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Last August, Atlus's Japanese branch announced their first HD title, Catherine, which was released earlier this month in Japan. The company's North American branch has remained tight-lipped about any localization plans, however. This might be changing with a new teaser e-mail just sent out.
With all the coverage and interest it has recieved in the West, I'd be surprised if they DIDN'T release it here, tbh.


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By Arshad Mohammed
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Monday he is trying to break down mistrust on both sides of the "festering" conflict between Israelis and Palestinians and would not rush into a new peace process.
Making his third visit to the region in less than three weeks, Kerry met Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in Ramallah on Sunday night had dinner with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday night.
"I am intensely focused on this issue ... because it is vital, really, to American interests and to regional interests to try to advance the peace process and because this festering absence of peace is used by groups everywhere to recruit and encourage extremism," Kerry told reporters traveling with him.
While Kerry gave no details of his talks, Palestinian officials said he had revisited a 2002 Arab League proposal that offered full Arab recognition of Israel if it gave up land seized in a 1967 war and accepted a "just solution" for Palestinian refugees.
"The U.S. discussed a renewal of the initiative from the Arab League's part," Abbas aide Nimr Hammad told Reuters.
Encouraged by Kerry's Middle East trip, an Arab ministerial committee on the peace process decided to send a delegation to Washington on April 29 to push for reviving peace talks stalled since 2010, Arab League chief Nabil Elaraby said.
"The mood of the meeting was very optimistic in light of Kerry's visit to the region and we hope that means that the U.S. would support the Palestinian people," an Arab diplomat told Reuters in Doha after the talks attended by Abbas.
Rejected by Israel when it was originally proposed at a Beirut summit in 2002, the plan has major hurdles to overcome.
Israel objects to key points, including a return to 1967 borders, the inclusion of Arab East Jerusalem in a Palestinian state and the return Palestinian refugees to what is now Israel.
Kerry said he was trying to chip away at the mutual mistrust that has built up during the conflict, whose main issues include borders, the status of Jewish settlements on the West Bank, the fate of Palestinian refugees and the status of Jerusalem.
"One of the reasons for these early interventions is to get right at the issue of mistrust," Kerry told reporters traveling with him. "I am convinced that we can break that down but I am not going to do it under ... time limits.
"This process should not be rushed subject to some sort of external time limit or artificial process because it's too important," he added. "So I am having discussions about those steps that would get at this issue of mistrust."
Kerry said in addition to easing the mutual suspicion that has built up during the more-than-six-decade conflict, he is also looking at ways to bolster the economies of the region, something he believes could improve the climate for peace.
Economic prospects for Palestinians in the West Bank are limited by Israeli restrictions on trade, and the Palestinian government is deeply dependent on foreign aid and bank credit to pay its bills. Help from abroad has plunged in recent years.
Kerry provided no details, however, on precisely how he hoped to revive Israeli-Palestinian peace talks, which collapsed in late 2010 amid a disagreement over Israeli settlement construction on land it seized during a 1967 war.
The Palestinians want the land to establish their own state.
"There is a quiet strategy, which I intend to keep quiet ... in order to have the best chance of trying to get something moving," Kerry said.
Aaron David Miller, a former State Department official now at the Wilson Center think tank in Washington, said in an emailed comment Kerry should not push for speedy talks without agreed terms of reference, guidelines, and a code of conduct.
"After two decades of failed talks, violence, broken trust, negotiations without direction are not just a key to an empty room, they're destructive and harmful," Miller said. "No negotiations are better than dishonest ones."
Hammad, the Palestinian official, said Israel wanted to modify the Saudi-inspired Arab League Initiative so that it took "the form of a regional cooperation or security" accord, saying this was not acceptable to the Palestinians.
Israel is wary of the Arab plan partly because it would entail handing back the Syrian Golan Heights, as well as re-dividing Jerusalem, of which Israel annexed the captured Arab eastern part of the city after the 1967 Middle East War.
Most Israeli politicians also oppose the return of Palestinian refugees to what is now the Jewish state and want to hold on to major settlement blocs in the occupied West Bank.
A senior State Department official who asked not to be named denied Kerry had suggested modifying the Arab initiative.
(Additional Reporting by Noah Browning in Ramallah, Crispian Balmer in Jerusalem and Amena Bakr in Doha; Writing By Arshad Mohammed and Crispian Balmer; Editing by Michael Roddy)

