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Stop Saving Your Best for LastBlog Post: August 09, 2012
I think I'm the opposite. I've got so many ideas (all GREAT of course ;-)) and I have a strong urge to make it happen fast so I can show it off to everyone else. The problem is that sometimes I need to be doing the boring stuff to keep things ticking along. I think this is the flipside of the coin - the risk that you might rush into something without enough though.
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Students honor behind the scenes heroes in schools nationwide
NEA's Education Support Professionals Day recognizes individuals critical to keeping schools running
WASHINGTON - November 19, 2008 -
Students throughout the country today will be joining the National Education Association and its 3.2 million members in celebrating Education Support Professional Day by organizing special appreciation breakfasts, luncheons and other celebrations to honor the individuals who take part in nearly every "behind the scenes" school day activity.
Education support professionals (ESPs) include bus drivers, custodians, security professionals, cafeteria workers, paraeducators, office assistants and technicians. They make up more than 40 percent of all public school employees, but many of their positions are not readily recognizable to the general public.
"Today I urge everyone to take the time to thank ESPs for the invaluable services they provide to the nearly 50 million students in the nation's public schools," said Dennis Van Roekel, NEA president. "They are the lifeline and backbone of schools. They are involved in nearly every aspect of the school day, from driving students to and from school and preparing nutritious meals to making sure classrooms are safe, clean and orderly. Without them, schools would be unable to function."
More than 75 percent of ESPs ensure student and staff safety. On the average, they have more than a decade of experience. Seven out of 10 ESPs work more than 40 hours a week, yet they earn less than $25,000 a year. In addition, a recent NEA survey of its ESP members shows:
80 percent work full time
72 percent work in a school building
43 percent work in a preschool, kindergarten or elementary school
60 percent live in a small town or rural area
86 percent are female
An average age of 51 years old
Education Support Professionals Day is part of NEA's 87th annual American Education Week celebration, taking place this year November 16-22. Education Support Professionals Day was first celebrated in 1987 after NEA's Representative Assembly, the Association's annual conference of 10,000 member delegates, called for the creation of a way to honor contributions of school support staff. Education Support Professionals Day is observed on Wednesday during American Education Week.
American Education Week's tagline, Great Public Schools: A Basic Right and Our Responsibility, represents NEA's vision of making public schools great for every student and the shared responsibility of all Americans to provide students with quality public schools. To find out more about American Education Week, visit www.nea.org/aew or contact your local public school.
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The National Education Association is the nation's largest professional employee organization, representing 3.2 million elementary and secondary teachers, higher education faculty, education support professionals, school administrators, retired educators and students preparing to become teachers.
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StarTran will provide free shuttle bus service from several locations for the annual "Boo At The Zoo" October 26 through 30 at the Lincoln Children's Zoo. Due to construction, parking will not be available this year at the Antelope Park lots near the Auld Recreation Center.
Continuous shuttle service will begin at 4:30 p.m. from these parking lots:
Buses will run about every 20 minutes until 9 p.m. each evening.
For more information, call StarTran at 402-476-1234 or visit startran.lincoln.ne.gov.


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JavaFX is DOA anyway IMHO. It's one of SUNs usual "me to"-approaches, that nobody from outside the Java community is going to use and that comes 5 years late at least.
....Java Script rather than the kamak? kemack? or whatever script JS is based on.
Well, with the more current version, they did something regarding the size problem: http://java.sun.com/javase/6/6u10faq.jsp#JKernel
... but too late for a large impact.
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Common Place is Rob Halpern's most recent book of poetry (Ugly Duckling Presse, 2015). He lives between San Francisco and Ypsilanti, Michigan.
Jennifer Scappettone is the author of From Dame Quickly, Killing the Moonlight: Modernism in Venice, and several chapbooks. Exit 43, an archaeology of the Superfundament and opera of pop-up pastorals, is in progress for Atelos Press, with a letterpress palimpsest, A Chorus Fosse, coming soon from Compline. She edited and translated Locomotrix: Selected Poetry and Prose of Amelia Rosselli, and is at work on translating a 1944 F.T. Marinetti "aeronovel or aeropoem"; she just launched PennSound Italiana, a new sector of the archive devoted to Italian poetry that she curates. Collaborative work includes performances of Exit 43 with the Difforme Ensemble; digital archaeologies with Judd Morrissey; libretti, scores, and vocal concepts for PARK, directed and choreographed by Kathy Westwater; and sonic documentaries for X Locus, with AGENCY architecture and composer Paul Rudy at the American Academy in Rome. Her most recent work is Leave Loom, a garbage documentary room woven at WUHO Gallery in Hollywood. She lives in Chicago and sometimes elsewhere, including here.
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Eddie IzzardDate of birth: 07-02-1962
He began as a street performer in the Eighties, having been being kicked off his accountancy course at Sheffield University, and then moved into the stand-up circuit. His first appearance at The Comedy Store was in 1987.
He was nominated for the Perrier in 1991, the same year he won a Time Out Comedy Award, and in 1993, he was named top stand-up at the British Comedy Award for Live At The Ambassadors – which was also nominated for an Oliver theatre award. He scooped the same British Comedy Award three years later for his second show, Definite Article.
He followed that up with the shows Glorious and Dress To Kill, which was to prove his breakthrough in America. First performed in 1997, it aired on HBO two years later, winning him two Emmy Awards for performance and writing. In 2000, he cemented his reputation in the US by touring the country with the show Circle.
In 2001, he hosted the Amnesy Benefit We Know Where You Live! at Wembley Arena, and in 2003 embarked on a world tour of a new show, Sexie. His latest show, Stripped, began with a 34-city American tour in 2008, before transferring to the West End for a five-week run, ahead of its tour of the UK in late 2009.
Early in his career, Izzard took a famously offhand approach to television, turning down most appearances. Although in 1997, he wrote the sitcom Cows for Channel 4, about a family of bovines, played by humans in prostethics. But the surreal show was critically panned.
Alongside his comedy, Izzard has developed a straight acting career, that has spanned TV, film and stage.
In 1994, Izzard made his West End drama debut as the lead in David Mamet's The Cryptogram, which was followed by starring roles in David Beaird's black comedy 900 Oneonta and Christopher Marlowe's Edward II. Izzard portrayed Lenny Bruce in the 1999 revival of Julian Barry's biographical play Lenny, and two years later he starred in another West End revival, A Day In The Death Of Joe Egg – a role he reprised on Broadway in 2003, earning him a Tony Award nomination.
He made his film debut in 1996, when he appeared in both the Damien Hirst short film Hanging Around and a movie adaptation of Joseph Conrad's The Secret Agent. Other early notable movie appearances include Velvet Goldmine, The Avengers, Mystery Men, All The Queen's Men, and The Cat's Meow, n which he played Charlie Chaplin. In 2003 he starred on TV as testosterone-fuelled Ralph in the three-part Channel 4 drama 40.
His stock as an actor rose further with an appearance in the blockbuster squel Ocean's Twelve in 2004; and in 2006, he landed his biggest American break, co-starring with Minnie Driver in the FX drama series the Riches, about a family of con artists trying to go straight after assuming the identity of a suburban couple, which ran until 2008.
Further major roles include Ocean's Thirteen in 2007, and his starring role opposite Tom Cruise in the 2008 wartime action film Valkyrie.
Izzard is also passionate about issues including history, European integration and the environment. In 2003 he fronted the Discovery Channel documentary series Mongrel Nation. aboutEnglish identity, has long spoken about becoming more active in European politics, and appeared in a 2005 party political broadcast for the Labour Party, to which he has donated more than £10,000.


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Samsung S3C2442B
From Openmoko
The Samsung S3C2442B is the CPU of the Neo1973 GTA02. It is based on an ARM920T core.
The datasheet for this is at this link.
One difference is that the CPU voltage limits are specified variably from 400Mhz (1.5V) to 50Mhz (1V) the current at these speeds is not mentioned.
