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SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — A self-help author who spent nearly two years in prison for the deaths of three people following an Arizona sweat lodge ceremony is hosting several seminars in the state.
James Arthur Ray is leading discussions on how to deal with personal crisis in the Phoenix suburb of Scottsdale for two days beginning Saturday. His website says ticket holders can speak with Ray about challenges they face in their lives.
Ray was convicted of three counts of negligent homicide in the October 2009 sweat lodge ceremony he led near Sedona. Kirby Brown of Westtown, N.Y.; James Shore of Milwaukee; and Liz Neuman of Prior Lake, Minn., died.
Tom McFeeley, Brown's cousin, tells KNXV-TV (http://bit.ly/1tEtJvL ) that it's an insult for Ray to hold his programs in the state where the deaths occurred.
Information from: KNXV-TV, http://www.abc15.com


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With its diverse range of international businesses, Munich attracts experts and managers from inside Germany and abroad. The growing population plus increasing purchasing power means that residential properties are in high demand. Owing to the noticeable shortage of supply and the increasing prices in both good and prime locations, owner-occupiers, investors and tenants are increasingly turning to properties in basic and average locations.
The highest prices for apartments for sale and to rent can be found in the Altstadt, Altschwabing and Altbogenhausen. 4-bedroom apartments with a surface area of between 100 and 140 square metres are particularly sought after. In the West of Munich, semi-detached and terraced houses are currently in very high demand, the most sought-after areas being Nymphenburg, Neuhausen and Obermenzing. There is potential for the development of new housing in this area owing to new construction projects which plan to demolish existing structures or renovate conversion areas. These projects are responsible for the appearance of new apartments in Berg am Laim and Sendling. New residential developments in Grafing and Poing, in Munich's affluent suburbs, present an alternative to the smaller offering in the crowded central districts.
The continuous price increase is reflected in the state capital's transaction numbers. With a transaction volume of 4.045 billion euros, Munich achieved the highest sales turnover in the property sector compared to other German cities. The average acquisition cost stood at 365,900 euros, 12% higher than 2013. In the housing sector, the purchase volume rose by 200 million to 966 million euros, in 968 properties sold. Buyers paid on average approximately 997,900 euros for a house (approx. 20% more than last year).
Price development
The continuously high excess demand especially affects the bottom prices of detached and semi-detached houses and apartments. The entry-level prices for houses in prime locations rose to 2 million euros in the first half of 2015. First-class apartments in top locations fetch up to 18,000 euros/m2. Engel & Völkers observed a slight increase in prices in the rental sector.
Engel & Völkers predicts that prices will continue to increase in 2016 for the detached and semi-detached housing sector in all locations. With regards to apartments and rental, it can be predicted that prices in top locations will level off. In basic and average locations, however, growing demand is likely to result in an increase in prices. The city is attempting to handle the pressure of demand with development projects, such as that on the former Osram site in Untergiesing, which will provide 370 new apartments.

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US, Cuba wrestling pan Olympic move to drop sport
HAVANA (AP) — The U.S. and Cuba have seen eye-to-eye on precious little for the last half century, but their wrestling federations have found common ground on at least one thing: Dropping the sport from the 2020 Olympics is a bad idea.
At a tournament in Havana on Friday, coaches and athletes from both nations told The Associated Press that they are in shock and disbelief over the decision by the International Olympics Committee's executive board.
"It was kind of crazy to hear and think about how many hours people have put into that dream of winning an Olympic title," said Frank Perrelli, a 23-year-old New Jersey native who was competing in the 55-kilo weight class. "And all those hours can be taken away with just a couple of votes from people who probably never wrestled in their life and have no idea what it's about."
"I think it's criminal," added Jim Humphrey, a team USA coach from Indianapolis, Indiana.
Wrestling has been a mainstay of the Olympics since the first modern Games in Athens, Greece, in 1896, but the IOC announced Tuesday that it was eliminating freestyle and Greco-Roman wrestling from its list of "core" sports, making way for another to be added in 2020. A spokesman called it an effort to renew and renovate the program.
The news didn't go over well in Havana, where six American wrestlers have been training along with athletes from Cuba, Europe and Latin America since Feb. 7 in preparation for the tournament.
"It's a very tough blow," said Cuban 60-kilo competitor Alejandro Vades, 24. "My goal is to win the title in 2016, but what happens after that? ... I have hope that our sport will receive good support and stay on the program."
Wrestling's Olympic demise is not yet completely sealed, as the executive board's decision must still be confirmed at an IOC general assembly in September.
On Thursday, USA Wrestling announced it had formed a group headed by former world champion Bill Scherr to fight the decision in tandem with other federations from around the world.
Humphrey expressed optimism that the outcry will be enough to save the sport, noting that almost 200 countries have freestyle or Greco-Roman wrestling and 71 nations were represented at last summer's London Olympics, where athletes had to qualify to compete.
"Iran, Cuba, Russia, Azerbaijan, that's their national sport. That's the most important thing in their whole culture," Humphrey said.
"It's unbelievable," he added. "I don't think it's going to happen."
The Havana tournament kicked off Friday and runs through Saturday.
While the idea of U.S. athletes training and competing in Cuba might seem strange due to the 51-year-old economic embargo that bans most American travel to the island, USA Wrestling has attended the Cuba tournament every year since at least the 1980s, Humphrey said.
Similar exchanges involving baseball and other sports, plus dance, music and academic programs, are licensed by the U.S. government and have been on the rise in recent years.
Humphrey said such events can help build bridges between political rivals.
"The wrestling team was the first to go into the Soviet Union back in the early '70s," Humphrey said. "And it just opens your eyes that when you only get one side of a story, you don't understand that these people are just the same as we are."
"We're wrestlers before we're anything else probably," he said.
Past delegations have been even bigger than the six athletes and handful of coaches who made the Cuba trip in 2013. Due to a scheduling conflict, the bulk of the squad traveled to Azerbaijan and Iran for another competition.
The U.S. and Cuban wrestlers haven't been able to communicate much due to language difficulties, but Perrelli said they've been working out together twice a day for a week and a half.
"We're kind of getting to know them without talking, just through body language and wrestling and handshakes and things like that," he said. "It's pretty cool getting to know these guys."
Associated Press writer Anne-Marie Garcia contributed to this report.
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I've had this problem too, quite consistently, and over a longer period of time. It seems to happen randomly, but I do see it in previews, and also (particularly) when submitting to my scratchpad (mostly the private one).
I've developed the habit of checking the tail of whatever I'm posting, and removing any extra text, before pressing preview or submit.
Don't know if it's relevant or not, but I'm using Opera under Vista 32-bit. I either type directly into the submission window, or copy-and-paste from a text editor. choroba: I don't use a Node Template. What difference would that make?
I suppose I just assumed this was a quirk of the PerlMonks website — but if a fix is possible, it would certainly be welcome.
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Car Review
2013 Chevrolet Cruze: New Car Review
Pros: Solid, well-connected ride; spirited turbo; 40-mpg highway fuel economy; refined interior; abundant cargo space; good list of features.
Cons: Bland styling compared with that of some foreign competitors; poor seat positioning; relatively pricey at the top end.
What's New: Standard MyLink infotainment; available technology package; two available convenience feature packages; available safety package.
The Cruze has a cool-sounding name, and that's just the beginning. The 2013 Chevrolet Cruze is so refined and well put together that many believe it transcends its status as a compact car. Along with the Ford Focus, it inspires confidence that American automotive brands can make an efficient, well-built, smooth-driving car for the masses.
