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Maranello, 21 April – U.S. Senator John F. Kerry, who was the Democrat's candidate for the U.S. Presidency in 2004, benefitted from his stay in Italy by visiting Maranello, where he met Ferrari Chairman Luca di Montezemolo, who he has known for a long time. Di Montezemolo took Kerry personally on a tour of some of the facilities and to the Atelier, where he could admire the latest Ferrari model, the FF. Later on Kerry went to visit the Fiorano track, where he had the possibility to try out a 458 Italia together with Ferrari test driver Dario Benuzzi.


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Ryun Williams' enthusiastic start as CSU Rams women's basketball coach
In Ryun Williams, Colorado State hired a women's basketball coach who actually talks as fast as his boss. Between athletic director Jack Graham and Williams, a lot of words came flying out at the Rams' news conference Monday introducing the new coach.
"In terms of aspirations, we spent a lot of time about talking about where this team needs to be and we are hooked at the hip for what those expectations are," Graham said. "Simply put, it's our expectation to return to greatness, to be ranked in the top 25 in the country and consistently in the NCAA Tournament."
Graham also talked about his new coach's background, and Williams got into what kind of team he will field in the Mountain West. Here are the highlights:

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The Eagles, along with Appalachian State, are ineligible for the FCS playoffs and the Southern Conference championship this fall as they begin their transition to FBS.
The Mountaineers were tabbed second in the preseason poll. Appalachian State earned two first-place votes and finished with 51 points. The Mountaineers will be under the direction of first-year head coach Scott Satterfield.
Chattanooga earned the final first-place vote and was picked third with 47 points. It is the highest the Mocs have picked in the coaches poll since 1990. Chattanooga returns 10 starters on both sides of the ball in 2013, including defensive lineman Davis Tull, who was named the league's Defensive Player of the Year last season.
Samford was picked fourth with 43 points, tying its highest showing in the poll since joining the league in 2008. Head coach Pat Sullivan enters his seventh season with the Bulldogs, who have seen their win total rise each of the last two years.
Wofford (40 points) was tabbed fifth after earning a share of the league crown last season. The Terriers have advanced to the FCS playoffs each of the last three seasons.
The Citadel was slotted sixth with 33 points. The Bulldogs enter their ninth season under head coach Kevin Higgins. The Citadel went 7-4 a season ago, including a 5-3 mark in league play, its best record in the SoCon since winning the league (6-1) in 1992.
Furman was tabbed seventh with 25 points, while Elon followed in eighth place (16). The Paladins return nine starters on offense, while the Phoenix returns nine defensive starters from a season ago.
Western Carolina (12) rounded out the poll. Head coach Mark Speir returns for his second season with the Catamounts and returns 40 lettermen, including six offensive and seven defensive starters.
2013 SoCon Football Preseason Coaches Poll
School (First-place votes) Points
1. Georgia Southern (6) 57
2. Appalachian State (2) 51
3. Chattanooga (1) 47
4. Samford 43
5. Wofford 40
6. The Citadel 33
7. Furman 25
8. Elon 16
9. Western Carolina 12
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Enlarging our Moral Language
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When the Gaza war began in November 2012, American Jews' lack of an embracing moral language, a language that could acknowledge all viewpoints, sufferings, terrors, humanity, became painfully obvious. To speak of the civilians dying in Gaza was, to many American Jews, to attack Israel and deny its legitimate rights to exist and defend itself from missiles. We seemed to have no language in which we could speak both of Israeli families huddling in bomb shelters as far north as Jerusalem and children crawling through Gaza rubble. Indeed, to judge by the anguished, enraged Facebook and Twitter exchanges I saw, we didn't even have a language in which we could acknowledge and address the feelings and perspectives boiling among American Jews.
Poets can't protect families from bombardment, negotiate cease-fires, resolve disputes, make peace or establish justice. But we can expose and stretch the limits of language, and challenge ourselves and our readers to imagine more honest, compassionate, embracing tongues in which to address this unspeakable tangle of fear, injustice, and brutality. The following poem, written during the war, was one attempt. I hope that its shortcomings will provoke other, better efforts to create the language give American Jews need to speak with (rather than screaming at) one another about this distant conflict with which we are so intimately involved.
November 2012
The injustices are obvious; so's the shame.
Rights and wrongs – don't bother arguing.
Argue with me later, when people aren't dying.
Missiles fall on Israel. Gaza is burning.
Victims perpetuating victims' pain, bombs, shelters,
rights and wrongs. Don't bother arguing.
In the womb of Holocaust, Naqba was brewing.
Missiles fall on Israel. Gaza is burning.
History is generous with nation-forging flames.
Rights and wrongs – don't bother arguing -
harmonize our anthems of inalienable yearning.
Missiles fall on Israel. Gaza is burning.
We share a God, one God, water sources, sacred texts,
rights and wrongs – not worth arguing.
This is not God's doing.
Missiles fall on Israel. Gaza is burning.


