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The ultimate benefit of consolidation Consolidated storage and storage teams can provide standardized services. Deploying this utility model focuses on storage as a discrete discipline and standardizes service offerings around a few designated choices. Rather than selecting vendors and products per application, you can create standards that can apply to multiple applications. Other benefits may be illusory. Take staffing, for example: Don't expect to magically reduce your staff. Organizations looking to size their storage management teams often want to know: "What is the right amount of terabytes managed per administrator?" Not so long ago, the conventional answer was 1TB per full-time equivalent (FTE). Since then, manageability has improved tremendously and storage density has continued to grow, so many now claim 3TB or 4TB per FTE. Whatever the number, though, this metric is almost entirely arbitrary and really shouldn't be used at all. Focus instead on the tasks performed by staff. Make sure someone is looking at the needs of...
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Early Adopters Unequivocally Up About iSCSI Arrays
After years of listening to iSCSI hype, some IT professionals are embracing a new generation of IP-based storage subsystems, a group that includes the PeerStorage Array 100E, an iSCSI array from Nashua, NH-based EqualLogic.
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Often described as the Internet on steroids, grid computing has the buzz as the next big thing to change the world of computing as we know it. Here's how storage management will change in the grid world.
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Manufacturers are adding connectivity options to home-fitness equipment, and one mobile app even allows you to run the London Marathon in your own home. Meanwhile, companies are introducing elliptical/treadmill hybrids that reduce the impact on your knees.
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Like most things nowadays, home-fitness equipment seems more connected by the minute. In the past 3 years, we saw an explosion of connectivity to home-fitness equipment, including the capability to store your workouts, compare your results with previous results and those of your friends and control your machine through a mobile device.
What's good news is that prices remain stable in all categories and price ranges. In fact, we found that in many cases, you'll receive better performance today for the same amount of money as you would have 3 years ago. For example, treadmill manufacturers added connectivity options to their models, increased the horsepower by up to 1 hp and expanded the length of the tread belts by a few inches to accommodate longer paces and faster running—for no corresponding price increase.
VIRTUAL PACE. Would you like to run in a world-famous race while you exercise on a treadmill in your own home? We reported on so-called virtual races 3 years ago, and 2 years ago they emerged in the form of two apps: RunSocial and Virtual Runner.
RunSocial is the only app that allows you to race in real time against other people who use the app. It provides mile-by-mile, high-definition footage of 15 courses, including the London Marathon and the Prague International Marathon, to an Apple iPad tablet computer or a high-definition TV that's connected to your iPad. You can run in RunSocial races with TreadTracker ($130), which is a Bluetooth-enabled accessory that you place under your treadmill to track your real-time speed through the virtual race. Alternatively, you can use RunSocial's built-in pedometer, which translates the vibrations from your treadmill into a rough estimate of how fast that you're running. Finally, you can connect your RunSocial app to a Life Fitness treadmill that has a Discover (starting at $2,899) or a Track+ (starting at $2,999) console monitor. The app speeds or slows the video to match your pace on the treadmill and raises the incline to match the terrain in the video.
One note: RunSocial's TreadTracker or pedometer works on any treadmill, but at press time, the app adjusts the incline and speed automatically on only Life Fitness treadmills. We tried RunSocial, and it delivered an immersive, realistic experience. We just wish that it were compatible with more than just the iPad. RunSocial says it will add Google Android compatibility in 2016 but didn't tell us when.
Outside Interactive's free Virtual Runner app works with any treadmill on Android, Apple and Microsoft Windows tablets. The app provides footage of 40 courses and routes, which range from $3 for a 5K to $13 for a marathon. You adjust the speed of the video manually to match your pace on the treadmill. Alternatively, if you have a pedometer that has ANT+ wireless technology, you can plug an ANT+ wireless receiver into your tablet, and the Virtual Runner app will adjust the speed of the video to match your pace. Eventually, Outside Interactive wants to integrate the app into treadmills to control the incline and speed automatically, like RunSocial does, but the company couldn't provide a timetable for when this feature might be added.
We'll be interested to see what other interactive innovations are in store for treadmills down the road.
SOFTER SURFACE. The high injury rate that's associated with running, which doctors and running experts typically say sidelines half of all runners each year for some length of time, is the impetus for a new breed of treadmill/elliptical hybrids that are called soft runners. These machines are designed to reduce the impact that can wreck runners' knees. Five soft runners were introduced from two companies—Octane and Sproing—in the past 3 years, and we expect to see more such models in the next 3 years.

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Researcher of contentious politics wins Gittler Prize
'Freedom Summer' author Doug McAdam is a Stanford sociologist
Doug McAdam, a scholar who has made the study of social movements and other forms of "contentious politics" the focus of his research, has been chosen to receive the fourth annual Joseph B. and Toby Gittler Prize for lasting and outstanding contributions to racial, ethnic and religious relations.
A professor of sociology and director of urban studies at Stanford University, McAdam is the author of two books on the civil rights movement including "Freedom Summer," which was a follow up study of the lives of those who applied to take part in the 1964 Mississippi Summer project 20 years later.
More recently, he has sought to assess the ongoing civic effect of participation in Teach for America, the relationship between neighborhood religious and civic life in Chicago, and to explain county level variation in the burning of churches in the United States between 1996 and 2001. His findings often have been unexpected.
Brandeis President Fred Lawrence, chairman of the Gittler Prize selection committee, said McAdam was a particularly fitting honoree because his strong commitment to social justice is imbedded in his deep commitment to integrity in scholarship.
"The struggle for racial and social justice is long and complex," Lawrence said, "and requires the work of scholars and researchers unwaveringly committed to the search for truth. Doug McAdam's work places him in the top tier of such scholars. This is precisely what the Gittler prize was designed to honor."
McAdam will deliver a lecture on "The Continuing Significance of Race in America's Politics of Inequality" and receive the medal and $25,000 award that accompany the Gittler prize at 3 p.m. on Nov. 15 in Rapaporte Treasure Hall.
Freedom Summer was a campaign in Mississippi organized by the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee, a group of young black activists, to register black voters and support the civil rights movement. Some 1,000 volunteers, many of them white, northern college students participated, braving hostile police, Ku Klux Klansmen, bullets and bombs. Four died and hundreds were wounded.
McAdam's research showed that the experience affected the volunteers profoundly, to the extent that decades later many of them remained deeply involved in justice and freedom movements that continued to change the social and political landscapes of America. Volunteers who were accepted for Freedom Summer work but did not go through the experience, he found, were generally conventional liberals in later life.
Those findings led Teach for America founder Wendy Kopp to invite McAdam to do similar research on TFA "graduates," in the expectation that his findings would be similar for those who took part in TFA. They were not.
In a recent telephone interview, McAdam said that "we found that TFA's 'graduates' are no more likely to be engaged in public service than the two other groups studied" – volunteers who were accepted but did not enter the program and people who did enter the program but dropped out. "In fact, members of the first of those groups are consistently more civically engaged in the present than TFA graduates."
Perhaps even more surprising is McAdam's analysis, in collaboration with Rob Sampson, a professor of sociology at Harvard University, of civic and religious life in the neighborhoods of Chicago. Contrary to general expectations, the researchers found that religiosity and civic activism are inversely related.
