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NEW YORK (AP) — Anthony Weiner almost didn't get to vote for himself for mayor of New York City.
Weiner arrived at his Manhattan polling place Tuesday and found that his signature wasn't in the poll book.
A Weiner staff member called the Board of Elections. Board spokeswoman Valerie Vazquez says Weiner's signature is on file and board staff members told the poll workers to let him vote.
Vazquez says the absence of Weiner's signature from the book was an administrative error.
Weiner, who resigned from Congress in 2011 over a sexting scandal, joked that he is "not very well known."
He joined the mayoral race in May and at one time led in the polls. His poll numbers fell after revelations surfaced that he had continued to send lewd images to women after leaving Washington.

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Gamers are likely to not stop buying AAA games regardless of any DRM, Used sales and always online issues.
Gamers WILL give up on the console DRM, blocked used sales and always online.
If they both had DRM I would have switched to PC.
gamers will SAY that they will and then jizz their pants at the latest triple A exclusive for the console of their choice and completely defend it til death until it comes out only to either call it overrated a month later or constantly rage at anyone who thinks that any other game is better -_- because "gamers" are more whiny than teenage girls arguing about whether or not edward or jacob is hotter, only a matter of time before the "team ps4" shirts start showing up


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Vinyasa Flow with Yoga Nidra at Innerglow Yoga
Stop by the Commons' own locally-owned yoga studio, Innerglow Yoga for their Vinyasa Flow yoga class with Yoga Nidra. Vinyasa yoga focuses on the connection of breath to movement while fostering a challenging practice. Creative sequences and poses cultivate flexibility, balance, strength, and endurance while rejuvenating the mind. It is taught at a faster pace so knowing the basics is helpful.
For more information on this class or others, stop by the Innerglow Yoga studio on Steeple Street next to Estia Restaurant, or check out their full schedule on their website.
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About Innerglow Yoga:
Locally-owned and operated by certified yogi, Michelle Itzkowitz, Innerglow Yoga is a welcoming, all-levels studio whose classes range from meditative to highly physical. With a wide variety of teachers and classes, the studio aims to be a place where anyone and everyone can find their ideal way to practice the art of yoga. The Innerglow Yoga studio also features a small in-house boutique which carries popular national and locally-made wellness accessories from yoga mats and attire to prayer beads and scented candles and incense.


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HONOLULU (AP) — The public will get an up-close view of how Hawaiian monk seals eat, sleep and swim this weekend as researchers share footage taken by cameras attached to the backs of the animals.
Researchers collected the video over the past year after capturing several seals on Kauai, Oahu and Molokai and attaching the cameras to their hides with epoxy while they were sedated.
The effort was part of a study led by National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration scientists that aims to help the public better understand a critically endangered species that was rarely seen until recently among Hawaii's most heavily populated islands.
Now, it's not unusual for seals to haul up on the white sands of Poipu on Kauai and the rock shoreline of Oahu's Kaena Point. They have even appeared amid throngs of sunbathing tourists in Waikiki.
The seals are returning to areas they inhabited long before humans moved to Hawaii. Still, some people see them as new arrivals competing for resources. Some fishermen complain the seals are stealing their catch from lines and nets.
"We realize that we're going through a period of pretty dramatic transition in the Main Hawaiian Islands where just in over a decade, really, have monk seals shown up in any great number and become part of our lives," said Charles Littnan, lead scientist for the Hawaiian Monk Seal Research Program at NOAA Fisheries.
"With that change comes some stress and discomfort and everyone kind of having to shift to the new norm," he said.
Video from the cameras provided by the National Geographic Society will be shown at the Honolulu Museum of Art's Doris Duke Theater on Saturday. Some of the footage has already been shown on Kauai.
Littnan said he hopes the research will correct misconceptions that the seals are devouring Hawaii's fish stocks.
For example, he said some people mistakenly believe monk seals eat 600 pounds of fish a day even though adult seals don't even weigh that much.
"There's this idea that they're just these eating machines," he said. The footage shows, however, that they're not eating such significant amounts, he said.
Instead the clips show mostly swimming and an "amazing amount of sleeping." When they do eat, the animals can spend a lot of time getting the food, like one seal that spent 30 minutes trying to pull an octopus out of its hiding place.
The scientists will spend another two years putting cameras on the seals.
Normally with a project like this, Littnan said, scientists would tell the public about their research only after they've finished collecting and analyzing their data. But there's too much conflict over the seals and bad information about them circulating that it would be "negligent" to wait, he said.
There's a fear misinformation is leading people to become hostile toward the species. Four seals were found deliberately killed by human hand in late 2011 and early last year, including two found bludgeoned to death on Molokai.
There are only about 1,100 Hawaiian monk seals left in the wild, including 150 to 200 in the main Hawaiian Islands. The overall population is declining 4 percent a year.


