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Netflix CEO Reed Hastings took to Facebook Thursday to announce that subscribers watched 4 billion hours of content on Netflix in the first quarter, the vast majority in the U.S.
Wall Street analyst Richard Greenfield of BTIG Research said the Netflix users are watching an average of about 87 minutes of content per day, per household, "essentially in-line with the Disney Channel."
With an estimated 28 million Netflix streamers in the first quarter, Greenfield declared that the new-media company is "now likely the most-watched cable network," according to The Hollywood Reporter.
Despite low subscriber growth last year, original content like "House of Cards" and the upcoming continuation of cancelled cult comedy "Arrested Development" are driving usage. Hastings wrote in his Facebook post that higher prices could be coming.
"With streaming per sub per day continuing to tick higher ... we presume churn is continuing to fall -- implying that the price/value of a Netflix subscription is increasing."
Shares of Netflix have more than tripled in the last six months, to $173.01 on Thursday.


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UNI to host U.S. Dept. of Education college affordability and completion forum
The University of Northern Iowa has been selected to host a U.S. Department of Education open forum on the Obama administration's college affordability and completion initiative. The forum will take place from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Friday, Nov. 15, in Bengtson Auditorium in Russell Hall on the UNI campus. This event is open to the public. It will also be streamed online at live.uni.edu.
Under Secretary of Education Martha Kantor, as well as other U.S. Department of Education officials, will facilitate the forum. Students, faculty, staff and the community are encouraged to participate and give their feedback and input on the Department of Education's plan to develop a college rating system.
"We are honored to be selected to host an event that is so important to the future of higher education," said UNI President Bill Ruud. "The open forum gives the students, faculty and staff of higher education, as well as our communities, an important opportunity to voice their input about policies that will affect students and families around the nation."
This will be one of the first opportunities the public will have to provide feedback on President Obama's higher education plan, which was announced in August. UNI is one of only four higher education institutions in the U.S. to host this forum.
Those who wish to present comments at the forum must register three days in advance. Register by email at email@example.com with the subject "Open Forum Registration." The department will notify individuals of their time slot. Walk-in registrations will be accepted on site if time slots are available.
For more information, visit uni.edu/doe-hearing, the forum website or the U.S. Department of Education website at www.ed.gov.

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The Technology Transfer Office works with startup and established businesses to move new technologies developed at Ohio University from the laboratory to the marketplace, for the benefit of society.
The staff is skilled at identifying the market potential for faculty inventions, pursuing U.S. and international patent protection, securing industry partners that can commercialize university innovations, and providing business assistance for early-stage faculty startup companies.
Ohio University ranks first among Ohio institutions of higher education for research licensing revenue, with faculty inventions generating $8.6 million during fiscal year 2011.
The university also ranks fourth in the nation after Princeton University, Northwestern University, and New York University for return on investment in research. The institution reported a 29.7 percent return on investment on $30.9 million in research expenditures in fiscal year 2011.
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Scott and Patricia Groben Scholarship in Chemistry established
The Lamar University Foundation has announced the establishment of a new endowed scholarship. The Scott and Patricia Groben Scholarship in Chemistry has been established to assist students seeking a degree in chemistry.
"We are very excited to hear about the establishment of this new endowed scholarship," said Paul Bernazzani, chair of the Department of Chemistry. "Many promising students at Lamar need financial relief for our rigorous science programs. I predict that the Groben scholarship will help educate a new generation of students and lead them to fruitful careers in the sciences."
Scott and Patricia Groben are both practitioners in the field of chemistry. Patricia Groben graduated in 1969 with a Bachelor of Science degree in chemistry from Lamar. Her husband, Scott, graduated from Oregon State University in 1980 with a Bachelor of Science degree in chemical engineering.
The Grobens commented this is an exciting time for them to be able to give back to Lamar University and assist students who desire to begin studies in chemistry.
The Department of Chemistry offers students the very best in educational science experience. Lamar University faculty members, collaborating with both graduate and undergraduate students, continually break new ground and make important scientific discoveries through their innovative research. External support for research is strong with faculty members securing more than $13 million in federal, state, business and foundation grants to fund their research. Funding sources include the National Science Foundation, the National Institutes of Health, the U.S. Department of Defense, the U.S. Department of Education and endowed scholarships.


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Ride the Wilds
North Country's 1,000-mile ATV trail opensBy BOB HOOKWAY
Special to the Union Leader June 19. 2013 8:40PM
New Hampshire Gov. Maggie Hassan cuts the ribbon June 15 at Coleman State Park to open the "Ride the Wilds" 1,000-mile ATV trail through Coos County. With her is Harry Brown, president of the North Country Off-Highway Recreational Vehicle Coalition. (COURTESY)
STEWARTSTOWN — The final touches on the long-planned 1,000-mile interconnected all-terrain-vehicle trail through the North Country are now in place, and the Ride the Wilds system is open to riders.
Gov. Maggie Hassan made things official at Coleman State Park when she cut the ribbon last Saturday on the trail, which passes through 15 communities in Coos County.
The effort is the cornerstone of the more than $2 million in combined projects aimed at expanding ATV trails — and new economic opportunities — in the North Country. A main selling point of the effort is that ATV riders can now make long-distance trips to New Hampshire without having to stop, leave the trail and haul their machines over land as riders had been forced to when trails were broken up by impassable stretches.
Completion of the new system follows the opening several years ago of 7,500-acre Jericho Mountain State Park in Berlin, the state's newest, and the only one in New England developed for ATVs and snowmobiles.
The state Legislature this year passed a pair of bills aimed at attracting more off-road vehicle enthusiasts to the state and included allowing larger, two-passenger motorized vehicles to travel state-owned land. Jericho is included in the new layout as is 8,000-acre Perry Stream Land and Timber Co. property in Pittsburg.
Individual components of the overall project include a trail system from Coleman State Park to the North Gate of the Balsams, and from Kelsey Notch, over Dixville Peaks, to Greenough Pond Road. New Hampshire's Bureau of Trails and 15 recreational-vehicle clubs in the northernmost section of the state have been involved in the project.
Harry Brown, president of the North Country Off Highway Recreational Vehicle Coalition, has been at the forefront of the effort, and joined Hassan for the June 15 opening ceremony.


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The University of Minnesota will hire an outside consultant to review its administrative structure and costs.
The decision was announced Friday, Jan. 11 — days after U President Eric Kaler received a letter from two key DFL legislators calling for such a review.
The letter, from Senate Majority Leader Tom Bakk and Terri Bonoff, chair of the higher-education finance committee, was inspired by a recent Wall Street Journal article on growing overhead at the U that rekindled long-standing questions on the issue.
