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Is Atheism a Religion?
While the term religion is usually associated with the idea of a supreme being, some Christians have argued that choosing not to believe in God is as much of a religion as Christianity itself. If that is the case, then separation of church and state laws could one day translate into less rights for Christians in America.
One in five Americans now identify themselves as having "no religious affiliation" according to a July poll conducted by the Pew Center for the People and the Press. That number represents 19 percent of Americans and is a far jump from one of the first surveys ever conducted to include a "no affiliation" option.
Barry Kosmin, co-author of three American Religious Identification Surveys conducted the first survey in 1990 at a time when only six percent of people said "no affiliation." The growing number is a concern for some Christians, who fear that atheism could turn into a belief system that surpasses the separation of church and state laws.
"The atheists don't want beliefs about God to influence public policy," David Fowler, head of the Family Action Council of Tennessee, told USA Today. "But they do want their own beliefs about God's nonexistence to influence public policy."
With this, Folwer suggests that strict separation of church and state laws will one day develop into a lack of representation and constitutional rights for Christians. While atheism may not be a religion, it still represents a system of beliefs that could restrict Christian beliefs: church and state could come to mean one belief system over the other, which is what many Christians fear most. For some, the lack of God in politics equates to the lack of morals and values.
Thaddeus Schwartz, the leader of Secular Life, a social group for Tennessee-area nonbelievers, says that's not the case.
"I teach my kids the same things that you do about how to treat other people," he told USA. "I simply believe in one less god than you do."


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Nov. 16, 2007
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - For the first time in the program's history MIT opened its season with an overtime win as it outlasted Framingham State College, 71-59, in the first game of the MIT Women's Basketball Tip Off Tournament on Friday. Suffolk University picked up a 67-57 win over Westfield State College to advance to the championship game tomorrow at 3:00 p.m. The Rams (0-1) and the Owls (0-1) will square off at 1:00 p.m. in the consolation game.
MIT (1-0) went on a 9-2 run during the first seven minutes of the game. Framingham State slowly chipped away at the deficit and eventually established a 17-16 edge on a jumper by Christina Bordini with 6:34 on the clock. After exchanging baskets, a pair of free throws from Samia Mahjub put the Engineers ahead, 21-20, at the 2:18 mark. MIT converted three of its next four attempts at the charity stripe down the stretch before a basket by the Rams' Toya Chester with 10 seconds left made the score, 24-22.
Cheryl Kwinn opened the scoring for the Engineers in the second stanza which was quickly answered by a basket from Bordini. Sally Simpson extended MIT's lead to four (28-24) before the game became a defensive battle for the next four minutes. Meghan Czarnecki ended the scoring drought and Jill Johnson's jumper knotted the contest at 28. A three-pointer by Mahjub was replicated by Framingham State's Kelleigh Sheehan and helped power it to a 37-33 advantage halfway through the frame. Baskets by Simpson 1:32 apart resulted in the fourth tie of the half. The Rams regained the lead on Jenna Haselhurst's trey as they extended their margin to five on two occasions, the last being at 47-42 with 4:24 remaining. MIT countered with seven straight points during a span of 2:26 to go up, 49-47. Bordini's basket was followed by a lay-up from Kimberly Soo Hoo on the Engineers' ensuing possession. Taryn DiFilippo's jumper registered the seventh tie of the night at 51, but a free throw by Soo Hoo returned the edge to MIT with 35 seconds left to play. DiFilippo sent the game into overtime by converting her second free throw attempt with six seconds on the clock.
Framingham State posted four of the first six points of the extra session, but a three-pointer by Simpson sparked an 8-0 run for the Engineers during the next 2:39. A put-back by Kate Simonelli coupled with a free throw from Haselhurst narrowed the gap to six (65-59) with 47 seconds remaining. MIT closed out the contest by shooting 6-for-9 from the free throw line.
Mahjub led all scorers with 23 points and 20 rebounds, collecting 10 caroms on each side of the floor. Soo Hoo totaled 14 points and three assists while Simpson registered 11 points and three assists in her intercollegiate debut. Clara Yuan posted 12 points and three steals for the Engineers.
Johnson tallied 12 points, nine rebounds, and three steals as Bordini notched 10 points and eight boards. Toya Chester recorded 12 rebounds and four assists for the Rams.
In the night cap, Westfield State established an 18-12 lead on a jumper by Sarah Boudreau at the 7:39 mark. Over six minutes later, Suffolk evened the game at 24 on a three-pointer by Stephanie Zito. Back-to-back baskets by the Owls were followed by a jumper by from the Rams' Meghan Tracey just before time expired.
The second half was a back-and-forth affair as it featured eight ties and five lead changes. With the scored knotted at 53 with 5:24 on the clock, a layup by Laura Thompson ignited a 14-4 run that powered the Rams to victory.
Zito recorded 20 points and seven rebounds while Tracey contributed 12 rebounds and 11 points. Stephanie Morrissey bolstered the offense with 11 points as Kaitlyn Klecha dished out a game-high nine assists. On the defensive end, Emily Duquette led the way with five steals.
Andrea Wasuk paced Westfield State with 17 points while Lauren Sylvain collected 10 rebounds and two blocks. Cassy Jouannet chipped in eight boards, four steals, four assists, and two blocks as Boudreau finished with eight caroms.

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A ledger-compatible
balance command.
ledger's balance command is easy to use but not easy to describe precisely. In the examples below we'll use sample.journal, which has the following account tree:
assets bank checking saving cash expenses food supplies income gifts salary liabilities debts
The balance command shows accounts with their aggregate balances. Subaccounts are displayed indented below their parent. Each balance is the sum of any transactions in that account plus any balances from subaccounts:
$ hledger -f sample.journal balance $-1 assets $1 bank:saving $-2 cash $2 expenses $1 food $1 supplies $-2 income $-1 gifts $-1 salary $1 liabilities:debts
Usually, the non-interesting accounts are elided or omitted. Above,
checking is omitted because it has no subaccounts and a zero balance.
bank is elided because it has only a single displayed subaccount
saving) and it would be showing the same balance as that ($1). Ditto
liabilities. We will return to this in a moment.
The --depth argument can be used to limit the depth of the balance report. So, to see just the top level accounts:
$ hledger -f sample.journal balance --depth 1 $-1 assets $2 expenses $-2 income $1 liabilities
This time liabilities has no displayed subaccounts (due to --depth) and is not elided.
With one or more account pattern arguments, the balance command shows accounts whose name matches one of the patterns, plus their parents (elided) and subaccounts. So with the pattern o we get:
$ hledger -f sample.journal balance o $1 expenses:food $-2 income $-1 gifts $-1 salary -------------------- $-1
The o pattern matched
food and
income, so they are shown. Unmatched
parents of matched accounts are also shown (elided) for context (
Also, the balance report shows the total of all displayed accounts, when that is non-zero. Here, it is displayed because the accounts shown add up to $-1.
Also, non-interesting accounts may be elided. Here's an imperfect description of the ledger balance command's eliding behaviour: "Interesting" accounts are displayed on their own line. An account less deep than the report's max depth, with just one interesting subaccount, and the same balance as the subaccount, is non-interesting, and prefixed to the subaccount's line, unless (hledger's) --no-elide is in effect. An account with a zero inclusive balance and less than two interesting subaccounts is not displayed at all, unless --empty is in effect.
- balance :: CliOpts -> Journal -> IO ()
- accountsReportAsText :: ReportOpts -> AccountsReport -> [String]
- tests_Hledger_Cli_Balance :: Test
accountsReportAsText :: ReportOpts -> AccountsReport -> [String]Source
Render a balance report as plain text suitable for console output.


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U.S. private-equity firm Cerberus Capital Management LP is in the news again, as it prepares to sell its long-held stake in Japan's Aozora Bank Ltd. in the open market, the bank announced Monday.
Aozora shares closed down 10% on the news of the sale, which would take Cerberus's stake from 58% to 8%. The offering is worth around $1.6 billion, excluding an over-allotment option, according to a termsheet seen by Deal Journal.
Cerberus, which was in the news last week with the WSJ reporting it would soon buy into US grocer Supervalu Inc., invested in the mid-sized bank in 2000 after it was bailed out by the government. The private-equity firm, whose expertise lies in turning around distressed businesses, lifted its holding in 2003 to become Aozora's largest shareholder.


