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James Watson resigns over "racist" comments.
Obligatory disclaimer: Watson's remarks (and some past remarks, apparently) were offensive and ignorant at best.
But I can't help feel sorry for the man. I have some lingering affection for him. I grew up with a fascination for biological sciences, and Watson and Crick were demigods in the textbooks; the mythic account of their discovery of the double helix was like Prometheus bring fire to the primitives. I read Watson's memoir, The Double Helix, and came away feeling as if I knew the young scientist in the '50s, like I was there during the exciting time of discovery. It was a key part of my inspiration to go into the life sciences. Sure, I knew there was much that was fictionalized and much that was omitted (Rosalind Franklin's contribution, for example). But still, it was a great story and great science.
It's sad indeed to see a great man end his career diminished in such a way. I don't blame him per se for having anachronistic views: he is quite old and I have known many elderly individuals to have embarrassingly unreconstructed views on race, sexuality, society, etc. It is a pity that he spoke out so prominently that it couldn't be ignored and that an institutional repudiation was required, and that he must thus end his long and distinguished career in ignominy.
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James Watson resigns over "racist" comments.
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Here is a quote from 1973 Time Magazine article. Unfortunately, Dr. Watson was not new in his controversial views.ReplyDelete
Last week a scientist whose work has helped to make engineering—and even creation—of life a possibility tackled this dilemma head on. Dr. James Watson, co-discoverer of the double helix, the master molecule DNA, urged that doctors attending the birth of laboratory-conceived human babies be given the right to terminate the lives of the infants if they are grossly abnormal.
Watson's statement, made in an interview in the A.M.A.'s new socio-economic magazine Prism, is no casual endorsement of infanticide. Watson believes that doctors have not fully considered the potentially disastrous consequences of their interference in natural processes.
Yeah, he apparently has plenty of other "controversial" comments out there.ReplyDelete
Maybe the real point is that it's sad to see your childhood heroes revealed to be flawed human beings.
- Anonymous10/25/2007 11:46 AM
since when does politics and controversial views have anything to do with the capacity for him to make an impact in scientific discoveryReplyDelete
i think this whole thing is way overblown.
there was a litte problem with his statement... but what if he's right?
i'm a pakistani american... and sometimes people are way to easily insulted...
it makes me want to tell them to shut up to their face...
oh no i'm being controversial
Yes, well, Anonymous: what if a public figure respected for his intellect came out and said that unfortunately, Pakistani-Americans are more ill-mannered and cowardly than most?ReplyDelete
Would there be a "little problem" with that, do you think? Good grief.
Thanks, 'fax, for mentioning Dr. Franklin. She seems to be getting her due a little late, but it's better than the obscurity she would have had.
- Anonymous10/25/2007 12:31 PM
Watson and Crick did a brilliant piece of detective work to be sure. But they did it with stolen evidence. The prize should of been shared with Rosalind Franklin, whose crystallography images were the key to their breakthrough. But she died of ovarian cancer possibly resulting from her work and Nobel prizes are never awarded posthumously. Even back then, Watson wrote a rude and hurtful book that was still rude and hurtful after being edited to soften the comments.ReplyDelete
stolen evidence? that's ridiculous. 1) it's not stolen information if someone willingly shows it to you and 2) she published the x-ray structures in the same issue of nature as the watson and crick paper. so she got credit for her work, and they cited her in theirs. in science, we don't call building upon other people's results "stealing".ReplyDelete
I don't condone watson's recent comments, but in a response piece, he did make a point that I found very interesting- science is what it is, not what we want it to be. if it turns out that there are genetic variations that contribute to intelligence (and there almost certainly are), and differences in some of those genes are found to vary between races or ethnicities... what then? do we dismiss results because they don't conform to how we think the world should work?
It is a shame and quite human that in all his magnificent brilliance, that spot of darkness overshadows him.ReplyDelete
Intelligence apparently does not excuse one from stunning ignorance in other areas.
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The heat in Austin yesterday (86 degrees!) only seemed to help the bands put on some awesome shows. Our favorites of the day were Mother Mother, Surfer Blood, !!! and Little Dragon.
After a great day of shows, the AE team hit Moonshine for dinner. There is only one word to describe the macaroni and cheese – amazing!
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We recently talked about how your credit (or lack thereof) can affect your eligibility for student loans. But there's another important way student loans and credit are tied to one another. Once your student loans go into repayment, the way you handle those payments can have an impact on your credit score - for better or for worse.
When you make payments on just about any type of loan, it's reflected on your credit report. Student loans are no different, and according to FICO® (the credit score people) they are treated the same as any other installment loan.
From Wikipedia: An installment loan is a loan that is repaid over time with a set number of scheduled payments.
From Wikipedia: An installment loan is a loan that is repaid over time with a set number of scheduled payments.
If you're making payments regularly and on time, it will have a positive impact on your credit score. And that means when it comes time to borrow money for other reasons - a new car, your first home, etc. - you'll get a better, lower interest rate. That lower interest rate means less money out of your pocket over time. Additionally, paying on your student loans will help you establish credit history at a time when you may not have much built up yet.
Any time you fail to make timely payments or default on a loan - meaning you stop making payments entirely - it will lower your credit score and hurt your chances of receiving loans in the future. If you are having trouble making ends meet and truly can't make your payments on your student loan, look into options for deferment or an income-based payment plan. Deferment means that you could get some time off from making payments if you meet certain qualifications. But beware, your interest could continue to add up, so you're really just postponing the inevitable.
How does all of this shake out in real life? Here's an example:
A friend - let's call him "Joe" - owed several thousands of dollars in student loans when he left college. He'd made payments, but after a while wasn't making enough money to continue - so he just stopped. Joe's lender started calling. He told them he'd make payments. He didn't hold up his end of the deal. They called more. Joe stopped answering. A few years later he applied for a mortgage loan and was told he didn't qualify due to negative credit reporting on his student loans. The mortgage lender suggested he pay off the delinquent amount on his loans and come back in six months to see if they could help him then.
The moral of this story is that when you accept a student loan, you're accepting responsibility to repay it. If you play by the rules and pay on time - great! You'll see benefits in the form of a higher credit score. If you don't hold up your end you'll pay the price in one way or another, and that's a college lesson no one wants to learn!
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The first day of the MINI Kitesurf Tour Europe presented by XS Power Drink was a sunny but unfortunatley windless day.
Some Course Racer gave it a try today to race in 3 - 5 knots. In the end we called it at 5 pm a day for the Freestyler and Course Racers. The beach was covered by many kites and every partner made themselves a home down at the beach. For example our partner from the Kite-Expo, North Kiteboarding / Wet Watersports /Pop Kite and Ozone, Brunotti presented by Kite- Frenzy set up a nice area. For the rest of the week there is the possibility to test the gear of 2014 down at the beach at Castelldefels. Take also the chance to take a MINI for a test drive through the beautiful landspace. Hopefully tomorrow we will get some wind for some competition and the Chupa Chups Kite show.
