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John Craig: An Extreme Race Director
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While the fleet of GC32s fly around a racecourse set metres from the shore to the delight of thousands of onlookers, behind the scenes there is an expert team making it all happen seamlessly. This team is led by Extreme Sailing Series Race Director, John Craig.
Craig has had a varied career in sailing, ranging from coaching the Canadian Olympic ...
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Paul Elvsrom Passes
Published on 12-07-2016 02:31 PM
Paul and daughter Trine sailing the Tornado
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Interview With An Argonaut
Published on 08-24-2016 10:05 AM
Justin Chisholm
of Sail Racing Magazine
interviews Anthony Kouton of GC32 Argo Racing on the rigours of life on the GC32 Circuit.
Although the GC32 Class might not get the sort of media attention its larger cousins in the Americas Cup attract, fielding 11 teams on the European GC32 Racing Tour makes it the biggest fleet of large high-performance foiling multihulls in the world, ...
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Solo Sailing For The Love and Adventure
Published on 04-27-2016 01:47 PM
For Brett Suwyn, solo sailing offers an opportunity for adventure and a way to get away from the ruckus of city life. A relative newcomer to the sport, as he learns the ways of the sea his adventures are getting bigger and bigger, from a 77-day trip to Alaska last summer, to his first race this summerthe Single-Handed Transpac.
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Recently unearthed, the 1978 Sports Illustrated Article on Bill Lee, Merlin and the Chicken Coop.
By Richard W Johnston
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Rio Hopefuls Working The Bay
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The guys & D&D Racing going through the paces on SF Bay.
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Mo Gets Sentinel Love
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The Santa Cruz Sentinal
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Physicians Like EMR-Connected Apps
Anne Zieger is veteran healthcare branding and communications expert with more than 25 years of industry experience. and her commentaries have appeared in dozens of international business publications, including Forbes, Business Week and Information Week. She has also worked extensively healthcare and health IT organizations, including several Fortune 500 companies. She can be reached at @ziegerhealth or www.ziegerhealthcare.com.
A new survey by vendor eClinicalWorks has concluded that the vast majority of physicians like EMR-connected apps, and many cases, believe that apps can improve patient care.
Of course, the research is a bit self-serving. The study announcement comes alongside news that the company plans to invest $25 million on patient engagement tools over the next 12 months, starting with a free mobile app for patients available on iOS and Android. Still, it's worth a look anyway.
The study, conducted online, collected responses from 2,291 healthcare professionals in mid-January, reports SearchHealthIT.com. Of that total, 649 respondents were physicians.
Researchers found that nearly all doctors responding (93 percent) think it's valuable to have a mobile health app connected to an EMR, the site reports. The same number of doctors said that mobile health apps can improve a patient's health outcome, and 80 percent said they were likely to recommend a mobile health app to a patient.
So what do physicians hope to gain from such apps, specifically? According to SearchHealthIT.com:
* 58 percent of physicians were particularly interested in the ability to provider automatic appointment alerts and reminders. (Six out of ten physicians said that at least half their patients would like getting appointment reminders from an app, too.)
* Almost half of doctors felt giving patients access to their medical records was a key benefit
* Many suggested that using apps to make appointment scheduling easier would be very helpful
The study also concluded that apps could help with patient wellness. Sixty-five percent said they could improve medication adherence, 54 percent diabetes care and 52 percent preventative care, the site reported.

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toolonglegs wrote:No worries for blueberries for me ... few hundred grams a day in my smoothies ... although they are frozen.
Hitting the magic numbers now on the scales after rides ... will not be long till I see the same waking up. Lightest I have been since placing in the Canberra 24hr back in 2000 .
As far as I know, frozen is good too. It only seems to be a problem with fruit is juiced. The good stuff is left in the juicer.


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Susette Prezios, the mother of three Hewlett-Woodmere students, attended the district's public budget forum on March 21 and said that the decision to eliminate adult education programs in 2013-14 would have a negative impact on the community in which she grew up.
"Our community is dwindling," Prezios said. "While I'm happy to hear that we're keeping the children's programs, not having adult education will pull apart our community."
The district's tentative 2013-14 budget is $109.53 million, $3.7 million more than its current spending plan. The Board of Education is scheduled to adopt the budget on April 17, and the public vote is set for May 21.
Dr. Peter Weber, assistant superintendent for business, said that the district's main focus is to support children's education, and that eliminating adult education would save the district nearly $398,000. "This will impact everyone — people win, people lose, and we recognize that," Weber said. "The only way to cover [adult education] is to take from the reserves we need for the future. We could take funds out of the reserves quickly or slowly, but there will be no place left to turn once the money is gone."
Out of the district's control
Diminishing state aid and unfunded mandates continue to be financial burdens for school districts, Superintendent Dr. Joyce Bisso said, adding that Hewlett-Woodmere has been preparing for more than a decade to survive these difficult times by using less reserve money. Next year, the district is expected to receive $203,395 more in state aid. "We're looking to maintain the programs in our district, professional development, sports teams, opportunities for enrichment and continuing services for those with disabilities," Bisso said.
She added that the district's tax-levy cap, according to a state formula, will be 2.49 percent. A budget with a tax levy increase greater than that must be approved by a supermajority of at least 60 percent of voters.
Weber said that although the district determines the tax levy — the amount to be raised through property taxes — it is forwarded to the Nassau County assessor, and some property owners will see an increase, and others a decrease. "It's a strange system," he said. "The district sets the levy and the county sets what your home is worth. Some homeowners see a $20,000 increase and some a $10,000 decrease in their taxes."
Parents seek more ways to save
One district parent, Ryan Goldstein, said he was concerned about the $2.7 million increase in employee benefits in the proposed budget. "I don't see us having adult education, but I also don't see salary costs being reduced," he said. "Maybe we should move towards high deductible health insurance and cutting out an employee's spouse so we can save more money."
According to Weber, the district has no control over rising health care costs because the state determines how much it will pay. "The only way around that is to leave the state's health insurance," he said, "and almost every district in Nassau County stays in the state health insurance, because the advantage is that there are lower increases."
Weber emphasized that the district has maintained its class sizes and continues to make improvements to its six buildings. "We have a geothermal system at the high school and the middle school, which provides heating, cooling and ventilation," he explained. "At Hewlett Elementary and Franklin Early Childhood Center there haven't been renovations since 1993, so we're looking to add air conditioning to the cafeteria."
The district's enrollment is stable, Weber added. "Our class size range has been maintained at the elementary and secondary levels," he said. "At the beginning of the season, the same amount of class sections are offered, and then there are shifts as class sizes go up and down."
Woodmere resident Kenneth Rochler, who has four boys in the district, said that the public forum offered parents an opportunity to get together and discuss their budgetary concerns. "I wonder if we really look at the whole thing, and that maybe there are more savings out there," he said. "All in all, Hewlett-Woodmere is a great district. There are a lot of programs and kids thrive, but the tax bill kills you, and it hurts paying for it."
Mary-Anne, a Gibson resident who has three children in the district and who did not want to give her last name, said she was disappointed by the low turnout of district parents. "This is the time to make a difference," she said. "We need to come together as a community and voice our concerns."
The Hewlett High School graduate said that the reason she decided to enroll her children in the district is the exceptional administrators. "It's a wonderful school system," she said. "I can't afford to live here, but I do, and I don't know how people are surviving; I really don't. I hope this proposed budget is a fair assessment of what's happening and the economic climate many of us are experiencing."


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BDP-83 Performance FAQ
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BDP-83 FAQGeneral | Features | Performance | Hardware | Component Output | Firmware | Picture | Audio | 24hz Output | Source Direct | Media Files | Networking | UPnP/DLNA | Region Coding | Problems | Calibration
Questions frequently asked at AVSForum about the BDP-83.
Is the Blu-ray picture quality of this player amazingly better than any other player?
Opinions vary, but the consensus seems to be that Blu-ray player picture quality is very similar among all players producing 1080p images from 1080p disc content, which is how almost all film-based movies are mastered on Blu-ray disc. Players will differ in:
Other factors which differentiate players:
- how well they deinterlace 480i/576i sources like DVD
- how well they scale those sources to high-definition
- how well they scale a 1080p Blu-ray image to other resolutions
- how well the deinterlace 1080i sources like concert videos
- whether they accept 1080i50 sources
These comments from an industry insider may be of interest.
