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This document discusses how SCC is deployed to work with Afiniti.
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Sytel and Afiniti have partnered to produce an integration of Softdial Contact Center (SCC) with Afiniti. This adds Afiniti's AI-based routing capabilities to Sytel's best-of-breed multimedia ACD and dialer engine.
Afiniti's AI-based agent selection is applied to both inbound and outbound campaigns and works for all types of media, bringing AI-based routing to Chat, email and other packet media sources as well as traditional voice.
SCC is both a multimedia and multisession ACD. SCC customers make use of media blending to maximise occupancy and manage service levels across media types where response timescales vary greatly. Use of SCC's multimedia blending is transparent to the integration with Afiniti.
The overall solution maximises agent occupancy at the same time as pairing the best agent available with a customer, leading to highly profitable operations for the contact center.
In this white paper we announce the Sytel AI Dialer and how our Virtual Event Machine (VEM®) takes its machine learning capabilities and hence dialer performance to a new level.
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The Sytel AI Dialer gives customers unprecedented levels of dialer performance without breaching compliance. This white paper explains the approach that Sytel has taken to develop this first class dialer that includes two new features, which are both world firsts:
All the great things that make Sytel's Softdial Contact Center (SCC®) a world class product.
A white paper that looks at how the predictive dialing industry has responded to the challenge of compliance, what compliance means for users and how dialer selection has changed in a compliant age.
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In this paper we lift the lid on some practices and ideas that should have been consigned to the history books years ago and we also offer some practical advice on how to select your next (or first) predictive dialer.
When you select a dialer, no reputable vendor would do anything other than claim compliance; quite right too, since compliance is easy to achieve; you simply set a limit for nuisance calls. In order to make the right choice you need to ask the right questions. This paper helps you to do this and also work out the right answers. Some key questions considered are:
A white paper looking at the impact of technology on customer service, particularly in the arts.
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The evolution of customer service is very much a function of technology. There is now a range of marketing and customer service techniques, not just voice but digital as well. These techniques are used in a variety of ways, from the proactive to the softer sell which allows customers to engage at their own convenience.
Market Research companies rely on technology to help increase their interviewers' productivity. However, without a full appreciation of the humble telephone call, the technology can never deliver its full potential.
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When pursuing the perfect phone call, attention must be given to some key areas. This white paper clearly identifies and describes each area and identifies the components and challenges with each.
A white paper seeking to demystify AMD as implemented in call centers today for the purpose of figuring out whether a call is being answered by a human or a machine, and to explore what the technology can actually deliver.
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Vendors of call centre technology seek to differentiate their Answer Machine Detection (AMD) algorithms in many different ways; "We have 73 patents", naming (e.g. Positive Voice Detection, Perfect Call Analysis) and aggressive marketing claims about capabilities (e.g. 99.8% accuracy)
But the bottom line is that it all rests on a common algorithm (explained here). And how reliable is it anyway? This paper debunks the myths and jargon associated with AMD and presents some hard facts for call centers when considering the pros and cons of AMD.
A white paper looking in depth at the deployment of Softdial Contact Center in a high-availability disaster recovery environment.
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The nature of hosted services is that there is no room for failure. Service providers must guarantee productivity time in the order of 99.999% if they are to provide the quality of service users expect.
This white paper looks at how the components within Softdial Contact Center are designed from the ground up to meet these requirements, including
Automatic and seamless failover of system services.
Redundancy measures and load-balancing for gateways delivering trunk access.
Dynamic provisioning of all system components.
Shared, dynamic configuration store for dial plan, queues, routing, security model and other configuration shared by system services.
A white paper that looks at the technical challenges that the world of hosted contact centers brings. We discuss the requirements in detail and show how Sytel meets the challenges.
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Historically call center service platforms have been considered too complex for hosting and/or outsourcing of technology and services to be viable. Today this is no longer true but anyone keen to take advantage of this expanding opportunity must first understand the challenges and the potential pitfalls that still remain.
This paper is an essential read for anyone with an interest in the Hosting Services model. It discusses the critical technology issues that must be addressed when planning a hosted call center services operation and explains how Sytel's hosting solutions have been specifically developed to address the needs of this market.
A white paper based on a document submitted by Sytel Limited for consideration at the FTC Collections Workshop, held in Washington D.C. on 10th - 11th October 2007. (FTC Project No.: P074805)
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Predictive dialers are seen as an essential tool in Collections. They raise the productivity of agents and can make the difference between running a Collections operation at a profit, versus a loss.
The Collections industry in the US is currently exempt from the rules governing the use of predictive dialers there. Sytel believes there are strong reasons why a cap on nuisance calls in the US collections market should now be considered.
The paper looks at dialing behavior in the Collections industry in the US, including type of call, e.g. live versus virtual agent and considers current nuisance call levels.
A white paper that describes Sytel's VoIP solution, steps involved in fresh deployment or system migration and its suitability for different customers.
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The purpose of this white paper is to set out, in practical terms, the steps that must be taken when implementing a VoIP solution with particular emphasis on deploying Sytel's VoIP solution. The paper discusses some of the real benefits that can be achieved by migrating to a VoIP solution and provides detailed information that will be helpful in overcoming any misconceptions that prospective users may have regarding the feasibility of VoIP solutions for contact centers.
This white paper discusses the guidelines introduced by regulatory bodies and assesses the impact they have had on the outbound calling industry.
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Sytel is well known around the world as a strong proponent of responsible predictive dialing and has a long track record of working with both national marketing organizations and also government regulators, advising them on appropriate rules. For example, in April 2002 Sytel was invited by the Federal Trade Commission1 to be the dialer industry representative at its regulatory hearings held in Washington.
Much of the existing rules now in place in other countries first saw light in the form of advice provided by Sytel. Drawing on this experience, we have now set out a detailed outbound template for other countries to consider when drawing up their own dialer regulations.


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(CNN) -- The third-grader's legs dangle at times from an overstuffed chair as he answers the questions of two female police officers. His manner and voice are casual, even helpful, but his words are shocking.
Police say an 8-year-old boy confessed to murder. Legal analysts say the questioning crossed the line.
And so, legal analysts say, were the methods police used to obtain them.
By the time the boy was finished talking, say police in St. Johns, Arizona, he'd confessed to a premeditated double murder.
The 8-year-old is charged in juvenile court with killing his father, Vincent Romero, 29, along with Tim Romans, 39, a man who rented a room in Romero's home. Police have said the boy confessed to shooting the men. He has not entered a plea.
He will be allowed to leave a juvenile jail for 48 hours to spend Thanksgiving with his mother, a judge ruled Wednesday.
The furlough will start at noon November 26 and end at noon on November 28, Apache County court administrator Betty Smith told CNN.
Legal analysts who spoke with CNN were united in their opinion that the police questioning was improper and that any incriminating statements the boy made shouldn't stand up in court.
A review of the tapes shows that the boy's demeanor was more suitable for a session of show-and-tell than for a soul-baring confession as he describes the carnage he saw inside his home. He does not appear to be depressed, scared or sorrowful. Watch police interrogate the boy »
The body of his father's roommate was sprawled downstairs, he says. He ran through the house, shouting, "Daaaad! Dad!" His father was lying dead upstairs.
