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Buea, the university town sitting on the eastern slopes of Mount Cameroon, the highest mountain in west and central Africa was the host of the maiden edition of the Cameroonian University Debating Championship in August 7-14, 2010 organized by RESID and Cameroon Debate Association. Six teams and four adjudicators from the crème of high institutions in Cameroon (The University of Buea, Yaoundé I, Dschang, Douala, Advance School of Mass Communication and ENTP) converged on the beautiful campus of the University of Buea to experience their first debating Competition.
The inaugural Cameroonian National Universities Debating Championship (CANUDC) is the first national debating event to be hosted in a French African country where educational debating is not well known. The tournament aimed to introduce and institutionalize competitive debating in Cameroon and provide a platform for student across the country to meet and interact. The 5 days event attracted numerous guest and curious from the city of Buea thrilled by the topics and the impressive performance of the participants.
The first two days of the event was fully devoted to training workshops lead by facilitators from DEDERC (Nigeria) and RESID, who took the participants through debating techniques and rules, judging debate, communication skill. Great social activities as well as Video projections including the famous Denzel Washington movie "The Great Debater" were used entertain participants
The competitions were held in the Karl Popper format in which students debated in teams from their own school and were offered to debate in French and English to suit the bilingual nature of Cameroon, however, other debate formats including the parliamentary format were introduced to participants for their preparation for the upcoming WUDC 2011 in Botswana.
The University of Dschang lead by Binyou-Bi Homb Yannick, took advantage of its reputation for having the first debate club in Cameroon and went home with the trophy of the best debating team. They also produced the best debater and best speakers both in French and English. Congratulation also to Liliane Djuekou from the university of Douala and Daniel Ndu from the university of Buea who won respectively the Best female Debater and the Best Judge awards.
Obviously all the participants enjoyed the benefits and excitements of debating and where very enthusiastic in participating in more competitions. The next edition which has been scheduled at the University of Dschang in August 2011 has already revealed signs of large participation as many debate clubs are being created in Cameroonian universities.
The organizing committee expresses many thanks to the University of Buea for providing halls and accommodation for participants, to Jerry Nwigwe (Nigeria) and Justice Molhabani (Botswana) for mentoring the event.
Judging by the success of this maiden edition, the CANUDC is on the right track to becoming the largest and foremost non sportive youth platform in the country as envisioned by the promoters. To achieve this, RESID has sought the involvement of the Ministry of Education to support debate program and also expect the input of international stakeholders especially in the area of capacity building which is highly demanded. Moreover, to respond to the feedback received from other African countries, RESID has expressed the need to extend the debate program to other African French countries and call on the attention of the international debate community to include them in their agenda as they represent the largest communities in Africa.
Cameroon Debate Association est une fédération de parties prenantes comprenant des organisations de la société civile, des institutions scolaires et des clubs et dont la mission est de promouvoir les initiatives locales et nationales destinées à diffuser la culture du débat, du plaidoyer et des discussions ouvertes comme outil d'éducation, d'information, du dialogue et développement de l'esprit d'ouverture et de démocratie
Cameroon hosted the first national debating tournament in French Africa
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- Anonyme24 octobre 2010 à 11:46
Congratulation M. Ferry,I am sure you are the author of this article. Good in fact, both in style and content. You braugth out the event for English epeaking public who were not there in Buea to participate at the competition. I also send my encouragements to the main team animating this site (Blog).RépondreSupprimer
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Not Your Father's PPC
Pay per click is not just for Google or for search anymore.
Pay per click is not just for Google or for search anymore.
The acronym PPC (pay per click) used to be synonymous with search advertising, and that pricing model is a big part of what drove search growth and made the channel as ubiquitous in online marketing plans as it is now. But PPC is not just for Google or for search anymore.
Advertisers love PPC for the ease of deployment, the directness of paying only when action is evidenced, as well as the aura of risk reduction in a pricing model that allows you to bid only what you deem to be the value of that action. Those with deeper pockets or for whom that click is worth more at that particular time can bid more. It's a dynamic and efficient market that maximizes value all along the chain of sellers (publishers or engines), middlemen (networks, exchanges, or technology platforms), and buyers (advertisers), and differentiates between one click and the next. Different clicks have different values to different advertisers.
Now you can use similar bid auction models to control and drive display media through ad exchanges and demand-side platforms as well as social media advertising on Facebook and LinkedIn. Real-time bidding allows you to pay more for more valuable impressions and clicks, less for others. The benefit of this approach has clearly extended past search marketing because the core benefits of the cost per click (or action or conversion) model extend as well. Pay based on targeted audience action; set the price you are willing to pay. Search engines were one of the first to extend this model past search with Google's content network of display advertising leading the way, and now we have many options to buy display inventory along with text or other ads with real-time bidding. But we need to be careful in applying the same pricing criteria across channels.
A search click is not the same as a display ad click is not the same as a social ad click. When we are bidding on search clicks, we are factoring into our bid the degree of intent as evidenced by the relevance of the search query. More relevant search queries are simply worth more to the advertiser and that helps make the bidding process an economic win for both the sellers and buyers of those clicks. But with display or social display ads, you typically work with demographic and profile data which can help to determine if that prospect looks and acts like your customer base but does not tell you if they are in the market for your content, product, or service at this particular time. Behavioral data, particularly search query history, has the potential to close that gap to signal intent, but display advertising is still primarily used to create awareness and drive demand. It's both possible and beneficial to place a price on those business objectives closer to the top end of the traditional sales or information funnel; it just needs to be logically differentiated from the price placed on those different business objectives much closer to the sale.
Facebook and LinkedIn offer phenomenal geographic and demographic targeting options and you get the considerable benefit of wrapping in social interactions that will dramatically improve the likelihood of the user's click. But CTR still tends to be lower in general in a social environment because the user's frame of mind is less conducive to conversions. Users in a social environment are there to be social. Users on a search engine are task-oriented. Again, the clicks are still valuable, they just need to be valued against different criteria. The social ad unit provides a bit more flexibility than a search ad and includes an image to help you more aggressively encourage engagement. Industry players like Marin, Clickable, and even Omniture, among others, have unveiled platforms to leverage the Facebook API and help advertisers more efficiently produce and optimize display and social ads. It's no surprise that search veterans are taking the lead here. It's an obvious extension of the foundation carefully set.
Search ad volume is effectively self-limiting. Search ads do not create search volume, they can only respond to the available demand expressed in the market as search queries. In order to expand the universe of available searches, we would typically make broader use of relevant keywords, but an even more effective strategy leverages an integrated approach across traditional and display-based ad programs and other means to help increase the number of those most highly relevant searches. Search companies win when they support the means to increase the number of searches.
Along with ad targeting, production, and bidding differences from search PPC, you also need to factor in scale and budgeting impacts when you move into display and social with a bid model. For instance, Facebook's minimum suggested bids are usually higher than those on Google or Yahoo because you are fighting for one or two spots instead of Google's max of 10. Impressions on Facebook add up very, very quickly, so you need to be strategic in your pricing strategy and budgeting approach. Set careful budget caps and don't take your eye off that campaign. And don't forget that if you're running a CPA or CPC display or social program, you'll rack up a lot of impressions. That's a good thing but may incur significant third-party ad serving charges unless you have negotiated those out.
