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At the moment, Australia's classification laws are stuck in the stone age. There's support for changes from gamers, of course, but hardcore gamers don't have much in the way of political clout. Multinational companies, however, do.
EB Games Australia announced today that it's throwing its weight behind the push for an R18+ classification (ie adults only rating ) for video games in Australia.
Every single store in the country will now be carrying promotional material for the campaign, as well as asking consumers to sign a petition aimed at lobbying the government for changes.
"With the release of the Government's discussion paper, we knew as a company that we needed to act on this issue as it continues to cripple our industry and cost local jobs", EB Games Australia's Managing Director Steve Wilson says. "We did however want to be sure that our customers were as passionate about the matter as we are."
That's exactly the kind of high-profile lobbying that's needed to get the political freight train moving. Complaining about gore and drugs won't win over out-of-touch politicians. But mention local jobs under threat and you'll get their attention. Even if the jobs ultimately report to an American company...


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New Snow Leopard Patch Fixes Lion Migration Issues
Apple has recently released Mac OS X 10.7 or Lion, but - as is usual with new releases - we've heard many stories about bugs from people who've upgraded to the new version of the OS. Apple seems to have noticed some problems as well, which prompted it to release an update to Mac OS X 10.6.8 which fixes migration issues.
Interestingly, Apple chose to call this update a "supplemental" one, which will probably confuse users as now you can effectively have two different versions of Mac OS X 10.6.8 (the latest one is called Mac OS X 10.6.8. v1.1.). If you're still running 10.6.7, you need the entire new 10.6.8 update; if you've upgraded to 10.6.8 before, you just need the supplemental update.
The easiest way to figure out which update to install is, as always, to simply run Software Update from the Apple Menu.
Apple's description of the update says it resolves issues with:
- Transferring personal data, settings, and compatible applications from a Mac running Mac OS X Snow Leopard to a new Mac running Mac OS X Lion
- Certain network printers that pause print jobs immediately and fail to complete
- System audio that stops working when using HDMI or optical audio out
That first bullet point seems like a rather important one, so we recommend Snow Leopard users to install this latest patch before migrating their data to a Lion machine.
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Did This Clock Cost Apple $21 Million?
The newest iPad software gives users a free clock app. But it may have cost Apple millions.
According to a Swiss news report, Apple is paying out $21 million to settle a copyright dispute with SBB, the Swiss railway operator that owns the design for this iconic station clock.
That same design appeared to show up, uncredited, in the new iPad app that Apple rolled out in its iOS 6 software in September.
Last month SBB announced it had reached a licensing deal that would allow Apple to use the design in iPads and iPhones, but didn't disclose any details.
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This is a valid economic subject. The percentage of money spent on end of life treatment is staggering, and it simply makes no sense.
Listen to the doctor talk about having someone you love "die badly." I have experienced this with my mother-in-law. A diabetic whose kidneys failed, she lived the final SIX YEARS of her life on a dialysis machine, 8 hours every other day. But that wasn't the hard part. One day she went to the hospital for a non-emergency visit and she suffered heart failure in the parking lot. My wife's sister-in-law was with her and presented a "Do Not Resuscitate Order," one that she had signed and everyone agreed was in her best interest.
The hospital staff refused to honor it, citing legal reasons – it seems that if you keel over in their parking lot, no paper and no set of circumstance will prevent them from trying to save you. They saved her alright… she was hooked to a machine that did everything for her and two days later she actually regained very partial consciousness. Have you ever heard the moans of the dying? You won't forget if you have… more morphine, please, stat. And more, and more, and more. Until finally, 9 days later, and I do not know how much money and family suffering, but she finally went, the morphine finally pushed enough of her organs into failure. Truly, it was a terrible experience, one that I certainly hope I never have to witness again, much less experience. And for what?
As the Baby Boomers approach old age en masse, continuing such nonsense will be very expensive indeed.
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Churches need to take their child protection policies seriously
Hardly a day seems to go by without hearing of yet another disturbing story of child abuse. The Jimmy Savile revelations have unleashed a flood of allegations against celebrities of all descriptions, both dead and still living. And now, following the latest distressing claims on 'Newsnight', Home Secretary Theresa May has announced a new police inquiry into allegations of child abuse in North Wales dating back to the 1970s and 80s.
One victim, Steve Mesham has suggested that a 2000 inquiry failed to fully examine all the claims, including one that suggested that a senior Conservative figure from the Thatcher era was intimately involved in all that happened. The crime agency head, Keith Bristow, will look at how the historic claims were handled, and at fresh allegations. He will report by April 2013, Mrs May has told MPs.
It is all so depressing and courts the danger of creating a 'McCarthyite' atmosphere in which we look for paedophiles under every bed - we need to beware of becoming hysterical. Having said that though, church leaders in particular need to be vigilant and informed because churches are easy targets for those who are determined to groom their way into their unsuspecting victims' lives.
Anyone wanting to enter the mind of a paedophile could do no better than view the film 'The Woodsman'. It is a moving and helpful portrayal of a man who is struggling with his demons as he tries to make a new life for himself following his imprisonment for 'child molestation'. Unfortunately though, it reinforces the stereotyped image of the paedophile as a male predator who stalks and takes advantage of vulnerable children. Sadly the truth is more complicated.
The major concern, it seems, is not 'stranger danger' because the majority of abuse happens in the child's own home or in that of the offender. Figures issued by NSPCC (2009) underline this conclusion. Its research has shown that of those most likely to offend, just 5% are strangers whereas Childline research (2009) shows that of those who engage in child sexual abuse, 58% belong to the victim's family, 32% are known but not of the family, and a mere 10% were unknown to their victims. Many find it even harder to come to terms with the fact that a significant (and possibly growing) amount of sexual abuse is attributable to females.
All of which suggests that churches need to take their child protection policies seriously (assuming they have them). As one serving police officer has said we need to be vigilant while maintaining a sense of proportion. His unit operates on the assumption that they must "think the unthinkable and assume nothing" whilst trying to "keep things in perspective".
"Not every male or female out there is a sex offender," the officer said. "They are a very small minority but you need to have an awareness about you, for at the end of the day we all have a responsibility to protect children."
This creates huge challenges for church leaders in particular. They need to be vigilant because have to welcome convicted paedophiles into their congregations. This is one of the most demanding tasks I face as a pastor. I cannot prevent anyone attending public worship, and there are times when I might be unable to disclose the identity of a convicted sex offender. All I can do is ensure that there is an action plan in place which is monitored and evaluated on a regular basis.
This is no simple task. I am committed to the gospel of grace (I believe God can forgive and change anyone) but I am also aware of the need to protect those who want to be part of our church community. There are times then, when church leaders can feel as if they are in a "Catch 22" situation and frustrated because it seems that a criminal's right to anonymity can outweigh a child's right to protection.
The Home Secretary has told MPs that Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary is looking at all forces that have received allegations in relation to Saville to see if they were investigated properly and what lessons can be learned.
This might be an appropriate moment for every church to look at its child protection procedures again too, and to ask some fundamental questions such as" Are the proper checks in place?" "Have we received adequate training?" and "Do we have a good relationship with our local police protection team?"
This is not hysteria. This is pure common sense.
Above all though, we need to be constantly praying for God's protection as well as for the gift of heavenly wisdom as we seek to be the church in a dark and often very disturbing world.


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Those doubtful of the validity of expiration dates may soon have an alternative to smelling their food to determine if it is still edible or not.