"We show that no matter how you measure religious activity, the more of it there is, the less civic activity there is," McAdam said. "The more civic organizations, the more civic engagement. The density of churches has the opposite effect."
McAdam also researched the outbreak of church burnings that began in the United States in the spring of 1996.
"The media jumped all over it, and framed it from the beginning as burning of black churches – a 'back to the bad old days' story," McAdam said. "More systematic investigative journalism in the New Yorker and Wall Street Journal found the majority were not black churches. The story disappeared, but the burnings continued."
In all, the Department of Justice (DOJ) recorded 1,100 church burnings from 1996 to September 2001, when DOJ monitoring ceased in the aftermath of the Sept. 11 terror attacks.
Analyzing the DOJ data, McAdam found that about 40 percent of the burnings were of black churches, far in excess of the percentage of the population that is black, but also leaving hundreds of burnings of white people's churches to be accounted for.
McAdam found that those counties that had been witness to a lynching in their history were also significantly more likely to experience arson attacks on black churches in the 1990s. Interestingly, however, this relationship only held during the period of peak media coverage of the "church burning" story in 1996, suggesting that the media coverage actually encouraged the attacks in those locales that had a history of racial tension.
McAdam is as much an activist as many of the people he has studied. Last year, as the Occupy protests emerged across the country, including at Stanford, he and a handful of faculty colleagues launched Occupy the Future, a more academic, broad-based alliance that organized a series of teach-ins and a rally on campus.
The motive, McAdam told the San Francisco Chronicle, was a feeling that "other tactics are needed to broaden the movement and give it legs."
Occupy the Future's manifesto, signed by the six founding professors, underscores three issues at the heart of the protests: income inequality, environmental sustainability and corruption of democracy.
The Gittler prize is a legacy of Joseph B. Gittler, a sociologist who taught at Cardozo Law School and numerous leading universities, including Duke University, George Mason University, Iowa State University, the University of Rochester, Yeshiva University, Hiroshima University and Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. The prize also honors Professor Gittler's mother, Toby Gittler.
Previous recipients include George Washington University Professor of Islamic Studies Seyyed Hossein Nasr and Princeton University Professor of Philosophy Kwame Anthony Appiah. The prize was shared last year by Emory University Professor Emerita Frances Smith Foster and Stanford University historian Clayborne Carson, the director of the King Papers Project.
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The CTA has restored normal service on the Blue Line after clearing wreckage from Monday's collision of two trains at the Harlem station.
Crews worked late into the night to remove the trains after riders complained Tuesday about crowded platforms and, in some cases, more-than-doubled commuting times.
Blue Line service was back to normal in time for the morning rush, according to CTA spokeswoman Lambrini Lukidis.
Monday's crash involved an out-of-service, apparently driverless train that mysteriously traveled about a half-mile from the Forest Park rail yard and, continuing on the wrong tracks, slammed head-on into a train stopped at the Harlem station with about 40 passengers onboard. More than 30 them suffered bumps and bruises, according to hospitals.
Blue Line trains after the crash had been operating on a single track between Oak Park and Forest Park, bypassing the Harlem station.
The accident created "a ripple effect on the entire Blue Line [Tuesday] morning," CTA spokeswoman Tammy Chase said Tuesday. "We are making changes to mitigate that until we can get back to normal service."
One of those changes involved shuttle buses, which were launched immediately after the accident and, as of Tuesday night, were still in service. CTA riders using the shuttles to reach the Harlem station were being dropped off in front of the station house.
Customers at Harlem seeking to get on the Blue Line had to board a shuttle bus at the Harlem/Harrison bus stop, where the bus was going to the Oak Park Blue Line station. The alternative service was expected to continue until the trains were moved, the CTA said.
Across other parts of the Blue Line, other changes included more short-run trains, Chase said. Every other Blue Line train operating westbound to Forest Park was making its last stop at Oak Park before turning to begin inbound service, Chase said.
Some westbound trains were only operating to the UIC-Halsted station before turning to begin eastbound service, the CTA said.
The restrictions led to more than a few complaints from commuters.
"My husband left at 7:30 this morning and didn't get to work (at Clark and Lake) until 9:15 from the Western stop," rider Sheridan Chaney told the Tribune via email. "I use the California stop and managed to wedge onto the fourth train at about 8:40."
The CTA's online service alert said Tuesday that there were "significant delays'' on the Blue Line. It also warned that Train Tracker, a Web-based tool that predicts when the next train will arrive at stations, may not be available to customers.
Prior to their work late Tuesday, CTA officials referred all questions about the investigation to the National Transportation Safety Board, which is leading the probe. The NTSB's public affairs office was closed as a result of the federal government shutdown, and agency officials could not be reached for comment.
The NTSB, which typically sends a "go team" to accidents involving multiple fatalities, opted to take over the CTA investigation because of the unique circumstances coupled with the complex interaction of railroad signal, mechanical, track switch and communications systems.
On Monday, transit officials said they were eagerly waiting for video downloads from cameras on the two trains, the Harlem station and the Forest Park yard to determine conclusively whether anybody could have been aboard the rogue train or tampered with equipment.
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Also on Monday, a preliminary review of available video indicated that no one was in the operator's cab of the four-car train, the CTA said.
Tribune reporter Adam Sege and WGN-TV contributed.
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Fine particulates almost 40 times the safe level have created a health emergency in Beijing.
Beijing Orders Official Cars Off Roads to Curb Pollution
Beijing ordered government vehicles off the roads as part of an emergency response to ease air pollution that has smothered China's capital for the past three days, while warning the smog will persist until Jan. 16.
Hospitals were inundated with patients complaining of heart and respiratory ailments and the website of the capital's environmental monitoring center crashed.
Official measurements of PM2.5, fine airborne particulates that pose the largest health risks, rose as high as 993 micrograms per cubic meter in Beijing last night, compared with World Health Organization guidelines of no more than 25.
"The number of people coming into our emergency room suffering heart attacks has roughly doubled since Friday when the air pollution became really severe," Ding Rongjing, deputy head of cardiology at Peking University People's Hospital said in a telephone interview yesterday.
China, which the World Bank estimates has 16 of the world's 20 most-polluted cities, is the largest emitter of greenhouse gases. Beijing, home to more than 20 million people, began to release real-time air quality data measuring pollutants of 2.5 micrometers in size in September... [emphasis mine]
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On Monday, air pollution reached "critical levels" in 67 of China's cities,...
Beijing's bureau of environmental protection held a rare press conference Monday to explain the severity of the pollution problem, and outline an emergency plan to reduce the levels of harmful air particles.
The government's recent attention to the issue comes after decades of prioritizing economic development over environmental conservation, critics say.
Is the cause just car related? Or is it some other cause? Or perhaps many causes?
Nevermind - the article states it in the conclusion
The deterioration in city's air quality has been exacerbated by growth in heavy industries in areas surrounding Beijing such as steel making, smelting, power generating and petrochemical sectors, said Ma Jun, a Beijing-based environmentalist and founder of the Institute of Public and Environmental Affairs. "Increased demand for heating in winter, more vehicles running on the roads, have all contributed to the high level of pollutants in the air."
