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The leaker Twitter account evleaks has posted this morning that the upcoming Sirius Tablet will be dubbed the Lumia 2520.
There has been a lot of debate about what Nokia would call their tablet line, with some thinking a new designation would be used instead of Lumia. It seems an odd choice to merge tablets and smartphones into one product line, but then again Microsoft has hinted and many analysts believe that Microsoft will combine RT and Windows Phone in the future. Perhaps this is the first shot of that planned mixing?
We should also remind everyone that Microsoft will own the Lumia brand, so perhaps this apparent last minute decision was made in conjunction with their future owners.
The numbering is also seemingly arbitrary, starting with '2520' though it seems to parallel the Lumia 1520, which is due to be announced at the same time.
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The Lumia 2520 is expected to be announced at the October 22nd event by Nokia with a launch on AT&T in early November.
According to the Verge and WinSuperSite, the tablet will feature a 2.15 GHz Quad-core Qualcomm 8974 (ARM) processor and have a 10.1-inch 1920 x 1080 IPS display. It will weigh in a 1.3 pounds, have LTE and a ZEISS 6.7 MP camera. Priced at $499 the tablet will run Windows 8.1 RT.
If accurate, what do you folks think? Will it confuse or keep people focused on the Lumia brand?


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TURNER, Maine (AP) — A Maine attorney attacked by a polar bear last month has returned home from Canada and is scheduled to undergo surgery on his jaw.
The Maine Sunday Telegram (http://bit.ly/16nIj04 ) reports Matthew Dyer returned home last week after spending three weeks in a Montreal hospital. Dyer's wife tells the newspaper flew home Tuesday night and is schedule for surgery Monday.
Dyer was dragged from his tent in Torngat Mountains National Park at the northern tip of Labrador on July 24. He sustained a broken jaw and neck injuries.
The bear broke through an electrified fence that had been set up around the group's campsite. Dyer's fellow campers drove the bear away by firing flares.
A Parks Canada spokesman says the group had been advised to hire an armed guard but declined.
Information from: Portland Press Herald, http://www.pressherald.com

