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Correlation: Journal of Research into Astrology
Exciting opportunities are opening up for astrologers seeking a deeper understanding of astrology, how it works and what it means
Find out all about:
Introduction to astrology research aids, particularly research into the data collected by Michel and Francoise Gauquelin;
The establishment of a centre for research in astrology at one of Britain's leading universities, Southampton University;
Astrology's increasing presence in academia;
Possible funding for research proposals in astrology in the arts and the sciences;
Current developments in astrology relating to philosophy, social science, psychology, techniques and in the future will cover ground breaking research in all areas of the arts and sciences.
Some of the authors: Prof. Chris Bagley, Nick Campion, Patrick Curry, T. Patrick Davis, Bruce Denness, Mike Harding, Robin Heath, Theodor Landscheidt, Clare Martin, Frank McGillion, Nick Kollerstrom, Prof. Peter Roberts and Prof. Percy Seymour, plus many others who have made and continue to make valuable contributions to ensure the future of astrology.
Whatever your particular field of interest, if you want to keep up to date with new developments in serious astrology, you should subscribe to this periodical.
You can subscribe below, or at the Journal's website: correlationjournal.com, where you can also find details of current research and back issues.
Editor: Dr. Pat A. Harris
Pat Harris was awarded a PhD in the application of astrology to health psychology in July 2007, by Southamption University - one of, if not the, leading reasearch university in the UK. Pat is the first astrologer to succeed in applying quantitative reseach methods at PhD level to astrology applied to one of the social sciences, in this case health psychology. Her rigorously conducted research delivered a significant link between astrology and fertility treatment outcome. Her findings showed that when the treatment is timed with the presence of astrological factors associated with having children, in the charts of women during the years, months, weeks of undergoing treatment, it significantly increases the likelihood of success even after controlling for over thiry other variables.
Pat is also Convenor of the Research Group for the Critical Study of Astrology (RGCSA) which considers funding for research fellowships and also at Masters and PhD level. For more details see the RGCSA website at: www.astrology-research.net/rgcsa
The RGSCA provides free access to their database which contains abstracts of available papers included in issues of Correlation since 1980. Photocopies of individual papers can be requested for a small fee. The database can be searched by keyword and author. For more details see the RGCSA website at: www.astrology-research.net/rgcsa/search.asp
To read a selection of Pat's editorials click on the links below:
Volume 24(1) 2006: What is this thing called "astrology"?
Volume 25 (1) 2007: Academic censorship and research in astrology
Astrological Association Members have the option to receive Correlation as part of their subscription. You can join the Association here: Astrological Association shop. Non-members can subscribe to Correlation; choosing either to receive two hard copy magazines a year, or to read Correlation online. UK postage is free, postage to Europe is £5.00, postage to the rest of the world is £7.00.
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NEW YORK, July 16 (UPI) -- Anderson Cooper may seem cool as a cucumber, but Kelly Ripa was able to disarm the CNN anchor by asking him if he's circumcised on an episode of Watch What Happens Live.
Cooper and Ripa appeared on the Bravo television show, hosted by mutual friend Andy Cohen, and things got a little personal.
Cohen instructed Cooper and Ripa to sit face to face and rapid-fire questions at each other. The first person to get frustrated or embarrassed loses.
Ripa asked Cooper if he was circumcised, if he wanted to have sex and if he wanted to see her vagina.
"I'm getting flustered, you're flustering me," Cooper said with a giggle.
"When she said 'vagina,' that's when I had to stop. I got very nervous," he added.


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As Accenture clients rotate to the new, they demand both innovative solutions for their toughest challenges and the technical know-how to effectively deliver those solutions. We are committed to training our people on the latest technology skills so they can deliver innovative AI solutions to our clients.
That's the idea behind our global AI Hackathons – hands-on employee training events spanning 16 hours of collaboration over two days.
AI skills are not a prerequisite. Rather, we expect our people to bring a desire to learn about AI and how it can help overcome challenges and boost competitiveness.
Hackathon teams are trained in our ecosystem partners' technologies, and they can mix and match from a variety of options: AI-based platforms or virtual agents (Microsoft, Amazon, Google, Watson, for example), as well as Accenture tools (our Robotics Platform) and open source technologies.
Where they go from there is completely up to them. Let us tell you more.
In June we launched the AI4Clients Hackathon. In this challenge, we asked contestants to apply AI technologies and focus on prototyping AI applications for client problems across various industries.
Building on the success of the first two events, our AI4Client Hackathon participation included approximately 700 contestants in 32 global locations.
Teams were required to have a variety of technical skills as well as 1) fundamentals of machine learning; 2) familiarity with design thinking methodology; and interest in societal issues.
In our first hackathon in April, we challenged our people to apply AI technology to improve one or more internal Accenture processes, such as recruiting or staffing of people with specific skills to client projects.
Employees were given materials, training sessions and three weeks to become proficient in their AI technology of choice.
Nearly 1,000 employees, divided into teams competed in 38 cities around the world. The solutions were reviewed and voted on by Accenture leaders.
During our hackathon in May, employees focused on how AI technologies can be used to improve society and how people work and live.
Contestants created teams consisting of people with complementary and diverse skill sets (in other words, it's not all about the technology).
At least one person on each team was tasked with focusing on the social side of the challenge to better understand how AI will impact end-users.
Winners were judged on several considerations: innovation, business value to Accenture, quality of user interface, and overall presentation.
We'll be sharing content and details about what's happening at the Accenture AI Hackathons / Connect with Accenture Technology and join the conversation.


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Career Statistics
2012: Started all 19 games her final season ... earned a spot on the IWLCA All-America third team ... first team All-South Region pick ... led the team in both draw controls (89) and caused turnovers (19) ... her 89 draw controls marked a Duke single season record, eclipsing her own record from the previous season (70) ... totaled seven games with six or more draw controls ... ranked third on the team in points with 40 on 20 goals and 20 assists ... named a Tewaaraton Trophy nominee ... earned All-ACC and ACC All-Tournament honors ... finished her career as Duke's all-time leader in draw controls with 265 ... that total also ranked sixth on the NCAA career charts as well ... at the end of her four years, ranked eight in points (203), 13th in goals (118), third in assists (85), 18th in ground balls (118) and seventh in caused turnovers (90) in the Duke career records ... became the first player in program history to total 75 or more goals, assists, ground balls, draw controls and caused turnovers in a career ... also the 14th player in school history to reach the 100-goal plateau, the fifth to record 75-plus assists and the fourth to achieve both.
2011: Returned from injury and started all 20 games ... named a finalist for the Tewaaraton Trophy after leading the Blue Devils with 51 goals and 70 draw controls ... 70 draw controls in 2011 is a school single season record, while 51 goals is the eighth highest single-season total in Duke history ... totaled 11 games with three or more goals and eight contests with five or more points ... ranked second in the ACC, averaging 2.55 goals per game and 3.50 draw controls per game ... earned first team IWLCA All-America status ... also named first team All-South Region and All-ACC ... earned ACC Offensive Player of the Week honors on Mar. 22 after totaling a career-high six points and five goals versus Dartmouth ... also selected to the ACC All-Tournament and NCAA All-Tournament teams ... holds the program career record with 176 draw controls ... the only Blue Devil to ever win 50 or more draw controls in three seasons ... also served as team captain ... Academic All-ACC honoree.
2010: Missed the season due to injury … named to the ACC Academic Honor Roll.
2009: Started all 21 games for the Blue Devils … totaled 35 points on 16 goals and 19 assists … led the team with 55 draw controls … picked up 28 ground balls and caused a team-best 22 turnovers … registered two goals and an assist against No. 10 Virginia in the NCAA Tournament … totaled a season-high four points on two goals and two assists against No. 8 Princeton ... named to the ACC Academic Honor Roll.
2008: Named third team IWLCA/U.S. Lacrosse All-America … consensus Inside Lacrosse, WomensLax.com and WomensLacrosse.com Rookie of the Year choice … third team WomensLacrosse.com All-America and All-Rookie Team selection … second team IWLCA/U.S. Lacrosse All-South … All-ACC selection … one of two Blue Devil freshmen named to the ACC All-Academic team … named WomensLax.com Rookie of the Week on Mar. 3 and WomensLacrosse.com Rookie of the Week on Mar. 18 … started all 21 games as a freshman … fourth on the team in goals with 31 tallies … her 21 assists was second best on the squad … 52 points was third for Duke … posted a .500 shot percentage with 31 goals on 62 shots … her 38 ground balls led all field players … led the team with 51 draw controls … caused a team-high 28 turnovers … ninth in the ACC with an average of one assist per game … scored in all but three games … posted multiple goals in 10 contests, including three hat tricks … tallied three goals each against No. 1 Northwestern, No. 6 Virginia Tech and No. 8 North Carolina ... named to the ACC Academic Honor Roll.
Prior to Duke: Member of Under-19 National Team that won the world championship … named to the All-World team … four-year varsity letterwinner at Baldwin … three-time first-team All-America choice … voted team captain and MVP two years running … four-time All-Main Line and All-InterAc selection … AP scholar … National Merit commended student … Academic All-America selection twice … head of Athletic Association … four-time All-Main Line, two-time captain and school's all-time leading scorer in basketball … soccer team captain and All-Main Line selection.
Personal: Emma Elizabeth Hamm ... daughter of Bill and Norma Hamm … has one brother (Drew) ... majored in Psychology with a certificate in Markets and Management Studies ... also earned Master of Management Studies (MMS) degree.
Career Highs
Points: 6 (2x) ... last vs. Dartmouth ... March 19, 2011
Goals: 5 ... vs. Dartmouth ... March 19, 2011
Assists: 4 ... vs. William & Mary ... February 20, 2011
Ground Balls: 6 ... vs. Williams & Mary ... February 20, 2011
Draw Controls: 8 (2x) ... last vs. Boston College ... April 7, 2012
Caused Turnovers: 4 (4x) ... last vs. William & Mary ... February 20, 2011


