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By Brandon Sanderson
I love the cover of this book. It shouts out with a great big "pick me up and read me now" cover. And the trailer even though it is a short one is one of those that also stands out as having a lot of thought go into its production.
In the city, once known as Chicago there rules an Emperor, Steelheart. He is an Epic and is evil. He has the strength of ten men. He has the ability to control the elements and he is invincible.
It has been like this for ten years, ever since the explosion in the sky and nobody fights back . . . nobody except the Reckoners. They are a shadowy group of ordinary humans who spend all their time studying powerful Epics, finding their weaknesses and then assassinating them.
David Charleston isn't a Reckoner, yet, but he intends to join them. He has something they need. He knows their secret! He has seen Steelheart bleed. Just released in the States but eagerly awaiting arrival in New Zealand.


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B&B Ca' Gialla
Ca 'Gialla is a liberty style villa, built in the 20's, recently renovated in a conservative manner and precisely decorated with vintage restored furniture.
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O'neill World Cup of Surfing to Start
Quick Facts:
– O'Neill holds first elite women's World Tour event in history at Sunset Beach.
– Gilmore & Parkinson Lead Vans Triple Crown Title Race
– Final $100,000 2010 ASP World Tour event for women
– The 2011 World Tour will be decided here at Sunset
– This event will determine the top 4 women for final Pipe showdown
For the first time in the history of women's professional surfing, O'Neill is proud to present an ASP World Tour championship event: The $100,000 O'Neill Women's World Cup of Surfing, the second stop for the ladies in the Vans Triple Crown of Surfing. The women's event will run parallel with the long established men's O'Neill World Cup of Surfing.
The holding periods both begin tomorrow, November 24, through Monday, December 6 at Sunset Beach. The O'Neill Women's World Cup of Surfing will determine the elite lineup of women for the 2011 ASP Women's World Tour, and the men's event will be the last chance for rising stars to qualify for the 2011 men's tour.
Heading to Sunset, Australia's Joel Parkinson will be looking to defend his 2009 O'Neill World Cup of Surfing title, along with the Vans Triple Crown win he clinched last year.
Australia's Stephanie Gilmore leads the women's Vans Triple Crown race after her victory last week, and having already claimed the 2010 ASP World Title, she is looking to cap off a stellar year with a golden finish before heading home for Christmas.
A strong showing at Sunset Beach will also be critical to ensure a berth in the Vans Duel for the Jewel at Pipeline, starting December 8th. Only four women will qualify for the final stage at Pipe, based on combined results from Haleiwa and Sunset.
"We're extremely proud to be hosting the first-ever O'Neill Women's World Cup of Surfing and set the stage for the next chapter in women's surfing," said O'Neill's Cedar Carter. "With the best female surfers on the planet and a picture-perfect setting, we expect an exciting competition at Sunset."
Surfline.com, the official forecasters for the Vans Triple Crown, anticipate a NW swell to start filling in tonight, which will likely see competition get underway promptly at 8am tomorrow.
Live internet coverage of the O'Neill World Cup of Surfing happens every day, starting at 7:45 a.m. with "THE CALL" – the Triple Crown's live daily morning show that features all the latest news, highlights and happenings. The series will also be broadcast live on television around Hawaii on Oceanic Time Warner Digital Cable channels 250 and HD1250.
The Vans Triple Crown of Surfing consists of three men's and three women's professional surfing events that are the final stop on the 2010 Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP) World Tour. Now in its 28th year, the Vans Triple Crown is considered the most prestigious title in surfing next to the ASP World Title.
Each event has an extended holding period with competition taking place on the biggest and best days of surf at each venue.


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Venkatachalapathy Temple, Gosripuram, Cochin
Gosripuram Cochin Tirumala Devaswom is the biggest and most important socio-religious institution of Gowda Saraswat Brahmins of Kerala. The temple is situated at Cherlai in the heart of Mattancherry town in Cochin area which is one of the earliest settlements of GSBs in Kerala. The temple was established in the later half of 16th century. The history of GSBs in Kerala is inter-woven with that of this temple and its Venkatewara idol.
The main idol of Venkateswara, his consorts, Sreedevi and Bhoodevi on either side of Venkateshwara is situated on the top of the Simhasan. Utsav Murti with consorts in the middle step, Utsav Lakshmi at the lower step and Salagramas are on the lowest step.
There are four sub-temple or shrines inside the temple premises, there are temples dedicated to Godess Mahalakshmi, Hanuman, Garuda and Vigneshwara. Vrindavan of Shree Sukritindra Thirtha Swamy (samadhi 1949 A.D ,19th Madathipathi, Kashi Mutt) is loacted here.
A Naga Yakshi pedestal is situated on the southwest corner of the main temple next to the Vighneswara Temple.
Gowda Saraswata Brahmins (Locally known as Konkanies) since their forefathers came and settled down in cochin during 1560 A.D from Goa, In fear of the mass convertion policy brought up by Portuguese there.
The Story of the Vighraha
The Vighraha or idol of Lord Venkateshwara was installed in the Cochin Temple according to legend originally belonged to the Vijayanagar ruler named Saluva Narasimha Raya who had usurped throne in 1472 A.D. He was a great devotee of Lord Venkateshwara of Tirumalla Hills, and frequently visited Tirupati for his workship. But when he was physically incapable of visiting him,he wished to see him daily .One night a vision appeared before the king in his dream and told him that he need not take the trouble of visiting him, and that the lord himself would come to his capital city.The King was further told that a sculpture would call on him for casting an Image, that the King should provide it with all the materials necessary and that the image he would make would be the same of the Lord of Tirumalla Hills.The King was Highly Pleased.
True to the dream, a sculpture appeared before the king and after getting materials required for making the image, went himself into a room and shut himself up.As the sculpture did not come out even after a long time, the king had room broken open. He was amazed to see a resplendent image of the lord of the seven hills! The king guessed that it was none other Lord Viswakarma Himself.Thus the idol came to be known as "Swayamboo" meaning Self Born .
Soon After, King built a temple for the installation of the Idol. Before the Prathista the Lord again appeared before the King in his dream another night and gave him instruction that the prathista should take place when a signal is given by the beating of Dundubhi (Drum). But As fate would have it, just at the time of the signal expected to be heard, few crows flew over the Dundhubhi with twigs and the twigs was accidently dropped on the Dundhubhi making a sound which was mistaken for the signal given by the lord, and the installation took place, which was found to be inauspicious time, only when the king heard the real drum beat later and realized his mistake.The Disappointed King retired to bed, but he lord came to pacify him in his dream. The Lord Said that he would always remain with him till his death. The Lord Also Added that because of the inauspicious time of his installation, he would leave the city and go to Gosripura(That is Cochin,Later).
After The Death of the King(in 1491), A great fire occurred in the temple when the idol or the Image was thrown by the priest of the temple to a neglected well (Called Cheppe Bhayi in Konkani) nearby.
First Prathista at Cochin
Swami Vijayeendra Thirtha of Kumbakonam Math while on tour of visiting pilgrim centers halted near the neglected well where the Venkateshwara idol was lying. At the time of Conclusion of "Sandhyaa Vandana" by the Swamiji, A serpent with raised hood appeared in front of the swamiji showing the sign to follow the serpent. Swamiji Followed the Serpent. After crawling a small distance they reached the neglected well and from where the serpent went down and disappeared. Swamiji looked a the bottom of the neglected well and found the Venkateshwara Idol lying. Swamiji took it to the place where he was performing his Sandhya Vandana and performed few poojas to the venkateshwara idol, then swamiji continued his journey and reached a small village and halted there, The Lord in Swamiji's Dream told to direct to Goshripura(Cochin) ,where the Lord wished that his idol should be installed there permanently.
