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August 01, 2020
Swimming pools and beach vacations, waterskiing at the lake and rafting on the river, canoeing, kayaking, fishing, boating, wake boarding, tubing, jet skiing, snorkeling, sailing, surfing, and swimming - when it's summertime and the mercury is on the rise, there is nowhere we'd rather be than in the water! North America's lakes, rivers, and seas are oases of beauty and respite from the summer sun, so it's no surprise that swimming is summer's number one pastime. But as you enjoy the season's final days, please make water safety your first priority. Swimming cools us off and keeps us fit, but it can also be dangerous. Drowning is the number one cause of unintentional death among children aged 1-4, and it's the number two cause of unintentional death among those aged 5-24. A moment of distraction can be fatal, so please take great care to keep yourself and your loved ones safe in the water.
Learn to swim, and make sure your children learn to swim.
This cannot be overstated. According to the CDC, teaching children to swim can reduce their risk of drowning by as much as 88%. That's huge! Swimming is a vital, possibly life-saving skill, so sign up for those lessons. (The American Academy of Pediatrics does not, however, recommend swimming lessons for children under 1 year of age.) Swim lessons should not be regarded as "drown proofing," though; close supervision by a responsible adult is the best way to prevent drowning in children.
Never, ever swim alone.
Just don't do it. Not ever. Even the best swimmers can experience muscle cramps or exhaustion, and find themselves in need of help.
Do not leave children unattended near water.
Constant adult supervision is key around water, even bathtubs. Drowning can happen very quickly; that phone call can wait.
Designate a "Water Watcher."
Even when swimming with all adults, it is crucial to have a designated "watcher" (this could be a lifeguard) who will avoid distractions and keep their eyes on the swimmers at all times. Reader's Digest.
Enclose backyard swimming pools with a fence at least 4 feet high, separating the house from the pool.
"The fence should have a self-closing and self-latching gate that opens away from the pool, with the latch at least 54 inches high. Check the gate frequently to be sure it is in good working order. Keep the gate closed and locked at all times. Be sure your child cannot manipulate the lock or climb the fence. No opening under the fence or between uprights should be more than 4 inches (10 cm) wide. Keep toys out of the pool area when not in use so that children are not tempted to try to get through the fence." healthychildren.org
Learn CPR.
Know what to do in case of an emergency (this is great knowledge to have in many situations).
Avoid alcohol.
Drinking and swimming don't mix. Alcohol impairs your judgment, coordination, and swimming ability. It also lowers your body's core temperature, which increases your risk of hypothermia.
Wear a life jacket when you are boating.
Also, children or inexperienced (or even just really tired) swimmers should wear life jackets around lakes, rivers, or oceans.
Be aware.
Be aware of where you're swimming, always swimming in designated swimming areas and watching out for sudden drop-offs, rip currents, and underwater hazards.
Know your limits.
Be aware of your own swimming ability and don't take chances.
Drink plenty of water.
Summer fun also means summer heat, and dehydration happens more quickly than you realize.
Protect yourself from those UV rays.
Wear sunscreen, and be sure to reapply every two hours (or after you get wet).Hats, sunglasses, and cover-ups are your friends, so keep yourself covered whenever you can. Seek out the shade, especially from 10am-4pm when the sun is most intense. Be especially careful around water and sand, which reflect UV rays and can cause sunburn even more quickly.
Find out more about water safety:
The American Red Cross Website
The CDC (Center for Disease Control and Prevention) website
"Drowning doesn't look like Drowning" by Mario Vittone, Coast Guard rescue swimmer [Slate, May 2014]
healthychildren.org, Water Safety: Tips for Parents of Young Children
healthychildre.org, Swim Safety Tips
Reader's Digest, 12 Water Safety Tips Adults don't follow but should.


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What the hell happened to the BBC News last night? The coverage of that Steve Wright bastard was so sensationalist I was half expecting Kevin Whatley to give a fucking statement in character. It was unforgivably voyeuristic: over the top of a theatrically grim commentary we were treated to disturbing CCTV footage of the last moments these poor women were alive prior to being slain and posed in the shape of a cross, creepy CCTV footage of the killer stalking the streets, more CCTV footage of the shit being interrogated after being caught by the cops, before being privy to a history of his disturbed and pitiful existence, which included footage of him on TV in the 80's slobbering over some bird. The most interesting aspect of the case, the forensics, without which he'd still be a-killing, was virtually ignored in favour of frankly comic book broadcasting… having said all that I'd have forgiven them everything if they'd dwelt more on the fact that his father was also his half brother, I still can't get my head round that. One thing is sure though, don't go to Ipswich.
I spent most of last night watching TV. I'd not planned to, Masterchef was one of the best to date, primarily because we witnessed the fascinating dead-eyed world of professional food criticism, and I'm intrigued by the technical proficiency of the remaining contestants, particularly the posh 18 years old (for all the right reason I hasten to add) who last night managed to make egg-yolk ravioli for crying out loud.
If 'My Street' on Channel 4 at 9 was anything to go by everyone who lives down your road is completely fucked up (calls to mind the lyrics of Civilisation Street by Culture Shock) though down mine they're all on the fucking dole, no one seems to work but me. We peeked into the lives of, mainly, lonely sad men, an elderly widower, a middle-aged widower with literary aspirations, a schizophrenic ex drug smuggler and most upsetting of all an articulate 25 year old with chronic Tourette's Syndrome called Adam.
He allowed the filmmaker to shoot him having an episode. Of course, we all know of TS, I wrote a rather pithy piece on a programme shown on TV last year on WWM (link right) but had no idea TS could get that serious. Adam was shown fitting on his sofa blasting out staccato words, largely directed at his TS, and convulsing so violently I thought he was going to snap, when this dreadful shuddering briefly ceased, he spoke softly and intelligently to camera before it kicked off again. It was harrowing and shocking stuff and I was genuinely saddened when we were informed that Adam was found dead 3 weeks later.
Jonathan Meades went some way to picking up the rest of my evening. I'm a massive fan of him and his new series Magnetic North. Meades demonstrates that he's arguably the best broadcaster in the bloody world, his eloquence and dark wit is thrilling, his subject matter compelling and I sat there wriggling with delight at his literary commentary. It's must see stuff, there are only two programmes in the series and it's on BBC4 which means it'll be repeated before the next instalment. Did you know, for example, the word 'gargoyle' derives from French onomatopoeic word for gargle? Miss it at your cerebral peril.
As there was no Piqued last Friday I've decided to reward you all with not just one Friday list but two, the first is the usual (edited for things relating to the title of Vladimir Nabokov's seminal book, I'm sorry to say) searches over the past week and the second Piqueds all time top searches, worryingly.
Following that a youtube tune dedicated to Adam, who, when last filmed was wearing the same Motorhead hoodie that I own.
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Two years after launching Firefox Home in the iTunes App Store, the Mozilla Foundation has decided to cease development of the app, in a move that appears to further distance Mozilla from Apple and the iOS platform, which have never welcomed it.
Mozilla, which offers the open source Firefox web browser, has struggled to make itself visible in Apple's channel, owing to the fruity firm's strict rules on what kinds of apps can be sold in its iTunes Store.