"There was blood all over his face, I think, and I think I touched it," he tells the officers. He showed them how he prodded his father's body with his foot, checking "to see if he was a little bit alive." Watch the boy describe the scene »
Then, he says, he sat by his father's body and cried for half an hour.
Later, as the police officers' questions become increasingly pointed, the boy says he shot the men. He says he shot his father a second time "so he wouldn't suffer." Watch boy say he shot his "suffering" dad »
That statement came, several analysts agreed, long after the camera should have been shut off and the boy advised of his rights to keep silent or consult a lawyer. Even then, they said, it is doubtful a child that young could understand those rights.
Nowhere on the tape, which police call a confession, is the boy read his rights. No parent or guardian is present as he speaks.
"The law enforcement conduct in this case is inexplicable: from interrogating a third-grader without the presence of a parent or other adult to releasing an inflammatory videotape before a trial," said Jeffrey Toobin, CNN's senior legal analyst.
"It's important, of course, to protect society from dangerous people of whatever age, but this case has been handled in such a way that seems to disregard the major challenges of dealing with such a young suspect," Toobin added.
Sunny Hostin, another CNN legal analyst, agrees. "I've never seen anything like this," she said. "This is never how it's done. This was completely out of bounds." Watch why the interrogation troubles Hostin »
A judge in Arizona has issued a gag order prohibiting police and prosecutors from commenting further on the case. Although authorities once planned to try the boy for murder in an adult court, the case has been referred to juvenile court, where the proceedings are less transparent.
Still, there's the tape.
As the questioning begins, the boy is treated more like a witness than a suspect. One of the officers advises: "I have to tell you the truth. I can't lie. Debbie can't lie, and you can't lie to us. We're just gong to be talking truth, OK? We're not going to make anything up. We're just going to be honest, OK, even if it's bad stuff, OK? We just need to tell the truth, just us, in this room."
"I'm comfortable with the way they approached the beginning of the interview," said CNN law enforcement analyst Mike Brooks, a former homicide detective. But the questions became more confrontational as the interrogation continued.
At some point, he said, the boy stopped being a victim or a witness and became a suspect. That's when he should have been read his rights, Brooks said. That's when a parent or legal guardian should have entered the room, he added.
He said the turning point on the tape comes when the officer expresses doubt over the boy's story about not being home at the time of the shootings: "You're sure?" one officer asks. "Because I heard something that somebody said that somebody was calling your name and you weren't answering."
At that point, Brooks said, the interview turned into an interrogation.
Children are highly suggestible and require different handling, said "In Session" anchor Lisa Bloom, who represented sexually abused children as an attorney. Children are eager to please, she said, anxious to give adults the answers the child thinks the adult wants to hear.
"Cases are legion where juveniles have been coerced into making false confessions," she said. "All you have to do with an 8-year-old is make it clear what answer you want."
In this case, the officers made it clear that the boy's initial description of what happened wasn't the answer they were looking for, she added. Watch Lisa Bloom say interrogators were leading the boy »
Bloom points to other cases in which false confessions were coerced from juveniles. Notable among them, she said, was the case of Michael Crowe, a teen who falsely confessed to killing his sister near San Diego, California. A transient later was convicted in the slaying.
In the Crowe case, as in the Arizona case, the police videotaped the statement. Bloom said that should occur in all juvenile cases.
Apache County Attorney Christopher Candelaria said the tape was released because it was considered public record.
But he did not elaborate on why authorities would consider the police interrogation of an 8-year-old to be public record. Juvenile proceedings usually take place behind closed doors.
At the end of the tape, the boy buries his face in his jacket as one officer asks, "You OK, sweetie?"
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Would we so willingly cut programs for the poor if we knew them by name?
When I was in high school, I bagged groceries for my pocket money, and I often saw a WIC tag next to food items as I restocked shelves: peanut butter, milk, cheese. As a middle-class 16-year-old who never missed a meal, I didn't even know what WIC stood for ("Women, Infants, and Children") or that it provided free food to pregnant and nursing mothers and their infants and young children, until my mother told me that it started when she was pregnant with me.
Twenty years later, that memory came back to me as I saw flashing across the screen on CNN: "$500 million, WIC; $600 million, community health centers." The ticker was rolling the line items of the $38 billion in spending cuts approved by Congress in April and signed by President Obama to avert a government shutdown. A piece in The Nation highlighted the on-the-ground impact of these kinds of cuts: In House Speaker John Boehner's district alone, where child poverty rose six points to 19 percent in 2009, 500 poor seniors will no longer get a monthly food box.
As I considered the damage to our social safety net, I couldn't stop asking myself: What kind of country balances its budget by taking milk from children or peanut butter from their mothers? Or cuts health programs for uninsured people? Is that the same country that in just a few weeks dropped $750 million worth of bombs on Libya and this year will spend more than $700 billion on "defense"? It seems we have to justify every penny spent on feeding the poor, but if we're bombing someone, it's carte blanche.
Soon after the cuts passed, the bishops who chair the domestic and international policy committees of the U.S. bishops' conference and the heads of Catholic Relief Services and Catholic Charities joined Christian leaders in calling for a "circle of protection" around the portion of the federal budget devoted to social services. The bishops followed up with a letter to the Senate from the two bishops' committees urging senators to keep poor and working families high on their agenda. In May Catholic theologians and scholars sent a letter to Speaker Boehner on the eve of his appearance at the Catholic University of America decrying the "anti-life implications of this budget in regard to its impact on poor and vulnerable American citizens."
Such responses from high-level Catholics are well and good, but what about white, middle-class Catholics (me included), only two generations removed from the same poverty suffered by millions in our nation today?
There was a time when most U.S. Catholics knew someone who was poor; it was hard to live in an urban Catholic ghetto and not know someone in need. But I doubt that is as true now as a generation ago. How many of us have friends who are poor? I don't. Do our children know their children?
There is still poverty in the Catholic community, but a Catholic could probably attend the same suburban parish every Sunday for years and never encounter anything like the poverty of inner-city Los Angeles or rural Mississippi. Catholics still live in ghettos, only now they separate us from each other.
Middle-class Catholics send money, donate food, and attend fundraisers to support the corporal works of mercy, but such charity-from-a-distance isn't enough; face time with the down-and-out has to be part of the mix. Poor people must become more than empty hands that we fill out of kindness or even guilt. We must know them as real people with stories that are not unlike our own, whose lives, through a combination of racism, lack of resources, unstable families, bad luck, and sometimes bad choices, turned out much differently. There but for the grace of God go we all.
The coming months will be dominated by fiscal battles over the federal debt limit, entitlement programs, and military spending. These are, of course, important political questions that our nation must solve.
But for us who are also citizens of a city yet to come and members of Christ's mystical body, they are also spiritual matters. What we do to the least of our brothers and sisters—or permit to be done to them—we do to Christ. Getting to know hungry, thirsty, naked, sick, and imprisoned people might be a first step in doing right by them, especially if we want to inherit with the poor the kingdom promised "when the Son of Man comes in his glory" (Matt. 25).
This article appeared in the July 2011 issue of U.S. Catholic (Vol. 76, No. 7, page 8).
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Present: Martin, Simone, Tove, Mirja, Stephen
Front of House
Tove- introductions, main duties as FOH coordinator.
