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DI Men?s Basketball Player of the Week ? No. 2
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Phillip Miller of Wiley (Texas) has been named the NAIA National Division I Men's Basketball Player of the Week, the national office announced Tuesday. Miller was selected based on his performances from Jan. 6 – 12 and was chosen out of a pool of conference and independent award winners.
Miller, a Dallas, Texas, native, shot 63.2 percent (24-of-3) from the field and 91.7 percent (11-of-12) at the free throw line en route to a 35.5 points per game average in two victories last week. In a 105-70 win against NCAA Division III Rust (Miss.) on Jan. 8, Miller tallied a career-best 37 points on 12-of-14 shooting, including a 7-for-9 effort from 3-point range. The 6-foot senior guard's encore came three days later against Red River Athletic Conference rival Texas College when he poured in a game-high 34 points to lead Wiley to an 89-73 victory.
On the year, Miller leads the team and ranks fifth nationally in points per game (22.7), while also ranking among the top 10 in free throw percentage (87.4 percent). He has scored in double-digits in 12-of-13 games this season for the Wildcats.
For a complete list of all the national statistical leaders, click here.
The next NAIA National Division I Men's Basketball Player of the Week will be announced on Jan. 21. For the complete Player of the Week calendar, click here.
Nominees: Marcel Towns, Great Falls (Mont.); Xavielle Brown, Park (Mo.); Shondel Stewart, Talladega (Ala.); Zack Kleine, Evangel (Mo.); Chris Cantino, Pikeville (Ky.); Brandon Morris, Mobile (Ala.); Stephen Coles, West Virginia Tech; Markus Monroe, Wayland Baptist (Texas); Andre Murillo, Biola (Calif.).
2013-14 Division I Men's Basketball Players of the Week
Week 1 (Jan. 7): Dominique Rambo, SAGU (Texas)
Week 2 (Jan. 14): Phillip Miller, Wiley (Texas)


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Occupation confiscates Al Hasba market for the Jewish Settlements Council
Palestine Information Center – 04/09/2012
AL-KHALIL — Hebron Rehabilitation Committee (HRC) condemned the Israeli Ministerial Committee's decision granting stores in the ancient vegetable market in Hasba neighborhood, located in the center of al-Khalil, to the Jewish Settlements Council.
HRC warned of the seriousness of consequences of such ministerial decision on the demographic, geographic, political and economic reality.
It considered in a statement that the decision "comes in the framework of a settlement scheme to Judaize the Old City of al-Khalil, to strengthen the presence of settlers there, and to deport its indigenous population after seizing their properties without legal justification."
It also warned that this decision aims to eliminate once and for all legal and political possibilities to re-open the shops and the confiscated vegetable market, considered the main commercial center in the city of al-Khalil.
The committee noted in its statement that the HRC and Peace Now Movement had obtained last March a resolution from the Israeli Supreme Court imposing on the settlers to immediately evacuate al-Oweiwi shops located in the ancient vegetable market Hasba near "Abraham Avenue" outpost.
The Israeli Ministerial Committee has issued a new decision under which the settlers have to evacuate the shops which they seized from their Palestinian owners in al-Hasba vegetable market to be granted to the Jewish Settlement Council.
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- Israeli ministers order Al Khalil (Hebron) shop handed to settlers (occupiedpalestine.wordpress.com)
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Hadoop and MongoDB Use Cases¶
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The following are some example deployments with MongoDB and Hadoop. The goal is to provide a high-level description of how MongoDB and Hadoop can fit together in a typical Big Data stack. In each of the following examples MongoDB is used as the "operational" real-time data store and Hadoop is used for offline batch data processing and analysis.
Batch Aggregation¶
In several scenarios the built-in aggregation functionality provided by MongoDB is sufficient for analyzing your data. However in certain cases, significantly more complex data aggregation may be necessary. This is where Hadoop can provide a powerful framework for complex analytics.
In this scenario data is pulled from MongoDB and processed within Hadoop via one or more MapReduce jobs. Data may also be brought in from additional sources within these MapReduce jobs to develop a multi-datasource solution. Output from these MapReduce jobs can then be written back to MongoDB for later querying and ad-hoc analysis. Applications built on top of MongoDB can now use the information from the batch analytics to present to the end user or to drive other downstream features.
Data Warehouse¶
In a typical production scenario, your application's data may live in multiple datastores, each with their own query language and functionality. To reduce complexity in these scenarios, Hadoop can be used as a data warehouse and act as a centralized repository for data from the various sources.
In this situation, you could have periodic MapReduce jobs that load data from MongoDB into Hadoop. This could be in the form of "daily" or "weekly" data loads pulled from MongoDB via MapReduce. Once the data from MongoDB is available from within Hadoop, and data from other sources are also available, the larger dataset data can be queried against. Data analysts now have the option of using either MapReduce or Pig to create jobs that query the larger datasets that incorporate data from MongoDB.
ETL Data¶
MongoDB may be the operational datastore for your application but there may also be other datastores that are holding your organization's data. In this scenario it is useful to be able to move data from one datastore to another, either from your application's data to another database or vice versa. Moving the data is much more complex than simply piping it from one mechanism to another, which is where Hadoop can be used.
In this scenario, Map-Reduce jobs are used to extract, transform and load data from one store to another. Hadoop can act as a complex ETL mechanism to migrate data in various forms via one or more MapReduce jobs that pull the data from one store, apply multiple transformations (applying new data layouts or other aggregation) and loading the data to another store. This approach can be used to move data from or to MongoDB, depending on the desired result.


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Farm Style Biscuits, Chasen's Chili and Kaffeeklatsch Raisin Bread Recipes: Helen Dollaghan
Helen Dollaghan, food editor of The Denver Post from 1958-1993, selected recipes she felt were the best and published them in this 1987 special section called "30 Years of Rocky Mountain Cooking." Most are recipes Helen or her readers developed.
Every Friday we share several of the recipes from her collection.
Week 17: Farm Style Biscuits, Chasen's Chili and Kaffeeklatsch Raisin Bread
This dough makes an
excellent drop-on topping
for casseroles and
cobblers. It came to
Denver from Mound City,
Kan., with Dottie Logan
who shared it with
Denver Post readers in
the autumn of '73.
Farm Style biscuits
2 cups unsifted all-purpose flour
4 teaspoons baking powder
2 teaspoons sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon cream of tartar
1/2 cup solid shortening
2/3 cup milk
1 extra-large egg, slightly beaten
Sift together flour, baking powder, sugar, salt and cream of tartar. Cut in shortening until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Add milk and egg all at once. Stir quickly until dough leaves sides of bowl. Turn out dough on lightly floured board. With greased hands, pat out dough until it is about 3/4-inch thick. Cut out rounds of dough with biscuit cutter. Place biscuits about 1 inch apart on ungreased baking sheet. Bake in preheated 450-degree oven about 12 minutes or until golden brown. Makes 10 to 12 biscuits.
Chasen's restaurant in
Beverly Hills, Calif., is
where this recipe
originated, according to
former Denverite Alvin G.
Flanagan of Atlanta, Ga.,
a retired Gannett
Broadcasting executive.
Chasen's Chili,
Flanagan Style
1/2 lb. dry pinto beans
2 cans (1 lb. each) whole tomatoes, cut in pieces
1 1/2 tablespoons cooking oil
3 large green peppers, chopped
1 1/4 lbs. onions, chopped
2 small cloves garlic, crushed
1/2 cup fresh, minced parsley
Salt and pepper to taste
1 1/2 teaspoons cumin
1/3 cup chili powder (half mild, half strong)
2 1/2 lbs. coarsely ground beef chuck
1 lb. lean ground pork
Thoroughly wash beans. Add enough water to cover. Soak overnight. Drain and save water. Add enough water, if necessary, to soaking water to make 3 cups. Bring beans and water to boil, reduce heat and simmer, covered, about 1 1/2 hours. Add tomatoes and their liquid. Saute green pepper and onion in oil until soft. Add garlic, parsley, salt, pepper, cumin and chili powder. Crumble beef and pork into another heated skillet. Cook until meat loses red color. Drain off grease. Combine bean, onion and meat mixtures. Simmer, covered, about 1 hour or until beans are soft. Uncover and simmer 30 minutes, stirring occasionally. Makes about 6 quarts.
A Food section recipe
that got a lot of raves in
1976. At that time, we
were giving approximate
costs of recipes. This one
could be made for $1.20.
