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The Tailwaggers Foundation will present its 2nd Annual Waggy Awards on Sunday, February 8, 2015 at the Taglyan Complex in Hollywood
Founded by brothers Eli and Noah Weisman, QART.COM is celebrating its new gallery expansion with a festive Grand Opening called QART.COM Unveiled, on Sunday, December 14, 5pm-8pm to benefit The Stan Lee Foundation
"Hair", a thought provoking new film documentary, by husband and wife duo filmmakers Guy and Sasha Boudreaux
The Catalina Film Festival (CFF) took over famed Santa Catalina Island to honor William H. Macy, Andy Garcia, Roman Coppola and Nicolas Cage while showcasing the best of the best in Independent Filmmaking.
Vegas In The Valley- The Hilton Hotel ballroom in Woodland Hills was turned into a Las Vegas casino for a VIP fundraising event, hosted by Petopia Animal Rescue to benefit homeless dogs and cats in need
Heaven & Earth, the diverse classic rock band from Los Angeles, led by the esteemed British rock-blues guitarist Stuart Smith, has just completed their first European Summer Tour.
Internationally acclaimed master painter, Seraphine, will be in Santa Barbara on March 6th, 2014 at the picturesque Gallery 113 in La Arcada court to show her award winning, exclusive nature themed, Plein-air canvasses
On Sunday March 2, 2014, the 4th Annual Hellman & Walters 'Salute to the Stars' exclusive Oscar After Party will take place on the roof top at the elegant and always ultra chic, W Hotel in Hollywood
On February 26, 2014, the SoCal Digital Symposium (SDS) will launch its new quarterly technology series with an exciting event at California State University Channel Islands (CSU Channel Islands) in Camarillo, CA.
The Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra (LACO) continued its long established relationship with the Oregon Bach Festival by welcoming the festival's new artistic director Mathew Halls as guest conductor at UCLA's Royce Hall
On Friday, January 17th, 2013, an exclusive preview of the new Fawn Collection at Will Leather Goods was held at its flagship store on Abbot Kinney blvd. in Venice, California
Hosted by legendary Star Trek actress Nichelle Nichols, 'Sticks and Stones' boutique by Steven West had its Grand Opening on Saturday, January 11th, 2013
Lori Goldstein, one of the most influential and coveted stylists in the fashion industry today, was at Ron Robinson's Fred Segal on Thursday December 12th, 2013 to sign copies of her new book 'Lori Goldstein: Style Is Instinct'
CNN Hero Susan Burtons 'A New Way of Life Reentry project' (ANWOL) held its 15th annual fundraising gala at the luxurious Omni Hotel last Sunday
Legendary photographer, Douglas Kirkland, was at Ron Robinson/Fred Segal on Thursday December 5th, 2013 to sign copies of his new book 'A Life in Pictures: The Douglas Kirkland Monograph'.
Police officer John Lyons lives and works in Cleveland's Fourth District to help keep its neighborhoods and community safe while also rescuing homeless animals that he finds discarded and starving in these same neighborhoods.
Christie Hsiao, an inspiring filmmaker, author and entrepreneur, was at the Peninsula Hotel in Beverly Hills to promote her new book 'Journey To Rainbow Island'.
The Hollywood Chamber of Commerce proudly honored the late Janis Joplin, the iconic queen of psychedelic rock, with a posthumous star on the Hollywood Walk Of Fame on Monday, November 4, 2013.
The 42nd Annual Humanitarian Awards Dinner, red carpet and silent auction was held at the elegant Beverly Hills Hotel honoring Carlos Santana and Salvador Santana, benefiting Peace Over Violence nonprofit agency.
Unmasquerade, a sensational costumed gala hosted by Break The Cycle, held its 5 year anniversary event at the trendy Avalon Club in the heart of Hollywood to bring awareness and raise funds for dating abuse.
The City of West Hollywood announced its launch of a six month pilot project called The PickUp, a free late night trolley service along Santa Monica Blvd, that offers a fun alternative to transportation
Russell Simmons launched his ADD (All Def Digital) Comedy night at the Inside Jokes Comedy Club with an amazing star studded red carpet premiere and hosted by comedian Tony Rock at the historical TCL Chinese 6 theatre in Hollywood
Driven By Design hosted an ULTRA GLAM fashion runway and design consortium experience at the L.A. Mart in downtown Los Angeles which was sponsored by Porsche, Diamond Interior LA, Fab Five Lifestyle Magazine and Monster Energy Drink
Maverick Entertainment Group is releasing its new sensational feature film 'Barracuda', starring Christy Oldham, an action adventure social message film which focuses on one woman's campaign to bring sex offenders to justice when the law fails
Sergio Mielniczenko, founder of the acclaimed internationally-heard radio program, Brazilian Hour, hosted a private VIP reception and a spectacular outdoor carnivalesque event to commemorate its 35th anniversary on air
Morrison Hotel Gallery is showcasing a special photography exhibit by Chris Stein, 'Hell in the City of Angels', that features over 2 dozen photographs of the 1970's new wave and punk music scenes
AMC celebrated the final episodes of its Emmy® Award-winning series 'Breaking Bad' with a special premiere event screening on the Sony Lot. The star studded event included the cast, producers and creator VINCE GILLIGAN and the campervan
Morrison Hotel Gallery is showcasing a special photography exhibit by one of the most respected and accomplished talents in the music industry, Dave Stewart- best known for his work beside Annie Lennox in the pop-rock band Eurythmics
The 4th Annual Alex Thomas Celebrity Golf Classic and Pre-Tournament Pool Party, benefiting Pediatric Cancer Research, was held at the famous Roosevelt Hotel in Hollywood on Sunday, July 14, 2013
The Forecastle Music Festival- a 3 day, fun-filled sensational music event held at Louisville's Water-front Park on Witherspoon and River Road. The sensational music festival brought crowds from around the world
TAIKOPROJECT, the Arabic-Japanese musical fusion of bass pounding oversized drums, performed their Rhythmic Relations 2013 at the John Anson Ford Theatre in Hollywood on June 29th 2013.
The Morrison Hotel Gallery held an exhibition of photographs by rock music's favorite muse and former wife of George Harrison and Eric Clapton: Pattie Boyd, at their West Hollywood gallery location.
The Hollywood Chamber of Commerce honored INTERNATIONAL SUPERSTAR AND AMERICA'S SWEETHEART, JENNIFER LOPEZ, with a STAR on the HOLLYWOOD WALK OF FAME Photographs by Clinton H. Wallace/Photomundo International
'Booty of The Year' is an exciting new play that opens this weekend at the MEX at the Kentucky Center for The Arts. The cast includes Shane Woodson, Ezzard Mosley, Olivia Thompson, and Britt Mahan
Gallerie Sparta, the new Sunset Plaza art gallery, had its exclusive VIP opening night gala reception on Saturday, June 8, 2013 to showcase some of the most talented and sought after critically acclaimed international artists in the world
Hollywood's brightest stars joined luxury Glam brand iiJin, famed pop artist Cassian from Hong Kong and Amy Malin with Trueheart Events in co-hosting The Sweet Suite, a star studded and delicious event benefiting The Juvenile Arthritis Association
Hundreds of women showed up in downtown Los Angeles at the California Market Center for Shecky's Girl's Night Out
Heather Graham hosted an exclusive charity fundraiser event on Saturday May 18th, 2013 in West Hollywood to benefit the Cambodian Children's Fund.
'American Nudist', the feature film written, produced and directed by Clinton H. Wallace, and based on the novel American Nudist: The Lost Journal, was voted as one of the most distinctive posters at this years Cannes by The Hollywood Reporter.
The 66th annual Festival de Cannes began with a bang when president of the jury, director Steven Spielberg, arrived with fellow jury member, Nicole Kidman
The Queen Mary's Waterfront Events Park presented The 2nd Annual West Coast BBQ Classic on May 11, 2013 in Long Beach, California
Will Geer's Theatricum Botanicum celebrated its 40th Anniversary by having a fund drive and open house
The private industry screening of the revenge thriller 'MoniKa', written and directed by Steven R. Monroe, was held last night at The Lot/Audio Head in West Hollywood.
Singer Stacey Jackson performed at the trendy Hollywood Bardot Club last night to promote the launch of her new album LIVE IT UP.
The Queen Mary's Waterfront Events Park is pleased to present The 2nd Annual West Coast BBQ Classic, a Family Friendly Championship sponsored by the infamous gentleman's drink Jack Daniel's.
Ashley Paige hosted an exclusive Art Show which exhibited the works of Filmmaker/Abstract Artist Johnny Otto, Graffiti Writer/Muralist Annie Preece, and Russian Photographer Yuri Sountsov
The Onyx & Breezy Charity Foundation for the Welfare of Animals held a gala fundraising event
'The Adventures of J. Jones: Black Gold', written by Clinton H. Wallace and A.G. Fielder, is an action adventure novel based on special agent J. Jones.


