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Raised as a mortal after her mother's mysterious death, artistic 15-year-old Eden has no idea that she is the Muse Warrior, the last and most powerful heir of the Roman Sun God Apollo and the muse Calliope, until she relocates to Italy with her father and brother Troy. Haunted by recurring nightmares of a firefly and romantic visions of Apollo and Calliope, Eden seeks solace in her art journal, volleyball and new friendship with Bax, the cute guy whose dad heads base security.
But Troy's sudden disappearance on a school trip leads Eden on a scavenger hunt that uncovers a thousand-year-old family secret: not only is she a Muse (a powerful, mythological source of inspiration for mortals), but she must settle an ancient debt for the gods on Mount Olympus and defeat the evil sorceress Sibyl... or die trying.
With help from fleet-footed Mercury, amateur geocacher Bax, and a handful of Roman Gods, Eden races against time to save her brother. Staying alive is one thing, but can she also stop an all-out war between the Olympians and the King of the Dead?


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On July 9, after five weeks of political paralysis caused by the momentary defection of Democrats
Hiram Monserrate
Pedro Espada
to the GOP side, the New York State Senate finally got its act together. But the crisis raises serious questions about the awkward balance of power in Albany and the frail nature of the Democratic majority (32-30) in the Senate.
According to the
Prison Policy Initiative
(PPI), which studies how prison populations affect state and local politics nationwide, New York is a grand perpetrator of prison-based gerrymandering. Despite the fact that the state Constitution explicitly declares that a person's residence doesn't change while in prison, thirteen upstate counties continue to ignore that, claiming inmates as constituents even though they can't vote in those upstate counties. Without these so-called constituents, seven districts wouldn't be drawn the way they are now. PPI argues that the disparity in population creates an extra Senate seat for upstate New Yorkers while disenfranchising downstaters.
Unfortunately, while New York may be one of the most exceptional examples of prison-based gerrymandering, it is not alone. PPI has found similar abuses in Pennsylvania, Ohio, New Hampshire, Virginia, Nevada, Wisconsin and Texas, among others.
What continues to feed this cycle of misrepresentation in New York are the repressive Rockefeller drug laws. For decades upstate conservatives, like Senator
Dale Volker
, have resisted any major reform of these laws. Democrats managed to make a dent a few months ago by passing some minor revisions that would redirect resources to rehabilitation and repeal many of the mandatory minimum sentencing practices. But the road ahead will be difficult, since shipping nonviolent criminals upstate protects so many seats. DARIUS DIXON
Campus Progress
's July 8 national conference, 20-year-old emerging journalist
Michael Tracey
found himself in possession of a major scoop: former President
Bill Clinton
had admitted, for the first time, to supporting same-sex marriage. Clinton made the revelation to Tracey while mingling with attendees after delivering the conference's keynote speech.
Immediately, Tracey began thinking about the best way for a student journalist to break the story. The stars aligned the next day at
The Nation/Campus Progress Youth Journalism Conference
, where Tracey approached Nation senior editor Richard Kim, who was facilitating a workshop on turning ideas into articles. Their meeting led Tracey to write an article for TheNation.com, which in turn ignited a minor media storm. ABC reporter

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CBO Underestimates Benefits of Malpractice Reform
A full accounting of medical malpractice reforms shows the benefits would be $242 billion a year.
From Pacific Research Institute
Earlier this month, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) said medical-liability reforms could save about $11 billion annually. This assessment is a gross underestimate of the potential benefits of reform and was intended to give cover to congressional Democrats who say malpractice-liability costs are trifling. But a full accounting shows the benefits would be a hefty $242 billion a year, more than 10 percent of America's health expenditures....


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BOSTON -- The Toronto Maple Leafs and their fans waited nine years for this?
Okay, maybe that's a bit harsh. But the Maple Leafs worst fears were realized in their first playoff game since 2004 on Wednesday. They weren't able to shake a late-season funk that saw them outplayed and outshot in the majority of their outings down the stretch.
In their series opener, a one-sided 4-1 defeat to the Boston Bruins at the TD Garden, the Maple Leafs playoff inexperience was evident. They were sloppy in all three zones. They lacked determination and discipline. They spent far too much time chasing the Bruins in the Toronto end of the rink.
Maple Leafs head coach Randy Carlyle said it best, his team "self-destructed." He also vowed to make some lineup changes for Game 2 on Saturday.
It's hard to believe now, but Toronto actually led 1-0 on a James van Riemsdyk power-play goal one minute and 54 seconds into the game. After that, nothing good happened for the Maple Leafs.
Toronto defenceman Cody Franson suffered a foot injury early in the second period after he blocked a shot. He walked with a noticeable limp afterwards, but felt with some treatments he would be ready for Saturday.
Netminder James Reimer, one of 10 Toronto players who made their Stanley Cup playoff debut in the series opener, also was shaky. But he faced more odd-man rushes than Mikey the bartender does after Bruins and Celtics games at the popular Fours Restaurant and Sports Bar around the corner from the TD Garden.
And did anyone see Phil Kessel? He checked in with one shot on goal in the second period and continued to struggle against his former team since Boston traded him to the Maple Leafs four years ago. Kessel now has only three power-play goals in 23 games and no points in five games this year.
Physical Bruins
Maybe he, too, was injured in this game. The Bruins were physical, but disciplined. Hockey Night in Canada cameras caught Kessel wincing on the bench early in the second period. His ice time of 13:51 certainly reflected his effectiveness.
The Bruins on the other hand, a team with a combined 22 Stanley Cup rings, overcame their late-season doldrums that saw them finish the final quarter at 4-6-4, worst among the 16 clubs that made the playoffs.
Bruins coach Claude Julien remarked before the game that the post-season was an opportunity for a fresh start. The message was heard loud and clear because his players kicked up their game a notch.