- optional video processing, such as sharpness and noise reduction controls, and support for Constant Image Height projectors
- optional Source Direct, which bypasses some video processing
- optional Deep Color interpolation (note that there are no Blu-ray or DVD Deep Color sources, so interpolating larger color bit depths is the best a player can do)
- choices for audio processing and outputs
- support for other media types such as SACD, DVD-A, and media files on data discs and USB devices
- Load times, responsiveness, speed of layer changes
- fan noise
- build quality
- quality of customer support, including firmware updates to fix bugs and add new features
- community support
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Not everyone agrees that "Blu-ray player picture quality is very similar among all players producing 1080p images from 1080p disc content." In Gary Murrell's review he finds the OPPO picture quality superior and has written on AVSForum:I think the OPPO may be the best -- not trying to build up hype or exaggerate, I care about video very much and I am very very picky -- no BD player I know of so far has a image as clean and naturally sharp as this unit, and that includes players I have used that I have modified for HD-SDI. It's all about the decoder and the decoder that OPPO used is from folks that know what they are doing; they are the best.
Is the DVD picture quality of this player amazingly better than any other player?Unlike Blu-ray, DVD seems to require a lot of craft to get the best possible images, particularly in deinterlacing ( = progressive scan = converting 480i/576i to 480p/576p). DVD video must be deinterlaced before it can be scaled. You can learn a lot from the Secrets of Home Theater and Hi Fidelity shootout test database. There is a huge variety in progressive scan performance in DVD players. Particularly instructive articles on deinterlacing artifacts from that site are:
Sadly, the site is no longer maintained and many recent players have not been tested. We need a site testing both Blu-ray and DVD performance of newer players, but I don't know of any. Many people claim that ABT VRS processing, as used in this player and in the older 983H DVD player, is the current top dog in DVD image quality. I don't know what the limits are in getting the best possible picture out of the 720x480 pixels, but we must be close to the end. I would never claim that a DVD image can match a good Blu-ray image, but many times I have looked at images on these players and said "I can't believe this is standard definition." On the other hand, the better quality DVD players are probably very close to one another. When comparing players, the differences I see when doing A/B comparisons tend to fade away when actually watching a movie. On the third hand, sometimes even small differences, once seen, tend to loom large in the mind and become bothersome. My advice: it depends on how fanatical you are. If you have multiple calibration discs and spend a lot of time using them and trying different color spaces and other things in an attempt to squeeze that last few percent of video quality out of DVD, you will probably appreciate the DVD performance of this player. If you don't, then which chip set a player uses for deinterlacing and scaling DVD is not the most important consideration.
- Guide to the Progressive Scan Shootouts
- Guide to the Progressive Scan Shootouts part 5
- Chroma Upsampling Error
What are the differences between this player and the OPPO 983H for DVD playback?DVD performance of the BDP-83 is the same as or better than the 983H. Looking just at DVD playback, the BDP-83 does not have these features of the 983H:
The BDP-83 adds these features which the 983H does not have:
- DVD region unlocking
- Component output at 1080p
- 24p output
- 480i over HDMI
- Source Direct
- New controls for Edge Enhancement, Detail Enhancement and Noise Reduction
- Demo Mode
How fast are the load times?Here are some timings reported during the beta period, as compared with the 40GB PS3 running firmware 2.43:
Ratatouille (Blu-ray) test PS3 BDP-83 From power on to first previews image 00:53 00:40 From first previews to top menu 00:22 00:30 From top menu to total menus 00:14 00:20 From total menus to start of play 00:03 00:04 Chapter forward by 10 chapters 00:15 00:04 Chapter backward by 10 chapters 00:15 00:04
Men in Black (Blu-ray) test PS3 BDP-83 From power on to first Sony intro image 00:47 00:50 From power on to main menu 01:05 01:09 From main menu to PG-13 warning screen 00:03 00:04 Chapter forward by 10 chapters 00:16 00:04 Chapter backward by 10 chapters 00:16 00:04
And here are times as compared to the Pioneer BDP-51FD:
test BDP-51FD BDP-83 From power on to "No Disc" message 00:24 00:11 Load Disc (from tray open to Top Menu) Fellowship Of The Ring disc 1 (DVD) 00:37 00:13 Load Disc (from tray open to Blu-ray Splash Screen) Wanted (Blu-ray) 01:24 00:37
And compared to the Panasonic BD-35:
The Nightmare before Christmas (Blu-ray) test BD-35 BDP-83 Press open tray to tray opening 00:24 00:03 Press tray close to movie preview 00:44 00:24 Movie preview to main menu 00:38 00:23 Press play movie to Disney intro 00:03 00:03
- On the early machines, from power off to tray eject using the Eject button is about 11 seconds. With more recent hardware people are reporting eject times of about 4 seconds.
- If BD-Live is enabled some discs will download stuff from the network while loading. For example, the Transformers disc takes over 2 minutes to load the first time, and about 25 seconds to load if you play it again without erasing the persistent storage. Iron Man is said to be another example.See Can BD-Live be turned off?
How fast are the layer changes?On DVD, it is reported that the Avia Pro layer change stress test shows a time of 0.8 seconds. This is the worst case; real world examples should be quicker. In my own viewing I can sometimes detect a DVD layer change, but it is too quick to estimate the time. By way of comparison, using the same test, the PS3 (V2.50 firmware) shows 1.2 seconds and the Pioneer Elite DV-59avi SD-DVD player shows 2.0 seconds.
It is hard to minimize layer changes with Blu-ray players which use SATA drives. The drives have a limited amount of buffer memory and although players can buffer at the decoder, this is not as effective in concealing the layer change. In the future chip makers may deliver a "single-chip" solution which contains both the "front end" (laser control and radio frequency analog stuff) and "back end" (decoding and A/V processing) which would allow better layer changes.
By which time no one will care.
How well does the player handle scratched and dirty Blu-ray discs?Apparently very well. The other beta testers report taking no special care in cleaning their rental discs and have had no troubles. As of August 23, 2009 I have played 66 Netflix rentals and 21 video store rentals, all Blu-ray, and had no disc damage or smudge/dirt issues except for one disc which was visibly bent and would not load.
What are some recommended demo discs for picture quality?The "tier 0" titles in The New PQ Tier thread for Blu-Ray have been chosen for their sharpness and vividness of color; they "consistently offer reference level high-definition picture quality." Note that many films are not meant to look exceedingly sharp or vivid and the director may employ all sorts of effects that keep them out of tier 0. Another rating thread that emphasizes director's intent and fidelity to the original version is the Film Grain Allowed - Artistic Intent Thread. Disc review sites:


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Pumpkin & Cranberries: 5 Fall Desserts
It's officially November and that means we're in the thick of fall. The leaves have changed color and are covering the ground. This is the perfect time to get in the kitchen and start baking up some fall-themed desserts.
I'm anxious to whip up some of these Chocolate Cupcakes With Marshmallow Leaves from Lulu's Sweet Secrets — there's no doubt they'll be crowd pleasers. The marshmallow leaves are a sure selling point for them.
Mixing a little savory with sweet, there's Pumpkin Cornbread from Edible Perspective and
Almond Cranberry Creme Fraiche Bundts from Caren Blair. Both incorporate seasonal ingredients that are certainly delicious. Here are five fall themed desserts:
• Chocolate Cupcakes With Marshmallow Leaves, Lulu's Sweet Secrets
• Mini Pumpkin Muffins, The Cilantropist
• Homemade Peanut Butter Taffy, Give Me Flour
• Pumpkin Cornbread, Edible Perspective
• Almond Cranberry Creme Fraiche Bundts, Caren Blair
Related: Make Your Own: Grown-up Halloween Treats
(Images: Lulu's Sweet Secrets, The Cilantropist, Give Me Flour, Edible Perspective, Caren Blair)


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As horrible as they are, wars are the milestones of life. Historians spend lifetimes puzzling how we humans get into them, and political scientists create elaborate theories on how we can get out of them.
In Afghanistan, with the US drawdown of military forces underway, Afghan President Hamid Karzai has called an extraordinary meeting of village and tribal elders called a "loya jirga," to chart the path forward for that rugged, mountainous, but utterly charming country.
The biggest issue, writes Alissa J. Rubin in The New York Times, is just what kind of relationship Afghanistan should have with its erstwhile protector, the United States. In many villages, US troops have long ago worn out their welcome, and Mr. Karzai's government has openly suggested peace talks with the Taliban.