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Three years after their father's murder, two Taunton children fear danger lurks behind every corner, even in their own home, according to their grandmother.
Three years after their father's murder, two Taunton children fear danger lurks behind every corner, even in their own home, according to their grandmother.
"They are so afraid to go from one room to another," said Tina Vargas, mother of the Vargas brothers. "I want to tell them that the bad guys are in jail and you don't ever have to worry about this. I want to be able to tell these kids the bad guys are in jail and won't hurt anyone again. I can't tell them that."
The two boys, now 5 and 7, were present during the shooting of their father Kevin Vargas Jr. and uncle Shawn Vargas on a Sunday afternoon in a Somerset Avenue studio apartment.
"It was a small studio apartment and the police said they were lucky the kids weren't shot," said Tina Vargas. "They said, 'You are so lucky that these kids weren't shot.' They remember it. The oldest one brings it up quite a bit. It's hard to explain it to them."
Tonight family and friends of the Vargas brothers will gather at 6 p.m. in a park on West Water Street to remember their lives on the third anniversary of their slaying. Shawn was 21 and Kevin was 23 when they were killed on Feb. 24, 2008.
No one has been arrested in connection to the case.
The victims' mother said her life was devastated by the murders and begs anyone that knows information about those responsible to pass it along.
"Say someone in their own family got killed like this," Tina Vargas said. "They'd want someone to come forward. Maybe something has changed since then and someone who has information will do it. Maybe they didn't want to before because they thought it was a tough guy thing to do. If they don't want to come to the police, come and tell me. I will go talk to the police for them."
Vargas added although they were not present and the younger one was not born yet, Shawn also had two children: a 4-year-old son and a 2-year-old daughter.
"No one deserves to be murdered like this," said Dave Vargas, the uncle of the brothers. "Nobody has been brought to justice. (Those are) some ruthless killers running around."
A state police investigator for the Bristol County District Attorney's Office remains on the case, which has been "very active" in the past six months, according to district attorney spokesperson Gregg Miliote.
"There hasn't been a year that has gone by since we haven't gotten any leads or new information," Miliote said.
"The case have been very active in the past six months," he added. "There is a state trooper assigned to our office who is determined to solve this case. The good news in regards to this case is the same trooper, the same prosecutor and the same Taunton police detective have been on it since day one."
Miliote said the Bristol County District Attorney's Office is optimistic the case can be cracked, given its track record. He said the district attorney has solved 10 cases that date prior to 2006.
"We've had great success in solving homicides on our watch throughout the county and even greater success in solving 'cold cases' from previous administrations," Miliote said.
However, Miliote added there is another side to the coin: a resource problem.
Miliote said in the past 2 1/2 years, 10.5 percent was cut from the budgets of district attorneys. While prosecutorial budgets have shrunk to $92 million this year, he said, the funding of indigent defense in Massachusetts has skyrocketed to $168 million through a state program covering 2/3 of the 300,000 cases heard annually throughout the state.
Miliote said one issue to factor into the Vargas case is a "cooperation of witnesses." But he said that is something all law enforcement officials deal with.
During a recent interview, Assistant Bristol County District Attorney Stephen Butts suggested the murder could have something to do with marijuana. He said the brothers were possibly involved in the marijuana trade, explaining that while the district attorney's office is cracking down on the heroin dealers, marijuana trafficking is also dangerous.
"Aside from what he said, I can't go into further detail on that because it would go into specific facts in an ongoing homicide investigation," said Miliote, when asked for further explanation. "For me to go into details on theories on that would potentially harm the investigation."
Tina Vargas said she doesn't believe that marijuana led to the death of her sons.
"I don't believe it had to do with marijuana or any drugs," Tina Vargas said. "It is not the reason. Kevin didn't smoke pot. Shawn smoked it, but he wasn't dealing it. But do you know how many kids in this city smoke pot? I'm sure Shawn would have grown out of it if he had the chance."
A $10,000 reward was established for information that leads to the arrest or arrests of any individuals involved in the murder of the Vargas brothers. For more information about to the reward or to submit a tip, email email@example.com.
Miliote said a Text-A-Tip program made available by the Bristol County District Attorney's Office also provides an absolutely confidential avenue for tips. Text-a-Tip can be accessed at www.tipsubmit.com or through SMS messaging to C-R-I-M-E-S (274637) with the key word "Call50".
"Text-A-Tip has proven to be successful already and it is completely anonymous so people don't have to worry about law enforcement finding out who they are," Miliote said. "They don't have to worry about the potential defendant finding out. I would urge anyone with even a small bit of information to come forward, even if they think it's insignificant. No matter how insignificant they think it is, it is big to us."
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From "traditional archers thread"
"What is the "stalking" technique for carp hunting? My Grandfather has ponds and too many carp."
It depends on the type of water your bowfishing, i.e. creeks, lakes, rivers & ponds. It also depends on the technique your using to match the water conditions i.e water temp, clarity, and structure in the water such as logs, large rocks etc.
Around here (Indiana) I like bowfishing ponds when the dandelions start to bloom,
water temp is about 67 (that induces the carp to spawn in the shallow water) and when the sun is low in the sky so I don't cast shadows that spook the fish. I think bowfishing is easiest when the carp are in spawning mode and with their splashing up next to the bank (it's easier to stalk them while their thinking of other things). I also agree that polarised glasses and a ball cap are a must to reduce glare when the sun is higher.
When bowfishing privately owned ponds after spawning season, I will bait an area dumping a couple large cans of corn under an overhanging tree in about 1'-2' of water the night before and wait for targets in the shade of the tree the next morning. If there are no trees, get your polarized glasses and a ball cap stay low and slowly stand and draw back when you see the target.
I use a "stalking technique" when bowfishing in smaller creeks or tributaries during the summer months. The fish seem to spook easier here than in spillways and other busy parts of the water. I like to see where the target is heading then make a wide path from the creekside edge and wait in the shade of an overhanging tree (mulberry trees are the best).
Aiming is easiest when carp are in the shallows (spawning or feeding) and you can aim just below and a little forward of a tailfin exposed above the water. Bowfishing deeper water takes a little more practice and I then prefer using a compound. The deeper the target is in the water the more you need to compensate for the refraction of the target. It just takes a little more practice. I use to practice by tying a piece of foam on a string and rock and sinking it at different target zones.
Bowfishing tackle is a another can of worms but I think simpler is better.


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Sherlock Finale: Bosses Answer Burning Questions About Mary, Moriarty and Season 4
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The Raiders open the third day of the draft with the following picks:
Round 4 (No. 113)
Round 4 (No. 125) from New England
Round 5 (No. 148)
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== August 2011 ==
Revision as of 11:55, 4 August 2011
Historical Document
This page is intended to document as much of our activities as possible so we can maintain a sense of history of what our group has done over time. It should be used for anything that happens outside of the Meeting_Minutes document.
July 2010
Bloominglabs is official!
Moved out of Jenett's basement and into our room at The Collaboration Room. Picked a name for our space. Formed Bloominglabs LLC and signed our lease for the room.
Held these workshops which where open to the public
- Soldering
- AVR programming I
- AVR programming II
- Arduino + RF/wireless
The Soldering workshop was our first and had 17 attendees (out of 6 RSVP's). The AVR workshops had 11 and 6 attendees respectively, and the Arduino RF workshop had 6 attendees. All went over extremely well and had very good feedback.
External Publicity
Local writer Kevin Makice wrote about The Collaboration Room and the Bloomington Hackerspace Initiative in his Wired blog Geek Dad. Member Joe Stone was at the Detroit Maker Faire the weekend of July 31st and sat on a panel about hackerspaces along with Mitch Altman.
August 2010
After the whirlwind that was July we relaxed and only held one workshop. Mitch Altman and Jimmy Rogers stopped by on August 19th to host a soldering workshop, it was another great success.
September 2010
- Obtained a drill press
- Got prototype of RFID door-access system working based on Open Access Control
- Installed shelves on main closet in space
- Cleaned up front porch power tool area
- Installed deadbolts on Matthew's and Arthur's doors
- Aluminum casting mini-workshop with coffee can forge
October 2010
- More work on RFID system
- Collaboween projects built with Matthew
- Arduino shield build parties
- Sumobot throwdown and halloween party at LVL1 in Louisville, KY
- Started accumulating hardware for plastic vacuum-forming table
November 2010
- More work on RFID system
- Prep for December soap-molding workshop
- Prep for January bugbots with Wonderlabs
- Built a plastic vacuum form machine for members to use
December 2010
- St. Nick's workshop (soap-molding/vacuum forming, hand-warmer sewing, hand-bag sewing, and card making)
- Reporter from Indiana Daily Student came and documented the workshop
January 2011
- BugBot workshop with Wonderlab
February 2011
- Contact Microphone Building Workshop hosted by CMKT4 (held at warehouse Behind Russian Recording Studios)
March 2011
- Preparations for July 4th Parade entry
- Electric wheel chair acquired for robotic platform hacking
April-June 2011
- Activity around TEDx Bloomington event - geocaching boxes started, but not enough time to finish these in time for TEDx
- Preparations for July 4th Parade entry
- smoke ring cannons
- twinki launchers
- IR LED message scroll-sign
- Strand Beast (walking machine) design well under way
- electric wheel chair platform hacking via CANUSB adapter
- Reporter from Bloom Magazine interviewed several members and observed a meeting in June
July 2011
- Parade float in Bloomington July 4th parade!
- Moved to our new space on Roll Avenue!!
- Follow-up from Bloom Magazine to get photos of our new space
- New RFID system acquired
- Table-top sander now in the space
- Dust collection system in the works
- Open-house July 23rd
- Lathe acquired
- Electrolysis rust removal system built for the lathe and general use
August 2011
- New RFID system built and tested
- Lathe cleanup on-going
- August 13th BugBots workshop at Wonderlab
- August 23rd Jay hosts an Arduino for Beginners workshop


