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Kudos for Vermont from New England Journal of Medicine
MONTPELIER -- An article in the prestigious New England Journal of Medicine is praising Vermont's efforts to redesign its health care system, saying Vermont can serve as a model for other states.
"Vermont is progressive," said the article's author, Dr. Laura Grubb, also a fellow in adolescent medicine at the University of Texas Medical School. "They didn't wait until each step of the Affordable Care Act had to be implemented. They voted on their own state-based reform system."
Much of the energy behind Vermont's efforts to implement the 2010 federal law actually has been directed at a more ambitious goal. Gov. Peter Shumlin and his fellow Democrats who control the Legislature have put Vermont on a path to move as close as it can to a Canadian-style, single-payer health care system by 2017.
The federal law calls for states to set up regulated health insurance marketplaces, called exchanges. Vermont has been eagerly setting up its exchange, in hopes of using it as a springboard for the single-payer system. State lawmakers passed legislation in 2011 to set itself on a two-stop journey to set up the exchange in 2014 and the single-payer system in 2017.
Shumlin, who has championed the changes to Vermont's health care system, said the state should be "proud to be a leader" in implementing the federal law.
"We are pleased to gain recognition of our path to single payer health care and our Vermont-style solutions in the New England Journal of Medicine," he said.
Darcie Johnston, founder of the group Vermonters for Health Care Freedom, a group opposed to the state's health care plans, said Grubb is a member of Physicians for a National Health Program, which supports single-payer health care nationwide.
In a phone interview, Grubb said she was an "inactive" member. "I haven't paid dues in a couple of years."
Grubb, a medical doctor pursuing a master's degree in public health policy, highlighted four areas in which states would do well to follow Vermont's example. She noted:
--The creation of a centralized board -- the Green Mountain Care Board -- to coordinate efforts to retool the state's health care system and set up what will be called the Green Mountain Care system by 2017.
--The inclusion of people, called stakeholders, who will be affected by health policy in its development.
--An aggressive approach to setting up the exchange, getting started even before last year's Supreme Court decision upholding the law and before President Barack Obama's re-election, which helped ensure the continuity of the federal effort.
--Attracting federal funds to help the state effort to implement the changes. The second-smallest state by population, Vermont ranks fifth in the country in attracting federal funds to support health care efforts.
The Green Mountain Care Board set up a 64-member advisory group of physicians, dentists, physical and occupational therapists and naturopathic doctors. It also set up a 24-member advisory group of mental health and substance abuse professionals to help guide its work.
"The engagement of such stakeholders has facilitated a smoother transition to large-scale reform," Grubb wrote.
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Astros launch four long balls to top Tigers
By Jason Beck / MLB.com
LAKELAND, Fla. -- Maybe Justin Verlander will shut down the Astros when the Tigers go to Houston in May. On Thursday, though, they put on a home-run display under the lights at Joker Marchant Stadium, homering three times in Verlander's 5 2/3 innings for a 7-2 Astros win.
Carlos Corporan homered twice, once off Verlander. His drive to right leading off the fifth inning was the first of back-to-back homers against Verlander, who said after the outing that he left a couple of fastballs up while struggling to get a feel for his slider.
Those back-to-back blasts came an inning after Brandon Laird had put Houston ahead for good with a two-run homer. Laird, who replaced Brett Wallace after Wallace left the game with a pinched nerve in his left trap in the first inning, is the younger brother of former Tigers catcher Gerald Laird.
Verlander had a text message waiting from Laird by the time he left the game with two outs in the sixth.
"As soon as he hit that ball, I thought, 'I'm never going to hear the end of this,'" Verlander said.
He might see more of Laird soon enough. The homer was the fifth Laird hit this spring as he tries to claim a spot on an Opening Day roster for the first time in his career.
Corporan hit his second home run off Al Alburquerque, lofting a ball high into the night sky.
Verlander doesn't know many of the Astros hitters he faced aside from the veterans in the middle of the order. Given the possibility of a regular-season matchup in a month and a half, he said he'll keep hitters' reactions in his memory bank.
"I'm just trying to get a feel for these guys," he said. "I'll take this start and log away a lot of information."
Corporan added a third hit with a ninth-inning single through the right side off Tigers closer candidate Bruce Rondon. J.D. Martinez added two hits.
Astros starter Lucas Harrell held a lineup of Tigers regulars to three hits over five innings of two-run ball. Alex Avila singled in Quintin Berry for a run in the fifth after Prince Fielder walked and scored on a double play in the second. Victor Martinez went 2-for-3.
Up next: Bud Norris, who was named the club's Opening Day starter on Wednesday, gets the start for the Astros on Friday when they face the Cardinals at 12:05 p.m. CT at Osceola County Stadium. Jose Veras, who just helped the Dominican Republic win the World Baseball Classic, is scheduled to get back on the mound for the Astros for the first time since March 1.
Jason Beck is a reporter for MLB.com. Read Beck's Blog and follow him on Twitter @beckjason. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.

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The netbook market is booming despite many claims that netbooks are cannibalizing sales of more profitable notebook computers. All the major computer makers including Dell, HP, and Lenovo are offering netbooks with the only major holdout being Apple.
When Dell launched its Inspiron Mini netbook line, the firm started with a 9-inch netbook and then followed the Mini 9 with the larger Mini 12. With these two machines, Dell skirted what many believe to be the netbook sweet spot in the 10-inch size range.
Dell has addressed this hole in their lineup with the official introduction today of the Dell Mini 10. The machine uses a 10.1-inch WSVGA edge-to-edge widescreen display. The keyboard is 92% of full size and the machine weighs 2.86 pounds overall. The touchpad uses multi-touch and supports gestures for easy navigation.
An HDMI output is integrated along with a webcam and Wi-Fi. The base system includes 1GB of RAM and a 160GB HDD. The machine runs on Windows XP and can be had in several colors including blue, green, white, red, pink, and black.
Dell says that the machine will be available to order direct on February 26. QVC is taking pre-orders on a special version of the Mini 10 that will ship for free and include a 4GB SD card now. Later this year Dell says it will offer options for the $399 base machine including Ubuntu and Vista operating systems, WWAN, Bluetooth, internal GPS, integrated TV tuner, HD resolution, 2GB of RAM, 250GB HDD and SSDs.


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Do you need some music for a video you are making? Are you tired of YouTube removing your videos because they say the audio is a copyright infringement? Video Clip Music Assist can help. This software searches jamendo.com for music of a specified duration. The songs that are returned are licensed under a Creative Commons license suitable for use in your homemade videos hosted on YouTube or Vimeo.
ZXTune is a set of portable cross-platform applications (GUI/CLI) intended to play chiptunes. It features advanced ripping possibilities that let you search for music in big data sets. Supported ZX Spectrum chiptunes formats include AY, AS0/ASC, FTC, GTR, PSC, PSG, PSM, PT1, PT2, PT3, SQT, ST1, ST3, STC, STP, TXT, TurboSound, VTX, YM, CHI, DMM, DST, PDT, SQD, STR, TF0/TFE, TFC, TFD, and COP. The Commodore64 SID format is supported. Supported PC chiptunes formats include 669, AMF, DMF, FAR, FNK, GDM, IMF, IT, LIQ, PSM, MDL, MTM, PTM, RTM, S3M, STIM, STM, STX, ULT, XM. Supported Amiga chiptune formats include DBM, EMOD, MOD, MTN, IMS, MED, OKT, PT36, SFX. Supported Atari chiptune formats include DTM, GTK, TCB. The Acorn chiptune format DTT is supported. Supported compressed formats include CHARPRES, CC3, CC4, CC4PLUS, DSQ, ESV, GAM, GAMPLUS, HRUM, HRUST1, HRUST2, LZH1, LZH2, LZS, MSP, PACK2, PCD61, PCD62, TLZ, TLZP, TRUSH. Supported archived/container formats include FDI, HOBETA, HRIP, LHA, RAW, SCL, TD0, TRD, ZXZIP, ZIP, RAR, SNA128, and Z80.


