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King Slately followed his son out the stateroom door. At the corners of the alcove, piker guardsmen in white snapped to attention and stomped. A slinking servant girl tugged on a golden rope. A courtier bowed low, awaiting the King's will.
"To the tower top, for parley," Slately told that one, without breaking stride. "Battle to follow."
"Yes, sire." He scurried off.
Tramennis had already bounded halfway down the length of the carpeted hallway. Slately cleared his throat loudly. The Prince pulled up and waited, turning and bowing his head, but with a little smirk.
Slately nodded to him. There was time. A king need not trot. He strode forward, as stern and regal as his wretched little legs would carry him.
Signamancy was a terrible curse. The Titans knew his true nature. No unipegataur-riding warrior king was he, no towering leader and orator. Over the three-thousand or so turns he had ruled, he had only once seen battle, and that from a well-guarded turret. And so he had shrunk. Gone white and fat. A crown and ermine robes could do only so much to glorify his squat frame.
Nor would he complain of it, truly. Such was the Titanic will. In their infinite wisdom, let it be so.
But what of the Signamancy of his only remaining son? Slately considered him as he approached: slight, wispy, dandyish. And now, Chief Warlord. They were a pair, were they not? To be about to fight a battle?
Without another glance, he continued deliberately for the throne room. Tramennis fell in beside him, and together, the King and Prince proceeded.
Prince Tramennis was the sixteenth of Slately's twenty-three sons and daughters, popped at a time when they were flush with princes and princesses but generally short of warlords. Therefore, he had not allotted the extra turns to pop this one as an heir. One look at his scrawny frame, and Slately had sent him off to a far-flung campaign to the northeast, not much caring about the outcome.
Tramennis had neither conquered nor fallen on that mission, but had cornered the enemy and opted to negotiate. He returned with a new alliance, including quite a nice little tribute from the former enemy side.
Thereafter, there was little thought of sending him out to fight. He traveled with courtiers as ambassador-at-large, an unusual role for a Royal unit, but how it had paid off! If one did the Mathamancy, Slately supposed that Tramennis may have earned his upkeep more than any of his siblings. Hm.
At the throne room, they did not pause, but they gathered up a large entourage of courtiers and nobles. The Royals spake not, while the rest of the lot formed an excited, babbling wake. The King and Prince walked reverently beneath the gaze of the hall's statues: many heroes, a few disappointments, all Royals of Jetstone. And all with better Signamancy than the two of them. Slately regarded them.
There stood Victor, his first son, fond of music and beloved of the court. And Lustrius, his third. That one ought to have been a king. Titas, laconic and grim. Forthewin[1], who could command and conquer[2], but whose legendary Luckamancy eventually wore out. Wonderloaf, who fell bravely in his first battle, sliced down while still fresh.[3] And on, and on.
In each case, Slately had done as a king ought to do: let them lead. It was not for a King to manage the armies in the field. Tradition held that the Chief Warlord made the hard decisions, and the King saw only to the management of Shmuckers and other assets, such as deployment of artifacts and casters.
He was doing that again now. But he had never felt so uneasy about it. This new light on Charlie, this strange warning about the warlord who beat Ansom, who destroys mountains...
Slately glanced at Tramennis, the diplomat. Of course he wished to negotiate. It was in everyone's nature to play to one's strengths. But in this case, was it so well advised?
Tramennis caught his glance, and met his father's eyes with a questioning look. Slately cleared his throat.
"I have every confidence in you, my son," he said, with great gravity. "I'm certain you will make the kingdom proud again."
The Prince said nothing, but his face slowly split in a broad grin. He looked as if a great weight had been lifted from his shoulder. There might even have been a tear forming in the corner of his eye, as he squared his shoulders and looked at the grand archway ahead of them. He looked ready to face anything now.
Such was the worth of the king's currency, and Slately spent his lies well.
- ^ "For the win" is a colloquialism that developed on the internet in recent years. Connected to the term "win," meaning quality, (i.e. "that joke was win"), it is used to indicate that a thing is or will likely soon be successful, i.e. "sneak attack for the win!"
- ^ Command and Conquer is a series of science fiction real-time military strategy games.
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The iPhone Was Designed in California and the Moto X Was Born in the USA: Should We Care?
Apple and Motorola are appealing to our sense of patriotism, which has this writer scratching his head.
I'd take my pants off and check where they came from, but I don't want to create an HR problem here at Minyanville's global headquarters.
So does "Made in America" matter any more?
I would say no, judging by America's collective addiction (present company included) to cheap goods produced in markets like China.
Nonetheless, the two most dominant technology companies on planet Earth -- Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) and Google Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) -- have been making efforts at reflecting some level of patriotism.
The back of my iPhone says "Designed by Apple in California" -- a phrase the company considers a signature.
And in fact, the company recently released a 60-second commercial under that name, in which it outlines its design manifesto:
The commercial bombed. Our friends over at Bloomberg reported that this ad scored very poorly in terms of effectiveness -- the worst of 26 Apple TV ads aired over the past year, and actually below the industry average.
It's not hard to see why. The ad is sanctimonious and braggadocious.
As a comparison, take a look at what I would consider two of Apple's best ads.
There's the iPhone 4 FaceTime commercial, which is off-the-charts sentimental (I found the soldier looking at the sonogram to be a cheap shot), but amazingly effective because it showed what FaceTime can do while tugging at our heartstrings:
And then there's the older ad from the Think Different campaign entitled "The Architect":
Featuring Danish artist Ingvar Cronhammar, this unique commercial accomplished two things that set it apart from other tech companies: 1) It associated Apple with the beauty and aspirations of true creativity, and 2) It screamed out that Apple really was a different company.
But "Designed in California"?
Meh. That piece doesn't really stand out from the typical lifestyle-based advertising we see on TV today.
The fact that Apple products are designed in California seems completely immaterial.
Apple products are special because the company's designers actually care about making something different and interesting.
Why should the location matter to consumers, as long as the product itself is awesome?
In fact, merely bringing up the fact that Apple products are designed in California forces me to think about the other location-based phrase on my iPhone: assembled in China.
And that makes the whole "designed in California" thing look like a diversion from some of the unpleasantries involved in manufacturing devices overseas.
Now I'm sure none of this was missed by the bigwigs at Google's Motorola unit, which unveiled its Moto X phone yesterday on the Fourth of July with this message appearing on the information sign-up page:
"Designed by You" means what it says: customization options.
According to a report from ABC News, buyers will be able to choose colors for the phone's casing and trim, make a personal engraving on the back, and upload a photo in advance to serve as the wallpaper. That doesn't seem terribly interesting.
But using the word "designed" in conjunction wtih "Assembled in the USA" -- Texas specifically -- is interesting because it's a dig at Apple, which has had plenty of fun in advertising at the expense of another tech giant, Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT), which was viciously mocked in the "Get a Mac" commercials:
And here's the rest of Motorola's message from the sign-up page, where the company really drills it down:
I admit, my first reaction was "Ooh! more jobs for robots!"
The first smartphone designed, engineered, and assembled in the USA is coming.
It's also the first smartphone that you can design yourself. Because today you should have the freedom to design the things in your life to be as unique as you are.
And this is just the beginning. By the end of the summer we expect there to be more than 2000 new employees in Ft. Worth, TX, working to make all of this possible. Imagine what else you can do when you have the world's best design, engineering, and manufacturing talent located here in the USA.
But over 2000 new employees?
That's more than I imagined, and maybe to some people makes up for the massive layoffs the Motorola unit suffered in 2012, not that many consumers will care.
Nonetheless, Google/Motorola are taking an interesting marketing angle here, but they can't take it too far.
Plenty of makers of Google Android phones use the same Chinese contract manufacturer as Apple -- Foxconn.
And then there's this little tidbit from Google's 2012 10-K filing, filed in January of this year.
So unless they're getting ready to move all manufacturing to the US, it's a little soon to get uppity on this issue.
Our Motorola business also has facilities outside the US, and nearly all of our Motorola products (other than some prototypes) are manufactured outside the US, primarily in China, Taiwan, and Brazil.
(See also: Apple, Lenovo, and Google Are Bringing Production Back to the US, but Should We Celebrate?)
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BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Federal officials reversed course in a dispute over mineral payments Monday as they agreed to pay states an estimated $110 million that was being withheld under 2013 budget cuts.
The decision by the Interior Department comes after Western lawmakers and governors pressed the Obama administration to restore the money, derived primarily from payments by companies for oil and gas leasing and production royalties.
More than two dozen states were denied a portion of their payments for 2013, under automatic spending cuts put in place after Congress failed to agree on a deficit reduction plan.
The cuts trimmed about 5 percent from all those states' shares. Wyoming led the list of potential losers, with at least $53 million at stake for 2013. New Mexico would have lost $26 million.
Critics had said the government had no right to withhold the states' share of the money.
Interior officials previously defended the cuts by saying they had no choice in the matter under budget rules now in place. But they said Monday they had changed course following a legal review of the underlying Mineral Leasing Act.
U.S. Sen. Mark Udall, a New Mexico Democrat, said the administration's reversal showed it had "seen reason."
"These funds are the result of an existing agreement for mineral development," he said. "The government shouldn't be using them to balance its books."
Mineral leasing revenues are typically split roughly evenly between the states and the Interior Department. The government last year paid $2.1 billion to the states under the mineral leasing program.
The Interior Department says the money will be given to the states sometime after the end of the fiscal year on Sept. 30, assuming the current law stays in place.
A spokesman for Wyoming Gov. Matt Mead said he was pleased to get the news that the money would be returned to the state, but was awaiting further details on what might happen in future years.
Payments from revenues received in 2014 also will be withheld until the end of that fiscal year if the automatic budget cuts remain in place and unchanged, said Patrick Etchart, spokesman for the Interior Department's Office of Natural Resources Revenue.
He said the process of withholding the money requires additional work by the agency, but it has no choice under the current budget rules.
"We are obliged to follow the law, and that is what the law stipulates," Etchart said.


