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- (noun) the feeling of being bored by something tedious
Ennui (आन्वी / एनूई) meaning in Hindi (English to Hindi Dictionary)
- आलस, ऊब, थकान, कुछ की वजह से ऊब की भावना
Ennui Origin
- mid 18th century: French, from Latin in odio(n- ), from mihi in odio est 'it is hateful to me'.
Ennui in a sentence (word usage in recent newspaper)
- I'm curious (and wonder if you agree) if a certain degree of superhero ennui may have settled in for Apocalypse.
- Back in 2014, White said he wasn't sick of the ubiquitous song yet, and if ennui has set it since then, this should make him love it all over again.
- Some of Mrs. Clinton's stalwarts in the Media are becoming anxious over their own ennui. "Why don't I feel more excited?"
- His plan was to become a novelist, but, with creativity and inspiration giving way to boredom and ennui.
- There's a feeling of low-level ennui here; a feeling that blurs sensation, save for the bright spots and moments that break through the bubble.
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- ennui = 'ae' + 'nahi' ho paayega bhaiya because i am bored
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Young dreams, tragedy and sisterly love bond the March sisters as they transition from youth to adulthood in the Lincoln Theatre Guild production of �Little Women, which opens this weekend at the Lincoln Cultural Center in Lincolnton.
The sisters � Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy � carry on through happiness and hardship while growing up during the Civil War era. Based on Louisa May Alcott novel, the play strikes the perfect balance between comedy and tragedy, said director Christina Banner Pettus .
And though it�s a period piece, the story is timeless � one that should resonate with modern audiences, she said.
�It was a simpler time but they still have a lot of the same issues that we have today,� Pettus said. �Being in love for the first time, being rejected for the first time, having to reject someone for the first time.�
Pettus said theatergoers will also identify with the sisters.
�The characters aren�t stereotypes, so you�ll probably relate to different pieces of all of them,� she said.
Meg (Melanie Burton) is the oldest sister and the first to marry. Prim and proper, she often chastises the tomboyish Jo (Bethany Hilmu ), who doesn�t like to follow the rules and do the things expected of a young lady of that time.
Beth (Rachel Gann) is the quiet sister and the one who � spoiler alert � dies. A homebody, she and Jo are the closest of the four sisters. That closeness is contrasted by the sometimes acrimonious relationship between Jo and youngest sister Amy (Ali Huffstetler plays the young Amy, Kayla Powell plays the mature Amy).
Amy wants to be an artist and is enamored with high society. Amy burns some of the stories Jo�s written and later lives out Jo�s dream of going to Europe, both of which cause conflict and resentment.
�Amy and Jo are probably the two strongest personalities of the sisters, so they bump heads a lot,� Pettus said.
While the sisterly relationships drive the show, the story arc of Aunt March (Penny Bost Schrum) is an additional highlight, Pettus said.
�She goes from this stuffy old lady to realizing these girls are all she has left in the world,� she said. �She can continue to alienate them or she can change.�
The girls� mother Marmee ( Lesi Jonap) and family servant Hannah (Catherine Wilson) run the Massachusetts household. Boy-next-door Laurie (Ben Brooks) has a crush on each of the four sisters � which they joke about at the end � before eventually marrying Amy. Meg marries John Brooke (Travis Sinclair) and Jo weds Professor Bhaer (Ricky Allen Newton Jr.), who encourages her to become a serious writer.
The show�s minimalistic set keeps the focus on the characters, Pettus .
�A show like this,� she said, �is meant to tug at your heartstrings.�
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The Lincoln Theatre Guild production of �Little Women� runs at 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday, at 3 p.m. Sunday, at 7 p.m. June 21-22 and 3 p.m. June 23 at the Lincoln Cultural Center, 403 E. Main St., Lincolnton . The play is based on the Louisa May Alcott novel about the four March sisters growing up in Massachusetts while their dad is serving during the Civil War.
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LAFAYETTE, Lou. –-(AmmoLand.com)- Louisiana's Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority announced the selection of projects to receive funds from the Conservation and Restoration Partnership at their March 17 meeting. Ducks Unlimited received $1.78 million for the Calcasieu-Sabine Watershed Project.
"The CPRA is familiar with Ducks Unlimited and our efforts to conserve coastal habitats in Louisiana," Ducks Unlimited Manager of Conservation Programs Bob Dew said. "We have partnered with many organizations to conserve over 90,000 acres along the Louisiana coast. This is the most important wintering area for waterfowl in the country, and Ducks Unlimited will continue to work to ensure it remains for future generations of waterfowl and waterfowl hunters."
The CPRA divided $3.3 million among six projects selected from 21 applications. Projects were selected based on several criteria including consistency with the objectives of the State Master Plan, acreage conserved, and matching funds. Ducks Unlimited and partners will provide $195,000 in cash and in-kind services in addition to leveraging all non-federal funds to secure at least $1 million in North American Wetland Conservation Act funds.
The Calcasieu-Sabine project consists of two components. The first is to restore the natural hydrologic flow of First Bayou, situated north of Holly Beach. First Bayou provides drainage for more than 3,000 acres of marsh along Highway 27. The project will reroute excess water through First Bayou and into Mud Lake which will reduce highway and street flooding in area communities.
The second component of the project is to construct 105,000 linear feet of marsh terraces near Gum Cove in Cameron and Calcasieu Parishes. Area marshes have degraded over time due to saltwater intrusion. Terraces improve water quality, reduce wave-fetch and improve conditions suitable for plant growth which in turn reduces shoreline erosion. This component of the project will enhance approximately 1,200 acres of marsh and help restore habitats for commercial and recreational activities throughout the region.
"Ducks Unlimited is extremely pleased the CPRA included funding for restoration partnerships in its annual plan," Ducks Unlimited Director of Public Policy for Coastal Louisiana Jennifer Grand said. "These types of partnerships are vital to restoring coastal Louisiana. We thank Governor Jindal for his continued support of the Louisiana coast and look forward to more partnership opportunities with the state in the future"
Partners on the Calcasieu-Sabine project include Ducks Unlimited, Irene W. and C. B. Pennington Foundation, the Office of Coastal Protection and Restoration, Apache Corporation and a private landowner.
Ducks Unlimited is the world's largest non-profit organization dedicated to conserving North America's continually disappearing waterfowl habitats. Established in 1937, Ducks Unlimited has conserved more than 12 million acres thanks to contributions from more than a million supporters across the continent. Guided by science and dedicated to program efficiency, DU works toward the vision of wetlands sufficient to fill the skies with waterfowl today, tomorrow, and forever.