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Chaosmap is an information gathering tool and DNS, Whois, and Web server scanner. It can be used to look up DNS names with a dictionary with or without using a salt. Salting for DNS means it will append numbers from 1-9 to the name in the dictionary with or without a - and _ or a leading 0. Salting for Web stuff will try double slashes and some directory traversal tricks. It performs reverse DNS lookups of a whole IP range (with optional Whois lookup) and dictionary scans for hidden paths on one Web server or a range of IP addresses. Optionally you can encode a path with URL encoding use Google dict lookup mode to find the path on Google and only query the Webserver if there are no search results. It can also extract email addresses from domains using a Google search or perform a list of Google Hacking queries on your domain.
Networkled is a small system tray utility which gives a graphical indication of the received and transmitted traffic. It relies on the proc file system and more specifically on the existence of the file "/proc/net/dev". It can be used with any system tray that follows the "Free Desktop System Tray Specification" and has a proc file system.
An OpenGL library for image-based CSG rendering.
A Linux/Unix/Win32 driver for 5DT Data Gloves.


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Washington, DC, Metropolitan Area Drug Study (DC*MADS), 1991: Homeless and Transient Population (ICPSR 2346)
Alternate Title: DC*MADS, 1991 (Homeless and Transient)
Principal Investigator(s): United States Department of Health and Human Services. National Institutes of Health. National Institute on Drug Abuse
The DC Metropolitan Area Drug Study (DC*MADS) was conducted in 1991, and included special analyses of homeless and transient populations and of women delivering live births in the DC hospitals. DC*MADS was undertaken to assess the full extent of the drug problem in one metropolitan area. The study was comprised of 16 separate studies that focused on different sub-groups, many of which are typically not included or are underrepresented in household surveys.
The Homeless and Transient Population study examines the prevalence of illicit drug, alcohol, and tobacco use among members of the homeless and transient population aged 12 and older in the Washington, DC, Metropolitan Statistical Area (DC MSA). The sample frame included respondents from shelters, soup kitchens and food banks, major cluster encampments, and literally homeless people. Data from the questionnaires include history of homelessness, living arrangements and population movement, tobacco, drug, and alcohol use, consequences of use, treatment history, illegal behavior and arrest, emergency room treatment and hospital stays, physical and mental health, pregnancy, insurance, employment and finances, and demographics. Drug specific data include age at first use, route of administration, needle use, withdrawal symptoms, polysubstance use, and perceived risk.
Series: Washington, DC Metropolitan Area Drug Study (DC*MADS) Series
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Study Description
United States Department of Health and Human Services. National Institutes of Health. National Institute on Drug Abuse. Washington, DC, Metropolitan Area Drug Study (DC*MADS), 1991: Homeless and Transient Population. ICPSR02346-v2. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2008-07-24. https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR02346.v2
Persistent URL: https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR02346.v2
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This study was funded by:
- United States Department of Health and Human Services. National Institutes of Health. National Institute on Drug Abuse
Scope of Study
Subject Terms: arrests, cocaine, crack cocaine, demographic characteristics, drug abuse, drug related crimes, drug use, drugs, employment, hallucinogens, health insurance, heroin, homeless persons, inhalants, living arrangements, marijuana, mental health, mental health treatment, methamphetamines, physical health, population characteristics, pregnancy, prescription drugs, sedatives, smoking, stimulants, substance abuse treatment, urban population, substance abuse treatment, urban population
Geographic Coverage: United States
- 1991
- 1991-01--1991-06
Unit of Observation: individual
Universe: Persons aged 12 and older in the DC MSA who were either literally homeless or at imminent risk of becoming homeless, including persons who spent the previous night in an emergency shelter, in a nondomicile (e.g., vacant building, city park, car, or on the street) or who were using soup kitchens or emergency food banks.
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Sample: The Homeless and Transient Population study consisted of 908 interviews from four overlapping sampling frames: 477 interviews with residents in 93 shelters, 224 interviews with patrons of 31 soup kitchens and food banks, 143 interviews with "literally homeless" people from 18 major cluster encampments, and 64 interviews with literally homeless people from an area probability sample of 432 census blocks in the MSA. People who were cognitively impaired and could not complete the interview were excluded from the survey. Impairment was defined as extreme intoxification or scoring more than nine on the Short Blessed Exam (Katzman, Brown, Fuld, Peck, Schecter, and Schimmel, 1983).
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Response Rates: The institutional response rate (i.e., for shelters and soup kitchens) was 82.6 percent. The individual interview response rate was 86.1 percent. The overall response rate was 71 percent.
Extent of Processing: ICPSR data undergo a confidentiality review and are altered when necessary to limit the risk of disclosure. ICPSR also routinely creates ready-to-go data files along with setups in the major statistical software formats as well as standard codebooks to accompany the data. In addition to these procedures, ICPSR performed the following processing steps for this data collection:
- Performed consistency checks.
- Created variable labels and/or value labels.
- Standardized missing values.
- Created online analysis version with question text.
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Restrictions: Users are reminded by the United States Department of Health and Human Services that these data are to be used solely for statistical analysis and reporting of aggregated information and not for the investigation of specific individuals or treatment facilities.
Original ICPSR Release: 1998-04-28
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- 2005-11-04 On 2005-03-14 new files were added to one or more datasets. These files included additional setup files as well as one or more of the following: SAS program, SAS transport, SPSS portable, and Stata system files. The metadata record was revised 2005-11-04 to reflect these additions.
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Microsoft is looking to today make the same breakthrough in
interface technology with "Surface" that the mouse did back in the 1980s. Surface, which will be demonstrated today at the Wall Street Journal's D: All Things
Digital conference, provides instant interaction between people and digital
content using hand gestures on a touch screen.
"With Surface, we are creating more intuitive ways for
people to interact with technology," said Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer. "We see this as a multibillion dollar category, and we envision a time
when surface computing technologies will be pervasive, from tabletops and
counters to the hallway mirror. Surface is the first step in realizing that
In its current form, Surface is incorporated into a 30"
display mounted into a table. This allows user involvement to expand beyond
just one person. Surface is capable of recognizing input from not just one
finger, but up to dozens of inputs simultaneously.
This technology isn't exactly new as Apple uses a less complex version on
its iPhone and "multi-touch" technology was demonstrated by Jeff Han
to much fanfare last year. Microsoft, however, is bringing multi-touch to
the masses.
Users can perform tasks such as browsing through pictures
and music files by simply using their fingers. For users operating Surface in restaurants,
a simple touch of the screen could allow you to order a beverage during a meal.
Surface also has the ability to read bar codes on items to
provide further information to the user. "This means that when a customer
simply sets a wine glass on the surface of a table, a restaurant could provide
them with information about the wine they're ordering, pictures of the vineyard
it came from and suggested food pairings tailored to that evening's menu,"
said Microsoft. "The experience could become completely immersive, letting
users access information on the wine-growing region and even look at
recommended hotels and plan a trip without leaving the table."
Microsoft also notes that the transfer of digital content is
also possible with Surface. So it's not too hard to envision being able to set
your Zune on Surface and transfer your playlist or video files for playback on
the 30" display.
Surface will first be available at Harrah's Entertainment
properties, Sheraton Hotels & Resorts and T-Mobile retail stores.
"When visitors to Las Vegas choose to stay at one of
our casinos, they can enjoy the amenities at all of them," said Harrah
senior VP Tim Stanley. "Microsoft Surface is a great way to help our
guests get the most out of their trips to Las Vegas by putting all the
offerings and experiences we make available at their fingertips."
"We are creating new and engaging ways for our guests
to connect with their passions while away from home. Microsoft Surface puts us
at the forefront of technology and allows guests to interact with each other
and our hotel in a revolutionary way," said Hoyt H. Harper II, senior vice
president for Sheraton.


