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A husband of a good religious sister spends most of his time watching or playing football. She does not have a television at her home, Alhamdulillah. So her husband spends most of his time outside home to watch football. She does not have children.
My question:
Shall she just buy a television so that her husband stays with her at home? As she spends the whole day alone while her husband is away.
Playing football (soccer) may be permissible or it may be haram, depending on whether the player adheres to shar'i guidelines or goes against them. This has been explained in the answer to question no. 3633, 84291 and 75644.
A wise person should not keep busy with playing it or watching it, even if it is permissible, because time is a man's capital, and undoubtedly the husband's being busy with that and staying out of the house because of it, is a shortcoming and negligence, because time is too precious to waste, so how can he waste it on something that brings no benefit? It would be better for him to take care of his family and try to make them happy.
As for bringing a TV into the home, we do not advise that, because of its obvious bad effects. Please see question no. 3633.
It seems that this husband's problem is not limited to the lack of a TV. He needs many things to encourage him to stay home. The wise wife should look for ways to make her husband want to stay home, such as treating him well, taking care of him, adorning herself, looking for common interests, and so on.
We should also advise this sister to make good use of her time in things that will benefit her religious and worldly affairs, such as memorizing Quran, attending halaqahs and lectures, learning some skills and doing housework. This is better for her than bringing in a TV which will attract her to things that Allah has forbidden.
And Allah knows best.

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The school is very safe, but I do wish that there were security guards on campus.
Greek Life
Theres is no Greek Life.
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There is a club for everyone and anyone, and there is almost always food being served at these activities.
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Great for students who come from small towns and are used to small classes and for anyone who likes the life of a city.
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Sarah, the Chef, is a pretty cook baker and always makes yummy desserts. The food is organic and locally grown. My favorite dishes are the vegi lasgna, taco day, curry, tofu with rice and vegies, chicken with rice, and the yogurt she makes,
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What I like the best about living in the dorms at Donnelly is that everyone gets their own dorm room and three of all of the rooms have bathtubs which is a great perk! There is a gym that is equipped with good work-out gear and a flat screen TV in the TV room.
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it's the city, not so safe.
Clubs and Activities
none, although you can also make up any.
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city kids.
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every year in September there is a day when the whole college closes and all the students go to mass. very pretty.
Bang for the buck
very cheap, a lot of financial aid.
What to do for fun
It's the city, you can go anywhere!
Food and Dining
although there is seldom food, I would recommend the local restaurants.
Dorm Life
Don't live in the dorms.
Academic Rigor
Depending on the teacher, your study hours will vary.
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Delivering SystemC™ models of ARM cores to ARM designers for System-Level-Design
CAMBRIDGE, UK – May 14, 2003 – ARM (LSE:ARM); (Nasdaq:ARMHY)], the industry's leading provider of 16/32-bit embedded RISC processor solutions, today announced a family of models suitable for ARM® core-based System-Level Design. By enabling ARM-based designers to explore design trade-offs in SystemC, the RealView® Model Library enables systems designers to create complex SoCs, using industry proven models, whilst shortening their total time-to-market.
The RealView Model Library delivers SystemC models for cycle-accurate co-validation and accurate system benchmarking, as well as message-level SystemC models for architecture exploration and software development. In addition to these SystemC models, the RealView Model Library also offers high-speed, cycle-accurate models for register transfer level (RTL) simulation.
The SystemC models incorporate the recently-announced AMBA™ SystemC interface (see press release…ARM Announces AMBA SystemC Interface to Enable System-Level Design…Mar. 3, 2003) to ease the integration issues encountered with full system design simulations.
"The high-speed demonstrated by the models in RealView Model Library enables designers to work quickly and efficiently, reducing time-to-market and improving design quality," said Jon Connell, product manager, models, ARM. "Providing a library of models delivers a flexible, cost-effective design solution to ARM designers and also provides the opportunity to evaluate new ARM technology in a wide range of environments."
By targeting industry-standard SystemC, VHDL and Verilog simulation environments, the RealView Model Library delivers a comprehensive set of models for SoC development. All RealView Model Library SystemC models are compatible with the ARM RealView Debugger.
RTL development models from the RealView Model Library are available now.
High-speed, accurate SystemC models compatible with the AMBA™ SystemC interface will be available from Q3 2003. RealView Model Library licensees can choose between flexible license options that enable individual models or the entire family of models.
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RealView tools provide designers with the best solution for creating and analysing systems based on ARM technology. They are designed and used by the same engineers who create the ARM architecture. ARM tools are exposed to the highest level of pre- and post-silicon evaluation and development. As a result, the ARM RealView development solution provides the broadest possible range of support for future ARM architectures and derivatives. ARM RealView tools are fully integrated and provide a complete solution to any design or SoC integration challenge, giving the developer higher confidence in first silicon and a faster time-to-market.
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CNET'S BEST OF 2012 The year's best designed and most influential products
Regardless of their popularity or industry impact, the devices on our first list are the best this year; they claim the best design, the most compelling features and the overall most impressive value among all the hundreds of mainstream tech products released in 2012.
Our second list runs down the five products we consider the most influential - tech devices that made an impact in 2012. Some received mixed reviews and some won raves, but all five made us sit up and take notice.
Note: Two products ended up on both lists: The Samsung Galaxy S3 smartphone and the Google Nexus 7 tablet. For Android products and users, 2012 was a very good year.
The 5 best tech products of 2012
Samsung Galaxy S3: the Android hero
Cnet rating: 4 stars out of 5.
The good: The Samsung Galaxy S3 comes fully loaded with Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, 4G LTE/HSPA+ 42 capability, a zippy dual-core processor, and a strong 8-megapixel camera. S Beam is an excellent software enhancement, and the handset's price is right.
The bad: The Galaxy S3's screen is too dim, and Samsung's Siri competitor, S Voice, disappointed us.
The cost: $100 to $200.
The bottom line: Pumped with high-performing hardware and creative software features, the Samsung Galaxy S3 is an excellent, top-end phone that's neck and neck with the HTC One X.
Apple iPhone 5: the most anticipated
Cnet rating: 4 stars out of 5.
The good: The iPhone 5 adds everything we wanted in the iPhone 4S: 4G LTE, a longer, larger screen, free turn-by-turn navigation, and a faster A6 processor. Plus, its top-to-bottom redesign makes it sharp, slim and feather-light.
The bad: Apple Maps feels unfinished and buggy; Sprint and Verizon models can't use voice and data simultaneously. The smaller connector renders current accessories unusable without an adapter. There's no NFC, and the screen size pales in comparison with jumbo Android models.
The cost: $200 to $1,040.
