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iPhone 5S available September 20th: priced to replace iPhone 5 [UPDATE]
Now that we officially know all of the details and can calm the hype trains down, lets talk about pricing. Apple has just confirmed an aggressive pricing strategy for the new iPhone 5C, coming in at just $99. However, many of you are probably interested in their flagship iPhone 5S. With an improved camera, fingerprint sensor with Touch ID and more. So when and for how much? It all starts September 13th.

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Although Georges St-Pierre's decision-making ultimately got him a shot at the belt, Nick Diaz still isn't convinced the UFC welterweight champion is making the best career moves.
St-Pierre (23-2 MMA, 17-2 UFC) and Diaz (26-8 MMA, 7-5 UFC) meet next week in UFC 158's pay-per-view headliner. The March 16 event, which takes place at Montreal's Bell Centre, will conclude a beef that began in June 2011, when officials first announced their plans for a St-Pierre vs. Diaz bout.
However, since then, St-Pierre's injuries, as well as Diaz's press-conference absences and drug suspension, have delayed the booking. But a bout nearly two years in the making is now right around the corner.
However, in a pre-fight interview that the UFC conducted, Diaz said he is surprised St-Pierre hasn't been campaigning for another fight – one with middleweight champion and pound-for-pound kingpin Anderson Silva (33-4 MMA, 16-0 UFC).
"I started (competing at) like from 16, 17, 18, 19, 20 (years old)," Diaz said. "By 23, I'm fighting No. 1 people in the world. I will tell you right now I'll fight the No. 1 guy in the world. I've always said, that I want to fight the No. 1 fighter.
"Georges has never said that. That's the only thing I've ever said negative about Georges, that if I were in his place, I'd be asking for the Anderson Silva fight. I wouldn't let that blow away. That's crazy."
A victory over Diaz, though, could set up such a scenario. As MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com) recently reported, UFC President Dana White has promised either a St-Pierre vs. Silva or Jon Jones vs. Silva super fight by year's end.
Of course, should Diaz pull off the upset next week – and given his willingness to campaign for the big fights he wants – he could conceivably slide into one of the slots.
In any manner, check out the full conversation above.
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`The Issue: Whether lawmakers can work together to avoid automatic tax hikes and spending cuts on Jan.1.
Michael Barone describes President Bill Clinton and then-Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich reaching an agreement on taxes in the '90s ("Fiscal Cliff Notes: Can Both Sides Give?" PostOpinion, Nov. 20).
You cannot compare that with the type of negotiating that President Obama does.
For all of his faults, of which there are many, Clinton at least wanted to make America better. Obama, on the other hand, wants to bring America to its knees and make it a third-world country with a socialist agenda.
Any agreement made with Obama isn't worth the paper it was printed on, as he has shown in the past with his reneging on previous pacts with the Republican House. My advice to Republicans is to stay the line and wait for 2016.
Charlie Honadel
Staten Island
I don't understand why we are being told that this country is looking at the precipice of the fiscal cliff and economic disaster.
Didn't we just re-elect a president that told us his plans were working and that he was working 24/7 to solve the financial crisis?
Didn't he just have four years of working to solve all our problems?
I guess we weren't informed that the president's fiscal plan — his budget, which he told us makes sense — has never received a single vote, and that unemployment lingers beyond expected numbers.
But no worry, we can all look forward to the magnificent inaugural gala when he gets sworn in for a second term. Those still hurting from the devastation of Sandy can enjoy it on television, if they get their power back in time.
Barry Levy
Hawthorne, Calif.
We're not going to fall off a fiscal cliff; we are being pushed.
Anthony Varriano
Staten Island
It appears we are at a impasse when it comes to facing the fiscal cliff, but there is a solution.
This will prove to the American people which policy is really best to solve the economic and fiscal mess that our country is in.
A group of economic experts should set benchmarks to determine what objectives we need to achieve within a two-year period to lower our debt and achieve a reasonable level of economic growth. A coin toss will decide which plan — Democratic or Republican — is initially enacted for two years.
After that time, the first plan will have had to achieve or exceed the set goals, or the plan from the opposite party will automatically go in to effect. Then that plan will be evaluated.
Bruce Weinfeld
New City
To avoid the fiscal cliff, we should index the highest income-tax rates for the wealthy to the unemployment rate. Just add 30 percent to the unemployment rate and you have the highest income tax rate. If unemployment is at 7.9 percent, the highest tax rates are 37.9 percent.
This will give job creators a reason to get off their pile of cash and start hiring again. This would also give Republicans a cover, as the taxes are being indexed not really raised. We could call it the "Job Creator Index." Clem Dominguez
Huntington Beach
The primary sticking point between Democrats and Republicans is whether to allow the highest marginal tax rate of 35 percent, which is imposed on the most prosperous Americans, to revert to 39.6 percent, which had been in place prior to the Bush tax cuts.
They could meet in the middle with a rate between 37 and 38 percent in exchange for significant entitlement-program reform. Will they reach a grand bargain for the good of the country, or will ideology triumph over reason?
As we are but weeks from the onset of the fiscal cliff, the stock market has begun to reflect the unwillingness of our leaders to bend or to lead. I am surprised it did not happen sooner.
It will be interesting to see whether either party is willing to accept responsibility for a recession in 2013 and a continued lack of faith in American leadership throughout the world.
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Two months after Mary Kennedy hanged herself in her Westchester barn, the AP is reporting that her body has been exhumed and reburied in a Cape Cod cemetary 700 feet away from her original grave among other Kennedys. Frank Maki, the superintendent of St. Francis Xavier Cemetery, told the AP that Kennedy had been moved earlier this month after being buried on May 19th. Robert Kennedy, Jr., apparently asked that she be moved to a hilltop surrounded by empty plots he's negotiating to buy.
Mary Kennedy filed for divorce from her husband two years ago, and, in a court affidavit, Robert Kennedy claimed that his wife beat him, threatened suicide in front of the couple's children, ran over the family dog, and drank excessively. Her relatives didn't attend the funeral Robert organized, opting instead to pay tribute to her at a private ceremony in Manhattan.
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Graduation Requirements
Well over a century ago, Carleton started promising its students a "liberal and thorough" education. That goal is embodied still in the College's requirements for graduation, which are designed to expose students to a wide variety of disciplines, as well as to allow them to concentrate on a major subject.
To receive a Bachelor of Arts degree from Carleton, a student must earn at least 210 credits and a cumulative grade average of C (2.0) or better.
Students must complete a major and participate in an integrative exercise within that major. They must spend six academic terms in residence at Carleton, including their senior year (last three academic terms), and earn at least 108 credits enrolled at Carleton.
Students must also satisfy these requirements:
- Required first-year Argument and Inquiry (A&I) Seminar (graded with Writing-Rich designation)
- Required WR course (beyond A&I seminar) and writing portfolio
- Three courses designated Quantitative Reasoning Encounters (QRE)
- Global Citizenship Requirement
- Proficiency in a language other than English (4 or 5 courses depending on the language)
- At least one course in International Studies (IS)
- At least one course in Intercultural Domestic Studies (IDS)
- Curricular Exploration and Intellectual Engagement Requirement (36 required credits)
- 6 humanistic inquiry credits
- 6 literary/artistic analysis credits
- 6 arts practice credits
- 6 science credits (with lab component)
- 6 formal or statistical reasoning credits
- 6 social inquiry credits
- Four terms of Physical Education (all four terms can be fulfilled by approved club sports)
Argument and Inquiry Seminar (A&I)
Each first-year non-transfer student is required to complete a six-credit Argument and Inquiry (A&I) seminar in their first term. These seminars address a wide range of topics and are taught by faculty in departments across the College. A&Is are designed to introduce students to a liberal arts approach to learning and to develop the critical and creative skills they will need to thrive in academic work at Carleton. Like all Carleton courses, A&I courses develop habits of critical and creative thinking, encourage intellectual independence, and foster a community of learning within the classroom.
