanbul in particular would be my personal choice. It is a truly stunning city, with much to see and do, great food and hospitable, friendly people. In my experience, Turks also tend to be pretty relaxed about visas and shorter-term contracts. 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CPOE and MU with Marc Probst and M*Modal
John Lynn is the Founder of the HealthcareScene.com blog network which currently consists of 10 blogs containing over 8000 articles with John having written over 4000 of the articles himself. These EMR and Healthcare IT related articles have been viewed over 16 million times. John also manages Healthcare IT Central and Healthcare IT Today, the leading career Health IT job board and blog. John is co-founder of InfluentialNetworks.com and Physia.com. John is highly involved in social media, and in addition to his blogs can also be found on Twitter: @techguy and @ehrandhit and LinkedIn.
As part of my ongoing series of EHR videos, I had the chance to sit down with Marc Probst, CIO of Intermountain and a member of a number of important healthcare IT committees, Mike Raymer, Senior Vice President of Solutions Management at M*Modal and Dr. Jonathan Handler, CMIO of M*Modal to talk about CPOE and Meaningful Use. It's another great addition to the Healthcare Scene YouTube channel.
In the interview we have a chance to talk about Intermountain's move from zero CPOE to mobile, voice recognized CPOE. We talk about the future possibilities of voice in healthcare. I also ask Marc Probst about his views on EHR certification, meaningful use, and CommonWell.
*Note: Marc Probst's sound was less than ideal. Next time we'll be sure he has a better microphone.


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BLOOMINGTON, Ill. - In a game fueled with emotion after the passing of former teammate Andrew Weishar on Friday, the Illinois Wesleyan football team topped Carthage 45-7 in a Homecoming win at Tucci Stadium on Saturday (Oct. 13).
The Titans, for the second straight year, improved to 6-0 overall and 3-0 in the College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin while Carthage slipped to 3-3 overall and 1-2 in the league.
There was a moment of silence for Weishar prior to the game and the IWU players are wearing his number "54" on their helmets as a reminder of their former teammate.
The Titans opened the scoring when an 11-play, 73-yard drive was capped by a 23 yard field goal by freshman Michael Kelley with 9:53 to play in the first quarter.
IWU boosted the lead to 10-0 when junior T.J. Stinde ran in from 8 yards out, ending a four-play, 15 yard drive, set up by a fumble recovery by Stephen McGinnis. The Titans led 10-0 with 2:01to play in the first.
Alex Garvey was on the receiving end of a 49-yard touchdown pass from junior Rob Gallik with 12:14 left in the half and Kelley's kick gave IWU a 17-0 edge.
A 77-yard punt return by sophomore Tyrell Bolden gave IWU great field position late in the second quarter and junior Sean Conley ran in from 3 yards out with 1:08 before intermission to give IWU a 24-0 halftime lead.
The Titans extende the lead to 31-0 with 6:50 to play in the third when Tate Musselman leaped to snare a Gallik pass for a 14 yard TD.
Senior linebacker Mike Kraft recovered a fumble and scampered into the end zone from 22 yards out to give IWU a 38-0 lead with 5:40 left in the third quarter.
The explosive Bolden ran for a 71 yard TD with 13:24 to play in the game and Kelley added his sixth extra point to give the Titans a 45-0 lead.
Carthage put together a 95 yard, eight-play drive that took 2:02 and scored with 14 seconds left in the game when A.J. Simoncelli connected with Nick Gremley on an 18 yard pass and Brett Bukari added the extra point kick.
Bolden led IWU in rushing with 79 yards and Stinde added 53 on 15 carries. Gallik was 16 of 26 for 181 yards and two TDs.
The Titans amassed 337 yards of total offense and limited the Red Men to 255 yards with 95 of those coming in the final three minutes of the game. Simoncelli threw for 150 yards, completing 12 of 18 passes. Reggie Miller led Carthage with 26 rushing yards on 10 carries.
