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Nitin G necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
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we are a startup in silicon valley and are very excited about our product because it brings together aspects of social media, social shopping as well as traditional ecommerce and puts it forward in a very consumable, usable and fun package that we feel will be useful to anyone who shops online (or has friends who shop online). We are also hoping to bring a new revolutionary relevance model into the online advertising space.
we are going after the online retail market...yeah, it's pretty generic but we like it that way. the platform we are building does not exclude any good/article from being transacted. Think amazon, think eBay....now think bigger :)
We want the logo to be fun yet professional. Think Google, Skype, technorati, flickr, dropsend, youtube and you'll get the general idea.
Our name, BabbleShop, describes how our users will treat/work with our content. They will "babble" (or talk) about our deals/listings/etc with their friends via twitter, facebook, myspace, etc...since there will be a buzz created by the crowds, the name babble applies and the logo should be able to depict that clearly.
Our company colors are not yet defined but we are leaning towards blues and reds so if you can incorporate that, it would be awesome but we are open to any color combo's at this point.
The logo will be replicated on all types of media (letterheads, web site, t-shits, cups, cans, etc, etc.) so should not have any intricate text on it.
The logo should be such that it should retain it's general structure even when shrunk down for use on an iPhone app.
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Suites for Harpsichord
Parthie in d minor (MC B2) [14:36]
Ciaconna con 38 Variazioni (MC A19) (Componimenti Musicali, No. 7) [9:53]
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Parthie in C (Componimenti Musicali, No. 1) [2:20]
Naoko Akutagawa (harpsichord)
rec. 13-15 March 2012, Schüttbau, Rügheim, Germany. DDD
Georg Muffat is fairly well-known today. Recently he was even given the status of composer in residence by the Festival Early Music Utrecht. As the festival wished to pay attention to the Peace Treaty of Utrecht (1713) - which in many ways laid the foundation for the political structure on the European continent - he was hailed as a truly European composer. His music mixed the various national styles of his time with the intention of creating a European cultural identity in order to further a lasting peace. In comparison Georg's son Gottlieb is little-known and his music is seldom performed. However, he shares with his father the advocacy of a mixture of various styles. The title of his Componimenti Musicali - one of the only two collections of music printed in his life-time - points in that direction. It means "musical components", and that can be interpreted as a mixture of styles and genres. We find here French overtures and dances, pieces in the style of an Italian toccata and German-style fugues. Among his peers he was highly respected. George Frideric Handel borrowed no fewer than 16 pieces from the collection in his own oeuvre. The largest number appear in his Ode for St Cecilia's Day.
Gottlieb was born in Passau as the second youngest of nine children. He may have received the first music lessons from his father, who died when he was just 14. He went to Vienna where he came under the guidance of Johann Joseph Fux, who was court composer to the Habsburg emperors. As a keyboard player he became involved in opera performances and was also given the duty to teach the children of the imperial family. One of them was the future empress Maria Theresia. When she became empress in 1741 he was promoted to first organist. Apart from the Componimenti, which probably date from around 1739, only one other collection was printed: 72 Versetl sammt 12 Toccaten of 1726. These pieces for liturgical use show Muffat's preference for counterpoint, and have led scholars to the conclusion that he was a rather conservative composer. Although he died in 1770 his music is baroque in style; there are no hints of the new mid-18th century style. In his later years - after his appointment as first organist at the court in 1741 - he seems not to have written any music. Whether that was because of his many duties or because he didn't feel at home in the new style is anybody's guess. Fact is that in the preface to his 72 Versetl he paid tribute to Fux, who was a strong advocate of traditional counterpoint.
This doesn't imply that Gottlieb's music is predictable. Within the framework of the baroque idiom he shows real versatility. The two suites which have been preserved in manuscript - Parthie in d minor and Parthie Parisien in a minor - begin with a prélude, but these are very different. The former starts with a sequence of dense chords, which is quite dramatic and is indebted to the Italian toccata. The other prélude is dominated by arpeggios moving up and down the scale, very much in the style of the French prélude non mesuré. The former suite includes French dances, but also an Italian siciliana. The same mixture we find in the other suite, which includes a ballett - in German spelling - and an aria en rondeau. Both pieces end with a finale. It is probably to underline the difference between the two préludes that the playing is quite different as well. I have to say that Naoko Akutagawa makes too heavy weather of the Parthie in d minor. When I started listening I didn't know which instrument she was playing. I was struck by the heavy sound which makes the prelude a shade ponderous. I thought at first that she was using a 16' register. Then I saw that she was playing a copy of a Ruckers. The original dates from 1628 and this instrument was also used in other Naxos recordings, for instance the Sweelinck disc of Glen Wilson, who is also the producer of this disc. It seems to me that this is not the ideal instrument for this repertoire. I would have preferred a later instrument, German or French. However, it is not just the instrument, it is also the registration which causes concern. Ms Akutagawa rightly underlines the dramatic nature of the prélude, but that doesn't mean that she has literally to pull out all the stops. No details about the instrument are mentioned, but it has two manuals which are coupled here, and I assume that the lower manual has two 8' registers which also seem to have both been used. The thunderous opening finds its counterpart in the finale.
The 7th suite includes just one piece, the Ciaconna con 38 Variazioni. This was a very popular genre in the baroque era, and compositions of this kind are often both technically virtuosic and musically exciting. This piece by Muffat is no exception. It is given a fine performance here, but Ms Akutagawa felt it necessary to change registration during play. I don't know how she did it as there are no clear breathing spaces. Moreover, I can't see the need. With one registration throughout the result would be just as good - maybe even better.
The Parthie in C is the first suite from the Componimenti and begins with an ouverture which is in three sections. After a short prelude we hear a fugal section, and the piece closes with an adagio with some chromaticism. Whereas the other two suites opened in Italian and in French style respectively, this overture reminds me of the keyboard suites by Bach. This suite is again an example of the goûts réunis with French dances and an Italian adagio, which is followed again by a finale. In this particular suite I enjoyed Ms Akutagawa's playing most. It is more elegant and relaxed, and she doesn't mess around with the stops of the harpsichord.
Although I am not happy with all the aspects of this recording it offers a nice introduction to the art of a composer who deserves to be better known. Those who have a more than average interest in the keyboard music of the baroque era are advised to investigate the complete recording of this set by Mitzi Meyerson (Glossa, 2009). An older recording, by the Hungarian harpsichordist Borbála Dobozy (Hungaroton, 1992), may also still be available somewhere. Organ music is available in a recording by Jörg-Andreas Bötticher (Pan Classics, 2010), whereas Wolfgang Baumgratz (Ambiente, 2001) recorded a selection from the liturgical organ music.
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Design professionals with great deal of respect for the skill of other designers and looking for a creative solution to re-brand our interior design business. Currently our interior design studio works as an ad on to an existing architectural business and we are looking to seperate and grow this as an independent business. Our background in architecture is important to us, and we want to bring architectural aspects to the interior business - our designers consider more than furniture layouts and colour - spatial relationships, functions and volumes are just as important to the success of an interior space as the furninshings. Our approach to design is a considered layered approach starting with the site as a whole, working through use and relationships of spaces down to the fine structural and furninshing details. All these aspects of what we do weave together to create intriguing internal spaces.
