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Barely into the third month of the year and we already have brickloads of information about the upcoming game, Assassin's Creed III. Today, the first video and true glimpse of the game have come to us, depicting the new ancestor, Connor, killing people and freerunning on trees. It also gives us a glimpse of one of the US founding fathers, General George Washington, and one British v.s. American battle. Check the full trailer below:
That was on the AC side of news, the game series we all love (personally, though, I'll skip ACR when using that term) =P
Now comes the news from the Wiki side, the place and people we all love so very much.
As a special treat for the fans, I am pleased to announce the official opening of our official Fan Section!
That's right, the number one spot for all your AC info and sociability is now also a spot for you to share and view fan creations from around the world! After a vote last year, the majority of the users here supported a fanon area, and now it has arrived!
To access it, look for this button on the main page of wiki and click it:
We also have a recently created Deviant.art group that complements our fan section on wiki, and it is an alternative to fans who already have accounts there.
I have put the fan section in wiki under supervision of User:TheSt0ryTeller, and the Deviant.art group is under supervision of my girlfriend, Rena, who is the one person I know with most experience on both Deviant.art and fanstuff. Sheh as years of both, and has agreed to help the wiki to create a channel there =] Hey honey!
Since this is new for everyone us, we appreciate suggestions and are open to oppinions -- if someone reading this has experience with fan stuff, feel free to oppiniate, don't be shy! And for those of you who have a hidden artist within you willing to get out, let your criativity flow onto the ACWiki Fan Section!
Aaand this is all for now, brothers and sisters. Stay tuned for more AC news and sound off on the comments below. Tell all your friends about the ACWiki and it's new FanSection, and come around to our WikiChat to talk in real time with the staff, editors and readers of this fnatastic wiki and discuss the recent developments in the AC world -- or talk about any subject that appears XD
Safety and peace, folks!
Cello out.
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All proceeds go to the Wisconsin Humane Society, a non-profit organization.
Visit the Wisconsin Humane Society's Zazzle Store to create one-of-a-kind apparel, mugs, postage and more - all with the WHS logo! At least 20% of every order comes right back to WHS.
The Kong® Zoom Groom is a soft rubber brush that cats love! Keeps your kitty looking great, and it even helps remove cat hair from furniture.

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I know it is right in the middle of TSQL2SDAY when this post is to go live. If you don't know what that is, you should go check out this months edition here. The topic this month is good and should drive up a lot of participation.
It also happens that this week we have a group meeting for the Las Vegas User Group. We normally meet on the second Thursday of each month. It just so happens that this month that lands on the 14th of February. If you can't fathom why we changed our meeting date, maybe you should Google the date or something (just joking).
This month we have a first time presenter. I have been bugging her for months to try to get her to come out of her shell to present. And now she is doing it so be gentle and check out the meeting.
Presenting this month is Terrie White. She will be presenting on Replication Technologies and High Availability solutions.
Here are some of the details for the meeting.
Terrie White Will be presenting to us on replication technologies and high availability.
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Perceived Usefulness of ICT Usage among JKKK Members in Peninsular Malaysia
Information and communication technology (ICT) is indeed an important tool to expose the rural community to development. Realizing the importance of ICT, a number of high impact ICT programs and projects have been introduced by the government. However, do the rural community especially their leaders which are the Village Development and Security Committee members (JKKK) use ICT? And more importantly do they perceive ICT as useful in their daily activities and tasks? This question brings us to the main objective of this paper which is to know the factors that influence the perceived usefulness towards ICT usage among the JKKK members in Peninsular Malaysia. Besides, this paper intends to investigate the level of perceived usefulness towards ICT usage among JKKK members and to reveal the most significant contributors for perceived usefulness towards ICT usage. This is a quantitative study whereby data were gathered using a questionnaire. Based on the multi stage random sampling, a total of 240 JKKK members have been selected as the respondents. Based on the analyses done, it can be concluded that respondents studied do have a high level of perceived usefulness towards ICT usage. All of the four factors studied have a positive and significant relationship towards ICT usage. Attitude was identified as the most significant contributor for perceived usefulness towards ICT usage while the four predictor variables explain about 60.0% of the variance/variation in perceived usefulness towards ICT usage.
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Michael Vey: The Prisoner of Cell 25 by Richard Paul Evans
To everyone at Meridian High School, fourteen-year-old Michael Vey is nothing special, just the kid who has Tourette's syndrome. But in truth, Michael is extremely special--he has electric powers. Michael thinks he is unique until he discovers that a cheerleader named Taylor has the same mysterious powers. With the help of Michael's friend, Ostin, the three of them set out to discover how Michael and Taylor ended up with their abilities, and their investigation soon brings them to the attention of a powerful group who wants to control the electric teens--and through them, the world. Read a sample.


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Murphy's Creek Escape is an exciting waterfront camping park 20 minutes from Toowoomba and one and a half hours from Brisbane. There are generous sized powered and un-powered sites and group camping areas all in a natural bush setting.
Take a dip in the billabong, try one of their adventure activities - abseiling, 235 metre Flying Fox, archery, mountain biking and a ropes course. Enjoy a barbecue or picnic, relax under a tree with a book, or cook a damper and spin a yarn around your own camp fire. Numerous bird species fill the air with their calls.
Murphy's Creek Escape is dog friendly.
Facilities include clean amenities (hot showers), camp kitchen/barbecue area, shop (stocks ice, gas, firewood, basic stores), washing machines and dryers.
Activities on site include Flying Fox, archery, bird watching, swimming, horse riding (bring your own horse), orienteering, camping, painting, abseiling, and swimming. There are also numerous nearby attractions to keep you entertained!
Overlooking Murphy's Creek from an escarpment, luxuriously appointed Safari tents are the ultimate experience in glamping. King size beds, claw foot baths, rain shower heads, luxurious linen - fully self contained luxury glamping.
Remote, Bush land and canyon top sites make up these non-powered camping options. Large sites all close to amenities and have views of the flowing creek.
Large grassed powered sites with water and power run to each site. Situated atop the new Murphy's Creek Gorge with great views into the flowing creek. Close to amenities.
Luxury Serengeti Safari tents set atop an escarpment catching the sunset every day. Timber decks provide the perfect platform for this well appointed luxury tent with ensuite. Two berth only - suitable for couples. The ultimate in 'Glamping'.
Note: Information on listed products and services are provided by the operator and were correct at the time of publishing. Rates are indicative based on the minimum and maximum available prices of products and services. Please visit the operator's website for further information. All prices quoted are in Australian dollars (AUD).


