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Sword fighting has been a method of combat and entertainment for centuries. Popular in medieval Spain, the sport spread as the Spanish explored and conquered new lands. The non-lethal version practiced at the Olympics came about in the 1800s in Italy and has been a staple of the Summer Olympics since 1896.
What it takes:
Superior footwork and fast thinking is key. The ability to out-think your opponent and to decide where to strike next before your opponent can strike is most pivotal. There are three different types of fencing, determined by the kind of weapon used: Epee, Foil and Sabre (see "Lingo" below).
How you win:
Two individuals compete in three 3-minute "bouts." Each time a fencer makes contact with his opponent, a wireless unit tallies the hits. At the end of the ninth round, the individual with the most hits wins and moves on to the next round. Blocking a target or stepping out of the field of play will result in docked points. A referee judges each "bout" with the assistance of a video referee.
Epee: the closest the sport has to an actual dueling sword, it's the heaviest weapon and in its class of competition, your opponent's entire body is a valid target.
Foil: A light sword, with strict "right-of-way" rules; can only strike opponent in torso.
Sabre: A derivation of the cavalry sword, competitors usually strike with the edges of the Sabre anywhere above the waist.
Bout: One 3-minute long competition
Parry: Defensive maneuver to block an aggressive movement by your opponent
Riposte: Scoring a hit after executing a parry
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Reading Eisenhower 1956 last month while Egypt shed Mubarak made David A. Nichols' examination of Dwight D. Eisenhower's tumultuous reelection year specially absorbing. While this scrupulously reported book focuses on 12 months during which the popular Republican fought strenuous battles both political and personal, it also illuminates today's Middle East, helping to explain why relations between Egypt and its neighbors, particularly Israel, are so volatile.
Nichols' revisionist work presents an Eisenhower more complex, pacifist, and deliberate than the man portrayed in the print- and radio-dominated media of his day. This tightly written, chronological account covers a heart attack and, later, a severe intestinal illness that threatened Ike's reelection; betrayal by Britain and France, his staunchest allies in World War II; Israeli belligerence spearheaded by David Ben-Gurion that eerily presages Benjamin Netanyahu's contemporary approach; the mixed legacy of sharp-tongued Secretary of State John Foster Dulles and the largely incompetent record of his brother Allen, director of the Central Intelligence Agency; the rise of Arab nationalism as embodied in Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser; and the West's continuing dependence on Middle Eastern oil transported through the Suez Canal, a flashpoint for decades.
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I grew up in Columbus, Ohio, when Eisenhower was president. His was an avuncular image: benign, sunny, hands-off. Defiantly middle-of-the-road, Ike infuriated those eager for a more overtly progressive leader like Adlai Stevenson, the Democratic candidate he trounced in 1952 and 1956. Eisenhower was not a favorite of intellectuals, but Nichols shows he was very much a thinker.
He also posits Eisenhower as a highly effective leader deathly afraid of nuclear disaster. Not only did he keep the United States from war in Egypt – and Hungary, which the Soviet Union crushed in its short-lived revolution of late 1956 – he made the US the key world power, supplanting colonial Britain and France in the Middle East and effectively legitimizing Nasser.
One of the most fascinating tracks of Nichols' narrow but deep account is the fall of British Prime Minister Anthony Eden and Guy Mollet, his French counterpart, as their scheme to regain control of the Suez Canal from Egypt collapsed. Because Ike wouldn't side with them and Israel, his former allies had to dupe him, mustering for a fake war with Jordan until they began bombing Egypt, forcing the issue into the United Nations and forcing Eisenhower to make economic threats against them. On another, simultaneous front, Eisenhower was battling the Soviet Union over funding for the Aswan High Dam, a key Nasser goal.
As an example of his leadership, Ike got the British and French to agree to leave the canal so a United Nations force could keep the peace.
"He shrewdly preempted any Eden plan for including British and French troops in the United Nations contingent," Nichols writes. "'I would like to see none of the great nations in it,' Eisenhower said. 'I am afraid the Red Boy is going to demand the lion's share. I would rather make it no troops from the big five,' referring to the permanent members of the Security Council at the time – France, Great Britain, the United States, Nationalist China, and the Soviet Union."
If the political drama isn't enough, there's the personal. Not only did Eisenhower suffer a major heart attack in September 1955, he sustained a life-threatening bowel obstruction the following June. His doctors dithered; press secretary James Hagerty, a master of spin long before the term was invented, downplayed the debilities like a champ. Ike, meanwhile, countered depression by action, convinced that running for a second term was the way back to health. John Foster Dulles' own condition became an issue in mid-1956 when the secretary of state, the right arm Ike kept on a short leash, wore himself out in shuttle diplomacy.
The "least interventionist of any modern president," the father of the Eisenhower Doctrine that still defines US policy in the Middle East, was a "master delegator" who in 1956 battled demons in bodies personal and politic and in the desert – and prevailed. Nichols' book, written lean enough to allow the facts speak for themselves, makes for exciting history.
Carlo Wolff is a freelance writer in Cleveland, Ohio.

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Microsoft hits autistic Xboxer with cheat evidence
Boy's mum confesses to 'mistake'
The mother of an autistic 11-year-old boy who went on US TV to lambast Microsoft for labelling her son an Xbox Live cheat has admitted she made a mistake, after Microsoft released evidence for the lad's actions.
The company insisted Julias Jackson's achievements were fraudulently obtained, Seattle-based US TV channel Q13 Fox reports.
Microsoft told the channel: "The account in question was not issued a Gamerscore reset because the person 'played too well' or 'beat the game'. This case was researched thoroughly and we found unauthorised means were used to tamper with the account by someone in order to falsely unlock achievements. We have been in contact with the mother in this case and explained in detail how the Xbox LIVE account was manipulated."
Indeed, Stephen Toulouse, Director of Police and Enforcement at Microsoft, emailed the boy's mother, Jennifer Zdenek, with what it claimed was clear evidence of her's son's malfeasance:
"The account Zombie Kill67 transferred from the Xbox it is normally seen on, to an Xbox in another city. The account earned several achievements for Halo 3 that can only be done online and in succession. It was clear they were unlocked out of order and offline. Earning successive online achievements out of order and offline is an impossible feat, not due to skill, but due to the technology of the system. It can only be done by modifying the account and faking the achievements."
Zdenek now admits her son gave his Gamertag to an online pal so he could get "Recon Armour" in Halo 3. She says she even warned him about it at the time worried the other gamer may have been phishing for bank account details.
A red-faced Zdenek still claims her son didn't intend to cheat. Now, she said, she and her son would just like to put the episode behind them.
Microsoft has offered Julias a free month of Xbox Live to start fresh with a new Gamertag. ®
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News of producer Marc Cherry's possible departure from "Desperate Housewives" is causing quite a stir on Wisteria Lane as the show heads into its seventh season.
"Housewives" star Felicity Huffman told us she's waiting on pins and needles for the final word.
"I am (anxious), I love my job," she tells PopcornBiz. "I want the show to go on."
While Cherry, who created the show, has expressed the idea that he could pass "DH" onto another showrunner, even Huffman seemed to think this wouldn't fly. The show is too much of Cherry's creation.
"It's his voice," she says, speaking from the AT&T launch of the BlackBerry Torch party. "I think the show should go on (if he left), but I don't know if it would go on."
As far as she's concerned she wants Cherry to stay on board and have the show go for one or even two seasons beyond the upcoming seventh. "I feel like we could go to year nine pretty easily," she says.
In the meantime, she's expecting great things with the latest Housewife, Vanessa Williams, who has joined the crew at Wisteria Lane. Williams will play a longtime friend and often "frenemy" of Huffman's character once living the high life and married to a professional athlete.
"But now her marriage is on the rocks and she's come back to Wisteria Lane to lick her wounds," says Huffman.
Williams has fit right in on the set, once she got through the usual "Housewives" hazing ritual.
"There was a wet t-shirt contest," jokes Huffman. "She won. There were a couple of runners up. Not me."
On a serious note, she believes Williams is "fantastic" and will be a new reason for viewers to tune in this season.


