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The Harry Ransom Center presents the symposium "Magnum Photos into the Digital Age." Scheduled for October 25–27, the symposium is in conjunction with the Ransom Center's current exhibition Radical Transformation: Magnum Photos into the Digital Age.
Twelve Magnum photographers, including Christopher Anderson, Bruno Barbey, Michael Christopher Brown, Eli Reed, Jim Goldberg, Josef Koudelka, Susan Meiselas, Mark Power, Moises Saman, Alessandra Sanguinetti, Alec Soth, and Chris Steele-Perkins, as well as Magnum CEO Giorgio Psacharopulo are scheduled to appear in panel discussions with a focus on the cooperative's evolution and future.
To celebrate the fact that this many Magnum photographers are coming to Austin, we're giving away a copy of panel moderator Kristen Lubben's coffee table book Magnum: Contact Sheets (Thames & Hudson). To be eligible to win, retweet information about the symposium on Twitter or "Like" our Facebook post about the symposium on Facebook by midnight CST on Thursday, October 10.
The symposium brings together photographers, curators, and historians to discuss the ways in which Magnum Photos has continually reinvented itself from the moment of its founding.
Symposium information, including registration, is available online. Registration closes on Thursday, October 10. Register now.
Panel moderators include Kristen Lubben, Curator and Associate Director of Exhibitions at the International Center of Photography, New York; Anne Wilkes Tucker, Gus and Lyndall Wortham Curator of Photography at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; David Little, Curator of Photography and New Media at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts; Stuart Alexander, Independent Curator and International Specialist, Photographs, Christie's, New York; and Jessica S. McDonald, Nancy Inman and Marlene Nathan Meyerson Curator of Photography at the Ransom Center.
The Magnum Photos collection was donated to the Ransom Center by Michael and Susan Dell, Glenn and Amanda Fuhrman, and John and Amy Phelan.


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Reading 5: A Letter to the President
President Theodore Roosevelt, a friend of Saint-Gaudens, personally selected the artist to design $10 and $20 gold coins for the U.S. currency. Saint-Gaudens and the president differed as to the design image. In the end, Saint-Gaudens won, but he never lived to see what numismatists argue are the most exquisite coins minted in U.S. history.
November 11, 1905
Dear Mr. President:
You have hit the nail on the head with regard to the coinage. Of course the great coins (and you might almost say the only coins) are the Greek ones you speak of, just as the great medals are those of the fifteenth century by Pisanello and Sperandio. Nothing would please me more than to make the attempt in the direction of the head of Alexander....
Up to the present I have done no work on the actual models for the coins, but have made sketches, and the matter is constantly in mind. I have about determined on the composition of one side, which would contain an eagle very much like the one I placed on your [inaugural] medal, with an advantageous modification. On the other side would be some kind of a (possibly winged) figure of Liberty striding energetically forward as if on a mountain top, holding aloft on one arm a shield bearing the stars and stripes with the word "Liberty" marked across the field, in the other hand perhaps a flaming torch; the drapery would be flowing in the breeze. My idea is to make it a living thing and typical of progress....
Questions for Reading 5
1. Why do you think Saint-Gaudens wrote this letter to President Roosevelt?
2. What was Saint-Gaudens' vision for the design of these coins?
3. If you were an artist, would you want to design coins? What would be the advantages?
4. Do you agree that it was fitting for Saint-Gaudens to design coins used during the Gilded Age? Why or why not?
Reading 5 was excerpted from Homer Saint-Gaudens, ed. The Reminiscences of Augustus Saint-Gaudens, vol.2 (New York: The Century Company, 1913).


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Let's look at one site for an introductory example.
WeRelate.org is an extremely useful and focused site for displaying individual and family information. The wiki format allows for intensive sourcing and inclusion of media. I highly recommend the site. Now, what about their claims regarding records? Here is a statement from the WeRelate.org startup page, where WeRelate claims to be "the world's largest genealogy wiki with pages for over 2,153,200 people and growing. This is quite an impressive number until you look at the WeRelate.org Special:Statistics page of the wiki. Here is the quote from the page:
There are 6,111,311 total pages in the database. This includes "talk" pages, pages about WeRelate, minimal "stub" pages, redirects, and others that probably don't qualify as content pages. Excluding those, there are 2,876 pages that are probably legitimate content pages. (emphasis in the original).What is a "legitimate content page" and how does that differ from the claim to "over 2,153,200 people?" No where is the seeming discrepancy explained. What value are the "people pages" if they contain no content?
This issue of content is not at all unique to WeRelate.org (and I am not picking on that website at all, merely using it as an example). Take for example a comparison between two huge online genealogy giants; FamilySearch.org and Ancestry.com. A superficial look at the two sites would have you believing these two claims: FamilySearch.org claims 1033 "collections" and Ancestry.com claims 30,554 collections. Are the two claims accurate and if they are, do they reflect the relative size differences between the two databases?
It turns out that the term "collection" as used in the two databases are substantially different in their application to the records contained in the databases. Both websites use the term in a totally ambiguous way that gives the user little information about the amount of information on the website.
FamilySearch.org uses the term "collection" in a loose way to designate geographically related records created in a certain way. The term collection is used to refer to original source records as well as extracted records and indexes. So in one instance, the 1855 Alabama State Census is said to contain 34,978 records but in this case, this collection is an index, so it contains names not records. It is certainly not clear what is meant by the term record when each index entry is counted as a record. In another example, the 1869 Argentina National Census is said to contain 1.799,773 records on 157,426 images. Apparently, the number of records refers to the entries on the Census records. But in another collection, such as the Argentina, Salta, Catholic Church Records, 1634 - 1972 there is no number for the records, just a reference 144,293 images. So the total number of "collections" is arbitrary and meaningless. If you drill down into the records, especially those that have images only, you will find that some individual collections are comprised of dozens of rolls of microfilm.
Again, I am not criticizing FamilySearch or anyone else, merely commenting on the vague and ambiguous nature of the designations. Why give a number if the number is meaningless?
Ancestry.com has the same issues as FamilySearch.org but in most cases it is harder to penetrate the confusion. Collections in Ancestry.com are listed with a number of "records." But the number of records is not further defined as pages or individuals or whatever. One number sticks out, the number of records in Member Family Trees is claimed to be 1,838,295,985. Hmm. That is a really big number. How many unique individuals are represented by that number? For example, if I search for one of my ancestors in the Public Member Family Trees, take Henry Tanner for example, I find 57,210 instances of his name. Speculating, if I divide the total number of records claimed by Ancestry.com by the number of duplicate records for Henry Tanner, I get about 32 million entries, still a large number but what is the real number? How many duplicates are there? Isn't this the same problem I started out with on WeRelate.org? Only Ancestry.com does not bother to tell us how many records have content?
The number of records claimed by both FamilySearch.org and Ancestry.com do not give us any idea of how many duplicate records there are for an individual. For example, my ancestor might appear in multiple family trees, but he may also appear in multiple records, all with exactly the same information such as a death certificate and an index of deaths.
The confusion in the terms "record" and "document" is even more dramatic. Fold3.com is an example of using all terms interchangeably. For example, Fold3.com has a list of "collections," claims to have 86,022,535 images, and 100,232,144 memorial pages. Fold3.com collections include American Milestone Documents and Matthew Brady Photographs among other collections. How do we compare the numbers to either Ancestry.com or FamilySearch.org? The simple answer is we can't.
Numbers don't lie, but they don't say much either.
Rather than take these numbers, no matter where they originate, with a grain of salt, perhaps we need a whole salt shaker.


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By eddyramrod
It didn't happen last year because I wasn't fit enough. This year, and on the wave of having done Inverness for Christmas, I'm feeling up to a south-coast trip again. This of course means there will be the usual Shiters' lunch meet at the burger van on Portsdown Hill, most likely on Wednesday May 13th. I'll be in the wheelchair bus, sorry; MrsR has vetoed taking Hairy Pussy even before I've got it home.
We will also be stopping each way at a Travelodge or Premier Inn somewhere in the Midlands, so there might be an opportunity for a Midlands Massiv Meet too. Or even two of them! It worked well enough at Cumbernauld!
By Saabnut
Anyone else going? UKSaabs is having a show there again this year, so do stop by and say hello.
One of the advantages of having a stand is you get a code so your club members can get a discount on admission prices on the Saturday and Sunday. Not a huge amount of saving but anything is welcome. They insist that only members can get the discount code, but as you lot are all* members of UKSaabs if you want the code, drop me a PM and it will come back by return.
By loserone
Quick poll to see who is available when.
Happy to update the polls with any suggestions!