But at the loya jirga, Karzai told elders that the US could still have a role to play in rebuilding Afghanistan, although it would be a role dictated by the Afghan people's own national interests.
"It's O.K. that they are strong and rich and powerful, but we are lions. Weak and old and sick, a lion is still a lion, in the forest everyone avoids a lion even if it is old and sick and weak. A lion doesn't like it if a stranger comes to his house, he doesn't want his children taken by foreigners during the night, the lion doesn't want parallel government structures. "
Nice words, but here's the irony. The loya jirga itself is kind of parallel government, unelected by the people, selected and invited by Karzai, which potentially undermines the authority of Afghanistan's duly elected legislative institution, the parliament. Afghanistan has had loya jirgas longer than it has had parliamentary democracy, of course, and there is no indication that Karzai is deliberately making an end run around his critics in the Afghan Parliament.
But Scott Worden, a senior rule of law adviser at the US Institute of Peace, writes in Foreign Policy why this particular gathering is one to watch, and watch carefully:
Given that the "Traditional Loya Jirga" lacks formal requirements to assume constitutional powers, its main authority is political. Therefore, its success will depend on whether President Karzai has chosen members that truly represent diverse constituencies and limit themselves to political outcomes. If instead the delegates are seen as exclusive of key interest groups and attempt to make legally binding decisions that could not be approved otherwise, this Loya Jirga will represent a significant setback for Afghan democracy and could foment greater conflict, rather than pushing forward the priority of peace.
A time to tear down
And while the Afghan president gathers old men to endorse his policies, a US judge in New York has told a group of young Occupy Wall Street protesters in New York City's Zuccotti Park to disburse – sort of. The judge told the protesters that their constitutionally protected right to "assemble" does not include the right to set up tents, camp stoves, and drum circles.
As Ron Scherer writes in the Monitor, New York State Judge Michael Stallman ruled that protesters "have not demonstrated they have a First Amendment right to remain in Zuccotti Park, along with their tents, structures, generators, and other installations to the exclusion of the owners' reasonable rights and duties to maintain Zuccotti Park, or to the rights to public access of others who might wish to use the space safely."
City officials say the battle for Zuccotti Park is "far from over," but one wonders whether the potency of this protest – the literal taking and holding of territory that mimics the Tahrir Square demonstrations that brought down Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak – will be diminished by this court decision. Certainly the public anger over America's current economic crisis, and the US financial sector's role in that crisis, are undiminished.
A time for peace prizes?
And finally, in the category of peace prizes awarded to men of war, Jonathan Watts – the Guardian's man in Beijing – writes today that the China International Peace Research Center has named Vladimir Putin as this year's winner of the Confucian peace prize. The prize was created to laud those who "promote world peace from an eastern perspective."
As Mr. Watts notes, Mr. Putin is a curious candidate, given his role in "two wars in Chechnya, one conflict in South Ossetia, and two of the deadliest hostage relief operations in modern history."
He adds, tartly:
The 16-judge panel said that Putin deserved the award because his criticism of Nato's military engagement in Libya was "outstanding in keeping world peace", regardless of the fact that it had no bearing on the outcome of the north African conflict.
Typical journalist, quibbling over "facts."


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[Verse 1: STS]
History makin', lean as hickory bacon
This rap identification for the Afro-Centric Asian
Words to the race relations, fuck all you ones who be hating
I'm just rolling up and elevating, prematurely celebrating
Tell a nigga "hell is waiting", I'm in heaven tail-gating
Harry Potter wizardry, Avatar is imagery
Smoking Silverstein haze, call that shit the givin' tree
Do it for the fans, pray they never John Lennon me
With five hollow points on the back of my white linen tee
Lest I drink bags of the reefer while I'm smoking this Hennessy
Take me to another place, and I ain't talking Tennessee
Tell them bitches "ven aqui", I got something they should see
There's a party in my pants, its going down from 10-3
Remember I demanded more when niggas reminisce on me
The power in my bros is worth the hoes in your soliloquies
So now I'll crack a Philly D, fill my Philly with givin' tree
As smooth as my delivery, fucking bitches with chivalry
Heavy sense of fashion and a God-given ability to murder mice without the use of heavy artillery
Rep that Philly D to GO-L-D to ATL, my nigga T
My nigga Jah, my nigga Schoolly, plus my nigga Young L-E
Handle was in front of me, spit whatever shit come to me
There's Polo on my eyes but it say Dolce on my dungarees
Ceremony massacre master moving harmoniously
Pardon me for knocking your bitches don't criticize me
Goldy in the flesh, you reds havin any ho you see
You drinking if you got it or not, fuck what these rappers preach
Sitting on a happy heap of hundreds, gettin blunted
And the pretty bitches kick it while their Gs is gettin fronted
Give a fuck about who run it, who ran it, nigga goddammit
God, the GOLD is in the building, we assessing the damage
So could you please
Show me love
Could you please
Show me love
Show me love
[Verse 2]
Take full advantage of this moment
Were rapping on tall opponents
Yeah my name is start with Sugar, like nigga "who want it?"
Spit that flow the doggoneit style, hop on it and drop a bow
Say words is word familiar make a killin off living vows
The country is tipping cows, while tipping my waiters and child
Post-impressionist flow, full of colors both rich and loud
Their daddy Jamaica-proud, their momma, I'm touching clouds
I'm writing my name in the sky, you know what that shit's about
Its money-making, hundred-taking, we going HAM like honey bacon
Rappers eat and tell me aching causing all their constipation
About my green like conservation, yeah, Philly concentrating
Rolling up and contemplating me being a constellation
Peace and bless and salutation, thats on my evaluation
I'm just 'round here raising Hell, nickname should be reformation
Get up on that, rock the party, ATL I gotta shout it
Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik for everybody
Chevy-body, heavy body, til they make a feather body
I be riding old school, run until its raving, shawty
Flow Ducati, pop a wheelie, smoke a L with every human
Best rapper in ATL just ask everyone up in Philly
STS (Sugar Tongue Slim) is a poet turned MC from Philadelphia. The name Sugar Tongue Slim is a character from one of his old poems.
"STS is Gold" has become his catch phrase of sorts. Just check out his website, http://www.STSisgold.com/
This track is of his EP The Illustrious: STS and shows off his quick flow and very impressive profound lyricism. His roots as a poet really can be seen.
STS has worked with The Roots on their Grammy-nominated How I Got Over album and has appeared on tracks with Joell Ortiz and Yelawolf.
GOLD, or Gentlemen of Leisure and Development, is STS's group of "common folks" who are trying to think with "higher standards". AKA they are rappers trying to stay classy on a budget.


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The South Walton Seahawks moved one step closer to bringing home the Class 1A State title Tuesday morning after they whipped the Villages 54-30 in the semi-finals at the Lakeland Center.
"It feels pretty awesome," said Casey Perot, a junior forward for the Seahawks.
"I thought we all played well. We stayed together and kept our poise," she told The Log just moments after the game.
The Seahawks, now 24-6, will take on the Chipley Tigers at 4:35 EST Wednesday at the Lakeland Center for the Class 1A State title. Chipley beat Hilliard in game one of the semis 55-50. The game will represent the first-ever shot at a state title for any team sport in the 10 years of South Walton High�s existence.
"I think we were the better team," said South Walton Coach Kevin Craig, noting experience and size. "It was a very physical game ... more than we've played in a long time.
"But we won and we've got our hands full tomorrow with Chipley," Craig said. "But we're here and playing for the title."
It will be an uphill battle Wednesday as Chipley beat the Hawks in November 47-38.
In Tuesday's game with the Villages Buffalos, Villages took the early lead 11-10 at the end of the first quarter, however, the Seahawks fought back to take a 26-14 lead by the half.
In the third quarter, South Walton continued to take it to Villages to stretch the lead to 40-25.
For the game, South Walton forced 29 turnovers and out rebounded the Buffalos 32-29.
Senior Eve Heffron led the Seahawks with 12 points and nine rebounds. Casey Perot scored nine points and pulled down eight rebounds, while younger sister Mackenzie Perot scored six and had five rebounds. Senior guard Morgan Kennedy tossed in nine points and had four assists. Taylor Menard and Katie Logan each scored six points, and Kati Trejo tossed in five points and had five steals.