In a news briefing outlining the university's legislative priorities, Kaler said bringing in someone to do the review will give it "external validation." He said he is not sure yet if the report's cost will reach the $50,000 threshold that would require bidding out the job.
"(The university) is a jewel to the state of Minnesota, and I'm committed to running it as effectively and efficiently as I can," Kaler said.
Kaler's focus at the briefing was a proposal to freeze tuition and fees for resident undergraduates, now at about $13,500. To accomplish that, the U is asking for an extra $32.6 million from the state over the next two years. In all, the university has requested a $91.6 million, or 8.4 percent, increase over the current biennium.
Bonoff, of Minnetonka, praised the president's openness to gauging administrative costs. She first pitched the idea in a Monday meeting with Kaler after finding out other Big Ten schools were working on similar studies that will let them compare costs.
"Instantly, he said to me, 'Not only am I willing to do it, but I really want to do it,' " Bonoff said.
They also agreed the U should bring in an outsider to do the report, she said. "It is my belief that we're not always the best judges of ourselves."
At the briefing, Kaler pushed back against some of the criticism, saying a look at growing payroll costs must more fully account for rising student counts and research grants. By the U's latest count, it has added about 650 administrators over the past decade while enrollment increased by 9,000 students.
But he said, "I am not really interested in defending the status quo. I am interested in talking about how we'll get better going forward."
The university's $1.1 billion biennial budget request includes a commitment to trim administrative spending by 5 percent over two years, and Kaler already has made some cuts. He said making the university leaner is not a process "that moves as fast as I'd like it to be. It will probably take the full biennial cycle to point us in the right direction."
He also said the university will revisit a 5-year-old strategy to keep out-of-state tuition low. That approach has made the U something of an outlier in charging nonresidents only $5,300 more than Minnesota students.
Bakk, of Cook, and Bonoff have asked the university to turn in an interim report on operational costs by March, with a more in-depth analysis later on.
"I don't want this matter to become a distraction from the broader conversation about the importance of our investment in higher education," Bonoff said.
She said it is too soon to speculate about whether the state will be able to come through with the increase the U seeks. But she voiced some discomfort with the idea of tying extra dollars to a tuition freeze — a goal she wants the university to pursue relentlessly even if state funding stays flat.
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NSFW Photos: Miley Cyrus Bares Her Lady Parts For Terry Richardson
The Miley Cyrus effect continues to conquer. With her Bangerz album streaming for the masses and her MTV doc Miley: The Movement portraying her best interests at heart, there really is not much else left for Cyrus to do…. except show some skin. As if her cheeky ensemble at the MTV VMAs wasn't enough, she stopped by esteemed photog Terry Richardson's studio dolo (after a previous joint shoot with beatsmith bestie Mike Will Made It) and let it all hang out. Peep the flicks from Terry's Diary above.


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The Kansas City Star reports that in addition to LB Lamont Hollinquest, the Chiefs also signed P/PK Sean Fleming who spent the last seven years in the CFL. Fleming is good on kickoffs (a Chiefs weakness) and the team sees him as more than training camp fodder and as more than minimal competition for P Louie Aguiar.
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The Charlotte Observer reports that it now appears the Panthers may have lost out on LB Lamont Hollinquest (GB) who according to their sources has turned his attention to the Chiefs.
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The Charlotte Observer reports the team is getting closer to an agreement with Free Agent LB Lamont Hollinquest (GB) although nothing is finalized yet.
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The Charlotte Observer reports the Panthers expect to have visits from Packers LB Lamont Hollinquest, Packers CB Roderick Mullen and Rams S Mike Scurlock. This is all in addition to an expected visit from 49ers Free Agent WR JJ Stokes on Tuesday.
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Our national BMEidea competition offers university biomedical entrepreneurs the chance to win up to $10,000 and receive critical early-stage validation of their ideas
The world needs more effective, functional and affordable technology solutions to clinical medical problems. With the BMEidea competition, the nation's leading competition for biomedical and bioengineering students, we challenge students to pioneer a health-related technology that addresses a real clinical need. Competition entries are judged on:
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Aquaponics: An Interview with Sweet Water Organics' Matt Ray
Nourishing the Planet's Kimberlee Davies spoke recently with Matt Ray, the principal farmer for Sweet Water Organics, an aquaponics training organization in Milwaukee, about his experience in the field of aquaponics.
What is aquaponics? How did you become involved?
Aquaponics has been around for centuries. It was traditionally a technique in tropical climates, using floating bamboo rafts with vegetation in fresh water pools. This was simply the adaptation of agriculture to the tropics. The technique has become cutting edge over the last 20 years. We can adapt aquaponics to today's geographies and culture.
Aquaponics is a blending of aquaculture (the raising of aquatic animals) and hydroponics (growing plants in water without soil). In aquaponics, aquatic animals serve as the nutrition base for the plants. The great thing about aquaponics is that it is a closed system; it doesn't have to flow in one pipe and out of another.
I saw it begin to pop up in the late 1980s, starting with the Virgin Islands, Australia, and even Asia, where fish are grown symbiotically with rice paddies. Forward-thinking farmers and activists began to develop the practice in non-tropical climates, and academics began researching the field. Twenty years later, we have a lot more people doing it. Scientific data has emerged to support the spread and success of this technique. It's possible to take the nuts and bolts and adapt them to wherever you are. It's going to work and it can be replicated.


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NEW WILMINGTON, Pa. - Seven Westminster College music education majors received undergraduate research grants from Westminster's Drinko Center for Experiential Learning to attend the 66th Annual Midwest Clinic Dec. 19-22 in Chicago.
The conference included a variety of activities and presentations, including an exhibit hall with music vendors from across the nation; concerts by elementary, middle school, high school and college groups; and over 80 clinics featuring presentations by experts in the field and ranging in topics from teaching music to a special needs child to available technology for an instrumental music educator.
"Being that this was the first time attending the conference myself, I had little idea of what to expect. My expectations were totally exceeded," said Kyle Grabigel, a junior education major. "I learned so much and it was a life changing experience to see our heroes in the field in person and to hear them talk about their love for music. The clinics provided us with a lot of great information on almost any topic one was interested in. The Midwest Clinic was truly an amazing experience."
The conference also included "High School Day." Local high school students interested in studying music in college attended the conference for a day and were mentored by college students. Westminster College students teamed up with Ithaca College to mentor these students and prepare them for the college experience as music education majors.
"We explained our lives as collegiate music majors and what we do. It was an enriching experience for everyone," said Jerianne Larson, a senior music education major. "The conference was absolutely fantastic and was everything I wanted it to be. I learned so much and can't wait to go back."