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I am lucky to be part of the alumni of the University of Bath's School of Management programme 'Responsibility and Business Practice'. We have a simple, effective and early incarnation of social media that serves us well…
We share an email list for all alumni and it creates a live and dynamic forum between us that reaches a Global and very powerful business and personal community that together tackles challenges both great and small. This time, the communication was about just one tree and it read:
Dear RBPers
A beautiful and ancient tree in my local town is going to be cut down -
the council claim it is a threat although it shows no signs of disease
or instability – in reality we believe it is for convenience and
parking. If you are on Facebook (anywhere in the world) please join the
group 'Save the Crewkerne Luccombe Oak' so that we can show that people
everywhere care about ancient trees more than extra parking spaces. If
you live near enough go and see the tree in Crewkerne and add a message
of your own.
Many thanks
One of the response, less than 2 hours later, is below…
Hi L
Here are some ideas:
1) Try to get a TPO on it – Here is a link about how to get a Tree Protection Order granted (although if you are up against the council, not likely):http://www.naturenet.net/trees/tpo.htm
2) Use the planning system against them – Find out the name of the case officer in the planning office, make a formal request for information from the planning department to see the planning consent documentation for the tree removal – stipulate that you want this information IN ADVANCE of the tree removal and that you are taking legal advice on the status of the removal as this is an ancient Oak and their activity could be illegal (this is of course to put the wind up them). cc. the leader or mayor to all correspondence as well as the environment dept, communications dept and all local councillors – public servants and politicians get spooked when they see other people have been copied in, especially their bosses. Liberally use words and phrases like ILLEGAL, AGAINST GOVERNMENT POLICY, ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESMENT, PLANNING AND COMPULSORY PURCHASE ACT 2005, etc.
3) Ask what status the land around the tree has on the Local Development Framework (formerly Unitary Development Plan), if it is earmarked as green space, then there will be little cause for removal, and the council are possibly acting illegally, if it has been earmarked as development land, I would investigate this further to see if there is a developer interested
4) The environmental case for saving this tree includes this key point a mature oak helps mitigate against flood risk as it will draw up over 50 gallons of water a day – in an age of flooding and climate change, the council are taking an environmentally irresponsible decision which could harm the long term future of the area
5) Write to all local councillors to request their official view, request the attendance list at planning committee that decreed this
6) Write to the leader of the council and if you have an elected mayor
7) Obviously write to the local papers
8) Look for a famous champion – any local celebs? Try Felix Dennis – he loves trees. Make a film with them – post it on Youtube
9) In all your correspondence let councillors, planners, environment officers know that they could be cutting down over £500,000 worth of council owned amenity – see proof that Surrey valued its ancient oaks at that price http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/earthnews/3347278/Ancient-oak-in-Surrey-tree-valued-at-500000.html
10) Get my mum involved – she scares the beJaysus out of all who try and fell trees and will gladly tie herself to it – I have copied her in, expect a call!
Good luck!
A great deal of information and support duly disseminated in the press of a button, one mother ready to tie herself to the Oak and a Facebook group that widens the reach beyond Bath Alumni and into the wider tree-caring community of the Uk and beyond. The power of social media garnered to save the mighty oak and battle a system at odds with its own interests perhaps? I will update you with the results…