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Australia's recent extreme temperatures have resulted in one unexpected consequence – the country's weather bureau has had to add new colors to its heat map.
Deep purple and magenta are now on the Bureau of Meteorology's forecast map for the country, according to the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Here\'s an interactive heat map from ABC\'s website, capturing the new colors.
Purple is for temperatures ranging from 50 degrees celsius to 52 degrees (122 to 125.6 Fahrenheit), while magenta is for 52 degrees to 54 degrees.
Temperatures soared to a national record average of 40.33 degrees on Jan. 7, the highest since records began more than 100 years ago, according to the Bureau of Meteorology. The previous record of 40.17 degrees was set Dec. 21, 1972.
Temperatures climbed over 42 degrees in New South Wales state capital Sydney on Tuesday, with tennis players at the Sydney Interational tournament taking ice baths to cope with the heat, Bloomberg reported.
The extreme heat has also sparked a spate of bush fires through the south eastern part of the country, destroying property, livestock and crops.
– Sarah Turner
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The following post links to Family Tree Magazine's list of best websites. Thanks to Upfront from NGS for permission to share this here.
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101 Best Genealogy and Family History Websites for 2012
via noreply (Diane L Richard) on 9/6/12
Every year, Family Tree Magazine publishes a list of 101 Best Genealogy Websites and I always take a look! With a steady plethora of new websites, websites disappearing, etc, it's nice to have such an annual list to allow one to quickly see if some "juicy" new sites are now available to help us with our genealogy and family history research.
Do recognize that there are specific categories (which are not necessarily the same each year) and so all the "great" websites you use may not be listed and, you may meet a "new" best friend!
- Best Big Genealogy Websites
- Best Websites to Find and Share Family Tree Data Online
- Best Old Map and Photo Websites for Genealogy
- Best Websites for Genealogy in the USA
- Best Websites for Genealogy in New England and the Eastern United States
- Best Websites for Midwestern US Genealogy
- Best Websites for Western US Genealogy
- Best Websites for Genealogy in Canada
- Best Websites for UK and Irish Genealogy
- Best Websites for Genealogy in Europe
- Best Websites for Genealogy Research in Military Records
- Best Online Genealogy Tools
- Best Websites for Getting Genealogy News
Now that you've checked out the list – who is your new "best friend?"
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By Steve Olafson
OKLAHOMA CITY, April 3 (Reuters) - A lawyer for an Oklahoma
oral surgeon accused of using improper sterilization procedures
and rusty surgical tools that may have exposed patients to HIV
and hepatitis said on Wednesday his client had an impeccable
record and provided dedicated care.
The attorney for Dr. Scott Harrington did not address the
specific allegations of improper care that have been lodged by
state regulators. Instead, Tulsa lawyer James Secrest II issued
a statement that defended Harrington's professional history.
"For almost 35 years, Dr. Harrington has provided Oklahomans
with dedicated oral surgical care," the statement said. "His
previous record with the dental board is impeccable."
It continued: "He is taking the recent allegations very
seriously and is fully cooperating with the Oklahoma Dental
Board. At this time, out of respect for his patients and the
sensitivity of the issues, Dr. Harrington will make no further
comment on this matter."
Health authorities are contacting 7,000 of Harrington's
patients by mail to recommend they have their blood drawn so it
can be screened for hepatitis and HIV.
More than 1,200 patients have been tested since Saturday.
Results should be available in about two weeks, health officials
In addition to a home in the Tulsa area, property records
show that Harrington owns a 2,504-square-foot home in Arizona,
tucked into the desert landscape near a posh resort in Carefree,
A man who was at that Arizona property on Wednesday was
asked by Reuters to respond to the Oklahoma allegations.
"I appreciate the opportunity, but I have no comment at this
time," he said. He declined any additional comment, saying, "You
are not authorized to be on this property."
Harrington is scheduled to appear April 19 at a hearing of
the Oklahoma Board of Dentistry, which could revoke his license
to practice. The board has filed 17 administrative complaints
alleging Harrington provided unsafe care that may have exposed
his patients to infectious diseases.
Harrington, 64, voluntarily surrendered his license after
his offices were visited by investigators, who believe one of
Harrington's patients contracted hepatitis at his office.
(Additional reporting by David Schwartz in Arizona; Editing by
Corrie MacLaggan, Cynthia Johnston and Lisa Shumaker)


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In developing countries a 10% increase in Internet access adds 1.28 - 2.5% to the GDP. Globally, Internet access added 1-1.4% to the employment growth rate.
The Internet is its own digital civilization that allows for camaraderie to emerge across borders, nationalities, genders, and belief systems. Those with access have the ability to collaborate, learn, empathize, and participate.
Give a man a fish feed him for a day, teach him how to fish and feed him for a lifetime - but give a man the Internet, and he can teach himself how to fish, and anything else he wants to know.
Without it, efforts are duplicated, resources are wasted, and health and safety are jeopardized. At best, you lose efficiency; at worst, you lose lives.
Telemedicine technologies are revolutionizing the way the world's poor are accessing healthcare. With access, the world's best doctors can diagnose diseases from thousands of miles away.


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Colin Shaw recently wrote an interesting post RIP Customer Experience – Seven reasons why Customer Experience is in danger of dying. He starts by saying:
"I am becoming increasingly concerned that the focus on improving the 'Customer Experience' is heading the same way as CRM, into failure."
My take: I applaud Shaw for initiating this discussion. It's important for those of us who believe in customer experience (CX) management to examine—and continually evaluate—its evolution. So it's a very appropriate topic to raise. From my standpoint, however, I don't think CX management is in any danger of dying. Quite the opposite. Here are seven reasons why CX will thrive, not die:
- CX is not CRM. The CRM movement was almost entirely focused on technology and internal processes and was driven by technology vendors such as Siebel, Peoplesoft, Oracle, and SAP. The CX movement is being driven by practitioners. As long as CX management remains a discipline and does not become thought of as a "tech sector," then it will not follow in the footsteps of CRM.
- CX is more like quality. As I discuss in My Manifesto: Great Customer Experience Is Free, the CX movement is a lot like the quality movement of the 1980s. I "borrowed" and slightly altered a quote about quality: Good customer experience is an achievable, measureable, profitable entity that can be installed once you have commitment and understanding, and are prepared for hard work. Quality was a large issue for U.S. firms that was resolved by strong executive commitment, centralized leadership and skill development, and evolved into a dispersed set of enterprise-wide capabilities.
- CX is a fundamental building block. Whether you care about CX or not, it is an integral component of every organization. Every time customers have any interaction—from a marketing impression to a customer service contact—they have an experience made up of functional, accessible, and emotional components. You can chose to ignore CX management, but CX will always exist.
- CX has well-defined ROI. Our research shows that good CX correlates to loyalty with consumers in both the U.S. and UK. We've also found that relationship hold true in B2B markets such as IT, pharmaceuticals and commercial banking. We also see more companies getting a handle around how CX affects their specific business results. As long as the business case remains strong for providing good CX, companies will continue to care about it.
- CX professionals are growing. CX management is no longer a "cottage industry" where a handful of people attempt to do things on there own in a "trial and error" mode. Our research shows that there are more than 100,000 CX professionals in North America. These CX professionals are increasingly connecting with each other, sharing learnings and best practices, and establishing repeatable activities within their organizations.
- CX management is maturing. The early stages of CX maturity, CX Intrigue and CX Exuberance, looked similar to many boom and bust cycles that characterized trends like CRM. But our research shows that we are entering into the era of CX Professionalism where CX management practices are being codified and permeated across many organizations. Once these practices take hold and drive success within companies, it will be hard to abandon them.
- CX has the CXPA. The reason we founded the Customer Experience Professionals Association (CXPA.org) was to ensure that the practice not only survives, but that it thrives. With the power of a non-profit professional association at its back, the CX management field is likely to get better, stronger, and more influential.
The bottom line: Together we can make sure that CX management thrives


