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The great Giana Sisters franchise certainly has an interesting history. The original game for the Amiga and Commodore 64 was what most people would call a massive rip off of Super Mario Bros on the NES, so much so that the game was actually forced off store shelves not long after its initial release; however, the game did get a remake on the Nintendo DS back in November of Last year. Now Black Forest Games wants to bring the Giana sisters back in this new project for PC, XBLA and PSN. The game is once again another 2D platformer but now it attempts to change things up with a world twisting mechanic. Personally I think it looks pretty cool. Hopefully they can reach their goal of $150,000.00 and get the project done.
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I had the original game on the Amiga, it wasn't very good. Though what they made 25 years ago probably isn't any indication of what they can make now. I definitely like the art style for the game.


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Stockton police are searching for a man who robbed the Rabobank at 1889 W. March Lane in Stockton at 4:58 p.m. May 6. He is described as a black man, 5 feet 9 inches tall and 160 pounds with a teardrop tattoo on his face. He was wearing a beige and multicolored sweatshirt, a green T-shirt, jeans and a black baseball cap. Anyone with information is asked to call Detective Nicky Ezell of the Stockton Police Department at (209) 937-8323.
The United States Postal Service is seeking information on an assault on one of its letter carriers that occurred about 2 p.m. Aug. 1 at Highway 120 and Main Street in Escalon. Suspects are described as a Latino man, 25 to 28 years old, 5 feet 7 inches to 6 feet tall, muscular build; and a Latino woman, 5 feet to 5 feet 3 inches tall, 200 pounds, with dark hair in a pony tail. They were in a red Dodge Challenger or Charger with white or gray racing stripes and paper plates. Anyone with information is asked to call U.S. Postal Inspector Jacob Cholson at (877) 876-2455.
Stockton police are seeking information in the slaying a Denise Lemburg about 10:50 a.m. Oct. 21 in the 4500 block of Mist Trail Drive. Suspects opened fire on three victims, killing Lemburg and wounding two others. Anyone with information is asked to call Crime Stoppers at (209) 946-0600 or Stockton Police Detective Nicky Ezell at (209) 937-8323.
Stockton police are seeking information in the slaying of David Lewis Jr., 34, who was found in the 600 block of East Fremont Street about 2:30 a.m. June 11, 2011. After being shot, he had walked to the door of a nearby residence, seeking help. He died at a local hospital. It is believed he was shot near Cal Park Liquors at California and Park streets. Anyone with information is asked to call Crime Stoppers at (209) 946-0600 or Stockton Police Detective Charles Harris at (209) 937-8323.

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XML Key Management Specification (XKMS 2.0) Bindings
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XML Key Management Specification (XKMS 2.0)
[2]This document specifies protocols for distributing and registering public keys, suitable for use in conjunction with the W3C Recommendations for XML Signature [XML-SIG] and XML Encryption [XML-Enc]. The XML Key Management Specification (XKMS) comprises two parts — the XML Key Information Service Specification (X-KISS) and the XML Key Registration Service Specification (X-KRSS).
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The XML Key Management Specification (XKMS 2.0) [XKMS] aims at providing a PKI independent interface to key management. XKMS services comprise discovery and validation of keys as well as support for certain aspects of the key life cycle management, including registration, reissuance and revocation.
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A WSDL 1.1 description for XKMS
The XML Key Management Specification (XKMS 2.0) is a W3C Recommendation that specifies protocols for distributing and registering public keys.
The XML Key Management Service (XKMS) Working Group has defined a Web Service to handle conventional PKI (public-key infrastructure) functions such as registration, revocation and status, as well as related functions such as retrieval.
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Amazon Reviews: the Good, the Bad, and the Ridiculous
Amazon Reviews
The Good, the Bad, and the Ridiculous
Normally, I try not to put out negativity into the world, but then again, I always say that one must complain to the right people, and about the correct issues. Jessica, an anonymous Amazon reviewer on Amazon, is a very conscientious woman. She has taken it upon herself to download all the free books and applications available on Amazon. Jessica also accepts free samples, so that she might not actually make use of them, but offer a biased review nevertheless.
People who understand my sense of humour, will appreciate what they are about to read next. This woman is so offended by these free products, that she feels it is her civic duty to punish the provider for daring to offer free goods. On the slim chance that she actually pays for a product, she usually asks for a refund, but not before reviewing the item. She really takes her obligation seriously. So how did I discover this delightful young woman? Jessica, who has children — and I fear for their moral development — works around the clock, relentlessly reviewing items she never actually uses. Such dedication.
Heavens! That Amazon review is really useful for people on the brink of deciding on whether they should download a free book on the environment or not. One might say that I am just bitter. One might, but do read on to understand why Amazon should actually be more concerned with their reviewers. The truth is that they don't care what people write in their reviews — unless it costs Amazon money. Considering the amount of items this woman has returned, Amazon should be seeing red flags on her account, but they seem to be okay with it all.
One might also say that she is only reviewing books in this silly fashion, but oh! No! Here are some more insightful reviews from our intrepid Jessica. Her immense vocabulary consists of 'bad'. 'very bad', 'horrible', 'waste of time', 'junk', and occasionally, 'OK'. We shouldn't judge her too harshly — that pleasure is reserved for her Amazon review of our products — because sometimes she does use complete sentences.
Next, we have the 'OK' issue. Things are okay by her standards, but the level of 'okayness' varies from one star to a whopping five stars. Right, so if we accept this nutty logic, how do we explain the lack of reading in her Amazon reviews?
The walk by Lee Goldberg has over 1100 reviews with an average of four stars. Jessica herself informs us that she never actually read this novel. How kind of her to warn us about the boring content. She only read the first chapter, and then decided she would review the entire book anyway. You can find the Amazon review here.
She takes this very seriously because she goes out of her way to tell people not to buy things. We all know that she is the only stay at home mommy who needs to feed her children. Therefore, please do not buy things from other people if she says so. It would be nice if she could tell us why we shouldn't buy the product. I thought that was the purpose of a review. It could be that we were all wrong.
Jessica is far too occupied with life to try out the actual products she reviews. Don't be silly! Women like her are incredibly busy … writing reviews.
Our dear reviewer has trouble with mathematics it seems. She feels that this book is average, but then rates it one star. Surely — and perhaps it is just me — average would be in the middle … you know three stars … halfway between one and five. I really did think my maths was dreadful. I am reconsidering applying to Mensa.
This one is particularly insightful. "Waste of time," but with a full four star rating. Am I the only one confused? I think I should cancel my membership with Mensa.
I am so confused again; a free sample that was reduced in price? I need to find products like these. She paid less than free, never used the product, said it was terrible, and then rated it at four stars.
Apparently, this little game was also okay at one star.
In one of my favourites, she washed her hair with a computer game and then complains when it turns out thick and heavy. Gosh! I would like thick and heavy hair. I should download this app at once and apply it to my balding pate. Apparently, it made her hair 'think.' Sadly, the same could not be said for her brain.
"Very thick and heavy…..weighed my hair down, did not spread easy or evenly threw hair due to it being so think and syrup like. Also made hair extremely greasy in areas where applied. Horrible product!"