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Hey all.
So, I managed to get OS4.1 Installed on a MicroA1 using an SSD.
The question....
Can I increase the Max transfer rate? If so, to what and given the hardware, would it make any difference?
Thanks for your time!
Mikey C
Mikey_C wrote:Hi Tony,
Thanks for getting back to me, am using the built in hard disk controller on the MicroA1 motherboard. (I have yet to find any card that actually works on the PCI slot)
Also, using sfs/00 - So is there a higher setting I can increase the SSD speed? It doesn't seem too much different from the analogue hard drive (HDD)
Mikey C
Check out SYS:Documentation/IDE/a1ide_dev.doc - it should explain everything.Mikey_C wrote:Now then, can you mess about with the PIO/UDMA settings in u-boot? If so, can anyone give me a pointer to it please? I honestly cannot find it. (If there is one)
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Yuruchara are anime-style cartoon mascots that represent the various prefectures of Japan. Each yuruchara character can be seen on posters, brochures, and websites that treat visitors to a fun and inviting symbol of the area.
BENIKO (Iwanai Town, Hokkaido Prefecture)
I am a TARA-MARU's twin sister!! I introduce charm of Iwanai town in Hokkaido. A pink flower on a head is a HAMANAS (Hokkaido's flower). It's so cute!! Weapon is a big white asparagus!!
Date of birth : August 9, 1985
Sex: Female
Hobby and special ability: Take a hot spring, Snowboard
Favorite food: Sushi, Asparagus and Deep sea water
TARA-MARU (Iwanai Town, Hokkaido Prefecture)
I am a Big Fish! I introduce charm of Iwanai town in Hokkaido. A red towel twisted into a headband and black rubber boots are fisherman's style!! Weapon is a big green asparagus!!
Date of birth: August 9, 1985
Sex: Male
Hobby and special ability: Yuruchara SUMO, Yuruchara Football and Snowboard
Favorite food: Sushi, Asparagus, Deep sea water
Fujippi (Shizuoka Prefecture)
After being introduced in 2003, Fujippi has been active in the publicity and promotion of the "Home of Mt.Fuji," Shizuoka Prefecture.
Fuppi (Fukushima Ward, Osaka City)
Fuppi of Fukushima-ward was chosen by the public at the time of the opening of the new ward building. The Robot version of Fuppi, which was made in cooperation with Roobo members of the Robot Laboratory of Osaka, is able to greet visitors and speak to the public about notices from the ward office.
Gunma-chan (Gunma Prefecture)
I am a pony. As the captain of the team for enhancing the image of Gunma, I am introducing the charms of Gunma to people by my various clothed forms - my specialty.
Date of birth: February 22 (7 years old)
Sex: Male
HABATAN (Hyogo Prefecture)
As the first Tourism Ambassador of Hyogo Prefecture, he has been publishing Hyogo's attractive points through various activities and participating in tourism campaigns held at home and abroad. He is lively by nature and has an excellent challenging spirit.
Date of birth: January 17, 2003
Sex: Male
INAPPY (Inazawa City, Aichi Prefecture)
INAPPY's head stands for nursery trees and Ashitaba, a kind of Japanese parsley which is a local specialty of Inazawa. His body is the yellow of autumn leaves of the ginkgo tree, and his head band and fundoshi (loincloth) are traditional clothing worn during the Konomiya Naked Festival, one of the most peculiar festivals in Japan. He cares for people in difficulties. He loves everyone from the children to the elderly!! Although occasionally selfish, he never forgets his challenging spirit!! He is always energetic!!
Birthday: November 1st, 2007
Height: 180cm
Sex: Male
Personality: Specialty and Hobby: Gardening and guiding people to their dreams.
Favorite Food: Ashitaba and Ginkgo nuts.
Karawan-kun (Karatsu City, Saga Prefecture)
Karawan's mission is to bring U "happiness" & "smile!" We,Karatsu get together and open the wonderful future. My favorite sentence is "Karatsu is the ONE!" bow-wow!
Kuma-mon (Kumamoto Prefecture)
I am Kuma-mon, the mischievous bear cub mascot of the "Kumamoto Surprise" campaign. My face is in never-ending surprise as I rediscover the fascination of Kumamoto.
Lerch-san (Niigata Prefecture)Born in Pressburg (Bratislava: Current Capital City of the Slovak Republic). I came to Japan for research regarding its national capability originally. Somehow, I ended up in putting my efforts into winter leisure promotion in Japan. Like any army man, I'm always plotting something. I also describe myself as a person with a trusting nature who loves and is nice to children and ladies. Of course, I am good at skiing, but some people say behind my back that I can't perform 100% in real games sometimes...
Mimi chan (Sakai City, Osaka Prefecture)
Mimi chan is the mascot of Minami Ward, Sakai City, and wishes to fill Minami Ward with flowers. She likes dancing to music while playing the maracas.
Birthday: August 7, 2007
Sex: Unknown (There is a rumor that Mimi chan is a fairy)
Things that I like: Dancing to music while playing the maracas, Smiles of everyone
Hobby: Taking a nap
Sakaeru & Misosakai (Sakai City, Osaka Prefecture)
Sakaeru is the mascot of Sakai Ward, Sakai City, and symbolizes the prosperity as Japan's largest port in medieval times. It is always with Misosakai, a bird wearing an ancient helmet.
Birthday: October, 2009
Things that I like: Comic dialogues by two comedians. Eating sweets for comparison, Chatting by gestures, Exploration
Hobby: Taking a stroll. Searching for a delicious meal
Miyary (Utsunomiya City, Tochigi Prefecture)
Miyary ("Utsunomiya" + "fairy") wears the city flower, the azalea. Utsunomiya is famous for its gyoza and features many shops, where eager customers line the streets every weekend.
Nagopyon (Aichi Prefecture)
Nagoya Airport is Japan's first hub with a dedicated terminal for international business flights. Nagopyon was created to commemorate the fifth anniversary in February 2010. "Nagopyon" is a unique mascot uniting a bird (a living thing) with an airplane (a man-made thing).
Nicky (Niseko Town, Hokkaido Prefecture)
Hi, I'm Nicky the woodpecker. I live in the forests around Niseko, the
number one powder snow resort in the world. I'm a Japanese drumming master and welcome everyone to Niseko by tap-tapping on the trees.I love skiing. Come to Niseko. We can go skiing together.
Nikkolin (Jonan Ward, Fukuoka City, Fukuoka Prefecture)
Hi! I'm Nikkolin, a Mt. Aburayama fairy and a Jonan Ward character. I tell people how great Jonan Ward is. I love smiles, so if you see me, come say hi and don't forget your smile!
Warumon (Jonan Ward, Fukuoka City, Fukuoka Prefecture)
Rawr! I'm Warumon, the king of germs! I'm Nikkolin's rival and a Jonan Ward character. I love dirty hands and sore tummies. You don't wash your hands? You'll be sorry! Mwahaha!
Sento-kun (Nara Prefecture)
Sento-kun is a child who has deer antlers, as deer are thought to be Nara's messengers from the gods.
He creates new history with the visitors, while showing the charm of Nara.
Shimanekko (Shimane Prefecture)
Hello! I'm Shimanekko - Shimane Prefecture's Tourism Character
Purr-leased to meet you!
Shiromaruhime (Himeji City, Hyogo Prefecture)
This cute and warm-hearted girl was born and grew up in Himeji, surrounded by warm people. Her light-skinned symbolizes Himeji Castle, a World Heritage, surnamed White Heron Castle.
Birthday: April 6
Sex: Female
Character: gentle and friendly
Trademark: Himeji Castle-shaped hat, cherry blossom hair accessory
Hobbies: Walking in the Himeji Castle and town of Himeji, having tea at Kokoen Garden
Special qualifications: Singing
Favorite food: Japanese Cake (but she is on a diet now)
TAITOKUN (Taito City, Tokyo Prefecture)
TAITOKUN is guardian god of Taito City, Tokyo, Japan. He has a mission to make Taito people happy as a servant of Buddha. In Taito City, many events and festivals are held throughout the year. He appears in front of you on such occasions.
TORIPY (Tottori Prefecture)
TORIPY is the Tottori Prefecture mascot. His body is a pear, one of the prefecture's famous products.Please visit Tottori, a hot spring and manga paradise. Experience true Japanese culture!
Unari-kun (Narita City, Chiba Prefecture)
"Unari-kun" is the tourism mascot of Narita City.
He looks like a combination of an airplane and an eel.
This idea was inspired by Narita Airport and our local famous food, Unagi(eel).
Birthday: November 21
Favorite food: Yokan (Sweet bean paste jelly), Teppozuke (Pickled cucumbers)
Hobby: Enjoying Narita matsuri (festivals)
Yumemaru-kun (Chuo-ward, Osaka City)
Yumemaru-kun of the Chuo-ward was created to commemorate the 20th anniversary of redistricting history. The head is designed as the Osaka castle and ward flower of plum blossom and he holds a pansy flower. His hakama (traditional pants) are light blue as the water ways.
Fantastic insight into Japan's diverse history.
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Maori heru (hair comb)
Each heru (Maori comb) features a shapely rimu veneerboard body with head portion decorated both sides with contemporary Maori artwork. These beautiful Maori hair combs boast super fine details and are embellished with paua inlay.
This heru is a 4 pin hair comb with koru design. The koru represents new life, new beginnings, growth, movement.
- size: approx. 140mm (3.94″) x 50mm (1.97″)


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In continuation of last week's sermon Hazoor further elucidated the verses of Surah Al Talaq that illustrate the Divine attribute of Al Nur or The Light.
Quoting from various commentaries Hazoor said that the verses depict kufr or non-belief as darkness and the knowledge of Allah's Signs as Nur or Light and mention the abundance with which the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings be on him) recited the Holy Quran, which in turn illuminated the world with the message of Allah.
Hazoor said that Nur certainly comes from Allah the Exalted and indeed His book, the Holy Quran and His Messenger, the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings be on him) are most the excellent portrayals of His Nur. Hazoor said that it is through the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings on him) that we have obtained a portion of the blessings of the treasure that was granted to him by Allah. Hazoor added that the beam of guidance that the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings be on him) brought spreads like sunshine.
Hazoor concluded on a prayer "may our community be, for the sake of the Seal of all the Prophets (peace and blessings be on him), driven out of the darkness of ignorance and enters into Nur or Light."
The Jumu'ah (Friday) prayer is one form of congregational worship in Islam. It takes place every Friday. Regular attendance at the Jumu'ah prayer is enjoined on the believer. According to a Saying of Muhammad(sa) this congregational prayer is twenty-five times more blessed than worship performed alone. (Bukhari)
"O ye who believe! When the call is made for Prayer on Friday, hasten to the remembrance of Allah, and leave off all business. That is best for you, if you only knew." more
"… (He who) offers the Prayers and listens quitely when the Imam stands up for sermon, will have his sins forgiven between that Friday and the next" (Bukhari)


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Half day, $125
The on-camera workshop takes place in front of the TV cameras in LI's Norma Zimdahl Master Studio in the Sacher Multimedia Center.
You'll be coached through two rounds of mock interviews (one-on-one at a news desk and satellite) while receiving personalized critiques and feedback on how to better tailor your message for TV.
Individuals who attend the on-camera workshop receive footage of their performance. Class size is limited to maximize your time on camera.
Thu 11: 1:30 PM - 4:30 PM EDT
Leadership Institute
Steven P.J. Wood Building
1101 N Highland St
Arlington, VA 22201 Map
$15.00 discount for early registration until 6/4/20
Your Cost: $110.00
"The Leadership Institute's hands-on approach was a valuable introduction to the rapid-fire interviews of broadcast journalism. LI gave me some of the tools I needed to adjust to this pressure cooker side of politics"


