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Russia criticizes Ukrainian peace deal
MOSCOW (AP) — Russia on Saturday accused Ukraine's opposition of failing to fulfill its side of a peace deal intended to end the nation's political crisis and urged the West to intervene.
Russia's Foreign Ministry said President Vladimir Putin in Friday's phone conversation with President Barack Obama urged him to "use every opportunity to stop illegal actions by the radicals and return the situation to the constitutional field."
On Saturday, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov spoke to U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, telling him that opposition supporters refused to surrender their weapons and effectively have taken the Ukrainian capital under their control, the ministry said.
Earlier in the day, Lavrov also called his German, French and Polish counterparts, who helped broker Friday's agreement between Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych and the opposition. Yanukovych agreed to hold early elections this fall and surrender much of his powers, but opposition supporters have kept pushing for his immediate dismissal.
The Russian Foreign Ministry said Lavrov urged his counterparts to use their influence with the Ukrainian opposition, which he said "not only has failed to fulfill any of its obligations, but keeps making new demands under the influence of armed extremists and rioters."
Their actions "pose a direct threat to Ukraine's sovereignty and constitutional order," he said.
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|August 4, 2017
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|Elaine Goldsmith-Thomas, Erik Howsam, Gregory Chou, Halle Berry, Joey Tufaro, Lorenzo di Bonaventura
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Karla McCoy (Halle Berry) lives a fulfilled life with her young son Frankie (Sage Correa). While playing Marco Polo with Frankie one day at the park, she experiences every parents' nightmare when she suddenly spots her son being pulled into a car by a kidnapper.
She rushes to the police station, where she's told to wait while they file a report. But when she sees all the posters for other missing children, she realizes that waiting was probably all that the other parents did. Karla is not one to play the waiting game, and goes on a relentless pursuit to find the kidnapper and get Frankie back herself.
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The BCS commissioners say they have come to a consensus on a model four-team seeded playoff that will be presented to the university presidents next week for approval.
The commissioners, who have been working on reshaping college football's postseason to create the first major college playoff, met for four hours and emerged together with a commitment to stand behind a plan. They were stingy, though, with providing details of that plan.
They said they were reluctant to share too many details before they had a chance to discuss them with their bosses, the university presidents. Pac-12 commissioner Larry Scott did say the two semifinals would be worked into the existing major bowls.


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Hydrogel Endovascular Aneurysm Treatment Trial (HEAT)
|The safety and scientific validity of this study is the responsibility of the study sponsor and investigators. Listing a study does not mean it has been evaluated by the U.S. Federal Government. Read our disclaimer for details.
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01407952
Recruitment Status : Active, not recruiting
First Posted : August 2, 2011
Last Update Posted : February 20, 2018
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This research study is being done to test the effectiveness of a new generation FDA approved device for treating aneurysms compared to the current standard device for endovascular aneurysm treatment which is bare platinum coils. Endovascular procedures are a form of minimally invasive surgery, which is performed on blood vessels. The technique involves the introduction of a catheter which is a long, thin, flexible, hollow plastic tube through the skin into a large blood vessel. Typically the chosen blood vessel is the femoral artery found near the groin. The catheter is then maneuvered through the body to the location of the aneurysm in the brain using image guidance. Coils are delivered into the aneurysm through the catheters. Once the coils are delivered in the aneurysm, they are detached from the catheter. This is repeated until enough coils fill the aneurysm, blocking the blood flow to the aneurysm. The body responds by forming blood clots around the coil(s), which helps block the flow of blood into the aneurysm and keeps the vessel from rupturing or leaking. This study will compare the study device to the standard bare platinum coil to see which is better at preventing future rupturing or leaking. The study device is called the HydroCoil Embolization System and this study is a post-market clinical trial.
About 600 subjects from multiple institutions will take part in this study.
|Condition or disease
|Cerebral Aneurysm
|Device: HydroCoil Embolic System Device: Control (bare platinum coils)
|Not Applicable
Your part in this study will last up to 24 months and will involve 6 visits (1 baseline visit before your surgery, the surgical procedure and 4 follow-up visits). These visits will occur at the same time as the visits you would receive as standard of care after your surgery.
If you are in this study, you will be placed in one of two study groups by chance using a process similar to the flip of a coin. This process is called randomization. Neither you nor the study staff will select the group you will be in. One group, the control group, will have their aneurysm treated by the bare platinum coils during their endovascular procedure. The other group, the study group will receive coils from the HydroCoil Embolization System. Both groups will receive the same standard of care and follow-up, but during the surgery different types of coils will be used.
|Study Type :
|Interventional (Clinical Trial)
|Actual Enrollment :
|600 participants
|Intervention Model:
|Parallel Assignment
|None (Open Label)
|Primary Purpose:
|Official Title:
|New Generation Hydrogel Endovascular Aneurysm Treatment Trial
|Study Start Date :
|April 2012
|Estimated Primary Completion Date :
|October 2018
|Estimated Study Completion Date :
|October 2018
HydroCoil Embolic System
Aneurysm treatment using the HydroCoil Embolization System (21 CFR 882.5950)
Device: HydroCoil Embolic System
HydroCoil Embolic System
Other Name: MicroVention, Inc
Aneurysm treatment using bare platinum coil(s)
Device: Control (bare platinum coils)
bare platinum coils
- Aneurysm recurrence at any point during follow-up. [ Time Frame: 24 months ]Defined as any progression on the Raymond Aneurysm Occlusion Scale or the Meyers Aneurysm Occlusion Scale.
- Clinical outcome [ Time Frame: 24 months ]
Packing density as measured by volumetric filling of the aneurysm Clinical outcome at 18 - 24 months (mRS). Peri-procedural and post-procedural adverse events related to the procedure and/or the device.
Mortality rate,Initial Complete occlusion, Aneurysm re-treatment, hemorrhage from target aneurysm during follow-up, Aneurysm occlusion stability, Major versus minor recurrence.
Choosing to participate in a study is an important personal decision. Talk with your doctor and family members or friends about deciding to join a study. To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contacts provided below. For general information, Learn About Clinical Studies.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years to 75 Years (Adult, Older Adult)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
Candidates for this study must meet the following criteria to be enrolled in the study:
- Patient is between 18 and 75 years of age (inclusive).
- Patient has a documented untreated intracranial saccular aneurysm 3-14 mm diameter angiographic lumen, ruptured or unruptured, suitable for embolization with coils.
- Patients presenting with a HUNT and HESS Grade 0-3 or improving to such a grade before treatment
- Any type of bare platinum coils and HydroCoil ® Coils are treatment options (all shapes allowed).
- Patient or next of kin or person with appropriate power of attorney has provided written informed consent.
- Patient is willing and available for study follow-up visits
- Patient has not been previously entered into this Study
Exclusion Criteria:
Candidates will be ineligible for enrollment in the study if any of the following conditions apply:
- Inability to obtain informed consent
- Patient is < 18 or > 75 years old
- Target aneurysm is not saccular in nature (mycotic, fusiform, dissecting).
- Target aneurysm is > 14 mm maximum luminal dimension, < 3 mm maximum luminal dimension
- Target aneurysm has been previously clipped or coiled
- Target aneurysm is in the physician's estimate unlikely to be successfully treated by endovascular techniques.
- Patient has known hypersensitivity to platinum, nickel, stainless steel or structurally related compounds found in HydroCoil®, HydroSoft®, HydroFrame® Coils and/or bare platinum coils.
- Baseline Hunt and Hess scale 4 or 5 for ruptured aneurysms
- Intended use of a flow diverting stent (e.g. pipeline)
Subject has concurrent intracranial pathology, e.g.
- Moyamoya
- Vasculitis documented by biopsy results
- AVMs
- AV fistulas
- Significant atherosclerotic disease (i.e. symptomatic and or >50% narrowing of the parent arteries necessary to traverse in order to coil the target aneurysm)
- Intracranial Hematoma (unrelated to the target aneurysm)
- Brain tumors
- Vascular tortuosity and other conditions preventing access to target aneurysm
Subject has serious co-morbidities that could confound the study results:
- Uncontrolled hypertension
- Uncorrectable coagulation abnormality
- Contraindications for heparin, aspirin or clopidogrel
- Uncontrolled Diabetes Mellitus
- Organ failure of kidney, liver, heart, or lung
- Myocardial infarction within the past 6 months
- Cancer likely to cause death within 2 years or less.
- Subject history indicates high risk of non-compliance (e.g., substance abuse, psychosocial issues, etc.)
- Subject has a known history contraindicating contrast dye or iodine that cannot be pre-medicated prior to coiling procedure (vs. sensitivity which can be safely controlled by antihistamine, steroid, etc.). Medical clearance will be needed for this issue.
- Patients who are unable to complete scheduled follow up assessments at the enrolling center due to limited life expectancy (<2 years), co-morbidities or geographical considerations
- Subject is currently breast feeding, pregnant or plans to become pregnant in the next 2 years.
- Major surgical procedure or trauma within 30 days prior to randomization
- The patient is currently enrolled in another clinical study (device or drug).
- More than one aneurysm needing treatment at the same time.
To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT01407952
Show 44 Study Locations
|Principal Investigator:
|Bernard R Bendok, MD
|Northwestern University
|Responsible Party:
|Bernard Bendok, MD, Northwestern University
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT01407952 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
|First Posted:
|August 2, 2011 Key Record Dates
|Last Update Posted:
|February 20, 2018
|Last Verified:
|February 2018
Keywords provided by Bernard Bendok, Northwestern University:
treatment trial
cerebral aneurysm
bare platinum
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Intracranial Aneurysm
Vascular Diseases
Cardiovascular Diseases
Intracranial Arterial Diseases
Cerebrovascular Disorders
Brain Diseases
Central Nervous System Diseases
Nervous System Diseases


