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Duggan, A.M.
Duggan, A.M.
Acadia Gas Engine Company fonds
Fonds contains three product catalogues produced by the Acadia Gas Engine Company. The earliest dated catalogue was published in January, 1969 and another was published in 1973. One catalogue is undated.
Acadia Gas Engine Company.
The fonds consists of records which document the business activities and interests of Adams & Knickle Ltd. from 1897 until 1968. Information contained in this fonds provides insight into the company's role as a major fishing and shipping partn...
Adams and Knickle Limited.
This fonds consists of records which document the personal and business activities and interests of Alfred Dickie and, to a lesser extent, those of his immediate family and employees. Although the records span Dickie's lifetime, few relate to his ...
Dickie, Alfred
Arthur Fordham and Company fonds
Fonds contains records documenting Arthur Fordham's leather merchant activities from 1899-1967. Fonds includes miscellaneous early records, 1899-1933; sales and purchases journals, 1921-1953; cash books, 1918-1962; ledgers, 1921-1967; corresp...
Arthur Fordham and Company
Berryhill Photographic Studios fonds
This fonds consists of colour portraits of Dalhousie graduates.
Berryhill Photographic Studios.
Fonds contains the personal and professional records of four generations of the Bigelow family of Nova Scotia. It includes correspondence, legal and financial documents, diaries and memoirs, and photographs that document primarily the family'...
Bigelow Family
Burns and Company memorandums and company bulletins
File contains bulletins on meat and dairy markets sent from the company office in Winnipeg, Manitoba to salesmen in the Eastern Sales Division. File also contains memorandums sent to L.W. Morgan from the company office in Winnipeg.
Burns and Company.
Business correspondence of John M. Blaikie
File consists of correspondence regarding Blaikie's mercantile and shipbuilding businesses.
Blaikie, John M., 1837-1929
The fonds contains business records of Charman and Grant general store, including invoices and a general ledger. Also included is a VE Day address by William Grant.
Charman & Grant.
Locke, Churchill
Fonds includes correspondence and the minute book of the Halifax Jewellers Association, 1948-1951.
Cooley Brothers.
Correspondence from Corning and Chipman
File contains correspondence from Corning and Chipman, a law firm based in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia. Materials were created in 1879, 1881, 1888, 1891, 1893-1903, 1906, 1912, 1915, 1917 and 1923.
Corning and Chipman.
Fonds contains business correspondence regarding the purchase of a boiler. Fonds also contains a specification for a boiler manufactured by John Inglis Company.
Smith, Cyril R.
Ledger 1888-1893; Miscellaneous invoices and correspondence 1891-1893
Nelson, David
The fonds consists of architectural plans, Bass River picnic files, correspondence and invoices, counter books, customer and employee records, export papers, interest books, journals, ledgers, legal documents, merchandise invoices, photographs, pr...
Dominion Chair Company.
The fonds consists mainly of general business correspondence and financial records recording the financial affairs of the business. The fonds also consist of legal records, mainly indentures and insurance policies for the business, sales and opera...
Frieze and Roy.
The George E. Smith Company, named after its founder, was a hardware company in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Upon Smith's death on February 16, 1916, the company remained in operation. The fonds includes the correspondence (including financial trans...
George E. Smith Company.
Miscellaneous business files including information on Renada Gold Mines Limited, 1933, and list of shareholders in General Trust and Executor Corp, 1938 and the Maritime Life Assurance Company, 1932. Copies of sermons by Reverend Harleigh M. Rosen...
Graham, George
Fonds contains business records accumulated by George MacKay, including correspondence, receipts, and invoices.
MacKay, George
Fonds contains business records and personal correspondence of H.L. Ruggles. Financial records primarily relate to Ruggles' wholesale grocery business, but some materials relate to the settlement of his mother's estate. Personal correspo...
Ruggles, H.L.
The fonds contains business correspondence between the Halifax Seed Company and their associates worldwide as well as two ledger books. Advertisements and printed matter originally enclosed with correspondence provide an insight into the 1960s rel...
Halifax Seed Company.
This fonds contains correspondence, agreements, price lists, financial records and photographs relating to the J.E. Morse Tea company. Also contains a picture of the Studley Quoit Club plus a key to the group picture.
Morse, J.E.
James E. Dickie and Company fonds
This fonds consists of documents illustrating the diverse interests of James Edward Dickie and his family. While nearly all of the records date from the ownership of the Stewiacke general store by James E. Dickie and his son Edwin, the fonds does ...
James E. Dickie and Company.
Fonds consists of three microfilm reels of business records and a photocopied excerpt of a furniture catalogue. No original materials are included . Materials include three volumes of ledgers (1880-1904), bills of lading (1886-1898), correspondenc...
Smith, James M
James Patterson, invoices, correspondence and other papers
Invoices, Corres., Agreements & Misc. papers. 1792, 1795, 1800, 1803, 1806, 1808-1812, 1814, 1816, 1821, 1836, 1838, 1842-44.
James Patterson.
James Thom and Company insurance policy on the schooner Favourite
Insurance policy on the schooner Favourite, September 27, 1814
Thom, James and Company.
Fonds consists of textual records and photographs that document the Shaw family and portions of the history of L.E. Shaw Limited. Fonds contains bills payable/receivable, annual reports, catalogues and bulletins, and photographs of Shaw family and...
Shaw Group, The.
La Have Outfitting Company fonds
The La Have Outfitting Company fonds contains mainly financial records related to their business of outfitting and supplying vessels, as well as sales of fish, coal and salt between the years of 1905-1976. These records include invoices cash books...
La Have Outfitting Company.
Letters to John Young from his son, William Young
File consists of one handwritten letter (1833) to John Young from his son and business agent, William Young, and a transcription of an earlier letter (1815) from William.
Young, John, 1773-1837
Londonderry Stoves Company ledger
File contains a business ledger of Londonderry Stoves Company. The ledger includes entries from 1889-1895. File also contains miscellaneous papers. Each item has been marked to indicate where it was found.
Londonderry Stoves Co.
This fonds consists of correspondence, an agreement and a daybook.
McKim, J.L. Estate.
Invoices, deeds and day book and ledger 1895-1921
Memoranda from a deed of settlement of the Bank of British North America
File contains a seven page handwritten memoranda from a deed of settlement of the Bank of British North America (May 28, 1836). The deed of settlement was negotiated for the purpose of establishing banks in the British colonies of North America. F...
Bank of British North America.
Murphy, L. and M. Ltd. lists of shares
List of dividends paid to shareholders in the Halifax Academy of Music, 1897 and a shares certificate, 1904
Murphy, L. and M. Ltd.
Orders for connections with telephone exchange operated by Nova Scotia Telephone Company
File contains orders for connections with a telephone exchange operated by the Nova Scotia Telephone Company. Orders were received between 1890 and 1894.
Nova Scotia Telephone Co. Ltd.
Pickford and Black Limited fonds
Pickford and Black Ltd.
Pictou Quarries Company reports of drillings
Report of drillings by Isaac McNaughton, Eureka, Nova Scotia, April 12, 1910
Pictou Quarries Ltd. Co.
Postcards of Peter Brown and Son
Postcards - 1887-
Peter Brown and Son.
Fonds consists of administrative files, community involvement details, contract records, correspondence, employee records, financial documents, job estimates and job files, legal documents, photographs, plans, printed material, notes on solar heat...
Powers Brothers.
Provincial Oils Ltd., financial statement for 1935
Financial statement for 1935
Provincial Oils Inc.
Receipt book of Matthew Richardson
Item is a leather-bound receipt book with receipts from 28 December 1820 to 30 July, 1822. Receipts are written by idividuals who received cash (pound sterling) from Matthew Richardson.
Richardson, Matthew
Fonds consists of correspondence, financial documents, journals and ledgers, legal documents, photographs, plans, printed material, and reports. This material spans almost 60 years and gives insight into a company which changed hands several times...
Scott Paper Company.
Fonds contains three registers providing the names and residences of hotel guests from 1928-1943.
Seaside Inn.
The Shipping Reference Collection incorporates virtually all miscellanous shipping records and reference material that were accessioned as part of "MS-8-Ref." A large portion of the collection consists of reference files on various vesse...
Armour, Charles
Wentworth Valley Rural Telephone Company shareholders ledger
Wentworth Valley Rural Telephone Company.


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I got a red light ticket today! On Boyle and Olympic right in front of the Sears Building. Bummer.
It's such an easy light to go right on red because:
1. You have a clear line of cross traffic, 2. You are going slightly downhill, 3. the Westbound lane of Olympic is really wide.
It's totally safe!
I don't know what is worse: The usual jerk cop or the one that is super friendly and almost apologetic. There was not much disagreement about what happened (unlike my taking the lane ticket three years ago) and he said because I was in such a rush he would write quickly so that I'd be on my way. His biggest concern seemed to be about the 'danger' of splitting lanes (riding in the space between two lanes of traffic) and hitting the intersection at about 15 MPH. I guess a warning was not a possibility.

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Reflections on Psalm 23 & 24 Part 2
This is the second post of a two part reflection on Psalm 23 & 24, which I (Josh) have been reading over the past couple of weeks.
