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What is frostbite?
Frostbite is damage to the skin from freezing and is due to prolonged exposure to cold temperatures, usually below 32 degrees F. It occurs when ice crystals form in the skin or deeper tissue. The most common sites for frostbite are the fingers, hands, toes, feet, ears, nose, and cheeks.
The severity of frostbite depends on several factors, including temperature, length of exposure, wind-chill factor, dampness, and type of clothing worn. Children are more prone to frostbite than adults because they lose heat from their skin faster and do not want to come inside when they're having fun playing outdoors.
What is frostnip?
Frostnip is less severe and affects the tips of the cheeks, ears, nose, fingers, and toes. It can usually be treated at home.
When frostnip occurs, a child's skin may be reddened and feel numb or tingly. If this happens, bring your child inside and warm his skin by using warm compresses or immersing the area in warm water (100 to 105 degrees F) until sensation returns. Do not rub or massage your child's skin. If symptoms of frostbite occur or warming the skin does not help, call your child's physician immediately.
What are the symptoms of frostbite?
Each child may experience symptoms differently, but the most common signs of frostbite are:
- skin that reddens before becoming white, hard, and swollen
- skin that burns, tingles, or becomes numb
Severe frostbite can result in blisters or ulcers forming and may involve deeper tissues.
How to prevent frostbite and frostnip
To help prevent frostbite and frostnip, consider the following:
- Dress your child warmly in layers. Make sure the ears, fingers, and toes are well covered.
- Change clothing if it becomes wet, especially socks and mittens.
- Bring your child indoors often to warm up and provide a warm snack, soup, or drink.
- Be alert for early signs of frostnip and frostbite, and teach your child what signs he or she should watch for.
How to treat frostbite and frostnip
Specific treatment for frostbite will be determined by your child's physician based on the extent and severity of the injury. But in general:
- Remain calm and reassure your child that you can help. If feet are affected, carry your child; do not allow him or her to walk.
- Move your child inside to a warm area and put him or her in dry clothes. Call your child's physician or take your child to the emergency room immediately. Frostbite can cause serious injury and needs immediate medical attention.
- While waiting for medical assistance:
- Give your child something warm to drink and wrap a blanket around him or her.
- Warm the skin by using warm compresses or immersing the area in warm water (100 to 105 degrees F) until sensation returns.
- Do not rub or massage the skin.
- Do not use direct heat such as heating pads or fires.
- Do not place the frostbitten skin in snow to "warm" it.
- Apply clean cotton or gauze between fingers and toes if they are affected.
- Do not disturb any blisters.
- Wrap warmed areas of the skin to prevent further damage.
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Mr. Speaker, the U.S. Department of State last week made its determination to certify compliance by the Government of Serbia and Montenegro with the terms of section 578 of the Consolidated Appropriations Resolution (P.L. 108-7). This section conditions certain bilateral assistance to Serbia on progress in three areas, although by far the most critical being cooperation with the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia.
I agree with the Department's assessment that progress has been made, especially since March. In particular, I welcomed action earlier this month by the Serbian authorities to apprehend Veselin Svjilancanin, indicted by the Tribunal for the 1991 massacre near Vukovar in Croatia. Although there was resistance, this action was a success and signaled what is perhaps a new determination by Belgrade to transfer all remaining indictees. Having been in Vukovar, along with my good friend and colleague Mr. Wolf, just before the city fell to Serb forces, I am glad to see all three indicted by the Tribunal for this crime will be tried in The Hague.
Nevertheless, Mr. Speaker, I am concerned that the Department's determination was the wrong one to make. While progress has been made, it remains insufficient. Still at large and believed to have been in Serbia are several other persons, including Ratko Mladic and others, Ljubisa Beara, Vujadin Popovic, Ljubomir Borovcanin, Vinko Pandurevic and Drago Nikolic, indicted by the Tribunal for their connection to the1995 Srebrenica massacre in which thousands of innocent people were executed.
I am concerned, deeply concerned, that these individuals will continue to evade justice while officials in Belgrade may get the impression they have done enough. Clearly, they have not. Mr. Speaker, I would urge Serbian authorities to take the action necessary to remove "cooperation with the Tribunal" as an outstanding issue in our bilateral relationship. In doing so, they will also continue to help Serbia emerge from Slobodan Milosevic's legacy of nationalist hatred.
In the meantime, Mr. Speaker, I also urge the State Department to use remaining levers to encourage not just better, but full, cooperation with the Tribunal, which Secretary Powell had assured Mr. Cardin and myself in correspondence was a position we all shared. The crimes which occurred were too severe and too horrendous to allow those responsible to escape justice.


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Rose Garden Pink & Green Makeup Video Tutorial
7:25 PMHi everyone! Here is a video I recorded on a day that I was home from work after being sick the day before. You may notice that I am a bit broken out (SEE, I don't have perfect skin and I just went to the dermatologist on Tuesday) but I wanted to take advantage of my time home to record a tutorial for you all anyway. It's a brighter look than some of the others I've done since I know a lot of you were asking about how to use brighter eyeshadow colors. Also, you'll notice, BANGS! Everyone says I look more Korean with bangs. Ha.
The main colors are pink and green, so I decided to call it a "Rose Garden" look. It's very girly and cute, which is probably accentuated by my new short bangs that my mom tells me makes me look like a young girl. XD It's true, I had bangs like this in the 1st grade! I'm using my trusty old Eye Charm tapes again too, since I got some more requests for tutorials with those.
Anyway, here are the tools I used for this look:
* Too Faced Shadow Insurance
* Sugar Cosmetics Color Stick (green)
* NYX Kiwi eyeshadow
* NYX Hot Pink eyeshadow (shimmer version, not matte)
* NYX Cream Cheese eyeshadow
* MAC Fluidline in Blacktrack
* Urban Decay 24/7 liner in Covet
* MAC lashes #33
* Covergirl Lash Exact mascara
* Lancome Photogenic Concealer in Camee
* MAC Studio Sculpt foundation NC30
* Everyday Minerals finishing powder
* Rock & Republic Blush in Kinky
* Dior Addict High Shine Lipstick in Backstage Pink (Sephora FF sale! LOVE it!)
By the way, this is random but I don't know if any of you noticed that in my Snowy Ice Princess tutorial I wasn't wearing any tape or glue. It was just a double eyelid-ish day that day. :P I didn't want to put "monolid" tutorial since I didn't know if it counted? Oh well, I'm sick of labels. My inconsistent eyelids are mine and I can apply makeup to them, no matter what they choose to be. ^.^
Okay, here are some pics of the final look. I know I'll get asked, so these lenses are Vassen brand in brown, I forget what type but they look very similar to GEO Angel Brown or Tutti Brown. (Click "lenses" in the labels because I know I've posted about them before.)
See these CUTE earrings? They are Eki's Love Lock earrings from www.ekilove.com. I'll be posting more about them soon!