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'Big pharma' and clinical trials
Carton of Retrovir, AZT, England, 1992-1993
Pharmaceutical companies spend large sums on developing new drugs. These must be tested on humans to ensure they are safe and effective. Testing drug safety must be balanced with the risks to participants in clinical trials.
Guidelines were introduced to regulate clinical trials on humans. These were the Nuremberg Code, developed after the Second World War; the 1966 Helsinki Declaration; and the 1974 establishment of the US National Commission for the Protection of Human Subjects of Biomedical and Behavioural Research.
These guidelines protect participants in clinical trials. They require voluntary agreement and let participants withdraw at any time. They also ensure people running the trials are accountable.
Informed consent
Informed consent is the most important issue in human trials. Participants must be told of the clinical trial's aims and risks before taking part.
Competing pharmaceutical companies run most trials, so money is a big issue in developing new drugs. Many trials are run in developing countries, where test subjects are cheap and easy to find. It is questionable whether these often illiterate and poor patients give truly informed consent.
Critics claim many of these people, who might need the money or treatment offered for taking part, cannot give truly informed consent. They may not understand fully the risks of the trials they participate in. Treatment may stop when the trials end, leaving patients unable to afford drugs they helped develop.
Patients or profits?
Patients sometimes fight pharmaceutical companies. When new AIDS drugs were trialled in the United States in 1986, it was clear which patients were given the drugs rather than a placebo. The positive effect on those receiving the drug caused patient advocacy groups to speak out. ACT UP argued it was unethical to give some patients fake drugs and let them possibly die when the drug clearly worked. They believed the benefits of the new drugs outweighed potential dangers to patients. 'Buying clubs' also bought leftover drugs from deceased patients. This bypassed the pharmaceutical company and doctors' control. It helped poorer patients get around the high cost of the new drugs.
Generic drugs are identical copies of drugs still under patent. Since 2001 they have made a huge difference to many patients in the developing world, especially those living with HIV/AIDS. These drugs are mainly produced in India, and are much cheaper than the patented versions. There is resistance from pharmaceutical companies. However, in 2001 the South African government authorised the import and manufacture of generic drugs. Brazil, Thailand and several African nations also produce significant quantities of generic drugs locally.
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J S Hawkins (ed.), Exploitation and developing countries: the ethics of clinical research (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2008)
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E J Emanuel (ed.), Ethical and regulatory aspects of clinical research (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2003)
S M Chambré, Fighting for our lives: New York's AIDS community and the politics of disease (New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, 2006)
A Petryna, When Experiments Travel: Clinical Trials and the Global Search for Human Subjects (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2009)
J A Fisher, Medical Research for Hire: The Political Economy of Pharmaceutical Clinical Trials (New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, 2009)
J Abraham, Science, Politics and the Pharmaceutical Industry: Controversy and bias in drug regulation (London: UCL press, 1995)
Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) is a disease caused by infections resulting from a weakened immune system due to the HIV virus. It leads to failure of the immune system and is usually fatal. It is spread through direct contact with bodily fluids.
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Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) is a virus that weakens vital cells in the immune system, and leads to AIDS. There are two strands: HIV-1, which leads to immunity suppression; and HIV-2, which is not as potent and is only common in West Africa. HIV is spread through direct contact with bodily fluids.


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Rockies add Lo Duca on a minor league deal
DENVER — Amid the wave of contract signings, the Rockies are still looking for depth at the major and minor-league levels.
As I speculated around 4 p.m. this afternoon, they Rockies have signed sign catcher Paul Lo Duca to a minor league deal. It will become official Wednesday. Lo Duca didn't play in the majors last season, but has ties to Rockies' manager Jim Tracy dating to their days together in Los Angeles. Lo Duca has played other positions, namely first base and outfield, which gives a shot at making the club as a bench player.
The Rockies have been trolling for more bench player, expressing interest in Robb Quinlan, Fernando Tatis and Melvin Mora.


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There's another new disc golf course opening soon in the L.A. area! The DeBell Disc Golf Course will be located on the Par 3 Golf Course at the DeBell Golf Club in Burbank. The course is a 9-hole layout with Discatcher baskets and will follow the basic rules played at ball golf/disc golf layouts like Verdugo and Goat Hill: greens and bunkers are O.B.! Zach Hall is the man to thank for this new course. Zach works at DeBell and will be hosting a Grand Opening on Sunday, July 15th 11:00 a.m. Everyone on hand will get a walking tour of the new disc golf course and then get to play free for the rest of the day! There will be food and beverages available, as well as a raffle and other prizes. For more information please call Zach @ DeBell Pro Shop 818-845-0022
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Surround yourself with green rolling hills and breathtaking coastal views by taking a short drive up the range to the gorgeous village of Mapleton. Grab a bite to eat at the local tavern or a cup of coffee at one of the quaint cafes along the hilltop. A 'must see' while you're in town is the spectacular Mapleton Falls located in a national park just a short drive away. There are a number of day walks to do in the park where you can enjoy the beauty of the rainforest with all its birdlife.
And a bit of trivia for those who enjoy a good story or two, each year Mapleton hosts a Yarn Festival which involves spinners of tall tales and true stories gathering to celebrate the art of the Aussie bush ballad.
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President Barack Obama said Monday that Iraq took a "promising step forward" by designating a new prime minister — yet another signal that the White House has lost faith in the incumbent, Nouri al-Maliki. The Iraqi president designated Haider al-Abadi, the deputy speaker of parliament for the job. Al-Maliki rejected the selection, called it a coup and accused the United States of siding with forces who are violating the Iraqi constitution.
Obama, speaking on vacation in Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts, said that he and Vice President Joe Biden had spoken with al-Abadi and encouraged him to form an inclusive government. The power struggle in Baghdad is playing out as Iraqi security forces, helped by American airstrikes, battle the Islamist group known as ISIS, which has taken over swaths of Iraq and trapped tens of thousands of refugees on a mountain.
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For anyone who missed the end of the Giants-Seahawks game yesterday, Giants kicker Jay Feely missed three field goals late to cost the team a victory. (Oh, as mentioned earlier: Daily News: "Sinking Feely." Post: "Feely The Pain.")
It was a crushing loss for the Giants, but one good — no, great — thing has come out of it: an animated GIF of Jeremy Shockey's premature celebration at the end of the fourth quarter, right before Feely missed his first kick (via The Best Sports Blog). It's really something that cannot be experienced a mere one time. Shockey is cocky ... brash ... elated ... hey, what's all the commotion over there? ... oh ... wha-wha-whaaaa?.
If there's any justice in the world, it'll become the Shockey's lasting, iconic image.
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As many of you know - I'm a pretty avid Twitterer and have been following Bayou Fish House since they opened in the former spot of Nuvo on York Street in Newport.
Well they kept tweeting about fish tacos and I finally had to take the bull by the horns and grab my coworkers and go! Even though Thursday is our busy day - we headed out for some good eats!
It looks a lot different than Nuvo inside but it's a much different type of place. This is casual dining at it's best. Terry was cooking up some delicious food and it was pretty much a one-man operation here - and he was fantastic! The menu is on the wall so just let him know what you want and he'll prompt you for other goodies along the way. There are a handful of tables but there's quite a bit of take-out ordering as well.
Matt & Beth - well - they're special coworkers.
And finally - the fish taco goodness. On Thursday these are $6.95 and they're starting to add in Shrimp Tacos (omg - I'll be right there!). I think Terry said these were made with whiting and they had the same sauce as the bayou bites. Amazing! And with three of them - we definitely didn't need the sides - they were so filling! Every one of us was raving over these fish tacos - they are awesome.
I also tried a couple bites of the fish on it's own - so delicious! Crisp, flaky and not greasy. They have a good thing going here!
Why Should You Go? Um - cuz it's awesome!!! I know we'll be back!