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General Practice, Solo & Small Firm Division
The Indian Child Welfare Act
The need for a separate law
B.J. Jones is litigation director for Dakota Plains Legal Services, which provides legal assistance to the indigent residents of eight South Dakota and North Dakota Indian reservations and their adjoining counties. He is author of The Indian Child Welfare Act Handbook (ABA Family Law Section, 1995).
Because few federal laws govern the disposition of state court cases involving adoption, guardianship, and abuse and neglect, the existence of the Indian Child Welfare Act (25 U.S.C. 1901 et seq.) may come as a surprise to lawyers handling Indian child custody cases for the first time.
The Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA), which was adopted by Congress in 1978, applies to child custody proceedings in state courts involving "Indian" children--children of Native American ancestry. The provisions of the ICWA represent a dramatic departure from the procedural and substantive laws that most states have enacted to govern child custody proceedings. Because Indian children are treated uniquely in the legal system, and because there is an increasing number of court proceedings involving Indian children, the need for lawyers to understand the ICWA is fast becoming imperative. (Since the ICWA was enacted, more than 250 state and federal court decisions have been rendered.)
Ensuring a Future
A look at history reveals why Congress determined a special law was needed to protect the rights of Indian children and their parents. Before 1978, as many as 25 to 35 percent of the Indian children in certain states were removed from their homes and placed in non-Indian homes by state courts, welfare agencies, and private adoption agencies. Non-Indian judges and social workers--failing to appreciate traditional Indian child-rearing practices--perceived day-to-day life in the children's Indian homes as contrary to the children's best interests.
In Minnesota, for example, an average of one of every four Indian children younger than age one was removed from his or her Indian home and adopted by a non-Indian couple. A number of these children were taken from their homes simply because a paternalistic state system failed to recognize traditional Indian culture and expected Indian families to conform to non-Indian ways.
Other children were removed because of the overwhelming poverty their families were facing. Although, admittedly, poverty creates obstacles to child rearing, it was used by some state entities as evidence of neglect and, therefore, grounds for taking children from their homes.
It was not only the high number of children being removed from their homes, but also the fact that 85 to 90 percent of them were being placed with non-Indians that caught the attention of Congress. Congress was actively promoting the continued viability of Indian nations as separate sovereigns and cultures at that time. By enacting the substantive placement preferences in ICWA--which require that Indian children, once removed, be placed in homes that reflect their unique traditional values (25 U.S.C. 1915)--Congress was acknowledging that no nation or culture can flourish if its youngest members are removed. The act was intended by Congress to protect the integrity of Indian tribes and ensure their future.
When Does the ICWA Apply?
The ICWA applies to four types of Indian child custody proceedings:
- Foster care placements. The ICWA applies to the temporary removal of an Indian child from his or her home, for placement in a foster home or institution, when the parent or Indian custodian (defined as an Indian person with custody of the child under tribal or state law or who has the child pursuant to a parental placement) cannot regain custody upon demand (25 U.S.C. 1903(1)). The latter provision exempts ICWA application from voluntary religious or school placements, as well as voluntary placements with private or public agencies where the parent or custodian can regain custody at any time. However, the ICWA would apply to a guardianship in which a child is placed with a nonparent, as this fits the definition of a foster care placement.
Be aware that certain state courts have limited the applicability of the ICWA by holding that the law does not apply to proceedings involving the removal of an Indian child from a non-Indian family; for example, a case that involves an Indian child raised by a non-Indian mother. Known as the "existing Indian family" exception, this exception has generated some controversy. Refer to your own state's laws to determine its status in your state.
- Termination of certain parental rights. The ICWA applies to any proceeding that may result in the termination of the parental rights of the Indian child's parents or the custodial rights of the child's Indian custodian, including stepparent adoption proceedings and delinquency proceedings that lead to an attempt to terminate parental rights. (These generally are not governed by the ICWA.)
- Pre-adoption placements.
- Adoption placements. The ICWA applies to proceedings that lead up to and culminate in the adoption of an Indian child. It imposes an obligation on both public and private adoption agencies to comply with its provisions.
The ICWA does not apply to custody disputes between divorcing parents or custody disputes related to any other proceedings, nor does it apply to delinquency proceedings involving an Indian child who has committed an act that would constitute a crime if it were committed by an adult (except where the state is using the delinquent act as the gravamen for termination of a parental rights petition). However, it would apply if the act committed by the child did not constitute a crime, e.g., an act of truancy or incorrigibility.
To apply the provisions of the ICWA to a particular child custody proceeding, the court must first determine that the child is an Indian. Much litigation has ensued over this distinction. The ICWA defines "Indian child" as a child who is a member of a federally recognized Indian tribe, or is eligible for membership in such a tribe and the biological child of a member (25 U.S.C. 1903(4)). Parties to a state court proceeding must defer to Indian tribes on questions of membership.
There are a variety of ways Indian tribes determine membership, ranging from blood quantum requirements to residency requirements; no set formula applies to all tribes. At present, there are more than four hundred Indian tribes and Alaskan native villages that are recognized by the U.S. Department of the Interior and, therefore, governed by the provisions of the ICWA. (A list is published annually in the Federal Register.) Children who are members of Canadian tribes or tribes that have state-government recognition only are not governed by the act.
Procedural Recognition
The provisions of the ICWA require that lawyers adhere to numerous specific procedures. First and foremost, because the act vests Indian tribal courts with exclusive jurisdiction over Indian children who live on Indian reservations (25 U.S.C. 1911(a)), state courts, with limited exceptions, cannot exercise jurisdiction over child custody proceedings that involve such children or children whose custodial parents were living on a reservation immediately prior to a foster care or adoption placement. These types of proceedings must be adjudicated through the tribal court of the relevant tribe.
If the Indian child lives off the reservation, the state court may exercise jurisdiction over the child custody proceeding, but the party invoking the state court's jurisdiction must comply with certain procedures: If the proceeding involves the involuntary removal of a child, the petitioning party must notify the Indian child's tribe and the Department of the Interior by certified mail of the pendency of the state court action if the party knows or has reason to believe that the child is Indian.
When a child's tribal affiliation is unknown, the party must notify all tribes that may have some connection to the child as well as the Department of the Interior, which may have information that would help determine the child's tribal status. If the proceeding is voluntary--e.g., the mother is voluntarily seeking to terminate her rights so she can place the child for adoption--notice may not be necessary; need will be dictated by the court decisions of that particular jurisdiction.
In situations where notice is required, notice must be completed at least ten days before the state proceedings may advance and it must apprise the tribe of: its unconditional right to intervene in the state court proceeding, its right to examine all relevant documents, and its right to request that the start of the proceeding be delayed. Notice also must inform the tribe of its right, and the right of the child's parent(s) or Indian custodian, to request a transfer of the proceedings to the tribal court. The law requires that state courts grant such requests except when one of the following occurs: one of the parents objects to the transfer, the tribal court declines the transfer, or the state court finds good cause not to transfer.
Much of the case law interpreting the ICWA has arisen from situations in which one of the parties to a state court child custody proceeding claims "good cause" for not transferring the case to a tribal court. Although "good cause" is not defined under the law, its meaning is made somewhat clear in the guidelines for state courts enacted by the Department of the Interior (44 Fed. Reg. No. 228, p. 67584 (Nov. 26, 1979)). The guidelines state that a party opposing a transfer to tribal court has the burden of showing good cause by clear and convincing evidence.
Examples of good cause grounds to deny a transfer request include: the absence of a tribal court for the tribe in which the Indian child is a member, an objection by the Indian child to a transfer (if he or she is older than age 12), a history of minimal contact between the child and the Indian tribe and reservation, a situation in which the request for transfer is not timely and the proceedings are at an advanced stage, and evidence that a transfer would impose hardship on the parties and witnesses because of the distance to the tribal court (forum non conveniens ground).
In addition, some state courts have adopted a "contrary to the best interest of the child" standard when deliberating a transfer request--even though such a standard is not included in the law or guidelines--and have invoked it as grounds to deny a transfer when the Indian child has already "bonded" to his or her foster caretaker(s). (Be aware that some other state courts have condemned the use of this standard to deny a transfer.)
More Procedures
Whatever the reason, if transfer to a tribal court is denied and the case remains in state court, various other procedural protections of the ICWA will apply. For example, a party attempting to achieve the involuntary foster-care placement of an Indian child must establish, by showing clear and convincing evidence, that: (1) an active effort has been made to provide remedial and rehabilitative services to the child's family and that it was unsuccessful, and (2) continued custody by the parent(s) or Indian custodian likely will result in serious emotional or physical damage to the child.
The latter showing must be supported by the testimony of one or more "qualified" expert witnesses, persons who have substantial knowledge of traditional Indian child-rearing practices or substantial experience working with Indian children. In states with small Indian populations, finding such a person may be problematic, but the alternative--allowing the child's future to ride on the opinion of experts who may be ignorant and, therefore, biased against Indian parents--is more problematic.
When the petitioning party's objective is the termination of parental rights to an Indian child, the party has the burden of demonstrating beyond a reasonable doubt that serious emotional or physical harm will befall the child if parental rights are not terminated, and that active efforts to provide remedial and rehabilitative services have been unsuccessful. Again, the findings must be supported by the testimony of a qualified expert witness, one who is versed in the ways of traditional Indian child-rearing practices.
Voluntary Placements and Adoptions
In recognition that a substantial number of Indian children have been removed from their homes under the guise of "voluntary placements," the ICWA regulates the voluntary placement of Indian children and the voluntary termination of parental rights for adoptions. Its stringent requirements on parties who seek voluntary placements represent an attempt to abolish a longtime pattern by many public and private agencies of abusing the rights of Indian parents.
The act mandates that the valid placement of an Indian child in foster care, or the valid termination of parental rights, requires the consent of the Indian parent in writing before a judge of competent jurisdiction (either a state court judge, if the child is domiciled off the reservation, or a tribal court judge) who certifies that he or she has explained to the parent the consequences of his or her actions in a language the parent understands, or has had the consent translated into a language the parent understands.
A consent to the termination of parental rights cannot be executed until after the child is ten days old. If the consent is not obtained pursuant to the provisions of the ICWA, the termination will not be legal. The party obtaining custody will be barred from invoking a state court's jurisdiction to further place the child and the child will be ordered returned to the parent, unless returning the child would subject him or her to immediate danger.
An Indian parent or custodian can revoke his or her consent at any time during the foster care placement and before the decree of termination or adoption has been entered. After doing so, he or she will be entitled to the automatic return of custody of the child. In the case of an adoption, however, if the court has already entered an order accepting the voluntary termination of parental rights, the parent cannot revoke his or her consent. In cases where an Indian child has been in the home of an Indian custodian, not only must there be a termination of the parental rights, but also a termination of the custodial rights before the adoption will be legal.
Placement Provisions
A second, and equally important, goal of Congress in enacting the ICWA was to ensure the placement of Indian children in homes that would reflect the unique values of Indian culture. This was achieved by the placement provisions of the ICWA, which govern both voluntary and involuntary placements of Indian children and define placement preferences that public and private agencies must follow. (Note that Indian tribes are permitted under the ICWA to change the order of the act's placement preferences, so you must investigate with each tribe you encounter the order of its particular preference scheme.)
According to the ICWA, when an Indian child is placed in foster care, the placement agency or party must place the child--in the absence of good cause to deviate--with: (1) a member of the Indian child's extended family (including non-Indian members of the family), (2) a foster home licensed or approved by the child's tribe, (3) an Indian foster home licensed or approved by a non-Indian agency or authority, or (4) an institution for children that has the approval of an Indian tribe.
To determine which placement option best meets the intent of the ICWA, the placement agency must consider the need to approximate the child's family setting as closely as possible, to keep the child as near as possible to his or her family's home, and to place the child in the least restrictive environment.
When an Indian child is placed for adoption, the ICWA requires that, in the absence of good cause to deviate, the child should be placed with: (1) a member of his or her extended family, (2) other members of his or her tribe, or (3) other Indian families. In this situation, too, it is necessary to determine whether the tribe involved has altered the standard preference scheme.
In either a foster care or adoption placement, if the party advocating a deviation from the placement preferences demonstrates good cause to deviate, the state court can sanction a placement that does not conform to the standard placement criteria.
The Department of the Interior's guidelines for state courts lists the following as examples of good grounds to deviate: (1) a request to deviate that comes from the biological parents or the child (provided he or she is of "sufficient" age), (2) extraordinary physical or emotional needs of the child (as established by qualified expert testimony), and (3) the determination--after a diligent search for a family that meets the placement preferences--that a "suitable" family is not available.
Is It Working?
The standard by which any law should be judged is whether it has achieved its stated legislative objective. The ICWA was enacted to prevent the continued removal by state agencies, courts, and private agencies of large numbers of Indian children from their families and--equally important--their culture.
At the very minimum, the existence of the act has brought attention to the unique needs of Indian children and provided state agencies and judges with a valuable, cross-cultural educational tool. Although the removal of Indian children from their homes continues to occur at an alarming rate, the ICWA mandates a process that, if adhered to over time, will eventually ensure the survival of Indian tribes and cultures well into the future.


