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It is not always easy to figure out what a psychological model can or cannot explain, just based on a list of its assumptions. For example, for a long time psychologists took for granted that any model assuming the dimensional overlap hypothesis could not explain the S-S consistency effects found in 2-to-1 mapping tasks. However, it turns out that this was based on the implicit assumption of a static stimulus identification process. If a dimensional overlap model instead assumes flexible stimulus identification, it can account for these data. Because the response selection and dimensional overlap models were evaluated with the implicit assumption of static stimulus identification, it was difficult to evaluate and compare them clearly and accurately.
Moreover, when a model contains a large number of assumptions, trying to account for effects that interact with one another, reading through arguments about the model's explanations and predictions can also be confusing. A good example of this might be the argument that dimensional overlap models can account for the electrophysiological data in S-S consistency tasks. This argument introduces a number of ideas about processing, such as the notion that stimulus identification can make a "mistake" that can later be corrected, that are not intrinsic to dimensional overlap models. It would not be surprising or unexpected for the reader to want to take a step back, and wonder: Does this model really fulfill the requirements of a dimensional overlap model? Can it actually account for the data that it is purported to account for? Or, is there a slip in the logic somewhere that is being glossed over through vague words and convoluted argumentation?
One way of addressing these problems in to develop psychological models that can be implemented as computational algorithms. This approach is very natural, in fact, for anyone taking the information processing approach to understanding how the mind works. If mental life is all about how information is represented by mental codes and transformed by mental processes, then it has a natural analog in a computer program, which represents information with variables and data structures and transforms that information with functions and procedures. By taking assumptions about mental codes and mental processes, and implementing them as a program with variables and functions, we create a very concrete and unambiguous form of psychological model.
The first and most obvious advantage to doing this is that a computer program cannot be vague, and must be completely explicit about all of its assumptions. This not only keeps things honest, but also allows for a more concrete direct comparison of different models: for example, if two computational models are completely identical except for one parameter, and there is a difference in the predictions of the two models, then it is clear that the difference in performance must be due to that one parameter.
Moreover, just in case slick words and convoluted logical arguments can leave you wondering, "Can this model really explain that result?", a computational model can provide a compelling existence proof. That is, a computer program is one of the most compelling demonstrations that a system with a certain set of assumptions about the representation and processing of information can explain a certain pattern of results. Computer programs do not engage in fast-talking or hand-waving.
Finally, computer programs provide actual numerical predictions about people's reaction times, rather than vague predictions like "people are faster when X than when Y." If the particular set of assumptions that are implemented in a computer program accurately reflects how our minds work, then the (simulated) time it takes the program to go from stimulus information to the formation of a motor code should be proportional to the time it takes people to do the same thing (i.e. their reaction time).
Unfortunately, there is also a cost to implementing models as computer programs. In order to run, a computer program must be more specific than the psychological hypotheses that it is designed to implement. For example, the generic dimensional overlap and generic response selection models are characterized by a list of critical defining assumptions (i.e. the assumptions in the coding model framework, plus either the dimensional overlap hypothesis or the response selection hypothesis). A number of details about cognitive processing are left unspecified: for example, how mental codes actually form over time, how information is transferred from stimulus codes to response codes, and how the formation of one mental code influences the formation of other alternative codes of the same type (i.e. stimulus or response). These details are deliberately left unspecified, in order to allow the models to focus on the critical assumptions about cognitive processing to be examined.
However, these other details have to be specified in order to get a computer program to run. As a result, implementing computational versions of these models involves making arbitrary decisions – decisions about information processing not inherent in the models that they are based on. In contrast with the critical assumptions of the models, these are auxiliary assumptions, or implementation details, associated with the computational models. They have to be there for the computational implementation to run, but they do not represent crucial psychological hypotheses.
Because of this, the "existence proof" mentioned above does not work in reverse: if a particular computational model cannot explain a particular result, this does not mean that the psychological model it is based on cannot predict that result. If a computational model were implemented with the same set of critical assumptions, but a different set of auxiliary assumptions, it could very well make different predictions. This means that whenever a computational model can or cannot explain some finding, a great deal of care must be taken to ascertain why: what aspect of the model leads to its success or failure? A critical assumption, an auxiliary assumption, or an interaction between the two?


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Heidi Harris
Friday, April 7, 2017
Grace Free Lutheran Church in Valley City will present its annual Passion Play on Easter weekend.
This is the sixth year that the congregation has presented "He's Alive," a musical rendition of the resurrection of Jesus Christ.
Tim Berntson is the director and author of the play and nearly 100 others from the church and the community bring their talents together to present the free show to the public.
"He's Alive" will be presented on Friday, April 14 and and Saturday, April 15 at 7 p.m. each night.
More on this story can be found in the April 7 edition of the Times-Record.

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I've been making sure when I collect him that I'm not late, but also trying not to be too early (I am usually too early for most things!) as I didn't want him to expect me to be the first Mum in each day. This usually means I am sat in the car for a while or I sneak into the school and try and catch a glimpse of him before he sees me. It amazes me each time I do to see him in this new environment getting on with it and looking so grown up.
On Friday as I pulled up in the car I could see all the children in the playground which was different to usual. I realised that they were all marching with the teachers who were also banging drums and singing. Each child was waving a Cypriot flag they had made earlier in the day.
I was so pleased to catch sight of Leo marching happily in line with his class, some of the children were not as enthusiastic but it really made me smile to see Leo waving his flag and really enjoying it. When I collected him he proudly showed me the flag he had coloured (in the lines for a change!!) and told me this is where we live. I asked him what they had done with the flags afterwards and he decided to show me.....
The 1st of October is Cyprus Independence day and today is a Bank Holiday It is celebrated with parades and festivals at the schools and have a large military parade in the capital, Nicosia. Cyprus got its independence from Britain in 1960.


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Summer weather is here in the Quad Cities and that means construction is starting on the Davenport campus.
Our first step in preparing for renovations to the north end of the campus was to find new homes for the koi fish in the Clinic Garden ponds. We coordinated with staff at Niabi Zoo in Coal Valley, Ill., to collect the larger fish for their ponds, and they retrieved about 500 fish. The remaining 300 or so smaller fish were collected and brought to farm ponds. Once the fish were re-homed we were able to prepare the ponds for the Clinic Garden renovation work to begin. We'll be renovating the fountains and ponds and putting in new landscaping, but we'll be sure to preserve the historic artifacts in this important greenspace.
Next we closed off the employee parking lot between the David D. Palmer Health Sciences Library and the Alumni Auditorium to begin preparing the space for construction, which started this week. We'll be creating a new, north entrance to the campus with terraces, a tower with the Palmer crest on it and a new retaining wall and parking lot.
Later this summer we'll start work to completely renovate the Alumni Auditorium into the new R. Richard Bittner Athletic & Recreation Center, which includes the Paul and Donna VanDuyne Jogging Track. This modern facility will include enhanced aerobic and weight room facilities along with the second-floor track, and will be connected to B.J. Palmer Hall with an indoor walkway. While the Alumni Auditorium/Fitness Center is closed for renovations, we've partnered with the Scott County Family YMCA on a temporary membership agreement for our students and employees at deeply discounted rates.
I encourage you to visit the Davenport campus to see these changes in person. Homecoming is a wonderful opportunity to reconnect with Palmer. Make plans for Homecoming in Davenport Aug. 11-13. I hope to see you there!