In addition, all A&I courses have certain other essential elements:
- they clarify how scholars ask questions and how they find and evaluate evidence in addressing those questions,
- are discussion-based,
- are writing-rich (WR), and
- include attendance at and some discussion of the A&I convo, which addresses the nature of liberal arts education
A&I seminars may satisfy other College requirements as well, such as QRE, IS and IDS, but not the Curricular Exploration requirement.
Writing Requirement
The ability to write well is particularly important in college, not only as a means of demonstrating mastery of material, but as part of the process of coming to that mastery. For many people, writing well is a life-long learning process. As students develop greater understanding of themselves, the world, and language, they become more adept at expressing precisely, and perhaps eloquently, what they have in mind. The Carleton Writing Requirement is meant to be a checkpoint on that journey, not the final destination. It is a measure of progress and assurance that Carleton students are on the right path, and that with continued learning they will develop into fully competent writers by graduation.
In addition to completing the Argument and Inquiry Seminar, students are required to:
- complete a second Carleton designated writing-rich course (WR), and
- complete a writing portfolio to be reviewed by faculty after the third term, and no later than the sixth term.
Quantitative Reasoning Encounter (QRE)
Students will complete three courses that have been designated as providing quantitative reasoning encounters (QRE). Quantitative reasoning—the inclination and ability to interpret, assess, and use quantitative information in one's scholarly work, civic activities, and personal life—is recognized by the College as a vital part of a liberal education for each student. Through multiple exposures to examples of the uses of quantitative reasoning, a student will better appreciate the multiple ways that socially constructed quantitative evidence is developed and used. Courses offering significant opportunities for this exposure will be designated as quantitative reasoning encounters.
The goal of the proposed requirement is to increase students' appreciation for the power of QR and to enhance their ability to evaluate, construct, and communicate arguments using quantitative information. Upon completion of the liberal arts requirements, all Carleton students should:
- Possess the habit of mind to consider what numerical evidence might add to the analysis of a problem;
- Be able to identify appropriate quantitative or numerical evidence to address a given question;
- Be able to locate or collect data;
- Properly interpret numerical evidence (e.g., recognize the difference between association and causation);
- Recognize the limitations of methods and sources used;
- Effectively communicate quantitative arguments.
A course designated as a "QR encounter" will include at least one substantial assignment or module designed to enhance students' QR skills in at least 1 of the 6 learning goals.
Global Citizenship Requirement
Being an educated person and living a life that is purposeful and worthwhile for others as well as for oneself requires recognizing that the world is far more interconnected than ever before in human history. Carleton students will be effective citizens and leaders and make a difference in this world only if they are equipped to navigate foreign cultures, be conversant in foreign languages, and acquaint themselves with multiple cultures and societies that are different from their own.
Language Requirement
Language is the way that members of a culture organize and encode their thoughts, allowing them to communicate with each other. Moreover, language shapes one's relationship with other people, and different languages will shape that relationship differently. At Carleton we think that a liberally educated student should understand the way language is embedded within cultural practices and worldviews. To this end, we expect students to cross linguistic borders, experiencing another language "from the inside." [View the details of the language requirement.] All language programs (wherever possible) will offer off-campus study programs that allow students to complete the last two courses of the language sequence. The mission of the language requirement is best met by studying and living in a culture that uses a language other than English. It is highly recommended that students complete their language requirement by participating in one of these.
International Studies (IS)
Students will satisfactorily complete at least six credits in the study of a course designated as IS. Courses that meet this requirement will seek to develop in students the ability to see the world—its peoples and problems—from multiple perspectives. This will often take a comparative and/or historical approach.
Intercultural Domestic Studies (IDS)
Students will satisfactorily complete at least six credits in the study of a course designated as IDS. Courses that meet the IDS requirement focus on the United States. Course content addresses the role of identity and status in shaping the experiences of American society. Scope of instruction can be historical and comparative and include opportunities for reflection.
Curricular Exploration and Intellectual Engagement
A liberally educated person will have boldly sought unexpected interests and will have experience traversing conventional boundaries. Such a person is able to draw from multiple disciplinary perspectives and is motivated by a deep intellectual curiosity informed by a rich breadth of experiences. Each student will complete at least thirty-six credits, configured as follows:
Note: Any course can have one designation at most. WR courses (other than A&I seminars), QRE courses, IS courses, and IDS courses can all have designations that count towards the Curricular Exploration and Intellectual Engagement requirement.
Humanistic Inquiry
At least six credits are required in courses in which students are introduced to humanistic inquiry with an emphasis on its historical, cultural, ethical, and/or intellectual contexts.
Literary/Artistic Analysis
At least six credits are required in courses in which there is an emphasis on analysis of literature, visual art, or performance.
Arts Practice
The act of imagining and creating art is an important way of understanding and knowing art and the creative process. At least six credits are required in courses from this group, in which students develop an appreciation of artistic creative practice through experience.
Natural Science Modern citizenship requires an understanding of the processes and methods of the natural sciences. At least six credits are required in courses that focus on developing an appreciation of the scientific study of the natural world. Courses must include a lab component to qualify.
Formal or Statistical Reasoning The development of logical systems, formal models, abstract mathematical reasoning, and statistical reasoning has been foundational to intellectual development in many disciplines. At least six credits are required in courses from this group that focus on methods on formal reasoning including mathematics, logic, the design and analysis of algorithms, or statistical reasoning.
Social Inquiry The study of human and social behavior and how these are shaped by, and shape, socially constructed institutions is essential to a liberal education. At least six credits are required in courses that focus on the variety of disciplinary approaches to the study of individuals and societies.
Physical Education Requirement
Developing an appreciation for the importance of physical activity—the myriad ways that intentional human movement, individually or as a member of a team, non-competitively or competitively, contributes to health and well-being—is a critical part of the human condition, and thus an important part of a liberal education. Therefore, at least four terms of Physical Education activity are to be taken by each student. Only one activity per term may count toward this requirement. It is strongly encouraged that students take at least one activity class per year. Each season that a student participates in a varsity sport or in an approved club sport will count towards that year's activity class.


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Amid money squeeze, 8 Minn. school districts merge
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Neighboring Minnesota school districts are becoming companions at the fastest clip in years, with eight districts deciding this spring to merge with another to save money.
State education officials told Minnesota Public Radio News for a story Monday that the consolidations are the most in the last 16 years. It's still nowhere near the dozens at a time that occurred in the mid-1990s.
But with lagging enrollment and tight funding, some districts are left with little choice. Voters in the Oklee and Plummer districts in northwestern Minnesota decided last month to formally merge the two after sharing sports teams and resources in the years before.
"They just felt it was a natural time to put it together — let's build a future now as one instead of two districts," said Jim Guetter, superintendent of the remade Red Lake County Central district.
Mergers can mean loss of local control, longer bus rides for kids and closed community school buildings. But they can also spare academic programs that one district can't support alone.
Minnesota now has 333 school districts, which is down about 100 compared with two decades ago. More than half the remaining districts have fewer than 1,000 enrolled students.
