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Mobile payments as the name suggests, is simply making payments through your mobile phone. The concept is fairly known now considering almost ALL leading vendors and merchants are adapting to this new mode of payment.
But for novices, Mobile Payments are payments using the NFC chip in your smart phone and simply tapping it to NFC Reader at the payment counter.
Believe me; it is as easy as it sounds! A pre-requisite however is to have your E-wallets (or service/application that bridges your financial information with the NFC payment reader and authorizes the withdrawal amount of your secure transaction).
So what do you gain by making payments through your mobile device? Let me paint certain facts which you probably are still unfamiliar with about NFC payment:
You Gain Security
Contrary to what many people think, mobile payments are more secure than making transaction through your credit card. First all data is transferred through encryption so the merchants cannot gain access to your information. Secondly, it uses pin code security so only you have the key or password to your money.
Additionally, try making an online payment through credit card where you have to enter each and every detail of your account to the merchant's website. Now, with mobile payments, you have the additional layer of masking your account information through the e wallet that has your personal financial information safe inside. Thus, mobile payments are a much secure option.
Gained Consumer Options
With the option of making payments through your mobile phone, you have the benefit of NOT carrying cash at all. Say you are shop keeper who has NFC reader installed. Your customers now can no longer say that they can't buy because they don't have the money. In the same sense, if you're a purchaser, you need not worry about keeping cash everywhere.
Moreover, remember from a customer's point of view, sometimes your credit card may be declined if there is a problem at the bank or you cannot remember your pin. With this NFC technology, you have the option of linking more than one financial institute with your phone. Even if your cell phone battery is dead, remember the NFC chip within your smart phone is capable of operating with your cell phone switched off.
Better Financial Protection against Theft
The risk of physical theft is always present, be it your wallet or your mobile phone. In case of robbery, a credit card is simpler to use at payment counters (as it requires a signature and that's it). However, your NFC device is much safer! In a comparable scenario, your NFC device would not let anyone make a purchase without a PIN code that is still safe with you. Hence, the chip in your phone prevents accidental or intentional tampering and will deny unauthorized access.
Buying Choices Tapped Through Your Present Location
Would it not be nice to know the best deals, best food, and discounts, compare prices or simply buy cheaper grocery when you are within a shopping area? Well, this reality will hit big by 2015. In a poll conducted by Mobile Payments Today, examining the customer shopping trends, 25% customers agree that they would like to know more as they enter a shopping mall.
You Do Not Carry Your Wallet
NFC uses RFID tags that not only allow you to make electronic payments but also stores info about saving tokens, giveaways and customer loyalty card and applies them whenever expenditures are made. Check out how a journalist was able to live one whole month with no wallet.
Gain Savings By Not Over Spending
This is where NFC gets genuinely strong. It not only handovers your money to merchants and keeps your coinage secure; the applications using NFC can offer details of your spending, your shopping routines and customs.
Gain Contacts and Social Feeds
While we will never run of commercial cards, NFC chips have the feature of storing information of your contacts so you can network fearlessly.
Gain Access Control
Who among us has not lost keys your station or residence? NFC-enabled phones allow us to open our locked doors. Users of the NFC just move their cellular device, instead of an authorization card, at a reading device, as a permit for access to workrooms, work spot, dwelling or other closed areas.