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US turns blind eye to Egypt Muslim Brother with porn past
CAIRO: The US State Department broke with procedure last week when it ordered US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) not to conduct a secondary inspection on members of the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood's Freedom and Justice Party (FJP) on their way to visit government officials in the US.
It is not clear where the order was issued from.
This happened despite the fact that one member of the delegation had been implicated – though not charged – in a US child pornography investigation, according to the Investigative Project on Terrorism.
The person of interest to the US State Department was Abdul Mawgoud Dardery, who was part of a pornography investigation in Pennsylvania. He was the senior member in the four-person FJP delegation, which held court with academic groups and met with senior officials at the White House and State Department.here
Dardery had lived in the United States long enough to attain legal permanent residency, known as a Green Card. That status lapsed after he left the country for more than six months. The child pornography investigation took place during Dardery's time in the US and was so noted in his immigration file. It surfaced when CBP officials learned of his pending visit.
A US official said that extra inspection is standard operating procedure when a foreign visitor has been tied to criminal or terrorist activities. "Secondary inspections" involve going through the visitor's baggage and viewing the contents of computers and other electronic devices to search for evidence of illicit activity. Agents would typically search other members of the party to ensure Dardery did not hand off his computer equipment to an associate to avoid detection.
In addition, the Brotherhood's relationship with the Palestinian terrorist group Hamas would have triggered extra scrutiny for the incoming delegation. But that "secondary inspection" never happened, a law enforcement source said. The State Department ordered CBP not to do it.
The State Department issued a cable specifically barring customs officials from carrying out any inspections of Dardery and the other members of the delegation on their arrival at New York's JFK Airport.
The Muslim Brotherhood was founded in Egypt in 1928 with the goal of establishing a worldwide Islamic state, and for decades advocated the violent overthrow of nations to accomplish this goal. They were officially banned, but tolerated under Mubarak, and ran as independents before Mubarak was toppled. The Brotherhood is considered by many analysts as the parent organization of all Sunni terrorist groups, including Hamas, and Palestinian Islamic Jihad.
Former ideologues of the Brotherhood, like Sayyid Qutb, are considered immensely influential in the thought of Osama bin Laden, and the current head of al-Qaeda, Ayman Zawahiri, an Egyptian doctor from the Cairo suburb of Maadi.
The Brotherhood recently won a near majority in parliamentary elections – a sweep by any evaluation.
Ironically, they are keen on introducing legislation to block Internet access to pornography in Egypt.
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Top 10 Worst Movie Lines
Written by: Catalogs.com Editorial Staff
August 31, 2010
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When it comes to the 10 worst movie lines, there are too many to whittle down to only 10.
So I limited my list to contemporary movies rather than delving into the classics. After all, movie buffs have within their memory banks so many bad movie lines from so much bad writing that I could not compete. Besides, I do not go in for slasher movies or what I call "guy movies" – those movies that contain fast cars crashing into everything in sight while people shoot up whatever remains standing. Yes, there is a market, but I am not their target audience and have not seen most of them.
I wanted to concentrate on movies I have seen, so here are my choices complete with comments. Enjoy!
10. "I carried a watermelon." Dirty Dancing (1986)
When Baby (Jennifer Grey) is finally invited to the cool party at camp, this is all she can come up with when she gets there. She carries a watermelon to help out one of the counselors. This line is in explanation to what she is doing there. I can image being a kid, trying to be cool and this being the first thing that came to mind! Poor Baby.
9. "You're the disease, and I'm the cure" Cobra (1986)
With a cure like that, I do not want this man to be my doctor! Sly utters this line right before he throws a concealed knife into the stomach of the bad guy. The bad guy is holding hostages and pointing a gun at Sly and I figure that Sly did not have time to use his words in this instance.
8. "Is it still raining? I hadn't noticed." Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994)
Andie MacDowell's character, Carrie, delivers this line in the pouring rain to a soaked Hugh Grant as Charles. I almost wanted Grant's character to say, "Well, yeah! Come in the house if you want to talk. It's cold out here!" Andie MacDowell is beautiful, but she really is out of her element when on the big screen.
7. "I'm also just a girl standing in front of a boy asking him to love her." Notting Hill (1999)
Another movie with Hugh Grant. Anna Scott (Julia Roberts) is in William Thacker's (Hugh Grant) bookstore asking him for another chance at love. This almost made me groan and many of the audience members actually did groan! Two beautiful people, one cute movie, and a line that makes you cringe when you hear it. It made me wonder if the actors read the script before they got to the set that day.
6. "I've never wanted a human's blood so much before." Twilight (2008)
Can I just say, "Ew?" What a lovely way to tell someone how much they mean to you. It should be printed on a greeting card. Honestly, if someone had just told me I looked as good as their dinner, I think I would be off in a flash. Besides, who falls in love with their dinner?
5. "A dingo ate my baby!" A Cry in the Dark (1988)
This one just made me laugh! The thought of Meryl Streep shouting this in the courtroom with that dress in that accent was hilarious when I first heard it and still makes me laugh. I mean, she could have just hired a sitter for the weekend if she needed to get away that badly.
4. "Tell me about it… stud." Grease (1978)
The character says this after seeing her love interest's jaw drop at the sight of her sudden, and out of character, lusciousness. He does not ask her anything, he does not say anything, and there is no reason for this line other than as a cue to start singing the song.
3. "They may take our lives, but they will never take our freedom!" "Braveheart" (1995)
Well, sweetie, if they take your life, it stands to reason you will not be around to fight for that freedom. He would have to be around to groom the next batch of doomed freedom fighters, but he would not be around because he would be dead already. Then again, I guess you could say that is the epitome of freedom.
2. "Some people play hard to get. I play hard to want." The Adventures of Ford Farlaine (1990)
This film did not get a lot of love from critics or the public. I guess you could say the film played "hard to want to see it."
And the number one worst movie line I have ever heard in my life…
1. "Love means never having to say you're sorry." Love Story
Seriously? This is probably the most groan-inducing line anyone has ever heard. Allie MacGraw delivers this line to her lover, Ryan O'Neal in this story about two doomed lovers. After searching all day for her in order to apologize, MacGraw's character delivers this line which has to be the most inaccurate sentiment ever uttered, in my humble opinion. If you ask anyone in a long-term relationship, saying you are sorry is one of the basic tenets of love. This line is so bad that it has been parodied in movies, books and TV shows everywhere.
There are dozens of cheesy lines throughout movie history. Next time you are watching a movie, keep your ears open.
As is the case with Notting Hill or even Love Story, it may be a pretty good movie, but that does not mean there cannot be a couple of groaners in the script.