According to his dreams Swamiji went to Goshripura where he was Recieved by Mala Pai, the leader of the Cochin Mahajanams. Mala Pai expressed his desire to Swamiji that the Idol of Shree Venkateshwara should be handed over to him for the worship of the deity here at Goshripuram for the Mahajanams.
Swamiji wanted to give the deity Abhishekam (bath) in gold coins. Mala Pai who was very rich, told that he would fulfill swamiji's wish for the abhishekam with gold coins himself alone. But the Abhishekam could not be completed because of the top portion of the crown still remained unfilled. On consulting Astrologers it was said that it was revealed by the lord that the gold coins for his abhishekam should be given by the contribution of 360 families residing at cochin.Mala Pai went went all over the houses of the Brahmins living in cochin and humbly requested to contribute his mite.After a long contribution the lord was not yet fully filled with gold coins, This was becase of the Brahmin who was old and had no good clothes to wear to visit the temple were the festival was going on was not able to contribute. Mala Pai went to his house requested for the contribution, even being poor he gave a "Fanam", a small coin which was his sole earning to Mala Pai. Swamiji kept his Fanam on the top of the Vighraha, The Vighraha was Immediately filled with Gold Coins. On enquiry astrologer in his predictions said that the lord was highly pleased with the devotion of the poor Brahmin who gave his sole earning to lord. Lord said that he is for him. The Poor Old Man Was Named as "Daridra Narayan" . Later a Temple was constructed for the lord and Swami Sudhindra Thirtha of Kumbakonam Math (Sucessor of Vijayendra Thirtha) performed the First Prathista of Lord Venkateshwara at Cochin in the Year 1599 A.D. in the Lunar month of Chaithra on Pournami Day when the moon was moon was in conjuction with Chitra Star. To Commemorate the First Prathista, A 8 day festival called Aarat(Utsav) was introduced
Destroying of Temple and its Second Prathista
The temple was destroyed on 2nd March 1662 by the Portuguese. The Houses of Konkanies were plundered and markets were looted and the community fled with the Vighraha of Venkateshwara to Udayaperur nearby Tripunithara for safety. They remained there for nearly 10 months.While they were at Udayaperur where they stayed as refugees without proper shelter they took a pledge to spread their habitation in sixteen places eight in Cohin Kingdom and Eight in Travancore Kingdom therby building sixteen Tirumala Devaswoms and calling each place as "Gramam". Thus there are sixteen grama or Tirumala Devaswoms that exist. The Dutch who came to Cochin Defeated the Portuguese in a war on 6th January 1663 and established Fort permises of Cohin in their rule.The Community came back to Cochin with the image and Re-extablished their settlement in Cochin with the help of the Dutch. A New temple for the Lord was contructed their and the Second Prathista was performed by H.H. Swami Devendra Thirtha of Sri. Kashi Math along with his Shishya H.H. Swami Madhavendra Thirtha in the year 1719 A.D.
FIGHT WITH RAJA AND ITS Third Prathista
The year 1791 was marked by the terrible persecution of the Konkanies at the hands of Raja Rama Varma (Popularly known as Sakthan Thampuran) . The Raja of Cochin on 12th October, 1791 massacred a large number of Konkani merchants including Dewaresa Kini and the Raja ordered to execute three of the overlooker of Tirumala Devaswom Temple because they did not gave him any part of the treasures belonging to Tirumala Devasoum. Raja plundered the shops and carried away Konkani merchant's property. The Raja also looted the Tirumala Temple at Cochin. The loot was calculated at over 1.6 lakhs from the temple alone.
The Persecuted Konkanies then fled southwards to Thuravoor and Alleppey in the Travancore Kingdom with the Lord Venkateshwara's Idol. They were allowed to stay their by the Raja of Travancore. At Alleppey they builded a temple on the banks of the Alleppey canal. Sakthan Thampuran made vain efforts to bring back Tirumala Deity back to Cochin, So that he could get the Tirumala Deity. On the Death of Sakthan Thampuran in 1805 A.D. Raja Kerala Varma who took keen interest and wished to bring back the Deity to Cochin. The Desperate Konkanies of Cochin planned the re installing of Temple at Cochin and Ultimately the the idol was brought back to Cochin on the Midnight of 7th February, 1853 .
The Third Prathista of the Vighraha of Lord Venkateshwara in the Present Temple constructed By the Community was performed by H.H. Swami Bhuvanendra Thirtha Swami along with his Shishya Swami H.H. Swami Varadendra Thirtha.
Contact Informations
Address: Cochin Thirumala Devaswom gosripuram, mattancherry, cochin, Kerala, India. PIN - 682 002
Phone: 91-0484-2225459, 91-0484-2224197
Website: http://www.gosripuram.org/
Email: N/A
Temple Today
The temple is situated in a vast area of 5 ½ acres. The Cohin Tirumala Devaswom at Cochin today maintains a High School, a Higher Secondary School, a Vedic and Sanskrit Patasala (with a library containing a good number of religious and literary books in Sanskrit) two Lower Primary School for Girls and Boys, a Teachers Basic Training School and a separate school for pre-primary children for teaching under the name Saraswati Vidya Niketan. The Temple Also maintains a Goshala where a large number of cattle are fed and properly maintained out of Devaswom Funds. Dove-Cot, Pigeon House, is maintained by to feed the birds.
The Temple is now managed by a committee consiting of 7 members elected by the Mahajans themselves every six years.
With the Customary hoisting of the Sacred Garuda ensign on the first day, the festival commences in all solemnity.there are two processions everyday; one in the morning and another in the evening with representative image of Venkateshwara being taken on a caparisoned elephant, Pallanquin pooja at noon and night and other procession when the Utsav Vighraha Idol of Lord Venkateshwara is carried in various Vahanas inside the temple with a lot of costly and ancient diamond-studded jewels and garlands.The Vahanas which carry the Vigharahas are the Wooden/Silver/Golden Garuda , Hanuman, Hamsa, Airawata, Ashwa, Sesha besides the Pushpaka Vimana. On the Fourth and Sixth day of the Mahotsava, the Utsava Vighraha of Lord is taken in Golden Palanquin with all paraphernalia alon the Southern, Northern and Western Streets respectively(Digvijaya in Konkani).On the Seventh Day in the late evening Lord on the Ashwa Vahana with paraphernalia round th


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The South Texas Economic Development Alliance held their first meeting Thursday, March 30t h at the First National Bank in Hebbronville, Tx. Jim Hogg County Judge, Humberto Gonzalez and Marisa Yvette Utley, Economic Development Consultant for the STED Alliance hosted the event that brought representatives from the seven-county region that make up the alliance.
Duval County Judge Rocky Carrillo, Brooks County Judge Imelda Barrera, Zapata County Judge Joseph Rathmell as well as County Commissioners were in attendance. The guest list also included representatives from Governor Abbot's office, TWC, Texas A&M International, Laredo Community College and UTSA Rural Challenge.