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Daniel Radcliffe says he's sorry he missed out on Comic-Con International, where hundreds of "Harry Potter" fans camped out overnight and harbored hopes that the British star would be a magical surprise guest.
"I apologize to all the wishful thinkers for my disappointing non-presence," Radcliffe said Monday by phone from London.
The actor, who has finished some post-production voice work on the last "Potter" film, says he is still grappling a bit with the concept that he will never wear the robes of Hogwarts on screen again. He still cares deeply about "Potter" fans, though — he sounded genuinely distressed to hear for the first time about the wildfire rumors that led fans to believe he would be at the San Diego pop-culture expo that wrapped up on Sunday.
"Really? Oh, God, I had no idea. I suppose it's like when I'm at Reading Festival and I hear that suddenly some amazing band is going to play a surprise gig and then it turns out to be total fiction."
Warner Bros. had clearly stated that no cast members would be present for the Saturday panel promoting "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows," which will hit theaters in a two-film tale, with part one arriving Nov. 19 and part two on July 15. The tandem films will bring to a close a franchise that has collected $5.3 billion in worldwide box office since 2001.
Fans, though, assumed it was all a smoke screen — they know that this is the last Comic-Con before the final "Potter" theatrical release and there was intense speculation that Radcliffe and costars Emma Watson and Rupert Grint would attend the convention for the first time. Radcliffe, though, was in Russia celebrating his 21st birthday, which was Friday.
"It was fantastic. I was in St. Petersburg for my birthday, which is probably the most beautiful, the most incredible, wonderful place I've ever been in my life. It really is absolutely amazing. I went with two friends and it was brilliant."
There was one "Deathly Hallows" cast member at Comic-Con; Tom Felton, who plays Draco Malfoy, appeared and I interviewed him on stage in front of an audience of 6,500, which cheered the actor as well as the footage from "Deathly Hallows" that was shown for the first time anywhere. I mentioned to Radcliffe that his on-screen rival told the crowd that the film's title star cried like a little girl on the final day of shooting.
"You know what, I'd love to libel him and call it a lie, but, darn, he's absolutely right. We all three of us — me, Rupert and Emma — we just wept. And I've never seen Rupert Grint cry. That was really weird."
Radcliffe has just been announced as the star of "The Woman in Black," the 2011 Hammer Films adaptation of the Susan Hill novel. He is also attached to a new version of "All Quiet on the Western Front" due in 2012. Radcliffe also said something in passing that, for the Muggle nation, will stir hopes that just maybe Radcliffe will make it to next year's San Diego convention. "I've never done the Comic-Con thing," Radcliffe said, "and I really, really want to experience that."
— Geoff Boucher
"Potter" fans disappointed by Comic-Con panel
Tom Felton already misses "Potter"
RARE PHOTO: The day Daniel Radcliffe met Rupert Grint…
David Yates reveals where he will split "Deathly Hallows"
REVIEW: Universal's Harry Potter outduels Disney
Rowling takes a ride with Potter in Orlando
PHOTO GALLERY: Scenes from Comic-Con 2010
Which celebrity intimidates Emma Watson? You may be surprised
Dumbledore diss? Gambon sees "no point" in reading Rowling


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Oh Baby: Showered with Love
And yes - everyone has already told me how much bigger I look this week than last so no need to point it out. I seemed to have exploded just in time to for maternity photos (which were done on Friday - I'm anxiously awaiting the proofs). My house is now chock full of adorable pink outfits, board books and other infant essentials awaiting organization. Tick tock, tick tock.
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Looks amazing! I hope you will do a rundown for us on which baby items you use and love all the time! ALSO that DRESS is gorgeous... where is it from?ReplyDelete
Love the birch bark and moss! Your initials in the bark! Wow. She did a great job! Love it!ReplyDelete
What a gorgeous shower!!! And that dress is so cute!ReplyDelete
You look amazing, and what an ADORABLE shower!ReplyDelete
What a gorgeous baby shower. I love the photo of you in the frame. Such a cute idea, and you look absolutely fabulous. So happy for you.ReplyDelete
what a pretty shower!ReplyDelete
- Kate5:51 PM
Hi there, just discovered your blog and it looks great. What beautiful pictures, I absolutely LOVE that cool terrarium thing and all the grass, so cute and earthy and fabulous. Sending you lots of good vibes for your pregnancy, when is the baby due?ReplyDelete
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I love the birch tree look! So gorgeous!ReplyDelete
Oh how gorgeous!!!!! Absolute perfection!ReplyDelete
I don't know all the details but if you have any questions, I can certainly ask her.ReplyDelete
Thanks. The dress is by Maternal America and I got it here: http://www.minefornine.com/item/ma043-001-010ReplyDelete
That photo wasn't taken or edited by me but if you have photoshop, its very easy to do. If you don't, I dont think it can be done but I could be wrong.ReplyDelete
- from_Bucyrus12:51 PM
Congratulations! Everyone will have loads of parenting advice...but take special care to listen to the advice regarding how to care for yourself after the baby comes. It's easy to get busy, discover 'Mommy mode' and pretty soon you are neglecting not just your appearance but also your health. Take special care of yourself and never feel guilty about it because baby needs a healthy happy mommy.ReplyDelete
It looks like you had a beautiful baby shower. Such a lucky girl!ReplyDelete
Who is your talented friend? What a cool shower. I think it suits your style perfectly. :) I love all the details.ReplyDelete


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UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Syria says it became a full member of the convention banning the use of chemical weapons as of Thursday but the United Nations says it will take at least another 30 days.
Bashar Ja'afari told reporters he presented the secretary-general with "the instrument of accession" to the Chemical Weapons Convention after President Bashar Assad signed a legislative decree earlier Thursday declaring Syria's approval to join the treaty.
"With this, the chapter of the so-called chemical weapons will be ended and ... Syria has become, starting today, a full member of the convention," Ja'afari told reporters.
But U.N. associate spokesman Farhan Haq said "Syria will become a member 30 days after its instrument of accession is deposited." He said the documentation is still being studied.