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ANC agrees to no confidence debate - next year
The ANC had earlier rejected a debate on the motion, saying it was "frivolous".
A statement released on Wednesday by the spokesperson of the ANC chief whip, Mathole Motshekga, said this "reaffirms the ANC's commitment to robust, open and free multiparty debates".
This heads off a debate, scheduled on the parliamentary programme for Wednesday, on whether the motion of no confidence should be debated. It's unclear whether it will have an impact on a high court case concerning the matter.
Opposition parties have pushed for the debate to be heard before Parliament closes its formal sittings next week and the Democratic Alliance last week filed papers in the Western Cape High Court to compel speaker of the House, Max Sisulu to "take whatever steps are necessary" to ensure that the motion is debated by Thursday, November 22.
Earlier this week the high court judge, Dennis Davis, lashed out at the politicians for rushing to courts to decide on the matter, saying it was ridiculous to put so much pressure on judges on something so important.
"Can the courts start saying to Parliament, sorry you have to rearrange your schedule? The case has enormous implications.
"Courts are increasing getting drawn into difficult issues.
"How do I tell the speaker and the chief whip that as a Judge, I think your priorities were wrong?"
Davis reserved judgment on the matter until Thursday morning.
No interference
Motshekga's office said the position it took on Wednesday does not seeks to pre-empt or interfere with the court process, "but to correct the inaccurate view that the majority party is not keen on debating this motion".
According to the office and the parliamentary programme, MPs will be busy with committee meetings, oversight visits across the country and international study tours from November 26 to December 7.
Cancelling these commitments or summoning back all MPs for a special sitting would be a place a significant administrative, logistical and financial burden to the institution, it said.
All motions and business on the programme of Parliament lapses at the end of the last day of the sitting of the house but the ANC said it would commit to supporting the revival of the motion to ensure that it returns to the House next year.
Constitutional law expert Pierre De Vos however said the party's about face on the matter was an admission that its original decision was not constitutionally tenable and an indication that they thought they were going to lose the court case.
"I suspect they might probably have saved themselves from being ordered by the judge to hear the debate," he said.
De Vos said that he doubted the ANC would have changed its position if not for the threat of court action.
"In a way it's a good thing because the system worked. The threat of court action allowed the appropriate body [Parliament] to make the decision," he said.
Strategic victory
Political analyst Ebrahim Fakir, meanwhile, warned that the dispute could diminish levels of cooperation between the ANC and opposition parties.
He said that while the DA had secured a strategic victory from the ANC by demanding a debate on the vote of no confidence, it would not be without consequences for society, he said.
The country still needs to deal with fundamental issues, like tackling inequality and developing a new social compact, he said, and this would need a great degree of compromise.
"In a political culture built on compromise and consensus building on important issues, this level of polarisation in the political [arena] can be ill-afforded," he said..


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The Orange County Transportation Authority board unanimously voted Monday to remove the proposed 19th Street Bridge from the county's master plan, a move that ends decades of debate for the contentious connector over the Santa Ana River.
The bridge, which has been in the county books since the 1950s, would have connected the ends of Costa Mesa's 19th Street to Huntington Beach's Banning Avenue, potentially relieving traffic over the river's three other connectors: Adams Avenue and Victoria Street in Costa Mesa and Coast Highway in Newport Beach.
Opponents, mostly from Costa Mesa and Huntington, have repeatedly cited environmental, noise and traffic concerns over the estimated $150-million bridge.
Eleven OCTA directors — including outgoing Huntington Beach Mayor Don Hansen — voted in favor of removing the bridge from the plan. Five members were absent by the time the vote came around during the prolonged meeting at OCTA's headquarters in Orange.
"I'm really proud to deliver this result as one of one of my last official acts," Hansen said. "I think we've made the right decision."
In an email Monday, he called the result positive "proof that you can make an impact through activism."
Costa Mesa Mayor Eric Bever, who is not an OCTA board member but has been involved with the issue and proposed expansion of the San Diego (405) Freeway, said in an email that he's "happy that we finally have closure on this contentious issue, and have preserved the quiet enjoyment of the neighborhood."
The board's vote came after OCTA's Regional Planning and Highways Committee voted 6 to 1 on Nov. 5 to recommend eliminating the bridge from the county's plan, officially known as Master Plan of Arterial Highways.
The board had voted to remove the bridge from the plan in March, but later decided, amid legal threats, to work toward alternatives with the affected cities — Costa Mesa, Newport and Huntington — and other entities, said OCTA spokesman Joel Zlotnik.
Monday's vote was the board reaching the same conclusion as in March: Erase the 19th Street Bridge, Zlotnik said.
Dean Reinemann, a Costa Mesa resident who's been involved since the early 1990s in efforts against building the bridge, attended the OCTA meeting.
At stake was a quality of his Westside home near Marina View Park: a view of some 213 degrees, where "you can look out and nothing gets in the way," he said.
"That's very hard to get anywhere in Orange County, especially in Costa Mesa," he said.
Even though the bridge was unlikely to be built for myriad reasons, he said, it was troublesome having it "hang over your head" all the time, even if it was just a "dotted line across the river" indicating a future crossing.
He called the decision a little anticlimactic, but still cause for celebration for a saga that's been moving at "glacier speed" for years.
"These things are not like a football game where everybody jumps around and celebrates," he said, adding that "it's not a letdown, but there's no fireworks show."
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|Safe Haskell
Support for basic access authentication http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basic_access_authentication
|:: Happstack m
|=> String
the realm name
|-> Map String String
the username password map
|-> m a
the part to guard
|-> m a
A simple HTTP basic authentication guard.
If authentication fails, this part will call
main = simpleHTTP nullConf $ msum [ basicAuth "127.0.0.1" (fromList [("happstack","rocks")]) $ ok "You are in the secret club" , ok "You are not in the secret club." ]


