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• Clinically proven to protect against UV-A, UV-B plus Infrared-A rays.
• Non-greasy with immediate protection.
• Suitable for sensitive skin - does not contain any preservatives, perfumes, colourants, fats, parabens or PEG emulsifiers.
• Helps to prevent prickly heat and sun allergy.
• Water resistant.
Ladival offers true broad spectrum protection and protects against four times more of the sun's rays, than UV-only sun protection products.Most standard sun creams help to protect your skin against UV-A and UV-B rays and Ladival does too, but these make up just 7% of the sun's rays. Infrared-A makes up a further 30% of the sun's rays. So with Ladival's advanced Infrared-A protection system (IR-D Infrared Defence™) you get protection against four times more of the sun's rays, compared to standard UV-A and UV-B sun protection products.
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• Protect babies and small children from direct sunlight.
• Use clothing and sun protection with a high sun protection factor (SPF).
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• Even products with high SPF do not provide complete protection
• Avoid intense midday sun.
• Excessive sunbathing presents a serious health risk
• This product can cause permanent stains, so avoid contact with all types of fabric.
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Over the past few years, I have heard many folks assert that one can be a PCI-compliant merchant using public IaaS cloud, and I have heard just as many state that it's not possible. In retrospect, I have found most of them – including myself – to be misinformed. After gaining more firsthand experience, I feel confident telling you where I sit at this state in the game on the question: "Can I be PCI compliant using a public IaaS cloud?"
To cut to the chase: The answer is yes, and the hardest part is knowing what you need to do, which I want to help you with here. I am a former Qualified Security Assessor (QSA) and have participated in multiple PCI working groups. As the Director of Security and Compliance for RightScale, I can speak for where we see things, but the information, processes, and opinions I express here are mine alone and are not intended to represent any guidance from the PCI Security Standards Council (SSC) or any card brand.
I'll first talk about foundational principles and mindsets, then go through each PCI Data Security Standard (DSS) requirement and I'll give you my "How I did it." Note that you may disagree, and that is fine. A healthy discussion on this topic is beneficial to everyone! So with that, let's get started.
Setting the Foundation for PCI Compliance
You will need to understand some foundational assumptions and working rules I go by. First, here are three environment assumptions/guidelines:
- All Cardholder Data (CHD) will be housed in the IaaS provider. There is no other managed hosting or physical system in the design.
- The application is structured into 3 tiers: Load balancer, app server, DB server.
- Dev and Test are separate and have NO CHD, and thus are outside of Cardholder Data Environment (CDE). Thus the design only deals with production systems.
And the foundational assumptions/rules:
- You will need to choose an IaaS Cloud Service Provider (CSP) that:
- Is on the "Approved Service Providers" list for one of the major card brands (for example the VISA list). If they are not listed, but have done a Level 2 assessment and can show you their Report on Compliance (RoC), that may suffice, depending on your situation.
- Will sign a contract that states they must protect CHD in accordance with PCI DSS to the extent it applies to them. This is basically covered if they have done (A) above.
- Note: The reason you need a PCI compliant IaaS CSP is because they control the physical systems up to, and including, the hypervisor. They will be responsible for the PCI DSS compliance of that part of the stack.
- Find a QSA who knows cloud technology and understands cloud governance or determine if you have the knowledge internally. Note that IMHO very few organizations have the depth of knowledge needed in this area, and will likely get it wrong if they don't get help.
- A good choice is the QSA who did the assessment for your IaaS CSP.
- Design your application.
- Do not store the Primary Account Number (PAN) if you do not need it. Many payment processors have mechanisms for recurring billing or credits. Depending on your situation, it is highly likely that you do not need to store the PAN, thus making your life significantly easier from a PCI DSS compliance standpoint.
- If you are going to store PAN, then the design of crypto mechanism and, more importantly, the key management of data in the DB, is critical. This is really not a "cloud" or cloud governance thing, and is dealt with in any PCI application that stores CHD.
- Terminate SSL/TLS at the load balancer and run all other traffic over the private interface/network. This assumes that the "private" interfaces have been designed to meet the definition of "non-public" as far as PCI DSS. This is the case with Amazon Web Services. Traffic between the private IP addresses can be considered a private network and not require encryption. This does not mean that you can't or shouldn't do it, just that you do not have to in order to meet PCI DSS requirements.
- Use host-based firewalls for isolation on the individual virtual machines.
- Using "security groups" or other hypervisor-based filtering is likely acceptable, but I like the control of the firewall at the host. Use them both if you want, but be careful of conflicts.
- I'd recommend using a tool such as CloudPassage to manage the firewall rules. This gives the separation of duty that PCI DSS requires, and will make achieving cloud governance and compliance much easier.
- I recommend using an IaaS cloud management solution. In my case, I am managing my PCI environment with RightScale, so some of my descriptions are based on that solution, but the principles I use can be applied regardless of the tools you use.
- Disclaimer: The RightScale platform has not undergone a Level 1 assessment, and thus is not on the list of "Approved Service Providers." I use the fact that RightScale has the available documentation to help me "prove" that the SaaS Platform meets the PCI DSS requirements (using my previous QSA experience). Simply, our ability and willingness to be transparent and helpful in the assessment is key.
How to Determine Scope and Requirement Applicability
I use the following questionnaire for each system/application to determine what is in scope for my PCI assessment:
- Does the system "store/process/transmit" a Primary Account number (PAN)? If yes, in scope.
- Can the system be used to "directly manage" (i.e., make changes) on a system component in #1? If yes, in scope.
- Does the system provide ancillary services (e.g., DNS, NTP) to a system component in #1? If yes, in scope.
- Is the system segmented? Host-based firewalls restrict all other traffic, so out of scope.
Once I determine that a system/application is in scope, I use the following questionnaire to figure out what requirements need to be met by the component:
- Does it "store/process/transmit" a PAN? Then review the system component in view of all requirements (1-12). Example is front-end web server.
- Can it be used to directly manage a system component in #1? Then review in context of Requirement 1, 2, 4, 5, 6.{1,2,4}, 7, 8, 10.{1-7}. Example is RightScale.
- Does it provide services to a system component in #1 and do I own/manage it? Then review in context of Requirement 1, 2, 4, 5, 6.{1,2,4}, 7, 8, 10.{1-7}. Example is central log collection system.
- Is it a 3rd party that provides services to a system component in #1 and I only have a SaaS/API interface to it? Then rely on contracts and review my configuration setting in context of Requirement 7, 8, 10.{1-7}. Example is DNS service.
Note: A realistic working definition of "connected to" (as defined in the PCI DSS) has never been made IMHO, so I used a pragmatic/risk-based definition in my scoping process. At some level, only an air-gap would suffice, which is ridiculous.
The Top-Level PCI DSS Requirements and Public IaaS Cloud
I've listed the 12 top-level PCI DSS requirements along with a brief "gist" of how I did it (or would do it if it applied) for RightScale. The full document is 37+ pages – too long for a blog post. The good news is that you can get the full paper here on PCI DSS requirements and public IaaS cloud.
|My Summary
|Install and maintain a firewall configuration to protect cardholder data
|Do not use vendor-supplied defaults for system passwords and other security parameters
|Protect stored cardholder data
|Encrypt transmission of cardholder data across open, public networks
|Use and regularly update anti-virus software or programs
|Develop and maintain secure systems and applications
|Restrict access to cardholder data by business need to know
|Assign a unique ID to each person with computer access
|Restrict physical access to cardholder data
|Track and monitor all access to network resources and cardholder data
|Regularly test security systems and processes
|Maintain a policy that addresses information security for all personnel
Having worked with a number of customers on their PCI compliance strategy, I am definitely of the opinion that you CAN be PCI compliant operating in a public IaaS cloud. A lot of the work to get there is actually relatively standard and the hardest part is knowing what you need to do and what you have to rely on your partners to do.
As is common practice, you need to have proof for what you assert. When it comes to partners, you have two mechanisms to get assertions from the partner: They can get onto the list of PCI approved Service Providers or they can be transparent and willing to work with you to document their compliance adherence. In reality, both options require you to do your due diligence on the partner, one just makes it a easier in some regards.
