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Indonesian investigators yesterday began working to determine what caused a new Lion Air passenger jet to miss a runway while landing on the Indonesian island of Bali, crashing into the sea without causing any fatalities among the 108 on board.
The Indonesian National Transportation Safety Committee is examining the wreckage of the Boeing 737-800 that snapped in half before coming to a stop in shallow water near Bali's airport on Saturday, Indonesian Ministry of Transportation spokesman Bambang Ervan said.
He said aviation authorities had already removed the plane's flight data recorder and were planning to tow the aircraft to a beach. Divers were searching for the cockpit voice recorder in the tail. Experts are examining what could have caused the crash, including whether wind shear may have played a role.
All 101 passengers and seven crew members were safely evacuated from the budget carrier's flight, which came from Bandung, the capital of West Java Province. Some swam from the wreckage, while others were plucked from the water by rescuers in rubber boats. Dozens suffered injuries, but most had been released from local hospitals as of yesterday.
"I couldn't wait to land in Bali when the cabin suddenly turned dark. I heard a sound like an explosion and water was coming in," said Irawati, a 60-year-old woman who uses only one name, like many Indonesians.
"I heard people shouting frantically: 'The plane crashed! Get out! Get out!' I did not even have the energy to move my body," she said. "I was so weak and frightened, and I was asking a flight attendant for help before I passed out."
Irawati said from her hospital bed that when she regained consciousness, the pilot and co-pilot were putting a life jacket on her and helping her down a rubber ladder. She was then pulled onto a surfboard by rescuers. She suffered neck injuries.
Another survivor, Andi Prasetyo said there was no warning of any problem.
"The cabin crew had already announced that we would be landing shortly, and I was so excited when I saw the ocean getting closer, but suddenly ... it fell," he said. "I can't believe that the plane actually landed on the sea and everything changed to dark. It was full of horrific screaming. None of us remembered about the life jackets under our seats. Everybody rushed to get out of the plane."
Officials said there were three foreigners on board — two Singaporeans and a French national — all of whom suffered slight injuries.
Lion Air spokesman Edward Sirait said the plane crashed about 50m ahead of the runway. The weather was cloudy and rainy at the time of the incident.
He said the Boeing 737-800 Next Generation plane was received by the airline last month and was declared airworthy.
Given that the aircraft was new, Sydney-based aviation expert Tom Ballantyne said a technical or mechanical problem would be unlikely. He said it was fortunate that the plane landed flat in shallow water rather than nose-diving or hitting deep water, where it could have quickly been submerged.
"I'm surprised. The airplane split in two upon impact," Ballantyne said. "It was coming into land and hit the water very hard. It's a miracle nobody was killed."
It was unclear whether human error may have played a role in the accident, and Sirait said the pilot was experienced, having logged 10,000 flying hours.


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Bird-B-Gone, Inc. Launches New Website
Mission Viejo, CA (PRWEB) May 08, 2012
Bird-B-Gone, Inc. leading manufacturer of professional grade bird deterrents would like to announce the launch of their newly designed website.
Bird-B-Gone supplies the commercial, industrial and residential market with effective, humane bird deterrents manufactured in the USA. Beyond offering high quality products with industry leading guarantees, the company prides itself on the level of customer service, support and free training provided to customers.
The new, improved website will be a helpful resource to pest control and wildlife professionals or anyone looking to deter birds from their property. The site offers specific information for nearly every industry affected by pest birds.
"Ask an Expert" allow customers direct access to some of the top experts in the bird control industry. Bird-B-Gone's on-staff Ornithologist, Dr. Rob Fergus and others can be emailed directly for personalized answers to difficult bird problems.
The resource center provides technical data for architects and engineers such as CAD details, BIM objects and product specifications, along with information on common pest birds, diseases associated with birds, and why bird control is important. Here you will also find case studies and informative videos.
Bird-B-Gone is dedicated to providing customers with the latest advancements in the bird control industry. New technologies are combined with tried and true methods to develop the most effective bird deterrents available. Bird-B-Gone currently holds 15 patents and 24 patents pending.
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As the snow melts and the temperature ticks upward, this is a great time to get outside and start walking. This blog details five (5) excellent reasons to get out and enjoy regular walks this spring.
About Nursing Homes
A nursing home, convalescent home, skilled nursing facility (SNF), care home, rest home or intermediate care provides a type of residential care. It is a place of residence for people who require continual nursing care and have significant difficulty coping with the required activities of daily living. Nursing aides and skilled nurses are usually available 24 hours a day.
Residents include the elderly and younger adults with physical or mental disabilities. Residents in a skilled nursing facility may also receive physical, occupational, and other rehabilitative therapies following an accident or illness. Some nursing homes assist people with special needs, such as Alzheimer patients.
Residents may have specific legal rights depending on the nation the facility is in.
Before the Industrial Revolution, elderly care was largely in the hands of the family who would support elderly relatives who could no longer do so themselves. Charitable institutions and parish poor relief were other sources of care.
Nursing homes offer the most extensive care a person can get outside a hospital. Nursing homes offer help with custodial care—like bathing, getting dressed, and eating—as well as skilled care given by a registered nurse and includes medical monitoring and treatments. Skilled care also includes services provided by specially trained professionals, such as physical, occupational, and respiratory therapists
Features included
- 3 Chef-prepared meals daily and restaurant style dining
- Dynamic calendar of activities, outings and Watercrest Institute classes
- Salon and Spa Services on-site
- Coastal Living design complete with pool, verandas, and outdoor living spaces
- Spacious apartments with washer, dryer, and kitchenettes
- 24-hour licensed staffing and world class personal care
- Wellness programs
- Pet friendly environment
- A state-of-the-art wireless resident call system
- Medication management available
- Preventative health screenings
- High apartment ceilings and spa showers
- Transportation services seven days per week
- Housekeeping services
- Maintenance services
- Utilities and cable included
- Move-in coordination
- Respite stay accommodations
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As the snow melts and the temperature ticks upward, this is a great time to get outside and start walking. This blog details five (5) excellent reasons to get out and enjoy regular walks this spring.


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scds_pmf_start, scds_pmf_start_env - execute a program under PMF control
cc [flags…] –I /usr/cluster/include file –L /usr/cluster/lib –l dsdev#include <rgm/libdsdev.h>scha_err_t scds_pmf_start( scds_handle_t handle, scds_pmf_type_t program_type, int instance, const char *command, int child_monitor_level)scha_err_t scds_pmf_start_env(scds_handle_t handle, scds_pmf_type_t program_type, int instance, const char *command, int child_monitor_level, char ** env)
The scds_pmf_start() function executes a program, specified by command, under PMF control. This function is equivalent to the pmfadm(8) command with the –c option.
The command argument contains a command line and command line arguments that are passed to the function.
When you start a data service application, monitor, or other process (program type SCDS_PMF_TYPE_SVC, SCDS_PMF_TYPE_MON, or SCDS_PMF_TYPE_OTHER) under PMF with scds_pmf_start (), you choose the level of child processes to monitor by using the child_monitor_level argument. The child_monitor_level argument specifies that children up to and including level child_monitor_level is monitored. The original process is executed at level 0, its children at level 1, their children at level 2, and so on. Any new fork operation produces a new level of children. Specify -1 to monitor all levels of children.
For example, if the command to start is a daemon, the appropriate child_monitor_level is 0. If the command to start is a script that starts a daemon, the appropriate value for child_monitor_level is 1.
If the underlying application process is already running, scds_pmf_start () prints a syslog() error and returns SCHA_ERR_INTERNAL because the RGM guarantees that two calls to a START function on a node must have an intervening STOP function.
The following parameters are supported:
The handle returned from scds_initialize(3HA)
Type of program to execute. Valid types are:
Data service application
Fault monitor
For resources with multiple instances, this integer, starting at 0, uniquely identifies the instance. For single instance resources, use 0.
Command, including command line arguments, to execute under PMF control.
Specifies the level of child processes to be monitored (equivalent to the –C option to pmfadm). Use -1 to specify all levels of child processes.
Specifies an array of character pointers to environment strings, which are described in the execve(2) man page. When the program that the command parameter specifies is executed, this environment is passed to this program.
The scds_pmf_start() function returns the following:
The function succeeded.
The function failed.
The underlying application process is already running.
The function succeeded.
The function failed. See scha_calls(3HA) for a description of other error codes.
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Clinique have one of the worst counters out there for
a. Unhelpful staff
b. Er…unhelpful staff?
But they do have some excellent bonus time offers and a few gems, like their Blemish Gel.
The latest offer at Selfridges is worth a mention as it comes with a super snazzy little bag:
They say:
Your other Bonus Treats include:
· Rinse-Off Eye Makeup Solvent
· 7 Day Scrub Cream Rinse-off Formula
· Up- Lighting Liquid Illuminator in Natural
· High Impact Mascara in Black
· Full Potential Lips Plump and Shine in Sugar Plump
– A multi compact with mirror and brush containing Eyeshadow Duo in Beach Plum and Blushing Blush in Bashful Blush for on-the-go touch ups
Let's see – I want to try the illuminator and I'm sure the gloss will be good. I want the bag…everything else I will give away.
Clinique goods are far cheaper than your average counter and they also don't enforce the "one item must be skincare" rule.
I have my eye on a brush cleaner and a anti redness product, the total cost would be £24.50 – almost the same as one Nars eyeshadow duo so it is comparatively cheap. Just wish me luck and hope I will be able to find everything mysel and won't need to ask for help!
The offer is on with 2 purchases from 18 September to 27 September.


