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CS Options
One of the benefits of the Systems option is its accreditation. The Computer Systems Option is accredited by the Computing Accreditation Commission of ABET, http://www.abet.org in both Bachelors of Science degrees and in Honors Bachelors of Science degrees. The Computer Systems option gives students the necessary training and preparation that many large companies (such as Google, Apple, and Intel).
View an example plan to get an idea of a student's course schedule. For more details about completing an academic plan, make an appointment with an advisor.
The Applied option allows students to develop a degree program that focuses on their area of interest. Students can shape a program that includes fields outside computer science such as music, chemistry, mathematics and medical fields, or specialize in an area of computer science such as artificial intelligence, bioinformatics, game and simulation development, human-computer interaction, and computer security. Students pick 32 credits of electives to develop a cohesive focus area and shape their degree to their particular interest or needs.
Important Notes
- All Applied Option students must complete and submit an Approval Form for Applied Options (through the online form below) by the end of their first term in the Professional Program.
- Any changes to the Applied Plan must be approved and documented by the CS Curriculum Committee.
- PLAN AHEAD! Not all courses are offered every term and can be limited even to certain years.
To submit a proposed plan of study, use the Applied CS Program webform.
Custom plans submitted after 8am on June 5, 2018 will be reviewed in early fall when the CS Curriculum Committee reconvenes.
View an example plan to get an idea of a particular student's course schedule. For more details about completing an academic plan, make an appointment with an advisor.
To submit a proposed plan of study, use the Applied CS Program webform.
At first glance, you might not think biology is even remotely related to computer science. But in recent years, computer science has helped other scientists make enormous advances by giving them access to huge amounts of data.
Today, computer scientists develop ways to model and analyze biological data that can help scientists speed up their research or discover new insights into the secrets of life. And the Human Genome Project, for example, would not have been possible without having computers to analyze huge amounts of genetic data. Combining biology with computer science is called bioinformatics or computational biology.
Potential Job Opportunities
Bioinformatics scientist: develop algorithms, integration & analysis of biological data across multiple databases. Companies: Ceres Inc. Somalogic Inc. Ocean Ridge Biosciences, ACGT
Bioinformatician: design, develop, maintain data processing of biological data. Companies: UC Davis, University of Chicago, DNAnexus, Qiagen
- CS 434 (Machine Learning & Data Mining)
- CS 440 (Database Management Systems)
- CS 453 (Scientific Visualization) or CS 458 (Introduction to Information Visualization)
- BI 212 and BI 213 (Principles of Biology)
- BI 345 (Introduction to Evaluation)
- BI 351 (Marine Ecology)
- BI 445 (Evolution)
- BI 370 (Ecology)
- BOT 331 (Plant Physiology)
- BOT 341 (Plant Ecology)
- BOT 425 (Flora of the Pacific Northwest)
- CS 446 (Biological Networks)
- ENT 420 (Insect Ecology)
- HSTS 415 (Theory of Evolution and Foundation of Modern Biology)
- MB 448 (Microbial Ecology)
- Z 361 (Invertebrate Biology)
- Z 365 (Biology of Insects)
- Z 371 (Vertebrate Biology)
- Z 423 (Environmental Physiology)
- Z 425 (Embryology and Development)
- Z 431 (Physiology)
- Z 432 (Vertebrate Physiology)
To submit a proposed plan of study, use the Applied CS Program webform.
Computer science and business are both highly desired, especially when mixed together. Many CS companies start small and these companies need employees that have the basics to help make a company grow successfully. Business is also desirable with CS because it can add management and communication skills to a technological degree. Students that choose this option are setting themselves up for a number of opportunities:
- Students gain the experience to create their own start-up or business.
- Students have the background necessary to work with other smaller companies.
- Students can work with a business advisor to be prepared for an MBA program.
Students must apply for and receive a minor in Business & Entrepreneurship. They should contact the College of Business for the latest requirements. In addition to completing the 32 credit minor, students need to take CS 440 Database Management Systems for the Business and Entrepreneurship Applied Program.
To submit a proposed plan of study, use the Applied CS Program webform.
Simulation and Game Programming (SPG) requires a solid multidisciplinary background. In this CS applied option, you will take courses in computer graphics programming, math, physics, and new media. The combination of these experiences will let you do amazing things in SGP and in many other innovative areas as well.
Potential Job Opportunities
Engine programmer: design, develop, maintain the software that handles the physics, graphics, sound, and performance of modern games. Companies: Bungie, Epic, Dice, Blizzard, Pipeworks, Zynga, Gearbox, Bethesda.
Game server programmer: design, develop, maintain the backend of games that handles online multiplayer matchmaking, gameplay data, and user behavior. Statistics and data mining heavy. Companies: Bungie, Epic, Dice, Blizzard, Pipeworks, Zynga, Gearbox, Bethesda.
- CS 419 (ST/Virtual & Augmented Reality)
- CS 457 (Computer Graphics Shaders)
- CS 458 (Introduction to Information Visualization)
- CS 475 (Intro to Parallel Programming)
- CS 491 (Intro to Game Programming)
- CS 492 (Mobile Software Development) – cannot be combined with CS 496
- CS 493 (Cloud Application Development) – cannot be combined with CS 496
- PH 211 and PH 221* (General Physics with Calculus I)
- PH 212 and PH 222* (General Physics with Calculus II)
- CS 331 (Intro to Artificial Intelligence)
- CS 434 (Machine Learning & Data Mining)
- MTH 254 (Vector Calculus I)
*PH 221/222 not needed if corresponding PH 211/212 was taken before Fall 2017.
To submit a proposed plan of study, use the Applied CS Program webform.
Claudia Mini pursued the HCI applied option degree which combined her interest in psychology and computer science with her creative side. Read her story.
As we integrate technology in more facets of our lives, the interface between humans and computers grows both larger and smaller: Larger in the sense that we interact with more applications and devices; Smaller in that our uses become more personalized and intimate.
The human-computer interaction (HCI) applied option helps you to understand both sides of this interface: the computer through programming, information visualization, and core computer science courses; and the human through cognition and psychology courses. Only by understanding both sides can we maximize the potential of computing in human lives.
Potential job opportunities
User experience (UX) or interaction design: design and develop graphical user interfaces, interaction methods, workflows, and other front ends. Companies: Apple, Microsoft, Google, and any company that produces user-facing software.
Web designer: analyze, design, and develop interfaces for web sites and web applications, integrate and present information from multiple sources. Companies: Amazon, Expedia, Google, and any company that produces software for the web.
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- Margaret Burnett
- Danny Dig
- Martin Erwig
- Carlos Jensen
- Heather Knight
- Anita Sarma
- Christopher Scaffidi
- Eric Walkingshaw
- CS 419 (HCI Research Methods) or CS 468 (Inclusive Design)
- CS 453 (Scientific Visualization) or CS 458 (Introduction to Information Visualization)
- CS 464 (Open Source Software – completed before Fall 2017)
or CS 496 (Mobile & Cloud Software Development - no longer offered on campus)
or CS 492 (Mobile Software Development)
- PSY 340 (Cognition)
Possible Electives
- PSY 350 (Human Lifespan Development)
- PSY 360 (Social Psychology)
- PSY 370 (Personality)
- PSY 426 (Psychology of Gender)
- PSY 434 (Brain and Behavior Methods)
- PSY 440 (Cognition Research)
- PSY 442 (Perception)
- PSY 444 (Learning and Memory)
- PSY 454 (Cognitive Development)
- PSY 456 (Social Development)
- PSY 464 (Social Cognition)
- PSY 494 (Engineering Psychology)
To submit a proposed plan of study, use the Applied CS Program webform.
Security is the study of controlling access to information in the presence of adversarial behavior. Any system connected to the internet must deal with the potential of attacks. With a concentration in security, you will develop a proactive, defensive mindset and learn how to design systems that are resistant to compromise.