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G9902, Reviewed October 1993
The "Animal Care Facilities Act," passed by the state of Missouri, became effective Aug. 28, 1992. Under this act, a person who operates a shelter, kennel or breeding facility must be licensed. Each facility that houses or maintains dogs and cats, whether permanently or temporarily for boarding or breeding, even if owned by the same individual, must be licensed. Organizations that provide for the adoption of dogs or cats also must arrange for these animals to be sterilized at the time of adoption or within a designated period of time soon after.
Applications for licensure are available from the director of the Missouri Department of Agriculture. Provisional licenses will be issued until an inspection of the facilities can be performed by the director, the director's appointee or a veterinarian licensed in Missouri. A license will be awarded only after the inspection has been completed. The fee for licensure will be collected at the time of application. Licenses expire annually unless they are revoked due to any of the following violations:
Any person who operates an animal shelter, pound, boarding or commercial kennel, pet shop or exhibition facility, other than a limited show or exhibit, must have a license. Any person acting as a dealer or commercial breeder also must be licensed. To see if a license is required, see Table 2 for definitions.
A dealer may purchase animals only from other licensed individuals or those exempt from licensure as described below. The knowing purchase of dogs and cats from non-licensed sources constitutes a Class A misdemeanor and may result in loss of the license.
A person engaged in breeding dogs or cats who houses three or fewer intact females is exempt from the provisions of this act. Hobby or show breeders are exempt from the licensure and inspection requirements, but are required to register annually with the director of the Department of Agriculture at no cost to the breeder. An intact female is defined as a female dog between the ages of six months and 10 years, or a female cat between the ages of six months and eight years, which is capable of being bred.
Upon receiving a person's complaint, the state veterinarian or an animal welfare official may investigate during business hours any premises or vehicle upon which an animal may be found, and may determine if any violation exists. This official may then issue an order to the person responsible for the violation to appear at an administrative hearing. If violations are discovered, orders may be issued to correct them and an administrative penalty may be assessed in an amount not to exceed $1,000 for each violation.
For a license to be issued, a health and veterinary care program must be maintained for each animal facility. Records of veterinary services provided should be maintained and made available if requested by the director or the director's appointee. Additional provisions are outlined in the Animal Care Facilities Act for the quarantine of an animal or group of animals suffering from any highly contagious, communicable or infectious disease. It will be unlawful for any licensee to knowingly ship a diseased animal subject to a fine of not more than $100 for each animal.
This act does not apply to a place or establishment that operates under the immediate supervision and control of a duly licensed veterinarian as a facility where animals are hospitalized or boarded. This act does not apply to research facilities and does not affect the design, outlining, guidelines or performance of actual research or experimentation by a research facility. Such requirements are determined by the individual research facility's animal care and use committee.
All dogs and cats sold or released for adoption or purchased from any public or private animal shelter or animal control agency operated by a Humane Society must be sterilized at the time of adoption or purchase or upon reaching an age where sterilization can be safely performed. Sterilization is defined in the Animal Care Facilities Act as the surgical removal of the reproductive organs of a dog or cat in order to render the animal unable to reproduce, or the use of an approved compound that will permanently render the animal unable to reproduce.
Written verification from the licensed veterinarian performing the sterilization procedure must be filed with the releasing agency. A releasing agency is defined as a public or private animal pound, shelter, humane organization or animal control agency, but does not include persons who occasionally render humane assistance or shelter in their homes to a dog or cat. The costs associated with sterilization procedures will be the responsibility of the adopter or purchaser. This policy does not apply to the release of animals to former owners who are reclaiming their own animals.
The Animal Care Facilities Act was instituted to establish the minimum standards for acceptable animal care and housing. The provisions of this act will help to ensure the movement and commercial trade of healthy dogs and cats. The well-being of the animals involved is of primary importance. It is hoped that this act will promote humane care, sound breeding practices and responsible pet ownership of dogs and cats.
Additional information regarding the Animal Care Facilities Act can be obtained by writing the Missouri Department of Agriculture, Animal Health Division, ACFA Program, P.O. Box 630, Jefferson City, Missouri 65102, or by calling 573-751-2540.
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Individual Social Security Accounts and Employers:
Potential Consequences for Administration, Taxes, and Employment-Based Pensions
Submitted for the Written Record
U.S. House of Representatives, Committee on Ways and Means
Subcommittee on Social Security
Kelly A. Olsen
Research Associate
Employee Benefit Research Institute
June 3, 1998
The Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI) appreciates the opportunity to submit written comments on several questions delineated by the Subcommittee about the focus of this hearing¾ namely, how personal accounts would be administered and financed, how they would be integrated with other private pension plans, and how they would work within current tax law. Our contribution addresses these issues from an employer perspective.
Traditional Social Security reforms—cutting benefits and raising taxes—have well-known implications for employers. Benefit cuts create pressure for enhancements to employment-based pensions and require plan adjustments; tax increases add to business costs and slow the growth of cash compensation. However, public opinion surveys reveal little support among a significant percentage of voters for these traditional fixes relative to adding a system of individual Social Security accounts¾ an unprecedented reform with uncertain employer consequences.
Individual Social Security accounts could affect employers in many ways. Most obviously, employers would be affected by any change in the Social Security payroll tax if they are required to match employee contributions, as under current law. Second, the effects of individual accounts on retirement decisions and employee demand for private plans could affect pension design and offerings. In addition, individual accounts would certainly influence plan design features and pension offerings of employers who have retirement plans that are integrated with Social Security (i.e., the employers of approximately 7.7 million workers in medium and large establishments). Finally, individual Social Security accounts could impose additional administrative costs and burdens on employers, depending on the extent to which individual accounts contributions would be made within the framework of current tax law. This testimony discusses each in turn and is largely based on the article, "Potential Consequences for Employers of Social Security 'Privatization': Policy Research Implications" (Risk Management and Insurance Review, 1997) (Exhibit 1), as well as the forthcoming EBRI Notes article, "Administrative Costs for Individual Social Security Accounts."
- Employers as Reporters of Payroll Contributions
Recently, the National Council on Retirement Policy (NCRP) recommended that a system of individual Social Security accounts be designed to work "within the current payroll tax structure." In the current tax framework, employers send the U.S. Treasury aggregate Social Security (FICA) taxes (employee contributions plus employer matching contributions) relatively frequently, depending on employer size. However, employers must reconcile only once a year which portion of the aggregate FICA contribution has been paid on behalf of each employee (through the W-2 form). Because they have largely not addressed the issue, it is unknown whether other groups recommending individual Social Security accounts would concur with NCRP's recommendation that the current tax structure be used. Were the current tax structure maintained for individual Social Security accounts, a lapse of over one year would occur between the time when contributions are made on behalf of an employee and the time when those contributions are credited to the employee's individual account.
While options exist for having the government retrospectively credit contributions made on behalf of individuals to individual investment choices in individual accounts, such a time lapse would nonetheless stand in contrast to current 401(k) plan operation. Therefore, staying within the current tax structure may be unacceptable to those who view private 401(k) plans and minimal government responsibility as guideposts for any reform. As a result, some reformers might insist on an increased number of deposit transactions over the year. Depending on frequency, additional transaction requirements would inflate administrative expenses because of the additional work imposed on employers¾ especially smaller ones. On top of these costs, additional administrative costs for employers could arise if employers were responsible for keeping track of employees' investment choices or voluntary contribution rates. Further costs would be added if employers were required to send individual account contributions on behalf of each employee to a range of service providers available under different investment options.
B. Employers as Pension Providers
Individual Social Security accounts could affect the design of existing pension arrangements in two broad ways. First, almost one-half of workers in medium and large establishments are covered under defined benefit plans whose formula is integrated with Social Security (U.S. Department of Labor, 1995). When determining the benefit levels that an employment-based retirement plan must provide to workers of different preretirement incomes in order to replace—in combination with Social Security—a target percentage of preretirement income, integration formulas for defined benefit pension plans adjust for the fact that Social Security's benefits provide higher replacement rates for low-income workers. In addition, an unknown number of employers offering defined contribution plans informally take Social Security benefits into account when determining benefit provisions for workers of different income groups.
Most proposals for adding individual Social Security accounts call for reducing Social Security's defined benefit. If Social Security defined benefits are reduced, benefits levels needed from an employment-based plan using an integration formula would increase, adding to compensation costs and possibly slowing the growth of cash wages. Alternatively, the employer might not pay these costs and instead adjust the integration formula to provide smaller replacement rates to retirees. This would create an administrative expense for adjusting the formula and ensuring all government regulations for the plan as a whole are still met after the adjustment. Moreover, if employers were to try to integrate their pension plans with a Social Security system that has a defined contribution component, integration to achieve desired replacement rates could not be done as precise under Social Security's defined benefit system (because of the uncertainty of investment performance).
A second way that employment-based pension design could be affected depends on workers' confidence in the system of individual accounts. If employees expected to receive larger Social Security benefits per dollar of contribution under a reformed system than under the status quo, confidence in the Social Security system might increase. Presumably, the more confidence younger workers have in Social Security, the less pressure they will place on employers to enhance employment-based retirement plans. Under a system of individual Social Security accounts, depending on the reform features, confidence in Social Security could also result in less employee demand for employer-based defined contribution plans. For example, if highly compensated employees are able to defer their preferred level of salary without the need of a qualified 401(k) plan, employers may be less inclined to offer matching contributions to motivate nonhighly compensated employees to increase their participation/contribution rates. If that were to happen, meeting the required nondiscrimination requirements might become problematic for 401(k) plans.
On the other hand, loss of part of the defined benefit guarantee under Social Security could result in more pressure on employers to provide guaranteed benefits. Because such guarantees can be promised only through defined benefit plans, employers would likely experience additional administrative costs (Hustead, 1997) and increased exposure to market risk if they responded to such employee demand. In addition, if individual account reforms left many without enough retirement income under Social Security, employers might be called upon to make up the difference by increasing their benefits for retired workers.
C. Employers as Payroll Taxpayers
One of privatization's primary potential advantages to employers is its potential to maintain Social Security benefits at current levels without raising employer payroll taxes or reducing benefits by leveraging higher returns from the equities markets for Social Security contributions. Assuming that the equity premium will persist, returns on Social Security funds invested in the equities market will generate additional program revenue, obviating the need for future tax increases to supplement program shortfalls. Some individual account plans (such as the 1994-96 Advisory Council's Individual Accounts Plan) would raise program revenues in this way by requiring additional contributions on the part of workers but not employers. The Individual Accounts Plan supported by Ed Gramlich and Marc Twinney, for example, mandates payroll contributions of 1.6 percent of taxable payroll from workers' wages. As described above, tax increases on employers and benefit reductions are likely to increase compensation costs, slow the growth of cash compensation, and increase pressure for enhancements to employment-based retirement plans. Insofar as Social Security privatization can avert tax hikes and benefit reductions, it will benefit employers.
D. Employers as Employers of Older Workers
Under certain designs, a privatized system of individual accounts could make it more difficult for employers to retire older workers. For example, if employees near retirement age have a large enough amount of their retirement security tied to the equities market through an employment-based plan as well as through Social Security, then a downturn in the market might delay retirement. Alternatively, since individual accounts allow workers to reap direct benefits from account contributions under favorable investment performance, older workers might respond to this incentive by remaining in the labor force longer. The influence of market returns on retirement decisions could make the retirement patterns on which employers base their pension and salary scales unpredictable. In addition, older workers' decision to remain employed during a market downturn would occur just when employers might most need to downsize their work force, particularly their higher paid employees, in order to cut costs. While these retirement issues already exist for employers with defined contributions plans, individual Social Security accounts could exacerbate these concerns by linking an increasing portion of retirement security to market performance.
In summary, employers potentially have much to gain or lose under a system of individual Social Security accounts, depending on reform details. Important details include how the individual account reform would handle taxation and administration, as well as the extent to which the reform would increase employees' reliance on market performance for retirement security and affect employee demand for employment-based pension offerings. Most obviously, employers would be affected by any change in the Social Security payroll tax if they are required to match employee contributions. Plus, the effects of a system of individual accounts on retirement decisions and employee demand for private plans could affect pension design and offerings. In addition, individual accounts would certainly influence plan design features and pension offerings of employers whose retirement plans are integrated with Social Security (i.e., the employers of approximately 7.7 million workers in medium and large establishments). Finally, individual Social Security accounts could impose additional administrative costs and burdens on employers, depending on the extent to which individual accounts contributions would be made within the framework current tax law.
Advisory Council on Social Security (1997) Report of the 1994–1996 Advisory Council on Social Security. Vols. 1 and 2. Washington, DC: Advisory Council on Social Security.
Hustead, Edwin C. (1996) "Trends in Retirement Income Plan Administrative Expenses," Working Paper No. 96-13, Philadephia: Pension Research Council.
Olsen, Kelly A. and Jack L. VanDerhei (1997). "Potential Consequences For Employers of Social Security Privatization: Policy Research Implications,"Risk Management and Insurance Review, 1, pp. 32¾ 49.
Olsen, Kelly A. (1998). "Administrative Costs for Individual Social Security Accounts." EBRI Notes, forthcoming.
Ostuw, Pamela (1997). "Public Attitudes on Social Security Reform" EBRI Notes, No. 3 (March 1997): 3-5.
U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics. Employee Benefits in Medium and Large Private Establishments, 1993 (Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1995).
Yakoboski, Paul (1997). "The Reality of Retirement Today: Lessons in Planning for Tomorrow." EBRI Issue Brief No. 181 (Washington, DC: Employee Benefit Research Institute, January 1997.


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One Coat, Three Ways: The Kate Moss Edition
It's easy to take your go-to coat seamlessly through the cold weather months, just follow Moss' lead to give it a fresh look every time.
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Moss actually wore her beloved furry coat with two different dresses in the same night. For the 2013 British Fashion Awards last week, the model opted for an edgy contrast, by pairing the soft outerwear with a custom Marc Jacobs leather dress and Christian Louboutin's So Kate Pumps ($625).
Get The Look:
Sam Edelman Luci Chevron Faux Fur Coat ($210); ASOS Midi Leather Dress ($163).
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Later that evening, Moss swapped her leather frock for a silky slip dress from Marc Jacobs' S/S 14 collection.
Get The Look:
Miss Selfridge White Collarless Fur Coat ($120); Gold Hawk Long Night Dress ($383).
For a more low-key outing in London earlier this year, Moss teamed the coat with an all-black outfit consisting of Siwy's Hannah Slim Crop Jeans ($154) and Azzedine Alaia ankle boots.
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Stella McCartney Bryce Mohair-Blend Faux Fur Coat ($2085); DL1961 Emma Leggings Jeans ($168); Aldo Stollar Boots ($140).