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"It was my life we were dealing with. So we went to Fox Chase."
— Lael Swank
On March 9, 2010, Lael Swank celebrated her 39th birthday, and within the week she noticed a lump in her left breast while taking a shower. "It couldn't be," she thought. With no family history of breast cancer, Lael figured she'd get her first mammogram the following year, when she turned 40. Two days later, Lael and her husband, Randy, traveled to Philadelphia to attend a Michael Bublé concert, and that evening she revealed the news to her husband. Within days, Lael was not only scheduled for a mammogram, but she underwent an ultrasound and biopsy, and on March 23, Lael was diagnosed with stage IIB, grade III, invasive ductal carcinoma (breast cancer).
The Swanks live in Mountain Top, Pennsylvania, about two hours north of Philadelphia. Although she was diagnosed by a local breast surgeon, her doctor strongly suggested she make the trip to Fox Chase Cancer Center Philadelphia if at all possible. "It was my life we were dealing with," Lael said.
This young mom had the challenging job of sharing this news with her boys, Garrett and Jason, who were only 7 and 4 at the time. "That's what broke my heart the most," she recalled. Over the next few days, the family tried their best to come to terms with the diagnosis and began the process of researching and evaluating Fox Chase and its physicians. Lael's mother helped care for the boys, which relieved some of the stress. Her sister, Kellie, a pediatric nurse in Atlanta, flew to Philadelphia to support Lael and accompany her to the appointments.
"There were so many medical terms being explained to us, and I was still in a state of shock," admitted Lael. "We were happy to have an extra set of ears."
"I felt so fortunate to have such a wonderful team of physicians working on my case."
At her first visit, Lael met her team of breast cancer specialists, including a surgical oncologist, Dr. Richard Bleicher; a plastic and reconstructive surgeon, Dr. Neal Topham; a medical oncologist; and a radiation oncologist. "I felt so fortunate to have such a wonderful team of physicians working on my case," said Lael. "It felt like a family. They were all familiar with my situation, and together we created a treatment plan. I felt confident and safe - and still feel that way. This is where I want to be."
Dr. Bleicher referred Lael to the Department of Clinical Genetics at Fox Chase where she met with a genetic counselor who tested Lael for the BRCA gene because of her age. The results were negative.
In May, Lael was admitted to Fox Chase for a bilateral mastectomy and TRAM reconstruction. Although she was diagnosed with cancer in the left breast, Lael chose to have the right breast removed prophylactically. "Dr. Bleicher and Dr. Topham worked together so I could have the surgery and reconstruction during the same procedure. They are so talented!"
Willing to do anything to eliminate the cancer, Lael entered a clinical trial.
After a 6-week recovery, Lael was ready for her next step — chemotherapy — which began in June. Lael qualified for a clinical trial designed to improve upon the standard treatment for her type of cancer. "It was a tough decision, but I was willing to try anything and everything to beat this disease."
Lael and her husband made weekly trips from their home in Northeastern Pennsylvania to Fox Chase for her infusions. "We have such a wonderful support system of friends and family to help with the boys," shared Randy. "We were able to focus on Lael's treatment and know that everything would be handled smoothly at home. We couldn't ask for more."
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Lael's close friend, Linda, helped Lael track her journey using CarePages, a free Internet site designed to help patients stay connected to their loved ones during treatment. "Together, we posted weekly updates and photos," explained Lael. "It is so easy to keep everyone in the loop — and I love reading the messages my family and friends post."
During her treatment, Lael felt it was important for her family to have the support they needed. For that reason, the Swanks worked closely with the social work department at Fox Chase, specifically Luanne Chynoweth.
"Luanne is amazing and really went out of her way to help our family. She would call to check in with me and make sure I never felt alone. Randy and I were very comfortable with her discussing how we were feeling about what we were going through in this new life," shared Lael. Because they live so far away, their boys couldn't participate in the Kids Night Out program, so Luanne offered to meet with her sons to see how they were coping with their mother's serious illness.
"I would recommend Fox Chase to anyone who has breast cancer. Even if you have to drive a long way to get there."
Lael finished her chemotherapy treatment in early November 2010. In addition to five weeks of radiation therapy scheduled for the late fall 2010, Lael is continuing treatment at Fox Chase through a clinical trial (ECOG 5103). "I hope to be finished by spring 2011, which will be nice as we travel quite a distance to come to Fox Chase," Lael added.
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I was happy to receive my pretty pink box from Linda over at myprettypinkbox.com!
So what IS IT exactly? It's a cute decent-sized box full of samples (some are even more than a sample size, and some may be a full-size sample) from various companies giving YOU the opportunity to try out different products and companies. They have different samples each month, and it's selected at random. (CLICK HERE to see some of the cosmetic and skincare companies that are joining in the fun!)
It's a great way to try different things without committing to a product that may not work for you.
I do not know how much the boxes are, but you can definitely get more information on the website and even submit your email for a reminder for next month's box. So check it out!
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- Askmewhats said...
ohhh I wish we have that kind of "promo" here...I do know they have it something like that in Singapore :) I wish the Philippines would get the point and do it too :)
- November 21, 2008 at 1:24 AM
- kiwikailee said...
So jealous! This little box is an awesome idea!!!!! I would've loved to receive one!!!
Shame I don't live in the US.
Kylie :)
- November 21, 2008 at 1:45 AM
- MakeupByRenRen said...
looks like fun! i love samples!
- November 21, 2008 at 6:10 AM
- Ethereal Prey said...
hee hee everyone likes samples of stuff! cute box! though i wonder how much it costs.
- November 21, 2008 at 9:21 AM
- Brittany K said...
I ordered one of these too. I was most excited about the gift certificates. I was hoping I'd get something but Jesse's Girl because I love their stuff, but sadly, I didn't. I thought that the Purely Cosmetics things were nice though.
- November 21, 2008 at 9:32 AM
- Vivi said...
what a great idea! are you going to do a post about all the samples that you get and how you like them?
- November 21, 2008 at 1:57 PM
- Robyn @ Purely Cosmetics said...
I see me in the upper right hand corner!
The price on the box varies from month to month just as who's inside. I did a post about it being like Woot's Bag of Crap, but for girls earlier this month. The box sold out in under 2 hours, so make sure for Dec you're at the computer at 7am sharp!
- November 21, 2008 at 6:50 PM
- kae said...
thanks for the info about the camera settings!
- November 21, 2008 at 11:15 PM
- steffi_DV said...
i like the idea, going to visit there website :D
- November 22, 2008 at 3:08 AM
- Robyn @ Purely Cosmetics said...
Ethereal Prey -
They're very inexpensive. Last month was $11.99 plus shipping, I think. It's always under $15 or so. Just my stuff alone was over the cost of the box!
- November 22, 2008 at 12:25 PM
- lovemakeup said...
Don't you just LOVE receiving goods in the mail??
I LOVE it. It's an addiction. AHHAHAHAH
- November 22, 2008 at 4:42 PM
- La rebelde! said...
wow loove this box!! but how much you buy it?
- November 25, 2008 at 2:11 AM
- Anonymous said...
wow what a lovely box! I also want that here in Holland! just jealous!!
- November 26, 2008 at 9:41 PM


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DETROIT -- The Tigers are continuing with their bullpen-by-committee approach as they roll through the first weekend of the regular season. They might be getting close, though, to finding a committee chairman.
Manager Jim Leyland doesn't want to call Joaquin Benoit his closer, because he still reserves the right to play out the final innings by matchup. Still, he's definitely suggesting a leaning.
"We will use anybody, but the ideal situation probably -- as we sit right now -- would try to get to Benoit to the ninth inning," Leyland said. "I'm not saying that Benoit's the closer. What I'm saying is, we figure the lefty-righty combination of him being effective against both guys, if rested and available, we would lean that way probably more often."
Benoit has handled the eighth inning twice so far this season, then both times came back out to take the first batter of the ninth inning before Phil Coke entered to face a left-handed hitter. Considering the lefty-leaning Yankees lineup, that could happen again this weekend.
Yet out of the three veteran relievers in Detroit's bullpen -- Benoit, Coke and Octavio Dotel -- Benoit is the one with fairly even splits against hitters from both sides. Left-handed hitters batted .237 against him last year, compared with a .217 average by right-handed hitters. That split was more pronounced the previous season, but nearly even during Benoit's dominant year as a Rays setup man in 2010.