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[Cue 70's porn music now] Virgin Galactic has reportedly turned down an offer of a cool $1 million to film a porn video during the five minutes of weightlessness the trip offers passengers.
A passenger on the spacecraft pays $200,000 for a ride (to space mind you). Will Whitehorn, Virgin Galactic president said, "[the offer] was $1 million, up front, for a sex-in-space movie. That was money we had to refuse, I'm afraid."
Space.com reports that Whitehorn announced at the International Astronautical Congress the offer had been declined. I'm betting that Virgin's reasoning was several fold. First, who wants to dodge the wet spot left by porn stars in zero G.
Second, it would be hard for a company with Virgin as part of its name to allow the filming of a sex video in its spacecraft. Some may wonder if five minutes of weightlessness would even be enough time to film a porn video. I'd like to think it would be enough time, in the immortal words of Bernie Mack -- "you don't need nothin' but 2 minutes, that's a heavy weight round."
This has to be good news for the 280 customers so far that have paid Virgin Galactic deposits totaling $40 million for the trip into space. After all, there aren't many people who would want to be the next on the space ship after the porn shoot finished.


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I'd like to emphasize that this question is purely out of curiosity. It is not meant, in any way, to be inflammatory. This is just something I cannot comprehend on any level, so asking for an explanation from those who do understand is the most logical course of action.
Those who have belief also have hope. Hope in something greater that happens after death. Hope that they will be spared something aweful during life. Hope that their choices make a difference in the long run.
Those without any faith, pure atheism, do not have this hope. It's completely out of their range unless they accept some belief. To me, this lack of hope is worse than death. I'd have commited suicide a long time ago actually if I did not have hope. It's the hope that has allowed me to live as long as I have, otherwise I wouldn't be making this thread right now.
So my question to atheists is: how do you live without hope?
I'd rather not have this thread shut down too early, so try not to troll. Thanks. ^_^


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Arctic Monkeys Announce Open'er Performance
Arctic Monkeys are pleased to announce they shall be performing at the 2013 Open'er Festival in Gydnia, Poland. Tickets are on sale now from here.
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if yous come to Scotland you'll make me a very very happy girl. I love yous.
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Dear Alex,
I don't really know if one day you'll read this but my pleasure is to write it.
First I wish you a Happy Birthday, you deserve it. I hope one day I'll meet you, perhaps during you next stage in Portuguese festival or in Poland.
Actually I'm a French fan of 18 years old.
What is this letter for?
Well, I would like to tell you some few words about you and what you do.
Waw, what can I say first. I want you to know that I love the way that you find the right words and how you put it on the right notes, I love the way you teach me everyday how to play guitar, how to compose music and to listen too. Actually I grew up with you, with your music since I was 13. I remember the first time I heard the Arctic Monkeys, it was so baffling, I remember that after my first listening of "Fake Tales Of San Francisco" I said: "Those guys are @#$*!ing geniuses, from now on Arctic Monkeys is my favorite band!". And since this first listening, my love for you have never been struggling. You cannot imagine how much hours I spend arguing with my girlfriend in order to prove her that Arctic Monkeys are the best band all over the years. I also remember my reaction when I listened to Humbug for the first time, I said: "That can't be possible, a human being can't make masterpiece like this, this is made by gods or something like that".
Actually if I should summarize Arctic Monkeys in One word I would say "Genuine", because you're so genuine when you're on stage, you're so genuine when you're in my ears, in my heart and in my mind. This is crazy but I think about you and your band everyday, I ask myself "what are they doing?", "Are they composing?" etc...
So if I must tell you one thing, that would be "Thank you" , thank you for this music, thank you for those words you write so well, thank you for all that you do, because I think that you're a brilliant genius, the greatest genius of humanity.
P.S.: I'm really sorry for my poor ...
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that relatively small land mass known as Ireland could do with your genious prescence, Come on over, pints are on me
18.12.12 11:52 pm
Come on over to Ireland sure, its been too long since we've seen the best band around
18.12.12 2:31 pm
Come to Belgium
18.12.12 10:33 am
They're coming to Portugal. Oh yeah!
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Slovakian festival BAZANT POHODA 2013 is waiting for u!
Come to make our dreams real :)
17.12.12 2:12 pm
Come to Jakarta dude, Make some noise in Indonesia
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CES: Too many cooks dumbing down smart TV?
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LAS VEGAS Smart TV is turning out to be a slow learner, through no fault of its own.
As evidenced at CES here on Monday (Jan. 7), leading TV makers like LG, Samsung and Panasonic are scrambling to redefine smart TV, adding their own twist to the smart TV platform, with features ranging from magic remote and personalization to speech recognition.
Many of these new developments are simultaneously fascinating and confusing.
The original motivation behind smart TV was that it promised universal content search for TV viewing across Internet, TV broadcast, video-on-demand streaming and social media. Ed Border, senior analyst for TV systems research at IHS, said the basic need for an environment where consumers can browse all the linear TV and Internet content, and choose one they want to watch still exists, and Google, Samsung, LG, Panasonic and others are fighting for this.
The power of smart TV search will lie in the content deals and aggregation that platforms can achieve, explained Border. At a time when smart TV remains fragmented, no one has come up with a smart TV with complete control over the growing amount of content, apps and services.
Rather than drawing more attention to its incomplete video content search capability, smart TV advocates are now shifting focus to peripheral matters like user interfaces.
LG's magic remote
LG Electronics CTO Scott Ahn, for example, observed: Smart TVs have many smart features. But the way consumers interact with smart TV isnt smart. LG's solution is a magic remote for its proprietary smart TV. The remote lets consumers write the numbers to change channels, allows users to speak to the remote instead of a TV, or lets users to do one finger gesture, instead of strenuous arm gestures, Ahn explained.
LG's magic remote for Google TV.
The flip side of LG's magic remote for Google TV showing QWERTY keyboard.


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dvd-slideshow makes a video slideshow with from a batch of pictures. The output can be in FLV, MP4, or DVD format. It consists of a set of scripts: dvd-slideshow reads a text file list of all the pictures you want in one slideshow and creates a movie with your audio tracks and specified timing. It supports effects such as fades, crops, and the Ken Burns effect. dvd-menu makes a top-level DVD menu with the output files from dvd-slideshow. dir2slideshow makes a dvd-slideshow input file from a directory of pictures. gallery2slideshow makes the input file from your Gallery album. The output is fed through dvdauthor to create DVDs.
Box Flash Gallery, based on Adobe Flash (cs3) technology, implements a natural and compact way to present your photos online. Use a table structure of thumbnails for navigating through your online flash album. Two versions are available: a Flash CS3 component for Adobe Flash CS3 users, and SWF object for users who do not have Adobe Flash. You can download a free demo with restrictions on the maximum quantity of photos, or buy the full version with 12 month support. There are no restrictions on the quantity of uploaded photos or quantity of domains where you install the gallery.
Art Photo Gallery is a simple and compact photo gallery. Its flexible appearance settings allow it to blend with any design. You can publish any photos and images on your site in a matter of minutes using this photo gallery. It is available either as a Flash CS3 component for Adobe Flash CS3 users or a SWF-object for users who do not have Adobe Flash. You can download a free demo with restrictions on the maximum quantity of photos. The full version includes 12 months of support with its purchase. There are no restrictions on the quantity of uploaded photos or the number of domains where you can install the photo gallery.
gdvdslides allows you to create a slideshow video from a set of JPEG image files and audio files. It creates a script of actions which are used to produce the slideshow video. Actions include titles, multi-track music, transitions between slides, special effects in slides, support for slideshow themes, and inclusion of video clips in the slideshow.
dvd-slideshow-editor is a GUI editor for the dvd-slideshow script. dvd-slideshow is a very flexible program, and produces high-quality slideshow video. However, it is text-based. This program allows you to see visually where you are cropping or how the kenburns effect is going to look in the final product.
Atmoslide is a Flash application for showing photos or images on a Website. Image selection is done with a list of photos that animate 3-dimensionally like CoverFlow from Apple. The main image is shown centrally above the selection list, and can have an extra added border, and an atmosperic surrounding effect which is based on the colors of the image. To implement this, you have to supply an XML file which lists all the images and all the settings.
Weighted Slideshow is a small shell script that creates a random playlist file from image files in the current directory. This list can then be used as input to an image viewer (such as "feh"). Although many image viewers can display a slideshow of randomly selected pics, Weighted Slideshow strongly favors files with newer modification times over older ones.


text: Got to spend a week with the Get Real dudes in Wyoming. Drove 13 hours from Mammoth. Slept in my truck in front of the gas station. Met 'em there and headed right into the woods. Stood below some of the sweetest pillows I've ever seen. Ate lots of jerky, even some bison. Woke up at 4:30 one morning to make it to the trailhead before sunrise. Went sledding to some pretty sick spots. Got tossed, took a beating and did some digging. Froze toes. Felt real calm alone in the middle of nowhere. Got to watch Kevin Jones shred some shit. Was in awe. Slept hard every night. Carbo-loaded with Pabst. Snacked constantly. Skated the garage. Even mini-shredded Klancy's front yard. It was a real man camp kinda retreat. Got it good. Here's the photos.