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For about $370, the Lenovo IdeaTab S2110A offers an impressively bright screen with wide viewing angles, fast gaming performance, dual cameras, Micro-HDMI, and a useful keyboard/dock option (about $480 for the tablet and keyboard/dock combo).
Unfortunately, thanks to its hollow, shoddily designed body, screen warping is rampant and the far edges of the tablet are uncomfortable to hold. The Asus Transformer Pad TF300 is cheaper, and offers more features and support for Android Jelly Bean. The S2110A isn't bad, it's just an overpriced tablet that struggles to offer as much value as the competition.
A lot can change in a year; in the last year, what we expect from tablets in terms of build quality, price, and performance has changed a lot. The Lenovo IdeaTab S2110A feels like a tablet built in 2011. Specifically, from a design and build-quality perspective, it reminds me a lot of the original Asus Transformer TF101. While the Asus proved a capable device for its time, standards have changed since then, and things I tolerated before are a lot more difficult to let slide now.
First, touching the S2110A's right and bottom bezel with enough pressure yields visible screen warping. And by "with enough pressure" I mean even very lightly. The same goes for the back of the tablet. Again, applying light pressure delivers obvious screen warping in the adjacent area on the tablet's screen. Now, screen warping occurs to some extent on every tablet, but here it's severe, distracting, and, I would imagine, disconcerting if you've just spent a few hundred bucks on the S2110A.
The tablet is also extremely malleable and bends quite easily with very little effort. There's an edge at the outer end of the bezel that feels kind of sharp and scrape-y. Not enough to break skin or anything, but enough to be uncomfortable, annoying, and undesirable.
Still, there was some care put into the tablet's design. The textured back affords the tablet a bit of extra comfort when held, but comes nowhere near the soft, grippy textures of the backs of the Acer Iconia Tab A700 and Nexus 7. The S2110A is a rank comfort amateur in comparison. Weightwise, the tablet feels light in my hands without being too airy; but as I mentioned, the edges make it not so comfortable to hold.
From the front, the S2110 looks like a typical black-bezeled tablet, with a 1.3-megapixel front-facing camera and a Lenovo logo on the bottom bezel. On the right edge is a volume rocker, directly below a speaker grille. On the top edge toward the left sits a power/sleep button. On the left edge are an additional speaker grille, headphone jack, Micro-HDMI port, and SIM card slot (there are no carriers attached to the S2110A in the United States). On the back, in the top-right corner, is an LED-flash-supported 5-megapixel camera. A Micro-USB port on the bottom edge doubles as both a charging port and a data transfer input.
The keyboard
There are two versions of the S2110A: one comes with a keyboard accessory (about $480) and the other doesn't (about $370). The keyboard itself is similar in design to the optional docks Asus offers for its Transformer line of tablets. The Lenovo keyboard features the same textured bottom as the S2110A and has a full laptop-style button layout with plenty of shortcuts for functions like search, enabling Wi-Fi, and settings. Keys are about the same size as on Asus' dock, but are raised higher, resulting in a more satisfying typing experience. There's also a full two-button touch pad at the bottom of the panel.
The tablet easily slides into the base of the keyboard and, with the push of a large eject button, can be almost as easily be removed. Like Asus' Transformer keyboards, Lenovo's houses its own battery, optimized to deplete before the battery in the tablet begins draining. As long as they're connected, of course.
Software features
Lenovo adds a unique aesthetic spin to the stock Android 4.0.4 OS: when you swipe through pages, apps and shortcuts animate as if they were on an invisible cube and every swipe rotates the cube to the right or left. Not functionally different, but an appreciated aesthetic bonus.
Hardware features
The Lenovo S2110A runs on a dual-core 1.5GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 processor and has 1GB of DDR2 RAM, as well as 802.11 b/g/n Wi-Fi support, Bluetooth 4.0, a gyroscope, an accelerometer, and GPS.
The tablet houses an in-plane switching (IPS) screen with a display resolution of 1,280x800 pixels. The screen sports wide viewing angles, and a nice high brightness. Compared with Tegra 3-based tablets such as the Sony Xperia Tablet S, the animation when swiping through screens is anything but smooth. However, navigating through menus is fast and most apps open fairly quickly. The S2110A was the slowest tablet of those I compared it with when loading the first level in the game N.O.V.A. 3, however.


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A prison term and a bill for $54,800 in damage to a house he burned
on a dare were handed down to a Clayton teen Wednesday in Lenawee County Circuit Court.
Shequille Albert Sheffield, 19, was given a 32-month to 10-year prison term for the arson charge he pleaded guilty to on Sept. 19. He is to share the restitution bill with three other Clayton men also convicted in the July 10 arson.
Sheffield admitted going into the vacant house on West Street in the village and setting a fire after the men dared each other to do it. The house was reported to be a total loss.
Judge Timothy P. Pickard gave Sheffield credit for 82 days already served in jail.
State sentencing guidelines allowed a minimum sentence of nearly five years in prison. Defense attorney Dawn Vandusen argued for a sentence at the low end of the guidelines because of Sheffield's cooperation in the investigation.
He admitted setting the fire and fully cooperated with police, she said.
"He's sorry for what he did and I believe he has a lot to gain from this," Vandusen told the court.
The three other Clayton men pleaded guilty to reduced charges and all are in jail awaiting sentence.
Christopher James Beaubien, 30, pleaded guilty two weeks ago to attempted aiding and abetting preparation to burn real property and faces up to a 30-month prison term.
"I guess, being stupid," was the only explanation Beaubien offered at his plea hearing.
Michael Andrew Luft, 23, of Clayton is also awaiting sentence after pleading guilty to attempted aiding and abetting arson. He admitted "eggin' them on" to start the fire.
Dylan Matthew Scott, 20, of Clayton pleaded guilty to aiding and abetting an arson.
Clayton teen gets prison for arson on a dare
A prison term and a bill for $54,800 in damage to a house he burned


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Meknes (مكناس) is a city in the Middle Atlas region of Morocco.
Fez driving you nuts? Nearby Meknes is a vibrant, modern city bustling with nightlife, restaurants and an impressive royal palace. Since it's relatively ignored by most tourists, it's also free of the usual hassles (touts, faux guides, etc) that plague the other tourist centers.
While Meknes is an imperial city with a lot of historical monuments and natural sites; It is also the nearest city to the Roman ruins of Volubilis (Oualili). The prices in Meknes are among the most reasonable in Morocco and the people are much more polite and nicer than in the other cities.
Get in
By train
There are two train stations, the smaller train station called El-Emir Abdelkader is more centrally located in the new town (ville nouvelle), while the other is a bit further east. Meknes is connected by train to most major cities like Marrakech (6½h, 174 Dh), Tangier (3½–4½h, 85 Dh), Rabat (2¼h, 65Dh), Casablanca (3h 1/4), Fes (40min, 20dhs) or Oujda (6h, 130 Dh). Specific times and prices can be found on the website of the Moroccan National Office for Railways (www.oncf.ma).
By bus
The main bus station (Gare Routière) is west of the medina, colocated with the main grand taxi station, while CTM has its own, brand new station, near Meknes train station (east of the new town). For trips to Marrakesh be advised, that while seemingly shorter on the map, the mountain route via Beni Millal takes at least 2 hours more than on the highway via Rabat and Casa, going there by train is the most comfortable option, although buses might be slightly quicker.
By grand taxi
Grand taxis arrive and leave from several places, the most popular being El-Amir Abdelkader train station and to the left of the main bus station. Opposite the road of the Institute Francais is also a quite large taxi rank.
Get around
Petit taxis (small blue cars of Fiat Uno or Peugeot 205 brands) abound, as well as an efficient and comprehensive, if cramped local bus service. The minimum cost for a petit taxi is 5 dirhams(the price is calculated based on 1.40dhs + 0.20dhs/100m but you should expect a surcharge of 50% after 20:00), while the bus is slightly cheaper. Buses are, however, quite difficult to navigate because they are, in the majority of cases, very crowded and operates to transport people between agglomerations and the ville nouvelle and Medina.
The ville nouvelle (new town), which is known as Hamrya in Arabic, is easily navigated on foot, as is the medina. The two sides of town are connected by a bridge over the dry Oued Boufekrane (river), with a McDonald's placed conveniently in between for weary (or wary!) travelers.