The other key aspect of PCI compliance is making sure you manage the system components correctly. The industry knows how to manage traditional environments, but the nuances of public IaaS cloud can make mistakes more egregious. Thus it is critical that you manage the systems components correctly. I believe that the functionality that RightScale gives me in terms of management and governance of system components is invaluable (otherwise I would be working elsewhere). With that said, there are other management options (other vendors, do-it-yourself, or a combination) that you can leverage to make it happen. Just make it happen.
PCI compliance in a public IaaS cloud is a very touchy subject, and it should not be. This is my attempt to shed some light on an area that I think has too much mystery around it. I hope you find it useful.

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Company to host special ECR symposium and workshops to mark significant advances in its tomosynthesis development program
Hologic, Inc. (Hologic or the Company) (Nasdaq: HOLX), a leading developer, manufacturer and supplier of premium diagnostics products, medical imaging systems and surgical products dedicated to serving the healthcare needs of women, will display an extensive suite of healthcare solutions for breast cancer screening and diagnosis, breast biopsy, osteoporosis risk assessment, medical MRI coils, and extremity imaging at the annual meeting of the European Society of Radiology, in Vienna, Austria March 7 – 11. The European Congress of Radiology (ECR), the largest radiological meeting in Europe, annually attracts over 20,000 participants representing the medical specialty of radiology throughout Europe and many other countries of the world.
"All eyes in the radiology community are on Vienna in March and the five-day European Congress of Radiology," said David Harding , Hologic's Senior Vice President and General Manager, International. "We believe this will be an exceptionally exciting time to reach out to the radiology world with our newest innovations in imaging. Of particular interest this year are advances in our breast tomosynthesis program, including the introduction of a tomosynthesis biopsy option for our Affirm breast biopsy guidance system. In addition, a significant number of peer-reviewed papers have been accepted by major scientific journals, including the recent publication of the results of the Oslo Breast Tomosynthesis Screening Trial. This and other publications continue to build support for the benefits of Hologic's breast tomosynthesis – improved accuracy compared to conventional mammography, resulting in earlier detection of cancers and a reduced need for recalls."
Hologic Is Offering Three Special Tomosynthesis-related Events at ECR:
A special ECR Satellite Symposium, "Celebrating the Evolution of Tomosynthesis," on Saturday, March 9 from 2:00 to 3:30 p.m. in the Austria Center Vienna, Room C. The symposium will focus on:
The Oslo Tomosynthesis Screening Trial Results – Per Skaane, Professor Dr. Med., Oslo University Hospital Ullevaal, Oslo, Norway
Initial Experience with Tomosynthesis-guided Biopsy – Dr. Daniela Bernardi , Division U.O. Senologia Clinica e Screening Mammografico, Dipartimento di Radioliagnostica, Trento, Italy
A Review of the Evolution of Breast Tomosynthesis – Andrew Smith , Ph.D., Hologic, Inc., Bedford, Mass., USA
Nine 75-minute breast tomosynthesis education sessions from March 7th thru the 10th. Each session includes hands-on experience reading breast tomosynthesis images in combination with conventional and synthesized 2D images.
Twelve tomosynthesis-guided breast biopsy training workshops. Each workshop will include an overview of the first clinical experiences with vacuum-assisted breast biopsies guided by tomosynthesis prior to a demonstration of a phantom procedure. There will be time at the end of each session for hands-on training.
For additional information and registration information, please email [email protected]
Breast Tomosynthesis Innovations
Hologic's widely-acclaimed Selenia Dimensions breast tomosynthesis system will be featured prominently at the Congress, along with the most recent innovation for the 3D technology platform – a tomosynthesis biopsy option for the Affirm breast biopsy guidance system. Hologic's tomosynthesis systems have been installed in over 50 countries since receiving CE marking in 2008 and in 48 states in the U.S. since receiving Food and Drug Administration approval in 2011.
Hologic's new tomosynthesis biopsy option for the Affirm system is a revolutionary advance in 3D imaging, designed to allow radiologists to use the Company's tomosynthesis technology to accurately locate regions of interest for biopsy, even areas visible only on tomosynthesis images. Fewer exposures are required to complete a biopsy using tomosynthesis, compared to a stereotactic biopsy, resulting in an overall reduction in radiation dose.
Synthesized 2D images created using the latest version of Hologic's C-View software will also be on display at the Congress. C-View images are designed to provide workflow efficiencies and offer a lower dose alternative for patients.
Other New Innovations
In addition to innovations in tomosynthesis and an extensive suite of established, world-class imaging solutions, Hologic will display two new products at ECR this year:
Shown for the first time in Europe is Hologic's Selenia Dimensions Avia Package. The Dimensions Avia Package offers an efficient option for customers seeking a 2D screening only or 2D screening and diagnostic solution. Customers can start with the cost-effective Avia Package today and upgrade in the future to applications including interventional and tomosynthesis capabilities.
Hologic's Fluoroscan InSight-FD Mini C-arm with flat panel detector technology, shown as work-in-progress last year, is designed specifically for orthopedic and extremity surgeons and offers a thin profile and improved workspace access with enhanced ease of positioning.
About Hologic, Inc.
Hologic, Inc. is a leading developer, manufacturer and supplier of premium diagnostics products, medical imaging systems and surgical products. The Company operates four core business units focused on diagnostics, breast health, GYN surgical, and skeletal health. With a comprehensive suite of technologies and a robust research and development program, Hologic is committed to improving lives. The Company is headquartered in Massachusetts. For more information, visit www.hologic.com.
Hologic, Affirm, C-View, Dimensions, Fluoroscan and Selenia are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of Hologic, Inc., and/or its subsidiaries in the United States and/or other countries.
Forward Looking Statement Disclaimer
This News Release may contain forward-looking information that involves risks and uncertainties, including statements about the use of Hologic products. There can be no assurance these products will achieve the benefits described herein and that such benefits will be replicated in any particular manner with respect to an individual patient as the actual effect of the use of the products can only be determined on a case-by-case basis depending on the particular circumstances and patient in question. Hologic expressly disclaims any obligation or undertaking to release publicly any updates or revisions to the data or statements presented herein to reflect any change in the Company's expectations or any change in events, conditions or circumstances on which any such data or statements are based.


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I don't like the idea of blending manual logging with log4j in a single file. It's in the .err file already, I don't think anything else is necessary. On Wed, Feb 27, 2013 at 3:27 PM, Adam Fuchs <email@example.com> wrote: > So, question for the community: inside bin/accumulo we have: > -XX:OnOutOfMemoryError="kill -9 %p" > Should this also append a log message? Something like: > -XX:OnOutOfMemoryError="kill -9 %p; echo "ran out of memory >> > logfilename" > Is this necessary, or should the OutOfMemoryException still find its way > to the regular log? > > Adam > > > > On Wed, Feb 27, 2013 at 3:17 PM, Mike Hugo <email@example.com> wrote: > >> I'm chalking this up to a mis-configured server. It looks like during >> the install on this server the accumulo-env.sh file was copied from the >> examples, but rather than setting editing it to set the JAVA_HOME, >> HADOOP_HOME, and ZOOKEEPER_HOME, the entire file contents were replaced >> with those env variables. >> >> I'm assuming this caused us to pick up the default (?) _OPTS settings >> rather than the correct ones we should have been getting based on our >> server memory capacity from the examples. So we had a bunch of accumulo >> related java processes all running with memory settings that were way out >> of whack from what they should have been. >> >> To solve it I copied in the files from the conf/examples directory again >> and made sure everything was set up correctly and restarted everything. >> >> We never did see anything in out log files or .out / .err logs indicating >> the source of the problem, but the above is my best guess as to what was >> going on. >> >> Thanks again for all the tips and pointers! >> >> Mike >> >> >> On Wed, Feb 27, 2013 at 11:24 AM, Adam Fuchs <email@example.com> wrote: >> >>> There are a few primary reasons why your tablet server would die: >>> 1. Lost lock in Zookeeper. If the tablet server and zookeeper can't >>> communicate with each other then the lock will timeout and the tablet >>> server will kill itself. This should show up as several messages in the >>> tserver log. If this happens when a tablet server is really busy (lots of >>> threads doing stuff) then the log message about the lost lock can be pretty >>> far back in the queue. Java garbage collection can cause long pauses that >>> inhibit the tserver/zookeeper messages. Zookeeper can also get overwhelmed >>> and behave poorly if the server it's running on swaps it out. >>> 2. Problems talking with the master. If a tablet server is too slow in >>> communicating with the master then the master will try to kill it. This >>> should show up in the master log, and also will be noted in the tserver log. >>> 3. Out of memory. If the tserver JVM runs out of memory it will >>> terminate. As John mentioned, this will be in the .err or .out files in the >>> log directory. >>> >>> Adam >>> >>> >>> >>> On Wed, Feb 27, 2013 at 12:10 PM, Mike Hugo <email@example.com> wrote: >>> >>>> After running an ingest process via map reduce for about an hour or so, >>>> one of our tserver fails. It happens pretty consistently, we're able to >>>> replicate it without too much difficulty. >>>> >>>> I'm looking in the $ACCUMULO_HOME/logs directory for clues as to why >>>> the tserver fails, but I'm not seeing much that points to a cause of the >>>> tserver going offline. One minute it's there, the next it's offline. >>>> There are some warnings about the swappiness as well as a large row that >>>> cannot be spit but other than that, not much else to go on. >>>> >>>> Is there anything that could help me figure out *why* the tserver died? >>>> I'm guessing it's something in our client code or a config that's not >>>> correct on the server, but it'd be really nice to have a hint before we >>>> start randomly changing things to see what will fix it. >>>> >>>> Thanks, >>>> >>>> Mike >>>> >>> >>> >> >
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VANCOUVER — Housewives Mary Zilba and Ronnie Seterdahl Negus set the pace of episode no. 11 with a calm stroll through Stanley Park to discuss the group's ill-fated vino vacation.