Harald Welte wrote in an e-mail to the neo1973-hardware mailing list:
[...] apart from two differences, [the S3C2442B] is software/register-wise exactly identical to the s3c2440. Hardware-wise it is packaged with 64MByte (x32) SDRAM and depending on the type, 128/256MByte NAND flash (2k page size). The differences are: 1) all pull-up resistors (GPBUP, ...) are now pull-down 2) the default initializers for the PLL have changed [...]
The data sheet for the S3C2440A seems to be available at [1]. Samsung's page with more superficial information on the S3C2440 is at [2].


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When Chris Stevens was in high school, he'd regularly chat with an Iraqi neighbor, who happened to be a State Department retiree. They discussed his job, the work, politics and even mundane neighborhood details, like gardening. Really, just about everything.
It wasn't unusual: Stevens was often out in the neighborhood. He liked to run or play tennis, all the while striking up conversations with strangers and learning their life stories. It was then, that his neighbor nicknamed the affable teen "ambassador."
Perhaps the neighbor was clairvoyant. But for those who knew him, it wasn't hard to picture that 30 years later, Stevens, 52, died as the U.S. ambassador to Libya, a job he had been promoted to in May following a two-decade career in foreign service. He, along with three other embassy workers, were killed Sept. 11 during what the White House is now calling a terrorist attack on the embassy. He was the first U.S. ambassador to be killed since 1979.
On Thursday, Stevens' mother, Mary Commanday, 75, and his stepfather, Robert Commanday, 90, sat down with NBC Bay Area during their first at-length and on-camera interview at their Oakland home. The couple of 36 years shared their memories of a diplomat the world has come to know as a man with a human touch, a passion for the people he worked with in the Middle East and a wide, toothy grin.
"He was trying to do something much bigger. His death was about America's relationship with other countries," said Mary Commanday, a retired Marin Symphony cellist.
His parents have been touched by the outpouring of respect for a man many felt represented trust and democracy. The Commandays have more than 100 letters in a box at home from people wishing them well. They said that the U.S. Ambassador in Moscow held a vigil for Stevens, an old friend. Musicians in Frankfurt and Bremen, Germany held concerts in his honor.
And on the night after her son's death, President Barack Obama called the Commandays. Mary Commanday said friends and family were over when someone called out: The president was on the phone.
"I stood and got up from the couch," Mary Commanday said. "I thought that was probably the right thing to do."
She recalled hearing the president's voice, which "sounded just like it does on TV," and that he expressed his condolences. She can't remember much of what else he said. "I wasn't in a state to talk," she said. "But I wasn't surprised. Chris was doing a job that was important to the president."
It was a job that in many ways was a natural fit.
"He was born smiling," said Robert Commanday, a former music critic for the San Francisco Chronicle. "And he never stopped."
Robert Commanday recalled Stevens' easily striking up conversations with their late neighbor, Joe Katosh, an Iraqi who became a citizen and worked for the State Department. Katosh was the one who dubbed the culturally interested teen "ambassador."
"In 20 minutes, Chris would meet someone and know their whole life story," Robert Commanday said.
Stevens was a student at Piedmont High School at the time, and was quick to embrace people of all stripes. His mother suggested he try out for the American Field Service, a club that propelled him to do a Spain homestay, and where the clash between the Basques piqued his interest in culture. He learned Spanish, French, Italian, Arabic and later even Berber, a North African tongue he learned in the Peace Corps in the 1980s when he was assigned to Morocco.
Stevens studied history at the University of California in Berkeley, graduating in 1982. Then a stint in the Peace Corps, before getting his law degree seven years later at UC Hastings in San Francisco. He landed at a job at the prestigious Pillsbury, Madison & Sutro law firm in San Francisco, where he worked in international trade law. The firm moved him to D.C. In the 1990s, he gave up private law to work for the government.
No one in his family can pinpoint the exact day Stevens decided to become a foreign diplomat. But they knew from early on that he took after his late grandfather, Elmer Ellsworth Stevens, a beloved, congenial man in Grass Valley, Calif., who many encouraged to run for state assembly, the Commandays said, but who declined, preferring instead to remain a high school civics teacher.
The Commandays learned of Stevens' death while they were vacationing in Yosemite. The State Department couldn't reach them, so their daughter, Anne, 49, a pediatric rheumatologist in Seattle, called to tell them he died. The couple took a train to come home to meet their youngest son, Tom, 47, an assistant U.S. Attorney in San Francisco. They all flew to a service held the Air Force base in Maryland, which Stevens' father, Jan Stevens, a retired California assistant attorney general who lives in Loomis, Calif., also attended.
While Chris Stevens had many "lady friends," his mother said, including women in other countries whose mothers baked him casseroles, he never married or had children.
The Commandays have no anger toward the Libyan people or government over Stevens' death, and they remarked at how many Muslims and Arabs have written letters voicing their sadness. The couple said that the largest number of condolence cards that have come into the State Department are from Palestinians, people that Stevens knew when he was stationed in Jerusalem working mostly in the West Bank.
One such person is "Ibrahim," who wrote in on a website www.rememberingchrisstevens.com, set up by his sister and some friends. Ibrahim, who said he worked for the U.S. Consulate General, wrote that he refused to believe that his friend was gone, and that he longed to have a "social cigarette" with his pal.
The Commandays have refused to watch the "Innocence of Muslims," an amateur trailer mocking the Prophet Muhammed, which is what some speculate may have caused the ire of some Libyans, and now other Muslims across the globe.
For now, the Commandays are finding a bit of solace in the fact that despite a pocket of horrific violence, that Stevens' death has become a turning point for hope and renewed efforts for peace. As a mother, Mary Commanday said she can't dwell in sadness, she needs to be proud of her son and the work that he did.
"How can anyone place blame for his death," Mary Commanday said. "These were circumstances beyond our government's control. I am perfectly aware that there was danger. But he was a grown man, well-educated and careful. I knew he was out there doing good work. And as a mother, I had to make up my mind to be fine with it."
MEMORIAL INFORMATION: The Stevens family plans to have Chris Stevens' ashes interred at the family plot in Grass Valley. They plan to hold a public memorial in the Bay Area at a time and venue to be announced in the next two weeks. For those who want to learn more, write in, or send donations to the Chris Stevens fund, people can click on www.rememberingchrisstevens.com.


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text: Jillian and Brian's wedding was supposed to take place outside, under the fall leaves on what should have been a pretty warm day. The day arrived, and the snow would not stop. That is despair on Jillian's face in the second photo as she looks out the window. But from my perspective, and I think many of the guests and finally Jillian and Brian themselves, it was the absolute perfect weather. The summer camp with a rustic lodge was so cozy as the fires blared inside and the snow kept piling up. Jillian did an amazing job with DIY decorations – homemade jam as favors, logs from Brian's mother's backyard hollowed out for baby's breath and attached to chairs, and personalized beer steins for all the groomsmen. Their friends knew how to party with food fights, keg stands and s'mores into the night. This wedding was featured on 100 Layer Cake, you can hear Jillian's own description of the wedding over there.


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"Due to the lack of cooperation of the suspect, we are still attempting to confirm identifications," a police statement read.
Demers, who goes by the aliases Albert Rodriguez, Albert Vega Rodriguez and Casper Rodriguez III, also was arrested Monday on a probation violation charge stemming from a 2011 charge of possession with intent to deliver a controlled substance.
Police said Demers on Monday was driving a Honda Civic west on Medina Base Road with the woman in the front seat and the four boys - ages 2, 3, 5 and 12 - in the back seat. Demers was speeding, police said, and lost control of the car.
"He went off-road and skidded sideways into a bulldozer on the side of the road in a construction zone," police Sgt. Javier Salazar said.