How to manage FOH within VA meeting as not everyone is interested in both parts.
Split meeting- might be difficult to have 2 meetings in the same meeting, some people would like to contribute to both.
All in one meeting- AP fatigue and boring for both groups as non pertinent matters will need to be discussed.
FOH stuff should have separate meetings and focus should be on action days. To make the building exciting and looking great.
First meeting to discuss stuff on Sunday 05/04/2009 10am
AP- Tove to post details to BB
Tables- repaint tables, keep some, get folk who are interested to make new designs
chairs- free chairs available, Tove to look into to see if still available and good.
Funding Opportunity
Stephen sent round the draft for the app, please have a look and make suggestions.
AP- martin to look out images for application.
AP- Simone to ask Emi about any images she has of previous shows.
Mirja has a list of funding opportunities.
AP Stephen to look into the list as see if there is anything suitable.
3/4 Week Shows
From September we will have a combination of 2 week and 4 week shows.
Group Show
We will do the floor by chipping in for varnish prior to TK16 then have the group show.
Lost momentum a bit because of circumstances- will now look into making 2 shows per poster in black and white.
The next meeting will be purely submissions for empty slot, festival and beyond, gallery calendar updated with suitcase show booked into final festival week.
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GUEST OPINION: China 'selects' its new president, Xi Jinping
Vice President Xi (pronounced "shee") Jinping is expected to replace current President Hu Jintao as China's next "selected" president as the Communist Party leaders gather in Beijing this week.
Why should we care? Because going forward all major issues impacting the world will intersect at the corner of Beijing and Washington, DC.
Far too many Americans are uninformed when it comes to a country that is home to one-fifth of all humanity and the second largest economy in the world.
As with many issues in China, including their leaders, gathering intelligence for a full picture of China's leaders' backgrounds is difficult.
So exactly who is Xi?
We do know him as a "Chinese princeling," the son of Revolutionary hero and former Mao Zedong comrade, Xi Zhongxun. He will be the first "princeling" to lead the country.
Xi Zhongxun, like Deng Xiaoping, China's former leader who opened China to the world, was purged three times by Mao. He served as deputy prime minister from 1959 until 1962 and his falling out with Mao for the first time.
As a teenager, Xi Jinping suffered like many youth in the 1960s during the cultural revolution, having his education interrupted seven years when he was sent to the countryside to learn from the masses. And, Xi, like most China's leaders, is an engineer. He also has a law degree. His wife, Peng Liyuan, is one of China's most famous and celebrated folk singers and an army major general.
Part of the new fifth generation of Chinese leaders, Xi was born June 1953, in Shaanxi province, a poor region of northwestern China. His rise to the top was apparent when a Communist Party Central Committee plenum appointed him vice chair of the military affairs committee which oversees China's armed forces.
The appointment means that Xi is on target for the top three jobs in China: Secretary of the Communist party, State president and Civilian head of the military.
The Communist Party rules over all in China. He will be known outside China as "President Xi". However, the Communist Party post is where the true power lies.
Past As Prologue?
Deng Xiaoping rehabilitated the senior Xi when Deng returned to power after Mao's death in 1976. His "Ba Ba," father, Xi Zhongxun, was an economic reformer and appointed governor of Guangdong province by Deng Xiaoping in southern China, leading the liberal economic policies launched by Deng at the end of 1978.
The elder Xi is credited with the creation of the first Special Economic Zone in Shenzhen, which grew from a small fishing village near Hong Kong to a bustling super modern city and manufacturing center.
Today Shenzhen's population exceeds 10 million as migrants pour from rural villages across China to help make Shenzhen ground zero in China's rush to become the factory to the world.
Xi Zhongxun reportedly said to Deng Xiaoping in the early days of market reform,"We need to reform China and implement this economic zone even if it means that we have to pave a bloody road ahead, and I am to be responsible for it."
The incoming president's father, ever a reformer, sided with former Community Party General Secretary Hu Yaobang, who had been purged for his support of political liberalization and whose death triggered the Tiananmen Square "Incident in 1989.
Xi Zhongxun later condemned the military crackdown on the Tiananmen Square protesters on June 4th,1989. Xi Zhongxun support for Hu Yaobang was courageous but expected as Hu's family had helped shelter the Xi family during the Cultural Revolution turmoil.
Incoming president Xi was described in a 2011 Washington Post column as "pragmatic, serious, cautious, hard-working, down to earth and low-key" and "a problem-solver and a leader."
Xi Jinping, will need all these attributes to govern the fastest growing large world economy where, as Cheng Li, a China expert at the Brookings Institution says, "The Chinese public is particularly resentful about the princelings' control of both political and economic wealth."
If the people become disenfranchised and subsequently act out on their dissatisfaction, social order might well quickly become paramount as the greatest fear of the Communist leadership is losing control. Stability is paramount.
Tom Watkins has been traveling to and working to build economic, cultural and educational bridges with China for nearly a quarter century. He is a Michigan former state superintendent of schools, serves on the international board of advisers for the Michigan Economic Development Corporation and U of M Confucius Institute and is a U.S./China business and educational consultant. He can be reached at: firstname.lastname@example.com


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This wiki is intended to be a useful resource for anybody who wants to think about the density Hales-Jewett theorem. There are no rules about what can be added to it, but amongst other things it will contain articles that digest parts of the discussion that is taking place as part of the so-called Polymath1 project and present them in a concise way. This should save people from having to wade through hundreds of comments. If you add an article, it would be good to have it linked from this main page, so that it is easy to find. (However, there is also a list of all pages on this wiki.)
During the course of the discussion so far, several variants of the problem have been proposed.
The Problem
The basic problem to be considered by the Polymath1 project is to explore a particular combinatorial approach to the density Hales-Jewett theorem for k=3 (DHJ(3)), suggested by Tim Gowers. The original proof of DHJ(3) used arguments from ergodic theory.
Basic definitions
Useful background materials
Here is some background to the project. There is also a general discussion on massively collaborative "polymath" projects. This is a cheatsheet for editing the wiki. Finally, here is the general Wiki user's guide.
Threads and further problems
- (1-199) A combinatorial approach to density Hales-Jewett (inactive)
- (200-299) Upper and lower bounds for the density Hales-Jewett problem (inactive)
- (300-399) The triangle-removal approach (inactive)
- (400-499) Quasirandomness and obstructions to uniformity (inactive)
- (500-599) Possible proof strategies (inactive)
- (600-699) A reading seminar on density Hales-Jewett (inactive)
- (700-799) Bounds for the first few density Hales-Jewett numbers, and related quantities (active)
- (800-899) Brief review of polymath1 (active)
Here is a further list of blog posts related to the Polymath1 project. Here is wordpress's list.
A spreadsheet containing the latest upper and lower bounds for [math]c_n[/math] can be found here. Here are the proofs of our upper and lower bounds for these constants.
We are also collecting bounds for Fujimura's problem, motivated by a hyper-optimistic conjecture.
There is also a chance that we will be able to improve the known bounds on Moser's cube problem.
Here are some unsolved problems arising from the above threads.
Here is a tidy problem page.
Proof strategies
It is natural to look for strategies based on one of the following:
- Szemerédi's original proof of Szemerédi's theorem.
- Szemerédi's combinatorial proof of Roth's theorem.