We currently enjoy a wide array of pricing models and technology options across digital channels that continue to evolve and respond to market changes. Sometimes it's helpful to look at CPM or other programs with a CPC or CPA filter, converting to an effective CPA or eCPA to make sense of the offer and value against other program options. Likewise, you should know what your CPC or PPC programs are driving in impressions to understand the full value they bring to the table beyond the click. The best methods of targeting will vary with the advertiser, audience, campaign objectives, budgets, timeframe, and competitive environment. Make sure you review all your options including the new ones that seem to appear with challenging frequency.

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Math students in an advanced middle school program will not be paid to grade homework, Broward County schools Superintendent William Leary said Tuesday.
Just one day earlier, board members had urged Leary to allow the students to be paid for correcting the homework of younger pupils in the program. Otherwise, the board members argued, the homework would go ungraded.
The teachers said they are too burdened to grade the lengthy homework assignments. The students' homework is so advanced that graduate students at Florida Atlantic University can't be counted on to correct eighth-grade homework.
And, according to the teachers, the practice of allowing students to correct the homework of other students during class without getting paid takes up too much time.
Leary said he will order the administrators in charge of the program, known as MEGSSS, short for Mathematics Education for Gifted Secondary School Students, to find a different solution to the problem.
Leary ended the practice of paying students to correct homework about two months ago, saying that paying the students is not proper.
Since then, no way to grade the papers has been found. The students had been earning the minimum wage, now $3.35 an hour.
There are 175 students in the program at Plantation Middle and Driftwood Middle. The board is expected to approve a plan later this month to extend the program to include high school freshmen, allowing students in the program to continue.
However, other problems have cropped up besides the homework. Teacher and student attrition rate is high because of the complex material and heavy work load.
"We've got to solve these problems before we continue with the program," said board member Marie Harrington.


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IBMC College in Greeley will participate in SAVA (Sexual Assault Victim Advocate) Awareness Month
IBMC College in Greeley, CO will participate in SAVA (Sexual Assault Victim Advocate) Awareness Month with the participation of the Student Services Beauty Clinic, located at 2863 35th Ave.
During the month of April, clients visiting the Greeley clinic can say "SAVA sent me for a nail service," to have a portion of the cost donated to the SAVA Centers in Greeley and Fort Collins. At the end of April, 10% of the total (non-discounted) SAVA client manicure and pedicure services will be donated to the Sexual Assault Victim Advocate (SAVA) Center.
The Sexual Assault Victim Advocate (SAVA) Center's mission is to provide crisis intervention, advocacy and counseling for all those affected by sexual violence and provide prevention programs through community outreach and education. If you, or anyone you know needs help or information, please contact the center at 970-506-4059. They also have a 24-hour Rape and crisis hotline at 970-472-4200.
IBMC College in Greeley is proud to be a part of SAVA Month to create awareness, improve individual responsibility, and create change within the community.
For more information about our Certificate, Diploma, and Degree Programs at IBMC College in Colorado and Wyoming, please visit www.ibmc.edu or call (800) 495-2669.


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Flood Plain Management
A flood plain is land near a lake or river that is flat or low-lying and tends to flooding when there are overflows.
Floods are most destructive in that part of the flood plain known as the floodway, where the water flows fastest.
Ausable Bayfield Conservation Authority (ABCA) provides a number of services relating to flood plain management within its watershed boundaries. It is our mandate to reduce risk to life and property, reduce potential social disruption, and protect the environment from naturally occurring flooding and erosion.
For flooding information and flood messages click on the dial icon on our home page or visit: Flood Messages Page
Ausable Bayfield Conservation's Flood Plain Management services include:
See Flood and Erosion Control Structures Page
(See Flood Warning and Emergency Planning Page)
Providing technical advice in relation to lakeshore erosion and agricultural land erosion and, stream bank and municipal drain erosion concernsFor information on environmental planning and permits click this link:
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Environmental planning includes comments on significant natural areas, flood plain lands, steep slopes, erosion rates, and faulty septic systems (in portions of Middlesex County only), the need for stormwater control, buffer strips, and wildlife corridors linking existing natural areas.
Ausable Bayfield Conservation Authority staff provide comments applicants and appropriate agencies for such things as plans of subdivision; severances; official plans; zoning by-laws; municipal drainage reports; and environmental assessments.


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I got a little problem which cause the engine not to spell my tail number correctly. This problem is not always occur, and I think it's a kind of random.
Let's say I register PK-61 as a tail number on default boeing 747-400, sometimes both my pilot and ATC say it as Boeing-61 instead of Papa Kilo 61. Is there any mistake I made on the installation?


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Set up my Raspberry-pi:
1.SD card
-Minimum size 4Gb; class 4 (the class indicates how fast the card is).
-We recommend using branded SD cards as they are more reliable!
2.HDMI to HDMI / DVI lead
- HDMI to HDMI lead (for HD TVs and monitors with HDMI input).OR HDMI to DVI lead (for monitors with DVI input).
2.1 RCA video lead
-A standard RCA composite video lead to connect to your analogue display if you are not using the HDMI output.
4.Ethernet (network) cable or Wi-Fi
-Networking is optional, although it makes updating and getting new software for your Raspberry Pi much easier.
Wi-Fi USB dongle
SKY LINK 1501N are the new N Technology Wireless Dongles, Super-small in size and compact design that fits into your Laptop/Computer's USB port with minimal effort making it ideal for use when traveling or in a crowded workspace.Provides an excellent solution for performing everyday activities such as transferring files browsing the Internet and downloading movies/music.Consistent longer distance connections with virtually no dropouts compared to the old Wireless 'G' Technology.
5.Power adapter
-A good quality, micro USB power supply that can provide 1A at 5V. Many mobile phone chargers are suitable—check the label on the plug.
-If your supply provides less than 1A and 5V then your Raspberry Pi may not work 100% as it should be.
-If you are using HDMI then you will get digital audio via this.
-If you are using the analogue RCA connection, stereo audio is available from the 3.5mm jack next to the RCA connector.
If the Raspberry-pi is stationed near your TV, very good combination is to connect external HDD to the Raspberry-pi in one USB port, while in another USB port Wi-Fi dongle so you could transfer files over the wireless and watch high quality movies via HDMI, without moving your PC and connect HDD with USB on the PC. In ths case you could also get a USB Hub for additional USB ports.
-Camera module – Add on for Raspberry-pi which is connected on the on board CSI.
Additionally, for extra protection you can get a case for your Raspberry-pi
Installing OS:
-OS (Operative System) is the software that makes it work, like Windows on a PC or OSX on a Mac, Android on most mobile phones, etc.