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He is director of the French Center on the U.S. at the French Institute for International Relations in Paris. He formerly was head of external relations at NATO and prepared a French Ministry of Defense study on the future of the Atlantic alliance. In this interview, he discusses the misunderstandings and fractures in the U.S.-French relationship in the months leading up to the Iraq war, noting in particular the rift that developed between Colin Powell and French Foreign Minister Dominique de Villepin. Parmentier also explains the reasons behind France's opposition to the war and President Chirac's personal motivation in taking a determined anti-war stance. This interview was conducted on March 13, 2003.
When did the French-American relationship start to go wrong?
On Sept. 12, 2001, the NATO nations decided to invoke Article V of the NATO treaty. It is a sort of Three Musketeers article -- "one for all, all for one." And it was the first time in NATO history that it had been invoked. It had been meant to make sure that the Americans were coming to the rescue of the Europeans, but in fact it was invoked [following Sept. 11] for the first time for America by the Europeans.
America's reaction to this, instead of being welcoming, was fairly dismissive, and in fact, sometimes close to contemptuous. The reason for that was Kosovo.
In Kosovo, what happened was that the Americans had drawn the conclusion that NATO was too multilateral, and the Europeans had drawn the conclusion that NATO was too unilateral, that the military planning was done entirely by the Americans. The Americans realized that the political bodies of the alliance, the NATO council, tried to micromanage the military operations themselves.
The Americans were very worried that NATO would make their campaign in Afghanistan too politically controlled. Therefore, instead of being sort of thankful [for the invocation of Article V], saying, "No, thank you, we'd rather do that ourselves; we've been attacked." They were fairly openly contemptuous of the ability of the Europeans to help. Of course, that was difficult to take for the leaders of European countries.
So I think this was a bad signal, and clearly it played a role in what happened after that.
Sept. 12, 2002, the following year, George Bush makes his speech on the Iraq threat at the U.N. How was that received here?
The speech given by President Bush was very well received in France, because it seemed to indicate that the American administration had understood that in order to pursue its goals of disarmament against Iraq, it had to go through the proper processes of international community. In France, that is of great importance.
We think that it is conducive to good behavior worldwide, that countries are not going to decide that this or that of their neighbors is doing badly and therefore has to be punished, which would create a lot of disorder and indeed war. But also because France, being a permanent member of the Security Council, has a national interest in the Security Council being taken seriously.
There were then protracted negotiations over Resolution 1441. What was the basic French goal in those negotiations?
Dominique de Villepin and President Chirac made a conscious decision to support Colin Powell in these negotiations against the hard-liners in the U.S. administration, who didn't want to go through the United Nations. The idea was to try and make sure that there was no automatic trigger, but that the aim of disarmament was pursued in earnest.
France has always been serious about disarming Iraq. We indeed complained that we were not participating enough in the inspections between 1991 and 1998. The idea being that it gave a certain amount of balance to the inspection teams, and also that it made it less difficult politically for Saddam Hussein to yield when there were French and Russian inspectors than when the inspections were dominated by Americans and Brits.
Was Resolution 1441 a victory for the French?
I think the French press represented it in this way. I think that that was not really very helpful. It was a victory for international law. It was a victory for the kind of international system that France [and] also the U.S. wants -- a system that is managed by a certain number of responsible countries and not dominated by a single country.
Some Americans, of course, would prefer the international system to be dominated by a single country, but that was not the case for Colin Powell. Colin Powell has drawn from his Gulf War experience the conclusion that coalitions are more effective than a single country, and he's stuck to that, at least until mid-January.
What's your understanding of what happens on Jan. 20, 2003?
That day we have a meeting of the Security Council, which is supposed to be dealing with terrorism. January 20 is also Martin Luther King Day and it is therefore a day when Colin Powell was expected to do the rounds in the United States. The French foreign minister, Dominique de Villepin, who at the time enjoyed a very good relationship with Colin Powell, prevailed upon Colin Powell to participate in the Security Council meeting on terrorism at the ministerial level.
Many principals in the U.S. administration didn't want him to participate because they felt that terrorism was something that they could handle themselves and the Security Council should not be too involved. ... But Colin Powell, having trusted Dominique de Villepin, decides that he should go.
He goes. The meeting is chaired by Dominique de Villepin. And Joschka Fischer, the German foreign minister, decides to move the subject from terrorism to Iraq and launches, apparently, a sort of tirade against the United States on Iraq.
Now, this is in a context where the impression in Paris and in Berlin [at that time] is that Colin Powell has joined the war camp. He's got fed up with the international negotiations and decided that the only way to disarm Iraq is to go through military means. That takes place around mid-January [a time when] the French are a little annoyed, because the language of the United States concerning the military buildup in the Gulf changes around mid-January.
Before that, it was described as strengthening the hand of the international community and of the U.S. in forcing Saddam Hussein to disarm, which is a perfectly reasonable thing. After mid-January, it is described as making war inevitable. ...
That, of course, doesn't go down well in Paris. We remember that justifying war by military buildup is what started the First World War -- not a particularly good omen -- and therefore Paris gets a little annoyed. Therefore, the idea that one needs to support Colin Powell, come what may, is weaker than was the case before.
[So], Dominique de Villepin allows the meeting to develop with that basis. After the meeting there is a press conference organized by the Quai d'Orsay for the delegation to the U.N., the French foreign minister and there, in his rather flamboyant way, Villepin talks about Iraq and criticizes the United States. That doesn't go down well with Colin Powell, who has the impression that he has been -- to use the expression that many Americans use -- "sandbagged," or that he fell into a trap.
That certainly was not Villepin's intention. There's no question about that. He wanted the meeting to deal with terrorism, even though, of course, allusions to Iraq could be made, especially since the Americans are trying to establish a link between the two -- a link that we do not believe in. So that created a much more difficult relationship between the two men, unquestionably.
What's your instinct? Do you think that Powell became a hawk as a result of that meeting? Or do you think that meeting went that way because he'd already become a hawk?
Well, I think that he had become a hawk before. But he was less inclined after the meeting to listen to the French and other arguments in favor of moderation than he was before because he felt that he had fallen into a trap.
What drives the French government's opposition to this war?
The key point is a point of principle. These operations should not be done by a single country, otherwise this or that country will try and take advantage of what the Americans have done, probably with less benevolent intentions -- to put an end to the regime of the country next door, or whatever -- and that is very dangerous.
Second reason is that we have a real concern for the fate of the greater Middle East, including North Africa. We have historical relations with that part of the world for a very, very long time. France has traditionally been the protectors of the Christians in the Middle East for more than 1,000 years. So clearly we have a feeling that we can't let this part of the world become even more unstable than it is today.
The key issue as far as this is concerned is not Iraq. Most of the Arabs don't care a straw about Saddam Hussein. They know perfectly well how bad he is. I mean, that's not a great discovery. They care about the fact that there is a very different attitude towards Israel, [which] has thwarted many U.N. Security Council resolutions, and [towards] Iraq, [which] has thwarted many Security Council resolutions as well.
They want a bit of balance. The attitude of the present American administration that has clamored that Mr. Sharon was a man of peace -- which must have surprised not only many people, but also Mr. Sharon himself, who I think believes that he is a man of war, not a man of peace -- this attitude has been very unhelpful in this respect.
So if you add to that [this perception] in the Arab world, rightly or wrongly, of a lopsided attitude towards an Arab leader, however bad he might be, then you run the risk of creating a backlash against the United States, but also against the West. We take this very seriously, especially because the Middle East is part of us. We also have a large North African community here, which has behaved very impeccably during the Gulf War. But this time things may be a little different -- not because of Iraq -- because of intifada, because of the rather sorry state of Israeli-Palestinian relations.
In France, there's no question that the Palestinians are seen as being the injured party, the David against the Israeli Goliath. I know that, of course, in the U.S., it's seen the other way round. But certainly there is a discrepancy between the French and indeed European attitude on this and the American attitude.
Does President Chirac have personal motives, a view of himself, his own place in history and so on?
I think that's difficult to say. Clearly, President Chirac's first mandate was difficult. The first two years were difficult because of the social upheaval. The five years that followed were difficult because his prime minister didn't agree with him politically.
So clearly his re-election gives him a chance to make a mark. I don't think, frankly, this is the reason why he's doing this. He's doing this because he has a genuine concern for the Middle East. He's always had that; that is not new. He sees this as a make-or-break event for the international system. If the international system becomes one where countries can, without reference to the United Nations Security Council, decide on this or that political structure in neighboring countries and other countries, life would become very dangerous.
I mean, we are no longer in a perfect system of Westphalia, the system which established the nation states. But still the idea that we can interfere in other countries' domestic politics without an emergency, especially a humanitarian emergency, is something which would be exceedingly dangerous and that we have to be very wary of.
As the moment of truth looms in January and as the buildup in the Gulf intensifies, did you expect Chirac to cave ultimately? I think it's certainly true that was a general perception, is it not?
No. That was the perception in the English-speaking press. But I don't think there was any chance of his giving in. The reality was that if the inspectors had come in with a report saying that the inspections were not working satisfactorily, France would have gone to war. There's no question about that. That is the correct interpretation of Resolution 1441, and France would have implemented Resolution 1441. I have no doubt about that.
But given the fact that the inspectors not only think that the inspections can work but have given themselves and have given the Security Council a program of inspections which they say will bring Iraqi disarmament, [we] believe that this is a better method than going to war early.
But that's the other big American point of frustration, isn't it? The alternative policy on Iraq was containment, and the U.S. argument is that it was France and Russia who undermined containment.
I don't think France ever undermined containment. We sometimes had different viewpoints from that of the Americans, no question about it. But having been associated with some of the inspections and I can tell you that France was taking its role very seriously, even though sometimes we disagreed with the United States, which, after all, is not something that is morally unacceptable.
Do you understand American frustration at all? Their sense is they're always the ones that have to come and sort out the world, and the Europeans are merely obstacles.
Traditionally the Americans had a conception of foreign policy that was based upon conviction before coercion. They were always ready to use coercion, and that's entirely legitimate and normal. But their great strength historically was that they were able to convince other countries that it was in their interest to follow the Americans.
What they're losing today is this ability to convince. What is happening today is that the Americans haven't tried to convince the leaders of Europe. They've just said, "Well, you're not reasonable. You're not useful. We're not interested. We want to get rid of this problem, and we will, in whatever way."
Until the end of the fall of 2002, the Americans were I think taking their role seriously in trying to create a genuine coalition. After mid-January, I'm afraid that they have lost all hope or desire to build a serious international coalition, except one that obeys American orders come what may -- and that's not a coalition.
Are you essentially saying that this now is really not about Iraq but about America? Is it the fear that we're moving towards the situation of an American empire?
On the one hand, it's about America. On the other, it's about the Middle East. I agree with you that Iraq should not be handled separately. Iraq is an epi-phenomenon. It's important, but there are many other important issues, including in the field of proliferation. Countries such as Pakistan, Iran -- North Korea to a lesser extent, but a serious extent -- are every bit as serious and in fact, much more serious than Iraq in this respect. Iraq is essentially a spent force. It was a very dangerous country in the early 1990s, when we were all helping it. Especially since the inspections between 1991 and 1998, it has become a spent force. So we should not take it separately. In fact, I think we should look at the future of Iraq.
In my book, no serious, genuine, bona fide leader of Iraq will want to abandon weapons of mass destruction, because Iran has them, Israel has them, Pakistan, which is not that far away, has them and spreads them and sells them to all and sundry. Therefore a reasonable leader of Iraq will find it very difficult to relinquish these weapons. I'm not saying that this is right. What I'm saying is that if we want to handle this issue, we want to handle it much more globally and regionally than just looking at Iraq. So that's a serious issue.
Second issue is that of the United States. Of course the United States has, on the whole, benevolent intentions. But you know, power corrupts. Absolute power corrupts absolutely. That is true in the domestic field. It is true in the international field.
And the Americans have developed through their constitution a way of organizing checks and balances on the domestic level. They have developed, through internationalism, a way of organizing checks and balances on the international scale. This is what gave them incredible strength, because it allowed people to adhere to the American model, to become, in a sense, partners, friends of America, without needing to be coerced into becoming so. Well, that's what the United States runs a serious risk of losing in the present circumstances by being so heavy-handed, so unilateralist, so, if I may say, nationalistic.
Would President Chirac have maintained his position and stood firm in the way he has if he hadn't had Germany with him?
That's impossible to tell, but it would have been more difficult unquestionably if Germany had been less critical of the U.S. Germany was more critical of the U.S. than France was. I mean, Germany refused to envisage any recourse to war. In fact, it refused to envisage even voting for a resolution authorizing force, which France never did. France was always ready to go to war, as long as it was proven that other means had failed.
So it is clear that this provided France, so to speak, with an extremist country that was even further away from the U.S. What is interesting is that Germany is less criticized than France in the United States, even though its position was much more critical of the United States and far less compatible with that of the United States. But still I think that the French would not have been in a position to pursue this if it hadn't been for the very strong support that Germany gave the French position.
Final question. Where does this whole thing leave NATO and the U.N.?
NATO was badly damaged by the Kosovo war -- the idea that NATO was too multilateral for the Americans, too unilateral for the Europeans. The idea that NATO's American military bodies were trying to do a political job, and the NATO political bodies were trying to do the military job -- all of this meant that this organization wasn't working. It's a great pity, in fact, that advantage was not taken of the collapse of the Warsaw Pact to reorganize NATO in a way that would really put it on a sound basis to organize a transatlantic relationship out of the Cold War. Many people are responsible for that. But I think that NATO really has a very, very difficult future ahead of it.
And the fact that Article V was not even taken seriously by the Americans is a very serious issue for NATO. It's an existential question.
The U.N. is in a difficult position. If the U.S. refuses to use the U.N. Security Council when crises are forthcoming, then it will create a serious problem for the system that the Americans created. I think frankly that the Americans, by dividing NATO deeply, perhaps irretrievably, by weakening the U.N. Security Council, and by dividing the E.U., have weakened the three international institutions upon which they had built their foreign policy since the end of the Second World War.
A very heavy price to pay for putting an end to a tin pot dictator in a far-off part of the world who could be contained by other means.
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Washington — Fallon Community Health Plan (FCHP) and VNA Care Network & Hospice announced today a joint venture to acquire Worcester-based Home Staff, a privately held, home supportive services agency that provides a variety of in-home services from four offices inMassachusetts. The new company will be called Home Staff, LLC. Financial terms of the agreement were not disclosed.
The health and wellness of the communities we serve is of vital importance to us, and our new partnership with VNA Care Network & Hospice gives us even more opportunities to provide critical services to residents in Massachusetts, said Eric H. Schultz, President and CEO, Fallon Community Health Plan. Together, we have the ability to offer an innovative approach to long term care.
Home Staff, which was founded in 1977, has cultivated a reputation of delivering the highest quality care to its clients. Their 370-plus employees currently provide nearly 400,000 hours of services annually to clients in Massachusetts. With locations in Worcester, Centerville,Leominster and West Springfield, the Home Staff team of experienced, compassionate home care professionals provides support services to help patients in their home. These services include personal care, cleaning, errands, escorts to medical appointments and respite/companionship. These and many other care-related services are available up to 24 hours, seven days a week.
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ACHP represents innovative health plans and provider organizations that continually strive to deliver the highest quality health care, improve the health of their patients, maximize patient satisfaction, and reduce per capita health care costs. ACHP members consistently rank as among America's best plans at delivering affordable, high-quality coverage and care to their communities. ACHP health plans have deep roots in the communities they serve, and provide health insurance and coverage to over 15 million individuals in the United States. Drawing on years of experience, members collaborate, share strategies and best practices, and work toward solutions to some of the biggest challenges in health care delivery and policy. More information is available at www.achp.org.
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Founded in 1977, Fallon Community Health Plan provides health care services designed to meet the unique and changing needs of all we serve. FCHP is the only health plan inMassachusetts that is both an insurer and provider of care. Its product portfolio includes a variety of group and individual health plan options (HMO, POS, PPO, Medicaid and Medicare Advantage plans) featuring flexible and innovative benefit designs. It administers fully-insured and self-insured funding arrangements with customized services for employers. Its uniquely developed provider networks offer high-quality, cost-effective, coordinated care and give our members access to doctors and hospitals throughout Massachusetts. It also offer a broad spectrum of services and programs to ensure our members, at every stage of life, remain as healthy and productive as possible. FCHP is a provider of care through its Summit ElderCare program, an advanced and completely integrated program that offers seniors and their caregivers an alternative to nursing home placement. Its continued commitment to deliver high-quality health care and exceptional customer service has earned FCHP consistent ratings as one of the nations top health plans, and in 2007, placed our Medicare and Medicaid health plans as the best in the nation. FCHP is the only health plan in Massachusetts to have been awarded Excellent Accreditation by the National Committee for Quality Assurance for our HMO, Medicare Advantage and Medicaid products. More information is available at www.fchp.org.