Psalm 24
A Psalm of David.
In Psalm 24 following directly after Psalm 23, David widens his scope and focuses on the Kingship of God. A king himself, David realizes and acknowledges that God's kingdom contains the whole earth "and the fullness thereof". God is the King of Glory, the royal savior who has founded and established the very earth. What I noticed as I read this psalm directly after psalm 23 is the different type of hope it presents. Psalm 23's hope is the promised intimacy of a loving nurturing God who is Shepherd, who walks with us, makes us lie down in green pastures, who leads us to refreshing streams, who serves us and allows us to dwell in his presence forever. Psalm 24 takes a different tone. The King of Glory, David's King and ours, is first and foremost holy. He sits on his hill and David asks the question, "who shall ascent" to his place to be near him, while in Psalm 23 David sings he will "dwell in the house of the Lord forever". The King of Glory demands holiness, clean hands and a pure heart from those who worship him. In Psalm 23, God is the Shepherd alongside us but in Psalm 24, we have to "seek him".
I realize this sounds like David is presenting two very different Gods but I don't think he is. Rather than contrasting the two Psalms compliment each other. The King of Glory comes to bring justice and victory over evil, he is strong and mighty and none can stand against him. The Shepherd is with us in the very shadow of evil and death. The King of Glory demands holiness, a completely pure heart; the Shepherd leads us to paths of righteousness, helping us by his steady hand and presence to become holy.
The hope of Psalm 24 is that God, the King will come and defeat evil in the world, bringing his justice and glory. It is the hope that the enemies of Psalm 23 will be destroyed, the valley of the shadow of death will be restored and safe once more and there will be no more evil to fear. What I love about David is his understanding that both aspects of God's nature are needed in order to have a full understanding of Him. Without a Psalm 23 understanding of the God who loves us, who leads us intimately, who walks with us and overflows with mercy and goodness, we are left with the King of Glory alone, the King who you see from afar on his holy hill, whose power is terrible and absolute and while you want him to be victorious and rid the world of all evil, you aren't comfortable calling him friend or speaking to him. The King demands holiness and the reality is we as humans are incapable of producing such holiness. We must have the Shepherd guiding us to paths of righteousness, walking alongside us, inviting us into his presence.
But without a Psalm 24 understanding of God, we are left with the Shepherd alone, who is good and loving and merciful but not necessarily someone you would say is all powerful. He protects us and is with us through evil, comforting, but comforting us is not the same as coming in power to definitively destroy all evil. We need the King of Glory to shape our hope for the future, the hope of evil defeated and the world restored.
The beauty of these Psalms is that they point to Jesus who is the Shepherd and the King of Glory in one, the God who loves us so infinitely and intimately he became one of us and who defeated sin and death by his death and resurrection. Rather than be unsure of how close we want to be to the King of Glory, God's intimate love manifest through Christ assures us we can come close and dwell in his presence. Rather than being unsure of just how powerful the Shepherd is when it comes to evil and death, the Cross tells us evil is already defeated, waging a losing war and one day Jesus will come in glory and power to rid the world completely and finally of both. Jesus came to live with us, to Shepherd us into the very presence of himself than defeated evil on the cross. In Jesus the Shepherd and the King of Glory come together in perfect harmony.


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I want to really brand my firm as the leading practice in this growing area of the law with a great logo for new stationery, my website, and promotional products.
The foundation of my practice is helping people negotiate severance packages when they have been laid off, fired, or wish to resign without forfeiting their legal rights.
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DEVELOPING: Authorities are investigating a man found overnight inside Arlington National Cemetery with a backpack containing "suspicious items and products," the FBI said Friday. But officials say the backpack does not contain explosive material and is undergoing further testing.
FBI special agent Brenda Heck said during a press conference Friday that the man, whom she did not identify, was found inside Arlington Cemetery overnight when the cemetery was closed.
Heck said the man, described as in his 20's, had a backpack containing a "non-explosive, unknown material" that she said will require further investigation.
"The products in the backpack are inert," Heck said, though she described its contents as suspicious.
Though the man was "not forthcoming" when taken into custody, Heck said authorities later found his red 2011 Nissan near the Pentagon.
She said authorities found "no suspicious activity" related to the vehicle.
Heck would not confirm earlier reports that a notebook was also found containing threatening phrases like "Al Qaeda" and "Taliban rule" and "defeated coalition forces."
Heck went on to say that the man is believed to have acted alone and remains in custody. No charges have been filed against him, she said.
MyFoxDC.com reported that the man in custody is a naturalized U.S. citizen who came to the country from Ethiopia.
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He's a Marine Corps Reservist. Looks like the bad guys want to replicate within our military what they're doing inside the ANA and ANP.
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Suspect a Former Marine Corps Reservist
FOX News has confirmed that the man taken into custody early Friday after being found near the Pentagon with suspicious materials in his backpack is former Marine Corps reservist Yonathan Melaku.....22-year-old Melaku was arrested in Arlington Cemetery overnight.
He was believed to have a backpack containing 5 lbs of a substance that was labeled ammonium nitrate. Tests showed the material to be an "inert" substance....A notebook was also found in his bag with words such as Taliban and Al Qaeda.
Melaku was a Lance Corporal Marine corps reservist who joined in August of 2007.
According to Marine Corps records, Melaku is a Muslim.
Melaku was arrested and charged with four counts of Grand Larceny after a rash of vehicle tamperings in Alexandria, Va. in May.
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Janet Napolitano: Profile Muslim men under 35? Why would we want to do that?
Once again, our gut instincts have been proven wrong by the geniuses in the Obama administration.
Seemed reasonable to us that profiling young Muslim men might just help stop a bit of terrorism. Luckily, Director of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano is on the job to show us the error of our ways.
NewsBusters.org has the transformational information:
According to Janet Napolitano, concentrating terrorist screening efforts on young Muslim men is not using good logic.
Her response came after a reporter in the audience asked, Why wouldnt the Department focus more of its attention on the category of individuals that turned up most often as the suspect?
Napolitano retorts, Youve got to use actual intelligence that you receive All youve given me is status, not a technique, a tactic, a behavior.
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Floating point
MIPS Floating Point Architecture
MIPS floating point units have 16 double precision and 32 single precision floating point registers. Actually these registers overlap. This means a double precision register can also be used as 2 single precision registers. MIPS II, MIPS III, MIPS IV, MIPS64 and MIPS32 Revision 2 processors have a mode switch which allows to increase the number of double precision registers to 32. The two register models are sometimes referred to as 16/32 and 32/32 by the number of registers available in each of the two modes.
The APIs in the kernel are based on assumptions on the underlying floating point architecture. Therefore Linux doesn't offer an application a choice between 16/32 and 32/32 modes. Instead it will pick a floating point model for a process based on the ABI of the executable.
The Linux kernel and floating point
MIPS floating point units do not support all operations in hardware. A MIPS implementation is free to not implement certain cases in hardware. For example denormalized numbers - that's numbers very close to zero - are not handled in hardware. In such a case MIPS FPU will throw an unimplemented exception and expects the exception handler to do deal with the issue. The software in the Linux kernel handles all this and more, it's capable of fully emulating a hardware floating point unit. That is code built for hardware floating point will always run correctly, even on systems without an FPU.
Note that since Linux 2.4.4 there is no kernel configuration option for the floating point assist / floating point emulator anymore. All kernels contain it as too many people got that choice wrong - any system having an FPU in the hardware must have the FPU emulator to guarantee correct operation.
Software Floating Point
Software floating point keeps floating point values in integer CPU registers and calls subroutines to perform functions that are more or less equivalent to hardware floating point instructions. As the result floating point code built for software floating point is incompatible with hardware floating point, that is can not be linked together statically or dynamically.
Gcc's mips-linux, mipsel-linux, mips64-linux and mips64el-linux targets default to hardware floating point, that is unless -msoft-float is given they will behave as if a -mhard-float option was given. And that's about all the difference there is between hardware and software floating point configurations of compilers; the rest is in the libraries.
- Hardware floating point code obviously performs best with a hardware FPU
- Software floating point code is the best performing code model on FPU-less processors
- Hardware floating point code is somewhat smaller
- Software floating point is faster but not hugely faster than the in-kernel emulator. So if floating point performance is critical for overall performance then go for an FPU-full processor. Even the slowest FPU's performance will leave any FPU emulator performance in the dust.
The kernel does not use the FPU other than switching registers con context switch if a thread has actually used the FPU. This means for many systems such as routers the choice between floating point models is rather unimportant and won't show up at all in the overall system performance.


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Even though I've put off shopping, I've been doing extensive shopping research on the best toys. It got me thinking about what MY favorite toys that I got for Christmas were and so today, I'm going a little retro and nostalgic and sharing what my faves were as a kid.
Fisher Price Little People Barn
This was in the backyard of the brownstone. The doors of the barn went "mooooo" when you opened them and I'm pretty sure that I opened them at least 10 billion times. The silo was hollow inside and made a great hiding place for things that I didn't want my mom to find.