1.Recommended OS is called Raspbian, download it for free here. Also you could try with Debian
2.Unzip downloaded file:
-Right click on the file and choose "Extract all";
-Follow the instructions—you will end up with a file ending in .img;
This .img file can only be written to your SD card by special disk imaging software, please follow the steps…
3. Download the Win32DiskImager software
-Download win32 diskimager-binary.zip here
-Unzip it in the same way you did the Raspbian .zip file;
-You now have a new folder called win32diskimager-binary;
-Write the Raspbian image to your SD card;
4. Writing Raspbian to the SD card
-Plug your SD card into your PC;
-In the folder you made in step 3(b), run the file named Win32DiskImager.exe;
(in Windows Vista, 7 and 8 we recommend that you right-click this file and choose "Run as administrator"). It should be similar to this:
-If the SD card (Device) you are using isn't found automatically then click on the drop down box and select it;
-In the Image File box, choose the Raspbian .img file that you downloaded;
-Click Write;
-After a few minutes you will have an SD card that you can use in your Raspberry Pi;
5. Booting your Raspberry Pi for the first time
-On first boot you will come to the Raspi-config window;
-Change settings such as timezone and locale if you want;
-Finally, select the second choice:
expand_rootfs and confirm reboot;
-The Raspberry Pi will reboot and you will see raspberry-pi login:
-Type: pi
-You will be asked for your Password;
-Type: raspberry
-You will then see the prompt: pi@raspberry ~ $
-Start the desktop by typing: startx
-Welcome Raspberry-pi user, now you are in a very familiar, but also new desktop environment.
-If you ever need to access the Raspi-Config menu again, drop into a Terminal and type: sudo raspi-config, and press Enter.
-Now, double-click the 'LX Terminal' icon to drop into the Terminal, and type the following:
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade
Then press Enter. This will search the various repositories for software and system updates and upgrades, if it finds any, then you'll be asked if you wish to apply then by answering 'Y' and pressing Enter. After a while the updates will be installed, and it's recommended that you reboot once more to start the system with the applied updates.
6. Configuring Wi-Fi Settings in Openelec XBMC
-Once the Raspberry-pi has booted up, go to Programs > Openelec OS Settings and select Network tab
-In the Network tab, set the Network Technology as WLAN (if you use Wi-Fi), Network Interface as wlan0 and WLAN SSID as your network's name
-Scroll down and set WLAN security and WLAN Passprase according yo your home network's settings.
-Click OK and reboot the system.
That's it, now you have successfully setup Wi-Fi connection and RPi will automaticaly connect to the Internet when booted up.
Have fun
7. Copy files from Windows environment to Raspberry-pi
No doubt that you will have sometimes to move, copy, transfer files from PC running Windows, to your Raspberry-pi. In order to avoid USB stick from one machine to other, you could use WinSCP on your Windows. Get it from here, and install it.
After install set it up like this:
File Protocol: SCP
Host name: The IP address of you Raspberry Pi
User name: pi
Password: raspberry
Save your setup:
Menu > Session > Save Session
For the next time, just connect and transfer files by dragging and dropping, or choose copy-paste, F5, F6 commands… you will get it, its no big deal
Owncloud on your Raspberry pi
How to install owncloud on your Raspberry pi with usb hdd?
Follow the instructions here.
Have fun!
In the Search box bellow search for your copy of ownCloud Server.
Bellow you can see Raspberry_supecomputer
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Thanksgiving actually starts the major holiday season around most undergraduate, medical schools and residency programs. As an undergraduate, you realize that the fall semester is heading for a close as there is very little time left before semester finals. As a medical student, Thanksgiving means a welcome respite from the intensity of coursework and as a resident, you know that you are going to get at least one day off from working the wards.
In residency, you quickly learn that either you are working the actual holiday or you are off. Everyone can't be off and your administrative chief makes sure that holiday time is equally distributed among the staff. Sure, you want to be there to sit down with your family but it just isn't possible for everyone to have every holiday off as people get sick on every day and at any time during those days. Sometimes you will not be able to go home for a holiday visit to be with your family.
I never particularly minded working on a holiday as long as I had one day to sleep in late. My idea of the perfect holiday is sleeping until 7am; getting up and drinking my coffee in front of the telly as I watch CNN. I know this sounds boring but residency taught me to appreciate the days where I can just do nothing (or a few things and at a very slow pace). I now appreciate going to places like Cancun or Key West where I can lie on the beach and appreciate the sunrise or the sunset. Before residency, my idea of a vacation was to head down to Belize and spend a week diving with friends or spending a week playing tennis. Now, just lying around or clubbing in a new city are my ideas of great ways to spend time off.
My other favorite vacation activity is to catch up on my reading or get ahead in terms of reading. As a physician, I make sure that I read at least 30 minutes each day and one hour on the weekends. I always have a journal with me to read as I am waiting or on those call nights when I just can't fall asleep. I have a monthly check list of journals that I definitely read such as Nature Medicine and New England Journal of Medicine (in addition to my specialty journals). Like exercise, if you make journal reading a habit, it become part of your life. I make notes on articles that I will use in my teaching or articles that I want to incorporate into my practice.
As a medical student, I made sure that I read every review article in New England Journal of Medicine and every case report. My faculty advisor encouraged this practice on our first meeting as we became acquainted during orientation week. It became as much a part of my life as brushing my teeth each morning. I also found that I acquired the "language" of medicine more quickly as I kept up with my reading. No matter how much studying I was doing, my journal reading was a welcome change of pace from the daily grind of mastery of coursework.
As an undergraduate and graduate student, I read journals regularly. This was a means to become a participant in departmental meetings and discussions. As an undergraduate, we had regular journal discussions in our laboratory research meeting. As a graduate student, I was expected to lead those journal club discussions. In short, as a pre-med student, you need to make sure that you learn to read and critique scientific literature. If you anticipate a career in medicine, you have to be able to evaluate journal articles and keep up with the literature of your practice. This is not something that you learn to do overnight but a skill that is developed with practice.
Once you become a medical student, gone are the days that you can just sit passively and regurgitate information given in course lectures. You will be expected to question information and make sure that information that you give out to patients will be accurate and up to date. Most of the information that finds it way into textbooks is already dated by the time the textbook is published. Those of us who write book chapters scan scientific literature regularly and include updates but there is a time-lag between the completion of a book chapter and the publishing of a text. It is up to you, to make sure that you are caught in that time-lag as a practicing physician.
Holidays spent in the hospital are usually break-neck busy (the time passes rapidly) or very slow. If I was having a slow day, I took the time to read, rest and socialize with the staff that was working. This is just my way of spreading some "good will" around the place. In short, someone has to work and I generally didn't mind working a holiday. My family wasn't going to vaporize if I missed Thanksgiving or Christmas dinner and I saved the calories so that I could splurge on New Year's Day. This was always my personal preference and my colleagues continue to appreciate this.
Part of being a member of a health care team is realizing that the world does not center around you. There will be times that you will miss family gatherings to take care of your patients. If this is something that you can't do without getting a bad attitude, then medicine is not for you. There will be times when you "draw the short straw" and have to work on an important holiday. Sure, it's not your preference but grumbling all day and whining all day will not help your attitude or your situation. Make the best of it and get your work done. For me, I never forget that it is a privilege to take care of people who need my help. I can certainly acknowledge that the situation is not my preference but that's the end for me. I set about the task of going merrily about my job and spreading some good will. After all, I chose this profession and I knew going in, that there would be holidays that I would be in the hospital the entire day. It is part of the life that I happily chose and I alway remind myself on Thanksgiving to be thankful that I have been allowed to practice medicine every day not just on non-holidays.
