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NVIDIA today announced the APX 2500 processor, a low-power processor that it claims can output 10 hours of high-definition video on a mobile device. NVIDIA has been working with Microsoft to optimize the performance of Windows Mobile on the processor, and hopes to break into the smartphone processor market to compete with companies like Samsung and Texas Instruments, who currently dominate that space.
The processor is built around an ARM 11 core, running at speeds up to 750 MHz, and features a specially designed low-power GeForce video processor supporting OpenGL ES 2.0 and D3D Mobile. The processor can output video at resolutions of 720p (1280 x 720) and SXGA (1280 x 1024), and supports HDMI 1.2, LCD and CRT interfaces. It can even power dual displays. The 3-D capabilities of the device should also enable some fairly slick-looking 3-D user interfaces.
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Romeo Olea's unsolved murder is tragically typical of media killings in the Philippines. Before his death, the radio commentator had received anonymous threats over his reports on local government corruption.
• CPJ's 2012
Impunity Index
He was later shot and killed by motorcycle-riding assassins who fled the crime scene unidentified. Ten months later, police authorities who initially said Olea's murder was likely related to his journalism have failed to make any arrests or identify any suspects.
It is a pattern of impunity that has spanned successive Philippine administrations, including the two-year-old government of President Benigno Aquino. At least four journalists, including Olea, have been killed for their reporting on Aquino's watch. Despite executive vows to turn back the tide of media killings, none of the cases has been solved.
And that figure could be substantially higher: another six reporters have been gunned down under uncertain circumstances since Aquino was elected on a reformist ticket. CPJ continues to investigate whether any of the journalists' deaths were work-related.
The Aquino-era killings have come against the backdrop of the 2009 Maguindanao massacre, where 32 journalists and media workers were murdered with impunity in the single largest assault against the press ever recorded by CPJ. As with many media murders in the Philippines, the main suspects are politically powerful provincial officials.
Aquino vowed both before and after his election to achieve swift justice in the landmark case. Over two years later the case has bogged down in legal stalling tactics, seemingly aimed at breaking the prosecution's resolve and resources. The longer the trial drags on, prosecution attorneys involved in the case have said, the greater the chance the main suspects slip free on a technicality.
The persistent failure to achieve convictions in media murders ranks the Philippines third on CPJ's Impunity Index in 2012, the third year in a row it has placed among the top three countries.
The record of murder and injustice likely influenced Olea's wife, Raquel, when she asked her spouse to soften his radio commentaries after receiving anonymous threats. He refused to back down, however, and was later murdered for his journalistic integrity. Poignantly in retrospect, Olea's radio program was known as "Anything Goes."
In the immediate aftermath of his death, Aquino's office issued an official message deploring the journalist's "senseless killing." But with the assailants behind the crime still free and the Philippines ranking again among the most dangerous places in the world to be a journalist, there is a growing sense that Aquino could and should do more to break the cycle of impunity.
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Cholesterol is an important component of mammalian cell membranes. The ability of cells to deal with cholesterol has important implications for the treatment of heart disease and infection by certain pathogens. Impaired cholesterol trafficking plays a role in neurodegenerative diseases, such as Alzheimer's Disease and developmental defects. We are interested in the mechanisms and routes that cholesterol follows inside cells after its release from LDL particles. Our research focuses on the role of membrane tubules as a way to move cholesterol-rich membrane domains from one location to another in the cell.
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School is canceled and the kids think they're going to spend the day catching up on their cartoons. Break the news to them gently by pulling out a box already filled with fun and easy activities, games and crafts that appeal to their interests.
School is canceled and the kids think they're going to spend the day catching up on their cartoons. Here are some suggestions for getting the kids off the couch in a fun, family-friendly way.
1. Try new activities, games and crafts such as making edible Play-Doh (recipes can be found online), creating your own board game (model it after an existing game if that helps) or setting up an obstacle course (crawl to the table, hop on one foot then shoot a wadded up newspaper into a wastepaper basket - see who has the best time). Make the obstacle course more or less difficult depending on ages and available space.
2. You're never too old to pile on the layers and head outdoors with the kids to enjoy the snowfall. Depending on the type of snow that fell and how much, build a snowman, igloo, snow angels, snow turtles or any other shapes and sculptures. Prepare an arsenal of snowballs, you know, just in case. Print off a field guide of animal tracks off the Internet and recreate the tracks across your lawn. Trick your neighbor into thinking you have a wild bear, bobcat or even a dinosaur wandering through your neighborhood.
3. How long is your honey-do list? If it's more than a page, icy roads are the perfect excuse to stay indoors and check those items off. Closets need organizing? Check. Squeaky door need repairing? Done. You'll be surprised at how much you accomplish. Get the kids involved by having them do small, manageable and age-appropriate tasks. They may not be ready to clean out an entire closet themselves, but how about their pile of shoes? Ask them to try on each pair and organize them into ones they want to keep and ones they want to donate to a charity of their choice. Reward them when the job is done.
4. You have a kitchen cabinet filled with cookbooks each with dozens of pages marked with recipes you always wanted to try. The problem is, anything with a preparation time over 10 minutes and a cooking time over 30 minutes leaves you shuddering. Now is the time to try your hand cooking your favorite aunt's famous beef stew, a recipe that uses the term "simmer all day." Plus, the aroma of cooking will draw your own family to the dinner table for a good, hearty meal.
5. There's a reason your home has a fireplace, so start a fire, grab a blanket and your favorite book and get cozy. It's an obvious choice but possibly our favorite. You can't beat a classic way to spend the day: Keep the TV off by setting up board games on the floor.
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Expert Reviews
2014 Honda Odyssey
The Honda Odyssey is about function and making family life easier. It can carry a family of eight, or half a high-school soccer team, with all their coolers, balls, tents, shoes, whatever. It can tow a small trailer with a motorcycle or watercraft. Odyssey can carry 4×8 plywood flat on the floor, with 10-foot-long boards can be stacked on them, extending between the front seats when the convenient removable console is taken out. Best of all, it's loaded with conveniences designed to simplify life.
The Honda Odyssey was thoroughly redesigned and re-engineered for the 2011 model year, marking a new generation of one of America's favorite multi-purpose vehicles.
For 2014, Odyssey gets minor tweaks to trim that freshen its appearance. Noteworthy equipment updates include Bluetooth and Pandora as standard equipment and the industry's only built-in vacuum cleaner, which works better than any cordless vacuum we've used and better than most corded handhelds. And the 2014 Odyssey is safer yet, with more warning systems and driver assists, a benefit of its revised structure for 2014. It is the first van to earn an IIHS Top Safety Pick Plus, including a Good rating in the small overlap front crash test. (The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety is a lobbying organization for the auto-insurance industry.)
Though still called a minivan, there is nothing mini about the modern minivan. The Honda Odyssey, Toyota Sienna, Dodge Grand Caravan, Chrysler Town & Country, Nissan Quest, and Kia Sedona are big passenger vehicles, most stretching past 16 1/2 feet in overall length. If you need a true mini-van, you might consider the Mazda5.
For many uses, and especially for carrying people, a Honda Odyssey or one of its competitors makes more sense than a full-size sport-utility or crossover. A minivan often handles better and is generally more space and fuel-efficient. The Odyssey is less expensive than a luxury SUV, gets better fuel economy, and has more cargo room, with greater flexibility in how the space is configured. Unless you need all-wheel drive or you tow a big car or boat, the Odyssey should work. Odyssey's third-row seats set a new standard in legroom, with as much space as the front seats in a Cadillac Escalade or even the Odyssey itself.
The Honda 248-hp V6 engine and 6-speed automatic transmission lead the class in fuel economy without lagging in performance.