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GetResponse Privacy Policy
If you don't have much time, please find below a summary of how GetResponse processes Personal Data.
- WHO WE ARE. We are GetResponse, a limited liability company with its registered office in Gdansk (80-387), Arkonska 6, A3, National Court Register No. 0000187388, TAX ID (EU VAT) 9581468984. We process Personal Data of our Customers and our Platform Users as a data controller. We also act as a data processor – when our Customers engage us in data processing in order to enable them to carry out operations on that data using our tools and services. Read more.
- HOW WE PROCESS YOUR DATA. As a Data controller we will process your Data to enable you to create an Account, to provide you with our Service, and if you agree, to send you marketing communication, which we may tailor to your interests. Read more.
- WHY WE PROCESS YOUR DATA. We have the right to process your Data for different reasons. The most important one is that we need it to carry out the agreement concluded with you the moment you accept our Terms of Service and to enable you to use our Platform. There are also other reasons that require us to process the Data, e.g. preparing an answer to your queries or your consent to receive our newsletter. Read more.
- WHO WE DISCLOSE YOUR DATA TO. We disclose your data only to service providers who support us in the role of data processors or separate data controllers. Read more.
- YOUR RIGHTS. You have the right to access, rectify or erase your Personal Data as well as to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority. In some cases, you also have other rights, for example, to withdraw your consent for Data processing, to object to Data processing, and to Data portability. Read more.
Please read the entire content of our Privacy Policy below, to fully understand how we will process your Personal Data and how you can exercise your rights connected to Data processing.
Privacy Policy
This Privacy Policy describes how we protect Personal Data of our Customers and Users. We appreciate the trust you put in us, and we assure you that we make every effort to give you full control over your Personal Data. Below we have described, as transparently
as possible, the scope of data we process when providing the Service and the Platform, the purposes and methods of processing, security measures, and your rights connected with the processing of your Personal Data.
By using our Service or our Platform, you accept all rules applied by GetResponse, so please read this Privacy Policy carefully beforehand. If you don't agree to this Policy or can't comply with it, you shouldn't begin to use our Service or our Platform.
Glossary of basic concepts
Below you'll find the list of basic concepts that will help you better understand this Policy:
Account - individual space provided to the Customer on the GetResponse Platform (after logging in) for the purpose of using the Service.
Contacts - persons whose data (in particular email addresses) is processed using the Service, or to whom Customers send electronic communication (in particular email communication).
Customer - person using our Service to conduct their commercial or professional activities, regardless of the legal form of such activities.
Data concerning activity within the Platform or Service - the data concerning your activity within the Service or Platform, data concerning your session, your device and operational system, browser, localization and unique ID as registered and stored with the use of cookie or tracking scripts. This data includes in particular: browsing history, clicks within the Platform, visits to the main page and subsections of the Platform, dates of creating an Account and logging into the Account, the data related to the use of individual services in the Platform and Service, history and activities connected to our email communication with you.
Data provided as Account details - personal data given by the User in the "Account details" tab, consisting of: first name, last name, company or organization, address, email address, phone number, country, time zone, payment information, industry, number of employees.
GetResponse (we, us) - GetResponse limited liability company with its registered office in Gdansk, Arkonska 6/A3, 80-387 Gdansk, KRS No. 0000187388, Tax ID. 9581468984.
GDPR - Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of The European Parliament and of The Council of April 27, 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Directive 95/46/EC (General Data Protection Regulation).
Personal Data - data of our Customers, data entrusted to us by our Customers for processing and data of our Users, processed in relation to the use of the Service or Platform.
Platform - websites that are hosted by GetResponse, especially EU domains listed under the address: https://www.getresponse.com/change-language. Customer can log in to their Account via the Platform.
Policy - this Privacy Policy.
Privacy Settings - space in the Customer Account where the Customer can manage their preferences of privacy protection and exercise their rights as data subjects.
Processing - operations performed on Personal Data such as collection, recording, storage, adaptation or alteration, disclosure, creating backup copies, and other operations necessary to provide the Service or use the Platform.
Registration Data - the data given in registration forms available in the Platform: email address, name.
Service - all services provided by GetResponse electronically in the Software-as-a-Service model (Saas), including in particular providing the Customer with the possibility of using the Account, managing the Data entrusted to GetResponse for the purpose of processing, and conducting marketing campaigns.
Terms of Service - GetResponse Terms of Service.
User - the person using the Platform.
Capitalized terms that are not expressly defined in this document have the meanings assigned to them in the GetResponse Terms of Service.
Who are we? Our contact details.
GetResponse as data controller and data processor
Unless stated otherwise, we process your Personal Data as a data controller in connection with your use of the Service or the Platform. As such, we determine the purposes and means of the processing of Personal Data.
In some circumstances we also process Data on your behalf. In these cases you determine the scope of Data you want us to process and purposes for which you use the Service. You can find more about this matter in section VII.3 Why do I enter into a data processing agreement with GetResponse.
Our contact details: GetResponse Sp. z o.o. (Polish limited liability company), Arkonska 6/A3, 80-387 Gdansk, Poland.
To exercise your rights, give or withdraw consent, and talk about all security aspects of your Personal Data you can contact us via email firstname.lastname@example.com.
Data Protection Officer
GetResponse has designated a Data Protection Officer - Łukasz Kołodziejczyk (DPO), who you can reach out to about anything related to your Personal Data processing. You can easily contact our DPO:
- via email: firstname.lastname@example.com
- in writing: Data Protection Officer, GetResponse Sp. z o.o., Arkonska 6/A3, 80-387 Gdansk, Poland
How do we use the data? Your Personal Data and how we process it.
The rules of how we process your Data, along with the purposes and scope of the processing vary depending on whether you are our Customer or Platform User. Below, we list the information about the Data we process concerning the specific purposes we need it for.
To provide the Service or Platform
While providing the Service or Platform, we carry out a set of operations that include: administrative activities related to concluding an agreement based on the acceptance of the Terms of Use, creating a Customer Account and Customer authentication within the Account, providing materials requested by Customers or Users (also those who do not have an Account, but use our Platform), activities related to the performance of the Service, including sending you communication related to use or functioning of the Service (in particular system and transactional e-mails), providing Customer support, handling complaints and other requests, charging due fees, seeking redress, and monitoring the quality of the Service and Platform.
What Data do we use and for what purposes?
To create your account and provide the Service, we process the following Data:
- Registration Data and the password you set up.
We only store encrypted passwords and we do not have access to them.