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Samsung may be the latest, but it likely won't be the last when it comes to paying royalties to Microsoft. Google's Android operating system may be dominating the smartphone market -- putting it well of Apple's iOS and RIM's Blackberry OS -- but some manufacturers are paying the price via lawsuits and license agreements [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8].
Samsung is already feeling the pinch from Apple with regards to software and hardware design patents, and Microsoft just scored a nice steady stream of cash today from Samsung (estimated to be anywhere from $10 to $13 per Android handset/tablet) thanks to a new licensing agreement.
Now, new statements from Microsoft General Counsel Brad Smith suggest that the boys from Redmond are just getting started. "So far we have not seen a single Android device that does not infringe on our patents," said Smith to Kara Swisher of AllThingsD.
Microsoft has already roped HTC into a licensing agreement (it even signed up Viewsonic and Acer), and bringing Samsung along for the ride covers a huge chunk of the Android devices on the market today.
"I think there is a good chance we will look back at today and say this was the day that we reached a tipping point in the market," Smith continued.
For its part, a representative from Google blasted the agreement and questioned Microsoft's motives. The company released the following statement to TechCrunch:
This is the same tactic we've seen time and again from Microsoft. Failing to succeed in the smartphone market, they are resorting to legal measures to extort profit from others' achievements and hinder the pace of innovation. We remain focused on building new technology and supporting Android partners.
After that response, Frank Shaw, Microsoft's Head of Communications, took to Twitter to kick some dirt into Google's eyes:
Given the statements from Smith and Shaw, it appears that Microsoft is just getting started with Android licensing agreements. Motorola had better watch its back, because the belly of the beast isn't quite full yet.


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PSCU Weighs In With V.me Offering
PSCU has become the latest of the payment CUSOs and association to announce it is offering its member credit unions V.me, the new Visa digital wallet service that the card brand says will make online transactions easier and more secure.
Card Services for Credit Unions, the association of credit unions which process payment transactions with FIS, and The Members Group, the payments CUSO associated with the Iowa Credit Union League also announced they have begun to offer the service.
PSCU said members of three credit unions that are participating as early adopters of V.me will be able to sign up for the service to make simple and secure online payments, without the bother of repeatedly entering account number, bill-to and ship-to information.
The $1.6 billion Affinity Plus FCU in St. Paul, Minn., $577 million Listerhill CU in Sheffield, Ala., and $4.8 billion CEFCU in Peoria, Ill., are participating as pilots by having their card art displayed in the V.me wallet.
Cardholders using V.me will be able to enroll their existing Visa and other payment card accounts, allowing them to pay online by simply entering a user name and password at checkout, whether transacting on a PC or mobile device.
The ability for additional PSCU credit unions to participate in the V.me wallet will be announced in early 2013, the St. Petersburg, Fla., CUSO said.
"PSCU's participation with Visa and their V.me digital wallet service reflects our commitment to continue giving Member-Owners multiple options for engaging members in the payments value stream," said Michael Kelly, PSCU president/CEO. "Brand presence, particularly in the emerging mobile channel, is essential to keep credit unions at the center of their members' lives."


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Mableton, GA is a great area in which to live and work. Many people who live in Mableton own vehicles and just as many more live outside Mableton but commute by car to work and play here. This Mableton is at the center of the Mableton metropolitan area and has many salvage yards spread throughout the surrounding region. With this large number of people living nearby, the salvage yards here always have an ample inventory of the parts you might need to fix your vehicle. The auto recyclers of Mableton work hand in hand with its citizens to fight the rising prices of operating and maintaining the vehicles needed to work and thrive here in Mableton.
Although there is a good public transportation system within Mableton, many people commute from the surrounding suburbs and rely heavily on their vehicles. The junk yards located here offer a great opportunity to help the environment and save money at the same time. By purchasing salvage vehicles and reselling the parts from it that are still in great working order, salvage yards or auto recyclers as they are now called, provide a way for consumers to access the parts needed to repair their vehicles at a substantially lower cost. Mableton auto recyclers are also helping the environment by keeping inoperative vehicles out of landfills.
Most auto recyclers located in and around Mableton work in conjunction with local and federal environmental agencies to recover and properly store hazardous waste leftover from the disposal of inoperative motorcycles. Without the participation of auto recyclers in Mableton, most of these toxic waste products would soon find their way into our air and ground water. You can feel confident that the auto recyclers here in Mableton can find you the part you need. With computerized inventory and working in combination with other auto recyclers around the country, they have the means to locate the part you are looking for even its a thousand miles away.


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On Friday, a power cut at a Samsung Electronics plant near
Seoul forced the South Korean memory giant to shut down six of its chip
production lines. The outage sparked expectations of decreases in memory supply
and higher prices.
A Samsung spokeswoman explained to Reuters
that a problem in the afternoon at the switchboard at a transformer substation
led to a power shortage. The company's advanced NAND flash memory lines was one
of the lines affected by power issue.
Shares of competing memory makers Toshiba and Hynix gained
on the market following the expectations of higher memory prices, while shares
of Samsung dipped slightly. Shares major NAND flash memory clients, such as
Apple for its use of flash in its iPod music players, also fell on expectations
of higher NAND costs.
Although Samsung told the press that it could take up to two
days to resume normal operations, the company was able to reach full operation around
noon Saturday – making actual damage and losses of the power outage less than
originally anticipated. The company now expects to lose
40 billion won ($43.4 million) from the outage.
"Some of the wafers that were being processed when the
outage hit can be salvaged, and the potential yield from the recovered wafers
was at a good level," said Choi Chang-sik, executive vice president at
Samsung's semiconductor division, at a news
conference in Kiheung.
In response to last week's mishap, Samsung said today that
it plans to increase production to help make up for lost ground. The company
added that it would try to meet its monthly targets in spite of the downtime.
"Regarding any concerns about the lingering impact of
this accident, our third-quarter results will show ... we'll do our best to
outperform the market's expectation," said Hwang Chang-gyu, the president
of Samsung's semiconductor business.
Samsung's plan of increasing NAND production may have a negative effect on the memory maker's other product lines. Tom Duong, vice president of business development
at Mushkin, believes that Samsung may have to cut back on its DRAM production
in order to make up for losses on NAND.
"From my understanding, the lines that are affected are the
lines that produce NAND flash. So to subsidize, Samsung will probably have to
switch some of their DRAM line to make up for the loss of NAND production," Duong
told DailyTech. "Thus, it will hamper
supply of DRAM thus causing an increase in prices."