Full-featured web browsers such as Firefox, in particular, are strictly verboten. Instead, developers who want to offer alternative browsing experiences on iOS must build "wrapper" UIs that skin Apple's own Safari browser – something Mozilla developers have resisted.
As a result, Firefox Home for iOS was not a web browser, but a tool that could sync bookmarks, open tabs, and browsing history from desktop and mobile versions of Firefox. It also gave Safari users access to a version of Firefox's "Awesome Bar" tool, which makes it easier to return to previously visited pages by typing portions of their URLs or page titles.
"We released Firefox Home as an experiment in bringing a part of the Firefox experience to iOS, focusing on Firefox Sync," explained a post to the Mozilla Services blog on Friday. "This project provided valuable insight and experience with the platform, but we have decided to remove Firefox Home from the Apple App Store and focus our resources on other projects."
True to Mozilla's word, Firefox Home was no longer available in the App Store as of Tuesday.
Not every browser maker has been as reluctant as Mozilla to follow Apple's rules. Most notably, Google has shipped a version of Chrome for iOS, and Opera has made a version of its lightweight Opera Mini browser available. Both products use the WebKit rendering engine from Safari to display pages, as per Apple's policy.
While that might be fine for Google, however – the desktop version of Chrome uses a version of WebKit, anyway – Firefox has very different internals. Mozilla has argued that unless it can take advantage of all of its own technology, as it does with Firefox for Android, its browser won't truly be competitive on iOS, as it won't reflect the Firefox experience on other platforms.
There are signs that Mozilla might be relaxing its position. In July, Mozilla teased a new browser for iOS called Firefox Junior, which did use the Safari WebKit rendering engine but offered a radically different UI. For now, however, that project remains an experiment, and Mozilla has given no hint as to when it might be released to the iTunes Store.
Meanwhile, the Mozilla Foundation is pressing ahead with a number of other efforts aimed at the mobile market. Most notably, in July it announced Firefox OS, an effort to build a low-cost open source mobile OS based on web standards.
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Oracle has adopted R as a language and environment to support Statisticians, Data Analysts, and Data Scientists in performing statistical data analysis and advanced analytics, as well as generating sophisticated graphics. In addressing the enterprise and the need to analyze Big Data, Oracle provides R integration through four key technologies:
If you're an enterprise company, chances are you have your data in an Oracle database. You chose Oracle for it's global reputation at providing the best software products (and now engineered systems) to support your organization. Oracle database is known for stellar performance and scalability, and Oracle delivers world class support.
If your data is already in Oracle Database or moving in that direction, leverage the high performance computing environment of the database to analyze your data. Traditionally it was common practice to move data to separate analytic servers for the explicit purpose of model building. This is no longer necessary nor is it scalable as your organization seeks to deliver value from Big Data. Oracle database now has several state of the art algorithms that execute in a parallel and distributed architecture directly in-database and augmented by custom algorithms in the R statistical programming language. Leveraging Oracle database for Advanced Analytics has benefits including:
Customers such as Stubhub, dunnhumby, CERN OpenLab, Financiera Uno, Turkcell, and others leverage Oracle Advanced Analytics to scale their applications, simplify their analytics architecture, and reduce time to market of predictive models from weeks to hours or even minutes.
Oracle leverages its own advanced analytics products, for example, by using Oracle Advanced Analytics in a wide range of Oracle Applications and internal deployments, ranging from:
Oracle wants you to be successful with advanced analytics. Working closely with customers to integrate Oracle Advanced Analytics as an integral process of their analytics strategy, customers are able to put their advanced analytics into production much faster.
At Oracle our goal is to enable you to get timely insight from all of your data. We continuously enhance our database to allow workloads that have traditionally required data to be extracted out of the database to run in-place. We do this to narrow the gap that exists between insights that can be obtained and available data - because any data movement introduces latencies not to mention moving parts and the ensuing need for data reconciliation and governance not to mention the cost. We try to be inclusive of all types of enterprise users - users that prefer GUI based access to analytics with lots of defaults and heuristics out of the box, users that chose to work interactively and quantitatively with data using R and users that prefer SQL and focus on operationalization of models.
Oracle recognized the need to support data analysts, statisticians, and data scientists with a widely used and rapidly growing statistical programming. Oracle chose R - recognizing it as the new de facto standard for computational statistics and advanced analytics. Oracle supports R in at least 3 ways:
Additionally, of course, you may chose to leverage any of the CRAN algorithms to also execute in-database leveraging several forms of data parallelism.
Providing the first and only supported commercial distribution of R from an established company, Oracle released Oracle R Distribution. In 2012 Oracle embarked on the Hadoop journey acknowledging alternative data management options emerging in the open source for management of unstructured or not-yet-structured data. In keeping with our strategy of delivering analytics close to where data is stored, Oracle extended Advanced Analytics capabilities to execute on HDFS resident data in Hadoop environments. R has been integrated into Hadoop in exactly the same manner as it has been with the database.
Realizing that data is stored in both database and non-database environment, Oracle provides users options for storing their data (in Oracle Database, HDFS, and Spark RDD), where to perform computations (in-database or the Hadoop cluster), and where results should be stored (Oracle Database or HDFS). Users can write R scripts that can be leveraged across database and Hadoop environments. Oracle Database, as a preferred location for storing R scripts, data, and result objects, provides a real-time scoring and deployment platform. It is also easy to create a model factory environment with authorization, roles, and privileges, combined with auditing, backup, recovery, and security.
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When you make decisions about extending your infrastructure footprint into the cloud, you do so very intentionally. You hunt down analyst reports, ask peers for recommendations, and seek out quantitative research to compare the seemingly endless array of cloud-based options. But how can you be sure that you're getting the most relevant information for your business case?
Bias exists and definitions matter, which is why each perspective is really just a single input in the decision-making process. The best process for evaluating any cloud solution involves four simple steps:
- Understand what you need
- Understand what you're buying
- Understand how you'll use it
- Test it yourself
1. Understand What You Need
The first step in approaching cloud adoption is to understand the resources your business actually needs. Are you looking to supplement your on-premise infrastructure with raw compute and storage power? Do your developers just need runtimes and turnkey services? Would you prefer infrastructure-abstracted software functionality?
In the past, your answers to those questions may have sent you to three different cloud providers, but the times are changing. The lines between "Infrastructure as a Service," "Platform as a Service," and "Software as a Service" have blurred, and many cloud providers are delivering those offerings side-by-side. While SoftLayer cloud resources would be considered "infrastructure," SoftLayer is only part of the broader IBM Cloud story.
Within the IBM Cloud portfolio, customers find IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS solutions to meet their unique workload demands. From an infrastructure perspective alone, IBM Cloud offers cloud servers and storage from SoftLayer; containers, databases, deployment, and monitoring tools within Bluemix; and turnkey OpenStack private cloud environments from Blue Box. We are integrating every component of the IBM Cloud portfolio into a seamless user experience, so that when a customer needs to add cognitive capabilities or a private cloud or video services to their bare metal server infrastructure, the process is quick and easy.
