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Credo is a leading advisory services firm, helping many of the world's leading organisations to make and implement better strategic decisions. We have built unrivalled expertise in our core markets where we are widely seen as the 'go to' firm for senior management and investors. We do not work in every sector or country – only those where we can clearly prove we are the best – but in those areas our skills are unmatched.
Our clients value us, above all, for the business impact we bring. Whether we are helping a Healthcare provider enter a new region, a Facilities Management company reshape its operating model, or an IT Services firm acquire and integrate another business – we are totally results-focused. We combine deep insight and rigorous analysis to develop pragmatic solutions – focusing on the issues that really matter. We are engaging, thought-provoking and we challenge conventional thinking.
Founded in London in 1999, we operate globally and have carried out assignments in over 40 countries. We now employ a team of around 50 world-class professionals, working primarily in six core sectors. Our commitment to growth is further supported by the recent opening of our new office in Dubai, cementing our position in the Middle East & Asia and strengthening our ability to serve our clients' global needs.
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Desk Favorites at Work!
- My compact! (Just a mirror) Before going on the air it's nice to make sure there's no food in my teeth or smeared lipstick. Got this cute one from cherryculture.com :)
- Bath & Body Works PocketBac in Paradise Coconut... I pretty much always have to have one of these little hand sanitizers at my desk. They smell fantastic & they're very handy to keep in/on my desk.
- Water... trying to drink more water! There's usually a drink container of some sort on my desk!
- Lancome Juicy Tubes Smoothies in Beach Plum... a basic creamy red shade that always looks good on air. I just leave it in my desk for moments that I don't want to run back to the makeup mirror to touch-up.
- Ice Breakers mints - Wintergreen... after a morning spent reading over scripts and drinking coffee, I always pop a couple of mints so my co-anchor doesn't have to endure coffee breath.
- Blue Papermate pens... pens tend to disappear in our newsroom. These are cheap & I actually love the way they write. I keep a bag of them in my purse for when my pens mysteriously go missing.
Daily Nuggets...
- I'm wearing ModLash #53 lashes today... apparently whatever I've been putting on lately has been much more dramatic because these seem very very subtle! Interesting how perceptions change after wearing your makeup different ways.
- Wore one of my new Wal-Mart shirt finds on the morning show today. Kind of a loud print, but I've gotten some compliments on it! :) Planning to post that video soon.
- I can't wait to watch last night's episode of Mad Men-- who else is watching this season?? My top shows right now are probably Mad Men & American Idol!

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Josh Phegley got the Gatorade bath. The happy beating from his teammates. And a special something Gordon Beckham had learned from A.J. Pierzynski.
Which was fitting, because the former Sox catcher was behind the plate when Sox rookie catcher Phegley delivered the first game-ending hit of his career.
Phegley's two-out single in the ninth Saturday night scored Avisail Garcia to give the Sox a 3-2 victory over the Rangers at U.S. Cellular Field, stopping the American League West leaders' road winning streak at nine. It came in Phegley's 37th major league game.
"It's awesome," Phegley said of his teammates' reaction. "It's the best beating of your life. I know Beckham was in there giving me some good shots to the mid-section. As soon as you get that hit, you can't feel anything for the next 10 minutes."
Beckham, who singled and scored on Adam Dunn's game-tying two-run homer off Rangers ace Yu Darvish in the sixth, said he was reprising the initiation rite he experienced after his first game-ending hit as a rookie.
"I took a page out of A.J.'s book when I walked off (against) the Cubs," Beckham said. "He did the same thing to me. So I figured, 'Why not?' It's a really cool feeling for him (Phegley).
"I hit him with an upper cut to the chest. But I took it easy on him.''
Darvish, who leads the major leagues in strikeouts, added 11 in his seven innings of six-hit ball, the 10th game this season in which he has struck out 10 or more.
Darvish went into Saturday night's start leading the majors in strikeouts and leading the American League in opponents' batting average. In the 41.2 innings of his first six starts since coming off the disabled list with a shoulder strain in mid-July, Darvish had allowed just 26 hits, 8 earned runs and struck out 57.
Sox starter Hector Santiago worked 6 1/3 innings, shutting out the Rangers until former teammates Pierzynski and Alex Rios (two-run homer) got to him in the sixth.
Both Darvish and Santiago strung zeroes through five innings, although Santiago's opening three innings were fraught with peril -- seven baserunners on three hits, two walks and two hit batsmen -- one of them Pierzynski.
Santiago got out of trouble in the first on a pretty double play (Alexei Ramirez's gloved flip, Beckham's barehand relay) and a pickoff move that caught Ian Kinsler stealing. He pitched out of bases loaded in the second with two strikeouts, and Alejandro De Aza's running catch of a Kinsler line drive ended a first-and-second threat in the third. .
Jackson honored: As part of Saturday's Civil Rights Game ceremonies, Bo Jackson received an MLB Beacon Award (along with Aretha Franklin, who was unable to attend) at a lunch and was honored on the field before the start of the game.
"I'm going to make this short and sweet," Jackson told the crowd. "I'm honored and privileged to accept this award just for the fact there are so many people who have done a whole lot more than I did."
Jackson, the only person to be named an all-star in two professional sports, played with the Sox in 1991 and 1993. Injuries ended his NFL career after four seasons, his baseball career after eight.
"It's hard to describe to people how strong and smart of a baseball player he was," Sox manager Robin Ventura said. "He was good regardless (of the injuries), even if we will never know how good. I haven't seen anybody that had those abilities."
Still a favorite: For the second night in a row, ex-Sox catcher Pierzinski got a warm welcome from the crowd of 22,079 his first time at bat. He was hit by a pitch, prompting boos.