The woman, 31, and the two youngest boys were pronounced dead at the scene, police said. Both children were wearing lap belts, and one had a chest restraint too, a police report states.
The other boys were taken to University Hospital, where the 5-year-old was pronounced dead around 3:15 p.m. Monday, according to the Bexar County medical examiner's office.
It remains unclear if the older boys had been properly restrained in the car.
According to public records, the car that Demers was driving is registered to his wife of six years, Roxanna Mendoza Demers, 31.
"It's devastating," said Samuel Aguirre, traffic safety specialist for the Texas Department of Transportation in San Antonio. "People need to be responsible; we cannot enforce everything. It could have been anybody. Unfortunately, it was this family with innocent children. My hearts go out to them."
According to published reports, the last time four people were killed in an alcohol-related crash was in August 2010, when Valeri Andrews, who was fleeing police, plowed into a van, killing three generations of a family. She pleaded guilty to felony murder and was sentenced to 55 years in prison.
That crash and the one Monday took place in a period that's especially dangerous on Texas roads: Between May and August, 35 percent of all alcohol-related fatal crashes in Texas occur, Aguirre said.
During that four-month period in 2011, there were 321 alcohol-related fatal crashes in Texas, killing 362 people. Aguirre said 16 of those crashes, which caused 17 deaths, were in Bexar County.
In all of last year, 51 motorists in the county were arrested on charges of intoxication manslaughter or intoxication assault.
"We urge everyone to use other measures, such as a designated driver, or anything, to avoid driving drunk," said Salazar, the police sergeant.
Demers has a rap sheet that includes arrests on charges of unauthorized use of a vehicle and resisting arrest. Last year, he was granted six years of adjudicated probation on a drug possession charge.
He then tested positive for cocaine or marijuana four times. In March, after failing a drug test, he skipped a probation appointment and a judge issued a warrant for his arrest, records show.
On Monday, attempts to reach relatives of Demers' wife were unsuccessful. Demers' stepmother, who declined to be identified, said the family wasn't ready to talk about the crash.
"It's just a very difficult situation with everything going on; it's such a hard thing to go through," she said, adding that she planned to visit Demers in jail today.
Twitter: @EvaRuth
News researcher Mike Knoop contributed to this report.


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Centro Cocina Mexicana Recipe: Chilaquiles de Frijoles
Sacramento Restaurant Celebrates 18th Anniversary
Chilaquiles de Frijoles: Tortilla chips simmered in a spicy black bean sauce and garnished with cotija cheese, avocado, and crema.
Ingredients: 1 lb cooked black beans, 4 smoked Chipotle chiles, 1/2 white onion, diced. Salt, chicken stock or water, corn tortilla chips, avocado, Cotija cheese, Crema, cilantro.
Directions: In a food processor or blender, blend the cooked black beans with the smoked chipotle chiles and white onion. Add salt to taste. In a heavy saucepan, add 1 cup of the bean puree and cook until hot. Add chicken stock (or water) until the puree has a thinner, soup-like consistency. Add as many tortilla chips as desired and gently toss until the chips are coated with the beans. Cook until soft and then transfer chilaquiles to bowl. Garnish with chopped avocado, cheese, crema and cilantro.


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Saturday evening! Valentine's Day is over so candy is 75% off, Ellen Page came out, and I spent the entirety of my shift in a guinea pig t-shirt listening to female singer-songwriters of the 90s, the best of whom may be Tori Amos, the patron saint of red hair dye and going "ah-ah-ah" after every phrase. Awesome! Let's celebrate her by singing "Cornflake Girl" as loud as we can until the neighbors make us stop.
And then let's spend the evening talking about anything and everything in the comments! Have an awesome Saturday night and see you next week! "Ah-ah-ah."
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Fossil muscle: Old jocks get results
DRAWING BY DEBORAH DERR McCLINTOCK
Q. Is it easier for a 10-year-old or a healthy 100-year-old to add muscle mass? -A. Schwarzenegger
A. Yo, seniors! Take heart, for research shows it's never too late to pump iron and gain at least modest strength, say V. Gregory Payne and Larry D. Isaacs in Human Motor Development: A Lifespan Approach. Moreover, you stand a better chance of adding muscle mass than does a prepubescent child, who likely can benefit more than you in gaining neural adaptations to activate muscle tissues for improved coordination.
So youth surely has its advantages, but age does not need to bow out prematurely– just don't overdo it, check with your doctor first, and follow professional guidelines in preparation for those Centenarian Olympics.
Q. Just how desperate would your territorial predicament be if you were promised only as much land as could be enclosed by the skin of an ox? That was the story of Phoenician Princess Dido, c. 900 B.C.E. -J. Dryden
A. Forced to flee from her ruthless brother, she went by ship to Africa where she tried to buy land from a local ruler, who rendered the strange ox bargain, says John A. Adam in Mathematics in Nature: Modeling Patterns in the Natural World. According to Virgil's Aeneid, Dido understood the "isoperimetric problem"– that of all perimeters, a circle will enclose maximum area. (From The Parsimonious Universe, by S. Hildebrandt & A. Tromba)
She used a straight part of the Mediterranean as one boundary, then cut the hide into thin strips to form a semicircular enclosure. If she had not used the coastline, then a circular perimeter would have been best. Picture the ox like a big cow, and approximate a big body "box" of 4 ft high x 2 ft wide x 5 ft long, yielding about 80 sq ft of hide.
Assuming she cut strips as thin as 0.1 inch wide, then the combined length of the strips would be about 10,000 ft. With the radius of the semicircle about 3000 ft and the sea boundary about 6000 ft, she managed to capture 0.5 sq mi, or equivalent to a square of land 0.7 mi by 0.7 mi!
Says Adam: "Princess Dido knew what she was doing!"
Q. The old myth about storks bringing babies has been repeated so often there must be something to it. True? -U. G. Turner
A. In old Dutch villages, residents noticed that the more storks there were in the area, the more human babies were born. Before long, the charming notion grew that birds and babies were linked together.
Here was a classic example of "illusory correlation" with uncertain causality: If birds and babies went hand in hand, there were three possible explanations: (1) the birds were bringing the babies (2) the babies were attracting the birds (3) both were related to a third, hidden factor.
Obviously, 1 and 2 wouldn't fly. The hidden factor, it turned out, was rooftops: More houses with rooftops meant more people and so more babies. More rooftops also meant more birds, which nested on the high, safe, level surfaces. When rooftops were redesigned, or people moved into apartment dwellings, the baby-stork correlation disappeared.
Other suggested hidden factors: Heat: Where there were babies, a fire was kept going all day long, so the birds stopped by for warmth (Using Statistics to Look for Relationships). Seasonality: Human births are more frequent at certain times of the year, and these just happen to coincide with stork nestings (psychologist Carol Tavris in The Los Angeles Times).
So there was logic to the old myth– bad logic!
Q. When German biologist August Freidrich Weismann cut off the tails of 22 generations of mice, he discovered their offspring all still had full-sized tails. Why did he bother? -F. Wife
A. To demonstrate the difference between inherited and "acquired" characteristics in genetics. But, says Isaac Asimov in his Book of Facts, if Weismann had stopped to think, he'd have realized that "more than 22 generations of Jewish boys have been circumcised... and each newborn Jewish boy comes into the world with a full-sized foreskin."
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kenwooi.com Turns One!
Firstly, I would like to put the blame on the culprit – Jason Ng. Jason, why did you make me blog? *lol*
Secondly, kenwooi.com turns one today!
Unsurprisingly, this blog didn't turn out to be a very personal blog – instead, mostly on issues and matters that revolve around me. I tend to make fun, hopefully not in an offensive way, of certain interesting topics. Don't blame me, blame my curiosity.
I've been told that my "true colours" were finally revealed after I started blogging. Well, I don't really talk about those "issues" in real life, doesn't mean that I don't "think" about it. After all, which guy isn't naughty? Before I started blogging, people viewed me as a serious person – but unfortunately, the impression has changed – now people see me more of a "hamsup" guy. All thanks to kenwooi.com.