Voters in the southwestern towns of Round Lake and Brewster overwhelmingly backed consolidation in a referendum this spring.
Interim superintendent Cornelius Smit said dropping enrollment threatened to force drastic cuts to academic programs.
"Parents could readily see that if their secondary students were going to get a good quality of education, we were going to have to do things differently," Smit said.
Still, the high school in Round Lake will be closed and some students are choosing to head elsewhere, even schools in northern Iowa.
Some districts that have merged for years had been engaged in cooperative arrangements — sharing superintendents, teachers and special education staff. Hard numbers on such arrangements aren't available from the state, but those are the places most likely to merge in the future.
Fred Nolan, executive director of the Minnesota Rural Education Association, said he expects a steady drumbeat of combinations in the future.
"Not every district needs an accounting office and payroll and things like that," Nolan said. "I think you're going to see more sharing of services and eventually you may see fewer school districts through consolidations."


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"Top" lists to me are weird. Some names on the lists I totally, totally understand. Others...
Askmen.com has announced its annual Top 49 Most Influential Men of 2011 list. Steve Jobs is #1. Completely. Sure. Seal Team Six is #2. Fine. Then Larry Page and Warren Buffett which, HUH? to them being back to back, right?
The only celebrity male to make the top 5?
Kanye West.
Kanye West finished in front of Prince William (#7, and I agree) and the only other celebrity to crack the Top 10 is Ryan Gosling who's #9. All of them came in ahead of Jon Stewart at #12. See what I mean? Ryan Gosling is hot. But Ryan Gosling > Jon Stewart? Come on now.
I don't get it. And I certainly don't get Charlie Sheen showing up at #16 while President Barack Obama is #21.
What the F-CK???
Peter Dinklage and Louis CK both made it - very cool - but then there's limp Bradley Cooper, possibly being used by Jennifer Lopez, though I haven't decided, dangling near the bottom at #47, above Simon Cowell at #49, and I really, really wonder if we need a new dictionary that defines words by gender. Because as handsome as he is, with really good hair, and I do like his acting, I cannot figure out how Bradley Cooper might possibly be considered "influential" and more so than Simon Cowell. Don't make Cooper the representative of the success of The Hangover just because he's the least "nerdy" of the movie's stars. Giving it to Zach Galifianakis would have been a LOT less derivative.
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Men love Kanye, Ryan, no Hamm?
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With their wall-of-fuzz guitar stylings and sugary pop underpinnings, the Pains of Being Pure at Heart nodded to any number of old-school indie pop and shoegaze acts, most notably Black Tambourine and My Bloody Valentine. New York-based musicians Alex Naidus (bass), Kip Berman (guitar/vocals), Kurt Feldman (drums), and Peggy Wang (keyboards/vocals) came together to form the Pains of Being Pure at Heart in 2007. The band recorded a few tracks soon after forming, which were released as a self-titled 3″ CD-R on Cloudberry Records. A self-titled EP followed soon after for Painbow. After the release of the summer 2010 single Say No to Love, legendary producers Flood (Smashing Pumpkins) and Alan Moulder (My Bloody Valentine) were hired to give the band a slicker, more powerful sound. The resulting album, Belong, was released by Slumberland in March of 2011. With the departure of original keyboardist Peggy Wang and bassist Alex Naidus, Berman brought together a refreshed line-up — which featured A Sunny Day in Glasgow's Jen Goma and brass player Kelly Pratt alongside Feldman — to record the album with Andy Savours (My Bloody Valentine, Sigur Rós). The resulting Days of Abandon was released by their new label, Yebo Music, in 2014.
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Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council has opted to keep its struggling benefits services in-house after assessing the outsourcing ventures of other councils and coming to the conclusion that the the private sector was not up to the job.
The council has been wondering what to do with its worst performing departments since January when it ducked out of a £500m "strategic partnership" with Fujitsu at the nth hour.
The move was vindicated by a report presented to Walsall's Conservative Cabinet last week, which said that after a benchmarking study of other councils that had outsourced their benefits departments, Walsall concluded that there were "serious drawbacks" to handing the whole department over to the private sector.
Walsall's benchmarking study found "very few success stories in other local authorities" that outsourced their benefits service.
The benchmark considered 38 other authorities that had outsourced benefits. Eleven of them had ended up bringing the department back in-house.
The study also found that outsourcing would take too long, and the risk that services would degrade or fail during procurement was too high.
In December 2003, when Walsall was given a "weak" rating by the Audit Commission, the council's benefits department had been one of only two to earn three out of four stars. But by 2005, when the Audit Commission commended Walsall for "improving well" its benefits service had deteriorated so much that it was one of only two departments with two stars.
The council had claimed that benefits and other under-performing departments would see improvements once they were farmed out to the private sector, the Audit Commission reported in January.
But within the month, Fujitsu had been given the boot and Conservative Counsel leader Tom Ansell had declared the council did not need help from the private sector.
January's Audit Commission report explained why Walsall's benefits service had declined while most of its other services had improved since 2003. One of the main reasons was the introduction of a new benefits computer system last year. The council had outsourced its benefits IT systems to Northgate in 2004, but the system was delivered late.
A report by the Benefits fraud inspectorate noted yesterday that the new computer system had "created inevitable delays in claims processing", and inundated its walk-in centres with claimants wanting to query their computer-generated allocations.
The council's benefits service was "already strained", reported the BFI. "This situation was made worse when the council restructured its Revenues and Benefits service at the same time," it said.
The computer system should, however, help pull the department out of its mire, reported the BFI. If only it could train its staff to use it properly.
Walsall still felt the need for some scheme to replace its aborted strategic partnership with Fujitsu. After seeing the benchmarking study that rubbished the private sector, the council's Cabinet considered three other options: do nothing; develop shared services with other councils; or go for a "mixed economy" model in which core services were kept in-house and non-essential support services where outsourced.
It ruled out a joint services agreement with another local authority because of the difficulty in finding a good fit in good time. Doing nothing was never really an option.
The cabinet voted for the "mixed economy" method, which would require an investment of £400,000.
It did, however, note that it would not be an easy ride. "Can the council manage the potentially complex mix of internal core service activities and the externalised non-core activities?" a report to cabinet asked. In light of the problems caused by handing responsibility for its benefits IT systems over to Northgate, this was clearly a pertinent question.®


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Social Security: Examples , How provisions reduce benefits
Government Pension Offset
The Government Pension Offset (GPO) reduces an individual's Social Security survivor benefits (available to a person whose deceased spouse had earned Social Security benefits) by an amount equal to two-thirds of his/her public pension.
A widowed retired educator has earned $600 per month from her state retirement plan after 25 years of service. Her deceased husband worked in the private sector and paid into Social Security his entire working life. She normally would be entitled to monthly Social Security survivor benefits of $850.
Because she works in a state where public employees do not participate in the Social Security system, the Government Pension Offset cuts her survivor benefits by two-thirds of her $600 monthly retirement payment or $400. Her survivor benefits instead equal $450 - nearly half of the $850 she would normally receive.
Windfall Elimination Provision
The Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) changes the formula used to figure benefit amounts-reducing an individual's own Social Security benefits (earned while working in a job covered by Social Security).
A teacher taught 17 years in one state, then moved to a different state and taught another 14 years. According to the Social Security Administration, she earned monthly benefits of $540 per month for her contributions paid into the Social Security system while she worked in the first state.
Because public employees in the second state do not participate in the Social Security system, her actual monthly benefits will be cut $196 due to the Windfall Elimination Provision. She will receive $344 per month from Social Security instead of the $540 she earned.