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Today was business as usual. Up at 4:30am, made my daughter's lunch, went to the gym, showered, answered work emails, headed to the grocery store and ran a couple errands.
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The difference between life and death may sometimes come down to good lighting. It may seem strange to say so, but imagine this situation.
You become suddenly ill, with a pain in your lower abdomen. You get rushed to a hospital, and within a short time, you are medicated for the pain and diagnosed soon after with appendicitis. You are then prepped for surgery and within the next few hours, you are in a recovery room, resting comfortably.
Now, imagine the same situation, but in a blackout. Life support systems, X-ray machines, even simple lighting to aid diagnosis and to help you feel safe and remain calm, none of those things you normally take for granted are available. It's a very different situation, and without lighting and power, doctors can't operate and can't accurately assess the emergence of complications. You are at risk of peritonitis if your appendix bursts. It's a very different, and frightening, reality.
Lighting is often overlooked as one of the key ingredients of successful health care, but once you imagine medicine without it, its importance suddenly looms. Light is a lifesaver, and the electricity that makes it possible can supply so much more, including refrigeration, life support, and computerized medical records.
When he began working in Rwanda's Bigogwe Health Center in the early 1990s, Dr. James Derrick immediately decided that it had to be transformed from an understaffed, underfunded and unhygienic facility into a fully functional health center.
Like all rural health centers and most medical facilities in densely populated Rwanda, Bigogwe's main function is to provide maternal and reproductive health services. In the U.S., we take for granted the electricity that powers our hospitals. But in Rwanda, many babies are delivered by candlelight and there is no equipment to warm them once they're born. In many cases, instruments can't be sterilized, while vaccines and other medications go bad because there are no refrigerators in which to keep them.
The Access Project, which applies a business management approach to health center operations, began working in a number of management intervention areas in Bigogwe Health Center in 2008. Recognizing the motivation of the Bigogwe Health Center staff and the potential for Bigogwe to provide excellent medical services to the community, Access provided the necessary monetary investment to install a consistent and reliable source of electricity for the center in early 2009.
As a result, Bigogwe Health Center was able to get the life-saving electricity required to provide care around-the-clock, and to help people when they need it. Now that the center is on the grid, it has quickly become the district's most trusted and capable health center, logging a 100% increase in monthly patient flow - including the women who are finally choosing to deliver at the clinic instead of at home, thereby greatly increasing their babies' chances for survival.
More than a decade later, the hard work and persistence of Dr. Derrick and his team have paid off. Bigogwe center now has one full-time doctor and is recruiting a second, and it is on the cusp of opening a small operating theater that will enable the addition of life saving C-sections and other emergency surgeries. This is all due to obtaining a consistent and reliable source of energy, which has transformed the health center in this and other significant ways.
Despite all of the high-impact changes Bigogwe Health Center has undergone since Dr. Derrick's initial vision in the early 1990s, one critically important improvement is yet to be made: running water. Running water is the crucial, final step to making Bigogwe Health Center into a fully functional hospital and the step patients and doctors are hoping for.
Dr. Derrick is fond of saying that he "lit the match, but others kept the fire going." It's no longer a fire; its now banks of fluorescent tubes and tungsten lamps that keep the doors open and keep the patients safe and healthy.


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Greenbergs Dan, Michael Make D-III Tennis Championship A Family Affair
May 30, 2010
By Marty Gitlin
Special to NCAA.com
OBERLIN, Ohio - The City of Brotherly Love is Philadelphia. But the personification of brotherly love could be found this week in the little college town of Oberlin, Ohio.
They could be found in the hearts of Dan and Michael Greenberg.
Dan Greenberg is the men's tennis coach at Williams College in Massachusetts, his alma mater. Michael Greenberg is a senior player at Kenyon College in Ohio. But they're only two years apart in age.
Both played prep tennis at East Chapel Hill High School in the North Carolina city that bears its name. Both helped their team to a state championship and qualified for the individual state tournament. Michael won the crown in both his junior and senior seasons.
He could thank not only the young man he saw in the mirror for that success, but his brother Dan as well. The two spent much time on the neighborhood courts. Dan worked tirelessly to improve his brother's game. Rather than succumb to his competitive nature and yearn only to beat Michael, he strove to maximize his talent.
"I was always aware of how much he wanted me to get better," said Michael, who reached the Round of 16 in the singles draw and the quarterfinals in doubles of this week's NCAA Division III Men's championships. "There was a lot of practice time when he focused on what I needed to do to get better.
"A lot of times he got frustrated when I played. But once I realized that he was doing it all for me, we grew so, so close. It was an amazing feeling for me to acknowledge that."
Dan qualified for the Division III Championships as both a sophomore and senior at Williams. Upon the completion of his college career, he landed a coaching job at the University of North Carolina. When a head coaching position opened up at Williams, he jumped all over it and was hired.
He fondly recalled working with Michael in their younger days. Teaching tennis to his younger brother whet Dan's appetite for coaching the sport at a higher level. But he also admitted that it brought the two closer together.
"I always found it easy working with him," said Dan, who coached former Williams teammate Nick Lebedoff into the Round of 16 of the singles draw this week. "Michael and I grew up playing tennis together and it was always more than just about me. It was about working him out. Obviously you're going to push each other, but in the end I always enjoyed it. I felt like it's important to have an older brother to play with and look up to and to develop a competitive spirit with."
The possibility of Michael playing for his brother at Williams was raised, but Dan is quite satisfied with how it turned out.
"I would have loved to have had him play here and gotten a chance to coach him at Williams," Dan said, "but given the kind of career he's had at Kenyon, it couldn't have worked out any better."
The Greenberg brothers don't deny that they have had their competitive moments. But their difference in ages precluded any possibility that they were on the same level in the sport throughout their lives. It wasn't until Michael reached high school that he began challenging Dan.
"Michael was always an extremely hard worker," Dan said. "And after a while we developed a competition. He had that hunger and he took it to me."
Brotherly love does have its limits. Sometimes that limit can be the lines on a tennis court. But when it comes to Dan and Michael Greenberg, the love always eclipsed the desire to win.


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Even if the season premiere of Heroes weren't happening in just a few short hours, tonight would still be a huge night for nerds; at midnight, much-anticipated Xbox 360 game Halo 3 hits stores, and to get us to write about it, Microsoft sent New York these controllers designed and autographed by comic-book artist Todd McFarlane. So this settles it — video games are art.


