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Archaeological site Bedem (Stybera), near the village Cepigovo, Prilep, Macedonia. Excavations at the ancient city of Stybera that existed from 3rd century BC to 4th century AD. In previous research campaigns we have discovered a temple dedicated to the protector of the city, the goddess Tihe and a gymnasium complex. In this year excavations we discovered four objects : the city altar, a metallurgy workshop, a sanctuary of the god with a bird face – perhaps Horus and a monumental building with walls decorated in luxury stucco technique and a lower zone colored in red – maybe the Bouleuterion of the city Stybera. By Dusko Temelkoski, project manager, NI Institute and Museum Prilep
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The human brain is a magnificent instrument that has evolved over thousands of years to enable us to prosper in an impressive range of conditions. But it is wired to avoid complexity (not embrace it) and to respond quickly to ensure survival (not explore numerous options). In other words, our evolved decision heuristics have certain limitations, which have been studied extensively and documented over the last few decades, particularly by researchers in the field of behavioral economics. Indeed, the ways in which our brains are biased may be well suited to the environment of our ancestors, when a fast decision was often better than no decision at all. But the hypercompetitive and fast-paced world of business today requires short response times and more accurate responses and more exploration of potential opportunities.
The good news is that, thanks to the Internet and other information technologies, we now have access to more data — sometimes much more data — about customers, employees and other stakeholders so that, in principle, we can gain a more accurate and intimate understanding of our environment. But that's not enough; decisions still need to be made. We must explore the data so that we can discover opportunities, evaluate them and proceed accordingly. The problem is that our limitations as individual decision makers have left us ill equipped to solve many of today's demanding business problems. What if, though, we relied more on others to find those solutions?
To be sure, companies have long used teams to solve problems, focus groups to explore customer needs, consumer surveys to understand the market and annual meetings to listen to shareholders. But the words "solve," "explore," "understand" and "listen" have now taken on a whole new meaning. Thanks to recent technologies, including many Web 2.0 applications,1 companies can now tap into "the collective" on a greater scale than ever before. Indeed, the increasing use of information markets, wikis, "crowdsourcing," "the wisdom of crowds" concepts, social networks, collaborative software and other Web-based tools constitutes a paradigm shift in the way that companies make decisions.2 Call it the emerging era of "Decisions 2.0.&
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The tool, which can be found at www.qthrombosis.org, is based on simple variables which the patient is likely to know and could be easily integrated into GP computer systems to risk assess patients prior to hospital admission, long haul flights, or starting medications that carry an increased clotting risk.
The condition, known as venous thromboembolism, is a common potentially lethal disease which can be prevented. In England alone, it claims more than 25,000 lives each year and, of those who survive, almost a third experience long-term effects.
In 2010, the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) issued guidance to encourage the identification of high-risk patients and effective use of preventative measures. Yet there are no validated risk prevention algorithms suitable for use in primary care.
So researchers at The University of Nottingham set out to develop and validate a new clinical risk prediction algorithm (QThrombosis), designed to predict a person's risk of developing a potentially fatal clot.
Professor Julia Hippisley-Cox and Dr Carol Coupland, of the University's Division of Primary Care, used the QResearch database for the study (www.qresearch.org).
Using data from 563 general practices in England and Wales, they studied more than 3.5 million patients aged 25 to 84 years with no previous history of blood clots. First cases of venous thromboembolism — either deep vein thrombosis or pulmonary embolism — were identified from a patient's medical records or death certificate, at one year and five years.
The rate of venous thromboembolism was around 15 cases per 10,000 person years of observations.
They show that the risk of venous thromboembolism in both men and women increased with increasing age, body mass index and quantity of cigarettes smoked each day. Risks were also elevated among those with varicose veins, congestive heart failure, chronic kidney disease, chronic lung disease, inflammatory bowel disease, and any cancer.
Admission to hospital in the last six months also conferred a greater risk, as did taking antipsychotic drugs, oral contraceptives, HRT or tamoxifen.
The authors conclude: "We have developed and validated a new risk prediction model which identifies patients at high risk of venous thromboembolism. The algorithm is based on simple clinical variables which the patient is likely to know or which are routinely recorded in GP computer systems.
"The algorithm could be integrated into GP computer systems and used to risk assess patients prior to hospital admission or prior to the initiation of medication which might increase risk of venous thromboembolism."
They add: "Further research is needed to assess how best to use the algorithm and whether, upon implementation, it has any impact on health outcomes."


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SAA-uk Part 1
Sat 12th Dec '20, 3:00pm Remind me
SAA-uk Gifted and Talented Young musician are delighted to be kicking off ChapelFM 24hrs Musicathon 2020 and presenting a series of solo performances at this wonderful event
A warm welcome to new and returning listeners. Like many organisations, we have had to adapt to the changes currently happening in our world and we all now work from home. However we will still be broadcasting regularly throughout the COVID-19 isolation period.
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3:00pm - 3:30pm
SAA-uk Part 1
3:30pm - 4:00pm
White Horse Project: Thomas Wise & David Jackson
4:00pm - 4:30pm
Lisa Marie Glover
4:30pm - 5:00pm
Joe Kerrigan
5:00pm - 5:30pm
Nick Davis
5:30pm - 6:00pm
David Thompson
6:00pm - 6:30pm
Still Awake
6:30pm - 7:00pm
7:00pm - 7:30pm
Fen and Brett
7:30pm - 8:00pm
SAA-uk Part 2
8:00pm - 8:30pm
Jimmy Andrex
8:30pm - 9:00pm
The Bleeding Obvious
9:00pm - 9:30pm
Abby Warner
9:30pm - 10:00pm
Emma Mckee
10:00pm - 10:30pm
10:30pm - 11:00pm
Ramona Ellis
11:00pm - 11:30pm
Becca Phatbass
11:30pm - 11:59pm
Denetta D3
Sat 12th Dec '20, 3:00pm Remind me
SAA-uk Gifted and Talented Young musician are delighted to be kicking off ChapelFM 24hrs Musicathon 2020 and presenting a series of solo performances at this wonderful event
Sat 12th Dec '20, 3:30pm Remind me
The White Horse Project which is a charity that works with young people in Rossendale and are brining us two fantastic performers Thomas Wise and David Jackson
Sat 12th Dec '20, 4:00pm Remind me
Lisa is a seasoned songwriter who has carefully crafted her art into something which is very much her own. Her curious lyrics are accompanied by clear as glass vocals.
Sat 12th Dec '20, 4:30pm Remind me
I'm a mostly self taught musician, picking up guitar in my teens and the keyboard in my late 20's.
Sat 12th Dec '20, 5:00pm Remind me
Nick Davis is an acoustic guitar singer-songwriter. Many people will know him as founder of Music From The Attic -
Sat 12th Dec '20, 5:30pm Remind me
I am an acoustic singer/songwriter specialising in acoustic style and 80's Classic Rock music, with major influences including Guns N Roses and Bon Jovi.
Sat 12th Dec '20, 6:00pm Remind me
Still Awake is Teresa Danby (vocals/shruti/percussion) and Bert Louissen (vocals/keyboard/guitar). A contemporary folk partnership.
Sat 12th Dec '20, 6:30pm Remind me
Fishing4Compliments are a Huddersfield based five piece band with a unique, melodic, indie/folk/pop sound and catchy songs
Sat 12th Dec '20, 7:00pm Remind me
Leeds-based, Australian-British husband-and-husband duo, Brett and Fen Greatley-Hirsch play acoustic pop, rock, and folk music for fun
Sat 12th Dec '20, 7:30pm Remind me
The second half of SAA-uk musicathon performance feature another 3 gifted and talented young musicians. Not to be missed.