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WASHINGTON, April 6, 2006 - Servicemembers seriously injured by improvised explosive devices during duty in the global war on terror are getting a unique opportunity to use their experience to combat and prevent future IED attacks.
The Joint IED Defeat Organization here has entered into full partnership with the Operation Warfighter program at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in an initiative to target, recruit and hire servicemembers, including many who have suffered serious injuries from IED attacks.
Operation Warfighter is a nationwide program that places wounded servicemembers in positions within the federal government. Thanks to this partnership, these servicemembers can now continue their service to the nation working for the Joint IED Defeat Organization, and possibly can transition into government service or civilian positions in the same organization once they leave active duty.
"This is an opportunity for these true heroes to get back into the fight," said Army Sgt. Maj. Clifford Lovejoy, who oversaw the recruitment and hiring of 22 soldiers. Five of them are currently on staff at the Joint IED Defeat Organization, which was created in October 2003 originally as an Army task force to serve as the single focal point for all Defense Department IED defeat activities.
Using a balance of intelligence, training and technology, the organization wages a coordinated campaign to
defeat current and future IED threats endangering joint and coalition forces, officials said.
"This organization will certainly benefit from the presence, experience and competencies of recuperating OWF personnel who have been injured as a result of an IED attack," said Army Brig. Gen. Dan Allyn, the JIEDDO's deputy director. "They have first-hand knowledge of the threat and the challenges being faced in the theater. Synergies will be gained by having them integrated into the staff here."
This initiative also provides valuable support services for the servicemembers brought into the organization. JIEDDO supervisors oversee the transportation needs of each individual, arranging for parking and transit passes as appropriate. More importantly, the work week is modified for each member to accommodate rehabilitation needs at Walter Reed.
"Every Monday, Wednesday and Friday, I leave at lunch and spend the rest of the day at Walter Reed for rehab," said Army National Guardsman Lt. Col. Dennis Walburn, who started at JIEDDO Feb. 14, and was the second OWF volunteer to arrive. "I am thankful for this opportunity, because I realize that there are guys out there who have it worse."
Walburn lost his left leg above the knee as a result of an IED blast in Mosul, Iraq, in May 2005. His treatment at Walter Reed moved into a less rigorous phase and he eagerly wanted to work in an area where he could continue to help the deployed troops. He then learned of the JIEDDO recruitment of IED survivors.
The JIEDDO recruiting effort at Walter Reed began Jan. 17. After open advertising of the opportunities, 65 personnel were interviewed. From that original pool, 22 were selected. Those on staff are assigned to various positions in the organization where they contribute to the effort to defeat the IED threat.
Walburn is assigned to the Strategic Communications Division, where he is assisting in congressional affairs, public affairs and industry outreach initiatives. Although all of the 22 original selectees are from the Army, Lovejoy said, the program will grow and eventually include servicemembers from other services who are injured due to IED attacks.
"We are looking for the best, the brightest and the most capable to join the team," he said. "Getting all of the services involved allows us to merge this whole team into the best you can have to win the war on terror."
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Prime Minister David Cameron has been urged to intervene in the drinking water crisis in parts of Lancashire.
With the cryptosporidium warning now into its 20th day – and still no sign of the boil water alert being lifted – an online petition has been launched to get 10 Downing Street to take action.
Preston resident John Gibson has called on the PM to set up a parliamentary inquiry into the contamination of supplies to large areas of the county "and why there seems to be no contingency plans to deal with such a situation."
The petition on change.org is aiming to gather enough support to spark Whitehall interest in a problem which is happening 200 miles north of London.
"Over 300,000 households in Lancashire have been having to boil all water used for drinking, food preparation and brushing of teeth as the parasite cryptosporidium has been found in the local water supply," says the petition.
"This situation, which doubtless would have been the lead story on almost every national news bulletin had it occurred in the south-east, shows no immediate signs of improvement and, as well as the general inconvenience of having to boil water, several restaurants and businesses have been forced to close."
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What should shop owners and employees do? Particularly during the holiday selling season, burgeoning Internet sales are destroying the traditional business models for many small business retailers across America. It began to happen a few short years ago with most brick and mortar shops feeling confident they could survive this disruptive innovation forever.
"Loyal customers will never desert us," they proclaimed. Sadly their view was more hope than fact and little by little, web sales began to erode their revenues and profits.
I know exactly how they feel. Back in 1997, I sat at a banquet table next to a young man named Jeff Bezos, a fellow Ernst & Young entrepreneurial winner from Seattle. "Jeff," I asked, "Please tell me about your business. What do you do?"
"I have started a new business called Amazon. We sell books over the Internet," he explained.
"Really?" I said.
I then turned to my wife and prophesied that he would be out of business within the space of two years. "Who," I boasted privately, "would ever want to buy books over the web?" We all visit our favorite bookstores when we want to buy books. We've done it for decades. Why does he think we will change our buying behavior?
Now, when my wife sees press about Amazon and Mr. Bezos she laughs. "Boy, Alan, were you wrong." Wrong indeed. Jeff not only sells millions of books but everything else a shopper wants to buy. He is also Fortune Magazine's Businessman of the Year.
This past week a local retailer called me on the phone asked, "What can I do?"
"Local shoppers don't buy from me anymore," he said. "They would rather buy online. Alan, there is no way I can compete with web retailers on price. They can sell the very same products I sell for less than my wholesale price. Even worse, their selection of products is vast. My offerings are limited. Furthermore, manufacturers who traditionally sold only to us are now selling directly to our customers. In effect, they have cut us out of the deal."
"At first I was furious about this change, then very disappointed and now deeply saddened," he said. "I understand why this has happened. I get it. But I'm not happy about it."
"I have given up on selling products and have moved to offering more value-added services such as personal training and informative classes. But frankly, this won't cut it. I've done the math and I can't see how we can survive. I've talked with fellow retailers about the situation and we all share the same dilemma with no answer in sight. Alan, what should I do? What are my options?"
I told my friend that in many ways, today's businesses are like US Steel, a company that fell from pre-eminent world producer of steel products to just tenth place. What happened? Nucor, a reinvented company entered the steel industry with new cost saving technology, lower prices and low end products that US Steelhad ignored, and by and by replaced the financial juggernaut. It happened ever so slowly, until on one dark morning, the biggest steel manufacturer on earth was no longer the king of American industry and shrank from 250,000 workers to a mere 50,000.
Many small U.S. retailers are in the same sinking boat with no life jackets. In so many ways, selected groups of retail shops are the dinosaurs of our lifetime.
That's the bad news. There are options, however, shop owners and their crews could consider:
A) Stay with your business until the bitter end; then retire. Hopefully you have been wise and will have saved enough money to live a comfortable life; buy a 5th wheeler; take a cruise, and see the world. You deserve it. There is no shame in this approach. It's been the approach of many great business leaders in the past. For employees, be ready to find new employment before the doors close.
B) Develop a sustaining business model. Find and develop unique value added services that will attract, retain and grow a loyal customer base. Talk to your present customers to learn what might be of interest to them. Or, as Steve Jobs would have done, surprise them with a novel idea they hadn't even considered. Current employees are also very savvy business people. If I were the shop owner, I would sit in council with them to discovery what else might be done to survive and prosper.
C) Prepare to exit your business in the near term. In the process of doing this, find a new business opportunity to pursue. Given that you know how to operate a successful business, find a market niche with sufficient potential customers that will want to buy from you. This approach requires market research and a well-developed business plan.
Once again, I would gather my finest employees around me to discuss the future and the opportunities they see as attractive. This is the model I hope most small business owners will take. Proprietors and time-tested employees should work together to launch new businesses and to save and create new jobs. Keep in mind that America needs you to get back in the game as soon as possible. Never forget that there will always be opportunities to establish a new business. So don't despair and quit. Quitting is not in your nature, nor in the hearts of your faithful employees.
As to my retail friend, he has chosen to explore his next business. I salute him and I salute business owners everywhere who already have or are planning to do the same. What has been your own experience about the current options small business owners must face? As always, I welcome your ideas and thoughts. You can reach out to me here, via@AskAlanEHall, or at www.AlanEHall.com.


