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The Koch Brothers-backed Americans for Prosperity has purchased a whopping $23 million in advertising airtime between Aug. 8 and Sept. 10, according to ad-spending data from SMG Delta.
The TV ads will air in Colorado, Florida, Iowa, Minnesota, North Carolina, New Mexico, Nevada, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and Wisconsin.
This is yet another example of outside-group spending aiding Mitt Romney and the Republicans in the presidential contest. Already, as First Read reported earlier today, Team Romney (when you combine all the outside groups) is outspending Team Obama (the campaign, DNC, outside groups) this week alone, $25 million to $14 million.
This Americans for Prosperity buy, however, won't begin until next week.


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if you don't, you get bad luck or some curse or something. eeek!
Tuesday, May 1, 2012
officially cursed.
if you don't, you get bad luck or some curse or something. eeek!
Posted by ilene @ muchloveilly at 5:30 PM
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that's such a fun idea! and even if you failed on that one count, you definitely succeeded at making it super cute. xo.ReplyDelete
Cute!! I think I signed up to participate in that forever ago!! I like the way you styled it, and I'm sure you won't be cursed, lovely lady. :)ReplyDelete
What a FUN idea! Hoping no bad luck comes to you ;-)ReplyDelete
Pretend you are back in Chicago! That scarf would be right at home in our windy city :-). Miss you!ReplyDelete
Love your blog but don't always remember to visit daily to see what is going on in your life. Do you have a follow me through e-mail option and I just can't find it?ReplyDelete
this is so awesome! i love those shoes!ReplyDelete
ps: LOVE the blog. i can't wait to read so much more! :)
love, rach.
This outfit is adorbs girlie! Make sure to toss the salt over your shoulder...just in case. I mean, it couldn't hurt, right? :) I can't wait to get the scarf and see all the little loves that have been added! Thanks for thinking of me Love!ReplyDelete
Oh no! hopefully it'll bring you good luck, not bad luck!ReplyDelete
Haha! Well, i don't blame you. PS... you look gorgeous in these photos. I love the new eye color.ReplyDelete
What an awesome idea! This would be so much fun to be a part of!ReplyDelete
I love this idea!! I adore the way you wore it!! You look so comfortable!! xoReplyDelete
- AnonymousMay 2, 2012 at 8:17 AM
Oh no! I hope the curse isn't too hard on you! Maybe it will just burden you with a life time supple of ice cream or something ;)ReplyDelete
love how your pretty eyeshadow matches your shoes!!ReplyDelete
omgosh! im in love with your loafers <3ReplyDelete
Goodness, you're just adorable!!! These are beautiful photos! And I adoooore your outfit!ReplyDelete
Lovely photos and post too, want to see moreReplyDelete
aw, shucks! thanks for reading and leaving me some LOVE. you (yes, YOU!) seriously rock my face off.
please, leave me your email address if you have a question that you would like me to answer!

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Vous trouverez des mises à jour gratuites pour votre produit FRITZ! dans la zone de téléchargement. Choisissez votre produit et profitez des nouvelles fonctions mises au point par notre équipe de développement. Ces contenus sont disponibles en anglais et en allemand.
Info on FRITZ!Powerline 546E
The update file "FRITZ.Powerline_546E*.image" in this directory contains the latest FRITZ!OS (firmware) for the FRITZ Powerline 546E.
Attention: This update file is only intended for use with the FRITZ Powerline 546E! Please follow the instructions at the end of this file to install the update.
Product: FRITZ Powerline 546E
Version: FRITZ!OS 6.50
Language: English, French, Italian, Spanish, Polish
Release date: 01/08/2016
New features:
- Completely modernized user interface with optimized display on PC, tablet and smartphone
- Redesigned menu for a better overview and more convenience
- New function for button "WLAN * WPS" added to import FRITZ!Box settings
- Central device overview for connected devices in the home network and the connection to the FRITZ!Box
- Expanded display for optimum performance in high-use wireless LAN environments
- Various improvements in operation, and for Powerline and wireless functions
With each FRITZ!OS update AVM updates also the security functions of FRITZ!Box and FRITZ!Powerline devices and therefore recommends to perform the update on all devices.
New Features in FRITZ!OS 6.50 for FRITZ!Powerline 546E
FRITZ!OS 6.50 with new design, with even better overview of and more convenience in your home network, with adoption of wireless LAN settings and optimized performance
With the latest update, the user interface http://fritz.powerline presents itself in a new design, optimized for smartphones, tablets and notebooks. In the browser it adjusts flexibly to different display sizes. The redesigned display of network connections offers a better overview and more convenience. The new overview shows all connections to your FRITZ!Box and to all your connected devices at a single glance.
A FRITZ!Box with the current FRITZ!OS (6.50 or higher) as your communications hub enables you to manage and update all your FRITZ!WLAN Repeater, FRITZ!Fon or FRITZ!Powerline devices from the home network overview.
Wireless devices can establish wireless connections to your home network without interruptions either via FRITZ!Powerline 546E or FRITZ!Box: the device offering the best reception in the different locations in your home will establish the connection. For this the FRITZ!Box and the FRITZ!Powerline 546E must have the same radio network settings. To apply the FRITZ!Box radio network settings you only have to start "WPS" at FRITZ!Box and FRITZ!Powerline 546E.
In crowded wireless surroundings, the new FRITZ!OS offers helpful analyses of your wireless LAN environment. Under "Wireless / Radio Channel" the loading of the radio channel currently in use is shown over time for the currently used frequency band. The lower the loading of the radio channel, the higher data throughput that can be achieved.
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Please note that some features are only accessible in Expert Mode (menu System/Expert Mode).
To carry out the firmware update:
1) Open your Internet browser and enter the address "http://fritz.powerline" or "192.168.178.2". Please check if required the IP-address of your FRITZ!Powerline 546E in the FRITZ!Box - Home Network overview. 2) Select the menu "System" and then the sub-menu "Firmware Update". 3) Use the "Browse ..." button to enter the appropriate path to the update file. 4) Click the "Update" button.
To recover the storage space on your hard drive, you can delete the update file after you have carried out the update.
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Eradicating household air pollution will pay for itself
Globally 2.9 million people died from household air pollution in 2015, caused by cooking over foul, smoky fires from solid fuels such as wood, charcoal, coal, animal dung, and agricultural crop residues. Well over 99% of these deaths were in developing countries, making household air pollution one of their leading health risk factors.
Many women across the world spend their days and evenings cooking with these fuels. They know the fumes are sickening, which is why some cook in a separate outhouse or send the children to play while they cook. Sadly, these small actions cannot fully protect the young. As for the women themselves, they suffer incredible morbidity and mortality from household air pollution.