Hamrya is a new town with all entertainment facilities, You can find all what you need there, but there is no monuments or things to see except if you like to chat with people. Medina is the other side is the ancient Meknes and it contains all the monuments of this wonderful city.
Meknes isn't a shopper's paradise, but it's certainly cheaper than nearby Fez! The medina is chock full of traditional Moroccan clothing and rugs, as well as the popular Moroccan shoe, bilgha.. it's also known for it's iron made articles; the local artisanal speciality. The best way to enter the medina is at the back of Place Hedim, next to Dar Jamai. Herein you can find many shops catering to tourists. If you sojourn a bit deeper into the medina, you'll find plenty of unique shops selling jewelry, household goods, and other treasures.
Be sure to bargain! Don't accept the shopkeeper's first offer - not only does it ruin it for tourists who come after you, but it also goes against Moroccan custom. The easiest way to bargain, particularly without knowledge of French or Arabic, is to offer exactly half of the given price (or 75% for expensive or large-scale items). From there, the shopkeeper will go down a bit; you are expected to raise your price slowly until you come to an agreement.
If you can't agree on a price, try walking out of the store - this will generally lower the price significantly. And try not to be too stingy - the value of an item is your appreciation of it, not its ticket price.
Ville Nouvelle
There are dozens of restaurants and snack bars lining the main road, Rue Antsirape offering the staples of harira, tagine, cous cous and of course rotisserie chicken. A few restaurants on Rue Ghana, just off Rue Antsirabi, are popular with travellers and offer Dh 40 set menus.
Those looking to find a watering hole in Meknes have come to the right place - in Morocco, anyway. For some strange reason, Meknes seems to have more bars than people. Only a few are suitable for the average traveler, however.
Most budget hotels are located along Rue Rouamzine, just before the medina. Hotel Maroc and Hotel Regina are two such choices. Keep in mind that Hotel Regina is very dirty and stinky, but very cheap.
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On October 6, 2010, The New England Journal of Medicine published a well written "perspective" on FDA Commissioner Dr. Margaret Hamburg's efforts to "revive the FDA." Her principal deputy commissioner, Dr. Joshua Sharfstein, echoed the same sentiment: "I keep a list of things I wish were moving faster and a list of things moving at just the right speed, and these nothing on the second list." (emphasis added). Dr. Hamburg is just completing her first year as commissioner at the FDA. We can only hope she remains and stays steadfast to the goals and objectives she has set out to achieve.
Since the NEJM is a subscription journal, I'm not sure if you will be able to access the full article, but I certainly hope you can.
Of significance for those of us who deal with FDA's actions on virtually a daily basis, Commissioner Hamburg's first quoted comment is of particular interest: ""You feel it differently at the FDA — how long it takes to move things through the system." Welcome to bureaucracy at its finest, Commissioner.
What Commissioner Hamburg has done, however, deserves a lot of credit – at least in my non-politically based opinion.
Her objectives are listed by the NEJM article as being making "the FDA more nimble and proactive, restoring its credibility and refocusing staff on its public health mission, persuading Congress to boost funding for its expanding portfolio of responsibilities [and] sharpening its ability to deal with new science and globalization." A very healthy list in all senses of the word.
Here is a list of just some of the actions taken and projects underway:
- major recalls of over-the-counter pediatric medications
- major recalls of salmonella-contaminated eggs
- engaging in major debates over direct-to-consumer genetic testing
- addressing safety concerns over the "blockbuster" diabetes drug, rosiglitzone
- implementation of a 2009 law making the FDA responsible for tobacco regulation
- making food-package labeling more evidence based
- launching initiatives to "clarify and standardize" processes for evaluation drugs and medical devices
- making more information public
As far as dealing with the issue of bureaucratic lethargy, Hamburg, Sharfstein and other key people at the FDA have created a new process known as "risk control review." Under this program, field inspectors, who had previously been required to simply file reports that would eventually wend their way through the bureaucratic maze, when they detect "urgent health threats," can now initiate direct meetings with key agency personnel to discuss taking emergency action. As a result of another initiative, an agency food-safety registry, in the first seven months of Hamburg's leadership, more than 100 food-safety reports were submitted.
For those familiar with how the FDA worked, it is common knowledge that regulators of drugs and medical devices have been under pressure to approve them quickly. In response to criticisms of this so-called approval process, Dr. Hamburg and her staff have created an internal task force to review the way such decisions are being made at the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER). This approval process, called the 510(k) clearance process, was first met with outright dissent. After a "scathing internal FDA review" identified some of the major problems with the former way of doing business, officials at CDER adopted some of the recommended reforms – hopefully leading to "a clearer, fairer decision-making process." Another IOM panel report is due next year; it is anticipated that further reforms in such process will be recommended.
Dr. Hamburg's mantra has been – "follow the science." Her response to the questions from her people at FDA in terms of what they can do about concerns of immediate public health safety is reported as being – "What do you think the right thing to do is from a public health perspective?" Seems like the Commissioner is a good listener and a pro-active responder.
Needless to say, Dr. Hamburg's activities could well fill pages of text. She faces issues relating to globalization (ensuring products made overseas and entering our marketplace are safe), funding for her agency (a never-ending task seeking dollars for her projects and people in a seemingly pitiful federal budget), improvement of post-marketing safety studies, implementing and overseeing a data-mining system used to analyze electronic safety records (Harvard Pilgrim Health Care's Sentinel System) to improve numerous aspects of patient safety, and forging key partnerships with private industry and academia scientists to "get it right" – to name just some of the projects for which her agency is responsible.
All one can say – thank goodness the Doctor is in the house! We wish her continued strength, patience, perseverance and success.


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Commonwealth Recruiting OK D-Day 2010, June 7-13
Men and Women of the Empire!
The Commonwealth is expanding, and we are looking for players with energy, drive, determination, and discipline to fill our ranks. As part of the Commonwealth Expeditionary Force, you will be called upon to lead Commonwealth offensive efforts across the length and breadth of the D-Day battlefield.
The Commonwealth brings together men and women from the United States, Canada, England, Scotland, Wales, Spain, Bosnia, Finland, Sweden, Holland and Australia. In 2010, we hope to add Belgium and Malaysia! Our players come from every walk of life, and every conceivable background. We welcome all levels of experience, from the first time player to the seasoned veteran. We are looking for candidates who exhibit personal integrity and sportsmanship, who can think and react independently, who have the discipline and strength of character to effectively represent the Regiment and the Commonwealth and who can work effectively as a member of a larger team. You will be called upon to accomplish objectives in the face of overwhelming German opposition. You will be required to move quickly and quietly over vast distances, to assault fortified positions, and to coordinate your actions with other Commonwealth and Allied forces.
The Commonwealth is its own self contained section of the allied forces and has its own Airbourne, Infantry, Special Forces, Armour, Anti-tank and Artillery groups. Our force is tight knit... You ALWAYS know where the Commonwealth is, where we camp, who we are. Weve reactivated a unit, the Royal Winnipeg Rifles. Along with the 13th/18th Light Dragoons, they are both wide open for troop billets. This would be an opportune time for a team to become the core element of either unit and make a name for themselves. We are also actively seeking tankers to join the 13th/18th Royal Hussars. From what I have been told by the Head Game Coordinator, the insurance for the paintball tanks will be covered by the Promoter. Thats $150 the tank owner doesnt have to come out of pocket with. The CEF also offers inexpensive group dining and group barracks, along with help in planning your trip to D-Day. With players coming 10K miles, no, its not too far away or too expensive.
If you wish to join any unit in the First Expeditionary Force of the Commonwealth, please send an email to the commander of the unit of your choice.
All international players- LtGen Ray "Sir Raymond" Adams- firstname.lastname@example.com
CO Commonwealth- LtGen Ray "Sir Raymond" Adams- firstname.lastname@example.com
CO 6th Airbourne Division- Brigadier Andrew "Sir Andrew" Ferguson- firstname.lastname@example.com
British 9th Parachute Infantry Regiment (Airborne)- Maj Al Murray- firstname.lastname@example.com
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CO 3rd Infantry Division (3rd Herd)- Col Drew "Ronin" Decosta- email@example.com
British East Yorkshire Regiment (Infantry)- Maj Dwayne "mooney" Cox- firstname.lastname@example.com
Canadian Royal Winnipeg Rifles (Infantry)- Maj Phillip "Jester1349" Bunting- email@example.com
Company C, Canadian Scottish Regiment (Infantry)- Maj Phillip "Jester1349" Bunting- firstname.lastname@example.com
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British 13th/18th Royal Hussars (Armour)- Col John "Mac" McMillen- email@example.com
British 13th/18th Light Dragoons (Mechanized Infantry Support)- Col John "Mac" McMillen- email@example.com or Col Drew "Ronin" Decosta- email@example.com
Snipers, Artillery, RAF- Col George "Snipes" Miller- email@example.com
For more information, please visit our web sites at www.ddaycommonwealth.com and www.oklahomadday.com or send an email to email@example.com.