These were like the pillow pets of the 1980's. The popple had a pouch on the back that you could tuck him up into. I loved mine. A lot. I think I loved his tail right off.
The nerdy girl in me loved everything about these electronic quiz books. The "wand" would light up when you tapped the right answers. I can remember laying on my bedroom floor doing these and praying that I would get through a whole book with only right answers. Since we lived out in the country with no really close neighbors to play with, this was a great way to while away an afternoon.
Electric Typewriter
My parents got me this electric typewriter when I was 9 or 10. I sat at my desk and typed my little heart out. (with a bottle of white out next to me of course!) When my friends would come over, we would play secretary and have so much fun!
Big Wheel
My big wheel didn't look quite like this. In fact, my big wheel looked like a giant silver tube of toothpaste. My dad was in the grocery business and one of the toothpaste vendors gave him my bigwheel. We called it "the crest-mobile" because the body of it was shaped exactly like a tube of Crest. That thing would fly- and it served as a huge PSA to everyone who saw it to brush their teeth with Crest.
Barbie Fashion Plates
Actually, my cousins got this for Christmas and I coveted it really badly. But they would let me play with theirs when we would stay at our Mamaw's. My cousins were a little bit older than me and they could color outfits much better than I could but I was determined to be a Barbie fashionista just like them when I grew up. Wonder what happened to me? :)
What were some of your favorites? I love taking a stroll down memory lane. I'd love to hear what you loved as a kid!
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KANSAS CITY (AP) - Jackson County prosecutor Jean Peters Baker says neither politics nor personal connections will play any role in her review of a northwest Missouri teen sexual assault case that has gained worldwide attention.
A Nodaway County judge on Monday appointed Baker to serve as a special prosecutor in the case of a former Maryville resident who says she was 14 in January 2012 when a 17-year-old boy gave her alcohol and had sex with her.
Nodaway County prosecutor Robert Rice initially charged that boy with sexual assault and a second 17-year-old with sexual exploitation of a minor, but he later dropped the felony charges and said the victim had quit cooperating.
Baker eventually will decide whether there's enough evidence to refile charges in the case.


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It crashed in Pakistan today and is claimed to be American. I don't recognize it. Anybody seen this one before?
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Me eather
Looks like it is supposed to look like a bird from the ground..
It looks burnt...I guess the US military puts little self-destruct mechanism into it's tiny UAVs as well as it's fullsized stealth helicopters.
definetly a bird design , liking the dove tail look can arduino control that type of design?
the libyan rebles just got one from aeryon out of candada for 100,000$
Short range...wonder where the operator was....
I know I have seen that before, just can't remember where. It looks kinda like it flew through a fire rather than one from inside like from a battery. Russian maybe? Maybe local?


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Paramount is reportedly angling to set Michael Bay's fourth "Transformers" feature in mainland China.
The hope is that by filming in China, the studio could both potentially partner with a local production company and score a wide release in that country. The Chinese only exhibit 3D and/or IMAX films, not a problem for "Transformers" which will almost certainly make use of both technologies.
Also partly filming in the country pretty much guarantees it will be screened there, as will co-producing it with a Chinese production company. If it does the latter, it would then classify it as a domestic film and thus receive more advantageous scheduling.
Due to strict quotas, just 34 foreign films are allowed to be released in the country each year. Those that get in have access to the second-largest international market in the world, topped only by Japan which it will surpass by this time next year.
At this time though, a Paramount spokesperson says the script to the movie is still being written, and the film is presently "not a Chinese co-production and that's where things stand right now."
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We've always had success with great big zucchini/ squash plants. One day they're beautiful; the next they are flat on the ground. I understand this is due to some sort of beetle that eats the stems. We've been using Sevin pesticide on our garden, but it doesn't stop them, so it seems.
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I am learning a lot going through the process of decision-making with my husband regarding his recent prostate cancer diagnosis and treatment. For one thing, doctors are taking his sexuality very seriously and how it will be affected by treatment seems to be a priority. So I wonder, is this because he is a man? How come no one prepares us for the bad body image, loss of sexual desire and even the loss of sensation that is associated with having a breast removed? Is it less important because we are women?
I know that for women of child-bearing years there seems to be a lot of support to ensure that fertility is still intact, but that isn't the same as our sexuality. What about single women of any age who are still dating and needing to feel like they are sexual beings? There is really very little that is provided in the way of support or even preparedness for the bombardment of our beings that comes from dealing with breast cancer. I have to say that seeing how men are treated during the process was a wake up call; why isn't our sexuality valued by the medical community in the same way?
I have lots of questions, but no real answers. Prostate cancer is not considered as threatening as breast cancer, so I know that the urgency in dealing with breast cancer is often greater. Now that more women are surviving I am convinced that more effort needs to be extended on supporting our continued well-being, including our sexuality.
Many of us don't have the courage to bring this issue up with our doctors, or even ask for material from breast cancer support groups, but I really feel that it needs to be initiated by our medical professionals.


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Telluride Film Festival's heady line-up
Friday, the 39th Telluride Film Festival gets underway.
Notoriously cagey about the program, the fest doesn't make its lineup public until noon the day before the Labor Day affair kicks off (Aug. 31). So festival-goers get to be overwhelmed and thrilled simultaneously by the challenge of honing the 40 programs — including tributes — plus panels, Q&As and other gatherings, into a manageable, personal film festival of their own.
This year's tribute honorees, Marion Cottilard, Mads Mikkelsen and Roger Corman, are an eclectic trio: a French actress whose face beckons with the luminous beauty of a silent movie star, a Danish actor capable of menace and anguish, a celebrated B-movie director who mentored some of our finest A-list filmmakers.
Here's the full list of announced features, fiction and nonfiction in the main program.
THE ACT OF KILLING (d. Joshua Oppenheimer, Denmark, 2012); AMOUR (d. Michael Haneke, Austria, 2012); AT ANY PRICE (d. Ramin Bahrani, U.S., 2012); THE ATTACK (d. Ziad Doueiri, Lebanon-France, 2012); BARBARA (d. Christian Petzold, Germany, 2012); THE CENTRAL PARK FIVE (d. Ken Burns, Sarah Burns, David McMahon, U.S., 2012); EVERYDAY (d. Michael Winterbottom, U.K., 2012); FRANCES HA (d. Noah Baumbach, U.S., 2012); THE GATEKEEPERS (d. Dror Moreh, Israel, 2012); GINGER AND ROSA (d. Sally Potter, England, 2012); THE HUNT (d. Thomas Vinterberg, Denmark, 2012); HYDE PARK ON HUDSON (d. Roger Michell, U.S., 2012); THE ICEMAN (d. Ariel Vromen, U.S., 2012); LOVE, MARILYN (d. Liz Garbus, U.S., 2012); MIDNIGHT'S CHILDREN (d. Deepa Mehta, Canada-Sri Lanka, 2012); NO (Pablo Larraín, Chile, 2012); PARADISE: LOVE (d. Ulrich Seidl, Austria, 2012); PIAZZA FONTANA (d. Marco Tullio Giordana, Italy, 2012); A ROYAL AFFAIR (d. Nikolaj Arcel, Denmark, 2012); RUST & BONE (d. Jacques Audiard, France, 2012); THE SAPPHIRES (d. Wayne Blair, Australia, 2012); STORIES WE TELL (d. Sarah Polley, Canada, 2012); SUPERSTAR (d. Xavier Giannoli, France, 2012); WADJDA (d. Haifaa Al-Mansour, Saudi Arabia, 2012); WHAT IS THIS FILM CALLED LOVE? (d. Mark Cousins, Ireland-Mexico, 2012).


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Missing 12-year-old Central Florida girl found dead
Polk County deputies find body of Rebecca Ann Sedwick
LAKELAND, Fla. – A missing 12-year-old Central Florida girl was found dead early Tuesday at a location that formerly served as a cement company, deputies said.
The body of Rebecca Ann Sedwick, of Lakeland, was found lying on the ground at 135 Arizona Avenue in Lakeland, according to the Polk County Sheriff's Office.
Deputies said Rebecca's mother saw her leave their home around 6:45 a.m. Monday and thought she was headed to a bus stop to go to school. Rebecca never got on the bus, however and her school books were found at home, deputies said.
Her mother reported Rebecca missing around 7 p.m. Monday after she didn't return home, according to deputies.
Detectives found the girl's body around 2:30 a.m. Tuesday.
No other details have been released.
A death investigation is ongoing.
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Hey All I am New to the Forums.
I just wanted to Say Hi but also ask What are my First steps as a Complete Beginner to Both Programming Java (or really any Programming Language) and this Forum. So might I ask Where do I start?
The only Experience I really had with Java was in Eclipse trying to create a Hello World app and if it explains how much of a beginner I am at both Androids version of Programming & Java it took me 6 Hours to get the app even to show up on the phone and another 3 hours of scratching my head wondering why the Icon wasn't showing.. than after a couple more courses I read through I finally got to some Real Java and it was overwhelming for me did not understand a thing. I know most of you are going to say Java will take at least 7 Years to get any Good at it and even then your still considered a beginner. Well my Question is. How can i get on the fast track of learning this so I could make some Practical uses for Android. i.e making a Notepad or some little app just to learn... How long from Complete beginner till I can start making Practical applications with Java?