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Hello all,
I started C++ programming a while back and quickly became unstuck after attempting my third, 'simple' program.
I am trying to simulate the path of three, interdependently moving masses through Cartesian space ((x,y) space if I'm not mistaken). Each point mass exerts a gravitational force on each of the others and is assigned with an initial velocity (speed and bearing). The desired result would be a text file containing the following information for each mass:
'(x,y) coordinates', 'speed', 'bearing' and 'elapsed time'
In a previous simulation, I was able to simulate one falling mass under the influence of another (which was fixed) by iterating the elapsed time value and reading off the previous iteration's values of speed and bearing. However, I was using fairly simple mathematics and when I tried to apply the same formulas to the new problem it felt like trying to smash a square block into a triangular hole.
Is anyone aware of the sort of mathematics needed for such a simulation? I've been pointed towards 'vector calculus' before but I'm not familiar with it - can anyone point me in the right direction?


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The Hawaii works by painter Georgia O'Keeffe and photographer Ansel Adams will be featured in a special exhibition at the Honolulu Museum of Art beginning Friday.
O'Keeffe is best known for her colorful portrayals of flowers and the Southwest, and Adams for his expansive California landscapes. But both found a wealth of subjects during their visits to Hawaii.
O'Keeffe traveled to the islands in 1939 to create advertising illustrations for Hawaii Pineapple Co. (now Dole). Adams first visited in 1948 to make images for the Department of the Interior. He returned in 1957 at the behest of a Honolulu bank.
"The Hawaii Pictures" at the Honolulu Museum of Art will include 12 of O'Keeffe's paintings and 56 Adams photographs. They'll be on display until Jan. 12.
The museum, 900 S. Beretania St. in Honolulu, is open daily except Mondays. Admission is $10 for adults and $5 for children ages 4-17.
Information: Honolulu Museum of Art (808) 532-8700


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Hair. Some want it curly and some want it straight. Some even prefer no hair (this post won't apply to them). In my case, I would like more hair, but such is life.
Back to the matter at hand - curling and straightening irons are common travel items we see every day at both the checkpoint and in checked bags. But believe it or not, we get a lot of search hits on our web page from folks trying to figure out if these are permitted on an aircraft. I am happy to report that these items, with the exception of the type that requires a butane cartridge (see below), are permitted in your carry-on and checked baggage.
The only kind of curling and straightening irons you have to be concerned with are the types that take a butane cartridge. These are only allowed in your checked baggage, as long as you only have one and a safety cover must be over the heating element. No spare cartridges are allowed. This type of iron is not permitted in your carry-on luggage.
Remember, you can always use our new "Can I Bring" tool on the web, or you can download the My TSA app. "Can I Bring" allows you to type in an item and see if it's permitted or not. If the item is not listed, you can suggest that we add it.
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Excellent news!
Yippee! She's a VERY fine actress, excellent addition.
Alex Kingston of ER and Moll Flanders fame will guest in a Steven Moffat penned two-parter in series four of Doctor Who. The Beeb describes her role as "a mysterious character who meets The Doctor on an expedition to uncover the secrets of an abandoned library", and she'll be joined for the adventure by James Bond regular …
Yippee! She's a VERY fine actress, excellent addition.
I'm more pleased that Steven Moffat is writing it, he's done most of my favourite Doctor Who episodes: Blink (with the statues) and The Empty Child (the kid with the gas mask face)
Anyone who keeps Russell T. Davies away from writing scripts has got to be a good thing.
It is nice that Steve Moffat has done the best episodes in Doctor Who, while Russel T Davies has done some of the worst episodes. The less Russel T is involved, the better :)
Hooray, the more Steven Moffat the better!
"Alex Kingston of ER and Moll Flanders"
Personally I remember her more for the fully "fleshed out" character in Essex Boys.
Like Peri, she has a couple of things going for her ;-)
(yes, I'm just a giggling school-boy and mine's coat with the really long scarf please)
Alex Kingston = Good, Steven Moffat = Great, Colin Salmon = Bleeding Excellent.
And, let's face it, at least there is considerably less chance of gratuitous homosexuality in an episode which is not written by Russel Tea Lady. Torchwood jumped the shark after the first episode but has now sunk to new lows in the second series with everything being centered around just how gay Captain Jack is each week, they could rename it "Queer as Alien Folk".
Incidentally, it would be more newsworthy if there are any actors who are *not* in series 4 of Doctor Who.
Now lets all hope she crowds out Catherine "Am I boring" Tate.
Seriously though, she's an excellent actress, and I'm glad Moffat has been chosen to write it - he seems able to bring out the best in his actors, and not only because his scripts are so good.
As much as I love both Dr Who and Torchwood, they're both in danger of becoming a bit of a luvvie-fest at the moment. Give some young unknowns a chance!
Steven Moffat writing for Dr Who - Good Thing
Billie Piper coming back - Questionable thing.
Part of the big problem that I have with Martha Jones, was that Rose Tyler was still in the story. She was mentioned in every episode of the last series. Martha was very much in her shadow. We were never allowed to forget about Rose being the Doctor's love interest, and Martha just become the rebound shag that stuck around.
She was just someone for the Doctor to explain stuff to. Her 2 moments of Heroism were: Giving the Doctor a Pocket Watch (on -screen) and uniting the entire human race following a year long trek of the planet amid considerable danger (Off-Screen AND between episodes)
Dave's First Law of SF states "Any thespian made popular by a SF show, and leaving said SF show for "bigger things" will fail. " (cf Will Wheaton, Denise Crosby, David Duchovny, the blond haired woman from Babylon 5, Claudia Christian, Michael Shanks)
Dave's Second Law of SF states: "Any thespian made popular by a SF show, and leaving said SF show for "bigger things" and then returning to aforementioned SF show will cause said SF show to fail."(cf David Duchovny, Michael Shanks)
Dave's Third Law of SF states "Any SF show with Male and Female leads in a non-intimate relationship will fail when Fan pressure forces the 2 characters to become intimate for a non-plot reason." (X Files v Spaced, Babylon 5)
Keep Moffat for Dr Who, please let Torchwood not be cancelled so Davies will be occupied and leave Dr Who allone!
Yes, the blue coat and the clogs please.
who will be the Librarian?
Please, keep RTD away from scripts!
Like Gene Roddenbury with Star Trek, he deserves credit for keeping the thing alive. But like Gene Roddenbury with Star Trek, he should have his hands amputated if he so much as touches a script, because he clearly can't write worth a damn.
All I can say is, when I saw the name Moffat, I did what this icon does.
And really, what else needs to be said?
Steven Moffat should be the script editor - RTD shot his lot creatively with the Eccleston season and should have left on a high. Not sure about Rose coming back though. If she's gone then she's gone and that should be that. Bring back Sarah Jane in leather trousers!
... Alex Kingston, great though she was in ER, won't be using the "accent" she used whilst playing Boudicca!
Now now get over your gay angst and go out and kiss your boss.