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A welterweight matchup between Paulo Thiago (13-3 MMA, 3-3 UFC) and David Mitchell (11-1 MMA, 0-1 UFC) is official for August's UFC 134 event.
MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com) previously passed along news of the bout, and UFC executives since have made it official.
UFC 134 takes place Aug. 27 at HSBC Arena in Rio de Janeiro and marks the UFC's first Brazil event since 1998.
The night's main card airs on pay-per-view, though Thiago vs. Mitchell is slated for the preliminary card.
Once of the UFC's most promising 170-pounders, Thiago now finds himself in a must-win situation. After opening his career with a 10-0 record and signing with the UFC, the Brazilian won three of his first four bouts, including high-profile victories over UFC contenders Josh Koscheck and Mike Swick. But he since has dropped decisions to Martin Kampmann and Diego Sanchez and looks to avoid a three-fight losing streak.
The Brazilian special-forces police officer was slated to fight Johny Hendricks in March but pulled out of the bout due to an elbow injury. He now meets Mitchell, a California-based fighter and Tachi Palace Fights veteran who opened his career with an 11-0 mark to earn a UFC contract. But in his UFC debut back in September, he suffered a decision loss to T.J. Waldburger at UFC Fight Night 22. Mitchell had been slated to fight Swick in January at UFC Fight Night 23, but both fighters pulled out of the event due to injuries.
The latest UFC 134 card now includes:
- Champ Anderson Silva vs. Yushin Okami (for middleweight title)
- Forrest Griffin vs. Mauricio "Shogun" Rua
- Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira vs. Brendan Schaub
- Edson Barboza vs. Ross Pearson
- Erick Silva vs. Mike Swick
- Luiz Cane vs. Stanislav Nedkov
- Spencer Fisher vs. Thiago Tavares
- David Mitchell vs. Paulo Thiago
- Alexandre "Cacareco" Ferreira vs. Rousimar Palhares*
* – Not officially announced
For the latest on the UFC 134 card, stay tuned to the UFC Rumors section of MMAjunkie.com.
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One of the new phrases this year in China is that property is hard to protect. Well, it seems that goes for virtual property, too. Last week, a gamer in China posted on the World of Warcraft forums about how he almost lost all of his hard-earned WoW gold in the blink of an eye.
The father, whose in-game name is "1004" (odd name, no?) posted that he had a six year-old son who he plays WoW with at home. 1004 said his son enjoys the monster hunting aspects of the game, and particularly likes pets.
Last week, when he logged onto the game, 1004 noticed that all of his gold was gone! During his eight years of playing WoW, 1004 says he accumulated about 4,706,000 gold. Confused and scared, he questioned his son, asking whether or not the boy had touched his account and bought anything such as weapons or mounts. Unfortunately for him, his son said he had no clue.
Upset, 1004 decided to check everything before calling customer service. Lo and behold, his son had purchased loads of in-game level 25 pets. Unable to get too angry with his son, and now broke, 1004 says he'll probably give up WoW for a while.
Feeling sympathy for 1004, another gamer on the message board shared another sob story. This gamer claimed that she left her iPad unlocked and her 6 year-old started playing with it. Unbeknownst to her, her child had ended up spending $1,200 (yes, US dollars). Unfortunately this gamer didn't go into details, but I guess the moral of the story(-ies) is that parents should be more careful when it comes to children and in-game property.
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I am a HUGE Fan of Apple and its wide range of products, especially when it comes to the Macbook Pro and the iPod. However, the following disturbing piece of latest news might change my desire to be affiliated to Apple at any level, that is if it is true (and not just some marketing ploy by Microsoft to damage Apple's reputation!)
"Apple manufacturer Foxconn was taking extraordinary measures Wednesday to safeguard its business and workers following a spate of suicides at its sprawling plant in southern China."
Here's something even more interesting: Workers have reportedly been told to sign letters promising not to kill themselves and even agreeing to be sent to psychiatric institutions if they appear to be in an "abnormal mental or physical state for the protection of myself and others".
The suicides have raised questions about conditions for millions of factory workers in China, especially at Foxconn, where labor activists and employees say long hours, low pay and high pressure are the norm.


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|Winnebago County Sheriff's PoliceNews Media Release
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|Information: WCSP/RPD (Prostitution Arrests)
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On Tuesday October 28, 2008 Detectives and Officers of the Winnebago County Sheriff's Department and the Rockford Police Department conducted a joint prostitution operation focusing on prostitute's advertising on the web site "Craig's List".The undercover operation took place at a motel on Rockford's east side, through-out the daytime and evening hours. All those arrested were lodged in the Winnebago County Jail. They are all presumed innocent unless proven guilty in court.In addition to the nine women and one male charged with prostitution, two individuals were arrested on outstanding arrest warrants. CHARGED;#1 Sierra Monique Beasley /female DOB 1-6-90 (18)/Rockford (Prostitution/Battery) #2 Victoria Ashley Hughes/female DOB 1-5-91 (17)/Rockford (Prostitution/Obstructing) #3 Donda Rae Poe/female DOB 6-15-90 (18)/Rockford (Felony Prostitution) #4 Qiana Patrice Jennings/female DOB 7-7-82 (26)/Rockford (Prostitution) #5 Kenneth Lin Ozan/male DOB 12-17-54 (53)/Cincinatti, Ohio (Prostitution) #6 Rachel Elisa Stokes/male DOB 4-2-85 (23)/ Rockford (Prostitution) #7 Abby Ann Thompson/female DOB 7-16-89 (19)/Machesney Park (Prostitution/Violation of the Cannabis Control Act) #8 Crystal A Hurd/female DOB 8-11-89 (19)/Rockford (Prostitution/Contempt of Court warrant) #9 Lindsey Suzanne Quisenberry/female DOB 1-19-80 (28)/Rockford (Prostitution) #10 Jasmine Rainer/female DOB 7-25-88 (20)/Rockford (Prostitution) Charged on outstanding warrants; - Tywan Marte Starnes/ male DOB12-7-76 (31)/Rockford (unlawful use of weapon by felon/ Bench Warrant)Bond $2,000,000.00- Jessica E. Williams/female DOB 9-12-86 (22)/Rockford (Violation of the Controlled Substances Act.


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Gather round, take my hand, and we'll journey to a special place, where mobile games roam and people tend to groan because we never have any games for Android. Don't worry, they'll eventually be Android games too!
Did you like the song? I'm not sure what tune to set it to, but perhaps one of the two music-related titles in this week's Gaming App of the Day round-up can help us come up with something. If not, then we've still got a basketball title, a pixel platformer, and another damn elevator repair game. Come on people, think outside the box!
As for Android and Windows Phone 7 games, I've just swapped my iPhone 4 for a Samsung Galaxy S II (though my timing could have been better, sorry Steve). Perhaps the easy access to the Android Market will make it easier to find something fresh and new for the platform.
After next week's iPhone game, which is pretty damn amazing.
If you have a suggestion for an app for the iPhone, iPad, Android or Windows Phone 7 that you'd like to see highlighted, let us know.
Pixel Ranger For iPhone Is Old School Arcade Action Getting By On Good Looks & Charm
Pixel Ranger for iPhone and iPad feels as deep, engaging and modern as most Atari 2600 games, a CMYK-colored blend of Pitfall! meets Galaga, light on substance, heavy on visual charm. More »
Slam Dunk King: Chop off my Legs and Arms? Still Dunking
It's a sign of the iPhone's growing maturity as a platform that I can now have a favourite iOS developer. And that developer is PikPok. More »
Play Through This Music Video
Bullseye may not have a score, an objective, a plot, but it's an application begging to be played with. A music video that's made better by your poking, tilting and curiosity. More »
Getting Shafted was Never This Much Fun
In, Mechanic Panic, you're an elevator maintenance guy on his worst and, inevitably, last day of the job. You will die. The question it poses is how will you choose to spend it? Saving your own skin? Or trying to save others? More »
Create Your Own Musical Villages With the Lovely Isle of Tune HD
Take one part Sim City, one part Rock Band, and one part music sequencer and you've pretty much got Isle of Tune, which was released today for the iPad. It's not quite a "game," but it's still totally cool enough to merit consideration for our Gaming App of the Day. More »