By quicksilver
For the first time this year we were actually able to attend this show. It's only 8 miles from home but in previous years we'd always managed to avoid finding out about it until a few days afterwards A free event in the Market Square and High Street, there were probably about 150 cars there including a lot I hadn't seen before, so here's some highlights.
You know it's going to be a good show when you park next to a beige Wartburg
H633 LJO - 1990 Wartburg 1.3 by Adam Floyd, on Flickr
This Hunter is lovely
CUJ 339L - 1972 Hillman Hunter 1500 DL estate by Adam Floyd, on Flickr
Not sure if this shonky ZX was supposed to be part of the show or just left here
L704 NFC - 1994 Citroen ZX 1.8i Aura by Adam Floyd, on Flickr
Genuine patina here, makes a change from fake rat look
B143 NLT - 1985 Volkswagen Passat 1.8 CL estate by Adam Floyd, on Flickr
SVM people carrier
G441 RGA - 1989 Volvo 740 GLE Nilsson limousine by Adam Floyd, on Flickr
Mini on a mission from Brackley's German twin town
WW-MC 666 - Austin Mini Mayfair by Adam Floyd, on Flickr
Bono's Lotus?
OHU 2F - 1968 Lotus Elan +2 by Adam Floyd, on Flickr
Great colour 1 - I've never seen a turquoise Volvo before but it's original
KNF 55F - 1968 Volvo P1800S by Adam Floyd, on Flickr
J488 TBW - 1992 Toyota Celica GT Cabriolet by Adam Floyd, on Flickr
The least shite version of the R5
B777 YJO - 1984 Renault 5 Turbo 2 by Adam Floyd, on Flickr
Electric XK. Nicely done but doesn't seem right.
837 YUM - 1953 Jaguar XK120 Lunaz Electric by Adam Floyd, on Flickr
Great colour 2 - a Suzuki metallic purple
KAV 976G - 1968 Ford Cortina 1600 Super by Adam Floyd, on Flickr
Late registration madness. Made in 1996 but not registered until 2001 for some reason.
X148 YOO - 1996 MGF 1.8 by Adam Floyd, on Flickr
Ours wasn't the only Maxi there
ULK 789M - 1972 Austin Maxi 1750 by Adam Floyd, on Flickr
Tennis-themed 205s
Anyone for tennis? by Adam Floyd, on Flickr
Slightly shonky Capri
C291 KHJ - 1986 Ford Capri 2.0 Laser by Adam Floyd, on Flickr
Like Dick Strawbridge but boxier
A1 LTB - 1989 Asquith box van by Adam Floyd, on Flickr
Clubvan? That never existed from the factory.
JGK 328T - 1979 Austin-Morris Mini Clubman van by Adam Floyd, on Flickr
Bristols are odd. I don't think any of them look good but they have an endearing strangeness.
MPL 18L - 1972 Bristol 411 by Adam Floyd, on Flickr
@Six-cylinder lowered the tone with his immaculate* Vanden Plah
JRV 328P - 1976 Vanden Plas 1500 by Adam Floyd, on Flickr
Panda looked like the daily of a young lady
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Hot Serck action!
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By Dave_Q
Hi all,
Bit of a random one but do any Manchester/Derbyshire/South or West Yorkshire based Shiters fancy a meetup sometime in Glossop?
I know it's not exactly a sprawling metropolis but it has a reasonably priced car park, a Wetherspoons, a caff, etc.
Main reason for suggesting it is it's a nice drive in from most directions - over Holme Moss from the North or Snake Pass from Sheffield direction.
The A624 from the south isn't too bad either.
Something like a Thursday evening would be best for me but open to suggestions.


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Bell Takes Silver in Pan Am Omnium
Canada's two rider track squad of Zach Bell and Svein Tuft continue to rack up medals at the Pan Am Track Championships in Montevideo, Uruguay, with Bell taking the silver medal in the Omnium event yesterday. The Omnium consists of five events (200m TT, 3000m Pursuit, 5K Scratch Race, 15K Points Race and 1000m TT), with the rider having the lowest accumulated number of points taking the gold medal. Bell actually tied Carlos Uran of Colombia with 15 points each, but Uran got the gold medal based on the lowest combined time in the Pursuit and Kilo. Both Uran and Bell had 15 points, with Angel Colla (Argentina) taking the bronze with 16 points.
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"You try to be very excited on behalf of the person who is telling you (they are pregnant) but secretly, what you're saying behind it is 'how the hell am I going replace this person for the next year?'… With the best will in the world not to discriminate in any way, I don't think you can hide that emotion…"
This is a real quote from a real businessperson struggling with a real issue.
Parental leave, and by extension, pregnancy, is never far from the headlines these days. As are stories of discrimination, harassment and bullying.
No matter where you are employed in Australia, you will have worked with women who become pregnant, have a child and take parental leave for the start of their child's life. Increasingly, partners also take leave to be involved at this special time. After leave, the mother or partner either returns to work or does not, depending on the circumstances.
Less well known is the level of discrimination individuals often face in the workplace.
Do you really know why that person didn't return to work?
How many times have you heard people make disparaging remarks when a woman announces she is expecting a child? Believe me, remarks are just the tip of the iceberg in terms of discrimination in relation to pregnancy, parental leave and returning to work. Many people find they are demoted or lose their job. Others have more complex and harrowing experiences of discrimination.
The Australian Human Rights Commission has just completed two national surveys and a consultation process aimed at ascertaining the prevalence of this form of discrimination and its different manifestations.
It has been at times a shocking and disturbing journey to discover the treatment and attitudes people are subjected to in some workplaces simply because they decide to take the perfectly natural step of beginning a family.
We found one in two women report experiencing discrimination in the workplace during their pregnancy, after requesting or while on parental leave, or on returning to work.
As a result, the vast majority of these women (84%) experienced negative impacts on their mental health (such as stress and marked reductions in confidence and self-esteem), physical health, families, finances, career and job opportunities.
This is affecting women from all walks of life – from those in casual jobs or on manufacturing lines to those who are specialist medical practitioners or senior organisational managers. They all use words like "disempowered", "demeaning", and "demoralising" on an alarmingly regular basis. So many said to me "you start doubting yourself and your ability" because they were being pushed out of jobs simply because they were pregnant, took parental leave or wanted to return to work part time. I heard from women who felt they had no choice but to change their entire careers as a result of the discrimination.
It gets worse. Others told of experiencing a nervous breakdown as a result of their treatment in the workplace. In our consultations we met families who had lost their homes because of the intimidation that had forced one wage earner out of work, making them unable to pay their mortgage. We heard from women who had miscarried from the stress. It was not uncommon to find that women were made to breastfeed or express milk in a toilet. One pregnant woman was denied toilet breaks until she wet herself at the cash register where she was working. In one horrifying account, we met a woman who was told she would only be able to keep her job if she had a termination.
This discrimination is not just restricted to the mother. We found a quarter (27%) of the fathers and partners we surveyed experienced discrimination in the workplace related to parental leave or return to work. This is despite the fact that 85% of them took less than four weeks leave – less time than their annual leave allocation.
It is both eye-opening and heartbreaking to appreciate, and gather evidence of the detrimental impact of a discrimination that is inflicted on people for something as normal as wanting to start a family.
But this is a not a simple or a one-sided story. There are also the very real challenges faced by employers and business in managing pregnancy and parental leave in their workplaces.
This discrimination will have a negative effect on the retention of women in our workplaces.
And the very real costs of this discrimination are not only borne by the parents and families involved. It costs our workplaces in productivity. It costs our economy. And it costs our society as a whole.
This is why research such as ours is so important. We have now established a solid evidence-base of prevalence. And, reassuringly, our review has also witnessed some impressive employer practices and strategies used to address these challenges. It presents us with a starting block from which we can devise approaches to remove this blight from our workplaces, from our economy and from family lives. We will release a full report mid-year that will help articulate this direction.


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KeyLimeTie necesitaba un nuevo diseño de página web y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 41 diseños de 17 diseñadores freelance.
Jim Melka Landscaping and Garden Center needs a new website design. We're looking for a vibrant design that shows how great their design and services are. Please read design brief. It has everything you need!
Jim Melka Landscaping and Garden Center
Company Overview
Company Name: Jim Melka Landscaping & Garden Center
Company Tagline/Slogan: Company does not have a tagline. However, the mission of Jim Melka Landscaping & Garden Center is to satisfy the needs and exceed the expectations of customers by providing the highest quality products, services and information while continuing to improve an image of excellence and professionalism.