But I'm certainly not! I'm a good boy, no? *double sighs*
Some readers find my entries funny and humourous – that's a good point I guess – as my main purpose of blogging is to entertain people. Just read my craps and laugh. However, some people tend to take my entries seriously.
Whenever I prepare an entry, I always try to mix in a taste of laughter. Honestly, I do laugh at my own stupidity crappy entries. And I admit that my entries can be very lame at times – but it's certainly more interesting and entertaining.
From a personal point of view, it has been a great journey so far. As of today, I'm enjoying it and I'm glad to have been involved in this so-called 'hobby'.
Lastly, I would like to express my gratitude to all avid readers of kenwooi.com for supporting its crappy entries all these while. Without all of you, kenwooi.com would be nothing other than a crappy, literally crappy, blog.
A slice of Apple Crumble Cheese cake just for you, kenwooi.com!
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CARLISLE, Pa. (AP) — Criminal charges are pending against a central Pennsylvania woman after police said they found more than 50 wild and domesticated animals living in filthy conditions at her home.
Police said the animals removed from the home in Cumberland County included numerous dogs and cats, an albino groundhog, a de-scented skunk and two monkeys.
North Middleton Township said an officer responding to an unrelated complaint Jan. 28 found the home in "deplorable" condition.
Police, codes enforcement, the Humane Society and the state Dog Warden returned Friday and found animal feces and urine throughout the home. They said the animals were in poor health and were either caged or roaming freely around the house.
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One oddly-shaped dinosaur bone might not turn out to be a new species. It could simply be from a deformed individual of something already known, or a distortion caused by being buried under tons of shifting rock for millions of years. But two of the same oddly-shaped dinosaur bones? That's no coincidence . . . that's a new species!
Mercuriceratops gemini is the name of a newly-discovered Late Cretaceous chasmosaurine dinosaur. It was probably around two tons in life, living 77 million years ago in what is today Alberta and Montana. It's name, Mercuriceratops (Mercury-horned face) comes from the novel wing-like structures on the sides of its skull (sort of like Mercury's winged helmet) . . . a bit of skeletal flair never before seen in ceratopsian frills. These "wingtips" probably served the same function as the giant fins on 50s and 60s Cadillacs: to look totally sweet, and help its owner impress the ladies.
The details leading up to this new discovery are standard enough, the kind of thing you've heard a thousand times before:
- In 2007, a Colorado-based fossil-services company found a strangely-shaped skull bone on private land in Montana.
- The Colorado company moved the Montana fossil to the Royal Museum in Ontario.
- In 2012, a sculptor-turned-fossil-preparator discovered another strangely-shaped skull bone near "Happy Jack's Cabin" in Alberta. (As an aside, Happy Jack Jackson built said cabin more than 100 years ago on his property in Alberta, which he fittingly named the "Old Mexico Ranch")
- A curator from the Cleveland Museum of Natural History (Ohio) noticed that the Alberta bone was the same as the Colorado company's Montana bone in Ontario.
- Researchers from Ohio, Alberta, Ontario (and Utah!) wrote up a description of the new species and published it in Germany's Naturwissenschaften journal.
Dinosaur research: bringing the international community together.
Update: You can watch lead paper author Dr. Michael Ryan compare Mercuriceratops to a sweet car (and the teenager driving it):
Ryan, M. J.; Evans, D. C.; Currie, P. J.; Loewen, M. A. (2014). "A new chasmosaurine from northern Laramidia expands frill disparity in ceratopsid dinosaurs". Naturwissenschaften. doi:10.1007/s00114-014-1183-1
Pictures are publicity photos from the press release, and are presumed fair use. Top illustration by Danielle Dufault.


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FY 2013 Funding Opportunity Announcement for NGO Programs Benefiting Refugees in South Sudan
WASHINGTON, March 4, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- Funding Opportunity Announcement
Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration
March 1, 2013
Funding Opportunity Number: PRM-PRMOAPAF-13-004-016650
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) number: 19.517 - Overseas Refugee Assistance Programs for Africa
Announcement issuance date: Friday, March 1, 2013
Proposal submission deadline: Monday, April 1, 2013 at 12:00 p.m. noon EDT. Proposals submitted after this deadline will not be considered.
**ADVISORY: PRM strongly recommends submitting your proposal several days early to allow time to address any difficulties that may arise.**
Proposed Program Start Dates: June 1 – September 30, 2013
Eligible Applicants: (1) Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with IRS, other than institutions of higher education; (2) Nonprofits without 501(c)(3) status with IRS, other than institutions of higher education; and (3) International Organizations. International Organizations (IOs) should not submit proposals through Grants.gov in response to this Funding Opportunity Announcement. Rather IOs such as UN agencies and other Public International Organizations (PIOs) that are seeking funding for programs relevant to this announcement should contact the relevant PRM Program Officer (as listed below) on or before the closing date of the funding announcement.
Duration of Activity: Program plans from 12 to 36 months will be considered. Applicants may submit multi-year proposals with activities and budgets that do not exceed 36 months from the proposed start date. Actual awards will not exceed 12 months in duration. Continued funding after the initial 12- month award requires the submission of a noncompeting continuation application and will be contingent upon available funding, strong performance, and continuing need. In funding a project one year, PRM makes no representations that it will continue to fund the project in successive years and encourages applicants to seek a wide array of donors to ensure long-term funding possibilities. Submission of a continuation application means that the organization does not have to respond to the annual call for proposals for the duration of the multi-year project. Please see the Multi-Year Funding section below for additional information.
Current Funding Priorities : PRM will prioritize funding for proposed NGO activities that best meet the Bureau's priorities as identified below for filling programming gaps for refugees currently in South Sudan from the Central African Republic, Ethiopia, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Sudan, or other countries as identified below.
(a) Because of PRM's mandate to provide protection, assistance, and sustainable solutions for refugees and victims of conflict, PRM will consider funding only those projects that include a target beneficiary base of at least 50% refugees. Please note that projects that do not meet one of the protection/assistance gaps below will not be considered.
(b) Health Sector Standard Indicators Pilot: Proposals focusing on health in camp based/returnee settings must include a minimum of one of the four following indicators, and should try to include as many of the other indicators as are relevant:
• Number of consultations/clinician/day – Target: Fewer than 50 patients per clinician per day
• Measles vaccination rate for children under five – Target: 95% coverage
• Percentage of deliveries attended by a skilled birth attendant in a health care facility – Target: 100%
• Percentage of reporting rape survivors given post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) with 72 hours – Target: 100%
Congolese, CAR, and Ethiopian Refugees in South Sudan:
(c) Activities should support refugees in Pochalla, Makpandu, Lasu, and Napere (Ezo) settlements, South Sudan.
(d) Target beneficiaries, sectors, and proposed programs should be developed in full coordination with the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). Proposals should focus on one or more of the following sectors:
i. Protection (prevention/response to gender-based violence or assistance for unaccompanied minors.)
ii. Health (reproductive health, maternal and child health, mental health and psychosocial support, or assistance for disabled persons)
iii. Livelihoods (primary education or vocational education/training)
Sudanese Refugees in South Sudan:
(e) Activities should support Sudanese refugees in current or planned settlements located in South Sudan and in coordination with UNHCR. Proposals should specify refugee population numbers and projects in proposed locations.
(f) Target beneficiaries, sectors, and proposed programs should be developed in full coordination with UNHCR. Proposals should focus on one or more of the following sectors:
i. Protection (prevention/response to gender-based violence or assistance for unaccompanied minors, prevention of military recruitment)
ii. Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH)
iii. Health (reproductive health, maternal and child health, mental health and psychosocial support, or assistance for disabled persons)
iv. Nutrition (support and accessibility to adequate nutrition for pregnant/lactating women, and/or persons living with disabilities, and/or elderly person)
v. Innovative projects that mitigate the impact of deforestation and water usage by refugees and livestock (including, but not limited to energy efficient stoves, multi-family cooking shelters, energy efficient cooking techniques, rainwater harvesting).