Re: Commonwealth Recruiting OK D-Day 2010, June 7-13
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Only 106 days, until the event starts! I cant wait!
The Commonwealth 6th Airborne is nearly filled and the 3rd Infantry has some good numbers. This is a great opportunity for players to join up, make a national name for themselves and create a lasting paintball impression and Commonwealth traditions. The registration fee at the D-Day site goes up on April 1st, from $70 to $100, so register as soon as you can. Register at http://ddayadventurepark.com/store/i...Path=16_12_2_6 for the British 9th PIR or the Canadian 1st PIB. Register at http://ddayadventurepark.com/store/i...Path=16_12_2_5 for the British East Yorkshire Regiment, Canadian Royal Winnipeg Rifles or Canadian Scottish Regiment. Register at http://ddayadventurepark.com/store/i...Path=16_12_2_8 for the British 41 (Forty-One) Royal Marines Commando. Register at http://ddayadventurepark.com/store/i...Path=16_12_2_7 for the British 13th/18th Royal Hussars or the British 13th/18th Light Dragoons.
So far, we will have players from the United States, Canada, England, Scotland, Wales, Belgium, Holland and Australia. Come and be part of the largest international paintball scenario team in the world. These players are some of the best scenario players the world has to offer and hold the ideals of Sportsmanship and Honour in the highest regard.
Visit our web site at www.ddaycommonwealth and register with the forum to get the latest information on D-Day events scheduled, Commonwealth events scheduled, training, Military Full Auto Shoot, Conex barracks rental or purchase, group dining, uniform and t-shirt sales and North American convoy schedules. We are now taking preorders for everything the Commonwealth offers to the troops. Soft goods will be delivered at the event, unless you desire to have it sent to you. Convoys and Conex rental or purchase are offered to any player going to D-Day. Airport player pick-up is offered to Commonwealth troops and bonafide journalists only. If you have any questions, please email me at email@example.com.
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Its time to order Player Packs, t-shirts, uniform articles, patches, rent/buy sea containers and register for the full auto shoot. Visit the Commonwealth web site to see what we have at www.ddaycommonwealth.com . Once you decide what you want, send in your order by email to firstname.lastname@example.com and indicate if you would like to pay by PayPal, check or M.O. Also indicate if you would like to have on hand items shipped to you. Otherwise, you can pick up everything at the event. If you order uniforms and patch sets, please let me know if you want the patches sewn on for $10. As always, send your questions to firstname.lastname@example.com .
Re: Commonwealth Recruiting OK D-Day 2010, June 7-13
April is almost upon us and I wanted to remind everyone that the D-Day registration fee goes up from $70 to $100 on May 1.
Sign up today and avoid the extra cost.
God Save the King!
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Re: Commonwealth Recruiting OK D-Day 2010, June 7-13
On April 1st, the Bunker has announced that the $70 registration fee will end in seven to ten days. I know that time bracket sounds a bit too open, especially on April 1st, but I have to go with what info I have and this is it.
I encourage all players to register by April 7, just in case they close it out early. After they close it, the registration goes up to $100.
Sign up today!
Re: Commonwealth Recruiting OK D-Day 2010, June 7-13
The Bunker announced TODAY, April 3, that unit choice will close out on April 5. This does not mean that you will NOT be placed in the unit that you want, it just means that you MIGHT be placed elsewhere if your FIRST CHOICE is full. They request you list your first and second unit choice in the registration remarks section.
Don't delay! Get registered!
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Time is flying by and D-Day is almost here. Preorders for Player Packs, t-shirts, uniform articles, patches and rent/buy sea containers closes out on May 10. Prereg for the Full Auto Shoot will close out on May 1 and we still need 20 shooters to make this a GO! Visit the Commonwealth web site to see what we have at www.ddaycommonwealth.com . Once you decide what you want, send in your order by email to firstname.lastname@example.com .
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Stimulating Economic Growth with Broadband
By Howard Baldwin, Contributing Columnist
One of the toughest aspects of promoting new technology deployment and usage is finding meaningful facts to support its potential value to local business community stakeholders. While there are readily available estimates and forecasts, detailed analysis and actual payback examples are somewhat rare.
That's especially true with new technologies such as broadband that require the concerted efforts of multiple parties — which can include government agencies, service providers, equipment manufacturers, and end-users — in order to deliver quantifiable results.
That doesn't stop people from trying, of course. In 2008, Connected Nation, a U.S. non-profit organization devoted to expanding access to and usage of broadband Internet, postulated that a 7% increase in broadband utilization would result in a $134 billion economic boost nationally.
Frequently in estimates, the anticipated boosts initially come from job creation, especially in the actual deployment of broadband infrastructure. It's more difficult to calculate the subsequent softer benefits — in terms of how users of broadband derive greater efficiency.
Calculating the Full Return on Investment
Nonetheless, earlier this year, that's exactly what Connected Nation was able to demonstrate, with another, more-specific survey. It polled 9,650 businesses in 12 U.S. states to study their broadband usage and also attempt to quantify its value, by industry sector and business size.
Some of results are eye-opening: Broadband-connected businesses bring in approximately $200,000 more in median annual revenues than business without broadband ($500,000 vs. $300,000). Furthermore, businesses that subscribe to broadband and maintain a website (presumably for e-commerce) have median annual revenues of $700,000, $400,000 more than businesses that don't have broadband at all ($700,000 vs. $300,000). That represents a significant return-on-investment for broadband connectivity and internet access.
The respondents to the survey also reported that Internet-connected businesses, in a wide variety of industries both expected and unexpected, earn revenue from online transactions. These included:
- Agriculture and mining: 24% of revenues
- Wholesale, warehouse, and transformation: 24% of revenues
- High tech: 37% of revenues
- Manufacturing: 49% of revenues
Other Compelling Business Benefits
Those polled also derived other business related benefits. Some 23% of survey respondents allow telework through broadband, which in turn helps companies promote themselves as being green. It also helps lower real estate costs, because they need less physical space to accommodate a full contingent of employees.
Other studies show that when given the opportunity to telecommute, employees are happier, which in turn lowers employee turnover.
These results indicate that where those aforementioned entities work together to support commercial applications, businesses then can extend their reach to help themselves; that is, by maintaining a broadband-based online presence, two things happen — they no longer restrict themselves physically, and they can respond to customers more efficiently.
This supportive environment creates a virtuous circle, in which investing in broadband gives businesses the ability to boost responsiveness, agility, and flexibility.
The telecom service providers, states, and municipalities that are investing in broadband find that by laying the foundation for communications, they are giving businesses the ability to build upon that essential infrastructure by creating new or better commercial applications.
Though confirmed by U.S. data, it's a proven economic development strategy that should, theoretically, produce advancements and associated results anywhere in the world.
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Volume 16 Issue 53 | May 28 - June 3, 2004
Army photog recalls W.W. II
By Albert Amateau
Downtown Express photo by Elisabeth Robert
Sy Weinstein aboard the Lilac at Pier 40 last week.
Sy Weinstein, who led Army Air Corps photography units in Italy and France during World War II, has a lot of memories to share this Memorial Day memories of seeing a ship carrying his best friend explode and sink in the Mediterranean, memories of a French girl who guided him through a minefield on a rescue mission, memories of Italian and French villages devastated by war and a harrowing memory of a visit to Dachau.
Weinstein, 86, a resident of the Hallmark in Battery Park City, is going to Washington, D.C., Memorial Day weekend to preside at the opening of Reconnaissance and Recollection, an exhibit of photos produced by his unit including many images of civilian life in war-torn Europe that he took himself.