If you do not believe me, please read the Amazon review here. There is no hurry really. It's unlikely that Amazon will take this Marvel down any time in the future.
This next hair product was so appalling that she could only give this free sample a full four star rating. She is not going to actually pay for this four star rubbish.
Let me be serious for a minute. Any time something like this is said to another human being, my kid-gloves come off. This review, my dear anonymous Jessica, is why you have been singled out to revel in this glory of exposure. "Should not be an author." People are not reviewing other people, but the products. This is vicious slander, and since it is in America, someone should actually sue this woman.
It's not all crappy news though, because her husband really likes this toilet paper brand. He is so pedantic about it that if she gets free samples of any other brand, he will not wipe his bottom after using the loo. He must really kick up a stink of indignation!
Amazon is randomly taking down legitimate book reviews because heavens forbid someone might actually know the author. Therefore, it seems that it's much better if complete strangers, who do not even try the products, review items. When someone leaves a bad review, it doesn't affect Amazon, so they leave it in place. Until these changes come about, I shall leave this article in place too. Think of it as a how-not-to-review guide.
To read more of Jessica's incoherent ramblings, click here.
To all the wonderful readers who take the time and trouble to review my own books, thank you so much. I always ask for free and honest reviews, and I mean it. If you do not like a book, let me know why, so that I might learn something, and grow as an author.


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I've lived within an hour of Boston all my life and I'm in the city at least three times a month. Why was this my first visit to @gardnermuseum — well, because I'm a dope! I'm definitely going to spend more time here. Via Instagram: http://ift.tt/1SgjHLI
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The have a great collection of Perry Mason stuff.
Oh,wait, that's the Earl Stanley Gardner museum.
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Most often the condition affects one eye only but the fellow eye often has subclinical involvement. The combination of high pressure within the eye (glaucoma) and corneal edema can result in reduced vision with pain.
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Outstanding Youth Honored with AFP International Philanthropy Award
(April 12, 2011) Andrew Fazackerley and Edward Goodfellow of Tichborne, Ontario, and the founders of the Minnesota Student Energy Project (MNSEP) in Rochester, Minnesota, are the recipients of the 2011 Changing Our World/Simms Award for Outstanding Youth in Philanthropy, presented by AFP.
The award, named after AFP co-founder William R. Simms and sponsored by Changing Our World, recognizes service by an individual who demonstrates outstanding commitment to the community through direct financial support, development of charitable programs, volunteering and leadership in philanthropy. Fazackerley, Goodfellow and the founders of MNSEP received the honors on March 21, 2011, at the Awards for Philanthropy Banquet during AFP's 48th International Conference on Fundraising in Chicago.
Inspiring a Community Doing Something They Love (Ages 18-23 honorees)
After seeing many members of their community affected by cancer, Fazackerley and Goodfellow developed a plan to raise awareness of the Cancer Centre of Southeastern Ontario, located at Kingston General Hospital, by playing golf for 24 straight hours. Strokes Fore Hopes took place in 2008 at Rivendell Golf Course in Verona. Expecting to raise about $5,000, they ended up raising $17,000 and were inspired to hold a second and third event.
With a volunteer base of nearly 200, Fazackerley and Goodfellow sought to raise more funds than ever. The whole community began to rally around their project and many people walked the course with them during the 24 hour events. Children from local schools contributed spare change, and the Lions Club of Verona pledged financial support. After working with them on the event in 2009, one resident of Verona pledged to match funds raised up to $50,000.
The three events combined to raise more than $100,000. However, that money will actually generate over $1 million in construction funding, as charitable giving to redevelopment projects is matched nine to one.
"We were so thrilled to help make a difference at the Southeastern Ontario Cancer Clinic," said Edward Goodfellow. "It was such a personal and important cause for Andrew and I to support. We wanted to be sure to keep the funding and awareness local to our great community. Looking back on this journey, I would never have guessed we would be honoured with such a prestigious award. It just shows that the best changes often start as a single, simple thought. Think big and discover how to make your dreams real."
All of the money raised through the three Strokes for Hopes events will be directed to support the expansion and renovation of the Cancer Centre of Southeastern Ontario. The Cancer Centre redevelopment project includes adding two new radiation bunkers to increase treatment capacity, increasing the number of chemotherapy treatment chairs from 15 to 39, adding a specialized clinic area for pediatric patients and almost doubling the overall size.
"These young men have made a difference in the lives of many through their dedication and enthusiasm," said Chris Watson, vice chairman of Changing Our World. "I cannot wait to see what type of philanthropic projects they may turn to in the years to come."
Harnessing the Bright Light of Imagination (Ages 5-17 honorees)
The Minnesota Student Energy Project (MNSEP) was created by students in Rochester, Minnesota, to raise awareness of energy conservation and reduce energy consumption at their high school.
In 2008, three students from Mayo High School-Patrick Allen, Ian Cameron and Tom Currier-came together to discuss how to reduce electrical consumption and ultimately decided to raise money to install solar panels for their school. They started by asking for spare change in coffee cans and evolved to holding fundraisers, participating in arts programs and talking with community groups, including the board of directors for Rochester Public Utilities (RPU). RPU offered to support the young men and helped the project receive a $75,000 grant from the American Public Power Association.
The work of the students involved in the project resulted in a 5.88 kilowatt solar energy system installed in their school. With less energy needed from traditional power sources, more than 55,000 pounds of carbon have been saved to date, and the project has been praised by former Governor Tim Pawlenty.
To continue their work, the students formed a nonprofit corporation, the Minnesota Student Energy Project (MNSEP) and a succession plan that will ensure it will have a lasting impact. Numerous students are now involving in raising money and increasing awareness of energy consumption and alternative resources, with more than $136,000 having been raised so far towards a goal of $1 million.
"We are truly excited about this recognition and promise to continue to strive to be the next generation taking the first step," said Michael Allen, CEO of MNSEP and a senior at Mayo High School in Rochester, Minn. "We owe that to our future."
In addition, several other schools are now involved with MNSEP and raising money for the installation of solar panels at their own facilities. MNSEP is also actively engaged in developing cross-curriculum educational opportunities related to the production of energy from the sun as well as other topics associated with various forms of renewable energy.
"The commitment and dedication of these young men and women to both their school and the environment is extraordinary and is an example of the difference we can all make through the power of philanthropy," said Chris Watson, vice chairman of Changing Our World.
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PCI's mission is to prevent disease, improve community health and promote sustainable development worldwide.
Vision Motivated by our concern for the world's most vulnerable children, families and communities, PCI envisions a world where abundant resources are shared, communities are able to provide for the health and well-being of their members, and children and families can achieve lives of hope, good health and self-sufficiency.
Strong Roots In 1961, a young doctor from San Diego volunteering at a Tijuana clinic saved the lives of two small children who were dying of pneumonia. This experience led Dr. James Turpin to found PCI and forever change the lives of millions of children and families around the world by providing health and hope to those most in need. Since then, the focus of the organization has remained true to its founder: PCI works in vulnerable communities to improve health and create long-term change by helping people help themselves. For 50 years, thousands of dedicated individuals and groups have worked to make this vision a reality.