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Did you ever forget a password? We forget them all the time.
There are several programs that will save your passwords and other critical private information � and they promise to be uncrackable too. We dutifully try as many as come in, and have come to the conclusion that you can do just as well on your own.
There's no such thing as a password that can't be cracked; there's harder and easier, but not invulnerable. Then there's the matter of trust. If you send all your passwords and financial data to a supposedly secure service, how do you know they won't use them? We're not really paranoid, but we do like to question things.
For instance cybertheft, as it's called, meaning using a computer to steal, is estimated at anywhere from $100 billion to $1 trillion a year, and growing faster than any other type of crime. That's a really wide range. What does it mean? It means nobody knows. And nobody knows how to count it. If someone steals a new design for a computer chip, an aircraft, a weapon system, a chemical formula, what is the dollar value of that? How do you calculate it?
The number on money and financial thefts is hugely understated. Whatever number you read for that, just automatically multiply it by two to 10. Why? Because banks and other financial institutions hardly ever report such thefts. After all, displaying your vulnerability is never good for business.
The amount of money and other losses is so large, the profit so great, you have to ask, why not crack into a company or program that promises to protect that information. In fact, why not start your own, and offer free or low-cost services. We doubt we're the first to ever think of this possibility.
So, do you trust yourself? Because if you do, why not make your own password protection? Joy puts her passwords in a simple Microsoft Word file and uses Word to encrypt it. (You could also make it a hidden file.) If she forgets a password � and who doesn't? � she can just call up the Word file and get it.
Bob uses the KISS method: Keep It Simple, Stupid. Almost every website he goes to is given the same password, something like "T42." Lots of sites demand six or more characters in your password. OK, how about "124C41," the famous Sci-Fi title by Hugo Gernsback. Say it out loud to get the meaning.
Finally, you can always write down a list or print one out. Put the piece of paper in a book. You only have to remember the book.
What prompted all this examination of password protection was trying out a program called Dashlane. It has received lots of publicity, all of it full of praise. Our experience: not so good.
Dashlane saves passwords and has an automatic log-in and form filler. Go to a password-protected website you have signed into before and boom, you're logged in and any required forms are filled out. It also keeps track of your credit cards and online purchases. This is what it promises to do, even though we don't think we want someone to have all our credit card information � even if it's protected by a master password that only we know.
Dashlane promised to be uncrackable by any bad guys. That turned out to be the problem. The security feature is what messed us up. It goes like this: Tap the "security" button and up comes a list of insecure and over-used passwords. Most of ours fell into this category. So we complied and changed a whole bunch of them. That's where everything went wrong. The next time we wanted to check email on our Android phone away from home, we couldn't log on. We couldn't remember our new password and Dashlane wasn't installed on the phone. So we went to the app store to get Dashlane, but we couldn't install any new apps without a password. It was a classic catch 22. The program didn't tell us to install the Dashlane app on all our devices before changing any passwords, so we were up some kind of creek without a paddle.
"Why the U.S. STEM Initiative Shouldn't Ignore Computer Science" is a fascinating "infographic," (a pictorial presentation of statistics) from the New Jersey Institute of Technology. We've shortened the long Web address to just "tinyurl.com/USlag." The chart shows that 150,000 new computing jobs will need to be filled every year for the next 10 years. In five years, there will be three times as many computer science jobs as applicants, yet nine out of 10 elementary and high schools offer no programming classes. Ironically, computer science is one of the top five highest paid college degrees.


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Jun 11, 2009 at 2:13 pm
Excellent taste in rides,MOPAR your eaither with us or behind us lol...
Jan 14, 2008 at 6:24 pm
Great looking garage. 5's on the Power Wagon. Real sharp. Good luck with all of them.
Sep 26, 2007 at 7:36 am
lol thanks for the coments!


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Ryan Lochte and Melani Costa-Schmid earned silver medals during the first day of competition at the 15th FINA World Championships in Barcelona.
BARCELONA — Former Gator greats Ryan Lochte and Melani Costa-Schmid picked up silver medals during the first day of competition at the 15th FINA World Championships in Barcelona, Spain. Over the course of the eight-day meet, four current and four former Gator swimmers representing five different countries are contesting for international titles.
Lochte, an 11-time Olympic medalist and Gator swimmer from 2002-06, captured his 20th World Championship medal overall after the 4x100 free relay team of Nathan Adrian, Lochte, Anthony Ervin and James Feigen posted a second-place swim of 3:11.42. With four individual events left on his slate, Lochte has a chance to continue his dominance after notching five Olympic medals at the 2012 games in London.
Costa-Schmid, a 2008 and 2012 Spanish Olympian who competed for UF from 2008-10, cruised into the finals of the 400-meter freestyle with a time of 4:04.20. In front of a home and raucous crowd, Costa-Schmid shattered her earlier performance and touched in second with a time of 4:02.47 for new Spanish long course and Gator long course records.
The silver medal finish gave Costa-Schmid her first long course World Championship medal and her second medal in the 400 freestyle in the past eight months after securing gold at the 2012 World Short Course Championships. Her performance gave Spain its second World Championships medal.
Junior Elizabeth Beisel qualified for the semifinals of the 200 individual medley after cruising to a heat three victory out of lane six with a time of 2:11.16, which was nearly a second faster than her swim at U.S. Nationals. In the semifinals, she registered a mark of 2:11.69 and placed 12th overall. Beisel will next compete in the 400 IM, an event in which she won at the 2011 World championships and took silver at the 2012 Olympics, on the last day of competition.
Jemma Lowe qualified for the 100 butterfly semifinal with a swim of 58.38 in prelims. In the evening session, Lowe clocked in a 58.46 to finish ninth overall and one spot away from a finals swim.
Conor Dwyer anchored the 400-meter freestyle relay in the morning session and helped the group head into the finals seeded first after a mark of 3:11.69.
In Monday's competition, freshman Sinead Russell will compete in the 100 backstroke, junior Hilda Luthersdottir will swim the 100 breast and Locthe will be joined by Dwyer in the 200 freestyle.
Morning heats will begin at 4 a.m. Semifinals and finals will start at noon.


