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"Piston" pack reaches 5,000 feet
The Martin Jetpack, really a piston-engine pack powered by a derivative of a Mercury motorboat engine, has reached 5,000 feet above New Zealand with a mannikin simulating the pilot. It should be ready for delivery, the company says, in 18 months. However, it came to Oshkosh in 2008 able to hover at only a few feet with two assistants to steady it, and the promise then was that it was ready for delivery in 2009. See it fly here, and parachute back to Earth. I recall doing an interview with the developer's high-school-age son, then the company test pilot, and asking him why he didn't fly higher than a few feet. "Because I don't want to fall and I don't want to hit the ground," he said then. The developer's first test pilot was his dedicated and supportive wife. It descends under a parachute, although the design calls for it to land under its own power. The developer, Glenn Martin, said use of the chute was a test of the emergency landing system, but the video was cut so as not to show the actual impact of landing. The machine was damaged–the mannikin had no comment.

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The shadows of destruction begin to loom on the horizon once a human mage uncovers a dark and powerful secret dating back to the remote past of the Elven race. However, the Elves cannot allow this forbidden knowledge to fall into the hands of others and thus imperil the world. For the first time in countless years, this ancient race must venture forth and interfere with events transpiring in the lands of man. With the renegade mage in their sights, the sorceress Gilwen and ranger-lord Seagate set off together, unaware that beliefs and friendships alike will soon be tested… Includes: Elven Legacy Elven Legacy: Magic Elven Legacy: Ranger Elven Legacy: Siege
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John Ganotis necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 190 diseños de 20 diseñadores freelance.
We are an AlphaLab funded startup building a service at DeviceKnit.com that helps people make better use of electronics they have.
It allows people to build an inventory of electronics. We use this in conjunction with a database of the different ports and connectors devices have to help users discover user-submitted physical mashups that combine different devices to accomplish something cool. We show users how to connect their different devices to achieve these physical mashups, showing them new uses they may be able to get out of devices they already have.
Check out some information about it at http://DeviceKnit.com (under Click Here to Learn More About DeviceKnit ) to learn more.
Our target audience is mainly 'gadget' or 'tech' people. It will probably be tech-savvy people who have boxes of electronics, cables, and adaptors around the house and have cool ideas for things they can do with them, or want to be inspired by other things people are doing with the same devices.
It would be cool if there an icon next to the name with some kind of knitting reference, like a ball of yarn, knitting needles with a cable wrapped around it, but that is not critical.
We want to keep it pretty simple. The web app is going to have a very clean design, so we don't want too many different colors or images going on in the logo.
Another angle we were thinking is something with a box or bin overflowing with electronics and cables, as long as it is doesn't get too complicated.
All this being said, we are very open to anything clean and simple that gets across the ideas of the DeviceKnit app.
Included is what we are currently using for a logo and a graphic from our promotional site that shows a basic overview of the app.
We are open to color schemes other than the green and white that have been used on the temporary logo and site so far. Anything that makes the logo feel like what the service is supposed to do.
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During the session, we will provide you with some information about Kumon and how it works, and will also be happy to answer any questions you might have. At the same time, we will test your child/ren, so that we can discuss their results and our plan for them in the Kumon program. In the meantime, you might like to view our website, http://au.kumonglobal.com/.


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Tailor-Made Products Meet Certain Military Specs and Feature Improved Accessibility for the Visually Impaired and Durable, Waterproof Design
Milpitas, Calif., August 18, 2009 - SanDisk Corporation (NASDAQ: SNDK), the global leader in flash memory cards, today announced that its SanDisk® Cruzer® Enterprise secure USB flash drives are now enhanced to meet the unique requirements of government employees. The Cruzer Enterprise design was independently tested and certified under Military Standard 810-F environmental standards in addition to being suitable for use by the visually-impaired under Section 508 requirements. Cruzer Enterprise drives feature industry-leading cryptographic modules and encryption algorithms, durable waterproof design, and are fully compliant with Trade Agreements Act (TAA) requirements for purposes of U.S. Government procurements. In addition, the Cruzer Enterprise line of flash drives is listed for Common Criteria certification, which it is expected to receive next month.
Military Standard 810-F Design and Waterproof:
The federal government requires that IT devices meet certain design standards in order to prevent the loss of critical information if the host drive is ever exposed to liquid. This feature is particularly important for military and health care settings, which often involve sensitive information as well as an increased risk of exposure for the storage drive. SanDisk's line of Cruzer Enterprise flash drives passed an environmental test conducted by an independent laboratory, and was certified as meeting Military Standard 810-F 506.4 and 512.4 when submitted to immersion and rainy conditions using fresh water.
Section 508 Compliance:
Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 requires federal agencies to make their electronic and information technology accessible to people with disabilities. The law was enacted to eliminate barriers in information technology, to provide new opportunities for people with disabilities as well as to encourage the development of technologies that will help achieve these goals.
SanDisk reconfigured the Cruzer Enterprise's graphical user interface (GUI) to increase accessibility for visually-impaired users. The encrypted USB drives are now compatible with certain assistive technologies such as screen reader software that recreates the Cruzer Enterprise's GUI through text-to-speech representation or via a Braille output device.
"SanDisk has upgraded the Cruzer Enterprise product line to meet the needs of a much broader range of users," said Yariv Fishman, director of product marketing, enterprise solutions, SanDisk. "By reconfiguring the USB drive's GUI, we increased the accessibility of important information technology to the visually-impaired. Additionally, the drive's waterproof design is a perfect fit for health care professionals, soldiers and anyone else who needs to safeguard their critical data from harmful contact with liquid."
To further meet the federal government's need for secure storage, SanDisk intends to implement Common Access Card (CAC) and Personal Identity Verification (PIV) functionality on its Cruzer Enterprise flash drives in accordance with Department of Defense and FIPS 201 standards. Smart cards are issued as a standard form of identification for active-duty military personnel, National Guard members, government employees and contractors.
SanDisk Cruzer Enterprise secure USB drives feature FIPS (Federal Information Processing Standard) 140-2 Level 2 certification for encryption, a standard set by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). FIPS certification confirms that a drive has met NIST standards for design of the cryptographic module, for the strength of encryption algorithms and resistance to physical intrusion. Cruzer Enterprise drives are also listed for Common Criteria certification, an internationally recognized ISO standard (ISO/IEC 15408) used by governments and other organizations to assess the security and assurance of technology products. Common Criteria is an important worldwide evaluation standard for security products as its certifications are recognized in 26 countries around the world.
SanDisk Cruzer Enterprise can be centrally managed by SanDisk's Central Management and Control software (CMC), which has been used by government agencies, healthcare organizations and enterprises for years. The CMC device agent resides on a company-issued Cruzer Enterprise drive, giving corporate IT departments and government agencies greater control and flexibility over the lifecycle management of the device - including deployment throughout the organization, password recovery and renewal through the network, central back-up and restore of data, central usage tracking with detailed audit reports, and remote termination of lost drives.
About SanDisk
SanDisk Corporation is the global leader in flash memory cards, from research, manufacturing and product design to consumer branding and retail distribution. SanDisk's product portfolio includes flash memory cards for mobile phones, digital cameras and camcorders; digital audio/video players; USB flash drives for consumers and the enterprise; embedded memory for mobile devices; and solid state drives for computers. SanDisk is a Silicon Valley-based S&P 500 company with more than half its sales outside of the United States.
* Based on internal testing, complies with MIL-STD 506.4 (Blowing rain) and 512.4 (Immersion). This equates to compliance with IEC 60529 IPX7. IEC 60529 is a European system of test specification standards for classifying the degrees of protection provided by the enclosures of electrical equipment. An IPX7 designation mean a product can withstand accidental immersion in one meter of water for up to 30 minutes. An IPX8 designation is for continuous underwater use. Product must be clean and dry before use.
SanDisk's web site/home page address : http://www.sandisk.com
SanDisk's product and executive images can be downloaded from:
For more Information visit: http://www.sandisk.com/business-solutions/enterprise.aspx
SanDisk, the SanDisk logo and Cruzer are trademarks of SanDisk Corporation, registered in the U.S. and other countries. Other brand names mentioned herein are for identification purposes only and may be trademarks of their respective holder(s).
This press release contains certain forward-looking statements, including expectations for new product introductions, applications, features, markets, and customers that are based on our current expectations and involve numerous risks and uncertainties that may cause these forward-looking statements to be inaccurate. Risks that may cause these forward-looking statements to be inaccurate include among others: our products may not perform as expected, we may not successfully implement the CAC and PIV functionality on our products, no security technology can be guaranteed to be 100% secure, market demand for our products may grow more slowly than our expectations or there may be a slower adoption rate for these products in new markets that we are targeting, these products may not be available when expected, and the other risks detailed from time-to-time in our Securities and Exchange Commission filings and reports, including, but not limited to, our most recent Annual Report filed on Form 10-K and our subsequent Quarterly Reports filed on Form 10-Q. We do not intend to update the information contained in this press release.
