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From all sides, Miami case is textbook embarrassment
Strippers and handfuls of sweaty cash. Illegal interviews and the rantings of a convicted felon.
Parties on a yacht and a fat, fifty-large, hand-delivered check to the president of a university that "lacked institutional control." Rogue NCAA investigators running amok, and a clueless president standing in mud.
MORE: Miami receives penalty | Which players were mentioned?
DECOURCY: Scholarship cuts are foolish punishment
Yeah, this looks good for all involved.
It only took three years and embarrassing and humbling hide-in-the-corner moments for both the NCAA and Miami for us to come to this conclusion: if you cheat, you better cooperate when you get caught.
Those who cooperate get a slap on the wrist when they pay a street agent $25,000 for useless recruiting information (see: Oregon), or when their players accept cash in envelopes from a booster four months after a major, separate investigation took down their football coach (Ohio State).
Meanwhile, in the land of non-compliance, you lose 30 scholarships over three years because the NCAA declares you knew or should have known a player was receiving illegal benefits (USC)—and after your athletic director declares the NCAA was envious of your program.
"Miami helped itself tremendously with self-imposed sanctions," Conference USA commissioner Britton Banowsky said Tuesday when announcing the final corrective sanctions for Miami essentially handing over its football and basketball programs to booster/jock sniffer Nevin Shapiro.
The depth and breadth of Shapiro's access—with many in the administration's knowledge—is shocking.
If that's not enough, read this from former Miami player Randy Phillips, who refused to be interviewed by the NCAA but—on the day the NCAA sanctions were released—decided to talk to the South Florida Sun-Sentinel.
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"(Miami) couldn't recruit without Nevin," Phillips said. "It got to the point where Nevin was the recruiter. Every top star player came through Nevin's house."
This critical component gets lost in the salacious and sexy details of Shapiro doling out cash like Halloween candy: football programs live and die by their ability to recruit. If what Phillips is saying is true—and why do we have any reason not to believe the man who admits he was Shapiro's No. 2 on campus?—every significant recruit who signed with Miami had been soiled by Shapiro's illegal benefits before they ever signed a letter of intent to play for the Canes.
Before they ever practiced or played in a game at Miami; before the university NCAA compliance department could explain to them the dos and don'ts of big time football, Shapiro taught them rules are for fools and cash is for kings.
For this, the NCAA decided to tack on nine scholarship losses over three years (three per season) to the already self-imposed two-year bowl ban. Imagine that; those penalties for a man who had free run of the Miami program for seven years.
Imagine that; the NCAA had this information, got greedy and tried to get more information illegally, then had to backtrack and essentially kneecap itself after the public outcry when it was revealed the NCAA hired the attorney of the man they were investigating (Shapiro) to help investigate the very institution they were investigating (Miami).
This is textbook embarrassment all the way around.
Embarrassing that NCAA president Mark Emmert, the big, bad cop on the Penn State case, was Barney Fife in Coral Gables. Embarrassing that Miami president Donna Shalala, who for more than a year has publicly ripped the NCAA for the pace of the case and for the investigative process, is standing in a bowling alley with Shapiro and accepting a $50,000 check as a donation to the men's basketball team.
But, hey, she cooperated with the NCAA. So did Oregon and Ohio State.
Go ahead and cheat, everyone. The reward is much greater than the risk.
As long as you eventually own up to it.


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BGTG 94 - Are any of our games Classics? (with Greg Pettit)
It comes up from time to time in discussions about our hobby--will any of the games we're playing now achieve "classic" status? There are commercial classics like Monopoly, Risk, and Scrabble, as well as cultural or timeless classics like Go, Chess, and Poker. That's an awfully high standard for any game to achieve, even ones we think so highly of on our game nights and gamesdays. What does complexity or availability have to do with it? And is the world just so different today that games have a different path to achieve that status?
The conversation is long, but a particularly good one. I think so, anyway. I told my guest, Greg Pettit, afterward that this is just the sort of subject I enjoy tackling in the podcast. Because I always enjoyed reading about it from the likes of Peter Sarrett, Mike Siggins, or Greg Aleknevicus. That's good company to be in!
We go back & forth between philosophical descriptions of classics, and considerations of individual titles. Partway through the show, Greg poses a wonderful question about what games we might put in a 50 or 100-year time capsule, wanting to show future generations how wonderful, entertaining, and creative these games are . . . even if those future people are used to playing virtual reality, holographic, full-sensory "videogames" and zipping around in their flying cars. :-)