Kyle Pfister and Chris Simms were IWU's leading tacklers with eight each while Mike Heaton had seven. Carthage was led defensively by Alex Vitkauskas with nine total tackles and seven from Mickey Johnson.
IWU will play at Wheaton (4-2, 2-1 CCIW) next Saturday (Oct. 20) at 6 p.m. The Thunder were 35-30 losers at Elmhurst on Saturday.
Titans Win Emotionally-Charged Homecoming Game Over Red Men
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BLOOMINGTON, Ill. - In a game fueled with emotion after the passing of former teammate Andrew Weishar on Friday, the Illinois Wesleyan football team topped Carthage 45-7 in a Homecoming win at Tucci Stadium on Saturday (Oct. 13).


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posted by Thom Holwerda on Thu 12th Sep 2013 23:00 UTC
The long-awaited day has come.
Twitter, the 200 million user microblogging service, has filed for its initial public offering. Fittingly, the only public acknowledgement came in the form of a simple tweet.
"Long-awaited"? Wait, people actually waited for this?
Must not have a lot going on in their lives.


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William S. Reese's excellent op-ed ("A welcome focus on global youth," March 9) about the Global Youth Jobs Alliance speaks to the powerful role young people can play when public policy leaders reserve a place for them at the policymaking table. This strategy rings true for Youth Advocate Programs, Inc. (YAP), a national and international non-profit organization that delivers cost-effective alternatives to the incarceration or other institutional placement of high-risk youth. YAP, with programs in 25 major cities, including Baltimore, achieves this by connecting caring advocates to work with young people from their communities. A key strategy is identifying and utilizing young people's strengths and assets and then empowering them to become engaged citizens in their communities.
Too often, we ignore young people if we believe they are "bad kids," yet the youth we work with have humbled us in their knowledge of their community and the creative plans for change that they develop. They also are a powerful lobby, as political leaders in state capitals and D.C. who have heard their testimony, can attest.
We believe, as do Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Mr. Reese, that all youth have a voice, and should have the opportunity to change and to lead a change movement.
Michael B. Marks, Timonium
The writer is chief development officer and national director of research for Youth Advocate Programs, Inc.


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Contrary to popular belief, not all American citizens are required to move to Boca Raton when they retire. Sure, the climate is heavenly, the ocean water is alluring and the shoreline could hardly be more inviting. However, it's not cheap, as the presence of some of the most expensive gated communities in the U.S. will attest, and the simple fact is that not all retirees have the means to live someplace like this.
With this in mind, International Living, a publication devoted to showing that "you can live better, for less, overseas," just released its Retirement Index for 2012. By weighing such factors as food prices, climate and health-care costs, the index determines which foreign destinations offer retirees a high standard of living at a low price.
Using data from International Living, CNBC.com is highlighting 10 of the locations on the 2012 Retirement Index. Many are in places that offer retirees substantially discounted utilities, public transportation and health care, and offer all of its residents a high level of luxury for a fraction of its cost in the U.S. Click ahead to see which up-and-coming foreign cities offer luxurious lifestyles to selective retirees.
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Campaign season arrives with filing process
ST. PAUL -- Minnesota's campaign season officially began on Tuesday.
As she has for five elections, Rep. Joyce Peppin, R-Rogers, stayed overnight on her lawn chair in a hallway outside the secretary of state's office to be first in line to file candidate paperwork. Before the office opened at 8 a.m., three others also were in line, the first of many throughout Minnesota to file for federal, state, local and judicial offices by 5 p.m. June 5.
Peppin and other candidates said that being early shows voters how deeply they care about their races.
Being first is a tradition for Peppin. She arrived at 2 p.m. Monday to make sure no one beat her.
State Sen. Mike Parry, R-Waseca, running in the 1st Congressional District Republican primary, arrived at 7:20 a.m. He said he was up at 5 a.m. cleaning his St. Paul apartment, and decided "maybe I could be second in line to Joyce."