... among the world's ten most air polluted cities, 7 are in China. They are Taiyuan, Beijing, Urumqi, Lanzhou, Chongqing, Jinan and Shijiazhuang.
Earlier this week, the NY Times reported that the air-quality monitoring device atop the United States Embassy in Beijing had recorded the highest levels yet. The device measures fine particles called PM 2.5 because they are 2.5 microns in diameter or smaller. An air quality index of 500 is considered the worst possible and yet the device recorded a level of 755. For a comparison, the current air quality index for New York City is 19. [emphasis mine]
7 of 10 Most Air-Polluted Cities Are in China
wow - 755 is so high
Sorry - late getting over here. I am just learning about this crisis. Thanks for educating us on the issues.
India's air pollution may be worse than China's.
Black Carbon Pollution Is Two To Three Times Worse In India And Chi...
A new study has found that global estimates of black carbon emissions in certain areas of India and China could be two to three more times concentrated than previously thought. Black carbon,...
... a team of researchers from France and China developed a new model for discerning the amount of black carbon pollution in the air. Previous models had failed to take into account regional differences, and instead provided information at the country level.
Short-term and long-term exposure to black carbon can lead to a broad range of health impacts, including respiratory and cardiovascular effects as well as cancer and premature death, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Black carbon contributes to particulate matter, or PM, pollution, which is made up of a mixture of solid particles and liquid droplets in the air. Black carbon falls within the PM2.5 category, otherwise known as "fine particles," with diameters that are between 1.0 and 2.5 micrometers and are considered to pose the greatest health risks.
A recent World Health Organization study, "2010 Global Burden of Disease," found that outdoor air pollution is contributing annually to over 3.2 million premature deaths worldwide...
... while Beijing may be sending out warnings, the situation in Indian cities like Delhi would seem to be even worse. "The United States Embassy in Beijing sent out warnings in mid-January, when a measure of harmful fine particulate matter known as PM2.5 went above 500, in the upper reaches of the measurement scale, for the first time this year:"
"But for the first three weeks of this year, New Delhi's average daily peak reading of fine particulate matter from Punjabi Bagh, a monitor whose readings are often below those of other city and independent monitors, was 473, more than twice as high as the average of 227 in Beijing. By the time pollution breached 500 in Beijing for the first time on the night of Jan. 15, Delhi had already had eight such days. Indeed, only once in three weeks did New Delhi's daily peak value of fine particles fall below 300, a level more than 12 times the exposure limit recommended by the World Health Organization." [first emphasis mine]
This is truly a tragedy! And industries are generally free to pass the burden of "externalities" like pollution to society at large.
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By Jobin on Thursday, April 29, 2010I really love this car - it's a head turner. I bought mine used with 1200 miles, saving over $11k in the process (due mainly to public demand and the subsequent dealer mark-up). I'm happy to see that since buying last July (2009) that I am still well in the black on this car. I have modded mine but maintained every little part (down to valve caps and bulbs) so that a future purist may easily return this numbered first edition car to factory stock. I agree with some of the reviews here that the Ram's heads do not belong on the car (made for the trucks IMHO) and I have replaced all mine with nostalgic Challenger logos (except for the steering wheel - haven't quite figured out how to get around that one with the airbag). The interior was kind of bland but (additional) carbon fiber and some well placed billet accents have brought it to life. The trunk is MASSIVE. The only negative things I could say about the car are: (1) The huge blind spot created by the large C pillars - I can deal with this though because I feel that the C pillars are necessary for that nostalgic look and you get used to it. (2) The body has minor factory blemishes that could've been worked out better. (3) Many of the mods I made should've been factory options or standard - this really isn't a bad thing as they make my car unique amongst 3rd gen Challengers. (4) Too many of these became trailer queens - get out and drive the car fools!! Other than that, Dodge has nailed it! You Camaro owners can continue to eat your hearts out! (I'd say the same for the Mustang but it is the only Ford I am fond of - remember, the Challenger and Camaro went away for many years, the Mustang simply evolved). I could go on forever but go test drive one, you'll see.
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LANCASTER, Pa. – The No. 3 MIT men's basketball team moved within one game of the Division III final four thanks to an 83-67 win over the College of Staten Island in the third round of the NCAA tournament on Friday night. The Engineers connected on 12-of-20 shots from three-point range and shot 53.3% from the field while holding Staten Island to its lowest output in 17 games. Tech will face the winner of Friday night's game between host Franklin & Marshall College and Amherst College on Saturday at 7:00 p.m.
Junior Mitchell Kates (Colts Neck, N.J.) led all scorers with 29 points and added five assists. Senior Jamie Karraker (Morgantown, W.Va.) hit seven-of-10 three's en route to 25 points. Junior Will Tashman (Atherton, Calif.) recorded his third straight double-double of the NCAA tournament with 11 points and 13 rebounds. Senior Noel Hollingsworth (Salt Lake City, Utah) was also in double figures for Tech with 13 points.
Tech (28-1) withstood a late rally from the Dolphins to hold on for their 12th straight victory. After trailing by as many as 22 in the second half, Staten Island began its run midway through the period, running off six straight at one point and getting within nine before succumbing to the third-ranked Engineers.
"First of all my hats off to Tony [Petosa], that's a tremendous basketball team that we just played," MIT Coach Larry Anderson said after the game. "Even when we were up 20+ points, we never felt we had the game in hand."
A Tashman layup put MIT ahead, 71-55, with four and a half minutes remaining but Bloochy Magloire (Staten Island, N.Y.) was fouled on a three-pointer and Javon Cox (Bronx, N.Y.) hit a jump-hook to cut the deficit to 11. After Kates made one-of-two from the line, Cox came back with a layup at the other end and Staten Island was within 10 with just over two minutes left. Magloire made a step-back three-pointer on CSI's next possession but freshman Paul Dawson (Stone Mountain, Ga.) came off the bench to knock down a pair of free throws to push the lead back to 11.
CSI had a chance to slice into the deficit but Magloire and senior T.J. Tibbs (Staten Island, N.Y.) could not connect from three and MIT calmly sank its free throws, making 11-of-12 in the final 1:40.
The Cardinal and Gray took a 44-30 lead into the locker room thanks to nine first-half three's, including a perfect six-for-six from Karraker. It took the Engineers nearly two minutes to connect from the field but once but once they did, they did not miss many, shooting 56.7% in the half. After a pair of free throws by Javon Cox (Bronx, N.Y.) put the Dolphins on top, 10-9, Tech would run off 10 straight points to take a lead it would not relinquish the rest of the evening.
Staten Island would close the gap to five on a pair of occasions, but after the second, at the 8:25 mark, MIT went on an 8-2 run to push the lead back into double digits. Another Karraker three-ball, with just over a minute to play in the half, gave Tech its largest lead of the frame at 42-28.
Jordan Young (Asbury Park, N.J.) was the high scorer for Staten Island with 19 points. Magloire (17), Cox (16) and Tibbs (13) were also in double digits for the Dolphins.
When asked about the Kates' and Karraker's big night, Anderson cited the team's balance as a key factor. "All year long we've tried to have a balance [offensively]. It was their [Kates and Karraker] tonight and maybe tomorrow night our big guys will be the focal point."