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After just two years, older people who exercised, socialized and ate a healthy diet improved their memory, focus and other signs of brain health, according to a breakthrough study presented at the Alzheimer's Association International Conference in Copenhagen, Denmark, this week. In another piece of good news, researchers announced at the conference that dementia rates are dropping in the United States – quite possibly because people are getting the message that healthy living can protect brain health.
"These findings show that prevention is possible, and that it may be good to start early," lead author Miia Kivipelto, from the Karolinska Institute in Sweden, told Time.
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For the lifestyle study, 1,260 Finnish adults ages 60 to 77 at high risk for developing Alzheimer's disease were divided into two groups. Half the participants were put on an lifestyle intervention program that included diet, exercise, social activities and brain training, as well as careful monitoring of blood pressure and cholesterol. A control group got regular health advice. After two years, the group that received the intensive lifestyle interventions performed significantly better than the control group on tests of memory, planning, problem-solving and quick thinking.
This study is the "first randomized control trial showing that it is possible to prevent cognitive decline" using a combination of lifestyle interventions in older adults, said Kivipelto. The scientists plan a seven-year follow-up study that will track how many of the study participants get Alzheimer's disease or other forms of dementia.
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Other heartening research presented at the conference found that dementia rates in the United States and several European countries seem to be declining. An American over age 60 today has a 44 percent lower chance of developing dementia than a similar-aged person did roughly 30 years ago, according to scientists at Boston University School of Medicine who analyzed participants in the large, ongoing Framingham Heart Study.
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"For an individual, the actual risk of dementia seems to have declined," said Kenneth Langa, a University of Michigan expert on aging who discussed the studies Tuesday. He attributed the decline to higher education levels as well as better control of cholesterol and blood pressure. The Alzheimer's Association, however, was quick to point out that worldwide prevalence of Alzheimer's disease is projected to increase in the decades ahead as the planet's population ages.
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Adelaide Boy Loses All 4 Limbs After Catching Deadly Disease
South Australian toddler Riley Nixon, one, has had all four limbs amputated and skin grafting on most of his body after contracting
The nasty disease is an acute bacterial infection that can cause death within hours if not recognised and treated in time. Just days ago a child in Western Australia died from the same rare disease.
Early May 2016, Riley woke up with vomiting and a temperature. As time passed his condition worsened and he could barely move a muscle. His parents knew something wasn't right but no one could have imagined what was about to happen next.
By the time his parents arrived at the hospital with young Riley, he was covered in a rash from head to toe.
According to Rileys mother, Amy Wales, 'the doctors took one look at him and he was rushed out the back where he was sedated, put on a breathing tube and pumped full of antibiotics'
'The first 24 hours were critical and he had a very high chance he wouldn't make it through. Riley surprised everyone with how strong he was and how hard he was going to fight for his life and he has won the battle but not without sacrifices.'
Riley is now a four limb amputee and has had skin grafting to the majority of his body.
(Image: GoFundMe)
Described by his mother as 'an outgoing boy who spent all his time playing outside either in the backyard or at the park', Riley has spent the last 4 months in the hospital. There is no word on when he will be discharged.
Riley's family has started a GoFundMe page called Rally Round Riley to fundraise $50,000 to provide him with the ongoing care and support he needs.
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123 HP Deskjet 2545 Wi-Fi Protected Setup
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123 HP Deskjet 2545 Paper Jam Error
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Printer is Offline for Windows and Mac
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123 HP Deskjet 2545 Print Jobs Stuck in Queue
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123 HP Deskjet 2545 Wireless Printing Problem
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- Remove the power cables from the end of 123.hp.com/dj2545 printer device and the computer. Also, if there is USB or Ethernet cable attached, remove it.
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- After a few minutes, connect the cable and then Power ON all the devices to continue with impressive printing works from HP printer.
123 HP Deskjet 2545 Most Important Questions
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* This report is listed at the [http://tuxmobil.org/fujitsu.html TuxMobil: Linux Laptop and Notebook Installation Guides Survey: Fujitsu-Siemens - FSC].
* This report is listed at the [http://tuxmobil.org/fujitsu.html TuxMobil: Linux Laptop and Notebook Installation Guides Survey: Fujitsu-Siemens - FSC].
Revision as of 21:42, 16 November 2009
This info may be helpful in addition to the Arch Linux Installation guide. This may apply fairly well to many other Amilo computers, for example to M7400 which has very similar hardware.
IntelCeleron 1500Mhz, 256+512MB ram, 40Gb HD, CD-RW/DVD (QSI). Display adapter Intel 82852/82855. IrDA Fast Infrared, AC'97 Modem, PS/2 Keyboard & Synaptics Mouse, 3 USB ports, Firewire, 2 card slots. Network adapters:Broadcom 440x 10/100 and Intel PRO/Wireless 2200GB.
add driver b44 to loaded modules in /etc/rc.conf and to modprobe.conf, add
alias eth0 b44
Using arch's HW detection: hwd
pacman -S xorg xorg-server xterm aterm xf86-input-mouse xf86-input-keyboard xf86-video-i810 pacman -S hwd
With xorg 7. the modularization means that you have to get some packages extra apart from xorg in order to be able to load the i810 module.
This will write a new xorg.conf:
hwd -xa
Or you could use the safer way to write a sample-file called xorg.conf.hwd:
hwd -x
This is an example of the monitor and card parts of an xorg.conf file that works:
Section "Device" Identifier "Intel82852/855GM 0" Driver "vesa" Driver "i810" Option "MonitorLayout" "CRT,LFP" Screen 0 BusID "PCI:0:2:0" EndSection Section "Monitor" Identifier "Generic 0" Option "DPMS" HorizSync 28-64 VertRefresh 43-60 EndSection Section "Screen" Identifier "Default Screen" Device "Intel82852/855GM 0" Monitor "Generic 0" DefaultDepth 24 SubSection "Display" Depth 1 Modes "1280x768" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Depth 4 Modes "1280x768" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Depth 8 Modes "1280x768" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Depth 15 Modes "1280x768" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Depth 16 Modes "1280x768" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Depth 24 Modes "1280x768" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" EndSubSection EndSection
After checking the file you can test it with:
Xorg -config /etc/X11/xorg.conf.hwd
Close the X-server with Ctrl-Alt-Backsapce If it works all right you make it the default one with the command:
mv /etc/X11/xorg.conf.hwd /etc/X11/xorg.conf
If you want to have kde to start at boot then you add this as last command in rc.local
/etc/rc.d/kdm start
Check here for more info about how to set up sound: http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/ALSA_Setup
The needed modules to add to rc.conf list of modules are:
snd-intel8x0 snd-pcm-oss
Then get the packages needed:
pacman -S alsa-lib alsa-utils alsa-oss
Use alsamixer to set the default volume, use "m" to mute and unmute. Write the defaults with:
alsactl store
Add "alsa" to loaded daemons in /etc/rc.conf. Finally,add user to audio group:
gpasswd -a username audio
More reading:
It works with the driver installed by hwd, but lacks most functions. Install the synaptics driver with
pacman -S synaptics
replace hwd-generated mouse configuration bit that looks like this:
Section "InputDevice" Identifier "PS/2 Mouse" . [etc etc] . EndSection
with synaptics configuration (thanks to Iphitus):
Section "Input Device" Identifier "Synaptics Mouse" Driver "synaptics" Option "Device" "/dev/psaux" Option "Protocol" "auto-dev" Option "LeftEdge" "1700" Option "RightEdge" "5300" Option "TopEdge" "1700" Option "BottomEdge" "4200" Option "FingerLow" "25" Option "FingerHigh" "30" Option "MaxTapTime" "180" Option "MaxTapMove" "220" Option "MaxDoubleTapTime" "360" Option "FastTaps" "on" Option "VertScrollDelta" "100" Option "HorizScrollDelta" "100" Option "MinSpeed" "0.09" Option "MaxSpeed" "0.18" Option "AccelFactor" "0.0015" Option "EmulateMidButtonTime""100" Option "EdgeMotionMinZ" "30" Option "EdgeMotionMaxZ" "35" Option "EdgeMotionMinSpeed" "100" Option "EdgeMotionMaxSpeed" "150" Option "EdgeMotionUseAlways" "off" Option "TapButton1" "1" Option "RBCornerButton" "3" Option "LBCornerButton" "2" Option "CoastingSpeed" "0.1" Option "SHMConfig" "on" EndSection
Don't forget to add this to the ServerLayout section in the beginning of the /etc/X11/xorg.conf file, and remove the previous mouse.
Section "ServerLayout" ..blaa blaa.. InputDevice "Synaptics Mouse" "CorePointer"
IMPORTANT! The new udev 076 that deprecates hotplug requires that hardware detection is done with either hwd or hwdetect, instead of hotplug. In my case hwd broke the synaptics configuration, but hwdetect didn't. Therefore, if you upgrade your Arch so that your udev becomes >=076 (write 'pacman -Qi udev' to see), remove hotplug (or hwd) from the loaded daemons in /etc/rc.conf, and add the following line to rc.conf to use hwdetect:
Add user to groups (given you have created a user):
gpasswd -a username video gpasswd -a username optical gpasswd -a username storage
This will (apparently) need a kernel higher than 2.6.10. Note that upgrading Arch 0.7 with pacman -Su will break the system unless the DevFS -> Udev transition is made after the install, see guidelines here: http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?t=15585). If you install from 0.7.1, you can ignore this problem.
For wireless, the relevant driver is ipw2200.
pacman -S ipw2200
From kernel 2.6.17 it is included and the relevant module is
pacman -S ipw2200-fw
which only loads the firmware.
Add ipw2200 to loaded modules in rc.conf.
Append rc.conf to include eth1 (this is a static IP configuration),
eth0="eth0 192.168.2.252 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast 192.168.2.255" eth1="eth1 192.168.2.252 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast 192.168.2.255" INTERFACES=(lo eth0 eth1)
and to modprobe.conf, add line
alias eth1 ipw2200
Amilo requires a "kill switch" module that turns the wireless card radio on. Get fsam7400 module (0.4.0) from http://linux.zwobbl.de/pub/ unpack and install with make, make install. Don't need to add it to the loaded modules in /etc/rc.conf.
Then, to automate the wireless connection on boot, add the following to /etc/rc.local (thanks to nahoj1976):
echo 100 > /sys/class/firmware/timeout modprobe fsam7400 radio=1 autooff=0 autoload=0 modprobe ipw2200
After this just the iwconfig and route settings need to be ok for the wireless to work (after reboot of course, unless you modprobe the above commands yourself!). In my case
iwconfig eth1 essid Mynetworkname mode Managed rate 11M route add default 192.168.2.1 eth1
These can be in /etc/rc.local. Now the laptop will be online and iwconfig (from root) should give something like this:
eth1 IEEE 802.11g ESSID:"Mynetworkname" Mode:Managed Frequency:2.462 GHz Access Point: 00:11:50:34:A9:53 Bit Rate=11 Mb/s Tx-Power=20 dBm Retry limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off Encryption key:off Power Management:off Link Quality=91/100 Signal level=-38 dBm Noise level=-82 dBm Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0 Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:3
If you want to connect to a secure network, WEP-encrypted, one way to do this is to write a small script. After boot you decide what script to run depending on what network you should connect to.
A typical setup-script could look like this:
# /etc/rc.d/work # script to connect to network at work iwconfig eth1 key 1234567890 channel 6 ifconfig eth0 down dhcpcd eth1
This script both select the right key and channel for the router and uses dynamic ip-addresses in order not to need thinking about DNS-server addresses etc.
Works normally. Create directory /mnt/stick, and add the following to fstab:
/dev/sda1 /mnt/stick vfat rw,user,noauto,umask=0000 0 0
then the stick can be mounter by user with: mount /mnt/stick.
Another way is to use the autofs module:
pacman -S autofs
More info you can get from: http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/AutoFS_HowTo
That way you can get all usb-sticks, cd's and other stuff automatically mounted on connection. This is a configuration that works:
/media /etc/autofs/auto.media --timeout 3
# e.g. localoptions='rsize=8192,wsize=8192' localoptions= # e.g. --timeout=60 daemonoptions='-g'
cdrom -fstype=iso9660,ro,nodev,nosuid :/dev/cdrom usbG -fstype=auto,async,nodev,nosuid,umask=000 :/dev/sda1 usbH -fstype=auto,async,nodev,nosuid,umask=000 :/dev/sda2 usbI -fstype=auto,async,nodev,nosuid,umask=000 :/dev/sdb1 usbJ -fstype=auto,async,nodev,nosuid,umask=000 :/dev/sdb2
Make sure you create the directories needed:
/media/cdrom /media/usbG /media/usbH /media/usbI /media/usbJ
kernel -ro ftp.kernel.org:/pub/linux boot -fstype=ext2 :/dev/hda1 removable -fstype=ext2 :/dev/hdd cd -fstype=iso9660,ro :/dev/hdc floppy -fstype=auto :/dev/fd0
Here you can add other filesystems if needed.
Finally add this line to rc.local
/etc/rc.d/autofs start
Seems to work normally: Battery life is visible automatically (in KDE at least), and screen goes to power saving mode after a period of inactivity.
not tested
not tested
Alt+Function key commands work ok. For left-side buttons, in kernel is a module called wistron_btns, it also drive the RadioSwitch.
not tested
External Links
- This report is listed at the TuxMobil: Linux Laptop and Notebook Installation Guides Survey: Fujitsu-Siemens - FSC.