Potential Job Opportunities
Security operations center (SOC) analyst: monitor and detect security incidents, analyze and coordinate responses across groups
Security/information assurance engineer: identify security requirements for a system and design architectures, policies, and monitoring strategies that achieve them
System security administrator: monitor systems for security-related incidents, maintain system updates, enforce security policies
Penetration tester: perform mock attacks (with authorization) in an effort to identify and responsibly disclose possible security vulnerabilities
- CS 321 (Intro to Theory of Computation)
- CS 370 (Intro to Security)
- CS 373 (Defense Against the Dark Arts)
- CS 427 (Cryptography)
- CS 478 (Network Security)
- CS 312 (Linux System Administration)
- CS 434 (Machine Learning and Data Mining)
- CS 440 (Database Management Systems)
- CS 472 (Computer Architecture)
- CS 476 (Advanced Computer Networking)
- CS 493 (Cloud Application Development) – cannot be combined with CS 496
- MTH 341 (Linear Algebra I)
- MTH 440 (Computational Number Theory)
- MTH 451 (Numerical Linear Algebra)
- MTH 452 (Numerical Solutions of Ordinary Differential Equations)
- MTH 453 (Numerical Solutions of Partial Differential Equations)
Computing has become pervasive, touching nearly every aspect of our lives. A minor in computer science can open up opportunities for employment in the software development industry, but also in many areas including healthcare, business, science, medicine, graphics, utilities and education. Courses will teach theory, problem-solving skills, and programming.
Students majoring in electrical and computer engineering (ECE) should select the ECE majors tab.
Computer Science Minor Requirements (36 credits total)
To earn the minor upon graduation, students must meet all of the following:
- Earn a C in each of their minor courses (all courses must be taken using the A-F grading scale)
- Have a minimum 2.25 GPA in all required minor coursework (36 credits)
Lower-Division Computer Science Minor Requirements (20 credits)
- CS 161 Introduction to Computer Science I (4)
- CS 162 Introduction to Computer Science II (4)
- CS 261 Data Structures (4)
- CS 271 Computer Architecture and Assembly Language (4)
- MTH 231 Elements of Discrete Mathematics (4)
or CS 225 Elements of Discrete Mathematics (4)
Students may declare a computer science minor after completing the lower-division required courses with a GPA of 2.25 or higher and after becoming eligible to take 300-level courses in their major. Please speak with an EECS advisor to declare the minor.
Upper-Division Computer Science Minor Requirements (16 credits)
- CS 362 Software Engineering II (4) REQUIRED
Recommended elective courses might include (but not limited to) (12 credits):
- CS 344 Operating Systems (4)
- CS 352 Introduction to Usability Engineering (4)
- CS 361 ^Software Engineering I (4)
- CS 440 Database Management Systems (4)
- CS 475 Introduction to Parallel Programming (4)
- CS 496 Mobile and Cloud Software Development (4)
Other upper-division courses are acceptable; please speak with an advisor about which courses might create the best path for your goals.
Courses that CANNOT be used for minor requirements:
- CS 391 *Social and Ethical Issues in Computer Science (3)
- CS 395 Interactive Multimedia (4)
- CS 401 Research (1–16)
- CS 405 Reading and Conference (1–16)
- CS 407 Seminar (1–16)
- CS 410 Occupational Internship (1–16)
- CS 461 Senior Software Engineering Project (3)
- CS 462 Senior Software Engineering Project (3)
- CS 463 Senior Software Engineering Project (2)
- CS 494 Web Development (4)
- CS 495 Interactive Multimedia Projects (4)
* Baccalaureate Core Course (BCC)
The minor in computer science can be easily added to an ECE major. If planned correctly, ECE students can obtain their CS minor with one extra CS course that does not go toward their ECE major.
Courses that all ECE students complete (28 credits)
- CS 161 Introduction to Computer Science I (4)
- CS 162 Introduction to Computer Science II (4)
- CS 261 Data Structures (4)
- ECE 271 AND ECE 272 Digital Logic Design (4)
- MTH 231 Elements of Discrete Mathematics (4)
- ECE 372 OR CS 372 Introduction to Computer Networks (4)
- ECE 375 Computer Organization and Assembly Language Programming (4)
Upper-division CS courses that count as ECE Restricted Electives (4 credits)
Required and does not count for the ECE Major (1 course)
- CS 362 Software Engineering II (4)


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If fall had a flavor, it would have to be pumpkin.
If fall had a flavor, it would have to be pumpkin.
But don't limit this versatile gourd to simply pie.
There are plenty of quick and easy recipes to fill your kitchen with tasty treats.
The easiest?
Start with a mix. Trader Joe's Pumpkin Bread & Muffin Mix ($2.99) requires just eggs, oil and water.
But think outside the box to make the most of this mix.
Bake it in a bundt pan and dust it with powdered sugar after it's cooled.
Or stir in 1 cup of chocolate chips and make muffins in pretty cupcake liners.
For other sure-to-be-popular pumpkin desserts, start with a can of Libby's 100 percent pumpkin. Then check out these nom nom nom treats.
Like a light and airy recipe shared by Melissa Brigham of Stockton.
Her pumpkin cream cheese bars start with a mix as well - angel food cake, in this case.
The result? A low-cal bar that passes muster even with picky tykes.
"They were yummy," Brigham, who has three young kids, said of the recipe she tried. "My whole family loved it."
And, as moms know, that's something of a miracle.
In Lodi, Jennifer Tudor is known for her pumpkin cookies with penuche frosting.
These soft cookies are a sweet bite of pumpkin and spice with hint of brown sugar and are her teenage son's fave.
The drop cookies are a snap to turn out - baking right up in just about 10 minutes.
Pumpkin squares that hint of cake can be eaten by hand or more elegantly with a fork.
Mary Nakamura, a Stockton mom, shares a recipe she gleaned from a local holiday cooking class.
These frosted bars are easy as pie to make.
They taste similar to carrot cake but without those annoying raisins, nuts and, oh yeah, carrots.
We'll let you follow the directions to make the most of the Trader Joe's Pumpkin Bread & Muffin Mix but for the other three recipes, just read on!
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Neighbors: Ohio man who owned home where 3 women found alive once went to vigil for missing
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CLEVELAND – In the tight-knit neighborhood near downtown where many conversations are spoken in Spanish, it seems most everyone knew Ariel Castro.
He played bass guitar in salsa and merengue bands. He parked his school bus on the street. He gave neighborhood children rides on his motorcycle.
And when they gathered for a candlelight vigil to remember two girls who vanished years ago, Castro was there too, comforting the mother of one of the missing, a neighbor said.
Neighbors and friends were stunned by the arrest of Castro and his two brothers after a 911 call led police to his house, where authorities say three women missing for about a decade were held captive.
Castro and his brothers, ages 50 to 54, were in custody Tuesday but have not been formally charged.
Ariel Castro was friends with the father of Gina DeJesus, one of the missing women, and helped search for her after she disappeared, said Khalid Samad, a friend of the family. He also performed music at a fundraiser held in her honor, Samad said.
"When we went out to look for Gina, he helped pass out fliers," said Samad, a community activist who was at the hospital with DeJesus and her family on Monday night. "You know, he was friends with the family."
Tito DeJesus, one of Gina's uncles, said he played in a few bands with Castro over the last 20 years. He remembered visiting Castro's house after his niece disappeared, but he never noticed anything out of ordinary, saying it was very sparse in furniture and filled with musical instruments.
"That's pretty much what it looked like," DeJesus said. "I had no clue, no clue whatsoever that this happened."
Juan Perez, who lives two doors down from the house, has known Castro for decades.
"He was always happy, nice, respectful," Perez said. "He gained trust with the kids and with the parents. You can only do that if you're nice."
He said Castro had an ATV and a motorcycle and would take children on rides. Nothing seemed wrong with it then, he said, adding that he now thinks that was one way Castro tried to get close to the children. He also worked until recently as a school bus driver.
Castro's personnel file with the Cleveland public school district, obtained by The Associated Press through a Freedom of Information request, shows he was hired in 1990 as a bus driver after saying on his application that he liked working with children.
The personnel file includes details on his dismissal, approved by the school board last fall after he left his bus unattended for four hours.
Police identified the other two suspects as the 52-year-old's brothers, Pedro Castro, 54, and Onil Castro, 50.
Lucy Roman lives next to a house that she said is shared by Pedro Castro and his mother. She said police arrested him Monday night.
"I feel sorry for her," Roman said of the mother. "She's a very nice lady."
Several residents said they saw Ariel Castro at a candlelight vigil for the missing girls.
Antony Quiros said he was at the vigil about a year ago and saw Castro comforting Gina DeJesus' mother.
One neighbor, Francisco Cruz, said he was with Castro the day investigators dug up a yard looking for the girls.
Castro told Cruz, "They're not going to find anyone there," Cruz recalled.
Castro's Facebook page identifies him as a Cleveland resident and graduate of the city's Lincoln-West High School. His interests include Virginia Beach, the Chinese crested dog breed and Cuban-born salsa singer Rey Ruiz.