- Ajtai-Szemerédi's proof of the corners theorem.
- The density increment method.
- The triangle removal lemma.
- Ergodic-inspired methods.
- The Furstenberg-Katznelson argument.
- Use of equal-slices measure.
Related theorems
- Carlson's theorem.
- The Carlson-Simpson theorem.
- Folkman's theorem.
- The Graham-Rothschild theorem.
- The colouring Hales-Jewett theorem.
- The Kruskal-Katona theorem.
- Roth's theorem.
- The IP-Szemerédi theorem.
- Sperner's theorem.
- Szemerédi's regularity lemma.
- Szemerédi's theorem.
- The triangle removal lemma.
All these theorems are worth knowing. The most immediately relevant are Roth's theorem, Sperner's theorem, Szemerédi's regularity lemma and the triangle removal lemma, but some of the others could well come into play as well.
- Complexity of a set
- Concentration of measure
- Influence of variables
- Obstructions to uniformity
- Quasirandomness
Complete proofs or detailed sketches of potentially useful results
- The multidimensional Sperner theorem
- Line-free sets correlate locally with complexity-1 sets
- A Fourier-analytic proof of Sperner's theorem
- A second Fourier decomposition related to Sperner's theorem
- A Hilbert space lemma
- H. Furstenberg, Y. Katznelson, "A density version of the Hales-Jewett theorem for k=3", Graph Theory and Combinatorics (Cambridge, 1988). Discrete Math. 75 (1989), no. 1-3, 227–241.
- H. Furstenberg, Y. Katznelson, "A density version of the Hales-Jewett theorem", J. Anal. Math. 57 (1991), 64–119.
- R. McCutcheon, "The conclusion of the proof of the density Hales-Jewett theorem for k=3", unpublished.
- A. Hales, R. Jewett, Regularity and positional games, Trans. Amer. Math. Soc. 106 1963 222--229. MR143712
- N. Hindman, E. Tressler, "The first non-trivial Hales-Jewett number is four", preprint.
- P. Matet, "Shelah's proof of the Hales-Jewett theorem revisited", European J. Combin. 28 (2007), no. 6, 1742--1745. MR2339499
- S. Shelah, "Primitive recursive bounds for van der Waerden numbers", J. Amer. Math. Soc. 1 (1988), no. 3, 683--697. MR 929498
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PHOENIX -- The Phillies say there is nothing amiss with Roy Oswalt, who allowed five runs in three innings and 57 pitches before Charlie Manuel removed him.
"His stuff wasn't good," Manuel said. "His velocity was down. I figured there was no sense in leaving him out there."
Oswalt says... nothing.
The pitcher had left Chase Field before reporters entered the visitors clubhouse. It was his second start since developing mid-back spasms in a game at Citizens Bank Park against Florida.
Ruben Amaro Jr. huddled with a team offical during the game and then was seen leaving the manager's office just as reporters entered.
Manuel was asked if Oswalt had indicated a problem with his back.
"I don't know," Manuel said. "He didn't say nothing about that. As far as I know, he didn't say nothing about that."
So what was wrong?
"His stuff wasn't good tonight," Manuel said. "He's usually much better than that."
Oswalt's average fastball velocity was around 91 m.p.h, just as it was in his previous start against San Diego -- the first one since the back injury. That is down from his normal 93 m.p.h. average. After the win vs. the Padres, pitching coach Rich Dubee said Oswalt was not 100 percent and had "gutted" it out.
Oswalt's next start is scheduled for Tuesday -- six days of rest because of two off days (Thursday and Monday).
Catcher Brian Schneider said Oswalt's stuff was fine, he just missed location more than usual. His off-speed pitches, especially, were up in the zone.
"He gave me no indications of [the back being an issue]," Schneider said. "It's something he's going to have to answer. Prior to the game, talking to him, his bullpen, everything was great."
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LAS VEGAS -- A jury in Nevada cleared a Las Vegas physician Tuesday in a wrongful death and medical malpractice lawsuit stemming from the May 2010 suicide of LPGA golfer Erica Blasberg.
Jurors who heard five days of civil trial testimony deliberated less than an hour before finding Dr. Thomas Hess had no liability in the death of a woman who according to testimony harbored deep feelings of unhappiness even as she became a college golf star and a photogenic rising talent on the women's pro tour.
Hess, who testified earlier Tuesday that he had a "flirty" relationship with Blasberg, wasn't in the courtroom when the jury finding was read. He has maintained that he and Blasberg were friends, but didn't have a romantic relationship.
Hess' attorney, Kim Irene Mandelbaum, declined immediate comment after the jury finding was read in Clark County District Court.
Earlier, Mandelbaum urged the jury of four men and four women to remember that Blasberg's suicide letter said not to blame anyone.
Blasberg's parents, Mel and Debra Blasberg, who are divorced and live in Southern California, said they were disappointed in the finding but glad to have aired their concerns in court.
They accused Hess, now 46, who was married at the time, of pursuing a romantic relationship with their 25-year-old daughter -- and of putting that interest ahead of her medical needs.
"We had a doctor much older than my daughter, who got involved with my daughter, and he crossed the line, and it affected my daughter," Mel Blasberg told reporters. "That's why we came here, not for money, but to let the world know there was more to what happened than Erica committing suicide."
"The court feels that, for whatever reason, he doesn't have the legal liability," Blasberg said.
Hess, a family practice doctor, pleaded guilty in December 2010 to a misdemeanor obstruction charge for removing the suicide note and some medications after finding Blasberg dead in bed at her Henderson home.
He said he removed the items to spare the Blasberg family, whom he had never met, anguish following Blasberg's death.
Hess didn't know Erica Blasberg had been seeing a psychiatrist for depression, his lawyer said, and he didn't prescribe the many medications that Blasberg took before going to bed with a dust mask over her mouth and a plastic bag over her head, secured by rubber bands.
The Clark County coroner determined that Blasberg committed suicide by asphyxiation, with a toxic combination of medications in her system.
Her suicide note said the prescription medications had been accumulated over time, and "I blame no one no one for the drugs I take this evening."
Blasberg was from Corona, California, where she was coached by her father before becoming an All-American in 2003 and 2004 at the University of Arizona. Her best year as a professional was 2008, when she tied for eighth at the SBS Open in Hawaii and earned more than $113,000 in winnings, according to the LPGA.


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Iain Duncan Smith urges wealthy elderly to 'hand back' benefits
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Wealthy elderly people who do not need benefits to help with fuel bills, TV licences or free travel should return the money, the work and pensions secretary says.
Iain Duncan Smith told the Sunday Telegraph he would "encourage" people who do not need such financial support "to hand it back".
But the decision whether or not to do so was up to them, he added.
Deputy PM Nick Clegg said the suggestion did "not make sense".
Prime Minister David Cameron has already said the benefits would be protected for the entirety of this Parliament, including for the year 2015-16.
A general election will be held in 2015, and Mr Duncan Smith said there were no plans to means test to exclude richer pensioners.
He told the paper: "I have no idea what we will put into the manifesto... I have no indication of change.
"It's fair to say that [pensioners] are more vulnerable than others and we need to be very careful about what and when we do things, if we ever do."
Among the benefits is the winter fuel allowance of between £100 and £300 tax-free to help people who have reached the state pension age with heating bills.