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Attention should be paid to the idea of 'weaving' and how this could be worked into the logo.
Typeface must be clear and readable and reproducible as black and white as well as colour. Typeface must be strong and able to standalone.
Easy to produce signs as both positives and negatives.
Please be as creative as you like - outside of what we described above we do not have a specific look in mind and are interested to see your interpretations of our brief.
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text: article Lightboard Lessons: What Are Containers? Updated 27-Mar-2018•Originally posted on 26-Mar-2018 by Jason Rahm F5 article tmos devops lbl In this lightboard lesson, Jason covers the very basics of container technology with a comparison to hypervisors and virtual machines. 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Genieo is an interesting application, however it does not currently work in Opera. Customer support did not answer my email when I asked about Opera support. Works fine with Safari. The only thing I would like to see is the ability to manually add keywaords to assist in finding content for my personal page.
Great extension! The only problem is that my personalized magazine never loads. Is there a fix for this?
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I must say that i'm interested in the extension. but the installation always stops at the process of 99% and cannot continue.
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Blueberry Pie with Lemon, getting my Starter back in shape, Pizza, not today!
I finally dug my starter out and brought it up to smelling good and looking strong. So now, it was time to bake a few loaves...though I'd rather be making pizza's.
It has been a while since I've turned my oven on. Now the weather has cooled a little, it was nice to turn on the oven and not have the kitchen feeling to warm. I would even make a pie today.
Mike was happy to hear there would be some nice sourdough bread to eat and a few loaves to stock up in the freezer. I also would make his favorite pie, Blueberry. I had a nice bunch of fresh blueberries. This time I would add a little extra lemon. Last night I prepared my lemon wheels, as I refer to them, in a simple syrup. It turned out it was an interesting and delicious addition to my BP. I will definately do this again. The added candied lemon wheels tasted wonderfully lemony, not bitter or to sweet, just a nice balance of pure lemon flavor added to the not to sweet blueberry filling. I added 3 of the thinnest wheels on top of the bb filling, just enough I think.
I baked six loaves of bread. They were very flavorful with a lovely just enough sour and wheat flavor notes. The smell is wonderful. It was just a few changes to my usual all white sourdough. 20% organic whole wheat flour, a little agave syrup, a little grape seed oil and scaled to make enough loaves to fill 6 of my banneton baskets. Mixed by hand and a long overnight ferment.
I also mixed up a batch of pizza dough with Caputo Tipo 00 Italian Flour and placed it into the freezer...just in case I decide to fire up the wfo this week and a gentle breeze comes to the neighborhood.
Not the most attractive pie I've made but it timed perfectly with the last loaf of bread coming out of the oven. So Mike could enjoy a slice, heading off to work, it was sliced a bit warm before setting up properly cooled. The texture was just right..not runny, wet, resulting with a nice crispy tender bottom crust. To much sugar in your filling is one of those things that will make for a very runny pie and soggy undercrust! The crust was a combination of butter and crisco, salt, sugar, water. My old standby, favorite, flakey, tender, flavorful crust. We also enjoyed a cuban style pork shoulder roast and fresh roasted brussel sprouts for dinner.
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2012 was my first full year away from home. I phone my Mum and Dad most days so I am fairly up to date on everything that is going on with my family and friends, but nothing compares to sitting around the open fire with your folks at Christmas time. So I couldn't have been happier to be home for two weeks.
Unlike New York, Ireland pretty much comes to a stand still for the holiday season. When Americans tell me that they only get one or two days off work I am always shocked. They definitely work too hard, and I don't care what anyone says, we eat just as much as Americans… and we make it last for two weeks.
On December 28th I was back in the Cellar Bar, Draperstown for a show. I was joined on stage by dear friends Zarah (cello) and Matt (electric guitar), and with support from the very talented Junior Johnson. At first it felt weird to play without my US band mates, but after a few songs I really started to relax and enjoy myself. I can't thank everyone enough for coming out and making it such a great night. There is a buzz in Draperstown that will always draw me back.
I didn't really expect to do an encore, and it was only as we sat backstage after our set was over that I released that we had to do one! Luckily I have the worst memory in the world, and Zarah reminded me that we hadn't played 'It Slows Down', and so we did just that. In a way it made perfect sense. Of all the songs I've written this is the one that I would say was most influenced by time spent in Draperstown, particularly with the Rural Key Project, a Glasgowbury initiative for young people.
As I returned to New York a couple of days ago I could not have felt more energized. Despite the fact that I had to relive 5 hours of my day due to the jetlag, I couldn't wait to get to my apartment, unpack, and take out my guitar and work on some ideas. My friend Michael made a very valid point recently. He said that the good thing about visiting the USA for an Irish person is that they are able to get out of bed in time… I hope this keeps up. I even went for a run this morning at 7am… if my Mum could see me now.
To everyone in the United States I want to wish you all a Happy New Year, and thank you for making 2012 so amazing. By coming out to a show, picking up an EP, downloading a song or two, or even just shaking my hand and asking me where I am from, all of you make it that little bit easier to be away from home.
Early 2013 will see me record my debut album. I have a million ideas that I am sifting through right now; some old and some new, but it is all coming together nicely. I want to make an album in the same way in which the Training Up My Soul EP was made. I will stand in a live room with great musicians around me, and jam. With four EP's under my belt already I know exactly what type of record I want to make, and I cant wait to share it with you all when its done.
I'll be posting some more show dates very soon, and for more updates you can Like my bandpage on Facebook, or follow my twitterings on Twitter. (@buildingpics)
Rock on
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Guest post from Gerald Haigh. Gerald is a freelance writer who regularly writes for the Microsoft UK Education Blogs.
My recent short visit to Royal Wootton Bassett Academy produced several memorable moments. For example, I had my first Christmas dinner of the year – turkey and all the trimmings followed by a mince pie and custard. Thank you so much kitchen staff. I intended to say that personally as I left the dining hall, but you were far too busy with a long queue of very hungry but very well behaved students.
Before that, though, I had the great pleasure of joining Year Seven in PC-equipped classroom as they explored Windows 8 on 23 inch touch screens. That, of course, rather than the Christmas dinner, was why I was there.
In early November I'd had an email from Steve Gillott, Strategic ICT Leader at the Academy informing me that all ICT teaching classrooms had been newly equipped with touch –screen PCs in preparation for Windows 8.
I sat up straight when I read it, because Steve was no stranger to me and I knew him to be an innovator. I'd first met him at a Microsoft function in Spring 2009 when he'd attracted attention through his creative use of what was then Office Communications Server for video-mentoring Year Nine students at home. Then a little later he again popped on to the radar when we were looking at how schools were saving large amounts of money through using Windows Server 2008 R2 with Hyper V. Steve's school was one of the first to go down this route, and the considerable savings that the school continues to rack up are detailed in a blog I wrote in March this year.
So, when I read Steve's email I knew this would turn out to be a real, potentially groundbreaking story, something I had to see and write about, once Windows 8 was up and running in at least one of the rooms.