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For billionaire businessman and Oklahoma State sugar daddy T. Boone Pickens, only two things are certain: wind and death. Well, the wind farm didn't work, and neither did Pickens's genius fundraiser idea to take out life insurance policies on some of OSU's richest and most elderly donors.
Back in 2007, on the advice of Pickens, the Cowboys athletic department purchased policies for 27 of their very biggest fans. Most were donors and season ticket holders, and all were over the age of 65. Upon an insured donor's death, Lincoln Financial would pay out $10 million to the sole beneficiary, the OSU athletic department. It was called the "Gift of a Lifetime" program, and it was a wager, like all life insurance, but presumably the actuarial tables were in the university's favor.
Then, no one died.
For two years, no one died, and OSU was on the hook for the annual premiums, to the tune of $33 million. So in 2009 the school canceled the program, accepting that betting on and hoping for the deaths of its donors was "morally bankrupt" and a financial failure.
So OSU sued Lincoln Financial, trying to recover their premiums. They claimed that Lincoln misrepresented the costs of the plan, and were negligent in delivering the physical policy contract. Lincoln countersued for breach of contract. Last week, a federal judge in Dallas dismissed both suits, leaving Oklahoma State on the hook for that $33 mil, and forcing them to pay court costs. Death waits for no fan.
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ROCKFORD — More than 100 residents from Churchill's Grove, Signal Hill and Edgewater neighborhoods gathered tonight at the Cathedral of St. Peter to talk about crime and what they can do to fight it.
"It's helpful, and it's nice to see your neighbors," Colleen O'Brien said. "There's power in numbers. ... You may not know the person sitting next to you, but you share the same concerns."
Speakers were police Chief Chet Epperson, Winnebago County State's Attorney Joe Bruscato, and Joe McGraw, chief judge of the 17th Circuit Court of Winnebago and Boone counties. The three gave an overview of their jobs, talked about new developments in their offices and answered dozens of questions dealing with law and order.
Most of the questions were directed to Epperson.
The chief told residents that plans to decentralize the Police Department are moving forward, and they should hear something about new district stations in a couple of weeks. Meanwhile, overall crime in the Pilot Police District, a central area of the city including the Kishwaukee Street, Seventh Street and 11th Street corridors, is down from last year by 10 percent.
"It's working," Epperson said. "Officers are working the same area. They're getting to know people."
Epperson also advised residents to write down serial numbers from their TVs and computers and put them in a safe place, a good precautionary measure in case they're stolen. The numbers can help officers find stolen property.
The forum was organized by Aldermen Tom McNamara, Ann Thompson-Kelly, Teena Newburg and John Beck.
It was the biggest forum O'Brien attended since she moved to her house on Garfield Avenue seven years ago.
"It shows that people want Rockford to be a better place," she said. "They want to address crime and see their neighborhoods improve."
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Column: Syrians' next enemy? Winter
While the world applauds the recent agreement on chemical weapons in Syria as a step toward peace, there is no time for false comfort. For the millions of Syrians who have been uprooted from their homes, the more pressing questions of life and death stem from basic concerns: food, water, shelter and medicine. And with the onset of winter, the challenge to survive grows even more daunting.
Winter's bitter cup will add to the suffering and grief that wreak havoc among the 2.2 million Syrian refugees in neighboring countries. In the coming months, more than a million displaced children will find themselves in sub-zero temperatures. Many have no shoes or socks. Many live in abandoned buildings or makeshift shelters with feeble linings not intended to keep the icy night temperatures at bay. They have no timber or fuel to help them keep warm, and they lack the clothing and blankets to prevent the implacable cold from invading their bodies.
Last winter, humanitarian agencies helped more than 300,000 refugees get through the cold. But this winter is forecast to be one of the harshest in years. And the scale of the problem is far worse than a year ago, as there are roughly seven times as many refugees. Half of them are children, and more than 800,000 are 12 or younger.
Within Syria, more than 4 million people are displaced - twice as many as last year - and an additional 6 million need life-saving aid. Their needs become far more intense when temperatures dip below freezing. Getting relief supplies to internally displaced Syrians remains an enormous challenge, as many are trapped in areas engulfed by fighting.
Humanitarian agencies like ours plan to distribute blankets, clothing, stoves and materials to weatherproof shelters before winter bears down. But as the cold season approaches, we have to rethink the scale and nature of how to best respond.
The bottom line is funding. Humanitarian needs in Syria and surrounding countries are nearly $4.4 billion, according to United Nations estimates. So far, only half of this amount has been raised. More support must come before winter takes a preventable, harsh toll.
Second, the international community needs to provide help where it is needed most. Humanitarian aid - and much media attention - is focused on refugee camps. Yet three-quarters of refugees are surviving in villages and towns, without access to the health care, water and food that are available in camps. Needs are particularly acute for those living in urban areas, hosted by communities that are struggling to make ends meet.
Third, more means would allow aid groups to be more innovative in how we deliver support. In urban settings, where markets are working effectively, direct cash transfers and vouchers can help refugees buy clothes, blankets, fuel and food while bolstering the local economy. Our agencies and their partners are providing tens of thousands of families with monthly assistance through ATM cards in Lebanon and Jordan, but these programs could be more effective and scaled up with more funding for training and distribution.
Fourth, with neighboring countries stretched nearly beyond their limits by the refugee influx, more international support must go to these communities and public services. Lebanon's population has increased by nearly a quarter, putting huge pressure on infrastructure and supplies. If the conflict in Syria continues, unemployment in Lebanon probably will double by the end of next year, and the number of Lebanese living in poverty could rise by nearly 20 percent. Stress on host communities is growing in Jordan, Iraq and Turkey as well. In this situation, aid must help refugees as well as local people. These needs go far beyond limited humanitarian capacity; robust and longer-term support from development partners will be required.
It is possible to make a large-scale difference for millions of Syrians. But with temperatures dropping, we are running out of time. Many families have been traveling for months and have been forced to move many times, from staying with friends and relatives to sleeping in public buildings and ever-larger camps. Most have exhausted any savings, sold off jewelry and other possessions and are unprepared for the costs and perils of winter.
There is a short window to help Syrians survive the coming season. They have suffered enough. We must do everything possible to keep them safe and warm.
Antonio Guterres is the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. David Miliband is president and chief executive of the International Rescue Committee.


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PRINCETON, N.J. – UMBC sophomore Hassan Omar (Frederick, Md./Thomas Johnson) set a new school 8k record and paced the Retrievers' men's squad for the second time this season with a 16th-place finish and senior Cody Mezebish (Westminster, Md./South Carroll) led the way for the women, Saturday morning at the Princeton Invitational.