Close-up of the eyes
This is my favorite flower, an orchid leftover from my wedding decorations.
Lavender rose headband also from ekilove.com! SO kawaii!!! XD Also, why does my face look so weird and fake here? Strange angle, lol.
Just being a dork
I've decided that with my new bangs I either look like a fake-haired doll or like someone from a horror movie. I'm still trying to get used to it. WIG!
Ok, no.
Okay, hope you enjoyed it and thank you everyone for your recent support. Be sure to enter my appreciation HG giveaway, ending Nov 10th!
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you look super KAWAII! a real doll! <3 love the colors you used on your eyes :D
thank you for wearing ekiLove <3Looking gorgeous as always, Jen! I love seeing your updates. :)
Those bangs and your circle lenses really gives you that doll-y feel. It sort of reminds me of Park Bom's look in her "making of" You and I MV, did you watch that? ^0^ Very pretty.
I have problems with attempting to get double eyelids even with tape (I think my eyelids are too thick > >;;), but this looks gorgeous on you. :DHEYY! You look hawt, as usual! I noticed, in one of your pictures, when you were looking down to show the eyeshadow -- u reminded me of Park Bom from 2NE1, speaking of .. if you EVER have the luxury time to fool around -- wanna do any inspirational 2NE1/k-pop girls celebs tutorials? that would be fun & awesome!
ReplyDeleteEki: Aww, I love them so much!!! Ekilove stuff is the best <3
Gemma: thank you ^^
Pinkyyy: Yes, I watched it on Eki's blog! She looks really cute it in. :D Have you tried placing the tape very close to your lash line and right at the inner corners? Sometimes that helps create the crease.
symphony: I am actually going to do a Brown Eyed Girls Abracadabra-inspired look next video! But I do want to do a 2ne1 one in the future too. :)i love the colourful look...plus u're skin is super flawless...so jealous ahahhahhaa...Looking forward to ur BEG inspired look next YAY!!!
ReplyDeleteawesome---even withour proper rest--you look great ^____^
yeah "Pinkyyy" is right--you resemble Park Bom of 2ne1 with this make up ^__^---pretty
and this rose garden make-up is soooo fresh!--love it! ^_^Love all of your tutorials! Beautiful as always. Are you wearing eyelid tape on this tutorial?
ReplyDeleteHi, I am interested to know what are the brushes you were using in the tutorial. Especially the one to apply eyeliner. Is it a MAC?
ReplyDelete- AnonymousNovember 6, 2009 at 6:35 AM
hi jen! could you please give me the link to the graftobian foundation palette you use also is your skincare routine still the same. thanks so much!! :)
ReplyDelete you look great with bangs, you can try side swept now too lol love the new look, nice and subtle garden eyes
<3Elle- cWINDYvNovember 6, 2009 at 8:15 AM
OMG JEN I LOVE YOUR TUTORIAL! I've been wanting to try out colors!! Definitely going to try this out!
ReplyDelete HAHA you look adorable! I never thought I'd be seeing you make such a cutesy, young-girl-y makeup tutorial. you look so cute in those bangs, too! tehe thanks for the update/video! :)
ReplyDeleteJen, you looks sooo pretty! I'm totally going to try out this look. I'll send you a picture when I do:)
ReplyDelete- AnonymousNovember 6, 2009 at 3:33 PM
This look is so adorable. I really like it. :D Your bangs look really nice as well too. ;D You look dollish in a way, but in a pretty way.
when i had a fringe like that, everyone said i looked more asian. lol. Hey Jen, what brushes do you use? i'm really new at this but love love your tutorials, thanks for being so helpful.
ReplyDeleteI love your bangs! You look sooo cute! Yes, like a real live doll <3
I didn't know green could go really well with pink either so I've learned something new again :D
And I love those earrings and have immediately went and order them lol. I'm afraid it'll be sold out really soon after you blog about them like what you did for the dove ones XDOmg you look gorgeous! I really want to try that eyelid tape now because it looks really natural on you =). I've tried other tapes and they have a weird texture to them that don't allow me to cover it properly with makeup. I hope these work better. I'll go on a search =)
ReplyDeleteYou really do look like such a flawless doll. Very cute. =)
Oh, and I was wondering where you got NYX cream cheese eyeshadow. I can't find it on cherryculture or the nyx cosmetics site. Is it discontinued or did I look over it?Wow you look so pretty with this look!! Just like a doll :) You remind me of a Korean celebrity <3 And your skin is flawless! Can't see your breakouts at all :)
xx AnitaMae: Yes, I'm wearing Eye Charm eyelid tapes for this tutorial
Erny and debx: I use brushes from lots of places! I love Coastal Scents brushes and Sonia Kasuk, but the eyeliner brush I used was from Sephora Professional series. Honestly, cheap liner brushes work just as well, imo. My favorite eyeliner brush is from Avon! Try a flat angled brush from the paint section at a hobby store, because it's much cheaper and works just as well. ;)
Anonymous: here is where I got the Graftobian palette but you can get smaller palettes too. I bought the warm palette and mostly use it for clients. Cream foundations are too heavy for my own daily use! http://www.camerareadycosmetics.com/proddetail.php?prod=GraftobianHi-DefGlamourCremeSuperPalettes
And yes, my skincare is mostly the same, although I'm additionally using the Clarisonic Mia at night now.
Stephanie: Oooh, I'm excited to see it on you! :D
Anonymous: In this tutorial, I used MAC Studio Scupt foundation in NC 30.
disilluzional88: Oh no! I hope it isn't discontinued but I did find it here just now, color is ES119. http://www.nonpareilboutique.com/nyx-single-eyeshadow-es119-cream-cheese.htmlLove your tutorials and cheery personality.
Got to admit that I'm not a big fan of bangs on you. They elongate your face too much.I love the way your cheeks look, they go really well with the colours on your eyes.
The circle lenses are also super cute!
I really can't get over how well you do your cheeks, so well blended and perfect looking!
Miss NeeshCould you tell me which brand of circle lenses you are wearing in the video? I've been search for one that fit my eye shape (I am monlid and use tool to create double eyelids at time :)
I like the black ring on the outside of the lenses so pretttyyyy


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Monday, March 30, 2009
I began this blog in the weeks following the death of Gary Gygax as a place where I could celebrate the hobby that he, Dave Arneson, and innumerable others had created and that had brought me so much joy in my life. I'd begun my return to the old school about a year before that, having become thoroughly disenchanted with the then-current edition of Dungeons & Dragons. At first, I thought I could "fix" my problems with that game, but, as I attempted to do so, I quickly found myself recapitulating the history of the hobby, albeit in reverse. I was treading well-trod ground and decided that, rather than re-invent the wheel and call myself clever, I'd instead embrace the history and traditions of this hobby wholeheartedly.