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Facebook to cut 'click-bait' links
Facebook has announced plans to cut down on "click-bait" articles that appear on user news feeds, as the company says it wants to tackle spam on the site.
"Click-bait" refers to articles that encourage the reader to click a story to see more, without telling them exactly what they will see. Common headlines include "you won't believe what happened next" and similar vague suggestions to draw in users.
Facebook will now time how long users spend on a site before returning to it as a way of gauging the value of content.
Facebook will now time how long users spend on a site before returning as a way of gauging the value of content
According to the social network, users have been telling it that these stories are being given too much presence on news feeds and Facebook has moved to change that.
The site's algorithm currently pushes stories that receive more clicks up a feed and Facebook has admitted users felt content from friends and family was being "drowned out".
In a post on the company's blog, Facebook's Khalid El-Arini and Joyce Tang outlined how the social site will start to tackle "click-bait" stories.
They say: "One way is to look at how long people spend reading an article away from Facebook. If people click on an article and spend time reading it, it suggests they clicked through to something valuable.
"If they click through to a link and then come straight back to Facebook, it suggests that they didn't find something that they wanted.
"With this update we will start taking into account whether people tend to spend time away from Facebook after clicking a link, or whether they tend to come straight back to news feed when we rank stories with links in them."
Facebook also said it would use the number of comments and shares a story received as part of the judgement.
The post said: "Another factor we will use to try and show fewer of these types of stories is to look at the ratio of people clicking on the content compared to people discussing and sharing it with their friends.
"If a lot of people click on the link, but relatively few people click 'like', or comment on the story when they return to Facebook, this also suggests that people didn't click through to something that was valuable to them."
The social network, which has more than one billion monthly active users, said that a recent survey found 80% of the time users preferred headlines that gave them more information about an article before they clicked on it.
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May 12, 2011 08:30 ET
SAN FRANCISCO, CA--(Marketwire - May 12, 2011) - Open Source Business Conference --Acquia, the world's leading provider of commercial open source social publishing solutions for Drupal, today announced that CEO Tom Erickson will speak at the Open Source Business Conference 2011 (OSBC) as part of the panel about the Future of Open Source in the Cloud.
The Future of Open Source (in the Cloud)Michael Skok, General Partner at North Bridge Venture Partners, will lead this discussion with four other open source leaders by presenting the findings of its annual "Future of Open Source" Survey now in its 5th year. Conducted in partnership with North Bridge Venture Partners and The 451 Group, the 2011 survey involved more than 20 industry collaborators and polled a wide variety of members of the open source community on the important issues, opportunities and expectations of the industry for 2011 and beyond.
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Posted by ESC on January 14, 2001
In Reply to: Long in the tooth posted by Barney on January 14, 2001
: : : : : : : What does "long in the tooth" mean. I alwasy thought it meant ugly.
: : : : : : "Long in the tooth" means old. It refers to the fact that one can determine a horse's age by looking at its teeth. A horse's gums recede as it ages causing its teeth to look "long."
: : : : : And it is from this same fact that we get "Don't look a gift horse in the mouth." Two phrases explained for the price of one!
: : : : My understanding is that horses continue to experience eruption of new teeth until they are up to 20 years old (in some breeds) and that the number and length of their teeth (which continue to grow throughout the horses life) is therefore a determinate of their age. Retreating gums are more a feature of human aging.
: : : I live in horse country but don't know a lot about horses. My child, however, is taking a horsemanship class in school. She tells me that horses have baby teeth and adult teeth like humans. But don't grow new sets throughout their lives.
: : My old Britannica says a horse's molars grow up from the jaw as they are worn down from the top, for the first six years or so of the horse's life, and then they stop growing. Anyway, it is possible to estimate a horse's age from its teeth (perhaps they become shorter? discolored? missing?), producing the "gift horse" proverb. Maybe "long in the tooth" refers more to humans. Anybody out there have the answer from the horse's mouth?
: I found this site using the google search engine http://www.horsematters.net/health/teeth.htm%20-%20I'm sure there are others.
LONG IN THE TOOTH - "Old; aging. Here is the first cousin of 'don't look a gift horse in the mouth.' As a horse gets older, its gums retract, making the teeth look longer. The longer the teeth, the older the horse. Applied to people, the saying is fairly recent, an early example being in J.C. Snaith's 'Love Lane' : 'One of the youngest R.A.s (rear admirals) on record, but a bit long in the tooth for the army.'" From "The Dictionary of Cliches" by James Rogers (Ballantine Books, New York, 1985). A second source also says the phrase means "aging" and ".originally was applied to horses because their gums recede with age. It has long been applied to humans, both male and female. Thackery used the expression way back in 1852, so it is well established in British English." From "Morris Dictionary of Word and Phrase Origins" by William and Mary Morris (HarperCollins, New York, 1977, 1988). And a third: "That horses' gums recede and their teeth appear longer as they grown older, owing to their constant grinding of their food, is the idea behind this ancient folk phrase, which means one is getting on in years." From "Encyclopedia of Word and Phrase Origins" by Robert Hendrickson (Facts on File, New York, 1997).