From a quality standpoint, the Cruze is on par with popular offerings from Honda and Hyundai, two brands that consumers tend to trust most. It offers a wide range of models to fit just about anyone shopping in the compact category. And it's a standout thanks to its turbo engine and Eco model, which each help to make the Cruze a distinctive offering in its segment.
The Cruze isn't the most stylish car, especially next to rivals like the Mazda3 or the Hyundai Elantra. For that reason, it draws a slightly more mature buyer. Also, at the top end, the Cruze is a little pricey--definitely a turnoff for cash-strapped younger buyers. Still, it offers a rich roster of amenities and, for 2013, some new options packages.
For 2013, the Cruze receives a handful of changes including standard Chevrolet MyLink infotainment, a technology package, two available convenience feature packages and a safety package. The technology package includes a color touchscreen display for the audio system and a backup camera. The 1LT Driver Convenience Package gets a power driver's seat, an auto-dimming inside rearview mirror, heated and power-adjustable side mirrors and remote start for some models. The 2LT Driver Convenience Package includes some of those items plus a backup camera. Finally, the Enhanced Safety Package includes parking sensors, blind spot warning and rear cross-traffic warning.
Overall, the Cruze is a very competent offering from Chevrolet, and buyers are beginning to take notice. Perhaps small-car leaders such as Honda and Toyota are catching on to the success of the Cruze, too.
Comfort & Utility
It's hard to find much wrong with the Cruze's 5-passenger cabin. It's relatively spacious, high quality and well configured throughout. The gauges and controls within its unique twin-cockpit design exude refinement, interior materials feel solid to the touch, and the optional 2-tone color schemes are downright upscale in appearance. It's hard to believe this is a Chevy.
Although the seats are well padded and supportive, there's an issue with positioning. They're slightly lower than they should be, which hurts forward visibility a little. The back seats are worse than the front in this respect.
Passenger space is abundant in both rows. There's plenty of legroom up front and an adequate amount in the rear. The back seat is ideal for two adults but can certainly fit three in a pinch. Fitting three kids in the backseat is no problem at all.
In the same way, cargo space is phenomenally abundant. If vehicle classification were based on the size of a trunk, the Cruze would definitely be a mid-size car.
The Cruze is available in four primary trims: LS, Eco, LT and LTZ. Notable standard convenience features for the LS and Eco models include power mirrors, tilt/telescoping steering wheel, Chevrolet MyLink infotainment and a 6-speaker stereo. The LT1 and LT2 models add such features as cruise control, leather upholstery, seat heat and power adjustments for the driver. The range-topping LTZ brings automatic climate control and push-button start. New for 2013, Eco, 2LT and LTZ 7-inch color touchscreen. Key options include a sunroof and a premium audio system.
The Cruze aptly delivers a comfortable, well-appointed space for both driver and passengers, making it a solid choice as a small family car.
For a compact car, the Cruze's technology is surprisingly premium. The roster includes Bluetooth connectivity, a USB interface, a navigation system and rear parking sensors to offer assistance with backing into tight spots. Standard Chevrolet MyLink and the newly available display audio system offer further the list of tech extras.
Performance & Fuel Economy
The Cruze offers a choice of two engines. The base engine is a 1.8-liter inline-4 producing 138 horsepower and 125 lb-ft of torque. Output is managed by either a standard 6-speed manual transmission or an optional 6-speed automatic. EPA-estimated fuel economy is 25 mpg city/36 mpg highway with the manual and 22/35 mpg with the automatic.
The more intriguing powerplant is the 1.4-liter turbocharged inline-4, mated to the same two gearboxes. Output is still 138 hp, but torque is up to 138 lb-ft, and peak output is across a broader range of engine speeds. Fuel economy is an impressive 26/38 mpg with either transmission choice.
The Cruze Eco model is propelled solely by the 1.4 turbo but also adds a series of aero upgrades and low-rolling-resistance tires to optimize efficiency. Its fuel economy tops that of virtually all subcompact cars and even some hybrids. It's rated at 28/42 mpg with the manual and 26/39 mpg with the automatic transmission.
The Cruze stands alone in the compact-car segment by assuring occupant protection with a barrage of 10 standard airbags. Aside from front, side and head curtain bags, the Cruze puts airbags at the knees of the driver and front passenger and adds two side bags for the rear outboard positions. The Cruze also has ABS and stability control.
The new optional safety package adds some features usually found on pricier models like parking sensors, blind spot warning and rear cross-traffic warning.
Driving Impressions
The Cruze offers a driving experience evenly balanced between a smooth ride and sharp handling. On one hand, it offers a solid and comfortable feel that's ideal for virtually any type of driving. Road noise is almost nonexistent, thanks to a deliberate effort to buffer the cabin with advanced sound-deadening materials.
On the handling front, the Cruze is confident in corners, showing off a decidedly sporting character when pushed to its upper limits. Calling it nimble might be going too far, but the Cruze is definitely well composed through fast turns.
Both engines are adequate for normal driving, but the 1.4-liter turbo has a more spirited feel.
Other Cars to Consider
Ford Focus - The Focus is the Cruze's most direct competitor. Both vehicles represent a turnaround for their respective carmakers. The Focus is a slightly better handler and offers more youthful styling.
Hyundai Elantra - The Elantra beats the Cruze with a more stylish exterior and a richer equipment list, but the Cruze is more fun to drive.
Honda Civic - The Civic and the Cruze are comparable in fuel economy and road manners, but the Cruze actually feels more solid inside and out. Believe it or not, the Chevy beats the Honda in the refinement test.
AutoTrader Recommends
We think the best 2013 Chevrolet Cruze for cruising is the Eco model with a manual transmission to manage its 1.4-liter turbo. This combination makes the Cruze truly fun to drive, while offering class-leading highway fuel economy. As a bonus, it's on the lower end of the Cruze's price range, affordable both to buy and to drive. The Cruze Eco is solid, smooth, quick-footed, well equipped and efficient. With credentials like those, it's no wonder if its competitors are starting to feel a little uneasy.


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Hello there,
Sorry this may be a noob question.
In the rc.lua file of Awesome 3.5, the wallpaper is set like this.
for s = 1, screen.count() do
gears.wallpaper.maximized("Your wallpaper here", s, true)
How would I go about making this randomly choose wallpapers from a directory?
I don't have any experience with awesome wm, but you can always use this little script/one-liner:
find $HOME/.wallpapers -type f -name '*.jpg' -o -name '*.png' | shuf -n 1 | xargs feh --bg-scale
Last edited by illusionist (2013-01-05 01:28:49)
Never argue with stupid people,They will drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience.--Mark Twain
The gears module is basically just a setter.
You could use a timer with some code in the body to select the random wallpaper to feed into gears. This is my vpn timer as an example: http://sprunge.us/YcHB
(or you can just use an external wallpaper setter)
Last edited by tdy (2013-01-05 01:41:08)
Hey there,
One more quick question.
Is there a way for the gears module to randomly choose an image from a directory?
No, that link shows the gears wallpaper API
There are a few ways you can do it. Here's two ways I came up with:
A list of files:
local wallpapers = {
os.getenv("HOME") .. "/.wallpaper/foo1.png",
os.getenv("HOME") .. "/.wallpaper/foo2.png"
local wallpaper = wallpapers[math.random(1, #wallpapers)]
for s = 1, screen.count() do
gears.wallpaper.maximized(wallpaper, s, true)
A directory full of files:
local f = io.popen("sh -c \"find ~/.wallpaper -name '*.png' | shuf -n 1 | xargs echo -n\"")
local wallpaper = f:read("*all")
for s = 1, screen.count() do
gears.wallpaper.maximized(wallpaper, s, true)
warning: this code isn't tested as much as it should be.