A repeat of his autumn 2003 exhibit at Bnai Zion House on E. 39th St. in Manhattan, Weinsteins exhibit at the National Museum of American Jewish Military History in Washington will open on a weekend that includes the dedication of the National World War II Memorial on the Mall in Washington.
At an interview this week in his Hallmark apartment decorated with his paintings, photos and models of World War II airplanes Weinstein reflected on the chain of wartime events and coincidences that shaped his life.
One of my closest friends in the 485th Bomber Group was a flight surgeon, Stanley Snitow, Weinstein recalled.
A member of Sy Weinsteins photographic unit took this picture of Venice from a plane 20,000 feet in the air.
The day before we were to sail for Italy on the same ship, a colonel on another Liberty ship, the Paul Hamilton, became sick and Stanley was transferred to the Hamilton to take care of him. I tried every which way to get on the same ship, but there was no room they had to put a cot in the colonels room so Stanley could stay with him. We went over in the same convoy and when we entered the Mediterranean a German torpedo plane hit the Hamilton. I was standing on deck and saw the ship blow up and sink every man on board, 600, were lost, Weinstein recalled.
After the war, Weinstein went to call on the Snitow family and met Dorothy Rosenberg, Stanleys cousin, who became his wife and the mother of their two sons. She died 10 years ago.
Another fateful event was at Haguenau in France, where Weinstein was the head of the Second Technical Photographic Unit of the Ninth Army Air Corps.
We heard explosions and screams from a bunch of my men who had gone on a picnic with their girlfriends and got into a minefield, Weinstein said. I got some guys together to bring them out and a little French girl, 16 years old, told me she saw the Germans laying the mines and thought she could remember where they were. She led us into the minefield and we got most of the people out. She saved my life, he said.
The Army decorated Weinstein for bravery in the minefield incident and the French government gave the girl, Cecile Wendling, a medal. I got a citation for saving peoples lives, not for killing anyone. Im glad about that, he said. Weinstein and his family have visited Cecile and her family several times over the years. Hes also made frequent trips with his family to Italy, where he made many friends during his service there.
When we got to Dachau, I couldnt do any of the photography myself. It was too gut-wrenching, Weinstein, who is Jewish, said. I had to get out of there. I really ran away.
Born in Brooklyn, Weinstein studied art and art education at Brooklyn College and at Columbia Teachers College. He was a substitute art teacher at Erasmus Hall High School when he was drafted soon after he turned 22. Stricken by polio when he was a child, his leg muscles were atrophied, but he was able to walk unaided and the Army put him on limited service in the Air Corps. Now he uses a walker to get around and a wheelchair for longer trips.
I was an art teacher, so they sent me to photo school the closest thing to art that they had at Lowery Air Base in Denver, Weinstein recalled. After six months, he became an instructor and eventually made the rank of staff sergeant. I came up with a concept for teaching bomber gunners how to identify enemy planes. We were using flash cards but I put a shutter on a projector that let us control how fast we changed the images. We got them to recognize planes almost instantaneously, in 250th of a second, he said.
After three years, the Army sent him to officers training at Yale. A lot of the guys I taught at Lowery wound up being my instructors at Yale, he recalled. As a second lieutenant, he was sent to Venosa, Italy near Naples in 1943 to run a photo unit for B-24 Liberator bombers.
Weinstein was in charge of supplying and maintaining cameras, making sure crews knew how to operate them and developing and printing combat and reconnaissance film when the crews returned from their missions. I had my own jeep and I was able to ride around the country and take pictures of civilians in small towns and farms. Any American in uniform with a camera attracted kids and families. I got to know a lot of people and made many friends in Italy I love the country, he said.
Weinstein made occasional flights to make sure bomber crews were using the cameras correctly. They let us go on milk runs, nothing very dangerous, he recalled. Weinstein also had to take photos of bombers that crashed on landing or take-off. He said he still remembers terrible sights of airmen emerging from crashed planes missing limbs.
In July 1944, a few weeks after the Normandy invasion, Weinstein was transferred to a photo unit with the forces preparing to land in southern France. We landed east of Marseilles two days after the first wave, and it seemed there wasnt a shot fired. There was no opposition and we didnt stop until we got to Haguenau, near Strasbourg, he said.
The unit then went to Sandshoe, Germany, where it was in charge of low-altitude photography. Weinstein made several flights in modified P-38 fighters to take aerial photos of ground installations. We went nose down to take shots but it felt like the ground rushing up instead, he recalled.
At the end of the war, he was assigned to teach art to G.I.s in Paris. It was there that he met the renowned French Expressionist painter Georges Rouault. Weinstein showed Rouault some of his paintings and was invited to paint in Rouaults studio. He was a great artist and a great guy, Weinstein remembered.
Art and photography run in the Weinstein family; his older son, Gerry, is a photographer who has had several shows. Gerry also runs the familys instrument manufacturing firm, General Hardware, located Downtown in Tribeca. Weinsteins younger son, Martin, is a painter who runs the not-for-profit Art In General gallery, also in Tribeca.
When I came back from Europe after the war, I was able to save about 2,000 negatives which were going to be dumped, Weinstein said. Those images, preserved and organized by Gerry Weinstein, are the source of the exhibit that opens in Washington, D.C. this week. A small part of those images is also in the permanent exhibit of the Bnai Zion House gallery at 136 E. 39th St. near Lexington Ave.
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How To Poach Chicken
Poaching a chicken (either whole or in parts) is a good way to get juicy, tender chicken without additional fats. Although I've personally never tried this, some people claim that poaching a chicken before roasting it gives you the moistest meat and crispest skin. I find that poached chicken works best for chicken salad, and makes a great cold chicken lunch the next day.
What You Need
Chicken, either whole or in parts
2 celery stalks, diced
1 onion, diced
2 carrots, diced
2 tsp. salt
15 black peppercorns
A pot big enough to hold the chicken so that it is submerged in liquid
1. Place all of the ingredients in the pot and bring the water to a boil.
2. Cover pot and reduce heat to a simmer. If cooking chicken parts, 15 minutes is enough. For a whole chicken, simmer for 45 minutes to a hour.
3. Check the chicken for doneness; it should be white, not pink. When the chicken is cooked, remove from the poaching liquid and let it rest for 10 minutes before carving.
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There should be no judging intent in open-records request
As we've said many times before in regard to, and in defense of, open records laws, government records are the people's records. The records belong to the citizens, any citizen, as much as they do the elected official or clerk who has temporary custody.
As such, there is no withholding those records from a citizen who lawfully requests them. Especially not based on what someone in government perceives to be the intent of the person making the request. Which is why a recent state Court of Appeals ruling with regard to government records is troubling.
The Court of Appeals ruled earlier this month that the Milwaukee school board acted appropriately when it denied a request for an employee's attendance and disciplinary records from a man accused of abusing her. The employee had obtained a restraining order against Korry Ardell in the past, and the board said it worried about her safety, The Associated Press reported.
The appeals court said records custodians rightfully considered Ardell's history when denying his request. Ardell's attorney, Rebecca Mason, said that had not been allowed in the past and the decision changed state law.
"We're setting a precedent where you could have a custodian who doesn't agree with a media outlet or a particular citizen's viewpoint and ... deny the request," Mason said. "That is not supported anywhere in the case law and it is a slippery slope."
The woman obtained a restraining order against Ardell in July 2008. He violated it twice by sending the woman text messages and he served three months in jail. But he was free and the order had expired when he filed his open records request in November 2012.
Wisconsin law denies access to most public records to people who are incarcerated. The appeals court said Ardell's history put him in the same category as inmates even though he wasn't in jail and had never been criminally charged with abuse.
"Ardell's violent history with the MBSD employee ... align him more closely with the class of persons statutorily denied access to public records for all safety reasons, that is, committed and incarcerated persons," the appeals court wrote in a decision upholding a May 2013 lower court ruling. Ardell told The Associated Press he sought the records to show the employee wasn't credible and that she was abusing sick leave and employee benefits.
While allegations of Ardell's "violent history" with the employee are to be taken seriously, we fail to see how Ardell obtaining the employee's attendance and disciplinary record endangers the employee. But the more far-reaching issue is the precedent set, as we agree with Mason, Ardell's attorney, that the Court of Appeals decision puts power in the hands of records custodians that they should not have.
