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One more reason to Dump The Pump...
Clean Air and Electric Cars: Traffic pollution kills 5,000 a year in UK - Exhaust fumes are twice as deadly as roads
"We are talking a lot about the economic benefits of electric cars here, and that they will be the only economically viable solution for our personal mobility after the Oil Crunch. Unfortunately, there is another side of the oil - nobody is talking enough about, oil kills and not only on the battle fields far away during the "liberation" military occupations, but literally on the streets every day. If this price was seriously accounted among the other considerations about electric cars, we think, that our tipping point for the mass market for electric cars would be already here.
We all have the right for the Clean Air, but why not on the streets? We do not think that the air quality in Los Angeles is any better than it is in London - all mega cities in the world are killing thousands of their residents by allowing to drive ICE cars slowly day by day."
Lithium Rush: The Art Of War In The Markets: China Getting Ready For 5 Million Electric Cars by 2020
"All our estimations about the Electric Cars and their adoption rates will be proven wrong in the end. It have happened with all technology, we can not really predict the future here. We can only estimate the trend. And here is another reason to move to Electrification of our transportation - Clean Air. When you have it - you never need it. Just the look at the picture from Beijing tells you why China is so anxious to move fast in the electric cars space. Question is not only about survival economically in the Peak Oil environment, but about surviving physically in our mega cities and China will have majority of them on its soil very soon."
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Most-Polluted Cities in US (American Lung Association Infographic), & Find Out Your City's Grade
The American Lung Association (ALA)recently released its latest State of the Air report, State of the Air 2012. To go along with the report, it also published an infographic on the most-polluted cities and the "cleanest city" in the US. That's below, followed by a guest post from Dr. Albert Rizzo, pulmonologist and Chair of the American Lung Association.
But first… in case your city isn't on the infographic below and you're curious about what grade it got, you can enter your zipcode in the widget below and find out your city's grade.
Now, on to the infographic and guest post
Ever wonder how safe the air is to breathe where you live? As a pulmonologist and as chair of the American Lung Association's National Board of Directors, I'm pleased to share with you the best tool we have for answering that question: the American Lung Association's State of the Air 2012 report.
We just released this, our 13th annual report card on April 25. With the latest report, we found a mix of really good and not-so-good news.
But first, let me give you 5 quick reasons why healthy air should matter to you:
- If you have children or teenagers, air pollution can affect how their lungs grow and function. Roughly 80 percent of their lungs develop after they are born, and continue to grow throughout their adolescence. Having lower lung function means they may be at higher risk for developing lung disease-and needing a doctor like me-their entire lives.
- If someone in your family has a lung disease like asthma, air pollution can make it worse. Studies show that air pollution can aggravate their asthma, making it harder for them to breathe and increasing the likelihood that they may have to go to the emergency room.
- If someone in your family has cardiovascular disease or diabetes, particle pollution may increase their risk of heart attack or increase their risk of emergency room or hospital admission.
- If you enjoy working or exercising outdoors, your lungs can be harmed by the pollution without you even realizing it. Healthy lifeguards, police officers, and hikers in the mountains have had measurable reductions in lung function when they were active outdoors during high pollution days.
- Most critically, air pollution increases the risk of dying early. Yes, even at levels of pollution in the United States, ozone and particle pollution can kill.
State of the Air 2012 report covers the years 2008-2010, the most recent quality-reviewed data available. So what did we find? Here's the good news:
- We are breathing much cleaner air across the nation. We can thank the Clean Air Act for that, because that life-saving public health law has led us to clean up major air pollution sources including coal-fired power plants, diesel engines and even SUVs and pickup trucks.
- Eighteen of the 25 cities most polluted by ozone, including cities like Los Angeles, had the lowest smog levels since our first State of the Air report was released in 2000.
- Seventeen of the 25 cities with the worst annual particle pollution levels, including Los Angeles, Pittsburgh and Cincinnati, enjoyed the lowest ever levels.
And now, the not-so-good news:
- More than four out of 10 of us (127.2 million people) live in areas that received an F for unhealthy levels of either ozone or particle pollution.
- More than 5.7 million of us live in areas that failed every pollution test. They had unhealthy levels of ozone, year-round particle pollution and short-term particle pollution.
- Air quality standards set by the EPA remain outdated. That means that we're not trying to clean up enough pollution, based on what current research says we should be doing to protect your family's health; and
- Some members of Congress continue their efforts to dismantle the Clean Air Actand block our ability to protect your health.
As you can see, we have plenty of work to do to ensure that all Americans, not just some of us, breathe clean, healthy air.
Too many people continue to develop life-threatening health conditions; many even die prematurely, as a result of inhaling dirty air. Unfortunately, some in Congress are steadfast in their efforts to weaken the Clean Air Act.
We urge you to join in our fight for healthy air. Start by finding the grade your community got in our latest State of the Air report. Type in your zip code in the report card above.
Contact your members of Congress and ask them to support the Clean Air Act-including standing up against any actions to weaken, block or delay full implementation of this lifesaving law.
We also want to hear why you want healthy air. Share with us why healthy air means so much to you and your family. Learn more about how air pollution impacts your community by visiting: www.stateoftheair.org.
Together, we can have truly healthy air in our future, but that all depends on our actions today. We look forward to hearing from you.
Albert A. Rizzo, MD
American Lung Association National Board Chair"


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Tennisbum needed a new banner ad design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 60 designs submitted by 29 freelance designers.
We are providing quality baby cribs to young families. These will be very high end quality cribs. The type of cribs that can be passed down from generation to generation.
My target market will be mostly families with babies. Young families with babies.
I'm looking for a nice colorful banner for my site. Here's a previous banner that was designed for a site of mine: http://www.funkybirdcages.com
As you can see, the banner on http://www.funkybirdcages.com is very beautiful and colorful!
Now if you go to http://www.cribs4baby.com, you can see the existing banner is of a couple of cell phones. That is the banner that needs to be replaced.
These are the types of cribs that can be passed down from generation to generation! 3 to 5 generations down! Giving these cribs great history with each family!
Hopefully this will give you an idea of what I require.
Good luck!

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A junkyard-style restaurant and oyster bar with live reggae on Wednesday, rock on Thursday, and great smoked fish every night.
The course measures a modest 6,244 yards. Although both nines are par-35, the back side sports four par-4s in excess of 400 yards, providing a challenge for golfers of all skill levels.
Beautiful 18 hole golf facility is steeped in history and rich in the heritage of Tampa, Florida. Serene adventure and a great golfing experience for golfers of all skill levels.
The Claw at USF is one of Tampa Bay's most challenging public golf courses. Featuring long, tight fairways lined with majestic oaks, towering cypress and pines. Plan a Bachelor Party Tournament!
Westchase Golf Club is one of the most popular Tampa Golf Courses. Westchase Golf Club is the perfect place to begin (or end) your Florida Golf Vacation.
Voted Tampa Bay's #1 Golf Course 10 years in a row!
This Golf Course was designed not only to challenge the top golfers of the world, but also to provide a challenging and fun experience for players of all abilities.
Experience superior planning and customer service when hosting your Orlando wedding reception or special event at Falcon's Fire Golf Club.
Rix Lounge is a unique venue located within Disney's Coronado Springs Resort. Its operated by Springs Food Service, LLC and has its own on-site banquet team. Please contact us to tour the venue.
Plan your nuptials in grand style at The Villas of Grand Cypress and magically the Orlando wedding you've always dreamed of will come true.
Learn to surf or body board at Ron Jon Surfpark. Our mission is to deliver every surfer's dream of perfect, uncrowded waves.
Orlando Brewing is Florida's only "certified organic" brewery. With 24 taps always flowing in our TapRoom, Orlando Brewing serves the cleanest, freshest, and tastiest beers you'll every try!
Corona Cigar Company's new location in downtown Orlando features the Diamond Crown Lounge, and has one the world's largest selection of fine cognacs, aged scotches, rare whiskeys and pre-embargo rums.
Classy accomplished jazz singer to perform standard songs at your wedding. Available as a solo performer or as a male and female duo. In the style of Ella Fitzgerald, Peggy Lee, Madeleine Peyroux and Frank Sinatra. Dazzle your guests on your big day with the best live entertainment available.
With the help of our professional catering staff, entertaining can be as much a pleasure for the host and hostess as for their guests.
We strive to deliver the most authentic and enjoyable casino experience for our clients.
Located in the southeast corner of Alabama, Highland Oaks offers three nine-hole championship courses and a nine-hole short course. The Highlands/Magnolia combination was named by Golf Digest as the 7th best new public course in America in 1994 and 31st in their list of America's Top 50 Affordable Courses.
The venerable Dogwood and Azalea courses at Lakewood Golf Club have seen a lot in their days. They've hosted President Gerald Ford, Dr. Billy Graham and Bob Hope to name a few of the more famous players. They've been through renovations and hurricanes and still remain a showcase for great golf in the South.
By specifically catering to group travel, we have the capabilities to make your next Charleston getaway truly remarkable. Charleston Affair specializes in delivering a superb experience for Bachelor and Bachelorette groups, fraternity and sorority groups, graduation parties, birthday party groups and corporate retreats.
Downtown Charleston's most unique venue for special celebrations!
Known by avid golfers as one of the most beautiful and most challenging stops on the Trail, Cambrian Ridge in Greenville lies just 40 miles from Montgomery. It is well worth the ride for any golfer looking for 36 holes of jaw-dropping golf.
Grand National, by all reports, was the single greatest site for a golf complex Robert Trent Jones, Sr. had ever seen. Built on 600-acre Lake Saugahatchee, 32 of the 54 holes drape along its filigreed shores.
The property at Magnolia Grove in Mobile includes creeks, marshland, and lakes, with each of the 54 holes carved from a thick forest of hardwood and pine. Magnolia Grove was recently voted into Golf World Magazine's Reader Choice Top 50 Public Courses.
One of the most popular sites on the Trail, Capitol Hill, in Prattville, continues to get praises from golfers and golf writers alike.