Steve met me at Reception and we went straight into a PC-equipped classroom where Year Seven students were exploring Windows 8 on 23 inch touch-screens. To be honest, it was a revelation. There are those – I've met them – who, while ready to acknowledge the value of touch technology for very young children who either can't use the mouse or aren't turned on by it, are sceptical about its value with older age groups.
Well, I've got news for them. On the admittedly thin evidence of my short visit to one classroom, secondary school students take to the touch-screen like ducks to water. Every single student praised it as natural, immediate, responsive and comfortable in every way. Significantly, I saw several who, in the process of trying out touch-screen PowerPoint were using the on-screen keyboard in preference to the 'real' one within easy reach. Very clearly, once they were on the screen, they were staying there.
Then there was the students' engagement with Windows 8. Again, I've met those who dislike the Start Screen and miss the familiarity of the Windows 'Start Button'. There's news for them, too, in the way that those Wootton Bassett youngsters took all that in their stride and immediately appreciated the way that the start screen laid out everything they needed in one place.
Afterwards I had a chat with Steve, who confirmed the children's enthusiasm,
'They take to it quickly and naturally. Touch is so prevalent after all. It's the language they have on their phones and in a very short space of time it's become embedded.'
It's the immediacy of the technology that brings the implications for learning. Bypassing the mouse instantly improves engagement and encourages collaboration in ways that teachers will surely be quick to exploit.
The upshot of my visit was that I came away resolved to write, over the coming weeks, a full case study of the adoption of Windows 8 at Royal Wootton Bassett Academy, keeping up with the full roll-out to the school's 800 desktops, and with more than a passing reference to some of Steve's other plans. These include the installation of touch-screen information points around the school and his innovative ideas for educational use of Lync2013, building on that earlier OCS experience.
Meanwhile, I couldn't let this first encounter go without flagging up here what promises to be a terrific story of the innovatory use of ICT in support of learning.


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LOS ANGELES – Four suspects have been arrested in Las Vegas in connection with the slaying of four people who were found in the yard of an overcrowded, unlicensed boarding house in Los Angeles, police said Tuesday.
The arrests were made at the Silverton Hotel in Las Vegas.
Ka Pasasouk, 31, was taken into custody on suspicion of murder, while three others were accused of being accessories to murder, committing robbery, or both, Los Angeles Police Chief Charlie Beck said in a news conference.
Beck said detectives were met with a "very grisly tableau" when they found two men and two women fatally shot on a front lawn Sunday after police received a 911 call that led them to a large house in Northridge. Three of the bodies were found face-down.
The suspects will be extradited to Los Angeles in the next several days, Beck said.
Glendale resident Howard Alcantara, 30, has been booked on suspicion of robbery and aiding a felon. Donna Rabulan, 30, of Los Angeles was arrested for investigation of aiding a felon, and Christina Neal, 31, of Los Angeles was taken into custody for investigation of aiding a felon.
Beck declined to take questions at the conclusion of the news conference, or provide further details about a motive, the suspects or victims, saying the investigation remains active.
City Councilman Mitchell Englander, who represents the area, toured the house and said it was split into units for rent, including makeshift living spaces in the backyard.
He said it appeared to be operating as an unlicensed boarding house with at least a dozen and as many as 17 people living amid old food, trash, mattresses and animal waste.
"What lies behind those doors are deplorable living conditions that you wouldn't expect animals to live in," Englander told KPCC radio.
Police questioned several people who were on the property at the time of the shooting, and believe at least some of the victims lived at the residence and may have been related.
The people killed were two women in their mid-20s, a man in his mid-30s and another man in his late 40s, Capt. William Hayes said.
"There were two on the sidewalk path," Englander told KPCC. "The first victim was crouched over and the second was a little beyond that."


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According to the latest statistics available from the Hospice Association of America and the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization:
More than 5,000 hospices participate in the Medicare program in the U.S. From the first program that opened in 1974, hospice programs continue to grow and are located in all 50 states.
In 2009, an estimated 1.56 million people received hospice services. Recent statistics also indicate that around 42 percent of all deaths in the U.S. occurred under the care of a hospice program.
The Medicare hospice benefit, enacted by Congress in 1982, is the primary source of payment for hospice care. In 2009, the percentage of patient days covered by the Medicare hospice benefit was 89 percent.
Women use hospice services more than men, and whites use hospice services more than African-Americans. Up to 80 percent of hospice patients are age 65 or older. More than a third of all hospice patients are 85 years or older.
People appear to use hospices for diseases that have a high burden for caregivers, such as cancer, kidney disease, and Alzheimer's disease. End-stage heart disease, stroke, and lung disease are also common illnesses tended to under hospice services.
Hospice care may prolong the lives of some terminally ill patients. In a 2007 study, the mean survival was 29 days longer for hospice patients than nonhospice patients. In a 2010 study, the median survival for patients getting palliative care (with aggressive symptom management) was 2.7 months longer than those receiving standard care. This research seems to indicate that the earlier a patient is referred to hospice, the prognosis seems to improve somewhat.


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I like the part when Patrick and Spongebob get back together. I love the book because it is funny. The story reminds me when I fight with my friends but make up and get back together. Patrick reminds me of one of my friends because he is stubborn.
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Pro Gamer: The Game
Pro Gamer: The Game sees you playing as a budding pro gamer playing games for cash. You can use the money to upgrade your gear to make the various mini-games based on classic game titles earn you more money so you can buy more upgrades. The whole thing is ultimately kinda hollow, but that's sort of the point.
Love Interest
If you're a Mass Effect fan then Love Interest will be of, well, interest to you. Love Interest pokes fun at the ridiculous conceit of Mass Effect's various romantic subplots in a galaxy spanning epic whittling that dichotomy down to its bare elements. The galaxy is ending and you have to both assign your crewmates to missions protecting the galaxy AND give them nights off so they'll like you better and you can make out. Giving them R&R won't earn you a lot of respect with the galactic community, but there are more important things in life...right?
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HD Xyth is a game about a card game. In many ways the game simply acts like an online version of a collectible card game like Magic: The Gathering, but Xyth also wraps that game in a short but compelling story about war in a distant galaxy.
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We've seen a lot of remakes and reinventions of Valve's popular first-person puzzle game Portal but Portal Prelude may be the strangest, if only because it's a portal game made for the TI--83 graphing calculator. You can download a complete source of the game and load it up on your TI--83 to play Portal, or at least a form of it, on the go. If you don't have a graphing calculator handy there are also various emulators available free online, like this one.


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Zombies generally aren't regarded as the most athletic of film monsters. Relentless, yes. Single-minded, yes. But for most of their 45-year history on-screen, the modern image of the flesh-eating ghoul from beyond the grave was shambling and slow-witted, succeeding solely through overwhelming numbers and gross human error. But thanks to a variety of recent interpretations of the hungry dead, our view of zombies as rotting gluttons barely able to keep themselves together is beginning to change. Films like "World War Z" and series like "The Walking Dead" show off zombies in enlightening new ways and raise new possibilities for just what these zombies are capable of. These days, some zombies can run, other zombies can climb and still other zombies can actually ask for their favorite meal by name (Brains!). To honor the diversity and breadth of accomplishment in the current world of the undead, we humbly present the first Zombie Olympics. The winners get gold medals; the losers get shivved in the brain pan.