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Madrid's Prado Suffers Drop in Visitor Numbers
Madrid's prestigious Prado Museum said Tuesday that visitor numbers were down slightly last year despite some star exhibitions, such as one by English master J.M.W. Turner.
Some 2.732 million people visited the Prado in 2010, down from 2.764 million the previous year and the first decline since it opened a new ultra-modern wing in 2007.
The management had expected such a drop, blaming it on the economic crisis.
The Prado is currently showing the first major retrospective in Spain of French painter Pierre-Auguste Renoir, an exhibition that runs until February 6.
From June 22 until September 19 last year, the museum staged an exhibition entitled "Turner and the Masters", which explored the links between the 19th-century Joseph Mallord William Turner and his artistic forebears.
Another of Madrid's great museums, the Reina Sofia, saw a slight increase in visitors last year, drawing some 2.313 million, up 226,117 from 2009.

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THL Toolbox > Tibetan Scripts, Fonts & Related Issues > Tibetan Input Tools for Windows > Wylie Word
WylieWord: A Visual-Basic Macro for MS Word
Contributor(s) to this documentation: THL Staff
Latest Version (2.1)
You may get the following error when you install WylieWord 2.1:
Compile Error: The code in this project must be updated for use on 64-bit systems. Please review and update declare statements and then mark them with the PtrSafe attribute.
To fix this:
- Close the error box and in the box that remains open, do this:
- Find the line that begins with "Declare function"
and insert "PtrSafe" between "Declare" and "function" so it reads
Declare PtrSafe Function
- Save the file and close it.
- In Word go to File > Open Recent and open the file setup.doc, and WylieWord should work.
Previous Versions (DO NOT USE THESE - REFERENCE ONLY; USE THE LATEST VERSION ABOVE)
- Download WylieWord 2.0 Installer Here!
- Download Wylie Word 1.0 Here!
- Outdated Wylie Word 1.0 Documentation
Other Resources
Changing default font to TibetanMachineUni
The procedure for changing the default font in Wylie Word on a computer with Word 2007:
- Open a Wylie Word Document or template.
- Go to the "Add-Ins" tab
- Click the "Tibetan" drop down menu
- Choose Options. (Alternatively, it says you can just press Alt+Ctrl+Shift O)
- In the "Tibetan Font" field, choose "Tibetan Machine Uni"
- Press the OK button
Windows 7
- Exit out of Word if it is running
- Go to the folder C:/Program Files/Microsoft Office/Office12
- Right click on the WINWORD.EXE file
- From the context menu that appears, choose "Run as Administrator"
- Open a Wylie Word Document or template and follow the steps above.
- Go to the "Add-Ins" tab
- Click the "Tibetan" drop down menu
- Choose Options. (Alternatively, it says you can just press Alt+Ctrl+Shift O)
- In the "Tibetan Font" field, choose "Tibetan Machine Uni"
- Press the OK button
Note: if you don't run Word as administrator, when you try to close the options window it will say:
Error #75 writing options file:
Path/File access error
Wylie Word is a Microsoft Word template with a Visual Basic macro that allows one to enter Tibetan script into a Word document using the THL's Extended Wylie Transliteration Scheme (EWTS). The program lets one read, search, create, and edit documents that may contain a mixture of Tibetan script and non-Tibetan text. It also has the capability for entering diacritics. It utilizes the Tibetan fonts, available for download from the THL Fonts page. Wylie Word 2.1 now allows for the entry of Unicode Tibetan through transliterations as well as providing routines for converting between Tibetan Machine Web and Tibetan Machine Uni. To use Wylie Word 2.1, a Unicode Tibetan font, such as Tibetan Machine Uni must be installed on your machine. Versions 1.0 and 2.0 use the legacy Tibetan Machine Web font.
Wylie Word is based on Microsoft Word for Windows. The software requires Word 2000 or later, and Windows 98 or later, to work. It will not work on MacOS, nor in earlier versions of Word for Windows. Installation for Wylie Word 2.0+ is greatly simplified by an automatic installer. Simply double-click on the downloaded file and one will be guided through the installation process. As before, two versions of installation are available. One can either make the template globally available to all Word documents, or it can be set up so that only documents openned by that template will have the Tibetan input functionality. (Note: For Wylie Word to work, the use of macros in Microsoft Word must be enabled. This is done through the Tools menu, choosing Macros, and then the Security option. Of the three levels of security provided, it is recommended that one choose the Medium level, which checks with the user every time a macro is run. Wylie Word will not work in the Highest level of security, where all macros are disabled.)
Originally programmed by Nathaniel Garson (version 1.0), the template was redesigned and significantly enhanced by David Chapman (version 2.0). Version 2.1 adds support for Unicode Tibetan fonts. This version of Wylie Word is now available for download. Some of the improvements and additional features in Wylie Word 2.0 include:
- Input of Unicode Tibetan (version 2.1 only)
- Improved ease of transition from Tibetan to Latin font input
- Use of the mouse no longer interrupts Tibetan input macro
- Conversion from Tibetan Machine Web font to Extended Wylie Transliteration
- Ability to Search Tibetan text in the Tibetan Machine Web Font
- Ability to input Unicode diacritics
Both versions 1.0 and 2.0, as well as the required Tibetan Machine Web font, can be downloaded using the links in the "Use Wylie Word" box on the left. Along with the 2.0 version, one can also download a sample text, the rdo rje tshig bdun, that is an example of how the Tibetan, transliteration, phoneticization, and translation can be interspersed.
Wylie Word 1.0 & 2.x © Copyright 2003-2005, Tibetan and Himalayan Library Programmed by David Chapman & Nathaniel Garson Protected by the terms of the THL Open Community License, Version 1.0.


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Herewith the recipe which I have modified for more accurate measurements. I have also tried to explain the method a bit more for greater clarity. The original recipe is in Malay language and translated into English:
2. In a separate bowl, beat butter & condensed milk until white & fluffy.
3. Grease & line 8 inch square tin.
4. For all layered cakes, I always bake the cake at 180C for 30 minutes as the last step to ensure that the cake is properly cooked through.
For those interested in making layered cake are welcome to ask questions. Just post your questions in the "comments" tab at the bottom of this recipe.