The bottom line: The iPhone 5 completely rebuilds the iPhone on a framework of new features and design, addressing its major previous shortcomings. It's absolutely the best iPhone to date, and it easily secures its place in the top tier of the smartphone universe.
Google Nexus 7: superior small tablet
Cnet rating: 4 stars out of 5.
The good: The Nexus 7 features a sharp screen, a comfortable design and great battery life at a low starting price. Android 4.2 adds some welcome and useful features.
The bad: Android still needs more tablet-optimized apps, newer games have frame rate issues, and HSPA+ speeds seem particularly location-dependent.
The cost: $299.
The bottom line: With its excellent design, useful software features and low starting price, the Nexus 7 is the cheapest way to experience the best that the Android OS has to offer.
Apple iPad Mini: the luxury latecomer
Cnet rating: 4 stars out of 5.
The good: The iPad Mini's ultra-thin and light design makes it feel far more intimate and book-like than the larger iPad, and its cameras, storage capacities, optional LTE antenna and general functionality offer a full iPad experience. The screen's dimensions elegantly display larger-format magazines and apps.
The bad: The iPad Mini costs too much, especially considering the lower resolution of its 7.9-inch non-Retina Display screen. The A5 processor isn't as robust as the one in the fourth-gen iPad and iPhone 5. Typing on the smaller screen is not quite as comfy.
The cost: $329 to $439.
The bottom line: If you want the full, polished Apple tablet experience in a smaller package, the iPad Mini is worth the premium price. Otherwise, good alternatives are available for less money.
Motorola Droid Razr Maxx: battery benchmark
Cnet rating: 4.5 stars out of 5.
The good: Despite a beefed-up battery, the Motorola Droid Razr Maxx has a slim, attractive and durable design with the same gorgeous display, 1.2-GHz dual-core processor and fast Verizon 4G/LTE data speeds as its predecessor. It retains powerful multimedia chops and tight security features.
The bad: For such an advanced smartphone, that it didn't ship with Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich was disappointing. Also, while the stronger battery is great, it's still not user-removable. People with small hands will find it hard to wrap them around the phone's wide frame, and the 8-megapixel camera is unimpressive.
The cost: $70 to $200.
The bottom line: The Motorola Droid Razr Maxx proves that a powerful Android super-phone can remain thin yet still promise marathon-worthy battery life.
The 5 most influential tech products of 2012
Microsoft Windows 8: the industry shaker
Cnet rating: 4 stars out of 5.
The good: Windows 8 embraces the future wholeheartedly. Log-in and boot times are fast, the apps look gorgeous, and the Sync feature brings seamless transitions between devices.
The bad: There's a lot to pick up quickly, and in-app navigation isn't obvious. There are just too many known unknowns here.
The cost: $50 to $200.
The bottom line: Microsoft makes an aggressive, forward-thinking and bold statement about the future of PCs with Windows 8, and vast security and speed improvements more than justify the $40 upgrade price.
Microsoft Surface RT: the Metro vanguard
Cnet rating: 3.5 stars out of 5.
The good: The Microsoft Surface's Metro interface is innovative, elegant, powerful and versatile. The tablet feels strong and well-built, runs Office 2013, and includes rich video and music services. Its keyboard cover accessories are the best ways to type on a tablet, period.
The bad: The tablet's performance can be sluggish, its Windows Store is a ghost town, Metro takes getting used to, and the Desktop interface feels clunky and useless.
The cost: $500 to $685.
The bottom line: If you're an early adopter willing to forget everything you know about navigating a computer, the Surface tablet could replace your laptop. Everyone else: wait for more apps.
MakerBot Replicator 3-D printer: the invention engine
Cnet rating: 4 stars out of 5.
The good: The Replicator is the most full-featured consumer 3-D printer thanks to its dual-extruder print head and the largest print platform in its category.
The bad: 3-D printing can be hard to get the hang of thanks to early-stage technology and fragmented, obtuse software, and $1,999 is a lot to pay to navigate that experience.
The cost: $1,999.
The bottom line: For those willing to invest the time and money, the MakerBot Replicator will provide the most powerful consumer 3-D printing experience available.
Samsung Galaxy S3, Google Nexus 7
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These Cnet staff members contributed to this story: Senior Editors Jessica Dolcourt, Scott Stein, Eric Franklin, Brian Bennett, Seth Rosenblatt, Rich Brown and Laura K. Cucullu.


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Max Angelelli, Jordan Taylor win at Laguna Seca
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MONTEREY, Calif. (AP) — Jordan Taylor held off Scott Pruett and IndyCar driver Scott Dixon on Sunday to win the Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series race at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca.
Taylor and co-driver Max Angelelli raced to their second straight victory in the No. 10 Wayne Taylor Racing Corvette DP to take an eight-point lead over the Chip Ganassi Racing duo of Pruett and Memo Rojas into the season finale Sept. 28 at Lime Rock Park in Connecticut.
Taylor also held off Pruett for the victory in the previous event at Kansas Speedway
"I definitely was under a lot more pressure at Kansas," said Taylor, who teamed with Angelelli to lead a race-high 72 laps. "Today we had a better car and we could control it from the front. It was a lot more comfortable this weekend."
Dixon and fellow IndyCar driver Dario Franchitti teamed to finish third in Ganassi's No. 02 BMW Riley.
Andy Lally and John Potter won the GT class for their first victory of the year and finished 16th overall, driving the No. 44 Magnus Racing Porsche GT3 Cup to the points lead.
"This was my longest slump without a victory that I've had as a Rolex Series driver," Lally said. "To win in a clutch moment in the penultimate round of the season was massive."
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Tom and Sharon Brown had barely ordered their food from the restaurant when they got a text from their daughter.
"By the time you get home, I'll be dead."
It took mere minutes to rush to their Parrsboro home, but when they arrived, 17-year-old Courtney was already hanging from a joist in the basement ceiling.
"I grabbed her and I lifted her up," Tom said, recalling what happened March 30.
"I'm screaming for my wife ... and she can't hear me. And I'm screaming, screaming 'Call 911!'."
The former soldier desperately struggled to untie the cord around Courtney's neck. He couldn't and ran upstairs to get a knife.
He got her to the floor and his military training kicked in. He started doing CPR for what seemed like an eternity before the paramedics arrived.
But "Daddy's girl" was gone.
"I tried, but I couldn't do anything for her," he cried, the anguish etched on his face.
Reliving the horror of that night, the grieving father got up from the living room couch to compose himself. With his head in his hands and body hunched over the kitchen counter, his wife stroked his back to soothe his sorrow.
Through the tears, he asks the question that continues to haunt them:
Courtney was the kind of kid who made friends easily, keeping in contact with the ones she left behind with each military move. Her network of friends stretched across Canada and all the way to Costa Rica, where her grandmother lived.