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"The 2/1 soldiers are slated to participate in 96 activities in 34 countries, 'more than half of the continent's nations,' during the first six months."
U.S. Army Beefing Up Partnership With Special Forces in Africa
A lot is riding on the performance of U.S. Army soldiers with the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, as they begin their ramp-up for deployment with U.S. Africa Command next spring.
The unit has been tapped as the Army's first regionally aligned forces (RAF) brigade, a concept that everyone from the Army chief of staff, Gen. Ray Odierno, on down has touted in recent months as the service's best shot at staying regionally engaged around the globe, while training host nation forces to provide their own security in a more effective manner.
The stakes were hashed out at an Oct. 23 panel discussion at the Association of the United States Army conference in Washington. Army leaders tasked with making the RAF concept work talked about their plans.
Lt. Gen. John Campbell, the Army's deputy chief of staff for operations, admitted that the program might go through some growing pains during its first few rotations, and that the Army will have to focus on learning those lessons and adjust on the fly.
"We are an Army in transition," he said, "and what that really means is, we've got to work this out," but it will take time.
One key aspect of the program is that the brigade will remain posted at Fort Riley, Kan., for the year it is aligned with Africa Command. Only portions of the brigade will deploy for relatively short periods of time during that year. Or at least that's what the plan looks like right now.
Still, Maj. Gen. Patrick Donahue, commanding general of Army Africa and Southern European Task Force, said the 2/1 soldiers are slated to participate in 96 activities in 34 countries, "more than half of the continent's nations," during the first six months of their usage.
The brigade will first undergo a rotation at the National Training Center, Fort Irwin, Calif., in February as well as additional training from the 162nd Infantry Brigade at Fort Polk, La., in certain aspects of language and culture. The training will focus primarily on the languages most commonly used in eastern and southern Africa: French, Arabic and Swahili.
But what does all of this mean closer to the ground? In an interview, Col. Kevin Marcus, U.S. Army Africa's chief of plans and policy, said the command is looking forward to working with Army Special Forces.
"Increased collaboration and participation in Special Forces-sponsored exercises is a particular area of emphasis," he said.
Marcus added that other collaborative efforts are being explored with Special Forces leaders because SF in Africa "has always been challenged by a lack of forces. Now with increased access, I think there's more to do and more to do together."
One of the potential efforts is to look for ways to combine or even sequence conventional forces and special operations forces training, so that training efforts by conventional forces could be followed up by a smaller spec ops presence that assesses the results of the training program over a more sustained period.
The Army also is looking for ways to expand the National Guard-led state partnership programs in Africa by deepening its collaboration with the National Guard on the training mission in coming years, Marcus said.
The National Guard conducts more than 100 state partnership events in Africa annually, with eight U.S. states participating in long-term training missions there.
"It's not about active component or the reserve component, it's about identifying the best force for the best mission at the best time," Marcus said.
The RAF concept won't just be limited to brigades. A variety of issues are still being worked out, but so far, plans call for aligning I Corps, of Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., with Pacific Command., and III Corps, of Fort Hood, Texas, with Central Command. The XVIII Airborne Corps, of Fort Bragg, N.C., will be the global response force, available to respond to the other combatant commands, Campbell said.
Marcus said the program isn't about how long a unit is in Africa, "it's about the regularity of contact and then the ability to link events together over time, so that we've got that sustained engagement."
He declined to go into specifics when asked about hot spots along the Mediterranean, the Sahel region, and places such as Mali.
"It's not about one country or region," Marcus said. "It's about doing what we can do to protect U.S. interests in building the capacity for African militaries to protect their own interests, and in turn cooperate with ours. It's not a function of geography, it's a function of interests."
After 2/1's mission ends, European and Pacific commands will be assigned brigades in 2014, while a third will follow 2/1's rotation in Africa in 2014.