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NCLB Update
Both President Bush and Secretary Spellings have assumed aggressive travel schedules this new year, promoting key initiatives in the U.S. and abroad. Among their priorities is reauthorization of the No Child Left Behind Act. They are seeking a bill from Congress that would "stay true to the core principles" of annual assessment, disaggregation of data, and grade-level proficiency for all students by 2014," while inserting new flexibility into the law.
As a first push, on January 7, President Bush and Secretary Spellings joined Chicago Mayor Richard Daley at a 2007 No Child Left Behind Blue Ribbon School, Horace Greeley Elementary School. "I know No Child Left Behind has worked," the President said, "and I believe this country needs to build upon the successes." As evidence, he cited an array of student achievement data on Greeley and the nation as a whole (see http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2008/01/20080107-1.html). "So now is the time for Congress to reauthorize it," he continued. "I'm sure a lot of people look around the country and say it's impossible for Congress and the President to work together. I strongly disagree. We worked together to get the bill written in the first place, and I believe we can work together to get it reauthorized." Nevertheless, he closed with some words of caution. "If it's not reauthorized, then I've instructed our Secretary to move forward on some reforms or to analyze reforms that she can do through the administrative process. Also, if Congress passes a bill that weakens the accountability system in the No Child Left Behind Act, I will strongly oppose it and veto it, because the act will continue on... This act isn't expiring, it just needs to be reauthorized." For more information, please go to http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2008/01/20080107-2.html.
Next, on January 8 (the actual anniversary of No Child Left Behind), Secretary Spellings was in Tallahassee, Florida, to testify before a joint session of House of Representatives' education committees, meet with new Commissioner of Education Eric Smith, and visit Sabal Palm Elementary School. "In the upcoming months, I'll be visiting as many states as I can to discuss how we can continue to work together and move ahead with what is, in my opinion, our nation's most important business -- ensuring that every student receives a quality education," she noted during her testimony. "Florida is the first stop on my tour, and rightly so. States like Florida elevated this movement from an ideal into reality, pioneering the use of data, standards, and accountability systems. Not because Washington said so, but because it was the right thing for students in Florida and for the State of Florida." The Secretary touted the state's tremendous progress in several areas. She also underscored a series of state challenges. "As we discuss how to move ahead," she stated, "we must remember that education policy all comes down to one question: is it good for students?.... It's about equipping every child with a high-quality education. It's an 'American Imperative' that will determine how successfully we respond to every challenge we face in the years ahead." For more information, please go to http://www.ed.gov/news/speeches/2008/01/01082008.html.
Then, on January 10, the Secretary delivered remarks on No Child Left Behind and the Administration's K-12 priorities for 2008 at the National Press Club. She reinforced the President's challenge from Chicago to reauthorize the law: "Congress has had over a year to consider these reforms, but students and teachers need help now. So, if Congress doesn't produce a strong bill quickly, I will move forward. As I've done since taking office, I will partner with states and districts to support innovation." In her speech, she also introduced a new resource, the "National Dashboard" (see below), showing how the country is doing on key indicators. "During my final year, I will do everything in my power to propel this movement forward," she summarized. "But, ultimately, it's up to all of us to make sure it lives on.... No Child Left Behind is not just a catchy phrase. It is a statement about who we are, and what kind of country we want to be." For more information, please go to http://www.ed.gov/news/pressreleases/2008/01/01102008.html.
This week, Secretary Spellings continued her national tour with a West Coast swing through Washington, Oregon, and California. Later, after a week in Davos, Switzerland, for the World Economic Forum, she will travel to Louisiana and Alabama.
National Dashboard
Armed with more data than ever before on the academic performance of students and schools, the Secretary recently unveiled two-page "dashboards" -- one for the nation and one for each state -- with statistics on state and National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) test scores, graduation rates, schools making Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP), highly qualified teachers, parents taking advantage of choice and supplemental educational service options, state participation in flexibility options, and more. The simple format, with charts and graphs, highlights bright spots as well as concerns. "We publish data to guide and promote improvement," the Secretary explained. These reports "will help parents and policymakers understand how each state is performing." For more information, please go to http://www.ed.gov/nclb/accountability/results/progress/.
Federal Student Aid
January marks the start of the season for new and returning college students to apply for financial aid. The Department is encouraging all students to complete a Free Application for Federal Student Aid, or FAFSA, to qualify for a share of the more than $80 billion in federal grants, loans, and work-study assistance. Most students are eligible to receive some type of financial aid, but they must take the first step and complete the FAFSA.
Over 95% of FAFSAs are submitted online, and now, with several added features, it is even easier to apply that way. Students and families can:
- Request a personal identification number (PIN) and immediately receive it to electronically sign the application.
- Submit an online application and immediately receive a confirmation with a preliminary expected family contribution.
- List up to 10 schools to receive the provided financial aid information.
- Copy parental information to another application for a second or third child.
Of course, there are other options for filing, including downloading the form or ordering a hard copy. For more information, please go to http://federalstudentaid.ed.gov/.
Also: College Goal Sunday (http://www.collegegoalsundayusa.org/) brings together financial aid professionals from colleges and universities, along with other volunteers, to help college-bound students and their families fill-out the FAFSA on a Sunday afternoon. Use the online map to find dates, times, and locations by state. The program is free.
Grants Forecast
Be sure to review the FY 2008 Grants Forecast (as of January 11) at http://www.ed.gov/fund/grant/find/edlite-forecast.html, which lists virtually all programs and competitions under which the Department has invited or expects to invite applications for awards and provides actual or estimated dates for the transmittal of applications under these programs. The lists are in the form of charts -- organized by program office -- and will be updated regularly through July 2008. (Note: This document is advisory only and not an official application notice of the U.S. Department of Education.)
Meanwhile, applications are available for the Arts in Education-Model Development and Dissemination Grant Program (see http://www.ed.gov/programs/artsedmodel/) and the Arts in Education-Professional Development for Arts Educators Grant Program (see http://www.ed.gov/programs/artsedprofdev/).
Math Coursetaking and Achievement
A new study by the Department's National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), "Mathematics Coursetaking and Achievement at the End of High School: Evidence from the Education Longitudinal Study of 2002," documents and examines the relationship between the number and types of math courses taken in the eleventh- and twelfth-grades and growth in math proficiency over the same time period. The study identifies the coursetaking sequences prevalent among today's high school students in the second half of high school, socioeconomic characteristics of the students who follow these sequences, and the association between particular courses and sequences and math proficiency gains. Because most students (94%) entered the latter grades of high school with a mastery of basic math skills -- such as simple arithmetic and operations -- most learning over this time was in intermediate math skills. For example, the percentage of students with an understanding of simple problem-solving skills grew from 53% to 65% over two years. In terms of learning in specific content areas, the largest gains in intermediate math skills were made by those who followed the geometry-algebra II sequence. The largest gains in advanced math skills -- such as derivations and making inferences from algebraic expressions -- were made by those who took precalculus paired with another course. For more information, please go to http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2008319.
Job Shadow Day
On February 1, working professionals across the country will celebrate Job Shadow Day, part of a national, year-long effort to enrich the lives of students by acquainting them with the world of work through on-the-job experiences and a special school curriculum that ties academics to the workplace. Sponsored by the financial services firm ING and jointly coordinated by America's Promise, Junior Achievement, and the U.S. Departments of Education and Labor, more than one million students and 100,000 businesses are expected to participate. Notable past workplace mentors include former President George H. W. Bush, former Secretary of State Colin Powell, many governors, mayors, and other elected officials, Miss America Angela Perez Baraquio, and Today show personalities Matt Lauer, Al Roker, and Ann Curry. For more information, please go to http://www.jobshadow.org/.
Quote to Note
"Agree or disagree with this law, without No Child Left Behind, we wouldn't even be talking about how to get every student on grade level. In our two centuries as a nation, this is the first time we're able to have a discussion based on facts and, sometimes, harsh realities, instead of hopes and habits. After decades of doling out federal dollars and hoping for the best, we're now expecting and getting results."
|Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings (1/10/08), at the National Press Club Newsmaker Luncheon
Upcoming Events
The President will deliver his State of the Union address on January 28. Then, on February 4, the President will release his Fiscal Year 2009 budget request.
Later this month and early next month, the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy is hosting four, one-day Random Student Drug Testing Summits. These summits -- Jacksonville, FL (1/29); Oklahoma City, OK (1/31); Albuquerque, NM (2/6); and Indianapolis, IN (2/13) -- will tackle legal and program development issues and serve as an introduction for schools that would like to learn more about student drug testing. Participants will be supplied with information on the Department's new grant competition and application process. For more information, please go to http://www.randomstudentdrugtesting.org/presentations.html.
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clinical trial conducted at the I. M. Sechenov Clinic October 31, 2000. Results vary.
After removing unwanted hair by the root apply Kalo Hair Inhibiting Spray to reduce hair from growing back.
Pack includes Kalo spray and Kalo Ingrown Hair treatment.
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A compact epilator that removes hair from the root from delicate areas like the upper lip, chin, cheek area bikini line and underarms.
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Kalo Post Epilating Spray is a true hair inhibitor to stop unwanted hair growth. Kalo does not need to be used for the rest of your life. In fact you do not even need to use Kalo Hair Inhibitor every day. Just apply the spray after your regular hair removal method whether that's waxing, tweezing, electrolysis, laser hair removal etc. Hair should be removed by the root. Kalo is applied three times the day of the hair removal and three times the next day. There is no need to use Kalo again until the next hair removal session. Each time you use Kalo the hair will come back weaker, finer and slower until the hair growth has stopped.*
Kalo Ingrown Hair Treatment is an effective additional product to the Kalo line that helps to reduce ingrown hairs and shaving bumps. Our Kalo Ingrown Hair Treatment can be used as a standalone product to prevent ingrown hairs or in addition to the Kalo Post Epilating Spray for inhibiting hair regrowth.
The most common areas to remove hair from are: Facial Hair - Upper Lip, Eyebrows, Chin, Sideburns, Leg Hair - Under Arm Hair - Back Hair - Chest Hair - Pubic Hair/Bikini Line - Ear Hair
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Louis Vuitton is one of the most recognized luxury brands in the world, thanks to its iconic Monogram pattern. According to Forbes, LV was the most valuable luxury brand of 2015. At PORTERO you will find authentic pristine and pre-owned Louis Vuitton bags and accessories, at up to 75% off retail.
Learn about the history of this classic brand in this brief infographic, or dig deeper into the story of this French maison by scrolling through the timeline.
1837. 16 year-old Louis Vuitton arrives in Paris, by foot, and becomes the apprentice of trunkmaker Monsieur Maréchal.
1854. Louis Vuitton opens his own shop at N°4 Rue Neuve des Capucines in Paris, France.
1858. Louis Vuitton introduces trunks in gray trianon canvas and flat top and bottom, making them the first stackable trunks.
1859. Louis Vuitton establishes an atelier in Asnières sur Seine, where it still stands today as a factory, museum, and family home.
1867. Louis Vuitton wins a bronze medal at the Exposition Universelle, in Paris.
1871. The shop moves to 1 rue Scribe.
1873. Louis Vuitton's son, Georges Vuitton, joins the company.
1876. To avoid counterfeits and replicas, Vuitton changes the trianon canvas pattern to a beige and brown striped design, known as the Rayée Canvas.
1888. No matter his efforts, counterfeit Vuitton trunks was a big issue, and so the Damier canvas pattern is introduced and trademarked.
Louis Vuitton Petit Malle Damier $5,095. Pre-Owned Louis Vuitton Damier Boite Flacons $ 3,800. Louis Vuitton Damier Grimaud $2,600. Louis Vuitton Nolita GM Damier Ebene $1,380.
1889. Louis Vuitton wins a gold medal at the Exposition Universelle.
1892. Louis Vuitton dies.
1896. The Monogram Canvas is introduced, taking inspiration from the popular Oriental designs that were in vogue during the Victorian era.
Pre-Owned Louis Vuitton Moyen Montsouris MM Monogram Canvas Backpack $750. Louis Vuitton Doc PM Monogram Canvas Bag $1,400. Louis Vuitton NN14 Monogram Idole GM $2,850.Louis Vuitton Tambourine Monogram Canvas $660.
1897. Georges' son, Gaston-Louis Vuitton, joins the company.
1914. The Louis Vuitton store at 70 Avenue des Champs-Élysées opens its doors, replacing the store at 1 Rue Scribe.
1930. The Keepall makes its debut.
Louis Vuitton Keepall Bandouliere 52 Monogram $599. Louis Vuitton Keepall 50 Black Epi Leather $980. Louis Vuitton Keepall 50 Tan Epi Leather $1,050. Louis Vuitton Keepall 55 Red Epi Leather $899.
1930s. Georges decides to make a smaller version of the Keepall, and the Speedy is born.
Louis Vuitton Green Graffiti Speedy 30 Monogram $1,860. Louis Vuitton Speedy 25 Damier Azur$690. Louis Vuitton Caresse Mink Speedy 25 $4,070. Louis Vuitton Monogram Green Kusama Speedy 30 $2,150.
1932. A champagne producer needs a bag able to hold five bottles of champagne, and Louis Vuitton creates the Noé.
Vintage Louis Vuitton Petit Noe Yellow Epi Leather $580. Louis Vuitton Noe Red Epi Leather$540. Louis Vuitton Petit Noe Etain Epi Leather $980. Louis Vuitton Noe Blue Epi Leather $460.
1934. Inspired by the Art Deco movement, the Squire bag is created. Today, the Squire is known as the Alma, after Place de L'Alma, a square in Paris.
Louis Vuitton Alma BB Azteque $2,300. Louis Vuitton Alma Monogram $650. Louis Vuitton Alma Monogram Vernis PM $1,675. Louis Vuitton Alma in Red Epi Leather $699.
1936. Georges Vuitton dies.
1954. In honor of Louis Vuitton's 100th anniversary, the flagship store moves from the Champs-Élysées to AvenueMarceau.
1970. The third generation Vuitton owner, Gaston Vuitton, dies.
1985. Launch of the Epi Leather collection.
Louis Vuitton Saint Jacques PM Yellow Epi Leather $530. Louis Vuitton Alma GM Blue Epi Leather$1,600. Louis Vuitton Tilsitt Brown Kenyan Fawn Epi Leather $620. Louis Vuitton Art Deco MM Black Epi Leather $299.
1997. Marc Jacobs becomes Louis Vuitton's first creative director, designing the company's very first prêt-à-portercollection.
1998. Opening of Louis Vuitton store on the Champs-Élysées.
2001. Launch of Louis Vuitton jewelry.
2003. Louis Vuitton collaborates with Japanese artist Takashi Murakami, creating the Multicolore Monogram.
Read:Takashi Murakami for Louis Vuitton
Louis Vuitton Murakami Monogram Panda Handbag $599. Louis Vuitton Dalmatian Sac Rabat Monogram Canvas and Pony hair $1,325. Louis Vuitton Murakami Cherry Blossom Pochette $580.Louis Vuitton White Multicolore Pochette $340.
2006. Launch of the Monogram Mini Lin and Damier Azur lines.
2008. Launch of the Graphite Damier and Sofia Coppola Collections.
2007. The popular Neverfull tote enters the market.
Louis Vuitton Cyan Turquoise Blue Epi Neverfull MM $1,499. Louis Vuitton Monogram Rose Velours Ikat Neverfull MM $2,750. Louis Vuitton Red Monogram Kusama Waves Neverfull MM$3,100. Louis Vuitton Green Monogram Graffiti Neverfull GM $3,200.
2013. Nicolas Ghesquière replaces Marc Jacobs as Artistic Director.
2013. The Louis Vuitton Capucines is introduced.
2014. The Petit Malle is unveiled.