Sat 12th Dec '20, 8:00pm Remind me
Co-Founder of Red Shed Readings since 2008, he is a regular presenter on elfm's Love the Words, where he writes and produces The Jimmy Andrex Outside Broadcast, Outside Br
Sat 12th Dec '20, 8:30pm Remind me
The Bleeding Obvious is a one-woman queer cabaret singing original songs which are sometimes funny, occasionally poignant, and frequently involve her experiences on the LGBT+
Sat 12th Dec '20, 9:00pm Remind me
I'm Abby Warner and I'm a 14 year old singer-songwriter from Leeds. I've been uploading music on social media for 3 years.
Sat 12th Dec '20, 9:30pm Remind me
Emma is a singer and guitar player with a keen interest in protest music and in showcasing the work of women in music.
Sat 12th Dec '20, 10:00pm Remind me
Kinaara are a trio to be found at the lesser-travelled crossroads between Indian and western music traditions with a detour into jazz standards.
Sat 12th Dec '20, 10:30pm Remind me
Ramona Ellis is a 21 year old singer-songwriter based in Leeds. With influences such as "Daughter", "Elliott Smith" and "Bright Eyes"
Sat 12th Dec '20, 11:00pm Remind me
Becca Phatbass is a multi-instrumentalist, singer and DJ based in Hebden Bridge.
Sat 12th Dec '20, 11:30pm Remind me
Born and bred in Leeds, Denetta Copeland a.k.a. D3, is recognised by her lyrical styles and rhyme, in her story telling.
Sun 13th Dec '20, 12:00am Remind me
GRST is the DIY Drones Project from Bradford-based musician Lukas Hornby. When not droning he might be found behind the decks as DJ %username% spinning multi-genre nonsense.
Sun 13th Dec '20, 12:45am Remind me
"namke communications has been making various sounds for about 20 years, and still hasn't settled on a style — expect some kind of electronic noises!
Sun 13th Dec '20, 1:30am Remind me
How Buildings Fail is the mostly solo, mostly electronic musical project of mostly Simon Hickinbotham.
Sun 13th Dec '20, 2:15am Remind me
Founded 1981 Milwaukee Outlaws, Outsiders and Artifacts have played a part of Boy Dirt Car from the very inception.
Sun 13th Dec '20, 3:00am Remind me
Lawrence Casserley (born Essex, England, 1941) has devoted his career to the creation and promotion of live performance electronic music in a wide variety of ways.
Sun 13th Dec '20, 3:45am Remind me
East Leeds based producer with a special interest in field recordings, library and "slow" music...
Sun 13th Dec '20, 4:30am Remind me
Duncan Chapman and Supriya Nagarajan have been collaborating on multiple sound and music projects for the last six years
Sun 13th Dec '20, 5:15am Remind me
Legion of Swine channels his porcine disgust at the injustices of UK political discourse, via the media of noise, drone and ambient sounds"
Sun 13th Dec '20, 6:00am Remind me
Rachel F will be performing an easy blend of pleasant piano to help ease you into Sunday morning. Relaxo vibes, with a few modern takes on some motown classics.
Sun 13th Dec '20, 6:30am Remind me
Paul McKendrick is a solo performer singer/songwriter as well as a founder-member of The Guiseley Brothers.
Sun 13th Dec '20, 7:00am Remind me
Miss Airedale is the singer from Sentimentalists. Singing songs of melancholy, dark humour and gentle defiance.
Sun 13th Dec '20, 7:30am Remind me
Lewis Burner is influenced by everything from bluegrass and country through to punk and rock n roll. His 2nd solo album was released in September 2020.
Sun 13th Dec '20, 8:00am Remind me
Des Hurley, a renowned fiddle player and Chief Executive of Irish Arts Foundation UK plays traditional Irish music with local Leeds musicians Owen Spafford and Stuart Graham.
Sun 13th Dec '20, 8:30am Remind me
A resident of Leeds for many years now, A short Dark Stranger is the premier exponent of pumping power pop performed with passion!
Sun 13th Dec '20, 9:00am Remind me
Bringing you the best (and the worst) of the 80's. Sian is Chapel FM's Music worker and a multi instrumentalist playing clarinet, soprano and tenor sax and cheesy songs on guitar
Sun 13th Dec '20, 10:00am Remind me
We can't all be together but that doesn't stop Vocologee. Some of our singers are pre recording songs to bring you a warming Christmas glow.
Sun 13th Dec '20, 10:30am Remind me
Barbara, plays Latin American folk music with her Band Mestisa, but due to lockdown has found herself playing by herself or with her partner most of this year.
Sun 13th Dec '20, 11:00am Remind me
I have always loved playing the piano and singing … I think I got my first keyboard (a monotone Cassio) when I was about 7 and spent hours playing every day.
Sun 13th Dec '20, 11:30am Remind me
Young Musicians from Chapel FM's very own Next Gen Music Group play their solo pieces and showcase pieces they have been working on collaboratively.
Sun 13th Dec '20, 12:00pm Remind me
Bernie Haynes and fellow Arcticblonders, combine to produce an eclectic and personal view of Leonard Cohen"s music.
Sun 13th Dec '20, 12:30pm Remind me
Leeds-based, Australian-British husband-and-husband duo, Brett and Fen Greatley-Hirsch play acoustic pop, rock, and folk music for fun
Sun 13th Dec '20, 1:00pm Remind me
Ella Playford is a leeds based singer-songwriter whose songs dive deep into the depths of themes such as love, life, loss and pain.
Sun 13th Dec '20, 1:30pm Remind me
Molly is a 22 year old singer-songwriter from Leeds, who, despite her young age, has been performing across the city since her teenage years
Sun 13th Dec '20, 2:00pm Remind me
At the age of 16, with a Yamaha SG 2000 put into my clueless hands I knew that the guitar would be my shadow.
Sun 13th Dec '20, 2:30pm Remind me
Darius was born in Islington, London in 1966. His mother is from Lancashire and his father from a Parsee family in Bombay.
Yesterday, 5:00pm
Join us for a preview of 24-hour Musicathon, a conversation about the "Fellowship of Questions," an interview with writer and performer Jimmy Andrex and more...
Yesterday, 1:00pm
This week we visit the Old Gipton Fire Station for a Christmas tree lighting, talk with apprentices from the LS14 Trust, chat with the Nurture Group from Kentmere Community Centre.
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Yesterday, 9:30am
Hailing from Leeds, Tommy Monaghan is an 19 year old artist, whose soft and hauntingly powerful voice mixed with gritty guitar riffs and distorted tones fill the room.
Tue 1st Dec '20, 7:30pm
Music recorded in tunnels and underground spaces and features interviews with Herve Perez and Maja Bugge on their experiences in recording subterrane music.
Tue 1st Dec '20, 5:30pm
Interview with actor and historian Joe Williams, plus fiction from Stefan Grieve, poems from Tanya Nightingale read by Pam Wilson, and a chat with poet Adekola
Mon 30th Nov '20, 6:00pm
We talk with some of the creators of the Hyde Park Unity Pantomime, Ruth Lodge, Freya Linden, Felipe and Lenka about the 21st annual production, the Hyper Hyde Park Space.
Sun 29th Nov '20, 11:00am
Let Jamie Carnie broaden your tastes with an hour of the best of alternative. Featuring new music from John Fall, Dorsal, bdrmm, Team Picture, PVA, Lindenbaum Modular and more, p
Fri 27th Nov '20, 6:00pm
I spent 40 years in academia teaching psychology. My PhD was in educational psychology but after a period in senior management I returned to lecturing
Fri 27th Nov '20, 1:00pm
Featuring Kate Taverner from Seacroft Friends & Neighbours, Wrongsemble Theatre on a holiday show, Linda Sage on well-being, Izzy Britain from Yorkshire Dance and more.