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ST. LOUIS—In their quest for the next big drug discovery, pharmaceutical companies are increasingly teaming up with some of the nation's top universities, recruiting campus scientists as partners and offering schools multimillion-dollar deals to work on experimental drugs in development.
Big Pharma has long sought to profit from academia's innovations in more limited arrangements. Now the two sides are often joining forces as equals. But the drug makers' aggressive pursuit of university research has drawn the ire of academic purists who question whether the partnerships put profits ahead of, or on equal footing with, science for science's sake.
"What it does is to blur the boundaries between academic medical centers and investor-owned companies," said Dr. Marcia Angell, former editor-in-chief of the New England Journal of Medicine and a prominent critic of the pharmaceutical industry's new coziness with major campuses.
Pfizer Inc., Astra Zeneca PLC and Eli Lilly and Co. are among the major international drug companies signing agreements with schools such as New York University, Harvard and the University of California at San Francisco.
Driving the change is the expiration of patents for such lucrative name-brand drugs as Seroquel, Lipitor and Protonix, which industry observers say accounted for nearly $36 billion in U.S. sales in 2011 and 2012. More than ever, drug makers need new revenue to replace diminished profits from drugs that now have generic rivals.
"There's a real need on Big Pharma to be innovative in how it fills its pipeline," said Van Ellis, a Washington-based life-sciences lawyer and partner with the Morrison & Foerster firm. "And academia is incredibly concerned with how to support research."
A 2011 research report by the Biotechnology Industry Organization found that just 1 in 10 prospective drugs in clinical trials from late 2003 through 2010 ultimately received approval from the federal Food and Drug Administration, a testament to the low success rates of drugs still in the experimental phase. Previous reports showed an approval rate of 1 in 5 or 1 in 6.
One of the earliest campus collaborations was announced in 2010 between Washington University in St. Louis and Pfizer, which signed a five-year, $22.5 million deal to identify new uses for hundreds of drug compounds for which research had stalled during or on the verge of clinical trials.
At the time, Dr. Larry Shapiro, dean of the university's medical school, expressed his hope that the project would yield "many discoveries."
But Washington University's experience illustrates some of the industry's challenges. Scarcely two years later, Pfizer shut down the St. Louis lab to focus on partnerships at other schools.
A Washington University spokeswoman referred questions about that decision to the drug maker, which said in a statement the decision was a joint one that "evolved to reflect the mutual needs and strengths of both organizations."
Pfizer, based in New York, is continuing to fund its five initial research projects with the university, but has higher hopes for its five-year, $85 million partnership with the University of California at San Francisco, where two dozen Pfizer scientists are practically working side-by-side with their university counterparts in a 20,000-square-foot building on the school's sprawling Mission Bay campus.
Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost Jeffrey Bluestone, whose own research has focused on the body's immune response at the molecular level, said the university's Center for Therapeutic Innovation creates an open network of researchers that goes beyond the narrow focus on specific projects initially cultivated in campus labs on behalf of drug manufacturers.
"There was an opportunity to try to think differently about the relationship between industry and academia," he said. "Typically, industry partnerships had been at arms-length, and often at great distances, where you would try to fit a (university) research project in with your (full-time) job you had with the company."
The new collaborations allow scientists to spend more time on research and less on paperwork, Bluestone added.
"With the idea that we do this together, we don't have to worry about intellectual property and tech transfer and all that really early on," he said. "We can build in milestones and timelines that allow us to really make decisions along the way. … It's really a different model."
Those arguments don't mollify Angell, who is now a senior lecturer at Harvard Medical School's Division of Medical Ethics.
Academic medical centers and teaching hospitals "have particular missions that justify their tax-exempt status," Angell said. "They're supposed to educate the next generation of doctors. They're supposed to be doing cutting-edge research, not just research on drugs … and they're supposed to be taking care of the sickest and neediest people in society."
That public-service mission is "quite different from the mission of investor-owned companies. They're supposed to maximize profits."
In addition to its efforts in St. Louis and San Francisco, Pfizer has entered into similar research partnerships with the University of California at San Diego, Boston University, Harvard, Tufts, the University of Massachusetts and seven academic medical centers in New York City.
Neither Pfizer's competitors nor the university partners are standing idle.
Harvard also has a research deal with French manufacturer Sanofi-Aventis and Belgian drug maker UCB. The Yale School of Medicine has a multiyear cancer research collaboration with Gilead Sciences Inc., a California company that sells HIV treatments such as Atripla and Truvada. And the University of Pennsylvania has an umbrella agreement with Astra Zeneca PLC, whose U.S. headquarters are just down the road in Delaware.
Bluestone, a former Pfizer advisory board member, is aware of both the promise and the pitfalls of these partnerships. He called the truncated St. Louis effort "a great project" that fell victim to a shift in corporate priorities after Pfizer's 2009 purchase of rival Wyeth for $68 billion.
"We've gone into this thing with our eyes wide open," he said. "Some (experiments) may work, some may not. Some may disappear next year."
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PARIS (AP) — France's broadcast regulator says it's taking steps to tighten safety rules for TV reality shows, following two deaths on the French version of adventure show "Survivor."
In a statement Wednesday, the Higher Broadcasting Council expressed deep sadness over the death last month of a young contestant and Monday's suicide of an on-screen doctor who treated him.
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December 17, 2012
"Even with the knowledge and medicines to prevent transmission of HIV from mothers to children, there are still babies being born with HIV [in the U.S.] and around the world," Jake Glaser, Janice McCall, and Cristina Pena -- all persons living with HIV who contracted the virus through mother-to-child transmission and who work as ambassadors for the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation -- write in the Huffington Post's "Global Motherhood" blog. "Without early treatment, half of those children will die by their second birthday. Their journeys will end far too soon," they continue, adding, "But it doesn't have to be that way."
"Scientists, governments, drug manufacturers, and private donors have come together to create and produce HIV medications for children and adults that are easier to take and can be taken less frequently," and "[t]hey are also working toward an eventual cure," the authors write. "But until then, one of our biggest challenges is just getting the medicines we already have to the millions of people who desperately need them," they state, adding, "Every child deserves an opportunity to grow up, to have a fifth birthday, to have a first kiss, to follow their dreams -- and if they want, to have a family of their own someday. ... Let's keep fighting until an AIDS-free generation becomes a reality" (12/14).
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Derry educators keep students focused on routine as bomber manhunt continues
By Adam Swift
Union Leader correspondent
DERRY -- In the Derry schools, superintendent Laura Nelson said staff have tried to keep thinks low key and maintain their normal routines in the wake of bombings and manhunt in the Boston area.
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Use this guide to remove the lower touchscreen from the lower LCD.
Unscrew the two Phillips screws securing the battery cover to the lower case.
Grasp the battery cover and lift out of the lower case.
Wedge the edge of a spudger in between the top of the battery and its lower case housing and pry upwards to dislodge the battery.
Grasp the battery and remove it from the DSi.
Two screws are hidden underneath two rubber feet highlighted in red.
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Six 5.2 mm Phillips screws.
One 2.7 mm Phillips screw.
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once the cable, highlighted in the orange box, is completely removed then you may take off the entire outer casing.
Pull the Wi-Fi board away from the motherboard by its edge closest to the headphone jack.
Pry the Wi-Fi antenna connector straight up from its socket on the Wi-Fi board.
Use the tip of a spudger to pry the power board connector out of its socket on the motherboard.
Actually Lisa, you are incorrect. If you pull to one side you WILL end up pulling the connector off the motherboard. It is designed so that you ARE MEANT TO pry it upwards out of the connector. All you need to do is use the point or corner of the flat edge of a spudger (or a small flat-headed screwdriver), push it ever so slightly under the middle of the small white plug where there is a small recess in the connector for just this purpose. Prying the plug up in this fashion you should clear the connector with the spudger by prying it up through the recess rather than catching the connector and pulling it off the board.
Use your fingernail or the edge of a plastic opening tool to flip up the retaining flap on the following three ZIF sockets:
Lower touchscreen cable
Lower LCD cable
Power board cable
After flipping up the locking tabs on all three sockets, use your fingers or a pair of tweezers to gently pull the cables straight out of their sockets.
I accidentally broke the retaining flap off of the lower touchscreen's socket. Is it possible to reattach it?
Mine broke off too. At first I thought it would just pop back in, but when I looked at it under magnification, I can see that a tiny piece of plastic actually snapped off the flap. I think we're farked. Looks like the only way to fix would be to solder on a new cable connector.
Use your fingernail or the edge of a plastic opening tool to carefully flip up the touchscreen ribbon cable retaining flap.
Use the tip of a spudger to pull the touchscreen ribbon cable straight out of its socket.
When I was putting mine back together, the flap popped off and when I tried to put it on with a tweezers, it snapped. Any suggestions other than scrap it or use it without the touchscreen? Pictures at https://sites.google.com/site/memesbyluc...
Use your fingernail or the edge of a plastic opening tool to carefully flip up the dual camera ribbon cable retaining flap.
Use the tip of a spudger to pull the dual camera ribbon cable straight out of its socket.
With the tip of a spudger, Pry the microphone antenna up off its socket on the motherboard.
Remove the following four Phillips screws securing the motherboard to the DSi framework.
Three longer screws.
One short screw.
Pull the microphone and Wi-Fi antenna cables out of the notch cut into the motherboard near the headphone jack.
Slightly lift the motherboard upwards to reveal the upper LCD ribbon cable above the ABXY buttons .
Use your fingernail or the edge of a plastic opening tool to carefully flip up the upper LCD ribbon cable retaining flap.
Remove the motherboard from the DSi.
Use the tip of a spudger to pry the metal backing of the lower LCD up from the DSi's framework.
Lift the lower LCD assembly out of the DSi.
Insert the edge of a plastic opening tool between the lower touchscreen and the lower LCD.
Carefully run the edge of the opening tool along the perimeter of the touchscreen to detach it from the lower LCD.
Remove the touchscreen from the lower LCD.
Lower LCD remains.
To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.
To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.
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On Step 9 please add something like this to the description. I didn't fully understand what was said and i ended up breaking my power connector off the motherboard. I luckily went to Ebay and someone had a replacement thankfully that i was able to solder back on the motherboard. ——————To remove the power wire connector off the motherboard use a small flathead screwdriver to push the white part of the connector straight up. If you try to pull it back like a standard connector it will break! ————-
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Starfish Retention Solutions CEO David Yaskin said: "The Starfish 360 Awards Program recognizes the innovation that is possible when institutions combine people, process, and technology to make a difference in the lives of students. We continue to be inspired by our clients' success stories, and we're proud that the Starfish system is helping them achieve amazing outcomes. Congratulations to the Award Winners, Rising Stars and all the finalists!"
Rising Star recipients each receive cash prizes to support the ongoing development of their student success programs.
For more information, visit: http://www.leeward.hawaii.edu


