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Supreme Court judge's name crops up in Kerala nun's murder hearingAugust 10th, 2009 - 6:44 pm ICT by IANS
Kochi, Aug 10 (IANS) In a shocking twist to the 17-year-old Sister Abhaya murder case, a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) counsel told the Kerala High Court Monday that the then chief justice of Karnataka, and now a Supreme Court judge, Cyriac Joseph had inspected a CD of a narco-analysis test conducted in Bangalore on three accused.
CBI counsel S. Sreekumar told a division bench that assistant director with the Forensic Science Laboratory, Malini, during questioning by the investigative agency, had said that Joseph had viewed the CD in May last year and vouched for its veracity.
The counsel made the observation after the victim's father A. Thomas filed a contempt petition against the CBI for failing to investigate reports that the CD containing the narco-analysis tests was not original.
The Kerala High Court had earlier directed the CBI to verify the reports that said the CD was tampered with.
Thomas' counsel A.S. Varghese, reacting to the CBI counsel's verbal submission before the court, said that a Karnataka High Court judge inspecting the tapes of a murder case being investigated and put to trial in neighbouring Kerala was "very strange".
"He was the chief justice of the Karnataka High Court and in that court no case pertaining to Abhaya's murder was filed. So why should he go to the laboratory and examine this CD?" Varghese told reporters.
The division bench asked the CBI to file a detailed reply regarding the statement made by Malini and posted the case for Aug 18.
The body of Sister Abhaya, a resident of Pius X Hostel, was found in the well of the Kottayam convent March 27, 1992.
The charge sheet filed last month names Thomas M. Kottor, the Diocesan chancellor of the Catholic Church at Kottayam, Jose Putarika, a former professor at the Kottayam College where Abhaya studied, and Sister Seffi, a resident of the convent when the incident took place.
The CBI had arrested the three accused Nov 19 last year but all of them secured bail Jan 1 this year.


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Auto Industry News
And Car Reviews
Can You Spell OCD?
Women like to coordinate. That's why it takes us a little longer to get dressed than men. The blouse has to match the skirt has to match the belt has to match to shoes has to match the purse. It's not easy to look as great as we do. Three car manufacturers are making it a little easier for women to make sure EVERYTHING matches.
In my wanders around the internet looking for interesting topics for you to read, I have gathered some information that you should probably know about. Drunk driving is a big problem and it's bad. Don't do it. Ever. If you aren't convinced, here is some food for thought.
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Tags: ALCOHOL, DRUNK DRIVER, DUI, DWI
Bad Decisions at GM
Due to the recent GM recall concerning a faulty ignition switch, the manufacturer is being asked some very tough questions by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). If you own one of these vehicles, I'm sure you want answers too.
5 Cars That Will Make You Look Like You Have Money, Even If You Don't
As a car person, I try not to be shallow and superficial, but if I had to get a new car, I'd want it to look like I spent money on it. I think most people feel the same way. And like the average car buyer, I don't have unlimited funds to buy a high-end car with all of the features that fit my lifestyle. So instead, I have to settle for a vehicle that fits my life, that I can also afford—but that doesn't necessarily mean that people like me have to settle for something ordinary looking either... and here are five cars that prove that notion to be accurate.
Each of the following vehicles are under $15,000 and don't look it.
Posted In: Car News, Miscellaneous, Car Reviews
Tags: New cars, cheap cars, affordable cars
2nd Promaster Recall
Chrysler has just issued a voluntary recall notice for 6,800 2014 Ram Promaster vans. These are the same vehicles that were involved in another recall concerning the accelerator pedal, which had the potential to get stuck in the open throttle position. That recall affected 10,000 of the vehicles.
Funny Traffic Court Quotes
Traffic court is nothing like the cases you see on TV shows. What happens there is unscripted and clumsy, and there aren't any retakes. Sometimes things go astray without the participants seeming to be in control at all. These are some things that have actually been said in court.
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Tags: INSURANCE, TRAFFIC COURT, tickets, humor,
Honda Pulls the Plug on Insight Hybrid
Earlier this week, it was discovered that Honda Motor Company will likely end production of their Insight model. Plunging sales and low demand have put the nail in the coffin of the first hybrid model sold in America. This isn't the only piece of bad news for Honda hybrids this week…
Volvo Futuristic Retro Concept
Volvo recently unveiled a concept vehicle at the 2014 Geneva Auto that previewed what can be expected from this automaker in the years to come. The Concept Estate uses modern technology mixed with vintage looks to make it a fun drive, yet remain a very capable vehicle.
Posted In: Auto Shows, Car News, Concept Cars, Miscellaneous, Technology
Tags: volvo, xc90, station wagon
The Redesigned 2015 Mustang Convertible
The world is getting smaller and products that were once sold only in their country of origin are now being found globally. Automobiles are no different, but if you're gonna sell in other countries ya gotta produce a product that will compete with local goods.
Posted In: Car News, Classics, Miscellaneous
Tags: mustang, ford, convertible
Volvo Wants to Deliver Pizza ... To Your Car
As convenient as online shopping is for the consumer, it's not without its disadvantages. Missed deliveries and stolen packages can cause big problems for both customers, sellers, and delivery companies. Volvo has an idea to smooth out the delivery infrastructure—shipping packages to your car, in addition to physical locations like homes and offices.
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Tags: Volvo, technology, deliveries, business, concepts
Seven Tips for Automatic Transmission Care
The modern automatic transmission is perhaps the most complex system in today's motor vehicles, more complicated than even most engines. Fortunately, ensuring that it lasts as long as possible is comparatively simple. Here's a look at seven easy tips that will help you to get more miles and less trouble from this all-important part of your car.
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Qantas statement on B787 delay
Qantas said today that the three-month delay of
the 787 Dreamliner announced by Boeing would now see Jetstar not take
delivery of its first B787 before May 2009.
The Chief Executive Officer of Qantas, Mr Geoff Dixon, said that while
the delay would affect Jetstar's international expansion in the short
term, there would be no effect on the Qantas Group's overall growth
strategy and no impact on Qantas Group earnings.
He said Qantas would finalise its contingency plans to mitigate against
the delay once a revised delivery schedule was received from Boeing,
which was expected within the next few weeks.
"In the meantime, we will look at a range of options including revised
retirement dates for some of our aircraft, re-allocating existing
capacity and potential schedule adjustments," Mr Dixon said.
He said Qantas' contractual arrangements with Boeing provided for the
ability to claim liquidated damages in certain circumstances.
"We will be discussing the issue of liquidated damages with Boeing in
the coming weeks," Mr Dixon said.
The Qantas Group's commitment to the B787 extends to 115 aircraft, with
65 firm orders, 20 options and 30 purchase rights. The first 15 B787s
delivered to the Qantas Group will be operated by Jetstar on
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If you like big-screened gadgets (Galaxy Note owners listen up) then take note – Viewsonic is set to flip the tablet market on its head by introducing a 22in behemoth of a slate on June 5th at Computex in Taipei.
The 22in VCD22 tablet will arrive packing a 21.5in full HD display. Inside there's a relatively paltry 1Ghz dual-core Texas Instruments processor, powering Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich under the hood.
The 1.2MP camera might disappoint imaging fiends, but a microSD and micro HDMI port, coupled with three honest-to-goodness USB ports should ensure Asus Transformer Prime-matching levels of productivity, albeit on a much larger scale.
Pricing and release information on the VCD22 is under wraps for the time being, so stay tuned.
Xbox 720 to have Skype support
4K and 8K television standard to be called UHDTV
Explay Crystal phone has a transparent colour display