A tomboy at heart, she loved horseback riding and camping, and eschewed tight jeans, dresses and makeup in favour of her Leafs jersey.
Friends said she had a great sense of humour and was cheerful and outgoing. Her smile lit up every picture she was in.
"We went off-roading a lot ... She was definitely the one in the back going 'Woohoo!'" recalled Courtney Smith, a friend from Parrsboro.
While living in Calgary, her family said their daughter's heart was always in Parrsboro.
"She liked the small town," her father said. "'I'm going home,' she said when we were coming here. And whenever we'd drive from New Brunswick into Nova Scotia, she'd go, 'Smell that fresh air. We're home.'"
While on summer vacation last year in the quiet Cumberland County town, she found Jordan, the love of her life.
"She showed me a picture of him and said, 'Mom, this is the boy I'm going to marry,'" said Sharon.
"I knew what she was going through because when I first saw Tom when I was 15, I had said the same thing."
But Courtney's happiness was short-lived. On Aug. 5, 2010, Jordan, 18, died in a tragic car accident after partying with friends.
The Browns brought their grieving daughter back to Parrsboro for the funeral, setting in motion a series of further sorrows.
"We could hear her in the house talking about how much she wanted to come back here and be near him, and to heal," said Sharon.
"I said to Tom ... 'We have to do this for our daughter. She wants to be here. I will give up my job and move here for her.'
"And sometimes I wish I never would've made that decision."
While her parents tied up loose ends in Alberta, Courtney moved down in time to begin Grade 12 at Parrsboro Regional High School. Courtney, who was staying with friends, told her parents that she liked the school.
Things seemed to be working out.
The Browns were on the road to Nova Scotia in October 2010 when Courtney texted to say a woman threatened her on school grounds. Her parents say it had something to do with Jordan, and Courtney had handled it before they arrived.
RCMP charged a local woman with uttering threats. The case was set for trial in July but was dropped after Courtney's death.
The Browns thought nothing more of it until later that month, when Sharon was called to the school after Courtney walked out.
"The vice-principal said she was being defiant," Sharon said. "She was crying. And you would think with the small-town school, they knew what was going on, that they would have some understanding of what she was going through. They knew, but no."
Courtney and her mom talked to the principal, and when Sharon briefly left the office, her daughter made a frightening revelation.
"She told the principal that she wanted to die and be with Jordan," Sharon said.
The principal took Sharon aside, told her what Courtney said and Sharon immediately got her daughter in to see a mental health counsellor.
The Browns thought they only needed to help Courtney deal with her unresolved grief but soon discovered that her problems ran much deeper.
Courtney's former friends were bullying her.
"I think it started with the death of her boyfriend and Courtney moving back here," Tom said.
"They were jealous. How could her boyfriend have liked Courtney more, knowing her less? ... That's how petty some of these kids are in this town."
At school and around town, kids verbally abused her, resorting to prank calls, text messages and even Facebook to spew their venom. They told her to go back to Calgary, called her a slut and a whore and said she looked like a man, her parents said.
"People don't realize how much Jordan really meant to her and what she was going through," Sharon said. "And those mean words just pushed her over the edge."
Courtney started making excuses to avoid school, frequently complaining of stomach trouble. She wouldn't go on the school bus anymore, wouldn't go into town by herself and didn't want to stay home alone.
Last year, right after Halloween, bullies threw pumpkins at the Browns' house and in the yard.
"One little treat that they left afterwards, one of them defecated in a pumpkin and stuck it right behind my pickup," Tom said.
In January, fire destroyed the Browns' home and the family moved into a relative's house next door until their new home was completed. Insurance covered the loss, but prank callers told Courtney that someone had burned the house down to chase her out of town.
Despite everything, Courtney tried to move on, and even found another boyfriend. He later broke up with her and joined the bullies, her parents said.
As the months wore on, Courtney skipped more school, dropped a class to avoid the bullies and smoked more marijuana, her parents said.
Sharon and her daughter went for long drives to talk about Courtney's problems and her future. They discussed things like country music, clothes, boys, graduation and school.
"I'm pretty sure she didn't tell me everything, but she told me some of the stuff that was being said, and I told her to walk away and they would go away," Sharon said.
Visits to the school to talk about the bullying continued, but her parents said administrators did nothing.
Still in counselling, Courtney clung to the hope that after graduation she would get out of Parrsboro and attend Nova Scotia Community College to study photography.
She was excited about her upcoming prom and the prospect of breaking free from her tormentors. Her dad said she was even planning to buy a dress in her favourite colour, green, for the soiree.
But things seemed to spiral when she found out that two of the bullies were planning to attend the same Dartmouth campus, the Browns said.
Courtney ditched her college plans and decided to join the military. The former rugby player told her father she couldn't retaliate against the girls because she would have a criminal record and that would hurt her chances at a military career.
Just days before Courtney's death, Sharon bitterly recalled her last conversation with the principal, who "told me that if she didn't see (the bullying) and didn't hear it, she couldn't do anything about it."
The principal "told me that if my daughter wasn't happy there, move her to Springhill," Sharon said.
After that, the family thought seriously about moving back to Calgary.
The night before she killed herself, Courtney and her mom repeatedly drove past Jordan's grave.
"She ... told me she was never going to meet another guy like him," Sharon said. "And I said, 'Courtney, there'll always be someone else when you least expect it.' ... I wish I would've known. Maybe it was a sign."
On March 30, Courtney walked out of a test and a friend drove her home from school at lunchtime. Courtney told the friend "See you tomorrow" like nothing was wrong, her parents said.
Courtney later asked if she could have another friend over, but Sharon, who had been sick all day, refused and they had an argument.
Later that evening, Sharon and Tom decided to go out for supper and asked if Courtney would like to come or have them bring something home.
"And then she started an argument, like, 'Well, why didn't you just ask me if I wanted to come for dinner instead of you saying did you want to bring something back for me?'" Tom said. "Like, as if we didn't want her to be with us for that. You know, some of her thinking just wasn't straight.
"And we went, 'No, you can come with us or not.' And she made a big fuss, so we ended up going to the restaurant by ourselves."
Not long after the Browns arrived at the restaurant, they received Courtney's message. Much of what happened after they found her is a blur.
Sharon remembers being on the phone trying to contact family and close friends before the news hit Facebook.
They found a photo on Courtney's dresser of her sitting at Jordan's gravesite and text messages she received that night from her ex-boyfriend saying she was "not worth it," her mom said.
The Browns say their daughter's suicide has left them wondering what else they could have done.
What if they had called police? What if they had pushed the school harder? What if she had left a note so they could understand why? What if they had told her to fight instead of turn the other cheek?