Some retirees can get hit by both provisions
Julia, a real Maine teacher, fell victim to the Windfall Elimination Provision. The WEP reduces the earned Social Security benefits of an individual who also receives a public pension from a job not covered by Social Security.
Julia worked in restaurants for 20 years before she went back to school to become a teacher at the age of 53. She taught for 15 years. The Windfall Elimination Provision reduced her $525 Social Security monthly benefit to $152. Medicare takes $45.
Julia, who gets a small Maine state pension, is left with just $431 after other essential deductions. Her husband receives $700 a month as a Social Security benefit. But if he predeceases Julia, the Government Pension Offset will prevent her from receiving any survivor benefits.
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NLCS Game 5: Cardinals have that familiar, uncomfortable feeling
The Los Angeles Dodgers survived to play another day, using four home runs and another strong outing from starter Zack Greinke to beat the Cardinals, 6-4, and cut St. Louis' lead in the NLCS to 3-2. Game 6 will be Friday in St. Louis (8:07 p.m. ET, TBS).
Here is the daily Five by Five, a quick recap in which we try to figure out exactly what we just saw by looking at five key moments during the game for each team. Onward . . .
MORE: Box score | TV schedule | Must-see photos | ALCS Game 4 tonight
For the host Dodgers . . .
1. The first three Cardinals to face Greinke reached base, on two hits and a four-pitch walk to Carlos Beltran, loading the bases with no outs. But Greinke struck out powerful left-handed hitter Matt Adams on a nasty 77-mph curveball that fell off the table, then induced a 5-3 double play from Yadier Molina. Instead of a disastrous first inning, Greinke had crafted a momentum-building escape. It was quite the turnaround.
2. An inning after the Cardinals squandered their opportunity, the Dodgers capitalized on theirs. Singles by Adrian Gonzalez and Yasiel Puig put runners on first and second, and singles by Juan Uribe and Greinke chased those two runners home. Greinke's was especially important, a two-out hit by the pitcher that made the score 2-0.
MORE DODGERS COVERAGE: LA Times
3. The Dodgers weren't the most powerful NL team this year, but it was surprising when they went four full games in the NLCS without a home run. Gonzalez ended that unwelcome streak with a blast off Joe Kelly in the third inning, on a 96-mph fastball on a hitter-friendly 2-1 count. That solo shot gave the Dodgers a 3-2 lead.
4. In Greinke's last inning of work, the Cardinals didn't muster much of anything. He needed just 11 pitches to get three ground-ball outs, and exited the game after seven, with six hits allowed, two runs and four strikeouts. And, more important, with L.A. leading.
5. For a team that didn't hit a home run through four games, the Dodgers did their best to make up for lost time on Wednesday. After Gonzalez went deep in the third, Carl Crawford followed with a solo homer in the fifth off Kelly. A.J. Ellis went solo against Edward Mujica in the seventh, and Gonzalez capped the power surge with another solo shot in the eighth inning, off John Axford.
For the visiting Cardinals . . .
1. Jon Jay has not had a good defensive series in center field, a trend that continued Wednesday afternoon at Dodger Stadium. With Gonzalez on second base and one out in the bottom of the second, Juan Uribe hit a bounding ball up the middle. The ball wasn't smoked, but it wasn't exactly a dribbler, either. Jay didn't charge hard, which gave Gonzalez—a smart but slow runner—enough time to score well ahead of Jay's throw.
2. After their first-inning blunder—failing to score with the bases loaded and no outs—the Cardinals broke through with two runs off Greinke in the top of the third. With one out, Matt Carpenter singled (in his first two-hit game of the postseason), Carlos Beltran tripled off the very top of the wall in center field, and Matt Holliday doubled to knot the score, 2-2.
MORE CARDINALS COVERAGE: St. Louis Post-Dispatch
3. Yadier Molina is, obviously, an integral part of the Cardinals' success in so many ways. But he had a rather forgettable day at the plate. He ended the first-inning threat by grounding into a double play, then did the same thing in the third inning. He stranded five baserunners total in those two at-bats; against a pitcher like Greinke, those are egregious errors.
4. While the Dodgers spent the last few innings playing home run derby, the Cardinals looked like they were going to go down quickly and relatively painlessly. They didn't manage a baserunner in the fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh or eighth—Greinke retired the final 13 batters he faced and Brian Wilson pitched a 1-2-3 eighth. But then the ninth inning happened. Holliday blooped a double into right field and scored when Adams singled off closer Kenley Jansen. After Molina struck out to finish his 0-for-4 game, Jay singled. That brought up David Freese as the potential tying run. He struck out, but Pete Kozma singled to chase home Adams to make the score 6-4. Jansen ended the threat, and the game, when he struck out pinch hitter Adron Chambers looking.
5. This isn't a specific moment on the field, but it's a painful memory for Cardinals fans. The last two times St. Louis has been up 3-1 in the NLCS, disaster has happened. In 1996, the Cardinals lost their last three games to the Atlanta Braves. In 2012, they lost their last three games to the San Francisco Giants. On Wednesday, as you know, they lost to the Dodgers when up 3-1 in the NLCS, and they have to face Clayton Kershaw in Game 6 at Busch Stadium.


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LYNWOOD, Calif. (AP) - July 24, 2010
Alexis Neiers, 19, was set free around 7:40 p.m. Friday from the Century Regional Detention Facility in Lynwood, sheriff's officials said.
She agreed to a plea bargain in May shortly before her trial was to begin. Bloom, star of the "Pirates of the Caribbean" and "Lord of the Rings" film franchises, had been expected to testify.
In a statement released through her publicist Friday, Neiers said she "did a lot of soul searching" during her time behind bars.
"I feel very humbled and see my life in a way that I have come to be very grateful for and I am also grateful to everyone who has helped and supported me through this," the statement said.
Neiers was among six people accused of targeting the Hollywood Hills homes of Lindsay Lohan, Paris Hilton, Bloom and others and stealing millions in jewelry, clothing and other luxury goods.
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Our coaching lineup includes NLL Pro's, NCAA Graduates, and NCAA Committed Student-athletes. Coaches will adapt drill difficulty for all levels of experience to allow players to succeed regardless of their ability.
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Santa Barbara, CA – The Santa Barbara International Film Festival will honor Academy Award-nominated actor Bruce Dern with the Modern Master Award at the 29th edition of the Fest, which runs January 30 – February 9, 2014, it was announced today by SBIFF Executive Director Roger Durling. The Tribute will take place on Saturday, February 8, 2014 at the historic Arlington Theatre and is sponsored by Adobe.
Emma Thompson, who was slated to receive the Modern Master Award, is unfortunately now not able to be in attendance as she is required for rehearsal in London on the New York Philharmonic staging of Stephen Sondheim's Sweeney Todd, which will be directed by Lonny Price.
The Modern Master Award is the highest honor presented by SBIFF. Established in 1995, it was created to pay tribute to an individual who has enriched our culture through his/her multi-faceted accomplishments in the motion picture industry. Dern joins an illustrious group of past recipients including Ben Affleck, Christopher Nolan, Michael Douglas, Jodie Foster, Sir Anthony Hopkins, Diane Keaton, Sean Penn, Jeff Bridges, Peter Jackson, George Clooney, Will Smith, Cate Blanchett, Clint Eastwood, Christopher Plummer and James Cameron.
Bruce Dern will be honored for his distinguished career, which includes his most recent role of a lifetime as the headstrong Woody in Alexander Payne's critically acclaimed film Nebraska.