Comfort and poise are excellent, even with six large people on board. Six airbags including three-row side curtains are standard. Blind-spot and lane-departure warnings, the LaneWatch right-side camera view, and forward collision warning are optional.
Odyssey's main competition is the Toyota Sienna, which offers more choices with a four-cylinder engine, a sport model and available all-wheel drive; Sienna does not offer eight seats, however. Dodge Grand Caravan and Nissan Quest are the primary alternatives to the Honda and Toyota.
Model LineupHonda Odyssey LX ($28,825); EX ($32,125); EX-L ($35,625); EX-L rear entertainment ($37,225); EX-L navi ($37,625); Touring ($41,880); Touring Elite ($44,450)
Walk Around
The Honda Odyssey got longer and wider in its 2011 revision, resulting in good aerodynamics.
Odyssey's refreshed styling adds new premium elements for 2014. Highlights include new black-trimmed headlights, new fog lights, a more muscular-looking hood, a black-surround grille, new body-color side mirrors, more bright trim, revised rear styling, and LED taillights with clear lenses. Weight savings come from the use of aluminum for the hood, front fenders and front suspension lower control arms. The LX model features 17-inch steel wheels with premium covers, while EX and EX-L models utilize 17-inch premium aluminum alloy wheels. Touring and Touring Elite models feature 18-inch premium sport aluminum alloy wheels.
Odyssey is within a couple inches of its competitors in every measure. The grille and headlamps appear to be a cross between the Honda Insight and Civic, and Toyota Sienna. Odyssey's looks are somewhat daring by class standards, but boxy minivan architecture, function and mission all conspire to limit styling. Touring models have aero rocker panels and mirrors, and larger wheels.
One distinctive visual feature is the drop at the bottom of the window line, behind the sliding doors. They call it the lightning-bolt look, a bit of an exaggeration, but it does break up the monotony and improves the view from the third row.
The front and rear door handles are paired in a mild recess, almost reminiscent of a Rolls-Royce with rear-hinged rear doors. The sliding doors and hatch can be opened with the touch of a button.
The roofline looks something like a tent pulled taut over a stake, similar to that of the Acura MDX, or even the late Mercedes R-Class. Taillights use clear lens signals with amber bulbs for visual pop without the expense of LED lamps. A spoiler atop the hatch is standard, and the power tailgate (EX-L and above) has pinch protection. Roof rails are a dealer accessory.
It may look the same as a previous year but the 2014 Odyssey has a revised body structure underneath for improved crash and rollover protection. At this writing no van has tested better.
The Odyssey LX seats seven, and all other models seat eight. We found it roomier and more comfortable than any SUV including a long-wheelbase Cadillac Escalade. Only full-size vans (Sprinter, Transit, ProMaster, Express, etc.) offer more interior space, until you get to buses and motor homes.
With all three rows of seats up, the cargo area is 38.4 cubic feet, just 7 less than a big SUV. With the third-row folded it grows to 93 cubic feet, and with the second row down there's a breathtaking 148.5 cubic feet of cargo space. A 4×8-foot sheet of plywood will go flat on the floor, and 10-foot-long 2x4s will even fit, between the front seats when the center console is removed. The floors are lower than they are on SUVs, so loading is easy. The Lazy Susan-like cargo area under the second-row floor carries a space-saver spare tire. With the third-row seats in place, a well contains groceries instead of allowing them to roll all over the place as they do in most SUVs.
High-quality cloth upholstery is used in the LX and EX, leather in the other three models, with carpeting and soft-touch panels above the muddy foot zone. The LX doesn't feel cheap like a commercial vehicle, while the Touring model is as luxurious as a nice Accord. The Odyssey is full of useful bins and good ideas. If you've never owned a van, the Odyssey makes you wonder how you managed without one.
The dashboard, center stack and controls are conventional, and the styling is conservative. Some others' wood-grain trims and leathers may be fancier, but no more functional and no better assembled. Indeed our only gripe was wishing the shift-lever had an indicator light in it rather than just the in-instrument display.
The primary gauges are easy to see through the steering wheel, which can be tilted and telescoped. Any of four displays at top center is shaded by a hood, and we could see them even wearing polarized sunglasses. Center vents frame the climate controls, including a sync button to match all the zones. Below those another screen for audio functions, with the audio/navigation controller at bottom: There are times you're not sure which screen your input will show up on, with some audio functions appearing on the audio screen and some on the upper (navigation/camera) screen.
The rear climate controls are above the right sliding door, where only a kid could spill a milkshake on them. There are eight overhead vents for the back two rows and on some models window shades fore the second, or second and third, rows.
A power driver's seat is standard. Adjustable pedals are unavailable. Some drivers will find their right leg resting against the center tunnel which is not padded.
The Odyssey chassis uses active noise cancellation and active engine mounts to minimize unwanted noise. A laminated windshield reduces wind noise in the Touring. In the middle row, any noise comes from the sliding door, and in the third row it comes from the rear tires. We found it is easy to carry on a normal conversation at freeway speeds.
The view out the windshield from the rear seats is very good, with tidy pillars and front headrests. Of course, if the passengers are watching a movie using the available entertainment system, the drop-down screen takes away visibility, but that's how it goes, it's worth it. Having six passengers in back will be more of an issue, because the center shoulder belts anchor in the roof on opposite sides. Upper models have parking sensors, multi-view rear camera and blind-spot warning, but in the rearview mirror, the driver can see through the right rear anyhow, unlike some SUVs with thick pillars.
There's a generous 40.9 inches of legroom in the second row with the seats lid rearward, with enough room behind that for your 6-foot, 3-inch correspondent. The seats can be moved apart so that three child seats will fit, or you can have two child seats and still be able to move the third section for back-row access. The middle section slides forward for an easier reach for front-row occupants, or creates a large center armrest, and all can be removed for cargo. One lever will fold, tilt, slide or remove the seats. We love it all.
Third-row seats set a new standard in legroom, with as much space as the front seats in a Cadillac Escalade: a cited 42.4 inches. It's three-wide for kids and two for adults, with good headrests. Like the second seat, the split-folding third-row seat can be folded into the floor with one tug. It's like magic, and it works great.
If gadgets and details make the minivan, the Odyssey does not disappoint. Besides that removable center console, you can get a four-pack coolbox under the dash, grocery bag hooks, more than a dozen beverage holders, four coat hooks, a purse (or trash bag) holder, and bins, cubbies and reading lights throughout. Indeed, the Odyssey is a great vehicle for six adults out on the town.
The ultimate gadget for many will be the Odyssey Touring Elite's built-in vacuum cleaner. Neatly stowed in the left rear cargo area wall (where lesser models secure the second-row middle seat not in use), the Shop-Vac built HondaVAC unit runs for 8 minutes on battery, indefinitely with the engine running, and can reach anywhere in the van. A leading consumer publication that knows about vacuum cleaners approved, and we tried dirt, Goldfish, gummy bears and M&Ms without issue; we'd still clean the feet before tracking in beach sand. The vacuum looks and feels like a high-quality unit, with a long, high-quality hose and carpet and crevice tools. Pulling it out and re-stowing it is delightfully quick and easy.
On Odysseys with leather, you can get DVD rear-seat entertainment. On the Touring Elite it's a 16-inch HDMI widescreen that shows side-by-side images or one panorama, using 650 watts driving 12 speakers in 5.1 surround sound. If someone ever asks, "Are we there yet?" you won't hear them.
Driving Impressions
It's easy to see why the Honda Odyssey is called a benchmark. When it comes to road manners, it's the most refined of its kind. When it grew in 2011, it also got tighter.