A few of the local reporters I talked to remarked afterwards that this was the Bruins best game of the season. The atmosphere in their dressing room was buoyant as players talked about the win next to a Bruins sweater that hung on one wall with Boston 617 Strong stitched on the back, in honour of the victims of the Boston Marathon bombings last month.
It was neat to see veteran 35-year-old defenceman Wade Redden score the Bruins first goal and then set up the go-ahead marker, a deflection from Nathan Horton. That second goal was huge because moments before van Riemsdyk hit the post off a rush. Redden and Horton swiftly went the other way to score with 11.7 seconds remaining in the first period.
Rangers let Redden go
Until this season, Redden had been buried in the AHL for a couple of season because the New York Rangers no longer liked the front-loaded, six-year contract they signed him to in 2008.
Because of the new collective agreement struck in January, Redden was bought out and signed with the St. Louis Blues. He was then traded to the Bruins last month and has supplanted rookie Dougie Hamilton as a regular. His memorable offensive effort was a small measure of revenge for all those playoff losses to the Maple Leafs as a member of the Ottawa Senators.
The current Maple Leafs now have until Saturday evening to see if they can return home with a split. That's a long time to stew over a game, but plenty of time to correct the many ills in their game.
Maybe their second Stanley Cup playoff game in nine years will be worth the wait.
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American arms sales to China would be welcomed by some in the West. They believe such sales would put new pressure on the Soviet Union by forcing it to deploy more soldiers on its border with China.
But throughout Asia there are widespread reservations over this approach. The reason is distrust of China's long- term intentions.
This lingering distrust contrasts sharply with the gradual turnaround in American attitudes toward China.
Much of noncommunist Asia has welcomed the coming of diplomatic relations between the United States and China. But while Americans increasingly see China as a "card" to be played against the Soviet Union, Asians tend to see China as a baby giant who may seek to dominate its backyard when it grows up.
Now there are increasing signs that the Reagan administration is, in fact, moving toward selling arms to China:
* During a June trip to China Secretary of State Alexander M. Haig Jr. declared the US was ready "in principle" to sell arms to China. He refrained from spelling out what kind of weapons the US might sell. But he emphasized any sales would evolve at a "slow and measured and prudent" pace.
* More recently the US ambassador designate to China, Arthur Hummel, testified it is in America's interest to promote a military balance between China and the Soviet Union. He did not forsee sales to China of offensive weapons such as missiles or bombers. China has expressed interest in antitank weapons and air defenses, he told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, which "should not be considered offensive."
Asian reaction to the sales will depend on what and how much is actually sold. Asian countries will want to be consulted in the making of these decisions.
Many asian nations look with favor on the moderate foreign policy followed by China since the death of Chairman Mao Tse-tung in 1976. For Japan it has meant profits from trade and investment. For Southeast Asia it has meant a reduction of Chinese support for guerrilla insurgents. And for India it has meant the opportunity to begin discussions on border disputes which led to war in 1962.
At the same time Japan and Southeast Asia have serious reservations about any American policy that too quickly builds up China's military strength.
Many Japanese strongly oppose any US effort to strengthen anti-Soviet Chinese military power if this policy is a substitute for a strong American military presence in the Pacific. They would see this as an "abdication" of American responsibilities in Asia.
Many Japanese also fear that if America sells large amounts of arms to China, this could sharpen the already bitter dispute between China and the Soviet Union. The result, they think, could increase tensions in Asia and make it more difficult for Japan to have sound economic and political ties with both China and the Soviet Union.
There is also Japanese concern that a close military tie between China and the United States could "freeze out" Japan and substitute China as its chief Asian ally.
Although most noncommunist Southeast Asian countries welcome China as a force helping to protect them from what they see as an expansionist Vietnam. But they still strongly distrust China's long-term intentions.
They know that China's moderate foreign policy could quickly change, especially if a new leadership follows that of Deng Xiao-ping. And they know that a China armed with modern weapons would be in a better position to demand its own way -- a way not always in line with the wishes its Southeast Asian neighbors.
Despite their entreaties, China has refused to sever its links with Marxist guerrillas in Southeast Asia. Countries such as Indonesia and Malaysia, with large ethnic Chinese minorities, remain fearful China will eventually use these as a "fifth column" should circumstances change.
But China's neighbors worry about the future. A China emboldened by an arms buildup could use the threat of increased support for these groups as a club to bully Southeast Asian neighbors into line.
At present continuing Asian suspicions of China are muted because of a widespread desire to avoid ruffling feathers and to get along. But if the United States decides to sell large quantities of arms to China, Asian reservations could become more vocal.


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New York is a city of extreme differences. It is not merely a city -- it is something like its own cosmos. Taking my impression of the Bronx and the Bronx Library Center with me to West 114th St., I notice already upon leaving the subway that the world looks totally different here, on Manhattan's Upper West Side. The campus of this dignified and highly productive private university as well as the Butler Library's building positively spell out an invitation to scientific research and discourse with professors and students. On a gorgeous Indian summer day my conversation partners are James G. Neal, Vice President for Information Services and University Librarian, and Damon Jaggars, Associate University Librarian for Collections & Services.
American Library Association (ALA), which represents all the nation's libraries, as well as to the Association of Research Libraries (ARL), with its more specialized branches of research, medical, legal, and other libraries. And the Butler Library is also integrated into the network of international lobbying – in the context of the IFLA, for example. The common goal of all these groups is to facilitate open access to all information necessary for scientific research. And that has become an eminently political task. Following September 11, 2001, there have been – and still are - efforts to limit free access to information in the United States within the confines of the US Patriot Act, which consequently limit the freedom of research – especially regarding internet use and access to business data. James Neal leaves no doubt that he and his colleagues at Columbia University are mounting decided and lasting opposition to such political intrusions upon constitutionally guaranteed rights to freedom.
