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GK & Current Affairs Quiz: March 29, 2018
First Published: March 29, 2018 | Last Updated:March 29, 2018
[A] Kota
[B] Ajmer
[C] Jaipur
[D] Udaipur
The first mega food park of Rajasthan has inaugurated by Union Minister for Food Processing Industries Harsimrat Kaur Badal at Roopangarh village near Ajmer. The Food Park is set up at an investment of Rs 113.57 crore and will benefit around 25 thousand farmers in Ajmer and neighbouring districts. Center has given the Rs 50 crore subsidy for this project. The mega food park would attract an additional investment of about Rs. 250 crore in about 30 food processing units in the park and to a turnover of about Rs 500 crore per annum. The Park is expected to provide employment to around 5 thousand persons. Rajasthan is the fourth largest producer of food grains in India and leader in mustard, guar seed, coriander, groundnut, fennel, soybean, gram, and oilseeds.
[A] Shekhar Kapur
[B] Imtiaz Hussain
[C] Aniruddha Roy Chowdhury
[D] P Sheshadri
Veteran director Shekhar Kapur has been appointed as chairman of the central panel of the 65th National Film Awards (NFA). Mr Kapur is known for his work in Hindi cinema and International cinema. The central panel comprises a chairperson and 10 other members, including five regional chairpersons who head the respective regional panels. Film writer Imtiaz Hussain, known for his works in films like Astitva and Parinda will be the regional chairperson of South 1- panel. Mehboob, who is a writer of Bollywood film songs lyrics has been appointed as the regional chairperson of South -2 panel. Film actress Gautami Tadimalla, who is known for her work in Tamil films, is the regional chairman of the North panel, while Director Rahul Rawail known for films like Love Story and Betaab has been appointed as the regional chairperson of the Western panel. Director P Sheshadri, who works in Kannada cinema, is the regional chairperson of Eastern panel. The other members of the panel include Aniruddha Roy Chowdhury, Tripurari Sharma, Rumi Jaffery, Ranjit Das and Rajesh Mapuskar.
[A] SK Shrivastava
[B] Deepak Jain
[C] Harpal Singh
[D] Sanjeev Kumar
Lt Gen Harpal Singh, an alumni of National Defence Academy (NDA) of Khadakwasla, has been appointed Director General Border Roads (DGBR) . He was commissioned into the Corps of Engineers on 1982. He later commanded a Border Roads Task Force in Jammu and Kashmir valley. He has also been the Chief Engineer of Project Dantak at Bhutan, Chief Engineer (Navy), Mumbai and Chief Engineer HQ Eastern Command.The General is a graduate of the Defence Services Staff College, Wellington, the Higher Command and National Defence College courses. During his 34 years of distinguished career, the General Officer has held several prestigious assignments.
[A] Himchal Pradesh
[B] Punjab
[C] Jammu & Kashmir
[D] Sikkim
The 17th Sub-junior National Wushu Championship has started in Jammu on March 29, 2018.The national level sports event is being organised in the winter capital city of Jammu by the the Wushu Association of India in collaboration with J&K State Sports Council at MA Stadium. About 37 teams comprising of over one thousand boys and girls from across the country and 12 boys from Army are participating in the national championship.
[A] Suraj Gupta
[B] Deepankar Singhvi
[C] Kirti Pal Saxena
[D] Indu Bhushan
Indu Bhushan has been appointed as the new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Centre's ambitious Ayushman Bharat – National Health Protection Mission (AB-NHPM) for a period of two years, Currently, he is Director General (DG) of East Asia Department of Asian Development Bank (ADB) in Manila, Philippines. The Union cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has recently approved the centrally-sponsored Ayushman Bharat mission, which will provide a health insurance cover of Rs 5 lakh per family per year. The intended beneficiaries of the proposed scheme will be more than 10 crore poor and vulnerable families, based on the Socio Economic and Caste Census (SECC) database.
[A] Win Myint
[B] Htin Kyaw
[C] Myint Swe
[D] Henry Van Thio
Win Myint, a loyalist of Aung San Suu Kyi, has been elected as the new President of Myanmar after the resignation of his predecessor 'Htin Kyaw'. Myint is a stalwart member of National League for Democracy (NLD). He has been a Speaker in the Lower House since 2012 and was widely tipped for the top job. But his role will be essentially ceremonial, with Ms Suu Kyi acting as de facto President.
ISRO has successfully launched GSAT-6A telecommunication satellite using the Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV-F08) from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC) in Sriharikota, about 110km from Chennai on March 29, 2018. The 49.1-metre tall GSLV F 08 is a three-stage rocket weighing 415.6 ton. The core of first stage is fired with solid fuel while the four strap-on motors by liquid fuel. The second is the liquid fuel and the third is the cryogenic engine. The purpose of the satellite is to provide mobile communication applications in S-band in five spot beams and C-band in one beam during its 10-year life span. This is also the first GSLV rocket launch after Director Sivan took over as Chairman of ISRO.
[A] Islamabad
[B] New Delhi
[C] Karachi
[D] Shimla
The 114th meeting of the Permanent Indus Commission (PIC) between India and Pakistan has started in New Delhi on March 29, 2018. Representatives from both the sides are expected to discuss Water Treaty dispute and resolution of outstanding issues. The PIC is mandated to establish and maintain cooperative arrangements for the implementation of the treaty and to promote cooperation between the two sides in developing the Indus water systems. The Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) was signed in 1960 and involves six rivers – the Beas, Ravi, Sutlej, Indus, Chenab and Jhelum. The PIC had last met in March 2017 in Islamabad. The meeting of the PIC is held alternately in India and Pakistan at least once every year as mandated by the Treaty. India's Indus water commissioner PK Saxena and the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) officials will be part of the Indian delegation for the annual meeting. Pakistan's six-member delegation will be led by Syed Muhammad Mehar Ali Shah.
[A] Forests and Water
[B] Forests and Energy
[C] Forests and Sustainable Cities
[D] Forests and Life
The International Day of Forests is observed every year on March 21 to provide a platform to raise awareness of the importance of all types of woodlands and trees and celebrate the ways in which they sustain and protect us. The 2018 theme "Forests and Sustainable Cities" focuses on how forests and trees in urban areas regulate temperature and water flows, provide nutritious foods and shelter, cleanse the air and foster community cohesion and individual well-being, among other benefits.
[A] $500 million
[B] $100 million
[C] $200 million
[D] $800 million
The Export-Import Bank of India (Exim Bank) has signed a $500 million Line of Credit (LoC) agreement with ECOWAS Bank for Investment and Development (EBID) to fund various development projects in the western-south Africa. The LoC of $500 million to EBID is an umbrella limit for financing developmental projects in 15-member countries of EBID in West African region — Benin, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Cote d'Ivoire, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone and Togo. With the signing of this LoC agreement, Exim Bank till date has extended four LoCs to EBID, with the support of the government, taking the total value of LOCs to $1,000 million. The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has a mandate to promote economic integration in all fields of activity of the constituting countries.
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Bart LaGrone, Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems vice president for the Airborne Early Warning and Battle Management Command and Control (AEW/BMC2) programmes, and the new USN programme manager for the E-2D, Captain John "Chet" Lemmon, confirmed that initial test and evaluation of the aircraft had been completed and that the current contract is for provision of 20 E-2Ds to the Navy, with other foreign sales under consideration.
"Northrop Grumman has been the lead sponsor for this AEW conference since its inception more than a decade ago," said Lagrone.
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N-C tops Bandys in back-and-forth match
Despite falling behind 2-1 in its match against Bandys on Thursday, Newton-Conover never relinquished hope.
The Lady Red Devils (5-1, 2-0) won the final two games against the Lady Trojans (1-1, 1-1) to win the CVAC match in dramatic fashion, 25-21, 19-25, 9-25, 25-18, 15-13.
"Bandys played hard," said Newton-Conover coach Linda Richards. "They are a good team. We are lucky to come out of here with a win."
After losing the first game to Newton-Conover, Bandys picked up two impressive wins in the second and third games.
"It was an intense match," said Bandys coach Randi Keith. "We might not have the biggest team, but we have the biggest hearts. I couldn't ask for more. They gave me everything. Some of them are probably shaking because they are about to pass out from giving me so much."
The most impressive of Bandys' two game victories came in the third.
Following a 6-5 lead, Bandys went on a 19-4 run to take the game and take a 2-1 match lead.
"We just got down and panicked," Richards said of the third game. "Our heads were gone. You could see it on our faces on the court. They weren't getting in the game at all."
Starting fresh in the fourth game, the Lady Red Devils seized the opportunity to change momentum in the match by jumping ahead 9-4.
Isabella Zaliagiris and Corbin Evans delivered a combined five kills early in the game. Newton-Conover was able to build a lead and hold on to send the match into a fifth and deciding game.
Noticing an important part of her team's game was hindering them from winning, Richards focused her teams efforts.
"The servicing was key," Richards said. "Every game Bandys beat us, we lost on servicing. The fourth and fifth game, we came out on top because of servicing."
The strategy seemed to work. Going back-and-forth in the early points of the fifth game, Newton-Conover built a small lead they did not give up.
Zaliagiris led the Lady Red Devils with 16 kills. Sarah Van Horn had 36 digs defensively.
Leading Bandys was Chelsey Queen, who had 19 kills, and Taylor Sigmon, who had 17 kills and 14 passes.