(g) Proposals must have a concrete implementation plan with well-conceived objectives and indicators that are specific, measurable, achievable, relevant and reliable, time-bound and trackable (SMART), have established baselines, and include at least one outcome or impact indicator per objective; objectives should be clearly linked to the sectors.
(h) Proposals must adhere to relevant international standards for humanitarian assistance. See PRM's General NGO Guidelines for a complete list of sector-specific standards.
(i) PRM will accept proposals from any NGO working in the above mentioned sectors although, given budgetary constraints, priority will be given to proposals from organizations that can demonstrate:
• a working relationship with UNHCR, current UNHCR funding, and/or a letter of support from UNHCR for the proposed activities and/or overall country program (this letter should highlight the gap in services the proposed program is designed to address);
• a proven track record in providing proposed assistance both in the sector and specified location;
• evidence of coordination with international organizations (IOs) and other NGOs working in the same area or sector as well as – where possible – local authorities;
• a strong transition plan, where feasible, involving local capacity-building;
• a budget that demonstrates co-funding by non-US government sources.
(j) Country Specific Instructions
South Sudan: Proposals for activities in South Sudan must be accompanied by a letter from UNHCR showing approval for the proposed activities.
Funding Limits: FY 2013, PRM anticipates providing approximately $4,000,000 million to fund NGO programs in South Sudan. Project proposals must not be less than $175,000 and not more than $1,500,000 per year or they will be disqualified. As stated in PRM's General NGO Guidelines, PRM looks favorably on cost-sharing efforts and seeks to support projects with a diverse donor base and/or resources from the submitting organization.
Proposal Submission Requirements: Proposals must be submitted via Grants.gov. See "Applicant Resources" page on Grants.gov for complete details on requirements (http://www.grants.gov/applicants/app_help_reso.jsp). Please also note the following highlights:
• Do not wait until the last minute to submit your application on Grants.gov. Organizations not registered with Grants.gov should register well in advance of the deadline as it can take up to two weeks to finalize registration (sometimes longer for non-U.S. based NGOs to get the required registration numbers). To register with Grants.gov, organizations must first receive a DUNS number and register with the System for Award Management (SAM) which can take weeks and sometimes months. We recommend that organizations, particularly first-time applicants, submit applications via Grants.gov no later than one week before the deadline to avoid last-minute technical difficulties that could result in an application not being considered. PRM partners must maintain an active SAM registration with current information at all times during which they have an active federal award or an application under consideration by PRM or any federal agency.
• Applications must be submitted under the authority of the Authorized Organization Representative (AOR) at the applicant organization. Having proposals submitted by agency headquarters helps to avoid possible technical problems.
• If you encounter technical difficulties with Grants.gov please contact the Grants.gov Help Desk at [email protected] or by calling 1-800-518-4726. Applicants who are unable to submit applications via Grants.gov due to Grants.gov technical difficulties and who have reported the problem to the Grants.gov help desk, received a case number, and had a service request opened to research the problem, should contact the relevant PRM Program Officer to determine whether an alternative method of submission is appropriate.
• International Organizations (IOs) should not submit proposals through Grants.gov in response to this Funding Opportunity Announcement. Rather IOs such as UN agencies and other Public International Organizations (PIOs) that are seeking funding for programs relevant to this announcement should contact the relevant PRM Program Officer (as stated below) on or before the closing date of the funding announcement.
• Pursuant to U.S. Code, Title 218, Section 1001, stated on OMB Standard Form 424 (SF-424), the Department of State is authorized to consolidate the certifications and assurances required by Federal law or regulations for its federal assistance programs. The list of certifications and assurances can be found at: http://fa.statebuy.state.gov/content.asp?content_id=161&menu_id=68 )
Proposal Content, Formatting and Template: This announcement is designed to accompany PRM's General NGO Guidelines, which contain additional administrative information on proposal content and formatting, and explain in detail PRM's NGO funding strategy and priorities. Please use both the General NGO Guidelines and this announcement to ensure that your proposal submission is in full compliance with PRM requirements and that the proposed activities are in line with PRM's priorities. Proposal submissions that do not meet all of the requirements outlined in these guidelines will not be considered.
PRM strongly recommends using the proposal and budget templates that are available upon email request from PRM's NGO Coordinator. Please send an email, with the phrase "PRM NGO Templates" in the subject line, to PRM's NGO Coordinator. Single-year proposals using PRM's templates must be no more than 20 pages in length (Times New Roman 12 point font, one inch margins on all sides). If the applicant does not use PRM's recommended templates, proposals must not exceed 15 pages in length. Organizations may choose to attach work plans, activity calendars, and/or logical frameworks as addendums/appendices to the proposal. These attachments do not count toward the page limit total.
To be considered for PRM funding, organizations must submit a complete application package including:
• Proposal reflecting objectives and indicators for each year of the program period.
• Budget and budget narrative for each year of the program period.
• Signed completed SF-424.
In addition, proposal submissions to PRM should include the following information:
• Focus on outcome or impact indicators as much as possible. At a minimum, each objective should have one outcome or impact indicator. Wherever possible, baselines should be established before the start of the project.
• To increase PRM's ability to track the impact of PRM funding, include specific information on locations of projects and beneficiaries (GPS coordinates if possible).
• Proposals should outline how the NGO will acknowledge PRM funding. If an organization believes that publicly acknowledging the receipt of USG funding for a particular PRM-funded project could potentially endanger the lives of the beneficiaries and/or the organization staff, invite suspicion about the organization's motives, or alienate the organization from the population it is trying to help, it must provide a brief explanation in its proposal as to why it should be exempted from this requirement.
• The budget should include a specific breakdown of funds being provided by UNHCR, other USG agencies, other donors, and your own organization. PRM strongly encourages multilateral support for humanitarian programs.
• Proposals and budgets should include details of any sub-agreements associated with the program.
• Copy of the organization's Code of Conduct (required before an award can be made).
• Copy of the organization's Security Plan (required before an award can be made).
• Most recent Negotiated Indirect Cost Rate Agreement (NICRA), if applicable.
• NGOs that have not received PRM funding since the U.S. Government fiscal year ending September 30, 2004 must be prepared to demonstrate that they meet the financial and accounting requirements of the U.S. Government by submitting copies of 1) the most recent external financial audit, 2) proof of non-profit tax status including under IRS 501 (c)(3), as applicable, 3) a Data Universal Numbering System (DUNS) number, and 4) an Employer ID (EIN)/Federal Tax Identification number.
• Organizations that received PRM funding in FY 2012 for activities that are being proposed for funding under this announcement must include the most recent quarterly progress report against indicators outlined in the cooperative agreement. If an organization's last quarterly report was submitted more than six weeks prior to the submission of a proposal in response to this funding announcement, the organization must include, with its most recent quarterly report, updates that show any significant progress made on objectives since the last report.
Multi-Year Funding: Applicants proposing multi-year programs should adhere to the following guidance:
Applicants may submit proposals that include multi-year strategies presented in 12-month cycles for a period not to exceed 36 months from the proposed start date. Fully developed programs with detailed budgets, objectives and indicators are required for each year of activities. These can be updated yearly upon submission of continuation applications, as PRM expects that conditions on the ground may change. Applicants should note that they may use PRM's recommended multi-year proposal template for this application, which is different from the single year template. Multi-year funding applicants may also use PRM's standard budget template and should submit a separate budget sheet for each project year. Multi-year proposals using PRM's templates must be no more than 30 pages in length (Times New Roman 12 point font, one inch margins on all sides). If the applicant does not use PRM's recommended templates, proposals must not exceed 25 pages in length. Organizations may choose to attach work plans, activity calendars, and/or logical frameworks as addendums/appendices to the proposal. These attachments do not count toward the page limit total.