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The U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) today voted to expedite its five-year ("sunset") review concerning the antidumping duty order on sorbitol from France (Inv. No. 731-TA-44 (Review)).
As a result of today's vote, the Commission will conduct an expedited review to determine whether revocation of the antidumping duty order on sorbitol from France would be likely to lead to continuation or recurrence of material injury within a reasonably foreseeable time. The Commission's review in this case will be completed no later than March 4, 1999, unless extended.
The Uruguay Round Agreements Act requires the Department of Commerce to revoke an antidumping or countervailing duty order, or terminate a suspension agreement, after five years unless the Department of Commerce and the ITC determine that revoking the order or terminating the suspension agreement would be likely to lead to continuation or recurrence of dumping or subsidies (Commerce) and of material injury (ITC). Reviews of outstanding antidumping and countervailing duty orders in existence as of January 1, 1995, began in July 1998.
The Commission's institution notice in five-year reviews requests that interested parties file responses with the Commission concerning the likely effects of revoking the order under review as well as other information. Generally within 95 days from institution, the Commission will determine whether the responses it has received reflect an adequate or inadequate level of interest in a full review. If responses to the ITC's notice of institution are adequate, or if other circumstances warrant a full review, the Commission conducts a full review, which includes a public hearing and issuance of questionnaires.
The Commission generally does not hold a hearing or conduct further investigative activities in expedited reviews. Commissioners base their injury determinations in expedited reviews on the facts available, including the Commission's prior injury determination, responses received to its notice of institution, data collected by staff in connection with the review, and information provided by the Department of Commerce.
The Commission's determination to conduct an expedited review resulted from a 5-1 vote. Chairman Lynn M. Bragg, Vice Chairman Marcia E. Miller and Commissioners Carol T. Crawford, Jennifer A. Hillman, and Thelma J. Askey concluded that domestic group responses in this review were adequate and respondent group responses were inadequate and voted for an expedited review. Commissioner Stephen Koplan concluded that domestic group responses in this review were adequate and respondent group responses were inadequate, but that circumstances warranted a full review.
A record of the Commission's vote on this matter is available from the Office of the Secretary, U.S. International Trade Commission, 500 E Street SW, Washington, DC 20436. Requests may be made by telephone by calling 202-205-1802.
The record of the Commission's vote is also posted on the ITC's Internet server at www.usitc.gov (under "Five-Year (Sunset) Reviews"/"Five-Year Reviews Listing"/"Sorbitol from France").
Additional information regarding the reasons for the Commission's determination to expedite the review will be included in the Commission's Federal Register notice. The Federal Register notice will also include additional information concerning the adequacy/inadequacy of responses filed by individual companies. Only companies that filed adequate responses and filed a timely notice of appearance are eligible to participate further in this review. Information will also be included in the report issued after the Commission completes its expedited review.


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VIDEO: The Clippers' Blake Griffin is one just four players in the league averaging 20 and 10 this season
HANG TIME HEADQUARTERS — A grand total of four players, just four, can boast of averaging 21 or more points and 10 or more rebounds a night this season in the NBA. The Los Angeles Clippers' Blake Griffin is one of them, along with Kevin Love, DeMarcus Cousins and LaMarcus Aldridge.
Three of the four are firmly entrenched on the KIA Race to the MVP Ladder this week, Griffin joins the party this week at No. 8, and some folks would argue that Cousins should be included in that mix as well (if he keeps up his current level of play he might gain entry in the coming weeks).
Griffin's ascent this season, however, has come with the added pleasure of watching one of the league's true highlight players add some substance to all of that style. This is a tougher, feistier and much more rugged version of the dunk machine we've all watched the past few years.
"It's really cool to be on his team these two years and watch the growth he's made," Clippers guard Jamal Crawford told the Los Angeles Daily News. Griffin will only continue to get better under the tutelage of Clippers coach Doc Rivers, whose ability to get the best out of his players is well-known.
Griffin's task is even more complicated right now with fellow captain, All-Star and MVP candidate Chris Paul sidelined for six weeks with a separated shoulder. But Griffin seems more than up to the task, having increased his production (16 assists in the three games Paul has been out) in certain areas while maintaining his steady flow everywhere else.
And the best part, he hasn't had to sacrifice his penchant for making highlights — as Kris Humphries can attest — in the meantime.
Dive in here for more on Griffin and a shake up involving Kevin Durant and LeBron James at the top of this week's KIA Race To The MVP Ladder!


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Just a quick review on this harness, as let's face it, harness reviews ain't very interesting. the only reason i'm writing about this is that i never heard of it till shopping around to replace my very old and falling apart Dakine Fusion, and can only assume others may not have either.
When I tried on a newer Fusion (probably a 2010 model) I felt so confined. This seat harness is just too bulky for me now. I'm sure it would loosen up some after a while, but I had to believe there were better options out there, and I have to use a seat harness for back problems.
Searching the net, I ran into the Storm and it was described as a less intrusive harness than the Fusion. I ordered one, and think it's awesome. It is simple, non-confining, and immediately comfortable. And no pinching in 'sensitive areas'.
If you're looking for a seat harness, and don't want to feel like you're kiting in a lower body cast, I'd recommend the Storm completely. I wonder why the Fusion remains Dakine's primary seat harness when this one seems superior, at least to me.