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It's true that love conquers all, I don't know
Desertion makes it a bitter torment
and torture and the day feels like a year
Love came to me without an
appointment it's sweetness ever increasing
I didn't suppose that one day it would take me away
My heart wishes for joy
I return and my whole heart is injured
How I wonder?
Has this happened
Without me knowing
A glance, I was considering it a greeting, it passed quickly
I experienced in it promises, vows, repulsion and pain
Promises that were not sincere or upheld
Vows with the one who cannot be trusted
Patience for his shame and deprivation of me
And as long as I say 'that's it I'm done'
I say 'oh Lord make it more intense for me' as well
How I wonder?
Has this happened
Without me knowing
Oh my heart ah
Love ah
Grief and pain
I am remorseful and repent
And upon all that will be
There is no benefit in remorse
If only I could choose
I am living between heaven and hell
My day is night and my night is day
The people of love prescribed a cure for me
I found the cure intensified in sadness
How I wonder?
Has this happened
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Kellie Pickler Isn't Going Hollywood on Next Album Despite "Dancing" Success
Kellie Pickler may be the toast of Hollywood as a frontrunner on Dancing with the Stars this season, but fans can expect nothing but country music from the singer on her upcoming album. The lead single from that project, "Someone, Somewhere Tonight," is due to hit the airwaves soon, and Kellie says the new album should be out this fall.
She tells Rolling Stone, "It's country -- it's Kellie country. I have that crying pedal steel. I grew up on traditional country."
For now, fans can catch Kellie showing off her moves on the dance floor Monday night at 8 ET on ABC's Dancing with the Stars.
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Fifty-seventh General Assembly
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37th Meeting (AM)
The Second Committee (Economic and Financial) approved an oral decision this morning by which the plenary of the General Assembly would consider the follow-up to the outcome of the special session on Children at its fifty-eighth session.
Also this morning, the representative of Venezuela, on behalf of the Group of 77 and China, introduced three draft resolutions, saying that the first, on public administration and development (document A/C.2/57/L.39), designated 23 June as United Nations Public Service Day. He also expressed appreciation to Morocco for its offer to host the upcoming Global Forum, to be held in Marrakech next month.
Introducing the second draft, on the report of the Governing Council of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) on its seventh special session (document A/C.2/57/L.40), he said it recognized that establishing universal membership of the Programme's Governing Council/Global Ministerial Environment Forum required thorough analysis by the United Nations system and reaffirmed UNEP's role as the principal environmental body within the Organization, which should consider the needs of developing countries in carrying out its mandate. The draft also included guidelines applying to UNEP's work and important measures to be taken in pursuing environmental work in general.
He said that the third draft, on the World Summit on Sustainable Development (document A/C.2/57/L.38), noted that the international community had made new efforts at Johannesburg to implement Agenda 21, as it had planned to do after the Rio Summit in 1992. The text welcomed the Johannesburg Declaration and Plan of Implementation, and urged governments to take concrete action in following up and implementing the Summit outcome within its time-bound targets.
The representative of Tajikistan introduced a fourth draft resolution, on activities undertaken in preparation for the International Year of Freshwater, 2003 (document A/C.2/57/L.41), by which all States, relevant international organizations and major groups are encouraged to support and expand activities in preparing for the Year. The text also encouraged concerned organizations to raise awareness of the importance of freshwater in satisfying basic human needs, and for general economic and social development.
In other business this morning, Jacques Fomerand, Director of the United Nations University Office in New York introduced the Secretary-General's report on that institution (document A/57/589), saying that it focused on the University's contributions to global United Nations conferences; its participation in United Nations intergovernmental standing processes, particularly those of the Economic and Social Council and the Second Committee; sustainable governance; and interaction between the University and the United Nations system.
The Second Committee will meet again at a date and time to be announced in the United Nations Journal.
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Are Bears Colorblind?
Bears are NOT colorblind.
More Info: In various studies, scientists have concluded that both black bears and polar bears can see colors. Since much of the diet of many bears consists of fruits and berries, being able to see color probably aids in their search for food.
Tests with Black Bears
Researchers from the University of Tennessee came to the conclusion that black bears can discriminate between different shades of the same color. Two bears were conditioned to associate food with a specific color, one with shade of blue and the other with shade of green. Researchers made sure that colored food containers were sealed tightly to prevent the bears from using their outstanding sense of smell.
After the bears learned which container color meant food, the researchers used identical containers in differing shades. Each bear had little problem distinguishing between similarly shaded containers.
Since colorblind people often see colors as different shades of gray, the study did its best to ensure that the different colored containers would all be perceived as a single shade of gray. In the case that the bears were color blind, they would not be able to use shades of gray to determine which container to choose.
Reviewing the project, the researchers compared studies done with other animals. They noted that color identification was clear and that the bears learned very rapidly, choosing with few errors. They noted that the bears learned more rapidly than chimpanzees and as fast as dogs. The study indicated that color perception is probably an important part of the bear's visual perception.
Tests with Polar Bears
Tests done with captive polar bears were very similar. Ice blocks of different colors were thrown into the enclosure. The bears quickly learned which block colors consistently contained food and which colors were consistently empty.
Not only did the bears perform better than pure guesswork would account for, when the colors were reversed, the bears quickly discovered the change and quickly made the change to the new color.
"Testing Bears' Color Vision, Alaska Department of Fish and Game." Home Page, Alaska Department of Fish and Game. N.p., n.d. Web. 1 Nov. 2012. http://www.adfg.alaska.gov/index.cfm?adfg=wildlifenews.view_article&articles_id=136&issue_id=25
Brown, Gary. "Senses of the Black Bear." Black Bear Viewing at the Vince Shute Wildlife Sanctuary – The American Bear Association. N.p., n.d. Web. 1 Nov. 2012. http://www.americanbear.org/senses.htm