Kaffeeklatsch Raisin Bread
1 package dry yeast
1/4 cup warm water
3/4 cup boiling water
1/4 cup sugar
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 stick (1/4 cup) butter or margarine
1/2 cup raisins
3 1/4 to 3 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 egg, beaten
1 cup quick or old fashioned oats
Powdered-sugar glaze
Melted butter or margarine
Dissolve yeast in warm water. Combine boiling water, sugar, salt, butter and raisins. Mix well. Cool to lukewarm. Sift together 1 cup of the flour and cinnamon. Combine flour and raisin mixtures. Add yeast and egg. Stir in oats. Add enough more flour to make a soft dough. Turn out dough on lightly floured surface. Knead until smooth and elastic, about 10 minutes. Shape into ball. Place in greased, large bowl. Brush top lightly with melted butter.
Let rise, covered, in warm place until double in bulk, about 45 minutes. Punch down. Let rest, covered, about 10 minutes. Divide in half. Shape each half into a rope about 20 inches long. Place one rope around inside edge of greased 9-inch round cake pan. Coil second rope in center. Pinch ends together. Brush lightly with melted butter. Let rise in warm place until nearly double in bulk, about 35 minutes. Bake in preheated 350-degree oven about 50 minutes or until brown. Remove from pan and place on wire rack. Drizzle with powdered-sugar glaze made by mixing powdered sugar with milk until fairly thin. Serve warm.


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ALBANY, Ga. - The Lady Hurricanes earned a two-game sweep against Albany State Wednesday afternoon as a strong pitching effort led GSW to a 9-1 win in five innings in the first and a 3-0 second game shutout victory.
Game 1: GSW 9, ASU 1
The Lady Hurricanes jumped out to a 7-0 lead over the first two innings of the game on their way to an easy 9-1 victory in a shortened five-inning contest.
Avery Purser led GSW (3-2) with three hits while Mason Moreland and Hayley Knight had two a piece for the Blue & Gold.
Southwestern's starter Allison Pastor (2-1) tossed four innings and gets her second win of the season.
Game 2: GSW 3, ASU 0
In the second game of the doubleheader, GSW scored a run in the fourth, fifth, and sixth innings and a strong pitching effort by starting pitcher Ashley Cavender led the Lady Hurricanes to a shutout 3-0 victory.
Janna Anderson and Hayley Knight led Georgia Southwestern (4-2) with two hits apiece.
Cavender (1-0) tossed for 6.1 innings with five strikeouts as the sophomore picked up her first collegiate victory.
A strong pitching effort gave the Blue & Gold the first shutout victory of the 2013 season
Over the two-game span, the Lady 'Canes gave up a single run on just eight hits.
Georgia Southwestern (4-2) is back in action this Saturday, Feb. 9, as GSW opens up their 2013 home slate in a double header against Rollins College.
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As fast as officials shut off one source of spam, the bad guys fill the void
A number of private companies, in addition to the Federal Trade Commission, have successfully pursued legal actions against spam networks. So things should be getting better, right? Not necessarily.
The numbers fluctuate a little depending on who is doing the reporting, but the percentage of spam in our daily e-mail message traffic still is anywhere from 85 percent to the upper 90s.
Spammers, like nature, apparently abhor a vacuum, and as soon as one network of spambots is shut down, the volume produced by surviving networks expands to fill the void. And the spammers apparently are working overtime to make up for recent losses in courts.
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Score one for the good guys in the battle against spam
Spam's supply and demand
Symantec's most recent State of Spam and Phishing Report for June reported that levels of spam containing malicious code spiked last month as the bad guys apparently scrambled to recruit new zombies into their networks.
"So far in 2010, Symantec had not observed malware levels above 3 percent of all spam, even on days when malware spam spiked," Symantec abuse desk analyst Eric Park said. "However, malware spam made up almost 12 percent of all spam on June 13 and topped 5 percent on June 3 and 15."
Researchers also found that the recent World Cup soccer tournament provided a target-rich environment for spammers. "The volume of messages with World Cup keywords in the subject line is more than nine times higher now than compared to that of 2006," the report states.
So remain vigilant.
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News Flash! Media reports nationwide have cruise ships under attack! Cruise ship travel means possible peril to life and limb.
That is how the teaser on our front page reads. Did we draw you in? Why would we do such a shocking thing? To illustrate something we have been seeing far too much of recently, sensationalized media attacks on the cruise industry, most specifically, in the area of "cruise victims" and "cruise crimes."
It isn't just the stories about Norovirus anymore, or the old complaints of nickel & diming. The latest "anti-cruiseade" is coming in the form of accusations of onboard crime waves, mostly sexual assaults and people going missing. Yes, we have even read reporters write that they believe people have been "beaten up and thrown overboard."
The only thing we can say about articles like this is that THEY are overboard, over the threshold of journalistic integrity and stooping to fear-mongering of the worst possible kind. And so, because it is an extremely difficult and complex topic, we have delved into the world of "cruise ship crime" and the reality of it all.
We used this headline to help you understand how low some in the news media have stooped to bash the cruise industry these last few weeks. We at CruiseMates are shocked by these desperate news outlets willing use people who believe they are victims to help them get eyeballs for their web sites and shows, no matter how inaccurate or sensationalistic. We think it is abusive to the tens of thousands of good people who work in the cruise industry daily trying their best to make people's live better.
Let's get real for just a second here. How common is crime on cruise ships? By most general estimates by cruise lines, and having been on several cruises (well over 100) myself, I estimate the average cruise ship experiences a few crimes every year. It may be a theft, it may be a form of sexual assault (usually of the less grievance kind). I don't know anyone personally who has ever been a victim of crime on a cruise ship, nor do I know anyone who knows anyone.
Cruise crime is in my opinion largely an urban myth. It is like the one about kids getting abducted at Disneyland by people who get them in the bathrooms, shave their heads and change their shirts and have them in their cars within five minutes. I have heard that story, and I looked it up on the Internet to see if it is true. It is not, and neither is cruise ship sex crimes.
"Cruise Ship Crime Victims!" Cue the scary music with sounds of doors slamming, or are they gun shots, one cannot really tell. We have a serious news report here full of incendiary phrases like "cruise victims" and "cruise ship crime." It's as if cruising itself has become an act of violence. The featured "guests" are Miami attorneys who make a living suing cruise lines, and other cruise line adversaries, solely there to express their desperately distorted view of cruise ships as not much better than a walk through the projects after midnight.
To say that these news reports are one-sided and sensationalistic doesn't even begin to describe them. They are lies, damn lies and "statistics" which are skewed and distorted by these reporters to reach a pre-determined negative conclusion without a trace of real investigative reporting at all. Exactly why are they are so intent on pushing this unfounded attack? I think it is mostly about personal lawsuits and pressuring the cruise lines for settlements through influencing public opinion.
The Truth About Cruise Line Safety Let's not be naïve or disingenuous. Crime happens everywhere. But is there a fresh rash of crime happening on cruise ships now? Is it conspicuously dangerous to the average cruiser? And worst of all, is there a concerted effort to cover up cruise ship crime and keep it out of the papers as these report suggest?
The first part of the answer to that question is, "if there is a cover-up, it certainly isn't working very well," because the news media is full of stories about cruise ship crime right now. The second part is "how can there be a cover-up if they haven't broken one new story that wasn't already a headline back in over a year?"
Rick Sasso, president of MSC Cruise operations for North America, calls 2005 the worst year for the cruise industry ever. A rogue wave hit the Norwegian Dawn (no fatalities and the cruise line was officially cleared of all culpability by the NTSB and the Coast Guard), and the Crown Princess had a listing incident, which had injuries, but thankfully, no fatalities. In early 2006 Star Princess had a fire which resulted in the only passenger death due to cruise line fault on a CLIA ship in the last 20 years.
2005 was also the year of the George Smith disappearance (technically still an unsolved murder or suicide). There was no evidence of actual foul play, at the time they believe he went over the side only loud sounds like furniture dropping were heard, no voices. A blood stain was apparent on the deck right outside his cabin.
What the Heck is a "Cruise Victim?" The cruise bashers have all kinds of statistics to tell you what is wrong with cruising. But let's be honest, their statistics are made up by people who are not real statisticians. Statistics are great persuaders, aren't they? Did you know that the average person has only one testicle, and most people drown in rivers that average just six inches deep?
The first problem I have with the media reports is the mere use of the words "cruise victim" with never a mention of personal responsibility, as if we are talking about a children's cartoon show where an inanimate object can transform itself into an evil beast with the soul of Satan.