The 3.5-liter V6 is smooth, quiet, and efficient. It has active cylinder management that runs on 3, 4 or 6 cylinders as needed, improving fuel efficiency. All versions now use a 6-speed automatic so EPA ratings are 19/28 miles per gallon across the line; over thousands of very hard miles our unit had averaged more than 19 mpg, our personal experience was 17 mpg in town and 28 mpg cruising at 65-75 mph. Odyssey's EPA ratings better the six-cylinder Toyota Sienna, Nissan Quest, and Chrysler Town & Country, none of them better than 19/25 mpg. The Odyssey's V6 has higher EPA ratings than the four-cylinder Sienna.
Odyssey comes with an excellent 6-speed automatic transmission. It shifts quickly and smoothly as needed. The transmission lacks a sport mode, but we don't think it's needed. If using lower gears in snow or ice we recommend selecting them from a standstill.
Vans generally handle better than people expect. They are often more stable than SUVs because their center of gravity is lower. Among minivans, the Odyssey is one of the best combinations of benign, predictable handling and smooth ride quality. Fully loaded an Odyssey splits the weight almost perfectly among all wheels so the handling behavior doesn't change significantly.
The steering is light on center, and weights up with cornering effort. It's direct without being overly quick, gives good feel for the front tires, and pulls a U-turn in 36.7 feet, very good for a big box. We found the Odyssey corners like a heavy, front-wheel-drive sedan: stable, predictable and secure. The electronic stability control is not invasive; on the one occasion we managed to reach the limit it gently and quietly put things back on the ideal course.
The Odyssey rides like a big sedan, too, admirably soaking up bumps. The Toyota Sienna is stiffer but compared to the Odyssey feels rubbery, leaving the driver slightly less connected and passengers rolling more. Among the vans, the Sienna Sport is the one we'd put closest to a driver's car.
The brakes also have good feel, unfazed by our downhill charges. No van is tuned for sports-car handling, but that didn't stop us from trying sports car roads and parking-lot autocross courses. That tells you something about how it would behave in an emergency maneuver.
The Odyssey doesn't offer all-wheel drive, so it's not a van for places with lots of snow. The Toyota Sienna is available with AWD.
The Honda Odyssey seats plenty of people, has a vast cargo capacity, excellent room, and is chock full of storage places and good ideas for convenience. Its crash ratings are the best for any minivan. The Honda V6 is smooth and efficient, with excellent fuel economy. The handling and ride are sweet. The Odyssey can be equipped for full-tilt style and fun, with a rear-seat entertainment system. For most people, the Honda Odyssey is a better vehicle than a crossover SUV.
G.R. Whale and Sam Moses contributed to this NewCarTestDrive.com report.


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Sunday, July 19, 2009
Off-Topic: Back!
I am exhausted.
My feet are in a constant state of ache.
My back is killing me in all places.
I am covered in bug bites.
I am convinced there are ticks on me that I haven't found yet.
One arm and one leg are stinging from sunburn.
I am running on an average of 4 hours of sleep each of the past 5 nights.
I have been running around non-stop.
I was driven to my first ever cup of coffee around 2am Saturday, and had 2 cups.
I was surrounded by 80 hyper girls for the past 5 days.
I don't want to SEE another dome tent for at least 3 months, after erecting and later dismantling about 60 of them.
I am completely shocked at the number of kids who can't keep track of their own water bottle.
Being able to shower without having to wear flipflops is a novelty.
Knowing that I don't have to get up until 7:30am tomorrow feels like "sleeping in."
I have been prone to manic giggle-fits the past few days at the simplest things, like a napkin flipping into the air from a puff of wind.
I am falling asleep at my desk as I type.
...and I am feeling so incredibly fulfilled. In spite of the chaos that became of the weather, schedule, and lack of staff, the camp was incredibly successful, the kids had a blast, and I agreed to do it again next year... this time for a full week.
EDIT: in spite of my exhaustion, we got I Love the Smell of Saronite in the Morning and Three Lights in the Darkness during the raid tonight, hehe. Whoot.
4 comments:
- Aertimus said...
Well... They SAY if you dry really well between your toes you won't get wired fungi, and then you don't have to wear flip-flops...
Glad you had so much fun!!!
- July 19, 2009 at 8:33 PM
- Kae said...
The floors were disgusting, regardless. The shower room floor was marred with tracked-in mud and grass and... whatever else 8-yr-olds may drop there! ;) One of the kids did get a weird foot fungus (her entire foot was a wrinkled prune for a few days), so I prefer not to take my chances.
- July 19, 2009 at 9:34 PM
It sounds like you had a blast!
And Grats on your new kills!!! =)
- July 20, 2009 at 10:40 AM
- Kae said...
It was a blast :) I am still exhausted, but it was a very rewarding experience, and the girls begged us to do it again next year. I'm already formulating plans and activities for next summer... and trying to think of ways to get around having to set up all of those dome tents all over again ;)
Biggest change for next summer: we'll need more staff >.> I like being able to sleep!
- July 20, 2009 at 5:54 PM


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By CHARLES J. LEWIS
Connecticut congressman Jim Himes today challenged Texas Gov. Rick Perry about his contention that teachers with concealed gun permits should be allowed to carry weapons in schools.
Using blunt, evocative language, the Democratic congressman, whose House district is near Newtown, Conn., where 20 students and six educators were murdered last Friday, told a Capitol Hill news conference that "there are no good arguments against doing something'' to toughen gun control laws.
He ridiculed Perry's contention that teachers with permits to carry concealed weapons should be allowed to do so in schools, calling it a "pernicious argument'' in a nation already "awash in guns.''
Himes, citing a study by the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence, said a gun in the home is "22 times more likely to be used in a suicide or a murder than it is to be used in self-defense.'' A study by the Rand Corporation of trained law officers in an exchange of gunfire found that those officers "hit their intended target less than two out of 10 times,'' Himes said.
"So the notion that more Americans . . .in the words of Gov. Perry, 'packing heat,' will make us safer is not founded in reality, facts, or history; it is founded in the fantasy of testosterone-laden individuals who have blood on their hands for articulating that idea.''
Perry, addressing a North Texas Tea Party meeting earlier this week, said local school boards should decide whether to allow teachers with concealed weapons permits to carry weapons in school.
"One of the things that I hope we don't want to see from the federal government is a knee-jerk reaction from Washington, D.C., when there is an event that occurs, that they can come in and think they know the answer," Perry said.
Perry's statement triggered a response from Gilberto Hinojosa, chair of the Texas Democratic Party, who said the governor's comments were "ridiculous and offensive.''
"It is 2012, and we have a governor who thinks the answer to our societal problems is a Wild West shoot out,'' Hinojosa said.
Here's Hinojosa's complete statement:
"Gov. Perry recently said,'(if) you are a concealed-handgun-license-carrying individual, you should be able to carry your handgun anywhere in this state.'
"To call Rick Perry's recent statement ridiculous and offensive would be an understatement. As Chairman of the Texas Democratic Party, and as a father, I could not be more revolted by his harmful suggestion. Perry thinks that the answer to horrific violence is to have more guns in schools, and at soccer games, and frat parties, and large scale public events where alcohol and emotion already lead to too many fist fights.
