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General News of Tuesday, 27 November 2018
Source: Graphic.com.gh
The Vice Chancellor of the Sunyani Technical University, Professor Kwadwo Adinkrah-Appiah has appealed to the government to give it financial clearance to enable it employ additional staff to mount its four-year B-Tech programmes. According to him, the university continued to experience a reduction in its staff strength due to retirement and resignations.
"However, the university is unable to recruit qualified and experienced staff to fill the vacancies as a result of our inability to receive appreciable financial clearance", he stated at the 23rd matriculation of the university.
This year, a total of 1,914 students were admitted into the university to pursue courses in science, technology and engineering and business-related programmes.
Addressing the fresh students, Prof. Adinkrah-Appiah observed that enrolment statistics over the past three years indicated that admission into engineering, technology and science-based programmes in both Higher National Diploma (HND) and Top-Up Bachelor of Technology (B-Tech) programmes had seen appreciable yearly increase in contrast with the decline in business and other related programmes.
"This trend must be sustained as it is in line with our core mandate as a technical university per the Technical Universities Act, 2016 (Act 922, as Amended).
Prof. Adinkrah-Appiah announced that the university had submitted a number of four-year B-tech programmes to the National Accreditation Board (NAD) and the National Council for Tertiary Education (NCTE) for accreditation and expressed the hope that the programmes would be approved to be run for the 2019/2020 academic year.
"It is our expectations that the introduction of the four-year B-Tech programmes will put the university on a level playing field with other universities across the globe to enable us compete for students both locally and internationally".
Touching on discipline, Prof. Adinkrah-Appiah reminded the freshmen that they had been admitted to be trained not only in academic work but also help them to form a good character to enable them to become responsible citizens in future to contribute positively to Ghana's development.
"Negative acts such as rebellion to authority or breaking of laid down rules and regulations should not be seen in you as culprits of such acts will not be spared by the university authorities", he warned.
Prof. Adinkrah-Appiah said there were laid down procedures to seek redress to issues, explaining that the resort to anti-social means of resolving students' grievances would not be entertained.
'Let me inform you that students whose interest is to foment trouble in the university will be dealt with drastically through the appropriate disciplinary procedures".
"Stay away from deviant behaviours that would drag the reputation of the university in the mud", he warned and advised the freshmen to rather attach seriousness to their studies in order to attain academic excellence.


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WOLFVILLE, N.S. - The Acadia Axewomen split their weekend two-game series with the Memorial Seahawks with a convincing 89-75 win in Sunday afternoon's game.
After a tough 3-point loss yesterday, Acadia looked sharp from the start of Sunday's game. The Axewomen posted 21 points in the first quarter, while the Seahawks matched with 14.
Most of Memorial's first quarter points came off a 9-point run, showing that their offence was also capable of taking over the game.
The Axewomen continued to apply pressure in the second and gradually increased their lead to 45-31 at halftime.
Haley McDonald (Port Williams, N.S.) showed her dominance again in this game, putting up 19 points in the first half. Her decision to shoot more threes paid off, as she shot four of six from behind the arch after 20 minutes. She would visit the line 12 times in the game and make 10 of her shots.
Acadia maintained their lead throughout the third quarter, going up by as much as 20. Ellen Hatt's (Fall River, N.S.) contribution alongside Jayda Veinot (Port Williams, N.S.) and McDonald made the Axewomen that much tougher to beat.
The score going into the last quarter was 64-48.
The Sea-Hawks closed the gap in the last frame, but the Axewomen held ground to grab at 89-75 win.
"Since we lost yesterday, we thought it was super important to get the split. MUN is a super tough team and they are a lot better than their record. We knew we had to come out swinging today especially considering the loss yesterday. We knew they would have a lot motivation. As a team, we cleaned up our unforced errors," said Haley McDonald after the win.
Sydney Stewart (London, Ont.) contributed 12 points, 2 rebounds, and 2 assists, and was named her team's Subway Player of the Game.
The Axewomen shot very well from the field, making 34 of their 72 attempts, or 47.2%.
McDonald carried Acadia to their win, totaling 36 points, 6 rebounds, and 6 assists - more than enough to secure her the Subway Player of the Game Award.
Axewomen Ellen Hatt and Jayda Veniot contributed 14 and 19 points respectively. Hatt also pulled down a game-high 10 rebounds.
The Seahawks rest until January 26th when they host UPEI.
The Axewomen are back on the court this Friday when they host a 4-point game against the UNB Reds.
Contributed by Theodore Giesen, Acadia Athletics Communications Office.

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NFC North Week 8: Cliffhanger Sunday for Bears, Packers and Lions
The three teams won their games by a combined total of 14 points on Sunday as the Chicago Bears and Green Bay Packers let their one win opponents stay competitive.
NFC North Week 8: Cliffhanger Sunday for Bears, Packers and Lions
The three teams won their games by a combined total of 14 points on Sunday as the Chicago Bears and Green Bay Packers let their one win opponents stay competitive.
Thursday Night Football: The Doug Martin Show
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers jumped out to a 13-0 lead and never looked back in a 36-17 victory over the Minnesota Vikings on Thursday Night Football.
NFC North: Bears and Packers will Win Again in Week 8
The Minnesota Vikings take a rare turn in the spotlight to kick off Week 8 while the Chicago Bears look to keep hold on their division lead.
Dropping Back In NFL History: Detroit Lions' Chuck Hughes
In a game in Detroit against the Chicago Bears 41 years ago, Lions' backup wide receiver Chuck Hughes collapsed with one minute left to play.
Monday Night Football: The Bears' Defense Smothers the Lions
The Chicago Bears' defense closed the end zone door on the frustrated Detroit Lions by causing three red zone turnovers that led to a 13-7 victory.
NFC North Week 7: The Packers Carve Up the Rams
Aaron Rodgers followed his prime-time performance in Houston by slicing up the Rams in St. Louis while the Minnesota Vikings won despite their quarterback.
NFC North: Beware the Bears' Defense and the Packers' Offense
The Chicago Bears unleash their top rated defense against the Detroit Lions on Monday night while the Green Bay Packers look to keep rolling against the St. Louis Rams.
NFC North: the Packers Dominate the Undefeated Texans
Aaron Rodgers kept the hammer down on the previously undefeated Houston Texans, The Detroit Lions overcame themselves and the Minnesota Vikings were RGIII'd.
NFC North: The Packers, Vikings and Lions Hit the Road
The Detroit Lions begin Sunday afternoon, the Minnesota Vikings play later and the Green Bay Packers draw the Sunday night slot with all three playing on the road in Week 6.
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Some NFL stars have earned induction into both the College and Pro Football Halls of Fame. Only one added the Baseball Hall of Fame to his list.


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The Best Movies for New Couples to Watch
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The best movies for couples to watch early in a relationship need to be safe, enjoyable, and above all else, entertaining. When you're in the getting to know you phase, light-hearted romantic movies are key. Such first, second, or third date movies allow you to experience romance vicariously, which may inspire some mutual affection between you and your partner. It's also a great way to get to know your partner's parameters regarding taste, as you can gauge their responses to different types of films.
What are the best movies for new couples? The list below should provide suggestions. You can try a lighthearted comedic staple of the rom-com genre like Annie Hall or Meet the Parents. You can also try a more serious film that explores relationship dynamics, like 500 Days of Summer. There are plenty of great movies out there to impress a girl or guy. Browse this list below to make your choice and vote up the best options!


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Recent measurements of Eris, the dwarf planet discovered in 2005 which led to the reclassification of Pluto, indicate that the object may be smaller than originally believed. Eris's high density means that the plutoid is most likely smaller, although more massive, the Pluto, which may now be the largest of the dwarf planets. The new measurements of Eris were conducted during an occultation by the plutoid of a star in Cetus, observed in the Chilean Andes on November 6.
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Duriba Khan: The Sophomore
My geometric print shirt is ironed, my banana socks laid out beside my bed. My water bottle is full to the brim, my glasses polished. Tomorrow, I step into a place I wouldn't dare find myself ten years ago… sophomore year.
Freshman year was wholly unique and amazing in its own way: I learned a lot about myself like what situation I'm comfortable in and vice versa, what I can handle, who brings out the best in me, and so much more.
But this year, I don't get to sport the excuse of being a freshman anymore. No more $60 on Starbucks in a month, or refusing to pack lunch because I'm just feeling lazy. This year, I do MAJOR big kids things: I start studying for the LSAT, I do this thing called "have a leadership role," and I get to be responsible and not leave my car in a random alleyway when I'm late to class.
And because I get to actually be a big kid, I guess it's time I started acting like one. And what better way to be one than make a blog post about the things I'm going to start doing as an ~adult~ instead of actually doing them?!