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All that is left in the world is an enormous machine, made of white steel. It has innumerable flexible arms, made of steel. Long, thin arms. At the end of each arm is an eye, the eyelashes stiff with mascara. When I look more closely I see that only some of the arms have these eyes–others have lights. The arms that carry the eyes and the arms that carry the lights are all extraordinarily flexible and very beautiful. But they grey sky, which is the background, terrifies me. . . . And the arms wave to an accompaniment of music and of song. Like this: 'Hotcha–hotcha–hotcha. . . .' And I know the music; I can sing the song. . . .
Love is the divine Mother's arms; when those arms are spread, every soul falls into them. The Sufis of all ages have been known for their beautiful personality. It does not mean that among them there have not been people with great powers, wonderful powers and wisdom. But beyond all that, what is most known of the Sufis is the human side of their nature: that tact which attuned them to wise and foolish, to poor and rich, to strong and weak -- to all. They met everyone on his own plane, they spoke to everyone in his own language. What did Jesus teach when he said to the fishermen, 'Come hither, I will make you fishers of men?' It did not mean, 'I will teach you ways by which you get the best of man.' It only meant: your tact, your sympathy will spread its arms before every soul who comes, as mother's arms are spread out for her little ones.
Monsters are variations from the accepted normal to a greater or a less degree. As a child may be born without an arm, so one may be born without kindness or the potential of conscience. A man who loses his arms in an accident has a great struggle to adjust himself to the lack, but one born without arms suffers only from people who find him strange. Having never had arms, he cannot miss them. Sometimes when we are little we imagine how it would be to have wings, but there is no reason to suppose it is the same feeling birds have. No, to a monster the norm must seem monstrous, since everyone is normal to himself. To the inner monster it must be even more obscure, since he has no visible thing to compare with others. To a man bor without conscience, a soul-stricken man must seem ridiculous. To a criminal, honesty is foolish. You must not forget that a monster is only a variation, and that to a monster the norm is monstrous.
Imagine that you have to break someone's arm. Right or left, doesn't matter. The point is that you have to break it, because if you don't...well, that doesn't matter either. Let's just say bad things will happen if you don't. Now, my question goes like this: do you break the arm quickly -- snap, whoops, sorry, here let me help you with that improvised splint -- or do you drag the whole business out for a good eight minutes, every now and then increasing the pressure in the tiniest of increments, until the pain becomes pink and green and hot and cold and altogether howlingly unbearable? Well exactly. Of course. The right thing to do, the only thing to do, is to get it over with as quickly as possible. Break the arm, ply the brandy, be a good citizen. There can be no other answer. Unless. Unless unless unless. What if you were to hate the person on the other end of the arm? I mean really, really hate them.
Jacob caught my arm with a shivering hand. "Please, Bella. I'm begging." His dark eyes were glistening with tears. A lump filled my throat. "Jake, I have to" "You don't, though. You really don't. You could stay here with me. You could stay alive. For Charlie. For me." The engine of Carlisle's Mercedes purred; the rhythm of the thrumming spiked when Alice revved it impatiently. I shook my head, tears spattering from my eyes with the sharp motion. I pulled my arm free, and he didn't fight me. "Don't die Bella," he choked out. "Don't go. Don't." What if I never saw him again? The thought pushed me past the silent tears; a sob broke out from my chest. I threw my arms around his waist and hugged for one too-short moment, burying my tear-wet face against his chest. He put his big hand on the back of my hair, as if to hold me here. "Bye, Jake." I pulled his hand from my hair, and kissed his palm. I couldn't bear to look at his face. "Sorry," I whispered.


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Best Wind Surfing Season
Why You'll love Wind Surfing in Kos (marmari) !
Marmari Beach Resort General Impressions
Planet's newest Mediterranean resort of Marmari sits on the North West coast of the Island of Kos in Greece; an island well known for it's super reliable wind conditions in the summer months. Kos is a superb destination for a Mediterranean windsurf holiday as it offers a short direct flight from many European airports, plus an easy transfer to your hotel. Kos has a selection of both medium category hotels to very luxurious properties, which are all very close to the Marmari Windsurf centre. This windsurf resort in Kos is therefore one of the few resorts where we can accommodate that rare combination of world class windsurfing and luxury accommodation.
The Surrounding Area Of Marmari
The beautiful relaxing beaches of Marmari are just 15 km from Kos Town, easily accessed by frequent buses or taxi, with its grand castle, ancient ruins and vibrant nightlife. It is also recommended to visit the picturesque unspoilt village of Pyli, just 4 km in land, and go walking and hiking in the beautiful surrounding countryside.
Further afield, Marmari makes a superb base for exploring everything Kos has to offer. Spend the day touring some of the island's ancient ruins, cool off at the Lido water park or take a boat trip around the beautiful coast. And at the end of a long day's sightseeing, you can relax and enjoy the family friendly nightlife of Marmari. From live entertainment to amazing restaurants, Marmari caters for every taste, while the late night bars and discos of the livelier resorts and Kos Town.
The Wind Conditions In Marmari
The North wind, called the Meltemi, blows on-shore, slightly from the right onto the sandy beaches in Maramri. The best wind seasons is May to October with the best period late June to September. The wind tends to be lighter in the morning before building for stronger afternoon conditions.
The predominant on shore wind direction makes it possible to ride the shoreline all the the way along the beach which is great fun. On strong wind days the wind creates some fun small waves to play in.
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Gabriel Thoumi, CFA, FRM is Director Capital Markets at Climate Advisers where he provides global financial analysis for mitigating systemic climate risk while advising on greening capital markets.
He has 15 years of experience managing and deploying frameworks to improve global capital markets sustainability through risk mitigation and return enhancement. Previously, for Calvert Investment Management, he valued global equity, index, and fixed income portfolios and their component positions in the utilities, energy, materials, chemicals, and financial sectors. He worked on quantitative index construction and asset allocation strategies. He engaged Fortune 500 CEOs on approaches to mitigating climate risk using financial risk management tools. He led initiatives to improve financial accounting of exchange-listed products and incorporated natural capital into financial tools. He co-wrote the winning Agriculture Supply Chain Adaptation Facility for the Global Innovation Lab for Climate Finance.
His research on capital markets has been cited by Forbes Magazine and the Guardian as key reasons why markets can improve our societies' collective ability to mitigate climate change. He has co-authored numerous papers including a recent paper in Science on standardizing payments for ecosystem services.
Formerly, for the U.S. Government, as Senior Director Finance and Carbon Markets, he led a team analyzing Latin American REDD+ financial readiness. At Morgan Stanley's climate change mitigation company, he conducted due diligence on carbon offset projects. At Wells Fargo, he was a financial institutions analyst assessing and managing trading, lending and regulatory risks.
He sits on various non-profit boards and on local and regional commissions. He has an MBA and MSc from the University of Michigan where he was a Consortium and Erb Institute fellow. He is a frequent lecturer at various universities. He also is a Certified Ecologist by the Ecological Society of America and LEED AP (BD+C) and LEED AP (O+M).