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Rabbi Raphael Halperin, owner of Optica Halperin (and a former wrestler), announced yesterday that he is cancelling the tender for the company's advertising account. This was the first time in 19 years the company called a pitch to run its three million dollars account, but after reviewing the bids Halperin decided to continue advertising on his own, buying media as an individual.
Halperin told Maariv newspaper that he did not like any of the ad agencies' bids, as all of them focused on changing the company – not advertising it.
I applaud Rabbi Halperin as it must be difficult to watch the current advertising trends, and say with conviction: You are all crazy, and I must be the only sane person left. While he did not elaborate, I am willing to put my money where my keyboard is and suggest each of the bids received included at least one of the following overused superficial makeovers:
The Acronym Shtick:
In lieu of creative thinking let's just acronym the company's Hebrew name into English letters, just like with these companies:
Matim Li >> ML
HaMashbir Mahsaney Ofna >> H&O
Lilith & Varda >> L&V
Avigdor Shoes >> AVG
The Color Shtick:
They say if you can't make it good, make it big – and if you can't make it big, make it red. The following companies actually paid money for this advice:
Cellcom (telecom) >> Purple
Pelephone (telecom) >> Blue
Orange (telecom) >> Orange
Bezeq (telecom) >> Blue
Mirs (telecom) >> Green
Hapoalim (bank) >> Red
Discount (bank) >> Green
Leumi (bank) >> Blue
The Logo Shtick:
One of my favorite shticks, and the one that proves ad agencies basically create their own market by convincing companies to change their logo every couple of years.
Here is a visual timeline I created for a number of leading Israeli companies, one not-so-leading company that has never changed its logo, and one organization that was brave enough to revert to its vintage logo after two years of using a new-and-improved logo.
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While looking through the list of albums released in 2010, one which seemed to find itself criminally ignored until later in the year was the self-titled debut from Brooklyn's Beach Fossils. Combining a love of Cure-recalling melancholic bombast with the subtleties of indiepop when it actually meant what it said on the tin, Beach Fossils looks set to be one of those records passed over at the time yet destined to feature prominently in future 'influenced by...' citations by many an aspiring artist.
It's certainly brought the opulent musings of a certain Dustin Payseur to a wider audience, whilst confirming his status as something of a young romantic in the process. Although not strictly evident on first listen, the majority of Payseur's heavily distorted, low-in-the-mix ditties are simplistic love songs written in the first person. Often quaintly understated, such as on the opening 'Moments', which lasts little over 60 seconds and barely acts as little more than an introductory piece for the rest of the EP while still managing to set the scene for what follows in admirable fashion.
For anyone familiar with the aforementioned long player, What A Pleasure won't come as too much of a surprise - Beach Fossils haven't reinvented the wheel here. What it does do however is highlight Payseur's ability to conjure up a handful of indiscriminately beautiful melodies at the drop of a hat, and across the eight pieces this EP is comprised of nothing disappoints. Compiling six previously unreleased songs with the two tracks that made up last October's extremely limited 'Face It/Distance' seven-inch, What A Pleasure stands aloft as much more than a mere filler between albums one and two.
The fact Payseur holds Bristol's Sarah Records in such high esteem comes to the fore on both the EP's title track and penultimate number 'Calyer'. While the latter shines like a beacon fuelled on the nascent pop of The Field Mice or The Sea Urchins, easily rivalling 'Daydream' and 'Vacation' as Beach Fossils' catchiest moment so far, the latter takes on a more haunting theme not that dissimilar from Another Sunny Day's 'You Should All Be Murdered', yet delivered in a way only Dustin Payseur would know how.
'Fall Right In' is perhaps the most evident example of Payseur's muse, its driving Cure-inspired bassline interspersed with such couplets as "I've never cared so much about anything before" and "I could stay with you 'til the sun comes up" among other less obvious lovelorn odes. The Byrdsian flavour of former b-side 'Distance' and plaintive closer 'Adversity' work well in tandem, suggesting maybe it wasn't all smiles and laughter while Payseur was writing this collection.
The main highlight though would have to be 'Out In The Way', a bashfully dainty duet with Wild Nothing's Jack Tatum that augments the songwriting capabilities of both, conjuring up such fantastically poised lyrical imagery as "In the darkness I see through, tell me is it really you?, you don't look the same as when I was dreaming..." in the process. Each being as proficient in their own right as the other, it still begs the question as to whether a more permanent fusion of the two could be just around the corner.
Nevertheless, whatever the future holds, Beach Fossils are in a good place of their own making at this moment in time, and What A Pleasure aptly describes its contents to a tee.
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Movie Title Mash-Ups
I've been thinking about what to post next, how to keep the ideas entertaining, and I've got a few notes down for future posts, but for today, I'm going to stick to a subject many have attempted to tackle and often, succeeded in getting laughs. That's right, the movie title mash-up. You know, where you combine the titles of two movies to make one super-movie and keep the laughs rolling in. If you know your cinema, its not a hard thing to do. Here's my attempt at some movie title mash ups:
Lost Highway in Space
Star Wars of the Roses
Dead Silence of the Lambs
2001: Homer's Odyssey
The Princess Bride Wars
Boogie Nights in Cabiria
A Clockwork Orange County
After the Sunset Blvd.
The Lost Weekend at Bernie's
Shaun of the Dead Snow
The Man with the Naked Gun
An Andalusian Dogtooth
I Am Legend of the Falls
Inland Empire of the Sun
The Elephant Man with the Iron Mask
The Basketball Diaries of a Wimpy Kid
Mao's Last Dancer in the Dark
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Age of Innocence
Hannibal Holocaust
Apocalypto Now
Last Tango in Paris, Texas
The Wild One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Groundhog Day the Earth Stood Still
Let me know what you think of these in the comments, and as usual…
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Walnut Creek Explosion: Cal/OSHA Issues Multi-Employer Citation
SAN FRANCISCO - The California Department of Industrial Relations' Division of Occupational Safety and Health (Cal/OSHA) today released citations to multiple employers for violations leading to a gas explosion on Nov. 9, 2004 fatally injuring 5 employees and seriously injuring 4 others. The Companies involved included East Bay Municipal Utility District (EBMUD), Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, L.P. (KM), Comforce Technical Services (Comforce), Mountain Cascade, Inc. (MCI), Matamoros Pipelines, Inc. (Matamoros), Camp, Dresser, & McKee, Inc. (CDM), Carollo Engineers, P.C. (Carollo).
"After a six month thorough investigation, Cal/OSHA has determined that the explosion which occurred Nov. 9, 2004 leaving five employees dead and four seriously injured, was completely preventable," said Cal/OSHA Acting Chief Len Welsh. "The primary cause of the incident was that the location of the petroleum line was not known by the employees working in the area. Several employers failed to take required action and committed errors that contributed to the failure to determine and mark the location of the utility line."
On Nov. 9, 2004, at 1:22 p.m. an excavator operated by Mountain Cascade, Inc. (MCI) punctured a high-pressure petroleum line owned by Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, L.P., (KM). MCI was constructing a large water supply line for East Bay Municipal Utility District (EBMUD). Gasoline was released into the pipe trench and was ignited by the welding activities of Matamoros Pipelines, Inc. (Matamoros), a welding subcontractor working for MCI. The resulting explosion and fire fatally injured five employees and seriously injured four other employees. All of the victims worked for Matamoros and MCI, and all fatalities and injuries were due to the explosion and fire. There was also extensive property damage.
Cal/OSHA also has a concurrent criminal investigation underway through its Bureau of Investigations. The findings from that investigation, which focuses on possible criminal liability involved in the accident, will be given in a confidential report to the Contra Costa District Attorney's Office for a determination as to whether criminal charges are applicable.
Employers were cited with the following violations:
California law provides that a company may appeal Cal/OSHA citations and penalties
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3 Soft Skills You Need To Get Hired
By Susan Ricker
When employers say they're having trouble filling open positions because of a lack of necessary skills, they aren't always talking about an inadequate number of math, science, technology, engineering or math experts. Soft skills -- a professional attitude, the ability to be punctual, answering the phone politely -- can be equally important in deciding if a job seeker is right for a position.
From the moment you apply for a job, you're being judged on more than just your resume. Imagine you send a cover letter with your resume but accidentally misspell a few words. This may not be a big deal to some employers, but you've already demonstrated that you don't pay attention to details and may lack professionalism.
Having strong soft skills makes you a desirable job candidate and gives you an edge over other job seekers. When you focus on your attitude, presentation and demonstration of professionalism, hiring managers will see you as a welcome addition to their team.
Personality plays a role in how you're perceived by others. Even if you have the right experience, being spacey, standoffish or rude can put a damper on your "hirability," and the job market is too competitive to allow for any mistakes. Practice making a good impression by focusing on a positive attitude with others, be it family, friends, the person serving you coffee or anybody else with whom you interact.
Impress your potential employer with your great attitude and interpersonal skills by:
- Being polite and friendly.
- Showing enthusiasm and motivation for your career.
- Sharing specifics as to why you're prepared for the job.
- Acting professionally.
- Demonstrating a good work ethic.
- Paying attention and actively listening.
- Having self-confidence.
More:'Likeonomics': Will Being Likable Make You More Employable?
Throughout the application process, there are plenty of opportunities for hiring managers to see what you'd be like as an employee, even before you're asked to come in for an interview.
Present yourself as a well-prepared candidate by staying organized and paying attention to details, including:
Having an organized resume.
Is your resume customized? Did you follow the application instructions and include all requested materials and answer all questions asked? Although applying for jobs can sometimes seem like a mind-numbing experience, you must pay attention to the details of each application, or you're potentially throwing away that opportunity.
Dressing appropriately for the interview.
Hiring managers rarely judge job seekers on their sense of fashion in an interview, but they do notice how you dress because it's an indicator of your sense of judgment. Dressing professionally when interviewing shows the hiring manager that you understand what a work environment is.
Speaking clearly and answering questions completely.
Not only does this show that you can follow a conversation and provide your own opinion, but articulating yourself well demonstrates good communication skills -- something every worker needs.
Being punctual.
Showing up late to an interview or responding slowly to an email from a hiring manager is unprofessional and makes it seem like you don't care. Arrive early for your interview and promptly answer emails; doing so expresses your interest in this relationship.
Job-ready basics
The hit HBO show "Girls" is a treasure chest of quotes on the struggles of everyday life. When the show's main character, Hannah, is interviewing for a job, she explains why she's the right candidate, saying, "I'm also responsible, decisive and also all of the other qualities that you're allowed to weirdly name in a job interview." Although she's right that it seems like the most boring form of bragging, it's essential that you convey to the hiring manager that you are ready for this position.
Let the hiring manager know that you possess any of these job-ready basics:
- Time-management abilities.
- Problem-solving skills.
- Acting as a team player.
- Strong work ethic.
- Ability to accept and learn from criticism.
- Flexibility and adaptability.
- Working well under pressure.
- Spelling and grammar expertise.
Hiring managers like to meet well-rounded job seekers who have the experience to do the job and the right personality. Know the company's work culture, research the role and company for your cover letter and interview, and demonstrate your soft skills to highlight that you have everything the hiring manager wants.
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Matt and Luke have just returned from Web Directions South 2012, the one big event of the year for all things web in Australia. Unlike many conferences Web Directions has an editorial approach and this year questioned where we direct our energies as designers and problem-solvers, as the gatekeepers of a kind of digital rennaissance.
Luke lists ten of his conference takeaways with a UX angle that deserve your attention.


