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A moderate earthquake that rattled through Southern California with only minor damage and no injuries came as no surprise to seismologists, who said it was triggered by a much larger April temblor near the U.S.-Mexico border.
The 5.4-magnitude earthquake rattled buildings in downtown Los Angeles Wednesday, toppled wine bottles at desert resorts and briefly halted rides at Disneyland.
It was centered 28 miles (45 kilometers) south of Palm Springs and was related to the powerful Easter Day quake, but was not an aftershock, researchers said.
IN PICTURES: The 1906 San Francisco earthquake
California Institute of Technology Seismologist Kate Hutton said the 7.2-magnitude quake in April transferred stress to fault zones farther north, triggering the quake that was felt from San Diego to Los Angeles to Las Vegas on Wednesday afternoon.
Preliminary information indicates the quake was on the San Jacinto fault, the most seismically active fault in California and one of two that exhibited signs of increased pressure following the Mexico quake, according to a recent airborne analysis by the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
The upshot is that the Easter quake appeared to have decreased the stress on the southernmost San Andreas Fault — slightly lowering the chance of a quake on the mother of California faults.
"You can't predict earthquakes, but our statistics said there would be an increased chance of this happening," said California Instituted of Technology seismic analyst Anthony Guarino.
The moderate earthquake rattled buildings 130 miles (210 kilometers) away in downtown Los Angeles, toppled wine bottles at desert resorts and send people scurrying under desks and tables across the Coachella Valley.
There were no reports of injuries or major damage.
The quake struck just before 5 p.m. (0000 GMT) and was followed by dozens of aftershocks, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
Laura Anderson, a manager at The Palms at Indian Head Hotel, said she ran outside when the shaking started and was surprised to learn the temblor's magnitude wasn't higher.
"It was enough to knock over some wine bottles and some pictures fell off the wall," Anderson said.
Police Lt. John Booth said there were no reports of serious damage or injuries in Palm Springs, a desert city of about 43,000, but the phone rang off the hook and many residents were shaken up by the largest quake they could remember.
- California earthquake moved town 31 inches south
- Why Mexico earthquake, stronger than Haiti's, did much less damage
- Small earthquake strikes near Los Angeles off California coast
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Bobrick Washroom Equipment, Inc. today announced the launch of a series of instructional videos featuring Mia Schaikewitz, one of the stars of the docu-series PUSH Girls on Sundance Channel, to help architects, designers and contractors tackle disabled access issues for commercial restroom design under the Americans with Disabilities Act.
"We are delighted to have Mia as a spokesperson for Bobrick on this important issue of disabled access design," said David Leigh, vice president of marketing for Bobrick. "For a company such as Bobrick, we often deal with the more technical matters of design for architects and property managers, but we feel Mia's participation allows us to have a conversation with a larger audience to make people aware that good design can be embraced and done effectively."
The first of three planned videos featuring Schaikewitz was released today on Bobrick's website and YouTube channel and deals with proper spacing for accessible pathways. Two more videos dealing with the proper placements of toilets and mountings of fixtures and accessories will be released in the coming months.
"I am thrilled to participate in these videos and grateful for Bobrick's interest in furthering good design for universal accessibility," said Schaikewitz. "It's important for people with disabilities to show how we can be partners in good design and how everyone can work together in sharing important and valuable information."
Bobrick also produces the industry's leading Planning Guide for Accessible Restrooms which has been the go-to guide for architects, designers and contractors. It is available free for download at: http://www.bobrick.com/Documents/PlanningGuide.pdf
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London-based Avincis Group, parent company of Bond Aviation Group, Inaer, Australian Helicopters and Norsk Helikopterservice (NHS), has received its first Sikorsky S-92 as part of a 16-helicopter order placed in December 2011. The first S-92 will enter service with Norsk, initially carrying out missions in support of Bond operators in the UK's North Sea before returning to Norway in late 2013 for NHS operations. Avincis is working with Milestone Aviation Group to finance the first four S-92s involved in the agreement. All 16 helicopters will feature mission equipment designed for offshore and other roles.


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Lisa Smith was concerned as to how her South Lenoir softball team would perform against Croatan considering it hadn�t practiced outside in a week.
The Blue Devils didn�t disappoint.
DEEP RUN � Lisa Smith was concerned as to how her South Lenoir softball team would perform against Croatan considering it hadn�t practiced outside in a week.
The Blue Devils didn�t disappoint.
Madison Herring went 2-for-3 and drove in three runs and Taylor Sandlin and Madison Beyer combined for a one-hitter as South Lenoir picked up an easy 9-0 win over the Cougars in East Central 2A Conference play on Tuesday.
Morgan Mentz had two hits and drove in a run, Bree Williams had two hits and scored twice and Beyer went 2-for-4 with a pair of runs as the Blue Devils improved to 7-2, 4-1 in league play.
�We played really well considering we hadn�t been able to practice outside since early last week,� said Smith, whose team won for the fourth straight time.
�I�m real proud of the girls. They�re starting to come together at the right time.�
Sandlin struck out six and faced two over the minimum in five innings of work. She allowed a walk to Kasey Raper in the second then gave up a double to Karli Thomas in the fifth for the Cougars� only base runners, but neither made it past second base.
Beyer entered the pitching circle in the sixth after the Blue Devils failed to end it via the mercy rule in the fifth, and retired all six she faced, one via the strikeout.
It was a solid defensive effort for South Lenoir, which played error free behind its pitchers and had 14 putouts in 14 chances.
No batted balls by Croatan (1-5, 1-3) left the infield.
�Our defense played outstanding,� Smith said. �Taylor and Maddie pitched very well, but I thought our defense made some great plays behind them.�
Although impatient at times, Smith felt her offense did a good job as well.
As a team the Blue Devils pounded out 11 hits � three for extra bases � and its base running was superb against a team that committed four errors.
Mentz tripled home Herring, who led off the bottom of the first inning with a single. Bree Williams followed with a single, stole second, then made it home on a passed ball and an error for the early 2-0 lead.
After leaving Hanna Meready at third in the second, the Blue Devils scored five in the third � three on Herring�s double to the fence in center field. Williams, Beyer and Meready all singled in the inning, with Meready driving home a run.
Sandlin�s RBI fielder�s choice in the fourth scored Mentz, who led off with a single, then Anna Wetherington came off the bench to double home Beyer after her base hit to make it 9-0.
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A little impatience at the plate � and the unseasonal cold � was about all Smith had to detest after the win.
�We were a little impatient at times, and that�s something we�ve got to work on,� she said, �but overall, it was a good win for a good group of girls.�
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Value Line is regarded as the best independent research available. More than just recommendations, Value Line provides the rationale behind its picks for greater understanding.
The Financial Services (Diversified) Industry consists of a collection of companies that offer a wide variety of products and services. Asset managers and credit card companies are the two largest groups within the industry, but after that, little commonality exists. Banking, commercial lending, insurance, student loan origination, pawn brokerage, tax preparation, and aircraft leasing are just a few of the other businesses. Thus, given such a span of operating models and market segments, it is important not to paint the industry with too narrow an investment brush.