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Hi mamas -
Posting again about my 10 month old as things keep changing...
I feel like my milk is drying up and I have no idea if my baby is getting enough and it's causing so much anxiety and worry.
My baby goes to bed around 8pm. I regularly pump before bed around 10-11pm and have always gotten around 4-5oz. On the rare occasion I am separated from her I've pumped at regular intervals and have gotten this much as well. So I figure this is more or less a full feeding.
For the past 1-2 months we've been dealing with the usual issues at this age: biting, distraction, teething, etc. But I keep offering and offering and sometimes I'll pump if too much time elapses and give her what I pump. But she's always come back to the breast and so, as discussed in a previous post, it doesn't sound like she's weaning. I feel like all I do is feed her. And since she's so difficult to nurse in public, nowadays I just stay home in order to nurse.
Nonetheless I've been feeling my supply wane for the past 2 months as well. I hardly ever feel "full" anymore and when she nurses it's usually for 3-5 minutes TOTAL. Both breasts. It just does not seem possible that she can get 4-5oz. from a soft-feeling breast in that amount of time. Also, the most I can get her to nurse is 5-6 times a day, which has always been her pattern.
Now the pump is backing up my theory as when I pump at night I'm getting more like 2-3oz. total instead of 4-5oz. This is in 15min pumping, both breasts, with the Medela Symphony which I've been renting from day one because it was the only thing that helped relieve multiple plugged ducts which plagued me the first 5 months.
Why would my milk just fade at 10 months? And how do I know if I need to supplement my baby? She's never been good at telling me when she's hungry.
I keep reading getting my period back should not have stopped milk production but that's the only thing that coincides with this slow-down.
On the one hand, I am so worried I am not giving her what she needs. On the other hand, I am worried I am over-thinking this and it will cause me to wean her early thinking we are done when we are not done.
I've started taking fenugreek and more milk plus. How long before I can assess whether it's working? I always have a big bowl of steel cut oats in the morning as well.
Please help! Thanks in advance!


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Schiffelly Puppets The Little Mermaid June 26-28!
Schiffelly Puppets' Entertainment Programs bring the art of puppetry to community groups and organizations throughout the Upper Midwest. Comic situations, original puppet characters and morals are added to The Little Mermaid, creating an action-packed entertainment extravaganza. This humorous, fun-filled show is appropriate for the entire family! Print and share The… Read More»


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March 23. 2013 1:04AM
Man charged with pot sales in Meredith
Tuan Ngoc Le
MEREDITH - Police say the arrest of a Massachusetts man on a drug dealing charge Thursday ended a long-term interstate operation that had been going on for the past few years.
Acting on a tip from a delivery company, Meredith police arrested Tuan Ngoc Le, 48, of Worcester, Mass., for possession of a controlled drug with intent to sell after a delivery truck dropped packages containing 25 pounds of marijuana at a house on Ladd Street.
Le was arrested at 12:16 p.m. by town police. He was arraigned on the charge Friday and was held at the Belknap County Jail on $50,000 cash bail until a hearing is set up on the charge, county officials said.
"The judge was very careful about releasing him - 25 pounds of marijuana is a lot," said police Sgt. Mike Harper.
Police have determined that Le was conducting a marijuana-selling operation out of a rented home at 5 Lower Ladd Hill Road.
"The operation went all the way back to his source in California," Harper said. "By the looks of it, he was renting the home in Meredith and then staying there a week at a time."
After police received the tip, members of the police department took over the delivery, disguising themselves. When Le accepted the packages, he was arrested, Harper said. Thousands of dollars in cash was also seized at the home, he said.


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Bulls and Bobcats square off in MAC affair
Buffalo, NY (SportsNetwork.com) - The Buffalo Bulls will try to protect their first place standing in the Mid-American Conference's East Division as they host the Ohio University Bobcats at UB Stadium on Tuesday.
Coach Frank Solich's Bobcats bounced back from their surprising 26-23 loss to Central Michigan with lopsided victories over Eastern Michigan (56-28) and Miami-Ohio (41-16) to improve to 3-1 in the MAC standings and 6-2 overall. Ohio is tied with Bowling Green for second place in the East Division standings as they both trail the 4-0 Bulls by a single game heading into Tuesday. While a win would propel the Bobcats into first place, a loss would likely drop them to a third place standing as the Falcons have a much more manageable week 11 matchup against the winless Miami-Ohio RedHawks.
The Bulls have been the surprise team in the conference this season as they notched their sixth consecutive victory on Oct. 26 with a 41-21 rout of Kent State. Although Buffalo is still perfect in MAC play so far, it has yet to face a worthy adversary. The four league rivals the Bulls have defeated have a combined total of two conference victories. Coach Jeff Quinn's team has been forcing takeaways while limiting its own miscues all season long to rank second among FBS schools in turnover margin (1.9).
This will be the 20th matchup in history between Ohio and Buffalo in the rivalry that dates back to the 1949 campaign. The Bobcats improved to 12-7 all-time versus the Bulls last season with a 38-31 win at Peden Stadium.
Ohio has one of the most complete teams in the MAC this season as it ranks third among the 13-team league in scoring offense with an average of 33.6 points per game and has held its opposition to a mere average of 21.8 ppg to rank second in scoring defense. Ohio has scored at least 34 points in five of its last six outings, including 99 total points in its past two away games.
The Bobcats are led by quarterback Tyler Tettleton, who has completed 68 percent of his passes for 2,029 yards with 17 touchdowns and six interceptions. The signal caller had a strong showing versus Miami in his last appearance, throwing for 306 yards and three touchdowns in the rout of the RedHawks.
Tettleton's consistently targets Donte Foster, who reeled in all three of the senior's touchdown passes in the win over Miami. Foster finished the contest with eight catches for 122 yards and his three grabs for scores gave him a career total of 20 touchdown receptions, which is the most in program history. He enters the week ranked third in the conference in receiving with 761 yards on 55 catches. Foster is not the only weapon the aerial attack as Chase Cochran provides the Bobcats with a deep threat. In 24 career games, Cochran has recorded 10 catches that have gone for 40 yards or more.
Ohio has the ability to hurt its opposition on the ground as well due to the running back tandem of Beau Blankenship (550 yards) and Ryan Boykin (364 yards). Blankenship is coming off of his best performance of the season as he racked up 172 yards on 20 carries to surpass the century mark for the 11th time in his career.
The Bobcats' defensive unit has been successful due to its consistent pressure on opposing passers. They rank second nationally in sacks with 28 after recording seven quarterback takedowns versus the RedHawks. Ohio has held its opposition to only 375 yards of total offense per game, which is the second lowest total in the conference.
The Bobcats' aggressive pass rush has been unstoppable this season due to the impressive campaign of freshman defensive lineman Tarell Basham, who leads all MAC freshmen with six sacks. The rookie lineman needs just three sacks to tie the program's single-season record. Josh Kristoff is Ohio's leading tackler with 50 total stops.
Ohio has only allowed seven rushing TDs on the campaign, which is the lowest among MAC schools. It may have trouble preventing the Bulls from achieving a rushing score as Branden Oliver has been unstoppable as of late. The senior tailback recently set a school-record with 216 yards in the team's 32-3 rout of UMass. Oliver continued to dominate versus Kent State as he tallied 185 yards and a career-high four TDs on 31 attempts. A true workhorse, Oliver is the school's all-time leading rusher (3,388) and is averaging 124.9 yards per game on 4.9 yards per carry this year. He is responsible for nine of the team's 14 rushing scores to date.
Buffalo's offense has already equaled its 2012 total of touchdowns with 32. The Bulls have benefited from hot starts, which has helped them outscore their opponents, 51-3, in the first quarter over the course of their current six- game winning streak.
Joe Licata is making a name for himself as one of the top field generals in the league. He has gone 9-3 as a starter in his career with two of the losses coming courtesy of nationally ranked programs in Ohio State and Baylor. Licata has completed 60.5 percent of his passes for 1,569 yards, with 14 touchdowns. The sophomore has not been picked off in MAC play this season and he and NIU's Jordan Lynch are the only two quarterbacks in the league with a passing touchdown in every game so far.
Alex Neutz has been the team's primary target in the passing game, leading the way in receptions (39), receiving yards (628) and TD catches (seven). He needs just two more touchdown receptions to tie the program record held by Naaman Roosevelt (28).
The Buffalo defense held its opponents to 14 points or less in four straight games before surrendering 21 to KSU its last time out. On the year, the Bulls are allowing 22.9 ppg, with foes averaging 380.2 yards per outing. They lead the MAC in rushing defense with an allowance of just 141.2 ypg.
All-American candidate Khalil Mack has been sensational for Buffalo as the leader of the defense. The senior linebacker was honored as the MAC East Division Player of the Week for his performance against KSU as he tied for the game high with 10 tackles, with a sack and an interception. His sack in the contest gave him 25 for his career, making him the school's all-time leader in that category.