22 November 2007
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text: Light has been generated and optics damage lessened in extreme ultraviolet lithography by adding a lighter gas to plasma. The microelectronics lithography method is considered a candidate for creating a new generation of smaller, more powerful computer chips. In the quest for creating computer chips with ever-smaller feature sizes, manufacturers are exploring extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography as the next chip-printing technology. For a light source at the necessary wavelength, scientists have turned to a hot, ionized gas called a plasma, generated within a Z-pinch device. But, energetic ions produced in the plasma can damage the mirror responsible for collecting the light.David Ruzic, a professor of nuclear, plasma and radiological engineering at the University of Illinois, and colleagues have discovered a technique that may help pack more power into smaller computer chips. (Photo: L. Brian Stauffer) "By adding a lighter gas to the plasma, we can significantly reduce the damage and extend the lifetime of the collector optics," said David Ruzic, a professor of nuclear, plasma and radiological engineering at the University of Illinois and lead author of a paper that described the technique in an issue of the journal IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science earlier this summer.In a Z-pinch device, xenon is fed into a chamber where it collides with a stream of electrons, producing a low-temperature and low-density plasma. This plasma then flows between two cylindrical electrodes, one positioned inside the other. (The "Z" in Z-pinch refers to the direction of current flow along the cylindrical electrodes.)Next, a large current pulse heats the plasma, while a magnetic field generated by the pulse compresses and confines the plasma. The plasma becomes hotter and denser until it "pinches," creating the flash of light needed by the chip industry. As the pulse passes, internal plasma pressure overcomes magnetic confinement, and the hot, dense plasma flies apart. The resulting fast and energetic ions can damage the delicate collector optics. However, adding a small amount of a lighter gas, such as hydrogen, "significantly reduces both the number and the energy of xenon ions reaching the collector surface, thereby extending the collector's lifetime while having a negligible effect on the extreme ultraviolet light production," Ruzic said. The reduction in xenon energy occurs because the hydrogen ions shield the xenon ions from the high electric field created by the plasma. "When the plasma flies apart, the less-massive electrons move faster than the hydrogen and xenon ions," Ruzic said. "The electric field induced by the moving electrons then pulls on the ions and accelerates them. Being much lighter than xenon ions, the hydrogen ions accelerate faster, and shield the xenon ions from some of the electric field." By absorbing some of the plasma's energy, the hydrogen ions prevent the xenon ions from accelerating to the point where they damage the collector surface, thus prolonging the collector's lifetime. Xenon is actually the second-best radiator for light at the desired wavelength, Ruzic said. "We can get three times as much light from tin, but tin is a condensable metal and makes quite a mess on the mirrors. We are now looking at ways to clean the mirrors during chip production." Ruzic's coauthors are U of I graduate students Keith Thompson and Josh Spencer, postdoctoral research associate Shailendra Srivastava, and former postdoctoral researcher associates Brian Jurczyk and Erik Antonsen. For more information, visit: www.uiuc.edu


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I wonder, how do they know whether or not you've had a UFO sighting, an extrinsic encounter, or if you've been abduction? And how do they brainstorm out so fast? Yes, sometimes these eyewitnesses reveal to others, but nearby are tons that livelihood quiet, who are too freaked-out to inveigle basic cognitive process to themselves. Something or being afraid them reasonless. The UFO investigators have a catchy adequate case finding these people, so it makes you conjecture how like lightning the MIBs regain these individuals, also they and cognise all roughly speaking their particularized cases and info of their private lives in finance.
Are they psychical or telepathic? Or do they have whatsoever soft of early spy profession that allows them to maintain an eye on anyone and each person that inadvertently experience these outside events? Furthermore, if these are simply parliament agents, is it pat that they bring to bear such as noesis abilities sanctioning them to nought in on witnesses of these sightings or victims of alien abductions? It a moment ago doesn't add up. Clearly, extraterrestrials would have possession of these advanced abilities, but does that expect that these MIBs are aliens - or even alien/human hybrids? Let's not reduction the equation that medium abilities are instinctive in quality beings, because I definitely recognize that all world have psychical potential, but peak of us of late don't use it as we should. So how could we wish government agents to be this acutely medium or telepathic? Or as I suggested, they could have precocious spy technology. All of these possibilities are a short time ago speculation, and near is no unquestioning substantiation one way or the new.
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Exactly who or what are these weird dark-suited strangers who stealthily hurrying about at large, harassing eyewitnesses of extraterrestrial phenomena? Where do they locomote from and what is their origin?
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There is the option that the extraterrestrials have recruited (if not seize) precise quality beings, those with a persuaded aptitude and character their nongovernmental organization would need. Although it's at all more than a few could be lief abductees, it would be much probable that they were convinced were brainwashed. Then they would be potty-trained in spiritualist abilities and new areas of skill (such as pitiless harrying). They would need to have undersized or no conscience, be able to excess victims as objects and not living beings, and they would have no indisputable feelings, object the sensation of pleasure in dreaded and tormenting others. These traits would look to be necessary, because if they had any uncertainties or declination in the carriage in which they nutrition people, they would demonstrably construct shitty agents and would be water-washed out fundamentally rapidly. But past they're training is completed, they would be sent put money on in our thick to do their masters' snot-nosed trade. Also they could have been drilled in operating alien spy technology.
The other opportunity is that these sinister Dark Intruders are extrinsic/human hybrids - which I disbelieve, because it makes me frown repugnantly into a obnoxious grimace, in all probability imitating several nasty alien's external body part. But let's speculate, and entertain this impudent yet ridiculous notion. A emblematic Man in Black has the select few of both world, Earth and Whateverworld (a great adequate nickname since we don't know where on earth they go from), so they can act and countenance and gossip human but internally be whole alien. But how would these hybrids move to exist? There have been rumors that women were kidnaped and artificially fertilized near extrinsic pip. Then she would grant offset to a typical crossed into the international. Perhaps this is how the minacious extraterrestrials bring into being Men in Black, threatening protectors of their foreign masters' vastly being in this global and all of their classified agendas. Hmmm. Sounds same bailiwick literary composition.
It's reasonably viable that here is a expressed intersection involving MIBs and the curious Majestic 12, canonical by the US management of course of instruction. This was an ultra classified splinter group of scientists and study organisation definite in 1947, by the command of President Harry S. Truman. Its opening task was to delve into the UFO smash hard by Roswell, New Mexico, or any different UFO and space invader phenomena for eld to locomote. Although cut of their job was to look into and coat up UFO events, Majestic 12 itself was overgrown up, since the affairs of state denies its days. Considering an useful feature of their job was to fur the lawfulness going on for UFOs to the public, it makes a lot of talent that they could have been down the manufacture of Men in Black, whose missionary station was to hush UFO eyewitnesses. So essentially, this would be going to that Majestic 12 and the Men in Black are one and the aforesaid. But this is a moment ago another theory, but beautiful plausible, if you ask me.