If you're a Republican and the city clerk is a Democrat, is that reason enough for the clerk to deny your open-records request regarding another Democrat? Of course not. But the Court of Appeals appears to have established a precedent where the city clerk in this scenario is allowed to divine the intent of the request before agreeing to hand over what, again, are the people's documents. That hypothetical Republican — and, of course, you could reverse the party affiliations — is exercising his or her rights under Wisconsin open-records law to examine government activities for whatever purpose.
At the heart of the idea of the concept of government in sunshine, that government records are the people's records, is a standing reminder that those in government work for you. You don't have to have voted for them to remind them of that fact.
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Before "Anything Goes" hits road, a history lesson
NEW YORK (AP) -- There was no Labor Day holiday for the cast and crew of the national touring company of "Anything Goes."
While most of Broadway was snoozing this past Monday morning, director and choreographer Kathleen Marshall stood up shortly after 10 a.m. in a lounge in the American Airlines Theatre to welcome the group who will be taking her show on the road.
"Thank you all. This is an amazing company," she said. "We could open this company in New York next week. I mean, this is fantastic. We are so lucky to have you all here."
Marshall, who won a Tony Award for choreographing the Broadway version that closed this summer after more than 520 performances, had handpicked the touring team and wanted to share what she'd learned.
"This show sort of unrolls like a series of delights and surprises for an audience. You don't know what's going to come next," she said. "We get to allow people to escape into this world and hopefully go out again with a little extra energy and an extra pep in their step."
The yearlong tour of "Anything Goes" kicks off Oct. 2 in Cleveland and then sails to Michigan, Tennessee, Arizona, California, Nevada, Texas, Florida, North Carolina, Arkansas, Pennsylvania, Minnesota, Missouri, Washington, D.C., upstate New York and Toronto.
The silly 1930s musical about a crazy group of people who find themselves on a ship crossing the Atlantic features most of Cole Porter's best songs, including "You're the Top," "I Get a Kick Out of You," "Blow, Gabriel, Blow" and "Anything Goes." Sutton Foster and Joel Grey starred in the Broadway version, which was produced by the Roundabout Theatre Company.
"What I love about this show is that it all takes place within a few days on a ship," she said. "It behaves like a classic farce -- it takes a bunch of wonderful, vivid, interesting and compelling characters and puts them in one place over a short period of time."
Led by Rachel York and Fred Applegate, it's the Roundabout's second tour -- and first musical -- since the nonprofit company was formed in 1965, and producers say it will be pretty much what people saw on Broadway.
"It was such a joyous experience for us that to be able to bring that to the country is a turn-on," said Todd Haimes, the Roundabout's artistic director. "Whenever any of us at the theater were depressed, we used to walk over to 'Anything Goes' and watch it for a half-hour and it would cheer us up."
York, a Broadway veteran ("City of Angels," "Les Miserables") who starred opposite Julie Andrews in "Victor/Victoria," plays Reno Sweeney, a familiar role.
York also played it in an Ovation Award-winning production of "Anything Goes" at the Reprise Theatre Company in Los Angeles in 2002 and again in a Starlight Theatre production in Kansas City, Mo., in 2009.
"It's a role that's always fit me like a glove, I think," says York, who has previously toured with "Kiss Me, Kate" and "Camelot" and played Cruella de Vil in "The 101 Dalmatians Musical" tour. "And I get to put on my tap shoes again."
This time, York will be bringing someone special -- her 18-month-old daughter. She's looking forward to playing Los Angeles, where much of her family has relocated, and she's just hired a wonderful nanny to help with child care on the road. "Her name is Mary Poppins," York jokes.
After the group welcome and before the cast and crew go off to a run-through of the musical, Marshall asked everyone gathered around to introduce themselves, from costumers to the swings. She then offered, without notes, a history lesson of her baby.
Marshall told the 40-odd assembled cast and crew that the farce originated on Broadway in 1934 starring Ethel Merman and the original plot had a bomb onboard the ship. A real-life deadly accident off the New Jersey coast forced a rewrite a month before rehearsals.
It was a hit, and Merman reprised her role a few years later in a movie version opposite Bing Crosby. Then there was another movie in 1956 also with Crosby, Donald O'Connor and Mitzi Gaynor, but with a different plot.
There was a 1962 off-Broadway version that incorporated other Porter songs like "It's De-lovely" and another in 1987 at Lincoln Center. All versions -- film and stage -- had a few common elements: All took place on a boat and all had the songs "You're the Top," "Anything Goes" and "I Get a Kick Out of You."
Marshall said the version that delighted Broadway in 2011 -- and will be captured for the tour -- is largely based on the 1987 version, with new arrangements and orchestrations and a tweaked book.
"A lot of people think of 'Anything Goes' as the beginning of the classic modern musical era, leaving the world of operetta behind. A lot of musicals from the '20s had one foot still in operetta and this was taking us forward into the world of classic musical comedy."
The history lesson over, Marshall then addressed the costumes the cast will be wearing, showing off drawings of the metallic and silver gowns, formal suits and the blue-and-white sportswear all will wear onboard.
Marshall reminded the group that "Anything Goes" is set in the 1930s, a dressy time when men would change for dinner from a suit to a tuxedo. She recounted that Fred Astaire, when he was doing Broadway, would look out at the audience and know that his show was nearing its end when he'd see audience in regular tuxedoes, not white tie and tails.
"That meant it was getting a little bit more casual. It was heading toward the end of the run because they're not bothering to dress in white tie and tails," said Marshall.
"Wait until we get to Florida," cracked one member of the company.
"Exactly," said Marshall. "We'll be lucky if they're wearing a shirt."
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Emmys 2012: 40 big snubs
Every year I look at the Emmy nomination list and, as the coffee begins to clear my head, I realize that some actors or show--several actually--are missing from the list. Here are 40 notable snubs, some of which I'm not necessarily upset about, but I am surprised ("Glee" for example). Others, however, I don't understand (no love again for "Sons of Anarchy's" fine cast). Tell me what you think in the comments. Curt Wagner, RedEye's Show Patrol READ: List of major Emmy nominations READ: My knee-jerk reactions to Emmy noms
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Dr. Arnett, Professor and Chair of Epidemiology at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, is a cardiovascular genetic epidemiologist who serves as Principal Investigator for multiple observation and interventional family-based studies. A prime focus of her work is to identify genetic and genomic determinants of drug response. She is principal investigator of the Genetics of Hypertension Associated Treatments, ancillary to the ALLHAT (Antihypertensive and Lipid Lowering Heart Attack Trial), which is determining whether genetic variation within blood pressure regulating genes interacts with the type of antihypertensive therapy (diuretic, ACE inhibitor, calcium antagonist, or alpha blocker) to modify the occurrence of fatal and non-fatal myocardial infarction in more than 40,000 high-risk hypertensive participants followed an average of 4.2 years. She is also PI of the Genetics and Environmental Determinants of Triglycerides, which seeks to identify genomic regions that contribute to the interindividual variation in response of lipids and lipoprotein particles to a short-term trial with fenofibrate. A second aim is to characterize variation in the PPARalpha gene, the target for fenofibrate, and to determine whether variants within this gene affect the magnitude of triglyceride lowering with treatment. A third aim is to identify genomic regions contributing to the lipid response to a high fat meal. Recruitment and phenotypic characterization of families is currently underway. Another major focus of Dr. Arnett's work is gene discovery. One study aimed to identify genes contributing to cardiovascular traits is the Genetics of Left Ventricular Hypertrophy. Ancillary to the HyperGEN study, this study is currently characterizing four genomic regions with evidence for linkage for a variety of echocardiographic phenotypes. Resequencing postional candidate genes is underway. As part of the Family Blood Pressure Program, Dr. Arnett coordinates the echocardiography component, overseeing operations in 4 different networks, in addition to leading the scientific agenda for left ventricular hypertrophy. Dr. Arnett has experience in mentoring students from diverse educational and ethnic backgrounds. In addition to the pre- and post-doctoral training listed, Dr. Arnett participated in the Minority Summer Internship at the University of Minnesota where she mentored African American students during the summer (1999-2003). Dr. Arnett also served as Principal Investigator for the T32 Training Grant in Cardiovascular Genetic Epidemiology while at the University of Minnesota. Dr. Arnett is a long-term Tahoe Faculty member, having lead both the "general genetics" lecture and also the "genetic in cardiovascular studies lectures." This Tahoe experience, along with her expertise and understanding of the application of genetics in a trials framework, ensures her substantial contribution the program.
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