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In an instant, 29 million Americans became fat, out of shape and dangerously obese… and they did it without taking a single bite of food. It was all the result of a decision to change the national standard for obesity. The question is "What was behind a ruling to declare so many people to be fat? Was it political, financial or for the good of humankind?" You'll find out that diet companies have raked in huge profits because of the new standards — guidelines the weight loss industry helped structure.
The answer lies in a new film by award-winning director Darryl Roberts who, in a follow-up to "America The Beautiful", examines the cause of our country's obsession with dieting. "America The Beautiful 2: The Thin Commandments" also weighs in on the raging debate between doctors who say fat is healthy versus those who disagree.
The movie, which premieres in October, offers a passionate and sometimes humorous documentation of the battle to be… well… thin. You see everything from gastric bypass surgery, an obsessed fitness fanatic and a victim of anorexia.
There's also the revelation that — based on new "fat" guidelines — LeBron James, one of the world's greatest athletes, is obese. So are Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, Tom Cruise, Will Smith and Christian Bale.
In what once was purely a woman's issue, more and more men are being targeted by advertisers to diet or bulk up to resemble the Adonis images on the cover of men's magazines. Covering issues such as America's unhealthy dieting craze, the use of the outdated and misleading BMI scale and the currently touted "obesity epidemic," Roberts debates the widely believed concepts that you have to be thin to be healthy. During his journey, he discovers the plethora of factors contributing to America's body dissatisfaction, many of which are being promoted by doctors, schools, the government, and even the First Lady of the United States.
Roberts' new film humanizes what has become an intellectual debate over whether weight loss programs should ever be promoted, bringing humor with his own efforts to lose weight.
Spiritual guru Deepak Chopra, Secretary of Health Kathleen Sebelius, the Arch Bishop of NY Timothy Dolan, Paul Campos, author Christian Lander, Carolyn Costin and former Surgeon General Dr. David Satcher are featured in the film.
Roberts questions these experts about the promotion of weight loss surgeries, fad diets, disorderly eating, and a nationwide fear of fat that causes panic whenever our Body Mass Index passes the number 25. With one of the the most advanced medical systems in the world and alternative health modalities at our disposal, is it possible to be healthy at a variety of sizes and weights?
The movie opens in New York, October 12 and platforms across the country from there.


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Catholic Group Denounces Limbaugh's Attack On Pope Francis
At least one Catholic organization is denouncing Rush Limbaugh's remarks after the radio host chastised Pope Francis for his recent criticisms of global inequalities of wealth.
Pope Francis struck a chord with Catholics and non-Catholics alike when he issued [1] his first apostolic exhortation, "The Joy of the Gospel," a commentary on his "vision of the Church" and his thoughts on the state of modern capitalism and global economic inequality. Among his comments was a specific criticism [2] of "trickle down" economics -- which Francis declared has not been proven to work and reveals a "naïve trust in the goodness of those wielding economic power."
On his November 27 radio show, Rush Limbaugh attacked [3] the pope's message, claiming that it was "pure Marxism coming out of the mouth of the pope":
LIMBAUGH: I came across last night -- I mean, it totally befuddled me. If it weren't for capitalism, I don't know where the Catholic Church would be. Now, as I mentioned before, I'm not Catholic. I admire it profoundly, and I've been tempted a number of times to delve deeper into it. But the pope here has now gone beyond Catholicism here, and this is pure political. Now, I want to share with you some of this stuff.
"Pope Francis attacked unfettered capitalism as 'a new tyranny.' He beseeched global leaders to fight poverty and growing inequality, in a document on Tuesday setting out a platform for his papacy and calling for a renewal of the Catholic Church. In it, Pope Francis went further than previous comments criticizing the global economic system, attacking the 'idolatry of money.' "
I've gotta be very caref-- I have been numerous times to the Vatican. It wouldn't exist without tons of money. But, regardless, what this is -- somebody has either written this for him or gotten to him. This is just pure Marxism coming out of the mouth of the pope. There's no such -- "unfettered capitalism"? That doesn't exist anywhere.
Catholics in Alliance for the Common Good (CACG) issued a response [4] on November 27 and began a petition [5] denouncing Limbaugh on December 2. In a statement, the group's representative Christopher Hale indicated that Catholics "of all political stripes are disturbed by Rush Limbaugh's incendiary comments." The full statement read as follows:
"Catholics of all political stripes are disturbed by Rush Limbaugh's incendiary comments this afternoon about Pope Francis. To call the Holy Father a proponent of "pure marxism" is both mean spirited and naive. Francis's critique of unrestrained capitalism is in line with the Church's social teaching. His particular criticism of "trickle down economics" strengthens what Church authorities have said for decades: any economic system which deprives the poor of their dignity has no place within a just society.
Contrary to what Mr. Limbaugh suggests, the Catholic Church isn't built on money, but on the firm foundation of Jesus Christ.
We call on Mr. Limbaugh to apologize and retract his remarks. We urge other Church organizations and leaders--both ordained and lay--to also condemn Mr. Limbaugh's comments.
We proudly stand with Pope Francis as he provides prophetic leadership for the Catholic Church and the entire world."
While the pope's comments were deemed controversial by Limbaugh, his views are not new to the papacy. Catholic.org noted [6] that "the pope's skepticism of free markets and concern about the lack of ethics in finance were shared by his predecessor, Benedict XVI. The Catholic World Report agreed [7] adding:
Pope Francis' exhortation Evangelii Gaudium ("The Joy of the Gospel") continues and reinforces a vision of the Church found in the early studies of the future Pope Benedict XVI--a vision that was central to Benedict's teachings as the Successor of St. Peter. In Evangelii Gaudium, Francis draws from his own experiences and in his own way continues his predecessor's vision. In doing so, he is making clear that the one, holy, catholic, and apostolic Church stands at a critical juncture in a dangerous time. This makes Francis' exhortation a simple one: as Christians have done in ages past, the faithful today must live the Gospel always, everywhere, and radically. They must rely on the grace of God and relentlessly and sacrificially "love in the present," as a young Joseph Ratzinger put it.
Meanwhile, Limbaugh, who has a habit [8] of attacking [9] the faith [10] of progressives, has speculated whether "the worldwide left" may have deliberately mistranslated [11] the pope in an effort to make him appear liberal.
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Chartered Libertine Lines
|Chartered Libertine Lines
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Chartered Libertine Lines is a shipping business, which appears in Grand Theft Auto III, Grand Theft Auto: Vice City and Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. In GTA III one of their ships, the Les Cargo, can be found in Portland Harbor and is being used by the Colombian Cartel as a factory for the drug SPANK. The ship is blown up by Claude and 8-Ball in the mission Bomb Da Base Act II. In GTA Vice City, two sunken Chartered Libertine Lines ships can be found, split in to two halves. In GTA San Andreas, the company's logo appears on a box that Carl Johnson steals in the mission Green Goo, with a second box appearing in the mission Dam and Blast.
The sunken ship north of Vice Point
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About Nonye Toria
Victoria Nonye Okocha aka Nonye Toria was born and raised in Lagos till she left for England at age 13.Music has always been a part of her life since childhood, she started in Sarafina Musical when she was in St Dominic's Primary School, joined a Mo-Town band at East Berkshire College Langley, UK 2006 where she performed covers from The Temptation, Johnny Cash and Old school Blues, she later went on to perform for the Queen of England 2008 from her performing Arts School, the musical she was performing at that time was called "GodSpell" and her number "Day by Day" was the Queen's favorite. Later that year, she also appeared in Britain's largest soap opera "East enders". She appeared on a few episodes as well as a lot of musical productions and performed in quite a number of shows.
Coming back to Nigeria August 2011 was the best decision she could make; she was fresh, innovative and had a creative sense. She spent three months in Liberia working with IEDA Relief (International Emergency Development Agency) as she enjoys the Humanitarian services. Nonye Toria believes in the spirituality of music and its uses to heal the soul and to heal the earth. Nonye Toria will be releasing her music video globally and intends to begin from London.