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Wish List
If you can donate any of the items listed below please send us an email. Thank you so much.
We are always in need of:
- volunteers to help in a myriad of ways
- food for dogs and cats. Sardines are useful.
- divetelac powder (from petfood stores) - helps with undernourished puppies and kittens
- flea treatments
- collars
- leads
- beds
- dog crates
- cat cages
- jumpers
- kongs and other toys to prevent boredom
- food and water bowls
- flea and worm treatment
- bedding - towels sheets (no doonas or pilllows please)
- brushes and combs for grooming
- heat pads (especially for the little old shaved guys)
- plastic igloos (for the puppies and cats in the pound)
- dog beds
- plastic dog kennels
- puppy pens - collapsible ones
- dog runs
- scratching poles for cats
- anything that would help to keep a dog, or a cat, healthy and happy
- items to put in show bags or to raffle at fundraisings events.


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NLU recognized as a top college for return on investment and personal attention
The College Database announced its list of the top Illinois colleges with the highest financial return on investment, and National Louis University was recognized for providing high quality education at an affordable price. The university also was recognized as a top Illinois college with the best student-teacher ratios.
College Database, a free, non-commercial website, used a 20-40 metric to determine the distinction of providing high quality education at an affordable price. The website researched Illinois colleges and universities with annual tuition of less than $20,000, and whose new graduates' average starting salary was more than $40,000. They found that National Louis students enter the workforce earning an estimated $43,000 per year after graduation, ranking it among the top five of all Illinois post-secondary schools.
National Louis also was listed as one of the top colleges in Illinois with the best student-teacher ratios. The criteria for the recognition were that each college or university on the list had a total enrollment exceeding 5,000, with averages less than 20 students per faculty member. National Louis ranked #3 in Illinois, with a student-teacher ratio of 8 to 1.
"For more than 130 years, National Louis has been dedicated to providing quality, affordable and personalized education to adult learners – many of whom might not otherwise be able to afford higher education," said Nivine Megahed, National Louis president. "We are pleased to earn this recognition and continue to offer our students an exceptional education that gives them a learning atmosphere dedicated to personal attention and success."
According to its website, the College Database is dedicated to providing current and future post-secondary students and their families with accurate and valuable college- and career-related information. They use the most highly respected, authoritative data sets from the federal government and the Carnegie Foundation. Their primary sources and partners also include the National Center for Education Statistics and the Integrated PostSecondary Education Data System.


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Jaquet Field - Home of the York College Baseball Team
Jaquet Field is the beautiful home of the
York College baseball program. The facility underwent a huge
facelift during the summer of 2001 as the outfield was leveled,
dugouts installed, and a press box was constructed, making the
facility one of the best on the east coast.
The playing surface is one of the best the Spartans will play on all year. The coaching staff and players dedicate a great deal of time in making their home facility a great home field for the Green and White.
The facility features a 14-foot high right field wall, a double cage in right centerfield and bullpens down each foul line. The press box features a concession stand in the lower level, serving Spartan fans during the season. The outfield dimensions are 330 in left, 395 in center, and 315 down the right field line.


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One of the rising interests in the Cosmic Era is the realm of robotic sports.
A revolt or attack happens against a strong city/kingdom. All the losers of the battle that can be captured are brutally crucified along the roads that enter the kingdom to show their strength and as a demonstration of what happens to their enemies. ... a long road, decorated with hundreds of dying crucified soldiers... You see them bleeding, you hear them screaming and whispering for help. Do you really want to enter this reportedly peaceful kingdom?


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A couple of weeks ago, Newstime Africa ran a story reporting that Dirk Nowitzki had married his longtime girlfriend in Kenya, in a ceremony with traditional Kikuyu touches. The Mavs flat denied it, oddly enough. Well, here come the photos, and unless Dirk likes playing Ngurario dress-up, it looks like he indeed took the plunge.
Nowitzki's wife, Jessica Olsson, is Swedish-Kenyan, so to celebrate her heritage they smartly opted for the African traditions rather than a lutfisk buffet. They'll reportedly have a second ceremony in Germany. That one should prove to be slightly less colorful.