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LOS ANGELES— A woman suspected of making and appearing in child porn photos a decade ago was arrested hours after authorities released images of her taken from those shots, federal officials announced Friday.
Letha Mae Montemayor, 52, was taken into custody outside a San Fernando Valley apartment complex after authorities received several tips.
She could make a court appearance later Friday on charges of producing child pornography and conspiracy, officials said. Each charge carries a minimum 15-year prison sentence.
An unidentified man also seen in the photos was still being sought.
It was not immediately clear whether Montemayor had obtained a lawyer, and there was no public telephone listing for her.
Montemayor was arrested fewer than 10 hours after federal authorities announced that they were looking for a man and woman who appeared to be molesting a girl who looked to be about 13 in photos that were widely circulated online.
Forensic experts believe the shots were taken about 11 years ago in the San Fernando Valley. A phone book and calendar were seen in the shots, officials said.
The images were first discovered by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents in Chicago in 2007.
The woman in the photos had several distinctive tattoos, including a butterfly on her hip and a curled-up cat on her right shoulder.
"This arrest would not have happened without the public's help, and it demonstrates how much individual citizens can do to help law enforcement attack crime," ICE Director John Morton said in a statement.
The then-unknown adults in the photos were charged with conspiracy to produce child pornography and production of child pornography. The criminal complaint listed them as "John Doe" and "Jane Doe."
The arrest "brings us one step closer to vindicating the victim and helping to regain some dignity for all victims of child exploitation crimes," U.S. Attorney André Birotte said in the statement. "We still want the public's help in identifying John Doe and the victim in the disturbing series of images that continue to be circulated on the Internet."
The images released by authorities did not show the girl.
The search was announced Thursday in connection with an international investigation of child pornography dubbed "Operation Sunflower" that resulted in more than 200 arrests.
Morton said 123 child victims were identified during the five-week investigation, which ended in early December. ICE and other authorities found 110 victims in 19 states. Others were living in six countries.
The victims ranged from less than 1 year to 17 years old. Morton said 44 of the victims were living with people suspected of abusing them.
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Wolferine necesitaba un nuevo diseño de camiseta y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 122 diseños de 43 diseñadores freelance.
Unique colourful T-shirt design with a comtemporary abstract flair to grab public attention, can be worn by all ages, but favoured by children and teenagers. It should be easily identifiable as a T-shirt belonging to a orthodontic company, lending its basic design from the company logo, and using the basic colours of orange, dark blue, purple and light green. A design with a WOW factor will be a plus!
I have a company logo as seen from my website but I do not want to just use the company logo only. I really want to jazz up the sign a bit a make it more abstract, noticeable and colourful, something which people will want to wear it, but still identifiable as a unique T-shirt belonging to a orthodontic practice. I want a T-shirt design that children and teenagers will enjoy wearing as it make them feel like they are part of a big family. I want it to look fantastic so people would want to take a second look, or even ask where they can get them themselves. Thanks!
- Colourful with basic colours of orange, dark blue, purple and light green, as seen in the company logo
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Mug UK wrote:bernouilli wrote:On your screen shot there a part with Forum as title and FPGA as entry. The title should be FPGA based clones and it should contains the 4 subforums.
Ah yes, didn't spot that before. I will have to ask some advice on this, because if I change the format from 'forum' to 'category', things happen within the admin panel which I am not in control of.
I will do my best, if not ask around, to get this fixed without destroying the existing posts that I've just put into neat sub-forums!
This just to be like the other forums.
But you're right, in the case of fpga forum, there are messages in this forum that are not in a sub forum. One solution would be to move these messages in a new subforum. The right choice would be to dispatch them in one of the 3 subforums (mist, suska and others).


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EDIT: I added "humanitarism" to the title for a lack of a better word - for me it's clear that Jesus teaching was far more radical than even today's humanitarism (one of the consequences is that hardly anyone faithfully follows his teaching today and Christian clergy doesn't push it).
The New Testament was written no later than 2nd century AD. From my understanding, the world during that time was harsh/cruel/ruthless from today's perspective, but it was completely natural for people living at that time. Surely the Greeks and Romans had pretty advanced statehood, including democracy. But that didn't mean that present day values such as compassion, mercy, forgiveness, unconditional love etc. were values for anybody. Instead, they had slavery, eye for an eye, torture, stoning, gladiators, revenges, cult of money - basically a value system completely different from the Christian one. The Old Testament doesn't go nearly as far as the New Testament in that regard either.
Now, it is rather known fact that many people who call themselves Christians had done all those bad things and hadn't followed Christ's teaching for many centuries afterwards. But that's not the point.
The point is: has someone else from that era or others come up with ideas similar to those of the Christ? 8 blessings, "turn the other cheek", giving everything to the poor, "cast the first stone", "love your neighbour" etc. Aren't such ideas very revolutionary for that period? Is there a known case of someone promoting such values before Jesus or after him but with no prior knowledge of Christianity?


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My dad and I were Serveing Gongsun Zan and we took most of the north. Then Gongsun Zan dies in the year 206 (we started in the year 189) then Gongsun Xu takes over and makes us attack like crazy for the next 8 years. Then he became emperior in the year 214 then we finshed off Ma Teng to end the game at the year 217 how bout that? And Gongsun Xu's Empire was called Yan
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Save Money and Time by Creating a Wedding Website♫ Friday, April 15th, 2016
Many brides today see the option of creating a wedding website to save money and time on their weddings. While creating a website may sound expensive and time consuming, you can actually create a beautiful website for free or very inexpensive, there are many wedding websites available online where you have countless free and premium options to choose from to create an easy to make, drag and drop, wedding website that you can have 'live' in just a few hours.
Wedding websites can help you save money on your wedding quite easily. Let's look at the numerous ways you can save some extra money on your wedding day.
Save on postage With a wedding website, you can have guests RSVP to your wedding via the internet instead of by postal mail. It is a standard for brides to send a postage paid reply envelope with their invitations – by using your wedding website for guests to RSVP to your big day, you can save half the postage fees.
You can even email your guests your invitations to save a little extra on postage as well. There are many options available for your website, you can create a blanket invitation and just send your guests the link to their invitation, which will include where they can RSVP their attendance.
Save on long distance Most brides and grooms have family outside their local calling area. With a wedding website, you can keep in touch with family and friends and let them know what you need and how things are going via the website. While the website isn't a replacement for talking to your relatives, it can help save some costs on long distance charges for quick "can you help me to do this task" phone calls. As well, couples want to keep their friends and family informed about what's going on with the wedding plans. A wedding website can save you the task of talking to many people repeatedly about the same thing.
Save time on planning your wedding Wedding websites can also save you some of your valuable time as well. Planning a wedding can be quite time consuming, especially when you're looking for help for a variety of pre-wedding tasks.
You can save a bunch of time by updating all your friends and family at once with your wedding website. You can update your website once, email your friends and family and tell them there are new updates to your wedding plans. This way, you're saving some precious time by talking to everyone about the updates and plans for your big day. Your family and friends can keep track of all that's going on right at your wedding website and depending on how you set it up and what information you offer, can even offer their help and advice to you on your plans.
You can set up polls to help make decisions for your wedding that allows your friends and family to really feel a part of your wedding planning. You can also send out emails to your attendees and ask for help with a variety of tasks on the wedding day itself and in the pre-planning of the wedding. This can be especially helpful for finding out who can help with many of the tasks before and during the wedding. Your friends and family are willing to help you plan out the day and help with everything that needs to get done; and you can do this all on your wedding website.