Dr. R. Tad Greig, associate professor of music and chair of the department, noted what a special opportunity it is for Westminster students to have been able to participate in this particular conference.
"This is the largest instrumental conference in the world, bringing in over 20,000 musicians, educators students and vendors. Our students not only had the opportunity to hear some of the finest bands and orchestras from around the world and to attend clinics on myriad of topics and research, but also had the opportunity to share their interests as mentors to younger students who were also in attendance. It is my belief that all instrumental students should experience this conference as young people so that they are aware of one of the finest opportunities for growth and development that we have in the field."
Westminster College is an accredited institutional member of the National Association of Schools of Music (NASM) and enjoys a professional affiliation with the Presbyterian Association of Musicians (PAM). Westminster College seeks to provide professional training to talented students who pursue careers as performers, teachers, church musicians, and scholars. Westminster College offers a broad program in music, open to majors and non-majors alike. The choral and instrumental programs include 350-400 students from all areas of the campus.
Contact Greig at (724) 946-7279 or email for additional information.
The Drinko Center for Experiential Learning was created to enrich undergraduate education at Westminster through advancing world-class teaching as well as by participating in collaborations that address community and regional needs including strengthening K-12 education. The Undergraduate Research Initiative provides funding for students to conduct research and to present their research at regional and national conferences.
Visit www.westminster.edu/drinko for more information about the Drinko Center and its programs.


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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Anne Hathaway has won the Academy Award for best supporting actor for her teary, show-stopping performance in "Les Miserables."
Hathaway famously cropped her hair on camera playing the gaunt Fantine, and her full-throated, one-take rendition of "I Dreamed a Dream" was classic Oscar-winning stuff. She was one of the night's most obvious shoo-ins, having swept the major awards leading up to the Oscars.
It's Hathaway's first Oscar. She was previously nominated in 2008 for "Rachel Getting Married."
The other nominees Sunday night were Amy Adams ("The Master"), Sally Field ("Lincoln"), Helen Hunt ("The Sessions") and Jacki Weaver ("Silver Linings Playbook").
The 85th Academy Awards are airing live from the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles with host Seth MacFarlane.


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As we mentioned last week, our team always has a blast preparing for the National Stationery Show each year and creating a new booth design. The best part of it all is catching up with friends old and new. It is the one time of year that we get to visit with so many of our retailers at once. They mean so much to us so it is a very special time! {To see a complete listing of our exclusive retailers, visit the Locate a Retailer section of our website.}
Beyond our retailers, we also love to catch up with our friends in the industry who share the best of stationery with you every day. Below are more details, in their words, on our new offering we previewed at NSS 2012 and are launching on our website and with our retailers in mid-July.
We always love running into Nole of Oh So Beautiful Paper and were delighted to be part of her extensive NSS recap. Also, did you see her article on NSS booth design? It really resonated with us!
It is always delightful to run into long-time friend of Dauphine Press, Alyson Kuhn of Felt & Wire. See her NSS recap as well as a unique view of Dauphine Press and our design team through Alyson's latest interview with owner Glenn Schuster and art director Katrina McHugh.
We love this unique view from retailer Paper and Home in Las Vegas' perspective on the show.
Perfectly put paper goodness from Emily at Southern Weddings. Don't miss her recent Teal Party inspiration board with an appearance by one of our favorite destination wedding suites, Pacifica.
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Students combine philosophy, psychology and computer science in Cognitive Robotics course
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Philosophy, psychology and computer science may not seem like they have a lot in common, but one relatively new course has fused them together to create a hands-on, interdisciplinary experience that resulted in an intelligent robot revolution.
Cognitive Robotics was the topic of a recent faculty forum where instructors Steven Huss-Lederman and Robin Zebrowski discussed the objective of the course, it successes and the importance of its team-taught aspects.
First taught in the spring of 2011 and again in the spring of 2013, the course originated from Zebrowski whose graduate school colleagues ran a similar one.
"In cognitive science, we study the mind and for a long time no one talked about the body, but now people are saying the body plays an important role in what the mind does," said Zebrowski, an associate professor of cognitive science. "The nature of the mind isn't something psychology alone can answer without philosophy, and it isn't something philosophy and psychology can answer without the modeling that comes from computer science and robotics and building. You need all these disciplines to even start answering the question."
While Zebrowski handles the theoretical aspects of the course, she teamed up with Huss-Lederman, an associate professor of computer science, who teaches the computer programming.
On average they spend half the class, held for approximately two hours three times a week, discussing the theory and history and the other half broken up into groups learning principles of programming or constructing the robots.
To appreciate the interconnectedness of the ideas, Huss-Lederman and Zebrowski urge the students to work with classmates from other majors.
"Bringing different ideas and backgrounds often bring different philosophies and orientations to the table," Huss-Lederman said. "We think of our teaching as a model of how we want the class to go. We're both there full-time in all the classes working together, and we expect the students to do the same thing."
Using robot-building kits called Lego MINDSTORMS, the students start off building simple robots before completing the course with much more complex ones. Some of the final projects included robots that were able to draw spider web patterns and mimic sounds like parrots do.
Through these assignments, students have learned−among other concepts−that the environment does a lot more work than they thought and also that the reasoning behind certain behaviors of animals are not as complex as they believed. For example, the students discovered that an intricately designed spider web is actually made using just three simple rules.
"One of the lessons we hope that they'll walk away with is that humans are probably a lot like that too," Zebrowski said. "That a lot of our really complex behaviors are much simpler than we like to believe they are."
Cognitive Robotics, which is supported in part by Mellon grant funds, will next be taught in the spring of 2015, but before then can next be seen on display at Family Discovery Night on Friday, Nov. 8 in the Center for the Sciences.
SOURCE: Steven Huss-Lederman is an associate professor of computer science. He earned his bachelor's degree in chemistry from the University of Maryland and his Ph.D. in chemical physics from the California Institute of Technology. Prior to coming to Beloit, he was a co-principal investigator at the Supercomputing Research Center and an associate scientist and faculty associate in the University of Wisconsin-Madison computer sciences department. Some of his interests include linking computer science courses to other disciplines; technology, ethics and privacy; and the advancement of women and minorities in computer science. Huss-Lederman can serve as a media resource on his teaching and research interests.
SOURCE: Robin Zebrowski is an associate professor of cognitive science who teaches in the philosophy, psychology and computer science departments at Beloit College. She earned her bachelor's degree in psychology and English from Rutgers University; her master's degree in philosophy, computers and cognitive science from Binghamton University; and her master's degree and Ph.D. in philosophy from the University of Oregon. Zebrowski can serve as a media resource on topics including embodied cognition, the philosophy of artificial intelligence and cyborg theory.