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Floyd Mayweather ain't no Swiftie, and he ain't no Ariana Grande or Selena Gomez fan either — that much he made clear in an interview with a puppet.
Floyd sat down outside his strip club, Girl Collection, with the puppet Diego from YouTube's "Awkward Puppets" series. Diego lobbed up a bunch of pop trivia questions for the champ, but total softballs … like what's your favorite Taylor Swift song?
Hard to tell if he's kidding — y'know, 'cause he's talking to a puppet. He did show love for one singer … naturally. But definitely NOT Fifth Harmony. Sorry, girls.


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Alive and Shine with Aadil and Savitri!: Women's Bodies, Women's Wisdom with expert Dr.Christiane Northrup
06/06/2011 11:00 am PDT
Dr. Christiane Northrup is the author of the ground breaking classic "Women's Bodies, Women's Wisdom." Dr Northrup will share her latest research findings on nutrition and immunity, as well as her insights on enjoying the gifts of midlife for men and women
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Christiane Northrup, M.D. is a visionary pioneer and beloved authority in the field of women's health and wellness. A board-certified OB/GYN physician who graduated from Dar...Find out more »


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Engineers in Sullivan County, TN
Comprehensive list of Sullivan County, Tennessee based civil, mechanical, electrical, chemical, structural and environmental engineering companies & consultants.
Sullivan County, TN
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Since that time FSE has offered professional engineering and testing services within the areas of geotechnical, environmental and construction materials. Our mission is to supply each customer with individual, cost effective and timely solutions in an expert manner.
SEDA specializes in Mechanical Engineering Services for HVAC, Plumbing and Geothermal systems. We have more than forty years knowledge designing educational, industrial, commercial and institutional projects. State Registration and licenses are held in nice standing in Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Kentucky, Georgia, Ohio, Alabama, and Mississippi.
Delivering civil engineering consulting services to private and public customers throughout the southeastern US.
Hodge Engineering Company was founded in 1987 as an electrical and mechanical engineering firm. When Architecture and other Engineering disciplines were involved, the firm name was changed to Hodge Associates in 2005 to better reflect the wide variety of services provided. Hodge Associates provides total service engineering and architectural design services. Hodge Associates also provides energy management
Hungate Engineering, P. C. is a very client oriented firm and aims to complete a superior project on time at an economical cost. Douglas R. Hungate, P. E., President, is a licensed Professional Engineer in nineteen states and has numerous years of knowledge in structural and foundation design.
Criterium-Rommes Engineers is a Tennessee engineering company that supplies a range of consulting services for industrial, commercial and domestic buildings. We primarily serve Eastern Tennessee including Johnson City, Kingsport, Bristol, and the surrounding counties as well as Southwest Virginia and Western North Carolina but are ready to serve where needed.
Chapman Engineering provides a complete array of structural engineering and design services for buildings from conceptual through final construction plans, specifications, and structural construction review services including construction and special inspections, and shop drawing reviews.
We supply engineering calculation services for the fenestration industry curtain wall, storefront, skylights.
The three principals of the company are Cathy S. Walden, PE; David L. Wykle, PE; and Timothy L. Teague. With almost fifty years of combined knowledge in the company's principals, we currently have the experience to supply the expertise to Municipalities, Utility Districts, Counties, Industries, and private developers to suit their engineering requirements!
Griffith Engineering is an engineering design and consulting company delivering services near Knoxville, Tennessee. Throughout East Tennesse and beyond, w e design the mechanical systems that make buildings comfortable and that meet and exceed the expectations of owners and building occupants.
We design, engineer and manufacture state-of-the-art energy management systems for commercial, industrial, and domestic applications. Our focus is developing and providing fast, effective,and low-cost technology to address the energy management requirements of clients in every market sector. Our systems save energy and facilitate better use of time and assets.
Protect your customer and your claim 24/7. See if the protocol for the vehicle's data you're requesting has been released. EFG is experienced in providing consultation and expert witness testimony. Engineering Forensics Group. EFG has an expert team of engineers and technicians delivering accident investigation and reconstruction services.
Focus Environmental., set up in 1988, specializes in delivering process engineering, and regulatory compliance services within the areas of hazardous waste thermal treatment, air permitting, air pollution control, contaminated soil remediation and hazardous waste management. In addition, Focus supplies regulatory, compliance and engineering services to the FDA regulated industries.
Concord applies a systematic performance improvement process built on the concepts of formal systems engineering and continuous improvement. We call this process Systems Performance Engineering. The key to our approach is maintaining a total system perspective to include and integrate performance of all system elements - processes, humans, software, and facilities.
Associated Design Group. ADG is a multi discipline, professional engineering and designing company, specializing in creative and innovative sound solutions for today's challenging projects. ADG, conveniently situated in Knoxville, Tennessee, provides a huge array of solutions from manufacturing, industrial, commercial, land development, environmental permitting, and domestic customers, throughout South
Effective July 17, 2009, Geo-Marine. has been acquired through merger by Applied Research Associates. and is now a wholly owned subsidiary of ARA. GMI's management team and technical team will remain in place and GMI will continue to supply best quality and cost-competitive services to customers, as we currently have in the past. We will continue to operate under the name Geo-Marine.
Mallia Engineering Company MEC was established by the current president Maurice Mallia. Since its inception in 1989, Mallia Engineering Company has been delivering quality structural engineering services for the commercial, industrial, civic, and domestic building sectors.
Pangean-CMD Associates. Pangean-CMD is an environmental consulting and engineering company with expertise in the management of environmental cleanup issues. The corporate headquarters is situated in Woodstock, Georgia, a suburb of Atlanta. A 2nd principal office is situated in Bartlett, Tennessee, a suburb of Memphis.
Vreeland Engineers. is a consulting electrical engineering company situated in Knoxville, Tennessee. Founded by Fred Vreeland in 1949, Vreeland Engineers. has worked on several of the top projects in the Knoxville area as well as the most important projects such as schools, hopsitals, and churches.
Construction Engineering Consultants is a corporation formed by individuals who are passionate for the study of the arts and sciences related to construction operations and engineering. Apply an exceptional collection of skills and experiences to highway and huge civil projects in a manner that is beneficial to or customers. Deliver our respective products in a timely and complete fashion.


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MAPOU, Haiti — Named after a sacred tree in the voodoo religion, this Haitian village has few remaining mapou trees and a scant number of others on its surrounding mountains.
When floods tore through town last month, many survived by clinging to roots, branches and trunks -- but it was the overall absence of trees that made the onslaught so deadly. At least 1,700 people died, half in the area around Mapou.
"We know we need trees, but we also need to eat and to cook," said Philis Milfort, 87.
With no tree roots to hold soil on the mountains, the torrential rainwater barreled down unchecked, collecting silt, gravel and boulders that slammed into villages. There, the floodwaters gathered new weapons in the form of aluminum roofs and other debris.
More than 90% of Haiti is deforested, in large part because most of its 8 million people use charcoal to cook. There's no electricity outside major cities and towns.