The UMBC men placed seventh overall out of 30th teams with a score of 209 points, tied with America East rival Binghamton, while the women finished tenth of 25 teams with 318 points.
Omar recorded a career-best 8k time for the second time this season, this one breaking the UMBC school record, by completing the West Windsor Field course in 24:21. His time bests the previous mark of 24:45.65 set by teammate Brandan McGee (Hiram, Ohio/Crestwood) at last season's race at Princeton. Senior Andrew Smith (Chadds Ford, Pa./Garnet Valley) scored for the third time in four meets this season, finishing second for the Retrievers with a career-best time of 24:46, the third-fastest time in the school record book.
Sophomore Austin Hayslett (Mt. Airy, Md./Urbana) was the third Retriever across the line in a career-best time of 24:51 which matches Izudin Mehmedovic for the fourth-best time in program history. Senior Jake Albino (Hampton, N.Y./Minisink Valley) and McGee rounded out the scoring squad for UMBC with Albino recording a career-best time (24:52) and McGee setting a season-best (25:04).
Mezebish paced the Retriever women with a 43rd-place finish at Princeton, finishing the race with a time of 22:40. After not scoring at the Paul Short Run at Lehigh, freshman Sarah Zielinski (Boonsboro, Md./Boonsboro) was the second UMBC runner across the line (22:53) in 58th-place.
Sophomore Nicole Dawson (Jessup, Md./Reservoir) continued her streak of scoring for the Retrievers, finishing in 62nd with a time of 22:58. Dawson has now scored in each of UMBC's four meets this season, in addition to each of the Black and Gold's seven competitions in 2012. Classmate Angel Bucci (Upper Darby, Pa./Upper Darby) was just four seconds back (23:02) in 65th-place and senior Kirsten McGovern (Sykesville, Md./Century) rounded out the scoring (23:26).
The UMBC cross country teams now have a week off from competition before heading back to Vestal, N.Y. for the America East Championships at Binghamton on Nov. 2.


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Rangers' focus remains on the field
Daniels isn't worried that front-office changes will affect players
SURPRISE, Ariz. -- What you see here is a baseball team in the final two weeks of Spring Training, gearing up for the regular season.
This baseball team, the Texas Rangers, is far better than average, but other than that, this is pretty standard stuff: drills and an exhibition game, roster spots on the margins in the balance.
What you don't sense here -- at all -- is any reaction to a recent restructuring in the front office.
Many of us may have blinked when we heard that Nolan Ryan, one of the game's truly iconic figures, was losing his title as Rangers team president. Jon Daniels, the club's general manager since October 2005, was made president of baseball operations; while Rick George, the chief operating officer, was made president of business operations.
Ryan retained his title as Rangers CEO. All of this was on the order of a mild shift, recognizing the work of people who have succeeded nobly in building a highly successful organization. The evidence supplied by successive American League pennants in 2010-11 should be more than persuasive in that regard.
But again, part of this change involved Ryan, whose stature in baseball, and particularly in Texas, is suitably legendary. So people observing from the outside get to do what they want to do with these circumstances, including creating the appearance of a club in crisis.
This club isn't in crisis. It has more than its share of pitching injuries, but this does not add up to an organizational quagmire.
In an interview with MLB.com on Monday, Daniels was asked whether the front-office situation was difficult or if it was a storyline that the media simply kept alive.
"More the latter," Daniels replied. "I don't think it in any way is a distraction to the players, or keeps them from getting ready for the season. But it's certainly involves people that you work with and care about. Certainly it's a topic, but I don't think it's holding anything back.
"Ownership was looking to recognize the work that has gone on over the years for all the people involved."
Asked if this situation presented problems on a day-to-day basis, Daniels said: "There isn't for me, but I've been careful not to speak for anyone else. I don't think that's my place. I mean, I was in a meeting this morning with Nolan. I don't see it as a deterrent to getting the season under way. Of course, you'd always like to work in an environment with no side stories."
This situation recalls a frequent stance of Commissioner of Baseball Bud Selig, that the game is at its best when the focus remains on the field. In this view, nothing that happens off the field can be as compelling as the game itself.
"I think the Commissioner is spot on," Daniels said. "Anything that detracts from the game itself is just that, a distraction. I should be answering questions about our pitching depth."
And he did just that. Daniels was more comfortable answering those questions, but then again, I was more comfortable asking them.
The Rangers will have significant pitching talent on the disabled list when the season begins. They expect Colby Lewis to come back by June, but are hoping for May, Daniels indicated. Joakim Soria is in the same range. Martin Perez is probably returning in May, as is Kyle McClellan. Neftali Feliz's return is expected in August.
"The reinforcements are coming back, but we're going to count on the rest of the group to get us there," Daniels said.
On the issue of pitching depth, Daniels said: "I don't think you're ever OK, you're always looking for more. We like the group we've got. There are some concerns but it's more the next injury, the next issue. I think we're OK with how we'll break [from Spring Training]."
One issue with the Rangers is that there are three viable candidates for the fifth starter's spot -- Robbie Ross, Nick Tepesch, Randy Wells -- but none of them has really seized the job this spring. When Daniels was asked again about the possibility of signing free agent Kyle Lohse, he said that he didn't want to get into that specific discussion, but that the organization's position had not changed on that issue. That was not a yes.
Rangers manager Ron Washington said Monday that an organization ought to have eight starting pitchers of Major League quality to begin the season. This would account for spot starts and for replacements due to injuries.
Were the current Rangers approaching eight, or was that stretching a point?
"No, you're not stretching it," Washington said. "We just haven't had anyone step up in that No. 5 spot yet. But we certainly have some options."
And they'll have more options later when the injured pitchers return to being active pitchers. The work of these pitchers, the ones who are able to pitch now, and the ones who will be able to pitch later, may well be the most important factor in determining the whether the Rangers will have a successful 2013.
There is an excellent chance that what won't be the biggest factor, or any factor at all, for that matter, is the reordering of job titles in the Texas front office.


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Address Confidentiality Program
The Vermont legislature established the Safe at Home address confidentiality program within the Office of the Secretary of State. The program was implemented in July, 2001.
The goal of the Safe at Home program is to help victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, and stalking, who have relocated or are about to relocate, in their effort to keep their perpetrators from finding them.
Safe at Home has two components: a substitute address service and a protected records service. These services limit a perpetrator's ability to access public information that could identify the new location of a victim who is in the program. This is not a witness protection program, rather it is a mail forwarding service.
Substitute Address Service
Each Safe at Home participant is granted the use of a Montpelier post office box address. The substitute address has no relation to the participant's actual address. All participants use the same post office box as designated by the program. First-class mail and service of process is sent to the post office box and then forwarded, at no cost, to the participant's actual location.