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Italy Attempting To Have Copyright Enforced By Regulators, Not Courts
from the bad-ideas-at-work dept
As it stands, the proposal is currently being reviewed by the EU to see if it complies with EU directives. A ruling in favor of the AGCOM plan would have a huge negative impact on Italy, innovation and culture.
If the initiative of AGCOM goes through, it will create an important precedent in Europe, since the enforcement of copyright in the Internet is normally carried out by courts, not by administrations.The UN has already expressed its concerns about the proposal, noting that handing free expression controls to a regulatory agency, rather than an elected body, is a serious mistake, because if any content is to be removed from the internet, it should first be reviewed by a court. But the current proposal pretty much dispatches with the courts entirely in many cases, leaving the issues entirely up to regulators. Imagine if the US Copyright Office or the US Patent Office got to determine enforcement of those laws, rather than the courts. It would be a disaster for free expression and innovation -- and yet that's exactly what Italy is seeking to do.
ISPs, consumers, libertarians and experts have vigourosly contested AGCOM's proposal because it could affect freedom of speech as well as business rights. In particular, they challenge the modality whereby the Italian regulator would supervise and tackle copyright infringements in the Internet by way of orders of removal and blocking. By contrast, rightshodlers associations as well as the Italian Collecting Society SIAE have supported the initiative.
Hopefully, the EU will reject this plan for stifling free expression and removing basic due process within the court system in Italy.


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Pretty Little Things by Lori Marie
If you're designing a baby room and really want to turn up the pretty, you have to check out these pillows and plush creations. The colors, the fabrics, the designs, and the precise, handmade construction make us want to sprinkle them all over a little girl's room.
Lori Marie of Pretty Little Things creates these sweet, happy softies, and her eye for color and detail is superb. It's no surprise considering she has a formal fashion design background and has done work for clients from Nordstrom to Pottery Barn Kids. Can't you see one of her Lorelei Boho dolls sitting on a vintage wooden desk or one of her Lazuli Medallion pillows sitting on a rocking chair? Be sure to visit her blog to see photos of her workroom, a 100 sq ft artist studio nestled into a lush San Francisco hillside. It's truly beautiful.
Lorelei Boho Beauty Dolls
Medallion Pillows
Petunia Elephant Plush
Pretty Bird Plush
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Christina Hendricks' Wedding Pictures -- FIRST LOOK
Mad Men babe Christina Hendricks and (500) Days of Summer actor Geoffrey Arend wed at Il Buco restaurant in New York City on Sunday (October 11).
The couple was introduced by her Mad Men costar Vincent Kartheiser (Pete Campbell). Christina plays the curvaceous Joan on the show.
Christina had told InStyle Weddings she would be wearing a Carolina Herrera wedding gown.
Looks like it was a beautiful wedding. Congrats to the happy couple!
10+ pictures inside of Christina Hendricks and Geoffrey Arend's wedding…


text: James T. Watson, PhD, is Associate Director and Associate Curator of Bioarchaeology at the Arizona State Museum and associate professor of anthropology in the University of Arizona School of Anthropology. Dr. Watson's research examines health and disease in prehistoric populations through their skeletal remains. He is specifically interested in understanding prehistoric human adaptations in desert ecosystems and the role local resources play in the adoption of agriculture and their impact on health. Current projects involve the excavation and analysis of the earliest farmers in the Sonoran Desert and of incipient agriculturalists in the Atacama Desert, along the northern coast of Chile.


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Top Reasons to Visit Comfort Inn South Oceanfront
- The hotel is right along the beach in Nags Head, just a short drive from the quaint shops in downtown Manteo on Roanoke Island.
- It's not uncommon to see dolphins in the blue-green waters and wild birds nesting on the seashore in the springtime.
- From the hotel's upper floors, guests can either watch the sun rise over the Atlantic or see it settle over Roanoke Sound.
- There's plenty of things to do in Nags Head—play a round at Nags Head Golf Links, fish for speckled trout in Roanoke Sound, or visit the five lighthouses along the Outer Banks. There are also several restaurants, cocktail lounges, and an outlet mall nearby.
- A complimentary hot breakfast includes eggs, breakfast meats, yogurt, fresh fruit, and cereal. It's served in a sunny dining room with windows that look out onto the beach.
North Carolina's Outer Banks: Sand Dunes and Wright Brothers Flight History
Located on North Carolina's Outer Banks, Nags Head is about a 15-minute drive south of the Wright Brothers National Memorial Park, where a 60-foot granite obelisk topped by a shining marine beacon commemorates the first flight. The memorial also includes wind-tunnel reproductions, replicas of the brothers' early gliders, memorabilia, and the pinch of Tinker Bell's pixie dust that made the flight possible.
A couple miles south of the hotel, you can find some of the East Coast's tallest natural sand dunes at Jockey's Ridge State Park. The mounds of constantly shifting sand would fill six million dump-truck beds. Combative winds from the northeast and southwest keep the dunes from blowing away.
Farther south, Cape Hatteras National Seashore has earned the nickname "Graveyard of the Atlantic" for the many ships that have wrecked here during storms on its dangerous shoals. There's abundant wildlife here, including nesting sea turtles, and the surfing is considered some of the best on the East Coast.


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The calendar of genealogy events in Nebraska has been updated. The new list includes upcoming Saturday workshops at the Omaha Public Library. I will be speaking about genealogy blogging on Saturday, August 13. Today's Omaha World Herald included a nice article about the upcoming workshops.
Events also include the fall workshop sponsored by the Greater Omaha Genealogical Society. The fall workshop features Paul Milner who will be speaking on Scottish and English ancestors.
Click here for the full list.
If you have an event to add, please email me.


text: Marvin Pentz Gay, Jr., better known by his stage name Marvin Gaye, (April 2, 1939 – April 1, 1984) was an American singer-songwriter and instrumentalist with a three-octave vocal range. Starting as a member of the doo-wop group The Moonglows in the late fifties, he ventured into a solo career after the group disbanded in 1960 signing with the Tamla subsidiary of Motown Records. After starting off as a session drummer, Gaye ranked as the label's top-selling solo artist during the sixties.