And as the women's walk continues, so does the drama that's been brewing the entire season.
The discussion of bully Jody Claman doesn't last long, however, as the women (thankfully!) change the subject to an upcoming party.
Reiko Mackenzie's husband, Sonny, is set to celebrate his 42nd birthday - and she plans to do it in style.
The $80,000 Bollywood bash at the Renaissance Hotel will be a welcome distraction from the Housewives' tiresome drama.
"I want it to be the party of the century," Reiko says.
Good thing your husband can afford it.
The party preparation continues as Reiko invites Christina Kiesel over for a little pre-party Henna session. The ongoing battles aren't far from the surface, though, and the talk soon turns to Jody and her penchant for ruining everyone's good times.
"I'm getting tired of it," Reiko says with a heavy sigh.
So. Are. We.
The much-anticipated Bollywood event finally arrives and Reiko bursts onto the scene wearing more bling than a Christmas tree.
"She looks like a glittering goddess," Mary observes with just a hint of jealousy.
The gang kicks off the over-the-top soiree with a blazing dance display and an array of smoking-hot saris.
Wow, Reiko really knows how to throw a party.
And while a few of the Housewives get down and dirty, Jody can't help but resurrect her distaste for Mary . . . again.
"I'm beginning to wonder if she has any other topics," Ronnie says as she listens to Jody whine about her heated feelings for Mary.
That's doubtful.
As the rest of the women attempt to enjoy the party's events, one glaringly different guest sticks out like a black sheep.
'Pitbull' Mia raises eyebrows by breaking the sari-only dress code and showing up in a mini dress - and Reiko's not happy about it.
"We had a strict dress code for the party," Reiko stresses.
Guess somebody didn't get the memo - or else just didn't care.
As Reiko performs a cultural dance for her husband, the guests cheer - but someone (for once) remains silent.
"Reiko's party was fun . . . but I prefer the Four Seasons," Jody says as she makes an early exit.
Careful, Jody. You're starting to sound a lot like a party pooper.
With seemingly little else of importance to do besides attend a big shindig, Ronnie, Mary and Christina prepare - glasses of wine in-hand - for yet another social event.
As they primp, Reiko's allegations that Jody overcharged her for a shopping trip at her store becomes the hot topic during their catty chat.
You know how people get about money, Ronnie says as she dishes the details about the sticky shopping situation.
We're beginning to understand.
The women wrap up the 'society' evening at the upscale Loden Hotel with a few scenes of scandalous showers, ill-advised poker - and of course, more drama - when questions of loyalty and friendship again emerge between Mary and Ronnie.
"She seems kind of two-faced," Christina observes, as a totally wasted Ronnie gets cozy with Jody and Mia.
Give her a break, ladies; it's probably just the wine talking . . . then again, maybe not.
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Laid-off Illinois educator urges Congress to fund education jobs
NEA members from N.C., Ill., Ind. and Calif. take their stories to Capitol Hill
WASHINGTON - June 24, 2010 -
As Congress continues to grapple with the emergency supplemental funding bill, Angie Hallock, a high school teacher from Elgin, Ill., joins National Education Association (NEA) members from North Carolina, Indiana and California—who have all received pink slips—to urge their members of Congress to pass the "Education Jobs Fund." Without this infusion of money to state education budgets, Secretary of Education Arne Duncan estimates up to 300,000 educators across the nation could lose their jobs.
"The nation's economic crisis has pushed public education to a tipping point, but there is still a chance to stave off more damage," said NEA President Dennis Van Roekel. "Congress can choose to put students first by supporting emergency education job funding that will keep teachers and other essential personnel and programs in our schools. All students deserve the highest quality education, and their education shouldn't be diminished because we lack the political will to act. Every parent, community member and elected official needs to understand the real consequences of this funding crisis."
Angie Hallock was told in February that her contract would not be renewed. She shared her story today with Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin and Reps. Mike Quigley and Bill Foster and told them that hundreds of educators in her district alone are losing their jobs.
"Class size will rise dramatically," said Hallock. "With the layoffs in my district, we expect class size to go up to 38 kids per class—and that's before new students register for the fall.
"In District U-46, we have nearly 800 educators being laid off. With so many of us looking for teaching jobs, plus the college grads who just completed their teacher preparation programs, the job market for teachers is impossible. I am worried that the new teacher candidates will get discouraged from pursuing this profession. Not only do we need the skills and expertise of veteran teachers like me, but we also need the fresh new ideas and stamina that the new teachers bring to the classroom."
School budgets across the country have been cut to the bone, forcing massive layoffs of teachers and education support professionals. Some districts are moving to four-day school weeks, cutting critical services and programs for kids, or even closing schools. These layoffs and cuts are coming at the same time that schools are facing rising demands for better academic outcomes.
"We are closing in quickly on the end of the fiscal year, and it's incomprehensible that our children are being forced to bear the brunt of the nation's economic woes," said Van Roekel. "Enough is enough. The time to speak up for education and kids is now."
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DENVER -- Rockies shortstop Troy Tulowitzki, still dealing with soreness from a broken rib, did not have as long a midseason break as others. That's what happens when one plays in the All-Star Game. But he does not see the pain hampering his production.
His ribs were hurting before he came out of a June 13 game against the Nationals after making a dive. An MRI exam later revealed the break. But Tulowitzki came out healthy after playing three of the four games against the Dodgers in the final days before the break. The All-Star Game was uneventful, but he did dive once and did not suffer re-injury.
"It's just general soreness, and you deal with soreness throughout the year anyway," said Tulowitzki, who wears thin padding to protect the rib. "It's not something I haven't dealt with before. Even before the injury, I was in the same situation I'm in now. It was sore.
"I feel good. I wouldn't have played in L.A. or the All-Star Game if I wasn't up for it. No doubt, I'm not going to lie. There's still soreness in the area, but good enough to go out there and play."
The in-house wisdom says the Rockies were a better-than-.500 team before Tulowitzki (.332, 16 HRs, 52 RBIs in 64 games this season) left the lineup. He went 0-for-10 in Los Angeles but is expected to perform to standards, at which point the Rockies expect to win big. They entered Friday 46-50 but just 4 1/2 games behind the National League West-leading D-backs.
Tulowitzki, who started the All-Star Game, prefers to let others make that assessment.
"I feel I definitely help when I'm out there, but I would never go on record saying I'm going to be the difference," Tulowitzki said. "There are too many guys that play a part in this thing. We need everybody."
Rockies manager Walt Weiss spent the first half monitoring Tulowitzki because of his issues with leg muscle injuries, such as the right groin injury that limited him to 47 games last year. Now, he is also monitoring the ribs. But the honest back-and-forth helped Tulowitzki perform well enough to receive early NL Most Valuable Player consideration before the injury, and Weiss expected the success to continue.
Friday night's game against the Cubs was the first of 17 straight days with a scheduled game.
"We'll play it by ear," Weiss said. "It'll all depend on how well he responds to going out here and playing. That was the plan breaking Spring Training. That was the plan in the first half. It'll be the plan moving forward.