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Why does Indiana have to keep on shooting itself in the foot? The Indiana Senate just passed a bill that would require the teaching of creationism in public schools, but the Indiana General Assembly killed a public transportation bill.
There are just so many things wrong with this picture that I don't know where to start. The legislature is unwilling to raise taxes to support public transportation, but they're willing to risk getting into a lawsuit when they get sued for violating the U.S. Constitution, which will probably end up using tax dollars. According to some of the comments, big government getting involved in public transportation is bad, but somehow it's okay for the government to require teaching one particular religion in public schools.
Boo to that. Boo to double standards and hypocritical thinking.


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Shape-Controlled Synthesis of Beta-SiC Nanowires
G.C. Xi, Y. Yan, C. Wang, Y.T. He
Chinese Academy of Inspection and Quarantine, CN
Keywords: SiC, Nanowires, Shape-Controlled, Synthesis
Abstract:we further developed this method for simple and effective control over β-SiC nanowires architectures using metal Mg as reductant and 1,10-phenanthroline (phen) as soft template. By simply changing the phen amounts, we demonstrate the controlled formation of branched, parallel, straight, and ultrathin (3-8 nm in diameter) β-SiC nanowires. This method requires a relatively low temperature (650 °C), as compared to the traditional thermal evaporation methods (> 1000 °C).


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There are a lot of photographers now-a-days, easily a hundred times more than the "film days". Then, I'd speculate there was a certain discipline and respect for the process. Film's expensive and developing it on the fly a meticulous process that requires a certain technical/chemical aptitude. Now a visit to Best Buy and 30 minutes worth of YouTube tutorials and everyone thinks they can throw their hat in the ring and contend. I'm one of the Best Buy generation of photographers. Without mentorship, or education it's been a fairly painstaking process riddled with growing pains. Every now and then I really want my hat back. Thank God for YouTube tutorials right?
I'm glad however I'm not a member of the old guard. I can't imagine seeing the landscape of this industry shift from the glory days of big budgets to this at times flailing amputee of a trade that it is. If I had that means of comparison, I'd lose my mind. Being a photographer was a trade and now for a majority of photographers more of an accessory, a fad or something lightheartedly tossed around like wearing old Canon AE-1.
To the old guard, the ability to adapt and evolve is incalculable and the only thing that will enable many of you more seasoned artists and staples of our industry to continue moving forward. Without that capacity you're a dinosaur, a docile exhibit or catalogue of days passed.
There are however exceptions and beacons of hope. It's encouraging to talk to a tried and true artist who's been able to contend and bridge the chasm. When you see an artist maintain status and relevance through compelling imagery, an unmistakable brand and that ability to evolve. It's a good thing, a very good thing.
I recently sat down with Antoine Verglas, a photographer who was shooting these definitive 90's supermodels while I was still playing with plastic toy soldiers. He's an institution, easily one of the most influential photographers of our era.
(1)In the 1990s Antoine Verglas introduced a new style of fashion photography when he captured models Stephanie Seymour, Naomi Campbell, Claudia Schiffer and Cindy Crawford in a series of intimate, documentary style photographs that ran in several international editions of Elle magazine. Prior to that fashion editorials were highly poised. Antoine Verglas' photographs were more candid and uninhibited, with natural light. The guy is legendary; then and now.
In an ever multiplying landscape of artists the only way to stay relevant, to stay ahead of the pack really, is to be the best… or damn close.


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Colorado State accepts invite to New Mexico Bowl
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Colorado State will play Washington State in the New Mexico Bowl on Dec. 21.
The Mountain West Conference's Rams (7-6) also played in the 2008 New Mexico Bowl, which was the team's last trip to the postseason. The Rams defeated Fresno State 40-35.
"This is an exciting day not only for our team and our program, but for fans of Colorado State who have waited five years for the chance to go back to a bowl game," Colorado State coach Jim McElwain said. "I'm especially happy for our seniors, who have really stuck together and made a commitment to each other that they will get to finish their career experiencing a bowl game for the first time."
The Cougars (6-6) are playing in a bowl for the first time since 2003. Washington State finished the regular season with a 27-17 loss to rival Washington in the Apple Cup, but the team doubled its total wins from the year before — showing steady progress under second-year coach Mike Leach.
While the Cougars were bowl eligible, it did not mean they were guaranteed a postseason berth. Nine teams from the Pac-12 were eligible with just seven conference Bowl spots.
"There was never any doubt in my mind that we were going to a bowl game," Leach said Sunday night.
Colorado State is 5-7 in the program's 12 bowl appearances, including a run of nine postseason berths during coach Sonny Lubick's tenure from 1993-2007.
McElwain said the team will practice in Fort Collins before departing for Albuquerque on Dec. 18. He announced the bowl invitation after practice.
"We were excited, everyone started cheering. It was just a good moment for the team and the whole program," senior linebacker Shaquil Barrett said. "We had a team meeting after a walk-through practice and Coach announced that we were going to the New Mexico Bowl and everyone started cheering. It was just a relief to finally find out that our hard work has paid off."
Leach said it was unclear when the Cougars would depart.
It will be the first meeting between the two teams.
Washington State athletic director Bill Moos said Sunday that 2,500 fans reserved tickets to the game regardless of where the Cougars were headed.
Moos also said that perhaps "some" of the fans who were on the "No Bowl Tickets" list may get the opportunity to purchase tickets. Moos, who answers all the mail he gets from fans, started the list after he received some particularly offensive notes following Leach's first season with the team, when the Cougars went 3-9.


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text: GE to buy rest of NBCi Published on April 09, 2001. New York--General Electric Co. said Monday that it's buying the portion of money-losing Internet portal NBC Internet Inc. that it does not already own for $85 million. GE said it would pay $2.19 each for shares of NBCi, a premium of 46% over the $1.50 close Friday, when shares were up 3 cents. GE already owned 38% of the portal's shares. GE said it would integrate NBCi into NBC. NBCi was created in 1999 when NBC merged several of its key Internet assets with Xoom.com and Snap.com. However, the portal started to fall on hard times last year, when it laid off 170 employees and its stock started to languish. GE's move follows the decision in January by media rival Walt Disney Co. to fold its Web portal back into the company. Most Popular In this article: BtoB


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Ingredients:(Pan-Seared Chicken with Shallot and Carrots)
2 bone-in, skin-on chicken thighs
Coarse salt
Ground pepper
1 tablespoon(s) all-purpose flour
1 shallot, halved and thinly sliced
2 carrots, thinly sliced
1 tablespoon(s) chopped fresh parsley, for garnish
Directions:(Pan-Seared Chicken with Shallot and Carrots)
Season chicken with salt and pepper; sprinkle both sides with flour.
Heat a medium skillet over medium-low. Place chicken, skin side down, in skillet, and cook (without turning) until skin is browned, 8 to 10 minutes.
Turn chicken over, and push to one side of skillet. Add shallot and carrots to other side of skillet; season with salt and pepper. Cook, tossing vegetables occasionally, until chicken is opaque throughout and vegetables are tender, 10 to 12 minutes. Transfer chicken and vegetables to a plate; sprinkle vegetables with parsley, if desired.