Protected Records Service
Safe at Home allows participants to use the substitute address when creating records with state or local government agencies. Program participants can vote (as a blind ballot absentee voter), obtain a driver's license, get married, and register births without fear that those records will put them at risk of being located by their perpetrator.
Eligibility Requirements
An applicant must be a victim of domestic violence, sexual assault, or stalking; who has:
- Relocated or is about to relocate to an address unknown to the perpetrator;
- Not created any government records with their new address;
- Is a resident of Vermont or is about to become a resident of Vermont;
- Is at least 18 years old, an emancipated minor, or a parent or guardian acting on behalf of a minor or incapacitated person with the legal authority to do so;
- Is willing to designate the secretary of state as their agent to receive legal documents and first-class mail; and
- Can manage with a two- to five-day mail delay (since mail first comes to Safe at Home and is then forwarded).
How to Apply
An interested applicant may apply for program participation at a local domestic violence, sexual assault, or stalking program office or through a statewide victim advocate office. Please call Safe at Home at 802-828-0586, or view our listing of statewide advocates who can be of assistance. Victim advocates will work with victims to: integrate the Safe at Home program into their overall safety plan; assist potential program participants in the application process; forward the application to the Safe at Home office.
Participant Responsibilities
The Safe at Home staff will review the properly completed application and certify an applicant as a program participant for four years and issue a Safe at Home authorization card. The authorization card contains an authorization number unique to each program participant. When using the substitute address, the authorization number must be included in the address. Because mail from all participants comes to the same post office box, the authorization code is an important identifying item and helps to expedite the mail forwarding process.
Once accepted into the program, participants should use the substitute address when creating records and accessing services with state and local government agencies. The Safe at Home authorization card should be presented to an agency when requesting use of the substitute address.
Participants are required to notify the Safe at Home office of any changes in name, address, or phone number in order to remain in the program.
Government Agency Responsibilities
State and local government agencies must accept the Safe at Home substitute address for any public record, unless the agency has received prior approval from the Office of the Secretary of State for a waiver or statutory exception. Agency employees may request verification of program participation by asking for the participant's authorization card. A photocopy of the authorization card may be placed in the participant's agency file and shall serve as the participant's address and confirmation of Safe at Home program participation. The authorization card is not a legal form of identification.
NOTE: The program cannot protect the identity or address of a participant in a real estate transaction because land records are open to the public. It is recommended that participants look into alternate methods of purchasing property such as setting up a trust.


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February 22, 2006 - Advances In Anomaly Detection
by Jeff Moss
While we would all love to see bug-free code in our critical applications, we must recognize the reality that we are a long way off from security nirvana. One pragmatic way to make it through until transcendence is to find ways to reliably identify unexpected behavior in our systems as it occurs, and automatically deploy counter-measures. Tzi-cker Chiueh and Stefano Zanero promise to push the state-of-the-art to new levels in the field of software anomaly detection. Their approaches are a bit different from each other, so we hope these presentations will give attendees a lot to chew on and compare/contrast. I really hope to see deployable systems based on the work of these two very bright gentlemen in the near future.
How to Automatically Sandbox IIS With Zero False Positive and Negative
by Tzi-cker Chiueh posted February 22, 2006
Since we published the PAID paper in 2004, people have asked whether the same approach could be extended to the Windows® platform where only application binaries are available. Originally, we thought it was just a matter of applying a state-of-the-art disassembler such as IDA Pro to a Windows binary to obtain its intermediate form, and then using the original PAID compiler to derive its sandboxing policy. Well, Windows binaries are much more challenging than we thought because the coverage and accuracy of commercial disassemblers is less than 100%. Since PAID transforms programs, it needs 100% disassembly coverage and accuracy. We then spent the next 12 months building a general Windows binary analysis and transformation infrastructure called BIRD, and used it to develop a binary version of PAID called BPAID, which is the first known system that can automatically derive a sandboxing policy for Windows binaries such as IIS that is guaranteed to produce zero false positives and negatives. This talk will walk you through the details of this adventure.
Host-Based Anomaly Detection On System Calls Arguments
by Stefano Zanero posted February 22, 2006
As probably most of you know, almost any type of algorithm has been applied, sooner or later, to the topic of anomaly detection. Their mileage varies; sometimes the idea is good, sometimes it is plainly crazy. Host-based anomaly detection through the analysis of system calls sequences has been done in almost any way you can think of, but something no one (almost no one) has tinkered with until now is how to deal with system call arguments.
Even informally, you can understand that the argument of a system call is much more indicative of anomalous activity than the call itself. For instance, an "open" may not be suspicious per se, but a "read-write"open of the "/etc/passwd" file by a process which usually does not add users to the system may very well look suspicious.
We have developed a tool which analyzes each argument of the system call, models the contents of each, and then compares it against a "normal" model of previous calls. It is able to cluster system calls and thus detect "different uses" of the same syscall at different points of different programs. It then builds a Markovian model of the sequence, which is then used to trace and flag anomalies.
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I had a very glamorous weekend! It all began with a Friday night girls night. My girlfriends treated me to a manicure and pedicure. I'm really liking this celebratory month concept! Rachel brought champagne, cheese and crackers and we put on our robes and relaxed, chatted and laughed. Isn't that the best? I have the best of friends.
On Saturday evening Bryce and I attended his company party. They hold the holiday party in January instead of during the hustle and bustle of December. Isn't that brilliant? This year they included some casino games and even provided the fake money! I've never gambled except for a slot machine, but I had fun learning Craps. I didn't do too bad! At the end of the night they held a raffle for five prizes and we won a new point and shoot camera. Bryce was thrilled!
P.S. We also had some decidedly unglamorous parts to our weekend but I've decided not to dwell on those!


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I found a non english interview of Jim.Can anybody from the forum help me out to tranaslate it.
http://www.skipweb.de/DE/stars/stargale ... ?intnr=530
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A non english interview of Jim Carrey
I found a non english interview of Jim.Can anybody from the forum help me out to tranaslate it.
http://www.skipweb.de/DE/stars/stargale ... ?intnr=530
[i][b]Somebody to luv me(Jim)[/b][/i]
Awww you gotta love these translated sites
Jim Carrey makes gladly for faxes of all art. however which it in Lemony Snicket -, puts on to the barrel the crown specifies puzzling events. In geich three linings it makes the life heavy for three waisenkindern. Its conversion into the ungustioesen count Olaf is in such a manner consistent that one does not rubber-eat Carreys famous nearly recognizes. And it seems nevertheless, as if it would have found somehow in this role to itself - in such a manner unverkrampft it worked rarely, despite the bizarren role. And in the interview Jim makes this time not as usual one on Klassenkasperl on speed, but is cool and relaxt like never.