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Lana Del Rey Crowned GQ's Woman of the Year
Lana Del Rey has been selected as British GQ's Women of the Year and you know what that means? Another magazine cover. And a naked photo of LDR, to boot.
Yep, Lizzie Grant is naked as the day she first met her mom and dad, but she's got strategically placed knees and stuff, so you can't see her lady lumps or any of her nether regions.
Jezebel points out that LDR is the only cover model for the "Men/Woman of the Year" issues who is nude. Everyone else is dressed all dapper. But not our Lana. She's showing skin and some bling, along with seriously red lips and nails.
Del Rey racks up mag covers with increasing regularity, yet she hasn't played a show in how long? It begs the question: Is she a model or is she a singer?
We're thinking LDR, who recently dyed her signature auburn locks a rich, shiny shade of chocolate, is more of the former.
The editors over at British GQ have a hankering for LDR. She's pouty. She's sultry. But her music? That's made less of a dent in pop culture, sadly.
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90 Donald M. Adams '71
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The late Don Adams was a four-year letter winner for the football squad and he also lettered on the wrestling team. As a senior, he served as captain of the 1970 football team earning All-ECAC Associated Press Little All-American honors and receiving the Adm. Stedman Trophy in 1971.
Adams led the 1968 squad to their best ever record of 9-1 and a 17th ranking for small colleges. He also led the 1969 team to the ECAC Lambert Cup Championship.


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Choline containing compounds in the discrimination between high- and low-grade gliomas – comparison of maximum and mean values
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Objective: In addition to standard MR-protocols, MR-spectroscopy is increasingly used in the characterization of brain tumors, while usually different metabolite ratios are calculated. However, there are great inter-individual and intra-individual differences in many metabolite values, so comparison is problematical. In this study, we sought to assess normalized mean and maximum choline (Cho) values as single parameters in the non-invasive grading of gliomas.
Methods: 1H-spectroscopic imaging data of 63 patients with suspected non-necrotic WHO °II or °III gliomas were acquired at 3 Tesla. Cho concentrations of the tumors were analyzed by a frequency domain fit and then normalized to the corresponding contralateral healthy brain tissue. Metabolite images were used to determine the maximum and mean Cho concentrations of the tumor. Further, contrast-enhancement (CE) of the tumor was analyzed on standard MRI. All patients subsequently underwent tumor resection or stereotactic biopsy to confirm diagnosis of glioma.
Results: Histopathological examinations revealed gliomas in all patients (WHO °II: n=27; WHO °III: n=26; WHO °IV: n=10). There was a statistically significant difference in both normalized maximum and mean Cho between low-grade and high-grade gliomas (mean: 1.45±0.28 vs. 2.16±0.36, p<0.05; maximum: 1.64±0.32 vs. 3.32±0.55, p<0.0001). Receiver operating curve-analyses rendered a 2.02 cut-off value for maximum Cho with a sensitivity and specificity of 86.1% and 77.8%, respectively, to discriminate high-grade from low-grade tumors. For mean Cho, we found a corresponding cut-off value of 1.52 (sensitivity 77.8%, specificity 63.0%). The diagnostic accuracy of maximum Cho was superior to that of mean Cho (82.5% vs. 71.4%), but both were superior to CE of the tumor (61.9%). Adding the information of CE did not decisively improve accuracy of maximum or mean Cho.
Conclusions: Both, maximum and mean Cho differ between low and high-grade gliomas. CE is not reliable in distinguishing between high- and low-grade gliomas. Compared to mean Cho, maximum Cho of the tumor provides a far better accuracy in the discrimination of low- and high-grade tumors, indicating the usefulness of this single parameter in the process of therapeutic decision-making.


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It was nearly February 14th, and heart stickers, Cupid drawings, and red and pink decorations now adorned every classroom. But kindergartener Tara didn't understand the significance of it all, so the night before Valentine's Day, she finally decided to ask her mom.
Upon hearing the sweet question, Tara's mom smiled, and explained that February 14th was a day to celebrate love. "Well, I love you, Mom!" Tara shouted with glee.
Her mom laughed and whispered, "I love you, too, honey! But you know what else is fun on Valentine's Day? Telling that to someone who doesn't know you like them! Are there any special people in your class you might want to send a sweet card to? Any boys who make you giggle?"
Tara shook her head violently. "Ew, Mom, no! Boys have cooties!" Tara's mom laughed again, and that was that.
The next morning in class, Tara made Valentines cards for her parents and her little sister. But none for any boys. Because boys have cooties, of course.
Afternoon rolled around, and after much chocolate and Sweetheart candy hearts snacking, it was almost time to go home. Tara went to retrieve her backpack from her cubby-hole... but to her surprise, underneath her bag sat a strange envelope. She looked around suspiciously, then curiosity got the better of her and she opened it. Inside was a swirled heart lollipop and a short note: "Hi Tara. I kinda like you. Happy V-Day, from Timmy."
She looked over her shoulder to see Timmy smiling shyly in her direction from the corner of the room. She grinned back a little, a crimson blush spreading over her cheeks. As she licked her new lollipop she thought to herself, "Ok… maybe not all boys have cooties."


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Sports Cash System. $4.95 Trial Offer
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http://tinyurl.com/jfmnu9l Reviews Link
How to get Sports Cash System $4.95 Trial offer?
Step #1 Click this Link http://tinyurl.com/gsgoanm
Step #2 Watch the video on the website, watch it complete or atleast for 02 minutes
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Leadlab necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 221 diseños de 76 diseñadores freelance.
Million Dollar Gift
We are a direct response marketing agency launching an innovative and exciting hot button campaign concept for an investment fund.
The Million $ Gift is based around the concept of compounding and regular savings that will grow to $1m in 21 years, resulting in a gift for your child's 21st birthday that will set them up for life. Potential customers will arrive on an opt in/information site, filtered through a sales funnel, leading to the distribution of an information pack and resources that will show them how they can do it, followed by a phone call from a consultant.
The primary target market for Million Dollar Gift is parents of young children who want to "set them up for life".
The emotional pull of providing for their children's future should be strong and although they may not have the resources to put away large sums they should be able to be convinced to invest from $100 per month and increase that contribution to $10 per day ($300 per month) over time.
The target audience is both male and female, aged in their 20's to 40's who have young children. Typically they have some disposable income so likely to be middle class. They probably own their own home and have at least one partner fully engaged in well paid work. They are aspirational and desire to give their children the best.
We require a unique and innovative logo design relevant to the campaign concept and target market.
The logo must use or be able to be placed with the following text:
"Million Dollar Gift"
What we expect
* Simple, attractive and contemporary design
* Clear and easy to read
* Colours used should be related to the concept
* Suitable for the online environment
* Needs to be transferrable across different mediums
* Combination of a fun design that also creates a sense of confidence and legitimacy
* Please do not use any clip art or stock images in the logo
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If you're over 50, come and join us for our senior's group, 'The Living Room'. Each week we have great fun with many different activities. Our Coffee House is also open to serve you drinks and cakes. The Living Room starts each Wednesday from 10:30am.
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The BMW M3 GTS has a great engine and amazing chassis dynamics, the Mercedes-Benz C63 AMG Black has a wickedly charismatic V8 and quick-acting autobox. Both are lighter than their downmarket counterparts and sport huge premium price tags. But can they compete with the Porsche GT3 RS 4.0 on road and track?
As Chris Harris notes in this week's CHoC video, all three are candidates to be driven (at least from the UK) to the Nürburgring for a few hot laps, then driven back. Road car gives way to race car — no spinal damage presented.
But is it fair to compare the BMW and Merc to the Porsche, which is obviously the sharpest tool in the shed? Is the more pressing question, how well can the three coupes "smash their rear tires to bits?" Never mind the questions. Just watch.


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The In-Laws Mastiff is not very well socialized
So over the holidays we went and stayed with family for a few days. They have a very unsocialized and unstructured pack.
Raiden: 210 lb Old English Mastiff who is four years old. He was rescued at one year with a not so great past (very thin, skittish, probably crated too much in a too small crate)
Clyde: 12 year old Westie who has a lot on anxiety and "totem pole" type issues with the mastiff. He barks every time any dogs move quick or play. They have had him since he was a pup.
Chloe: 8 year old Westie who was rescued at 5 years old. She was a street dog. Very thin patchy hair, poor health, etc. She is mostly calm and the most receptive to play.