For decades, conservative investors flocked to these companies, attracted by their steady revenue and income performances and the protection against volatility and above-average dividend yields that their stocks provided. However, more recently, poor management decisions (e.g., those involving sub-prime loans, derivatives) that significantly raised operating risk, and the near-total collapse of the global financial system, limited the industry's investment suitability to those who are more venturesome. Moreover, the U.S. government and overseas regulators have stepped in to play a prominent role, closely examining and controlling day-to-day business administration of certain companies.
Asset managers represent the largest share of business in our presentation of the Financial Services Industry. These entities offer mutual and hedge fund products, as well as wealth management and consulting services. Fierce competition exists between these firms, since they offer similar products and services to virtually the same institutions and individuals. Barriers to market entry are modest, and the size of operations, notwithstanding the advantage of scale in winning new accounts, is not particularly important for success. Indeed, asset managers might control just a few million dollars or hundreds of billions.
Generally, the greater the Assets Under Management, the greater the Revenues and Net Profit produced. Revenues are made up of management and transaction fees. The cost of trading, portfolio manager and support staff salaries, and advertising expense largely determine the level of profitability. These companies often invest in foreign assets and both their portfolio and operating performances are, thus, subject to currency risk.
The stock market typically leads the global economic cycle. When specific business indicators begin turning positive, investment fund inflows usually rise, with management fees following close behind. Extended up-cycles can produce record results at asset managers. But during a downturn, institutions and individuals will siphon funds from their accounts to lock-in gains or avoid losses. In especially challenging periods, they will draw funds to meet every-day expenses. Through the cycle, sector rotation occurs, according to the degree of risk investors wish to assume.
Aside from the economy, an asset manager's performance, against that of the broad market indexes and peers, will affect fund inflows and outflows. Additionally, management fees can facilitate or hinder fund expansion and impact net-profit optimization.
The credit card business is the other main sector within the Financial Services Industry. This sector can be further divided into two segments. In one, companies offer credit and charge card services to consumers and commercial businesses. The other segment includes those that handle electronic transactions and payment processing.
Naturally, the performance of the sector is closely tied to the health of the global economy. In our grouping, there are just a few large players, with substantial market share, but investors should note that they have to compete against a good number of second-tier card issuers. Advertisement spending across several media to promote brand awareness can be quite heavy. These companies must determine what amount of marketing outlays will maximize revenue and income potential.
The spread between the cost of available funds and the rate charged to customers is crucial to profitability. A narrow spread will heighten the pressure to contain, for example, marketing, administrative, professional fees, and travel expenses. Too, in a weak economy, loan defaults will rise and force higher net charge-offs. Raising the bar for issuers is government regulation. At times, card company practices may be seen as overly aggressive, prompting politicians and state and federal agencies to tighten lending standards and possibly choke off business. The performance and fortunes of transaction facilitators change in tandem with those of the card companies.
As for the rest of the industry, we include a myriad of companies, some cyclical, some counter-cyclical. In this group, investors will find banks, commercial lenders, insurance and risk management companies, pawn brokers, student loan providers, financial planners and, among others, tax advisors.


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WASHINGTON: Americans boosted spending in August even though their income barely grew. But much of the increase went to pay higher gas prices, a sign they may have to cut back elsewhere in coming months.
The Commerce Department says consumer spending rose 0.5 percent in August from July, the biggest jump since February. The increase was led by a 1.7 percent surge in purchases of nondurable goods, reflecting the sharp rise in gas prices during the month. Spending on durable goods rose 0.3 percent, helped by gains in auto sales. Spending on services rose just 0.2 percent.
Income rose just 0.1 percent in August, reflecting the weak job market. Taking into account inflation, after-tax incomes actually fell 0.3 percent in August, the poorest performance since November.


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Fireflies donate gut feelings to LED research
Belly, belly, burning bright
Structures that help fireflies produce bright light from their abdominal lanterns have been mimicked in the lab to increase the efficiency of LEDs.
In their Optical Express article, the researchers explain that the jagged structures they found on the Photuris Lampyridae firefly enhanced the glow of their lanterns. By creating an overlayer that mimicked these structures, the boffins say they extracted 55 percent more light from LEDs in the lab.
As the French/Belgian/Canadian authors note, the overlayer "can be tailored to an existing diode design rather than requiring a complete redesign of the diode geometry", which would greatly simplify real-world implementation of the technique.
The structure of the abdomen resembles a factory roof made up of chitinous scales, something easily replicated with a photoresistant material deposited on top of a GaN (gallium nitride) LED.
From left, the firefly; the natural scale structure; and the artificial structure.
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Compared to a planar surface, the researchers explain, the jagged structure improves light extraction by minimizing internal reflections – a problem common both to the firefly and to LED design.
University of Namur doctoral student Annick Bay told UPI: "What's nice about our technique is that it's an easy process and we don't have to create new LEDs. With a few more steps we can coat and laser pattern an existing LED."
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"The fabrication technique applied in order to obtain corrugated overlayer has the advantages of simplicity and scalability: a homogeneous layer of photosensitive resist is first deposited by spin coating on the whole surface of the wafer and left to harden; then, on each diode, appropriate radiation penetrates the photoresist to a depth proportional to intensity, the illuminated region being then easily removed. This technique allows for the production of any profile on a precise area of a large surface." ®


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The tech graveyard is a dark, vast and scary place, littered with outdated hunks of plastic and tangled cables belonging to kit whose time on this Earth was cut short by something faster and shinier.
It's all too easy to forget how primitive things were back in the day. Mechanical arms, analogue clicks, barbaric beeps - there's a whole host of sounds that have all but been exterminated from our everyday lives.
Here's our tribute to some of those ghostly sounds faintly echoing in the mausoleum of the tech of yesteryear:
Nokia kick ringtone
No, not that Nokia ringtone. We've gone all hipster on you by choosing another one, though it's equally as recognisable.
Nokia's classic mono ringtone takes us back to an era where thumb cramps from Snake marathons were a daily occurrence and luminous phone covers meant you were cool.
Game Boy power-on beep
As Nintendo's pixellated black logo confidently dropped in from the top of the original Game Boy's monochromatic screen – marking its arrival with an unmistakable ding – you knew you were in for a good time. Bonus colour intro thrown in for good measure.
Apple iPod click wheel
Apple's click wheel served our fingers well throughout all its iterations – now that we're all using touchscreen devices, we rather miss its soothing clickety-clack as we navigated through thousands of tracks in awe. "Look at how many CDs can fit inside this tiny white box!" we'd scream. Sadly, our cats were never too impressed.
56k dial-up modem sound
beeeeeepdeeeeeeepzghhhhhhhhgarblejhfchhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhzzzzzzzzzz. It took us five hours of repeat listening to come up with a way of expressing that infamous 56k dial-up modem screech in words - about as long as it took to connect to a website back in the day, incidentally.
Dot matrix printer
Painfully slow and using the most fragile paper imaginable, we've still got a soft spot for the clunky (not to mention loud) dot matrix printer. Mostly because printer ink these days is seven times more expensive than Don Pérignon.
Obligatory bonus footage of a dot matrix printer playing Eye of The Tiger.