text: My 2009 R1200RT is just out of warranty with 9,000 on the odometer. The ABS module just failed. While I have purchased three new BMWs from BMW of Ft. Myers, they told me to go to hell. So did BMW. As riders we need to be very careful about buying these bikes with all of their new toys, then having them fail prematurely. We need to also be wary of dealers who don't care once they sell the bike. This is a safety issue, since how do I know that the entire braking system won't fail too? The ABS module on BMW motorcycles has a bad track record and many owners are getting hit with $1,500 to $2,000 bills for a repair that should never happen in such a short time. It certainly doesn't happen on their cars. I know that BMW of Ft. Myers has developed a horrible service reputation, but this, being a safety situation, cannot be permitted without legal intervention.


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Raymond H. Reiss III, trustee, to Nameless One LLC, 1221.357 acres on State Route 618, $1,500,000.
Worrell Land and Development Co to Charlottesville Land LLC, parcel at Peter Jefferson Place, $1,100,000.
Gary and Ronnie Wood to Frances A. Jarrell, 1.0 acre at 1029 Zion Hill Road, Cismont, $32,000.
Patricia A. Tiedeman, trustee, to Steven E. and Jane M. Long, 128 Harvest Drive, Huntington Village, $235,000.
Meadow Wood Inc. to Andrew McDowell and Candace Bruner, condominium unit at the Villas at Southern Ridge, 1242 Villa Lane, $159,950.
Scott J. and Gillian D. Preston to Thomas M. Montgomery, 7270 Corville Farm Road, Crozet, $166,500.
Keswick Corp. to Daniel C. and Kathleen M. Bird, 2.099 acres in Keswick Estates, $726,500.
Gaffney MM LLC to Magine LLC, parcel in Ballard Field, Old Trail, $414,275.
Lawrence Ison, trustee, to Frances B. Youngblood, 36.448 acres at 2969 Sunnyside Lane, Gordonsville, $504,730.
Stephen D. and Kathryn Scarano to Lee and Helena Brady, 21.030 acres at 5960 Markwood Road, Wood Crest, Earlysville, $920,000.
Lawrence Ison, trustee, to James T. and Carol B. Hallett, 42.893 acres at 2972 Sunnyside Lane, $1,195,269.
Jeffrey E. and Katherine Hughes to Dena C. LaFleur, 2.146 acres at 2440 Cascades Drive, the Cascades subdivision, Free Union, $445,000.
Matthew and Heidi Y. Layton to Michael Lee and Autumn Lynne Temple, 0.65 acres at 1616 Crozet Avenue, $180,000.
Murcielago LLC to Lower Sherwood LLC, 136.71 acres at 5932 Blenheim Road, $3,500,000.
March Mountain Properties LLC to Old Trail Homes LLC, parcel in Ballard Field, $85,000.
Shafique Ahmed to Sabina Iqbal, unit in Turtle Creek condominiums, $89,000.
Skyline Home Builders LLC to Jeffrey E. and Katherine T. Hughes, 3.215 acres at 142 Stillhouse Ridge, Stillhouse Ridge subdivision, $650,000.
Central Virginia Builders Inc. to Old Trail Homes LLC, two lots in Upper Ballard Field, Old Trail, $314,958.
Preston S. Fox to Clifford H. Fox Jr., 15.58 acres at 4543 Garth Road, $158,890.
Elisabeth Faris and P. Elizabeth Looney to William B. and Paige H. O'Luanaigh, 5.41 acres in Samuel Miller Magisterial District, gift.
Virginia C. Riner to Loretta K. Hamilton, 2.0 acres at Mont Fair, 2480 Old Lynchburg Road, gift.
Timothy L. Reid, trustee, Buck Mountain Homeowners Association, 2.557 acres at Buck Mountain, $35,067.
John F. Sheridan estate to Dudley W. MacFarlane, 108.93 acres at 4575 Slam Gate Road, State Route 810, $2,491,000.
Clyde A. Smith to C&L Properties of Forest LLC, unit in Turtle Creek condominiums, 104 Turtle Creek Road, gift.
Rosemary Waugaman to David J. and Kim H. Kistner, 4.380 acres at 515 Explorer's Road, Key West, $545,000.
Frances Love to Roger Lee Crawford, 1.80 acres on State Route 616, 2440 Thomas Jefferson Parkway, $90,000.
Dominick T. Montie to Christopher R. Kintner, 1818 Webland Terrace, $226,500.
Hollymead Citizens Association Inc. to Harry H. Faulkner, parcel in Hollymead, gift.
University Commons Condominiums to Loren Properties LLC, unit in University Commons, 1560 Robin Lane, $18,000.
Building Exchange Company to Fritz R. Kundrun, 101.810 acres at 200 Tall Oaks Farm, $10,110,000.
Building Exchange Company to Fritz R. Kundrun, 282.61 acres at 329 Bridlespur Farm, $8,775,000.
Cheetah Property Owner LLC to Amanda Lozano, unit in Barracks West condominiums, 2623 Barracks Road, $169,900.
John W. and Barbara B. Wiggins to Stephen S. and Nola C. Rich, 26.05 acres on State Route 618, 7089 Jefferson Mill Road, Scottsville, $545,000.
Craig Enterprises Inc. to Wyatt E. and Patricia B. Owens, 0.170 acres at 1310 Courtyard Drive, Redfields, $291,539.
Ignacio and Lorena Demarco to Ursula D. Hill, 2370 Austin Drive, Briarwood, $180,000.
Patricia I. Ohlschlager to Cody and Sara M. Hartley, Trustees, 0.143 acres at 996 Canvas Back Drive, Redfields, $372,000.
Anne R. Barnes to Sara Lee Barnes, 2958 Barrsden Farm, gift.
Milton T. Edgerton, trustee, to Diana E. Miller, 16.335 acres at 2247 Garth Road, gift.
Cynthia L. and Kimberly H. Mott to Eamon E. Perrel, 1225 Brookhill Avenue, Lakeside, $250,000.
March Mountain Properties LLC to MGR Development Corp. parcel in Ballard Field, Old Trail, $220,000.
Karl B. Hamner to Virginia Housing Development Authority, 2.0 acres on State Route 622, $236,508.
Artisan Development LLC to Richard J. and Melissa D. King, 3.151 acres in Fray's Mill, $212,000.
Cheetah Property Owner LLC to Mark N. and Megan K. Tenia, unit in Barracks West condominiums, 2623 Barracks Road, $179,900.
Church Hill Development Co. to Barry Meade Homes LLC, three parcels in Avon Park, $390,000.
Linda Elsey to Buena Vista Properties of Charlottesville, 0.9537 acres in Greenfields, gift.
William A. Edgerton, trustee, to Virginia Outdoors Foundation, 49.619 acres, gift.
George C. Stuckey, trustee, to Locust Hill Graveyard Foundation, 2.68 acres at 2200 Owensville Road, gift.
Octopus Property LLC to Rajeev Bajaj, unit in Riverbend condominiums, 290 Riverbend Drive, $145,000.
Gaffney MM LLC to Timothy G. and Susan L. Connors, 0.119 acres at 209 Grass Dale Lane, Ballard Field, Old Trail, $551,450.
Cartus Financial Corp. to Mark A. and Alice A. McCoy, 0.494 acres at 3667 Perthshire Court, Glenmore, Keswick, $665,000.
Forbes R. Reback, trustee, to William V. Johnson, parcel on Lake Albemarle Road, $75,000.
March Mountain Properties LLC to Central Virginia Builders Inc., two lots at Ballard Field, Old Trail, $188,527.
Timothy J. and Tracey L. McGrath to Allan R. and Mary V. Fisher, 7.0 acres in Graemont subdivision, $729,000.
William S. Wood to Frances A. Jarrell, 1.0 acre at 1029 Zion Hill Road, Cismont, gift.
Debra D. Kara to James G. and Diana M. McCullough, 2.089 acres at 5725 Fieldcrest Drive, Totier Hills, Scottsville, $360,000.
Gaffney MM LLC to Atlas Rentals LLC, 0.069 acres at 211 Grass Dale Lane, Ballard Field, Old Trail, Crozet, $340,100.
Hauser Homes Inc. to Michael S. Donovan, trustee, 0.029 acres at 729 Cairn Heights Court, Poplar Glen, $474,260.
Keith P. Johnson to Cecia H. and Tyler T. Croft, trustees, 0.341 acres at 2635 Kendalwood Lane, Forest Lakes South, $501,000.
Matthew D. and Debra M. Williams to Dawn L. Bernstein, 3105 Morewood Lane, Highlands, $340,000.
Roy D. and Toni D. Stone to Ann B. Willms, 7.628 acres at 1035 Owensville Road, Meriwether Hills, $900,000.
Joseph K. and Caroline S. Han to Garrett M. and Diane A. Smith, 0.407 acres at 905 Charter Oaks Drive, Dunlora, $535,000.
KG Associates Ltd. to Lora R. and Malcom E. Meistrell III, 0.40 acres at 3382 Turnberry Circle, Forest Lakes, $592,000.
Big Deal
Building Exchange Company to Fritz R. Kundrun, 101.810 acres at 200 Tall Oaks Farm, $10,110,000.
Building Exchange Company to Fritz R. Kundrun, 282.61 acres at 329 Bridlespur Farm, $8,775,000.