A free TV licence, worth £145.50 for a colour set, is provided for people aged 75 or over, while those aged over 60 can get free NHS prescriptions.
Eligible older people are entitled to free off-peak travel on local buses anywhere in England when they reach the state pension age. Schemes in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland allow people aged over 60 to apply for free bus travel.
A Department for Work and Pensions spokeswoman said people have always been able to contact the department if they no longer want to receive a benefit.
Mr Clegg said his Liberal Democrat party and coalition partner the Conservatives were at odds over pensioner welfare reform: "I think we should grasp this nettle. The Conservatives don't want to do so. That is a difference of approach."
He added: "When money is tight, you've got to have the right priorities in tough times. I think it's right to ask very wealthy, maybe multi-millionaire, pensioners to make sacrifices, just as we're asking families on lower incomes."
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Shadow communities secretary Hilary Benn said: "I don't agree with him (Mr Duncan Smith).
"The fact is we have certain universal benefits in our society, people have worked hard, they've paid their taxes and they get that, in this case, when they have retired."
Entrepreneur Lord Sugar and nightclub owner Peter Stringfellow have been among those who have previously complained they have not been able to opt out of receiving the winter fuel allowance.
Former Conservative Chancellor Ken Clarke said: "Well, you can't hand it back to the government, I don't think it's a system for doing that.
"I think every pensioner and retired person, like myself, obviously has to make up their own mind about whether they really need it and whether they're going to give it to some worthwhile cause.
"No doubt, most pensioners who are reasonably prosperous give quite a lot of money to charity and worthwhile causes in any event."
Charity Age UK said encouraging wealthy people to give up the benefits could have a knock-on effect.
"It is open to anyone to decide not to make use of these benefits but when it is suggested that 'wealthier pensioners' should choose to forego them our worry is that some who are badly in need of extra help will feel less inclined to take it," director of external affairs Caroline Abrahams said.
"Older people on very low incomes sometimes minimise their own difficulties and refer to others they know who are worse off than they are."
Universal credit
Meanwhile, the introduction of a new system of benefits for working age people begins on Monday - and marks the biggest overhaul of the benefits system since the 1940s.
Mr Duncan Smith said the new universal credit system was being implemented over four years because "I want to get these things right".
Under the new universal credit, six working-age benefits - income-based jobseeker's allowance, income-related employment and support allowance, income support, child tax credit, working tax credit and housing benefit - will be merged into one.
He said: "We want to say to people, you're claiming unemployment benefit but you're actually in work paid for by the state: you're in work to find work. That's your job from now on: to find work."
Universal credit starts on a limited basis on Monday for new claimants, who are single, who live in a small number of postcode areas in Ashton-under-Lyne in Tameside, Greater Manchester.
Trials in three more areas - Oldham, Wigan and Warrington - will begin in July.
From October, more claimants will move on to universal credit as and when they have a significant change of circumstances, such as starting a new job or when a child is born.
From April 2014 until October 2017, the rest of those affected in England, Scotland and Wales will be moved on to universal credit in stages. It will start in Northern Ireland from April 2014.


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Each week throws off several new video game lists ranging from the humorous to the trivial. What's better? A list of those. Here's a roundup of the rundowns out there.
•The Five Most Hated Brands in Gaming [Unreality Magazine] Unreality Magazine did a cocktail-napkin resentment calculation and came up with Kotaku as its third-most despised brand in gaming. The other four are the usual villains. It's not every day we can say we're bigger than Activision or Sony.
•The Six Most Ominous Trends in Video Games [Cracked] Not on this list: "Making Unreality Magazine's List of Hated Brands."
•Top 10 Vertical Game Worlds [Gaming Bolt] Interesting lineup; last year we saw the fad of bragging about how large your world was, in terms of horizontal terrain. Gaming Bolt takes to the sky.
•Five Announcement Trends from E3 That Aren't Going Away Anytime Soon [Damnlag] I got back from L.A. thinking I had a great time. Then I read this and realized I was supposed to be miserable.
•13 LEGO Games We Want to See [1UP] These submissions come from 1UP's readers and are quite good. Of the ones that I think could come close to happening, LEGO Ghostbusters is the best.


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USDA announces probe in boy's Pittsburgh zoo death
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has formally announced its investigation into the death of a 2-year-old boy who was fatally mauled when he fell into a wild African dogs exhibit at the Pittsburgh zoo.
Zoo officials had previously said the USDA would investigate along with the Association of Zoos and Aquariums, an accrediting agency.
USDA spokesman Dave Sacks says investigators will be looking for violations of the Animal Welfare Act, which governs the treatment of animals in public exhibits.
Maddox Derkosh, of Whitehall, bled to death when he was attacked by the dogs after falling off a wooden rail on an observation platform overlooking the exhibit at the Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium.
Sacks says there is no timeline for the investigation, though any violations found will be made public.


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We've just had half term here and my friend Erin came to stay with us as she is a teacher so we usually see her in the school holidays. Hurrah! This is a good excuse for me to laze around crafting and as the weather was not too great some of the time, we were quite hermit-like in our behaviour. We welcomed Erin with a little afternoon tea.
Otherwise, we spent our time either in the newly decorated sitting room with crochet or knitting in hand...
Or, predictably, in the Den.
I finally had the time to make something that has been in the back of my mind for a long time. I wanted to cut lots of little 2" squares and I wanted cute, sugary, ditsy patterns. 1930's repos it is then. The fabric needed to be easy care and washable hence going for modern instead of vintage fabric. You see, in between all the painting and decorating, I have still managed to add the odd bits of fabric to my stash. With a little nudge from yours truly, Mr HenHouse gifted me this divine fat quarter bundle for Christmas. Trouble was, could I bring myself to cut into it? Yikes.
It seemed I could and after a few happy hours, my fabric buffet emerged. I like to have plenty to choose from, the left overs can always be used for another project another time.
Over to the Featherweight then for some lovely piecing. Oh happy days!
Bizarrely, my project soon finished, it necessitated poor old Mr HenHouse taking the kitchen table outside for a much-needed re-sand of the top!
Et Voilà. You may recall I made some place mats in this style a few years back. They have been much used and washed and still look mighty fine. I fancied a table runner which I could use all the time for the middle of our pine kitchen table. We now have a lovely dining room (kitchen/diner) which has a very large run of windows with fabulous views so we are often to be found at that very pine table which sits in front of the window.
When we were looking for a new home, we considered a property which had the most wonderful original Victorian kitchen. We decided the house wasn't otherwise right for us but the kitchen had me hooked. It had two runs of very large original pine dressers and I set my little heart on a similar dresser with sliding glass doors. Well blow me if we didn't walk past an antiques shop that was about to open up in a local town soon after moving and spy just the thing through the window. I knocked on the window, a quick measure up at home later and the dresser was ours! A tad orange at that stage but no matter. Mr HenHouse shifted it into the garage to start the de-oranging process.
Not a fun job but it was soon ready for painting which is where I came in. I chose colours we will likely use when we have the kitchen revamped (namely F&B Wimborne White and Skimming Stone).
We're really pleased with the transformation and although it required a goodly amount of elbow grease, it was a lot cheaper than buying a quality new counterpart from a kitchen company and we have the added bonus of knowing it is an original used and loved piece.