DALLAS - Those doubtful of the validity of expiration dates may soon have an alternative to smelling their food to determine if it is still edible or not. Researchers presented a tiny tag the size of a kernel of corn that can tell users how fresh their food is at the National Meeting and Exposition of the American Chemical Society Monday. The tag would appear on food and medication packaging and change colors based on the conditions the product is exposed to. "This tag, which has a gel-like consistency, is really inexpensive and safe, and can be widely programmed to mimic almost all ambient-temperature deterioration processes in foods," lead researcher Chao Zhang said in a statement. One of the advantages of the tag is that grocery store owners and consumers alike could know if the food had unexpectedly been exposed to high temperatures and spoiled before the expiration date, Zhang said. The colors of the tag indicate the freshness of the food, ranging from 100 percent fresh to 100 percent spoiled. "In our configuration, red, or reddish orange, would mean fresh," Zhang said. "Over time, the tag changes its color to orange, yellow and later green, which indicates the food is spoiled." The researchers first created the tag to determine when milk has expired, but said it can be adapted for other food items, beverages and even medications based on what conditions each product can withstand. They said the tags would be inexpensive to make, costing about $0.002 per tag and just slightly more for food suppliers. The tags are made out of metallic nanorods and other nontoxic chemicals like vitamin C. "Over time, the metallic silver gradually deposits on each gold nanorod, forming a silver shell layer," Zhang said. "That changes the particle's chemical composition and shape, so the tag color now would be different. Therefore, as the silver layer thickens over time, the tag color evolves from the initial red to orange, yellow, and green, and even blue and violet." Preliminary results have been published in ACS Nano and the technique has been patented in China.%3Cimg%20src%3D%22http%3A//beacon.deseretconnect.com/beacon.gif%3Fcid%3D155159%26pid%3D46%22%20/%3E


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I have the good fortune of lecturing professionally, and what I most enjoy presenting is the topic of communication between veterinarians and their clients. In every communication lecture I emphasize the importance of empathy. This involves veterinarians putting aside any preconceived notions and judgments about their clients so they can better recognize how their clients are feeling and what they are truly needing. In order to drive this point home during my presentation, I usually recite a poem I adore called, "The Cookie Thief." While preparing a lecture earlier this week, it dawned on me that you might like this poem as well. Enjoy!
The Cookie Thief
A woman was waiting at an airport one night, with several long hours before her flight. She hunted for a book in the airport shops, bought a bag of cookies and found a place to drop.
She was engrossed in her book but happened to see, that the man sitting beside her, as bold as could be. . .grabbed a cookie or two from the bag in between, which she tried to ignore to avoid a scene.
So she munched the cookies and watched the clock, as the gutsy cookie thief diminished her stock. She was getting more irritated as the minutes ticked by, thinking, "If I wasn't so nice, I would blacken his eye."
With each cookie she took, he took one too, when only one was left, she wondered what he would do. With a smile on his face, and a nervous laugh, he took the last cookie and broke it in half.
He offered her half, as he ate the other, she snatched it from him and thought… oooh, brother. This guy has some nerve and he's also rude, why he didn't even show any gratitude!
She had never known when she had been so galled, and sighed with relief when her flight was called. She gathered her belongings and headed to the gate, refusing to look back at the thieving ingrate.
She boarded the plane, and sank in her seat, then she sought her book, which was almost complete. As she reached in her baggage, she gasped with surprise, there was her bag of cookies, in front of her eyes.
If mine are here, she moaned in despair, the others were his, and he tried to share. Too late to apologize, she realized with grief, that she was the rude one, the ingrate, the thief.
Have your preconceived notions about someone ever been completely upended? Do you think your veterinarian has preconceived notions about you?
Happy holidays to you and your loved ones,
Nancy Kay, DVM
Diplomate, American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine
Author of Speaking for Spot: Be the Advocate Your Dog Needs to Live a Happy, Healthy, Longer Life
Author of Your Dog's Best Health: A Dozen Reasonable Things to Expect From Your Vet
Recipient, Leo K. Bustad Companion Animal Veterinarian of the Year Award
Recipient, American Animal Hospital Association Animal Welfare and Humane Ethics Award
Recipient, Dog Writers Association of America Award for Best Blog
Recipient, Eukanuba Canine Health Award
Recipient, AKC Club Publication Excellence Award
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Please visit http://www.speakingforspot.com to read excerpts from Speaking for Spot. There you will also find "Advocacy Aids"- helpful health forms you can download and use for your own dog, and a collection of published articles on advocating for your pet's health. Speaking for Spot is available at Amazon.com, local bookstores, and your favorite online book seller.
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OCO-2: NASA's Carbon Counter
NASA's new Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 will study carbon dioxide in the atmosphere and help us understand how fast it will build up in the future.
We're trying to think about what's going to happen in fifty years. That's really what drives us to change our behavior.
To predict how much carbon dioxide might be affecting our climate in fifty years, I first of all have to predict how much carbon dioxide will be in the air in fifty years.
We can start to see these changes in our temperature and sea level rising and other things, and we're concerned about where that's going to go in the future.
OCO-2 is NASA's satellite that's dedicated to measuring carbon dioxide. We're going to measure carbon dioxide all around the globe, so get these global measurements very, very precise of carbon dioxide.
Measurements like those to be made by the Orbiting Carbon Observatory 2 are absolutely critical for us to understand how carbon dioxide interacts with something called the global carbon cycle.
When we burn gas in our cars or we burn coal for power, we produce carbon dioxide that goes into the atmosphere.
Half of the CO2 that's being emitted to the atmosphere remains in the atmosphere. The other fifty percent is being absorbed by the oceans or the terrestrial biosphere.
So, those are almost in balance, but as we add this carbon dioxide into the atmosphere from burning fossil fuels some of the extra is going into the ocean, some of the extra is probably going into the land. But we don't know exactly where that is.
We'll see every two weeks or so, how much carbon dioxide there is left in the, the atmosphere. And we call this letting the planet breath.
These are things we clearly have to start understanding if we want to actually manage the carbon dioxide build up in our atmosphere.
We've discovered this terrifically important, additional contribution we'll be able to make from OCO-2.
Plants grow and they glow. So when they glow, the instrument's actually going to be able to see this glow.
They bring in blue light and they re-emit yellow and red light.
With solar-induced fluorescence measurements gives you an indication of how well a particular region is absorbing or being a sink for atmospheric carbon dioxide.
Imagine what this could tell us about the yield of crops from the great food baskets of the world. Suddenly we could have a new, direct measure of how productive those food growing areas are going to be. And the two in combination, carbon dioxide in the atmosphere and an indicator of how effective plants are in taking CO2 out of the atmosphere… it's just an impossibly brilliant combination.
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Three young Worcester Warriors EPDG players have been selected for the England Unde-18 and Under-17 squads for the 2012/13 season.
Young forward Andrew Boyce, who appeared for the Warriors first-team in the pre-season clash against Plymouth this season, is part of the Under 18 team whilst fellow forwards Sam Smith and Huw Taylor will join up with the Under 17s.
England coaches John Fletcher, Pete Walton and Ian Peel named their squad earlier today and Head Coach Fletcher is looking forward to getting the players together at a training camp later this month.
He said: "It's important for us to spend some time with the players and monitor their progress from the summer.
"This is a strong group and we are looking forward to the season ahead. We feel that they have the potential to go on and perform well in the matches and the Under 18 FIRA/AER European Championship.
"It's important to remember we'll get another opportunity to take a look at these guys, and more, in a competitive environment in the Under 18 Academy competitions which takes place just before and just after Christmas."