They rarely sleep now, and their search for answers often leads to tears.
Sharon has a hard time doing the laundry because she has to walk past where Courtney was found. Tom, always his daughter's protector, blames himself for not being able to save her.
He tries to keep busy, focusing on constructing their new home and small projects like horseshoe and fire pits near the large "party shack" picnic area he built this summer.
Courtney's parents pick out her photographs to hang on the walls of the upstairs landing, where they will put a cedar chest with her keepsakes. From the window above, the Browns can see the graveyard where their daughter is buried.
They visit Courtney's grave, beside Jordan's, all the time and Sharon reads her messages from friends posted on Facebook.
"I wish she would've known how many friends she did have," said Sharon. "But all she could focus on was the bad ones."
Some of Courtney's friends sent Sharon cards on Mother's Day, and some, like Courtney's childhood friend from Ontario, come to visit.
When Sharon sees kids Courtney knew, it brings waves of anger, frustration and sadness. More often than not, she thinks about packing up and leaving town.
The days now go by slowly, and the parents admit they are drifting through life instead of living.
"Every day, you feel like you can't even go on, nothing to look forward to," Tom Brown said, crying. "Every day is just another day."
Sharon is in counselling, but Tom, diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder in the military, is not ready to go.
The RCMP seized Courtney's computer and her cellphone, each of which included messages from bullies, but no charges were laid.
And no one, not even representatives from the school or the board, has apologized for what happened to Courtney.
Carolyn Pierce, spokeswoman for the Chignecto-Central regional school board, would not agree to an interview. In an email, she wrote:
"It would not be appropriate, nor is it our practice, to discuss confidential or personal matters, or specific situations regarding our students or staff, especially considering the email sent by the N.S. chief public health officer to all media earlier this spring."
Dr. Robert Strang's email warns the media to adhere to "safe reporting guidelines" when dealing with teen suicides.
"There is considerable research that demonstrates the reporting of suicide can cause copycat cases, particularly among youth and younger adults. Additionally, there is evidence that, when followed, these guidelines reduce the risk of similar suicides and the rate of suicide in general."
Courtney's parents see it as an attempt to gloss over what happened to their daughter. But the Browns are adamant; they say bullies drove her to take her own life and got away with it.
They say they are not going to let people in Parrsboro or anywhere else forget what happened.
Pink anti-bullying signs with Courtney's smiling face line the sides of Tom's pickup. The Browns had T-shirts made for friends and family to wear, and their son, Chad, participated in the Kids Help Phone fundraising walk in Calgary, something the parents hope to do next year.
Aside from a page in the school yearbook dedicated to Courtney and Facebook pages in her memory, there are few signs of her loss and fewer signs of change in the small town, the Browns say.
They say teachers, school administrators, police and governments need to step up and help those who are being hurt so victims know that they are not powerless and alone.
They encouraged victims to stand up to the bullies and begged parents to get police involved when bullying occurs.
"I thought that something was getting done in school, but I guess I was wrong," Sharon said. "They just pushed it under the rug as soon as I left."
Through it all, the Browns have found some solace from family and friends, and, in particular, knowing that Courtney's death has helped others.
Two people can now see after receiving her corneas, and sclera and bone grafts were expected to help at least 10 more people.
"That's Courtney's gift," her father sobbed.


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Cubic Corporation (NYSE: CUB) announced today that it has been awarded a contract valued at more than $4 million to provide customized instrumented tactical engagement simulation systems for a Turkish Government customer. The Multiple Integrated Laser Engagement System (MILES) creates a realistic, tactical, live training environment for soldiers and security forces training in the field against an opposing force, and is designed for all specified terrain and climatic conditions. The system is versatile and provides training for individuals as well as units.
Delivery of the hardware and Command and Control (C2) software will be performed later this 2014 calendar year. The equipment includes manworn and vehicle MILES kits, grenades, small arms and anti-tank laser engagement systems, portable C2 kits, and software.
Cubic Defense Systems leverages design knowledge from its heritage in live training programs, which enables customized solutions that maximize training value for our customers. Cubic's systems keep pace with advancements in technology due to their flexibility, upgradability, and interoperability. Cubic and its local partner will also provide operation and maintenance training of the MILES system under this contract.
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Dear Graduating Senior:
I want to extend to you my personal congratulations on your recent graduation from San José State University and to wish you the very best success in your future endeavors. I know you have already met a variety of challenges in com?pleting your academic program at San José State and am confident that it will be one of many important accomplishments for you.
With your graduation you became one of a large number of distinguished San José State alumni. We hope you will join them in remaining in contact with this, your university, and will play an active role in shaping the future. Toward this end, we have prepared a questionnaire which we hope you will complete. This questionnair4 seeks your opinions and judgments about various aspects of your undergraduate experience at San José State: your response will be most important; to our continuing effort to improve our undergraduate program. Since the value of such a survey is heavily dependent on the number who respond, it is essential that we hear from as many of you as possible. Of course, your response will be held in strict confidence. I would be most grateful if you would take the few minutes required to complete the questionnaire and drop it into the mail. A self-addressed, stamped envelope is provided for your convenience.
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Still not getting the right cover from Amazon. The colors are all off! I wanted to check on things so I went to Staples and had them print the cover from the pdf file I submitted---and their printing was perfect. All the colors were correct. With Amazon, the pure green was more like a red-green (close but no cigar). On another cover, the bright yellow (on the words but not the graphics) turned a little golden. The new color produced by Amazon is nice but on the red background it cannot be seen so well. Not sure what is going on but I hope they can improve their machines.
I'm using Word to convert my already written, typed, formatted document to PDF, for upload. And if my fonts actually embed correctly, it adds an additional blank page where none is wanted. HELP!
MSWord tends to cause the addition of extra pages when there are more than 2 sections. If this is the case with your book, try removing one. One section for half-title, title, copyright, dedication pages, and one for the prose with pagination tends to work well.
Take a look at your other post, What fonts can I use, https://www.createspace.com/en/community/message/146862#146862
I don't know what particular software you're interested in. I use acrobat by adobe. All it needs is click of a button at the top bar after opening the document in msWord. Unfortunately, it is not free software. If someone needs help badly, I may be able to help you convert your msWord document to pdf. And, of course, free of any obligation or charge. Happy holiday season everyone.
Hi and thanks for the offer of help.
I am having problems with the bleed. I am formatting the interior of a children's book with will have an image as the background on each page.
Excuse my ignorance but I just don't get how to get the measurement right. The page looks great in Word and in PDF but then when I upload it CS kepps telling me that image is too big - spilling. Is ther an option somewhere like saying, "YES I want the image to bleed!" If you answerd this question before apologies for bothering you with it again
Many thanks.
