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February 16, 2009
Search Engine Marketing: Searching for Sign Ups
Just a year ago, banner plays, expensive keyword purchases and tallied hits, views and time spent on a page comprised the bulk of search engine marketing (SEM) in the pharma sector.
Although many pharmas and their agencies are hoping consumers will travel from a branded home page into a third or fourth page of content, those marketers ahead of the curve are pairing actionable content results with consumers right off the bat, and measuring the value of each customer acquisition.
According to Josh Pierry, principal of Pierry Interactive, an SEM, SEO and online marketing consulting firm, some brands are demanding guaranteed return on investment (ROI).
"We'll run banners until we get 100 sign-ups," says Pierry, referring to free trials (in the case of a sleep medication SEM campaign), coupons downloaded, diagnostic quizzes taken, or simply signing up to learn more, or joining a community. "Marketers don't want to blow two million banner impressions without any coupons getting downloaded," he says.
A well-executed SEM campaign allows marketers to "reach the right consumers, at the right time, with the right message," says Mary Ann Belliveau, healthcare industry director, at Google. That includes "testing and iterating on the messages which resonate with consumers and healthcare professionals, understanding consumer interest in a brand's competitive set, and also quantifying the impact of an event or news on a brand," she says.
Consumers want information from multiple sources as well—the average individual seeking health information will visit three to six websites, says Bill McGee, senior vice president at Healthline.com.
Organic search results are the most valuable, although disease condition sites, rather than a specific branded webpage, tend to dominate organic results, says Pierry.
To maximize organic exposure, marketers should ensure that "all of the assets on the branded sites are discoverable through paid search," says Belliveau. "For example, if someone searches for 'symptoms of depression,' a well-planned search campaign would result in a relevant ad appearing next to the organic search results. This ad would ideally include messaging around symptoms of depression and drive the consumer to a landing page on the pharmaceutical company's website, where it would be possible to check to see if they have symptoms of depression."
Google offers a free tool called Website Optimizer that allows companies to experiment with content and design combinations for optimal results. Additionally, Google announced in December the launch of a beta allowing AdWord advertisers to show text and image ads on the iPhone, the T-Mobile G1 and other mobile devices with full Internet browsers. Mobile searching will become increasingly valuable, says Belliveau, since it will allow marketers to reach people who are, for example, searching for allergy relief while they are on the go.
No matter where a search takes place, one of the biggest mistakes marketers make, says Pierry and others, is purchasing expensive keywords, and landing consumers on a page with limited resources and insufficient value. With the amount of information available online, brands have to present consumers with precise, actionable content corresponding to an individual's particular need, with a single click.


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For those who still ignore the influence of this band: Holocausto had its beginnings in the Brazilian scene alongside with Sarcófago and Sepultura (among others). Although not commercially successful, the band gained a notorious cult following over the years due to the imagery and lasting influence of their first effort: Campo De Extermínio which dealt a big deal with Nazism although the band always sustained it was for shock values only.
The fact is, after subsequent thrash and experimental albums (1980's and mid 1990's) and a coming back effort back in 2000's, the band is candidly back to their 1987 intolerant war-metal form of Campo de Extermínio.
War Metal Massacre is an EP that carries an even fouler production than the 1980's, which is, for the war metal standards, always a bonus!
First 3 tracks are re-recordings of obscure tracks: Massacre was originally released on The Lost Tapes of Cogumelo compilation (originally a single demo track from 1985) while Destruição Nuclear and Escarro Napalm were released on the rare metal compilation Warfare Noise. Here the tracks don't deviate from their original forms, adding more insulting to injury in their new renditions…
The other tracks are originals: Eu Sou a Guerra is hardcore-driven terror black war metal, with inaudible bellows spewed in Portuguese, hissing guitars, and an all-out-war approach.
Corpo Seco follows suit with the political incorrectness that makes this band be so great in the underground cult.
Title track closes this really dissonant release with riffs that are awkward, but repetitive and hard-line at the same time.
Not for the faint of heart their perceptible rhetoric of war and extermination cannot be taken seriously: As aforementioned is all for shock, a sound for obstinate headbangers and not for boneheads.
War Metal Massacre will be out in March 1st in LP/CD formats on Nuclear War Now! Productions
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It's a lazy Sunday afternoon, so I thought I'd post my answers to a few questions about Do Gentlemen Really Prefer Blondes? posed by readers.
Do Gentlemen Really Prefer Blondes? is full of research that really digs deep into people's dating behaviors. It's almost impossible for anyone to read this book and not be shocked by at least a few findings. While conducting your research for the book, what is one finding that shocked you?
It's hard to choose; there's a lot of shocking science behind sex and attraction! One of my favorite weird findings is that women, when most likely to conceive, have an unconscious bias in favor of socially and/or physically dominant men. Very masculine faces, bodies, behaviors, scents… these qualities are more attractive to women in the five-day window leading up to ovulation. Another study found that a chemical found in the sweat of high-testosterone men may hasten the release of a woman's egg, thereby increasing the chances of pregnancy. When not fertile, many women prefer kinder, gentler, more cuddly types who are more likely to make good long-term partners. These are just a couple examples of how the "body" hijacks the brain when it comes to mating.
To what extent does biology play a part in our dating behaviors? Is it out of our control who we're attracted to?
We've all met people with whom we'd love to fall in love, but something's off or something 's missing — we call it lack of chemistry. Truth is, genes, hormones, and instincts influence our dating lives in ways we might not even be aware of or fully understand. I think these biological biases vary from person to person. For instance, hormonal effects may be stronger in some people than in others and weaken with age — teens and twenty-somethings are likely the most hormonally motivated. Some men may have genes that are associated with commitment problems, as some recent studies have shown. Other genes have been found to influence body odor smells that in turn influence attraction. Personality is also a factor — for example, studies have found, unsurprisingly, that extroverts generally have more lovers than introverts.
But we're not slaves to biology. Our love lives are also influenced by culture and personal experience. Nature AND nurture.
In the book you talk about how women often choose different men for long-term relationships than for short-term, and that the emphasis is on sex appeal in short-term relationships. Does that mean we settle for less in marriage ? Could that be a reason why many marriages fail or people cheat? Can we not obtain the best of both worlds–someone who we are very much attracted to and will also make a life partner?
Speaking for myself — and just about everyone I know — yes, we want the best of all worlds in a life partner. (In fact, a study has shown that the more attractive the woman, the more she insists on "having it all.") That is, we want to strike all three chords: physical, emotional, and mental attraction. But it's not easy! One reason marriages fail is that there's no harmonious balance. A year into a marriage, the wife realizes she has no physical chemistry with her brilliant husband, or the husband realizes his gorgeous wife is emotionally unavailable. Many people feel they must make tradeoffs in a long-term relationship — and perhaps that's realistic — but you've got to do some soul-searching first. What do you value most at this phase of your life? Looking ahead, what are the chances you're going to want to stay together? And if you're the type who has commitment problems — for some, there may even be a biological basis — should you even get married in the first place?
Your book appeals to women, but men also find it interesting. What's your advice to single guys on the prowl for Ms. Right ?
Guys should know that many women "mate copy"; that is, we unconsciously prefer guys who have already attracted attractive women. To that end, women may be more attracted to a guy if he has managed to charm other women. But it's a delicate balance. I, for one, would be attracted to a witty, funny guy who makes other women laugh — but not if he's a player or comes across as too slick. As I describe in the book, body language is also a crucial part of attraction. Guys, be aware of what you do with your body. Women much prefer men who make eye contact (don't approach a woman without doing this several times, and don't stare). Gestures such as throwing your arm around the adjacent chair or clasping a buddy's shoulder suggest confidence and dominance. Mirroring your date's body language suggests attraction and may make her more attracted to you in turn.
So, what would you like to say to all those blonde wannabes out there?
Why not experiment with blond hair dye or blond highlights? Brightness, rarity, youthfulness….that constitutes much of the appeal of the blonde. Or wear something bright, youthful, and rare — that also catches the eye.


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I'd won the Speakeasy Short Story Competition with my "psychodrama", Handrails and Parachutes. At the time I was expecting it to be published on the competition website. However, as it hasn't turned up yet and so many people have asked to read it... here it is. There are many edits I would make now, but in the spirit of honesty, I've left it exactly how it was when it won the competition.