Victims have relayed their descriptions of these incomprehensible intimidators, many a of which are vastly similar, although in attendance are numerous inconsistencies. What these sinister strangers have in rife are the dark suits, achromatic automobiles, arriving in threes, and their aggressiveness and coercive moral fibre. Some of the inconsistencies are that few victims claimed they have grouping appearances, such as as East Indian or Oriental; a number of say they state with external accents, and others say their English is fen yet awkward; others story that they look to have brownish or tanned skin, yet others say they have colorless white leather. So, what is truly going on here, considering all these variable discrepancies? This could either be set to the victims are wise saying what they impoverishment to see, or fabricating what they see, are totally devising their stories up. Or it could penny-pinching these Men in Black come from variant backgrounds and show up otherwise to distinct general public. Either way, I feel it's all subdivision of the elected representatives concealing.
Also some population have advisable that the MIBs could be "paraphysical" or "interdimensional" beings. Essentially this would simply miserable that they come in from a absolutely contrasting extent from that of our own, and that they trek done a space-time continuum time and past measure through with a cryptical entry into our temporal length. But since they driving force black Cadillacs and such, they would driving force through such as a vortex, and in attendance are few rather inaccurate reports that say these vehicles have appeared from nowhere and past fitting as curiously disappeared backbone into nowhere, or so several victims claimed. Yikes! I contemplate someone's been observance the Sci-Fi Channel a pocket-size too much!
Alright, folks, here's the rundown; I'll afford you various madcap theories on who the MIBs possibly will be:
1. Pretenders or possible jokers masquerading as the questionable MIBs, whether verified by the government or newly commutative parties
2. Covert management agents, or the military, and believably tied to Majestic 12
3. Alien/human hybrids (yeah right!)
4. Humans recruited by aliens to do their maculate work
5. Aliens covert as humans
6. Beings from different dimension
7. Beings from the future, whether alien or human
So, what's near the black suits and the black hats and the dull dark glasses and the black sedans and the atypical mannerisms? Are these half-human/half-alien beings? Or are they policy agents masquerading as mystifying incomprehensible characters in command to hoodwink us, and even advisedly creating the full-page MIB myth?


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The Historic Schools Summit brings together people from the Midwest who are interested in heritage tourism and the community use of historic one-room schools. The first conference was held in 2011 at the Springfield-Greene County Botanical Center in Natanael Greene Park, Springfield, Mo.
This annual conference explores the importance of one-room schools, along with preservation, restoration, adaptation, use and interpretation. Guest speakers include former one-room school teachers, building owners who have completed renovation projects, historical researchers, MU Extension specialists as well as preservation professionals address topics relevant to the preservation and use of one-room schools in Missouri.
Agenda for the 2011 event: Conference agenda and registration packet (PDF)
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ROME, Sept. 16 (UPI) -- The capsized Costa Concordia cruise ship was successfully freed Monday from the rock reef on which it has been resting off Italy's Tuscan coast, officials said.
Sergio Girotto, a project manager with Italian engineering company Micoperi, which, along with the U.S.-based Titan Salvage, is in charge of the salvage operation, said moving the ship off the rocks was the most delicate phase of the operation, Italy's ANSA news agency reported.
"The first two hours [of the operation] were the most uncertain, because we didn't know precisely how much of the ship was stuck," Girotto said.
The wreckage was moved from the rock reef to a level piece of seabed, Girotto said.
The luxury liner has been on a rock shelf since a 2012 disaster that claimed 32 lives.
Civil Protection Department Chief Franco Gabrielli said cameras and other instruments detected a "major deformation" on the submerged side of the cruise ship during efforts to lift it upright, ANSA reported.
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why the hell does the dealer let you play out your hands when hes got a blackjack?! it pisses me of when i draw a bunch of cards and he flips that Ace or face over.
April 2004
No-peek under an ace gives a house edge of .01% while no-peek under a 10 give a .1% house advantage. Simply put, they are doing this to take more of your money! You are encouraged to split or double down if you have the opportunity and lose more than your original bet not knowing that they have BJ. Not only that - but I may be wrong on this - they will typically not pay any BJ until they flip and see if they have BJ or not, thus, you cannot even take insurance (even-money) if you ever wanted to. IMHO, avoid these tables.
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Not so, slimeo.
In casinos (in Nevada, at least) in which dealers do not peek under aces, the second hand resulting from a split, or the amount of a double-down is returned to you if the dealer has blackjack. The house does not win more.
The reason some casinos don't allow their dealers to peek under aces is to prevent accidental (or intentional!) flashing of the hole card to a player, either at the table (1st or 3rd base) or across the pit.
The house is not increasing its advantage, although it's annoying to players and slows the game.
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Students and staff who helped curate the current Access-Ability exhibition at the Philip and Muriel Berman Museum of Art talked about the importance of access to the arts with State Rep. Mike Vereb (R-150) in the Museum Oct. 11. They were joined by President Bobby Fong, Museum Associate Director for Education Susan Shifrin and Collections Manager Julie Choma. Rep. Vereb supported the application of the Berman Museum to help fund the Access-Ability exhibition.
The Philip and Muriel Berman Museum of Art joins museums throughout the United States that serve visitors with special needs with Access-Ability: Deconstructing and Reconstructing Art for Access, in the Upper Gallery through Dec. 3. The exhibition launches a series of initiatives to make the Museum's collections more fully accessible to a wide range of differently-abled constituents through verbal description, three-dimensional tactile pieces, and specialized guided tours.
The exhibition is co-curated by Emelie McFarland 2013, Angier Cooper 2015 and Susan Shifrin, Associate Director for Education at the Berman Museum. Also present were alumnae Emily Smith 2011 and Emily Koppenhoffer 2012, who are on the Museum staff. The legislator thanked the students for their energy and commitment.
Dr. Shifrin noted Rep. Vereb's role in obtaining the grant. "By helping us, we can then help others in your constituency," she said. "We are reaching out to members of the community who have not felt as welcome until now … It is also an opportunity for our students to put themselves in other people's places."
The free-ranging conversation touched on getting students interested in the museum and the Peer Docent Program, which engages students.
President Fong said that exhibitions like Access-Ability makes the arts accessible, and helps students view things differently, which is part of the college's obligation to students.
The students noted that although the focus group participants – from Parkhouse Providence Pointe – may not have recalled the meetings explicitly, "they were positively impacted," said McFarland. "They were happy to be in this space."
The accessibility initiatives were inaugurated last spring through special training workshops with the directors of Art Beyond Sight and ARTZ: Artists for Alzheimer's. The workshops will be repeated Nov. 3 and 4.


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Blocking the proinflammatory cytokine tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha) failed to stop overall structural progression of hand osteoarthritis, a randomized trial found.
Over the course of a year, a new joint erosion developed in 26.7% of patients treated with the TNF inhibitor adalimumab (Humira) and in 40% of patients receiving placebo (P=0.09), according to Gust Verbruggen, MD, and colleagues from Ghent University Hospital in Belgium.
However, in a subgroup of patients with soft-tissue swelling around the interphalangeal joints, treatment did lead to a four-fold reduction in risk for progression of erosions (OR 4.57, 95% CI 1.46 to 14.3, P=0.009), the researchers reported in the June issue of Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases.