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Canada pumped for NHL-style Olympic semifinal against U.S.
The Bolshoy Ice Dome sits little more than a Shea Weber slap shot away from the coast of the Black Sea here in this tropical corner of Russia.
It is a world away from life in the NHL, obviously, and so far for the defending Olympic champion Canadians, the hockey has been a foreign beast as well.
But now that they have reached the semi-final stage and Friday's delicious rematch of the Vancouver 2010 gold-medal game versus the U.S., might they have found a hockey home away from home?
"I know a lot of people are worried about us not scoring and stuff like that," superstar Canadian defenceman Drew Doughty said after a brisk practice here Friday afternoon. "But against a North American team, I think this is where we really pick it up and show how we can score. Guys are going to step up and put pucks in the net. We're hungry."
"We match up really well against each other. It's going to be the best game of the tournament."
The Canadians are not alone in the hunger Games here, either. The defeat in Vancouver may have been four years ago, but the sting is still fresh for Team USA. While Babcock's squad has lost marks for artistic impression, Dan Bylsma's U.S. side has blitzed through the preliminary round and quarterfinal as the most impressive team in the tourney.
"The 2010 Games and the gold-medal game has not been very far from a lot of these guy's memories," Bylsma said on Thursday. "I think this group has wanted this game and wanted this rematch and they're ready for it."
For Canada, then, you have to believe, there is no other alternative than to step it up against the Americans, despite he protestations of players and coaches on Thursday that everything is fine.
And maybe there's something to that mindset beyond the obvious motivational benefits of repeating it daily.
There have been impressive aspects in all four wins — especially the stout defensive efforts that have seen them surrender just three goals so far — though none of those victories have moved the 'wow' meter.
There are clearly two ways to grade Canada's 2-1 win over Latvia in Wednesday's quarterfinal. Scoring just twice on 57 shots is deplorable for a team so deep in firepower, but on the other hand, it was a game the Canadians dominated.
"We're excited to play," Babcock said. "Our group's real confident, we like what we've done, we like how our team is.
"We think we're set up good right now and that to me is the most important thing."
If you take a closer look at their respective opponents on their road to the semis, the contrast is stark. Virtually every shift of every game, Sidney Crosby, Jonathan Toews and the rest of the yet-to-score forwards have faced stifling defensive teams in the true Euro style.
The Americans, meanwhile, have been able to use their skating and skill in most of their contests, a stretch that have been more wide open than the Canadians.
Put it this way — there won't be five U.S. players standing in front of their own net all night to strangle the Canadians as there were in games against Norway and Finland.
Still, with Doughty the leading goal getter with four — and seven of the team's 13 goals coming from the blueline — the one-dimensional attack might not cut it against the tournament's leading scorer, Phil Kessel, and the rest of the U.S. squad.
"I think we're going to score," Babcock said. "I think we've won every game we've played and that's going to be the goal again tomorrow. You can talk scoring chances till you're blue in the face. Who cares? The score is on the board so we've just got to find a way to keep doing what we're doing."
In reality, it's likely going to take a little more than that against a U.S. squad motivated to avenge the overtime loss of 2010 and a group that has been the most impressive here yet.
That said, the Canadians remain supremely confident in both their game and their shot against their most relevant contemporary rival given the recent struggles of the Russians.
"I think both teams are really evenly matched — I don't know who I would give the upper hand to at this point," Doughty said. "But I'm obviously more confident in my team than theirs. I'm just really looking forward to it.
"I think a lot of people are counting us out, too, which we're really going to thrive under. If anyone wants to count us out, we're going to use that as motivation."
There will be Patrick Kane taking on Duncan Keith, Jonathan Toews and Patrick Sharp in a rivalry that will get plenty of play in the Chicago Blackhawks dressing room when the NHL season resumes.
Or from the Los Angeles Kings, the Drew Doughty-Jeff Carter Canadian combo bringing it against U.S. goaltender Jonathan Quick and forward Dustin Brown.
The Canada-U.S. rivalry may be among the best in the world in men's hockey these days — and it's one that carries over when foes become teammates again next week.
"We want those bragging rights for the rest of the season, for the rest of your life, really," said Kings defenceman Drew Doughty. "I'm close with both of those guys, Quickie and Brownie.
"It's going to be fun tomorrow, but I want to beat them so badly."
Kane has been taking some heat from his Hawks teammates for comments he made suggesting Leafs forward Phil Kessel was the best forward he has ever played with. For the most part, though, it's all jocular stuff from NHLers who are relishing the depth of the Canada-U.S. rivalry.
"I don't think either of us doubted it at all that at some point we'd be facing off, whether it's the semifinal or final," Toews said of pre-tourney talk he had with Kane. "To win a gold medal, I think we felt like it's pretty much necessary to go through the U.S. at some point.
"I'm looking forward to the challenge."
Mike Babcock's ears are burning.
Team Canada's coach knows he's being second-guessed by every armchair bench boss in Canada. And a common theme he is hearing is to get more ice time for some of the biggest guns.
"What we are going to do is watch the game and adjust accordingly. Now everybody believes — or that's what I hear — that if this guy played a few more minutes he might play better and if that guy played a few more minutes, he might play better.
"I don't know — this is my second Olympics — I think things are going just fine."
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Peppa Pig Stars in her own Mini Olympics
Posted by Lisa Caplan on August 9th, 2012
+ Universal App - Designed for iPhone and iPad
If watching the Olympics with young children and all their questions has been driving you a little crazy there's an app featuring Channel 5/Nickelodeon's British small screen and small people mega-star Peppa Pig available in most Commonwealth App Stores to the rescue. Peppa Pig's Sports Day should distract budding fans, but keep them on topic. Regrettably it's not currently available in North America
The universal app is more like Peppa's color war than Peppa's Olympics with its blend of sporting, crafting and even cooking mini games, but the six diversions along with bonus sports-themed digital sticker book pack in a lot of play time.
The activities include Olympic favorites cycling, and long jump along with an obstacle course, tug of war challenge, ice cream shop and Rosetta design shop giving little fingers lots to explore. The app is presently only in the UK New Zealand and Australian App Stores, and we hope to see it on this side of The Pond soon too.


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2 (3 ounce) packages of cream cheese
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5 pound bag of potatoes, peeled, cooked and cut up.
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The following are for consideration, they are just my suggestions:
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Some of your rules still could use quick.
If you do not use IPv6, you could use inet proto tcp in all rules. In some rules you already use it, so why not be consistent?