Christopher Moore, CEO of Raven Petroleum, LLC and Tomas Puente, Project Developer for the South Texas Energy Complex gave a presentation about the projects logistics and estimated timeline. Mr. Moore stressed his commitment to bring an environmental friendly approach to his design and operations of the state of the art geothermal refinery. The new Geothermal Energy Technology was discussed and explained in detail as well as the environmental concerns dealing with water, the environment and wildlife.
Moore and Puente both emphasized how this refinery would create job opportunities, community and business development and have an economic impact of $400,000.00 a day once construction begins. An estimated 1,800 jobs will be created during the first phase of the refinery construction. The second phase, will create 300 to 350 permanent positions with an average pay of $36 an hour or 80K a year.
Leticia Flores of the Governor's office along with Michael E. Gonzalez with the Small Business Economic Development office at Texas A&M International updated the group on the Governor's Office Grant awarded to the STED Alliance. The Governor's office approved July 20, 2017 as the day for the Small Business Forum workshop at the County Pavilion in Hebbronville. All interested persons with existing businesses or prospective business owners within the seven county area will be invited to participate. Included also will be interested contractors/subcontractors wanting to do business with Raven Refinery. Applications for employment will be available for people wanting to work during the construction phase of the project. The Texas Workforce Commission and Workforce Solutions of Laredo discussed workforce training, high school dual-credit certifications and degree plans for community colleges and universities.


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Guess who's getting the Kickstarter love? Ancient FASA fossil ("FASSIL") Jordan Weisman. Who's Jordan Weisman? Who's Jordan Weisman?! The guy who created high fantasy/cyberpunk romp Shadowrun, that's who.
Shadowrun, the subpar Xbox 360 multi-player shooter from 2007, you say? NO - Shadowrun, the exemplary pen-and-paper RPG from back in the day that was ported triumphantly to 16-bit consoles in the 90s and ported crappily to the Xbox 360 in 2007.
Now, through the crowd-sourced power of Kickstarter, Weisman and his team at Harebrained Schemes are getting another shot at reviving the dark, mystical world of Shadowrun for a new generation.
Their Kickstarter page blew up yesterday, nailing down their $400,000 goal in 28 hours. They'll be using that cash to bring a rightfully single-player Shadowrun to iOS/Android tablets and PCs.
Find out what the world of Shadowrun is all about and watch the HBS Shadowrun Returns pitch video (and subsequent "thank you" video) after the break.
The best part of this Shadowrun Returns pitch video is the 2007 Shadowrun executive producer getting pelted with projectiles.
According to the Mayan Calendar (and lots of tabloids), the world will end on December 21, 2012. It's part a 5,200 year cycle of death and rebirth that, in Shadowrun, actually charts the ebb and flow of magic from the Earth. So, on 12/21/12 magic will return, end this world, and wreak holy havoc while starting the next. Aboriginal cultures, who maintained their mystical traditions, are the first to feel the return of magic and use their newfound power to reshape the political, financial, and physical world around them. As the magic increases, Elf and Dwarf babies are born to very surprised parents who carry the right combination of long-dormant genes. But all of these events pale in comparison to the horror of "goblinization", which painfully reshapes the teenage bodies of those unlucky enough to carry dominant Ork or Troll genes. And then the first Great Dragon rises from its 5,200 yearlong hibernation and circles over Tokyo, signaling that the world has truly AWAKENED.
Fast forward two generations, to a world transformed not only by the growth of magic but by the acceleration of cyber technology—a continual effort to improve upon the gifts that nature gave humanity; by the inevitable maturation of the World Wide Web into the Matrix—a network directly accessible by the human brain; and by the near elimination of governments as they are replaced megacorporations—monolithic entities who see only customers, not citizens.
And moving through the dark shadows cast by the gleaming towers of the corps, are Shadowrunners – disposable assets and corporate pawns scratching out a living using a combination of technology, magic, and street smarts. Shadowrunners live between the cracks and operate outside the law, doing the dirty work that corporate wage-slaves won't soil their hands with and occasionally acting as the only protection the citizenry can turn to.
Welcome to the world of Shadowrun, where man meets magic and machine.
- From the Shadowrun Returns Kickstarter pageFor teh n00bs, Shadowrun is an RPG that combines various sci-fi and fantasy tropes into a vibrant yet gritty dystopian world. Tolkien-esque elements are mashed up with William Gibson's cold and electric cyberpunk cityscapes.
In layman's terms: Dwarves hacking mainframes in cyberspace and Elves with magic spells against a seedy, industrial backdrop of corporate espionage and over-urbanization.
Weisner refers to the class system in Shadowrun Returns as combining four distinct "realities" available to players. Each character sees the world in their own way and interacts with it according to their class:
- Street Samurai see a threat assessment overlay of the environment that notes enemy appraisals, options for cover, potential weapons, and statistics for drawn weapons.
- Combat Mages see magical auras, granting them the ability to locate magical items, identify spells being prepared, and find the intersections of magic lay lines where they can recharge their power.
- Hackers/Deckers see the digital control circuitry that allows them to manipulate the physical world via the digital one.
As far as story is concerned, HBS will be bringing on published Shadowrun novel authors to pen the scenarios. On HBS' Kickstarter page, Weisman emphasizes how important narrative is to the Shadowrun series and promised to make story a focus.
- Shaman see the "true world" that lies in the astral plane, distinguishing the true nature of people, plants, creatures, and magical objects while buildings and other "dead" objects appear as mere shadows.
To this end, HBS plans to publicly release the level editor tool they'll be using to create Shadowrun's missions (or "runs"). Players can create and share "runs" they've created with their friends or the entire community.
Weisman says that the world of Shadowrun is a stage where all manner of stories can be told and that aspect of the game is very important to the team.
Pledging merely $15 gets you a downloadable copy of Shadowrun Returns when it drops, as well as free swag. For $10,000, the top-tier pledges get a tabletop Shadowrun gaming sesh for you and five friends, presided over by Mike Mulvihill, game development lead for FASA Corp. Wow.
Check out Harebrained Schemes' Kickstarter page for more information and to give them all of your monies.
VIA: Joystiq
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Being transparent comes with obvious benefits — and some hidden costs. A transparent animal can hide in plain sight from predators that would eat it, and can easily ambush its own prey. But many other animals use sight to navigate their environment, and if you are clear they can bump right into you.
Imagine walking down a crowded sidewalk if light went straight through your body: you would be lucky to escape with minor bruises.
Turning transparency on and off could give an animal the best of both worlds. It could hide from predators and prey, and announce its presence to passers-by that might otherwise crash into it. This is what the marine jellyfish Hippopodius hippopus does. Under most conditions, H. hippopus is glassy clear. When disturbed, though, it transforms to a bright translucent white. This is called blanching, a sudden and beautiful display that does not last. The animal's milky shroud fades to see-through within minutes.
H. hippopus is fragile. It usually avoids coastal waters where it can be easily killed by the surf and sediment. One exception is the bay at Villefranche-sur-Mer, a village in southern France between Nice and Monaco. The bay's proximity to deep waters with favorable currents makes it one of the best places in the world to collect ocean plankton close to land. Many of the animals found in the bay are usually seen only hundreds of miles from the coast.
This site is the home of Observatoire Océanologique de Villefranche, a research station. Much of the equipment at the station is state of the art, but the building itself is more than two centuries old. The Duke of Savoy built it as a prison for galley slaves, and there were still iron bars among the scientific equipment.