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Oct-26-2009 DCA & HMFA Welcome Passaic to 'Live Where You Work' Homebuyer Program
DCA & HMFA Welcome Passaic to 'Live Where You Work' Homebuyer Program
PASSAIC - Passaic Mayor Dr. Alex Blanco today joined representatives of the New Jersey Housing and Mortgage Finance Agency (HMFA) in City Hall Council Chambers, 330 Passaic Street, to announce that Passaic is the newest member of the Live Where You Work program. The city is the 23rd municipality to partner with the HMFA on this workforce housing initiative.
"The program advances my administration's goal of assisting hardworking families who wish to participate in the 'American Dream' of owning their own home," Governor Corzine said. "It also helps families save money, cut down on commuting time, and develop a closer connection to the town in which they live."
The Live Where You Work program is a workforce housing initiative that provides low-interest, fixed rate mortgage loans to first-time homebuyers purchasing homes in towns where they are employed. Additional program benefits include down payment and closing cost assistance for the purchase of a home within Smart Growth areas and flexible underwriting criteria for the loan qualification process.
Homes must be located in a municipality that has become a Live Where You Work partner with HMFA, which is an affiliate of the DCA. The Live Where You Work initiative further enhances Governor Corzine's efforts to revitalize and build sustainable communities that encourage greener environments, access to public transportation and affordable housing opportunities for residents.
"The HMFA created Live Where You Work in 2008 and the program has taken off," said HMFA Executive Director Marge Della Vecchia. "Governor Corzine and I thank Mayor Blanco and the City of Passaic for their commitment and dedication to working with us. As always, we encourage more municipalities to join the program."
As a result of Passaic's partnership with the HMFA, people working in the city who are interested in buying a home in the community will be able to take advantage of Live Where You Work program incentives.
"The Live Where You Work program is important for our city, increasing access to home ownership for the hard working families of Passaic," said Mayor Blanco. "My administration is working hard to improve our ability to offer affordable and desirable housing for Passaic families."
Live Where You Work is administered by the HMFA. Trenton, Jersey City, Woodbridge, Elizabeth, Atlantic City, Rahway, Morristown, Evesham, Neptune Township, Bayonne, Carteret, New Brunswick, Paterson, Glassboro, Orange, Keyport, Newark, Washington Township (Gloucester County), Edgewater Park, Cherry Hill, Plainfield and Old Bridge are all taking part in the program.
To learn about how to get a Live Where You Work mortgage, please call 1-800-NJHOUSE. For more information about how municipalities can join Live Where You Work, please call 609-278-7478. Or, you can visit the Live Where You Work website at www.livewhereyouwork.nj.gov.program, go to www.livewhereyouwork.nj.gov.


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Paleobiologist Victoria Herridge stumbled upon this ridiculous photo while conducting a Google image search for an elephant skull. "I am dying," she later tweeted. "This is both depressing & incredibly funny."
These photos comes via the website for "BJ Winslow Prop Rentals and Fabrication," a whimsically macabre prop shop in Sun Valley, CA, that hews more to the Mütter Museum's brand of dark and weird than, say, the tacky atmosphere of your local strip mall's Halloween-supply store.
But so in addition to all the prop heads, severed limbs, jarred sheep-hearts and equine-grade syringes, BJ Winslow's online storefront also happens to feature a fair number of skull- and skeleton-replicas, which isn't really all that weird, given the rest of the shop's wares, except for the fact that photos of these replicas frequently contain, unaccountably, sexily dressed and/or heavy-lidded women.
Another layer of ridiculousness: the replicas are at times misidentified – e.g., this "cave bear" skeleton that Ross Barnett, an expert in Pleistocene-era megafauna, says is most definitely not a cave bear skeleton:
The whole thing is... well... it's weird. Apparently, it's also kind of a thing. Sez Barnett:
Same goes for dinosaur photos, evidently:
Those interested can click through at their own sexy peril.
So what do we make of this? Is this just yet another example of how sex is used to sell just about anything these days, or is there something inherently alluring about ancient skeletons? Is this some shade of geek-kink that we were previously unaware of, or is it just some variation on the human-remains-oriented paraphilia that we've reported on in the past?


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At two points earlier this year I got a chance to see the Samsung SyncMaster T27A950 under controlled conditions. Each time the monitor wowed me with its glossy presentation of movies with deep blacks, brilliant color, and a seemingly very high contrast. Controlled demos are one thing, though, and how a device performs in labs tests under a much more discriminating eye can be something else.
Design and features
The design of the 27-inch Samsung SyncMaster T27A950 can be described in just one word: gorgeous and unique. OK, that's two words--or three, if you must be absolutely literal--but in this case one word just isn't enough.
The 27-inch screen sits atop a wide, flat base stand that nearly spans the length of the panel. The panel itself measures 24.5 inches wide and the foot stand is 20.3 inches wide by 7.3 inches in depth. The screen attaches to the right side of the foot stand and the distance from the bottom of the screen to the desktop is 3.6 inches. The razor-thin bezel measures 0.4 inch wide on the sides, making it one of the thinnest monitor bezels we've seen. Also, measuring just 0.25 inch in depth, the panel is incredibly thin, especially for a 27-incher, and is one of the thinnest panels we've yet seen.
The design allows about 20 degrees of back tilt, but no other ergonomic options. The metallic chrome look (it's actually plastic) of the back panel accentuates the monitor's smooth finish, with no ports, connections, or VESA screw holes on it to ruin the aesthetic; however, there is a serial number sticker right smack in the bottom middle that ruins an otherwise pristine look.
The base stand accepts the burden of connections, and on its back are two USB ports, a coaxial in, PC audio in and out, an optical audio port, and a connection for the included composite/component dongle. All face the back and are easy to access.
Unfortunately, no DVI port is included, but Samsung attempts to make up for this by supplying two HDMI ports instead. As an added bonus, each HDMI port can be switched to video or graphics optimization through the onscreen display (OSD).
The T27A950 comes with a very comprehensive-looking remote control that gives you much easier access to the OSD's functions than the actual OSD array does. Aside from its inclusion of Smart Hub, the OSD has several features Samsung HDTV owners are accustomed to. Brightness, contrast, backlight control, and sharpness controls are available from picture options. You'll also have access to RGB gain and offset settings as well as many other detailed picture settings. Sound options ran from equalization settings to auto volume to 3D sound for the built-in speakers. Noticing a trend? We're definitely seeing a new high-water mark in design here.
Smart Hub provides streaming video, games, and apps, including Netflix, Hulu, Facebook, and Twitter, among many others. Also, you can stream video from any AllShare-enabled device, like a Samsung smartphone, directly to the T27A950. Thanks to the monitor's Ethernet port and built-in CPU, this can all be done without the aid of a computer connected to the display. Connection to a wireless router can be achieved through the use of a Samsung USB wireless adapter, but no native Wi-Fi is included.
The version of Smart Hub here looks to be very close to the one Samsung has included in its HDTVs for a while now. Check out our full review of Smart Hub for more info. In our experience, Smart Hub was easy to navigate; apps downloaded quickly and installed themselves without any trouble. Unfortunately, we were unable to get Netflix to activate on the monitor.
Included with the T27A950 is a pair of wireless, Samsung-proprietary, active-shutter 3D glasses. The glasses fit comfortably on the face, but there is a huge gap at the top between the glasses and your forehead where lots of light can come through.
Samsung's 3D glasses have a slightly different shutter pattern than Nvidia's offerings, which results in the shutter being fully open more often than the Nvidia counterpart.
According to Samsung, the shutter lens is open 70 percent of the time, whereas Nvidia's--or "Company N", as its press materials refer to it--is open only 32 percent of the time. This purportedly results in a longer battery life for the glasses and less strain on the eye, due to more ambient light being allowed in.
The monitor's overall build quality is high, with a foot stand that won't budge no matter the force with which we punched it, but while the foot stand feels nice and heavy, the panel, when squeezed, was more malleable than we'd like.
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We tested the 27-inch Samsung SyncMaster T27A950 through its HDMI (DVI) input, connected to a Windows Vista PC, using the included HDMI cable. The display posted a composite score of 91 on CNET Labs' DisplayMate-based performance tests.
DisplayMate: The T27A659D visibly displayed dark gray down to a low level of 2 and light gray was visible to the not-quite-as-high-as-we're-accustomed-to-but-still-good level of 252. Judging from these findings, the display would likely not have much trouble displaying dark detail or confuse white with light colors.
Color performance overall was good, but was plagued by the nearly impossible-to-escape green hue problem that crops up on many monitors during the color tracking test. Once calibrated, however, the green impression was significantly diminished.
Backlight bleeding was prevalent along the bottom left edge and top right edge.
Text: Black text on white looked clear and crisp down to a level 6.8 font, with no abnormalities or weird color artifacts.
Movies: The T27A950 was made to play movies, plain and simple. Samsung used its highest-quality TN panel for the T27A950 and credits its great movie playback performance to a combination of panel tech, optimizations made by Samsung engineers, and its use of Ultra Clear Panel technology.
According to Samsung, Ultra Clear Panel (used in many of its HDTVs) is a coating added to the front of the screen that both reduces reflections and increases the level of contrast.
Even with the coating, we noticed a high number of reflections in a well-lit room, but the pop of the contrast hit us right square in the eyes, thanks to the deep black levels and the vibrant color that pops from the screen when playing an HD movie.