Last edited by ignorant (2013-01-06 09:42:49)
I have my own wallpaper.sh
find ~/pictures/wallpapers/current/ -type f \( -name '*.jpg' -o -name '*.png' \) -print0 |
shuf -n1 -z | xargs -0 feh --bg-fill
I would like to run it on startup, but the theme.wallpaper_cmd field in the theme.lua doesn't seem to be working anymore. Also the gears api doesnt look like it has an argument for this kind of thing. Where can I put an execution to this script?
Last edited by williamguerra (2013-01-09 14:49:15)
Have you tried with the methods the wiki article gives?
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Fe … ound_image
EDIT: The cron job method is probably the way more easy.
Last edited by chris_l (2013-01-09 16:02:36)
"open source is about choice"
Open source is about opening the source code complying with this conditions, period. The ability to choose among several packages is just a nice side effect.
Perhaps you can adapt a project I started for xfce4 called backdrop randomizer.
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I use the following script, put in my ~/bin/, which I've put in my $PATH.
export bg=$(find "$1" -maxdepth 1 -mindepth 1 -type f -print0 \
| sort --zero-terminated --random-sort \
| sed 's/\d000.*//g')
feh --no-fehbg --bg-max "$bg"
I called it backgroundsetting and it takes a directory as an argument. I can't be bothered to make the script do more though.
My wallpaper setting in the theme file looks like this, but it's not that relevant, as it gets overridden by the above script, put in my .xinitrc:
theme.wallpaper = "/home/cephalopoid/pics/wp/somewallpaper.jpg"
ADDENDUM: Never mind, I didn't read the first post properly. Am posting this anyway, might help people.
Use cron. It only takes adding one line with
$ crontab -e
0 * * * * DISPLAY=:0.0 feh --bg-scale --no-fehbg `find ~/wallpaper/ | shuf -n1`
I hope this isn't resurrecting a dead thread, but I wrote an almost purely lua version (with ls and grep) based off of these comments, stackoverflow for scandir in lua, and the awesome wiki's 3.4 wallpaper changer.
-- {{{ Random Wallpapers
-- Get the list of files from a directory. Must be all images or folders and non-empty.
function scanDir(directory)
local i, fileList, popen = 0, {}, io.popen
for filename in popen([[find "]] ..directory.. [[" -type f]]):lines() do
i = i + 1
fileList[i] = filename
return fileList
wallpaperList = scanDir("/home/david/Images/Wallpaper SFW")
-- Apply a random wallpaper on startup.
gears.wallpaper.maximized(wallpaperList[math.random(1, #wallpaperList)], s, true)
-- Apply a random wallpaper every changeTime seconds.
changeTime = 600
wallpaperTimer = timer { timeout = changeTime }
wallpaperTimer:connect_signal("timeout", function()
gears.wallpaper.maximized(wallpaperList[math.random(1, #wallpaperList)], s, true)
-- stop the timer (we don't need multiple instances running at the same time)
--restart the timer
wallpaperTimer.timeout = changeTime
-- initial start when rc.lua is first run
-- }}}
Last edited by teratomata (2013-03-14 05:28:17)
Just wanted to say thanks for the script. I normally just do it in bash like most folks, but I like having a mostly LUA solution.


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SOURCE: GeoVax Labs, Inc.
January 10, 2013 09:00 ET
Initial Data Expected in Late 2013
Initial Data Expected in Late 2013
ATLANTA, GA--(Marketwire - Jan 10, 2013) - GeoVax Labs, Inc. (OTCQB: GOVX), an Atlanta-based biopharmaceutical firm developing vaccines to prevent and treat HIV/AIDS, announced it has completed enrollment in a nine-patient Phase 1/2 clinical trial testing the safety, immunogenicity and ability of its DNA/MVA vaccine to elicit protective immune responses in HIV-infected individuals.
The primary goal of this study is to document the safety and immunogenicity of GeoVax's vaccine in HIV-positive patients with well-controlled infections using oral HIV drug medication. Following vaccination, the trial includes a short period of drug-interruption to evaluate the ability of the vaccine to control the infection in the absence of continuing drug therapy. The Phase 1/2 trial (designated GV-TH-01) consists of priming with a recombinant DNA vaccine followed by boosting with a recombinant modified vaccinia Ankara (MVA) vaccine. The vaccine regimen elicits both antiviral antibody that can block infection and antiviral T cells that can recognize and kill infected cells. The trial is being conducted at the AIDS Research Consortium of Atlanta, the Alabama Vaccine Research Center at the University of Alabama, Birmingham and the AIDS Research Alliance of Los Angeles.
Robert McNally, Ph.D., President and CEO of GeoVax, stated, "This pilot study is our first trial investigating use of a therapeutic vaccine to address the need for a treatment that is better tolerated and less costly than the HIV oral medications currently available. We anticipate having meaningful data from the program later this year."
Harriet Robinson, GeoVax's Chief Scientific Officer, commented, "Our next step planned for our therapeutic vaccine development program is a Phase 1 clinical trial to investigate the use of our vaccine in combination with standard-of-care drug therapy in young adults. This trial will likely be conducted by the International Maternal Pediatric Adolescent AIDS Clinical Trial Group (IMPAACT). One of the hopes for therapeutic vaccination is that combining a vaccine with drugs will allow the eradication of virus from an infected individual. Drugs primarily prevent infection whereas a vaccine can both block infection and kill infected cells."
About GeoVax
GeoVax is a biotechnology company developing human vaccines for diseases caused by HIV. GeoVax's vaccines are unique in expressing virus like particles that display the trimeric membrane bound form of the HIV-1 envelope glycoprotein. All preventative Phase 1 human clinical trials conducted to date tested various combinations and doses of our DNA and MVA vaccines, their ability to raise anti-HIV humoral (antibody) and cellular (cytotoxic T cell) immune responses, as well as, the vaccines' safety. Successful results from a Phase 1 study supported a Phase 2a trial that was completed in the 3rd quarter of 2012.
GeoVax's 2nd generation preventive vaccine is currently in phase 1 testing and is planned to progress to phase 2 efficacy testing, given safety and immunogenicity are as expected. Overall, the GeoVax vaccine, in various doses and combinations, has been tested in close to 500 humans. GeoVax is also enrolling patients in a Phase 1 therapeutic trial for individuals already infected with HIV. For more information, please visit www.geovax.com.
About HIV/AIDS
HIV infection, which can lead to AIDS, is a pandemic that can affect anyone, regardless of race, gender, age, or sexual orientation. 33 million people are currently infected globally; it is estimated that there will be 2.5 million new infections this year. Since the beginning of the epidemic, more than a million people in the U.S. have contracted the virus. Every 9 1/2 minutes, someone in the U.S. is infected with HIV. Globally, HIV is the top killer among women of reproductive age. HIV is a worldwide disease with different subtypes (or clades) of the virus predominating in different regions of the world. Clade B is the predominant subtype in North America. Globally, most infections involve subtypes AG, B and C. GeoVax vaccines are currently designed to function against clade B.
For more Information, please visit www.geovax.com.