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Turkey season is a great time to hunt one of the nation's most storied and challenging game birds from the Carolinas to California.
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One deboned, skinless turkey breast
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Leontopithecus chrysopygus
|Scope: Global
Language: English
|Scientific Name:
|Leontopithecus chrysopygus (Mikan, 1823)
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|Taxonomic Notes:
|The lion tamarins, Leontopithecus, are listed as separate species following Della Serra (1951), Rosenberger and Coimbra-Filho (1984), Mittermeier et al. (1988), Natori (1989), and Rylands et al. (1993). They have been listed as subspecies of L. rosalia by Coimbra-Filho and Mittermeier (1972, 1973), Hershkovitz (1977), Mittermeier and Coimbra-Filho (1981), Forman et al. (1986) and Seuánez et al. (1988), the latter two publications on the basis of identical chromosome morphologies.
|Red List Category & Criteria:
|Endangered B2ab(iii) ver 3.1
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|Date Assessed:
|Kierulff, M.C.M., Rylands, A.B., Mendes. S.L. & de Oliveira, M.M.
|Mittermeier, R.A. & Rylands, A.B. (Primate Red List Authority)
This species is listed as Endangered due to its having an area of occupancy estimated at approximately 490 km², with all remaining populations extremely isolated, and a continuing decline in quality of habitat. The species is known to occur in only one large protected area (Morro do Diabo in Sao Paolo state), and the majority of the existing subpopulations are not considered to be viable in the long-term. Nonetheless, ongoing intensive conservation efforts begun in 1986, concentrating on site-based measures such as reintroduction, translocation, corridors, improved land use, and environmental education around the Morro do Diabo State Park and the Caestsu State Ecological Station as well as the creation of a new protected area (the Mico-leão Preto Ecological Station) have contributed to the down listing of this species from Critically Endangered to Endangered.
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|Range Description:
|This species formerly occurred along the north (right) margin of the Rio Paranapanema, west as far as the Rio Paraná, and between the upper Rios Paranapanema and Tieté in the state of São Paulo (Coimbra-Filho 1976a,b; Hershkovitz 1977). Today, it is known only from 11 widely separated forest patches covering 444 km². L. chrysopygus occurs in two state protected areas, the Morro do Diabo State Park, municipality of Teodoro Sampaio, and the Caetetus State Ecological Station, municipality of Gália, (Coimbra-Filho 1970a,b, 1976a,b; Coimbra-Filho and Mittermeier 1973, 1977; Valladares-Padua et al. 1994). All surviving populations are in the central to western part of its former range and concentrated in the region called the Pontal de Paranapanema, except for Buri, municipality of Buri, discovered in recent surveys in the eastern part, approximately 200 km east of the Caetetus Ecological Station, by Valladares-Padua et al. (2000). Rylands et al. (2002b) reviewed the distributions of all four lion tamarins.
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Native:Brazil (São Paulo)
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|Leontopithecus chrysopygus is now known to survive in 11 localities in the state of São Paulo. The population in the Morro do Diabo State Park contains 23,800 ha of forest and a population estimated at approximately 820 animals (Valladares-Padua and Cullen Jr. 1994). The Caetetus Reserve contains about 2,000 ha of forest (population estimated at about 40 individuals), but the other nine localities consist of fragments of between 400 and 800 ha, and together harbour about 114 individuals. The total population is estimated at about 1,000 animals spread through 11 isolated forests, 10 of which are certainly too small to be viable in the mid- to long-term.
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|Seasonal rain forest of the inland extension of Atlantic forest in the state of São Paulo, at altitudes up to 900 m (Coimbra-Filho 1976b; Rylands 1993; Valladares-Padua 1997). Lion tamarins are an adaptable species well able to live in degraded and secondary forests, depending only on sufficient year round food sources and foraging sites, along with the tree holes they use as sleeping sites (see Coimbra-Filho 1969, 1976; Coimbra-Filho and Mittermeier 1973).
Marmosets and tamarins are distinguished from the other monkeys of the New World by their small size, modified claws rather than nails on all digits except the big toe, the presence of two as opposed to three molar teeth in either side of each jaw, and by the occurrence of twin births. They eat fruits, flowers, nectar, plant exudates (gums) and animal prey (including frogs, snails, lizards, spiders and insects (see Rylands 1993; Kierulff et al. 2002a).
Coimbra-Filho (1970a,b, 1976a; Coimbra-Filho and Mittermeier 1977) studied their bevaviour in the wild, and Rylands (1993) and Kierulff et al. (2002a) provide a comprehensive review of the ecology, diet and behaviour of the lion tamarins. They differ from other callithrichids in having long fingers and hands, which allow them to forage for prey efficiently in nooks and crannies and in epiphytic tank bromeliads. Lion tamarins live in extended family groups of usually 4 to 8 individuals. For L. chyrsopygus, Carvalho and Carvalho (1989) obtained a mean group size of 3.6 (range 2-7, n=9) in the Morro do Diabo State Park. Generally, only one female per group breeds during a particular breeding season. They breed once a year. The groups defend home ranges of 40 to more than 100 ha (the size depending on availability and distribution of foods and second-growth patches). In the Morro do Diabo State Park, they have been found to have ranges exceeding 100 ha (113-199 ha: Valladares-Padua 1993; Valladares-Padua and Cullen Jr. 1994). Passos (1997) recorded a home range for his study group in the Ceatetus State Ecological Station of 277 ha.
French et al. (2002) review the reproductive biology of lion tamarins, Baker et al. (2002) review their mating system and group dynamics (focussing particularly on L. rosalia) and Tardif et al. (2002) aspects of infant care and development.
Adult male 575 g (n=4) (Rosenberger and Coimbra-Filho 1984).
|Major Threat(s):
|This species is now highly fragmented occurring in 11 populations, only one of which is ostensibly viable – the Morro do Diabo State Park. The key threat for this species is the isolation and small size of the existing populations. A study by Dietz et al. (2000) examined inbreeding depression in small (50 or less) isolated populations of L. rosalia. They concluded that it reduced probability of long-term survival by about one-third. There is every reason to believe that inbreeding depression is likewise prejudicial to the isolated populations of L. chrysopygus.*
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Included on the Brazilian Official List of Species Threatened with Extinction (Lista Oficial de Espécies Brasileiras Ameaçadas de Extinção, Edict No. 1.522/19th December 1989, see Bernardes et al. 1990; Fonseca et al. 1994), and likewise on the regional threatened species list of the state of São Paulo (Brazil, São Paulo SMA, 1998). It is listed on Appendix I of CITES.
The species is recorded from Morro do Diabo State Park (34,441 ha, of which 23,800 ha is forest), and Caetetus State Ecological Station (2,178 ha). A new (federal) Ecological Station of 5,500 ha was decreed in July 2002 – Mico-Leão-Preto Ecological Station in São Paulo. It covers three forest fragments containing Black Lion Tamarins.
The isolation and small size of the existing populations is being addressed through metapopulation management, which includes the captive population founded on individuals taken from the Morro do Diabo State Park, in the 1970s and later, in 1983-1985 as part of the rescue operation in the inundation area of the Rosana hydroelectric dam (Rylands et al. 2002a). Current efforts are focussing on the genetic health of these populations (translocation, managed dispersal and re-introduction) (Valladares-Padua et al. 2000; Valladares-Padua, Ballou et al. 2002), environmental education (Pádua and Valladares-Padua 1997; Pádua et al. 2002), the preservation of remaining forest fragments, with and without lion tamarins, and the creation of corridors to link forest patches to establish larger areas of continuous forest (Pádua and Valladares-Padua 1997; Cullen Jr. et al. 2001; Valladares-Padua et al. 2000; Valladares-Padua, Ballou et al. 2002; Valladares-Padua, Padua et al. 2002).
There is a well-managed captive breeding programme, although it has not been as successful as those for Leontopithecus rosalia and L. chrysomelas, probably because of a very reduced founder stock (Ballou et al. 2002). However, it is growing and, despite having few founders, is now also contributing significantly to the metapopulation management programme currently udnerway by Valladares-Padua and his team (Valladares-Padua and Ballou 1996; Valladares-Padua and Martins 1996; Valladares-Padua 1997; Valladares-Padua et al. 2000; Medici 2001; Valladares-Padua, Ballou et al. 2002). The first translocation of a wild L. chrysopygus group was carried out in 1995, and the first experimental re-introduction, was carried out in July 1999 by combining an adult male born in the Jersey Zoo, UK, with two wild females (Valladares-Padua et al. 2000).
|Kierulff, M.C.M., Rylands, A.B., Mendes. S.L. & de Oliveira, M.M. 2008. Leontopithecus chrysopygus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2008: e.T11505A3290864. . Downloaded on 20 September 2018.
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See Josh Parkin's Animated 2013 Nike Spring/Summer Footwear Collection
You've got to love when art is incorporated into anything—especially when it comes to sneakers.
For Nike Sportswear's 2013 Spring/Summer footwear collection, British illustrator Josh Parkin—in partnership with Leeds' The Chimp Store—crafted up these dope animations to show off the new colorways we'll be seeing this year. Favorites like the Air Max 90 and Air Classic BW get an artistic makeover that makes for a fun, unique representation of the real thing.