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The Komen foundation and its awareness campaign has come to symbolize our nation's high profile effort to eradicate breast cancer, yet many critics are wondering if Komen has careened off course. In the last few months, numerous breast cancer advocates have used Social Media tools like Twitter, blogs and Facebook to voice their concerns. Many breast cancer advocates feel that while Komen has done an amazing job of single-handedly raising awareness about breast cancer, along with money for research grants and free mammography screenings for low-income women, Komen's focus has changed. They have "sold out" for money. Breast cancer bloggers and their readers have said enough with the pink ribbon "awareness" campaigns and are using Social Media to challenge Komen to focus more on "the cure." Some advocates believe this recent Social Media storm is responsible for Komen's changing it's traditional October Breast Cancer Awareness Month to Breast Cancer Action Month. Even though Komen critics want more than a name change, the breast cancer community is an example of how Social Media can effect social change. <PREVIEWEND>
Since Komen became the big dog on the pink block, its become almost un-American to criticize them. Many, however, believe the change in Komen's campaign focus has them on the defensive, but what kind of "Breast Cancer Action" will Komen take? Will they continue to partner with unhealthy products like Kentucky Fried Chicken and M&Ms to raise funds? Will they still spend nonprofit dollars to sue local volunteer organizations that use Komen's trademarked "For the Cure®" in hometown fundraising efforts even though the proceeds, often in the six figures, go to Komen? Not exactly the thank you note America's philanthropic patrons expect from their favorite charity. From their critics' perspective, Komen's newly announced October strategy may simply be a new name for an old blueprint that has breast cancer bloggers and survivors seeing "red" not "pink."
Even though I was one of the few breast cancer bloggers who had yet to write about the Komen controversy, I've read and posted comments about this Social Media outrage on other blogs. Last month, when I was on the Women's Health panel at TheNewFront conference in NYC, Ashton Kutcher spoke to the general assembly and asked if those of us "with brands were mobilizing community to our brands advantage?" "In order to do that, he said, "Social Media has to be disruptive." A few days later, I tossed his statements out on Twitter along with "WE are Social Media and BREAST CANCER is our brand." The response to my Tweet was overwhelming. I continued to think about Kutcher's statement and on June 11th, contacted Liz Szabo, medical reporter for USAToday, who I met on Twitter, to see if she had any interest in doing a story about the swelling Komen anger in the breast cancer community. I also gave her links to all the bloggers, and their posts, who'd already spoken out against Komen. Not only did Ms. Szabo write a full page article, "Komen's Pink Ribbons Raise Lots of Green, Many Questions," in the July 18th USAToday, but it has attracted the support from other members of the press as well. The Gannett Blog said Szabo's story "was hard-edged, newsy and nearly certain to capture a wider audience, given the emotional topic it took on."
One of the breast cancer bloggers' objectives has been to inform the public about how Komen, and other organizations that claim to be affiliated with Komen or are raising funds for Komen, actually raise money and exactly where that money goes. Called "pink washing," the glut of products that display pink breast cancer awareness ribbons are designed to tug at our heart and purse strings while marketers do the "green" walk all the way to the bank. In other words how much, if anything, from the sale of pink ribbon keychains and coffee mugs actually reach Komen? As longtime breast cancer activist Barbara Brenner said in her recent blog, "If walking or shopping cured breast cancer, it would surely be cured by now." Well listen up all you pink shoppers! Komen is selling a new product.
Komen's founder, Nancy Brinker, recently appeared on the Home Shopping Network selling a new perfume, Promise Me,™ "the scent of compassion and courage." The original "promise" was to Nancy's dying sister, Susan G. Komen, that Nancy would find a cure for breast cancer. The aroma of Promise Me™ , however, has once again tipped the anger scales of breast cancer advocates on several levels. Most women undergoing chemotherapy become nauseated by familiar smells like fragrance and food. Many, like me, can no longer tolerate fragrance when treatment is over. As a result, breast cancer survivors find Komen's new scent to be insensitive, not to mention there is evidence the ingredients in fragrances may be carcinogenic. In addition, one blogger claims that only $1.51 from the $59 bottle of perfume goes toward breast cancer research. Promise Me™ is just one more product in a long line of "pinklash" products that has critics wondering where is the promise? Where is the cure?
A well-respected and credible source, who asked to remain anonymous, told me that "some oncologists say it's impossible for them to critique Komen publicly for fear of losing funding or getting shut out of conversations and meetings." It's alarming when the biggest breast cancer advocate is the unspoken and problematic elephant in oncologists' research labs and patient clinics. While many researchers and organizations are afraid to confront Komen, for fear of losing their meal ticket, those who've had breast cancer are not afraid of speaking up because their lives and the lives of friends and family depend on it. In fact, many breast cancer survivors and family members who've lost loved ones are wondering about Komen's top heavy financial statements.
Komen's 2009 IRS tax return, which is available online at GuideStar, shows that Komen took in $172 Million in revenue and spent $75 Million or 44% on grants to cancer research and "other organizations" while the other 56% went mostly to consultants, advertising, office expenses, salaries and other items. They spent $712,169 alone in bank fees. In addition, its 16 highest-paid executives all received six-figure salaries, including former CEO, Hala Moddelmog, who was paid $468,255. If 44% were spent on cancer research, many Komen critics would stay mum, but because it's lumped together with "other organizations," it's nearly impossible to determine just how much goes toward the cure. The National Breast Cancer Coalition states on their website, "It's time to peel back the pink to see what's really happening in breast cancer research, treatment, prevention and cure."
A former director of a local Komen affiliate told me that most of the proceeds from local Komen affiliate walks and runs For the Cure® go straight to Komen national, leaving many local affiliates badly in need of operating capital. While I don't know if that is true, many women owe their lives to Komen's awareness campaigns as well as to local affiliate grants. According to Kathy LaTour, CureToday Magazine Blog, "The 127 races that are held by Komen affiliates around the world raise a lot of money-yes. And 75 percent of those funds stay in the community where they were raised to be used on all kinds of breast cancer related needs." Clearly breaking down Komen's numbers is an overwhelming task better suited to a sophisticated and impartial CPA.
I believe as women, we're doing our part: We're aware; we're doing self breast exams and getting mammograms, but as The Cancer Culture Chronicles' Anna Rachnel posted on another blog, "where is the cure?" Many breast cancer advocates are also asking where are the treatment lifelines for those with metastatic breast cancer? The Komen website's home page says, "WEAR PINK. HAVE FUN," but lots of women who have or have had breast cancer don't find the "fun" in Komen's approach.
It remains to be seen whether Komen's shift from Breast Cancer Awareness to Breast Cancer Action month will result in significant changes needed to appease Komen's challengers. The power of Social Media may have at least forced Komen to respond in a way individual breast cancer bloggers couldn't have achieved on their own. Bloggers have, as Ashton Kutcher suggested, used Social Media to be disruptive, but have they gone far enough? Ashton, you're the Social Media branding wizard. Can you suggest a next step between Komen and the vocal Social Media breast cancer community? Perhaps a mediation is in order.
If you want to know more about Komen and their critics, please visit the following links. Forgive me if I have left out a valuable conversation from this list.