Any evaluation of SoftLayer as a cloud provider would be shortsighted if it doesn't take into account the full context of how IBM Cloud is bringing together multiple unique, highly differentiated offerings to provide a dynamic, full-featured portfolio of tools and services in the cloud. And as you determine what you need in the cloud, you should look for a provider that enables the same kind of cross-functional flexibility so that you don't end up splintering your IT environment across multiple providers.
2. Understand What You're Buying
Let's assume that you're primarily interested in deploying raw compute infrastructure in the cloud. The next step in choosing the cloud infrastructure that best meets your needs is to define what "cloud infrastructure" actually means for your business.
Technology analyst firm Gartner defines cloud IaaS as "a standardized, highly automated offering, where compute resources, complemented by storage and networking capabilities, are owned by a service provider and offered to the customer on demand. The resources are scalable and elastic in near real time, and metered by use." While that definition seems broad, its Magic Quadrant for Cloud Infrastructure as a Service explains that when cloud resources are provisioned in "near real time," that means they must be deployed in minutes (not hours). To be considered "metered by use," they must be charged by the minute or hour (rather than by the month).
Given Gartner's interpretation of "real time" and the "by use" measurement, bare metal servers that are fully configured by the customer and provisioned into a cloud provider's data center (usually in about two hours and billed by the month) aren't classified as cloud infrastructure as a service. That distinction is important, because many customers looking to extend workloads into the cloud are more interested in the performance of the resources than they are in provisioning times, and bare metal servers deliver better, more consistent performance than their virtualized counterparts.
The performance angle is important. Many cloud customers need servers capable of processing large, big data workloads (data mining, numerical and seismic analysis, processing and rendering 3D video, real-time social media analysis, etc.). These types of workloads generally consist of petabytes of data, and bare metal servers are better suited for running them—and options like adding GPU cards for high performance computing make them even more enticing. The fact is that most virtualized cloud servers that can be delivered in minutes or less are not capable of handling these types of demanding workloads at all, or at least not as well as, more powerful bare metal servers that are available in just a couple of hours.
In contrast to Gartner's definition, other analysts support the inclusion of monthly bare metal servers in cloud infrastructure decisions. In "The Truth About Price-Performance," Frost & Sullivan explains, "Bare metal servers provide the highest levels of raw 'throughput' for high-performance workloads, as well as flexibility to configure storage and network resources." And Forrester Research published a full report to address the question, "Is bare metal really 'cloud'?" The answer was, again, a resounding yes.
Using Gartner's definition, the majority of SoftLayer's cloud infrastructure as a service offerings are considered "noncloud," so they are not considered or measured in evaluations like the Magic Quadrant for Cloud IaaS. And without the majority of our business represented, the interpretation of those results may be confusing.
In practice, customers actually choose SoftLayer because of the availability of the offerings that Gartner considers to be "noncloud." For example, Clicktale, a SoftLayer client, explains, "SoftLayer gives us the flexibility we need for demanding workloads. The amount of data we process is enormous, but SoftLayer's bare metal machines are the best out there and we have a high level of control over them—it's like owning them ourselves."
Our unique cloud platform with full support of both bare metal servers and virtual servers delivers compute resources that better suit our customers' workloads in the cloud. Whether or not you consider those resources "cloud" is up to you, but if you opt for a more limited definition, you'll cut out a large, important segment of the cloud market.
3. Understand How You'll Use It
Once you settle on a definition of what meets your workload's needs in the cloud, it's important to evaluate how a given cloud resource will actually be used. Many of the factors that go into this evaluation are actually supplementary to the resource itself. Is it accessible via API? How can you connect it to your on-premises infrastructure? Will the data and workloads hosted on these resources be delivered quickly and consistently when your customers or internal teams need them?
While some of these questions are relatively easy to answer, others are nuanced. For example, SoftLayer's data center footprint continues to expand around the world, but this seemingly pedestrian process of making servers available in a new facility or geography is only part of the story. Because every new SoftLayer data center is connected to a single global network backbone that streamlines and accelerates data transfer to, from, and between servers, as our data center footprint grows, our network performance improves to and from users in that geography to SoftLayer customer servers in every other data center around the world.
And what does that underlying network architecture mean in practice? Well, we've run public network performance tests that show consistent results between 35 percent to 700 percent faster network speeds when compared to other "leaders" in the cloud space. Most industry reports, including Gartner's Magic Quadrant for Cloud Infrastructure as a Service, fail to acknowledge the importance of network performance in their assessments of cloud resources, focusing instead on the features and functionality of a given offering on its own.
The underlying platform capabilities and network infrastructure that support a given cloud resource aren't obvious when comparing the speeds and feeds of cloud server specifications. So as you evaluate a cloud provider, it's important to look beyond "what's in the box" to how cloud resources will actually perform, both on the server and between the server and your data's users. And the best way to get an understanding of that performance is to run your own tests.
4. Test It Yourself
The process of choosing a cloud provider or adopting a specific cloud resource cannot be purely academic. The nature of cloud computing allows for on-demand deployment of resources for real-world testing at a low cost with no long-term commitments. Making a decision to go with a given cloud provider or resource based on what anyone says—be it Gartner's MQ, Forrester, Frost & Sullivan, SoftLayer, or your nephew—could have huge implications on your business.
The preceding content was adapted from SoftLayer's blog post. You can find their original Cloud IaaS article here.
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Oscar-winning playwright Tom Stoppard has been awarded a major freedom-of-speech prize for his determination to "tell things as they are," writers organization PEN said in a statement Wednesday.
The PEN/Pinter prize was established in 2009 in memory of Nobel Prize-winning playwright Harold Pinter. It goes jointly to a British writer seen as sharing Pinter's" unflinching unswerving" gaze on society, and a "writer of courage" who has faced persecution, chosen by the British winner and PEN.
Stoppard, who scripted Oscar-winner "Shakespeare in Love," is the author of plays including "Arcadia" and "The Real Thing."
Gillian Slovo, who chaired the 5-judge panel, said in a statement that the judges unanimously agreed that Stoppard's work fulfilled the criteria Pinter had set out in describing characteristics he most admired in a writer _ "courage and truthfulness, a determination to tell things as they are."
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Pamela Anderson, a cast member of the Fox comedy show "Stacked," takes questions from the media in a file photo from July 29, 2005, at the Television Critics Association summer press tour in Beverly Hills, Calif.
Anderson poses at the Red Party in Los Angeles Dec. 13, 2003.
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Anderson and Andy Dick attend the Comedy Central Roast of Pamela Anderson after-party Aug. 7, 2005, in Culver City, Calif.
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Anderson and PETA Go Veg.com Mascot Chris P. Carrot arrive at the Comedy Central Roast of Pamela Anderson at Sony Studios Aug. 7, 2005, in Culver City, Calif.
Anderson arrives at her Comedy Central Roast Aug. 7, 2005.
Anderson and Lee arrive for the grand opening party of Rokbar Hollywood June 30, 2005, in Hollywood, Calif.
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Anderson attends the premiere of "Rize" at the Egyptian Theatre June 21, 2005, in Los Angeles.
Anderson arrives at the "VH1 Divas Live: The One and Only Aretha Franklin" concert April 10, 2001, at Radio City Music Hall in New York.
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Anderson arrives on Bondi Beach as part of a promotional tour of Australia in December 1994.