Multi-year applications selected for funding by PRM will be funded in 12- month increments based on the proposal submitted in the initial application as approved by PRM. Continued funding after the initial 12- month award requires the submission of a noncompeting continuation application and will be contingent upon available funding, strong performance, and continuing need. Continuation applications must be submitted by the organization no later than 90 days before the proposed start date of the new award (e.g., if the next project period is to begin on September 1, submit your application by June 1). Late applications will jeopardize continued funding.
Organizations can request multi-year funding and continuation application templates by emailing PRM's NGO Coordinator with the phrase "PRM NGO Templates" in the subject line.
Reports and Reporting Requirements:
Program reporting: PRM requires quarterly and final program reports describing and analyzing the results of activities undertaken during the validity period of the agreement. It is highly suggested that NGOs receiving PRM funding use the PRM recommended program report template. To request this template, send an email with the phrase "PRM NGO Templates" in the subject line to PRM's NGO Coordinator.
Financial Reports: Financial reports are required within thirty (30) days following the end of each calendar year quarter during the validity period of the agreement; a final financial report covering the entire period of the agreement is required within ninety (90) days after the expiration date of the agreement.
For more details regarding reporting requirements please see PRM's General NGO Guidelines.
Proposal Review Process: PRM will conduct a formal competitive review of all proposals submitted in response to this funding announcement. A review panel will evaluate submissions based on the above-referenced proposal evaluation criteria and PRM priorities in the context of available funding.
PRM may request revised proposals and/or budgets based on feedback from the panel. PRM will provide formal notifications to NGOs of final decisions taken by Bureau management.
Branding and Marking Strategy: Unless exceptions have been approved by the designated bureau Authorizing Official as described in the proposal templates that are available upon email request from PRM's NGO Coordinator, at a minimum, the following provision will be included whenever assistance is awarded:
As a condition of receipt of this assistance award, all materials produced pursuant to the award, including training materials, materials for recipients or materials to communicate or promote with foreign audiences a program, event, project, or some other activity under this agreement, including but not limited to invitations to events, press materials, event backdrops, podium signs, etc. must be marked appropriately with the standard U.S. flag in a size and prominence equal to (or greater than) any other logo or identity. Subrecipients and subsequent tier sub-award agreements are subject to the marking requirements and the recipient shall include a provision in the subrecipient agreement indicating that the standard, rectangular U.S. flag is a requirement. In the event the recipient does not comply with the marking requirements as established in the approved assistance agreement, the Grants Officer Representative and the Grants Officer must initiate corrective action.
PRM Points of Contact: Should NGOs have technical questions related to this announcement, they should contact the PRM staff listed below prior to proposal submission. Please note that responses to technical questions from PRM do not indicate a commitment to fund the program discussed.
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"Go Red" Health Fair
A Community Service Project by the Wellness Foundation, Inc.
FREE admission and parking.
10:00 am to 2:00 pm
At the new South Cobb Regional Library
805 Clay Road, Mableton, Georgia, 30126
(Near the Mable House, the Amphitheatre and the Post Office)
Health Fair Mission: To improve the health, fitness, and wellness of people in our communities with an emphasis on preventing heart disease in women (and men).
Free services to be provided by volunteers:
Preliminary Schedule (subject to change):
Rockgarden by Paradise Concepts, Inc.
Participating Wellness Professionals (either as speakers or at booths):
Rock Lake by Paradise Concepts, Inc.
Our Sponsors (please visit them)
Platinum Level:
Compliments of Arbonne International
Silver Level:
Compliments of Arbonne International
Bronze Level:
Compliments of Arbonne International
Our Supporters (Thank you!):
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Our Past Health Fairs:
Saturday, April 21st, 2007 - Perfectly beautiful and sunny April day in Mableton!
Saturday, March 17th, 2007 - Beautiful mild March day in Mableton!
Saturday, January 20th, 2007 - Sunny and cool January day in Mableton!
Saturday, December 9th, 2006 - Sunny and warm December day in Mableton!
Saturday, September 23rd, 2006 - Wonderful September day in Mableton.
Saturday, August 19th, 2006 - Beautiful sunny August day in Mableton.
Saturday, July 22nd, 2006 - Beautiful sunny July day in Mableton.
Saturday, June 17th, 2006 - Beautiful sunny June day in Mableton.
Saturday, May 20th, 2006 - Beautiful sunny May day in Mableton.
Saturday, April 22nd, 2006 - Our runners got soaking wet but the sun came out for the Health Fair.
Saturday, March 18th, 2006 - Again, the Lord kept the rain away for the runners.
Saturday, February 18th, 2006 - The Lord kept the rain away for the runners.
Monday, January 16th, 2006 - Unusual January day in Mableton.
Saturday, December 17th, 2005 - Beautiful December day in Mableton.
Saturday, November 19th, 2005 - Beautiful November day in Mableton.
Saturday, October 22nd, 2005 - The Lord sent rain during the night to wash away the dust in Paradise.
Saturday, September 17th, 2005 - Just enough clouds to keep things cool.
Saturday, August 20th, 2005 - Yet another beautiful day with blue skies that defy description.
Saturday, July 23rd, 2005 - Beautiful day (with blue skies that defy description) for an encore health fair. We are asked to put on another within a month!
Saturday, June 25th, 2005 - Beautiful day (sunny with mild temperatures and mild humidity) for an encore health fair. We are asked to put on yet another encore!
Saturday, May 14th, 2005 - Beautiful Grand Opening for Paradise. It was sunny without rain until after the health fair was over!
Saturday, April 2nd, 2005 - Held at the wonderful Marietta Conference Center and Resort. Over 200 attendees!
Become a Corporate/Neighborhood Sponsor:
How to Become a Sponsor/Supporter - We thank you for your past generosity and welcome either your continued or future support!
Waterscape by Paradise Concepts, Inc.
Partial Bios on some of our Wellness Professionals:
Dr. David Blake c/o Family First Healthcare
Dr. Blake received his medical degree and training in family medicine from Morehouse School of Medicine in Atlanta. His practice is located in Mableton.
Dr. James Carren c/o Private Chiropractic Practice
Dr. Carren is board-certified in chiropractic medicine. His practice in located in Austell off the E-W connector.
Dr. J. C. Carter c/o Cobb Internal Medicine
Dr. Carter received her medical degree from Drexel University College of Medicine and completed her residency at Christiana HealthCare Services. She specializes in Internal Medicine.
Dr. Andrew B. Chung c/o HeartMDPhD.com
Dr. Chung is a board-certified cardiologist whose practice is located in Mableton. He received his medical school, residency, and fellowship training at Emory University in Atlanta.
The famous Silver Comet Trail.
Ms. Julane R. Contursi, M.S., R.D., L.D. c/o Nutrition Concepts
Ms. Contursi has 20 years experience as a Clinical & Sports Nutritionist. Her B.S. degree in Nutrition is from San Diego State University and her M.S. degree in Nutrition with special emphasis in Sports Nutrition is from Georgia State University. She has worked 10 years teaching nutrition to college students and is the author of nutrition articles in the Atlanta Sports & Fitness Magazine. She also has experience conducting corporate wellness programs and is available for either individual or group presentations. You may contact Julane @ 404 290-8261 or firstname.lastname@example.com
Dr. Leslie A. Dauphin, author of The Germ Handbook. Her web site is at http://www.DrLeslieOnline.com/
Dr. Thomas M. P. Dougherty c/o Emory Healthcare
Dr. Dougherty received his medical degree from the University of Kansas and completed his residency at the Medical College of Wisconsin. He is board certified in family practice and sports medicine. His specialties include sports medicine and non-operative treatments for musculoskeletal problems.