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A little more than an hour north of Santiago, Chile sits Cartagena. Like an old ship left in the harbor, this coastal town is slowly rotting away — its sidewalks are crumbling, its mostly abandoned houses and buildings are collapsing, and the streetlights rust and flicker. Looking around, one could easily imagine the city sinking to the ocean floor.
As tourists, we typically travel to places we find lively and vibrant, however there is something equally alluring about a city in this state decay.
Here, there are a few tourist attractions, but nothing that would make it into a Lonely Planet travel guide. When TripAdvisor shows "0" hotel recommendations and "0" relevant forums, you know you've chosen a peculiar destination.
In Cartagena, popular activities include riding the old horses down the littered shoreline and fishing in the deserted bay. For around a dollar each, you can tour the pirate caves — according to local legend, this cluster of large caves once sheltered a band of pirates and at least one old hermit.
Almost everyone strolls the boardwalk that connects the two beaches, "Playa Chica" and "Playa Grande." Lined with stacks of empty or abandoned buildings, here visitors can shop the souvenir stands and bring home a Cartagena seashell ashtray or coin pouch.
For lunch, you can dine at one of dozens of traditional Chilean restaurants, hole-in-the-walls called Picas, where you can order a heavy Chilean dish like conger-eel soup or fried seafood empanadas.
If you'd like to stay a few days, most hotels are rundown mom-n-pop establishments but cost only around $8 to $10 a night. They offer "sea-side views" with drafty rooms, musty bedspreads and rickety furnishings. Breakfast is not continental.
Each year, nearly 600,000 tourists, mostly low-income Chilean families and couples, enjoy a modest vacation at Cartagena — typically the only one they can afford.
It's a far cry from the exotic destinations Chile has to offer, and around Santiago, the word often heard to describe Cartagena is flite — derogatory slang meaning "trashy" or of low socioeconomic status. Ironically, the city was the exact opposite a century ago.
Cartagena's golden era began in 1890, just after Chile seized the Antofagasta nitrogen fields from Bolivia and Peru in the War of the Pacific. The nitrogen provided a lucrative market abroad, and the Chilean economy boomed. Wealthy Chileans became substantially wealthier and, in imitation of European high society, began summer vacationing. They chose Cartagena for it's proximity to Santiago.
Just 20 years before that, the city was a small fishing village of some 25 families. But within a decade, Cartagena was transformed into Santiago's first vacation destination. To enjoy the pristine beaches and fresh air, travelers endured a two-day journey via carritos de sangre, horse drawn carriages that ran on a system of rails. Along the mostly barren coast, they assembled all the necessities of an opulent lifestyle — luxury hotels and restaurants, mansions and even castles.
For society's most influential and affluent, i.e. foreign diplomats, bankers, European merchants and even two former Chilean Presidents, Pedro Aguirre and Ramon Barres, Cartagena was a place for escape and relaxation. Visitors strolled the beaches, attended extravagant dinner parties and enjoyed symphony concerts.
Then in 1930, an official railway delivering passengers from Santiago to Cartagena was constructed. The costs of travel cheapened and Cartagena overflowed with middle and working class vacationers. The privileged sensed the city was in decline and crossed Cartagena off the map. They sold or abandoned their homes, relocating to more exclusive, less accessible destinations.
Afterwards, the city remained a favorite among less extravagant Chileans and was still prosperous a decade later. During the 1940s, Cartagena became known as the "cultural capital" where many of the country's most recognized artists once lived, including avant-garde poet Vicente Huidobro and painter and writer Adolfo Couve.
Today, the home of Couve, an early 1900s mansion known as The Villa Lucia, is now a museum, El Museo de Artes Decorativas. Tours cost $3, and inside you'll find the decadent lifestyle typical of affluent Cartagena residents perfectly preserved. The mansion's original owners hailed from Italy and designed it in the style of an Italian Villa. Like many luxury homes here, practically all construction materials -- including windows, doors, fixtures, flooring, and even furniture -- were imported directly from France, England and Geneva.
Couve resided here for nearly 40 years until his death in 1998. He prefered the city for its relative isolation and unique panorama of Chilean culture. In 1975 he wrote, "This beach town perfectly represents the mixture that in the end we are all made of: the combination of native and European that is plastered into the homes and grand palaces built into the hillsides around Cartagena by the wealthiest families of the early 20th century."
Many of Couve's "grand palaces" still stand today, though most are abandoned and in serious disrepair.
The most well known is Forster Castle (above), which sits above the boardwalk and has long served as the subject for dozens of Cartagena postcards. Constructed in 1930 by Sir Guillermo Forster, lawyer, politician and diplomat, this Mediterranean-style castle served as a summer house for him and his family.
Like most things in Cartagena, today Forster Castle is rotting away. Guarded behind iron-gates and barbed-wire fencing as a protected city monument of the patria, the adobe structure is slowly submitting to decay from the wet sea breeze and heavy rains.
So many have come in and out of this city for so many decades, yet few have taken the time to preserve it. Thankfully, today, historians and loyal locals are collaborating with the city to try and restore the many mansions and palaces significant to Cartagena's history and patria.
One such example is the house of Vicente Huidobro. Though not nearly as well known as national icon Pablo Neruda, Huidobro initiated the avantgard "creacionismo" poetry movement and is considered to be one of Chile's four greatest poets.
Atop a hill overlooking the city, the poet inhabited this modest early 20th century home until his death in 1948. The house sat abandoned for many years until 2012 when, under the direction of Santiago University, the house was converted into a museum. Seven rooms contain a chronological display of Huidobro's life and career, including personal affects, letters and valuable antiques.
Just a 10-minute walk up the hill, you'll find Huidobro's tomb. When the poet died of a stroke, he was buried as he had requested in his will — on a hill with a view of the Pacific Ocean. Like a classic Huidobro poem, his gravestone reads "open this tomb, at the bottom of this tomb you will find the sea."
Together these and other attractions add to the prevalent sense of the past that makes Cartagena magical. You can feel it when you walk down the empty streets, and look up into the darkened windows. The city may have gone out of style 72 years ago, but there's something fascinating about a place now so passé.
Like an old man, this city knows itself well. Having lived a long and fulfilling life, Cartagena has many stories to tell. As a tourist, the adventure is in discovering these stories of what has been. And the mystery is what will become of it.