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MM Serra is an experimental filmmaker, curator, author, and the Executive Director of Film-Makers' Cooperative, the world's oldest and largest archive of independent media. On June 6th, 2013,
MM Serra was a recipient of the Kathy Acker Award for Lifetime Achievement of
Excellence in Avant-Garde Art.
Serra's recent film Breathe Deep (2012) was awarded the Directors' Choice prize at the Black Maria Film Festival. In June 2012, Serra had a retrospective of her film work at Anthology Film Archives. Serra was invited to the International School of Cinema and Television (EICTV) of San Antonio de los Baños, Cuba to present and discuss her film Bitch Beauty in a Cinema as Death program. Bitch Beauty premiered at the New York Film Festival on October 3rd, 2011 in the "Views of the Avant-Garde" screening series.
Her film Chop Off premiered at the Sundance Film Festival and screened at the Tribeca Film Festival and the Museum of Modern Art's Documentary Fortnight Series in 2009. In Fall 2010, Serra curated Counter Culture, Counter Cinema: An Avant Garde Film Festival, a seven program, three day event at the Pacific Design Center with the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles. In 2007 - 2008, Serra was the curator of a six-part experimental film series titled "Cinema of the Unusual" at P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center.
Serra also curated and traveled with the show "New York Experimental" in Warsaw and Paznan, Poland. Serra was also invited by the Office of Contemporary Art in Oslo, Norway to lecture at and curate a two hour program titled "Art (core): Avant Garde and the Cinematic Body". Her chapter on the work of Carolee Schneemann, titled "Eye/Body: The Cinematic Paintings of Carolee Schneemann", was published in Anthology of Experimental Filmmakers by Duke University Press in 2007, and a second printing in 2008.
MM Serra teaches in the Media Studies program at the New School for Social Research on topics such as horror films, sex and gender as well as Avant-Garde and the Moving Image. Serra was invited to presented a lecture at Columbia University Seminar on Cinema and Interdisciplinary Interpretations her lecture/screening was titled "The New American Visions Series in September 2012.


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MLB Team Report - Detroit Tigers - INSIDE PITCH
The cries around Detroit began almost before Rick Porcello had thrown his 47th and final pitch of the first inning Saturday in Anaheim.
MLB Team Report - Detroit Tigers - INSIDE PITCH
The cries around Detroit began almost before Rick Porcello had thrown his 47th and final pitch of the first inning Saturday in Anaheim.
"Move Porcello to the bullpen and add Drew Smyly to the rotation."
The howling really got loud after Smyly completed 5 2/3 innings of four-hit, shutout relief, 87 pitches that saved manager Jim Leyland from having to plow through his bullpen in Detroit's 10-0 loss to the Angels.
Even though Porcello gave up nine runs, all earned, while struggling to get two outs before departing in favor of Smyly, odds are Porcello will be starting again when his turn rolls around Friday.
Porcello is 0-2 with a 11.08 ERA, this following a spring that had many predicting he was ready for a breakout season. He had been skipped over when his previous start came up because Detroit had two days off in a week and Leyland didn't want his any of his other starters working with two extra days of rest.
"He was a little wild, a little rusty and a little unlucky," Leyland said.
Smyly has a 1.80 ERA while working mostly long relief. He lost a spring battle with Porcello for the only open spot in Detroit's rotation, a battle in which he did not disgrace himself.
However, the Tigers at this point are not about to demote Porcello. Why would Detroit put a pitcher in the bullpen when the common belief is the team is waiting for someone to meet its asking price of a top prospect (shortstop?) or a reliable closer?
A smudged long reliever is not going to command the same price as a serviceable starter.
Smyly's time in the rotation will come, just not at the expense of a starter who is healthy and not for a pitcher Detroit is widely expected to part with sometime before August.
MLB Team Report - Detroit Tigers - NOTES, QUOTES
STREAK: Lost four
NEXT: Royals (Wade Davis, 2-0, 2.25) at Tigers (Max Scherzer, 1-0, 2.84)
--RF Avisail Garcia, on the disabled list since the start of the season due to a bruised right heel, began playing in extended spring training games Saturday. He will soon be ready to be activated, at which time he is expected to be sent to Triple-A Toledo.
--1B Prince Fielder's two-run homer in the fifth inning Sunday against the Angels increased his RBI total to 21 this season, tied for the American League lead. On the just-concluded road trip to Oakland, Seattle and Anaheim, he hit .394 (13-for-32).
--LHP Drew Smyly's seven strikeouts Saturday in 5 2/3 innings of relief against the Angels were the most by a Tigers reliever since Fernando Rodney had seven in a July 2005 game. Smyly leads major league relievers in innings pitched (15) and strikeouts (17).
--SS Jhonny Peralta, who had a walk and a single in Sunday's game against the Angels, has reached base safely in 11 consecutive games. He hit .356 (16-for-45) with three doubles, one home run and six RBIs during the 11 games.
--RHP Al Alburquerque retired all six batters he faced Sunday against the Angels, striking out the first five. He leads the Tigers pitching staff with nine appearances, and he has 16 strikeouts in nine innings.
--RHP Max Scherzer will make his fourth start Tuesday against the Royals. His 30 strikeouts rank third in the American League behind Yu Darvish and Jake Peavy. In 13 career starts against Kansas City, he is 6-4 with a 3.48 ERA.
QUOTE TO NOTE: "I think Victor (Martinez) will hit. I don't think there's any question about that. He's been a little bit anxious to get back. (Sunday) he was a little bit more patient." -- Manager Jim Leyland.
MLB Team Report - Detroit Tigers - ROSTER REPORT
--RF Avisail Garcia (bruised right heel) went on the 15-day disabled list retroactive to March 22. He had resumed baseball activities as of mid-April, and he began playing in extended spring training games April 20. He will soon be ready to be activated, at which time he is expected to be sent to Triple-A Toledo.
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Creating and Dispersing Universes Again and Again - Book Launch and Keynote Lecture by Jalal Toufic
15 July 2014Time: 7:00 pm
Event Type Book Launch, Lecture
Ashkal Alwan is happy to invite you to the Beirut launch of the second edition of Jalal Toufic's Forthcoming, followed at 8:30 pm by the keynote lecture "Creating and Dispersing Universes Again and Again" by the author, presented as part of the closing events for Chapter 5 of HWP 2013-14 and introduced by Anton Vidokle.
7 pm: book launch of the second edition of Jalal Toufic's Forthcoming, published by e-flux journal & Sternberg Press in April 2014.
Introduced by Anton Vidokle
followed by
8:30 pm: "Creating and Dispersing Universes Again and Again" | closing keynote lecture by Jalal Toufic
Jalal Toufic, Forthcoming
Second edition
Design by Jeff Ramsey, front cover design by Liam Gillick, back cover design by Jalal Toufic
April 2014, English
10.8 x 17.8 cm, 296 pages, softcover
"Jalal Toufic is a thinker whose influence in the Beirut artistic community over the past two decades has been immense—notwithstanding that, as he put it, many, if not all of his books, most of which were published by Forthcoming Books, 'continue to be forthcoming even after their publication.' In relation to one of these books, he wondered: 'Does not a book titled Forthcoming suggest, ostensibly paradoxically, a second edition?' Here's the revised edition of Forthcoming, a book first published nearly a decade and a half ago by Atelos press."
–Julieta Aranda, Brian Kuan Wood, Anton Vidokle
"I once wrote, 'I am not able to find my thoughts without passing through his [Jalal Toufic's] words, books, and concepts.' Now, eight years later, things seem to have gotten worse (or better).
Jalal wrote in Distracted:
— Are you saying this to me?
— Also to myself. One should speak solely when also speaking to oneself. Only then is there a dialogue.
I can also think of the following situation:
— Are you saying this to me?
— Yes. And not to myself. And only to you.
Or an instance in which the following is heard:
— Are you saying this to me?
— Also to myself. One should speak solely when also speaking to oneself. Only then is there a duologue."