Together, these two events gave birth to Grognardia, a place where I naively thought I could collect my thoughts and share them with a small handful of likeminded people. I'd already been posting on a number of old school forums, most notably Finarvyn's Original D&D Discussion and had been drinking deeply of its collected wisdom. At the time (December 2007), those forums were already very lively, but the number of posters was, I think, less than 100 -- certainly not the 400+ that now can be found there -- and, of those, only a handful posted often, myself being one of them. I expected a similar level of readership for this blog, as I knew its subject matter, not to mention my own idiosyncratic style, wouldn't have a lot of appeal outside a small circle of eccentrics.
How wrong I was! Confounding my expectations, Grognardia has somehow managed to acquire more than 137 regular readers, quite a lot more in fact. I'm frankly amazed and humbled by this -- and occasionally a little frightened. I still treat the blog as a place where I can "talk out loud." That means many of my posts, even if written in a pontifical style, don't necessarily represent my final thoughts on any given subject. I work out my thoughts on things by talking about them with others and that's what I always intended this blog to be. For the most part, it's worked brilliantly and I've clarified many of my feelings on various matters because of my interactions with commenters. Unfortunately, there are times when an unfinished thought of mine gets interpreted as dogma and it's led to misunderstandings and, worse, misrepresentations of where my thoughts actually lay. That's the danger of a public blog, of course, and I'm slowly coming to accept that, but it's still a mite frustrating nonetheless.
My frustrations, though, are comparatively few. How can I be unhappy when the past year has brought me in contact with so many others who share my love for the Old Ways? Likewise, I've been inspired to create, just for the fun of it, more than I have in years. From articles in fanzines to Urheim to the Cursed Chateau, I feel reinvigorated about my hobby, which is a remarkable reversal of where I was two years ago, when I started to wonder if maybe I'd "outgrown" gaming entirely. Obviously, I hadn't, but I think it's fair to say I'd outgrown a certain phase in my interest in the hobby. I won't call it "adolescence," but it was characterized with an obsession with the new and the "innovative" at the expense of the things that drew me into the hobby in the first place.
By the time I'd begun the blog, I had understood this for nearly a year and was ready to begin the next step in my journey of re-discovery. I'd like to extend my most heartfelt thanks to everyone who's joined me on this journey. The last year has been a blast, in no small part due to the people who've bothered to read what I've written and grapple with it the same as I have. Here's to many more years of the same.
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"Here's to many more years of the same."
Many more, indeed! Bravo, James, and thanks - it was the dynamic duo of Grognardia and Jeff's Gameblog that reignited my slow-burning passion for "legacy" D&D, and spurred me to add my voice to the blogosphere. (For better or worse! :P)
I look forward to many more inspirational posts!Congratulations at reaching this monumental milestone James. You've been highly inspirational to many folks and I personally credit you with my re-ignited passion in the "old school" games.
I'm very much looking forward to another wonderful year of following your blog, and seeing what kind of "pontifical" meanderings are penned upon Gronardia's pages.
Game on.Congratulations on your first year. While I have not been an old school player, since my youth, your articles have been great insight into what made Old School gaming so much fun, and you have done a great job exploring the history of this hobby.
I think what I have learned the most from your blog is just what made old school games so much fun, and today I find myself gravitating towards games that support that style of gaming.
Thanks again for your insight and work over the past year.- AnonymousMarch 30, 2009 at 1:35 PM
Congratulations on a truly inspirational blog. Keep up the excellent work! Here's to many more years of reading your superb blog entries!
ReplyDelete A note to say thanks - been reading your blog over the past couple of weeks and it's amazing how everything is falling into place - it really crystalizes what I'd slowly been coming around to thinking about RPGs and why they were increasing falling short of expections for me (yep, it appears that I am being reborn as an old schooler).
Here's to the next year!Thank you for your insight and inspiring me to actually get off my behind and actually work on gaming material rather than talk and think about gaming material.
You, Jeff Rients, Philotomy Jurament, and Jim over at Lamentations of the Flame Princess broadened my knowledge of what old school is; and while I don't have a perfect or even great understanding by all means, you and everyone else who has taken up the banner of the old school has motivated me to actively learn about old school gaming. Thank you, again.Cheers, James. I've really enjoyed you sharing your thoughts and thinking out loud. I think as far as quality old-school gaming in particular, this past year has been absolutely tremendous, and I can't wait to see what we have a year from now...I think the groundwork has been laid and the tools on place for an entire new generation of old-school goodness
ReplyDeleteHappy Anniversary and many happy returns of this day. As I've said before, you've been a main inspiration to me and my participation and enjoyment of this little niche of a niche. My blog probably would not exist were it not for Grognardia. You just managed to get a few "crazy people" to start writing their own thoughts and look at what happened...
I'm very happy for you and I hope you keep on Fighting On!Congratulations! This was the first blog I started reading when I started my own return to the idea of playing RPGs, and it has not only been one of the best, but spawned my interest in waaaaaay too many other blogs and associations (as my recent sky-high Lulu bill will attest 8l ). Keep up the excellent and insightful work!
ReplyDelete- AnonymousMarch 30, 2009 at 5:10 PM
Huge congrats for stamina if nothing else! My personal gaming preferences are more modern than yours but I still read Grognardia avidly. It says plenty to me about my hobby, so thank you for that.
ReplyDelete Congratulations. It really blows my mind that it's been only a year. I'm really impressed and excited the way the old school movement is building a small but solid foundation that has the potential to be a significant institution in our hobby going forward.
I take this opportunity to repost the podcast interview I did with James for those of you haven't heard it before. He expands on some of the background he mentions in this post:
I think you may find it interesting.I wonder how many readers, like me, got the B/X box sets as a birthday present, then AD&D, and have never seen the "old books." That's been one of the unexpected delights of this blog for me.
But what I like best is the unapologetic, but always humane and very real intellectualism. Because this is a thinking game. Somewhere I heard an intellectual defined as someone who is "interested in everything-- and nothing else." And I really appeciate how this blog brings out all the ideas and maybe even better the half-ideas that are in D&D.
James, when are you going on tour?- AnonymousMarch 31, 2009 at 3:15 AM
I just want to say that I am a huge fan and avid follower of your blog. You've gotten me to think more and more about the roleplaying hobby - and I must say it has had some effect. I got a group of 4e players to try out Acererak's Tomb of Horrors!
Keep up the good work, and I will continue to read. - AnonymousApril 1, 2009 at 8:14 AM
Hey there, just wanted to drop a comment on your one-year post. I've been a long time lurker here and, while I don't always agree with what you say (I've a long running 3.X campaign and dabbled successfully in 4th Ed, so sometimes talks like "is the Thief relevant?" come across as a bit surreal to me ;-) ) I've always enjoyed popping in every so often and your posts can get me thinking.
I hope you'll continue to share your thoughts with us.
George Q


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Store Raises Eyebrows By Charging a $5 'Just Looking' Fee
The economy is getting so tough one store is actually charging customers who don't buy anything.