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Taxing Labor versus Taxing Consumption?
Europe's welfare systems face substantial demographic headwinds. Increasing life expectancy and the approaching retirement of "Baby Boomers" will increase public expenditures for years to come. Rightfully, much attention is focused on containing additional spending needs for pensions, health and long term care. But how is all this being paid for?
Currently, the majority of social spending, including most importantly pension benefits, in most countries in Europe and Central Asia is financed through social security contributions, which are essentially taxes on labor. This has two important implications. First, in terms of fiscal sustainability, the growth in spending is only a concern if expenditures grow faster than the corresponding revenues. Since labor taxes are the predominant source of financing for most welfare systems in both EU and transition countries, aging will not only increase spending, but simultaneously exert pressure on revenues. With the exception of countries in Central Asia and Turkey, the labor force, and hence the number of taxpayers that pay labor taxes will decline by about 20 percent on average across the region. Second, already today, labor taxes, including both personal income taxes and social security contributions account on average for about 40 percent of total gross labor costs in Europe and Central Asia (including EU member states), compared to an average of 34 percent in the OECD. This means that for every US$ 1 received in net earnings, employers on average incur a labor cost of US$ 1.67. And out of the 67 cents that are paid in labor taxes, 43 cents (or 65 percent) are directly used to finance social security benefits. By increasing the cost of labor, the high tax burden potentially harms competitiveness, job creation, and growth in countries in the region.
So what does this mean for the tax systems of the future? One response has been to explore other sources of financing for social welfare spending. Some countries, most notably Georgia and Denmark, have moved towards a system that finances pension benefits from the general government revenue pool. While retaining social security contributions, Germany introduced a 3 percent increase in the standard VAT rate (from 16 percent to 19 percent) and a simultaneous reduction of 1.8 percent in employer social security contributions in 2007. Hungary decided a simultaneous 5 percent reduction in employer social security contributions and a 5 percent increase in VAT in 2009.
Shifting the tax burden from direct labor taxes to indirect taxes, especially VAT, offers several advantages. First, income taxes, including social security contributions are origin based, meaning that they are levied on domestic production while imports are excluded from the tax base. In contrast, consumption taxes are destination based, meaning consumption of both domestic and imported goods are included in the tax base, while exports are zero-rated (and as such excluded from the tax base). As a result, a shift from labor taxes to VAT lowers the cost of exports while increasing the cost of imports. This is especially relevant for countries in need of increased export competitiveness. Second, relying more on consumption taxes may help balancing intergenerational distribution of the fiscal impact of demographic change. This is because taxpayers receiving income from sources other than labor and those financing consumption out of savings, including pensioners, will carry part of the additional financing burden. Finally, while aging will have important implications for the composition of consumption, for example increasing consumption of health services, the overall level of consumption will be less affected by demographic change than labor income.
However, there are drawbacks as well. Consumption taxes tend to be regressive because poorer households spend a higher share of their income on current consumption while the saving rate increases with higher incomes. Tax shifts to consumption taxes will therefore need to be assessed carefully in terms of equity and possibly accompanied by offsetting measures to achieve desirable fiscal redistribution. Moreover, as with any taxes, VAT rate increases cause behavioral responses by taxpayers and may encourage evasion. Rate increases beyond a certain level may therefore harm rather than increase revenue yield. Some estimates have placed the revenue-maximizing VAT at below 25 percent. Room for future rate increases may therefore be limited. Finally and most importantly, shifts of social security financing to general government revenue will need to be embedded in wider reforms of the welfare system. Since shifting the financing burden to general government revenue eliminates the link between individual contributions and benefits, changes on the revenue side will most likely need to be accompanied by changes to the determination of benefits. For example, public pension schemes that are largely financed from general taxation will most likely concentrate on the provision of basic income support rather than paying earning related pension benefits while relying on private savings for additional income support. This is the case both in Georgia and Denmark. Of course, this would fundamentally alter the philosophy underlying most current welfare systems, but the alternative of increasing cross-subsidization from the general budget of rising deficits in contributory welfare schemes is likely to involve greater inequities and higher fiscal costs.