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ARTBAR is the after dark season of events at the Art Gallery of Western Australia where exhibitions, comedy, music and more come together.
Event Three for Season 2010 presents comedian Tom Gleeson.
Tom Gleeson
ARTBAR Comedy - Exclusive Perth Show
Live at ARTBAR Thursday 24 June 2010
"His wit is lethal."
- Sydney Morning Herald
"People were literally holding their stomachs and rocking with laughter during Gleeson's show. The audience was hooked and honking with laughter."
- Adelaide Advertiser
"Tall-tale-telling manner that constantly engages." The Age - Melbourne
After appearances on Good News Week, The 7pm Project, and Thank God You're Here, it's hard to turn on the television and not see Tom Gleeson.
However, it is his live stand-up show that has taken him to every capital city in Australia, to London, New York, Los Angeles, Singapore and Jakarta, as well as entertaining the troops in Iraq and Afganistan.
As a stand up, there is not much Tom hasn't done. He has performed at all three major comedy festivals in Melbourne, Edinburgh and Montreal several times. He's been nominated for a Helpmann Award and he won the Piece of Wood Comedian's Choice Award at the 2008 Melbourne Comedy Festival.
Now he's coming to ARTBAR for an exclusive Perth performance.
With a lethal wit and engaging, tall-tale-telling manner, Tom presents his not-to-be-missed Perth show. Come and see what all the fuss is about!
See Event Program for more details.
Previous events at ARTBAR have sold out prior to the performance so purchase your tickets early.
Featured Exhibition
Patricia Piccinini - RELATIVITY
Supported by: Joel Creasey
Patricia Piccinini
The Strength of One Arm (with Canadian Mountain Goat)
Photo: Graham Baring
Event Program
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6:30 | Doors & Gallery exhibition open for viewing
7:30 | Support Act - Joel Creasey
7:55 | Main Act - Tom Gleeson
9:30 | Event closes
Note: all times are approximate.
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Where: Art Gallery of Western Australia
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Perth Cultural Centre
Perth WA 6000
Time: 6:30pm to 9:30pm
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No murder charges for Manchester man in November shooting deaths of brother and second manBy PAT GROSSMITH
New Hampshire Union Leader
June 13. 2014 7:41PM
MANCHESTER — A city man responsible for his brother's death and the death of a second man walked out of Hillsborough County Superior Court Friday free after a judge said that, while the deaths were his fault, it was punishment enough that he killed his own brother.
David Hans Hoffens, 21, formerly of 331 Lake Ave., never was charged in the Nov. 24, 2013, shooting deaths of his brother, Edgar Hoffens, 22, or Charles Cable, 20.
The N.H. Attorney General's Office ruled Edgar Hoffens' death accidental, and Cable's a case of self-defense, according to Assistant Hillsborough County Attorney Michael Zaino.
Judge Gillian Abramson, in giving David Hoffens a 3½ to 7 year suspended sentence on a charge of falsifying evidence, said the case was a tragedy that "was no question your fault."
She told Hoffens that he was the one who had the gun in the struggle between himself and Cable, and that it was David Hoffen's brother who paid the price.
Still, she said, it was punishment enough that his own brother was dead by his hand.
Hoffens, who was tearful in pleading guilty and who apologized for his actions in a statement read by Public Defender Aileen O'Connell, would not comment as he was leaving the courthouse surrounded by about a dozen family members and friends.
In the statement, he apologized to all affected by his actions, took responsibility for his mistakes and said the loss of his brother was insurmountable and something that would affect him for his entire life.
No one from Cable's family attended the sentencing.
Zaino said, after the hearing, that the county attorney's office did not notify it of the sentencing because it was the Attorney General's Office that was handling the portion of the case directly relating to Cable's death.
The shooting happened on a Sunday afternoon outside the Hoffens' Lake Avenue apartment.
Zaino said that Hoffens had a dispute with a man named Anthony Floyd two weeks before the shootings and that during it, according to Cable's family, David Hoffens brandished a gun. Zaino said after the sentencing hearing that he does not know what the dispute was about.
The day of the shooting, Zaino said, Floyd was going to the Hoffens' apartment to settle their dispute when he ran into Cable, his cousin. Cable, Zaino said, told Floyd he would take care of the dispute.
Cable showed up at the Hoffens' apartment and ended up in a tussle with David Hoffens over Hoffens' .38 caliber revolver. The gun went off, shooting Edgar Hoffens in the chest, killing him instantly.
David Hoffens, believing Cable was reaching for his own gun, shot him in the head, Zaino said. Cable died later at a local hospital.
Zaino, after the hearing, said that police recovered Cable's gun at the scene.
David Hoffens, however, fled the shooting but surrendered soon after near a bakery. He was distraught and repeatedly told investigators he didn't mean to do it and admitted to ditching, the gun, holster and his sweatshirt in an alley as he ran away. He later showed investigators where he tossed the evidence, but police never found the gun.
Zaino asked the judge to sentence Hoffens to 1½ to 3 years in state prison to send a message that you "don't use guns in altercations. Yes, you are allowed to defend yourself, but you have to stay and not leave the scene and hide the evidence."
O'Connell asked for a 1½ to 3 year suspended sentence, with other conditions. She said that when Detective Joseph Ryan talked with Hoffens by cell phone shortly after the shooting, Hoffens was crying hysterically and told him where he threw the gun as he was running in an alley. "He was scared and panicked," she said.
He waived his Miranda Rights and talked with investigators, she said.
Hoffens was in jail for only a day before his family bailed him out. Since then, O'Connell said the family has moved out of the Lake Avenue neighborhood to another part of the city, and Hoffens is working full-time at a Goffstown landscaping company.
Friends and family wrote letters to the court, describing Hoffens as shy, kind-hearted and a hard worker who helped his family, O'Connell said.
Hoffens, as part of his sentence, must: tour the New Hampshire State Prison; be on probation for three years; complete counseling and/or educational programs as ordered by the probation department; complete 100 hours of community service; maintain full-time employment; obtain his GED; waive sentencing review, and submit a DNA sample, as required by law.
The judge also warned Hoffens that if he violated any of those conditions, she would send him to prison.
"Good luck, Mr. Hoffens," she said.