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All amenable dog owners apperceive that if your pet shows signs of activity ill or gets afflicted that it's time for a appointment to the veterinarian.
Naturally, it is important to yield your pet to the vet if there is a problem, but abounding humans overlook the accent of demography their pets to the doctor if they are healthy! Demography your Pit Bull to the vet for accepted able-bodied check-ups and vaccinations can anticipate abounding austere medical conditions, and amusement others aboriginal on afore they accept a adventitious to advance and endanger your Pit Bull's health.
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Doha, QATAR – Let the games begin! Qatar Airways has been named the official title sponsor of the FC Barcelona Asia Tour 2013 to be held in Thailand and Malaysia next month.
The exhibition games will give FC Barcelona football fans in Bangkok and Kuala Lumpur an opportunity to see the Spanish La Liga Champions, also known as Barça to their fans, in action when they take on the Thai National Football Team in Bangkok on August 7, and an all-star team of the Malaysian League's best players in Kuala Lumpur three days later on August 10.
The club will be making their first ever appearance in Malaysia and returning to Thailand for the first time since 2002. The matches, to be held in Bangkok's Rajamangala National Stadium and Kuala Lumpur's Bukit Jalil National Stadium, are expected to reach capacity at 50,000 and 100,000 spectators, respectively.
To help bring Qatar Airways' 1.2 million Facebook fans closer to the "Blaugrana", the airline has launched a contest giving a few lucky fans the chance to win a trip of a lifetime to watch the best footballers in the world in action. Facebook fans can sign up for a chance to win great prizes, from signed T-shirts to VIP tickets to one of the games, to an invitation to meet two players during a private autograph session.
The contest runs until July 31st. Fans can find more information on Qatar Airways' Facebook page at www.facebook.com/qatarairways
With over 43 million fans worldwide, FC Barcelona is the most liked team, of any sport, on Facebook, with the majority of their fans based in Southeast Asia.
Qatar Airways Chief Executive Officer Akbar Al Baker said it was only natural that the airline supported its new partner in a region that has such a large fan base for both organisations.
"Qatar Airways and FC Barcelona both have a large and loyal fan base in Southeast Asia," said Al Baker. "We have been flying to the region for over 12 years, and are continuing to expand at a rapid rate. We are pleased to work with our new sports partner FC Barcelona, to take the tour to a region with the most Barça fans in the world.
"There is no doubt in my mind that the friendly matches will be a pure adrenaline rush for every fan who has dreamt of watching FCB in action on the pitch. This is just a taste of what is to come as we move forward over the next three years with our partnership with FC Barcelona," added Al Baker.
"Fans of both Qatar Airways and FCB can expect to see passion and pride as we strive to be the best at what we do, both as individual organisations and as partners. We are excited to be part of the FC Barcelona family, and to welcome them into ours."
Sandro Rosell, President of FC Barcelona said: "We are pleased that the Club is returning to Asia this summer with Qatar Airways, our travelling companion from July 1. We very much look forward to seeing our Thai friends again and returning to their country for the first time in more than 10 years.
"This tour will also enable us to visit Malaysia for the first time, where we know we have a lot of dedicated supporters. We want to feel close to them, especially the children, and for them to enjoy the team and our players, and get to know our club better, a club unlike any other in the world, and also our country. We thank Qatar Airways for the chance to visit these fans that have dreamed for long to see our players live."
Qatar Airways' network in Southeast Asia has grown significantly over the years, and now includes four flights daily to and from Bangkok, and three flights daily to and from Kuala Lumpur in addition to routes in China, Philippines, Indonesia, Cambodia, Myanmar, Singapore and Vietnam.
The airline will launch new routes to Chengdu in China and Clark International Airport in the Philippines later this year. The current routes connect passengers with Qatar's capital city of Doha to scores of destinations across the Middle East, Africa, Europe and the Americas.
Qatar Airways has seen rapid growth in just 16 years of operations, currently flying a modern fleet of 125 aircraft to 128 key business and leisure destinations worldwide.
Qatar Airways has so far launched six destinations this year – Gassim (Saudi Arabia), Najaf (Iraq), Phnom Penh (Cambodia), Chicago (USA), Salalah (Oman) and Basra (Iraq).
Over the next few months, the network will expand with the addition of further destinations – Sulaymaniyah, Iraq (August 20), Chengdu, China (September 3), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (September 18), Clark International Airport, Philippines (October 27) and Philadelphia, USA (2 April 2014).
Notes to Editors: Qatar Airways currently has orders worth over US$50 billion for more than 250 aircraft, including Boeing 787s, 777s, Airbus A350s, A380s and A320 Family of aircraft. Qatar Airways was named Best Airline in the Middle East for the seventh year in a row, and its Premium Terminal at Doha International Airport was named Best Premium Service Airport for the third consecutive year in 2013. Skytrax is the only global independent passenger survey monitoring airline standards and is considered the ultimate benchmark for excellence in the airline industry. In October 2012, Qatar Airways became the first of the major Gulf carriers to officially announce plans to join a global alliance having been invited into the oneworld group. For more information, visit www.qatarairways.com
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A Taste of New York in Sochi
Please, please don't confuse me for a foodie — my current idea of fine dining is eating my baby son's leftover sweet potato dinosaurs — but even this unrefined palate draws the line at Sochi's Brooklyn and "Manhatten" hot dogs. Both variety of hot dogs are available for 200 rubles at Rosa Khutor Extreme Park. Both do culinary injustices to their New York namesakes. The "Manhatten" hot dog is a mixture of fried onions and pickles, a combination which has a crisp potential, but the experience is undone by the hot dog itself, which is bland and neutral and tastes exactly like nothing. The mayo – mayo! — didn't help. It is blah, which neither Manhatten or Manhattan ever is, except Tribeca after 9 p.m.


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On April 24, AIDS United's Political Director Bill McColl was a featured speaker at the AIDSWatch congressional briefing. McColl focused on advocating for policies based on science over politics, particularly in the areas of syringe exchange, HIV criminalization, and sex education programs. Science has shown that syringe exchange programs prevent HIV and hepatitis C transmission, decrease substance abuse, and reach people who otherwise may not have access to the health care system. The cost of a clean syringe is just $0.07 and every dollar spent on syringe exchange saves $18 on the cost of treating HIV. Activists are working to end the federal ban on the use of federal funds for syringe exchange and to continue to allow the District of Columbia to use local funds for syringe exchange programs.
McColl spoke of the inefficiencies of current laws that criminalize people based on being HIV positive. Though policy makers claim the laws are to protect infected individuals only in cases of intentional transmission, McColl pointed out laws on assault and battery already cover the intention to harm. Laws that focus specifically on people with HIV further stigmatize HIV and discourage people from getting tested and finding out their status. McColl acknowledged the work of Representative Barbara Lee to address HIV criminalization laws. Her proposed legislation, HR 3053: REPEAL HIV Discrimination was designed to work with state and federal officials to change policies so they would be based on current science and would not place unique or additional burdens on individuals simply because of their HIV status.
McColl ended by discussing the need to create sex education policies that are based on science instead of politics. Young people ages 13 to 29 represent 39% of new infections, the largest percent of new infections among any age group. Of those infections, 89% of new infections are Black and Latino/a youth. Abstinence-only education is ineffective at reducing these disparities as science has found that it not only does not decrease HIV infections but actually increases the chance of HIV infections. To advocate for science based policy, McColl called to support an increase in DASH (Division of Adolescent School Health) funding, and an increase in the Teen Pregnancy Prevention Initiative. McColl also urged the ceasing of abstinence-only program funding.
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PISA 2012: Central Europe and the Baltics are Catching Up – but Fast Enough?
When the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) launched the results from the most recent assessment of mathematics, reading, and science competencies of 15 year-olds (the Program for international Student Assessment, PISA) last December, it held encouraging news for the European Union's newest members. Estonia, Poland, Slovenia, and the Czech Republic scored above the OECD average and ahead of many richer European Union neighbors. Compared to previous assessments, the 2012 scores of most countries in Central Europe and the Baltics were up (as they were in Turkey, as Wiseman et al highlighted in this blog recently). Improvements were particularly marked in Bulgaria and Romania, traditionally the weakest PISA achievers in the EU, as well as well-performing Poland and Estonia. Only Slovakia and Hungary saw declines (see chart with PISA mathematics scores).
Performance in PISA is one important indicator of Central European and Baltic countries' prospects for economic convergence with their Western European neighbors. Why? PISA provides a picture of how well countries' education systems provide youngsters with the important cognitive foundation skills that they need for continuous learning and productive employment in fast-changing, knowledge-based economies. And the skills of labor market entrants matter all the more at a time when countries in Central Europe and the Baltics face aging and shrinking populations. Ensuring high rates of economic growth when old-age dependency ratios rise (elderly populations expand and working age cohorts shrink) is not trivial. Countries can prepare by equipping their declining number of new labor market entrants with the right skills to promote their employment chances and productivity throughout longer working lives.
But many aging countries in Central Europe and the Baltics can do more to prepare their future workforces. Take Bulgaria and Romania, two of the fastest aging countries in the EU: in the 2012 PISA round, close to 40 percent of the 15 year-olds in Bulgaria and 37 percent in Romania were assessed as functionally illiterate. Such poor reading performance means that individuals cannot absorb information contained in the texts they read – a severe limitation in today's labor market. But Bulgaria and Romania are not alone: in Slovakia the share is close to 30 percent and in Hungary, Croatia, Slovenia, and Lithuania around 20 percent.
Much of this basic skill deficit is due to inequities in the education system. Youngsters from well-to-do backgrounds vastly outperform those facing socioeconomic disadvantage. The difference in their math, reading, and science competencies can be expressed in terms of the equivalent of years of schooling. With the exception of Estonia, disadvantaged students in Central Europe and the Baltics performed as if they had spent between two and four years less in school than their richest peers (the OECD average is two years). Improving learning of children from disadvantaged backgrounds is, therefore, a key driver of better performance overall.
In the light of the aging challenge, the 2012 PISA results suggest that education reform in much of Central Europe and the Baltics needs a fresh push. Reformers might want to take a cue from countries in East Asia. Many countries there are aging fast as well, though most are not (yet) facing Central Europe's more severe challenge of declining populations. But they are surging ahead in preparing their future workforces. Singapore, Korea, and Japan have been among the top PISA performers for years and do relatively well in ensuring equity. Yes, these are high income countries, but income is not necessarily a predictor of success. Trailing just a few places behind is Vietnam, whose median age is growing at one of the fastest rates worldwide and its per capita income level remains below US$ 2,000. But its 15 year-olds performed almost on par with seven-times wealthier Poland and well above the OECD average.
Some of the impressive performance of East Asian students may derive from an engrained, historically rooted culture of learning and controversially long hours of study. But there are some key, transferrable lessons that East Asia's leading PISA performers hold for Central Europe and the Baltics: For example, a strong emphasis on teachers and quality standards. Take Korea which attracts the best and brightest graduates to the teaching profession, trains them well and continuously, and grants them significant autonomy. Interestingly, teacher quality is considered more important than class size in Korea: good teachers successfully manage larger class sizes, so goes the argument, resulting in efficiency gains that allow for higher teacher salaries – a virtuous circle.
But there are also success stories closer to home: far-reaching education reforms since 1999 in Poland that delayed the early and irrevocable tracking of students into academic and vocational streams and expanded teaching hours have led to sustained and significant increases in PISA scores.
Between 2010 and 2030 Poland and Korea are both projected to see their old-age dependency ratios shoot up from below 20 to around 35 percent. That is a monumental challenge, but their success in PISA demonstrates that they are preparing for it by skilling up the younger generation.