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A last Endeavour
After several delays that caused the launch to be postponed, Space Shuttle Endeavour finally took off on its 25th and final flight. This Space Shuttle – named after the first ship commanded by the British explorer James Cook – was built to replace the destroyed Challenger.
The last flight of Endeavour was a prelude to the end of the Shuttle programme, spanning three decades and 133 flights. Up to four spacewalks were scheduled for its last mission. Three of the six astronauts have flown on Endeavour before.
The Shuttle is the father of future hypersonic flights for future generations. The question is when we will have the next Shuttle-like spacecraft, and I'm sure it will have an immediate connection with its heritage.
STS-134 will leave its Orbiter Boom Sensor System (OBSS) permanently on the Station for use in reaching places that the Station's robotic arm Canadarm2 cannot get to on its own – the farthest solar panels. The OBSS can double the length of Canadarm2 to 30 m.
Endeavour also enjoyed a last waltz with the Station. The Orbiter will be eased back toward the Station to test new sensor technologies that could make it easier for future space vehicles to dock with the orbital complex. These operations will be tested during Shuttle rendezvous, docking, undocking, fly-around and a series of re-rendezvous with the Station.
The space choreography around the orbital outpost will mimic a rendezvous trajectory approaching no closer than 180 m. The goal is to test the Orion Relative Navigation Sensor, intended to be carried by the US crew exploration vehicle.
NASA is planning a 'grand finale' STS-135 mission to the Station with Atlantis, scheduled for the end of June. After the end of the Shuttle era, Europe's Automated Transfer Vehicle will be the largest-capacity supply vehicle available for the Space Station.


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Nelson Mandela 'Doing Well' After Spending Two Nights in Hospital
Two nights after South Africa's 94-year-old anti-apartheid hero, Nelson Mandela, was hospitalized in Pretoria, the office of President Jacob Zuma said on Monday he was "doing well" and there was "no cause for alarm."
"[Mandela] had a good night's rest. The doctors will still conduct further tests today [Monday]. He is in good hands," Presidential spokesman Mac Maharaj said in a statement on Monday, a day after President Zuma visited the Nobel Peace Prize laureate in a military hospital in the national capital.
"Today is also a special day as President Mandela received the Nobel Peace Prize on 10 December 1993... for his selfless contribution to the struggle for liberation, human rights and justice in South Africa," the statement added.
Mandela, who served as president of South Africa from 1994 to 1999, has to undergo more tests for an undisclosed condition, Maharaj said.
Mandela, who won the nation's first all-race elections in 1994 that marked the end of apartheid, was hospitalized Saturday for a second time this year, raising popular concerns over his health. Following Mandela's hospitalization, Zuma's office announced he had been admitted to a Pretoria hospital for medical tests and care that was "consistent for his age."
The following day, congregants packed landmark Regina Mundi church in Soweto, Johannesburg, to pray for him. Since the nation's largest Roman Catholic Church served as a place of gathering for the people of Soweto before, during and after the anti-apartheid struggle, it is known as "the people's church" or "the people's cathedral." In 1997, Mandela established Nov. 30 as "Regina Mundi Day" to honor the church.
"I believe not just South Africans but millions throughout the world will be praying for Madiba, and we are appealing to people to respect his privacy," Maharaj told Voice of America. "We want his treatment to be unimpeded, to be done under the least stressful conditions, and for the doctors to have a free hand to attend to him. I'm sure everybody wishes that for him."
Before Monday's presidential statement, reports had claimed that Mandela had stopped talking, and "has not been talking. He is not looking good."
In February, Mandela spent a night in a hospital for a minor diagnostic surgery to determine the cause of an abdominal complaint, according to The Associated Press. In January 2011, he was admitted to a Johannesburg hospital for an acute respiratory infection.
During his years in prison, Mandela contracted tuberculosis and had surgery for an enlarged prostate gland in 1985. In 2001, Mandela underwent seven weeks of radiation therapy for prostate cancer, ultimately beating the disease.


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Crucial m4 128 GB (RealSSD C400) ReviewWindows 7 Startup & Software Installation »
Test Setup
|Test System
|Intel Core i5 2500K @ 3.3 GHz
(Sandy Bridge, 6192 KB Cache)
Intel H67
|2x 2048 MB Crucial Ballistix Finned DDR3
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|Intel Integrated
|Windows 7 64-bit Service Pack 1
|SATA: Microsoft AHCI
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- After initial configuration and installation we created a disk image that will be used to test every drive.
- Automated updates were disabled for all programs. This ensures that for every review each drive will get the same starting point without possible pollution from previous testing.
- Our disk image consumes around 25 GB on disk, we resized the partition to fill all available space on the drive.
- Partitions were checked to be aligned.
- In order to minimize random variation, each of the performance tests is run ten times, with reboots in between tests to minimize the impact of disk cache. This approach also serves to put the drive into a "used" state with data constantly being written and read from the disk and TRIM active.
- We used the average of the ten runs as final score.
- All application benchmarks run the actual application and do not replay any disk traces.


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Rolling Stones guitarist Ronnie Wood married Sally Humphreys Friday in a private ceremony in London, Us Weekly reports.
Humphreys, 34, wore a traditional white gown with a layered taffeta skirt and accessorized with a red necklace, silver headband and a bouquet of white and pale-pink roses. Wood, 65, donned a navy suit. The groom had three best men, including bandmate Keith Richards and musician Rod Stewart.
Photos: Everybody's posing nude! Check out Rihanna and other stars who've bared all
Wood and Humphreys, the owner of a theatre production company, have been dating for six months.
This is Wood's third marriage. He was previously married to Krissy Findlay from 1971 to 1978, and to Jo Karslake from 1985 to 2009.
Wood joined The Rolling Stones in 1976 and the band recently wrapped a handful of shows to celebrate its 50th anniversary.


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You may recall that last month Stephen Colbert won NASA's contest to name a new module in the International Space Station. You may also remember that NASA snubbed him and chose the name Tranquility.
Of course NASA exercised the right to choose the final name, opting for the eighth most popular response according to their poll. Yeah…EIGHTH. So, the entire contest was pointless and we are left with another cliche NASA name. So, my question to you is: what should NASA have named the ISS module?


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Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) Privacy Rule
Understanding HIPAA, Training Materials, and the Enforcement Process
The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) Privacy Rule protects the privacy of individually identifiable health information and the confidentiality provisions of the Patient Safety Rule which protect identifiable information being used to analyze and improve patient safety.
The US Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) website offers:
- Details on the Administrative Simplification provisions that required HHS to adopt national standards for electronic health care transactions and code sets, unique health identifiers, and security.
- HHS published a final Privacy Rule in December 2000, which was later modified in August 2002. This Rule set national standards for the protection of individually identifiable health information by three types of covered entities: health plans, health care clearinghouses, and health care providers who conduct the standard health care transactions electronically.
To obtain more information about the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) click "Download Whitepaper" to request the URL to this resource.
Additional Whitepapers
- How Does the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act (CISA) Impact the Hospital and Healthcare Industry
Patient Safety
- Presentation on Patient Safety: Achieving A New Standard for Care (Institute of Medicine Committee on Data Standards for Patient Safety November, 2003)
- The JCAHO Patient Safety Event - Taxonomy: A Standardised Terminology and Classification Schema for Near Misses and Adverse Events


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So here's something that has me really mystified about Java.
Let's say you want a simple class to represent a simple value object. Just a garden-variety thingamabob that has -- let's just say two fields. And these two fields together give the object its identity.
And you want this class of yours to be simple, basic, idiomatic and well-behaved.
This seems like a pretty common thing to want to do, right? So far so good?
Better flex those fingers!
public class Foo implements Serializable, Cloneable {
private String text;
private Integer number;
public Foo(String text, Integer number) {
this.text = text;
this.number = number;
public String getText() {
return text;
public void setText(String text) {
this.text = text;
public Integer getNumber() {
return number;
public void setNumber(Integer number) {
this.number = number;
@Override public boolean equals(Object object) {
if (object instanceof Foo) {
Foo that = (Foo) object;
// oops! I cheated and used a Google-internal helper class!
return Objects.equal(this.text, that.text)
&& Objects.equal(this.number, that.number);
return false;
@Override public int hashCode() {
// oops! I did it again! ha ha!
return Objects.hashCode(text, number);
@Override public String toString() {
return String.format("(%s, %s)", text, number);
@Override public Foo clone() {
try {
return (Foo) super.clone();
} catch (CloneNotSupportedException e) {
throw new AssertionError(e); // impossible
private static final long serialVersionUID = 0xB0B15C00L;
Now, in my native language we have an expression for this situation, which loosely translates as, "what the mother****ing ****???"
What the hell happened? What did we do to deserve this? We just typed forty-four lines of code, not counting any documentation, just to create a ****ing struct, for Christ's sake! And we even had helper methods to call on for everything we reasonably could, at that!
And we'll end up typing it again. And again, and again. Except that in each place in our whole system we discover this pattern, it will have been deviated from in some subtle way or another. Forgot to make it cloneable, Forgot to make it serializable, a typo in equals() -- and tell the truth now, have you never once made that most appalling error of forgetting to implement hashCode()? Really?
So, we'd better write unit tests for all these classes too, then.
Object-oriented languages are meant to save us from duplication. But what we have here is a bona fide disaster. Something has failed us. But what can we reasonably do about it?
This I will address.... in the next post!