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Batman Unlimited: Mech vs. Mutants (2016)
Watch Batman Unlimited: Mech vs. Mutants (2016) Online Full Movie.
Damian, the new Robin, is upset by his failure at trying to stop The Joker the previous evening, making his humiliation of falling off a building and having to be saved by Batman worse because it was caught by a video blogger and posted on the World Wide Web.Alfred Pennyworth tries to assure him that he's still learning, though Damian wishes he could talk to someone else who has been through the Robin training as Red Robin is away with his team. Batman arrives as Damian is studying Batman's enemies, and comes across Penguin, who he has never met.
In the Arctic, Penguin, who has been in exile following the events of Batman Unlimited: Animal Instincts, is depressed at having lost everything. His only companion is Buzz, a penguin who seems to understand Oswald's predicament. His roommate, the isolationist-scientist Mr. Freeze, tries to repel a group of oil drillers near his ice cave, using one of his inventions to turn an isopod into a gigantic monster to attack them. The Drillers use a new laser-drilling sled to attack the monster, and in the process, damages Freeze's invention, turning the monster back into an isopod, which causes Mr. Freeze to depart in anger. Penguin sees a way to capitalize on this, and encourages Mr. Freeze to take him back to Gotham City where he assures Mr. Freeze the means to achieve his goals.
Back in Gotham, Bruce and Damian are attending the new Technology Showcase at Wayne Tower where Dr. Kirk Langstrom is unveiling a new single-operator drilling mech which can melt rock in order to mine more easily. Bruce receives a call from Alfred that someone is attempting to break into Arkham Asylum. Oliver Queen, who is present at the showcase, sees them leave and follows them.
At Arkham, Penguin and Mr. Freeze drill into the asylum and freeze the guards, then bypass several inmates such as Cheetah, Mad Hatter, and Two-Face, before freeing Bane, Chemo, Killer Croc, and Clayface. They also pass Joker on their way out who is upset that Penguin refuses to free him as well. Batman, Robin, and Green Arrow arrive and battle the villain, only to have Mr. Freeze and Bane successfully pull an escape with their allies.
At the Batcave, Batman tries to figure out what they're up to, but comes up empty while comparing MO's and criminal histories. Robin figures out that there is a pattern based on what three of the villain's chemical altered DNA. Bane's Venom, Clayface's Mud, and Chemo's acid. Killer Croc would make a great test subject. Batman uses this to track down their chemical signatures. Meanwhile, in their undersea cave hideout, Mr. Freeze uses Bane's venom, Clayface's shape-shifting mud, and Chemo's toxic acid to create a formula to transform Killer Croc into a gigantic ice-spewing mutant. He does the same to Chemo. This time, Mr. Freeze gives him a liquid nitrogen blaster. Killer Croc emerges from the sea sucking up water and blasts Gotham with his ice breath, turning the city into a frozen wasteland.
Batman and Robin see the mutated supervillains, and attempt to stop Croc and Chemo with the Batmobile and Batplane, but proves to have little success. The Flash, Nightwing and Green Arrow are saving citizens as best they can while Croc attacks the Gotham City Police Department headquarters. Despite their best efforts, the police can't stop Killer Croc. Meanwhile, Mr. Freeze and Penguin turn on each other, both wanting to eliminate their rivals for control of Gotham. However, Penguin's henchbird Buzz has stolen Mr. Freeze's formula, which Bane and Clayface use inject in themselves to turn themselves into mutants. Mr. Freeze is easily dispatched and Penguin sends Bane and Clayface after Batman. Bane, however, has a score to settle with Croc, who sold him out to the Gotham Police, and attacks the giant mutant. Clayface locates Batman and Robin and attacks them, only to have Freezes formula alter his body, turning him into a giant lava monster.
Batman gives the Batmobile to Robin and tells him to distract Clayface's lava monster form, while he goes to Wayne Enterprises to get a special project Langstrom has been working on: a BatMech the same size as Croc and the others. Green Arrows arrives and reveals that he had Langstrom build a mech for him, which Langstrom states that he received a contract from Queen Industries for research and development. Batman goes to deal with Croc and Bane, while Green Arrow goes to deal with Chemo. Batman then sends Langstrom to go help Robin, who was unable to stop Clayface's lava monster form, and the others build a special laser cannon to stop Clayface's lava monster.
The two heroes engage the trio of monsters, Batman defeating Killer Croc and then facing off with Bane, while Green Arrow manages to barely hold his own against Chemo's toxic attacks. Meanwhile, Mr. Freeze, racked by guilt over his manipulations and betrayal by Penguin, aids the heroes in perfecting their cannon to use against Clayface's lava monster form. After Batman defeats Bane, he goes to help Green Arrow battle the more powerful Chemo. Working together the pair manage to defeat Chemo and drain the chemicals out him, deactivating him. Mr. Freeze, though injured by Clayface's lava monster form, is able to get the freeze ray to work and freezes Clayface's lava monster form solid.
Penguin and his cohorts are arrested, along with Mr. Freeze who admitted that he was responsible for Gotham's icy conditions, and sent to Arkham while Buzz the penguin is sent to a zoo where he meets a female penguin fall in love with him. In Arkham Aslyum, Joker gets even with Penguin for leaving him in Arkham instead of freeing him by beating him up. Chemo's fate is unknown.
The other heroes leave the Batcave and Batman congratulates Robin on doing a good job. Damian feels better in his role as Robin than he did before.
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RCM 100 oz Silver Bar
RCM 100 oz Silver Bar – Silver is often talked about as an industrial metal because it has many uses in technology, medical science and the environment. And as the world industry grows the need for silver increases and may push prices higher. Its investment value has also brought increasing attention since the use of silver in US coinage was discontinued in 1964. Today many people see silver as real money and a store of value as fiat currency becomes the norm and loses value.
The RCM 100 oz Silver Bar is one of the most popular silver bullion investments available today because of its quality and acceptability into Individual Retirement Accounts (IRA). Produced by the Royal Canadian Mint this 100 oz silver bar ranks among the best available worldwide.
RCM 100 oz Silver Bar are poured, finely finished including rounded edges and contain the following identification marks etched into their surface: (1) An English and French circle at the top of the bar reading Royal Canadian Mint and Monnaie Royale Canadienne. (2) The RCM 100 oz Silver Bar is also stamped with the year of manufacture. (3) Each RCM 100 oz Silver Bar also contains a unique 6 digit serial number. (4) The exact weight of the RCM bar is clearly marked (100 tr. oz.) and beneath the weight mark is its purity stamp (AG 999.9).
The Canadian Mint went to great lengths to produce a bullion silver bar which is recognizable and easily traded worldwide.
The RCM 100 oz Silver Bar is popular for a number of other reasons: (1) its weight (6.8 pounds) is easily handled and it can be safely stored in bank deposit boxes. (2) The 100 ounce size makes consumer valuation simple because CNI and other large dealers post daily buy and sell prices. (3) The RCM 100 oz Silver Bar is produced by the Royal Canadian Mint, a big advantage because a sovereign country guarantees the highest and most exacting quality standards.