Jim Carrey: Thus first once I would like to completely urgently warn everyone of this film. It is completely dark and it passes completely bad things in it. Above all my character is a genuinly bad type. I say only: People, remains away! Goes into another film!! (laughs).
SKIP: But in Ernst: Don't you have a fear that itself the children in the public with Lemony Snicket - puzzling events will be afraid somewhat too much?
Jim Carrey: No. Lemony Snicket is a completely special phenomenon - not only the film, also the books, in which it happens at least just as darkly. But the children, particularly between 8 and 14, the tragedies of the Baudelaire orphans love. They have a completely special entrance to these narrations, because it concerns here humans, who are right in many things, which however none gaubt - because they are children. And therein all Kids can probably appear, straight in the today's time, where most adults have hardly enough time for itself, let alone for their new generation.
SKIP: Which books read you as a child gladly?
Jim Carrey: I was not as a child no large read rat, I in the school read, but at home. There I wrote. I for hours with booklet and pencils into my room withdrew yourself and poems made. So correctly heavy stuff (laughs). With eight I times few of it to a renowned publishing house sent. I counted firmly on the fact that mean first poem volume would publish and I enter as a large childlike poet history. I however never an answer got.
SKIP: What happened with your poems then? Do you have it still?
Jim Carrey: No, already long no more. Honestly said the publishing house did not refrain completely groundlessly from a publication (laughs).
SKIP: Do you write still? Didn't you come ever on the idea to write a film script?
Jim Carrey: With each I write individual my films at the Script around. That is first, which I make, if production begins: I the ackere film script from beginning to end through and try to improve it.
SKIP: How did much fun make it for you to slip into the role of the cruel count Olaf?
Jim Carrey: Well which you believe (laughs). Particularly the part, in which the failed actor Olaf for its dark plans continued to itself disguise still, was a benefit. We probably developed approximately 70 different characters in the mask and with the samples, until we had then our three.
SKIP: Apropos mask: How long did it last to transform you into count Olaf?
Jim Carrey: Well, so in approximately one and a half hours per turning day.
SKIP: Was that not unbelievably laborious?
Jim Carrey: Laboriously? Know, after the Grinch are nothing at all more laborious. There one transformed me daily three, four hours long into a green monster. That was laborious. Rather a stone on the head than again sowas. SKIP: For the count Olaf you had to run around however eight months long - also privately - with glatze. How was that?
Jim Carrey: Badly! It was not only the glatze, I had also these completely long, wrong fingernails. I looked like Nosferatu. It was hell - even if a Look is probably rather forgiven to a Jim Carrey such as, said we times, Catherine Zeta Jones.
SKIP: In the film the children everything try, in order to escape from their apparently unentrinnbaren misfortune. What do you do, if you are not times so well?
Jim Carrey: I go shopping. Buy, buy buy. New car, new stereoanlage, a choir, that particularly for me composed songs sings... (laughs) now, it gives different things, which can help out me from misfortune. I meditiere gladly. I depend gladly with my friends, always help. I seh gladly trashiges television, dearest like I Dokus over the mafia, that am my thing. There are so many pleasant kinds of wasting time and of diverting themselves from the own concerns. I Mach also gladly sport. But friends to meet, is actually the most beautiful pastime, which there is.
SKIP: In former times you do not have several times deplored that one laughs at you, you as actors however at all Ernst take yourselves. Can that be done to you still in such a way?
Jim Carrey: No, not at all. Completely in the opposite: it is already nearly shaming and embarrassing, how much praise and honour are brought with lately against, and to play may do what fantastische roles I and gets offered.
SKIP: What would you like to still reach as actors?
Jim Carrey: Everything (laughs). I would like to show humans somewhat, what her to have seen never before. I the left arm cut off to let, if I could make for it with right the something, what ever someone did not do. I want to be everything, not something that already gave it.
SKIP: In your next film you however still play with both arms?
Jim Carrey: Yes, that already (laughs). We turn the straight gangster comedy Fun with thick and Jane. My great Filmpartnerin Tea Leoni and I plays a married couple, which becomes from pure money scarcity robbers and to it favours finds. Mad story, and also a marvelous dear history. In my films have I always so beautiful relations. Only privately klappt's never so (grinst).
SKIP: Are you at present with someone fixed together?
Jim Carrey: No, that not. There but there is a woman, with whom I go out more frequently. Times sees, what from it develops.
I can kinda read German a little but it's not perfect. So this is kinda what I make of it. Couldn't translate everything though....
Böser Onkel
[ 12/2004 ]
Jim Carrey in Lemony Snicket
As villain Count Olaf Jim Carrey knows no Mercy. Also during SKIP talk with Elisabeth Seeda was the biggest clown of Hollywood as serious as (no idea) and (no idea)
Jim Carrey likes to fax every art. (I think haha) But he does in Lemony Snicket, is the crown of it. (like, tops it all). In 3 dress changes, he makes life tough for 3 orphins. His part? appearance? as Count Olaf is so consistyant, that one barely recognises Carreys famous gummy face. Nevertheless it seems like he finds himself back somewhere in these parts - which result s in uncramped work , through the bizar part. And during the interview Jim Carrey, doesn't behave like a somethingsomething on speed, he is as cool and relaxed as can be.
Jim Carrey: First I have to warn all of you for this movie. It's very dark and terrible stuff happens. Cause my charrecter is an ugly type. I tell you, people stay away! Go to a different movie (laughs)
SKIP: But honestly, are you not afraid that the kids watching lemony snicket get too scared?
Jim Carrey: No. Lemony Snicket is a very special phenomena. Not only in the film, also the books, it's just as sinister(?) But those kids, somewhere between 8 and 14, love the tragidy of the Baudelaire orphons. They have a very special view regarding these events, while it's about people, who are right in many ways, they have no doubt, while they are kids. And
And kids can really relate to that, cause right now, most grownups have no time for themselves, unless its weekend?
SKIP: What books did you read as a kid.
Jim Carrey: I was not a bookworm as a child, I read in school, but not at home. I did wrure, I would lock myself up for hours in my room and wrote poetry. Very heavy stuff. (laughs) When I was 8 I send a few of them off to a well known publisher. I wanted to make sure I had my first poetrybundle published so I would become known as the biggest child poet in history. I never heard back from them.
SKIP: What happened to the poems. Do you still have them?
Jim Carrey: No, they are long gone. To be honest the publicers weren;t entirely unreasonable to not want to be responsible for it. (laughs)
SKIP: Do you still write? Have you ever thought about writing your own screenplay?
Jim Carrey: I help rewrite the script of every movie I'm in. That's the first thing I do when the production starts. I go through the script from beginning to end and try to make it better.
SKIP: How much fun did you have to get into the scin of the part of Count Olaf?
Jim Carrey: What do you think? (laughs) Especially the parts where the (?) actor count Olag disguises himself for his sinister plans, were a joy. We have developped around 70 different characters in makeup and during production, till we had our 3.