Forward-Looking Statements
Certain statements in this document are "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act These statements are based on management's current expectations and are subject to uncertainty and changes in circumstances. Actual results may differ materially from those included in these statements due to a variety of factors, including whether: GeoVax can develop and manufacture its vaccines with the desired characteristics in a timely manner, GeoVax's vaccines will be safe for human use, GeoVax's vaccines will effectively prevent AIDS in humans, vaccines will receive regulatory approvals necessary to be licensed and marketed, GeoVax raises required capital to complete vaccine development, there is development of competitive products that may be more effective or easier to use than GeoVax's products, GeoVax will be able to enter into favorable manufacturing and distribution agreements, and other factors, over which GeoVax has no control. GeoVax assumes no obligation to update these forward-looking statements, and does not intend to do so. More information about these factors is contained in GeoVax's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission including those set forth at "Risk Factors" in GeoVax's Form 10-K.
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Merrimack police arrest driver for DWI after crash
February 27. 2014 7:34AM
MERRIMACK - A local woman is under arrest for aggravated DWI after police said she hit a gas station island and then fled the scene.
Kaja Maguire, 29, of 17 Winrow Drive, was arrested Thursday morning after police received a report about 1:30 a.m. concerning a possible intoxicated driver who hit the island at Bon Bon's Mobil.
An officer spotted Maguire's vehicle as it was driving north on Daniel Webster Highway, near Industrial Drive. Police said he observed a number of moving violations and then stopped the vehicle near Star Drive.
Maguire is charged with aggravated DWI and conduct after an accident.
She was later released on $2,000 personal recognizance bail, pending a March 11 arraignment in 9th Circuit Court, Merrimack District Division.


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Princeton-based NRG Yield announced last week its board has approved its first quarterly dividend on class A common stock at 23 cents per share.
According to the announcement, this amount represents a prorated quarterly dividend of 30 cents per share, or $1.20 per share on an annualized basis. The dividend is payable December 16, 2013 to shareholders of record as of December 2, 2013. This marks NRG Yield's first dividend.


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more trial answers....
1. We have thrown the other things into the fire.
2. Therefore, let thanks be (given) to the gods, for the enemy have not harmed us
3. They supposed the snow had thawed; and it had thawed on account of a spring that was in a nearby ravine
4. They said that Cyrus might have killed off the King
5. He said they had left the place in flight
6. For he perceived the enemy had already taken the heights (already having taken the heights)
7. They have sent me men, who are faithful to Cyrus and well-disposed towards you
8. He has passed many days in the enemy country
9. Without the knowledge of the soldiers, he had sent a messenger to Cyrus
10. He drew up his foot soldiers on the heights/banks above the cavalry
11. Cyrus has neither sent another to indicate, nor has he himself shown, what needs to be done
12. He had entrusted this country to the Greeks to plunder, except for the captives
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From here Cyrus marches on, with his troops formed in line of battle, both Greeks and foreign troops;
for he thought he would fight the King this day; for about the middle of this day's journey
he found [lit: there was] a deeply dug trench, extending up through the middle of the plain as far as the Median wall.
Alongside the river Euphrates there was a narrow pass/passage between the river and the trench –
the Great King (had) made [lit: makes] this trench opposite the wall,
since he (had) learned [lit: learns] that Cyrus was advancing/marching-on.


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ECE Team Wins Business Plan Competition for New Battery Technology
A team composed of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) faculty and students won first place in the University of Maryland's $75K Business Plan Competition, held on May 8 in the Jeong H. Kim Engineering Building. Nine finalist faculty and student teams unveiled their new technology company plans to a group of distinguished judges from the region's new venture community at the annual competition, which is organized by the Maryland Technology Enterprise Institute (Mtech). Winners were selected in the information technology, life sciences, and undergraduate categories, while two teams received Warren Citrin Social Impact Awards.
FlexEl LLC, winner of $20K in the information technology division, has developed a proprietary battery that has more capacity than any other rechargeable, flexible, thin-film battery in the world. Team members include: ECE professors Marty Peckerar and Neil Goldsman; ECE research associate Zeynep Dilli; and Josekuttan Manikathuparambil, a graduate student in the Master's Program in Telecommunications. The company's environmentally friendly batteries recharge wirelessly at extremely low voltages, enabling them to take advantage of energy scavenging techniques not feasible with other batteries. They are well suited to power ultra-small electronics, including wireless sensor networks, implantable medical devices, RFID devices and smart cards, and could outlast many of those devices. FlexEl's batteries can be manufactured using a cost-effective printing process.
Inari, a finalist team in the undergraduate category, included Christina Lam, an ECE undergraduate student. Inari provides print advertisers with the ability to push information to the mobile devices of interested consumers, while protecting those consumers from unwanted spam. Inari will sell its services based on the number of text message requests for information received from customers. As the first fully automated national provider of mobile marketing solutions for small and medium sized businesses, Inari will provide its clients with a simple, affordable solution to supplement their current advertising campaigns. The Inari team was composed of Benjamin Kubic, undergraduate student, operations management, and government and politics; Katherine Bodner, undergraduate student, department of mechanical engineering; Jonathan Chung, undergraduate student, department of mechanical engineering; and Christina Lam.
"These companies have genuine potential to address billion dollar needs and pain points in our society," says Dean Chang, director of Mtech's ventures and education programs and director of the Technology Advancement Program. "Best of all, they are all built upon promising technologies developed right here at the University of Maryland, which reflects the increasingly significant role the University plays in fostering innovation and driving the future of this region's economy."
New to the competition this year was $25K for the Warren Citrin Social Impact Award, made possible by a donation from Warren Citrin, co-founder of Gloto, and Solipsys (now Raytheon Solipsys).
Sponsors for the competition included Fish & Richardson P.C., Nixon Peabody LLP, and the Maryland Technology Development Corporation.
Judges for the competition included: Jonathan Aberman, Managing Director, Amplifier Ventures; Henry Ahn, Program Manager, TEDCO; Lou Cantolupo, Bio Entrepreneur, co-founder, Omnia Biologics; Melissa Carrier, Executive Director, Social Value Creation; Warren Citrin, co-founder of Gloto, and Solipsys (now Raytheon Solipsys); Martha Connolly, Director MIPS and Mtech Partnerships; Craig Dye, Affinity Lab; Michael Gutch, Member, Life Sciences Team, H.I.G. Ventures; Mark Grovic, General Partner, New Markets Venture Partners; Rich Harris, General Partner and Founder, RedShift Ventures; Karl Renner, Principal, Fish and Richardson; and Jeffrey N. Townes, Associate, Nixon Peabody LLP.
To view a complete list of the finalists and winners, visit the $75K Business Plan Competition website.
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1. Dust Eating Bacteria: Dust comes from many sources with the majority coming from skin cells. Think about that for a second.
Please take a general biology class and a microbiology class.
2. Digesting other foods takes more than just bacteria to get the required nutrients
3. Ask yourself why animals never photosynthesize. Could it possibly be because it is such an inefficient process to meet the energy requirements of the moving animal?
Education takes effort!
Yes, it does. But vision and thinking outside the box takes far more effort. My statements were not to say that current organisms could do any of that, but through building our own organisms, testing them, refining them, etc., all of these concepts are possible, once we remove the assumptions that we have to restrict these organisms to that which already exists.
Flesh-eating bacteria?Truly, there are things we're better off not doing.
Be careful.Once the genie is out of the lamp you can't put him back in.