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STOCKTON - A man died Wednesday, three days after suffering a brutal beating in south Stockton, and his nephew is wanted on suspicion of murder, authorities said.
STOCKTON - A man died Wednesday, three days after suffering a brutal beating in south Stockton, and his nephew is wanted on suspicion of murder, authorities said.
Paramedics received a report at 9:34 a.m. Sunday of an unconscious 65-year-old man at a home in the 2400 block of East 6th Street, near the southeast reaches of the San Joaquin County Fairgrounds, officials said. Medics notified the Stockton Police Department because the victim, Harry Grigsby, was suffering from a serious head injury, officers said.
Investigators determined that Grigsby sustained his injury during a physical altercation with his nephew, 41-year-old Richmond Johnson, authorities said. Police announced that Johnson was wanted on suspicion of homicide after Grigsby died Wednesday.
This is the third homicide Stockton police have investigated in 2014.
Anyone with information pertaining to this case is encouraged to call the Police Department at (209) 937-8377, the Investigations Unit at (209) 937-8323 or Crime Stoppers at (209) 946-0600. Crime Stoppers pays cash rewards up to $10,000. Callers can remain anonymous.
Cellphone users can text information to 274637 (CRIMES) by entering the keyword "TIPSPD" followed by their tip. Internet users can visit the Police Department's Facebook page and click "Submit a Tip."
Contact reporter Jason Anderson at (209) 546-8279 or email@example.com. Follow him at recordnet.com/crimeblog and on Twitter @Stockton911.


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Like many of us, you may have made some New Year's resolutions regarding health, personal finance or family matters. But there is no reason why a small business shouldn't also resolve to make improvements.
In the New Year, it is the perfect time to make positive changes happen in your company. Some of the obvious issues important to small businesses are Cash Flow, Budgets, and Sales.
Cash flow should be at the top of every small businesses list of priorities. Not having enough cash at the end of the month to cover your expenses is a trap many entrepreneurs experience. They may think they have plenty of sales but don't plan for the possibility of not receiving payment in time to meet their expenses.
Budgeting is another area that small businesses often overlook. Having a sales plan is essential. Without a goal or direction you can easily run the risk of becoming complacent, making you vulnerable to competition.
We recommend the following article that highlights eight smart resolutions that small businesses can make in the New Year to improve their results for 2012.
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Giant Fears
A little boy defeats the monsters in his closet with God's love.
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Courage, Fear, God's Love, Protection
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Large Stuffed Teddy Bear
Approximately 10 minutes
It all started when the boy got ready for bed. After putting on some warm pajamas, he was tucked safely inside the covers, and said his prayers. His dad had just turned off the lights, when the little boy cried out, "THERE'S A GIANT MONSTER IN MY CLOSET!"
The boy's dad came rushing back into the room and sat down on the edge of the bed. "What kind of monster did you see?" he asked. The little boy replied, "It's a giant hairy troll." "Is this what you saw?" said his dad as he reached into the closet and pulled out a large stuffed teddy bear. (Show the stuffed teddy bear to the children.) He patted the frightened boy on the shoulder and then said, "Let me tell you a true story that I think will help you overcome your fears.
"Many years ago God did a mighty work for a group of people called the Israelites. God had delivered them from slavery and was going to give them a beautiful new land of their own.
"While delivering them God had performed many miracles. One was when He parted the waters of the red sea so that they could pass through on dry ground.
"Just before they were to enter the Promised Land, God instructed the Israelites to send twelve men to explore the land. Ten men came back and were very much afraid! They said that although the land was wonderful, it was inhabited by huge giants! The ten fearful men said that compared to the giants, they looked like grasshoppers!
"The other two men said that there were indeed giants, but that God had promised the land to them, and the land was very good.
"They showed the people some of the giant grapes they had brought back with them. The two brave men said that the people should trust God and remember all of the miracles that He had already done for them! 'Surely God will keep His promise and give us this land,' they said.
"Sadly, the people choose to listen to the ten fearful men instead. Because of their unbelief, God made the Israelites wander in the desert for 40 years.
"You see, son," his dad continued. "The Israelites' fears were unfounded. They let their fears get the better of them and it weakened their trust in God. God was protecting them all along and would have given them the land that He had promised, giants or no giants.
"God still protects and delivers us too up until this very day. Don't let unfounded fears get the better of you. We should take comfort in the fact that God loves us very much and is here today to help and protect us."
The little boy looked up at his dad and said, "I think I understand... instead of focusing on an imaginary fear, I should focus on how much God loves me and remember that He wants the very best for me." His dad smiled and kissed him goodnight. "You got it!" That night, the little boy who once had GIANT FEARS now had the feeling of God's GIANT LOVE!


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I am running the Facebook SDK 3.1 on Xcode 4.5GM with iOS6 simulator. I connect to FB in the iOS settings and successfully FB connect in my app using the new iOS6 FBConnect UI. I have an access token, can see my friends, send app requests, post to my wall, etc. However, every time I initiate any sort of FBURLConnection is made, I see this printed to my console:
Error: HTTP status code: 400
I went into the FB code and printed the reponse when this error is printed and I get:
body = {
error = {
code = 100;
message = "(#100) The parameter 'attribution' is required for the 'mobile_app_install' activity";
type = OAuthException;
code = 400;
Does anyone know how to resolve this? All functionality seems to work, but I keep seeing this spam my console.


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19-year-old in leaf-pile deaths avoids deportation
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — An immigration judge has dismissed the case against a 19-year-old Oregon woman who faced possible deportation to Mexico after she drove an SUV into a leaf pile, accidentally killing two young girls playing in it.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement said Tuesday that Cinthya Garcia-Cisneros was released from a Tacoma, Washington, immigration detention center Aug. 14. She was in removal proceedings and had been held at the facility since February.
An ICE spokesman declined to say why the case was dropped, citing privacy issues.
Earlier this year, Garcia-Cisneros was sentenced to three years' probation and 250 hours of community service. A jury found her guilty of two counts of felony hit-and-run.
Prosecutors say the Oct. 20 crash in Forest Grove, 25 miles west of Portland, was an accident. But they say the young woman failed to come forward after learning she might have struck the children in the leaf pile, which was on the street. Police found her the following day.
Authorities said the two girls — later identified as stepsisters, 6-year-old Anna Dieter-Eckerdt and 11-year-old Abigail Robinson — likely were concealed by the leaves and not visible to Garcia-Cisneros.
Minutes after Garcia-Cisneros drove through the leaves on her way home, her brother returned to the scene and saw a man standing over the pile, screaming. The man spoke to him briefly. The boy went home and told his sister she might have hit two children.
Defense attorney Ethan Levi previously said Garcia-Cisneros was in a state of shock and denial after learning of the children and fixated on the possibility she wasn't the driver who struck them. At her sentencing hearing, she told the girls' parents, Tom Robinson and Susan Dieter-Robinson, that she deeply regretted not going back. The parents offered her their forgiveness.
Garcia-Cisneros was brought to the U.S. from Mexico as a 4-year-old. She has temporary permission to be in the country legally under the federal Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, meaning she has a work permit, a driver's license and a Social Security number.
Immigration attorney Courtney Carter, who represented the teen, was not immediately available for a comment. Neither was Garcia-Cisneros.
"Today is like any other day without our girls," said Susan Dieter-Robinson, Anna and Abigail's mother. "Through our grief we have chosen to love and celebrate the joy that they have brought into our lives and the lives of so many others."