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U.S. Fears Iraqis Will Not Keep Up Rebuilt Project
By TIMOTHY WILLIAMS
BAGHDAD — In its largest reconstruction effort since the Marshall Plan, the United States government has spent $53 billion for relief and reconstruction in Iraq since the 2003 invasion, building tens of thousands of hospitals, water treatment plants, electricity substations, schools and bridges.
But there are growing concerns among American officials that Iraq will not be able to adequately maintain the facilities once the Americans have left, potentially wasting hundreds of millions of dollars and jeopardizing Iraq's ability to provide basic services to its people.The projects run the gamut — from a cutting-edge, $270 million water treatment plant in Nasiriya that works at a fraction of its intended capacity because it is too sophisticated for Iraqi workers to operate, to a farmers' market that farmers cannot decide how to share, to a large American hospital closed immediately after it was handed over to Iraq because the government was unable to supply it with equipment, a medical staff or electricity.
The concern about the sustainability of the projects comes as Iraq is preparing for pivotal national elections in January and as rebuilding has emerged as a political imperative in Iraq, eclipsing security in some parts of the country as the main anxiety of an electorate frustrated with the lack of social, economic and political progress. American forces are scheduled to begin withdrawing in large numbers next year.
New Consensus Sees Stimulus Package as Worthy Step
By JACKIE CALMES and MICHAEL COOPER
No, some conservative-leaning economists counter, we were right: The package has been wasteful, ineffectual and even harmful to the extent that it adds to the nation's debt and crowds out private-sector borrowing.
These long-running arguments have flared now that the White House and Congressional leaders are talking about a new "jobs bill." But with roughly a quarter of the stimulus money out the door after nine months, the accumulation of hard data and real-life experience has allowed more dispassionate analysts to reach a consensus that the stimulus package, messy as it is, is working.
Let's see how the malcontents spin that.
And finally, this nugget:
Palin Booed by Book CrowdUnhappy fans of Sarah Palin went rogue on the Alaska Republican during her book tour stop in Noblesville, Indiana on Thursday.
The local Borders outlet had handed out 1,000 wristbands to book purchasers; the wristbands were supposed to procure fans Palin's signature on their hardback copies of "Going Rogue." But several dozen people who had been promised signatures were turned away empty-handed after waiting hours in poor weather, a local news outlet, the Indy Channel, reported.
"We gave up our entire workday, stayed in the cold, my kids were crying," one man was quoted saying. "They went home with my wife. She was out here in the freezing cold all day. I feel like I don't want to support Sarah."


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Welcome to AECWeekly! Happy New Year! This issue will feature some of the top topics, announcements and trends AECWeekly touched upon over the past year.
AECWeekly is a news magazine featuring important industry news profiles, a summary of recently published AEC product and company news, customer wins, and coming events. Brought to you by AECCafe.
AECWeekly examines select top news each week, picks out worthwhile reading from around the web, and special interest items you might not find elsewhere. This issue will feature Industry News, Top News of the Week, Acquisitions/Agreements/Alliances, Announcements, New Products, Around the Web and Upcoming Events.
AECWeekly welcomes letters and feedback from readers, so let us know what you think.
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Top Ten AEC Topics and Trends of 2007
by Susan Smith
The following AEC topics, trends and announcements made our 2007 Top Ten list, many of them chosen by our readers.
1) The growth of building information modeling (BIM). As a result of that growth, other trends are emerging (according to Autodesk): a) the growth of analysis, b) contractors driving model-based processes, c) MEP users driving BIM adoption, d) the proliferation of third party BIM products.
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Autodesk customers are now building a lot more models, and analysis is becoming a very important component. Autodesk's purchase of Robobat speaks to this trend, and you'll hear more discussion of Inventor, Autodesk's 3D mechanical modeling software, being pushed as an important tool for engineers and contractors.
Phil Bernstein, vice president Industry Strategy and Relations, for AEC Solutions, attests to the fact that contractors are using Revit more. "If they don't get it from designers, they model it themselves or outsource," Bernstein explained. "We bought NavisWorks and the most enthusiastic endorsers are contractors. They are looking at fundamental problems. They want to conceptualize in 3D so they can see what 2D drawings mean, making stuff not bump into other things and qualify. Contractors are driving model based processes. They won't do projects unless they model them first. Counting things and measuring things is a key business problem for people who construct buildings."
Beau Turner, solutions consulting manager of Building Solutions for Avatech Solutions, an Autodesk reseller and solutions provider, said that the Revit platform with the MEP tool on top of it, has grown the services side of their business to 75% of their total business.
Third party BIM products are also on the rise. Turner noted that "the complete solution isn't just the one product right now." Many third party products such as Green Building Studio allow them to take intelligent building models and get downside returns, to see how well a building will perform. In other countries, automated code checking, brought about by third parties, is required, and now in the U.S. GSA projects are requiring it."
In October, 640 users responded to a blind survey of BIM users conducted by Dr. Lachmi Khemlani working with Bentley Systems as an independent expert. The results of the survey showed that 58 percent of respondents preferred the approach and features of Bentley BIM solutions while 38 percent of all respondents prefer AutoCAD Revit and of the remainder, "strongly preferred" responses, 69 percent chose Bentley BIM solutions and 31 percent chose Revit. The same survey has been placed online so that other BIM users can take the survey themselves and compare their thoughts to what others have concluded.
Of the 640 respondents, Autodesk respondents were 67% and Bentley were 15%.
2) Deltek Announced Pricing of IPO
"it was a point in time for us to do this. Because of the growth in the company, this will help us look at future acquisitions. We've done five acquisitions in the past two years, so this enables to continue doing that, as well as paying down some debt.
It helps our investment firm, New Mountain Capital, recoup their investment in the company. The product lines will remain the same, it's business as usual.
The prospectus indicates we will use all $42.6M in net proceeds to pay down debt. The vast majority of the debt was incurred during the recapitalization transaction in April of 2005 when New Mountain Capital purchased about 75% of Deltek.
For the metro DC area, it's one of the biggest software IPOs that has happened in recent times, as a result of our growth and our success over the years. We're very specialized in our market and no one does what we do."
3) Meridian Offers Role Based Interfaces
Customers have come to Meridian Systems with three top needs:
1. They need to differentiate themselves from their peers. Technology has become a need-to-have rather than a luxury item. Prolog continues to be successful in small to medium sized companies.
Proliance is targeted to the enterprise market. Their priorities are improving their project cost control. Best practices have been implemented and many companies are standardizing on one technology so the entire organization can apply their business processes.
2. Improving visibility across their business using business analytics and business intelligence functionality. With project data in a centralized data, the company is in a position to look at performance across a whole company.
3. Customers are interested in how they will be successful with their implementation. The Starter Pack that Meridian released this summer is a series of technical components bundled together to help accelerate implementations for customers. Sue Watkins, director of marketing for Meridian said the Starter Pack was created in response to helping the construction project management business get a head start, using their experience in that field.
A new technology trend Meridian sees is called composite or role based applications, a development strategy being endorsed by Microsoft, designed to help customers be more successful with their implementations. "Getting your end users to adopt is part of that success," said Watkins. "The composite application strategy enables companies like Meridian to roll out role based interfaces for different types of users."
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According to a release on the John Deere website, the company is planning to invest approximately $58 million to enhance operations at John Deere Seeding in Moline, IL, where the company's planting equipment is manufactured.
A new factory master plan that targets enhancements in efficiency and quality, including a new paint system and increased use of automation and robotics, is expected to drive Deere products to an even higher level. John May, President, Agricultural Solutions, said, "This investment reflects the past success of John Deere Seeding and prepares the factory to further serve customers in the future. Deere continues to invest in facilities both in the U.S. and around the world to enhance our position as the world's largest manufacturer of agricultural equipment."
John Deere has been manufacturing planting equipment since 1877 and continues to do so in the same Moline location today. These investments could dramatically increase production and the quality of products the factory produces. From John Deere's Ag Management page, "Across the U.S. and Canada, more and more producers are using precision farming technologies in their operations, and John Deere continues to be at the forefront of this revolution. Our full range of products accommodates the diverse needs of growers today. So whether you want to gather information, reduce input and labor costs, increase efficiency, or better manage your land and water resources, turn to John Deere."
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1. If you don't have a child in school I'm sure you know at least one child. That is one of the most important reasons I know for you to educate yourself on the issues.
2. As citizens of this great county we all have an interest in the failures, triumphs, and future of education.
3. You might really find a cool website about a topic you like such as math, science, or language arts. You might locate some of the wonderful sites regarding educational research, technology, or education issues.
4. There are many fantastic educators that are regular participants in the carnival and they don't always post about lesson plans. When not participating in the carnival they post about personal issues, movies, political issues, and many other interesting things.
5. Educate yourself on new trends, new strategies, and new issues that are at the forefront of education today….some that could make or break the future of education.
6. Find out what really goes on in classrooms across the nation. It isn't what YOU remember….
7. Understand that we have terrific forum for discussion here that provides opportunities for ALL stakeholders in education to particpate in fluid conversations about what we can do to improve education.
8. Education has become a political football. Don't let a politician win your vote simply because you aren't up on all sides of an educational issue. A simple click through can give you a new perspective.
9. Speaking of perspectives you'll discover that educators don't always stick together. We differ on many issues, but we debate in a somewhat respectful manner.
10. Recently Jay Matthews, a columnist at the Washington Post, stated in a column that educators have a terrific venue to "advance taxpayer's understanding of educational issues". I couldn't agree more.
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ITHACA, NY — Finishing Ithaca College Theatre's 2011-2012 main-stage season is William Shakespeare's "Measure for Measure." Performances will run in the Hoerner Theatre in Dillingham Center on April 24, 26, 27 and 28 at 8 p.m. and 2 p.m. matinee performances on April 28 and 29. There will be a free talk-back presentation following the April 28 matinee.
Ticket prices for "Measure for Measure" range from $5.50 to $11 and are on sale at all Ticket Center outlets, including Ticket Center Ithaca on the Commons and the Dillingham Center box office. Call (607) 273-4497, (607) 274-3224 or visit www.ithacaevents.com. Visit www.ithaca.edu/hs/depts/theatre/mainstage/ for further information. Also, follow us on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/ICTheatreArts and Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/ICTheatreArts.
As "Measure for Measure" opens, the Duke of Vienna has apparently left his city in disarray and given the ruling power rule to Angelo, the harsh but virtuous judge. In actuality, the Duke has disguised himself as a friar in order to spy on Angelo and see for himself how strict and virtuous the judge can be. What ensues is a dark comedic journey filled with mischief, injustice and stark commentary on the hazards of absolute power in the hands of unprepared men.
"I'm fascinated by the historical context of 'Measure for Measure'," says Wendy Dann, assistant professor of theatre arts and director of this production. As the play was written when King James was just taking control of England, Dann states, "we've been exploring the idea that the play may have been Shakespeare's attempt to encourage temperance in the new King's reign." This play's message of power, corruption and the balance between mercy and justice is no less applicable in today's political climate than it was in Shakespeare's time.
The strong design statement distinguishes Ithaca College's "Measure for Measure" from other productions. "The creative team is interested in highlighting the mixture of genres; specifically the combination of horror and comedy," says Dann. "It sounds strange, and it is...almost like a Tim Burton kind of world where we might laugh in one moment and shiver the next when a character demands 'off with his head!'"
The production is designed by Lawrence Moten '12 (scenic), Grace O'Malley '12 (costumes), Aaron Porter '12 (lighting) and Kimberly Donowski '13 (sound). Jessie Jardon '12 is the stage manager, Char Manlove-Laws '13 and Katlyn Rapini '14 are the dramaturgs, and Rebecca Terpenning '12 is the technical director. The assistant director is Carly Richards '13.
The cast of "Measure for Measure" includes Dan Berlingeri '13, Nick Carroll '14, Dennis Chambers '14, Jimmi Cook '15, Miles Crosman '12, Graham Drake-Maurer '12, Katie Drinkard '14, Kelly Fairbrother '15, John Gardner '12, Megan Green '12, Monique Huff '13, Josh Johnston '13, Andrew Karl '12, Bruce Landry '12, Max Lorn-Krause '12, Matt Madden '15, Taylor Misiak '14, Hallie Peterson '12, Eric Schaum '15, Josh Sedelmeyer '12, Ross Silver '15, Alanna Smith '14, DeAnne Stewart '13, Ari Veach '15, TJ Wagner '14 and Luke Wise '12.
A nationally recognized professional theatre-training program, the Department of Theatre Arts attracts students from across the United States. Throughout the production season, undergraduate students present all aspects of theatre in a professional model.
Dillingham Center accommodates all patrons. Individuals with special needs are asked to contact (607) 274-3224 to request accommodations as soon as possible.