Technically, a "cruise victim" should be defined solely as a person who is victimized due to the negligence or actual criminal behavior on the part of a cruise line. Are there "cruise victims?" Yes, but how many "cruise victims are there? Statistically speaking, about one in ten million is generous to the cruise bashers if you look at the last 10 years. So, why is there suddenly such an upsurge in news reports bandying that phrase about?
Though I disagree with the term "cruise victim" applying to "passenger on passenger" crime, many anti-cruise people contend it should be included. So, even if it is, how bad is the entire problem?
If we stick with the professional statisticians, for example, the same ones who compile the Universal Crime Report for the Department of Justice every year, cruising is an industry that hosts over 12 million people every year, yet the crime rate on cruise ships is about 30 times safer than the average U.S. city. And that includes ALL crimes, including so-called "passenger on passenger."
If you look at individual types of crime, murder for example, you are more likely to be a victim of anthrax poisoning (five since 2001) or lighting strikes (90 per year) than you are to be killed on a cruise ship. There was one passenger death on a CLIA cruise ship in the last fives year that can be directly attributed to the fault of the cruise line - the Star Princess fire where one person died of smoke inhalation.
If we count "passenger on passenger" unsolved incidences, how much "murder" is there on cruise ships. I can think of no more than two cases in the last five years, including George Smith, where there is any evidence of foul play. The other is Annette Mizener. Assuming conservatively that 120 million cruises were taken during that period, how low a statistic is that? Also, keep in mind that there has never been a single murder trial for a case that happened on a cruise ship, and logically, not a single conviction.
So, where is the perspective in this where these "cruise crime" news reports are concerned? How does this compare to any major city, especially a vacation destination like Las Vegas, Honolulu or Miami? I don't think it even bears examining those statistics. Just click on the web site for any one of those cities' newspapers and read the headlines. I didn't just happen to mention anthrax. More people have died of anthrax poisoning in the last six years than have died due to cruise ship crime or negligence in the same period. But do you remember the media madness about anthrax that lasted for about two months? Well, same game, different name
Industry Bashing Web Sites The simple truth is that we are experiencing an unprecedented wave of cruise industry bashing right now. Completely undeserved and bolstered by just a few fear-mongers who are having their 15 minutes of fame. One is the web site by Ross Klein, a well known" anti-cruisader" who, for example, has a category of "victims" he refers to as "a comprehensive list of known cases of persons falling or jumping overboard since 1995 (including ferry passengers and crew)" Exactly how accurate could this reporting possibly be?
The first clue that there is something fundamentally wrong with it is the title "falling or jumped." Those are two completely different categories. To say a person fell from a ship implies the cruise line failed to provide the proper safety restraints. So based on that, how many people have "fallen" into the water from cruise ships? Exactly none. Not one, ever, in recorded modern history. So, why even bother putting the word "fallen" into the "statistic?" Obviously, to imply that it is possible to "fall" from a cruise ship and whether or not you do it on purpose or by accident is irrelevant.
That's right, Klein has completely removed the element of personal responsibility from his statistics. Everyone there, even if they took a flying leap through a plate glass window during a drunken rage, is a "cruise victim."
So, according to Klein and other media, here are at least five people have "fallen" from cruise ships in the last few years. Lets look at these cases:
One man had too much to drink and took a flying leap through a plate glass window. Oh, did you think I made that up? That I was "sensationalizing" about what Klein would put under the category "fallen" from a cruise ship? Sorry to disappoint you with the obvious, but wait, there's more! Another young man lost footing on a Carnival ship while urinating over the railing. A young lady lost her grip on something (we don't know what) while on a Princess balcony where she was making whoopee with a young man she had just met that night. The young man jumped in after her to save her. All of these people survived despite themselves.
Sadly, a fifth young man who went over the railing of a ship drowned and the family is now suing the cruise line. He has staggeringly drunk, on liquor that the family admits he had sneaked aboard. He had been drinking at one bar where the bartender cut him off because he was too drunk. The ship's computer system flagged his card to stop him from purchasing alcohol from any bar. Early reports of the lawsuit stated that he was able to go to another bar on the ship and buy more drinks. That was changed in later reports to "he went to another bar where he was able to obtain more alcohol." It is not known what or how he obtained it.
What is the common theme in each of these "falling" cases? All of them were inebriated. The jumper was also just plain crazy (he called it temporary insanity). Two of them were using the railing to discharge bodily fluids instead of the toilets, which are readily available. The girl was someplace she shouldn't have been and the man friend jumped in after her when she lost her grip. None of them "fell" due to any fault or negligence by the cruise line. So, are any of these people "cruise victims?" Call me crazy, but I don't think so.
Oh, by the way, the uniform specification for balcony railing heights on cruise ships is three inches higher than for railings for buildings on land.
Missing Persons Now, there have been people who have disappeared from ships and the exact reason has not been proven. One man, Kendall Carver, has started a web site that is getting an enormous amount of press lately, International Cruise Victims. Carver's daughter, Merriam, disappeared from a Celebrity ship in 2004. She paid for the cruise in cash two days before it sailed, told no one at all where she was going, and all she brought along was two purses and a manila envelope. She had attempted suicide before. I do not understand how you can refer to a suicide as a "cruise victim" any more than a Golden Gate jumper (I hear there are 60 bridge jumpers every year) should be called a "bridge victim."In a recent CNBC interview, the introduction of Carver went like this, "Mr. Carver, you had a daughter disapper from a cruise ship. Isn't that right?" "yes", "So, how prevalent do you think cruise ship crime is on cruise ships these days?" "Very prevalent, indeed, our statistics say you are twice as likely to be sexually assaulted on a cruise than in a major U.S, city?" What? They skipped over the fact that his "missing daughter" was a suicide. Then we goes straight to commenting on cruise ship "sexual assault" which he has no personal experience with at all, by misquoting his own bad statistician. "Do you believe these crmes on cruise ships are covered up?" he is asked. Only then does he give us a glimmer of truth. "I believe they have been in the past," he says. Even the cruise lines agree with that.
Other people have also disappeared. And just like in Merriam's case there is just simply no proof to indicate a crime occurred. Now, in the absence of proof I personally think it is very wrong to assume a crime has been committed - it is too easy to commit suicide without leaving evidence of violence behind. But it is almost impossible to commit a murder by throwing someone overboard without being heard or seen or leaving trace evidence. The cabins are too close together and there are too many people on board. Concerning evidence, these crime scenes are sealed by the cruise ships for investigation by the FBI immediately after they are reported.
However, there are cases where there does indeed appear to be foul play and someone may have been thrown overboard - two of them in the entire history of cruising (statistically, one in hundreds of millions). In the George Smith-honeymooner case where there was blood left behind, and a neighbor reported hearing loud crashing sounds, something bad did happen and no one is talking.
Smith's wife had disappeared a few hours earlier after kicking her new husband in the testicles and leaving with another man. Smith was reported to be so drunk he couldn't hold a cigarette in his mouth. He was also very tired and emotional. Smith went over the balcony railing of his cabin, leaving a big blood spot behind, sometime around 4:15 that morning. His wife, who had passed out somewhere at the other end of the ship, had been wheeled back to their cabin in a wheel chair by security guards sometime around 4:45. She didn't notice anything amiss, including her missing husband, until the next morning. (read about the congressional response to this case later in this article).
A very strange circumstance, but is any of it the fault of the cruise line? Is there a "cruise victim?" here?
Another woman, Annette Mizener, disappeared from a cruise under very mysterious circumstances. Her purse was found with broken beads around it. A surveillance camera nearby had unfortunately been covered by a piece of paper (whether intentionally could not be determined). Her key card indicated she had some eleven drinks that night but witnesses say she only had two or three. This is another case where you can say something crime-related is a distinct possibility, one of the most damning cases in all of cruise line history. But it may surprise you to learn that a United States court said "no, the cruise line is not at fault in this case, nor was it legally responsible for monitoring that camera 24 hours/day." You may not like it, but that is the legal decision.
There are other cases of people gone missing, but I purposely highlighted the ones above because these are the two cases that arguably present any "evidence" that cruise ships could possibly have bad characters. Some twenty people have gone missing in the entire history of cruising, but these two stories are highlighted over and over by cruise industry bashers, though neither one of them proves any responsibility, or lack of proper precaution, on the part of the cruise line.