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Google Debuts Chromecast for Video Streaming to Your TV
Google Debuts Chromecast for Video Streaming to Your TV
Google has had a busy day announcing the new Nexus 7 and revealing the Play Games app. They also unveiled Chromecast, a HDMI dongle which aims to help users stream media from their smart devices on to their TVs.
Chromecast can be plugged into a TV via HDMI and it is powered with the help of a micro-USB port. In the simplest terms, Chromecast brings the benefits of wireless connectivity to your television.
Expected to work with a wide variety of devices, Chromecast is reliant on Google and Google approved applications. This means that it is expected to provide a degrees of OS agnosticism. For example, iPhone users will be able to interact with Chromecast via a "cast" button, just like Android device owners, as long as they have the compatible apps for example YouTube. Netflix is stated to be the only non-Google video app to be included on Chromecast at launch.
Not only meant for video, Chromecast will also work with music apps, more specifically Google Music and Pandora. Google has also stated that the ability to project a Chrome browser tab on the TV via Chromecast is being tested in beta.
A developer preview of the Chromecast SDK is expected to be released shortly and the Chromecast HDMI dongle itself is going to retail for US$35.
Source: Google via Arstechnica


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If you're running an event in Barcelona and would like to include it in the festival, please add your details here. There is currently no charge to add your event, all we ask is that you link back to us and tell people that your event is part of the festival. We'll give you a logo and a URL to do that.
It doesn't matter what type of event it is or how large or small it is. All welcome. Whether it's a geek meet-up for 10 people, a big party, a panel session, a round-table discussion, a half-day conference, a barcamp, a developer coding session or something else, we don't mind. We just want to include the most interesting and relevant events that add to the festival vibe – and not just the parties (although they're very important too, as Swedish Beers fans will no doubt tell you).
As a helper
There are other ways to get involved too. We need more venues to run events (maybe you have an office locally, or maybe you're running an event in the afternoon and we could use the same venue in the morning for something else), we also need helpers at each event for things like manning the registration desk or handing out badges, or looking after special guests. And any help with marketing is also much appreciated. No offer of help is too small! If that sounds like you, please tell us here. Also, if we've already talked about you getting involved as a helper, we may have forgotten. It's useful for us to see who's on board to have all the names and contact details in one place.
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The Sycamore History Museum will present two walking tours of Sycamore's historic district each month during the summer. On the first Sunday of the month the tour will feature Somonauk Street, and the third Sunday of the month will be a tour of Main Street.
The North Main Street tour is a new addition for 2013. Both tours are led by local historian Steve Bigolin. Tours leave from the southeast corner of the Sycamore Farmers Market at Somonauk and Elm streets at 1 p.m. and last about 90 minutes. Cost is $5 per person and includes handouts with information on highlighted locations. The next Main Street tour will be June 16, and the next Somonauk Street tour will be July 7.
Bigolin has led past historic district tours of Somonauk and Main Streets as well as Corn Fest tours in DeKalb and numerous local cemetery tours. He will discuss buildings that have contributed to downtown Sycamore and some of the most notable architecture of the area. This year he expanded the Main Street tour. Stops on the walk will include the Townsend House (currently the Paper Doll House) and carriage house (Willow's Hometown Cafe), the Boyton House, the DeKalb County Courthouse, the library, the post office and Rick Turner's law office.