The processes associated with damage to subchondral bone and loss of joint space seen in osteoarthritis of the hand, which can be highly disfiguring and functionally impairing, are thought to result from actions of cytokines such as TNF and interleukin-1 on osteoclasts and effects on bone remodeling.
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In patients treated with adalimumab, 2.1% of the pre-erosive joints had progressed to erosion after 1 year, compared with 3.6% of joints in patients treated with placebo (OR 1.43, 95% CI 0.65 to 3.16), a difference that was not statistically significant (P=0.37).
The researchers then looked at various baseline risk factors that might predict erosive progression, and found no association for patient age, baseline C-reactive protein, or baseline erythrocyte sedimentation rate.
While palpable swelling had the strongest association with erosive disease, other predictors were disease duration (P=0.014) and tender joints at baseline (P=0.030).
The researchers also assessed the joints with their own Ghent University scoring system, which rates the proportion of joint space, subchondral plate, and unaffected subchondral bone with scores from 0 (total joint destruction) to 300 (no structural damage).
With this evaluation technique, they confirmed that joints with palpable swelling at baseline had greater progressive changes with placebo treatment compared with adalimumab, with a mean difference of −20 points at 6 months (P=0.022).
Scores in those joints began to increase later in the study, as remodeling and repair begin.
However, they wrote, "It can be presumed that remodeling of an affected interphalangeal joint after major tissue damage will result in a marked change of the original anatomy and loss of the normal function."
Even in joints with palpable swelling at baseline, Ghent scores for adalimumab-treated joints remained unchanged throughout the study.
On clinical variables such as pain, stiffness, function, and grip strength, no differences were seen during the 52 weeks of the trial in patients receiving adalimumab compared with those given placebo.
The researchers suggested that the lack of clinical effect in the trial may have been a result of underpowering.
Overall, the investigators reported, there was "no therapeutic effect of adalimumab," despite the plausibility of TNF blockade for inhibiting joint erosions.
Nonetheless, there was a ten-fold increase in progression to erosion in joints that had soft tissue swelling at baseline in patients receiving placebo, a process that was slowed by TNF inhibition with adalimumab.
The researchers therefore concluded that their findings suggest that TNF blockade may indeed help slow down erosive progression in hand osteoarthritis, although only in joints having palpable soft-tissue swelling and visible damage on x-rays. They called for large, phase III studies to confirm their findings.
The study was funded by Abbott Laboratories.
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Test Drive Unlimited 2 In At Number 1
Our review for Test Drive Unlimited 2 dropped just this Friday, and already its blazing a trail in the UK charts, usurping last week's victor, Dead Space 2, from the number one spot. Doubling the original Test Drive's release figures, it's also the biggest launch in TDU history and Namco Bandai's first All Formats No. 1 since it gobbled up Atari Europe.
Fans favored the 360 version of TDU 2, with 68% of copies sold on Microsoft's platform compared to the PS3's 28% share and the PC's paltry 4%. Such a successful launch almost guarantees us a Test Drive Unlimited 3, and while I'm not mad for the series I hope Eden Games continue to expand and explore the series' online horizons. It's a much better game when you're free-roaming Ibiza's tropical sprawl with 31 other super cars. [Videogamer]
Killzone 3 Leaks Online
Now how did this happen? Killzone 3, Sony's premiere shooter, has been leaked onto torrent sites and is probably being downloaded as we speak, two weeks prior to its launch. Weighing in at a hefty 41.4 GB - a rumored non-3D version is only half that size - it's the first time a big PS3 release has found itself leaked online, mere months since George Hotz, aka Geohot, cracked the PS3's firmware, leaving it wide open for rampant piracy.
We don't advocate piracy at Dealspwn. Why would we? We'd be out of a job. And Killzone 3 is shaping up to be a terrific game we wholeheartedly implore you to purchase legally. Why not check out the cheapest pre-order price right here at Dealspwn?[Eurogamer]
PS2 Breaks 150 Million Worldwide
The PS2 has just edged past the 150 million mark worldwide. Sony's eleven year old console continues to sell and sell and sell, despite stiff competition from the Wii, the 360 and even its younger sibling, the PS3. It must be making a fortune, when you consider the low production costs and simply gigantic roster of fantastic titles to choose from. Zone of the Enders, how I miss thee.
We celebrated the PS2's tenth anniversary last December, with a look back at ten of its finest games. We salute you, oh PS2. Who wants to bet it'll reach 200 million by 2015? Any takers? [IGN]
Sledgehammer Has High CoD Hopes
Sledgehammer Games, who we confirmed would be handling the next entry in the blockbuster Call of Duty series, have - unsurprisingly - revealed they'd like their effort to be quite good. Advertising on their website for a QA Tester, Sledgehammer hope "the candidate will help (Sledgehammer Games) deliver a 95+ rated Call of Duty game, bug free, to meet the high expectations of gamer's today".
It's nice to hear Sledgehammer is intent on delivering a "bug free" experience. Modern Warfare 2, for example, was like an abandoned picnic; simply crawling with game-breaking bugs. I have high hopes for Sledgehammer, actually. I'm hoping they'll attempt to reinvent - or at the very least re-imagine - the Call of Duty franchise, which hasn't really broken from the mold set by Modern Warfare in 2007. [Gamerzines]


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Curious about what life is like at Amazon Game Studios, Seattle? Here are some things you might not know about our studio and the neighborhood we call home.
- One of the projects in progress in our Seattle studio is Crucible. It's a third-person shooter where players battle to become the last survivor on a lush, alien world, making and breaking alliances along the way. It takes a mix of combat skill, strategic planning, and social finesse to survive—and our internal playtests get pretty intense. We can't wait to show it to you and hear what you think.
- We're located less than a mile from some of Seattle's most iconic spots, like Pike Place Market, MoPOP, the Space Needle, and the original Starbucks.
- In the '60s, our neighborhood was home to a thriving theater district, including the UA 70 and 150, one of the first multiple-screen theaters in the country. One cinema remains from that time: Cinerama, an epic theater that opened back in 1963 and still shows the latest blockbusters, as well as cult classics, on a 97-foot curved screen. It also serves chocolate popcorn—what more could you want in a theater?
- We're also right down the street from the new Amazon Spheres, glass domes set to open in 2018 that will hold lush vegetation and even a waterfall when they're complete, and the world's first Amazon Go store.
- We like to get a jump on the weekend — starting with Treat Yourself Thursdays, followed by a Beer & Wine Friday party every week in our lobby.
- The Washington State Convention Center, which hosts PAX West, as well as Emerald City Comicon and Sakura-Con, is just blocks from our studio.
- Our studio is dog friendly! On any given day you'll find dogs of all shapes and sizes walking our halls. And luckily for them, a new public dog park just opened up next to the Spheres, too.
- In a nod to the neighborhood's history—and to Amazon's passion for entertainment—our whole building is movie-themed. Each floor is dedicated to a different genre, including comedy, mystery, and fantasy.
- The force is with us: For the last two Star Wars movie openings, we've bought out Cinerama for a team screening. And eaten a lot of chocolate popcorn.