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Commutateur de console Dell PowerEdge 180AS
Administrateurs recherchant une solution à 8 ports pour contrôler jusqu'à 64 serveurs sur une connexion unique.
Highlighted Features
The console switches come with a choice of two Server Interface Pods (SIPs) — PS/2 or USB — to fit a variety of server needs. A SIP replaces a bulky KVM (keyboard, video, mouse) cable by converting the keyboard, monitor and mouse signals from a server and driving them up to 15 meters (50 feet) through a single Category 5 (CAT 5) cable. The SIP cable draws its power from the server and has a Keep Alive functionality that is designed to keep the server working properly with or without connectivity to the unit.
The switches enable cross-platform management using the On-Screen Configuration and Activity Reporting (OSCAR®) interface. With the OSCAR interface, administrators can easily configure the switch system and select the different servers. Computers can be identified by unique name, electronic ID (EID) or port number, allowing users to assign unique server names.
An optional accessory to these units is the Dell Port Expansion Module (PEM), which is a passive device that can be mounted next to the railing of the rack. A PEM connects to one system port on the switch and then eight servers. With a PEM connected to each of the eight ports on the 180AS, the total system capacity of a 180AS expands to 64 total servers.
Other highlights include:
- Connectivity — features intelligent analog ports
- Flash upgradeable — designed for future hardware compatibility
- Flexibility — provides access and control of multiple servers from a single screen
- Integration — works with wireless KVM (local port extension) and KVM over IP (cascading/tiering)
- Scalability — grows with an expanding IT environment
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Category: Empty Bottle History
#EB25 Recap: Quintron + Miss Pussycat & Tortoise
On Saturday, 3/25 and Sunday, 3/26, we hosted the first three shows of #EB25 2017! Here's a recap for all our friends out there who are far away, couldn't make it, or were too drunk to remember.
Today in Empty Bottle History :: May/June Recap
With the impending arrival of the 25th Anniversary of The Empty Bottle (t-minus less than a year) we've been feeling all kinds of nostalgic. Earlier this month we had the two-night book release of The Empty Bottle Chicago: 21+ Years of Music/Friendly/Dancing complete with prolific headliners BLONDE REDHEAD and THE PONYS. To continue our celebratory streak, let's take a look back at some iconic shows from Bottle's past:
May 2nd, 1998-For just $7 you could see Modest Mouse touring their then-recent album The Lonesome Crowded West with support from Portland garage rock vets DEAD MOON and longtime Bottle friends JOAN OF ARC, a Kinsella brother project.
May 12th, 2010 -Just six years ago we housed the Louisiana experimental pop group GIVERS along with electronic project PAPER BEAR and Chicago natives ABBOTT SMILE for a mere $8.
May 26th, 2005 -Over a decade ago the badass female fronted alt-rock piece HEARTLESS BASTARDS (who recently played Thalia Hall) graced our stage with LOCKED SOUND and classic rock lovers BIG WHISKEY.
June 7th, 2009 – What cost $12 in 2009? A ticket to see psych pop heroes PORTUGAL. THE MAN, a year shy of going from indie to Atlantic. With Spanish-infused pop act APOSTLE OF HUSTLE and bi-coastal Chicago/Portland indie group YOURSELF AND THE AIR filling out the lineup, the bottle was anything but empty that night.
June 14th, 2009 – An important band now more than ever, indie electronica icons PASSION PIT synthed out to "Little Secrets" back in 2009 with support from indie pop outfits HARLEM SHAKES and frequent PASSION PIT opener CALE PARKS, best known for his contributions to Polyvinyl Records' band Aloha.
June 28th, 2003-From Brooklyn indie newcomers to "the most vital, current band in America," (Associated Press) TV ON THE RADIO co-headlined with English post-punk band THE FALL for a two-night Bottle appearance starting the 28th.
June 30th, 2000-Talk about a time warp. Split up into seven lovely parts for your internet browsing attention spans, THE WHITE STRIPES entire summer 2000 set is available for your nostalgia-craving pleasure. They hit The Bottle stage with STERLING and THE RACE.
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Hi WTC! It is great to learn I have company in the emotional commercial watching department. The Zillow one where the woman finds her deployed partner back in their new home is the one getting me these days. I'm not sure if I can blame it on any pathology though. Someone here found it quite amusing that I still can cry if my dad expresses displeasure with me.
Yes, still working after all these years. Started on an IBM 1401 back in the 60's.
Do you still develop software? I used to manage ERP project impementation all around the country for manufacturing companies.


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Focused on kids grades K-12
MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin officials are encouraging local organizations to try to get into a program that promotes healthy eating in K-12 schools.
Farm to School is a federally funded program that has the state partnering with AmeriCorps to help schools get local foods and reduce childhood obesity.
Officials say organizations including state agencies, universities and nonprofit groups are invited to apply. The deadline is April 26.
AmeriCorps says it got 23 applications last year and selected seven organizations.


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You've just come home from the doctor's office. You have a white prescription slip for an EpiPen and a newly diagnosed sesame allergy for your child.
Life is about to change, but rest assured, food allergies can be managed. It helps if you to adopt a cautious, not fearful, approach and develop a plan. Allergy management is a journey, but one most navigate quite successfully.
Experts in the allergy field advocate for a triple AAA rating when it comes to allergy management: Awareness, Avoidance, and Action (in the case of emergency). This three-pronged approach should give you some assurance and a good foundation to manage your sesame allergy. Your child's allergies may even include other seeds such as sunflower, mustard, flax, or even perilla or hempseed.
Awareness: Educating Others
Sesame and seed allergies are on the rise, but many still find them unusual. It's important that your family, friends, child's coaches and teachers all know about the sesame or other seed allergy. Most people who care about your child will want to help out, although they might forget from time-to-time and offer foods that he or she can't eat. That's to be expected.
The concept of "tell, show, do" is a good one for building awareness. You can tell people about the allergy, and even print out a brochure about sesame that's available from Health Canada. You can show them the auto-injector (and how it's used) and the MedicAlert bracelet, or print off information about sesame allergy.
Make sure you fill out all the necessary anaphylaxis emergency plan form with photo for your child. Provide an auto-injector, and meet with teachers to discuss allergies and your strategy.
Make it your goal to build support and create a safe circle around you. Be helpful: Do volunteer to bring sesame and seed alternative foods to group parties: such as the buns without sesame or bring eggplant dip instead of hummus dip which often uses ground sesame. This helps you continue to fit in, and assists those who may be nervous about feeding your child.
Avoidance: Get Alternatives
Not eating or otherwise ingesting sesame (or other seeds) is the key to staying safe and healthy. Making your own food in a sesame-free home is the first line of defense. Many foods can be made with seedless alternatives: you bake granola bars without seeds, make hummus with chickpeas, garlic and olive oil.
Learn to read labels. Every time. The labeling of sesame and other seeds is not required in the U.S., but you can still call a manufacturer if you suspect it might be in the ingredients. In Canada, sesame is one of the priority allergens and must be listed in store-bought food ingredients. Learn the alternate names for sesame (see below) and beware of generic items like "spices" or "vegetable oil" that can contain sesame seeds or their oils.
Try to stick to foods from countries with stricter labeling requirements. Since sesame is used extensively in baking and imported foods from Asia – where there are not strict allergen controls, you may want to avoid buying those items and make an alternative versions of them at home.
Read food allergy labels carefully every time. Ingredients do change. One popular spaghetti sauce recently began adding sesame oil after years of using another type.
Avoidance: Eating Out Safely
Eating at restaurants is tricky for anyone with allergies, child or adult. Those with sesame or mustard allergies, however, may want to avoid fast-food burger places because of the sesame buns, amount of mustard on the premises. With sesame, Asian or Indian restaurants are also not a good choice – and vegetarian restaurants often rely on seeds for protein.
Better choices are those that use less sesame as a mainstay, perhaps a good steak house (careful about marinades and seasoning) or Italian pasta.
Always let servers know about the allergy and ask them to check all ingredients with the cook.
Avoidance: Cross-Contamination
Because seeds are so tiny and portable, cross-contamination is a threat. In other words, the baked goods you buy could have seed residues from previous baking sheets, and the same goes with cooking from a relative's house.
Toasters may contain sesames from bagels and barbecue grills could have sesame residues from buns warmed there, or meat that's been marinaded. Talk to anyone who has prepared food to find out what kind of oils, and ingredients were used. Err on the side of caution.
Preparing for an Emergency
Everyone makes mistakes. Accidentally eating sesame seeds can happen – you buy 12-grain bread and don't check it carefully enough and your child reacts or it's your allergy and you forget and offhandedly nibble a cracker at a party.
It's important to be prepared. A physician will prescribe an auto-injector full of adrenaline and you should have it on you at all times.
Prepare for an emergency. Post emergency information on the fridge. Practice using an auto-injector (EpiPen or Twinject) before an emergency. There are trainers and starter kits available online.
Healthy Emotional Outlook
Many people feel stress over allergy. There is quite of bit of research showing allergy worry can have a profound impact on quality of life.
The mentally healthy stance is caution rather than fear, according to most allergy experts. Those who are fearful can't think clearly should an emergency arise, and living this way is just no fun at all.