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Paperweights must have first appeared along with paper in ancient Egypt. It is said that glass paperweights first appeared at an 1845 industrial exposition in Vienna. Today's collectors search for every type, from the very expensive French weights of the nineteenth century to the modern artist weights or advertising pieces. The glass tops of the paperweights sometimes have been nicked or scratched, and this type of damage can be removed by polishing. Some serious collectors think this type of repair is an alteration and will not buy a repolished weight; others think it is an acceptable technique of restoration that does not change the value. Printie is the flat or concave surfae formed when a paperweight is shaped on a grinding wheel. Baccarat paperweights are listed separately under Baccarat.
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Visiting Hours at Orange Coast Medical Center
General Visiting Hours
From 11:00 AM to 8:00 PM
Visiting Guidelines
- Only two visitors per patient are allowed in the room at one time.
- Out of respect for surgical patients in the waiting room, no food or drink is allowed.
- The family waiting area is equipped with televisions for family members.
- Only one visitor is allowed at a time in patient recovery.
- Cell phones are not allowed in the patient recovery area — they can be used in the waiting room.
- If you have completed and notarized forms (Advance Directives, Power of Attorney, or a Living Will) please bring them with you the day of your surgery.
- If no legal document is available, a surrogate decision maker will be assigned by the patient prior to surgery.
- For the safety of our patients, latex balloons are not permitted at the medical center.
- Visitors will be asked to leave during physicians' rounds and emergencies.


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20 December 2012
A select team of distinguished Cardiff University alumni will battle for intellectual superiority in a pre-recorded University Challenge Christmas special.
19 December 2012
The Pro Vice-Chancellor for Research, Innovation and Enterprise, together with the Research Deans will be hosting two Town Hall meetings in January 2013.
18 December 2012
The Information Security Framework Programme will improve the security of data held by the University. Find out more about the Programme and what it means for you.
Professor Terry Threadgold, Pro Vice-Chancellor for Staff and Diversity and acting Head of the School of History, Archaeology and Religion retires at the end of the year. Here, she reflects on the best bits of her career and tells us what she'll miss most about Cardiff.
Cardiff-Cambridge study discovers numerous flaws in our DNA
More than 1,000 years of service celebrated at annual event
17 December 2012
Confirmation by sharp-eyed telescope.
14 December 2012
Cardiff joins Futurelearn.
13 December 2012
Dr Maggie Woodhouse receives a Lifetime Achievement Commendation in the 2012 Understanding Disability
School of Music hosts talented Singaporean music students
The latest from Cardiff University.


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Traffic light labels will 'damage the food industry'
After months of consultations, the DoH chose the hybrid approach after research found consumers were confused by the way retailers displayed levels of salt, sugar fat and calories in their products.
The Provision Trade Federation (PTF) feared that products such as cheese, full-fat milk, sausages and bacon will be incorrectly seen as junk foods under the new system, and sales will fall as a result.
Clare Cheney, PFT director general, told FoodManufactre.co.uk:"These labels mean that people will see foods like cheese as having no nutritional benefits at all. Cheese will be painted with the same brush as indulgent foods, that you should only have on a rare occasion. You can eat cheese everyday and be fine."
Whole milk and cheese are high in saturated fat and would be labelled red to point this out. Processed meat such as sausages and bacon will also carry a red label, reflecting their salt and fat content.
Hybrid labels
Industry experts worried that the hybrid labels did not point out that these products are essential as part of a healthy balanced diet.
"Traffic lights will not help an individual achieve a healthy diet. People are going to avoid saturated fat, this is wrong; saturated fats are essential in life. If people avoid red lights, what this is going to do is lead to a lack of balanced diets," said Cheney.
But campaign group Sustain said these labels were essential in helping shoppers to make informed decisions.
Charlie Powell, director of campaigns at Sustain, said: "They are a great educational tool for both adults and children. You can look into your basket and see in clear colours how healthy your shopping is. It is not about demonising certain foods by marking them as red, it is about providing shoppers with as much help as possible to eat healthy."
Sustain hoped the traffic light labels will help consumers and drive a reformation by the industry.
Name and shame
The group has called on the government to name and shame retailers or manufacturers that do not adopt the system, Powell said: "We would not hesitate to see them named and shamed, obviously not immediately, but in due course.
"They must not drag their feet and the government shouldn't let them. It does not take long to make a commitment and over the next few weeks we would like to see manufacturers and retailers place their support in traffic light labels."
Morrisons last month said it would adopt the hybrid front of pack nutritional labelling system if the government called for it.
They were the last of the big four supermarkets to adopt the system, following Tesco's announcement in September that it will also use the hybrid system.
Sainsbury was the first supermarket to introduce front of pack labelling combining GDAs and traffic lights in January 2005. Asda has used the same system since 2007, Waitrose, The Co-Operative, Lidl and Marks & Spencer have all adopted traffic lights, as well as GDAs.
Iceland is the only supermarket chain not to adopt the system.
Richard Dodd, head of media and campaigns at the British Retail Consortium (BRC) said: "It has been clear that our members have changed their position over time. They have been lining up behind the hybrid scheme, this is something they have done as part of an understanding of consumers needs."
Dodd said the BRC would not be putting any pressure on Iceland to adopt the system, adding: "We would leave it to individual retailers to make their own decisions."
Industry members, including the BRC and PTF, will meet with the DoH tomorrow evening (October 25), when it is believed they will discuss exactly what the harmonised label will look like.
Dodd said: "We will be attending the meeting under the intention that this is on the agenda and up for discussion. There will be discussions and more information revealed.
"Food labelling is being reviewed at EU level; we need to make sure that any change we make will comply at that level.
A spokeswoman for the DoH said: "The hot topic on Thursday is exactly what the label will look like."
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At this point, Kim Kardashian has tackled so many different career hats that we need a long scroll and quill pen just to keep up with them.
Now, with the release of the trailer for Tyler Perry's film Temptation, we get to meet another business venture of hers: acting. In the film, Kim plays a no-nonsense, sassy, fashionista--maybe she's been method acting all this time?!
Get a first look at the new season of "Kourtney & Kim Take Miami"
"I'm so excited to reveal the trailer for the new Tyler Perry movie I am in called 'Temptation,'" she blogged. "This has been an incredible experience for me and I'm so excited for the movie to come out on March 29, 2013."
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Okay, I must admit that now that it has been three weeks to the day from my surgery I still feel like I was run over by a truck. As the surgeons tried to prepare me for the 14-hour surgery by telling me all the details, I instead told them I was 42, extremely healthy and strong and always recovered quickly. After all, I had a lumpectomy with node removal and tossed the Vicodin the day I left the hospital and after my emergency C- section never slowed down. (Mind you, I was elated with the birth of a miracle child so that might have lessened the physical pain a bit!). They tried to explain I really had no idea what I was in for, but I still ignored the big facts preferring to focus on my well being than all the things I could not change about the surgery itself.
I had my surgery 12 days after finding out that I had a new cancer in my breast. As many of you know, that requires a combined effort of about 30 people, doctors, family, friends, tests, etc. In that week I had two pre-op visits with an oncology surgeon, a plastic surgeon, and oncologist, two MRIs, many digital mammograms, and echocardiogram and a stress echocardiogram (to determine the effects the three previous chemotherapies may have had on my heart), a pre-op clearance, and many types of lab work. I was actually excited to sleep for the surgery since I hadn't had any in almost two weeks.
I bow to the woman who have been through this before me and who will complete it after. I laughed with my plastic surgeon when I told him our "honeymoon" was over after he cut me into a million pieces and he told me I was much more fun when I wasn't complaining about not being able to breathe daily for a week when I was in Intensive Care.
The hardest part for me is that even if I feel well enough to care for myself I cannot pick up my young daughter, bathe her or do the basic loving things that mammas do. However, having only just turned 3, I tried to use the best communication I could by never speaking the word "cancer" in front of her. I told her several days in advance that I had a boo boo in my breast that our friend (my surgeon, who she actually knows) was going to fix. I told her I would be a little tired for a while and she said, "I know Mamma". I asked her if she also knew I would be fine after all this was over and she confidently replied, "yes." After all this preparation, on the morning before my surgery she woke up, came to my bed and snuggled with me and said, "Mama, today you are going to the hosdidal to have surgery to fix your breasts." How did I think for a second I could hide any of my own prognosis from her. Luckily, she has my resiliency and gave me a hug, told me to get better quickly and that she loved me with her whole heart!