Nature of business: Jim Melka landscaping and Garden Center is a full service landscaping and garden center. They provide all of the following to their customers:
- Landscaping – Landscaping design, lighting, brick pavers, outdoor living areas, landscaping and yard maintenance.
- Garden Center – Custom planters, delivery of mulch, stone, firewood, planters, etc.
- Retail store – Nursery with trees, shrubs, plants, flowers, etc., Weber grills and accessories, garden tools and accessories, fertilizer and chemicals.
- Garden Shop – Planters, gifts, statues, Christmas trees and décor.
Company Logo: http://www.keylimetie.com/Common/Do…kaLogo.jpg
Website related images: http://www.keylimetie.com/Common/Do…Images.zip
Website Requirements
Existing Website URL: http://www.jimmelkalandscaping.com is the current web site (though it was recently de-activated). It does a good job of showing all the services provided by Jim Melka Landscaping and Garden Center, but it isn't very visually appealing.
Target Audience: Homeowners and Small Business Owners looking to landscape their yards with trees, shrubs, plants, as well as patios, walls and interesting lighting.
Top-level navigation links for Website: Home | Contact | Landscape | Garden Center | Upcoming Events | Photo Gallery
Preferred Color Scheme: Site should be developed using the colors of brown, tan, hunter green, orange and other earthy colors that go with these colors.
Type of look that is trying to be achieved through the design: They are looking for a high quality and professional looking site that matches the work they do.
The following 4 URLs represent similar content:
- http://www.baileyNurseries.com – Looks pretty cool. Has a professional and earthy feel to the site. Has a nice library of trees where you can see thumbnails that can be clicked to display a bigger picture of the plant and some description. Does not address some of the services provided by Jim Melka landscaping.
- http://www.unilock.com – Professional looking site. Does a nice job of highlighting the brick and rock portions of Jim Melka's business. Nice pictures of patios, walls and grills.
- http://www.coyleDevelopment.com
Other Comments
Site should be designed for 1024 x 768 resolution
The winner will need to design and code 6 pages total:
- Home Page
- Plant Categories page (like a product catalog, but for plants)
- Plant Detail page (like a product detail page, but for plants)
- Contact Us page (simple HTML page)
- Join Mailing List page (form)
- Employment Opportunities page (form)
This may sound like a lot of work, but once the home page is designed, the other pages are very quick and easy to knock out. We have held a lot of contests here and are very easy to work with. Once the winner is selected, we like to get through the remaining pages and get it coded and in our hands VERY quickly.
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Begle is from Houston, Texas and graduated from Clear Brook High School. Cothron is from Hendersonville, Tenn., and is a graduate of Beech High School.
"We're looking for both of them to come in and have a shot at playing right away," Ryman said. "We were a little surprised they were available as late as they were. But it was definitely a good thing for us because we had needs at certain positions this late in the process."
Begle, 5-foot-7, played both shortstop and third base in high school and also for her travel team. She will get a strong look at both second and third bases for the Lady Bisons. She played softball all four years of high school and was an All-District selection in 2008, 2009 and 2010.
"Bridgette is a good athlete," Ryman said. "She is going to come in and from an athletic standpoint she is going to challenge to be on the field right away."
With the departures of third baseman Christen Campbell, second baseman Abby Keese and first baseman Kellie Sirus the main emphasis during fall practice is to fill those gaps.
"We are looking forward to working with Bridgette as a hitter," Ryman said. "We want to see a little bit more of what she is capable of doing at this level. We are very excited about her versatility and athleticism."
Cothron, 5-7. was a standout in both softball and soccer for Beech. She named to both the All-Region and All-District teams in softball in 2009 and 2010. She played catcher as a senior, batting .377 with 41 runs scored and 38 runs batted in. She had 58 hits including 19 doubles and three triples.
Cothron was named to the Tennessee Sportswriters Association (TSWA) All-State Team for 2010.
"Rena' is a great all-around athlete," Ryman said. "She has great potential.
"She can catch. She can play third. She can play in the middle of the infield. She could fill multiple needs for us."
Beech High's 2010 softball team was 48-6-1 and ranked 20th in the ESPN High School poll and 13th in the USA Today/National Fastpitch Coaches Association top 20. Beech finished second in the state in the TSSAA Tournament in 2008, 2009 and 2010.
"Beech has done extremely well as a team," Ryman said. "Rena' was a big part of that.
"I'm really anxious to get her into our system and tweak some things with her as a hitter. She has to adjust to the college level and get the most out her athleticism."
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Captain Edwin Dunn was born in Birmingham, England. His father was Paul Dunn. His mother's first name was Sarah. In Edwin's death registration his mother is given as ? Dugard, but his mother name is given as Sarah Giles in his marriage registration.
In the 1851/2 census, the family is living in Sydenham Township with Edwin being 14 years old.
Jane was the daughter of Samuel Hannah and Jane McClements. Edwin and Jane "Jennie" were married in Owen Sound on 11 January 1871.
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While the tech industry sees tablet sales dropping and bets consumers are less interested, other companies -- such as Apple -- are betting sales will rise.
Walt Mossberg from the Re/Code argues that tablets are "terrific" devices and prophesizes a longer life for the machines in schools and businesses. In an interview with Apple chief Tim Cook, Cook also backs the device. "We couldn't be happier with how we've done with the first four years of the iPad," he said. "I'd call what's going on recently a speed bump, and I've seen that in every category."
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Cook has to be on board. His company was recently rumored to be creating a new iPad with a 12.9-inch display for sale in 2015. Apple still needs its tablet to conquer enterprise by creating a more powerful tablet.
The tablet slowdown, after Apple selling 225 million, may be because tablet replacements may be three to four years rather than a shorter cycle for phones. Or it may be that the phablet, or bigger phones, may be taking the place of a tablet computer.


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Prevent Alzheimer's With These 3 Foods
The number of Americans with Alzheimer's is projected to triple by 2050. While there isn't a cure for Alzheimer's, certain lifestyle changes can help prevent cognitive decline. MySilverAge.com recommends three foods that can help prevent the onset of Alzheimer's by enhancing brain function and keeping the mind sharp.
You can practice preventive care with a diet rich in these Alzheimer's foods to help slow the progression of the most common form of dementia.
1. Oil-based Salad Dressings - Drizzling oil-based dressing on salads can help support healthy brain function. The vitamin E found in oil-based salad dressings is a powerful antioxidant. Antioxidants are thought to guard neurons, the nerve cells that relay information between the brain and the rest of the body, from oxidation, thus preventing or slowing brain damage. Vitamin E has even been credited with delaying the advancement of memory loss in moderate to severe cases of Alzheimer's disease.
2. Beet Juice - It may not be the first thirst-quencher that comes to mind, but recent studies show that beet juice could help fend off Alzheimer's. Nitrates found in beet roots help blood and oxygen flow within the body by dilating blood vessels. In particular, they boost blood flow to the frontal lobes, which helps to prevent dementia. Other nitrate-packed foods include spinach, celery and cabbage.
3. Chicken Giblets - Think twice before tossing out chicken giblets (the neck, heart, gizzards, kidneys or liver). Chicken giblets are actually powerful tools for battling Alzheimer's. The vitamin B-12 found in giblets could keep the brain sharp, according to a 2010 study published in the journal Neurology. And it only takes one cup of giblets to get 228 percent of the recommended daily dose of the vitamin.
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12 most pleasant ways to avoid death by PowerPoint
To engage your audience—and bolster your reputation as a dynamic presenter—try these techniques.
It is estimated that, on average, 350 PowerPoint presentations begin every second. Think back to the last time you viewed a PowerPoint—was it engaging, or would you have preferred banging your head against the wall?
As a presenter, you have many ways to spice up a presentation to help your audience avoid death by PowerPoint.
Getting people to show up to the presentation can be the biggest challenge. The best way is to form a reputation for being a dynamic presenter. If you don't have that, build your reputation by incorporating these 12 tips.
1. Engaging title and description
If you are not the conference's keynote speaker, you will probably have to persuade people to attend your presentation. The easiest way to do so, aside from begging and leveraging personal favors, is to have an engaging and attention-grabbing title and description in the program.
2. Get personal
Personal stories are interesting—or should be—and show how your topic is relevant to you and to people in your field. Consider sharing personal experiences and stories in your presentation.
3. Connect with social media
Live-tweet your presentation, and schedule it ahead of time with HootSuite. Include your Twitter handle and a hashtag on the first and last slide. Inject three tweetable moments into your presentation to make sharing easy for the audience.
4. Leverage photos
Images can say more than a few bullet points on a page. Get creative—consider including comics, memes, puzzles, or photos you took yourself.