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post-screening Q&A for Chris Rock's Good Hair, also featuring Melyssa Ford
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The 'MWL', I wonder how it has changed America. You can make an argument against the 'MWL' on the many different levels of its existence since 1938.
At the beginning, under Roosevelt, it went into effect @ 25 cents per hour in January, 1938. It had no economic effect. It was not raised until 1948(10 years later) when it went to $ 0.35ph. It did not have an economic impact until the 1960's when it went over $1 to $1.35 ph. All those unemployed children gave us the 'flower children and later the 'hippies'. Of course, the drug culture exploded. Tune in, drop out, and lite up! Those were the 'baby-boomers'! Woodstock shined a big spotlight on the children and the drug culture of the time.
Could you offer up your views on the subject of what would be the outcome, if we had not gotten on this slippery slope toward socialism? Where would we be? Would we be controlled by anarchists? Would we be in a different economic world?
All the 'MWL' has given us is inflation, corruption, and unemployment. Ever notice how many millionaires there are in Congress. A lot of them were not in that category when they went in. It is interesting how they employ their spouses and children. What a life!
Thank you for your time.
ok….i have subscribed and thanks again
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Stress in the workplace is any form of mental, emotional and physical exhaustion caused by pressure at work. When left unhandled; any prolonged period of stress without an appropriate time to recover can cause someone to burnout. It's easy to forget that as humans we need periods of rest, especially when faced with strict deadlines or high-pressure situations.
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Elder and Senior Investor Alert: Free Meal Seminars – Broker/Dealer Fraud, Mismanagement and Negligent Supervision Florida FINRA Arbitration and Litigation Attorney
Free Lunch Seminars, Misleading Professional "Senior Specialist" Designations and Abuse Sales Practices:
State securities regulators warn senior investors to be aware that a combination of "free lunch" seminars, misleading professional "senior specialist" designations, and abusive sales practices can create a perfect storm for investment fraud. Remember: there's no such thing as a free lunch.
From the "Greatest Generation" to the "Baby Boomers," seniors have worked hard to build both our nation's economic prosperity and a lifetime's worth of savings. In the United States alone, an American turns 50 once every seven seconds and on January 1, 2006, the first of an estimated 77 million baby boomers, those Americans born from 1946 to 1964, celebrated their 60th birthday. The 50-plus population is the fastest growing segment worldwide and predicted life expectancies are at a historical high. Today's retirees have more than $8.5 trillion in investible assets and over the next 40 years, they stand to inherit at least $7 trillion from their parents, according to industry estimates.
Because seniors are a growing segment of investors, financial services firms are increasingly focusing their marketing and sales of investment products towards senior investors as well as investors nearing retirement age. So too, are criminals.
State and federal securities regulators are increasingly concerned about the possibility of unscrupulous and abusive sales practices and investment fraud targeted towards senior investors. While people age 60 and older make up 15 percent of the U.S. population, they also account for about 30 percent of fraud victims, estimates Consumer Action, a consumer-advocacy group.
Free Meal Sales Seminars:
Many individuals over the age of 50 have received an invitation in the mail offering a free lunch or dinner investment seminar. There's a certain consistency to the invitations enticements: a free gourmet meal, tips on how to earn excellent returns on your investments, eliminate market risk, grow your retirement funds, and, spouses are urged to attend. These words should be red flags for investors.
Free meal sales seminars are often advertised in local newspapers, through mass-mailed invitations, mass-email, and on websites. Sponsors of these seminars offer attractive inducements to attend. The seminars are commonly held at upscale hotels, restaurants, retirement communities, and golf courses. In addition to providing a free meal, the firms and individuals that conduct these seminars often use other incentives such as door prizes, free books, and vacation deals to encourage attendance.
Many free meal seminars are designed to solicit seniors. In addition to a free meal, the bait for many of these seminars is that "income" will be "guaranteed" and substantially higher than the returns someone on a fixed income can expect to get from certificates of deposit, money market investments or other traditional financial products.
Advertised with names like "Seniors Financial Survival Seminar" or "Senior Financial Safety Workshop," these seminars offer "free" advice by "experts" on how to attain a secure retirement, or offer financial planning or inheritance advice. The advertisements often imply that there is an urgency to attend. For example, invitations include phrases such as "limited seating available" or "call now to reserve a seat."
And while the ads may stress that the seminars are "educational," and "nothing will be sold at this workshop," many of these seminars are intended to result in the attendees' opening new accounts with the sponsoring firm, and ultimately, in the sales of investment products, if not at the seminar itself, then in follow-up contacts with the attendees. Seniors seeking educational insights and information should be aware that the primary goal of the sponsors of these free meal seminars is to obtain new customers and sell investment products.
These examples of invitations to free meal seminars show the common enticements promoters use to building their audience: a free gourmet meal, tips on how to earn excellent returns on your investments, eliminate market risk, grow your retirement funds, and, spouses are urged to attend. These words should be red flags for investors.
Promoters of free meal seminars often use the promise of high commissions to lure brokers, insurance agents, investment advisers, accountants, and lawyers, some of them not licensed to sell securities, into offering investments they may know little about, such as variable or equity-indexed annuities, limited partnerships or promissory notes. Some of these individuals hold nothing more than a "designation" as "senior specialists" implying that they have expertise in helping seniors structure their retirement portfolios in such a manner as to reduce taxes, minimize risk and avoid state probate laws.
State securities regulators are seeing a variety of violations associated with many of these seminars, ranging from outright lies and the conversion of investor funds to more sophisticated forms of abuse. Often, in a follow-up sales pitch, the salesman recommends liquidating securities positions and using the proceeds to purchase indexed or variable annuity products that the specialist offers. These products are often grossly unsuitable for senior citizens. Securities professionals must know their customers' financial situation and refrain from recommending investments that they have reason to believe are unsuitable. It pays to remember to make sure your investments match up with your age, your need for access to your money and your tolerance for risk. These recommendations also may constitute the dissemination of investment advice for compensation. If the salesman is not properly licensed, then he or she is offering investment advice as an unregistered investment adviser, which is a violation of state securities law.
Since 2003, when NASAA first identified the risk that seniors face at free meal investment seminars, state securities regulators have been actively investigating and bringing cases to stop the spread of abusive sales practices that often emanate from these events. For example:
In June, 2007, the Missouri Division of Securities issued a Cease and Desist Order against an Ozark man for allegedly misleading senior investors and using their money for personal expenses, such as credit card and country club bills. The individual, who previously served time in federal prison for fraud, generated potential clients by conducting seminars targeting older investors. During the seminars he would discuss tax, investment, and insurance issues with the participants – but not important facts and risks about the investments he was offering or his felony fraud conviction. The state's investigation found that of the $1.3 million was transferred between accounts controlled by this individual over a two-year period, only $12,000 remains.
In Utah, World Group Securities, a broker-dealer based in Duluth, Georgia, agreed to pay a $50,000 fine and strengthen its supervisory practices after two of its agents were found offering "free lunch" seminars for seniors and misrepresenting the credentials of one of the agents. An investigation by the Utah Division of Securities found that the two agents generated their senior clients through investment seminars, where inaccurate and misleading information was presented in an attempt to persuade the seniors to transfer their investment accounts to one of the agents. For example, one agent told seniors that due to his skills, one of his clients could now afford to take three vacations a year and had invited him and his family to join the client on vacation. In truth, the client with whom the agent vacationed was his father.
In Colorado, the state Division of Securities and county law enforcement authorities won the securities fraud conviction and 20-year prison sentence of a conman who defrauded at least 25 people – older adults for the most part – of almost $600,000 in retirement savings. Between 1999 and December 2002, the fraudster solicited money primarily through "free lunch" seminars and presentations at retirement and senior centers in Colorado and New Mexico.
In California, the Department of Corporations charged an individual with fraudulently operating as an investment adviser after he made recommendations to some 40 clients, primarily seniors, who invested $15 million in mutual funds. This investment activity generated an average of at least $150,000 annually in commissions for the "adviser" who hosted seminars where seniors commonly received free lunches at country clubs, golf courses, and high-end restaurants. Not only did this individual lack a state license to operate as an investment adviser, but he also had a history of disciplinary actions by the NASD.
Senior Specialist Designations:
State securities regulators continue to see another disturbing trend in the area of senior abuse. Increasingly, licensed securities professionals, insurance agents, and unregistered individuals are using impressive-sounding but sometimes highly misleading titles and professional designations. Many of these designations imply that whoever bears the title has a special expertise in addressing the financial needs of seniors.
While some of these designations reflect bona fide credentials in the field of advising seniors, many do not. These titles can serve as an easy way for an unscrupulous sales agent or adviser to gain a senior's trust, which is the first step in a successful fraud. Often these designations are used in conjunction with "free lunch" seminars. In other cases, they are highlighted in mass mailings, business cards, and other promotional materials.
It is exceedingly difficult for prospective investors – particularly senior citizens – to determine whether a particular designation represents a meaningful credential by the agent or simply an empty marketing device. Use of such professional designations by anyone who does not actually possess special training or expertise is likely to deceive investors.
The use of a designation or a certification by salespersons, whether registered or not registered, may confer an impression with potential customers that the salesperson has special qualifications or specialized education in particular areas of finance, financial planning, estate planning, or investing.
State regulators are concerned that individuals are misusing "senior specialist" designations in aggressive marketing campaigns to provide a false sense of security to their customers. Such aggressive marketing results in unsuitable investments being sold to clients by salespersons who have little or no regard for the individual, specific needs of the senior client or understanding of the product which they are selling.
The requirements to obtain designations and certifications vary greatly, as can the processes for monitoring compliance with a code of conduct or ethics, if any, adopted by the organization which awards the designation or certification. Investors often have insufficient information about the designation or certification when trying to determine which designation or certification represents meaningful educational achievement by the salesperson, or which designation or certification merely represents a marketing tool.
While there are organizations whose members complete rigorous programs of study and pass extensive examinations to earn "senior specialist" designations, there are other organizations that require little or no training to use one of these designations. For this reason, senior investors should make sure they deal only with individuals, licensed by state securities regulator. We license brokers and investment advisers after they pass rigorous competency examinations.
How to Protect Yourself:
You can avoid becoming an investment fraud victim by following these self-defense tips developed by NASAA for seniors.
Check out strangers touting strange deals. Trusting strangers is a mistake anyone can make when it comes to their personal finances. Say "no" to any investment professional who presses you to make an immediate decision, giving you no opportunity to check out the salesperson, firm and the investment opportunity itself. Extensive background information on investment salespeople and firms is available from the Central Registration Depository (CRD) files available from your state or provincial securities agency.
Stay in charge of your money. Beware of anyone who suggests investing your money into something you don't understand or who urges that you leave everything in his or her hands.
Watch out for salespeople who prey on your fears. Con artists know that you worry about either outliving your savings or seeing all of your financial resources vanish overnight as the result of a catastrophic event, such as a costly hospitalization. Fear can cloud your good judgment.
Don't make a tragedy worse with rash financial decisions. The death or hospitalization of a spouse has many sad consequences – financial fraud shouldn't be one of them. If you find yourself suddenly in charge of your own finances, get the facts before you make any decisions.
Monitor your investments and ask tough questions. Don't compound the mistake of trusting an unscrupulous investment professional by failing to keep an eye on the progress of your investment. Insist on regular written reports. Look for signs of excessive or unauthorized trading of your funds.
Look for trouble retrieving your principal or cashing out profits. If a stockbroker, financial planner or other individual with whom you have invested stalls you when you want to pull out your principal or profits, you have uncovered someone who wants to cheat you. Some kinds of investments have certain periods when you cannot withdraw your funds, but you must be made aware of these kinds of restrictions before you invest.
Don't let embarrassment or fear keep you from reporting investment fraud or abuse. Criminals know that you might hesitate to report that you have been victimized in financial schemes out of embarrassment or fear. Criminals prey on your sensitivities and, in fact, count on these fears preventing or delaying the point at which authorities are notified of a scam. Every day that you delay reporting fraud or abuse is one more day that the criminal is spending your money and finding new victims.
With extensive courtroom, arbitration and mediation experience and an in-depth understanding of elder abuse, exploitation and securities law, our firm provides all of our clients with the personal service they deserve. Handling cases worth $25,000 or more, we represent clients throughout Florida and across the United States, as well as for foreign individuals that invested in U.S. banks or brokerage firms. Contact us to arrange your free initial consultation.
At the Boca Raton Law Office of Russell L. Forkey, we represent clients throughout South and Central Florida, including Fort Lauderdale, West Palm Beach, Boca Raton, Sunrise, Plantation, Coral Springs, Deerfield Beach, Pompano Beach, Delray, Boynton Beach, Hollywood, Lake Worth, Royal Palm Beach, Manalapan, Jupiter, Gulf Stream, Wellington, Fort Pierce, Stuart, Palm City, Jupiter, Miami, Orlando, Maitland, Winter Park, Altamonte Springs, Lake Mary, Heathrow, Melbourne, Palm Bay, Cocoa Beach, Vero Beach, Daytona Beach, Deland, New Smyrna Beach, Ormand Beach, Broward County, Palm Beach County, Dade County, Orange County, Seminole County, Martin County, Brevard County, Indian River County, Volusia County and Monroe County, Florida. The law office of Russell L. Forkey also represents South American, Canadian and other foreign residents that do business with U.S. financial institutions, investment advisors, brokerage and precious metal firms.