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So I've been dating this guy for about a month now. He's a great guy and I really like him.
About a 2 months ago I broke up with my exboyfriend of a year and a half. Less than a month later my current boyfriend broke up with his girlfriend of a year and a half too.
My ex is now over me, finally.
His is still hung up on him and text messaging him all the time. He says he hates it but now hes starting to answer back. I think he's thinking he could be friends with her.
She sent me a message saying she will always love him, etc. She also came off very crazy to me.
I don't know what to do, but I'm afraid shes just going to try and ruin us, which is the last thing i want. But I'm also afraid to tell him i dont like her texting him all the time because of how new we are. can anyone relate or help me out?
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She still loves him and needs more time to give him up completely.
You should talk with him about this subject and find out how things are going between them. You don't want their former fire to blaze up again.
Be supportive and understanding of his problem and give him good advice on how to sever the tie between them. This might include offering to remain friends.
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May 6, 1939
Free Press straw vote will feature reelection
ONE of the liveliest political topics of the day, and one on which virtually everyone has an opinion, is the reelection of President Quezon. Advocated intermittently almost from the day Mr. Quezon took his oath of office, the reelection issue assumed formidable shape last week when Assemblyman Quintin Paredes openly sponsored it. The Philippines Herald whooped things up by advocating reelection in a front page editorial. Several assemblymen have prepared bills to amend the Constitution. And for the first time, President Quezon has remained significantly silent.
The national assembly, by a vote of three-fourths of all its members, may propose an amendment to the Constitution or call a convention for that purpose. Such an amendment must be approved by a majority of the votes cast at an election, at which the amendment is submitted to the people for ratification. It must also be submitted to the President of the United States for approval. If the latter approves the amendment or fails to disapprove it within six months from the time of its submission, the amendment shall take effect as part of the Constitution.
Feeling that the issue of reelecting President Quezon is a very vital one, and realizing that in the final analysis it is the Filipino people who must decide whether or not President Quezon will be reelected, the Free Press has decided to conduct a scientific, nationwide straw vote on this issue.
This weekend, 12,500 ballots will be mailed to responsible, property-owning citizens in every province in the Philippines. The ballots are apportioned among the provinces on the basis of the population of each province, as reported by the census taken this year. Due to the extra political strength of Manila, an additional 700 ballots are being distributed in the capital. The answers will be tabulated as soon as they are received and published in forthcoming issues of the Free Press.
On each ballot is the question: "Do you think the Philippine Constitution should be amended to permit the reelection of President Quezon?" Votes may be registered either as "Yes" or "No." On each ballot will be typed the name of the province to which it is sent, but this is merely for the purpose of tabulating the final results by provinces. The vote will be a secret one and the voter will not sign his name. A stamped, self-addressed envelope accompanies each ballot, so that all the voter need do it indicate his opinion for or against the constitutional amendment to permit the reelection of President Quezon, place the ballot in the envelope and drop it in the mail. The Free Press will do the rest.
Previous polls
This will be the third big straw vote conducted by the Free Press, and with pardonable pride the Free Press can claim that its two previous polls turned out to be accurate forecasts of the people's opinion.
The first truly nationwide straw vote on a large scale ever conducted in the Philippines was the Free Press poll on he Hare-Hawes-Cutting law, conducted in February and March of 1933. On that occasion, 10,000 ballots were mailed out and 65 percent of them were returned. Of the votes recorded, 56 percent opposed the Hare-Hawes-Cutting law. The first Free Press straw vote had accurately reflected public opinion.
Then, in August and September of 1937, shortly after President Quezon returned from Washington where he had flirted with the idea of independence in 1939, the Free Press sent out 12,500 ballots asking whether the people favored or opposed shortening the transition period. In this case, 67 percent of the ballots were returned. There was some raising of eyebrows when the final result showed 55 percent opposing and only 45 percent favoring the shortening of the transition period. Yet subsequent events showed that the Free Press poll had once more mirrored public opinion. Today virtually no one favors a shorter transition period, and quicker independence would not be accepted in the Philippines unless it were accompanied by substantial economic concessions.
Thus, with the record of two successful straw votes behind it, the Free Press now makes its third effort to find out exactly what the people think about a vital public issue.
It should be recalled that the ballots on the reelection of President Quezon are not being mailed to every voter. That is not necessary, where ballots can be sent to representative voters. Nor are all Free Press subscribers to receive ballots. Nor all assemblymen. Nor all school teachers. The idea is to get enough typical citizens to be able to reflect public opinion in general. And that can be done with 10,000 ballots as well as with 1,000,000. In fact, the famed Gallup polls in the United States "sample" public opinion by asking their questions of only 10,000 people (out of 130,000,000) and yet because those questioned are scientifically weighted, the Gallup polls have established the remarkable record of repeatedly forecasting election results with an allowable error of only three percent.
"Should the Constitution of the Philippines be amended to permit the reelection of President Quezon?"
That is the vital question at issue in the Philippines today, and that is the question which the Free Press is asking 12,500 responsible citizens to answer. Their opinions will be reported in the forthcoming issues.


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Appeared in: Proceedings of International Conference on Artificial Neural Networks, ICANN-95, F. FogelmanSoulie and P. Gallinari (eds.), EC2 et Cie, Paris, 1995, pp. 3-7.
Contextual Relations of Words
in Grimm Tales,
Analyzed by Self-Organizing Map
Timo Honkela, Ville Pulkki and Teuvo Kohonen
Helsinki University of Technology
Neural Networks Research Centre
Rakentajanaukio 2 C, FIN-02150, Espoo, FINLAND
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Semantic roles of words in natural languages are reflected by the contexts in which they occur. These roles can explicitly be visualized by the Self-Organizing Map (SOM). In the experiments reported in this work the source data consisted of the raw text of Grimm fairy tales without any prior syntactic or semantic categorization of the words. The algorithm was able to create diagrams that seem to comply reasonably well with the traditional syntactical categorizations and human intuition about the semantics of the words.
1 Processing Natural Language with Self-Organizing Map
It has earlier been shown that the Self-Organizing Map (SOM) can be applied to the visualization of contextual roles of words, i.e., similarities in their usage in short contexts formed of adjacent words [4]. This paper demonstrates that such relations or roles are also statistically reflected in unrestricted, even quaint natural expressions. The source material chosen for this experiment consisted of 200 Grimm tales (English translation).
In most practical applications of the SOM, the input to the map algorithm is derived from some measurements, usually after their preprocessing. In such cases, the input vectors are supposed to have metric relations. Interpretation of languages, on the contrary, must be based on the processing of sequences of discrete symbols. If the words were encoded numerically, the ordered sets formed of them could also be compared mutually as well as with reference expressions. However, as no numerical value of the code should imply any order to the words themselves, it will be necessary to use uncorrelated vectors for encoding. The simplest method to introduce uncorrelated codes is to assign a unit vector for each word. When all different words in the input material are listed, a code vector can be defined to have as many components as there are words in the list. This method, however, is only practicable in very small experiments. If the vocabulary is large as in the present experiments, we may then encode the words by quasi-orthogonal random vectors of a much smaller dimensionality [4].
To create a map of discrete symbols that occur within the sentences, each symbol must be presented in the due context. The context may consist of the immediate surroundings of the word in the text.
Application of the self-organizing maps to natural language processing has been described earlier in, e.g., [2], [3], [4], [5], and [6].