The event: Team gymnastics
The medalists: Zombies of "World War Z"
Teamwork is not usually a cherished zombie trait. More often it's every ghoul for his or her self. But the infected creatures of "World War Z" show a willingness to work together to achieve their goals that would make team gymnasts everywhere proud. Witness their ability to form into a human pyramid during the film's Israeli section. Drawn by the sound of singing on the other side of a wall, the zombies pile on in a gold-medal-level display of teamwork, coordination and balance.
The event: Dressage
The medalists: Zombies of "The Walking Dead"
Zombies don't usually get to display their ability with animals. They're generally fixated on the flesh of living Homo sapiens. But in the first episode of AMC's hit drama series, the undead showed the best way to train a horse. Forget using a harness or a carrot and stick. Instead, surrounding a horse through overwhelming numbers can provide ample incentive to get the horse to go wherever you need. Granted, a zombie dressage event will most likely end with horse guts strewn about the field, but for a beautiful (if temporary) collaboration between horse and zombie, these shamblers are the best in the biz.
The event: Synchronized swimming
The medalists: Zombies of "Thriller"
True, the zombies in director John Landis' epic music video for Michael Jackson never go near water, but come on, they're dead bodies! Floating is second nature. What's most important is that these walking corpses show the kind of impressive coordination that would make most breathing men and women jealous. These creatures are smooth.
The event: Football
The medalists: Infected of "28 Days Later"
OK, let's forget all that inspirational Coach Taylor pep talk stuff about teamwork and aspiring to be better people. The successful football player is the one who can aim to take out a rival player without fear for his own safety. And the rage-infected men and women of Danny Boyle's 2002 thriller are the perfect specimens for this task. They're willing to run and tackle, and they have just the right amount of patriotism for America's favorite televised sport (their eyes are bright red; that's a third of the American flag).
The event: Judo
The medalists: Zombies of "Dead Alive"
Peter Jackson's 1992 comedy horror film features all manner of bizarre zombie mayhem, including a creature with a lawn gnome for a head. But the scene that highlights these creatures' athletic potential the most is their face-off against Father McGruder (Stuart Devenie), a man of God who turns out to be as highly skilled in the martial arts as Chow Yun Fat. While most zombies would be no match for a man who "kicks ass for the Lord," these zombies manage to use their ability to successfully fall apart to maximum effect, crunching him on the neck with a head that had been kicked off into the sky.
The event: 50 meter dash
The medalists: Zombies of "Dawn of the Dead" (the remake)
George A. Romero's zombies were slow and stumbling, but in the 2004 remake of Romero's classic film, director Zack Snyder's zombies were as fast as Usain Bolt. Even as star Sarah Polley pulled out of her overrun neighborhood in a car, her recently zomibified husband could keep up with her – and he was barefoot! Granted, these zombies are easily distracted (there's always some nice living flesh to go after), so a short intense sprint would be perfect for these slavering beasts.
The event: Freestyle wrestling
The medalists: Zombies of "Zombie"
One of the most famous scenes of Italian director Lucio Fulci's 1979 "Zombi 2" (released in America as "Zombie"), features a zombie on the bottom of the ocean taking on a shark. Interestingly, the outcome isn't so clear-cut. While the zombie does manage to take a hunk out of the oceanic predator, the shark takes off the zombie's arm. In a normal wrestling match, the loss of a competitor's arm would be the end. But not with a zombie. This creature manages to walk away from the face-off to terrorize again. Imagine if these two were paired off with judges assigning points? Not even the famously over-the-top WWE would ever attempt something this outrageous.
The event: Live coverage
The medalists: Zombies of "Return of the Living Dead"
Who better to provide color commentary for the Zombie Olympics than zombies themselves? And though most zombies can do no better than a grunt or a moan, the zombies of Dan O'Bannon's 1985 horror comedy and its subsequent sequels had a little more on their minds. Instead of flesh, these zombies craved brains and weren't afraid to ask for them by name. Additionally, they were able to manipulate the living and actually beg, finagle and whine for their precious brains. Who else would be good behind the microphone?
The event: Shooting
The medalists: Bub the zombie from "Day of the Dead"
Romero's zombies generally didn't have a lot going on upstairs, but Bub the zombie in the director's third zombie outing demonstrated some ability with more than his jaw. As the kooky Dr. Logan's pet zombie in the underground military bunker of the film, Bub appeared to retain some memories of his past life and even showed an aptitude with a gun, which he used to take down the crazed military bad guy, Rhodes, in the film's climax. Not everyone can be trusted with a gun, but Bub proved that zombies can be crack shots.
The event: Cross-country skiing
The evil Nazi zombies of the 2009 Norwegian horror comedy have spent the decades since the end of the war traipsing about the Norwegian mountains, doing awful things to unwitting campers and hikers who happen to cross their path. But because of the snowy nature of this part of the world, these Nazi monsters have gotten quite skilled at getting from point A to point B despite a heavy dusting of powder on the ground.


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Speaker: Jalaj Upadhyay
Affiliation: Penn State University
Title: Fast and Space-Optimal Differentially-Private Low-Rank Factorization in the General Turnstile Update Model
The problem of {\em low-rank factorization} of an mxn matrix A requires outputting a singular value decomposition: an m x k matrix U, an n x k matrix V, and a k x k diagonal
matrix D) such that U D V^T approximates the matrix A in the Frobenius norm. In this paper, we study releasing differentially-private low-rank factorization of a matrix in
the general turnstile update model. We give two differentially-private algorithms instantiated with respect to two levels of privacy. Both of our privacy levels are stronger
than privacy levels for this and related problems studied in previous works, namely that of Blocki {\it et al.} (FOCS 2012), Dwork {\it et al.} (STOC 2014), Hardt and Roth
(STOC 2012, STOC 2013), and Hardt and Price (NIPS 2014). Our main contributions are as follows.
1. In our first level of privacy, we consider two matrices A and A' as neighboring if A – A' can be represented as an outer product of two unit vectors. Our private algorithm
with respect to this privacy level incurs optimal additive error. We also prove a lower bound that shows that the space required by this algorithm is optimal up to a
logarithmic factor.
2. In our second level of privacy, we consider two matrices as neighboring if their difference has the Frobenius norm at most 1. Our private algorithm with respect to this
privacy level is computationally more efficient than our first algorithm and incurs optimal additive error.
Speaker: Mohammad Mahmoody, Assistant Professor, University of Virginia
Abstract: Indistinguishability Obfuscation (IO) has recently emerged as a central primitive in cryptography, enabling many heretofore out-of-reach applications. However, currently all known constructions of IO are based on multilinear maps which are poorly understood. With the hope of basing IO on more standard assumptions, in this work we ask whether IO could be based on any of powerful (and recently realized) encryption primitives such as attribute-based/predicate encryption, fully homomorphic encryption, and witness encryption. What connects these primitives is that they are zero-one: either the message is revealed fully by the "right key" or it remains completely hidden.