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Divine Liturgy for the hearing impaired
With the blessing of His Grace Bishop Jovan of Nis, on the day when the Church celebrates Holy Apostle Philip, the protector and the Patron Saint's Day of the Association of the Deaf in Nis, at Saint Nicholas church the Divine Liturgy for the hearing impaired was celebrated. As far as we know, this is the first Liturgy of this kind celebrated in the Serbian Orthodox Church. Protopresbyter Nenad Mikic, the parish priest of the Association of the Deaf in Nis, served the Liturgy. Deacon Ognjen Stankovic was translating during the Holy Liturgy,and he is religious teacher at the Special school "Bubanj" and who participated in the project The Liturgical manual for the hearing impaired.
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Loyal readers of The Sun's opinion section may have felt a twinge of name recognition at the news of a 50-year-old Lutherville physician accidentally struck and seriously injured by an SUV on northbound North Charles Street Thursday morning. That might be because the pedestrian involved was a familiar name on these pages — Dr. Theodore "Ted" Houk.
If Dr. Houk had walked into an editorial board meeting last week, it's doubtful anyone would have recognized him on sight. But as a writer of letters to the editor, he enjoys a modest form of celebrity in our offices. Rare does a month go by when Dr. Houk does not offer us an opinion, or two or three, about the news of the day — most often about health and medicine.
His letters are usually short, direct and hard-hitting, the product one can only assume of more than two decades of experience writing them. They generally require minimal editing. Indeed, the Greater Baltimore Medical Center internal medicine specialist has been writing his pithy letters to the editor far longer than any writer or editor has served on The Sun's current editorial board.
Occasionally, he ventures into politics. During the beginnings of the Iraq War, he recommended the U.S. develop a car that runs on blood to spare the lives of U.S. soldiers overseas. But more commonly, he will rail against smoking, unhealthy eating and lack of exercise. And he practices what he preaches, commuting by running to work each day and living on a vegetable-rich diet.
To get to the point, as Dr. Houk so reliably does, we would just like him and his family to know that the editorial page staff of The Sun and a great many of our readers are thinking of him and wish him a full and speedy recovery. We look forward to the day when we can proudly post another of his thoughtful missives online or in print.
Of course, Dr. Houk probably would have written such sentiments in about three fewer paragraphs. And offered some blunt medical advice, too. But we will simply have to wait for his return to better educate us on our shortcomings. Get well soon, Ted.


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Authorities in Polk County, Fla., are on the lookout for a 6-foot slice of pizza that grew legs and walked out of a Papa John's restaurant, the Orlando Sentinel reports:
The restaurant's costume, described as a 6-foot single slice of pizza, was stolen around 7 p.m. March 3 by the thief who put the costume on and walked out, according to the Sheriff's Office.
The suspect, believed to be about 18, was wearing a white shirt, dark pants and a tie when he entered the restaurant on U.S. Highway 98 in Lakeland. Several other people were inside the restaurant when the theft took place, including four other persons of interest.
Go here to watch the surveillance video of a guy putting on the costume inside the store, full of customers, and walking out the door.


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One of the finalists in the illustration category was "Tumor Death — Cell Receptors on Breast Cancer Cell" by Emiko Paul. Science magazine says that Paul deliberately designed the image to look like something from a Lovecraft novel or a horror movie:
"This image, modeled using 3D software then painted in Adobe Photoshop, depicts the war on cancer in a manner that makes clear who the bad guys are. Paul drew on microscopic images of breast cancer cells—seen here looking like creatures with long tentacles—for inspiration. But her illustration also depicts a possible weapon against these malignant tissues: an antibody developed by researchers at the University of Alabama, Birmingham, called TRA-8 (the green, globular structures)."
Another finalist was Joel Brehm's "Variable-Diameter Carbon Nanotubes." These tiny structures are far too small to see with the naked eye or even to photograph under a microscope, so the image is entirely constructed. Science reports:
"The tricky part, Brehm says, was making the nanotubes look small even though they'd been blown up to poster size. To do that, he added a granular texture to the honeycombed stalks and also brightened their edges. Those small touches, he says, made the tubes look more like objects viewed through an electron microscope."--------
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David and Carol Alloy Strength Complex
Thanks to the generous donation by David and Carol Alloy of Omaha, this state-of-the-art strength complex assists in development Nebraska student-athletes.
Widely regarded as a pioneer in the field of strength and conditioning and the premiere collegiate strength and conditioning program, Nebraska's David and Carol Alloy Strength Complex is a one-of-a-kind facility. Husker student-athletes are given a technological and strategic advantage by combining state-of-the-art strength training innovation with top-notch coaching and programming.
The facility is utilized by Husker volleyball, baseball, softball, rifle, soccer, and women's gymnastics student-athletes. The Alloys' generous contribution provides all these sports with one of the finest strength and conditioning facilities in the nation.
Husker Power is continuing to innovate in the 21st Century. The East Stadium Expansion of Memorial Stadium includes a Nebraska Athletic Performance Lab dedicated to innovations in athletic performance.
One such innovation that has already born itself out is the use of EliteForm's innovative performance tracking software.
Workouts are captured using 3D cameras which provide real-time feedback to athletes. Post-workout analysis allows strength coaches to personalize workouts to help every athlete optimize their time in the weight room. Because everything is integrated, each athlete can adjust a workout in real-time based on changes they see in their velocity and power on each set.


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October 31, 2017 to October 30, 2018 – Anytime, Anywhere, Any Home or Office When you're missing your Sailor -- Light a Blue Candle! A wonderful way to honor Sailors Anytime, Anywhere! During Boot, PIR, specialized training, deployment or when you're just thinking about your… Organized by A Blue Candle Event Group - Alicia from Texas | Type: family, event, celebration, reunion
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SOA Case Study: How R.L. Polk Revved Its Data EngineBy Baselinemag | Posted 2006-06-12 Print
The auto data aggregator ditched its mainframe, spending more than $20 million to build a data factory. Was it worth it?
Kevin Vasconi, chief information officer of R.L. Polk & Co., saw the future. And it made him feel a little sick.
In the fall of 2004, Vasconi was meeting with other top executives of the company, one of the largest providers of marketing data to automobile manufacturers, in the boardroom of its suburban Detroit headquarters—in the heart of the U.S. auto industry.
It was a state-of-the-company gathering to discuss Polk's strategic direction. And the consensus was that its information systems wouldn't be able to support the business into the next decade. "If you have that discussion honestly," Vasconi says, "it will scare the crap out of you."
The Southfield, Mich.-based company's business, at its core, is data aggregation. Polk compiles vehicle registration and sales data from 260 sources. These include motor vehicle departments in the U.S. and Canada, insurance companies, automakers and lending institutions. The company then repackages that data and sells it to dealers, manufacturers and marketing firms—anyone who wants detailed information about car-buying trends, such as the top-selling SUV for a particular ZIP code.
For years, Polk's process of consolidating data ran on IBM mainframes. By the time Vasconi joined the company in 2003, portions of the software were 20 years old. "Some of the people working here are younger than the code," he says.
The mainframe system wasn't broken, per se. But the entire process was engineered around the batch-processing operations of a mainframe, in which multiple computing tasks are queued before they're processed in order to maximize mainframe resources. Vasconi believed newer technologies could speed up delivery of data to customers—by processing data as soon as Polk received it, instead of in daily or weekly batches—and lower the company's costs by automating tasks that were handled manually.
Vasconi also worried that the old system couldn't keep pace with the proliferation of data. Polk's entire database already comprises more than 1.5 petabytes (1.5 quadrillion pieces of data), and historical trends indicate it will continue to grow even faster. "We knew we had a capacity issue, and that getting the value out of the data would be a challenge for the company because of the sheer volume," he says.
Customers, meanwhile, have been champing at the bit to get sales data more quickly. Paul C. Taylor, chief economist for the National Automobile Dealers Association, which represents 19,700 car and truck dealers, says Polk's vehicle registration data by state is typically available 30 days after carmakers release their national sales data. That prevents dealers in, say, New Jersey from immediately comparing trends in their area with those nationwide and adjusting inventories accordingly.
"In a perfect world, you'd have the state breakdown when you have the national sales figures," he says. "But if [Polk] could take even a week off the cycle, that would be a vast improvement."
Actually, Polk had tried twice before to move off the mainframe, but those projects ended up being scaled back. "It's the mother of all databases for automotive intelligence," says Joe Walker, president of Polk Global Automotive, the division of the company that sells data to businesses. "It seemed too daunting a task to try to move it."
Company executives took a different tack with a project code-named ReFuel. In late 2004, Polk created a new company, called RLPTechnologies, to build the next data aggregation system. The subsidiary is 7 miles from Polk's campus at a building in neighboring Farmington, Mich. It has a full-time staff of 30, and at the peak of development last year employed 130 contractors, including consultants from Capgemini.
"We wanted to free up the people who were going to build the next generation of what is, quite honestly, our cash cow," says Vasconi, who is also president of RLPTechnologies.
Walker acknowledges that the expected cost of the project, which ended up exceeding $20 million, caused some trepidation. It was a huge undertaking for the private company, whose annual revenue is estimated to be around $275 million. "Right from the beginning, we were concerned with whether we'd see the ROI [return on investment] on this," he says.
Polk expected the ReFuel project to save money. But only later did Walker and Vasconi confirm that it helped chop Polk's costs for data operations management nearly in half.
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China Probes Foreign Milk Suppliers
Some foreign makers of baby formula have said they will lower what they charge Chinese customers after Beijing began a probe into the milk industry. The WSJ's Laurie Burkitt has the story.
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March 12, 2008
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WENHAM, Mass. - Gordon College goalkeeper Chyanne Wilson stopped 20 shots to help lead the Fighting Scots to a 10-6 victory over MIT in non-conference women's lacrosse action on Tuesday night. Samantha O'Keefe and Erica Little each scored twice while Molly McCartin forced four turnovers and grabbed four ground balls. Monique Squiers collected 10 saves for the Engineers (0-2).
MIT struck first when Little tallied an unassisted goal after just 1:15 into the contest. Each side played a possession game throughout the half as the Scots (2-0) and Engineers each set up their respective offenses but the goalkeepers on each end kept the ball out of the net. With 19:47 on the clock, Katie Knaus notched an unassisted tally for the equalizer. Just over a minute later Annie Cameron found Dani Zorn from behind the net for the 2-1 lead. At the 12:54 mark, Cameron extended Gordon's advantage by converting a feed from Knaus.
The Cardinal and Gray narrowed the gap to one (3-2) courtesy of a free-position shot from McCartin with 9:39 remaining in the half. Knaus responded just 20 seconds later when she took the draw control and sprinted past the defense for the goal which gave the Scots a 4-2 edge that would hold through the intermission.
Early in the second stanza the Engineers cut their deficit in half as Casey Flynn fed Lily He with a pass in front of Wilson and He found the back of the net. Gordon kept MIT at bay as Cameron hit an unassisted goal when she wrapped around the back of the net with 25:34 showing on the clock. The Engineers continued to hang around as Samantha O'Keefe`s free-position goal made it a 5-4 contest with 24:44 to play.
The Scots would then tally four unanswered goals with Knaus, Cameron, Zorn, and Veronica Pierce each contributing to the spurt that ended with 3:08 remaining in regulation. Zorn's goal would prove to be the game-winner despite late goals from O'Keefe and Little as the home team held on for the 10-6 victory.
Wilson was a wall in net for the Fighting Scots, stopping a career-high 20 saves, just one short of the school-record, including 11 saves on free-position shots. Knaus led all scorers with four goals and two assists while Cameron had three goals and a pair of assists to go along with four ground balls and five caused turnovers. Zorn chipped in two goals and a pair of draw controls.