4. Starbucks.
See, right now Starbucks is resistable because well, THE HOLY GRAIL of drinks isn't out yet. Yes, the Pumpkin Spice Latte. UGH, the Peppermint Mocha. Take all my money and soul!!!
I mean… that was the old me. THE NEW ME WILL ONLY GET STARBUCKS TWICE A WEEK. ok…..thrice a week.
5. Responding to emails and texts as soon as I get them.
As opposed to ignoring them until five seconds until it's considered rudely late. I wonder if I could go to hell for this.
6. Praying on time.
As Muslims, we're required to pray five times a day that are determined by the sun's position in the sky. As a lazy Muslim, I have trouble getting this done on time and I need to not ha help me dear lord.
Anyway, that's me! Besides the obvious (maintain a high GPA, avoid douchebags and men in general, be nice to everyone, do nothing illegal, etc), those are the main improvements I want to make in my life/things I want to accomplish.
Also, to visit the moon.
12 Things I Did in Summer 2017
You might be wondering where I went off and disappeared to.
The truth is, it isn't that I forgot to write or didn't feel like it. I promise I've sat down almost multiple times to whip up a blog post...but it just wasn't happening. Call it writer's block (or an existential crisis), but I don't know what to talk about or how to talk about it.
I mean, for crying out loud...look at me now. I'm writing about not being able to write. Yikes.
Let me start by saying that this was a really busy summer for me. I had summer classes, Ramadan, and an internship going on, but you know what? For everything that was happening, I feel like I got a lot out of it. Here it is!
2. Make As in both of my summer classes.
3. DO SOMETHING CRAZY (Can't disclose because my mom reads my blog but when I read this in 20 years, I will know).
4. Have a sunset picnic (maybe a lot of bugs got in my hair but you bet I DONE DID IT).
5. Read 5 books:
6. 100 hours at my internship! Wohoo!
7. Tried a bunch of new places (mainly coffee shops):
9. Had a really fun sleepover Austin discovery weekend with some friends that involved kayaking, horror movies, and too many heart to hearts.
10. Watched a BUNCH of movies, from Annabelle to Kumail Nanjiani's The Big Sick, and too many episodes of Parks and Recreation (which, I declare to be THE BEST SHOW EVER).
11. Made 6 whole entire new friends who live in my heart!!!!
12. Flew on a plane. Alone.
All in all, this summer I didn't get to travel exotic lands or take a cruise. Instead, I stayed in Austin, and I discovered something extraordinary: so many worlds live in small towns! Every single day is a adventure if you are brave enough, sailor!
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Principal Investigator: Scott J. Janz, Joint Center for Earth Systems Technology UMBC - GSFC
Proposal Title: Compact Hyperspectral Mapper for Environmental Remote Sensing Applications (CHyMERA)
The goals for CHyMERA will be to design, build, and test an instrument that will reduce size, mass, and cost and increase science potential and flexibility for future atmospheric remote sensing missions within the focus of NASA's Earth Science Enterprise (ESE). The primary effort of the development plan will be on high spatial resolution ozone, NO2, SO2, aerosol, and cloud measurements, but it is hoped that the techniques developed will prove useful for other measurements as well. The core design will involve a high performance, wide field-of-view (FOV) front end telescope which will illuminate a filter/focal plane array (FFPA) package. The use of a non-dispersive optical configuration will reduce size, mass and complexity. The wide FOV optics will permit short duration global coverage (1-2 days) without the need for a scanner. The first phase of CHyMERA consists of a requirements analysis and design. During this phase the technology requirements needed to meet the science goals will be identified. This will include for example the identification of the wavelength bands and resolution of the filter elements. Radiative transfer simulations will be performed to define the signal-to-noise needed for each atmospheric constituent. Also during this period, requirements will be developed, along with our industry partners, for the construction of the FFPA package and the wide-angle telescope. Laboratory testing of prototype subsystems will also be performed during this period. Upon successful completion of phase I, we will begin building and testing an engineering model of the instrument. Each component will be tested separately to verify performance before integrating the entire instrument. Because we plan to utilize the ultraviolet portion of the spectrum our main focus during the verification phase will be on radiometric stability. As part of the verification and validation of the instrument performance we will carry out ground based inter-comparisons with existing spectrometers by simultaneous viewing of the sky radiance. The entire program is estimated to be complete in 2 years.


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Internet CrimesPosted on: March 2, 2009 at 7:59 a.m.
Los Angeles Internet crimes attorneys have had their hands full for the last decade as the Internet continues to develop new functions and thus new laws. Internet crimes in Los Angeles are often prosecuted harshly because the entertainment industry is very protective and powerful, and because there are numerous high-profile individuals who do their best to protect their name.
The term "Internet Crime" is a sort of catchall phrase that can represent so many crimes. In its most basic meaning, a Los Angeles Internet crime is any crime committed while using the Internet. Some of the most frequently seen Internet crimes in Los Angeles include phishing, credit card fraud, illegal downloading, child pornography, illegal pornography, and illegal distribution of viruses or spam. Phishing, for those who may not know, is a type of fraud where an individual or group poses as an otherwise trustworthy entity such as a bank and asks for personal information such as bank account numbers, credit card numbers, social security information or account passwords.
With such information, they can then access a persons bank accounts or credit cards, or proceed to commit identity theft. Phishing scams are so common that I myself was approached twice in the last month with e-mails claiming to be from banks that I no longer have accounts with that needed to "update" my account information for security purposes. Credit card fraud is nearly interchangeable with online auction fraud. In these cases, the victim tries to purchase something online with their credit or debit card that is never delivered to them. Bank and credit card account numbers are often the information that is being sought after.
Illegal downloading is downloading information from the Internet (usually music, movies or television shows) that would generally incur a fee of some sort from websites that have basically pirated their merchandise. Child pornography is illegal in Los Angeles and the United States, as is viewing or displaying it online. Other forms of illegal pornography are somewhat vague by definition and are more often subject to local or state laws. For the illegal distribution of spam and viruses, since by nature they are often intended to corrupt or otherwise bring harm to the computer they enter, they have also been deemed illegal and are offenses punishable by law. Los Angeles Internet crimes attorneys, such as those at Kestenbaum, Eisner & Gorin, are quite knowledgeable about Internet laws in Los Angeles and how they differ from non-Internet crimes.
Punishment for Internet crimes varies widely depending on the facts of each case. Depending on the scale of the damage done, imprisonment, large monetary fines & restitution, community service, probation or parole may be handed down by a judge as punishment. As in most cases, a first-time offender will likely be given a less severe punishment while the opposite is true for repeat offenders. One important note here is that if the defendant committed a sex crime while using the Internet that involved a minor, he or she may be subjected to greater charges with correspondingly greater punishments. The complexity of Los Angeles Internet crimes requires the skilled hand of an attorney experienced in fighting Internet-related criminal charges. If you or someone you know has been charged with committing an Internet crime, call the Los Angeles Internet crimes attorneys at Kestenbaum, Eisner & Gorin, LLP immediately to begin preparing your defense.
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Internet Crimes, a Growing Area of Criminal LawPosted on: September 8, 2008 at 11:32 a.m.
Over the last fifteen years the Internet has gone from a little known technology to a part of everyday life for most Americans. With that though has come a growing area of criminal law.
An internet crime is a criminal act that is committed while using the internet or while on the internet. These crimes are far ranging, the laws can cover anything from luring a minor across state lines for the purposes of sex to online identity theft. Obviously these crimes are quite different. Los Angeles criminal attorneys are often scrambling to deal with the new issues which arise regularly when it comes to Internet crimes.
It is important to remember that Internet crimes can either be crimes in the state of California or Federal crimes. Los Angeles criminal defense attorneys also wrestle with that issue on Internet crimes, as states will have different laws, penalties and jurisdictions, making a criminal defense contingent upon who is prosecuting the crime.
Here are a few examples of how varied Internet crimes can be for Los Angeles criminal attorneys to defend:
- Auction fraud is the most commonly reported crime online, according to the federal Internet Crime Complaint Center, also known as the IC3. And in Los Angeles, an eBay auctioneer was selling fake memorabilia for months.
- Law enforcement officials cracked an international ring that tapped customer databases and trafficked in tens of millions of credit card numbers; a researcher uncovered a major flaw that permits hackers to steer some Web surfers to fake versions of popular Websites filled with malicious software; and computer assaults, which some researchers said they had traced back to Russia's state-run telecommunications firms, crippled websites belonging to the country of Georgia.
- Money lost in Internet crimes hit a new high last year, topping about $240 million, according to a government report showing increases in scams involving pets, check-cashing schemes and online dating.