First, if you are relying on the InteriorReviewer, don't. It is unreliable regarding images, even if they are there, let alone bleeds.
Review your PDF yourself. Make sure the trim size is correct (either mouse over the lower left of the Reader screen, or File > Properties > Description). Then submit the file. Let a person review the files. Ignore the InteriorReviewer.
If you have questions regarding bleeds, take a look at Bleeds , free, 19 page, illustrated guide to bleeds and margins, do's and don't's for CreateSpace.
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Have you tried reducing the image size, if that's the only problem? Good luck!
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GTaylor Thank you thank you thank...I have been driving myself crazy trying to figure out why the reviewer keep telling me i have a low DPI of 199. Your anwer of overriding Word' compreion feature wa the answer to hour and hour of frutration.
This is my first time using CS. I used Word 2007 and the CS 8.5x8.5 template for my children's book, Five Cheetahs. All interior pages and pictures look great after downloading on CS, except for the title page. My title page contains three lines with double spacing. My doc. looks fine, but it does not center on the page when downloaded. The first line begins well below the center of the page. I have downloaded my inerior many times after trying to correct this by using the "enter key" to adjust line spacing at the top and bottom of the title page, but I cannot seem to fix this format issue. I called CS for help, but unfortunately they do not help with format issues but sent me to the Community for help - HELP!
I've been trying like crazy to upload my first book as a file, but this automatic reviewer keeps saying I need to embed the Myriad Pro font into my document. But I've checked and checked and I haven't used Myriad Pro in the document at all! Will I keep getting denied because of this issue? Any ideas? Help!
I did a google search on myriad pro font and found:
Myriad is a humanist sans-serif typeface designed by Robert Slimbach and Carol Twombly for Adobe Systems. The typeface is best known for its usage by Apple Inc., replacing Apple Garamond as Apple's corporate font since 2002. Myriad is easily distinguished from other sans-serif fonts due to its special "y" descender (tail) and slanting "e" cut. Myriad is similar to Frutiger.
Are you using Apple Garamond in your text? If so that is probably the reason for the error message. Others may be able to help you more, as my answer is just an educated guess.
Formatted templates can be very difficult to use. The position of the title is predetermined. I also found that some information from the reviewer can be incorrect. I am currently working with CS because of that very issue. Call customer support and ask to speak to a supervisor. They can look at your pdf with you on the phone and tell you what's wrong. After getting incorrect information via emails and through the regular folks answering the phone, that's exactly who I'm working with. Best of luck.
Luckily, I went back to my Five Cheetahs word document and played around with the header/footer. I changed something which made it go to the center. I downladed it again to CS and it worked! Thanks for your input.
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News Flash to Florida Court: Homeschoolers Are Socialized!
|Staff Attorney Darren Jones is a member of HSLDA's litigation team, which helps homeschool families who are facing legal challenges. He and his wife homeschool.
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Home School Legal Defense Association recently filed a friend of the court (amicus curiae) brief with the Florida Third District Court of Appeal explaining the broad success of homeschooling, demonstrated not only through academic studies but also in social engagement.
Why an Amicus Brief?
In our fight to preserve and expand homeschool freedom, HSLDA sometimes files amicus briefs in cases on appeal in which we have not represented the family. Our latest amicus brief was filed where a family court judge shocked a longtime homeschooling mother at a hearing on visitation by ordering her children to immediately begin attending public school.
HSLDA does not represent families in custody cases. But when the mother's lawyer contacted us and explained the case details, we knew that the Court of Appeal could benefit from an outside look at the case—an amicus brief.
The Backstory
The mother and father have been fighting over visitation for years, and a scheduled hearing last summer seemed to be just the latest skirmish in the war. A court-appointed psychologist testified that the children were all doing well academically. But at the hearing, the guardian ad litem—appointed by the court to represent the children's best interest—testified that her "gut reaction" was that the children should be in public school for socialization. The guardian also used the mother's "ultra Catholic" beliefs as evidence against homeschooling, even though the divorce agreement had mandated that the children be raised Catholic.
Without warning, the judge used the hearing not just to rule on the visitation schedule, but also to order the kids into public school, even though the father had not made education an issue before the hearing. The judge lectured the mother, "When are they going to socialize? Is homeschool going to continue through college and/or professional schooling? At which point are these children going to interact with other children, and isn't that in their best interest?" With that, the judge changed a long-standing court order permitting homeschooling and ordered the children into the local school.
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HSLDA filed a brief arguing that the family should be allowed to continue homeschooling. In our amicus brief, we contended that if the mother had received warning that homeschooling would be at issue, she could have presented a substantial body of evidence that homeschoolers are well-socialized. We pointed to a number of academic studies that show homeschool graduates to be successful college students and adults.