When asked about being just one game from the Final 4, Kates responded, "We've never been here before but we expected to be here at the beginning of the year."
Karraker credited his teammates with helping him fill the scoring column, "I was definitely feeling it tonight but credit to Mitch and Tash [Tashman].Tash set great screens to get me open and Mitch found me in transition."
MIT will look to achieve a new level of success for the program on Saturday night. To advance, the Engineers will need to go through either the second-ranked Lord Jeffs, or the ninth-ranked Diplomats. The sectional final will begin at 7:00 p.m. on Saturday night at Franklin & Marshall.


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... to read the essays, news stories and other articles in the issue, including the sampling below
March 17, 1986
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Industry, environmentalists, university and Forest Service representatives met in Spokane, Wash., to hash out arguments for and against below-cost timber sales.
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Will Apple Fall Below $500?
A judge ruled against Apple in a patent ruling and UBS slashed its earnings estimate, sending Apple shares down. Will they fall below $500? Steven Russolillo discusses on Markets Hub. Photo: Getty Images.
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... I ... he or she this morning down three percent ... by fourteen were down five hundred and ten this is ... it's all extraordinary first stop they'd just this year ... you recall ... hit seven hundred dollars an ounce down around five hundred dollars ... big drop for Apple is continuing today what is going on the two can play here on the markets of morning everyone I'm Paul vignette ... with ... Steve Russolillo has ... you just have to post them to vote in Louisiana that Apple's ... up Apple under more pressure today one gets the stock is under a lot of pressure just another of the morning here this is slow factors that are going on one being a tie ups that a research note ... I'm talking about how they're getting a little bit more cautious about the company's growth rates it's when its projected earnings for twenty thirteen ... UBS cut its price target to seven hundred dollars from seven eighty ... thinking about that still still very high still very high but seven hundred section below Wall Street's consensus price target rate now when you combine everybody's is forty downside of that targets it's below that number so ... the getting a little more cautious about the company couple other things to consider ... I've that the of the company lost a ... patent case yesterday ... you know Apple is generally done pretty well in these patents or throughout the years so ... but that is weighing on things a little bit ... and of course the I phone five launch in China ... today ... in its head of the tepid response rate now it seems like every sits with our IRA ... friends that that is is this guy did I they said it's iOS not a typical I phone launched a huge scene is also some bad weather over the area to consider that so ... you know not really sure exactly where things stand but it seems like all in all rate now ... when you compile it all together it's not the same like wheeled bullish story that use I mean I know the magical about the five hundred dollar level right by the these big round numbers always good people of people's attention ... and at seven hundred to five hundred deaths short for the time frame ... it's a significant is is that this move and if you think about two one from someone or five hundred and then it almost hit six hundred earlier this month and now back down again so ... cannot just be talking about a penny stock you saw that the pro biggest company on the planet ... that is moving in the skews swings and all directions over the last few months so ... what that means for twenty thirteen and new IDC remains the scene but ... it just goes to show that the exponential growth that the company saw ... its stock price ... is likely over the the the signing of the good that the stock will go well this is at the rate that one DiamondRock still making it to make a ton of money effectively making him the very inching to see ... who's right the analysts right or the people selling now because analysts ... the hell they all have high stock for stock car to someone write write write exactly a good thing about the stock rate now in the low five hundred sq ... the consensus target is around seven fits right ... that's still a huge upside to think so yes who has the right is that the people that are billing now or is that the people that are projecting that two ... of big upswing in through twenty thirteen so ... you know that that that the company is going to come out with the new ITV or a new TV product war that has some other big product or another Così his new versions of listening to the things you have to think that the ones that growth might slow a little bit but as long as the still pre strong ... you have to think that there's upside but for now though ... people are jittery people are concerned that the great story may be coming arate Steve Russolillo think you're in my hip ...


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Yesterday Mark Carney the current Bank of Canada Governor, and future Bank of England Governor took centre stage. The Treasury Select Committee (TSC) immediately began with questions about his remuneration and housing allowance; Carney seemed comfortable, calm and collected. Initially sterling rallied following the release of his written answers to questions he had received prior. Mark Carney hinted towards a change in stance from Mervyn King's current approach, but was respectful that…Continue Reading →
Halifax house prices show that UK property market registered its first annual rise since October 2010 Business Secretary Vince Cable has said that the part nationalised Royal Bank of Scotland, should have been fully nationalised to avoid its current state of limbo Fitch confirmed Holland's AAA rating but revised its outlook to negative Cameron will not accept a deal on the EU budget at this week's summit in Brussels unless it freezes or cuts European spending -Gua…Continue Reading →
Chinese HSBC services PMI which rose to a four-month high of 54.0 from 51.7 in December RBA minutes which saw the bank leave rates unchanged at 3.00% S&P credit rating agency faces lawsuit over ratings - Telegraph Hedge Funds are taking large short positions for UK retailers, in a bet that further high street chains will collapse - CityAM SGX in talks over taking a stake in LCH.Clearnet - Financial Times Ford expect to spend $5bn this year shoring up its pen…Continue Reading →
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After 20 months of mobilizing, agitating and negotiating to green Facebook, the Internet giant has today announced its goal to run on clean, renewable energy. The clear message to energy producers from Facebook is: invest now in renewable energy, and move away from coal power. That's a status update we can all celebrate!
Tech blogs are abuzz with news that Facebook will build a datacentre in Luleå, Sweden, where it can use free cooling from the frigid local climate and be close to renewable hydro-power in the region.
Facebook reaches over 750 million active users.
Greenpeace Israel launches NoCoal.org.il website as part of the international Facebook Unfriend Coal campaign, with help from actor and broadcaster Michael Moshonov.
Sustainability is certainly one of the talking points of tech firms these days, and cloud computing companies in the particular.
Greenpeace volunteers in Sweden make a musical video message for Mark Zuckerberg.
600 pupils from Delhi Public School in Ahmedabad, India, sit in a field in 38 C degree heat at 8:45am to send a massive poke to Facebook -- A 40 x 20 metre letter "f" with the words "clean energy" spelled out alongside.
Greenpeace activists wearing Unfriend Coal T-shirts unfurl a baller at a the Piazza del Duomo in Milan, Italy, grab the attention of passers-by. Video (in Italian) from the action.
Students at UNC Wilmington, North Carolina, have some fun making this campaign video about Facebook's energy choices.
In Austin, Texas, at the company's headquarters, Facebook users delivered their message directly to Facebook's staff. And back in North Carolina, at the site of Facebook's Forest City data centre students protest the company's energy choices.
In the middle of all this, we release a follow-up to our 2010 "Make IT Green" report. "How dirty is your data?" is the first ever report on the energy choices made by IT companies including Akamai, Amazon.com (Amazon Web Services), Apple, Facebook, Google, HP, IBM, Microsoft, Twitter, and Yahoo, and highlights the need for greater transparency from global IT brands on the energy and carbon footprint of their Internet infrastructure.
A campaigner reflects on the Earth Day Challenge and why it matters that Facebook goes green.
Student volunteers add some some excitement to the morning commute for Facebook employees on their way to the company's headquarters in Palo Alto, always emphasizing that "GP hearts FB" but we still want it to go green.
Greenpeace volunteers from Uganda, Senegal, Camaroon, Zimbabwe, and South Africa put this photo message together for Facebook.