You still use S/SA keep state in some tcp rules. This has been the default for quite some time. Do a verbose listing of your rules to see this
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You don't need to be a genius to debug a pf.conf firewall ruleset, you just need the guts to run tcpdump
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Students in grades 5-8 enjoyed carving pumpkins for art class at St. John's Lutheran School. Each student designed their own pumpkin and demonstrated good patience with their designs. More importantly, everyone was very helpful toward one another and enjoyed each student's design. This art class was messy but lots of fun!
St. John's Lutheran School has added Cross Country to their athletics program this past fall. Five students participated and competed in the Minnesota Valley Lutheran Cross Country meet and all of them had a great run.
Colten Maas placed seventh in the 7/8 grade boys one and a half mile division with a time of 12:50; Matthew Beussman placed fourth in the 5/6 grade boys one mile division with a time of 7:49; Colton Moldan placed sixth with a time of 8:00; and Dakota Hunt placed 11th with a time of 10:09. Molly Landkammer placed sixth in the 5/6 grade girls one mile division with a time of 10:14. Congratulations runners on a great season!
Students grades five through eight from St. John's Lutheran School took a three-day field trip to Danbury, Wis. on October 15-17. The purpose of the field trip was to enjoy friendship and fellowship with area Lutheran schools and also learn outdoor survival skills. The students also stopped at the Northwest Company Fur Post in Pine City, and the Hinckley Fire Museum in Hinckley. Both places were filled with Minnesota history and were educational for the students. The trip was enjoyed by the students and chaperones alike!


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Avenida Arriaga (Arriaga Avenue)
Explore Funchal on foot starting at this beautiful avenue aligned with jacaranda trees. From here you can easily reach the cathedral and many of this city's cultural attractions. Don't miss out on the Adegas de São Francisco (wine cellars) belonging to the Madeira Wine Company, the wonderful Jardins Municipais (gardens) and the monument to Prince Henry the Navigator.
Convento de Santa Clara (Saint Claire's Convent)
This convent was built for the Santa Clara nuns at the end of the 15th Century. Its walls are decorated with stunning blue tiles (azulejos) from the 17th Century. Rumor has it that João Gonçalves Zarco (Madeira's discoverer) and his family are buried in the church crypt.
Forte de São Lourenço (Saint Lawrence Fort)
Once part of Funchal's extensive sea defenses, this 16th Century fort is now used by the Madeira City Council. You can visit the North Bastion where there is a small but interesting exhibition about the history of the fortress.
Mercado dos Lavradores (Farmer's Market)
A truly sensual feast for the senses is to be had at this colorful market, which sells an array of exotic and mouth-watering fruits, vegetables and some locally grown flowers.
Blandy's and Palheiro Gardens
Rare and exotic trees, shrubs, plants and flowers from all over the world thrive at these well-tended botanical gardens located 1.9 miles (3 kilometers) east of Funchal on the road to Camacha. The estate has been owned by the famous wine merchant family, the Blandy's, since 1885.
Quinta do Bom Sucesso Botanical Gardens
These fabulous botanical gardens house some 2,000 species of tropical and sub-tropical plants in an 8.6 acre garden that used to belong to the Reid family who once owned the famous hotel of that name. Take an afternoon out to admire the exotic flowers, enjoy a coffee at the café terrace, admire the panoramic view over the Bay of Funchal from the Belvedere Terrace and finish up by visiting the aviary stocked with exotic and colorful parrots.
Casas de Santana (Santana Typical Houses)
Santana's typical houses are one of Madeira's biggest signatures. Spread in numerous promotional posters throughout the world. We estimate that these small-thatched triangular houses, built of wood and thatched with straw, are trace of primitive constructions. As being one of Madeira's most abundant natural resources, it was easy to find and not expensive.Cereals, such as corn and rye were part of the population daily menu. They were turned to flour, and afterwards to bread and home-made pasta or noodles. The straw was then put to use to cover the houses.These houses belong essentially to humble people, mainly agricultures with no means to purchase more noble building materials.
The Monte Toboggan Run
Take an exciting ride down to Funchal´s city center on one of the Monte´s "toboggans"!
The Monte Toboggans first originated in the early 19th century as Funchal´s first means of "downhill" public transportation. Presently and for a number of years now, the "Carro de Cesto" is used to transport tourists. Made primarily out of wicker ad two wooden runners, these toboggans are driven by two men (carreiros) dressed in white, with straw hats and black rubber boots that are used as brakes. All this is possible by using ropes and greased up rags to grease the wooden runners.
The ride starts off below the steps of the Nossa Senhora do Monte Church. This is quite a fast 2km long ride down steep and winding roads that will lead you to your finishing point, Livramento, a suburb of Funchal. Visitors consider this ride a thrill and a "must-do" during your visit to Madeira Island.


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The price of oil rose marginally Wednesday as President Barack Obama pushed ahead with talks to try to resolve the impending "fiscal cliff" that could derail the fragile recovery in the world's No. 1 economy.
By early afternoon in Europe, benchmark oil for December delivery was up 14 cents to $85.52 a barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange.
Oil prices fell slightly Tuesday after the International Energy Agency predicted demand will grow at a slower pace into next year because of the sluggish global economy. The contract fell 19 cents to end at $85.38 per barrel in New York.
A package of tax increases and spending cuts takes effect in January unless the U.S. Congress passes a budget deal by then. The economy would be hit so hard that it would likely sink into recession in the first half of 2013, economists say.
But Obama this week kicked off a series of meetings with labor officials, business executives and congressional leaders aimed at working out a deal. White House aides say Obama intends to hold campaign-style events across the country after the Thanksgiving holiday to drum up support for his proposed solution to avert an economic downturn.
Oil prices gained some support from a weaker dollar, which makes crude cheaper for investors trading with other currencies. The euro was up to $1.2730 on Wednesday from $1.2702 late Tuesday in New York.
Brent crude, which is used to price international varieties of oil, was up 15 cents to $108.41 per barrel in London.
Among other energy futures on the New York Mercantile Exchange:
— Heating oil was up 0.55 cent to $2.9663 per gallon.
— Gasoline rose 0.4 cent to $2.6298 per gallon.
— Natural gas added 5.6 cents to $3.795 per 1,000 cubic feet.
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Present: Mike K., Dave W., JB Zurn, Matt A., Mike S., Mike B., Tom L., Ian C., Mack H., Chris P., Tony M., Dave C., Aaron C., Tracy L, Bill R., Zane P., John B. C., Jean O. (new member), Tim F. (new member), Les M.