Daz Northfield chats with local artists about their lives and passion for music
Wags presents the Music Institute. The music policy will be eclectic with a mix of rare older and fresh new music from genre's such as soul, funk, disco, electro, kruatrock, hip hop, house, techno, acid, industrial, rock, pop, DnB, dub and trance
Local and regional musicians take centre stage with a selection of live performances and interviews
Rotation Radio is a monthly broadcast showcasing the happenings at Leeds College of Music, providing artists within the institution with the opportunity to have their music heard.
Whether you are thinking about starting up or running a business, get insights from Linda Sage and her variety of business contacts
Andrew Fake and Phil Driscoll visit brass bands to hear them play and to find
out what makes them keep the tradition of British brass banding alive
An exploration of a dozen songs from different artists, genres and record labels presented by Dave Wrighton
Trev has a sit down and chat with a "2 Bob Jukebox" talking about everyday issues
WOA '19 is a broadcast festival of writing. It will happen over four days, 21st-24th March at Chapel FM Arts Centre, our beautiful state-of-the-art studio and performance complex in East Leeds set in a restored Methodist chapel. East Leeds FM, which started in 2003, broadcasts to an annual local and global listenership of over 35,000 people.
A selection of live performances and events from our stunning radio theatre, including Friday Night Live
God's Own County is full of history and beautiful places. We invite you to get to explore Yorkshire with us, showcasing a range of cultural events and activities for the local Polish population
Terry Buchan and Ann Clarke delve into the world of all things science through in-depth conversation with professionals from the field


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Comment of the Day: 'Typical Author'
Today we looked at the case of Mitchell Heisman, the guy who shot himself in Harvard Yard and left a 1,900-page online suicide note. One commenter sees the signs of a common problem among aspiring writers.
Dewd Subduction wrote:
He complains that the book will not be widely read, yet he makes himself unavailable for a book tour.
Typical author.
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Gras Savoye Willis Towers Watson France chooses SAS® to accelerate the transformation of its brokerage and insurance consulting activities
Gras Savoye Willis Towers Watson France has chosen SAS® Viya® to conduct its innovation strategy and its digital transformation, which focuses on the enhancement of data and aims to improve the customer experience, manage talent, modernize business processes and develop a culture of innovation. The partnership with SAS also includes a major component dedicated to data governance, which is essential for the company's compliance with the GDPR.
Analytics at the heart of a vast data enhancement plan
As part of its Vision 2020 strategic plan, Gras Savoye Willis Towers Watson France has embarked on a major transformation and innovation program based on the enhancement of data.
"Even though we already worked with SAS for our actuarial activities for a few years, we wished to deploy many more innovative solutions. We had a considerable amount of unstructured data, and in the context of the GDPR and synergies relating to the integration of Gras Savoye with Willis Towers Watson, analytics has emerged as a powerful lever for transformation and value creation," explains Maurice Parraguette, Director of Operations, Gras Savoye Willis Towers Watson France. "SAS Viya now allows us to have a very modern solution to work with in the future by exploiting existing heterogeneous systems which are sometimes very old."
A transverse analytics culture usable by all the group's businesses
The partnership started with a two and a half month consultancy mission during in which SAS studied the amounts of value related to data processing in an approach that reaches across all the group's businesses.
Internally, the deployment of the solution aims to spread a shared analytics culture to all group employees and improve processes and decision-making by providing useful data to actuaries (and associated advanced analytical tools like neural networks, etc.), but also to financials, sales and operational staff for their clients.
The goal is also to open up the system completely to offer products and services directly to customers providing the results of analysis from the SAS platform.
"Thanks to SAS solutions, we've already worked on a new approach to using data with a very large account to improve the prevention of major claims based on analyzing minor claims," adds Maurice Parraguette. "This is typically something that our previous systems couldn't highlight because of their complexity and volume, even though we had this concrete data."
About Gras Savoye
Gras Savoye, the leading insurance broker in France, was founded in Lille in 1907. For more than 100 years Gras Savoye has been growing by placing the client first and supporting them in all aspects of the management and coverage of their risks. As the number one insurance brokerage network in the region, Gras Savoye manages the entire chain of risks: consulting, mediation, and management.
Gras Savoye is a Willis Towers Watson company (NASDAQ : WLTW).
About Willis Towers Watson
Willis Towers Watson is an international consulting, brokerage and software solutions company that helps its clients worldwide turn risk into growth opportunities. Willis Towers Watson has 40,000 employees serving more than 140 territories. Learn more: www.willistowerswatson.com
About SAS
SAS is the leader in analytics. Through innovative software and services, SAS empowers and inspires customers around the world to transform data into intelligence. SAS gives you THE POWER TO KNOW®.


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Crazy Lace Borders and Edgings with Myra WoodBeautiful borders add so much to simple lace shawls. Learn how to knit or sew a border onto any triangular or circular shawl using traditional and improvisational methods. Charts for borders will be explored as well.
SuppliesBring at least 75 yds of the same yarn used for the main triangle, two size 5 DPNS, 6 stitch markers.
Sharp scissors, notebook, pen or pencil with an eraser, stitch markers, blunt tapestry needles (large and small), flexible tape measure, small calculator, and needles & crochet hooks of various sizes.
HomeworkKnit a triangle as follows: With fingering weight yarn and size 5 circular needles, cast on 3 stitches. Set-up: Knit. Row 1 (RS) K1, yo, k1, yo, k1. (5 stitches). Row 2 and all even-numbered rows Purl. Row 3 K1, yo, k1, PM, k1, PM, k1, yo, k1. (7 stitches). Row 5 and all odd-numbered rows: K1, yo, knit to first marker, yo, slip marker, knit center stitch, slip marker, yo, knit to last st, yo, k1. Continue to increase after the first stitch, before and after the center stitch and before the last stitch on every other row and end on a RS row. Work until triangle is at least 4" on each side blocked. Knit one more row without increases. Leave last row of stitches on needles with yarn attached about to start a WS row.


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If you get sick of Matzoh, then this is a quick way to disguise that cardboardy crunch.
Serve with sliced tomato and cheese, tuna fish, egg salad, or even a hamburger!
Ingredients for this Pesach Recipe:
- 2/3 cup of water
- 1/3 cup of oil
- 1 tsp of sugar
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1 cup of matzo meal
- 3 eggs
Pesach Recipe: Directions for preparation:
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees
- Boil water, add salt,oil, matzo meal and sugar
- Stir, and remove from heat.
- Beat eggs into mixture one at a time.
- Spoon batter onto sprayed parchment paper into smal mounds.
- Bake 1 hour at 375 degrees.
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One reason people run for president is for the publicity. Let's put it this way: How many people outside northeast Ohio knew Dennis Kucinich before 2003?
Before announcing his candidacy in June, Jon Huntsman Jr. may have been the former governor of Utah and U.S. ambassador to China, but he still was a "who's he?" candidate.
Now, after campaigning in the population-light states of Iowa and New Hampshire and appearing on late-night talk shows, Huntsman is a household name all across the country. His gig speaking at NPE even got a mention in The Washington Post's "In the Loop" politics blog.
The Society of the Plastics Industry Inc. often gets big names to speak at NPE, but it's rare to recruit one who gets a mention in the Post.
I fully expect that Huntsman's speech in Orlando will be a rehearsal for a primetime spot on the podium at August's Republican National Convention in Tampa.
Conventional wisdom says Huntsman isn't a natural choice for vice president. Utah's not packed with electoral votes, and if Romney is the nominee, I don't think the Republicans will be pushing an all-Mormon ticket.
But, depending on the results in November, Huntsman could be on his way to a nice head start on the GOP primary race for 2016.
One thing you can be sure of is that Huntsman's experience in China will continue to be an important asset.