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Whoopi responds to Eric Bolling's "hoodlum in the hizzouse" remark on Fox Business News.
"Let me explain this in a way you'll understand [cue Valley Girl accent]...It's called the White House and even though there's a black guy in it, dude, it's still the White House, OK? Not the hizzy. Not all of us speak like that. So get your, like, stuff together...cause, like, if you're going to continue to do this, it then does sort of feel a little bit racist and I'm sure that's actually not what you're trying to do...but in case it is...booyay!"
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When you have your mind set on a certain goal or adventure, you want to make sure your watch can also go the distance. With up to 120 hours of continuous exercise tracking Suunto 9 is built to last – just like you!
Suunto 9 is a multisport GPS watch designed for athletes who demand the best from their sports watch. Intelligent battery life management system with smart reminders ensures your watch will last just as long as you need it to. The robust Suunto 9 is made for long, arduous training and racing and extreme adventures.
Key features
- Intelligent battery modes
- Estimated wrist HR
- Over 80 sport modes
- Fusedtrack™
- GPS navigation
- 100 m water resistant
- Smart connectivity
- Tested tough
Never worry about running out of battery
Three predefined battery modes – Performance, Endurance and Ultra – deliver from 25 hours to up to 120 hours* of recording time with GPS tracking on. When you start a recording, you'll get an estimate of how much battery you have left with the current mode. If it's not enough, switch to another mode at any time. Suunto 9 uses smart reminders based on your activity history, to help ensure you are fully charged for your next outing. If the watch notices you are running low on battery during an exercise, it will automatically suggest changing to a different battery mode.
Suunto FusedTrack for more accurate track and distance
On long ultra runs, battery life is often the limiting factor for recording distance and track accurately, as GPS is a heavy drain on the battery. Suunto's unique FusedTrack™ algorithm combines GPS and motion sensor data to improve track and distance accuracy. This allows you to extend battery life by lowering GPS power without significantly compromising accuracy.
Thousands of hours testing in the toughest conditions
"When talking about training or racing tools for any adventure or endurance sport, the first thing I consider is durability, because it actually gives you the chance to just focus on what you need to do". Mauricio Méndez Cruz, Suunto triathlete and Xterra World Champion. Suunto 9 is designed and built to meet the demands of professional athletes. Tested to the extreme with thousands of hours of real use in the toughest conditions by Suunto's internal testing team and athletes all over the world, it is your trusted companion to confidently see you through any adventure!
Share your passion with suunto app
Pair Suunto 9 with the new Suunto app to track all your adventures, as well as follow your long term trends, including daily activity and sleep. Easily share your greatest achievements and connect with others in the app community. The smart mobile connection keeps you on top of your daily business with incoming call alerts, messages and notifications to your watch. Suunto app is available in the App Store and Google Play.
Technical specifications
- Bezel material: Stainless steel
- Glass material: Mineral glass
- Case material: Glass fibre reinforced polyamide
- Strap material: Silicone
- Weight: 72 g / 2.54 oz
- Wrist sizes: 130-230 mm
- Strap width: 24 mm
- Customizable watch faces
- Touch screen lock: during exercise
- Touch display
- Color display
- Water resistance: 100 m (according to ISO 6425)
- Battery indicator: percentage / icon
- Battery type: rechargeable lithium-ion
- Firmware upgradable
- Time, date
- Alarm clock: 1 configurable alarm
- Dual time
- Integrated wrist heart rate
- Automatic timekeeping
- Countdown timer
- Stopwatch timer
- Languages: EN, CS, DA, DE, ES, FI, FR, IT, JA, KO, NL, NO, PL, PT, RU, SV, ZH
- Backlight: LED
- Configurable backlight: brightness / mode
- Button lock: during exercise
- Display type: matrix
- Display resolution: 320 x 300
- Metric and imperial units
- Automatic daylight saving time
Physical Specifications
- Operating temperature: -20° C to +55° C / -5° F to +130° F
- Storage temperature: -30° C to +55° C / -22° F to +130° F
- Recommended charging temperature: 0° C to +35° C / +32° F to +95° F
Battery life
- In time mode: 14 days
- With 24/7 tracking and mobile notifications: 7 days
- Training mode with GPS: 25h / 50h / 120h
- Intelligent charge reminders
- Digital compass
- Tilt compensation
- Declination correction
- Direction scale: degrees
- Needle: north indicator
- Compass accuracy: 5°
- Compass resolution: 1°
- Connectivity (between devices): Bluetooth Smart
- Compatible with Suunto Movescount
- Compatible with Suunto Movescount App
- Compatible with Suunto app
- Phone notifications on the watch
- Compatible with online sports communities: Strava, TrainingPeaks, MapMyFitness and others (available in Suunto Movescount.com)
- Watch software updates from cloud
- Smartphone compatibility: Most common models supported
Activity tracking
- Step counter
- Calories burned
- Activity targets: steps, calories
- Heart rate assisted daily calories tracking
- Daily minimum heart rate tracking
Sleep tracking
- Sleep duration: Duration, average HR during sleep
- Bed times
- Time awake
Outdoor functions
GPS tracking & navigation
- Satellite systems: GPS
- GPS recording rate: Best, Good, OK
- Waypoint and visual route navigation
- Zoom levels in navigation
- Auto zoom based on route shape
- Breadcrumb trail in real time
- Route planning with altitude profile
- Outdoor maps by satellite, terrain and topography in web by Mapbox, Google Maps & Android
- Heatmaps to browse and show on Moves
- Route planning with heatmaps
- Personal route library synced to watch
- Point of Interest (POI) navigation
- ETA (estimated time of arrival), remaining distance
- GPS track analysis
- Track logging, viewing and sharing
- Intelligent battery modes: Performance, Endurance, Ultra, Custom
- GPS altitude
- Total ascent/descent: in exercise
- Vertical speed: in exercise
- Log recording rate: 1 s
- Resolution: 1 m
- Range: -500 - 9999 m
- Sunrise/sunset times
- Move altitude graph in Move summary
Training functions
Interval training
- Setup intervals: on watch
- Interval guidance during training
Heart Rate (requires HR belt or wrist HR monitor)
- Heart rate measured from wrist
- Heart rate belt compatibility: Bluetooth Smart belts
- RR interval: with Suunto Smart Sensor
- Heart rate in beats per minute
- Records heart rate in swimming: yes, with Suunto Smart Sensor
- Heart rate graph in real time
- Calories
- Peak Training Effect
- Personal heart rate zones
Speed and distance
- Cadence based speed and distance
- GPS speed and distance
- Chrono
- Foot POD support: Bluetooth Smart
- Autolaps
- Manual laps
- Analysis of pace, speed graphs and tracks on the map
Training recovery
- Training based recovery time
- Recovery time daily view: on watch
- Feeling stored after training to watch
Training load
- Logbook with Move details: on watch
- Move summary with lap details: on watch
- Training load with totals by sport: on watch
- Training logbook for long term overviews
- Training analysis with graphs, lap tables, maps, totals
- Training insights totals duration/distances by sport
- Training types stored to Moves: on watch
Share and relive
- Move sharing to social media
- Move rating and commenting
- Follow other members and get feedback via activity stream
Sport expertise
- Pool swim pace and distance
- Openwater swim pace and distance
- Records heart rate in swimming: yes, with Suunto Smart Sensor
- Swimming time by pool length, lap, total
- Swimming stroke rate, count and type
- Automatic intervals
- Interval lap table
- Lap table for swimming analysis with stroke and pace
- Interval guidance with swim pace/duration/distance training support: on watch
- Stroke efficiency (SWOLF)
- Cycling speed
- Average speed in real time
- Bike POD with speed/cadence support: Bluetooth Smart
- Bike power meter support: Bluetooth Smart
- Bike Power (W), average and maximum (with power sensor): Bluetooth Smart
- Bike Lap and Lap Maximum Power (with power sensor)
- Power distribution and graphs: with power sensor (available in Suunto Movescount.com)
- Peak Power Curve for peak power outputs: with power sensor (available in Suunto Movescount.com)
- Real-time lap table with avg HR, avg power and avg speed
- Interval guidance with power/speed/heart rate: on watch
- Running pace
- Suunto FusedSpeed™
- Running power with Stryd sensor
- Foot POD calibration: automatic
- Lap comparisons
- Average, max, lap pace in real time
- Interval guidance with running pace/heart rate/distance: on watch
- Change sport mode during exercise
- Preconfigured multisport modes
- Post-analysis of multisport exercise by sport
- Multisport exercise summary on watch
Sport modes
- Customizable sport modes and displays
- Graphical displays in sport modes: heart rate, speed and altitude
- Available measurement parameters: > 50 values on watch
- Numeric displays in sport modes: 1-7 fields, lap table view
- Pre-installed sport modes on watch: > 80
- Sport modes for specific purpose (racing, intervals, long training...)
- Measurements: 50 x 50 x 16.8 mm / 1.97 x 1.97 x 0.66"
- Weight: 72 g / 2.54 oz
- Bezel material: Stainless steel
- Glass material: Mineral glass
- Case material: Glass fibre reinforced polyamide
- Strap material: Silicone
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Suunto was founded in 1936 by outdoors man and a keen orienteering enthusiast Tuomas Vohlonen, who had long been bothered by a problem: the inaccuracy of traditional dry compasses and their lack of steady needle operation.
Today, Suunto is a leading designer and manufacturer of sports instruments for training, diving, mountaineering, hiking, skiing, sailing and golf..Prized for their design, accuracy and dependability, Suunto sports instruments combine the aesthetics and functionality of watches with sport-specific computers that help athletes at all levels analyze and improve performance.
Headquartered in Vantaa, Finland, , Suunto employs more than 500 people worldwide and distributes its products to over 100 countries.
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Joe Clark, byname of Charles Joseph Clark, (born June 5, 1939, High River, Alberta, Canada), prime minister of Canada from June 1979 to March 1980, the youngest person ever to win the post.
Clark obtained a B.A. in history (1960) and an M.A. in political science (1973) from the University of Alberta and taught political science there from 1965 to 1967. He had been active in politics since 1957 in support of the Progressive Conservative Party; from 1962 to 1965 he was national president of the Progressive Conservative Student Federation. In 1967 he directed the campaign organization that brought Peter Lougheed to power as premier of Alberta, and from 1967 to 1970 he served as executive assistant to Robert Stanfield, then the Conservative leader in the House of Commons. Clark himself was first elected to Parliament in 1972, and he was elected leader of his party in 1976.
In 1979 the Progressive Conservatives won a plurality of seats in Parliament, and Clark became head of a minority government. Only six months after he took office, however, his government fell on a budget question; in the subsequent general elections in February-March 1980, his party was defeated by the Liberals headed by Pierre Elliott Trudeau. Clark served as the leader of the Progressive Conservative Party until 1983. That year he held a formal leadership-selection meeting and was defeated by Brian Mulroney. Clark served in Mulroney's government as secretary of state for external affairs (1984–91) and president of the Queen's Privy Council (1991–93). He also served briefly (1993) as United Nations special representative to Cyprus. In 1998 Clark was again elected leader of the Progressive Conservatives, and in 2000 he won a seat in the House of Commons, which he held until his resignation in 2004. In 2006 Clark became a professor at the Centre for Developing-Area Studies at McGill University.


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Day's Best: Colorado's shrinking prison populations
As problems go, this is a good one to have.
Colorado's prison populations are shrinking so much the state will have to shut down some facilities. Having fewer people incarcerated generally is a good thing.
The bad part is the economic fallout that some areas of the state will suffer since prisons generally are located in small, rural towns that are highly dependent on prison jobs.
Finding new businesses for these areas of Colorado is an important mission, crucial to cushioning the blow of losing a major employer.
As the state's economy rebounds, it must be one of the state's economic development priorities so declining prison census numbers truly are a win-win.