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The map is published by the International Chamber of Commerce's Commercial Crime Services Agency. It shows all the piracy and armed robbery incidents reported to the International Maritime Bureau during 2009. (Reports for the last four years are also available.) You can click on the thumbtacky marker thingies to get the incident details. Details like this:
12.02.2009: 0448 LT: Posn: 01:18.86N - 104:14.42E, Off Tanjung Bulat, Malaysia.Or this:
Five robbers in a wooden boat approached a bulk carrier at anchor. One of the robbers boarded the ship and attempted to steal ship's stores. Duty crew noticed the robber and informed bridge who raised the alarm, sounded ship's horn and informed ships in the vicinity via VHF Ch.16. The robber jumped overboard and escaped empty handed with his accomplices.
22.02.2009: 0400 UTC: Posn: 12:33.98N - 047:01.32E, Gulf of Aden.Or this:
Armed pirates attacked a bulk carrier underway. They boarded the ship, took hostage crewmembers and hijacked it to an undisclosed location. Further details are awaited.
21.02.2009: 1900 UTC: Posn: 14:31.1N - 053:43.1E, Gulf of Aden.
Pirates in an unlit high-speed boat chased a general cargo ship underway. The boat came close to the ship and attempted to board. Master raised alarm, increased speed, took evasive manoeuvres, crew switched on additional lighting and activated fire hoses. The pirates aborted the attempt due to the evasive manoeuvres taken by the ship.
The ICC's CCS's IMB reports do make for some entertaining reading. What you can sort of infer is that there are two classes of pirates: most of these scalliwags and buccaneers are sort of opportunistic or hapless - they're just engaging in glorified muggings-at-sea. And then there are the dudes working the Gulf of Aden. As you can see, this is where the lion's share of incidents have occurred. And it's the only area that's seen actual hijackings in 2009 (and it's had some really high-profile ones over the last few months, too). This situation seems to be quite different from a few years ago. In 2005, the waters off Somalia were a nettlesome area, but by far the most action was in Indonesian waters and the Strait of Malacca. Given the essentially governmentless condition of Somalia, it's not surprising that piracy has skyrocketed there. But I wonder why it has fallen so much in Southeast Asia.
For more, this report summarizes the state of piracy in the world today.


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Bots are complicated. They're made to process repetitive actions autonomously and can be fairly easy to build, but they aren't always working on the side of good. Here's what you need to know.
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May 02, 2006
As digital asset collections grow, it becomes increasingly important to build a digital asset management system (DAM) with strong classification, taxonomy, and search components to help you locate an asset whenever you need it.
Yet digital assets present a unique search problem because the search is really only as good as the metadata and keywords you have associated with an item. With a text document in a content management system, even if the title is not terribly descriptive, you can always rely on a full-text search to bail you out. With a picture or video, you don't have that luxury. Therefore, when you build a DAM, it is imperative that you carefully craft a detailed taxonomy and classification system with strong and meaningful metadata and keywords, or your assets will be buried in the system, lost from the users who need access to them.
Part of the problem with trying to store and classify digital assets, says Bock & Company principal Geoffrey Bock, who has more than 25 years of experience working with content management issues, is that we are trained to deal with text, rather than pictures, and that presents a problem when we try to classify non-textual assets. "The thing that makes digital asset management different from document management or text asset management is that we are dealing with a visual and spatial component as opposed to a textual component. One of the problems is that when we store things in our computer systems, we are still primarily in a textual space. We are used to dealing with lists of information, not with three-dimensional spatial information. So it's a whole different way of thinking about things," he says.
Bock asserts that if you have a professional staff to help you build the system, it can be a smoother process, but many companies rely on untrained staff to add the metadata, which can lead to inconsistent application. "Metadata is textual, so then the problem is who defines and maintains metadata and how do we assign metadata to assets?" Bock says. "If we approach it from an information-science point of view and we have a librarian and that person knows how to assign this data, and other people know what data is out there, then we have an effective digital asset management system. The problem is that many of us are not trained as specialists on how to catalog assets, nor do we think in the terms of professionals," Bock says.
Susan Worthy, VP of marketing at DAM vendor ClearStory, developer of ActiveMedia 7, agrees and says that applying good metadata is a real challenge. "When you do have a lot of content in the system, as with video, where you don't have the luxury of text, you have a very complex layered file where it's non-textual, so how do you find that? And that's where metadata becomes critical. And not just at the high level of the file itself, but also when you get into the sub-components of the file, because you may need to find that content based on an element within the content, which makes it an even more complex challenge," Worthy says.
Designing a Metadata System Metadata can come from several different places and exist on different levels, according to Worthy. For example, she says, there is metadata about the status of the file that end users may not typically need to see. There may be metadata that users add as part of the process of ingesting the asset into the system such as a picture caption, date taken, and photographer, and rendition information such as whether this is a high resolution image or the master. There may be metadata that the software extracts from the asset file and applies automatically. In addition, there may be keywords applied to the asset, and these keywords and public metadata information are the basis for locating these files in a search component later on.
Regardless of the source of the metadata, when you build a metadata system, you have to put some serious thought into the structure of the system, and the starting point has to be the end users of the system, says Chris Porter, director of content operations at Getty Images, an online commercial repository with thousands of images and videos. "The most important thing is to look at the approach from a user perspective and work back from there. And that in itself is a pretty encompassing task because, depending on who is going to use the system, they may have different needs from the system and all of those needs have to be accounted for."
Porter says a structured approach to metadata is essential whether you are building an internal site or external customer-facing site, like Getty Images. As you design the system, you need to measure how much you want to invest in the metadata creation process based on your company's requirements because, she says, it is expensive to create metadata. "A structured and consistent metadata approach is an important element of both an internal tool and an externally facing Web site," she says. "But if your metadata is supporting your core business--for example, it is powering your customer-facing site, which delivers revenue--then it is extremely important to have a structured and consistent metadata approach."
Bock says that while there are tools to help you along in this process, there is still no substitute for human intelligence. "Before you turn to tools, it takes a wee bit of imagination and hard work," he says. "By that I mean you need to sit down and figure out for yourself what are your major categories and sub-categories. Which ones are important and how do you organize them? What are the ways you want people to organize information? You need to build a thesaurus, the category trees for your organization, and no amount of software is going to help you overcome the need for human intelligence there."