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Date: June 2, 1995
On May 26, 1995, the Senate Finance Committee approved a welfare reform bill entitled The Family Self-Su fficiency Act. The bill has not yet been introduced. (For a description of the House-passed welfare reform bill, The Personal Responsibility Act of 1995 (H.R. 4), see Legislative Bulletins 104-1 through 104-4. As reported, the bill contains the following SSA-related provisions:
- Drug Addiction and Alcoholism
Individuals would no longer be considered disabled for the 55 1 program if drug addiction or alcoholism is a contributing factor mater ial to the determination of disabi lity. Th is provision would generally be effective on enactment. Individuals receiving SSI cash benefits on the date of enactment, and who cannot qual ify for SSt benefits on the basis of another disabling condit ion, will no longer be eligible for 551 benefits effect ive January 1, 1997. The Social Secur ity Administration (SSA) would be requ ired to notify such individuals of the change in the law within 90 days of the date of enactment.
- Non-citizens
Non-citizens would no longer be elig ible to qualify for SSI cash benefits unless they have
worked in the U.S. for a sufficient period to qualify for Social Security disabil ity income or
old-age benefits. Noncitizens who entered the U.S. as an asylee or refugee will be eligible
for SSI benefits for up to five years after entering the U.S. (if they otherwise meet the SSI
program requirements). Noncitizens who served in the U.S. armed forces and their spouses
and chi ldren would also be eligible. Th is provision would generall y be effective upon
enactment. Noncitizens rece iving 55I cash benefits on the date of enactment who no longer
will be eligib le for SSI cash benefits, will continue receiving SSI cash benefits until
January 1, 1997. SSA would be required to notify such indiv iduals of the change in the law within 90 days of the date of enactment.
- Deeming of Income
The full amount of a sponsor's and sponsor 's spouse's income and resources would be deemed to an alien, regard less of the alien's entry status or whether he or she has become a U.S. citizen. Deeming would continue for 5 years after the first day the alien is lawfully present in the U.S. or until the date specified in the sponsorship agreement, whichever is later.
- Children With Disabilities
An individual under age 18 shall be considered disabled if that individual has a medically
determinable physical or mental impairment, which results in marked, per vasive, and severe
functional limitations , which can be expected to re sult in death or which has lasted or can be
expected to last for a continuous period of not less than 12 months . In addition. SSA would be directed to el iminate references to maladaptive behavior in the domain of perso nal\behavioral functioning, and the individualized functional assessment would be eliminated. Children receiving benefits on the date of enactment and who may no longer be eligible for SSI by reason of such changes will continue receiving SSI cash benefits unti l January 1, 1997. SSA must notify such recipients within 90 days of the date of enactment that a redeterm ination of their elig ibility to benefits will be conducted by SSA within 1 year after enactment.
- Treatment Requirement
Disabled children receiving SSI would be required to have a treatment plan. (This provision was adopted as an amendment in the markup, and thus details of the provision are uncertain.) However, the provision will probably be similar to a provision in S. 828, a bill introduced by Senator Daniel Patr ick Moynihan (D. , NY) which would require that the representative payee of a disab led childsubmit a treatment plan for the child to SSA within 3 months of the award of benefits. The plan would be prepared by the child 's physician or other treatment provider and submitted to the State DDS.
- Continuing Disability Reviews (CDR)
SSA would be required to conduct a CDR every three years for children receiving SSI cash benefits except for those children whose condition is not expected to improve. SSA would be required to redetermine the eligibility for SSI of a child whose low birth weight is a contributing factor to the child' s disability determ ination after 12 months of receiving benefits. The Commissioner also would berequired to redetermine eligibility for SSI disabi lity benefits when a recipient reaches age 18.
- Study of the Disability Determinination Process
The Commissioner of Social Secur ity would be directed to contract with the National Academy of Sciences, or other independent entit ies, to conduct a study of its disability determination procedure. The study would also exam ine use of evidence in appeals and any other matters related to the determination process.
- National Commission on the Future of Disability Programs
A National Commission on the Future of Disabi lity Programs would be established to examine and make recommendat ions on improving Federal disability programs. The Commission would also consider whether Federal disability programs create barriers to employment and independence.


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Selena Gomez: Dinner With Francia Raisa!
Selena Gomez holds onto Francia Raisa's hand as the pair head into Mr. Chow's restaurant on Thursday night (January 24) in Beverly Hills, Calif.
The 20-year-old singer/actress and her The Secret Life of the American Teenager actress pal enjoyed a group dinner celebrating their friend Jessica's birthday.
PHOTOS: Check out the latest pics of Selena Gomez
"HAPPY BIRTHDAY JESSICA!" Francia captioned a group picture on Instagram.
Earlier that day, Selena was all smiles as she and Francia spent the day indulging in some shopping with a group of friends.
FYI: Selena is carrying a Dolce&Gabbana 'Escape' handbag and wearing the Fergie Footwear Major boots.
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Police search Derry home after truck repossession goes awryBy HUNTER McGEE
Union Leader Correspondent
January 10. 2014 5:16PM
DERRY — Police responded to a house on Matthew Drive Friday following an alleged confrontation between a tow truck driver and the owner of a pickup during a failed repossession.
Police wouldn't confirm a report that the driver of the pickup had threatened the tow truck driver with a gun.
The incident allegedly occurred at around 5:30 a.m. when the tow truck driver arrived at the house to repossess a pickup, neighbors said. The owner of the pickup had tried to drive off but the tow truck driver positioned his vehicle in front of the pickup, blocking it, said a neighbor who saw the incident. The neighbor asked to remain anonymous.
The confrontation between the two drivers occurred on Matthew Drive, several houses away from the end of the street where the driver of the pickup lives, the neighbor said. She said she could hear loud noises and yelling during the incident. Suddenly, the driver of the pickup was able to maneuver to the side and crash through a snow bank. The man then sped off in the pickup, leaving the tow truck driver behind, the neighbor said.
She said she didn't see the man who was in the pickup or a gun.
On Friday afternoon, several officers could be seen standing in front of the home. The Derry Crime Scene Unit van was parked in front along with several other police vehicles. A K-9 unit from the New Hampshire State Police responded and a trooper could be seen guiding the dog about the yard.
Police didn't comment on what they were looking for in the search, or if they found anything; it wasn't known at press time if charges had been filed against anyone involved in the incident.
Neighbors said police have been to the house a number of times in the past.


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STOCKTON - Two men were injured by gunfire Monday afternoon while riding in a car in east-central Stockton, the San Joaquin County Sheriff's Office reported.
STOCKTON - Two men were injured by gunfire Monday afternoon while riding in a car in east-central Stockton, the San Joaquin County Sheriff's Office reported.
The vehicle, a silver Chevrolet Cobalt, was occupied by two men and a woman at about 1:30 p.m. Monday when it was struck by gunfire near Robindale and Belle avenues.
The 23-year-old driver, with a gunshot wound to the back, managed to drive about three blocks to the 2200 block of North F Street before stopping reportedly in front of a family member's home.
A 19-year-old man sitting in the back seat sustained at least two gunshot wounds to his upper torso and shoulder area, according to sheriff's Lt. Michael Van Grouw.
Both shooting victims were transported to an area hospital for treatment and were initially reported in stable condition, according to Van Grouw. A woman sitting in the front passenger seat was not reported injured.
Glass littered the street on Robindale Avenue where the Cobalt's rear window had been shot out.
The vehicle also sustained two bullet holes on the driver's side, one through the driver's door and another into the rear passenger window.
Witnesses near the shooting site told deputies they heard three or four gunshots.
"The victims aren't giving us any information whatsoever," Van Grouw said.
The arrival of sheriff's deputies and other first responders upset longtime residents along North F - an established neighborhood of single-family homes - who didn't know what had happened because the shooting happened several blocks away.
"We hear shootings all the time. I'm scared to let my 12-year-old outside," resident Lorinda Rackley said.
She said the home where the victims parked their car was occupied by a nice working family with a young child.


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Katy Perry Performs 'Firework' + 'Part of Me' at 'Macy's 4th of July Fireworks Spectacular'
There is no better song for Katy Perry to perform at the annual televised 'Macy's 4th of July Fireworks Spectacular' in New York City than her smash hit 'Firework.' It's as fitting as it gets, so that's just what one of pop music's national treasures did last night (July 4).
The tireless singer, who has been on an intense, transcontinental promotional run for her 'Katy Perry: Part of Me' 3D film, which is in theaters today, performed at the Brooklyn Navy Yard for an audience filled with servicemen and women.
Perry tore through 'Firework,' as elaborate and stunning fireworks burst across the sky. She wore an American flag dress with the draped sleeve and her mic handle was bedazzled in stars and stripes. Perry really does make flag fashion look good.
She also performed 'Part of Me,' which is decidedly less 4th of July themed, but it's still one of her biggest hits and the crowd was enjoying every note she sang and every dance move she busted out.
Perry's backing band dressed like naval officers and her dancers resembled cadets in camouflage. All the sailors in the crowd were jumping up and down and pumping their fists. If this performance didn't make you feel patriotic, how can you call yourself a proud American?
Watch Katy Perry Perform 'Firework' on July 4
Watch Katy Perry Perform 'Part of Me' on July 4