Plastics News interviewed Huntsman — who speaks fluent Mandarin Chinese — about China back in 1996. At the time, he anticipated a trend that quickly changed the global manufacturing landscape — the development of China's skills in manufacturing.
Huntsman compared China in the 1990s to Japan in the 1950s, saying "I fully anticipate we'll see some very high-quality goods in all industrial areas coming out of China."
What's up next for U.S. manufacturing, and our relationship with China? Few inside politics have a better perspective than Huntsman. I look forward to hearing what he has to say on the topic at NPE.
Loepp is editor of Plastics News and author of "The Plastics Blog."


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This week we have a new Mole story—a 360 bundle that's coming in October—as Microsoft begins a $50 mail-in rebate program. Sony gives a few more details about its upcoming motion controller, although the specifics of name and price remain vague. We tear into the Brutal Legend demo to see what we think, and give you the lowdown on two new gun peripherals for the Nintendo Wii.
Here is your week in gaming.
Mole spills holiday 360 bundle as Microsoft begins $50 rebate: A new bundle with the 360 Elite, Pure, and Lego Batman is coming in October, and if you buy a $300 Elite before October 5 Microsoft is offering a $50 mail-in rebate to entice the fence-sitters. The pricing, and value, wars continue.
Unnamed, unpriced PS3 motion controller arrives next spring: At the Tokyo Game Show Sony showed off what looks to be the final design for its motion controller, and even showed some real-world examples of how you'll use it in games. What we don't know? How much it will cost, how it will be sold, or what we'll call it.
Terrific Brutal Legend demo brings metal to the masses: The demo for the upcoming Brutal Legend was originally a GameStop exclusive, and we gave our thoughts after giving away a handful of codes. The good news? The demo is great, and now every Gold Xbox Live subscriber is able to play the demo. Go give it a shot!
Shooting blanks? Ars reviews two new Wii firearms: Part of the fun of the Nintendo Wii is the large number of shells and accessories for the Wiimote, and we take a look at two new gun peripherals to liven up your shooting experience. One replaces the Wiimote, the other takes the place of the Nunchuk, and we like both of them.
Cloud gaming service OnLive shines at MIT conference: OnLive wants to sell you on the idea of using its cloud-based computing solution to bring high-end PC gaming to any system, and at an MIT conference the company showed off its technology with a few live demonstrations. It looks good, but many questions remain.
Here are the rest of the notable weekly stories:
- 15 beta codes for MAG on the PS3, and we're not sharing
- Nintendo makes $200 Wii official, no change to pack-ins
- Xbox 360 gets update, but no new features
- Bioshock 2's official release date announced
- Borderlands split-screen impressions, PC version delayed
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(Pocket-lint) - Nikon's new system camera is the company's first for over fifty years, since the introduction of the Nikon F no less, and as such represents a true milestone for Nikon. The fact that the new system uses a 10.1-megapixel CX sensor, a new lens mount and arguably jumps on the coattails of the Panasonic and Olympus FourThirds format compact system, is perhaps a rather big gamble. Or is it?
The new Nikon 1 system camera uses an all-new CX format CMOS sensor and is distinct from the DX (APS-C sized) and the FX (full frame 35mm) format sensors Nikon has in the shops already. Bu the V1 is a compact mirror-less system camera that has, says Nikon, ease of use, compact design and image quality at its core. There are currently two versions, this, the V1 and the lower priced and lower specified J1.
The V1's key attributes combine compact design (in either black or white livery) with what Nikon claims is the world's fastest AF system. It works by combining phase detection AF and contrast detection AF, on the sensor, with Nikon's new EXPEED 3 image engine that ploughs through all the data.
The V1 is a combination of ultra-fast full-resolution shooting at up to 60fps, 1080 full HD video capture with the possibility of taking full-resolution stills during HD video recording. This sits alongside two stunning slow motion modes of 400fps and 1200fps. Add in the small size and all this becomes key reasons for the CX sensor format and capping the resolution to 10.1-megapixels, which helps make all that fast speed and data processing possible.
Another key attribute Nikon wanted to ensure it had a complete grip of in the 1 system is image quality. This camera (and the J1) are the way they are purely because Nikon wanted to combine all the elements mentioned so far, in a system that delivered the best balance of image quality, speed, easy use and compact size and it seems they have largely succeeded.
Build, Style and Handling
The V1 weighs just 294g, body only and sports a large 921,000-dot, 3-inch colour screen that is superb to use in all but the brightest of conditions. It's backed up by a superb 0.47-inch, 1.44-million dot electronic viewfinder that's certainly one of the nicest we've used, and that, like the monitor, provides a 100 percent field of view. Meanwhile, its great 17mm eyepoint, makes it eminently useable even wearing spectacles.
Build is robust and solid although it has to be said; the rather blocky looking styling is a little uninspiring. The kit we had included the system's 10mm F/2.8 prime lens which is sharp and very nice to use and provides the equivalent field of view as a 27mm (35mm format) lens.
The CX sensor provides just 13.2 x 8.8mm of 4/3-ratio real estate for image capturing pixels and sits behind (an effective) glass shield anti dust reduction system. As is apparent, the CX sensor is markedly smaller than that employed by the Micro FourThirds system cameras from both Olympus and Panasonic that boast larger 18 x 13.5mm-sized sensors.
That said the CX's 2.7x field of view magnification factor means the lenses developed for the new Nikon 1 system can be very compact indeed and still provide a good range of focal lengths without the bulk. For example, the system's 10-30mm and 30-110mm VR zoom lenses provide a range 27mm to 297mm in relatively tiny optics. And so while size of the sensor and the magnification factor raised our eyebrows, it does not necessarily represent a drawback given the system's primary ethos.
In terms of control, the top plate has three buttons, a shutter, a video capture and a square on/off switch, all to the right of the EVF. To the EVF's left there's a cover over the camera's accessory hot shoe for accessories that include a neat new SB N5 Speedlight, a clever ME-1 microphone and an accessory GPS unit (the GP-N100) among others.
And it is in this respect that you realise how serious Nikon is about the new system. There's already a relatively mature set of accessories, including the lenses mentioned above but additionally there's a 10-100mm Nikkor VR PD-Zoom (power zoom) lens in the wings as well. An F-Mount adapter is also available so you can take advantage of any existing F-mount lenses you may have to hand, which broadens the appeal still further Although, using F-series lenses here makes the camera much clunker than perhaps it would otherwise be.
It's worth noting the V1 lacks a built in flash unit (the J1 has a funky periscope flash system built in) and it also has rather unflattering camera strap lugs that seem to hark back to the 1970s. But when you get to the camera's back plate we find the large screen and a smattering of camera controls that include the mode dial with just four settings, which firmly brings us back up-to-date in terms of design and functions.
The first mode dial position is for motion snapshot, a clever new feature that allows you to shoot a series of images with a slice of slow motion video sandwiched in between. It's fun and great for use played back on computer and online but is less useful for printing.
The next setting on the mode dial is the smart photo selector, a mode that automatically picks the "right" mode for the scene in front of the lens, and it gets this right, with macro, portrait, landscape all being chosen well. However, if in doubt, the cameras defaults to an auto mode so it still can hedge its bets.
Images and video are all stored onto the camera's SD/SDHC/SDXC storage that sits under a flap on the camera base alongside the battery which disappointingly is only really good for about 300-shots.
Motion snapshot was great for snapping fleeting action, candid portraits of children for example. It's also good where you're just trying to get a snap, but to have little time to set up. This works because the camera starts capturing frames before you fully depress the shutter button, as well as capturing frames after the shutter button has been pressed. This all helps you to get a great shot.