What else do these cases have in common? They happened two to three years ago. There are no newer cases, and there are no missing persons cases anywhere where a cruise line was found to be negligent or an employee was found to be guilty of a criminal act.
The 1999 CLIA agreement. An agreement of the Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA) declaring a "zero-tolerance" policy against crime by all of the major U.S. cruise lines had been instituted in 1999. The cruise lines began voluntarily reporting every criminal complaint they received onboard directly to the FBI. That has been the working procedure since then and is still in place now.
So, why the Congressional hearings and all the negative media coverage now?
Is this the part where the cruise lines have to own up to a lack of responsibility? The truth is, they already have. There have been some cases (including the ones above) where the cruise lines have said, "we could have done better by our passengers in helping them get to the bottom of their cases." Were the cruise lines ever intentionally deceptive and secretive? Maybe, in some cases, when the industry was much younger. But is there a pattern of obfuscation and deliberate evasiveness today? Not at all, I don't believe. Today's cruise lines do want to cooperate with investigators. They want to adhere to the letter of the law and be the good guys.
The problem is this continued attitude of victimization. The cruise lines want to cooperate, but they are not going to stand back and let every self-proclaimed victim blame the industry for every thing they do wrong personally. That is an adversarial position that will result in the cruise lines defending themselves. Sometimes when a "victim" says the cruise line is not cooperating with them the truth is the victim is fishing (usually as part of a civil suit) for something the cruise line has no responsibility to provide.
Are the cruise lines breaking the law when they don't provide every little piece of evidence someone who is suing them may be asking for? In fact, they are not at all. They are following the strict letter of the law; Title 33 of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) section 120.220 which says that the U.S. may assert criminal jurisdiction over many crimes even if they occur outside the 12-mile limit. Among them are arson, assault, theft, murder, manslaughter, and kidnapping, sexual abuse of a minor or ward, abusive sexual contact, terrorism and a few others.
However, there is absolutely no law requiring the cruise lines to report any of those crimes. In other words, it is the victim's legal responsibility to report any crimes at sea and the FBI's responsibility to determine the viability of the claim. The cruise lines actually helped many victims report their crimes to the FBI, and if the agency then decided there wasn't enough evidence to make a criminal case, it then became the victim's responsibility to follow up and in many cases that became suing the deep-pocket cruise lines (who had tried to help them) in civil court. If the cruise lines defend themselves in civil court, is that a cover-up? Not in my book.
And so, the truth is that actual "cruise crime" in the sense that the cruise line itself is negligent is almost non-existent. We have seen this in looking at the cases above. But apparently even congress now also buys into theabsencee of personal responsibility as a factor, and now every person is a "victim" no matter what the circumstances are. The distinguished congressman from Maryland, Elijah Cummings, said about the wife of George Smith:
"Here's a woman who has lost her husband and it seems like she is treated in a way that is simply incredible."The congressman from Connecticut, Christopher Shays said,
"it sends shivers down my spine. I'm wrestling with how we can trust any statistic from any cruise line who can do what they did to a young bride."And so congress has decided it is time for the cruise industry to take crime reporting to the next level per a signed agreement between the cruise lines, the FBI and the Coast Guard.
What the New Protocols Require Whenever a passenger or crewmember reports a crime against a U.S. citizen at sea, all CLIA member ships will telephone the nearest FBI office as soon as possible to report any violations of U.S. law. This includes homicide, suspicious death, missing U.S. nationals, kidnapping, assault with serious bodily injury, sexual assaults (as defined in 18 U.S.C. 2241, 2242, 2243 and 2244), firing or tampering with vessels and thefts greater than $10,000.
Lesser incidences may be emailed or faxed; for example a theft greater than $1000 or an abusive sexual contact as defined in 18 U.S.C. 1224(b).
Now, keep in mind that it is still up to the FBI to choose what to do in any given case. If they decide there is not enough proof of a crime they can still choose not to investigate it.
The law says the cruise lines must report all crimes (which they have been doing voluntarily since 1999 anyway). Most cruise lines are taking everything a step farther and have implemented procedures on how to secure evidence, including giving and training onboard medical personnel in the use of pelvic exam kits. Furthermore, they will be trained in the correct procedures for crime scene preservation. Their job will be to secure the area until the FBI, should it choose to follow up, can get there to conduct the examination of evidence.
Still, this new law recognizes that while cruise ship security personnel are in uniform and may or may not have a police or military background, they are not law officials. The ability of the FBI to take over an examination will depend on where the ship is located when the crime is reported. It is assumed that if it is in the Caribbean that the Coast Guard can deliver the FBI or they may fly to the next port. Or they have choice of waiting until the ship returns to the U.S.A.
A Media Challenge For the record, I worked aboard cruise ships for two years myself, and I have been covering the cruise industry as a journalist specializing in nothing but cruise travel for almost 10 years now. I have a very good idea of what really happens on cruise ships, both from the passenger's perspective and from the crew member's angle. For one year, I was one of those crewmembers who closed down the nightclub night after night. I doubt there are many people who could speak on this topic better than myself.
So, why doesn't the media consult me before presenting these stories? I think it is obvious, I would be too much of a damper on the sensationalism. So let's lay down a challenge to the next media outlet who decides to do a story on cruise ship crime; interview anyone who has been on ten or more cruises, and to ask them if they think there is a significant crime problem on cruise ships.
Coming Wednesday, "Making these New Regulations Work.


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How Power Supplies Filter Rectified Current in Electronic Circuits
Although the output from an electronic rectifier circuit is technically direct current because all of the current flows in the same direction, it isn't stable enough for most purposes. Even full-wave and bridge rectifiers produce direct current that pulses in rhythm with the 60 Hz AC sine wave that originates with the 120 VAC current that's applied to the transformer. And that pulsing current isn't suitable for most electronic circuits.
That's where filtering comes in. The filtering stage of a power supply circuit smoothes out the ripples in the rectified DC to produce a smooth direct current that's suitable for even the most sensitive of circuits.
Filtering is usually accomplished by introducing a capacitor into the power supply circuit. Here, the capacitor is simply placed across the DC output.
A capacitor has the useful characteristic of resisting changes in voltage. It accomplishes this magic feat by building up a charge across its plates when the input voltage is increasing. When the input voltage decreases, the voltage across the capacitor's plates decreases as well, but more slowly than the input voltage decreases. This has the effect of leveling out the voltage ripple.
The difference between the minimum DC voltage and the maximum DC voltage in the filtering stage is called the voltage ripple, or just ripple, which is usually measured as a percentage of the average voltage. For example, a 10% ripple in a 5 V power supply means that the actual output voltage varies by 0.5 V.
The filter capacitor must usually be large to provide an acceptable level of filtering. For a typical 5 V power supply, a 2,200 μF electrolytic capacitor will do the job. The bigger the capacitor, the lower the resulting ripple voltage.
Don't forget to watch the polarity on electrolytic capacitors. The positive side of the capacitor must be connected to the positive voltage output from the rectifier, and the negative side must be connected to ground.
One way to improve the filter circuit is to use two capacitors in combination with a resistor. In this circuit, the first capacitor eliminates a large portion of the ripple voltage. The resistor and second capacitor work as an RC network that eliminates the ripple voltage even further.
The advantages of this circuit are that the resulting DC has a smaller ripple voltage and the capacitors can be smaller. The disadvantage is that the resistor drops the DC output voltage. How much depends on the amount of current drawn by the load.
For example, if you use a 100 Ω resistor and the load draws 100 mA, the resistor will drop 10 V (100 0.1). Thus, to provide a final output of 5 V, the rectifier circuit must supply 15 V because of the 10 V drop introduced by the resistor.
You can also use an inductor in a filter circuit. Unlike a resistor-capacitor filter, an inductor-capacitor filter doesn't significantly reduce the DC output voltage. Although inductor-capacitor filter circuits create the smallest ripple voltage, inductors in the range needed (typically 10 henrys) are large and relatively expensive. Thus, most filter circuits use a single capacitor or a pair of capacitors coupled with a resistor.


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Shuttle service is provided as explained in the Transportation Policy for International Student Services.
You must have your reservation turned in by the deadline in order to use the shuttle service. It must be a complete reservation including your name, airline, flight number, arrival/departure time, and the city that you are arriving to/departing from. Your reservation must be in writing by either email or fax to Valerie Smith, firstname.lastname@example.com, fax: (740) 826-8093. You must make your own personal reservations and pay the shuttle fee prior to your shuttle date.