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KANSAS CITY, Kan. (Dec. 18, 2013) – Adding to an impressive list of career accolades, senior midfielder Itode Fubara (Ogbema, Nigeria) has earned a spot on the 2013 NSCAA Senior College Men's Scholar All-America Team.
While helping lead ETSU to its second NCAA Tournament appearance in four years, Fubara was able to maintain success in the classroom, placing him on the Scholar All-America Team and among some of the best college soccer players in the country.
Fubara and his fellow honorees will be formally recognized at the annual NSCAA All-America Luncheon January 18 in Philadelphia. The luncheon will be held in conjunction with the 67th annual NSCAA Convention, which is expected to draw more than 10,000 coaches, administrators, and soccer business professional from across the globe.
Capping off his collegiate career by helping ETSU to an Atlantic Sun Championship, Fubara finished among the Top 5 in program history for career goals (8), assists (13), and minutes played (6,525), and joined David Geno in becoming the first ETSU players to be named to the Atlantic Sun All-First Team three times.
The 2010 Atlantic Sun Freshman of the Year, Fubara became the first ever ETSU student-athlete to be named a finalist for the prestigious Senior CLASS Award.


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Not that you'd notice from watching the news, but the U.S. has lent a helping hand to French colonialism (It hasn't even advanced to the point of neo-colonialism yet in Niger, the uranium under which is to the French nuclear power industry what Saudi oil is to the American auto industry) in West Africa. Yes, yes, we can throw around tales of Islamist rebels and terrorists-in-training throughout the region, of which there are most certainly plenty. However, given the general instability and weakness of the governments in that part of the world and the vast stretches of territory across the Sahel that is "governed" in name only, the logic behind Western intervention is not entirely clear.
Moreover, the U.S. has just reached an agreement to start flying its global ambassadors for democracy – Flying Death Robots – out of Niger due to what is characterized as a complete lack of ground-level intelligence in the region. We are masters of the soft sell, so we'll send in the unarmed surveillance drones first. Any bets on when the Reapers and Predators make an appearance? I have July 2013 in the pool.
The truly stunning part of the linked Guardian article is this:
The move would be the latest in a gradual expansion of American surveillance drones in Africa, which have so far been operated from Burkina Faso, Ethiopia and Djibouti
I tend to pay attention to these things, and I had absolutely no idea that we were already flying these things not only out of the Horn of Africa (USAFRICOM operates out of a US Naval Base, Camp Lemmonier, in Djibouti, so that makes sense) but also out of Burkina Faso in West Africa. You'd think that would be newsworthy.
Is the strategy to cover the entire planet with these things incrementally until…everyone on Earth realizes how wonderful America is, or something? However real the need for intelligence might be, the idea of attempting to cover the globe with the robotic, all-seeing eye of the Department of Defense seems like folly, a post-Cold War version of the idea that we could build enough bomb shelters to make nuclear war a mild inconvenience at worst.
Burkina Faso is still Upper Volta to me, by the way.


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Sleep Study
ONU researchers explain how college students can get better sleep.
With finals week approaching, many students will sacrifice the luxury of sleep for a few more hours of studying. While less-than-ideal sleep habits are probably unavoidable this time of year, ongoing research at Ohio Northern University demonstrates how education can improve student sleep overall.
Dr. Kraynok's Sleep Tips for Finals
- Keep a regular bedtime and wake time.
- Try to get a full eight hours of sleep.
- Take advantage of memory consolidation, which happens during sleep:
- Review material before you go to bed.
- Schedule naps during long periods of studying.
- Do not consume caffeine up to six hours before going to bed.
- Develop a relaxing routine before going to bed:
- Take a warm bath.
- Listen to soothing music.
- Even deep breathing exercises can help.
- Write down your thoughts and worries before you go to sleep so they're not ruminating in your brain.
- Limit your exposure to light before bed. If your roommate is up late studying, use an eye mask to block out light.
For the past two years, Dr. Megan Kraynok, assistant professor of psychology, has investigated sleep patterns of college students and how those patterns change when students are taught the importance of sleep and how to attain it. With the help of student research assistants, she has shown that when college students consider their personal sleep habits and sleep hygiene, their sleep quality increases over time.
For college students especially, getting the proper amount of sleep is important. According to Kraynok, adolescents experience a biological shift that causes them to go to bed later and wake later. This shift persists into young adulthood, and recent research indicates that many activities in which college students engage during the evening — watching television, spending time online, texting friends, playing video games — can reinforce later bedtimes.
But college students aren't the only ones who should work to develop better sleep habits. The benefits of getting better sleep are universal, as are the consequences of not getting enough.
"Most people don't know the subsequent problems that come along with not getting enough sleep," says Kraynok. "We know that people who routinely don't get enough sleep are at risk for cardiovascular disease, obesity, issues with immunity and all kinds of problems with daytime functioning."
To put this in perspective, consider that someone who drives a car after being awake for 17 hours makes the same number of mistakes as someone driving with a .08 blood-alcohol level.
By putting sleep into a context that makes it easier to understand, Kraynok's lab has been able to show that education alone can improve sleep.
"We found that students who received lectures and specific instruction on sleep actually did improve their sleep," she says. "When students are sleep-deprived, they are less happy in class, and they don't get the grades that they want. So, by hitting on those things — the things that students really do value, like their health and their academic performance — it can help them change their sleep habits for the better."
Kraynok's lab relies on two groups of ONU students for its data. The first group comprises students taking PSYC 2201 (Health Psychology), in which the subject of sleep is an area of focus. The second group, the control group, comprises students in 100-level psychology and sociology courses — courses that do not include sleep education.
Lauren Hurd, BA '12, and Amanda Amstutz, a junior psychology major from Bluffton, Ohio, are two of the many research assistants in Kraynok's sleep lab. They surveyed students in both groups twice over the span of a semester with detailed questions about their sleep habits, diet and exercise. The research assistants then cataloged and analyzed the data to see if students who received sleep education reported better sleep.
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Hurd and Amstutz went beyond running the experiment, authoring research that they presented along with their professor at the annual Associated Professional Sleep Society meeting in Boston, Mass., last June. Hurd was the primary author on her own study based on the lab's data that demonstrated that students with regular bedtimes have better sleep quality than students with irregular bedtimes. Amstutz was the secondary author on Kraynok's initial research linking education to improved sleep.
"My involvement in the sleep lab has changed my opinion about sleep 100 percent," says Amstutz. "I always knew that sleep was important but not to the extent that it really is. We sleep a third of our lives, yet so little is known by the general public."
Kraynok is pleased to see her students taking the steps to become researchers in their own right.
"It's heartening because that's a goal of ours: to make sure our students are able to hit the ground running when it comes to research," she says. "Usually our students are way ahead of students from other colleges and universities in graduate school because they have already done their own projects."
For Amstutz, the experience of working in a research lab and presenting at an international conference is a point of pride, but being able to work so closely with her professor is what she will always remember.
"If I could stay in Dr. Kraynok's lab forever, I would," she says. "I never thought I would enjoy research, but now I really do."