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You have a unique medical history. It is important to talk with your doctor about your personal risk factors and/or experience with shingles. You can take an active role in your care by talking openly and regularly with your doctor.
Here are some tips that will make it easier for you to talk to your doctor:
- Bring someone else with you. It helps to have another person hear what is said and ask questions you might not have thought to ask.
- Write your questions ahead of time so you don't forget them.
- Write down the answers you get and make sure you understand what was said. Ask for information to be repeated, if necessary.
- Don't be afraid to discuss whatever is on your mind or to ask how you can obtain more information about what you are discussing. You have a right to know.
- Am I contagious to others?
- What should I do to avoid passing the virus to others?
- Do I need to avoid people who are ill while I have shingles?
- If I've never had chickenpox, would you recommend that I receive the chickenpox vaccine?
- Are there any other precautions I can take to avoid getting shingles?
- Should I consider getting the vaccine that can reduce my risk of developing shingles?
- If I get shingles, could it mean that I have some other condition that has weakened my immune system?
- What treatments can relieve my pain and discomfort?
- What treatments can help shorten the length of this illness?
- What treatments can help prevent complications, including postherpetic neuralgia?
About your medications:
- What are their benefits?
- What are their side effects?
- Might they interact with any other medications, over the counter products, or dietary or herbal supplements that I'm taking for other conditions?
- Do I need to worry about lightheadedness or drowsiness while I'm taking these medications?
- Are there any activities I should avoid while taking these medications?
- Are there any alternative or complementary treatments that might relieve my symptoms or prevent the development of complications?
- If I get shingles on my face, what can I do to help avoid getting an infection in my eye?
- What signs indicating an eye infection should I look for?
- How likely am I to suffer from complications of shingles, such as postherpetic neuralgia?
- What treatments can you offer me if I do develop complications?
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This collection contains personal papers and a scrapbook written by or pertaining to Patrick Coad, inventor of the galvanic battery, and his family. These materials are owned by the American Catholic Historical Society and maintained at the Philadelphia Archdiocesan Historical Research Center, 100 E. Wynnewood Rd. Wynnewood, PA 19096. For more information please see: http://www.pahrc.net/Show/hide more info.


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[Photos] A beginning and an end
Today, two photographers bring you snapshots from two different communities: the first in Burundi as it prepares to begin a World Vision development program, and the second in Sri Lanka as it completes its program and celebrates the work that has been accomplished.
Our first photographer, Jon Warren, is the director of story and photo resources at World Vision U.S.; the second is Matthew Paul Turner, who is our blogger liaison and has traveled with us on blogger trips to Bolivia and Sri Lanka.
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When World Vision establishes a new Area Development Program (ADP), as shown here in Burundi, we come alongside the community and partner with its residents in custom-designing a program that will best serve their needs.
Those needs may be food and agriculture…
…or access to clean water…
… or education, among others.
World Vision begins by registering the children in the community, which gives them access to the benefits of child sponsorship-- clean water, nutritious food, healthcare, education, and more -- while they wait to connect with sponsors.
The positive impact of World Vision's new programs brings smiles to the children's faces from the very beginning!
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When the community is ready, World Vision concludes its work in an ADP -- shown here in Sri Lanka -- once the customized goals have been met.
These goals may have included developing wells to provide better access to clean water…
… or building schools to promote access to education, among many other kinds of World Vision projects.
Our vision is "life in all its fullness" for all children…
…and our community development approachis the way that World Vision seeks to accomplish this goal.
Banners waved at the closing ceremony in Sri Lanka…
…while the children, families, and staff celebrated the work that World Vision had completed in that community. Matthew Paul Turner recaps the experience:
It was huge, a community-wide celebration that began at 9:30 in the morning with a parade…and this wasn't just any parade. This was a parade that lasted for more than four hours, one that included a host of motorcyclists, a caravan of World Vision cars and vans, busloads after busloads of people, ordinary people who on some level had been affected by World Vision's work over the last 15 years.
The community is throwing World Vision a going-away party! It's not a sad party. It's a happy occasion, a day that that this community has been dreaming about and aiming toward for 15 years, an occasion that has special significance for the World Vision staff. "In the beginning, those first celebrations were 100 percent organized by World Vision, and today, THIS party is 100 percent organized the community!" Sudesh smiles when he says that. And with good reason! Today is a long time coming, a day that showcases the fruit of the community a la World Vision's dedication.
World Vision's ADPs and community development begin with child sponsorship. Join us! Fight poverty holistically for just $35 a month by sponsoring a child.


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By now some of you might have noticed a news post on the Windows Supersite detailing an interesting new feature we can expect to find in Professional, Enterprise and Ultimate editions of Windows 7. This "Windows XP Mode" as Microsoft is calling it is fairly ingenious and is sure to be a nice new feature to business users facing the woes of migration. If you want the full technical explanation of how this works, you can find it and more at withinwindows.com.
In brief if you have ever used Virtual PC 2005, 2007, VMWare, or VirtualBox you know how this works. In essence this XP Mode is little more than a complete (and fully licensed) copy of Windows XP running within a Virtual PC 2007 (or perhaps 2009) instance. The major difference is that setup is to the most part completely autonomous with the VHD already provided along with a full XP Pro key.
Once this XP Mode has been setup, all applications installed there that create a shortcut within the "All Users" profile, will be added to your host Windows 7 installation as well. Attempting to launch the shortcut on 7 will bring up the application, or rather what looks like the application but within the VM itself sans the XP VM container. In reality the VM is still running, it's just launching in the background and you cannot interact with it as a separate window. Instead the only window you see is the application, which is inside the invisible XP container.
All in all, this seems like a rather elegant solution, especially once you consider that this XP Mode also supports USB devices. How far that USB support goes is another question entirely, but at least Microsoft supports some if not all USB devices within XP. For anyone familiar with the popular desktop Virtual Machine clients this should be native territory, with tweaks and other pass-through options modded into the XP machine over time.
In the corporate environment, I'm not sure if this solution is too late or merely for smaller businesses. For large businesses the Microsoft Application Virtualization 4.5 server might be a better bet as it offloads the "VM" to a server where the application can be shared to countless users at the drop of a hat. This would be far more nimble and central than dealing with countless XP installations within each Windows 7 system. The requirement however is that you need to have both Server 2008 x64 and a Software Assurance agreement with Microsoft. For a smaller business, or ones looking to do it on the cheap, this might be the best method yet to ensure legacy support for old software without breaking the bank.


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Userful MultiSeat is a multiseat Linux desktop virtualization solution that enables a single computer to support up to 11 independent users at the same time, each with their own monitor, keyboard, and mouse by using USB multiseat devices, and virtualizing the X server. This approach offers the features of a full PC including high performance video and significantly reduces hardware costs, support and maintenance costs, electricity consumption, and e-waste as compared to stand alone PCs or thin clients. It installs on popular Linux distributions including Ubuntu and Edubuntu (operating system for schools). It supports 3D graphics, per-seat USB, 2-way audio, and all major USB multiseat devices, including the HP t100, t150 & t200, Acer Zero-Client Docking Station, Viewsonic VMA10, Atrust M200 & M202, GWC DU2600, and Displaylink devices, as well as video cards from Intel, ATI, and NVIDIA. Userful MultiSeat is available as both a standalone package for multi-seat enabling your Linux distribution of choice, and as a bundled install DVD for schools, which Includes Userful MultiSeat, Edubuntu operating system for education, and the ITALC classroom management tool. It was formerly called Userful Multiplier.
GNU usbsync is console-based utility that assists you in keeping files and entire directory trees synchronized between a portable storage volume (such as a USB flash or thumb drive) and arbitrarily many hosts. For this purpose, a special text file, usually named .usbsync, is placed in a storage volume's top-level directory to contain user-written synchronization entries.
Flashrom is a utility for reading, writing, erasing, and verifying flash ROM chips. It's often used to flash BIOS/coreboot/firmware/EFI images. It supports a wide range of DIP32, PLCC32, DIP8, SO8/SOIC8, and TSOP32/40/48 chips, which use various protocols such as LPC, FWH, parallel flash, or SPI. The tool can be used to flash BIOS/firmware images, for example, be it proprietary BIOS images or coreboot (previously known as LinuxBIOS) images. It can also be used to read the current existing BIOS/firmware from a flash chip.
Libpuppy is a library version of the puppy tool, which is used for accessing Topfield DVB tuners (and possibly others) via their USB port. Its main features are listing and retrieving contents of the HD in the device. It allows you to write your own utilities that interface with the device. It comes with two tools, puppy-dir and puppy-get, in addition to the original (mostly unmodified) puppy-tool.
ccid-utils is a USB smartcard driver and development platform. The driver follows a simple synchronous design that supports multiple slots but only one transaction at a time and includes a Python interface. It also includes a command line smartcard shell with a searchable history. The shell, written in Python, offers many useful features for developing with smart-cards and for reverse engineering APDU formats. It includes tools for reading data from GSM SIM cards and EMV credit/debit cards. The SIM tool is very basic, but allows reading SMS messages from the SIM. An example EMV (credit/debit) card tool is included that is boilerplate code for utilizing the EMV C API. There is also a Python interface for the EMV API. A graphical interface for reading EMV cards is provided.
g13 is a Linux-only library to interact with the Logitech G13 driver. This library provides several sublibraries including libg13, libg13mm, libg13-cairo, libg13-gtk, and libg13-gtkmm. These libraries provide functions and classes for browsing G13 devices through udev, setting the backlight color, establishing keymaps, and drawing on the G13 framebuffer device.
Ejecter is a little tool that makes it possible to unmount external devices and eject CD-ROMs without having to right-click on the device icon (either on the desktop or in Nautilus). It sits in the background and shows an icon in the system tray when one or more peripherals are connected to your PC: once clicked, a window appears with the list of the devices (volume name and device type, and much clearer than the similar thing available on Windows) and the related eject button. Being written in Vala, it is translated into C code and then compiled. This means that it's lightweight and consumes little memory, does not require a full VM like Python, and has no strange requirements to run (just GLib/GTK).