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Actress Pamela Anderson arrives at the Chateau Nightclub & Gardens at the Paris Las Vegas for a party to celebrate her birthday on July 31, 2011. Anderson was born in Canada on July 1, 1967.
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Anderson, with her then-boyfriend Kid Rock, arrives at the 44th Annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles Feb. 27, 2002.
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Actor David Spade and Anderson were joined by "Star Wars" storm troopers to present the award for "Best Fantasy Game" at the 1st Annual Video Game Awards Dec. 1, 2003, at the MGM Grand Garden Arena, in Las Vegas.
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Anderson and Hugh Hefner celebrated at the Playboy 50th Anniversary Dec. 4, 2003, in New York City.
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Anderson signs copies of her novel, "Star," at Barnes & Noble in Rockefeller Center Aug. 2, 2004, in New York City.
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Anderson and the Jacksonville Jaguar mascot pose during the MTV "Total Request Live" Super Bowl edition at Reliant Park in Houston, Texas, Jan. 31, 2004.
Anderson appears on stage during MTV's "Total Request Live" at the MTV Times Square Studios Aug. 3, 2004, in New York City.
Anderson arrives at the 2004 World Music Awards at the Thomas and Mack Center Sept. 15, 2004, in Las Vegas.
Anderson and Paris Hilton attend the "Rize" premiere party Jan. 21, 2005, during the 2005 Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah.
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Anderson arrives at the 13th Annual Elton John AIDS Foundation Academy Awards Viewing Party at the Pacific Design Center Feb. 27, 2005, in Los Angeles.
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Anderson posed with Paul McCartney as he arrives at the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) awards Sept. 18, 1999. McCartney presented the first Linda McCartney Memorial Award to Anderson as a tribute to his wife who died of cancer in April 1998.
Pamela Anderson is seen at the Western Wall, Judiasm's holiest site, in Jerusalem's Old City, 0Nov. 7, 2010. The former "Baywatch" star said she will try her powers of seduction while in Israel on an unlikely audience, ultra-Orthodox Jewish lawmakers. Anderson is an honorary director of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals.
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Actress and model Pamela Anderson arrives at the Comedy Central Roast of David Hasselhoff on Sunday, Aug. 1, 2010, in Culver City, Calif.
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Pamela Anderson, left, and photographer David LaChappelle arrive to the 6th Annual Hollywood Style Awards on Sunday Oct. 11, 2009, in Los Angeles.
Pamela Anderson arrives at the 6th Annual Hollywood Style Awards on Sunday Oct. 11, 2009, in Los Angeles.
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Hollywood star Pamela Anderson is photographed in Budva, Montenegro, Wednesday, July 15, 2009. Anderson arrived in Montenegro on Tuesday as a potential investor in a project to build ecologically friendly hotels.
Actress Pamela Anderson poses for photographers in Budva, Montenegro, July 15, 2009. Anderson arrived in Montenegro on as a potential investor in a project to build ecologically friendly hotels.
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Actresses Fran Drescher, right, and Pamela Anderson chat at a news conference in Vienna on Saturday, May 16, 2009. They are in Vienna for the Austrian capital's annual Life Ball 09, a gay charity gala aimed at raising money for people with AIDS. (AP Photo/Hans Punz)[
, Actress Pamela Anderson attends designer Richie Rich's runway show during ROCK Fashion Week at Fontainebleau Miami Beach, Fla., March 27, 2009.
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Since John Main, OSB received the first oblates into our community thirty years ago there has been a steady increase in the number of meditators who have experienced meditation drawing them to the twin forms of monastic life, solitude and community, in their "single-minded search for God". From the beginning of the wider Christian Meditation Community, Fr. John gave equal value to the forms of commitment made by monks or oblates. Oblates in his vision were not merely "attached" to a monastic family; they were fully participatory and contributing members, which they indeed are. This represented both a return to an ancient tradition and an important new development.
As Benedictine Oblates of The World Community for Christian Meditation we form a global 'monastery without walls' and we are exploring new ways of being contemplative communities in communion with each other sharing a call to love silence while being fully engaged in the world. As we do not have a single physical monastery, the basic element of our oblate community is the "cell". The word "cell" has a long monastic tradition referring originally to the monk's cave or room. With us it is used to describe presence, not only physical space. Therefore, an oblate cell can exist where there is even one oblate living alone. It also refers, more usually, to a group of oblates living close to each other who are committed to meet regularly for the purpose of prayer, continuing formation and support.
Through the Internet we are able to stay in touch with each other regularly. When an oblate is living a distance from others, even in another country, they can be remembered by those in a cell meeting. Increasingly in recent times, oblates are asking to be sent the text for Lectio Divina, and the section of the Rule of St. Benedict being studied, as well as of the time that the cell is meeting. In this way (given time differences) they are able to be united in spirit, for meditation, prayer, reflection and study. Most oblate cells follow the simple format of Christian meditation, Lectio Divina, study and reflection on some aspect of the Rule of St. Benedict. Following this there is a time for local matters with regards the cell and community life.
There is an oblate Coordinator in each of the countries where there are a number of oblates. As the International Oblate Coordinator, I try to keep in touch with other coordinators. We also have an active "Process of Discernment". A mentor is appointed for each oblate novice who contacts their mentor every three months for guidance as they continue to discern their call to the Benedictine oblate way of life. When it is not possible to meet physically because of distance, the contact is made by either telephone or email. In RB 58 St. Benedict cautions us: "Do not grant newcomers to the monastic life an easy entry, but, as the Apostle says, Test the spirits to see if they are from God (1 John 4:1)".
Reflections on the Rule of St. Benedict are sent by either email or postal mail by the coordinators in each country on a fairly regular basis. There is also a newsletter which lists opportunities in most countries for retreats, the John Main Seminar and other events in the meditating community at which oblates can meet and share the strength of their common bond.
As I experienced the First World Congress of Benedictine Oblates held in Rome in September 2005 I felt very much a part of the wider oblate community among the 36 countries represented. As I listened to the presentations and participated in the groups as the National Lay Coordinator for Australia and the sole representative of the oblate community of The World Community for Christian Meditation, I saw that our oblate community is a new way of living the Charism of Benedict "in response to the particular needs of our time".
The relationship with the Olivetan Congregation is particularly strong and friendly for us because Fr. Laurence Freeman OSB belongs to it and, like all Benedictines, we feel at home and hospitable wherever the spirit of the Rule is lived and cherished.
Trish Panton.
International Oblate Coordinator
The World Community for Christian Meditation
Sydney – Australia


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Hip dysplasia is an inherited condition resulting from an improperly formed hip joint. Because the joint is loose, the dog's leg bone moves around too much, causing painful wear and tear.
How Can I Tell if My Dog Has Hip Dysplasia?
Some cases of hip dysplasia are so mild there are no symptoms, but if your dog seems stiff or sore in the hips when getting up, if he seems hesitant to exercise, stand on his hind legs or climb stairs, or if he's limping or bunny-hopping, a visit to the vet is in order.
When Do Dogs Develop Hip Dysplasia?