"We also know we've got to have him on the field. We want him out there, but a lot of that will depend on how he feels from day to day."


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- Updated modules and most of theme files.
3.9 (07.10.2015)
- Added Prestashop 188.8.131.52 compatibility
- Fixed few small bugs in css
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- Added Prestashop 188.8.131.52 compatibility
- Fixed missing states on address forms
- Fixed wrong z-index on manufacturers carousel
- Fixed bug with 404 page when product not found
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- Updated revolution slider module
- Many changes in styles and code of theme
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- Fixed pack items on product page
- Fixed "last ite
- Fixed styling on instant checkout
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- Updated revolution slider module to the latest version
- Updated simple blog module to latest version
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- Ended support for Prestashop 1.5.x
- Fixed google rich snippets on product page (brand name and price currency)
- Fixed some translation variables on product page
- Fixed product miniatures on product page (removed slide effect, now all are visible)
- Fixed small visual problems on iPad
- Fixed wrong image name in mancarousel module
- Fixed problem with image enlargement on product page
- Fixed wishlist
- Fixed footer social module
- Fixed product comparison on product lists
- Updated blog module to the latest version
- Updated revolution slider module to the latest stable version
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- FIXED images margin on product lists for products with one only image
- FIXED z-index for shopping cart
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- Fully new framework – Bootstrap 3 – recoded whole theme + modules
- BLOG module added
- Revolution Slider module added
- Manufacturers Carousel module added
- Simplified installation process – now via Theme import/export module – no need to do it manually
3.1 (19.11.2013)
- Fixed product comments on product page for PS 1.5.6
3.0 (03.11.2013)
- Fixed menu visibility on iPad (issue from v2.9).
2.9 (21.10.2013)
- Only a few files added (mostly GIFs), not neccessary for theme working, only stopped creating some errors in server log file.
2.8 (23.09.2013)
- improved responsiveness for iPhone
- fixed visible subcategories (menu) while page reload
- fixed few translation bugs
2.7 (05.07.2013)
- fixed unupdating TOTAL price in shopping cart
- added missing trans
2.6 (26.05.2013)
- fixed doubled currency sign in Google Rich Snippets (one file update)
2.5 (18.05.2013)
- fixed Wishlist management
- fixed some issues with tables width on Firefox
- enlarged product images
- Google Rich Snippets added
2.4 (9.05.2013)
- updated 5 files (mostly css) causing problems on Safari browsers (desktop)
2.3 (2.05.2013)
- added ROLLOVER images with nice transition – now you can see the second product picture
- now installation is much easier and faster
2.2 (11.04.2013)
- fix for HomeContentbox module (update only for Prestashop 1.5.4)
- fix for BannerManagermodule (update only for Prestashop 1.5.4)
2.1 (31.03.2013)
- fix for video slider (AnythingSlider is now responsive)
- small bug fixes in header.tpl (ssl)
2.0 (18.03.2013)
- Theme is now RESPONSIVE
1.3 (17.02.2013)
- Fixed crashing footer in empty shopping cart (file: order-opc.tpl in themes/millenium)
- Fixed missing product links in New Products module (file: blocknewproducts.tpl in modules/blocknewproducts)
- Added 2nd level menu in Top Horizontal Menu module (files: blocktopmenu.php, superfish-modified.css, arr_more.gif in modules/blocktopmenu (/css & /img))
1.2 (12.02.2013)
- New module added Polcoder AnythingSlider for the homepage – slides images and video content from youtube, vimeo, etc.
1.1 (28.01.2013)
- GRID / LIST view
- More social icons in footer
- New social module on product page (AddThis)
- Add to cart button showing on hoover in Featured Products, New Products & Product List
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Charges to be re-filed against Rio Grande HS athlete
Nick Chavez accused of stealing $15 from student
When Nick Chavez and his attorney showed up to his court date in Metropolitan Court on Thursday, they were surprised when they realized other key figures in the case were not in the room.
The key figures included the alleged victim, witnesses nor the Bernalillo County sheriff's deputy who filed the criminal charges.
Chavez is a high school senior at Rio Grande High School. In February, Chavez was accused of stealing $15 from a fellow student, and then slapping him in the face.
"It seems as if they just abandoned the case," said Chavez's attorney, Glenn Smith Valdez, referring to the prosecution.
"This is really unusual. Because quite frankly, I've never represented someone on criminal charges on horseplay for something that happened at a school, " said Valdez.
Sgt. Aaron Williamson, a spokesperson for the Bernalillo County Sheriff's Office, said "our deputy did not receive a subpoena to appear in court. That was the reason why he did not appear."
Williamson did not confirm why the deputy did not receive the subpoena but did mention, prosecutors "have hundreds of cases that they go through on a daily basis. There is always that risk that cases can be overlooked."
Williamson confirmed BCSO will refile those charges against Chavez.
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The Top 100 CIOs, Part 4 - '#17'By CIOinsight
The Top 100 CIOs, Part 4
Debora Horvath - Washington Mutual She was singled out in the Baseline 500 for her insistence on the importance of integration and ability to handle mergers and acquisitions
The Top 100 CIOs, Part 4 - '#24'
John Glaser - Partners Healthcare System Vice president and CIO of the health care group that includes leading Boston-area teaching hospitals; probably the most highly regarded health care CIO in the United States, particularly for Par
The Top 100 CIOs, Part 4 - '#23'
Gary Masada - Chevron He leads 3,500 IT people for the No. 2 oil company in the United States, a company he knows inside and out, having been there more than 30 years; working now to consolidate all ERP systems worldwide onto SAP softw
The Top 100 CIOs, Part 4 - '#22'
Vita Cassese - Pfizer Led a number of groundbreaking initiatives, including deploying an electronic terroritory management system, electronic submissions to the FDA and innovative use of the Internet to facilitate communication to both
The Top 100 CIOs, Part 4 - '#21'
Tim Stanley - Harrah's Honored with CIO Insight's Partners in Alignment award for successful linkage of business strategy and technology
The Top 100 CIOs, Part 4 - '#20'
John Grimes - U.S. Department of Defense Besides managing a massive and important IT organization, he's driving the DOD's 'net-centricity' IT doctrine, which has a major impact on defense contractors such as Lockheed Martin
The Top 100 CIOs, Part 4 - '#19'
Gregor Bailar - Capital One A trendsetter for the credit card industry and for using IT for competitive advantage
The Top 100 CIOs, Part 4 - '#18'
Dave Kepler - Dow Chemical Longtime executive who has expanded beyond IT. He's senior vice president of shared services, CIO and head of environment, health and safety; using IT to help Dow Chemical become a 'green' compan
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Paul Singer - Supervalu Much vaunted in retail circles, he ran IT at Target for several years, a hot-and-getting-hotter company that credits technology for much of its success; lured out of retirement to manage Supervalu's IT
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Cathy Tompkins - Chesapeake Energy Chesapeake is one of the Baseline 500 companies for high information productivity; Tompkins advocates a 'keep
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Jon Beyman - Formerly of Lehman Brothers Like Joe Antonellis at State Street and Jean Davis at Wachovia, Beyman not only ran technology at Lehman but also was in charge of operations; a new breed of CIO
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Ralph Szygenda - General Motors A leader in the profession, driving standards across the IT vendor community
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Tony Scott - Walt Disney Left his chief technology officer post at GM in 2005 for Disney, where he oversees a huge digital asset management project, an effort to unify ERP across all Disney properties, including theme parks, cruises, T
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Rollin Ford - Wal-Mart Pushing RFID technology for competitive advantage and supply chain efficiency
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Filippo Passerini - Procter & Gamble Took the helm from Steve David; oversees P&G's massive RFID project, trying to get returns while keeping Wal-Mart happy; has been with the company since 1981
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Tom Trainer - PepsiCo Hired to unify sprawling IT in use across the company, in various divisions, working in partnership with Becky Wanta, who is global CTO for PepsiCo
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Dave Barnes - UPS CIO of the shipping giant is a real innovator and highly visible; 'Business drives IT. We do not do IT for IT's sake,' h
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Jim Noble - Merrill Lynch & Co. Former CIO of Altria Group; is also the president of the Society for Information Management, making him a leader within the CIO community
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Rob Carter - FedEx Also serves as chairman of FedEx Kinko's and CEO of FedEx Customer Information Services; deploying Web 2.0 software order fulfillment and tracking
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Barbra Cooper - Toyota Motor Sales U.S.A. A guiding force in Toyota's drive to use the Internet not only to reach out to customers but also to make it
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Scott Griffin - Boeing Leading CAD/CAM and global collaboration initiatives; leading PLM (product lifecycle management) push with new 787 Dreamliner
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Douglas Merrill - Google Plays CIO role by adapting Google technology for internal use; oversees technology for HR and other internal functions
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Gary Reiner - General Electric Both the CIO and head of strategy for GE; pushes the company's Six Sigma efforts
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A fast-growing queue of well-heeled guests stood in the ground floor lobby of Joshua Bell's penthouse in Manhattan's Flatiron District on Tuesday, waiting for the building's "finicky" lift to resurrect itself. The virtuoso violinist had opened his home for a private concert and cocktail gathering as a tribute to Education Through Music, a nonprofit organization that counts him as one of its advisors.