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Situated on Spain's Costa Del Sol overlooking the Mediterranean sea, Benalmadena is a popular seaside resort with its hot summers and mild winters. Rather than staying in cramped hotel rooms, why not book rental accommodation for your family holiday? You can come and go as you please and cook your own meals in a fully equipped kitchen if the fancy takes you. A beachfront villa might be your ideal choice of property, or a house further inland in the old village.
While most visitors choose Benalmadena for its glorious beaches, there are plenty of other attractions to keep your family amused. Take a trip out to sea on a boat or a ferry; you can even go whale and dolphin watching. A cable car ride would make a welcome change, or perhaps a visit to Bil Bil Castle. The castle is distinctive with its Arabian architecture, and it hosts concerts as well as art exhibitions. Visit the Sea Life Centre, where you can walk through the transparent tunnels in the underwater park or watch feeding demonstrations; the centre even has a mini golf course. At the end of a relaxing day, Benalmadena becomes a great place for nightlife. Whatever kind of cuisine you are looking for, you are sure to find a restaurant that will suit your family's tastes.
If your children get bored of the beach, a visit to Selwo Marina with its dolphins and penguins will soon have them smiling again. Don't miss the Tivoli World Theme Park; as well as rides, including Tivoliandia for young children, its attractions include tropical gardens, Flamenco shows and a restaurant. Open all the year round, Benalmadena's Garden of Eagles has a reptile sanctuary and miniature castle in addition to its superb collection of birds of prey. It's a must for lovers of wildlife.
With its glorious beaches and wonderful climate, Benalmadena is an extremely popular holiday destination. That doesn't mean that your accommodation will cost a fortune, however, as you could choose one of our money-saving rental properties. Whether you want to stay in the town or right by the coast, in a villa or an apartment, we can offer you just what you're looking for. Read through some of our customer reviews, as they will help you to decide which property is the one for your family. Rest assured that we will give you excellent value that will enhance your stay in the beautiful resort that is Benalmadena.


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Marcus Lattimore: I'll be ready by Week 1
Marcus Lattimore has returned home following several months of rehabilitation in Florida with orthopedic surgeon James Andrews, and the former South Carolina running back says he plans on being ready to play by Week 1 of the NFL season.
That's after Andrews and a surgical team repaired his torn ACL, LCL and PCL on Nov. 2.
"I feel like, personally, I need three more months before I put some pads on," Lattimore told USA TODAY Sports in a trip to New York City on Tuesday. "I know my body. I know when I'll be ready to play. It takes time I know, but at the beginning of the season, I feel like I should be ready to go."
He's a wild card in the 2013 NFL draft, which begins Thursday night. He has heard experts predict his name will be called anywhere between the second and fifth rounds, but he doesn't plan on watching the broadcast. He said he even has considered the possibility he won't be picked.
"If that happens," he said. "I'm going to find a team and I'm going to get to work."
Lattimore participated in a media tour Tuesday on behalf of EAS Sports Nutrition, his first endorsement since declaring himself for the draft after injuring his right knee in the ninth game of his junior season. Before that, he was projected as a first-round pick — if he had left South Carolina after a healthy junior season.
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He said the St. Louis Rams, New England Patriots, Philadelphia Eagles and San Francisco 49ers have shown the most interest in him during the predraft process. Lattimore enjoyed his visit to New England and came away impressed with three-time Super Bowl-winning coach Bill Belichick.
"I like him. That was a real good visit," Lattimore said. "He's straight up with you. He knows everything about you before you walk in the room. It was great to meet him. They win, and you see why they win. Just the whole staff is really competitive."
Andrews told USA TODAY Sports in February that Lattimore was twice as far along in his recovery than expected, and Lattimore said Andrews agrees that he'll be pro-ready by late July.
The Rams appear to be the ideal place for Lattimore to play early, with the departure of free-agent running back Steven Jackson and a lack of experience on the depth chart.


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Announcement of change in the total number of votes in AB SKF
2014 November 28, 09:00 CET
Gothenburg 28 November 2014: Due to a conversion of shares from Series A to Series B, in accordance with the Company's Articles of Association, AB SKF confirms the following. As per 28 November the Company's share capital amounts to SEK 1,138,377,670 and the total number of shares amounts to 37,649,081 shares of Series A and 417,701,987 shares of Series B. The number of votes in the Company amounts to 79,419,280. AB SKF does not hold any own shares.
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AB SKF is required to disclose the information provided herein pursuant to the Securities Markets Act and/or the Financial Instruments Trading Act. The information was submitted for publication at 09:00 on 28 November 2014.
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|By Cloud News Desk
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|July 7, 2009 10:00 PM EDT
Cloud computing is a game changer. The cloud is disrupting traditional software and hardware business models by disrupting how IT service gets delivered, and entrepreneurial opportunities abound as this classic disruptive technology begins to proliferate. So it is no surprise that SYS-CON's industry-leading International Cloud Computing Conference & Expo series is going from strength to strength. The latest expansion of its wide-ranging technical program is the addition of two brand new tracks for its biggest-ever event, 4th International Cloud Computing Conference & Expo, being held November 2-4, 2009, in the Santa Clara Convention Center, Santa Clara, CA.
"SOA in the Cloud" - The convergence of SOA and Cloud Computing is now so clear a trend industry-wide that a new "SOA in the Cloud" track will make its first - but definitely not its last! - appearance as a new content focus within our fast-growing International Cloud Computing Conference & Expo series, now held three times a year, in New York, Santa Clara, and Prague. Cloud computing is accelerating the adoption of SOA by providing aspects of SOA on-demand.
In a recent article published at SOA World Magazine, SOA and Cloud expert David Linthicum wrote:
"Clearly, SOA and cloud computing go hand-in-hand. Cloud computing is just the ability to leverage new platforms and resources that you don't happen to own. Nothing really changes outside of that, including the need to do SOA right."
"RIAs in the Cloud" - Today we are witnessing a change in the way the industry thinks about software applications. The increase in SaaS application development and consumption is driving up demand for RIAs and a new set of platform technologies built specifically to develop and deliver them. Software vendors, both large and small, are now considering how best to adapt to the new paradigms of the RIA and SaaS markets, while a large number of developers are moving to RIA and SaaS application development.
Our aim with each new International Cloud Computing Conference & Expo is to showcase breakout sessions from members of every layer of the Cloud ecosystem. The submission process is 100% online and the submissions URL is here. (Closing date July 15, 2009.)
By adding these two tracks to the program we help ensure, through an intense and carefully chosen program of technical and strategic breakout sessions, that attending delegates will leave the 4th International Cloud Computing Conference & Expo with abundant resources, ideas and examples they can apply immediately to leveraging the Cloud, helping them to maximize performance, minimize cost and improve the scalability of their Enterprise IT endeavors.
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Netflix Shares Jump As Subscribers Rise; Margins Seen Following
Netflix Inc shares shot up 24 percent on Tuesday to their highest level since September 2011, after the movie streaming service said it added more than 2 million U.S. subscribers last quarter.
The latest jump made Netflix's stock the fourth-most pricey in the Standard & Poor's 500 on a valuation basis.
Analysts rushed to revise their forecasts for Netflix's earnings, reasoning that the company's push for exclusive content will boost margins in coming quarters. They also lifted their targets for the stock price, which has now more than quadrupled in the past eight months.
The shares were up $42 at $216.66 in morning Nasdaq trading after Netflix posted a higher-than-expected quarterly profit late Monday.
"Netflix is seeing a bit of an extreme reaction today," said Jeff Morris, head of U.S. equities at Standard Life Investments in Boston, which has $272 billion in assets. "There were questions about (the company's business model), but it's putting up good subscriber growth and seems to be delivering on original content."
The stock is now trading at roughly 165 times estimated 2013 earnings per share. By contrast, the average price-earnings ratio for the sector is about 14.
Only three other stocks in the Standard & Poor's 500 index have loftier multiples: Vulcan Materials Co at 402; Prologis Inc at 210; and Amazon.com Inc at 182.
Despite the already big jump, at least eight brokerages, including JPMorgan, BMO Capital, Morgan Stanley, Barclays and Oppenheimer & Co, raised their price targets on the stock by as much as $75 to as much as $250.
"Netflix is in an enviable position with its scale and can opportunistically bid on content not available to the company previously," Morgan Stanley analyst DeVitt said in a note.
Netflix now has 29.2 million U.S. customers for its $8-a-month U.S. streaming service, the largest part of its business.
"The solid performance in the March quarter combined with a better-than-expected outlook for the June quarter, aided by the upcoming release of 'Arrested Development: Season 4,' augurs well for the company in 2013 and beyond," BMO Capital Markets Corp analysts said.
"Arrested Development", dropped by network TV but later revived on Netflix, will premiere on May 26 with the entire 15-episode season available to stream online.
"Four billion hours were streamed in the quarter - highlighting how the company's subscriber base is increasingly using Netflix for a growing share of their viewing trends," BMO said.
Besides boosting subscriber numbers, the push for exclusive content will probably increase margins in line with Netflix's premium TV network peers, DeVitt wrote.
Netflix has been pushing for original shows, and its February release of "House of Cards", a drama series starring Kevin Spacey, generated plenty of attention just as more viewers turn onto Internet video downloading.
"Netflix is racing to ramp up original hours of versatile programming in an effort to build a brand identity with different segments of the market," Susquehanna Financial Group analyst Vasily Karasyov said.
The big run-up in Netflix shares has probably hit short sellers, but there are still many betting against the stock.
The short interest position in Netflix for the most recent period, from the end of March, was 13.4 percent of shares outstanding, compared with less that 2 percent for blue chip companies such as Google Inc and IBM Corp, according to Thomson Reuters StarMine data.
Short interest in Netflix peaked at about 38 percent in April 2008.
Short sellers profit from betting stocks will fall. They borrow and then sell shares, waiting for the price to drop so they can buy them at the lower price.