8:08P - Meeting Called to order - Space Update - Inspection went well. We have time to - New members: Tim, Jean, - Upcoming events - Soldering, Arduino, Biohacking - Tracy: Mission Workshop - Lots of growth recently - When a group grows very quickly, difficult to keep the same culture - Create a mission statement which expresses who/what/why - Policy, rules, expectations follows from that - Everyone who can should attend - Tom: We should all watch the Golden Circle - Retro Arcade - Financial Update - Ian - 7 new members since last month - 2 automatic cancelled (out of towners) - More IO class, need to run 2 more times to break even - Intro to soldering coming up, breaks even. Intro to Arduino, too, makes money. - No expense reimbursements. - Bills paid (see financial summary) - Some outstanding reimbursements for class materials to Dave, Ian. - Dave Woods paying for electrical upgrades, which are ongoing. Over $1K. - We got our first power bill: $651.22. Dec 8th through Jan 10th. Ouch. - Assuming it's correct, we're now running a monthly deficit. Just in overhead (rent, insurance, utilities, etc.) - For the time being, conservation should be on our mind - Matt (Idealab): How do we get more people here? Should he (and others be talking about it?) - Yes, we would never keep people from evangelizing! - We do tours. We can always have someone meet new people. - Discussion: Members holding events at the lab - Two questions: - Familab events - A member wants to hold an event at the lab, what do they do - One time events are different than recurring events - Anything in the shop needs to be an organized event. Too many issues with safety and security. - Inside, classroom etc., is another matter. Probably OK to host an event in there. - Reminder: page on the wiki about holding an event - Dan working on a form on the website. - Dan: Where do you draw the line as far as a member bringing non members? - Probably need a limit - 4 - 1 - 6 - A car load? - If someone books a resource, that trumps non scheduled event - Tour vs hangout - Are you keeping someone else from doing something - Agenda item: Non-Member entrance provisions - When do we let them in, how can we keep them out when necessary - Dave: Someone showed up today and bent his ear for two hours. Wanted to call someone. - Phone number on the door - Is it not clear how to get in touch with us? - A phone number would be great - Website navigation could use work - Welcome email has info - Policy: Keep garage door shut and locked - Policy? Non-members showing up outside visiting hours - Dan: If someone come to the lab, adn you want to let them in, that's cool, You're responsible for them. By the same token, if you dont want to let them in, dont. - John: lots of us don't feel comfortable just turning someone away - Mike: Would be useful to have something you could give them, so that after 5 minutes you could hand them something and not have to talk to them anymore. - If we dont want the public here, we need something on the door. - Related agenda item, light block/foyer area - Curtain - Vinyl block on windows? - Have to be able to see out, camera? - DIY Book Scanner project - Aaron was heading that up, hasnt been able to reestablish contact - Quick overview - Mike B has one, will bring it in (not the standard one) - Bill: Lockheed Martin Blimp Contest - There's an opening for a team - Money available for the build - Is there interest? yes - Details forthcoming - He will get more information - Maker Faire! - Group Project - Power racing league - Agenda Item: Accepting donations, etc. - We still have stuff from Day 1 - We need to curb that. - Idea: Bins at each bench, where you could put something that was found on the bench to get it out of the way - There's a bin from the organization effort from the past weekend of stuff that is queued to be tossed - We need a "filter" for donations - Mike and Tracy have done this for museams in the past. - He can help with that - Bins at benches, policy for handling that. - PSA: If you are entitled to storage (locker, cart), claim it - Mike wants have a floor layout meeting - He can drive that - Matt: Can he make a kit to sell? - Couple of questions here - Some answered at the mission workshop - We're still a fablab, for whatever that means - Mike: Clean up after yourselves, please - logo contest - February's meeting we'll (possibly) vote - Mission workshop might drive this - Mailing list topic - Dave: Gadget Emporium open for business - Any objections with him posting to the list - Everyone ok with that - Should he shunt funds to the space or just sell cheaply? - Sell cheaply - Dave: Lasersaur - Any objection to him starting a build here? nope.jpg 9:52P - Meeting adjourned


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Off-duty Manchester firefighter cited for jumping into action at Mass. crash scene
February 12. 2013 9:54PM
MANCHESTER - A day off didn't mean off-duty for Manchester firefighter Tom Defina, who performed cardio-pulmonary resuscitation on an injured motorist last week when he happened upon an accident scene on a Massachusetts highway.
The rollover accident took place last Thursday on Interstate 93 in Methuen.
Defina said the woman he worked on was unconscious and not breathing; he maintained the effort after paramedics arrived.
Massachusetts State Police said Groton resident Nicole Deluca, 23, was thrown from the car and died. A 7-year-old boy was seriously hurt.
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This book is absolutely a treasure! I received this as a gift for Christmas, it seems someone knows me very well. It's from 1893 and depicts prominent politicians, royals and everyday photographs around the world. The first few dozen pages are really my favorite, they depict the American governmental system of that time. There are individual photographs of both Mr. & Mrs. President Cleveland, photos of Cleveland's cabinet, President Benjamin Harrison and his cabinet, all 23 presidents up to that time. Prominent Democrats and Republicans, prominent Senators and the Vice President, prominent congressmen, the Supreme Court, and State Governors. It also includes photos of famous actors and actresses (including Edwin Booth, brother of John Wilkes Booth), composers, artists, etc. It's completely amazing.
It is in rough condition, both the front and back covers are separated from the intact/bound pages. I haven't even gotten all the way through it, I'm afraid of damaging it, plus I get distracted by the incredible book that it is.
It was rescued by a surplus store and sold, thank goodness! I'm glad it wasn't recycled.
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BrandonHall needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 104 designs submitted by 36 freelance designers.
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We are launching a larger brand for our ecommerce business at spysuperstore.com. SpySuperstore does not have our color scheme and I will have a color scheme implemented based on the logo we are getting.
Currently, we are located at spygearcorner.com and decided to move to a better place and need a better logo!
Our focus is on security as well as cool spy gadgets while always providing free shipping and offering customers great service.
Our audience is very vast so it's important the logo conveys the neat spy feel but also gives users a sense of security. Our customers include parents, angry spouses, private investigators, corporate security departments and anyone else who has a need for spy cameras and covert products.
I'm not married to any specific color scheme. I know when you think of spy red, gray and black are the colors normally associated. I don't mind red and gray but black is so hard to look at and doesn't convey trust.
If we could implement a darker blue with the gray while getting the spy feel I would be very happy. That way the user feels trust and doesn't get the typical spy feel which I feel makes them uneasy.
Artwork could include a spy figure, a security seal or a combination of both. I'm very open to creative ideas from designers. Ultimately, I want a quality brand that conveys trust to users while getting across what we do.