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New York, NY; Irvine, CA (PRWEB) January 30, 2014
BlueCava (http://www.bluecava.com), a leading provider of cross-screen marketing solutions, today announced the closing of its second round of funding for $13 million. Top-tier institutional investors S3 Ventures, Performance Edge Partners and Zeitgeist Capital led the round to fuel sales and marketing growth for the company's innovative new Audience Association platform.
BlueCava is at the forefront of developing solutions that make cross-screen marketing simple, relevant, measurable and privacy-compliant. The market for the company's products is now being measured at $16.9 billion and sits squarely at the convergence of Big Data, mobile computing and programmatic buying. As smartphones and tablets have become more ingrained in the day-to-day lives of consumers, brands are increasingly expected to engage across multiple screens simultaneously. BlueCava unravels the complexity of large audience networks by identifying mobile devices and associating them with related devices, places, and areas of interest…all in real-time. With a newly-released platform that now scales to billions of transactions a day across more than 100 million cross-screen profiles, the company offers marketers unique capabilities in the areas of sequential targeting and frequency capping.
In the last twelve months, BlueCava has seen its revenues grow by more than 250%, with continued increases forecasted for 2014. During that time, the company has added more than a dozen high-end brands and adtech vendors to its partner base, providing the company with a strong baseline of recurring revenue and expansion opportunities. It has also expanded its team, adding David Tannenbaum as CTO, Phil Myers as Executive Chairman and privacy expert Alan Chapell to its Advisory Board.
"This new round of capital will enable us to grow our business at the pace of the market that is opening up before us," said Phil Myers, BlueCava's Executive Chairman. "The company's focus on creating a scalable platform that serves enterprise marketing services through an open approach serves all participants of the adtech value chain. Our pipelines are healthy, and demand from customers to make 'cross-screen first' has intensified. We're very pleased that our collective investors have created this additional round of funding to ensure we will have all the resources required to successfully build our business and create customer success."
The BlueCava investment is the second partnership for Myers (also a founder and general partner at Performance Edge) and S3 Ventures. The two firms worked collaboratively to develop StoredIQ, an Austin-based provider of Big Data software. The team then led a $10 million financing for StoredIQ in 2010 and built a strategy that saw the company triple in size through 2012. This growth led to a successful sale to IBM in 2013.
Founded in 2010, BlueCava maintains offices in New York City and Irvine, California. To learn more about its services and offerings, please visit its social media pages and http://www.bluecava.com.
BlueCava is on a mission to change the way digital advertising is delivered, measured, and optimized, acting as a catalyst for cross-screen enterprises of all proficiencies, with an emphasis on openness and sustainability. Its privacy-first Audience Association solution makes the connections between screens, consumers and households, enabling advertisers, publishers and adtech providers to recognize a single audience across all platforms, and discover new touch points as additional screens are utilized. With insight into which screens influence and convert, combined with meaningful audience data, participating marketers are armed with actionable metrics that improve user experience, increase conversion and maximize revenue. More information may be found at http://www.bluecava.com.


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Banks involved in the LIBOR process are looking for a "scientific" method of setting the interbank rate that will lower their risk, according to the top markets regulator in the U.K. They are trying to limit their liability even as London-based Barclays, hit with a record fine over its role in manipulating the London interbank offered rate (LIBOR), named a new chairman to replace the one felled by the scandal.
Bloomberg reported Friday that Martin Wheatley, managing director of the Financial Services Authority (FSA), said in the report that banks on the LIBOR panel want the rate to be set "on a very clean basis that takes their risk down." One method under consideration is a "trade reporting mechanism" that will calculate the rate based on actual data. Several proposals to revamp LIBOR were to be released later in the day.
At least a dozen banks are currently being investigated for their parts in the scandal, in which banks are alleged to have colluded to tilt the rate one way or another to favor transactions in which they were engaged.
Wheatley, who is to become the CEO of the Financial Conduct Authority next year when the FSA is divided into two separate agencies, is engaged in a review of the oversight and setting of LIBOR and will issue a report that is due to be presented by the end of September. He has already begun to meet with banks on the panel and will also be soliciting input from the financial industry.
The report is expected to become the basis for amendments to parliamentary legislation, according to Britain's chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne. Among the possibilities Wheatley has already addressed in a discussion paper are strengthening sanctions for manipulating the rate, introducing a code of conduct for banks involved in the process, and mandating that the process itself be overseen by a regulator instead of by the British Bankers' Association (BBA).
"This discussion paper demonstrates that we will give regulators the powers they need to prevent the manipulation of key benchmark rates in the future," said Mark Hoban in the report. Hoban, financial secretary to the Treasury, added, "The government is also working with its international partners to inform the international work in this area and work towards a globally consistent solution."
Wheatley said in the report that the banks "are very clearly apprehensive because of the record fine that was pinned on Barclays." He added, "They want as quickly as possible to have a LIBOR that works and doesn't expose them" to regulatory and legal risks. Barclays, which has already experienced the weight of those risks in losing its three top executives, named former Bank of England (BoE) executive director David Walker chairman. He will replace Marcus Agius on Nov. 1.
Walker, a senior advisor to Morgan Stanley who also oversaw a review of the banking industry for former Prime Minister Gordon Brown, said that his first job would be to replace former CEO Robert Diamond, who was compelled to step down after the bank's role in LIBOR manipulation became public.
Christopher Wheeler, a banking analyst at Mediobanca in London, said of Walker's new post, "He's very well-connected. But it feels you are going back a long way in your address book to find someone. He's had a great career. He's a bit of a veteran, and this is going to be a 24/7 job."
Wheeler added that Walker's appointment could tip the scales in favor of Antony Jenkins, Barclays's head of consumer banking, being named CEO. He added that Jenkins had a background as an insider with consumer banking experience that would act as a complement to Walker's investment banking career outside Barclays.