There are no reporting requirements when the consumer purchases RCM 100 oz Silver Bars. Your sale of 10 or more bars is dealer reportable on I.R.S. Form 1099B. Sales of less than 10 bars at any one time are not reportable by your dealer.
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text: On Fri, 8 Dec 1995, William Tivol wrote: > > BEREZIN: > > > > 1) The scheme of blind proposals (reviewers don't know who is > > the applicant), even if it is used somewhere now, is a very > > weird ideas for [ at least ] two reasons: > > > > A. Any serious proposals must be supported the explicit > > credentials of the proposer. (TIVOL): > Here is where I disagree. Especially in a bicameral > review, the proposal can and should stand or fall on its own. > The "nature of space & time thought experiments" proposal, for > example should be shot down if only that one sentence were > included. Of course I would expect either Hawking or the > unknown patent clerk would have much more to say, such as that > considerations of momentum and energy in both moving and sta- > tionary coordinates must give the same results, and that, since > it is an experimental fact that no differences can be observed > in the speed of light in a vacuum, a reasonable hypothesis is > that the speed is constant in any frame. Thus, the thought > experiments (or, to update a little, computer simulations) will > tell us the consequences of these assumptions. I see no reason > why such a well-thought-out proposal must have the PI's identi- > fication attached. BEREZIN: In short the message is that good, well done proposals showed be given preferential funding. No, I don't believe it is generally working any better than predicting that the "nice looking girl will be the most happy one". My next passage expalins more why not. (TIVOL): > I have just finished reviewing some proposals > which were in two cases very clearly thought out and in the other > three were equally clearly fuzzy. The former cases gave detailed > calculations in areas where problems might arise; whereas the > others did not seem even to appreciate that there were potential > difficulties. BEREZIN: Here the silent assumption that "clearly thought out proposals" is somehow inherently better and/or have more chance to bring the (promised) result than the "fuzzy" proposals. I don't believe that the history of science give any whatsoever confirmation to this. Proposal game rewards good writers, and this is not at all the same as good dicsoverers. The "fuzzy" proposal (end on 15 century) was "Sail to the West to find perhaps some land". It worked pretty well althogh peer review would undoubtedly defeat it. > It is just as bad (or worse) to give money to a > competant researcher who will not give sufficient thought to an > idea than to an unknown. BEREZIN: In some very specific areas of commercially-oriented research proposals perhaps may have some sense. But certainly not in basic sciences. Here, unless there are some warning signes (like misconduct, etc) a competent and active researcher should be given some funds to carry whatever he/she believes is important. Period. No proposals are necessary at all (except of 1 page for filing purposes, NOT for its "evaluation"). Evaluate the RESULTS this researches has ACTUALLY deliverd in the prior funding term, not the PROMISES s/he makes. You are not requesting a surgeon to apply every time for the funding to get his/her tools to perform an emegency sugrery. But this is what proposal-based funding scheme requires from scientists. With the present NSF/NSERC/NIH, etc scheme things will just keep going progressively worse unless the fundamental principle "Fund Researchers, Not Proposals" (FRNP) will be reinstated. (TIVOL): > Perhaps some of your misgivings can > be addressed by appropriate procedures in the "summation" phase > of the review process. BEREZIN: Summation process can be worked out sensibly only AFTER the need to return to the FRNP principle is passed. Then several schemes can be explored for the optimization. (BEREZIN): > > B. Any sensible person just be offended to review > > anonymous proposals as it implies that you (a reviewer) > > is mistrusted. Issue of the reviewer anonymity is much > > more involved and there are arguments and both side. > > But authorless proposals is a clearly no-goer. (TIVOL): > I would not be offended, and I don't think anyone > should be. BEREZIN: I am sorry, I may be hypersensitive. But I unlikely will come again for a party to a house where they have a habit of checking pockets of the departing guests for the silverware. No, thanks, not for me. (TIVOL): > This is the same kind of thing as double-blind > controls, and it assures that the analog of the placebo > effect does not affect the results. I would guess that there > would be few surprizes when the authorless proposals were > matched with the authors during the summation phase, but every > once in a while, there will appear an unknown with a good > proposal score or an established researcher who has clearly > made a mistake (or who really doesn't understand what (s)he > is proposing to do). BEREZIN: Regardless of our views on placebos (which well may be very different), the above does not sound for me as I strongly believe that the personality of the researcher makes the difference. I am quite sceptical about the idea of "objective truth" and more on a side of "interactive Universe" (John Wheeler, Henry Stapp and others). The only way to reasonably gap philosophical (inevitable) differences is to have a robust enough funding scheme. And we back again to FRNP and sliding scale. (BEREZIN): > > > > 2) Sliding scale ... assures > > at least some funding level is awarded for as far > > as there is a passing score on either of the two. (TIVOL): > Yes, and this is very good. Researchers with > good track records will be able to continue working, > and unknowns with good ideas will be sufficiently > funded to be able to develop a good track record. BEREZIN: If we truly agree on this all the above might be just periferal misundersatnding on the verbalistics. If so, we almost have a deal. (BEREZIN): > > However, such odditties, as mathematicians say, have > > almost zero measure (i.e. extremely rare). (TIVOL): > I'm not at all sure that the measure is small. > I've had proposals shot down because the reviewers felt > that although the ideas were good, they were not sure I > had the expertise to carry them out. Perhaps everyone > has had a similar experience at one time. BEREZIN: Ok, on this I can agree. (BEREZIN): > > We have to postpone the issue "it it enough money" till > > the distribution problem is addressed, i.e. sliding scale > > is introdueced as a ground-level approximation. ONLY THEN > > we will be able to responsibly assess are "they" give > > enough money and if not how much more we need. (TIVOL): > True, only after the distribution process is in place > for several years (maybe decades) will it be possible to assess > how much has been produced per grant dollar and compare that > with the productivity under the present system. BEREZIN: I don't think it will take that long. Most research operates on 2 to 3 year cycles. Track appointments are reevaluted generally in two years and by that time people usually already published the results. So, I beleieve, reliable concusions on FRNP can be made in 2 - 3 years, not decades. (BEREZIN): > > I have yet to > > hear of a single case when the grant recipient refused to > > accept the award because the award was "too low". (TIVOL): > I *have* heard of cases where the award was not suf- > ficient to perform the research proposed. BEREZIN: "Not enough money" is the #1 complain for the last 6000 years. Of course, THEY (researchers) can say this. But resaerch is not a bridge construction where no contructor will take to job if the estimated cost is 5 millions and he is given only 2 millions. In research you have options and priorities. "Less money than I need" means that you have to cut down on lesser high priorities and the OVERALL quality is likely to increase, not decrease (as all will be doing just the best priority). Due to this effect ("funding paradox") LESS money will means BETTER quality science. (Hope, this is undersatndabel argument for the politicians). (BEREZIN): > > So, at this point I see reletively little chance that this > > issue (grad student & post doc funding) can be > > meaninggfully addressed BEFORE the major curbing of > > grantsmanship mentality is achieved through the > > introduction of the sliding scale/bicameral review principle. (TIVOL): > Yes, this too must await a shift in political power. BEREZIN: "Improving science quality by cutting the budget" is an excellent recommendation to sell to the politicians. They should like it. > Yours, > Bill Tivol > >


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Time to do something about the clutter that seems to accumulate! For this swap, you will commit to cleaning up and clearing out any one area of your home or office, inside or out.