England Under 18 squad 2012/13
Alfie Barron (Millfield) (Bath Rugby)
Matt Bolwell (Truro College) (Exeter Chiefs)
Andrew Boyce (Kings Worcester) (Worcester Warriors)
Luke Chapman (Truro College) (Exeter Chiefs)
James Chisholm (Brighton College) (Harlequins)
Tom Ellis (Millfield) (Bath Rugby)
Charlie Ewels (Bryanston) (Bath Rugby)
Charlie Hewitt (Ivybridge College) (Exeter Chiefs)
Paul Hill (Prince Henry's Grammar) (Leeds Carnegie)
Maro Itoje (Harrow) (Saracens)
Sam James (Bishop's Stortford) (Saracens)
Jonny Kenny (Macclesfield) (Sale Sharks)
Alex Lundberg (Hampton School) (London Wasps)
Reece Marshall (Moulton College) (Northampton Saints)
Cameron Neild (Manchester Grammar) (Sale Sharks)
Jordan Onojaife (Stowe) (Northampton Saints)
Will Owen (QE Leicester) (Leicester Tigers)
Tom Woolstencroft (Bryanston) (Bath Rugby)
Zach Kibirige (Yarm School) (Newcastle Falcons)
David Buck (Sherbone School) (Bath Rugby)
Nathan Earle (Oaklands College) (Saracens)
Nick Carpenter (Filton College) (Bristol Rugby)
Louis Clayton-Molloy (Harrow School) (London Wasps)
Tom Fowlie (St Paul's Catholic College) (London Irish)
Tom Howe (Shiplake College) (London Wasps)
Tom Hudson (QE Leicester) (Leicester Tigers)
Richard Mathieson (St Pauls Barnes) (London Wasps)
James Mitchell (Lymm School) (Sale Sharks)
Sam Olver (Oundle School) (Northampton Saints)
Howard Packman (Moulton College) (Northampton Saints)
Josh Sharp (Oaklands College) (Saracens)
Nick Tompkins (Oaklands College) (Saracens)
Stuart Townsend (Ivybridge Community College) (Exeter Chiefs)
England Under 17 squad 2012/13
Ollie Adams (St Paul's Catholic College) (London Irish)
Seb Adeniran-Olule (Wellington College) (Harlequins)
Charlie Beckett (QE Leicester) (Leicester Tigers)
Matt Blandford (Tonbridge) (London Wasps)
Guy Borrowdale (Prince Henry's) (Leeds Carnegie)
Lewis Boyce (Prince Henry's) (Leeds Carnegie)
Henry Cheeseman (Whitgift) (Harlequins)
George Edgson (Hartpury College) (London Wasps)
Josh Ibuanokpe (Dulwich College) (Harlequins)
Ciaran Parker (St Ambrose) (Sale Sharks)
Josh Peters (Oundle School) (Northampton Saints)
Dan Preston-Routledge (Prince Henry's) (Leeds Carnegie)
Sam Smith (Old Swinford Hospital) (Worcester Warriors)
Huw Taylor (Old Swinford Hospital) (Worcester Warriors)
Henry Turner (Ivybrideg Community College) (Exeter Chiefs)
Sam Underhill (Sir Thomas Rich's School) (Gloucester Rugby)
Jack Walker (Prince Henry's) (Leeds Carnegie)
Karl Wilkins (St Joseph's College) (Northampton Saints)
Sam Allan (Crossley Heath School) (Leeds Carnegie)
Austin Beckett (St Joseph's College) (Northampton Saints)
Theo Brophy-Clews (Abingdon School) (London Irish)
Max Clark (Bryanston School) (Bath Rugby)
Joel Harvey (Harrow School) (London Wasps)
Brett Herron (Wellington College) (London Irish)
Will Homer (Sherborne) (Bath Rugby)
Owain James (Harrow School) (London Wasps)
Rory Jennings (Bryanston School) (Bath Rugby)
Harry Lightfoot-Brown (St Pauls College) (London Irish)
Jack Maplesden (Woodhouse Grove) (Unattached)
Nick Rawsthorne (Prince Henry's) (Leeds Carnegie)
Rotimi Segun (Northampton SfB) (Northampton Saints)
Ollie Thorley (Cheltenham College) (Gloucester Rugby)
George Wacokecoke (St Joseph's College) (Northampton Saints)
Luke Wilson (Brinkburn College) (Newcastle Falcons)


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Summer Makeup: Molten Lava Goes To the Beach, v. 2
Summer Makeup: Molten Lava Goes To the Beach, v. 2
I had a few tutorial requests for a coppery look I did last week, so I decided to modify it a bit so it used only permanent products on the eyes rather than limited edition ones. This is the modified version, and the tutorial should be up on YouTube shortly 🙂 I layered Free to Be and Coppering to get pretty close to Firecracker–though you could certainly use one or the other and still get something quite pretty out of it! I was also all out of the NARS base I had used in the original look, so I used UDPP instead.
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You will need the following…
- Eyes: Urban Decay Primer Potion (neutral eyeshadow base), Urban Decay Free Love Eyeshadow (melon-peach), MAC Free to Be Eyeshadow (coral), MAC Coppering Eyeshadow (reddish copper), MAC Amber Lights Eyeshadow (copper), MAC Bronze Eyeshadow (bronze), MAC Nylon Eyeshadow (white-gold), MAC Goldmine Eyeshadow (gold), MAC Rich Ground Fluidline (copper), Urban Decay Lucky 24/7 Liner (copper), MAC Black Black Chromagraphic Pencil (black), MAC Plushlash Mascara (black)
- Face: Make Up For Ever HD Foundation (140), Laura Mercier Loose Setting Powder (translucent)
- Cheeks: MAC Get-Away Bronze Blush (reddish bronze)
- Lips: MAC Thrills Lipstick (rosy copper), MAC Flurry of Fun Lipglass (sheer tangerine with teal reflects)
- Brushes: 249 (flat, firm brush), 239 (fluffy shadow brush), 226 (fluffy crease brush), 219 (pointed crease brush), 116 (dense blush brush)
- Substitutes: Firecracker = Paradisco; Get-Away Bronze = = Format; Thrills = La Prairie Rose Bronze; Easy Lounger = Prr
For eyes, start by applying Primer Potion as your eyeshadow base all over the eye area with the 249. Using the 239, apply Free Love eyeshadow on the inner half of the lid and blend upwards into the tearduct. Lightly blend Free to Be eyeshadow on the middle of the lid with the 239, then layer Coppering eyeshadow on top to darken. With the 239, apply Amber Lights eyeshadow into the lower crease and then blended towards the outer corner and lid.Next, apply Bronze eyeshadow into the crease with the 226, lightly blending outwards and upwards to fade to the brow bone. Blend Nylon eyeshadow with the crease shade and highlight the brow bone. Bring everything together by applying Lucky eyeliner on the lower lash line and Black Black pencil on the lower waterline. Line the upper lash line with Rich Ground fluidline applied with the 208; then pat Goldmine eyeshadow on top to lighten. Finish by sweeping lashes with Plushlash mascara.
For cheeks, apply Get-Away Bronze blush on the apples of the cheeks and sweep upwards towards the temple with the 116.
For lips, apply Thrills lipstick first, and then layer Flurry of Fun lipglass for a complementing lip.
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Andriessen: reviews of US premiere of La Commedia
Louis Andriessen, Musical America's Composer of the Year, travelled to hear the US premiere performances of his opera La Commedia.
Louis Andriessen has forged strong cross-Atlantic links, evolving a distinctive European response to American minimalism in the 1970s, and proving to be a highly influential figure for a generation of younger US composers. So his selection as Musical America's Composer of the Year is a fitting tribute, coinciding with high profile events at Carnegie Hall in New York and in Los Angeles.
April brought the first US performances of his latest opera La Commedia, with definitive interpretations guaranteed by Reinbert de Leeuw conducting the Asko/Schoenberg Ensemble and Synergy Vocals, and the opera's original cast including Cristina Zavalloni as Dante, Claron McFadden as Beatrice and Jeroen Willems as Lucifer.
"Andriessen has assembled a spectacularly idiosyncratic libretto that draws not only on Dante's epic tour of hell, purgatory and paradise, but also on the Bible, works by the 17th-century Dutch poet Joost van den Vondel and other sources. He has reconfigured Dante's triptych as five panels, and kept the first three in hell.
"…a driven, often intensely dark score that brings together starkly contrasting styles and makes the juxtapositions sound natural. Dissonant, sharp-edged woodwind and brass chords are accompanied by almost minimalist arpeggiation… Recorded electronic sounds, used sparingly, suggest the present world, the bubbling cauldrons of hell and the sparkling shimmer of heaven. But the score's most memorable aspect is the pounding, often lurching chord progressions that evoke different corners of the underworld.
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"Commedia may work best as dramatic oratorio… a spectacularly sung and played concert performance that made a strangely exhilarating encounter with the here-and-now and the beyond all the more meaningful… The instrumental ensemble, a few strings (no violas) and plenty of brass winds and percussion, belted out jazz, aced difficult Stravinskyan and Minimalist rhythms and sounded, when asked, touchingly tender and gloriously glittery… De Leeuw is Virgil to Andriessen's Dante, the perfect guide for his music."
Los Angeles Times
Other highlights of the Carnegie season included the two-piano concerto The Hague Hacking and John Adams conducting De Staat, described in the New York Times as "pugnacious and exhilarating". The US premiere of Andriessen's new work for Bang on a Can, Life, fell foul of volcanic ash disruptions, but the group has successfully toured the work to Milan, Rome, Amsterdam, The Hague and Karlsruhe, with future dates in Stanford and at the Barbican in London.
Andriessen's monodrama Anaïs Nin, for singer Cristina Zavalloni and ensemble, is premiered at the Accademia Musicale Chigiana in Siena on 10 July, with future performances planned in Amsterdam and by the London Sinfonietta.
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My original iPad has seen better days. Its screen is all marred, scratches and dents adorn its back shell, and iOS 5—yep, you read that right—creaks along on its outmoded internals. It's time for an upgrade. If you're in the same boat as me, take heart: You don't have to be stuck with a tattered slab of aluminum and glass after you upgrade.