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The Dangerous World of Child PornographyPosted on: June 12, 2008 at 11 a.m.
Child pornography is illegal, and there is very little leniency in the law. With the ease with which individuals are able to obtain child pornography via the Internet, state, local and federal law enforcement officials have increasingly been looking to crack down on potential violators. The Supreme Court of the United States has again and again reaffirmed laws prohibiting creating and disseminating child pornography.
However, there are various sides to this issue and the prosecution of these laws can often net unintended victims. For example, those in the many artistic communities across the nation see what they are creating as quite different from child pornography. However, these individuals have often been arrested, charged and convicted under laws prohibiting child pornography. Also, people often considered religious zealots have attempted to use child pornography laws to interfere with the adult film business, which has time and again been considered legal.
The laws governing child pornography often change though; in 2002 the Supreme Court struck down a 1996 law because it interfered with legitimate educational and scientific studies. However, the most recent developments have led to tougher laws and stiffer penalties for child pornography. This has also led to sex offense databases across the nation containing the information of anyone who has violated child pornography laws. Being put on this list is a permanent punishment.
One of the ways the law enforcement or government agency prosecuting child pornography laws can error is in how they collect information. For example, while Internet providers have agreed to block child pornography, and they often give their information to the agencies investigating child pornography crimes, there are still constitutional guidelines the agencies must follow in collecting evidence.
For more information on the defense of child pornography charges, please contact the attorneys at Kestenbaum, Eisner & Gorin, LLP.
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Internet Crimes: What Are They and What Are the Consequences?Posted on: June 12, 2008 at 10:29 a.m.
Every so often a new medium for communication comes along and brings with it a new field for the law. The Internet is nothing new in terms of historic advancements in the technology, however it is a new arena for the law. Internet crimes are many, and they include everthing from identity theft to sexual offenses.
An Internet crime is defined as any crime that involves the Internet. For example, when an individual over the age of 18 contacts someone under the age of 18 through the Internet for the purposes of a sexual encounter, that is an Internet crime. One of the challenges for the accused is that many Internet crimes can also be federal offenses and can carry with them far greater charges than the same crime committed under state jurisdiction. For sex crimes, if the offender contacts someone under age that is also in another state, then that's a double whammy as crossing state lines also makes it a federal offense.
Internet crimes include kidnapping, sexual offense, bank robbery, credit car fraud, harassment, phishing, scams, espionage and more. The level of offense can range from smaller crimes to major felonies, however due to the amount of research and investigation it usually takes to charge and convict someone of an Internet crime, most cases are on a grand scale.
Protecting children is often a major focus for Internet crime laws, as children as the most vulnerable. Using chat rooms to contact children for sexual purposes or with other unsavery motives is against the law. Having an attorney with experience and knowledge in defending the accused in Internet crimes is vital, as the law is ever changing and only someone with experience will be able to provide a solid defense.
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Lemon Chicken Skillet – A one skillet dinner of roasted chicken and potatoes in a fresh lemon sauce
Happy Monday! Are you ready for another week? I trust that everyone had a great weekend. Our weekend was filled with family and lots of baseball. My parents are here visiting, my son had the last 2 games of his baseball season, and we went to a minor league baseball game in town. Today my parents are taking my 8 year old for a couple days to go to Colorado Springs. They will have lots of fun together, and my husband and I get a couple nights at home alone!
Lemon is one of the perfect flavors for summer. It is light and fresh, and just tastes like summer. You can have it in dessert or in a main dish, and you instantly feel relaxed and ready for the sun. The only thing better than making dinner on the grill in the summer, is making dinner in one dish. Cutting down on dishes, so you can get back to life, is always a good thing!
Lemon Chicken Skillet does have you turn on the oven, but it is quick! So hopefully it won't heat up your house too much. My one word of advice for this recipe, is to precook your potatoes. I didn't do that, and it took way longer than I wanted it to to cook them on the stove top. If I would have microwaved them for a few minutes before I started, this dinner could have come together in about 30 minutes.
Want more? Check out all of the other One Pan Dinner Recipes here and here are some more you might like:
Sweet Potato Tex Mex Skillet by Shugary Sweets
One Pan Rigatoni with Creamy Red Wine Tomato Sauce by Rachel Cooks
One Pan Southwestern Chicken Skillet
Cheeseburger Macaroni Skillet
Lemon Chicken Skillet
A one skillet dinner of roasted chicken and potatoes in a fresh lemon sauce
- 4 skin-on , bone-in chicken breast halves (I used hind quarters)
- 1 tsp salt
- 3/4 tsp black pepper
- 2 Tbls olive oil
- 1 pound red potatoes , diced
- 1 lemon , seeded and cut into slices
- 1/4 cup onion , finely chopped
- 4 garlic cloves , thinly sliced
- 1/2 tps fresh thyme , chopped
- 1 1/2 cup chicken stock
- 1 tsp cornstarch
- 2 Tbls fresh lemon juice
- 2 Tbls butter
- Parsley for garnish
- Preheat oven to 400°.
- Heat a large ovenproof skillet over medium-high heat. Sprinkle chicken with 1/2 tsp salt and 1/2 tsp pepper. Spray pan with non-stick spray, add chicken, skin side down.
- Cook for about 6 minutes or until skin is golden brown. Turn chicken over, put the pan in the oven. Bake for 12 minutes, or until the chicken is cooked through.
- Remove chicken from pan. Cover with aluminum foil to keep warm.
- Add 1 Tbls olive oil to the pan. Add potatoes and season with 1/4 tsp of salt.
- Cook potatoes for 15-20 minutes, until tender.
- Remove the potatoes from the pan. Add the lemon slices, and cook for about 1 minute on each side or until browned. Remove lemon.
- Add 1 Tbls olive oil to pan. Add onions and garlic; sauté 2 minutes. Add 1 cup chicken stock, and chopped fresh thyme. Bring to a boil.
- Return potatoes and lemon slices to pan. Season with the remaining 1/4 tsp of salt and pepper. Heat for 2 minutes until the potatoes are warm.
- Combine remaining 1/2 cup chicken stock stock and 1 tsp cornstarch. Stir cornstarch mixture to the pan, and boil for 1 minute.
- Stir in lemon juice and butter.
- Return the chicken to the pan, tossing to coat in the sauce.Sprinkle with parsley to serve.
Adapted from Cooking Light
Nutrition Information
Serving Size1
Amount Per ServingCalories 336 Total Fat 15g Saturated Fat 5g Trans Fat 0g Unsaturated Fat 9g Cholesterol 43mg Sodium 795mg Carbohydrates 37g Net Carbohydrates 0g Fiber 3g Sugar 7g Sugar Alcohols 0g Protein 15g
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Point-And-Shoot Cameras: Guy Gear
The modern point-and-shoot camera bears little to no resemblance to the Brownies or Box Tengors of old. Today's digital camera has to take great pictures in any light, be optimized for both fabulous portraits and landscapes, and shoot fast enough to bag a moving target. The shots have to be sharp, the colors have to be bold and the focus has to be bang-on. Extra points go to point-and-shoot cameras that are rugged enough to survive a drop or a dunk, and of course, the cam has to look good. The sheer number of companies putting these things out has grown in leaps and bounds too: The transition to digital has opened the field up to companies with no history of camera manufacture, but with serious digital-imaging cred. So, whereas camera shopping used to mean looking at time-honored names like Nikon or Canon, now you can choose from among scores of brands, all of which bring unique philosophies to user interface or chassis design, at levels of functionality and quality that put them on the same cost/performance playing field as photography's giants.
The result is that finding the right point-and-shoot camera for your snapshot needs is both easier and more confusing than it's ever been. Ever-expanding feature lists blur the differences between many current cams, to the point where you can pretty much pick your favorite brand, look or even color and feel confident that you're going to get yourself a pretty fine snap machine. Look, for no-holds-barred extreme photo prowess, you're still going to be looking at digital SLRs, but any point-and-shoot camera you can buy right now is going to get you better shots than your mother's Magicube Instamatic… or even some of the older digital SLRs. Don't worry about the confusion factor, though: We've done some of the footwork for you, finding some of the coolest new point-and-shoot cameras around.


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These games teach valuable skills and have a high fun and educational rating.
Your child watches a clip from Sesame Street in which Grover learns what plants really need to grow.
Your child develops knowledge about animals and learns to identify similarities between parents and their children by watching these videos.
Your child will learn where do fruits and vegetables come from while watching this video.
Your child enhances his or her counting skills with Elmo by using one-to-one correspondence to count different common objects.
Your child enhances his or her addition skills by solving math problems on a fun animated calculator machine.
Your child learns about humpback whales as two little aliens tour their habitat.