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The solid-state drive (SSD) market is growing as more enterprise customers see the advantages of the power savings that the drives offer. SSDs are also offered in many laptop and netbook computers currently on the market, but in the consumer realm, the traditional hard drive is still tops when it comes to storage.
Hard drive maker Western Digital has announced that its acquisition of SSD manufacturer SiliconSystems has been completed. The acquisition cost Western Digital $65 million in cash. SiliconSystems is a leading supplier of SSDs for the embedded systems market.
According to Western Digital, the SSD market is worth about $1.1 billion today and embedded systems is the biggest category in the segment with about $400 million in sales. The purchase will allow Western Digital, best known for its consumer products like the recently announced My Book World Edition external hard drive, to enter into the lucrative embedded SSD market.
The product portfolio of SiliconSystems includes SSDs using SATA, EIDE, PC Card, USB, and CF interfaces in 2.5-inch, 1.8-inch, CF, and other form factors. The purchase also gets Western Digital an extensive IP library owned by SiliconSystems that relate to systems that ensure data integrity, eliminate unscheduled downtime, and protect application data/software.
Western Digital president and CEO John Coyne said in a statement, "We are delighted to have the SiliconSystems team join WD. The combination will be modestly accretive to revenue and margins as a result of SiliconSystems' existing position as a trusted supplier to the well-established $400 million market for embedded solid-state drives. SiliconSystems' intellectual property and technical expertise will significantly accelerate WD's solid-state drive development programs for the netbook, client and enterprise markets, providing greater choice for our customers to satisfy all their storage requirements."
Western Digital reports that the integration of SiliconSystems will begin immediately and that the company will now be known as Western Digital Solid-State Storage business unit.
Founder and CEO of SiliconSystems Michael Hajeck said in a statement, "WD's strong balance sheet, sales reach, and operations and logistics capabilities will allow us to greatly accelerate our penetration of our existing markets, while combining our engineering expertise with WD will enable us to develop new solid-state drives to broaden our overall product portfolio and address the emerging applications for solid-state storage in WD's existing customer base. We are extremely excited to be joining WD and enabling an even stronger future for our talented team."
Hajeck will now become the senior VP and general manager of Western Digital's Solid-State Storage business unit.