•Barbara Brenner
•Cancer Culture Chronicles
•Gary Schwitzer's HealthNewsReview Blog
•Gayle Sulik
•Nancy's Point
•Komen Watch
•The Accidental Amazon
•The National Breast Cancer Coalition
•Uneasy Pink
•Women with Cancer
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You have sunken to a new low for airlines management, training of staff, and handling daily operations. The first class flight I took from SFO to ORD was fine, but the ORD-CMH was a disaster that was avoidable. You let passengers be treated like ducks as you kept changing the gates as ACT kept changing the gates when your flight hadn't arrive to keep us around the flight. This is unacceptable, just simply tell us when the aircraft has ACT clearance to land and they have a gate at hand, then every 15 minutes as gates change when the change simply makes angry ground crew or passengers. It is also not acceptable by not telling us that the flight was not mere 15 minute delay but more like 2 hours delay which would mean you had to cancel or let us find alternative flights. The 15 minutes changes allowed you to hide your devious plan of keeping us at the gate when other flights left on time while your inbound aircraft couldn't arrive on time. When we boarded the aircraft, we were left on the airplane for over one hour as the crew jovial talked about their nonsense daily activities, schedule, and nothing airplane related. When a first class passenger in front of me said what is going on guys. The crew looked puzzled and said "what do we tell them." 5 minutes later, "I think they are still working on paperwork." Then after 1 hour of paperwork, the flight was cancelled due to pilot time out of schedule. You didn't provide a relief pilot knowing that his time was up. In addition, to make matters worst, you informed that airport staff to not provide hotels because it was weather related. No it was not weather related because the crew could have taken off later but still taken off. The fact that weather was fine and you couldn't take off is not weather related. An operator agent agreed with me as this was not the way to handle the situation and he was tired of hearing passengers tell him this. This is clearly a management that won't hire additional pilots to provide relief when on a day filled with delays from inbound aircraft and operation disaster not knowing to tell passengers when the pilot cannot fly because his time is up and letting us find appropriate alternative flights home. The nonchalant attitude will drive your passengers away just as United did with their after merger. I personally will never fly with American again, and will be cancelling my credit card and cashing out my miles with partners and banking miles with other partners. I don't think you understand how to run a business. I have flown 10 years on a regular basis with Delta and Southwest. Their commitment to providing relief pilots when needed, informing passengers ahead of pilot time out, and automatically rebooking when flights are more than one hour delayed. Southwest has the decency to cancel upfront when they cannot make their schedule work, then to drag out the cancellation. I decided to not take your flight and request a cancellation but guess what---I was told that to use the ticket number and obtain refund through your site but the request couldn't be made because even though I talked to two agents on the phone they were unable to cancel the tickets. The agent blamed the ground airport crew for locking her out of canceling, then she said she could do it. Again, no result in refund. I don't I will ever see my refund for my three tickets as the airline has a hostile attitude toward its passengers. Your incompetence made all on the aircraft very disgusted and left on other flights. I whipped out my Delta miles and booked three first class tickets back home. I will definitely not recommend or use the new American under US Airways management. Let this be a warning for all who fly.
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To Fox River Grove native Andrew Gasser, the final frontier should not be gunked up by government regulation and red tape. After retiring from the U.S. Air Force in 2011, Gasser decided to combine his lifelong love of space and conservatism to found Tea Party in Space, a Washington, D.C.-based group dedicated to applying free-market principles to space exploration.
Senior reporter Kevin Craver, a fellow space nut who has fried a few brains of young journalists explaining relativity and the curvature of spacetime, talked to Gasser about his group and our future in space.
Craver: So what is this group?
Gasser: It's a national tea party group that believes in fiscal responsibility, limited government and free markets in space policy. All we talk about is space, and we actively work with Congress and individual policymakers to get good space policy through Congress, and ultimately signed by the president.
Craver: What all have you gotten done?
Gasser: We've done two really big things. We were the ones who started talking about how the James Webb Space Telescope (set to replace the Hubble) was $6 billion over budget. We were criticized for that, until a month later when the Florida Today newspaper validated everything we said. They raised the cost again – I'm now guessing it's going to hit $9 billion over budget.
That's bad, because all these neat things we can do in astrophysics are being pushed back to 2025, 2030.
We also pushed for reform of international arms-trafficking regulations. Back in the 1990s, a company turned over some very sensitive rocket technology to the Chinese. Congress overreacted and put most communications satellite technology on the restricted list. American satellite companies were at a disadvantage – they made the best communications satellites but couldn't compete globally because of all the rules and regulations.
We reached out to 80 congressional offices and 40 senatorial offices to keep rocket technology on the list, but remove communication satellites. The president signed it into law last year.
Craver: I heard your group is getting an award for that.
Gasser: Yeah. It's pretty humbling, actually – I'm still pinching myself.
Craver: To be blunt, there are other tea party groups that want to turn our nation's science curriculum into Bible study, which is a goal that clashes with yours.
Gasser: They're not executing tea party core values. Tea party values are solely limited government and free market. Social issues and things like that are social conservatism. That's not what the tea party is. I've been criticized for saying things like that, but I stand by it.
Craver: What do you see happening with space exploration over the next 50 years?
Gasser: You're going to see the private sector overtake NASA, I'd say within the next 15 years. We're almost at what I call a "Lewis and Clark moment." The government helped Lewis and Clark, helped build the railroads and the airline industry, but at some point government bureaucracy became so inefficient that the private sector blew right past it.
I'd be shocked if we didn't have people on Mars in 50 years.
Craver: Who will be first?
Gasser: The U.S., but I think a private company will do it first.
Craver: If you could meet one scientist of astronaut, living or dead, who would it be and why?
Gasser: That's easy – Gus Grissom. He was the fighter pilot of fighter pilots. He was a natural leader, and the guy just oozed awesomeness.
Craver: I have to ask – where did your trademark 10-gallon hat come from?
Gasser: Oklahoma, while I was stationed at Tinker [Air Force Base]. I had friends with ranches, and whenever I went to ride, they told me I needed a hat.
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Who is he? Andrew Gasser, president of Tea Party in Space
Family? Three sons: Andrew, 17, Austin, 14, and Noah, 7.
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Hurricane Sandy Floods New York City, Photos Show Devastation
New York City was perfectly positioned to absorb the worst of Hurricane Sandy's storm surge — a record 13 feet.
The effects of the superstorm that flooded parts of the city are lingering into Tuesday and likely will for much longer, with a large swath of the city out of power, subway and vehicle tunnels flooded, and the financial district closed for a second day.
A fire destroyed at least 50 houses overnight in Queens' flooded Rockaway peninsula and forced the rescue of about 25 people from an upstairs apartment. Officials weren't immediately able to pin down the cause of the blaze.
The storm was once Hurricane Sandy but combined with two wintry systems to become a huge hybrid storm whose center smashed ashore late Monday in New Jersey.
This will be one for the record books. This will be the largest storm-related outage in our history.
"We knew that this was going to be a very dangerous storm, and the storm has met our expectations," Mayor Michael Bloomberg said. "This is a once-in-a-long-time storm."
Water lapped over the seawall in Battery Park City, flooding rail yards, subway tracks, tunnels and roads. Rescue workers floated bright orange rafts down flooded downtown streets, while police officers rolled slowly down the street with loudspeakers telling people to go home.
The rains and howling winds left a crane hanging off a luxury high-rise in midtown Manhattan, causing the evacuation of hundreds from a posh hotel and other buildings. Inspectors were climbing 74 flights of stairs to examine the crane hanging from the $1.5 billion building.
After a backup generator failed, New York University's Tisch Hospital began evacuating more than 200 patients to other facilities, including 20 babies from neonatal intensive care, some of them on respirators operating on battery power.
Without power, the hospital had no elevator service, meaning patients had to be carefully carried down staircases and outside into the weather. Gusts of wind blew their blankets as nurses held IVs and other equipment.
About 670,000 homes and businesses were without power late Monday in the city and suburban Westchester County.
"This will be one for the record books," said John Miksad, senior vice president for electric operations at Consolidated Edison. "This will be the largest storm-related outage in our history."
The facade of a four-story Manhattan building in the Chelsea neighborhood crumbled and collapsed suddenly, leaving the lights, couches, cabinets and desks inside visible from the street. No one was hurt, although some of the falling debris hit a car.
In Queens, nearly 200 firefighters tried to contain an enormous blaze that consumed 50 homes in the Breezy Point neighborhood. They had to use a boat to make rescues, firefighters told WABC-TV. They climbed an awning to reach about 25 trapped people and take them down to a boat.
The city shut all three of its airports, its subways, schools, stock exchanges, Broadway theaters and closed several bridges and tunnels Monday as the weather worsened. By evening, a record 13-foot storm surge was threatening Manhattan's southern tip and utilities deliberately darkened part of the borough to avoid storm damage.
"It's really a complete ghost town now," said Stephen Weisbrot, from a powerless 10th-floor apartment.
It could be several days to a week before all residents who lost power during the storm get their lights back, Miksad said.