To provide you with our Services (i.e., after you log in to your Account as our Customer), we process the following Data:
- Data provided as Account details,
- Personal data included in the content you send using the Service,
- Data concerning activity within the Platform or Service.
As a Data processor, we also process Personal Data entrusted to us by the Customer for the purpose of using the Service.
You can use the Platform without creating an Account, e.g., by downloading e-books and other training materials, by signing up for our newsletter on new articles on our blog or in Resources, by signing up for a webinar, training, or another event we organize or participate in, by submitting a draft to our blog.
To enable you to use our Platform, we process the following Data:
- Data concerning activity within the Platform or Service,
- Registration Data.
For legitimate interests
We process the data for legitimate interests of GetResponse described below, taking into consideration the relationship with our Customers or Users.
What Data do we use and for what purposes?
- For analytical purposes. To keep statistics on the use of the Service and the Platform, helping us to improve the Service and the Platform, and to ensure network and information security, we process the following Data:
- email address,
- Data concerning activity within the Platform or Service.
- To exercise legal claims. If necessary, to establish, exercise, or defend legal claims, we process the following Data:
- Data provided as Account details,
- Data concerning activity within the Platform or Service necessary to establish a claim,
- other data necessary to support the claim, establish the scope of damage and other circumstances regarding the damage.
- To answer your queries. To respond to your queries, petitions, and complaints, we may process the following Data:
- Data provided as Account details,
- Data concerning activity within the Platform or Service that's the subject of your query, petition, or complaint,
- data included in the query, petition, or complaint and the attached documents.
- To conduct Customer satisfaction surveys. To verify Customer satisfaction with the Platform or Service, we may process the following Data:
- Registration Data,
- answers to our survey questions.
- To prevent fraud and abuse. To monitor, prevent, detect, and combat fraud and abuse, including sending unsolicited content (SPAM), to protect our Customers against such abuse and to ensure network and information security, we
may process the following Data:
- Data provided as Account details,
- Data concerning activity within the Platform or Service necessary to verify potential fraud or abuse,
- Data entrusted by the Customer for the purposes of providing the Service.
To send marketing communication
What Data do we use and for what purposes?
To send our Customers and Users marketing and promotional communication regarding our Service or Platform, we may process the following Data:
- Registration Data
For marketing purposes, including creating your profile
Tailoring our Platform and Service to your preferences
We want our Service and Platform, including our marketing communication (as long as you agreed to receive it), to be tailored to your needs and preferences (profiling). We describe the nature of the profiling we carry out below.
What Data do we use and for what purposes?
To develop sales and marketing of our services, including creating Customer or User profiles, tailored to your interests and preferences, we process the following Data:
- Registration data,
- Data provided as Account details,
- Data concerning activity within the Platform or Service.
If you have agreed to receive marketing and promotional materials, we will match the marketing and promotional content related to our products and services to your profile based on the above data. We will not send you communication about third-party products or services.
Remarketing (displaying ads outside of the Platform)
To reach you with our marketing communication outside of our Platform, we use the services of third-party providers. These services display our marketing communication on websites other than the Platform To do this, we use codes to download information about your activity within the Platform or Service. You can find more information on this topic in the Cookie Policy.
Why do we process your Data? The legal basis.
To provide the Service or Platform
We process your data because it is necessary to enable you to use our Service or Platform. In other words, we need to process your Personal Data to enable you to sign up as our Customer, or order our materials as our User. Otherwise, we wouldn't be able to provide the Service or enable you to use the Platform.
We need to process your data to perform the contract and provide our services. Art. 6.1(b) of GDPR).
For legitimate business interests
Our legitimate interests constitute the legal basis for processing your personal data (Art. 6.1(f) of GDPR). Below you'll find a list of our legitimate interests.
- For analytical purposes. We believe we have a legitimate interest in analysing Service and Platform operations and Customer and User satisfaction. We consider processing this data beneficial to Customers and Users. Our aim is to constantly develop the Platform and to provide the Service of the highest quality of the Service.
- To exercise legal claims. We believe we have a legitimate interest in processing your Data if it's necessary to exercise claims concerning the use of the Service or the Platform that's unlawful or incompatible with the Terms of Service or to defend ourselves against such claims.
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"Keypoint density-based region proposal for fine-grained object detection and classification using regions with convolutional neural network features", in 2016 Applied Imagery Pattern Recognition (AIPR) Workshop, Washington, DC, 2016. Download PDF (3.47 MB),
"SPARCNN: Spatially related convolutional neural networks", in 2016 Applied Imagery Pattern Recognition (AIPR) Workshop, Washington, DC, 2016. Download PDF (1.18 MB),
"Learning and leveraging context for maritime threat analysis: Vessel classification using Exemplar-SVM", Naval Research Laboratory, Navy Center for Applied Research in Artificial Intelligence, Washington, DC, 2012. Download PDF (12.44 MB),
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The Chicago Bulls are one loss or one Atlanta Hawks win away from eliminating themselves from the NBA playoffs.
The Hawks have the Pacers, Knicks, Celtics, Magic and Heat left on the schedule. The Bulls have the Heat, Magic (twice), Cavaliers, Bucks and Raptors up in that same span. So if the Bulls slip or if the Hawks take care of business, Chicago will hope the lottery gods smile upon them.
With all of this in my mind, I've been stirring a lot in my sleep. The nightmare I had last night will not help alleviate any of my latent fears.
Elton Brand is back from an injury and playing for his Clippers squad. His revival makes the Clippers front court as follows: Elton Brand, the near All-Star Chris Kaman and the devastatingly skilled Al Thornton.
That is a stacked front-court. I would be psyched if I were a Clips fan. It would be like if a fat kid not only stole a Klondike bar while the attendant wasn't looking, it's as if the fat kid hijacked the damn ice cream truck.
With Corey Maggette making plays out on the wing, the Hunchback Franchise of the Staples Center is just screaming for a talented, young mid-level point guard to join their ranks.
The Clippers can't count on someone on their current roster to fill that need. Shaun Livingston's status is still cloudy after that horrific injury. Brevin Knight is about ready to collect social security from his baby-boomer children. Dan Dickau is solid but the Clippers probably won't be able to lean on him to run the offense.
In my nightmare, Chris Duhon spurned any of the Bulls' advances and peace offerings. Duhon signed with the Clippers. He and fellow Dukie and former Bull Elton Brand help revive Clipper Nation, leading them to their first playoffs since Sam Cassell. What's worse is that Chris Duhon's career path followed Chauncey Billups in that both players peaked much later than the normal curve.
In the vein of Brand, Tyson Chandler, Bruce Bowen and Corey Benjamin, Duhon became another former Bull that found success after leaving the Windy City.
I have never been a fan of Chris Duhon but please, Chris, keep partying and hanging out at Duke. Don't make a name for yourself because I won't know what I'll do. Actually, I do. I'll probably pull a "Doug Heffernan" and spend my 403b savings on an ice cream truck.