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After being eliminated from the Dancing With the Stars competition Tuesday night (April 2), Wynonna provided words of encouragement and optimism for her fans.
"If I can try something this hard, you can, too," she said via Twitter. "I hope that I have encouraged some of you to take risks, to go outside your comfort zone."
After she and professional dance partner Tony Dovolani were voted off the show, she said, "This is the hardest job I've ever loved. I'm a singer, not a dancer. I've faced some of my biggest fears, and I've made a lifetime friend out of Tony."
During a recent interview with CMT Hot 20 Countdown , Wynonna talked about the pressure of facing the judges.
"They have their opinions, and they are going to tell you what they think when we walk away from there," she said. "We'll walk away from that, and I'm sure there will be parts of me going, 'God, I could have done that better. Man, I could have done this better.'"
However, she added, "I do have a life to go back to. It's not like I'm depending on this, you know, to make it in my career. And that's not an arrogance, either. It's actually helpful to go, 'Oh, I can go back and sing. Oh, yeah — that.' My new record comes out in June, so I'm moving on."
One of the hardest parts of Dancing With the Stars is the heightened anticipation when the drum rolls start before the weekly results are announced.
"It's like watching two trapeze artists," she said. "Are they going to catch each other? … And you have to wait just a second, and then they drop the bomb. … Your heart just sinks because I've watched the faces of the people. We all get so tight, and we're pulling for each other. We know it's a competition. We get it, but I don't want to see anyone go because I know they've been working just as hard as I have."
Dovolani put things into perspective.
"It is a competition at the end," he said. "I cheer for them when they're dancing, but when it comes time to eliminate, I'd rather see them go than me. It's true."


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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) Tim Williams scored 18 points and grabbed nine rebounds to lead Samford past Georgia Southern 57-48 Saturday in a Southern Conference showdown.
Clide Geffrard Jr. and Raijon Kelly chipped in with 11 points apiece for Samford (2-7, 1-0).
Trailing 34-33, Samford's Geffrard Jr. connected on three free throws to put the Bulldogs on top 36-34 with 13:14 left to play. Samford would never trail again as they outscored Georgia Southern (2-5, 0-2) 21-14 the rest of the way.
Samford was the aggressive team, shooting 19 of 25 from the free throw line compared to Georgia Southern shooting 50 percent (3 of 6).
Eric Ferguson led Georgia Southern with 23 points and eight rebounds on 9-of-11 shooting, but was the only Eagle in double figures.
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DWTS Karina Smirnoff Gives To The Homeless On Thanksgiving, Attends Toys For Tots Christmas Parade
Karina Smirnoff took time during the Thanksgiving holiday to help pass out blankets, food from KFC, drinks and even socks to the homeless in Los Angeles in the Blanket Drive 2013. You watch a clip with her below. Also, be sure to visit Zimbio Pictures as she also attended the "Hollywood Christmas Parade Benefiting Toys For Tots Foundation" on in Hollywood, California yesterday (pic above and thanks to DWTSgossip for heads up on this news). So cute and giving too!


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Amanda Bynes is back.
After retiring from acting last month at the age of 24, Amanda Tweeted what appeared to be her return on Friday night.
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"i've unretired," she posted on her Twitter account on Friday.
As previously reported on AccessHollywood.com, Amanda hit Twitter last month to announce she was leaving acting, Tweeting, "Being an actress isn't as fun as it may seem… If I don't love something anymore I stop doing it. I don't love acting anymore so I've stopped doing it."
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At the time, however, she did admit that she was a little young to call it quits.
"I know 24 is a young age to retire but you heard it here first," she tweeted. "I've #retired."
Following her star-making roles on Nickelodeon's sketch comedy "All That" and her own show on the network, "The Amanda Show," Amanda starred alongside Jennie Garth on the WB sitcom "What I like About You" and hit the big screen in such films as "She's The Man" and "Hairspray."
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Non Combat Death: The Case of Captain Robert Falcon Scott and the British Antarctic Expeditionary Team
By Frances Casey, Project Manager
One lesser known fact is that the UK National Inventory of War Memorials records memorials to those who died whilst in active service as a result of accident or disease as 'non-combat' deaths. One such case of note is that of Captain Robert Falcon Scott, who died one hundred years ago today on 29th March 1912, whilst attempting to return from the South Pole during his British Antarctic Expedition.
The expedition, also known as the Terra Nova Expedition, named after the ship in which the party sailed, was a private venture for which Scott was responsible.
In 1909, released on half-pay from his position as naval assistant to the Second Sea Lord, Scott began to plan and then took command of the expedition, which he intended to be the first to reach the South Pole.
On 1st November 1911, the party set off, yet the five-man team that eventually succeeded in reaching the Pole on 18th January 1912 were disappointed to find that the Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen had been there before them. Returning home, they faced severe weather conditions, scant rations and failing health.
Captain Scott was on active service in the Royal Navy when he died, weakened by hunger and unable to proceed due to blizzard conditions, and that is why, despite the fact that he did not die in war or conflict, we include memorials that commemorate his death. Of his four companions, all of whom perished, three were in service at the time of their deaths.
Captain Lawrence E G Oates is listed in the Army List (1913) as previously employed with the British Antarctic Expedition since 1910 and in 'Special extra-Regimental employment' (29 March 1910). Oates, an officer with the 6th (Inniskilling) Dragoons, saw action in the Second Boer War, during which time he received a wound to his leg.
On the return journey from the South Pole, Oates suffered severe frostbite to his feet and his old wound was aggravated by this condition. Fearing that his ill health was a burden on the other members of the party and would slow their progress, on 16th March 1912, he left the tent in which they were sheltering with the words, recorded by Scott in his diary, "I am just going outside and may be some time". Captain Oates is thought to have died on 17th March 1912, the date of his 32nd birthday. Memorials to Oates include one erected this year, on the anniversary of both his birth and death, on the wall of his family home in Meanwoodside (now Meanwood Park), Leeds.
Lieutenant Henry Robinson Bowers, who played a key role in navigating the team to the Pole, was serving with the Royal Navy and Royal Indian Marine at the time of his death, which is also thought to be around the 29th March 1912. Edgar Evans, who died on 17th February 1912, was a Petty Officer in the Royal Navy. The only civilian in the ill-fated return party was Dr Edward Adrian Wilson, who, as well as acting as the party's medical doctor, was a talented artist and naturalist. Wilson's paintings survived the expedition and show the wildlife encountered as well as portraits of members of the party battling the elements.
The most striking memorial to Scott is perhaps that which shows him in Arctic weather clothing. Sculpted by his widow, Lady Scott, a professional sculptress, it was commissioned and paid for by officers of the Royal Navy and is in memory of all five members of the expedition who died. Lady Scott also sculpted the memorial to Dr Edward Wilson in his home town of Cheltenham, which we have not recorded in the Inventory due to Wilson's civilian, non-war related status.
Other notable non-combat death memorials are to Captain Cook , who was killed in Hawaii in 1779 whilst conducting an exploration of the Northern Pacific, Captain Francis Crozier, who is thought to have died in 1848 when attempting to return from the 1845 expedition with Sir John Franklin in search of the North-West passage, and Major General Henry Havelock who died in 1857 of dysentery contracted during the Indian Mutiny (1857-58).