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Transportation is provided in a variety of other situations for international students at Muskingum University. If you have a specific transportation need that is not listed below, please email Valerie with the details of your request. You may be able to reserve a private shuttle for a group or individual.
Greyhound Bus Station- transportation to the Greyhound Bus Stations in Zanesville and Cambridge are provided for free with at least a one week notice. Email Valerie with the date and time of your arrival/departure and if you are using the Zanesville or Cambridge bus station and Valerie will get back in touch with you about the details of the transportation.
Social Security Office- transportation is provided to the Social Security Office for students needing to request a social security number or file for a lost or stolen social security card. Fill out the form on OrgSync to request this transportation.
Ohio BMV- transportation is provided to an Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles Office for students that want to sit for their learner's permit (for driving) or to get a state ID card. Transportation to sit for the learner's permit will be granted only once per student so make sure you study for the test so you can pass! Fill out the form on OrgSync to request this transportation.
Medical Appointments- transportation is provided to medical appointments or the Health Clinic in either Zanesville or Cambridge with at least a one week notice. No transportation is provided for students needing to go to the Emergency Room or to Urgent Care. Students should call 911 and go in an ambulance if they feel they must see a doctor immediately. Make sure you take your insurance card with you.
Private Shuttles- If you need a ride to a destination that is not named on this site or to the airport on a date that is not covered in the Airport Schedule, you are welcome to contact the students listed on the table below. These students have all agreed to have their contact information listed and to provide personal shuttle service as they are available in their private cars. You need to contact the students directly to make arrangements and work out an appropriate cost with them that should generally include at a minimum their hourly wage time for driving (minimum wage) plus fuel costs. These drivers all charge $50 to provide a shuttle to the Columbus Airport. (If you are a student that owns his/her own vehicle and would like to be added to the list below, please contact Valerie Smith)
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Would you mind terribly if we just skip right over the fact that I haven't posted a single thing in 2 months? We can? No explanation or excuses necessary? Great, thanks! Moving on…
Last month, I spent six glorious days sewing with and learning from couture dressmaker and teacher Susan Khalje and an amazing group of sewists. Yes, I'm a lucky gal. Every year, Susan comes to Houston (and other places across the US – check out her website for more details!) for a week-long couture class and I was fortunate enough to get to attend. I followed the always-brilliant advice of you lovely readers and started working on my own version of the Tadashi Shoji dress that I so adored. While I haven't finished my project yet, I have made wonderful progress and Susan helped take my dress from hypothetical vision to nearly completed reality.
Getting to brainstorm with Susan and the other sewists was such a treat. I never could have come up with the solutions that they provided. Here's a brief overview of my week and progress so far:
On the first day, we went over everyone's projects and plans for the week and then went fabric shopping at High Fashion Fabrics here in Houston. It didn't take long for me to find the perfect black guipure lace and a dusty rose silk dupioni. I was actually going back and forth on the color of my under layer – I couldn't decide between nude (like the original inspiration) or emerald-green (my favorite color). While reaching for a bolt of green silk, I sat the lace down and it just so happened to land on top of the most beautiful pink silk I'd ever seen. I think I actually heard angels singing. So, pink it was!
I originally had a muslin made using the Colette Peony bodice and a half circle skirt, but we just could not get the bodice to fit at all. I see now why every other blogger in the world warned me about fitting the Peony. In the end, we took out all four front darts and Susan draped it on me to get the perfect fit. We ended up doing two vertical darts on each side of the bodice.
She also draped a new a-line skirt for me since the original half-circle was just too full for what I wanted. We cut out a rough version of an a-line skirt in silk organza. Susan then pinned the sides together and used a piece of elastic tied around my waist to hold the top of the skirt in place. She altered the shape of the waistline to give it enough volume at the bottom. A straight waistline will give you volume at the sides – Susan described this like a paper-doll skirt. A curved waistline gives you pretty waves throughout the entire skirt. Once we had a shape we liked, she drew the waistline on the organza in pencil and I marked the side seams and voila! A perfectly shaped a-line skirt! (Thanks to Roz at Sew Much Fabric for this action shot! You can find her shop at http://stores.smfabric.com/StoreFront.bok and her blog at http://www.smfdesignsandfriends.blogspot.com/)
Susan taught me how to ensure the lace was lined up perfectly on each pattern piece. I was lucky enough that the seams in this particular lace were not very noticeable, so I didn't have to do any piecing work – that looks so daunting.
By the end of the week, I basically had the entire dress completed, but in pieces. I recently finished slip-stitching the lining to each of the two bottom bands on the skirt and now I can start putting all the pieces together. I still have a lot of work to do, but it's all pretty straight-forward from this point on. I can't wait to show you all the end result!
My week with Susan was full of drafting, sewing, learning, brainstorming, making mistakes and finding fixes. It was the most fun I've had in ages. Getting to escape life and distractions and immerse yourself in what you love is truly the most healing experience ever.
Although I'm still working on this dress, I did take a break to complete an instant-gratification project, so I'll post that very soon. It's great to be back – or as Robert Earl Keen says, it feels so good, feelin' good again.


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Much like New York's central park, Wuhan East Lake is located within the city itself. Wuhan East Lake is China's largest in city park, all in all the lake encompasses 73 km of land and the lake itself takes 33 km of that 73.
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Hubei Province, called "E"for the People's Republic of provincial administrative regions. Hubei Province in central China, the Yangtze River, Dongting Lake and the north, between latitude 29 ° 05 'to 33 ° 20 ', longitude 108 ° 21 'to 116 ° 07 '; north of Henan Province, Anhui Province, east, southeast and south O Jiangxi and Hunan provinces, west of Chongqing Municipality, Shaanxi Province, adjacent to the northwest. 740 km long from east to north-south width of 470 km, an area of 185,900 square kilometers, accounting for 1.95% of total area, ranking 13th. The capital is the only central region vice provincial cities - Wuhan City.


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Friday, December 16, 2011
Naegleria-tainted neti pots possibly killed two people
4 comments:
- poolmaven51 said...
The article I read stated that it was well water, not city water from a treatment plant. Which would make a difference in assessing the risk.
- December 18, 2011 at 9:08 AM
- Brian E. Moore, MD said...
Interesting, poolmaven51. I was just sort of going with what The Houston Chronicle reported, but if it was well water, it puts a different spin on the story.
- December 19, 2011 at 10:18 AM
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- December 23, 2011 at 10:13 AM
It would be nice if there was a follow up article clarifying water source. I would think that a journalist from The Houston Chronicle would have done their homework and realize the importance of that difference and how it affects the public. Public health officials could have easily clarified that point. If poolmaven51's article was in error and it was not well water, public health officials should correct that point and reiterate precautions as they investigate. That is just my opinion as a Southerner with college kids that might entertain using a neti pot but not be inclined to take boiling or bottled water precautions. I didn't understand the risk myself until it was explained to me that well water is too cold.
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Hello, beautiful calico kitty Cassie! What a gorgeous girl you are with your golden eyes, your cute pink nose, and your wonderful markings! I see your fluffy tail in your picture with brother Zach, too! You used your kitten energy to win your brother over, and sometimes to hide until he was more calm. Now you have busy days of playing, looking out the window, and enjoying some grooming and petting time with your person. You are lovely and Zach is such a handsome fellow! He also has such a cute pink nose and a fluffy tail, and a long grey and white coat. You are a very photogenic pair!
Cassie and Zach, I hope you will have a very fun day today, full of love, fun, play time and petting time with your very caring person! Happy Cat of the Day to you, cutie calico Cassie!
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Accident in Vidor leaves one injured
A man was transported to the emergency room after a one-car accident on the Interstate 10 access road in Vidor on Tuesday, Jan. 29.
Vidor Police officer Ray Ruggles was on the scene of the accident at the onramp across from Claiborne Street. He said the vehicle was traveling at a high rate of speed on the feeder road, and the driver decided at the last minute he wanted to take the onramp to Interstate 10. Ruggles said the man misjudged the maneuver and collided with the guardrail, causing the truck to flip. He said the driver looked to have sustained only minor injuries.
"He was very lucky," Ruggles said.
The fire department was also at the scene of the accident and had to extract the driver from the truck due to the extensive damage.