5. Poll the audience in real time
Use SMS Poll to ask your audience any multiple-choice questions in real time via text message. You set up the question and answer choices in advance. Then you can add it to any slide in your PowerPoint. Note: You will need a Web connection during the presentation for this to work.
6. Animations and transitions
This one is a toss-up—different people have different takes on this. Keep your audience in mind when making this choice. If you include these, do not use too many. Stay classy.
7. Get specific
If you are directing your audience members online, don't just reference a website; show them a screenshot so they know where to go.
8. 10 tips in 10 minutes
Grab their attention by doing a segment offering 10 tips in 10 minutes. Have an audience member set a timer. This is a great way to get attention by doing something out of the ordinary.
9. Connect your vision to figures of prominence
A good way to do this is through quotes. Consider making a Pinterest-like photo via PicMonkey.
10. Get the audience involved
Break up into discussion groups, provide handouts, or include fill-in-the-blank PowerPoint slides.
11. Inject humor
Humor gets people interested. Be careful—humor is normally at the expense of a group or individual. Consider making fun of neutral topics such as yourself or the weather, or even think about poking fun at typical, cookie-cutter PowerPoints.
12. Give away topic-related items
Everyone likes leaving a presentation with free swag. Don't worry—everyone who attends does not need a prize. Just bring a few, and give them away. If you can find prizes related to your topic, then you get bonus points as a presenter.
What is the most interesting thing you have seen someone do while giving a PowerPoint presentation? What else should be added to this list?
Jenny Kay Pollock is the social media specialist at Four51. This article is republished with permission, courtesy of 12 Most.
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Regional Medical Response System (RMRS) Background
The Pikes Peak Metropolitan Medical Response System (Previously MMRS) was developed under the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) grant program designed to assist highly populated jurisdictions to develop plans, conduct training and exercises, and obtain needed equipment in order to achieve the enhanced capability necessary to respond to a mass casualty event. The Pikes Peak MMRS was initiated under a US Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) contractual agreement in 2002 and was later transitioned under DHS in 2004 through 2011.
In 2012, the MMRS grant was eliminated from the federal budget. Despite this elimination, in July 2012, the Pikes Peak MMRS Steering Committe decided to continue to further develop the medical response system according to the Centers for Disease Control guidance on health care coalitions. In October 2012, the regional medical response system was officially renamed the Pikes Peak Regional Medical Response System (RMRS) and embraces a regional approach with local jurisdictions.
Regional Medical Response System Purpose
The Pikes Peak RMRS augments existing local health and medical services for any event that significantly impacts health and medical resources. This is primarily accomplished by promoting disaster preparedness and coordinating support among regional medical response system members through planning and training exercises in the seven-county region. The RMRS serves as a regional health care coalition as defined in state and federal guidelines.
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Heathcare Coalitions are defined as a group of multiple members of the emergency response community that come together to form a collaborative preparedness planning group that provides integration, coordination, and organization for the purpose of regional healthcare preparedness activities and response coordination.
Steering Committe Purpose
The Pikes Peak RMRS Steering Committee represents the relevant local organizations within the region that assist in the planning and development of the medical response system. The steering committe functions as an advisory board ensuring that operational capabilities, scope of work and resource requirements align with the strategic goals and objectives of the RMRS. The steering committe also assists by helping ensure that operational plans, training, and exercise activities are updated an/or modified to achieve conformance with the National Prepardness Guidelines and the National Response Framework, to include coordinating structures, processes, and protocols. Guidance addressing the development of health care coalitions issued by the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE) will be considered and integrated as appropriate.
The Pikes Peak RMRS is sponsored by the City of Colorado Springs and is administered by the Colorado Springs Office of Emergency Management, which resides within the Colorado Springs Fire Department.
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Seeing a familiar place in a new light can be tricky. But in this series of photos by Los Angeles Times photographer Mark Boster showing the Grand Canyon at sunrise and sunset, the rays that paint the iconic canyon at dawn and dusk give a new perspective.
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Jimmy Kimmel, more late night hosts deliver heartfelt tributes to Don Rickles
The passing of Don Rickles Thursday punctured the comedy world. Several comedians and stars paid tribute to the king of the insult, including late night hosts who shared personal stories of the late 90-year-old.
Jimmy Kimmel Live
Before reminiscing about the voice of Toy Story's Mr. Potato Head with guest Adam Sandler, Kimmel delivered an emotional (albeit NSFW) monologue. As someone who loved Rickles "very much," the host began his tribute by unnecessarily apologizing for his emotional state.
"It's not gonna be our usual show tonight because — and I'm gonna tell you right up front — I'm gonna cry," Kimmel told his audience. "I'm already crying, which is embarrassing but... well, I'm not good with this sort of thing."
"I know it sounds crazy to say he was too young," Kimmel added, "but he was because he was youthful, and funny, and sharp and generous. And I was fortunate enough to not only have Don on this show, as my guest, but to also become close to him... which was a lot of fun for me."
Kimmel said Rickles appeared on JKL after being asked "over and over."
"Finally, after we bothered him like 20 times, he gave up and he did the show for my birthday in 2006," ABC's late night man shared, "and it was exciting. It was like I was in some kind of talk show host fantasy camp sitting behind a desk while Don Rickles made fun of me."
Kimmel said the two went to dinner after nearly all of Rickles' subsequent 17 appearances, and he shared what Rickles meant to him.
"They called him 'Mr. Warmth' as a joke, but that was what he was," Kimmel assured his viewers before getting choked up. "He would always ask about my parents, my kids. When my Uncle Frank passed away, I called him and asked him to be the guest on that show, which was a tough show, and he helped all of us through it."
Kimmel could also count on Rickles to throw a jab, like when doling out a review of how Kimmel did hosting the Oscars: "All in all, it was okay."
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Meyers honored the comedian with a story he's before: When he introduced himself to Rickles at a party, as a cast member of Saturday Night Live. Upon receiving Rickles' condolences for SNL's cancellation, Meyers assured him it was still on the air, to which Rickles replied, "Ugh, a guy can dream."
"I remember thinking there's nothing better than getting burned by Don Rickles," Meyers said.
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Colberttalked about the "incredible honor" of meeting Rickles backstage at the Emmys.
"He hugged me and told me I was good," the host revealed, "and I felt like a made man because we all should have his career and be who he was. Married to his wife — I don't know — 120 years, something like that. So God bless you, Don Rickles and thank you."
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| Having trouble with PCI compliance? You're not alone. Auditors and audit survivors offer tips for how to achieve it.
Yet successful PCI Report on Compliance (RoC) completion remains a confusing venture and elusive to many. Some of the confusion stems from the convoluted path of accountability. Although the PCI DSS is often touted as a one-stop standard, each of the five major card brands continues to maintain separate compliance programs. Some brands have announced heavy noncompliance fees in the form of penalties and higher transactions rates, but it is the acquiring banks that decide when and how to pass on these fees to their retail and merchant customers. And despite the prescriptive nature of PCI, the standard changes when updates are issued, and Qualified Security Assessors (QSAs) have room to interpret the standard. It's not uncommon for a QSA's interpretation of the standard to differ from that of the company under review.
Still, while PCI DSS compliance may not always be easy, it's definitely achievable.
In December 2004, the card brands issued the first version (1.0) of the Data Security Standard. The standard is not intended to replace the individual brand compliance programs; rather, it is meant to be a single set of guidelines for entities that store, process or transact credit card data. The assumption is that if an organization receives a successful PCI DSS RoC, it's compliant with any of the card brand programs.
So that there would be one central point of contact for PCI DSS matters, the five brands formed the PCI Security Standards Council (PCI SSC) in September 2006. The council is led by a five-member executive committee (one from each brand) and owns the official document repository for all things PCI DSS. This includes the standard, as well as collateral such as the self-assessment questionnaire, audit procedures, and since April, the Payment Application Data Security Standard (PA DSS) (see "App Lockdown," below). The council also maintains governance over training and approval for QSAs and Approved Scanning Vendors (ASVs).
Something many retailers find confusing is that the council is not responsible for compliance or decisions relating to compliance. The council has no control over fees or penalties issued to retailers or processors, nor does it have any involvement in the service-level agreements between the card brands, the banks and their members. That's why David Hogan, CIO of the National Retail Federation, was shooting at the wrong target when he asked the council last October for changes in primary account number (PAN) storage requirements. The PCI DSS is the standard on how to protect PANs if they're stored, but doesn't address whether they need to be stored in the first place. That's between the retailers/merchants, acquiring banks and card brands.