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The Cheetah Handbag Giveaway
A Future For Cheetahs. Signed By Dr. Laurie Marker Giveaway!
International Cheetah Day
December 4 is International Cheetah Day
Khayam was the inspiration for today.
The Cheetah Conservation Fund (CCF) has declared December 4 to be International Cheetah Day. The cheetah is not just the fastest, but the oldest of the big cats having survived over 3 million years of glaciations and warming cycles, and even its own genetic bottleneck. But with habitat destruction and conflict with humans, the cheetah could become extinct in less than 20 years.
In 1977, Dr. Laurie Marker traveled to Namibia with a female cheetah named Khayam. Dr. Marker wanted to see if it was possible for a cheetah that had lived their entire life in captivity to be released into the wild. But when Dr. Marker and Khayam arrived in Namibia, she learned the cheetahs needs were quite different from what the wildlife community had assumed.
Cheetahs were considered vermin, pests that should be shot on sight. The Namibian farmers worried about their small livestock herds, thought of the cheetah as a threat to their own livelihood. Dr. Marker soon realized that if the cheetah was to survive in Namibia, a solution must be found to enable the farmers and the cheetah to live side-by-side, allowing both to thrive. Shortly after the assessment of the cheetahs' needs, Dr. Marker also realized there was no group working to find a solution to help the farmers that would in turn save the cheetah.
The Cheetah Conservation Fund
This past summer we had the honor of being able to speak with Dr. Marker as part of our course work in Namibia. When we were sitting in a meeting room at CCF, talking with Dr. Marker she explained that she realized "There is no "they" and if you want something done you have to do it yourself."


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'Hot car murder' man stays in jail
A US judge has refused to grant bond to a Georgia man charged with murder after his toddler son died inside a hot SUV.
The judge's decision means Justin Ross Harris will remain in jail. Prosecutors laid out their case against him before that ruling, portraying him as a man who was unhappy in his marriage.
A detective also testified that Ross had looked at a website that advocated against having children, and that Ross had exchanged nude photos with several women while his son sat in the hot car.
Ross' defence attorney argued there was no evidence the boy was left inside the car intentionally. Attorney Maddox Kilgore said the testimony about the nude photos was simply meant to publicly shame his client.
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The foreclosure crisis just resulted in a very expensive mix-up for one Mississippi resident.
Terry Jordan was sold the wrong foreclosed home by her realtor and wasn't informed until after she had spent thousands of dollars on renovations, WREG 3 reports. Her realtor then admitted she had actually been sold the house a few feet away, one half the size and full of mold.
Mississippi is far from one of the more dense foreclosure landscapes in the country. Only one in 4034 properties received a foreclosure filing in March, according to RealtyTrac. Yet the realty company told WREG 3 that they had been given the wrong information by the bank in charge of the foreclosed home anyway. Jordan planned to sell the home at a profit.


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Each of the finalists from our 2009 Emerging Talent Competition will be performing at this year's Festival. Ahead of their trip down to Somerset, we've asked them to write a blog telling us about their experience of the competition and their plans for the Festival. Our third blog is from Salisbury indie-poppers City Stereo.
City Stereo have been pretty crazy busy since the ETC finals, as we have been finishing off our debut album which we'll be releasing later this year. Lots of time has been spent in the studio, and it's coming together really nicely, we can't wait for people to hear it. We are preparing to release this independently, subject to label interest, so have also been doing a great amount of planning, research, promo etc which has eaten up a lot of the 2 months since the finals.
We've been keeping busy on the live front, and have had some extremely fun shows, with our audiences getting bigger and bigger all the time. All of this of course, is building up to Glastonbury which is going to be something else!
We just can't wait! I don't think it's really going to hit home that WE are playing GLASTONBURY festival until we take to the stage, even now it's still surreal.
I'm just so glad we entered! In fact, we very almost didn't… it was by chance that I suddenly remembered about the competition having entered it before, thinking "I'm sure the Glasto competition is run around now. I'll check it out just in case" so I looked it up, and there it was. 1 hour from the deadline! So at 11pm on the final day for submissions, I entered the band… and I've been thanking my lucky stars since. This whole whirlwind ride was only an hour away from not happening at all!
From there we got the call informing us of the amazing news, and to be honest, it didn't really sink in! I was delighted, but part of me was thinking, "Maybe there's been a mistake, maybe they called the wrong band or something?" Because there was that element of self-doubt, we actually didn't tell anyone about it until it was up on the Glastonbury, and Q websites. Then we started to be believe it that little bit more!
Obviously, we were over the moon. US… GLASTONBURY… WOW!!!
Next up was the live final; a great experience. We got to meet some top people, play with some awesome bands, all of whom are very different from us in style, it was a real pleasure. We were pretty happy with our performance on the night. I'd be lying if I said it all went swimmingly though… Our drummer Ben felt something snap in his hand on the first song and was playing through the pain barrier for the rest of the set. He did a great job, as we took a look at his hand after the show, and it looked like he was holding a golf ball in his palm! Of all the times for that to happen! It was never going to stop him, the man is a true pro.
We also had the pleasure of meeting Michael Eavis, and we can't thank him and the team enough for giving up and coming bands like us a chance. Being an ETC finalist has certainly boosted our profile, and we've secured a number of other festival performances over the summer. It's also been terrific experience that will hold us in good stead for anything that may lie ahead.
Now we are all counting down to the performance. The Queens Head stage, Friday, 1.50pm. Game on! We have also been asked to play the Avalon Crew Stage on the Thursday around 8pm, which we are also looking forward to, as well as playing some live acoustic tracks for Worthy FM on Sunday. We are super eager to introduce the people of Glastonbury to our little pop-rock band from Salisbury. We just hope they like what they hear, and enjoy the performances.
As for future hopes for the band, right now we are all about making our album the biggest success it can be. We've put everything into this, and we just want as many people to hear it and enjoy it as possible. We hope this can reach out to as many people as possible, and that we will continue to go from strength to strength. Ultimately, the dream would be to live off of our music. This is what we love doing, it's our passion, and it's all any of us ever want to do.
With 2 singles, 2 music videos, our album, and loads of shows (including 2 UK tours) in the pipeline, this year is going to be massive for us. It all kicks off with Glastonbury, and hopefully, this is just the beginning for City Stereo.
Click here to check out City Stereo's MySpace
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Thank you to all who are part of this site. My name is Connie and Touchstream keyboards have made the difference for me to be able to keep working. (It was the mouse that did it!!) I switched to Dvorak about a year ago and that helped tremendously too.
My touchstream at work shorted out about three months ago and I have been somewhat desperate to find a replacement. Fortunately the one I had at home is still safe. I have anti-static pads everywhere though. Wish I would have known the danger before "the accident". I want to add my name to the growing ranks of those who are advocating that this technology needs to be available. I'll help in anyway that I can.
About me? Active in Christian missions; I'm also finishing an MS in Comupter Science at Montana State University; working as the director for a non-profit mediation center and teaching night classes at the local Adult Education center.
Glad to meet you all.