"I came this close to walking up the stairs, because I'm claustrophobic and the daughter of a fireman, who would take one look at that elevator and say, 'No,'" said Carol Alt.
After a quick fix, Alt joined Tommy and Dee Hilfiger, Julianna Margulies, Mary-Louise Parker, Kyle MacLachlan, Ivanka Trump, Julie and Billy Macklowe, Christine Baranski, Debbie Bancroft, Nina Griscom, as well as Ralph, Ricky, David and Lauren Bush Lauren, in Bell's living area, mingling over spinach soufflés, caviar and Champagne underneath a sprawling mezzanine balcony and skylight.
Gayle King, sporting a small circular Band-Aid on her left arm, had just come from a visit to ABC's "Good Morning America" host Robin Roberts, who is recovering from the blood and bone marrow disease MDS.
"In order to see her, you had to get a shot. I had never gotten a flu shot, but for a friend, you'll do that," she said, smiling.
"Sorry if it's a little crunched, and thanks for fighting the elevator," said Bell, before launching into a performance of Gershwin and Tchaikovsky numbers with Sam Haywood, who had flown in from London for the event, on piano. Bell regretted that two of the host committee's most famous members — Glenn Close and Meryl Streep — were unable to make it, as they were both in bed with the flu.
"Together?" riffed a cheeky guest in the back.
Bell relayed an anecdote about visiting a school in the Bronx.
"I felt like The Beatles," he said. "When I walked in, they whispered. I don't get that very often. I was amazed. They were prepared for months ahead of time and knew all my music — they were too young to realize I was not a rock star. But they had music in their lives. I was so touched by it."


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Recently, I was talking with some friends about today's worship of measurement and ROI over all other considerations. While it's important, it is not and never will be a substitute for judgment.
Even Young-Bean Song, Director of Analytics at Microsoft Atlas Institute cautions "What we have done well is measurement for the bottom of the funnel…clicks, conversion, sales, revenue, etc. But we've turned the purchase funnel into a purchase spoon."
It occurred to me that marketing follows a predictable cycle that ought to be taught in all MBA programs, but never is. Here's how it works:
1. Declare the last god worshipped a hopeless dead-end.
2. Forget all lessons learned; abandon anything that was working really well.
3. Find a new false god to worship.
4. Affix blindfold.
5. Chase the new false god directly over the cliff.
6. Fall to bottom of chasm. Dust self off.
7. Declare the last god worshipped a hopeless dead-end.
8. Forget all lessons learned; abandon anything that was working really well.
9. Choose the next false god to worship.
10. Lather. Rinse. Repeat.
Popular false gods include Substituting Market Research For Judgment, Creativity-At-Any-Cost, and This-Week's-Technology-Will-Save-Us.
Bill Bernbach had it right more than 40 years ago. "Advertising is fundamentally persuasion and persuasion happens to be not a science, but an art."
If I ruled the marketing world, I would separate the analysts from the marketers and have them both report to the CEO. The job of the marketer would be to dream and imagine; the job of the analyst would be to objectively look at the numbers.
When you put both functions in the same position, there's a huge temptation to mix up those two tasks in dangerous ways.
ADDENDUM: When I shared this thought with my wise friend Dane Madsen, he wrote: "The only issue you have to overcome is that the quants run the finance department and they see a savings in personnel costs. Merge the position: Problem solved!"
This is what I call the Winnie the Pooh problem. To paraphrase the first chapters of the book:
HERE is Winnie The Pooh (aka "marketing"), coming downstairs now, bump, bump, bump, on the back of his head, behind Christopher Robin (aka "finance").
It is, as far as he knows, the only way of coming downstairs, but sometimes he feels that there really is another way, if only he could stop bumping for a moment and think of it.
And then he feels that perhaps there isn't.


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LONDON (AP) — Markets breathed a huge sigh of relief Wednesday that U.S. lawmakers agreed on a budget deal that will stop hundreds of billions of dollars in automatic tax increases and spending cuts that risked plunging the world's biggest economy into recession.
Stocks around the world started 2013 with hefty gains as investors welcomed the vote in the House of Representatives that made sure that the U.S. does not go over the so-called "fiscal cliff." Though longer-term fiscal problems remain and President Barack Obama will likely face more battles with the Republican-dominated House, investors were relieved that the biggest near-term stumbling block to the world economy has been cleared.
"Investors are trading with a sense of relief after lawmakers in Washington agreed on a compromise to avoid the fiscal cliff that has been the dominant theme in equity markets since the Presidential elections back in November," said Mike McCudden, head of derivatives at stockbroker Interactive Investor.
In Europe, the FTSE 100 index of leading British shares jumped 2.2 percent to 6,028, its first foray above the 6,000 mark since July 2011. The CAC-40 in France rose 2.4 percent to 3,729 while Germany's DAX was up 2.3 percent at 7,786.
Earlier, in Asia, Hong Kong's Hang Seng index shot up 2.9 percent to close at 23,311.89, its highest finish since June 1, 2011. Australia's S&P/ASX 200 surged 1.2 percent to close at 4,705.90, its best finish in 19 months while South Korea's Kospi jumped 1.7 percent to 2,031.10.
Wall Street was likewise set to rally on the open — Dow futures were up 1.3 percent at 13,195 while the broader S&P 500 futures jumped 1.5 percent to 1,441.
The "fiscal cliff" deal is likely to remain the focus of attention in financial markets over the rest of the day.
The bill that Congress approved calls for higher taxes on incomes over $400,000 for individuals and $450,000 for couples, a victory for Obama. Earnings above those amounts would be taxed at a rate of 39.6 percent, up from the current 35 percent. It also delays for two months $109 billion worth of across-the-board spending cuts that had been set to start affecting the Pentagon and domestic agencies this week.
If lawmakers had not agreed by the Jan. 1, 2013 deadline on the new budget measures, more than $500 billion in tax increases would have hit the economy in 2013 alone. Government spending worth $109 billion would have been cut from the military and domestic spending programs.
Though fears over an imminent fall off the "fiscal cliff" have eased, investors still have a host of issues to worry about — not least the prospect of more debates over unresolved longer-term U.S. budget issues.
"Cynics will point out that another argument has been booked in for two months' time, when the debt ceiling comes up for debate, and Republicans will be looking to make progress on the spending cuts that haven't featured in the New Year deal," said Chris Beauchamp, market analyst at IG.
Investors will also keep a close watch on any response from the credit rating agencies. After a fight in Congress to raise the debt limit in 2011, Standard & Poor's lowered the U.S. government's AAA bond rating, citing the lack of a credible plan to reduce the federal government's debt. It also voiced its concerns about the "effectiveness, stability and predictability of American policymaking."
Meanwhile, investors will be monitoring the state of the global economic recovery and Europe's ongoing battle to contain its 3-year debt crisis. A string of indicators were released on Wednesday and more are due later, including the closely-monitored monthly U.S. manufacturing survey from the Institute for Supply Management.
Figures released earlier Wednesday highlighted the scale of the downturn in the economy of the 17 European Union countries that use the euro.
The manufacturing purchasing managers' index — a key gauge of business activity published by data information company Markit — showed the industrial sector was mired in recession in December. The index for the eurozone fell to 46.1 from 46.3 the previous month. Anything below 50 indicates a contraction in activity.
How the European economy fares over the coming months will likely hinge on developments in the debt crisis. In the last few months of 2012, tensions eased largely in the wake of the announcement of a new bond-buying plan from the European Central Bank.