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Dr. Tin Nguyen explains the Cardiac Risk Assist smartphone app he developed. Photos by Cliff Hollis
GREENVILLE, N.C. (Feb. 24, 2014) — Last fall when the American Heart Association issued new
to help doctors teach their patients about their risks of developing cardiovascular disease – accompanied by a bulky computer spreadsheet calculator -- one ECU physician thought he had a better idea.
So he created his own free smartphone app that makes assessing patients' risk as simple as tapping a screen.
Cardiac Risk Assist
is designed by Dr. Tin Nguyen, a second-year internal medicine resident and former computer engineer. It takes the newest risk assessments and recommendations from the American Heart Association, unveiled in November and previously accessible only through the
computer spreadsheet
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The app is aimed at primary care physicians to help them explain to patients how changing behaviors, such as stopping smoking or reducing cholesterol, can help them reduce their risk of developing cardiovascular disease. It also recommends whether starting a statin drug will benefit patients and has information about various statins for reference.
Dr. Deepa Kabirdas, an ECU cardiologist and assistant professor, said she and Nguyen were talking about the AHA guidelines and its spreadsheet after the guidelines were released. They agreed the spreadsheet was hard to use.
"I told (Nguyen) 'I wish there was an app for this,'" she said. "We discussed it in our clinic on Friday, and Monday morning he showed us the preliminary app."
To create his simpler way for doctors to help their patients, Nguyen bought an Apple laptop computer on a November Friday and taught himself to program it over the weekend. By the following Tuesday, he had finished the app, and he submitted it to Apple's iTunes app store the next day.
"Trying to get something that's going to help improve stroke and heart attack outcomes and get it to physicians around the world," Nguyen said was the motivation for creating the app.
Nguyen made the app free. "If we can improve these things, it's going to help patients' lives," he said. "It's not about the money. It's about getting it out and making it accessible."
Dr. Jennifer G. Robinson, a professor and heart disease specialist at the University of Iowa College of Public Health, is one of the physicians Nguyen consulted while creating the app to get their ideas for making it better, simpler and easier to use.
"Tin's app is a well-designed, handy, easy-to-use tool that will help doctors better take care of patients," Robinson said in an email. "The app lets the doctor estimate the risk of heart attack/stroke/death in the next years. Using this information the doctor and the patient can then discuss whether the patient should start a statin to reduce that risk of heart attack/stroke/death. The app is also a memory aid that includes the recommendations from the 2013 (American College of Cardiology)/AHA cholesterol guidelines."
Nguyen hopes to enter a cardiology fellowship once he completes his residency training. He might also keep making apps.
"Doing little things to make (patients) feel better, it's very rewarding," he said.
Cardiac Risk Assist is available for iPhones on the iTunes App Store. A version for Android phones, published by the American College of Cardiology and called the ASCVD Risk Estimator, is available at Google Play. Both are free.
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At the risk of sounding like Chicken Little, I am going to describe the economic situation in plain English. The United States is flirting with a low-grade depression, one that may last for years unless the government takes decisive action to overcome it. This would most likely be depression with a small d, not the financial collapse and "grapes of wrath" devastation Americans experienced during the Great Depression of the 1930s. But the potential consequences, especially for the less affluent and the young, would be severe enough–a long interlude of sputtering stagnation, years of tepid growth and stubbornly high unemployment, punctuated occasionally with a renewed recession. Depression means an economy that is stuck in a ditch and cannot get out, unable to regain its normal energies for expansion. Japan, second-largest economy in the world, has been in this condition for roughly twelve years, following the collapse of its own financial bubble. If the same fate has befallen the United States, the globalized economy is imperiled, too, since America's market for imports and its huge trade deficits keep the global trading system afloat.
Most authorities, I should add, do not regard any of this as likely. The great difficulty for policy-makers is that this doesn't much feel like a crisis–not yet anyway, for most Americans. So where's the urgency to undertake radical remedies? Some of Wall Street's best forecasters, for instance, are predicting 4 percent US growth in the second half of 2003. But Japan experienced false recoveries, too. Nobody knows what will unfold if nothing is done, but the consequences of waiting to find out could be horrendous for the broad ranks of Americans. When the US economy corrects for its excesses, it is always the innocents who are led to the slaughter first. Even if the odds are only one in four that the worst will happen (as the Dallas Federal Reserve Bank president recently estimated), it seems reckless to gamble. Taking strong measures now would be messy and disruptive to regular order (maybe wasteful if they aren't needed), but in the present circumstances that would seem more prudent than a false optimism that lamely repeats that the "good times" are right around the corner.
A depression can be read as a "market signal" of a dysfunctional economy that requires fundamental restructuring. Japan learned this the hard way. In this case, such a signal may be flashing the need for deep changes both in the American economic system and the world's. Surely it is not too soon for Americans to ask themselves what might be out of whack and how to correct things–starting with their own much-celebrated economy.
I asked a financial economist at a major US hedge fund where the United States appears to be at this point. "We are in the second or third year of what Japan has gone through," he surmised. How much longer might this go on? "Another ten years," he said, "if you think about Japan, another ten years."
The good news, so to speak, is that the Federal Reserve is on the case. At least Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan and colleagues now acknowledge that the gravest danger lurking in this situation is a general deflation of prices, and they promise to make sure that doesn't happen. For many months, Greenspan and other governors dismissed the growing anxieties expressed in financial circles by describing the chances of deflation as "extremely small" and "quite unlikely." After the indexes for wholesale and consumer prices both fell in April, the Fed dropped those reassuring phrases. The chairman instead announced that pre-emptive actions may be needed to head off the threat. Declining prices, if they persist generally, create a vicious spiral of negatives–falling profits, more closed factories, shrinking employment and incomes, accompanied by waves of failing debtors, both corporations and families. In short, a far larger calamity than stagnation.