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String Quartet No. 21 in D major 1. Allegretto
String Quartet No. 21 in D major 2. Andante
String Quartet No. 21 in D major 3. Menuetto
String Quartet No. 21 in D major 4. Allegretto
String Quartet No. 22 in B flat major 1. Allegro
String Quartet No. 22 in B flat major 2. Larghetto
String Quartet No. 22 in B flat major 3. Menuetto
String Quartet No. 22 in B flat major 4. Allegro
String Quartet No. 23 in F major 1. Allegro
String Quartet No. 23 in F major 2. Andante
String Quartet No. 23 in F major 3. Menuetto
String Quartet No. 23 in F major 4. Allegro
Emerson String Quartet :
Mozart: The Prussian Quartets
Their first recording of Mozart quartets in 20 years
Mozart: Prussian Quartets Available Tuesday, October 18
The Emerson String Quartet stands alone in the history of string quartets as musicians of unrivaled eminence with an incomparable list of great recordings over three decades.
For its debut on Sony Classical, the Quartet has selected Mozart's last three string quartets, the "Prussian" quartets K. 575, K. 589 and K. 590. Available on Tuesday, October 18, the recording will coincide with a series of international concerts featuring the program of the CD.
Mozart's three last string quartets, written in 1789 and 1790 after a visit to the royal court in Berlin, were commissioned by the King of Prussia. The King himself played the cello and accordingly, Mozart set out to provide the cello with an especially prominent part. These, Mozart's last quartets, represent the distillation of a lifetime of writing for string instruments in various combinations and genres.
Described by Time Magazine as "America's greatest quartet", the Emerson String Quartet has received unparalleled acclaim for concert and recording activities since its formation in 1976. This has led to recognition with nine Grammy Awards (including two for Best Classical Album, unprecedented for a chamber music group), three Gramophone Awards and the coveted Avery Fisher Prize. Having recorded Mozart's six "Haydn Quartets" as well as the flute quartets, the Emerson have long desired to add more Mozart to their discography. This new album sees them recording Mozart quartets for the first time in 20 years.
The Emerson Quartet says: "In playing Mozart, we always strive for elegance, beauty and style; in the purely melodic passages, we try to emulate the human voice, ranging from the most intimate pianissimo to a full sonority when appropriate. In general, Mozart has played an important role in our concert repertoire, and we learned these three quartets fairly early in our career. But it had been twenty years since we recorded any of his quartets, so we felt that it was time to add more of this wonderful and challenging music to our discography."
The Emerson String Quartet, named after the American poet and philosopher Ralph Waldo Emerson, is based in New York City. Violinists Eugene Drucker and Philip Setzer alternate in the first chair position, while Lawrence Dutton plays viola and David Finckel is the cellist. Gramophone has noted: "The Emerson's members understand as second nature the importance of clarifying the specific character of individual phrases and balancing them all into an elegant whole, and they can turn on a dime to create quicksilver variations of mood." During the 2011–12 season, their 35th together, the Emerson will perform throughout North America and Europe, for example in Germany, Austria, England, Spain, Switzerland and Italy.


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Wander through galleries filled with treasures: old masters, contemporary art and exhibitions from around the world.
Ladies and Gentlemen step right up and discover the rich history, fun and fanfare of the American circus.
The Ringling's 56-room mansion on Sarasota Bay stands as a testament to the American Dream of the Roaring Twenties.
The Historic Asolo Theater's past is as rich as the performances that delight audiences in this Italianate theater.
The Education Center's Art Library and Conservation Lab help to educate and preserve art for future generations.
Stroll the 66 acres of Bayfront Gardens and it's soon evident that not all of the beauty is confined to the galleries.


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FINAL: VCU 3, George Washington 0 (Richmond, Va. – Sports Backers Stadium)
VCU STARTERS: #21 Wells (GK), #4 Harvey, #5 Haboush, #7 Monge Solano, #10 Bowie, #11 Johnson, #14 Herrera Meraz, #16 Arbelaez, #18 Shiffman, #22 Seymour, #24 Fisher
GEORGE WASHINGTON STARTERS: #0 Almodovar (GK), #3 Holleran, #6 Khan, #7 Sandland, #9 Ranalli, #10 Rudolph, #11 Higgins, #16 Abaie, #18 Sousa, #19 McQuitty, #25 Alexandersson
- After tallying four of the first five shots of the match, VCU (6-1-3, 2-0-0 A-10) got on the board in the 27th minute. Junior Jason Johnson fired a shot, which deflected off George Washington goalkeeper Alejandro Almodovar. Freshman Devon Fisher then fired back the rebound into the top left of the net for a 1-0 lead.
- With just over 11 minutes to play in the opening period, Johnson maneuvered through the George Washington defense and into the box, where he ripped a shot from the top of the 18' but sailed wide to the far post.
- The Rams, who were at it again in the 37th minute, took a 2-0 advantage on Johnson's team-leading eighth goal of the season. Senior Brad Seymour sent a pass to sophomore Kharlton Belmar at the top of the box. Belmar directed the ball off his chest to Johnson, who then played a shot off Almodovar and into the net.
- George Washington (4-7-0, 1-1-0) tried to cut the deficit in half in the 66th minute on a free kick by Glen Sousa, but VCU goalkeeper Andrew Wells punched the shot over the crossbar. On the ensuing corner kick, Tyler Ranalli got his head on the ball but sailed just high.
- VCU added an insurance score in the 70th minute. Sophomore Mario Herrera Meraz played a long pass to Belmar on the left wing, who then drove toward the goal and beat Almodovar to make it 3-0.
- Wells made a stop again in the 79th minute off a shot from Jack Lopez to preserve the shutout.
- VCU has outscored its opponents 22-7 through its first 10 matches this season, including a 7-1 advantage in its last two outings.
- The Rams outshot the Colonials 26-8. Johnson led VCU with a game-high eight shots, while 10 different Black and Gold players registered a shot.
- Fisher scored the game-winning goal for the second straight game. Meanwhile, Johnson has scored in three straight contests, including seven goals in his last seven outings.
- Johnson and Belmar each collected a goal and an assist.
- Wells, who posted his third shutout of the season, made four saves for VCU. He has only allowed seven goals in 10 matches this season.
"I was pleased with getting the three points obviously, but left the field not feeling great about our performance toward the end of the game. I was very pleased with our approach to the warm-up and the beginning of the game, but would like to see us sharper through the final whistle. It's nice though to be able to learn those lessons when you win if you can though. Now we look ahead to a tough weekend of travel to St. Louis and Indianapolis against two of the best teams in the A-10."
-VCU Head Coach Dave Giffard
VCU hits the road for four straight beginning Friday, Oct. 12 at Saint Louis. Kickoff is set for 7 p.m. The Rams then travel to Butler on Oct. 14.


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Thanks to the so-called flash-sales sites we now have a distorted definition of what being a member means. Before Gilt, RueLaLa and the myriad "private" e-commerce business wanna-bees, gaining membership in something typically meant you needed to actually do something more than have an email address and a pulse.
By now it should be clear to everyone that membership to these sites is simply a marketing gimmick. And an effective one at that.
But beyond semantics, the key issue is really how many of these members are actually customers? And of the actual customers, how many have bought more than once in the last year and how many are actually profitable (or have the potential to be)? You don't have to tumble too many numbers to realize how shallow the customer base for most of these sites must be.
With competition heating up, and overall core sector growth flattening, it won't be long before some investors become quite unhappy indeed.