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Are you ready to pay the toll?
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Katie Holmes: Fashion Line is Growing And Expanding!
Katie Holmes dons a cute little dress while out and about on Friday (September 14) in New York City.
The day before, the 33-year-old actress was spotted with her adorable daughter Suri at Alice's Tea Cup.
PHOTOS: Check out the latest pics of Katie Holmes
Earlier this week, Katie and her stylist Jeanne Yang presented their latest collection Holmes & Yang during New York Fashion Week.
Katie recently share some thoughts with WWD about her fashionable new pieces.
"The brand is growing and expanding, and so we thought we would have something a little more substantial," she shared.
Katie described the aesthetic of the collection as "very simple, with very classic lines. We use a lot of silks and leathers and suedes."


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ASA offers access to standards, guidelines, statements and practice parameters that are based on the most up-to-date scientific evidence.
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This year's program is expected to sell out quickly, secure your seat today!
Development and Validation of a Deep Neural Network Model for Prediction of Postoperative In-hospital Mortality
ASA offers convenient group invoicing for membership renewals as well as marketing, education and quality improvement solutions.
ASA President Jeffrey Plagenhoef, M.D., recently sent the following letter to the editor of the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) in response to a December 2016 article about young children and anesthesia:
"Regarding the article "New Concerns about Anesthesia for Young Children" (Dec. 20), any parent whose child requires surgery or a medical procedure with anesthesia can attest to the anxiety the prospect provokes. However, anesthetic and sedation drugs are necessary for children who require surgery or other procedures, especially when they face life-threatening conditions requiring surgery that should not be delayed.
The FDA's recent warning may cause additional alarm for parents, but the American Society of Anesthesiologists, the nation's largest organization of physician anesthesiologists, wants parents and the public to know that physician anesthesiologists have been studying the effects of anesthesia in people of all ages and in animals for decades. Two well-designed, prospective human studies published in 2015 and 2016 demonstrated that a single anesthetic of short duration did not have any adverse effect on the developing brain. This should be reassuring to parents about the safety of their child undergoing anesthesia.
Every physician anesthesiologist tailors the doses of all anesthetics to our patients' needs, age and physiology. We design the best anesthetic plan for each patient, the type of surgery and their individual health and medical history. As patient safety advocates, our number one concern is the safety of all our patients. We have made significant inroads, but continue to support rigorous research to investigate how early life anesthetic exposure may affect children's development.
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Two years ago, I introduced a measure to replace the doomed pork-laden water bond from 2009 with a trim, focused and noncontroversial bond that could win voter support and address California's critical water needs, without threatening the Delta region by funding the Bay Delta Conservation Plan or the Delta tunnels.
Last week, after months of pushing and pulling and tough negotiating — with an injection of leadership from Gov. Jerry Brown — the Legislature finished that work and put a new $7.5 billion water bond on the November ballot.
If approved by the voters, it will be a victory for all of California and produce important benefits for decades to come.
This victory was only possible through the determined leadership of Senate Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg, Assembly Speaker Toni Atkins and the governor, as well many other legislators and their staffs from both sides of the aisle. In a rare demonstration of collaboration, the Legislature came together with near unanimous support to deliver a water bond that is fiscally responsible, meets critical water needs across the state, and importantly, has nothing to do with the highly unpopular $25 billion Delta tunnels proposal.
This bond funds critical water needs throughout the state:
It includes the most significant investment in groundwater treatment in California's history, including money to clean up groundwater in the San Gabriel Valley, in the Los Angeles region, on the Central Coast and elsewhere in the state.
It provides funding for the public benefits of new storage, including potential storage in the Sacramento Valley.
It provides funds for critically needed drinking and wastewater treatment projects for the estimated 1 million Californians who, shamefully, still do not have access to clean drinking water.
And it funds water recycling and stormwater capture projects — investments in regional water supplies that will help communities throughout the state respond to drought and climate change, and reduce their reliance on expensive imported water from the fragile Delta.
Just as important, especially in the Delta, this bond provides significant benefits without also funding the proposed tunnels and sparking a north-south water war.
The Delta community won strong protections in this bond:
Furthermore, the Delta region will receive funding for levee improvements, water supplies and ecosystem restoration.
This bond is a compromise. No one got everything they wanted. But all of California gets what it needs. Last week was a historic moment that demonstrated government, at least here in California, can get things done when partisan politics are set aside.
I urge all voters, especially those in the Delta region, to finish this work in November and vote yes on Proposition 1.
Sen. Lois Wolk, D-Davis, is a member of the California Senate.


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Lucy Hale: Bongo Spring 2013 Campaign
Lucy Hale gets flirty in the new Spring 2013 ad campaign for Bongo Jeans!
The 23-year-old Pretty Little Liars star was shot by famed photographer Terry Richardson as she posed with some fun props, including a giant teddy bear and hula-hoop.
"Wanted to share a sneak peek of my new Bongo ad with yall. Follow @BongoJeans for more pics! Love them over there," she recently tweeted.
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ARY News receives another accolade from KSA!
CAA of Saudi Arabia honored ARY News with a certificate of appreciation for its impartial reporting during Hajj operation 2014.
Senior journalist of ARY News Muhammad Salahuddin was showered with praise by Saudi authorities for his excellent reporting at King Abdul Aziz Airport in Saudi Arabia. Considering his objective news reporting ARY News is given the title of the most impartial and translucent among all Pakistani channels by Saudi Authorities.
"It's extremely gratifying to be recognized by Saudi Civil Aviation Authority , and I am very proud of our channel for making it possible for viewers all around the world to stay updated on this holy event." said Muhammad Salahuddin.
This is not the first time that Saudi Authorities have honored ARY News with such certification, ARY received this same certificate of appreciation in 2013 too.


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Really enjoy stopping here in the a.m. before work for a great cup of coffee! The nights I have been here have also been great. live music is always a plus and the beer menu is eclectic.5
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A very friendly watering hole...5
Diverse crowd, the live bands are cool. Beer and cheese really compliment each other.5
Nice establishment. The Rellik Tavern has an awesome craft beer selection, and a unique crowd. I also enjoy the cheese appetizer.5
From the outside, you would never know that The Rellik Tavern is a gem. Really nice atmosphere, especially with the live music. Nice staff- which is hard to find these days! Great beer selection and appetizers.5
The staff were outstanding at the Rellik- good times, good beer, good food. Nice addition in Benicia-- love going here on Saturday nights!5
This is a new bar in Benicia and it's about time. They have friendly bartenders. Huge lounge area and huge screens to watch the games on. I came in the mid afternoon for an Irish Coffee and the place was already buzzing.4


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Kristin Chenoweth is Maleficent for Disney's 'Descendants'!
Kristin Chenoweth has landed the role of Maleficent in the upcoming Disney Channel original movie Descendants!
The acclaimed actress will portray the famed villain, and butt horns with her on-screen daugher, Mal, played by Dove Cameron, in the flick.
The project is set in a present-day idyllic kingdom where the benevolent teenage son of King Beast and Queen Belle, Ben offers a chance at redemption for the troublemaking offspring of Cruella De Vil, Maleficent, the Evil Queen and Jafar. It will start production in late May.
Also starring in the pic are Booboo Stewart as Jay, Jafar's son, Cameron Boyce as Carlos, Cruella de Vil's son, and Sofia Carson, as Evie, the daughter of Snow White's Evil Queen, as well as Mitchell Hope, who stars as Ben, the son of Belle and the Beast.
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April 2012
Wednesday, April 4, 2012, 6:30 p.m.
Dr. John Verano, Anthropologist, Tulane University and Dr. Melinda Nelson-Hurst, Egyptologist, University of Pennsylvania
ARCE Interest Group: Louisiana (New Orleans), co-sponsored by the Department of Anthropology, Tulane University
The International Council of Museums, in an effort to fight against illicit traffic in cultural goods, compiles the Emergency Red List of Egyptian Cultural Objects at Risk. This list aims to help art and heritage professionals and law enforcement officials identify Egyptian objects that are protected by national and international legislations. View the Red List for Egypt.