Water surged into two major commuter tunnels — the Brooklyn Battery and the Queens Midtown — along with seven subway tunnels under the East River. The agency is assessing damage and will restore the system as quickly as it can, MTA Chairman Joseph Lhota said.
On Tuesday, the New York Stock Exchange was to be closed again — the first time it's been closed for two consecutive days due to weather since 1888, when a blizzard struck the city.
At 4 a.m., few people were out on the streets. Times Square was lit but empty of people. Round-the-clock restaurants and bars that would have been wrapping up after last call were closed. Only a handful of taxis plied the streets — but there was an abundance of emergency and police vehicles.
Uptown, windows of apartments and businesses glowed. But to cross through midtown was to be swallowed by darkness. Only a few emergency or backup lights appeared in buildings.
Late Monday, an explosion at a substation at 14th Street and FDR Drive contributed to the power outages. No one was injured, and ConEd did not know whether the explosion was caused by flooding or by flying debris.
Earlier in the day, another 1 million customers lost power in New York City, the northern suburbs and coastal Long Island, where floodwaters swamped cars, downed trees and put neighborhoods under water.
Three people in the area were killed by falling trees.
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The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation's many treasures include its outstanding collections. They encompass nearly 70,000 examples of American and British fine, decorative and mechanical art; 5,000 pieces of American folk art; more than 20 million archaeological artifacts; and 15,000 architectural fragments. These materials help us understand life in Virginia, the American colonies and the greater North Atlantic from the 17th century through the Early National Period.
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text: Terrence Howard's dreams of being a comic book superhero are crushed: Marvel has replaced him with Don Cheadle in Iron Man 2. Hollywood Reporter says that even though Howard wanted to return as Tony Stark's (Robert Downey Jr.) bestie and future partner in crime fighting Col. James 'Rhodey' Rhodes, that won't be happening. Why would the film's creators abandon Howard for Cheadle?Marvel has a no comment on the matter to THR but their sources close to the movie said that negotiations with Howard went south over financial reasons. Although this is a very surprising movie (Howard was a fantastic Rhodey) it's not a huge shocker. Howard is a tough negotiator and my suspicion is he talked himself right out of the role. Sorry man the bottom line is you're not Robert Downey Junior and Marvel can still pretty much do whatever the hell they want. I love Cheadle but Howard did a great job as super loyal Rhodey and was a great straight man to Downey's antics. Plus he would have been great as the super-armored War Machine, Stark's right-hand-man and occasional stand-in. It will be really sad to see Iron Man 2 without him. Cheadle to Replace Howard [via Hollywood Reporter]


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Apple is reportedly in the process of acquiring a tiny Italian software firm specializing in sample-based instrument creation and editing tools, according to Italian site Fanpage. The acquisition was approved by Italian antitrust regulatory agency AGCM on May 9, which published a bulletin of its recent activities on May 28.
Redmatica makes a number of apps that aid audio engineers and musicians to create sample-based instruments for use in a variety of audio software, including Kontact, Reason, Logic, and GarageBand. Notably, its GBSamplerManager allows editing or creating simple sample-based instruments which can be uploaded into GarageBand for iOS.
AGCM ruled that Apple's acquisition of the tiny firm, which has revenues of less than €1 million, would not adversely affect competition in the digital audio software market. On that basis, the agency declined to investigate the merger further.
Apple often makes acquisitions that don't directly result in new products—at least not immediately—and it's not clear how Redmatica's niche offerings could be repackaged or sold by Apple. We suspect that the acquisition is largely for talent, as well as underlying technology which could be added to Logic or GarageBand.


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What's better than Leonardo DiCaprio?
Two Leonardo DiCaprios, of course.
A 21-year-old Swedish man named Konrad Annerud looks almost exactly like the heartthrob actor...the '90s version of the 40-year-old heartthrob actor, to be exact. He has posted several photos on his Instagram page showing his likeness to DiCaprio, right down to his smoldering stare.
"I get to hear that I look like him quite often, especially since I work as a bartender in a nightclub," he told Swedish outlet nyheter24.se, adding that people often call him Leo.
"But it's fun to be like him, he's handsome," he said about the actor.
And did we mention, the hair? Oh yes. '90s DiCaprio rocked the floppy, fall-into-your-eyes-in-a-sexy-way hairstyle. And Konrad has nailed the look.
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Jamie Campbell Bower Gossip
Jamie Campbell Bower gossip, latest news, photos, and video.
What happened to Chris Evans?
A few weeks ago Lily Collins was supposedly dating Chris Evans. Click here for a refresher. There was something. Because his reaction to the question during the Avengers press tour was…well… maybe he was just drunk: Anyway. Full Story
Robert Sheehan's favourite pants
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I covered The Mortal Instruments: City Of Bones Toronto premiere last week. A note on Jamie Campbell Bower -- I never understood it until I saw him move. Bower is tall, lanky, and he has a rock star swagger that's very attractive. For me though, it's all about Robert Sheehan, who's not even top 3 in the cast but is totally #1 on pure personality and charisma. Full Story
Lily & Jamie at Comic-Con
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Lily Collins and Jamie Campbell Bower were in San Diego on Friday to present The Mortal Instruments. Last week, I wrote about their relationship status, especially after he was seen hanging out rather intimately with a fashion blogger – click here Full Story
Romantic drama in another fandom
I hate the word fandom. I can't think of another one to replace it. The Mortal Instruments: City Of Bones is scheduled for release in August. It's the first film in the adaptation of the book series. Did you read them? I tried. Wasn't feeling it. But many did. And, well, this shouldn't surprise you but Mortal Instruments has its share of Twi-Hards too. Full Story
Tom Hiddleston, tennis, and ping-pong
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I don't visit Tom Hiddleston's Twitter anymore. It's better this way. Click here if you're new to this. Hiddleston hilariously posing inside a hula hoop with Grace Jones at an exclusive Wimbledon celebrity suite the other day is one thing. Full Story
BAFTA Bonnie tried
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I think I might like all the pieces Bonnie Wright is wearing on their own, separate from each other. Out for dinner? To a cocktail party? Sure.On the red carpet at the most prestigious British award show? We may have under-aimed, you know? There's only so far they can coast on the "quirky, young actors" pass before you want to tell them, gently, that Betsey Johnson exists. Full Story
Snape & Jo! And ... they all say goodbye
Massive premiere in London today – the final, final, FINAL carpet for the Harry Potter series in the motherland. There will be a premiere in New York on Monday but ... Harry is English, England is the heart of it. And here they almost all are to say goodbye and thank you. No, thank YOU. F-ck me I am crying again. Full Story
Ginny & Grindelwald
Young, pretty Harry Potter Brits dating. I'm all over it. The latest: Bonnie Wright who plays Ginny and Jamie Campbell Bower who will be Gellert Grindelwald were spotted this past weekend leaving the EA British Academy Children's Awards together. Very cute. Grindelwald of course was at one time Dumbledore's best friend before he became his bitter enemy. Full Story
Meet Draco Malfoy
As you know, Tom Felton's Draco Malfoy has a very, very significant role to play in HP6 and as such is joining Daniel Radcliffe and the others on the first tier of publicity. Can't decide if I find him attractive. Do you? It's the shiny suit throwing me off. Don't like. But he probably won't be wearing it today. Full Story


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Linsanity and #RevengeOfTheNerdsSaturday, February 25th, 2012
Unless you've been living under a rock, chances are that you've heard of NBA player Jeremy Lin and his meteoric rise to stardom. Failing to acquire athletic scholarships, Lin attended Harvard on the basis of academic merit. Looked over in the 2010 draft, Lin has ultimately become the "the first NBA player to score at least 20 points and have seven assists in each of his first five starts."