Our main result is a negative one: we prove there is no black-box construction of IO from any of the above list of "zero-one" encryptions. We note many IO constructions are in fact non-black-box and e.g., results of Anath-Jain'15 and Bitansky-Vaikuntanathan'15 of basing IO on functional encryption is non-black-box. In fact, we prove our separations in an extension of the black-box framework of Impagliazzo-Rudich'89 and Reingold-Trevisan-Vadhan'04 which allows such non-black-box techniques as part of the model by default. Thus, we believe our extended model is of independent interest as a candidate for the new "standard" for cryptographic separations.
Speaker: Avishay Tal
Affiliation: IAS
Title:Time-Space Hardness of Learning Sparse Parities
How can one learn a parity function, i.e., a function of the form $f(x) = a_1 x_1 + a_2 x_2 + … + a_n x_n (mod 2)$ where a_1, …, a_n are in {0,1}, from random labeled examples? One approach is to gather O(n) random labeled examples and perform Gaussian-elimination. This requires a memory of size O(n^2) and poly(n) time. Another approach is to go over all possible 2^n parity functions and to verify them by checking O(n) random examples per each possibility. This requires a memory of size O(n), but O(2^n * n) time. In a recent work, Raz [FOCS, 2016] showed that if an algorithm has memory of size much smaller than n^2, then it has to spend exponential time in order to learn a parity function. In other words, fast learning requires a good memory. In this work, we show that even if the parity function is known to be extremely sparse, where only log(n) of the a_i's are nonzero, then the learning task is still time-space hard. That is, we show that any algorithm with linear size memory and polynomial time fails to learn log(n)-sparse parities. Consequently, the classical tasks of learning linear-size DNF formulae, linear-size decision trees, and logarithmic-size juntas are all time-space hard. Based on joint work with Gillat Kol and Ran Raz.
SPEAKER: Yevgeniy Dodis, New York University
TITLE: Fixing Cracks in the Concrete: Random Oracles with Auxiliary Input, Revisited
ABSTRACT: We revisit security proofs for various cryptographic primitives in the random oracle model with auxiliary input (ROM-AI): a (computationally unbounded) attacker A can compute arbitrary S bits of leakage z=z(O) about the random oracle O before attacking the system, and then use additional T oracle queries to O during the attack. This model was explicitly studied by Unruh in 2007 (CRYPTO 2007), but dates back to the seminal paper of Hellman in 1980 about time-space tradeoffs for inverting random functions, and has natural applications in settings where traditional random oracle proofs are not useful: (a) security against non-uniform attackers; (b) space-time tradeoffs; (c) security against preprocessing; (d) resilience to backdoors in hash functions. We obtain a number of new results about ROM-AI, but our main message is that ROM-AI is the "new cool kid in town": it nicely connects theory and practice, has a lot of exciting open questions, leads to beautiful math, short definitions, elegant proofs, surprising algorithms, and is still in its infancy. In short, you should work on it! Joint Work with Siyao Guo and Jonathan Katz.
Speaker: Ori Rottenstriech, Princeton Title: Novel Approaches to Challenges in Emerging Network Paradigms Abstract: SDN (Software defined networking) and NFV (Network Function Virtualization) are two emerging network paradigms that enable simplification, flexibility and cost-reduction in network management. We believe that the new paradigms will lead to many interesting research questions. We study how to rely on them for dealing with two common network challenges. We consider switches that imply network policies in SDN through rule matching tables of limited size. We study the applicability of rule caching and lossy compression to create packet classifiers requiring much less memory than the theoretical size limits of semantically-equivalent representations. We would like to find limited-size classifiers that can correctly classify a high portion of the traffic. We address different goals with unique settings and explain how to deal with the traffic that cannot be classified correctly. Network functions such as load balancing and deep packet inspection are often implemented in dedicated hardware called middleboxes. Those can suffer from temporary unavailability due to misconfiguration or software and hardware malfunction. We suggest to rely on virtualization for planning and deploying backup schemes for network functions. The schemes guarantee high levels of survivability with significant reduction in resource consumption. We discuss different goals that network designers should take into account. We describe a graph theoretical model for finding properties of efficient solutions and developing algorithms that can build them. Bio: Ori Rottenstriech is a postdoctoral research associate at the Department of Computer Science, Princeton University. He received his Ph.D. from the Electrical Engineering department of the Technion. His research interests include the intersection of computer networking and algorithms.
Speaker: Sepehr Assadi, UPenn
Speaker: Dana Dachman Soled, UMD
Abstract: In a recent result, Dachman-Soled et al.~(TCC '15) proposed a new notion called locally decodable and updatable non-malleable codes, which informally, provides the security guarantees of a non-malleable code while also allowing for efficient random access. They also considered locally decodable and updatable non-malleable codes that are leakage-resilient, allowing for adversaries who continually leak information in addition to tampering. Unfortunately, the locality of their construction in the continual setting was Omega(log n), meaning that if the original message size was n, then Omega(log n) positions of the codeword had to be accessed upon each decode and update instruction.
In this work, we ask whether super-constant locality is inherent in this setting. We answer the question affirmatively by showing tight upper and lower bounds. Specifically, in any threat model which allows for a rewind attack-wherein the attacker leaks a small amount of data, waits for the data to be overwritten and then writes the original data back-we show that a locally decodable and updatable non-malleable code with block size Chi in poly(lambda) number of bits requires locality delta(n) in omega(1), where n = poly(lambda) is message length and lambda is security parameter. On the other hand, we re-visit the threat model of Dachman-Soled et al.~(TCC '15)-which indeed allows the adversary to launch a rewind attack-and present a construction of a locally decodable and updatable non-malleable code with block size Chi in Omega(lambda^{1/mu}) number of bits (for constant 0 < mu < 1) with locality delta(n), for any delta(n) in omega(1), and n = poly(lambda).
Speaker: Mohammad Hajiesmaili
Affiliation: Johns Hopkins University
Title: Online storage management in electricity market
With unprecedented benefits in terms of efficiency, economy, reliability, and environmental awareness, in the recent years, there has been a rapid proliferation of renewable energy sources such as solar and wind in electric power systems. Despite these benefits, the inherent uncertainty in renewables places severe challenges on the management of the entire energy systems, including electricity market. Leveraging energy storage systems is a promising approach to mitigate the uncertainty of renewables, by charging and discharging during the mismatched periods. Energy storage systems, however, offers a new design space for additional optimization. That is, a storage system can capture energy during periods when the market prices are low and surrender stored energy when energy prices are high.
In this talk, we consider different scenarios of storage management in both supply and demand sides of the electricity market. The uncertainties in both renewable output and electricity market price, emphasizes the need for online solution design. The underlying theoretical problems could be described as extensions of conversion problems in financial markets, i.e., the search for best prices to buy and/or sell assets. The difference with the conversion problems, is that in addition to the uncertainty in the price, our problems suffer from another uncertainty originated from renewable output. We follow online algorithm design and use competitive ratio as the performance measure of our algorithms. We present our recent results in designing competitive online algorithms that achieve constant competitive ratios. In addition, we briefly talk about the case of utilizing aggregate potentials distributed small-scale storage systems, such as EVs or residential storages, to participate in electricity market through an aggregator. This setting is more challenging than the previous one, since the distributed sources also arrive in online manner with heterogeneous profiles.