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With this in mind I've made a tugging box. It's so simple to make at home and it will have your little one entertained and learning through play in no time.
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- Seal box with tape
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Children often like to investigate to know why and how something works. I chose to satisfy Possum's curiosity and allow her to see what was happening within the box at the conclusion of this activity.
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It's gonna get sappy up in here.
Is that headline even funny? Because I'm cackling. Wow, I am a genius.
I feel like every beauty site on the internet has raved about how amazing Lipstick Queen's Frog Prince lipstick is. Have you seen it? It's that lipstick that's green on the bullet but, when applied, it reacts to your skin's pH balance to create the perfect shade of pink for your complexion. It sounds great, but barely anyone has showed it in action! A wasted opportunity, if you ask me.
Lipstick Queen just expanded their Frog Prince lipstick into a small collection, releasing a lip gloss and a cream blush, both green, that all become custom shades for your skin. I figured I'd grab them all and see if these were really as great as everyone claimed they were.
It's not that I had any doubts. Lipstick Queen is awesome, period. Their products tend to be on the pricier side, but I've never heard a review of Lipstick Queen that wasn't an absolute rave. All of their lip colors saturate your lips with color, wear well for hours, are comfortable, and most important, look amazing.
So let's get to it before my carriage turns back into a pumpkin. Get it? Fairytales.
First, the original Frog Prince Lipstick, $25.
So, yup, they're not joking. The lipstick itself is GREEN.
Though it's a bright, kelly green in the tube, it applies sheer, without even the faintest cast of green. You won't be waiting around for the green to fade while looking like a weird corpse, or have to worry about reapplying in public. Once it hits your skin, it's sheer enough not to appear green at all.
It feels like a smooth lip balm as you apply. It's soft and builds quickly, so even though it looks sheer to start, you know it's there, you can feel it. It starts to warm up to your body right away, but takes a minute or two to really land at the final color.
So while I waited, I applied the blush.
Frog Prince Blush, $24.
I looove cream blushes, so I was really excited to play around with this.
The cream blush is very soft so it doesn't take much to work too hard to lift it from the pan, and you don't need to use a ton to get a nice, healthy flush of pink.
I swirled my ring finger around in the pan and tapped in on my cheeks. I was surprised at just how much product I was able to pick up with so little effort, and was able to do both of my cheeks with the same finger.
Wait. I'd love to tell you that that's how I look when I put on blush, but that would be a lie. We all do weird shit with our faces when we're putting makeup on, and I'm no exception. May I present to you: BLUSH FACE:
Stunning, I know.
The blush looked surprisingly pink on my fingers, but went on nicely, not too severe right off the bat so I wasn't desperately trying to blend it out, asking myself "What have I done?" We've all been there.
By the time I had that applied the blush and was happy with it, the lip color had really kicked in and had juiced itself up to a sheer berry hue that really did look great on me!
I personally am not about a sheer lip. If I'm gonna be a dude in a lip, I'm gonna be a dude in a lip, you know? But, this sheer berry business is something I could fuck with. It's similar (on me) to Glossier's Generation G in Jam, though a little lighter and not a matte.
Now, for the gloss.
I'm not a gloss guy, never have been, but I tried this shit on because I love you and I am a giver. I also tried it with and without the lipstick, just to see.
Here it is over the Frog Prince lipstick.
I hate the feel of lip gloss and I especially hate it when it's topping a lipstick, so this isn't for me. That aside, I love how it looks. It beefs up the lipstick itself, making it look more full, less sheer, and giving it more dimension. Wait, maybe I do like lip gloss?
One thing to note about the Frog Prince Lip Gloss is that it's the only one of the three that does apply green, for a minute. It changes quickly, but as you can see below, you can still see the green as it slides on your (my) lips. Below was when I applied it to bare lips, with no lipstick below it.
For the gloss, I would actually recommend wearing it alone, if for no other reason than I like the way it looked more, when it wasn't chilling on top of the lipstick. It turned out becoming a shade or two deeper than the lipstick did, and I really like it. What do you think?
ALSO. The gloss has very finely milled green glitter in it that is barely visible throughout wear, unless you're looking very closely. It's not noticeable unless you're searching for it, and it doesn't distract from the overall ~look~. It's more just a cute little reference to the product's name. The only way I can think of someone actually noticing it is if they're about to kiss you, and if green glitter is enough to stop them, then you don't need to be kissing that person anyway. Let them stay a frog forever.
For reference, here are the three products swatched below, to show the different pigmentations of each:
From left to right: Cream blush, lip gloss, lipstick.
This is unrelated but I feel like I'm selling that awesome nail color short, here it is in direct sunlight.
SO. Have you guys tried any of the Frog Prince products? What other shade shifting do you use? Tell me down below!
Kiss Tynan on Twitter and release him from this frog form @TynanBuck.


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Case Management/ Electronic Case Filing System (CM/ECF)
Case Management/Electronic Case Files (CM/ECF) is the new automated case management and electronic docketing system for the U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York, CM/ECF provides a new, easy-to-use electronic case filing feature that will make life easier for you by allowing you to file and view court documents over the Internet. CM/ECF allows attorneys to file and view documents from their office, home or anywhere they have access to the Internet, 24 hours a day. Documents are automatically docketed as part of the filing process and are immediately available electronically. CM/ECF also provides the following benefits:
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The electronic case files system accepts documents in a portable document format (PDF). PDF retains the way a document looks, so the pages, fonts and other formatting are preserved.
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• Follow the set of simple prompts to provide information about the case, party and document to be filed.
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April 7, 2017
Celebrate National Beer Day Locally
For the smallest state, Rhode Island sure has a big brew scene. From the brewery-littered Blackstone Valley to the brewpubs of Providence, there are plenty of chances to drink locally. And what better excuse than National Beer Day? Check out these five options for some delicious brews made by bonafide Rhode Islanders:
Ragged Island
Ragged Island may be the newest brewery to the scene, but that doesn't mean it doesn't pack a punch. Although there's an ever-changing selection of beers, there are often a couple of IPAs on tap for hopheads. Their TwoTree and TwoTree Mosaic are a couple of the more popular IPAs, with bright citrusy notes and plenty of body. For residents of East Bay, this might be your closest option for local brews. Open Fri. 4-8 p.m. and Sat. 1-6 p.m.
For a brewery that's embraced its local roots, look no further than Foolproof. With beers with names like Backyahd, there's no forgetting Foolproof is Rhody born and bred. They also have a number of other beers with local inspiration, such as the Shuckolate, which incorporates the ever popular oyster into a chocolate stout. On the lighter side of the spectrum, they've recently released the Grotto, and IPA with tropical, fruity flavors. Open Thurs.–Fri. 4–7 p.m. and Sat.–Sun. 1–6 p.m. foolproofbrewing.com
Trinity Brewhouse
Probably the most famous brewpub in the state, Trinity Brewhouse has a handful of made-in-house beers on tap in their downstairs bar. Popular with theater-goers (as the name implies Trinity Rep is right next door) and college students, this brewpub has earned its fame for more than just its great downtown location. With rich stouts (How can you go wrong with a name like Darkness?) and extreme IPAs, beer fans of any persuasion will find a fit here. Open Sun.–Thurs. until 1 a.m. and Fri.–Sat. until 2 a.m. trinitybrewhouse.com
Revival and Brutopia
Brutopia and Revival offer a double whammy of beer-filled goodness: A brewpub and brewery have combined forces to become a brew-titan. If you're hungry, sit down at Brutopia, grab some pulled pork nachos and a pitcher of exceptional beers. Revival Brewery crafts a unique selection of beers for Brutopia, however they also offer some of their widely available classics, like the Conga IPA or White Electric Coffee Stout through the brewpub. If you'd like to see how the beer is made, head downstairs (it's Revival's headquarters) and sample beers in the midst of their brewing operations. Brutopia open Sun.–Thurs. at 11:30 a.m – 11 p.m and Fri.–Sat. at 11:30 a.m. – 1 a.m. brutopiabrewery.com
Tilted Barn Brewery
This brewery's farmside location is no gimmick; Tilted Barn Brewery grows its own hops (and a variety of other ingredients that they add to their brews) on the premises, which might account for why their beers have so much flavor. This is Rhode Island's first farm brewery, although considering how spectacular the libations, it wouldn't be surprising if a bevy of other breweries followed their lead. Open Fri. 5-8 p.m. and Sat. 1-4 p.m. Visit tiltedbarnbrewery.com


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Sharpshooters becoming targets is unusual, but through an ambitious new research program that is what's happening to the glassy-wing sharpshooter, an insect pest costing California vineyards more than $14 million annually. The sharpshooter carries the bacterium Xylella fastidiosa, which causes incurable Pierce's disease of grapevines.
Taking a team approach to finding insecticides that can safely and effectively zap the sharpshooter, Agricultural Research Service scientists David H. Akey and Thomas J. Henneberry of the Western Cotton Research Laboratory in Phoenix, Ariz., allied with entomology professor Nick C. Toscano of the University of California, Riverside. They scrutinized the most promising compounds, with pyrethroids and neonicotinoids being the best performers.
In Argentina, scientists at the ARS South American Biological Control Laboratory at Hurlingham are investigating beneficial wasps that are powerful natural enemies of the sharpshooter. These wasps are egg parasitoids, meaning they lay their eggs inside the sharpshooter eggs. The wasp young then feast on the sharpshooter young.
ARS helps fund study
Helping to fund the Hurlingham studies is the ARS Beneficial Insects Research Unit in Weslaco, Texas. In addition, Weslaco researchers are seeking potential biological combat agents from other regions, particularly another egg parasitoid found in south Texas and northeastern Mexico. This parasitoid may be partially responsible for the lack of glassy-winged sharpshooters in those regions, according to Walker A. Jones, leader of the Weslaco unit.
White clay coating
Another technique for fending off the sharpshooters is coating the grapevines with white clay, which makes the vines inhospitable to the pests. ARS entomologist Gary J. Puterka co-developed the white clay coating, now sold by Engelhard Corp. under the trade name, "Surround." Puterka works at the ARS Appalachian Fruit Research Station in Kearneysville, W.Va. At test vineyards in Kern County, Calif., Puterka and colleagues found the white clay coating outperformed insecticides, as growers needed only three clay coatings in contrast to six insecticide sprayings.