Your child learns about gorillas as two little aliens tour their habitat.
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Release: New Exploit Games For Firmwares 3.01 and 3.10
For those of you still on PS Vita firmware 3.01, and even 3.10, there has been a big bang of events today. Six more titles were released for 3.01, and a game was re-exploited for 3.10.
Today was a hectic day of releases. First, katsu, recently more known for his hardware hacking, released 5 different games that are exploitable on Vita firmware 3.01. Later on, a cohort of mine, @heleius, released another game that is also exploitable. I would like to make it known, that @qwikrazor87 was actually the one man show who exploit all 6 of these games. If you would like to donate to qwikrazor, go ahead and do so:
Now on to what the games actually are. Again, these will only work for those on firmware 3.01. If you don't know how to to this, Jd8531's guide should be a big help. You can find download files for all of the games at the end.
World of Pool
You are probably wondering, wasn't this game patched in a previous update? Just like Urbanix, it was, but re-exploited again.
Pool Hall Pro
Again this game was also patched and re-exploited. for those of you that still have the game, but updated to 3.01, you can use it again.
Arcade Pool & Snooker
You guessed it, another game that was re-exploited. Wow.
Arcade Airhockey & Bowling
This one is special, it not only can load up TN-V but also VHBL.
Pirates of the Carribean: Dead Man's Chest
This game is actually a new one that hasn't before been exploited.
This game is also newly exploited. The Japanese version of this game is called Qruton.
Out of all of these games, I would recommend Numblast. Here is why, a quote from heleius:
Numblast is the 'Field Runners' of 3.01, it is fast, cheap $2.99, and takes up 36mb of space. I'd recommend getting it for anyone on 3.01 it is cheap, and you just start the game and it loads directly into TN-V.
Firmware 3.10 Exploit!
Jikkyo Pawafuru Puro Yakyuu 2012 and PawaPuro 2012 Ketteiban
This one is for firmware 3.10. It is really cool because using the way that Sony patches exploits, this exploit is impossible to patch. The game is Japanese only, and is permanently gone from the store. It will only work for those who already have it. This exploit was made by 173210. See instructions on installation here.
Downloads and installation
Once you have these files, you will need to put the TN-V core files into the savedata folder, and copy to your PS Vita with OpenCMA. If you already have OpenCMA, you will have to delete the files, update the official CMA, and reapply the OpenCMA files.
Let's summarize:
- Get the TNV Loader (exploit) matching your game on our dedicated download page
- Get the TN-V Core files and copy them to your exploit savedata folder
- Copy the exploit to your Vita using OpenCMA
Need more details or help? Head over to our TN-V Dedicated forum!
I'm on Firmware 3.10, will any of these 3.01 exploit work for me? Can I downgrade to 3.01?
No, and No. But the pawapro exploit above (JP only) will work on 3.10!
How to buy the games without having to update, if I'm on Firmware 3.01?
Follow this guide from Jd8531
That's all for now from me, The Jay Doctor. I hope that all of you who didn't have the chance to get TN-V before, get it now. Speak your thoughts in the comments below, or on Twitter, where you can contact/follow me @The_Jay_Doctor using the handy links today.
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this is how I installed my OHC (overhead console)
Template to help align bracket and holes download and print out.
this is a before pic of how i started out.
the bottom of the OHC has two tabs that slide into the bracket. i pushed them as hard as i could into the headliner. here are the tabs on the bottom.
this is the bracket
this is how it would look in your truck the part on the right is where the front of the windshield is.
once you push the tabs into your headliner i took the bracket and lined up the holes where the tabs slide into. i outlined it with a sharpie so i know where to cut. i only marked to the right after the hump on the bracket.you will cut the rest later i didn't want to cut it to big.
then once you have it marked start cutting. the hard part is gettin over that you are about to cut your headliner. but since you have already marked on it the damage is done. i used a box cutter to cut mine it was easy to cut.
then i set the bracket in there to mark the two holes to be drilled and the holes for the tabs to slide in.
Once you have them marked drill your holes.
then mount up your bracket. and cut the rest out. i bolted it in to get a nice and tight fit.
slide the two slots into the bracket and bolt the two screws to the bracket and your done with installing it.
Next is the electrical. i hate doing electrical work so this was the hardest part for me. the first thing i did was add more wire to the original wires.
depending on which side of the truck you decide to run the wires youll have to move the "A" pillars and the radio bezel. i also took off my sun visor to make it easier to run the wires. you have to remove the grab handle before you can unsnap the "A" pillar. once you do that it snaps right off.
to remove the radio bezel there are two screws you have to remove.
i just left mine laying like this during the hook up.
this is the sun visor removed.
then i hooked up the ground wire. my battery was unplugged will i was hooking up wires. i mounted the ground wire to the bracket screw.
this is the color wires and what they go to and where to run them.
Black (BK) - ground (mounted to the mounting bracket)
Yellow/Gray (YE/GY) - console electronics power (goes behind the radio)
Blue/Red (BL/RD) - console display dimmer input (goes behind the radio)
Green/Orange(GN/OR) - Map light power (goes to the dome light)
Black/Blue(BK/BL) - Dome light power (goes to the dome light)
Lt. Blue/White (BL/WH) - Temp sensor (front of the truck)
Lt. Blue/Yellow (BL/YE) - Temp sensor (front of the truck)
Gray/Black (GY/BK) - speed sensor (not used by some, but necessary) (goes behind the radio.
The grey/black VSS does not exist in the 2007+ Ranger. The color code for 2007+ is violet w/orange stripe and it runs only under the hood between the PCM plug and the Speed Control Servo.
then I ran the yellow/gray, blue/red, and gray/black wires through the headliner.
down the "A" pillar through the dash you can also remove your glove box to help like i did.
then i used tap connectors to hook up the wires. first i did the gray it attaches to the GEM module. you can see that on the left where the radio goes.
find the gray and black wire and use the tap connector to hook them up here is is done.
then find the blue/red wire going to the radio and splice them together. then find the yellow and black wire going to the radio and connect it to the yellow and grey wire going to the OHC.
next i ran the wires to my temp sensor. i ran the wires the same way. this is where i mounted my temp sensor.
after that you will have two more wires to run. the last two go to the dome light. the dome light was a PITA to get off for some reason but i finally got it you have to like pull and push at the same time.
once you take the lens off there are three screws to take off i didn't get a pic of these but i thought i did.
this is what it looks like removed.
this is the wires ran to the light.
then you use the tap connectors to tap ino the existing wires and your done.
start putting your radio bezel back on. along with your "A" pillar and sun visor if you decide to remove it.
then just put your ohc back on
start the truck to make sure it works.
i found these directions on TRS on how to set your location for the compass. so i followed these and everything is working great now.
There are two possible adjustments to the compass: Variation and Calibration.
In order to perform the Variation Adjustment:
1) Determine which zone of the country you are in from the map below.
2) Press and hold the MODE button until the VAR indicator appears in the display (Approximately 4-seconds)
3) Release the MODE button. The display will now show the current zone number that is stored in the compass.
4) Press the MODE button repeatedly (or press and hold in) until the desired zone number appears in the display (once it reaches 15, the next press of the button will set it to 1).
5) Release the MODE button when the desired zone number is displayed.
After approximately three seconds the display will flash all segments and then return to normal operation.
If the compass seems inaccurate, and the Variation Adjustment procedure did not correct the problem, perform the following Calibration Procedure.
1) Find an open area that is free from steel structures and high voltage lines. An open parking lot is a good example.
2) Press and hold the MODE button until the CAL indicator appears in the display (approximately 8-seconds).
NOTE: After approximately 4 seconds, the VAR indicator will light. Continue holding the MODE button until the CAL indicator appears. If you release the MODE button after the VAR indicator appears, but before the CAL indicator appears, the compass will be in the Variation Adjustment mode.
3) Release the MODE button.
4) Once the CAL indicator has appeared, drive the vehicle slowly (less than 3 mph) in 360-degree circles until the CAL indicator turns off. This will happen with 2 to 3 complete circles.
I love it and if anyone is wanting to do it ill give a hand. its really easy and once you past cutting your headliner your good to. go.
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Take proactive steps to avoid 'storage abuse'
Need help managing your company's storage? Here is some advice and a couple of recommended tools that can help you manage your storage space.
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Consider this situation: A Windows network administrator contracts with an external vendor to provide off-site backups, and that vendor charges by the gigabyte for any files that are stored at its location.
The administrator (it wasn't me, I swear) was in the midst of migrating user home directories onto a new file server, when suddenly she noticed something disturbing. "What are all of these music files doing out there? And, more importantly, what are they doing in directories that are covered by the offsite backups that my company is paying for?"