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Pionier: Organ der schweizerischen permanenten Schulausstellung in Bern
Der Pionier was the mouthpiece of the Schweizerische Permanente Schulausstellung (Swiss Permanent School Exhibition) in Bern between 1880 and 1929. The goal of the publication was to promote the exhibition and increase its effectiveness. It was intended to be the link between the exhibition, its visitors, the government and the authorities. Its content included news about exhibitions, communications about trends in education from home and abroad for Bernese teachers and school authorities, as well as publications by experts on the subject of primary school [American: elementary school]. In addition, it published plans and drawings of school buildings and school equipment.
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TextEdit lets you create all kinds of text documents. It includes tools to format and layout your page, edit and stylize text, check spelling, create tables and lists, import graphics, work with HTML, and even add music and movie files. Here are some of the things you can do in TextEdit.
TextEdit does more than just let you edit text. Take a look at some of the things you can do with your documents.
Open TextEdit from the Applications folder or with Launchpad (OS X Lion and Mountain Lion).
Start typing whatever you want in the window. If you want to change the text alignment from the default left alignment, highlight the text and click one of the four alignment buttons in the toolbar to align left, center, justify, or align right.
TextEdit automatically checks spelling as you type and will underline words that it thinks are misspelled with a red dotted line. If you need help with the correct spelling, highlight the word choose Edit > Spelling and Grammar > Show Spelling and Grammar. The window displays its best guesses for what you were trying to spell. To correct the spelling, select the correct word and click Correct. TextEdit will also automatically correct your spelling as you type or present you with spelling options for the word you are trying to spell.
To change the font, from the Format menu, choose Font > Show Fonts. In the resulting Font window, select a font typeface and size from the columns. You can also choose to add an underline, add a strike-through, change the text color, and add a text shadow from the pop-up menus at the top of the Font window.
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Young earth creationist Don McLeroy is no longer the chairman of the Texas Board of Education, but his replacement, Barbara Cargill, is just as bad. Here she is complaining that the state science curriculum doesn't teach "another side to the theory of evolution."
Our intent, as far as theories with the [curriculum standards], was to teach all sides of scientific explanations…. But when I went on [to the CSCOPE website] last night, I couldn't see anything that might be seen as another side to the theory of evolution. Every link, every lesson, everything, you know, was taught as 'this is how the origin of life happened, this is what the fossil record proves,' and all that's fine, but that's only one side.
Yeah, and they only teach one side of heliocentricity, gravity and the germ theory of disease too. Because there's only one side; the "other side" is nothing but ignorant religious objections.


text: One of the most popular My Little Pony characters at the moment happens to be a walleyed pegasus. This 2008 custom sculpture by Wrenniepooh is a completely unintentional forerunner to said character. As the sculptor notes, "The tear ducts and inner lids were glossed with a thick layer of Aleene's Paper Glaze for a wet look. The 'eyelashes' are natural horsehair." On a purely unrelated note, I've suddenly developed the convenient urge not to sleep tonight. Uh, all those coupons aren't going to clip themselves. [Via Boing Boing]


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Majadas, Las
El Hosquillo Park
Contact details
Carretera Vega del Codorno s/n
16142 Majadas, Las, Cuenca (Castilla-La Mancha)
Tel.:+34 648 586 459
- Autonomous region: Castilla-La Mancha
- Province/Island: Cuenca
- Types of park:
- Biopark
A spot to enjoy immersion in nature, seeing game animals and endangered species up-close.
It is located inside the Serranía de Cuenca Nature Reserve in Castile La Mancha and is a centre for studying and conserving fauna open to the public. This means the over 900 hectares of lush nature can be visited and animals such as deer, roe deer, mountain goats, boar, birds of prey or endangered species such as wolves and bears can be seen living and growing in semi-freedom in the park. Part of the route is by bus. The visit uncovers different ecosystems in the Serranía de Cuenca Nature Reserve: from the valley to the high cliffs, including the abundant pine groves and two rivers. Entry tickets provide access to the Visitor Centre on biodiversity and the Hunting Museum.
Schedules and prices
- From Mar 17 to Dec 24
Visits must be booked in advance due to the tour being run in small groups.
- General: €10
- Reduced: €5
- Retired persons: €5


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Every room of your house is designed for a particular purpose and requires different sets of utilities. From furniture to accessories to appliances, each room has a different need. While one needs to lay more emphasis on the storage cabinets and appliances in the kitchen, the quality of cots and mattresses need to be ensured in the bedroom. The thumb rule for furnishing a house is to choose good quality, classy items within stipulated budgets. Be it furniture, upholstery, accessories or crockery, it is advisable to select those that gel with the tone of the house and its interiors. While wood, stone and clay imparts an earthy look, metals, ceramics and glass gives away a contemporary look.
The kitchen is invariably the section of the house that encompasses a variety of items – from electrical appliances to crockery and cutlery to cookware, the list goes on. The living room is yet another space which has a diverse list of components with furniture being the primary one. This room is often the one that is most laden with curio pieces and interior decorates. The bedroom calls for sturdy cots and quality mattresses and bed linen. Wardrobes, lampshades and lockers are other inclusions in a bedroom. Crockery shelves and wine shelves usually go into the dining space. One should also look for quality dining table sets with comfortable seating. The needs of the home goes and the list is never ending.
Amazon India hosts a variety of leading brands in home needs which supply an array of quality products. Besides being essentials for any home, many of these items are ideal for gifting purposes too. With free shipping and delivery options from Amazon India, one need not worry about the hassles of transporting heavy merchandise such as bulky furniture or electrical appliances. Plenitude of choices, quick delivery, cash on delivery options and easy return policies make shopping online easy at Amazon India. Shop for all home essentials at Amazon.in and avail amazing discounts.