It was sadly a bit of a gloomy day when I took these pictures but it did at least present an excuse to put the fairy lights on!
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For a limited time (so get there soon), you can find this S'Mores ice cream cake ($11) on the menu. It's a s'more de- and reconstructed, with separate layers of graham cracker, chocolate, and toasted marshmallow gelato. There's something of a brain melt that happens when you eat a frozen dessert that tastes so much like something else entirely. Close your eyes, ignore the temperature differential, and yes, it's like eating a s'more, but even better, because it's also cake. And even better than that because this ice cream is dense and rich but not at all heavy. The chocolate is mellow and milky but plenty bold, and the toasted marshmallow layer will ruin you for marshmallows—frozen, brûléed, or otherwise—anywhere else.
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Kanilja is an emotional, sensitive and nervous woman who seeks the company of others, first and foremost. She is both idealistic and realistic, although it is usually the latter aspect that is expressed initially. Nonetheless, she has a very fertile imagination, which contributes in large part to address the dissatisfaction that she feels in her everyday life. But fortunately for her, Kanilja has the organization skills necessary to achieve her goals and put her interests into practice. She is fascinated by music, poetry, humanity and the irrational, and is inclined to be a dreamer although she can also be constructive and materialistic. The result of these antagonistic tendencies can be rather disconcerting: on the outside she can often appear light-hearted and happy-go-lucky, superficial, impulsive, and she doesn´t mince her words... However this isn´t her real nature, and she can be aloof and abrupt just when you least expect it. She loathes her personal space being invaded and is extremely fond of her independence. Likewise, she is just as perplexing where order is concerned. One day she could be ever so strict in her principles: correct, organized, modest and thrifty (especially if she was born on the 4th, 13th, 22nd, 31st, or if her life Path Number is 4). Then, in a sudden change of attitude, in flagrant contradiction with her own values, she can become extravagant, disorderly and even sloppy, especially if she was born on the 5th, 14th, 23rd of the month, or if her life Path Number is 5)... If she happens to succumb to temptation, she will promise herself never to do it again and can be quite hard on herself. She is generally lively and self-willed; although her weakest link is probably her sensual and emotional nature. She is very sensitive to the family environment and easily shaken by emotional disappointment, in which case she is likely to become withdrawn, blocking the world out and fleeing reality. As a child, she shouldn´t be much of a problem to her parents as long as the atmosphere at home is harmonious, because she lives and develops according to the amount of love she receives. If her family doesn´t provide her with the affection and reassurance that she needs, she could completely lose interest in her schooling and could seek a substitute for her affection by rushing headlong into the arms of the first man who shows an interest in her, possibly at a relatively tender age. Otherwise, she could choose to escape through daydreams, blissfully ignoring her responsibilities. It would be desirable for her to engage in an artistic activity, as well as group activities in which she could share and exchange.
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I found a bug in the method buildHeaders of Ext.grid.PivotAxis. Look at the following code snapshot:
/* * 'changed' indicates that we need to create a new cell. This should be true whenever the cell * above (previousHeader) is different from this cell, or when the cell on the previous dimension * changed (e.g. if the current dimension is Product and the previous was Person, we need to start * a new cell if Product is the same but Person changed, so we check the previous dimension and tuple) */ changed = previousHeader != undefined && previousHeader != currentHeader; if (i > 0 && j > 0) { changed = changed || tuple.data[dimensions[i-1].dataIndex] != tuples[j-1].data[dimensions[i-1].dataIndex]; }
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When you have melanoma, the most dangerous type of skin cancer, it's crucial to know whether it has spread from its original site to other places in your body. This helps determine the stage of your cancer, an important step in figuring out the best treatment approach.
If the melanoma is of a certain thickness and size, or has other concerning features, your doctor may recommend sentinel node mapping. This is because once the cancer has grown deeply enough into the skin, it can travel to a nearby lymph node, and the first place the cancer tends to spread is the lymph node or nodes that are closest to it.
This node (or group of nodes) is called a sentinel node because it sounds the alarm that the cancer has begun to spread. After cancer invades lymph nodes, it can spread through the body's lymphatic system, a network that transports clear lymph fluid, bringing protein, fats, and water from tissues to the bloodstream.
Doctors used to try to find out about whether cancer had spread by removing lymph nodes near to the original cancer site during surgery to remove the cancer itself. The doctors then sent the lymph nodes to a lab for a biopsy, to find out whether any cancer cells were present. This approach meant that, for many patients, surgeons took out more lymph nodes than necessary, which often increased the risk of unpleasant side effects like lymphedema. Lymphedema is a chronic, debilitating swelling in the arms or legs resulting from damage to the lymphatic system.
Now, doctors use an approach called sentinel node mapping. This is a technique that allows surgeons to find the specific lymph nodes that cancer is likely to travel to first—instead of all the lymph nodes nearby—and then biopsy only one or a few of the most likely nodes. Studies have shown that this approach is safe and effective for the majority of patients and that it works best if it is done before or during any surgery to remove the cancer.
How Sentinel Node Mapping Is Done
During surgery to remove the cancer cells, your surgeon will inject a radioactive substance and possibly a blue dye into the site of your melanoma. Then he or she will wait for about an hour or so while the substance and dye spread. Using a tool that detects radioactivity, your surgeon will follow the path of the dye to one or more lymph nodes, which are then considered most probable to have cancer cells (if your cancer has spread). This is how the surgeon finds the lymph nodes that could be biopsied as part of your cancer diagnosis and treatment.
If the lymph node or nodes don't contain cancer cells, the surgeon will leave the rest of the lymph nodes alone. Studies have shown that if the sentinel node or nodes are negative for cancer, then the remaining lymph nodes are likely to be cancer-free as well.
If the lymph node does contain cancer cells, the surgeon may want to biopsy more lymph nodes in the area to find out how far the cancer cells might have spread.
If there are any lymph nodes in the area that are unusually large, they may be biopsied without the dye and imaging procedure.
Risks of this procedure include false negative results in about 2 percent of patients. This means that, in these rare cases, lymph nodes that have cancer are missed.
The most common complications are wound infection, lymphedema, or a hematoma, which is a localized swelling filled with blood. But these complications are far more likely in people undergoing removal of many or all lymph nodes in the tumor area.
This surgery generally requires you to be sedated by intravenous (IV) or general anesthesia. It is typically performed on an inpatient basis, which means that you may need to stay overnight to recover from the procedure.


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Have you ever heard of disposable penis? It exists.
It is Chromodoris reticulata. It loses but re-grows and re-uses its penis. You don't believe me? Please read it.
The little sea slugs are "simultaneous hermaphrodites", they have both male and female sexual organs and can use them both at the same time.
Sea slugs are not the only animal who lose their penis. Orb weaver spiders also lose their penis after sex. They lose penis, but it grows again. Why do they have to lose penis if it has to regrow? A very valid question. Scientists say:
'In the first act of copulation the penis may be used to remove any sperm left by any competitors that its partner has mated with.
With the first penis and the rival sperm then abandoned – the second penis can be used to inject the sea slug with another dose of its own sperm, ensuring that their genes are the ones that are passed on.'