A specialty food store in Brisbane, Australia has taken the controversial measure of informing people they will be charged $5 just for browsing. And word of the policy has spread, since someone snapped a photo of a sign explaining the charge and posted it on Reddit.
What does this mean? Well, it means window shopping now comes with a price tag, as stores try to combat consumers who go to traditional stores to check out the prices before deciding if they'd like to make a purchase online.
That, or the store will alienate and annoy the public so much people will stop walking into the shop altogether.


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Good day everyone.
Recent round of optimizations, especially loop invariant code motion has been very good for small to medium examples. There is work ongoing to make them scale to larger ones, however there are few examples worth showing how well they perform. This one following example, besides getting benefits from loop invariants, also shows a difference between static and dynamic compilation. In fact, after applying all the optimizations C does, only a JIT can use the extra bit of runtime information to run even faster.
The example is as follows. First Python. I create two files, x.py:
def add(a, b): return a + b
And y.py:
from x import add def main(): i = 0 a = 0.0 while i < 1000000000: a += 1.0 add(a, a) i += 1 main()
For C, x.c:
double add(double a, double b) { return a + b; }
and y.c:
double add(double a, double b); int main() { int i = 0; double a = 0; while (i < 1000000000) { a += 1.0; add(a, a); i++; } }
- 1.97s - PyPy
- 3.07s - C
- PyPy trunk (386ed41eae0c), running pypy-c y.py
- C - gcc -O3 (GCC 4.4.5 shipped with Ubuntu Maverick)
Hence, PyPy 50% faster than C on this carefully crafted example. The reason is obvious - static compiler can't inline across file boundaries. In C, you can somehow circumvent that, however, it wouldn't anyway work with shared libraries. In Python however, even when the whole import system is completely dynamic, the JIT can dynamically find out what can be inlined. That example would work equally well for Java and other decent JITs, it's however good to see we work in the same space :-)
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Updated: Feb. 15, 2013 at 8:00 a.m. EST
South African prosecutors on Friday formally charged "Blade Runner" Oscar Pistorius with shooting and killing his model girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp, in the early hours of Valentine's Day. At Pretoria Magistrates Court, prosecutors told chief magistrate Desmond Nair they would argue that Pistorius committed "premeditated murder" on Feb. 14 at his home in the South African capital. In the dock, Pistorius, dressed in a dark gray suit and blue shirt, cried silently, bent over and buried his head in his hands when he was formally charged with one count of murder. From behind, his father Henke, brother Carl and sister Aimee leaned forward to try to comfort him. Pistorius was, in the words of his defense lawyer, in an "extremely traumatized state of mind." Nair postponed the defense's application for bail until Tuesday. Pistorius will be held in police custody until then.
(PHOTOS: Oscar Pistorius On and Off the Track)
Police have said that Steenkamp was shot in the head and the hand. Local media reports suggested Friday that the police had been called to Pistorius' home at the Silver Woods secure housing estate in Pretoria just past midnight after neighbors reported hearing a loud argument. They were then called back a second time two hours later, around 3:00 a.m., after the shooting. The Afrikaans newspaper Die Beeld reported Steenkamp had been shot four times through a bathroom door and had been hit in the hand, the pelvis, the chest and the head. On Thursday a police spokeswoman discounted initial media reports that Pistorius shot Steenkamp accidentally, thinking she was an intruder, and added that officers were investigating "previous allegations of a domestic nature" at Pistorius' home.
(MORE: What to Know About Oscar Pistorius' Girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp)
Pistorius' family and his management released a statement Friday calling into question the charge that he murdered Steenkamp. Issued from London, the statement read, "The alleged murder is disputed in the strongest terms," and noted that Pistorius "would like to send his deepest sympathies to the family of Reeva."
The case has stunned South Africa and the wider world. Steenkamp, 29, was a rising star in South Africa as a strikingly beautiful magazine cover girl and reality-TV star. But it is the sudden and tragic turn in Pistorius' story that has drawn bewilderment and disbelief. Pistorius, 26, was born with no fibula in either of his legs, and both were amputated below the knee before he was 1. Encouraged by a mother who refused to treat him as anything but equal, he used prosthetic limbs to excel at able-bodied sports during high school. Then, as he ran to recover from a rugby injury using carbon-fiber "blades" that mimicked the action of a cheetah, his father realized he was posting world-record Paralympian times.
Pistorius quickly established himself as a world-class Paralympian sprinter but, accustomed to competing in able-bodied sports, fought a long battle against those who claimed his prosthetics gave him an unfair advantage to also take part in the Olympics. Last year, at the Games in London, he emerged as one of the stars, collecting two Paralympic gold medals and two silvers, breaking two world records and one Paralympic record. He also competed in an Olympic final and semi-final.
(MORE: Athletes Who Have Competed in Both the Olympics and Paralympics)
At the time, his sour and ungracious outburst after losing the T44 200m final to Brazilian Alan Fonteles Cardoso Oliveira, complaining that Oliveira's blades gave him an unfair advantage because they were too long, raised some eyebrows in the athletics world. But it was not enough to dent the almost universal adulation Pistorius drew for his remarkable story of triumph over adversity and the manner in which he was single-handedly overturning the global image of disability. His picture graced billboards and magazine covers across the world. In South Africa, a country that was still living with the white-supremacist apartheid regime where futures were determined by the accident of birth, the story of a boy born disadvantaged who overcame all obstacles to conquer the very world from which his disadvantage should have barred him, made the impossible seem possible. Like few other figures since Nelson Mandela, Pistorius' inspirational example was able to unite his divided country. Today, as a sobbing Pistorius began to face up to his stunning fall, South Africa — and much of the wider world — finds itself in need of a new hero.
PHOTOS: Oscar Pistorius's Historic Race


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More horrific reports out of Homs only a day after the United Nations General Assembly called on President Bashar al-Assad's regime to end its shelling of the city.
Voice of Americareports activists say:
... tank fire and artillery shelling hit four neighborhoods in the central protest city Friday which has spearheaded the 11-month uprising.
While the BBC says:
On Friday, shells were hitting the districts of Baba Amr, Inshaat, Bayada and Khaldiya, opposition and human rights activist said.
"The shelling is continuous. They are using rockets and mortars, which are falling on people's houses," Homs resident Abu Abdah told the BBC. "The damage is so huge, and the city has been isolated."
"We have no support. We have a lack of medical supplies and food. The Assad forces have prevented people leaving the city."
At least five people were killed in Friday's attacks, The Associated Press reports, citing activists in the city.
According to the AP:
Activist groups said tens of thousands of protesters poured into the streets after Friday prayers from Daraa in the south to Aleppo and Idlib in the north and Deir el-Zour in the east to areas around the capital Damascus. The Local Coordination Committees said security forces opened fire on some protests.
Syrian troops have attacked Homs for two weeks, trying to rout hundreds of rebel fighters in the city. The United Nations says 5,400 people have been killed since a crackdown on activists began nearly a year ago.