Organizations that need to validate PCI DSS compliance, such as Level 1 merchants with more than 6 million Visa or MasterCard transactions annually, work with QSAs for validation. Prescriptive though the PCI DSS is, there's still room for disagreement on specific controls and their implementation. For example, one end user reports that for requirement 3.4 (render the PAN unreadable), his QSA refused to validate solutions that were not FIPS 140-2 certified. Though this federal certification provides a much higher value of assurance from a data protection standpoint, it is not specifically required for compliance by the PCI DSS Security Audit Procedures.
In cases like this, it may seem that the council is a good place to turn for answers, but it's not. The council has QSA feedback forms that companies are encouraged to fill out after audits, but these are used to determine if the QSA is performing audits properly. Finding a company out of compliance for not using FIPS 140-2 certified products is an interpretation issue. And sometimes even QSAs feel a little lost when looking for guidance. William Lynch, a manager and QSA at IT consulting firm CTG, says he's tried to go to the card brands and the council for help with interpretation: "They're generally very reluctant to provide specifics, and their responses can be somewhat slow. If I have an interpretation question, I usually discuss it with other QSAs first and contact the council as a last resort" (see "Chain Reaction," below).
Many organizations that have successfully completed PCI audits recommend treating the QSA search like any hiring process. Include requests for references and price quotes in the assessment criteria. And keep in mind that you'll be working closely with the assessment company, so it's important to have a good comfort level with its methodology. Another great tip from the trenches: consider two QSA firms, one for pre-assessment and one for the validation work.
Even if an organization does not wish to pre-assess with a QSA, it should conduct its own pre-assessment. The PCI SSC Self-Assessment Questionnaire (SAQ) and the PCI DSS Security Audit Procedures are excellent resources. An IT professional who completed a PCI validation cycle for his company said, "By pre-assessing, we knew where the holes were and could fill them before getting beat up in front of upper management by the QSA." Though not getting "beat up" can be a benefit of pre-assessment, it's important to keep in mind that most QSAs aren't aiming for humiliation and failure. Pre-assessment gives organizations key knowledge regarding what is important to QSAs during an assessment, especially with regard to documentation. By understanding where the QSA is coming from, IT professionals can engage in a more col- laborative relationship.
Documentation may not be exciting but reviewing documents is a cornerstone of the QSA audit process. So be sure to include documentation review while working on a gap assessment. This is particularly important for areas where there may be interpretation or where compensating controls have been implemented. If a risk assessment process has been completed before implementing a control, be sure the supporting documentation is there so the QSA can assess it properly. Otherwise, the QSA may fail your control.
A money-based "gotcha" to watch out for when working with a QSA is when the QSA claims a company won't be validated as compliant if it doesn't buy a specific vendor product from the assessor's reseller. The tactic can be a softer sell, recommending the customer make the purchase rather than demanding it, but either way it's all wrong. QSAs that attempt to increase profits by requiring product purchases should be reported to the council.
Segmentation was a key part of the National Aquarium in Baltimore's strategy. As part of its PCI pre-assessment work, the aquarium reviewed two merchant functions that were operationally outsourced to third parties--the aquarium gift store and food services--and decided to physically separate the outsourced merchant networks from the aquarium. This resulted in a significant reduction in audit scope during the aquarium's PCI validation work.
Another tip on the simplification front--one we've all heard--is don't store what you don't need. But as Hogan's plea to the PCI SSC illustrated, many retailers--due to their service level agreements--are required to store PANs in a retrievable format for up to 18 months. Companies that don't have that requirement have simplified their PCI compliance by eliminating PAN storage. Others don't have to hang on to the PAN for months but hold it for hours during authorization. Brady Decker, network engineer at the aquarium, suggests that banks and card brands "take the merchants out of the security loop" by not having them store the PAN, even during the authorization phase. If a company must hold on to PANs for any length of time, Carey recommends "leveraging native database encryption capabilities to meet [requirement] 3.4 before layering on a third-party solution that may degrade performance or increase management complexity."
In addition, make sure to really know what's in your environment. Stories abound of large organizations that found untracked spreadsheets with thousands of credit card numbers when beginning their PCI assessment work. "Map the credit card data flow" for the entire lifecycle of the data's existence in your organization, says Michael Gavin, security strategist for application security company Security Innovation. That means answering these questions: Where does the information come in? Where is it being stored? Who has access along the way?
Bob Russo, general manager of the PCI council, notes that organizations in some countries, like Japan, have spent a lot of time complying with security frameworks--such as the Information Security Man-agement Systems (ISMS) approach of ISO 27001 and 27002--and don't want to spend time complying with an additional standard. The card brands, along with the council, are working to raise awareness that DSS is not optional and not replaceable by any other certification work.
If an organization has been concentrating only on U.S. operations, it's time for it to start thinking globally and assessing all sites where card information is transacted. And if you are using a compliance framework, consider mapping the controls and documentation in place to those needed for the PCI assessment. Many companies report that "careful compliance recycling" can reduce overhead when certifying to new and emerging standards.
PCI compliance may not be a simple art, but there are ways--like leveraging compliance frameworks--to make it simpler. There are a lot of rules and requirements for PCI, but the core goal is simple: protect credit cards on those digital "mean streets."
| 5 BASIC steps to properly configure desktop security.
It's important to note that security is something that seems to get a little bit better with each new Windows operating system. Consequently, Windows XP offers some security features that are not supported by earlier versions of Windows such as Windows 95, 98, ME and NT 4.0. These steps assume that Windows XP will not be required to connect directly to an older version of the OS; some of the settings shown here may interfere with that. Therefore, if Windows XP is required to connect to legacy Windows operating systems, some security may have to be sacrificed in order to maintain connectivity.
These steps also assume that the workstations you are securing are running Windows XP with Service Pack 2 or higher (Microsoft released Service Pack 3 for Windows XP in May). Many of the security settings that will be discussed here were introduced in SP2.
If the Windows XP computer is not a domain member, then open the Control Panel and click the Performance and Maintenance link, followed by the System link. Windows will display the System Proper-ties sheet. Select the properties sheet's Automatic Updates tab (see Step 1, below) and then choose the Automatic (recommended) option. Finally, click OK to close the System Properties sheet.
You might have noticed in Step 1 that the automatic updates options were grayed out. That's because the screenshot is of a computer that is a domain member, and automatic updates are being controlled by some group policy settings.
If the computer is a domain member, then group policy settings are the preferred way of enabling automatic updates. Do so by opening the Group Policy Object Editor and then navigating to Computer Configuration | Administrative Templates | Windows Components | Windows Update (see Step 2, below).
Most enterprise environments use a centralized update server that is responsible for downloading updates, so each machine on the network does not have to download the updates individually. The client workstations then get their updates from this distribution server. Microsoft offers a free Windows Update server product called Windows Server Update Service, or WSUS. You can download WSUS for free at https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/itpro/windows.
If implementing a WSUS Server or a third-party product, point the client machine to the update server through the Specify Intranet Microsoft Update Service Location group policy setting.
To ensure the NTFS file system is used, open My Computer, right click on the system's hard drive, and choose the Properties command from the resulting shortcut menu. Doing so will display the drive's properties sheet, which will indicate which file system is in use (see Step 3, below).
Hopefully, you will find that the NTFS file system is being used, but if not, there is a way to convert your current file system to NTFS. To do so, open a Command Prompt window and enter the following command:
Convert C: /FS:NTFS
Many administrators make the mistake of neglecting to use local computer level group policies. The reason these policies are seldom used is because as soon as a user logs on, the settings in a local security policy are typically overwritten by policy settings contained in the domain, site and OU level policies. Even so, it is important to use local security policies because otherwise the computer is left unprotected until a user logs in to a domain and the Active Direc- tory level policies are applied.
The good news is that configuring the local security policy for Windows XP clients is easier than one might expect. In fact, Microsoft even offers some free security templates that are available via download at www.microsoft.com/downloads. These templates are designed to automatically implement various security settings such as password length or complexity requirements to comply with Microsoft's recommended best practices. All an administrator has to do is pick the security template that best meets the company's needs, make any desired modifications to it, and apply it to the workstations.
To use the security templates, which are part of the Windows XP Security Guide, download the guide and extract its contents to your My Documents folder. Next, open My Computer and then choose the Folder Options command from the window's Tools menu. Then clear the Hide Extensions for Known File Types check box, and click OK.
Now, open the My Documents folder and navigate to the Windows XP Security GuideTools and TemplatesSecurity GuideStand Alone Clients folder. Note that each of the template files ends in the .TXT extension. This is a safeguard to prevent an administrator from accidentally applying a security template. Now, remove the .TXT extension, and copy the template files to a safe location where they will not be accidentally executed. For example, the SA Enterprise XP Client--Desktop.cmd.txt file could be renamed SA Enterprise XP Client--Desktop.cmd.