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Retiring Later? Join the Club
By Patrick Kiger , May 17, 2013 11:27 AM
The brutal economic downturn that began in 2008 and the subsequent sluggish recovery has thrown a cold splash of reality on many Americans' dreams of a comfortable, stress-free retirement. So it's probably not much of a surprise that Americans are now retiring at an older age than they did just a few years ago, and that most of us expect to keep working to age 65 or older.
The big surprise, though, according to Gallup's newly released annual economic and personal finance survey, is that the upward creep in retirement may not have that much to do with short-term economic woes. Instead, it may be an indication of a larger, more fundamental shift in how Americans live, work and age.
Gallup's survey, conducted in mid-April, shows that the average age at which U.S. workers retire has increased four years over the past two decades: from 57 in 1993 to 61 today. But three-quarters of that upward shift occurred in the 1990s and early 2000s, according to Gallup's data.
Gallup also found that workers' predictions of their own retirement age have shifted even more dramatically. In 1995, nearly half of non-retired Americans - 49 percent - believed that they would retire before age 65, while 32 percent expected to retire at 65 and just 14 percent anticipated having to wait past 65. Today, 37 percent of workers say they will retire at age 65, while another 26 percent think they will work beyond that age. Only 26 percent think they will retire before they reach 65.
The closer they are to age 65, the more likely workers are to project a later retirement age. More than half of nonretirees ages 58 to 64 expect to retire after age 65, compared with 36 percent of nonretirees ages 50 to 57, 38 percent of those between 30 and 49, and just 26 percent of those younger than 30.
Those numbers are basically in line with research by the Urban Institute, which shows that the percentage of men between 62 and 74 who work has risen by 11 percentage points over the past couple of decades, from 27.3 percent in 1993 to 38.0 in 2009. The proportion of women in the same age group who are still working increased from 19.9 percent to 28.1 percent, a comparable rise.
One reason that people are envisioning a delayed retirement, of course, is money. Some 61 percent of non-retired workers say they are concerned abut having enough savings to retire comfortably, according to Gallup. But there's also substantial evidence that many older workers are staying on the job because they get satisfaction from it. Boston College's Sloan Center on Aging and Work, for example, cites data from the mid-2000s showing that nine of 10 older workers enjoy their jobs.
If you're thinking about retiring, but not quite ready, how about taking a part-time job, or starting a business?
Also of Interest
- Help for 50-Somethings Short on Retirement Funds
- Work-Related Age Bias Hits Home for Boomers
- Join AARP: Savings, resources and news for your well-being
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The Art of Elysium's "Heaven," the charity's sixth annual gala, is January's hot ticket on the Los Angeles social scene.
Consider the host committee of Hollywood stars, among them Kristen Bell, Rachel Bilson, Sophia Bush, Gerard Butler, Finola Hughes. Camilla Belle, Justin Bartha, Dave and Odette Annable, Alicia Witt, Moby, Kat Von D, Topher Grace, Ahna O'Reilly, Kelly Osbourne, Busy Phillips, Courteney Cox, Joe Manganiello and Amy Smart.
Actor David Arquette is to be honored with the Spirit of Elysium Award. Colleen Atwood, a three-time Oscar winner for costume design, will create the venue, according to her own vision of paradise. Previous honorees Kirsten Dunst, James Franco, Eva Mendes and Elijah Wood are expected to attend. And the Jan. 12 affair should net $1 million from sponsorships, donations and tickets priced at $5,000 each.
The always-impressive crowd, along with an ingenious art installation for a venue, help account for the gala's ever-growing popularity, but there are other key factors as well.
Of primary importance is that the charity's 4,000 actors, musicians, filmmakers, writers, fashion designers and other artists care deeply about the cause: bringing art into the lives of children coping with serious medical conditions. They donate their time by doing volunteer work at 17 hospitals, hospices, special-needs schools and outpatient facilities in Los Angeles and five hospitals in New York. The fact that many volunteers are famous came as a side benefit.
"We never went out looking for celebrities," said Jennifer Howell, who founded the organization in 1997. "We look for artists of any kind who can reach inside their hearts and souls and use what they have creatively to help children express themselves."
In Greek mythology, Elysium is where the gods bring fallen heroes after death. The thesaurus gives "heaven" as a synonym — hence, the name of the organization that strives to offer "a place or condition of ideal happiness." Howell said she hopes to bring hospitalized children to that place through creative workshops in acting, fine art, music, fashion design, writing and other pursuits.
Howell founded the organization after a friend who was dying of leukemia had more concern for a young patient than for himself. "I started [Elysium] to honor my friend," she said. "In his last hour, he was thinking more about the child alone in the hospital bed next to him."
She started volunteering in children's wards and brought along friends, most of whom were artists. Given a common belief in the healing power of art, the initial volunteers brought in more volunteers, also artists. "It's all been word of mouth," she said.
David Arquette said he believes the charity's focus on creative expression appeals to the acting community. "That's what's guided us in our lives, and beyond that, it feeds our souls," he said, naming art, drama and dance classes, theater games and a "fun Olympics" among his previous volunteer activities at various medical facilities, "wherever kids need a little fun, something to take their minds off their difficulties."
Such work, he said, "keeps our egos in check and brings us down-to-earth. It keeps us from getting caught up in the stuff that's not real in Hollywood."
Participants continue to rally friends to the cause. James Franco said Kirsten Dunst introduced him to the group at a time when he was achieving career success but not finding inner contentment. "I was grateful for the outside success, but I learned a lot of unhappiness comes when I'm a little too focused on myself," he said.
Through the organization (www.theartofelysium.org), Franco started volunteering by shifting his focus to All Saints HealthCare, a home for patients with complex medical problems. "A loving presence would have been enough for the kids," he said, but because he had experience with acting and writing, Franco and one of the children co-wrote a holiday play. That play is still performed annually, and Dunst has been a cast member.
Colleen Atwood brought her design team to Kaiser Permanente Medical Center to work with children in the outpatient cancer program for Halloween. "It was a great day," said Atwood, who has designed costumes for "Alice in Wonderland," "Chicago," Memoirs of a Geisha" and other films. "The kids were so excited they were trying on one costume after another, sometimes one costume over another, three or four at a time."
The gala helps fund the activities. Since the first one in January 2008, the annual event is traditionally scheduled for the night before the Golden Globe Awards, a date that has helped bring out the stars who are likely to be in town for the kickoff of film awards season. But at the first gala, a surprisingly sizable celebrity attendance resulted from an unexpected circumstance — the cancellation of the 2008 Golden Globes awards ceremony due to a Writers Guild strike.
"Everyone was out here for the Globes," Howell said. "[The women] had their dresses, and they had nowhere to go. Everyone wanted to come to our party."
People — celebrated and otherwise — still do. Howell said last year, many potential guests had to be turned away because of the venue's space limitations.
For that shindig, vintage fashion king Cameron Silver turned Union Station into his idea of a timeless heaven. Other years, downtown's Vibiana , the California Science Center and an underground parking garage have been backdrops for the artistic imaginings of film director Jim Sheridan, musician/painter Mark Mothersbaugh and artist Shepard Fairey, famous for his Barack Obama "Hope" poster.
As this year's Visionary Award recipient, Atwood will imagine her afterworld, noted in the invitation as "where the sea meets the sky in the mist of the eye." In more concrete terms — literally — the gala will take place inside a tunnel in Los Angeles.
Atwood explained the meeting place as the horizon, as seen from the drive along the ocean, which seems to drift through space. "I love it, because I love getting up really early in the morning and taking the drive along the ocean," she said. "It's a really creative time for me."