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Middletown, RI – October 11, 2006 – KVH Industries, Inc., (Nasdaq: KVHI) will announce its third quarter financial results for the period ending September 30, 2006, on Thursday, October 19, 2006. In conjunction with the release, the company will conduct its investor conference call at 10:30 a.m. ET, hosted by Mr. Martin Kits van Heyningen, president and chief executive officer, and Mr. Patrick Spratt, chief financial officer.
A live broadcast of the call will be available online at
http://investors.kvh.com. In addition, both an audio replay and a podcast of the conference call will be available on the website for two weeks. To listen to the call or to download the podcast MP3 file, visit http://investors.kvh.com starting two hours following the conclusion of the call.
About KVH Industries, Inc.
KVH Industries, Inc., is a premier manufacturer of systems to provide access to live mobile media ranging from satellite TV to telephone and high-speed Internet for vehicles and vessels as well as a leading source of navigation, pointing, and guidance solutions for maritime, defense, and commercial applications. The company's products are based on its proprietary mobile satellite antenna and fiber optic technologies. An ISO 9001-certified company, KVH is based in Middletown, Rhode Island.
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This is a letter I sent out to all of the descendants of Elijah Godwin (1801-1884):
Update on my grandfather's Godwin DNA test (to the descendants of Elijah Godwin):
As you know back in Nov my grandfather, Larry Godwin, submitted his DNA to the Goodwin/Godwin DNA Surname Project. I just wanted to remind everyone that all of the descendants of Elijah Godwin are represented by his DNA test. You do NOT have to submit your own test because if you are a Godwin male, then you will have the same exact y-chromosomal DNA as he does! Y-chromosomal DNA is what is passed from father to son each generation. Each family has its own set of mutations that occur that also get passed from generation to generation – these mutations are tested and recorded by companies like family tree DNA and they distinguish between family lines.
My grandfather's 25-marker DNA test was a 100% match to the DNA of the FIRST group of Godwins in the results table http://www.worldfamilies.net/surnames/goodwin/results. Our ID number is G-43
Group 1
G-4 Descendant of David Godwin b. c1740 of Bladen Co., NC
G-29 Descendant of Samuel Godwin b. c1742 of Johnston Co., NC
G-30 Descendant of Thomas Godwin b. c1745 of Johnston Co., NC
G-32 Descendant of Thomas Godwin b. c1745 of Johnston Co., NC
G-34 Descendant of Nathan Godwin b. c1807 NC (possible grandson of Nathan b.
c1760 of Sampson Co., NC thru his son Jonathan)
G-8 Descendant of Alexander Godwin b. c1795 NC d. 1881 St. Clair, AL
G-43 Descendant of Elijah Godwin b. 1805 NC d. 1884 Lawrence Co., AR
For a 25 marker test match, there is a 90% probability that the descendants of Elijah Godwin share a common ancestor in the last 10 generations with the other 5 lines above.
Elijah is the last known ancestor we can prove to be descended from. It is my belief that Elijah was the son of Nathan Godwin who was the son of Jonathan Godwin, b. 1740, md. Rachel Bullard, however this is widely disbelieved by other Godwin researchers.
So now all we have to do is try to find paper trails of familial connections with these other 5 Godwin lines of NC.
There is one other Godwin who submitted a 37-marker test to this project. My grandfather can upgrade his test to a 37 marker test and compare against the other Godwin to tighten the window of relationship. If the two 37-marker tests come back with a 100% match, then there is a 95% chance we share a common ancestor in the last 7 generations, 90% chance it is within the last 5 generations and 50% that it is within the last 2-3 generations.
Please let me know if you have any questions.
We are still looking for descendants of Wilkinson, Dred, and Wilson Ulysses Godwin to participate in the surname project to see if we can connect them to our line.
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A blog examining the organised criminal nature of the High Street Banking Industry.
When criminologists measure criminal threats to society, one of the criteria evaluated is the volume of loss (or financial damage) such criminality generates. So, we can get statistics about the value of goods stolen from shops, or the value of quantities of drugs seized, because obviously, if a particular activity is causing severe financial loss to the country, then it ought to be taken more seriously, and hopefully, escalated in the threat-value recognition.
When a specific group of individuals or practitioners repeatedly appears in the statistics of criminal activity, as being responsible for the egregious activities identified, the Government and the Home Office encourage the agencies of control to target these people and focus investigative and prosecutorial attention on them.
We tend to call this kind of activity, 'Organised Crime' and it is defined by the UN, among other agencies thus... "... large scale and comples criminal activity carried on by groups of persons, however loosely or tightly organized, for the enrichment of those participating and at the expense of the community and its members. It is frequently accomplished through ruthless disregard of any law...'
Paul Nesbitt (head of Interpol's Organized Crime Group) defined it in 1993 as, "Any group having a corporate structure whose primary objective is to obtain money through illegal activities, often surviving on fear and corruption."
We are living in what I think is now generally agreed to be the worst period of financial constraint since the Great Depression, and every man, woman and child in this country is having to make do with less and less. The Government is telling us at every opportunity that we must get used to making do with fewer social supports, while at the same time, saying that it is trying to help the economy by engaging in Quantitative Easing (printing more money to you and me) in order to get growth started again.
Ordinary savers have found that their savings' rates have dwindled to virtually nothing, and many people are looking to find advice on how to get the best from their limited reserves of money.
So, why is it that at the very time when people need good financial advice most, the British High Street retail Banks appear to be completely immune to this need, and carry on their business as if their clients are merely there to be fleeced?
For many years, it has been one of the great mantras of the financial services industry that the institutions are looking to acquire 'as big a share of the customer's wallet' as possible. This phrase was widely bandied about in the banking industry by executives who used to come to seminars put on by a leading computer manufacturer, and they looked to the IT industry to help them develop software that would do just that, 'get a bigger share of their customers' wallets', and a great deal of time and energy was spent encouraging the development of technologies which would help banks 'up-sell and cross-sell'.
We have had to go through a financial services revolution in this country to get financial institutions to grudgingly subscribe to a theory of 'best advice' for their clients. The regulator has had to issue meaningful warnings about 'treating clients fairly', (an issue you might have been forgiven for thinking was a 'given'). So why is it, after all this time, that so many of the banks and their financial friends are still behaving like a bunch of highway robbers, cheating and stealing their clients blind. Some recent cases are instructive.
Two Barclays bank employees were sentenced to five years imprisonment following their roles in £1.3 million worth of fraud on old age pensioners. Karl Edwards, 44 and Andrew Waters, 26 appeared at Birmingham Crown Court on November 18th 2011, following the fraudulent activities, they received five years each. The court heard that the bankers targeted three victims who were all over the age of 80. Karl Edwards was thought to be a "premier relations manager" whilst employed at Barclays.
In July this year, Another ex-Barclays employee was jailed after he stole more than £600,000 from dead, elderly and ill customers, to fund his online gambling addiction. James Leonard Finnigan, 42, from Twickenham, Middlesex received a four-year jail term at the Old Bailey, having previously pleaded guilty to the fraud. A police spokesman commented: "James Finnigan appeared to target customers who were elderly in the hope of avoiding detection, in some cases going as far as taking money from accounts when customers had recently died."
How about a greedy bank manager who was given a hefty bonus payment - at the same time as he was robbing customers of tens of thousands of pounds. Liam Allmand was so highly thought of by Barclays Bank for looking after their higher-earning clients that he was rewarded with a £20,000 bonus on top of his salary. But unbeknown to the bank, for two-and-a-half years customer relationship manager Allmand, 27, had been rifling the accounts of his portfolio of 300 wealthy customers.
Former customer relationship manager Liam Allmand was jailed for four-and-a-half years in February 2011, after stealing more than £45,000 from wealthy Barclays Bank customers. He said he was so "clever" even the bank's sophisticated security system took two-and-a-half years to spot his thieving.
These cases were straightforward criminal activities, and although it is tempting to ask why Barclays' so-called sophisticated internal financial crime prevention systems did not identify these activities earlier, the most likely truthful answer will be 'what sophisticated internal systems'?
But what about more inchoate dishonesty, what about the way you treat your clients? If you are behaving in an honest and proper manner with your clients, why would they complain about you? What is it about the High Street retail banking industry that means when you join, you leave your morals, your honesty and your integrity in a pile on the doorstep?
Perhaps it has something to do with the culture of the institution which is being joined!
The consumer magazine 'Which' has just published a report on bank selling practices, which makes for compelling reading.
High street banks are offering poor investment advice and recommending inappropriate financial products to consumers, according to an undercover investigation. Which? sent nine researchers - all aged above 60 and posing as retired savers inexperienced at investing - to get financial advice at bank and building society branches across the UK. The study found that 32 out of 37 advisers made misleading statements about available investment products and appeared not to have a good understanding of the financial risks involved.
Many of the bank employees recommended complicated financial products, and which incur hefty fees to pull money out in the short term, which are considered inappropriate for the average investor near retirement age. Even though financial institutions earn commission on the products they recommend, nearly half of the advisers said there was no cost for their advice.
One of the undercover researchers was told by an employee at Yorkshire Bank, a subsidiary of Clydesdale Bank, to invest £50,000 in a bond without disclosing that this would net the bank £4,400 in commission. Earlier in the year, two of Britain's biggest banks, Barclays and RBS, were reprimanded for mis-selling financial products. Barclays Bank is the most complained-about financial services company in the UK, according to figures released in late November 2011. The bank's customers lodged 8,283 complaints with the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) from 1 January to 30 June, of which 5,226 were about banking and credit services and 2,085 about insurance cases.
More than two-thirds (71%) were upheld in the complainant's favour – 67% of the banking and credit complaints and 93% of the insurance complaints, most of which related to payment-protection insurance policies. The data covers a total of 69,841 complaints handled by the FOS in the first half of the year. Of the 100,000 businesses under its remit, 142 accounted for 87% of all complaints.
Banks topped the table, with five groups each receiving more than 3,000 complaints and together accounting for 38,286 cases. Lloyds TSB was the subject of 6,947 complaints, Bank of Scotland 5,804, Abbey 2,493, NatWest 2,379, MBNA 2,298, HSBC 2,177, Royal Bank of Scotland 1,812, Alliance and Leicester 1,786 and Nationwide Building Society 1,149. The FOS was deluged with complaints about unauthorised overdraft charges in 2007 and 2008, when it came to investments and pensions, 63% of complaints were about sales and advice, but a spokesman said the latest complaints focused on other aspects of banking services and charges, most notably PPI mis-selling.
Indeed, PPI issues made up 51% of all complaints to the FOS, of which 75% of those complaints were about selling practices and advice. Remember, when reading what follows, please recall that the PPI scandal was determined to be a wholesale engagement in what is euphemistically called 'mis-selling', which is a misleading way of saying ' wholesale, institutionalised fraud.'
The Financial Ombudsman Service publishes an annual review of the cases it undertakes. In last year's annual review they reported a 58% increase in the volume of complaints referred to them about payment protection insurance (PPI). The FOS said they hoped that the FSA's proposals in relation to the handling of PPI complaints would be finalised as soon as possible – and that the improved complaints-handling processes subsequently put in place by businesses would result in a significant reduction in the volume of PPI complaints referred to the ombudsman service over the following year (2011).
Unfortunately, the year did not turn out that way. In August 2010 the Financial Services Authority (FSA) introduced new complaints-handling guidance (its policy statement 10/12) about the assessment and redress of PPI complaints. Some businesses started to implement this guidance but a number of high-street banks decided to challenge it.
We may want to ask ourselves why is was so necessary to challenge a policy statement which was intended to make the PPI resolution simpler, but we must also remember, that banks would rather throw money at any issue which might prevent them from having to spend money on a compliance issue, or to repay customers, no matter what the cost. This is all part of their dysfunctional egregious culture.
This meant that these banks started to issue standard letters to customers from autumn 2010, saying they were unable to decide PPI complaints while legal action was ongoing. How many legitimate claimants may have died during this period is not known. This legal action took the form of a judicial review brought by the British Bankers Association (BBA) – on behalf of a number of high-street banks – challenging the FSA and the ombudsman service.
This massive (and expensive) exercise in gratuitous time-wasting resulted in a judgment which was handed down by the High Court at the end of April 2011 – endorsing the FSO approach, and that of the FSA, to handling PPI complaints. Just as the annual review was going to print, the BBA announced that it did not intend to appeal this judgment.
While awaiting the outcome, most banks that were challenging the case stopped responding substantively to many thousands of complaints. Regrettably this led to delays and uncertainties for the consumers in these cases, and following a report on 14 September 2011, the spectre of the biggest financial mis-selling scandal in the industry's history doesn't look like going away any time soon.
Millions of customers have now realised that for years banks have made a killing from selling expensive Payment Protection Insurance to people taking out loans – whether or not it was appropriate. It became so profitable for banks to sell PPI that many customers ended up paying for it without even realising they had it.
Others were sold insurance they didn't need or couldn't use, but which still ended up costing them thousands of pounds. Now the banks have been forced to put aside billions of pounds to cover the cost of compensation to thousands of customers after abandoning the legal challenge in the High Court.
The latest figures from the Financial Services Authority show that in many cases the industry is still failing in its attempts to resolve people's complaints. 'Which?' executive director Richard Lloyd says banks still aren't treating customers fairly. 'If the next round of complaints data doesn't show a dramatic improvement then the FSA must take tough enforcement action against banks whose complaints handling isn't up to scratch.
'To ensure that consumers get the redress they deserve the FSA must make sure that all major banking groups are required to review the PPI complaints they previously rejected unfairly. These figures point to the blasé attitude banks seem to have towards their customers. In a properly functioning market banks wouldn't be able to get away with treating customers like this.'
Of the big four retail banks, Lloyds TSB has the worst complaint record, with 84 per cent over the last six months being settled against them. Royal Bank of Scotland and Barclays occupy the middle ground, with scores of 55 per cent and 52 per cent respectively.
Natalie Ceeney, chief executive of the FSA, puts the statistics into context when she says: 'These latest figures show a significant increase in the number of new PPI complaints referred to the ombudsman during the first half of 2011. This period coincided with the time when most of the high street banks and some other financial businesses had put PPI complaints on hold, because of their legal challenge against the ombudsman service and FSA.'
So, what are we faced with?
We are examining a market sector that has grown too bloated and complacent for its own good. This arises largely out of the fact that there are far too few retail banks to give the customer any real choice, coupled with an attitude within the institutions, that the ordinary rules of commercial probity and legal compliance do not apply to them. This is exacerbated by the fact that most banks now have difficulty in separating their wholesale from their retail arm. Retail client accounts should be separated and ring-fenced miles away from the casino banking end of the institution.
These institutions possess significant criminogenic characteristics. This does not mean they are all criminals, but that they possess the capability to slip into criminal activity whenever it suits them.
So-called 'mis-selling' is a classic example. Customers were routinely deceived into buying PPI insurance, without a full knowledge of the facts, at a significant cost which caused them loss and damage. Such activity is a crime, it is Fraud, and it should have been dealt with as such. The people who sold the products should have been arrested as should their managers, their directors and their Board members, anyone who had an interest and a position in the selling chain should have had their collars felt. The craven attitude of so many British politicians and regulators towards their relationship with the banks, has prevented this example of blatant criminality from being dealt with as such, yet the damage and losses it causes to the country and its citizens are of grotesque proportions, running into many, many billions of pounds
If a group of any other organised criminals had caused in excess of £9 billion damage to UK plc over just one individual financial product, in any other circumstances, then you can rest assured that huge attempts would be made by dedicated teams of law enforcement, to hunt them down, try them and send them to prison.
Because these crimes are being committed by the banks, no-one raises the issue, and yet, if you apply the definitions I included at the beginning, banks bring themselves firmly within the definition of organised crime.
We have to begin to start seeing some major banks as little more than criminogenic enterprises, who deliberately flout or pay little more than lip service to regulations which get in their way of making profit. They have lost any sense of financial proportion, even those whose existence has been preserved by the tax-payer, and at a time when the vast majority of the country is being forced to undergo financial constraints that are causing significant hardship, they still believe that they are entitled to pay themselves bonuses of obscene proportions even when they continue to report losses.
Pure greed influences and informs all their decision-making processes, and we should see and call them 'Organised Criminals' for that is what they truly are.
Father, forgive them, for they know all too well what they do.