"If the second half of 2012 is anything to go by it seems that on the back of central bank action investors are presently inclined to turn a blind eye to poor news and more likely to look on the bright side of events," said Jane Foley, senior currency strategist at Rabobank International.
That has shored up the euro over the past few months and Europe's single currency eked out further gains Wednesday as investor sentiment was buoyant in the wake of the fiscal cliff deal. When investors have a propensity to take on riskier assets, the dollar often loses ground. The euro was up 0.4 percent at $1.3243.
Oil prices also pushed higher, with the benchmark New York contract up 83 cents at $92.65 a barrel.


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The idea that birds evolved from dinosaurs is not new. It was first suggested in the 1860s after the famous fossil discovery of the primitive bird, Archaeopteryx. Gradually falling from favour, the theory was resurrected by a series of new discoveries including spectacular feathered dinosaurs found in the 1990s. In the same way that we evolved from a mammal ancestor and are mammals, birds evolved from a dinosaur ancestor and are dinosaurs.
Does everyone agree?
Some scientists do not accept this idea. They propose birds evolved from an earlier reptile, most likely a primitive archosaur that lived before the dinosaurs appeared. However, there is little evidence for this compared to the amount existing for the bird–dinosaur relationship.
Bird or dinosaur?
As some dinosaurs had feathers, this feature has flown as the one that defines birds. To separate birds from other dinosaurs we now use a definition based on ancestry – birds are all the descendants of the common ancestor of Archaeopteryx and modern birds. Birds can be called 'avian dinosaurs' but it is still correct to use the term 'bird' when talking about the feathered animals we see today. Dinosaurs that are not birds are often called 'non-avian (meaning non-bird) dinosaurs'. Two key examples are:
- Archaeopteryx lithographica: Discovered in the 1860s, Archaeopteryx was the first fossil evidence linking birds to dinosaurs. It had feathers like modern birds and a skeleton with features like a small non-avian dinosaur. Although it is the earliest and most primitive bird known to date, it is not considered the common ancestor of all birds. Classification: Theropoda; Aves.
- Compsognathus longipes: Compsognathus was a small non-avian dinosaur with many similarities to Archaeopteryx. Discovered in the 1850s, it was a key fossil in discussions about birds and dinosaurs. Some Archaeopteryx remains were even mistakenly identified as Compsognathus. Classification: Theropoda; Compsognathidae.


text: The ILC offers the following services for students. Some services are optional and are available on request. Academic Advising The director of the ILC is available for consultation regarding progress through the ILC and for informal guidance as students prepare to move into the regular academic setting. The director and instructors are also available for consultation regarding students' progress and performance on the TOEFL (iBT) or IELTS. Prior to admission to a degree program at the university, ILC students are welcome to consult with a professional academic advisor who handles non-degree and conditionally admitted students. The pre-advising helps students understand the requirements of different colleges and degree programs at the university, so they can make a more informed decision regarding their academic careers. In addition, professional academic advisors are available in each college for consultation when a student has chosen his/her area of focus (Business, Engineering, Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences, Nursing, Science). For more information regarding the programs of study in the various colleges and their departments, visit department sites via the UAH website. Tutoring Experienced tutors are available for individualized help. The terms of the tutoring are arranged between the student(s) and tutor. A list of qualified tutors (including those who specialize in TOEFL preparation) is available upon request. In addition, instructors in the ILC are available, at no charge, for individualized help during their regularly scheduled office hours each week. Cost: $15-25/hour (can be shared with one other ILC student, for a split cost of $7.50 - 12.50/hour) Conversation Partners Conversation partners (both undergraduate and graduate students) are available for one-on-one discussions about academic life, current events, and general topics of interest. The conversation partners are not trained tutors but are native speakers of English who can provide the ILC student with a contact for information about life at UAH and in Huntsville. Whenever possible, ILC students will be paired with partners who share their interests and major field of study. Cost: $10/hour (can be shared with one other ILC student, for a split cost of $5/hour) Shuttle Service There is a Friday night shuttle service that is free of charge for UAH students. The shuttle runs from 5:00 - 10:15 p.m. and drops students at one of three destinations: Bridge Street Town Centre (shopping, cafe/restaurant, and theater complex), Target, and Wal-Mart Supercenter. A regular city route also passes through the UAH campus with a shuttle that runs daily from 6:00 am to 5:00 pm with stops at Bridge Street Town Centre and the U.S. Space & Rocket Center. Additional shuttle trips can be scheduled if sufficient interest merits. Students who would like to arrange trips on Friday afternoons can speak with their instructors or contact the director of ILC at email@example.com. Extracurricular Activities The ILC organizes a start-of-session get-together at local restaurants. The program provides transportation to and from the event. Participation, however, is optional. In addition, throughout the session, the program offers the option of excursions to sporting events and local points of interest (including the U.S. Space and Rocket Center, home to Space Camp). These trips are offered on an optional basis. Admission costs are the responsibility of individual students but the entire cost of a sessions' worth of excursions would be estimated at no more than $100. Transportation is provided free of charge for these events. For more information about any of the services listed here, contact the director of ILC at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Kentucky school bus driver wows 9,000 colleagues
NEA award winner Helen Cottongim: 'We must now turn our hopes into action!'
NEW ORLEANS - July 04, 2010 -
At a gathering of 9,000 educators on the nation's birthday, the fireworks came courtesy of a school bus driver from Kentucky.
In a lively and emotional speech to delegates at the National Education Association's Representative Assembly (RA) here in New Orleans, Helen Cottongim—NEA's Education Support Professional of the Year for 2010— insisted that the challenges facing public education are no match for the commitment and caring of the nation's teachers and other school employees. "Public education and the future of America's children are counting on all of us—you and me—pulling together to provide our students the best education possible," said the Florence Ken., native. "We now must turn our hopes into action!"
"Education support professionals are the glue who hold our public schools together," said NEA President Dennis Van Roekel. "Without them, education in America's public schools would come to a screeching halt. The school doors would be closed, and a student's options in life would be drastically limited. Helen Cottongim is a shining example of the ESPs who work tirelessly to make great public schools for every student."
As part of her award, Cottongim received a $10,000 grant, half of which she donated to the American Kidney Foundation. Thanks to matching grants, that donation ended up being worth $15,000, an important investment in a cause close to her heart because of her son's kidney disease.
Cottongim , the second school employee from the Bluegrass State to win the prestigious national award, is known to students as a compassionate and committed bus driver, and she has had a profound effect on many of them in a career that has spanned 36 years.
"I have driven three generations of students," she said. "I knew their dogs and cats, grandmas and grandpas, aunts and uncle. I probably knew much more than their families than their parents could have imagined. The kids told me stuff that if their parents knew, they would not be able to face me in the grocery store!" she joked during her address.
America's nearly 3 million education support professionals—more commonly known as ESPs—comprise 43 percent of the public school workforce. The ESPs work behind the scenes at public schools and higher education institutions. From bus drivers and instructional aides to food service workers and custodians, ESPs keep schools and colleges clean, safe and healthy.
Nearly 9,000 educators from every state are in New Orleans for NEA's RA, which runs through July 6. The RA is the top decision-making body for the 3.2 million-member NEA. Delegates set Association policy and address issues facing schools, students and the teaching profession.
For more information about ESPs and their role in America's public schools, visit www.nea.org/esp.
Photos from Helen Cottongim's address are available by visiting http://www.flickr.com/groups/2010ra/
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A NEW beer turned up in the Brick Lane off-license a few months ago. Taking the spotlight from, but not replacing the colourful, mock-Bengali curry beer, Bangla Premium Beer, is another beer designed to compliment your curry. Costing a national deficit creating £2.95 pence, here is a bottle Taj Mahal Premium Lager Beer.
Nowhere near as bright as Bangla, there's no mistaking the India and curry connection. It might say "Premium" on the label, but it looks economy. Even so, we know better than to judge a beer by its bottle.
The neck-label hints at why it really is "Premium". "Slow brewed in India" is why I hope it's going to be worth your time.
It's called "Taj Mahal" and has a photo of said Indian landmark to prove it. To hammer home the point of this beer, the label background seems to be taken from the wallpaper from a curry-house.