Dr. Veeni Kumar c/o Private Medical Practice
Dr. Kumar received her medical degree in India and completed her residency training at Emory. She sees patients in her private medical practice in Douglasville.
Dr. Goodman Obot c/o St. James Medical Center
Dr. Obot received his medical degree from the University of Texas and has received residency training at Baylor, the CDC, and Morehouse. His medical practice is located in Mableton.
Mr. Floyd Ovens - Fifth Degree Black Belt
Mr. Ovens is a Master of Traditional Japanese Shotokan Karati with 46 years experience. He has worked as a personal bodyguard to prominant dignitaries such as Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis. He has taught martial arts in the school system in New York State and has worked through the United Fund to teach underpriviledged children martial arts. He has owned his own school teaching safety to women and children throughout his career. He has also taught martial arts and safety classes in many churches and enjoys now working through the Wellness Foundation in that capacity.
Dr. David Stuchinski c/o ProActive HealthCare, LLC
Dr. Stuchinski is board-certified in chiropractic medicine. His practice is located in Marietta.
Dr. Scott Warner c/o Warner Family Chiropractic
Dr. Warner is board-certified in chiropractic medicine. His practice is located in Austell.
Ms. Deborah Williams, MSN, APRN-BC, ANP-C c/o Emory Healthcare
Ms. Williams is a board certified adult nurse practitioner practicing as a cardiac nurse clinician at Emory Hospital. She received her graduate training from Emory University and is also adjunct clinical faculty with Emory's Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing.
"How much better to get wisdom than gold, to choose understanding rather than silver."
Proverbs 16:16
Click Here for a PDF of the flyer to give to family, friends, and neighbors.
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UCONN FOOTBALL NOTEBOOK: New Big East Commissioner Mike Aresco believes Big East will be player for long time to come (with video)
STORRS -- In the relatively short period of time since Mike Aresco was named the new Big East commissioner, the longtime television executive's bulldog demeanor and utter belief in the vitality of the conference has not wavered.
Aresco was at Rentschler Field when UConn kicked off the 2012 season with a non-conference game against UMass and met with the media to further express his confidence that the Big East will be a player in the ever-changing landscape of college athletics and in particular college football.
"They are in the national championship picture, no question about it I think the Big East will be a factor," Aresco said. "I think they will compete for the top four slots (when the four-team college playoff system goes into effect)."
Naturally a popular topic of conversation is the all-important television contract that needs to be negotiated.
As was the case when he was announced at a press conference at the New York Athletic Club earlier this month, Aresco was not about to get in any specifics saying, "I am not making any predictions." However, he expressed optimism that when the contract is signed, it will be a major bonus for the Big East.
Aresco, a graduate of Xavier High and UConn law school, was quick to praise the quality of the Big East as a basketball powerhouse.
"We still have from top to bottom the best basketball conference," Aresco said. "The reception to my appointment I think is reflected in that."
Aresco continues with his sales pitch that his job is to make the Big East strong enough that the revolving door process which resulted in the departure of West Virginia and the soon to be exits of Syracuse and Pittsburgh will be a thing of the past.
"I think they will want to stay," Aresco said. "I think we will work hard to show them that the Big East is a great conference."
There can be no questioning where UConn coach Paul Pasqualoni stands in terms of the promotion of Northeast football. Therefore, it should surprise nobody that Pasqualoni said he would love to see more UMass/UConn games in the future now that both programs will be playing at the highest level of collegiate football.
"You know the people at UMass are going to do it right way," Pasqualoni said. "I just think it strengthens our game. I think it is great for the Northeast in the sense that it should motivate even more kids with another I-A program out there. For those reasons it is a great thing."
The programs met on an annual basis when both were in the Yankee Conference, but Thursday night's meeting was the first since 1999. With UMass upgrading its program, it seems likely that future games with the Huskies will at least be a topic of conversation in the years to come.
"These are things we will talk about as we go," Pasqualoni said. "I just think it makes a lot of sense from the geographic sense for our fans that drive down to Foxborough, they drive here to Rentschler Field, makes it an overall win-win for everybody."


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Late last week, Adobe set off a bit of a kerfuffle when it announced that three of its applications suffered from serious security flaws. They offered readers a simple fix: pay to upgrade to the latest version. Considering the latest version of the company's Creative Suite was less than a week old at the time, this represented both an extremely short period of support for the previous generation of software, and an extremely high price to fix a set of potential vulnerabilities. The move was widely panned by both security experts and Adobe customers.
In response to the negative press, the company has reversed course. On Friday, the company's security bulletins for Flash, Illustrator, and Photoshop were updated to indicate that the company is "in the process of resolving these vulnerabilities in Adobe Photoshop CS5.x, and will update this Security Bulletin once the patch is available." All of the vulnerabilities could potentially allow an attacker to arbitrarily execute code by corrupting memory. In the case of Photoshop, the application was vulnerable to maliciously crafted TIFF files.
Although Adobe's software has been the target of attacks before, these have generally focused on the consumer-oriented applications like Flash and the company's PDF Reader. But those instances were hardly a guarantee that its professional applications wouldn't be targeted. More generally, it would probably be a good thing if products with the sort of slow upgrade cycles that these enjoy aren't left behind within a week.


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The government's report on the job market in January offered fresh hope that the economy is at last pulling out of its worst downturn since the Great Depression.
For the estimated 8.4 million people who lost their jobs to the recession, however, the data offered little cause for celebration.
Friday's report left many economists, investors, employers and job seekers scratching their heads. The Bureau of Labor Statistics found in its survey of large employers that some 20,000 jobs were lost overall in January. But the separate survey of households showed a gain of more than a half-million jobs, which pushed the jobless rate down sharply to 9.7 percent from 10 percent.
The report also included a number of adjustments, including a revision of last year's data that showed the economy shed 1.4 million more jobs last year than originally reported.
The speed with which companies shed jobs last year dramatically outpaced the last three recessions. Two years after the recession began in December 2007, U.S. payrolls shrank by 6 percent — double the contraction seen in the 1981-82 recession. Some forecasters think last year's historic spree of layoffs means the economy is poised for a surge in job growth as the recovery takes hold this year.
"What we saw during the recession was that firms were much more aggressive, much quicker to shed workers, and that's why productivity was so good during the recession," said former Federal Reserve Gov. Laurence Meyer. "In our view, that's going to reverse now, and firms are going to increase employment more than you would otherwise expect from the growth in output."
There were some early signs of that in the January data, including a nice pick-up in temporary jobs and a drop in the number of people who told the BLS they were working part-time but wanted a full-time paycheck.
"I think if we just have a little patience here within the next three to six months we're going to be seeing substantial job gains," said Michael Darda, chief economist at MKM Partners.
But most of the 8.4 million workers sidelined by the recession will likely need to wait more than six months to get back to work. The economy needs to create 100,000 to 125,000 jobs a month just to keep up with the growth of the population.
"I don't think we're close yet to even a stable rate at this point," said Mark Zandi, chief economist at Moody's Economy.com. "We have yet to see any hiring. Until we get real, positive, substantive job growth, it's hard to conclude this is a self-sustaining economy."
Even if job growth returns to the pace of the boom years in the middle of the last decade, it would take years to create the millions of new jobs needed to bring employment back to pre-recession levels.
"Getting those jobs back is going to be very difficult," said William Gross, a founder of investment manager PIMCO. He pointed out that a third of the jobs lost were in fields related to the housing boom, including construction workers and real estate agents. "Those jobs aren't coming back."
It also remains to be seen whether the economy will continue moving forward even after massive government stimulus spending begins to fade later this year. The hope is that the surge in public spending will the keep the wheels of the economy turning, including business investment, consumer spending and export manufacturing.
So far, the plan seems to be working. The economy surged ahead at a strong annual rate of 5.7 percent in the fourth quarter of last year, as measured by gross domestic product. But the growth pop was largely based on the large checks written by the U.S. Treasury and other governments around the world, according to Gross.