The dogs are not very well potty trained, and do not get any structured training, walks, or play.None were socialized, period. The Westies for the most part do not cause too much gruff when we visit (only been three times with our boy in 8 months). However they do bark a lot and add to the general stress and excitement of any situation, which does not help. The mastiff, each time, has been our biggest issue. Each time we visit he tries to chase Drago around the house, does not let him play with any toys or any people, and will try to mount him sometimes. So far Drago has been evasive and indifferent for the most part. This last visit however he got tired of being pushed around and turned around and started snapping his teeth in Raidens face.
I feel like this is a powder keg waiting to blow sometimes. By the end of every visit the dogs are mostly tired from all of Dragos energy (they are all kinda chunky and get no exercise). So they can all be laying on the ground paying no mind to him. But the first few days I am very anxious.
So, Is it possible to bring balance to the situation when we visit? Do they need to be separated 100% and potty breaks scheduled to keep them apart? Or should we just not put our boy in that situation? Raiden has shown real aggression on two separate occasions before we got our boy, and I know the power that mastiffs have is more than deadly.
Here the two of them are after five days. Completely tuckered and for the most part leaving each other alone (the humping and mounting had not stopped by then however)
I wouldn't even go.
But if you have to go, keep them separated. Their dogs will never change because they don't care to do anything about their behavior.
You can expect the same behavior each time you visit.
It's up to you whether or not you want to put up with it.
It's up to you to be the leader and protect your dog(s). So if you have any fears about it going too far then I would either NOT take your dog when you visit. Or use a strict regime of crating/baby gates to manage the situation and keep your dog safe from the mastiff.
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Once the center of a mighty empire, the Portuguese capital was nearly wiped out in the 18th century, only to rise again and establish itself as one of Europe's most beguiling cities, rich in beauty, grace and melancholy
Author Chris Wright Photography Pedro Guimaraes
DAY THREE | Having slept in, you grab a late breakfast at the hotel's rooftop restaurant before embarking on a 15-minute cab ride to LX Factory, a sprawl of galleries, cafés and shops set amid the machinery of a former industrial complex and populated with a variety of countercultural types. The same developers recently restored another property nearby, an old bordello called Pensão Amor, which you duly explore on your way back into town. It has even more artsy shops and galleries, and a fashionably shabby bar at its center.
Next, it's a short tram ride along the river to Terreiro do Paço, a bistro with mismatched tablecloths, vaulted brick ceilings and a menu of gourmet comfort food. You go with a crispy anchovy pizza followed by cod with chickpeas and greens. The food is simple and satisfying, and you munch it while studying the café's collection of paraphernalia celebrating the bygone empire.
Back outside, you wander Praça do Comercio, a huge square girded on three sides by palatial mustard-hued buildings, with an imposing statue of King José I in its center. More imposing still is the triumphal Rua Augusta Arch at the square's northern end, a colossal edifice endowed with so much detail it makes your head spin. Your reverie is soon interrupted, however, by Miguel, an employee of Motohealth, a company that provides guided tours aboard Segways. After a brief scoot around the square, you zip off in the direction of the Alfama neighborhood, where you explore the nooks and crannies of Castelo de São Jorge.
The tour ends at Casa do Alentejo, a small building near Rossio Square that comprises a library, a restaurant and a cultural center. You navigate a maze of mismatched rooms—this one rustic, this one baroque—before ending up in a sunny, lavishly detailed Islamic courtyard. "I come here," Miguel says, "and I change."
Dinner tonight is in Bairro Alto, at 100 Maneiras Bistro. To get there, you head a half-block from your hotel to the Elevador da Gloria, a rickety yellow carriage that grinds and wheezes and spits you out without ceremony. It's wonderful. Wonderful, too, is 100 Maneiras. The décor is playful and sophisticated, and the food follows suit. After you sit down, courses appear with alarming frequency, delivered by a waitress with a wry smile: codfish croquette, game pie with truffle sauce, battered frog legs, fried sweetbreads, mushroom risotto, suckling pig. You eat the lot.
Your final stop is the nearby Pavilhão Chinês, a bar that doubles as a museum of bric-a-brac. You enter and work your way back through a series of rooms packed with tin soldiers, toy animals, religious statues, hats and trumpets. As you wander around staring at the stuff, it occurs to you that clutter is normal in Lisbon. From the offbeat ephemera on display at its cafés to the relics cluttering its cathedrals, the impulse to hoard is everywhere. You ask the woman next to you about this. Are Lisboans unusually nostalgic? "Well," she replies, "we are unusually sensitive to the idea of loss." You like that.
CHRIS WRIGHT is a writer living in London who is still trying to get that fado melody out of his head.
Great three days. Only the fine dining restaurants are wrong. The three best in town are Belcato, Assinatura and Bocca
Thank you so much Chris,
I really enjoyed reading your article about Lisbon. You made me to revisit places that I have been in this lovely city and you made me to want to discover the ones that I missed. I am from Brazil. Have you wrote anything about our cities?
Kind Regards,
Cristina Cavoto
I had read your article on one of my flights and taken the magazine home. Many moons later, I was able to finally come to Lisbon – I had a head-start through your lovely writings…. good work – I wish I could pack in as much as you did – but I had a great time.


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Your weekday traffic, travel and weather report for West Yorkshire, including Wakefield, Pontefract, Castleford, Hemsworth, South Elmsall, Dewsbury, Batley, Spenborough, Mirfield and Morley.
- There are no known incidents on the region's motorways.
- Today will be cloudy and windy with some heavy rain this afternoon.
Seen an accident or sat in traffic? Let us know by e-mailing email@example.com or call 01924 433013. You can also tweet us @WakeExpress. Please make sure it is safe and legal to do so.


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AI::Categorizer::Learner::Boolean - Abstract class for boolean categorizers
package AI::Categorizer::Learner::SomethingNew;
use AI::Categorizer::Learner::Boolean;
@ISA = qw(AI::Categorizer::Learner::Boolean);
sub create_boolean_model {
my ($self, $positives, $negatives, $category) = @_;
return $something_helpful;
sub get_boolean_score {
my ($self, $document, $something_helpful) = @_;
return $score;
This is an abstract class which turns boolean categorizers (categorizers based on algorithms that can just provide yes/no categorization decisions for a single document and single category) into multi-valued categorizers. For instance, the decision tree categorizer
AI::Categorizer::Learner::DecisionTree maintains a decision tree for each category, then uses it to decide whether a certain document belongs to the given category.
Any class that inherits from this class should implement the following methods:
Used during training to create a category-specific model. The type of model you create is up to you - it should be returned as a scalar. Whatever you return will be available to you in the
get_boolean_score() method, so put any information you'll need during categorization in this scalar.
In addition to
$self, this method will be passed three arguments. The first argument is a reference to an array of positive examples, i.e. documents that belong to the given category. The next argument is a reference to an array of negative examples, i.e. documents that do not belong to the given category. The final argument is the Category object for the given category.
Used during categorization to assign a score for a single document relative to a single category. The score should be between 0 and 1, with a score greater than 0.5 indicating membership in the category.
In addition to
$self, this method will be passed two arguments. The first argument is the document to be categorized. The second argument is the value returned by
create_boolean_model() for this category.
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WASHINGTON, Dec. 12 (UPI) -- U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke Wednesday warned the threat of going over the "fiscal cliff" already is having an impact on the economy.
As Republicans and the White House continued to wrangle over legislation to keep tax increases and $500 billion in spending cuts from kicking in Jan. 1, Bernanke warned allowing the economy to go over the "fiscal cliff" would wreak havoc, The Hill reported.
"Why are markets volatile? Why is business investment among its weakest levels during the recovery?" Bernanke asked reporters. "All of these things, at least to some extent, can be traced to the anticipation and concern over the fiscal cliff."
Bernanke said lawmakers need to craft a framework for dealing with the deficit/debt problem and not just kick the can down the road.
Earlier, House Republican leaders warned members they may have to return after Christmas to settle the issue.
With negotiations over avoiding the "fiscal cliff" the highest priority of the House, Majority Leader Eric Cantor, R-Va., told reporters after a closed-door meeting with House members Wednesday: "The president seems to be walking us ever so slowly towards the cliff. We're going to stay here right up until Christmas Eve and throughout the time period before the new year because we want to make sure we resolve this in an acceptable way for the American people."
House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, said after Tuesday's exchange of ideas with President Obama, "I remain the most optimistic person in this town but we've got some serious differences."
"Indications are we'll be here after Christmas," House Appropriations Committee chairman Hal Rogers, R-Ky., added.