—Walid Raad
Jalal Toufic is a thinker and a mortal to death. He was born in 1962 in Beirut or Baghdad and died before dying in 1989 in Evanston, Illinois. He is the author of, among other books, (Vampires): An Uneasy Essay on the Undead in Film (1993; 2nd ed., 2003), Forthcoming (2000), The Withdrawal of Tradition Past a Surpassing Disaster (2009), What Is the Sum of Recurrently? (2010), and What Were You Thinking? (2011). Many of his books, most of which were published by Forthcoming Books, are available for download as PDF files at his website. He was most recently a participant in the Sharjah Biennial 11, the 9th Shanghai Biennale, Documenta 13, the 3rd Athens Biennale, Art in the Auditorium III (Whitechapel Gallery …), Six Lines of Flight (San Francisco Museum of Modern Art), and Meeting Points 6 (Beirut Art Center and Argos). In 2011, he was a guest of the Artists-in-Berlin Program of the DAAD.
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It's easy to get a reference to the very top window if we write code in our AppDelegate. We can easily refer to it with self.window.
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Most of us would agree that scientific and scholarly research is a noble undertaking. The relentless pursuit of reproducible results allows us to make what we hope will be accurate predictions about our areas of study.
Such scholarly activity does have its down side, however, in that once we are committed to a certain idea or paradigm, we will tend to stick with it—even if subsequent research tends to cast doubt on it. This is the bind that many researchers find themselves caught in today when it comes to climate change. As more research is done, it becomes more and more difficult to sustain previous pronouncements about the future of our planet's climate. Yet scientists who have, in a sense, staked their reputations on such forecasts are loath to change them. As a result, those to whom such projections could be vital—such as carriers who offer weather damage-related coverages—may be confused over which way to turn.
Witness the following story as reported in Science Daily. It seems the overall warming of Earth's northern half could result in cold winters, new research shows. "The shrinking of sea-ice in the eastern Arctic causes some regional heating of the lower levels of air—which may lead to strong anomalies in atmospheric airstreams, triggering an overall cooling of the northern continents, according to a study recently published in the Journal of Geophysical Research."
"These anomalies could triple the probability of cold winter extremes in Europe and northern Asia," says Vladimir Petoukhov, lead author of the study and climate scientist at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research.
On its face, it seems ridiculous that warmer temperatures could result in colder temperatures, but not so, say the scientists. "Recent severe winters like last year's or the one of 2005-06 do not conflict with the global warming picture, but rather supplement it," Mr. Petoukhov insists. He then launches into a detailed explanation of how this is possible, deferring to his team's computer simulations.
Let's apply a little common sense here. Assuming Mr. Petoukhov is correct, if there are warmer temperatures that—though the influence of arctic ice and ocean temperature—become colder temperatures, wouldn't it be more accurate to say that the northern hemisphere is, in fact, experiencing global cooling? Of course it would. If scientists did that, however, they would have their anthropogenic global warming colleagues at their throats, so instead they play games with wording and esoteric reasoning.
The unfortunate part of all this for insurers is that it is hard to know what to believe. Insurers who bought into the whole global warming scenario from the beginning and made their own projections based on a warmer northern hemisphere are now stuck between a rock and a colder northern half. Are carriers willing to stake their future business strategies on the unpredictable fluctuations of climate research as a scientific field? Suddenly the risk profile may seem a bit too prominent.
As I have previously said many times, weather patterns are hard enough to predict for the next week—much less for the next 100 years. But don't take my word for it. Perhaps the most telling confirmation of this comes from Mr. Petoukhov himself, who notes in the Science Daily report: "I suppose nobody knows how harsh this year's winter will be."
Insurers are thus left to roll the dice on weather-related strategy. And maybe that would be the wisest course. Odds gets you colder climates; evens means warmer—unless it's boxcars, which splits the planet in two on climate change. Snake eyes, on the other hand, means that something is likely to come back to bite you.
Good luck!
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CHIME looks to meet CIO security needs with support program
- As the leader of a healthcare organization's IT department, a CIO's days are naturally segmented based on the different projects being worked on at the moment and filled with meetings, updates and reports from other officers. But as those in support roles, such as Chief Information Security Officers (CISOs), continue to take on more responsibility because of the unique needs of their specific departments. As a result, a CIO needs to be confident that their CISO is up to date not only on the latest IT security threats, but has a deep knowledge of the healthcare industry as well.
To help ensure those needs are met for its members, the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME) announced during HIMSS14 that it will offer professional support and education to executives that work closely with CIOs and are shouldering increasingly heavy roles in healthcare organizations. CHIME will aim to boost the amount of high-level educational and development opportunities for key members of the CIO's executive team by providing some similar educational opportunities that CHIME provides CIOs.
CHIME CEO Russell Branzell told HealthITSecurity.com that CHIME is a member-driven organization and it heard from its members loud and clear that security is a topic that needs to be addressed. While he was in a CIO role, Branzell learned that the next level of leadership for the C-suite of the CIO really sometimes doesn't get the support, networking and education opportunities that CHIME CIOs receive to help them be successful in their jobs. "If those people aren't being successful at what they do, then CIOs aren't being successful, so we're working with a subset of our members and several CISOs to understand what their needs are as we build this program," he said.
The educational support will be divided into three areas: CSOs, Chief Application Officers and Chief Technology Officers. But Branzell explained that the biggest point of contention among CHIME members was security, which he described as an emerging area and a great opportunity for CHIME. Because IT security in the healthcare industry is significantly underemployed, CHIME has its work cut out. As for how these executives will receive this education, Branzell said there will be everything available from online collaboration, social media connections, best practice opportunities via webinars. These executives will have every environment that we exist in today, as well as their own education programs, where they can receive continuing education and best practice sharing with each other. "We also launched regional education events this year on the strategic application of security, which will work in collaboration with the CIOs in terms of the topic areas that we're looking to hit upon this year and even next year," he said.
CHIME CIOs, though it's dependent on scale and need of the organization, require an IT security professional to also serve as an executive leader for security and to take control and really run it for the CIO so the CIO can focus on strategic application of technology, said Branzell.
READ MORE: Education, Information Sharing Key in Healthcare Cybersecurity
There must be someone behind them at the appropriate executive level driving, leading and managing the security initiatives. There are so many things to keep up on with security – I try to read every security magazine I can and [I feel like] I know about 5 percent of what I need to know. A true security professional knows what needs to be done and how to deploy it within an organization on behalf of the organization's IS division.
It's not just about how you take care of the basic technical security, it's how to deploy technical security solutions that don't just meet the technical security requirements, but also enhance the business. This includes the delivery of care, remote accessibility, mobile health – security should extend the process so it's part of the solution rather than being basic security layer technology.
Branzell was sure to drive home the point that CIOs need someone who's worked in security and can run the IT security program from a leadership perspective. He said he was talking to a CIO last week and she said "I talk more to my CSO now than I talk to my Chief Applications Officer (CAO) and Chief Technology Officer (CTO) combined." When you consider how much is going on in the CAO's and CTO's spaces, for her to talk to the CSO twice as much as the others meant two things to Branzell: (1) The CAO and CTO are mature leaders that don't need a lot of guidance and (2) there is just a lot going on in security.


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I'd like to introduce you to our newest inspector, Mr. Bryan Pogan. His first day was January 17.
Bryan's background in the U.S. Navy, and the experience he has working around marine terminals will help compliment his new role as an Inspector here at OMIC Portland.
In the past week Bryan and I have worked side by side going through his training and helping him understand our SOP's. We have spent some time reviewing the job requirements and learning to use our reporting system database (e-Pro). As you can see he already has his OMIC Portland Branch cap, which he was very excited to get.
In the next few weeks & months Bryan will be concentrating on learning the grain grading process and using the Dry-Lab equipment. When his U.S. Government required TWIC card arrives he will start attending hold surveys and loading operations at various ports along the Columbia River.
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Forensic Services is composed of three sections: Crime Laboratory, Property and Evidence, and the Sexual Assault Forensic Examiner Program. In December of 2013, the Forensic Services Division moved into a state-of-the-art building which includes a new laboratory, evidence facility, morgue and other support facilities, co-located at Sheriff's Headquarters in Santa Cruz.
The Forensic Services Supervisor manages several classifications including Criminalists, Property and Evidence Clerks, and Sexual Assault Forensic Examiners on contract with the Program.