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The Hope College Great Performance Series will feature the Harlem Quartet, A Sphinx Ensemble on Friday, Feb. 22, at 7:30 p.m. in Dimnent Memorial Chapel.
The performance will include works by Mozart, Marsalis, and Turina.
The Harlem Quartet is a string ensemble comprised of First-Place Laureates of the prestigious Sphinx Competition held in Detroit each year. The competition seeks to "increase the participation of Blacks & Latinos" in classical music.
"The Harlem Quartet played with panache," said "The New York Times" of the quartet's most recent Carnegie Hall appearance.
Dedicated to education and community engagement as well as to superb classical performance, the members of the all-Black and Latino string quartet serve as principal faculty at the Sphinx Performance Academy in Massachusetts, one of the premier independent arts prep schools in the world, and as visiting faculty at the Sphinx Preparatory Music Institute at Wayne State University in Detroit.
The Harlem Quartet made its acclaimed Carnegie Hall debut in the fall of 2006 at the Sphinx Organization's 10th anniversary gala at Carnegie Hall, earning rave reviews from "The New York Times." A month later the quartet debuted at the legendary Apollo Theatre in Harlem, this time with a well-received performance of Wynton Marsalis's "At the Octoroon Balls." They returned to Carnegie in late January 2007 as participants in Arts Presenters' prestigious and highly competitive Young Performers Career Advancement (YPCA) program.
In the past 18 months the Harlem Quartet has been featured on WNBC, CNN, and "The Today Show"; and in September 2007 released its first CD, "Take the 'A' Train" on the White Pine Music label. The quartet's second and third CDs will be released later this year under the White Pine and Naxos labels respectively. The November, 2007, issue of "Strings" featured the Harlem Quartet, highlighting the group's debut CD, the profound musicianship, and close ties to the Sphinx Organization.
The Harlem Quartet has a unique and challenging mission reflecting the quartet's ties to the Sphinx competition: to advance diversity in classical music while engaging young and new audiences through the discovery and presentation of varied repertoire, highlighting works by minority composers.
While in Holland the quartet will also be performing for local elementary students.
The HopeCollege performance will include Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's "Quartet in C major, K.465" (Dissonance), Joaquin Turina's "La Oracion del Torero," selections from Wynton Marsalis' "Quartet No. 1" (At the Octoroon Balls) and Duke Ellington's "Take the 'A' Train."
Tickets for the performance are on sale at the ticket office in the main lobby of the DeVos Fieldhouse, and cost $17 for regular admission, $12 for senior citizens, and $6 for children 18 and under. The ticket office is open weekdays from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and can be called at (616) 395-7890.
The DeVos Fieldhouse is located at 222 Fairbanks Ave., between Ninth and 11th streets. Dimnent Memorial Chapel is located at 277 College Ave., on College Avenue at 12th Street.
Additional information may be obtained online by visiting www.hope.edu/gps or at the Harlem Quartet site at www.harlemquartet.org.