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NAPA, California (AP) — The largest earthquake to hit the San Francisco Bay Area in 25 years sent scores of people to hospitals, ignited fires, damaged multiple historic buildings and knocked out power to tens of thousands in California's wine country on Sunday.
The magnitude-6.0 earthquake that struck at 3:20 a.m. about 6 miles from the city of Napa ruptured water mains and gas lines, left two adults and a child critically injured, upended bottles and casks at some of Napa Valley's famed wineries and sent residents running out of their homes in the darkness.
Dazed residents too fearful of aftershocks to go back to bed wandered at dawn through Napa's historic downtown, where the quake had shorn a 10-foot chunk of bricks and concrete from the corner of an old county courthouse. Bolder-sized pieces of rubble littered the lawn and street in front of the building and the hole left behind allowed a view of the offices inside.
College student Eduardo Rivera, 20, said the home he shares with six relatives shook so violently that he kept getting knocked back into his bed as he tried to flee.
"When I woke up, my mom was screaming, and the sound from the earthquake was greater than my mom's screams," Rivera said.
While inspecting the shattered glass at her husband's storefront office in downtown Napa, Chris Malloy, 45, described calling for her two children in the dark as the quake rumbled under the family's home, throwing heavy pieces of furniture 3 or 4 feet and breaking them.
"It was shaking and I was crawling on my hands and knees in the dark, looking for them," she said, wearing flip flops on feet left bloodied from crawling through broken glass.
President Barack Obama was briefed on the earthquake, the White House said. Federal officials also have been in touch with state and local emergency responders. Gov. Jerry Brown declared a state of emergency for southern Napa County, directing state agencies to respond with equipment and personnel.
Napa Fire Department Operations Chief John Callanan said the city has exhausted its own resources trying to extinguish six fires, some in places with broken water mains; transporting injured residents; searching homes for anyone who might be trapped; and answering calls about gas leaks and downed power lines.
Two of the fires happened at mobile home parks, including one where four homes were destroyed and two others damaged, Callanan said.
The earthquake sent 120 people to Queen of the Valley Medical Center in Napa, where officials set up a triage tent to handle the influx. Most had cuts, bumps and bruises received either in the quake, when they tried to flee their homes or while cleaning up, hospital CEO Walt Mickens said. Three people were admitted with broken bones and two for heart attacks.
The child in critical condition was struck by part of a fireplace and had to be airlifted to a specialty hospital for a neurological evaluation, Callanan said.
The earthquake is the largest to shake the Bay Area since the magnitude-6.9 Loma Prieta quake in 1989, the USGS said. That temblor struck the area on Oct. 17, 1989, during a World Series game between the San Francisco Giants and the Oakland Athletics, collapsing part of the Bay Bridge roadway and killing more than 60 people, most when an Oakland freeway fell.
Sunday's quake was felt widely throughout the region. People reported feeling it more than 200 miles south of Napa and as far east as the Nevada border. Amtrak suspended its train service through the Bay Area so tracks could be inspected.
Napa City Manager Mike Parness said at an afternoon news conference that 15 to 16 buildings were no longer inhabitable, and there was only limited access to numerous other structures, mostly ones with broken windows. Officials say they are still assessing buildings in the area.
In Napa, at least three historic buildings were damaged, including the county courthouse, and at least two downtown commercial buildings have been severely damaged. A Red Cross evacuation center was set up at a high school, and crews were assessing damage to homes, bridges and roadways.
"There's collapses, fires," said Napa Fire Capt. Doug Bridewell, standing in front of large pieces of masonry that broke loose from a turn of the century office building where a fire had just been extinguished. "That's the worst shaking I've ever been in."
Bridewell said he had to climb over fallen furniture in his own home to check on his family before reporting to duty.
The shaking emptied cabinets in homes and store shelves, set off car alarms and had residents of neighboring Sonoma County running out of their houses and talking about damage inside their homes.
Pacific Gas and Electric spokesman J.D. Guidi said close to 30,000 lost power right after the quake hit, but the number was down just under 19,000, most of them in Napa. He says crews are working to make repairs, but it's unclear when electricity would be restored.
The depth of the earthquake was just less than 7 miles, and numerous small aftershocks have occurred, the USGS said.
"A quake of that size in a populated area is of course widely felt throughout that region," said Randy Baldwin, a geophysicist with the U.S. Geological Survey in Golden, Colorado.
California Highway Patrol Officer Kevin Bartlett said cracks and damage to pavement closed the westbound Interstate 80 connector to westbound State Route 37 in Vallejo and westbound State Route 37 at the Sonoma off ramp. He says there haven't been reports of injuries or people stranded in their cars, but there are numerous flat tires from motorists driving over damaged roads.


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Live From Mecca, It's Ramadan
Live streaming views of the Grand Mosque in Mecca, the holy city in Saudi Arabia that is closed to virtually all non-Muslim visitors, are playing online, depicting pilgrims' visits for the holy month of Ramadan. The video shows the faithful performing prayers and circumambulation around the Kaaba, the sacred cube at the mosque's center.
The sounds and images are featured in Google's new Ramadan hub, using the Saudi Ministry of Culture and Information's YouTube channel. The Google hub also seeks to connect Muslims who are celebrating the month-long holiday of daytime fasting and the nightly meals.
"This year, as families around the world celebrate Ramadan, we have some tips on how you can more easily keep in touch and share moments with the people you care about," Google says, in a blog post written by Hadi Raad, the company's head of marketing in the region.
Many users of Google Plus and Twitter are using the tags #Ramadan and #breakingfast to share their thoughts about the Muslim holy month, which runs from July 8 to August 7.
As the Middle East's Gulf News reports, Google is also offering "Hangouts with celebrity chefs from around the world. And it also shows the best commute routes home at the end of the day."
The restrictions on travel to Mecca are enforced in part by Saudi Arabia's practice of granting visa requests only to people who are visiting either for business or to see a Saudi citizen. But that doesn't mean non-Muslims don't ask about visiting Mecca.
Answering one such question on the On Islam blog, religion scholar Idris Tawfiq explains it this way:
"Saudi Arabia does not promote itself as a tourist destination, since you will find there none of the things which most tourists are looking for on a holiday. The holy city of Makkah, as we will discuss later, is not a place for tourism, but for Muslims to bow down in worship to their Creator."
Tawfiq adds that when he first visited Mecca, he encountered "numerous checkpoints" outside the city, "where visitors were asked to show their passports and proof of their Muslim status."
And he says that for many Muslims, the experience of seeing the Kaaba is a powerful one — and that it's made more intense by a sense of intimacy and fellowship that comes with being surrounded by other believers.