I also Know Android Uses XML. But I found this to be pretty straightforward and Easy (reminds me of XHTML)
Reason I posted this in here I have no idea where to ask it on the forums as I do not understand a thing lol
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Monday, February 8
This Creamy Mushroom Chestnut Soup Is Like a Best Friend
Mushroom soup should be like a good friend-- there for you when you need it, full of understanding and comfort, and spicy enough to make you laugh. Consider this Creamy Mushroom Chestnut Soup a best friend. We met rather informally last fall in my kitchen while I was entertaining a number of other friends including tender red bliss potatoes, earthy chestnuts, and aromatic sage. We liked each other instantly, and our friendship has continued to grow.
I'm not a possessive person, so I'd like to introduce you to her. She'll be one of the truest friends you've ever had.
Creamy Mushroom Chestnut Soup
Serves 4
Print recipe only here.
Meaty, smoky chestnuts and savory fresh herbs add depth to an otherwise ordinary, creamy mushroom soup. Use bottled, dried, or -- if you're up for the challenge -- freshly roasted chestnuts. For a richer soup, I suggest using cream; 2% milk is best if you're looking to save calories.
3 tablespoons butter, divided
1 tablespoon olive oil
1/2 cup diced shallots
1 cup diced celery
2 1/2 cups peeled, diced red bliss potatoes (about 3)
8 cups mixed mushrooms, cremini and white button (about 2 1/2 pounds)
4 cups mushroom broth
8 ounces cooked chestnuts (about 20)
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1 tablespoon fresh chopped rosemary
1 tablespoon fresh chopped sage
1/4 teaspoon sea salt
1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
1 1/2 cup cream
fresh sage, rosemary, and chopped chestnuts for optional garnish
1. Warm 2 tablespoons butter and 1 tablespoon olive oil in a large, deep pot over medium heat. Add shallots and celery, and sauté 3-5 minutes. Add potatoes and mushrooms, and cook for 8-10 minutes, or until mushrooms have released most of their liquid. Add broth, and bring to a boil. Reduce to low, and cook until potatoes are tender, about 10-12 minutes. Add chestnuts, cinnamon, nutmeg, rosemary, sage, salt, pepper, and cream. Turn off heat, and let cool for 10 minutes before pureeing.
2. Working in batches, puree the soup in a blender until smooth; return to the pot over low heat. Stir occasionally until the soup is thoroughly heated, about 10 minutes. Just prior to serving, stir in remaining 1 tablespoon butter for added creaminess and depth of flavor. Season to taste with salt and black pepper. Garnish individual bowls with fresh herbs and chopped chestnuts, if desired.
You might also like these friendly soup recipes from Food Blogga:
Italian Lentil Soup
New England Clam Chowder
Easy Butternut Squash, Kale, and Chickpea Soup
North African Inspired Sweet Potato, Peanut Butter, and Paprika Soup
Here are more mushroom soup recipes you might enjoy:
Cream of Mushroom Soup recipe at Kalofagas
Hungarian Mushroom Soup recipe at Lisa's Kitchen
Mushroom Coconut Soup recipe at My Own Sweet Thyme
Double Mushroom Miso Soup recipe at Fat Free Vegan Kitchen
Thai Spiced Mushroom Noodle Soup recipe at One Hot Stove
11 comments:
- The Teacher Cooks said...
I love soups, but have never used chestnuts before. What would be a good substitute?
- February 8, 2010 at 12:09 PM
- T.W. Barritt at Culinary Types said...
I love the addition of cinnamon, nutmeg and rosemary. I've never cooked with chestnuts before, but it all sounds like a wonderfully warm and savory evening at home!
- February 8, 2010 at 2:06 PM
- We Are Not Martha said...
Yum! I've been getting the biggest soup cravings lately, and this is certainly making me want it even more :)
- February 8, 2010 at 3:28 PM
- Manggy said...
It's a good thing it's easy enough to get fresh roasted chestnuts back at home ;) I'd love a bowlful of this (her?) right now! Brr!
- February 8, 2010 at 3:33 PM
- Tasty Eats At Home said...
This sounds so lovely. I've made a cream of mushroom soup or two in my life, but never with chestnuts. How delicious.
- February 9, 2010 at 6:02 AM
- ChichaJo said...
Love the spices and herbs you've used here...and the chestnuts! Delicious! Definitely a friend for life :)
- February 9, 2010 at 7:51 AM
- Fat Girl Gone Thin said...
Thank you so much for this recipe ... I've always wanted a good alternative to the out-of-the-can stuff.
- February 10, 2010 at 10:22 AM
- ames said...
My parents just sent us 2 pounds of dried chestnuts, now I know exactly what we're going to try first!
- February 10, 2010 at 11:00 AM
- Coffee and Vanilla said...
Very interesting, I would never think of making soup of chestnuts, clever idea :)
Hope you hare having wonderful day!
- February 11, 2010 at 5:02 AM
- Susan from Food Blogga said...
theteachercooks-Mmmm... that's tricky. Potatoes would be the closest substitute I could think of in terms of texture, but not flavor. Chestnuts have a unique, slightly smoky flavor.
tw-Oh, you've got to try it. They're wonderfully rich and smoky.
sues-Glad to hear it!
mark-I hear ya! It's Brrrrr everywhere, isn't it?
tastyeatsathome-It's even more lovely than you'd imagine. Truly.
fatgirlgonethin-I'm happy that I could help you out.
ames-Don't you love it when things work out perfectly that way?
margot-I really love them in soups.
- February 11, 2010 at 4:53 PM
- elly said...
This sounds fabulous! I adore chestnuts and mushrooms, and the spices in this soup sound delicious.
- February 16, 2010 at 7:13 PM


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Profiles in Profiteroles: Trim up the tiebreakers
What glories yet await Cory Dorris and the Golden Hurricane as Conference USA play continues? (AP)
Our weekly highlight show of lesser FBS luminaries. Non-AQs and independents, be welcome.
Tis the season for car commercials with big-ass bows and conference math. We attempted to explain, in bewildering detail, how the MAC races could shake out from here in our Wednesday night MACtion preview. We are here to inform you (with some glee, as we adore late-season chaos) that the MAC has far from the most convoluted conference race situation at the moment. Very quickly, the current states of the remaining non-AQ conference races, as teams not named Navy or BYU begin to prettify themselves for postseason suitors:
• Conference USA: Two teams with perfect 6-0 league play records top the two divisions: Central Florida in the East and Tulsa in the West. After Saturday, one squad's record will bear some blemish when the two clash in Tulsa, but don't expect that to affect the race. The Knights have only UAB to clear after that in the regular season, and hold a head-to-head advantage over East Carolina, the only other team in the division with fewer than three conference losses. Tulsa's championship game aspirations could still be spoiled with a loss tonight and another at SMU November 24, assuming the Mustangs (4-2 in league play) beat Rice in the meantime.
• Mountain West: San Diego State and Fresno State lead the pack at 6-1, with Boise at 5-1. The Aztecs have beaten the Broncos and lost to the Bulldogs already, and are on a bye this week with only Wyoming remaining as a regular-season opponent. The Bulldogs have beaten the Aztecs and lost to the Broncos, are also off this weekend and still need to get past Air Force in Week 13. The Broncos, you can deduce at this point, hold a Bulldogs loss, an Aztecs win and have Colorado State and Nevada still ahead on the schedule. Assuming Boise wins this weekend, we'll have a legit three-way tie for first place in the Mountain West. A loss by any of the three over the next two weeks would solve this, but it's not at all far-fetched to imagine all three squads winning out.
It gets inkier from there: Since there's no conference championship game, the Mountain West doesn't break ties, meaning all three teams would be crowned co-champions. The conference's tiebreaking procedures are used for bowl selection purposes only, and even those are mainly cosmetic as the Las Vegas Bowl, which gets first crack at the conference, is not contractually bound to select the designated No. 1. But just for kicks, here's the relevant passage from the conference handbook:
If three or more teams tie for a position, the combined record of each of the tied teams against the other teams involved in the tie shall be compared until an advantage is gained. If the multiple tie still exists, each of the tied teams' records against the team occupying the highest position in the standings shall be compared, continuing down through the standings until the tie is reduced to a two-team tie, at which time the procedure shall revert to the two-way tie breaking procedure, until the tie is broken. [...] In the event none of the above procedures resolves the tie, the teams involved in the tie shall be considered equal.
• Sun Belt: Up top: Arkansas State at 5-1 in conference play and Middle Tennessee State at 4-1. And if the Red Wolves beat Troy this weekend and the Blue Raiders stroll past South Alabama and beat the Trojans themselves the week after, there's quite a neat solution to this particular race: a red-on-blue battle in Jonesboro for the regular-season finale, December 1. Very neatly done.