Next up is the still image position, which as the name suggests is for 'normal' stills capture. The video capture position allows you to get into HD video and the two slow motion capture settings. The latter are accessed via the function button that sits above a small, rubberised grip pad adjacent the mode dial.
Functions, Menus and More
The Function button has different contextual menus for each mode. In still image capture you can choose between the electronic, electronic "Hi" and mechanical shutter modes. The two electronic shutter modes bring faster shutter speeds into play for more flexibility in a variety of shooting. However, it has a drawback in that using the electronic Hi setting you cannot change drive modes or access other features such as the AF/AE-Lock features, which is a shame.
In smart photo selector shooting there's no additional features in the Function button menus. But in Motion Snapshot, you can apply four audio "themes" to the captured images and video, which include Beauty, Waves, Relaxation and Tenderness. Next to the Function button there's a rather small and fiddly playback zoom button that magnifies images in playback or allows you to view thumbnails in grids of four, nine, 72 and calendar date options. The latter option is actually really rather helpful.
The lower half of the back plate control panel provides you with a rotating dial for fast scrolling of images in playback and scrolling menus options. It also tilts to activate the self timer/remote control modes, the auto exposure and auto focus lock system, the exposure compensation control and/or choose an AF mode.
The latter allows you to pick between continuous and single shot AF modes or the rather funky AF area mode that allows you to move a single AF point around the entire screen. With this, you can use any one of the 141 AF points available, great for macro when on a tripod, for example. There are 41 AF zones that can be employed in "normal" shooting that camera can choose for you. You can also override or use in combination with Face detection AF. Additionally you can choose to use a single, central AF point if all that other flexibility still fails to cut the metaphorical mustard.
Four further controls provide playback of shot footage or images, direct deletion of stored files, a display toggle button that switches from off, and basic to full data views. Similarly in playback, the display button will show images either uncluttered by any EXIF info, or with basic data or a combination of all the data, with a smaller thumb of the image plus a histogram.
The last button is the menu display button. It is here that the meat of this cameras controls reside, and to an extent it's a rather frustrating experience because while the camera provides a point and shoot experience, albeit but one with a lot of fun and panache, the manual controls and other features are all hidden inside the menus.
Thankfully, the menus are simple to use having just three main pages, one each for playback, capture and settings. In each you get a clean scrollable series of options depending on the mode the camera is in providing full access to control over the manual shooting options, ISO settings, image quality and shutter type.
Other functions provide ways to adjust metering and white balance, image quality and resolution or RAW and JPEG capture (or both at the same time). You can choose to use Nikon's Active D-Lighting system; incidentally it is just as accomplished here as on the V1's larger DX and FX brethren, or there's a interval timer option among other controls.
In playback you can choose to rate or protect images, apply D-Lighting retrospectively to shots or turn off the "rotate tall" command that otherwise spins images shot in the upright format.
In the Settings section, denoted by a spanner icon, you can get detailed information on the battery, time zone adjustments, HDMI device control for direct output of images in the camera through a complaint HD TV and apply flicker reduction to either 50Hz or 60Hz settings.
But because the manual control options are all within menus, it's sometimes frustrating. While the camera's ease of use is ideal for snappers out there, anyone that wants to use it in a more serious way, which in terms of performance it is perfectly capable of, will find all the control elements will necessitate frequent revisiting of the menus.
Focus and Metering
Nikon has made much of the system's hybrid focusing system and its speed. And it is, indeed, very fast. Interestingly, while using the camera, the speed is not immediately obvious whether the focus speed is, well, faster than other camera or not. But once you start shooting fast moving subjects or subjects moving across, or towards, the camera you quickly realise that there are not many missed opportunities due to focus errors. The dual-phase and contrast detection AF systems, incidentally both housed within the sensor, work very well indeed.
The TTL metering system is also sensor-based and uses the usual matrix, centre-weighted and spot modes that provide a great balance for most shots. I found the matrix system struggled in some of the flat lighting, underexposing too often while the centre-weighted option was about the best balance overall for how I used the camera and my subjects. Spot metering uses a 2mm central circle of the selected AF zone, but given the size of the sensor I found the spot to be too large for very fine control of the point you wish to meter from.
Image and Video Quality
With such a relatively small sensor, the choice Nikon made to keep the resolution to the 10-megapixel mark was a good one. This is obvious both in terms of the speed the camera's performance and in terms of image noise issues.
The all-new CX CMOS sensor surely benefits from everything Nikon has learnt from its FX and DX sensor cameras, so even shooting at the top sensitivity setting of 3200, noise is very well controlled but at the expense of significant amounts of detail. Meanwhile the RAWs reveal more detail but noise too, so shooting at ISO 3200 should be considered a setting of last resort.
However, up to ISO 800 shots are remarkably clean and detailed with ISO 1600 shots only slightly less so. Metering is good overall, but the spot metering zone is a little too big for precise control. In terms of the white balance control, things look very good indeed, with mixed lighting being handled well and the neon lights of Shanghai city's skyline proving no real problem.
Detail is good and all the lenses we tested, all proving suitably sharp, with JPEGs looking slightly softer than we'd like by default, as do images taken at the full zoom end of the 30-110mm lens.
Some astute sharpening in software helps out here. Colour reproduction tends to be muted in the "standard" setting with vivid providing a bit more punch; the one major problem we did find was with bright point highlights, which bleached out any detail very quickly indeed – even when using the D-Lighting system pre and post shooting.
As for the HD video capture, the moving image is detailed and sharp though rather jerky in playback although the built-in microphones are not going to be ideal if you have a top notch surround sound system. They do pick up loads of wind noise, but are otherwise adequate.
The 400fps five-second slow motion mode provides video with 640x240-pixels and is gives a wonderful ethereal quality with an almost 3D feel. The resolution means it's only really large enough for use on a computer screen. However, it's fun and offers an entirely new perspective on action shots.
Ditto the 1200fps video mode. Here resolution drops to just 320x120-pixels and so lacks detail and true finesse, and yet seeing action at such slow speeds is nevertheless quite mesmerizing.
In terms of sharpness, the fast focusing system does its job in brighter conditions where the V1 will easily hold its own with larger DSLRs, even ones from Nikon. However, in lower light the performance can become more hit and miss.
Given Nikon's stated aims however, and the type of user this system is designed for, the image and video quality is more than adequate and can be simply superb in favorable conditions.
The Nikon 1 V1 is a remarkably adept point and shoot system camera that truly befits Nikon's stated aim of providing an easy to use, quality compact system camera. It represents a truly bold and brave step by Nikon into the compact, mirrorless system camera market. However, there's an elephant in the room and it's a whopper. The price.
At an eye-watering £829 for the 10-30mm zoom lens kit and £979 for the dual lens outfit, these are prices that put this system camera firmly in the realm of larger digital SLR cameras including many of Nikon's own models.
This price seems to be at least a £150 over the odds for the 10-30mm zoom kit and nearer £200 for the dual lens outfit. But given this is a camera designed for those wanting a more compact quality system camera they'll wonder however, why there's such a large premium for the privilege?
Having said that, what the camera is designed to do it does well. And while the styling is a tad uninspiring, the build cannot be faulted and neither can the ease of use. While this might not be a camera for the full-on enthusiasts out there, it's a viable if pricey alternative to the larger cameras, and of course the other compact system cameras from Olympus and Panasonic. It is, therefore, ideal for those who want system camera quality in a much smaller package.
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GLOBAL GLAM: Vogue Italia celebrates global, multicultural fashion society with its January issue, which hits newsstands worldwide today.
In keeping with editor in chief Franca Sozzani's involvement as Goodwill Ambassador of the United Nation's Fashion 4 Development project, the magazine is out to use the power of fashion to promote a positive message. Following campaigns already pushed by Vogue Italia — against anorexia and supporting the more consistent use of black models in fashion, for instance — the magazine's latest issue aims to defeat lingering bias by showcasing the global, unique nature of fashion and beauty.