text: "People are afraid of themselves, of their own reality; their feelings most of all. People talk about how great love is, but that's bullshit. Love hurts. Feelings are disturbing. People are taught that pain is evil and dangerous. How can they deal with love if they're afraid to feel? Pain is meant to wake us up. People try to hide their pain. But they're wrong. Pain is something to carry, like a radio. You feel your strength in the experience of pain. It's all in how you carry it. That's what matters. Pain is a feeling. Your feelings are a part of you. Your own reality. If you feel ashamed of them, and hide them, you're letting society destroy your reality. You should stand up for your right to feel your pain."


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One of my favorite parts of the holiday turkey dinner is the leftovers! It is always fun trying to come up with new ways of using turkey leftovers in such a way that the leftover meals are just as interesting as the original. Before trying something new though, I had to enjoy my favorite way to use turkey leftovers, the turkey and cranberry sauce sandwich . Once I had satisfied that craving it was time to move on and given that both the turkey and cranberry sauce were done with texmex flavours I was thinking along the lines of turkey and cranberry sauce tacos or better yet quesadillas. Though the cranberry sauce already had jalapenos in it, it was not spicy enough for the heat that I want in a quesadilla so I added some more to the quesadilla along with some cilantro as it is one of my favorite herbs and a texmex staple. The turkey and cranberry sauce quesadillas turned out really well! The sweet, tart and spicy cranberry sauce worked surprisingly well in the quesadillas along with the turkey and the gooey melted cheese. I will definitely be making these again!
Turkey and Cranberry Quesadillas
Thanksgiving turkey dinner leftover quesadillas.
- 2 (8 inch) flour tortillas
- 1/2 cup shredded cheese such as jack or cheddar
- 1/4 pound turkey, cooked, shredded
- 2 tablespoons cranberry sauce
- 1/2 jalapeno, finely diced
- 1 green onion, sliced
- 1 handful cilantro, chopped
- Heat a pan over medium heat, place one tortilla in and top with the half of the cheese followed by the turkey, cranberry sauce, jalapeno, green onion, cilantro and the remaining cheese and tortilla.
- Cook the quesadilla until golden brown and the cheese is melted, about 2-4 minutes per side. (You can place a plate on top of the quesadilla in the pan and then flip it onto the plate and slide it from the plate back into the pan to easily flip it without loosing the contents.)
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It's ALL THINGS CONSIDERED from NPR News. I'm Audie Cornish.
And I'm Robert Siegel.
In Sanford, Florida, there's been a new development in the Trayvon Martin shooting case. Late today, attorneys for the admitted shooter, George Zimmerman, said they are no longer representing him. Attorney Craig Sonner says they haven't spoken to Zimmerman since Sunday.
CRAIG SONNER: We've lost contact with him. Up to this point, we've had contact every day. He's gone on his own. I don't - I'm not sure what he's doing or who he's talking to. But at this point, we're withdrawing his counsel.
SIEGEL: Joining us from Sanford is NPR's Kathy Lohr. She was at today's news conference. And, Kathy, Zimmerman's lawyers say they haven't spoken with him, but I gather they have other concerns as well. What are those?
KATHY LOHR, BYLINE: That's right. Both Craig Sonner and the attorney Hal Uhrig says they haven't talked to him for a couple of days and that he just stopped returning phone calls, text messages, emails, basically any kind of communication. They also cite the fact that they're - despite their advice against it, Zimmerman has been in contact with a lot of people, including the state prosecutor's office and some people in the media. They say that they're also involved in this new website that George Zimmerman has apparently put out, and that there was a mix-up over the website, how it was administered. They say that Zimmerman called Fox News directly to talk to some of the folks there.
And I guess the final decision today is that they said that they spoke with the special prosecutor's office in Jacksonville, and they were told that Zimmerman contacted that prosecutor directly and said that basically they were not his attorneys, just his legal advisers. I'm not sure what the difference is, neither or they. But they said today it's not so much they're resigning, but they announced that they can't represent him until George Zimmerman contacts them.
SIEGEL: Kathy, what about Zimmerman's case? He hasn't been charged with any crime at this point. Did the lawyers say that they think it would be difficult to represent Zimmerman's claim of self-defense in the shooting of Trayvon Martin?
LOHR: Absolutely not. In fact, they say he still has a very strong self-defense case, so he hasn't been charged. But they say the evidence shows that Zimmerman had followed Trayvon Martin who - but he was walking back to his car that night, back in February, and that actually Trayvon was the attacker, that he hit Zimmerman, that he broke Zimmerman's nose, and then he was pounding Zimmerman's head on the ground. And they said it was clear that Zimmerman acted in self-defense that night.
SIEGEL: I gather they brought up the issue of race once again. What do they have to say?
LOHR: Well, the attorney Hal Uhrig strongly stressed that George Zimmerman is not a racist. And he said that race had absolutely nothing to do with the shooting that night. He says it was not racial profiling, just that there had been crimes in the neighborhood, and that Zimmerman was acting in his role as a good neighborhood watch volunteer when he was looking to see who was in the neighborhood that night.
Also, basically, they just say they want their client to get back in touch with them, and they urged him to do that. And they say, you know, if that happens that they will represent him again.
SIEGEL: OK. Thank you, Kathy.
LOHR: My pleasure.
SIEGEL: That's NPR's Kathy Lohr in Sanford, Florida. One other development this evening regarding the special prosecutor who must decide whether to bring charges against Zimmerman. Angela Corey announced that she'll hold a news conference in the next 72 hours. She says new information will be released about the investigation, but Corey gave no details. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.


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Princeton's class of 2013 is its largest ever and includes a record percentage of financial aid recipients, with 60 percent of the 1,300 incoming freshmen receiving assistance under the University's groundbreaking aid program.
"We continue to be tremendously successful in attaining our goal of making Princeton affordable for any students regardless of family financial circumstances," Dean of the College Nancy Malkiel said in her report at the Sept. 21 faculty meeting. "And we are extraordinarily fortunate to be able to reaffirm our commitment to the strongest possible undergraduate financial aid program in a period of significant fiscal stringency."
A total of 782 incoming freshmen are receiving financial aid. The record-high number and percentage of students on aid are up substantially from the previous year's record of 697 students, or 56 percent of the class of 2012. The average grant of $35,309 is up from $33,671 a year earlier (see sidebar). The incoming class includes 206 students from low-income backgrounds, or nearly 16 percent of freshmen.
The class of 2013 is the 12th to matriculate since the University began revamping its financial aid practices -- including instituting a pioneering "no-loan" policy -- to make a Princeton education more affordable to a broader range of students. In the class of 2001, the last class to enter before the aid improvements, 38 percent of the students were on financial aid with an average grant of $15,064, and students from low-income backgrounds made up 8 percent of the class.
The class of 2013 is Princeton's largest, marking the culmination of a gradual expansion of the student body and reaching the now-annual target of 1,300 students for the entering class. The incoming freshmen were selected from a record 21,963 applicants, a 2.8 percent increase from the record 21,370 applicants for the class of 2012 and a 60.4 percent rise compared to the 13,695 applications received for the class of 2008.