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Teen girl takes life after boys share image of her graffitied and defaced body
Sexting, Shame and Suicide: a shocking story of sexual assault in the digital age
This essay was published last September but I've only just come across it. I keep thinking of Audrie and her body defaced and graffitied, the images shared and consumed. Her waking in horror to discover the markings all over her body and trying frantically to scrub them off. And the ultimate horror outcome, where she can no longer face the mocking, bullying and shaming. But I must say, it's not only in the U.S that boys take the view that if a girl is under the influence of alcohol, she deserves whatever happens (some girls take this attitude also).
I have asked boys in the schools I address: "If a girl is drunk how many of you think she's asking for it?" In many classes, the majority of boys would raise their hands. It is a common view. There is a terrible lack of understanding about consent and the face that if she is under the influence of drugs or alcohol, she can't exercise it and a crime has been committed if she is taken advantage of. Audrie's tragic story shows us where that view can lead. My sympathy to her devastated family.
Rape stats may be no higher than in years past, but the numbers are as shocking as ever. Every two minutes, a sexual assault happens in the U.S., and nearly 50 percent of the victims are under the age of 18, according to Katherine Hull, a spokeswoman for the Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network: "The demographic of high school- and college-age women is at highest risk for sexual assault." More than half of the incidents go unreported, advocates say. The ability to record and communicate gang-sex assaults has added a new enhancement to an old and ugly crime against women. From Instagram to Snapchat to texting, young people with raging hormones and low impulse control are passing around what amounts to child pornography. And the bodies most frequently watched and passed around are female.
"It's a perfect storm of technology and hormones," says lawyer Lori Andrews, director of the Institute for Science, Law and Technology in Chicago. "Teen sexting is all a way of magnifying girls' fantasies of being a star of their own movies, and boys locked in a room bragging about sexual conquest."
But as of yet the law provides little protection to the rights of those violated. Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act effectively means that no Internet provider can be forced to take down content for invading a person's privacy or even defaming them. "I could sue The New York Times for invading my privacy or Rolling Stone for defaming me," Andrews says. "But I couldn't sue and get my picture off a website called sluttyseventhgraders.com." Read full article here
Boys Men and Violence
Dr Michael Flood March 5, 2014
Sexual violence is a serious social problem in Australia. According to a recent national survey, about one in six women in Australia – just under 1.5 million – has experienced sexual assault. In the past year alone, 87,800 women experienced sexual assault. Younger women are at greater risk. These are the victims, but what about perpetrators? Various studies show anywhere from 15 to 25 per cent of males have forced or pressured a girl or woman into sex or tried to do so…
Boys and young men are more likely to force or pressure a girl into sex if they have sexist and sexually hostile attitudes – they see girls as sexual objects, as less important or less valuable than males, and they feel entitled to see how far they can push things. The 2001 Australian National Crime Prevention Survey of young people aged 12 to 20 found about one in seven guys agreed that, "it's okay for a boy to make a girl have sex with him if she has flirted with him or led him on."
Some of the media consumed by boys and men is implicated in violence. TV, movies, music and computer games often portray women as sexual objects only, put men's voices and lives at centre stage, and condone or even celebrate violence as entertaining and legitimate. Pornography use is increasingly common among young men, and here callous and hostile images of women are routine. In a wide range of media, boys learn that real men are tough, dominant, and aggressive. Read full article here


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Heritage Hall
Only twenty minutes from Fort Worth and nestled close to everything Weatherford has to offer, The Doss Heritage and Culture Center offers a unique, and affordable, setting for all of your event space needs. With the beautiful, open, and well-lit 2,800 square foot Heritage Hall, the Doss will help make all of your event wants and needs come true. Heritage Hall hosts a fully upgraded video and audio system with a theater style screen and projector. It has a full catering kitchen with buffet bar and seats between 200-250 guests for a dinner reception, and 300 guests for a concert or seminar. We also have an additional 900 square foot meeting room that seats maximum 50 guests.
For any and all of your Facility Rental questions including:
Dates of Availability, Facility Rental Fees, and Facility Rental Inclusions, or to Schedule a Tour please contact our Programs and Events Manager.
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Any money spent at the Doss Heritage and Culture Center goes to supporting our mission which is to collect, preserve, and exhibit the heritage of Parker County and Texas through cultural and educational events that raise community awareness and pride in our western heritage.


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Get Involved, Advocate, and Engage are three major commandments for being a California State University San Marcos California State University San Marcos Cougar. CSUSM prides itself on its diversity, and strives towards education equity. Many students stick around after graduating, enhancing CSUSM's role in community development. When you're not racking your brain thinking of the next thing strategy to better humankind, you might want to take a look around—you're in sunny San Marcos! The beaches are minutes away and the temperature is rarely less than 70 degrees.
That's right, San Marcos's beauty will encourage your Italian romantic sensibilities. There are somewhat luxurious places near campus, but quite a few complexes that many students choose. If you feel like venturing further than San Marcos, you'll find oodles of options for housing in Vista and Escondido. Vista boasts The Wave Waterpark. Escondido, home of the San Diego Safari Park, is a hotspot for animal fanatics. A warning to all you penny-savers, due to the sheer MAGESTIC BEAUTY of these locations, they also come with majestic (i.e. expensive) price tags to match. Start your housing search early for the best prices and options. When you're not navigating the waves on your surfboards, you might try some features of the North Country Transit District to get around.
Unfortunately for some students, when you hit San Marcos you are official in the buuuurbs and one of the top attractions is golf. Your best bet for good times are along San Marcos Blvd. Churchill's Pub and Grill and The 55 Yardline Sports Bar and Grill, both CSUSM hangs, are along San Marcos Blvd. At The 55 Yardline they have more that 23 big screens to watch sports on. Mind-boggling. There's also lots to do in the surrounding 'hoods to keep any adventure-hungry student satisfied. Take a day and tackle the long lists of breweries and wineries, a main attraction of nearby Escondido. Take your poles and fish off the pier at Oceanside on a sunny Sunday afternoon. Stop by the Oceanside Farmers market and pick up the fixings for a healthy meal. If you're feelin' a night out, try some sea-fresh fish at Love Boat Sushi.


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Ingredients and Preparation
- Place pork chops between 2 pieces of plastic wrap and pound until about ½- to ¾-inch thick. Season the pork with the herbs de Provence, salt, and pepper.
- Heat olive oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add pork and cook for about 4-5 minutes on each side.
- Reduce heat and add the broth. Scrape the brown bits off the bottom of the pan, then cover and simmer for 2-4 minutes, until pork is cooked through. Portion pork onto plates and drizzle with the sauce.


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For both the driver and those being driven
The 2017 Volvo S90 displays confidence and premium comfort; not to mention an engaging on-road experience. A true driver's car! Featuring our second generation Pilot Assist technology, the all-new S90 is the only vehicle in the US with semi-autonomous driving technology standard. The car will assist steering, acceleration and deceleration as well as braking up to 80mph at your command. Experience everything the all-new S90 has to offer, while staying in complete control.
A redefined luxury sedan
this is the next generation of Volvo Cars. The all new 2017 Volvo S90, combines exquisite natural materials with sophisticated, intuitive technology. We put you at the heart of a luxury experience. An experience where intelligent, cutting-edge innovation works in harmony with beautiful design.
Volvo S90 premium sedan has been voted as the Production Car Design of the Year 2015
Pilot Assist is standard on the all new Volvo s90. An intelligent system that automatically maintains a set distance or speed to the car in front, as well as giving gentle steering inputs to keep you properly aligned within your lane markings.
The 360˚ camera option makes parking and low-speed maneuvering in narrow places a simple operation, providing a bird's eye view of everything surrounding the car on the center 9,3" display.
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As parents we worry endlessly about our children's safety. And as we got overwhelmed by information about everything from food cans lined with carcinogenic BPA to pet turtles carrying salmonella, we sometimes lose sight of the most serious dangers.
As summer approaches, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is reminding us that water is about the most dangerous thing for kids. The cool stuff that we all love to splash around in is a risk for anyone from a toddler playing with a big bucket of water to a teen swimming in a lake—and swimming pools seems to be the most dangerous thing of all.
Drowning is the leading cause of death in children ages 1 to 14 years, and Health Day reports that new federal research finds that "drowning kills more American children 1 to 4 years old than any cause except birth defects." More than half of the drownings occur in swimming pools.
Those small inflatable pools that families love to leave out in their backyards all summer long can also unsafe. Last year a study found that "a child dies every five days in portable pools during warm-weather months," according to MSNBC. Most of these children are under age 5.
What can parents do? Here are some tips from the CDC and American Academy of Pediatrics:
- Take a CPR class. While waiting for the paramedics to arrive, your CPR skills could save a life.
- Always watch your child closely around water, even when a lifeguard is present. Be within an arm's length of your child.
- Sign your child up for formal swimming lessons. Research shows that kids ages 1 t0 4 who take lessons are less likely to drown. But even if your child is in lessons, you still need to watch him when he's swimming.
- Surround swimming pools with fencing that's at least 4-feet-tall and make sure that the gate is always locked. Gates should self-close and self-latch.
- If you're using an inflatable pool in the backyard, empty it at the end of the day and turn it upside down.
- Keep a phone by the pool in case of an emergency.
Source and inspiration: Babble, Health Day, CDC