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The Bears Robbie Gould' just kicked off to the Raiders Friday night at O.co Coliseum, with Josh Cribbs initially mishandling the ball but returning it to the 21-yard line.
Rashad Jennings was introduced as the starting running back in place of Darren McFadden, who will sit the game out with a shoulder injury. With Mike Brisiel out, Lucas Nix moved from left guard to right guard with Tony Bergstrom starting at left guard.


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so i just realized that if i didn't post a recipe IMMEDIATELY it would be the first month in the history of stick a fork in it to have NO posts. sad day. can't let that happen. where's the devotion people?
i've actually been trying a bunch of new recipes lately, i've just been too lazy to share. most of which come from this amazing lady. her stuff is just good. i promise.
this recipe however is not from mel. i've been wanting to make my own granola for awhile now. don't call me a hippy. it comes from favorite family recipes. (notice how i just linked you to the recipe, but for the sake of liz will basically just copy it onto our blog. lovely.)
this stuff is amazing. i don't think i will ever buy storebought granola again. landen downed the container (along with both girls) faster than i could blink. it's wholesome and yummy and has lots of vanilla. perfect with milk for breakfast or in a baggy on the go.
*i halved this recipe, and it made the perfect amount for a week at our house
8 c. oats
2 c. sliced almonds (i sliced up my own so i had some yummy chunks)
1 c. wheat germ (refrigerate after opening... i found out LATER)
1 c. brown sugar
1 tsp. salt
1 tsp cinnamon (yeah right... i used like a pinch and it was fine)
craisins or raisins, to taste (we love lots of raisins at our house... and they were the perfect sweet bit for me)
3/4 c. canola oil
1 c. honey
3 Tbsp. vanilla (use the real stuff if you have it-- it tastes much better)
Preheat oven to 300-degrees. Combine first 8 ingredients (dry ingredients) in a large bowl. In a saucepan combine oil, honey, and vanilla and bring to a boil. Let boil for 1 minute then pour over oat mixture. (i seriously thought my vanilla had burned at this point. it left a funny smell and even after i baked the granola it smelled funny. hang in there... it doesn't taste funny). Mix until all ingredients are moistened. Divide and spread mixture over 2 large cookie sheets (i covered with parchment) and bake at 300-degrees for 20-30 minutes. Remove from oven and leave on pans until the granola hardens (it may be a little chewy and that's ok.. if you prefer it not to be chewy at all, allow to dry completely). Break up granola and store in large Ziploc bags or containers. Serve plan, with yogurt, or with milk.