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Compare and book cheap flights from Cairns (CNS) to Tuvalu with Skiddoo. Use the Skiddoo flight explorer to find the cheapest time to fly to Tuvalu from Cairns on a range of leading airlines. Save with our exclusive Cairns to Tuvalu flight deals online today.
Tuvalu is a very small island located in the Pacific Ocean between Australia and Hawaii. It is also the 3rd least populous state in the world with only over 11,000 inhabitants. Yet, as always, great things come in small packages. This small island state will definitely surprise you with its tourist destinations.
Nanumea Atoll: A Reflection of Tuvalu
The most popular spot in the island is the Nanumea atoll. This place lets you see the beauty of Tuvalu and have a closer look at its history as well. The atoll features a beautiful pond with a large church towards the end. This place became really damaged during WWII. In fact, some remainders of the war are still visible in the area. It is also quite difficult to reach. You need to use the government's supply ship. It runs 3 to 4 times a week only. Yet, despite the "risk" of going there, it is still worth it.
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Gov. Brown steps in to reduce record Calif. gas prices
Gov. Jerry Brown is taking emergency measures to push down the record cost of gasoline that hit an average high of $4.66 a gallon Monday in California, surpassing Hawaii as the highest in the nation.
One station in Long Beach had the state's priciest gas at $6.65 for a gallon of regular, according to GasBuddy.com. Meanwhile customers at an outlet in San Pablo paid $3.49, the lowest price in the state, the Associated Press reports.
GasBuddy, which surveys gasoline prices nationwide, reports that the average per gallon nationally is $3.79.
Brown has directed the state's Air Resources Board to allow the immediate sale and import of cheaper and more available winter-blend gasoline.
The Sacramento Beereports that the governor's move on Sunday follows a request by the California Independent Oil Marketers Association for permission to produce winter-blend fuel before the typical switch-over date of Oct. 31.
The Times quotes energy experts as saying the move could drive down prices by 15 to 20 cents a gallon.
The newspaper notes that special winter-blend gasoline, which is considered more detrimental to air quality during warm weather, evaporates quicker than the gasoline sold during the summer.
The Los Angeles Times says analysts attribute the sudden price surge to refinery and pipeline problems that have hit supplies in a state that already pays a premium for cleaner-burning fuel.
One Chevron Corp. refinery has been running at reduced capacity because of a fire in August, and a pipeline carrying oil from Kern County to the San Francisco Bay area was shut down because of contamination, the Times reports.
As prices for refined gasoline jumped sharply in California, crude oil prices fell for a second day in New York before a meeting of European officials.
Bloomberg BusinessWeeknotes that the fall comes amid speculation that Europe's debt crisis and an economic slowdown in Asia will curb fuel demand.
Crude for November delivery fell as much as $1.67 to $88.21 a barrel in electronic trading Mionday on the New York Mercantile Exchange, BusinessWeek reports. Prices are down 10.3% this year.