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Industrialisation has spawned a new (un)natural order. My aim is to question the value of industrialisation and its implications for nature and human isolation. Recurring motifs juxtapose the natural with the unnatural. Nature is being reselected in a different context – a context of industrial material, overdevelopment and waste. The snippets of maps in collage form hint at the new direction in which society is heading – a journey of disconnectedness – away from nature. Though nature continues to have a role, it is one which is caged, limited or manipulated.
Consider the different objects used in Isabella Rich's artwork and in Alex Rizkalla's Remains/vestiges: dispersal. Write a narrative inspired by one of the works, creating your own connections between the objects within it. Construct an artwork using found objects to represent the world around you.
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Where there's smoke, there's fire! Days after a media outlet reported Basketball Wives star Evelyn Lozada once had a fling with her fiance's BFF Terrell Owens, she has decided to quit the show, and according to TMZ, it is for good this time.
The chain of events began earlier this week when the MediaTakeOut gossip blog stated that when Evelyn began dating fiance Chad Ochocinco last year, she was also secretly dating his buddie and fellow NFL player Terrell at the same time. The insider revealed, "I can't call it CHEATING, cause her and Chad weren't officially together. But Chad doesn't know about it. Evelyn and [Terrel] promised to never tell [Chad] about it."
After that report came out on Monday, Evelyn laughed it off on twitter, and her fiance Chad did the same. Well fast forward to a day later as Chad posted this not so cryptic message on his twitter page: "No Sabes Como Duele." Translation? – "You don't know how much it hurts." Chad hasn't updated his twitter page since posting that on Tuesday.
The same day Chad posted the message, Evelyn posted on her twitter page that she was not only quitting twitter, but also the Basketball Wives. "Just wanted to say that I won't be on Twitter for a while. Going 2 possibly delete my account & I won't be signing on 2 do anymore shows," tweeted Evelyn.
And just yesterday, TMZ confirmed that Evelyn had indeed decided to quit the very popular VH1 hit show. Sources close to Evelyn tell TMZ no amount of money will bring her back and that Evelyn made up her mind after VH1 posted a blog repeating the report that Evelyn may have cheated on Chad with his former teammate TO. VH1 has since deleted the blog posting.
However, the word on the rumor mill is that Evelyn and TO, who also has a show on VH1, did indeed have a fling before Evelyn got serious with Chad. After the initial story came out this week, TO apparently came clean to Chad, who then decided to dump his fiance Evelyn. Sources add that Evelyn is devastated and now feels that Basketball Wives ruined her reputation and relationship with Chad. Yikes!
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Equity futures once again were ramped higher over the weekend. The cover story for this weekend's HFT manipulation on no volume is once again "progress" in Europe as this time they are jawboning about rewriting the Eurozone rules. Naturally, if you don't like the game being played, but you want to retain your power and control, you simply change the rules of the game. That is exactly what has happened already, especially here in the United States, as those who produce money from nothing use that money to maintain power and to write their own rule of law. That's why we have two distinct rules of law, one for them, and one for everybody else.
Meanwhile, the dollar gets killed so that we pay for it, bonds are lower, oil is higher, gold & silver are close to even, and most food commodities are slightly higher.
Factory Orders and the Service ISM come out at 10:00 Eastern this morning and will be reported inside of today's daily thread. Data for the rest of the week is fairly light.
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Please . . . you are welcome to join me for a walk on this mental pathway for a few moments - the question in the subject may seem vague if not impossible to answer for some people, but we all derive our meaning differently and the question has been left intentionally vague for that reason.
I will offer up some some writing to prime the conversation. You may leave now if you wish . . .
. . . Synergy is the creation of a whole that is greater than the simple sum of its parts. The term synergy comes from the Attic Greek word συνεργία synergia from synergos, συνεργός, meaning "working together". I hope that by working together along with the original question that we find synergy with meaning - with a bit of luck I may set a theme. As we stop by my Zen Garden and take our seats, I say to you; by considering that the whole is greater than the sum of its parts - I wonder whether is it wise enough to speculate that meaning is derived somehow in the first instance of the first time meaning came to be - in other words - can meaning come about by lack of contrast?
The total sum of experience from birth to the present does not always provide enough meaning to some peoples lives and hence they go soul-searching or seek enlightenment or participate in any number of other potential activities that might bring meaning to their own lives. By asking something abstract and only using the accumulated information in ones memory is it possible to derive meaning from anything? How is it that somehow we are able to gain meaning from the unrelated? For example metaphors, analogy, parables or what ever you want to call your chosen device - poetry has proven to be such a device - as has art.
We get up and continue walking . . .
I once heard a saying that went something like "The fish uses its tail to swim forward. The fish uses its head to swim backwards." and in my quest to find meaning I started to wonder whether meaning may be propagated in more than one direction. We use devices like metaphors to convey meaning and so it is that I am mixing concepts to make an attempt to get to the bottom of a more abstract mental impression of meaning. At what point in our mental process does meaning start?
An acquaintance of mine once responded to me by stating, lets try again to add some meaning to it - the question - Where does meaning come from? Lurking in the background is the question of whether it is even meaningful to ask the question on meaning. For example if it might have to do with some kind of fundamental open-ended mess or ambiguity of things. The question itself then would relate to a potential answer or direction, starting off in the mental realm. Meaning then as an expression of direction, from the known to the unknown, from the past to the future.
He went on further to state that until now I "simplified" meaning to be some form of expression of connection, of relating. This is based on the experience of when or how some activity, or even "life", feels meaningful or not. And it always showed itself to be a function of the amount of connections something or someone has to other activities, people and events. It also explains the well known experience of a complete loss of meaning, which seems to be a result of engaging in activities for too long all having little relation to anything, or anyone, else beyond its own confines.
Philosophy then is deeply connected to meaning giving, since all the philosophical questioning, all the philosophical exploring is aimed to connect to everything: all the finer points of existing, of language, of dealing with experiencing and deriving sense from all of it. And yet it can also lead to meaninglessness, probably when one would stop applying this thought to all sense and all times. When all thought on life would become a bubble of life, becoming isolated. Such perhaps unavoidable form of alienation could then be part and parcel of having a mind in the first place; creating limited representations as a way to reason.
But back to the question, which was not as much about what meaning was but also where it would come from. Perhaps it would simply flow out of a more useful definition. If meaning indeed flows out of complex connection making, being it physical, interactions between senses and events, or pure mentally -- words connecting with words -- then it would connect deep down to the fundamental, driving forces of life itself. From these connections, all importance and value can be derived, arriving back again at the usual dictionary definitions of meaning.
This mental pathway shows how it can be said that truth, the alchemy of philosophy, is the greatest treasure as it leads to the giving of value itself, to self-knowledge, to value-knowledge. Everything else of value would be derivative.
Two questions that come to mind:
- ► How do you derive meaning in your life?
► What gives your life meaning?
And something like the original question: where do you think meaning comes from?
We leave the path here to hopefully answer any question we want and ask any question we want with the intention of adding meaning to our existence . . .


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More than 1 million feral camels are thrashing the remote Australian desert, destroying water supplies and disturbing Aboriginal communities to the tune of 10 million Australian dollars a year.
As part of plans to contain the camel's havoc and reduce the animals' numbers, managers have launched a website, CamelScan, where the public can report feral camel sightings and damages using a Google maps-based tool.
"They can do enormous damage," said Jan Ferguson, managing director of Ninti One Limited, the organization that manages the Feral Camel Management Project, which launched CamelScan. "They can eat up to very high heights in our trees. When water is short, they go for running water. They will take pipes and air conditioning units off of walls, and smash up toilet systems."
The program adds another species to the list of programs tracking other feral animals in Australia, including rabbits, foxes and myna birds. Since CamelScan launched earlier this month, the public has logged nearly 150 sightings.
"You need to count these animals. You need to know where they are and what they're doing," said Ferguson.
The single-humped dromedary camels were brought mainly from India in the second half of the 19th century to work in the scrubby, red-earthed arid parts of the Australian outback, transporting people and as pack animals. Once trains, roads and machinery made them obsolete as workers, the camels were let loose, creating the world's only population of wild camels.
Since then their population has doubled every eight or nine years.
"They are desert-adapted animals," explained Ferguson. "They adapt very well to our conditions."
The camels can chug more than 50 gallons of water in three minutes and their thirst often leads to problems. Sometimes when large numbers of feral camels converge on a small waterhole, the first animals get mired in the holes and die, fouling the water and destroying the waterhole completely. These waterholes are critical resources for humans and native birds and animals.
"There's no way you're ever going to eradicate them," said Murray McGregor of Curtin University in Perth, whose research estimated their numbers. "The key thing is to keep the number controlled to minimize the environmental and cultural damage."
The camels are spread over a 3.3 million square kilometer (nearly 1.3 million square mile) area. McGregor's work estimated that more than 40 percent of the camels are on Aboriginal lands. About 18 months ago, 3000 camels descended on one Aboriginal community during a period of drought, Ferguson said.
The Feral Camel Management Project aims to to protect key areas of biodiversity and native habitat, Ferguson says, including 18 "priority environmental assets."
This includes the goal of reducing the camel density to one camel per 10 square kilometers around key locations. There are between five and 20 camels per square kilometer in some areas.
When feasible, the animals are rounded up and used for commercial consumption by people or pets. But the camels can be in extremely remote locations.
"Some are in a place where there is no economic use for them," Ferguson said. "There are camels in such remote areas that there is no option but to shoot to waste (leaving the carcasses)."
Ferguson notes that other methods to protect and manage the areas, such as putting up fences, are part of the group's strategy.
"Very important sites can be fenced or exclusion barrier put on them," McGregor said. "But these are very strong animals. You have to put something that's quite extensive to keep them out. If they're after water, they will use everything they've got to get at it."


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Additional charges added in case of man found in Fla. with teen
A Crestwood man accused of taking a 15-year-old girl to Florida faces additional sex charges.
Toby Mason, 53, has been in jail since 2011.
The prosecutor said video recordings will be presented as evidence at Mason's trial.
"Mr. Mason, what's going on here, (is) the commonwealth has presented a new case to the grand jury," Oldham Circuit Court Judge Karen Conrad said.
Mason was arrested in Miami, Fla., with the teen on June 29, 2011.
The two met playing video games.
Following her disappearance on May 8, 2011, she was featured on the National Missing and Exploited Child website as an endangered runaway.
Commonwealth's Attorney Courtney Baxter said a new 16-count indictment is the result of the 15-year-old coming forward in the last few days with more information about what transpired.
Baxter added she will present the video as evidence.
"Like I said, the bulk of the proof comes from the videotape itself," Baxter said.
During Mason's arraignment on the new charges at the Oldham County Courthouse, Baxter told the judge there are four different incriminating videos.
"One is six minutes, one is 10. There are two other videos. One is less than a minute, one is maybe 30 seconds," she said.
Mason's attorney has been provided a copy of those videos.
"Will you present any proof what she knew she was being recorded or not?" Conrad asked.
"Yes, she'll be a witness," Baxter said.
Trial is set for March 4.
The prosecutor said the teenager will testify along with a man found with the 15-year-old and Mason in Florida.
Charges against Mason include third-degree sodomy, unlawful transaction with a minor, custodial interference and being a persistent felon.