• WAC: Two perfect conference records remain, held by Louisiana Tech and Utah State, with San Jose State at 4-1 and every other team in the league dinged with at least three conference losses. In an emerging theme for this season that we absolutely love, the best teams are all coming together to settle conference supremacy in late November. The Aggies and Bulldogs play in Ruston this Saturday afternoon, and LaTech closes out the regular season at San Jose State. Utah State has what we can safely call a virtual bye against Idaho in Week 13; the Spartans have the steepest climb, hosting BYU Saturday night before the Bulldogs come to town.
Profiles in ownage: Week 11
• Robbie Rouse, RB, Fresno State: Even for the Mighty Mouse, 261 yards on 36 carries is a haul. Rouse averaged more than seven yards per attempt against Nevada.
• Kenneth Dixon, RB, Louisiana Tech: He broke conference and NCAA records for touchdowns scored by a freshman with his 158-yard, five-touchdown performance against Texas State.
• Ryan Aplin, QB, Arkansas State: Posted 378 yards of offense, 334 of them passing yards, and three touchdowns in an all-important win over Louisiana-Monroe.
• Dri Archer, RB, Kent State: Had a pretty Dri Archer day against Miami, with 205 offensive yards, three touchdowns and five plays of more than 20 yards.
• Darrin Reaves, RB, UAB: 184 yards rushing and two touchdowns against Marshall; also caught six passes for 37 yards. He has 573 yards and seven touchdowns in his past three games.
• Jake Dooley, DE, Kent State: Three sacks and four tackles against Miami.
• Bene Benwikere, DB, San Jose State: Six tackles (five solo), two tackles for loss, an interception and a 37-yard fumble return for a touchdown against New Mexico State.
• Dan Molls, LB, Toledo: 16 tackles and an interception against Ball State.
• Freddie Bishop, DE, Western Michigan: Seven tackles, four tackles for loss, one sack and a forced fumble against Buffalo.
• Cory Dorris, DE, Tulsa: Two sacks, a fumble recovery and a pick-six against Houston, all dedicated to one very special viewer.
• Emeka Onyeneku, DL, Louisiana: Eight solo tackles, 2.5 sacks and 2.5 tackles for loss against Florida.
Walking Dead Watch: VIGIL ENDED
UMASS HAS A WIN. UMASS HAS A WIN. The Minutemen's first recorded victory in FBS play, a 22-14 victory over Akron, came with just two weeks to spare. The lone winless team in FBS: The Southern Miss Golden Eagles, who we are compelled to remind you won 12 games in 2011.
Thing UTEP did this week
Came tantalizingly close to knocking off division frontrunner UCF, losing by just a touchdown margin. El Paso at night has unknowable powers.
After 11 weeks of play, including last week's losses by Army at Rutgers and Louisiana at Florida (soooo close, Cajuns), non-AQ teams are 22-85 for the season against teams from BCS conferences.


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If you're looking for a way to challenge participants with an experiential exercise, this works well. I typically use it as a learning experience for all Five Practices at once. It also can be focused on Enable Others to Act, or help to emphasize Inspire a Shared Vision.
First set up your Strategic Cross grid.
- You'll want to do that in a separate room, or in some way keep the group from being able to see the grid before you're ready for them.
- I use brightly colored surveyors tape to lay out the grid which creates excitement and makes it seem more real. You can use masking tape, or even have folks stand on sheets of paper.
- Lay out two Strategic Crosses that overlap in the shape of a + and share the same open center space. (Not counting the open center space, the number of squares you'll need for each of the 2 segments of the + is one half the number of people in the group, minus two, with half of those squares on either side of the open center space. You don't need an even number of people. If you have an odd number, you'll have an extra square on one side of the open center square.)
Divide the group into 4 sub teams, A through D.
- Give each sub team to a minute to nominate one person to be on the Executive Team and have the Executive Team move to the side
- To up the ante even further, blindfold a few people at random on each of the sub teams (blindfolds will need to stay on throughout the activity).
Describe the task in very broad terms, creating a scenario that makes sense in the client context.
- For example: You're creating an interactive logo for your new product launch and the CEO is coming by to see it, with your best customer, in 30 minutes.
Leave the Executive Team where they are for a minute and bring the rest of the group to where the grid is laid out.
- Arrange the sub teams on the grid, facing each other as above.
- Distribute the "Instructions for Field Locations" only and let them know that the "clock is starting and they'll have 30 minutes." Do not answer any questions.
- Go back to the Executive Team and distribute both "Instructions for Headquarters" and let them know that the "clock has already started and all the information you have for them is on their instructions sheets." Do not answer any questions.
Travel back and forth between the Executive Team and the Field as the exercise progresses to observe their process.
- Intervene only if the group seems ready to "blow off the rules" and do so in a way that will be in sync with the context you've created. (Although, you should give them a chance to self-monitor before you step in.) For example: they represent the client and the client wants and expects a logo that can perform within the rules & constraints.
- As time is running out, you can offer some extra time, up to 10 minutes, but leave that up to a consensus of the group. (Their decision can be an interesting element to debrief.)
- Start with "what happened" and then begin to focus the discussion.
- Explore the use of the Five Practices, making sure to talk about individual behavior, not just the group as whole
- There are issues galore that will come up - communication, support, cooperation vs. competition, ethics, shared vision, the best role/function for executives to take on, creativity and initiative, who gets heard and why, the interplay between leadership and "followership", speaking up, checking out, etc.-so, ENJOY!
Copies of the handouts follow.
Note: A single "strategic cross" is completed by starting with 1 move in one direction, followed by 2 moves in the other direction, then 3 moves from the 1st direction, 4 moves from the other direction, and so on? then in descending order once people start arriving at their final positions.
INSTRUCTIONS FOR HEADQUARTERS: Team A-B
The task is complete when all team members in the field locations complete the objective of moving from their initial positions to their final positions.
- Only one representative from each management team may serve as a liaison with each field team at any given time.
- All but the liaisons must remain in the HQ designated area.
- This paper my not leave the HQ designated area.
- The time limit for the task is 30 minutes.
INSTRUCTIONS FOR HEADQUARTERS: Team C-D
The task is complete when all team members in the field locations complete the objective of moving from their initial positions to their final positions.
- Only one representative from each management team may serve as a liaison with each field team at any given time.
- All but the liaisons must remain in the HQ designated area.
- This paper my not leave the HQ designated area.
- The time limit for the task is 30 minutes.
You are a sub-team located in a Field Location, and will be so for the next 30 minutes.
You might take time to discuss how you want to work together.
You must follow the guidelines below.
- There are only two (2) legal ways of moving.
- You may move into an empty space directly in front of you.
- You may move around one person if that person is facing you and there is an empty space directly behind that person.
- No one may turn around or move backwards.
- If the team reaches an impasse, you must start over from the beginning.
- Only one person may move at a time.
- Only one person may occupy a square at a time.
A big thanks to all the folks on whose work I've piggy-backed in creating this variation of the Strategic Cross, a.k.a. "traffic jam."


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Lima, Peru, July 30, 2011 - Dominican Republic defeated Slovakia 25-18, 17-25, 25-19, 25-18 Saturday in the 5-8 classification semifinal of the FIVB Volleyball Women´s Junior World Championship Peru 2011 played today at the Eduardo Dibos Coliseum.
Dominican Republic will play for fifth place in the tournament on Sunday against either Peru or Belgium who play later on Saturday. Slovakia will play the Peru-Belgium loser for seventh place.
The top scorers for Dominican Republic were Marianne Fersola and Elizabeth Martinez, both with 20 points, next to Candida Arias with 10 points. The top scorers of Slovakia were Nikola Radosova and Tatiana Crkonova with 12 points each, next to Karin Palgutova with 10 points. Dominican Republic's block create a 13-7 advantage to offset Slovakia's 9-7 margin in service aces.
Live scoring, results, news and photos on FIVB Volleyball Women's Junior World Championship Peru 2011.
The beginning of the first set was positive for Slovakia until a spike of the Dominican Republic player Ana Binet turned the score to 6-5 in their favor. The first technical time out came 8-5 in favor of Dominican Republic after a spike of Elizabeth Martinez (six points in the set). Dominican Republic got a five-point advantage at 11-6 thanks to a spike of Gabriela Reyes. Slovakia, thanks mostly for the attacks of Nikola Radosova (four points in the set), approached Dominican Republic in the score (13-12) and the Dominican Republic coach Wagner Pacheco asked for his first time out. The second technical time out came 16-13 in favor of the Dominican Republic squad. Slovakia coach Marek Rojko asked for their first time out when Dominican Republic squad reached a four-point advantage at 18-14. Trailing 20-15, the Slovakia coach asked for their second time out. Dominican Republic reached their 24th point with an advantage of six points (24-18). The set ended 25-18 in 27 minutes with a blocking point of Candida Arias.
The start of the second set was very tight. Slovakia was able to reach a two-point difference in their favor at 5-3 with a spike of Karin Palgutova that defeated the Dominican Republic block. The first technical time out came at 8-5 in favor of Slovakia with a spike of Simona Kosova. Dominican Republic tied the score 8-8 with a point from Candida Arias (two points in the set). The second technical time out came with a three-point difference in favor of Slovakia (16-13). When the advantage for Slovakia grew to four points (17-13) because of a spike error of the Dominican Elizabeth Martinez, Wagner Pacheco asked for his first time out of the set. The second time out for Dominican Republic was asked at 20-13 after four Slovakia points in a row. With a spike of Dominika Dropnakova (four points in the set), Slovakia reached the score of 24-15. The set ended 25-17 in 25 minutes with a spike of Tatiana Crknova (two points in the set).