But what if you don't like the smell of bananas? Seriously, though, the potential for this technology is incredible. Create an organism that eats dust and releases a fragrance of your choice. In one move you've eliminated the housekeeping job of dusting your house and the need for Glade PlugIns. With hunger a problem worldwide, a new form of gut bacteria that could break down previously indigestible materials could open up whole new food sources. Or, even better, a new organism that allows humans to process sunlight for energy, thus limiting or eliminating the need for external food. Of course, the down side is that those so inclined could also create an organism that would destroy a human, or alter brain chemistry to make them submissive. So I would agree with that person when he says it is both amazing and scary.
I wouldn't bank on it. As I understand it, there is a risk that our success at eradicating all sorts of 'nasties' will result in our descendants having a deficient immune system. That would suggest that there's a lower "barrier to entry" to some malign mutation of a currently inoffensive virus or bacterium doing serious damage later on down the line.


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Leo Scanlon, chief information security officer of the National Archives and Records Administration, has an information security question for federal CIOs: "Are you satisfied that where you are is good enough? Do you understand the risk?"
Too often, he says, federal C-level officials do not know if their security is adequate because they do not understand the risks they face and what the risk tolerance of their agencies should be. And too often, they are content to remain that way.
The issue of understanding and managing IT risk takes on greater significance with the growing emphasis on automating security. Security professionals, system administrators and agency executives have been fighting a battle over IT security vs. regulatory compliance since the passage of the Federal Information Security Management Act of 2002. Critics of the act — or at least of how it has been implemented — say that an emphasis on grading agency performance based on compliance scores has undermined efforts to improve security. With the introduction of tools to monitor systems, respond to incidents and report on status, there is a chance to finally settle the battle in favor of security.
The question, said Scanlon, is "are we going to automate compliance or automate risk management?"
Speaking at cybersecurity conference hosted by (ISC)2, Scanlon said that FISMA was never intended to be about compliance. The opening paragraphs of the act spell out that its intent is to "provide a comprehensive framework for ensuring the effectiveness of information security controls," and ". . . provide effective governmentwide management and oversight of the related information security risks . . . ."
So why the emphasis on paperwork and reporting rather than managing risk over the last 11 years? Compliance is easier to measure. Reports from auditors and inspectors general have given congressional overseers an easy way to grade agencies, either with an A, B . . . F report card or a green-yellow-red dashboard.
The C-level executives who must report to Congress have embraced this. Their approach to IT security, Scanlon said, is, "get the IG off my back."
Al Seifert, CEO of MSB Cybersecurity and formerly security officer for the Defense Department's Global Command and Control System, called FISMA a "noble endeavor" that has not fulfilled its promise.
"We are not collecting the metrics we need to ensure that our security is working," he said. "Everybody fears the auditor."
Security automation still is rudimentary and focused on compliance reporting, Seifert said. But the technology exists to do better. The Homeland Security Department's Cyberscope reporting system and the growing list of commercial tools that support the Security Content Automation Protocol make it possible to focus on real risk rather than merely playing the compliance game.
Risk management ultimately is a business decision that must be made at the CIO or CEO level of an agency, not by the IT people in the security shop, Scanlon said. Because security is not perfect, the level of acceptable risk must be determined based on an agency's business and mission needs. Then it is up to the security people to manage that risk.
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Great question CISO Scanlon, are we going to automate compliance or risk management? It will likely be the former until the complex, non-linear domain of risk analysis is better understood. Few have even a rudimentary understanding of multichannel signal analysis, and integrating human activity into the analysis is an emerging science. It is SO much easier to fill out a checklist.
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WASHINGTON Two La Plata County commissioners spent this week taking local issues to the national level during a legislative conference in Washington, D.C.
Commissioners Julie Westendorff and Gwen Lachelt participated in the National Association of Counties 2013 Legislative Conference, discussing topics such as sequestration, marijuana, wildfires, budgets and broadband with other county commissioners, a Cabinet member and the Colorado congressional delegation.
I found it a really valuable experience, Lachelt said during an interview in a Senate office buildings cafeteria Wednesday.
Westendorff said she came to the conference hoping to speak with county officials in Washington state about their new law legalizing recreational marijuana, which is similar to one recently passed in Colorado.
She also spoke with New Mexico officials to see if they had any concerns about marijuana crossing the border from Colorado, she said.
On the federal level, Westendorff said she asked Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack about rules governing industrial hemp and their interplay with marijuana laws. Vilsack told her that hed already spoken with U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder about it, she said.
I was really pleased to know theyd had that conversation, Westendorff said.
Lachelt said Colorado commissioners also discussed broadband in the state.
Eagle-Net Alliances federally funded project to build high-speed communication lines to schools and government buildings across Colorado has been suspended since early December because of environmental concerns, and the company was the subject of federal and state hearings last week.
Eagle-Net is supposed to build a fiber-optic line to Silverton, where there is no high-speed Internet, but has not done so yet.
Westendorff said a lack of broadband in places such as Silverton can hurt the regions economy. Businesses need a high-speed connection to function in rural areas, she said.
Its not about watching Netflix really fast, she said. Its not just about playing games and watching movies.
Lachelt and Westendorff said they are concerned about the effect of the sequester cuts on La Plata County, particularly on the federal Payments in Lieu of Taxes Program. The PILT program gives federal money to local governments to help make up for the lost property taxes that cannot be collected for federal lands.
In terms of other cuts, the county cannot raise taxes without voter approval under Colorados Taxpayers Bill of Rights legislation that removes the ability to respond to reality in a timely fashion, Westendorff said.
Because county governments must have balanced budgets unlike the federal government local officials are left to make on-the-ground choices of where to tighten.
Theyre leaving it up to the counties to make the hard decisions, Lachelt said.
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NEW YORK (AP) — It's tempting to think of Jim Jarmusch's high-standing white hair as the mark of a lightning bolt that struck him long ago, leaving him forever an eager receiver for the electricity of inspiration.
"My antennae are always up. If something moves me, I want it to be part of me," he says, wringing the middle of his shirt. "I want it to be mine, whether it's 17th century English music or if it is punk rock or if it is Outside jazz or if it is Flaubert and Balzac or if it is David Foster Wallace or even if it is (crime novelist) Richard Stark."
He goes on, adding silent movies, cartoons of the Fleischer brothers, Dante. It's merely a tiny sampling. "I just collect and collect," he says, gesturing to his scribble-filled notebook, which he left open to occasionally reference during a recent midtown interview.
It's the same spirit — the nourishment of art and culture — that pervades Jarmusch's latest film, "Only Lovers Left Alive," a deadpan tale of the undead. Tilda Swinton and Tom Hiddleston star as chic, long-living vampires who, though deeply in love, are currently living separately, in Detroit and Tangier.
The film bears none of the usual genre conventions. They drink blood from sherry glasses, blissfully dropping out as if from a heroin high. But mostly, Jarmusch's languorous vampires (who were inspired by Mark Twain's "The Diaries of Adam and Eve") are vessels for taking a broad look at humanity. They're first-hand witnesses to history, reveling in all its accomplishments (from Christopher Marlowe to Motown) and despairing at its failings (the low stature of science).
Adam, morose and clad in black, collects instruments and makes music with analog equipment (supplied by Jarmusch's band, Squrl). Eve, creamy and white, fills her suitcase with books, from "Don Quixote" to the drawings of Basquiat. They may be undead, but Adam and Eve — you might call them hipsters — are pulsing with excitement for the glories of literature, music, philosophy, architecture and science — much like Jarmusch.
"I have really tried to chart my life to have as much time as I could to investigate interesting things because I feel it's my job," he says. "When I was young and had the great chance to spend some time with Nicholas Ray, he said to me several times: 'Making films is not just about studying cinema. It's about everything.'"