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Ten people were shot Wednesday night, at least two fatally, in a shootout outside of a barbershop on Detroit's east side.
Police said that two cars were following each other while the occupants shot back and forth when they turned onto Seven Mile Road near a barbershop. Police initially reported that nine people were shot and there were three fatalities, but later corrected this report to say only two people were in fact killed. A 10th victim walked into a hospital later Wednesday night, Detroit's WDTV reports. Witnesses told police they heard as many as 40 shots fired during the exchange.
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E.x. Tr∞pers (ps3ds)
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E.X. TR∞PERS is a new IP from Capcom. Actually it is a spin-off from the Lost Planet series, or has loose ties to it.
What is interesting about this title is, that it is completely stylised, or toon/cel shaded, which is unusual for the today's capcom. Looks like they have a change of heart, see HD release of Okami for the PS3.
Currently the title is announced for the PS3 and 3DS, yes a weird combination, but we have seen capcom doing PS3 and Wii releases in the past, see Basara 3.
I am looking forward to it, it looks fun. If some one only showed me the PV without telling me that it is from Capcom, I would have tipped that it is a SEGA title.
I am going to add some pics once I am back on my desktop PC.
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I love the look of the game, the style reminds me of the old Suda games Killer 7 and NMH.
|2012-07-01, 13:04
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I don't care how 'good' this game is, Capcom canning MML3 for "lack of interest" and then reusing assets from the game in a f***ing Lost Planet spin off on a platform away from the vast majority of the Lost Planet userbase (the 360) doesn't make any sense at all. Even in crazy Capcom logic.
And I won't support it, tbqh. Capcom can crash and burn at this point for all I care.
|2012-07-15, 03:33
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H&K called...
...they said thanks for the XM8 cameo.
Specifically, the main character's weapon bears a strong visual resemblance to the PDW configuration (XM8C). Note unusual stock design which seems to have the additional function of keeping two magazines close at hand (this is clear from the image on his profile page). The magazines appear to be unusually small - this could be explained by their fitting further into the receiver than on the actual XM8.
|2012-08-02, 05:00
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Game OP, complete animated in anime Opening style with music!
Look out for the bro fist/fist bump.
Some more info on the OP and limited edition over on andriasang.com. OMG that limited Tikki figure, now that worth paying extra for limited edition
|2012-08-05, 12:43
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I see that A-Team Firing is in full effect here - considering the lead character was going full-auto, those are very lucky tangos. Dear Capcom: you probably have an interesting story going here, but things like that don't hold up as well as back when A-Team episodes were originally airing...
|2012-10-22, 23:27
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It took long enough...
...but GameTrailers put up some actual gameplay. Which appears to be excepted from a demo tutorial; a bit of searching turned up a more complete presentation...
...as well as what appear to be its two actual missions:
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From these, we see...
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Demo has been released for some time, for PS3 and 3DS.
The ps3 version is easy to grab, if you have a jpn account. Since the 3ds is region locked you will need a jpn model, unfortunately.
One thing, people, who tested both demos, have pointed out is that the ps3 version runs at 30fps, where as the 3DS version at 60fps, if 3D is disabled. The PS3 version is a up port of the 3DS version, think Monhun3p HD, and so on. But the advantage of the ps3 version is, that it has online multiplayer support, the 3ds version has only supports local multiplayer mode.
Unless you have a japanese 3DS, the ps3 version is the one to import.
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Ooh-gah, ooh-gah; now dig this. Gamespot's most recent episode of Now Playing has this in the spotlight.
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The Senate has had under consideration a mini-omnibus ("minibus") appropriations measure that includes the fiscal year 2012 agriculture appropriations measure. The package was subject to numerous amendments but was moving ahead until the Senate recessed without completing work on the bill.
The Senate has agreed to take up a limited number of amendments when they return on Nov. 1 from a week-long work period. The minibus contains the annual spending bills for Agriculture, Commerce-Justice-Science, Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development.
Nevada Sen. Harry Reid, Senate Majority Leader, said the decision to combine the bills into a minibus was made with the support of Kentucky Sen. Mitch McConnell, Minority Leader. However, he also said that Ohio Rep. John Boehner, House Speaker, encouraged the strategy to jump-start the appropriations process. The federal government continues to operate under a Continuing Resolution, which expires on Nov. 18.
Senate leaders agreed to allow numerous amendments from members of both parties as long as the proposals were generally germane to the appropriations measures. An amendment by Oklahoma Sen. Tom Coburn, which prohibits direct payments to growers who have adjusted gross incomes of more than $1 million, passed 85 to 14.
Under the agreement reached, on Nov. 1 the Senate will resume consideration of HR 2112 and will conduct roll call votes on seven amendments -- none of which would affect farm programs. Once all amendments are disposed of, the Senate will proceed to a roll call vote on passage of HR 2112, as amended.
The NCC joined with agriculture groups in a letter (see here) urging the Senate to reject amendments to the FY12 agriculture appropriations bill under consideration as part of the minibus. The groups were alarmed by the number of amendments that, if enacted, would make significant changes to current farm law. The amendments included new adjusted gross income (AGI) tests, new enforcement measures for existing AGI tests, elimination of DPs and others.
The groups pointed out that the respective agriculture committees, which have jurisdiction over farm programs, recently communicated a commitment to contribute $23 billion to deficit reduction and will now develop legislation to achieve those savings. The agriculture appropriations bill includes funding for discretionary programs and was written by the appropriations committee to comply with spending limits adopted by Congress. The letter urges senators to recognize that the legislation under consideration is not the appropriate vehicle to make major changes in farm policy particularly in the last year of current farm law and before the committees can develop proposals to reform and reduce outlays as part of the deficit reduction process.
Separately, the NCC also expressed concern that an amendment filed by Arizona Sen. John McCain would, if enacted, result in the United States violating terms of the U.S.-Brazil Framework Agreement and trigger retaliation against U.S. exports (see letter to McCain here). As of late Oct. 20, Sen. McCain had not offered his amendment for a vote.