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Man Gets Skull Tattooed Over His Face [VIDEO]
The 27-year-old pictured here goes by "Mad Dog" Deon, which seems fitting considering he was crazy enough to get a skull tattooed over his entire face.
The father of multiple children recently appeared with his girlfriend on "The Jeremy Kyle Show," a U.K. talk show, in a segment entitled, "How could my boyfriend destroy his own face?"
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Dame Edna Everage is probably the most popular and gifted woman in the world today.
That is of course according to the fictitious character's official biography on her website.
With an illustrious career that began in 1955, the housewife from the Melbourne suburb of Moonee Ponds is getting ready to say goodbye to touring in Australia, ending her Eat, Pray, Laugh tour in Perth in February.
Asked by a reporter how she was "finding" Perth so far, Dame Edna joked that the quality of questions from the media had not changed since 1955.
"I got on a plane and sure enough it landed here and so I found Perth," she joked with reporters on Tuesday.
Satirist, artist and comedian Barry Humphries created the Dame, along with several other memorable alter egos including Sir Les Patterson and Sandy Stone, who also appear in the show.
However, Dame Edna told AAP she did not get along very well with Sir Les.
"I don't approve of him. But the public seem to like him and women like him to my amazement," she said.
"He has become a celebrity chef so members of the audience are invited to eat something he makes on stage.
"He is really Australia's answer to Nigella Lawson."
Asked if the food would be edible, Dame Edna replied: "We will see."
Dame Edna said wrapping up touring in Australia would be a bittersweet moment for her.
"I feel a little pang of nostalgia because I enjoy what I do so much and if I didn't enjoy it, you wouldn't," she said.
Just because she won't appear on stage anymore, doesn't mean the icon will disappear from the limelight.
Dame Edna said she wanted to try some more "serious acting" similar to her stint on Ally McBeal when she played Claire Otoms, a client of the show's law firm who later became a secretary there.
But the widow has ruled out remarrying and doesn't think she will become a religion in America as so many wanted.
"I didn't want that, I didn't want to be worshipped," she said with a smile.
The mother of three grown children said she would also focus more time on her charities including Friends of the Prostate.
"I pumped a fortune into the prostate," she said.
"I really made people aware of it."
Dame Edna said she promoted the charity by encouraging "nice ladies on street corners" to sell brooches in the shape of a prostate.
Not at any stage did Barry Humphries break from character, even after the official interview was over.
Like a true starlet, as this journalist left the room, Dame Edna's publicist was heard calling for make-up to touch up the Dame's face.
* Eat, Pray, Laugh final tour dates:
January 18-27 - Her Majesty's Theatre, Adelaide
February 1-8 - Crown Theatre, Perth


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Per 1/8 of pie: 246 calories, 8.2 g fat, 3.2 g saturated fat.
Saves, per 1/8 of pie: 107 calories, 12.6 g fat, 7.5 g saturated fat.
Preparation Time: 15 mins
Cooking Time: 20 mins
Yield: 8 x slices
Cream pies can be loaded with calories, fat and cholesterol. This Recipe Makeover is a lighter version thanks to Equal, reduced-fat milk and fat-free topping. The result is creamy flavor with less calories!
For comparison purposes, our nutritional analysis is based on 1/8 of pie serving. However, traditional pies are often cut into larger slices (such as 1/6 of pie), rendering even higher calories and fat.
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Forty and jobless, Acey Albert Tapp faces his mother's illness and his own personal inadequacies. He meets Webster McMunn, an aging private investigator. Attracted to the open-ended life of a sleuth, and anxious to give his mother a reason to be proud of her sole offspring, Acey hooks up with the PI, and is forced to take top billing when his boss is hospitalized. He is pulled into a double web of mystery: that of a shoeless man found dead in a Dumps...


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Three Glee in Canada
Cory Monteith came home to Vancouver last week for the Opening Ceremony. He went back to LA and couldn't stop talking about his amazing Olympic experience so when Glee gave them the weekend off, Mark Salling and Kevin McHale decided to fly up here too. They told Matthew Morrison (he spent time in Vancouver in the past and he wanted to visit again) so it was the three of them, Glee all over the city.
We went out for dinner on Friday night at Market by Jean-Georges at the Shangri-La Hotel. Mark, Matt, Kevin, a friend of mine, and me. They are very, very sweet. Especially Kevin. I love him. He's adorable. And smart. And funny. And cool. Matt is more guarded and wary, appreciative of the success, but not entirely comfortable about the attention. They were interrupted several times during our meal for photos and they obliged and were very, very kind about it, but you get the sense too that they are still adjusting to that line. It's happening so often. They are stopped everywhere.
Many of you have tweeted at me asking about Mark. He's nice. Really nice. Not brash at all. He is NOT Puck. Super chill, kinda shy, very polite, and he told me, about Audrina, and those rumours, he said "we hung out one night, that's it". He wasn't defensive about it either. Just laughed, like "as if", and moved on. Had the sense that he has a girlfriend.
Anyway, during dinner we watched Jon Montgomery win his gold medal. We also talked about how hard they have to train and these crazy diets they go on to get ripped for photo shoots etc. The pressure is just as intense in Hollywood for men. The sweet potato regimen sounds especially sadistic. So of course I'm thinking of trying it for the Oscars.
Kevin, Mark, and Matt hit up the hockey game Saturday and the Victory Ceremony and that night Ben Mulroney and I were having dinner at Joe Fortes with Michael Buble and when I told Michael the Glee people were in town he asked me to invite them. I texted Matt and he and Mark came over from Chill Winston and we finished eating and the celebrities decided they'd rather walk to Club Bud instead of cabbing. Club Bud was 5 blocks away. Imagine walking 5 blocks through Times Square on New Year's Eve with three people who are instantly recognisable, especially Buble. There are crowds that form around him if he stays in one spot too long. So we walked and security met us 2 blocks away and pushed us through the mob and into Club Bud and Matt and Mark cut a rug on the dance floor and stayed out late and left the next day.
Yes Matthew Morrison is hotter in person than he is on tv. His hair could rival Bradley Cooper's. They're ok for height. Not short, but not super tall. Maybe 5 ft 10. No douchey behaviour and no hook-ups, not that I saw anyway.
Here they are kitted out in their HBC gear after a trip to the gifting suite, flying back to LA wearing Canadian.
Will post more on Michael Buble later. Promise. Can't keep my eyes open to focus and it's a post that requires analysis.
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It is October and the fall season is officially here. With it comes pumpkin spice everything, cooler weather and here in New England we are fortunate to see some of nature's best. The changing of the leaves.
It's been 10 years since I have lived here in New England but there are many places I remember that are still the best of the best. Here is a list by state and of course, feel free to comment with your best tips.
According to current estimates, peak foliage will arrive in the northeast and northwest corners of the state around Columbus Day and extend to the lower Connecticut River Valley and shoreline through early November.
Kent Falls State Park Kent, CT
Buttonwood Farm Griswold, CT
Old Lighthouse Museum Stonington, CT
Mystic Seaport Mystic, CT
Clyde's Cider Mill Mystic, CT
Typically, northern Maine reaches peak conditions the last week of September into the first week of October. The rest of the state's progression of color will start occurring from north to south in mid-October. Coastal Maine typically reaches peak conditions mid-to-late October
Enjoy fall color all over Maine: go hiking and biking in Acadia National Park, canoe and listen to loons in the Rangeley Lakes region. And, for a spectacular view, take the elevator to the observatory high up on the Penobscot Narrows Bridge!
Sunday River Resort Bethel Region, ME
Damariscotta Pumkinfest & Regatta Damariscotta, ME
Camden Harbour Inn Camden, ME
Inn on Peaks Island 15 minute ferry ride on Casco Bay Lines
Whether you're into the foliage, fall treats, or outdoor activities, you'll always find something that tickles your fancy right here. The second week of Oct will start with the North Shore and finish with Southern Massachusetts through the month.
Mayflower Cranberries Plympton, MA
Mount Greylock Williamstown Region, MA
The Bridge of Flowers Shelburne Falls, MA
Whale Watching Boston, MA
The Herb Lyceum at Gilson's Groton, MA
Wequassett Resort Harwich, MA
Fall in New Hampshire is a foliage lover's dream come true. Whether you'd like to feel the crunch of crisp leaves under your feet or take off on a scenic drive through the White Mountains.
Mount Washington Cog Railway Mount Washington Valley, NH
Kancamagus Highway scenic drive along NH's Rt. 112 in Northern New Hampshire
Fall is an especially festive time of year in historic Rhode Island. With endless opportunities for fun packed into New England's smallest state, Rhode Island's size makes it possible to drive less and see more farms, seasonal attractions, and memorable events.
Coggeshall Farm Museum Bristol, RI
Beavertail State Park Jamestown, RI
Carolyn's Sakonnet Vineyard Little Compton, RI
With forests covering three-quarters of our state, and the highest percentage of vibrant maple trees in the country, Vermont explodes with colors once the leaves start to turn. Whether you are touring the state on a scenic byway or enjoying a crisp autumn hike outdoors, almost everywhere you look in Vermont during the fall months is alive with bursting reds, oranges and yellows.
The Great Vermont Corn Maze St. Johnsbury Region, VT
Vermont Icelandic Horse Farm Mad River Valley, VT
Hildene Manchester Village, VT
Twin Farms Barnard, VT
Stowe Mountain Lodge Stowe, VT
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£20 bet on Ivory Coast going through. Come on!
£20 bet on Ivory Coast going through. Come on!
President of RTDAS - Ryan ten Doeschate - The Freddie Flintoff of Associate Cricket
Member of DNAS, ESAS - Dirk Nannes, Edgar Schiferli. Dutchmen can bowl.
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Ahh... ****.
Am less than confident now.
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North Korea striker Tae-se Jong has promised to score in every game he plays at the World Cup and lead his country into the knockout stages.
"I will keep my promise of scoring one goal per game," said Jong, who scored both goals in his country's 2-2 draw with Greece in a recent warm-up game.
"In our group it will be Brazil and North Korea who will advance."
I lolled.
And Nani joins the staggering list of PL players ruled out of the World Cup through injury, according to SSN. Has there ever been a Cup where so many big name players have fallen to injury before the tournament?
Sir Alexander Chapman Ferguson = Greatest Ever Manager
"One from ten leaves zero." - Eric Williams, former T&T PM
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R.I.P Fardin Qayyumi
It slightly burns to see Gilberto still playing for Brazil. Should never have let him leave the Emirates. WAG.
Should probably not be in the Brazil side to be fair, probably better options like ones that can pass.
Haha, being a little harsh on Gilberto there I think. He was by no means cumbersome or lacking in ability with the ball at his feet. Granted he was not the best, but he was capapble of providing an attacking option. Scored lots of goals for Arsenal, some important ones too.
EDIT: Though I would concede that there are indeed probably better options at this stage of his career.
Better than Denilson at everything bar being useless.
Anyone want to take my bet in the avatar thread for this game?
-My beliefs summarized in words much more eloquent than I could come up with
How the Universe came from nothing
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Democratic Republic of the Congo
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Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia (noticing a pattern?)
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If you are a gamer, and you like to go mobile with your IOS, Blackberry, or Android phone, you'll want to take a look at Powerskin. It not only protects you device, but it makes the handheld gaming experience more exciting and longer lasting. Two gaming buttons, one on either end control the action.
It makes it more exciting because it shakes, rumbles, and vibrates to give extra stimulus while playing a game. It is also configured to give you a better grip while playing. You can also plug headphones or external speakers into its 3.5 mm jack. The unit has two volume control buttons and a power switch.
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It makes it longer lasting because it will extend the playing time with its powerful 2050 mAh battery that will charge your device. Playing time can last up to ten hours between charges. Charging is accomplished with a mini USB cable that can plug into a computer port, car charger, or an AC wall charger.
There are several Powerskin models. There is a model for iPhone and iPod touch. But when you use it with the iPod touch, you will have to shim it into the case because an iPod is not as long as an iPhone. I used a rubber band, and it worked just fine.
Powerskins are also available for select models of Android phones made by HTC, Motorola, Samsung, Blackberry, and the Nintendo 3DS.
Some models come with a kickstand. A series of 4 blue lights indicates the power level on most models, but not on the unit I received. You should charge it for 5 hours before using it the first time.
As a protective skin for your pocket pal, it does a good job and it's lightweight. But is will add a couple of inches to the length and a bit of girth. As a gaming enhancement tool, it is nonpareil.
The list price that came with my media kit was $99.99. But I have seen Powerskins for as low as $44, which seems more reasonable.