Jarmusch, 61, a New York icon and a godfather to the independent cinema of the 1980s and 1990s, might seem a cool, austere figure, often hidden behind shades. But in conversation, he's eager to connect, sweetly sincere in his baritone voice about the things that move him. He strives to watch a film a day, but laments that he's only up to about 50 so far this year.
He became such a sponge, he says, growing up in the suburbs of Akron, Ohio, thanks to his mother (a film critic before he was born) and his grandmother (who gave him Proust when he was 16). They were "open to many things," he says.
When he arrived in New York in the 1970s to study poetry at Columbia, further awakenings followed: riffling through used vinyl at record stores, rummaging at the Stand bookstore, spending nights at East Village music clubs. He became part of the same New York as Lou Reed, Andy Warhol and Patti Smith
From his first, micro-budget film, "Permanent Vacation," to his more recent "The Limits of Control," his films have always had their own distinct, laconic rhythm and raw minimalism. Travel is often a stimulating force of drama. Nighttime (like the nocturnal cab-ride vignettes of "Night on Earth") feels like the natural habitat for the usually black-clad Jarmusch.
He hopes that "Only Lovers Left Alive" serves as a kind of epitaph to the beauty of life: "I'm not an end-of-the-world guy, but I do think we don't have much time left," he says.
Though Jarmusch remains continually enthralled by cinema, the increasing hardships of film financing and distribution, he says, "sucks big time." It took him seven years to get "Only Lovers" made. He was also coerced into shooting on digital for the first time and, to save money, filming partly on a soundstage in Germany. "I felt like a wolf being domesticated," he says.
"I can't just play their game anymore," says Jarmusch. "I've had it, really. And I don't want to make another film under the circumstances I made 'Lovers Left Alive.'"
Instead, Jarmusch has been making music more lately, which, he says, "allow expression to come out of me." Among the many projects he's juggling is a musical theater piece about the inventor Nikola Tesla.
And though Jarmusch will always be firmly identified with New York's once-gritty Lower East Side, he now spends much of his time amid nature at his remote house in the Catskills. He calls himself an amateur mycologist and an aspiring bird-watcher.
"I had chipmunks that I fed for a while that — I never touched them — but they would walk on me," says Jarmusch. "They were so familiar. I'd come outside and they would sit right next to me. Just hanging out. Not afraid of me. They know I'm that white-haired guy that brings them food."
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Jim Caviezel fans will be happy to hear the Catholic actor is returning to the silver screen once more in a feature film that tells the story of legendary high-school football coach Bob Ladouceur — a Catholic religious studies teacher, who built the De La Salle High School Spartans from an obscure team into a juggernaut with a record-making 151 game winning streak.
Caviezel stars in Sony Picture's When the Game Stands Tall as Coach Ladouceur, and he introduced the film to the participants at the National Catholic Prayer Breakfast in Washington, D.C. through a pre-recorded video. He apologized that last-minute conflicts made it impossible for him to be there in person, but he wanted them to know about "Coach Lad" and his team, and what lessons Catholics can draw from this powerful story.
"Coach Lad doesn't ask his players to be perfect," he said. "Instead, he challenges them to give a perfect effort."
"I have a line in there where I say, 'winning is a just a way of keeping score for when opportunity and a perfect effort meet,'" Caviezel added. "Think about that: striving to do our best in whatever we do is something we all can aim for."
Participants then got a chance to view a preview of the film, and it gave strong indications that veteran Hollywood director Thomas Carter and screenwriter Scott Marshall Smith are going to tell a compelling story. The plot's main conflict looks like it won't be the rise of the Spartans, but will focus on what happened when the unstoppable team and its proud town finally lost: how Coach Lad, his team, and the community suffered, struggled, and chose to rise again as better people.
The film appears to have a strong plot, according to the trailer, and that's a very comforting thought. Hopefully, the film will deliver on the trailer's promise. I go to a film, because I think it tells a good story, I can accompany the characters as they develop, and the story's conflict and resolution gives me something to think about.
That's why when someone says the main selling point of a film is "the message," I think it's a bad sign and probably not worth my time. The director and screenwriter have likely failed to tell you a good story. Sometimes, it is because they sacrifice plot on the altar of the theme, because they think you won't "get the message." But compelling stories are principally about people and their journey in life, not abstract ideas — and the insights of the Greek philosopher Aristotle apply to good storytelling today as much as they did for the Greek playwrights of 350 B.C.
The most important part of a story/tragedy/drama is the plot as wise old Aristotle explains in his Poetics. Aristotle points out that plot is first, character arc (how they change over the course of the story) is second, and the themes (message, moral, idea, etc.) are third. Unfortunately, too-much faith-based entertainment inverts this 2,300 year-old wisdom by making theme the priority element, and subjecting the plot and character development to the demands of the message from the screenwriter/director/producer. There's a reason why Frank Capra's It's a Wonderful Life work continues to be a classic, and appeals to a broad array of people, and why most modern faith-based entertainment scores duds with audiences on the silver screen, and not too well on video.
In fact, a lot of Hollywood film-making would be improved following Aristotle's order for the six important elements of the story.
Filming for When the Game Stands Tall is complete, and a projected release date is Aug. 22 according to IMBD. Here's hoping that When the Game Stands Tall arrives in cinema theatres, we will enter into a story, accompany the characters through triumph and tragedy, and find ourselves changed for the better as we watch them rise again.
At the very least, I'll be happy to see more of Caviezel on the big screen. Caviezel has been re-emerging from Hollywood obscurity (as a result of playing Jesus in Passion of the Christ) with his role as ex-CIA agent John Reese in the TV drama Person of Interest. Hopefully this film is a sign of more to come.


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Commerce City, Colo. - With the recent addition of Shane O'Neill, removing Jamie Smith from the Disabled List, and the waiving of Kohei Yamada, Quincy Amarikwa, Ross LaBauex, and Eddie Ababio, here's how the Colorado Rapids roster looks as of June 28, 2012:
Goalkeepers: Matt Pickens, Stew Ceus, Ian Joyce
Defenders: Drew Moor, Kosuke Kimura, Hunter Freeman, Marvell Wynne, Tyrone Marshall, Scott Palguta, Luis Zapata, Davy Armstrong
Midfielders: Jeff Larentowicz, Wells Thompson, Martin Rivero, Jaime Castrillon, Jamie Smith, Shane O'Neill, Brian Mullan, Kamani Hill, Harrison Henao, Pablo Mastroeni, Joseph Nane
Forwards: Omar Cummings, Tony Cascio, Conor Casey, Edu, Andre Akpan
- Teams are permitted a maximum of 30 players eligible to play, of which 20 count against the MLS-imposed salary budget of $2,810,000 (Senior Roster).
- Spots 21-30 do not count against the club's salary budget. Clubs may elect to leave up to two of these roster spots vacant and use $35,000 for each empty spot as allocation money (ie, for players on Senior Roster).
- Teams may place injured players on the Season-Ending Injury List or Disabled List (minimum six-games) when they have another player to replace them, and provided the team has budget space.
- Defender Anthony Wallace was placed on the Season Ending Injury List prior to the first game of the season (torn Achilles) and was replaced by Luis Zapata.
- The Rapids currently have 21 players on the Senior Roster and six on the Off-Budget roster. Two Off-Budget spots are unavailable per the above note.
- All players waived this week throughout MLS are placed in a Waiver Draft; teams may claim players according to their draft order, based on points per game, by Friday at 3 pm MT. The Rapids currently have the 6th selection.