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At the latest Network Integration Evaluation (NIE), a Defense Department field evaluation of new technologies, the U.S. Army Electronic Proving Ground (USAEPG) provided a network forensics team that made a positive impact on network troubleshooting, reliability and network protection, the Army reported.
According to Ed D. Watt, an Army civilian and project engineer with USAEPG, network forensics offers network operators and systems administrators the ability to monitor network traffic and data in real time. This helps IT professionals establish a baseline normal network, and identify network issues quickly, like improperly configured or failing equipment and unauthorized use.
Network forensics, though relatively new, is increasingly becoming the tool of choice on civilian and corporate networks, offering not only network tuning, but intrusion detection, the Army said. Considered a proactive network protection, it allows network operators to identify unusual network traffic and respond to compromised systems well ahead of more traditional means of detection, like antivirus.
"When you start cleaning up the small things, the network gets better, data goes faster, all of a sudden, it's a force multiplier," Watt said, referring to the value of an efficient network for military operations.
The network forensics team provided support to all NIE participants, in essence creating a help desk-like support element for the event. Participants also asked the network forensics team for assistance in characterizing or optimizing their respective network, whether carrying data or voice, at the tactical or operational levels. The team responded to nearly 100 requests for assistance, all with successful outcomes.
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Study Abroad
Where can I go with PSU?
The simple answer is: "Almost anywhere."
Each semester PSU students fan out across the globe to study in Australia, New Zealand, France, Germany, the United Kingdom, Austria, Hungary, Japan, Ireland, Spain, and South Africa — to name a few.
- You can study through the National Student Exchange program and/or with a PSU international exchange partner at any point in their undergraduate program. With an exchange program, your PSU tuition remains exactly the same.
- Provider programs round out PSU's overseas options to span nearly the entire globe. Provider program costs will vary from program to program.
- Additionally, we have a variety of short-term, faculty-led trips that students can take. Click on the links to the right to learn more about where you go with PSU!
Ever wondered what it would be like to study abroad? Listen to the stories of a few PSU students who did:
Note: programs in countries with travel warnings are not approved for PSU students. Visit the State Department website for the most recent information.


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PS Vita firmware 2.0 rolls out from tomorrow, all the updates here
PS Vita is to receive its firmware 2.0 update this week, adding new web browser capabilities and PS Plus support to Sony's handheld. It starts rolling out in the US from tomorrow and other territories throughout the week. Get the details below.
Over on Twitter, Sony Computer Entertainment Worldwide Studios head Shuhei Yoshida announced that the firmware update is rolling out from tomorrow. It lands Tuesday 20th in the States, and from 21st across Europe and other territories.
Among the changes is the addition of PS Plus membership on Sony's device at no extra charge. It will give subscribers four free games per month via its Instant Game Collection. The first batch includes Uncharted: Golden Abyss, Gravity Rush, Chronovolt and Tales from Space: Mutant Blobs Attack.
Eurogamer reports that the Instant Game Collection works across PS Vita and PS3, meaning you will always have 14 free titles per month, with five new titles added monthly equating to 65 titles a year. Not bad indeed.
The PS Vita's web browser app is, "Little talked about but is a big change," according to Yoshida, with increased browsing speed and the ability to multi-task, meaning you can exit a game, browse the web and then dive back in where you left off.
Finally, PS Plus users can enjoy 2GB of game save space via the cloud – that's 1GB each for PS3 and PS Vita – and that you can set the console to start up and install new updates automatically, meaning the dreaded 'start up console, download a whopping great update' woes of old will no longer be an issue.
It's a biggie. What do you think? Let us know below.


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Exclusive: Justin Bieber Playing Ping Pong!
If there's one thing Justin Bieber loves more than dropping swaggy beats, it's a good ol' fashioned game of ping pong. And if you love Justin as much as you love ping pong, you're in luck, because we have a whole 41 seconds of him playing the table tennis game that you won't be able to see any where else. Truth time: we had a clip of Justin hanging out during his Pencils of Promise PSA shoot and we knew we couldn't leave it on the cutting room floor!
Dressed in a hat and stylish camouflage shirt, the Biebs makes this ping pong game look good! Yep, in this short but sweet vid, we get an inside look at what Justin does when he is actually able to get a free moment. Check it out for yourself above.


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My mind is turning to mush. Figuratively - I've been away from work for 8 months and I can feel that I'm not as sharp at holding on to thoughts and ideas. I'm still doing bits of work while on maternity leave, but half the time is spent me trying to remember the brilliant idea I'd had the previous week/day/hour. It's a different sort of mental gymnastics, keeping lists of groceries and grocery lists of to-do things in your head, than it is gathering together strands of ideas and weaving them into a long-term intentions. I worry about this mushiness when I'm back at work in a couple of months time.
My mind is also literally turning to mush, what with Baby A&N barreling forward with his solids eating and me trying to come up with interesting variations of mush for him to eat. Some are actually pretty tasty even by adult palates: courgette, roasted red pepper and basil; sauteed onion and spinach with cauliflower gratin; garlic, lentil, courgette, carrot, and tomato. Sometimes the only format for them seems to be mush (beetroot, sauteed spinach, dollop of cream cheese) which is a bit of a shame since the only way Mr A&N or I can enjoy these flavors is to steal the sloppy seconds away from any unfinished meals.
There are some adult mushes that Mr A&N and I hold dear and which baby A&N won't be able to enjoy for a while. Our favorite is a chickpea puree from the Casa Moro cookbook. It starts with the heady smell of garlic, cumin and onions gently frying together, and results in a warm, warming, rich dish that stands in for the moistness of gravy when there isn't one. It's very easy to make, and makes a different starchy side dish to mashed potato. We normally have this with lamb, which is the Moro suggestion, but it would also work well with a well-flavored chicken or sausage meat course. In some ways this is more of a winter warmer, but when mush is on the mind this is a very comforting way of seeing the mush through.
Chickpea Puree, from Casa Moro
Serves 4 - 6
- 2 400g of chickpeas, drained and rinsed
- 4 Tbs olive oil
- 1 onion, finely chopped
- 3 cloves garlic, finely chopped
- 1 1/2 rounded tsp cumin seeds, roughly ground
- 30 threads (large pinch) saffron, infused in about 2 Tbs just-boiled water
- 2 Tbs roughly chopped flat-leave parsely (optional)
- salt and pepper
- Puree the chickpeas (using a blender/food processor) until they're smooth
- Add water to them until they're the consistency of wet mashed potato
- Heat the olive oil over a meadium-high heat using a medium-sized frying pan
- Add the onions, garlic, and cumin and stir, cooking and stirring until things turn golden brown
- Mix in the chickpeas along with the saffron infusion and stir, then lower the heat and simmer for about 5 minutes.
- Add salt and pepper to taste, and garnish with parsely if you want to get fancy.


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Harry Styles Talks Taylor Swift Split
Harry Styles hits the streets and heads back to his car after a night out at The Box Club with pals in Soho, London on Sunday night (February 17).
The 19-year-old One Direction singer recently chatted with Capital FM about his split with singer Taylor Swift.
"I understand why people would want to know stuff like that, I get it. If someone does stuff like that then I want to know about it, too," Harry shared about fans' interests in the relationship. "I guess it just kind of. . . It is what it is, I guess."
Harry added about her 2013 Grammy Awards performance, "She's a great performer and she always performs great. She's always good on the stage. She's been doing it a long time. She knows what she's doing on stage. It was just another good Taylor Swift performance. It was good."
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The following is helpful, accurate information from Feeding America that was issued to Food Banks Oct 2, 2013.
• SNAP – SNAP has statutory authority to continue distributing benefits during October. This authority comes from ARRA, through which Congress provided "such sums as are necessary" to fund the temporary benefit boost. Additionally, about $2 billion in SNAP contingency funds are available and could be used to support state administrative activities to issue and process benefits. Contingency funds are provided in annual appropriations and do not expire until the end of FY2014. SNAP is providing about $6 billion per month in benefits, so unfortunately the contingency funds would not go very far if needed to help fund benefits.
• TEFAP Administration and CSFP-No additional funds would be available to support the Commodity Assistance Programs (CAP) including the Commodity Supplemental Food Program (CSFP), The Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP), and administrative funding. While no new funding will be able, existing inventories can still be used. In addition, we expect that if and when funding is provided through a Continuing Resolution, it will be available retroactively, which would allow programs to cover their administrative costs retroactively.
• USDA has no legal authority to continue providing benefits under the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children after Monday, but states may have money and legal authority to fund the assistance for a week or so. Some contingency funds for WIC also may be available, according to the agency, but there is not enough funding to mitigate a shortfall for the entire month.
• Child Nutrition Programs – School breakfast and lunch programs and meals provided in day care settings (CACFP) would continue into October. This is also true for the Summer Food Service Program (SFSP) and the Special Milk Program. School meal program and CACFP providers are reimbursed for meals served 30 days after the end of the service month, so providers would not be paid for meals provided in October until the end of November. Most state agencies will continue to have FY13 funds available for state administrative expenses. State administrative expenses are awarded for a two-year grant period and states are permitted to carry over up to 20 percent of their allocation into the second year of the grant period.
• Senior Nutrition Programs – During a government shutdown, the Department of Health and Human Services will not be able to fund Senior Nutrition programs, which includes both home-delivered meals (Meals on Wheels) and senior congregate feeding programs. Local Meals on Wheels programs will not be affected immediately. Programs are generally reimbursed after meals are already delivered. However, if the government stays closed for a lengthy period of time, this will result in a direct financial loss for Meals on Wheels programs that receive federal funding. Additionally, state or local funding reserves that have been used to make up for sequestration cuts are likely depleted, so any cushion that may have been there to weather the shutdown is gone.
For more information, you can visit the USDA website: http://www.usda.gov/documents/usda-fns-shutdown-plan.pdf and http://www.hhs.gov/budget/fy2014/fy2014contingency_staffing_plan-rev2.pdf for HHHS