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Illiteracy Related Quotes
"I've been consistently struck by the amount of biblical illiteracy among Christians in churches. You can pick just a simple parable, a simple story of Jesus, that you think most Christians would know -- and although they may know about it, they will not really have any idea what it means."
"Ignorance and illiteracy are obviously not synonymous; even illiterate masses can cast their ballots with intelligence, once they are informed."
"Intentionally using the quotes of others without author attribution is plagiarism and contributes to illiteracy."
"For the first time ever we are capable of removing abject poverty, illiteracy and the diseases of poverty from the human condition. The current intensification of global economic integration has demonstrated that there is enough knowledge, technology and capital to bring development to all the people of the world."
"My mother said I must always be intolerant of ignorance but understanding of illiteracy. That some people, unable to go to school, were more educated and more intelligent than college professors."


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SARASOTA, Fla. -- Orioles pitching prospect Kevin Gausman struggled with his command in his first spring start Thursday against the Rays, but the right-hander was pleased with his secondary pitches – his changeup and slider.
Gausman walked the first two batters he faced, but he mixed his pitches well and didnt allow a run until Evan Longoria's RBI double on the final batter he faced with two outs in the third inning. Another run was charged to Gausman when Mike Belfiore gave up Luke Scott's two-run homer.
Gausman, who was routinely hitting 97 mph in his previous outing, sat at 91-92 Thursday and hit 96 once.
Here's what Gausman, the Orioles' No. 2 pitching prospect told reporters after his outing:
On his outing:
"I felt good. I was happy with my secondary stuff. My command of my fastball wasn't what's it's been this spring as of late, so I'm a little upset about that, but overall I think I kept the team in the game, so that's what you try and do."
Did nerves lead to his early wildness?
"It actually wasn't. I think I was more nervous the other times than today. I think part of it was that I got to start and got to go through my routine and I was little bit, more comfortable for me. I don't think it was nerves. That first batter, I threw some great pitches. All those pitches are low, and that's what you try to stay at the bottom half of the zone. I definitely wasn't as nervous as I was before."
On his fastball clocking at 91-92, lower than previous starts:
"I don't really know. Maybe part of it was getting into my routine of starting, but I felt good out there."
Whether he was disappointed he didn't complete third inning of work:
"Yeah, obviously I wanted to, but I understand the situation. I was fine with that."
Whether he was calm on the mound:
"I would like to think so. Obviously, I still get some adrenaline when I'm out there, but for my first start I was surprised how I felt calm through it."
Comparing his stuff from his last outing to this one:
"My secondary stuff was probably better today than it was last time. Actually, it was good last time, but the biggest thing was my fastball command. Last time I felt like I could throw the ball where I wanted to and today, I was kind of sporadic,. I didn't have that pinpoint what I usually have, what I try to have every day."
Most important thing he's learned in his first big league camp:
"Off [the field}, just kind of being good to the guys, being a good teammate. On the field, just kind of learning myself, learning what kind of pitcher I am, and I think the quicker you learn that, the more success you're going to have."
On facing another lineup made up of several major league hitters:
"I think that's what you're going to be facing when you're in the bigs, you know. You're not going to be facing any scrubs. It's definitely good, get those appearances against those guys, get those positive and negative feedback on, you know, your stuff and how it's going to work against certain guys and stuff like that."
On his first spring training:
"It's been awesome. Hammel, I saw him. I grew up a Rockies fan. I saw him pitch for two years there, and it was fun to see him there and now. It's just kind of cool to be around guys that in college last year I watched on MLB Network. It's pretty cool, yeah."


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- No flamewars. This includes but is not limited to: excessive fighting, trolling, insults, and flicking a lighter near a gas pump.
- Don't go too off-topic. If we're talking about Picpak Dog and you start talking about fighter jets, yeah I guess you could do that, but it makes you look stupid. So just don't.
I think that's all I really need to say. If you break the rules excessively, I might give you a little warning or I might hold your house for ransom, it depends how I'm feeling. So enjoy and have fun!