SBIFF Executive Director Roger Durling commented "We're deeply humbled and grateful to Bruce Dern for accepting this award – he's not only a Modern Master – he's a hero. Year after year, performance after performance, Bruce Dern has enthralled audiences and with Nebraska he has given us a character for the ages in 'Woody Grant.' It's his time and we're delighted to honor him."
Bruce Dern's tremendous career is made up of playing both modern day heroes and legendary villains. Through decades of critically acclaimed performances, Bruce has acquired the reputation of being one of the most talented and prolific actors of his generation. A celebrated stage actor, Bruce was trained by famed director Elia Kazan at The Actor's Studio and made his film debut in Kazan's "Wild River" (1960). In the 1960's, Bruce also found success as a distinguished television actor. He appeared regularly in contemporary Western TV-series as well as Alfred Hitchcock's television series. Hitchcock was such a fan of Dern's, he cast him in both "Marnie" and, "Family Plot" (Hitchcock's final film).
During the 1960's, Dern went on to work with director Roger Corman and appeared in several of his classic and decade defining films including Wild Angels. He received critical success for films such as They Shoot Horses, Don't They? opposite Jane Fonda and Drive, He Said, directed by Jack Nicholson, and went down in history for his role as Long Hair in The Cowboys in which he became the first man ever to kill John Wayne on screen.
Bruce went on to star in such classic films like The King of Marvin Gardens with Jack Nicholson and Ellen Burstyn as well as playing Tom Buchanan in The Great Gatsby, for which he received a Golden Globe nomination. It was his brilliant and powerful performance in Hal Ashby's Coming Home that earned him both an Academy Award® and Golden Globe nomination. Bruce co-starred with Charlize Theron in Monster, one of the most critically acclaimed independent films of all time. Most recently Bruce has worked with iconic directors Francis Ford Coppola in Twixt and Quentin Tarantino in Django Unchained.
Other credits include: Hush…Hush, Sweet Charlotte with Bette Davis, Douglas Trumball's Silent Running, Michael Ritchie's Smile, Middle Age Crazy with Anne Margaret, The 'Burbs with Tom Hanks, The Haunting with Catherine Zeta Jones, Billy Bob Thornton's All The Pretty Horses, Bob Dylan's Masked and Anonymous, to name just a few.
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Police department cancels National Night Out event
Chief says it's strayed from original intentions
One Lebanon County police department is preparing for National Night out next Tuesday, but another has canceled its event.
National Night Out started nearly 30 years ago. It began as a way for communities to get to know their first responders and create support for neighborhood watch programs and learn about crime and drug prevention.
"We feel it has strayed from its original intentions," said North Cornwall Police chief Todd Hirsch.
That lost focus is why Hirsch has decided to cancel his department's National Night Out this year scheduled for next Tuesday at the Never Sink Fire Department.
"What we have found is that the event has taken on a new life. It's becoming more of a carnival with free food and entertainment," said Hirsch.
In Cornwall, it's a different story. Police are getting ready for their National Night Out event that is expected to draw about 3,500 people.
"This is becoming our largest community policing event. It's good for the department and the community likes it," said Bruce Harris, Cornwall Police Chief.
But Cornwall is making changes, preventing people from outside the area to come in and enjoy the food and entertainment.
Police sent out fliers with wristbands only residents will be able to wear.
"A lot of our residents last year got frustrated because when they arrived, the food was either all gone, or they had to stand in a long line," said Harris.
When it comes to National Night Out, it's becoming apparent it's an event that is right for some communities but not the best fit for others.
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I've had a very lazy day at home watching and chatting to the birds. One of them even came and tormented me on the balcony. He didn't stay for long though once he saw how scary I am!
I really really wish I could fly too…
Bisous Bailey
I've had a very lazy day at home watching and chatting to the birds. One of them even came and tormented me on the balcony. He didn't stay for long though once he saw how scary I am!
I really really wish I could fly too…
Bisous Bailey
Beautiful photos. Beautiful Bailey. 🙂
Oh my, you really are just beautiful. Love the pictures. Sure the birds are glad you can't fly 🙂
Such torment! Such a beautiful kitty!
You are gorgeous, Bailey. That face, that coat……..
Stunning photos:-)
Thank you Misaki =^.^=
You're such a handsome cat.
Thank you David =^.^=
Oh, Bailey. You are so pretty. I wish we could fly too; I'd fly across that big pond to visit you in purrson.
Love, Sundae
Oh Bailey, such a wonderful "watch cat"!
Very handsome photos Bailey! Teddy once tried to fly like a bird off of my semi-screened in porch and left a Garfield-like hold in a bush. So be careful!
Hehehe you just made me laugh out loud! Garfield hehe! Poor Teddy! I'll be careful! Bisous Bailey
Why don't you give it a go? You have 9 lives to play with. And either way, you will always land on your feet 🙂
Joking. Don't do it.
Hehehe! I'll be careful! =^.^=
Beautiful closeups! Bailey is so handsome.
Yesterday was my lazy day Bailey. Meow. Tell mum and dad hello.
I can fly, Bailey, at least in my dreams 😉
Pawesome! Well you are an angel! =^.^=
I'd like to fly like a bird too……..the closest I've come is Mom photoshopping me onto a hang-glider for one of my blog adventures! I love watching birds. When I'm outside, occasionally a bird will "dive-bomb" me to try to scare me away but I TRY to be very brave. Balcony birds know they're safe from you Bailey!!
Kitty Hugs, Sammy
My mum hasn't figured out photoshop yet… Hand gliding seems pawesome Sammy! We could fly together one day when we figure it out! Bisous Bailey
Me too. Flying has to be nice. But I like to jump and climb trees. That's fun too
Aren't you a pretty kitty? 🙂
Bailey, you are a true aristocat!
Why thank you! =^.^=
*more swooning happening in Canada*
Mum n me finkz you iz da HANSUMEST KITTEH on diz site!!!! If only me waz a bazillion yearz younger n lived a bazillion milez closer n spoke En Francais……c'est la vie……
Bailey you are bunderful!! Even da biridiez know diz!!!!
Nylablue ❤
Aww you always make my whiskers curl Nylablue! You're too kind. Hopefully one day we can come sailing in Canada and share a little Eskimo kiss. Bisous Bailey
Yow Bailey me whiskerz curl too!!! You iz bery handsum n me wuud love to Eskimo kiss wif ya!! n me doez NOT kiss just anycat!!!!!!
Say az me iz eleben or twelve n you iz about 2 yearz old diz meanz me iz a COUGAR!!!!
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Integration of Risk Management Principles and Activities into the Quality System
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Berlin, GermanyIntegration of Risk Management Principles and Activities into the Quality System https://www.cfpie.com/Custom/Catalog.aspx?C=22&L=4&D=0 https://tess.elixir-europe.org/events/integration-of-risk-management-principles-and-activities-into-the-quality-system The regulatory and business requirements for the pharma, diagnostics, and medical-device fields continue to update, blend, overlap, and blur. With these changes, the importance of risk assessment—and risk management—gains higher business and regulatory significance. It now becomes even more important for professionals in these fields to recognize, accept, understand, and respond to these changes —particularly since new regulatory requirements have emerged within this changing environment. The market's Tolerance for Failure of Drugs, Devices, and IVDs has reduced significantly in recent decades. This reduction reflects a general loss of confidence in the medical industry. The adoption of formal Quality Management Systems (QMS) has recovered some of that confidence, but we must still do more. This course addresses what we can do. 2017-10-16 09:00:00 UTC 2017-10-17 17:00:00 UTC The Center for Professional Innovation & Education The Berlin Hilton, Berlin, Germany The Berlin Hilton Berlin Germany [] firstname.lastname@example.com The Center for Professional Innovation & Education quality/production managersengineersauditorsregulatory/quality professionalsclinical/product specialists R&D engineerslaboratory professionalsproduct-development professionals 20 workshops_and_courses first_come_first_served diagnosticsPharmaceuticalMedical DeviceBiotech
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MONTREAL - Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield, an avid guitar player, says he's planning on doing some serious space jamming during his six-month visit to the International Space Station.