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The world of EverQuest has proven to be a bit of a favourite with online gamers, with the online world of Norrath constantly packed with adventurers in EverQuest Online Adventures. Champions of Norrath invites you to step into this mystical world once again, but this time the emphasis is on action.
Fans of Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance will be in familiar territory here - in fact, Champions of Norrath is the product of the same developer, Snowblind Studios. The action takes place from a top-down perspective, allowing up to four players to battle through the lands of Norrath simultaneously. And as with Baldur's Gate, there's an enormous selection of equipment to try out as your character levels up to become the biggest badass in those Realms of EverQuest.
So how does it differ from Baldur's Gate? One of the biggest advances over that game is the fact you can play online, joining up with other adventurers to dish out the punishment while chatting over a USB headset. What better way to get hold of shiny rare weapons than trading with real players of different classes? And of course, you can play with friends on the same PS2 as well.
The fact it's set in the EverQuest universe will be a big plus for fans of EverQuest Online Adventures, and the more action-led gameplay means that players who aren't so keen on in-depth RPGs can enjoy the rich fantasy landscapes and detailed dungeons of Norrath for the first time.
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The northern half of Mali, under control of al Qaeda-linked jihadists, has become a battle zone.
This week, French and Malian troops went to war there to prevent Islamist militants from advancing further south. They hope to ease the threat to the rest of Mali, one of West Africa's more stable nations.
It's an important conflict that has yet to make it onto the world's radar in a major way. Here's some of our favorite reporting on the conflict there, produced by other outlets.
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Jeff Glass, a native of Calgary, Alberta, was selected 89th overall in the 3rd round of the 2004 draft by the Ottawa Senators. He's currently tending goal for Senators' AHL affiliate in Binghamton. Glass still has one year remaining on his contract.
2001-02: Glass played in the AJHL for the Crowsnest Pass Timberwolves. There he was the starting goaltender and played in 34 games, totaling over 1,800 minutes. He allowed 126 goals and finished with a record of 8-14-7.
2002-03: Glass caught on with the Kootenay Ice in the WHL. He immediately became a solid backup goaltender. Playing in 35 games in his first season, Glass had a record of 15-16-3 with 4 shutouts, while sporting a respectable 2.45 GAA and a .909 save percentage. In the playoffs, Glass played in 9 games, going 4-5. He stopped 292 of the 315 shots he faced for a save percentage of .921. His GAA was 2.14. Both stats were better than his counterpart Bryan Bridges.
2003-04: With the departure of Bridges, Glass became the undisputed number one goaltender. He played over 3,000 minutes and 57 games in total finishing with a 26-20-6 record with 5 shutouts, a 2.35 GAA and a .911 save percentage. The Ice squeaked into the playoffs as the eighth seed team in the Western Conference. Glass showed inconsistency in the playoffs and could not help his team avoid a first round sweep. His GAA checked in at 3.51, while his save percentage was at .878.
3rd round (89th overall), 2004
2004-05: While many Senators prospects had banner years in 2004-05, nobody accomplished quite as much as Glass, who came out of nowhere to backstop Canada to a gold medal at the World Junior Championships. The rest of the year, he was busy dominating the WHL, being named not only the top goalie in that league, but the entire CHL as well. He was also named to the WHL First All-Star Team. Glass' career year came boasted incredible numbers, including a 34-11-5 record with 8 shutouts, a miniscule 1.76 GAA (franchise record), and a .932 save percentage, all with the Kootenay Ice. At the WJCs, Glass was a perfect 5-0. In the WHL playoffs, Glass played 16 games going 10-6 with a 2.27 GAA and a .916 save percentage. Unfortunately, it was not enough to propel the Ice past their Western Conference Final opponents.
2005-06: After signing a contract with the Ottawa Senators, Glass was unable to stick with Binghamton's lineup and wound up in the ECHL playing for the Charlotte Checkers. In his first pro-season, Glass went 19-15-4 with 2 shutouts in 39 games with a 3.21 GAA and a .907 save percentage. In the playoffs, Glass played in 3 games as Charlotte bowed out in the preliminary round. Glass did play six games for Binghamton, five early in the season, and one late after getting a brief recall. He went 1-4 and spotted a 3.85 GAA with a .883 save percentage.
2006-07: The Binghamton Senators had a season to forget and Glass was inconsistent at best. In 43 games played, he was victorious only 9 times. His GAA was an inflated 4.11, while he sported a .888 save percentage. All in all, it was a poor season for the Baby Sens and all their goaltenders.
2008-09: While he played respectably, it wasn't enough to keep Binghamton in a playoff position. However, it should be noted that Glass' play in the No. 1 role was considerably better than his play as while backing up Elliott at the start of the season. Binghamton's roster, weakened by the numerous call-ups to Ottawa, was not able to give Glass enough support on many nights, resulting in elimination from the playoff race.
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Glass is big goaltender who covers a lot of net and he is also quite athletic. He plays the angles well, giving shooters little to aim at. He is excellent with low shots and has a quick glove. Glass has good rebound control, steering most shots away from danger areas. He challenges shooters and possesses quick reflexes. Glass loves to play the puck, but was hesitant when the rules changed.


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The intriguing premise and the evocative texture of Aatma are somewhat at odds with what the film eventually adds up to. One is tempted to look for layers of meaning beneath the images. There is none. You are left clutching at thin air.
A skeletal plot and the scarcity of truly chilling moments defeat the very purpose of the paranormal thriller about a sweet little girl possessed.
As a result, Aatma is not quite as mind-bending or as terrifying as writer-director Suparn Verma wants it to be. Its spirit is in fine shape, what is missing is soul.
There is a juncture or two in the film where it is quite evident that writer-director Suparn Verma is mindful of the limitations the genre is heir to and is determined to rise above them. Unfortunately, intent is all there is to the film. The end result is patchy.
Is Aatma a bit of a feminist film about a tough working woman who decides that she has had enough of being at the receiving end of a vilely abusive husband susceptible to bouts of brutal rage?
Or is it a story of three generations of a family ? a mother, a daughter and a grand-daughter ? caught in a life-and-death tussle with a force of destruction that simply won?t let go?
The film does have elements of both of the above, but is eventually just another horror flick that tries very hard to break free from the established conventions of the genre. It is doomed to mundane monotony.
A single mother?s fierce battle to save her six-year-daughter from the malevolent grasp of a dead dad has undeniable emotional appeal.
But the vicious visitations from the nether world turn predictable after the first few times, and the tale loses its way in dense mumbo-jumbo that makes little sense.
?I have a bad feeling about this,? the investigating police officer says after inspecting the scene of a murder committed in the little girl?s school by an invisible apparition. One couldn?t agree more.
Many more unexplained deaths occur and the ?bad feeling? spreads quickly through this 95-minute film.
Aatma hinges primarily on the dire pronouncement of an urban exorcist. The tormentor, he intones ominously, is no longer a part of the here and now, so he can be stopped only by the dead.
Thanks to Nordic director of photography Sophie Winqvist?s energetic camerawork and mood-inducing lighting, Aatma wears a unique look and feel.
The ghostly air is accentuated by the quick changes in the camera?s focus that at once draw the viewers into the action as well as put them at a clear remove, often within the span of a single sequence.