Lots of services allow you to sell back your old iPad in exchange for cash or store credit—or at least unload it on someone else who will dispose of it or recycle it for you. Here's what you need to know about four popular gadget-buyback services, and how much they'll give you for that "ancient" 18-month-old iPad you can't bear to use anymore.
Amazon will take back your old iPad in return for an Amazon gift card through its electronics trade-in program. To use it, visit Amazon.com, and click Shop by Department in the upper-left corner of the page. Click Electronics & Computers, and then select Trade In Electronics.
From there, you can search for the iPad model that you have by typing its description into the search field (for example, "iPad 2 32GB Wi-Fi"). This step can be a somewhat tedious endeavor—Amazon's search function isn't the most precise—but once you find your iPad model, click the yellow Trade in button. Once you do, Amazon will ask you to log in with your account. Sign in, and Amazon will ask you to specify the condition of your iPad and then step you through the trade-in process.
Amazon does not take back broken or severely damaged iPads, so make sure your slightly mangled tablet meets the eligibility levels: To see what each criterion means, simply mouse over it and Amazon will give you a full description.
If you want cash instead of an Amazon gift card, you can always sell your iPad through Amazon. This approach requires you to register as a seller with Amazon, which may be a hassle, but it does mean that you can set your own price for your iPad.
Best Buy
Much like Amazon, Best Buy will take back your old iPad through BestBuyTradeIn.com in return for a Best Buy gift card.
The process is reasonably straightforward: Scroll down and select Apple under the 'Tablets & E-Readers' heading, and either search for your iPad model or choose it from the list. Once you find your model, select it, and Best Buy will give you an estimate of how much it's worth, based on its condition. After you click the Add to Cart button, Best Buy will walk you through the process of determining your iPad's condition and sending it in for your store credit.
If your iPad is too damaged for you to get anything for it, Best Buy will offer to recycle it so at least it won't clutter up your desk anymore.
If you're looking for a site that's dedicated to buying back used electronics, Gazelle is for you. In addition to iPads and other tablets, it will buy back smartphones, iPods, and Mac laptops and desktops.
Start by visiting Gazelle's homepage. Select the iPad from the product lineup, and then indicate the iPad model you own, whether it has a cellular connection or Wi-Fi only, and your iPad's storage capacity. (If you don't know which iPad you own, it takes only a few moments to find out.)
Once you click through those questions, Gazelle will present you with three condition levels: Broken, Good, and Flawless. Choose the one that applies to your iPad, and Gazelle will tell you how much it will pay for your iPad. If Gazelle can't offer you any money for your old iPad—for instance, it's a broken first-generation model—the service won't take the device back, though it will refer you to information on recycling your iPad.
Glyde isn't a true buyback service in the same way that Gazelle is. Instead, it's a marketplace of sorts where you can easily sell your usable, nonbroken electronics. If Glyde determines that your iPad is too damaged to sell, Glyde will buy it from you outright and repair it to resell later. If your iPad has no resale value, Glyde will refer you to Glyde Donate, where you can donate your broken gear to the charity or nonprofit of your choosing.
To use Glyde, start at its homepage, and select Sell iPads. On the next page, choose your iPad model from the list. At this point, Glyde will ask about whether you have a model with cellular connectivity or Wi-Fi, your iPad's storage capacity, and its bezel color (if applicable).
Once you answer those questions, press the Next button, and Glyde will request more details on the condition of your iPad to get a better sense of its fair market value. After you submit your answers, Glyde will give an estimate of how much your iPad is worth and will offer to buy it back outright or to list it for you to sell.
If your iPad is in good enough shape to list on Glyde, the service will give you the option to adjust your asking price. By default it will show the Market Price—the standard going rate for your tablet—but you can adjust that up or down as you choose. You won't get cash up front, though, and Glyde will take a transaction fee and shipping fee out of your asking price.
Other options
Aside from the services above, you also have a couple of old standbys at your disposal: eBay and Craigslist. eBay lets you set a Buy It Now price or a starting price for auction, and at Craigslist you get to set the price yourself. If you choose to sell through either of these sites, you'll want to keep a few tips in mind.
Don't accept personal checks: A less-than-honest buyer could easily write a bad check, leaving you in the lurch should it bounce. Instead, either use a service such as PayPal or request a cashier's check or money order. This way, you can guarantee that you'll get paid.
Be honest: Disclose any damage to the iPad, and mention if anything is missing. Being up-front now will prevent hassles later.
Take lots of good photos: You'll want to provide plenty of photos that show your iPad's condition. Make sure you have good lighting, and try to take the photos on a clean, uncluttered desktop.
Don't make your buyer wait: Ship the iPad as soon as you can after you receive payment, and provide the buyer with a tracking number if possible so that they can get a better idea of when to expect it.
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I'll call him John. The first time we met, he actually struck me as a bit arrogant. He irritated me enough that I mentioned him to my husband in a "Can you believe this guy?" kind of way. But I interacted with John only occasionally, always through work and mostly over e-mail, so it wasn't a huge deal. He's just one of those people who gets under my skin, I told myself.
But a little over a year into our working relationship, something changed. One day, John let down his guard with me and I responded, I suppose in part because I couldn't help but be curious about his mostly hidden soft side. Our conversations turned to easy banter and later -- I have a hard time admitting this even now -- flirtation. Our e-mails, which could number several in one day, never included outright expressions of affection toward each other. Instead, our notes were mostly business peppered with friendly sparring. We shared a similar sense of humor. I felt that he got me.
I told myself I wasn't doing anything wrong. I had to talk with this guy for work, after all. And couldn't I have a friend who happened to be male? I also told my husband about him, even sharing when we'd meet for coffee or lunch (always scheduled with the intention of discussing business). My husband, busy with a demanding job, trusted me completely.
In the midst of working part-time and caring for a preschooler, a toddler, and, later, a new baby, e-mailing and talking with John felt like an innocent escape. I never would have said at the time that I was in a bad marriage -- my husband and I got along well; we just didn't have a lot of quality alone time together -- and I had no intention of crossing any physical line. But I increasingly found myself sharing more and more of my hopes and dreams with John instead of just with my husband. I anticipated my regular interactions with John in a way that was all too consuming. And it was John -- not my husband -- who was beginning to fill a key emotional need in my life. I was, in fact, unknowingly cheating on my husband; I was having an emotional affair.
More Than Just Friends
The signs of an emotional affair may be more subtle than those of a sexual affair, but they're just as unmistakable. "An emotional affair happens when you put the bulk of your emotions into the hands of somebody outside of your marriage," explains psychotherapist M. Gary Neuman, author of Emotional Infidelity. It's not so much that you're not talking with your husband--there's always stuff to discuss, thanks to kids and mortgages -- but you're not sharing with him. Your innermost thoughts, funny jokes, and interesting personal experiences are saved up and spilled to the other guy instead of your spouse. And even if you never so much as touch him, this emotional attachment has just as much potential as a sexual fling to damage your marriage. "We only have so much emotional energy; the more of it we spend outside of our marriage, the less we have inside our marriage," says Neuman. "And after a while, we simply do not have enough emotions and love and caring and time for both."
While emotional affairs are not a totally new phenomenon -- the late Shirley P. Glass, Ph.D., wrote about them in her groundbreaking 2003 book, NOT "Just Friends" -- experts agree that they're on the rise. "Emotional affairs are happening more often because so many of us feel emotionally isolated," says relationship expert Steven Stosny, Ph.D., coauthor of How to Improve Your Marriage Without Talking About It.Whether it's because of our demanding jobs and packed schedules or the hours we spend on the Internet instead of with our families, friends, and communities, we've become increasingly distanced both physically and emotionally from other people, including our spouses. And when we're not regularly sharing our lives and feelings with those close to us, we ultimately begin to feel that they've stopped caring. "This feeling of emotional detachment plants the seeds for an emotional affair," says Stosny, "because when you feel emotionally detached from your husband, you are faced with a choice -- either to improve the bond you share with him or to look elsewhere to get your needs met." And working to improve your marriage is just that: work -- work that's a lot less alluring than a little special attention from someone new.
That's where the affair partner comes in. Having another guy turn his focus onto you, even if only in friendship, can be dangerously seductive. I can attest to that firsthand: When I started my relationship with John, I wasn't even aware of the resentment I felt toward my husband over the long hours he spent away from me and our kids at his job. To complicate matters, I was grappling with my sense of self. I second-guessed my new roles as a wife and mother: Was I being the best parent I could be by only working part-time from home? Should I work more so I could help our family's finances? Or scrap the job thing altogether and more fully embrace this precious time with my children? What about my hobbies and interests? What was it again that I liked to do anyway?