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DuPont (NYSE:DD) disclosed a 70% plunge in fourth-quarter profits on Tuesday amid stalling revenue, but the chemical giant managed to surpass Wall Street's expectations and issued upbeat guidance.
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Shares of the economic bellwether gained about 1% on the earnings beat and outlook.
DuPont said it earned $111 million, or 12 cents a share, last quarter, compared with a profit of $373 million, or 40 cents a share, a year earlier.
Excluding one-time items, it earned 11 cents a share, topping forecasts from analysts for seven cents.
While volumes rose 3%, revenue was flat at $7.33 billion, besting the Street's view of $7.26 billion. Revenue was hurt 2% by currency impact. Gross margins dipped to 18.3% from 19.3%.
"DuPont stands stronger today than it did a year ago. Our segments delivered innovation, productivity and integration cost synergies," CEO Ellen Kullman said in a statement. "However, weakness in markets served by Performance Chemicals and Electronics & Communications provided significant challenges in 2012."
DuPont's U.S. and Canada revenue was flat at $2.5 billion, while revenue in Latin America soared 10% to $1.3 billion. The company's Asia Pacific division posted flat sales of $1.9 billion, but its Europe, Middle East and Africa dropped 8% to $1.6 billion due to negative currency affect and a 2% drop in volume.
A number of DuPont's business lines suffered a decline in revenue, including a 15% tumble in performance chemicals to $1.6 billion and a 5% decline for performance materials to $1.5 billion. On the upside, agriculture revenue soared 18% to $1.5 billion and sales of nutrition and health products gained 6% to $900 million.
Looking ahead, DuPont forecasted 2013 non-GAAP EPS of $3.85 to $4.05, representing a 2% to 7% jump from 2012. Analysts had been calling for non-GAAP EPS of just $3.84.
Full-year sales are seen hitting about $36 billion, matching the Street's view of $35.99 billion.
"We've adjusted our plans to meet the changing market environment and grow our businesses in a slow-growth world economy," said Kullman.
Shares of Wilmington, Del.-based DuPont rose 0.98% to $47.45 in premarket trading. While the stock has gained about 4.5% so far in 2013, it remains down almost 5% over the past 12 months.


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MyTypeDesign necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 329 diseños de 64 diseñadores freelance.
Need a logo for an application to be launched on Facebook called "Night Out". It let's you display on your profile those friends you "night out" with, as well as browse through and message other people who night out in your area.
I'm on here everyday giving feedback and will try to comment on everyone's designs. Thanks for submitting!
Night Out
Though one of the primary allures of Night Out is the ability to find people you'd want to date or hook up with, we're trying our best not to appear like a dating site. We are also not targeting any specific demographic beyond the obvious age bracket of 18 to 30ish. The app can be used by heterosexuals, homosexuals, party animals, dinner and a movie types, hipsters, couples, etc.
- A simple, fun logo that incorporates the words "Night Out". The words could be uppercase or lowercase.
- We're currently using a dark blue color as our base (#002157), which is slightly preferred but not mandatory. Dark blue does have the obvious association with "night".
- The logo should be somewhat compact, i.e. don't include a large background relative to the logo like #5 does.
- The logo should not try too hard to be cool. We're not look for cartoon silhouettes of young "hip" people.
- It should not be complex. We're not looking for fancy graphics or lots of colors. We're not necessarily looking to be bare bones minimalist either. Again, we'd like it to have a fun nature to it, but understated fun
- It should not have any details that would be lost if scaled down to around 140px by 40px (about as small as we would go, it would probably be used at a bit larger size)
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EU court: Workers sick on leave can get extra time off
Workers who fall sick during their annual leave are entitled to take corresponding paid leave at a later date, the EU's top court has ruled.
The European Court of Justice ruling is legally binding throughout the EU.
Thursday's ruling was prompted by a Spanish trade union case against a group of department stores.
"The right to paid annual leave cannot be interpreted restrictively," the court says. The UK does not have an opt-out in this area of EU labour law.
The court in Luxembourg said the EU Working Time Directive grants workers a right to at least four weeks' paid annual leave "even where such leave coincides with periods of sick leave".
The ECJ says "the point at which the temporary incapacity arose is irrelevant".
"Consequently, a worker is entitled to take paid annual leave, which coincides with a period of sick leave, at a later point in time, irrespective of the point at which the incapacity for work arose."
According to an earlier ECJ ruling, workers who fall sick before a period of annual leave can also reschedule that leave period so that it does not clash with their sick leave.
The UK's opt-out from the Working Time Directive only applies to the directive's clause setting a 48-hour limit on the working week.
The UK government says "no-one can opt out of any other part of the directive".
The UK and at least 14 other countries use the opt-out, which enables workers voluntarily to work more than 48 hours a week.
Carrying leave over
An EU source told the BBC that the ECJ ruling has full, immediate effect EU-wide, regardless of the type or size of employer.
Workers who believe their employer has infringed their right to paid annual leave can seek justice in their national courts.
Infringement cases against employers who violate the directive can also be brought by the European Commission or national governments.
Commenting on Thursday's ruling the Confederation of British Industry said that "as a result of earlier ECJ judgments, this change has already happened in the UK, bringing along headaches for employers".
Guy Bailey, CBI Head of Employment and Employee Relations, said that "with the rules currently under discussion again in Brussels, the CBI would like to see the judgments reversed, so that the directive is focused on the health and safety of the workforce, as originally intended".
The Working Time Directive has been hotly debated in the EU for years. The European Parliament has tried to get the opt-out removed, challenging the UK position.
The UK's Federation of Small Businesses urged the UK government on Thursday to "avoid implementation of any ECJ ruling on annual leave and sick leave for as long as possible, given the ongoing negotiations by the social partners on the Working Time Directive".
The business group said changing UK law in this area again "would be unhelpful, confusing and add burdens for small businesses, which at this time they can ill afford".
In cases where workers fall sick towards the end of the year, and are unable to take all of their annual leave, they can under EU law carry over their unused leave into the next accounting period.
The ECJ has also ruled that the long-term sick have the right to accumulate at least a year of unused annual leave. But the ECJ says the amount is not open-ended and member states can set an upper limit.