"The minute that that check disappears, the private market is standing very lonesome and on its own legs," he said. "The government is withdrawing because citizens and politicians are basically saying, enough is enough."
Concerns about the swollen federal budget deficit and rising national debt may also curb enthusiasm on Capitol Hill for White House proposals to boost jobs. The latest package would include yet another extension of unemployment benefits to cope with the large pool of workers who have been out of a job for more than 27 weeks. That number rose to 6.3 million in January, up from 1.3 million when the recession began.
The impact of federal spending has been blunted by several factors weighing on economic growth. Though credit has begun to ease somewhat, lenders and investors are still extremely skittish about lending after losing hundreds of trillions of dollars in bad bets on faulty home mortgages, bad private equity deals and overpriced commercial real estate.
Business investment has begun to perk up, but companies are waiting for more convincing signs of recovery before they commit precious cash to buying new equipment and expanding operations. While federal spending has expanded dramatically, state and local governments are still cutting back as the recession, and falling home prices, have cut deeply into tax revenues.
Households are still working off high levels of debt; a third of homeowners with mortgages owe more than their home is worth. That drag on consumer spending has dampened the effects of government spending. And the high rate of foreclosures, expected to increase again this year, continues to put pressure on the housing market. Aside from the depressed levels of new home construction, the weak housing market dampens demand for all of the goods and services that comes with the purchase of a new house.
Once those forces are reversed, the economy will likely begin generating new jobs to meet renewed demand. But even after the monthly job numbers turn positive, it will likely feel like a recession until those 8.4 million workers are again collecting a paycheck.
"With the unemployment rate likely to be elevated for such a long time, the kind of angst out there and dissatisfaction and discomfort is going to last for a very long time," said Meyer.
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'Smash' season debut sneak peek begins Monday
NBC is giving viewers a sneak peek at the new season of "Smash."
Starting next week, the first hour of the drama's two-hour season debut can be seen online and in the air - where it will be screened on American Airlines flights.
The "Smash" preview will be available through several outlets, including NBC.com, Hulu, iTunes, Amazon and Xbox and on demand. It will be shown on American's domestic flights starting Tuesday.
"Smash," set in the world of New York theater, stars Debra Messing, Christian Borle and Angelica Huston. Guest stars this season include Jennifer Hudson.
The sophomore drama begins its second season Feb. 5 on NBC. "Smash" is a nominee at Sunday's Golden Globe awards for best musical or comedy series.


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Compounding pharmacy bill signed into law
Posted on November 29, 2013
By Tom Wilemon
President Barack Obama signed into law on Wednesday legislation passed by Congress to define who has oversight for regulating compounding pharmacies in the wake of a fungal meningitis outbreak caused by tainted drugs.
U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., welcomed the president's signature. He was one of the main authors of the Drug Quality and Security Act, the result of an agreement he reached with House and Senate health committee leaders to make injections of compounded sterile drugs safer.
"I have been working with my Senate colleagues for a year to find a solution that would help prevent a repeat of the terrifying meningitis outbreak that has killed 16 Tennesseans and made so many others so sick," Alexander said.
"Tennesseans deserve this law to make it clear exactly who is in charge of overseeing each compounding facility, so there will be no questions about who's on the flagpole. This law affects the health and safety of millions of Americans. It is important in Tennessee to those 16 families who had a family member die. It is important to the dozens of families with a member of their family who is sick because of those injections. It is important to those families who may still become sick in our state and other states."
The ongoing outbreak has sicked 751 people throughout the country, with 64 deaths. Tennessee has been one of the hardest-hit states. The outbreak was tracked to a compounded steroid made by Massachusetts-based New England Compounding Center that was used in spinal epidurals and joint injections as a treatment for chronic pain.
Supporters of the legislation said it will give the U.S. Food and Drug Administration greater authority over compounding pharmacies, but critics say it still has loopholes.
Traditional compounding — pharmacists at local drugstores creating customized medicines in response to individual prescriptions — has long been under state regulation, while the FDA concentrated on overseeing manufactured drugs.
But authority over large-scale compounders such as NECC, in Framingham, Mass., was blurred by various federal court decisions over the past 15 years, FDA officials said.
The bill makes it optional for large-scale compounders to register with the FDA as an "outsourcing facility," which would subject them to regular inspections and higher quality standards before they ship drugs. States would have authority over those that don't register with the federal agency.
Even firms that choose to register will be subject to less-stringent requirements than traditional drug manufacturers, critics say.


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This past week we met some new friends who were on their way through Marathon for Keys to Freeze. The group of six were on day two of their 9,000 mile unsupported cycling trip from Key West, FL to Deadhorse, AK. Why would they take on such a journey? The group is raising funds and awareness for Climate Ride and the National Parks Conservation Association in order to protect North America's natural places and produce a novel and documentary.
Dolphin Research Center wishes Keys to Freeze the best of luck on their mission. Keep up with and cheer on this awesome crew by going to their website or following them on social media.


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- Date: Sun, 24 Aug 2008 07:05:57 -0400 (EDT)
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On Aug 23, 1:45 am, Bob Hanlon <hanl... at cox.net> wrote: > Use SameTest option in Union I've had to think about this question at some length in my work with fractal geometry, where I deal with large numbers of points. In this context, there are some issues with the use of SameTest. In particular, Union[S] first sorts its elements in n*log(n) time and then compares in linear time. Union[S, SameTest -> f] cannot assume any ordering so it must compare pairwise, running in quadratic time. If at all possible, it is much faster to express each element in S in some canonical form, then apply Union without the SameTest. I've got some examples below but would be very curious to know if anyone has improvements. Here's a list of 400 pairs of points with each pair very close to another. Note that Union works very quickly, but distinguishes between close pairs of points. ------ points = RandomReal[{0, 1}, {200, 2}]; points = Join[points, points + 10^(-15)]; Union[points] // Length // Timing {0.000159, 400} ------ We can apply Bob's solution which, correctly, treats close points the same but runs much longer. ------ Union[points, SameTest -> (Rationalize[#1, 10^(-10)] === Rationalize[#2, 10^(-10)] &)] // Length // Timing {4.36683, 200} ------ Note that SameTest -> (Norm[#1 - #2] < 10^(-10) &) is faster, but we can get the best of both worlds by rationalizing first and then applying the Union. ----- Union[Rationalize[points, 10^(-10)]] // Length // Timing {0.04629, 200} ----- Of course, there are issues with Rationalize, or Round, as well. First, you lose some precision in the output, which might or might not be important for your application. Also, while it seems to work well with randomly generated data, it's easy to devise situations where points close together Rationalize to different results. Thus, I'd be leary of using Rationalize in this manner for serious work. What is needed is a reliable function that places things in a canonical form. Here's one such function I developed based on clustering. ----- Needs["HierarchicalClustering`"]; canonicalFunction[nonCanonicalValues_List] := Module[ {toCanonical}, Quiet[heirarchy = Agglomerate[N[nonCanonicalValues], DistanceFunction -> EuclideanDistance, Linkage -> "Average"]]; segregate[Cluster[cl1_, cl2_, d_, _, _], tol_] := MyClusters[cl1, cl2] /; d > tol; segregate[mine_MyClusters, tol_] := segregate[#, tol] & /@ mine; segregate[x_, _] := x; cf[cl_Cluster] := ClusterFlatten[cl]; cf[x_] := {x}; clusters = cf /@ List @@ Flatten[FixedPoint[segregate[#, 10^-12] &, MyClusters[heirarchy]]]; canonicalValues = Chop[First /@ clusters]; toCanonical[x_] := First[Nearest[canonicalValues][x]]; toCanonical]; ----- We use it as follows. ----- toCan = canonicalFunction[points]; Union[toCan /@ points] // Length // Timing {0.138291, 200} ----- Again, I'd love to see alternatives. Mark McClure
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