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MONROVIA, Liberia (AP) — The Liberia airport authority says a chartered evacuation plane that will take home the second American sick with Ebola has landed at the airport in the capital.
Binyah Kesselly, the chairman of the Liberia Airport Authority's board of directors, told The Associated Press that the plane arrived late Monday afternoon in Monrovia.
It is scheduled to take off early Tuesday with American missionary Nancy Writebol aboard. Writebol, a long-time missionary from North Carolina, will be treated at the same Atlanta hospital where an American doctor has been taken.
Writebol's son, Jeremy, said his mother "is still struggling" but that "there seems to be improvement" and that the family is optimistic she will recover amid a spreading Ebola outbreak.
Ebola has killed at least 887 people in four West African countries.


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Mayoral Candidate John Catsimatidis: A True New Yorker
By Gunjan J. Sewhani
Photography by Getty Images/Andrew Walker
Margo Catsimatidis welcomes us into an apartment that spans the entire floor of a classic Fifth Avenue building. The apartment is cozily reminiscent of a home that has been nurtured by a family for generations. Knick-knacks and framed photographs line the walls and daintily stand atop a grand piano as well as next to rows upon rows of encyclopedias on bookshelves. His two children are featured in most. As we wait for John, Margo offers us snacks and shares tidbits of the couple's days on the campaign trail.


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High Country Views: Anticline deer decline
The 300-square-mile Pinedale Anticline in western Wyoming has been called America's Serengeti. It's crucial winter range for mule deer and pronghorn antelope, and is a sage grouse stronghold. But it's got riches below ground too – the third largest natural gas reserve in the United States. Development of the gas reserve has been underway for just over a decade. And it looks like it's taking a toll on wildlife. According to a recent report, the mule deer population has declined by 60 percent during that time.
In this episode of High Country Views, High Country News editorial intern Emilene Ostlind talks with Dr. Rollin Sparrowe to sort out what's happening with wildlife management on the Anticline. Sparrowe spent 22 years as a biologist with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and now sits on the board of the Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership, a sportsmen's group that has filed a lawsuit against the Bureau of Land Management for failing to protect wildlife on the Anticline. He lives in Daniel, Wyoming, less than 10 miles west of the Pinedale Anticline.
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GamerNode writes:
"Several gamers say that sequels can ruin a franchise, that they can cause a good game to be bled out for money and profit. However, this past year proves that sequels can actually be capable of restoring franchises and turning them into them powerhouses. Games like Uncharted 2, Assassin's Creed II, Mass Effect 2, and Red Dead Redemption all showed that sequels can be a good thing for video games. So with that in mind, here's a top ten list of video games and franchises that have all gone at least four years without a full-fledged sequel, but deserve one."
Jade Empire sequel, si'l vous plait. I'm down with all that.
I would have to commence fapping if a Battlefront sequel was announced. Oh, and also Psychonauts!
Why does Half-life in the list ?
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Casey Dellacqua has upstaged higher-ranked compatriot Samantha Stosur to reach the quarter-finals of the WTA event in Birmingham.
Dellacqua contributed to Stosur's woes on grass, fighting back from a set down to send the tournament's second seed packing 2-6 6-2 6-2 on Thursday.
World No.43 Dellacqua will next face Japanese veteran Kamiko Date-Krumm, who thrashed Slovakian seventh seed Daniela Hantuchova 6-4 6-0.
The 29-year-old West Australian was ranked outside the world's top 200 last September as she struggled in her comeback from injuries.
However she return to the top 50 for the first time since 2008 last month and is inching back towards her career high of 39.
Dellacqua and Australia's top-ranked player Stosur had not played each other for more than a decade, but Dellacqua had won both of their previous encounters.
World No.17 Stosur, who lost to eventual champion Maria Sharapova in the last 16 at last month's French Open, was dominant in the first set but was blasted off the court as Dellacqua stepped up her aggression.
Stosur will now turn her attention to next week's event in Eastbourne, a final warm-up for Wimbledon.
Grass is Stosur's least-favoured surface and she equalled her best effort by reaching the third round of the grass court grand slam last year.
Elsewhere top seeded Ana Ivanovic of Serbia enjoyed an easy day, loosing just two games against American Lauren Davis to win 6-1 6-1.
Third seed Sloane Stephens had a much tougher time against fellow American Alison Riske but finished strongly to win 7-6 (7-4) 2-6 6-1.
It was a similar story for fourth seed Kirsten Flipkens of Belgium, a semi-finalist at Wimbledon last year, who came from a break down in the second set to defeat Canada's Aleksandra Wozniak 1-6 7-5 6-4.
The world number 25 now faces Barbora Zahlavova Stycova of the Czech Republic for a place in the last four.
Finally, fellow Czech Klara Koukalova reached the quarter-finals along with ninth seed Zhang Shuai of China.