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Gaming Surveillance Officers & Gaming Investigators
Also called: Security Officer, Surveillance Observer, Surveillance Officer, Surveillance Operator
In the military: see titles from the Army.
In the Army: Intelligence Analyst; Military Police; Unit Supply Specialist
What they do:Act as oversight and security agent for management and customers. Observe casino or casino hotel operation for irregular activities such as cheating or theft by either employees or patrons. May use one-way mirrors above the casino floor, cashier's cage, and from desk. Use of audio/video equipment is also common to observe operation of the business. Usually required to provide verbal and written reports of all violations and suspicious behavior to supervisor.
On the job, you would:
- Monitor establishment activities to ensure adherence to all state gaming regulations and company policies and procedures.
- Observe casino or casino hotel operations for irregular activities, such as cheating or theft by employees or patrons, using audio and video equipment and one-way mirrors.
- Report all violations and suspicious behaviors to supervisors, verbally or in writing.
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Sony's Music Unlimited service will let users stream music while they play games, according to Sony's director of music services Anu Kirk. Kirk also clarified that the available of the service has nothing to do with the PS4 not supporting CD and MP3 playback.
I'm really enjoying the music service. Sony have me a year subscription for $12 a year ago. They just sent me an email to renew for $3 for three months. Thats $1 a month. Great deal Sony.
For a price
$5 a month in addition to ps plus? Lol not a great deal Sony.
boooooo this means people's shitty choice in music being forced on me through there mic while online gaming :-/
I really feel that the ability to listen to music while gaming should be free.


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ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The FBI has joined the investigation into the disappearance two weeks ago of a family of four from a city on Alaska's Kenai Peninsula.
The Kenai Police Department requested the assistance of federal investigators in the disappearance of Brandon Jividen, 37, Rebecca Adams, 22, and Adams' two daughters, Michelle Hundley, 5, and Jaracca Hundley, 3.
The family was last seen May 27, the day after Memorial Day. Their two vehicles remained at their apartment in Kenai, 65 miles southwest of Anchorage, and they apparently left without packing, relatives have said.
The family's apartment building is on a quiet street near a wooded area in the city of 7,100 at the mouth of the Kenai River, Alaska's most popular sport fishing venue. The blue-collar town is home to workers employed by the oil and natural gas industry in Cook Inlet.
The age of the missing children, defined as "children of tender years," gives the FBI jurisdiction to provide assistance in the case, agency spokesman Steve Forrest said.
"There's a presumption in the law that allows the FBI to be involved if you have a child under the age of 12 missing," he said. "It can be viewed as a stranger abduction until it's proved otherwise. I'm not saying that's what we have here, but that's what allows us to get involved early on."
He would not say how many agents are in Kenai but noted they will focus on what might have happened rather than the ongoing search.
"The search and rescue — that's not where our expertise is," Forrest said. "It would be in the investigative portions of the case."
Jividen is Rebecca Adams' boyfriend. The father of her two girls, Jaramiah Hundley, died in a motorcycle crash on May 30, 2012.
Rebecca Adams' sister, Lanell Adams of Washington state, told the Peninsula Clarion that she last spoke to Rebecca Adams on Memorial Day weekend. Rebecca Adams sounded as if she were in distress but would not say what was wrong, the sister said.
Relatives later requested that police check on the family. When they could not be found, Lanell Adams flew to Kenai.
The four people and their dog were gone. Besides the vehicles, camping gear and the children's car seats were still at the home. The rent was not paid on the first of the month.
Kenai Police Chief Gus Sandahl said at a news conference Monday the search is the department's highest priority, the Peninsula Clarion reported. He said he remains optimistic that the family will be found.
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Out of the Woodwork: Pink Lemonade
An old piece of MDF brings back happy memories.
By Richard Mallard
Page: 96
From the November 2008 issue #172
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That quote knocked around in my head for days. You know the feeling. A little voice is screaming the answer to a question from the basement of your brain and it takes a good night's sleep or some distraction to hear it clearly. To a large extent woodworking serves this function. Concentrating on the repetitive strokes of a plane iron on a sharpening stone leaves a lot of brain power to do other things.
So what else is it about woodworking that makes us happy? One weekend the answer came to me toward the end of a month-long project. Several years ago my wife and I decided to take advantage of the housing-price bubble in California and build an addition to our home. She needed an office. Our teenagers needed a recreation room. Our aging parents might someday need an eldercare room that could double as a guest room for now. And I wanted a shop. We love our neighborhood and didn't want to move, so we built on.
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About Katsumi Hayakawa
In his paintings and cut-paper sculptures, Katsumi Hayakawa evokes the city and urban planning. He builds meticulously constructed objects with cubes and squares, suggesting skyscrapers and city grids, while the interaction of line and color coalesce with the cubes to create complex and vibrant rhythms. Hayakawa expands modernist explorations into the grid, in particular evoking Piet Mondrian's Broadway Boogie Woogie. Hayakawa translates these energies to his acrylic paintings, which convey similar impulses and rhythms through simple gestures. These nonfigurative paintings defy the two-dimensionality of the canvas with trompe l'oeil renderings of planar space. He balances the rigidity of the grid with a freer approach to painting, and a lively use of color.
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SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — Apple Inc. remained in the tech sector spotlight Friday with its annual Worldwide Developers Conference coming up and Bill Shope, of Goldman Sachs becoming the latest industry analyst to raise his price target on the consumer electronics kingpin.
Apple AAPL, -0.43% ended the day off by $2.38 a share to close at $633 as anticipation continued to grow ahead of its developers conference, which starts Monday in San Francisco. On Wednesday, the company took one potential announcement off the table when it said it would acquire high-end headphone and streaming music company Beats for $3 billion. While there has been some hope that Apple will introduce the next version of the iPhone, many analysts expect the company to turn the focus of the conference toward software and connected-home services.
Shope, who raised his price target on Apple to $720 a share from $635, said Friday that even though refreshed hardware products such as the iPhone and iPad serve to drive up the price of Apple's stock, "platform enhancements such as mobile payments, connected home solutions, and personal health monitors should be far more important for driving switching costs and installed [customer] base expansion over time.
Shope's $725-a share target price on Apple puts him at the high end of analysts who cover the company, and comes on the heels of Piper Jaffray's Gene Munster, who on Wednesday raised his outlook on Apple to $732 a share fraction from $640, and UBS analyst Steve Milunovich, who lifted his target for Apple's stock to $700 a share from $625 on Thursday.
Among analysts surveyed by FactSet, sentiment toward Apple has grown over the last two months. Of the 41 analysts listed with price targets on Apple's stock, 29 have raised their targets since April. The average price target is $637.57, with Brian White, of Cantor Fitzgerald, leading the pack with a $770-a-share target.
Typically, anticipation over what Apple unveils at the conference has been a catalyst for the company's stock performance, while the stock tends to give up some of its gains in the days and weeks after the conference.
BTIG analyst Walter Piecyk noted that Apple's stock price has risen by 8% in the month leading up to WWDC this year, and since 2008, has averaged a gain of 4.1% for the month before the annual conference. However, Apple shares have shed an average of 1.4% in the month after WWDC over each of the past six conferences.
People are also trying to get on the Apple bandwagon before the close of trading on Monday. On that day, all Apple shareholders of record will be included in a 7-for-1 stock split that will take effect on June. 9.