Do you have a junk drawer, messy craft room, overstuffed closet, tool shed that's a hot mess?
You will take before and after pictures of the area you clean, and email the pictures to your partners. Please take at least 2 pictures before you clean up, and 2 pictures after. Include a short paragraph about the project.
I hope this motivates you to tackle a job you've been putting off....at least that's what I'm hoping for myself. Nothing like the accountability of having a deadline looming to make sure you get going on a project!I chose to work on taming my collection of envelopes and stuff. My main goal is to make my in/out tray a productive tool instead of a catch all.
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The second part was a bag I'd been throwing stuff into instead of putting things away.
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Denver medical malpractice attorney Danny Foster has recently added new content to his website. The new section aims to provide helpful information for victims of medical malpractice - more specifically, victims of prescription errors.
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Early in the last half-century, when what now looks like a trickle of media seemed like a torrent, communications theorist Marshall McLuhan noticed that the way we had begun to communicate with TV, radio and recorded music had become a form of content in itself. He presented the idea to the world in his 1964 book, Understanding Media, from which came the slogan "The medium is the message." Just three years later, in another book, McLuhan extended the idea and tweaked the slogan (inspired by a typo) to "The medium is the massage," to point out that the sheer quantity of information being taken in also has a cumulative effect on us. He was referring to both the "mass" of media and what we think of as "mass media." That was 40 years ago, long before home video, let alone YouTube and everything else on the internet.
The slogan could be twisted one more time to describe artists' use of communications technology in this year's Ingenuity Festival: The massage is the medium. Several of the main, ongoing, interactive installations in this year's downtown, street-closing art and tech party have artists working broad palates of information, gathering data in real time from the crowd, from the Cuyahoga River, and from individual visitors. In the way that a potter plays with clay, these artists are playing with the capacity to gather, manipulate and present quantities of sound and image in real time so that guests can experience it - sometimes just appreciatively, but other times in a fully interactive way. In different installations, microphones will gather sound to be mixed in musical composition, cameras will feed live video, and other cameras will take individual photos and, with the help of digital technology, compile them into a great virtual-hand-holding chain of Ingenuity participants.All around the festival will be installations that invite questions about how we experience the city and what it means to be a participant.
All that sounds a little geeky to describe, but the experience of these projects seems destined to have visceral impact. Anyone who's been to a big-box store and played with the security camera and attendant monitor at the door - making faces, walking on and off screen and giving the camera the finger - can imagine the appeal of Jenny Marketou's riff on surveillance technology. The first thing anyone will notice about the New York-based artist's Red Eyed Skywalkers will be the 99 6-foot red weather balloons floating above the whole scene like a cloud made of suns or a hallucination of red blood cells in the sky. That by itself is spectacular, nearly on the scale of Christo's landscape-sized projects. But some of Marketou's balloons will be armed with wireless video cameras feeding live pictures to screens - including the Playhouse Square Jumbotron. In the poke back at Big Brother, visitors will see themselves and their surroundings in what Ingenuity Director James Levin describes as "the insidious wrapped in a canopy of whimsy."
Meanwhile, the New York-based artist-and-research-collective Spurse offers Crooked River, in First and Third Persons, an audio re-creation of the Cuyahoga River on the festival grounds. If you've ever had the experience of scooting your car up a few inches at the traffic light to clear up a radio signal pocked with static, you have a metaphoric understanding of this work, which invites you, with the help of an AM radio transmitter, to follow the re-mapped course of the crooked river through audio signals gathered at points along the way. You'll hear the path of the river - the movement of boats, the rise and fall of lift bridges, the cackle of seagulls and the aqueous rush of the river itself.
In Hands Across, Cleveland artist Jared Bendis has created an interactive piece that continually builds a chain of hand-holding participants as they come to the festival's tech center to be photographed. Each photo will be digitally linked with others until the chain is thousands long.
Minneapolis artist Piotr Szyhalski has installed a multimedia collage of sound and image from Iraq and Afghanistan that melds art and technology with politics and current events. His Theater of Operations will be ongoing in the Allen Theatre.
We can only imagine what McLuhan, dead now nearly 28 years, would have thought of this year's Ingenuity lineup. But for people who go to the festival, this will be yet another stage in its evolution. "Each of these projects represents the convergence of a team of scientists and artists," Levin says. Communications technology becomes not simply another way to experience art, but the art itself: medium and message, rolled into one.
Ingenuity Festival: July 25-27 (Opening parade 4 p.m. Friday), Playhouse Square. $10/Day; $15 weekend pass, kids 12 and under free. Call 216.241.6000.
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RCAP (Recruiting Command Advancement Program) – At sea, the Navy has the CAP Program (Command Advancement Program). In Recruiting, it's the RCAP Program. Both are essentially the same. They are meritorious promotion opportunities, which are awarded to those individuals who go above and beyond the call of duty. To qualify for RCAP, you have to maintain superb, superior performance and be a top Recruiter for your station. You can put on another Chevron for your hard work and dedication.
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Preparing the Florida Lobster: Prepare and cook the tails of the Florida lobster in an oven, or on the grill with butter and garlic. You will know the lobster is fully cooked if the its meat is white, and the shells are a red color.
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Rehearsals have begun for Compulsion, our season-opening show, which means the new season is officially under way.
There's buzz on an international scale for the shows of our 2010/11 season, so here's a little peek into what you can expect in the coming months.
You may remember playwright David Edgar for his work on the momentous two-play cycle known as Continental Divide, a co-production of Berkeley Rep and the Oregon Shakespeare Festival from 2003 or from his extraordinary adaptation of Dickens' Nicholas Nickleby (seen a few season ago at the California Shakespeare Theater). Well David will be back at Berkeley Rep as one of 12 playwrights addressing the complex history of Afghanistan in The Great Game: Afghanistan.
David recently wrote a fascinating piece about the play for The Guardian in London. He describes The Great Game as a "mosaic of fiction and faction," which is to say imagination and fact. He continues:
"The Great Game is thoroughly contemporary: a hybrid of hybrids. Nonetheless, unlike much postmodern drama, it retains a central, coherent theme: that western interventions in Afghanistan have almost always produced the opposite effect from that which was intended."
You can read David's essay in its entirety here (and also watch a very cool video about the show).
Above photo: (l to r) Jemma Redgrave, Tom McKay, and Nabil Elouahabi star in The Great Game: Afghanistan, an epic production from London receiving its West Coast premiere at Berkeley Rep. Photographer: John Haynes
Mike Daisey's The Agony and the Ecstasy of Steve Jobs
In the new year, Mike Daisey brings not one but two shows to the Thrust Stage. he'll perform his critically acclaimed The Last Cargo Cult in repertory with a newer piece, The Agony and the Ecstasy of Steve Jobs.
Mike performed the show last month in Boston, where the Boston Globe chatted with him about its development with his longtime director (and wife of 10 years), Jean-Michel Gregory.
In the interview, Mike talks about fascination with and admiration for Apple's "arrogant, elegant, game-changing design" as well as his horror about the conditions under which Apple (and other company's) products are made in Shenzhen, China.