"I need to get a Jeremy Lin jersey. This dude [is] making all nerds proud!" – Doug Baldwin, Stanford '11, wide receiver, Seattle Seahawks
While his tale is certainly one of dedication and personal triumph, I think the reason that Lin's success has so resonated with the Stanford crowd is that his story is a victory for nerds everywhere. Reflecting on Stanford's current dose of Linsanity, I quickly realized that Jeremy Lin isn't the only "nerd" taking the sports world by storm – Stanford athletes throughout professional and Olympic sports demonstrate the true importance of smarts and dedication.
Join me as I trace the stories of a few of our favorite Stanford nerdthletes.
#RevengeOfTheNerds and the Seattle Seahawks:
It's difficult to overcome misconceptions about athletes from elite universities in the professional sports world. Former Stanford cornerback Richard Sherman once said, "I feel like people give us the short end of the stick a lot of times because of the academics. They assume you're slow, they assume you don't have explosive players, you don't have the best athletes, because of the academic standards."
He and fellow former Stanford teammate Doug Baldwin have been working hard to overcome these prejudices ever since they signed with the Seahawks. Indeed, per the Seattle Sports Hub, "they've done nothing since then but prove beyond any doubt that they belong in the NFL just as much as any guy drafted in the top 10 of any draft in the last decade at least."
Sherman and his fellow Stanford athletes have embraced the "nerd" label, promoting the use of the "Revenge of the Nerds" battle cry from Twitter to the stadium. With his inspiring personal story, determination (his twitter bio reads: "I lead by example / Confidence is a Prerequisite for Success"), and undeniable star power, role model Sherman is showing the next generation of scholars and athletes that it's possible to be both. (more…)


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Ground Magnetics At Cove Fort Area (Warpinski, Et Al., 2002)
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Exploration Activity: Ground Magnetics At Cove Fort Area (Warpinski, Et Al., 2002)
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The project at Cove Fort/Sulphurdale in Utah, T26S R6/7W, is concerned with locating and drilling a 900-meter well to explore the western extension of the Cove Fort-Sulphurdale geothermal area. The geophysical exploration consisted of resistivity, ground magnetic, and microgravity surveys that were made to site the well in an optimum location.
- N. R. Warpinski, A. R. Sattlerl, D. A. Sanchez (2002) Geothermal Resource Exploration And Definition Project
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Just about an hour ago, a Twitter handle @NBAOfficials went live, with a single Tweet: an explanation of why Dwyane Wade's gamewinning jump-stop-pivot jumper with 2.9 seconds left was right not to be whistled for a travel. The Tweet was a response to Hardwood Paroxysm's Rob Mahoney and ESPN's Tom Haberstroh, both of whom argued that the jump stop counted as a second step and should have been called.
The Tweet linked to a brief but clear explanation of the rule in play (essentially, the jump stop counted as the first step), and a video titled "Wade Winner Legal." We're all for antagonizing the country by defending calls in the Heat's favor, but we're even more for the transparency. Brendan Shanahan's explanatory videos on suspendable hits are the best thing the NHL has done in years, and we'd love to see a more accessible, more open NBA officiating department. Here's hoping the Wade apologia sets a precedent for the season.


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Pathetic from Switzerland, and it's caused this one to dizzle out, dire
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RIP Craigos. A true CW legend. You will be missed.
My understanding and interpretation is that a red from a 2nd yellow doesnt have to ever be stopped.
The ref can play advantage and still send a player off. It is their decision.
I could be wrong (though Im opretty confident), but no where in the rules does it say a player cannot be sent off if advantage has been played.
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I think it makes more sense that way, tbh
Well done Chile, played so well first 20 minutes before rather losing it with their, shall we say, slight over-enthusiasm. They are still great though.
Glad Switzerland are gone although it would have been interesting to watch Brazil try and play through them, think they might have struggled.
Oh well at least Chile showed up Spain before handing them the game on a plate.
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How dire was the last 10 minutes of the Spain - Chile match? Reminded me of a Simpsons quote:
Kent Brockman: [bored] Halfback passes to the center. Back to the wing. Back to the center. Center holds it. Holds it.
Kent Brockman: Holds it.
Foreign-accented sports commentator: [excited] Halfback passes to center, back to wing, back to center, center holds it! Holds it! Holds It!
Don't buy this Brit love for the underdog. Personally think it's just an excuse for you Brits to hate on European football teams
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im in need of some good holiday gifts everyone shoudl let me know if they find any!
im in need of some good holiday gifts everyone shoudl let me know if they find any!
You could get a cat, a laptop, (if you have the budget )a i-pod, a mouse pad of all of the person's pets, or a board/video game!
Now that's alot of ideas!
I sometimes ask myself, "does my cat like christmas?" But i just awnser, "yes, because she gets cat nip, and the christmas tree is ripe for climbing".
how about art form bali..??
like woods, stone, jewellery..anymore...
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Get hyped, it's the all-new i32 cellphone!this new version of excels on many levels. it does not just look sleek, it feels sleek as well. It also realizes almost all of the iPhone's functions, such as rotating images by movement, unlock with sliding, and changing the position of image when playing a video. And on top of that, you will notice faster software response time, the tempered glass mirror face and metal casing, and you've got one of the best deal on a cellphone you can ever ask for.
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Great ideas !
I've known having wonderful selections for that . Great party supplies and themes too .
How about movie tickets, gift certificates or magazine subscriptions?
It depends. Who are you giving the gifts to? If you're looking for gift ideas for your family, then I compiled a list of gadget gifts on my blog which you can check out.
I also noticed that thinking of Christmas gifts to your boss can be tough on most people during Christmas so I also wrote an article about that. My gift ideas for bosses included gift baskets (the safest Christmas gift ever), novelty office supplies and cup warmers. Hope this helps. :-)


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Health Mate - iOS App - Setting a weight goal
- Open the Health Mate app.
- Go to your Profile (last icon in the bottom bar).
- Scroll down to My Goals, then tap the Steps goal.
- Tap and slide the bubble up or down to select the goal you want.
- Select the pace at which you want to reach your goal and tap OK.
You can also set your weight goal by following the steps below:
- Select the weight widget from the Dashboard view within the Health Mate app.
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App Review: Blast the Alien by Zondo Games
by Dorothy on
March 1, 2012
Filed under Daily App Reviews, Games, Kids
Blast the Alien by Zondo Games was released to the iTunes App Store about 2 weeks ago. So far, it has not shown great popularity, but it is the type of game that typically does very well. It is a physics puzzle game. The graphics are great. I couldn't immediately see any reason why it wouldn't be a great app to own. I especially enjoyed the trailer that I found for the app. So, I decided to give the app a try.
The aliens that you are trying to blast have escaped from Area 51. Your job is to shoot them all with a red ball that acts as a bouncy ball. The bouncing makes your job of shooting them much harder than you would think. To add to the challenge, you have to collect all the stars in each level to secure each of three sections of Area 51.
The first couple of levels serve as a tutorial. It shows you the pieces that you can move within the level to keep the ball moving in the right direction. When you think you have things correct, tap the red button in the lower right corner to shoot the red ball from the cannon at the top of the screen. If you fail to hit the alien, your screen will refresh. However, the moveable pieces will remain in the same place. I like this property because it allows you to tweak your design to get the stars and the alien. On the other hand, if you hit the alien, he explodes and the level resets. Unfortunately, this means that you have to start all over. I found that slowly working through the level by getting the beginning set before I actually tried to get the alien was easier for me. The downside to this method is that you get more points if you complete the level quickly.
Blast the Alien offers some great playing potential. The only feature that some may not like is that the levels quickly get challenging. I had difficulty getting the pieces placed just right to collect all the stars and the alien. That having been said, the game is well-designed and provides lots of fun puzzles for all those up to the challenge.