Three members of the Butler Library staff are working exclusively on raising additional funds. However, all of the library's approximately 300 employees keep financial issues in mind because that is the only way to compensate for the rising expenses of personnel, technical equipment, and building maintenance as well as to adequately engage new developments in research for the acquisition of new media and to manage the expenses accompanying special projects. The Friends of the Library also are active in the search for additional money. The total amount of funds raised in this way comes to about $10 million annually: 5 to 6 million dollars stem from individuals and are "endowment gifts," "annual gifts," "gifts in kind," "project gifts" or "capital gifts;" 3 to 5 million dollars come from foundations, organizations and companies in the form of grants. In addition, there are occasional individual contributions tied to a specific purpose, such as the $100 million given this year for the Jewish collection and a related oral history project. In times of economic crises, the Butler Library's dependency on private financial donors becomes evident, of course. In 2009/2010 a total of 45 positions will have to be eliminated. James Neal calls these cuts "painful but useful." In dealing with this problem he proves to be as rational and pragmatic as he is decisive in his political positions: Don't complain, but look for the best solution under the constantly changing conditions, in order to achieve the main goal that all library work has in common--"free and open access, no barriers."
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Early signs of a heart attack include chest discomfort or discomfort in other upper body areas and shortness of breath, notes the American Heart Association. Other signs include lightheadedness, nausea and breaking out in a cold sweat.
With most heart attacks, the chest discomfort felt centers in the chest and lasts for a few minutes, notes the American Heart Association. The discomfort may go away and come back. The pain felt in the chest may feel like uncomfortable pressure, or it may feel like fullness or squeezing. The pain may also be felt in other areas of the upper body. This can include discomfort or pain in the stomach, jaw, neck, back or both arms. Chest discomfort may or may not be accompanied by shortness of breath.
While women and men both experience chest discomfort or pain in the chest, women are more apt to undergo other common symptoms, especially jaw or back pain, nausea, vomiting and shortness of breath.
Because time is of the essence when seeking treatment for a heart attack, even if someone is unsure of whether or not the symptoms indicate a heart attack, medical attention should be sought. Arriving by ambulance at the emergency room is the fastest way to get treatment, states the American Heart Association.


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If a roof downspout becomes loose, disassemble it and clean out any dirt or debris that may have collected. Pay extra attention to the sections where different parts of a downspout connect and where they connect to the gutter. To reassemble the downspout, connect the sections, make holes in the pipes using an electric drill, and secure the pieces together using galvanized sheet metal screws. Make sure that the screws are not too long, as debris might collect on them.
Check to be sure the anchor straps that connect the downspouts to the wall aren't loose or broken. Secure the top part of a downspout together with the S-curve outlet using several screws. Make sure that you can remove them easily to clean the pipes.
If downspouts pool runoff water, use additional pipes to redirect the water. If downspouts dump water close to the walls of the building, it may become a serious problem, as it causes the soil to be constantly wet. This can cause the foundation of the building to destruct. A downspout diverter is a simple and relatively cheap product that carries the water away from the house when it is attached to the bottom of a downspout. Another option is to use a 4-inch-diameter ABS drain pipe that you need to bury in the soil under the downspout.


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Man dies in tractor rollover near Vergas
A 62-year-old man died in a tractor accident near Vergas Tuesday night.
According to the Otter Tail County Sheriff's Office, John Oliver Antonsen, of Lakeville, Minn. was found dead at the scene after being pinned under an older model Case with no cab or protective frame farm tractor.
The accident happened around 9:24 p.m. on Heart Lake Road, near Sybil Lake Road. According to initial information, the Sheriff's Office received a report of an injury accident involving the rollover of a farm tractor. The tractor operator had not yet been located at that time.
Otter Tail County deputies arrived at the scene a short time later. The farm tractor was lying upside down and partially submerged in about one or two feet of water, in a small lake on the north side of Heart Lake Road.
Antonsen was pinned under the overturned tractor and was submerged under water, according to the accident report.
Authorities believe that the victim was driving on to the narrow north shoulder of the roadway then lost control of the machine as it entered a steep ditch and rolled into the lake. The incident remains under investigation.
The Vergas Fire Department and First Responders, as well as the Perham Ambulance Service assisted at the scene.


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Honestly, I'm a bit burned out on the privacy debate. It rages in all corners of our industry, from social, to display, to mobile, and everyone seems to be shocked at its ubiquity.
Privacy concerns are nothing new, not by a long shot. The idea of "privacy" is something that everyone, particularly Americans, holds dear.
Now some say that the notion of privacy in our modern world is nothing short of an illusion, but there's a middle ground here. Privacy and online aren't mutually exclusive — we've seen this played out before.
The online world has a history of smashing privacy barriers, not by forcing people to give up their privacy, but by giving them ways to get what they want while maintaining an acceptable level of risk.
Just look at the early stages of e-commerce as an industry. In the beginning, no one would have dreamed of transmitting credit card information via the web. Eventually, after much fuss and security improvements, everyone got over it. The same will happen with the current crisis.
Developments like Facebook's Open Graph — what they propose to do with it, not its current state — promise to give people more of what they want. Some are willing to throw themselves willy-nilly into new frontiers, while others want proof that they're safe. Either way, digital has a way of eventually working things out so people get comfortable.
Facebook's Open Graph may not change everything, but rest assured, something will. The concept of companies relying solely on websites to communicate with potential customers is rapidly becoming a thing of the past. It's just too big not to happen.
The reality, however, is that clients are concerned and want to know where all of this is going and how they should prepare for whatever's to come. They look to us, as agency partners, to tell them, and while we're not psychics, we can help.