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i'm getting really, really close to that point where i'll actually move. into an apartment. on my own.
panic and excitement are mixing in a strange cocktail and i've taken to pinning copious amounts of all-white rooms to pinterest and googling whether or not ikea furniture can be painted.
my dear friend alisha put together a hilarious rant on why living alone is the bees-knees (she's been living "alone" for quite some time with the man she'll call her husband before the year is out). i happen to think alisha is the bees-knees...
(also, it should be noted that alisha's opinions often depart from my own. for example, i actually quite like cats. and also, that i myself, have been the annoying-terrible-no-good-roommate more times than i care to count, though not alisha's roommate, that could've been fun).
On Roommates, and Not Having Them.
Living alone is the bees knees. No, let me be clear. It is the shit. Everyone should try living alone sometime. And not just alone, alone. You can live alone with a dog, or a fish, or a cat (although, eugh, why would you? cats truly are evil incarnate), or a really friendly houseplant, or a special someone. And by a special someone, I don't mean a roommate. I mean a special someone. Who you sleep in bed with. Because this is all about living alone, remember? And your special someone counts as you living alone. I feel that once you have gotten to the place where you can turn over in the middle of the night onto your special someone's pillow and fall back asleep in a puddle of their drool and not really notice, they have ceased to be a completely separate person from you. But I do think you should maybe try to live alone for a bit before you procure your special someone, if you can. Just imagine... you, and your apartment, finally having some quality time all by yourselves.
Now don't think I am totally against roommates, I don't think roommates are life-ruiners who ruin people's lives. Although sometimes they can be. I'm just against roommates forever. Or at least consecutively. I just happen to think that there is a time in every gal's (or guy's) life when the need to know EXACTLY WHAT IS INSIDE OF YOUR FRIDGE becomes significantly more important than knowing that someone may have "accidentally" deleted the last episode of Mad Men on the DVR. Oh wait, those things both stink. I mean- roommates can be fun! Sometimes!
When I was in college I lived with three (3!!!!) other people. Two guys and a girl. The girl, who was (and absolutely is still) an awesome person on the whole, had several peccadillos that began to grate on my nerves almost immediately. She had this way of wanting to try everyone else's food.... not steal it, necessarily, but if you were, say eating carrots and hummus, she would be all: "ooh! carrots and hummus! what a GREAT idea!" and you would have to be all: "please, totally have some with me" and THEN (and this is the part I simply could not handle) when she couldn't finish the LAST BITE OF HER CARROT she would wrap it up in a piece of paper towel, and put it in the fridge. She did this with everything. Apples, sandwiches, Fig Newtons, single wedges of clementine. Girlfriend just wanted to save that last bite for later. In billions of little freaking paper towel pieces all wrapped up. IN THE FRIDGE RIGHT NEXT TO MY ORANGE JUICE!!! AHHHHH!!!
So there's that. Also, she and her boyfriend frequently had what was arguably the loudest shower sex on the planet, and her shower was against the wall containing (you guessed it) my headboard. So there's that as well.
But this isn't my place to word vomit all over the place about my many former roommates. Because ultimately all of my (and everyone else's too) roommates can be categorized into two very simple groups:
People Who Are My Wonderful Friends In Real Life But Are Ultimately Hard To Live With On Some Level, and
People Who Are NOT My Wonderful Friends But Are Random Horrible People Who Scream At Me For Taking Long Showers Or Using Their Sugar
Which brings me back to: Living Alone. Starring, you.
Why is living alone so fantabulously wonderful?
1) Nudity.
This one is a biggie for me, friends. Outside of the fact that I love purchasing skirts and tops and colored jeans in places I cannot afford, like Anthropologie, I deeply resent clothes. I am so much happier doing all activities fully nude. Watching TV? Nude. Reading a book? Naked. Eating some popcorn and drinking a glass of wine? Undressed, thank you very much. Cleaning the house? This one's so obvious: if you do it while nude, you can't get bleach on your clothes! There are so many fun things to do in the buff I couldn't possibly list them all here. But you get me, right? When in the privacy of your own home, naked is your new little-black-dress.
2) All the gross stuff is your gross stuff.
What's the weird gunk in the shower? Whose hair is on the toilet seat? These dirty exercise clothes in the corner, where did they come from? Why is there a plate with dried flakes of cheese on it in the sink that still hasn't been washed?
These questions are so much easier to answer when you live by yourself. So much less finger pointing. You can take that finger and proudly turn it right back around on yourself, my independent friend! YOU made the mess! AWESOME! Do you feel like cleaning it up right away, possibly in the nude? Leaving it to rot for hours, days, weeks? DOUBLE AWESOME. You get to do that, my friend, because it's your mess and no one is going to come home all grumpy and tired after a long day of bartending/financial advising/studying/auditioning and leave you a passive-aggressive note about it.
3) Your fridge is your temple.
We've already touched on this, but this is one of the things you will begin to treasure about living alone. You know how living with roommates routinely places you in the position of discovering tupperware containers that contain ACTUAL MOLD at the back of your fridge which you are not allowed to immediately place in a hazmat bag and dispose of because it is not YOUR tupperware container? That will be a thing of the past.
4) What is for sharing and what is for not sharing.
Having roommates makes the lines between mine and yours get very hazy. Obviously, you are sharing the couch. It possibly belongs to a specific roommate, but ultimately, no one is charging by the minute for sitting or even taking a long nap on the couch. However, spill a glass of red wine on the couch, and suddenly, just like magic, POOF! it belongs to Specific Roommate again and you have to reimburse her for the damages. Then again, roommates can double and even quadruple your apartment's milk needs. Why is it that no one can ever agree on milk? Why must you have your soy? Your non-fat? Your whole? Your almond? Your special organic brand from cows raised entirely on diets of conscientiously-farmed alfalfa? Why can't anyone just split a friendly half-gallon of 2% with me?
5) And most importantly... Learning what you're like by yourself.
This might sound like some pretentious Eat, Pray, Love blather, but I think the most valuable thing about living alone is that you begin to find out what you are actually like as an adult inside your own head. We have such a good idea of what we're like around others- we are constantly projecting the self we want everyone else to see in social settings, at work, at school, at the bar after work, on the street walking to the bar after work, at our family's home, at our friend's homes, that we rarely get to see a glimpse of Actual Us. That person with her hair not just down, but frizzy. The person who sometimes just wants to come home to a completely quiet apartment and listen to showtunes while eating apples and cheese for dinner while wearing nothing but a bath towel. And not have to worry that someone may walk in at any moment with a spontaneous gathering of friends who all want to change the channel.
I admit that living alone can seem financially daunting. Here in New York City, which has been scientifically proven to be the most overpriced city in the world, it can seem next to impossible. But I want to encourage you to make it happen at some point! Even if it's just for a year. Do what you need to do to afford it: join a cheaper gym, cancel the extended cable, buy the generic brand, consider living in Brooklyn or Queens (but not the Bronx) (or Staten Island), use your imagination and begin embracing the idea of "studio apartment" to mean "room possibly smaller than my childhood bedroom". You are about to embark on the Great Adventure of Living Alone and once you put a cute rug on the floor and some art on the walls, that tiny room is gonna look like home. I think so many people are only willing to live by themselves in New York unless their apartment can be Meg Ryan's from "You've Got Mail". But you don't need that enormous brownstone to be happy in your own space in the city (am I right, though? Does it not appear that Meg actually owns that entire brownstone?! And apparently doesn't bother locking the door or even carrying a bag or purse when she leaves?!). It has also come to my attention that there are other places to live besides New York, and many of them make solo living quite affordable. So that's great.


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The owner of a popular Brooklyn restaurant that closed abruptly and left dozens of couples without a wedding venue was sentenced Monday to up to 10 years in prison after pleading guilty to tax fraud and grand larceny.
Jason Stevens, the owner of reBar, pleaded guilty to the charges last month. As part of a plea deal, he was sentenced to three and a third to 10 years in prison.
"I have nothing left to give but an apology. From the bottom of my heart, I am so sorry," Stevens said in court.
He's also been ordered to pay more than $1 million in restitution, to be split among the nearly 100 couples who were shut out of the weddings they'd paid for at reBar when the venue closed without warning in May.
His lawyer, Allan Bahn, has said the 41-year-old Stevens is "taking responsibility."
In addition to stiffing couples out of their wedding money, prosecutors say he stole about $200,000 in sales tax collected between 2009 and 2012 and failed to collect more than $1 million in taxes on the business the same period.