The veteran astronaut is scheduled to blast off aboard a Russian spacecraft on Dec. 5, with NASA astronaut Tom Marshburn and Russian cosmonaut Roman Romanenko.
Both of his travelling space companions also play guitar. Romanenko actually played with U2 when the group visited Moscow in 2010, while Marshburn is a classical guitarist.
Hadfield says he's planning to do some song-writing while he gazes down at the Earth.
"On board the space station, there's a Canadian guitar made in Vancouver, but there's also a keyboard and a ukelele," he told reporters during a news conference Thursday with the crew in Houston.
The 53-year-old astronaut says that while he'll be busy doing experiments and maintaining the space station, he'll also take time during evenings and weekends to play and record the songs he's written.
Some of those sessions will include other members of the musical astronaut trio.
"It's an extension of communication," Hadfield said.
"We can talk in Russian, we can talk in French, we can talk in English and we can talk in music — and it's a really fundamental human form of artistic communication."
He said he's looking forward to flying weightless by a huge cupola window and playing, writing and recording music from an inspiring vantage point.
Hadfield noted that he's been working in Canada to record a song written with another band: the Barenaked Ladies.
"It'll be in schools and choirs and high school orchestras this school year — a song that we're written together," he said.
This will be Hadfield's third space mission and, during his space station visit, he will become the first Canadian commander of the giant orbiting laboratory.
"It is hugely exciting and a great honour to be asked to be the commander of the International Space Station. Just from this Canadian kid's point of view, it's just a dream come true at this stage of my life," he said.
Hadfield's first trip was in November 1995 when he visited the Russian Space Station Mir. His second space voyage was a visit to the international station in April 2001, when he also performed two space walks. He was the first Canadian to ever leave a spacecraft and float freely in space.
He said he doesn't expect any space walks this time, unless something needs to be repaired from outside.
During his upcoming stay, the space station will be visited by the Russian Progress, a supply ship, as well as a couple of unmanned U.S. commercial cargo vessels.
With the cancellation of the U.S. space shuttle fleet, the door has been opened to allow private companies like SpaceX to eventually fly astronauts up to the space station.
Right now, the only way for humans to get there is by booking a seat on the Russian Soyuz spacecraft, like the one carrying Hadfield and his crewmates.
But Hadfield told reporters that the privately funded Dragon space capsule, built by SpaceX, will come up about six weeks after his arrival. It already brought up supplies during a visit last May. The last visitor, Cygnus, is a new commercial vehicle made by Orbital Sciences.
Hadfield expects that last vessel to visit toward the end of his six-month visit. He comes back down to Earth in mid-May.
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Welcome to the Legend of the Five Rings (L5R) Wiki
The wiki about Legend of the Five Rings, a game series developed by
Alderac Entertainment.
Legend of the Five Rings (often abbreviated "L5R") is a fictional setting that covers in detail the fantastical land of Rokugan, a nation whose culture and history is based on that of feudal Japan. The setting also briefly touches upon many of the different cultures that occupy the same world. This world is the foundation for the Legend of the Five Rings Collectible Card Game, the Legend of the Five Rings Role-Playing Game, the Clan Wars miniatures game, and a series of novels. Legend of the Five Rings was also the "featured campaign setting" of the Oriental Adventures expansion to the third edition of Dungeons & Dragons, but this book and the line of L5R material based upon it is now out of print. Continue reading...
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When you have seen your home and family destroyed by the Shadowlands, you too will know why I chase death with blind fury.
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Blogging Knowledge
What is a blog? Laura Turner recently said, A blog (a blend of the term "web log") is a type of website or part of a website. One person usually maintains Blogs with regular entries. Entries are typically displayed in chronological order. Typically a blog is a combination of personal diary and a commentary guide to other information on the web. A blog is usually a one page website, often with embedded gadgets or widgets.
What I feel is missing in Turner's description, is that a blog is about entering into a conversation with your audience. It is to involve a two-way conversation between yourself (the blogger) and those who are reading your blog. If you want a one-way conversation, that is a traditional website that simply shares information with others and does not engage the participant in the overall conversation. The conversation allows the blog to be part of the social media environment that surrounds us today.
So what do we need to know about blogging in ministry? Blogging is a form of social media and getting involved with social media is encouraged by our Bishops. Check out:
Bishops Urged to Embrace Social Media in Order to Effectively Evangelize 'Digital Continent' and the recent Catholic News Service article by Cindy Wooden – The printed word: Meeting looks at challenges for Catholic press.
You're reading a blog now, that is focused on meeting the need of a specific audience – ministers who are interested in integrating technology into their catechetical or parish ministries. When I explore Catholic blogs, I have discovered two resources – 2009 Catholic Blog Awards and the Catholic Blog Directory.
As you begin to think about writing a blog, I encourage you to choose several blogs from these resources and identify what folks are writing about. Try to determine the intended audience and the mission of the blog. Is it clear? What do you like about the blog? What would you improve? Will your blog be a duplication of what another is doing or will it be unique?
You have probably discovered that there are excellent blogs, mediocre blogs, and awful blogs! Why – Anyone can publish today. We all have different skills! So, if you are going to start a blog – be clear about why and who you are serving! Once you are clear about who and what you are writing about, then I suggest the following steps:
- Decide on who your audience will be.
- What will you communicate to this audience? Is this blog to inform? teach? engage others in learning more about their faith? Other?
- How often will you post a blog page? Once a week? Daily? Monthly? Other?
- Briefly outline the first five blog posts, if possible outline what you will write about for the first quarter of the year. Remember in starting a blog, you are making a commitment to starting a conversation with your audience!
- Invite a few friends or colleagues to be part of the beginning of this blog. Share your thoughts and ideas with them. Ask them to give you feedback as you continue to develop the blog.
- If possible, invite someone to read your posts before they are published online. This way you can "polish" the text to make sure it has good grammar, correct spelling, and great information for your readers.
- When you're ready, then choose your blog tools!
- Once you have chosen your tool, you're ready to post your thoughts and reflections. Remember to complete your profile with your photo and background information. Your readers want to meet you and know something about you.
Now I mention blog tools, as what you are going to create involves more than just adding text to your post. Check out the 10 Free Blogging Tools I Just Can't Live Without by Susan Gunelius. There are wonderful suggestions here as sometimes you will need photo's and at other times you will need to edit photo's.
To learn what others are saying about the blog tool you might choose for your blog, visit Forbes Blog Tools to become more familiar with the following tools: WordPress, Blogger, Blogsome, Movable Type, Textpattern, B2evolution, Live Journal, MSN Spaces, Squarespace, Typepad, and Yahoo 360. I'm using WordPress and you may enjoy using any one of these tools or others that you may discover. Choose what you are comfortable with and find easy to use. We each have personal preferences for why we use the tool we are using!
If you will be blogging with children, you may want to consider:
Class BlogMeister – Class Blogmeister is a online classroom blogging tool provided free of subscription or purchase charge by The Landmark Project, a consulting firm providing information and services for educator and education agencies..