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The Eagles announced today that after 17 years they would no long hold training camp at Lehigh University, leaving businesses near the campus dealing with the reality of less money coming in this year.
Eagles training camp practices were free but that didn't mean that the thousands of football fans coming from near and far were leaving town without dropping some dough in Bethlehem, Pa.
For a decade, the Copperhead Grille on Route 378 has been one of the first (and last) restaurants fans from the Philly area would see as they turned from Route 309 on the way to training camp.
"During training camp we see about a 10-percent increase in our lunch business," said Copperhead Grille co-owner Mike Dontas.
As you walk into the Grille one of the first things to greet you is an old-school Chuck Bednarik Eagles jersey hanging on the wall. Bethlehem's favorite son, mementos from the Hall of Famer's career grace the walls of many local restaurants including the Tally Ho Tavern on of many restaurants along W 4th Street in the city's South Side neighborhood.
Tally Ho chief financial officer and daytime manager Dave Swirczewski says Eagles football brought people from near and far to the tavern and its outdoor seating area.
"There's a fairly good lunch trade from it… we've had a few players up on our deck in summer," Swirczewski said as he sat in a booth in the back of the tavern.
"What it really did more than anything else was that it brought people who wouldn't have been here otherwise…. They're pretty easy to spot, they got their Eagles gear on."
Some businesses along 4th Street at the foot of Lehigh's campus couldn't speculate on how hard the hit would be but others had an idea.
"I think it's going to affect everyone on the South Side," Swirczewski said.
"It's gonna affect business," said Anthony Silvoy as he made sandwiches behind the counter of The Goose on W 4th Street. "You'd get some decent crowds."
Down 4th Street, Campus Pizza owner Angelo Caiazzo estimates that training camp normally bumped up sales 15 to 20 percent.
"It got us through the summers," Caiazzo said from behind the counter of his pizza parlor.
"It's just less of a piece of the pie to have now… after that is taken away it's just going to be a little bit slower than normal."
The summer is already slower for many businesses on the South Side.
NBC10.com reached out to both Lehigh University and Mayor John Callahan's office but neither gave any comment on how much money exactly would be lost.
At the locally-owned and operated Hotel Bethlehem in the city's Historic Downtown District general manager Dennis Costello estimated that they would lose about $25,000 without the Eagles in town.
"It was a nice little loyal crowd," Costello said sitting in the lavish lobby of the 91-plus-year-old hotel. "They'd come back, the same people every year."
Depending on the year, he said that the hotel would book 20 to 30 rooms because of training camp.
"They generally tended to spend two, three, four nights at the hotel. They'd have breakfast here, they'd have drinks."
Costello also said that Eagles fans would go to nearby restaurants and stores where they would spend more money.
But on Friday nearly every person NBC10.com approached wasn't as worried about the money as they were sad about the Birds flying the coop.
"From a business perspective we're going to miss the retail sales and if you're a (regular) patron of the bar you're going to miss the sightings of some Eagles," said Swirczewski.
The biggest summer for these businesses was in 2004 when the arrival of Terrell Owens and a Super Bowl-caliber team drew record crowds to Eagles practice. Since then nearly every business we entered said they've seen steady traffic, some even saying business had picked up again in recent years.
"It's just going to be sad not to have those people here," Dontas said. He said Copperhead Grille would often add shifts during training camp and he even recalled times when they would open before 11 a.m. because there would already be Eagles fans playing football in the parking lot as they waited to get a bite.
"It's just going to be sad not to have those people here," Dontas said.
"It's not going to close us down, obviously, but at the same time it's good to have that little extra business from fans."


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Ex-Adams Officer Charged With ID Fraud, Prescription Forgery
|Thomas Cook
ADAMS, Mass. — A former Adams Police officer has been charged with trying to get a prescription filled falsely by using another man's identity.
According to a report on MassLive, 35-year-old Thomas Cook of Cheshire was charged in Westfield District Court for "uttering a false prescription, identity fraud, police or witness intimidation, receiving stolen property and attempting to commit a crime."
According to the police report, Cook tried to pass himself off as Todd Syrett, whom he had arrested in 2012. He dropped off a prescription for a stimulant known as methylphenidate (Ritalin, etc) at Westfield CVS and showed Syrett's driver's license to the pharmacist, the report said.
When the real Todd Syrett was texted that the prescription was ready, he contacted the pharmacy, which in turn contacted police, according to MassLive.
Cook was released on personal recognizance Judge Philip Contant after being arraigned.
Police Chief Richard Tarsa said on Wednesday night that Cook was no longer in the town's employ.
"He is no longer an employee of Adams or the Adams Police Department and he officially resigned Tuesday afternoon," he said.
Cook had been on the force for more than four years. He was hired to replace Officer Alan Vigiard, who was charged with possessing child pornography, then laid off because of budget cuts. He was reinstalled in 2010 in part because of a federal grant.
Adams Structure Fire Contained; Pets Rescued
|Adams firefighters were on the scene of a structure fire early Sunday morning on Water Street.
ADAMS, Mass. — Firefighters swiftly contained a house fire early Sunday morning, saving more than a dozen pets.
The Fire Department responded to the report of a structure fire at 2:30 a.m. at 27 Water St.
Heavy smoke could be seen coming from the back of the two-story house, and some witnesses said flames were visible.
Fire Destroys Adams Apartment Building
|A massive blaze destroyed a building on Temple Street in Adams early Saturday.
Update: 2:45 p.m., Dec. 22:
One side of the building was occupied by the Palumbo family: Bruce and Brenda Palumbo lived in the downstairs apartment and their daughter Haley and her boyfriend, Mike, lived above them. Friends say Haley got everyone out of the house but her parents lost everything and she lost almost all of her things.
The family is also dealing with medical issues after Brenda Palumbo was taken to Baystate Medical Center in Springfield later on Saturday after reportedly suffering a heart attack.
Haley Palumbo's best friend Kyla Cabana has started a fund drive for the Palumbos.
"They are amazing nice people and would do anything for anyone," Cabana wrote in an email message.
Cabana has set a goal of $5,000; by Sunday afternoon, more than $1,700 had been raised. AP Home Decor & More in North Adams is also accepting small cash donations for the Palumbos.
ADAMS, Mass. — Firefighters from four communities fought a massive early morning blaze that destroyed an apartment building on Temple Street early Saturday morning.
"The fire had a good hold on arrival and it was a team effort by all departments in order to get this under control," said Fire Chief Paul Goyette. "But the bottom line is no firefighters got hurt."
One of the tenants was taken to the hospital for a rapid heartbeat.
Cheshire, Clarksburg and Lanesborough fire companies joined Adams firefighters in attacking the blaze that tore through all four of the apartments in the building before burning into the attic.
"Once it went right through the roof, I pulled all of firefighters out of the building," Goyette said, for safety reasons.
The chief said the structure at 18 Temple St. was built in the 1800s and, like many buildings of that era, has a balloon construction frame that helped the fire spread.
The middle of the building was gutted and roof caved in between the attic dormers.
"I called it under control at 6:28 a.m. and we maintained a fire watch until 2 p.m. this afternoon," Goyette said.
The fire started in an external storage area near the rear basement level. The state fire marshal responded to the scene; it is under investigation and the cause has not been determined, said Goyette.
It will be up to building inspection and the compliance officer to determine if the structure will have to come down. The building is owned by James and Claire Adams, according to documents on file with Registry of Deeds.
Adams Ambulance and North Adams Ambulance services both responded to the scene. North Adams Fire Department covered the Adams station.
Goyette said only one call reporting a structure fire came in and it was not known if it was a tenant who alerted emergency services. He believed there were five people living in three of the four apartments, all of whom were outside the building when the Fire Department arrived. They were being taken in by relatives and friends and some of their personal items were recovered.
"It's a terrible thing to happen just before the holidays," he said.
A fundraiser has been started for some of the residents who were forced out their homes and lost so much just days before Christmas. Donations for the Palumbo family can be made here.
Adams Police Seeking Information in Bar Robbery
ADAMS, Mass. — Police are asking the public for help in finding a thief who made off with a safe from Chick's Lunch last month.
The burglary occurred in the early morning hours of Saturday, March 23, after the Columbia Street bar had closed. Owner Dennis Knapp discovered the break-in at about 10 a.m. when he went to open up.
Video from security cameras show the thief coming from the back of the building, around into the kitchen area and behind the horseshoe bar. He is wearing a two-tone jacket, lighter on top, and a baseball cap pulled down over his eyes, and is carrying some type of strapped bag. He looks away and down from the cameras — located at three spots around the bar — the entire time.
He enters the screen at about 1:13 a.m. and leaves about a minute later, hauling the small safe with the belts. He also appears to open some of the cooler doors as he moves around the bar.
Police didn't want to give out too much information during the investigation but confirmed there was cash in the safe. They released the video to see if anyone could aid in identifying the suspect.
"We're hoping someone might recognize the jacket or the way he walks," said Officer Keith Erdeski.
Anyone with information is asked to contact Erdeski at 413-743-1212.
Adams Alerts Respond to Early Morning Fire
ADAMS, Mass. — An early morning blaze damaged a home on Old Columbia Street on Sunday morning.
According to a release from the Fire Department, Richard R. Speed was awakened by smoke in his 399 Old Columbia St. home and called 911 at 3:28 a.m. to report a possible chimney fire.
Responding crews from the Adams Alert Hose Company found smoke showing from the gable vents of the attic and an active fire in the wall and ceiling adjacent to a woodstove chimney.
Firefighters were able to knock down the fire and damage was contained to the first-floor wall and ceiling. All units were clear of the scene by 6:09 a.m. Assistant Chief Edward Capeless stated that there were no injuries at the scene and the home is habitable.
The Cheshire Volunteer Fire Department responded via mutual aid to cover the Adams station for the duration of the call.


text: › Academics » Physics » Facilities » Timmons Planetarium Home Prospective Students Career Opportunities Program Overview Engineering Dual Degree Course Sequences Meet Our Faculty Research Opportunities Facilities Townes Science Center Timmons Planetarium Astronomy Labs Computer Lab Optics Labs Contact Physics Plan a Visit ›Apply Now ›Give to Furman › Main Content Column 1 Try to find a university that has a planetarium inside a classroom and you'll find Furman on a very short list. With a 24-foot diameter and a high definition system, our planetarium is a virtual reality simulator that brings the galaxy to you. This cutting-edge facility allows our renowned faculty to shed light on the origins of the universe, and pinpoint planets that have favorable conditions to support life. You'll be able to view the solar system from multiple angles, and examine images generated by the Hubble Space Telescope. Frankly, we don't think there is a bad seat in the house.