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Now the fun begins! Now that you have filled and organized your photos and documents putting together what you do know about your ancestors will be a great deal easier.
So lets get started. The first thing you will need to do is download and print several charts and forms for compiling your information. You need to write down everything you know about your family in an organized set of forms that will help you to start searching. Here are all the forms you will need:
Pedigree Charts
Family Group Sheet
These are the two main forms to get started. Grab a package of sharpened pencils and set down and fill in as much information as you can using the photos, documents and your memory. Now for some of you this will be easy and you will have a great deal of information to start off with. For others this may be more difficult.
Here are two more pieces to add to your arsenal of information gathering.
Family Interview Also on this site you will find other related articles to help you learn how to interview your family members in order to efficiently unlock the clues of the past.
Very Detailed Family Interview!
Interview as many relatives as you can about themselves and what they remember of the family. It's important to keep in mind that unless they are speaking of themselves consider the information just clues. Second hand accounts may be inaccurate.
Keep a log of your interviews and interview attempts. You may have some relatives resistant at this time, but when they realize the rest of the family is really getting into what you are doing and it gets exciting they may be willing to get involved later. So keep a log that you can go back to and try to revisit those relatives.
Correspondence Log This link will take you to a great article about maintaining a correspondence log. Also included in this article is another link to many other useful forms such as the ones above.
Keep in mind that you need to gather as much information as possible before you start your search. Your search will be a great deal easier if you gather information about relatives living in the 1930's and before. For me that was my grandparents, but where I had information on great grandparents my search became much easier.
The title of this page will take you to a website of someone I consider to be very helpful for the beginner. Emily Ann Croom is the author of Unpuzzling Your Past, a wonderful book. I bought her book of worksheets a while back and it has helped me to be even more efficient in my search. Take a moment to read some of her articles as well.
My interest in genealogy started when I was a child. My dad's mom use to tell me that the family history book had been burned in a fire, but she knew we were related to Daniel Boone. I never forgot that, nor have I ever found the connection haha. Along with doing genealogy I spend a lot of my time doing photo restorations, namely for victims of Sandy through Care for Sandy, and also of family photos that I add to the books I write on our family history.
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|2009-06-10, 13:25
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Join Date: Apr 2006
Umineko - Requests for new threads
Since the Umineko forum is limited (only Mods and Admin can create new threads), this thread serves as a way to request a new thread to be created.
Please post here if you wish to request a new Umineko thread. Please bear in mind that we will only accept reasonable requests, we wish to maintain the focus within the forum and cut down on the noise (so no pointless threads cluttering up the place).
Don't forget that you may still post in existing threads as usual, the only restriction is that you may not create new threads within this particular forum.
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|2009-06-10, 21:07
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|2009-06-10, 21:53
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Since most of the threads here cater to the anime-watching people, I'll agree with chronotrig here. Post the red text when the anime covers one, and also the skipped ones (if they are daring to skip any of them).
|2009-06-11, 20:15
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Maybe we should have a general discussion for all characters thread. Like whose your favorite or something. This idea isn't a 'lets make threads dedicated to every character' because it would obviously clutter the forum, but just character discussion in general. As far as spoilering goes it can be tagged as [Game] until the anime airs and after that can be just made into general.
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Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Belgium, Brussels
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All threads regarding elements and characters will be created WHEN it happens in the anime.
Creating characters discussion threads now don't make any sense: only the VN players would be able to discuss and they did plenty with the other game threads. (So no, no character discussion for GAME only, that doesn't make sense and it will clutter the sub forum even more).
Therefore, NO, not yet.
And the idea behind it has been already decided. It will be a few handful of individual character thread (something like 7 max), and major category ones afterwards.
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Also what if they say cut a character out of the story? Although that seems highly unlikely since everyone is pretty much vital, having a character thread for someone who got cut will just create confusion.
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|2009-06-15, 14:43
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Location: Hungary, Europe
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Just a possibility, but wouldn't it be nice to have a "[Anime] Legend of Golden Witch animated *Spoilers included*" once the anime starts airing?
I'm sure as hell quite a lot of people -despite all the warnings and stuff- are going to answer the episode (with small "e" as in anime episode) threads, but those people could use said thread instead of posting in the epi threads.
Additionally we VN readers wouldn't have to worry about spoilers there. I mean we could use the the spoilers and speculation thread for that, but
a) it's not really a speculation for example which scenes we are looking forward in the next episode judging from the preview.
b) thinking about the future, those people who decide to watch Umineko years later (and they played the VN first too) can read stuff like that a bit easier, and they wouldn't have to go back 50-200 pages inside the speculation thread, when one is curious about what the other VN players thought in the past.
I personally think it would be easier for you mods too, than banning lots of inconsiderate people.
|2009-06-15, 14:45
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Location: Belgium, Brussels
Age: 32
The spoiler thread was made for that purpose.
That's why the title is "spoiler and expectations". It is there so people can discuss regarding what they expect to be animated AND what is ongoing.
Splitting the thread into 2 isn't exactly that efficient, as people will most likely comment on the said episode AND do according expectations for the very next episode as result (preview and what not). Therefore, it will without a doubt lead to "half half" topic syndrome which isn't what we are looking for.
At the very worst, I can try to create a list of links of the different posts that start a new episode within the said thread at the lead post, so people can jump directly to the corresponding episode discussion.
|2009-06-21, 06:30
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Gomen asobase desuwa!
Join Date: Nov 2003
Age: 38
Probably will see an increase in Umineko cosplayers once it airs, I went ahead and create a separate Umineko Cosplay Photo thread. In fact, as I went through the image thread, it already totaled to 4 pages worth of photos & compliments related to Umineko cosplays.
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Nov 2009
Speak easy: writing in a conversational tone
Blog posts
Cammy Bean
Senior Solutions Consultant at Kineo US
The best self-paced elearning programmes are accessible and easy to understand.
Learners get the message. They might have to think about the content – and we hope they do – but they shouldn't need to agonise over the meaning of every sentence.
This week, we share some quick tips to improve your elearning writing – be it for audio narration or onscreen text.
Which works better for e-learning?
1. The rapidly running, sienna-coloured cat-like mammal, leaped with dexterity over the sluggish, unmoving dog.
2. The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog.
It's a silly example, and probably not well executed. But you get the idea. One might argue that both deserve a place in the world. Of course they do.
Where would we be without poetry and great literature (not saying that first sentence was either)? Our world does indeed need prose that elicits the beauty of autumn leaves falling; the late afternoon's golden sunlight filtering through the branches…
But such prose does not generally belong in e-learning. (Unless, of course, the topic is high literature.)
Keep the language simple so that your learners can focus their mental energies on learning the content, and not deciphering your writing.
Work with your subject matter expert
Subject matter experts know a lot about their topic. That's why we call 'em experts. They often use lots of big words. Lots and lots of them. The jargon and technical terminology tends to flow when someone knows the subject so well.
Remember – part of the job of the learning designer is to translate that expertise into terms that the learner – who may be a novice – can understand.
So take that complicated description that your expert just provided you with and translate it. We like to do this in content gathering sessions, if possible. "So I think what you're saying is that twisting the screw makes it tighter?"
Edit yourself
Cut it down and get right to the point. What words can you eliminate? What sentences can you cut?
Edit liberally and then edit again. And again
Have a conversation
Write like you would talk, with an easy, fluid flow.
Imagine the learner sitting with you, right across your desk. Now talk to them. Don't say, "the user then clicks on the OK button." Say instead, "you then click OK." Making it personal helps draw the learner into the experience.
Read it out loud
Once you've written it, read it out loud. If it sounds awkward to your ear, change it.
Watch your tone
Know your audience. Some organisations are more formal than others. If you work with an internal L&D department, chances are you already know the culture. If you're a freelancer, spend some time up-front in your needs analysis getting to know the preferred language style.
Above all, go forth and speak easy. Your learners will thank you.
Cammy Bean
Senior Solutions Consultant at Kineo US
Cammy has been collaborating with organizations to design online learning programs since 1996. An active speaker and blogger, Cammy gets fired up about instructional design, avoiding the trap of clicky-clicky bling-bling, and ways to use technology to create real behavior change.


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The number of people admitted to hospital for skin cancer has increased by 41% in just five years, new figures show.
There has been a significant rise in admissions for skin cancers, which are largely preventable, the British Association of Dermatologists said.
The data, which will be presented at the world congress on cancers of the skin in Edinburgh later this week, show that admissions to English hospitals for both non-melanoma skin cancer and malignant melanoma rose from 87,685 in 2007 to 123,808 in 2011.
The figures, collated by researchers at Public Health England, do not include skin cancer sufferers treated as day patients.
Skin cancers are the most common form of cancer in England, with numbers of skin cancers equal to all other types of cancers combined, the British Association of Dermatologists said.
The association blamed the increase on the rise in cheap holidays and people tanning themselves as a "fashion statement".
The study also found that the overall cost of inpatient treatment for skin cancers in 2011 was more than £95m.
"As holidays to sunny locations become cheaper and tanned skin remains a desirable fashion statement, we have seen an inevitable increase in skin cancer incidence rates and the associated health and financial burden they place on the nation," said spokesman Johnathon Major.
"Skin cancers are largely preventable and more must be done to communicate to the public the serious risks associated with unmediated sun exposure if we are to see a decline in these figures."
Julia Verne, the director of the south-west knowledge and intelligence team at Public Health England, added: "The number of procedures required to meet the demands are increasing at a significant rate.
"Surgery was required for 78% of non-melanoma skin cancers and 71.5% of melanomas. Over 16,000 skin grafts and flaps were required for the treatment of skin cancer in 2011 and the majority are on the head and neck."
Commenting on the figures, Prof Jane Maher, chief medical officer at charity Macmillan Cancer Support, said: "Today's figures are a clear warning sign that the British public are still not taking the risks of skin cancer seriously enough.
"What makes this even more alarming is that this is a largely preventable disease, yet UK skin cancer death rates are amongst some of the worst in the world.
"We all have a role to play in reducing skin cancer hospital admissions. The public need to do more to protect themselves from the dangers of the sun and all political parties must ensure that cancer remains a top health priority ahead of the next general election."