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Senior Katie Zavodny returns for the Liberty softball team after stealing a program-record 41 bases in 2013.
2014 Liberty Softball Spring Schedule A pair of matchups with defending national champion Oklahoma highlights Liberty's 2014 softball schedule, as released today by first-year head coach Dot Richardson and her coaching staff. The Lady Flames will compete in at least 10 games against teams which qualified for the 2013 NCAA Division I Softball Championship, including the Oklahoma Sooners, who won their second national title last season. Liberty opens the schedule with 23 straight games away from Lynchburg, before opening the home slate on March 14 against Campbell. Fans will get to see the Lady Flames play 19 home games this season. Liberty begins the campaign at a tournament hosted by Florida Gulf Coast in Fort Myers, Fla., Feb. 7-9. The team's season opener is against 2013 NCAA Regional qualifier Western Kentucky of the Sun Belt Conference. The Lady Flames will also face Georgetown, the SEC's Ole Miss, and host FGCU while in Fort Myers. The next weekend sees the squad compete in the UNCW Tournament, Feb. 14-16, where Liberty will meet Norfolk State, UMBC and UNCW. The Lady Flames play at the Spartan Classic in Spartanburg, S.C., Feb. 21-23. The host USC Upstate Spartans are the defending Atlantic Sun tournament champions. Liberty will also meet Southern Conference opponents Furman and Western Carolina. From Feb. 28 through March 2, Liberty competes at the 49er Invitational in Charlotte, taking on Charlotte, Georgetown and 2013 America East champion Stony Brook. Liberty opens Spring Break with a four-game stint in Norman, Okla., March 7-9, where the Lady Flames will contest two games against both defending national champion Oklahoma and Western Illinois. The Lady Flames will then close out the early portion of their non-conference schedule with a doubleheader at George Washington on March 12. After spending the first month of the campaign on the road, Liberty will open its home schedule with a Big South Conference series against Campbell, March 14-15. That begins a stretch where Liberty will play 13 out of 16 games at home. The team then heads to Farmville, Va., to take on defending Big South champion Longwood, March 18-19. A weekend home series against N.C. Central on March 21 and 22 kicks off a 10-game homestand. Liberty will then face East Tennessee State, Charleston Southern and UNCG. The Lady Flames then hit the road for Big South series at Coastal Carolina (April 5-6) and Radford (April 8-9), before returning home for a weekend set against Gardner-Webb (April 11-12). Liberty steps outside of conference play on April 16, with a doubleheader against 2013 NCAA Regional participant Virginia Tech. The Lady Flames host Winthrop on April 18-19, the team's last home games of the season. After an April 23 twin bill at Virginia of the ACC, Liberty closes out the regular-season schedule with a conference series at Presbyterian College, April 26-27. Liberty will compete in the 2014 Big South Softball Championship, hosted by Coastal Carolina, from May 8-11. The Big South champion will earn the conference's automatic bid to the 2014 NCAA Division I Softball Championship, which will begin the weekend of May 15.
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I get an error message that files were unable to be read, or there was an error loading.
This can occur if your Dota 2 install is corrupted or incomplete due to a restart or error. You can have Steam check your Dota 2 Install and re-download any corrupted files by following the instructions here, https://support.steampowered.com/kb_...2037-QEUH-3335
How do I see my ping and frames per second?
Add the option "+net_graph 1" to the launch options for Dota 2.
Dota 2 does not start and the error reports a crash in shaderapidx9i.dll
This is usually caused by a Windows configuration issue. Please see solutions presented in this article, https://support.steampowered.com/kb_...4168-TLZB-4976
When I started Dota 2 the doors won't open and I'm stuck at "Connecting to the Dota 2 Network"!
This means your client is unable to talk to the Dota 2 Community and Matchmaking Server. This can be caused by a few issues:
- You are running dota.exe directly and not through Steam. Make sure you launch the game from your Steam client Library.
- An update to Dota 2 or to Steam may be in progress. Please wait until the update is complete.
- The Dota 2 Community and Matchmaking Server is currently down or restarting. Please wait a few minutes and try again.
- Steam is currently experiencing a high load and may be unable to connect you to the Dota 2 Community and Matchmaking server. Wait a few minutes and try again.
- You have old or misconfigured Steam client. Completely reinstalling Steam has helped some users with this issue.
This issue is rarely caused by any install issues. Please do not reinstall Dota 2. The best thing is to wait and check the dev forums for any updates.
When playing together with a friend at the same location (LAN), we both can't connect to the same server at the same time.
This is generally caused by a router that can't handle two different computers connecting to the same remote address using UDP while using the same source port. Please see this article for possible solutions, https://support.steampowered.com/kb_...6370-QPHJ-3567
The sound stutters and the game freezes for a short time when a player picks a hero.
This is a known issue and a limitation that is currently present in the beta. This will be fixed at a later date.
Do I need to forward any ports to play Dota 2?
No. Dota 2 is played on Valve hosted dedicated servers and no other players connect to you.
What protocol and ports does Dota 2 use?
Dota 2 uses the UDP protocol and communicates on ports 27015 through 28999 to our dedicated servers. By default, your client opens UDP port 27005 or your computer to connect to the game servers.
I can start Dota 2, but when I create a Practice game or try to accept a Matchmaking game I get "Connection Exceeded the Number of Retries."
The basic issue here is UDP packets from your computer to the game servers are not being received. There can be several reasons for this:
- You have firewall or security software that is blocking Dota 2 from sending and/or receiving UDP packets. Some people have reported issues with COMODO firewall and similar products. Please disable them or configure them to allow Dota 2 to send UDP packets.
- You are on a restricted network that is blocking UDP packets. This could be because of installed VPN software, or you are at a school or university that is blocking the UDP ports Dota 2 needs to play.
- You may have a router that is incorrect configured or requires software updating.
- A possible solution for Netgear DGN1000 Routers: Access your router settings (usually through 192.168.0.1), click on ADSL Settings, change Multiplexing Method from VC-BASED TO LLC-BASED and press Apply.
I'm getting Steam Validation Rejected or No Steam Logon often while I'm playing.
This error can be caused by account sharing. PLEASE DO NOT SHARE YOUR ACCOUNT. Account sharing is not permitted by the Steam Subscriber Agreement. You are responsible for the actions on your account.
If you are not sharing your account and you still receive this message, it indicates that Steam is having issues authenticating your ownership of Dota 2. It typically means that the Steam client is having difficulty connecting to the Steam servers. Please see this article to help identify issues with Steam connections, https://support.steampowered.com/kb_...1456-EUDN-2493 Several users have reported success when changing Steam to use TCP (as described in the linked article).
During heavy combat, the game lags a lot.
You can try setting the "Network Quality" option to Low in the Game Options. This will reduce the amount of packets Dota 2 sends to you with a slight increase in response time.
My screen capture program doesn't work with Dota 2.
Under Windows Vista and Windows 7, Dota 2 uses a new Direct3D library called Direct3D 9Ex. Some applications that capture the screen may not fully support this. You can disable this by adding "-nod3d9ex" to the Dota 2 launch options in Steam. This may make full screen play unstable, so it's recommended you play in Windowed mode if you disable Direct3D 9Ex.
An Error Has Occurred While installing Dota 2(Missing Configuration) or (No connection to content servers)
This occurs when Steam is having an issue in attempting to download and install the game.
- You may have web proxy software or VPN software that is restricting Steam from making HTTP connections to download content. Please disable any web proxy or VPN software if you can, or configure it to allow Steam to make HTTP connections.
- The download region you are connecting to may have connectivity issues to you. You can change the Download Region. Please see this article for more information, https://support.steampowered.com/kb_...9498-WPDF-3220
- You may have a corrupted configuration file that is preventing Steam from installing the game. Exit Steam then delete this file in your userdata folder located inside the Steam folder (usually Program Files\Steam or Program Files (x86)\Steam):
After that restart Steam.
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Los Angeles public relations firm Think Jam has issued an apology for a Sleepy Hollow promotion which declared Tuesday "National Beheading Day" just hours after a video surfaced showing captured American journalist Steven Sotloff being decapitated by ISIS militants.
The promotion was meant to bring attention to the Season 1 DVD release of Fox's Sleepy Hollow, which prominently features The Headless Horseman as a villain.
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E-mails were sent to journalists' inboxes shortly before 1 p.m. PST asking Sleepyheads, the name for Sleepy Hollow fans, to celebrate "Headless Day" and to share a quartet of comically morbid e-cards over social media using the hashtag #HeadlessDay. News of Sotloff's death hit the wires shortly after 9 a.m. PST.
The e-mail said, "Heads will roll as sleepyheads celebrate Headless Day today, September 2. On this National Beheading Day, viewers everywhere can share in the fun as fans prepare for the release of Sleepy Hollow: Season One on Digital HD now and arriving on Blu-ray and DVD September 16."
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The firm sent out an e-mail apologizing for the promotion one hour later. "We apologize for the unfortunate timing of our Sleepy Hollow Headless Day announcement," the message said. "The tragic news of Steven Sotloff's death hit the web as the email was being sent. Our deepest sympathies are with him and his family, and we don't take the news lightly. Had we known this information prior, we would have never released the alert and realize it's in poor taste."
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment released their own statement to Deadline:"Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment recognizes and apologizes for today's promotion for the Season One DVD release of Sleepy Hollow. We regret the unfortunate timing of our announcement and our deepest sympathies go out to the families of all involved."
Sotloff is the second American to be beheaded by ISIS militants recently. Two weeks ago, video of ISIS terrorists cutting off the head of photojournalist James Foley emerged.