The Crime Laboratory section is staffed by criminalists specializing in latent print examination and computer forensics. Additional disciplines may be added in the future depending on funding opportunities and demand for services.
Since 2008, Santa Cruz County has owned and maintained a local database of searchable fingerprints and palm prints known as AFIS (Automated Fingerprint Identification System). The latent print examiners search latent prints through the local database, as well as the California Department of Justice and FBI. Approximately 30% of the crime cases where prints of value are collected result in AFIS hits. Latent print examiners also process evidence in the laboratory using a variety of scientific techniques to detect latent prints.
Criminalists specializing in computer forensics process and analyze data on computers, cell phones and other digital media. Due to the proliferation of electronic devices and social media, computer forensics figures prominently in the investigation of all types of crimes.
Criminalists respond to major crime scenes, such as homicides, sexual assaults or other crimes where scientific evidence is present to establish the factual basis of what occurred and to identify the persons involved. Criminalists are responsible for locating, documenting, collecting and packaging evidence at crime scenes. Methods used to process and evaluate crime scenes include photography, video, diagramming and the use of forensic casting materials, powders, light and chemicals to recognize forensic evidence. Criminalists also work closely with a Forensic Pathologist and Coroner Detectives on homicides and other criminal death investigations.
Forensic Services provides training to local law enforcement agencies on a wide variety of applied forensic issues and publishes a monthly training bulletin available to all local law enforcement agencies.
The Property and Evidence Section is responsible for the intake, storage and disposition of approximately 12,000 – 15,000 pieces of evidence seized annually by the Sheriff's Office.
The Sexual Assault Forensic Examiners (SAFE) are registered nurses with a specialty in adult and pediatric forensic sexual assault examination. The SAFE team provides services to all law enforcement agencies located in Santa Cruz County, conducting approximately 70 sexual assault examinations of victims and suspects a year.
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Emergency Medical Technicians (EMT) and Paramedics are in high demand.
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City College's EMS program follows the most current U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) National Standard Curriculum and prepares the graduate with the knowledge, skills and professionalism necessary to obtain certification as an Emergency Medical Technician and Paramedic.
City College's Emergency Medical Services program is accredited and will prepare you for the EMT and Paramedic licensure examination.
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(Bloomberg) -- UBS AG, the Swiss bank seeking to boost profit from wealth management, said it plans to expand in Africa as economic growth rates surpassing 5 percent boost demand for banking services from the continents rich.
Wealth management is key to the Africa franchise, Sean Bennett, the Johannesburg-based managing director of UBS in sub- Saharan Africa, said yesterday in an interview. Thats what we lead with. We want to increase our physical presence before year-end and then do more in the next few years, he said.
UBS has 80 people in South Africa and offers investment banking, equities research, debt capital markets services and asset management across the continent. The lender globally wants its wealth-management units to contribute half of pretax profit by 2015, compared with 32 percent a decade earlier, and is targeting African entrepreneurs and high-net-worth individuals who have at least $3 million to invest, Bennett said.
When countries grow at 7 percent, thats a lot of people starting to make serious money, Bennett said. UBS has hardly touched the tip of the iceberg when it comes to banking Africas wealthiest, he said.
While UBS competes with rivals such as Citigroup Inc. and Standard Chartered Plc in Africa, the Zurich-based bank focuses on managing funds that have been transferred outside the continent, reducing competition with domestic lenders, he said.
Nigerian growth is expected at 7.2 percent this year, according to the International Monetary Fund, while the organization said in April that Ivory Coast and Mozambique will both expand 8 percent next year, the fastest pace in the region.
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The industries contributing most to wealth creation in Africa include resources, retail and consumer products, and telecommunications, Bennett said.An example would be all the shopping malls going up in Nigeria. If you can get it right, theres a lot of money to be made.
Africa may have as many as 200 hidden billionaires operating in the unofficial economy who will seek to legitimize their wealth in the future, investor Mark Mobius said in September. Aliko Dangote, Africas richest man, is benefiting from the continents economic growth, adding $6 billion to his wealth this year, taking him to $20.6 billion, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index.
There are billionaires names out there that you wouldnt recognize, Bennett said, without saying where the bank plans to expand in Africa. With UBS mostly catering to people who are already high profile, there is scope for growth among the hidden billionaires, he said.
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Logan Blevins sat on the stone floor with his arm encased in a manacle. The cuff and attached chain hung from a ring bolted to the wall of a claustrophobic room once used as a dungeon. No prisoners were kept there these days; everyone chained there was carried out shortly thereafter, either mutilated or dead.
He'd been in the room as a child, sneaking into a forbidden place. He had stood in that exact spot, his head no higher than it was now, gaping in horror at the shackles and dark spots on the stone and using a too-vivid imagination to envision the tortures and suffering inflicted there.
Only the manacles and two wall sconces occupied the dungeon. Wooden stairs led to a hatch that opened to the floor above. A torch burned in one of the sconces, and the meager heat it put out did nothing to warm Logan. He was dressed as comfortably as possible in woolen breeches and a heavy tunic that was open at the neck, but the clothes weren't enough to protect him from the winter chill that seeped in through the stone.
Twelve shadowy figures crowded into the room and converged around him in a half circle. They were naked, and someone murmured a complaint about the cold floor. Room temperature notwithstanding, The atmosphere was charged with anticipation, not just over the event at hand but also the Full Moon that reigned over the night above.
Logan considered himself an authority on the Moon. It was hard not to be, growing up in the House of Blevins, and Logan had studied her obsessively. He had read Ptolemy, Euclid, and the writings of the Church, and he was sure he knew as much as the scholars did. Still, in spite of everything he read, he had always felt he was missing something. The scholars had knowledge and theory, but they didn't really understand the Moon. When he'd asked his family members, who were privy to secrets and mysteries not written in any books, they had waved him away or diverted him with platitudes. On the rare occasion when they had tried to explain, what they said hadn't made any sense.
Logan's brother Aidan knelt before him and looked him in the eye. Aidan closely resembled Logan, with dark, curly hair and deep brown eyes, but Aidan had a badly broken nose and a cold glare. Eye contact was crucial in their culture, and a glance or stare could have significant implications. Though it was a necessary part of the rite, Aidan's gaze made Logan squeamish, and it was hard to meet his eyes.
"Logan Peter Blevins," he said, "upon having reached the age of twenty years, thou hast requested admittance to the House of Blevins. By what right dost thou so petition?"
Logan drew a quivering breath and tried to remember the formal response. There really wasn't much to recall, but under the circumstances, nerves were to be expected. "I, uh, it is my birthright as third son of the House of Blevins and brother of Aidan and Ian."
"Hast thou employed a sponsor to speak for thee?"
"Yea, I have brought Amanda Blevins, who is a member in good standing."
Aidan turned and addressed a female who stood outside the circle. "Amanda Blevins, step forward. Wilt thou speak for Logan?"
Two of the others separated, and Amanda stepped through and knelt next to Aidan. Her lustrous curls cascaded over her shoulder, obscuring one breast. Logan swallowed hard at the sight of her curves and smooth skin. Nudity was commonplace in the House of Blevins, but Logan was barely out of his teens. She was stunning, and even being chained to a wall didn't keep him from wanting her.
"Yea, I shall," she said. "He is my cousin, known to me these six years. He shall make a fine addition to the House of Blevins." She winked at Logan and backed out of the circle.
"Petition and affirmation having been made," said Aidan, "I call for a vote." He called the name of a male on Logan's far left.
Don Williamson knelt before Logan, who turned his head to the side. Don touched his nose to Logan's throat, sniffed, and backed away to look him in the eye. He said, "Yea," patted Logan on the shoulder and returned to his place.
Everyone in the lower and middle ranks assented, some of them offering an encouraging smile or a pat on the shoulder, but Logan hadn't worried about those votes. His only concern was Aidan. They had never gotten along, and sometimes it seemed Aidan went out of his way to make life difficult for Logan. Oddly, when Ian had asked to formally initiate Logan into the House of Blevins, Aidan had agreed. It should have been Aidan's place as the highest-ranking member of the family. It had made Logan wonder: would Aidan vote no? It would take a majority vote to admit him, but any dissent was a dishonor. A "no" from one of the others would be bad enough, but opposition from his own brotherand head of the house, no lesswould be devastating.