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Dead Silence
by Kimberly Derting
Published: April 16th 2013
Publisher: HarperCollins
Series: The Body Finder #4
Format: Paperback
Pages: 336
Source: For review
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Violet thought she'd made peace with her unique ability to sense the echoes of the dead and the imprints that cling to their killers… that is until she acquired an imprint of her own.
Forced to carry a reminder of the horrible events of her kidnapping, Violet is more determined than ever to lead a normal life. However, the people who run the special investigative team Violet works for have no intention of letting her go.
When someone close to Violet becomes a suspect in a horrific murder, she finds herself pulled into a deadly hunt for a madman with an army of devoted followers. Violet has survived dangerous situations before, but she quickly discovers that protecting those closest to her is far more difficult than protecting herself.
Okay, let's get something clear. Before I read this, I heard this was going to be the last book in the series. But after finishing this, I was convinced I remembered wrong, and this isn't the last book. Then, I read someone else's review saying this is the last book! Is this, or is this not, the last book!?
Because if this is, I need to wipe this whole review and give just one cupcake and be all WTH!?
Okay, I'll just google this, just a sec..
Few google searches and a day later..
Yeah, still have no idea if this was really the final book. But let's presume not, since it definitely didn't feel like it.
It's been a while since Violet got attacked and got the imprint of her own. Things have settled, yet her life definitely isn't what it used to be; she's avoiding her friends, avoiding the group (and Rafe), having trouble with sleeping, you name it.
And like in every book, Violet (stupidly) wonders to places she's not suppose to and finds a bunch of bodies.
After this Violet gets to know her talent better, learns interesting things of the past and finally opens up to at least one of her friends. Prepare yourself!
Violet is pretty much her old self, just a little sleep deprived. Unfortunately she hasn't really learn impulse control, so she just runs off, hunting dead bodies! Never liked that quality in her, since she always gets into trouble that way! But other than that, I do like her.
Actually a little more now, since she did evolve a little; she realized she actually has friends worth trusting, and opens up a little. I always wondered how she can truly be a real friend if she has to hide such a huge part of herself, but now she has another true friend. Yet, that's when things get complicated.. Another thing Violet notices: it bothers her when Rafe gets close to another girl. Like, really bothers her. Someone might say she's screwed, I say YAY! *happydance*
But that's the main reason why it's so hard to believe this would be the last book; there's been a whole lot of hinting towards love triangle, and now something may actually happen, so this can't be it! Violet's realization was the huge cliffhanger for me and definitely makes me crave for the next book!
And yeah, I'm definitely Team Rafe, especially when he does something Jay never thought of. Don't want to spoil it, let's just say it's extremely creepy yet so romantic, you just have to love that kind of guy!
My thanks to HarperCollins for providing a copy for review!


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Integrating on-premise systems and applications was tough enough, but the cloud era – and the rise of hybrid environments – brings its own unique integration challenges. In today's cloud world, organizations large and small have more fragmented application portfolios than ever before. Complicating the integration challenge even further is the fact that cloud applications change at five to 10 times the pace of traditional on-premise applications, while at the same time increasingly data-driven, line-of-business users are demanding high quality data and are expecting "plug and play" applications that connect immediately.
While plug-and-play applications may be in our future as more SaaS providers embed integration technology into their applications, it's not yet a reality in most cases. In this slideshow, John Joseph, vice president of marketing at Scribe Software, explains how IT managers and systems integrators (SIs) can keep pace with increasingly demanding integration needs by taking steps to manage the entire cloud integration lifecycle.
John Joseph is vice president of marketing, Scribe Software. For more than 20 years, John has been driving the product and marketing strategies of software companies with breakthrough products, including platforms related to data integration and analytics. John earned a bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering from MIT, an advanced degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Southern California and an MBA from MIT's Sloan School of Management.
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LA CANADA FLINTRIDGE>> Even though about 5,000 employees at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory will report to work as usual, no information will be going out during the federal government shutdown.
In line with NASA headquarters shutting down on Monday, JPL has put a hiatus to news releases, website and social media updates.
"Information going out through the Twitter feeds and website, we coordinate with the program manager at NASA," said JPL spokeswoman Veronica McGregor. "Without that coordination, we're not releasing mission information during the shutdown."
However, since JPL is privately run by Caltech and under contract to NASA, it is spared from being shut down with the rest of the space exploration organization. But the JPL Twitter feeds that are manned by NASA headquarters are already silent.
"In the event of government shutdown, we will not be posting or responding from this account. We sincerely hope to resume tweets soon," tweeted the Asteroid Watch account, JPL's Near Earth Object Office that coordinates NASA's efforts to detect potentially hazardous asteroids or comets that could impact Earth.
NASA "will shut down almost entirely," President Barack Obama said on Monday, but Mission Control will remain open to support the two NASA astronauts living on the International Space Station.
"Due to the gov't [sic] shutdown, all public NASA activities/events are canceled or postponed until further notice. Sorry for the inconvenience," the official NASA Twitter posted Tuesday morning.
The usually busy NASA website is currently a white page notifying visitors that the website is unavailable.
Despite no changes affecting JPL operations, the situation will "be assessed on a week-to-week basis," McGregor said.
"We'll be checking the status and reassessing what JPL can do in line with the shutdown," she said.
Similar to JPL, the Applied Physics Laboratory in Maryland, operated by Johns Hopkins University and contracted to NASA, will remain open through the shutdown.


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After his 1:51 on Saturday night, the people at Armory Track caught up with an upbeat Robby Andrews who said training has been going well and he'll be taking a crack at the American 1k record on Feb. 2nd.
A few highlights of his interview.
"Training has been going really well and I'm super excited for the indoor season and outdoor season and this summer."
"The thousand has been something that is kind of special to me ever since high school. I've been looking forward to getting in good enough shape to run a really good thousand and I'm finally in good shape," said Andrews.
"I'm just going to go for it. I'm not really expecting too, too much. I think if I"m feeling good and get the right competition I'll be able to do something special. Anything under 2:20 at this point would be good but 2:17 would be really nice right now."
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Last week I was editing an image of the Daylight for an upcoming project. While I worked on it my mind wandered to the locomotive and how far it and its Portland based sisters have come. All three have gone from work a day locomotives to retirement (and possible scrapping) to restored to operating (well, almost for the 197). Now, in just a matter of weeks their new, permanent, home and repair facility will officially open.
Many will bemoan the demise of the Brooklyn Roundhouse, but we as railfans have to throw out the romance of history for a moment and look to the future. In fact we have to do just what the ORHF (Oregon Rail Heritage Foundation for those readers not familar) did. When the organization started, Brooklyn acted as a home but there was always a feeling of temporariness about it. In 1996 when SP merged with UP in I think the fears about the future just increased. Visitors at Brooklyn were welcome however there was no official welcome mat thanks to the fact the roundhouse was on private property. With no stable, guaranteed permanent home the future of the locomotives seemed a bit (steam) clouded.
There was too much investment all three locomotives to let the effort drop just because there was no building. The result was the ORHF. From virtually nothing the ORHF organized, rallied support, raised funds (just over $5M according to their website), shook hands, gave cab rides, and entertained a lot of people. They, more importantly, formed a vision for the future to ensure that not only would the locomotives be preserved but future generations would have a place to visit and enjoy them.
Now, the results of their vision is about to open its doors.
For me and my family this very exciting. My youngest daughter is enamored with the Daylight, 700, and 197. She loves them. If they had just disappeared she would have been very sad. As I write this today the future of the three locomotives is very bright and now throughout her life my daughter will have a chance to experience the romance of steam up close and personal. She can can touch, see, and smell what steam is all about. Oh, I'm sure I'll enjoy my visits too!
At this point, I say go support what you love. Contribute in some way to your favorite (rail related) organization. I have contributed to what I (and my kids) love and now I'm seeing the results.


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Sugarland singer Jennifer Nettles has given birth to a baby boy.
The star and her husband Justin Miller welcomed their first child, little Magnus Hamilton, on Thursday (06Dec12), just over a week after they celebrated their first wedding anniversary.
A statement issued to People.com reads: "We are so thankful for all the prayers and support and are excited to take some time together as a new family."
Nettles has been taking it easy since wrapping up the Your Hands Tour with bandmate Kristian Bush earlier this year (12), prompting speculation about the duo's future.
He insisted he and Nettles were taking a "breather" to allow the singer to ease into becoming a mum.