- Know that you don't own the customers — the client does. They know more about their brand and customer than you ever will, and even if this isn't the case, this isn't a conversation you can own. Help cultivate the conversation, but be careful not to overstep boundaries.
- To quote one of my all-time favorite movies, "The Right Stuff," always "maintain an even strain." Especially in larger companies, client partners working within digital arms or more traditional companies get tons of panicky questions from outside their department. Help them field these questions and concerns by frequently communicating the latest developments and opportunities.
- Increase your client-side footprint. When it comes to this particular arena, there are more players than you might think. Be sure you're communicating to, and with, the right people.
While we can't predict the future, we as digital professionals have been down this road before and are in a unique position to help both meter and guide the conversation. Barring a massive legal intervention, have faith that the privacy dilemma will work out — we just have to be patient and proactive.
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How do motherboards degrade? Does the solder on the motherboard affect this process? Or the aging of the chipset?
The soldering work should not cause issues unless it's a manufacturing fault. Given that solder usually withstands 200-300°C heat would also result in other failures way beforehand.
In most cases it's one/multiple of the Voltage Regulation Modules (or actually circuits) that give up, mostly duo to capacitor failure.
If you look at a motherboard around the CPU socket there are a bunch of capacitors, MOSFETs and inductors. Groups of them form VRMs for the various parts on a motherboard e.g. the CPU itself (Vcore, VTT).
Being located right next to the CPU means that they are exposed to more heat than just room or case temperature. If your CPU cooling is not efficient enough they can certainly run quite hot. So over time those components degrade, mostly the capacitors.
An unfortunate combination of heat, humidity and load can further increase the degradation.
Next in line but for the same reasons would be the VRMs next to the add-on sockets, mostly the PCI-Express slot holding your GPU.
Not sure it counts as degradation but the physical abuse, bumps, are probably next in line. If you look at all those non-boxed coolers they are all quite massive and only held in place by a few screws and usually a back plate. What you consider just a little bump against the case puts a lot of strain on the socket area of the motherboard if one of those big coolers is installed.
I guess too many hard bumps over time could actually cause some soldering to break lose.
I've heard that after a certain heat/cooling cycle, the solder could produce a "crack" and results in an unbootable machine (caps lock blinking & black screen) since the the connection is messed up.
Unless you have a laptop, the caps lock LED is controlled by the circuit of your keyboard, not by your motherboard. So there is no directly correlation between it blinking and the machine not booting.
This is just an observation e.g. when the motherboard keeps power cycling for whatever myriad of reasons – the keyboard receives power, lights up, loses power, LEDs go off.
This could also happen if your computer is in perfect condition but the circuitry of the keyboard is broken.
Equally an "unbootable machine" does not mean that something is physically or technically broken or cracked. It's just an observation with a multitude of possible causes.
Really, the kind of heat-cooling cycle required to damage solder on a motherboard or other components is unlikely to happen outside a laboratory and as previously stated, other components will fail duo to that kind of temperatures long before that.


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HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - A jury found a former mixed martial arts fighter guilty of second-degree murder and third-degree sex assault on Monday afternoon. The father of the young Kalihi woman killed said justice had been served, but the family of defendant Corbit Ahn disagreed.
Iris Rodrigues-Kaikana's nude body was discovered in a Kalihi alley in August 2009 near the Kamehameha Homes housing complex. The 2008 McKinley High School graduate had been strangled and sexually assaulted. Prosecutors said Ahn was drunk, and that he left behind DNA evidence on her body and clothes.
"There was only one guy who had big hands enough to grab my daughter. She was only 5'2" and 100 pounds, to grab her by her neck and squeeze her and bust her neck that bad, nobody else could do that," said Steven Rodrigues, the victim's father.
But Ahn's family maintains he is innocent despite the jury's decision.
"She was a really good person because she took care of my grandkids and my heart goes out to them, but by the same token, my son, I don't believe that he would have done that to her," said Cynthia Ahn, the defendant's mother.
Cynthia Ahn fears for her son's life in prison and said he was badly beaten at the Oahu Community Correctional Center in 2010. The family plans to appeal the verdict.
Sentencing is set for July 9. Prosecutors are deciding whether to seek a tougher sentence of life in prison without the possibility of parole. Ahn has a prior felony conviction and two assault cases that are currently pending trial.
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Dear Good Morning America,
As you know, Chris Brown was a guest on your show yesterday, and after being asked a pretty obvious and entirely reasonable question about the on-going legal situation surrounding his violent beating of Rihanna, he not only provided a disgustingly unapologetic answer ("It's not really a big deal to me now") but proceeded to trash his dressing room before ripping his shirt off and storming out of the studios. I mean, what a FUCKING MONSTER, right? Who does that? Who does that anyway, much less who does that when they have a widespread public reputation for unwarranted violent outbursts? Yikes. I'm sure questions about his attack on Rihanna make Chris Brown uncomfortable, but you know what else makes people uncomfortable? GETTING PUNCHED REPEATEDLY IN THE FACE IN A RENTED (lol) LAMBORGHINI! When everything is said and done, Chris Brown still seems to be the one getting off easy, so maybe he should just answer the fucking questions with a modicum of respect for the seriousness of the situation and chilllllllll.
But so here is why I am writing this letter to you, Good Morning America: WHAT THE FUCK IS YOUR PROBLEM? Not only are you not pressing charges against Chris Brown, but now you are asking him to return to the show? What kind of pandering, pro-violence, egomania-enabling, fucked up world without consequences (for a chosen few) do you live in*, you assholes?