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A Quick Round of Winter for New Jersey
Parts of New Jersey will get another quick taste of winter on Wednesday morning.
The National Weather Service has issued a Freezing Rain Advisory for the northern half of the state north of Interstate 78 as freezing rain falls in the morning that could ice up untreated surfaces.
It won't be a prolonged event as temperatures rise during the day.
Most of New Jersey was under a Winter Weather Advisory on Tuesday morning for snow that started falling overnight and is ended earlier than expected meaning leaving 1-2 inches of accumulation.
New Jersey state offices delayed their opening until 11 a.m. on Tuesday due to the snow. Non-essential employees did not need to report until 11 a.m. while essential employees reported at their usual time.
Schools around New Jersey delayed the start of classes on Tuesday to allow extra time for student to get to school.
Over 250 flights have already been canceled in and out of Newark Liberty Airport for today in anticipation of the snow according to FlightAware.com.
NJ Transit cross honored tickets on rail, light rail, buses and private bus carriers all day on Wednesday.
Temperature begin to warm into the 50s on Wednesday and possibly hit 60 degrees on Friday with the threat of strong thunderstorms which will bring on snowmelt and possible flooding because of snow-covered drains and sewers.
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Baruch College Hosts 48th Commencement at Citi Field, Home of the New York Mets, May 30
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NEW YORK, NY - April 30, 2013 - Baruch College, a senior college of the City University of New York (CUNY), will host its 48th commencement exercises for the first time in Citi Field, home of the New York Mets, located at 126th Street and Roosevelt Avenue in Flushing, on May 30, 2013. Baruch College President Mitchel B. Wallerstein will confer the degrees to the undergraduates and graduates at the ceremony that begins at 2:30 p.m.
Award-winning journalist Gillian Tett is this year's keynote speaker. Baruch College will award Ms. Tett the degree of Doctor of Letters and retired U.S. Army General and Entrepreneur Wesley K. Clark the degree of Doctor of Humane Letters, honoris causa, at the college's annual commencement ceremony on May 30, 2013.
Gillian Tett is a British author and news journalist at the Financial Times where she is Assistant Editor and Columnist. In 2012 she received a Society of American Business Editors and Writers award. Ms. Tett was previously Journalist of the Year at the British Press Awards (2009). Her book Fool's Gold won "Financial Book of the Year" at the inaugural Spear's Book Awards in 2009. In 2007 Ms. Tett was awarded the Wincott prize, the premier British award for financial journalism, for her capital markets coverage. Additionally, she was British Business Journalist of the Year in 2008. Before joining the Financial Times in 1993, Ms. Tett was awarded a PhD in social anthropology from Cambridge University based on field work in the former Soviet Union.
Wesley K. Clark is Chief Executive Officer of Wesley K. Clark and Associates, an international consulting firm that specializes in business development, crisis support, and strategic communications; and retired General of the United States Army. He was valedictorian of his graduating class at West Point and was awarded a Rhodes Scholarship to the University of Oxford, where he earned a degree in Philosophy, Politics and Economics. He later graduated from the Command and General Staff College with a master's degree in military science. During his 34 years of service in the United States Army, Wesley K. Clark rose to the rank of four-star general as NATO's Supreme Allied Commander, Europe. After his retirement in 2000, he became an investment banker, author, commentator, and businessman, and sought the 2004 Democratic Party presidential nomination.
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I'll have more on this soon, but here's a quick announcement about my new release: THE CHILDREN OF WIND AND WOOD, published on December 21st, 2012 just in time for the end of the world! It's going to be exclusive to Amazon for its first three months, so if you're an Amazon Prime customer you can check it out from the Kindle Lending Library (I actually earn quite a bit more that way) or you can pick it up for 99 cents. If you read on another device (Nook, Kobo, Sony, etc.), I'd love to send you a free ePub file. Please let me know your email address and I'll get that right out to you.
A girl wanders the ancient forests of Andars, peering through misty groves swelling with nature spirits. Idonea hopes to hear whispers from the final resting places of the grandfathers and grandmothers, from the wind and from the trees. The Ancestors lead her to the wand she seeks, but not without great cost–and only after a bargain.
Rezzia's legions occupy the hills of Andars for the next seven years, even as Rezzia's war with Pawelon rages on. Yearning to send the Rezzians back to the desert, Idonea's brother Skye grabs his axe and joins their father at the Hall of the Ancestors. Skye's father channels his own father's spirit for guidance, and a Rezzian atrocity is revealed.
A reluctant drummer begins sounding the end of the world.
The primordial Orns, Fidelity, Angst, and Wrath, have seen all of this before. Driven by Andaran suffering, Wrath searches for an instrument … a woman of the wood, a woman of power.
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Early in December I got the idea to sew my boys flannel shirts, since they both LOVE the second-hand ones I found at the thrift store. It was funny to see them hug themselves once they got over the collar! And then they would wear them for several days in a row. That's a good sign!
In order to
eliminate minimize the "I don't like it" response, I took Oliver – the elder – to Fabricland to help pick out the flannel (I'm not going to all this work if they don't like it.) Henry – the younger – didn't get to choose as he fell asleep in the car right before I was going there! So big brother chose for him. Hunky dory, they were both happy? amenable with the fabrics.
And so, here they are, for your viewing pleasure! Two cheeky little munchkins in plaid…
(And no, they would NOT deliver the requested smiles, despite *several* attempts.)
Being a Jalie pattern, I traced all 10 pieces for *two* sizes of the shirt, which took the better part of a day (read "many interruptions".) Cutting out the fabric. Was. A. Bloody. Nightmare. I'd forgotten how much is involved in matching plaid. I won't dare go into detail here, I'm sure you've done plaid/pattern before. Suffice it to say, not all plaids are alike. I had to recut some pieces (one back piece!) after realizing this horrible truth! And don't get me started on how to get mirror images of pockets, plackets and cuffs on the bias – this is where my pedantic nature (OCD?) comes in very handy. I managed it on Henry's shirt. Oliver's not so much. Well. This phase took 2 whole days, on the kitchen counter (wonderful, wonderful space to cut and trace!!), so again more interruptions. This is the point where I began to wonder if I'd be able to sew anything for myself before Christmas (actually, the Friday before, as we would be travelling out of town and back late on the Eve.)
After all this I thought it would be smooth sailing. But no such luck. ---[much deleted text here, won't bore you with more stumbling blocks, I'll summarize!] --- After giving up and NOT stitching for a whole day due to an uncooperative collar band, I decided to
just barge on "Keep Calm and Carry On" as they say, and finish the damn shirts. Just before supper on Friday, I finished the last buttonhole, and packed up the tools I'd need to sew the buttons in the car. Finally. Done.
So, just a bit about the pattern:
Jalie 2111 appears to be a bit of an older style, boxy and very roomy – a bit more than I'd hoped, but I didn't spend any time looking for other patterns (I'd already bought the fabric by this time, and luckily more than the pattern called for.) Since Jalie are multi-sized, I figured this should do for the future, but next time I make them I'll trace according to each of their measurements (like I do my own) – I just did straight sizes with no alterations. Lazy mummy!
When I compared this pattern with the old RTW plaid shirts I noticed a few differences in the details. Primarily, the smaller pieces are cut on the bias in the RTW, and provide some interest. (This pattern doesn't show plaid versions, except in a separate photo of a young boy on the pattern web page.) I decided to copy the bias details, including cutting the front buttonhole placket on the bias, which required a bit of pattern alteration; this, however, was done mainly because the plaid just didn't line up right when it was folded according to the pattern's construction method. Maybe I could have done it differently, but I wasn't about to spend any more time than necessary. I matched up ALL the seams, even in a round about way for the sleeve tops. In hindsight I don't even think I'll notice that!!
I did manage to sew all the buttons on Henry's shirt in the car, and most of Oliver's. I finished up Saturday night at the kitchen table at my SIL's house.
It was impossible to find any buttons that small in a shade of blue that matched Oliver's shirt, so I went with a brown that picked up on the brown in the fabric. I'm quite pleased with how well it turned out.
For the back yoke lining I used a fine cotton jersey, and sewed it so the seams are all hidden. And there's my homemade label, yeah still working on that!
A few more details here on PatternReview.
Next up, I've got two pieces to show you that I made for myself this month, one even from the January Burda (I have been busy!), as well as something I've been wanting to do for yeeeeeeears! Who's that sitting in my chair?!…