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After all the heavy lifting Naty's been doing in covering conferences, I thought I'd make a light posting of fun visual stuff.
The first one's not particularly visual, I include it just because the cover and book description was put on the web just a few days ago:
In short, the ShaderX series has moved publishers, from Charles River Media to A.K. Peters. Unfortunately for everyone else in the world, CRM retains the rights to the ShaderX name, hence the confusing rename. This book is ShaderX8, under a new title.
This resource is possibly handy: a map of game studios and educational institutions, searchable by state, city, etc. That said, it's a bit funky: search by "Massachusetts" and you get a few reasonable hits, plus the Bermuda Triangle. Search on "MA" for State and you get lots of additional hits, mostly mall stores. But, major developers like Harmonix (in Cambridge) don't show up. So, take it with a grain of salt, but it might be handy in turning up a place or two you might not have found otherwise.
A few weeks back I passed on a link from Morgan McGuire's worthwhile Twitter blog (the only good use I've seen for Twitter so far) for a business-card sized ray tracer created by Andrew Kensler. In case you were too busy to actually compile and run this tiny piece of code, here's the answer, computed in about a minute, sent on to me by Mauricio Vives. Note the depth of field and soft shadows:
Speaking of ray tracing, I noticed some GPU-side ray tracers are available for iPhone 3GS from Angisoft:
With the recent posting on Morphological Antialiasing, Matt Pharr pointed me at this cool Wikipedia page on scaling up pixel art. To whet your appetite, here's an example from that page, the left side being the original image used to generate the right:
In a similar vein, I was highly impressed by the examples created by Potrace, a free, GPL'ed package for deriving Bézier curves from raster images. Here's an example:
See more examples on Peter Selinger's Potrace examples page. Doubly impressive is that Peter also carefully describes the algorithms used in the process.
I enjoy collecting images of reality that look like they have rendering artifacts. Here's one from photos by Morgan McGuire, from the Seattle public library. The ground shadow look undersampled and banded, like someone was trying to get soft shadows by just adding a bunch of point light sources. What's great is that reality is allowed to get away with artifacts – if this effect was seen in a synthetic image it would come across as unconvincing.
The best thing about reality is that it's real, not photoshopped. I also enjoy photos where reality looks like computer graphics. Here's a fine example by Benedict Radcliffe from this entertaining collection:
My one non-visual link for this posting is to Jos Stam's essay on how photography and photorealism is not necessarily the best way to portray reality.
There are tons of visual toys on the web, a few in true 3D. Some (sent on by John McCormack) I played with for up to a whole minute or more: ECO ZOO – click on everything and know it's all 3D, don't forget to rotate around; the author's bio and info is at ROXIK – needs more polygons, but click and drag on the face. In the end, give your eyes a rest with this instant screen saver (actually, it's also a bit interactive). This last was done using Papervision3D, an open source library which controls 3D in Flash. More demos here. Maybe there's actually something to this idea of 3D on the web after all… nah, crazy dream.
OK, I'm done with things that are in some way vaguely, almost educational. Here's a video, 8 Bit Trip, that's been making the rounds; a little more info here. Not fantastically entertaining, but I admire the amazing dedication to stop motion animation. 1500 hours?!
Art: Xia Xiaowan makes sculptures by a method reminiscent of volume rendering techniques:
More at Google Images.
The Mighty Optical Illusions blog is a great place to get a feed of new illusions. Here are two posts I particularly liked: spinning man (sorry, you'll actually have to click that link to see it) and more from Kitaoka, e.g.
I love that new illusions are being developed all the time nowadays. I found this next one here; unfortunately, to quote Tom Parmenter, "digital technology is the universal solvent of intellectual property rights" (Copyright 1995). No credit is given at that site, so I don't know who actually made this one, but it's lovely:
One last illusion, from here (again, author unknown), included since it's such a retina-burner:
If you hanker for something real and physical after all these, you might consider making a pseudoscope (instructions here). To be honest, I tried, and I'll tell you that mirrors from the local craft store are truly bad for this project. So, I can't say I've seen the effect desired yet. Next step for me is finding a good, cheap store for front surface mirrors (the link in the article is broken) – if anyone has suggestions, please let me know.


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Chingay parade held at Bukit Merah on 20 February 1983. Come help describe the festive spectacle.
Example: People buying food from a hawker stall along the street in front of shophouse, and also sitting down and eating food. Name on shophouse says Da Tian. Looks to be in the 1960s.


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The Section of Neurosurgery at the University of Chicago is devoted to the evaluation and treatment of pediatric and adult diseases of the central nervous system. This includes a full range of neuromedical and neurosurgical technologies to provide the most up-to-date and effective treatments for the entire spectrum of neurological disease.
Our patients are seen by a team of interdisciplinary specialists who are dedicated to the finest tradition of care. Our section is divided into subspecialty programs with experts specializing in the following areas:
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Stocks are opening higher on Wall Street following a two-day decline.
The Dow Jones industrial average rose 71 points to 13,952 shortly after the opening bell Friday.
The Standard & Poor's 500 index was up eight at 1,510. The Nasdaq composite rose 18 to 3,149.
Markets are bouncing back after being spooked by a split among Federal Reserve officials over whether to push forward with economic stimulus programs or begin weaning the nation off of them.
Hewlett-Packard jumped 7 percent after the struggling computer maker reported results late Thursday that trumped the forecasts of financial analysts.
American International Group rose 4 percent. Its results also came in better than the market was expecting.