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Ofsted chief calls for paid school governors
The Guardian |February 27, 2013
Sir Michael Wilshaw has, once again, criticised the professionalism of school governors by asserting that a lack of pay equates to a lack of ability to carry out the role. Whilst not all school governors consistently work effectively for the good of the schools that they serve this should not be used as a stick with which to beat all the hard-working school governors up and down the country. It is also worrying that he is advocating an increased role for so called 'professionals' while simultaneously minimising the use of volunteers from the local community. In a climate of shrinking community volunteer places on boards of governors through the Coalition's Academies and Free Schools programme this plan will simply further remove local and democratic accountability in the primary and secondary education system. There is far more to running a school than looking at figures on a report card; using paid governors who have no wider understanding of the school in question and no long-term interest in or knowledge of the local community is not the way forward.
Businesses should order staff to become governors at their local schools, the Ofsted chief inspector has said.
Sir Michael Wilshaw said more professionalism was needed among school governors, and again suggested that some should be paid for their work.
His comments came as he announced every primary and secondary school in England would be handed an annual report card detailing their exam results and attendance rates.
The one-page overview would be made available to the public so it could be used by parents to compare schools.
The move came amid concerns by Ofsted that governors need more information to hold their schools to account.
Wilshaw warned some school governors were not up to scratch and would rather spend time "looking at the quality of lunches and not enough on maths and English".
In a speech to the Policy Exchange in central London on Wednesday, he argued there needed to be a "professional approach" among governing bodies, particularly in the most challenging schools.
He said: "Of course there will always be a place for the volunteer and those from the community who want to support their local school. That will always be the case. But where there is a lack of capacity and where there are few volunteers without the necessary skills, we need to consider radical solutions.
"I have said it before and I will say it again, we should not rule out payment to governors with the necessary expertise to challenge and support schools with a long legacy of under-performance."
Wilshaw said he wanted to issue a challenge to the public and private sectors to encourage their best people to get involved in school governance.
"For example, all large and medium-sized companies could insist that their senior and middle managers join the governing bodies of local schools. I believe Rolls-Royce strongly encourage their managers to do this."
The new report card – the school data dashboard – will give information on how well a school is performing in test and exam results, as well as attendance, compared with other similar schools.
Ofsted said it would publish the documents, updated annually, for more than 20,000 state primary and secondary schools.
Wilshaw said governors should have access to the right information to understand and challenge their school, with no excuses for those that fail to do so.
"The school data dashboard I am launching today raises the stakes," he said. "Many governors know their school well already. But for those that don't, there are now no excuses. Inspectors will be very critical of governing bodies who, despite the dashboard, still don't know their school well enough."
The 6,000 schools currently considered less than good by Ofsted usually have issues with their leadership, including governors, Wilshaw said.
"Poor governance focuses on the marginal rather than the key issues. In other words, too much time spent looking at the quality of school lunches and not enough on maths and English."
Brian Lightman, the general secretary of the Association of School and College Leaders (ASCL), said: "It is absolutely right that governors and parents should hold schools to account, and access to data is a part of this.
"However, all data, especially 'simple' statistics, comes with a health warning. It should encourage people to ask more questions, not to draw premature conclusions. Reciting statistics about how a school is performing is much different from really understanding its strong points and areas for development."
The last Labour government set out proposals for a US-style report card in a white paper published in 2009. Under the plans, every school was to be ranked on a number of measures and given a final overall grade. The proposals were scrapped after the last election.
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Woman dies after hit-and-run crash in Byram
A 21-year-old woman died Saturday after she was struck and dragged by a car in the Byram section of town, and police are still looking for the man who was behind the wheel.
Police said the woman was retrieving items from a car in a parking lot on William Street around 2 a.m. Saturday when a dark red sedan pulled into the lot and struck her.
The driver of the red sedan stopped briefly, but then fled the scene, dragging the woman beneath the car.
After the accident, the woman was rushed to Stamford Hospital's emergency room, but she did not survive. Her identity was withheld Saturday as authorities worked to contact her family. Police said she was a student from Middlebury.
The car that struck her was described as low to the ground with tinted windows, chrome wheels and possible damage to its front air dam. Police said the vehicle had Connecticut license plates on the front and back.
The driver was described as a young white man, possibly Hispanic, with short brown hair in a buzz cut. He reportedly has brown eyes and a thin build. He was wearing a long-sleeved shirt with a gold chain and cross.
Anyone with information is asked to contact Greenwich Police Officer Roger Drenth by calling 203-622-8014 or by emailing firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Tuesday, June 22, 2010
Tea Gadget Report 1
There never seems to be a shortage of tea gadgets. Here are a few we've run across lately:
Take the Breville One-Touch Tea Maker, for instance, another of those gadgets that falls into the Fancy Hi-Falutin' Almost Automatic Teamaker category. It's been getting a lot of press lately, including this brief overview from one of the gadget sites and reviews from the Teaviews site and Cnet.
From Treehugger, a report on the Kug, which "is a Travel Mug and Tea Kettle In One." I didn't know we had the technology to do that but apparently we do.
Speaking of tea makers, here's an interesting take on the Teawakers that are (or were?) so popular with the British. It's an Alarm Clock Tea Maker.
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Teens, Want to Work for Rec and Park?
Entering its 54th year, the San Francisco Recreation and Park Department's Workreation Program is a school-year and summer employment, mentorship and training program for all youth who live in, or attend school in, San Francisco. Workreation is open to youth, ages 14-17 (or 18, as long as the student is … Continue reading


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Small embedded computer systems built around microcontrollers are becoming more common as device makers look for ways to connect to the Internet of Things. But the devices, including medical instruments, cell phones, cars and smart grid technology, remain vulnerable to security breaches.
Now a group of computer scientists at the University of California, San Diego, has developed a tool that lets hardware designers and system builders test the security of embedded devices.
It's a first for the field, according to researchers at the UCSD's Jacobs School of Engineering.
"Engineers traditionally design devices to be fast and use as little power as possible," said Jonathan Valamehr, a postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at UCSD. "Oftentimes, they don't design them with security in mind."
The tool is based on the team's research on Gate-level Information Flow Tracking, or GLIFT, which tags and then tracks critical pieces through hardware's security system.
Researchers say the tool can detect security-specific properties within a hardware system, such as ensuring that a cryptographic key does not leak outside a chip's cryptographic core. And in some types of hardware, one can determine a device's cryptographic key based on the amount of time it takes to encrypt information. The tool can detect these timing channels that can compromise a device's security.
Another threat is integrity, where a critical subsystem within a device can be affected by non-critical ones. For example, a car's brakes can be affected by its CD player. The tool can detect these integrity violations as well.
Valamehr, Ryan Kastner, a professor of computer science at UCSD, and Ph.D. candidate Jason Oberg started a company named Tortuga Logic to commercialize the technology. The firm was recently awarded a $150,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to further their research.
Tortuga Logic is a member of the Medical Device Innovation Safety and Security committee, a nonprofit professional organization and of the Vehicle Electrical System Security Committee.
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Integral equations on the half of line are commonly approximated by the finite-section approximation, in which the infinite upper limit is replaced by apositie number called finite-section parameter. In this paper we consider the finite-section approximation for first kind intgral equations which are typically ill-posed and call for regularization. For some classes of such equations corresponding to inverse problems from optics and astronomy we indicate the finite-section parameters that allows to apply standard regularization techniques. Two discretization schemes for the finite-section equations ar also proposed and their efficiency is studied.
The mathematical formulation of many physical problems results in the task of inverting a compact operator. The only known sensible solution technique is regularization which poses a severe problem in itself. Classically one dealt with deterministic noise models and required both the knowledge of smoothness of the solution function and the overall error behavior. We will show that we can guarantee an asymptotically optimal regularization for a physically motivated noise model under no assumptions for the smoothness and rather weak assumptions on the noise behavior which can mostly obtained out of two input data sets. An application to the determination of the gravitational field out of satellite data will be shown.
We study a possiblity to use the structure of the regularization error for a posteriori choice of the regularization parameter. As a result, a rather general form of a selection criterion is proposed, and its relation to the heuristical quasi-optimality principle of Tikhonov and Glasko (1964), and to an adaptation scheme proposed in a statistical context by Lepskii (1990), is discussed. The advantages of the proposed criterion are illustrated by using such examples as self-regularization of the trapezoidal rule for noisy Abel-type integral equations, Lavrentiev regularization for non-linear ill-posed problems and an inverse problem of the two-dimensional profile reconstruction.
Morozov's discrepancy principle for Tikhonov regularization of severely ill-posed problems in finite-dimensional subspaces (2000)
In this paper, the complexity of full solution of Fredholm integral equations of the second kind with data from the Sobolev class \(W^r_2\) is studied. The exact order of information complexity is derived. The lower bound is proved using a Gelfand number technique. The upper bound is shown by providing a concrete algorithm of optimal order, based on a specific hyperbolic cross approximation of the kernel function. Numerical experiments are included, comparing the optimal algorithm with the standard Galerkin method.
Error estimates for band-limited spherical regularization wavelets in some inverse problems of satellite geodesy (1999)
In this paper we discuss a special class of regularization methods for solving the satellite gravity gradiometry problem in a spherical framework based on band-limited spherical regularization wavelets. Considering such wavelets as a reesult of a combination of some regularization methods with Galerkin discretization based on the spherical harmonic system we obtain the error estimates of regularized solutions as well as the estimates for regularization parameters and parameters of band-limitation.