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Under the inspirational artistic direction of Colin Graham, the Opera Theatre of Saint Louis enjoyed a reputation for fostering new work and young artists. Just before he died, in 2007, Graham adapted Tolstoy's novel (combining both the Levin and Anna narrative strands) for this skilful and effective opera, composed by David Carlson in a late romantic idiom somewhere between Puccini and Barber.
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Missed the LSA Hack-A-Thon?
Updated LSA DEI Plan, October 2017
The College of Literature, Science, and the Arts is pleased to publish its updated strategic plan for diversity, equity, and inclusion.
This plan builds on a draft version of the plan that was shared in August 2016 with LSA faculty, staff, and students. Through several community forums, dozens of emails, and many one-on-one conversations, hundreds of people offered insights and raised powerful questions about the plan. The revised plan published here incorporates many of those ideas.
Events of the past few months remind us just how far we have to go to create a truly diverse, equitable, and inclusive community. At the same time, we have made significant, measurable progress in many areas, some of which are highlighted below.
The full plan can be downloaded using the link above or browsed in an online format using the links following the progress report below. To provide feedback or ask questions about the plan, email firstname.lastname@example.com.
LSA DEI Plan: Six-Month Progress Report
Undergraduate and Graduate Student Goal Highlights:
- Provided 435 loaner computers to date through the LSA Laptop Loan Program, a step toward bridging the "digital divide." The program expands this year to include transfer students.
- Expanded the Comprehensive Studies Program (CSP) and the Summer Bridge Scholars Program:
- Launched Bridge Scholars PLUS to allow students to actively remain a part of Summer Bridge after the start of the academic year.
- Created internships and positions for CSP juniors and seniors to provide mentorship and other assistance to first- and second-year CSP students.
- Provided free standardized test preparation for graduate and professional school to over 150 first-generation and low-SES students.
- Provided more than $200,000 in scholarship funding through Bridge Scholars PLUS, which covers an academic coach, a $1,000 scholarship voucher, and up to $4,000 in support to participate in a small, experiential program, including study abroad, internships, or a summer academic program such as the New England Literature Program, Camp Davis, etc.
- Expanded access to international study and internships:
- Increased funding for the Passport Program with a goal to provide passports to all LSA four-year scholarship recipients and to all CSP and Summer Bridge participants.
- Through the LSA Scholarship Office, distributed $1.4 million in scholarships for international opportunities to Pell Grant recipients via CGIS, up from $800,000 several years ago.
- Created new, short-term (three- and four-week) international internships and study-abroad options that are less expensive and time consuming than traditional programs. Many were designed with student athletes in mind but are open to all students.
- Awarded $845,000 in scholarships to support student internships through the LSA Opportunity Hub.
- Invested over $100,000 in reducing class size from 25 to 18 in a pilot group of Race and Ethnicity discussion sections.
- Launched the Democracy in Action Fund to provide grants of $500 to $2,500 to support students engaged in meaningful DEI-related work. We expect to fund eight to 10 proposals this year, at a total cost of about $20,000.
- Launched the Sociology Opportunities for Undergraduate Leadership Program, a partnership between the Department of Sociology and the Barger Leadership Institute targeted at first-generation students.
- Added a reflection room to Haven Hall and programmed reflection rooms into the designs for the LSA Opportunity Hub and Weiser Hall.
- Increased transfer recruiting efforts across Michigan and in Illinois, New York, California, and Florida. We saw a 13 percent increase in in-state transfers and 12 percent growth in out-of-state applications.
- Worked with the Program on Intergroup Relations on a plan to provide faculty with resources for introducing more dialogue pedagogies into Race and Ethnicity courses, including the hire of a new Lecturer III position and a search for a new Race and Ethnicity consultant in partnership with the Center for Research on Learning and Teaching.
- Proposed a Digital Citizenship Initiative for the class entering summer 2017.
- Created a Minority Serving Institution partnership with the University of New Mexico, which will be the first of several partnerships to increase engagement of faculty and graduate students between institutions.
Faculty Goal Highlights:
- Moved forward with our strategic goal to establish a new associate dean for diversity, equity, and inclusion position.
- Launched the LSA Collegiate Postdoctoral Fellowship Program to recruit 50 scholars with demonstrated expertise in diversity, equity, and inclusion and to provide a streamlined process for joining the tenure track. Seven hundred sixty-three people applied; selection of the first cohort of fellows will be completed in spring 2017.
- Created the Distinguished Diversity and Social Transformation Professorship through LSA's National Center for Institutional Diversity to recruit senior faculty members to join the community of diversity scholars on U-M's campus.
- Invested in Grants to Support Research. Scholarship, and Change program, offering 10 to 12 grants of up to $3,000 to support innovative, evidence-based strategies that will advance diversity, equity, and inclusion in academia and society.
- Established the Distinguished Diversity Scholar Career Award through LSA's National Center for Institutional Diversity, to be given annually to a U-M senior scholar who will deliver the Distinguished Diversity Scholar lecture or performance, and will receive an award of $10,000.
- Created the U-M Diversity Scholars Network, a part of the national Diversity Scholars Network, which is open to all U-M scholars who are dedicated to the production and dissemination of diversity research and scholarship.
- Created an Award for Outstanding Contributions to Undergraduate Education in Race and Ethnicity Instruction.
Staff Goal Highlights:
- Hired the first LSA diversity, equity, inclusion, and culture (DEIC) officer.
- Established and implemented a quarterly DEI newsletter distribution process that goes out to all LSA faculty, staff, and students.
- Recruited staff DEI advocates from every unit.
- Created an LSA Staff Resources page, including U-M employee resource groups.
- Trained staff on the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and circulated an accommodation checklist for LSA staff with disabilities to LSA units.
- Offered eight intercultural responsiveness workshops to date, with 286 LSA staff participants. Topics included unconscious bias, communication styles, disparate impact, disparate treatment, and generational differences.
- Scheduled eight new sessions for 2017 on topics such as microaggressions, the ADA and accommodations, and steps to take in hiring once you have a diverse candidate pool.
- Hired the first LSA DEI intern.
- Hired a program assistant to help with the DEI staff train-the-trainer model and assist with the development of DEI sessions.
- Launched LSA staff guiding principles that will inform the way all staff work and relate to one another. Principles include a statement of support, encouragement, and respect for a diverse, equitable, and inclusive community.