Party leaders delivered the same message at the meeting, the Washington newspaper The Hill reported Wednesday.
Obama telephoned the Ohio Republican Tuesday night after receiving the speaker's latest proposal for a deal on taxes and spending to avoid the cliff's automatic tax hikes and $500 billion in across-the-board spending cuts due to take effect in 20 days, The Washington Post said.
The offer was virtually identical to the document Obama summarily rejected last week, Republican aides told the newspaper. The Wall Street Journal said an official familiar with the talks characterized Boehner's offer as not "dramatically" different from last week's.
Obama chief negotiator Rob Nabors later rushed to the Capitol to meet with Boehner's top aides, the Post said.
Obama told the ABC news magazine "20/20" Tuesday night if Republicans relent on their resistance to tax rates going up on the wealthy, "then we are prepared to do some tough things on the spending side."
"Taxes are going to go up one way or another," he said, "and I think the key is that taxes go up on high-end individuals."
White House officials said they were still waiting for Republicans to produce an offer that includes higher tax rates on incomes above $250,000.
As part of the talks, the White House told Republicans it would include an overhaul of the corporate-tax code as part of any deal to reduce the deficit, the Journal said.
The corporate-tax suggestion wasn't specific, other than committing to overhauling the corporate tax code next year, officials familiar with the offer told the newspaper.
White House officials, in making the suggestion, cited a corporate-tax plan the administration unveiled in February but said they weren't wedded to its details.


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I am a person that shoots from the heart. I have many "Heart Projects". My latest is "Fearless Women Portraits" for the women in recovery at the Los Angeles Mission Women's Outreach Program. They will grace the walls of the mission and hopefully inspire the women just entering the program to hang in there and reclaim their lives. I love to inspire with my work and move people to feel something and make a difference in the world. As artists, I think that is our job....
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"Case management is a vital and dynamic strategy for the health-care system across Canada as we all age, as we all live with chronic illness, and as we survive catastrophic injuries. Primary care is the sector where the process and role of the case management provider will have the biggest impact in the future."
Joan Park, President - National Case Management Network of Canada
"The Registered Nurses' Association of Ontario' is right on track in its prescription that care co-ordination and system navigation should be handled by interprofessional primary health organizations. Our association's 73 Community Health Centres, 10 Aboriginal Health Access Centres, four Nurse-Practitioner- led clinics and 15 Community Health Teams look forward to actively supporting the transition from Community Care Access Centres to primary health care."
Adrianna Tetley, Executive Director, Association of Ontario Health Centres (AOHC)
"The Ontario Community Support Association commends the RNAO for proactively examining the structure of the province's publicly-funded, not-for-profit health system. We are particularly encouraged that the report considers issues of efficiency and duplication in our health care system and calls for greater access to home care and community support services for Ontarians. In the coming weeks, we look forward to working with RNAO, other stakeholders and the Ontario Government in designing a more integrated, client-centred health system."
Deborah Simon, Chief Executive Officer - Ontario Community Support Association (OCSA)
"For too long, Ontario's home care system has placed profit ahead of people, failing to meet the needs of those requiring care. The work that RNAO has done on developing models to revive the home care system, increase timely access to care, and strengthen interdisciplinary, collaborative primary care in Ontario is impressive. All Ontarians want a health care system that is centred around the needs of patients. Today, we are presented with a report that lays out a concrete vision for change and Ontario's New Democrats are looking closely at these ideas."
France Gélinas, Health Critic for the New Democratic Party of Ontario
"I support the values of the RNAO plan as its ultimate goal is to reduce bureaucracy in the system. This is exactly what our Paths to Prosperity: Patient-Centred Health Care white paper seeks to accomplish: to place patients, not bureaucrats, at the centre of all decisions concerning the patient's health and wellness. This includes a bold proposal to eliminate middle management, like the CCACs, and instead use this money for home care and frontline patient care."
Bill Walker, PC deputy health critic and MPP for Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound
"Ontarians receiving care in their home are increasingly benefiting from the quality care provided by Ontario nurses and other health care workers. Our government is increasing our investment in community care so that, with the help of nurses, 90,000 more seniors will get the care they need at home. Part of Ontario's Action Plan for Health Care is a new Seniors Care Strategy, led by Dr. Samir Sinha, that will help us do an even better job of caring for seniors and supporting their independence. I welcome the advice of the RNAO, as well as many other partners, as we work together to gain the greatest value for the unprecedented investment we are making in community care."
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Jon Cornish ran for more yards this season than any Canadian ever has in the CFL, but there was a watershed moment in his breakout campaign.
It came July 28 when the Calgary Stampeders running back ran for -1 yards on six carries in a 34-8 home loss to the B.C. Lions. That gave the native of New Westminster, B.C., 199 yards rushing through five games, averaging just 3.8 yards per carry.
But Cornish ran for 170 yards on 20 carries and a TD the following week in a 31-20 victory over the Hamilton Tiger-Cats. The six-year veteran amassed 1,258 yards over Calgary's final 13 regular-season games (averaging 6.1 yards per carry) for a CFL-best 1,457 yards, breaking Norm Kwong's record for most rushing yards in a season by a Canadian (1,437 yards).
Calgary also rebounded, with the Hamilton win starting a 10-3 stretch that earned it a 12-6 record and second in the West Division behind the defending Grey Cup-champion B.C. Lions (13-5).
B.C. hosts Calgary in the West final on Sunday while the Toronto Argonauts visit the Montreal Alouettes for the East crown. The winners meet in the 100th Grey Cup on Nov. 25 at Rogers Centre.
The Lions won the season series with Calgary 2-1 but the Stampeders took the last meeting 41-21 on Oct. 26.
That contest meant nothing in the standings as both clubs had already clinched their playoff berths. With starter Travis Lulay (shoulder) injured, backups Mike Reilly and Thomas DeMarco took the snaps.
Cornish, the West Division nominee as outstanding player and top Canadian, had 86 yards rushing for Calgary, which had Kevin Glenn, Drew Tate and Bo Levi Mitchell all play quarterback. It was Tate's first action since hurting his shoulder July 7 against Toronto.
All three had touchdown passes against B.C., with Tate earning the start in Calgary's 30-27 win over Edmonton in the regular-season finale before being named the club's playoff starter. Tate was 22-of-36 passing for 363 yards and two TDs in the Stampeders' 36-30 West Division semifinal win over Saskatchewan, including the game-winning 68-yard scoring strike to Romby Bryant with 19 seconds left.
Cornish had 109 yards rushing on 18 carries and was a significant contributor to a Calgary offence that rolled up nearly 500 total yards on a Riders' defence that allowed the second-fewest in the CFL (333 per game).
B.C.'s defence will present a definite challenge. It was first in 18 of the CFL's 25 defensive categories, including fewest points (19.7 per game), total yards (295 per game) and most sacks (47).
Defensive lineman Keron Williams had a league-best 12 sacks. Middle linebacker Adam Bighill was tied for third with nine, while finishing second overall in tackles with 104.
B.C. was also the CFL's stingiest defence against the pass and run. Calgary had the league's second-best rushing attack this season.
The Lions will have Lulay back under centre Sunday. The CFL's outstanding player last season started B.C.'s regular season-ending 17-6 win over Saskatchewan, his first since Oct. 12 against Hamilton.
B.C. also has its own Canadian star running back in Andrew Harris. The Winnipeg native had a CFL-best 1,830 yards from scrimmage — the most ever by a Canuck — and was third in rushing with 1,112 yards.
Harris was also the Lions' second-leading receiver with 718 yards.
Tate will start against B.C. with Glenn available should Tate struggle or be injured. Glenn led the Stampeders to nine wins in the 14 games he started during Tate's absence.
The pre-game rhetoric began Sunday following Calgary's win over Saskatchewan with slotback Nik Lewis predicting the Stampeders will defeat B.C.
"You might as well go through the champs," Lewis was quoted as saying in the Calgary Herald. "We don't back down from nobody. The best thing is, we're gonna be underdogs. Last few games, we were the favourites. We played Winnipeg, we were supposed to win. We played Hamilton, we were supposed to win. We play B.C., 'Ah they're not playing for nuthin' so we're supposed to win. Against Edmonton last week, we're supposed to win.
"Tonight, we were supposed to win, too.
"Next week, for a change, we're not supposed to win. But guess what? We will."
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Toronto at Montreal
For the fourth time in five years and ninth time since 2000 the road to the Grey Cup in the East Division goes through Montreal, with the Alouettes looking to make a ninth Grey Cup appearance over that span.
The Alouettes won their season series with Toronto 2-1, including a 24-12 decision at Rogers Centre on Oct. 14 that clinched first in the East.