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"Nowadays brands and trends have a global reach and are not tied to individual countries anymore," said Sozzani, who together with her team selected a series of archival images by important photographers to highlight how fashion has always featured multiethnic and multicultural elements.
Fervent in her belief that "in this world, beauty is king and it's something that brings people together with no national and racial limits," Sozzani chose Chinese model Fei Fei Shun to appear on the issue's cover, which was shot by Steven Meisel. "In the images, Fei Fei perfectly embodies a timeless idea of an extremely chic, beautiful woman," Sozzani said.


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Mmmm... Nothing says "yum" like the walking dead. Or eating the walking dead. De-licious.
Spotted by website Pink Tentacle, here is some grayish-bluish "zombie meat" beef jerky which claims to be aged to dead perfection in the graveyard. It also claims to be "juicy". (The fine prints points out that this is, yes, beef jerky.) Not sure how widely this is being sold in Japan, but here you go:
The packaging also asks if you've ever seen blue meat like this. I haven't, and I think I'll pass!
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I was surfing DeLong's blog when I spotted the following blurb from this Fast Company article.
I am egging on an executive in a GPS conglomerate, a man who thinks about position, location, and satellites all day, trying to get him to tell me how "location awareness" is going to change the world the way that, say, electricity did. He's holding back. He wants to tell me how important it is for concrete companies to know where their trucks are. I can tell he's had bigger thoughts.
He lets down his guard all at once. "Imagine," he says, "the end of property crime. Everything that has any value and could be stolen -- a car, a laptop, a piece of construction equipment" (not to mention every ship, plane, truck trailer, and toddler) -- "everything like that will know its location and be able to report it. We can go even further: You tell your laptop that it should only find itself at your office or your home. And if it finds itself in a car trunk, it wakes up, notices that it's in the wrong place, calls your cell phone, and says, 'Hi, this is your laptop. I'm at this location on this map you see. Is that okay?' "
Then the executive goes one step further. He starts talking about insurance companies selling you auto insurance based on how you actually use your car, say, a month at a time. They review the GPS information on where you've driven, how far, to what areas of town, and how fast (speeding, eh?) and bill you for the risks that you're taking. Progressive Insurance has in fact done a trial using just such a system in Texas.
The GPS executive's eyes are sparkling at the prospect of reduced car-insurance rates. I'm thinking, Holy mackerel. The insurance company will have records of everywhere I drive and how fast I drive there. Not even my wife knows that.
Of course, GPS has plenty of non-Foucauldian uses, and the Fast Company article describes some of them, as well. Still, that stuff about being constantly tracked creeps me out.


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We're home!! Again. Josh's staph infection (MRSA) was abscessed so we had to admit him to the hospital (Medical City of Dallas this time) for treatment. We went in thinking it would be a day-long procedure of pricking the skin, draining out puss, bandaging and sending us home with a prescription. Ah, no. That'd be too easy. His tushy required a surgical incision (two actually) which required them to knock him out with anesthesia for half an hour. Here's an email Rusty sent to his parents:
I left you a voicemail, but Josh had to go to surgery because the
infection would have been too painful to work on with him awake. He's out
and in recovery. The wound has absorbent material in it (I'm told) and 2
drains. They are going to keep him at least 2 days, maybe 3. His white
cell count I am told was at 45000 while a normal count is around 15000, so
he was in really really bad shape.
I'll let you know more when I can. I'm at home picking up stuff now to
spend the night there. ~Rusty
We packed to spend the day in the hospital and were shocked when the doctor told us he would be in the hospital for a few days. Days!? I said to Rusty after he left. We were there starting Sunday morning, Monday, and discharged, surprisingly by Tuesday (today)- though we didn't expect to be out until Wednesday or Thursday.
He's still in the hospital and still getting the vancomycin every 6 hours
(25ml's). The doctor's are talking about taking the rubber holding the
wound open out tomorrow. He's still really really sore though. He favors
that side of his butt and he fell on his butt earlier and was just
screaming. I figure right now that he won't be out until Thursday.
Josh won't let anyone share the bed with him so we are taking turns
spending the night there. I am at home again tonight catching up on
stuff. I'll go by the office for another 2 or 3 hours tomorrow. I'll
spend the night with Josh tomorrow so Sarah can get some sleep. ~Rusty
The lack of sleep he's referring to is from my first night's experience. We gave him Tylenol with 4 mL of codeine to help him sleep and take away the pain. Oh boy. Josh had lucid dreams while sleeping like a baby. He sat up at one point and said "Noddy!" then rolled over and when back to sleep. Other times he said No! mine, and daddy. If you ever wondered what a 2-year-old dreams about, there ya go. In between his sleep talking, the nurses gave him antibiotics by I.V. every 4-6 hours and checked his blood pressure and temperature. The machine they used to administer the antibiotics beeped when the line was occluded, beeped when it was half done, beeped when it had ten minute left and beeped when it was finished. So with a 30 minute I.V. timer, I really didn't sleep much. Twice. And Josh woke up at bloody 6:30am ready to whine that the TV wasn't on and that he wanted milk and needed a new diaper and 'where's daddy'? It took me hours to finally feel fully awake.
But all that's behind us. Now we we're at home and can care for him here. He's taking antibiotics three times a day (and he doesn't like how Cleocin (or Clindamycin) taste so we either have to force it down or sneak it in) and has to sit in warm water three times a day. He's still draining out puss and a little blood from his incisions. It's suppose to continue to ooze out as it heals. We have a check up appointment in two weeks and instructions to seek immediate help if it looks like it's swelling or otherwise getting worse. Diaper changes are painful for him because of the tape used to keep gauze in place under the diaper and because he's just sensitive to that area. Diaper changes are a two-person job right now but may get easier- I hope. It's really only contagious by touching the infecting area and passing it on. Breathing, coughing and licking won't transmit staph (unless it's on your mouth) but if Josh scratches his butt then touches someone, it can pass. Although the doctor didn't specifically say this, we're pretty much staying away from enclosed public places and close proximity to other kids until he's healed. He can't go to school until he's fully healed, which should be 2 weeks out. So for at least 2 weeks, no playdates, mall play areas, pools, or kiddie places (sorry Byron). I figure outdoor play grounds are fair game though, especially if there aren't lots of kids around.
This also sets me back in my ability to work on the side, but that's another blog.
This whole experience has been tiring on us. Mostly on Josh. I had a hard time with the asthma attack because it was more intense involving oxygen tubes, I.V. and a blood oxygen sensor. Somehow the asthma attack registered more as a life dangering threat than a staph infection on the butt. Rusty had a hard time with the second hospitalization because Josh was in physical pain. Although he likely caught his infection while at Presbyterian Hospital of Plano last week, it's still my preferred hospital. It's way, way more kid friendly, parent friendly, cleaner, newer and generally cozier. Rusty and I joked we should start a Zagat list for kid friendly hospitals.
In other news, I recently bought three more maternity shirts. yay! Summer clothes are starting to go on sale so I grabbed a few mediums while they're still on the racks. I'll probably sell them next Spring at a consignment sale and get some of the money back. Baby 2 is bumping and thumping more and more. I've started craving dried fruit (like prunes), citrus juices and tomato sauce. I haven't been very good about eating my veggies so I'm trying a new tactic by buying some carrot chips and a zucchini to sneak into a few meals this week. Oh, and peanut butter. Anything with peanut butter- yum. I find myself picking up the peanut butter jar at least once a day, even if to just smell it and contemplate what I'll snack on. Shakes with peanut butter, chocolate with peanut butter, bananas with peanut butter, bread with peanut butter, Nutella (oh yeah) with peanut butter- it's all good! In fact... I think I'll get me some now and enjoy my being at home finally! :)
Addendum: I read up on MRSA infections...