Enter John: a guy who understood what I did for a living and made me laugh wholeheartedly. When I spoke with him, I felt smart and beautiful, sexy even, because he respected what I had to say and engaged me in intense and stimulating conversation. It wasn't that my husband wasn't able to do these things; he'd provided all that and more, especially during our early years together. But as time wore on, we were simply so mired in caring for our kids and making sure the bills were paid that our emotional connection waned. John didn't know me as a wife or mother, but simply as a woman. He was someone who reminded me of the person I used to be -- and perhaps hoped to find again.
An emotional affair also offers the thrill of the forbidden without crossing any physical lines. "You know it's wrong, that it's taboo," says Stosny. "That's what makes it provocative and rousing." When Rebecca Smith*, a 39-year-old mother of two from Annapolis, MD, began regularly e-mailing with her friend Lyle, her youngest child had just started kindergarten and her husband was working longer hours. Exchanging e-mails with Lyle was a welcome diversion, not only because it filled her downtime but because their often silly, sometimes sexually charged notes were a far cry from her conversations with her husband. "My husband can be kind of negative, and Lyle has a more optimistic outlook on life. We often had these sparring conversations. It was intellectually stimulating for me," she says. "And the more we e-mailed, the more I found myself magnetized to him and fantasizing about what my life would be like if we were together."
Too Close for Comfort
Once you're drawn into an emotional affair, it can feel so good that you don't want to stop. In fact, not having sex may make the connection seem all the more powerful. It feels genuine, romantic even, and isn't easy to let go of because it's so "safe" -- or so it appears. But inevitably, you start unfairly comparing your husband to this other man, says Neuman, which compounds the damage. "You don't have the stresses of everyday life together, so the new guy can be very humorous, very cute, and very giving," he says. "You go back to your spouse and you're comparing him to this guy in pieces: He'll never be as handsome as this guy or as funny as this guy or as giving as this guy." While emotional affairs rarely break up couples, they can leave a marriage torn and tattered. "The affair saps so much emotional energy and core values away from your relationship," says Stosny, "that you'll undoubtedly feel guilty and irritable and blame your husband for these bad feelings."
Another sure sign your "innocent" friendship has gotten out of control: You would be embarrassed for your husband to witness your interactions or to know what you are thinking about when you're with this other guy. And once you start keeping secrets, even "innocent" ones, your intimacy with your main man suffers even more. Toni Richards, 40, a mother of four from Wiley, TX, who had an emotional affair with a former coworker, says that as she grew closer to Bobby, she began to flat-out avoid her husband. "I wasn't even sleeping in the same bed as my husband. In a sense, I didn't want to be next to him because I worried he would know that something was going on, that I would say something in my sleep," she says. "I started pulling away from him and I didn't talk to him as much."
And of course, with every emotionally engaging or sexually charged conversation or e-mail, phone call, or meeting, taking your affair to the physical level becomes the obvious (though by no means inevitable) next step. "The longer you continue an emotional affair, the greater the chance it will become physical," says Stosny. The first time Bobby asked Toni to meet him for dinner, which meant she had to lie to her husband about where she was going after work, she agreed. "We didn't kiss, but we held hands and sat next to each other--closer than friends should be sitting," she says. In a matter of weeks, she knew that Bobby was ready to get physical. After wrestling internally with the idea of being with him -- and realizing that she didn't want things to go down that path--she decided to break off the connection with Bobby entirely. "It was a hard choice, but I still loved my husband and didn't want to ruin my marriage any more than I already had," she says.
Getting Out
Even after you've recognized your emotional affair and the damage it's causing your marriage, slamming on the brakes is easier said than done. Says Stosny, "Many emotional affairs turn almost obsessive simply because you never had sex to consummate your fantasies." It took months for Rebecca to tear herself away from Lyle, even after her husband came across an e-mail from Lyle and called her out on their too friendly exchange. He demanded that she show him all of her e-mails with Lyle, which she did, and asked her to stop talking with him. She agreed, but secretly maintained contact. As time went on, though, she says, "I became riddled with guilt and grew increasingly aware of how my time and energy spent on Lyle was taking away from my family, from myself. But I couldn't help myself." In fact, she still hasn't completely cut ties with Lyle. "We still e-mail now and again," she says. "I'm just more guarded with him."
As tough as it is, quitting the relationship cold turkey is the best way to move past an emotional affair for real and for good. "Setting boundaries for continued contact will only raise the taboo level and, along with it, the excitement, the obsessions, and the motivation," says Stosny.
The aftermath of an emotional affair can have an upside: "Failing your own values can make you more committed to them in the future," says Stosny. So consider the experience a wake-up call to what is missing not only in your relationship but also within yourself. "I realized that if I can't talk to my husband the way I talk to Bobby, then there's a big problem that I need to fix first in my marriage," says Toni. And while Stosny and Neuman say it's not imperative that you admit your affair to your husband -- in fact, you may even hurt him needlessly by doing so--some women don't feel like they can fully move on unless they come clean. After she cut things off with Bobby, Toni opted to tell her husband about the situation. "He was hurt that I'd been sharing personal thoughts with another man," she says, "but he was mostly relieved that nothing physical had happened." The couple is in the midst of trying to find a marital counselor, and Toni is hopeful she can rebuild her marriage.
Severing your connection to the other man -- whether or not you ever tell your husband about him -- is only step one. You also need to funnel all the energy you were putting into your affair back into your marriage. And while setting aside more time to spend with each other -- away from kids and other couples -- is important for patching things up and maintaining intimacy in your marriage, it's just as crucial to adopt a new attitude toward your guy. "Emotional connection is a mental state," says Stosny. "You choose to feel connected to your husband. You decide to be loving and compassionate toward him. You will feel emotionally bonded and sexually stimulated with your husband because you've committed yourself and all your positive energies to him -- and he'll definitely pick up on the vibes you're giving off."
Nurturing your relationship is the emergency care it needs to heal. But for long-term marital health, you also need to nurture yourself. Trying out a new hobby, getting involved in your community, or tapping into your spiritual side can help you recover from -- and prevent you from having -- an emotional affair. "When you have more interests in your life, you have less of a desire to find something exciting and taboo to intrigue you," says Stosny. "Plus, you'll lead a richer, fuller life with less emotionally needy gaps." After cooling things down with Lyle, Rebecca decided to refocus those energies on her guy and the other people close to her. "I can't expect that my husband is going to meet every emotional need in my life, so I'm reaching out to my girlfriends and spending more time with my family." She also recently signed up for a handwriting-analysis class, something she's always been interested in learning about, "just for fun and to get my mind on something else," she says.
For me, my emotional involvement with John ebbed and flowed for nearly two years. It reached a tipping point when I could no longer ignore the fact that my husband and I were fighting more often, no doubt in part because of my refusal to focus on my marriage and on how my own actions were adding to our growing friction. Like Toni, I eventually decided to share my struggle with my husband, who handled it with incredible grace. The conversation wasn't only about me turning to someone else; we also spoke, perhaps for the first time, about what we really expected and needed from each other. It's a discussion that continues to evolve between us. I still think about John sometimes -- and how my relationship with him could have destroyed everything I hold dear. Each day, I make a conscious decision to nurture my bond with my husband first and foremost. And as our relationship grows stronger, I realize I'm getting as good as I give.
82% of affairs happen with someone who was at first "just a friend," according to noted infidelity researcher Shirley P. Glass.
Are You in an Emotional Affair?
* Touch your male friend in "legal" ways, like picking lint off his blazer.
* Pay extra attention to how you look before you see him.
* Think crush-like thoughts like, He'd love this song!
* Tell him more details about your day than you do your partner.
* No longer feel comfortable telling your husband about this person and begin to cover up your relationship.
* Experience increasing sexual tension; you admit your attraction to him but also insist to yourself that you would never act on it.
* Find yourself feeling vulnerable and turn to the other man for support rather than to your husband or a trusted relative or girlfriend.
* Accelerate the level of intimacy through sexual or suggestive talk over e-mail or the phone.
* Put yourself in a situation where the two of you could be alone.
* Stay honest with your husband. Share with him all your hopes, triumphs, and failures -- as well as your attractions and temptations, which will help keep you from acting on them.
* Make time for just the two of you on a regular basis -- away from the kids, your friends, and family.
* Surround yourself with happily married friends who don't believe in fooling around. Having positive, emotionally connected role models will help you stay on track.