On April 11, he wrote to congratulate "my Rosie Arlene" and wish her a fast recovery from giving birth to "a wonderful baby boy. That makes me Gramps for the fifth time. Luv you guys!"
Associated Press writers Mike Householder, Thomas J. Sheeran, Andrew Welsh-Huggins in Cleveland and Meghan Barr and Mark Scolforo in Harrisburg, Pa., contributed to this report.


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Some call her a saint, others, a nurse, many, an angel. But she thinks of herself in the most simple sense, as a mother.
Some call her a saint, others, a nurse, many, an angel. But she thinks of herself in the most simple sense, as a mother.
Her home is built for and around her 80 children, who are paralyzed, disabled and sick.
They are horses, dogs, cats, sheep, goats, birds, and a donkey.
Newington native Carrie Haggart moved out of her hometown in 1996 to build her dream in a rural part of northeastern Connecticut. The address will remain anonymous because its disclosure brings a stream of people dropping off animals they can no longer care for and the hospice, as she calls her property — already has a waiting list.
Longtime Newington residents may remember Haggart as the owner of Edward's Grooming Room, a pet grooming parlor she opened on Day Street in 1984. While her family still lives in town and her husband still owns Viking Electric Co. on Day Street, Haggart always knew she wouldn't own Edward's forever.
"I started the business to save money so I could do the hospice; this was what I always wanted to do," she says.
Haggart grew up in a house near the Connecticut Humane Society and can recall a childhood filled with more pets than anyone could imagine.
"We'd go there and take animals suited to be put down. We'd take them into our home or find homes for them."
As she grew older Haggart worked in animal rescue, in a veterinary office and in the grooming business. But she always adopted people's sick pets, carrying with her the lifelong dream of someday creating a place for them all to live happily together.
When her hobby got to be too expensive and she had saved up enough money, she built Out to Pasture Farm & Rescue Inc., a non-profit organization, home, hospice, animal sanctuary.
It's a big Victorian with no cages and lots of pasture. The animals roam free throughout the house and the yard, all in diapers, some in specially-designed wheelchairs. Haggart makes the rounds all day long administering their medication, serving meals and giving love. "It's never easy, but if it ever gets easy you know it's time to stop," she says.
"They're like having babies. There's never a day off, a holiday or a vacation — this is a lifestyle."
She only takes those no one else will adopt and once they arrive, that's where they will remain for the rest of their lives.
"Everybody here gets along," says Haggart, who bestows upon each animal a special name that coincides with their ailment or their nature.
"Unita" for example, (You-need-a) is a feisty little Chihuahua.
"For the first six months she was here you'd need a muzzle to get near her," Haggart explains.
While she'd like to help every single sick animal she tries to limit herself to 80 at any given time because that's what the hospice can accommodate. When another animal hospice in New York closed down recently, Haggart graciously took in five of the animals who lived there.
"It was one of the biggest ones around," she says.
The remaining animals had to be found homes all across the country — an extremely difficult undertaking, as not many people will take in sick pets.
The life of an animal hospice caretaker is not a lucrative one.
"Every single penny we get in donations goes to the animals," says Haggart, who every holiday season makes a calendar of her animals, with all proceeds going to their intensive daily care. The 2013 calendar has a friendship theme, featuring photos and anecdotes of the various animal friendships that have developed around the home.
Calendars are $15 each and can be purchased at outtopasture.org. Those who want to help can also sponsor an animal by making an online donation.


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The importance of impacting lives outside the classroom.
Since 1900, Rasmussen College has continuously been recognized for providing education and outreach services that extend beyond its student population to make communities a better place to live, grow and learn. It is with this responsibility that we place such important social commitments among our chief priorities, and it's why we're proud to announce our venture into officially becoming a Public Benefit Corporation—one that continues to serve the diverse needs of the communities around us.
Meeting these needs, whether through education or service, is ingrained in the culture of Rasmussen College; it has always been a large part of who we are and where we see ourselves going. By becoming a Public Benefit Corporation, we can better align ourselves with other organizations with the same values and mission, and expand on our established commitment to make an impact on the social welfare of communities through career-focused education and volunteer efforts that are not only sustainable, but potentially life-changing.
To learn more about how Rasmussen College partners with its campus communities, or if you are an organization that would like to partner with us to make a larger impact in your community, please call 888-5-RASMUSSEN.


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Rangers roll over Canadiens in conference final opener
On an afternoon when the Bell Centre couldn't wait to break into 'Ole, Ole, Ole', the Canadiens O-laid an egg in the worst way.
Fans who roared through the pre-game torch ceremony, backed Ginette Reno's powerful O Canada and madly waved rally towels, were muted in the third period, with a converted Rangers touchdown on the board and a sore Carey Price on the bench. The 7-2 loss was hardly the way Montreal envisioned the start of the Eastern Conference final after its emotional win over Boston, as a million car flags were lowered to half mast across La Belle Province.
"We were not ready, mentally and physically, to compete in a game like that," said coach Michel Therrien. "We have to compete harder and be more alert. This was a good lesson."
Even if you take those three Rangers power-play goals off the board, it's quickly evident that New York is a different animal than the Bruins, with a speed game that caught the Canadiens off-guard. The Rangers are now on a post-season roll of 4-0 that included their upset of Pittsburgh and know they can win in a traditionally difficult building.
"I wish we could play every game in here, though not necessarily against the Canadiens," said Brad Richards. "It's just a great building and they know hockey. I'm a Canadian guy who played major junior in Quebec and you spend a lot of time looking around and imagining playing here.
"It's loud and they're going to come with the fans behind them. You have to weather that always, but at the same time enjoy it. There is no better stage to be battling on."
Rangers coach Alain Vigneault wondered if the unusual puck drop of 1 p.m., had disrupted the home side.
"In Canada, hockey is Saturday night, not Saturday afternoon. Maybe we caught them at a moment they're not used to and were able to jump on that."
Seven different Rangers scored: Martin St. Louis, Mats Zuccarello, Chris Kreider, Richards, Derek Stepan, Rick Nash and Ryan McDonagh, who tied Brian Leetch's team record of four points in a playoff game by a defenceman.
"They come fast with their guys and we were able to get out of our zone pretty clean," said McDonagh. "We chipped it behind them and generated plays using our speed. Being a defenceman, you see things happening a lot faster, the way everyone is contributing, moving the puck, winning one-on-one battles. There was great back pressure by the forwards."
The crowd was first quieted by a St. Louis goal, set up by dilligent work from Dominic Moore. Both Rangers suffered the loss of loved ones this season, Moore's wife and St. Louis' mother. Moore, filling in after Derick Brassard left the game following a Mike Weaver hit, also helped set up Zuccarello's goal two minutes later.
When Montreal threatened after a Rene Bourque knuckleball beat Henrik Lundqvist and Brandon Prust was stopped on a 2-on-1, jaw-dropping easy goals by Kreider and Richards foiled Price late in the second. Kreider had earlier collided hard with Price in the crease and possibly twisted the goalie's ankle. However, Therrien insisted it was Price's mental well-being for Game 2 on Monday that he was concerned with more than a physical issue. Price gave up four goals on 20 shots before Peter Budaj was thrown into a three-goal Rangers power-play shredder.
"We weren't sharp in front of (Price)," said Therrien, who got a late Lars Eller goal to avoid his team's worst playoff defeat in 12 years.
Lundqvist, tired of being hen-pecked about his sub-par numbers at the Bell Centre, said he's grown as a goalie since last starting here a couple of years ago.
"You have to show your teammates you can play (in a harsh environment)," he said. "But (Montreal) has success at home against a lot of teams, not just us. They play a confident game when they get the building going.
"Coming into the series, we talked about the noise here, not over-thinking, just playing our game, our system and believing in what we're doing. Rely on skill when you have to, keep the plays simple so the guys know what's coming and we can be a step ahead. That's given us success, especially on the road."


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Can I rank my app if I use this strategy?
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Updating the apps and following the best practices of ASO can definitely draw a major chain in the app rankings. There is a clear distinction between the Apple Google Playstore App store optimization. To know more on this, click on – http://blog.zco.com/how-to-optimize-apps/
ASO is a big help for the apps developer. So that they will know what is the standing of their apps in the apps store. And my favorite game want to download is jigsaw puzzles. I hope there will be another version of the game.
As Robi mentioned that keyword is the single most important factor in app store ranking. Now question is that how we select the right keyword ?