Greenpeace activists take a message directly to the Facebook EMEA headquarters in Dublin, Ireland, and speak with staff there about the company and the campaign. Staff were very friend to activists, and brought us tea and coffee!
We just set a world record for the most comments on a single Facebook post in one day! Our supporters posted no less than 80,000 comments in at least eleven languages on our Facebook Unfriend Coal page in the past 24 hours.
They take their renewable energy very seriously in Sweden where the Facebook Unfriend Coal campaign has taken on a life of its own. From beautiful photos to petitions to asking artists on tour to wear Unfriend Coal T-shirts during concerts, Swedish activists have put a lot of creative energy into this issue.
In Stockholm, Facebook users stopped to take part in a photo petition. In Gothenburg, volunteers erected a small green teepee and the public gathered around to hear about the campaign and get photographed with a message for Facebook. In Norrköping, an artistic group spent two days painting a 3 x 25 meter mural message to Facebook on a wall in the city harbour.
Our new Facebook Unfriend Coal ad appears on stations in California, and Greenpeace's video claims top spot in Google Search for "Facebook TV Ad" and "Facebook TV Commercial".
One year into the campaign, Greenpeace issues an Earth Day Challenge to Facebook.
Photo petition (or, competition!) launched for everyone who wants Facebook to pledge to go green by Earth Day, and it's already chock full of images from supporters!
Ed Begley Jr. and Rachelle Carson from the U.S. television series "Living With Ed".
Thousands of people begin posting messages directly to Mark Zuckerberg using Facebook, asking him to use green energy to run the website they love.
Letter to Mark Zuckerberg from Kumi Naidoo, Greenpeace International Executive Director posted on our blog sparks comments discussion with Barry Schnitt, Facebook's Policy Communications Director. Greenpeace policy analyst Gary Cook joins the conversation here.
Meanwhile hundreds of thousands of people enjoy our cartoon campaign video, launched the same month.
Facebook, which started in a dorm room in February 2004, announces that it now has more than 500m users. Almost 500,000 of those users have joined Facebook Groups since February 2010, calling the company to go green.
Greenpeace report "Make IT Green: Cloud Computing and its Contribution to Climate Change" released.
19 February. Greenpeace campaign to get Facebook off coal-power launches. Thousands of Facebook users join Facebook Groups in English and Spanish saying "we want Facebook to run on 100% renewable energy" and "Queremos que Facebook utilice 100% energía renovable".
It is revealed that rather then use renewable energy available in Oregon and used by other major datacenters, Facebook's new data center is powered by coal.
Rumours say that Facebook will build its first own Data center in Orgeon, USA.
Got Twitter? Tweet to celebrate the news and encourage other IT leaders to beat Facebook's commitment:
Got Facebook? Share your feelings about the campaign with a comment below. Did you participate? Talk about that too!


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Via Newsbusters. I realize that demonizing tea partiers is his shtick, that opposing unsustainably huge government is supposedly per se proof of nascent domestic terrorism, but maybe it's worth laying off on an afternoon when both of the guys he names are busy arguing against the president's power to kill U.S. citizens without due process. Right? If Obama were a Republican, Matthews would have no difficulty grasping which party to the "liquidating Americans on suspicion of terrorism" debate is more dangerous potentially. A suggested rule of thumb for MSNBC: You don't need to agree with Paul and Cruz on this. You're free to continue to defend Obama's right to give the royal thumbs down to someone on John Brennan's list, even if the target holds an American passport. But maybe, just for the sake of appearances, slow down on comparing the opposition to Nazis at a moment when they're trying to limit the leader's authority to summarily execute enemies of the state.
By the way, note that the expert on hate groups here actually tries to disabuse Matthews of the notion that hardcore anti-government nuts care much about Rand Paul, Ted Cruz, or any other mainstream Republican. Matthews, naturally, is having none of it. The point of having this guy on isn't to educate the viewer about real domestic terrorists, it's to demagogue conservative politicians who stand in the way of Obama's agenda via guilt by phantom association. Levin, the expert, simply doesn't understand what he's there for.


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IBM announced data centers designed to meet government security requirements and an ability to expand software and services development across its "growing cloud ecosystem," the company said.
The IBM Cloud Services data centers provide the firm's SoftLayer infrastructure as a service (IaaS) that meet Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program and Federal Information Security Management Act requirements.
The data centers will open up the market for SoftLayer IaaS, enabling customers to deliver over 100 applications and services, such as desktop virtualization, security and geospatial services to government agencies.
The technology is positioned for creating hybrid and private cloud systems for government agencies, integrating on-premise and cloud-based workloads via the datacenters. Hybrid cloud systems provide government agencies more security and control, as well as the opportunity to benefit from existing private cloud investments, according to IBM.
The first data center will open in Dallas this month, with a companion center opening in Ashburn, Va., later this year. The data centers will have initial capacity for 30,000 servers and share an isolated private network with 2,000 gigabytes per second of connectivity.
IBM is building a security operations center for the data centers to provide government clients with added security, availability and incident response services.
"Government clients will find SoftLayer services delivered via these new centers give them the ideal platform for the mission-critical workloads they are moving to the cloud, or new Web-centric workloads," said Anne Altman, general manager, US Federal, IBM.
The new data centers are part of IBM's $1.2 billion investment to expand its global cloud operations globally, according to the firm. By the end of 2014, IBM will operate 40 data centers across five continents, and it will double SoftLayer cloud capacity, it said.
IBM also announced the launch of the Bluemix Platform-as-a-Service Acceleration Program for the federal government, designed to enable a cloud-based ecosystem of developers, independent software vendors and federal system integrators. The program will launch new education and tools for in-house developers in federal agencies and business partners, IBM said.
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I would like to take a professional training of UX and will be glad to know how and where can I find the right dates and places for such events.
closed as too localized by JonW♦ Dec 26 '12 at 9:12
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UX is a very broad topic, so you wouldn't find a single overview of all UX conferences anywhere.
I think Smashing Magazine has the best collection of conferences:
The list covers the first months of 2011, so most of these conferences are finished, but they usually arrange annual conferences, so visiting the various conference sites should be useful. Smashing Magazine announced that they would publish a new article that covers the rest of the year.
In addition to visit the conferences that Smashing Magazine lists, you should:
- Google it
- Look for usergroups and meetups (meetup.com, linkedin.com etc)
- Look for courses at univerities near by
- Follow blogs and authors in general
Keep your eyes open, and you will stumble upon several conferances that fits your needs.


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Hundreds of people, many teary-eyed and emotional, attended a memorial service at Willowbrook High School in Villa Park on Sunday for a fellow student and three of his family members who were killed in a bizarre murder-suicide incident in the suburb about two weeks ago.
Investigators believe that Cedric Anderson, 42, of Dolton, shot his girlfriend, Ursula Nailor, 37, her sons Darnell Holt Jr., 16, Daniel Nailor, 13, and her niece Dominique Robinson, 19, of Bolingbrook, as they slept in their beds in their ranch-style home on Summit Road on Jan. 17.
The family was found dead at 7:15 a.m. after emergency personnel responded to a fire at the home that was apparently set by Anderson, investigators said. At 1:30 p.m. the same day, Anderson was found dead in his Dolton home from a self-inflicted gun shot wound.