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KUALA LUMPUR: Associations and non-governmental organisations (NGOs) are constantly scrutinised by the Registrar of Societies (ROS), the Dewan Negara was told.
Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said this is to ensure that there is good governance in the organisation and best practices are adhered to.
While organisations large or small enjoy a high degree of autonomy in their day-to-day operations, they must be run in accordance with their stated purposes and constitutions.
"Organisations must be run in accordance with the Societies Act 1966 to ensure benign governance.
"ROS will take action against any organisation that deviates from its intended purpose.
"Organisations found to work on purposes other than the ones they had registered for under Section 13 will be de-registered," he said in reply to Senator Khairul Azwan Harun.
Zahid, who is also Home Minister, noted that a high-level committee that includes the ROS, the Registrar of Companies (ROC) and Sports Commissioner's Office will be set up.
The committee, to be chaired by Zahid, will coordinate the monitoring of organisations to plug the loopholes for malpractice and fraud given the increase in the number of NGOs in recent years.
He said that there are organisations that identify themselves as NGOs, but are in fact involved in illegal activities such as money laundering and organised crime.
There are also associations which are not registered with the ROS, ROC or Sports Commissioner's Office at all, he added.
At the same time, Zahid pointed out that up to December this year, only 158 out of 262 consumer associations registered under ROS are active while 104 had been de-registered due to various reasons.


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Former New England Patriots coming to Portland for flag football game
Former New England Patriots standouts Ronnie Lippett and Roland James will compete with the New England Patriots Alumni Flag Football team and take part in a game against the Cumberland County Sheriff's P.A.L. and ECMG Saturday at 7 p.m. at Deering High's Memorial Stadium. Proceeds from the game will benefit various youth athletic programs supported by the Cumberland County Sheriff's P.A.L. A donation of $10 is suggested. FMI, firstname.lastname@example.com.
Sailing regatta/fundraiser upcoming
SailMaine is hosting its second annual Leafer's Last Leg regatta/SailMaine Soiree silent auction fundraiser Saturday. Dozens of local high school sailors and seasoned sailing veterans will square off on courses outside Portland Harbor. The Soiree follows to raise funds in support of a wide range of community sailing programs. FMI, 650-7878 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
SMCC fall season continues
The Southern Maine Community College golf team came in second at the recent Yankee Small College Conference Championships in Cumberland, shooting a 341, which left the Seawolves nine strokes behind New Hampshire Technical Institute. Matt Findlay (78) and Mike Walp (79) led the way. Baseball improved to 9-5 with a recent 2-1 win over rival Central Maine CC. SMCC will play in the NECA Baseball Championships Saturday at Hadlock Field. The Seawolves meet Vermont Technical College at 1 p.m. The winner faces NHTI or CMCC in the title game at 3:30 p.m. Softball will take part in the NECA Championships Saturday at Wainwright Fields in South Portland. SMCC plays CMCC at 11 a.m. The winner meets NHTI or the University of New Hampshire. Men's soccer beat Unity 5-0 and lost 4-3 in overtime to CMCC in recent action. The Seawolves close the regular season at home against Vermont Tech Saturday at 3 p.m. Women's soccer beat St. Joseph's College 5-1, lost 2-0 to Unity and settled for a scoreless draw against the University of Maine-Augusta last week. They wrap up the regular year against Vermont Tech Saturday.
Portland Recreation hosting NBA/WNBA FIT Challenge
Porland Recreation will host the local competition of the NBA/WNBA FIT Challenge Sunday, Oct. 18 at 2 p.m. at the Riverton Community Center. The Challenge is a free competition for boys and girls ages 5 to 14 to challenge their level of fitness in a fun and competitive format. FMI, 756-8275 or email@example.com.
Kathadin field hockey club holding tryouts
The Katahdin Premier field hockey club is holding tryouts for its U-14, U-16 and U-19 teams Oct. 25 and Nov. 1 from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. at the Portland Sports Complex. FMI, email@example.com or katahdinfieldhockey.com.
College eligibility seminar upcoming
Jen Allen and Linda Freeman will host a seminar on student-athletes, NCAA eligibility, recruiting and the college process Oct. 25 at 6 p.m. at The Study Hall, 27 Gorham Road in Scarborough. Pre-registration is $20. Cost at the door is $25. FMI, 883-1545 or email@example.com.
MPS Portland Phoenix events upcoming
The MPS Portland Phoenix soccer program will host a Soccerween Jamobree for U-9 through U-12 Oct. 30 and Super Y tryouts Nov. 15. FMI, 878-5780 or mainepremiersoccer.com.
MPIL offering girls' lacrosse skills session
Maine Premier Indoor Lacrosse is holding an indoor season on Tuesdays and is adding a skills session with USM head women's coach Lauren Reid. The session begins Nov. 3. The cost is $205 for nine weeks of play. FMI, firstname.lastname@example.com or mainepremierlax.com.


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|Home > When manufacturing capability exceeds control capability: The paradox of high precision products, or is it possible to assemble functional products out of components we are unable to measure?
Sorting and mating is a very common practice in high precision manufacturing, as well in the watch industry, biomedical or automotive industry. This strategy helps to increase the assembly yield, but is costly and time-consuming. The question is, when is it necessary to apply sorting and mating, and when can it by avoided without loss in product quality? We furthermore show in this paper that the measurement precision is often lower than that of manufacturing. New and more precise manufacturing equipment and assembly devices allow for narrower distributions, and this raises many questions: is it possible to stop sorting? how can we be sure of the quality of the components and of the products? A case study at the company MPS AG, manufacturer of miniature ball bearings, illustrates this trend. We propose another manufacturing and assembly strategies, and show what the conditions are that are necessary to permit this approach.


text: What do we mean by sharpness? That's a jolly good question. Oft have I gazed upon a print or slide made by some proud SLR photographer who proclaimed extreme sharpness and oft have I said (to myself), "It doesn't look very sharp to me." And many a picture considered very sharp by me, some other observer thought to be less so.


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Recording Academy Declares: "We're Not Gonna Take It"
In recent years, The Recording Academy has strengthened its stance in Washington, D.C., to fight for music legislation reforms. The common underlying theme: "We're not gonna take it." From establishing fair market royalty rates and performance rights for terrestrial radio to closing pre-1972 loopholes and codifying royalty payments to producers, there are numerous updates that should be made to current music legislation, many of which are addressed in the Fair Play Fair Pay Act.
To further drive home this need, The Recording Academy has selected a powerful new version of Twisted Sister's hit single "We're Not Gonna Take It" by group lead singer Dee Snider as the official anthem to complement the effort to pass the Fair Play Fair Pay Act. The song (previewed above) was recently performed on Capitol Hill for members of Congress and The Recording Academy at the 2016 GRAMMYs on the Hill Awards. To get involved, visit GRAMMY.com/Action.