"Staph infection has long been a concern in hospitals, where there are several patients to a room," [Mobashery] said. "In the last 10 years, it has also emerged as a concern in prisons and hospitals." Mobashery considers the community onset of staph infections, outside of institutions, a troubling phenomena. "Staph is very common," he said. "Twenty-five percent of us have it on our skin or in our body cavities at any time. If you shake hands with eight people, two will have it." During the 1940s and '50s, 90 percent of staph infections could be successfully treated with antibiotics. "Because of increasing antibiotic resistance, that figure is now down to 30 or 40 percent and it continues to decline," Mobashery said.From www.nd.edu
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Transfer: Currently a permanent Nurse 1
Candidates must be licensed and currently registered to practice nursing in New York State, possess a limited permit to practice nursing in New York State, or be eligible to enter the examination for such license. You must obtain your NYS license within one year of the date of appointment or action will be taken to remove you from the position.
Duties Description PRIMARY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
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• Perform Nursing assessments.
• Develop detailed nursing care plans.
• Participate in the ITT process.
• In-service training of staff.
• Administer and supervise effective infection control procedures.
• Direct provision of a wide range of nursing interventions.
• Accurately administer medications and strong health assessment skills.
• Respond effectively to medical emergencies.
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PROMOTIONAL OPPORTUNITIES: Anyone currently reachable on the Civil Service List.
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The Obama administration will pump upwards of $110 million into a new U.S. Embassy compound in Suriname, a South American nation whose population of 580,000 is equivalent to that of Wyoming, the least-populated U.S. state.
Jay Anania, U.S. ambassador to Suriname, said last year during his Senate confirmation hearing, "It is very much in the United States' interest that Suriname remains a stable democratic partner."
Anania's new living quarters will be part of a new 57,000-square-feet chancery building planned in the capital, Paramaribo. The ambassador has recognized Suriname "as one of the most ethnically and religiously diverse countries in the world." He lauded the nation for holding in 2010 its "fifth consecutive free and fair national election."
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Anania failed to mention, however, that Suriname's then-new leader, Desi Bouterse, is a former drug trafficker and alleged killer of 15 political opponents.
Amnesty International in recent months reported that the families of the slain "journalists, lawyers, professors, businessmen, soldiers and labor union leaders"still seek to bring Bouterse and others to justice 30 years later.
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Bouterse had been tried for the alleged slaughter, but the trial was suspended, and the National Assembly passed an amnesty law that continues to thwart his prosecution.
Meanwhile, the Obama administration is focusing on how the U.S. can benefit from this "land of significant natural resources, from bauxite and gold to untapped petroleum reserves," as Anania, formerly the management counselor at the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad, described Suriname during his confirmation hearing.
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According to the recently updated Suriname page of the CIA World Fact Book, its economy is dominated by the mining industry, with exports of alumina, gold, and oil accounting for about 85 percent of exports and 25 percent of government revenues.
Anania had told the Senate, "Free trade is a key part of the economic engine that drives progress and growth, and it is in our interest to increase our trade and economic ties with Suriname."
According to a Request for Proposals that WND located through routine database research, the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Overseas Building Operations is prequalifying potential contractors for Phase One of the embassy project.
In addition to the spacious living quarters and new diplomatic business space, the compound will include maintenance shops, a vehicle maintenance facility, warehouse, recreational facilities, perimeter security, parking and roads.
The document noted that contractors selected for the first phase without subsequently being chosen for Phase Two each will be compensated an additional $25,000 by the U.S. government.
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The compensation is justified, the document says, because the contractors otherwise will sustain burdensome costs related to unnecessary site visits to Suriname.
The U.S. provides little direct aid to Suriname, though it does provide counter-narcotics and military training to Surinamese troops and police through the Department of Defense and the Drug Enforcement Administration.
Like many nations in recent years, direct U.S. assistance has decreased. Whereas the U.S. funded $650,000 in programs for Suriname in fiscal-year 2010, the Obama administration's is now proposing $225,000 for fiscal-year 2013.


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No water rationing is planned in Pueblo unless drought conditions severely affect flows in the Arkansas River next summer.
The Pueblo Board of Water Works initiated outdoor watering restrictions in 2002, but then increased the amount of water to avoid rationing. The strategy paid off in 2012, a year that was nearly as dry as 2002, because Puebloans did not see rationing.
"The board has made an investment of its customers' money to allow them to use the water when it's dry," said Terry Book, executive director of the water board. "If we put in restrictions, we have to cut off extraterritorial water, and it just snowballs."
The water board's budget also is predicated on a certain level of use. Ratepayers are seeing the
benefit of greater-than-anticipated water use last year in lower bills in 2013. The revenue is necessary to operate, maintain and improve the water system, Book said. "We still encourage customers to use water wisely," he added.
Pueblo water customers have reduced the amount of water used per account by about 17 percent since 2002, an earlier study showed.
The trigger for restrictions would come if Pueblo's 1874 water right fell out of priority, as it did in 2002. Water rights are determined by court decrees that recognize when water was first put to beneficial use. Some ditch companies — notably Bessemer Ditch and the High Line Canal — have rights senior to Pueblo's 1874 decree. Pueblo also has several senior rights, but not with large amounts of water.
Last year, the water board used some of its water in storage to meet heavy demand in late summer and early fall. However, the board still has 27,000 acrefeet in storage and expects to accumulate more during runoff. The board has cut off one-year leases that provide supplemental agricultural water in 2013 to build up storage.
Here's a report about the drought panel at last week's Colorado Water Congress Annual Convention, from Chris Woodka writing for The Pueblo Chieftain:
When customers' water is about to be cut off, the first impulse might be to use even more.
The solution for one water provider: Normal or nothing. "When we told them we were about to move to the next level, people used even more water," said Diane Johnson of the Eagle River Water Conservancy District.
She was part of a panel of water providers who shared the lessons learned from the 2002 drought at last week's meeting of the Colorado Water Congress. Stacey Chesney of Denver Water and Russ Sands of Boulder also spoke. The drought conditions of 2002 are similar to 2012 and could continue this year. Some cities already are in or considering outside watering restrictions.
The Pueblo Board of Water Works is not planning restrictions at this time. In general, the state is better prepared to deal with a short-term drought, the panel agreed. "Early in 2002, we did not realize how bad it would get," Chesney said. Following 2002, Denver pushed a goal of 22 percent reduction of per capita water use by 2016 and already has seen a 20 percent reduction, she said.


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Christie snubbed by other conservatives
Gov. Scott Walker admits he might get some criticism from his fellow conservatives, but he's going ahead with a fundraiser for New Jersey Republican Gov. Chris Christie.
"There'll be some pushback. But Chris Christie is a good leader for New Jersey. And he's a friend of mine and I think he's done a good job and I want to support him," Walker said Thursday.
Christie is up for re-election this year and currently enjoys high approval ratings in New Jersey. But despite being one of the most popular Republican governors in the country, Christie has not been invited to speak at a premier conservative event, the Conservative Political Action Conference, to be held March 14-16. Walker has been invited to speak at CPAC.
Christie has been harshly criticized by some conservatives for praising President Barack Obama after Superstorm Sandy last fall, right before the presidential election. Christie later blasted House Republican leaders for not moving faster on a storm aid bill.
Both Christie and Walker have been mentioned as possible Republican presidential candidates in 2016.
But as for Christie's political future and Walker's fundraiser, "people should in no way read into my event for him as being to do with anything other than him being governor," Walker said.