The third set started with an advantage of four points for Dominican Republic (6-2) as they broke a 2-all tie and Rojko asked for his first time out. Dominican Republic reached the first technical time out with only a two-point advantage (8-6). Slovakia approached Dominican Republic in the score (13-12), but Dominican Republic reached the second technical time out with a 16-14 advantage after a spike of their top scorer Elizabeth Martinez (five points in the set). Dominican Republic reached a seven-point advantage (23-16) with a spike of Ana Binet (six points in the set). Pacheco asked for his first time out leading 24-19. The set ended with a victory for Dominican Republic 25-19 in 25 minutes with a spike error of the Slovak squad.
In the fourth set, Dominican Republic got a four-point advantage (6-2) scoring 4 straight points. The first technical time out came 8-2 because of a reception error of Slovakia libero Lucia Nikmonova after a serve of Dominican Republic's Ana Binet (seven points in a row with her service). Dominican Republic head coach asked for his first time out leading (9-5) after three straight Slovakia points, Tatiana Crkonova (12 points in the match) scored 2 of them. Rojko asked for his first time out trailing 13-9. Slovakia tied the score (14-14) after four points in a row with Nikola Radosova serving (two aces in the set). The second technical time out came 16-14 with a spike of Marianne Fersola (20 points in the match). Slovakia asked for their second time out at 18-15. Slovakia tied the score 18-18 and the Dominican Republic coach asked for his first time out. Dominican Republic won the set 25-18 in 25 minutes with a blocking point of Candida Arias (four blocking points in the game).
01.08.2011 08:08:45
Bosetti named MVP of FIVB Volleyball Women's Junior World Championship Peru 2011
Lima, Peru, July 31, 2011 – Italy's Caterina Bosetti was named the FIVB Volleyball Women's Junior World Championship Peru 2011 Most Valuable Player as... More...
01.08.2011 05:19:09
FIVB Volleyball Women's Junior World Championship Peru 2011 concludes with historic final day
Lima, Peru, July 31, 2011 – Italy captured the FIVB Volleyball Women's Junior World Championship Peru 2011 gold medal Sunday evening with a 21-25, 25-... More...
01.08.2011 04:27:49
A perfect match in defeating Brazil, says Italy coach Mencarelli
Lima, Peru, July 31, 2011 - Italy claimed their first-ever FIVB Women's Junior World Championship with a 21-25, 25-13, 25-20, 25-22 victory over Brazi... More...
01.08.2011 04:00:21
Italy claims gold medal after win against Brazil
01.08.2011 02:21:59
We worked hard to be here, says Dominican Republic captain Gabriela Reyes
01.08.2011 01:46:23
Dominican Republic finishes in fifth place after defeating Peru
01.08.2011 01:09:30
Concentration secret behind the victory Polish coach Kosatka Grzegorz said
31.07.2011 23:59:08
We are tired, but happy with the bronze medal, says China coach Xu
31.07.2011 23:48:20
Poland ninth after victory against Russia
31.07.2011 23:23:20
China earns bronze medal after defeating the United States
31.07.2011 21:59:15
Old style Volleyball of Japan secret behind the victory against Cuba
31.07.2011 21:46:43
Female referees presence in FIVB Volleyball Women's Junior World Championship Peru 2011
31.07.2011 21:42:59
Today was different for our attack, says Slovakia coach Rojko
31.07.2011 21:34:22
Slovakia finishes seventh with four-set win over Belgium
31.07.2011 21:07:44
Japan defeat Cuba in three straight sets to finish 11th
31.07.2011 20:11:23
Team work behind the victory Serbia coach Pavlicevic Ratko said
31.07.2011 19:21:41
Serbia's height defeats Korea in 13th place playoff
31.07.2011 18:30:46
We are really happy for this victory said coach Mohamed Ahmed of Egypt
31.07.2011 18:21:50
Egypt took revenge over Tunisia for the 15th place and earned their first victory
31.07.2011 15:03:48
Gold-medal match of Italy versus Brazil a rematch in the FIVB Volleyball Women's Junior World Championship Peru 2011
31.07.2011 07:48:37
Brazil, Italy win semifinal matches in FIVB Women's Junior World Championship
31.07.2011 05:38:00
We are concentrated for tomorrow match's for fifth place, says Peru captain Yllescas
31.07.2011 05:31:45
Peru thrills home crowd with 3-1 win over Belgium
31.07.2011 04:44:08
FIVB Volleyball Women's Junior World Championship - Picture of the Day (7)
31.07.2011 03:44:55
Four years experience has built a strong team feeling, says Brazil coach de Moura
31.07.2011 03:18:00
Brazil advances to gold medal match after exciting five-set victory over United States
31.07.2011 00:30:40
We are very happy, said Russia captain Alina Yaroshik
31.07.2011 00:14:07
Italy was united in win, says Italy's Baggi
31.07.2011 00:08:56
Italy book ticket to FIVB Women's Junior World Championship gold-medal match
31.07.2011 00:00:36
Russia will compete against Poland for ninth place after defeating Japan in Callao
30.07.2011 22:57:20
Seifu Tadesse proud to represent Ethiopa and Africa on referee stand
30.07.2011 22:39:28
We focused on winning today despite errors, says Dominican Repubic captain Reyes
30.07.2011 22:30:20
We will fight for the ninth place tomorrow, said Poland coach Grzegorz Kosatka
30.07.2011 21:43:03
Poland will compete for ninth place after win against Cuba in Callao
30.07.2011 19:55:11
Korean coach Gi-Ju Park glad over victory against Egypt
30.07.2011 19:10:41
Korea will play for 13th place after dominating Egypt
30.07.2011 18:05:59
Lack of reception of Tunisia the cause of losing
30.07.2011 17:07:43
Serbia quickly defeats Tunisia in the first match in Callao
30.07.2011 06:52:12
Italy's Diouf and Bertone a tall order for FIVB Volleyball Women's Junior World Championship Peru 2011
30.07.2011 06:26:26
FIVB Women's Junior World Championship reaches semifinal round with gold two wins away
29.07.2011 07:12:51
Brazil, China, Italy and United States earn spots into gold-medal semifinal round
29.07.2011 06:42:49
Team tonight was different than previous two matches, says Peru coach Malaga
29.07.2011 06:27:43
Peru edges United States in five to conclude Pool E, Americans advance to gold semifinals
29.07.2011 05:52:02
Belgium coach Van de Vyver thanks the Trujillo crowd
29.07.2011 05:32:46
Belgium wins over Slovakia in the last match of the second round in Trujillo
29.07.2011 04:47:46
FIVB Volleyball Women's Junior World Championship - Picture of the Day (6)
29.07.2011 03:43:23
Big step forward, says Italy coach Mencarelli
29.07.2011 03:36:52
Italy claim Pool E top seed with win over Dominican Republic
29.07.2011 03:27:15
China our hardest opponents so far, de Moura of Brazil said at the press conference
29.07.2011 02:53:17
Brazil wins Pool F after beating China in three straight sets in Trujillo
28.07.2011 21:01:54
Players extremely tired, Poland coach Grzegorz Kosatka explained
28.07.2011 20:39:37
Poland defeats Egypt in Trujillo to finish tied for second in Pool H
28.07.2011 20:21:28
Happy for winning after a long time, says Korea captain Lee
28.07.2011 20:17:14
Korea pick up momentum into classification semifinals with win over Tunisia
28.07.2011 19:05:47
This was our best game in tournament, said coach of Serbia, after five sets against Russia
28.07.2011 18:46:52
Russia wins Pool H by defeating Serbia in Trujillo
28.07.2011 18:31:17
FIVB Volleyball Women's Junior World Championship - Picture of the Day (5)
28.07.2011 18:22:29
Cuba had a new mood for the match, says Cuba coach Robinson
28.07.2011 18:17:57
Cuba finish Pool G undefeated with 3-0 win over Japan
28.07.2011 16:44:47
Reeves inspired by Olympic mother to play volleyball
28.07.2011 06:03:12
China, Brazil earn spots into gold-medal semifinals of FIVB Women's Junior World Championship
28.07.2011 05:28:07
Match won on the court and not outside, says Dominican Republic captain Reyes
28.07.2011 05:23:33
Dominican Republic bounce back for sweep of Peru in Pool E
28.07.2011 05:02:43
Slovakia is a very good team and we study them well, said Brazil coach de Moura
28.07.2011 04:40:08
Brazil eyes first place in Pool F after win over Slovakia in Trujillo
28.07.2011 03:47:37
Was not a beautiful match but fortunate to win, says Italy coach Mencarelli
28.07.2011 03:40:09
Italy takes the lead in Pool E with win over United States
28.07.2011 03:13:12
"We knew it would be a challenge to overcome Belgium", said China captain Long Cheng
28.07.2011 02:44:05
Team effort propels China over Belgium in the second round in Trujillo
28.07.2011 02:36:05
Tunisia using FIVB Women's Junior World Championship in training to be better
27.07.2011 20:12:05
"We'll get better as the days go by" , said Egypts Mohamed Ahmed despite the loss
27.07.2011 20:11:09
Cuba's height caused us problems, Tunisia captain Boughanmi says
27.07.2011 20:05:14
Cuba's power derail Tunisia to go 2-0 in Pool G
27.07.2011 19:49:24
Serbia in second place in Pool H with win over Egypt in second round in Trujillo
27.07.2011 19:03:33
Kosatka: Russia played better than us
27.07.2011 18:21:17
Good reception and block won the match, says Japan captain Horikawa
27.07.2011 18:16:34
Japan produce second win in Pool G, defeat Korea 3-0
27.07.2011 17:53:57
Russia sweeps Poland in second round in Trujillo
27.07.2011 09:37:51
Pivotal Second Day of Second Round Upcoming at FIVB Volleyball Women's Junior World Championship Peru 2011
27.07.2011 08:46:40
FIVB Volleyball Women's Junior World Championship - Picture of the Day (4)
27.07.2011 08:00:12
United States, Italy, Brazil, China Earn Second Round Wins
27.07.2011 05:58:24
We kept our concentration, says Italy captain Scarabelli
27.07.2011 05:53:05
Italy goes into win column to start second round at FIVB Women's Junior World Championship
27.07.2011 05:52:18
Most difficult match we had so far, said China coach Xu Jiande