Overall, we believe that changing the landscape of electric power system from a centralized predictable system to a distributed uncertain system opens a new research direction for leveraging online framework designs in this relatively under-explored area.
Speaker: Kuan Cheng
Affiliation: Johns Hopkins University
Title: Near-Optimal Secret Sharing and Error Correcting Codes in $\AC^0$
We study the question of minimizing the computational complexity of (robust) secret sharing schemes and error correcting codes. In standard instances of these objects, both encoding and decoding involve linear algebra, and thus cannot be implemented in the class $\AC^0$. The feasibility of non-trivial secret sharing schemes in $\AC^0$ was recently shown by Bogdanov et al.\ (Crypto 2016) and that of (locally) decoding errors in $\AC^0$ by Goldwasser et al.\ (STOC 2007).
In this paper, we show that by allowing some slight relaxation such as a small error probability, we can construct much better secret sharing schemes and error correcting codes in the class $\AC^0$. In some cases, our parameters are close to optimal and would be impossible to achieve without the relaxation. Our results significantly improve previous constructions in various parameters.
Our constructions combine several ingredients in pseudorandomness and combinatorics in an innovative way. Specifically, we develop a general technique to simultaneously amplify security threshold and reduce alphabet size, using a two-level concatenation of protocols together with a random permutation. We demonstrate the broader usefulness of this technique by applying it in the context of a variant of secure broadcast.
Based on a joint work with Yuval Ishai and Xin Li.
Speaker: Ilan Komargodski
Affiliation: Cornell Tech
Title: White-Box vs. Black-Box Complexity of Search Problems: Ramsey and Graph Property Testing
Abstract: Ramsey theory assures us that in any graph there is a clique or independent set of a certain size, roughly logarithmic in the graph size. But how difficult is it to find the clique or independent set? This problem is in TFNP, the class of search problems with guaranteed solutions. If the graph is given explicitly, then it is possible to do so while examining a linear number of edges. If the graph is given by a black-box, where to figure out whether a certain edge exists the box should be queried, then a large number of queries must be issued.
1) What if one is given a program or circuit ("white-box") for computing the existence of an edge. Does the search problem remain hard?
2) Can we generically translate all TFNP black-box hardness into white-box hardness?
3) Does the problem remain hard if the black-box instance is small?
We will answer all of these questions and discuss related questions in the setting of property testing.
Joint work with Moni Naor and Eylon Yogev.


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erik.olafsson needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 72 designs submitted by 17 freelance designers.
Intermountain Substance Abuse (ISA)
Intermountain Substance Abuse, also known as ISA, was founded in 1994 and has been under current management/ownership since March, 2010. The Company provides substance abuse education, probation services, outpatient treatment groups, home confinement service, and other court order services.
ISA receives a steady flow of referrals from local courts, defense attorneys and probation officers. We have no website, informational brochures, or even a website! The logo we seek is intended to provide the foundation upon which these things will be built.
Our target audience falls into two main categories:
1. Referral sources (judges and defense attorneys). Say an individual gets a DUI; they frequently seek legal counsel from defense attorneys. These attorneys sometimes refer their clients to complete certain classes/programs offered by ISA in order to demonstrate to their Judge that they are being responsible and want to make better choices. About 85% of our business comes when Judges refer people to complete classes or treatment. We want to market to more judges and attorneys.
2. The paying client. Sometimes an individual gets ordered by a judge to complete a particular class/program but they don't order them to go directly to ISA. We want these people to find us online and come to us. There is no shortage of people who need help with substance abuse issues that have not been ordered by a judge. We want these clients to be welcomed by a friendly logo that makes them feel like they can overcome their addictions.
We want you to have full artistic freedom. Some designers may want to incorporate mountains into the logo; we'll consider this, but would likely prefer not to have mountains. We like bright, vibrant colors, but will need a black and white version for certain materials. We are known both as "Intermountain Substance Abuse" and "ISA" and desire the following:
1. A design with the entire name "Intermountain Substance Abuse" (possibly incorporating "ISA")
2. A smaller design with just "ISA"
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Formation and Education for the Life of the Church
The Catholic Church is celebrating a Year of Faith until
November 2013. The year is meant to help Catholics reflect on their
faith and grow in their relationship with Christ. I believe
January's strongest photographs give a glimpse into the faith of
the monks, students and people associated with Saint Meinrad.
January's photos were taken by Krista Hall and John
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Local Voice Service
3 Rivers provides traditional local exchange telephone service as well as digital voice service to residential and business customers. We also offer long-distance and more than twenty calling features from voice mail to caller ID on call waiting.
When you sign up for service, you become a member of 3 Rivers Telephone Cooperative, Inc. This means you actually own a piece of the company and become eligible to participate in distribution of any profits through capital credits.
Please call 3 Rivers at 467-2535 or 800-796-4567 for local monthly rates for residential and business customers.
Visit our Subscriber Information section for ordering, repair, and other questions.
Long Distance
3 Rivers has Long Distance calling plan options ranging from "bucket of minutes" to reduced cost-per-minute plans. Click here for more information.
3 Rivers Service Areas/Extended Area Service (EAS)
3 Rivers is the local telephone provider in 26 exchanges, and also provides service in Conrad and Shelby, plus limited service in Great Falls.
3 Rivers cooperative members are now part of 3 Rivers' Extended Area Service (EAS) with the capability to call from one 3 Rivers exchange to any other 3 Rivers exchange without having to dial 406 and without incurring toll charges. (Does not include Conrad, Shelby or Great Falls.)
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My Best Shot-- Corozal, Belize
This photo was taken by Rick O'Donnell on a trip to Corozal, Belize. This view is from the Mayan ruins site at Cerros looking west to Corozal Bay toward Corozal town. "We were waiting for our friend and innkeeper to pick us up in his skiff for the ride back across to town," says Rick.
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jamison needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 272 designs submitted by 62 freelance designers.
Jamison Wexler - Photographer (http://www.jamisonwexler.com)
I'm a wedding and portrait photographer specializing in modern fashion- infuzed images. My personality is upbeat and fun...I bring a lot of energy to my shoots, while remaining professional. My tagline is "Weddings...with a twist of fashion"
Here are a few images that showcase my style:
My target brides are late 20's early 30's professionals. They have achieved a level of professional success, dress in designer labels, and want to look like they've walked out of the pages of Vanity Fair on their wedding day. They are into things that are elegant, expensive, but a little quirky and fun.