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I have a question to which I haven't been able to find an answer. I have two computers, both of which run Ubuntu 12.04. I keep one of my computers at home and use SSH to connect to it from the other ("remote") computer. The remote computer is able to connect to the home computer without problems. The remote computer also has SetAliveInterval set to 60 in /etc/ssh/ssh_config, so that the connection doesn't die if I step away from the computer for a moment.
Occasionally, my internet connection on my remote computer gets interrupted. Internet interruptions cause my SSH tunnel to close (of course). When I restore internet connectivity and re-connect to the home computer using a new SSH tunnel, though, I can see using
#ps ax that the old SSH connection process is still running. This is a problem because I use an encrypted home directory on the home computer, which doesn't allow the files to be re-encrypted until that (now-dead) SSH connection is killed.
Is there a way to set sshd_config on the home computer so that it automatically detects when a connection has died, and terminates it?


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In a move I would love to see followed by other major RPG developers, Atlus' JRPG title 'Crimson Gem Saga' has found its way on to the App Store and fans of the genre will dive right in and feel at home with its simple, classic style. Converting a title to the iPhone isn't always a smooth process and sometimes that controls are likely to suffer in the transition and Crimson Gem Saga is no different in this regard. Sticking with the 'fixed' control is heartily recommended and pla…Watch The Video Review


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The bit we're focusing on begins around the 02:45 mark... Thanks to @shehryar69 via @shahidsaeed for it. Enjoy:
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This old video seems to have really caught the public imagination (how could it not!). And has also led to Mr Mansoor Ijaz confirming to the Associated Press (AP) that it is in fact him in the 2004 video. Of course he thinks it's been publicised at the behest of his current nemesis Mr Husain Haqqani in order to discredit him, which fits in perfectly with our earlier assessment of what ails him. We would just like to assure him that we do not have Mr Haqqani goading us on and neither do, we think, any of the people on Twitter who first discovered and shared the video out of a love for, ahem, house music. We would like to admit that we did find it - and him in it - really funny.
Even funnier, however, are the statements being made in earnest by him and on his behalf. Particularly upset about the uncensored version of the video - which reveals all - we have Ijaz telling AP:
"I was never present for any part of the video where those naked girls were shown."
That's the equivalent of Bill Clinton saying that when he smoked marijuana in his younger days, he didn't inhale. Hey, dude, what's the problem even if you were there? Apparently this:
"Ijaz provided the AP with 2004 email correspondence between him and the producer of the video in which he threatens legal action unless the producer removes him from the clip that contains nudity. "Given my political and public profile in the United States and around the world, it is impossible for me to appear in any part of any video clip with nudity of any type," he wrote. He included a reply from the producer, who assured Ijaz he would cut his role from the X-rated version and remove it from the Internet."
Oops. (And boy, talk about being anal about emails!)
Since he's so adamant about not ever being around any nude people, here's a 'Making Of' video of the video (thanks to @Rezhasan). We'll let you judge for yourselves.
Our favourite quote, however, comes from the loquacious Akram Sheikh, Mr Ijaz's lawyer in Pakistan:
Now that's what we call
"So what if my client has been dancing on the Internet," said Sheikh. "What difference does that make?"


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text: Remember the Renault 18i? Maybe if you live in Europe (where it was called the Renault 18, without the i) you do, but in North America these things disappeared without a trace. AMC had to sell Renaults as part of its deal with the French government; a fair number of Le Cars and Alliances limped off the showroom floors, but the other models (e.g., the Medallion) were bombs. Smell the desperation in this ad, especially the part at the end about the "10% rollback."


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Brown, Obletz Combine To Make Five Saves
NEW HAVEN, Conn. – Yale head coach Brian Tompkins used the final non-conference game of the season Tuesday against Lehigh to shuffle his starting lineup and get a look at some of his younger players. Tompkins was happy with what he saw. Unfortunately, though, it didn't keep the Bulldogs from being snakebitten around the goal.
James Meyerkord scored the only goal of the game with 2:10 left in the second half to lead the Mountain Hawks to victory on a chilly night at Reese Stadium.
"I was really pleased with their response," Tompkins said of the youngsters. "I thought they brought good energy and attacked hard."
The winning goal came when Meyerkord dribbled down the center and fired a hard left-shooted that went just inside the near post from 20 yards out.
"Moments change games, and we have had a devil of a time finding a moment to turn a game our way," Tompkins said.
It wasn't for lack of opportunities. In fact, it looked like Yale had that moment early in the second half when Peter Jacobson's header found the back of the net, but the play was ruled off sides.
A nifty forward ball from Jenner Fox to Avery Schwartz gave the Bulldogs another chance a few minutes later. Schwartz got off a hard shot that went just high.
"It's almost seems like there is a force field around the goal," Tompkins said.
Lehigh, which won its second straight game, outshot Yale 17-13, but the quality scoring chances were virtually even.
Blake Brown made his first start of the season in goal for the Bulldogs and made three saves in the first half. Sam Obletz played the final 45 minutes, his first career appearance, and stopped two shots.
Yale is back in action on Saturday, hosting Penn at 3 p.m. at Reese Stadium.
Report filed by Tim Bennett, Yale Sports Publicity
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