But at the three-hour Sunday memorial service, which included prayer, dance and songs by the school choir, speakers focused on the victims' lives, talking about their achievements and the good times they shared with them.
"He [Darnell] was my buddy," said his father Darnell Holt Sr. "He was starting to enter manhood. I am never going to find a buddy like him again."
Dan Kraus, principal of Willowbrook High School, said Holt was a great student and athlete and referred to him as the best-dressed kid in the school. The teen was a freshman at Willowbrook High School and was on the football and wresting team.
"He brought life to our building that we will miss," Kraus said. "He was a tremendous young man."
John Taylor, the father of Daniel Nailor, became emotional, but said he couldn't believe how fast Daniel was growing up. "He was getting so big," Taylor said. "Before I knew it he was (tall enough to be) staring into my eyes. I will never understand how something like this could happen to four beautiful people."
Daniel Nailor, who was in the 7th grade at Albright Middle School, was known by many of his classmates as a funny kid with a great smile.
"He was friendly, compassionate, funny and caring," Albright Principal Scott Jackson said. "He was loved by all his classmates and teachers."
Sheila Robinson, the sister of Ursula Nailor and mother of Dominique Robinson, said she had a strong bond with her sister.
She said Ursula Nailor, who they called "Coddie," was a loving mother and often adventurous, giving the example of her learning to ride a motorcycle.
"She called me and said, 'You got to take this class,'" said Sheila Robinson. "I said, 'What class?' She said, 'A motorcycle class.' That's just the way she was."
Robinson could only describe her daughter, Dominique Robinson, also known as "AJ," as special. Family members and friends at the event also said she loved animals and pointed out that she was tall with beautiful eyes and a nice smile.
"She was special from a very young age," said her mother Sheila Robinson[cq]. "Everyone loved her.
The family has started up a "Taken Too Soon Memorial Fund" to help offset funeral and burial costs and possibly create an award in the honor of the two children. Donations can be made in person or by mail or wire transfer to BMO Harris Bank, 17 W 695 Roosevelt Road, Oakbrook Terrace, IL, 60181.
The family is also asking people to donate to the school district's Partnership for Inspired Education Fund. For more information on the fund, visit piefoundation.org.
Hundreds of people, many teary-eyed and emotional, attended a memorial service at Willowbrook High School in Villa Park on Sunday for a fellow student and three of his family members who were killed in a bizarre murder-suicide incident in the suburb about two weeks ago.


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Yup, I had to do it. As I watched The Walking Dead from the first season to the third, I realized that Shane was such an awesome character that shouldn't have been killed off so early. He is, or was one of my favorite characters from the series even if he did go a little crazy towards the end. Shane Walsh cared very much for Rick and his family even before he started messing around with Lori. I really wanted to capture Shane's look which is serious, stern, and vengeful. I didn't think that I was going to be able to create the look of Shane, but I did. Anyways, some may feel that Shane was dead weight, but to me I feel that is not even possible. That's all I have for this lesson on drawing Shane Walsh, have fun and stick around for more tuts coming your way. Peace out folks.
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'Fairly poor display'
'TN screen is ugly.'
It's a looker - compact and stylish
We can't see why you'd choose the Xperia M over its rivals
Stylish design, Good battery life, Decent speaker quality
cheap Android phone is okay, but there are better budget phones
Sony has done a good job with Walkman and video apps
Intuative interface
Impressive camera for price
Unimpressive performance, Some software bugs
Sturdy build, DLNA streaming and NFC
Cheap, solid, works as you'd hope and expect
Large IPS display, Good camera performance
Unpleasant, bloated Huawei software
'The Motorola Defy is available exclusively through Telstra in Australia for three months from 30 November and is rated as a BlueTick phone, meaning it provides superior coverage in regional and rural areas of Australia.'
'"DEFY has been designed to handle everything that life throws your way," said Alain Mutricy, senior vice president, portfolio and device product management, Motorola Mobility.'
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'At 59 x 107 x 13.4mm and weighing 118g it's one of the smallest and lightest phones around that features a screen above 3.5in. '
'Super strong one piece polycarbonate shell'
'good design'
Solid camera performance
OS is dead on arrival
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Good build quality
Compact design and good build
Good value for money
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Lady Gaga Shows Off Nipple, Assistant Reportedly Penning Tell-All Bookby Michelle McGahan | PopCrush
In what is probably just another day in the life of Lady Gaga, the singer flashed her nipple on Instagram soon after news broke that her former personal assistant (yes, the same one who sued her in 2011) is writing a tell-all book about Mother Monster.
According to the Hollywood Reporter, Gaga's former assistant, Jennifer O' Neill, has just inked a deal with Atrium Books to write a tell-all about the star, whom O' Neill worked for from 2009-2011. The book deal could reportedly be worth $1 million.
In December 2011, O' Neill sued Gaga, claiming that the singer owed her $393,000 in overtime pay and that Gaga requested that O' Neill perform such tasks as sleeping in the same bed with her and handing her a towel after a shower. (For her part, Gaga was furious and even called her assistant a "f—– hood rat who is suing me for money she didn't earn.")
In other Lady Gaga news, the singer recently took to Instagram to show off some of her — ahem — assets, snapping a selfie that shows off her sideboob (and side nipple), thanks to one very low-cut blazer. Though the photo has since been deleted, you can check out the original NSFW image here. You know what they say: Nothing really ever disappears from the Internet.
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Throughout the month of October, we'll be giving readers gear for the Annual Meeting. Each day will be a different trivia question, so check back in daily for your chance to win. To answer the trivia question, you will need to leave your answer as a comment here on this blog. All the comments will be held for moderation until the end of the day. A commenter to answer the question correctly will be chosen at random to win an item of Annual Meeting gear. There will be one prize-winner each day. Once you win, you will be ineligible to win again during this blog series.
Today's trivia question:
AAA held its first Annual Meeting in 1902. Where was the meeting held?
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Montréal Mondays are back! AAA had so much fun in our giveaway series this past spring, Montréal Mondays, that we're doing it again.
The AAA 110th Annual Meeting will take place this year in Montréal, Quebec, Canada from November 16-20, 2011. Now is the time to renew your membership, pre-register for the Annual Meeting, book your hotel, and add the workshops to your itinerary.
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Windy City
Us non-baseball folk scooted between the comforts of the media workroom or clubhouse and the baseball diamonds today — mainly keeping to the places that were, well, indoors. The wind was howling at the Bobby Mattick Training Center and the Blue Jays kept their workout short, sticking with PFP (pitchers' fielding practice drills) and taking a day off from throwing off the mounds.
At around 11 a.m., when the pitchers and catchers were about an hour into their workout, Jays third base coach Brian Butterfield made his way into the complex. That's a load off for the rest of the coaching staff, who have grown accustomed to having Butter lead the charge as far as setting up the daily schedule. Snowy weather slowed his travel from Maine to Dunedin.
Not a whole lot to report today. Brandon League (tight hammy) was back on the fields today, showing no ill effects from his very minor injury. Pitchers Tomo Ohka and Victor Zambrano still aren't in camp (visa issues), but they should be arriving some time in the next few days. Pitchers will take the hills again on Monday.