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From February 16-18, Duke Divinity School and Blacknall Memorial Presbyterian Church in Durham hosted "The Word Made Fresh," a series of lectures, concerts, and workshops that focused on theology and the arts through the lens of poetry, music, and Scripture. The events featured poet, priest, and English literature scholar Malcolm Guite, singer-songwriter Steve Bell, and Duke Initiatives in Theology and the Arts director and theologian Jeremy Begbie. Audio recordings of the event are available on DITA's Warpwire Page.
"The formation of a distinctly Christian imagination is imperative for the health of our witness in an increasingly pluralistic [society]," said The Rev. Allan Poole, a pastor at Blacknall. "The arts in particular seem to have a direct path to the formation of the imagination, for good or for ill. 'The Word Made Fresh' highlighted some of the distinctive ways that the musical and literary arts in particular contribute positively to that formation. We [want to see] these gifts more fully part of congregational practice."
Events began at Blacknall's Sunday morning worship service with a poem, a song, and a sermon that illustrated the Gospel of Matthew passage on the baptism of Jesus. That night, the artists shared stories of how their faith journeys and their journeys in music and literature have intertwined and coinhered. Events continued Monday and Tuesday with two Divinity School lectures on Shakespeare, Seamus Heaney, and George Herbert by Guite; another evening teaching/performance session at Blacknall; and a final concert Tuesday evening.
Tuesday's lecture on Herbert, co-sponsored by the Anglican Episcopal House of Studies, admitted standing-room only, and the final concert drew themes from the previous two days together. The concert included Begbie with Debussy's "Des Pas sur La Neige," two rock/blues riffs on Guite's work, several of Bell's original songs, and folk renditions of Guite's poetry, including an improvised encore of "Descent." For some songs, the artists were accompanied by Divinity School Dean Richard Hays on electric guitar and student Tyler Smoot on bass guitar.


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(Pocket-lint) - The Fujifilm FinePix SL300 is a "bridge" digital camera launched in January that offers 30x optical zoom in a fairly compact casing.
So excited by the launch of a black version in March, Fujifilm has announced a new red and white model to buy in the coming weeks in the UK.
Here at Pocket-lint, we couldn't resist tracking the new colour versions down and snapping them from all angles for you to enjoy.
Following in the tradition of the popular S-series cameras, Fujifilm promise that "these models offer the image quality and versatility of a DSLR combined with the convenience and portability of a compact camera".
The core spec of the new cameras includes a 1/2.3-inch 14 mega-pixel CCD sensor, a 3-inch LCD screen, ISO modes from 100 to 6400 and 720p HD movie capture all for £229 - a price that's not to be grumbled at.
In the hand the camera is nice to hold, feels well built and that red colour really vibrant. This isn't a quick lick of paint that is likely to chip off.
Sadly we weren't able to give the camera a good run for its money as we were inside, it didn't have a memory card in it, and the room we were in was pretty dull. Still, we've requested a model for review from Fujifilm to start work on our full review of the Fujifilm FinePix SL300 30x optical zoom packing camera.
Oh and the white model looks pretty clean as well, although we suspect it would get dirty very quickly indeed.


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"As a literary tour de force it surpasses anything else Mr. Nabokov has done." —Atlantic Monthly
"Scintillating, brilliantly inventive…[Pale Fire] has almost as many layers of meaning as an artichoke has petals." —Commonwealth
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We're conditioned from an early age to think of our body as some sort of a combination of accessories. Hair isn't meant to protect our head from the elements but rather to provide an "attractive frame for our face." Our breasts weren't meant to suckle our young but rather as objects that need to conform to a certain size and perkiness to make us attractive to the opposite sex. The purpose of thighs isn't to support our bodies and move them from place to place, they're for making us look good in jeans. So what happens if any of these body parts don't meet our standards? We might hate them. And we might continue for looking for more body parts to hate and pretty soon we just hate our body.
And that hate is a good thing, right? It's what makes us work to improve ourselves!
Let's see if it's true that self-hate leads to self-improvement.
Let me share a story about my first car. It was a 1967 Camaro. I was 17, my brother gave it to me. He received it as a gift from my parents five years earlier when it was brand-new. !967 was the first year Camaros were made and they were an instant classic. All I knew was I was given a gross, used car. It was old. My brother got to drive it when it was new and now it was mine and it was old. I'm not saying I didn't appreciate getting a car for free because I did. I just didn't think the car I had was anything special. Once it became mine it became less special.
My car was nothing special so it got no special treatment. I let it become filthy inside and out. A Coast Guard cadet's girlfriend backed into it and dented the rear left fender. Her insurance paid me cash to get the dent repaired. I used the money for other things and drove with the dent. Eventually the dent began to rust. I didn't care; it was an old car anyway. The speedometer broke. I didn't get it fixed. The gas gauge broke too. I ran out of gas a few times before I figured out that I should fill up often to avoid getting stranded but I didn't bother getting it fixed. The head gasket leaked. It burned a lot of oil. It smelled awful. After a few years of my indifferent care the Camaro my brother gave me was a full-blown hoopty. I bought a new ride – a 1975 Toyota Corolla! The Camaro sat in my driveway getting rustier. I think mushrooms started to grow in the carpet in the back seat.
One day an auto student at SMVTI (Southern Maine Vocational Technical Institute) stopped to ask if the Camaro was for sale. He'd seen it sitting there neglected and clearly not being driven for months. He could see a beautiful, classic car that was the Camaro was despite the rust, dents, dirt outside and the trash inside. He made an offer that I accepted and the tired, crappy, old Camaro disappeared behind a tow truck.
One day I heard a horn honk and I looked out the window to see the kid who bought my crappy car parked outside. He was sitting in a sharp-looking shiny green car. It was beautiful! The lines of the '67 Camaro looked a lot better than the clunky lines of my new Corolla.
The new owner's pride and care for that Camaro was evident. He had a car that turned heads, but when that car was mine it looked like a rolling junk pile. I didn't realize what I had until I saw what my Camaro could look like when it was owned by somebody who took care of it. Simply put, the Camaro was beautiful when it was owned and cared for by somebody who appreciated its beauty. It was an ugly mess when it was owned by somebody who hated it and treated it with loathing and disregard.
Each of us was born with a beautiful body. Our body reflects the good care we give it, that is if we love our bodies enough to treat them well. Successful weight loss is a labor of love. Punishing your body for "getting fat" by severe calorie restriction and deprivation and painful workouts is counter-productive. If you can stick to such torture it's not a sustainable way to maintain weight loss. Give your body loving care by feeding it good food that nourishes and tastes good. Use balance and moderation to avoid deprivation, there's no need to make any food or food groups "off limits." Move your body to make it stronger and make the movements joyful ones. Find ways to be active that provide fun and entertainment. Exercise shouldn't be a punishment. It should be recreation.
Finally, we need to stop inspecting our bodies to find its shortcomings. We need to appreciate them for what they can do, not hate them for how they look!