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I will! But I need to focus my time and energy on more vegetables and salads. I assume that many of you have viewed enough of those recipes, and we are all seeing the newspaper ads for gym membership. I'm expecting the Weight Watchers Police to come pounding at my door, any minute.
Dorothy", who played a large part in the smooth operation of that restaurant. My handsome cousin (who passed away at a very young age) was the Maitre d' and very knowledgeable wine sommelier. Sadly, the restaurant closed two months before our planned wedding, that was scheduled for New Year's Day of 2004. The Old Bath House fell victim to politics with the city of Pacific Grove and an ADA lawsuit settlement. The cost of remodeling, to meet the compliance laws was so costly, that the owner closed the restaurant. The restaurant, to this day, sits empty against the spectaclar backdrop of Lover's Point. It has been a loss to so many loyal customers of this fine establishment. My friends, Dorothy, plans to write a cookbook with the recipes that we loved so much-- their Lobster Bisque Soup (I know the "secret" ingredient) and this salad.
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Fortunately, I can buy beautiful Spring Mix salads at Costco, that is locally grown. The dressing is a simple Balsamic Vinaigrette-- my favorite. To make it, just remember that the ratio of balsamic vinegar and extra virgin olive oil is 3 parts oil to 1 part vinegar. To bind the dressing, I use a little Dijon mustard. That's it!
We love this salad!
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As the longest-published, most successful educational game of all time, The Oregon Trail has blazed a path for the use of video games in learning. Three student teachers, Don Rawitsch, Bill Heinemann, and Paul Dillenberger, created The Oregon Trail in 1971 to help Minnesota schoolchildren learn American History. First programmed on a primitive teletype printer, the game challenged students to assume the role of Western settlers crossing the continent on the way to the Pacific coast. Players had to choose which items to bring, how fast to travel, and what to do when food ran low or disease struck. When Rawitsch joined the Minnesota Educational Computer Consortium (MECC) in 1974, he brought along the code for the game and MECC developed a version for distribution to schools—first in Minnesota and then around the United States. The game has been widely available ever since, appearing on every major computing platform, from mainframes to smartphones. In the 1970s and 1980s, when computing access was rare, The Oregon Trail not only instructed players in American history but also introduced them to computers. The more than 65 million copies of the game that have been sold testify to the game's appealing story and fun play. The Oregon Trail is perhaps the oldest continuously available video game ever made, but more importantly, it pioneered a blend of learning and play that showcases the valuable contribution games can make to education. This game is part of The Strong's MECC Collection and was donated by Dale LaFrenz, co-founder of MECC and CEO from 1986 to 1996.
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ertyu wrote:Magellen Meridian Platinum's have been spotted at Walmart on clearance for $180.
Pretty good deal on an older top of the line model.
And it plays MP3s.
Also available is the Lowrance iFinder H20 which is pretty much the same unit, minus the music for $179.
I was very impressed with GPS Central -- I placed the order at around 7:30pm, and had an email back from a real person in less than 5 minutes, and had the package in my mailbox in less than 2 days.
The Lowrance seems like a nice unit -- quick to get a lock, and a nice, easy to read display, easy to navigate (if a bit too extensive) menus. My only issue is it's size, as I'm used to a tiny Geko. But it's comparable to most other GPSrs I've seen.
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Heard on the radio SIR (pretty sure it was them) has the Lowrance iFinder for $89
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I have a question about the eXplorist handhelds. It says that they're "non-mapping", yet each picture shows their screen with a map. Does this mean that you cannot download maps to them? Also, is it possible to download waypoints to them? (couldn't find the info at GPSCity)
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Focus Financial Partners, one of the largest partnerships of independent wealth management firms, announced Monday the acquisition of Seattle-based registered investment advisor Merriman LLC.
Merriman is a leading fee-only wealth management firm in the Pacific Northwest, with more than $1.5 billion in client assets. The transaction boosts Focus Financial to almost $60 billion in client assets, reinforcing the company's continued growth. The deal went into effect on Dec. 31.
The acquired company serves more than 2,000 clients in 49 states, with the majority concentrated in the Pacific Northwest. Founded by Paul Merriman in 1983, it offers comprehensive wealth management, including financial planning and investing, retirement, insurance, estate/wealth transfer, income tax and charitable giving strategies. Merriman has 36 employees, nine of whom are financial advisors, and the partnership is expected to allow the advisors to take a larger stake in the company.
According to Pershing Advisor Solutions CEO Mark Tibergien, more such RIA M&A activity can be expected, to the point where the entire RIA industry may come to resemble the accounting firm landscape of large national firms, then smaller regional firms, local practices with multiple partners and solo practitioners.
"This emergence of the elite ensemble firms, like an Aspiriant or an Oxford—Focus Financial Partners or United Capital or HighTower could fit into this category"—will have a structure like independent broker-dealers, though their business models are much different, Tibergien said in August.
Rudy Adolf, founder and CEO of Focus, said he is excited to have Merriman join the partnership because it marks the firm's entry into the Seattle market and expands its West Coast presence.
"Focus had a terrific 2012 from a combination of new firms, subacquisitions and talented recruits joining our firms, in addition to growth from existing firms," Adolf said in a statement. "We expect favorable trends to support continued growth in 2013."
Colleen Lindstrom, CEO of Merriman, said in a statement that Focus' expertise around acquisitions and succession planning is especially appealing to her firm as it looks to grow and attract new talent.
"When we look at where the industry is headed, it is clear that clients value working with fiduciary advisors," Lindstrom said. "Our vision has always centered on changing the way people manage money, and partnering with Focus gives us additional resources to bring our expertise to more clients."
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Baylor Autism Resource Center Launches New Assessment and Support Programs
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WACO, Texas (October 1, 2012)- According to the Centers for Disease Control, "about 1 in 88 children have been identified with an autism spectrum disorder (ASD)" and research shows a steady increase in its occurrence. In an effort to provide support for parents and those with ASD, the Baylor Autism Resource Center (BARC) is providing additional services and programs--autism assessment, parent workshops, special education and advocacy services and a support group for those with Asperger's syndrome.
Beginning this October, BARC staff will provide assessments for ASD, a service that Kristen Mainor, coordinator of the BARC, believes will affect not only the Waco community but surrounding cities as well.
"Currently, parents have informed me the wait for an assessment for ASD is six months to a year in Waco and other communities in the Central Texas area," Mainor said. "Here at the BARC, our hope is to see children sooner and provide the service at an affordable rate."
The BARC will provide assessment services for a very low fee for parents and smaller school districts that do not have psychologists on campus. The average cost of an assessment for ASD can range from $1,800 to $2,000 and oftentimes is not entirely covered by insurance. The fee includes a diagnostic assessment, report, and review of evaluation.
The evaluation process includes cognitive, achievement and social-emotional, and speech and language assessments, along with an in-take interview, observation and information gathering from those that work closely with the child. Appointments can be made by calling the BARC at 254-710-6222 or by emailing firstname.lastname@example.com.
Julie Ivey-Hatz, Ph.D., assistant professor of educational psychology at Baylor University and founder and director of the BARC, said the assessments provide another avenue for making diagnostic services more accessible for parents.
"The BARC is now providing low-cost autism assessments for families. We hope this will reduce the wait for families who need services for young children. Early intervention is very critical," Ivey-Hatz said.
For those that have an ASD diagnosis, BARC staff in collaboration with the Office of Access and Learning Accommodation at Baylor, offer the Asperger's Support Program for Baylor, McLennan County Community College and Texas State Technical College students. The Asperger's Support Program gives students an opportunity to meet with other students to address academic and social issues that arise for students with Asperger's Syndrome.
"The Asperger's College Support group has been a huge success," Ivey-Hatz said. "We are so glad to have young adults from several colleges utilizing our services and seeking support."
Also beginning this month are parent workshops.
"We discovered that parents want more information about ASD and other related issues. To gauge parents' interests, we created surveys and will use the survey responses to organize the workshop topics and speakers," Mainor said.
During the workshops, Baylor education psychology graduate students will host "Social Circles," an on-going BARC program where ASD students interact and develop their social skills while their parents attend the workshops.
Along with the workshops, parents can find another service directly aimed at meeting their needs--the special education consultation and advocacy services.
"Many parents often lack knowledge in special education law and their rights as a parent of a child with a disability," Mainor said. "The BARC is seeking to address those concerns by helping parents to better understand services pertaining to individualized education plans; behavior intervention plans; Admission Review, and Dismissal meetings and other education needs pertaining to their child."
Other BARC services include a resource library of more than 200 items that are free to check out, one-on-one Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) therapy services for children aimed at improving behavior and the Autism Summer Day Camp. The BARC was opened in January 2008 with a grant from the Waco Foundation and support from Baylor University. To learn more about the BARC and its programs and services, visit the BARC website or call 254-710-6222.
Baylor University is a private Christian University and a nationally ranked research institution, characterized as having "high research activity" by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. The University provides a vibrant campus community for approximately 15,000 students by blending interdisciplinary research with an international reputation for educational excellence and a faculty commitment to teaching and scholarship. Chartered in 1845 by the Republic of Texas through the efforts of Baptist pioneers, Baylor is the oldest continually operating University in Texas. Located in Waco, Baylor welcomes students from all 50 states and more than 80 countries to study a broad range of degrees among its 11 nationally recognized academic divisions. Baylor sponsors 19 varsity athletic teams and is a founding member of the Big 12 Conference.
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Cavaliers win 2011 Conrad Reuscher Basketball Tourney
The St. Marys eighth grade Cavaliers basketball team captured the 2011 Conrad Reuscher Cavalier Basketball Tournament held over the weekend at Elk County Catholic High School. The Cavaliers defeated Blessed Sacrament of Erie in the championship game by a 32-28 score.The Blessed Sacrament Bulldogs took second, while the St. Marys Area Flying Dutch placed third. Mt. Carmel was fourth, as they defeated DuBois Central and St. Stephen's of Oil City.In the Cavaliers' first game on Friday, they defeated the Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Raiders by a 46-37 score.The Cavs took a 16-12 first-quarter lead, and outscored the Raiders 6-4 in the second period for a 22-16 halftime lead. The third period saw the Cavs outscore the Raiders 9-6. In the fourth period, the Cavaliers sank nine of 11 foul shots as both teams scored 15 points, giving the Cavaliers the 46-37 victory.Cavaliers scoring: Dan Singer 12, Ian Herzing 5, John Dippold 10, Mitchell Smith 9, Drew Bille 7, Drew Meier 3. McLaurin led the Raiders with nine. On Saturday, the Cavaliers took on St. Luke's of Erie. Solid defense was the key, as both teams struggled to put points on the board. The Cavs prevailed in the physical 30-15 clash.The Cavs outscored the Crusaders 2-0 in the first period and 8-4 in the second for a 10-4 halftime lead. The Cavs outscored St. Luke's 12-8 in the third and 8-3 in the fourth quarter to win the game 30-15.Cavaliers scoring: Dan Singer 7, Ian Herzing 5, John Dippold 4, Mitchell Smith 4, Drew Bille 9. Baborsky and Emick each had four for the Crusaders.In Sunday's championship game, the tension was evident as neither team could gain more than a four-point lead throughout the game. The Bulldogs of Blessed Sacrament caused offensive problems for the Cavs with their 3-2 zone trapping defense, while the Cavs kept the Erie squad off-balance using several different defenses to post a 32-28 win."It's a shame we couldn't do a better job on Taylor Mackowski. He is a very good player, but in the end it was our man-to-man team defense that helped us win the championship," said eighth grade Cavaliers coach John Bauer.In the championship game, the Bulldogs took an 8-4 first-period lead. The Cavs came back in the second quarter to outscore the Bulldogs 11-6 to take a 15-14 halftime lead. Our Lady of Mt. Carmel outscored the Cavs 10-9 in the third period. In the fourth quarter, the Cavaliers put eight points on the board while limiting the Bulldogs to four to win the game 32-28.Cavaliers scoring: Dan Singer 20, Ian Herzing 5, John Dippold 1, Mitchell Smith 4, Tom Wolf 2. Taylor Mackowski led all scorers with 24 points.The Cavaliers return to action this afternoon when they host the Punxsutawney Chucks. Seventh grade tips off at 4 p.m.