Looking for a logo that is inspired by some of the great iconic fashion labels and designs. I particularly love the modernist design aesthetic of the late 50's early 60's...Mad Men, Breakfast at Tiffany's, etc. I want something that is classic, and won't be dated in 5 years. I'm a man, so nothing too swirly or feminine. No cameras, apertures, or other bits of clip art normally associated with photography logos. Similarly no brides, grooms, etc. Approach it as if you are designing a label for a new line of couture clothing rather than a photography business. I have a fairly distinctive name, so that can definitely be worked in. I'd like a logo that can be attached to the bottom of photos, and used in branding materials, so something that can be easily constrained into boxes, circles, etc.
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text: Hi Falko/ Admins, am a new guy to linux and wanted to use ISPConfig3 on my new centos 5.5 linux server. I had gone through the steps said in the following link http://www.howtoforge.com/perfect-server-centos-5.6-x86_64-ispconfig-3 it all went well and only issue had is that the named dns failed to start and rest all even dovcot all started off.. and i installed ispconfig3 and as per the given details on the above pages. the dovecot failed as well and i had put the fix as per the information if it failed. But still then the same issue comes up. when i login to the cp and check it still says that the pop imap is offline and dns server is also offline. can you help me out. if i can get some step by step info on what is to be done, it would help me as i am nearing my deadline to launch the websites via this server. thanks venkat


text: On Thu, 2005-02-24 at 16:45 +0100, Joachim Worringen wrote: > My experience is that such sites want to use their (expensive, > commercial, Fortran) compiler to optimize the binaries to their > platform. In some cases, this requires source-code changes (parameters) > anyway. It's not about PMB. The difference here is between "want" and "need". If they want to do it then well done, congratulations, it is often the right thing to do for performance reasons. In terms of setup time to get a working cluster though there is a difference, having things work out the box is a good thing (tm). Of course there is a potential downside that if if works out of the box then they won't play with compilers (why bother - it works?) and not even try to get the extra performance. This isn't a valid reason not to have a ABI though. > > You also make the assumption that it's the high-performance vendors who > > do things differently, I don't believe this is the case. Quadrics for > > example (my employer) happen to use whatever ABI MPICH (1.2.x) provides > [...] > > I can't see where I made this assumption. I was referring to this quote from earlier. I thought you were implying that code should come pre-linked with TCPIP MPICH (in effect a de-facto standard) and us "exotic" people would be on our own. In this context there is nothing exotic or unusual about our MPI. There is no relationship between the performance of a MPI stack and how much it's interface varies. Sounds like we are on the same wavelength here though. >> For open source software packages alone, an ABI is not of critical >> importance as people with a tcp/ip cluster can use pre-linkked >> packages, and people with a high-perfomance interconnect cluster >> typically have enough competence to compile the software themselves. > Indeed, most interconnect > vendors (Quadrics, various Infiniband, Myrinet, ...) happily plug their > low-level stuff into the latest MPICH and are done. So, it's most often > the cross-interconnect MPI vendors which create their own ABI for some > reason. Other cases are vendors (like us) who started to provide MPI-2 > when there was no open-source MPI-2 around. We had to do our own > definitions then. Hhmm. Does this mean that the only reasons for not having a ABI are historical, purely because we have never had one and there isn't the inertia to change this? Are there valid technical/performance reasons for the need to change mpi.h? > But this doesn't really matter after all; what matters is if there are > enough parties to take part in this effort, and to understand the > related issues as much as possible and as early as possible. Plus the fact that someone (everyone?) has to take the hit of breaking binary compatibility with all their previous MPI releases when they make the jump to being compliant. Any volunteers? This might not actually be so bad with the shared library number versioning scheme, in fact it might be possible to avoid it completely at the cost of a bit more effort in the packaging. Ashley,


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Access to NIH-Funded Research Information -- Public Comment Period to November 16, 2004
October 26, 2004
A note from TheBody.com: The field of medicine is constantly evolving. As a result, parts of this article may be outdated. Please keep this in mind, and be sure to visit other parts of our site for more recent information!
The U.S. National Institutes of Health is seeking public comment on a proposal for "establishing a comprehensive, searchable resource of NIH-funded research results and providing free access for all" -- but with important limitations. The proposal, summarized in a single page, is at http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-04-064.html.
Basically, NIH plans to ask its grantees to submit a final manuscript to NIH after it has been peer reviewed, when it is accepted for publication. Six months after it is published (or sooner if the publisher agrees), NIH will publish it for free public access on its PubMed Central database, where it will be available without charge online.
The New England Journal of Medicine strongly supported this proposal (with one exception) in an editorial on September 23, 2004, which indicates where much of the biomedical research field may be going at this time:
"... NIH proposes that all publications that arise from NIH-sponsored research be made available free to the public within six months after they have been published. We applaud and endorse this effort; our actions speak for themselves. Since May 2001, we have offered the research articles we publish free on our Web site six months after the publication date, and this includes all research articles, not just those funded by the NIH. In addition, for more than two years we have provided everything we publish free to the 120 most economically disadvantaged countries in the world. ..." However, the Journal is concerned that the proposal is silent about copyright, which could allow commercial misuse of its materials, such as the widespread spam email recently citing the Journal to help sell human growth hormone for unapproved uses.
Comments on ProposalAccess to the results of biomedical research, most of it funded by taxpayers, has been a serious and increasing problem for years. The crux of the problem is that the journals, which seldom help fund the research, restrict the results in order to be able to charge for their publications, interfering with the free flow of biomedical information. The NIH proposal, much weakened over earlier versions, is in our view a step forward but a long way from fixing the problem.
Comment: New Idea for Selling Online AccessWhile exploring possibilities for selling access to articles on the Web, I came up with what appears to be a remarkable way to charge even very small amounts of money online, almost eliminating transaction costs and encouraging supporters to share paid access. This idea uses a self-reproducing payment code -- which seems to be new, and has more consequences than one might imagine. Since it may help writers, musicians, and other artists make a living from their work, I set up a Web site to describe it, www.MicropaymentSmartCodes.com.
For journal publishers, this system would allow them to make large sales of online access that could then be broken up at will for resale to small organizations or individuals. The end user would have a short, secret code to pay for access to articles, even from publishers he or she had no prior relationship with. Publishers could charge whatever they wanted, as now. But this system would open the door to lower-price business models, by almost eliminating the transaction cost and hassle of individual sales, while automatically aggregating them into larger transactions that would interest publishers. Reselling access to individuals or other specialized markets could be a proper business, not just an afterthought of a different business entirely, as it is with most biomedical journals today.
My summary and full article are at the Web site below; comments to email@example.com would be appreciated (please use the word "micropayment" in the Subject line, to bypass spam control). I have no business interest in this idea, but want to start a discussion in order to test and improve the design, and make it available for anyone interested.
Any blog or other discussion forum will be announced at www.MicropaymentSmartCodes.com.
Copyright 2004 by John S. James. Permission granted for noncommercial reproduction, provided that our address and phone number are included if more than short quotations are used.
Copyright 2004 by John S. James. Permission granted for noncommercial reproduction, provided that our address and phone number are included if more than short quotations are used.
A note from TheBody.com: The field of medicine is constantly evolving. As a result, parts of this article may be outdated. Please keep this in mind, and be sure to visit other parts of our site for more recent information!