In normal keyword research we use different tools like Google Keyword Planer, LongTailePro etc… to get the search volume and competition.
Now Question is that is their any tool available to get the search volume in app store and competitor. Luckily Answer is yes.
There are different tools available in the market which helps you to find the right keyword for you like SensoreTower, MobileDevHQ, AppCodes etc…
Now again another question arise which is the best tool for selected best keyword for you. I used almost all tools, every one has its own importance, but SensoreTower works fine with me.
You can read more about best app store optimization tools and their importance here http://theappmedia.com/5-best-app-store-optimization-aso-tools/
I hope so above guide helps you to find best ASO tool for your app.
Hmm very interesting article. Little apps are doing any ASO but it will definetly start to become more important, similar to how SEO started back in the day, now SEO is essential to even rank in Google.
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Great choice of the topic and great article! Design plays a key role in the app store acceptance process. Publishing an application it can be a complex and frustrating process to carry out because of the amount of restrictions and guidelines set by each store. Speaking of how to design a perfectly user-friendly interface compliant with Apple requirements, I also found this webinar very insightful. It focuses on the main design principles to keep in mind when creating your app icon and splash image. Check it out! http://www.apps-builder.com/pag/resources/webinar/app_icon/0
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A percentage is a fraction with a denominator of 100. It can be expressed using the term itself, such as 25 percent, or using the % symbol, as in 25%.The calculation of various kinds of rates by way of percentages is the backbone of a wide range of mathematical applications.
Percentages are related to three other familiar concepts: fractions, ratios and proportions. A fraction is a number expressed as one whole number divided by another. For example, one half can be expressed as ½.
A ratio is the relationship between two similar magnitudes. For example, in 2005 the relationship between the population of Canada, estimated at 31 million people, and that of the United States, measured at approximately 310 million people, was a ratio of 1 to 10.
Ratios are expressed using one of three forms: use of the word "to,"use of a colon oruse of a fraction. So the same ratio, say 8 to 5,can be expressed as 8:5 or ⁸⁄₅.
A proportion is a pair of ratios expressed as a mathematical equation. For example, if in a city of 100,000 residents, 1,000 people had red hair, the proportion of the population with red hair will be expressed as 1,000/100,000, or 1/100. The equation 1,000/100,000 = 1/100 is a proportion.
All percentages are an expression of a relationship based on 100, and every fraction, ratio and proportion may be expressed as a percentage. Percentages may also be expressed where decimals are required, as in the figure 66.92%.
An important application of the concepts concerning percentages is that of percentiles. A range of data can be divided into 99 points to make 100 groups of equal size within the range, and each point is called a percentile. For example, students in a class or across a larger population are given percentile rankings on a national test, which is a way of comparing the students to one another.
A percentage is a fraction with a denominator of 100, and it can be expressed in any of the following ways: 38 percent, 38%, 38/100 or 0.38 in decimal form.
To convert a decimal to a percentage, move the decimal point two places to the right and add a % sign. For example, the decimal 0.09 equals 9%.
To convert a percentage to a fraction, remember that x% will always mean x/100. For example, 40% is the same as ⁴⁰⁄₁₀₀, and the simplest form is ⁴⁄₁₀, or ⅖.
To convert a fraction to a percentage, find the decimal equivalent of the fraction and convert the decimal to a percentage as described above. For example, ¾ = .75 = 75%.
One common calculation is finding the percentage of a total quantity. Let's say 15% of a shipment of 350 books is said to be damaged by water. You can find the actual number of damaged books in the shipment by multiplying the total number of books (350) by 15% (or 0.15), which gives you 52.5.
In Latin, "per" means "by," and "cent" means "one hundred." The use of multiples of 10 as the basis for arithmetic first gained acceptance in Greece in approximately 400 B.C.However, it is hard to say exactly when the notion of percentages was created, since division by 100 has occurred throughout history.
Decimals were developed as an effective way to easily distinguish between fractions with different denominators.For example, the difference between the fractions⁴⁄₁₃and⁵⁄₁₇might be hardto see. However, the corresponding decimals for each, 0.307 and 0.294, are much easier to compare. The same applies when comparing percentages. The decimal point became standard throughout the European scientific community in the early 1600s, simplifying numerical calculations.
Society is now so accustomed to percentages being used in politics or business to support a particular viewpoint. However, percentages can often convey a shallow or misleading sense of certainty. Broad statements made in the media by business leaders, government officials and others speaking on public issues often use percentages. For example, "The economy will grow by 2% this year" has a certain ring of authority, yet the figure itself is less important thanhow the percentage was actually calculated.
Percentages are calculated in many real-life situations. The understanding and proper applications of various percentage calculations are critical to daily living.
• In education, the ranking of students will often be determined by their grades, usually expressed as a percentage, as well as by their percentile.
• In science, especially in fields like chemistry or medicine, it is essential to be able to calculate how much of a particular substance is in a mixture or solution.
• In the food industry, percentages are used to determine the relative amount of the contents of food and beverage products, like the amount of fat or vitamins.
• In retail, pricing increases and sales discounts are almost always expressed as a percentage, which can be easier to understand than unfamiliar fractions.
• In weather forecasts, the possibility of certain changes in the weather is expressed as a percentage, like a 20% possibility of rain.
• In sports, percentages are used to make comparisons in all types of competition, like shooting percentage in basketball or a baseball player's batting average.
• For voting patterns and election results, percentages are used to take the large numbers of persons who may vote in an election and reduce the figures to a result that is easier to understand.
This method of calculation is often useful for quickly determining small percentages. Determine 1% of the given number, and then calculate the value of the desired percent.
To calculate 3% of 1,800, first take 1% of 1,800, which is 18, then multiply that by 3 to get 54, or 3%.
Rate is the comparison between two numbers expressed as a ratio, written as a common fraction. For example, to express what percent of 20 is 8, one can use the rate 8/20, carry out the division to get 0.40and multiply by 100 to get 40%.
Whenever a problem is expressed by words such as "is 15% more than" or "is 60% less than" or "has increased by 180%" or "has decreased by 38%," the problem requires a calculation of the percentage change.For example, if 44 increases by 25%, the new number will be 44 + 25% of 44. Since 25% of 44 is equal to 11, the result of 44 + 25% is 55.
The rate of change may be expressed as the following equation: rate of change = amount of change / original number. For example, if 40 increases to 46, rate of change = (46 − 40)/40 = 6/40 = 0.15 = 15%.
If the quantity after the change is known, the original quantity may be found. For example, 96 is 60% more than what number? In this example, 96 is the number after the increase.
If the original number is x, then x + 60% of x = x + 0.6x = 96.In other words, 1.6x = 96. To find x, divide both sides of this equation by 1.6 to get x = 96/1.6 = 60.
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To better understand the utility of using pain freedom and most bothersome headache‐associated symptom (MBS) freedom as co‐primary endpoints in clinical trials of acute migraine interventions.
Adhesive dermally applied microarray (ADAM) is an investigational system for intracutaneous drug administration. The recently completed pivotal Phase 2b/3 study (ZOTRIP), evaluating ADAM zolmitriptan for the treatment of acute moderate to severe migraine, was one of the first large studies to incorporate MBS freedom and pain freedom as co‐primary endpoints per recently issued guidance by the US Food and Drug Administration. In this trial, the proportion of patients treated with ADAM zolmitriptan 3.8 mg, who were pain‐free and MBS‐free at 2 hours post‐dose, was significantly higher than for placebo.
We undertook a post‐hoc analysis of data from the ZOTRIP trial to examine how the outcomes from this trial compare to what might have been achieved using the conventional co‐primary endpoints of pain relief, nausea, photophobia, and phonophobia.
Of the 159 patients treated with ADAM zolmitriptan 3.8mg or placebo, prospectively designated MBS were photophobia (n = 79), phonophobia (n = 43), and nausea (n = 37). Two‐hour pain free rates in those with photophobia as the MBS were 36% for ADAM zolmitriptan 3.8 mg and 14% for placebo ( = .02). Corresponding rates for those with phonophobia as the MBS were 14% and 41% ( = .05). For those whose MBS was nausea, corresponding values were 56% and 16%, respectively ( = .01). Two‐hour freedom from the MBS for active drug vs placebo were 67% vs 35% ( < .01) for photophobia, 55% vs 43% ( = .45) for phonophobia, and 89% vs 58% for nausea ( = .04). MBS freedom but not pain freedom was achieved in 28%. Only 1 patient (1%) achieved pain freedom, but not MBS freedom. The proportion with both pain and MBS freedom was highest (56%) among those whose MBS was nausea.