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Websites-R-Us, by Kathleen Sebelius
With Kathleen Sebelius supposedly being in trouble for the failure of a rollout that was the Obamacare website, I have to ask, why? In fact, I have to ask it twice. First of all, why Mrs. Sebelius? What's she done that's so unusual? I know that supposedly she's responsible for how bad the Obamacare website is, but come on, there was no way that thing was going to work. Personally, I'm not buying that she's being singled out because she's responsible for anything. This is government after all, nobody in government, especially in this administration, is ever responsible for what the government does, and the higher they are, the less the responsibility attached to them. After all, if people in government were going to be "responsible" for things, we would probably have to get rid of a few people, and I guess under the same "conditions of responsibility" that would include Eric Holder, at the Justice Department over the Fast and Furious debacle (among other things). Just think how actually being held personally responsible for screw-ups would decimate the ranks of the TSA. Why, attaching consequences for mistakes and bad actions to government officials, as we do in the private sector (or real world as some of us like to refer to it), would gut the government in short order.In fact, now that I think about it, if the press and the administration are going to start taking people to task for failures, how about some hearings centered around the massive amount of money the Department of Education wastes keeping our kids from getting a decent education? Or what about looking into why the Department of Energy can't do anything about our dependence on foreign oil when we have the largest known energy reserves, and skilled people desperately wanting to access them, in the world? You know, strike that about hearings and the press looking into the abject failures that are the Departments of Energy and Education. Since we're on the subject, I firmly believe any review of those two departments should be in the criminal justice system and ought to kick off with the phrase "Would the defendant(s) please rise". As an aside, if we had just closed those two departments a few weeks ago, and stopped wasting the amount of money we do on their non-accomplishments, there would have been no need to raise the debt limit.Secondly, why are we even bothering to look for someone to blame for the Obamacare non-website? What makes this particular undertaking any different than a number of other government programs? So far as I know, nobody is looking to figure out who's responsible for the failure of the "war on poverty", which particular bureaucrat is guilty of letting eleven million (the current more or less accepted number, but in reality, who knows? I mean besides the NSA) illegal aliens into the country, or even who in the government was most culpable (psst…, it wouldn't take a lot of detective work to point the finger at Barney Frank) regarding the housing market crash that brought our economy down. If we don't care enough about those kinds of things, and as of this date, all of them have cost the economy and taxpayers a lot of money, way beyond what Obamacare has cost, at least for now (that's going to change quickly). Who really believes that the administration cares whether or not one single website works? Obamacare is something that was and is being forced on a population that generally doesn't want it, and whether or not it has a nice shiny look to it or not isn't going to change that.For the people who still think The Barack actually cares whether or not the Obamacare website works, I would like to point out that if he really cared, it would work. There are a lot of people talking about how much money was spent on it (the website) and how hard it was to "coordinate" all the pieces. In fact, they make it sound like building this website was some huge, never before accomplished, monumentally earth-shaking undertaking. Well, I guess it probably was, except for Google, Amazon, Facebook, YouTube, eBay, and, well you get the point. There is no shortage of people available to the administration, or anybody else, who could put together a website that actually functions. Not only that, but my understanding is that most of the people who have already built very successful websites, capable of handling millions of visitors a day, are also big liberals. There's no doubt in my mind that if The Barack was to reach out to the people at Google, they would take his call. I bet they know somebody who could build a website that actually functions. Since clearly nobody went to the trouble to do that, the natural conclusion is an actual working website was not a high priority. I guess if the Obamacare website suddenly starts working, and has a link at the right side of the page showing a gorgeous young woman who is dying to teach you Spanish, then we'll know that the Administration did decide to hire some of the people with experience running websites that actually work. Personally, looking at how much information the NSA appears to be handling on a daily basis, I have to say there are even people in the government who could operate a website if they really wanted to. Why at the NSA, they even have enough time left over from monitoring American citizens to get a little time in listening to the German Chancellor and French Prime Minister. Hey, if it's good enough for you and me, it's good enough for a foreign head of state. Personally, I think Kathleen Sebelius is safe. To my way of thinking she is the Secretary of Health and Human Services simply because of her rabid pro-abortion status. She and The Barack are both so pro-abortion that I have to wonder what their own kids may have done to them in the past. In fact The Barack is on record as even wanting to let children who have just been born, wither away and die. For those of you who aren't aware of how The Barack and Kathleen Sebelius feel about unborn and just born children, let me suggest that if you ever meet them in person, think twice before you hand either of them a baby to kiss.Barack Obama and Kathleen Sebelius may give interviews and make public statements talking about how upset they are about how poorly the Obamacare website works, but at the end of the day, I don't believe either one of them really cares about it. As I said above, if they did, it would work. What they really care about is the control they are getting over the American health care system, and through that, the American citizens. This is, as many, many, people have already pointed out, the biggest power grab by our federal government in its history (and looking at our federal government, that's saying something). Everything else that's going on right now is only smoke and mirrors.At the end of the day, Kathleen Sebelius won't go unless she decides to "take one for the team", and, The Barack can find someone at least as radical as she is to replace her. Whatever happens, the "fix" is already in, and whatever we see will be strictly for public consumption.Bruce Kreitler is the author of Obamageddon (the Culmination of the Progressive Looting of America) and posts this and other articles at BruceKreitler.com.


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Study backed by AZ, BMS: Onglyza OK for hearts
A diabetes study backed by AstraZeneca and Bristol-Myers Squibb shows that their DPP-IV drug Onglyza is associated with glycemic control but not an increased risk for heart attack. The DPP-IV class includes drugs such as Merck's Januvia and Boehringer Ingelheim's Tradjenta. The New England Journal of Medicine published the results Monday.
The study group was comprised of patients with either a history of cardiovascular disease or with multiple risk factors for heart disease, such as high blood pressure and smoking. The primary goal was to assess incidence of cardiovascular death, non-fatal heart attacks and non-fatal stroke, and the secondary goal was to assess hospitalization for heart failure, coronary revascularization or unstable angina. Patients were followed for a little over two years.
The results showed a narrow difference in heart impact: 613 Ongylza patients had cardiovascular events in the first category (non-fatal heart attacks, non-fatal stroke, cardiovascular death) compared to 609 in the control group; and 1,059 Onglyza patients experienced conditions in the secondary category (hospitalization for heart failure, coronary revascularization or unstable angina), compared with 1,034 patients in the control group.
Researchers noted that the study's brief timeframe was associated with better glycemic control, and that although the short-term impact of DPP-IVs on heart health appear negligible, a longer view could be necessary because patients may need to be on the drug for a longer period for a heart-protective benefit to emerge.
They also noted that a United Kingdom Prospective Diabetes Study that followed patients for 10 years showed a positive relationship between sustained glycemic control and heart health. However, the UK study and the AZ/BMS studies are not comparable, they cautioned, because the UK study focused on lower-risk patients, while the AZ/BMS cohort included patients at a high risk for cardiovascular issues.


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Upgrading Santa to a modernized version
For nearly three centuries, Santa Claus, Kris Kringle, St. Nick or whatever you want to call him has maintained a certain amount of dignity in his lifestyle, respecting long-accepted traditions. But recently, the way he conducts his life and controls his environment appears to be at risk.
The idea of the jolly old elf having established residence at the North Pole, where he runs a non-profit, non-union toyshop, is going through a not-so-subtle change – a modernization, if you will.
I wouldn't be surprised if Santa was held accountable for violations of minority hiring practices and political incorrectness for the way he manages his team of artisans, who work for the love of their craft.
Additionally, since he has traditionally powered his legendary sleigh by reindeer in extreme weather conditions, I am certain that the SPCA will soon be involved.
After all this time, the dear old philanthropist is being, shall we say, put under the magnifying glass for his questionable behavior and personal work ethic. Modern parents are looking at his girth and bowl full of jelly belly as sending an improper message to children suffering from weight issues.
And the elves — how can he spirit off this extreme minority group to the desolate frozen North Pole, where they rarely see the light of day and spend every waking hour slaving in illequipped factories, working under harsh conditions? The region lacks governance.
Consequently, sweatshops can operate with impunity, and everything from inadequate safety measures to below-minimumwage compensation practices can go undetected. The tabloids purport that readers want answers to these pertinent and timely questions.
The charm of the original fairytale, where solidarity amongst the elves has long been the watchword, shows evidence of crumbling before the media spin-doctors, who are depicting the elves as victims of a cruel and unjust system.
The latest cartoons portray the elves in futuristic factories, calibrating robots on an automated assembly line as they solder solid state circuitry in X-Boxes and Playstation 4s. State-of-the-art studios lined with computer banks manned by elves that design and program video games are the images that today's children have of the North Pole toy factory.