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== Web Sites ==
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*[http://www.usgenweb.org/ USGenWeb Project]. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.
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|Union County, North Carolina
Location in the state of North Carolina
Location of North Carolina in the U.S.
|County Seat
United States North Carolina Union County
- 1 County Courthouse
- 2 History
- 3 Places/Localities
- 4 Resources
- 5 Societies and Libraries
- 6 Web Sites
- 7 References
County Courthouse
Union County was established in 1842 from parts of Mecklenburg and Anson counties, and named "Union" as a compromise to settle a dispute between local Whigs and Democrats over whether the new county should be named "Clay" or "Jackson." Both of those names were subsequently used for new counties in the extreme southwestern part of the state.
Mecklenburg County and the large city of Charlotte are to the northwest. Charlotte's suburban areas include areas of Union County.
Anson County was one of the largest counties in NC at one time, and its territory covered the southwest quadrant of the state.
Monroe is the county seat for Union County. Other cities and towns are: Fairview, Hemby Bridge, Indian Trail, Lake Park, Marshville, Marvin, Mineral Springs, Stallings, Unionville, Waxhaw, Weddington, Wesley Chapel, and Wingate .
Townships are Goose Creek, Jackson, Marshville, Monroe, New Salem, Vance, Buford, Lanes Creek, Sandy Ridge.
Parent County
1842--Union County was created from Anson and Mecklenburg Counties.
County seat: Monroe [1]
Boundary Changes
Record Loss
Some of the early records are missing
Populated Places
Neighboring Counties
- Anson
- Cabarrus
- Chesterfield County, South Carolina
- Lancaster County, South Carolina
- Mecklenburg
- Stanly
- Tombstone Project: Union County Cemeteries
- USGenWeb Archives - Union County Cemeteries
- Cemetery Census- Union County
- Find-A-Grave: Union County
Union County Courthouse
Physical Address
400 North Main Street
Monroe, NC 28112
Mailing Address
PO Box 5038
Monroe, NC 28111-5038
(704) 296-4600
The Union County Register of Deeds has land records starting from 1842. Included are deeds, deeds of trust, plats and miscellaneous documents related to real estate. There office is:
Register of Deeds
500 N. Main St., 2nd Floor
Monroe, NC 28111
The Registry maintains a database for an online Deed Search for records from 1842 - 2004:
Local Histories
The Union County Clerk of the Superior Court has Court records from 1843 and Probate records (wills & estate records) from 1837, if they have not been transferred to the NC State Archives. Please check with the office to find out if the record you are looking for is available.
Union County Clerk of Superior Court
400 North Main Street
Monroe, NC 28112
(704) 698 -3100
TheNorth Carolina State Archives has microfilm of the Union County Record of Wills, 1842-1968, and the Cross Index to Wills, 1842-1968. Copies of materials can be ordered from the Archives by visiting their website, however if you've never done so before, please read the following to give you some tips on what to expect and what to ask for:
Vital Records
The Union County Register of Deeds has Birth and Death records starting from 1913; Marriage records start from 1842.
Contact the office as follows:
Register of Deeds
500 N. Main St., 2nd Floor
Monroe, NC 28111
Societies and Libraries
The Union County Heritage Room has information on these following 2 services:
Union County Historical Society
P. O. Box 397
Monroe , NC 28111
Carolinas Genealogical Society
P. O. Box 397
Monroe , NC 28111
Union County Public Library
Has a number of online genealogy databases for researchers
Web Sites
- NCGenWeb Union County
- USGenWeb Project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.
- USGenWeb, Union County Archives
- Family History Library Catalog
- Union County Government website
- ↑ The Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America,10th ed. (Draper, UT:Everton Publishers, 2002).


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The Oakland A's have one of the better pitching staffs in the American League with a team ERA of 3.62, which is third-best in the AL, and a batting average against of .242, which ranks second.
But in five games this season, the Orioles are batting .298 with 37 runs and 54 hits off Oakland pitchers. The O's have gone 20-for-57 (.351) with runners in scoring position against the Athletics and went 5-for-14 with RISP in a 9-7 win last night.
That was against an Oakland staff that came into last night allowing two or fewer runs in five of its past 10 games with a team ERA of 2.93 in the stretch.
In taking four of five games against Oakland this year, the Orioles have outscored the A's 37-21 and with last night's win, they clinched their first season series win against Oakland since 1998.
Since some fans gets nervous when we point out positive O's stats at times (you know that whole jinx thing), here is one for Oakland - today's Oakland starter, right-hander Jarrod Parker, has not lost since May 22 against Texas.
He is 7-0 with an ERA of 2.59 and a .204 batting average against over his last 15 starts. That ties him for the third-longest unbeaten streak in team history and is the longest by an Athletics pitcher since Dan Haren had a 16-start streak without a loss from April 13-July 1, 2007.
By the way, the Oakland record is 17 consecutive unbeaten starts by Catfish Hunter from June 2-Sept. 3, 1973.
That can't go on much longer, can it?
Trip down memory lane: Longtime O's fans may remember this and it happened 30 years ago today. Tippy Martinez picked three runners off first base in the top of the 10th against the Toronto Blue Jays. He got Barry Bonnell, Dave Collins and Willie Upshaw. Current O's acting bullpen coach Scott McGregor was starting pitcher that day. Infielder Lenn Sakata was catching in the 10th that night.
The Orioles won that game, 7-4 over Toronto.


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Game Credits
|Lucky Luke: The Daltons (2008)
|Sam & Max: Season Two (2008)
|Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005)
|Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005)
|(Game Design)
|Catwoman (2004)
|(Level Design)
|Totally Spies! Totally Party (2008)
|(Special Thanks)
Developer Biography
In 2001, Nicolas Frot worked at VISUAL IMPACT and was credited on:
- Wanadoo - Necronomicon (PS) as Localisation Manager.
- THQ - Moto GP (GBA) as Tester.
In 2003, he graduated from the Advanced School of Communication (ISCOM Paris) as Communication Manager.
From 2003 to 2005, he worked at MAGIC POCKETS and was credited on:
- Electronic Arts - Harry Potter: Quidditch World Cup (GBA) as Tester.
- Ubisoft - Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance (GBA) as Game / Level Designer.
- Electronic Arts - Catwoman (GBA) as Level Designer.
- Electronic Arts - Harry Potter: Goblet of Fire (GBA / NDS) as Junior Producer / Game Designer.
In 2006, he graduated from the "Masters in European Business - Paris / London" Program of the "European School of Management" (ESCP-Europe).
From 2007 to 2008, he worked at OUAT Entertainment as Producer and was credited on:
- Ubisoft - Totally Spies 3 (Nintendo DS).
- Ubisoft - Martin Mystery (Nintendo DS).
- Atari - Kirikou (Nintendo DS).
From 2008 to 2009, he worked at ATARI Europe as Producer and was credited on:
- Atari - The Daltons (Nintendo DS).
- Telltales - Sam & Max: Season 1 (PC).
- CCP Games - EvE Online : Apocrypha (PC).
- Stardock - Demigod (PC).
Today, Nicolas FROT works on games for professionals (Serious games) at ACTISIA.
Last updated: Jan 26, 2011
If you have a portrait of this person, you can upload it to the MobyGames database.
Related Sites
- http://www.NicolasFrot.net -- Personal Website of Nicolas Frot.


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Awesome Views has exactly that, awesome views! From this amazing 3 bedroom, 2 bath condo, located on the 24th floor, you can see just about all of Galveston Island, not to mention many miles of the ocean and Galveston beaches! This condo comfortably sleeps 7 people and has a full sized kitchen, new furniture, a full sized washer & dryer, 3 flat screen televisions with built in DVD players, a jacuzzi tub in the master bath along with a stand up shower and more! You can enjoy awesome views from the living room, from both the bedrooms with windows and the private balcony.
On the balcony is an electric BBQ pit and an iron table that seats 4. Located at the luxurious Palisade Palms high rise complex, on the East end of Galveston Island, this condo has many amenities to offer that will keep you and the family, or group of friends, occupied for the whole week!
The amenities include a tennis court, morning lounge and coffee bar overlooking the gulf and pool deck, cocktail lounge and party room, fitness center with state-of-the-art equipment, game and media room, playground, infinite edge pool, kiddie pool, hot tub and more! This complex is also located near many of Galveston's most popular attractions, including Stewart Beach and The Strand Historical District. This unit is a Malibu Beach Signature Exclusive floor plan. This condo has a 6 night minimum stay.
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V2Green, the Seattle startup developing ways for utilities to control power flows to plug-in vehicles, has announced John Clark as chief executive.
He replaces founder David Kaplan, who has moved into the role of chief technology officer.
Clark has been around the block in the Seattle startup industry, mostly in the communications field. He previously founded Toll Free Cellular and served as vice president of marketing at Xypoint. Up until 2005, he worked as senior vice president of Telecommunications Systems in London.
But Clark said he was looking for a lucrative business opportunity "where we can simultaneously make a positive impact on the planet."
Kaplan, who remains chairman, said that Clark has been instrumental in moving the company from the engineering phase to the business development phase. V2Green recently inked a partnership with Xcel Energy, a deal that Kaplan said will be one of many in the coming months.
"For us, this year is about taking this technology, which has been conceptual, and pushing it out in reality in a number of spots around the country," said Clark.
Here's more on V2Green from my story last October. The company is currently looking for a first round of funding, though Clark declined to say how much.