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Kenzo is a Parisian fashion house with a long tradition that was created in 1970 by Kenzo Takada. One of the world's most luxurious brands sets the fashion trends since its projects blend Asian and European motifs.
Takada who became a linguist by a whisker, developed his passion in Japan's Bunka Fashion College and then in Paris. He opened his first boutique 'Jungle Jap' in Paris that was re-named into Kenzo later.
The Japanese designer started with handmade women's clothing and later in the mid-1980s decided to start designing menswear and kids clothing and home collections.
Kenzo's audacious projects with an abundance of colors, patterns and original silhouettes made a whole world go mad over them. A jungle and rain forest motifs and a tiger became brand's distinctive features and symbols known by everyone.
Besides clothing, Kenzo offers perfumes as well. 'Kenzo Parfums' line was launched in 1988 and we can treat ourselves with original fragrances from the acclaimed Japanese to this day.
Currently, the brand belongs to a luxury goods conglomerate LVMH. Label's latest collections introduce a breath of fresh air and a dose of avant-garde to the fashion world.
Kenzo Pop-Up Store in VITKAC was created in September 2015 and was designed to meet the standards of our discerning clients. You can experience all new Kenzo collections and accessories right here.


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ADE Wins IT World Award
The Arizona Department of Education (ADE) announced today that the Network Products Guide, Information Technology's (IT's) leading research and advisory guide, has named the Arizona Education Data Standards (AzEDS) the Gold Award Winner in the 12th Annual 2017 IT World Awards® in the category of Best IT Products and Services for Education. The awards from the Network Products Guide, which is comprised of industry and peer recognition, host the world's premier IT awards ceremony for honoring achievement in all facets of the IT industry. Award recipients from throughout the world will be honored during the 2017 SV US Red Carpet Awards Ceremony and Dinner in San Francisco on Monday, June 26, 2017.
"It's an honor to be named a Gold Award Winner by the esteemed IT World Awards®," said Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction Diane Douglas. "This recognition further illustrates how resourceful our ADE IT department has been in developing the state's student data system. Our IT staff deserves the utmost support as they continue to develop and maintain award-winning products and services designed to support the schools and children of Arizona."
The main objective in creating the AzEDS system was for data to drive instructional decisions by providing real-time feedback to educators. The development of AzEDS not only included the implementation of innovative technology, but it incorporated a complete business process reengineering that no other state has been able to duplicate.
"This project's success is proof that ADE has created a new business model for education," stated ADE Chief Information Officer Satish Pattisapu. "We have also delivered on our promises to produce near real-time data, simplify reporting and improve data accuracy. This will not only allow Arizona to save money, but it will allow teachers and administrators to focus on how data can help improve student achievement, instead of worrying about whether or not it is accurate."
The AzEDS system has standardized the collecting, storing and managing of data, allowing schools to know their state aid payments almost instantaneously, as opposed to months later. It is estimated that AzEDS will save the state nearly $40 million annually in more accurate student counts.
To learn more about AzEDS and its benefits to Arizona, please visit www.azed.gov/aelas/azeds/.


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In a repeat of last summer, the US Senate voted yesterday to allow increased federal funding for embryonic stem cell (ESC) research. The bill, which had been passed by the House of Representatives in January, was passed by a vote of 63 to 37; four votes short of the amount needed to override the promised veto from President Bush, who opposes ESC research on moral grounds.
The Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act, S.5, would allow researchers to create new human stem cell lines from embryos that were created for in vitro fertilization (IVF) but were not used, providing there was written consent from the donors. Currently, hundreds of thousands of such embryos are destroyed each year, as they are surplus to requirements.
Currently, federal regulations prohibit the use of more than a handful of approved cell lines, most of which date back to the earliest days of ESC science. These are widely considered to be useless to scientists for all but the most basic experiments due to contamination by animal feeder cells.
Scientists have applauded the passing of the bill by the Senate. The Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB), one of the leading organizations of scientific societies, has urged President Bush not to use the second veto of his presidency to shoot down this bill, although he has made it clear that is the plan. President Bush has only vetoed one other piece of legislation in his two terms, a prior ESC bill passed in July last year. In contrast, his father issued 44 vetoes in 4 years, and Bill Clinton issued 37 in his two terms in office.
A second bill also passed the Senate, S.30. This bill, sponsored by Sen. Norm Coleman (R, Minn.) would allow the use of stem cells from embryos that were unable to develop into fetuses. The bill passed with a majority of 70-28, but I've not come across a single scientist who claims to understand the science behind it. How ESCs are to be obtained from "naturally dead embryos" remains a mystery to all, presumably including Sen. Coleman, who gets to look good to a scientifically-naive audience without actually helping science one iota.