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Mitch McConnell on Civil Rights
Republican Sr Senator (KY)
The charge that McConnell opposed the Violence Against Women Act and equal pay legislation is central to Grimes' pitch to female voters. McConnell's team has pushed back, arguing that he was originally a co-sponsor of the bill and only voted against it twice because he felt one changed version of the bill went too far, and because once it was attached to a ban on assault weapons.
Though MLK Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech on August 28, 1963, thrilled and inspired McConnell, he dared not let his enthusiasm show around Snyder's office. "I went outside to stand on the Capitol steps. I supported Dr. King and his cause, and wanted to witness what I knew would be a pivotal point in history. In the shadow of the Lincoln Memorial, Dr. King issued the greatest declaration of freedom since Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation a century earlier. His words moved a nation.
Opponent's Argument for voting No (The Week; Huffington Post, and The Atlantic): House Republicans had objected to provisions in the Senate bill that extended VAWA's protections to lesbians, gays, immigrants, and Native Americans. For example, Rep. Bill Johnson (R-OH) voted against the VAWA bill because it was a "politicallyñmotivated, constitutionally-dubious Senate version bent on dividing women into categories by race, transgender politics and sexual preference." The objections can be grouped in two broadly ideological areas--that the law is an unnecessary overreach by the federal government, and that it represents a "feminist" attack on family values. The act's grants have encouraged states to implement "mandatory-arrest" policies, under which police responding to domestic-violence calls are required to make an arrest. These policies were intended to combat the too-common situation in which a victim is intimidated into recanting an abuse accusation. Critics also say VAWA has been subject to waste, fraud, and abuse because of insufficient oversight.
- the flag of the US is a unique symbol of national unity...
- the Bill of Rights should not be amended in a manner that could be interpreted to restrict freedom...
- abuse of the flag causes more than pain and distress... and may amount to fighting words...
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In collaboration with the American Schools for Oriental Research, the Archaeological Institute of America, and the Society of American Archaeology, AAA President Monica Heller expresses support for the proposed Memorandum of Understanding between the United States and the Arab Republic of Egypt that will be considered by CPAC at its upcoming public meeting on June 2 of this year.
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We, the undersigned, are writing to express our collective support for the proposed Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the United States and the Arab Republic of Egypt that will be considered by CPAC at its upcoming public meeting on June 2, 2014. Our organizations represent the primary professional bodies for the fields of archaeology, anthropology, and Egyptology as well as many interested members of the public. Our collective membership of over 230,000 has a strong interest in the long-term research, preservation, presentation, and safeguarding of the heritage of Egypt.
Modern-day Egypt is host to some of the oldest and most significant archaeological remains in the world. The geographic diversity and temporal representation of the archaeological and historical material of Egypt covers fabled monuments, such as those related to the rich Pharaonic past and the Roman and Byzantine periods, as well as places and complexes of the Islamic, Ottoman, and Christian inhabitants, many still in use today. Whether woven into the urban fabric of the cities of Cairo or Alexandria, or situated in the rural areas of the Fayum, Sinai, and Upper Egypt, the cultural landscapes of Egypt represent a palimpsest of time. The proposed MoU imposes import restrictions on archaeological material from the Early Dynastic Period through the New Kingdom period as well as on the more recent Islamic material, ending with the Ottoman conquest of Egypt in 1517.
Our call for action under this MoU recognizes the significant place of history from Egypt in our collective lives, from the plazas of Rome to the halls of U.S. institutions; from the covers of National Geographic, Archaeology magazine, and the New York Times to the stories told by National Public Radio and Fox News. The indelible position of Egypt in our understanding of the ancient history of writing and medicine, as well as the histories of museum practice, the preservation movement, and tourism development, notably in Cairo and at Abu Simbel, all offer sound evidence for the importance of protecting the Egyptian past. An MoU offers further opportunity to expand cultural relationships between the United States and Egypt. The MoU enables and encourages collaborative initiatives that aim to support research, to preserve archaeological and historical places, to promote educational exchange programs, and to quell activities that contribute to the illicit trafficking of Egyptian heritage.
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It's a beautiful Sunday afternoon here in Silicon Valley. It's been a good weekend for sports: Manchester United won (finally!), Sebastian Vettel claimed his fourth F1 Driver's Championship, and the Patriots came from behind to thrash Miami. And then there's the Red Sox; oh well, three out of four isn't bad. But all of those events are sitting on my DVR, because for the next week I'm focussed on one thing: preparing for the upcoming OpenStack Summit.
This time next week I'll be in Hong Kong as part of the Brocade team, joining thousands of cloud computing technologists, users, salespeople, and writers for a week of business and technical sessions. My main focus will be on the Design Summit sessions for Neutron, the OpenStack networking subsystem formerly known as Quantum. My colleagues will be involved in a variety of areas, including FC SAN features for the Cinder storage service, load balancers, and integration of our VCS fabric. Several of them are presenting in the main Summit. And we'll all be talking to customers and partners.
OpenStack networking is complicated. This is mostly due to the fact that data center networking is going through a period of massive disruption in several different areas, leading to a combinatorial explosion of complexity. Overlay architectures, different kinds of tunneled underlay, the replacement of dedicated network equipment by software running in VMs, the emergence of controller-based SDN such as the OpenDaylight project, and the spectacular performance improvements in merchant silicon and x86 processors: these have resulted in many innovative products from startups and established vendors, all of whom are keen to participate in OpenStack. In part, it's because the OpenStack mission has been expanding from a simple EC2-style IaaS to include legacy data center automation and carrier NFV. Public clouds emphasize abstraction and multi-tenant isolation, features which are less relevant for other users of the technology, and it's challenging to develop abstractions and APIs which address all of the use cases. There is still a lively debate on which parts of OpenStack are "core" elements of every OpenStack system. (Indeed the original Nova networking system is still the default; deprecation is planned for the upcoming Icehouse cycle.)
In this exciting and unpredictable environment, my team has been working on a project to manage some of the diversity. In our Dynamic Network Resource Manager (DNRM) Blueprint, we're proposing a framework for managing the pool of physical and virtual network resources from multiple vendors. It borrows an idea from the OpenStack Nova scheduler: the use of a policy-based resource allocator that abstracts away the complexity of resource management, and allows each cloud operator to choose the resource allocation policy which fits their environment.
We're demonstrating a proof-of-concept implementation of DNRM that uses the Brocade Vyatta vRouter, probably the most widely used virtual networking appliance. The DNRM resource manager uses Nova to provision a number of Vyatta virtual machines. Then a modified API handler in Neutron intercepts each client request to create an L3 Router, calls the policy-based DNRM allocator to find the best resource instance, examines the type of resource, and calls the appropriate driver (in this case the Vyatta driver) which talks to the VM to configure the vRouter. All of this can be viewed in the OpenStack Horizon dashboard; we've added a new panel which displays the state of the resource pool.
The Blueprint explores a range of use cases that are supported by the DNRM framework. Several of Brocade's customers are particularly interested in the ability to allocate virtual appliances for dev/test networks and physical systems for production traffic, without changing any code. Others focus on the way it supports resources from multiple vendors, or the ability to choose specific resources to meet compliance requirements.
Inevitably such a comprehensive mechanism as DNRM overlaps several projects within Neutron, including the FWaaS, LBaaS, and VPNaaS work. In recent weeks we've been meeting with many of the other contributors to OpenStack to thrash out the details of what a final architecture should look like. I'm looking forward to the Design Summit sessions in Hong Kong, which should lead to agreement on a program of work for the next Icehouse release of OpenStack. It's going to be complicated, for the reasons that I already mentioned, but I think this increasing complexity emphasizes the need to provide cloud operators with policy-based automation tools.
And when I get back from Hong Kong on the 10th, I'll see which of those sporting events I still want to watch!
UPDATE: Also pushed (with minor edits)to the Brocade Data Center blog.