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Darvill collected five hits and drove in five runs as the Cubs split two games with the St. Lucie Mets, winning the second game 7-0 after falling 5-3 in the opener.
DAYTONA BEACH — In spite of a six-game winless streak and three postponements in the span of five days, Wes Darvill stayed relaxed.
His calm, cool and collected demeanor paid huge dividends in Tuesday's doubleheader.
Darvill collected five hits and drove in five runs as the Cubs split two games with the St. Lucie Mets, winning the second game 7-0 after falling 5-3 in the opener.
"It's tough — I guess you just try not to think about it too much and just go out and play baseball," Darvill said. "It's a game you've always done, so you just try to eliminate those days from your mind and go out and just play the game."
Darvill doubled twice, singled twice and added a triple. He has had at least two hits in three of the past four games.
"You get into a situation sometimes where you lose a few games, where you're looking for somebody to step up and do something like that to lead by example," Cubs manager Dave Keller said. "For the last five or six games, there hasn't been a whole lot of lead by example."
Pin-Chieh Chen celebrated his 22nd birthday with his first home run of the season, crushing a 2-2 fastball off Mets reliever Cody Satterwhite over the right-field wall. Chen had homered only four times in 314 career games entering the afternoon.
"When I went on deck, Mariano (Duncan) just told me, 'Chen, try to get your barrel out front. Don't get jammed,'" Chen said. "This is so amazing, to hit a home run on my birthday."
Darvill was amazed, too, considering the amount of wind blowing in from right field.
"I had a couple over there with more wind than he did — he had less wind and he put one out," Darvill said. "He one-upped me there, for sure."
Pierce Johnson (3-1) earned his third win with Daytona, tossing five shutout innings. He also picked off his fourth batter in five starts, retiring speedy St. Lucie center fielder Kyle Johnson in the third inning on a quick move to first.
Yaniel Cabezas added a two-run single in the Cubs' three-run fifth inning. Taiwan Easterling had an RBI single and two stolen bases, his first steals since Memorial Day.
In each game, one of the starting pitchers failed to make it out of the first inning. St. Lucie's Domingo Tapia (2-6) walked four batters, surrendering two hits and three earned runs before being pulled.
In Game 1, Daytona starter Zach Cates (8-8) was taken out after facing 10 hitters, walking four and giving up five earned runs.
"I just couldn't locate anything," Cates said. "I got behind hitters almost every time, gave away too many free bags and got in bad counts. Whenever you do that, things aren't going to turn out the way you want them to.
"It just goes to show it happens to everybody sometime sooner or later."
Prior to Tuesday, Cates had pitched at least five innings in eight of his last nine starts.
Six of the first seven St. Lucie hitters reached base in the opener. Dustin Lawley, Cory Vaughn, Kevin Plawecki and Yucary De La Cruz each collected an RBI during the inning.
Austin Reed and Chang-Yong Lim settled things down with 6 1/3 innings of scoreless relief. The Mets (54-42, 17-12) had just two hits after the first inning.
The Cubs (51-43, 16-12) worked their way back into the game in the fourth inning. Trailing 5-1 with two outs, Darvill lined a two-run double just shy of the right-field wall.
But, the Cubs only mustered two hits in the final three innings. Hamilton Bennett earned his eighth save of the season, forcing Ben Carhart to ground into a 4-6-3 double play and throwing out Chen on a bunt attempt.
The Cubs will conclude their four-game home set with the Mets at 12:05 p.m. Wednesday, sending out Ivan Pineyro (1-0, 0.00 ERA) against St. Lucie's Hansel Robles (4-2, 4.04 ERA).


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Transactional email is booming: web applications are sending an average of 631,000 transactional emails per month. See more results from our recent survey.
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The Evolution of Transactional Email
1997: Transactional email emerged as an email category in the late 1990s as ecommerce retailers begain sending purchase receipts and shipping notifications via email.
2003: Transactional email was solidified as an email category in 2003, when the CAN-SPAM Act exempted 'transactional or relationship messages' from the rules and regulations of traditional marketing or commercial emails.
2012: Transactional email in 2012 includes any email triggered by a user's interaction with a web application, including signups, password changes, check-ins, notifications, and friend of follower requests. These emails typically contain information a user wants or needs and have the highest open rates across all categories of email.
• On average, 45% of user actions within a web application trigger a transactional email.
• The average web application sends 631,000 transactional emails a month.
• 93% of web applications expect their transactional email volume to increase in the next year.
Percentage of Web Applications That Rank Transaction Email as "Important or Very Important" for:
• Customer Acquisition: 79.1%
• Customer Retention: 89.89%
• Marketing: 71.5%
Web Application User Actions Supported by Transactional Email
Percentage of web apps supporting:
• Signups / Subscriptions: 80.5%
• Purchase / Order / Shipping Confirmations: 49.8%
• Password Recovery / Changes: 76.5%
• Friend / Follower Requests & Confirmations: 28.0%
• Daily Deals / Offers: 19.1%
• Location-Based Check-ins: 4.1%
• Lead Distribution: 16.0%
Most Important Customer Communication Channels
As ranked by web applications
• Email: 77%
• Phone: 11.8%
• SMS / Text: 1.4%
• Chat / IM: 1%
• Other: 8.7%
Target Audience of Web Applications Surveyed
• Customers: 37.9%
• Businesses: 25.5%
• Both: 25.5%
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When it comes to ethics and government oversight and watchdogs, Connecticut should be like Middle Earth and rings of power. You shouldn't have to persuade people based on hypothetical scenarios. "What if the most evil person alive was trying to get a really awesome ring and use it to screw all of us?" This already happened, right? Ring control should be a given.
So it is with independent oversight of Connecticut government. We don't have to imagine what could go wrong. It already did. We had a bunch of corrupt, power-grubbing office-holders, the worst of them being John G. Rowland.
One of Rowland's techniques was trying to kneecap and hamstring watchdog agencies that might be investigating him. And there often were a lot of them. He went after their budgets and their independence. At the federal level, he tried to install a trusted aide as head of the very Justice Department office that eventually brought him down. (And our dopey U.S. senators at the time backed that deal!)
It has never been possible to make watchdog agencies independent enough, even back in the good old days. In 2006, an independent investigator concluded that the head of the State Elections Enforcement Commission had difficulty enforcing election law when the Rell administration broke it. The commission's head was so dependent on Rell's administrative control that he improperly cut her campaign manager in on negotiations over Rell staff campaign violations. That's like Archibald Cox inviting John Mitchell to help him figure out what to do about Watergate.
Independent investigator Daniel Klau concluded that a watchdog shouldn't be in the position of deciding whether to fine or discipline somebody who might have a role in setting his salary. Makes sense, right? Klau said we needed to get the enforcers into positions where they didn't have to be afraid of governors or legislators.
So did we fix that? No. We made it worse.
The Malloy administration, two years ago, consolidated all the watchdog agencies into one office with a head guy appointed by him. The idea was that the head guy would only have control over "back office" functions like copy machines and IT. The watchdog agencies could even fire him if he got out of line. What ensued looked like a few episodes of "Game of Thrones" without, as far as I know, all the sex. Just the intrigue and venom and turf battles.