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There are loads of ways to get a faster wireless network connection at home - some of which are more practical than others.
You can hire some heavy machinery and knock down a few walls in your house so the Wi-Fi signal can travel through more efficiently. You can chuck out your current network hardware and buy a new set with the latest specification.
Or you could go down the easier, less destructive, and perhaps most importantly, free route of making sure your network is operating on the right channel and tweaking its settings for maximum speed. It's much like tuning a radio to a different station.
There's a simple reason why you might need to change your router's network channel. When there are many other wireless networks in your local area (which is likely if you live in a city), wireless signals can clash, causing interference that makes network traffic slow down.
There are several possible channels that your wireless network can operate on. We're going to show you how to look at the traffic in your area and move your network to the least clogged part of the spectrum, ensuring you get the best results.
Step-by-step: Boost your wireless connection
1. Download time
To analyse your local network traffic in greater depth, we're going to use a tool called inSSIDer. It's a full network analyser capable of some incredibly complex things, but we're really only going to skim the surface of its abilities. Download and install the program from here - just click 'Next' repeatedly to get it installed.
2. Scan for networks
Run inSSIDer - you'll find it inside a folder marked 'Metageek' in your Start menu. Click on the tab marked '2.4GHz channels', then look at the top of the screen for a button labelled 'Start'. This sets inSSIDer hunting around your local area for networks. It'll probably find many more than Windows does. Click 'Stop' when you're done.
3. Find a channel
Look at the graph - this is a map of where the networks in your area fall along the 11 main wireless channels. Their height represents their signal strength from your current location. It's down to you to interpret your graph, since it won't be the same as mine. Find an area with some empty space, or a quiet channel, and note its number down.
4. On the router
The channel you picked will be your network's new home. If it's nice and clear, you should get a decent speed boost. To change the channel on your router, you need to log in to its admin interface, which is different for every model. I'll show you the steps we took for our Asus WL700ge - you may need to search the internet for specifics.
5. Log in
I'll start by firing up a web browser and going to the local IP address of my wireless router - in this case 192.168.1.1. This brings up the login screen, where I need to enter my credentials. If you don't know yours, it's likely they haven't been changed from their defaults, so dig out the manual or search online and you should find them.
6. Set the channel
From here I need to access the advanced settings screen, which gives me more options. It's easy to change the channel on this particular router - there's a drop-down box in the middle of the screen that lets me do it. While I'm poking around, I can also look for a number of other settings that will keep my router speedy.
7. More tweaks
I'm given the option of setting a wireless mode - in this case turning off the older 802.11b service. If you still have devices that use it, you'll want to leave it switched on, but since I only have 802.11g devices in my house, I can safely switch it off and claw back a tiny speed boost. Then it's time to head to the advanced wireless page.
8. Radio settings
Here I can fiddle with all sorts of things, but I'll stick to the bits I know will help my wireless speed. Turning the radio power up should mean I get better signal at a distance. The 'afterburner' mode is only useful if you have wireless cards or dongles in your PCs that support it, so I'll leave it off. Frame burst, lower down the page, is a must.
9. Check the changes
After you've made the changes, you'll need to apply them and save your settings. Your router will probably reboot. Once everything is back online, run inSSIDer again to check the results of your changes and ensure that your wireless connection has moved to its new channel. Try a download - you should see the benefits immediately.
10. Speed for free
So you've checked out the wireless channels in your area, found the ideal one for your network and hopefully, depending on your router, switched its channel to an empty space. If it seems to have made things worse, there may be some other interference in the new channel, like a cordless phone, so try a few until you find the best one.


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Apple's EPEAT reversal shows sustainability's clout
Apple's EPEAT reversal shows sustainability's clout
[This story has been updated to note that Apple's MacBook Pro with Retina display was added to the EPEAT registry.]
Apple's announcement this morning about its decision to return to the EPEAT green electronics registry wasn't just a direct reversal of policy.
Following the outcry from customers, including institutional buyers and activists, Apple worked with EPEAT over the last week to add new products onto the registry, as well as placing Apple's 39 eligible products back on the approval list, according to Sarah O' Brien, EPEAT communications director. The company's MacBook Pro computer with Retina display, rumored to have been the reason for Apple's withdrawal from the registry in the first place, was added to its list of certified products, achieving an EPEAT Gold rating, said Apple spokeswoman Kristin Huguent.
The computer giant's turnaround from its decision last Friday shows the clout that EPEAT has with companies, governments and educational purchasers which have adopted environmental procurement policies following EPEAT standards. The registry rates computer desktop computers, laptops and monitors based on their energy use, toxics and recyclability.
Apple released the news on its website this morning in a letter to customers from Senior Vice President of Hardware Engineering Bob Mansfield. "We've recently heard from many loyal Apple customers who were disappointed to learn that we had removed our products from the EPEAT rating system," Mansfield's letter read. "I recognize that this was a mistake. Starting today, all eligible Apple products are back on EPEAT."
EPEAT coordinated with Apple to release the news simultaneously, according to O'Brien. "I am very happy to announce that all of Apple's previously registered products, and a number of new products, are back on the EPEAT registry," CEO Robert Frisbee wrote in an open letter on the EPEAT home page. "Our relationship with Apple is based on our natural alignment – as Apple drives innovation in product design, EPEAT drives innovation in standards design."
The company's decision to withdraw its eligible products from EPEAT -- despite no publicly known change in its manufacturing processes or material composition -- brought about a swift reaction from the City of San Francisco's Department of the Environment, which notified all city departments within days of the EPEAT withdrawal that they were no longer allowed to purchase products from Apple.
By remaining estranged from the registry, Apple also faced a potential loss from a number of large purchasers with procurement policies in place requiring EPEAT purchases, including Kaiser Permanente, McKesson and HDR. The U.S. government has a purchasing policy requirement that 95 percent of its agencies' electronics be certified by EPEAT, according to O'Brien. And several universities and federal, state and municipal agencies have such policies in place as well, according to Information Week.
Both EPEAT and Apple appeared eager to put this weeklong incident behind them and look to a renewed relationship.
"Mainly we're very excited and happy," said O' Brien. "We love to have Apple participating actively in the system. We're very cognizant of the general stakeholder community to whom EPEAT is important."
She added: "We're moving forward, as we have been, on innovation in standards and environmental requirements and are very happy to have Apple be a part of that. It's a happy resolution for all of us."
"Our relationship with EPEAT has become stronger as a result of this experience, and we look forward to working with EPEAT as their rating system and the underlying IEEE 1680.1 standard evolve," Mansfield wrote. "Our team at Apple is dedicated to designing products that everyone can be proud to own and use."


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This month, Culture, Agriculture, Food and Environment publishes its latest journal issue, Tending the Field: Special Issue on Agricultural Anthropology and Robert E. Rhoades. The issue brings together a collection of articles that expand upon Rhoades's work in agricultural anthropology. Of particular note for readers interested in participatory and collaborative research is Todd A. Crane's contribution, "Bringing Science and Technology Studies into Agricultural Anthropology: Technology Development as Cultural Encounter between Farmers and Researchers."
Crane argues for a unique and innovative twist to the "farmer-back-to-farmer" (FB2F) approach in the development of agricultural technologies. In the FB2F approach, outlined by Robert Rhoades and Robert Booth in 1982, the development of technologies begins and ends with farmers, considering their perspectives and considerations in developing technologies, as well as their evaluation, adaptation, and integration of proposed technologies. Crane updates this model by proposing that empirical social research on scientists' institutional cultures and technical practices additionally be considered in applied agricultural research- a proposal that creatively integrates perspectives from science and technology studies (STS) into the FB2F approach. "Unpacking the "back-to" part of "farmer-back-to-farmer" means acknowledging researchers as stakeholders in the process, just as much as farmers are," Crane writes. This proposal is of both applied and theoretical interest. As Crane argues:
Conducting empirical social research on scientists' technical practices, social organization, and institutional norms- alongside the same research done with farmers- will enable a better theorization of how and why certain forms of applied agricultural research work (or do not work), which should in turn enable applied research strategies to become more effective. Furthermore, by including both farmers and research scientists in the analytical lens, we can also better understand the "hows" and "whys" of cultural encounters that occur when farmers and scientists work together (47).
To read this article through open-access, click here. Read the full issue of Culture, Agriculture, Food and Environment on AnthroSource.