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By Per Ake Persson
Polish heavyweight veteran Przemyslaw Saleta, and 48-7 as a professional fighter, is in full training for his showdown against Andrew Golota, 41-8-1, in Gdansk on February 22.
"It´s not a comeback," insists the 43-year old who had his last fight in 2006. "It is however a farewell fight but I never retired. I´m always in training and had a K 1 fight last year and a MMA fight in the year before that. But let's face it, boxing is a young man's sport and for me this is my final fight."
Saleta kept mixing kickboxing with boxing throughout his long career where he turned pro back in 91 as a cruiser. He won the EBU heavyweight title in 2002 by stopping German star Luan Krasniqi in a huge upset but lost the title to Sinan Samil Sam and was then stopped in one by Krasniqi in a rematch.
Saleta and Golota know each other well having sparred together on a few occasions and have been scheduled to fight twice before but it fell through when Golota pulled out due to injuries. -It will be fun, says Saleta, the money counts too but I do it mainly for the fun of it and I am convinced I can win.


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There will be a meeting for men affected by prostate cancer at 7 p.m. today in the Redoubt room at Central Peninsula Hospital. Family and friends are welcome. For information call Jim at 260-4904.
The Kenai Peninsula Food Bank features Nutrition classes by Colleen Sonnevil of the Cooperative Extension Service. Sonnevil will provide information on how to harvest the river, garden and outdoors to supplement your diet. Classes begin today at noon to 2:45 PM for eight weeks on Thursdays.
There is no charge for the classes.
Today a salmon filleting demonstration will be held in the Fireweed Diner at 3 p.m. Classes will be at the Food Bank at 33955 Community College Drive in Soldotna. For more information, call 262-3111.
The North Peninsula Recreation Service Area's 2010 Flag Football registration runs through Aug. 2. The season runs from mid August to September for boys and girls in grades four through eight. For more information, call Tammy at 776-8800.
It will also host a community garage sale Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Nikiski Community Recreation Center Parking Lot. The cost is $5 a space to rent. Call Tammy at 776-8800 for more information.
The Ninilchik Health & Wellness Club will hold a fundraiser to purchase new equipment on Saturday from noon to 6 p.m. Dinner is a $10 donation. Live music, featuring Butch Leman, Dabarko, Ryan Bear is planned. The club is hosting an open house with giveaways, baked goods and silent auctions. Call Terri Leman at 907-567-3455 for more information.
The Soldotna Senior Center's summer bazaar, quilt show, and bake sale will be held July 23 and 24 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. There will be a variety of crafts, baked good, a food menu, and quilts. For more information, call 262-2322.
Also the center's Endowment Trust Fund barbecue will be held July 24 from noon to 4 p.m. in the center's parking lot. Hamburgers, hot dogs, chili and beverages will be available.
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Purvis Arrison was a male Human who lived in Mos Eisley on Tatooine during the Galactic Civil War. He was a veteran professional marksman and in 1 ABY, he hired a spacer to kill some Tusken Raiders.
Behind the scenesEdit
Purvis Arrison was a non-player character in the 2003 video game Star Wars Galaxies, a massively multiplayer online-role playing game developed by Sony Online Entertainment and published by LucasArts, prior to its closure on December 15, 2011.
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Back in 2006 I bought a Sony 50″ rear projection TV. I'd always wanted an HD television and the Colts were going to the Super Bowl, so this was the perfect excuse. Of course I would have loved getting a plasma, but the prices were way to high for me. The rear projection was priced pretty well (I can only imagine the type of TV I could buy today for the same price) and it was less that half the depth of my 46″ tube TV.
For the past five years, it has served us well, but earlier this year the warning started appearing on the screen letting us know that he bulb was dying. For the past three or four months I've ignored the warning. However, the other day I noticed a darker stripe across the top of the screen. Not a good sign.
Today I'm biting the bullet and buying a replacement bulb, which also includes the housing for the bulb. I'm told this is the easiest way to replace the bulb and I'm all about easy. In a couple days, I'll let you know how it goes. Maybe I'll also tie this event into a life lesson such as how we need a bulb replacement to let our light shine brighter… or something cheesy (but true) like that.


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Crowds gathered in Chichester today (April 26) to see the range of stylish clothes that are on offer in the city centre.
With a catwalk outside the Assembly Rooms in North Street, more than 80 models showed off clothes from a number of stores.
Keith and Liz Fielder came from Hayling Island to see the launch of Chichester's Got Style.
"It's gone amazingly," said Liz, "it's nice to see so many people here.
Keith added: "Considering the models are amateurs, they're very brave."
The pair came as one of their neighbours was modelling and they turned out in support.
Mother and daughter Laura and Maureen Preece, by contrast, were unaware the event was taking place until they saw the catwalk.
"It was brilliant and really enjoyable," said Laura.
"I was really impressed with the mix of different types of outfits."
The event was created and organised by the city centre partnership, with the city centre manager Kim Long up at the crack of dawn helping to get everything ready.
"For the first ever Chichester's Got Style fashion show it's gone incredibly well," she said.
"Thanks to all the volunteers and businesses that have made it happen. It's been great fun working with them and here's to next year."
The day also saw fundraising for breast cancer and testicular cancer.
To see a picture spread and read more reaction to the show, see Thursday's Observer (May 1).


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Story highlights
- Ex-presidents receive an annual pension, health care, paid official travel, an office
- Recent former presidents have made millions after leaving office by writing books
- Since 2001, former president Clinton has earned $75.6 million giving speeches
- President Obama's "Dreams From My Father" was only a modest success initially
Being president pays; $400,000 a year, in fact.
That salary has increased over time. President Harry Truman left office in 1949 making $100,000. When Richard Nixon entered the White House in 1969 the salary went up to $200,000. It remained there for 30 years, until Congress doubled the presidential salary effective in 2001, when President George W. Bush took office.
Aside from the pay, there's the free transportation in the presidential limousine, Marine One and Air Force One. And don't forget the free housing in Washington's most famous mansion, complete with a killer view of the Washington Monument, along with other perks (a personal chef, for one).
When a president leaves the White House he's still on the government payroll, receiving an annual pension of about $200,000, health care, paid official travel and an office.
Rent for President Jimmy Carter's Atlanta office is $102,000 per year, according to 2010 figures compiled by the Congressional Research Service. President George H. W. Bush's Houston office costs $175,000 per year. President Bill Clinton's office in the pricey real estate market of New York City is $516,000.
Not too bad, huh?
But these taxpayer-funded benefits are nothing compared to the big bucks presidents rake in writing books.
"My Life" netted Bill Clinton a $15 million advance.
George W. Bush earned $7 million for the first 1.5 million copies of "Decision Points."
Jimmy Carter has written 14 books.
"He was broke when he came out of the White House," presidential historian James Thurber said. "If you can write or you can write with someone else, you can write a book and make a great deal of money. Jimmy Carter did that."
President Obama wrote "Dreams From My Father" in his 30s. Initially, it was only a modest success, selling better as his political star rose, flying off shelves when he ran for president.
"I have been blessed," he said on the campaign trail in 2008. "Before this book started selling we were living in a condo and we had two cars, but one of them was beat up."
Book sales are still the Obamas' main source of income.
For the biggest payoff without too much work, speeches are the way to go. And Bill Clinton is the reigning king of the podium.
Right after Clinton left the White House in 2001, the Greater Washington Association of Executives paid him $125,000 for a speech, a very standard price for a former president.
"I've never had any money until I got out of the White House," Clinton told CNN's Wolf Blitzer in 2010. "But I've done reasonably well since then."
That's quite the understatement. Since 2001, he's earned $75.6 million giving speeches to corporations and organizations around the world, according to the latest financial disclosure required of his wife, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
The Center for Public Integrity estimates George W. Bush has made $15 million from speeches since leaving office.
All of that money raises questions.
"I think the American people think American politics is all about money," Thurber said. "And this certainly doesn't change their view."
In 1989, right after President Ronald Reagan left the White House, he was lambasted for accepting $2 million for two speeches in Japan, then an economic foe of the United States.
Not all presidents have gotten rich after leaving office.
Harry Truman couldn't afford to answer the copious mail he received or respond to requests for appearances. This prompted Congress to adopt pensions and benefits for former presidents in the 1950s so they weren't forced into activities deemed unsuitable for a former head of state.
Some presidents come into office already very rich. If elected, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney would fall into that category. With a net worth of about $200 million, he would be the third-richest president in history.
Adjusting for inflation, Thomas Jefferson and George Washington were the richest people to become president. (Incidentally, the pay they made in office was, for that time, nothing to sneeze at: $25,000).
Washington's wealth in present-day terms has been estimated at more than a half-billion dollars.