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SACRAMENTO - Plagued by foul trouble, the Weston Ranch boys basketball team struggled in the fourth quarter and was defeated by top-seed Modesto Christian in a semifinal matchup Tuesday of the Sac-Joaquin Section Division III playoffs at Cosumnes River College.
SACRAMENTO - Plagued by foul trouble, the Weston Ranch boys basketball team struggled in the fourth quarter and was defeated by top-seed Modesto Christian in a semifinal matchup Tuesday of the Sac-Joaquin Section Division III playoffs at Cosumnes River College.
Modesto Christian won 63-58 after extending its one-point lead at the start of the fourth quarter to as many as nine points, as seniors Eric Duncan and Davieon Lavrett fouled out of the game. Dylan Alexander scored a game-high 21 points while Duncan and Lavrett had 19 and nine points, respectively.
The Crusaders will play Sierra, who beat Orangevale-Casa Roble 44-39 in the nightcap, in the championship game at 9 p.m. Friday at Sleep Train Arena in Sacramento.
"We played our hearts out and gave it our all," Duncan said. "We just came up short."
The No. 4 Cougars (21-9) went on a 13-3 run to take a 17-12 lead after the first quarter. Trailing 30-24 late in the second quarter, the Crusaders (27-3) ended the half on a 9-1 run and took a 33-31 lead. Duncan had 14 points in the first half after making all three of his 3-point shots, but he also found himself playing with three fouls.
"It's hard because we had to stop playing our game and being physical," said Duncan, who along with Lavrett had four fouls by the end of the third quarter. "We did everything we had to do to stay in the game, but we had to back off."
With Lavrett, Duncan and Alexander all on the court to start the second half, the Cougars reclaimed a 39-34 lead, thanks to a 8-1 run. But Modesto Christian's T.J. Wallace, who has signed with Pacific, scored eight of his 14 points over a 4-minute span to give the Crusaders a 47-46 lead after three quarters.
When the Cougars opened the final quarter by missing their first six field-goal attempts, Modesto Christian was able to claim a 55-46 lead with 4:40 remaining. Duncan's fourth 3-pointer with 1:50 remaining cut the deficit to 59-53, but he fouled out moments later and joined Lavrett on the bench.
"Our depth overcame (Weston Ranch)," Modesto Christian coach Gary Porter said. "When you get in foul trouble, a deep bench makes a difference. Weston Ranch is a good team; they'll be OK. I'd hate to be the team that plays them (in the NorCal Tournament)."
Sophomore Anthony Townes led Modesto Christian with 15 points, and teammate Mason Washington added 13.
The No. 2 Timberwolves (26-5) and No. 3 Rams (24-7) were tied 23-23 at halftime, but Sierra's defense allowed only 16 points in the second half. Guillermo Nunez led the Timberwolves with 13 points, and Eric Melgar made four 3-pointers and scored 12 points.
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The House With a Surprise Inside
Behind the walls of that Tudor or Colonial, a dramatic contemporary may be lurking. Faced with strict codes and steep construction costs, more homeowners are installing modern interiors in old homes
Michael and Amy Cohen live in a classic, stately stone Colonial. Until you step inside, that is.
Following a recent remodel, the four-bedroom, three-story house, built in the 1920s in the West Mount Airy section of Philadelphia, has an electric-blue fireplace and a wall that doubles as a "found art" installation project, with multicolored plastic bread tags embedded in a large pane of clear Plexiglas. A custom-made living-room rug echoes the shapes and drips of a painting Mr. Cohen made in preschool and matches the Coca-Cola-red sofa.
"Brick and stone says 'home' to me. But I really like modern design. I never thought that exterior and interior had to agree," says Ms. Cohen, 48, a high-school and middle-school social-studies teacher.
It's a tough time to build new. Construction costs have risen sharply over the past year, while existing-home prices, though rising, are still about a third below their peak. As a result, the number of custom single-family homes built in the U.S. last year was less than half the number built in 2005, according to Robert Denk, senior economist at the National Association of Home Builders. And finding an existing contemporary or modern house can be difficult, especially in older cities and towns.
So what's a modern-design aficionado to do? Redo an older home. Remodeling spending is up 9% over last year, according to the Joint Center for Housing Studies at Harvard. And according to Sheila Schmitz, editor in chief of home-décor website Houzz, there has been an increase in popularity of the "transitional" look, which blends the comfort and warmth of traditional design with the clean profiles and understated colors of contemporary counterparts.
The concept of installing a modern interior inside a traditional home, long seen in Europe, is becoming particularly popular in older U.S. cities. In San Francisco, architect Stephen Verner of Aleck Wilson Architects says most of his clients want contemporary interiors even in the oldest homes.
Pittsburgh-based architect Lewko Korzeniwsky recently finished turning the traditional, Colonial-style floor plan of an old 4,600-square-foot French Normandy mansion into an open, contemporary interior, reducing the number of bedrooms to four from six and introducing floor-to-ceiling glass windows and recessed lighting. Mr. Korzeniwsky says he is getting many more requests for projects that keep the exteriors but modernize the interiors.
This "hybrid" phenomenon is particularly evident in Philadelphia. The city is full of old stone and brick homes. Construction costs are among the highest in the country, reflecting taxes, union labor rates and extensive regulations. And strict historical codes can make it difficult to change a house's exterior. Yet the way people live has become increasingly contemporary, say architects and designers, so more owners are demanding interior changes to incorporate bigger kitchens, cleaner lines and open floor plans.
The market has been responding positively. Bruce Benjamin, a real-estate agent at Plumer & Associates, says houses whose interiors have been renovated in a contemporary way appeal to buyers because they're a "refreshing" change and, as a result, have a higher resale value. He points to a 2,300-square-foot, 150-year-old townhouse that sold last summer for its asking price of $1.15 million even though it lacked parking, usually a must for that price category. Mr. Benjamin attributes the sale price to the home's modern interior.
"No one in their right mind would knock down one of these beautiful old houses," says Alan Metcalfe, the principal at Metcalfe Architecture & Design in Philadelphia who designed the remodel for the Cohens. "It is a matter of reorienting them to the way people live." Local architects estimate modern redos cost about $200 a square foot in Philadelphia, depending on the materials and scope of the work.
Built in 1800, Hank McNeil's Neo-Georgian 13,000-square-foot Rittenhouse Square mansion is red brick and cube-shaped, with rectangular double-hung windows all aligned and a red front door flanked by Corinthian columns. When Mr. McNeil bought it in 2003 for $1.3 million, it had been converted into law offices, with the interior rooms chopped up. Now, the interior is highly contemporary, and filled with one of the leading collections of minimalist modern art in the country.
Mr. McNeil, an heir to the Tylenol fortune, couldn't touch the exterior due to historical regulations. So he turned his attention inside, knocking down walls to create three rooms on the main floor. He installed glass doors, skylights and modern Bulthaup cabinets in the open kitchen.
The overall interior look of Mr. McNeil's house is sparse: He has a few pieces of furniture, mostly Danish, and simple rugs over the white oak floors. The focus is the art, which includes 14 major wall drawings by Sol LeWitt, 14 sculptures by Donald Judd and works by Carl Andre, Dan Flavin and Richard Tuttle. "People are really surprised when they come into my house. They're taken aback by the openness," says Mr. McNeil, who regularly hosts tours of museum board members from around the world.
Joan Wadleigh Curran opted for more of an industrial modern look when she turned three internally connected 19th-century carriage houses in the heart of Philadelphia's downtown into a 4,300-square-foot three bedroom home. An artist, Ms. Wadleigh Curran focused on keeping original details like the brick walls and unsealed concrete but added other natural materials like steel beams and an open, steel staircase to give it what she calls an "unfinished look."
"The building has a feel of history to it. It's like life—there's a history to things but there's also the new. I wanted to keep that juxtaposition," says Ms. Wadleigh Curran, who bought the house for $907,000 in 2010.
In Philadelphia, it makes sense to buy an old house: The city's housing stock is venerable, with a median year of construction of 1925. Besides, people love the way the old houses look. "You can get a very nice 2,500-square-foot Colonial, Queen Anne or Romanesque home in a beautiful, tree-lined neighborhood for $300,000 to $600,000," says Kevin Gillen, a senior research consultant at the Fels Institute of Government at the University of Pennsylvania. "Since you would pay at least double that in other markets, the savings on the price can be used to undertake significant rehabs of the interior."
Like a number of other cities, Philadelphia has also experienced an urban revitalization that is spurring greater interest in modern design. From 2006 through 2012, Philadelphia's population grew by 58,897 after falling for half a century, with 20- to 34-year-olds' share of the population up to 26% from 20%, according to Census estimates. Philadelphia also has a strong contemporary-design community, with seven college-level design programs as well as a number of new design-company startups and stores, that has influenced the type of interiors people want.
"The city is getting more sophisticated, but people don't want to forget about its past," says Stefan Sklaroff, who just opened a 10,000-square-foot, two-level modern-furniture store called Cella Luxuria in a 19th-century brick building downtown.
Yet unlike design-friendly cities such as New York, Miami and Milan, Philadelphia loathes showiness, reflecting its Quaker heritage. The contrast between the staid exteriors and the vibrant interiors of homes is a metaphor for the city, says Val Nehez, an interior designer who works both out of Philadelphia and New York. "Philadelphia doesn't wear its style on its sleeve. It's behind closed doors. You have to be in the fabric of society—to enter into peoples' lives—to see it."
Not everyone celebrates the demolition of details like wood moldings and stately fireplaces in favor of white Sheetrock, loftlike spaces and glass. While the interiors of homes are almost always up to the owners, Philadelphians aren't always shy about voicing their opinions.
Ms. Cohen, whose recently remodeled home includes the blue fireplace and red sofa, admits she was shocked by some nasty comments that were posted when photos of her house appeared on an online forum. Commenters described the inside as a "circus horror story," "like a clown threw up" and "like a day care." Wrote one: "I don't hate modern design, but the total mismatch between exterior and interior is disturbing. Imagine it reversed, modern exterior/traditional interior. It's not right, is it?" In response, Ms. Cohen says she told her two daughters: "Day cares are bright and cheerful places, and I'm sure it's quite lovely when a clown vomits."
Some owners try to merge the two sensibilities. It took art curator Eileen Tognini, 52, about 25 years—and her daughter moving out to go to college—before she and her husband finally turned the interior of their three-story, 2,500-square-foot Victorian 1882 brownstone in what's called the Fishtown neighborhood of Philadelphia into the contemporary design they'd long wanted. "Victorian has never been my sensibility, but I appreciated the bones," she says of the 10-month renovation, completed last June.
The result is very modern, particularly toward the back of the home: The dining room opens to the midcentury-modern and Japanese-influenced wood-and-steel kitchen, where double-panel cabinet doors are made from laser-cut steel and feature an abstract design modeled after a historic map of the neighborhood. There is a massive, wraparound glass staircase, and dropping down from the 24-foot-tall ceiling is a 12-foot-long "found art" light sculpture made by a local artist with steel rods and old trumpets, toy train tracks and parts of old pistons. But the couple decided to maintain the traditional feeling of the home's front rooms, retaining the original tile in the vestibule and the chestnut molding in the parlor. A Victorian mantle sits not too far from a second, newly installed glass-and-steel staircase.
"We felt really strongly it was important to preserve the history and not to assault that sensibility when you first walk in," Ms. Tognini says.
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Bow Out Gracefully: 10 Celebrities Who Need To Retire
Some celebrities are selfish and don't like to share the spotlight while others are past their prime, but can't face facts.
Here are 10 celebrities who need to throw in the towel.
Madonna never could sing and each album she releases is less and less successful. We're tired of seeing those old dusty cakes jamming to a beat. Next!
Janet Jackson
Janet is not making good music anymore and we doubt she will make a Velvet Rope part 2. She is married to that fine azz billionaire and needs to pop out some puppies and call it a day.
Mister Cee
Dude keeps getting caught with trannny after tranny and people give him a pass. We feel sorry for his wife and pray she has taken herself to the nearest STD clinic.
Jim Jones
Jim Jones' only real solo hit was "We Fly High" and that was our jam, but homie is not popping. He needs to marry Chrissy so she can shut the phuck up.
Flavor Flav
Flavor Flav has set black people back 100 years with all that cooning. We're suppose to remember Flav as a member of the legendary group Public Enemy, but instead he reminds us of a Jim Crow character. Sad.
Fat Joe
He always stood in Big Pun's shadow, but was never half as good as Pun. He makes whack music and we just don't give a phuck about him. This prison time should slow down the fat phuck.
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Lil' Kim
She looks like something that belongs in a wax museum. She tried to beef with Nicki to stay relevant and it didn't work. The beyotch needs to sue her plastic surgeon and take that money and move to a tropical island where she will never be heard from again.
Foxy Brown
The Ill Na Na looks like it's sick. The box been sloppy and the music is terrible. Foxy doesn't have the heart to compete with these young beyotches.
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Financial Aid
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The Office of Financial Aid provides financial assistance to students whose personal and family resources are not adequate to cover the expenses involved in attending SUNY Upstate Medical University. Financial assistance is provided through loans, grants, scholarships, and student employment.
In support of this mission, the Office of Financial Aid is committed to:
- Assisting students and families in the achievement of their postsecondary educational goals by making every effort to remove financial barriers.
- Providing financial assistance to all eligible students who qualify based on the availability of funds and demonstrated financial need.
- Providing access to financial resources in a fair, sensitive and confidential manner.
- Inform and educate students and their families about their financial options in an accurate, equitable and timely manner while complying with federal, state and institutional guidelines and regulations.