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Loophole Could Give Android Devs a Private Picture Show
Mar 2, 2012 3:03 PM PT
Similar to Apple's iOS, Android is vulnerable to apps secretly copying photos, The New York Times has reported.
The publication commissioned Android developer Ralph Gootee to create a test app that masquerades as a simple timer but steals the most recent image on the user's smartphone and posts it on a public photo-sharing site.
Critics said the development further emphasizes the danger of Google's hands-off approach to the Android Market.
"The open nature of Android development is a risk," Patrick Runald, senior manager of security research at Websense, told LinuxInsider.
"Loose restrictions in the Android SDK (software development kit) due to legacy issues let the app created by Gootee snoop on the smartphone's photo library," said Michael Sutton, vice president of security research at Zscaler ThreatLabZ.
How the Rogue App Worked
When installed, the app told the user it wanted to access the Internet.
Once the app was launched and the user set the timer, the app went into the photo library on the user's smartphone, retrieved the most recent image, and posted it on a public photo-sharing site.
The app did not tell the user anything about accessing photos.
"This photo issue is about permissions," Carl Howe, a research vice president at the Yankee Group, told LinuxInsider. "For some reason, the Android developers didn't establish permissions for photo access, so if your app has permission to access the Internet, it has access to your photos too. I think it was just an oversight."
Google did not respond to our request for comment for this story.
What Happened to Bouncer?
In early February, Google revealed a new layer to Android security in the form of Bouncer.
This has apparently been working since 2011. It automatically scans the Android Market for potentially malicious software.
Once an app is uploaded to the market, Bouncer analyzes it for known malware, spyware and Trojans. It also looks for suspicious behaviors and compares the app against previously analyzed apps to detect possible red flags. Google runs every app on its cloud infrastructure and simulates how it will run on an Android device to spot hidden malicious behavior.
Bouncer also analyzes new developer accounts to help keep out devs who have previously created malicious apps.
The ability of an Android app to illicitly access pictures on a user's device doesn't exploit a vulnerability, but is due to loose restrictions in the Android SDK, and it's not clear if Bouncer has been designed to deal with this issue, Zscaler ThreatLabZ's Sutton said.
"This also isn't a situation where a rogue application was spotted in the [Market]," Sutton continued. "Rather, a developer was asked to create a sample application to demonstrate the capabilities. It would not have been submitted to the Android [Market] and would not, therefore, have ever been scanned by Bouncer."
It's not clear whether Bouncer has been designed to detect the kind of behavior the app created for The New York Times demonstrated, Sutton said.
What About iOS?
Earlier this week, news emerged of a loophole in the iOS operating system that would let appdevs access the photos of device owners without their permission.
"The situation with Apple is different [from that with Android]," the Yankee Group's Howe said. On iOS, the apps sought permission for location information. That then gave them access to the photos.
"In many ways, this is like giving your housekeeper the keys to your digital house," Howe remarked. "Most housekeepers are completely trustworthy ... but every now and again a bad actor shows up, it becomes front page news, and people get new locks. But the day after that, everyone still needs their houses cleaned, and the world goes back to the way it was."


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Mrs. Clinton told Democrats that she viewed her two strongest potential Democratic opponents as Senator Barack Obama of Illinois and John Edwards, the former senator from North Carolina. They said that she viewed Mr. Obama as her biggest obstacle to the nomination, but that she believed the threat of his candidacy will diminish as voters learn how inexperienced he is in government and foreign affairs.Inexperienced, yes, but presumably he's got people giving him a crash course in government and foreign affairs. I'm picturing, Obama o-boning up. I think he can.
Without mentioning Mr. Obama by name, Mrs. Clinton and her camp are already asserting that experience will be a key attribute for any successful candidate during difficult times — an argument that her team will no doubt make in a more aggressive way against Mr. Obama if they both jump into the race.
So Hillary's having lots of meetings with potential supporters:
Mrs. Clinton has gone to great lengths to try to keep these meetings private. She and her aides have strongly asked Democrats not to report what has taken place there, from what she says to what she eats and where (she had the lamb at Ruth's Chris, the Dover sole at the Four Seasons).Love the parenthetical.
Senator Clinton told one New Hampshire Democrat that if all things were equal, she would prefer to delay the formal start of her campaign until later this year and focus instead on notching accomplishments as a prominent member of the new Democratic majority in the Senate."Notching accomplishments." Brilliant. The image -- "notching" -- is to the notches on a gun a cowboy made for killing people, right? Unless it's notches on a bedpost for sexual conquests. Politics is so raw, so brutal. And this time, it's going to be hardcore, in a new way we've never seen.
ADDED: In the comments, people are raising questions about how Hillary Clinton is going to claim she has so much more experience than Obama. He's held elected office longer; she's been in the Senate a tad longer. The only way she can claim significantly more experience is if being the First Lady is supposed to count (or if Bill is running for co-President). That will be an awkward argument. I'll be interested in see how she looks, trying to say that with a presidential face. A 1-term Senator promoting herself on experience and padding her resume with First Lady service? Is this how the first woman will make it to President? If it's a battle of the firsts, shouldn't we lean toward the first black President, if he is the self-made man, rather than the first woman President, if she needs to stand on the shoulders of her husband? Really, how does she come off diminishing him for inexperience?