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Uniform Crime Reporting Program Data [United States]: Arrests by Age, Sex, and Race, 1993 (ICPSR 23346)
Principal Investigator(s): United States Department of Justice. Federal Bureau of Investigation
These data provide information on the number of arrests reported to the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program each year by police agencies in the United States. These arrest reports provide data on 43 offenses including violent crime, drug use, gambling, and larceny. The data received by ICPSR were structured as a hierarchical file containing (per reporting police agency) an agency header record, 1 to 12 monthly header records, and 1 to 43 detail offense records containing the counts of arrests by age, sex, and race for a particular offense. ICPSR restructured the original data to a rectangular format.
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Every day, they get up, put on their uniforms and go out to be of service to their community never knowing if that is the day they might be injured or killed in the line of duty.
In 1974, a raging fire destroyed six buildings where the Main Mall now stands and Cpl. Gale Emerson of the Durango Police Department and firefighter Nick Parks of the Durango Fire Department were killed. It ranks as one of Durangos biggest tragedies, and it shook the town to see the gaping hole in Main Avenue and the chasms left in two young families.
The loss inspired Doug Morrison, who decided we needed to have our first responders backs like they have ours.
And thus was born the Durango One Hundred Club, based on the simple premise that each member donates $100 a year to be held in a fund, so that when a member of the Durango Police Department, the La Plata County Sheriffs Office, the local office of the Colorado State Patrol or the Durango Fire & Rescue Authority is killed or injured, or one of their families suffers a terrible loss, there is immediate financial support available to the family. Scholarships for their children also are offered.
It would be easy not to contribute until an emergency happens thats what seems to happen with the Red Cross, even though the organization has to keep its doors open and prepare for crises all the time to be ready to go at a moments notice when one actually does occur. But the folks at the Hundred Club are determined to show up at the familys front door within two to four days of the incident, check in hand.
In 2012, the Hundred Club responded to three tragedies, although, thankfully not in the line of duty. The deaths of 5-year-old Kimber Brown, the daughter of Sheriffs Office investigator Mike Brown and Raelyn Anderson-Brown; Deputy Hollis Holland; and former DFRA Chief Mike Dunaway and his wife, Linda, all triggered immediate gifts for the families. The amount given varies from the $2,000 the Brown family received for the loss of a family member to $15,000 for law enforcement and firefighting personnel killed in the line of duty.
On Thursday, the club had its annual banquet, and it had some of the happiest buzz of any event I have attended. A number of our first responders were on hand, raising the high spirits of the evening, although no one forgot why we were there.
Attending from the DPD were Chief Jim Spratlen and his wife, Harlene Russell; Capt. Don Baker and his wife, Michelle; Sgt. Geary Parsons and his wife, Jan; Officer Jeff Tipton and his son Ryan; and Amy Haukeness, the wife of Officer Rob Haukeness.
DFRA was represented by Chief Dan Noonan and his wife, Ellen; Deputy Chief Hal Doughty and his wife, Janelle; former Fire Marshal Tom Kaufmann and his wife, Cheryl; and Val Mattison and her husband, Beau.
Capt. Garrett Valencia and his wife, Helen, along with Deputy Vito Simplicio and his wife, Lt. Rhoda Simplicio, represented the La Plata County Sheriffs Office. And new Colorado State Patrol Capt. Adrian Driscoll was accompanied by Sgt. Benjamin Steger and Troopers Rusty Sanchez and Tonja Cowan representing his agency.
Hundred Club President Dean Brown also introduced Shelby Deaderick and his wife, Kathy. Deaderick was injured in a training session with the Long Beach Fire Department in California 40 years ago and still supports his brother firefighters.
Fort Lewis College student Wolfgang Cramer is one of the clubs scholarship recipients and was happy to join the club for some fun. The sociology major isnt quite sure what hell do with his degree, but hes grateful for the help in getting there.
Attendees were particularly happy to see Lynette Morrison, Doug Morrisons widow, who came down from the Denver area, and the couples grandson, Kenneth Duncan, who now sits on the Hundred Clubs Board of Directors.
Brown served as master of ceremonies. Lets just say were glad his wife, Sandy, was on hand to help him come near to keeping everything straight. She, on the other hand, notes that shes his secretary because shes cheap, and he gets what he pays for.
Brown said the club currently has 315 members, but more tend to sign on after the banquet. The Hundred Club has $550,000 in the bank, which shows what happens when people donate on a regular basis.
Some of that money, though, came from a donation from the Battle of the Badges, a baseball game that pits the Durango Police Department against the Durango Fire & Rescue Authority. Its not a rivalry I follow closely, but since everyone seemed to think it was worth noting that the police won the most recent outing, I gathered that the firefighters generally have bragging rights. The check to the Hundred Club was a sweet $2,000.
And ever since firefighters responded to the fire at their restaurant Seasons Rotisserie & Grill in 2008, Karen and Wayne Barger have hosted Burnin Down the House, a fundraiser for the Hundred Club that brings in some serious bucks every February.
The highest note in an evening of high notes came, when for only the second time in its 37 years, the Hundred Club decided to honor a member. The first honoree was founder Doug Morrison.
The second was Don Mapel, one of Morrisons early recruits, who has continued to serve all these years. And it was a complete surprise to both the honoree and his family. Those Browns know how to keep a secret.
Mapel received a plaque that had badges from all four agencies the club supports. Apparently, the state patrol badge is a bear to get, but get it Brown did. The verbiage on the plaque included the phrase, for four decades of service.
According to my accounting, Brown said to his good friend, that means you still owe us three years.
For Brown, whose daughter-in-law Mary Monroe was at Seasons when that fire broke out, and Mapel, who was the fire marshal in Dnang, South Vietnam, when he was in the military, theres a personal reason to be active in the Hundred Club.
The rest of us hope never to have a personal reason to support our law enforcement and fire fighting personnel, but we have a more profound reason as a community.
If you would like to learn more or become a member, visit www.Durango100Club.org.
Many people are thankful these folks were born this week Jo Fusco, Katherine Burgess, Annabelle Eagle, Alan Kahler, Ione Simons, Jama Jones, Amanda Mulkey, Kathryn Ogier, Sandy Turner, Jeff Brown, Shelby Mechelle, Hanna Miller, Vance Thurman, Jim Hudson, Jackie Manning, Elizabeth Oetter, Donovan Schardt, Larry Rardin, Kathleen KD Duft, Jacob Rudolph, Judith Johnson, Wayne Pratt, Tim Williams, Andrew Williams, Robert Maple, Ashton Jory, Carol West and Barbara Elliott.
If you would like to help give some of our communitys youngest members something to be thankful for this week, consider participating in Diapering Durangos Tiny Heinies.
For families stressed financially, the more than $75 per month for diapers and the more than $100 per month for formula can literally be bank breakers. Folks at the Manna Soup Kitchen and Volunteers of America Community Shelter and Southwest Safehouse tell tales of mothers forced to leave babies in diapers too long or reuse disposable diapers leading to infections, rashes and the possibility for child abuse as wailing babies try tempers.
I like this drive because its a true example of individuals seeing a need and deciding to do something about it. Karen Thompson and Chris Warren started this in 2010, and Moni Grushkin joined last year. In 2011, they collected more than 12,000 diapers, 6,000 wipes and cases of formula.
Lets see how much we can top that by this year.
The collecting began Monday and will continue until Dec. 10. Diapers, wipes and formula may be dropped off at north and south City Markets, the main lobby of First National Bank of Durango or the Durango Visitors Center at the corner of Main Avenue and Eighth Street.
Or ... send a check to Karen Thompson, 333 Pine Ridge Loop, Durango, CO 81301; or Chris Thompson, 1080 Cherry Gulch Road, Durango, CO 81301. All money collected will be spent on diapers.
Or ... call Thompson at 259-7738 or Warren at 375-1246, and they will come pick up your donation.
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Since beginning at the Herald, I have had the privilege of writing several stori es about Crow Canyon Archaeological Center, a true gem of Southwest Colorado. The digs, the reproductions, the Time Team America shoot on every assignment, I learned more about the ancestral Puebloans who first called this area home beginning 3,500 years ago or so.
But no matter the subject, there was always one constant: the great meals chef Jim Martin has prepared since 1986, more than a million meals at that. His particular genius is in preparing meals that delight both adults and kids, a tough task at the best of times.
Crow Canyon says its time to replace his kitchen equipment, but they said it so creatively, Im going to let them tell the story.
While Jims young at heart, his kitchen is definitely over the hill, they said in their article, Ancient Food Preparation Artifacts Discovered in Kitchen.
In fact, this summer, the kitchen stove conked out in the midst of Martins lunch preparations for a crowd of visitors.
The kitchen equipment is worn out, practically obsolete in terms of getting parts, and on its last legs (unlike Jim, who keeps his legs in great shape by biking), the appeal continues.
An artist like Martin deserves the right equipment, and, after 26 years, the center asked him to design the ideal kitchen for the work he does. His design includes professional-quality equipment that will enable him to prepare a million more fabulous meals.
To see Martin in action making his famous green chile stew, visit www.crowcanyon.org.
And to help with Jims Kitchen Project, with its $78,500 price tag (theyre already at $40,000), send your donation to Crow Canyon Archaeological Center, 23390 Road K, Cortez, CO 81321.
Donations of all levels are welcome, but $100 will make you a Hunter & Gatherer; $250 is the Three Sisters Gardener level; $500 is for Dryland Corn Farmers; $1,000 is for the Green Chile Lovers among us; $2,500 is Hot Stuff; a Big Cheese will donate $5,000; and $10,000 is The Whole Enchilada.
One of the things I learned at Crow Canyon is that the Three Sisters are beans, corn and squash, the three food staples of our areas earliest residents. Theyre a true example of early symbiotic gardening. The beans use the corn stalk to grow up, the beans add nitrogen to the soil for the other two plants, and the squash leaves deter weeds and shade the ground, helping retain moisture longer for the corn and beans.
Now you cant say you never learned anything by reading Neighbors!
I am grateful for my readers all year long, but the day before Thanksgiving is always the day I tell you so. You make it all possible, and I never forget it.
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Happy Thanksgiving to one and all.
Grateful for another year of married life together are Tom Everette and Guyneth Zimmerman, Bob Pope and Alice Robinson, Doug and Kim Pierce, John and Ulys Gardella, Bob and Heather Lundquist, Paul and Beverly Dittmer, Don and Mary Southworth and Ed and Lauren Cotgageorge.