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Here's a little history to get us started.
It was the beginning of my junior year, the first time I saw him, standing there with his buddies in the hallway, laughing, he was perfect. I never really looked into it, or into him, I always just figured he was too far out of my league. little did I know he had felt the same about me.
A year later we ended up in a class together, nothing too special, we honestly didn't really even talk, until of course we did. It was cute really, the first time we had an actually conversation, see in Chemistry class we would do these question of the day things, to prepare us for the SAT or something, anyways, everyday our teacher would pick a new person to read the question, He, my missionary in training, had just read the question the day before, but I didn't really over think it, I should have. side story: He's not one to down play things, everything he does, he does full-heartedly and he ALWAYS goes all out. Homecoming was just around the corner, right? Well this is how my life with my missionary began, and everyday I'm still grateful for it. He finished reading the question, and he turns around to the class and says he has one more question for everyone, next thing I hear is "Do you think DPS will say "yes" to going to homecoming with me?" Every face in that class room turned to look at me. I know for a fact I turned bright red when the squeaky squeal of a yes somehow managed to emerge from my lips.
We've been inseparable ever since.
Nothing for us has ever really been easy, but it has always been perfect. See I wasn't Mormon when I met him, and I know what you're thinking, "oh she got baptized for a boy," trust me I've heard it all before, But doing something FOR someone and BECAUSE of someone are two totally different things. I did not get baptized for him, I did start going to church for him, But nothing after that was for him, everything from then on out, from returning to church the following Sunday to the first time I really knew the church was true has been all for me. It's one thing to start a certain path for someone, but you wouldn't keep widening and elongating the trail, especially through all the battles, if it wasn't for yourself.
My Mormon comes from a very, very, spiritual and strict Mormon family, which is one of the things I love about him, but also one of our biggest struggles. If any of you are Mormon or not Mormon, you should know of their strict dating rules, no serious dating til you return from your mission or are of 18 years of age. Well his parents stuck by that rule. So that has always been a battle, They go back and fourth a lot, one day it's okay for us to be together, the next day were too serious for how young we are. If you asked me, the world puts far to many rules on love.
Then there's his best friend, who I honestly do love to death, both of them actually, but they just get on my nerves, they have that "he was mine first so go away" mentality about him. I mean in most cases I don't mind, boys need their "bro" time and girls need girl time. But his friends I feel just try to sabotage our whole relationship 90% of the time. First of, one did sabotage the whole stinking school year, which we barely made it out of alive. and the second one hits on me when my boy isn't around, whether he's kidding or not, it still makes me feel uneasy, and I have told him that,not to mention he always tell me how my missionary and I should be "just friends," sorry to disappoint, but that won't be happening. Plus they both try to over throw our plans when we have them. Maybe its just a jealousy thing, I couldn't tell ya.
Though we are the same age, I turned 18 in November, he turns 18 in four days, he still has a whole year of high school left, while I on the other hand am heading off to BYU-I in two months. Not to mention right now I'm living in Washington with my mom for the summer, And he is in Alaska, where he fails to own a cellphone and doesn't have facebook, so I really have no way to talk to him. Which is exactly what his dad wanted, so I guess he got his way, as always.
In a year he will be going on a two year mission, I am so proud and so grateful to have such a wonderful boy like him in my life and know he is going to go do wonderful things and he is going to bring so many people unto Christ, and I am so excited for him, for that. Two years is a long time, and for us it is more like three years when you think about it. But when I think of all the good he is going to do out there, it just makes me wish I could go with him, and do that good myself, which I know I technically can, but that's another story for a another day.
Not too long ago, my missionary, had fasted and prayed, to figure out if we were suppose to be together forever, he told me, that god had confirmed with him that we are suppose to be together forever, probably one of the most comforting and cute things he's ever said to me, not to mention also one of my favorite memories. I always knew that was the case, but with all the struggles and trials we go through sometimes you doubt. and though I know that he received confirmation, i tried to receive some of my own. I have on multiple occasions been confirmed of this as well, god told me 1) to stick through it cause we're suppose to be together. 2) When I received my patriarchal blessing, I prayed that god would give me a sign I would marry him, I asked to say things specifically and he did. 3) Every time i have ever doubted it, which happens a lot more than I wish it would, god always reassures me that, we will be together, the most recent one was I was talking with my mom about whether I should wait for him and what waiting for him entitled, she had told me if I really cared about him and if I really did believe that god wants us to be together (which i do) then waiting for him shouldn't be hard at all, the next night we were eating Chinese food, and when I ate my fortune cookie, I was more than pleased and excited with my fortune its exact words were "Your loyalties will be rewarded" now if that's not a sign from god, well I don't know what is.
Waiting for him isn't the hard part, It just the fear of me thinking he'll find someone better, because I truly don't know what I have ever done to deserve such a wonderful boy in my life. I love him more than I love my own self, and each day he keeps me growing and improving. I am so thankful for him.


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GAA to probe match racism claims
The GAA is to investigate claims of racism during an Ulster Club football final between Crossmaglen and Kilcoo.
Crossmaglen player Aaron Cunningham, whose father is black, claimed he was racially abused throughout the match by two members of the Kilcoo team.
Crossmaglen won the match this afternoon by 3-9 to 1-9 to secure their third consecutive Ulster title.
The Ulster GAA statement said: "The GAA is an anti-racist organisation by rule and will not tolerate in the strongest and most emphatic terms racist abuse of any type."
A Kilcoo GAC statement said: "Kilcoo GAC is an all inclusive club which prides itself in appealing to all sections of our community, and is shocked and saddened to hear of any allegations of racial abuse following the Ulster club final.
"We as a club condemn abuse from whatever quarter and shall co-operate fully with any investigation instigated by Ulster Council."
Press Association


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Lots of times when we ask questions in math class, they fall into 2 categories:
- Procedural/Right Answer questions, e.g. "What do you call the longest side of a right triangle?" or "What did you get for number three?" or "What is the mode of this data set?"
- "Higher-Order Questions" aka hard questions, e.g. "Why do you think someone might have come up with that [wrong] answer?" Or "Which of these is correct? Defend your choice."
In my experience, even though we want all kids to be able to answer both types of questions, they're both tricky. For the first type, kids either know what I'm looking for or they don't, and so I either get a few loud kids participating or awkward silence, and often devolving into off-task behavior.
For the second type, look out! Talk about awkward silence and devolving into off-task behavior. Kids look at me like I'm crazy when I ask them to synthesize, justify, explain, etc. And they wait. They can't out-wait me (I am the king of outlasting the awkward silence) but they sure do try.
So I've been trying to come up with questions that are good, math-y questions that don't fit in either of those categories. I want questions that every kid can answer, by virtue of being a human (and therefore reasonably observant, semi-rational, interested in other humans, and decently resourceful). I want questions that kids see some need to answer, or are interested by. And I want questions that get kids doing some intellectual work that will help them do more work. And that doesn't shut them down. Oh, and that helps me figure out what's going on with them. And that aren't questions I already know the answer to. Here are some:
- What do you notice about ______?
- What are you wondering?
- What's going on in this ______?
- What's making this hard?
- On a scale of 1-10, how easy is this for you? How come?
- What's one thing you remember about ______?
- Here are three different ______. Which do you like best? What's one thing you liked about it?
- Tell me one thing you thought about problem three.
- What's the first thing that pops into your mind when you see this?
- What's the fourth thing that pops into your mind when you see this?
- What do you think a mathematician might notice about this?
- If you saw this image/story/statement on a math quiz, what question(s) might go with it?
- If your math fairy godmother appeared right now and offered to give you one helpful hint, what would you ask her for?
- How confident are you in the work you've done so far?
- The answer to the problem you're about to work on is ______. How could someone have figured that out?
- Have you ever had an experience like the one in the story?
- What do you think the person in the story might be feeling?
- Why do you think I showed you this?
- What's one thing you like about what she just said?
- What's one thing you're wondering about what he just said?
- What's your best guess for the answer to this problem?
- What is an answer that is definitely wrong for this problem?
- Make a prediction. What do you think will happen…
- Without writing anything down or calculating or thinking too hard, could ______ be the answer?
- What's your gut feeling?
- Do you have a reason or a gut feeling (or both)?
And from the comments/Twitterers:
Dan Meyer:
- "What do you think an incorrect answer would look like?"
- "What more information do you need here?"
This Google Doc from Justin Aion of questions he uses to help his students become better readers in math class.
Max Hoegh:
- "How would you explain this to a ___________?"
- "How would you explain this with a drawing?"
Ed note: In part because some of us teach 10-year olds, but also because I think that explaining math is a constant process of revising and adjusting based on audience feedback, I left the audience of "How would you explain this to…" blank. I like the idea of playing around with different audiences for different explanations. Like, "How would you explain this in a Tweet?" or "Send a friend who missed class today a text message about what they missed." or "How would you explain this to a friend? How would it be different to explain it to an enemy?" I even know of a teacher who pasted her class picture from 3rd grade on a chair and will drag that chair to the front of the room when she wants kids to explain something clearly and step-by-step.
In general, I'm trying to push myself to ask more questions in which I'm not trying to get the kids to say the thing I need them to say. Instead, I'm trying to find questions that get kids to put into words the things they need to say — to let me know what's on their mind, what their current working model is, where they're stuck and what they're ready for. I can make predictions but I never know exactly where a kid will turn out to be, and so I try to maximize what I can learn about them, while using questions that let them know I value them and really want to hear their ideas (not them stating my ideas for me!).