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"The guy who I was flirting with regularly over e-mail attended the same event as me and my fiancé. When I introduced them, my face flushed as red as a tomato -- I felt embarrassed and guilty about my fiancé meeting this guy, so I knew what I was doing was wrong." --Carolyn, 31, Westfield, NJ
"One drunken night, my best guy friend and I confessed we had always liked each other. He was a perfect gentleman and left my place before we crossed the physical line. The next day I was completely embarrassed and knew that I didn't want to jeopardize the relationship with my boyfriend so I ended the friendship. And now the boyfriend is my husband, so I'm glad I did." --Allie, 29, Yonkers, NY
"The cute tech guy who I'd been flirting with at my office said to me, 'You're not going to invite me in?' after I accepted a ride home from him. I liked the attention of him buying me vending machine snacks and complimenting me, but my husband would've had a holy heart attack if he knew." --Amy, 38, Chicago
"My best guy friend and I were snuggled on his couch underneath a blanket when I realized that neither his girlfriend nor my boyfriend would be happy if they saw us -- and that our platonic relationship wasn't as platonic as we thought." --Kim, 35, New Orleans
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I'll call him John. The first time we met, he actually struck me as a bit arrogant. He irritated me enough that I mentioned him to my husband in a "Can you believe this guy?" kind of way. But I interacted with John only occasionally, always through work and mostly over e-mail, so it wasn't a huge deal. He's just one of those people who gets under my skin, I told myself.


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Hi all,
I am after some advice, please. Matt is hoping to go to university next year, Oct 2008. I know many of you are at university, so I am just doing a little prep, so we can give Matt as much support over the coming months, to help him prepare for this change to his life, as much as possible. What I really need is for anyone who has any advice, especially in hindsight, to share it here.
What kind of things did you do to prepare for life away from home and what skills did you learn or wish you had learnt before you went?
I have not packed any offspring off to Uni before, so this is new for me. I hope that with your help that I shall be able to help Matt prepare and make the transition as stress free as possible.
Any practical/emotional advice gratefully received.
Helen x
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Dave and Gail
A cannibal was walking through the jungle, when he came upon a restaraunt. He goes inside and asks for a menu. Looking at the menu, he reads,,,,"Fried Missionary" - $10.00,,,,,,"Barbecued Archeologist"- $15.00,, "Boiled Explorer"- $20.00,,,,"Baked Politician"- $100.00. Holy smokes he says to the waiter,,how come so much for the "Baked Politician" meal??? Why the big differance??? The waiter says,,,"Well,,,have you ever tried to clean one of those things"!!:D :rolleyes: :p


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LA Galaxy midfielder David Beckham is used to getting assists on corner kicks.
Now, he can add a goal to that list. Beckham's whipping corner kick found its way into the back of the net last weekend against Chicago and took home top honors as the AT&T Goal of the Week for Week 17.
Becks sent a low curling ball into the six-yard-box where it skipped through traffic and the legs of Fire goalkeeper Sean Johnson. The 66th-minute go-ahead goal turned out to be the game-winner, as the Galaxy took down the Fire at the Home Depot Center and extended their league-leading points total to 39.
Beckham narrowly edged out runner-up Fredy Montero, whose dipping free kick equalized against Portland and helped pace the Sounders to a 3-2 win over their Cascadia rivals. In one of the closest Goal of the Week competitions of the season, Beckham stole the spotlight after a flurry of text votes were sent his way and propelled him to the top spot.
WATCH: Beckham finds net off corner
Final Results:
- David Beckham, LA 37%
- Fredy Montero, SEA 34%
- Luke Rodgers, NY 16%
- Dwayne De Rosario, DC 9%
- Conor Casey, COL 4%


text: With more than 130 Merit Badges—from Archery and Art to Welding and Wilderness Survival—Scouting is the ultimate form of learning by doing. Boy Scouts explore their interests and improve their skills while working toward Scouting's highest rank: Eagle. By first imagining, planning then doing their own service projects, Boy Scouts learn the value of hard work, and experience the thrill of seeing it pay off. Add in outdoor adventures, hiking and camping, and Scouting gives boys all the experience they need to become men.


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Cloud Computing With a Chance of Mobile: Weather Channel Adds Former Quattro CEO to Board
In an interesting move, the Weather Channel Companies has added Andy Miller to its board.
While such adds are not usually the biggest of news, the appointment of the high-profile former CEO and co-founder of mobile advertising firm Quattro Wireless as a director is an interesting early move by new CEO David Kenny.
The longtime digital and advertising exec just got there himself, and is likely to double down on mobile efforts at the media company interested in many fronts (fronts? weather? get it?!?). (Kenny also serves on the board of Yahoo.)
It makes sense, given that so many more people will be increasingly accessing all kinds of weather info — including video — on their mobile devices rather than the Web. Expertise in mobile advertising, then, will be key.
Miller, as you might recall, sold Quattro to Apple for $275 million in 2010, and became its head of mobile advertising before leaving that post last year. At Apple, he headed up the iAd division, which is the mobile advertising network for the iPhone, iPod touch and iPad.
He is now at the venture firm Highland Capital Partners.
Here's the official press release:
ATLANTA — March 8, 2012 — The Weather Channel Companies (TWCC) today announced the appointment of Andy Miller to its board of directors. Miller, a general partner at Highland Capital Partners, is a mobile expert and visionary entrepreneur who led mobile advertising at Apple and was the co-founder and CEO of Quattro Wireless.
"Andy is the ideal choice to be the first outside director on our board, and we will benefit from his vast knowledge of mobile and his perspective gained from years of experience successfully starting and growing companies," said David Kenny, chairman and CEO, TWCC. "As a leader in mobile with potential for tremendous growth globally, Andy's contributions will help guide as we grow mobile and our entire digital portfolio."
"I have watched The Weather Channel's progress in the digital space for years, both as part of my work and as a consumer and have believed in the strength and potential for this business," said Miller. "I am certain that the opportunity to work with the company as it builds new products and sets it sights on global expansion will be a rewarding one."
As a general partner at Highland Capital Partners, Miller is focused on identifying and working with the most promising technology companies in Silicon Valley. He currently represents Highland on the boards of Digg, Game Closure and Impermium. Miller joined Highland from Apple Inc., where he reported directly to Steve Jobs and was vice president, mobile advertising. At Apple, he headed up the iAd division, the mobile advertising network for the iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad line of mobile devices.
Previously, Miller was the co-founder and CEO of Quattro Wireless, the mobile advertising company that was acquired by Apple in 2009. Prior to that, he had responsibility for business development, sales and strategy for what became North America's dominant mobile aggregator, mQube, which was acquired by VeriSign in 2006. Miller has also held the position of CEO of WatchPoint Media, an MIT Media Lab interactive TV spinoff, that was sold to Goldpocket/Tandberg Television in 2003.
Miller has a bachelor's degree from Union College and a J.D. from Boston College Law School. He lives in the Bay area with his wife and two boys. An avid baseball fan, he is a co-owner of the Colorado Rockies Advanced Single A franchise, the Modesto Nuts.


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Two-time Big South champion and school record holder Christina Mitchell will throw the javelin on Saturday, with the competition set to begin at noon.
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Greensboro Weather From the newly remodeled and expanded press box overlooking North Carolina A&T's Aggie Stadium, LibertyFlames.com will provide live blog coverage of all three days of the 2013 NCAA Division I East Preliminary Round meet.
Twelve will be the magic number, as that many competitors in each event will earn the right to compete in the NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships, June 5-8 in Eugene, Ore. Mychelle Cumings punched her ticket to Eugene in the women's discus on Thursday, while Ryan Smith did so in the men's shot put on Friday.
Seven Liberty athletes will compete today, on the meet's final day. Here's how the Flames' schedule breaks down.
10 a.m. – Men's Hammer (Ryan Smith) Noon – Women's Javelin (Christina Mitchell) 1 p.m. – Men's Triple Jump (Chris Johnson) 5:30 p.m. – Women's Shot Put (Mychelle Cumings) 6 p.m. – Men's High Jump (Kyle Wheeler) 6:45 p.m. – Men's 1,500 Quarterfinal (Isaac Wendland) 8:45 p.m. – Men's 5K Semifinal (Caleb Edmonds)
I will once again use the interactive CoveritLive blog interface. This format allows readers to submit comments and questions throughout the day, as you track your favorite Flames and Lady Flames' progress.