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Pets, Pets, Pets
The smallest thing can change the course of a life. At times that push comes in the form of a close encounter of the animal kind. Call them epiphany pets, for lack of a better name. These are special animals that enter the lives of some fortunate folks, forever diverting their path. Some are chance meetings; others are lifelong bonds. So much good, nationally and locally, can be accomplished on their behalf.
Journalist Steve Dale reaches more pet owners than anyone in America. Among his many creditshe writes a twice weekly syndicated Tribune Media Services pet column; he's the contributing editor to USA Weekly and Life magazines; and he hosts 3 radio shows. Steve advocates animal issues, and has vocally opposed the damaging trend toward BSL (Breed Specific Legislation). Last month Steve wrote a tribute to his own epiphany pethis beloved, Brittany Spaniel, Chaser, who succumbed to cancer at 15.
A dozen years ago while indecisive about a job offer as a pet columnist, Steve got trapped in a Chicago elevator with his 3 dogs. Chaser, then a recently, reformed juvenile dog delinquent, must have sensed his distress. She positioned herself close to him, and locked eyes with her owner, as if to say "Relax, everything will be fine." A cosmic connection emerged at that moment that helped launch the "Pet World" career Steve has today. For the rest of her life, Chaser accompanied him on many media outings, including throwing the first pitch at a major league game. Her presence helped to support animal causes and raise money.
I met Marilyn Tucci 30 years ago when she was first beginning to lose her sight to retinal disease. Two of her 4 sons were my students. For years she was resistant to the idea of a guide dog; she said a dog would slow her down. Her youngest son became her "eyes" until he entered school full day. Finally in the late '80s, as her vision diminished, she reluctantly accepted Jessie, a Golden Retriever, from the Foundation in Smithtown.
Jessie, soon to be rechristened"Jessie the Wonderdog" was a canine Madame Curie; her instincts were Nobel caliber. Jessie saved Marilyn's life on several occasions, including preventing a fall off the LIRR platform. After a little arm twisting, I convinced Marilyn to bring Jessie and talk to my 4th graders. Marilyn went on to be one of the Foundation's best speakers, and now does recruiting for the Organ Donor Registry too. No offense to the Foundation, but Marilyn's next 2 Lab guides could never fill Jessie's paw prints.
Dan Dye and Mark Beckloff, founders of The Three Dog Bakery in 1989, owe their success to Gracie, a goofy deaf and partially blind albino Great Dane. Both Kansas City natives could barely make ends meet when the puppy Gracie took their home by storm. Despite her wild antics, Gracie's delicate system couldn't digest store bought food so Dan started cooking for her so she'd survive. Now their pet cuisine is available worldwide.
Gracie, such a "Grand Dane" with all the odds stacked against her, embraced life with overflowing joie d'vie. Dan and Mark soon realized that she had saved them rather than vice versa. They recount her tearful tale in the wonderful Amazing Gracie, a book that predates by 5 years the bestseller Marley & Me. The Gracie Foundation established in her memory, is now a canine Red Cross, offering assistance to many abused and neglected dogs.
Disabled pets, like Gracie, continue to teach us about ourselves. In the same way, Henry the 3-legged that I featured in the 8/31 column, has given healer and psychotherapist Cathy Conheim, more reach and voice. In her books Henry's World and What's the Matter with Henry?, Cathy describes her surprise rendezvous with an injured kitten that refused to let life's curve balls strike him out. She has turned Henry into an animal ambassadorselling her books only to help non-profits, both large, like Best Friends Sanctuary in Utah, and small like Last Hope on LI. I'd love to see a copy of her precious book in every school and library on Long Island. Contact me and we can make that happen.
Although I'm a much smaller voice in the animal world, I also had a life changing pet. I've written this column for over 20 years because of a run-in with one dog. In 1981 I followed an Afghan sitting in the back seat of a police car to the pound. This dog opened my eyes to the buried treasure of dogs and cats just waiting to be discovered. Alfie was by far the most problematic of my Afghans, a "Norman Bates of dogs", because of his longtime prior abuse, but despite his schizoid nature, he adored us and his Afghan sister, and for his last 6 years we loved him. If it weren't for Alfie, I may have never done rescue work. Call it serendipity.
This week "Gwen" #860 (as in "Gwen am I getting out of here?) a darling Golden/ Shepherd mix at Oyster Bay Town Shelter (677-5784) Miller Place Syosset has already had one chance encounter with a kind soul but needs another to complete her happy ending. A college student who volunteers for several humane groups found her running loose in Woodbury. The student tried desperately to find Gwen a foster home before she returned to campus. Her tentative owner never showed at the shelter.
There are still 3 tiny orange polydactyl kittens available in the shelter lobby cage. See more photos on the Oyster Bay Petfinder site.
Dogs: "Tyson" #821 - a young, purebred Bull Mastiff; "Sheba" #735a cream Shepherd; an 8 month male Rottweiler puppy #846.
Cats: the 4 month snowshoe Siamese mix kitten #850 with a possible umbilical hernia.
Don't forget the free rabies shot clinic at the Oyster Bay Shelter this Sat. 9/16.


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Baruch College and The Rubin Museum of Art to Co-Host Conference:
"Museums and Higher Education in the 21st Century-Collaborative Methods and Models for Innovation"
NEW YORK, NY-January 29, 2013 � Baruch College and The Rubin Museum of Art will host the conference, "Museums and Higher Education in the 21st Century: Collaborative Methods and Models for Innovation," April 24-25.
Academic and museum educators from around the world will discuss how collaborative models between art institutions (particularly museums) and higher education can enhance the learning experience for students. Educators will share ideas from current museum-university partnerships, using the Baruch College-Rubin Museum of Art Project as a model. In addition, representatives from art institutions and organizations will speak about related topics during scheduled panel discussions.
In 2010, Baruch College was awarded a five-year grant of $1 million ($200,000 per year) by the Shelley & Donald Rubin Foundation. Since the partnership was established, the Baruch College-Rubin Museum of Art Project has provided financial support to five CUNY campuses and 22 faculty, who creatively explored ways to incorporate the arts and the museum's exhibitions and resources throughout their respective courses. This included regular museum visits, hosting art events on campus, and integrating the Rubin Museum's collection across varied academic disciplines. The conference will highlight this program and others that have successfully utilized local art institutions and museums to empower undergraduate students by encouraging them to explore artistic and cultural opportunities and broader student experiences.
"Museums and Higher Education in the 21st Century: Collaborative Methods and Models for Innovation"
April 24: 4:30 p.m. � 7:00 p.m. Tour and Reception
April 25: 8:00 a.m.� � 5:00 p.m.� Presentations
April 24: Rubin Museum of Art, 150 W. 17th Street, (between 6th and 7th Avenues)
April 25: Baruch College, Room 750, Newman Conference Center, 7th Floor, Library Information and Technology Building, 151 East 25th Street, (between Third and Lexington Avenues)
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Baruch College is a senior college in the City University of New York (CUNY) with a total enrollment of more than 17,000 students, who represent 160 countries and speak more than 100 languages. Ranked among the top 15% of U.S. colleges and the No. 5 public regional university, Baruch College is regularly recognized as among the most ethnically diverse colleges in the country. As a public institution with a tradition of academic excellence, Baruch College offers accessibility and opportunity for students from every corner of New York City and from around the world.� For more about Baruch College, go to http://www.baruch.cuny.edu/.
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Cateraid is the foremost, prestigious caterer on the Central Coast. Cateraid is one of the largest, well stocked, total event companies to work through the Sydney, central coast and hunter regions. We live and breathe the Hospitality Industry. Our aim is to ensure perfection.
The complete Wedding Catering Package. H&H can look after as little or as much of your wedding as you choose. Please call us to find out how we can work with you to make your day unique. Catering on the Central Coast, Hunter Valley and Newcastle as well as Sydney and all over NSW.
With our reputation for creating food that is original, stylish and with taste as the number one benchmark, you can be assured that you and your guests will have a great food experience as part of the total experience of a day to remember. Our staff are recognised for their professionalism and attention to detail.
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Specialising in wedding catering, Etiquette Catering will ensure your day is an unforgettable culinary experience.
It's your wedding day and we are passionate about creating beautiful, seamless and truly memorable celebrations.
We're known for being fussier than your mother about making sure you eat well. We offer a personalsied catering service in your home kitchen or venue of choice. More simply we can provide you with platters of canapes which can be delivered to your event or collected from our store.
Our dynamic team of chefs and event coordinators are focused on providing you with catering just as it should be - fresh, delicious and dazzling!
Impeccable catering that doesn't cost the earth – that is what Box Catering delivers. Whether it's for office catering, party catering or anything in between, Box Catering is the Sydney catering specialists to call for your next event.
Banjo Paterson Cottage Restaurant operates from a beautiful sandstone building dating back to the 1830's. Situated within 5 acres of parkland the restaurant is surrounded by beautifully landscaped gardens overlooking the water, making it ideal for a garden wedding.
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Fresh, seasonal and local produce. We believe that good food, wine and exceptional staff will make any event memorable.
We will smoothly handle every detail of the catering and attend to the needs of your guests so that you can enjoy the hospitality and focus on other aspects of your event. We welcome your enquires, questions and ideas.
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Simmone Logue has a wonderful reputation for creating gorgeous and delectable wedding cakes. She has been catering to the needs of Sydney siders for over 20 years with food to feed the soul.
We cater for all types of Weddings - large or small, formal or casual. Whatever your function, we can help make it a big success. We have prepared menus that cater to a wide variety of tastes and suit a range of weddings and budgets.
Our Capital Spit Roast team will work with you before and during your event to make sure your function goes off without a hitch, the way you want it. All you have to do on the day is sit back, enjoy yourself, and accept the praise for organising a day everyone will enjoy.
We cater for special dietary requirements and are happy to customise our menu to suit your needs. Just speak to one of our friendly staff about your particular requirements. The vibrant atmosphere of The Glasshouse Cafe is perfect for social events.
We use only the freshest ingredients. Our breads are freshly baked each day and our (turkey, chicken and rare roast beef) meats are all roasted on site. This along with our fresh vegetables, salad and home prepared sauces combined together make a sandwich like no other. Coffee and cakes are also served.
Our food is like your mother's home cooking – assuming your mother has a professional kitchen, walk-in coolroom, and a lot of platters. We only use the freshest ingredients and avoid prepackaged goods. We're here to cater for your office, party, wedding, opening, conference, event... anything!
We offer a wide variety of menus to suite your special occasion. We also have extensive catering equipment for hire!
home plate personal chefs provides fine dining in the comfort and privacy of your own home. We specialise in intimate weddings, including cocktail style and formal sit down receptions. Your wedding should be all about you—receive the personal attention your wedding deserves with a home plate personal chef.
Here at the Turkish Halal Pide House in Yarralumla, we pride ourselves on creating the very best Turkish halal cuisine in Canberra.
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Red Pear Catering can work with you, whether it be a four course dining affair, or a casual gathering providing a memorable event. Red Pear is devoted to ensuring each and every wedding reception is catered for with perfection. All of our menus are flexible and we welcome any suggestions you may have.