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The Secretary of Health and Human Services (referred to in this section as the "Secretary"), through the Commissioner of Food and Drugs, shall identify (where such information is reasonably available) and periodically update clinically susceptible concentrations.
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The Secretary, through the Commissioner of Food and Drugs, shall make such clinically susceptible concentrations publicly available, such as by posting on the Internet, not later than 30 days after the date of identification and any update under this section.
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May 04. 2013 8:27PM
Giant dreadlocked banana man: 'im laughing all the way to the bank'
By TIM BUCKLAND
New Hampshire Union Leader
EPSOM - A man who claimed to have lost his life savings of $2,600 at a carnival game, and gained national attention for the giant banana with dreadlocks he received as a consolation prize, could end up with more than double what he lost thanks to a televised appearance and the interest of a humor website.
Henry Gribbohm, 30, said last week that he lost $2,600 trying to win an X-Box Kinect game system for his kids at a carnival game called "Tubs of Fun," in which players attempt to sink two softballs into plastic buckets, on April 27. He said he complained to carnival management that he believed the game was rigged and received $600 in cash and the famed giant banana.
Gribbohm, who could not be reached Saturday for comment, said last week that he got caught up in the moment.
"The two guys at that game knew what they were doing, and they were very good. I know I fell for it. I was feeling good and I never recognized what was happening, but you just don't think about that at something like a carnival like this," he said at the time.
He said in post on unionleader.com on Friday morning, after several commentators questioned his intelligence, that he didn't care that people were "trying to pick on" him.
"ive got tough skin and I'm laughing all the way to the bank because of ladies and gentlemen like you. keep it up you're doing great! thank you," his post said.
After his story appeared in numerous other media outlets he was invited to the VH1 comedy show "Best Week Ever" on Friday night, which included an all-expense-paid trip to New York City. He was asked to sink a small ball into a large bucket after the show's hosts made fun of his situation - and made fun of Gribbohm and his numerous tattoos.
"I feel bad for the guy. He blew his life savings of $2,600 when he could have spent it on at least nine more tattoos," said one of the show's hosts, Pete Lee.
He made the shot, then gyrated against the bucket several times and was given an oversized check for $2,600, meaning he is now up $600 since his visit to the carnival.
He may also get even more out of his strange week. The humor website CollegeHumor.com set up a web post in which it pledged to buy Gribbohm's banana for $2,600 if the site received 26,000 "likes" on Facebook and would kick in the XBox system if it got to 30,000 "likes." As of Saturday morning, the post was at more than 37,000 "likes."
Jaime Marsanico, a spokesman for CollegeHumor.com, said in an email message Saturday that the humor website intends to live up to its pledges.
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Factoring in the carnival reimbursement, the television appearance and CollegeHumor's pledge, Gribbohm could end up with $5,800 after losing his original $2,600.


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Union Leader Correspondent
July 01. 2013 1:54PM
All of New Hampshire is under a Flash Flood Watch through Tuesday morning with 1-3 inches of rain expected to cause road washouts and rapid rises on streams and rivers.
Rain began moving into southern New Hampshire by early afternoon and was expected to overspread the rest of the state throughout the day.
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Dear Abby: I'm a 40-year-old woman diagnosed with schizoaffective disorder after two suicide attempts. I have tried to get my parents and siblings to attend a session with me so they can understand my diagnosis, but all I hear is, "You're fine — just a little different than the rest of us" and "You have always been 'odd' and we like you that way."
I have given up trying to get their support, but my gifted 14-year-old nephew has been asking questions about my diagnosis. I'm not sure how much to tell him, especially about the suicide attempts, one of which landed me in the hospital.
Any advice about what I should tell him and how to get family support?
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Dear Hearing Voices: Tell your nephew the truth. If he is as gifted as you say, he will go online and start researching. Explain that your condition can be overwhelming at times, which caused you at one point to try to harm yourself, but that it is kept in check with medication.
Your relatives may be reluctant to admit there is a mental illness in the family, which is why they refuse to allow your psychiatrist to confirm it. However, you may be able to find support from NAMI, the National Alliance on Mental Illness. With 1,200 affiliates, NAMI provides self-help groups for people with mental illness and family members affected by it.
The website is nami.org. The organization was established in 1979, and it may be able to help you get through to your family that your problems are not imaginary.
Dear Abby: My daughter, "Megan," has a problem with a neighbor. This woman has a family of her own but is in Megan's business so much she is now taking my grandbaby out to eat at restaurants and seems to want people to think the baby is hers.
I have spoken to Megan about this. She doesn't like what is going on but feels powerless to stop it. This neighbor does a lot for my daughter, and Megan doesn't want to hurt her feelings. What can she say that will put this woman in her place and make her realize my daughter's family is not up for grabs?
— Ohio Mom
Dear Mom: Megan is not "powerless." As the mother of that child, all she has to do is start saying no. If the neighbor asks for an explanation, she should reply that what's going on is making her uncomfortable. Period. There is no need to be unkind about it — just firm.
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No one knows what the Eagles are thinking about their third quarterback. And, yes, the very fact that we are talking about the third quarterback makes this a quintessential Philadelphia conversation. But, that aside, it is getting harder and harder to believe that they are thinking about getting rid of Trent Edwards and keeping Mike Kafka instead.
Edwards played the final three quarters of the Eagles' 28-10 win over the New York Jets on Thursday night. He was very good, again. He was 22 for 32 for 197 yards, 2 touchdown and no interceptions. It was the latest in a string of solid, competent performances -- admittedly, against backup players -- that Edwards has put on this summer. Brought here as the presumed third-stringer, then left in no-man's land after the Eagles drafted Nick Foles, Edwards has watched as Foles played his way into the backup spot, and Kafka broke his hand. He has watched, and he as improved, and he has made the most out of his chance.
And here we are. Eagles coach Andy Reid did not rush Kafka back to play in this game because he says he has plenty of information to make his evaluation. Remember, he liked Kafka well enough to make him the backup in the off-season, and the only thing he has done wrong in a game is throw a single, wretched interception.
Is that enough to lose his job? Or is that the wrong question?
Because Edwards really has been good, and there is a body of opinion in the NFL that you want to have a veteran backup quarterback on your roster, just in case -- and starter Michael Vick is the ultimate just-in-case guy. On the other hand, there is no evidence that the Eagles subscribe to that theory. After all, their intention at the start of the summer was to have a young backup (Kafka) and an even younger third-stringer (Foles).
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So, what does the iPhone 4 deliver when it comes to new features? Well, we already knew how it would look, so there's little news there. It comes with a better camera, LED flash, faster processor (the Apple A4), a much improved screen (very high PPI), gyroscope for pitch, roll, and yaw, front-facing camera, and, of course, iOS 4.
The screen is quite interesting. Apple calls it a Retina Display, which means it squeezes four times as many pixels into the same 3.5" display the iPhone 3GS had. The end result is an astonishing 326 pixels per square inch, delivering extremely crisp and sharp text and images. Current iPhone applications will look a lot better, and of course, developers can optimise their applications for the new display.
The front-facing camera is used in Apple's version of video chat, which it calls FaceTime. It pretty much works as you would expect video chat to work, and apart from Apple claiming it invented video chat (I'm not making this up), it looks like a very promising technology: Apple is going to submit FaceTime to a standards body.
It's built on top of SIP, STUN, TURN, ICE, RTP and SRTP (whatever those are). Sadly, but not surprisingly, it uses AAC for audio, and H264 for video. In other words, standards body or no, it will not become an open standard as Steve Jobs claimed on stage (at least, that's how the live bloggers put it). For now, it'll be WiFi only, since carriers are not yet ready for 3G video chat.
The iPhone 4 will be made available in 88 countries between June 24 and September, in black and white models, 16GB or 32GB. iOS 4, detailed earlier this year, will be released June 21.


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Playoff ready? For 2 1/2 quarters Tuesday, the Clippers looked every bit like they were as they rolled up a 23-point lead over the Denver Nuggets. But the Nuggets, who last month halted the Clippers' 11-game winning streak at Denver, cut that lead down to eight points entering the fourth quarter and down to five in the fourth before the Clippers regrouped and came away with a 117-105 victory before 19,330 at Staples Center.
It was the Clippers' 135th consecutive sellout in their final regular-season home game. They finish today at Portland, then get ready for the first round of the Western Conference playoffs.