The new super-group — the Office of Government Accountability — included the elections commission, the Office of State Ethics, the Freedom of Information Commission and six other agencies that nobody cares about and never get mentioned. I'm pretty sure one of them is the Office of Déjà Vu because I am writing the same damned column I wrote two years ago.
Now Malloy people want to streamline the chain of command. They'll be the boss of the accountability head, and he'll be the boss of the watchdogs. No more independence. When you strip away the rhetoric, that's the way it shakes out.
Malloy's people say it's a money-saving move, but that's a crock. Two vacant positions won't be filled. For less than $200,000 they're prepared to sell out a major tenet of democracy. The real reason is control. In a moment of candor, budget czar Ben Barnes told the Connecticut Mirror: "Everybody's got to work for somebody. You gotta have somebody when you don't show up to work, when you do sh---y work, when you show up drunk. Somebody's got to be able to discipline you and fire you."
I won't lie to you. Things can get sloppy in these agencies. In 2004, the ethics office was making headlines for its, well, ethics problems. On the plus side, the Office of Drunks and Sh---y Work was shut down in 2006.
Everybody's got to work for somebody. But everybody does not have to work for you, Dan and Ben. The people who are supposed to growl and bark when you get out of line should not work for you.
Republican leaders are seizing this opportunity to make Malloy look like Nixon and themselves like Elliot Richardson. If Malloy doesn't like it, he can take it up with the Venom and Turf Battle Commission.
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Whether you are HIV positive or not, our sexual relationships often say something about who we are as people. No matter what kind of sex you like, our emotional history plays a big part in how we are looking to satisfy our sexual desires. It often seems like hurt people, hurt people. If two people in a relationship harbor resentments, have fears of rejection or abandonment, or have unmet desires (spoken or unspoken), there is fertile ground for the relationship to get "infected" and get sick -- figuratively and literally.
Self-awareness is an essential part of any healthy relationship where people can work out their differences while remaining committed to a goal. In marriage, the goal is to stay together "until death do us part," right? But with sex, just like in the game, "truth, dare and consequences," the truth is if you dare to have sex with a person, you will have to deal with the consequences. It does not matter whether it is a marriage, a relationship, a one-night stand, fling, or sexual adventure, the outcome (a child, STD, feelings, etc.) may end up being for life. Either way, there are rules we agree to play by, and you are considered a cheater if you don't.
My friend A.B. Curl asks on the Facebook Fan Page, "are emotions like lust or jealousy keeping you from asking yourself and your partner important questions before you get your swerve on?" He goes on to ask "has your animal instinct or insecurity stopped you from asking about your partner's HIV status or from wearing a condom?" If your answer is yes, then why is immediate gratification more important than our wellness? His questions always make me think about how we end up in relationships, why we stay in them, and how to have a healthy relationship, one day at a time. The choices we make about how to satisfy our God-given desire to have sex, and/or procreate, are often at the core of how our lives got to be the way they are. Would you be in the marriage or relationship you are in now, or have been in the past, if you had not slept with, or had a child with the person in question?
Let's agree there are no right or wrong answers to these questions. It is what it is, and it ain't what it ain't. They were cute, you had to have it, and the passion (or the alcohol) made the sex and the things we did to get it great. At best, if you are honest with yourself and that other person, you can find a way to grow and build a healthy relationship together, or at least peacefully coexist. At worst, though, our lack of self-awareness, fear of being alone and unloved, or inability to escape self-delusion or satisfy unmet needs will cause us to react to situations in ways that cause unhealthy conflicts. We all bring "emotional baggage" to our relationships, but without tools for healing and dealing with issues as they arise, we are liable to let our emotions determine our words and actions. Understanding, unconditional love, empathy, and finding ways to please ourselves (masturbation) are important tools we can use to maintain healthy relationships while growing in emotional maturity. Being HIV positive is no excuse for harmful behavior.
At some point, we all will have to ask ourselves: What is a healthy way to deal with under-satisfied desires in a relationship? In other words, what do we do when we can't get what we want when we want it? Rage and irrationality are not the answer, and will cause even greater harm. Obviously, that is a lesson that some of the "Tea Party" representatives in Congress and America have yet to learn. I can't beat my wife because she doesn't want to do what I want her to. Parents that do not get along should not use their children as bargaining chips or ransom. Politicians should not lie and be able to withhold our money because they can't deal with their emotions or reality. Our individual and national maturity depends on our ability to communicate, adherence to a social contract of playing by the rules, and spiritual laws. Greed, like emotional immaturity, is cunning, baffling and insidious, just like any other addiction. The spiritual law that always applies is the "golden rule": Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. The social contract that I try to remember before acting on my emotions is "how would I speak to Mike Tyson?" Usually those two things give me a chance to stop, think and act like I care.
None of us is perfect, but let's try to play by the rules, or we are going to have to change the game. I'm sure now is the time to RISE.


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We're used to patent trolls being shifty little bozo operations like Acacia Research that serve no useful purpose beyond proving that some life forms never evolve. Sometimes, however, patent trolls come in larger sizes and have otherwise legitimate businesses. Such is the case today with Trend Micro's apparently specious lawsuit against Barracuda Networks and, indeed, the entire open-source community.
As Justin Mason, vice president of the Apache Software Foundation, notes:
Trend Micro's actions are clearly an attack on free and open-source software and its users, as well as on Barracuda Networks. The '600 patent covers a trivial method, one which was obvious to anyone skilled in the art at the time (the patent was written), and should be rendered invalid as soon as possible.
Unfortunately, our patent system only makes sense on paper. Once it hits the courts, all bets are off. This is why repudiating silly claims like Trend Micro's is so important, and why a collective response is critical.
Here's what happened in a nutshell:
On September 21, 2006, Trend Micro contacted Barracuda Networks regarding a non-exclusive license fee for Trend Micro's U.S. Patent No. 5,623,600. In response, Barracuda Networks made several failed attempts to convince Trend Micro (to reverse course), Barracuda Networks then filed for declaratory judgment in early 2007 in U.S. federal court. This action was taken to prove that Trend Micro's '600 patent is invalid and not infringed, thus should end continued legal threats against Barracuda Networks for its use of the free and open-source ClamAV software.
Simple, right? Not quite. Patents never are. Indeed, reading through Trend Micro's initial letter to Barracuda, you can almost hear the patent attorneys rubbing their hands together in anticipation of getting something for nothing:
McDermott Will & Emery, LLP is counsel for Trend Micro. As you are probably aware, Trend Micro possesses a significant patent portfolio in the field of computer firus detection and removal. Trend Micro is the owner by assignment of United States Patent No. 5,623,600 (the "'600 Patent") and has the right to grant licenses under the '600 Patent. We believe that the '600 Patent may be of particular interest to Barracuda Networks in relation to at least Barracuda's Spam Firewall and Web Filter products....
Trend Micro is willing to grant a non-exclusive license under these and other patents under mutually acceptable terms....(Court Documents on File)
I'm sure. After receipt of this letter, Barracuda met with Trend Micro's attorneys to determine how to proceed. I'm guessing the conversations went something like this:
"Hello! We're Trend Micro and you owe us money because we have lots of IP.