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It's taken since the beginning of the summer to source, make, and test this DIY sunscreen recipe. I'm super proud of the fact it's an effective recipe, made along with my friend Michelle who is a local holistic health nutritionist. We are not doctors, experts in the field of cancer or product manufacturing, but we are two moms on a journey to remove products we see as possibly harmful for our 6 children combined. What changed my thoughts over the last year from buying organic sunscreen to making my own?
There have only been a few times in my life where I totally couldn't wrap my mind around subjects that should have been easy. Sunscreen has always been one of them. Long time Mommy Footprint readers will know how many sunscreen articles I've written trying to get to the bottom of ingredients and why titanium dioxide vs zinc oxide are better choices. The topics of 1) preservatives that make products shelf-life stable and 2) nanoparticles and non-nanoparticles are confusing topics that haven't been researched enough for my liking. And once you remove the zinc and titanium ingredients from organic sunscreen, you start actually looking at ingredients you are left with and think "Hey – I could make this!" It's very empowering to find your own ingredients that you can pronounce and understand how each one works within a recipe like sunscreen. Most importantly with this recipe, once you learn the SPF levels of oils and products you have in the kitchen – you'll really be surprised.
And although I still have mad respect for organic sunscreen companies that have paved the way to cleaner ingredient lists and done SO much to educate consumers (Badger and Green Beaver in particular), I know that sunscreen originated in labs and was created with chemicals that just might have spiked the skin cancer rates over the last 50 years. Cancer rates have increased every year, even with all our knowledge of how to better protect our skin. So rather than just go without sunscreen this summer, Michelle and I have done our research and are happy to follow this recipe from Health Impact News. What ingredients were important to source and use? Red Raspberry Seed Oil and Carrot Seed Oil. Check out the SPF ratings for these two products and you'll see why. Site reference here:
|Carrier Oil
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|Carrot Seed Oil
|38 – 40
|Macadamia Nut
|Sesame Seed Oil
|2 – 4
|Shea Butter
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|2 – 8
|2 – 8
|Avocado (unrefined)
|4 – 15
|Castor Oil
|Almond Oil
So the recipe we adapted and followed from Health Impact News is:
1/4 cup coconut oil
1/4 cup shea butter
1/8 cup sesame or jojoba oil (next time we'll swap out for avocado oil)
2 TBSP beeswax granules (use more if you want it more water resistant)
1 TSP Red Raspberry Seed Oil
1 TSP Carrot Seed Oil
Click here to get full instructions on how to make your batch of DIY coconut oil sunscreen. Scroll down to Instructions.
You can use essential oils to scent the sunscreen, but the woodsy smell of the carrot seed oil was enough for our batch. My kids did complain slightly about the woodsy scent, but nothing compared to the fuss they made when we first started using organic sunscreen scented with lavender. ;0
You can use whatever essential oils you would like for scent, but make sure to stay away from phototoxic essential oils, which includes the citrus family and a few others. When these essential oils are exposed to the sun, they can cause the skin to burn faster. **This is really important information**
Another surprise while we made the sunscreen, Michelle's hubby was hedging bets that the exercise to make our own sunscreen was going to be much higher than just buying a bottle of organic sunscreen from the store. And we agreed. But then he started doing the math (bless him) and surprised all of us to learn that it was cheaper to make our batch of sunscreen than buying store bought organic sunscreen. And we still have lots of ingredients left over to make more! Here is the breakdown in cost:
1/4 cup (60ml) Coconut oil – ~$ 1.25
1/4 cup (60ml Shea butter – ~ $6
1/8 cup (30ml) Jojoba – ~ $3.75
1 tsp (5ml) Red Raspberry Seed oil – ~ $5
1 tsp (5ml) Carrot Seed Oil – ~$9
Bees Wax ~$.80
We took the average cost of our ingredients to figure out how our homemade sunscreen compared to the average store bought 'clean' one. All of our 6 ingredients are organic and/or Fair Trade. The approximate total cost to make this sunscreen is around $26. When we put it into the jar we ended up with around 220 ml of sunscreen. The average price of 'clean' sunscreen that we purchase is around $19 and the size of container is around 100ml-125ml. Our homemade sunscreen works out to be cheaper.
Who did this recipe get tested on? We finished it at the beginning of August, and although the excitement has been high to share, we completed testing first. My lovely teenaged friend who has worked so much this summer and seen very little sun came with us to the pool and used this sunscreen on a very hot day. No trace of burning or pink. My children have very good base tans but we just returned from a week in the desert and they wore the sunscreen and only deepened their tans. And finally, Michelle's daughters are very fair skinned and she is loving the results of the sunscreen too! We are still trying to avoid mid-day super hot sun when we are spending a long time outside, and Michelle uses sun shirts, so please continue to use common sense and respect for the sun and UV. If you don't already have a base tan, you'll need to reapply this sunscreen recipe every few hours or more often if swimming. The good news is you'll love how your skin feels after. If you really dislike the white zinc results from store bought organic sunscreen, you'll love how this recipe immediately soaks into skin, has little scent, and makes your skin very soft after a day outside.
This recipe for homemade coconut oil sunscreen uses a variety of oils and is safe for the whole family, though you want to make sure children don't eat any of it. Also, when not in use, store the mixture in the fridge to help extend the shelf-life and prevent it from going rancid.
You will know when you are ready to make and trust using your own homemade sunscreen. When the idea of it no longer sounds crazy, but a really smart, practical, idea.


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Suffolk bills seek curbs on sales of energy drinks
Two bills aimed at limiting the availability of energy drinks will get first hearings in the Suffolk County Legislature next week, but some health advocates are already lamenting that they do not go far enough.
Legis. William Spencer (D-Centerport) has proposed laws to ban energy drink distribution within county parks and beaches, and to ban free samples from being given to minors. The resolutions will be introduced, respectively, at Wednesday's parks committee and at Thursday's health committee meetings, with public hearings in front of all lawmakers scheduled for next week.
"These pieces of legislation at least help level the playing field between the industry and some of our children who don't always have the privilege of parental oversight," said Spencer, noting that energy drink makers often attract young customers via booths at fairs held on county grounds. "It's a start."
Limiting samples and prohibiting the beverages in parks, however, were the smaller components of a request made last November to the legislature by Suffolk's Board of Health. Chiefly, the board urged lawmakers to completely ban the sale of energy drinks to anyone under age 19, citing potential health dangers including elevated heart rates, higher blood pressure, dizziness and even death.
"It's not enough," Tracy Trypuc, a health board member, said of Spencer's proposals. " . . . The full age ban would be the most effective law."
Spencer initially supported a countywide age restriction, but after meeting last month with industry representatives, including officials from Red Bull and Monster, he said the effort was complicated by needing to define energy drinks, so as to not impact the sale of coffee and soda. When support for an age restriction stalled, he shifted to the smaller bills, and said he'd also work to limit sales of "shot"-like drinks with higher caffeine and stimulant levels.
"I'm already hearing vehement opposition from the energy drink lobby," Spencer acknowledged of his efforts that fall short of an age restriction.
The energy drink industry has long said its products are safe, and that no evidence exists that they can cause death.
But Wendy Crossland, of Maryland, whose daughter Anais Fournier, 14, died last year of a heart arrhythmia after drinking two 24-ounce energy drinks within 22 hours, said Suffolk needs to prioritize children over beverage companies. She has sued an energy drink maker, claiming her daughter's arrhythmia was caused by caffeine toxicity. "It's a gross injustice when lobbyist money comes before the health and safety of our children," she wrote to lawmakers.


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Open source NoSQL datastore specialist Basho has teamed up with SoftLayer to hoist the free and paid-for versions of Riak into the cloud.
The availability of Riak and Riak Enterprise on SoftLayer's mid-tier infrastructure cloud sees Basho try and open up another shaft to let it tap the seam of cash that it, like other open-source-pegged companies, believes must exist among members of its user base. SoftLayer opted for Riak in response to customer demand.
"We took a look at the landscape and looked at what our customers are using on us today – MongoDB, Riak, Hadoop, and Cassandra," Marc Jones, a product innovation veep at SoftLayer, told The Register. "Given that [Riak is] a distributed data store, it was a good fit for our platform from a compute perspective, and also from a network perspective."
SoftLayer's infrastructure-as-a-service cloud is spread across 13 digital realty trust data centers across the world. It has standardized its gear on SuperMicro servers, though it has some legacy Dell gear it's getting rid of.
The company exists in that peculiar middle-tier of infrastructure-as-a-service companies that have credibility, but are not large enough to play in the major league of Google, Amazon, Microsoft and – to a lesser extent – Rackspace.
But nor is SoftLayer at the bottom of the capital cliff-face being smashed apart on the bitter rocks of a fast-commodifying industry. Rather, like contemporaries Joyent or Linode, SoftLayer is attempting to survive by specializing in a technical niche.
"We are largely pushing into the big data space based on what we see our customers doing today," Jones said.
To that end, while MongoDB gathers a lot of press for its popularity and use at places such as Foursquare, Cisco, CERN, and Salesforce, Riak has been quietly building up a set of enterprise customers that like its inherent reliability when storing large amounts of data.
And it is this what got SoftLayer interested. Pricing for the service starts at $359 per Basho server per month, and $600 per server running Riak Enterprise. Customers must run five servers by default to gain the redundancy and neat replication features of Riak, and can't use fewer than three.
Basho and SoftLayer both have customers in the advertising and gaming areas, so it makes sense to team up. The partnership strikes us as a scheme by the two companies to make their respective products more attractive in a market increasingly dominated by larger players with great big war chests. ®