Stay tuned for more peeks inside the shows of Berkeley Rep's 2010/11 season.
Above photo: In 2011, Mike Daisey debuts two audacious new monologues at Berkeley Rep, including The Agony and the Ecstasy of Steve Jobs. Photographer: Ursa Waz
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ICD-10 Diagnosis Code G40.A
Absence epileptic syndrome
Diagnosis Code G40.A
Short Description: Absence epileptic syndrome
Long Description: Absence epileptic syndrome
This is the 2019 version of the ICD-10-CM diagnosis code G40.A
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Diseases of the nervous system (G00–G99)
Episodic and paroxysmal disorders (G40-G47)
- Epilepsy and recurrent seizures (G40)
- Episodic and paroxysmal disorders (G40-G47)
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References found for the code G40.A in the Index of Diseases and Injuries:
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List of terms is included under some codes. These terms are the conditions for which that code is to be used. The terms may be synonyms of the code title, or, in the case of "other specified" codes, the terms are a list of the various conditions assigned to that code. The inclusion terms are not necessarily exhaustive. Additional terms found only in the Alphabetic Index may also be assigned to a code.
- Childhood absence epilepsy [pyknolepsy]
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Epilepsy is a brain disorder that causes people to have recurring seizures. The seizures happen when clusters of nerve cells, or neurons, in the brain send out the wrong signals. People may have strange sensations and emotions or behave strangely. They may have violent muscle spasms or lose consciousness.
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Hanging Rock State Park saw a 6.9 percent increase in visitors from July, 2016 to June 30, 2017, which is their fiscal year, and a substantial 41 percent revenue increase compared to last year, according to Park Superintendent Robin Riddlebarger.
In a yearly state park review, Riddlebarger shared with county commissioners 663,648 people visited Hanging Rock in a 12-month span. The highest attended month came in July with 102,462 visitors and the lowest attendance fell in December and drew in a little more than 20,000 guests.
The park generated $583,352.05 with cabin rentals garnering $162,969, campsite rentals $159,419, bathhouse swim fees $122,430, food and beverage $34,264, apparel $17,045, primitive campsite rentals $13,299 and equipment rentals $11,466.
Riddlebarger said the park received $5,323 in donations from Friends of Sauratown Mountains and Stokes County Arts Council donated patio heaters, graffiti removal cleanser, art supplies, and props for the ranger's interpretive spider play valued at $600. Other donations included art and craft supplies for interpretive programs, used books for the Little Free Library at Vade Mecum and Eagle Scout Thomas Johnson built six benches at Vade Mecum for the trails and seating outside the interim visitor center saving the park around $600.
Hanging Rock State Park currently has 11 permanent positions and relies on 26 seasonal hires.
Riddlebarger told commissioners additional seasonal staff is needed at the lake and Visitor Center to keep operations open later in the day.
She said more revenue could be generated and better customer service given if operating hours were extended. Additional seasonal hires were also needed for maintenance to maintain the level of park operations.
Riddlebarger noted the park has grown in acreage and facilities, but staffing has stayed the same. She expects the future opening of facilities at Vade Mecum will require more permanent maintenance mechanics and rangers.
"The park needs to explore how to recruit high quality seasonal employees and lifeguards. We had trouble finding applicants this year. Sharing job openings with Joblink at the King Library and the Hanging Rock former employee Facebook page was successful, but not enough," she said.
Several maintenance projects were completed at Hanging Rock. The AC unit was replaced in one of the cabins and maintenance mechanics completed cabin floor replacements in the old cabins during the slow season. Asbestos was removed from the hotel.
"Electrical outlets were added to the bathhouse, but the service panel upgrade and addition of ceiling fans is still not complete," Riddlebarger said.
Riddlebarger shared that park staff has begun a zero tolerance initiative of removing graffiti from rocks.
"We have removed hundreds of names and initials using a product and a cordless battery operated power washer," she said.
A highlight for Riddlebarger and her staff has been working with obs Landscape Architects, who held numerous public meetings in locations around the county to gather opinions from stakeholders regarding the expansion plan for Vade Mecum.
In January of this year, an open house was held at the property and more than 1,000 people toured the grounds.
"Displays of conceptual drawings and vignettes with surveys helped the planners learn what people want to have there, and has helped local people stay in touch and be a part of developing the plan," Riddlebarger said. "Once plans are final, the objective is to use the bond money by executing the priorities identified in the master plan."
Another encouraging statistic shared was a 13 percent increase in programs the park offers.
Park Ranger Sam Koch oversaw 456 programs with around 10,300 people in attendance.
"We don't track how many people attend our art receptions, farmers market, Polar Plunge or Reach the Peaks, which are offered by volunteers, but will attempt to in the future," Riddlebarger said. "We also didn't record the number of people who attended Friends of Sauratown Mountains guided hikes or the Vade Mecum open house."
Safety is always a concern at Hanging Rock and Riddlebarger said two separate visitors fell in February resulting in one death and one serious life threatening injury. Both victims were life flighted. Park staff were the first on scene and provided medical care.
"Our park staff continues to train in-house and with local responders in an effort to make calls more efficient and professional," she said.
Two large colored signs were erected on Hanging Rock trail to inform hikers of the potential danger associated with hiking.
The park made history this year, as being the first in a North Carolina State Park to ever administer Narcan, a narcotic blocker used to treat narcotic drug overdose.
"Sadly, it's a sign of our times," Riddlebarger said.
After the presentation Commissioner Ernest Lankford asked the superintendent if she believed the increase of visitors were locally or from other areas.
"I think it's both," she said. "Tory Mabe, who works for the county, did some surveys at the beginning of the year to ask people where they're coming from and he got some interesting data."
Riddlebarger shared events such as Stokes Soup in a Bowl and the annual Polar Plunge are drawing in locals who may not have visited the park in years, but she's also seeing a rise in out of state guests.
On a recent blog, she said Hanging Rock was voted as the most enchanting place in North Carolina.
"I think the word is getting out," she said.
Commissioner James Booth thanked Riddlebarger for a successful year and Commissioner Mendenhall praised the educational aspect the park continues to promote.
"There's so many good things going on," added Commissioner Ronda Jones. "I'm very appreciative. Keep up the good work."
Amanda Dodson may be reached at 336-813-2426.


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Alternate Title: The Hungry MosquitoHow A Mosquito Operates (The Hungry Mosquito, The Story Of A Mosquito) (1912) Theatrical Cartoon
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- Theatrical FilmTheatrical
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- Winsor McCay
- Distributed by: Vitagraph Film Corporation, Box Office Attractions, Jewel Productions
- Cartoon Characters: Mosquito.
- Directed By Winsor McCay.
- Produced By Winsor McCay.
- Animated By Winsor McCay.
- Written By Winsor McCay.
- Originally Released in 1912 (Estimate).
- Originally Released Theatrically.
- Black & White
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Follow a mosquito around as he sucks the blood from his victim.
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This design continues to champion the floral cut-out motifs from previous season. It is crafted in soft calf leather with 55mm block heel. The back floral pedals are designed in suede. It is enhanced with special insole stitching and leather outsole with rubber insert.