With the victory, the Clippers (57-24) are now guaranteed the best regular-season record in franchise history. If they win at Portland and Oklahoma City somehow loses to lowly Detroit at home, the Clippers would earn the No. 2 seed in the conference. The teams would have identical records, but as one goes down the list of tiebreakers, the one that says the Clippers have the better record within the conference would put them in front of the Thunder.
The playoffs begin this weekend.
Blake Griffin led the Clippers with 24 points, five rebounds and four assists. Chris Paul scored 21 points on 8-of-10 shooting and doled out 10 assists, J.J. Redick scored 18 points and made 4 of 6 from 3-point range. DeAndre Jordan had 13 points and 15 rebounds — he was 1 of 8 from the free-throw line — Darren Collison scored 10 and Jamal Crawford and Glen "Big Baby" Davis each scored nine points.
Kenneth Faried scored 21 points to lead the Nuggets (36-45), Aaron Brooks scored 19 and Timofey Mozgov had 18 points and 11 rebounds.
Griffin was assessed his 16th technical foul of the season late in the second quarter. Unless it is rescinded, Griffin is not eligible to play at Portland as per league rules. However, coach Doc Rivers said after the game neither Griffin nor Redick would make the trip anyway as he would like them to avoid getting on a plane because of their backs.
Rivers wasn't too upset that his team let Denver back into the game.
"It was good," he said. "I mean, we won the game. I thought we came out extremely sharp and then I thought we lost a little focus after we got the lead. But I was happy with how we came out."
The Clippers bolted to a 13-0 lead and led 63-46 at halftime and by as much as 84-61 with 6:06 to play before the Nuggets began to come back.
Rivers before the game downplayed the significance of the best-ever record for the franchise because the team wants much more than that. He addressed that again postgame.
"It's nice, don't get me wrong," he said. "I'm very happy that we're doing this stuff but it's not what we want. To get what you want sometimes you get other stuff, I guess is the best way to say it."
It was mostly second-unit players in the fourth quarter even though the game was still in the balance. Rivers explained.
"I wanted them to close it out," Rivers said. "I wanted them to figure it out themselves. … I thought it was good for our guys. That's a confidence booster for that group."
As for today, the Clippers should know what Oklahoma City did in its game against Detroit before they hit the floor against Portland. Besides Griffin and Redick, though Chris Paul will be on the trip, he might not play either.
"We're going to play tomorrow, I just don't know who's going to play," Rivers said. "But we're going to play. There are still going to be NBA players on the floor who want to do well, both for us and for Portland."
The Trail Blazers are also playoff-bound.


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Japanese Stimulus
The yen's 55% surge over the five years through 2011 hammered Japan's exporters, and helped spur the Liberal Democratic Party to adopt monetary stimulus as a campaign issue during the election that ushered it back to office in December.
Finance Minister Taro Aso on Dec. 31 rejected trading partners' right to criticize Japan's currency policies. He said that the U.S. should have a stronger dollar and questioned whether major G-20 nations had stuck to pledges from 2009 to avoid competitive devaluations. During his election campaign, Abe said foreign-bond purchases were a possible monetary tool.
G-20 nations will press Japan to clarify its policy toward exchange-rate movements, said the Russian finance minister.
"We have to get to the bottom of this of course, listen to our Japanese colleagues and how they explain this and what decisions they will take and what exchange-rate policy they will follow," Siluanov said.
Major G-20 economies have reached a consensus that market- determined exchange rates are an "important element of firm, stable and long-term growth" and that's it's not worth interfering with market forces, Ulyukayev told Bloomberg News today.
Broad Agreement
Still, the confusion surrounding the G-7 stance on the yen's decline makes it unlikely the larger G-20 group can agree on effective action, according to Daragh Maher, a currency strategist at HSBC Holdings Plc in London.
"The G-7 ended with three different interpretations of a communique," Maher said in a radio interview today on "Bloomberg the First Word" with Michael McKee. "What's the likelihood we can get agreement from 20 people around a table?"
If Japan wants to see the yen sold against other G-7 currencies, "it will very likely happen," Steven Englander, head of Group of 10 currency strategy at Citigroup Inc., said in an e-mailed research note yesterday.
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Another View -- Jayne Millerick: Dems scaring women by misleading them on contraceptionJAYNE MILLERICK
July 24. 2014 9:11PM
DEMOCRATS are facing stiff head winds as they head into this fall's elections. They can't win on the issues, so they're trying to scare and confuse voters.
We're seeing that strategy play out right now in New Hampshire. Democrats are spreading myths that a recent Supreme Court decision protecting Americans' religious freedom threatens women's ability to access birth control.
That's ridiculous. And Granite Staters deserve to know the facts about what this decision really means.
First and foremost, women will continue to be able to access the contraceptives of their choice. Although Sen. Jeanne Shaheen has tried to suggest otherwise, the Hobby Lobby decision does not give all employers free rein to "deny coverage for birth control."
The Supreme Court's ruling was about making sure that the government cannot force some employers to pay for health insurance that violates their religious convictions.
Under Obamacare, businesses with more than 50 employees are required not just to provide health insurance that includes coverage for all standard birth control.
The family that owns Hobby Lobby was fine with paying for nearly all forms of Obamacare-mandated birth control. But because of their religious beliefs, they felt they could not pay for coverage that includes drugs like the "morning after" pill.
Regardless of where we fall on the political spectrum, most Americans respect the incredible diversity of religious views we have in our country and agree we need to preserve and protect them.
The Supreme Court's decision in the Hobby Lobby case simply protects Americans who have started businesses, many of whom are also women, from being forced to choose between violating their religious beliefs or being fined by the federal government for failing to comply with a mandate that they believe is morally wrong. Or they can pay a fine to drop health care coverage for their employees altogether.
There is nothing about the Hobby Lobby case that prevents a woman from making her own private medical decisions, that denies her access to contraceptives. Regardless of where a woman works, she will continue to be able to access any of these drugs.
It's unfortunate that Democrats, led by Sen. Shaheen, are twisting the facts of the Hobby Lobby case. But we all know what they're trying to do. They can't run on their record of support for Obamacare, which is a disaster and deeply unpopular here in New Hampshire and across the country. So the Democrats are desperately trying to create a diversion, and they're going back to President Obama's false "war on women" campaign playbook.
Voters in New Hampshire won't be fooled. It's plain as day that the Hobby Lobby ruling won't take away birth control or prevent women from making their own decisions about what contraceptives they choose to use.
Jayne Millerick of Bow is former chairman of the New Hampshire Republican State Committee.


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We don't usually think of papal texts as being apologetic in nature.
However, the first pope famously wrote, "Always be ready to give an explanation [apologian] to anyone who asks you for a reason for your hope" (1 Pt 3:15), and many papal writings contain passages that are apologetic in nature. Lumen Fidei ("The Light of Faith"), the papal encyclical released by Pope Francis on July 5, is a wonderful case in point. The encyclical contains several points of significant value for the apologist. Here are three apologetic-oriented points made by Pope Francis (and Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, whose original draft was completed by his successor) about myths regarding the nature of faith.
Myth No. 1: Faith is blind and irrational. In "speaking of the light of faith," writes Francis, "we can almost hear the objections of many of our contemporaries" (No. 2). The first objection is that faith — specifically Christian faith — is outdated precisely because it is irrational, offering "an illusory light" to a rational, modern culture. Faith is said to be fine for those wanting blind assurances, but it supposedly collapses under the pressure of facts and reason. The erroneous assumption made by so many skeptics and self-professed freethinkers is that faith is just a "leap in the dark" that is "driven by blind emotion" (No. 3). The Pope notes that one problem with this belief is that "the light of autonomous reason is not enough to illumine the future." The reach of reason is itself limited, and these limitations indicate that rational thought, which is a great good, can only go so far in answering the deepest questions of the human heart. Reason is like a tall building from which we can view many vistas, but it cannot show us the entire picture. The light of faith, however, "is unique, since it is capable of illuminating every aspect of human existence," precisely because it comes from God himself.