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What is Encryption?
Encryption is based on the mathematical scrambling and unscrambling of messages. The type of encryption we use assigns two keys -- one is a public key and one is a private key. When you send us a message, you use our public key to encrypt your message. Once we receive your encrypted message, we use the private key to decode it. The same key cannot both encrypt and decrypt information. So, information encrypted using the private key can only be decrypted using the public key, and vice versa -- ensuring the security of your information.


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Oakland's newest city landmark is a renovated 1870s Victorian located in the Oakland Point District in West Oakland. The house is associated with Capt. William T. Shorey (1859-1919) a black sea captain who commanded his own vessels hunting and capturing whales in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
The house had suffered from neglect and various misguided remodelings in recent years — it was knocked off its foundation in the 1989 earthquake — but since being acquired by its current owner, the home looks once again like the prosperous residence it once was.
Owner Biren Talati put forward the landmark nomination and appeared at various meetings during the past year, determined to have the historic structure achieve official landmark status.
Research shows that Shorey and his wife were well-known during their time in West Oakland. Originally from Barbados, Shorey showed an early interest in the sea, moving to Boston first as a cabin boy and later working on whaling ships until the whaling industry shifted to the West Coast. He rose rapidly from mate to officer to captain.
After he married Julie Ann Shelton (1865-1944) daughter of a well-to-do San Franciscan African-American family, the newlyweds set sail for a honeymoon in Hawaii, then settled down to married life, eventually having five children. Julie Ann Shorey and the children would sometimes accompany the captain on his voyages.
Shorey had many adventures during his seafaring days. He retired in 1908 and for the final decade of his life was active in Oakland civic affairs, once hosting a dinner for Booker T. Washington who was in town to raise funds for the Tuskegee Institute.
Shorey died on April 15, 1919, at the age of 60, a casualty of the worldwide flu epidemic then raging. He was buried in the family plot at Mountain View Cemetery where three of his children who predeceased him were already buried.
Following his death, the city council ordered a block of 8th Street, where the house is located, renamed Shorey Street.
His widow lived many years after her husband's death and remained active in civic and philanthropic causes associated with the black community. Interested in natural history, she wrote pieces for local journals on the flora and fauna she observed while on her travels. According to her surviving daughter, Victoria, who died in 1961, the home was filled with treasures acquired on the many voyages.
This summer, Betty Marvin, an architectural historian planner with the city, will be leading a walking tour of the West Oakland neighborhood associated with Capt. Shorey. The family is also featured on tours of Mountain View Cemetery. For more, go to www.oaklandheritage.org, and www.mountainviewcemetery.org.
Biren Talati has a website with information on how he and his company went about renovating the Shorey Housem including a slide show of the rooms and exterior, at www.shoreyhouse.blogspot.com.
"The house, through its occupants, the Shoreys, has an amazing story to tell," Talati said. "We hope that landmark status will enable more people to become familiar with it and learn from it as we have."