But Dick Franson took that honor. The Democrat is running for the U.S. Senate for the seventh time. In all, he has run for office 26 times, winning only his first race, for Minneapolis City Council.
The fourth early filer was Rick Nolan, who faces a Democratic primary in the 8th Congressional District in northeast and east-central Minnesota.
"I wanted to be here early to emphasize its importance," Nolan said of the race in the district now represented by Republican U.S. Rep. Chip Cravaack.
The first four candidates got to the secretary of state's counter first, filed out paperwork and handed over checks of $400 for U.S. Senate, $300 for U.S. House and $100 for state legislator.
State Sen. John Howe, R-Red Wing, came in right behind the first four, filing papers to run for re-election.
"The main thing is just to get filed on the first day," Howe said, "I think it's important to let your intentions be known right away, and to let the people of the district know how proud I am to continue serving them."
In 2010, Howe also was the first state Senate candidate to file.
U.S. House and Senate candidates must file in the secretary of state's office in St. Paul, state and judicial candidates may file either in the secretary of state's office or their local county auditor's offices. City candidates file with city clerks, county candidates with county auditors and school district candidates file with school district clerks.
Secretary of State Mark Ritchie greeted the early filers this morning, saying news coverage reminds the public about the election process.
Ritchie said the Nov. 6 general election should attract more than the 2.92 million voters that cast ballots two years ago. The Aug. 14 primary election turnout likely will be spotty, he said, with more voting in a few hotly contested races.
While most candidates file paperwork in person, some mail it in. One is Jack Shepherd, who is running for U.S. Senate seat from Italy, where he lives because he is wanted in an arson investigation in Minnesota.
Don Davis reports for Forum Communications Co.


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Monday Morning Offering - 7
Image: George Mendoza
Good morning, good God!
Ah, yes, another Monday - and another week ahead of us,
you and me, Lord...
I'm grateful for your summertiming through August with me.
(I'll bet you don't mind the approach of Labor Day
near as much as I do...)
Help me squeeze as much as I can
out of the days ahead of me, Lord,
these days warmed and brightened by the sun
and refreshed and fed by the rain...
Get me out there, Lord,
to bask in the afternoon sun,
reminding me how your love warms,
tans, even burns me with its intensity...
Get me out there, Lord,
lest I hide in the shadows of my fears,
in cold corners of isolation,
shaded from your heart's healing heat.
If you open the skies in rain,
walk me through the showers of your love
cleansing me and my wounds,
washing, refreshing, soaking me
in your grace...
Let me taste this summer, Lord,
before its fruits have passed their prime...
Make sure I relish a native tomato
and feast on ears of fresh picked corn.
Satisfy my sweet tooth
with fruits ripe for picking.
Let me snap string beans, shell peas
and slice a zucchini or two - or a dozen!
Treat me with ice cream and shortcake;
slake my thirst with iced tea and lemonade;
refresh me with slices of watermelon!
Feed me with the freshness of your Spirit;
refresh me with the sweetness of your grace;
sweeten me with the gift of your mercy...
You created humankind to live in a garden, Lord:
bring me to the garden of your presence
and teach me to taste
and see how good you are to me!
Your garden holds more than enough for me, O Lord,
so nudge me to bring someone with me,
someone as hungry as I
for your love and strength...
Meet us in the garden of your peace,
and bathe us in the shining noonday light
of your holy face...