Situations like this and others related to "storage abuse" can overtake even the best network administrators if we don't take some proactive steps to manage the ever-increasing storage needs on corporate networks.
The good news is that there are a number of tools -- some freeware and some paid -- that can assist you in managing storage space on your file servers and network-attached storage (NAS) devices.
The problem: Disk space usage runs amok
The solution: Disk quotas
Windows server operating systems since Windows 2000 have all offered administrators the ability to assign disk quotas to a server drive. The advantage to this is that it's free (built into the server OS). The disadvantage is that disk quotas can sometimes be a bit kludgey to work with, especially in Windows 2000.
Disk quotas must be managed on a drive-by-drive basis -- if your server has a "D:\," "E:\" and "F:\" drive to store user files, then set up quotas separately for each drive. If you're running Windows XP and Windows Server 2003, management has become a lot easier since you can now use VBScript and the Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) to automate disk quota management across an enterprise. (For an in-depth tutorial on scripting the quota management process, see the following article located on the TechNet Script Center: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scriptcenter/topics/win2003/quotas.mspx).
The problem: Response time from the file server is slowing to a crawl
The solution: Time to defragment!
A physical hard drive organizes its storage capacity into blocks that can range from 32K to 4MB in size. When you save a file to disk, the server will provide the first available section of free space that is large enough to store your file. But as time goes by and as files are added and removed from a particular disk, you'll often wind up with numerous gaps on the disk that are too small to store most large files. If these gaps become too numerous, performance on your file servers can decrease as they need to work harder to locate free space to store files. At this point, the drive is considered fragmented. (If you've ever tried to save a file to a nearly full hard drive only to hear the disk start to "thrash," you've seen this particular phenomenon at work.)
To resolve this situation, you should periodically defragment both your server and workstations' hard drives. The defragmentation process will optimize the amount of available free space on your hard drive so that files can be stored more efficiently. Starting in Windows 2000, all Microsoft operating systems have contained a built-in disk defragmenter. You can also use a third-party tool like Executive Software's Diskeeper (http://www.diskeeper.com/defrag/defrag.asp), which offers a more manageable solution for defragmenting numerous computers across an enterprise network.
Now let's go back to our original problem: Where did all those music files come from? The answer isn't quite so simple. Let me explain why.
The built-in disk quota functionality in 2000 and 2003 does not allow you to create quotas based on particular file extensions. To do this, you'll need to use a third-party add-on such as NTP Software's Quota & File Sentinel (http://www.ntpsoftware.com/default.asp). Using an add-on like this one, you can prevent users from saving files to local or network drives that have extensions such as .MP3 or .WMA. (The NTP offering also has a similar product that controls space usage on your NAS devices.)
Depending on the corporate climate of your office, though, this drastic of a solution can create a political landmine. In the case of our distraught network administrator in this article, the powers-that-be decided to continue to allow music files to be stored in home directories but to exclude them from nightly backups. That way, the company was not being charged to store these nonmission-critical files.
I have only scratched the surface of the kinds of tasks and concerns that face a network administrator in managing disk storage on a corporate network.
In future articles I'll drill down into these and other topics in more detail. If you have a comment or suggestion for a particular disk management task that's troubling you, drop me a line at firstname.lastname@example.com.
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From: Linus Nielsen Feltzing (linus_at_haxx.se)
Date: 2003-02-23
Joaquim Carvalho wrote:
Actually, I haven't tried it yet. Sorry. :-)
I think that the keys should reflect the GUI, so if the sliders are
I can't see how one could navigate the sound settings without looking at
> Do you have a minidisc or a discman? Wouldn't you find it strange
Those devices have dedicated volume keys, don't they? So what is your point?
You can't compare a minidisc/discman player with the AJB. The AJB is so
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The Post has a Jim Middlemiss article today that could only have been written at the behest of Jim Flaherty as it advances the feel good premise that "Switching trusts not expected to take hit", which is simply an attempt to redefine the trust issue on grounds that Flaherty thinks he has some lame argument to make, now that his tax leakage argument has been exposed for the fraud that it is and now that the Marshall Plan serves to call Flaherty's bluff about the real reasons he pulled this heist off, namely for Big LifeCos and corporate CEOs intent on preserving their abusive corporate "gaming" model
Meanwhile: So what! This lame argument of Flaherty's changes nothing, as he can't make the same claim re tax collection, caused by continued foreign takeovers of trusts, OMERs buying more Teranets to evade the 31.5% tax that the previous owners of Teranet got nailed by etc etc. Canadians don't want corporations, along with all their abusive investor practices. Canadians want Profit sharing income trusts, otherwise we would have bought corporations in the first place!
Plus the logic and math employed is all skewed to contort a false argument and leave a false impression that ignore all the lost value to date from Halloween 2006, as if it never occurred. Furthermore one lousy company does not make for any conclusions, when all the examples suggest otherwise. Duh. This article is a CON smoke screen, written by a lawyer no less! Like he understand numbers! Just like Flaherty does, I guess?
Jim Middlemiss would do himself, his profession, and his readers a greater service if he wrote about something that lawyers should understand, and that would be the matter of "tax arbitrage" that exists because RRSPs pay the 31.5% tax and pension funds do not, and are merrily ripping off investors by taking these public trusts private. No understanding or facility with numbers are required apart from knowing that 31.5% is greater than zero and that water flows in the direction of gravity. Same with money and tax arbs.
Rather than writing about numbers that is not his forte, I challenge Jim Middlemiss to write about this grossly unfair "tax arbitrage" and explain to his readers how that is a "tax fairness plan" or anything remotely like "leveling the playing field"?
Switching trusts not expected to take hit
Decima survey
Jim Middlemiss, Financial Post Published: Tuesday, January 19, 2010
Data delayed at least 15 min
On the day units of Enterra Energy Trust surprised the markets by leaping 26% on news it would convert into a corporation, a survey of income trust executives suggests the days of steep declines after conversion announcements might be coming to an end.
The Decima Research survey, conducted on behalf of law firm Stikeman Elliott and capital-markets communications firm BarnesMcInerney, surveyed 82 senior executives at income trusts between Nov. 16 and Dec. 4, 2009.
It found that 49% don't expect to see any change in market valuations for converting to a trust, 39% expect valuations to decrease and 10% expect valuations to increase.
Of the respondents, 84% expect conversion to a corporation to trigger a reduction in their payouts to investors. Unit distributions, a type of monthly dividend that is not taxed at the corporate level, are the main reason average Canadians hold these investments.
But Andrew Kondraski, a vice-president at BarnesMcInerney, said despite the possible drop in distributions, "executives are confident that their efforts will help maintain their current share values."
About 165 companies still trade as trusts on Canadian exchanges and many of those are expected to convert to corporations this year to meet the Jan. 1, 2011 deadline when Ottawa will start taxing trusts.
Income trusts took a drubbing after the federal government's October 2006 Halloween announcement. In the year that followed, trusts that announced they were giving up their special tax status were usually greeted with an immediate double-digit unit-price sell-off.
However, Enterra's share price rose after it announced yesterday that it would convert to a new company called Equal Energy Ltd. and adopt a growth strategy as an exploration and producer company.
Enterra's move is subject to unitholder approval and the company hopes to complete the conversion by May 31, 2010.
A Financial Post review of income trust conversions in early December found mixed results in the performance of trusts that converted after Jan. 1, 2008. From the date of announcing their conversion until early December most of the 22 converted trusts ended up with an increase in share price.
The Decima Research survey suggests that income trust executives are still looking for ways to avoid paying tax, said Simon Romano, a lawyer at Stikeman Elliott in Toronto.
Mr. Romano noted that 83% of executives surveyed said they would consider a tax-loss acquisition as part of their conversion to a corporation, which he said would help them avoid paying taxes in the future. "People aren't giving up on trying not to pay taxes."
If the executives are correct, investors can also expect more merger and acquisition activity around trusts in 2010, as two-thirds of survey respondents predict an increase in such activity leading up to the 2011 deadline.
Many executives also expect the shareholder base of those owning the converted companies to change, with 65% expecting a "modest" turnover in their investor base and 29% expecting a "significant" turnover.
The survey also found that conversion to a corporation is the number one issue facing trusts in 2010, according to 65% of those surveyed. That's followed by changes in taxation, cited by 23% as the number one issue and distributions, cited by 12%.
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
This article is a CON smoke screen.
Posted by Fillibluster at 8:38 AM
5 comments:
- Dr Mike said...
How on earth do we get all these so-called financial expert lawyers plaguing our lives??
How on earth is a lawyer qualified to talk knowledgeably about this stuff in the first place.