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The typical use of a JDOQL query is to translate it into the native query language of the datastore and return objects matched by the query. Sometimes you want to query over a set of objects that you have to hand, or for some datastores it is simply impossible to support the full JDOQL syntax in the datastore native query language . In these situation we need to evaluate the query in-memory . In the latter case of the datastore not supported the full JDOQL syntax we evaluate as much as we can in the datastore and then instantiate those objects and evaluate further in-memory. Here we document the current capabilities of in-memory evaluation in DataNucleus.
To enable evaluation in memory you specify the query extension datanucleus.query.evaluateInMemory to true as follows
This is also useful where you have a Collection of (persisted) objects and want to run a query over the Collection. Simply turn on in-memory evaluation, and supply the candidate collection to the query, and no communication with the datastore will be needed.
With JDO you can define a set of candidate objects that should be queried, rather than just going to the datastore to retrieve those objects. When you specify this you will automatically be switched to evaluate the query in-memory. You set the candidates like this
Query query = pm.newQuery(...); query.setCandidates(myCandidates); List<Product> results = (List<Product>)query.execute();
JDOQL defines support for some methods within its syntax. The following are supported for in-memory evaluation currently.
Support for in-memory evaluation of query methods is provided via a plugin-point so can be extended easily.


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This is the "Rich Bitch" Maybach 57, MSRP of $341,750, abandoned in a garage in Cannes for four years. Look on my chrome, ye Mighty, and despair!
The car was shot by Marchettino, who described the scene.
I've found out in a parking lot on the French Coast, an abandoned half milion dollars Maybach 57. I've been told the car is there since about 4 years, and you can really tell it by the huge amount of dust all over the car. The front Maybach emblem is missing and people have written everything on the dust, even offensive messages. I think that the suspensions are broken because the car was too low and it had a very negative camber on the back tires.
Given the depths of the Great Recession, we're surprised any of it is left.


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text: Brand Marketing Women Give Hyatt an Earful Via 'Listening Loop' Hotel rethinks its rooms, ads based on feedbackBy Noreen O'Leary|March 6, 2013 Share By Noreen O'Leary|March 6, 2013 Share Hyatt is making its first outreach to female travelers as part of a broader behavioral shift in how the hotel operator views marketing. While the new campaign has traditional, targeted media, a major element is an ongoing, real-time dialogue with guests via Branch, Facebook and Twitter. "When we started testing ads in focus groups, women said they loved that we were listening to them. So, we think our work is actually just beginning by having conversations," said John Wallis, Hyatt's global head of marketing and brand strategy. "It's about having more brand awareness than advertising." Hyatt described the new approach as a "Listening Loop." It began with primary research and online feedback and even extended to intercepting women in hotel lobbies to ask about their travel needs and whether they're being met. The answers were frank: Robes and slippers are too big; hair dryers go off before your hair is dry; hotel shampoo is awful. Also, food on the menu is too fattening and it would be great to have access to yoga mats and electronics chargers. "Hotels have been created by men for men. Women deserve a completely different customer experience than men," Wallis said. What's more, some 37 percent of Hyatt's customers are women and they make 82 percent of all travel decisions, according to Wallis. "A lot of traditional brands view social as connecting with consumers and those brands are pushing a message out to them," addd Dan Moriarty, Hyatt's director of digital strategy. "But we've devised our whole social strategy around the idea that rather than just push out [messages], we're opening the lines of communication." Hyatt is one of the first major corporate marketers to use Branch, which is about a year old and works like an extended Twitter account, allowing more characters with which to communicate. Through Branch, Hyatt asked what three things hotels can do better. Rather than just add new amenities, the hotel chain will continue to solicit feedback from travelers. In the final stage of the Listening Loop, the company is creating a digital mock-up of an updated hotel room based on consumer suggestions. Guests will have the opportunity to tour and rate the prototype in advance to Hyatt's real-world rollout in one of its lab hotels. This fall Hyatt will restart the Listening Loop process, this time targeting a different customer segment. In the meantime, Hyatt is running new ads from BBDO that target women. The media strategy, from PHD, emphasizes digital and mobile. Share http://adweek.it/2kiLUJM copy Adweek Adweek


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CEFALY Technology's mission is to solve the global problem of migraine and other headaches thanks to therapeutic progresses brought by its innovations.
Migraine affects 15% of the general population and is responsible of the highest socio-economic cost within brain disorders. CEFALY Technology follows numerous research and development pathways in order to solve this problem. Ultimately, if someone suffers from migraine or another type of primary headache, CEFALY Technology will offer the treatment of choice and the solution. CEFALY Technology is a medical company with a field of activities that covers various therapeutic means: biotechnology, pharmaceutical and medical devices.
A highly skilled team of engineers and medical doctors collaborates with several universities on international research projects. For instance : the large European research program EUROHEADPAIN in which eleven research centers and universities in Europe collaborate with CEFALY Technology (STX-Med) as only company partner for clinical investigations on chronic migraine.
The therapeutic progresses brought by CEFALY Technology's innovations will also be able to benefit to other parts of neurology (insomnia, depression, epilepsy, tinnitus, Alzheimer, ...)


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kpcnov wrote:I have a two month old puppy and she is really mouthy, everytime she tries to munch at me I give her a strict NO and leave her alone for a bit, but she doesn't seem to care to much, she just finds something else to play with. am I just expecting to much from her or is this a bad sign?
I know this is a late reply but that is EXACTLY how my dog is and hes 8 weeks (2 months) on tuesday.


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Robert Kisselburgh necesitaba un nuevo diseño de impreso o envases y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 19 diseños de 5 diseñadores freelance.
Newsletter template designed in Microsoft Publisher--4 pages. The newsletter will be sent to current clients and potential clients.
Need a design of a 4 pagenewsletter template. I want part of the design to be static with minoreditorial changes--First page (title, left column), color scheme, and4th page for the mailing label. Idea is to have two main articles and3-4 small pieces.
The newsletter will focus on Personal Injury and you can view my website to get ideas of the look I want.
- 4 page newsletter template designed in Publisher
- First page: Title with column on left for information; main portion to be article.
- First page: Name of the newsletter is "Robert's Law Talk."
- First page: Need volume and date (month/year)
- First page: Need place for picture of me
- First page: Left column needs to be information about what is in newsletter.
- Firstpage: Also need information about law firm (Kisselburgh Law Firm,website (http://www.KisselburghLaw.com) and contact information (MississippiInjury Law Firm, 601-936-4040, 877-601-4040). Could also do in afooter depending on look.
- First page: One main article which can continue over into page 2 or 3.
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- Back page: Need one-half of page designed for mailing label.
- Color coordinated similar to website (http://www.KisselburghLaw.com).
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Remove plastic center cap on steering wheel by prying off with a small screwdriver. Remove steering wheel nut and remove steering wheel by pulling up on wheel. If wheel is tight have a partner tap on the shaft while pulling up on wheel. Note: Do not mushroom threads on shaft. Remove all screws that retain dash to body of vehicle. Disconnect all electrical connections at back of dash. Mark all wires to ensure easy install. Remove lower steering shaft bolt at rack and pinion. Remove upper bolt at base of steering column. Remove the 2 bolts that retain the steering column to the frame and remove the column and the shaft assembly. Remove lower u-joint on steering column shaft & replace it with supplied u-joint. There is a welded wire retainer on the lower dash tube where the electric motor will sit. You will need to grind off this piece and smooth. Remove the master cylinder bolt closest to the driver side and discard bolt. Your motor and module has been shipped together bolted to the bracket. It is important to follow the install sequence to ensure a proper installation. The lower shaft on the steering motor is marked on the shaft and on the motor. These marks must not be changed. If you remove the shaft it needs to be installed back in the same spot.