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- AnonymousAugust 11, 2008 at 4:03 PM
While I didn't make a prayer of it, I did feel grateful for my first homegrown ear of corn and tomatoes (courtesy of Hutchins Farm) and black raspberry ice cream (courtesy of Bates Farm/Kimball's in Carlisle. They have put me on their list to call when more peach arrives. Apparently, peach ice cream goes out very quickly.) I make a tomato sandich with Arnold's Country White bread, Hellman's mayonnaise and the delicious native tomatoes. Yum! This simple August ritual of mine never fails to delight me. I look forward to your much more sophisticated culinary critiques from the Cape!ReplyDelete
I have loved all the Monday morning offerings, but this one was especially good for me. I always start to feel pressured and rushed as we approach Labor Day, I can feel my body beginning to ramp up and race; this prayer and it's reminder to savor these late summer days and all their abundance was perfect.ReplyDelete


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Foobar2000 1.1.16: Final version is ready for download
foobar2000 is an advanced freeware audio player for the Windows platform. It features the simplest, most minimalistic interface you'll ever see in this kind of program. Other features include full unicode support, ReplayGain support and native support for several popular audio formats.
- Supported audio formats: MP3, MP4, AAC, CD Audio, WMA, Vorbis, FLAC, WavPack, WAV, AIFF, Musepack, Speex, AU, SND... and more with additional components.
- Gapless playback.
- Full unicode support.
- Easily customizable user interface layout.
- Advanced tagging capabilities.
- Support for ripping Audio CDs as well as transcoding all supported audio formats using the Converter component.
- Full ReplayGain support.
- Customizable keyboard shortcuts.
- Open component architecture allowing third-party developers to extend functionality of the player
What's new in this version:
- Worked around playback/output preferences crash on Windows 2003.
- ID3v2 tagging compatibility improvements:
- Non-compliant ID3v2.3 TYER allowed by default since various other popular software does it.
- Option to write "rating" as TXXX for the few people who want it.
- Fixed properties dialog field copy/paste inconsistency when copying specific fields from single to multiple files.
- ReplayGain scanner: added additional warnings when trying to scan a very large group of tracks as a single album.
- ReplayGain scanner: addressed extreme memory usage when scanning a large group of tracks as a single album.
- Cleaned up embedded cuesheet handling code.
- Faster FLAC tag updates when full file rewrite is necessary.
- Sanitized FLAC tag updating behaviors in low-memory conditions.
- The File Operations component now be used to create links to files, in addition to copying/renaming/moving (beta 2).
- Improved album art loading performance with huge libraries and complicated lookup patterns (beta 2).
Download: foobar2000 1.1.16 | 3.1 MB (Freeware)
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On our first day at CHOP, we spent the day in clinic shadowing Dr. Howard Snyder '65, a Senior Urologist in the Department of Urology. Everyone was really welcoming, and took time to accommodate our arrival. Dr. Snyder's assistant, Ms. Brown, showed us around the urology department, and introduced us to all of the staff. Dr. Snyder had a full day lined up, and we were able to learn about the symptoms of common infections. Many of the cases were urinary tract infections. It was interesting to see how much Dr. Snyder relied on ultrasounds and other types of imaging in order to make a diagnosis. The nurse practitioner, Ms. Rudick, also took time to explain to us how to read the ultrasounds, and what abnormalities to look for. Throughout the day, Dr. Snyder also explained to us his work in lobbying Congress, and his role on different medical associations. It was eye opening to learn just how important government policy is to the day-to-day task of delivering medical care.
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Today we spent the day in the operating rooms. This was very exciting for me, since I had never observed any surgeries before. Though Dr. Snyder himself doesn't operate anymore, we shadowed his colleague Dr. Lambert and the residents. The surgeries lined up for the day included testicular realignment, and hernia repairs. We were told that these surgeries were very typical. Dr. Lambert and the residents were very welcoming in answering questions, and made sure we understood what was going on. She was also very accommodating in making sure we could see what was going on. The entire operating room was equipped with video screens, and she also let us stand up on stools so we could view the surgery directly. Throughout the day, I also had a chance to talk with the residents about medical school, and why they decided to choose urology.