I'm sure that managing a daily morning talk show is difficult. So much politics, right? You've got to do some work to massage the big egos of Hollywood so that they keep coming back and answering your questions about favorite limousines to ride in and who has a crush on whom! Sure. I get that. But guess what: THAT'S NOT WHAT IS GOING ON HERE. We are talking about a convicted domestic abuser continuing a pattern of ACTUAL FUCKING VIOLENCE, and not only do you pretend like this is not some kind of problem by refusing to file a police report, but you indulge and encourage it by publicly stating (PUBLICLY STATING) that everyone on the show "wishes him the absolute best." EVERYONE ON THE SHOW WISHES HIM THE ABSOLUTE BEST? A) WHY? B) FUCK YOU. I'm not expecting any staffers who might disagree with this statement into which they have been unceremoniously lumped to actually quit their jobs in protest, but they should at least SERIOUSLY CONSIDER IT.
The nature of celebrity culture is such that it only takes a minor stumble for the public to turn on their stars, but it takes a similarly minor act of contrition to enter one's redemption phase. This cycle is played out time and again, and it's now ingrained and immutable. Good Morning America certainly isn't responsible for this, although I'm sure you guys have a role to play in all three acts of any career. But this was not a minor stumble. This was a well-documented, successfully prosecuted, and ADMITTED attack against a woman (not that the woman part really matters, if Chris Brown beat the shit out of a dude in a rented [lol] Lamborghini and then RAN OFF INTO THE NIGHT, LEAVING THEM FOR DEAD he would still be a horrific piece of shit and face legal consequences), for which this asshole has never even actually APOLOGIZED. The only thing he has ever regretted was getting caught. Well, getting caught and apparently having to answer "annoying" questions about it. And now you guys, having witnessed this violence first hand, are throwing your not-inconsequential weight behind defending and appeasing an ACTUAL CRIMINAL. Who committed brand new crimes IN YOUR HOME. Think about what kind of message that sends to people. Not just young people, either. Think about the message that sends all people. It is a really REALLY awful message!
Fuck you, Good Morning America. I wish you the absolute worst.


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Referees' union Prospect have insisted that Chelsea must issue an apology to Mark Clattenburg after he was cleared of racial abuse.
Clattenburg is set to return to match duty on Sunday, where he will be fourth official for Tottenham's clash with West Ham, after the 37-year-old was found to be innocent of using "inappropriate language" towards Blues' midfielder John Obi Mikel in the match with Manchester United on October 28.
As well as Prospect condemning Chelsea for making the false allegations in the first place, they are also outraged that the west London club based their case on one witness, Ramires, and pursued it despite not knowing all the details. The union also urged the Premier League outfit to say sorry to Clattenburg.
"Chelsea have done a number of things wrong with this case," Prospect national secretary Alan Leighton told reporters. "Firstly, they made the allegation and the nature of it public on the Sunday of the match.
"Secondly, on the Wednesday after their detailed investigation they decided to go ahead with a formal complaint based on one single witness statement, from one person who supposedly heard the offending phrase.
"The FA statement makes it clear Chelsea didn't even know when the alleged comment was supposed to have been made during the game. No organisation in the world would say that was ever going to get past the barrier of evidence needed to bring a charge.
"Thirdly, they have not apologised to Mark, who has gone through hell. This is about an individual who has been badly wronged and there is not even recognition about what they have done to this referee and that is staggering."
Prospect are not currently considering legal action towards the Blues as they would rather the club came out with a formal apology and pay Clattenburg some damages. However, they did not rule it out taking action if there is no apology.
"That is not our intention at this moment," Leighton continued. "Our intention is for something to happen that avoids any need for legal action.
"We have been calling for Chelsea to make an apology and pay compensation because it's the right thing to do."
The union's national secretary has also called for further action to stop a repeat of falsely or weakly backed cases against referees, adding that Chelsea acknowledging their wrongdoing should help.
"There needs to be some form of deterrent to stop clubs going ahead with stuff like this, which has no basis and impacts so badly on the referee.
"Our concern is it could happen from any club and is more likely to happen again if there is not some acceptance by Chelsea that this was wrong and shouldn't have happened."


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Temperature testing will be accomplished by loading the video card to 100% using MSI Kombuster which is paired with MSI's afterburner overclocking utility for temperature monitoring. I will be using the stability test set to a resolution of 1920 x 1200 using 8xAA. I will use a 15 minute time frame to run the test ensuring that the maximum thermal threshold is reached. The fan speed will be left in the control of the driver package and video card's BIOS for the first test, with the fan moved to 100% to see the best possible cooling scenario for overclocking. The idle test will be a 20 minute cool down with the fan speeds left on automatic.
- Monitoring with MSI Afterburner
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At stock speeds, the Black Edition 6850 was about the coolest running card under load - at 62 degrees Celsius. Under an overclocked load, the temperature only increased by 6 degrees Celsius with the fan bumped up to 100%. However, I should reiterate that this is with a serious bump in core voltage to reach the 'over 1GHz mark' on the core. The cooling solution is not the quietest on the market, but is markedly better than the cooler on the reference cards.


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Our 12 Sacred Stone Necklace carries with it the vibrations of the twelve sacred stones of the Holy City: Amethyst, Bloodstone, Red & Orange Carnelian, Mookaite, Quartz Crystal, Yellow Topaz, Pink Zircon, Emerald, Peridot, Sapphire and Chrysoprase.
Referred to in Revelation Chapter 21 verses 9-20 of the New Testament, the Holy City is described as having had twelve gates, each named for one of the twelve tribes of Israel. It is said that an angel guards over each one of these gates. The walls surrounding the city rest on twelve foundations, and each foundation is named for one of the twelve Apostles. It is these foundations that were adorned with precious stones; the same stones that make up this Sacred Stones Necklace. We have finished this necklace with an antique bronze cross.
Affirmation: I am connected to divine guidance.
The Sacred Stones Necklace is 23" to 25" in length, with brass finishings. The stones may vary slightly in size and shape, which will effect the length of the piece. Wear this necklace and listen for ancient whisperings.