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IRC Mini-compo #16
Sunday evening at 19:00 CET the rules will be explained in detail, and I will
give you the passphrase to access the samplepack and the submit page.
Don't be afraid to join, beginner or not. We will be there to help you if you have any question regarding such events, IRC in general or MadTracker.
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TASTE OF CHAOS started in 2005 as an international touring festival playing over twenty countries with bands like The Used, Thrice, Deftones, 30 Seconds to Mars, Taking Back Sunday, Story of The Year and many more until 2010. In October 2015 we are launching Taste of Chaos as a destination festival event with camping at San Manuel Amphitheater and Festival Grounds on Saturday October 3, 2015.See tour dates and purchase tickets.
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Lake Alfred, Fla. (May 12, 2015) – The Jr. Pro Regional Championships Overall Series headlines the Malibu WWA Rider Experience at all of its domestic events, putting the next generation of professional wakeboarders in competitions designed to give them the experience to move up to the pro ranks. Last year's Jr. Pro Regional Championships Overall Champion Cory Teunissen has moved up to the Pro Men's division and finished sixth at the Malibu Cancun Pro in April.
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Orlando, Florida (February 13, 2015) - Over 26 years, the World Wakeboard Association has established itself as the leader in wake sports around the globe. The WWA today announced that the 2015 Wakeboard World Series presented by Rockstar Energy Drink will contest nine rounds featuring the world's best athletes, partners and locations.
The 2015 Wakeboard World Series is unlike anything wake sports has seen in the past including the largest payout ever offered, a women's World Series, and includes the Nautique Wake Series, Malibu...
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Rockstar Energy Drink Sponsors Professional Snowboarder Silje Norendal
Los Angeles, CA (December 10, 2014): Rockstar Energy Drink announces sponsorship agreement with Silje Norendal.
Silje Norendal is a leader in Women's Slopestyle with recent decorations including Gold medals from Winter X Games Aspen 2014 and Winter X Games Tignes 2013. Silje joins Rockstar's dynamic Rockstar snowboard team roster including top pros Torstein Horgmo, Chas Guldemond, Andreas Wiig, Spencer O'Brien, Frank April, and Matt Ladley.
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Rockstar Energy Drink driver Tanner Foust is making the move to a new team and new car in 2014 for his rallycross campaign.
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White Rhino – "New York City"November 28th, 2011 by Siegz | Alternative/Indie, Hip-Hop/Rap |
"New York City" is the lead single for The White Rhino's next album The Journey of Julian Rhine, which is due out next month. The female singer on the hook is Kristine Kubat, who is a constant part of his live band, and an amazing singer.
New York City by White Rhino NYC
The album was produced entirely with Jonathan Rice, who produced Rhino's last album as well. Together, the two of them have a special skill in turning basic live instrumentation into a completely original, massive sound. Rhino's music has definitely evolved from his earlier stuff and it sounds like he can craft a sound that no one else in the game is banging. The album will be coming out for free next month, and a friend of ours called it "a deeply layered, dark, comedic, and drippingly original work."


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Editor's Summary
Taking on the reins as ASIS&T president for 2013, the author sets his sights on fulfilling and expanding upon previous presidents initiatives. This years efforts will focus on building strength through a more international membership, energizing student chapters to stimulate early professional involvement, broadening engagement in ASIS&T events from Annual Meetings to webinars and providing the most relevant and content-rich material. The role of the organization, its service to members and the sense of identity and community it engenders deserve examination. ASIS&T must reach out to other groups in the information sector but strive to realize its claim as the preeminent information society. Aligning with the growing iSchool movement may well be a step in that direction.
information associations leadership goals international aspects career development students information science schools
Bulletin, December 2012/January 2013
Presidents Page
Andrew Dillon
2013 ASIS&T President
Dean and Professor
School of Information at the University of Texas at Austin
The occasion of an inaugural presidential address is potentially daunting, representing as it does the moment when the suffix "elect" is removed, and you finally recognize that you are the person tasked with leading the association. A quick scan of previous holders of this office can add to the sense of unease as you see the names Watson Davis, Harold Borko, Eugene Garfield, Clifford Lynch and so many others; it gives one pause and time to reflect that you also might just be getting a little older than you care to admit.
Any professional society moves slowly but it is the responsibility of the president to make sure it moves surely. With a presidential term being only one year, it is important that collective efforts over years build on what goes before, and in this regard, I intend to build on the efforts of Diane, my immediate predecessor, and those before her who initiated a push toward greater internationalization in order to build strength through a broader, global membership. It is clear that the energy and enthusiasm of our international members are key building blocks of a secure future for the association and, moreover, the concerns of an association claiming to be the information association for the information age are truly global. Our name and our actions should recognize this.
I certainly want us to bring new energy to our student chapters by offering resources, wherever possible, to enable chapters to organize and to become involved in the international organization. I realize that student chapters often serve purposes more related to local than association-wide engagement, but most information professionals find their way into the field via university-based information programs. We therefore need to be active here to bring ASIS&Ts value more clearly to the fore so that no matter where these graduates pursue their professional careers, membership in this association is a natural part of their identities.
In the coming year we will examine all forms of involvement in ASIS&T so as to engage as many members as possible in the major events of the society: the Annual Meeting, summits, webinars and so forth. To this end, the board is engaging this year in a review of the Annual Meeting structure and program content to ensure the most relevance to members. We need to move beyond practices of habit and avoid undue shift based on the makeup of a particular years program committee. The goal is to develop a clearer sense of how the conference can best serve the Society over time. In the same vein, we intend to explore our entire range of online communications, from the website to our continuing education seminars, with a view to developing a consistent and content-rich series of offerings that add real value to members.
But hand in hand with such continued efforts, I believe we need to think clearly about the role of our professional organization and reimagine what ASIS&T can offer to members in the 21st century. I do not just mean analysis of the benefits, the products of membership such as the pricing of the Annual Meeting or access to a digital library. I am thinking more about what membership of this professional association really gives you. I believe that the sense of community and identity that is fostered by membership might seem intangible, but, on reflection, it is key to a positive membership experience. Further, if we cannot easily demonstrate the value of ASIS&T to its members, then why exist and why ask others to spend their money to join?
I am sure many of you, like me, view ASIS&T as being unique in its coverage of the full information field, beyond agencies or job titles, and in so doing we put user values at the core of our mission. Are we clear ourselves on how and why we take this approach? This year I want to help members find better ways to tell our story and to articulate the aims of ASIS&T so that we can help shape better understanding of information education in our universities and of the value in information research to funding agencies and help our graduates and fellow professionals best explain their contributions to employers.
The information field is often split into many competing groups and organizations. I want ASIS&T to build bridges across the divisions so as to live up to our claim of being the information society. We must engage with relevant other groups including the iSchools and ALISE. It is worth recognizing that our membership is dropping while the iSchools movement is growing: so what can we learn here? Is this not a time when the growth in information education should be leveraged for mutual benefit? When Harry Bruce takes over from me next year, he will become the 5th ASIS&T president in a row to come from the ranks of the iSchools, so let us exploit the potential for constructive partnership.
There is work to be done, and it will take more than one year to make real progress, but let us accept the challenge of creating the best information association, member by member, chapter by chapter, SIG by SIG, so as to demonstrate the very leadership mantle we claim.
Articles in this Issue
Taxonomies in Practice Introduction
Evaluating Classification Schema and Classification Decisions
Case Study: Developing the PLOS Thesaurus
Building User Experiences: Synchronizing User Experience Design and the Supporting Metadata and Taxonomy Infrastructure
Indexing Electronic Medical Records Using a Taxonomy
Building a Taxonomy for Auto-classification
Building Controlled Vocabularies for Metadata Harmonization
President's Page: Diane Sonnenwald
President's Page: Andrew Dillon
IA: On What Assumptions Do You Base Your Thinking? Contextual Challenges and Strategic Possibilities
RDAP: Digital Curation Postdoctoral Fellowship - The Hybrid Role of Data Curator