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Atlassian Sourcetree is a free Git and Mercurial client for Windows.
Atlassian Sourcetree is a free Git and Mercurial client for Mac.
MacHg ------------------------------- MacHg is a GUI client for Mercurial. It runs under OSX 10.6 (Snow leopard). It is free to use and donation ware. It was written by Jason F Harris. The initial public release was version 0.9.0 released 3rd May 2010. It is licensed under the "New BSD License" (see the file License.txt) Links ------------------------------- MacHg Downloads: http://jasonfharris.com/machg/downloads/downloads.html Sources: http://bitbucket.org/jfh/machg ScreenCasts: http://jasonfharris.com/machg/screencasts/introduction/screencast_introduction.html Discussion Group: http://groups.google.com/group/machg_mercurial FAQ's about MacHg: http://jasonfharris.com/machg/faq Compiling MacHg: http://www.bitbucket.org/jfh/machg/wiki/Compiling.wiki MacHg Features ------------------------------- * Document based structure with multiple repositories per document * View incoming and outgoing at a glance between compatible repositories * Auto refreshes the status of tracked files when they change * Incremental loading of history (for efficiency) * Works with large repositories (ie for example can load and work with the Mozilla repository which is 3.35Gb) * Fully compatible with command line Mercurial (You can make changes on the command line and they are reflected in MacHg.) * Fully multi-threaded using Grand Central Dispatch and threading goodness * File browser view to work with files * History view to explore the changeset history * Differences view to explore the historical changes between different revisions * Interacting with other repositories: pull, push, incoming, outgoing, clone, etc * Contextual menus and shortcuts in many places * Diff multiple files at once * Renaming, merging, updating, reverting, adding files, removing files, etc * Add and remove local tags, global tags, bookmarks, and branches * Interface to history editing: collapse, histedit, rebase, strip * Importing and exporting of patches * Uses the Sparkle framework for "in application" updates Contributing ------------------------------- If you would like to contribute I would be happy to receive help in a large number of areas. Including: * Testing * Documentation (MacHg has some documentation but it would be nice to have much more complete documentation.) * Cocoa coding (Lots of potential enhancements here) * Mercurial extension writing (There are a few extensions I could use help with: for example, around permissibility of dragging and dropping in history rewriting, etc.) * Translating (Especially those who have experience using Apple's polyglot tool, etc.) * Web designers (There are a number of enhancements to be made to web pages, wikis, etc.) * Graphic design (Icon design, etc.)