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Bringing in Rudy with Demar and Andrea still on the roster might hurt our immediate cap flexibility. But it doesn't really affect our long term plans. We can still re-sign Ross and Val to big contracts when their rookie contracts run out.
BC messed up good with Landry fields though.
I think Landry can turn out very nice for us. I see solid defensive potential, and glue-guy ability.. he seems to make some dumb plays sometimes, but wait for him to mature and he will be a useful player for us off the bench!
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Welcome to your.....2007 Memphis Grizzlies!!!! Memphis thought they could steal Vancouver's team, so now we've stolen it right back. As a side note, have we now cornered the market on the top ten of one of the worst drafts in recent memory? Bring back P.O.B.!!!
I guess it goes without saying that we could have used this tonight
Rudy's last basket as a Grizz
Raps lost a good character guy and two guys that loved Toronto. But bring on Gay!
I will always consider Toronto my home and the Raptor nation as my extended family.I feel very blessed to have had this experience here.— Ed Davis (@eddavis32) January 31, 2013
I would like to thank the city of Toronto, the Raptor organization, fans, friends and family for your support during my time in Toronto.— Ed Davis (@eddavis32) January 31, 2013
We're gonna miss you Eddy. I love you man!
Raps pouring their hearts out on twitter.
Hard to write this tweet now. Thanks for all these years of support,thanks for everything raptors fans. Thanks TO for made me feel like home— jose manuel calderon (@josemcalderon8) January 31, 2013
The best thing about this trade is that the timing. If Raptors had any hopes of making a run at that last playoff seed, this had to happen now. A lot of home games in February. I think we only have 4 road games all month. That a lot home games, so that means a lot of practise time! A lot of time to get Rudy acclimated and up to speed. Kudos BC.
Sad to see my 2 favorite raptors this year traded. Jose outplaying his replacement for the umpteenth time, how can anyone hate that guy. I really disliked Ed Davis' game last year. Guy had basketball repellant hands. The work he put in over the summer really paid off. Rarely over the last 17 years have I seen a Raptor player improve like that. That is why I was rooting for him. Didn't seem like the same player at all. Sure he had some other deficiencies like defense but that would have came eventually with Casey and less front court injuries. I would have liked to see if he could keep it rolling. The comments on the broadcast with a graphic showing his numbers increasing every month and Matt Devlin saying you would not get anything more out of him was disingenuous at best.
But they are gone so whatever. It will be fun to watch this either implode or explode and more trades better be on the way or this trade makes no sense cause our front court is kinda thin w/wo AB.
Remember when we all had trade threads dedicated to Rudy Gay? How many fans wanted him so badly, but many also calling us idiots and called it a 'pipe dream?'
Remember when people were giving up guys like Amir Johnson, Demar Derozan, and the 8th pick (Now Terrence Ross) to get a guy like that?
Well, we traded Jose & Ed (I'm very saddened they are gone, but there's a thread dedicated for those 2) to acquire Rudy Gay.
Ever since the trade was made official, and every time I've said something like "we have Rudy Gay", I find myself smiling like a damn idiot, or even jumping up and down cause we've got a guy that we haven't had, quite frankly since the departure of Chris Bosh.
Anyone feel the same way? Anyone a little less star-struck? Some more than I? Some who don't give a shit?
Twitter: @ReubenJRD NBA, Raptors writer for Daily Hive Vancouver, Toronto.
"Hey, sometimes, when it comes down to those situations, a guy like Rudy Gay, can get you that call" - Matt Devlin, after Jack Armstrong was furious and went off about Casey possibly getting fined for being right.
There goes the girly, idiotic, jumpy smile again...
Twitter: @ReubenJRD NBA, Raptors writer for Daily Hive Vancouver, Toronto.
Definitely not star struck and I have no idea why anyone would be. Super disappointed in the trade. What exactly is Gay going to offer besides being the new face of the team? Not good at 3's. Not good at D. Takes a lot of shit shots and still doesn't even have a good FG%. Not good at getting to the line. WAY too expensive. Another hype player that has fallen below expectations and statistically not even much better than Bargs. Its like he hit his peak in 2008 season and has been in a slow decline ever since.
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Ball Don't Lie-
Think of this deal for Toronto in terms that exclude specifics. The franchise had a competent point guard with a massive expiring contract and a very talented 23-year-old center who is working on a rookie deal paying him less than half of the NBA's average salary. They turned those assets into Gay, who they'll pay more than $37 million to over the next two years. Missteps don't come much more obvious than this.
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Credit Union Branches to Go on the Endangered Species List?
The one clear fact in the raging debate about the role of branches for credit unions is that the voices are getting louder on both sides, with some insisting that clinging to branches is strangling the industry's profitability while others say that the personalization is what makes credit unions different.
Experts have been predicting the death of the branch at least back to the recent economic downturn in 2008, but hard numbers provided by Parth Kapoor, industry analyst at Callahan & Associates, show a drop of exactly 406 net credit union branches from 2008 to 2012. That's around a 2% decline from 21,401 branches industrywide in 2008 to 20,995 in 2012.
And yet something is happening because from 2011 to 2012 there was a net decline of 434 branches, which some experts point to as a sign of growing impatience with branch networks.
For good reason. Right now is a moment for pervasive uncertainty about the future of branches because good points are made on both sides.
On one side there is banking futurist and bestselling author Brett King, who is adamant that a wholesale reduction in expensive branches will be necessary for institutional survival as more consumers abandon branches in favor of mobile banking. He insisted that "20% of branches are unprofitable; they will close within three years."
He added that, by his numbers, in branch transaction activity had dropped by 50% since 2000. "We will lose 30 to 50% of branches by the early 2020s," that is, within a decade, said King.
Then there is the other side, articulated by Aite analyst Ron Shevlin, who authors the blog, Snarketing 2.0. "This is just a plain stupid argument. There will be branches as long as financial institutions make money from them," he said.
In Shevlin's view, branches remain integral to the success of most financial institutions. "There are reasons financial institutions still invest in branches. Most of their consumers go in at least a few times a year."
Yes, Shevlin acknowledged, a lot of transactional activity like deposits and cash withdrawals can be easily switched to lower cost channels such as ATMs and mobile phones, but when consumers are executing trust documents or taking out a new mortgage or shuffling retirement accounts, most still like to do these complex chores face to face with a financial services professional.
Also, Shevlin said, "Having a branch in a community signals that the institution is committed to the area. That's important. Without branches, the financial institution had to spend a tremendous amount on advertising, as ING did." He is adamant that branches will be around for some years to come.
There's a lot of high stakes tea leaf reading about branches. And none more frantically than among the executives whose livings revolve around commercial real estate. They definitely have opinions about branches.
Joe Brady, an executive with Jones Lang LaSalle's Corporate Solutions, a leader in commercial real estate, offered a perspective. "The death of the branch is exaggerated. But branches will change in size and what they do. This will be driven by technology."
He firmly predicted that, very quickly, branches are shrinking, from a norm of 3,500 to 5,000 square feet to 1,500 square feet or smaller. "Tellers," he added, "are cost centers. The days of a teller line are over."
w"Banks need to think more like retailers," said Brady. He also urged financial institution leadership to pursue flexibility in their real estate portfolio, eschewing long-term leases where possible and coming up with scenarios for disposing of locations that may no longer be needed as yet more banking shifts to DIY high-tech channels. These shifts may happen very rapidly and no institution wants to be saddled with high cost real estate it does not need but that it can't dispose of.
Will Weidman, a vice president with Applied Predictive Technologies, stressed that it is not just the rise of new technologies that is driving the flight from branches, it's also that the institutions themselves are faced with constrained margins that don't allow a lot of give to cover high operating expenses. This is pushing financial institutions to try to route more traffic to lower cost channels, such as mobile and online banking, and that cost efficiency trend is unlikely to soften because, if anything, most experts see competition in financial markets toughening as pressures erode fee income without any significant growth in interest income.
Even so, Weidman said: "Branches will not go away completely. That's been talked about since ATMs came out, and it hasn't happened But there will be a lot of changes in branches over the next 5 to 10 years."
Yet another vote for the transformation but not extinction of branches came from Eduardo Alvarez, NewGround managing director of Brand and Retail Strategy. "Branches will exist in 10 years. But they will be smaller and perform different functions."
That, not the imminent closing of most branches, may be the big takeaway and the related message is that savvy credit union executives already are well along in their experimentation with new branch formats.
A case in point is offered by Michael Poulos, CEO of Lathrup Village-based Michigan First, a $636 million institution that presently has nine branches. But, predicted Poulos, in 10 years that number will double. Yet, he said, "The futurists are right. We will serve more members through electronic channels."
Poulos said he is committed to opening are new style branches. He is especially pleased with 800-square-foot mini branches he has been opening in supermarkets. "We are looking for more locations," he said. "They are profitable for us". But he said the industry has to ride a trend where the people who come into branches are looking for advice, not to do transactions. "In the branches, we can't just be a transaction provider. We have to offer advice and information that improves people's lives. Do that and people will still come in."
"You have to be careful whom you staff branches with," he added. That is, not every transaction-oriented teller is suited to work in a counseling focused branch.
One reality that many are beginning is that branches will still be needed. They just will be different. But they will be part of the financial services landscape for some years to come.
"People will go to branches to hang out, to learn more about their financial lives," said Alvarez, who said that the desire to do this is "baked into the American psyche."


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