Each case is different, depending on the dog. Hip dysplasia can begin to develop in puppies of five months old and worsen as they age-or not show up at all until a dog has reached geriatric years. In many cases, though, the condition becomes noticeable in dogs in their middle or later years.
How Is Hip Dysplasia Diagnosed?
An evaluation for hip dysplasia will likely include a physical examination, radiographs and manual tests on your dog's hips.
Which Dogs Are Prone to Hip Dysplasia?
Hip dysplasia commonly affects larger breeds of dogs, including bulldogs, mastiffs, American Staffordshire terriers, St. Bernards, retrievers, and Rottweilers. However, dogs of all breeds and all sizes are susceptible to this inherited condition, including some small breeds, such as pugs, and French bulldogs.
How Can Hip Dysplasia Be Treated?
Because hip dysplasia is caused by an inherited defect, there are no products that can prevent its development. There are several surgical options, including a complete hip replacement. However, a combination of healthy diet, maintaining a normal weight, exercise, massage, warm and dry sleeping areas, joint supplements, and, potentially, prescription veterinary pain-relieving medication can help manage the condition. Your vet will help you with a daily pain-relieving program that is right for your dog.
Should Dogs with Hip Dysplasia Exercise?
Talk to your dog's veterinarian about a good exercise program. Walking and moderate running can help strengthen the muscles around the joint. Your vet may recommend that you try for two 20-minute walks each day-just be sure to let your dog set the pace. As a general rule, it's smart to avoid jumping or running for long distances. If you can, consider letting your dog swim for exercise-swimming is excellent for the muscles surrounding his joints.
Can Proper Diet Help Alleviate Symptoms of Hip Dysplasia?
Weight plays an important role in the comfort of your dog's hips. Extra weight can add stress to hip joints, so make sure your dog is on a healthy diet, especially if he's a large breed. You can work with your vet to find the right eating regimen for your dog.
What Else Can I Do to Ease My Dog's Pain?
Talk to your vet about the following tips:
- Apply a warm water bottle for 15 minutes twice a day.
- Massage the muscles around his hip joints, gently rubbing in a circular motion with your fingertips for ten minutes at the most. (Pay attention to his response. If massage seems to irritate your dog's hip, don't continue.)
- There are prescription painkillers available from your veterinarian to help keep your dog pain-free.
- Keep your dog out of damp, chilly weather.
- Provide traction on slippery floors: Dogs with hip dysplasia often have a hard time on slippery floors, so lay carpet down, and if he needs to climb stairs or jump up into the car, a carpeted ramp will make it a lot easier on him.
- Provide a firm, orthopedic bed for your dog.


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"Gossip Girl" star Kelly Rutherford is vowing to keep on fighting for her two kids — and claims ex-husband Daniel Giersch was recently banned from the United States for alleged visa fraud and failure to pay taxes, Page Six can exclusively reveal.
The beautiful blond actress lost a heartbreaking courtroom fight Tuesday when a Los Angeles judge ruled that her kids would live overseas full time with Giersch, a German businessman.
Rutherford, who plays Blake Lively's mom on "Gossip Girl," wanted to block Giersch from taking Hermes, 5, and Helena, 3, to France when it's his time for custody. Instead, LA Superior Court Judge Teresa Beaudet ruled the kids will live and go to school in France because Giersch can't return to the US.
Beaudet ordered Giersch to enroll the kids in an English-language school in France that teaches American history. Rutherford, who filed for divorce from Giersch in 2008, plans to leave for France tomorrow.
But sources say the kids were due to start school in New York next week. The devastated Rutherford plans to appeal the court ruling at a hearing today.
A friend of the actress told us, " There's no logical explanation for rewarding the ex-husband, who's not even allowed to step foot in the US."
According to court papers filed by Rutherford's attorneys, Giersch's visa was revoked after investigating attorney Edith L. Curry claimed, "Neither Mr. Giersch nor any of his US-registered shell companies ever filed the requisite US tax returns and also engaged in visa fraud."
The papers claim that Giersch used a convicted and disbarred lawyer to sponsor his visa and that while Giersch sold more than $5.5 million worth of real estate, he never paid taxes to the IRS.
Giersch's lawyer, Fahi Takesh Hallin, told us, "[Curry] has made a lot of allegations in the document, which the family court has struck off. It is out of the realm of the family court and is an immigration issue."


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Cabrera returns to lineup as Iglesias moves to short
CLEVELAND -- Tigers manager Jim Leyland's lineup card was missing his everyday shortstop, the just-suspended Jhonny Peralta, just as it will for at least another 49 games. For the first time in nearly a week, however, it had Miguel Cabrera.
If Leyland can keep him in it for another 49 games, they'll take their chances in the American League Central race.
Cabrera took a full hitting and running session Monday afternoon before batting practice, and he said later in the day that he felt good. The abdominal strain that limited him to a lone pinch-hit appearance over the previous four games, and just three starts in the seven games before that, had relented a bit.
Barely 24 hours earlier, after Cabrera had pinch-hit and limped to first base in the 12th inning to put the eventual winning run on base against the White Sox, Cabrera's return to the lineup Monday seemed doubtful. He avoided a question about his health after Sunday's game, and barely talked much at all.
On Monday, talking about his health beat talking about the Jhonny Peralta suspension. When asked how he felt, Cabrera smiled.
"Much better," Cabrera said.
It's not lateral movement at third base or swinging the bat that bothers him, he said. It's running, and it was apparent on his first-inning hit Monday night. He slowed up at first base on his liner into the corner, then finally trotted to second when it became apparent right fielder Drew Stubbs' error had left him with no chance at a throw.
Cabrera's return to third coincided with Jose Iglesias' first game at shortstop. The left-side infield combination could ease some of the demands on Cabrera to range to his left, allowing him to focus more down the line.
Cabrera went 1-for-4 at the plate on the night, grounding out three times. Don Kelly pinch-ran for him following a ninth-inning walk and replaced him at third base for the bottom half of the inning.
"The trainer says that he can play the way he's playing and it'll still get better," manager Jim Leyland said after the game. "The only question I had for him is if I'm taking a chance to injure him by playing him, or will it get better as long as nothing freaky happens. And he said it still will. We'll see how it is tomorrow."


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SC fire officials issue cooking safety reminder
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Columbia fire officials are reminding people to be safe as they prepare their Thanksgiving meals.
Columbia Fire Chief Aubrey Jenkins says Thanksgiving is the leading day for cooking fires in the U.S., with an average of 155,000 cooking fires occurring each year.
National officials say cooking equipment fires are still the leading cause of U.S. home fires and fire injuries and the third leading cause of fire deaths.
If you're planning to cook during the Thanksgiving holiday, Jenkins says never to leave food frying, grilling or broiling. And if a fire does occur, close the door, get out and call 911.
If you fry your Thanksgiving turkey, Jenkins says fryers should always be used outside, away from any buildings and should never be left unattended.
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When extending functionality, I like to base my code on a working script and then change it the way I need, verifying my steps. So first we need to find an existing script that does 90% of what we want. Drawing a rectangle from point to point is good. After searching a bit, I found a directory: .../scripts/Draw/Line/LineRectangle/ . So lets duplicate the entire directory just where it is and name the new one "LineDove".