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Suburban residents charged in unemployment scams
In separate indictments, 32 Chicago area residents have been charged with fraudulently obtaining unemployment benefits that total almost $874,000.
Federal prosecutors accuse the individuals, including several from the suburbs, of either falsely claiming to be unemployed or underreporting their income to the Illinois Department of Employment Security. The fraudulently obtained benefits range from $19,399 to as much as $38,798, prosecutors said.
Some of those charged have already pleaded guilty and received sentences, prosecutors noted.
The benefits in Illinois are largely paid by local employers with the federal government also providing some funding, federal authorities said.
Among the suburban residents charged are Manusya Heinrichs, 44, of Buffalo Grove; Jamie Masterson, 26, of Carpentersville; Steven Steinberg, 61, of Buffalo Grove; and Mark Vandenbark, 38, of Naperville.
Masterson is the only one of the four facing felony charges punishable by up to 10 years in prison and a fine of up to $250,000 for allegedly collecting $27,049 illegally, prosecutors said. Steinberg has already pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor, paid full restitution of the $19,680 he was accused of fraudulently obtaining and was sentenced to a year's probation.
Heinrichs is accused of receiving $27,950 unlawfully and Vandenbark is accused of unlawfully collecting $19,399. Both were charged with misdemeanors, punishable by up to a year in prison and a $100,000 fine.
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They're not amused.
While Coney Island's famed boardwalk and amusement park reopened yesterday morning for the first time since Superstorm Sandy, fuming residents said the rest of the beleaguered area remains all but shuttered.
"We're very happy that the amusement park is back up and running," said longtime resident Todd Dobrin, 42. "But our local bank is still closed, our library and senior centers are still closed."
Nonetheless, some 1,000 thrill seekers turned out to celebrate the reopening of the Wonder Wheel, the Cyclone roller coaster and other attractions.


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The Gainesville Chapter of the Jane Austen Society of North America hosts a performance by the Gainesville English Country Dancers featuring English Regency dances.
The Gainesville Chapter of the Jane Austen Society of North America hosts a performance by the Gainesville English Country Dancers featuring English Regency dances, 2-4 p.m. March 2, Tower Road Branch Library, 3020 NW Tower Road.
These are the dances — or balls — seen in "Pride and Prejudice," "Sense and Sensibility" and other Austen novels. If time allows, there will be a discussion on the role dancing played in Austen novels. A suggested study guide is Susannah Fullerton's "A Dance with Jane Austen."
Refreshments will be served. Bring your own teacup.
■ "Writing Your Memoir": Everyone has a story, and it is waiting to be told. The Rev. Judy Campbell, an ordained Unitarian Univeralist minister and noted national and international author of the Olympia Brown Mission Mysteries, will lead a writing workshop, 9:30 a.m.-4 p.m. March 8, United Church of Gainesville, 1624 NW Fifth Ave. Bring a bag lunch, a notebook and pen or pencil (no laptops, please).
Tickets: $20 for the day. Registration is required as space is limited. Call Donna Forest at 373-5352 or email email@example.com.
In addition to the Olympia Brown Mysteries, Campbell has published children's stories and poetry, as well as essays on the arts and religion, and on spirituality and creativity.
■ "How to Market Your Book": Gainesville marketing consultant, David Greenberg, shares tips on how to market a book once it's published, 2:30 p.m. March 9, Millhopper Branch Library, 3145 NW 43rd St. Free. The event is presented by the Writers Alliance of Gainesville.
Greenberg is the owner of David Greenberg Communications Inc., a full-service, marketing, public relations and advertising agency. He worked as an editor at HOME Magazine and spent 13 years as a newspaper reporter and editor in Miami and Gainesville covering government, community, education, law enforcement, crime and business.
Visit www.writersalliance.org for more information.
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Bast will share examples of how to find poetry in anything from a soup label to a political manifesto. Karmazyn will read short poems, sing poems/songs accompanied by his wife Anna, and will share his experience of translating poems from English into Polish.
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Brasington, a member of the Writer's Alliance of Gainesville, also has published "Brandenburgers Invasion of Russia" and "Beyond the Wall," a historical adventure set in 168 A.D. in Scotland. His other works include "Sum Yung Guy" and "The Case of the Missing Husband," available on Kindle.
■ "Highway Call": Author Keith Hauser writes about his adventures hitchhiking and hopping freight trains around the U.S. and Canada in the 1970s in this self-published eBook, available on Amazon and coming soon to Kobo Books.
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Consolidated Nuclear Security, the new Pantex contractor, has revealed some of the leadership group that will oversee Pantex and the Y-12 Nuclear security complex in Tennessee.
When the plant completes its transition to the new contractor in July, the two plants are expected to report to Jim Haynes, Consolidated's president and CEO, and Jim Allen, the new chief operations officer, according to information from the company's website.
Allen, a nuclear operations manager with the government's Naval Reactors Program, led some of the nation's largest and most complex reactor plant projects during his 32-year career at the Bettis Atomic Power Laboratory, which supports and develops advanced propulsion systems for the Navy.
Darrell Graddy, vice president of Lockheed Martin Information Systems & Global Solutions, will serve as senior vice president and mission support manager for the new organization.
While serving as director of program production operations in Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control, he managed a 1,400-person organization, a $300 million yearly production operations budget and the fabrication, assembly, testing and shipment of critical missile and fire control electronic assemblies.
Ken Freeman, who will serve as senior vice president for safeguards and security and emergency services, previously served as general manager of the Los Alamos National Laboratory Protective Force. Freeman's leadership posts include 19 years in positions with responsibility for the protection of nuclear materials and weapons at Energy Department, National Nuclear Security and Defense Department sites.
He also commanded units at all levels during his 30-year military career in the Air Force. As deputy director of security forces, he led the strategy for protection of U.S. nuclear assets in Europe, including safeguards and security of nuclear weapons stored in vaults in seven allied nations.
Rick Glass, a senior nuclear engineer with 31 years of nuclear facility management experience, will serve as the senior vice president for mission assurance.
Glass previously served as Albuquerque operations office manager, directed a workforce of more than 1,000 federal employees and was the contracting officer for management and operations contractors, overseeing 25,000 nationwide.
He also oversaw various entities and had signature authority for nuclear safety, nuclear explosives safety and nuclear security operations at Pantex, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Sandia National Laboratories and the Office of Secure Transportation, which hauls nuclear weapons and parts to U.S. facilities across the nation.
Consolidated CEO Jim Haynes said in a statement that the company plans to have meetings with plant personnel soon.
"We will roll out our senior leadership team in phases, and over the next few weeks we will help you get to know the CNS leadership team through a series of articles, employee information meetings in Amarillo and Oak Ridge and other opportunities for face-to-face interaction," Haynes said.
Later this month, the company is expected to deliver its high-level staffing plan to the NNSA for review, according to Consolidated's website, and the staffing plan will include the company's proposed number of employees and its plans to extend employment offers to plant workers.
From April 15 to June 2, the company will extend employment offers to eligible workers.
By mid-May, it will provide details on employee benefits plans.
Consolidated recently announced it plans to change employee benefits once it assumes management of Pantex and Y-12 on July 1.