- Finally, yes, the rumors are true: It does rain a lot here. An average of 152 days a year, to be precise. But don't expect monsoons; most days it's just the signature Northwest drizzle. Our annual rainfall averages 37.17 inches—much lower than places like NYC, Atlanta, and Miami!
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Scott, My response to you was, "great! create it and we'll use it!" I agree, if participants on this list were more familiar with user centered design, that would be great. It would also be great if all participants in the working group had a general understanding of business practices, the latest Web technologies, professional Web design, professional Web development, assistive technology tool development, etc. This is why we try to invite participants with a variety of expertise so that not everyone has to learn everything about everything. Perhaps we ought to have "suggested reading lists" for each of the topics that we need expertise in. We also need to invite experts in each of these topics. Since we have just rechartered and released a call for participation, in a sense we can "begin anew." If people have suggestions of companies or people that the chairs and I can target to get involved in the group, I welcome all of your suggestions. So, let's create a reading resource! This will be helpful for new participants who are not familiar with our work. I don't currently have the resources to do this myself. Scott and Jonathan, you both seem interested. If you create a resource, the group can review it, and we'll link to it once it's in shape. thanks, --wendy At 11:02 PM 1/26/00 , Scott Luebking wrote: >Hi, Wendy > >We might not be seeing the purpose of the information in the same way. >The original request for information came from a mailing list member. >The purpose of the URL's that I sent out was to provide background >information to list members about user-centered design and >usability testing. I was thinking that as more list members became >familiar with these fields, there would be greater understanding about >how various techniques from these fields could be useful in the >process of developing guidelines. > >Perhaps, there needs to be a web page related to the guidelines working >group which lists suggested background information materials for people >involved with the guidelines. List members could make suggestions about >pages which have good online introductory materials for people who want >basic familiarity with the various subjects. For those people who want >more background information, there could be links to various collections >of online/offline materials. > >Scott > > > > If this is a problem with dealing with the collections and the collections > > are all about how to make things usable, then perhaps you ought to point > > that out to the people who maintain the collections. <grin> > > > > Scott, why don't you pull together all of the URLs that you've been > sending > > to the list and post them in one place with a bit of annotation for each > > one? We can point to this list from the WCAG Techniques document. > > > > Looking at the collections, i think you will find that they have tried to > > address the issue of overwhelming people with information. of the two > > sources that marja cited, the first, the HCI Bibliography, links to a list > > of "recommended readings" divided into several categories [available at > > http://www.acm.org/~perlman/readings.html] > > > > Jakob Nielsen also tries to do some filtering by highlighting seven of his > > "alert box" columns. He also provides a "hot list" for reading that seems > > categorized in easy to understand categories [available at > > http://www.useit.com/hotlist/]. > > > > Another site to point out, one that Jakob refers to, is "usable web" > > maintained by Keith Instone. He has a category called "Accessibility" > > [available at http://usableweb.com/items/access.html]. Perhaps someone > > could work with him to massage this into a list that is most > appropriate to > > our needs. > > > > --wendy -- wendy a chisholm world wide web consortium web accessibility initiative madison, wi usa tel: +1 608 663 6346 /--Received on Thursday, 27 January 2000 15:06:54 UTC
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These bizarre helmets are introducing an entirely new wave of head protection. Perfect for sports, biking, or simply walking around (some of us are more clumsy than others), these helmets are sure to keep your mind protected while making you look rocking.
Inspired by a variety of random things—from LED lights to sparkly disco balls to graffiti and beyond—these bizarre helmets are an interesting new take on wearing a helmet. Aside from looking sweet and sassy on your head, safety is truly of the utmost importance. Most head injuries in sports could have been altogether avoided or had less impact had a helmet been involved in the equation.
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February 20th, 2015
1986 in Guadalajara, Mexico
Alternative & Rock in Spanish
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'80s, '90s, '00s, '10s
Latin rock superstars Maná got their start in the Mexican city of Guadalajara in 1986 when singer Fher Olvero, guitarist Ulises Calleros, brother and bassist Juan Diego Calleros, and Cuban-Colombian drummer Alex González joined together, initially signing with Polygram. Unsatisfied with the direction in which the label wanted to take them, they switched to Warner Music by the time their debut, Falta Amor, was released in 1992. Shortly after, however, Ulises left and was replaced by keyboardist Iván González and guitarist Cesar Lopez, who remained with the group only for their seminal 1994 album, Donde Jugaran los Niños?, the record that propelled them into the ranks of Latin rock stardom. En Vivo, which captured the energy of Maná's live show, was released in 1995, the same year that new guitarist Sergio Vallin made his first appearance, on Cuando los Angeles Lloren. After Sueños Liquidos came out in 1997, the band began to receive heavy global attention, particularly in the U.S., that was solidified after the release of MTV Unplugged in 1999 and an appearance on Carlos Santana's record Supernatural with the song "Corazón Espinado." The legendary guitarist returned the favor when he performed on Maná's 2002 Revolución de Amor, the record that definitively showed them for the stars they were and gave them a Grammy for Best Latin Rock/Alternative Album. Four years later, the band's sixth studio album, Amar Es Combatir, recorded at Miami's The Hit Factory, was released. In its first week, Amar Es Combatir became the highest charting debut for a Spanish-language album by a group on the Billboard 200. Fans would wait a further five long years for another studio album from the band, although they did release a live album, Arde el Cielo, in 2008. The several-times-delayed Drama y Luz was finally released in 2011, and was again a big success, cracking the Billboard top five.
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Nov 17(Reuters) - Taiwan Optical Platform Co Ltd :
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text: There always comes a time when you hear a song, but can't figure out the name of it, or who it's by. Luckily, your Android phone's got you covered. Simply open up SoundHound, press the big orange button and presto: you're song, who it's by, where to find it, videos, lyrics, and even a link to the Amazon MP3 file are all available at your fingertips. My personal favorite feature has to be the 'Sing and Hum' recognition which means if you can carry the tune, then SoundHound can recognize it – now that's innovation! Another cool thing we liked was that it automatically saves any search you do within the app allowing for easy referencing if need be. Now, that's a lot of features, and to put the icing on the cake, the company has just released a free version which gives you five "ID's" to start with. If you feel like it, you can also earn more credits by Tweeting your songs, which we thought was pretty fair if you didn't want to pay $4.99 for the premium version. After the break are some screenshots, so be sure not to miss them. Free version: [Market Link | AppBrain] Paid version: [Market Link | AppBrain]


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Mesa Arizona Temple Lights Remind Visitors of Christ
Contributed By By Jill B. Adair, Church News contributor
Article Highlights
- Approximately 3,000 volunteers donate their time to light the temple gardens in time for the Christmas season.
- Each evening, a short concert featuring songs about Christ is presented on the north side of the Mesa Temple visitors' center.
- The visitors' center also hosts a special display of Nativity scenes from around the world.
"I know for a surety that as soon as visitors enter there, they feel a special spirit; a calmness settles in that reminds you what is important in life and what is not. I believe that is the true spirit of Christmas." —R. Gordon Porter, Mesa Arizona Temple president
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Thousands of dangling lights illuminate towering palm trees. Clusters of brightly colored lights resemble bouquets blooming throughout the gardens. Carefully placed white lights on arches line the walkway directly in front of the temple. A stunning star of 10,000 twinkling lights beckons visitors to a large Nativity scene. Everywhere the lights of Christmas are a reminder of the light of Christ at the Mesa Arizona Temple.