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Trichotillomania Learning Centerhttp://www.trich.org The Trichotillomania Learning Center is dedicated to helping people with a mental health condition that leads them to pull out their hair, pick their skin, or bite their nails.
American Childhood Cancer Organizationhttp://www.acco.org ACCO provides support and information for children and teens with cancer.
Locks of Lovehttp://www.locksoflove.org This non-profit organization provides wigs to needy kids and teens who have long-term medical hair loss. It also gives information on donating hair.
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Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome Associationhttp://www.pcosupport.org The Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome Association has a website just for teens, which includes discussion boards, chats, mentors, and other forms of support.
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Pauline Swanda, 100 - September 19, 2007
Pauline M. Swanda, 100, of Gothenburg and Cozad, died Sunday, Sept. 16, 2007, at Hilltop Estates in Gothenburg.
Services will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 20, at the First Presbyterian Church in Cozad with the Rev. Karen Woo officiating. Graveside services will be held at 3 p.m. at Sunset Memorial Gardens at Hastings.
Visitation was held from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Wednesday at the Berryman Funeral Home in Cozad.
Swanda was born on Aug. 17, 1907, in Woodbury County, IA, to George and Laura King Ashmore.
She graduated from Macy High School in 1926 and, on Sept. 7, 1926, she was united in marriage to Emil Swanda at Schuyler.
Swanda and her husband lived in several Nebraska communities before moving to Hastings where she worked for the Hastings Utilities and a veterinarian.
Her husband preceded her in death in 1967. In 1978, she moved to Cozad.
Swanda was a member of the First Presbyterian Church and a church circle. She was also a member of PEO and the Eastern Star for over 40 years. She was an avid reader and enjoyed crocheting, according to family members.
She was preceded in death by: her husband, Emil; four brothers and four sisters.
Survivors include: a son, Mike (Donna) Swanda of Cozad; a daughter, Beth (Roy) Lahr of Hastings; six grandchildren and three great-grandchildren; special friend, Sharon Batie of Cozad.
Memorials are suggested to the First Presbyterian Church, Central Plains Home Health and Hospice, or donor's choice.
Condolences may be shared online at: berrymanfuneralhome.com.
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Shades of Gay
The heterogeneity of homosexuality.
Guy walks into a shrink's office. Says he's gay and wants to be straight. Shrink says, "OK, I'll help."
Don't wait for the punch line. There isn't one, because this isn't a joke. It's a true story. And it's a common one, according to a British study just published in BMC Psychiatry. Researchers contacted more than 1,800 mental health professionals to find out whether they would ever try to change a client's sexual orientation. Of the 1,328 practitioners who responded, one in six admitted to having helped at least one patient attempt to alter homosexual feelings. The total number of such cases reported by the respondents was 413. That's nearly one case for every three therapists.
The study's authors find this disturbing. Treatment to change homosexuality has proved ineffective and often unsafe, they argue. Therefore, therapists shouldn't try it.
If only life were that simple.
In the big picture, the authors are right. Homosexuality isn't a sin or mental illness. It needs no cure. In most cases, it's deeply ingrained and probably inborn. If you try to change your sexual orientation, you're more likely to end up at war with yourself than at peace. For these reasons, any systematic program to turn gay people straight, such as "reparative therapy," is futile and dangerous.
But therapy isn't about the big picture. It's about lots of little pictures: the worlds unique to each of us. You and I may have the same sexual orientation, but our lives are very different. You know nothing of my family, my religion, or my community. You don't even know how straight or gay I am. If I tell my therapist that I'd rather try to modify my feelings than give up my faith or my marriage, who are you to second-guess her or me?
In the British study, the therapists who admitted to collaborating in such cases weren't anti-gay. "A very small number of those advocating intervention in this area had discernibly negative views about the same sex relationships," the authors report. But for most intervention advocates, "The qualitative data suggest that they made therapeutic decisions based on privileging client/patient choice where there was a wish to avoid the impact of negative social attitudes to same sex relationships."
The therapists also distinguished between clear-cut and borderline homosexuality. "I am sure there are cases of bisexuality or sexual ambivalence where counseling could be offered to motivated individuals," one respondent wrote. Another argued that "some clients/patients are unsure of whether they are really homosexual—particularly young adults under 25." A third ventured, "Some bisexual individuals may wish to choose an orientation that is comfortable for them and their lifestyle choices for example. This is a therapeutic issue to explore and support if that is their wish."
The idea of heterosexuality as a valid "lifestyle choice" turns the argument for sexual acceptance on its head. If a patient prefers to adjust his orientation to family or cultural circumstances, rather than the other way around, should the therapist challenge him?
In some cases, the answer may be yes. "In many societies/cultures expression of sexuality out [of line] with cultural norms can cause huge distress," one therapist wrote in response to the British survey. "Given the balance between biological and developmental determinants of sexuality it is valid for an individual to value his cultural norms and to try and reduce the distress caused by transgressing these." Maybe the therapist should question those norms. Maybe the client should be told that his distress is a symptom of cultural ignorance and injustice—and that changing his orientation would be even harder than changing society.
But what do you do when the distress is rooted in the client's deeply held values? One therapist, answering the survey, said it might be OK to help a patient try to modify her feelings if she wanted to stay married. Another argued that the "client ultimately knows best and may have deep religious beliefs that influence them enormously." A third wrote that if the patient "had a strong faith, then working to help the person accept their feelings but manage them appropriately may be the best approach if [the] person felt they would lose God and therefore their life was not worth living."
Would you tell such a patient that her understanding of God is wrong? Are you sure her attraction to women is more fundamental than her religious beliefs? Is peace with the lesbian part of her sexuality worth the destruction of her family or her faith? And most important: Do you think you can answer these questions without knowing more about her?
Michael King, the professor who led the British study, tries to do just that. When gay people seek therapeutic escape, he argues, "Mental health practitioners and society at large must help them to confront prejudice in themselves and in others."
Help them confront prejudice in themselves? Isn't that just the substitution of one inner war, one purification quest, for another?
Sometimes, the substitution makes sense. When the patient is clearly gay, and when his discomfort with homosexuality isn't fundamental to his personality, it's logical to target the discomfort. But not every case is that simple. A friend once told me she was "primarily wired toward women." She was my girlfriend for the next year and a half. Another friend told me he couldn't countenance homosexuality because he was "obliged to believe it's a mortal sin." He came out of the closet a year later, but he never left Christianity or conservatism. Another friend lived as a gay man for years, then carried on a multiyear, monogamous relationship with a woman, then went back to the gay life.
"The evidence shows that you cannot change sexual orientation," says King. But on the margins, I've seen it happen.
That's the thing about therapy: It's about real people, and they don't necessarily fit your grand theory or mine. Conservative evangelists are arrogant and wrong to assume that therapy can alter a patient's sexuality. Don't repeat their mistake by insisting that it can't.
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Has your business set up a Google+ page?
Google+ is growing at an impressive rate. In less than one year, Google has reached over 90 million registered users—far exceeding expected growth rates.
According to CNN's Mark Millan, it took Facebook about four years to grow to that many users. It took Twitter almost five years to grow to the same size.
There's No Leap of Faith With Google+
You already know Google is important to your business. Just check your analytics. Which search engine are people using to find your website? Google. And if you're using YouTube effectively, chances are YouTube is driving traffic to your site too. News flash: Google owns YouTube.