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AN academic has provoked a firestorm of rage after claiming lesbians evolved because men are turned on by ladies who have sex with each other.
Menelaos Apostolou, a brave professor at the University of Nicosia in Cyprus, asked 1,509 heterosexual people whether they like the thought of their partner romping with a member of the same sex.
He found 15 per cent of heterosexual men in long-term relationships would enjoy it if their partner had sex with a woman, compared to 30 per cent of men in short term flings, according to The Advocate.
In a paper published in the respected journal Personality and Individual Differences, Apostolou found many men would be happy going out with a partner who enjoys the company of other women.
"A lot of men indicate a desire to have a partner who also experiences same-sex attraction," Apostolou told IBTimes UK.
"These kinds of sexual traits are more instinctive. It's a mechanism that has been selected to serve a purpose – to make you reproduce."
His argument suggests women who had lesbian tendencies were successful in evolutionary terms because men chose to reproduce with them.
In an interview with Pink News, the professor added: "My argument in the paper is this: A considerable proportion of men desire same-sex attractions in women, and this is one possible reason why many women have such attractions."
He received a vicious tongue-lashing on Twitter, where people slammed the study because it did not involve talking to lesbians themselves.
Roxy Bourdillon, web editor of Diva Magazine, described the research as "patriarchal bulls***".
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She wrote: "You've missed the fundamental point of being a lesbian. It's not about turning guys on, it's about turning girls on.
"Let me tell it to you straight, straight boy: men are as relevant to my lesbian relationship as your study is to useful scientific research."
Bourdillon then launched into a rant designed to dissuade any chap from dreaming of sex with two ladies at the same time.
She added: "For any man who has ever fantasised about a threesome with a lesbian couple, let me paint you a little picture of what that would look like in real life: you feeling indescribably awkward while I lecture you on intersectional feminism – fully clothed – and my GF contemplates starting her own study into the scientific effects of her whacking you in the groin with a spanner."
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Dr. Ferrari is a founder of the field of biomedical micro/nanotechnology, especially as it pertains to drug delivery, cell transplantation, implantable bioreactors, and other innovative therapeutic modalities. In these fields, he has published more than 100 papers and 2 books. Dr. Ferrari is the inventor of more than 15 issued patents, with about 30 more pending in the United States and internationally. His contributions have received a variety of accolades, including the National Young Investigator Award of the National Science Foundation, a Shannon Director's Award of the National Institutes of Health, and the Wallace H. Coulter Award for Biomedical Innovation and Entrepreneurship.
Dr. Ferrari earned his degree of Dottore in Matematica at the University of Padova, Italy (1985), and then completed M.S. (1987) and Ph.D. (1989) degrees in mechanical engineering at the University of California, Berkeley. He started his academic career at Berkeley, where he was awarded tenure as Associate Professor of Materials Science, Civil Engineering, and Bioengineering. He moved to the Ohio State University in 1999, where his current appointments include serving as Edgar Hendrickson Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Professor of Internal Medicine, Mechanical Engineering, and Materials Science. Dr. Ferrari is also Associate Vice President, Health Science Technology and Communications, and Associate Director of the Dorothy M. Davis Heart and Lung Research Institute. He currently advises the National Cancer Institute as a Special Expert on Nanotechnology.
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We're focused on expanding economic opportunity and mobility for all Americans and are exploring policies at the intersection of four key areas: technology, trade, immigration and inclusive growth.
Technological Change
Technology—especially artificial intelligence—is fundamentally reshaping the nature of work in industry after industry but most governments are ill equipped to help their workers or societies prepare for this change.
The New Center must identify policies that harness the power of technology to increase not just productivity but also economic opportunity.
New arrivals have long been a source of national vitality, diversity, strength and innovation, especially for America, which prides itself as being a nation of immigrants. But immigration also brings with it significant cultural change and much like trade and technology—a positive but uneven economic impact. The New Center must identify a sustainable framework for prioritizing, welcoming and screening new immigrants as well as dealing with the large current populations of undocumented immigrants.
Increased global trade has unleashed an unprecedented wave of prosperity over the past few decades. But the benefits of trade have not been evenly shared, with many communities and former industrial strongholds decimated. The New Center must identify trade policies that continue to increase commerce between nations while also ensuring the benefits of trade are shared more widely.
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Andrew Lomax, a freshman at East Bladen High School, was the grand prize winner at the Region IV Science Fair on February 23 at The University of North Carolina at Pembroke.
Overall winner Andrew Lomax of East Bladen High School
The 26th annual Science Fair was sponsored by Progress Energy with additional prizes provided by McDonald's Restaurants, Lumbee River Electric Membership Cooperative, U.S. Navy, NC State University and UNCP.
Lomax topped all entrants with his project on "Bioremediation: Fast, Cheap and Effective." He won a scholarship to UNCP for $1,000.
"My project is about cleaning up animal life and the environment after a toxic spill," Lomax said. "I used microorganisms and it really works."
As nervous parents paced in the lobby outside the gym in the English E. Jones Athletic Center, Lomax and 200 contestants and their projects were put to the test in interviews with judges from UNCP and Fayetteville State University.
It can be an unnerving process, admitted Marcus Pierce of West Bladen High School.
"I was really nervous to be in front of important people like that," Pierce said. "They were really tough."
Charlotte Tatum, who with her West Bladen teammate, Courtney Hudson, worked more than a year on their project testing the effects of music on tomato plants. She said she was well prepared.
"We do a lot of communications activities in my club (Future Farmers of America)," Tatum said. "I have to give a big speech to about 400 people next month."
The judges offered scientific advice too, said Hillary Gunter, who with West Bladen teammate McKenzie Winebarger, entered a project called "Breaking Loose the Juice."