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Housed in a former sports arena, Mapleview Community Church currently seats up to 900 people, and is part of a much larger campus that eventually will include sports facilities, a daycare center and other recreational areas. In addition to the requirements for customary SPL, dynamics, and Percentage of Articulation Loss of Consonants, there were two requirements for this installation: It needed to fit within the designated budget and it needed to include a digital console. The console needed to handle 32 channels of mixing and a dozen auxes, and it had to be flexible enough to handle day-to-day presentations by members of the church, in addition to presentations by other members of the community who had already rented out the facility in advance. With the Soundcraft Si3 console, not only did Mapleview get the necessary flexibility and scene recall that's unmatched in other mixing desks, but AV Communications also completed the entire installation within budget.
"Not only did the Si3 fit all of the requirements for the project, but the learning curve was so short that we knew the sound crew would be up and running in short order," said Gerry Harbridge, President of AV Communications. "After a short rehearsal, we were ready to go much faster than we would have been if we had just dropped in an analog desk.
"Our client was just elated with the finished design," continued Harbridge. "Top to bottom, the system is exemplary, and they are thrilled and actually amazed that we pulled it off within their budget, which we wouldn't have been able to do without the Si3."


text: It occurs to me that the real limiting factor in producing "cluster oriented thermal design" is the volume of sales. Say you want to design a custom motherboard/package for use in clusters. This is, at a guess, probably a 3-5 million dollar project (maybe down around a million if it's real close to an existing design). Say the cost of a node is around a kilobuck or 2 (in plain, non-custom, commodity trim). If you had a cluster with 1000 of those custom mobos, you're looking at adding $3K/node to the cluster. That's a bit punitive... You could buy a lot of machine room and cooling for that $3 mil. Now, on the other hand, if you had 100 people willing to each buy a cluster of this scale, then it's only adding $30-50/node, which is a lot more reasonable. Compare this to the consumer motherboard market (which, after all, is what we are really using here...) A production run of several million mobos isn't all that huge, so a Dell or HP can and do create customized motherboard designs to meet some peculiar requirement (on-board peripherals, etc.). Such customization only adds a buck to the mobo cost, and presumably, that buck is made up in cheaper packaging, shorter cables, one less manufacturing step, or somewhere. Somehow, I doubt that the total sales of ALL motherboards for clusters, of a given instance of motherboard design, exceeds a million units. Cluster buyers tend to want different processors, different peripherals, etc., and each configuration change would drive a whole new design cycle. There is hope on the horizon. The increasing drive to "media computers" is creating a demand for PCs that have high performance, but are quiet and have good cooling. I have a Motorola Moxi BMC9012 "set top box" at home from the cable company, and it is basically a Linux computer with an 80GB drive and a some custom video hardware. It's also hideously noisy (for something designed to sit in your living room) and dissipates >100W (all the time.. there's no on-off button). There WILL be consumer pressure to make it silent and to do better thermal management. James Lux, P.E. Spacecraft Radio Frequency Subsystems Group Flight Communications Systems Section Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Mail Stop 161-213 4800 Oak Grove Drive Pasadena CA 91109 tel: (818)354-2075 fax: (818)393-6875


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First Day Visiting with the Troops (David Samson)
It is 10:05 p.m., and we are all going to sleep because tomorrow at 5:30 a.m. (9:30 p.m. Saturday night), we are all working out with the U.S. Marines. Logan, John, Jeff and I are competing to see who can keep up with the physical activity that awaits us. The Marines will not tell us what is in store, but I will let you know after we are done. In the meantime, our day today started with breakfast with the Troops inside a fully secure Army Base in Bahrain. Andre had a milkshake, while Logan and I shared a dozen eggs. We then drove to another base, where we passed nothing but desert on the way to a meet and greet at a secure location outside Bahrain. We visited with Troops as they told us stories of what they do every day monitoring situations in the Middle East. We were all struck by the seriousness of war, as we drove by the Persian Gulf throughout the day. Lunch was spent with a different Battalion, and I shared a meal with a Lt. Col. in the U.S. Air Force. While she was a fan of the Boston Red Sox, she wondered whether we would miss Hanley Ramirez if he were to change uniforms. After telling her that he is and will be a Marlin, she stood down. Eating lunch in the Mess Hall was fascinating, due in part to the food, but mostly because of the company. We were able to see the living quarters on the Isa Air Base, which made us even more thankful for how lucky we are to be at home each night with our families. We were able to do a clinic with over 100 children of members of military and Ex-Pats. The dads had just as much fun as the children…autographs were signed, photos were taken, and everyone had a great time. On the way back to our living quarters (hotel), we saw the Tree of Life. In the movie L.A. Story, Steve Martin describes the three most mystical places on earth. One of the three is the Tree of Life, which is located in the desert outside Bahrain. To have the opportunity to actually see the Tree was beyond description. In a desert with nothing but sand, there is one tree that stands high and has been around for over 400 years. Legend says this tree, which has no business growing in the desert, marks the location of the Garden of Evil. In any case, we ended the day back at the hotel and just finished dinner. I will keep everyone updated after the Marine workout.
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David, on behalf of my son Trenton (age 7), a big thanks to you and John, Logan, Jeff, and Andre for taking the time to visit our baseball team on our humble sandlot and spending individual time with the kids. They had a great time and I know they learned something as well. You guys seemed to have some fun too 🙂 FYI, now I have to go get some Marlins gear next time back in the states as both my kids are now calling themselves Marlins 🙂 And thanks for visiting our troops!…Craig Wilson