To say it again, please ignore the current color scheme and setup at spysuperstore.com. We will be creating a new store template based on the logo we choose here.
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In response to Jacob's last post, and the responsibility we bear to the truth, I believe we can defend the plausibility of any single scene (except, of course, the surreal dream scene with his father at the end). We are just not going to agree on the favored method for presenting historical drama. Jacob would clearly prefer a dramatization with mostly imagined dialogue, as in The Queen, while I believe putting people's own words in their own mouths, though perhaps from another context of time and place, adds to the authenticity of the piece—as long as it doesn't cross the line of plausibility (i.e., the president may well have said something similar in this context).
Regarding Willie Horton, yes, I agree the Bush/Quayle campaign wasn't literally behind the ad. But let's not forget, there were ties between the National Security Political Action Committee (which produced the ads) and the campaign: Three former employees of Roger Ailes (a media consultant for the Bush campaign) worked on the ads. In fact, the FEC investigated a connection between Ailes and NSPAC, which resulted in a deadlocked 3-3 on finding illegal coordination. So, while there was no illegal coordination, as you well know, campaigns routinely tread carefully up to that line.
Moreover, I think it's naive to believe that presidential campaigns are so pristine as not to even know about these reprehensible ads before they air. And that's exactly what's portrayed in the film. The commercial was one of the turning points of that campaign, and it was this campaign that, according to many observers, showed W to be a shrewd operative. It seems quite plausible, therefore, that W, in dramatic context, may well have shown his father the ad and explained that it was funded by NSPAC.
As to Cheney and his concept of the domination of world resources, you accuse me of "paranoid fantasy" and compare me, surprisingly, to McCain and Palin. Well, I've been there before. (Frankly, I've been compared to worse historical figures.) But I don't think many people would think that I'm far off the mark in the plausibility of the Cheney character arguing for control of Iraqi, Iranian, and Eurasian resources.
I'm bewildered, first, by your categorical disregard for his 1999 speech before the Petroleum Institute. The key quote remains: "The Middle East, with two-thirds of the world's oil and the lowest cost, is still where the prize ultimately lies." Do you really think his views changed that much in three years? I'm sure you remember that in 2001 the vice president's energy task force spent a great deal of time courting every significant oil company to weigh in on the national energy policy—even though this was denied by everyone at the time. And what was the conclusion of Cheney's task force? That "by any estimation, Middle East oil producers will remain central to world oil security."
In September 2002, the Bush administration issued a new national security strategy that codified the themes of Cheney's 1992 defense guidance: maintaining overwhelming military power to "dissuade potential adversaries" from attempting to even equal U.S. power, and enhancing "energy security" by expanding "the sources and types of global energy supplied, especially in the Western Hemisphere, Africa, Central Asia, and the Caspian region."
In October 2002, Oil and Gas International reported that U.S. planning was already under way to reorganize Iraq's oil and business relationships. In January 2003, the Wall Street Journal reported that representatives from Exxon Mobil, Chevron, ConocoPhillips, and Halliburton, among others, were meeting with Vice President Cheney's staff to plan the postwar revival of Iraq's oil industry. One-time Bush speech writer David Frum wrote in The Right Man, his 2003 biography of his boss, that the "war on terror" was designed to "bring new freedom and new stability to the most vicious and violent quadrant of the Earth—and new prosperity to us all, by securing the world's largest pool of oil."
In August 2005, Bush acknowledged this connection himself—answering "growing anti-war protests," according to AP (Aug. 31), "with a fresh reason for U.S. troops to continue fighting in Iraq: protection of the country's vast oil fields, which he said would otherwise fall under the control of terrorist extremists."
Regarding Iran, W. points to its centrality geographically. According to Gen. Wesley Clark, memos calling for the overthrow of seven countries in five years, including Iran and Iraq, were circulating in the Pentagon within two weeks of 9/11. And in State of Denial, Bob documents a secret, influential November 2001 meeting dubbed "Bletchley II," which concluded the United States couldn't defeat Islamic radicalism without first overthrowing Saddam, which, according to one participant, would lead to "Iranian overthrow." Current threats against Iran flow from this overall strategic vision.
I think in closing that we would agree that the fascinating portrait of Cheney as a Hobbesian, completely realistic, America-first survivalist, and (in contradiction to the Bush theology) a Darwinian of the first order, wherein the strong eat the weak, is quite plausible. That Dick Cheney, in his methodical, quiet, 1 percent way, must surely be thinking of the future of America in the next 50 years. In his entire government experience, he's been nothing less than loyal to his version of its perceived interests. Unfortunately, as was the case with many "armchair patriots" before him, defending those interests has led us into a "black hole." We made Cheney's plan for world domination as alluring and economically brief as possible for a dramatic audience. However, reading books such as Larry Everest's Oil, Power, and Empire, you will find a realistic, certainly plausible assessment of world energy policy, as perceived by the oil companies. There is a wonderful moment, I think, in the "Situation Room" scene, where Colin Powell looks over at Cheney after his monologue and says, somewhat with awe, "Spoken like a true oilman."
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Considering he always does a competent, virtually identical combination of transporting and ass-kicking, Jason Statham never deserves blame for movies that routinely function as well as a construction crew that works blindfolded. Nor does the action hero warrant particular praise on the rare occasion one of his brain dissolvers delivers actual fun, rather than just a literal or theoretical death race.
In "Safe," Statham plays Luke, another thug with a heart of gold in yet another story of Russian goons and Chinese goons and corrupt cops and you should have already stopped caring by now. Luke's attempt to protect 11-year-old, super-intelligent Mei (Catherine Chan) recalls the 1998 Bruce-Willis-protects-a-code-breaking-boy-with-autism vehicle "Mercury Rising," a movie I didn't see but occupied myself trying to remember while Luke was busy punching and shooting in the many sub-standard action sequences writer-director Boaz Yakin coughs up between lines like, "Let's go to war."
He also despicably shoves the pre-teen girl's face in violence whenever possible and needlessly makes the crooked cops racist ("They all look alike to me," one says when trying to figure out if he's come into contact with the young Chinese girl). The guys may be played by the most average looking schmoes you've ever seen, but none of this trash deserves to lick the boots of other movies capable enough to be called average.
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In the past, Colombian officials have tried with little success to get their message across to drug consumers about the devastating toll coca cultivation and cocaine production have taken on their country.
But that message was too strong, they were told. Don't victimize the drug consumer, they were advised, especially in Europe and in the U.S., where cocaine use is seen as a personal choice.