We have accounting firms telling us that there was no leakage yet people believe lawyers like this fellow , Flaherty & Mulcair.
Many of us in the CAITI group have researched the field of income trusts till we know this thing inside & out , yet guys like Flaherty give it part time attention at best.
Maybe lawyers do have something going for themselves when I think about it , as they gave themselves a carve-out----most run flow thru private group practices which will not be subject to the flow thru tax.
I guess it just sucks to be us.
Dr Mike Popovich
- January 19, 2010 at 8:52 AM
To: Brent Fullard
Subject: Re: This article is a CON smoke screen.
Enterra is a contrived example, it has gone from $34 to under a buck, now at $2.72. It was a sham operation that has finally just reached its real value, trust or corporation The article uses way too short a time frame to make their single data point argument and relies on a survey of trust issuers no less. Could it be any less credible if Middlemiss tried? Meanwhile where is the consideration in this article or in Ottawa about the INVESTORS, who incidentally OWN these trusts and employ these CEOs to run them. It's the world upside down, as Eliot Spitzer has been commenting on. When will the politicians and press catch up with true reality: After the next Global Financial Meltdown, or before?
Harry Levant
- January 19, 2010 at 1:47 PM
Tell that to Contrans, they converted on Dec 3rd. Maybe this idiot wants to make up the difference to make his assertions correct.
- January 19, 2010 at 9:37 PM
"The Decima Research survey suggests that income trust executives are still looking for ways to avoid paying tax, said Simon Romano, a lawyer at Stikeman Elliott in Toronto."
From an FP article in today's edition...
'avoid paying tax' ? WOW! This article has a way of sending out the wrong message and sway public opinion on Income Trust's.
Half truth reporting at it's finest...
- January 19, 2010 at 9:39 PM
"WOW! This article has a way of sending out the wrong message and sway public opinion on Income Trust's"
Didn't you know, corps look for tax efficient strategies while trust try to avoid taxes.
- January 19, 2010 at 9:43 PM


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Happy birthday, Frankie Lymon. He's best known as the lead singer in early rock and roll hits with his group the Teenagers. Frankie himself lived beyond his teen years, but not much--he died of a heroin overdose at the age of 25.
Happy birthday, Frankie Lymon. He's best known as the lead singer in early rock and roll hits with his group the Teenagers. Frankie himself lived beyond his teen years, but not much--he died of a heroin overdose at the age of 25.
A fairly muted but solid ending to Breaking Bad. In "Felina" Vince Gilligan takes pity on his characters and allows them a bit of redemption. In a way, it's cheap--it might have been more honest to have just about everyone die or be completely miserable, but I guess we've seen enough of that. And this show deserved a no-nonsense ending with definite closure, and this was it.
I'll be watching the Breaking Bad finale tonight, along with millions of others. But I'll also know as I'm doing it that quite a few people are watching it outdoors on a huge screen with the BB cast at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery, which is one mile from where I live.
Happy brithday, Jerry Lee Lewis, one of the true wild rockers.
It's sort of sad when former movie stars who started in TV have to return to TV*. (Only sort of sad--most people wish they could fail at that level.) And it's sort of strange that two such names competed against each other with their own new sitcoms last Thursday night.
As readers of the blog may know, I oppose hate crime laws because I don't believe you should have extra time put on your sentence due to the fact you held unpopular political beliefs while you committed your crime. But even if I agreed in principle with the concept, I think I'd still oppose such laws since they would be administered politically, not consistently.
Today, I have it on good authority, is the 60th birthday of Robbie Shakespeare, one half of Sly and Robbie, the great rhythm section that produced so many memorable musical moments, by themselves and with others, reggae and otherwise.
An interesting document has turned up on the interweb: the 27-page pitch for Lost. It's May, 2004, and at this point, the pilot had been shot and just getting that massive amount of work done in a short time had almost destroyed J.J. Abrams and Damon Lindelof. But now they had to explain to ABC just how the premise--a group of survivors from a plane crash stuck on a mysterious island with some sort of monster--could play as a weekly show. (I believe this was the end of J.J.'s involvement in the show. Lindelof would take over and bring aboard Carlton Cuse to help run it.)
One of the first TV sitcoms ever was The Goldbergs, a radio hit that transferred to the boob tube in 1949. I guess ABC figures that was long enough ago that they can try the title again. This time the subject is a bit different. Sure, it's another family named the Goldbergs, but this is a nostalgic look back at the wacky 1980s. (It's kind of frightening to realize the 80s are further back now than the 60s were when The Wonder Years debuted.)
Happy birthday, Bryan Ferry. He was the founder, lead singer and main songwriter of Roxy Music, as well as a reasonably successful solo artist. He was huge in England, but he's done okay in America too.
In my inbox today, I received the following article from my alma mater- "Practicing Wisdom by Mindfulness " produced by no less than the "Wisdom Research" center. I took a quick glance and the article doesn't seem bad, but the title set me off. Why is this? I think its an inherent hatred for specialized language or jargon. "Wisdom" is a fine word and "mindfulness" though a bit awkward is OK too but imposing an artificial usage on them full of, I presume, smarmy academic knowingness, made me want to punch the author in the nose (metaphorically only, as I'm sure Mr. Williams is a very wise and mindful gentleman and an editor could have picked the headline).
Happy birthday, Dmitri Shostakovich--a lot of fun for a serious 20th century composer.
I watched The Blacklist, NBC's highly-touted crime thriller. The debut rated well. Now the question is will viewers stick around. I can only speak for myself, and I'm wavering.
Phil Hartman would have turned 65 today, if he hadn't been murdered by his wife 15 years ago. Some SNL performers are stars, who shine through no matter what parts they play--John Belushi, Eddie Murphy, Mike Myers. Others, just as valuable, are utility players who are as funny as anyone but hide behind their roles--Dan Aykroyd, Bill Hader. Hartman belonged to the latter group, and no one played it as real as he did, which made his stuff that much funnier.
Things keep getting worse on Breaking Bad, but we already knew that. This week's episode, "Granite State," reminds us the entire show is a long fuse and in this last season we're finally seeing everything blow up.
Today is the birthday of Bruce Springsteen. I suppose he gets enough attention already, but let's listen to a few of his songs.
So, the Emmys. I won't review the show itself, which had some highs and plenty of lows as entertainment. As for the awards, same thing. Let's go over some of the major ones:
I just read Franklyn Ajaye's Comic Insights: Comedy The Art Of Stand-Up . Ajaye, a pretty decent comedian himself, gives some advice on how to develop and perform an act, but most of the book is interviews with major comedians such as George Carlin, Jerry Seinfeld, Jay Leno and so on.
Tonight is the big night--another episode in the diminishing supply of Breaking Bad. Oh yeah, it's also the Emmys, where perhaps Breaking Bad will finally win its first Best Drama statuette. (There's also Boardwalk Empire and a bunch of other Sunday shows that aren't a big deal but some seem to care about.)
I was recently at a Dodgers game. It was fun, but there wasn't too much at stake. The team has got their division.
I missed it, but a exactly a month ago we had a blue moon. So let's look back at all that moony splendor. This should last you till the next one:
Did you know today was National Punch Day? Neither did I. But why not take some time to have a refreshing cup of punch.
Syndication of Community has started on Comedy Central and elsewhere. It's not uncommon after a sitcom has been on for four years and has enough episode to play five times a week. Often it creates a kick in the ratings, as new fans catch on. Look at The Big Bang Theory (often scheduled against Community), which is going gangbusters in syndication and is bigger than ever on CBS.
I'm not going out of my way to see every new fall series--I watch too much TV already--but a couple sitcoms debuted on Fox last Tuesday and I had nothing to do, so...
I really enjoyed yesterday's taste of Jimmie Rodgers, so let's have a little more.
I've been so busy watching the final episodes of Breaking Bad that I hardly noticed the new TV season is upon us. Exhibit A, Sleepy Hollow, the new Fox adventure/fantasy/mystery series that debuted to good numbers on Monday night. There was a lot of action, and an interesting idea overpowered by a lot of bad ones. Spoilers will follow.
There are two famous singers named Jimmie Rodgers. One was born September 8, 1897 and died in 1933, so he's not the guy. But Jimmie Rodgers, born September 18th, 1933, happy 80th.
Ninety years ago today Hank Williams was born. He drank himself to death before he was 30, but I don't know if any country artist ever did better work.
I saw George Takei's autobiography To The Stars in the library so I checked it out. I've read a lot about the making of Star Trek, including books by William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy, but I thought it would be fun to see the view from a lower-ranked actor. It came out in the mid-90s, so Takei has plenty of perspective on the show, but the memory of the movies were still fresh.