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The V-Moda Crossfade M-100 over-ear headphones are the company's flagship offering at the moment. V-Moda has taken a unique approach with their development – over two hundred audiophiles, world-class DJs, and Grammy-winning musicians have collaborated on the M-100's tuning and features.
Despite being around for less than ten years, V-Moda has firmly established itself as a premier designer and manufacturer of high-end headphones. A few months back, I came out impressed after spending quality time with the V-Moda Crossfade M-80 model. Read on to find out what it's like having the bigger brother as a daily driver!
Retail package
Unsurprisingly, the V-Moda Crossfade M-100 comes in a great-looking, well-appointed retail box. Inside it, you will find the headset, a carry case with a carabiner for attaching it to a bag, a cable with a single-button remote and mic, another cable which allows sharing the sound with another headset, 1/4" pro adapter, two seals for protecting the inputs, some booklets, and a V-Moda sticker.
The retail box is well-appointed
There's nothing missing in the retail package of the V-Moda Crossfade M-100. Even the most demanding user won't find anything to frown at.
Design and build quality
The V-Moda Crossfade M-100 headphones sport the brand's signature design. That said, they look absolutely stunning in person – from the shield-shaped speakers, through the leather-covered headband, all the way to the orange metal accent on the 3.5mm jack connector.
The headset is a real looker in person
The M-100 headphones are available in three color schemes – white silver, matte black, and shadow. The last one stands for black with some glossy accents. You can further customize the headphones by ordering speaker shield covers in different colors, as well as add your own graphic design to them.
Build quality is exceptional. The V-Moda Crossfade M-100 headset has been tested beyond MIL-STD-810G test standards for durability. It features a steel frame and STEELFLEX headband. The cable and plug bend are Kevlar reinforced. V-Moda claims that they can be bent over million times.
V-Moda stands firmly behind the quality of its headphones. The M-100 comes with a two-year warranty. Once the warranty expires, users can pick up a replacement pair for 50% off retail.
The V-Moda Crossfade M-100 headphones weigh 280 grams – a reasonable number for an over-ear headset. I found the headphones comfortable even after prolonged use.
The cable is expectedly tangle-free. You can plug it on either side of the headphones.
Storing the headset is easy. When folded, its footprint is incredibly small. The carrying case itself looks and feels great too – it's a nice addition to the overall package.
The V-Moda Crossfade M-100 headphones are equipped with a 50mm dual-diaphragm driver whose patent is pending. Frequency response ranges between 5 and 30Hz, while sensitivity and impedance come in at 103dB and 32Ohms respectively.
In real life terms, the sonic experience offered by the V-Moda Crossfade M-100 is mind-blowing. It isn't the powerful output I'm talking about – at the headset's price range it is pretty much guaranteed.
Because of the M-100's exceptional sound capability, you simply experience more from any given music track. The feeling is particularly overwhelming when you switch from less capable pair of headphones. Playing the same track on a V-Moda Crossfade M-100 reveals tones which were previously non-existent. This feeling is most notable across the midrange – a well-known Achilles heel for quite a few high-end headsets out there.
Bass is unsurprisingly superb, as are the highs. The overall sonic experience is also easily modified by playing around with the EQ settings of your audio player.
Final word
The V-Moda Crossfade M-100 headphones are good looking, superbly crafted, and extremely capable. In comparison to their most likely, similarly priced rival, Beats Audio's refreshed Studio headset, M-100 looks and feels noticeably more upmarket.
The V-Moda Crossfade M-100 is priced at a far from cheap $310. Potential users with such budget leave zero room for compromise, as shelling out this much money doesn't exactly qualify as an impulsive buy. The M-100 delivers everything a headset with such price tag should with ease. It does therefore, deserve a sport on the short list of everyone with such a budget.
You can pick up a pair of V-Moda Crossfade M-100 headphones from the company's own online store over here. The headphones are also available on Amazon, priced at a smidge less than $300 at the moment.


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The Aroostook County Beekeepers Association will be having a mid-winter meetng/instructional session. Meeting will be held in Presque Isle, Saturday, January 25th, 10:00 – 12:00 at the "Transformations" building.
The easiest way to get there is:
As you drive through Presque Isle's main street, the movie theatre will be on your right (going North) on your Left (going South), take the street/parking lot across from the movie theatre heading towards the Riverside Restaurant, take a left, we will be in one of the last buildings.
Steve Miller will be our presenter and provide instruction as well as field questions asked. Our presenter has several years of experience and will provide a great deal of insight for seasoned and novice beekeepers.
Depending on the group and topics of discussion, we are in hopes to have this session spring board into additional sessions/classes. If the interest of the group is to continue having additonal sessions, the association will be looking for able body facilitators willing to take on some of those responsibilities.
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Brownies, bar cookies, corn bread and cakes bake to perfection in our square cake pans. Made for us in the USA, the aluminum-coated steel pans heat quickly and evenly for consistent results.
- Versatile pan is ideal for baking cakes, brownies and bar cookies.
- Commercial-grade aluminized steel distributes heat quickly and evenly for consistent baking results.
- Won't corrode or rust, even with heavy use.
- Coated wire reinforcement along the rim maximizes durability and resistance to rust and warping.
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- 8" Pan: 8" sq., 2" high.
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- Oven safe to 450°F.
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Rated 1 out of 5 by Goodreviewer from Finish comes off Had not used. Ran through dishwasher. Saw some discoloration so decided to hand wash with mild dish detergent. The sponge and water turned black as did towels when wiping dry. Outside and inside, wiped off black. The thing feels gritty now. Don't cook in this unless you make sure the finish is ok. I'm so disappointed.Date published: 2016-12-04Rated 5 out of 5 by NboroGirl from Excellent baking pans I love these pans - they are the best I've ever had, and since they are so well-made, I expect they will also be the last pans I ever buy. I am an amateur cake decorator so I will be using these a lot. PROS: I love how well made and sturdy they are. I love how cakes bake evenly and do not rise higher in the middle. I love how the corners are 90 degree angles, not rounded. I love how the sides are straight so the bottom of the cake comes out the same width as the top of the cake. These may sound like little things, but they are important to this cake decorator and the reason I chose these pans. CON: Not that they're difficult, but they're also not the easiest pans to wash. The 90 degree corners might have something to do with that.Date published: 2016-01-24Rated 5 out of 5 by RedSetterLady from Wonderful! I bought this today and have already used it. It's a wonderful, heavy pan that bakes evenly. Plus it's made in the USA.Date published: 2014-11-08Rated 5 out of 5 by Swissmiss7 from Replaced all my aluminum pans with USA Pans I purchased two of these pans to replace some older aluminum pans. I had purchased the Traditional finish in the rectangular size for an Italian specialty cake and was very pleased with how the cake turned out. The batter cooked perfectly in the required amount of time and browned evenly. The pans cleaned up easily with soap and water. I didn't soak the pans because of the aluminum steel composition and possibility of rusting. They will never go in the dishwasher or soak in water for a prolonged period of time. The pans are very substantial and weighty and well made and will last a lifetime if cared for properly. I also replaced my round, rectangular, cookie sheets and muffin pans with the Traditional finish bakeware. I think classic aluminum steel pans bake better than non-stick. I plan on using these for a long time.Date published: 2013-09-01Rated 5 out of 5 by Tz7wr9 from Great brownie pan I love this pan. It's high sides and its finish has made my brownies turn out perfect every time.Date published: 2013-02-24Rated 5 out of 5 by Anonymous from LOVE THIS PAN!!! My grandkids love brownies but they always asked why they were so "short." I was using a 9" pan and decided I needed another pan. As soon as it arrived I was impressed with its good looks and solid weight. The brownies, however, were the real test--they were absolutely perfect! My new pan receives much of the credit.Date published: 2012-03-06
Is this a nonstick pan?Hi Jenniferpaige, Tradtionaltouch bakeware has an uncoated baking surface.Date published: 2019-04-28