Go into the directory and rename the following files:
Code: Select all
LineRectangle.svg, LineRectangleInit.js, LineRectangle.js
LineDove.svg, LineDoveInit.js, LineDove.js
LineDoveInit.js registers the script with the user interface. Open the file in a text editor (not MSWord! Just a plain and simple text editor) and replace all occurrences of LineRectangle with LineDove. Replace the word "&Rectangle" with "Dovetail", and change the setDefaulCommands. The code looks now like this:
function init(basePath) { var action = new RGuiAction(qsTranslate("LineDove", "&Rectangle"), RMainWindowQt.getMainWindow()); action.setRequiresDocument(true); action.setScriptFile(basePath + "/LineDove.js"); action.setIcon(basePath + "/LineDove.svg"); action.setDefaultShortcut(new QKeySequence("r,v")); action.setStatusTip(qsTranslate("LineDove", "Draw a dovetail joint")); action.setDefaultCommands(["dovetail"]); action.setSortOrder(500); EAction.addGuiActionTo(action, Line, true, true, true, true); }LineDove.js contains the actual script. But let's first fix the names so that the original script may run. In the entire file, replace LineRectangle with LineDove. Now find the first line that contains new RVector. This line of code draws the first side of the rectangle. Replace the code snippet this.corner1.y with this.corner1.y/2 (divide the y coordinate of your first click by two).
Let's check if we did everything right!
Launch QCad and select Draw/Line. You should find *two* icons for drawing a rectangle. Try the first one and draw a rectangle. If you did everything right, you will now see a very quirky shape drawn. No dovetail yet, but at least we "wrote" our first plugin. To be continued... .
If anything went wrong and QCad is not launching anymore, or crashing or anything else, simply remove the directory we created earlier (".../scripts/Draw/Line/LineDove/"). Everything should be back to normal. Now try over


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This textbook examines the casino industry using a business paradigm. It emphasises both external environmental influences and internal points of control, leaving readers with a more strategic look at how casinos operate and factors that influence their success.Hashimoto, Kathryn is the author of 'Casino Management A Strategic Approach', published 2008 under ISBN 9780131926721 and ISBN 0131926721.[read more]
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No…not really…the rain returns on Sunday. But TODAY…today was the most spectacular day we've had since October!
I left work mid-day thinking I'd so some work in the yard and pot a few plants on the deck. Once home I grabbed a bite, changed into a t-shirt (really) and sandals (not kidding!), ventured into the sun to put the cushions on the patio chairs and…
…SCREW the yardwork!
Sometimes you just have to take advantage of the beautiful weather. Waste a little time. RELAX! After all, this is only the second 60+ degree day we've had up here since early December!
I put some classic Grateful Dead on the stereo, popped a beer and lay back in my chair to catch some rays. OH BOY!!!
The birds were everywhere…hairy and downy woodpeckers, goldfinches in full mating color, white crowned sparrows, towhees, chickadees, juncos, house and purple finches, nuthatches and even a coopers hawk. Better yet..NO INSECTS! Nope…still too cold for them little buggers.
I tried to take a picture…
…as you can see, my skin is so white the reflected light just kills all detail. Better than a face lift!
And that's Spring in the Pacific Northwest!


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Newtown businesses adversely affected by tragedy to share $500,000 from state
HARTFORD -- Gov. Dannel P. Malloy today announced a $500,000 Small Town Economic Assistance Program grant to Newtown to assist local businesses that incurred economic losses in the wake of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting.
Many area businesses were adversely impacted by weeks of road closures and having entrances blocked by excessive traffic and parking.
The funding will be administered by Newtown.
"Even as we work toward broader reforms to better protect our communities, these STEAP funds will have an immediate impact on the regional economy and protect area jobs," Malloy said.
"The Town of Newtown is very grateful to our state government, the governor, and the Office of Policy and Management for taking quick action to assist us in support of our Sandy Hook businesses," said E. Patricia Llodra, first selectman. "In the aftermath of the shootings, our businesses were essentially shut down by the volume of traffic and media preventing customers from getting to stores, services and restaurants during the busiest shopping days of the year. On behalf of the town, we are appreciative of this extraordinary kindness and appreciation for our difficulties."
"The tragedy in Newtown has permeated all aspects of our community. In addition to the obvious course we must take to begin our healing, we must not forget about the local businesses that have been adversely affected by this situation," said state Rep. Christopher Lyddy, D-Newtown. "This $500,000 grant reinforces that we value our local businesses and appreciate the contributions they make to our town. I am grateful to Governor Malloy and his administration for their quick action in supporting our efforts."
"In the midst of unimaginable shock and grief, the global response to the Newtown tragedy has been inspiring," said state Sen. John McKinney, R-Fairfield. "This grant will help Newtown's local businesses and the people they employ weather the economic toll this tragedy has taken on their community."
The grant is funded through an October 2012 allocation by the State Bond Commission.


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Philips SPC900NC Cooling
Parts Required
Philips SPC900NC WebCam
Astro WebCam nose piece
Project Box (60mm x 40mm x 80mm)
3x 12mm M2 bolts
1x M2 Nut
1x M2 Washer
1x Toggle Switch
40mm 5v Fan
40mm Finger Guard
Modification Process
1. Remove focuser or nose piece from the WebCam
2. Remove the side covers of the WebCam - these are only stuck on.
3. Using a small screw driver push in the two clips on each side and open up the case
4. Now do the same for the grey insert
5. Disconnect the internal USB cable to remove the front part of the camera (Imaging boards)
6. Remove the two small screws (top and bottom of this image)
7. Now remove the two outer screws so you can separate the boards
8. Here I have tested an M2 bolt to ensure the thread is the same
9. Separate the boards
10. With in the back part of the case twist the USB cable 90° and remove through the hole
11. Mark the project box where you want to mount the fan - I've used the lid
12. Drill a pilot hole for the fan and drill 4 2.5mm hols for mounting the fan
13. Using a hole cutter cut a 38mm hole for the fan aperture
14. Mount the fan and fan guard
15. Drill a pilot hole for the WebCam lens mount bracket to go through
16. Next drill the hole for the lens mount bracket
17. Drill some vent holes to allow the air to escape, also drill holes for the switch, USB cable and 3 holes for mounting the WebCam boards
Note: I have drilled the vents at the opposite end to the fan but the same end as the WebCam thus forcing the air to pass over the imaging chips rather than just out the holes.
18. Install the switch and bottom webcam board
19. Connect up and solder the 5v Fan to the switch and the first and last pin of the USB connector (5v power)
20. Mount the top board on the bottom and connect the USB cable
21. Close and screw on the lid and your finished.
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Obama's Dr. Death Tells Indiana to Fund Planned
June 2nd, 2011
Steven Ertelt, LifeNews.com
The Obama administration today denied
Indiana's use of its new state law that would deny millions in taxpayer dollars
to the Indiana affiliate of the nation's largest abortion business.
Mitch Daniels signed the law, which would cut off anywhere from $2 million
to $3 million the Planned Parenthood abortion business receives in federal funds
via the Indiana government through Medicaid.