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You will learn how to extend controls in your application. In the below tutorial you will create a controller to generate and validate text-based captcha for your Login Preview App.
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Part 3 of 4. In this tutorial you will learn how to create a simple UI5 Control.
You will learn how to extend controls in your application. In the below tutorial you will create a controller to generate and validate text-based captcha for your Login Preview App.
You have to add a new control for the text-based captcha. This controller will help you create a new control and extend it in your application, in your
index.html file between the scripts tag below your previously extended controls add the following
This line will allow you to extend the Control from the
ui.core library.
You must define the extended Control by adding metadata to it. Control metadata consist of properties, events, as well as aggregations and associations. Also under the metadata are the
init and
renderer functions for initializing and rendering elements. In this step you will just declare what you are going to use. In the same
index.html inside the
metadata: {
aggregations : {},
events: {}
init : function()
renderer: function(oRm,oControl){}
properties are used to give the control
width and is defined by a name and type.
aggregations are defined by name and their configuration object.
events consist of the name of your event which you are going to call. The
init function is used to declare the initial elements to be loaded.
renderer defines the HTML structure that will be added to the DOM tree of your application whenever the control is instantiates in a view. It is usually called initially by the core of SAPUI5 and whenever a property of the control is changed. But in this step you will leave it empty.
Now you will create an object of the extended control and place the object created in your content. Do this below the defined control. Remember you are going to place this in a new
div so after you add the object also add the new
div with id="content_3" in the body tag.
var oo = new extendController({});

Add the following fields just above your
div content_3 in the body tag.
<input type="text" id="mainCaptcha"/>
<input type="text" id="textInput"/>
These are the
InputFields which you are going to use along with your controllers.
Your final code will look like this
Now to run the code, right-click on the project file and select run as Web App Preview.
In the next Tutorial you will define all the functions to extend and add logic to your program.
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ROCK ISLAND, Ill. – Fresh off their SLIAC championship, the Panther men competed Saturday, Nov. 13 at the NCAA Division III Regional Championships in Rock Island, Ill.
Greenville finished 18th overall as a team in a highly competitive NCAA Midwest Regional field of 39, and placed two individuals in the top 100.
The Panthers were led by senior Cole Prins and sophomore Alan Hollingsworth, who finished 85th and 89th respectively in the field of 275 runners. Prins who has consistently ran at the number one spot for the squad all year, set a personal best mark with a 25:46 on the 6K course Saturday. Hollingsworth finished with an impressive mark of his own, posting at 25:51.
Another highlight of the meet was senior John Spencer who saved his best performance for last. Spencer ran a sub 27 minute 6K (26:57) to set a new lifetime best in the final cross country competition of his career.


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First MERS Virus Case Identified in U.S.
Health-Care Provider Who Returned to the U.S. From Saudi Arabia Is Hospitalized in Indiana
The deadly MERS virus has been identified in the U.S. for the first time, the latest indication of the spread of a disease that emerged two years ago in the Middle East.
A health-care provider who returned to the U.S. a week ago after working at a health-care facility in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, was sickened by the virus and is hospitalized in Indiana, the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Friday. The agency said it confirmed the infection in its labs Friday afternoon....


text: Emanuel 100 A Bright Future A proud history...an exciting future. We have a proud history and are planning for the future with an expansive remodel to better care for the community. Well known as a medical center with around-the-clock expertise for critical health conditions, Legacy Emanuel Medical Center features specialists in virtually every field of medicine. Learn More. Improvements for specialized care The remodel, already under way, will bring state-of-the-art improvements to the hospital. Many rooms are being remodeled to give them enough space for advanced equipment. Plus, the hospital will offer more space for emergency patients and new, highly specialized intensive care units for heart and neurological-trauma patients. Additionally, we are making the hospital more comfortable for patients and their families. Waiting areas will feature living space, conference rooms and health care research rooms with Internet connections. Vote Now Are we adding this even though the event is over? Events Celebrating our achievements Legacy Emanuel Medical Center celebrated its 100th anniversary in 2012 with a series of events. Here are some highlights: Online contest winners We sought stories from people whose lives had been touched by Legacy Emanuel. See the winners here of our "Born @," Saved @" and "Trained @" online contest. Oregon History Museum display Legacy Emanuel has been central to the health and growth of the region for a century. Fittingly, the Oregon Historical Society recognized our 100th anniversary at the Oregon History Museum with the exhibit 100 Years at Legacy Emanuel. The exhibit ran in late 2012.


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"After education as International Management Assistant and Business Correspondant for English and French, I studied European Business Administration.
My first job after university was as a Human Resource Trainee for a small engineering service provider in the automotive industry with a focus on recruitment and Business English training for the employees. I started with QIAGEN in February 2007 as Junior HR Generalist supporting the IT and part of the R&D department in Germany in all HR-related matters.
After 18 months, I switched to support Sales & Marketing, at first mainly in Germany and Austria. Throughout the years, I also provided remote HR support to the entities in Spain, the Nordic countries, and the Middle East as well as on an interim basis to Italy and Turkey. Beside that, my responsibility was to build up the apprenticeship progam at our Hilden site from hiring the first apprentices until they accomplished their apprenticeship after 3 years, and the project became part of daily business. In October 2011, I took over my first managing responsibility as HR Manager Sales & Service Solutions Central Europe, Spain and Emerging Regions EMEA. During the time of reorganization of the HR department, I got the chance to lead the European HR team (excluding Germany) for about a year until we established our current structure. Supporting around 15 countries at a time with lots of changes within QIAGEN was a huge challenge, but also a great learning experience.
In my current position as Senior HR Manager, I am leading a team of HR Generalists that support our Business Areas MDx and Life Sciences in Germany as well as Commercial Operations in Germany, Austria, Middle East, and Russia. In addition, I continue in my European responsibility for the area of Commercial Operations, supporting the implementation of pan-European projects, reorganizations and all other HR related matters across all the different sites together with the European HR team. Working on HR projects but also dealing with the HR side of acquisitions and integrations are also part of my role.
"Currently I am working as a Director R&D, Head of NGS Consumables, based in our site in Waltham, USA. I lead a department which focuses on developing next-generation sequencing technologies, a method that makes decoding genetic information much easier, faster, and cheaper than conventional methods.
I joined QIAGEN in 2004 after obtaining my PhD from the University of Bochum in Germany. I started here as a scientist, which is a typical entry position after finishing a PhD.
If you are ambitious and motivated, QIAGEN offers you the possibility to create your own career. After 3 years of working as a scientist, I got the chance to lead my own group of scientists. 3 years later my responsibilities changed again as I was promoted to the Head of IVD Competence Center in Hilden. QIAGEN supports me in every phase of my professional career by offering internal and external trainings.
Now I am very happy to take the next step and spent some time in our Waltham site to build up and lead the NGS team. I really appreciate the chance to develop high quality products in cross-functional and global teams. This is what makes it exciting to work at QIAGEN."


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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — In 2012, Florida was a state where a lifeguard got fired for saving a life, a woman got arrested for riding a manatee and a man repeatedly used 911 as a phone sex service.
Think that's weird? It gets worse.
In one of the state's most horrifying stories of the year, a man attacked a homeless man in Miami, chewing off most of his face before police fatally shot him. And it wasn't the only story of its kind. In Manatee County, deputies used multiple Tasers to subdue a naked man who bit off part of another man's arm.
Later in the year a man won a roach-eating contest outside a pet store and then dropped dead in front of the store when body parts he swallowed blocked his airway.