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I've noticed there's a 'greyed' out concert listing for the Jazz cafe in London on Nov 5th - any chance that this may be going ahead Jay? Or any other dates in London in the near future?
Love your small intimate gigs by the way, the debut club in June last year was absolutely amazing!


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The data, collected by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, are significant because the composition of the gas --its isotopic signature -- falls into a range Cabot Oil & Gas Corp. (COG) had identified as that of the Marcellus Shale, which it tapped through hydraulic fracturing, or fracking.
"The EPA data falls squarely in the Marcellus space" established by Cabot's scientists, said Rob Jackson, anenvironmental scientist at Duke University. That evidence backs up his findings linking gas drilling and water problems in the town of Dimock, applying the very methodology that Cabot established to try to debunk it, he said.
Cabot maintains that its operations haven't contaminated homeowners' wells, and its scientists say further analysis shows this gas isn't from the Marcellus, a mile-deep formation running from New York to the southwestern tip of Virginia. Industry groups say there hasn't been proof of fracking contaminating water anywhere, and dispute research that suggests pumping millions of gallons of water, sand and chemicals underground to break apart rock and free trapped gas endangers the environment.
The question of the provenance of the gas in the northeastern Pennsylvania town has taken on national importance after tainted wells there were featured in the film "Gasland." Last year, the EPA stepped in to test the water, one of only a few cases nationwide where the federal agency intervened in a dispute over fracking and water woes.
High Profile
"Dimock is so important because it's so high profile," Kate Sinding, a senior attorney at theNatural Resources Defense Council in New York, said in an interview. "It's been a poster child for what can happen with fracking."
In a 2010 consent order, the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection found that 18 drinking-water wells in the area were "affected" by Cabot's drilling. The company disagreed, and applauded when the EPA cleared the water in Dimock as safe this July. State regulators ruled last month that Cabot could begin fracking seven wells in the affected area of Dimock, ending a moratorium imposed in 2010.
The latest data, which the EPA began to collect early this year, were posted on the agency's website in response to Freedom of Information Act requests from Jackson, Cabot and others. The EPA submitted the results to its researchers conducting a broader nationwide study about the effects of fracking on drinking water, agency spokesman David Bloomgren said.
Gas Production
Gas production in Pennsylvania shot up over the past few years as companies expanded their use of fracking. The Marcellus Shale is about 5,000 feet underground in Pennsylvania, separated by thick rock layers from water aquifers, which are at most a few hundred feet down.
Still, the surge in fracking has been accompanied by a spurt in complaints from homeowners who say their water has been contaminated, resulting in sick children, dead livestock andflammable tap water.
In Dimock, the EPA found that some residents had methane in their water at or more than 14 milligrams per liter -- double the Pennsylvania state safety level -- even as it issued a statement that the water was safe to drink. The U.S. doesn't set a limit on the gas's level, as the agency says methane doesn't impair the smell or taste of water. It can be explosive.
Methane Amounts
Jackson was part of a four-person team from Durham, North Carolina-based Duke that first published research in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences last year that said water wells found closer to gas drilling had greater amounts of methane. The isotopic characteristics of some of the gas in those wells were consistent with that of the Marcellus, they concluded.
Jackson's lab received $50,000 from the Park Foundation, which has funded groups critical of oil and gas drilling, to conduct baseline testing of water in New York, which is considering lifting a de facto ban on fracking. That funding came after the initial Dimock research was completed, he said.
Cabot took issue with the Duke findings.
In a paper its scientists co-published with Lisa Molofsky, an environmental geologist at GSI Environmental Inc., an environmental-engineering consulting firm in Houston, they concluded that pre-drilling data from more than 1,700 water wells in Pennsylvania showed methane was naturally "ubiquitous in shallow groundwater."
Isotopic Characteristics
They identified the isotopic characteristics that would differentiate Marcellus Shale gas from other so-called thermogenic gases, which are fossil fuels formed by pressure and heat underground, and concluded that the water wells in Dimock didn't have gas from the Marcellus, but from a shallower layer, the Middle and Upper Devonian.
"The assertion by the Duke study that hydraulic fracturing of the Marcellus Shale is contributing thermogenic methane to local water wells and shallow regional groundwater is unsubstantiated given the lines of evidence," Molofsky and her co-authors concluded in the December paper published in Oil & Gas Journal.
To reach that finding, Molofsky established a range of isotopic values, or the ratio of heavier to lighter carbon, and heavier to lighter hydrogen molecules in the gas, which the researchers wrote provide "valuable geochemical fingerprinting tools."
In the recently published EPA samples from Dimock, two households had methane that fell within that range. Three others had values nearby.
Results Disputed
Neither Cabot nor Molofsky is convinced.
Molofsky said that the structure of the molecules shows evidence of oxidation, which could allow a shallower-origin gas to appear to be from the Marcellus. She has now moved to analyze the isotopic signatures of the methane along with that of ethane, another component of natural gas. That evidence, which hasn't been published yet, shows the gas in homeowner wells is not from the Marcellus formation, she said in an interview.
"The vast array of data that we have analyzed does not show a match for Marcellus Shale gas" in Dimock, Cabot spokesman George Stark said in an interview.
Seeping Gas
If it is Marcellus gas, how did it get in the water wells? Jackson hypothesizes that the steel casings used to keep wells from leaking failed, allowing Marcellus gas to seep out. In the other wells that show evidence of shallower gas, cement lining the wells may not have been installed correctly, providing a pathway for gas to migrate, he said. The results could be an indication of more contamination to follow.
"If it's Marcellus, and a problem with casing or even hydraulic fracturing, is it only a matter of time before other things show up?" Jackson said in an e-mail, referring to the chemicals used in fracking. "That's what I would worry about if I lived there."
Industry geologists counter that even if it's Marcellus gas, it could have arrived in the aquifer via natural channels and not because of drilling.
"This doesn't tell us anything about the travel time," John Conrad, a hydrogeologist at Conrad Geoscience Corp. in Poughkeepsie, New York, said in an interview. "More likely than not" the gas migrated "over millions of years."
Pennsylvania Scientist
Fred Baldassare was a hydro-geologist at the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection who analyzed the isotopes of methane in Dimock when the state began investigating homeowners' complaints in 2009.
He is neither convinced by the new EPA data, which he said is too limited to make a conclusion, nor the denials by Cabot. The methane the EPA sampled could have changed over time, and without earlier results from those same wells, they aren't conclusive, he said.
Still, he said, earlier evidence that he analyzed was conclusive.
"The molecular and isotopic evidence I saw was that the gas in the water supply looked like the gas in the Cabot gas wells," Baldassare, who now runs his own water testing firm called Echelon Applied Geoscience Consulting in Murrysville, Pennsylvania, said in an interview.
"It's doing more damage than good to keep denying" that connection, he said: "Let's get past that."
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I found the following on a poster of a professional photographer:
A smile cures the wounding of a frown
The sentence seems awkward and wrong to me. I think something can cure a disease and heal wounds. So, the object should be wound and not wounding, and the verb should be heal and not cure.
But if I say, "A smile heals the wound of a frown", is this still correct and does it sound right? (I am assuming that a lot of things may be grammatically correct but will sound awkward and weird, and so should not be used.). Or should it be "A smile heals the wounds of a frown"?


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Southeastern returns home to cap a busy week of baseball when it steps back into Great American Conference play with a three-game series against Southern Nazarene March 15-16 at The Ballpark in Durant.
The Savage4 Storm opens the series with a single game on Friday at 2 p.m., followed by a double-header on Saturday afternoon beginning at 1 p.m.
SE comes into the contest at 12-10 on the season after a rare three-game, midweek series against Angelo State on Tuesday and Wednesday in which the Storm dropped two-of-three.
Southeastern is also 6-6 in GAC play and has won its last two league series, taking down Harding and Arkansas Tech who are currently in third and second place, respectively.
The Storm have lifted their team batting average to .271 on the season which is tied for eighth in the league, while four players have pushed their averages above .300 thus far on the season.
That group is led by Evan Ramsey who has been a force since finding his way into the lineup, lifting his average to .391 with team-highs of six home runs and 21 RBI. He has homered in each of the last four series on the year dating back to SE's games against Tarleton State. His homer total is tied for the GAC lead, while his 21 RBI is good for fourth in the league, four behind the leader.
Travis Caraway is another player that has dialed it up in recent weeks, moving his average to .341 on the year with a home run and 14 RBI.
Tucker Alexander checks in with a .333 average and is second on the team with 15 RBI, while Ryan Salter is hitting .322 and leads the GAC with 18 stolen bases.
Southeastern's pitching staff took its licks against a big-swinging ASU club, allowing 28 earned runs over three games which accounts for 34.1 percent of all the earned runs the Storm has allowed this season to date.
Vance Woodruff continues to pace the starting rotation with a 2.09 ERA, but has slipped to 1-4 on the year with 31 strikeouts and an opponent's batting average of .225.
Brandon Marris saw his ERA tick up to 3.96 on the season as he continues searching for that elusive first win of the season despite striking out 29 and holding opposing hitters to a .268 average.
David Cagle has come on strong as well to fill out the rotation, jumping to a 2-0 record in seven appearances and five starts with a 3.38 ERA. He has struck out 19, but holds opponents to a .194 average.
Cameron Mann leads the bullpen with a 2.92 ERA that accompanies a 3-0 record and 25 strikeouts. He leads the team with five saves and holds opponents to a .245 average.
Eddie Cervantes leads the team with four wins while compiling a 3.24 ERA with a team-best .180 opponent's batting average.
SNU comes to town with a 6-13 record overall and a 3-9 mark in GAC play and has dropped 11-of-its-last-14 contests.
The Crimson Storm are led by a trio of everyday starters with .300-plus averages, with Chance San Miguel leading the charge at .392 with team-highs in home runs with four and RBI with 15.
Nate Saquilon and Jacob Inbody post .300-plus averages at .343 and .338, respectively.
The SNU pitching staff carries a 6.11 ERA combined, while Saquilon leads the starters with a 5.06 mark and a 2-2 record.
David Kaplan has both Crimson Storm saves on the season, but carries an 8.44 ERA in 5.1 innings pitched over seven appearances.