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BU buys 3 on-campus streets near Kenmore, plans pedestrian mall
(Matt Rocheleau for Boston.com / Google Maps)
Before summer's end, 134 metered parking spaces will be removed from three streets within Boston University's campus and near Kenmore Square, officials said.
Meters often offer a relatively cheap parking solution. And in this part of the city, they are a haven for some who frequent nearby Fenway Park.
In mid-June, the university signed a deal to pay the City of Boston $11.45 million to buy three roads that branch off Commonwealth Avenue – Blandford, Cummington and Hinsdale streets, state land records show.
Before the fall semester begins, streetscape improvements will be made to the roads to convert them into a publicly-accessible pedestrian mall, campus spokesman Colin Riley said. By early August, the streets will be permanently closed to all traffic, except for emergency or specially-permitted vehicles.
A total of 134 metered parking spaces will be removed from the three streets, said Tracey Ganiatsos, a spokeswoman for city's transportation department, which manages Boston's parking meters.
The three roads are successive side streets off of the eastbound side of Commonwealth Avenue near Kenmore. Cummington Street also runs behind several BU buildings, and connects to Hinsdale and Blandford, creating a closed loop off of Commonwealth.
About one mile west, another 11 metered parking spaces will be removed from Babcock Street, a side street that also branches off of Commonwealth, according to Ganiatsos. BU owns the section of the street – outside of 300 Babcock St. – where the meters will be removed from, Riley said.
The 145 metered spaces on the four streets embedded within BU's campus are primarily used by students, faculty and staff of the university, the school's spokesman said. The university has assessed its on-campus parking quota and found that it has enough space around campus to allow for the meters to be removed.
"I'm not sure there's going to be any negative impact," Riley said. Converting the streets into pedestrian-only ways "will improve the area; it will make it more walk-able and safer."
"There is a sufficient amount of metered spaces in the area for other uses … and many closer to Fenway Park." he added, citing how city meters line other roadways, including Commonwealth and Brookline avenues and Beacon Street.
Meters are often the least expensive parking option around during the daytime. They are free on Sundays, holidays and during the evening, nighttime and early morning hours Monday through Saturday.
Many meters in Boston require payment between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. on weekdays and Saturday. But, the meters along Blandford, Cummington and Hinsdale – like most other meters in that area – are free after 6 p.m. That makes them particularly attractive to drivers headed to events at nearby Fenway Park, especially for weekday Red Sox games, which typically start around 7 p.m.
At three lots and two garages the school owns on its campus, BU charges between $20 and $40 to park during Sox games. Those rates are similar to what most other privately-run parking areas near the park charge during ballgames.
The school owns about a dozen lots and garages. Some require special permits. Among those that are open to the public during the daytime, the cheapest rate offered is $2 per hour.
City meters, meanwhile, cost $1.25 per hour. Meters also allow drivers to pay for smaller time increments than by the hour or half hour. It costs one quarter per 12 minutes.
Meters in Boston typically only allow payment for up to two hours at a time. But, along Blandford, Cummington and Hinsdale, drivers can pay to park for up to four hours.
However, meters also present the risk of earning a ticket. The city charges $25 for an unfed meter.
The purchase of the 88,000 square feet of property on Blandford, Cummington and Hinsdale was reported on previously by the Boston Herald and the Daily Free Press.
The land transaction was part of a plan BU first envisioned in 1986 to use some of the roads' space for future expansion projects on academic facilities, namely the science and engineering research buildings, Riley said.
Eventually, the university hopes to replace an existing three-story 38,000 square-foot science and engineering research building at 30-38 Cummington St. with an 11-story, 165,000 square-foot building.
Expanding that space would include extending the building over a portion of the street BU now owns, according to the proposal outlined in the institutional master plan the university has filed with the city's redevelopment authority.
The school's master plan also proposes eventually adding 50,000 square feet to an existing 84,000 square-foot academic building at the corner of Hinsdale Street and Commonwealth Avenue.
No further details, including construction timelines, for those two projects have been released yet. Proposals made in master plans filed with the city tend to be general in nature; most major projects in the master plan require additional public review before construction can begin.
Other public realm, campus construction projects around BU
(Boston Redevelopment Authority)
Boston University's master plan proposes several other public realm projects, including changes that intend to improve traffic and safety along a half-mile stretch of Commonwealth Avenue from Amory to Alcorn Street.
The proposed changes would be made at intersections, four Green Line B Branch trolley platforms and to pedestrian facilities, including street furniture, trees benches, trash receptacles, lighting fixtures and bike racks, according to the master plan. The project would be a westward extension of similar improvements made to the Kenmore Square area of Commonwealth Avenue.
The master plan also calls for the widening of sidewalks along an about 350-foot stretch of Commonwealth Avenue between the BU Bridge and University Road.
The university envisions building a pedestrian way running along a service alley from Silber Way to Granby Street and two pocket parks: one off of Granby Street and another at the intersection of Beacon Street and Bay State Road.
Over past 20 years, Boston University has invested $2 billion in on-campus construction, the school spokesman said.
Projects this summer include a $50-million, six-story new student services center that will feature a dining hall that can accommodate more than 1,000 students at 100 Bay State Road.
Work has begun on a $24-million athletic field and parking garage complex on the western edge of the school's campus.
The former Hillel House at 233 Bay State road will be transformed into a new admissions reception center. Rich Hall, a dormitory on the western side of campus, along with a graduate student brownstone residence at 60 Bay State Road are undergoing renovations.
Prep work to expand and remodel the law school building is being completed this summer, and a new entrance will be built at the Mugar Memorial Library.
The university also plans to complete the first student residence on its medical campus in the South End. The project is a nine-story building at 815 Albany St. that will house up to 208 students in two-bedroom suites.
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Excitement and extreme sport came to Eastbourne over the weekend.
Hundreds gathered at the seafront to watch a number of extreme enthusiasts show off their moves.
There action will took place at a handful of locations along Royal Parade, including Princes Park, Fort Fun car park, the eastern promenade, the skate park, Fisherman's Green tennis courts and nearby beaches.
Visitors watched the World Slalom Series competition as skaters from all over come to 'Battle Extreme', while Fisherman's Green hosted the Bourne Bombshells taking on other skaters from around Europe in the continent's only outdoor roller derby tournament.
The popular Bus Stop festival returned with a VW and Retro Scooter event welcoming all owners of Beetles, Golfs, Splits, Lambrettas, Vespas, T25s, Variants, Polos, Lupos, T4s and T5s.


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First experiences with semifluorinated alkanes as endotamponade in complicated retinal surgery
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|22. September 2004
When pure perfluorohexyloctane (F6H8) is used as tamponade agent in retinal surgery, intraocular irritations and chronic hypotonia are observable after a treatment period of 3 weeks to 3 months. This study focusses on the effect of "heavy silicone oil", a mixture of perfluorohexyloctane (F6H8) and silicone oil that combines the gravity of F6H8 and the high viscosity of silicone oil, as a tamponade agent in patients with complex detachment of the inferior retina after conventional silicon oil tamponade.
Between 10/03 -03/04, 16 patients (average age 66 yrs; 32 - 83 yrs) received a pars plana vitrectomy followed by exchange of the previous tamponade agent against heavy silicone oil (F6H8/silicone oil mixture). All patients had 1-4 previous surgical interventions (average 1.7) and showed persisting detachment of the inferior retina under conventional silicone oil tamponade. After 3 months resting time the heavy silicone oil tamponade is to be removed and the eyes examined for anatomic success and/or intraocular complications. Up to now the "heavy silicone oil" tamponade was removed in 5 of 16 patients after an average resting time of 110 d (72 - 130 d).
In contrast to perfluorohexyloctane (F6H8) as sole tamponade "heavy silicone oil", the mixture of F6H8 with silicone oil, caused only mild intraocular irritations or limited retrolental deposits. After removal of the tamponade agent recurrent ablatio retinae was observed in 2 of 5 eyes.
Subsequently to unsuccessful conventional silicone oil tamponade, a long-term tamponade with "heavy silicone oil" can facilitate reattachment of the inferior retina in case of persisting amotio retinae. The lacking inflammatory reaction of the treated eye is advantageous compared to pure F6H8. Besides the evaluation of long-term effects on vision, the percentage of patients with a stable retinal attachment after removal of the tamponade agent remains to be determined.