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George Benjamin undertook his first visit to Ojai last January, but in some ways, the trip must have seemed like a homecoming for the celebrated British composer, conductor, pianist and teacher. The freak storms that pounded the normally bucolic Southern Californian landscape throughout the length of his stay made Benjamin, who was in town in his capacity as the music director of this year's Ojai Music Festival, feel as if he'd never left wet and windy England behind.
More significantly, though, the journey to Ojai served as a spiritual homecoming for the 50-year-old composer, who has been closely associated with many key figures in the music festival's 63-year history. Olivier Messiaen, a composer whose work has been a staple at Ojai since 1969 and who visited the festival in 1985, was Benjamin's composition teacher. Benjamin had a close relationship with the Hungarian-Austrian composer György Ligeti, another oft-performed composer at Ojai. Pierre Boulez, one of Benjamin's most stalwart mentors, has served as the festival's music director seven times. Several other Ojai music directors in recent years — including the British composer and conductor Oliver Knussen, the French pianist Pierre-Laurent Aimard and the American conductor David Robertson — also share longstanding friendships with Benjamin.
"The festival has a strong tradition of building relationships between artists," said Tom Morris, the festival's artistic director. "Lineage is important."
Benjamin will pay homage to this musical pedigree during his stewardship of the 64th festival. The event, which runs June 10-13 at the town's outdoor Libbey Bowl, features such works as Vingt Regards sur l'Enfant Jésus and Oiseaux Exotiques by Messiaen, Ligeti's Chamber Concerto, Memoriale by Boulez and Knussen's Songs for Sue. The lineup also includes works by other composers with strong links to the festival, including Igor Stravinsky, Elliot Carter and Arnold Schoenberg.
Helmed by a different artist each year in recent times, the Ojai Festival naturally reflects the individual personalities of its music directors. Last year's event, curated by members of the hip, Chicago-based new music sextet eighth blackbird, veered into the terrain of performance art and focused mostly on 21st century American composers and performers. Benjamin's lineup, in contrast, displays a more historically informed, European sensibility.
"When I'm programming a festival, I need to present music that matters deeply to me while creating a mixture that will be enriching for audiences," said Benjamin. "Ojai has its own particular history so there's been a lot of give and take between us as we've worked on the lineup."
The maestro isn't solely interested in showing deference to Ojai's musical legacy. He is known as a composer who creates unique sonic landscapes by exploring unusual combinations of instruments and exploiting their capabilities in radical ways. Yet he's also keen to introduce audiences to less familiar artists and to unusual concert experiences. Benjamin's top priority was to enlist the services of Ensemble Modern, a Frankfurt, Germany-based new music group that he has developed a close relationship with over 20 years, both as a conductor and composer. Aside from having come to Los Angeles to record works by Frank Zappa on two previous occasions, the members of Ensemble Modern have never performed on the West Coast until now.
At Ojai, Ensemble Modern will play several concerts under Benjamin's baton. The programming includes works by Zappa, two of Benjamin's students — Saed Haddad and Steve Potter — and several of Benjamin's own compositions.
Like Dmitri Shostakovich, Benjamin's first job was improvising piano music to silent films. At this year's festival, the musician will provide an on-the-spot accompaniment to the 1932 horror movie "Vampyr."
Dapperly dressed in neutral-shaded slacks, jacket and shirt with soft, boyish features and a light speaking voice that makes him sound much younger than he is, Benjamin doesn't exude the craggy machismo and cultivated eccentricity that so often enshroud A-list conductors, composers and concert pianists. Backstage at Davies Symphony Hall during the San Francisco Symphony's two-week celebration of the artist's work in January, Benjamin greeted such post-concert well-wishers as composer John Adams with a shy smile, like a deferential schoolboy.
The musician's considerable standing clearly hasn't gone to his head, even though he's been a regular fixture on the podiums and playbills of some of the world's leading classical music institutions for three decades. Benjamin is in demand as a conductor and has led such high-profile orchestras as the London Sinfonietta, the Cleveland Symphony, the Concertgebouw orchestra and the Berlin Philharmonic.
"He is a gifted conductor," said the clarinetist and managing director of Ensemble Modern, Roland Diry. "He brings a musician's and composer's sensibility to his conducting, which makes the ensemble feel very free to follow his lead. He is also very demanding. The ensemble is always in great shape when he works with us."
Top-tier orchestras such as the L.A. Philharmonic and the New York Philharmonic have performed the composer's pieces.
"From the age of 20, George Benjamin had an individual voice," said Tom Service, classical music critic for the Guardian. "It has an enormous emotional power and is absolutely uncompromising in terms of its construction. It's not music in which you find simple answers and yet at the same time it is totally communicative."
Benjamin's 20th birthday was indeed a major turning point in his career. It was then, in 1980, that his orchestral piece "Ringed by the Flat Horizon" was played at the BBC Proms, making him the youngest living composer ever to have had music performed at the august annual summer concert series. But his skills developed much earlier. Born in London to parents who loved music but were not themselves musicians, Benjamin displayed an interest in the art form from a young age.
"When I was 3 years old, I remember asking my mom if I could have five more minutes to make up a song in my head before going to sleep," Benjamin said in a phone interview. His sister's Beatles records also influenced him, as did the Disney feature film "Fantasia," which he saw when he was 6 years old. The movie caused him to fall immediately in love with classical music. Soon after, he learned to play the recorder, took up the piano and began to compose.
The budding maestro met Messiaen through Peter Gellhorn, a German immigrant pianist who taught Benjamin piano and general musicianship. As the conductor of the BBC Singers, a choral ensemble that had performed some of Messiaen's works, Gellhorn knew the French composer. He wrote to him about Benjamin. In 1976, when Benjamin had just turned 16, Gellhorn accompanied his student to meet Messiaen in Paris. For two years thereafter, the young man traveled to the Paris Conservatoire every few weeks to take composition classes from Messiaen and study piano with the composer's wife, Yvonne Loriod.
"In my very first classes with Messiaen we analyzed Debussy's "Prélude à l'Après-Midi d'un Faune" note by note over six weeks. It was the most moving analysis of any work of art I've come anywhere near in my life," Benjamin said. The student apparently also made an impression on his teacher; in "Olivier Messiaen: Music and Color," a collection of conversations between Messiaen and the musicologist Claude Samuel, the composer called Benjamin his favorite student.
Returning to Ojai next week with promises of sunshine, Benjamin is looking forward to the festival. "Most of my closest friends and deepest inspirations have had something to do with Ojai over the years," Benjamin said. "It is obviously very special so I cleared out my diary to make sure I could come."
The Ojai festival is one of few public engagements in Benjamin's calendar for the foreseeable future. Wishing to devote more time to composing, a process that doesn't come easily to him, Benjamin is spending most of his time these days sequestered in the attic studio at the top of his London home working on a new full-length opera. Between September and next May there is only one date on his calendar. "With composing you have to be patient," said Benjamin. "It may be five days until I find the next good note."