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When do you intend to declare where you stand on this gun grab issue?
The simple fact is that those people in Washington intend to take away firearms from every American. Regardless of which path they choose, it's a declaration of war against America by this Government.
You have firearms owners within this congregation. Lots of them. You have law enforcement in this congregation.
If this whole thing proceeds forward, then everyone will have to choose where they stand. Those who wear a badge will have to choose whether to honor their oaths or obey their orders. People like me will have to decide when, where, and against whom we fight and whether to play defense or go on offense.
As the pastor you have the unenviable task of being the undershepherd to this church and delivering God's word. You have to take a stand and speak what you think is true and right whether anyone supports you or not. But as the leader, you do not have the luxury to just wait and see.
We are headed towards a showdown about restrictions on government and the rights of the people. About who's in charge and who is the servant. About whether government is our servant or our master. About whether we're citizens or subjects. And these are truly talking irreconcilable viewpoints here. There is no middle ground where we should be compelled to accept partial slavery here. There is no middle ground where we should be compelled to accept a little more tyranny. If there were, then we should all be British subjects and the founders would have all swung from the gallows.
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I received the following call at work today:
Me: Hello..
Stranger: What is the name of your attorney?
Me: What?
Stranger: I need to know the name of the attorney representing you.
Me: Who is this?
Stranger: I am calling from *** to collect payment for a past due bill.
Me: First of all, this is my work and do not call me at my place of employment again.
Stranger: That is fine, ma'am. What is the name of your attorney?
Me: I do not have one yet. I will be signing with one very soon.
Stranger: So you don't have one?
Me: ...
Stranger: That is fine, we are going to sue you for the amount of $*** that you owe our company. Good luck.
She completely hung up on me. She never gave her name. She didn't leave her number.
I'm scared.
If I could claim bankruptcy right at this moment I would. I have to have these calls stopped. I can't afford the money I need to give to my attorney. I won't be able to afford it until I receive my tax refund. The early part of February is when I will receive it.
Will I be served with papers before February? February is four months away. If I am served with papers before then I will need to hire an attorney and I can't do it until February!
Also, when you are served with papers do they do it at your work? Will a policeman show up here and make me sign them? Do you get them through a certified letter in the mail? How does this happen? Were they trying to scare me and then they'll call again later hoping I'll have the money and drag it out more before getting an attorney after me?
I really cannot stand this. I never thought I would ever be in this situation. I never thought that I would be faced with bankruptcy and I certainly never thought I would be wanting to do it as soon as possible.
Wednesday, October 24, 2007
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I received the following call at work today:
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Hitman: next game will take 'fresh perspective' on Agent 47
Hitman: Absolution only just came out this week, but developer IO Interactive is already talking about the next game in its series, currently in development at new studio Square-Enix Montreal, leaving IO free to pursue a mysterious new project. Get the chatter below.
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Hitman: Absolution 'used to have regen health' - IO discusses big changes
Hitman: Absolution's protagonist Agent 47 used to have regenerative health in an early build of the game, IO interactive's director Tore Blystad has revealed. The feature was implemented to make the game accessible for everyone, but was since scrapped. Blystad has revealed more secrets in a new interview.
Hitman: Absolution - Saints level tweaked over controversy
The Hitman: Absolution level with the sexy, PVC-clad nuns has been tweaked after the controversy the trailer depicting the level caused earlier in this summer.
Diana's death is a catalyst for Agent 47's actions in Hitman: Absolution
Hitman: Absolution director Tore Blystad has said killing Agent 47's handler Diana Burnwood was a "really big," and "tough" decision for the team to make and it required a lot of going back and forth.
Only 20% of players will see the last level in Hitman: Absolution, says director
IO Interactive's Tore Blystad has said metrics compiled by the firm have revealed many Hitman: Absolution players won't see the last level of the game.
IO Interactive responds to Hitman trailer controversy
In response to the wealth of criticism directed at the Attack of the Saints trailer that debuted at E3 earlier this week, Hitman: Absolution game director Tore Blystad has publicly apologised for the ensuing controversy and provided context for the trailer within the game itself.
Hitman: Absolution's action backs up solid stealth at E3
The action shooting may be fun, but Dave Oshry takes the stealth approach to Hitman: Absolution and comes away far better pleased with himself than on his "screw up" guns-blazing playthrough.
47 returns: IO's Blystad on bringing back Hitman
Square Enix isn't having a very big gamescom, but it does have a small presence, notably featuring Hitman: Absolution. Johnny Cullen speaks to game director Tore Blystad.
Hitman: Absolution to ease the player in
IO Interactive's Tore Blystad has said Hitman Absolution won't exactly be easier than its precursors, but it will be more flexible, and take a different approach to teaching the player.
"An open world game needs to feel alive," says Hitman devs
Hitman: Absolution's game director Tore Blystad and gameplay director Christian Eleverdam, have said that when it comes to an open world game, the atmosphere and non-playable characters need to "feel alive."
Tore Blystad latest
Hitman: Absolution 'used to have regen health' – IO discusses big changes
Diana's death is a catalyst for Agent 47's actions in Hitman: Absolution
Only 20% of players will see the last level in Hitman: Absolution, says director


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The King of all Media may soon be crowning "Idols."
Sirius shock jock Howard Stern told his listeners Monday that he's considering exiting radio to replace Simon Cowell as lead "American Idol" judge -- and he's even named his price.
"There's not a better job on the planet than judging that f---ing karaoke contest," Stern said, confirming that he'd been approached to join FOX's hit show, TheWrap.com reports.
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"It might be possible, we'll see," Stern added. "They'd have to pay me a ton of dough because I already make a ton of dough."
What would it take to woo away a guy whose 5-year, $500 million radio contract is reportedly up at the end of the year?
Stern said he'd suit up with "Idol" for a cool $100 million.
"It would be the best thing that happened to me," Stern told listeners. "What a cush job — $100 million for four months. Who wouldn't take that?"
Not all media observers believe Stern is serious about jumping ship.
"By disclosing these negotiations, Stern may be trying to up the pressure on Sirius to offer him another lucrative deal," writes Olga Kharif for Bloomberg BusinessWeek.
FOX execs have been searching for Simon Cowell's replacement since the "Idol" judge shockingly revealed last month that he'd be leaving the show after its current season ends to focus on bringing U.K. reality competition "X Factor" stateside.
Stern said he "can't imagine" anyone better suited than himself to replace the famously tart-tongued Cowell.
"How else are they going to make that show work?" Stern said on his show. "Who knows how to broadcast and who knows how to be interesting? And who's not afraid to speak their mind?"


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Listen to music with friends on Facebook with Spotify, MOG, Rhapsody, Slacker, and more
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Internet, Music
Facebook is good for discovering the latest news about your friends and family, but what about music? As part of its f8 developer conference yesterday, the site teamed up with a number of online music entities to bring music discovery to Facebook.
Music companies like Spotify, Rdio, Rhapsody, and Slacker will be offering their own apps, which will allow you to share what you're listening to with friends on Facebook. Their music choices will also show up on your news feed, and you can listen to the songs right inside Facebook.
"You'll now start seeing new music posts and play buttons all over your newsfeeds. Hit a play button and the music starts. Right there," Spotify said in a blog post. "Spotify fires up to give you a new soundtrack to your social life. Check out your new Music Dashboard and your real-time ticker to discover the music that's trending with your friends."
In a screen shot posted by Spotify, there is a "Music" option under the "Apps" tab on the left-hand bar, which lists all the music services with which you've integrated. A "Top Songs" bar on the top right brings you right to favorite selections.
Spotify's Facebook Page now includes a "Download App" button. See the video below for more.
In a statement, Rdio CEO Drew Larner said his company was "built from the ground up as a social service, so this integration is a natural fit for us."
If you're not a member of a service like Rdio, linking up with Facebook automatically creates an Rdio account. In Rdio's case, users get a free trial to Rdio Unlimited, and users will soon get ad-free access to its 11 million songs.
Slacker, meanwhile, said the Facebook integration is a "new way for people to connect around listening to music." To promote the deal, Slacker launched "100 Days to Get Personal," a program that will offer up prizes for connecting to Slacker on Facebook, including meet-and-greets with artists like Trace Adkins and Katy Perry, as well as gadgets like HDTVs, and free trips.
To win, add Slacker Radio to a Facebook Timeline and enter the "100 Days to Get Personal" promotion from the Slacker Facebook page.
Also joining the Facebook music effort is Deezer, a company with a large presence in France and the U.K., Clear Channel's iHeartRadio, and Vevo, a YouTube- and Universal-backed video site, which said it will be the only music video partner on the project.
Also today, Facebook unveiled the Timeline feature, (here is how to enable Timeline for your profile) which is basically a history of your activity on Facebook, as well as Netflix integration, though not in the United States.
This article, written by Chloe Albanesius, originally appeared on PCMag.com and is republished on Gear Live with the permission of Ziff Davis, Inc.
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Jörg Wackerhahn, spokesman of the Working Group of Fire Brigades in Rescue Service (AG FReDi), on RETTmobil
AG FReDi spokesman Jörg Wackerhahn emphasises in his welcoming address to the 19th RETTmobil , in Fulda May 15 - 17, that RETTmobil has become a steday and growing event. More than 500 exhibitors from 20 countries and around 29,000 visitors are expected at the leading international trade show for rescue and mobility. According to Wackerhahn, the German rescue system consisting of a full-time and voluntary rescue personnel has once again proven invaluable in the past year, both during forest and land fires as well as in the snow chaos in Bavaria. The knowledge and experience gained in these operations has to be incorporated into future operations planning in order to meet the challenges of the future. With the "restructuring of emergency care", the federal government has initiated a major reform of the health care system, which will also have an impact on emergency rescue and patient transport. Here it is important to play an active role in shaping this process. As Wackerhahn writes, RETTmobil is also ideally suited for visitors who are looking for a professional challenge in the rescue sector or who want to engage in voluntary work in the participating organisations and associations.
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When The Carrington in Surry Hills opened up its own Pintox and Tapas joint last year I began to hatch a plan to get The Boy to take me there. To be honest, our "pre-football" ritual of burgers before each game was getting a tad...stale. I LOVE burgers, but a girl can only eat so many bugers in one year. We needed to mix things up a bit (well I did anyway) and what better to spice things up then some tasty Pintoxs!
I'm desperate to go back from some more of that lovely Kingfish Pastrami. Be seeing you soon Carrington!
The Carrington is at 565 Bourke Street, Surry Hills. Phone them on 02 9360 4714 (they take bookings *happy dance*)!