Aidan moved forward and paused long enough to make Logan wonder if he was going to sniff his throat at all. He finally did so, backed away, and said, "Yea." He returned to his place and said, "One vote remains. If that vote is yea, thy initiation shall commence forthwith. Now is the time to object."
"I have no objection," Logan said shakily.
"Ian Blevins," Aidan said.
Ian went down on all fours and crept toward Logan. His eyes were pools of solid, inky black. Ian was the tallest and the most muscular of Logan's brothers, imposing not only by his stature but also by his brooding demeanor and menacing glare, but he was gentler than he appeared. While Aidan was distant and harsh, Ian was Logan's best friend. Before now, Logan had never feared him. Ian would never harm him. But accidents did happen, didn't they? Weren't they always saying that? Ian was so young. What if he did it wrong and accidentally killed Logan?
The time to scare himself was over. A power poured from Ian, and it felt like a million fire ants crawling over Logan's body. He turned his head, and Ian nuzzled his throat. He sniffed but didn't back away.
"Yea," he whispered.
Logan closed his eyes tightly and clenched his fists.
In the instant it took Logan to shut his eyes, Ian changed. With a snap of bones, his face elongated and his teeth became fangs that tore into Logan's throat. Not-quite-human wails and howls went up all over the room.
Nothing Ian had told him beforehand, no nightmare he'd had, not even the memory of Ian's injuries after he was brought across, could have prepared him for the assault. There was no pain at first, but when it washed over him, it was overwhelming. Blood and bile covered his tunic as he vomited, and he would have collapsed to the floor if the chain had been lower. As it was, he just hung there, retching and clinging to his ravaged throat with his free hand.
Along with the pain, Logan had the strangest sensation that Ian could see into his mind and that he understood intimately what Logan thought and felt. Likewise, he could feel Ian's worry that he might have injured Logan too badly.
The hatch slammed shut and the torch blew out, and one of the females screamed. Logan's gags punctuated less mundane noises, unnatural moans, pops and cracks, and sounds of battle as the hatch opened and the room flooded with light.
Battle? That couldn't be right, not here. He was probably delirious with shock and the chasm that was once his throat. His head began to spin, and he slipped from consciousness.
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Too many of them were crammed into too tight a space. They had descended into cellars like this a hundred times, and though they were cautious, one could only prepare so much for the unexpected.
A bone-chilling crash and sudden blindness accompanied a sharp pain in Erica's shoulder, eliciting a startled scream. When the light returned a few seconds later, she felt stupid as she realized the crash had just been the hatch slamming shut behind them. Someone had thrown it open, but when Erica saw the chaos that had ensued, she wished it were still closed. The number of individuals in the room had nearly doubled, and they barely had space to move, much less fight. The enemy who had stabbed her had removed the dagger and was going for another thrust. She called it several colorful names as she parried the knife with her shortsword and swung back across, laying a deep gouge in its throat. As she reset for another strike, the dagger connected with her arm.
Unbelievable! This fiend had actually stabbed hertwice!
"Damn you!" she cried as she swung again. This time the blade went to the bone, and her opponent fell. And still moved. "Oh, for the love of God, will you just die?" Erica yelled. She abandoned finesse and descended on her enemy, hacking away until it finally stopped moving.
Farther into the room, Gerard was pulling a crossbow bolt from his side. A crossbow in this confined space? How? Then again, combatants from both sides were dropping quickly, leaving more room to shoot, if not to melee. A red mist of blood filled the air, and soon it would be difficult to discern friend from enemy.
Erica tried to step over the body of the creature she had just killed, only to trip over another and tumble to the floor. Someone yanked her up by the hair, and she jabbed her blade at her attacker. The movement was awkward, but she managed to get it in the throat.
It shouldn't have been this hard! This was their vocation, their lot in life, to stop the atrocities these monsters perpetrated, and they rarely had this much trouble.
Erica heard a pitiful gasp and turned to see one of her companions fall. Just beyond her, another lay on the floor beneath a tiny female who sat atop him, furiously slashing at his chest.
Gerard shouted, "Fall back!"
Erica's complement started making their way toward the stairs. Most of them didn't make it. A sudden sharp pain in her chest made Erica wonder if any of them would get out.


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Google Now keeps your travel on trackThe Siri competitor learns new tricks, Facebook changes log-in rules for apps, and Kapture aims to record the audio around you -- all day.
Google Now is keeping track of more things in your life. I'm Bridget Carey and this is your CNET Update. Google's rival to Siri called Google Now is adding more information to be of assistance when you're traveling. Google Now does more than answer your spoken questions and has these information cards that pop up to tell you relevant information about what's going on in your world today. For example there are cards that let you know about upcoming appointments or the best route to take home after work, but now when you're on a trip users could see a card with details about car rental reservations and directions to the rental center. It knows this information based on what's in your email and calendar. If you're going to a concert your ticket will be ready to scan. If you take public transit Google Now will inform you of the last train or bus so you won't miss it. And when leaving for work it can send a message to your loved ones that you're on your way home. It's with a setting called Commute Sharing. It also is adding NCAA scores for college football fans and if you're watching TV it can listen to a few seconds of audio to tell you some basic facts about the show. Right now only Android users can get these extra cards in the latest version of the Google search app. A few updates are coming to social networks. You'll now have more control the next time you use the log-in with Facebook button on a mobile app. Now mobile apps must separately ask for permission to post anything back to a person's Facebook account so you can log in with Facebook and never worry about posting anything to your profile you don't want if you so wish. And LinkedIn group pages are getting a fresh redesign. Among the changes is the ability to toggle between popular and recent updates. There's a new type of wearable gadget that is asking for your money to become a reality, but it might make you uncomfortable. It's called Kapture. It's a wristband that records audio around you 24 hours a day. If you thought Google Glass was an invasion of privacy anyone with this wristband is recording what you say at all times. It gives you the power to get an instant replay on what was just set around you. Maybe you wanna savor or share a joke a friend told you. You wanna save the audio of something funny your kids said or you can even share proof of customer service gone wrong. It'll send the audio snippets to an app so you can edit them or save them before sharing to social media. This product is hoping to raise money on Kickstarter on September 3rd, but it could cause some legal complications. Several states have laws that say you can't record a private conversation without both parties knowing they're being recorded if you're not in a public place and there's a reasonable expectation of privacy. Some people might get in trouble with sharing these snippets of audio on social media. That's your Tech News Update. For more details head to CNET.com/Update. From our studios in New York, I'm Bridget Carey.


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What do Anthropologists Study?
Students take Anthropology courses for a variety of reasons, whether or not they are planning to major in the discipline. Any member of the Anthropology faculty will be glad to talk to you informally about the field and our class offerings, but undeclared undergraduates should never hesitate to engage in the formal advising process. If you have questions or are experiencing problems with the formal advising process, please contact the Office of Academic Advising, or the Director of Undergraduate Studies, [[blweis, Professor Weiss]].
Many students are drawn to the field because of the excitement of research in a natural setting or curiosity about the origin or meanings of everyday things. There is an allure in understanding what lies behind customs of a nomadic pastoral people or the intriguing interplay within a group of chimpanzees. Some find it intensely exciting to painstakingly unearth the foundations of a long lost city or reconstruct changes in the ceramic styles of Virginia. The challenge of recording and describing the sounds and syntax of some of the world's remaining unwritten languages may hold a powerful appeal. These are the kinds of activities that are often showcased in television and news stories about anthropology. Because anthropology is often absent from high school curricula, those of us who are aware of anthropology at all often receive our first introduction to the topic through popular media. The portrait of the field as adventuresome and prone to work in far-off and out-of-the-way places is, in fact, true - but it is not the whole story.
Increasingly, anthropologists work close to home. They study transnational corporations, captive animals, school classroom and daycares, newspapers, social movements, and social inequalities linked with race and gender. Today, within the social sciences and humanities, anthropology is more defined by its approach than its subject matter. Anthropology takes its comparative scope to be all humans at all times and places. The normative framework for anthropological understanding requires that markets, representative governments, legal and religious belief systems, social inequalities, sexual orientations, families, and general human capacities be placed in a broad comparative framework. While some of the insights of the field are readily grasped, as with any serious field of inquiry, rigorous and disciplined study over a number years develops a facility for applying the anthropological approach to the study of real-world problems.