Daniels said that "any organization affected by this provision can resume
receiving taxpayer dollars immediately by ceasing or separating its operations
that perform abortions."
However, the Obama administration has told the state it can't implement the
new law, with Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator Donald Berwick denying a
request to deny funds saying the federal Medicaid law stipulates that states
can't exclude providers based on the services they provide.
Journal. "We assume this decision is not unexpected."
Berwick also said the law makes it so states can't prohibit access to family
planning, which is provided under federal law. His department released a memo
advising states that they can't exclude abortion providers from receiving
taxpayer funds via Medicaid.
"Medicaid programs may not exclude qualified health care providers — whether
an individual provider, a physician group, an outpatient clinic or a hospital —
from providing services under the program because they separately provide
abortion services," Center for Medicaid Director Cindy Mann wrote in the


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Chris Matthews recently asked Claire McCaskill about amity among female senators: "How come that works for your side of the gender aisle and men don't seem to get along? Is it just the testosterone or what?" Maybe it's the dinner.
Politico today describes a dinner group for women across the Senate aisle, launched by Senator Barbara Mikulski. The ground rules: "No staff, no memos, no leaks, and no men."
There are seventeen women in the Senate, and only five are Republicans, many of them relative moderates — Kay Bailey Hutchison, Lisa Murkowski, Olympia Snow, Susan Collins — plus newcomer Kelly Ayotte, who was endorsed by Sarah Palin. They get together periodically to eat, sometimes at someone's house, and also offer new entrants like Kirsten Gillibrand advice on navigating the Senate. (Gillibrand came from her own supportive women's network in the House.)
Thankfully, no one makes a Sex And The City brunch reference. Still, Politico seems to want to go as far as saying that women just naturally are nicer and more cooperative as men — the caption to the lead photo is "For female senators, there's more to politics than scoring points," but the evidence isn't that overwhelming.
Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) leapt to then-Sen. Blanche Lincoln's defense during a closed-door meeting on banking regulation, warning male colleagues that ignoring the Arkansas Democrat's amendments to the Wall Street reform bill would be a big political mistake.
"It was about jurisdiction but also about gender," one observer told POLITICO.
How was it about gender? What authority does this observer have? Who knows.
Maybe these women also get along better because they have to — just like data showing that women in the House tended to be more effective both in sponsoring legislation and in bringing home the pork, they've undoubtedly had to work harder than many their peers, simply because they're underestimated. (A political insider said to me recently, "There is no female Scott Brown." Yet!)
Senate Women's Civility Pact [Politico]


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Written by Victoria Dwek on Monday, 03 December 2012. Posted in Table Toppers
Victoria Dwek is the Managing Editor of Ami Magazine's Whisk, where she gets to chat with all her reader friends about cooking and baking, and share all her fun experiences in the culinary world.
I love all these ideas! What fun it must be to go to your Chanukah party!!!! Thank you
Nice! I love the hanging donuts in the bags...such a cute idea! And it leaves more room on the table for other things.
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Chris Froome has been ruled out of the Tour de France after suffering a suspected broken femur when he crashed at high speed into a wall.
The four-time Tour champion was taken to hospital on Wednesday following the serious crash before stage four of the Criterium du Dauphine.
The Team Ineos rider came off his bike during a reconnaissance of the day's ride, forcing his withdrawal from the race.
A spokesperson confirmed to Press Association Sport that he had suffered a suspected broken femur and was out of the Tour.
Team boss Sir Dave Brailsford added on cyclingnews.com: "It sounds like he was at the foot of the descent, and it's obviously very gusty today, and he took his hands off the bars to blow his nose and the wind has taken his front wheel.
"He's hit a wall at 60kph or something like that, he's got a bad fracture, he's badly injured and it sounds like he has a fracture of the femur, to be confirmed."
Froome's wife Michelle said Froome was involved in a "high-speed crash" while scoping out the route for Wednesday's time trial around Roanne.
Writing on her husband's Twitter account, she said: "Chris is on his way to hospital after a high speed crash during the route recon earlier this afternoon."
Froome was eighth in the overall classification after three stages of the eight-day race, just 24 seconds behind leader Dylan Teuns.
The 34-year-old was using the race as part of his build-up to this year's Tour de France, which starts on July 6.
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Articles on the warrant include Article 2, where voters will be asked to modify the town's "open space conservation cluster development" article, as proposed by the Planning Board, to reduce the size of a dwelling unit from 1,500 square feet to 850. Article 17 addresses whether the town shall appropriate $5,136 for purchasing an updated video camera system for use in Police Department vehicles, which will be offset by a 50/50 Highway Safety grant.
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On 7 November, Myanmar is holding an election for the first time in 20 years, but Burmese migrants and refugees in Thailand say the polls will not change anything back home and only strengthen the military government.
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"Things won't change. The election has already been planned, and they already plan to win," said Tay Win, a 51-year-old migrant labourer. "I don't want to go back to vote because you can't vote what you want, you have to vote what they say. And I don't want to go back because here with my income, I can survive. There, I can't."
While Burmese refugees in Bangladesh - ethnic Rohingyas who have been allowed to vote - see a glimmer of hope in the polls, the ethnic Karen in Mae Sot are not convinced.
"The Karen Refugee Committee sees the election as fake because not all political parties can participate, and not all the people have the right to vote," said Saw Wingate, vice chairman of the KRC, which represents the refugees in the camps. "All the activities and the process are to protect the military government so that they can continue to be in power."
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A Burmese refugee family in Mai La camp on the Thai border with Myanmar who are soon to be resettled in the United States. Thailand. February 2008.
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A Burmese refugee family in Mai La camp on the Thai border with Myanmar who are soon to be resettled in the United States. Thailand. February 2008.
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Although the election is part of Myanmar's seven-step "roadmap to democracy," the government barred voting in several townships home to ethnic minorities - in Kachin, Karenni, Karen, Mon and Shan states, and in the Wa self-administered division -because "they are in no position to host free and fair elections".
Politicians around the world have criticized the polls. "Burma will soon hold a deeply flawed election, and one thing we have learned over the last few years is that democracy is more than elections," said US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navi Pillay, called for the release of more than 2,000 political prisoners, and urged Myanmar to move towards dialogue and national reconciliation.
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Nonetheless, such comments from senior Thai officials have triggered fear.
"People have fled from conflict areas, and they know it is not safe to go back. They know the Burmese troops are still coming in and will torture, arrest and kill them," said Naw Htoo Paw, of the Karen Women's Organization, which works with IDPs in Myanmar and refugees in Thailand. "They are scared when there are rumours about repatriation."
Fearing they will be forced back, some refugees have even left the camps to blend in with the million-plus other Burmese in Thailand, said an aid worker, who spoke on condition of anonymity.
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The aid worker said authorities were preparing for the possibility of 3,000 new refugees, and possibly up to 10,000.
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It's the question of the series: How was Phil Coulson brought back to life after his violent death in Marvel's The Avengers? Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. will finally venture to answer that question now that the evil corporation Centipede has Coulson ...
It's the question of the series: How was Phil Coulson brought back to life after his violent death in Marvel's The Avengers? Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. will finally venture to answer that question now that the evil corporation Centipede has Coulson (Clark Gregg) in its clutches.