27.07.2011 05:30:51
China overcomes eight-point deficit in final set to defeat Slovakia
27.07.2011 05:06:30
United States earn key second round opening win over Dominican Republic
27.07.2011 04:08:00
Every team in Pool E is good, says United States coach Browning
27.07.2011 03:29:28
Brazil's strategy was to stop Belgium's top scorer Lise Van Hecke - de Moura
27.07.2011 02:54:28
Top-ranked Brazil earns victory in Trujillo over Belgium
26.07.2011 21:22:48
Pavlicevic: We lost focus
26.07.2011 20:41:08
Poland holds off a late rally by Serbia in Trujillo
26.07.2011 20:22:13
Rest was key in Japan victory, says captain and coach
26.07.2011 20:12:31
Japan too much for Tunisia in second round opener in Peru
26.07.2011 18:45:27
Now a challenge to be leader of Pool to reach 9 position, says Cuba coach Robinson
26.07.2011 18:39:35
Cuba over Korea to start second round Pool G with win
26.07.2011 18:37:39
"Experience is the most important thing", Egypt coach, Mohamed Ahmed said
26.07.2011 17:42:09
Russia quickly defeats Egypt in Trujillo
26.07.2011 05:51:48
Preview for FIVB Women's Junior World Championship second round start in Peru
26.07.2011 02:39:18
Brazil and China headline top eight field in Peru
25.07.2011 08:38:30
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By understanding the structure of talent networks within companies, managers can foster more effective collaboration.
Leaders and human resources professionals are searching for ways to generate more value from their employees. Finding new approaches for optimizing talent is a critical aspect of organizational performance. The Hackett Group, an operations improvement consulting firm, recently found that organizations that excel at talent management increased earnings by nearly 18% and improved operational and process performance.1 Similarly, Towers Watson, a leader in human resources consulting, reported that companies with integrated talent management programs that were aligned with business strategy and operations were significantly more likely to be high-performing organizations.2
Organizations could get even more from their investments in talent management if they focused on collaboration — a critical component of employees' effectiveness. An IBM survey recently found that high-performing organizations (as measured by earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization) are 57% more likely than other companies to provide their global teams with collaborative and social networking tools.3 McKinsey & Company, too, found that well-networked organizations delivered higher market share and profits than less-networked companies.4
Senior executives would do well to give as much thought to the design, development and facilitation of networks as they historically have given to organizational structure and reporting relationships. But this is not easy to do. Job design and performance management, for example, are often based on individual accountability despite the fact that most work today is collaborative. By the same token, work flows and decision processes are not typically designed to reflect the collaborative nature of work and innovation. And talent management practices usually focus on individual competencies and experiences, while overlooking the critical importance of an employee's networks.
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AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) � Maine gas prices continue to rise, but the good news is they are not rising as fast as they are nationally.
Price-monitoring website MaineGasPrices.com reports Monday that the average retail cost of a gallon of gas rose more than four cents in the past week to $3.76.
Meanwhile, the national average jumped almost six cents per gallon, to an average of $3.55.
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Well, there's no turning back now. The design has been finalized and the frames are made.
There is still some work to be done before I can think about getting glass cut, but I think the worst is over.
I've decided to simplify the colors a bit. Yellow is gone and the final colors wil more closely match the other original cottage windows in the house.
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Major hedge fund managers and investment gurus—the "whales" in the Wall Street seas—are required to notify the Securities and Exchange Commission about their investment moves quarter by quarter.
Many investors pore over these notifications in the belief that the big fish have special insight into what's working and what's not in markets. After all, they became big fish somehow, right?
This past quarter the whales made a number of moves ranging from macro bets to individual stock moves and commodity plays. Some of the more notable moves are categorized and summarized in the following slideshow.
Investors be warned though. Because of reporting lags, the information regarding whale moves is somewhat dated. The first quarter ended March 31. One or all of these money mavens may have already changed their position. And whales aren't always right or may lead you astray. Captain Ahab chased a whale and look where that took him.
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The top three executives at Buuteeq all grew up in the heart of Silicon Valley, attending Palo Alto High School in the late 80s. Forest Key, Adam Brownstein and Cameron Steele still have plenty of roots in that tech Mecca. But when it came time to raise their latest round of funding, they found all of the support they needed in their new hometown of Seattle.
Buuteeq, an online marketing platform and content management system which powers the Web sites of more than 4,000 independent hotels across the globe, today is announcing a $10 million round from Seattle's Madrona Venture Group and Redmond-based Concur Technologies.
Total funding in the 45-person company now stands at $17 million, with Key saying they'll use the funds to expand internationally, possibly hiring up to 50 new employees in the next 12 months. The goal is to grow to "tens of thousands" of hotel customers in the coming years, he said.
As a result of the investment, Concur CEO Steve Singh and Madrona's Tim Porter have joined the board of Buuteeq.
Despite relocating to Santa Barbara for a month in the summer and having options to raise cash in the Valley, Key said it felt good to "triple down" on Seattle.
"In the end, it was really nice to get this done with our home team advantage," said Key, adding that Concur is a "world-class SaaS company" that's respected in the industry.
Like Concur, Buuteeq charges customers a monthly fee to use its service, which includes everything from Web site creation tools to an online booking engine to SEO offerings. Hotel customers are spending on average about $3,000 per year via Buuteeq, with clients ranging from small bed and breakfasts like The Greenlake Guest House in Seattle to the new 500-room MGM Grand hotel in Vietnam.
Customers choose the cloud-based offering in part because it can help them better market to potential customers, creating a direct one-to-one relationship with hotel guests. Those relationships generate far more revenue for the hotels than selling rooms via channels such as Expedia, Priceline.com and Booking.com, which often take a hefty slice of sales they generate. To illustrate the point, Buuteeq offers a ROI calculator on its Web site for hotel owners, showing how much incremental revenue they can earn by utilizing its system.
Because Buuteeq sits so close to the transaction, Key said there's an enormous opportunity to grow subscription revenues.
"If someone is thinking about coming into Seattle, and they want a hotel that has easy access to the tourist destinations, we can help the hotel in downtown Seattle close more of those leads, more of those visitors and turn them into reservations direct to the hotel," he said. "And, of course, because it is direct to the hotel, it is a retained margin, and they get to make more money on that reservation."
Key draws comparisons between what Buuteeq is building for hotels, and what The Cobalt Group (sold to ADP) did for auto dealers and what DemandForce (sold to Intuit) did for dentists' offices.
"I think we are part of a wave of systems that help small businesses be phenomenally good at marketing through digital mediums," said Key, who uses the acronym DMS or digital marketing systems to describe the service.
Buuteeq's next big bet will be on international expansion, a market where Key notes that roughly 80 percent of hotels are owned by independent operators. That compares to the U.S. market where 20 perent of hotels are considered independents. "More than 50 percent of our market opportunity is overseas," he said. "If we are world-class in two years, it is really because we are world class."
Buuteeq also is expanding rapidly into online advertising, a strategic area since some of the company's earliest investors hail from online advertising giant aQuantive.
"We are already helping customers do advertising, and we are going to do a lot more there," said Key. "So, (if), we know that people from France react to certain keywords when they are planning their Alaska vacations and coming to Seattle, we can optimize a campaign so that more French tourists going to Alaska stay in your hotel instead of your competitors. Those are insights that's hard for a local Web agency … to know."
Traditional Web design agencies still make up the biggest competition for Buuteeq, but Key said that hotel customers are quickly embracing cloud-based services which provide more flexibility. Web agencies charge upwards of $15,000 to $20,000 in which customers get a pretty "mediocre Web site" that's not as flexible, said Key.