There are different paths along which a student may travel to arrive at anthropology. Although a few students come to college intending to major in anthropology, most receive their initial introduction in an elective topic that awakens their interest in the field. Such courses might include, "The Rise and Fall of Civilizations" or "Medicine and Culture." Once they have decided to major in anthropology, however, students must fulfill course requirements in a number of other areas as well. The requirements aim to have students experience a general overview of the conceptual underpinnings of the field. Some students may take an introductory 200 level course and decide to matriculate as a major. Others may taken an upper-level course and then enroll in an introductory course for a more systematic introduction to a subfield. Whatever the path taken, the goal of the undergraduate curriculum is threefold:
- Provide students with a general background in the subfields of anthropology.
- Enable students to specialize in an area of interest, usually by taking a number of courses in a logical sequence within a specific subfield or otherwise tailoring their coursework so that the interrelation between methodology, issues and basic literature of a topic may be grasped.
- Provide students with the opportunity to engage in original research and synthesis involving a writing project, either in a capstone seminar, independent study, or honors research course.
Finally, as with all liberal arts majors, anthropology undergraduates hone critical thinking, speaking, and writing skills.
The Four Subfields
Its unique history has bequeathed United States anthropology with an intellectual grounding in four subfields. This may be seen in the articles appearing in the flagship publication of the American Anthropological Association, American Anthropologist, on its webpage at http:www.aaanet.org, and in the organization of the Association itself into sections and interest groups. In different colleges and universities, however, professionals doing research and teaching in these subfields may be housed in different departments. Bookstores will often shelve books written by anthropologists in many different sections-while the offerings in the anthropology section appear relatively thin (this is true of the William and Mary Bookstore, for example). The four subfields are usually called socio-cultural anthropology, archaeology, biological anthropology, and linguistics.
Socio-cultural Anthropology is the study of the social and cultural dimensions of living peoples. Such study often involves the method called participant observation, often complemented with other sorts of data gathering methods. Language learning and study often compel us to use the tools of linguistics. Relevant social and cultural topics encompass all of human experience - immigrants' memories of loss, the maintenance of common fishing grounds or irrigation works, understanding and treatment of illness, great holiday meals and feelings of sacredness. The range of topics that have attracted the attention of socio-cultural anthropologists is practically limitless, and the applications of disciplinary theories and methods are wide-ranging.
In Archaeology a distinction is often made between historical archaeology, in which written records are available to complement what is unearthed, and the broader enterprise of archaeology involving human populations where writing was not used. However, in all cases archaeologists address many of the same questions posed by socio-cultural anthropologists using creative approaches to document the remains of past human activities. They are also in a position to address questions involving spatial distribution and patterns and development through time. Technical advances in such fields as chemistry, geology, and remote sensing have expanded the repertory of data gathering methods in archaeology.
Biological Anthropology seeks to understand biological and biocultural similarities and differences among populations of nonhuman primates, extinct human ancestors, and modern humans. This type of study may shed light on human culture, communication, society, and behavior. Such efforts may range from studies of great ape foraging or modeling the evolution of technology and language, to researching pathologies observed in human skeletal remains or study of genetic markers allowing us to infer how populations may have diverged and merged through time. A key concern within this subfield is exploring the relationship among genes, behavior, and environment in order to understand the consequences - both historically and in the present day - of genetic determinist theories.
Linguistics studies one of the most fundamental aspects of culture. It may be closely associated with socio-cultural approaches to specific cultures or forms of communication. Alternately, some linguists broadly focus on the human capacity to create and understand language and its relation to other modes of communication. Linguistic courses at William and Mary are offered through Linguistic Studies, an interdisciplinary program administered by the Charles Center. In particular, ANTH 204 "The Study of Language"(crosslisted with ENGL 220), forms part of the sequence of introductory courses to the anthropological subfields, although it is not required for the Major. Linguistics courses generally carry ANTH 204 or ENGL 220 as a prerequisite.
As with most classifications, the four subfields are a bit of a simplification. Many research agendas cross-cut the subfields. There are biocultural anthropologists, evolutionary ecologists, ethnoarchaeologists, and socio-linguists, for example. Some anthropologists consider themselves primarily as applied anthropologists. These generally work for clients or employers and seek to use the tools and results of anthropological research to address specific problems of clients.


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Margaret Mary Kostos, age 89, went to be with her Lord and to be reunited with her husband, Saturday, Oct. 25, 2008 at Franciscan Gardens, So. Milwaukee, WI. Funeral services at Franciscan Gardens, 1000 Williams Avenue, South Milwaukee, WI 53172, Thursday, Oct. 30, 2008, 10 a.m. Interment will be held at St. Joseph's Cemetery, Chicago, IL. Visitation at Franciscan Gardens on Thursday from 9 a.m. until time of service.
Memorials to the American Diabetes Association, American Cancer Society or NAMI (National Alliance for the Mentally Ill) have been suggested.
Maresh-Meredith & Acklam Funeral Home, Racine, WI 262-634-7888.
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Psychologist (clinical): job descriptions
What does a clinical psychologist do? Typical employers | Qualifications and training | Key skills
Clinical psychologists use psychological therapies and procedures to help clients overcome a range of problems including depression, addiction, anxiety, challenging behaviour, neurological disorders, serious and permanent mental ill health and learning disabilities. Typical responsibilities of the job include:
- assessing clients' behaviour and needs via observation, interviews and psychometric tests
- developing, administering and monitoring appropriate treatment therapies and strategies
- undertaking research
- writing reports
- providing support and advice to carers
- meeting, advising and liaising with other NHS professionals
- helping clients to make positive changes to their lives
Typical employers of clinical psychologists
- The NHS
- Psychiatric units
- Hospitals
- Mental health services
- Health centres
- Social services departments
Vacancies are advertised in newspapers, hospital vacancy bulletins and various publications and websites, including Health Service Journal, NHS Jobs, and the psychologist appointments section of The Psychologist .
Qualifications and training required
You will need to gain the graduate basis for chartered membership (GBC) by completing a psychology degree accredited by the British Psychological Society. After this you will need to take a three-year postgraduate course in clinical psychology. Graduates without accredited degrees can get the GBC by taking an accredited conversion course.
Clinical psychologists must also be registered with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC).
Some clinical-related work experience is usually required prior to commencing training (for example, by working as an NHS assistant psychologist).
Key skills for clinical psychologists
- Good research skills
- Ability to relate to and empathise with a range of people
- Good teamworking skills
- Excellent communication skills
- Sensitive listening and questioning skills
- Ability to cope with emotionally demanding situations


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Ok. I know that I just harped on how light food is perfect for this time of year. But then I was assigned these brownies in a swap with my friends, and, ummmm, I didn't have any choice but to make them. Right? And I didn't have any choice but to eat all of them, right? Oh god, THIS must be why I was 15 pounds heavier when I went to visit the doctor. Drat! BUT, think about Valentine's Day next month. These brownies are so ridiculously fudgy and delicious that they will melt the heart of your love or your want-to-be love. And the salt makes a huge difference in the balance of flavors. There isn't a huge caramel flavor, but I didn't mind a bit, and I bet you won't either!
Salted Caramel Brownies
1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter 14oz semisweet chocolate chips 3oz unsweetened chocolate, chopped 3 extra-large eggs 1 ½ tablespoon instant coffee granules (optional) 1 tablespoon vanilla extract 1 cup + 2 tbsp sugar ½ cup + 2 tbsp all-purpose flour, divided 1 ½ teaspoon baking powder ½ teaspoon kosher salt 5 to 6oz good caramel sauce 2 teaspoons flaked sea salt (I just used sea salt)
Preheat your oven to 350 degrees. Line a 9x13 baking pan with tinfoil and spray with nonstick cooking spray.
Pour about an inch of water in a large saucepan, and bring to a boil over high heat. Reduce heat to low, and place a mixing bowl over (but not touching) the simmering water. Place the butter, 8 ounces of the semisweet chocolate chips and chopped unsweetened chocolate in the bowl, and melt, stirring frequently. Remove from the heat and set aside to cool for 15 minutes.
In a large mixing bowl, stir together the eggs, coffee granules, sugar and vanilla. Pour the melted chocolate mixture into the egg mixture and stir to combine. Cool to room temperature.