To apply a security template, log on to the machine that you want to apply the security settings to--with administrative permissions--and then double-click on the preferred template file. Keep in mind that there are several different security template files, and each applies a different level of security. It is extremely important to read the full descriptions of these files in the Windows XP Security Guide and figure out which template is right for your organization prior to applying one. Odds are that no one template is going to be a perfect fit, but the guide shows how to modify the template files to better meet an organization's needs.
If a machine is a member of a domain, it's best to run different antivirus brands on the workstations and network servers. When new viruses are discovered, antivirus companies eventually develop detection signatures, but it's impossible to know which one will first, or how long it will take. By using different brands of antivirus at different layers of the network, an organization increases the odds new malware will be caught. If one antivirus product doesn't have a signature, the other might.
To manually enable the Windows Firewall, open the Control Panel and click on the Security Center link. Next, click on the Windows Firewall link. When the Windows Firewall properties sheet appears, click the On button (see Step 4, below), and then click OK.
An administrator also can enable and configure the Windows Firewall at the group policy level. Open the Group Policy Object Editor, and then navigate through the console tree to Computer Configuration | Administrative Templates | Network | Network Connections | Windows Firewall.
There are two different firewall profiles that can be configured (see Step 5, below). There is a domain profile that is in effect any time the machine is logged in to a domain, and a standard profile that is in effect at other times.
Unfortunately, it's impossible to include every trick for hardening Windows XP here. However, if an organization takes these five critical steps, it will have a better chance at fending off threats targeting the desktop.


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Kinstler in Bridgeport to review a career painting film icons, American presidents
Maybe you've seen him on television -- on "60 Minutes" or as a subject of a 2005 PBS documentary -- or perhaps attended one of the many retrospective exhibitions around the country honoring him.
And now, fans of Everett Raymond Kinstler can see this famous octogenarian artist in person -- at Housatonic Community College, where he will present a slide show and lecture sponsored by the HCC art department.
The challenge is to "cover about 60 years in 60 minutes," said the Easton resident, laughing.
But Kinstler is unlikely to achieve that goal -- keeping in mind that he began his artistic life as a 15-year-old illustrator for "pulp magazines" and ultimately became one of America's most renowned portrait painters. In 1999, the Smithsonian Institution's National Portrait Gallery, which owns more than 100 of his works, awarded him its highest honor: the Copley Medal.
He has painted about 2,000 portraits from life (his subjects sit for him so that he can better capture their essence), including those of:
Seven U.S. presidents (those of presidents Gerald R. Ford and Ronald Reagan are the official White House portraits) as well as 60 U.S. Cabinet members; Betty Ford and Lady Bird Johnson; Supreme Court Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Harry Blackmun; numerous governors; and several university presidents.
Such cultural icons as Benny Goodman, Tony Bennett, James Cagney, Peter O'Toole, Gregory Peck and John Wayne, as well as writers Tom Wolfe, Arthur Miller, Ayn Rand and Tennessee Williams.
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Talk by artist Everett Raymond Kinstler, Monday, Feb. 10, at 5 p.m. at the Beacon Hall Events Center at Housatonic Community College, 900 Lafayette Blvd., Bridgeport. Free; free parking in the HCC garage. www.housatonic.edu; 203-332-5116.
A high school dropout at age 15, Kinstler began illustrating comic strips at 16; more than 70 years later, this native New Yorker continues to work daily in his home-studio or at the studio he has used for decades at the National Arts Club in Manhattan.
"I'm very lucky, very blessed," he said during a recent telephone chat, adding that he had gotten a "clean bill of health" earlier that day during a routine physical.
He still enjoys taking commissions as a portrait artist, and also continues to love painting landscapes and creating works that harken to his passion for Hollywood.
"I am reaching back to my early years as a comic book artist and illustrator for books" and pulp magazines (which were printed on cheap paper and were very inexpensive, dealing with such topics as romance, detectives, the West, aviation pioneers and the like).
"I have returned to exploring (with paint) how the movies influence my art. I'm depicting many film personalities who posed for me (over the decades, such as John Wayne, Ronald Reagan and Gregory Peck). My current film series is based on images new and old, real and imagined, invented and reinvented. (They're) all part of my attempt to pay tribute to the movies."
A solo exhibition of 20 paintings, "Kinstler & Hollywood," recently on exhibit at the National Arts Club, moves to the Mountainsong Galleries in Carmel, Calif., June 7.
Kinstler's invitation to speak in Bridgeport came via Peter M. Rembetsy, an artist friend and HCC faculty member, who wanted to give students and area art lovers the rare opportunity to hear from a famous, successful artist.
Kinstler "is a living artist whose paintings talk to you" with a soul and energy that is difficult to describe, Rembetsy said.
"He is a legend in my mind," he added.
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ATLANTA (Reuters) - Life expectancy in the United States has reached an all-time high, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Wednesday.
In 2009, life expectancy increased to 78.2 years, up from 78 years in 2008, it said.
For women, life expectancy was 80.6 years, up one-tenth of a year. The life expectancy for men rose to 75.7 years, an increase of two-tenths of a year.
Life expectancy for whites increased two-tenths of a year and stayed the same for blacks.
Suicide surpassed blood poisoning to become the 10th leading cause of death, the CDC said. Heart disease remained the top killer, although death rates dropped in that category and in nine of the other top 15 causes of death.
There were 2.4 million deaths in the United States in 2009, down 36,336 from the year before, the agency said.
Reporting by David Beasley; Editing by Colleen Jenkins and Greg McCune


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A friend of mine emailed me asking me about a passage in Matthew 3:3, I sent him a reply and was wondering if what I sent him is good greekerey or if I'm off my rocker. Here is his initial email, followed by my response.
My Responsedifferent translations give different meanings to matthew 3:3.. think you can get a good literal translation from it? to 'make his paths straigh't and to 'make straight paths' say two different things..
so, am I accurate? pls let me know your thoughts.The greek that is behind this phrase is:
"εὐθείας ποιεῖτε τὰς τρίβους αὐτοῦ."
"make straight paths for him", from what I've learned so far, cannot be a literal translation because "for him" would require the greek word "αὐτῷ" instead of the one that is in the text, which is "αὐτοῦ" (of him) I'm assuming your reading this from the NIV as this is the only "mainstream" version that translates this way. Two other versions that translate this way are the cev and the Good news bible, but these two are paraphrases and not translations as the NIV claims to be.
The grammar behind it could potentially allow for two possible translations of this text:
1) make his straight paths
2) make straight the paths of Him
the first translation assumes the word "straight" is an adjective that modifies the word "paths" while the second translation assumes "straight" is an adverb which modifies the verb "make".
the first example although possible is unlikely, because the word "straight" appears before the verb while the rest is after the verb. Typically, an adjective will normaly come directly before or directly after the noun it modifies (there are a few exceptions). While the two words share the same case, the distance between them diminishes the possability of it being translated this way. Also, if it is an adjective, the article appears in front of the noun "paths" instead of the adjective, this would make it a predicate statement rather than an attributive one. Again, it seems like its in need of "an exception to the rule." Don't get me wrong, they do exist, but to have two exception in 5 words implies that the writer A) doesn't know greek very well, or B) is saying something else.
The second example treats the word "straight" as an adverb. It fits more easily as an adverb and doesn't have the hangups that the adjective has. One other thing to note, is that this whole passage is a quotation from the book of Isaiah 40:3. Ironically enough, the NIV translates "straight" as an adverb and not as an adjective in this passage. Its Old Testament so I can't comment on the hebrew behind it, but it does say something about the inconsistancy in the NIV.


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Bail bond company apologizes to terrified family
A young family is demanding an explanation after bounty hunters swarmed their home accidentally while searching for a bail jumper.
Gilbert Lopez, who works for Howell Bonding, the company that sent the men to the wrong house, admits he's to blame for the mistake.
"I went ahead and I told them to go ahead and engage," Lopez said.
But instead of sending the bounty hunters to the home of a fugitive, they showed up at the address of Veronica Barela and her four children.
Barela said she awoke around 11:30 p.m. Monday to the sound of men banging at the door, telling her to "open up." On top of that, she said the bounty hunters cut the power to the house.
"I really thought, 'OK this is it,'" Barela said.
Thinking she was going to be the victim of a home invasion, Barela grabbed a bat, hid her children in a bedroom and called 911.
"I kind of stayed quiet and they started flashing lights in all my windows," she said.
Lopez said he doesn't believe the men shut off the power, but all the other actions are standard operating procedure.