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What do I miss exactly? Many things, like for example:
Dressing up - I was raised to dress up when came time to go somewhere like church, or to attend a funeral. If I went out with my parents to visit a relative or even to go to a restaurant, I had to dress up. I didn't have to wear tulle, but I had to wear something nice, and preferably not pants (I did say my dad had crazy ass ideas!). In doing so I had to behave a certain way, I had to sit properly and it "forced" me to be more lady like, not slouching as much if you will. I remember feeling proud of my nice clothes. To this day, whenever we dress up to go somewhere, I still feel this feeling of pride as soon as I wear something nice. Many fashion advisers will say it, dress the part, and it is true. When you dress nice your whole posture changes. We've lost that with all those "jailin" pants that is for sure!
Modesty - Maybe it is because of the new clothes styles, the "gang" style many people wear, the casual went from a nice pair of khakis to rip jeans and showing more skin than I do in a bathing suit. The sad part is, many (read, a shit load too many!) should cover up. Please do not say that everyone is entitle to show as much or as little as one please, that we should accept all sizes, etc. Give me a break. Some things should remain private and unexposed, and I'm no prude, but I do have a gag reflex!
Handwritten letters - I used to have penpals back in high school, I still do and I have my postcards. I just love to write. The feel of pen and paper is nice. We can express ourselves in writing often way better than if spoken (in my case anyway!), and for me the coolest thing is finding an old letter written by an ex-boyfriend or a relative long past, and remembering them through their words as if they were still talking to me. So many souvenir in old hand written documents.
Memorizing phone numbers - to this day I still remember our phone number from the store. I used to know so many numbers by heart, now, I can barely remember mine! That muscle hasn't been trained in many years, since the arrival of speed dial and the Smart phones. I don't even know my own mother's phone number! I have it programmed in my cell, so I don't need to remember it, right? Riiight!
Saying "Please" and "Thank you" - that used to be a given. I find it sad to see a TV commercial (about Tim Horton I think) where they say you can only say "Ice Coffee" to get one, and oh, of course, you can say "Ice Coffee Please" or "Ice Coffee Thank You". It is a very sad reflection of our manners or rather lack of manners.
Saying "Sir" and "Ma'am" - another nice thing that has been lost. Granted I will admit, being called ma'am by a twenty something stings a little, but then again when it does happen I appreciate the respect. I remember being afraid of my elders, relatives, neighbors and even complete strangers, because I knew that if I didn't talk to them respectfully I would get it (it being whatever from an earful to a good whack!). We had to show respect to our teachers, to people working in public (from waitress to nurse to office personnel), to the parents of friends, we weren't on a first name basis and did respect them (or at least acted like we did!). I hate it when I call somewhere or meet a contractor (which is something I've been doing the past few weeks) and to be talked to as if I'm someone they know. We have an expression (in French) that says: "We didn't watch the pigs together", as in we're not that familiar, let's keep it clean. It's not even about being snow, I see it more as mutual respect and in some way showing some modesty, keeping things on a neutral basis if you will.
Doing mental math - I'm not math person, far from it. I had to learn at a young age to count, since my folks had a store and I did operate the cash register (we had one just like that! We used the crank when there was a power failure). I had to know how to give the change back. You know, before the electronic cash register? There is nothing that infuriates me more than going to a store and giving $10.25 to the clerk for a $8.15 invoice. When they look at me with that puzzled, confused look I want to scream (no not really, I would much rather smack some sense into them!). When I tell them to simply give me back $2.10 they are completely lost. I don't know how many times they will hand me back my quarter and the change for the $10, so a dollar and eighty-five cents of change, grrrr. Morons who can't count, unless their cash register tells me the amount. And if their cash doesn't work, then forget about paying, they are royally screwed.
Cursive writing - actually never mind cursive, simply writing full words and sentences! Ah! Seriously! Sometimes some younger friends will text me (we have more than twenty years difference) and in order for me to understand what they are sending me I have to read it out loud. I just can't get on with that, I like words and like to write them. I don't do "gr8" or "CU", so no I'm don't type fast nor do I use my thumbs, what can I say I'm vintage!
Are there any things like these old habits that you miss?


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After his fourth visit to the Gulf of Mexico, a televised address to the nation and a scheduled meeting with BP officials, all in less than a week, Barack Obama seems to be trying to make up for lost time over the Gulf of Mexico oil leak.
Obama asserts authority over the Gulf of Mexico
Obama asserts authority over the Gulf of Mexico
The Oval Office symbolism is clear. The presidential televised address is a format reserved for national emergencies.
"Make no mistake. We will fight this spill with everything we have got for as long as it takes. we will make BP pay for the damage that the company has caused. The tragedy unfolding on our coast is the most painful and the powerful reminder yet that time to embrace the clean energy future is now."
As well as vowing to make BP pay, Obama also raised the prospect of legislation to break the US reliance on reserves of fossil fuels.
Scientists now think up to ten million litres of crude a day could be pouring from the ruptured well.
Oil industry executives told Congress yesterday that BP had not adhered to industry standards in building the rig that blew in April.
The spill has so far soiled more than 100 kilometres of coastline.


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I posted about the Tanbo Art back in 2005 - http://pacific-islander.
Tanbo Art has not been without controversy. In 2008, in an effort to cover costs, the village revitalization group who are responsible for the art, planted advertisements at the base of the pictures - one for Japan Airlines, another for a local newspaper. The town government was so angry that they threatened to no longer lease the land for the art in following years. After a vote by the townspeople, the rice seedlings for the advertising portions were removed.
This year, the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami gave a new focus for the art and the messages grown in the rice.
The above picture is of Kaguya-hime, a princess from the Moon and the main character in Japan's oldest novel Taketori Monogatari, "The Bamboo Cutter's Daughter". She is shown being returned to the Moon at the end of the story. At the bottom is written : "Gambaru Japan!!" a common expression which has become the nation's post 3/11 slogan. It means "Do your best, Japan".
The second picture is of the Bamboo Cutter and his wife and the glowing section of bamboo in which, as the story goes, the princess arrived on Earth as a baby. Under it, it says "please think of others."
I also happened to write about the novel on my blog in 2007, as I have a beautifully illustrated and translated book of it. The original novel dates back to the late 9th or early 10th century. At the time I wrote that post, Japan had just launched a moon exploration probe named "Kaguya" after the Moon maiden.
That post is here - http://pacific-islander.
For more remarkable images of Tanbo Art, just search for it in Google Images.


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Inter Milan coach Andrea Stramaccioni insists his tactics deserved more than defeat to Lazio yesterday.
Strama changed his system again at the Olimpico by adopting a 4-3-1-2 tactic with Fredy Guarin as trequartista.
"I chose four at the back to ensure our centre-backs wouldn't be under too much pressure and stop the wide men going too deep. I've never seen Lazio in such difficulty as they were in the second half against us.
"I'm not saying Inter deserved to win as such, but we didn't deserve to lose either."


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Gujranwala: Five fall ill after consuming unhygienic food
Five persons including a woman and four children fell ill after consuming unhygienic meal in a house in Mado Khalil village of Gujranwala during a wedding ceremony, local officials said.