Last spring, several members of my lab visited the observatory to collect and study siphonophores like H. hippopus, which particularly intrigued Pathikrit Bhattacharyya, an undergraduate student in the lab. He was inspired to create this episode of CreatureCast about blanching.
Some of the few experiments on the changeable transparency of Hippopodius were done 50 years earlier in Villefranche by George and Gillian Mackie. Pathikrit presents these experiments in his animation.
For more information on transparent marine animals, see Sonke Johnsen's book, "The Optics of Life," Sophia Tintori's video and Riley Thompson's previous episode of CreatureCast. The music in this episode is by Lee Rosevere, Alex Gross and Thiaz Itch. More animations and images can be found at nytimes.com/creaturecast and creaturecast.org, a project supported in part by the National Science Foundation.


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Smart Cookie by Elly Swartz. 273 p. Scholastic Press/ Scholastic Inc., January 30, 2018. 9781338143584.
Publisher synopsis: Sometimes you need to keep a few secrets.
Frankie knows she'll be in big trouble if Dad discovers she secretly posted a dating profile for him online. But she's determined to find him a wife, even if she ends up grounded for life. Frankie wants what she had before Mom died. A family of three. Two is a pair of socks or the wheels on a bicycle or a busy weekend at the B&B where Frankie and Dad live. Three is a family. And Frankie's is missing a piece.
But Operation Mom is harder to pull off than Frankie expects. None of the Possibles are very momish, the B&B's guests keep canceling, Frankie's getting the silent treatment from her once best friend, and there's a maybe-ghost hanging around. Worst of all, Gram and Dad are definitely hiding secrets of their own.
If a smart cookie like Frankie wants to save the B&B and find her missing piece, she's going to have to figure out what secrets are worth keeping and when it's time to let go.
First Line: Sometimes to fix your family, you need to keep a few secrets.
Page 57: "Hey, it's me," I whisper into my cell phone so none of the guests can hear me.
"Who's me?"
I say nothing. With my charcoal pencil, I shade the unicorn's tail in the mural I'm drawing on the wall in my closet. Dad doesn't exactly know about it. Not sure it would make everyone feel at home at the Greene Family B&B.
"Frankie?" Elliot asks.
Lucy tucks her nose under my leg, hoping for more cheese. "Yes. Who else says, 'it's me'?"
"I guess no one. How'd it go?' He asks between two huge, frog burps.
I adored Elly's debut Finding Perfect and so do my students. I also have to say she had great swag for that book. I keep my Finding Perfect ruler on my desk for kids to borrow and they always get a kick out of using it.
Reviews and ramblings about children's and young adult literature by an absentminded middle school librarian. I keep my blog to remember what I've read and to celebrate the wonderful world of children's and young adult literature.
Friday, January 5, 2018
Friday Memes: Smart Cookie by Elly Swartz
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This does sound like a good middle grade story. This week I'm reading The English Wife by Lauren Willig. Happy reading!ReplyDelete
This sounds like a lot of fun! I Love the cover! Happy weekend!ReplyDelete
SOunds like a fun read. I am read nonfiction this week: Dreaming the BeatlesReplyDelete
This sounds absolutely adorable! I love the unicorn mural she's doing that her dad doesn't know about.ReplyDelete
That cover is so cute! :)ReplyDelete
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text: George Koval at Oak Ridge. Wow. This sounds amazing, but I would hold out on my opinion until historians judge the veracity and value of Koval's espionage attempts. I don't recall any mention of Koval in Richard Rhodes's meticulous and fascinating account of Soviet espionage in "Dark Sun: The Making of the Hydrogen Bomb".


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By James Slater – "Road Warrior" Glen Johnson, fresh off his ultra-impressive stoppage win over fellow "Super Six" late entrant Allan Green, now looks ahead to the next step he will take in the tournament: his semi-final with WBC 168-pound champ Carl Froch.
Already, with no date yet announced for the fight, fans everywhere are discussing who will win: "The Cobra" or the seemingly ageless former light-heavyweight king..
Earlier this week, the 41-year-old future Hall of Famer was kind enough to grant me the following interview, in which he spoke about the upcoming, potentially great fight with the 33-year-old Brit who has just dominated Arthur Abraham.
Here is what Glen had to say about his next fight:
James Slater: It's a tremendous pleasure to be able to speak with you, Champ. Firstly, we are all looking forward to your next Super Six fight, against Carl Froch. Did you see Froch's win over Arthur Abraham and were you impressed?
Glen Johnson: Yeah, I saw it – it was a beautiful fight, he boxed smart and he did what he was supposed to do and that's win. I didn't have Froch winning the fight going in, but he proved me wrong. He did everything right.
J.S: Even in Britain, some people were surprised to see Froch box that well. He proved he can box and slug. You yourself can do it all in the ring and you have overcome every style. Do you think Froch will look to outbox you as he did Abraham?
G.J: I don't know what his game-plan will be, but my job is to be ready for whatever approach he adopts and do my best against it. If he wants to box, I've faced boxers in the past so I don't see any problems with that. Or if he wants to fight – either way, I will be able to adapt.
J.S: Froch said he has lots of respect for you; he said you are a rough, tough, crafty fox. He never said anything negative about you. But he did say that you will not be able to get past his jab when you fight him. Your thoughts?
G.J: Well, number one, I heard his comments, because I saw the [Abraham] fight on T.V and I heard the interview he gave afterwards. I'm very pleased he has respect for me and everything. We are all pros and all us boxers earn a living by fighting, we support our family. Whenever I face a guy who shows me the same respect as I show him, I think it's great. As for him saying I won't be able to get past his jab – I have my own opinion on that. Sometimes it's easier looking into the ring from the outside, but I've boxed for 21 years and I know that when you step in there with a guy, that is when you find out if he is the real deal or not. Only when we fight in the ring will we know how his jab will work or will not work.
J.S: Do you have any idea when the fight will take place, Glen? We're all excited about it over here in the U.K, and on the websites people seem to be divided in talking about it; some saying you will stop him, others saying he will stop you, others still saying it will be a distance fight! – we hear it may be March or April?
G.J: Well, I'm hearing the same as you guys, although I've heard about the month of March, not April. I know it will be early next year. I'm hoping it will be March, because I don't like to be out for too long. But this fight is a great match-up, and that's why all you guys are talking about it. When the fans are split 50-50, all over the place about who will win, that's the sign of a good fight. If everyone knew and agreed who would win, that's not such a good fight.
J.S: Froch, and a lot of other people, have spoken about your vast experience: do you think you will have too much experience for Froch?
G.J: You know, honestly, I never go into a fight thinking too much of myself – that is when you become too bigheaded. I always keep a level head, and I know I have to cross my I's and my T's. I will always stay the same and that's why I've been able to fight for so long, at such a high level at this age. I never think I know it all. For this fight, I know I have to be smart; to look at it like I'm going in with a guy who is the best in the world. I'm going in with a champion, so I have to go about my business.
J.S: We know you are a guy who is always in the gym, but if the fight is set for March when will you begin hardcore training for Froch?
G.J: Probably right after Christmas. I never stay out of the gym, as I know every day is important.
J.S: Are there any particular things you will work on in camp for Froch?