Happy birthday, David Copperfield. Growing up in New Jersey as David Seth Kotkin, he somehow managed to transform himself into perhaps the world's most successful illusionist. A pretty good trick. He also managed to be with Claudia Schiffer through much of the 90s. Even better.
Quite an episode. It's hard to believe the last two hours of Breaking Bad could be as intense as last week's and now this week's episode, "Ozymandias."


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"Men have led Somalia for 25 years and they've never done anything," says Anab Dahir
Anab Dahir, a medical clinic interpreter and 42-year-old mother of six living in St. Cloud, Minnesota, came to the United States from Somalia in 1997, seeking asylum in the Chicago airport. Now an American citizen, she is active in the rapidly growing Somali community in her Midwestern state. She has become so civic-minded, in fact, that she has decided to run for office — not in the U.S., but in her birthplace. Dahir is running to become the first female president of Somalia. "Men have led Somalia for 25 years and they've never done anything," she says. "Now, it's the women's turn."
Somalia has not held national elections in more than 20 years. They are currently planned for 2016. The country is plagued by rampant poverty and insecurity after decades of civil war. When Secretary of State John Kerry visited in May, he didn't leave the airport. It was too unsafe.
Dahir's experience in America has given her perspective on what a functioning government can provide, she believes, and she is confident that she has the executive skills required to lead Somalia by appointing others with the expertise and background to manage specific government entities.
Since 2013, she has played a role in setting out the practices and policies for housing and neighborhood programs as a member of the St. Cloud Housing & Redevelopment Authority board of commissioners. A women's advocate, Dahir is the founder of Central Minnesota Somali Women and Youth Support. Started in 2012, the organization is dedicated to assisting female immigrants and youth by providing the resources to help them become self-sufficient. Once a month her organization and the NAACP meet with the St. Cloud area police chiefs to discuss the relationship between law enforcement and the community.
"I understand how the people have rights, what everyone's roles are when the police stop you," she says. From 1991 to 2012, Somalia did not have a formal government. "Because I live in the U.S., I see what the people need," she continues passionately. "They need leadership, they need someone who understands these areas."
Dahir returned to Somalia for the first time in 2013. It was this trip that got her thinking about running for president in 2016. The country is still reeling from decades of civil war and famine. Seventy-three percent of Somalia's population lives in poverty. An al Qaeda cell, al Shabaab, still holds swaths of land in the country and bombings in the government-held capital are a not-uncommon occurrence.
Women's rights are also a prominent and pressing issue in the country. Somalia ranks as one of the worst places in the world to be a woman and to bear a child. Sexual violence is rampant. "Here rape is normal," a Somali woman told Human Rights Watch in a report last year.
Dahir embraces her status as a woman and mother, saying her personal experience makes her more qualified than men to make a difference. "You are the mother, you feel for what other mothers feel. You are the daughter, you feel for what other daughters feel. You are the auntie." Dahir's children are proud of her hard work and involvement, and joke that she is famous. But does her candidacy stand a chance?
The Federal Constitution that was established in Somalia in 2012 included several statutes related to gender equality and the presence of women in the political public sphere. But when asked if women's rights are now being upheld there — it would have been unfathomable for a woman to run for president in the past — Dahir is a realist, saying despite the grand gestures, not much is different on the ground. "A little has changed. But it's the same. There's nothing for Somali women."
There are two other women running for president of Somalia, joining more than a dozen men. Fadumo Dayib, a Finn of Somali descent and graduate student at Harvard studying public administration, has been the subject of the majority of the media's attention on the Somali women candidates. Dayib has already received death threats.
She and Dahir are part of a vibrant diaspora that remains fiscally and politically engaged with the country from afar. In 2013 the U.N. Development Program estimated that more than 1.6 billion was sent back annually by Somalis living in North America and Europe. Dahir thinks that empowered women in the diaspora have a unique opportunity to influence Somalia.
If elected, Dahir's first priority would be to address security and stabilize the country. Almost half of Somalia's population is under 18, and 67 percent of youth are unemployed. Dahir agrees with the studies that say unemployment creates an environment ripe for young people to commit crimes, to act out violently or to be seduced by fundamentalist groups like al Shabaab.
The traditional clan system in the country persisted as it provided a semblance of structure and security during the decades of lawlessness. Though a central government is in place today, it's fragile at best, and its presence is non-existent in much of the country. Somalia remains rife with clan politics and complex alliances that can erupt into violence and fracture the people, all of whom live within the same border, one pre-determined by their former colonial masters. In 1960 the British protectorate of Somaliland united with Italian Somaliland to form present-day Somalia, and the fault lines imposed by colonialism still impact community relationships.
Dahir envisions an army made up of youth from different clans who are paid a living wage and given benefits to work together to secure the nation. She also plans to target corruption. Her distance from the country is a benefit because she is not entrenched in nefarious relationships in Parliament. She presents as an outsider, above the fray. "If you don't fight the corruption there is no justice," Dahir says angrily. "There are a lot of opportunities in Somalia," she continues, referring to the billions of dollars in international aid and investment in peacekeeping efforts donated to the country. Dahir says that money doesn't go to the poor people, toward hospitals, education and development efforts.
For her part, Dahir plans to take her message to Somali communities throughout the United States. She's also been invited to speak in Kenya and Dubai and talks of returning to Somalia for a number of months to conduct her campaign from there.
Dahir is not blind to the dangers of running for president, especially as a woman, in Somalia. And she feels her family's concern for her safety and the pressure and expectations of her potential constituents. She knows there's a lot of work ahead.
But she is deeply motivated: "When I see the Somali people dying, and human trafficking. Women die every single day without help, no doctor to help them, with no food, no shelter, and no place to stay. When I see people don't have any education and no economic [opportunity] and no development, when I see those areas — I am talking [to] myself to say Anab, of course, you can do [it.] There is nobody can stop you. You have to survive. Just like these people."
Source:The New York Times


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Spring/Summer 2004
The Story of Syphilis
Syphilis is a sexually transmitted disease (STD) caused by the bacterium Treponema pallidum. Left untreated, syphilis is a serious chronic disease.
By Gilles Lambert, Benoît Côté and Elizabeth Lacombe
How is syphilis transmitted?
Infection occurs when the bacteria found in syphilis lesions penetrate a mucous membrane (anus, vagina, penis head, mouth) or a cut in the skin anywhere on the body. The lesions can be very discrete or not visible at all.
Syphilis is spread during sexual activities: oral sex (mainly mouth-penis and also, possibly, mouth-vulva or mouth-anus), penetration (penis-vagina or penis-anus) and, rarely, frottage (rubbing against each other's naked skin).
A pregnant woman can spread syphilis to her unborn baby, which can cause severe birth defects. In rare cases, syphilis can be spread if contaminated materials are used to inject drugs.
Syphilis is infectious (able to be passed from one person to another) in the first year to two years after infection, unless successfully treated. At some point, it goes into a dormant, or non-infectious, state and is no longer able to be transmitted. The bacteria that cause syphilis can be transmitted even if the infected person has no apparent symptoms.
Signs and symptoms of syphilis
Not all people with syphilis develop symptoms.
Syphilis evolves in 3 stages:
Stage 1 (or "primary" syphilis): One or more lesions (usually painless) appear at the spot where the bacteria entered the body. At first, pimples appear and evolve into ulcers (large lesions causing the loss of the surface layer of the skin or mucous membrane). These ulcers are called syphilitic sores, or chancres. Lesions appear between 9 and 90 days after having sex with an infected partner. In most cases, the lesions are on the penis or vulva, and inside the mouth, vagina or anus. Lesions inside the vagina or anus can easily go unnoticed. These chancres last for 1 to 5 weeks and heal on their own, but the bacteria remain in the body. You are especially infectious when you have a chancre.
To help you distinguish between syphilis and other common STDs: Syphilis sores aren't usually sensitive (lesions in the mouth, anus or vagina wouldn't necessarily prevent a person from having sex because of pain) as herpes sores tend to be. Genital warts usually do not form ulcers.
Stage 2 (or "secondary" syphilis): Flu-like symptoms (fatigue, fever, swollen glands, muscle and joint pain) may appear anywhere from 6 weeks to 6 months after the initial infection. An outbreak of rashes may appear on the palms of hands, soles of feet or elsewhere on the body. When the rash is present, you are highly infectious. These symptoms may last from 2 to 6 weeks. As in stage 1, they may disappear on their own, but the bacteria continue to evolve inside the body.
Note: After stage 2 and before stage 3, syphilis goes "latent." During this time, the amount of syphilis in the blood often drops, but the syphilis still remains in your system. Though you're generally not infectious at this point, you are at risk for the organ damage that can occur in stage 3.