"Um, OK. We're Barracuda and we make money by making open-source software available at a reasonable price. You have demonstrated no validity of your patents and, indeed, have such a broad interpretation of your patents that it's nigh impossible that your claims are valid."
"Hmm....Did we mention that we have lots of IP and that you owe us money?"
Barracuda believes that ClamAV and Barracuda don't infringe. Trend Micro disagrees. Ultimately, the courts or a settlement will resolve the issue, but only a clear repudiation of Trend Micro's claims will result in the customer winning.
Dean Drako, CEO of Barracuda Networks, declares:
Trend Micro appears to be seeking an interpretation of its '600 patent such that it would have exclusive control of gateway antivirus scanning. Scanning for viruses at the gateway is an obvious and common technique that is utilized by most businesses worldwide. So this interpretation would mean that anyone, including the owners of the more than 1 million active ClamAV installations, could potentially be sued by Trend Micro.
Since the original letter Trend Micro sent to Barracuda, things have grown murkier. Barracuda filed in Northern California (where the two companies' offices are located). Trend responded and then filed suit in the International Trade Commission, which puts Barracuda's federal case on hold. This makes a lot of strategic sense for Trend Micro but little legal sense. Here's why.
In the ITC case, Trend added a range of other causes (violation of patents on power supplies and motherboards built in China and distributed to the U.S.). But Barracuda builds its own hardware in the U.S., which makes the ITC a poor forum. Trend knows this because it was disclosed in the federal case. Trend wrongly accuses Barracuda of importing infringing motherboards and power supplies, which is wrong on two counts:
- Barracuda doesn't import anything. Everything is manufactured in the U.S.
- These particular parts can be bought at a local Frys/electronics store. There is nothing specific to Barracuda in them. If Barracuda is infringing, many, many others would be.
Barracuda doesn't even import ClamAV. It downloads the open-source software from Sourceforge, whose servers are based in the U.S. ClamAV is owned and developed by a U.S.-based company, Sourcefire. Trend Micro knows this.
But that's beside the point. I think it's likely that Trend Micro has a division set up, just like Qualcomm, to milk its patent portfolio. It's effectively one big patent troll.
But its actions aren't just about two consenting companies hashing out legal bargains. Think about the ramifications. Barracuda has been able to leverage open source to bring down the cost of security. Early on, Barracuda was blocking spam and viruses at roughly 1/10 the price of the nearest proprietary competitor (that was only selling an antivirus solution). Barracuda has helped to bring down prices across the board, and it has been able to do so because of open source.
More open source equals less spam and more security. Trend Micro is effectively trying to raise the price of security. Take ClamAV off the market with its 1 million deployments of ClamAV at the gateway and 100 million-plus PCs will be left unprotected, or less protected. Barracuda sells a lot of hardware to schools and libraries that want Internet protection but can't afford proprietary solutions. What happens to the kids when you take ClamAV and other open-source projects out of commission? Trend Micro has an answer, but it's not one that these schools can afford.
Antivirus and antispam innovation has tended to come from open source, not the large proprietary vendors. Trend Micro's lawsuit is designed to put cash in its pocket but will end up hurting the consumer.
We really need to stop this inane patent feuding. Companies like Trend Micro are doing responsible IP holders a disservice. Here's how you can get involved.
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UBS nominates Joseph Yam for election to its Board of Directors
UBS has nominated Joseph Yam, founder and former Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority, for election to the Board of Directors at the bank's Annual General Meeting on 28 April, 2011.
Zurich/Basel, 23 July 2010 - Joseph Yam founder of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority, the de facto central bank of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, served as its Chief Executive for more than 16 years until his retirement in September 2009.
Yam enjoyed a distinguished career in the Hong Kong civil service spanning nearly 40 years. Among his numerous achievements are helping to establish Hong Kong's linked exchange rate system in 1983, shepherding the Hong Kong financial system through the return to Chinese sovereignty in 1997, as well as managing the challenges posed by the Asian financial crisis of 1997-1998 and the global financial crisis of 2008-2009.
In recognition of his achievements, Yam has received many awards and honours, including the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region's Grand Bauhinia Medal (GBM) in 2009, and Gold Bauhinia Star (GBS) in 2001, as well as the Euromoney Central Banker of the Year award in 1997, and Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (CBE), in 1995.
Commenting on Yam's nomination, Kaspar Villiger, Chairman of the Board of UBS, said: "We are delighted to have an individual of Joseph Yam's rare experience and achievements join our board. Joseph's presence will significantly expand the geographic diversity of the board, and provide powerful additional impetus to the growth of our already market leading investment bank and wealth management businesses in Asia Pacific."
With Yam's election to the Board, the maximum number of twelve seats will be filled.
CV of Joseph Yam
Joseph Yam (1948) holds a social sciences degree from the University of Hong Kong. He was principally responsible for dealing with economic and monetary affairs throughout the course of his almost 40-year long career in the Hong Kong civil service. He served as the Deputy Secretary for Monetary Affairs between 1985 and 1991, and as Director of the Office of the Exchange Fund between 1991 and 1993, before establishing the Hong Kong Monetary Authority, where he was Chief Executive for over 16 years.
Since his retirement in September 2009, Yam has taken up various appointments, including Executive Vice President of the China Society for Finance and Banking, a society managed by the People's Bank of China; Distinguished Research Fellow of the Institute of Global Economics and Finance at the Chinese University of Hong Kong; and Chairman of the Board of Macroprudential Consultancy Limited, a company he established to provide advice to financial regulatory authorities. He sits on the International Advisory Councils of a number of government and academic institutions. Yam has just been elected, and pending regulatory approval will be appointed, to the Board of Directors of China Construction Bank.
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In addition to his Bachelor's degree in Social Sciences from the University of Hong Kong, Yam's academic awards include a number of honorary doctorate degrees and honorary professorships. Yam has also received many awards in recognition of his work. In 1995, he was appointed Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (CBE) and in 2009, was awarded the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region's Grand Bauhinia Medal (GBM), the highest award under the Hong Kong honors and awards system. Yam was also named Central Banker of the Year by Euromoney in 1997.
Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Statements:
This release contains statements that constitute "forward-looking statements". While these statements represent UBS's expectation concerning the development of its business in the Asia Pacific region, actual results could differ materially from UBS's expectations for reasons including economic and market developments, changes in financial regulation, UBS's ability to retain and attract key employees and competitive factors. In addition, our future results could depend on other factors that we have previously indicated could adversely affect our business and financial performance which are contained in our past and future filings and reports, including those filed with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). More detailed information about those factors is set forth in documents furnished by UBS and filings made by UBS with the SEC, including UBS's Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year ended 31 December 2009. UBS is not under any obligation to (and expressly disclaims any obligation to) update or alter its forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.


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JerbysMom wrote:I have to say Indiana has the easiest homeschool laws. All you do is let the DOE know that you're homeschooling by filling out an online form (name, address, phone number, that's IT). They assign you a number, and designate you as a "private school". You're supposed to keep track of attendance (180 days) just in case the state or local superintentdent asks for it, which probably won't happen. Other than that you're completely on your own. Homeschool kids are actually FORBIDDEN from taking state standardized tests.