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|File: Tattoo Minimap01-29-11
Originally posted by Lyelu
Originally posted by Lyelu That's your quest log. Maybe I should remove the function that makes the quest log draggable. It's a little buggy (because Blizzard's code isnt designed for that), and not that useful. You agree? I do, especially since I, too, am having this issue. Otherwise, I love it, haha.
|File: !FREEZING01-08-11
Woo hoo! Thank you. :D This is fant...
Woo hoo! Thank you. :D This is fantastic.
|File: !FREEZING01-07-11
I see that this shrinks buffs, but...
I see that this shrinks buffs, but does that include weapon enchant buffs? If so, they aren't shrinking for me, hehe.
|File: Molinari12-21-10
Originally posted by p3lim
What d...
Originally posted by p3lim What do you mean by blinks? Also, Molinari does not support Disenchanting, only Milling and Prospecting. That's weird. o_o It was beforehand (well, it worked with my disenchanting). I guess it changed? :( Perhaps that is why it was blinking, haha.
|File: Molinari12-18-10
I downloaded the latest version and...
I downloaded the latest version and, ever since, I cannot mill or disenchant with it. It sits there and blinks the item I am trying to mill/disenchant even though I am within the acceptable level range. It's almost as if it's disabled. Is there an option I am not turning on? :s
|File: The Bad Vanilla11-11-10
Oh my god, I love you. haha No more...
Oh my god, I love you. haha No more crowding the edges!
|File: broker-cashflow10-26-10
For some odd reason, after the upda...
For some odd reason, after the update, my screen starts freaking out and bars appear where I have them hidden, etc... http://img149.imageshack.us/img149/8427/wowscrnshot102610194742.jpg It's totally freaked the hell out. :( I get no error codes, but something is definitely broken.
|File: ForteXorcist10-16-10
I've been using this with my 80 pri...
I've been using this with my 80 priest and it works fine and dandy. D: What do ya need?
|File: AI-Art10-07-10
Originally posted by Quokka
No Pr...
Originally posted by Quokka No Problem, get used to not having 2 tabs off the same size. Blizzard does this with the new art work, only than these tabs do look better because off the new blizzard code in place :) A ha! Thanks for clarifying. :3
|File: AI-Art10-06-10
This keeps freaking me out.
This keeps freaking me out. There's a LOT of errors I am seeing... Maybe I just need to revert back to the old one? I updated and all this happened in the current live. http://img190.imageshack.us/img190/7555/glyphsv.png http://img687.imageshack.us/img687/2662/guildwindow.png http://img641.imageshack.us/img641/4733/tabsvk.png...
|File: Slacker07-18-10
I love the concept and will definit...
I love the concept and will definitely be watching for more. D:! I like a more visual approach to things. - 3-
|File: TinyDPS07-17-10
I just wanted to thank you SO MUCH...
I just wanted to thank you SO MUCH for this add-on! I love it to bits and would die many time in game without it. I've recommended it to everyone in my guild and several of my friends, haha.
|File: Tetris07-14-10
I ran into this very interesting is...
I ran into this very interesting issue when I was mucking around with it yesterday... I could put the pieces into spots that were already taken by other pieces, as if I had crammed them together and the pieces just fit. Also, while turning a straight box on the side (for giggles), the entire piece disappeared and the game stopped.
|File: GuildMap307-11-10
Nice! I love this~! Great for, mayb...
Nice! I love this~! Great for, maybe, Naked Miles. :P
|File: SocialState06-30-10
Originally posted by CodeRedLin
Originally posted by CodeRedLin Ahh that one guild note / officer note are making the tooltip huge I think. As of right now nothing can be done about it. I took a few steps to reduce the width with options to disable GMotD and the Hint line. Still a lot to be done. Thanks a ton for looking into it! I know my guild uses almos...
|File: SocialState06-28-10
Originally posted by CodeRedLin
Originally posted by CodeRedLin Can you link a screen shot for me? I've never used Fontifier but SocialState changed from Tabletlib to LibQTip. It uses GameTooltipText / GameTooltipHeaderText. Not sure if that info will lead you to a solution. It'd be interesting if that changed it. I'm using a few other brokers that still...
|File: SocialState06-27-10
My tool tip has blown itself out of...
My tool tip has blown itself out of proportions... It was once small and nice, now it takes up 80% of my screen when I hover over it. I also noticed Fontifier doesn't work anymore with it. Could this be because of the new implementations? Is there any other way to make it smaller, etc? It's kind of blinding me right now. x_x;
|File: Prat 3.005-03-10
Not sure if it's just me, but when...
Not sure if it's just me, but when I loot with timestamps on, the loot line has two timestamps. It's kind of annoying, but something I can look over. Definitely coming from Prat, since it's the only chat mod I have. :(
|File: LovelyLoot04-27-10
This might be a bit awkward... but...
This might be a bit awkward... but is there a way to not have the target/glitters in the loot window? :o I love it all and wouldn't mind sticking with it if not. ^_^
|File: LovelyLoot04-13-10
Eeeeeeeeeee!! Just what I've always...
Eeeeeeeeeee!! Just what I've always wanted! ^__^!! Thank you~
|File: GnomishVendorShrinker04-08-10
I broke it! D:! Minor error, nothin...
I broke it! D:! Minor error, nothing more~ Error: AddOn GnomishVendorShrinker attempted to call a forbidden function (StrafeRightStop()) from a tainted execution path. Debug: : StrafeRightStop() :4: :1 : RunBinding() ..\FrameXML\StackSplitFrame.lua:185: ..\FrameXML\StackSplitFrame.lua:182 : Hid...
|File: Companion Count03-30-10
Yay! Thank you so much. Tired of ad...
Yay! Thank you so much. Tired of adding the pages then adding the loose, haha.
|File: Molinari03-02-10
Originally posted by theecodebreake...
Originally posted by theecodebreaker Installed the addon and tried it out. Seems to disenchant items fine but when I attempt to prospect ore it does nothing. This same thing happened to me this update. I disabled all my addons but Moli and it still won't let me us it. :( Absolutely nothing happens... No border, no nothing. I d...
|File: IceHUD - Hello Kitty Combo Points01-12-10
lol Awesome. <3
lol Awesome. <3
|File: CustomEmotes12-18-09
YES. I have been waiting for this A...
YES. I have been waiting for this ALL MY LIFE. <3 Thanks for updating! :D


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LONDON — The fleece jacket with the NBA.com logo was a dead giveaway.
Or maybe it was the red, white and blue skull-cap with "ATL" splashed across the forehead that tipped him off.
"You here for the big game?" the baby-faced kid said to me, not realizing I was lost and in need of someone, anyone here in this massive and historic city, to point me in the direction of my hotel.
"Yes sir, Nets and Raptors doing the deed twice this week at the 02 Arena," I shot back. "You must be a big NBA fan to find me like this. I knew there were NBA fans over here."
Look at that. Mere hours after crossing the Atlantic Ocean for the trip I like to call Hang Time Without Borders, my faith in the global reach of the game was justified by a kind stranger willing to show me the way to my hotel in Canary Wharf, in London's business district.
Only he was no ordinary kid. He was a bell hop at the hotel and spotted my get up and knew instantly where I was headed. And the big game he spoke of had nothing to do with the Nets and Raptors. Chelsea and Manchester United had a game last night at Chelsea's home stadium.
"This is a futbol country, or as you say in the states, soccer," he said with a smile. "You have heard of Didier Drogba? Frankie Lampard? Those are my guys. I like basketball all right, but the biggest game around here is Chelsea against Man-U. And I'm a big Chelsea fan. I have to tell you, the NBA has some work to do over here. There just aren't as many fans here as you are used to in the States."
That's why I'm here, my man. This is like the basketball crusades. A mission that the NBA began years ago with routine stops in Europe and one that will be realized here in the United Kingdom specifically in 2012, when the Olympics will be held here and the world's greatest basketball stars from the NBA and around the globe will converge on this city like the plague.
(Sorry for the medieval reference, but you try reading up on the history of this place and not diving into character.)


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It's always a pleasure to receive news of a presentation or a research paper that highlights EnglishCentral. Even more so when it clearly shows that we are way ahead of the pack in terms of helping students acquire/learn English.
This new presentation and paper highlights how students/teachers feel about EnglishCentral in comparison to many other language learning applications/sites. It is particularly valuable because the data comes from the students themselves and how they feel about their learning and progress.
The prior study LET2010 survey is also a good read, showing EnglishCentral far ahead of other websites in terms of student motivation and preference.