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A sign language (also signed language) is a language which, instead of acoustically conveyed sound patterns, uses visually transmitted sign patterns - manual communication, body language - to convey meaning and express a speaker's thoughts. Wherever communities of deaf people exist, sign languages develop. Their complex spatial grammars are markedly different from the grammars of spoken languages. Hundreds of sign languages are in use around the world and are at the cores of local Deaf Cultures.
Work in pairs:
1. Have you ever learned a sign language? Why (not)?
2. What do you think is easier? Learning a foreign language or sign language? Why?
3. Should learning sign languages be mandatory in schools? Why (not)?
4. Would you learn sign languages if someone in your family were deaf? What if your neighbor were deaf?
5. Should all teachers learn sign languages in case he/she has students with hearing special needs?
Watch the scene from the movie Bangkok Dangerous and discuss the questions:
1. Describe the scene.
3. How did he manage to understand her? What strategies did he make use of?
4. What was easiest and most difficult thing for him to understand her?
5. Would you like to get involved with someone with that sort of special need? What would you do to overcome it?
Read the questions below and choose what you believe is the correct answer. Then watch the scene from the great movie Take Shelter and check your answers.
1. What is the main focus of ASL with children from 4 to 7 years old?
a. the alphabet
b. the signs
c. the movement of the mouth
2. Where is the male sign for males?
a. the forehead
b. the cheek
c. the eyes
3. How do you say "I'm sorry" in ASL?
a. making a circle with your hands around your heart.
b. putting your hands together like a prayer.
c. showing the palm of your right hand
4. How do you say "excited" in ASL?
a. pulling your hair
b. placing both hands in the air
c. rolling your hands and fingers in front of your chest.
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Rebecca E. Lee, PhD, is the founding director of the Texas Obesity Research Center at the University of Houston. Lee is also an associate professor in the department of health and human performance at the University of Houston and holds a courtesy appointment at the University of Texas School of Public Health. She is a community health psychologist who has been principal investigator for numerous federally and privately funded research grants. Her studies have focused on interventions for populations of color, specifically interventions that incorporate social cohesion, ameliorate social injustices, and improve the quality of the neighborhood environment.
Lee serves on the editorial boards of the International Journal of Women's Health, the American Journal of Health Promotion, and Health Psychology. She has served as a charter member of the community-level health promotion study section of the Center for Scientific Review at the National Institutes of Health and a member and former chair of the Mayor's Wellness Council Public Policy Committee, which works to improve the health of Houstonians.
Dr. Lee is a fellow of the Society of Behavioral Medicine. She is a member of the Obesity Society and the International Society for Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity. She received the University of Houston College of Education Research Excellence Award in 2005 and 2008, and she has been recognized by the National Institutes of Health as a National Health Disparities Scholar. In 2009, her Saving Lives, Staying Active (SALSA) program was given the Outstanding Achievement for a Community Program Award by the Texas Council on Cardiovascular Disease and Stroke
Kristen M. McAlexander, PhD, is a lecturer in the department of applied physiology and wellness at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas. Dr. McAlexander's research interests include environmental and sociocultural influences of wellness behaviors and obesity, particularly among vulnerable populations such as women and low socioeconomic populations. McAlexander is also president and founder of Reflections Wellness, a local nonprofit organization designed to promote wellness while fighting local poverty and eliminating health disparities. Her research and nonprofit organization focus on understanding and reducing health disparities and improving wellness opportunities among underserved neighborhoods.
McAlexander received a graduate research award and two graduate fellowships from the University of Houston department of health and human performance. McAlexander is an American Council on Exercise (ACE) certified personal trainer and a member of the Society for Behavioral Medicine, the American College of Sports Medicine, and the Urban Affairs Association.
Jorge A. Banda, MS, is a PhD candidate in the department of exercise science at the University of South Carolina in Columbia and a research assistant at the university's Prevention Research Center. Banda holds a master's degree in exercise science from the University of Houston. His research has focused primarily on underserved populations, including low-income-housing residents, African-American and Latina women, and low-income rural communities.
Banda received a Prevention Research Center Minority Health fellowship from the Association of Schools of Public Health and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, aand the Charles Coker Fellowship from the University of South Carolina. He was twice awarded a Norman Arnold School of Public Health fellowship. Banda also attended the Built Environment Assessment Training Institute sponsored by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, San Diego State University, and the University of Pennsylvania. He is a member of the American College of Sports Medicine and the American Public Health Association.
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Orca Project Introduction
Orca Project: The Beginning
Published: 23rd August 2012 | Source: OC3D.tv |
Ok so here at OC3D we always try to write our articles as us or we never me or I. But for once I do have to write this as me... TTL, why I hear you ask? Well because the roots of "Orca" are very deep rooted and personal to me.
My late mother was very much into whales and the conservation of them as much as we are all passionate about our PC's, my career as a modder and reviewer all spawned after her passing. TTL or the company Time To Live were my ways of openly dealing with the huge gap she left in my life but also knowing I had to continue so "Time To Live" seemed quite fitting and obviously fit perfectly with my tinytomlogan internet persona.
Now Ive not actually built myself a custom rig since the orignal Heaven & Hell project, there have been many systems but nothing really up to the old standards. So it felt fitting with this being the 5th year since muvva's passing that I finally build a rig and dedicate it at least in some part to her and name it in her memory.
Orca's are what most of you will call Killer Whales, and are black and white so that is my plan for the styling of the system. There will be small splashes of colour on the motherboard. Parts have been gathered from all over the world but lets take a look at the basics at the start of the project.
Case: CM Storm Stryker
This choice actually created a lot of waves online because I decided not to use the Switch 810. Now don't get me wrong the NZXT is an awesome case but it would have just been too easy (for me) in that I mean I could pretty much just fit everything. I needed something I could customise and make my own, the Trooper I loved from the moment I saw it and the more I spent time with it the more I realised I could do with it, so when the Stryker was released in gloss white for me it was a no brainer. A great looking great performing case I could customise to fit my own needs..... Perfect.
Motherboard: Asus Rampage IV Extreme
A firm favourite with both me and the rest of the OC3D team, still the best 2011 board available at the minute and one of the main reasons it will be going in the rig. The other reason being recently I built the CKC rig and the board was still sat with the Koolance blocks fitted. These are easily the best looking R4E blocks about so it seemed silly to look for anything else.
CPU: Intel 3960X
With the main use for my rig being like a work station a big strong beating heart would keep my video render times down and also keep the rig nice and swift with all my other applications too. The CPU does 4.6 on air so I'm hoping to push for 4.8 if I can while staying safe on water.
Graphics: Asus 7970 Crossfire
Now again these were still here from CKC with the blocks fitted. Now I'm no gamer so don't need crossfire at all and for some Vegas acceleration even a single 7970 is overkill so one GPU may end up being disabled! #firstworldproblems
Storage: Corsair Force GT 480GB x2 - RAID0
These drives have been here for some time, mainly because of waiting for other parts but all the same they have found there way into a few reviews because of it. Around 900GB of raid0 SSD speed should keep me happy for some time and also mean I don't have to move videos off to the server too often but at the same time keep the whole system lightning quick!
Memory: Corsair Dominator Platinum 2133MHz 32GB
So I've got a pair of 16GB kits of the uber sexy Dom Plats (as I like to call them) I chose the 2133 speed because that's the max my 2011 CPU's will do so any faster would have been a waste. Ill need to get the case lighting right to not drown these out though so we may have some tweaks to be made as things go together.
Power Supply: Corsair AX650w with custom Bitfenix Alchemy cables
The PSU here may seem a little on the small side but f I do indeed disable the 2nd GPU its perfect. The cables are the very first BitFenix Alchemy cables that you ~may see getting released very soon. As it stands at the time of writing the only sets out side of BitFenix HQ are sat safe at TTL Towers! I do love a bit of exclusiveness!
Radiators: Alphacool All Copper Radiators
All the radiators used will be Alphacool All Copper's but until we can do a mock assembly we cant 100% say on what thickness or size we will be using. Thankfully we have most of them on hand to be able to choose the best combination from.
Fittings: Bitspower White Barbs & Fittings
These fittings are the reason I stalled the project for so long, and even after months of waiting for them to pass quality and be released I would still say it was more than worth it. They really do look the dogs danglies and will suit the project theme perfectly!
Fans: Enermax Cluster White LED
At this point I still want to use the white Enermax fans so that they double up as case lighting. I am still very cautious about thse though because I know I will need to slow the fan speed down and I'm worried about cabling it all. If it looks too messy I may end up using Corsair SP120 QE's and just run some NZXT Braided LED's around the case instead. Time will tell.
So we have the hardware all sorted and you have a basic idea why this project has taken so long to get where we are. In the next update we will cover the planned mods and maybe even the dummy build in the black trooper. I want to test things in there first so I don't batter the Stryker too much before I start the main mods and build process. The video below will explain things in more depth and give you a little more insight into what's going round in my tiny mind, but for now I will leave this here and look forward to your feedback in the build log for Orca in the OC3D Forums.
Massive thank you to Allen at Yarm Web Design for the Orca logo and his continued support of both OC3D & TTLC