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Houston Physician Arrested In Health Care Fraud Conspiracy
HOUSTON – Dr. Enyibuaku Rita Uzoaga, 41, and Charles Harris, 53, have been indicted on charges of conspiracy to commit health care fraud and health care fraud, announced United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson.
The seven-count indictment was returned Feb. 12, 2014, and unsealed this morning as Uzoaga surrendered to federal authorities. She is expected to make an initial appearance before U.S. Magistrate Judge George C. Hanks Jr. at 10:00 a.m. today.
Harris, aka Celestine Nwajfor and Okechi Nwajiofor, is a fugitive and a warrant remains outstanding for his arrest. Anyone with information about his whereabouts is asked to contact the FBI at 713-693-5000.
The indictment alleges that from approximately 2006 through 2010, Uzoaga, Harris and others falsely billed Medicare and Medicaid for numerous unnecessary vestibular diagnostic tests. Some patients were allegedly tested more than 1,000 times. According to the indictment, the testing was either not performed, not medically necessary and/or not performed by licensed individuals.
Harris had allegedly operated Cevine Health Care and Rehabilitation Center in the Houston area and performed the tests, according to the charges.
Vestibular diagnostic testing is used to diagnose a person for vertigo or dizziness. Upon diagnosis, patients usually undergo physical therapy, take medication or undergo surgery as treatment.
As a result of this allegedly unlawful scheme, Medicare and Medicaid were billed approximately $653,970 in submitted, fraudulent vestibular diagnostic claims, and paid approximately $389,285 on those claims. From 2006 to 2010, vestibular testing comprised approximately 25 percent of Uzoaga's income from Medicare and Medicaid.
If convicted, both face up to 10 years in federal prison and a $250,000 maximum fine on the conspiracy charge as well as the substantive counts of health care fraud.
The charges are the result of the investigative efforts of the Texas Attorney General's Medicaid Fraud Control Unit, Department of Health and Human Services - Office of Inspector General, Office of Investigations, FBI and the United States Attorney's Office. Special Assistant United States Attorney (SAUSA) Suzanne Bradley and AUSA Kebharu Smith are prosecuting the case.
An indictment is a formal accusation of criminal conduct, not evidence.
A defendant is presumed innocent unless convicted through due process of law.


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KnowledgeBase 00108: Exceptions
Developers moving to multivalue systems from other languages such as Java are used to trapping errors by use of exception handlers instead of ELSE clauses or returned status values. QM supports an exception handling mechanism that is broadly similar to that found in other languages and can trap user generated exception conditions or many internally detected situations that would normally cause an application to abort.
What is an Exception?
An exception is a named event, typically an error, that can be caught and handled by an application. Exceptions are thrown either by use of the THROW statement in an application program or automatically by QM as an alternative to the abort events normally raised by data type errors and similar failures.
Trapping Exceptions
The QMBasic construct used to trap exceptions is a TRY/CATCH block.
TRY statement(s) CATCH exception statement(s) ENDWhen this construct is used, the statements between the TRY and CATCH lines are executed. Normally, the program would then continue at the statement following the END that terminates this construct.
If any part of the processing in the TRY clause, including statements executed in subroutines called from there, throws the exception named in the CATCH clause, the program jumps to the CATCH clause, possibly discarding many layers of subroutine calls. Any discarded OO programming objects will execute the DESTROY.OBJECT subroutine in the usual way, if present. Once all lower level subroutines have been discarded, the statements in the CATCH clause are executed to handle the exception condition.
A single CATCH clause can list multiple exception names or there may be more than one CATCH clause to allow handling specific to each exception caught.
TRY statement(s) CATCH exception1, exception2 statement(s) CATCH exception3 statement(s) END
As an example, consider the following code that does not use exceptions:
IF NUM(VALUE) THEN TOTAL += VALUE END ELSE DISPLAY 'Non-numeric data' ENDThis code fragment tests whether the content of VALUE is numeric and, if so, accumulates a total. If the data is non-numeric, an error message is displayed.
Using exceptions, this same functionality could be achieved using
TRY TOTAL += VALUE CATCH SYS.PROGRAM.DATATYPE.NOT_NUMERIC DISPLAY 'Non-numeric data' ENDIn this simple example, the first method is probably easier to read but the value of exception handling grows as the code in the TRY clause becomes more complex. The SYS.PROGRAM.DATATYPE.NOT_NUMERIC exception name is an example of an exception related to internally detected errors and is discussed more fully below.
Throwing an Exception
An application can raise an exception using the THROW statement
THROW exceptionWhereas the exception name in the CATCH clause is a constant and may be written with or without quotes, the exception element of the THROW statement may be a quoted constant or an expression that constructs the exception name in some way.
There is an optional data element that can be appended to this statement
THROW exception, dataIf present, the data item passed can be examined in the exception handler to provide additional information.
Catching an Exception
The CATCH clause can determine more information about the exception by examination of three system variables:
A CATCH clause may validly throw a further exception, including re-throwing the same exception to allow it to be caught by further exception handlers on the call stack.
Exception Names
An exception name is case insensitive and follows the same general rules as other QMBasic names. Users should avoid using names that contain dollar signs or that begin with "SYS." as these are used internally.
The example above trapped an exception named SYS.PROGRAM.DATATYPE.NON_NUMERIC. Many of the situations that would normally cause a program to abort scan back down the program call stack to see if there is an exception handler for the particular event. If there is, an exception is raised, otherwise the normal abort procedure is followed.
There is a full list of system exception names in the QM Reference Manual.
Exception Groups
The SYS.PROGRAM.DATATYPE.NUM_NUMERIC exception is a good example of the concept of exception groups.
A program could use specific exception handlers for many of the system exceptions, however, it is often more practical to create a handler that traps a whole group of related exceptions. An exception name is considered to be formed from a series of elements separated by periods. The SYS.PROGRAM.DATATYPE.NON_NUMERIC exception is formed from four levels of grouping. The earlier example that explicitly referenced the entire name could usefully be reduced to
TRY TOTAL += VALUE CATCH SYS.PROGRAM.DATATYPE DISPLAY 'Non-numeric data' ENDwhere the CATCH clause will now trap any exception name that begins with SYS.PROGRAM.DATATYPE such as SYS.PROGRAM.DATATYPE.UNASSIGNED.
This process of trapping larger groups of exceptions could be taken all the way back to catching the entire SYS group for all internally generated exceptions. There is a special exception name, SYS$ANY, that is a universal catch-all and traps any exception, user or system generated. Because the CATCH clauses are prioritised in the order in which they appear, it is essential that a handler for SYS$ANY is the final CATCH clause element in a TRY/CATCH block.
Unhandled Exceptions
If an exception is thrown for which there is no handler, the normal action is to abort the program with an "unhandled exception" message.
As an alternative, a program can include a handler for SYS$UNHANDLED. When an exception is thrown, the system scans back down the call stack for the first handler for the specific exception or a group to which it belongs. If no handler is found, the first SYS$UNHANDLED handler, if any, found in the scan will be executed.
The relationship between SYS$ANY and SYS$UNHANDLED is important though few applications probably need both. The SYS$ANY handler will be trapped by the handler scan described above. The SYS$UNHANDLED handler is only executed if no specific handler or SYS$ANY handler is found, regardless of their relative positions in the call stack.
Aborts and Exceptions
Use of the ABORT statement in a QMBasic program will look for a handler for SYS.ABORT and, if found, will treat this as an exception.
Not all internally generated aborts are transformed to exceptions, especially those that relate to internal inconsistencies such as structural errors in data files. It is considered more important to trap these in a controlled manner to aid diagnosis. Even with a SYS$ANY exception handler, aborts can still occur and the ON.ABORT paragraph (which is very much like an exception handler) is still relevant.
If a program uses the EXECUTE statement with the TRAPPING ABORTS option, this is considered a firewall beyond which the exception handler search process will not pass. Because an unhandled exception will get transformed into an abort in the absence of a SYS$UNHANDLED handler, the program performing the EXECUTE will trap the error in exactly the same way as applications that do not use exceptions.
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