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On our last day at CHOP, we spent half the day in clinic and half the day in the operating room. The cases in clinic this morning were more varied; there were cases of blood in the urine, a bike accident, and kidney stones. In the operating room, the cases were fairly similar to the ones we saw the previous day. We shadowed a different doctor today, and it was interesting to see the different approaches different surgeons had to the same cases. Once again, we had the opportunity to talk to the residents, and learn not only about the case going on, but also about life as a doctor. Overall, this was an amazing experience. Dr. Snyder is a great teacher, and has an extensive knowledge in all aspects of medicine. I would highly recommend this opportunity to anyone else interested in medicine!


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Free EMR vendor Practice Fusion has always been something of a newsmaker. Since its launch in 2005, the company has drawn both praise and controversy for its revenue-generation approach, which has included the analysis and sale of de-identified patient data and advertising to physicians.
But it'd be hard to question Practice Fusion's success, particularly given that it found its legs during a hyper-competitive period of EMR vendor growth capped by the Meaningful Use incentive program. Over the company's lifespan, it has grown to serve over 110 million patients, and reportedly supported more than 70 million patient visits over 2015. It also attracted over $150 million in venture and private equity funding. Will it provide a great return for investors, time will tell, but they've definitely left their mark on the EHR industry.
At the helm of Practice Fusion until last year was CEO and Founder Ryan Howard. Howard – whom I've interviewed now and again over the years — certainly doesn't lack for confidence or creative thinking. So I was intrigued to learn that Howard has stuck his toe into the wearables market. Clearly, Howard has not wasted time since August 2015, when he was booted out as Practice Fusion CEO. And if he believes a wearables startup can make money in this rapidly-maturing niche, I'm inclined to give it a look.
Howard's new startup, dubbed iBeat, is creating a watch which constantly monitors and analyzes users' heart activity. The device, which transmits its data to a cloud platform, can alert emergency medical services and, using an onboard GPS, provide the wearer's location when a user has a heart attack or their heart slows down below a certain level. Unlike competitor AliveCor, whose electrocardiogram device can detect heart rhythm abnormalities such as atrial fibrillation, it has no immediate plans to get FDA approval for its technology.
iBeat expects to sell the device for less than $200, though if users want the emergency alert service they'll have to pay an as-yet unnamed extra monthly fee. That puts it smack in the middle of the pack with competitors like the Apple Watch. However, the startup's focus on cardiac events is fairly unusual. Another unusual aspect to the launch is that Howard is targeting the 50- to 70-year-old Baby Boomer market. (Imagine a more-focused version of the LifeAlert "I've fallen and I can't get up" service, which focuses on the 75-plus market, Howard told MobiHealthNews.)
My take on all of this is that there may very well be something here. As I wrote about previously, my own heart rhythm is being monitored by a set of devices created by Medtronic, a set-up which probably cost a few thousand dollars in addition to the surgical costs of implanting the monitoring device. While Medtronic's technology is doubtless FDA approved, for not-so-serious cases such as my own a $200+ plus smart watch might be just the ticket.
On the other hand, I doubt that uncertified devices such as the iBeat watch will attract much support from providers, as they simply don't trust the data. So consumers are really going to have to drive sales. And without a massive consumer marketing budget, it will be difficult to gain traction in a niche contested by Apple, Microsoft, Fitbit and many, many other competitors. Not to mention all the competitors in the "I've fallen and I can't get up" category as well.
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Via the Winnipeg Free Press, a new report by Helen Branswell of The Canadian Press: MERS virus hasn't changed, not reason for surge in Saudi cases: expert. The link just below will take you to a relevant post in ProMED-mail. Excerpt:
A German coronavirus expert says the virus responsible for the MERS infection appears not to have changed.
Dr. Christian Drosten says based on what his laboratory has seen so far, this month's surge in MERS cases cannot be explained by mutations in the virus.
Drosten's lab at the University of Bonn has been looking at genetic sequences of RNA drawn from samples from 30 recent cases from Jidda, Saudi Arabia, where the largest increase in cases has occurred.
In an email, Drosten says the lab has sequenced three nearly full genomes and they see no signs of significant changes that could account for the increase in cases.