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There is one particular thing that I'm always all loud about not even BOTHERING to make from scratch. "Too cake-like," I insist. "Never gooey enough," I lament. "Too dry, too crumbly, too heartbreaking when you want a fudgy chewy almost raw inside but baked to perfection BROWNIE!"
This basically results in me never making brownies at all, which is a shame really. They are such a simple delightful dessert that nearly everyone adores. But in my defense it really is very hard to replicate that perfect boxed brownie without a mix full of whoknowswhat and a ton of vegetable oil. It seems like Cooks Illustrated tries to tackle the perfect unboxed brownie at least one every couple of years, and come up with various ways to boost the chocolaty flavor that I'm never really interested in trying (Espresso, anchovies, beef stock? Just kidding on the last two but you get the idea.)
For me, a perfect brownie has to hit the three major points of perfection:
1. It has to be shiny and crackly on top like pahoehoe lava.
2. It has to be chewy and decadent enough inside to make me feel naughty.
3. It has to have gorgeously dense chewy edges, such that people will come to blows over the four sacred corner pieces.
|Brownies in their natural habitat at Volcano National Park, HI
Cocoa Brownies with Browned Butter and Walnuts
from Bon Appetit, February 2011, with my notes
Nonstick vegetable oil spray
10 tablespoons (1 1/4 sticks) unsalted butter, cut into 1 inch pieces
1 1/4 cups sugar
3/4 cup natural unsweetened cocoa powder
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 large eggs, chilled
1/3 cup plus 1 tablespoon unbleached all purpose flour
1 cup walnut pieces
Position rack in the bottom third of the oven and preheat to 325˚F. Line an 8x8 metal baking pan with foil, pressing foil firmly to sides of pan and leaving a 2 inch overhang on two sides. Coat foil with nonstick spray. Melt butter in medium saucepan over medium heat. Continue cooking until butter stops foaming and browned bits form at bottom of pan, stirring often, about 5 minutes. (Be careful here, because butter goes from browned and nutty to burnt and rancid pretty quickly! My butter took less than 5 minutes to reach perfection so watch yours!)
Remove from heat and immediately add sugar, cocoa, 2 teaspoons of water, vanilla, and 1/4 teaspoon salt. Stir to blend. Let cool 5 minutes (mixture will still be hot). Add eggs to hot mixture 1 at a time, beating vigorously to blend after each addition. When mixture looks thick and shiny, add flour and stir until blended. Beat vigorously 60 strokes. Stir in nuts. Transfer batter to prepared pan.
Bake brownies until toothpick inserted into center comes out almost clean (with a few scrumptious crumbs attached...you really don't want to over cook these so err on the side of underdone, about 25 minutes. Cool in pan on rack. Using the foil overhang, remove from pan and cut into 16 pieces. Store in airtight container at room temp for up to 4 days...but they'll surely disappear before then.