Myth No. 2: Faith is private and individualistic. This myth, unfortunately, is found among non-Christians and Christians alike. Many nonbelievers say, for example, that Christians should keep their beliefs to themselves. Since a pluralistic society welcomes (or at least tolerates) a wide range of competing beliefs about God, man, society and everything else, absolute statements should be avoided. Of course, that premise itself reflects an absolute belief in man's inability to know absolute truth, which is inherently contradictory. The key issue here is truth: Does it exist, and can it be known? Yes and yes! Faith is intimately related to truth, for faith is only transformative and saving if it is rooted in objective, transcendent Truth. But the absence of faith opens the door to relativism, "in which the question of universal truth — and ultimately this means the question of God — is no longer relevant" (No. 25). Yet Lumen Fidei also focuses on the notion, held by some Christians, that faith is entirely or primarily individualistic. "Faith is not a private matter," writes Francis, "a completely individualistic notion or a personal opinion: it comes from hearing, and it is meant to find expression in words and to be proclaimed" (No. 22). No one comes to faith on their own. Faith, then, is relational and oriented to communion, with others and with the Other, the Triune God who gifts us with faith. Thus the need for the Church and the God-given authority of the magisterium.
Myth No. 3: The opposite of faith is skepticism. Pope Francis explains that what really opposes faith, in the end, is idolatry. We either seek God or we seek, knowingly or otherwise, to replace God with false gods. History certainly bears this out, as do our own struggles with temptation and sin. Idolatry, the Pope explains, "is always polytheism, an aimless passing from one lord to another" (No. 13). This profound observation helps the apologist make sense of the sometimes bewildering array of false paths chosen by those who reject or ignore the true way of Jesus Christ. But faith "consists in the willingness to let ourselves be constantly transformed and renewed by God's call. Herein lies the paradox: by constantly turning towards the Lord, we discover a sure path which liberates us from the dissolution imposed upon us by idols."
Carl E. Olson is the editor of Ignatius Insight (www.ignatiusinsight.com). He and his family live in Eugene, Ore.
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"Truly Agreed To And Finally Passed" by the Missouri State Legislature on May 16 and delivered to the governor's desk May 30, Senate Bill 1 has been the subject of many prayers for one lake area couple.
"Truly Agreed To And Finally Passed" by the Missouri State Legislature on May 16 and delivered to the governor's desk May 30, Senate Bill 1 has been the subject of many prayers for one lake area couple.
Allen and Chris Robinette say they are continuing to pray that the bill will become law now that it is before the governor.
Among other reforms to state workers' compensation laws, SB 1 would create a supplemental funding mechanism for the Second Injury Fund as well as make changes to try to make the fund more sustainable.
The SIF compensates injured employees when a current work-related injury combines with a prior disability to create an increased combined disability with the concept that the whole is greater than the sum of the parts.
Allen Robinette is currently one of hundreds of citizens around the state who was awarded disability payments from the SIF but has yet to receive any money.
The Sunrise Beach area resident is seeking to receive payments for the 100 percent permanent disability he was awarded in court in Nov. 2011 after suffering an injury on the job in addition to a prior disability from loss of hearing.
According to the court order, Robinette is supposed to be receiving $256 per week, dating back to the time of his injury in 2007. But on Dec. 23, 2011, he received a letter from the Missouri Attorney General's Office stating that while his claim was scheduled for payment from the fund on Dec. 26, the SIF was "unable to make that payment."
Since then, they have been in limbo, living on a limited income with bills from medications, rent and other living expenses.
After getting an attorney to find out why he wasn't getting the payment, the Robinettes learned of the financial troubles of the SIF.
While the fund is administered by the state treasurer and defended by the state attorney general, Missouri businesses fund the SIF through a surcharge on all workers' compensation and self-insurance policies.
Until eight years ago, the surcharge was an adjustable percentage of their premium determined through an actuarial study conducted every three years. The percentage ranged from 1 to nearly 5 percent over the years.
In 2005, the SIF had $25 million in reserves and had netted a $9 million surplus that year.
While the upcoming actuarial study would likely have reduced the surcharge to compensate for the surplus, the state legislature permanently capped the surcharge at 3 percent though a fiscal note attached to the bill noted that it would eventually lead to insolvency.
By 2008, the foretold insolvency was starting to come true. According to the attorney general's office, the SIF's annual expenditures had increased to $74 million while its revenue dropped to $56 million, eating quickly into the large reserve that had existed.
To stave off complete collapse, the settlement authority for meritorious claims was lowered from $60,000 to $40,000. Despite this effort, the SIF's balance fell to $4 million by the end of 2009.
At that point, the attorney general's office stopped all settlement negotiations and required every claimant to prove their case in court. Approximately one-third of the staff and attorney defending the SIF were later laid off as well.
The state stopped paying new permanent total disability awards in March 2011 so that the SIF could build up enough revenue to pay its ongoing, pre-existing obligations. While the pay out side may have stopped, the claimant entry process continued.
As of Feb. 1, 2012, the SIF had unpaid bills of more than $14 million that had mounted up since the prior May due to the cost of judgements to 184 claimants who received total disability awards in the 10 months since March 2011 and who were owed regular payments, according to the attorney general's office. By not making the payments, the state was also accruing additional debt at a rate of 9 percent.
By fall 2012, the number of claimants going unpaid had grown to close to 400.
In 2012, the attorney general's office reported that SIF revenues totaled $43 million a year with expenses of $77 million a year and had $160 million in unrealized liabilities and only $9 million in the bank.
With SB 1, bill sponsor Senator Scott T. Rupp, R-Wentzville, said in a May 17 press release that the legislature is moving forward to revitalize the SIF while protecting Missouri businesses.
"I know many citizens and their families have been struggling as they await their settlement from the Second Injury Fund and have been frustrated with the insolvent system. This bill is a helpful tool to make life better for those families," Rupp said.
If SB 1 becomes law, the Division of Workers' Compensation would impose an additional supplemental surcharge not to exceed 3 percent of net premiums from 2014-2021.
To make the surcharge more sensitive to the fluctuations of business, SB 1 requires the actuarial study to be conducted every year beginning in 2014 rather than every three years.
In addition to providing additional funding for the next eight years, the bill looks to reduce the SIF's obligations over time.
According to the bill summary, claims for permanent partial disability would not be allowed against the SIF upon its effective date as law. Claims for permanent total disability would only be allowed going forward when there exists a medically documented preexisting permanent partial disability that meets certain standards.
Currently, the SIF covers necessary expenses relating to the death and injury of employees of uninsured employers. Under SB 1, the fund would no longer cover those costs going forward.
Compensation would not be payable from the SIF when employees elect to pursue workers' compensation outside of the state, and life payments paid out of the fund would be suspended for all injured employees when the employee is able to obtain suitable gainful employment or be self-employed in view of the nature and severity of the injury.
With the back log of payments, SB 1 also outlines the priority for funding liabilities: Expenses relating to legal defense of the fund, permanent total disability awards in the order in which they are settled or finally adjudicated, permanent partial disability awards in the order in which they are settled or finally adjudicated, medical expenses incurred prior to July 1, 2012 and interest on unpaid awards.
Under the Missouri Constitution, the governor has until July 14 to either sign or veto legislation. If a bill is not signed or vetoed by then, it automatically becomes law. The effective date of SB 1 is Jan. 1, 2014.


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Seven Swords: Ultimate Edition (US - DVD R1)
Gabe says, "Don't try this at home", after attempting a standing double backflip...
In early 17th century China the Manchurian emperor of the new Ching Dynasty imposes a ban on the practice of all martial arts. When one martial artist escapes a brutal siege to a small village, and nearly mortally wounded, he asks to be taken high into the snowy mountains. There, five master swordsmen agree to break the law and save the village from an impeding onslaught by a corrupt imperial enforcer. The five become seven when they recruit the two townsfolk that brought the wounded swordsman to their doorstep.
Tsui Hark might be the most important creative force behind modern Hong Kong cinema. If not number one, he's pretty damn close. His work as director and producer is reads like a history book on the subject.
His big directorial break-through, Zu: Warriors from the Magic Mountain, is one of my personal favourite films, and lead to other mystically enhanced kung fu epics like the Ronny Yu directed The Bride with White Hair and Ching Siu-Tung's Chinese Ghost Story (which was produced by Hark). He produced John Woo's break-through film, A Better Tomorrow, which helped to usher in the late '80s/early '90s gun-fu revolution. Wushu fans the world over will probably love the man most for his work on the genre defining Once Upon a Time in China series, which made Jet Li the biggest name in martial arts (though I've always been a bigger fan of the Hark produced Iron Monkey myself)
Like most of Hong Kong's big stars and directors, Hark's Western output is awful. In fact, it's beyond awful. Woo at least has the over-the-top silly-fest Face-Off under his belt, Li has the disappointing but entertaining Unleashed, and Yu made two ultimate horror guilty pleasures, Bride of Chucky and Freddy vs. Jason. Hark's Hollywood apex is Double Team, which stars a has been Jean-Claude Van Damme and a never was Dennis Rodman. It's easily one of the worst films I've ever seen, it isn't even 'fun-bad'. Even Hark's Chinese output has been lacking of late, which is why Seven Swords was such an exciting prospect – a return to epic form for the master.