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Back in November of 2015, Google made an unwelcome announcement which was some very bad news for older Windows and older Mac OS X users.
On their Google Chrome Blog posting at that time, Google announced that it will stop providing updates to Google Chrome for the following Windows and Mac OS X versions;
- Windows XP
- Windows Vista
- Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard)
- Mac OS X 10.7 (Lion)
- Mac OS X 10.8 (Mountain Lion)
NOTE: Linux 32-bit Distribution users see the end of this article for your sad news too, but most of you are already aware of this since it happens this month!
This does not mean Google Chrome will stop working in these OS versions — which would almost be better security wise. Instead, Google has decided to simply stop providing updates to the installed versions of Google Chrome for these OS versions.
This is very bad news since Google Chrome has Flash built in (which is updated as needed with Google Chrome). These older versions of Windows and Mac OS X will be doubly vulnerable. Over the years, these users have gotten used to not having to update Flash separately like you need to do in other browsers like Firefox, Safari, Opera, earlier versions of Internet Explorer, Pale Moon, etc.
Because Flash is built in to Google Chrome, these abandoned users will not be getting the Flash updates either.
This will make these older versions of non updated Google Chrome extremely vulnerable to browser attacks from infected websites. Malware purveyors will quickly begin to adjust their attacks (if they have not already in anticipation of this change) to look for these older vulnerable systems using outdated/vulnerable versions of Google Chrome as new attack vectors for these abandoned Windows and Mac users.
Those thinking that being a Mac user will make you impervious to attack, think again. Browser attacks are one thing that every operating system including Windows, Macs and Linux have been subject to these days. Sure Windows users get hit more often but that is because they are the biggest user base and they have the largest target on their back, but Mac users and Linux users can still get hit at times if they have outdated operating systems, Flash, Java, etc. Even Android has been hit by a banking trojan these days – reported March 9, 2016 by ESET's We Live Security Blog.
With other browsers, you could simply remove Flash from the system and be done with it if you were concerned about it and didn't mind losing the ability to see YouTube videos and other Flash supported content on other websites. Although, with HTML5 support coming right along, that could be moot.
Some might be quick to blame Adobe Flash, but apparently this is not the case as Adobe is quick to point out in at least two places that they support these OSes:
Plus other browsers such as Firefox clearly still support these OSes and Flash on these OSes. However, they will have to update their supported browsers to NOT include Google Chrome after April 2016 unless Google rethinks all this for at least a couple of the newer, of the older, OS versions. 😉
If Google does not give a reprieve/stay of execution, once Adobe makes their final update to Adobe Flash in April 2016 and Google updates Google Chrome the final time for these OS version users that includes that last Flash version, it will apparently be the last Google Chrome AND thereby Flash update that these Google abandoned OSes will see Google based on the Google Chrome blog article posted November 2015.
Google has been very quiet on the subject since that date so no reprieve or stay of execution even for the newer OS versions to be abandoned; Windows Vista and Mac OS X 10.8 (Mountain Lion).
It seems quite harsh to drop support for these two OS versions (Vista and Mac OS X 10.8 (Mountain Lion)) since Google supported the earlier noted OS versions like Windows XP and Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard) for so many years! But there it is.
If you are using one of these older OS versions of Windows or Mac OS X, read it and weep for the loss of a great browser like Google Chrome, and make be wise to make the move to Mozilla Firefox newest version to-date 44.0.2 (STILL supports Mac OS X 10.6 Mountain Lion), or Opera (however NO support for Mac OS X 10.6 Mountain Lion, but does support Lion and Mountain Lion), which have not, so far, abandoned these users. But they are not the only players still in the game…
There is also another browser project that has gained a lot of popularity among Windows users — the Pale Moon browser. There are versions for Windows: Pale Moon, Pale Moon 64, Portable. There are also versions for: Atom/XP, Linux and Android on the Download tab on the website.
There is also a Mac OS X version of Pale Moon 26.1.1 Unofficial available as of February 2016. As noted on their forum page:
Important note:
The Mac OSX version of Pale Moon is still very much in development. Your assistance in bringing this build to fruition is greatly appreciated, but you can expect there to be bugs and problems for a while yet!
Any specific bugs you find that don't have their own topic yet: please make a new topic; one bug per topic please to keep things organized.
Please also note that these builds are currently created by BitVapor and Moonchild will likely not be able to provide insight or assistance due to lack of Mac hardware and OS/build knowledge for Mac.
Those using these older versions of Windows (See image to the right), and Mac are already getting an annoying yellow warning info band across the top of their Google Chrome browsers.It is advising them to move to a more modern operating system. Wise move on Google's part and it also servers to show that they do not appear to be backing down from their November 2015 announcement.
That means Google Chrome users will need to do something to address the issues by either upgrading to a more modern operating system where possible, getting a newer computer with a more modern operating system since all of these operating systems are older and most have been abandoned by their creators anyway except Vista which is coming next April 2017 (preferable security wise), or barring all that, changing to a supported browser, or using an extension to address the old version of Flash issue (see end of article posting).
If you move to another browser, it will be very important to keep Adobe Flash updated since only Google Chrome in Windows 7, 8.1 and Windows 10, or on Mac OS X: Mavericks, Yosemite and El Capitan! will include Flash updates automatically with browser updates after April 2016.
NOTE: In addition, in Windows 8.1, the latest versions of Internet Explorer (IE10, IE11), and of course the new Edge browser on Windows 10 include Flash built in and updated for you like Google Chrome does.
Older versions of Windows and Mac are not the only users to be abandoned/axed by Google Chrome in early 2016. ALL 32-bit Linux distribution versions are also being abandoned — this month — March 2016 as noted in BetaNews, Slash Dot, and PCWorld and other news outlets back in November and December 2015.
Even though many and maybe even most computers these days are 64-bit, there are still a lot of 32-bit computers and 32-bit operating systems in use around the world today so this may be a move forward for 64-bit, but it is also a sad day for all the 32-bit hardware/operating systems worldwide.
Of course, there are still several browsers like Firefox, Opera and Pale Moon available for Linux 32-bit computers — just as there are for Windows and Mac users. There are also some alternative browsers based on Firefox available (Pale Moon noted earlier here is included), and distro-specific versions of Firefox like Iceweasel in Debian Linux, etc.)
For all users of Google Chrome, there are some Flash blocking or control Extension possibilities that can protect everyone, but particularly these older users from having Flash run all the time if they choose to continue to use Google Chrome:


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James Franco appears driven to do everything. Recently, he produced the indie sex documentary Kink, co-directed Interior. Leather Bar, which is about the deleted 40 minutes from William Friedkin's controversial film Cruising, and he's co-starring in the biopic Lovelace starring Amanda Seyfried. All three movies are premiering at Sundance, and Franco is currently gearing up more work. Deadline reports that the actor/director/producer/probably-craft-services-worker is set to lead and direct Beautiful People. The biopic centers on 1960s playboy and hairstylist to the stars Jay Sebring. Per Deadline, "The film charts the rise of Sebring as a self-created men's grooming pioneer, as he climbed the social ladder in Hollywood during the 60s. There is also a focus on his romantic relationship with the beautiful young actress Sharon Tate." It's worth noting that at the time, Tate was married to Roman Polanski and pregnant with their child. I'm curious to see if Beautiful People will also include Sebring's tragic end as one of the victims of the Manson Family (Tate was also a victim of the quadruple-homicide). I don't see why Franco would avoid it.
Franco recently completed his adaptations of William Faulkner's As I Lay Dying and Cormac McCarthy's Child of God. He'll next be seen in wide release in Harmony Korine's Spring Breakers, which opens March 22nd. Click here to check out the trailer.


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June 27, 2013
Kingston, NY
Mary Spada DuBois of Kingston, NY passed away peacefully on Thursday, June 27, 2013 at her home, surrounded by her family. She was 92.
She was born in Glasco, a daughter of the late Dominick and Philomena Greco Spada, Sr. For many years Mary worked as a seamstress in Kingston-area garment factories.
A longtime parishioner of St. Mary's Church, Mary belonged to the Altar - Rosary Society. She was a 50-year member of the Catholic Daughters of the Americas - Court Santa Maria, and the Colonial Senior Citizens. Mary enjoyed traveling and took many cruises and bus trips. She also enjoyed watching her beloved NY Yankees.
She was the beloved wife of Edward A. DuBois, who died February 27, 1984; loving mother of Edward A. DuBois and his wife, Kathleen Decker of Middletown; grandmother of Edward C. DuBois and his wife, Cynthia; sister of Frank "Crip" Spada, Dominick "Tom" Spada, Carmine "Charlie" Spada and his wife, Jenny, and Albert Spada and his wife, Mary, all of Kingston and the late Michael Spada and Rose Spada; many nieces and nephews also survive.
Mary's family and her Catholic faith were always of paramount importance in her life.
Reposing will be at the Simpson - Gaus Funeral Home, 411 Albany Ave., Kingston on Sunday from 3 to 7 p.m. The funeral procession will form on Monday at 9 a.m. from the funeral home. A Funeral Mass will be celebrated at St. Mary's Church, Kingston at 10 a.m. Interment will follow in St. Mary's Cemetery, Kingston.
Memorial contributions may be made to St. Mary's Church, 166 Broadway, Kingston, NY 12401 or to a charity of choice.
Online condolences may be sent to the DuBois family by visiting www.SimpsonGaus.com