"We all recognize that lights are part of the traditional way we celebrate Christmas, but the spirit and feeling of the temple grounds add its own unique and special feeling," said David E. LeSueur, an Area Seventy. "Our thoughts are turned to the Savior and His mission."
President R. Gordon Porter of the Mesa Arizona Temple said the annual event, titled "Celebrate the Birth of Christ in Lights and Music," is a much-anticipated Christmas gift and that the brightness of the lights lifts the spirits of those who attend.
"We remember the precious birth and life of our Savior and the joy that comes as we follow His example," he said.
"I know for a surety that as soon as visitors enter there, they feel a special spirit; a calmness settles in that reminds you what is important in life and what is not," said President Porter. "I believe that is the true spirit of Christmas."
Elder LeSueur noted the enthusiasm and energy that the many volunteers bring with them as they decorate the temple grounds each year.
"They take great care and pride in the precision manifested there," he said. "It is a form of worship and an expression of their devotion. They are grateful to be a part of the mission of the Savior and the temple itself," he said. "It's an impossible task without them."
Dee Hobbs, who is in his ninth year of helping to put on the event, said that approximately 3,000 volunteers give of their time to light the temple gardens in time for the Christmas season.
"I am amazed at the volunteers," he said.
He explained that the area is divided up into 48 sections and each one is then assigned to a local stake. The process begins at the location where the lights are stored, and each strand is checked and many are replaced before being moved to the temple grounds. Each year more lights are being replaced with LEDs, which last longer and save energy.
Early in November the first strands are hung on tall palm trees using a 65-foot lift. Then a smaller lift is used for the other trees. "We start working our way down," Brother Hobbs said, finally getting to the bushes and flower beds.
Brother Hobbs related a story about a volunteer, a young mother who recently put lights on a small tree. She brought her baby in a stroller and a young child played at her feet while she carefully decorated the tree. She spent about an hour on it, and he thanked her for her work as she was leaving, but she said she would be back the next day because it wasn't perfect yet.
"They don't just throw the lights on," he said. "They really take care."
Sarah Shill, a member of a local young single adult ward, said she helped this year because she had always gone with her family growing up and now she wanted to be a part of putting the lights up.
"There is a feeling of peace and happiness there," she said, adding that she planned to invite many of her friends this year and will point out the spot where she helped.
"It's a great way to introduce people to the Church," she said. "They can find out what we're about."
Another important part of this event is the presentation of 30-minute concerts at 7:00 each evening on the north side of the visitors' center. Each song is carefully selected and presents a message about Christ, said Elder LeSueur.
He also pointed out the 10-foot-tall statue of the Savior, The Christus, inside the visitors' center. "The Christus provides a unique backdrop for this event," he said.
The visitors' center also hosts a special display of Nativity scenes from around the world.


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PARIS (Reuters) - Two French people working for an environmental organization in Madagascar have been killed, authorities said.
The French foreign ministry, in a statement late on Sunday, said they were killed "in an odious crime" on the small island of Sainte Marie, off the northeast coast of Madagascar.
Radio France International said the bodies of a young man and a young woman, aged 25 and 23, were found early on Sunday about 150 meters from a night club. Both had injuries to the head. They were volunteers for Cetamada, an environmental NGO that works for the protection of marine mammals.
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Vaedenmoor Raids
- Code has been put in place to prevent players from entering any version of the zone while still locked to a previous zone and/or not passed the minimum lockout time. Players will be banished from the zone if they fail this check regardless of any lockouts displayed on their lockout window.
- This applies to Vaedenmoor: Heart of Nightmares [Raid] and Vaedenmoor: Realm of Despair [Raid].
- Any previously saved zone instances have been reset.
Chamber of Rejuvenation [Raid]
- Noxious Attuned can no longer be resisted.
- Trakanon should now call out his target when he snaps his jaws.
Lost City of Torsis: The Shrouded Temple [Expert & Event Heroic]
- The Meld of Haze is now immune to the ROOT effect from Terrestrial Coffin.
- Jawharah Izzah, Shady Erudite at the Nektulos Docks, is now willing to sell Spiritbreaker to those channelers who have completed their epic quests.
- Jawharah Izzah, Shady Erudite at the Nektulos Docks, is now willing to sell The Wards of Kelkarn to those troubadors who have completed their epic quests.
Sundered Splitpaw: Gladiator's Triumph
- The Pit Champion will now correctly spawn at the end of the arena event.
- Woven Vulcanized armor pieces from Lord Nagalik now possess additional defensive stats.
- Stats on the Ring of Removal from King Drayek have been increased to match his other drops.
- The Prismatic Greatsword of the Scale now has additional weapon skill bonuses.
- The Truespirits' Lament - The shadowy creatures that start this quest have been disciplined. They will no longer attack or be visible until Destiny of Velious is available on TLE.


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Jim Cramer: Buy Jack in the Box, Sell Lightinthebox, and These 2 Picks
Jim Cramer made the following calls on September 12th, 2013. What do you think about his picks?
Jack in the Box Inc. (NASDAQ:JACK): Jim Cramer ranked this stock a Buy. Cramer previously ranked this stock a Buy on June 22, 2012. The stock's 52-week high is $42.59, and its 52-week low is $24.71. Though it has been fluctuating for the past two months, Jack in the Box's stock performed well in the time frame before that, and Cramer favorably compared the company to Lightinthebox Holding Co. The company is expected to move towards improving its stores with higher sales, perhaps a nod to Qdoba, the Mexican grill that Jack in the Box acquired in 2003.
Lightinthebox Holding Co. (NYSE:LITB): Jim Cramer ranked this stock a Sell. The stock's 52-week high is $23.38, and its 52-week low is $9.51. Cramer was unenthusiastic about the global delivery service, advocating selling the stock. The company has been unable to recoup gains from a sharp decline that plagued the stock in mid-August, despite announcing last week that it had added three new languages to its services in an attempt to expand into southeast Asia.
Annaly Capital Management, Inc. (NYSE:NLY): Jim Cramer ranked this stock a Sell. Cramer previously ranked this stock a Sell on July 22, 2013. The stock's 52-week high is $17.70, and its 52-week low is $10.63. Cramer expressed skepticism about the company, noting that he doesn't know what they own, so it is a stock to avoid. Its market performance over the last six months has shown a steady downward trend, and, despite being a great dividend payer, many have shown concern about the mREIT's performance as the stock slides to levels below those seen during the economic downturn.
TE Connectivity, Ltd. (NYSE:TEL): Jim Cramer ranked this stock a Buy. The stock's 52-week high is $53.28, and its 52-week low is $31.74. After the buyout of Molex (NASDAQ:MOLX), the maker of connectors and sockets, Cramer turned to find other companies in the same industry that may be able to realize additional value if bought out. He landed on TE Connectivity, which features an attractive price and a sound business model, claiming that TE could jump by nearly 30 percent if the sector performs to his expectations.
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