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BRAZILIAN SYMPOSIUM ON BIOINFORMATICS 2005 BSB 2005 - JULY 27-29, 2005 - SAO LEOPOLDO (RS), BRAZIL * * * SECOND CALL for PAPERS * * * Conference website: http://www.unisinos.br/simposio/bsb/index.php The Brazilian Symposium on Bioinformatics 2005 invites you to submit papers on COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY and BIOINFORMATICS. This multidisciplinary symposium provides a general forum for presentation and discussion of original research on computational biology and bioinformatics. BSB 2005 would like to attract contributions from academic and industrial researchers, both in the exact sciences (computer science, mathematics and statistics) and in the life sciences (molecular biology, biochemistry, genetics, medicine, microbiology and others). Topics include (but are not limited to): - Molecular Sequence Analysis, Motifs, and Pattern Matching - Biological Databases, Data Management, Data Integration, and Data Mining - Structural and Functional Genomics - Comparative Genomics - Protein Structure and Modeling - Gene Identification, Regulation and Expression - Gene Networks - Molecular Evolution and Phylogenetics - Computational Systems Biology - Computational Proteomics - Statistical Analysis of Molecular Sequences - Algorithms for problems in computational biology Confirmed invited speakers: Joel S. Rozowsky Yale University Larry Ruzzo University of Washington Bruno Sobral Virginia Bioinformatics Institute (Virginia Tech) Ana T. R. de Vasconcellos LNCC, Brazil ---------------- IMPORTANT DATES Deadline for paper submission: March 21, 2005, midnight GMT Notification of acceptance/rejection: April 30, 2005 Deadline for final paper versions: May 16, 2005, midnight GMT Conference: July 27-29, 2005 MANUSCRIPT SUBMISSION BSB2005 will accept two kinds of contributions: full papers or extended abstracts. Full papers can have up to 12 pages; extended abstracts can have at most 4 pages. Accepted full papers are expected to be presented orally during the symposium in 20-minute presentations. Extended abstract authors will be expected to present their work in a poster during the symposium. Conference proceedings (including accepted full papers and extended abstracts) will be published. At this point the program committe is trying to arrange for a printed book format. Other possibilities include CD (to be distributed to symposium participants) and/or web publication. 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Alert 2007-51
Subject: Counterfeit Cashier's Checks
Date: August 8, 2007
Description: The First, National Association
Counterfeit Cashier's Checks of The First, National Association, Damariscotta, ME
To: Chief Executive Officers of All National Banks; All State Banking Authorities; Chairman, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System; Chairman, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation; Director, Office of Thrift Supervision; Conference of State Bank Supervisors; Deputy Comptrollers (districts); Assistant Deputy Comptrollers; District Counsel; and All Examining Personnel
The above-named bank has reported that counterfeit cashier's checks issued in the bank's name and using a correct routing number of 011201830 are being presented for payment nationwide in connection with a lottery scam.
While the counterfeit checks resemble the authentic items, they may be identified by the following: the check is of unknown color and contains the following statement within the darkened top border: "FOR SECURITY PURPOSES, THE FACE OF THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS A TWO-TONED COLORED BACKGROUND AND MICROPRINTING IN THE BORDER." The following statement appears in the bottom center-portion of the item: "SECURITY FEATURES INCLUDED. DETAILS ON BACK."
Items presented to date have been made payable in the amount of $3,875.00, contain check numbers in the range of 38002300 – 38002500, utilize an authorized signature of "Robert S. Wilson," and have been dated 7/18/2007. Due to possible variations of appearance, it is suggested that officials of The First, N.A. be contacted to verify authenticity of the bank's cashier's checks if received from an unknown or questionable source.
Correspondence accompanying the counterfeit items may contain the letterhead of "Century Lotto Gaming Corporation (CLGC), PO Box 7852, St. John, Virgin Islands 00831." The letter alerts the recipient that he or she is the winner of an unclaimed prize and instructs the recipient to contact the claim agent, Mrs. Angela Watts, at 1-866-812-6674, Ext 1 by a specific date, or the money will be forfeited. The letter further states that the enclosed check is to be used to pay for the applicable taxes, which is to be paid via Moneygram or Western Union. The letter may be signed by Robert Risenham.
For additional information and guidance, please contact Cathy Peterman, Assistant Vice President & Security Officer, The First, N.A., PO Box 940, Damariscotta, ME 04543, by telephone at (800) 564-3195, x2408, by fax at (207) 882-9517 or via e-mail at [firstname.lastname@example.com].
Consumers who receive a counterfeit item and associated material should file complaints with the following agencies, as appropriate:
Additional information concerning this matter that you believe should be brought to the attention of the OCC may be forwarded to:
E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com
For additional information regarding other types of financial fraud, please visit the OCC's anti-fraud resource at: https://www.occ.gov/topics/consumer-protection/fraud-resources/index-fraud-resources.html.


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About YAM
YAM (Yet Another Mailer) is a MIME-compliant open-source Internet email client written for AmigaOS-based computer systems that lets you send and receive electronic mail over the Internet and maintain archives of messages in your computer.
Back in 1995 the original author Marcel Beck started the development of YAM and released the first version. While this first version (v1) was still very limited in its features the successor version (v2) introduced much more advanced features so that the 2.2 version was rated as the best Email client for Amiga computers back in 1998. This was probably also because YAM has been a freeware product right from the start, allowing Amiga users to travel into the great world of emails with a product they not have to spent money on.
Then in late 2000 Marcel left the Amiga development but luckily decided to release the source code of YAM under the GPL open source license. This allowed to find a group of developers working on the further development of YAM. Already one year later the open-source developer crew released the 2.3 version showing the Amiga community that the development of YAM hasn't stopped at all.
And now, after even more years the development of YAM has advanced some more and is now aiming to bring up YAM to a level where it is compareable to other mail clients like Thunderbird. Of course we still have a long way to go, but with the help of you and the Amiga community we can make this vision reality.


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The most highly regulated sector in the world is financial services and this is likely to continue and accelerate. Financial institutions struggle with complex data systems and procedures and must comply with strict reporting requirements from the regulatory bodies to protect their assets and customer data. Additionally, financial services organizations are clearly the target of both individual and organized fraud. Key to meeting regulatory audit requirements and detecting fraud is the ability to collect and analyze log and event data from both IT infrastructure and applications.
The technical and economic challenges of storing terabytes of log and event data, the systems of record from applications used for customer transactions, are staggering, and traditional security, log management and data warehouse database solutions are poorly suited to address the challenges of both data volume and query access. Event Data Warehouse solutions that provide actionable results from massive amounts of log and event data.
More and more consumers need access to sound financial products and independent, honest financial advice. The government requires financial product makers and sellers to be licensed. Among other things this scheme gives increased legitimacy to financial advisers.
Benefits to the Financial Services Sector:
The Centre for Financial Services works with key allied partners to anticipate industry direction and fulfill its changing needs. It is committed to providing leading edge, cost effective and customized education, as well as professional development and training programs to assist firms to train and develop their people to keep pace with competition.
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7. A forum for financial industry partners to exchange ideas
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text: Hi John: Opteron is a newcomer to the stage. A stable OS for it has been available for a relatively short period of time (SuSE, and very late model RHEL, though it does not shine until you get a 2.6 kernel on there, so RHEL is out of serious contention until RHEL 4). SuSE with a reasonable kernel has only been available for a few months. EM64t uses the same northbridge/southbridge design as the Xeon. This means that multiprocessors are going to be not very good in SMP performance, just like the Xeon's (and I am sure some folks will disagree, but I am thinking of memory bandwidth hungry apps). The chipset is the bottleneck. Compare that to the Opteron. SC'04 was chock full of folks showing off 4 and 8 way Opteron's. There were other things there not on the show floor that were *very* interesting. I am not sure what impact Nocona will have. I reserve judgement until I get to see one/play with one, and see its future path. Lots of interesting conversations were had at SC. The quote from Mark Twain may be apt. If a Nocona follow-on follows the design of the Opteron (IOMMU and HT, among other things), then things could get quite interesting. Joe john.hearns at clustervision.com wrote: >I spotted this article on The Register. > >http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/11/19/amd_top500_loss/ > >As someone who has installed Opteron clusters, including what I believe was the >first in the UK (used for computational chemistry, and going strong), >I disagree with this article. >Opteron are alive and kicking. > >What's more the article confuses 'supercomputer' with '(super)computer in >the Top 500' >and also makes no mention of EMT64/Nocona. The artcle says Xeon/Itanium, >then goes on to talk about 32 bit Xeon. > >The fact that there are fewer Opteron based systems in the Top 500 is >irrefutable (I didn't know this) but it makes me uneasy to extrapolate >this to the impending death of a CPU. > >I DO agree (and let's have some debate here) that Nocona is bound to make >big inroads. > >_______________________________________________ >Beowulf mailing list, Beowulf at beowulf.org >To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf > > -- Joseph Landman, Ph.D Scalable Informatics LLC, email: landman at scalableinformatics.com web : http://www.scalableinformatics.com


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East Multnomah County Soil and Water Conservation District Looking for Landless Farmers
The East Multnomah Soil and Water Conservation District (EMSWCD) is accepting applications for the Headwaters Incubator Program's 2013 growing season. The program assists in the development of motivated, skilled farmers by leasing growing space at EMSWCD's Gresham farm property.
Qualified applicants will have farming experience and a solid farm business plan which lays out a road map for a successful farm operation. Applications, which will be reviewed by a selection team, can be found at EMSWCD.org. The deadline is Friday, February 22 at 5 p.m.