Stage 3 (or "tertiary" syphilis): If left untreated for years, syphilis can cause serious damage to the heart, brain, bones or skin. It can cause blindness and even death.
Syphilis and HIV
People with syphilis can become infected with HIV more easily.
People with syphilis and HIV transmit the HIV virus more easily.
In some people with HIV/AIDS (PHAs), syphilis can advance to stages 2 and 3 more rapidly and can be more difficult to treat than in HIV negative people.
PHAs, especially those with lower CD4 counts, may need more intense treatment to successfully get rid of syphilis. They also need more rigorous follow-up, as the risk for treatment failure is greater among PHAs than HIV negative people.
PHAs who may have had syphilis for a longer period of time, and/or have a poor treatment response, and/or have very few CD4 cells should have a spinal tap to rule out neurosyphilis (syphilis in the central nervous system). If the test is positive, IV (intravenous) antibiotics are required to successfully get rid of syphilis.
Getting tested
Testing for syphilis requires a blood test. However, it can take from 6 to 12 weeks after the initial infection before a positive result can be obtained. The test must therefore be repeated eventually. Sometimes a sample can be taken from the chancre itself, if present, and examined under a microscope. In some cases, a spinal tap must be performed in order to check for damage to the nervous system.
Screening is recommended for: partners with a known case of syphilis, men who have sex with men, injection drug users, sex trade workers and their clients/partners, pregnant women who may have been exposed, those with sexual contacts in or partners from endemic areas. People who have multiple sex partners should be tested every 3 to 6 months.
Getting treated
Syphilis is treated with antibiotics, usually high-dose penicillin given by IM (inter-muscular) injection. People with advanced syphilis may require IV treatment. The duration of the treatment varies according to the stage of the disease. Penicillin usually doesn't interfere with anti-HIV drugs and is well tolerated most of the time. Other antibiotics are available for people allergic to penicillin. Once treatment is complete, the person's blood is monitored to ensure that it worked.
Treatment cures the infection and prevents further damage from occurring, but it can't repair any damage (stage 3) that's already been done.
It is possible to contract syphilis more than once.
Sexual partners must also be tested and treated. If the disease is in stage 1, sex partners from the three months before the onset of symptoms should be notified; if in stage 2, sex partners from the previous six to 12 months should be informed; in the case of stage 3 syphilis, only certain long-term partners need to be told. It's helpful to discuss with a health care professional which specific partners should be notified and how it'll be done. It can be difficult to tell your sex partners. In most of Canada, a public health STD team is available to help you with notifying your partners.
How to be syphilis-free
Syphilis can be prevented by:
- using a condom for all sexual activities (including oral sex). Condoms don't offer complete protection because a syphilis lesion may be in an area not covered by the condom (like at the base of the penis).
- reducing the number of sexual partners
- not sharing injection equipment
- having regular screening tests (including testing early in pregnancy to prevent congenital syphilis in infants)
- treating people early in the course of the infection
- ensuring that partners of infected individuals are notified, tested and treated.
Benoît Côté, MD, is a dermatologist at Hôpital St-Luc in Montreal.
Élizabeth Lacombe is a health promotion agent with the Montreal Public Health Department.
Image from the "Syphilis Is Back" campaign, sponsored by the AIDS Committee of Ottawa and Pink Triangle Services in partnership with the AIDS Committee of Toronto and Action Séro Zéro. Created and produced by Boomstone Entertainment Inc.
Syphilis Strikes Back
During the past five years, several outbreaks of syphilis have been reported in large urban centres in Canada, the U.S. and Europe. In Canada, rates of contagious-stage syphilis tripled between 1996 and 2002. Here's a look at syphilis in urban centres across the country:
Montreal: 11 cases declared in 2001, 37 cases in 2002 and 103 in 2003; up to 90% of cases occurred in MSM.
Ottawa: 8 cases declared in 2001 and 16 cases in 2002; 75% of all cases occurred in MSM.
Toronto: 30 cases declared in 2001, 179 cases in 2002, 243 in 2003; the majority of cases occurred in men, 91% of whom had sex with other men.
Vancouver: 127 cases declared in 1999, 186 cases in 2002 and an estimated 250 cases in 2003. Those primarily affected are injection drug users and sex trade workers; during recent months, the outbreak has picked up speed among MSM.
Winnipeg: In early 2003, an outbreak of 15 cases of infectious primary and secondary syphilis occurred in 8 women and 7 heterosexual men aged 30 to 60. Two cases and two of the sexual partners were linked to the sex trade.
In most of these outbreaks, 40% or more of MSM with syphilis were also infected with HIV.
(Source: Recent abstracts and communiqués from the public health authorities of the cities and countries concerned.)


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Other than a trusty eye mask to block the light, a pillow is going to be your best friend on any long-haul flight (or train ride)—after all, flying is often a bit stressful. Packing, getting to the airport on time, and crossing your fingers for no delays can be exhausting, but if you have one of the best travel pillows on hand, you're just about guaranteed to catch some much-needed z's while up in the air.
Gone are the days of boring travel pillows. Innovative technology boasts everything from body-responsive memory foam to 360-degree support, all designed to help provide optimal rest. Since it takes some time to weigh your options, it's probably a good idea not to wait until you get to the terminal to search for yours. Which is why w've made it easy, curating our list of the best travel pillows out there. Go on, get cozy.
This warm yet lightweight down jacket easily converts to a comfy travel pillow via a hidden pouch in the collar. How much more travel-friendly can you get?
The internal ribs in this innovative style give you scientifically proven support. Ultra-soft fleece and foam create a hammock effect for your head and neck (plus it's machine washable—crucial when you're traveling from here to there).
This U-shaped pillow is rendered in a cozy velour cover, ensuring sweet dreams ahead. Thanks to a thermosensitive memory foam that molds to the contours of your neck and shoulders, you're able to keep your natural alignment while you rest (and you can adjust the fit to avoid slipping and sliding).
A long, curly shape allows the Travelon Deluxe Wrap N Rest to coil around your neck and hold your head upright during sleep. Simply position the tail directly underneath your chin if you need a little more support.
A pretty marbled style contains a polystrol ball filling with chips that adapt to different neck shapes. Plus the front button closure ensures it sits tight while you catch some z's.
One of the best travel pillows includes foam bolsters that work for both back and side sleepers. Slip on the matching eye mask and let your worries fade away.
Muji's cute cotton number is the perfect cushion for when the napping occasion strikes. We're loving the sweet stripes.
This lightweight travel pillow also doubles as an eye mask, making it a little bit easier to get some shuteye on a long-haul flight.
Everything is better in silk, including a luxe eye mask and matching pillow. The best part? Your blowout won't get ruined in transit.
This travel pillow is about as high-tech as they come, thanks to its shape-responsive memory foam and 360-degree support. No matter how you sleep, you'll be set.
Made of memory foam, this neck pillow is so comfortable it promises to make you forget you aren't sleeping at home.
Boasting an infinity shape, this travel pillow can easily be converted into different configurations for maximum comfort.
Up next: These minimalist packing tips will convince you to go light.
This story was originally published on July 16, 2017, and has since been updated.


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Yesterday I had an interesting meeting with Tom Boellstorff, professor of Anthropology here at UC Irvine. Among other things we discussed Second Life. Tom's book Second Life, Coming of Age in Second Life: An Anthropologist Explores the Virtually Human, will soon be published. Tom belongs the category of scholars that manage to maintain both a strong, more traditional (or maybe rather non-digital) line of research and do high-quality work in relation to the 'digital' (as well as taking jobs such as being the editor-in-chief of American Anthropologist). Two earlier books of his are The Gay Archipelago: Sexuality and Nation in Indonesia and A Coincidence of Desires: Anthropology, Queer Studies, Indonesia. One of the questions we discussed is to what extent his ethnographic work in Second Life is different from traditional ethnography, and Tom's experience seems to be that it is not as different as one might expect. Partly because adapting to new contexts and 'study objects' is an integral part of ethnographic work. The issue of anthropology's relation to the digital is different, and it will be interesting to follow how books such as this one are received by the community.
We also talked about useful Second Life resources and some new (or almost new) books:
New World Notes (blog)
The Making of Second Life by W. James Au
Designing Virtual Worlds by Richard Bartle
I, Avatar: The Culture and Consequences of Having a Second Life by Mark Stephen Meadows
Mark Meadows is an old HUMlab friend, and I had a chance to briefly hold his book. It is a very nicely designed book. I look forward to reading it. In general, I am looking forward to reading critically situated books on virtual worlds with an anchoring in experience, data and history as well as theory.
Tom also told me about the upcoming Cultures of Virtual Worlds conference here at UCI.