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Like any good headlamp, the SnowMiner is lightweight (just 2.3 ounces/65g without batteries), comfortable to wear, and provides plenty of light. It features two different pre-set levels of illumination, high (80 lumens) and low (8 lumens), and comes with a flashing strobe mode that can be used to signal for help in emergencies. Perhaps best of all however, is the "Variable" mode, which lets you easily dial-up the exact brightness you need. This is accomplished by pressing, and holding, the power button, which gradually adjusts the light from its brightest to lowest setting.
One of the things that impressed me the most about this lamp was how comfortable it is to wear, even over extended periods of time. The headband adjusts very easily, and can be worn directly on your head or over a hat or helmet as well. Once it is in place, you barely notice the oversized lamp unit, which features a soft, silicone covering around the bulb itself. At first, that soft covering seems like just another unique design choice, but it turns out is has a purpose all of its own too.
While the SnowMiner is a nice headlamp in its own right, it turns out it has a few tricks up its sleeve that truly set it apart from the pack. For starters, when you're done using it on the trail or moving around camp, the lamp quickly, easily, and efficiently turns into a hanging lantern. A plastic hook built into the headband make it easy to hang from the ceiling of your tent, providing plenty of illumination for those late night card games or curling up in your sleeping back with a good book.
As for that soft silicon covering I mentioned, well its true use becomes apparent when you switch to lantern mode. When you're wearing the SnowMiner as a headlamp, the silicone covering collapses around the bulb to allow it to focus its beam in a more concentrated direction. This helps us to be able to see further ahead when we're walking on a dark trail, but doesn't really help much when trying to illuminate a larger area. But when you're ready to use the light as a lantern, you simply give tie silicon a slight pinch and a twist, and two tiny magnets inside the light release it, allowing the covering to expand into a dome. That dome disperses the light nicely, making it act more like a lamp and less like a flashlight. It really is an ingenious design that will be much appreciated when bedding down for the night.
Battery life is fantastic on the SnowMiner as well, lasting 50 hours on high and 140 hours on low. The light uses three AAA batteries, which are cheap and easy to find, and when they start to get low, the headlamp gives you plenty of warning by turning on a small red indicator light.
Snow Peak designed the lamp to be easy to use, even while wearing gloves, and the large power button is fantastic when you're fumbling around in the dark as well. I also appreciated the easy to access battery compartment, which made it a snap to replace dead power cells. I've used other headlamps where that simple task turned into an exercise in futility.
In case you couldn't tell, I'm very impressed with the SnowMiner. It's a great little head lamp that extends its functionality well beyond what you would expect out of a light like this one. If your'e looking for a last minute stocking stuffer, the backpacker or hiker on your list will definitely appreciate this lamp. (MSRP: $49) (Checkout other Snow Peak gear at TravelCountry.com.)


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Senior Application Engineer, UNIX, FX Trading Systems, Investment Bank
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The Company
My client is a world leading financial institution currently leading the way in the electronic trading of FX and Fixed Income financial products, located in Sydney's CBD. My client is expanding its new eFX Trading Team.
Job Description
I'm looking for a motivated individual to become part of the Technical business operations team ( Applications ) who can strengthen the team's ability to deliver reliable systems to the development team / traders and their support
You will be a seasoned lead Application engineer used to dealing with the business and coming up with high level technical solution's
Primary Focus - Technology Infrastructure
Reporting to the Lead Support Manager, you will have responsibility for the management and ongoing enhancement of the company's systems / applications. This includes the trading systems, infrastructure, data centre systems, IP networking, office servers, desktop, voice, etc.
Responsibility extends from the hardware level up to assisting our application development team, a solid understanding of UNIX at all levels is essential. The network also reaches into many customer sites via several service providers.
Preferred Skills and Competencies
4 years + working in a similar role within the Capital Markets space would be highly desirable as is an understanding of FX products but this is not essential.
• Minimum of 6 years working with front office trading applications
• Linux centos 6 scripting
• Production Support experience
• Networking, IP networking, IP services (DNS, smtp, BGP, OSPF and squid)
• Connectivity ( FIX )
• Provide 1st level technical support
• Maintain and enhance monitoring tools to allow problems to be anticipated and quickly resolved.
The benefits
By taking this role you will be joining a new team working on exciting new projects in a fast paced dynamic environment,if you have what it takes to meet these challenges then apply today, please call Steve on 02 8047 4031 / 0449995476 if you like to have a chat first.
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The Magnetic Fields are coming to the "albums coming out in 2012" party, with the announcement of their tenth-full length album. Love At The Bottom Of The Sea will be released through Domino on March 5. What do we know about it? Well, a few things. Firstly it contains synthesisers. Hoorah. There are no songs over three minutes long. Those songs were recorded in LA, San Francisco and New York with Claudia Gonson, Sam Davol, John Woo, Shirley Sims, Johny Blood and Daniel Handler.
Oh, and here is the tracklisting:
- Your Girlfriend's Face
- Andrew in Drag
- God Wants Us to Wait
- Born For Love
- I'd Go Anywhere with Hugh
- Infatuation (With Your Gyration)
- The Only Boy in Town
- The Machine in Your Hand
- Goin' Back to the Country
- I've Run Away to Join the Fairies
- The Horrible Party
- My Husband's Pied-a-Terre
- I Don't Like Your Tone
- Quick!
- All She Cares About Is Mariachi
Stephin Merritt and co. also have some UK and Irish tour dates lined-up in the early part of next year.
11 - Minehead for ATP curated by Jeff Mangum
24 - Brighton, Komedia
25 - London, Royal Festival Hall
27 - Manchester, RNCM
28 - Dublin, The Olympia
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What You Should Think About
Long Term Care
This benefit is also available to your spouse/domestic partner, parents and parents in law. They too can receive premium discounts as a result of your employment status at Pace University.
This benefit is portable if you should separate from the University. Once you have applied for this benefit and begin paying premiums, you can still ensure that your long term care needs are being met, even if you separate from the University.
Long term Care premiums are deductible on your federal income tax return. Since these premiums are currently paid after taxes, you may be eligible to deduct these premiums from your federal income taxes, as an itemized deduction. Please visit www.irs.gov to learn more information about this tax advantage.
Life Insurance
Who are your designated beneficiaries on your life insurance? If you are unsure, you may want to review your beneficiary designations as well as consider other sources of income your beneficiary would have at the time of your death.
Evidence of good health is not required if you increase your supplemental life insurance by one level. Evidence of good health is only required if you increase your life insurance by more than one level (e.g., currently have 1X supplemental life and wish to increase it to 3X life). This is an advantage available to our full time employees for participating in a group life insurance program.