In a medium mixing bowl, combine ½ cup of the flour, baking powder and kosher salt. Stir with a spoon, then sift over the egg/chocolate mixture. Stir to combine.
In a small bowl, toss the remaining 2 tbsp of all-purpose flour with the remaining 6 ounces of the semisweet chocolate chips. Stir into the brownie batter. Scrape the batter into the baking pan.
Bake for 30 to 35 minutes, until a toothpick or cake tester inserted in the middle comes out clean. As soon as the brownies come out of the oven, heat the caramel sauce in a microwave-safe container just until warm enough to pour. Drizzle over the top of the brownies, then sprinkle with the sea salt flakes. Let cool to room temperature, then cut into 1.5x1.5-inch squares.
Source: Ina Garten, as seen on The Redhead Baker and made for Sarah's swap


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Contact Georgia Girls Guides at georgiagirlguides.com. Or call 706-913-7170 or 423-834-1057.
Entrepreneurs are always looking for opportunities - even if that opportunity is 100 feet underground.
Amy Ward and Christine Rose think they've found one and will begin this weekend running cave tours, renting bicycles and leading backpacking trips at Cloudland Canyon State Park.
"We had to look at how do we do what we love to do in a place we love and make money," said Rose, standing near a bin of helmets and headlamps in what used to be the park's pool house.
Until this summer, she and Ward had worked at the park. But with constant talk of state budget cuts, they decided to go out on their own and incorporate as Georgia Girls Guides.
On the job, they noticed visitors were looking for a few more services from the park and saw an opportunity.
"Almost every day somebody would come to me and ask about caving," Rose said.
They offer three tours of Sitton's Cave at the bottom of the canyon, ranging in price from $20 to $50. They also plan to rent bikes for $10 per day and lead two-night backpacking trips on an exclusive trail for about $200 per trip.
Under their agreement, a percentage of Georgia Girl's revenues goes to the park, which is why the state is encouraging more parks to enter similar partnerships.
Park manager Bobby Wilson said every state park has been asked to put together a business plan in an attempt to bring in more revenue.
"This will definitely fit," he said.
He said he also gets many questions about caving and bike rentals and thinks campers and other visitors will jump at the chance to add a little more adventure to their outings.
"It's a fantastic idea," said Georgia State Parks spokeswoman Kim Hatcher.
She said concessionaires run swimming pools and horseback rides in some parks, including a stable at Fort Mountain in Murray County.
The Girls' first customer, University of Alabama education professor Rebecca Ballard, said cavers should be ready to learn a lot about the subterranean world but also be prepared to get dirty.
"All the clothes went straight into a garbage bag," she said. "I still have dirt in my shoes and I've already washed them."
On the two-hour cave tour, Ballard, who had never been in a cave before, said she saw bats, an underground river and loads of rock formations. About a third of the route requires crawling and another portion involves wading through water, but Ward and Rose said parts of the route will work for most anyone - 6 to 96 years old.
Ballard admitted she "had no idea what were getting ourselves into," but she enjoyed the trip.
"It was great to get in there and see what the Earth had done over the years," she said. "I would absolutely do it again."


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Join Kai's high-speed pursuit of Luke Cunningham's street bike with the Katana V11 boat, featuring speed/attack modes and hidden spring-loaded shooters, plus 2 minifigures.
LEGO® model number: 70638.
Theme: LEGO Ninjago.
Katana V11 features speed and attack modes, an opening minifigure cockpit, foldout boosters, 2 hidden spring-loaded shooters, opening storage compartment.
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Street bike features a minifigure seat and a translucent flame-style exhaust element.
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BARCELONA (Reuters) - Spanish police have launched a manhunt for a fugitive member of a suspected Islamist militant cell behind a van attack on crowds in a tourist hotspot in Barcelona on Thursday and the nearby seaside resort of Cambrils on Friday, which killed 14 people and injured more than 100.
The investigation so far:
Thursday, Aug. 17 - Van enters Las Ramblas at about 4.50 p.m. (1450 GMT) and ploughs into crowd of tourists and local people. Thirteen people are killed. Dead and injured include citizens of 34 countries. Driver flees on foot.
- Authorities in Vic, a small town outside Barcelona, say a van, thought to be a getaway vehicle, was found there on Thursday evening.
- Also on Thursday evening, police fire at a car that failed to stop at a roadblock in Barcelona. The car's owner, a Spanish man, is found dead with knife wounds. Officials believe the driver of the car, who fled, may be connected to the Barcelona attack.
Friday, Aug. 18 - Police shoot dead five people in Cambrils, 120 km (75 miles) down the coast from Barcelona, after they drove their car at pedestrians and police officers. A Spanish woman is killed, several people, including a police officer, are injured. The five assailants had an axe and knives in their car and wore fake explosive belts.
Police believe the attackers are linked to a house in Alcanar, southwest of Barcelona, which was razed by an explosion shortly before midnight on Wednesday, killing one or possibly two occupants.
Police believe the house was being used to plan one or more large-scale attacks in Barcelona, possibly using a stock of butane gas canisters stored there.
The apparently accidental explosion at the house forced the conspirators to scale down their plans and to hurriedly carry out more "rudimentary" attacks, police say.
Islamic State's Amaq news agency said the attackers acted "in response to calls for targeting coalition states" - a reference to a U.S.-led coalition against the Sunni Muslim militant group. Spain has several hundred soldiers in Iraq training local forces in the fight against Islamic State.
Police have arrested four people - three Moroccans and a citizen of Spain's North African enclave of Melilla - aged between 21 and 34. Police say none has a history of terrorism-related activities.
On Friday, police circulated to local officials details of four men they were searching for. They all lived in Ripoll, a northern Catalan town close to the French border, and had Moroccan nationality, according to the document seen by Reuters.
They were named as Moussa Oukabir, 17; Said Aallaa, 18; Mohamed Hychami, 24; and Younes Abouyaaqoub, 22.
Three of the men were killed in Cambrils. Abouyaaqoub is still being sought by police. Spanish media reported that Abouyaaqoub was the driver of the van in Barcelona.
Police in France are looking for the driver of a white Renault Kangoo van that may have been used by people involved in the Barcelona attack, a French police source told Reuters.
Spanish Interior Minister Juan Ignacio Zoido said on Saturday authorities believed the militant group behind the Barcelona attack had been dismantled.
Compiled by Adrian Croft; Editing by Julien Toyer and Janet Lawrence


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Pokémon Go Is All The Rage, 8 Ways Churches Can Welcome Players
By Aaron Earls · August 19, 2016 • What if it is just a conspiracy to get young people to go to church? Send a positive message to gamers.
WFX Innovating New Ways to Network and Make Lasting Connections
By TD Staff · July 21, 2016 • A new WFX app, available for iPhone and Android, will allow attendees to connect with other attendees and conference speakers ahead of time.
Your Ministry Needs a Mobile App
By Luke Ward · June 6, 2016 • The average American spends more than three hours a day using a mobile device, adding up to a spectacular opportunity to put the Gospel in someone's hand and right in front of their face.
5 Apps for iOS and Android to Help You Be More Energy Efficient this Winter
By TD Staff · January 22, 2014 • From a vampire power calculator to knowing how much energy your A/V devices consume. These iOS and Android apps will help you save money.
9 Emergency Preparedness, Alert and Recovery Apps for iOS and Android
By TD Staff · January 14, 2014 • This collection of emergency apps highlights the true capability of technology in the face of nature's toughest scenes. From first aid apps to radar scanners and disaster-specific apps, this collection provides some of the best resources for disaster preparedness and monitoring from trusted emergency organizations. Check out apps from The American Red Cross, FEMA, Base Velocity LLC. and ME911 for your Android or iOS smart device.
8 Audio Modulation and Music Creation Apps for Android and iOS
By TD Staff · December 31, 2013 • Audio modulation apps can be considered the next tier of music creation apps. From programable sequencers to vocoder apps, the world of audio modulation is the base from which effect presets and pre-made loops is built. Having control of sound in a creatively focused way is essential for getting the most out of your mobile device as an instrument. Check out apps from developers like Jonathan Mackenzie, Skrivarna Software, Square B, LLC, Alexander Zolotov, VirSyn, Niko Twenty, Alexandernaut and Holderness Media Inc for Android and iOS.