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Love the look of cables but hate that pesky cable needle? Well, with this pattern, you don't need one. Just some creative uses of yarn overs and decreases and you will have one nice Faux cable in no time!
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Blue-eyed heartthrob Robby Benson rose to fame in the 70s, starring in movies like "Ode to Billy Joe" and "Ice Castles." Younger generations know him as the voice of the Beast from "Beauty and the Beast," but in recent years, he's been pursuing a life behind the scenes as a director and teacher, "Oprah: Where Are They Now?" found out.
In 2003 he was working on the television show "8 Simple Rules," and befriended the show's star, John Ritter. During one particular scene, Ritter had to run up a flight of stairs and across a room, and Benson noticed he was out of breath.
"I really didn't want to embarrass him by saying anything, but I didn't want him to do it again," Benson says in the above video. They decided to cut the scene.
Fewer than two weeks later, Ritter died of an aortic dissection.
Benson, who was born with a rare heart condition he kept secret for years, says he was in shock when a friend told him the news. "All it made me think was, why didn't I have the guts to open my mouth when I saw him breathing heavily? I had only known him for less than two weeks and I had felt like I made a friend for life. So if I really felt like I had made a friend for life, why didn't I just open my mouth? Why didn't I say something to him?"
Today, Benson says he tries to be as proactive as possible. "I don't care how obnoxious it is of me -- if I see something, I'll say something," he says. "Because maybe if I had said something, just maybe, he'd still be with us -- because he was a national treasure to me."
In the video below, Benson gives more insight into his life and friendship with Ritter on HuffPost Life, joined by OWN executive producers Julie Simpson and Jill Van Lokeren.
"Oprah: Where Are They Now?" airs Fridays at 9 p.m. ET on OWN.


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In a spirit of fairness (and also because it is legally required by the FTC), I am posting this Disclosure Statement. It is intended to alert readers to funding or gifts that might influence my writing. It will be updated as appropriate. It is intended to be incorporated by reference in future blogs.
The vendors for Network Field Day 5 (#NFD5) paid for my travel expenses and perhaps small items. The vendors in question are: Cisco, Brocade, Juniper, Plexxi, Ruckus, and SolarWinds. I'd like to think that my blogs aren't influenced by that. Yes, the time spent in presentations and discussion gets me and the other attendees looking at and thinking about the various vendors' products, marketing spin, and their points of view. I intend to try to remain as objective as possible in my blogs. I'll concede that cool technology gets my attention!
Update 11/3/2013: Cisco/Insieme are (via Tech Field Day) paying for me to travel to NYC for the 11/6/13 Cisco ACI announcements and followup TFD round table discussion.
Update 11/15/2013: Invited to and joined Cisco Champion program. "I am a member of the Cisco Champions Program. Cisco Champions are passionate about Cisco and enjoy sharing our knowledge, expertise, and thoughts across the social web and with Cisco. I am not a representative of Cisco. My views as a Cisco Champion are my own." Cisco may well have provided considerations (access to experts, special webinars, T-shirt, etc.) and in fairness, you should know that in evaluating my independence. I am joining in the hope I can learn and pass along datacenter information that blog readers and others may find useful.
Update 5/12/2014: I did a small amount of paid NDA providing consulting about my opinions and tech input for CloudGenix, a startup now out of stealth mode. And Tech Field Day paid most of my expenses to go to ONUG NYC 5/4-6/2014, and they were paid for TFD video-recorded interviews which I participated in. The vendors interviewed: Glue Networks, HP Networking, and Nuage Networks.
Update 9/10/2014: Tech Field Day (and indirectly Cisco) paid my way to the Cisco UCS Launch in New York City on 9/4/2014. I enjoy occasionally visiting NYC. Free launches and lunches are fun. Tickets for the group to attend a Yankee game that evening were also provided. I enjoyed the game. I am neither a Yankees or Red Sox fan, nor a avid sports fan. And nobody bought my opinions.
Update 2/1/2015: Network Field Day 9 (and indirectly the vendors listed on the Tech Field Day site for the event) are paying my way to a busy 3.5 days in Silicon Valley. There may be small samples or swag provided by the vendors. Swag plus getting away from the snow and cold in Maryland will be nice, but does not buy my opinions.
Update 10/2016: Note I'm still a Cisco Champion. That gets me some special seating and events at CiscoLive, also some small swag. Network Field Day 13 (and indirectly the listed vendors) are paying my travel expenses for two days in Silicon Valley. Swag as above. Opinions remain my own.
Emphasize that last: my brain, mouth, writing, and opinions remain my own.
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Netlaw Media Partners Club event
Posted: in by Michelle Barron.
Martyn & Sue Jennings attending the Partners Club event.
New Branding Showcased at The Solicitors Groups Law 2012 Event
Posted: in Exhibitions & Conferences by Michelle Barron.
Martyn & Sue have had a very successful exhibition at The Solicitors Group Law 2012 event at Olympia. They showcased our new branding and the same was very well received.
Allistair Lang Delivers CPD Training in Hull
Posted: in Training by Michelle Barron.
Our Costs Manager, Allistair Lang is delivering CPD training in Hull today. We offer a range of SRA accredited CPD training, which is free to existing clients. All training can be delivered at your premises and can be tailored to your firms needs.
Daniel Green Raises £650 for Cancer Research UK
Posted: in Family Law Team, General by Michelle Barron.
Daniel Green from our Family Team competed in the London Triathlon this weekend. He was raising money for Cancer Research UK and raised £650 with donations still being received. This months dress down collection will also be donated to this cause.
New to the Family Law Team
Posted: in Family Law Team, Team by Michelle Barron.
We are pleased to welcome a further 2 new starters to our Family Team. Fiona has joined us from Russell Jones Walker and Charlotte recently graduated.
Securely transferring documents directs to clients
Posted: in General by Michelle Barron.
My Wealth Cloud is a revolutionary service that bridges the gap between the paper and the digital worlds. Like converting albums to iPods, My Wealth Cloud digitises all the personal papers in a client's filing cabinet into an encrypted digital format that can be accessed online at anytime wherever they are in the world.
Jennings Raises Money For Charity
Posted: in General by Michelle Barron.
Our monthly dress down day raised £40 and has been donated to Abi Bell who is taking part in the Great North Run in aid of Cancer Research UK.
Indemnity Costs orders - Euroption v Skandinaviska
Posted: in by Michelle Barron.
In Euroption -v- Skandinaviska, the claimant had brought a claim for €135 million. The defendant had previously written on a without prejudice basis making it clear that it saw no merit in the claim, but said that it was prepared to forgo its substantial costs to date if the claimant agreed to its claim being dismissed. The claimant rejected the offer, but at trial the judge dismissed the claim in its entirety. The judge held that there was no reason why the defendant should in this case have incurred the additional costs of mediation. Indeed, this was a case where the claimant had to pay the defendant's costs on the indemnity basis (a higher basis than the normal standard basis usually ordered). The reasons for the indemnity basis costs order were that the claim was:
- speculative and involved a high risk of failure;
- grossly exaggerated in terms of liability, quantum and the remoteness of the consequential claim for loss of profit;
- opportunistic given the claimant's own responsibility in the matter;
- conducted with very little regard to proportionality or reasonableness meaning substantial costs incurred on both sides;
- pursued on all issues at full length to the end of trial.