SKIP: About makeup, how long does it take to change into count Olaf?
Jim Carrey: About an hour and a half a day.
SKIP: Wasn't that very tiresome?
Jim CarreyTiresome? I don't know. After the Grinch, nothing is tiresome anymore. There it took them 3, 4 hours to change me in a green creatre. That was tiresome. I prefer being whacked with a stone on my head than anything like that again.
SKIP: For count Olaf you had to walk the full 8 months, even privately, witha bald head. How was that like?
Jim Carrey: (urr no idea!). It wasn't only the bold head, I also had these long fake fingernails. I was like Nosferatu. It was the whole, also when a Jim Carrey something has a look imagined for him as like, let's say Catherine Zeta=-Jones.
SKIP: In the movie the kids try to do anything to escape from the seemingly unbarable unfortunate. What do you do when you don't feel so good?
Jim Carrey: I go shop. Buy, buy buy. New Car, new stereo, a choir who sings songs that are composed especially for me..(laughs), no, there are several things that make me get out of misery. I love to meditate. I like to hang out with my friends, that always helps. I love watching TV , [preferably documentaries about the Mafia, that's my thing. There are so many ways to distract you from your own worries. I like to do sports. But hanging out with friends is the best way to spend time that you can get.
SKIP: You used to complain several times, that people always laugh about you, that they don't take you seriously whatsoever as an actor. Do you still think so?
Jim Carrey: No not at all. The opposite, it is almost embarrasing and painful, the amount of praise and honor you get over time what fantastic parts I get to play and get offered.
SKIP: What goals do you want to reach as an actor?
Jim Carrey: everything (laughs). I want to show people something they have never seen before. I would cut off my left arm if I that would make me be able to do something with my right hand that nobody has done before. I want to do everything,, but not someting what already has been done before.Ich will alles sein, nur nicht etwas, was es schon gegeben hat.
SKIP: Do you still play with both arms in your next film??
Jim Carrey: Yes that's right. (laughs). We're filming the gangster comedy Fun With Dick and Jane right now. My bighearted film partner Teo Leoni and I play a couple, that goes robbing out of pure money trouble and finds eachother through that. A fun story and also a beautiful love story. In my movies I've never had such a pretty (relatiship?_ That's not how it is in private life. (grins).
SKIP: Are you hooked up with someone?
Jim Carrey: No. But there is one woman, who I hang out with a lot. We'll have to see what will develop with that.
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How To Dress Well
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FILTER Grade: 78%
By Alejandro Rubio on September 21, 2012
How To Dress Well's second full-length release, Total Loss, is, from the first track onwards, a confessional that draws you along with a line of thread until the album ends and you're left standing in an immense mass of string. Tom Krell knows how to rouse your expectations and make you really wait for it by introducing each track as a seemingly simple song that inevitably blooms into a heavily textured R & B heartbreaker. His use of tension is best captured on the track "& It Was U," which begins with Krell singing a capella in his Aaliyah-esque falsetto until finger-snapping and foot-stomping are overtaken by layered effects and a mechanized clapping backbeat that could contend with Mark Morrison's "Return of the Mack." Although Total Loss focuses on the deterioration of relationships over time, it's interesting that each track inverts that idea by flourishing with every second that passes.


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TEHRAN, Iran -- Iran's state TV is reporting the country's navy has begun maneuvers in the area of the Strait of Hormuz, where one-fifth of the world's oil passes.
It says the maneuvers began early Friday, involving warships, submarines jet fighters and hovercrafts.
The drills come as the West increases its pressure over Iran's nuclear program. The West suspects it may be aimed at producing nuclear weapons, a charge Iran denies.
Iran has threatened to close the straits over Western sanctions but has not repeated the threats lately.
The report says Iran warned ships to stay away from the site until Jan. 3. The maneuvers cover nearly 1 million square kilometers (400,000 square miles) from the Strait of Hormuz to northern part of Indian Ocean, including the Sea of Oman.


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An Albuquerque woman missing for almost a month in New Mexico's vast Gila National Forest has been found alive — and with her cat.
Search teams came to the rescue Wednesday just after 9 a.m., after only an hour of carefully combing through the wilderness, the Las Cruces Sun News reported.
"When they called in at 9 and said we found her, my chin dropped and I said 'is she alive?'" Glenn Tolhurst, operations section chief for the search told the Las Cruces Sun News. "They said 'she's alive. And she's got a cat.'"
U.S. & World
Margaret Page, 41, was found by members of the Mesilla Valley Search and Rescue team about one mile from a trail where she had gone hiking with her cat sometime between Feb. 10-12.
When the 27-member and two dog search team spotted Page, she was found wrapped up in a blue sleeping bag, malnourished and bony, but well-hydrated, David Kuthe, the incident commander of the search, told the Las Cruces Sun News.
She was probably living off of water from a nearby creek and feeding Miya, her cat and herself with the food she had brought with her, according to Las Cruces Sun News.
Page, who had lost one-third of her body weight, was immediately taken by ambulance to Gila Regional Medical Center and checked herself out later that night. Her cat was described as "sluggish" and "thin."
Page was initially reported missing on Feb. 14 with the Albuquerque Police Department by her mother.
A Forest Service agent located Page's car by the trailhead on Feb. 12, two days after Page left Albuquerque after telling her family that she was going to Florida.
Although her car was found two weeks prior to her rescue, the search operation was not activated until Tuesday night.
On Feb. 25 the Forest Service agent noticed that Page's car was still where it was first spotted earlier in February and verified that it was indeed Page's car, according to the Las Cruces Sun News.
It is not clear why it took so long for State Police to be notified.


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Topic Page: Anglican Communion
the body of churches in all parts of the world that are in communion with the Church of England (see England, Church of). The communion is composed of regional churches, provinces, and separate dioceses bound together by mutual loyalty as expressed in the Lambeth Conference of 1930. There are 44 churches in the Anglican Communion, including the Episcopal Church in the United States, the Anglican Church of Canada, the Scottish Episcopal Church, the Church in Wales, the Church of Ireland (see Ireland, Church of), and the Nippon Sei Ko Kwai (Japan). There are 85 million members worldwide; since the late 20th cent. the communion has experienced tremendous growth in Africa. Worship is liturgical and is regulated by the Book of Common Prayer and its revised alternates; about half of the churches ordain women as well as men as priests.
The consecration in 2003 of an openly homosexual priest as a bishop by the Episcopal Church and the blessing of gay unions by the U.S. and Canadian churches led to tensions within the communion, especially with more conservative African churches, some of which broke their ties the Episcopal Church; the 1998 Lambeth Conference had rejected homosexual practice as incompatible with the Bible and refused to advise blessing same-sex unions and ordaining individuals involved in such unions. In 2005 the two North American churches were asked to withdraw from the Anglican Consultative Council, which they did voluntarily, attending as observers in June, 2005. In September, however, the Anglican Church of Nigeria removed explicit references to being in communion with the Church of England from its constitution, again raising the possibility of a schism in the Anglican Communion.