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Commit new gstreamer eclasses as reviewed on gentoo-dev mailing list with a few more fixes, most notably EAPI=1 support fixes. For a more detailed changelog, please see gnome overlay git log.
Update for gst-plugins-good-0.10.31: use .xz tarballs, punt .la files.
dev-util/pkgconfig -> virtual/pkgconfig
Update copyright years in headers
Prepare for gst-plugins-good-0.10.30
All older than -good-0.10.23 versions are gone from tree, so remove now unnecessary econf support for these
Prepare (late) for gst-plugins-good-0.10.28 - jack plugin moved here from -bad
Prepare for gst-plugins-good-0.10.28 - since .24 the liboil dep is gone, but splits relied on RDEPEND in gst-plugins-good to pass configure check for it. So build depend on it here for old splits, as new -good does not pull it in anymore
Prepare for gst-plugins-good-0.10.23 - oss4 system plugin moved here from -bad
Do not filter out the plugins being built from the list in src_configure before creating the --disable-* configure options. ./configure should guarantee us they get enabled nevertheless, as the --enable-* options are appended to it, overriding the --disable for the to be built plugins. This avoids problems in the filtering, e.g "ivorbis vorbis" getting filtered to "i" when building gst-plugins-vorbis. Fixes bug 325613
Fully validate and clean up plugin list for current versions. Reorder them per configure --help output, in order of global/sys/ext switches. Add directsound, osx_audio and osx_video to avoid useless header/linking configure checks for all -good plugins and save some configure time. Remove ladspa and cdio from the list, they have not been part of -good since 0.10.8 and 0.10.10 respectively, so safe to remove and avoid the unrecognized configure option QA warnings.
Restrict tests for gstreamer external plugins, they don't work with the split ebuilds
Add a few new plugins, generate all makefiles, shave wrappers need to be built
Update gst-plugins-good eclass.
Insert soup into gst-plugins-good plugins list.
Fix remaining dodoc warnings of gstreamer.
Version bump gst-plugins-good to 0.10.6.
Updated external plugin names to gst-plugins-bad-0.10.4 and gst-plugins-good-0.10.5
Set package origin and name
Fix bug #59202
even more new plugins in 0.10.3 release
even more new plugins in 0.10.3 release
new plugins in 0.10.3 release
fix stupidity
update plugins in gst-plugins-good
Fixes circular dep bug #121714
Apply whitespace checks from repoman to eclasses.
Fix invalid atoms.
GStreamer 0.10 prerelease
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Films Include Such Major Stars as JOHN CORBETT, ANNE HECHE, JEANNE TRIPPLEHORN, PATRICIA CLARKSON, ROSARIO DAWSON, NAOMI JUDD and REBECCA ROMIJN, Among Others, in All-New Movies THE HUNT FOR THE I-5 KILLER,
and IRIS JOHANSEN'S THE KILLING GAME
LOS ANGELES, (August 23, 2011) - Lifetime continues to bring big names and acclaimed talent to the small screen with six all-new original movies set to make their world premieres this October. Kicking off Sunday, October 2, John Corbett and Sara Canning star in The Hunt for the I-5 Killer, followed by Girl Fight, starring Anne Heche and James Tupper, on October 3. As Halloween approaches, Lifetime ups the suspense factor with We Have Your Husband, premiering on October 17 and starring Teri Polo and Esai Morales; Possessing Piper Rose on October 24 with Rebecca Romijn; and Iris Johansen's The Killing Game, featuring Laura Prepon and Naomi Judd, on October 31.
Lifetime's October tent-pole original movie, Five, the eagerly-awaited movie directed by Jennifer Aniston, Demi Moore, Alicia Keys, Penelope Spheeris and Patty Jenkins, and featuring an all-star ensemble cast, will debut on October 10 at 9:00pm ET/PT. A bold anthology of five short films exploring the impact of breast cancer on people's lives, Five uses humor and drama to focus on the effect breast cancer and its different stages of diagnosis have on relationships and the way women perceive themselves while searching for strength, comfort, medical breakthroughs and, ultimately, a cure. Five's cast includes Academy Award(R) nominee Patricia Clarkson (Pieces of April), Rosario Dawson (Sin City), Lyndsy Fonseca (How I Met Your Mother), Ginnifer Goodwin (Big Love), Josh Holloway (Lost), Taylor Kinney (The Vampire Diaries), Jenifer Lewis (The Princess and the Frog), Jennifer Morrison (House M.D.), Kathy Najimy (WALL-E), Golden Globe(R) Award winner Bob Newhart (Horrible Bosses), Annie Potts (Law & Order: SVU), Tracee Ellis Ross (Girlfriends), Emmy(R) and Golden Globe winner Tony Shalhoub (Monk), and Emmy nominees Jeffrey Tambor (Arrested Development) and Jeanne Tripplehorn (Big Love).
Lifetime's other October movies include:
THE HUNT FOR THE I-5 KILLER premieres Sunday, October 2, 8:00pm ET/PT
Based on author Ann Rule's book and starring John Corbett (United States of Tara) and Sara Canning (The Vampire Diaries), The Hunt for the 1-5 Killer recounts the haunting tale of the year-long manhunt for the killer who in 1981 brutally raped and murdered 44 victims throughout the I-5 corridor in California.
GIRL FIGHT premieres Monday, October 3, 9:00pm ET/PT
Inspired by a true story and starring Anne Heche (Hung) and James Tupper (Grey's Anatomy), Girl Fight is the harrowing story of a 16-year-old, stellar high school student whose life spirals downward when a shocking video of her getting beat up by her former friends surfaces on the Internet.
WE HAVE YOUR HUSBAND premieres Monday, October 17, 9:00pm ET/PT
American Jayne Valseca (Teri Polo, Meet the Parents, Man Up), her husband Eduardo (Esai Morales, NYPD Blue) and their two children live an idyllic life on their 1,000 acre ranch outside of a peaceful Mexico town. But one morning Eduardo is kidnapped and Jayne is left behind to pick up the pieces, throwing her into a living nightmare in which she is pushed to the limit to do everything she possibly can to raise the ransom money necessary to bring Eduardo back alive. Based on a true story from the book We Have Your Husband: One Woman's Terrifying Story of a Kidnapping in Mexico, the movie also stars Olivia d'Abo (Law & Order: Criminal Intent).
POSSESSING PIPER ROSE premieres Monday, October 24, 9:00pm ET/PT
The story of a couple (Rebecca Romijn, X-Men, Ugly Betty and David Cubitt, Medium, Lifetime's Bond of Silence) so desperate to adopt a child they might even bend the rules to get one. But when the three-year old little girl of their dreams arrives, strange, inexplicable events begin to happen that threaten the couple's lives.
IRIS JOHANSEN'S THE KILLING GAME premieres Monday, October 31, 9:00pm ET/PT
Based on the bestselling crime novel, Iris Johansen's The Killing Game follows forensic sculptor Eve Duncan (Laura Prepon, How I Met Your Mother), who 10 years after the disappearance and murder of her seven year old daughter, is contacted by a man claiming to be the child's killer. Taunted by the man's mysterious clues about the case and his threats to kill again, precious memories of her daughter haunt Eve once more. Caught in a web of deceit, she gambles with her own life as she throws herself into her work to finally close the case and bring her daughter's murderer to justice. Iris Johansen's The Killing Game also stars Naomi Judd (Frasier).


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The Animal Welfare Institute's case against Feld Entertainment, Inc., the parent company of Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, finally went to trial in February. We charged the circus with violating the Endangered Species Act by beating elephants with ankuses and chaining them for unhealthy periods of time. The six-week-long courtroom battle concluded with lead counsel Katherine Meyer's closing remarks, citing portions of a passage from Rudyard Kipling's 1895 work, The Second Jungle Book. In the chapter titled "The King's Ankus," Mowgli, a boy raised by wolves in the Indian jungle, is taken to see the king's treasure:
At last [Mowgli] found something really fascinating buried in the coins. It was a three-foot ankus or elephant gode, something like a small boat hook. The top was one round, shining ruby, and eight inches of the handle below it were studded with rough turquoises close together, giving a most satisfactory grip.
Mowgli said to the white cobra, "These coins are by no means good to eat, but this," he lifted the ankus,"I desire to take away that I may see it in the sun."
And when they went back in their own jungle and Mowgli made the ankus glitter in the morning light, he was almost as pleased as though he had found a bunch of new flowers stuck in his hair. He woke Bagheera, the tiger, and asked, "For what use was this thorn-point thing made?"
"It was made by men to thrust into the heads of elephants," said Bagheera. "That thing has tasted the blood of many elephants."
"But why do they thrust into the heads of elephants?"
"To teach them man's laws. Having neither claws nor teeth, men make these things, and worse."
"If I had known this I would not have taken it," said Mowgli. "I will use it no more," and he threw the ankus in the air. The ankus flew sparkling and buried itself point down thirty yards away between the trees. "So my hands are clean of blood," said Mowgli, rubbing his hands on the fresh, moist earth.
For an account of what transpired at the trial, see the full story on page 14.
Archival document; for complete account, please see http://awionline.org/cases/protection-asian-elephants.


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About this time last year, I was contacted by Finisterre to build a board for one of their team riders.
Carlos Burle was the natural choice as he is 2 x big wave world champion and as well as being a great ambassador for generally pushing the boundaries of big wave surfing, he is also really involved in environmental issues and probably the most lightly candidate for trying out one of my guns on the most testing of platforms Oahu's north shore.
I build the board in my workshop this summer and Finisterre kindly shipped it out for me in early December, and no sooner than santa could of delivered it him self it was in the capable hands of a grinning Mr Burle.
Today he sent me a pic of him getting shacked at Sunset, which filled me with pride, and I was as stoked as you could possibly be unless I actually got to be there myself.
Pics and comments are at the link on my blogspot above.
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The company's slogan is "Nothing runs like a Deere" and has a picture of a deer as a logo, a word play pun on "nothing runs like a deer."
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Furious 10m waves and icy, tempestuous gales await those intrepid enough to navigate the Drake Passage, the crossing from the tip of South America to Antarctica, seen by seafarers as one of the world's most dangerous voyages.
After an interminable 43-hour trip negotiating waters that leave even experienced sailors queasy, the crew and a gaggle of reporters aboard the Brazilian icebreaker and oceanographic research vessel Ary Rongel finally spot land.
As night falls, huge blocks of ice can just be discerned on the horizon, the still blurred contours of King George Island, the largest of the South Shetland Islands and home to a Brazilian research base.
"It is very emotional. The landscape is stunning, and you can breathe very pure air," said Sergeant Adilson Pinheiro, a 25-year-veteran with the Brazilian Navy. "We can see different animals, such as penguins and sea lions. It is fantastic, very gratifying. This makes up for missing your family — and for the crossing."
The Ary Rongel is transporting personnel, along with provisions, for Brazil's Comandante Ferraz Antarctic Station, host to the Brazilian Antarctic Program of scientific research.
The base, inaugurated in 1984, is currently being refurbished with inhabitants living in provisional accommodation units after a fire ripped through it two years ago, killing two staff.
The Drake Passage, which stretches for about 1,000km, represents three-quarters of the voyage from the Chilean city of Punta Arenas to Antarctica.
"Drake Passage is feared as it is one of the worst seas in the world, if not the worst, to navigate," said the 31-year-old skipper, Lieutenant Ricardo Magalhaes. "West to east it is buffeted by strong winds and many cold fronts with nothing in the way of physical barriers to break the waves, which in summer can rise as high as 8m to 10m."
"But good seas don't make for good sailors," said the navigation specialist, who has 14 years naval service behind him.
It was the lieutenant's Portuguese near namesake, Ferdinand Magellan, who, financed by the Spanish crown, headed the first expedition to sail from the Atlantic Ocean into the Pacific in 1520, seeking a trade route to the Far East.
After a four-day trip punctuated by poor sleep and seasickness tablets, the Ary Rongel's passengers are up on deck to survey the scenery wide-eyed.
A flock of petrels marks their arrival in a world of natural beauty, but also danger.
For a while, the waters are calm as the vessel slips into the Strait of Magellan and heads south through Chilean waters, a 600km trek which takes 30 hours to navigate.
Locally, they call it the Avenue of Glaciers or ventisqueros — a mountainous area where snow and ice still lies deep on the peaks, even as the Patagonian summer approaches its end.
From there, the Ary Rongel steers into Richmond Passage and out into Drake Passage, where the Atlantic and the Pacific oceans meet.
Days on board the Ary Rongel, affectionately dubbed "Red Giant" by its crew because of its bright red paint, are characterized by strict military routine.
Each day starts at dawn and four mealtimes are rigidly adhered to.
Communications, activities for the day and information on temperature and how long a human being can survive in the sea should the vessel sink are all broadcast over the shipboard public announcement system.