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|Integra Delivers Its First HDMI 1.3 Compatible AV Receiver With Dolby TrueHD & DTS-HD
|Thursday, 12 July 2007
a company that produces audio-video receivers specifically designed for
custom home electronics installers and systems integrators, has
announced immediate deliveries of its first home theater receiver with
HDMI 1.3a processing. The Integra DTR-5.8 AV receiver allows the
end-user to exploit the advanced audio and video capabilities of high
definition HD DVD players, Blu-ray players, Sony's PlayStation3 gaming
system, and other advanced systems that fully implement the HDMI 1.3a
"The DTR-5.8 is the first of several important new products from
Integra over the coming months," comments Integra Director of Sales,
Keith Haas. "We have made important upgrades to our A/V receivers'
feature sets, including HDMI v1.3a compatibility and decoding for the
new lossless and high definition audio formats. As with all Integra
products, the DTR-5.8 has advanced systems integration features for
easier interface with multi-room and home automation technology, making
it possible for our custom installing dealers to achieve lower support
costs and higher profitability."
With two HDMI v.1.3a inputs and 1 output, the DTR-5.8 is completely compatible with full 1080p digital video signals, including Deep Color (36 bit) information. It is among the first receivers to include internal decoding for DTS-HD Master Audio, Dolby TrueHD, and Dolby Digital Plus lossless and high-resolution audio formats. Legacy analog video sources are all seamlessly transcoded to both HDMI and component video, including Faroudja DCDi Edge Technology de-interlaceing for 480i signals.
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I have of late become totally obsessed with the spy novels of John le Carré.
I started with his classic The Spy Who Came In from the Cold, a paragon of the genre, then went straight into Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy—wanting to finish it before checking out the latest film adaptation starring Gary Oldman. That book was so riveting that I don't think I'll be able to stop at least until I finish the entire "Karla Trilogy," and as such I am now well into The Honourable Schoolboy and have Smiley's People waiting in the wings.
The thing that so fascinates me about these books—aside from the mere fact of their high literary quality—is this: I think we've all gotten used to the notion that a "spy thriller" is what we get from James Bond or Jason Bourne or Jack Ryan. To wit, a contiguous sequence of action set-pieces; squealing tires and machine gun staccato and elaborate fisticuffs and a massive explosion at the end. But le Carré uses almost none of these tropes. The Spy Who Came In from the Cold is bookended with brief moments of violence, but that's it for "action" as we've come to expect.
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On top of that, there's the fact that the author himself worked for the British intelligence services for many years. The sense of reality contained in his tales is so deep that I have to remind myself that these books are not historical non-fiction; that George Smiley didn't really exist; that MI6 was not infiltrated by Soviet moles in the 1970s and very nearly brought to its knees (at least, so far as we know).
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I am just wondering which university to apply to if my wGPA is calculated to be 5.29 and my gamsat from last year is 60 with all sections above 50. Also since I did a bachelor degree in medical research and I have a rural background, would I have any advantage for specific univeristies?
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Hi tedch89,
From the 2012 Acer Admin Guide:
- Generally applicants should have a GPA of 5.5 or higher. It is unlikely that applicants with a weighted GPA of less than 34 (roughly equivalent to an average GPA of 5.6) will be invited to inter view.
- A weighted GPA of 5.0 is required.
- does not set a minimum GPA, but weighted GPA is a significant component in ranking applicants (after interview) for offers, and a Distinction/Credit average is generally needed to be competitive.
- GPA is not included in calculation of the overall ranking of applicants for offers; however, all applicants receiving an offer must have achieved a minimum GPA of 5.0
- 2011 was the first intake for the Doctor of Medicine (MD) and no minimum GPA or GAMSAT has been set.The minimum will be determined on the basis of the ranked list.The indicative minimum for 2011 was 5.0. Applicants with a 5.0 GPA had a high GAMSAT result.
- Applicants should have achieved a weighted Grade Point Average of 5.0
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- Applicants must have achieved a minimum converted GPA of 5.0 in their most recent key degree.
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- Applicants must have achieved a GPA of at least 5.5 at time of interview selection.
- All applicants must have a weighted Grade Point Average (GPA) of 5.0
You have a tough road ahead of you because although a lot of universities have a GPA minimum of 5.0 you need to have a great Gamsat to compensate. For example Flinders use your Gamsat result alone to shortlist for the interview so although your GPA is fine you have to have a Gamsat of at least 64 to be eligible for an interview. Read the guide p17-27 to get more info. Also take a look at this thread where people recorded their GPA, Gamsat and what Uni made them an offer. It will help you work out what sort of combined score is required.
Otherwise have another go at getting your Gamsat up. If you can get into the mid to high 60's a lot of doors will open up.
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Thankyou very much for your reply, I would definitely take your suggestion to retake gamsat this year. By the way, do you know how much advantage would ruralty background give me. Just a rough idea or figure would do. thx
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There are several ways it could help that come to mind. You could apply for a bonded position, the theory is that these are less preferable than the Commonwealth supported non-bonded places (CSP). You will still need to meet all the requirements for entry but assuming you do that, the competition may be less making it easier to secure a position (again I say in theory). Also in the interview I suspect that you would be looked upon favourably if you explained that you are from the country and are genuinely interested in returning once qualified.
Medical Rural Bonded Scholarship (MRBS)
Only citizens and permanent residents of Australia are eligible to apply. One hundred Scholarships, worth approximately $24,000 a year (tax free and indexed annually), are on offer annually, Australia-wide, to first year medical students. If you are considering applying for a Scholarship, you must be prepared to commit to six continuous years of rural practice once you complete your basic medical and post graduate training as a specialist, including General Practice. Acceptance of a Scholarship is for students who are committed to making a difference to the people they will eventually serve in rural communities. The Scholarships are allocated and linked to the medical school making the Scholarship offer. Therefore, transferring between universities with the Scholarship is not an option. Further, as the Scholarship is linked to an additional MRBS Scheme place at medical school, a student withdrawing from the MRBS Scheme will also lose that medical school place. For further information about the MRBS Scheme go to:
Bonded Medical Places Scheme (BMP)
The BMP Scheme is an Australian Government initiative to provide more doctors to areas across Australia experiencing shortages. Applications are open to Australian citizens and permanent residents of Australia. The geographical classification system for the BMP Scheme is based on the Australian Bureau of Statistics Australian Standard Geographical Classification Remoteness Areas (ASGC-RA) system. The system groups locations into remoteness areas, to determine eligible areas for BMP Scheme doctors completing their return of service obligations. The classification system is updated after each census so eligible geographical areas may change over time. A District of Workforce Shortage is determined by the ratio of doctor to population or locations where the populations health needs are not being met. This is usually outside metropolitan regions where there are fewer doctors per head of population. On attainment of your Fellowship, you will be required to work as a specialist doctor (including General Practice) in an eligible area for the length of your medical degree. BMP participants can reduce the length of the RSO with eligible pre-vocational and vocational training and Scaling discounts. Further information about the BMP Scheme is outlined in further detail in this booklet or at
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Beginning in 2011, the Flinders Medical Program was offered in the Northern Territory, providing opportunities for Territory students to train in Medicine in their local environment. The NT Medical Program offers 24 places and replaces a previous NT sub-quota for Medicine at Flinders. In 2011 and 2012, all of these places will be graduate-entry but from 2013, the number of graduate-entry places will be reduced as the first students in the B Clin Sci/BMBS double degree in NT (up to 12 students) take up reserved places in the Northern Territory Medical Program.
These 24 places are fully sponsored by the NT Government and in allocating these NT Industry-funded places (NTIFP), preference will be given to students who are NT residents and particularly to Indigenous Territorians - although other Australians may apply. These places are associated with a bond to work for two years after graduation, including the Intern year. A Northern Territory resident is defined as a person who, at the time of commencement of the medical course, has:
resided with a permanent address in the Northern Territory for a total of at least two years out of the last six year; or
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Switching from KDM to LightDM login manager
As it is possible to compile kde-workspace without KDM using a cmake parameter [1], we can replace the default KDE login manager (KDM) with others, namely LightDM that has improved its KDE support dramatically lately.
- Smaller code base
- Better performance (according to their presentation, my experince so far is not that great - mbriza)
- Simpler API for creating greeters
- Powermanagement is present
- Although it is present, is it really a pro as we'll be adding an other powermanager separated from PowerDevil? The settings would differ or would need to be propagated
- Multi-head support is better - Prompt is displayed on the screen where the mouse cursor is
- Switching users in KDE is not possible. [2]
What needs to be done:
- Add the conditional KDM inclusion parameter to kde-workspace
- Edit kde-settings not to ship KDM settings
- http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/LightDM official web
- http://www.sharpley.org.uk/node contains release info and interesting discussions (unfortunately there are no tags to filter the articles)
- http://lists.kde.org/?l=kde-core-devel&m=130799230315640 a quite lenghty thread comparing KDM to LightDM in the KDE-core-devel mailing list
- http://mjg59.livejournal.com/136274.html An article describing why it maybe is not such a good idea to switch to LightDM