"We have a strong partnership. I have a lot of respect for him. I don't have to agree with him on every issue, I just think he's a good leader for New Jersey. And when good leaders need help, I'm going to be there to help them out," Walker added.
Christie helped raise money for Walker last year when the Wisconsin Republican faced a recall election he ultimately won.


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"Now I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake, and fill up on my part that which is lacking of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh for His Body's sake, which is the Church." Colossians 1:24
WHAT? Is Christ's suffering on our behalf in any way insufficient or lacking?
The Greek perhaps ought better be translated, "...and fill up on my part the remainer of the afflictions of Christ..." but that still could leave a person very puzzled!
Here is what St. John Chrysostom had to say about this verse. As I understand what St. John is saying, it does NOT mean Christ's suffering and death were actually deficient for what they set out to accomplish! But that, in spreading the Gospel and establishing the Church, more suffering is encountered, and it is St. Paul's intent to show that the suffering occurring in his flesh is not his own, but Christ's. He is both humbly giving the glory to Christ and pointing out how much Christ loves His Church, to be willing STILL to suffer, in St. Paul's flesh, for her sake. (It's a beautiful example of what Orthodox call synergy.)
"And fill up," he saith, "that which is lacking of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh." It seems indeed to be a great thing he has said; but it is not of arrogancy, far be it, but even of much tender love towards Christ; for he will not have the sufferings to be his own, but His, through desire of conciliating these persons to Him. And what things I suffer, I suffer, he saith, on His account: not to me, therefore, express your gratitude, but to him, for it is He Himself who suffers. Just as if one, when sent to a person, should make request to another, saying, I beseech thee, go for me to this person, then the other should say, "it is on his account I am doing it." So that He is not ashamed to call these sufferings also his own. For He did not only die for us, but even after His death He is ready to be afflicted for your sakes. He is eagerly and vehemently set upon showing that He is even now exposed to peril in His own Body for the Church's sake, and he aims at this point, namely, ye are not brought unto God by us, but by Him, even though we do these things, for we have not undertaken a work of our own, but His. And it is the same as if there were a band which had its allotted leader to protect it, and it should stand in battle, and then when he was gone, his lieutenant should succeed to his wounds until the battle were brought to a close.
Next, that for His sake also he doeth these things, hearken: "For His Body's sake," he saith, assuredly meaning to say this: "I pleasure not you, but Christ: for what things He should have suffered, I suffer instead of Him." See how many things he establishes. Great, he shows, is the claim upon their love. As in his second Epistle to the Corinthians, he wrote, saying, "he committed unto us the ministry of reconciliation" (2 Cor. v. 20.); and again, "We are ambassadors on behalf of Christ; as though God were entreating by us." So also here he saith, "For his sake I suffer," that he may the more draw them to Him. That is, though He who is your debtor is gone away, yet I repay. For, on this account he also said, "that which is lacking," to show that not even yet does he consider Him to have suffered all. "For your sake," he saith, and even after His death He suffers; seeing that still there remains a deficiency. The same thing he doeth in another way in the Epistle to the Romans, saying, "Who also maketh intercession for us" (Rom. viii. 34.), showing that He was not satisfied with His death alone, but even afterwards He doeth countless things.
He does not then say this to exalt himself, but through a desire to show that Christ is even yet caring for them. And he shows what he says to be credible, by adding, "for His Body's sake." For that so it is, and that there is no unlikelihood in it, is plain from these things being done for His body's sake. Look how He hath knitted us unto Himself.
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OK Blue Jays, You Need to…
Leave Gregg Zaun and Rod Barajas alone; promote Brian Jeroloman and Curtis
The Blue Jays need to
decide whether they are going to re-sign Gregg Zaun,
and pick up the 2009 option on Rod Barajas's
The Jays should do neither,
and move on with new catchers. If I
were Cito Gaston, Brian
Jeroloman (24) and Curtis Thigpen
(26) would be the two catchers that would start the regular season. I'm aware of the awful season Thigpen
experienced, but it's better to let Thigpen rebound, than paying Barajas $2.5
million next year. Jeroloman (right) doesn't
offer that much power, but he can certainly hit, as he had a .396 OBP in New
Hampshire (AA), and a .421 OBP with Class A Advanced Dunedin in 2007.
As for Thigpen , he had a
solid year at Syracuse in 2007, with 3 dingers, and a .348 OBP in 50
games. He got called up to Toronto
where he struggled (.294 OBP, 0 HR), but was expected to make a serious contribution
in 2008. Unfortunately, it was a
different story. He started back in
Syracuse, and he only managed a measly .267 OBP with three homers in 361
at-bats. I still believe Thigpen can
turn out to be a solid backup catcher in the major leagues. So, if given a chance to play behind
Jeroloman, Curtis will be able to either prove me wrong or right next
year. I'm confident he can rebound
from his tough 08 campaign.
Trade Shawn Camp to the Red Sox for Zak Farkes
Trade Jason Frasor to the Angels for Sean Rodriguez
Camp (below) and Frasor were
both valuable to the Blue Jays in 2008, but with the depth of the Toronto
bullpen, there are both the odd men out of the 2009 bullpen.
The 09 pen is going to consist of B.J. Ryan,
Jeremy Accardo, Brandon League, Scott Downs, Jesse Carlson, Brian Tallet, and
Brian Wolfe. I truthfully have no idea
what will become of Casey
Janssen. It's just my gut intuition
that tells me they should hang onto him.
And also because, well, he's really good.
Anyway, unless someone
gets injured, the Jays are going to need to trade Camp and Frasor, as they are
both too good for AAA. Frasor has a
much higher trade value than Camp, but both are going to fetch prospects of a
reasonable quality.
I think the perfect
trade involving Camp would be going to the Red Sox for third base prospect Zak Farkes. Farkes (right) isn't that big of a prospect, but he
plays a position that Toronto doesn't have a lot of depth in, plus he provides
some power. I'd say Farkes has the
potential to at 20 home runs a year, and maintain an acceptable .OBP, although
it will never to be above average. Farkes
isn't a huge acquisition, but remember, it's Shawn Camp he's getting traded for.
The Frasor trade is a much
higher impact deal. Frasor (left) can fill the
role of the 6th inning set-up man/middle reliever, similar to his
role with Toronto. If K-Rod actually
stays in LA, then Frasor's role will lessen, but seeing the small odds of that
possibility, Frasor should only be behind Scot Shields, Jose Arredondo, and
ex-teammate Justin Speier in the bullpen pyramid.
If this deal is made, the
Jays suddenly have their 2009 starting shortstop. Sean Rodriguez
crushed the ball in his 66-game stint with AAA Salt Lake. Here his stats:
.397 248 21 52
4 29
45 .645 1.042
Yes, he struggled mightily
with the Angels:
59 .276 167 3 10 3 14 55 .317 .593
Yet, he's still only 24
years old and has a very high upside.
In fact, the more I look at Rodriguez (below), the more I think about how much
better he is than Jason Frasor. I
still consider this an even trade for both clubs involved, though. The Angels could use one more arm in the
bullpen; an arm just like Jason Frasor.
With former first rounder Kevin Ahrens
moving to third base permanently (he had a bad
first season anyway), the Jays have zero shortstop prospects. With Rodriguez at short, the Jays wouldn't
have to play John
McDonald or Marco
Scutaro everyday and let the new
acquisition play up to his full potential in the majors. I'm sure that the Pacific Coast League
helped his power numbers a little, yet Rodriguez still has 20-homer power. If demoted, I would have been slightly
interesting to how Rodriguez's power numbers held up in the more pitcher
friendly International League. That
small thought was shot down when the Blue Jays moved their Triple-A affiliate
from Syracuse to Las Vegas, but that's no big deal. Rodriguez should, without a doubt, be the starting shortstop in
Toronto. That it is of course, if this
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