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The owner of the company is entering the hydroponics e-commerce field after many years in hi-tech marketing so they're used to slick eye catching designs and we're looking for something that will visually set us apart from the competition.
Home growers who need hydroponic supplies (indoor gardening). Some of these growers range from new to very experienced - we need to help them find what they are looking for easily and help them navigate through potentially thousands of products.
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Brief foot chase ends in Manchester man's arrest for burglary
MANCHESTER - A city man is under arrest after police say they caught him in the act of burglarizing a gas station.
Christopher Stiasny, 19, was arrested early Tuesday morning after a brief foot chase by officer Dan Golia.
Police said just before 1 a.m. Tuesday, a burglar alarm sounded at Prime Gas, 276 Elm St. When Golia arrived, police said Stiasny was standing in front of the business, and the front glass door was shattered.
Investigators said Stiasny fled and Golia chase him as he ran east across Elm Street into the Triangle Credit Union parking lot and up onto Willow Street where Golia caught up to him.
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I'll be doing customs a bit differently for bookkeeping purposes. When you pm me for a custom spot, I'll create an hc or ETSY listing specifically for you.
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Sweet Baby snap top 17x34 $34
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In hindsight, it's not surprising that California-based Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. took a full decade to conceive, develop and finalize its plan to build a second facility in the East.
In hindsight, it's not surprising that California-based Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. took a full decade to conceive, develop and finalize its plan to build a second facility in the East.
"They are very deliberate and brilliant at what they do," said Paul Gatza, director of the Brewers Association, a craft-beer trade group based in Boulder, Colo. "When they undertake a project, they do it right. They're on the cutting edge of brewing technology, and they're on the cutting edge of sustainability efforts."
Last week, after brewery owner Ken Grossman and his son, Brian, announced the company had chosen Ferncliff Industrial Park in Mills River for its expansion, Henderson County officials said they have accommodated the nation's second-largest microbrewery by providing a site that satisfies needed infrastructure without overburdening natural resources.
"Our East Coast brewery will be built with a sustainable and mindful approach and maintain the integrity of the property and beauty of the natural landscape," Ken Grossman wrote on his company's website last week.
Green practices have long been a critical ingredient in the business model for Sierra Nevada, which in late 2008 completed what is now one of the largest privately owned solar-power installations in the country. In 2010, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency named Sierra Nevada its Green Business of the Year.
The fact that the environmental impact to the Ferncliff site would be minimal was alluring to the company, said Andrew Tate, president and CEO of the Henderson County Partnership for Economic Development. Local economic development officials had several assessments done by an outside environmental consulting firm two years ago, which was necessary for the site to become certified by the state, Tate said.
Among the work done to gauge the environmental impact were a Phase 1 Environmental Survey Assessment, a Historic Structures Archeological Survey (this was done to identify anything on the property that was of historical or archeological value), and a Threatened and Endangered Species Survey, Tate said. The site also received positive reports from a state environmental survey assessment including soil borings and geo-technical work. All the environmental assessments "came back clean," clearing the way for infrastructure projects to be completed, a requirement to get North Carolina Industrial Certification for the property, Tate explained.
"We have completed a serious level of due diligence on this property to assess the environmental impact," he said. "The object of those reports were to shorten the time to develop the property and mitigate risk for prospective clients."
As to infrastructure for the property, Sierra Nevada — the park's first occupant — will have water for its operations coming from the City of Asheville's water system, Tate said. The water source is more than capable of meeting Sierra Nevada's needs, he added.
Brian Grossman, who will co-manage the Mills River plant, said after the announcement Wednesday that "we will consume a lot of water for sure, but we've been assured that we will have plenty of it — we're very confident on that."
The younger Grossman said brewery operations require taking in about 3 to 7 gallons of water for every 1 gallon of output, depending on the efficiency of the system. For a "super-high efficient brewery" like the one Sierra Nevada is planning, Grossman said, usage would be closer to, or just under, 3 gallons of water for each gallon of beer output. Based on the company's initial production goal to roll out 300,000 barrels — or 9.3 million gallons — of beer per year, that would mean the use of about 77,000 gallons of water a day.
"The city of Asheville has a water system that operates at about half its capacity — or more than 20 million gallons per day in excess capacity," Tate said. "There is not an industry out there that could consume that much capacity. Our certification process focused on connectivity to a public water system, which was the intent of the park development."
Henderson County Manager Steve Wyatt added that a test well has been drilled on-site as well, "so you also have the potential, basically, to receive pristine ground water in (Sierra Nevada's) process."
Wastewater coming from Sierra Nevada's operations, meanwhile, will be handled by the nearby Metropolitan Sewerage District in southern Buncombe County, like all wastewater in the area, Tate said.
A large sewer line runs right through the property, said Bill Lapsley, a local engineer who did some work for the Fitzpatrick family, the owners of the property that Sierra Nevada intends to purchase. The property has been in the Fitzpatrick family for more than 100 years, he said.
As for the company's transportation needs, they will be met through a collaboration between Sierra Nevada and the state Department of Transportation, Tate said. There will be improvements to the intersection of N.C. Highway 280 and Old Fanning Bridge Road, Tate said, as well as improvements to Old Fanning Bridge Road itself. There will also be the construction of a new road, Ferncliff Drive, to service Ferncliff Industrial Park and all the occupants of the park, Lapsley said.
"We've given them (DOT) an estimate of $600,000 for Ferncliff Drive," Lapsley said. "The road will connect Highway 280 to the Sierra Nevada site."
Brian Grossman said the company is quite pleased with the work DOT has planned to do, which includes separating commercial truck traffic from visitors entering the site. "You don't want consumers versus truck," Grossman said, "so we'll work to separate them as fast as possible. So it's been addressed, and we feel very confident with that."
Construction on the new road could begin this summer, Lapsley added.
Tate said the hard work involved to get the property certified for industrial use by the state undoubtedly played a role in Sierra Nevada's decision to locate its Eastern operations in Mills River.
"A company of that magnitude would not have made a decision to locate here without full confidence in our ability to deliver the needed infrastructure," he said. "That's why we went to all that trouble years ago to obtain certification status because it allowed us to say to Sierra Nevada and others who expressed interest in the property that, 'Look, we've done our homework; we did this in a big picture type of focus.'�"
A company like Sierra Nevada would accept nothing less than the best, industry insiders say.
"My sense is that you're probably going to get a facility that is the dream brewery that Ken Grossman always wanted to build, whereas the brewery in Chico (California) he's had to scrap together piece by piece along the way," Gatza, the Brewers Association director, said. "This is his chance to build one from the ground up, with the resources he wants, and it could be a model for breweries in the future."
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Run that extra mile in style with these bebe pants, featuring belted detail and pops of bright stripes. Made from soft lightweight fabric that dries 10 times faster than cotton.
- 77% nylon, 23% spandex
- Rise: 8" (20 cm)
- Inseam: 32" (81 cm)
- Leg opening: 20" (51 cm)
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A winner was selected from 267 designs submitted by 90 freelance designers.
UNICORN CAPITAL is a new founded asset management company wich specialises in managing mutual funds and individual accounts, investing in stocks, bonds, derivatives and financial instruments. The logo has to be serious, elegant and to create a feeling of confidence, security and trustfullnes.
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Program Leader: Howard Strickler, M.D.
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The Cancer Epidemiology, Prevention & Control program is organized into three major scientific areas, each related to a particular type of cancer risk factor: (1) Viral - this research focuses on human papillomavirus (HPV) and its role in anogenital and oral cancers. Recent highlights include a report that HPV16 DNA methylation patterns are strongly associated with prevalent and incident detection of cervical precancer, and a study of HPV URR/E6 sequences which found that the continued evolution of HPV types has led to genetic discrimination linked to viral persistence and cancer risk. Host immunity was addressed in several ways. Variation in the gene coding for TAP1 protein, which is essential for assembling HLA class I molecules, was shown to be associated with odds of precancer. In studies of HIV-positive women, the use of highly active anti-retroviral therapy was found to reduce risk of incident and persistent infection by oncogenic HPV, and co-testing for HPV was shown to have a strong negative predictive value for precancer in cytologically normal HIV-positive women. (2) Hormonal/Obesity/Inflammation - research focuses on the role of the insulin/IGF-axis, sex hormones, adipocytokines, and related pathways in obesity-associated cancers (e.g., colon, breast, prostate, etc). Recent highlights include a series of prospective studies that found that insulin (not estrogens) largely explains the relationship between obesity and breast cancer and, for the first time, that endogenous sex hormones are associated with colorectal cancer risk. Insulin and estrogen were both strong predictors of risk of endometrial cancer. In additional studies, use of estrogen hormone replacement therapy increased the risk of benign proliferative breast disease, a condition associated with increased risk of breast cancer. (3) Genetic and Epigenetic research focuses on germline and somatic mutations, genetic polymorphisms, DNA methylation, and microRNAs. Among recent highlights, investigators reported that risk of high grade / aggressive prostate cancer is positively associated with BRCA1/BRCA2 (DNA repair gene) mutations and, in a second study, aggressive prostate cancer was associated with polymorphisms in TCF7L2 – a gene thought to act through the Wnt/beta-catenic signaling pathway. A series of methodologic studies to improve the laboratory and statistical tools for conducting genetic and epigenetic research were reported, including methods to study RNA from paraffin-embedded tissue and novel statistical methods to study gene-gene and gene-environment interactions. Members of this program are also involved in outreach to the African population through the AMC and an NCI-funded (D43) grant to enhance the research capacity for the study of cervical cancer in Rwanda. This relationship was extended with the recent initiation of a clinical trial of chemoradiotherapy in HIV-associated locally advanced cervical cancer in several African countries.
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Margaret Alonzo Felix "MA Felix" has passed to the presence of God on Mar. 3, 2013 at the age of
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and Josie Ornelas, and brother Patrick Alonzo. Preceded in death by 2 brothers and 3 sisters. Margaret (Margie) was the mother of 8 children: Margie
Norman, Eddie Jr., Susan Casillas, Robert Felix, Gilbert,
Ernest, Renne and Arthur Felix. Services will be held at DeYoung Memorial Chapel, 601 N. California St. Viewing starts on Thursday, March 7 at Noon-6 p.m. Rosary 6-7 p.m. Procession on Friday. Departing DeYoung at 1 pm arrive at St. Gertrude's Church 1:30 p.m. Burial and reception to follow. Contact Ernest Felix, 209-915-2676 or De Young Chapel, 209-466-8075 for further information.


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