Without further ado, go Liberty!
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So here's the thing. Way back, before I had a blog, I had a blog. Well, an iWeb blog that was private that I shared with friends and family when I travelled. And I wrote and posted pictures every day. Of pretty much everything. Overload? Not really when it was my means of communicating what […]
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McCutchen, Burnett power Pirates past Nats
Pittsburgh, PA – Andrew McCutchen continued his torrid run against the Nationals with three more hits and A.J. Burnett spun seven innings of one-run ball in Pittsburgh's 3-1 victory over Washington.
McCutchen hit his 11th career home run against Washington, and has gone an impressive 41-for-90 in 24 career games versus the club. Jordy Mercer contributed a two-run homer to help the Pirates to their second straight win.
Burnett (3-2), unbeaten in his last five starts, struck out nine and allowed just five hits. Jason Grilli worked around a one-out single in the ninth to notch his 12th save of the season.
Washington fell for the fourth time in six games, with Ross Detwiler (1-3) suffering a third straight losing decision. The lefty gave up three runs on six hits and two walks over five-plus frames.
Adam LaRoche went 2-for-3 and Danny Espinosa plated the Nats' only run with an RBI single in the setback.
The Pirates struck first, with McCutchen's two-out solo blast to left staking the hosts to a 1-0 lead.
Burnett's only trouble came in the fourth, when the Nationals were able to draw even, but struck out four and gave up just one hit over his final three innings of work.
"We're fine, we're right where we need to be," said Nationals shortstop Ian Desmond. "He pitched good, don't take any credit away from him, he pitched a really good game today."
LaRoche sparked a two-out rally in the fourth with a walk, moved to second on a base hit from Tyler Moore and scurried home on Espinosa's ground ball into right. The inning came to a close on Espinosa's hit, however, as Moore was thrown out trying to advance to third.
Pittsburgh then went in front for good in the fifth. Mercer, recalled from Triple-A Indianapolis earlier on Friday, pulled a pitched from Detwiler that just cleared the left-field wall for a two-run homer, making it 3-1.
"I got myself in a good count and just let it fly," said Mercer. "Anything I can do to help the team win, and it was a good win."
Before going down in the ninth, the Nationals had a chance in the eighth with runners on first and third for Bryce Harper, who was picked off first base back in the sixth inning.
Harper would go down swinging to end the frame and finished just 1-for-4 on the night.
Game Notes
The Pirates made several moves earlier on Friday, placing infielder Neil Walker on the 15-day DL (retroactive to April 27) with a right hand laceration. They also selected the contract of pitcher Jose Contreras from Triple-A Indianapolis and optioned pitcher Jared Hughes to Indianapolis ... Pittsburgh right fielder Brandon Inge had an eight-game hitting streak snapped ... Washington's Ryan Zimmerman was activated off the disabled list and played for the first time since April 21. He went 0-for-4 with four strikeouts ... Washington infielder Anthony Rendon was optioned to Double-A Harrisburg ... Desmond went 1-for-4 to extend his hit streak to nine games.


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SUMMERTIME SKIING: Or almost. Us? We're still on the school-year system, which means that even though school was long ago we still think of summertime running from Memorial Day Weekend right through to Labor Day. So when one of our state's most bustling ski destinations announced that the slopes are going to stay cold and frosty right up to the beginning of June, well. We do the whole jaw-dropping thing, but then remember that various resorts occasionally offer Independence Day skiing. It isn't all that unusual, in other words, but, still: summer skiing. It's going to happen at Mammoth Mountain this year, which announced on Thursday, March 21 that it'll keep the lifts running right through the final weekend in May.
BUT BEFORE THEN... There's Mammoth Springfest, which isn't all that traditionally spring-y, if you're looking for flowers and leafy trees and such. Rather, it's a long stretch through the third week in April with a few deals and special events. Easter is a big holiday on the mountain, providing such one-of-a-kind kid activities like helmet and pole decoration. And, yep, there's an egg hunt, but it is inside a lodge, so wee hands won't have to go digging in the snow. Another kidly treat? Woolly -- the mammoth mascot of the area -- skis each Saturday.
WANT TO FLY? We're 395 fans, but if you've got to get to the Sierra lickety-split, there are directs from Southern California. Don't forget your goggles, gloves, and, er, bikini? What does one wear to ski on Memorial Day Weekend?


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The Wittenberg Area, Shawano County, is centrally located between Wausau and Green Bay in the heart of Central Wisconsin at the intersection of US Hwy 45 and Wisconsin State Hwy 29.
Wittenberg is home to nearly 1300 residents and growing. The quiet rural setting and excellent quality of life has attracted many new residents to Wittenberg.
Wittenberg is a tranquil place situated among agricultural fields and islands of hardwood forests with relaxing amenities. We are also within minutes of Wausau and the Fox Valley.
The many events, celebrations, year-round outdoor activities and numerous recreational opportunities bring the people together and strengthen the bond of community and friendship.
This sense of community has created a stable population base and contributes to a highly productive pool of dedicated labor, all of which combine to create an environment that has attracted, developed and supported a variety of successful businesses.
There is much that Wittenberg has to offer. See what it can do for you!
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Jazz Agrees to Terms with Guard Randy Foye
Six-year NBA veteran averaged 11.0 points, 2.2 assists for Clippers in 2011-12
SALT LAKE CITY (July 25, 2012) – Utah Jazz general manager Kevin O'Connor announced today that the team has agreed to terms with free-agent guard Randy Foye, pending the outcome of a physical. Per team policy, terms of the contract were not released.
The 28-year-old Foye (6-4, 213, Villanova) is entering his seventh NBA season and has played in 389 career games (214 starts) with Minnesota, Washington and the Los Angeles Clippers, owning career averages of 11.6 points, 3.2 assists and 2.4 rebounds in 27.1 minutes. A career 86.1-percent free-throw shooter, Foye twice has finished in the NBA's top 10 in free-throw percentage (2009-10, 2010-11).
This past season Foye saw action in 65 of a possible 66 games (48 starts) for the Clippers, averaging 11.0 points, 2.2 assists and 2.1 rebounds in 25.9 minutes while helping L.A. to the best record in franchise history and a trip to the Western Conference Semifinals. Foye led the Clippers in three-pointers made and attempted (127-329, .386) last season, ranking seventh in the NBA in both categories, and scored 20-plus points on nine occasions, including equaling a Clipper franchise-record with eight made threes (8-15 3FG, 10-19 FG) in a 28-point effort at Dallas on April 2, 2012. Foye led the NBA with 46 made three-pointers from March 30 through the end of the regular season and averaged 15.3 points over the final 15 games of the season, hitting the 20-point mark five times in that span. He also had a streak of 21 straight games with at least one three-pointer from March 17 – April 22. Foye was teammates with recent Jazz addition Mo Williams the last two seasons in L.A.
Originally selected by the Boston Celtics in the first-round (seventh overall) of the 2006 NBA Draft, Foye was traded to Minnesota on a draft-night deal and was selected to the 2007 NBA All-Rookie First Team. He played for the Timberwolves from 2006-09, the Washington Wizards in 2009-10, and the Clippers from 2010-12.
Prior to the NBA, the Newark, N.J., native played four seasons at Villanova University (2002-06), where he averaged 14.9 points, 4.8 rebounds, 3.2 assists and 1.51 steals in 131 games (128 starts). He finished his career as the eighth-leading scorer in Villanova history (1,966 points) and was an Associated Press First Team All-American his senior year as he led the Wildcats to a No. 1 seed in the 2006 NCAA Tournament and Elite Eight appearance.
Foye operates a charitable foundation, the Randy Foye Foundation (www.randyfoye.org), which raises funds and develops programs and projects aimed directly at improving the lives of the people, especially the kids, of Newark.


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If you are lucky enough to be in Orlando on vacation for the Christmas festivities do you know about The Town of Celebration and the nightly snowfall? Plus entertainment every night including an ice rink, horse drawn carriage rides, carol singing, a ride on the Celebration Express train and of course a visit and photo opportunity with Santa.
For more information go to…http://celebrationtowncenter.com/events/now-snowing-nightly-2012
Have a very Merry Christmas.