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Palo Alto Networks® announces agreement to acquire Cyvera
April 2, 2014 – Palo Alto Networks® (NYSE: PANW), has announced a definitive agreement to acquire Cyvera, a privately held cybersecurity company located in Tel-Aviv, Israel. Under the terms of the agreement, Palo Alto Networks will acquire all of the outstanding capital stock of Cyvera for an aggregate purchase price of approximately $200 million (USD). The acquisition is expected to close during the second half of fiscal 2014, subject to customary closing conditions and regulatory reviews.
Named a cool vendor in security by Gartner in 2013 ("Cool Vendors in Security: Infrastructure Protection 2013")*, Cyvera, which has 55 employees, has developed a highly innovative offering that protects enterprises from cyber threats by using a unique approach to block unknown, zero-day attacks on the endpoint.
The addition of this unique capability to the Palo Alto Networks enterprise security platform will extend customers' ability to safely enable applications and protect users against known and unknown cyber threats on any device, across any network.
* "This event marks a key milestone in our strategic enterprise security vision. It extends our next-generation security platform with a very innovative approach to preventing attacks on the endpoint. It enables us to accelerate the delivery of the market's only highly integrated and automated enterprise security platform spanning network, endpoints, and the cloud. For customers, this translates into the most sophisticated and automated threat prevention for their entire organisation."
– Mark McLaughlin, President and CEO of Palo Alto Networks
* "Much like Palo Alto Networks set out to disrupt the network security market with its next-generation security platform, we founded Cyvera to revolutionise protection for the endpoint – one of the most vulnerable frontiers for cyber-attacks. We are pleased to join the Palo Alto Networks team and together help enterprise customers tackle the advanced threats they face today."
– Uri Alter and Netanel Davidi, co-founders and co-CEO's of Cyvera
Cyvera prevents attacks at the right time and place
Zero-day cyber-attacks represent one of the greatest threats to enterprises, governments, and service provider organisations that rely on a vast array of systems, applications, and devices to run their business. These cyber-attacks often exploit a vulnerability known only to the attacker. While there are literally tens of thousands of vulnerabilities an attacker can potentially target, there is a significantly smaller number of exploit techniques they may use to exploit that vulnerability.
While patching software can provide an element of protection, it does little to protect organisations against vulnerabilities that have not yet been discovered by the software manufacturer. Simply detecting the presence of malware is also insufficient since malicious activity may have already been initiated and evasion tactics employed to evade detection. In order to stop zero-day attacks in their tracks, it's critical to understand the exploit techniques attackers employ. Cyvera has developed a unique method of performing this real-time prevention against all core attack techniques at the endpoint during the exploitation phase, before the malware has a chance to run.
Advanced threats demand highly integrated, automated, and scalable platform approach
Today's sophisticated attacks increasingly rely on a combination of tactics and threat vectors to penetrate an organisation and require a new approach to security. Most organisations still rely on legacy point technologies that address only specific types of attacks, phases of an attack, certain devices, or certain network segments. Because of the singular nature of these technologies, they are ill-equipped to detect and prevent today's advanced cyber-attacks.
To address these challenges, Palo Alto Networks developed a new approach: one that begins with positive security controls to reduce the attack surface; blocks all known threats; rapidly detects unknown threats through analysis and correlation of abnormal behaviour; then automatically employs advanced exploit prevention mechanisms and policies back to the front line to ensure previously unknown threats are known to all and blocked. This approach is designed to prevent threats from penetrating an organisation and greatly reduce the need for costly human remediation.
Adding the unique Cyvera capabilities extends the Palo Alto Networks enterprise security platform to perform next-generation security functions across the network, endpoint, and the cloud.
To learn more about the Palo Alto Networks security platform:
· Visit our website
· Register for the Palo Alto Networks Ignite user conference, March 31 – April 2
Safe Harbour
This press release contains "forward-looking" statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act and Section 21E of the Exchange Act that are based on the beliefs and assumptions of Palo Alto Networks and on currently available information. Forward-looking statements include information concerning the expectations, beliefs, plans, intentions and strategies of Palo Alto Networks relating to its pending acquisition of Cyvera. Such forward-looking statements include statements regarding expected benefits to Palo Alto Networks, Cyvera and its respective customers; the impact of the pending acquisition on Palo Alto Networks' competitive position; and plans regarding Cyvera and Cyvera personnel. These statements reflect the current beliefs of Palo Alto Networks and are based on current information available to Palo Alto Networks as of the date hereof, and Palo Alto Networks does not assume any obligation to update the forward-looking statements to reflect events that occur or circumstances that exist after the date on which they were made. The ability of Palo Alto Networks to achieve these business objectives involves many risks and uncertainties that could cause actual outcomes and results to differ materially and adversely from those expressed in any forward-looking statements.
There are a significant number of factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from statements made in this presentation, including the failure to achieve expected synergies and efficiencies of operations between Palo Alto Networks and Cyvera; the ability of Palo Alto Networks and Cyvera to successfully integrate their respective market opportunities, technology, products, personnel and operations; the failure to timely develop and achieve market acceptance of combined products and services; the potential impact on the business of Cyvera as a result of the acquisition; the ability to coordinate strategy and resources between Palo Alto Networks and Cyvera; the ability of Palo Alto Networks and Cyvera to retain and motivate key employees of Cyvera; Palo Alto Networks' limited operating history and experience with integrating acquired companies; risks associated with Palo Alto Networks' rapid growth, particularly outside the United States; rapidly evolving technological developments in the market for network security products; and general market, political, economic and business conditions. Additional risks and uncertainties are included under the captions "Risk Factors" and "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations," in the company's quarterly report on Form 10-Q filed with the SEC on February 24, 2014, which is available on the company's website at investors.paloaltonetworks.com and on the SEC's website at www.sec.gov. Additional information will also be set forth in other filings that the company makes with the SEC from time to time. All forward-looking statements in this presentation are based on information available to the company as of the date hereof, and Palo Alto Networks does not assume any obligation to update the forward-looking statements provided to reflect events that occur or circumstances that exist after the date on which they were made or to update the reasons why actual results could differ materially from those anticipated in the forward-looking statements, even if new information becomes available in the future.


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2 Must-Have Bird Deterrents for the Agriculture IndustryTuesday, February 4th, 2014
Bird Deterrents
Throughout the world, regardless of the crop, farmers routinely lose parts of their harvest to birds. Without some effective bird control measures, birds will peck away at fruits and vegetables grown in concentrated areas simply because they provide a quick and easy meal. Food storage areas such as barns and granaries also attract birds, causing loss and damage. Here are two of today's most effective pest bird deterrents the pros recommend.
Solar Bird Chase Super Sonic
Ideal for farmers and growers, Solar Bird Chase Super Sonic devices broadcast bird predator and distress calls over wide fields. Birds hear the sounds and instinctively avoid the area. The highly versatile solar sonic bird deterrent can broadcast distress and predator calls for 22 species of birds. Unlike ultrasonic devices, which birds can't hear, the Solar Bird Chase Super Sonic is well within a bird's hearing range. The device is built of rugged weather resistant materials. It is powered by solar energy and has a built in sensor to turn the device off at night, conserving energy. The built-in speaker covers an acre.
Bird Netting
Perfect for keeping birds from your grapes and vines, Garden Bird Netting is a lightweight mesh used by many growers. The netting is quality made from a durable, UV-protected polypropylene. It's strong, lightweight, virtually invisible, and designed for temporary use. It's available in two roll sizes: 14′ x 100′ and 14′ x 200′ and can be easily cut to the needed size. You can also choose from three different "mesh" sizes–1/4″ mesh, 1/2″ mesh and 3/4″ mesh. To simplify installation, you should invest in some garden bird netting clips.
Bird Net 2000™ is a physical bird deterrent that blocks birds from accessing an area. This heavy duty polyethylene bird netting will block birds from entering your warehouse, barn, and other feed storage areas. It's made from a UV-stabilized mesh and comes in various stock sizes and custom cuts. Choose from three different mesh sizes, depending on the bird you want to exclude–2" mesh and 1-1/8" mesh for medium-to-large birds; and 3/4" mesh for smaller birds. Bird Net 2000 comes with a 10-year guarantee.
For installation information, visit our authorized installer page on our website to learn more about installers in your area.


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Latest Mental Health News
FRIDAY, Feb. 5 (HealthDay News) -- The makeup of your brain may influence your social standing, a new study suggests.
Researchers conducted PET scans of the brains of healthy volunteers and assessed their levels of social status and social support. The results suggest that social status and social support are associated with the density of dopamine D2/D3 receptors in an area of the brain called the striatum, which plays a major role in reward and motivation.
"We showed that low levels of dopamine receptors were associated with low social status and that high levels of dopamine receptors were associated with higher social status. The same type of association was seen with the volunteer's reports of social support they experience from their friends, family or significant other," Dr. Diana Martinez, of the New York State Psychiatric Institute, said in a news release.
People who achieve greater social status are more likely to find life rewarding and stimulating because they have more targets for dopamine to act upon within the striatum, Martinez explained. Dopamine is a chemical that transmits signals between brain cells.
The study was published in the Feb. 1 issue of Biological Psychiatry.
"These data shed interesting light into the drive to achieve social status, a basic social process," said journal editor Dr. John Krystal. "It would make sense that people who had higher levels of D2 receptors, i.e., were more highly motivated and engaged by social situations, would be high achievers and would have higher levels of social support."
The study also may help improve understanding about why certain people are more likely to abuse alcohol and drugs. Previous studies have suggested that lower levels of social status and social support contribute to the risk of substance abuse.
-- Robert Preidt
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Before Sylvan and Charlie even get together, you know they are fated to be together. What keeps the pages turning in this electric buildup?
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You see throughout the book how Charlie feels about Sylvan from the first time he lays eyes on her. You also see what he does for her throughout the story. What kept me turning pages was waiting to see how and if Sylvan would return those feelings and in what way. I wanted to find out exactly how things would turn out for the both of them. The suspense was subtle and the twists the story took were completely unexpected for me, it made me want to keep going to the end.
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The description by the author of the feelings Charlie realizes he has for Sylvan were extremely strong and the subtle flirting Sylvan threw Charlie's way made interesting interplay between the two. The feelings grew and I was actually surprised how quickly they became an item. I was quite eager to find out what would happen. I knew Boaty Glass would not give her up.
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