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East Central became the pick of the Great American Conference women's soccer head coaches to repeat as league champion following the release of the preseason poll, the conference office announced on Thursday.
The Tigers earned a pair of first-place votes. Oauchita Baptist and Southwestern Oklahoma State shared second place and both schools received a first place vote. Harding took fourth place.
East Central returns 18 from last season's title-winning squad, but must replace 2011 GAC Offensive Player of the Year Whitney Watts. The Glutz twins - Margaret and Katie - return for the Tigers. Margaret claimed Freshman of the Year
honors and a place on the National Soccer Coaches Association of America Third Team All-South Central Region team
after anchoring the backline. Katie notched a goal and five assists in her first season. The Tigers also return their top scorer, Ashley Bradford, for her junior campaign. She earned First-Team All-GAC honors after scoring six times and totaling 14 points.
Last seasons two runner-ups - Southwestern Oklahoma State (regular season) and Ouachita Baptist (tournament) shared second place in the poll. The Bulldogs return the 2011 GAC Defensive Player of the Year, Kira Bertrand, who helped them lead the conference in goals-against average, 0.65, while registering eight shutouts. Offensively, junior Kelsey Visor looks to lead the way. In 2011, she tied for second in the GAC in points, 18, and third in the conference with seven goals.
Ouchita Baptist returns a pair of First-Team All-GAC performers for the 2012 season in midfielder Lauren Hatch and defender Carrie Lieblong. The Tigers welcome in a new head coach, Kevin Wright, to lead the team this fall. He had coached at Howard Payne University in Texas the previous four years.
Harding opens 2012 with strength on defense as the Bisons return All-GAC and All-South Region center back Hannah Hatcher. She paced the team with 1652 minutes played.
The women's soccer season begins in two weeks with Oauchita Baptist and Harding opening play. East Central and Southwestern Oklahoma State kick off the following day. The season concludes with the GAC Championship Tournament, which will be held on the campus of the regular season champion November 2-4.
Coaches did not include provisional members Northwestern Oklahoma State and Southern Nazarene in the preseason


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Like a young Mauro Gozzo, Jesse Litsch has stepped in to help salvage the back end of the Jays rotation. Litsch's next starts are not all going to go so well, but let's be grateful for this memorable moment, and moreover, for the win.
By the way, I'm not sure if anyone out there watching the game realized it, but Litsch used to be Devil Rays' bat boy. I mean, it was mentioned about 500 times in the innings I saw...but I guess not everyone would have been lucky enough to hear Jamie Campbell go on and on and on and on about this.


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Frank Furedi is a sociologist and social commentator. He was formerly Professor of Sociology at the University of Kent in Canterbury. He is author of 17 full-length books including:
Paranoid Parenting (2001), Allen Lane (The Penguin Press)
Culture of Fear (2002), Continuum
Therapy Culture: Cultivating Vulnerability In An Uncertain Age (2003), Routledge
Where have All The Intellectuals Gone?: Confronting 21st Century Philistinism (2005), Continuum
Politics of Fear: Beyond Left and Right (2005), Continuum
Invitation to Terror: The Expanding Empire of the Unknown (2007), Continuum
Authority: A Sociological History (2013), Cambridge University Press
First World War: Still No End In Sight (2014), Bloomsbury
For more information on these publications, see the books page.


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Texas transportation officials are scheduled to give lawmakers a road map for the challenges the state faces in keeping up an aging highway system to move its growing population.
The House Transportation Committee has scheduled a Tuesday morning hearing. Gov. Rick Perry has said he wants to spend $1.7 billion from the state's Rainy Day Fund on transportation projects. Perry has said good roads are critical to the state's future economy.
Houston-area roads rank among the most-congested in the country, according to a recent report by the Texas A&M Transportation Institute.
Politics from around the world.
House Speaker Joe Straus has said lawmakers may consider raising the $25 cost to renew a Texas driver license to help pay for road projects. A proposal to raise that fee by $8 failed in 2011.


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One of Louisiana's most wanted fugitives "got the wrong guy" when he allegedly fired at a car carrying two women while aiming at another vehicle on Christmas Eve, The Times-Picayune reported.
The women, ages 39 and 27, heard a loud "bang" as they passed a swerving white car on Interstate 10 and saw that their rear window had been shattered, Kenner Police Department spokesman Lt. Wayne McInnis told the paper.
After they pulled over, a man later identified as Kendall L. Reid, 36, approached the women and said, "Sorry, wrong car."
He then returned to his red Corvette and continued driving, police said.
Reid was later arrested in New Jersey. He was held under $250,000 bond Monday after being extradited to Louisiana and booked in Kenner last Wednesday, the Times-Picayune reported. He faces charges of assault/driveby shooting and aggravated criminal damage to property.
Police believe Reid was aiming for the swerving white vehicle, whose driver is unknown, when he fired at the women, McInnis said.


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Superdelegates: Stop Clinton Madness Now
Clinton's approach is called the break-all-the China strategy. In other words, if a mad person enters a store that sells expensive China and starts swinging and destroying every item in sight, the store's managers may conclude that the only way to preserve the remaining China is to abandon the store to the mad destroyer.
[Elections 2008: Editorial]
The superdelegates are the only people that can save the Democratic Party today.
Beginning with DNC chairman Howard Dean, super delegates must publicly declare for Senator Barack Obama before Senator Hillary Clinton completely destroys the party's chances. She prefers to hand the keys to the White House to Republican John McCain.
The reason why superdelegates were created was to help steer a nominee past suicidal obstacles created by another contender within the Democratic Party.
It's not the most democratic process; in fact it resembles a pulitburo system. Yet, we now see the reason why the superdelegates system was created. Ironically, for the time being, it's the only way to stop a candidate determined to destroy the party's chances.
Gary Hart presented problems for the Democratic Party when he ran against Walter Mondale. The exposes of his affairs, the Democratic Party believed at the time, were going to cost the Democrats the election had Hart been the nominee.
The Democratic Party believed Mondale was more electable and the superdelegates leaned for Mondale; he went on to a spectacular defeat at the general election.
Barack Obama thankfully presents less of a dilemma for the Democratic Party's bigwigs and the superdelegates. Obama leads Clinton by nearly 150 pledged delegates; he's won 30 states compared to her 14; and, he has won 600,000-plus more popular votes than Clinton.
A poll conducted by The Wall Street Journal/NBC published this week, shows Obama beating the Republican McCain 47% to 44%; the same poll shows Clinton winning over McCain 47% to 45%.
But when Democrats were asked whom they believed, between Obama and Clinton had a better chance of beating McCain, the survey showed Democrats preferred Obama by 10% points better over Clinton as the candidate to beat McCain.
It's clear that beginning with the Texas vote, the Clinton machinery has determined that the only way for her to even have a chance of becoming the nominee is to make Obama as toxic as possible and move white voters and superdelegates away from him.
By throwing racist bombs –such as the Geraldine Ferraro smear, and now the video of a sermon by the retired pastor of Obama's church from a year ago—Clinton believes she can win by larger margins in states like Pennsylvania, by driving white voters away from Obama. She believes she can accomplish the same outcome if voting is redone in Florida and Michigan.
Clinton believes that she can so racially polarize the electorate to the extent that eventually the superdelegates will succumb to bombardment and lean towards her. She knows she can't catch up in total delegates.
In fact she believes she can even usurp the nomination before the Convention in August.
Maybe Clinton hopes that, to preserve the Democratic Party, and any remaining chance the party has of winning in November, Obama, being a balanced and rational individual, will withdraw from the race.
It's called break-all-the China strategy.
A mad person enters a store with very expensive China and starts swinging and destroying every item in sight. The store's managers may conclude that the only way to preserve the remaining China is to temporarily abandon the store to the mad destroyer.
But the voters have so far expressed a clear preference. They want Obama as the nominee.
This is the time for the super delegates to show what they're worth. Between now and Pennsylvania, there is simply too much time to allow Clinton to continue swinging madly. If the Clinton ugliness continues, there will be no more China left by April 22.
Superdelegates must follow the electorate now and declare for Senator Obama. Get the mad destroyer away from the China today.
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Best to Buy
Fresh turkey should be odor-free and have clean skin with no pinfeathers. Frozen turkey should have a plump breast and be wrapped in an airtight package.
Make sure to buy turkey on or before the "sell by" date on the package. This date indicates the last day the turkey should be offered for sale.
Prep & Store
Refrigerate fresh turkey in its original wrapping, over-wrapped with aluminum foil, for up to two days. Freeze fresh turkey if you do not plan to cook it within two days of purchase.
Nutrition Notes
Turkey is an excellent source of selenium, niacin, and vitamin B6 and a good source of iron.
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'Wet Feathers' luxury designer greeting card has been printed from an original watercolour painting by Janet Gammans. Measuring 6" x 6" and printed on 350gsm semi-gloss prime silk art card. Together with white envelope, has been packed in clear a cellophane bag. The inside of the card is left blank for you to write your own personal message. This card can be used as a birthday celebration card or any other anniversary acknowledgement of your choice!
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