Beginning with the class of 2012, the University ended its binding early decision admission process and admitted all undergraduates through a single process, seeking to attract a broader pool of applicants. Applications to Princeton have risen steadily in recent years as the University has expanded recruitment initiatives and increased awareness of its financial aid program.
Reflecting efforts to enhance the diversity of its applicant pool, Princeton is enrolling a record number of minority students in the freshman class this year. A total of 487 freshmen are from minority backgrounds, representing 37.4 percent of the class, compared to 471 minority students, or 37.9 percent of the class of 2012. The class of 2013 also includes 136 international students, constituting 10.5 percent of the class, compared to 141 students, or 11.3 percent of the class, a year earlier.
"Building a strong multicultural community is a high priority for the University, and we will continue to concentrate on the recruitment, selection and yields of minority students in the applicant pool for the class of 2014," Malkiel said.
The class of 2013 also reflects continued progress in terms of gender. The percentage of applicants, admitted students and enrolled students was evenly balanced between men and women. Moreover, women comprise 43 percent of engineering students in the freshmen class, the second-highest percentage after last year's record 46.6 percent.
Overall, Princeton offered admission to 2,209 applicants, or 10.1 percent of those who applied to the class of 2013. The University offered admission to 2,122 applicants, or 9.9 percent of those who applied to the class of 2012.
The incoming freshman class figures do not include the 20 students admitted to the class of 2013 who are participating in the first year of Princeton's Bridge Year Program, in which they spend a year abroad on service projects. Those students will enroll with the class of 2014.
Princeton currently enrolls 5,047 undergraduates including the incoming class, according to the Office of the Registrar. (Official opening enrollment numbers will be available in October.) For additional figures on the class of 2013, see "By the numbers" in the Sept. 13 issue of the Princeton University Bulletin.


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I haven't been posting much lately, but am still sharing on-the-go finds / quick reviews via Facebook and Twitter (see twitpics). Please feel free to follow through either of those to receive updates : )
This is my third post featuring J.Crew's cafe capri pants. You've seen the Crewcuts kids versions which I adore, but I was initially drawn to this womens pair in a rich color and a more "grownup" lightweight wool material. Unfortunately, they suffered a bit of damage from at-home frying in the dryer, but more on that later.
And as for this blouse…I wasn't sure about it initially, but changed my mind after seeing how much fun it adds to otherwise solid outfits. I also couldn't believe how similar it is to this Equipment blouse for a mere fraction of the price (given, that one is 100% silk)!
Several of you have asked why I don't show pants more often, and the answer is not because I don't like them. When done right, pants can be very lengthening on petite women (especially boot-cut trousers with heels that hit right above the ground), however…
– Pants that fit my body type (or most body types, for that matter) well are incredibly hard to find.
– Waist/hip/leg alterations can be tricky and may go wrong, unlike those for basic pencil skirts. Out of all my pants that have gone through alterations (~7 pairs?), only 1 pair came out fitting perfectly.
– I commute to work in flats (gotta balance on the jerky subway), and long trousers drag on the ground.
Therefore, I went overboard with J.Crew's cafe capris and grabbed three pairs in one month. The color/print options are unique, the ankle length means no yucky dragging, and the Crewcuts versions with adjustable waists are some of the best-fitting pants I've tried. If you missed out on the print ones, their solid cotton version comes in 8 colors.
Unfortunately, the one pair I purchased in womens sizing ran rather generously. I fully expected this, knowing J.Crew's history of vanity sizing and having seen less-than-promising reviews on Sydney and Kelly. I paid around $33 for these (planned on shelling out another $15-20 for waist alterations), and have to say they're not worth much more to me. Especially not the $118 retail! Just as Sydney pointed out – the wool is thin (so thin it feels like I'm going to wear holes into the butt from sitting down), unlined and itchy, plus the cut did nothing for my behind.
Also, after trying these pants on, I realized that they needed a bit more than just waist alterations. The entire hips/butt/thighs were roomy on me, and the rise was high. I knew I couldn't visit my tailors until June (they work rather leisurely hours), so I decided to attempt DIY shrinking via the dryer. That worked well for these LOFT wool ankle pants, and I wanted to try my luck again.
I didn't do much research (shame on me) and hand-soaked these pants in hot water, then machine-dried on high heat. Literally the moment I submerged these pants in water, the wool started to look felted and worn. The tag says dry-clean only, so I knew the risks and take the blame.
On the plus side, these pants did shrink slightly in the aspects of length, thighs, hips, rise, and waist – at least to the point that I don't need to Steve-Urkel them. The rear is also more flattering now than before when the rise was high. During the drying process, I stopped the machine and checked every 10 minutes, to make sure these didn't over-shrink. If you've ever had beloved wool sweaters become teddy-bear size, then you know the importance of monitoring!


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Rays - 000 001 200 - 3 8 1The bats return -- and Boston scores 26 runs in the three-game sweep of Tampa Bay.
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Kevin Youkilis -- who was bumped up into the #3 spot when David Ortiz was scratched from the original lineup with a sore knee -- hit a home run and two doubles and drove in four runs. The Red Sox also stole a season-high five bases, including two double steals (Jacoby Ellsbury/Dustin Pedroia in the 1st and Julio Lugo/Ellsbury in the 8th). Boston last had five steals in a game on July 3, 2002.
Jon Lester had a rough beginning to his start. He threw 28 pitches in the first inning, but was able to escape with no runs allowed. Listening to the NESN feed on MLBTV, I heard Don Orsillo say "Lester back to being Lester" after the network went to commercial. While he obviously thought he was completely off-mic, he did sum up what most Sox fans were feeling.
However, Lester settled down. He got the first two Rays in the second and would have had a perfect inning, but Lugo booted a grounder for an error. After allowing a single, Lester got the final out, then retired 9 of the next 11 batters before Carlos Pena put Tampa on the board with a solo home run in the sixth. Lester finished with a 6-4-1-3-5, 112 line.
Manny Delcarmen threw a wrench into Terry Francona's bullpen plans, allowing a single and triple with one out in the seventh (both runners would score). Tito was forced to go with Hideki Okajima earlier than he would have liked. Jeemer got the final two outs in the seventh and the first two outs in the eighth. After allowing a single which brought the tying run for Tampa to the plate, it was time for Jonathan Papelbon. Bot secured his four outs quickly, on only 15 pitches.
Scott Kazmir (2008 debut; 3.48, 130 ERA+ in 2007) / Jon Lester (4.31, 102 ERA+)
W L PCT GB RS RA EXPHank:
Boston 19 13 .594 -- 155 140 17-15
Tampa Bay 16 14 .533 2.0 141 130 16-14
Baltimore 16 14 .533 2.0 126 135 14-16
New York 16 16 .500 3.0 140 143 16-16
Toronto 14 17 .452 4.5 126 114 17-14
I'm very disappointed with the way the season has gone ... We just can't win one out of five games, every time Wang pitches. It's not going to work. It's not a good win percentage. Starting pitching is where it's at, especially in the postseason. At this point, we'll see if we even make the postseason.