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It might be a good idea to reconsider the speed trap at the Lake Champlain bridge. Not only is it a poor welcome to Vermont, but it does not reflect the warmth or spirit of its residents and businesses.
Although the sheriff may be pleased with stopping dozens of people in one day the week before Christmas, revenue collected through fines means less money is spent at local businesses. Any plans for Christmas shopping in Vergennes or for stopping at The Bridge Restaurant change immediately once a ticket with a hefty fine has been issued.
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MIDDLEBURY — About three years after the old Champlain Bridge was closed due to safety concerns, workers will soon begin the final phase of work on the new Lake Champlain Bridge project.
That work will involve upgrades to property on the Vermont side of the span to include construction of a new boat launch, two gravel parking lots and walking paths with interpretive signs.
WEST ADDISON — Around 10,000 people are expected to converge upon the new Lake Champlain Bridge this weekend for a celebration marking the restoration of the vital transportation link between Crown Point, N.Y., and Addison.
A group known as the Lake Champlain Bridge Community (LCBC) has spent many months planning the May 19-20 festivities, which will include a parade, entertainment, vendors and a fireworks display.
ADDISON, Vt. / CROWN POINT, N.Y. — The new Lake Champlain Bridge was inaugurated on Monday with the promise that it would serve as a vital transportation link between Vermont and New York for at least the next three-quarters of a century.
WEST ADDISON — A legion of dignitaries and hundreds of residents from both sides of Lake Champlain marked the much-anticipated opening of the new Champlain Bridge on Monday afternoon.
Gov. Peter Shumlin and state Rep. Diane Lanpher, D-Vergennes, were among the Vermont delegates who helped cut the ribbon on the $76 million bridge that was two years in the making. The former Champlain Bridge, build in 1929, was abruptly closed on Oct. 16, 2009, after it was deemed to be unsafe for travel.
WEST ADDISON — New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo's office has confirmed that the new Champlain Bridge connecting West Addison to Crown Point, N.Y., will be officially opened on Monday, Nov. 7, following a ribbon-cutting ceremony at 2:30 p.m., on the Crown Point side.
Vermont Gov. Peter Shumlin and New York Lt. Gov. Robert Duffy are scheduled to be among those attending the festivities.
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An emissary from Atlantis has come to warn the city of a dire underwater threat that is quickly approaching. His warning may go unheard as trigger happy police have mistaken the aquatic diplomatics for supervillains and opened fire!
Can the heroes stop the chaos before it's too late to heed the Atlantean's warning?


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Thunder is expected to hit the eastern U.S. in November, with the announcement Saturday night by the Philadelphia, PA based Ring of Honor promotion that New Japan Pro Wrestling superstar Jushin "Thunder" Liger will be making a rare appearance on North American soil.
Dubbed "A Weekend of Thunder" Ring of Honor hits the Boston area on November 5 and the Rexplex in Elizabeth, New Jersey on November 6. Fans are buzzing about what top-level talent will face the Japanese legend on the two shows.
Liger's early years were spent under the tutelage of Stu Hart in Calgary. Fans who saw a young Keichi Yamada in Stampede Wrestling likely didn't realize that they were seeing one of the future innovators of high flying. Returning to his homeland, he soon donned his mask and become one of the top names in Japanese wrestling. The inventor of the Shooting Star Press, Liger has had epic battles in Japan with stars like Owen Hart, Chris Benoit, Ultimo Dragon, Great Sasuke, Tiger Mask and many more. For many up and comers, the chance to go to Japan and wrestle Liger is a dream come true.
Liger would make sporadic appearances in North America for WCW. His feud over the WCW Lightheavyweight title with Brian Pillman wowed fans and was ahead of its time. The two would lock up again, opening the first ever Monday Nitro. Liger's last PPV appearance for the company was Starrcade 1995, when he defeated Chris Benoit in the opening match of the New Japan vs. WCW Cup, and he also briefly feuded with Juventude Guerrera.
Tickets are on sale for the Boston event now, and go on sale for New Jersey at their September 11 show at the Rexplex which features Mick Foley. For more information on tickets and updates on Liger visit www.rohwrestling.com


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Ice Cold
Author: Tess Gerritsen
Series: #8 in the Rizzoli and Isles series
Narrator: Tanya Eby
Run Time: 9 hrs 51 minutes
Producer: Brilliance Audio
Book Description:
In Wyoming for a medical conference, Boston medical examiner Maura Isles joins a group of friends on a spur-of-the-moment ski trip. But when their SUV stalls on a snow-choked mountain road, they're stranded with no help in sight.
As night falls, the group seeks refuge from the blizzard in the remote village of Kingdom Come, where twelve eerily identical houses stand dark and abandoned. Something terrible has happened in Kingdom Come: Meals sit untouched on tables, cars are still parked in garages. The town's previous residents seem to have vanished into thin air, but footprints in the snow betray the presence of someone who still lurks in the cold darkness—someone who is watching Maura and her friends.
Days later, Boston homicide detective Jane Rizzoli receives the grim news that Maura's charred body has been found in a mountain ravine. Shocked and grieving, Jane is determined to learn what happened to her friend. The investigation plunges Jane into the twisted history of Kingdom Come, where a gruesome discovery lies buried beneath the snow. As horrifying revelations come to light, Jane closes in on an enemy both powerful and merciless—and the chilling truth about Maura's fate.
I figure after greatly enjoying the last few books in the series, I was about due for a dud. But even saying that, Ms Gerritsen's dud's are still better than a good majority of other fiction out there (oh the irony). I can't even really describe what it was about this one that made it only ehhh for me – I think it was because I had pretty much figured out the who done it early-ish in the book (like not long after the introduction of said character). I also think that it might be the fact that one of the things I love the best about the series is the interaction between Jane and Maura and that was decidedly lacking in this series as they spent 90% of the series separated by several thousand miles. It made me realize how much Jane is the dominant character in the series – while Maura has this quiet strength and perseverance, which was highlighted in this book – Jane is like the gun powder – explosive and on the go. Which is what I prefer – maybe because she is opposite to me – I definitely identify more with Maura than with Jane, which is why I like reading about Jane's antics. The one interesting thing for me in this book was how various cult's and the development of Cult's were discussed. It made me want to read more about some of the ones that have become famous in history (Jonestown specifically), so I am on the look-out for books (if anyone has any ideas – let me know).
Going into the narration, I wasn't sure what I was going to think of Tanya Eby's work. I had heard a few negative reviews about some of her work and I was a bit worried – but I was pleasantly surprised. I can't say that this was my favorite narration ever, because its not, and it definately wasn't my favorite of the series (Anna Fields has that spot all tied up), but it was enjoyable. One of the comments other listeners had made was on a lisp – but I didn't hear anything that wasn't easily gotten used to in listening. However, I wasn't a fan of how Jane sounded in her parts – she didn't have the Boston Irish accent that I had gotten used to in previous narrations, so that was lacking. However, I didn't mind her narration of Jane and thought that she did a pretty good job with the narration of the various males voices that occurred through-out.
Overall, I would give both the book and the narration 3 stars. I liked it, but didn't love it. It will be interesting to see how I enjoy the narration in future books, as it appears that Tanya Eby may become the primarily narrator (she has done the two most recent books).