"(Those) are typical actions that (bail bondsmen) are required to take in order to secure a defendant that's skipped bail," Lopez said.
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What 'The Influencing Machine' Teaches College Kids
And now we conclude this year's TOTN freshman reads. Each year, we select a few of the books all incoming freshmen are required to read over the summer by many universities and colleges. So far, we've talked about two popular perennials: "Guns, Germs, and Steel" by Jared Diamond and "Enrique's Journey" by Sonia Nazario. Last week, an off-center choice, "World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie Apocalypse" by Max Brookes. Today, Brooke Gladstone and "The Influencing Machine" selected by the University of Maryland and Millersville University in Pennsylvania.
If you'd like to nominate another choice for freshman read, give us a call. 800-989-8255. Email us: email@example.com. You can also join the conversation at our website. That's at npr.org, click on TALK OF THE NATION. Joining us now from member station WNYC in New York is our own friend Brooke Gladstone, co-host of "On The Media," which is produced there at WNYC. Nice to have you back, Brooke.
BROOKE GLADSTONE: Hi, Neal. Nice to be back.
CONAN: Is there any summer reading book you were assigned from your student days that you can remember?
GLADSTONE: Well, you know, I found out that these freshman reads are actually a fairly recent invention. And it was partly because kids were having trouble making the transition from home to college, whereas people of our generation just ran from home to college and hardly ever looked back. So it's part of the transition, creating a kind of community that can all talk about the same thing, so I didn't have that.
CONAN: Yeah, I always had these summer reading lists of, you know, three or four, you know, tomes, and "Ethan Frome" was always my least favorite.
CONAN: But, you know, middle of August, it would start weighing down on me even more than they weighed already because I hadn't started them.
GLADSTONE: I have to say that "Guns, Germs, and Steel," though, that you mentioned is just, I think, one of the greatest books ever written. It is so astoundingly audacious to take over 10,000 - to consider 10,000 years of civilization and why there are haves and have-nots.
CONAN: We've been talking a lot about geography on this program lately. Now what do you think your book, "The Influencing Machine," why would it be valuable, you think, to an incoming freshman?
GLADSTONE: What does it have to offer?
CONAN: Right. Exactly.
GLADSTONE: Well, for one thing...
CONAN: Defend yourself, Gladstone.
GLADSTONE: Well, I have to say that I wanted to write a comic book essentially before I wrote - before I wanted to write a book. And ultimately, I wrote a 2,000-year history of the media and a manifesto as to why it is the way it is and what one needs to do to make it be the way we want it to be - all in panels, about 160 pages, 2,000 years and tons and tons and tons of end notes. And I think it's because it's so compressed. It's a useful book, because every chapter, rather than completing the discussion, is kind of a launch for discussion because you really have to say things in very, very few words.
CONAN: Well, we want to hear from listeners. "The Influencing Machine" or others, what would be a good freshman read? 800-989-8255. Email: email@example.com. And Cheyenne is calling us from Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
CHEYENNE: Hi, Brooke.
GLADSTONE: H, Cheyenne.
CHEYENNE: How are you today?
GLADSTONE: I'm very well.
CHEYENNE: I was just wondering, with your experience in the media industry, do you feel that the corruption (unintelligible) to the service is a necessity to keep the media as strong as it is? Because it seems, though, the misconstrued information that some reporters give is what sells. And how does that reflect on your statement that you said we get the media we deserve?
GLADSTONE: Right. Well, the thing is that it has been ever thus. We've always had a wide range of media choices. And stories have always been made up in the paper. I mean, Edgar Allan Poe made up a story about a balloon launch, and there are other stories about people landing - a telescope seeing people on the moon and so forth.
CHEYENNE: Right.
GLADSTONE: They are among the biggest sellers. But here's the thing is, you know, we buy that stuff. It's a business. We don't want it to be government owned. And I think my principal argument is that the sooner we take responsibility for that consumption, the better, because there is every bit as much excellent, complete, thorough, contextual news out there as there is the load of crap that you rightly refer to.
CONAN: Cheyenne , it sounds as if you have read this book.
CHEYENNE: I have read this book and enjoyed it.
CONAN: In the context of a freshman read?
CHEYENNE: Yeah.
CONAN: Where do you go to school?
CHEYENNE: Millersville.
CONAN: Oh, so that's one of the - I wonder, are the fellow frosh there talking about it?
CHEYENNE: Actually, yeah. It was very - a controversial debate in many of my classes, but overall we enjoyed the book a lot, and it kind of exposed us to a lot of stuff we didn't know went on behind the scenes in the media.
CONAN: And so you would recommend it?
CHEYENNE: Absolutely.
GLADSTONE: Thank God. I'd really be upset if she called up and said this book sucks.
CONAN: Thanks very much for the call, Cheyenne.
CHEYENNE: Thank you.
CONAN: The other school that assigned this book as a freshman read is the University of Maryland. And joining us from that school is Christophe Fulgaris(ph). He's is a freshman there and read the book over the summer. Nice to have you with us today.
CHRISTOPHER FULGARIS: Hello.
CONAN: And would you agree with Cheyenne that it was a pretty good book?
FULGARIS: Oh, yeah, I would definitely agree. It's a very interesting book. I think the fact that it was kind of like a comic book, it gave a nice novelty to it. And, I mean, it's just - you could read it and it never got dull at any point really.
CONAN: Never got dull.
GLADSTONE: Oh, that's good.
CONAN: I think that's going in quotes on the back page of the next edition.
GLADSTONE: Well, they do say it's, you know, there's a certain - I won't say. It's a rye voice. It can be pretty cutting at times. It's definitely in the vernacular. It's - it is not an academic book, although it could possibly have been if written differently without pictures. So I'm really grateful for my artist, Josh Neufeld, who had an enormous amount to do with making sure that there was flow and cohesion.
CONAN: We also asked those who had to choose these books to defend themselves, and this was the statement from Lisa Kiely, assistant dean of undergraduate studies at the University of Maryland: Everyone loves to hate the media, but Brooke Gladstone says everything you hate about the media was there from the beginning. With the rise in citizen journalists, particularly in the Arab Spring, the Tea Party and the Occupy movement, we wanted a book that gave students a good history of journalism, even going back 2,000 years. What a great time to do so with the presidential election, where many of our students will vote for the first time. Another reason for selecting the book is the opportunity to discuss a graphic text and debate the validity of this medium. How does one read a graphic text? Do our students all know how to read images? Many of our first year's writing classes are discussing this issue.
And Christopher Fulgaris, is that being discussed in your classes?
FULGARIS: Yeah. We are about to begin discussing it in our honors colloquium and it's going to be a big talking point for most of the class.
CONAN: So you will want some zinger quotes from the author, no doubt.
FULGARIS: Yeah.
GLADSTONE: Well, the pictures were coming up - the thing about - the difference between a comic book and an illustrated book is in an illustrated book, the pictures support the text, but in a comic book the pictures replace the text. And as a result, I had to come up with every single image, and there's about a thousand of them. And I would write a panel in words and then I would cut it in half, and then I would figure out what could I indicate with the image, and then I would cut it in half again. So everything went through - every panel went through three written revisions before they even went through the three stages of drafting, penciling and inking. That's pretty intensive.
CONAN: Hmm. Are you writing all this down?
GLADSTONE: I'm sorry. You probably didn't even ask that question. Are you still there?
FULGARIS: Yes, I'm still here.
CONAN: So as you get on to discuss this, do you think the fact that this was written in that illustrated fashion, as sort of a comic book, a graphic novel, as it were, or a graphic fiction, or nonfiction, the - do you think that worked?
FULGARIS: I think it does work. I think the discussion is going to be maybe a little bit easier because you can kind of look at the pictures and see kind of almost what the words are trying to say. You can paint a little better image and it helps - I would say it helps the discussion overall.
CONAN: And if you had to pick a book for a freshman read, Christopher, what would you suggest?
FULGARIS: If I had to pick a book for a freshman read, I would probably - we read a particular book last year in our literature class called "Beloved."
GLADSTONE: Mm-hmm.
FULGARIS: By Toni Morrison, I believe it was.
CONAN: Yes.
GLADSTONE: Mm-hmm.
FULGARIS: And that book was - I mean, it was - it had this - it had an almost gothic feel to it, but it kind of brought up some issues that I thought were just kind of important. And it was just - it was interesting from the sense that you wanted to find out where it was going because it was almost eerie at the same time as well as pretty dramatic.
CONAN: I'm sure - I'm willing to go out in a limb and suggest that some places have indeed selected "Beloved," but we'll...
GLADSTONE: Yeah.
CONAN: ...consider it next year. Thanks very much for the...