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Saginaw Transmission Rebuild - Drivetrain
The Classic Saginaw Transmission Can Make A Good Racing Unit On The Cheap, And We'll Show You How
When you think of the little Saginaw transmission, your first thought may not be racing-but maybe it should be. After all, if you're racing a Street Stock class that requires you to run an OEM transmission with few modifications, a Saginaw may be your best bet.
Lots of entry-level racing classes have rules intended to keep racers from using expensive high-end parts or spending lots of money modifying stock pieces. As a result, the rulebook often says you have to run a transmission that appeared as original equipment in the car you are racing and all forward gears, as well as Reverse, must be operable. We've even heard of racetracks that have put in a $250 claim rule for transmissions.
If that's the case, then the Saginaw-with just three forward gears-already has a lighter rotating mass than just about any other trans you'll find. They appeared in a wide variety of General Motors products, including Novas, Camaros, Firebirds, vans, trucks, and others. So finding a core in a junkyard is still relatively easy. It will also bolt right up to a standard Chevy small-block bellhousing.
And finally, it's dead simple-at least as far as transmissions go-so just about any mechanically minded person can rebuild one if he or she is careful. With that in mind, we dragged the camera over to Jim Cook Racing Transmissions and got some shots while he tore down and rebuilt a transmission for a Street Stock racer. Cook also shared a lot of quality tips for working with these transmissions which we will pass on to you.
One quirk of the Saginaw is that the cast iron housing is quite heavy. But fortunately, it mounts low and in the center of the car, so if you're going to have to use heavy components, this is definitely the place to do it.
If you do consider rebuilding your own Saginaw, just make sure to take plenty of pictures during the teardown. This will help you remember where everything goes when it comes time to put it back together. You should be able to find stock replacement parts at your local parts house or even a Chevrolet dealer, but Cook also has rebuild kits available with upgraded components specifically for Saginaws. That way you can get just the stuff you need and don't have to worry if the 16-year-old kid behind the counter was looking at the right screen on the computer when he pulled your parts.
There are two things going on in this photo to take note of. First, notice the lump of black garbage in the bottom of the case. That's metal that has collected to a magnetic disk glued to the case. Cook says it is impossible to clean properly, so he just knocks it out with a chisel and throws it away. If you maintain your transmission properly, you won't need the magnet anyway. Second, it is difficult to tell here, but that muddy mess you see has more water in it than oil and is the reason some of the gears on the main shaft are ruined.
When installing the gears and synchronizer hubs back on the cluster shaft, Cook uses a lithium-based paste for lubrication. It's thick enough that it will still be in place no matter how long the transmission sits before its first use.


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July 25, 2013
Join our "Pelaton!"
Columbus State has formed a peloton (team) for Pelotonia 2013 that consists of bicycle riders, virtual riders and volunteers. Every dollar raised by Pelotonia goes directly to fund cancer research at The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center—Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solove Research Institute.
In its first four years, Pelotonia has attracted more than 11,100 riders and raised $42 million for cancer research.
If you'd like to join the Columbus State Peloton, you can become a virtual rider for just $10, or you can donate to one of the Columbus State riders or volunteers by going online to http://pelotonia.org/. Find the "Profiles" section and search for Columbus State! If you have questions about Columbus State's Peloton 2013, contact Beth Bates.
College entrance at Grove and Cleveland Ave to close Aug. 2
The Columbus Crossroads Project has announced that Cleveland Ave. northbound between Mt. Vernon Ave. and Jack Gibbs Blvd. will be reduced to one lane beginning at 7:00 a.m. Friday, August 2. The closure is expected to last about two weeks as part of the road widening project.
The closure will mean that the Grove Street entrance to campus will also be closed. Those traveling southbound on Cleveland Ave. or exiting from I670 eastbound to Cleveland Ave. will have to travel south to Long Street, turn left and enter campus on either Washington Ave. or Jefferson Ave.
All lanes on Cleveland Ave. and the campus entrance at Grove St. are expected to be open by August 16.
Annual Reviews due July 31
Annual Reviews for full-time employees are due to Human Resources by 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday, July 31. All forms and information needed to complete the Annual Reviews can be found here: http://www.cscc.edu/about/hcd/performs/review.shtml
For additional information, or assistance, please contact your HR business partner at ext. 2408.
Free tickets available for 10TV Health Expo
Get free tickets to the fourth annual 10TV Health & Fitness EXPO on July 27 and 28 in the Columbus Convention Center. The 10TV on-air team will be at the EXPO, along with national celebrity guests, cooking demos, health screenings, and fun fitness activities for kids and parents alike -- and over 150 wellness exhibitors. Email Nichole Bowman-Glover, Columbus State Wellness Coordinator, to get your ticket(s).
The EXPO is at the Greater Columbus Convention Center located at 400 N. High St., from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m. on July 27 and July 28, 2013. The Expo is in Halls E and F near the Goodale Street entrance.
Reminder: Taste the Future 2013 coming soon
It is time for Taste the Future 2013! Join us on August 13 to kick-off Columbus State's 50th Anniversary celebration and enjoy food from more than 50 local establishments—all while helping to provide much-needed scholarships for our students.
Tickets are $100 each and can be purchased at www.tastethefuture.com/tickets.
Reminder: 50th Anniversary photo is August 23!
(now August 30)
(CHANGE: The Anniversary Group photo has been changed to Friday, August 30, at 1:00 p.m. on the courtyard due to scheduling challenges during the first week of the semester!) If you missed the Columbus State 40th anniversary group photo back in 2003, don't worry—we'll do it all over again for the 50th anniversary! We will meet on the plaza in front of the statue on Friday, August 23 at 1:00 p.m. and position ourselves for the picture taken from the roof of Union Hall. We'll make the print available for everyone who wants one, just like we did on the 40th.
Parking safety institute offers reminder
Although our local weather has recently taken a turn for the cooler, this warning from the International Parking Institute bears repeating:
More than 20 children under the age of five have already died this year after becoming overheated in parked, unattended vehicles, according to Jan Null, professor at San Francisco University who tracks heat stroke deaths of children in cars.
Tragically that number is likely to rise as summer continues.
More than 600 children have died from hyperthermia, the medical term for overheating, in parked cars in the past decade, according to Kids and Cars, a child safety advocacy group. That number has increased ten-fold since concerns about the dangers of front airbag deployment relegated children to the rear seat, where they are more easily forgotten.
Children's internal temperature rises at three to five times the rate of adults'. At the same time, a parked car's interior can heat up by 19 degrees in the first 10 minutes, and more than 40 degrees in an hour. Even in mild temperatures of 70 degrees, the inside of a car can surpass a heat index of 110, even with the windows open a crack.
Statistics show 20 percent of these tragic cases occurred when a parent or caregiver forgot to drop a child off at daycare in the morning, continuing on with their busy day with the child locked in the rear seat, according to Null.
To help prevent such tragedies, the International Parking Institute urges drivers to routinely put their cell phones, purses, or briefcases in the back seat, out of reach of children, but as a reminder to check the back seat.
While there are devices on the market that have sensors and warning systems to alert drivers when a child is in the car, a study by Consumer Reports last year found them unreliable.
Child safety groups recommend parents make it a habit to "look before they lock" and coordinate with daycare providers to call if your child does not show up as scheduled. Other tips include placing a large stuffed animal in the child's car seat when empty - and moving it to the front seat when traveling with a child as a visual reminder.
IPI Executive Director Shawn Conrad, CAE, says it is also important to take action if you see an unattended child in any parked car. In these cases, calling 911 will bring assistance from a local police or fire department that can open the car while parents are located.


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On April 16th, I started my new position as Technical Director for Kolody, Inc!
I am very enthusiastic and optimistic about this company and it's two partners; Mark Kolody and Colin Turnbull
They have a drive for doing what hasn't been done. The latest of which is being part of a multi-agency campaign for Dove and Unilever called Show Us Your Skin. There have been a number of write ups on the campaign and I am stoked to be part of such an innovative company.
So, while my "freelance series" blog entries are likely to stop, I am thinking another series might be in order. "Managing Managing" pops instantly in mind.