On February 23 UNCP hosted the Region IV Science Fair for the 26th consecutive year. Faculty volunteered as judges. Pictured here from right are: Drs. Maria Santisteban and Lisa Kelly, both of the Biology Department and East Bladen High School contestant Shelby Stewart.
"The judges asked us about our procedure and why we chose the subject," Gunter said. "They suggested how we could have taken the project further."
Co-coordinators of the 2008 Science Fair were UNCP science professors Drs. Tim Ritter and Jose D'Arruda, who founded the Science Fair at UNCP in 1982. Dr. D'Arruda offered advice to the contestants.
"If you did not win today, it's not a problem – work harder," he said. "Some of the best projects are developed over several years."
Science Fair projects evolve with current events in science. Topics this year included carbon footprints, water desalination, wind turbines, honey bees and polluted air inside school buses.
"Doing scientific research in this way is good for students in more ways than one," Dr. D'Arruda. "These are the things that the best colleges look for in their applicants."
Elementary Division Winners – Tyler Partridge - Irwin Intermediate,Emily Scott - Elizabethtown Primary, Regina Vanderbruegge – Home School, Christopher Ezzelle - College Lakes, Eugenie Krishna Rathod - J.W. McLauchlin, Joseph Frevola – Scurlock, Cameron Bellian - Vanstory Hills and Tyler Prince - Academy Heights. These students advance to state competition.
Elementary Honorable Mention – Nicholas Hogan - St. Patrick's School, Daniel Carroll - Bladen Lakes Primary, Morgan Sampson - Pembroke Elementary, Logan Alphin - Armstrong Elementary, Gavin Pugh- Manchester Elementary, Matthew McClure – Parkton, Meghan McCrimmins - Rockfish-Hoke Elementary and Blair Robinson - Star-Biscoe Elementary
Junior Biology – 1st placeDariane Davis- Overhills Middle, 2nd Olivia Warren - Clarkton School of Discovery andLukas Warren - Clarkton School of Discovery,3rd place Ashley McCraney - East Hoke Middle and 4thMichael Frazer - West Pine Middle
Junior Physical Science – 1st placeNivesh Varma - Harnett Central Middle, 2nd Zane Singletary - Bladenboro Middle and Ethan Jordan - Bladenboro Middle, 3rd Jamie Staton - Irwin Intermediate School and 4thAlexander DiRuzza - Irwin Intermediate
Junior Earth Science - 1st placeRandy McNeill - Western Harnett Middle, 2nd Greg Majeski - Clarkton School of Discovery, 3rdMadeline Milholland - Spring Hill Middle,and 4thCallie Boone - West Pine Middle andAbigail Synder - West Pine Middle
Junior Technology & Engineering - 1st placeRobert Kinlaw - Clarkton School of Discovery, 2ndBailey Porter - St. Patrick's,3rdHaley Edwards -West Lee Middle and 4th Olivia Hernandez - West Pine Middle
Senior Biology – Shelby Stewart - East Bladen and Angela Cormack - West Bladen
Senior Physical Science – Casandra Hadad - Union Pines andDeshawn Ballard -West Bladen High School
Senior Earth Science - 1st placeAndrew Lomax - East Bladen and 2ndMarcus Pierce - West Bladen
Team Division Winners – 1st place Courtney Hudson - West Bladen and Charlotte Tatum - West Bladen and 2nd placeHillary Gunter - West Bladen MacKenzie Winebarger - West Bladen
Junior U.S. Navy Award –David Garavito - East Hoke Middle, Diana Gonzalez - Clarkton School of Discovery, Christian Ryckeley - Clarkton School of Discovery, Varma Nivesh - Harnett Central Middle and Greg Majeski - Clarkton School of Discovery
Senior U.S. Navy Award – Marcus Pierce - West Bladen,Casandra Hadad - Union Pines High School and Shelby Stewart - East Bladen High,
McDonald's Award - Molly High - Clarkton School of Discovery
Lumbee River Electric Membership Award – Matthew Allen - Clarkton School of Discovery,Stuart Fox - Clarkton School of Discovery,Marcus Thompson - West Middle Biotech, Andrew Noyes- Longhill Elementary, Garrett Franzoni - St. Patrick's, and Jessica Jones – Peterson Elementary
NC State Veterinary School Award - Gabrielle Mock - St. Patrick's
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Partnership creates 'out of the box' experience for developing automotive wireless connectivity use cases
SAN JOSE, Calif. & CAMBRIDGE, United Kingdom — (BUSINESS WIRE) — November 11, 2013 — CSR plc (LSE: CSR; NASDAQ: CSRE) today announces a partnership with Mentor Graphics to deliver an 'out of the box' solution for OEMs looking to deliver in-car wireless connectivity. CSR Synergy® software will come pre-integrated in upcoming releases of Mentor Graphics' GENIVI Linux compliant Automotive Technology Platform (ATP) to provide a complete software solution for a range of wireless connectivity technologies. These include Bluetooth®, Bluetooth Smart and Wi-Fi®. Prototype demonstrations will be available to view at the Telematics Update event in Munich, November 11-12, 2013.
The partnership will deliver a robust, automotive grade connected platform for developing in-vehicle infotainment (IVI) solutions. It enables systems with features such as in-car internet, smartphone tethering via Mirrorlink, hot-spot support via Wi-Fi, wideband hands-free calling and CD-like audio streaming via aptX® over Bluetooth in addition to Bluetooth Smart support for emerging use cases such as keyless entry and temperature and pressure sensors. By collaborating, CSR and Mentor Graphics hope to significantly reduce OEM engineering efforts, allowing them more time to focus on differentiating their designs.
Introduced to the sector nine years ago, CSR Synergy is one of the most widely used connectivity solutions on the market, having been integrated into many infotainment and telematics platforms by Tier One suppliers. The solution is continually updated to add the latest Bluetooth, Bluetooth Smart and Wi-Fi use cases. It is also regularly tested to ensure the highest levels of device compatibility with the latest smartphones.