The first thing there is to say about Seven Swords is it is beautiful. The opening battle is eye-popping in its restrained use of colour, in that the entire scene is almost black and white with vibrant reds. The camera sweeps epically through the gargantuan set, and the gratuitous use of slow motion is divine. The rest of the film never quite lives up to these overly expressionistic beginnings, but is still quite often breathtaking, and most importantly, epic. It's not quite up to the new high standards recently set by Yimou Zhang for period piece beauty, but a virtual revelation compared to Hark's other recent work.
So as to not be in direct competition with recent popular wushu epics like Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and Hero, Hark has infused Seven Swords with some much-needed pulp and fantasy influences. Though Zhang and Ang Lee can't be accused of complete historical accuracy in their epics, Hark's creations are more attuned to those of Zu: Warriors of the Magic Mountain than those of actual historical China. The colourful villains have themed weapons, each entirely impractical, but viscerally entertaining. The best is the female assassin, who might as well be Darth Maul's sister (in appearance and fate), whose appearance and actions are so joyfully over-the-top that you can't help but love her.
The problem is that the film's beauty, though not skin deep, is pretty shallow. The plot is an old one, and bares several similarities to better films with Seven in the title. The mystic and pulpy aspects are really the only thing keeping the tale from being entirely tired. Most surprising is the fact that even though two and a half hours long Seven Swords has very little in the way of actual narrative events. I could probably sum up the entire film in a single sentence (but I wouldn't want to spoil it for you). This overly simplistic canvas can sometimes make for beautiful strokes of allegory, or even a rich character study (both very common for the region), but Hark seems to avoid this for the most part.
One may expect the seven leads to be properly defined, but honestly I had trouble telling them apart from the supporting cast when standing in crowds. Visually they just aren't as interesting as the bad guys, which is problem enough, but the real danger is the fact that they're so two-dimensional I don't really care about them. Hark tosses in a couple of character development scenes here and there, but these tend to be very broad, and stick out in context. Only the two villagers, whom we spend the most time with, and Donny Yen's character really memorable emotionally. Yen's innate charm and heavy presence goes a long way, as he really isn't given that much more of a back-story.
There are many signs of sloppy adaptation here, which aren't limited to thinly drawn characters. Entirely plot points tend to be dropped as soon as they are introduced, leading to questions about their inclusion at all. I understand that it's impossible to cram an entire book into a feature run time, but why bother hinting at something greater? Interestingly enough, the film does move, and once I got used to Hark's flow I never once noticed the rather long runtime. The film ends as a sort of "to be continued", and if properly filled this could've been a great opener to a great Chinese Lord of the Rings rival. But perhaps this wasn't Hark's concern, as a bit of Internet research reveals the fact that the original cut was somewhere around four hours long. That's a little extreme, but maybe a longer cut should be released someday.
The action is solid plus for the film, and though wire-assisted and fantasy based, the fights are surprisingly brutal. I didn't expect nearly as much blood and gore, but it never seems gratuitous, at least it didn't to me. The sword battle convey a real sense of power and heft, and the swords themselves are given more character than the actors. The wire work and slow-mo are both a joy to watch, and never felt tiresome or too contrived. Again, from a purely visceral and visual standpoint, this is some of the best work Hark's done since The Blade. All in all the film is worth watching, but may gather a slew of mixed reactions.
Any scene that doesn't require a great deal of darkness looks perfect. The colours are very rich, and even the bright ones rarely show signs of compression or blooming. Details are very sharp, and the overall print is relatively grain free. It's a gorgeous film, as I said, and a very specifically visually designed one. Some scenes are dirty, but the picture has a very clean feel overall. Imperfections can be made obvious by this clarity.
When darkness prevails the print begins to look damaged. Blacks are never truly black, rather they take on the characteristics of surrounding colours. Shadows are often beset with minor low-level noise. Things are at their worst during the film's fiery final brawl, where the oranges and blacks don't seem to want to gel. It's never awful, but less than perfect.
The disc includes a DTS and Dolby Digital track in the original Chinese (labelled on the box as Cantonese and Mandarin, though I'm pretty sure they meant Cantonese ( edit: Mandarin) and Korean, as some character speak Korean on occasion). Both tracks are outstanding, and the DTS has a slight volume and bass edge. Surround channels are very aggressive and engrossing. Sound effect tracks have a gigantic depth of feel, and fidelity is very crisp. The dialogue, most likely very A.D.R. heavy, is occasionally artificial sounding. The lip-sync will match, but the inflection occasionally does not. This is more obvious on the DTS track.
The musical score is at times brilliant and mind engraving. I hummed the theme all night after finishing the film. Sometimes it becomes obvious that it was put together on a budget smaller than that of some Hollywood films, but it's a forgiveable offence. Like all great modern film scores, writer Kenji Kawai occasionally steals a cue or two, but overall the score adds some real class to the film.
Every time I write one of these Dragon Dynasty reviews I'm tempted to blow a big raspberry at my friends and readers in the UK. We've got Bey Logan now, and we aren't giving him back. Here, again, Logan delivers another all-star commentary track, but this time he has the help of the legend himself, Tsui Hark. Regardless of the quality of his recent output, I'm still a huge Hark fan. He only has a few issues with the English language, and expresses himself and his craft very clearly for the most part. Bey makes for a great moderator and asks all the right questions. This DVD earns an above average mark for this commentary alone.
The second disc of the set houses all the non-commentary extras, but like the Dragon Dynasty release of Kill Zone it really looks as if there's more material here than there actually is. The selection of deleted and extended scenes are the first on deck. These, surprisingly add very little to the truncated characters and story elements, and are for the most part elongated fight scenes. The scenes are mostly without soundtracks, and the DVD's producers have added selections from the film's score to fill the void. Next time it'd be nice if Dragon Dynasty could make these anamorphically enhanced.
The making of and behind the scenes footage is mostly for advertising purposes. The Making of Seven Swords is really just an EPK, is short, and shot like a music video. The behind the scenes segments are slightly longer versions of the footage found in the EPK. It's mostly raw footage played out of context, and only entertaining for Hark's cigar chomping mug. Pretty disappointing.
The interview gallery is the bulk of the disc, and include Tsui Hark, Donnie Yen, Zhang Jing-chu and Duncan Lai. Every participant is fluent in English, and states his case clearly. Hark's interview is the best, as his involvement was the greatest. Yen' interview (again) runs the longest, almost an hour. The talking head quality of the interviews makes them a bit patience trying, but fans should enjoy the inclusion, and considering the fluffy nature of the featurettes they are the best behind the scenes information on the set, next to the commentary of course.
Extras are wrapped up with an art gallery and trailers. The art gallery is fun enough, though the character and set designs don't appear to have gone through many drastic changes. The DVD's promotional trailer is a joke, but the original Chinese teasers are pretty great.
Maybe not worth a purchase for everyone, but worth a rent at least. It appears that unlike other Genius releases, this one will actually be available to those of us without Blockbuster Video accounts for rent. The picture is great to look at, but has a few too many empty calories for a casual cinemaphile's diet. The soundtrack is room shattering, and though the extras aren't as plentiful as the box art claims, the Bey Logan/Tsui Hark commentary is worth the price of admission.
Review by Gabriel Powers
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Disc Details
Release Date: 16th January 2006
Discs: 2
Disc Type: Single side, dual layer
RCE: No
Video: NTSC
Aspect: 2.35:1
Anamorphic: Yes
Colour: Yes
Audio: DTS 5.1 Mandarin, Dolby Digital 5.1 Mandarin, Dolby Digital 5.1 English
Subtitles: English, Spanish
Extras: Commentary with Bey Logan and Tsui Hark, Deleted and Extended Scenes, The Making of Seven Swords, Behind the Scenes, Interview Gallary, Storyboards, Trailers
Easter Egg: No
Feature Details
Director: Tsui Hark
Cast: Donnie Yen, Leon Lai, Charlie Yeung, Liwu Dai, Chia-Liang Liu
Genre: Action and Adventure
Length: 153 minutes
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