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Get the Facts
What Is CAM?
February 2007
There are many terms used to describe approaches to health care that are outside the realm of conventional medicine as practiced in the United States. This fact sheet explains how the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM), a component of the National Institutes of Health, defines some of the key terms used in the field of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM). Terms that are underlined in the text are defined at the end of this fact sheet.
What is CAM?
CAM is a group of diverse medical and health care systems, practices, and products that are not presently considered to be part of conventional medicine. Conventional medicine is medicine as practiced by holders of M.D. (medical doctor) or D.O. (doctor of osteopathy) degrees and by their allied health professionals, such as physical therapists, psychologists, and registered nurses. Some health care providers practice both CAM and conventional medicine. While some scientific evidence exists regarding some CAM therapies, for most there are key questions that are yet to be answered through well-designed scientific studies -- questions such as whether these therapies are safe and whether they work for the diseases or medical conditions for which they are used.
The list of what is considered to be CAM changes continually, as those therapies that are proven to be safe and effective become adopted into conventional health care and as new approaches to health care emerge.
Are complementary medicine and alternative medicine different from each other?
Yes, they are different.
What is integrative medicine?
Integrative medicine combines treatments from conventional medicine and CAM for which there is some high-quality evidence of safety and effectiveness. It is also called integrated medicine.
What are the major types of complementary and alternative medicine?
NCCAM groups CAM practices into four domains, recognizing there can be some overlap. In addition, NCCAM studies CAM whole medical systems, which cut across all domains.
Whole Medical Systems
Whole medical systems are built upon complete systems of theory and practice. Often, these systems have evolved apart from and earlier than the conventional medical approach used in the United States. Examples of whole medical systems that have developed in Western cultures include homeopathic medicine and naturopathic medicine. Examples of systems that have developed in non-Western cultures include traditional traditional Chinese medicine and Ayurveda.
Mind-Body Medicine
Mind-body medicine uses a variety of techniques designed to enhance the mind's capacity to affect bodily function and symptoms. Some techniques that were considered CAM in the past have become mainstream (for example, patient support groups and cognitive-behavioral therapy). Other mind-body techniques are still considered CAM, including meditation, prayer, mental healing, and therapies that use creative outlets such as art, music, or dance.
Biologically Based Practices
Biologically based practices in CAM use substances found in nature, such as herbs, foods, and vitamins. Some examples include dietary supplements, herbal products, and the use of other so-called natural but as yet scientifically unproven therapies (for example, using shark cartilage to treat cancer).
Manipulative and Body-Based Practices
Manipulative and body-based practices in CAM are based on manipulation and/or movement of one or more parts of the body. Some examples include chiropractic or osteopathic manipulation, and massage.
Energy Medicine
Energy therapies involve the use of energy fields. They are of two types:
What is NCCAM's role in the field of complementary and alternative medicine?
NCCAM is the Federal Government's lead agency for scientific research on CAM. . NCCAM's mission is to explore complementary and alternative healing practices in the context of rigorous science, train CAM researchers, and disseminate authoritative information to the public and professionals.
For More Information
Sources of NCCAM Information
NCCAM Clearinghouse
Sources of Information on Dietary Supplements
Office of Dietary Supplements (ODS), NIH
Web site: ods.od.nih.gov
E-mail: email@example.com
U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Information includes "Tips for the Savvy Supplement User: Making Informed Decisions and Evaluating Information" (cfsan.fda.gov/~dms/ds-savvy.html) and updated safety information on supplements (cfsan.fda.gov/~dms/ds-warn.html). If you have experienced an adverse effect from a supplement, you can report it to the FDA's MedWatch program, which collects and monitors such information (1-800-FDA-1088 or fda.gov/medwatch/).
This article was provided by U.S. National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine.


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Things that make me say "This is awesome!" these days:
The first is the work of Windsor's Broken City Lab, an artist-led group that's hard at work imagining new possibilities for run-down and neglected stretches of Windsor, Ontario. Windsor has been particularly hard-hit by the loss of good-paying industrial manufacuring jobs even before the latest recession came about and its close ties and proximity to the recession's greatest urban victim, Detroit, make it an interesting bellweather for evaluating the recession's economic and spatial impact on Canadian cities.
Broken City Lab also is involved in a number of urban installation projects aimed at getting Windsor residents to think more deeply about the urban spaces they interact with and consider how they might be improved.
They're also involved in developing 'micro-intervention' pieces for use in improving small areas and helping educate residents about the potential for DIY-style urban improvement projects. Check out their Removable Garden Project.
As an urban planning student, I believe that any urban renewal or regeneration project must be driven in part by area residents and that the technologies, vocabulary and tools of the profession need to be made available and accessible to citizens. As a street artist, I believe that streetart can be used to temporarily improve an urban area in a manner that goes beyond just painting a pretty picture on a wall. It's something that I've been trying to do with Swap Boxes for years now…
As well, two guys have created a rolling graffiti printer, which you can check out at Looptaggr . The idea of a dotted-and-dashed line stencil that could be spray-painted on sidewalks to create somewhat of an 'urban treasure-hunt' or a follow-the-line type of experience has interested me for quite some time.
A new and exciting update to McGill to Haiti is coming up soon. I've been derailed into a world of studio projects, deadlines, mayhem and confusing GIS maps which I'm only now starting to make some sense of…