AIDS Action Sends Letters to Vice Presidential Candidates Critiquing Their Comments on the Domestic HIV Epidemic
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You would have to been living under a rock to not have heard that Jade Goody (who started life as a Big Brother contestant) has terminal Cervical Cancer. No matter what you think of her now/then it's difficult not to feel immensely sorry for someone who has terminal cancer as 27 and will be leaving two young children behind.
I have actually been ranting about the importance of Cervical Smears (or Pap Smears in the US) for some time to my friends… I am in my mid twenties and have had two (one last year). Whenever I have had the reminder letter, I haven't put it off – it only comes through the door once every 3-5 years anyway. I was surprised to find that only ONE of my female friends have had a cervical smear – the rest said they would be too embarassed and found the whole things quite 'gross' so couldn't be bothered.
Can't blame them really – the idea of a cervical smear isn't pleasant and the process itself – although different for everyone, varies between 'ah – that was ok' and 'gerrofff me you bearded freak!'. Nevertheless, this isn't an optional test, its something you have to do when the time arrives.
(I think we are particularaly bad for this in the UK. In the US I think, going to a gynaecolgist is more of a normal thing – in England you would only go when something is wrong.)
The friend of mine – the only one who had been for a smear actually comes from a family prone to this illness – which is why she had been fairly good with visits….although she was told on a visit that she had some mild abnormalities and had to go back fairly soon for another check up. She put it off…as you do….when she finally did go back, the cells had developed further because of the delay, not to cancer, but heading that way. She had to have evasive surgery to have some cells removed and still has to go back in the next few months too see if it has come back. She's only 26.
Jade Goody had also ignored warning signs, being too frightened to go back to the doctors "When I heard I had more abnormal cells, I thought this is the fourth time I have been told I need to have the same operation now," she told Heat Magazine. "Once you have them burnt off they should not come back, but I was too scared," she added.
It was after she collapsed from blood loss for the fourth time in four years, that she realised she couldn't ignore her condition. "The doctors were doing tests for my blood loss but they seemed unclear about what it could be. It was then that I was told I must have another operation on the dodgy cells on my cervix. They had sent a letter to me ages ago, telling that I needed to go in for an operation, but I had been too scared to do anything about it," Goody confessed.
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Who's affected
In the UK cervical cancer is the second most common cancer in women under the age of 35. Each year there are around 2,700 new cases.
What are the symptoms?
Often there are no symptoms when abnormal cells have developed or in the early stages of the disease, which is why women are encouraged to attend regular cervical screening.
When symptoms do occur they include:
* Bleeding after sexual intercourse
* Bleeding between menstrual periods
* Bleeding after the menopause
* Discomfort or pain during sex
* Unusual vaginal discharge
How is the smear test done?
* A doctor or nurse will gently open your vagina so they can see your cervix.
* They then use a wooden stick called a spatula, or a thin brush, to gently scrape off some cells from the surface of the cervix.
* The cells are sent away and looked at under a microscope to see if any are abnormal.
In the UK a smear test is free. You can request one from:
1. The GPs
2. Family Planning Clinics if you are under 26 (like Brook)
3. Sexual Health Clinic/Well Woman (there are plenty all over the country that run after work hours)
4. Hospitals FPC
I personally choose a Sexual Health Clinic after work and it was full of older women who I am guessing were getting the same thing done (not to mention a drunk, scary man who wanted to push in front of the queue to get free condoms….)
These clinics are run by women, you will be seen by a woman doctor or nurse so it's not too bad.
My first experience was great – a doddle. I was about 21 and the doctor was the nicest. My second experience wasn't as pleasant but not unbearable. Two doctors, one bolshy lady and her rather scared sidekick trainee. 'Do you mind if my assistant watches?' 'Errrr'. Don't let this put you off. You, like I, can tell this story to others for years…
It was also pushed on by the fact (yes, I had ignored the letter for a few weeks too) that my friend had just had her operation and I really felt that if I had anything like that happened to me – something that is preventable and curable if caught early, it would be my own fault for not looking after my health. After all the reminder was sent, the test is free, I could pretty much be anonymous in the clinic.
I did have to wait around for nearly an hour (that's how it is with the evening clinics it seems).
Once it's done (and it lasts for 3 minutes, max. It would be even quicker, but they asked me if I wanted to be tested for X, X and X and since it's not everyday you lie there, legs akimbo with two women staring at you and a bright light shining down your poonani, I said yes, yes test me for everything, shingles, cradle cap, black lung – everything) you feel AMAZING. You feel kinda proud you did it and see – no one else saw. Now go and buy a lipstick (or five).
Once you get the letter saying everything is a-ok it gives you a great sense of comfort and you are ok for a few years! (Obviously – you still have to take care of yourself! Eat well! Practice celibacy!). If things aren't so good – well at least you can do something about it. The worst thing would be leaving it so late that nothing can be done for you – as we've seen with Jade, that is a tragedy.
So if you haven't had one yet, you should go, tell me what it was like!


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September 3, 2011
The 14th ranked Wabash College cross country team cruised the team championship at the 49th Annual Wabash Hokum Karem. The Little Giants claimed the top four places to record a perfect score of six in the six-team field.
Coach Roger Busch, mourning the loss of his father earlier in the week, teamed his top three senior runners with freshmen (pictured right), and the result was a 1-2-3 finish for Wabash.
Senior Donavan White teamed up with rookie Shane Hoerbert to win the six-mile relay race, which features pairs of runners alternating one-mile loops through the Wabash campus.
Senior three-time All-American Kevin McCarthy was a second behind, and teamed up with freshman Nick Boyce to claim second place for the Little Giants.
Senior Brian David ran with freshman Billy McManus and finished third in the race.
Wabash also captured fourth place with the tandem of freshman Jacob Caddick and sophomore Dalton Boyer.
The Little Giants finished first with six points, followed by the University of Indianapolis (21), Huntington (30), Anderson (33), DePauw (37), and Rose-Hulman (44).
For complete results, see Wabash's athletics website.


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TR2 needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 114 designs submitted by 27 freelance designers.
We have an existing logo, that is to say the least is not clean, consise or professional. Additional $200 awarded to the winner for future business card and letterhead design.
AMD Industries Inc.
We are in dire need to update this logo. This logo will serve as the basis for the letterhead & business cards. Please note that we wil work directly with the winner of the logo for these items which will be an additional $200. Our company is in the coal industry and based in Western Pa where coal is king! Our exisiting logo is of a yellow coal car, with coal in it and a waterfall flowing into the car. The waterfall is symbolic because the company cleans coal with water. Although we are not married to this concept, we would like to see designs that are similiar. Water is important to our business. Btw, we do not have a website (future work to come) to reference or the current logo in an electornic format.
- Item 1...Colorful logo - visually appealing - no specific colors.
- Must have the words AMD Industrires, Inc.
- Font style should be more masculine.
- Letters AMD need to be capitalized.
- The coal car is the most important element - this can be smaller and secondary to the words AMD Industries, Inc.
- Item 1...Nothing to "cartoony"
- This is a male dominated business and industry - must appeal to men.
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