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Saturday, February 7, 2009
Technically speaking, He's Just Not That Into You
Ok, here is the scoop: He's Just Not That Into You is based on a self-help book that was written by Greg Behrentdt and Liz Tuccillo. No, neither Greg nor Liz is a psychologist. Both were writers for Sex and the City, they based this book on a famous line from the 6th season episode called "Pick-a-little, Talk-a-little" which originally aired July 13, 2003(yes, the episode title is the name of an annoying song from The Music Man). Six years later and with a reported budget of $25,000,000 we now have a romantic comedy that will either make you laugh or help you escape today's crazy technical world for two hours.
Probably the most poignant message in He's Just Not That Into You is this: In today's world, unlike when I was wondering "why doesn't HE call?," a person can't just expect to hear from someone via a landline phone, they need to worry about every known "SOCIAL NETWORK:" myspace, facebook, youtube, plurk, plugoo, brightkite, ping, twitter, yammer, and the fatal text messaging via the cell phone. As Mary, played by Drew Barrymore, says: "It's exhausting!"
The fact is love, or what we hope will turn into love, makes us do foolish things. We are all guilty of this, we are human. In 1965 Martha (Reeves) and the Vandellas released "Love Makes Me Do Foolish Things," it never made it to #1, but many of us loved this song, because in 1965 and for a long time after that, our social networks consisted only of a phone and the Friday night mixer (dance). This song made us cry and if we were really lucky that special someone would ask us to dance and we would forget all our troubles. Escape!
So for this Saturday: Dance to this music,take a break and go away with your friend. Go to the movies or rent a movie,love the one you're with, and let me know how this works out for you, write a comment on my blog post.
P.S. For the record, if you are wondering what happened to little Raymond Wood. We continued through grade school together as friends. After that we lost touch. In 2006, my mother passed away. As I stood outside the church waiting for her funeral to begin, I looked across the crowd and there stood Raymond. He walked over to me, put his arms around me and said "I wouldn't miss being with you today." Precious memories, indeed!
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- AnonymousFebruary 8, 2009 at 7:41 AM
Just saw it last night,ReplyDelete
A fun distraction. Will probably get passed up at next year's Oscar's, but who cares? As long as it's entertaining it's successful and this was. I thought the two standouts were Justin Long and Ginnifer Goodwin, they held their own in a cast of seasoned pros.
If I had to give at rating I'd give it a fun.
I like the song. As for the movie, it looks like something I'd watch with my fiance but cannot imagine watching it with anyone else. A bit too much on the chick-flick side but still looks good.ReplyDelete
Will let you know what I think of it after Valentines Day if we end up watching it.
Well, it appears that a lot of people saw He's Just Not That Into You this weekend. HJNTIY topped the box office receipts this weekend taking in 27.5 million. I guess it was fun and I will be seeing it.ReplyDelete
OK, I am going to admit to actually buying and reading this book in my single "pre-Darin" days. I had a little stack of dating books (a last ditch attempt to understand relationships). I never finished my studies because I met Darin and I figured he is the exception to the rule on most things so I will keep my research to just his case study.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousDecember 29, 2009 at 3:09 AM
Of course, what a great site and informative posts, I will add backlink - bookmark this site? Regards, Reader.ReplyDelete
I re-read this post today, as someone commented on it. Thought I would let you know that I finally watched this movie the other night. I was really surprised. It was a very interesting movie, pretty serious, dealt with a lot of relationship issues. Bottom line, I liked it.ReplyDelete


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Wednesday, 01 September 2010 14:08
Badly Configured Networks Result in Network Breaches
Misconfigured networks account for more than three quarters of breaches. A survey found that a badly configured network is the main cause of network breaches because IT professionals "don't know what to look for."
The survey, conducted by Tufin, also revealed that 18 percent of security experts believe misconfigured networks are the result of insufficient time or money for audits, while 14 percent felt that compliance audits that do not always capture security best practices are a factor. The CTO and co-founder of Tufin said: "The really big question coming out of the survey is how to manage the risk that organizations run dealing with the complexity that is part and parcel of any medium-to-large sized company's security operations.
Wednesday, 23 May 2012 10:50
Banking Malware Hijacks Webcams and Microphones
A new variant of SpyEye malware allows cybercriminals to monitor potential bank fraud victims by hijacking their Web cams and microphones, according to security researchers from Kaspersky Lab May 21. SpyEye is a computer trojan that specifically targets online banking users.
Like its older cousin, Zeus, SpyEye is no longer being developed by its original author but is still widely used by cybercriminals. SpyEye's plug-in-based architecture allows third-party malware developers to extend its original functionality, a Kaspersky Lab malware researcher said.
Published in Financial
Monday, 06 April 2009 15:40
Bill Would Grant President Unprecedented Cyber-Security Powers
The Cybersecurity Act of 2009 introduced in the Senate would allow the President to shut down private Internet networks. The legislation also calls for the government to have the authority to demand security data from private networks without regard to any provision of law, regulation, rule, or policy restricting such access.
Tuesday, 17 November 2009 13:36
California To Launch InfoSec Ops Center
California intends to create a state-of-the-art information security operations center to monitor cyber-threats and protect state and local government networks from attack. The center also would support local government networks that need assistance.
Wednesday, 02 May 2012 11:51
Chief Legal Officers and CIOs Must Work Together
In a survey by Gartner and ALM, Chief legal officers (CLOs) need to engage enterprise CIOs more. Further, while CLOs voice consideration for CIOs as contributors to corporate strategy, they continue to lack fundimental understanding of how to use technology in the enterprise or how to interact with their IT departments.
"The survey results showed that communication is the key variable in the success or lack of success of the CLO/IT relationship," said French Caldwell, vice president and Gartner fellow. "When CLOs have substantive conversations with CIOs more than once a month, CLO satisfaction with IT is higher."
Friday, 13 November 2009 14:32
China Boosts Cyberspace Capability
China is significantly boosting its capabilities in cyberspace as a way to gather intelligence and, in the event of war, hit the U.S. government in a weak spot, U.S. officials and experts say.
Outgunned and outspent in terms of traditional military hardware, China apparently hopes that by concentrating on holes in the U.S. security architecture, its communications and spy satellites and its vast computer networks, it will collect intelligence that could help it counter the imbalance.
Tuesday, 30 March 2010 14:11
China Implicated in Email Attacks
China is the number-one source of email-borne targeted attacks of the sort Google and at least 30 other companies are believed to have suffered, according to the latest monthly MessageLabs Intelligence report from Symantec Hosted Services. The firm analyzed the email headers of suspect messages intercepted last month to identify the true IP address of the senders, and found that around 28 percent of targeted attacks originated in China.
Published in Financial
Tuesday, 31 March 2009 19:53
Conficker's Tell-Tale Heart Uncovered
Security experts have made a breakthrough in their five-month battle against the Conficker worm, with the discovery that the malware leaves a fingerprint on infected machines which is easy to detect using a variety of off-the-shelf network scanners. The finding means that, for the first time, administrators around the world have easy-to-use tools to positively identify machines on their networks that are contaminated by the worm.
Friday, 11 May 2012 17:32
DHS Questions Security of ISC
Operators of America's power, water, and manufacturing facilities use industrial control systems (ICS) to manage them. However, the security of these systems, increasingly linked with Microsoft Windows and the Internet, is now under intense scrutiny because of growing awareness that they could be attacked and cause massive disruptions.
Industrial facility operators are making efforts to follow security procedures, such as using vulnerability-assessment scanning tools to check for needed patches in Windows. That said, ICS environments present special problems, said managers who spoke on the topic at a conference organized by the DHS.
Published in Practical
Monday, 29 April 2013 00:56
Facebook Cuts Deals to Track Your Online Activity
Facebook has announced that it's teaming up with four of the world's largest corporate data brokers to "enhance" the ad experience for users. Datalogix, Epsilon, Acxiom, and BlueKai obtain information gathered about users through online means (such as through cookies when users surf the web) as well as through offline means (such as through loyalty cards at supermarkets and product warranty cards).
Through the new relationship with Facebook, companies will be able to display advertisements to Facebook users based on data that these data brokers have on individuals. In practical terms, this means that limiting how much information you put on Facebook is not enough to limit how ads are targeted to you on Facebook.