According to HSLDA, filling out that form is "not required by state law and [is] entirely voluntary."
If I were in Indiana, I wouldn't do the form, but that's just me.


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meeotch wrote:...I like it....
I haven't seen the previous incarnation, and so I look forward to receiving this set when it comes out. I'm relatively easy to please.
an italian fan agreesTon wrote:I don't like it for two reasons.
The middle leg is to big.
The other reason is that I start to dislike these following things more and more.
All the nice things are for the USA:
The 3 (including this one) mini's for Brickmaster, the Ultimate Space Battle, 3219, chrome Darth Vader, golden C3PO.
and I can mention a dozen more. Prices are much lower in $ than Euro's.
Europe is a forgotten market although Lego is a European company.
Why not share these things equally.
I like the Star Wars Lego to much, otherwise I would start a campaign against them.
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February 2018
Demand for land soars in Westmead
27 February 2018
Growing population, low interest rates, infrastructure spend and consumer confidence has seen values within Westmead soar over recent years.
Sydney's tight CBD office market creates positive spill-over effects for North Shore
26 February 2018
The strength of the Sydney CBD office market has clearly spilled over into the North Shore office market and in particular North Sydney.
Well-known Canterbury accounting firm seeks new home in Christchurch CBD
23 February 2018
Seven years on from the collapse of the PGC Building which claimed 18 lives in the February 2011 earthquake, one of the building's former tenants has announced its plans to move back to the Christchurch central business district.
Kew's iconic Butleigh Wootton to hit the market
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A historic Kew mansion has come to market, as locals seek to acquire the scarce purchase opportunities in Melbourne's tightly held eastern suburbs.
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Savills residential real estate sees record growth
21 February 2018
Savills five offices on Sydney's upper North Shore have achieved a record result in the first 6 weeks of 2018, selling $38 million of property since 1 January 2018.
Marketplace Deagon sells for $23.3 Million
21 February 2018
The Marketplace Deagon shopping centre in Brisbane's northern suburbs has been purchased by a Melbourne-based private investor for $23.3 million.
Heathley buys Yarrabilba Medical Centre in excess of $11m
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Sydney-based fund manager Heathley has swooped on a brand-new medical centre at the rapidly expanding Yarrabilba Estate south of Brisbane.
Bayside development site to re-spark buyer contest
15 February 2018
The included properties span 68-76 Union Street and include 26 Milliara Grove, representing a 5,751sq m premium bayside development site.
Record low yields drive offshore focus to other Australian cities
14 February 2018
Foreign investors represented the lowest proportion of all purchasers since the beginning of the property boom in 2013, as a result of fewer Prime Grade, 100% holding assets available for sale.


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i had a fantastic idea for a gold "concentratering" device a while ago, based on a bit of nature and a bit of ancient Roman ingenuity and some modern math. To get alluvial gold out of a stream bed, without even being there. I need to test the water proof prototype, then patent it i guess. And, cant say anything about it, till it is done unfortunately. silly patents.. i finally made one out of single sheet of paper at home today and its super easy to make. no glue, no folding, no stickytape, no mirrors. I just need to see if it holds the gold the way i think it will. And, the physics calculations say it will. The paper simply wont last in water lol
i did a fair amount of geology, earth science, hydrology and physics this year to make a product like this. So it not quite pie in the sky. Double the normal university load.
Anyway time will tell. If its good enough and gets enough gold, i may well keep it to myself. and just stick posters up saying "Coming to a creek near you"
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Orange County is in for a bit of wild weather Thursday: rain, gusty winds and mountain snow, with high surf and possible coastal flooding thrown into the mix.
And after the cold-front passes through, cold air will remain in its wake through early next week, with chilly days and nighttime temperatures dropping into the low 30s.
The main force on Thursday is a cold, low-pressure system moving down the coast, the National Weather Service says.
For most of Orange County, rain should be light to moderate, falling mainly in the morning; skies should be mostly cloudy with highs of 52 to 57 as a slight chance of rain continues into the afternoon.
Low snow levels also could mean snow in the Santa Ana Mountains.
But the storm system should bring strong wind gusts from the northwest, perhaps as high as 45 mph, with the strongest gusts on the coast. That prompted a wind advisory from the Weather Service from 10 a.m. until 10 p.m.
The winds also are helping whip up some high surf, which could lead to minor coastal flooding.
Winds from the cold front are driving a large west-northwest swell, and should combine with spring high tides to bring surf heights of nearly 7 feet Thursday, Friday and Saturday morning.
West-facing beaches should receive the highest tides, including the entrance to Newport Bay and San Clemente.
That brought both a high-surf advisory and a coastal-flood advisory until 11 a.m. Saturday.
The weather drama doesn't end there.
Skies should clear Thursday night after an evening with a slight chance of rain, but temperatures should drop significantly as a cold air mass over the western United States exerts its influence.
Overnight lows could drop to 35 Thursday, then into the low 30s Friday through the weekend, with daytime highs in the high 40s to mid-50s Friday and Saturday.
Friday and Saturday look mostly sunny with highs of 49 to 54 Friday, 48 to 53 Saturday.
Wind gusts could hit 25 mph Friday afternoon, 35 mph Saturday morning.
Lows could drop to 32 Friday night and 33 Saturday night, with patchy frost possible in some areas through Sunday.
Sunday is partly cloudy with a slight chance of rain and highs of 52 to 57, and Monday's forecast is about the same with highs bumping up into the 54 to 59 range.
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Kody Jauron, "Hansel", lets us in on why Hansel and Gretel isn't your mother's fairy tale.
I've thoroughly enjoyed being a part of the creation of Hansel and Gretel! Working with choreographer Nelly van Bommel has been an enjoyable and memorable experience. Nelly is whimsical, playful, theatrical, and innovative. Her sprightly personality is reflected in the choreography of this production, the theatricality she built into each individual character, and the fantasy world that she invented.
This is not your mother's Hansel and Gretel. For starters, the story takes place in the 1950s. Hansel and Gretel are not expelled from their house because their parents cannot afford to feed them; instead, the two run away from home after accidentally breaking their mother's most prized possession; her vacuum. Children can also look forward to a newcomer to the story, the forest fairy!
Perfect for the entire family, Hansel and Gretel has something for everyone. Kids will enjoy the fun-loving characters and seeing a familiar fairy tale translated on stage. Adults will appreciate the cutting edge choreography and unique movement quality.
This is definitely a Hansel and Gretel you won't forget.
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In die Skriflig
versão On-line ISSN 2305-0853
versão impressa ISSN 1018-6441
In Skriflig (Online) vol.49 no.3 Pretoria 2015
Gert Breed
Faculty of Theology, North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, South Africa
This festscrift is in honour of the work and skills of Professor George Lotter. It is no easy task to capture the extend of Lotter's vast contribution to the study of pastoral care. His contribution could be seen in the 91 students who obtain their masters and doctoral degrees under his mentorship. Sixteen of his masters students also achieved their doctoral degrees under his mentorship. His further investment in the students was also evident in the co-authoring of scientific articles. A large number of the 42 articles written by him is evident of this. We are grateful that he guided students this way and are looking forward to more contributions of this kind in future.