Newlywed Camille Hlavka, of Astoria, was in the Brooklyn courtroom as Stevens was sentenced. She says she lost $18,000 to him and ended up shelling out about that much for her July 12 wedding. She says she and her husband will probably never recover the money Stevens owes under the state-imposed restitution settlement, but believes justice was at least partially served by his sentencing.
Another jilted couple, Jennifer Cabrera and Kitoh Grey, said they could only afford a small wedding in Central Park after losing their $13,000 deposit to Stevens, but are looking forward. They said seeing him being led away in handcuffs at least brought some sort of closure.
"We got married, we had a perfect day," said Grey. "We're moving on with our lives and whatever he wants to do with his life, it doesn't affect us anymore."


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Device could reduce pain and assist in recovery
Edith Cowan University (ECU) School of Exercise and Health Sciences Master by Research student Harry Banyard has been investigating the effectiveness of electromagnetic therapy in treating muscle damage.
Pulsed electromagnetic field therapy (PEMFT) has already been proven to enhance the healing of bone fractures and osteoarthritis, but no scientific evidence exists on whether it can help the recovery of muscles, explains Mr Banyard.
"In testing the PEMFT, using a machine called an e-cell, I wanted to determine whether the device could really have an impact on debilitating conditions such as rheumatoid arthritis and muscle tears and sprains experienced by elite athletes," Mr Banyard said.
"Current treatments for these conditions include costly trips to physiotherapists and remedial massage therapists. This device could provide an alternative."
The e-cell device was tested by Mr Banyard over a period of six months on both male and female volunteers. Muscle damage was induced in their biceps by forcibly lowering their extended arm using a machine whilst they tried to maximally resist against it.
"The results suggested that the e-cell treatment significantly enhanced the recovery of muscle function including a rapid return of strength and range of motion, significantly reducing swelling and tenderness," Mr Banyard said.
"For an elite athlete, being able to recover quickly can have a significant impact on their performance, a hundredth of a second can mean the difference between winning or losing, so any measurable improvement this device can provide is valuable."
"The range of conditions that the e-cell could assist in treating is endless. It has the potential to be used in post-operative care for joint replacements, as well as in elite athlete recovery and for the weekend warrior gym goer who goes a bit too hard."
Harry Banyard will be presenting his work as part of the Three Minute Thesis competition (3MT) during ECU's Research Week. For further information on Research Week, visit: www.ecu.edu.au/research/week/overview


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ALBANY - Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo is proposing to limit state sales tax exemptions available through industrial development agencies, a change that could adversely effect revitalization projects throughout the state, but especially urban areas such as downtown Troy. The plan was not amended by last Thursday, the last day of the 30-day amendment period, and so became one step closer to becoming a reality when the 2013-14 executive budget goes into affect April 1. The governor's plan could halve the sales and use tax incentives that industrial development agencies can offer to certain projects, from small doughnut shop franchises to large, multi-phase mixed-use projects. Under the new proposal, only projects that qualify for Excelsior tax credits, the state's primary economic development program, could be granted the four percent state sales tax exemption. This restriction would limit eligible projects to those that fall within one of seven categories -- manufacturing, financial services, scientific research and development, software development, back office operations, and warehouse distribution -- and produce a specific number of jobs. For example, a factory project would have to produce 25 new jobs, while a warehouse distribution project would have to produce 150 new jobs to qualify. Officials representing the governor contend the new limits will keep the state sales tax exemptions directed at projects guaranteed to promote regional job growth. Will also keep "It's part of the whole regional council of economic development plan," said Morris Peters, a spokesperson for the governor. He explained that state resources are sometimes used to incentive businesses that will not contribute to the region's growth, and therefore the state resources are not being used wisely. According to the Authorities Budget Office, the state lost approximately $100 million in state sales tax revenue from local IDA-approved projects over the past two years. Under the proposal, many businesses currently eligible, such as retail and residential developments -- some of the more common city projects offered the sales tax exemption -- are excluded. The state Economic Developement Agency, an organization representing 900 economic development professionals and IDAs, has been fighting the proposed changes, claiming they will adversely affect local redevelopment. In a post-industrial city such as Troy, many of the incentives the IDA offers go toward redeveloping existing sites into just such retail and residential projects. The most recent phase of the United Group of Companies' Congress-Ferry street corridor plan, CityStation East, is turning the former site of the Ahearn apartments into retail, apartments and a parking garage. It is estimated to be exempt from the 7.75 percent sales and use taxes, worth roughly $465,000, of which the state portion would be roughly $240,000. "These are often the most difficult projects in a community to undertake because it is much more expensive to re-adapt an existing facility for new use than to build a new facility in a suburban greenfield setting," explained Brian McMahon, executive director of the state Economic Development Corporation, a membership-based organization representing roughly 900 economic development groups and professionals. Beyond the city, the more rural areas of Albany, Rensselaer and Saratoga county would be disproportionately affected, said McMahon, because the economies there are based on small businesses, which are not eligible for Excelsior tax credits and so would not be eligible for the tax incentive under the proposed budget. "It is difficult for these areas to compete for larger projects that qualify for Excelsior tax credits," said McMahon. This proposal is part of a larger set of IDA reforms -- underneath the budget section titled "Loophole Closing Actions" -- that would also bring in greater state oversight of local agencies. Presently, local IDAs can offer state resources, such as the sales tax, to companies considering settling in a municipality, and without any input from state officials. Under the new regulations, all state sales tax exemptions would first have to be approved by the Capital Region Economic Development Council, and the state agency, Empire State Development. Because regional councils often do not meet on a regular basis, the new proposal could significantly lengthen the time it takes for projects to acquire tax incentives, said McMahon. The combined estimated savings of the Loophole Closing Actions are projected to save the state $7 million. The LDC has been looking to wage a battle against the reforms. In late January, McMahon e-mailed the organization's constituents calling for an "aggressive grassroots campaign." The e-mail detailed action deadlines and the necessary voluntary dues from at least 30 IDAs required to retain a $60,000 lobbying firm. McMahon would not comment on the lobbying effort, but there are no indications the LDC has been able to retain a firm. On Tuesday, a representative of Patricia Lynch Associates, a high-powered lobbying firm that once represented the LDC, said the organization has not retained their services recently.
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Anyone else besides me using felt from a bolt for batting?
I have been using felt for years now on the kids quilts. It has gone through many washings and still holding together.
Welcome to the Quilting Board!
Anyone else besides me using felt from a bolt for batting?
I have been using felt for years now on the kids quilts. It has gone through many washings and still holding together.
Sometimes I use felt for batting. I especially use felt in place mats and table runners. Sometimes I will use it in small wall hangings. I try to get felt when it is on sale. I usually buy very neutral colors.
Never thought of it. Glad to know it works.
I always use Warm and Natural, but I have some felt that I don't know what to so with. Maybe I can use it in small projects. Thanks for the inspiration.
Thanks for the idea! Does it shrink??
What happens when you wash it? Is it colorfast? Does it shrink, how about wrinkles? i would be interested in trying it if it causes no problems. i for many years used old flannel sheets, abthrobes, etc instead of batting in placemats. No shrinking or bleeding out as it had been washed a hundred times
I haven't found any problems with it yet.Originally Posted by Lilrain
I have always used the white so I never worry about colorfast.
I've never had a problem with shrinking or wrinkles.
The only thing that bothered me was that it says flammable on the bolt.
So, I took a small strip 2 inch by 6 inch over to my stove, put it in a pan and put a match to it. lol Yes, I did.
It didn't burn any different than other material. It shrunk up and stuck together.
However, just like any other material, you want to keep it away from any kind of fire.
The kids quilts have been put in the washer and Dryer many, many times and never a problem.
Another problem I found----While at JoAnn's yesterday I was gasping for air at the prices of material and battings. Eight dollars a yard for Calico's is asinine. Their batting for a queen size quilt was $24.00 to $29.00.
I was fussing all through the store. I know that they have the 50% off on sales, but that brings the price back down to what it should have been in the first place. They keep raising their prices and they are going to run themselves out of business.
what is the fiber content of the 'felt' you are using?
is it wool felt?
or acrylic?
or cotton?
i've used some wool felt - but used acrylic-craft felt once that had to be washed and it sure didn't look very good afterwards. would be interested in just where you find felt to use for batting...and of course, just what it is made out of... :thumbup:


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I started developing applications back in the good (?) old client/server days. I was fortunate enough to discover Delphi quite early. Even from the start, the lowly 16-bit Delphi version 1 had a kick-ass DBGrid control which allowed you to quickly and easily build data-centric applications. Just write a SQL statement in a TDataSet component, connect it to the grid, and voila! Instant multi-row display and editing out of the box, without any coding.