Toronto was minus starter Ricky Ray, who was out with a knee injury. The 10-year veteran has thrown 10 TD passes and only one interception in his three starts since returning to the lineup.
Ray was 23-of-30 passing for 239 yards and two TDs in Toronto's 42-26 East Division semifinal win over Edmonton. It was Ray's first win in three games against his former team after the Eskimos shocked the CFL by dispatching the veteran to Toronto last December.
Ray gives Toronto something it has lacked since Damon Allen's retirement — a veteran presence under centre. He surpassed the 4,000-yard passing plateau for the seventh time in his CFL career and helped make special-teams dynamo Chad Owens the league's top receiver with 94 catches for 1,328 yards and six TDs.
Ray suffered his knee injury in Montreal's 31-10 win on Sept. 23.
Montreal counters with Anthony Calvillo, pro football's all-time leading passer. The 40-year-old finished second in CFL passing this season with 5,082 yards.
Calvillo was 56-of-102 passing for 887 yards against Toronto this season with four touchdowns and four interceptions. However, Calvillo does have two 1,000-yard receivers in S.J. Green and Jamel Richardson.


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The running Rebels are reloading with aspirations to continue tradition and to make another trip to a State Championship football appearance.
Head Coach Dave Louzek, in his 15th season, is the defensive coordinator.
Louzek has a crew of experienced coaches behind him to take the troops and to make the most of the squad.
"Andy Dahl is our offensive coordinator," said Louzek. "Our head assistant coach, as he calls himself, is James Bohaty.
"Kevin Szczyrbak is an assistant, as are Tony Andres and Matt Hosmer. Wes Cummins and Scott Battaglia handle to junior varsity tea.
Most of them have four or five years with us so it's nice to that consistency."
The Rebels were 13-1 last year and the year before as they blazed their way to shots at State Champion ships.
"We finished second the last two years," stated Louzek. "The lat three out of four years were second in Class AA.
"It's seven years in a row as Section Champs and eight of those since 2000.
"We lost nine offensive starters and nine defensive starters. Our returning starters or Ezra Szczyrbak and Hunter Herzog on the offensive line. On defense, it's Ezra and linebacker Brett Hawkins."
Louzek spoke to the haves "At offensive tight ends Ike Pederson and Cody Gerard and Charlie Adamczak will be in that mix," he said.
"The tackles are Josh Butterfield and Jeremiah Chavez. The guards are Hunter and Ezra. The center is Trevor Bailey.
"Brad Fossum is at quarterback. The fullback is a competition between Dylan Lovegreen and Milan Dragicevich. The running backs are Alex Kenemore, Josh Pettersen and Jon Evenson.
"With as many new starters, the biggest thing is they will need to learn is to have consistency and make decisions and adjustments in the huddle.
"They will just need to get more comfortable in running the varsity offense. We won't have the speed we had last year, but Josh Pettersen will be one of the fastest running backs in the area.
"On defense, it will be Charlie and Ezra at D tackle. We will have Hunter and Josh Leonard.
"The middle linebacker is Brett Hawkins and Jeremiah Chavez. The outside linebackers will be David Moonen and Jon Evenson.
"The cornerbacks will be Ike Pettersen and Alex Kenemore and our safety is JJ Sayler.
"Again, with a big turnover from last's team, the new starters will have to become comfortable and make adjustment during the game.
"We have decent speed and will continue to bring people to the ball. We've always done that and will continue to do that."
Louzek named the captains. "They are Jon Evenson, Ezra and Hunter," he said.
"Overall, right now, the biggest strength is team chemistry in the locker room and on the field. They work hard in practice and after practice, in the weight room."Jon Evenson is the strongest kid. He's made the 1100 Pound Club and just 75 pounds away from the 1300 pound club and that's very impressive.
"We will be overcoming that lack of experience and we will be developing that mind set of competing in the State Tournament and competing for a state championship.
"Hermantown, our opening at game at home this Thursday, will be a great opening game for us.
"We have Esko at Proctor for week two.
"We played Duluth Marshall in the Section final last year and we look for them to be good again with their new coach back."
The coach wrapped it up.
"As a coaching staff, we're very excited to have all these new position opportunities with the competition for spots to work with," he said.
"We are hoping to be continuing the Rebel football tradition."


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University of Colorado planners intend to propose a $3 million remodel for the Glenn Miller Ballroom, a campus epicenter that has played host to entertainers like B.B. King and Chubby Checker and is a popular space reserved for everything from careers fairs to a campus drag show.
The project plans are in the very early stages, with the "notice of intent" being presented Thursday to the Boulder Campus Planning Commission.
Planner Wayne Northcutt told the group that the renovation is expected to cost up to $3 million and it would include a larger stage, updated lighting, a renovated kitchen area where catering crews prep banquets and the possibility of a nearby gender-neutral bathroom.
When campus planners draw up designs for renovations in student-fee funded buildings — such as the University Memorial Center — they must at least consider a gender-neutral bathroom as required by the CU Student Government.
The ballroom renovation was trimmed from the budget from the last University Memorial Center remodel, which was a $2 million project completed in fall 2010.
Student fees will not increase to pay for the planned Glenn Miller Ballroom renovation, Northcutt said. Some money is earmarked from the CU Student Government reserve funds and revenue generated from the UMC may also help pay for the project. The Glenn Miller Ballroom generates $576,000 annually in revenue, mostly from room rentals.
Campus planners expect to have a more detailed plan completed by the winter, and the proposal could go before the Board of Regents for approval in June.
Now, some groups including the CU Foundation and Conference Services don't use the Glenn Miller Ballroom because of the aesthetics, but would be interested in hosting events there if it's remodeled, Northcutt said during the meeting.
Richard Wobbekind, executive director of the Business Research Division at CU, said at the meeting that the Glenn Miller Ballroom is a valuable space in Boulder — especially given the absence of a convention center. The surrounding "Aspen Rooms" near the ballroom often serve as meeting space on campus.
"I actually would vote for spending more money and doing it right," Wobbekind said. "The food is really not very good. I'm just being polite. And that's always a criticism when the chamber (of commerce) is in here or when somebody else is in here. I think there's a way to really fix the kitchen and really do a nice job there."
The project would likely take six to nine months to complete, according to CU officials, with construction beginning in the summer of 2014.
Already, the student center staff has been alerting big clients of the possibility of the closure, said Jimmie Baker, an associate director at the UMC. If the ballroom is shut down during the summer months, university officials will need to relocate new student summer orientation programs.
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OAKLAND — Protesters smashed windows and threw paint at Oakland City Hall and at least a half-dozen other buildings, but there were no reports of arrests or injuries after a group of about 200 protesters moved through downtown Oakland on Sunday evening, police said.
The protest was billed on Facebook as an anti-imperialist rally and march, timed to coincide with the 11th anniversary of the start of the U.S. war in Afghanistan.
Protesters gathered around 6 p.m. at Frank Ogawa Plaza for a rally, then left on foot around 7:15 p.m., heading north toward West Grand Avenue before circling back toward City Hall, according to Officer Cynthia Espinoza of the Oakland Police Department. By about 8:15 p.m., the protesters had dispersed, she said.
Glass front doors and windows at City Hall were smashed, along with windows at a nearby Oakland police office used by recruiting and internal affairs departments, according to Oakland police Lt. Robert Chan.
Protesters also broke windows and threw paint at the offices of the Oakland Tribune; at least three bank branches; offices for Kaiser Permanente and AC Transit; and the Oakland Scientific Facility, which houses computers and data storage for Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.
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MADISON, Wis. (AP) – The secretary of the Wisconsin Department of Corrections and the head of the state employees union are both scheduled to testify before an Assembly Committee on Wednesday. Corrections Secretary Ed Wall and a number of other officials from his department are scheduled to be at the informational hearing. Wall and the others are scheduled to provide an overview of the agency for members of the Assembly's Corrections Committee. Marty Beil, head of the Wisconsin State Employee Unions which represents prison guards, is also scheduled to speak. Prison guards have been organizing an effort to separate from the WSEU and form their own union. The guards leaders have been engaged in bitter fights over election setbacks, discontent with labor leaders and anger over working conditions.
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Fool's Monkey Business Ends With Jail
Mensah und OL have pressed charges against the man; he will face criminal charges. The French Soccer Association has also joined in this court action with the public prosecution.
[Global News Commentary: Racism And Sports]
The problem of verbal racist attacks –mimicking the sound of apes and monkeys—against athletes reared its ugly head again in Europe.
This time, the attacker intent on sowing the wind, reaped the whirlwind. The 21-year old young man is presently languishing in custody in France for his racist taunts against soccer star John Mensah, a defender of the French soccer team Olympique Lyonnais – OL, and other soccer players of color of Olympique Lyonnais last Sunday 15, at the Gerland Stadium of Lyon, France.