Following the Episcopal Church's call in 2006 for a moratorium on the consecration of openly homosexual bishops, a move that many Anglican conservatives regarded as inadequate, the archbishop of Canterbury proposed that Anglicans adopt a formal covenant concerning their shared beliefs, a suggestion that seemed likely to exclude the Episcopalians from full membership in the Anglican Communion or split the American church. Homosexuality, however, is not the only issue dividing the communion; the ordination of women as priests and bishops is also a subject on which the churches are split. A 2007 proposal by the Anglican primates to establish a separate vicar for conservative American parishes was strongly opposed by Episcopal bishops, who regarded it as foreign interference in their provincial affairs and contrary to the principles of the Episcopal Church and the nature of the Anglican Communion.
Nigerian primate Peter Akinola subsequently installed a Virginia bishop as leader of a conservative North American Anglican group, despite a request not to do so from the archbishop of Canterbury. In 2008 conservative Anglicans met in Jerusalem and formed their own organization, but did not break completely with the Anglican Communion. Many conservatives, however, did not attend the subsequent Lambeth Conference (July, 2008). The Episcopal Church ended its moratorium on consecrating openly homosexual bishops in 2009, and after a lesbian was elected (2010) as an assistant bishop of Los Angeles, Episcopalians were suspended from serving as official members on ecumencial commissions involving the Anglican Communion. In 2012, the bishops of the Church of England approved the election of homosexual priests as bishops as long as they were celibate. In 2016 the Communion again limited the Episcopal Church's participation in Anglican affairs after it adopted (2015) a marriage rite for same-sex couples. After the Scottish Episcopal Church also allowed (2017) same-sex marriage, it was similarly sanctioned by the Communion.
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Peer-Led Team Learning
What is Peer-Led Team Learning?
The Peer-Led Team Learning (PLTL) Workshops generally supplement the lecture. PLTL [https://openlab.citytech.cuny.edu/pltlclub/about-the-pltl-club/] can be used in a course with any size enrollment. Under the PLTL model, undergraduate students who have done well in the class previously are recruited and trained as workshop leaders or peer leaders who guide the efforts of a group of six to eight students. These peer-led groups meet weekly (separate from the lecture and the instructor) to work together on problems that are carefully structured to help the students build conceptual understanding and problem-solving skills. There are no answer keys for either the students or the peer-leaders; the emphasis is on learning to find, evaluate, and build confidence in answers. Simultaneously, the workshops and the peer leaders provide a supportive environment that helps each student participate actively in the process of learning science. Thus, PLTL offers a mix of active-learning opportunities for students and a new role for undergraduate peer leaders that is appropriate for their stage of development; PLTL has been used successfully in courses in chemistry, biology, physics, math, computer science, and engineering. In practice, the weekly workshop replaces traditional recitation sections led by graduate teaching assistants or faculty. Although most peer leaders are undergraduates, many graduate students with appropriate training have also worked effectively and enthusiastically in that role.
Why Use Peer-Led Team Learning?PLTL increases student engagement, motivation and performance. Studies comparing groups with and without workshops reveal that participation in workshops leads to higher percentage of students earning grades of A,B or C. Several studies have also documented a significant increase in performance on standardized tests.
Workshop leaders themselves reap significant ongoing benefits from their roles. Leading workshops reinforces the breadth and depth of their own learning, helps them develop personal qualities such as confidence and perseverance, and fosters a variety of presentation and team related skills.
Gafney, L. and Varma-Nelson, P. (2008) Peer-Led Team Learning: Evaluation, Dissemination and Institutionalization of a College level Initiative, Dordrecht, The Netherlands, Springer.
Peer-Led Team Learning offers a number of educational opportunities:
- Solving problems in workshop allows students to assess their own understanding of key course concepts
- The supportive, small-group format encourages questions and discussions that lead to conceptual understanding
- Students learn through explaining concepts to other students
- Many students are more willing to discuss their questions with other students than with a professor
- Students learn to work in teams and to communicate effectively
- Peer leaders learn teaching and group management skills and gain self-confidence
Being a student in an introductory course, especially in a large section, can be an impersonal, intimidating, and frustrating experience. The instructor may be willing to help, but office hours are limited and struggling students may skip those opportunities for assistance due to the risk of revealing how little they understand. What struggling student wants to be on the spot and at the mercy of an impatient professor? Discussion sections may not be much better than class with a handful of students watching problems being solved by a TA, but not really understanding the solutions or even knowing which questions to ask. Peer-led team learning provides students with an efficient and supportive study group where they are coached in problem-solving by a knowledgeable student leader who is trained to facilitate learning. Working on specifically-designed assignments outside of class-time without the stress of being under the instructor's critical eye can provide an acceptable form of vulnerability that may be necessary for a student to find and address their real difficulties with the subject and even enjoy it!
(Project Kaleidoscope, 2007)
Engaging and successfully working with those students who really need some help to do well in an introductory course, but who refuse to admit it or to seek help can be a real challenge in teaching, even when classes are relatively small. Add to the problem by making introductory lecture sections large and teaching students who commute, who have families of their own, who work or who are otherwise not involved in the campus community.
Peer-led team learning can provide instructors in these situations with a means of indirectly reaching the students who need it most through creation of supportive communities of learners. And those students who need that support the least benefit as much by taking on leadership roles and learning the content more thoroughly through their efforts in facilitating the learning of others.
(Project Kaleidoscope, 2007)
How to Implement Peer-Led Team Learning in your courses?
Through many years of workshop evaluations, the developers of PLTL identified six "critical components" vital to ensuring the success of a PLTL program.
1. It is essential that the workshops are closely integrated with the course and all its elements.
2. Faculty teaching these courses must be actively involved with the workshops and with the peer leaders.
3. Peer leaders are students who have taken the course, who have good people skills, and who are well-trained and supervised in facilitating small-group collaborative-learning sessions.
4. Workshop problems must be appropriately challenging and designed for use in collaborative group learning settings.
5. Organizational arrangements must ensure adequate and appropriate rooms for conducting workshop sessions.
6. Institutional and departmental support of innovative teaching methods is essential, including logistical and financial support.
Gosser, D., Cracolice, M., Kampmeier, J., Roth, V., Strozak, V., Varma-Nelson, P. (2001). Peer-Led Team Learning: A Guidebook. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall.


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Sometimes it takes an act of God to change the direction you're headed in.
In 1988, Cyclone Bola was the catalyst for Anne and Harry Frost to begin making blueberry wine.