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SITGES — Distributor Luis Froes and producer Luis Galvao Teles have launched Portuguese distribution house, Outsider Films.
First acquisitions are "Adventures of Zambezia," the pioneering South African 3D animated feature sold by Edward Noeltner's Cinema Management Group, on which Outsider has bought Portugal and Spain; and Juan Carlos Medina's historical chiller "Insensibles" (Painless), which Galvao Teles co-produced via his Fado Filmes.
Running from 1931 through Spain's Civil War to the present, and charting multiple versions of man's insensitivity toward pain, his own and others, "Painless" is one of the early hits at Spain's Sitges Film Aestival.
Outsider has acquired Portuguese rights to "Khumba," Triggerfish Studio's follow-up to "Zambezia," a Sony Pictures pick-up for English-speaking territories.
Outsider will bow "Zambezia" Jan. 3 in Portugal. A Contracorriente Films, the co-producer and Spanish distributor of "Painless," will release in Spain.
Popular on Variety
According to Froes, Outsider will pick-up four-to-five titles a year, targeting kids' animation and feel-good movies.
Galvao Teles said one reason for his move into distribution is because film production has ground to a virtual halt in Portugal, for want of subsidies and TV money.
Dented by the economic crisis, Portugal's box office has fallen about 7.7% this year and admissions are down 12.2% compared with the same period in 2011, but Portugal's market hasn't collapsed, Froes added.


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Meet Philip Warren. He's built every naval warship deployed by the Royal Navy since World War II, 432 in all, just using matchsticks and the wooden boxes they came in. It's a hobby that's kept him busy since 1948.
Warren, who's now 79, built his first ship when he was 17 years old, using matchsticks, razor blades, sandpaper, and balsa wood glue. After building over 400 model ships—his collection includes every one built by the Royal Navy since 1945, as well as some U.S. ships, like the behemoth aircraft carrier the USS Nimitz—Warren has his technique down pat: an average 1:300 scale ship takes about 1,500 matchsticks and a month to create. All in all, he estimates that he's used some 650,000 matchsticks to create his miniature armada.
But sadly the fleet might not ever reach 500 ships—matches are wrapped in cardboard these days, and Warren says his supply of wooden matchboxes is running low. [Oddity Central via Asylum via Scuttlefish]