Winqvist?s camera is a fidgety presence ? sometimes it rests at ground level, sometimes at the level of the eye. It frequently perches itself at a dizzying height to provide top-angle shots, at others it adopts a skewed perspective of the scene.
Unfortunately, the devices that the director employs to boost the film?s fear factor ? movements in the shadows, unexplained reflections in the mirror, a rocking chair that seems to have a mind of its own, a tennis ball that bounces of its own volition, telephones that go on wild ringing sprees, and the ubiquitous rains and thunder-claps ? fail to deliver the desired effect.
As the traumatised mother teetering on the edge of insanity, Bipasha Basu puts her genre experience to rather good use in Aatma, but to what end?
Nawazuddin Siddiqui, the aatma referred to in the film?s title, remains as insubstantial as the character he is saddled with.
However, in the only scene in which he is allowed to be anything other than a reprehensible monster ? it takes place in the marriage court that grants his wife divorce as well as custody of their only daughter and he is flummoxed into a twitchy protest ? Nawazuddin is outstanding.
Debutante child star Doyel Dhawan has an innocent, wide-eyed quality that cannot be missed.
The supporting actors ? Shernaz Patel, Tilottama Shome, Jaideep Ahlawat, Darshan Jariwala, et al ? are all competent performers but they can only be as good as the screenplay allows them to be.
Aatma is meant to send shivers down the spine and shock the viewers out of their seats. All it does manage to do is set off a few mild waves of cold bemusement.
Verdict: one star for gumption, one more for effort, but none at all for the rest.


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Today the New Yorker drops its annual Food Issue, and included therein is Lunch with M., a rare behind-the-scenes glimpse at the life of a Michelin Guide restaurant "inspector" ("reviewer" or "critic" in the parlance of every single other media outlet in the world). The inspectors are the secret agents of the restaurant world, legendarily undercover, perhaps the last truly anonymous critics in the business. They are the sole keepers of Michelin's stars, internationally considered the most important rating system of all, though, it should be noted, with substantially less clout in the United States than elsewhere. Managing Director of the guides and walking stereotypical Frenchman, Jean Luc Naret, claims his inspectors eat thousands of meals around the world every year, mostly alone. They are discouraged from telling even their spouses of their profession--exactly the kind of absurd, stunt-y, overblown, purposefully publicized rule that preserves the air of mystery around his guide books.
A reveal of the type that The New Yorker has today has only happened once before, in 2004, when then-inspector Pascal Rémy published "L'Inspecteur Se Met à Table" ("The Inspector Sits Down at the Table"), a book based on his fifteen years as a reviewer for the red book. "Lunch with M." is an important look at the Michelin process, which is criticized for being myopically French and unrepresentative of American diners' taste. There is also doubt about Michelin's claim of having so many inspectors eating so many meals all over the world. 10 inspectors stateside eating 200 days a year, puts Michelin's costs in the United States alone at several million dollars annually--a figure that doesn't seem entirely plausible. But their nebulous math aside, the real issue with Michelin is that its system is too stiff, and on this topic today's reveal provides new insight into why this is the case. Observe:
"It's not really a 'like' and a 'not like,' " [Michelin inspector, 'M'] said. "It's an analysis. You're eating it and you're looking for the quality of the products. At this level, they have to be top quality. You're looking at 'Was every single element prepared exactly perfectly, technically correct?' And then you're looking at the creativity. Did it work? Did the balance of ingredients work? Was there good texture? Did everything come together? Did something overpower something else? Did something not work with something else? The pistachios—everything was perfect."
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BERLIN – The gift of homeownership and stability came early for one local family last week with the dedication of the latest Habitat for Humanity of Worcester County house in Berlin, renewing faith and the spirit of generosity in the community during the holiday season.
The latest Habitat for Humanity of Worcester County home on Flower Street was recently completed and officially dedicated on Dec. 12 with dozens of local Habitat volunteers, local and state elected officials, clergy and, most importantly, the recipients on hand. While the residence is virtually finished, save a few minor last-minute details, the new homeowner, a local single mother with three children, will not move in until after the formal closing on the property, likely early in January.
Like most Habitat for Humanity recipients, the mother of three, including the oldest who is autistic, is a working member of the community in need of a leg up during difficult times. She has worked in a local salon for several years while raising three children and is a perfect candidate for a new home with the help of the program, according to Habitat for Humanity of Worcester County president Martha Moskowitz.
"They are just a wonderful family," she said. "This family is so deserving. The kids are just precious and the mom does the best she can for them, but they struggle at times and she was concerned with the future. This gives them a leg-up, which is what this program is all about. In all my years, I've never seen anybody so grateful."
The local Habitat program is open to families who live and work in Worcester and the new recipients certainly fit the bill.
"All of our families are part of the workforce," said Moskowitz. "All of our people are working. Part of our message or motto I guess is this is a hand up, not a handout."
The faith-based organization utilizes local contractors, architects, electricians, plumbers and other professionals, all of whom contribute their efforts pro bono. The organization also relies on a corps of citizen volunteers to bang nails, paint, lay carpet and everything else needed to construct a new home, all under the guidance and supervision of professionals.
To date, the local Habitat program has constructed 13 new homes for deserving recipients in Worcester with a couple more in the planning and approval process. The latest project sits on one of three lots on Flower Street with plans in the works to develop the other two. One of the projects could get underway early in 2010.
On the surface, the Habitat program appears to be all about walls and floors and roofs, and it is to a large degree. But more importantly, the organization is essentially a ministry with the final product merely an extension of the faith and generosity of the countless volunteers that make it happen.
"First and foremost, we're a ministry," said Moskowitz. "We're a builder and a lender, but above all else is our ministry. This is a way of putting faith into action."
Habitat recipients are required to participate in the construction of their new home and most go above and beyond what is required. For example, a single parent is required to put in at least 200 hours while a two-parent family is required to commit 400 hours. The latest recipient for the new home in Berlin was close to meeting her commitment when the home was dedicated on Dec. 12.
"She was completely dedicated to this project," said Moskowitz. "She was out there every weekend, all weekend despite having a full-time job and raising these three wonderful kids."
Each recipient is required to complete HUD-certified homeownership classes and financial preparedness classes at around 10 hours each.
"Those classes are just as important as any physical work the recipients commit to the construction of the homes," said Moskowitz. "Getting them into the homes is the first part, but teaching them how to manage them is just as important. It's part of their sweat equity."
Habitat for Humanity of Worcester County is made up entirely of volunteers with no paid employees. It operates on a shoestring budget fueled almost entirely on the generous donations from the community. Just recently, the local program received a potential fiscal shot in the arm with an award of $27,000 in state income tax credits.
"We've never received any of those state tax credits in the past," said Moskowitz. "This is a wonderful opportunity for us to encourage people to donate to the program with a tax benefit, and not just businesses, but also individuals."
Under the tax credit program, if a business or individual donates $1,000 to the local Habitat program, the donor gets a $500 deduction on his or her state income tax. Or, if a donor gives $500 to the program, he or she can write off $250 and so on. The local Habitat program now has $27,000 worth of tax credits to work with, which could be used to stimulate donations.
"That's really important for us," she said. "In tough economic times, it's sometimes difficult to get people to open their hearts and wallets, but we have the opportunity to give them something back. We rely on donations and this can help us."


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