Toronto manager John Gibbons offered his praise today for catcher Jason Phillips, saying he "has an edge" over Sal Fasano for the backup job. One plus to keeping Phillips on board is his ability to also spell Lyle Overbay occasionally at first base. Fasano will certainly try to win the job, but he's also indicated that playing in Triple-A is fine with him. Besides, it's practically inevitable that any team will need a third catcher at some point during any season.
Speaking of Fasano, who — like me — is a native Chicagoan, he was in attendance for the Bears' Super Bowl loss to the Colts earlier this month. Fasano is a season ticket holder in Chicago, and had much better things to say about his seats at Soldier Field than where he was sitting (and getting drenched by the rain) in Miami. He was obviously upset about the loss, but there were some good moments, such as Devin Hester's opening kickoff return for a touchdown: "I had already lost my voice by that point," Fasano said.
- On ESPN.com, Buster Olney has an interesting Q & A with first baseman Lyle Overbay in the Feb. 18 entry on his blog.
- I'm piecing together the first Jays mailbag of the spring tonight and it'll run tomorrow. If you'd like to try to get some questions answered in the Spring Training mailbags, e-mail me at firstname.lastname@example.com.
That's all for now. How about a question for you all to dicuss: Who would you like to see win the final open job in the bullpen? Candidates include, not in any particular order, Pete Walker, Shaun Marcum, Davis Romero, Francisco Rosario, maybe Josh Towers. Guys like Matt Roney or Geremi Gonzalez could be darkhorses for the job, too.
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Shaun Marcum all the way for that final spot in the bullpen. Great job on the daily posts, Jordan. Keep up the great work.
I would love to see Marcum, and even to see what Gonzalez could do in the majors. Towers needs to prove himself before they let him back.
I think Pete Walker, if he's throwing well. First, because he would add a lot of experience and maturity to a very young pen. Second, Marcum, McGowan et al deserve a shot at the starting rotation next year, and to be ready for that, they will have to pitch some innings in Syracuse this year.
Marcum should get the spot if he dosen't crack the rotation.He came in under fire last year and has that experience to build on.Plus,with our very good but injury prone rotation,it would be handy to have him with the team and pitching against major league hitters on a regular basis.This way, he will be able to make an emergency start or come into a game early.


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The Pacific Division recently learned that the union representing San Francisco hotel workers has called for a boycott of several San Francisco hotels, including our conference hotel. The Executive Committee would like to know whether you feel that the meeting should be moved outside San Francisco or whether you oppose moving the meeting.Apparently they are considering moving the meeting to San Jose, which is less than 40 miles from the San Francisco airport, or Las Vegas, which is less than 570 miles from the San Francisco airport.
A less fair person would point out that, as far as I have been able to ascertain, the union has been urging a boycott against the Westin St. Francis in San Francisco since at least August, 2009, and that a responsible organizing body would have made this decision much earlier in the game. But let's not play the blame game. Let's be constructive.
For one thing, I think it would be very, very bad to move the conference to Vegas at this point. People who are planning to attend have already made travel plans. On the other hand, I think it's pretty important to stand in solidarity with our hotel-working brothers and sisters. While they are lucky to have jobs, their jobs are no doubt much more unpleasant, soul-crushing, and exploitative than the jobs we have (or hope to have). We should help them out and avoid the seven San-Francisco-area hotels they ask us to. So I'm in favor of finding another hotel in San Francisco or else moving to San Jose.
Does anybody know what's actually happening?
--Mr. Zero
Clayton Littlejohn of Think Tonk shares the following email from a Local 2 member:
My co-workers and I are currently in the midst of a dispute with Starwood Hotels, the company that manages the Westin St. Francis. The company is insisting on proposals that would make health benefits unaffordable for myself and my family, cut workers' retirement benefits, and increase workloads.
This is despite the fact Starwood made $180 million in profits during just nine months last year, and the Westin St. Francis hotel itself generated over $11 million in earnings. My co-workers and I went on a 3-day strike in November to show that we will not let Starwood, whose CEO made $4.8 million in 2008, use the economy as an excuse to squeeze as even harder. We are calling on all Westin St. Francis customers to BOYCOTT the hotel until it agrees to a fair contract.
I understand the APA is taking input on whether or not to hold its conference at this hotel. Unfortunately, the information the APA sent its members was false and misleading on several counts. For example, the APA said that "there is no dispute over salaries or working conditions" and that "the parties do not appear to be far apart." This simply isn't true. The issues at stake in negotiations include wages, working conditions, workers' right to join unions, and affordable healthcare.
Moreover, the APA said, "There are no pickets, though union staff may distribute leaflets at the hotel doors". Local 2 members have held multiple picket lines outside the St. Francis. I myself participated in a lively picket line just a few days ago, along with 150 coworkers, in front of the hotel. Starwood is trying to spread the idea that it's just a few "union staff" at our actions – but APA members shouldn't buy into this line. You can get a glimpse into our struggle through a video that's posted on our union's website, www.unitehere2.org.
We are asking you not to eat, sleep, meet, or speak at the Westin St. Francis. I would also like to ask you to contact the APA to let them know that you will not violate this boycott. Please contact the Pacific Division's Secretary-Treasurer, Dominic McIver Lopes, at 604-822-6703 or firstname.lastname@example.com
We're counting on your support. Thanks for taking the time to stand up for working people in San Francisco.


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When choosing a career you really need to use your head and think about what job logically makes sense. If you're like most career searchers, you're not sure. To find out, start by asking yourself these questions about what you really want and need in a career:
What are your career non-negotiables? (For example, salary, prestige, location, glamour, short training, using your previous training.)
List your life's major accomplishments. What skills did you frequently use?
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Story highlights
- Members of the LGBT community suffer domestic violence at higher rates than straights
- Many of those hurt struggle to find support resources to leave bad relationships
- Reauthorized Violence Against Women Act includes LGBT Americans
- Anti-same-sex-marriage groups see the move as a blow, while advocates think it's a boon
Patrick Dati had reached his breaking point.
With a metal pin in his arm and Vicodin coursing through his veins, he picked up the phone to call his psychiatrist.
Dati had undergone surgery for a broken arm after his then-boyfriend allegedly threw him down the stairs when he tried to leave their home.
Now he sat on the phone with his doctor, explaining why he couldn't carry on, as he tried to overdose on painkillers.
The attempt to end his life, which landed him in a psychiatric ward for two days, resulted in part because he felt trapped in the abusive relationship and saw no way out.
"I couldn't let my boyfriend go because he wasn't allowing me to," Dati said.
Dati is one of an estimated 3.4% of adults who self-identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender, referred to as LGBT, in the United States. He's also one of a quarter of gay men in America who report having encountered intimate partner violence.
While Dati reached out to LGBT resources for help while he was ensnared in the abusive relationship, including the Center on Halsted Anti-Violence Project's 24-Hour crisis hot line in Chicago, many in his position find that help is hard to come by.
Now, thanks to new LGBT-inclusive language in the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act, signed into law this month, domestic violence victims like Dati will have access to many of the same abuse and trauma services as victims of heterosexual partner violence.