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Seven transmembrane (7TM) receptors)
These proteins of ancient origin that first emerged in unicellular organisms have seven discrete and highly predictable transmembrane domains (6). The central role of the 7TM guanine nucleotide-binding protein (G protein)-coupled receptors (GPCRs) in multicellular organisms is reflected by their diversity (7). Ligand occupancy of GPCRs induces a conformational change in the receptor that recruits and activates diverse G proteins, which stimulate the generation of adenosine 3',5'-monophosphate (cAMP), phosphoinositides, diacylglycerol, and other second messengers. This, in turn, triggers such events as activation of kinase cascades and phosphorylation of cytosolic factors and nuclear transcriptional factors (8). Activated GPCRs also recruit GPCR receptor kinases (GRKs) that phosphorylate the receptors themselves to facilitate termination of signaling or receptor turnover. The extracellular stimuli that activate 7TM receptors include light, simple ions, odorants, nucleotides, lipids, steroids, modified amino acids, peptides, and glycoprotein hormones. They are the only non-channel plasma membrane receptors that are activated by inorganic chemicals and physical stimuli. Although the dimerization of most 7TM receptors is not essential for their function (7), some receptors [for example the gamma-amino butyric acid (GABA) receptors] require heterodimerization of paralogs for their proper expression and function (9). Dictyostelium discoideum can exist as either single-celled organisms or as a colony of social amoebas. In this eukaryotic organism, folate-sensing and cAMP-sensing are mediated by two different 7TM receptors (10). This dichotomy may represent the earliest divergence between detecting ligands of foreign origin (folate) and ligands produced within the multicellular organism itself (cAMP). Sequence similarities of 7TM receptors, stemming from phylogenetic relatedness, are confined largely to the transmembrane domains (11). The current classification of human 7TM receptors includes four defined classes (A, B, C, and Frizzled) and the olfactory receptor families (http://www.gpcr.org/7tm/phylo/phylo.html)(12). Each class of GPCRs shows substantial differences in their transmembrane sequences and can not be traced to a single evolutionary origin. The yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae contains only two unique classes of GPCR (pheromone and glucose receptors), whereas the metazoans have developed different subtypes of 7TM receptors. When compared with invertebrates, major expansion of class A GPCRs is evident in vertebrates. In the olfactory receptor family, there are many odorant and gustatory GPCRs in nematodes and mammals (human: 400; mouse: 1,200; worm: 800), but fewer numbers of them are present in teleosts and insects, likely representing adaptation to their unique environments and the acquisition of lineage-specific functions. An evolutionary genomic re-evaluation of the GPCR superfamily could more fully reveal the structure-function relationships of these proteins. This approach could facilitate the discovery of drugs for pharmacological intervention (13), as well as the search for ligands for a still large group of orphan 7TM receptors (14). The Drosophila melanogaster 7TM receptor Frizzled is a unique member of the 7TM receptor superfamily because receptor activity is modulated by interactions with additional plasma membrane receptors. Ligand activation of the Frizzled receptor by Wingless (Wnt) (15) culminates in the accumulation of beta-catenin, which, in turn, modulates gene transcription. Signal transduction by Frizzled receptors requires the participation of a low density lipoprotein (LDL) receptor-related protein, LRP5 or LRP6 (16). LRP5 and LRP6 themselves bind a ligand named Dikkopf1 (Dkk1), which inhibits Wnt signaling. Dkk1 also binds two other transmembrane receptors (Kremen1 and Kremen2), which stimulates endocytosis of the LRPs thereby further modulating the Wnt signaling (17). Although G protein coupling is not its main signaling mechanism, Frizzled receptors may interact with G proteins in some contexts (18).
Relevant reviews and publications:
6. M. J. Marinissen, J. S. Gutkind, G-protein-coupled receptors and signaling networks: emerging paradigms. Trends Pharmacol Sci 22, 368-376 (2001). 7. K. L. Pierce, R. T. Premont, R. J. Lefkowitz, Signalling: Seven-transmembrane receptors. Nat Rev Mol Cell Biol 3, 639-650 (2002). 8. A. H. Brivanlou, J. E. Darnell, Jr., Signal transduction and the control of gene expression. Science 295, 813-818 (2002). 9. J. H. White, A. Wise, M. J. Main, A. Green, N. J. Fraser, G. H. Disney, A. A. Barnes, P. Emson, S. M. Foord, F. H. Marshall, Heterodimerization is required for the formation of a functional GABA(B) receptor. Nature 396, 679-682 (1998). 10. R. L. Johnson, C. L. Saxe, 3rd, R. Gollop, A. R. Kimmel, P. N. Devreotes, Identification and targeted gene disruption of cAR3, a cAMP receptor subtype expressed during multicellular stages of Dictyostelium development. Genes Dev 7, 273-282 (1993). 11. J. M. Otaki, S. Firestein, Length analyses of mammalian G-protein-coupled receptors. J Theor Biol 211, 77-100 (2001). 12. D. K. Vassilatis, J. G. Hohmann, H. Zeng, F. Li, J. E. Ranchalis, M. T. Mortrud, A. Brown, S. S. Rodriguez, J. R. Weller, A. C. Wright, et al., The G protein-coupled receptor repertoires of human and mouse. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 100, 4903-4908 (2003). 13. M. Sautel, G. Milligan, Molecular manipulation of G-protein-coupled receptors: a new avenue into drug discovery. Curr Med Chem 7, 889-896 (2000). 14. A. D. Howard, G. McAllister, S. D. Feighner, Q. Liu, R. P. Nargund, L. H. Van der Ploeg, A. A. Patchett, Orphan G-protein-coupled receptors and natural ligand discovery. Trends Pharmacol Sci 22, 132-140 (2001). 15. C. E. Dann, J. C. Hsieh, A. Rattner, D. Sharma, J. Nathans, D. J. Leahy, Insights into Wnt binding and signalling from the structures of two Frizzled cysteine-rich domains. Nature 412, 86-90 (2001). 16. K. I. Pinson, J. Brennan, S. Monkley, B. J. Avery, W. C. Skarnes, An LDL-receptor-related protein mediates Wnt signalling in mice. Nature 407, 535-538 (2000). 17. B. Mao, W. Wu, G. Davidson, J. Marhold, M. Li, B. M. Mechler, H. Delius, D. Hoppe, P. Stannek, C. Walter, et al., Kremen proteins are Dickkopf receptors that regulate Wnt/beta-catenin signalling. Nature 417, 664-667 (2002). 18. R. Winklbauer, A. Medina, R. K. Swain, H. Steinbeisser, Frizzled-7 signalling controls tissue separation during Xenopus gastrulation. Nature 413, 856-860 (2001).
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Celebrate National Oreo Day and Dunk to Roberto Salas
March 6 is National Oreo® Day. That brings to mind the recent industry acclaim and social media buzz Oreo® started with a tweet during the Super Bowl blackout. School of Communications (SOC) alumnus Roberto Salas was part of the creative team at 360i working with Oreo® that made it possible. In his honor, have an Oreo® today and dunk to his success!
Read "Oreo's Super Bowl Score had Webster Alum Connection" here.
Associate professor Sally Howald recalled Salas as a member of the competitive ad campaign class (ADVT 4910 Advertising Campaign Production) that placed second in the nation the year he competed. In the class, students serve as part of an advertising team, produce an integrated communications plan, and compete against teams from other universities in the American Advertising Federation (AAF) National Student Advertising Competition. Howald described Salas as "a talented student who was passionate about graphic design." Salas acknowledged Sally Howald and former SOC advisory board member Charlie Claggett as mentors and attributed part of his career success to his Webster education.
Roberto Salas graduated from Webster University's School of Communications in 2006 with a BA in advertising and marketing communications. Shortly after graduation, he went to Miami Ad School to continue his studies. He is currently the art director at 360i in New York.
The Webster University School of Communications prepares students in three academic departments to excel as skilled professionals in the global communications field. The School provides a hands-on approach to learning that is grounded in the University's liberal arts foundation and commitment to global education. Sixteen undergraduate programs, five graduate degree programs and 12 minors cover the wide array of communications specialties and are taught by faculty who are theorists and practitioners. Students work with professional-grade media equipment, take courses at Webster's U.S., European and Asian campuses, participate in robust field experiences and internships, and, along with faculty and alumni, are routinely recognized for their professional accomplishments.
With its home campus in St. Louis, Webster University (www.webster.edu) is the only Tier 1, private, non-profit U.S.-based university providing a network of international residential campuses. Founded in 1915, Webster University's campus network today includes metropolitan, military, online and corporate locations around the world, as well as traditional residential campuses in Asia, Europe and North America. The university is committed to delivering high-quality learning experiences that transform students for global citizenship and individual excellence.