After Bola's gusts dumped the Frost's export order of blueberries on the ground, they turned to a 10-litre paint bucket, a potato masher and a library book to guide them to the saving grace of the season.
Their inspiration came from a desire to use good quality but weather-damaged fruit to produce a high-end product and supplement the berries they supplied to wholesalers. Ten or so years later, they became an official winery, the first in the Rotorua district. They relied on local support when it came to testing and developing the product.
Anne recalls their early days of trialling the wine every hour on the hour for days in a row trying to get the right balance.
Friends and neighbours were the experimental customers. Eventually they produced a liqueur that has passed all the tests, and Mamaku Blueberry Liqueur is the result.
"One husband told us that the 200ml bottle was no good. Why?, we asked - the reply came 'My wife drank it all before I got home.' Another friend said the spades and clubs all looked the same after a serious evening of playing cards and blueberry liqueur tasting.", Anne says.
Harry has been farming for over 50 years now and bought their current property in 1967, 20 minutes north of Rotorua on top of the Mamaku Ranges.
Anne has been on the farm since they married in 1969 and eventually their son Phillip will take over the business.
They first planted the blueberry crop in 1982, when the berry was relatively unheard of in the NZ but the farm now features a visitor centre and tour so visitors can make the most of the blueberry experience.
The liqueur itself is remarkably versatile; served over ice or neat it's not overly sweet but retains a tartness and warming feeling that serves as a lovely digestif. For a summer drink or easy barbecue "slosher" pour over ice into a tall glass and top with soda (or lemonade for the sweet-toothed) and slices of juicy lemon.
An easy dessert to impress only requires good vanilla icecream to pour the liqueur over; or use it for an easy twist on a creme brulee - just add a few fresh berries on top. Each Christmas, the Frosts release a special Blueberry Cream liqueur edition, something a bit special for the holiday season, and perfect timing to enjoy berries at their best in all varieties.
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Skukuza is the Kruger National Park's largest rest camp and administrative headquarters. It is situated on the southern banks of the Sabie River. The camp is well foliaged and there are some lofty trees along the river's edge. Activities and facilities are diverse, as are the animals and plants found both within the camp and in the surrounding areas.
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text: Integrated Tutorial Support (ITS) is an academic support system which integrates content specific study and learning strategies into traditionally high-risk classes. The program consists of a series of weekly review sessions. ITS sessions offer students an opportunity to gather with other students in order to compare notes, discuss important concepts and develop strategies for studying. Sessions are open to all students who want to improve their understanding of the course material, as well as their grades.


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Boomer Esiason On Dalton And Leadership
When Marvin Lewis publicly challenged Andy Dalton last week to become a more forceful leader on offense – even if it meant being a "jerk" – it brought to mind a former Bengals quarterback who had no problem stepping on toes when he saw fit – Boomer Esiason.
"I cringed a little bit when I heard that comment because everybody's not made out to be that way," Esiason told me. "I know what Marvin is doing – he's trying to raise the compete level. He's trying to agitate some guys and trying to put a spotlight on some guys. Believe you me, if he didn't think that Andy could handle it, he wouldn't do it. If Andy were a wilting flower, he would never do that to this kid. He knows that Andy can handle it and knows that he can get to another level, and he knows that this kid just needs a little shot in the arm in terms of confidence by saying, 'We believe in you. You're our guy and in this league, we've got to have the guy behind center in order to win, and I know that you can do it.'"
But the 1988 NFL MVP cautions Dalton not to suddenly attempt a personality change.
"When people try to be somebody they're not, number one, they're very uncomfortable," said Esiason. "And number two, it comes off wrong to the people that he's trying to lead. Andy is a really good player and is going to be a good long-term player. He's a serious football player. He's not a jackass, he doesn't screw around, he pays the price, all of those things. They're just trying to get him to be a little more aggressive verbally, but that's not who the young man is and he shouldn't try to be somebody like that. He's more like Kenny Anderson, and I think that he's going to have a great career."
After leading the Bengals to the playoffs and making the Pro Bowl as a rookie, Dalton is on a pace to pass for more than 4200 yards this year which would break Carson Palmer's single-season team record. But he's also the only quarterback in the NFL to be intercepted in every game this season and is only completing 44.8% of his passes on third down.
"Like all young quarterbacks – you can ask any of us that ever played the position – there is going to be a time where you hit the wall and it becomes very frustrating," said Esiason. "If Andy can come out this week and do what Tony Romo, Ben Roethlisberger, and RGIII have all done in the last three weeks against this Giants defense, he'll feel a lot better about himself and I wouldn't be surprised if they won the game," said Esiason. "Everybody's confidence goes in the tank every now and again – all of us went through it. I suffered through these awful losing streaks and awful losing seasons as well. He needs to have a good game. He needs to have a high QB rating game, he needs to make some big plays with his favorite target A.J. Green, and the next thing you know you just let it loose on the field and it's not such a pressing game anymore. You wish you could articulate this to every young player, but the only way that they become better players is to go through stuff like this."
Ironically, if Dalton needs inspiration, Boomer says he should study the quarterback that he will try to beat on Sunday.
"I would say, 'Andy, look up Eli Manning's 2007 season.'" said Esiason. "Because right around Thanksgiving that year, his general manager Jerry Reese came out and said that he was skittish. I remember that it sent all of us in the media here in New York on a feeding frenzy. Nine weeks later, Eli Manning was a Super Bowl MVP for crying out loud.
"Should we panic in the short term? I guess you can if you're a Bengals fan and you're in the midst of a four game losing streak. But big picture? I think the long-term prospects for Andy Dalton are very bright and these are the moments where you're going to find out exactly what he's made of."
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Mel Brooks looks back
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He sings, he dances, he recalls his Brooklyn boyhood and analyzes how it may have impacted his later film-making style…Mel Brooks appears to be getting a kick out of himself even now in an HBO interview hour slated for Monday. And why shouldn't he? The master of comedy and, he is quick to note, a producer of highbrow entertainments as well, has had an extraordinary career. His Brooksfilms productions include "The Elephant Man," "Frances" and "84 Charing Cross Road" in addition to the wacky comedies.
In an hour filled with stories, film clips and that distinctive borscht-belt humor, Mel Brooks surveys his life as actor-writer-producer-composer-comedian, seated onstage at the Geffen Theater in Westwood, CA, in the company of Alan Yentob, creative director for the BBC. Yentob, while an accomplished TV executive, does little to energize the proceedings. But Brooks doesn't need much prodding to dip into the memory banks and come up with tales about Sid Caesar, Gene Wilder, Cary Grant and more.
"Mel Brooks Strikes Back!" debuting Monday on HBO, isn't particularly eye-opening for long-time fans of Brooks, but it does have moments of insight along with laugh-out-loud memories (many from "Your Show of Shows" and "Blazing Saddles").


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