EduBlogs – Free blogs for teachers, researchers, librarians and other educational professionals
KidBlog – This site is designed for elementary and middle school teachers who want to provide each student with their own, unique blog. Kidblog's simple, yet powerful tools allow students to publish posts and participate in discussions within a secure classroom blogging community. Teachers maintain complete control over student blogs.
BlogEasy – BlogEasy offers free blog hosting, which is a free web page publishing and syndication service that allows users to quickly share information, such as news, reviews, blogs, journals, weblogs,
In the following articles, you will find some helpful points to keep in mind when blogging in the classroom:
How to Create a Blog for Your Classroom from Edutopia.org – Here you will find some great suggestions of how to use a blog with a group of students.
What You Would Like To Know About Student Blogging -Here you will find answers to questions asked during a Blogging Workshop. Very helpful hints here!
Blogs on Educational Blogging – Here you can review a variety of blogs to see how others are using a blog in an educational setting with students. As you see what other educators are doing with their students with a blog, use your imagination to see what you may create and implement with your students.
Weblogg-ed – Weblogg-ed, maintained by Will Richardson, blogevangelist and Supervisor of Instructional Technology and Communications at Hunterdon Central Regional High School in Flemington, NJ. This site is dedicated to discussions and reflections on the use of Weblogs, wikis, RSS, audiocasts and other Read/Write Web related technologies in the K-12 realm, technologies that are transforming classrooms around the world.
What I discovered about blogging, is that when you feel ready, jump in with both feet. You will learn by doing! I am also inviting those who are using a blog as a learning tool with their students or RCIA groups to share their stories as a visiting blogger via ACyberPilgrim blog.
When you review the results of the online survey –What Technologies Do I Need to Learn This 2011 year – you will notice that our competencies in this area range from little or no experience to being comfortable. I would encourage those who are comfortable in any of the identified areas to consider being catalysts in their own parish programs. Many of us need to be mentored into using the tools of the 21st Century. Thank you to all who took time to complete the survey!
Next week, you will hear from Carmen Cayon, Director of Faith Formation and Evangelization and Coordinator of Rites of Christian Initiation for Adults (RCIA) at Incarnation Catholic Church in Tampa, Florida. Come back to visit to hear what Carmen will share with us about using a blog in the RCIA program.
I hope you enjoyed this week's post. Your comments and questions about blogging are most welcome! If you are currently implementing a blog in your ministry, please share your link and a brief story about your blog in the comments.
Please share this blog information with others! When you click on the "Share" button at the bottom of this page, you can forward this page information via email, FaceBook, or a Tweet! If you "like" this post, click on the "Like" button that follows this post. Remember, blogging is an interactive medium! Let's read and share!
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Matt Domsch
Matt Domsch is a Linux Technology Strategist in the Dell Office of the CTO. He has been developing, debugging, testing, and fixing aspects of Linux since 1999. Matt is a community member of the Fedora Project Board . He maintains DKMS and efibootmgr userspace apps, edd, efivars and ppp_mppe kernel modules, and has contributed to the maintenance of many other kernel modules. Matt maintains several packages in Fedora Extras. Matt was a member of the 2004 and 2005 Ottawa Linux Symposium Program Committee. Matt holds a BS in Computer Science and Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and a MS in Computer Science from Vanderbilt University . Matt lives in the Austin, TX area with his wife and children.
Matt runs the popular email@example.com and email@example.com mailing lists (subscribe and read archives at http://lists.us.dell.com/) for system administrators who use Linux on their Dell Power
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http://linux.dell.com Dell Linux Engineering web site
http://dell.com/linux Dell Linux Sales and Marketing web site
http://lists.us.dell.com Dell's public mailing lists (mostly Linux related)
http://domsch.com/ personal web pages
Matt has helped Dell to donate several servers for Fedora Infrastructure
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Ryan Screen Supply Offers Imagaro Tracer
April 25, 2006
Ryan Screen Supply, St. Louis, MO, expanded its product line-up with the addition of Imagaro Tracer. The software program is designed to allow users to convert jagged bitmaps to smooth, scaleable, vector artwork. Imagaro Tracer uses Sensedge technology and lets users place control points and corners automatically. Other functions include auto tracing, comprehensive object and note editing, and graphics transformations of size, scale, position, mirror, rotation, and skewing. The program accepts TIFF, GIF, JPEG, BMP, DIB, PBM, PCD, PCX, PGM, PNG, PPM, TGA, Al, EPS, DXF, PICT, PSD, CGC, and IMZ file formats. Imagaro Tracer is available in Mac OS X and Windows versions. Ryan Screen Supply is located at 712 Fannie Ave., St. Louis, MO 63125, 314-631-8753, 800-769-9130, fax: 314-631-0635, Web: www.ryanss.com.
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AmniSure ROM Test (Rupture of [fetal] Membranes test)
For the detection of PAMG-1 in amniotic fluid found in vaginal discharge of pregnant women
The AmniSure ROM (Rupture Of [fetal] Membranes) Test is a rapid, non-instrumented, qualitative immunochromatographic test for the in vitro detection of amniotic fluid in vaginal discharge of pregnant women. The AmniSure ROM Test uses amniotic fluid test strips to detect the PAMG-1 protein marker of the amniotic fluid in vaginal discharge. The amniotic fluid test is used by health care professionals to aid in the detection of ROM in pregnant women reporting signs, symptoms, or complaints suggestive of ROM. Want to try this solution for the first time? Request a quote for a trial kit.
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Premature rupture of fetal membranes (PROM) occurs in about 10% of pregnancies and poses one of the most important therapeutic dilemmas in current obstetric practice (2). Management of patients with PROM and pPROM (pre-term PROM, occurring before 37 weeks gestation) is expensive and remains an important perinatal dilemma as the clinician attempts to balance the risk of prolonging gestation against the risks of infection (2).
Risks of PROM at term are related to serious neonatal consequences such as pre-term delivery, fetal distress, prolapsed cord, abruptio placentae and infection (2). pPROM accounts for 20% to 40% of PROM cases, and is associated with 20% to 50% of premature births. Complications of pPROM include infectious morbidity in the mother and fetus, pulmonary hypoplasia of the fetus, prolapse of the umbilical cord, development of fetal deformities, and postnatal endometritis (2). All of these consequences significantly increase risk of fetal and maternal morbidity and mortality.
The AmniSure ROM Test kit is a self-contained system that can serve as part of your overall clinical evaluation of PROM, which is crucial to ensure appropriate obstetric measures are taken in the event of a rupture. Failure to identify patients with ROM can result in the failure to intervene appropriately.
Conversely, the false diagnosis of ROM can lead to inappropriate interventions (e.g., hospitalization or induction of labor). Therefore the correct and timely diagnosis of ROM is of crucial importance for the clinician (2). Accurate diagnosis of [fetal] membranes rupture, however, remains a frequent clinical problem in obstetrics (2-4).Other available tests have limitations or are in some degree invasive (2). The AmniSure ROM Test is a rapid, non-invasive, amniotic fluid test that can aid in the detection of ROM, providing rapid, easy-to-interpret and timely results. As an alternative to conventional methods of ROM detection, the AmniSure test has a 99% sensitivity and 98% specificity to support accuracy of negative and positive ROM clinical results.