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Carnival Cruise Lines (NYSE: CCL) is the largest operator of vacation cruise ships in the world. With 81 cruise liners carrying over 7 million passengers worldwide, the company commands around 49% of the global cruise industry[1]. The company makes money from ticket sales as well as on-board revenue from gambling, shore excursions, bar revenues, and other amenities across brands including Carnival Cruise Lines, Princess, Costa, Holland America Line, P&O, AIDA, Cunard, and Seabourn.
Surveys estimate that there are some 127 million potential passengers for cruises in North America alone (defined as members of households with a minimum income threshold of $40,000, headed by a person at least 25 years old), and that half of these individuals have expressed an interest in taking a cruise. Yet, only about 17% of this captive market has ever taken a cruise, meaning there is room for greater market penetration and maturity. This represents a tremendous growth opportunity for CCL in the future. Europe also represents a large growth opportunity, as cruises currently make up a very small percentage of the overall vacation market in Europe.[2]
Furthermore, over 60% of worldwide cruise passengers are over the age of 40. Despite the risks associated with terrorism, rising oil prices, and natural disasters, then, cruises have and may continue to become increasingly popular as Baby Boomers enter retirement.
CCL operates in the multi-night vacation industry. Approximately 63% of the cruise passengers in the world are sourced from North America, where cruising has developed into a mainstream alternative to land-based vacations.[3] Between 2008 and 2009, this market has grown from 10.3 million customers to 10.4 million. However, only 48% of CCL's total revenues are earned from North American cruise customers- therefore, there is strong potential for CCL to further develop and expand its North American revenues.[2]
In 2009, CCL earned total revenues of $10.4 billion, a slight decline from its 2008 total revenues of $11.6 billion. This in turn had a negative impact on CCL's net income. Between 2008 and 2009, CCL's net income decreased from $1.8 billion in 2008 compared to its net income of $1.4 billion in 2009.
Cruise lines compete for the discretionary income of consumers. Cruises and vacations are discretionary purchases, luxury goods enjoyed only when income is available for spending after necessities are covered. Thus, the discretionary income levels of the company's customer base can have a material effect on the company's sales. Not surprisingly, the company operates in places like the United States and Western Europe, where the per capita discretionary income is on average substantially higher than in many other countries.
CCL's strategy has been to leverage its extensive brand portfolio to price discriminate and capture various market segments and demographics. CCL has more brands (also more well-recognized brands) than chief competitor, Royal Caribbean Cruises (RCL), which gives it a leg up in capturing global market share. It also makes more of its money from international operations and has been in non-North American markets for more time than RCL. This gives it greater international market penetration and brand awareness, and the geographic diversity helps partly shield against isolated economic effects in any one of its markets.
The company is at risk of declines in its business from terrorist attacks and geopolitical unrest, even if not targeted specifically to its ships. Cruise-goers may be frightened by the possibility of an attack on their ship, leading to declines in ticket sales. An example of this was the pirate attacks on cruise ships near Somalia during 2009 and 2010. Generally, travel at large declines notably in the wake of a terrorist attack, and cruises are no exception. To be sure, consumer attitudes matter. The market, of course, realizes this: in just days after September 11, 2001, the company's shares lost around one third of their value.
As the baby boomers continue entering retirement, the company stands to benefit from the tailwinds of an increase in senior traffic, as it derives a large percentage of its income from passengers over 55. It is likely that seniors may continue to gravitate toward warmer-weather vacations. Coupled with the fact that retirement means more time to one's self, and for many baby boomers, time to travel, the company has significant demographic tailwinds working in its favor.
The company can be adversely affected by particularly bad hurricane seasons, natural disasters, and inclement weather patterns. Many of the company's cruises are to Caribbean destinations, where hurricanes pose a major threat to business. Consumers are less likely to buy, for instance, a Caribbean cruise if a major hurricane is anticipated. Furthermore, the company depends upon the availability of ports, so coastal weather patterns can limit CCL's ability to procure ports. If inclement weather or disasters hit port areas, the company can struggle to call on vital ports, which would adversely affect its business.
The vast majority of the company's sales come from travel agents who arrange cruises on behalf of clients. The travel agency business is not necessarily what it used to be. Given the emergence of internet-based travel bookings and direct to consumer models of selling airline tickets, their business in general has declined. Because the company depends on a broad base of going-concern travel agents, any prolonged slump or major consolidation in the travel agency business could adversely impact the company. Furthermore, if travel agents force the company to increase commissions in order that they compete successfully, the company can see major pressures on margins. The approximate 10% commissions offered to travel agents now is the company's largest variable cost,[4] so changes here can have big effects on the company's bottom line.
The company competes against a number of smaller cruise line operators, but as the market leader, with a 44% market share, it enjoys certain competitive advantages and economies of scale that competitors do not. With the largest number of ships and the greatest capacity, the company spreads much of its corporate overhead over a larger cruise liner base and has heftier margins, since it can do things like leverage size for more favorable purchases of on-board equipment and supplies. Its largest competitor is Royal Caribbean Cruises (RCL) which commands a nearly 23% market share. Other notable competitors include Star Cruises (which operates Star Cruise Line and Norwegian Cruises) and Mediterranean Shipping Company (which operates MSC Cruises).


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July 12, 2012
At its regular meeting Tuesday in Auburn, the Placer County Board of Supervisors heard an update from the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection on the county's hazardous vegetation abatement (HVA) ordinance. The Board also gave final approval to two projects to be funded from either the Secure Rural Schools & Community Self-Determination Act of 2000 or the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008.
The HVA ordinance was instituted as a pilot program in 2008 by fire protection districts on the eastern side of the County in response to numerous wildfires occurring on and around Lake Tahoe. The ordinance only applies to adjoining parcels, on one of which is a habitable structure (an "improved" parcel), and on the other, there is no structure (an "unimproved" parcel). All habitable structures require 100 foot radius of defensible space, and if that radius cannot be met due to the structure's proximity to the property line with an unimproved parcel, then the owner of the unimproved parcel must clear enough property to allow the full 100 foot clearance. The ordinance was extended to fire agencies in western Placer County in 2009.
An administrative remedy is also detailed in the ordinance should an unimproved parcel owner not comply. According to Placer County Fire Marshall Brad Harris, residents throughout the county have been responsive when asked to clear brush from their unimproved properties. Harris reported that, to date, there have been only eight properties that have been subjected to HVA ordinance enforcement and all of those properties were cleared without any further legal action.
"We have not had any enforcement actions," said Harris. "We've had very good response from the people of Placer County."
Inasmuch as there is cost involved in the HVA program, the ordinance will be brought to the Board of Supervisors in December, at which time the Board will decide whether to extend, cancel or change it.
Additional actions by the Board, Tuesday, included approving dedicated funding in the amount of $4,719 to update the County's Biomass Strategic Plan. This action was taken after the requisite 45-day public comment period of which no public comments were received. Funding for the Biomass Strategic Plan update will come from Placer County's allocation from the Secure Rural Schools & Community Self-Determination Act of 2000. The Board also approved the County's allocation from the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008, totaling $100,972, to be used to fund several projects from the Firewise Communities program:
• Hiring of a Fire Mitigation Coordinator
• Providing Fire Safe Councils with a dedicated grant writer
• Supporting the Greater Auburn Area Fire Safe Council "Project Canyon Safe"
• Providing outreach and public education materials for Fire Safe Councils
• Providing a part-time Firewise Communities Coordinator
The good news is that these projects have no impact on the County General Fund as all projects are supported by dedicated funding.