The media, on the other hand, paints a portrait of suspicious activity in questionable surroundings that warrants investigation, intervention and accountability on the part of Santa and Mrs. Claus. "Santa has avoided scrutiny for too long," they say. "Why should he be treated special?" is a question that has yet to be answered to their satisfaction.
"Is Santa taking proper care of his employees?" is a headline in certain tabloids. Feature articles question whether the elves have benefits, retirement plans and proper medical care.
And Santa — look what has happened to Santa. A few days ago, I saw a couple of little girls texting him. They were approximately six years old, and they were on their cell phones connected to the Internet, where they clicked into the Santa Claus website and chatted with Santa via text message.
They filled out a questionnaire featuring a fingerprint-activated spyware device that revealed whether they were naughty or nice. That certainly is not the Santa Claus of my childhood. These little girls put in their toy order via cell phone as if the North Pole were an e-commerce website.
I shudder to think what publicity agents and branding companies are going to do to Santa's image. Will a 1,200 reindeer-power rocket sled replace the traditional hand-carved wooden sleigh? Will he go zipping across the sky at supersonic speed and cross oceans in nanoseconds as he distributes the latest in electronic and digital wizardry? Perish the thought.
I fear that a power drink and a protein bar will replace the ham and cheese sandwich I used to make for him with my little sister.
I don't want to see a sleek, buff Santa, with a meticulously shaped two-day growth of stubble looking at me through piercing blue, laser-corrected eyes.
That's just wrong.
The mystery of Santa Claus is seriously at risk. The days of letters written by hand in the middle of the summer and addressed to the North Pole have been discarded.
The merry old elf and his flying reindeer could be put to pasture, replaced by a non-descript, multi-cultural Santa who is in good shape, computer literate and politically correct.
I will miss the old Santa, who represented the charm of living in a fantasy created by a system we can't understand.


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Vandersloot Sues Mother Jones in State Court
As was widely anticipated, news broke that Frank and Belinda Vandersloot, together with Melaleuca, Inc. filed suit for defamation regarding a February, 2012 article which Plaintiffs allege depicted them as "gay bashing". Apparently Plaintiffs are confining their claims to Mother Jones and the individual writers and editors. But for context you need to read the Salon piece (first link above) by Glenn Greenwald. Idaho Agenda has some background links and my pieces on the subject are here, here, here,and here. So far I've not heard of any Defendants outside of Mother Jones.
The action is filed in Bonneville County, in the seventh judicial district for the State of Idaho and caps the damage claim at $74,999, despite Vandersloot's assertion in the press that Plaintiffs lost millions. Vandersloot asserts that: "It's not about (money). It's about clearing my reputation." Questionable, but clearly Vandersloot likes his chances in state court in Idaho Falls rather than risking have it removed to federal court and a less friendly venue. $75,000 just happens to be the required amount in controversy which must be pleaded in order to remove a case to federal court for diversity jurisdiction. The pleaded amount was no accident. Vandersloot doesn't want the case anywhere but Idaho Falls.
The jury pool in Idaho Falls is a stacked deck for Plaintiffs. Plaintiffs reside there, employ thousands in call centers, are name throwing philanthropists, routinely buy full page ads in the region's largest newspaper,and finance multiple causes sympathetic to the right wing politics of the area. When pitted in a court room against the liberal Mother Jones, Defendants will have an uphill battle, or as the legal profession puts it, they'll be home towned. Just as significant is a sympathetic judiciary. Vandersloot's history is set forth in this well sourced Wiki entry:
VanderSloot has generally been a major donor to Idaho Republicans,according to Popkey, who described him as the state's "most boisterous conservative financier" and by America Online's Eamon Murphy, who called him "perhaps the single most influential campaign donor" in the state of Idaho.
VanderSloot spent more than $100,000 on independent advertising on three winning judicial campaigns, two for Idaho Supreme Court and one for district judge in Bonneville County. VanderSloot and Melaleuca were financial supporters of the PAC Concerned Citizens for Family Values. The PAC ran ads targeting incumbent Idaho Supreme Court Justice Cathy Silak during her 2000 re-election campaign against challenger Daniel T. Eismann. The ads alleged that if Silak were re-elected, same-sex marriage and "partial-birth abortion" could have become legal in Idaho.
In 2002, VanderSloot and Melaleuca contributed more than $50,000 opposing the election bid of Democrat Keith Roark, a former Blaine County prosecutor, for Idaho Attorney General. The contributions included a $35,000 donation to Roark's Republican opponent, Lawrence Wasden, and a $16,500 donation to Concerned Citizens for Family Values, an organization run by VanderSloot, to pay for attack ads against Roark in Eastern Idaho. That year, VanderSloot and Melaleuca also donated $7,000 towards Republican Dirk Kempthorne's 2002 gubernatorial campaign.
In 2006 VanderSloot and his wife Belinda donated nearly $16,000 through the PAC Citizens for Truth and Justice, and via direct payments for ads opposing the reelection of Idaho 7th District Court Judge James Herndon, a Democrat, in a three-way race against challengers Darren Simpson and DaLon Esplin. Ads criticizing Herndon also aired on radio stations run by Riverbend Communications, owned by VanderSloot and his wife Belinda.
In 2010 VanderSloot funded two PACs that launched last-minute ads against Idaho 2nd District Judge John Bradbury, a Democrat, during his electoral run for state Supreme Court against Republican incumbent Justice Roger Burdick. VanderSloot donated $19,000 to the PAC Idaho Citizens for Justice and financed the PAC Citizens for Commonsense Solutions. Idaho Secretary of State Ben Ysursa announced that the PACs were fined $1,900 collectively for failing to appoint a certified treasurer prior to accepting contributions from VanderSloot and for failing to disclose large expenditures for its ads before the election, as required by law.
Citations omitted. There is not a judge, lawyer or legislator in the state that isn't intimidated by the Plaintiffs.
While Vandersloot is quite pleased with his chances in state court, he didn't bother to avail himself of the local attorney talent. Three out-of-state attorneys filed pro hac vice documents with the Court seeking permission to litigate this one matter in Idaho state courts. One of these attorneys is Thomas A. Clare, P.C. with Washington DC firm Kirkland & Ellis LLP. He's a heavy hitter in defamation cases "and routinely advises corporations and prominent individuals who are the subject of false statements by the media and newsgathering torts." His site states that he is the attorney representing Shirley Sherrod in the defamation action against prominent blogger and blowhard Andrew Breitbart and his website. Vandersloot might be right it's not about the money, he has plenty of money. This looks to be more about power, control and intimidation.