The man taunted the players as they warmed up to play against "Le Havre" in Lyon.
OL's Mensah, who is from Ghana, went ballistic when the taunter kept at it. Eventually, Mensah was sent off before the end of the game because he couldn't check himself, unlike his team mates of color Keita and Benzema.
Jean-Michel Aulas, the president of Olympique Lyonnais explained later that the stadium announcer and marshals clearly warned that they "would not tolerate any racist behavior." Nevertheless, this didn't seem to deter the 21-year-old buffoon from mimicking chimps and apes, denoting that people of color are chimps and or apes.
He was then nabbed by the marshals of the Gerland Stadium of Lyon and the police took him into custody. Mensah und OL have pressed charges against the man; he will face criminal charges. The French Soccer Association has also joined in this court action with the public prosecution.
The man's objective was to upset the Black players' psyche, affect their play, and pave the way for the team that he's a fan of—Le Havre. Unfortunately, his obtuseness didn't prevent OL from trouncing Le Havre 3-1.
This attitude, which oftentimes takes place in soccer and tennis, is due to the foggy knowledge many folks have of the evolution surmise by Spencer and Darwin. Darwin surmised that primates and humans share common forbears. This is to imply that even Mensah's Jester shares, according to Darwin, common forbears with primates.
It's therefore nonsensical on the part of the booby of Lyon to purport that only humans of color do share common ancestors with primates. Moreover, it's the taunter who is closer to chimps than the player of color, as witnessed by his chimp-like actions.
According to Darwin's surmise – in fact, for any thinking person who is eager to be accurate, propositions about evolution still make up at most a hypothesis because they are fraught with holes: "Humankind is supposed to have wandered over the surface of the earth in primitive, savage hordes, ignorant of marriage and family, and little by little attaining higher views of self and society." (Silvano Borruso 2007)
If we apply the hatata method -- which the East African philosopher of the 17th century Zar ´a Ja´aqob propounded, we will find out that the evolution surmise rests upon sandy foundation. The hatata method consists in breaking down a discourse into many portions or bits so as to submit each portion or bit to thorough questioning and analysis.
One of the shortcomings of Darwin's surmise is that this man didn´t live in ancient times in order to reliably tell us that the first humans were not different from chimps, and that they were wild. Only gullible nincompoops, who deliberately refuse to use their nous, would lap up Darwin's figments of imagination. Borruso is right to remark: "As an exercise in pure imagination, evolution has been very successful" ( Borruso 2007). Anybody who puts on his or her thinking cap would first of all impugn these claims, submit them to the hatata method and accept only cogent, obvious, plain and proven assertions. Did proponents and supporters of Darwin ever inquire into the high degree of sophistication reached in ancient times, for instance in the building of the pyramids of ancient Egypt, in philosophy and literature?
The incident that occurred last Sunday in Lyon, France, often happens in soccer and tennis stadia in Europe. The tennis players Venus and Serena Williams have already suffered such racist foolery.
The Cameroonian soccer striker Samuel Eto´o, who is on FC Barcelona's payroll, complained many a time about being taunted as a chimp or ape. Ghanaian-born Gerald Asamoah who sometimes plays for the German soccer national team has already gotten the raw deal of racist buffoonery and profanities in German stadiums. But soccer buffs and spectators alone are not to blame.
Indeed, as I recall, in the early 1990s, when the former famous Cameroonian goal keeper Joseph Antoine Bell was playing for Toulon in France, some French soccer teams' presidents didn't recoil from plainly letting on that they were racist – even though they were employing players of color.
The mature response to racist folly on the part of players and sportswomen is to keep focused and to strive to put on a good performance on the pitch or on the ground; that is the guidance Frank Edmundo Rijkaard, the former Dutch trainer and coach of FC Barcelona, primed Eto´o with some years back.
Therefore, the best reaction is what we may learn from the view expressed by one character in the novel The African by William Conton—adapted and applied to racism in stadia, that the best way to deal with such dull-witted racists in stadiums is to produce deeds on the pitch that bring their gimmicks to naught.
Black Star News Columnist Mathias Victorien Ntep is a PhD candidate at the University of Frankfurt/Main, Germany, and at the Leiden University (in the Netherlands). He played soccer in the late 1990s for "Sportfreunde Schwanheim", a soccer team in the Soccer
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AMBER and Wireless Emergency Alerts
The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children offers answers to FAQs regarding AMBER Alerts and Wireless Emergency Alerts.
What is the AMBER Alert program?
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What is the Wireless Emergency Alert program?
Will wireless customers be charged for Wireless Emergency Alert messages?
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Is it possible to adjust the volume of the Wireless Emergency Alert audible signal?
Where can I go to receive more information if I receive an AMBER Alert on my cell phone?
Is the Wireless Emergency Alert the same as the Wireless AMBER Alert program?
What is the AMBER Alert program?
The AMBER Alert program, also known as America's Missing: Broadcast Emergency Response Plan, is an initiative of the U.S. Department of Justice. It is a voluntary partnership between law enforcement agencies, broadcasters and transportation agencies to activate an urgent bulletin in the most serious child-abduction cases where there is enough information to make the alert effective.
Broadcasters use the Emergency Alert System to air a description of the abducted child, suspected abductor and any vehicle that may have been used in the abduction. The goal of an AMBER Alert is to instantly galvanize the entire community to assist in the search for and safe recovery of the child.
It was created in 1996 in honor of 9-year-old Amber Hagerman, who was abducted and murdered near her home in Arlington, Texas. In the wake of this tragedy a young woman suggested that there should be emergency alerts sent to the public through the broadcasters when a child is abducted. She followed up with a letter, and that letter was used to create the first AMBER Plan. What began as a local effort has grown to include a system of AMBER Alert programs in every state that have been responsible for the successful recovery of 881 children.Back to questions
What happens when an AMBER Alert is received?
AMBER Alerts have a unique audible signal and vibration. The unique signal and vibration are intended to indicate the urgency of the message and make the alert accessible to people with hearing or vision-related disabilities. The message will contain up to 90 characters and provide basic information.
In the case of an AMBER Alert, the message would indicate that an AMBER Alert has been issued for your area and, if possible, would include the license plate and other details about any vehicle that might have been used in the abduction.Back to questions
How do AMBER Alerts work?
Once law enforcement has been notified about an abducted child, they will decide whether or not to issue an AMBER Alert based on their AMBER Alert program's criteria. They will provide the geographic area where the alert should be issued as well as any available information about the child, abductor or suspected vehicle used in the abduction.
Once issued, the alerts are distributed by broadcasters and transportation agencies. They are also sent to the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children, which redistribute the alerts, per a request by the U.S. Department of Justice, to a network of secondary distributors that includes Internet service providers, digital billboards, truckers and others.Back to questions
How are AMBER Alerts distributed to cell phones?
AMBER Alerts are distributed to cell phones as part of the AMBER Alert program's secondary distribution through the Wireless Emergency Alert program which is also known as the Commercial Mobile Alert System.Back to questions
What is the Wireless Emergency Alert program?
The Wireless Emergency Alert program is operated by the Federal Emergency Management Agency. It distributes notifications from authorized federal, state, local and tribal government agencies that alert customers with capable devices of imminent threats to safety or an emergency situation. The messages are intended as a supplement to the existing Emergency Alert System, which broadcasts alerts over radio and television.
In addition to AMBER Alerts, the program includes National Weather Service, Presidential and imminent threat alerts. If you own a capable mobile device, you will automatically receive these alerts when you are in the geographic area where an alert has been issued.
Because the alerts are sent on a special wireless carrier channel called Cell Broadcast they are not affected by congestion on the voice or SMS text channels. The alerts are transmitted simultaneously to all mobile devices within range of the cellular carrier towers in the affected area. The system does not need to know your mobile number and it does not track your whereabouts; it simply broadcasts the alert, and any mobile devices that can "hear" the alert will display it to the user.Back to questions
Will wireless customers be charged for Wireless Emergency Alert messages?
No. Wireless customers will not be charged for the receipt of these messages.Back to questions
How do I know if my device is Wireless Emergency Alert capable?
To determine if your mobile device is capable of receiving the alerts, visit www.ctia.org/wea and look for a link for your wireless service provider where you will find a list of mobile devices that will receive the alerts on their network. Also, be sure to ask for a capable device the next time you acquire a new mobile device.
Look for this symbol on the box:
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Is it possible to adjust the volume of the Wireless Emergency Alert audible signal?