The theme of this festschrift 'Pastoral Theology in SA: semper reformanda', selected by Lotter himself, is indicative of his dedication to the reformed theology. His critical thoughts and research in the reformative field led to numerous papers - national and international. George Lotter could be seen as an outstanding scholar who lives his believes in his field of study. Lotter follows in the footsteps of our Lord with his dedication and compassion towards people. George was also my mentor when I entered the academic world after 30 years of service in the church. His valuable and unselfish acts are also echoed by many young researchers.
The articles, contributed to this festschrift, address a number of relevant subjects in the Practical Theology:
Magezi E. Baloyi's article investigates the challenges and problems affecting retired and elderly black South Africans with particular focus on the economic impact of aging and its influence on family relationships in the lives of elderly people. He investigates the specific challenges black elderly people faced and the task of the pastoral caregiver. Guidelines for the church in the improvement the elderly's lives form part of this work.
In Gert Breed's article the ministry in the presence of God (coram Deo), as revealed in the Book of Exodus, is described. The results of the investigation are continuously applied to the practical work of the congregation. The article concludes that the ministry can be largely enriched when the congregation are purposefully guided to come together, serve and live consciously in the presence of God.
Alfred Brunsdon explores the narrative approach and positive psychology and the effect of it on wisdom in his contribution to the festschrift. This article endeavours to contribute to the enrichment of pastoral practitioners' frame of reference by drawing on the insights of the narrative and positive psychology.
In his article, Ben de Klerk addresses the relationship between the pastoral ministry of confession or guilt and reconciliation, and the performing of liturgical acts. The article concludes with the fact that the communicative act of confession of guilt and reconciliation as an independent act in the liturgy of the congregation could be a powerful pastoral tool to the congregation as a whole and to members individually.
In his article, Wentzel C. Coetzer emphasises that children are full members of the community of faith (including their emotions). The importance of pastoral care to children is also emphasised, including the techniques and practical guidelines on religious issues for the guidance of the child who has experienced loss.
Rob Elkington, Darryl Meekins, Jennifer Breen en Suzanne Martin investigate the importance of effective leadership development of church leaders in their article. It introduces a new framework for leadership development in the 21st century church. It concludes with a list of theory-based activities that, if undertaken, will equip church leaders to utilise the proposed framework.
In their article, Dion Forster en Johann Oostenbrink argue for the importance of a rediscovery of a theology of work that can empower and equip the church and individual Christians for ministry in the marketplace. The article comes to the conclusion that the church will need to revisit its missional theology, refocuses its efforts on broader society, and empowers and equips its members for ministry in the marketplace in order to be faithful in partnering with God in the missio Dei.
Johan Janse van Rensburg's article focuses on the current situation of pastoral theology worldwide but mostly in South Africa. Since epistemological choices determine the method and content of research on pastoral theology as well as the practical implementation thereof, there is an urgent need to evaluate the influences on pastoral theology and the results of these influences. The article focuses on the epistemological dynamics that have changed pastoral theology from a scriptural approach to a discipline of communicative acts and a postmodern strategy of narrative pastoral counselling.
In her article, Philippa Strong focuses on the important question of Youth Ministry and the balance between theological ministry and ministry that also encapsulates the cultural situation of the youth. The article gives culture its rightful and relevant place in Youth Ministry, without it overshadowing the foundation of effective Youth Ministry, namely theology.
Petria Theron's article deals with the fact that both lecturers and students in Practical Theology should further develop their empirical research capacities. A more systematic approach during the coding and data analysis phase of qualitative research with a proposed model for coding and data analysis in practical theological studies are suggested.
The abundance of themes in this festscrift is an indication of the kindliness George Lotter received and utilised during his long career.


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Rich Schwerdtfeger CTO Accessibility Software Group Jonas Sicking <email@example.com> wrote on 10/27/2011 07:42:40 PM: > From: Jonas Sicking <email@example.com> > To: Richard Schwerdtfeger/Austin/IBM@IBMUS, > Cc: email@example.com, email@example.com, email@example.com, > email@example.com, firstname.lastname@example.com, > firstname.lastname@example.com, email@example.com, email@example.com > Date: 10/27/2011 07:43 PM > Subject: Re: draft of hit testing on active regions (actually paths)in canvas > > Some feedback: > > Limiting to only allowing paths seems like a unfortunate limitation. > For example it misses calls to drawImage which I think is quite > common. I'd rather prefer a call where you say "all drawing operations > from this point should be considered drawing for element X", then let > the page do arbitrary drawing operations, then have a second call > which says "i'm now drawing for element Y" or "I'm now drawing for no > element". > I see. So what would you use compute the bounds? Do you use the all the points to compute a single rectangle for hit testing? ... or do you compute multiple paths for an element to do hit testing on? > What is the use case for the zIndex argument? The actual pixel drawing > operations hasn't had a need for that so far and instead rely on the > painters algorithm. It seems better to me to have a direct mapping > between the drawing operations and the accessibility API. > zIndex: Performance and authors may have overlapping drawing objects. > Why return false rather than throw an exception if the element doesn't > exist? Also what do you mean by "doesn't exist". If the element > doesn't exist then how could the page have a reference to it and pass > that reference to the function? Do you mean "element isn't inside the > canvas"? > Throwing an exception makes sense. I meant the element did not exist. I am thinking that the author may have content outside fallback such as a drop down menu. We could limit the elements to the fallback content. I would like your feedback on that. > In general I think I prefer the API I proposed in [1]. Can you > describe what problems you were trying to solve with your changes > compared to that proposal? > > [1] http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-canvas-api/2011JulSep/0195.html > > / Jonas > > On Thu, Oct 27, 2011 at 4:56 PM, Richard Schwerdtfeger > <email@example.com> wrote: > > Hi Frank, > > > > Thank you for the call today. I am glad we are on the same page onthe three > > basic methods for hit testing. I took the basic methods that Jonas had put > > out earlier on the list and the discussion we had in San Diego and put > > together an active regions and hit testing section. I also agree with you > > this is for when we have multiple interactive elements within canvas. I was > > glad to see that customers are starting to come to Microsoft to talk about > > building more interactive widgets with canvas - not because I want them to > > but more because it shows we are making the right moves to address canvas > > accessibility. > > > > Jonas, Charles, Frank, David, Cynthia > > > > This is a first draft and the section I would like you to look at is section > > 16. We can change the names to whatever we want. I have not yet added spec. > > information as to how existing functions like scrollElementIntoView should > > work on these elements as they should be included in the layout engine > > positioning per Jonas earlier feedback. I have also not stated how we would > > convert the paths to rectangles for the underlying OS platform accessibility > > APIs. We could either do this in the canvas spec. or in the accessibility > > API mapping guide that Cynthia is leading. We just need to decide. > > Personally, I prefer the one stop shopping. > > > > I am sure Ian will want to tweak or rewrite the algorithm section processing > > as he has his own consistent way of doing that but I took my best shot at > > it. > > > > Please review section 16. > > > > (See attached file: clickableregion.html) > > > > Since, like many of you I am going to TPAC, I will not have time to make > > changes prior to the face to face. Janina please put a link to this document > > in your canvas agenda for TPAC. > > > > See you all in California. > > > > > > Rich Schwerdtfeger > > >Received on Monday, 31 October 2011 15:53:14 UTC
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Fiscal cliff: Will liberals jump?