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Spike in violent crime spurs changes to police workload
Proposed changes will cut time spent writing reports
Standing in his church's parking lot Tuesday afternoon in Colerain Township, Jermaine Armour couldn't help but reflect on his rocky past as a troubled youth.
As pastor of St. Mark Church, formerly in Corryville, he has worked neighborhood streets with police to try to interrupt crime and steer teens away from the drug and gun culture that could've brought him down a generation ago.
"We understand that our young people are not animals, they're not bad individuals," Armour said. "They're just left with some circumstances where they feel they don't have a choice."
He knows of what he speaks. His mother was 15 when she gave birth to him, and he grew up on the tough streets of Buffalo, where he melded into that city's drug scene.
He carried it with him to North Carolina, and it wasn't until a mentor showed him the pathway to a more productive life that he turned his own around.
So, as Cincinnati police make procedural changes in order to put more officers onto the streets and plug the recent spike in gun-related crime, Armour is prepared to help again.
"We want to show them the choice they have, put our arms around them, say we love you and show them a better way to live," he said.
East Price Hill is one neighborhood that believes it can benefit from that effort along with a greater uniformed presence.
It's where the shoulder of a 12-year-old girl caught a stray bullet Saturday night.
It's a west side community that is bedeviled by an uptick in shootings, and it is where Pete Witte runs a business and raises a family.
With crime spiking and police numbers dropping, he's all ears when it comes to improving efficiency.
"Boots on the ground has always been a rallying cry, especially in District 3," Witte said. "We love seeing the visibility."
It's not yet clear just how much time police will free up collectively by cutting back on paperwork, false alarm runs and obvious dead end situations.
But the plan is to devote more effort to street level intervention and prevention.
It was done in Avondale last year when then-Chief James Craig got church pastors to partner with police and go out onto the streets to engage youth.
Having just turned into his 40s, Armour has a message for them about his crime-ridden teen years.
He wants them to know about his different life now as a college graduate with two master's degrees, a wife, two children and St. Mark Church, which he pastors.
Monica Hambrick, a single mom, has seen the effects of crime in her neighborhood.
She also has witnessed the impact of the collective will to combat it, and she no longer hesitates when moving through the Five Points area of Evanston.
The St. Leger apartments are being redeveloped, and there is an employment center nearby and more patrols after 5 p.m.
"You know, they put a senior citizens building about right there," said Hambrick as she surveyed the busy corners. "I wanted them to feel comfortable to be able to walk in our neighborhood because this is our neighborhood."
She said it with emphasis, the same way she reacted to word that the police command staff was changing some of its procedures and methods of operating in order to achieve more street level results.
If more pastors partner with police and successfully work the streets, folks like Armour see a key next step for government and community.
When we bring troubled youth to the table, he states, there has to be something there on the table for them.
Had his table stayed empty, his future might have been very different or even cut short by violent crime.
"What we have to do is stay consistent," said Armour, citing former Georgetown basketball coach John Thompson's mantra that consistency is the mark of a champion.
About the street crime, he says, "as it spreads out, more preachers have to spread out, so we have to follow where the crime goes, we have to be there before the crime gets there, we have to think of ways to stop the crime before it happens."


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Si-cology 1 : tales and wisdom from Duck Dynasty's favorite uncle (Large Print) / Si Robertson with Mark Schlabach.
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- Physical Description: 289 pages (large print) ; 23 cm.
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- Publisher: New York ; Howard Books, a division of Simon & Schuster, Inc. : 2013.
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Prologue -- Birthday suit -- Dynamic dog duo -- Redneck pets -- Book report -- Unidentified walking object -- Snake bit -- Floating log -- Dancing with wolves -- Bumblebees -- Kamikaze pilot -- C is always the best answer -- Big oaf -- Passing the test -- Good morning, Vietnam! -- Deuce and a half -- Guard duty -- Leave it to beavers -- Black market -- Iced tea glass -- The woman of my dreams -- Newlyweds -- God's blessing -- Trasa -- Like father, like son -- Sleepwalking -- Mass murder -- Semiretirement -- Homecoming -- Broken heart -- Faith -- Afterword: Letters to Si from his family.
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You know him from the hit A&E show "Duck Dynasty." Now you can enjoy Uncle Si's tall tales, crazy exploits, and quirky one-liners in one raucous collection. Uncle Si has a limitless supply of stories about his childhood, duck hunting adventures, his days in Vietnam, and everything in between. Now the best of those tales are gathered into this roaring book. And as Uncle Si recounts his outlandish tales, he weaves in an up-close look into his personal life. You'll learn about his childhood life as the youngest son in the Robertson family, his college days, and his time in Vietnam. And in many of these never-before-heard tales, Si openly talks about his wife Christina and two children, Scott and Trasa who are never seen and rarely mentioned on the show. On the show Duck dynasty, Uncle Si has a limitless supply of stories about his childhood, duck hunting adventures, his days in Vietnam, and everything in between. Now the best of those tales are gathered into this roaring book. As you learn about his behind-the-scenes life, this smattering of zany stories will have you falling over with laughter and retelling them to all your friends.
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37.1003 After-acquired real property and fixtures.
The mortgage shall operate only as a contract between the parties with respect to and shall not create a lien upon real property or fixtures acquired in any manner by the mortgagor subsequent to the execution of the mortgage, if there are not described therein the real property, the fixtures and the real property to which the fixtures are or will be affixed, unless and until the mortgagor or the mortgagee, at the time of or subsequent to the acquisition, executes and duly records with the Territorial Registrar an instrument or affidavit containing a reference to the book and page number where the mortgage is recorded and also a description of the real property, the fixtures and the real property to which the fixtures are or will be affixed sufficient to identify and locate them, the description of real property may be made by describing the deed or other instrument of conveyance by which the real property was acquired or by describing the land by metes and bounds.History: 1978, PL 15-43; 1979, PL 16-48 § 1.
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Statute which states that no instrument shall be effective to create a security interest unless it contains a description of items to be mortgaged prevents the creation of a "general mortgage" and reinforces the statutory prohibition against mortgages on after-acquired real property and fixtures, as well as security interests in personal property. A.S.C.A. §§ 27.1510(c), 37.1003. Shantilal Brothers, Ltd. V. KMST Wholesale, 15 A.S.R.2d 115 (1990).
The general rule against mortgages of after-acquired real property contains an important exception for cases in which the property to be acquired is described in the mortgage document. A.S.C.A. § 37.1003. Shantilal Brothers, Ltd. V. KMST Wholesale, Inc., 16 A.S.R.2d 103 (1990).