If a wireless device is set to vibrate only, users will not hear the audible signal from a Wireless Emergency Alert message. For additional information about adjusting the volume of a specific device or opting out of receiving the alerts, wireless customers should contact their individual wireless service providers.Back to questions
Where can I go to receive more information if I receive an AMBER Alert on my cell phone?
If you are notified through a Wireless Emergency Alert/Commercial Mobile Alert System message that there is an AMBER Alert in your area, you can consult local media or visit www.missingkids.org/AMBER or www.amberalert.gov for more detail about the AMBER Alert.Back to questions
Is the Wireless Emergency Alert the same as the Wireless AMBER Alert program?
No. Prior to Wireless Emergency Alert, the public could receive AMBER Alerts on their mobile devices through the Wireless AMBER Alert program. This was an initiative of CTIA-The Wireless Association®, The Wireless Foundation, The U.S. Department of Justice, NCMEC and Syniverse. It was an SMS text-based system, where members of the public were required to sign up online and designate the areas they wanted to receive alerts for. They would then only receive alerts for the designated areas regardless of where they were physically located. This system was an important evolution in the AMBER Alert program, but as of December 31, 2012 it was retired in favor of the Wireless Emergency Alert System.Back to questions


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You can retrieve a Solaris package from a local device if you stored the package on a file system-oriented, random-access device, such as a diskette or a DVD-ROM. Use the following syntax for the patch keyword.
patch patch_id_list | patch_file local_device \ device path file_system_type
Specifies the patch ID numbers that are to be installed. The list should be a list of comma-separated Solaris patch IDs. The patches are installed in the order specified in the list. Do not add a space after the comma, for example: 112467-01,112765-02.
A file with a list of patches that is found in the patch_location. The patches are installed in the order specified in the file.
Specifies the name of the drive where the Solaris package resides. If the device name is a canonical path, the device is mounted directly. If you supply a device name that is not a canonical path, the installation utility adds /dev/dsk/ to the path.
Specifies the path to the Solaris patch, relative to the root (/) file system on the device you specified.
Specifies the type of file system on the device. If you do not supply a file system type, the installation utility attempts to mount a UFS file system. If the UFS mount fails, the installation utility attempts to mount an HSFS file system.
In this example, the patch profile keyword adds all the patches listed in the patch_file file from the directory /Solaris_10/patches from the local device c0t6d0s0. The patch file determines the order of patches to be installed.
patch patch_file c0t6d0s0 /Solaris_10/patches
In this example, the patch profile keyword adds the patches 112467–01 and 112765–02 from the patch directory /Solaris_10/patches from local device c0t6d0s0.
patch 112467-01,112765-02 local_device c0t6d0s0 /Solaris_10/patches


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New Dream spoke with Matt Stinchcomb, Vice President for Values & Impact at the online marketplace Etsy, about his efforts to make the company—and the wider business community—more ecologically, socially, and economically responsible.
You've worn many hats at Etsy, but your current position is to coordinate "Values and Impact" for the company. Can you explain what this means?
My work tries to address two main questions. The first is, how do we work with all teams at Etsy to ensure that the company's mission, vision, and values are integrated into the activities that we do every day. So this means looking at everything from who we're buying milk from to who we do business with on a larger scale. The second question is, how do we most effectively use Etsy to maximize ecological, social, and economic value in the world? As a company, we're in the business of "doing good," so we want to figure out how we can use our business to train other businesses to build a lasting and fulfilling world.
How did you first get involved with Etsy? Do you have a background in business or the arts?
I was the original marketing person at Etsy—the first employee after the three founders. Before that, I was in a band (The French Kicks), so it's not like I had a professional background in web development or even marketing. A few years after being hired, I moved to Germany to help with Etsy's international expansion, and lived there for two years. After I moved back to the U.S., I took over marketing again to head up a new team on brands and social responsibility.
I think many Etsy shoppers aren't really aware of just how "responsible" a company Etsy is (thanks in large part to your efforts). Can you talk a little about Etsy's work in this area?
I learned pretty early on that most of what is billed as "corporate social responsibility" (CSR) is actually pretty bogus—it involves a lot of greenwashing and trying to project a good image. We wanted to be sure that Etsy was about being a good business at its core—that is, making the business be the agent for change. Real "responsibility" is about having actual impact, not simply atoning for bad things that you do.
A big problem is that CSR often becomes a siloed function of business, with only a few designated people paying attention to this work. At Etsy, we want to make it so every person, every team in the company, is doing it. So I collaborate with a small team of four who essentially serve as internal consultants to the company. In many ways, I've created my dream job.
I'm new to this world in a lot of ways. Like I said, I don't have background in working for a mission-driven business. Actually, no one at Etsy was a business person, so we didn't really know the rules, the status quo. We just knew that a lot of times, what was supposed to be the "right" way to do something felt awful. We want to reimagine commerce, how business is done, and to serve as a model for others.
What are some steps that you are taking to achieve this vision?
Right now, we're limited by our own time available to address this. And our personal time is complicated by the fact that, as a planet, we don't have much time to deal with some really big issues like climate change. So one of the things we're asking at Etsy is, how can we maximize the company's impact in the time we do have?
For instance, we're trying right now to convert the Etsy offices to 100 percent solar power and are in the process of getting bids for this transition. But the bigger question we're asking is, how do we help the 1 million small businesses on Etsy become solar powered? One idea is to offer incentives, like saying, if you switch to solar, we will feature you more prominently on the site.
What are some of the challenges you face in your work?
One of the best things about working for a company like Etsy is that I don't have to justify why "doing good" is important. I can take a lead role and don't have to provide the financial justification for, say, avoiding paper cups. But at the same time, the company is growing—we're at 400 people now. A lot of our employees come from more traditional backgrounds and are used to business as usual. They may not know how to implement best practices in a workplace where they don't only have to look at the economic impact of their decisions. It goes against years of training for people, and sometimes it takes time for people to "get" our unique business culture.
Another challenge is finding scalable solutions, especially as Etsy grows. We also need to get better at collecting data, so we can really measure the impacts of the actions we take. Data is the key to everything—it makes you accountable, and it makes others take you more seriously. We need some basic baseline data, such as what is the ecological footprint of the Etsy marketplace? What's the impact of shipping second-day air versus other ways? Through the different options we provide, we want to help shoppers choose wisely.
As a company, how far do you feel like you need to go to create change? Can you really influence every supplier and every customer?
The reality is that we can't depend on the government for things to change, so we have to use the power of business to encourage a sense of responsibility. But we also need to make sure that, as a company, whatever we're encouraging people to do is also the easiest path for them to take. We need to break down barriers. And often it means starting small. I've made this my own personal mission. I feel like I have no choice but to devote my life to having a positive impact. And I have a bigger chance with Etsy than anywhere else. I have access to 50 million people—so the question is, how can I leverage that impact?
What are some ways that you envision doing that?
One of our major projects, which will eventually spin off, is OpenImpact.org. It's still under development, but the goal is to have a platform where businesses that are doing innovative and responsible things can teach other businesses how to do those things. It's focused on businesses like Etsy that have a community with an aggregate audience. We're working with a lot of mid-sized tech companies that are community based, since they tend to be run by younger, more open-minded people and have the ability to reach a lot of people. We're also looking at B Corps that are building networks or communities
We're finding that there are a lot of people who want to do things in a different way. But they need information, and models. Ultimately, the best thing that Etsy can do is be successful—to make money. If we can prove that we can still return value to shareholders, then we're showing that a different way is really, truly possible. And so far, we're doing it.
You must be really busy. How do you find time to balance work and life?
Etsy is very focused on employee well-being and has developed a lot of indices to measure this. We've tried really hard to instill a "guiltless" culture so that, for example, fathers feel like it's ok to take more than two days off after their child is born. Chad, the CEO, took six weeks off when he became a father. And I have a two-year-old, and another one on the way, so we're well aware of the challenges of balancing family and work.
I try to leave at 6 p.m. every day and not work at home, but it's hard because life and work are so connected these days. It's hard to be present, mindful, and not looking at your phone. There's also the expectation that e-mail is immediate. It dictates your day—you spend most of your time responding to messages and doing other peoples' stuff. I'm trying to start a schedule where, on Fridays, I don't have any meetings and only check my email once in the morning and once in the evening. The rest of the day, I'll do things like walk in the woods, go to a museum—things that create space for strategic, big-picture thinking.
I'm trying to make this alternative Friday schedule a pilot program at Etsy, involving a few people across the organization. As a test, we divided them into three groups—one group had to take an hour-long walk a day and have tea together, the second had to set goals at the beginning of the day and only complete one task at a time, and the third could only check email three times a day. The email group really freaked out, because for a lot of them email provides guidance for the day, and they weren't always sure what they should be working on.