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Jammie Thomas-Rasset and her legal team are headed—they hope—for the Supreme Court.Thomas-Rasset, a young Minnesota mom, was the first US file-sharer to take her RIAA-initiated lawsuit all the way to a trial and a verdict back in 2007. Five years, three trials, and one appeal later, she owes $222,000 to the recording industry for sharing songs on the Kazaa file-sharing network, but she doesn't plan to quit fighting.I contacted Thomas-Rasset's lawyer, K.A.D. "Kiwi" Camara about today's appellate ruling restoring the judgment from Thomas-Rasset's first trial. Would Thomas-Rasset press on to the only legal avenue still open to her?Camara says yes, claiming that the appellate court misapplied the law."Because even the reduced amount of damages that we won is punitive, the court of appeals erred by failing to apply the Supreme Court's punitive damages cases," he told me by e-mail. "We will seek certiorari from the Supreme Court to correct that error."Thomas-Rasset will follow Joel Tenenbaum, the second US resident to take his file-sharing case that far. Tenenbaum—who reached the Supreme Court first because he had only one jury trial instead of three—tried to convince the justices that they should take his case to stop the music label plan to create, in his lawyer's words, "an urban legend so frightening to children using the Internet, and so frightening for parents and teachers of students using the Internet, that they will somehow reverse the tide of the digital future." The Supremes showed no interest, denying Tenenbaum's petition back in May.


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Bob Dylan's "Like a Rolling Stone" is getting its first official music video, nearly 50 years after the song was released.
The interactive video will premiere on Dylan's website Tuesday and marks the release of the new 47-disc box set, The Complete Album Collection Volume 1.
"Like a Rolling Stone" came out in 1965 and remains one of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame singer-songwriter's most influential songs.
Photo: AP Photo
File photo depicting Bob Dylan performing in Los Angeles.
The video will allow viewers to switch between 16 different story lines that mimic television channels. The actors and hosts on each of these channels lip-sync the lyrics to the song and viewers can move from one to another during the song seamlessly. There is a Dylan channel as well that features vintage footage.


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How Personalized Videos Can Move Banks to Top of Wallet
It's not news that U.S. banking models are changing. Fluctuating market dynamics include regulations reducing traditional sources of revenue, and gradually rebounding employment rates that are sparking renewed opportunity and competition for credit card products. Additionally, technological advances are allowing for greater opportunity to connect with customers: smartphone usage and tablet adoption are driving higher consumer expectations of mobile and digital banking experiences, and big data is encouraging insights on customer spending and behavioral attributes.
In addition to these shifting macro factors, we are in the age of the empowered customer, in which brands are crafting customer-centric strategies to stay competitive, and are optimizing the customer experience at every touch point. Financial institutions have reached a tipping point in which they need to leverage these technological advances, while maintaining focus on the individual customer, to ultimately move to the top of the consumer's wallet.
For instance, Citi is adopting a strategy to better engage customers by utilizing big data to gather a combination of credit card spending, smartphone geo-location and behavioral activity information to initiate one-to-one localized marketing via mobile for customers who opt-in. The marketing goes beyond personalization (what you know about the person) to contextualization (adding current behavior to past history), which means highly relevant marketing in real time.
Citi is just one bank that recognizes that new value opportunities exist when customers receive differentiated digital experiences. Leveraging customer data further enhances these experiences, and engages in a personally relevant manner that makes a customer feel known and valued, thereby building an emotional connection to a brand and deepening loyalty. And when relevant, real-time experiences are delivered via the most engaging digital medium – online video – the message is as compelling as it is informative. Here are four ways banking institutions can deliver effective and engaging videos to customers in order to rise to top of wallet.
Drive card activation and early utilization with new customers
First impressions are everything. The first 90 days of a new customer relationship are critical in making or breaking the connection; customers need to be assured they made the right decision. Banks have the best opportunity to influence utilization by proactively onboarding customers with 'welcome' experiences that can be the difference between an active and inactive account, and further, the difference between occasional and frequent spending. When banks engage new customers in a manner that is relevant and informative, the bank's likelihood of gaining customer trust and increasing levels of brand engagement, loyalty, and hence, spending, is high.
Banking institutions can leverage customer data to generate a smart video presentation to proactively educate the customer about his new account, briefly explain the first statement and payment due date, highlight value-added services (such as autopay), and recommend actions that deliver a great experience.
Enhance the customer experience with the first statement delivery
Extending the personalized video experience to the delivery of a customer's first card statement offers opportunities for care cost containment, specifically by reducing the number and duration of statement-related calls from new customers. And as with onboarding videos, smart video statements include promotions that drive up spending, uptake in value-added services (such as paperless statements), and enrollment in loyalty programs. Again, this offers deeper levels of brand engagement, improving the overall customer experience.
Boost reward redemption, ultimately fostering long-term loyalty and value
Banks must be effective at encouraging customers to redeem rewards, as this has significant influence over top of wallet and total spending. Loyalty program marketing typically tailors communications, promotions and offers based on segment or persona-based attributes. Smarter applications of video take loyalty initiatives a step further with more memorable and effective brand engagement than traditional marketing tactics, enabling deeper levels of contextual relevance and more targeted calls to action. In addition to segment or persona-based attributes, historical data (such as purchase history) and situational data (such as the recognition of a life event) can be leveraged within the video experience.
For instance, a video scene could feature the customer's points earned on recent transactions, followed by a scene of eligible and relevant redemption offers based on the customer's recent life event (e.g., the purchase of a new car) or spending history (e.g., a frequent traveler). These videos enhance loyalty marketing initiatives, delivering increased program enrollment and reward redemption rates that exceed that of mass communication tactics.
Deliver targeted and relevant cross-sell and upsell experiences
Smart banks invest in cross-selling and upselling to own as much of the customer's wallet as possible, especially as traditional revenue sources continue to diminish. As with loyalty marketing initiatives, behavioral analytics and segmentation data enable rich customer insights and an ability to tailor marketing offers in order to maximize customer profitability.
Connecting with customers at an individual level – as someone the bank knows personally – can derive additional customer value, simply by leveraging the same profile, historical and situational attributes in previous customer touch points. For example, banks can deliver a video presentation that shows where the customer is spending, and then offers a tailored promotion or reward for the spending behavior, such as a VIP airline credit card. Tailored offers can also be included within the previously discussed customer onboarding or card statement videos.
Regardless of the use case, leveraging data to engage customers in a personalized and contextualized way with video not only addresses consumer demand for better digital experiences, but also allows for differentiated experiences that keep banks competitive and propels them to top of wallet to grow revenue.
Jim Dicso is the president and chief revenue officer at SundaySky