Ty Cobb, the senior legislative counsel at the Human Rights Campaign, said the new language explicitly includes the LGBT community in the largest Violence Against Women Act grant program, the STOP grant program.
Previously, there was no grant money specifically allocated to providing domestic violence services and outreach for the LGBT population.
"This provides funding to care providers who collaborate with prosecution and law enforcement officials to address domestic violence," Cobb said.
Originally passed in 1994, the Violence Against Women Act provides support for organizations that serve domestic violence victims. President Obama signed the reauthorization into law in Washington on March 7, saying it was a "day of the advocates, a day of the survivors."
The act's new language highlights the reality that LGBT people also experience intimate partner and sexual violence.
After the announcement, the president of the National Domestic Violence Hotline, Katie Ray-Jones, said in statement: "This legislation that extends protections to all victims no matter their race, legal status or sexual orientation sends an important message that no victim should be excluded from receiving critical resources that will help them live a life free of abuse."
Human rights and domestic violence activists say LGBT people are an underserved population when it comes to victim services and outreach.
According to a study by the National Coalition of Anti-Violence Programs, 45% of LGBT victims were turned away when they sought assistance from a domestic violence shelter. Nearly 55% of those who filed for protection orders were denied them.
Lack of access to services is not exclusive to the LGBT community; heterosexual victims are also turned away from shelters, usually for lack of space or funding as opposed to intolerance. According to the Missouri Council Against Sexual and Domestic Violence Services, the state turned away 19,000 victims in 2011 from shelters because of inadequate space.
Still, not all states have laws ensuring the availability of civil orders of protection to LGBT victims, which may further contribute to victims' isolation.
"When we don't include LGBT in the conversation, when we have conversations that assume this is violence that only happens to women as perpetrated by men, we aren't giving LGBT the language to talk about their own relationships," said Sharon Stapel, the executive director of the New York City Anti-Violence Project.
"By omission, we're saying 'you don't matter -- you're not a part of this.'"
The Violence Against Women Act language comes at a pivotal time, as incidences of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender violence have come under more scrutiny.
A 2010 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention survey found that the prevalence of intimate partner violence was higher in some LGBT relationships than in their heterosexual counterparts: 61% of bisexual women and 44% of lesbian women reported intimate partner violence versus 35% of heterosexual women. Meanwhile, 26% of gay men and 37% of bisexual men reported being assaulted or stalked by a partner, compared with 29% of heterosexual men.
The special report of the National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey was the first of its kind to present comparisons between groups by sexual orientation.
According to Stapel, the Violence Against Women Act reauthorization breaks down the barriers that LGBT people face when they recognize their relationship is unhealthy and violent -- and decide to reach out for support.
"Some of those barriers are very unintentional. They are service providers who are used to dealing with violence against women and have these very gendered ways of talking about the problem," Stapel said.
For instance, if a woman calls a domestic violence hot line, most hot lines will immediately divert to language specific to boyfriends or husbands. Stapel said there's no intent to discriminate or be insensitive, it's just an easy assumption because the majority of callers are females with male abusive partners. (According to the National Domestic Violence Hotline, 97% of its callers are female.)
At the same time, the assumption can be alienating.
"The first question makes them think, 'Oh, can I say that I'm a lesbian?' Or if a man calls, he is treated suspiciously because the presumption is that he's an abusive partner calling around looking for his wife or girlfriend," Stapel said. "The first response that men may have is 'Oh no, this might not be a friendly place for me to go.'"
Because of the new LGBT provisions, the law has been decried by anti-same-sex-marriage groups, including the United States Conference for Catholic Bishops.
"All persons must be protected from violence, but codifying the classifications 'sexual orientation' and 'gender identity' as contained in S. 47 is problematic," the bishops said. "These two classifications are unnecessary to establish the just protections due to all persons. They undermine the meaning and importance of sexual difference. They are unjustly exploited for purposes of marriage redefinition, and marriage is the only institution that unites a man and a woman with each other and with any children born from their union."
The Human Rights Campaign sees the reauthorization as a landmark achievement.
"One of the most amazing consequences is that not only did the Democratic-led Senate, but the House led by Republicans passed language that prevents discrimination," Cobb said.
The House passed the Senate's version of VAWA after the House GOP's version of the bill, which did not include protection for LGBT people, was defeated.
For domestic violence survivors like Dati, it's a welcome starting point in acknowledging and understanding the particular challenges of LGBT intimate partner violence.
"The gay community, my friends, supported me because LGBT domestic violence is very common -- at least in Chicago," Dati said. "The people that saw what I was going through were there when I needed them, but it took me going through the abuse first."
Dati ultimately filed a restraining order when his ex-boyfriend began stalking him at his mother's house while he recovered from his suicide attempt and other injuries.
While domestic violence in heterosexual relationships certainly isn't limited to physical abuse, Stapel said emotional abuse is a particularly powerful tactic in LGBT relationships.
"For example, threatening to out your partner to their boss when you live in a state with no employment nondiscrimination protection for being gay, that's a really powerful threat, no matter what size you are in proportion to your partner," Stapel said.
Stapel finds the isolation and rejection many LGBT people feel from their families and friends who may not have accepted their lifestyle can also play a major role in how they view their relationships with their partners.
As a way to control their partner, abusers might say things like: If you leave me, who else is going to love you? Who else is going to be there for you?
"It can really put someone who is already feeling insecure about their connections to people in a space where they feel really dependent on their abusive partner," said Stapel.
Dati, who turns 50 this month, said his experiences led him to become a public advocate against abuse and sexual violence to show that it does, indeed, get better. He has written a book about being a survivor titled "I Am Me."
"I don't want to see another person live the way I did," Dati said. "I went to hell and back and what I tell people now is, I'll never live with that kind of abuse again."


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Saturday January 14, 2017
11am at the Fine Arts Theatre
Followed by a panel discussion
and reception at Blue Spiral 1
Stained with the Mud of Khe Sanh
A Marine's Letters from Vietnam, 1966-1967
November 1-December 1, 2013
Opening reception First Friday November 1, 6:30-9pm
Sep 19, 2013 - Nov 2, 2013
Eight artists explore the constantly changing role of human to nature.
Blue Spiral Gallery in Asheville on Saturday
August 24, at 2:00pm.
Opening July 11, 2013
Date: Sat., June 15th – Sat., August 24th, 2013
Gallery Hours: Tuesday-Saturday 10-5 Thursday 10-9
Location: Taubman Museum of Art, 213 Market Street, Roanoke, Virginia
ON COMMON GROUND, Pastel Paintings from the Mountains to the Sea
"A Sense of Balance: the sculpture of Stoney Lamar"
April 13 - September 1, 2013
April 12 - September 1, 2013
NEW INSTALLATION from BUENO GLASS
Fidelity Investments Corporate Art Collection, North Carolina
The Taubman Museum
Tuesday, August 21, 2012 - Saturday, February 23, 2013
Will Henry Stevens is featured at the SMITHSONIAN AMERICAN Art Museum in an exhibition of graphic arts from their permanent collection entitled "Abstract Drawings" through January 6, 2013 -- 2nd floor South, American Art Museum (8th and F Streets, N.W.)
Opening Reception: Saturday, April 14, 6 - 8 PM