So His Excellency Francisco Santos Caldern, vice president of Colombia, a former journalist and a victim of kidnapping himself by the Medelln drug cartel, is delivering a new message that he hopes the world will take to heart: Cocaine use is killing Colombia's tropical rainforests, poisoning its rivers and land with toxic chemicals used in production of the drug, and ravaging a fragile ecosystem that sustains species of birds, amphibians, reptiles and plants that can be found nowhere else on this planet.
That was the message Caldern brought to a packed Charles E. Young Grand Salon in Kerckhoff Hall on Wednesday as part of a public awareness campaign that Colombia and Peru have organized called the Shared Responsibility Initiative. The UCLA event was sponsored by the Latin American Institute, the Burkle Center for International Relations and the International Institute.
By every possible measure of biodiversity — plant life, birds, reptiles, fish — Colombia ranks among the top 10 countries in the world, Caldern said. "This is the jewel of biodiversity that is being threatened," he said. Less than 6% of the Earth's total land is covered by rainforests, which nurture biodiversity. The Amazon rainforest extends over 35% of Colombia.
Two weeks ago, he said, a group of biologists and environmentalists from an international organization explored the nation's rainforest along the Pacific Coast and found five new species of amphibians, two new species of mammals and 100 birds that hadn't been classified before.
"They were so surprised … they thought they were in a new Eden," he said.
But this paradise is fast disappearing as coca production moves into the area. During an aerial tour he took recently with World Bank officials, Caldern saw the destruction of the jungle had accelerated. "It's going to be destroyed because of the habits of consumers of cocaine all over the world," he said.
For every gram of cocaine consumed, he said, four square meters of pristine rainforest disappears for good. Every year, due to coca production, he said, 494 acres of pristine rainforest is lost forever. Over the last 20 years, Colombia has lost about 5.4 million acres of tropical rainforest to coca cultivation, leaving behind denuded pockets of wasteland.
Smoke from the slash-and-burn technique used to clear the land before planting is a major source of pollution in the Colombian jungles. To make the jungle soil hospitable for coca plants, growers require about 150 kilograms of solid and 57 gallons of liquid herbicides and pesticides to process 2.5 acres of coca.
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But despite this national "ecocide," he said, "this story is flying under the radar of the environmental organizations." It has not stirred the outrage that was generated by the Exxon Valdez oil spill, although the environmental damage caused by cocaine in Colombia is 15 times worse.
Using its resources, the government has created four new national parks in the last five years, expanded protected sanctuaries for marine life, paid subsidies to communities to eradicate coca plants in an attempt to rehabilitate the land and spent millions on manual eradication of illicit crops.
But it is with this public awareness program — with websites, photo galleries dramatizing the ecological destruction and classroom materials — that Caldern hopes to find true victory over cocaine.
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For better or worse, Americans tend to take it as an article of faith that if someone does you wrong, you can sue. But banks are quietly adding language to their account terms and services that take away your right to a day in court, and the law is on their side. In lieu of lawsuits, they require mandatory arbitration, which basically means that you can't sue your bank in court, but instead are forced to have disputes resolved by a designated arbitrator, a kind of professional referee. Banks often combine arbitration clauses with language that also prohibits customers from banding together to file a class-action lawsuit.
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Ever since a Supreme Court decision last year upheld mandatory arbitration clauses as legitimate, all kinds of companies have been rushing to add them to their terms and conditions. A recent study by the Pew Charitable Trusts found that about half of the 100 biggest banks and credit unions in the country mandate arbitration. The bigger the bank, the higher the likelihood: 56% of the top 50 banks require it, compared to 30% of the bottom 50 on the group's list. Three-quarters of banks that mandate arbitration also prohibit their customers from filing class-action lawsuits.
Arbitration isn't a bad thing per se. The idea is that it's a quicker and cheaper way to resolve disputes than the court system. But companies that implement these policies often don't play fair. Many hand-pick the arbitrators and maintain long-term contracts with them — a dynamic that, consumer advocates say, is biased in favor of the banks. Some clauses force customers to pay high fees to file a claim or to travel a long distance to file a claim. And according to University of Nevada Las Vegas professor Jean Sternlight, many companies use arbitration clauses to further limit consumers' rights. Some limit the amount of damages you can collect even if you win.
If you think this sounds unfair, you seldom have a choice about the matter. You generally can't open an account if you don't sign the arbitration agreement. And once you sign, you must abide by it: In two cases this year where customers tried to bypass arbitration clauses and sue anyway, courts shot them down.
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The only way to guarantee your right to a day in court is to bank with an establishment that doesn't prohibit it, but finding one can be tricky. According to Pew data, of the 10 biggest banks in the country, JP Morgan Chase, Wells Fargo, Citibank, US Bank, SunTrust, and BB&T all have mandatory arbitration clauses. PNC Bank, TD Bank, and HSBC do not.
(Chase lets customers opt out of the arbitration clause for 60 days after opening their account, and SunTrust provides a 45-day opt-out window. And Bank of America customers in California have to use a dispute-resolution process called "judicial reference." Pew counts this as equivalent to arbitration, since the customer can't get a jury trial.)


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Jennifer Aniston: Hand & Footprint Ceremony!
Jennifer Aniston attends her Hand and Footprint Ceremony at Grauman's Chinese Theatre on Thursday (July 7) in Hollywood.
The 42-year-old actress was joined at the event by beau Justin Theroux, her Horrible Bosses co-star Jason Bateman, and pal Chelsea Handler.
Jennifer got her hands dirty making her mark on the cement, which she also signed and dated.
Jen was recently on Inside the Actors Studio, where she opened up about coping with her divorce from Brad Pitt.
"I was slightly familiar with the topic," she joked with host James Lipton about starring in the 2006 rom-com The Break-Up, which she filmed after her real-life split.
"I honestly felt like, 'What a great way to sort of exorcise some of that,'" she shared.
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Determine the magnitude of the gradient vector of the given function f(x,y) at the point P where x=1337 and y=8.
Symbol Notation:|grad(f(1337,8))|
Truncate (floor) the decimal point once you have found the magnitude of the gradient vector (i.e. the key)
What the hell is a gradient?
This much for a hint I will give. The gradient vector arises in many situations as finding the tangent plane to a surface at a given point, Determining the Normal vector (i.e. orthogonal vector) at a given point, etc. The most basic article of information provided by the gradient vector of a function is the direction it points is always to the maximum of the function. If you follow the direction of the gradient it will lead you to the local maximum of the function.
Part 2
The answer that you've discovered in part1 is also the key to a blowfish encryption algorithm. Here is the encrypted message
Part 2 mission is to crack the message with the determined answer of part 1
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1. Show you're work (this means providing a substantial mathematical calculations)