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Report #2 on my 2011 genealogy research trip to PanamaExactly a week after visiting the Vallee graves I returned to Corozal with my father's cousin, Enrique, who showed me where my paternal grandfather's siblings and their mother are buried. Sadly, the cemetery is not well cared for and the state of the grave sites range fromContinue reading "Thomases Buried in Corozal"
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Report #1 on my 2011 genealogy research trip to Panama Last month, in just a matter of days, I went from having no idea when my next trip to Panama would take place to having a ticket booked for a ten day trip in June. The main purpose of this trip was to do genealogical research.Continue reading "Vallee Graves in Panama"


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RIO DE JANEIRO: Highly efficient LED lighting has the potential to transform cities and deliver major cost and greenhouse gas reductions for governments, businesses and consumers. These were the key messages from an event in Rio today that saw the launch of The Climate Group's new Lighting the Clean Revolution report and a call to action to make all street lighting, on a global basis, LED-based (or as efficient) by 2020.
The event was held as part of the UN Global Compact's Corporate Sustainability Forum, one of the focal points of business discussions at the Rio+20 Earth Summit. Speaking at the event were representatives from Philips Lighting, the Government of South Australia, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, and the Rio City Government.
The Climate Group's Jim Walker began by outlining the findings of the new report, based on four years of outdoor trials from The Climate Group's'Lightsavers' project. Covering 13 cities and 27 different LED products, the trials had demonstrated an average energy saving of 60% for LED units compared to existing lighting fixtures. The results had also shown that LEDs were more effective in terms of delivering light to where it should go, producing a better quality of light for users, and being remarkably durable.
Harry Verhaar, Senior Director of Energy and Climate at Philips Lighting, then outlined some of the other benefits that LEDs could bring, not least of which was substantial cost savings. Some 40% of global electricity use, for example, could be avoided if the world switched to LEDs. This equated to 1.3 trillion euros in savings or the equivalent of not having to build some 642 coal fired power stations. Current projections suggested that 80% of lighting would be LED by 2020.
Paul Caica, South Australia's Minister for Sustainability, Environment and Conservation, then highlighted the raft of measures that had been introduced to drive low carbon transformation in his state. This included switching 10% of lighting in Adelaide, the state's capital city to LEDs. A new draft strategy on outdoor lighting was expected to see this level increase substantially.
Julio Carlos Moranti, from the City of Rio Government, drew attention to the cost of Rio's existing lighting infrastructure. Much of this was due to maintenance. The city was attempting to cut costs by recycling a lot of its lighting fixtures. It was also introducing LEDs to cut down on maintenance. Major attractions such as Christ the Redeemer and the Metropolitan Cathedral were now lit by LEDs.
From a finance perspective, Abyd Karmali, Managing Director and Global Head of Carbon Markets at Bank of America Merrill Lynch, considered the financing options available to scaling up LED lighting. Drawing attention to the financing models outlined in the Lighting the Clean Revolution report, he highlighted green bonds and new financial institutions, such as UK's Green Investment Bank, as offering particularly interesting opportunities for delivering finance.
PwC's Gus Schellenkens, Director of Sustainability and Climate Change, proposed a three level model for thinking about the successful scale up of LEDs. The first level was the status of the technology itself; was it cost competitive and mature. The second was the social and technical system in which the technology operated such as the market structure, financing arrangements and planning and permitting systems in place. And the third level was the overall economic, social and political climate, which needed to be supportive of the other levels. If these were all in place for LED lighting, which increasingly seemed to be the case, then rapid scale up was likely.
The event was concluded by The Climate Group's CEO, Mark Kenber. Highlighting the tremendous opportunity that LEDs offered – in terms of cost savings, emission reduction potential and better, smarter cities – he announced a call to action to make all new street lighting LED based (or as efficient) by 2015, and all street lighting the same by 2020. The announcement is an open invitation to businesses and governments at all levels to work with The Climate Group to deliver this vision and will be included as an official commitment from the Corporate Sustainability Forum.
Read: LED street lighting trials in 12 of the world's largest cities shows up to 85% savings


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There are some great quotes in here:
"I never learned anything. I have a 5th grade education."
"I made this submarine because I have a lot of creative ideas."
"I made this to appeal to someone who can back me up and give me a helping hand."
"I seldom use a ruler. Everything is based on a feeling."


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Well, I made it back to Rexburg. School doesnt start until Tuesday SO at least I can blog a little bit, and hopefully finish the book I'm currently reading. (Catching Fire...the second book after The Hunger Games) If you havent read The Hunger Games yet, GET ON IT! Seriously, just do it, you won't regret it.
But being back here is just fine. Luckily I have my little sis here and some fun girls to live with for the semester. But I am totally missing Jon. A lot more than I thought I would. Guess it's real love I'm dealing with here...I'm so lucky. We skyped today, HILARIOUS. I had the genius idea to just always be skyping so its like we are always together! It totally makes sense. He just made fun of me. BOYS! ;)
I can't believe I only have ONE SEMESTER left of classes. I feel like I shouldve been done a loooong time ago, but I was never ready. Now I am. It's gonna be a stressful semester, but I'm excited to get it going and done! One step closer to being a real teacher :)
Today in church we were talking about when Moses was stuck in the wilderness with the escaped slaves. They were murmuring (which by the way did you know that if you murmer it deteriorates your MEMORY?! just fyi) but anyway they were complaining about not having any food, and Moses prayed to the Lord and the Lord sent manna. This was not what the people were expecting. Oftentimes our own lives are like that. We experience a trial, get a result, and wonder why we are recieving that particular blessing. But it's not because Heavenly Father doesnt want to give us exactly what we want, it's just that He blesses us with exactly what we need. He always will. That lesson was a good reminder to me, that although I've had my struggles (I know me? struggle? WEIRD) I have been so blessed. Exactly what i need, exactly when I've needed it. The Lord Loves Us. SO much. He will never leave us alone. He will neve forsake us. He is very quick to forgive (thank goodness). He shines when we choose the right. I just hope that I can be continue becoming the woman He knows I am.
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From January 16 through April 5 Scottsdale hosts Native American Song, Dance, Art and Food most Thursdays and Saturdays during the noon hour.
This is a friendly gathering, on weekends seemingly mostly locals, where you get to hear Native American tongue and song and watch dancers in full regalia perform.
The next generation is saluted and young stalwarts are part of the performance troupes, learning about their culture and endearing audiences as they do.
Scottsdale Civic Center Park is ribboned with nearby restaurants and you can not only buy Native American foods but also find other fare for a picnic.
This is a very family friendly event, and no small number of well-behaved and comely dogs seem to come too.
Native Trails is presented by the Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation and produced by Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts.
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SAN JOSE — A bicyclist was killed in a horrific crash near downtown San Jose when a dump truck collided with a delivery truck, causing it to topple onto her, according to the San Jose Police Department.
The crash was reported at 9:43 a.m. Thursday at Lincoln and Auzerais avenues and involved a westbound delivery truck and a southbound dump truck, Officer Albert Morales said. The female victim, who family members identified as Shayla Cypriano, 23, was traveling on Lincoln when the delivery truck overturned and fell on her. She died at the scene and leaves behind a 2-year-old daughter, according to family members. Police have not officially identified the victim.
Both drivers in the collision were uninjured and cooperative with police, Morales said.
Canned energy drinks were strewed across the intersection in the aftermath of the fatal collision, the city's 17th of the year. There were 29 fatal collisions that killed 30 people in 2012.
The SJPD Traffic Investigation Unit was summoned to the crash site, which was expected to be closed for several hours. Motorists were advised to avoid the area.
The collision occurred one block west of another fatal collision involving a bicyclist. A man was hit by a light-rail train Saturday after he reportedly bypassed a lowered crossing arm near Sunol Street.
Contact Robert Salonga at 408-920-5002 and follow him at Twitter.com/robertsalonga.