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That's why this six hour version from Bonnie Stern is exactly right for me. I can stir up the dough right after lunch, tend it one more time and be at the table with hot bread by supper. What could be better than that?
Six Hour No-Knead Bread
adapted by Bonnie Stern from Jim Lahey's recipe
makes one gorgeous loaf
nb. I've long been intrigued by King Arthur Flour - simply because it's not available in Canada and it gets such great raves. Finally got my hands on some and I have to say the results were fab...
1 tsp instant yeast
1 tbsp kosher salt
1½ c warm water
¼ tsp red wine vinegar
Additional flour
Cornmeal, sesame seeds or bran (optional)
1. Mix the flour, yeast and salt together in a large bowl.
2. Combine the water and vinegar and stir into the flour mixture until combined: you will have a soft, sticky dough. Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and a tea towel and leave at room temperature for three to four hours.
3. Prep a baking sheet by covering it with a tea towel, sprinkled generously with flour. Take the dough (which should be risen and full of bubbles) and spread it in a rectangular shape on the sheet that is approximately 12 x 8". Cover loosely with plastic wrap, and let rest for 15 minutes.
4. Place another clean tea towel on a baking sheet on which you have rubbed flour and sprinkled cornmeal (or bran, etc.). Remove plastic wrap and fold dough into thirds, brushing off flour as you go. Fold into thirds again to create a pudgy cube: this will become your beautiful boule. Place on the baking sheet and dust the top very lightly with more flour and cornmeal. Fold the tea towel on top and let rise at room temperature, at least two hours (more is okay).
5. Forty-five minutes before baking the bread, preheat the oven to 450°F. Place a heavy large pot with a lid in the oven (for example a Le Creuset Dutch oven) and heat it for 30 minutes.
6. Take the pot out of the stove and remove the lid. Placing your hand underneath the dough, lift the boule gently and uncover, shaking off any excess flour and cornmeal over the baking sheet. Flip the bread into the hot pot, cover and bake for 30 minutes.
7. After 30 minutes, remove the lid, and bake a further 10-20 minutes, or until the bread is deep golden brown and crusty.* Let cool on a rack.
*When I took off the lid, the bread already looked quite brown to me, but it still needed that extra baking time. I found that 10 minutes did the trick.


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In World of Warcraft's latest expansion, Mists of Pandaria, there's a new race of panda people called Pandaren. Last week in Beijing, there was a flash mob of 30 ladies dressed as Pandaren, reports Xinhuanet. That apparently means hot pants and panda hats.
Yes, this was a stunt to promote the expansion pack, with the flashmob dancing about, and holding signs telling folks it's be out in China on October 2, otherwise known as yesterday.
熊猫女孩北京来袭 《魔兽世界》掀起中国文化旋风! [Xinhuanet via MIC Gadget]
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Just got a great Facebook update from Zach Anner of Austin, my favorite wheelchair travel show host/comedian. He is about to start a new travel show that looks very promising.
You may remember that Zach won a national contest by Oprah Winfrey and got to make a travel show for OWN, her new cable network. I fell in love with him back then and was rooting for him the whole time. I posted about him and even went to see him at the Alamo Drafthouse.
I got to see most of the episodes of Rollin' with Zach. I liked them, and I think it was a great launching pad for his career, but I didn't think it demonstrated his real potential.
I got the feeling the show's producers didn't know quite what to do with him and were calling too many of the shots. He was funny and he had some interesting and adventurous experiences, but he didn't get to be as spontaneous and funny as he can be.
The new show could be just what the doctor ordered. It will be "by the Internet, for the Internet." He's teaming up with Reddit and will make his travel choices in the U.S. and Canada based on input from Redditors. That's an audience that can appreciate some adult humor, believe me. He'll be able to be himself, and I bet it will be a lot of fun.
Here's his announcement:
You can keep up with what Zach is doing by following his Facebook page.


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Discuss this movie. Filmed April 29-June 30, 2008
Available on DVD and Blu-ray.
Yeah, I think it is good for Jim to do somthing out of his comfort zone and completely out of the ordinary for him. He says himself he doesn't want to do the same thing over and over again and bore himself and his fans. I'm excited for the film to come out and I wish the best for it. I have no problem with him playing a gay character. In fact when I first found out about it I was pretty excited. I'm really looking forward to ILYPM.
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NASA Technology
In November 2006, after attempting to make a routine maneuver, NASA's Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) reported unexpected errors. The onboard software switched to backup resources, and a 2-day lapse in communication took place between the spacecraft and Earth. When a signal was finally received, it indicated that MGS had entered safe mode, a state of restricted activity in which the computer awaits instructions from Earth. After more than 9 years of successful operation—gathering data and snapping pictures of Mars to characterize the planet's land and weather—communication between MGS and Earth suddenly stopped.
Months later, a report from NASA's internal review board found the spacecraft's battery failed due to an unfortunate sequence of events. Updates to the spacecraft's software, which had taken place months earlier, were written to the wrong memory address in the spacecraft's computer. In short, the mission ended because of a software defect.
Over the last decade, spacecraft have become increasingly reliant on software to carry out mission operations. In fact, the next mission to Mars, the Mars Science Laboratory, will rely on more software than all earlier missions to Mars combined. According to Gerard Holzmann, manager at the Laboratory for Reliable Software (LaRS) at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), even the fault protection systems on a spacecraft are mostly softwarebased. For reasons like these, well-functioning software is critical for NASA.
In the same year as the failure of MGS, Holzmann presented a new approach to critical software development to help reduce risk and provide consistency. He proposed "The Power of 10: Rules for Developing Safety-Critical Code," which is a small set of rules that can easily be remembered, clearly relate to risk, and allow compliance to be verified. The reaction at JPL was positive, and developers in the private sector embraced Holzmann's ideas.
To demonstrate the feasibility of using a tool to automatically check software for compliance with Holzmann's rules, JPL awarded Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) funding to GrammaTech Inc. of Ithaca, New York. The software development company adapted its existing software code analysis product, CodeSonar, to include verification of The Power of 10. Michael McDougall, a senior scientist at GrammaTech, says, "JPL was already using CodeSonar to check its software; however, there are things that might be acceptable in a desktop application that are unacceptable in an environment like on Mars or the Moon. CodeSonar didn't have rules specifically crafted for this type of critical software." After successfully adapting CodeSonar to check for the NASAderived rules, GrammaTech transitioned the changes into its commercial version of the product in 2008.
As a static analysis tool, CodeSonar finds problems in software without executing any part of the program. The tool produces a list of potential violations, including complex programming bugs that can result in system crashes and memory corruption. Compared to traditional software testing methods, CodeSonar checks more code in less time and saves time and expense by finding problems before the software is completed and distributed to users.
The design of CodeSonar allows users to configure how thoroughly it performs a check. The tool can warn about every potential issue, only critical violations, or a combination of both. McDougall explains, "Depending on the application, the software may not need to be as reliable as a Mars rover, but it can still be troublesome if it crashes at the wrong time. Users can choose the level of compliance that suits their context."
Today, CodeSonar has hundreds of users worldwide, including Fortune 500 companies, startup businesses, educational institutions, and government agencies working on satellites, avionics, industrial controls, medical devices, wireless devices, networking equipment, and consumer electronics.


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