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Prof. Joe Heithaus to Read From Poison Sonnets April 11
April 3, 2012
Joseph Heithaus, University Professor and professor of English at DePauw University, will read from his collection of poems, Poison Sonnets, at a Wednesday, April 11 event. The program, which is presented by the James and Marilou Kelly Writers Series, will begin at 7:30 p.m. in Thompson Recital Hall, located within DePauw's Green Center for the Performing Arts. The public is invited to attend the presentation, which is free.
Published earlier this year, Poison Sonnets resulted from the professor encouraging a student to write a series of sonnets and then turning the assignment on himself. Heithaus' sonnets are inspired by illustrations of poison plants in an old Webster's Dictionary. Some of the sonnets were originally published in magazines such as Poetry and the American Poetry Journal and then Heithaus won the prestigious 2007 Discovery/The Nation Prize for a group of ten "Poison Sonnets." Those sonnets are now the central thread of the book, a weave of fifty-four sonnets exploring the nature of poison and celebrating the complexities of language.
Phillis Levin, who is the poet-in-residence at Hofstra University, where she teaches, states, "A ravishing plenitude possesses the mind of Joseph Heithaus, whose Poison Sonnets expand, in their contractions, a spectrum of sinuous patterns and moods. His meditations 'speak the world,' touching extremes of vision and insight. In the hothouse of high art he makes a heady brew, an amalgam whose properties quicken 'that reddish thumping flower' we call the heart. Turning from 'Ragwort' to 'Houndstongue' to 'Monkshood,' from 'Bitter Nightshade' to 'Oleander' to 'Murky Light,' we move through an ever-opening field guide to the generative forces of language."
The professor is one of five "Airpoets," whose poems have been integrated into stained-glass window murals in the Indianapolis International Airport and are featured in two books, Rivers, Rails and Runways and Airmail.
Read more about Joe Heithaus in this recent article.
The James and Marilou Kelly Writers Series was established in 1998 with gifts from Marilou Morrell Kelly, a 1955 graduate of DePauw. Learn more about the Kelly Writers Series by clicking here.Back


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Toward a theory to study the use of collaborative product commerce for product development
Collaborative product commerce (CPC) solutions span software and services which permit individuals to share product data to improve the design, development, and management of products throughout the product development lifecycle. Drawing upon prior developments in adaptive structuration theory (AST) and media richness theory, I develop a theoretical framework to better understand the role of CPC in enabling collaboration in a product development environment. I study the impact of CPC on product design and development processes using a cross-sectional survey of 36 firms. The study reveals that CPC usage varies across different phases of the product development lifecycle. Preliminary results indicate that CPC has enabled firms to collaborate effectively with external stakeholders, which has resulted in tangible business benefits. I conclude by developing several research propositions which provide a roadmap for conducting future empirical research to measure the impact of CPC on product development, and highlight potential research topics that can be explored.
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Time to check in with one another again. Second week of the month and we're all wondering how your MS is today.
As I said in Monday's blog, I've been feeling relatively well this past couple of weeks. Now, were you to ask Caryn (and likely others who have seen me hobble about of late) you might get another answer; which led me to wonder if the same is true for others living with MS…
This month, along with your check-in with yourself, I thought it might be interesting for us to report how someone close to us thinks we're doing this month.
I wouldn't say that I "check in" with Caryn; ours is more of a running dialog. On occasion, however, I do make a point to see if what I'm experiencing is "obvious"… it usually is. In fact a couple of weeks ago, I saw the reflection of myself walking down the street in a shop window. I looked like one of those people who should be using more than just a cane… It was a bit of a stunner for me!
When I asked if that was how I looked on a tough day I was told lovingly, yet squarely, "Yep."
Maybe it's like the falling when I feel pretty good that we spoke of on Monday. Maybe I'm so focused on getting the thing done that the way I'm doing it escapes me. I don't know.
I do know that having someone from whom to get honest feedback is important to the way I live my life with MS. Is it the same for you?
So, today we'll check in with one another like we usually do in this monthly post. I'd also like you to ask someone else for their opinion. We'd love for them to post it, but if they'd rather just tell you and you report — that's fine too.
How is your MS today?
Don't forget that you can also follow me via my Life With MS Facebook page and on Twitter.


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So much for good intentions. I get myself all geared up to
the problem I need to solve today? Well, I want to find out about how emacs networking works.
So first, I need a simple server to play with. Now normally when I think server I automatically think Apache but this time I want something a bit more basic. And if I was thinking enterprise1 I might reach for C++/ACE. However, for something basic, Perl is ideal.
I've just upgraded to Ubuntu 9.04 on this box and Perl is unused so let's see if it has what I need.
06.52 Ubuntu finishes booting
I waste a few minutes on the internet.
06.57 I start Emacs
and remind myself just how gorgeous emacs-23 looks.
06.59 I check for the Net::Server package
$ perldoc Net::Server
You need to install the perl-doc package to use this program.
$ sudo apt-get install perl-doc
$ perldoc Net::Server
No documentation found for "Net::Server".
It is not installed. I could install it using apt (it is called
libnet-server-perl) but I've got in the habit of using Perl's CPAN module which provides package management facilities too. The advantage is that it is somewhat consistent across platforms.
$ sudo perl -MCPAN -e shell cpan[1]> install YAML cpan[2]> install CPAN cpan[3]> reload CPAN cpan[4]> install Bundle::CPAN
The CPAN bundle installs quite a bit so I go for breakfast.
07.15 Back from breakfast
cpan[5]> install Net::Server
I took this code pretty much straight from
perldoc Net::Server.
#!/usr/bin/perl use strict; use warnings; package SimpleServer; use base qw(Net::Server); sub process_request { while (<STDIN>) { s/\r?\n$//; print STDERR "Received [$_]\n"; last if /quit/i; } } SimpleServer->run(port => 8080);
I tested it using
telnet localhost 8080 to confirm it does what I need.
07.20 All done
Presumably Python and Ruby have similar incantations that will get a server up and running quickly.
And unfortunately at this point I have to go to work. But later on, I can begin experimenting with emacs networking.
1. i.e. some thing that grows humongous over a period of two years and then no-one wants to work with it anymore.


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