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Tomorrow will bring the monthly jobs report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, so today we have a few indicators to get a hint as to what may come. The preliminary numbers from ADP look promising, although they usually overshoot the mark. According to the payroll-processing firm, the private sector added 215,000 jobs in December:
Private sector employment increased by 215,000 jobs from November to December, according to the December ADP National Employment Report®, which is produced by Automatic Data Processing, Inc. (ADP®), a leading provider of human capital management solutions, in collaboration with Moody's Analytics. The report, which is derived from ADP's actual payroll data, measures the change in total nonfarm private employment each month on a seasonally-adjusted basis. The November 2012 report, which reported job gains of 118,000, was revised upward by 30,000 to 148,000 jobs.
Small businesses didn't do much hiring, only adding 25,000 positions — and small businesses of less than 20 employees actually lost 6,000 jobs. The goods-producing sector looked weak with only 28,000 jobs added, as manufacturing dropped by 11,000 jobs. The service sector looked relatively strong, however:
Service-providing jobs increased by 187,000. Among the service industries reported by the ADP National Employment Report, trade/transportation/utilities services had the largest gain with 53,000 jobs added over the month. Professional/business services added 37,000 jobs and financial activities added 14,000 jobs in December.
Although the 215K level would indicate actual growth in terms of population expansion, which requires roughly 125K a month just to keep pace, it's still far below the kind of robust pace necessary to put the millions of Americans forced out of the workforce back to work. It is the highest level for ADP's report since February of last year, when the job market was mildly improving. However, assuming that ADP's report accurately reflects tomorrow's BLS report, we would have to have 89 months of this kind of growth over population expansion to re-employ 8 million of those who left the workforce over the last four years.
Gallup's estimate also looks mildly optimistic:
The U.S. Payroll to Population employment rate (P2P), as measured by Gallup, was 44.4% for the month of December, a slight improvement over 43.7% in November. The current P2P rate still does not match the levels of employment seen in July through October, which exceeded 45% and were the highest since Gallup began tracking P2P in January 2010. …
Gallup's seasonally unadjusted unemployment rate for the U.S. workforce was 7.7% for the month of December, statistically unchanged from 7.8% at the end of November. Gallup's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate is 7.9%, a 0.4-point decline over November. Gallup calculates a seasonally adjusted unemployment rate by applying the adjustment factor the government used for the same month in the previous year. Last year, the government adjusted December up by 0.2 points.
Underemployment, as measured without seasonal adjustment, was 17.1% in December, unchanged from 17.2% at the end of November. Still, underemployment improved more than a point over December of 2011, when the rate was 18.3%.
Their P2P rate should not be confused with the workforce measures from the BLS. Gallup compares the population as a whole to the employment rate, while the BLS uses two calculations to measure employment to the workforce and to the workforce-eligible population. They have only used the P2P rate for less than three years, which means that a "high" in this series doesn't mean much, since it began during near-record lows for workforce participation. Still, the move slightly downward in unemployment gives a glint of optimism, depending of course on workforce measures.
Finally, the weekly jobless claims level rose after the holidays, but remained in the same range as we've seen since spring 2011:
In the week ending December 29, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 372,000, an increase of 10,000 from the previous week's revised figure of 362,000. The 4-week moving average was 360,000, an increase of 250 from the previous week's revised average of 359,750.
The advance seasonally adjusted insured unemployment rate was 2.5 percent for the week ending December 22, unchanged from the prior week's unrevised rate. The advance number for seasonally adjusted insured unemployment during the week ending December 22 was 3,245,000, an increase of 44,000 from the preceding week's revised level of 3,201,000. The 4-week moving average was 3,224,250, an increase of 6,500 from the preceding week's revised average of 3,217,750.
Reporting around the holidays is always tricky, so expect to see some significant adjustments later. Also, we may see a brief burst in claims two reports from now, as people may wait until after the holidays to file their new claims due to travel. We probably won't see a good, reliable level of reporting until mid-January, but nothing so far suggests that we're moving out of the 360K-380K range of the last 20 months.
What will be tomorrow's jobs added figure from the BLS? I'm going to guess 185,000, with an unemployment rate of 7.7%. Take the poll below:


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Boots & Barkley American Beef Bully Sticks May Carry Salmonella
By Richard Kearns
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Reviewed by Audrey Cook, BVM&S
Sept. 24, 2012 - Kasel Associated Industries is recalling its Boots & Barkley 6-Count 5-Inch American Beef Bully Sticks dog treats because of a possible salmonella contamination.
The product comes in a clear plastic bag, containing six bully sticks, marked with bar code number 647263899189.It has been distributed nationwide through Target retail stores from April through September 2012.
Salmonella can sicken animals that eat these products. It can also sicken people, especially if they have not washed their hands after touching the products or after touching any surfaces exposed to the products.
The recall came after tests by the Colorado Agriculture Department detected salmonella bacteria in product samples.
No illnesses have been reported in animals or people.
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Consumers who have purchased the product should return it to the place of purchase for a full refund. Consumers with questions may contact Kasel Associated Industries at 1-800-218-4417.
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Gwozdecky might explore openings at Ohio State, Maine and UConn
I had a nice phone conversation with former DU hockey coach George Gwozdecky, who sounds energized about his next challenge. Not everything we talked about was fit to print, but the following is fair game:
— Gwozdecky said he encouraged his three assistants at DU — associate head coach Steve Miller, No. 2 assistant David Lassonde and director of hockey operations David Tenzer — to accept being retained by new coach Jim Montgomery. "Jim obviously recognized that Steve and David are two of the best guys at what they do in the country, and the program needs them," Gwozdecky said. "One-hundred percent, I supported them in staying." That's not to say Gwozdecky won't eventually lure them away …
— Gwozdecky, who has another year left on his contract at DU, has not spoken to athletic directors or others affiliated with Ohio State, Maine or Connecticut, each with head hockey-coaching vacancies, but he admitted all three jobs are very attractive. Osiecki was ousted Monday after compiling a 46-50-16 record in three years for the Buckeyes, who are moving to the Big Ten Hockey Conference next season. Tim Whitehead was released from Maine after 12 years. And UConn, which has seemingly not been as interested in hockey as its basketball teams, is moving to Hockey East on the heels of a 19-14-4 season (14-10-3 Atlantic Hockey Association). The Huskies have fielded a team since 1960 but have won 20 games just twice, and not since 1998-99. "When UConn does things it's in a full, complete way, and that could be a good up-and-coming program, a great addition to Hockey East," Gwozdecky said.
— Gwozdecky might just collect his DU paychecks for a year before returning to the bench, but he reiterated he will be back. He said his contract states that if he takes another job before his current one expires, he will only be paid the lesser difference by DU. My records have his annual salary of around $221,000, so if he takes the job at big-money OSU, DU will be off the hook.
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Superheroes have dethroned princesses this year as the most popular Halloween costumes for both kids and adults.
According to the National Retail Federation's Halloween Consumer Top Costumes Survey, conducted by Prosper Insights & Analytics, the 11-year reign of princesses is over.
"This is definitely influenced by the increase of superhero and action movies that were released this year, and, of course, the very popular Pokemon movement," said Ana Smith, NRF's media relations senior director.
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"Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice," "Deadpool," "Captain America: Civil War," "Suicide Squad" and "X-Men: Apocalypse" were among the popular superhero movies in theaters this year.
The survey was conducted among 6,700 consumers from Sept. 6-13 nationwide, said the NRF. Prosper Insights & Analytics found that 171 million Americans plan to celebrate Halloween this year, spending an average of $82.93 up from last year's $74.34. Sixty-seven percent of Halloween celebrants are planning to purchase a costume this Halloween, spending a total of $3.1 billion. Overall spending on the spooky holday is expected to hit $8.4 billion.
Smith said this prediction is due to a "healthy economy" which implies that consumers have extra money they're willing to spend.
"[Costume trends] depend on what happens in the year leading up to Halloween," Cathy Bunter, manager of Fantasy Costumes in Chicago told NBC. "Every year is a little different."
Bunter said among the most popular costumes at the store are those inspired by the 2016 presidential election and the Broadway musical "Hamilton." The Willy Wonka" costume is also in high demand, following the death of actor Gene Wilder earlier this year, she said.
Clown masks, Bunter noted, are more popular than ever, despite the creepy clown sightings and pranks terrifying people across the country. The recent "clownpocalypse" has had school districts and universities advising against the costume on campuses. Nationwide, local authorities have suggested passing on the clown garb for Halloween this year.
Target said it has pulled all of its clown masks and costumes from stores and website because of the "sensitivity" to the recent "crazy clown" scare, NBC's "Today" show reported.
At Hollywood Toys and Costumes in Los Angeles, Jesus Delgadillo said he also noticed an increase in customers looking for political getups. Delgadillo said the store sells Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump wigs and masks, including the GOP candidate's 'Make America Great Again' caps.
DC characters from the Suicide Squad and creepy clown masks are among the most popular costumes this year in the Los Angeles store, as well as in New York's costume shop Abracadabra.
And since the end of the second presidential debate, costumes mimicking audience member Ken Bone are likely to pop up, too. His imitators can be spotted with red cable-knit sweaters, khakis, black specs and thin brown mustaches. But Ken Bone-wannabes might need to move quicker to grab the red IZOD sweater he wore to the debate. It is reported to be already sold out on Amazon.
Not on the list of top Halloween costumes in 2016, but worth considering, is the "Adult T Rex Inflatable Costume - Jurassic World." Two people were caught on camera prancing around in dinosaur costumes on a Florida beach as Hurricane Matthew approached.
Take a look at the most popular 2016 Halloween costumes, according to the NRF:
Children (under 18):
Batman character
"Star Wars" character
TIE: witch and DC superhero (excluding Batman)
"Frozen" character (Anna, Elsa, Olaf)
Marvel superhero (excluding Superman)
Adults (18-34):
Batman character (Batman, Harley Quinn, the Joker)
TIE: Marvel superhero (Deadpool, Spiderman) and DC superhero (Wonder Woman, Superman)
Video game character
Slasher movie villain (Freddy, Jason, Michael Myers)
"Star Wars" character
Adults (35+):
Political (Trump, Clinton)
Batman character (Batman, Catwoman)
TIE: DC superhero (Superman, Wonder Woman, excluding Batman) and "Star Wars" character
TIE: ghost and zombie
Scary costume
Marvel superhero (Iron Man, Hulk, Spiderman)


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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Pixar's Scottish adventure "Brave" has won the Academy Award for best animated feature film.
The win extends Pixar's domination of the category, marking its seventh win since the award was first handed out in 2002. "Brave," Pixar's first film with a female protagonist, didn't garner the kind of critical or popular support that movies like "WALL-E" and "Up" did.
But "Brave" still managed to win over Walt Disney's arcade game fantasy "Wreck-It Ralph," which many expected to take the award. Either way was a victory for Disney, which bought Pixar in 2006.
The other nominees Sunday night were Tim Burton's Mary Shelley homage "Frankenweenie," the stop-motion ghost story "ParaNorman," and the stop-motion sea voyage "The Pirates! Band of Misfits."
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I'm afraid so. You're entirely bonkers. But I'll tell you a secret. All the best people are.
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love this awesome drawing and the words that go with it 5h fav col
this is amazing. from the thumbnail i was convinced it was a photograph. takes great skill to draw human expressions this cleanly and realistically, great job!
Wow, i thought that was a picture of me during exams. great draw, really realistic:)) 5/5 ♥
Wonderful. Nice work on all of your draws
Damn! This is incredible! The details in this drawing.. wow!! I love how you captured his expression & the wrinkles by his nose and eyes makes it all the more realistic! How long did this take you..? 5/5
Awesome draw!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! A fav for sure. Will study it!!!Love your portraits. One of my favorite things to draw.
aw I like it like it like it like iiiiit!! -favs-
It's a really good drawing of a person and humor. Love it!
sweet expression. really buck n nasty
Exactly. So that means I am one of the best people eh? (I can be crazy sometimes haha) I really like the guy's expression in this drawing and the title. It is an interesting concept too. I love the black-and-white and how realistic it is. 5/5 and fav