Fast forward a decade. While I do enjoy building web applications (with PL/SQL and Apex) these days, I've always missed the simplicity of that DBGrid in Delphi. Creating updateable grids with Apex is pretty tedious work (not being entirely satisfied with the built-in updateable tabular forms, I've employed a combination of the apex_item API, page processes for updates and deletes, and custom-made Javascript helpers). It doesn't help that you have to refer to the tabular form arrays by number, rather than by name (g_f01, g_f02, etc.), and that you are restricted to a total of 50 columns per page.
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- Populate data based on REF CURSOR or SQL text (with or without bind variables). The REF CURSOR support is based on my REF Cursor to JSON utility package.
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ATLANTA, Ga. -- The visiting Brandeis University men's soccer team outshot host Emory University by a 22-10 margin, including 15-5 in the second half, but it was the Eagles who scored the game's only goal in the 60th minute to take a 1-0 decision in a University Athletic Association (UAA) contest this evening. With the win, the Judges fall to 10-5-1, 1-3-1 in the UAA, while the Eagles improve to 9-7, 3-2 UAA.
Brandeis was paced by the junior duo of Sam Ocel (No. Attleboro, Mass./No. Attleboro) and Lee Russo (Westford, Mass./Westford Acad.), who each registered five shots, giving the pair as many as the entire Emory roster combined. Ocel led the Judges with two shots on goal, while Russo suffered some hard luck, twice hitting the crossbar. He drew iron first in the 15th minute and again with the first shot of the second half.
Emory got a fine performance in net from sophomore Andrew Goldblum, who made seven stops. It marked the second time this season an opposing UAA goalie has made at least seven saves against the Judges.
The hosts' lone goal came five minutes after Goldblum stoned Brandeis sophomore Kyle Feather (Pinebrook, N.J./Montville Township), who pushed the rebound wide after the initial save. The Eagles showed some nifty passing, as Andrew Jones made a pass through the box to Zach Daniels, who crossed the ball to David Garofalo's head. Garofalo buried his first goal of the season past Brandeis junior Blake Minchoff (Fiskdale, Mass./Tantasqua Regional). Brandeis took 10 of their 22 shots after the goal was scored, but Goldblum made two saves to preserve the shutout. Minchoff made two saves in the losing effort.
Both teams return to action on Sunday morning, when the Judges take on Carnegie Mellon in Pittburgh at 11 a.m. and the Eagles host NYU at the same time.


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Shipping Corp. of India
Shipping Corp. of India
The Shipping Corporation of India is the largest Indian shipping company, established in 1961 through the merger of Eastern Shipping Corporation and Western Shipping Corporation. The Mumbai-based, state-owned company provides break-bulk services, international container services, liquid/dry bulk services, offshore services, and passenger services. The company owns and operates around one-third of the Indian tonnage, and serves both national and international trades.
The company recorded revenue of $744.5 million for fiscal year 2013-14, up 1 percent year-over-year. The company also recorded a net loss of $46.4 million, up from the previous year's net loss of $19.3 million.
SCI operates 3 container shipping service routes and owns 5 container vessels. The Indian Subcontinent Europe service covers Mundra, Nhava Sheva, Colombo, Salalah, Gioia Tauro, Felixstowe, Hamburg, and Antwerp. The Far Eastern Services link India's West Coast to China, South Korea, Hong Kong, Singapore, and Malaysia. The Middle East India Liner Express Service connects India and the Indian Subcontinent with the West Asia Gulf region.


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Bridgeport 'Details' quite the sight
Decades ago, that extraordinary modern architect Mies van der Rohe was quoted as saying that God, rather than the devil, "was in the details."
And many musicians, writers, architects and artists continue to embrace that philosophy.
A few of those artists will participate in "Art/BPT/Details/2013" at Bridgeport's nonprofit City Lights Gallery. The exhibition will open Friday, Jan. 25, with a public reception that runs from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. The annual Bridgeport show has a different focus from year to year.
"In our busy days, we don't take enough time to slow down and appreciate the details that create the amalgam of our existential experience -- in other words all the stuff in our lives and how the (details) are interrelated and affect us," said gallery Director Suzanne Kachmar.
"In my opinion, and in my way of curating, assessing art is to see how the details are unified through good design and craft, to efficiently or appropriately express or fulfill the intention of the piece of art."
Kachmar said she hopes the show will "encourage viewers to be more aware of the details we encounter daily and encourage creative and critical observation" of the world-at-large.
On view through Friday, Feb. 22, the show will feature works by Maralyn Adlin, Michelle Beaulieu, Jeff Becker, Tom Brenner, Karen Ciocca, Kevin Conklin, Maggie DeCapua, Cliff Furnald, Steve Gerber, Robin Gilmore, Jay Misencik, Andy Pinto, Vanessa Strubbe, Yolanda Vasquez Petrocelli, Liz Squillace, Thomas Savard and Mary Witkowski.
More InformationIF YOU GO City Light Gallery is at 37 Markle Court, Bridgeport. Regular gallery hours are Wednesday through Friday from 11:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Saturdays noon to 4 p.m. On the second Thursday of the month, the gallery is open until 7 p.m., weather permitting. For a listing of special events associated with exhibits, visit http://www.citylightsgallery.org; 203-334-7748.
A variety of media will be represented, although all will share the "Details" theme. "Made in Bridgeport" wearable art and jewelry also will be featured.
Among the artists are four who will exhibit photographs that focus on the iconic 16-story People's United Bank headquarters, on Main Street, that was designed by another brilliant architect, Richard Meier, in 1991. They are Michelle Beaulieu, of Milford; Jeff Becker, of Easton; Jay Misencik, of Monroe; and Thomas Savard, of Easton.
Each has used "perspective and other elements of design to create a mood and provocative composition of the same subject matter: the colossal concavity of the People's United Bank building. Similar to the ubiquitous power plant (used by artists) of the Bridgeport landscape, People's United bank is an architectural icon of downtown Bridgeport," Kachmar said.
She said those who see the show will enjoy examining how each artist portrayed the building.
"Viewers could ask themselves: `How do these images make me feel? How are they similar, how are they different? Do I appreciate the composition?' Consider the deep perspective that a camera lens creates and the use of shapes and monochromatic values."
Misencik, who for many years had a studio in Bridgeport, writes in his artist's statement: "My camera always takes me to a new place. It may be meeting someone new, finding a new object or seeing a new landscape. The photograph shows you what I see. When I am lucky enough to have made a good photograph, I hope the photograph needs no explanation. Enjoy the texture and space, the balance and movement. And think about what you see."
Misencik said last week that he was honored to be asked to join the show because of his fondness for Bridgeport.
"I hope the show will encourage everyone to slow down and see the world around them -- to see the world in a different way," he said.
Of his work, Jeff Becker wrote in his statement: "There is an essence to all things, captured by shooting from the heart, as unobtrusively as possible: intimate, personal photos with soul and emotion, the true essence and spirit of a person or place. This is what I photograph. Patience and time are fundamental. Take a long look."
Also featured in the show will be an 8-foot-square mural by Liz Squillace, painted last year for the Main State Ventures art competition in downtown Bridgeport. After the "Details" exhibit, City Lights plans "to loan the art to a Bridgeport school for an extended period of time." A portion of a $2,000 donation from Pitney Bowes will fund the installation.
"We hope this will encourage the students and staff to get excited about art in their community, their lives and their studies," Kachmar said.
City Lights "is thrilled to announce that we have received two grants that will help us to ... continue to serve the community through art, primarily through our free exhibits, art education and enrichment for youth and expressive arts workshops," Kachmar said. She added that she views each grant as "a vote of confidence": $10,000 from the Fairfield County Community Foundation and $25,000 from the state Department of Economic & Community Development/Office of the Arts.
Support also has been forthcoming from People's United Bank, Ben Ortiz and Victor Torchia.
"As executive director, I feel our hard work (and a) belief in serving the community through art ... is starting to build momentum," Kachmar said, adding "I am grateful for everyone who has helped us along the way and supports what we do."
City Light Gallery is at 37 Markle Court, Bridgeport. Regular gallery hours are Wednesday through Friday from 11:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Saturdays noon to 4 p.m. On the second Thursday of the month, the gallery is open until 7 p.m., weather permitting. Visit http://www.citylightsgallery.org; 203-334-7748.
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