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Soldiers claim illness after guarding KBR in Iraq
(AP)—A war contractor knew a critical southern Iraq oilfield plant was riddled with a well-known toxin but ignored the risk to soldiers while hurrying the project along, firing a whistleblower and covering up the presence of the chemical when faced with exposure, the soldiers' attorney said in opening arguments Wednesday in a federal civil suit.
An attorney for the contractor, Kellogg, Brown and Root, fired back in his opening salvo of a trial expected to last weeks that the soldiers' injuries weren't a result of their exposure to the toxin, called sodium dichromate. Geoffrey L. Harrison argued that the company had no knowledge of the chemical's presence at the plant and when they found it, they promptly and repeatedly warned the military of the danger.
A jury of six men and six women will decide whether the company is culpable for 12 Oregon National Guardsmen's exposure to the toxin, a known carcinogen, and whether that exposure led to their ongoing respiratory illnesses. The soldiers will also try to show that the fear of future illnesses is causing them to suffer emotional distress.
The irony, said the soldiers' attorney, Mike Doyle, "is that every single one of these men had a chemical hazard suit they would have put on instantly if they had known."
KBR tried to warn the U.S. Army about the dangers of sodium dichromate, Harrison said, but didn't go to the soldiers themselves because that wasn't the proper channel of communication.
"That was appropriate," Harrison said. "That was not concealment."
The suit dates to prewar Iraq, when the U.S. Army feared then-Iraqi president Saddam Hussein would react to an invasion by setting his own oil fields ablaze, as he had done in Kuwait after the Gulf War.
Seeking to head off Hussein, in late 2002 the army contracted KBR and tasked them with assessing and repairing Iraqi oilfield installations. One of the most central—and critical to a continued supply of oil from the Gulf—was called Qarmat Ali.
Qarmat Ali operated as a water treatment plant, injecting heavier, treated water into the ground to force oil to rise through wells to the surface. One of the chemicals Iraqi workers had been using was sodium dichromate, a substance long restricted in the U.S. over environmental and health concerns.
What the Guardsmen found in late March or early April 2003 was a run-down plant, Harrison said, looted and stripped of copper wire. The ground, the soldiers allege, was contaminated with sodium dichromate. When they asked about the risks, the soldiers contend they were rebuffed or placated, and safety equipment wasn't ordered until they had been on site for months.
The soldiers returned to the U.S. suffering from myriad respiratory problems, migraines and lung issues. They sued KBR in June 2009. The Oregon soldiers were joined by Guardsmen from Indiana and West Virginia, some of whom are also involved in suits against KBR.
Harrison pointed to a U.S. Army medical evaluation of the soldiers from October 2003 that found that the soldiers' medical issues were likely a result of the conditions—dry desert air, other chemicals—or preexisting conditions, along with consumption of protein-heavy supplements and the presence of sodium dichromate.
"At best, there's some possibility that some of their on-site symptoms could be related (to sodium dichromate exposure), but most likely, were not," Harrison said.
Doyle said an attempt by a KBR employee in August or September 2003 to blow the whistle on the company's role in the alleged deception of the soldiers was met with the man's dismissal from the plant. Doyle said the company was seeking an incentive from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to finish the work quickly and would brook no complaint from employees about safety concerns.
Harrison dismissed the whistleblower as a "disruptive force" at meetings who didn't know that KBR and the U.S. Army were already in talks about the toxin.
In depositions taken of senior KBR officials, Doyle points to memory "black holes" that the officials say they suffer when trying to remember events from post-invasion Iraq.
"Photographs also went into a black hole," Doyle said. "E-mails went into a black hole."
Harrison told the jury that Doyle's assertions about the memories of KBR executives were "little sound bites that he hopes stick with you."
"Some 200 people were deposed," Harrison said. "To get one person who doesn't remember everything from 8 (or) 9 years ago is not evidence."
Doyle is expected to call at least 40 witnesses, from toxicologists to engineers and the soldiers themselves.
"KBR had a responsibility," Doyle said. "They were full well aware from their assessment that sodium dichromate was present.
"It's no surprise that they documented it existed since Day One."
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To add to synthetic dreads, pull small amounts of Angelina fiber throughout the backcombed hair. A latch hook or crochet needle works great for this, or you can just nestle it into the dread with your fingers. It also helps to roll the chunk of fiber you're working with between your hands for a bit; this will help prevent shedding while you're working it into the dread. When you twist and seal the dread, the Angelina fiber will fuse to the hair.
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Good Morning,
Futures are up this morning following JPM "earnings" report. Here's a shot of the overnight:
Of course with mark-to-fantasy, along with the fact they rule the planet and can do anything they want, JPM managed to "beat estimates" and earn $2 billion for the first quarter. What do you think Jamie, was that about right? Heck you probably could have ratcheted it up a notch or two, but you wouldn't want to incite the little guys, right?
The little people are doing fine. Only 610,000 of them filed initial jobless claims this week, that's down a whopping 53,000. But let's not advertise the record breaking 6.02 million who are on continuing claims, and let's totally ignore those who are no longer eligible.
But maybe the little people aren't really doing so well, Jamie? Foreclosure filings jumped 24%, and new home construction fell another 11%.
General Growth Properties, the second largest U.S. Shopping mall owner, filed for bankruptcy protection claiming over $27 billion in debts. So, we know the economy must be good, Jamie, because JPM is making money (and taking our money).
We're still in the rising wedge, just above the 848 pivot, no recognizable pattern beyond that, VIX is still going down, green shoots galore, a perfect Alice in Wonderland world.
Options expiration is tomorrow, this will be the first time period of the bear market without any substantial pullback from one Opex to the next. That'll drive some bears out.
Have a great day,
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In speaking with wealth advisor Lee Davis of J.L. Davis Financial Corp. something struck me like a lightening bolt and I'm not sure why I hadn't realized it already — the fiscal cliff is really just another good old western story.
If you could suspend disbelief for a moment, you have Obama and Boehner walking towards one another on a dusty one-street town. The barber, the butcher and the barkeep all peer out from behind their storefronts. They all know the impending battle that looms over their town.
What prompted my epiphany? Well, lot's of things, really. But the real catalysts were the TV and something Davis said.
Davis and I are talking in his Greenwood Village, Colo. office with a flat screen TV flickering on the wall. A phalanx of politicians takes their turn at a podium. The sound is off. Below them are the words "Congressman X says something about the fiscal cliff." At least that's the way I read it.
If I were Elvis and it were my TV I might pull out a six-shooter and blow it to smithereens, but then again, this is Davis' TV and I'm not Elvis so I resort to reading lips. This is what I see the politicians say: "blah blah blah blah blah blah blah." In my head it sounds a lot like the teachers from the Charlie Brown cartoons.
I ask Davis about the fiscal cliff and how he communicates the information to his clients. He raises his eyebrows and says: "I deal in truth." It reminds me of the great line from the great western "The Magnificent Seven," when the Steve McQueen character says: "We deal in lead, friend."
"We already know what is going to change," Davis says. "The law is the law. We are grounded in reality and express that to our clients. All of that is posturing." We both look at the TV again where politicians continue to posture and strut at the podium like Banty Roosters performing for the chicks.
In a college film class I studied "High Noon," one of the true classics of the genre. When I think of the film now, in terms of current day America, I see the dusty street, the ticking clock, the terrified townspeople. You know what I don't see? Gary Cooper, the one guy in the "white hat" willing to stand up against the bad guys, to stand up against all odds, to stand up for himself, and in doing so, to stand up for us.
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One can write out an integral whose solution gives the number of solutions to the NP-Complete Number Partition Problem and I'm wondering if anyone has an suggestions or ideas on who to solve or approximate this integral analytically or numerically.
Given $a_0, a_1, \dots, a_{n-1} \in \mathbb{Z}$, the Number Partition Problem asks for a partition of the $a_k$'s such that $\sum_{k=0}^{n-1} \sigma_k a_k = 0$, where $\sigma_k \in ( -1,1 ) $.
Consider the following Integral:
$$ I(a_0, a_1, \dots, a_{n-1}) = \frac{1}{2 \pi} \int_{-\pi}^{\pi} \prod_{k=0}^{n-1} (e^{ 2 \pi i a_k \theta } + e^{ -2 \pi i a_k \theta } ) d\theta $$
$I(\dots)$ will count the number of solutions for a given instance of $(a_0, a_1, \dots, a_{n-1})$. Solving this integral is worse than NP-Hard (it's #P) so asking for a general solution is out of the question. But can one do any sort of approximation, either analytically or numerically? If you choose the $a_k$'s with some distribution, say uniform on some interval, can you exploit that randomness to help you approximate this integral?
Any ideas would be appreciated.
note: This has been studied by Borgs et all for the NPP Phase Transition and that's where I first saw this integral representation of the Number Partition Problem, but their analysis relies on approximating the family of instances given a uniform distribution on the $a_k$'s rather than trying to solve a particular instance, as I'm trying to do above.