Cosmetics aside, it does say everything you need it to say. It has the word "lager", so you'll know where to align your expectations. It's a big 650ML bottle and the alcoholic volume is 4.5%. Normally I'd be moaning about it not being very high, but this is a curry beer. Trust me, the last thing you want to cool your mouth down with is Robinson's Old Tom Strong Ale.
Then there's the few more hints about why I'm hoping that Taj Mahal is going to turn out well. "Slow brewed in India from the finest malt & hops". First, it's brewed in India. Not a deceptive pretend-foreign beer like so many others. Second, fine ingredients are always good. There are still a lot of questions though. Let's see what the back label has to say…
Quite a lot, apparently. All of which I'd class as small-print. I know you love details so, (takes a deep breath), here goes…
Ingredients are "barley malt, adjuncts, hops for bitterness". Some hoppiness is good for a lager. But what the heck are "adjuncts"? Leave a comment if you know.
It's "best served chilled" and you need to "consume within day of opening". Whether that means it'll still be good to top-up your hangover with your Pot Noodle breakfast the next morning is unclear.
It is, I'm utterly delighted to report, "Produce of India for export". It was even "Brewed under license from United Breweries Limited, Bangalore, India by Blossom Industries Ltd., Village Jani Vankad Nani Daman 396 210".
Also on there are the details of the imported and exporter. The Hertfordshire based importer is SOP International Ltd, with a website at www.sopinternational.com and a homepage at http://www.sopinternational.com/d-chi467-taj-mahal-taj-mahal-premium-lager-beer/. The Indian exporter is UB Global with a website at www.ub-global.com and an interesting beer page at http://www.ub-global.com/beer.html.
And that's all the small-print. So, what does Taj Mahal Premium Lager Beer taste like? How does it compare to the other curry beers? Not just the against specialists like Bangla, Cobra and Kingfisher, but the ones that get it spot-on by accident, like Grolsch and Holsten Pils. It's time to find out.
This fridge cold bottle poured so easily, not even I made it glug. Much. For those of you, like me, who don't do Euro measuring, 650 millilitres (the size of this bottle) is more than a Pint glass can hold. As I discovered.
What does Taj Mahal look like? In the glass, it's predictably Pilsner lager yellow. Very carbonated, yet it only manages a thin, patchy layer of foam. It really is very fizzy. So much so, the fizzing is audible.
What does Taj Mahal smell like? If you've ever sniffed a Pilsner lager before, you'll have a good idea. It has that familiar whiff of malted barley. At this stage, I was hoping to smell at least a some hoppiness. But alas, I can detect none.
What does Taj Mahal taste like? The first two gulps are easy ones. Being a lager, especially one for your curry, you might not expect it to have flavour. And… it doesn't.
A good curry beer needs to be refreshing, clean and crisp, ideally with a mild, bitterness. And a few gulps in, that seems to be what Taj Mahal is. While it's cold, it feels refreshing, clean and crisp. But does it have the bitter, hoppy finish? It is slow brewed and even mentions "hops for bitterness" on the label. Apparently, they didn't add all that many hops. You just can't taste them. You do get one of the gentlest, mildest bitter finishes of any lager, ever. Will that be enough to soothe your mouth from chilli agony? Only partly, I suspect.
What am I liking about Taj Mahal Premium Lager Beer? While it's cold, it is supremely easy to drink. Even not beer drinkers will be fine. It is very accessible to the curry munching masses that frequent Brick Lane every evening. If you like your lagers to be clean, crisp and refreshing, Taj Mahal fits the bill nicely. Rather surprisingly, it's not gassy. And it's one of the few that comes in bigger-than-a-pint 650ml bottles.
What am I disliking about Taj Mahal? That drinkability and refreshment comes at the expense of watery-ness. It is very light and watery. Normally I like that in a lager. But for something that's "slow brewed" and so bloody expensive, you expect more than fizzy water. And that leads onto the next issue. The price. I wouldn't mind so much if it was exclusive ale brewed with myrrh. But it's a curry beer, to be drunk in vast quantities because your mouth is on fire. With so little in the flavour and taste department, it's also lacking anything to differentiate it, or to add any charm. And, as it gradually reaches room temperature, which it inevitably will, it loses some of the crisp, refreshing-ness.
How can I sum up Taj Mahal Premium Lager Beer? I would like to try it with a curry because it would probably do rather well. At least while it's cold, it is crisp and refreshing enough to extinguish the inferno raging in your mouth during a curry.
Compared to my other curry favourites, it's no failure. But neither does it win. It's just lacking something in the taste department that the others have. Something hoppy. If you're having a night out, need a beer for your curry and have the money to spend, Taj Mahal is perfectly fine.
Normally, I like simple, cheap, watery lagers. They're honest and drinkable, so I rate them highly. Taj Mahal Premium Lager Beer though is slow brewed and expensive. Sure, Taj Mahal is fine, but cheap lagers a third of the price are at least as good. For that, I'm rating it low.
Rating: 2.3
Have you tried Taj Mahal Premium Lager Beer? What did you think of it?
Leave your comments and recommendations down here.


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I was given this assignment:
For this assignment, your job is to create a kind of lobotomized version of a board game (such as Monopoly) called Opoly.
Opoly works this way: The board is a straight linear track of variable length (you determine the length when you start up the game). There is only one playing piece, which begins the game just off the board, at position 0. Thus, if the board length is 20, then the board positions start at position 1 and end at position 20. To finish the game, the piece must land exactly on the last cell of the board (e.g., cell 20 in the example above).
The object of the game is to acquire reward. The reward amount is initialized to 12. If your board piece lands on a board cell that is divisible evenly by 5, your reward doubles. However, if your piece lands one cell shy of the final board cell, your reward is reduced to 1/5 of its current value (via integer division), and your piece must go back to the start position - position 0. Note, though, that if the position of the last cell is divisible evenly by 5, then reward is doubled just before the game ends.
In Opoly the game piece advances via a spinner - a device that takes on the values 1-2-3-4-5 at random, with each advance value equally likely.
Two additional rules:
1) if a spin would move the piece beyond the end of the board, the piece should not advance at all (thus, if the piece is at location 18 of a 20 cell board, and if the spinner spins a 5, this is counted as a move but the piece remains at location 18.) If a piece doesn't move at all, its current reward amount should remain unchanged, even if the piece sits at a location that is divisible evenly by 5.
2) if the next to last board location is divisible by 5, and if the piece lands on this location, the reward is reduced to 1/5 of its current value only - the reward is NOT also doubled. Example: the board size is 26, and the piece is at location 23, with reward 30. Suppose the spinner spins a 2. This puts the piece on the next to the last location on the board (25). This resets the reward to 6 = 30 * 1/5, and places the piece at location 0. Even though location 25 is divisible by 5, no doubling happens.
and given this driver:
import java.util.*; public class OpolyDriver{ public static void main(String[] args){ System.out.println("Enter an int - the size of the board"); Scanner s = new Scanner(System.in); int boardSize = s.nextInt(); System.out.println("Board Size: " + boardSize); Opoly g = new Opoly(boardSize); g.playGame(); } }
This is the code that I wrote to go with the driver:
import java.util.*; public class Opoly{ private int width; private int spinner; private int o; int[] opoly; private int currentPos; private int moves; private int reward; private int round; public Opoly(int o){ this.o = o; opoly = new int[o]; currentPos = 0; reward = 12; } public void spin(){ spinner = (int)(Math.random()*6);//generates a random integer between 1 and 5 and stores it in spinner } public void move(){ currentPos = currentPos+spinner; } public int spinAndMove(){ round=0; while(currentPos < opoly.length-1){ spin(); move(); round++; if(currentPos % 5==0){ reward=reward*2; } if(currentPos==opoly.length-1){ currentPos=currentPos; break; } if(currentPos > opoly.length-1){ currentPos=currentPos; round++; } if(currentPos==opoly.length-2){ currentPos=0; reward=reward/5; } if(currentPos % 5==0) reward=reward*2; } return round; } public void isGameOver(){ if(moves==opoly.length-1) System.out.println("game over"); } public void drawBoard(){ while(opoly.length<currentPos){ System.out.print('*'); if(opoly.length>currentPos){ System.out.print('*'+reward); } else System.out.print('O'); } } public void displayReport(){ isGameOver(); System.out.println("Total rounds: "+round); System.out.println("Total reward: "+reward); } public void playGame(){ while(currentPos !=opoly.length-1){ spinAndMove(); drawBoard(); if(currentPos==opoly.length-1){ drawBoard(); displayReport(); break; }} }
This only prints out the end result of the game, but doesn't print out the drawBoard method. Any help is appreciated!