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What does Centipede really want from Coulson? Clark Gregg: It's revealed at the end of Episode 110 that more than they even want to capture our stabilized super-solider Mike Peterson (J. August Richards), their master-villain the Clairvoyant knows about Coulson's resurrection - and seems to know more about Coulson's resurrection than Coulson knows - so Coulson ends up in the unenviable position of being captive in the hands of people who want and have the technology to extract the secrets of his resurrection. That is the same thing that he wants, but he wants that information without giving it to them.
Will we be seeing flashbacks to Coulson's apparent time in Tahiti? Gregg: I wouldn't call them flashbacks. That doesn't seem like a term that does them justice. We know that these people are ruthless. We've already seen them kill many people. The one thing this Clairvoyant person wants is the one thing they can't see. The only thing the Clairvoyant doesn't know is this: there's a blank spot. They have technology that can reveal those memories, and it's not a pleasant experience for Coulson. Yet, if he can endure it, there is a possibility that he can get the truth, although to even go down that road endangers all the secrets of S.H.I.E.L.D.
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Should we be worried about how all of this will affect him? Gregg: I think so. This is a guy who has been in control even when he knows he's walking around with stuff that doesn't feel right; that's more traumatic than what's been described to him. He's got no team members, he's got no plane, he's got no powers and he's captive at the hands of the most ruthless people we've met who want the truth out of him. This is past the place where anyone can stay in control. It's all going to get stripped away. Whether they leave him with all his limbs or his heart is still beating is one thing, the psychic damage to going through this stuff that he's gone through changes a person, so who knows if the Coulson that will be left after this episode will bear any relationship to the one that we've known through these films and the first 10 episodes of the season.
Will we definitively get an answer to what happened to Coulson? Gregg: As a fanboy, I thought, "How are they going to do this? They've been keeping this for 10 episodes." We know that there's something bogus about the magical place concept. He can't even say Tahiti without turning into a robot. Is he a robot? How did they bring him back? Is he some kind of Life Model Decoy, as all the Marvel fans think? Is he the Vision? There's all these theories. How do you do this for real and really pay it off? At the same time, you don't want them to go, "Well, I guess that's the finale of the show. There's really no need to continue after this. The bullet was in the chamber, now it's completely blown." When I read the script, I was blown away because it's completely satisfying to me as a fanboy, and, as probably the biggest fanboy in Phil Coulson in the Marvel Universe, because it's not a tease, it's: here's what happened! At the same time, what they've crafted not only opens up enough questions that are at the existential core of Phil Coulson and his relationship with S.H.I.E.L.D., but really set the direction for the back end of the season and the future of the series. I was very, very impressed with what they delivered here.
Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: Why does Centipede want Agent Coulson?
How will this change the dynamic of the SH.I.E.L.D. team once he is back with them? Gregg: That will completely depend on how much he chooses to share with them about what he knows. To me, it's one of the richest parts of the material we have to work with. It's a world of secrets at a time when everyone is questioning why secrets are so important and what the cost is of having secrets and being in an organization that keeps secrets. I don't think Phil Coulson, the ultimate company man, can continue as a company man if his very existence is based on a bunch of secrets that don't seem especially benevolent.
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New electric car concept uses bio-methanol to achieve a 500-mile range
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Bio-methanol fuel would cut tailpipe emissions by at least one third say the project's developers
Demonstration model likely to be ready in 2013
Despite their green credentials, electric cars still come up short against their petrol-powered cousins when it comes to range – how far they go before the battery needs recharging.
But a new "range-extended" electric vehicle (EV) equipped with the latest fuel cell technology is promising to close the gap going 500 miles (800 kilometers) without refueling, say its developers.
Bringing together the expertise of three Danish companies, the Modular Energy Carrier concept (MECc) utilizes bio-methanol – a biofuel which can be harvested from a range of sources including natural gas – to improve the competitiveness of EVs.
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"In combination with the way we built the car which is really lightweight (425 kilograms) we can get the 500-mile range."
This is considerably more than Nissan's battery-powered Leaf which maxes out at 138 miles (222 kilometers) and even the Chevrolet Volt – a battery/gasoline "range-extended" EV – which has a range of 375 miles (603 kilometers) according to the U.S. automaker.
We have built in (six) modules that can be fitted inside the chassis. We can use battery power in the modules or any other kind of energy source— Mogens Lokke, ECOmove
ECOmove's award-winning QBEAK incorporates patented in-wheel electric motors which deliver a top speed of 75mph (120kph), but it's the novel chassis design which is propelling the project forward.
"Instead of putting in a fixed battery, we have built in (six) modules that can be fitted inside the chassis. We can use battery power in the modules or any other kind of energy source," Lokke said.
The fuel cell converts a bio-methanol/water mix into electricity charging the battery, according to ECOmove, while waste heat from this process generates power for the car's heating and cooling system.
Bio-methanol is a cheap and abundant fuel with a short carbon chain, says Mads Friis Jensen from Serenergy, designers of the fuel cell.
"We are using bio-methanol, which is chemically identical to methanol, because you can manufacture it from any source, including natural gas, biomass and timber waste," Jensen said.
He says production of the biofuel is increasing in Europe, pointing to Dutch manufacturer BioMCN, who have been reforming glycerine (a residue of biodiesel production) into bio-methanol commercially since 2010.
Compared to gasoline, bio-methanol production cuts CO2 emissions by more than 70% on a well to wheel basis BioMCN says.
Jensen estimates emission reductions from the QBEAK's tailpipe will be around one third of those from traditional combustion engines.
Iceland-based Carbon Recycling International are another company using industrial emissions as a feedstock for renewable fuels production. Their George Olah Plant – named after the Nobel Prize-winning chemist and author of "Beyond Gas and Oil: The Methanol Economy" – started production of bio-methanol at the end of last year.
Fuel plants like these are finding a good use for an industrial by-product and may be feasible for some transport applications says Adrian Higson, head of biorefining at the UK's National Non-Food Crop Center.
The efficiency of a fuel cell would make bio-methanol interesting as a fuel as opposed to it being interesting for the standard fleet— Adrian Higson, NNFCC
"It's always the case that when you look at any fuel that's produced that you've got to look at the efficiency of the engine it's used in. In itself, methanol is not a great fuel because of the energy content and toxicity," Higson said.
"But the efficiency of a fuel cell would make bio-methanol interesting as a fuel as opposed to it being interesting for the standard fleet," he added.
According to the U.S. Department for Energy (DOE), direct methanol fuel cells are unhindered by the storage problems associated with some other "clean" fuels (like hydrogen) because methanol is a liquid and has a higher density.
This means it's easier to transport and supply to the public through the current refueling infrastructure, say the DOE.
It's a fact which hasn't escaped the attention of ECOmove, Serenergy and MECc project managers, Insero E-Mobility who estimate reconfiguring a gas station to dispense bio-methanol would cost around $12,000-$18,000.
The project was recently awarded funding from the Danish government's Energy Technology Development and Demonstration Program and ECOmove hope to launch a battery-powered QBEAK with a range of 186 miles (300 kilometers) later this year.
A battery/fuel cell demonstration model is expected to arrive sometime in 2013.


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