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Ted David has worked at CNBC since the business network launched in 1989. He likes his colleagues. Respects his bosses. Enjoys his current gig as a senior anchor of CNBC Business Radio. But when his contract with the network is up this spring, Mr. David will cast his eyes longingly in the direction of a fledging rival.
He would like someday soon to work at the Fox Business Network (FBN).
"I cannot imagine a more tempting possibility," Mr. David told NYTV when reached by phone. A few days earlier, the industry-news blog TV Newser had reported rumors that Mr. David had been seen recently at the Fox News headquarters. Mr. David denied it, but was far from coy about his interest in FBN.
So why would a seasoned newsman, happy with his current job at the dominant national business network, contemplate jumping to an unproven rival? Mr. David spoke fondly of the long-ago days of CNBC's infancy, and sounded eager to participate in another start-up. He added that he has "a lot of friends" at FBN, mentioning Alexis Glick, a former CNBC contributor who's now FBN's director of business news, and Kevin Magee, FBN's executive vice president, with whom Mr. David used to work at ABC News. But mostly, Mr. David made clear, his interest in FBN, which is set to launch next month, comes down to one man:
Roger Ailes.
Mr. Ailes served as president of CNBC for several years in the mid-90's. He is generally credited with pumping up ratings, making the network profitable and instituting a successful strategy of packing prime time with talk shows. In 1996, he left CNBC to help launch Rupert Murdoch's Fox News Channel. In the public imagination, Mr. Ailes' success at Fox News has long since eclipsed his role in reviving CNBC. Not so among his former colleagues at CNBC.
"I watched him transform CNBC," said Mr. David. "The guy is a genius. Before I leave this business I want to work for him again."
To date, Fox execs have said little in public about their vision for the new network, nor about their strategy for taking on CNBC. Mr. David said he had heard of no specific plans for FBN. His attraction is based on faith. "Anybody who tries to second-guess Roger Ailes is nuts," he said. "I'm sure whatever it is, it's carefully thought out and he knows exactly what he's doing. I know what kind of a great mind he has in terms of running television."
In preparing for the challenge from FBN, CNBC has recently improved its on-air graphics, beefed up its online presence and cultivated a number of hit personality and talk shows—most notably, Mad Money With Jim Cramer.
Still, doubts persist about CNBC's programming strategy. Not long ago, in an apparent attempt to break new ground, the network aired a game show of sorts: Fast Money MBA Challenge, in which teams of business-school students square off in Jeopardy-style competitions. But ratings were lackluster and did little to inspire much faith in the network brass' ability to create hits.
"The general feeling is that Fox will crush CNBC," one pessimistic CNBC staffer told NYTV. "Politics aside, Ailes is worshiped. The leadership here is in total denial."
"That's nonsense," said a CNBC spokesperson. "Sounds like someone who hasn't been in the newsroom."


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Chocoholic: Mocha Wacky Cake
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While researching recipes for an upcoming cookbook that I'm working on, I came across a confection called a "Wacky Cake". I hadn't heard of it and I was immediately intrigued because not only does this cake have a minimum of ingredients, it's mixed right in the pan. Sounds like my kind of cake.
I'm used to getting myself involved in exhausting, epic marathon cake recipes, so this Wacky Cake seemed like a refreshing change of pace. Digging a little further, I found that this cake is not new at all. In fact, Wacky Cake came about in the early to mid-20th century as a result of a combination of the limited ingredients that were available during the two World Wars and the beginnings of the convenience trend in baking. Dairy products such as milk, butter, and eggs were sometimes hard to come by, inspiring bakers to create cake recipes without them.
Amazingly, Wacky Cake is a cake with no eggs, no butter, no milk—it's the perfect recipe to make in a pinch when you've got nothing in your fridge. Because there aren't any stabilizing eggs in the batter, mixing the ingredients right in the pan just before it hits the oven helps to make sure that the cake gets as much as it can from the leavener. And it's just darn easier—no big mess to clean up later.
Though I was tempted to mess around with the ingredients, I realized I'd just be defeating the purpose of an emergency cake. And though a cake without all the good tasty, fatty, dairy stuff doesn't quite compare, this cake tastes delicious and has a surprisingly good crumb. In fact with vegetable oil as the fat, it's one of the moistest chocolate cakes you'll find. Though it's not necessary, I did take the liberty to add some instant coffee to the mix to give the cake another layer of flavor. Moist, chocolatey, few ingredients, and above all, easy—this might be worthy of more than just an "in a pinch" moment.
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About the Author: Yvonne Ruperti is a food writer, recipe developer, former bakery owner, and author of The Complete Idiot's Guide To Easy Artisan Bread. You can also watch her culinary stylings on the America's Test Kitchen television show. She presently lives in Singapore as a freelance writer for Time Out Singapore. Check out her blog: shophousecook.com . Follow Yvonne on Twitter.
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Four new friends will join the Radz zoo of characters–Scratch the Tiger, Bandit the Zebra, Spanky the Monkey, and Squeak the Penguin, collectively known as Radz Gone Wild. Mystery glasses, lanyards with a swivel clip and buckle end, and Radz Gone Wild collectibles join the Radz product line of allowance-friendly treats/toys that are techy too. With each purchase of a Radz candy dispenser comes a bonus Radz Plus code that accesses free Apps for the iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad.
Gift shops in zoos and aquariums and neighborhood candy shops now stock their shelves with the Radz Everyday Series (featuring Antic, Bubbs, and Critter) and the Sports Crazy (with Homer, Hoops, and PK) themed dispensers. Candy refill packs and add-ons like mystery glasses keep the Radz collectibles fresh and entertaining.
Kids can enter the online world and play in the Radz Arcade at www.RadzWorld.com. Once they own a code, the Apps store opens up to fast-paced games ZapTap, ZigZag, and ZipFlip. New this summer are added levels and play patterns in ZapTap.
The online world of Radz was designed for preschoolers (already tech savvy) and older kids with little help needed from parents. Older kids up to tweens also gave their stamp of approval for the apps, saying they were engaging and fun to play.
Find Radz online at RadzWorld.com, Facebook.com/RadzWorld, Youtube.com/RadzTV, and in the iTunes App Store.