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GAS MASKS FOR ALL (Mar, 1937)
I'm not sure what's scarier, the picture of children in gas masks, or the horse wearing one.
And I love that they insist that being exposed to mustard gas is really no worse then getting a bad sun burn.
ENGLAND is manufacturing 30,000,000 gas masks for civilians at the rate of 250,000 per week. By the end of the year they will be stored at convenient centers available for instant use. Italy has decreed that every new house constructed must have a concrete anti-gas shelter in the basement in accordance with government specifications. Masks are sold in Rome on the installment plan.
French drug stores sell masks. Russia has devised special models for children and conducts gas as well as fire drills in schools. Germany and every other European country have provided masks and fume-proof shelters for civilians operating electric power plants and other vital services. A Czech manufacturer is marketing a mask with a telephone and microphone attachment for the conduct of business as usual in spite of gas.
This all goes to show that Europeans, unprotected as America by wide oceans, from hostile nations, have a genuine personal fear of death from the clouds in a general conflict. Just how real the danger is a matter of argument. Gas figured little, if any, in the first six months of the Spanish struggle and it is obvious that the element of surprise, which made the first World War attacks so terrible, is no longer present.
Chemists agree that the most deadly gases are also the most volatile—the most easily blown away. No less an authority than Colonel Adelno Gibson, chemical officer of the Second Corps Area, says that the reports of "super" gases developed since the World War are myths.
The possibility of civilians losing morale and being thrown into a panic by gas, however, is everywhere recognized. It is to guard against this that the British have set up an Air Raid Precautions Department as part of the Home Office. In Germany, the National Air Safety League with the slogan "Save Yourself" has distributed 7,500,000 masks to its members. Its most popular model is one selling for $6. The British civilian mask costs the government but two shillings.
What all mititary men know, but what many civilians do not understand, is that the object of an air raid over a large city is to create panic, to cause enough cessation of industry and commerce that armies cannot be supplied, and to so weaken the will of the populace that they will demand peace on any terms without waiting for a decision to be won by their army on the field of battle. Death and property damage are not the end in itself.
The possibilities of destruction by aerial bombing have been greatly exaggerated. During the last nine months of the World War, for instance, according to official figures published in the Coast Artillery Journal, more than 400 planes took off to bomb Paris. Over half of these planes were brought down before they reached their objective. Those that did release their bombs took a toll of roughly 400 killed and 1,400 wounded. Since then, however, the speed of bombing planes has doubled, their range has been increased five times, and the pay load five times on the most modern types. The largest aerial fleet in existence is the Russian, with 7,000 planes, approximately half of which are bombers.
If we grant that the destructive effect of bombers has increased five times, without any increase in the effectiveness of defensive measures, it would mean that the largest possible raid on a European city would cause about 8,000 deaths and 28,000 wounded. This is a frightful toll, but it is a far cry from the horror pictures so frequently painted, in which a city such as London is wiped out in a few minutes.
But we cannot ignore the rapid development of defensive measures. All European countries today have elaborate defensive zones, bristling with hundreds of searchlights, sound locators, anti-aircraft guns, and airdromes for fast climbing interceptor planes, all conne


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Original Title : Batman Forever
Movie title in your country : Batman Forever
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Status of movie : Released
Release date of movie : 1995-06-15
Companies of movie : DC Comics, Warner Bros. Pictures, PolyGram Filmed Entertainment,
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- Nicole Kidman ( Dr. Chase Meridian )
- Chris O'Donnell ( Robin/Dick Grayson )
- Michael Gough ( Alfred Pennyworth )
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- Drew Barrymore ( Sugar )
- Debi Mazar ( Spice )
- Elizabeth Sanders ( Gossip Gerty )
- Rene Auberjonois ( Dr. Burton )
- Joe Grifasi ( Bank Guard )
- Philip Moon ( Male Newscaster )
- Jessica Tuck ( Female Newscaster )
- Dennis Paladino ( Crime Boss Moroni )
- Don 'The Dragon' Wilson ( Gang Leader )
- Bob Zmuda ( )
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Winegirl here… With a bit of history and some suggestions for this Passover Holiday……….
The Four Cups of wine used in the Pesach Seder primarily symbolize the four distinct redemptions promised by G-d to the Hebrews as told in Shemot 6:6-7. Since each of these cups of wine symbolize an action that was performed by G-d, Jewish people fill a small cup or small wine glass with wine at four different points in the Passover Seder and drink each cup of wine. Drinking from The Four Cups of Wine also tells us that we can actively pursue these goals ourselves, meaning that we can actively free ourselves from whatever enslaves us.
These are positive goals to salute by having a drink!
This Passover, here are a few suggestions for your four cups:
Some of my favorites from the Baron Herzog California are:
Baron Herzog Cabernet Sauvignon Special Reserve 2006- Alexander Valley, CA
Wonderful complexity, finesse and depth of flavor, with layers of earthy currant, plum, wild berry, spice and cedar. Long elegant aftertaste- Deeply aromatic, full-bodied, with silky tannins settling in nicely to show a gentle hand with the wood. On the nose and palate blackberry, blackcurrant and purple plums, those matched nicely by notes of spicy cedar wood.
Baron Herzog Zinfandel Special Reserve 2006 (image below)- Lodi, CA
A rich and powerful wine with lush texture and well-defined blackberry and spice flavors- Dark garnet, full-bodied, deep and concentrated with still intense tannins and wood waiting to settle down but showing fine balance and structure that bode well for the future. On the nose and palate blackberry, purple plum, spices and peppermint, all coming together in a long, mouth-filling finish.
Baron Herzog Jeunesse,(image below) Central Coast –A youthful nose of fresh berries, cherry and floral aromas, finishing with a soft texture and a hint of sweetness, the Baron Herzog "Jeunesse" celebrates the fresh, fruity quality of young red wine. Not for the cellar, this easy-drinking Cabernet is ready to be enjoyed with all manner of meals.
For White Wine lovers, try:
Baron Herzog Chenin Blanc, Central Coast – this wine is light and refreshing with just a hint of sweetness. There are nice apple and melon notes up front, followed by an easy drinking finish.
All these wines can be found at the Baron Herzog winery at Oxnard, Calififornia .I recommend it highly to get a tour and attend a wine tasting there. The restaurant ,Tierra Sur Restaurant, is inside Herzog Wine Cellars new state-of-the-art winery.This is Chef Todd Aarons' second incarnation of Mediterranean influenced seasonal cuisine, this time utilizing California's local produce. Chef Aarons is a veteran of Zuni Café in San Francisco and Savoy in Manhattan, and is now returning home to California to make Tierra Sur his new abode.
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A Happy and Healthy Passover to all!
Xoxo ………Winegirl
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The K23P9UR is a 100% complete 45 ACP upper (including bolt carrier assembly, and charging handle), that is head-spaced, test fired and ready to drop on your legal pistol lower, or legally registered Short Barreled Rifle.
Reliable and accurate, the K23P45UR has a 6.5" 416 SS barrel chambered in the powerful 45 ACP cartridge, having an aluminum free-float handguard (with quad-rail option), standard A-frame military front sight (with other options available), and A2 flash suppressor.
Comes standard with one Hi-capacity magazine.
Everything need to convert your registered pistol AR or registered SBR from 5.56 to 45 ACP. No need to change the trigger, hammer, buffer - or add a mag-well block like other after-market conversions Swap back and forth from 5.56 to 45 ACP in seconds!
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Flower Round Ripple 12 Point
UPDATE: This one pattern has been opened up as a free pattern.
The original pattern is part of a larger collection of 6 Round Ripple themed patterns. You can purchase each pattern separately or as E-book.
Here is the link to the e-book http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/sources/smoothfoxs-round-...
This pattern is the first in a series of Round Ripple patterns I'm creating. The center of this pattern begins with a small flower and is absolutely beautiful when completed. You can continue working the pattern to make this afghan as large as you'd like.
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This homemade costume for men entered our 2013 Halloween Costume Contest.
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This is my 18 foot tall Dragon with an equivalent wings span, it shoots indoor pyrotechnics from its snout and wing tips, costume is on stilts and was 2nd stilt costume I made. I always... Read more »