"Consumers expect in-vehicle wireless connectivity from whatever segment of the market they're buying from," says Thomas Carmody, Head of Connectivity Marketing at CSR. "In addition, new wireless connectivity use cases continue to emerge, putting extra pressure on OEMs to deliver these features in an ever reducing market window. CSR recognizes the need to collaborate where possible with other leading companies in the automotive infotainment market to reduce the engineering burden required to support wireless connectivity. With IVI designers moving to standard open source platforms such as GENIVI Linux, we believe the combination of our high performance Bluetooth and Wi-Fi solutions with Mentor Graphics' ATP will ensure our customers in the automotive market meet and exceed consumer demand."
Delivering wireless connectivity has become a key standard for car makers looking for market-differentiating innovation in IVI systems. The global Bluetooth attach rate is expected to be 65 percent in 2014 while the Wi-Fi attach rate is expected to be 17 percent in the same timeframe, with the take-up for both technologies expected to grow even further1. With such a difference in the connectivity attach rates, IVI designers need to have a connectivity solution that is capable of covering the wireless connectivity requirements for a number of automotive segments. CSR connectivity devices and supporting CSR Synergy software are designed with this requirement in mind. Connectivity technologies, Bluetooth profiles and use cases can be added and removed easily without the customer investing significant engineering efforts after the initial deployment of the solution.
Scot Morrison, General Manager of Run-Time Solutions for Mentor Graphics Embedded Division, comments: "Given the accelerated pace and complexity of automotive infotainment system development, both CSR and Mentor Graphics have recognized the need to minimize the effort for OEMs in this area. We believe this collaboration will lay the foundations for a solid infotainment proposition. CSR has an exciting roadmap of high performance hardware and software solutions that will extend the features of current-generation IVI into Telematics, vehicle-to-vehicle and vehicle-to-infrastructure connectivity."
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The introduction of echocardiography has made a dramatic impact on patient management in the peri-operative, critical care, emergency medicine, surgery and internal medicine environments.
The Graduate Certificate of Clinical Ultrasound course is designed to cater to different craft groups and in subject two the student is able to choose to study either the ICU module or the anaesthesia module.
At completion of the Certificate, students can choose to exit or proceed with the Graduate Diploma of Clinical Ultrasound. Similarly, at completion of the Diploma students can undertake the Masters qualification.
The Certificate course has a focus on basic transthoracic echocardiography, an introduction to transoesophageal echocardiography and surface ultrasound uses such as vascular access, nerve blocks and trauma ultrasound.
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The course is 1 semester full-time or 2 semesters part-time via distance education. A semester duration is 12 weeks. For students completing full-time there will be four subjects per semester, and for part-time, two subjects per semester. Subjects must be taken in sequence.
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Subject 1: MEDI90049 – Principles of Ultrasound and HARTscan (12.5 points)
Subject 2: MEDI90054 – Ultrasound Guided Procedures (12.5 points)
Subject 3: MEDI90050 – Doppler Echocardiography (12.5 points)
Subject 4: MEDI90051 – Ventricular Function (12.5 points)
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- Have a diagnostic-level understanding for echocardiography including transoesophageal echocardiography,
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"I was hoping we could come up with some kind of compromise or some solution for us to move forward in a collaborative spirit," Banda said.
School Board member Sherry Carr said she supported Banda's decision, saying that teachers need to follow district policy while the task force does its work.
But the teachers said they can't give a test that they feel has little, if any, value for teachers or students, especially when Banda has not addressed their concerns in detail.
Banda's decision showed "a callous disregard for the will of the educational community that makes up Garfield," said Jesse Hagopian, a Garfield history teacher.
Many Garfield parents and students support the boycott, and the school's PTSA organized a campaign to notify parents of their right to exempt their students from the tests.
On Tuesday, only 97 of the roughly 400 ninth-graders who were supposed to take the MAP reading test did so, said Garfield Principal Ted Howard. The other 300, he said, had their parents' permission to be excused.
Phil Sherburne, president of Garfield's PTSA, said he was sorry to see the debate turn into a power struggle, saying Banda's decision to force the exam on Garfield "just escalated the conflict."
About 80 teachers and staff at three other Seattle schools also are boycotting the exams, but Banda said Tuesday he will not take action at those schools until he has a chance to talk with them.
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Millions of students across the nation take the MAP, and about 200 school districts in Washington state use the exams. In Seattle, students from the first through ninth grades take the tests two to three times a year, and the district uses the results to monitor student progress and to help evaluate teachers. Kindergartners usually take the exams only once a year.
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No administrators have joined the boycott. If they did, Banda said, their jobs could be at stake.
Howard, Garfield's principal, wouldn't comment on the boycott, except to say that he usually works with his teachers as a team, and it's hard for him to be in a situation where that's not the case.
Howard said he uses the MAP to look at students' progress in elementary and middle school, but he added that teachers raise some good questions about the exam.
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Posted by oneofthree on September 21, 2007
TPD arrested Geno Hayes and Joe Surrattlast night on College Avenue around 1:45 am this morning. Apparently Hayes resisted, or got into an altercation with TPD and was tased.
With the must win against UAB coming up soon, the fear is that these arrests were justified (I haven't seen the police reports) and they will both be suspended from the game.
During the Colorado game last weekend, "Geno Hayes finished with six tackles, including two for a loss. Hayes' effort helped limit the Buffaloes to minus 27 yards rushing and Colorado's running backs to 25 yards on 17 carries."
Surratt was out during the game against Colorado with a fractured right fibula.
** UPDATE ** 3:11pm – apparently the two players were arrested for their altercation with law enforcement. It seems that Hayes was outside Potbelly's with his shirt off screaming, after being involved in a fight inside the bar.


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