G.J: There are things I see that I will work on, things that I will be able to take advantage of. But my consistency won't change. I have to be smart, to know that I will be able to make adjustments in the fight. A guy can make adjustments himself and then he may not be the same fighter you saw in his last fight. I'm excited about this fight and I'm looking forward to it.
J.S: It's been great speaking with you, Glen. I like Froch and I like you also, and I don't know who to root for in this fight; maybe it'd be better if it were a draw!
G.J: (laughs). Well, I'd prefer a win obviously.
J.S: We know you have been robbed so many times in your career, but hopefully this won't happen in this fight.
G.J: You know, I wouldn't like to think anyone would rob me now, at this age, at this stage in my career. All the gas I have left now is so important – I can't afford to get robbed, you know? I just hope the judges do their best, like I will be doing. But in this world you never know.
J.S: May the best man win! Thanks so much for your time, Champ. It is a pleasure to watch you fight and it is a pleasure to interview you.
G.J: Thanks a lot. You have a good one and all the best to you and your family.


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Employment wanted:
Former dragoon seeks new enterprise. Have crisp uniform from current job as trusted family retainer. Requisite - employer must have a strong tolerance for waltz music as only Strauss played at extreme decibels drowns out tinnitus in right ear from machine gun fire encountered in previous career as dragoon. Employer must also provide every Sunday and Tuesday evening off for cabal meetings; in exchange employer will be given passage to freedom when our plans for world domination comes to fruition and all former butlers, maids, chauffeurs and housekeepers become new world leaders. Principles only. Email firstname.lastname@example.com
What is this thing you all have against world domination??
I fear my evil plans are being...disrespected!!
Red Letter Writing Contest #49
Posted by Miss Snark at 10/31/2006 06:49:00 PM
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- Dave Fragments said...
The Brain: Pinky, are you pondering what I'm pondering?
Pinky: I think so, Brain, but then it'd be Snow White and the Seven Samurai...
- 10/31/2006
- Georgiana said...
Miss Snark - I think this story is pro world domination, not anti. Also possibly pro proletariat.
- 10/31/2006
- Dave Fragments said...
or first against the wall when the revolution comes
is from Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy
- 11/01/2006
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Centre for Communication and Computing > Research > ReProsis
PURPOSE: ReProsis is a big data solution for tracking product information across different platforms, languages and countries. It analyses real time information from the web, shops, and databases. It can inform product managers on the quality of their products and the effectiveness of their activities in the international market. The results help improve localized business activities for SMEs.
METHOD: The project uses large-scale data collection methods and analyzes them with some of the latest technology in machine learning and natural language processing, such as sentiment analysis, automatic attribute detection, and language identification. The project combines cutting-edge research with technical know-how and industrial applications.
PARTICIPANTS: Vico Research & Consulting Gmbh, Ankiro, Department of Computer Science (UCPH) and Centre for Language Technology (UCPH)
FUNDING: The project is funded by Eurostars 2016-2018
CONTACT: Dirk Hovy, firstname.lastname@example.com, tel. +45 93 56 55 91
FURTHER READING: Learn more about the ReProsis project here


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If you search the web for the keywords in the title of this post, you will find several articles linking accessibility with safety. But is it appropriate to use the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) in negligence per se arguments in personal injury litigation?
The purpose of the ADA is: "to provide clear, strong, consistent, enforceable standards addressing discrimination against individuals with disabilities." (Title 42, Ch 126, Sec 12101 (b)(2). The ADA is concerned with eliminating discrimination, not with eliminating slip, trip and falls.
While the Americans with Disabilities Act Accessibility Guidelines (ADAAG) has requirements for changes in level, slope, gratings and surface textures along accessible routes, it does not specifically address safety nor does it regulate all potential walking surfaces. To prove negligence per se, one must argue that the ADA was designed to prevent the kind of harm that was caused. This may be a tenuous argument if the injured party did not have a disability or was not on the accessible route, but if a person was injured on a ramp with an excessive slope, there may be some merit to the argument.
What about slip resistance? Section 302.1 of the 2004 ADAAG states that the accessible "Floor and ground surfaces shall be stable, firm, and slip resistant…," but there is no technical requirement given for what constitutes a slip-resistant surface. The 1991 ADAAG included an appendix note that recommended a static coefficient of friction of 0.6 for accessible routes and 0.8 for ramps but this was only a recommendation and not a technical requirement. The recommended coefficient of friction is conspicuously absent from the 2004 ADAAG and has been replaced with an advisory note that states, "A slip-resistant surface provides sufficient frictional counterforce to the forces exerted in walking to permit safe ambulation."
The purpose of the slip resistance requirement is to make accessible routes more usable and safer for individuals with disabilities using the routes under normal conditions. This requirement does not take into account all of the various conditions that could cause a fall. The requirement is not there to protect users from a hurried pace, inattention or inappropriate foot wear.


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Rarely do such beautiful parcels of land become available in Saba.
Rarely do such beautiful parcels of land become available in Saba.
Caribella, a mostly level 2,039 square meters lot in the charming residential vicinity of Booby Hill, offers you the perfect opportunity to design and build one or two magnificent homes to capture the majestic beauty of Saba.
The property's stunning panoramic views encompass the dramatic coastline that drops 1000 feet below you, the majestic Mount Scenery and the lovely Saban cottages that dot the hills. The views of the Caribbean and Atlantic that stretch out endlessly before you are at their zenith at sunset. It is pure magic.
And while you are surrounded by nature's splendor in this very private piece of land, you are still just walking distance to the Windwardside Village filled with the amenities necessary for daily living.


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See our guide of Things to Do in Javea, Moraira & Calpe, Costa Blanca, Spain including Activities for all the family, watersports, cycling, Dancing, Golf, Gyms, Horse Riding, Tennis & Days Out.
Find details of Cycling Tours / Holidays & Bike Rentals.
Find details on Fun & Adventure Sports.
Find details of local Golf Clubs.
Find details of Horse Riding - Centro Hipico - Riding Stables near Javea, Moraira, Calpe, Costa Blanca, Spain
Find details of local Tennis Clubs.
Find details of businesses offering Activities for Kids.
Find details of Local Walking and Climbing Activities for all abilities.
Are you looking to reach more clients on the Costa Blanca? Contact us today to promote your business on our websites: CalpeOnline24 - JaveaOnline24 - MorairaOnline24.
Things to Do » Things to Do with Kids
Brevis Mini Golf in Moraira offers mini golf and an extensive children's play area, including a new bouncy castle, trampolines, inflatable slides, children's rides, soft play area, mini bikes, scooters and trikes and more. For a fun day or evening for the family, accompanied by tapas, and cocktails from the bar and barbecues, visit Brevis Moraira.
Buena Vista is a tennis club, with gym facilities, a dance studio and Summer Camps for Children. Club Tenis de Buena Vista is a Wi Fi zone. Open to non members of all Nationalities
Discover the Costa Blanca » Costa Blanca Day Trips & Excursions
Bus 2 offers day trips on the Costa Blanca from local pick up points in Javea, Benitachell and Moraira. Bus trips from Bus2 include days to Valencia, Alicante, Santa Pola, Tabarca Island, and nights out in Benidorm.
Things to Do » Watersports & Scuba Diving
Las Antipodas is a Watersports Centre and Saiing School in Calpe that offers the opportunitity to enjoy Sailing and Watersports including Catamaran, Kayaking, Windsurfing and Stand Up Paddle Surfing (SUP).