"We believe with cloud systems like ours, small businesses can start to do more as a do-it-yourself service with the power of the cloud," said Key, adding that as the network of customers grow everyone benefits from the improvements and increased data culled by Buuteeq. "We can make the whole system better… Every new subscriber benefits the whole collection."
Previously on GeekWire: In wake of Airbnb financing frenzy, Seattle super angels pump $3.5M into Buuteeq
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A federal court decision this week allowing a North County Indian tribe to rescind its gaming compact with the state will enable it to be reimbursed or save nearly $100 million.
U.S. District Judge Cathy Ann Bencivengo sided Monday with the Pauma Band of Mission Indians in a lawsuit filed nearly four years ago challenging the terms of an amended 2004 state compact to operate its casino off state Route 76 in Pauma Valley.
The judge ruled that the tribe should be allowed to operate under the conditions of a compact signed in 2000, rather than one it was forced to renegotiate four years later, because the state's Gambling Control Commission erred when it incorrectly under-calculated the number of slot machines that could be applied for by all the tribes in the state.
Based on the bad calculations, Pauma was directed into renegotiations with Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger that resulted in an amendment requiring revenue sharing that was 2,460 percent as expensive as its original compact.
By allowing the tribe to become the first ever to rescind a gaming compact, the court in essence enabled Pauma to save at least $7.4 million per year until 2022, for a total savings of more than $65 million, said Attorney Cheryl Williams who represents Pauma in the dispute.
The decision should also permit Pauma to recapture about $33 million in past payments made to the state under the amended compact through either the return of funds or the issuance of a credit toward future compact payment obligations, Williams said. The court will decide next month how the money should be returned.
The Pauma tribe was the last in the state to apply and receive a compact in 2000 to operate a casino. In 2004, it amended that compact to have the right to operate up to 2,000 slot machines, which it felt was needed to partner with a large gaming partner.
The amended contract required the tribe to pay millions more a year for the right to have the machines because the state incorrectly calculated that there were no more licenses available for each machine.
Williams said for the 1,050 machines the casino has now, the amended compact required revenue sharing payments to the state of $7.75 million annually, with that number rising drastically if more machines are added. Under the 2000 compact the 1,050 machines required only $315,000 in payments each year.
A call to the California Attorney General's Office, which represented the state in the proceedings, was not immediately returned Wednesday.
Casino Pauma opened in 2001 and recently remodeled in December. The tribe has no plans now to expand the operation, Williams said.


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Irinotecan injection is given together with other medicines to treat patients with metastatic cancer (a cancer that has already spread) of the colon or rectum.
Irinotecan belongs to the group of medicines called antineoplastics (cancer medicines). It interferes with the growth of cancer cells, which are eventually destroyed. Since the growth of normal cells may also be affected by the medicine, other effects may also occur. Some of these may be serious and must be reported to your doctor. Other effects, like hair loss, may not be serious but may cause concern. Some effects may occur after treatment with irinotecan has been stopped. Be sure that you have discussed with your doctor the possible side effects of this medicine as well as the good it can do.
This medicine is available only with your doctor's prescription.
This product is available in the following dosage forms:
In deciding to use a medicine, the risks of taking the medicine must be weighed against the good it will do. This is a decision you and your doctor will make. For this medicine, the following should be considered:
Tell your doctor if you have ever had any unusual or allergic reaction to this medicine or any other medicines. Also tell your health care professional if you have any other types of allergies, such as to foods, dyes, preservatives, or animals. For non-prescription products, read the label or package ingredients carefully.
Appropriate studies have not been performed on the relationship of age to the effects of irinotecan injection in the pediatric population. Safety and efficacy have not been established.
Appropriate studies performed to date have not demonstrated geriatric-specific problems that would limit the usefulness of irinotecan injection in the elderly. However, elderly patients are more likely to have severe diarrhea, which may require caution and an adjustment in the dose for patients receiving irinotecan.
There are no adequate studies in women for determining infant risk when using this medication during breastfeeding. Weigh the potential benefits against the potential risks before taking this medication while breastfeeding.
Although certain medicines should not be used together at all, in other cases two different medicines may be used together even if an interaction might occur. In these cases, your doctor may want to change the dose, or other precautions may be necessary. When you are receiving this medicine, it is especially important that your healthcare professional know if you are taking any of the medicines listed below. The following interactions have been selected on the basis of their potential significance and are not necessarily all-inclusive.
Using this medicine with any of the following medicines is not recommended. Your doctor may decide not to treat you with this medication or change some of the other medicines you take.
Using this medicine with any of the following medicines is usually not recommended, but may be required in some cases. If both medicines are prescribed together, your doctor may change the dose or how often you use one or both of the medicines.
Using this medicine with any of the following medicines may cause an increased risk of certain side effects, but using both drugs may be the best treatment for you. If both medicines are prescribed together, your doctor may change the dose or how often you use one or both of the medicines.
Certain medicines should not be used at or around the time of eating food or eating certain types of food since interactions may occur. Using alcohol or tobacco with certain medicines may also cause interactions to occur. The following interactions have been selected on the basis of their potential significance and are not necessarily all-inclusive.
Using this medicine with any of the following is usually not recommended, but may be unavoidable in some cases. If used together, your doctor may change the dose or how often you use this medicine, or give you special instructions about the use of food, alcohol, or tobacco.
The presence of other medical problems may affect the use of this medicine. Make sure you tell your doctor if you have any other medical problems, especially:
A doctor or other trained health professional will give you this medicine in a hospital or cancer treatment center. This medicine is given through a needle placed in one of your veins.
Irinotecan often causes nausea and vomiting. However, it is very important that you continue to receive this medicine even if you begin to feel ill. You may receive other medicines to help with the nausea and vomiting. Ask your doctor for other ways to lessen these effects.
It is very important that your doctor check your progress at regular visits to make sure that this medicine is working properly. Blood tests may be needed to check for unwanted effects.
Make sure your doctor knows if you are pregnant before you receive this medicine. Using this medicine while you are pregnant can harm your unborn baby. If you think you have become pregnant while using the medicine, tell your doctor right away.
This medicine may cause a serious type of allergic reaction called anaphylaxis. Anaphylaxis can be life-threatening and requires immediate medical attention. Call your doctor right away if you have chills; fever; hives; hoarseness; itching; rash; trouble breathing; trouble swallowing; or any swelling of your hands, face, or mouth after you receive the medicine.
While you are being treated with irinotecan, and after you stop treatment, do not have any immunizations (vaccinations) without your doctor's approval. Irinotecan may lower your body's resistance, and there is a chance you might get the infection the immunization is meant to prevent. In addition, other persons living in your household should not get live vaccines (e.g., nasal influenza or flu vaccine). Try to avoid persons who have taken live vaccines. Do not get close to them and do not stay in the same room with them for very long. If you cannot take these precautions, you should wear a protective face mask that covers the nose and mouth.
Irinotecan may cause diarrhea, which can last long enough and be severe enough to cause serious medical problems. If diarrhea occurs while you are being treated with irinotecan:
Irinotecan can temporarily lower the number of white blood cells in your blood, increasing the chance of getting an infection. It can also lower the number of platelets, which are needed for proper blood clotting. If this occurs, there are certain precautions you can take, especially when your blood count is low, to reduce the risk of infection or bleeding:
Call your doctor right away if you have an unexplained fever, cough, shortness of breath, trouble with breathing, or wheezing after receiving this medicine. These may be symptoms of a serious lung problem.
This medicine may increase your risk of having blood clots. Tell your doctor right away if you start having a sudden and severe headache, trouble with breathing, or problems with vision, speech, or walking.
This medicine may cause some people to become dizzy, drowsy, or less alert than they are normally. This medicine may also cause blurred vision or other vision problems. If any of these side effects occur, do not drive, use machines, or do anything else that could be dangerous if you are not alert or not able to see well. If these reactions are especially bothersome, check with your doctor.
Ketoconazole (Nizoral®) and St. John's wort should not be used while you are receiving irinotecan. If you are using St. John's Wort, it should be discontinued at least 2 weeks before the first cycle of irinotecan. If you are using ketoconazole, it should be discontinued at least 1 week before starting irinotecan treatment.
Do not take other medicines unless they have been discussed with your doctor. This includes prescription or nonprescription (over-the-counter [OTC]) medicines and herbal or vitamin supplements.
Along with its needed effects, a medicine may cause some unwanted effects. Although not all of these side effects may occur, if they do occur they may need medical attention.
Check with your doctor or nurse immediately if any of the following side effects occur:
Some side effects may occur that usually do not need medical attention. These side effects may go away during treatment as your body adjusts to the medicine. Also, your health care professional may be able to tell you about ways to prevent or reduce some of these side effects. Check with your health care professional if any of the following side effects continue or are bothersome or if you have any questions about them:
Other side effects not listed may also occur in some patients. If you notice any other effects, check with your healthcare professional.
Call your doctor for medical advice about side effects. You may report side effects to the FDA at 1-800-FDA-1088.
Portions of this document last updated: Nov. 01, 2019
Original article: https://www.mayoclinic.org/drugs-supplements/irinotecan-intravenous-route/before-using/drg-20064383
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