Along with Apple, decliners included Yahoo Inc. US:YHOO Facebook Inc. FB, +0.40% Pandora Media Inc. P, +0.22% and Oracle Corp. ORCL, -0.77%
Mild gains came from Netflix Inc. NFLX, +5.28% Microsoft Corp. MSFT, -0.26% Intel Corp. INTC, -0.11% and Micron Technology Inc. MU, -1.99%
The Nasdaq Composite Index COMP, -0.04% ended the day down by 5 points at 4,242, while the Philadelphia Semiconductor Index SOX, -0.44% managed to close in positive territory.
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It is possible that the main title of the report Fountain Syndrome is not the name you expected. Please check the synonyms listing to find the alternate name(s) and disorder subdivision(s) covered by this report.
Fountain syndrome is an extremely rare inherited disorder that is characterized by mental retardation; abnormal swelling of the cheeks and lips due to the excessive accumulation of body fluids under the skin (subcutaneous) of the face (edema); skeletal abnormalities; and/or deafness due to malformation of a structure (cochlea) within the inner ear. Fountain syndrome is inherited as an autosomal recessive trait.
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Note that the COE is not a complete list of software used and supported throughout the college, but it includes software that is used in several courses on a recurring basis. Not all users require the use of all software in the COE and not all software is applicable to every user. Some software may have special licensing and distribution requirements. Please see the sections below for more information about each specific software package. For questions, comments or requests about the COE, please e-mail James Coombes
For a list of all software currently available to students as part of the COE please visit the wiki pages at https://wikis.utexas.edu/display/MSBTech/Course+Software.
The most commonly used software listed on that page is also pre-installed onto computers used by faculty and staff.
Software is available directly from McCombs Computer Services, external web sites where you can download and install it for yourself, and some software must be installed by McCombs Tech Support or must be purchased from the Campus Computer Store.
The options below list other ways to obtain both COE and non-COE software. These are the preferred options to obtain software free of charge or at specially reduced academic or state prices.
Students should contact the SWAT Shop for questions about obtaining or installing software.
All lab computers will have a complete install of COE software except for the VPN client. For information what other software is installed on lab computers or to request additional software, please visit the Lab Support page.
For courses that use certain Microsoft software packages not available in the COE, students may be able to download the software from the Microsoft Developer Network Academic Alliance.
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SOURCE: Plandai Biotechnology
March 14, 2012 09:30 ET
CRS Hydrodynamic Process Delivers Up to 8 Times Improved Chemical Forms to Achieve Better Absorption Than Traditional Extracts
CRS Hydrodynamic Process Delivers Up to 8 Times Improved Chemical Forms to Achieve Better Absorption Than Traditional Extracts
SEATTLE, WA--(Marketwire - Mar 14, 2012) - Plandaí Biotechnology, Inc. (OTCBB: PLPL) director, Dr. Ming Hu, recently addressed his published study on the bioavailability of flavonoids and polyphenols and its importance on human health and nutrition.
Dietary polyphenols are derived from plants and are consumed in the forms of fruits, vegetables, spices, and herbs. Collectively they are a main source of antioxidants for humans and are responsible for a variety of biological activities, ranging from anti-aging and anticancer to lowering of blood cholesterol levels and improving bone strength. Millions of women also take a subclass of polyphenols called phytoestrogens to relieve symptoms associated with menopause.
Bioavailability is the body's ability to absorb various nutrients consumed. For most dietary antioxidants, less than five percent of the nutrients are actually absorbed, resulting in the need to consume massive dosages to achieve a clinical effect. Additionally, certain additives, including sugars and dairy, can neutralize the anti-oxidant properties. In the case of green tea, which has become hugely popular as a dietary supplement, you need to consume 8-10 cups a day; but if your green tea is sweetened, it may be useless. According to Dr. Hu's study, historically very little attention has been paid to increasing bioavailability. He asks the question, are these flavonoids and polyphenols as effective as people believe?
Typical polyphenols have oral bioavailability (mostly in animals) of 10% or less, and a range of 2-20% is quite common. For polyphenols to become bioavailable, the following barriers must be overcome: solubility, permeability, metabolism, excretion, target tissue uptake, and disposition.
Plandaí's proprietary CRS processing system is specifically designed to alter the stereochemical structure of the polyphenols into a ratio more readily absorbable by human tissue. For practical purposes, the converted phytonutrients should be five to eight times more bioavailable than traditional extracts, resulting in a clinical dose being more readily available and affordable as an additive to a variety of beverages, supplements and nutriceuticals.
Chief Executive Officer, Roger Duffield, commented, "We are at the forefront of developing enhanced bioavailable products which, we believe, can revolutionize the nutritional supplement and health drink marketplace. As more research is conducted, such as that done by Dr. Hu, people will be forced to examine what they consume and start to demand products that are based on science rather that slick marketing."
About Plandaí Biotechnology, Inc.
Plandaí Biotechnology, Inc., through its recent acquisition of Global Energy Solutions, Ltd. and its subsidiaries, focuses on the farming of whole fruits, vegetables and live plant material and the production of proprietary functional foods and botanical extracts for the health and wellness industry. Its principal holdings consist of land, farms and infrastructure in South Africa.
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text: High prices for new, important therapies raise concerns about access and impact on public and private health plans. Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMS) won plaudits for its new melanoma treatment, Yervoy (ipilimumab), which FDA approved in March. But patients and payers were surprised by BMS' plan to charge $120,000 for a complete course of treatment—six times more than expected. Dendreon's $90,000 price tag for its therapeutic prostate cancer vaccine Provenge prompted a review of the costs and benefits for Medicare patients by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). The agency decided that Medicare will pay for the therapy for some patients, but health advocates admit to qualms about Medicare assuming such a large cost for relatively minor benefit.


text: This family of simple and light upholstered seating was created by the Italian designers Lorenzo Longo and Alessio Romano for the Milan based manufacturer spHaus. It contains an armchair, a two seater and three seater sofa. All pieces are composed of cushioning in polyurethane foam with moulded rubber inserts – this combination creates the quilted effect – and legs made of painted tubular steel.


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Justin Bieber Gets Another Religious Tattoo
Justin Bieber is once again showing his devotion to God and his Christianity through ink. The teenage dream got another religious tattoo only a few months after debuting the face of Jesus Christ, which lives on the back of his left calf. The new tatt is a pair of praying hands and it's right next to the famous face of Christ.
The fresh ink was visible on the singer's leg as he was sporting shorts while in Florida with his gal pal Selena Gomez.
If the math is correct, this is The Biebs fourth tattoo. He's amassing quite a collection.
While it's his body and he can do what he wants with it, we have to give The Biebs props for getting something that's incredibly meaningful to him. It's not like he's getting flash off the wall or some crazy current image he will regret later. He seems to be thoughtful with his skin art, as he is vocal about his faith. His beliefs are not likely something he will shed easily as he gets older, either.
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Lime juice adds a bit of zip to this spicy and satisfying bean soup. A corn and tomatillo salsa garnishes the soup with more flavor and texture.
3 tbsp. olive oil
1 large onion, chopped
4 garlic cloves, minced
4 large poblano peppers, roasted, peeled, and chopped
9 cups vegetable stock
5 cups pinto beans, cooked
3 tbsp. lime juice
1⁄4 cup sour cream, if desired
1. Heat oil in a large stock pot. Add onions and garlic and cook until soft, about 5 min.
2. Add peppers and 4 cups beans; sauté 5 min. Add mixture to food processor and blend until completely puréed.
3. Return mixture to pot, add stock, and simmer 30 min.
4. Add remaining 1 cup beans and season to taste. Stir in lime juice and sour cream.
5. Garnish soup with corn-tomatillo-cilantro salsa.