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1⁄3 cup plus 1 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil
1 oz pancetta or bacon, diced
1 med shallot, chopped
2 tbsp golden raisins or dried cherries
1⁄4 tsp garam masala
2 lbs chicken livers, cleaned
Salt and freshly ground black pepper
2 tbsp sherry vinegar
1 tbsp fresh orange juice
1 tbsp pure maple syrup
Grated zest of 1 lemon
Heat the 1 tablespoon olive oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Add the pancetta and shallot, and cook, stirring often, until fat is rendered from the pancetta and it is slightly browned, 3 to 4 minutes. Add the raisins and the garam masala and stir. Increase the heat to medium-high, season the chicken livers with salt and pepper, and add them to the skillet (they should fit in one layer; do not crowd).
Cook, turning the livers with tongs once or twice, until they are firm but still slightly pink inside, about 5 minutes, depending on the size. Add the vinegar, orange juice and maple syrup and cook until slightly reduced, about 1 minute. Remove from the heat and let cool slightly.
Transfer the mixture to a food processor, add the lemon zest, and pulse a few times to blend. With the motor running, pour in the remaining 1⁄3 cup olive oil in a steady stream. Season the mousse with salt and pepper to taste. Refrigerate until cooled and thickened, about 2 hours.
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Baked Pumpkin Spice Donut Holes
For the donuts-
1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoons cinnamon
1/2 teaspoons nutmeg
1/2 teaspoon allspice
1/8 teaspoons ground cloves
1/3 cup vegetable oil
1/2 cup brown sugar
1 egg
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
3/4 cup canned plain pumpkin (not pumpkin pie filling)
1/2 cup milk
For the coating:
2 Tablespoons butter, melted
1/3 cup sugar
1 Tablespoon cinnamon
Preheat oven 350°F. Spray each cup in a 24-cup mini muffin tin with non-stick cooking spray.
In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, allspice, and cloves.
In a separate, large bowl whisk together oil, brown sugar, egg, vanilla, pumpkin and milk until smooth. Add dry ingredients to wet ingredients and mix until just combined ? do not over mix!
Divide batter evenly among muffin cups.
Bake at 350°F for 10-12 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean.
While the muffins bake, melt butter in one bowl and combine granulated sugar and cinnamon in another bowl. Remove muffins from oven and cool for about 5 minutes, or until just cool enough to handle. Dip each muffin in melted butter, then roll in cinnamon sugar to coat. These are delicious served warm or at room temperature.
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As the Buffalo Bills enjoyed a bye week, running back Fred Jackson took his children, Braeden, Kaylin and Jayden, bowling at Strikers in Orchard Park. The WBBZ-TV cameras were there to capture Jackson and his family with an exclusive behind the scenes feature that will be part of "The Fred Jackson Show" on WBBZ-TV.
"The Fred Jackson Show" airs Monday live at 6:30 p.m. The program, sponsored by Sahlem's Roofing and Siding, will re-air Monday at 10:30 p.m. and Tuesday at 9 a.m.
Jackson will talk with co-host Bob Koshinski about plans for the upcoming game against the Texans this Sunday at 1 p.m. at Reliant Stadium. They will be joined in studio by former Bills special teams ace Steve Tasker.
A former All-Pro, Tasker joined CBS Sports as a game analyst for "The NFL on CBS" in 1998. Tasker, a 13-year veteran of the Bills, is one of the NFL's greatest special teams players of all-time. A seven-time selection by his peers and coaches to represent the AFC as the special teams player at the Pro Bowl (1988, 1991-96), Tasker is the only true special teams player to be selected as the Pro Bowl MVP (1993).
Tasker, a five-time All-Pro selection, was a key component of the Bills' four consecutive AFC Championship teams (1991-94). He finished his career with 51 receptions for 779 yards and nine touchdowns, an average of 21.1 yards per kickoff return and 186 tackles. He authored "Steve Tasker's Tales from the Bills Sideline" in 2007.
Tasker was born April 10, 1962, in Smith Center, Kan. He and his wife, Sarah, live in East Aurora. They have five children.
WBBZ-TV is on Time Warner Cable Channel 5 in Buffalo/Niagara Falls (HD 710); TWC Channel 99 in Dunkirk; TWC Channel 21 in Olean; Channel 5 on Verizon FiOS (HD 705) and Dish Network; on Channel 67 on DirecTV (where available); and digital Channel 67.1 over the air.


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The mission of the Ball State University Athletic Training Program is to provide quality education which will create life-long learners that are committed to delivering high quality patient centered care within an interprofessional health care team. We aspire to develop students who are dedicated to maintaining involvement within the profession through clinical practice and service.
Program Outcomes
1. Students utilize evidence-based decision-making to answer clinical questions and provide patient-centered care.
2. Students demonstrate competence in athletic training knowledge and clinical skills to provide the best possible patient care.
3. Students promote themselves and the field of athletic training through professional and community involvement.
4. Students develop the interpersonal skills needed to communicate and collaborate within an interprofessional health care team.
5. Students model professional and ethical behaviors when representing themselves as a health care professional.
Ball State University Athletic Training Program Board of Certification Exam Data
Additional Outcome Information
Retention Rates (,pdf)
Graduation Rates (.pdf)
Placement Rates (.pdf)
Costs Associated with the Program
There are extra costs associated with the Ball State University Athletic Training Program once admitted to the professional phase of the program. These costs are in addition to tuition, room and board, and fees charged by the university, and include the following:
Student Resources
The Athletic Training Program Handbook details much of what you need to
know about your major and minor studies. Flip through the pages to find answers
to your questions about classroom and clinical experiences, educational
requirements, suggested timetables for course scheduling, service requirements,
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A BODY found in the New Forest yesterday has this afternoon been confirmed as that of missing teenager Ross Haughey.
The 17-year-old was found yesterday, three days after he failed to return home after leaving to go for a walk on Sunday afternoon.
Police and specialist search volunteers have spent days looking for the Burgate School A-level student across a large swathe of forest land where Ross used to enjoy walking and running.
Yesterday they were joined by dozens of Ross's fellow pupils and teachers from the sixth form who have already spearheaded a massive internet campaign to try and find Ross reaching millions of people.
But the large scale search was halted around 3pm yesterday when a member of the public called 999 to say they had found a body near to Linwood.
Hampshire's air ambulance was called in and could be seen hovering in the distance from Abbotswell car park in Frogham, which had been the base of search operations to find the teenager since the start of the week.
Since the find, Ross's parents Brian and Penny and his older brother Max have had to brace themselves for the worst.
In a statement, his family said: "The tragic news of our much-loved son Ross has devastated our family, relatives and friends. This has been the hardest thing that we have ever had to cope with.
"Ross was quiet, intelligent and had achieved excellent GCSE exam results which he was very proud of. He was doing well in his sixth form A-level studies.
"Ross loved his running and was proud to represent the Hampshire area and also did well in the 10 kilometre runs.
"We were overwhelmed by all the offers of help to search for Ross in the New Forest. We cannot thank everyone enough and would like to send our special thanks to relatives, friends and neighbours, the police and voluntary search crews as well as the Burgate School and sixth form that took part in the search.
"We miss Ross desperately at this time and would ask that you continue to respect our privacy."