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Isles assist Long Island youth benefit tourney
Long Island youth hockey players and coaches, with help from the Islanders, took part in a one-day 4-on-4 house league tournament this week called the Net One For Nicholas Hockey Tournament at Iceworks in Syosset.
The nine-game affair was held to raise money for 7-year-old Nicholas Pedone of Glen Cove, who was diagnosed with Stage III Neuroblastoma in November.
The rare cancer develops from immature nerve cells from various parts of the body, and accounts for
8 to 10 percent of all childhood cancer diagnoses. One in every 100,000 children will be affected by Neuroblastoma this year.
Pedone, a huge sports fan, was a perfectly heathy kid until he started to feel pain in late October. Two days later he underwent surgery to remove a mass as well as his right adrenal gland. After scores of tests, he now is undergoing chemotherapy treatments at Winthrop University Hospital in Mineola, but his battle is far from over.
With a planned six rounds of chemo, stem cell transplant, radiation and immunotherpy, plus a possible second surgery, Nicholas and his parents have a tough and costly year-and-a-half ahead of them.
The Islanders picked up an assist by donating ice time, as well as items for raffles, ticket vouchers, trophies and medals for all players participating to help raise money for Nicholas' battle. Several Islanders players have also donated to Nicholas' cause.
"It's a tough situation for any child," John Tavares said. "I know once I heard the story and a bunch of us did, you can't imagine being put in his shoes. You hope you can make some kind of difference, put a smile on his face and try and contribute to his future."
For more information or to donate, visit http://www.nicholaspedone.com.
Several to be honored at Munson dinner
CC Sabathia will be joined by Chris Canty, Greg Anthony, Ike Davis, David Phelps and 2012 Olympic gold medal gymnast Aly Raisman as the honorees at the 33rd annual Thurman Munson Awards Dinner on Tuesday night at the Grand Hyatt Hotel.
The gala, which remembers the late, great Yankees catcher and captain Thurman Munson, benefits the AHRC New York City Foundation. Sabathia, Canty, Anthony, Davis, and Raisman will receive "Thurmans." Phelps will accept the second annual Thurman Rising Star Award.
Diana Munson, Thurman's widow, will attend her 33rd straight benefit, having been involved since its inception, raising nearly $12 million to assist children and adults who have intellectual and developmental disabilities. The Thurman Munson Awards are presented for success on the fields of play and philanthropic works off the field.
The AHRC New York City Foundation supports programs that assist children and adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities. For tickets or information, call (212) 249-6188.
Jared gets props in Super ad
Giants DE Justin Tuck and former Rutgers player Eric LeGrand join several other high-profile athletes to congratulate Subways's Jared Fogle for 15 years of his incredible weight loss in a Super Bowl commercial that hits today. The new 30-second in-game spot will celebrate Fogle's incredible weight loss (245 pounds) and how he has kept the weight off for 15 years.
New Jersey native and baseball phenom Mike Trout will also make his national commercial debut in the spot. Trout is Subway's newest Famous Fan.
The commercial begins with actor Brian Baumgartner of "The Office" discussing a script and plot twist. Next, Famous Fans chime in building the story and congratulate Jared in an unscripted sequence by the likes of world champion speedskater Apolo Ohno, boxing icon Laila Ali, NASCAR driver Carl Edwards, Redskins QB Robert Griffin III and L.A. Clippers star Blake Griffin.
NFL stars pedal for Play 60
On Friday morning, NFL Hall Of Famer Shannon Sharpe hosted The Flywheel Challenge, an indoor cycling competition to benefit NFL Play 60. Participants in the 45-minute challenge at Flywheel Sports' pop-up studio at the NFL House included Sharpe, Troy Aikman, Bill Cowher, Matt Forte, Lawrence Tynes, ESPN's Sage Steele, among others.
More than 20 athletes and VIP's competed using Flywheel's on-bike and in-studio technology, which tracks speed, resistance and total energy generated. Aikman and Sharpe neck-and-neck the entire way, but Sharpe eked out a two-point win.
Flacco passed Giant TEST
Before becoming a first-round pick, Delaware QB Joe Flacco received some intimate mentoring from another Blue Hen, and Big Blue alum, Scott Brunner. The Giants quarterback in the early 1980s and TEST Football Academy positional coach took Flacco under his wing to prepare him for his NFL career.
Along with TEST Football Academy CEO Brian Martin, Brunner worked closely with Flacco to transition him to the rigors of the NFL game. Now, Brunner and Martin working with his Mike Flacco, Joe's younger brother.


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Possibly one of the most innovative cases we have seen this year the Fractal Design Define S aims to cater to watercooling enthusiasts with an open-style interior design and radiator optimization but leaves a clean plate for whatever build you prefer.
Fractal Design is known as one of the better case manufacturers. The company's cases are well-built and intuitive, and constantly receive high- praises. Fractal Design announced two cases at Computex this year, the ARC XL and the ARC Mini R2. The ARC XL is a full-sized ATX case with airflow support for monster cards, while the [...]
The newest addition to Fractal Design's award winning lineup is the new Arc Midi R2, a case which may be compact but is crammed full of features and innovative add-ons. More importantly, the Midi R2 is supposed to improve upon its predecessor in every way possible.
Many cases claim to offer a combination of style, substance, size and price but Fractal Design's new Define XL R2 is one of the few to actually deliver on its promises. It uses a full tower form factor that offers plenty of interior space and advanced features wrapped into a neutral but striking exterior design.
Fractal's new Arc Mini R2 is a compact ATX case may offer neutral looks but it is packed with features and has a relatively low price. With new mid tower cases being announced nearly every week, it's easy for certain products to get lost in the shuffle. Fractal has neatly avoided this by launching an [...]
Building on the success of its award-winning Define XL case, the updated Define XL R2 includes the same cooling and ventilation capabilities as well as excellent expandability. Especially around this time of year, it's incredibly easy to get caught up in the consumer world – the bells and whistles, the gimmicks, the distractions - sometimes it's [...]
The newest member of Fractal Design's Define family is the aptly named XL, a full tower enclosure that incorporates a number of innovative features at a great price. With Fractal's history of forward thinking mentality, its hard not to find something to like about this new case.
Fractal Design has announced the new Arc Series of cases which create a niche of their own; a combination of stellar performance and cooling options with stylish, minimalistic looks and an overall understated elegance. Key features Stylish, minimalistic front panel with alu-look Optimized for performance, massive cooling and water cooling support A total of 8(!) [...]
Hardware Canucks has managed to obtain some exclusive information about an upcoming North American launch of the Fractal Design Define R2 Chassis. Fractal Design, a Swedish case manufacturer, was a relatively unknown company until recently when their Define R2 chassis began to make headlines with its classy exterior, well researched design and exceptional noise dampening [...]