GLADSTONE: It's a remarkable book.
CONAN: Thanks very much for being with us, Christopher. And good luck with your freshman year there at the University of Maryland.
FULGARIS: Thank you.
CONAN: We should also mention that we have this statement from Caleb Corkery, the assistant chair and associate professor of English at Millersville - that was the other school that picked "The Influencing Machine": We picked the book because of its rich material and how we can use it during this election season. The book is dense with information, much of which can be brought to bear on current events. We want a common read that can educate, challenge and be useful. There's something for nearly everyone in the book, I think. We also find the format compelling and innovative. We were able to reach out to graphic artists on our campus with a comic strip writing contest.
We're also doing programming with the art and design department as a result. For instance, they are bringing in an artist, Martha Rosler, to talk about her work with media. We'll do a panel discussion before the election with the two of them, plus an academic from Rutgers, Jack Bratich. So you're sparking panel discussions, Brooke.
GLADSTONE: Yes. And Martha Rosler, who is an extraordinary artist who came to the fore in the '70s and has been there ever since, is actually and quite coincidentally the mother of Josh Neufeld, the person who drew the pictures for my book. And that was entirely unintentional on Millersville's part.
CONAN: We're talking with Brooke Gladstone, co-host of WNYC's ON THE MEDIA and the author of "The Influencing Machine." That's the book - one of the books selected as one of this year's TOTN freshman reads. And you're listening to TALK OF THE NATION from NPR News. Let's get some other suggestions for freshman reads. Gregory's on the line with us from Grand Rapids.
GREGORY: Hello.
CONAN: Hi. You're on the air. Go ahead.
GREGORY: Hi. I was thinking "Player Piano" by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. You know, it's not one of his more popular books. But it does give the historical context almost of post-World War II, you know, don't trust the - don't trust the - what was it Eisenhower said? Don't trust the...
CONAN: Military industrial complex.
GREGORY: Military industrial complex. Correct. And, you know, it goes in on the haves and the have-nots and how that, how that, you know, how there's a certain section of people that run the country and everything. It's really - it's really an interesting book. And...
CONAN: I suspect, Brooke, you've dipped into it.
GLADSTONE: I've definitely read it. In fact, a friend of mine refers to "Player Piano" as kind of the gateway drug to the rest of the Kurt Vonnegut oeuvre...
GREGORY: Perfect. Perfect.
GLADSTONE: ...because it's - it is a fairly early book, and it really touches on some of the ideas and values and principles and priorities that he re-approaches and re-imagines and deals with in the rest of his novels.
CONAN: So I would recommend "The Sirens of Titan" as well.
GREGORY: Yeah.
GLADSTONE: You naughty, naughty boy.
GREGORY: Naughty person. OK.
CONAN: Gregory, thanks very much for the call.
GREGORY: You're quite welcome. Thank you very much. Have a good day. Bye-bye.
CONAN: You too. Let's see if we go next to - this is Mike and Mike's with us from Grand Rapids.
MIKE: Yes. I do have a recommendation. It's a book called "Be Wise, Do Good, Live Free: Random Advice for the Best Kind of Life" by Gregory Smith.
CONAN: I can't say that I'm familiar with it.
MIKE: He's an original author, independent author, publisher and business owner, historian, here in Grand Rapids, speaks at a lot of colleges and business organizations regionally.
CONAN: And what in it do you think will be particularly helpful for incoming freshmen?
MIKE: Well, there's a lot of stuff I wish I knew when I was an incoming freshman from the book, things like (unintelligible) complicated, just hard; don't panic ever, there's no scenario in which panicking helps; 10 things I wish I knew when I started a business; 10 things I wish I knew before I got married; 10 things I wish I knew when I was high school. Just a bunch of - really 150 short parables, random advice for people to live really, you know (unintelligible) stuff on business, life and faith.
CONAN: Mike, thanks very much. What an interesting recommendation.
MIKE: Thank you.
CONAN: And, of course, we remember don't panic. That's the cover of "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy."
GLADSTONE: Which might be a great freshman read.
CONAN: I wonder. Do you think college kids want advice on life and business and how to be free?
GLADSTONE: Well, you know, I've looked at some of those freshman reads, and generally they aren't of the self-help variety because they want books that will incite a certain amount of controversy, maybe disagreement, maybe challenge conventional wisdom a little. I haven't read this book. If it's a book of good solid wisdom that you need to be reminded of as you enter school, that might be something you'd put in your orientation sack. But if doesn't incite conversation, it probably wouldn't fit in.
CONAN: Here's an email that we have from Dave: I think a great book for freshman to read would be "The Space Merchants" written by Frederik Pohl and Cyril M. Kornbluth in 1952. Talk about prescient. I think it would really open the minds of kids to the level of control advertising and commercialism extends over our lives. I love the reference to the senator from DuPont, et cetera. Of course he used to be senator from Boeing...
CONAN: ...from - one of the senators from the great state of Washington. Kornbluth and - that's interesting. I haven't thought about them for while. Frederik Pohl.
GLADSTONE: Right. I know. But I know that we have a mutual fondness for Philip K. Dick, who deals with many of those issues...
CONAN: Yes. We do.
GLADSTONE: ...especially manipulation, and that could be a fun one. "Man in the High Tower." I think I'd vote for that.
CONAN: Oh, well, "Galactic Pot-Healer."
GLADSTONE: I know you might...
CONAN: "Galactic Pot-Healer." No, "The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch."
Let's go to Victoria. Victoria with us from Huntington in New York.
VICTORIA: Hi. How are you?
CONAN: Good. Thanks.
VICTORIA: I went to Hunter College in New York, and my freshman read was called "Nickel and Dimed" by Barbara Ehrenreich.
GLADSTONE: Yeah.
VICTORIA: She's a social...
CONAN: Sociologist.
VICTORIA: Yes, thank you. And she goes across the country and she works entry-level jobs. She's a maid. She works at Wal-Mart, and she's a waitress. And she just tries to live, whether she lives to work or works to live and, you know, tries to maintain her rent. And it just showed us as freshmen how important college is and how...
VICTORIA: ...to continue going to school, because it's very hard with these, you know, $7.50 an hour, you know, to actually strive and succeed and have time for pleasure.
CONAN: I think it's an interesting suggestion, Victoria, and an interesting instructional for incoming freshman.
VICTORIA: Yeah.
CONAN: Thanks very much for the call.
VICTORIA: Thank you. Bye.
CONAN: And, Brooke, thanks very much.
GLADSTONE: Oh, you're very welcome, Neal.
CONAN: I have to ask, freshman reads, does this, as they say in the business, move product?
GLADSTONE: Yeah.
GLADSTONE: Thank you all, you guys out there. A lot of people are assigning it to media studies courses in journalism, so I'm very happy with that.
CONAN: Brooke Gladstone, the author of "The Influencing Machine: Brooke Gladstone on the Media," and co-host of NPR's ON THE MEDIA. She joined us today from WNYC in New York. It's the TALK OF THE NATION from NPR News in Washington.
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Jamaican Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller was heckled by small group of gay activists in New York City on Friday as she left the offices of the Ford Foundation. The disruption happened on the eve of Simpson Miller's address this morning to the opening session of the 68th United Nations General Assembly—where a larger protest is expected.
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The group of seven protesters shouted, "Gay rights are human rights!" and "Portia, shame on you!" as Simpson Miller exited the building. Simpson Miller appeared unper-turbed, waving at the protesters and blowing kisses, but was later redirected by a security detail. A group called Jamaica Anti-Homophobia Stand was calling for an end to Jamaica's anti-gay laws. It, along with other gay-rights lobbies, is planning to stage another protest on Saturday morning, when Simpson Miller is slated to address the UN General Assembly.
Simpson Miller's center left People's National Party won in a landslide election in December 2011—capturing 42 seats in the 63-seat legislature, leaving the incumbent center right Labour party with only 21 seats. Simpson Miller was sworn in for the second time as Jamaica's prime minister in January 2012. Simpson Miller explicitly came out for gay rights during a televised debate in Decemeber 2011. The former opposition leader promised a conscience vote on whether Jamaica's laws criminalizing consensual male homosexual acts—"buggery laws"—should be repealed. Activists are angry because that has yet to happen.
The protest comes during a time of heightened brutality, violence and harassment toward Jamaica's besieged LGBT community. A 16-year-old transgender woman was killed in July after "appearing at a party in a dress." The young woman was beaten, stabbed, shot and run over by a car. A 41-year-old gay Montego Bay man was killed and his house burned down earlier this month. And a young man was assaulted and stoned by a mob last week near Kingston. Fortunately he escaped with minor injuries.
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