Earlier work on the samples showed no major changes in any of sequences, though at that point only a small part of the genome of each had been sequenced.
Drosten says the increase in cases may be due to infection control problems in hospitals where the virus has spread as well as milder cases coming forward as the public has become more aware of and concerned about MERS.
This is the first analysis of MERS viruses from cases that have occurred in 2014 and fills an important information gap.
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So like the thread topic says, I'm an old hand at kiting and just want to get on a board! I've been flying stunt kites for about 20 years (since I could hold the handles on my dad's kite) and have progressed to 4 line and power kites as technology progressed. For the past few years I've been jumping on land...but I'm sick of having to walk my kite back upwind every few jumps. So I can fly my kite blindfolded and with one hand tied behind my back, but I'd like some pointers on the boarding. Is there anyone around here that can help me out? All the "proper" places that give lessons emphasize on kite control, which isn't an issue for me. Anyone have any tips for me, or can point me to someone that will give me the instruction I need without making me waste money on re-learning the basics of kite flying?
Getting up on the board is a matter of balancing the power stroke of the kite to your weight and the conditions. Added to that is the amount you are edging your board and the downwind angle of the board.
Simply stated if you feel like you are not getting up and out of the water send the kite harder and edge the board less. If you feel like you are about to be slung forward over the tip of your board edge harder and stop the motion of the kite.
It helps to be square and balanced in the water and as you send the kite stomp on your rear heelside foot. Then just standup lean back and relax (sort of)
When I started wake boarding I would keep the board under me pointing slightly in the direction i wanted to go and plane out, then rotate the board. Then it became a more fluid pop out of the water (could be the switch from a seadoo to a boat too!)
Can anyone compare the technique to getting up on a kiteboard? Is it similar, but on a different axis, or completely different?
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Im a 190# with a 15m kite and a 142 board is this board too small for and average day at alameda or do i need to wait untill the wind is blowing hard for it to get me up on this size board?
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TICONDEROGA - The fifth annual Footrace at Fort Ticonderoga will be contested Saturday, Sept. 26.
The event is a scenic, cross-country 5K (3.1 miles) course. It features varied terrain of grass and gravel near the shores of Lake Champlain, on the historic Fort Ticonderoga peninsula, finishing on the parade ground inside the walls of the fort.
The race will begin at 10 a.m. Race day check-in and late registration will be 8:30-9:45 a.m. Entry fee is $15, $17 on race day. T shirts are guaranteed to the first 100 registrants.
The race also includes a three-member team event.
Each runner and two spectators will receive complimentary admission to Fort Ticonderoga on race day. Fifers and drummers will hail the finishers.
For more information contact Matt Karkoski at 585-7206 evenings or Email email@example.com
Entry forms are available on line at www.lachute.us
The race will benefit the Duane Crammond Memorial Scholarship Fund, which awards a $1,000 scholarship each year to a Ticonderoga High School alumnus who has competed in cross country and/or track.
Sponsored by the LaChute Road Runners, the Duane Crammond Memorial Scholarship is named for a former Ti High running stalwart.
Crammond died in a car accident in 2005 at age 24.
Crammond, the valedictorian of the Ti High Class of 1999, was a cross country and track champion in high school. He went on to become an honor student at RPI, where he majored in engineering and was captain of the college's cross country team. He was also the leading distance runner on RPI's indoor and outdoor track teams.
He was also a member of the Fort Ticonderoga Fife and Drum Corps.
After graduation from college, Crammond dominated local races. In 2003 he won the Montcalm Mile in Ticonderoga and the Race the Train event in North Creek. He was third in the Whiteface Uphill Run in Wilmington, fourth in the Prospect Mountain Road Race in Lake George and fifth in the Lake George to Bolton Adirondack Distance Run. He capped that season by winning the Adirondack Marathon in Schroon Lake.
In 2008 the race attracted more than 100 runners from seven states and Canada to the historic fort.