Smart Mobile: 6 Network Monitoring and Access Apps for Android and iOS
By TD Staff · December 17, 2013 • The best network monitoring and access apps. These iOS and Android mobile apps cover a range of functions: monitoring and testing networks, file access and management throughout a network and Wi-Fi connection and congestion troubleshooting. Bolster your mobile IT toolbelt with these professional and secure network monitoring and access apps for your smart device. Check out apps from developers like Lysesoft, Metago, Kenny Root and Jeffrey Sharkey, Farpoc, Techet and Comcsoft for Android and iOS.
Audio Spectrum Analysis Apps to Help in Setting Up Your Christmas Service Productions
By Curtis Emery · December 1, 2013 • 13 apps specifically designed to convert real-time-audio content into spectrogram graphs for Android and Apple devices.
Belkin Unveils Express Dock for iPad
By TechDecisions · November 13, 2013 • Adjustable dial on Express Dock allows charging and syncing without removing the case.
Church App Advice from The Church App Guy: Part One
By TD Staff · November 1, 2013 • Cindy Davis of TechDecisions interviews Chris Sharpe of The Church App - Part One. With 1.08 billion smartphone users in the world, creating a church app for your house of worship just might make a lot of sense. Thousands of ministries have already. As part of the Worship TechDecisions ongoing series on church apps, I am talking with Chris Sharpe, Marketing Lead at The Church App.
Unified Communications Products Continue to Gain Popularity
By Sharon Fisher · September 30, 2013 • Unified Communications is gaining momentum as users look to it to streamline the way people work together. Relying on IP technologies, the versatility of UC means everyone can, from one platform, shape the way communication happens, be it phone, chat, email, or videoconference.
4 Apps for Streaming Your Live Video Content
By TD Staff · August 5, 2013 • Recording a live event is a great way to make sure your audience can stay up to date with your content even if they couldn't make the presentation. Unfortunately, actually viewing an event after it has happened can sometimes be easier said than done, especially for viewers with busy schedules, and watching a pre-recorded event does not carry the same immediacy as if it was seen live. However, app developers have come up with convenient alternatives for save-for-later content with live streaming applications for Android and iOS devices.
7 Pro Audio Apps for Creating Backtracks and Soundscapes
By TD Staff · July 16, 2013 • Generative audio is marked by the revisitation of a tone, or series of tones, to create a constant strain of sound. This stream of sound is usually characterized by reverb or heightened feedback control, which adds ambient sound and tone refraction into the mix. By itself, generative audio is typically termed as drone--a title that comments on the droning sound, which describes the looping effect as it builds under the pressure of ambient sounds and feedback.
HTML5 Helps Bring BYOD into the Fold
By Sharon Fisher · July 2, 2013 • HTML5 is the latest version of HTML and it is a game changer. Once a technology supports HTML5, data and features can be exchanged with other HTML-supported devices easily and without much additional programming.
27 Music Creation Apps for Android and iOS
By TD Staff · June 28, 2013 • While nothing will actually compare to playing physical instruments or gear, there are some great alternatives developed specifically for on-the-go musicians who need to demo a riff, master some tracks or just have fun with some very high-quality digital synths. If we are talking prices, the best audio apps will run you around fifty dollars (or more), but you can expect professional titles to follow such steep price points. I am talking about Cubasis, Cubase's mobile counterpart, and different Korg analog and digital synth apps that are designed to emulate their predecessors with precision.
Latest ResourceWorship Facilities Magazine, March-April 2018
The March-April 2018 issue of Worship Facilities Magazine offers articles about how to prepare, prevent and respond to church violence, a look into what church management software can do for your church community, and a piece on how a once popular nightclub venue was transitioned to become Shoreline Church's new home.


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Heritage Chic
By JESSE ASHLOCK
Published: December 13, 2009
The Great Depression inspired American fashion this year, from men's wear by John Bartlett that looked like a stylized version of Lewis Hine's New York to frocks by Ralph Lauren that wouldn't feel out of place in a Dorothea Lange photograph. Meanwhile, off the runways, many sturdy American outerwear and workwear brands that were actually around during the Depression were enjoying their own unlikely upscale revival. Call it heritage chic.
The progressive clothing boutique Opening Ceremony, which was already using for its own house line fabrics from Pennsylvania's Woolrich, America's oldest continuously operating wool-clothing manufacturer (est. 1830), sought this year to further reimagine classic American clothing. It designed new collections in collaboration with Pendleton, the hundred-year-old Oregon company famed for its woolen shirts, and with the venerable footwear companies Keds (est. 1916) and Timberland (est. 1952).
Humberto Leon, a founder of Opening Ceremony, recalls that executives at Pendleton were at first taken aback by his store's interest in their wares. ''They said, 'This is very different from a lot of the clothing you carry,''' he remembers. ''And we said: 'We know. It's perfect.'''
Eventually, Opening Ceremony's desire to relate the Pendleton tradition to its fashion-forward customer led to a partnership that translated Pendleton's trademark Navajo jacquards and madras prints into slim urban cuts.The Timberland collaboration also yielded a contemporary interpretation of a classic -- a convenience boot that combines Timberland's preppy three-eyelet lug and six-eyelet wheat construction boot.
A similar impulse recently prompted the whimsical New York men's wear designers Duckie Brown to mine the archives of the Wisconsin-based shoe company Florsheim (est. 1892) to create a new laceless wingtip and star-spangled Patriot boot. The Japanese
designer Daiki Suzuki, who has been creating modern updates on the Woolrich catalog as head of the firm's upscale men's wear label Woolrich Woolen Mills, says that some credit for these new takes on old
styles goes to Europe and Japan, where Americana has been fashionable for a generation. ''It's not a trend,'' he insists. ''It's more like a style. It's basics.''


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It is not easy to succeed in Bollywood for someone who has featured in tons of porn films. Sunny Leone did the unthinkable and has turned out to be an inspiration for few other porn stars.
However, none could set their foot in Bollywood, which proves how special Sunny's feat was.
Porn star image has given an edge for Sunny when it comes to photo shoots like these.
There are a few actresses who could dare flaunting their curves, but it is not easy to outclass the Leone lady. She got the goods and she's got the license!


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Tips On Keeping the Coach/Child Athlete Relationship a Healthy One
The allegations of child sexual abuse against a former Penn State assistant football coach have stoked fears in many parents, as our colleagues at the WSJ's The Juggle blog have written.
As the Juggle writes: "This case and others involving once trusted authorities– clergymen, Scout leaders, teachers and coaches — highlight a perennial parenting issue: how to tread that fine line between protective and overprotective, between being fearful and mistrusting of others while letting kids do enriching activities and teaching them to trust."
When it comes to coaches and athletes, there are some simple rules of thumb to follow to make sure the relationship is a healthy one and kids and teens are protected, says Max Trenerry, an associate professor of psychology and consultant in clinical neuropsychology at the Mayo Clinic. (Trenerry isn't speaking specifically about the Penn State situation.)
First, "we need to make sure that coaches and athletes aren't left alone together," says Trenerry, who is also a coach for his local soccer club and a sports psychology consultant for the Olympic Development Program in his region.
That may sound harsh to those of us who grew up in a more innocent time, but Trenerry says it's essential. That means if an athlete is the first to be dropped off at the field, rink, court or gym, the parent waits until there's another adult there, he says. That could be an assistant coach or a parent, he says.
Organizations should also ease parents' concerns by conducting criminal background checks on "anyone having anything to do with athletes," he says.
It's also important to "maintain appropriate coach/athlete boundaries," he says. Singling out athletes for special gifts — a no-no. Overnights in a coach's home — definitely verboten. And coaches should generally avoid situations that put them in an awkward spot, like entering team members' hotel or dorm rooms on a trip unless it's an "extraordinary circumstance," and even then, only when accompanied by another adult, says Trenerry.
If a coach has to meet with an athlete one-on-one to give feedback or discuss performance, that should be done in a public place, he says.
These types of precautions "hopefully create a culture and environment that keeps the athlete safe," he says. "There's no misunderstandings. And it's not welcoming to people who would perpetrate crimes."
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