The ailing persons have been identified as 38-year old Farwah, and four children Tayyab 10, Khadija 8, Zahoor 4, and two-year old Shahbaz.
The ailing persons were shifted to Civil Hospital Gujranwala for medical treatment.


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- Bill Gates Announces Semi-Retirement from Microsoft
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Bill Gates Announces Semi-Retirement from Microsoft
At a hastily scheduled news conference Thursday, Bill Gates, Microsoft's chairman and chief software architect, announced that in two years he will step down from his full-time jobs at the company to reorganize his personal priorities and focus more on the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Gates will continue to work part-time at Microsoft after July 2008, however, as Chairman and Senior Technical Advisor.
"I want to spend more time on Foundation efforts in the future," Gates said. "I will shift my priorities and yet maintain strong ties with Microsoft. It's a two-year transition plan, during which I will shift my day-to-day responsibilities ... to a great team of people. We can make this transition without missing a beat."
Why announce this change more than two years before it happens? Gates said that announcing his departure now was the right thing to do so that Microsoft would have time to make the transition with full transparency to its customers and partners.
A few of Microsoft's senior executives are being repositioned in response to Gates's eventual departure. Ray Ozzie will immediately become Microsoft's chief software architect, and Craig Mundie will become the new chief research and strategy officer, also effective immediately.
Commentary: Gates Departure Changes Nothing for Microsoft
There's little doubt that Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates is an incredible businessman and borderline genius. However, his qualifications as technical visionary are quite suspect: He hasn't coded since the days of Microsoft BASIC, and his 1995 book "The Road Ahead" barely even noted the existence of the Internet. As he moves to a life of philanthropy, Gates will establish a reputation as one of history's greatest benefactors, a title that would far outshine any contributions to big business. But let's face the facts: Gates is also the reason that Microsoft has gotten into horrible legal and antitrust troubles around the world, and the culture he established at Microsoft will only slowly be eradicated from the company. It might never be completely exorcised.
I'm not trying to be vindictive. It's just that it's surprising so few people understand that Gates's greatest accomplishments--and failures--at Microsoft are business-related, not technical. For example, he wasn't the first to push GUIs, but he saw how exciting the Macintosh was, stole its interface, and spent the next two decades establishing Windows as a global standard by using occasionally illegal business practices. Responding to the natural environment of sharing that evolved in the early days of personal computing, Gates complained that users were stealing from him and put up what should now be seen as the first offensive against open-source software, a movement that was probably inevitable.
And don't get me started on the Internet. Imagine where Microsoft--and more importantly its customers--would be if the company had started Windows Live services in 1995 instead of 2005. If Brad Silverberg (ex-Microsoft senior vice president) had his way that's what would have happened, essentially, but Gates wanted to keep pushing his monolithic cash cow and instead bundled Internet Explorer (IE) into Windows to shut out a new generation of competitors. Silverberg ultimately left the company because of that decision. And let's just put this one out for discussion: Microsoft's hiring of Ray Ozzie--and Ozzie's subsequent promotion to chief software architect--is an implicit admission that Gates's mid-1990s decisions about IE were dead wrong. Ten years later, Microsoft is finally decoupling IE from Windows and attacking the Internet separately.
Microsoft often makes much of its need for the freedom to innovate and contends that various countries around the world shouldn't be able to prevent it from creating great products for its customers. But over the past ten years, the company has found itself in two major antitrust battles, one of which is still unresolved; has been sued by a large number of customers for product bundling, with an even larger number unable to sue because of legal technicalities; and has released an increasingly delayed series of Windows versions that have left both consumers and businesses in the lurch. Where's all this innovation everyone keeps talking about?
Meanwhile, the company does make more than $1 billion per month, so it must be doing something right. Of course, all of that money is coming from Microsoft's traditional cash cows, not from innovative new products. There's no doubt that Gates is a successful businessman, but his move to part-time control of Microsoft will have little effect on the day-to-day operations of the company. My guess is that this move is purely psychological, designed to help Microsoft employees, partners, and customers deal with his permanent retirement. That way, when Gates leaves for good, it won't be a huge blow to the company. Honestly, how many times have you heard of a businessman announcing a retirement--let alone a partial retirement--two years in advance?
Frankly, Microsoft needs a more dramatic overhaul. Many of the company's top lieutenants, including CEO Steve Ballmer, are Gates's cronies and have been in positions of power for years thanks to their relationship with Gates. The company's stock price hasn't moved in years, the company is unable to ship major new product versions, and its new business opportunities are all pretty much floundering. Microsoft makes virtually all of its profits on Windows, Office, and its server products. That's almost exactly the product mix the company made most of its money on a decade ago, although server sales have risen dramatically. But why wouldn't they? PC-based servers are a natural extension of the PC market. Microsoft has failed to make major inroads in any business market where it can't leverage its existing monopolies with a chain of partners that includes PC makers and application developers.
And you know what? Gates's departure changes none of this. The company will continue to struggle in new markets against companies such as Google, Nokia, and Sony, just as it has done over the last couple of years. It will continue to sell many of copies of Windows, Office, and Windows Server, as always. If Gates were a true visionary, he would admit to the company's problems and shake its very foundations, giving its employees, shareholders, and customers a real future. But the truth is, Microsoft is just shuffling executives around. And that won't cure any of the company's real problems.
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Seven strategies for maintaining your professional network over the years
EVERYONE knows it's important to build a network. But once you've made a connection with someone, how do you maintain it over the years?
Here are some expert strategies:
1. Prioritise. Group your contacts into categories — for example, current clients, potential clients, influential and powerful colleagues — and then figure how best to allocate your attention.
2. Show you care. Think about the different tools in your arsenal to stay in touch — email, phone calls, coffee dates, social gatherings and handwritten notes — and how you can best use these to nurture your relationships.
3. Be strategic with social media. Trade direct messages with your contacts on Twitter, repost their content on LinkedIn, or retweet blogs and articles they've highlighted. Even better, take the conversation offline.
4. Offer to help. Remain in good standing with your contacts by looking for ways you can be helpful to them. Learn what challenges they face, and think about what you can do for them.
5. Don't brag. Although it's good for your network to know about your professional successes and promotions, you don't want to gain a reputation as a braggart. Simply inform the other person about what you have been up to in a way that provides information he or she does not have.
6. Don't force friendships. If you keep reaching out to someone and they don't seem interested, it's probably a sign to give up. Shallow connections are just not worth the effort.
7. Regroup from time to time. Every six months or so, do an audit of your professional ties. Over time, you will cycle people in and out of your network.
(Adapted from "How to Maintain Your Professional Network Over the Years" at HBR.org.)
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Tropical Islands of Thailand
I have travelled extensively in Thailand. The country & its beautiful locations fascinate me no end. So when I received a guest post from Sankara about pristine locations of Thailand, I was more than happy to publish it here.
Over to Sankara now.
It is that time of the year when most of the world is fleeing to the warmer tropical destinations of the world to spend their beach holiday. And what better way to spend it than the beautiful tropical islands of Thailand. These tropical islands ensure that the tourists are spoilt for choice … Read the rest