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While away on a genealogy day trip, I received an email about the very family I was looking for. Actually, the email was about the very grave I was looking for. I have some clues about the grave, but no exact location just yet. However, thanks to the email, I still came out good in the end.
The woman who emailed me is a previously unknown second cousin, once removed. She has a private family tree online at ancestry.com. Included in her tree was the following photo (shown with permission). It show my Great-Great Grandparents, George Robert and Effie V (Powell) Craft and their four oldest children: Lillie Mae, Maurice Lamar, Bennie England and Claud Frank. I love the house in the background, the hat in the yard and Effie's dress.
I can recognize my Great-Grandfather, Bennie,
the little boy on the far left from this photo that my
Aunt gave me. My mom also pointed out that
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I know this has nothing to do with the topic...but who is this guy again?
I removed this from the other thread since it didn't belong.That guy is, according to the latest issue of the SW Insider, Commander Deviss.
Wasn't he also called Commander Thire for a while?
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Coca-Cola's recently published Water Stewardship Replenish Report soberly notes that two-thirds of the world's population lives in severe water stress areas with one billion people lacking access to safe drinking water. Bea Perez, Coca-Cola's Chief Sustainability Officer concludes, "Because responsible water management is at the heart of a sustainable future, overcoming today's water challenges calls for extraordinary action."
Water supply is critical to every business but water for The Coca-Cola Company is the enabling supply chain resource for its approximately 3,000 different products sold in over 200 countries that generates $35 billion in annual revenues. R. Paul Herman CEO of HIP Investor, Inc notes in his analysis of The Coca-Cola Company's strategic risks that Coca-Cola uses 2.36 liters of water per liter of soda with India at a 4:1 ratio.
The Coca-Cola Company's water management strategic focus is upon these three key issues:
Water risks
Water systems in the U.S. and around the world are at risk from growing populations and climate change. A 2010 NRDC research study concluded that one-third of U.S. states face extreme or high risk of drought. Compounding the reduced availability of water is a U.S. water demand where the average American consumes 170 gallons of water each day compared to only 5 gallons per day for the average African family.
And our water infrastructure is old. The three states of South Dakota, Alaska and Pennsylvania still use wooden water mains. High consumer demand and an aging water infrastructure suggest the need for substantial community, business and individual capital investment in water supplies, management systems and efficiency.
However, water revenues are not high enough to offset the cost of capital for infrastructure repair. Water utility revenues are being constricted due to reduced sales — drought sparks consumer conservation. In addition, American water consumers are conditioned to low prices for water from decades of receiving low monthly bills. For example, the average American household consumes about 127,400 gallons of water during a year. Homeowners in Washington, DC, pay about $350 for that amount of water. In comparison, buying that same amount of water from a vendor in Guatemala City would cost more than $1,700. The American consumer's expectation that water should be an inexpensive resource results in significant consumer resistance to utility proposals for higher water rates. The result is a high risk scenario of potential water supply shortage plus volatile price increases as water suppliers push through rate increases that are higher in size due to the delay in gaining consumer/regulatory acceptance.
Nexus of climate, energy, water and food
To Coca-Cola's credit, they have accepted the science of climate change as a reality impacting their customers, suppliers and themselves. They also recognize the ties that bind agriculture and water where 70 percent of the world's fresh water is used to grow food. Their business strategy incorporates the scientific conclusions that human emissions of greenhouse gases tied to the burning of fossil fuels are negatively impacting the world's food and water supplies. They recognize that solutions to this complex situation requiring strategic vision and long term investment.
The new water economics
If water is the next oil, then the economics of water including its price and access to investment capital are core economic issues confronting businesses and communities. Like oil, water economics are now driven by a growing demand that supply can no longer fulfill. When demand exceeds supply the result is higher prices. This scenario also portends increased price volatility in reaction to our climate's volatile swings between drought and flood. The new economics for water will require a shift from the current pricing system of no meter or a dumb-meter toward a pricing environment that reflects the demand-generated value (vs. supply cost) of water. This new pricing system should also take into account the timing of water demands where customers who demand water in critical supply time periods pay a price premium. And the pricing of water must generate cash flows in support of investments in more efficient water supply management and technologies that result in more efficient use of water.
In response to these strategic challenges Coca-Cola has established the following four sustainable action items:
Improve water-use ratio by 20 percent, thus improving water use efficiency, by 2012. The Coca-Cola Company as of 2011 has improved their water-use ratio by 16.3 percent.
Recycle 100 percent of their manufacturing-plant's water to a level that returns it to the environment at a level that supports aquatic life. Currently the company is at 96 percent with the expectation of reaching 100 percent by the end of 2012.
By 2020 replenish watershed supplies to produce a volumetric benefit equivalent to the Coca-Cola Company's global beverage production volume. Currently Coca-Cola is replenishing 35 percent of the water they use.
Coca-Cola is assessing the quality and quantity vulnerabilities of the water sources serving their bottling plants to protect against adversely affecting the water access ability of other water users from being adversely affected.
Four best practices
To learn more about Coca-Cola's best practices for managing water within their supply chain I interviewed Jeff Seabright, Vice President Environment and Water Resources. He shared the following four best practices:
1. Start at "home"
Even though water prices have risen to levels where they cannot be ignored, it is often not an expense item where many businesses have focused. Yet, it is an area of "low hanging fruit" with action items that can produce immediate cost savings. Jeff suggests looking for drips. This is your money literally going down the drain. I also recommend faucet aerators. Put one on a test faucet. If you can't tell a difference then put them on all faucets. They cost next to nothing and save big. Finally, as Pam Evans the Green Business Coordinator for Alameda County, California points out in this video "It's the toilet" where most commercial businesses and people can save the most money and water. Check your toilet and make sure it has blue writing between the seat and tank that says 1.6 or 1/28 GPF. If not, you have a water hog that is costing you money.
2. Understand your water risks
Water risks are often a risk assessment gap for many businesses. The assumption is that water will always be available in full supply. This is changing as evidenced by droughts like those being increasingly experienced in Texas and the Southwest. Even Coca-Cola's headquarter city of Atlanta faces water supply issues from growing consumer demands, recent droughts and water battles between the states of Georgia, Alabama and Florida. The challenge for companies that do want to assess their water risks is a lack of measurement tools. In recognition of this situation Coca-Cola has donated their extensive water risk geospatial information to the World Resource Institute's Aqueduct database. This database enables companies, investors, governments and others to create water risk maps with a high level of detail and resolution.
3. Develop and evolve a strategic plan
How does water fit into your company's SWOT (strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, threats) analysis? What would your company do if its supply of water was cut in half or the price increased by 100 percent? What is the threat if your competitor invested in a clean tech water technology and you did not? These types of questions must now be included in a company's and its host community's strategic plans. This link to San Diego's strategic plan provides insights on key issues and where to begin.
4. Engage associates and others as partners
Green teams are a proven path to insights on "what to do" and "how to do it" that can turn a mission statement into profit results. Seabright also points to your business partners and suppliers as resources for insights on how to protect and conserve water and save money.
Watch this interview with Jeff Seabright to learn more on best practices for addressing water's increasing importance for all businesses:
Bill Roth is the founder of Earth 2017. His book, The Secret Green Sauce, profiles case studies on the best practices of businesses making money going green. As the Green Business Coach for the USHCC Green Builds Business program he is coaching hundreds of businesses in their design of projects that will make money and a difference.


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Durango High School girls basketball couldnt quite match the firepower of Pueblo County, falling 47-39 to the host school Day 2 of the Lady Hornet Holiday Tournament on Friday in Pueblo.
The Demons (1-1) dug themselves a hole in the first half, going down by nine points at intermission. They were better in the second half, playing the Hornets to a near standstill, but Durango couldnt quite muster the run it needed to get over the top and pick up the victory.
They had point guards that were really fast, Durango head coach Nancy Smith said. They penetrated a few times on us. They got more open looks than we did in the first half. They hit more shots than we did.
The Demons took a step back offensively after hanging 53 on Harrison in their tournament opener Thursday.
Katie Wiegert led the way for Durango with seven points, while Shanelle Bogus pulled down eight rebounds.
Despite the result, Smith said she was pleased with the way her team performed in every aspect but the final score.
We played really well ... but we just did not come out on top, she said.
DHS will face Greeley Central at 11 a.m. today before wrapping the weekend with a game later in the afternoon against an undetermined opponent.


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Explore Madagascar, from seaside Morondava to Bemaraha National Park
Home to stunning karst forests, ancient trees and incredible wildlife, the island paradise of Madagascar begs to be explored. Visit the Avenue of the Baobabs at sunrise, look out for lemurs clinging onto the limestone cliffs in the Bemaraha National Park and discover the big and little tsingys in the park. From beach to park, this breathtaking environment is a nature-lovers dream.
Wander around 800-year-old trees along the Avenue of the Baobabs
Cross the Big Tsingy via suspended bridge
Float down the meandering Manambolo River on a morning canoe trip
Count lemurs hanging around on the Tsingy's karst shards
Watch the sun set behind the trees in Morondava
The visible vertical drop at the Big Tsingy can be quite intimidating especially for those with vertigo.
A level of fitness is required for the treks on days 3 and 4 of this itinerary.
This itinerary includes a canoe ride along the Manombolo River.
This is one of our Short Breaks and is slightly different to our group tours. There is no group leader but rather a local guide with the idea being that you maintain a level of independence during down time. You'll most likely travel on a join-in basis, which means you may or may not be joined by others for activities and transportation, depending on demand.
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There are currently no scheduled departures on our Madagascar Baobab Tree Trail trip. If you are interested in other trips in the region visit one of the links below.
1. You are free to depart at any time on day 6.
2. This itinerary runs on dates that finish 1 day prior to the start of our 16 day Experience Madagascar group trip.