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A little legal jargon irony there. I see Wikipedia says the amount must exceed $75k, is that so? Frank would be leaving a dollar on the table, seems unbefitting.
Could MJ argue that V is underclaiming, and press for diversity? We have V's statement that he's lost "millions," which, sure, is unsubstantiated hyperbole (until proven otherwise), but can the defendant successfully argue against the legal game without stipulating the allegation is proved?
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No he's capped at the amount pleaded. He can't ask the jury for more. I think the better move would be to determine whether an applicable counterclaim is available preferably one based upon a federal statute which would provide the court with federal subject matter jurisdiction. If it allowed for money damages you could also plead in excess of $75K in the counterclaim, providing both diversity and subject matter jurisdiction. Then it's bye bye Idaho.
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The L.A. Lakers' Kobe Bryant is the second most overpaid player in the NBA, Southern Utah University economics professor David Berri concluded, according to a CNBC report published on Yahoo!
While Washington Wizards forward Rashard Lewis' spot at the top of the list won't surprise anyone, the New York Knicks' Amare Stoudemire, Dallas Mavericks' Dirk Nowitzki and Brooklyn Nets' Deron Williams are also on it.
Berri co-authored a book in 2006 called "The Wages of Wins," which details a statistical method called "Wins Produced" that determines if a player is overpaid and by how much. NBA players, Berri says, are paid based largely on points. But that's far too simplistic a metric to gauge a player's true value, according to the economist, who believes that other stats such as shooting percentage, turnovers, rebounds and fouls should be bigger factors in a player's salary.
"Wins in basketball are primarily about a team's ability to get and keep possession of the ball and then turning those possessions into points," Berri told CNBC.com in an e-mail. "In 2011-12, NBA teams paid $1.9 billion for 990 regular season wins. This means that the cost per win was $1.946 million. Given the cost of each win and knowing both how many victories each player produced and his salary allows us to see which players were overpaid."
Berri's method, however, seems to be a strictly on-court analysis and does not necessarily take into account a player's economic impact for his franchise. During the lockout, Dwyane Wade implied the truly marquee players—those fans pay specifically to see—are actually underpaid. He said if there were no salary restrictions, guys like Bryant and LeBron James could make upwards of $50 million per season.
Before you jump all over Wade for his opinion that millionaires should be paid more for playing a game, consider that a GM told Yahoo! back in October that Wade was right.
"There's absolutely no doubt that the top NBA stars are the most underpaid in sports," the GM said.
And while Bryant is No. 2 on Berri's list, Lakers owner Jerry Buss has reportedly told people privately that Bryant may be worth $70 million a year to his franchise. Bryant's contract is worth $25 million this season, $28 million next season and over $30 million in 2013-14.
Here's Berry's list of most overpaid NBA players.
10. Tyrus Thomas, Charlotte Bobcats (overpaid by $12,459,225)
9. Deron Williams, Brooklyn Nets (overpaid by $12,784,867)
8. Dirk Nowitzki, Dallas Mavericks (overpaid by $12,851,295)
7. Corey Maggette, Charlotte Bobcats (overpaid by $12,862,248)
6. Mehmet Okur, Brooklyn Nets (overpaid by $12,988,657)
5. Chris Kaman, New Orleans Hornets (overpaid by $14,613,480)
4. Amar'e Stoudemire, New York Knicks (overpaid by $14,918,309 )
3. Antawn Jamison, Cleveland Cavaliers (overpaid by $17,402,350)
2. Kobe Bryant, Los Angeles Lakers (overpaid by $19,693,258)
1. Rashard Lewis, Washington Wizards (overpaid by $21,167,231)


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thank you Emmel for ur comments.usually I start may exam little
oriented by symtomes and thenafter I do always a complete exam using
all windows.for type A dissection: in TTE, parasternal long and short
axis are very useful (including visualisation of the descending aorta
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I look at that vid for the fifth time! Great!
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echocardiography to visualise type A dissection of aorta and to
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Once more a very exciting combination of congenital heart
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Estimates of the number of overweight children range from a low of 13% to a high of 25-30%. This means 6 million children could be at risk for current and future self-esteem and health problems. On the other side of the weight issue, an estimated 7 million girls and 1 million boys have an eating disorder. The age of onset of these potentially life threatening eating disorders is getting lower - with children as young as seven being diagnosed.
What causes eating problems?
Weight is determined by a variety of factors: genetics, environment, activity, and emotions. With respect to the psychology of eating problems, some of the same feelings can both lead to and result from unhealthy eating behaviors. For example, it is unclear if such feelings such as loneliness, sadness, anger, anxiety, lack of control, worthlessness, low self-esteem, disordered body image are the cause or the effect of eating problems.
What can parents do?
Know what's appropriate
Check with your child's doctor to understand how your child compares to established standards for height and weight. Also learn about proper nutrition and appropriate expectations for food intake. The risk of weight problems varies with the age and growth of the child. For example, only 20% of overweight 4 to 5-year-olds go on to be overweight adults (Begley, 2000). Therefore it may not be necessary to worry or institute big changes at a young age, but it would be useful to get a doctor's advice. Parents must also pay attention to the warning signs of both overweight/obesity and of eating disorders.
Help children develop individual controls and styles
Parents should pay attention to their children's cues when they indicate they have eaten enough or when they are still hungry - differentiating real cues from stalling or playing. Don't dwell on a picky eater. Food preference takes time to develop. Make an effort to include children in meal choice and preparation to encourage a child's exposure to variety.
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Avoid calling attention to a child's weight. Nagging is unsuccessful when you're trying to change behavior. To a child, pressure to lose weight can feel like crushing criticism and ultimately backfire. Children with some type of disordered eating can get caught in a vicious, unhealthy cycle. They can feel badly about their weight and thus develop a negative self-image and low self-esteem. They may try to control their world through food or turn to food out of anger or to find comfort. The inappropriate relationship with food can then lead to further feelings of guilt and upset. Praising and encouraging children in other areas will go farther with respect to improving their self-esteem.
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The measure, which cleared the Florida House of Representatives 85-31, has already been approved by the state Senate. Republican Governor Rick Scott has not said whether he will sign it.
Florida is among several states where alimony laws are being challenged. Last year Massachusetts abolished most permanent alimony for spouses, and similar legislation has been introduced in Connecticut, Oregon and New Jersey.
Alimony payments can vary widely in the United States, with some states setting explicit guidelines. Others, like Florida, allow judges to determine the amount.
Supporters of the bill argue alimony laws in some states force ex-spouses to make a lifelong financial commitment to their former husbands or wives.
Opponents say alimony judgments should be awarded on a case-by-case basis and free of specific payment guidelines.
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