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Hey, everyone. If you are interested in trying out gamefly or just want to be able to rent games for free for a month then you can click on my referral link to gain a free month of gamefly. After your month is over if you no longer wish to continue using gamefly you can easily cancel your subscription at any time. You can keep any games you rent for as long as you want and depending on your plan you can either have 1 or 2 games out at a time. The shipping is usually fast and i get my next game that i want within 2 days. All games that are sent out are inspected and made sure to be working so that when you receive your game you will always be able to play it. I have had this service for a little while now and i'm happy with it becuase i dont have to spend money on games or spend 10$ to rent the game i wanted to play.
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From DocWiki
- Performance Routing (PfR) has many features, provides many services and has a great flexibility.
- This page lists the most recent and important news and changes.
As part of the simplification initiative, IOS 15.2(3)T brings a lot of changes. Table below summarizes the changes for load-balancing and resolvers.
|Current Solution
|After 15.2(3)T
|Support utilization and range resolvers
|Remove utilization and range resolvers
|Delay, range, utilization resolvers are the default resolvers
|No default resolver. PfR automatically does load balancing
|Do random resolver for all qualified exits that satisfy the configured criteria
|Do load balancing for all qualified exits that satisfy the configured criteria then random selection
|Cost resolver can be configured with a higher priority than performance resolver in a policy
|No priority option for resolver cost-min. It is always handled after any performance resolver
|Trigger range OOP by comparing the load of an exit to all other exits.
|Trigger range OOP by comparing the load of an exit to all other exits in the same group.
|Check the soft limit before calling the resolver
|Check soft limit of all exits before entering the resolver. If none of exits are below the limit, make selection by ignoring the soft limit.


text: San Diego Comic-Con International, the world's largest pop culture convention, 343 Industries and Microsoft Corp. unveiled the official trailer for "Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn," the landmark live-action digital series based on the best-selling Xbox franchise. The series will be initially distributed worldwide by Machinima, debuting on its new channel, Machinima Prime, as well . . . → Read More: New Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn Trailer Released


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Culinary Institute of the Pacific at Diamond Head striving to meet $5 million matchUniversity of Hawaiʻi
UH Foundation
HONOLULU Plans for the new Culinary Institute of the Pacific at Diamond Head have taken a step forward with the announcement of two new gifts. The Honda Foundation has made a $100,000 gift to support the Culinary Institute of the Pacific Capital Fund. The second significant new gift to support the Culinary Institute of the Pacific Capital Fund is a $100,000 pledge from the Kosasa Foundation.
"With our diverse cultures, fresh agricultural products and phenomenal natural landscape, Hawaiʻi has so much to share with the world," said Donna Vuchinich, president and CEO, University of Hawaiʻi Foundation. "With an advanced culinary training program, our state can become the destination of choice for world class culinary training," Vuchinich continued. "Investment in our culinary programs from donors like the Hondas and the Kosasas are key to our program's ability to fulfill its great potential."
In August 2008 a matching gift opportunity made possible through a $5 million gift from the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation was announced. To date, nearly $8 million in private funding has been raised through the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation gift and additional commitments. A preliminary estimate to build the Culinary Institute of the Pacific at Diamond Head is $32 million.
The world-class advanced culinary institute will be built on the former U.S. Army Fort Ruger Cannon Club site on the northern slope of the Diamond Head monument. The new facilities will occupy 40,000 square feet on 7.8 acres. The project will feature two laboratory buildings, a classroom building, an administrative and faculty office facility and a culinary amphitheater in addition to a world-class restaurant designed to serve the public as well as a training site for culinary students. The buildings will meet Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) standards for environmental sustainability.
"The advanced culinary institute will provide students with affordable, world-class culinary training from top chef instructors from industry and internationally-renown guest chefs," said John Morton, vice president of community colleges. "Not only will this advanced training give our students the sterling education they need to compete in this globally competitive industry, but the State of Hawaiʻi will benefit from qualified, educated workers for the restaurant and hospitality industries. Excellence in these industries will attract discerning visitors, and make Hawaiʻi a culinary destination of distinction."
The University of Hawaiʻi Foundation, a nonprofit organization, raises private funds to support the University of Hawaiʻi System. Our mission is to unite our donors' passions with the University of Hawaiʻi's aspirations to benefit the people of Hawaiʻi and beyond. We do this by raising private philanthropic support, managing private investments and nurturing donor and alumni relationships. Please visit www.uhf.hawaii.edu.The Honda Foundation was established by Paul S. Honda, a retired international trader. An internationalist, philanthropist and community leader, Mr. Honda moved to Hawaiʻi after running his business in New York City for more than 30 years in 1985. The Kosasa Foundation was established in 1994 in Hawaiʻi. The Kosasa Foundation provides support to a wide range of nonprofit organizations in Hawaiʻi, including, but not limited to, the arts, education, children, youth and social services. Established in 1944 by hotel entrepreneur, Conrad N. Hilton, the foundation remained relatively small until his death on January 3, 1979 when it was named the principal beneficiary of his estate. Offices are located in Los Angeles, California and Reno, Nevada. The Foundation, Fund and related entities have total assets of approximately $4.3 billion. Since inception, the Foundation and Fund have awarded nearly $800 million and distributed over $600 million for charitable projects throughout the world. Visit www.hiltonfoundation.org.


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NEW YORK (AP) — A New York City hospital that evacuated hundreds of patients after losing power during Superstorm Sandy has partially reopened.
Officials at NYU Langone Medical Center say about 55 surgeries were being performed Thursday. The Manhattan hospital also has brought back a number of other services, including medical and surgical intensive care.
The emergency room remains shuttered after taking a severe hit when water surged out of the East River and flooded the facility. A temporary urgent care center should be running in a few weeks. The maternity unit, pediatrics and other services are due reopen Jan. 14.
Some 320 patients had to be moved after NYU Langone lost generator power in the storm. The hospital suffered about $1 billion in damage.
Some outpatient facilities have been open since early November.