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Those of you who marked your calendar for July 2 as the likely date for Microsoft to release Exchange 2013 CU2 will probably be disappointed as there are no signs that Microsoft will release CU2 on this date. This might come as a surprise given the interpretation that most people, including myself, arrived at when Microsoft announced their new servicing strategy for Exchange 2013 last February and said "CU's will be delivered on a pre-determined schedule four times a year". Being slightly nerdy, four times a year became "once a quarter" and then "every thirteen weeks".
Thirteen weeks from CU1's release on April 2 is July 2, hence the expectation. But then the mild-mannered (sometimes) Scott Schnoll took the opportunity of reminding everyone at TechEd North America that "once a quarter" can actually mean "at any time during a quarter". In other words, Microsoft could release CU2 at any time during the third quarter of 2013 and they would be in accordance with their stated strategy. Cancel that CU2 installation exercise over the July 4 holiday!
In fact, Scott is dead right and this only goes to prove that humans have a fantastic ability to read anything they want into a piece of text. We shall just have to wait a tad longer for CU2 to appear and deliver the goodness hinted at in strategic leaks given during TechEd sessions. I imagine that a delay will actually come as a blessed relief because it means that companies will have more time to sort out associated issues such as coordinating the testing of a new version of Exchange with other Microsoft products (Lync and SharePoint are regularly updated too) and third-party products, all of which has to be done before CU2 can be deployed into production.
You might wonder why Microsoft doesn't keep to a neat-and-tidy every-13-weeks schedule. Well, every CU is deployed into Office 365 datacenters to be used by Microsoft itself and Exchange Online customers before it is shipped to on-premises customers. As Scott noted during his session "When we think that the update is ready to be deployed, we (Microsoft) will be the first ones to deploy it". There is much goodness in this approach, I think, because it should help to avoid the kind of quality problems that afflicted some of the Exchange 2010 roll-up updates. After all, if a problem doesn't surface when used by millions of Office 365 users, there's a fair chance that it won't blow up in an on-premises deployment. Nothing is perfect, but this strategy makes sense.
One issue that doesn't exist for CUs is the requirement to deploy a new version of Exchange to remain secure, something that was a royal pain for many administrators who realized that Exchange 2010 roll-up updates included security updates. Exchange 2013 separates CUs from security updates so that when a security update is released, it is available for all supported versions. In practical terms, this means the current CU and the previous CU (support for a CU is for three months after the release of the latest CU). You still have to perform frequent updates to remain current but the appalling vista of leaving servers potentially unprotected because you are not ready to install an Exchange update is gone.
As summer goes on, we will see CU2 appear. The question is just when. I don't think it will be in July, but I have been known to be wrong before!
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The release of Wireless Manager 2.0 has been announced by Motorola this week.
Unveiled yesterday (May 20th), it is a next-generation network management tool that has a map-based user interface and offers "unified management capabilities".
Wireless Manager 2.0 allows managers to use a single console to view their entire wireless network.
It provides a "centralised point of control for indoor and outdoor wireless broadband networks" and offers real-time visibility as a result of "highly advanced network visualisations on an embedded Google map".
Commenting on its release, Phil Bolt of Motorola said: "Today the benefits of adopting indoor and outdoor wireless broadband networks are growing more and more compelling but advanced and robust tools are needed to tackle the complexity of designing and installing these networks."
Wireless Manager 2.0 is part of Motorola's One Point Wireless Suite, which is designed to help with the management of wireless LAN networks.
It can also be used to design, deploy and manage wireless broadband that is based either indoors or outdoors.


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Article — From the August 2008 issue
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Side by side with the Entrepreneur in those days stood another great conservative hero: the Freedom Fighter, a ragged warrior who had, according to myth, spontaneously taken up arms against communism in Third World countries around the globe. American conservatives came to love these freedom fighters intensely, and for a simple reason. These tough anticommunists in faraway lands validated the conservatives' most cherished fantasies of the Sixties turned right-side up. The freedom fighters proved it: Reagan's revolution was for real.
Traditional conservatives had generally regarded anticommunist guerrilla movements as necessary evils, doing important if ugly work. The transforming fire of Reaganism, however, turned all such cutthroats and mercenaries into patriots. It was our guys who were the heroic underdogs now, disrespected and ill-supplied, going up against the high-tech, organization-men monsters of the Soviet Union—and, of course, its liberal proxies here in the United States.
The peerless darling of the freedom-fighter fan club was Jonas Savimbi, the charismatic Angolan guerrilla leader whose every utterance seemed to strike young Eighties conservatives as a timeless profundity. Angola had been one of the very last countries in Africa to be freed from colonial domination, but, unlike seemingly every other "national liberator" in the preceding decades, Savimbi was not a communist. In Angola, the communists were the ones who grabbed power in the capital as soon as the Europeans left; Savimbi, who fought them with the backing of the apartheid government in South Africa, supposedly believed in free enterprise and balanced budgets.
Conservatives were smitten with this self-titled general who struggled for free markets in his remote land. They fell for Savimbi as romantically, and as guilelessly, as Sixties radicals once did for Che, Ho, and Huey. Savimbi was "one of the few authentic heroes of our time," roared Jeane Kirkpatrick, queen of the neocons, when she introduced him at the 1986 Conservative Political Action Conference. Grover Norquist followed the great man around his camp in Angola, preparing magazine articles for Savimbi's signature. Jack Abramoff made a movie about Savimbi, depicting him as a tougher, African version of Gan- dhi. Even Savimbi's capital—the remote camp called "Jamba"—was described in conservative literature with elevated language such as "Savimbi's Kingdom."
In truth, Savimbi's main achievement was to keep going, for nearly thirty years, a civil war that made Angola one of the worst places on earth—its population impoverished, its railroads and highways and dams in ruins, its countryside strewn with land mines by the millions, even its elephant herds wiped out, their tusks hacked off to raise funds for his army.
This was the man the rebel right chose for the starring role in one of the strangest spectacles in American political history, a media event designed to cement conservatism's identification with revolution. The organizer was Jack Abramoff; the place was Jamba; the model, I am told, was Woodstock—only a right-wing version, with guerrillas instead of rock bands. Every kind of freedom fighter was there, joining hands in territory liberated by arms from a Soviet client regime. There were Nicaraguan Contras, some Afghan mujahedeen, an American tycoon—and they all got together at Savimbi's hideout.
This "rumble in the jungle," as skeptics called it, came to pass in June of 1985. Of course, bringing it off required considerable assistance from Savimbi's South African patrons. Nobody else even knew how to find Jamba.
Since these freedom fighters had no actual issues to discuss—no trade agreements or mutual-defense plans or anything—they signed the Jamba Declaration, a bit of high-flown folderol written by Grover Norquist that aimed for solemnity but sounded more like the work of a fifth-grader who has been forced to memorize the Gettysburg Address and the Declaration of Independence and has got them all jumbled up somehow.
Jamba was meant as a celebration of freedom, a word revered by Americans generally and a term of enormous significance to conservatives in particular. Yet as freedom's embodiment Abramoff had chosen a terrorist: Jonas Savimbi, the leader of an armed cult. To fill the main supporting role in this great freedom-fest, meanwhile, the organizers turned to apartheid South Africa, a place where only a small, correctly complexioned percentage of the population possessed even the most basic democratic rights.
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Is AT&T upgrade policy a problem for Apple?
OK, you're all obsessed with Apple. Look at AT&T today — iPhone activations were 4.3 million. Walter Piecyk, analyst at BTIG who recently downgraded Apple, had 4.5 million. He also estimates this means about 4 million iPhones were sold, also below his estimates of 4.15 million. AT&T does not put out the number of phones sold, only activations.
Also, the upgrade rate slowed. Seven percent of the postpaid customer base upgraded their phone in the first quarter. In the prior quarter, 11.9 percent upgraded. Piecyk's estimate was 9 percent.