How is the alternative Friday approach working out for you?
The pilot program is supposed to launch this week, so I'll let you know how it goes! For me personally, to be honest, I've been unable to have a meeting-less Friday yet. But I really want to do this! There's a world of inspiration and ideas out there. I really like the idea of a four-day workweek and then one day of self-improvement. My wife and I own some land upstate, and part of me really just wants to walk in the woods all day…but I would work too!
You've recently joined the board of New Dream. What drew you to New Dream, and what role do you see the organization playing in addressing the kinds of challenges you discussed above?
[Executive Director] Wendy Philleo contacted me out of the blue last year with questions about potential partnerships between Etsy and New Dream, and I immediately wanted to find out more about what you guys are doing. One of the things I've been working on at Etsy is Etsy Local, the idea of having a more local push and helping to create robust local marketplaces. Outside of work, though, I'm also interested in a lot other things that New Dream works on—seed libraries, tool libraries, time banking, the new economy movement, etc. It's a great resource for people, so I'm excited to be involved!
Matt Stinchcomb is VP of Values & Impact at Etsy. He is also a musician, a screenprinter, and a budding photographer. He lives in Brooklyn, New York, with his wife and young son.


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At the time I had no idea of the location, but suspected it was somewhere in Derbyshire, and perhaps formed a suitable watering hole and starting point for excursions by walkers and fly-fishermen. More recently I was going over some notes made by my Dad in 2002, and came across the following:
... in J.B. Firth's "Highways & Byways in Derbyshire" where CVP pencilled many marginal asterisks and underlined passages which caught his eye, e.g. Apropos Beresford Dale: "... for peaceful loveliness and sheer prettiness nothing in Derbyshire excels it." ... As far as I know, fishing was his (CVP's) only outdoor pursuit in later years, unless you count attending sales all over the place and doing whatever he did at the Cromford Nursery.
Boy fishing, unknown location, undated, Loose paper print
Image © and collection of Brett Payne
I've long known that Charles Vincent was a keen trout fisherman, because my Dad inherited his rods and tackle and, although I was given my own cheap but perfectly adequate split cane rod - probably made in Hong Kong - at a fairly young age, I used an old reel of his, which I carried around in an old Great War gas mask bag brought back from the Western Front by my Grandpa.
Hallam fishing, Upper Waihou River, 27 July 2011
I think my brother Hallam, who has since become a far more knowledgeable and skillful trout fisherman than I, used the old rods until they disintegrated. Not surprising, really, because they must have been all of fifty or sixty years old by then.
Marchant Brooks & Co. auction sale notice, Fishing Rights and Fishing Lodge, Cromford Bridge, 22 July 1947, Collection of Brett Payne
In the 1930s Charles Vincent owned, along with Bow Wood Farm and the Cromford Bridge Chapel, about which I have written previously, a small fishing lodge adjacent to Cromford Bridge and 3000 yards of fishing rights on the River Derwent. He died in 1941 and, after the war had ended, my grandfather Leslie Payne sold Bow Wood Farm. Jobs were scarce at that time, in the post-war economic depression, and it was some time after his demobilisation from the Pioneer Corps before he eventually found a job with Gleeds, the Nottingham quantity surveyors, so money must have been tight. The Lodge and Bridge Chapel were gifted to the Derbyshire Archaeological Society, who I believe still own it.
Fisherman on the River Derwent, near Cromford Bridge
Image © and courtesy of Mick Martin
When the Matlock & Cromford Angling Association invited him to become a vice-president in 1942 they promised there would be "no irksome duties." I don't know if the fishing rights went with it, but Grandpa wasn't much of a fisherman, and from the surviving correspondence in our family archives it appears to have been more trouble than it was worth. Since no keeper had been employed the river had been neglected during the war, compounded by problems with effluent from a nearby fluorspar quarry. It appears that the family's connection with Cromford Bridge and the Derwent ended shortly thereafter.
Richard Arkwright's Fishing Lodge, Cromford Bridge
© Copyright Peter Barr Courtesy of Geograph.co.uk
and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence
The fishing lodge was originally built in the late 18th Century by Richard Arkwright junior, then living nearby at Willersley Castle, as accomodation for his bailiff. An inscription on the lintel above the doorway - "Piscatoribus Sacrum" - provides a clue to the lodge's origins.
Charles Cotton's Fishing Lodge, Beresford Dale
© Copyright Neil Gibbs Courtesy of Geograph.co.uk
and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence
It is supposed to have been based on a similarly adorned - but rather more picturesque and architecturally pleasing - lodge built in 1674 on the banks of the River Dove at Beresford Dale by Charles Cotton, and made famous in his friend Isaac Walton's A Compleat Angler, or The Contemplative Man's Recreation.
The Fishing House, Beresford Dale
from Highway and Byways in Derbyshire, by J.B. Firth (1905)
A plate from Firth's 1905 Highway and Byways in Derbyshire, so lavishly annotated by Charles Vincent, displays the temple carefully restored after having been much neglected in previous times.
"Piscatoribus Sacrum," Walton and Cotton's Fishing House, Beresford Dale Postcard by unknown publisher, c.1920s-1930s
That Walton and Cotton's fishing retreat was still a well known landmark in the 1920s and 1930s is evidenced by this postcard, showing it within a couple of metres of the streambank in a particularly tranquil setting. Unfortunately it is on private land, and therefore only visible to the general public from the opposite bank close to where the path from Hartington reaches the river.
Beresford Dale
Postcard 0171 by G. Hill & Sons, c.1920s-1930s
Another postcard view from the same era shows a peaceful scene which is probably little changed from Walton and Cotton's time ...
Land the Trout, Engraving from The Compleat Angler by Izaak Walton and Charles Cotton (4th Edition, 1844)
... and I have little difficulty envisaging Charles Vincent and a friend casting a line or two on these waters, much as those good friends Cotton and Walton had done two and a half centuries before.
Fisherman at Dovedale, c.1850s-1860s
One half of a stereoview by unidentified photographer
Image © and courtesy of John Bradley
Further downstream through Wolfscote Dale the valley deepens considerably, and by the time one reaches Dovedale the vistas might better be described as spectacular than tranquil. Steep, thickly wooded hillsides are punctuated by bare prominences such as Dove Holes, Ilam Rock, Reynard's Cave, Lion Head Rock, Tissington Spires and Lover's Leap.
Fisherman at Dovedale, c.1850s-1860s
One half of a stereoview by Poulton & Son of London
Image © and courtesy of John Bradley
By early Victorian times, a steady stream of day trippers were visiting Dovedale (see previous Photo-Sleuth article, Donkey Rides at Dovedale), and serious anglers no doubt had to plan their excursions a little more carefully to avoid the throngs.
Fisherman heading home with his bag, Dovedale, c.1850s-1860s
One half of a stereoview by John Latham of Matlock Bath
Image © and courtesy of John Bradley
Click image for animated 3-d view
This stereoscopic view shows a fisherman crossing the Stepping Stones over the Dove, at the southern end of Dovedale. He is perhaps on his way home at the end of a pleasant day's outing.
The The Izaak Walton Hotel, Dovedale, c. 1856-1859
One half of a stereoview by Sedgefield (English Scenery No. 720)
Image © and courtesy of John Bradley
He may even have been heading back to the very popular Izaak Walton Hotel, situated close to the entrance to the Dale, shown here in another mid-century stereoview. The entrance on the right hand (eastern facade) of the building looked somewhat familiar ...
The Clarion Cycling Club Easter Meet, Izaak Walton Hotel, Dovedale, 1895
Image © and courtesy of the National Clarion Cycle Club
Wedding at the Isaac Walton Hotel, Dovedale
Image © and courtesy of the The Izaak Walton Hotel
... and a further search for images brought up several which show it in sufficient detail to be able to identify it as the ivy-clad building in front of which Charles Vincent and friends were standing in the photograph displayed at the head of this article. It seems very likely that they were about to spend a pleasant day on the River Dove. Which leaves us with a satisfactory outcome to the quest, and at a convenient point at which to conclude our own brief tour of some of Derbyshire's very pleasant trout fishing spots.
View Cromford Bridge & Dovedale in a larger map
Walton & Cotton's Derbyshire
Cover of Penguin edition of The Compleat Angler, 1939
Image courtesy of A Penguin a Week
Finally, to round off a rather lengthy post, I recently adopted this postcard showing the cover of the 1939 Penguin edition of The Compleat Angler, receiving it under separate cover, and then sending it back with an appropriate trout fishing stamp to postcard collector Emilie Staubs of Massachusetts. A fitting post script to this line of research, I think.