Call them the cliff jumpers.
A growing bloc of emboldened liberals say they're not afraid to watch defense spending get gouged and taxes go up on every American if a budget deal doesn't satisfy their priorities.
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( PHOTOS: Fiscal cliff's key players)
Here's what these progressives fear: an agreement that keeps lower tax rates for the wealthy, hits the social safety net with unpalatable cuts and leaves Pentagon spending unscathed. In other words, they'd rather walk the country off the cliff than watch President Barack Obama cave on long-held liberal priorities.
"If the Republicans can't see their way to significant additional revenues targeted toward the people who are best off and targeted toward passive income and other things like that, then we're better off going over the cliff and readdressing this with a better Congress in January," Rep. Peter DeFazio (D-Ore.) said. "And we would have plenty of time to fix it."
( Also on POLITICO: Full coverage of the fiscal cliff)
Bolstering the Democrats' strategy is the belief that the "fiscal cliff" is actually shaped more like a "slope" where the economic effects will be felt gradually, not immediately. That theory gives Congress some time at the beginning of 2013 to set tax rates and configure budget cuts in a different political environment and with a new class of lawmakers.
But underlying the tough talk is also a sense of liberal angst — the left feels like it was burned by the last extension of the Bush tax rates and didn't get much of what it wanted in the 2011 debt-limit deal.
( Also on POLITICO: Supercommittee cautiously optimistic)
If tax rates snap back to the higher levels from the 1990s and painful budget cuts start to hit the Pentagon, these Democrats — led by Washington Sen. Patty Murray — believe they would wield more leverage over the GOP to enact a budget compromise on their terms. And with a January deal, Republicans would technically avoid violating the no-new-taxes pledge that most of them have signed because they would then be voting to cut taxes.
Republicans would most likely bear most of the public blame if policymakers deadlock. The Pew Research Center found that 53 percent of Americans would fault GOP lawmakers if Washington fails to avert the fiscal cliff; only 29 percent would point the finger at Obama.
"This is very, very important that we hang in there to essentially get the revenue component," said Rep. Peter Welch (D-Vt.). "I favor an agreement before Jan. 1, but I'm skeptical that our leadership may be able to reach one. If it's necessary to wait to get a good deal, let's do that."
Murray declared in a speech this summer that she would push budget negotiations into 2013 if Republicans don't cave on taxes for the rich. The fourth-ranking Senate Democrat repeated the threat in a Nov. 11 interview on "This Week."


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February 14, 1956 - November 13, 2012
Thompson Ridge, NY
Amy Ober Flanders was born February 14, 1956 in New York City, and died suddenly at her home in Thompson Ridge, NY on November 13, 2012.
She is survived by her husband, Richard Flanders; her sister, Dody Ober Schwartz (Les) of Colorado; her nephews, Tim Schwartz (Laryssa) and their children, and Michael Schwartz (Suzy), all of Colorado; in-laws, Sue and Jim Edwards; their son, Ryan of Idaho; their daughter, Kristin (Mike) Thomason of California; her step-mother, Benita Ober of North Carolina; her beloved dog, four cats and two deer mice.
Amy graduated from Hunter College High School, Barnard College and New York University School of Social Work. She acted and directed at Barnard, and the American Place Theater, and in the Miracle Plays at Glastonbury Abbey. She joined Richard in a thriving nutritional counseling business through Shaklee Corporation. Amy worked at the Karen Horney Clinic in New York City, first as a psychotherapist, and eventually as Director of the clinic's trauma program. She was a beloved fixture at Broadway Concerts Direct, in which her husband frequently performed.
Amy had a quick, original and delicious wit. Her intelligence, insight and compassion were lavished on family, friends, clients, her organic garden, her pets, the earth, and every deer mouse that made it into her cupboards. A long time student of Dr. Jean Houston's Mystery School, and of (the late Isa) and Yolanda Lindwall, she made a lifelong study of the spiritual as well as psychosocial dimensions of healing and wholeness. In her quiet, unconditional love, she changed lives. She was a vast, irreplaceable presence on this plane. We love her dearly, we are frozen with shock and inconsolable with grief. We will never be the same.
Contributions in Amy's memory can be made to: Alley Cat Allies, The Wolf Center, Zani's Furry Friends, North Shore Animal League.


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House of Commons
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Dear [insert name] MP,
As one of your constituents, I would like to draw your attention to the human rights abuses which the Chagos Islanders have suffered since their enforced exile in the early seventies. I would also like to ask for your support in speaking up for their rights and joining the Chagos Islands All Party Parliamentary Group.
Between 1968 and 1973. the native population of the Chagos Islands, the British Indian Ocean Territory, was deported in order to allow the construction of a US military base on Diego Garcia. The 1,800 islanders were sent to Mauritius or the Seychelles where they remain today, many still living in poverty. From 2002 Chagossians were allowed to settle in the UK, and many have done so but they still want their right to return to their homeland. This appalling act was committed under Harold Wilson's government but the abuse of the Chagossians' rights has continued throughout successive Governments and has not yet been addressed by the Coalition Government.
I find it inexcusable that the British Government has, for more than 40 years, been implicit in this abuse of fundamental human rights. From their exile, to the sparing compensation they received for resettlement which was quickly dissipated, to the recent Marine Protected Area designation that would deny them their principal means of livelihood if they were to return, I urge you to add your voice to the call on this government finally to bring an end to their suffering.
One of the ways of showing your support is by joining the Chagos Islands All Party Parliamentary Group . The group provides a forum for you to raise awareness of the Chagossians' plight and to further examine the barriers to their resettlement. The APPG Co-ordinator, David Snoxell, can be contacted at email@example.com. I hope I and the Chagossian community can count on your support.
Yours sincerely,
[Your name]
[Your organisation (if applicable)]


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A new study by researchers at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston shows that the less-expensive antiretroviral nevirapine, when used in combination with other antiretroviral drugs (ARVs), is as effective as a more expensive combination among women in developing countries, VOA News reports. While the nevirapine-containing combination was not as effective as some ARV combinations available in the U.S., "about 83 percent of women were able to suppress their virus and stay alive and well after starting the nevirapine-based regimen," according to lead author Shahin Lockman, an associate professor at Harvard Medical School, who looked at the combinations among 500 African women with late-stage HIV infection, according to the news service.
However, side effects from nevirapine are common, and according to Lockman, "about 14 percent of the women had to stop nevirapine because of toxicity," VOA notes. Lockman said, "We really do need to push to get safer, better tolerated, more effective treatment accessible so that even if you only have one or perhaps two lines of treatment the majority of people who start these can stay on them for life without toxicity," according to the news service. "She said PEPFAR ... and the Clinton Global Initiative are some of best efforts" to provide ARVs to the millions of women in developing countries who need them, VOA writes (DeCapua, 6/14).