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NHL notes: Paul Stastny plays hardball with Avalanche?
Paul Stastny wants to make 'em sweat.
The 28-year-old pending free agent centre has decided to play hardball with the Colorado Avalanche and will hold off negotiating a contract extension until June 20, according to the Denver Post.
With free agency set to open July 1 – and teams able talk with players starting June 25 thanks to the new CBA – that doesn't leave either side a lot of time to exchange offers.
While the Avs are optimistic a deal will be reached, it's unclear what Stastny's role would be as the future unfolds. Colorado boasts a lineup that includes Matt Duchene, Nathan MacKinnon and Ryan O'Reilly, all of whom can play centre. O'Reilly spent parts of last season on the wing.
Stastny is coming off a five-year, $33 million contract. He has 160 goals and 298 assists in 538 career NHL games, all with the Avalanche.
Minnesota Wild goalie Josh Harding is expected to recover in time for training camp, according to general manager Chuck Fletcher.
After scorching the league to start the 2013-14 season, going 18-7-3 with a 1.65 goals-against average and .933 save percentage, Harding was sidelined Dec. 31 to deal with symptoms related to his multiple sclerosis. He did not play another minute.
"I think his battles are well chronicled and well known. I think he's feeling well at this point in time," Fletcher told NHL.com. "The goal for him is, much like last summer, to build up and get to a point where he'll be able to come into training camp and play well. There's been nothing that I've heard of to lead me to not believe that to be the case."
Harding was healthy enough to skate with the team during the playoffs but was unable to get back in the lineup before the Wild were eliminated by the Chicago Blackhawks in the second round.
Minnesota goalies Niklas Backstrom and Darcy Kuemper, also injured, will be back in time for training camp.
Ilya Bryzgalov, who the Wild acquired at the trade deadline, is a pending free agent and not expected to return.
Ron Francis is taking his time finding a new coach.
It's been over a month since the new Carolina Hurricanes general manager fired bench boss Kirk Muller and he has yet to name a replacement.
"I'm more focused on trying to be thorough and comfortable with the guy we get than get this behind me," Francis told The News & Observer.
Francis said he has met with "between six and 10" candidates, but there is speculation he is waiting until after the Stanley Cup is handed out to finish the interview process.
Los Angeles Kings assistant coach John Stevens and New York Rangers assistant coach Ulf Samuelsson are believed to be on the Carolina GM's list, but he cannot speak with them until the NHL championship has been decided.
The firing of Dan Bylsma by the Pittsburgh Penguins last week also adds an extra candidate to the mix.


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What the Viral 'I Quit' Video Says About Millennials
Up until last week, you probably only knew Taiwan's Next Media Animation through their work — surreal CGI-animated news clips that satirically comment on global headline news, which are regularly featured on the likes of "Conan" and "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart," and are a go-to source of amusement after any public gaffe or celebrity scandal. (My personal favorite? Their brilliant "U.S.-Sino Currency Rap Battle" music video, featuring Obama and Hu Jintao dropping the dismal science in an epic economic emcee throwdown.)
But ever since Friday, NMA has been at the center of a viral outbreak that they didn't engineer. That's when Marina Shifrin, a content editor at the studio, uploaded a brief clip to YouTube of herself dancing around her office at 4:30 in the morning. Titled "An Interpretive Dance For My Boss Set To Kanye West's Gone," the video's captions explain the meaning of the dance — and the clip. "I work for an awesome company that produces news
videos. For almost two years, I've sacrificed my relationships, time and energy for this job. And my boss only cares…about quantity and how many views each video gets. So I figured…I'd make ONE video of my own. To focus on the content instead of worry about the views. Oh, and to let my boss know… (dance break) I quit. I QUIT! I'm gone."


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These are the cutest pics. Her dress is adorable!
Cute kid, dumb looking dad.
Most impressed with almost making it through the whole thread without mention of Brad's ex-wife.
What are you looking at, sugar-tits? - Mel Gibson
Hmm yes i'll have a dollar for every post i've made, haha. I wish.
Very sweet photos. The baby is beautiful, and Brad looks clean and grease free for a change.
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This baby is ADORABLE!! She looks like the Gerber Baby with that cute round face, the full little pout and those big blue eyes. She's a great combination of both her parents. She has Angelina's features but Brad's coloring with that light hair and fair complexion.
Brad looks like he's totally in love with his baby.
I agree it's lovely that Brad is being nice with the baby, but, (and bear with me because this goes back to when I used to work in a toyshop and saw a lot of this), there seems to be something of an 'aww' factor when a man is seen being good with children, whereas I just think 'he's the father, its his job, just as its the mother's'. It's not that I don't find it lovely but I don't think it's something he should be 'congratulated' for. As an example, when I worked in the toyshop, the same mothers would come in all the time with their kids and buy them little toys and treats, but on the less frequent occasions when a father would do the same, all the women I worked with and other customers just gushed about how wonderful he was to spend time with his children. Erm, no. Do we speak about every mother that way? It's as though they should get on with it but when the father takes the baby he should be praised. Anyway this isn't really about Brad anyway, just ranting.
It goes both ways. I think there are some really great and exceptional mothers and some women who are overwhelmed as hell and get really frustrated caring for kids. They love their children but it stresses them out. On the flip side there are other women who have all the patience in the world and act like super mom and they get accused of spoiling their kids. Likewise, there are men who are great great fathers and some men who won't even consider changing a diaper. I know one of my uncles used to say he didn't really start enjoying his kids until they were 5 years old! He said that's when they're fun when they can talk, a little more independent and you can take them places.
Everyone's different and some people do look more loving towards their children than others...it's just a fact. It doesn't mean they love their kids less, it's just their way. Firstborns do get a lot of attention though....I've seen that a lot.
As much as I say: a baby looks like a baby, I admit, that baby looks SO much like Brad. Most of the time I hate it when someone says "omg that baby looks so much like so-and-so" because all babies look like frickin babies!! But sometimes... they just look like a certain parent. Shiloh looks EXACTLY like Brad; I don't even see any Angelina in her, which is quite a shame.
These pics made me go awwwwwwwwww.....so cute. Shiloh is a gorgeous baby, perfect mix of her parents and Brad is a natural Dad with her. Just adorable.
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Ach, what the hell. Super uber mega cute. There, I said it.
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The Rapids' season kickoff event, 'Cheers to the Rapids', will take place this evening at the Paramount Theatre in Denver, and recently added to the night's entertainment is Brad Corrigan (of Dispatch), who will play a solo acoustic set. Tickets are just $25, with all proceeds donated to Kroenke Sports Charities, and are available here.
Among the other attractions is a World Cup roundtable, which will feature a Q&A session about past World Cups and this summer's main event in Brazil, with U.S. Soccer CEO and Secretary General Dan Flynn, Rapids Head Coach Pablo Mastroeni and club legend Marcelo Balboa, hosted by Rapids play-by-play announcer, Richard Fleming.
"We're thrilled to welcome Brad Corrigan to our event, and know that our fans will love having the chance to hear him play," said Rapids President Tim Hinchey. "In addition to having our fans see the whole team in the new uniforms, we also have the World Cup roundtable, Brad's set, great food and other entertainment. With all proceeds going to a worthy cause, we look forward to the night as a perfect preview for our March 22 Home Opener."
Corrigan and Dispatch have long been popular throughout the United States and the world, and the Denver native has performed for Rapids fans previously. He sang the national anthem before the April 21, 2013 match against the LA Galaxy, and did the anthem again a month later at a USA vs. Brazil international friendly. He will also sing the national anthem at this Saturday's Home Opener against Portland Timbers FC at Dick's Sporting Goods Park.
His charity, Love Light and Melody, battles the physical, emotional and spiritual effects of extreme poverty and uses music and the arts to rebuild, restore, and bring healing to communities affected by poverty. It is a charity that the Rapids continue to work with and make contributions to, and Mastroeni has previously volunteered with the organization on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota.
The $25 entry cost will grant fans admission to the event, a drink ticket, parking near the Paramount and a Rapids gift. Tickets are available at www.ColoradoRapids.com/Cheers. All proceeds go toward Kroenke Sports Charities, which benefits children and families throughout Colorado.