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Oregon Health & Science University is now recruiting scholars for a two-to-three-year multidisciplinary training program in emergency medicine clinical research. The Oregon Emergency Medicine K12 is a multidisciplinary clinical research program that aims to produce highly qualified emergency medicine researchers with expertise in research fundamentals and the skills required for success as academic clinicians and leaders. By the end of the training period, each scholar will be well-prepared to serve as an independent clinical researcher.
Scholar Benefits:
Scholars will have 75% protected time for up to 3 years to develop their research careers. Training will include a didactic program leading to a Masters of Clinical Research (scholars who already have an equivalent degree will work with their mentor team to develop an individualized course of study); a mentored research experience including designing and conducting research studies, preparing manuscripts, and grant writing, and a tailored professional faculty development experience. Financial support includes partial salary support, plus up to $55,000 per year for tuition and research expenses.
- Scholars should be at the level of assistant professor or higher.
- Be physicians or clinicians with a doctoral degree such as PharmD, DNP, etc. with a demonstrated interest in emergency medicine research. Scholars may come from a variety of backgrounds, including emergency medicine, cardiology, pulmonary/critical care, hematology, trauma surgery, pediatrics, nursing, pharmacy, and others.
- Be citizens or non-citizen nationals of the U.S., or be lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence.
- Not be or have been a Principal Investigator on an R01 or R21 award or on a component of a Program Project (P01), Center grant (P50, P60, or U54), mentored career development (K-series) grant, or other equivalent research grant awards.
To Apply:
Email your curriculum vitae and a brief description (one page or less) of your career goals and research objectives by September 4, 2012 to:
Program Administrator: Tahroma Alligood, MPH – 503 494-4566
Principal Investigator and Director: Robert A. Lowe, MD MPH
OHSU and this program's faculty are committed to the recruitment, training, and retention of individuals from diverse backgrounds without discrimination based on gender, race, or ethnicity.
Check out other recent funding opportunites form this week's Funding Alerts.


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Management Policies and Medium-term Management Goals
Basic Management Policies
As stated in our corporate commitment, "Clarion strives to improve society by seeking to develop the relationship between sound, information and human interaction, and by creating products to meet those needs" and carries out activities accordingly.
During the previous fiscal year, Clarion was adversely affected by the significant impact of a shift from luxury cars to smaller sized cars ("kei" category cars) and compact cars in the automobile industry as well as by plunging sales prices due to excess supply in the aftermarket and slumping sales.
Amid these drastic changes in the business environment surrounding the Clarion Group, we are striving to build a solid foundation for future growth by making sure to take advantage of these fastevolving shifts in the market structure and business environment as well as by cultivating new regions and product domains from the three-dimensional (3D) perspectives of "products", "geographical regions" and "customers".
Targeted Management Indicators
The Clarion Group emphasizes consolidated operations in order to enhance corporate value, and accordingly, promotes greater consolidated earnings power and consolidated cash flow management.
The Group aims to achieve its goals of consolidated net sales of ¥230,000 million and a consolidated operating income margin of 5% or higher in the fiscal year ending March 31, 2016.
Issues to Be Addressed
The automobile industry has witnessed dramatic changes in the business environment, most notably the emergence of smartphones, the entry of participants from the IT industry and a transition in emphasis from hardware to software. In addition, changes in market structure have also become increasingly evident. Amid this market environment, Clarion aims for quantitative sales of its traditional commoditized products and for an expansion of new product domains that lead to increases in earnings. Additionally, we will consider what types of products to provide to which customers in which regions based on the 3D perspectives of "products", "geographical regions" and "customers". Accordingly, we will further promote our 3D strategy for allocating resources.
In the fiscal year ending March 31, 2014, we expect that the shift toward smaller sized cars by our major customers will accelerate and that sales conditions will become increasingly severe not only in the original equipment manufacturer (OEM) market but also in aftermarkets. Under these circumstances, Clarion has initiated emergency projects to curb fixed costs through enhanced development efficiency while at the same time making continuous efforts to reduce material costs and other variable costs aimed at securing earnings.
As our business environment undergoes marked changes with each passing year, we will fulfill our corporate social responsibilities as a member of the Hitachi Group and aim to achieve growth as a company that is truly needed by society.


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Whether it's pushing popcorn at a local cinema or flipping burgers beneath the Golden Arches, we've all had a crappy job at some point. It's an important life stage; making you appreciate a hard day's graft, letting you learn that the customer is always right (even when they are pushy, impatient, jumped-up dickheads), and helping you realise that YOU'VE GOT TO ESCAPE YOUR DEAD END LIFE BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE.
It's not helped along at all by the frankly embarrassing uniforms that you're almost guaranteed to be forced to wear. When working in a local cinema chain for example, I had to wear a red short-sleeve shirt that, despite being a size small, would also have served Peter Kay perfectly as a one-man tent come festival season.
Which makes today's announcement from, of all places, McDonald's, quite interesting. The fast-food chain have enlisted the help of top designers Wayne Hemingway and Bruce Oldfield to help them create a new uniform line for their employees in time for the Olympics.
Spearheaded by McDonald's exec Jez Langorne (who remembers with a tear in his eye the pain of donning the company garb in his early junior employee days), the line has been inspired by a 60s look, jumping on the Mad Men cultural bandwagon a bit.
So, fleeces, cheque shirts, polo tops and squat-peaked caps with the usual MaccyD's coffee and yellow colour scheme will be in, with male managers sporting skinny ties while females get pencil skirts. Old issue plastic aprons will also be recycled, being greenly turned into new staff clothing.
So what do you think of Hemingway and Oldfield's efforts? Enough to make you WANT a McJob? Let us know in the comments below. We'll throw a Happy Meal toy in for the best response…


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With Help From Terry Richardson, Madonna Shows How Hot She Is At 55
Madonna's fire cannot be doused. The pop icon posed in front of Terry Richardson's infamous lens for the newest issue of Harper's Bazaar, which is on shelves now. While the shoot isn't quite as raunchy (or invasive) as the one he did with 20-year-old Miley Cyrus, the 55-year-old wasn't afraid to show a little skin and show us that she's still got it. To see even more shots, head over to Terry's Diary, but flip through for a sneak peek of the shoot here.
Photo Credit: TerrysDiary.com


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Older News » Back to school tax refundsLast updated 10:54 AM on 15 September 2011
Parents are encouraged to keep their receipts from education related expenses to take advantage of a federal government initiative.
The Education Tax Refund (ETR) provides parents with refunds of 50% on a range of primary and secondary school education expenses.
Parents can receive refunds of up to $375 per primary school student and $750 per secondary school student.
A family with two kids in high school and one in primary school could potentially get a refund of almost $2,000 on eligible education expenses.
Items you can claim
Parents can claim the cost of buying, establishing, repairing and maintaining any of the following items:
- school textbooks and other printed learning material, including prescribed textbooks, associated learning materials, study guides and stationery
- prescribed trade tools for secondary school trade courses
- laptop computers and home computers
- computer-related equipment such as printers, USB flash drives, as well as disability aids to assist in the use of computer equipment for students with special needs
- home internet connections
- computer software for educational use.
Items you can't claim
The types of items you can't claim include:
- school fees
- school uniform expenses
- tutoring costs
- sporting equipment
- musical instruments.
Families can claim the ETR if they have eligible education expenses and received Family Tax Benefit (FTB) Part A for the child that the expenses relate to.
Families are also eligible if they have children in primary or secondary school who would be eligible for FTB Part A purposes, but for the fact that the child receives certain payments or allowances, including:
- Youth Allowance
- Disability Support Pension
- ABSTUDY Living Allowance
- the Veterans. Children Education Scheme
- Student Financial Supplement Scheme
- the scheme to provide education and training under s258 of the Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004.
For more information visit the Education Tax Refund website.