Things to Do » Boats & Sailing » Boats Trips & Excursions
Enjoy a Boat Trip and Excursion from Calpe Harbour with Mundo Marino. A choice of Boat excursions is available on the comfortable Catamaran or Coastal Cruiser, including Sunset Cruises, Swimming Trips and Catamaran / Jet Ski excursions.
Things to Do » Boats & Sailing » Boats Trips & Excursions
Enjoy a Boat Trip from Javea Harbour with Mundo Marino - Mundo Marino Excursiones offer Boat Trips & Excursions from Javea, on the Costa Blanca. A choice of Boat excursions is available on the comfortable Catamaran or Coastal Cruiser, including Sunset Cruises, Swimming Trips and Catamaran / Jet Ski excursions. Find the departure point for Mundo Marino in Javea Port.
Events Guide - What's On » Sporting & Fitness Events & Classes » Yoga Classes
Nicole Stone is a professionally qualified Yoga Teacher offering weekly yoga classes & private sessions in the Calpe/Altea/Moraira/Benissa costa areas. Yoga retreats also available on the north Costa Blanca too.
Things to Do » Watersports & Scuba Diving » Scuba Diving
Scuba Moraira is a Scuba Diving business located in Moraira, Costa Blanca, Spain. The Dive Centre is one of the longest established PADI Dive Centres on the Costa Blanca. The Centre and Shop is located on the Moraira-Calpe Coast Road, where you can also find a range of Scuba Diving, Snorkelling & Swimming Equipment.
Things to Do » Gyms, Fitness & Spas » Personal Trainers
Skyfit offers online personal training, tailored to your fitness needs. Based in Spain, they give you access to personal training anywhere, via skype.
Things to Do » Watersports & Scuba Diving » Scuba Diving
Centro de Buceo LA GALERA is a Diving Centre located in Moraira. The Centre offers Diving Courses, as well as Snorkelling Trips on the Costa Blanca.
Things to Do » Horse Riding - Centro Hipico - Riding Stables
Club Hipico Benissa is a horse riding club in Benissa with classes and activities for all levels.
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FDA Approves VPRIV
FDA Approves VPRIV to Treat Gaucher Disease
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved velaglucerase alfa for injection (VPRIV) to treat children and adults with a form of the rare genetic disorder Gaucher disease.
Gaucher disease occurs in people who do not produce enough of an enzyme called glucocerebrosidase. Without this enzyme, harmful amounts of a certain fatty substance (lipid) can build up in the liver, spleen, bones, bone marrow and nervous system, and can prevent cells and organs from working properly. About 1 in 50,000 to 1 in 100,000 people in the general population have Gaucher disease.
VPRIV provides long-term enzyme replacement therapy for Type 1 Gaucher disease, the most common form of the genetic disorder. It is an alternative to Cerezyme (imiglucerase), another enzyme replacement therapy. Cerezyme is currently in short supply.
"The approval of VPRIV will provide a safe and effective alternative treatment for patients with Gaucher disease," said Julie Beitz, M.D., director of the FDA's Office of Drug Evaluation III. "Patients who previously received Cerezyme as an enzyme replacement therapy for their Type 1 Gaucher disease can be safely switched to VPRIV."
The safety and effectiveness of VPRIV was assessed in three clinical studies involving 82 patients with Type 1 Gaucher disease ages 4 years and older. The studies included patients who switched to VPRIV after being treated with Cerezyme.
The most common adverse reactions to VPRIV are allergic reactions. Other observed adverse reactions with VPRIV are headache, dizziness, abdominal pain, back pain, joint pain, nausea, fatigue/weakness, fever, and prolongation of activated partial thromboplastin time, a measure of clotting time.
VPRIV is manufactured by Shire Human Genetic Therapies Inc. of Cambridge, Mass.
Posted: February 2010
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- Shire has Filed a Treatment Protocol for Velaglucerase Alfa for Gaucher Disease - July 7, 2009
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Bulls need to shake off Miami vise grip
After the Bulls lost for the first time this season to the star-studded Miami Heat on Wednesday, there were smiles in the hallway as Derrick Rose's mother, Brenda, posed for a photo with Bulls legends Dennis Rodman and Scottie Pippen.
Life goes on, the sun will shine in South Florida when the series resumes following a three-day break. But the Bulls need to figure out what they can do better the next time they're in a possession-by-possession boxing match in the fourth quarter.
The Heat had an answer for how to survive a low-scoring, physical fourth quarter. LeBron James simply rose up and knocked down three long jumpers in the final minutes as Miami evened the Eastern Conference finals with an ugly 85-75 victory.
"We're not worried about missed shots," forward Luol Deng said. "It's OK. It's not the end of the world. It's best-of-seven. We'll go down there and fight."
The fourth quarter tally was 14-10 in favor of Miami as the Bulls scored the fewest points in a quarter in their playoff history.
The Bulls erased an 11-point, third-quarter deficit and tied the score when Taj Gibson rattled home a dunk with 7:16 remaining. They had the momentum and seemed poised to pull out another close win against the Heat.
But with Miami's defense in all-out scramble mode and the referees letting the teams play, the basket shut down completely.
"This is playoff basketball," Gibson said. "If you didn't watch the Indiana series, you knew something's wrong. But it's physical. Guys are banging. You're playing for a championship.
"We've seen each other all year long. This is no time to be friends. Guys are really fighting."
The home team scored just 2 points the rest of the way, and that happened when Gibson went up in traffic, was fouled and had his shot attempt bounce in off Heat center Joel Anthony. When Gibson missed the ensuing free throw, the Bulls trailed 78-75 with 2:29 left but couldn't get a stop or a score after that.
"You have to give them credit," Bulls coach Tom Thibodeau said. "Their defense was outstanding. I thought they were into us. They fought us. Their ball pressure was great."
The Bulls finished the night shooting just 34.1 percent from the field. They missed 10 free throws and went 3-for-20 from 3-point range.
Both teams went scoreless for nearly three minutes after Gibson's dunk tied the score at 73-73. Following a blood timeout, caused by both Dwyane Wade and Bulls center Omer Asik, James found the energy to knock down the go-ahead 3-pointer.
"There wasn't much offense out there, but when we play defense like this, we're tough to beat," James said.
James, who said he has been battling a cold, scored 9 of his 29 points in the final 4:36. Wade added 24 points, while Miami got a lift from veteran forward Udonis Haslem. In just his third appearance since suffering a foot injury on Nov. 20, Haslem produced 13 points and 5 rebounds.
For the first time in five meetings this season, the Heat actually outrebounded the Bulls 45-41. The Bulls still had a 17-10 edge on the offensive glass.
On the Bulls' next two trips after James' 3-pointer, Rose (21 points) missed a driving shot in traffic and Deng was bottled up on a fastbreak and had the ball knocked away by Mike Bibby, of all people.
James canned another jumper to put the Heat up by 5. The Bulls got Kyle Korver an open look from 3-point range, but it rolled around the rim and out. After forcing a Miami turnover, Gibson scored the Bulls final basket.
Then trailing by 5 after Wade free throws, Deng tried to drive and had the ball swatted out of his hands by James for a turnover.