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The All Essential Steps for the Shopping
It's no secret that online retailers have forever changed the face of retailers. We are already used to buying goods at any time of the day and getting them at the nearest post office or on the threshold of their home. Every year more and more consumers prefer to make their purchases in online stores, and in the future their number will only increase. But are online stores more convenient than regular retail stores? I think most buyers will answer this question in the affirmative. This is all about shopping now.
- Use cash-back services every time you make purchases on the Internet
Surprisingly, many people still do not know about cashback services or do not want to spend their time on using them before every online purchase. You need to spend 5 minutes once to register on the site of the cashback service and set up your account and 30 seconds to make an online purchase, but with the passage of time, you can save a decent amount of money.
- Use coupons and promotional codes for a discount
Every time you make purchases in an online store, it's worth checking whether there are valid coupons or promotional codes for this store. Whether it's a coupon for free shipping or a promotional code for a discount, a suitable coupon can significantly reduce your purchase costs. Coupons and promotional codes can be found in various places, including:
- Pay for purchases with bank cards with a cashback
At present, there are literally hundreds of different bank cards to choose from. Finding the card that's right for you depends on a lot of things, including the sums of your monthly expenses, the credit history, your favorite stores, the choice between a cashback or a mile as a gift, etc. One thing is for sure if you do not make purchases on the Internet with Using a bank card of any type, you probably miss out on significant savings.
Some banks offer a cashback of up to 6% when shopping with a card. All you need to do is find out which cards are best for you. What to look for? The first is the card maintenance fee, which, as a rule, is charged once a year. The second is the interest rate on the credit card, if you use borrowed funds. The third one is a commission for withdrawing cash, if you plan not only to pay with the card, but also to withdraw money. Then there may be some small costs associated with paying for an SMS alert, for insurance (if you have connected this service) and maybe for something else.
- Participate in online store loyalty programs
Many online stores offer loyalty programs for their customers. Joining these programs in the shops in which you most often buy is a great way to save money. As a rule, your current purchases will be rewarded with points that you can spend on the following purchases or get free shipping or other benefits. Check online store sites to see if they have loyalty programs for customers in order to join them or get more information about the benefits.
The Perfect Gastronomic Delight
Cold cuts must be gastronomically properly selected to fit into the whole meal. They need to pay special attention because with little sense and imagination they can satisfy every visual taste, and of course the taste.
The usual offer of cold appetizers
Cold appetizers are the first category your guests meet when they open their menus. They make the first impression of a kitchen offer on the basis of this short list. Whether you leave the impression of a boring restaurant and drown in the offer of your competition or want to show that you are modern and creative will greatly depend on this first impression.
- We know the usual offer without having to open the menus. Different cured meats and cheeses. Prosciutto, kulen, mozzarella, cheese from Pag, etc. Someone will probably add octopus salad, and the best one will dare to eat some carpaccio or fish. And that's it. With the good corporate catering services you can surely find your options now.
- At best, our caterers try to supplement that cold list of foods like smoked salmon, caviar and some plates.
- But then we get the frequent problems of overcrowded cards. The guests do not know what to order, are not sure of the freshness of the food, and you cannot control the whole offer.
Please pay attention to the details
If we ignore overcrowding, this initial list of cold appetizers at first glance looks quite satisfactory.
But if there is room for improvement in the menu then it is a category of cold appetizers. For real, she is most neglected. It looks as though the owners make copy / paste offers for each new restaurant.
In order to be separated from the competition, it is not necessary to invent the entire category again. Just add just a few new meals to be different and to point out.
The secret is in detail and the guests will always notice it.
The best way would be to change the menu periodically. We create a couple of new dishes every three, four months. Thus, with minimal changes to the guest, we will always offer a refreshed map.
Ideas for cold appetizers
- Brush
Brushes are a well-known, always fresh, Italian dish. They are great for every taste, from tomatoes and white fish, to various types of fish and meat. They can be eaten as a cold appetizer, but they can serve as a main dish with some delicious soup or salad.
Most restaurants have them on offer. But again, everything is reduced to two types, those with tomatoes and those with tuna. Again a boring daily offer.
If we want to attract attention, cause a "wow" effect, we have to offer something new, something that is the first time you meet in your restaurant.
Learning The best Chinese language As Per Your Requirement
During an exchange semester in Singapore we more or less spontaneously decided to learn Chinese. However, we found the language course at the local host university terrible and saw my talent freedom in language acquisition confirmed.
High opportunity costs
Not a few voices strongly deny this question – arguing that intensive and broad English language training in China will be fruitful and that English will become the standard in the business world. This development can already be observed in major cities such as Shanghai and Beijing. In addition, the opportunity cost is high: instead of buffing characters, one could use the time to learn other skills. At the best chinese language school in angmokio you will be getting the best opportunities.
Is it all just a hype and I do a lot of effort, without reaping the fruits of my work?
Every beginning is difficult
- First a small overview: The Chinese language has the reputation of being difficult to learn. The main difficulties are certainly the pronunciation and the characters. But other things are simple: Conjugation, declension, and constructions like the subjunctive are completely missing. In my opinion, Chinese is not difficult, but very expensive.
- So you need less the analytical skills that I know from my scientific studies, but rather the ability to memorize. A musical hearing is also a great help – and unfortunately a gift missing me.
- Basically, Europeans teach Chinese three to four times slower than, say, Spanish. You can speak fluently after about a year. More or less ready for the business world is one and a half to two years full-time study in a Chinese-speaking environment. It is elaborate but doable. As everywhere in life: practice makes perfect.
- Not to be recommended are compromises. Either one aims at the mastery of the language, at least in his area of ??expertise, or one trusts a translator right from the beginning. A good Chinese is wonderful for the holidays, but not enough for the business world. It can only be counted as a good gesture. On the other hand, there are great opportunities with almost perfect language skills.
Compromise will be rewarded
If you build a long-term relationship, build a local office or live in the country, language skills are an invaluable help. It starts with gathering information: The ability to get first-hand information is an important cornerstone of success and can be a bargaining chip.
If you rely only on English, the other side has more control over what information is made available. And there will always be people – even in key positions – who cannot or do not speak English. After all, business contacts are human contacts and congeniality and experience definitely helps.
A task for life
In turn, the reluctance to learn language can also be interpreted as a sign of arrogance or lack of competence. In addition, it is possible that Chinese self-confidence will increase so much that foreign negotiators will require Chinese in the future.
Learning this language always remains a life task. After all, learning is not enough, then it's about not forgetting. In doing so, you are somehow linking your life to a country and its culture. One can find this deterrent or see it as a challenge to cultivate friendships from this language area intensively.


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DEADWOOD, S.D. (AP) — Gambling revenue in Deadwood set a record last year.
State Commission on Gaming figures show gross revenue of $107.4 million, up from $100.9 million in 2011 and $106.2 million in 2010.
A voter-approved smoking ban that took effect in South Dakota in November 2010 was widely blamed for the drop in revenue in 2011. Lead-Deadwood Economic Development Corp. Executive Director Chuck Turbiville tells the Rapid City Journal the report shows it's time to stop blaming the smoking ban every time there is a dip in revenue.
Saloon owner Louie Lalonde says the smoking ban has opened the door to people who wouldn't come gamble because of the smoking in casinos.
Deadwood Gaming Association President Tom Nelson says he's not ready to concede that casinos have overcome the smoking ban.


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|Development of NRA System for a 1.7MV Tandem Accelerator-Human Resource Development Program for Nuclear Engineering, The University of Tokyo
|The 1.7MV tandem accelerator (RAPID) at the University of Tokyo has been used for various research projects and educational studies since its installation in 1994. Recently RAPID has contributed to educational program for study by utilizing high sensitive ion beam analysis methods of the accelerator. In the fall of 2011, we newly developed a NRA (Nuclear Reaction Analysis) system with BGO scintillator. Detecting the resonant reaction 19F (p, αγ) 16O, a special student experimental class was successfully performed as a "Human resource development program for nuclear engineering". The feature of this experiment is very few in advanced case study, which has performed with combine multiple ion beam correspond to a purpose for experiment. In this program students make their own samples for NRA analysis by ion implantation. Later in the year, RAPID will be relocated to the University of Tokyo (HIT facility) in Ibaraki prefecture to replace the 1MV tandem accelerator which was damaged by the Great East Japan Earthquake on March of 2011.
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As the current president of Women in Film & Television FL, I have been trying to have monthly events that cover all aspects of the industry. This month on Monday, Sept. 26 WIFT will host a seminar entitled Film Festivals 101 at dMAC. From budgeting for entry fees and marketing to knowing when to say when. Learn everything you ever wanted to know about the Film Festival circuit from local experts Mike Monello, Haxan Films (The Blair Witch Project); Rich Grula, Director of Operations/Film Festival Coordinator, UCF School of Film & Digital Media; Matthew Curtis, Programming Director, Enzian Theater/Florida Film Festival; and Carol Chiodini, Writer/Filmmaker/Professor (Action Woman). For more info, visit the WIFT website.
Along the same lines, I was recently interviewed by former Enzianite and dear friend, Alicia Conway (along with some other great folks from around the country) for an article about marketing your independent film for Backstage Magazine. Check it out at Backstage.com.
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