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text: I try not to post anything disturbing and try to stay family friendly as much as possible. Then again, that won't represent more than half the work I do for fun. And when you really look at these, these are more weird than bad (as in evil). And they are just plain bad art I know. And by all means, I ain't no furry, I just do these crap to amuse myself. But I guess that's how some furries started out. Crap! Anyways, these are I guess what you can say the opposite of Mickey Mouse, Bugs Bunny and all them animal based cartoon characters that talk and move like human. These would be what animals would draw human as themselves. I didn't color them but try to visualise them in human flesh tones (pink, yellow, brown, etc.) instead of the actual animal colors. We didn't color Mickey, Woody, and others in flesh tones. Why would they want to color these in animal patterns.


text: Paul, I don't think the DHCP has much to do with mpich performance... I think the only additional overhead it adds is when the node computer first comes on-line. It just sends a request to the DHCP server for an IP address (and gateway, netmask, etc... I think :-) Now, what WILL affect your performance is using your campus network. You are relying on the cable and infrastructure of that network. Your cluster is also competing for resources with all other network users, at the switch level. One could argue that this delay is negligable but if you add all the delays that may exist in a small public network, it could be considerable. I recommend you spend a little money and get yourself a switch. I just saw an 8-port on e-bay for $13. I suggest you make your own cables. For me anyway, it is an almost cathartic release for me to build my own cables. :-) With your own switch, you control the traffic. If you do this and response time is still slow, at least you have your own network to analyze. Ken www.radstream.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "JOHNSON,PAUL C" <redboots at ufl.edu> To: <Beowulf at beowulf.org> Sent: Monday, October 04, 2004 4:31 PM Subject: [Beowulf] ethernet switch, dhcp question > All: > > Im fairly new to beowulf clusters so please excuse the question if > it is trivial. Ive installed mpich on several computers and have > run several programs but the performance seems a little slow. All > the computers in my lab are connected directly to the campus > network. Would I see an increase in performance if I instead had > slaves connected through a switch in my room connected to a master > computer using dhcp to assign ip's? > Thanks for any help, > Paul > > -- > JOHNSON,PAUL C


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The Academy is staffed by a cadre of dedicated, talented men and women whose wealth of experience translates to high-quality training programs for recruits, experienced troopers, investigators and police officers from other agencies.
In addition to its administrative personnel, the Academy staff includes experts in course development for both uniform and investigative curricula as well as trained instructors with years of practical, professional police experience to their credit.
Staff conduct specialized training, at the Academy, in a variety of police-related disciplines. Those available to law enforcement officers from other departments includes instruction in:
- Firearms;
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by Sue Ann Rybak
Capt. John Fleming, a 16-year veteran of the Philadelphia Police Department, has replaced Capt. Joel Dales as head of the 14th Police District. Dales, who was promoted to Inspector, will oversee the Standards and Accountability Unit.
"I am extremely happy to be back in the Northwest again for my third stint," Fleming said.
Out of his 16 years on the police force, Fleming has spent 10 years in the Northwest Division. Prior to his promotion, he was an administrative lieutenant to Police Commissioner Charles Ramsey.
He has worked in the Northwest as a patrol officer in the 35th District and as a lieutenant in the 39th District.
The 14th District covers Chestnut Hill, Mt. Airy and parts of Germantown and West Oak Lane.
Fleming, whose father was a police officer, didn't always dream of becoming a cop. He said he was a sophomore finance major at Temple University when his father suggested that he take the Philadelphia Police Officer Recruit Examination.
"Most people don't aspire to a career in civil service, but I don't see myself ever doing anything else," Fleming said.
When asked about Dales, Fleming said he has "put a great blueprint down for me to follow."
"I believe he (Dales) has the right people in the right place – it's just a matter of tweaking it so we can continue to ensure that we're deployed in the right way," Fleming said adding that the 14th District is "very diverse" and is one of the largest in Philadelphia.
"It's a big responsibility that I open my arms to," Fleming said.
Fleming said he acknowledged the need to address the increase in burglaries in the area. Part of his goal as captain is to build a specialized burglary task force.
Fleming said he was fortunate to be able to enlist the help of "two of the best fingerprint technicians in the Northwest Division" – Sgt. Dennis Rosenbaum, who was in charge of the burglary task force in the Far Northeast and captain's aide Andrew Drobonick, a fingerprint technician from the 39th District.
"The 14th Police District now has three excellent finger-print technicians," Fleming said. "It's a big advantage for a district that has issues with burglaries and property crimes."
He said he hoped that both Rosenbaum and Drobonick will be able to share their knowledge and expertise with other officers in the 14th District.


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February 14, 2012
Keepin' our drinks cold while keepin' our hands warm—the time has come for the newest addition to the Rome coozie family. As a yearly tradition, Rome creates a fun, (sometimes mildly offensive) beverage coozie to hook-up our friends, shops, and replace the ones we lost from the year before. This year, we're looking for your help.
The Syndicate concept has been at the foundation of Rome since its beginning; hell, it's even in our name, and throughout the years we have had riders provide art and input that has shaped Rome into what it is.
So now it's your chance to help redesign what some may say is one of the most important products we make. We need your help creating the newest Syndicate coozie and become a part of a long list of legendary can coolers.
- Design art for a coozie that contains the word Rome, our logo, or both (Downloadable here: http://www.romesnowboards.com/downloads/category/2)
- Keep it a one color design and make sure it fits in a (2.5" X 3") imprint area.
- Submit your entries by March 15th
- Send your Entries to email@example.com with "You Are the Syndicate" in the subject line.
- Submit files in Jpeg format or if you scribbled something down on a bar napkin mail it in!
- Be sure to include your mailing address in case your design is chosen as the next Syndicate coozie.
Winner is chosen April 1st and will receive 20 custom coozies! We will also print 200 to be given away at various upcoming Rome events, basically making you the coolest coozie designer in the industry.
So get the creative juices flowing and send in what you think should be the next custom Syndicate coozie!
For more news and Rome SDS happenings keep an eye on www.romesnowboards.com, www.facebook.com/romesnowboards and www.twitter.com/romesds.


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Last week, Manhattan restaurateur Keith McNally took restaurant critic Adam Platt to task on a VERY personal level, attacking his appearance, after Platt penned a lackluster review of McNally's latest venture, Pulino's (where former A16 chef Nate Appleman now works). In an open letter to the New York Magazine scribe, McNally calls him "out of touch," "balding," and "overweight." He also accuses Platt of inhabiting a middle-aged world. It should be noted that McNally is almost 59 years old, which is technically far beyond middle age (unless he lives to 116), so perhaps his remark wasn't ageist so much as envious.
In the past two days, New York Post critic Steve Cuozzo sprung to his counterpart's defense, telling McNally to "shut his yap," while, elsewhere, restaurateur Tony May, of SD26, noted his displeasure with New York's restaurant critics. In contrast to McNally, however, May kept things strictly professional, positing that many critics do not understand "the true flavors of Italian cuisine." Meanwhile, Eater NY took a look at the scorecard for newish restaurant critic Sam Sifton of The New York Times, analyzing his first seven months of reviews, for fairness and trends.
Finally, the Los Angeles Times, known for its fine food criticism, looks at the skills it takes to be an astute-yet-svelte restaurant critic. After all the recent name-calling, is this a job anyone even wants?