"It was kind of rough physically and also just rough from a basketball standpoint," Korver said. "It wasn't a really good flow, for us anyway. We got forced into taking a lot of tough shots.
"No one had a great shooting night. Usually, you need to have at least one or two guys to kind of get it going to win a playoff game. We have to make the shots that are there."
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Hillary Clinton launched a million Google background searches Friday by announcing that she wants Sen. Tim Kaine to be her vice presidential running-mate.
Kaine, who has been representing Virginia in the Senate as a Democrat since 2013, was governor of Virginia from 2006 through 2010.
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He was born in Saint Paul, Minnesota, in 1958, and grew up in Overland Park, Kansas, a suburb of Kansas City, Missouri. His father was a welder who owned a small business. Kaine earned a bachelor's degree in economics from the University of Missouri and a law degree from Harvard. He went to Honduras with a Catholic aide group for nine months, starting in1980.
While at Harvard, he married Anne Holton and moved with her to Richmond, Virginia, to live near her family. He then went to work as a lawyer.
He has not been deeply involved with insurance during his career, but he has had some direct, and indirect, links.
For a look at some of those links, read on:
Kaine helped file a major mortgage lending class-action suit against an insurer in November 1996. (Photo: Thinkstock)
1. The insurance industry first noticed him in connection with a big class-action suit against Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co.'s mortgage lending arm.
After Kaine moved to Richmond, and went to work for Mezzullo & McCandlish, a law firm there, he got insurers' attention by filing a huge class-action lawsuit on behalf of consumers who accused Columbus, Ohio-based Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company of discriminating against borrowers seeking to buy homes in certain communities.
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Kaine got insurers' attention again in 1998, when a jury awarded the plaintiffs $100 million in punitive damages.
A. Linwood Holton was a vice president at the American Council of Life Insurers as well as its general counsel. (Photo: Thinkstock)
2. Kaine's father-in-law was the general counsel of the American Council of Life Insurers for many years.
Kaine is the husband of Anne Holton and the son-in-law of A. Linwood Holton Jr., who is a director in the government relations practice at McCandlish Holton P.C., the successor firm to Mezzullo & McCandlish.
At press time, representatives at the firm were not available for comment, and American Council of Life Insurers representatives were still combing through their files for details.
But McCandlish Holton shows in Linwood Holton's biography that he was a vice president at the ACLI and its general counsel.
Linwood Holton served as governor of Virginia, as a Republican, from 1970 through 1974.
A snippet of the 1966 edition of the Insurance Almanac that's available on Google shows that Linwood Holton was serving as the general counsel of the ACLI in 1966. The ACLI found records showing that he was also at the ACLI from 1978 through 1985.
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Before Marilyn Tavenner worked for President Obama, she worked for Kaine. (Photo: CMS)
3. He pulled Marilyn Tavenner into the public sector.
Marilyn Tavenner is now the president of America's Health Insurance Plans, a major trade group for U.S. health insurers.
From 2011 through 2015, she was the acting administrator and, later, Senate-confirmed administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services as it was bringing the Affordable Care Act exchange system and other ACA programs to life.
Tavenner, who started out as a nurse, worked for Hospital Corporation of America from 1981 through 2005. From 2006 through 2010, while Kaine was still governor of Virginia, she was Kaine's secretary of Health and Human Resources.
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Individuals associated with Genworth Financial have contributed $11,199 to Kaine for this election cycle. (Photo: Thinkstock)
4. Genworth Financial and employees at Genworth have contributed to Kaine's campaigns.
Genworth Financial is based in Richmond, Virginia, and Kaine is one its two home-state senators.
OpenSecrets.org, an arm of the Center for Responsive Politics, says individuals directly or indirectly affiliated with Genworth have contributed $11,199 to Kaine's campaign fund for the current election cycle.
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Kaine is a member of the Senate Special Committee on Aging, which has held hearings on Alzheimer's and related issues. (Image: Thinkstock)
5. Kaine cosponsored a bill that would add coverage for an Alzheimer's disease care planning session to Medicare.
Kaine is a member of the Senate Special Committee on Aging, a committee that conducts hearings on Medicare, Medicaid long-term care benefits, Alzheimer's research and other matters of interest to issuers of ordinary major medical coverage, Medicare plans and long-term care insurance.
On that committee, Kaine has been most visible on efforts to fight opioid addiction.
A year ago, however, he joined the list of cosponsors for H.R. 1559, the Health Outcomes, Planning and Education for Alzheimer's Act of 2015 bill. The bill, which was introduced by Rep. Christopher Smith (R-N.J.), would add coverage for a care planning visit for Medicare enrollees who have been told that they have Alzheimer's.
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Kaine has backed some ACA "fixer" efforts. (Image: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services)
6. He wrote to the Virginia insurance commissioner to ask her to let 'grandmothered' plans stay on the market.
Kaine left the governor's office in Virginia too soon to be involved with Affordable Care Act implementation there, and he joined the Senate too late to be involved in shaping the Affordable Care Act.
While in the Senate, he has supported some efforts to adjust ACA provisions.
Kaine has, for example, backed proposals to create ACA "copper plans," or cheap, bare-bones, ACA-compliant major medical plans designed for consumers to who are too broke even to afford bronze plans, the lowest-value plans now available to all consumers.
ACA included a provision that could be used to protect the "grandfathered" plans sold before ACA was signed into law, on March 23, 2010, from cancellation on Jan. 1, 2014, when many major new ACA individual health insurance market rules took effect, but it did not include a provision that could be used to let any plans sold later stay in force.
Federal regulators offered states access to a voluntary "grandmothering" systems that could let them minimize market disruption by letting plans issued after March 23, 2010, but before Oct. 1, 2013, stay in effect after Jan. 1, 2014.
Kaine joined with Mark Warner, Virginia's other senator, to ask Jacqueline Cunningham, Virginia's insurance commissioner, to take advantage of the federal regulators' grandmothering option.
Supporters of the option say it minimized disruption for consumers in 2014. Critics say grandmothering contributed to insurers' problems with setting individual health coverage prices as a sustainable level.
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It was my first time walking the streets of Harlem with my camera. I stayed in a small apartment on 136th street, at the corner with Malcom X blvd, also known as Lenox Avenue. I walked along the boulevard for an hour or two each morning over a period of 3 days. The time was short but I headed out each day with my camera set to classic chrome and limited myself to one street only. Harlem is changing rapidly but it still has a gritty feel which is very different from the other boroughs of Manhattan. I'm not shy and I have some streets smarts. I can sense when I need to move on if I feel that people are starting to question my intentions. I always make small talk with locals, anywhere in the world. People in Harlem are extremely friendly and always welcome a conversation and a smile.
It takes a while to get the feel of a neighborhood. I didn't have the pretension to 'get' Harlem in just a few days, but I wanted to share a glimpse of my first experience.
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In 2008, TV On the Radio pulled out all the stops with Dear Science, a record that did more interesting things with guitars than any other since OK Computer. We named it our album of the year and so did many other publications (MTV, Pitchfork, Horse and Hound).
The follow-up, Nine Types of Light, is a more relaxed affair – possibly because it was recorded at Dave Sitek's LA home with BBQ and ping pong every day, and possibly because this is a band who feel they've earned the right to take their time over an album and enjoy making it a little bit more. The classic TVOTR sound is still here – cosmic soul, falsetto, shards of guitar – but the mood is mellower and they're not scared to tackle the humble love song.