The AmniSure ROM Test uses the principles of immunochromatography to detect human PAMG-1 protein present in amniotic fluid. The test employs highly sensitive monoclonal antibodies that detect even a minimal amount of PAMG-1, which is present in cervicovaginal discharge after rupture of fetal membranes. PAMG-1 was selected as a marker of fetal membranes rupture due to its high level in amniotic fluid, low level in blood, and extremely low background level in cervicovaginal discharge when fetal membranes are intact. To minimize the frequency of false results, two monoclonal antibodies were selected to set the sensitivity threshold of the AmniSure ROM Test at the optimal low level of 5 ng/ ml.The maximum background concentration of PAMG-1 in cervicovaginal discharge is slightly lower than the sensitivity cut-off of the AmniSure ROM Test, reducing false results and allowing for ~99% accuracy (2). A sample of cervicovaginal discharge (collected by vaginal swab) is placed into a vial with solvent for extraction. PAMG-1 is then detected in the sample through an amniotic fluid test strip (lateral flow device). The result is read visually by the presence of one or two lines in the test region of the strip.
The simple 4-step test procedure* detects placental alpha microglobulin-1 (PAMG-1) a protein found in high concentrations in amniotic fluid and low concentration in cervicovaginal fluid (4).
*Please refer to package insert for complete instructions for use.
The AmniSure test is for use by healthcare professionals to aid in the detection of fetal membranes rupture in pregnant women when they report signs, symptoms, or complaints suggestive of such a rupture.
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Emma Watson's "Ballet Shoes" Gets Limited Stateside Theater Run Prior to DVD Release
Jul 25, 2008
There is a new article online from Home Media Magazine which gives information on a limited theatrical release in the US for "Ballet Shoes," the BBC film staring Emma Watson (Hermione Granger). Set to take place in a total of "171 theaters in 77 markets across 35 states," the showings will start on August 26th, the week prior to the film's DVD release in the US on September 2. Additionally, the article notes that "All participating theater chains within a 20-mile radius of the showcasing theaters will begin playing the film's trailer Aug. 1 and will feature the theatrical poster beginning Aug. 4." Readers will remember "Ballet Shoes" was first broadcast on BBC1 last December. The release of the Region 2 DVD in the UK followed shortly after in January.


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Agyness Deyn Is, Like, So Very Bored Right Now
Agyness Deyn is, like, such a rebel. She's a model who is so unmodel-y. She, like, hates fashion! And she, like, lives in East Village and wears Converse sneakers and quirky hats and smoke Parliaments. She's, like, so unique!
But that's not all! Agyness Deyn wears suspenders and retro band T-shirts and and she, like, DJs and has a band and likes rocker dudes. She might try acting one day but, like, she doesn't know yet and all, but she's, like, "into stuff that really pushes the boundaries, raises the bar ... like, puts you out of your comfort zone," but for now she's, like, just hanging out downtown trying to figure it all out, so the New York Times wrote, like, a big feature on her where they said she is "the visual articulation of our culture's unspoken hopes and latent desires," whatever the hell that means.
"You know, even though I'm in fashion, I don't, like, do fashion," she said. "Fashion isn't me, even though I work in it. It's just materialistic stuff. I just want to do whatever makes me happy."
What makes Ms. Deyn happy?
"Like being totally conscious. Laughing is, like, my favorite thing to do. Being with friends, having fun ... being a bit daft."
It is hard to say if she eschews her supermodel role because she doesn't have the id or will to assert it or because she doesn't fully understand her own potential. But this, again, may be part of the construct of Ms. Deyn's media persona: she projects a cultivated lack of savvy, as if she were acting from a Buddhist compulsion to consciously guard herself from arriving at too intimate an understanding of such worldly filth.
Does she intend to spontaneously skip any Fashion Weeks, as she did last fall?
"I don't know," she said, airily. "I kind of make the decision a week before. I love doing it, but then sometimes I'm doing another project or something."
So yeah, Agyness Deyn isn't some vapid model bitch like so many of the others who are, like, all stupid and lazy and have had everyone kiss their boney asses all their lives because they're pretty. You see, with Agyness Deyn, it's, like, all just an act. She may, like, come across like a insufferably dim bulb, but she's, like, really the reincarnation of Ludwig van Beethoven, Albert Einstein and Thomas Edison all in the same androgynous body. And now you know.
A Supermodel Who Is Of The Moment, and Thinking Ahead [New York Times]


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Opera is bringing its popular mobile browser to the Android operating system. A beta release of version 10.1 has arrived in the Android Market with Opera's signature mobile user interface and advanced features like bookmark synchronization. We tested it on a Nexus One handset to see how it compares to its rivals.
Opera's phone browsers come in two flavors: Mini and Mobile. The Mini version, which is primarily intended for feature phones, offloads much of its workload to Opera's remote rendering proxy. The Mobile version bundles Opera's Presto rendering engine and does all of the HTML parsing and page rendering on the device itself. Opera launched a port of Mini for Android earlier this year, but the new Mobile port is a welcome addition for users who want the full Opera experience on their Android smartphone.
Using Opera Mobile on Android is pretty much the same as using it on other mobile operating systems. The browser shares the same intuitive non-native user interface across all platforms. The slick tab switcher allows you to select a tab by flipping through an animated stack of page thumbnails. A bar at the top of the page has text boxes for inputting an address or performing a search. Basic address completion is supported. An empty tab page will show Opera's Speed Dial interface, which presents the user with shortcuts to nine websites that they have specified.
Opera Mobile for Android comes with the browser's standard features, such as Turbo Mode and support for the Opera Link synchronization service. The Turbo feature accelerates page loading by taking advantage of the compression functionality that is offered by Opera's remote rendering proxy. The Turbo feature isn't turned on by default, but is easy to enable from Opera Mobile's settings panel.
The browser starts instantly and the user interface is very responsive, exhibiting no lag during regular usage. Zooming is smooth, but page scrolling was occasionally jerky while content was still loading. Text dynamically wraps and reflows when the user zooms in.
Opera Mobile's platform integration is reasonably good on Android. It uses the platform's default on-screen keyboard for typing rather than supplying its own. It has excellent touchscreen support, including support for gestures like flick scrolling and a pinch zooming. I was also able to control Opera Mobile and navigate webpages with the Nexus One trackball. One minor omission is that hitting the device's menu button doesn't invoke the browser's menu. The menu is still easily accessible from the wrench icon in the main toolbar, however, so it's not really a problem.
Aside from the lack of support for Flash, the browser's only other noteworthy weakness is its large storage footprint. Fully installed, it uses approximately 20MB of the phone's internal storage capacity. When I attempted to move it to the phone's SD card, it was only able to move approximately 7MB of the application. It's likely that Opera is facing the same issue we saw in previous versions of Firefox Mobile for Android, where the native libraries have to be run from internal storage. Opera might want to take a look at Mozilla's solution, which involved developing a loader that can dynamically read the native library from the APK file.
Opera Mobile is another nice addition to the Android browser lineup. Due to Android's support for native code and relative lack of restrictions on application behavior, users of the platform have a lot of browsers to choose from. Opera Mobile could serve as a compelling browser replacement on Android for existing Opera users who value the synchronization capabilities or regular end users who want to take advantage of the Turbo mode to reduce page load times.


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Bond wrote::mrgreen:
Wait, wait - how about this:
No, this was just one too far - sorry everyone...
Bond wrote:(Frank Ozz voice:) "Hmmmm - offended are you, yes?"
May the Force be with you.... (you'll need it!)
But seriousely - there is no need to get upset
Mr. Darth has no interests in competing the Federation bunch.
They're just noth worth the effort, there is no challenge in that.
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