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GM recently unveiled a new version of its OnStar system that is powered by IBM's Watson AI capabilities, according to The Wall Street Journal.
The system, called OnStar Go, is designed to learn from users' behavior and then bring users personalized offers from third-party partners. For example, the system could recognize when the vehicle needs more fuel, and then find and suggest the nearest Shell or Exxon Mobil station to fill up at. The system will be available starting with 2017 GM vehicles and will be offered to OnStar's basic plan subscribers at no additional cost.
Partners will be able to offer OnStar customers goods and services based on analysis of data — including location, habits, and weather — conducted by Watson. GM and IBM will share the revenue with their partners, which currently include Exxon Mobil, Mastercard, and parking spot locator Parkopedia. Further, while the system cannot respond to voice commands, it's expected to adopt that capability next year.
This represents a strong new monetization opportunity for GM and its third-party partners.By using Watson to determine personalized recommendations for drivers of many GM vehicles, the company is creating a new revenue stream for itself and enhancing existing revenue for its third-party partners. Further, this could become a highly popular system for GM as cars become more autonomous and operators have more freedom in their vehicles to interact with their infotainment centers. This will free them up to stream music or video, make e-commerce purchases, or plan their next vacation.
Over the past year, there has been a significant uptick in the number of connected cars on the road. And as internet integration becomes more commonplace, the automobile as we know it will transform.
Over the next five to 10 years, this internet integration is expected to change the car ownership model, create a new platform for consumers to access content, lead to fully autonomous vehicles, and revolutionize the auto industry.
The market position of the car today is similar to where the smartphone was in 2010 — it's just taken off and is ready to explode.
John Greenough, senior research analyst for BI Intelligence, Business Insider's premium research service, has compiled a detailed report on the transformation of the automobile that examines the transformation of the automobile. It also analyzes all areas of the changing automotive market, including the market size for connected cars, automakers benefits and connection strategies, market leaders, consumer demand, and more.
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- Over 380 million connected cars will be on the road by 2021. The market has seen a significant increase in automakers plans to connect the majority of the vehicles they sell and as a result, we've increased our 2015 forecast.
- Automakers are connecting the vehicles they sell because the connection offers clear business opportunities.
- Consumers are adopting the connected car faster than expected. We identify the 3 factors that causing the increase in demand.
- Tech companies will play a major role in the future of the automotive market. The big question is whether tech companies will eventually manufacture cars?
- Fully autonomous cars are only a few years away. Technological, regulatory, and consumer adoption hurdles still remain, but there have been many strides towards a car that can drive itself from point A to point B with little to no human interaction.
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Faced with the prospect of defeat that would change how it enforces the Clean Water Act (CWA) on animal operations, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has decided to drop an appeal of a lower court decision, Alt v. EPA. While this is good news for farmer Lois Alt, it's an unfortunate development for agriculture. The Alt case was supposed to be a major test case that would establish binding precedent on the limits of EPA's jurisdiction under CWA. Now, in EPA's view, the binding precedent of the Alt decision will be limited to the counties lying within the jurisdiction of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia.
At issue in the case was whether poultry feather and dust particles expelled by ventilation fans could be considered a point-source "discharge" under CWA if it came into contact with precipitation that eventually washed it into a "water of the U.S." EPA argued this runoff is considered a "discharge," meaning the farms could be subject to potentially onerous permitting requirements. Many farm groups countered the runoff of farm dust from a barnyard area is appropriately categorized as "agricultural stormwater runoff," which is exempt from the CWA permit requirements.
EPA adopted the "dust and feathers discharge" approach after multiple unsuccessful attempts to require concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs) to obtain point-source permits regardless of whether they discharged. The federal courts have made it clear CWA only allows EPA to require permits for point sources that actually discharge into waters of the U.S. While CAFOs are considered point sources, they must be built to not discharge pollutants. Faced with this quandary, EPA and some state governments have sought to bring CAFOs under their jurisdiction with the "dust and feathers discharge" approach.
In Alt v. EPA, a federal judge roundly rejected the agency's arguments, upholding that ordinary barnyard dust mixed with stormwater was properly characterized as "agricultural stormwater runoff" and not a point-source discharge.
If the agency let the lower court decision stand, then the decision would technically be limited to the southern half of West Virginia. However, if EPA lost an appeal at the Fourth Circuit, the decision would be binding for West Virginia, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina and South Carolina. In addition, a Fourth Circuit decision would likely have substantial influence over how other courts across the country would address the "dust and feathers discharge" issue.
EPA's eventual decision to appeal the case was a positive development for agriculture. It's high time an appeals court weigh in on this matter. However, EPA decided to drop its appeal in September. Here's what an EPA official had to say about the decision to drop the appeal:
"Although EPA thinks the district court decision is wrong, we also think it is time to stop spending resources on litigation about this CAFO. EPA is not going to appeal this decision; our resources are better spent
remedying more serious, ongoing pollution across the country."
This explanation is particularly cynical. It tries to portray the Alt case as a simple dispute involving a single farm. EPA is pretending to not understand the long-reaching effect this case would have on its authority to regulate CAFOs under CWA.
By dropping the Alt case, EPA's "dust and feather discharge" approach lives to fight another day. The agency will continue to pursue CWA enforcement actions against farms until another producer challenges this flawed theory in court. This approach, coupled with EPA's plan to expand the definition of "waters of the U.S.," will make future efforts to comply with CWA more onerous and uncertain.
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Mobile Photography Awards Launches 2013 Summer Exhibits
TORONTO, CANADA – June 25th. The Mobile Photography Awards launched the first of two 2013 summer exhibits in Canada today at the Holcim Gallery at the Milton Centre for the Arts near Toronto, Ontario. More than 60 images are on display for three weeks through July 13, 2013. The exhibit features beautifully rendered archival prints of each of the 20 MPA category winners and runners-up in sizes ranging from 10×10 to 30×30. In addition, there are images from the top 3 ArtHaus Photo Essay winners, MPA Photographer/Artist of the year Sarah Jarrett, our jury members and several from our Founder's Choice list. Artists from nearly 15 countries are represented.
"The Mobile Photography Awards were designed to celebrate and focus attention on the explosive growth of mobile phone photography and art," says Daniel Berman, the founder of the awards. "We all know the majority of photographs these days are taken on smartphones, however, the MPA is really about something else completely. We want to showcase great art – we offer an opportunity for fine artists who happen to use iPhones and Android devices as artistic tools."
Juried by top photographers, artists, educators, journalists, and leaders in the field, the winning 20 entries, runners-up and founder's choices, are now part of an international gallery and exhibit tour. The 2013 tour kicked off at the SOHO Gallery for Digital Art in New York City in February and was followed by a three month showcase at San Francisco's ArtHaus of the top 3 photo essay submissions plus work from MPA Photographer/ Artist of the year Sarah Jarrett. The MPA results site has a complete online gallery of all the artists and images in the show.
Berman continues and suggests that "…the key is that the devices have made this creativity possible – and I don't just mean apps, or instant sharing. I believe that making images in the palm of your hand, wherever you happen to be, is more than just a shift or an alternative to the way images were processed before but, actually, a completely new mode of creating images."
The opening reception is Saturday June 29th from 6:00-9:00PM – The Milton Centre for the Arts is at 1010 Main St in Milton, Ontario.
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