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What is this?
BIOS stands for Basic Input/Output System.
It refers to a piece of firmware which is run when powered on. Its primary functions are to identify and initiate component hardware, and to prepare the computer so that other programs can load.
What does it fix?
Compatibility issue with Bitlocker.
How do I perform this update?
If you have enabled a Hard Disk or BIOS password, please disable it before the below steps, and to re-enable it after the update finished.
If you use BitLocker, please turn it off before installation. If you update with BitLocker ON, the BitLocker recovery password is required to boot Windows.
1. Exit all running programs.
2. Download this update and save it to your hard drive.
3. When the download is completed, locate the downloaded file in the location you specified.
4. Double-click EP0000600084.exe to run it.
5. Wait while the wizard updates your software.
6. When the installation is complete, restart the VAIO.
Informacije o datoteki
Ime datoteke
- EP0000600084.exe
Struktura datoteke
- 32 / 64 bit
Velikost datoteke
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But will it do well? Is the public over the Sword and Sorcery movies? The latest Narnia movie tanked big time. Just because the fan boys want it, doesn't mean it will do well. I'm looking at you Watchmen!
The latest Narnia movie tanked big time.
Quote from: Master_Phruby on January 12, 2011, 08:18 PMThe latest Narnia movie tanked big time. Maybe people over the age of 13 realized this was just a thinly veiled Christian parable and churchy God stuff is not nearly as cool or interesting as actual sword and sorcery/fantasy stuff?Any religiousy type junk like that can be the kiss of death for the fanboy set.
Tolkien was a Christian author - LOTR is a Christian story.
J.R.R. Tolkien wrote to a priest friend, "The Lord of the Rings is of course a fundamentally religious and Catholic work; unconsciously so at first, but consciously in the revision." [1] By design The Lord of the Rings is not a Christian allegory but rather an invented myth [2] about Christian and Catholic truths.
Like all Christians, Frodo is called to risk his life through great peril to save others. Frodo, like us, does not appear to be up to the task. He does not have any obvious talent suited for war. But he is chosen, as we are. We are all necessary for God's grand plan to be fulfilled; and even the most unlikely and disgusting Gollum-like beast in our life is necessary. And when Frodo asks, "What can a little hobbit do?" Isaiah answers, "A little child will lead them" (11:6).
There is a longing for the return of the king. As Christians long for the return of Christ the King, so the free people of Middle-earth long for their kingdoms to be once more united in peace and justice under the rightful heir.
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National Programme for Control of Blindness
National Programme for Control of Blindness was launched in the year 1976 as a 100% Centrally Sponsored scheme with the goal to reduce the prevalence of blindness from 1.4% to 0.3%. As per Survey in 2001-02, prevalence of blindness is estimated to be 1.1%. Rapid Survey on Avoidable Blindness conducted under NPCB during 2006-07 showed reduction in the prevalence of blindness from 1.1% (2001-02) to 1% (2006-07). Various activities/initiatives undertaken during the Five Year Plans under NPCB are targeted towards achieving the goal of reducing the prevalence of blindness to 0.3% by the year 2020.
Main causes of blindness are as follows: - Cataract (62.6%) Refractive Error (19.70%) Corneal Blindness (0.90%), Glaucoma (5.80%), Surgical Complication (1.20%) Posterior Capsular Opacification (0.90%) Posterior Segment Disorder (4.70%), Others (4.19%) Estimated National Prevalence of Childhood Blindness /Low Vision is 0.80 per thousand
Goals & Objectives of NPCB in the XII Plan
· To reduce the backlog of blindness through identification and treatment of blind at primary, secondary and tertiary levels based on assessment of the overall burden of visual impairment in the country.
· Develop and strengthen the strategy of NPCB for "Eye Health" and prevention of visual impairment; through provision of comprehensive eye care services and quality service delivery.
· Strengthening and upgradation of RIOs to become centre of excellence in various sub-specialities of ophthalmology
· Strengthening the existing and developing additional human resources and infrastructure facilities for providing high quality comprehensive Eye Care in all Districts of the country;
· To enhance community awareness on eye care and lay stress on preventive measures;
· Increase and expand research for prevention of blindness and visual impairment
· To secure participation of Voluntary Organizations/Private Practitioners in eye Care


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In 2006 we opened our restaurant, China Bowl near the famous Kannapali Beach. This site will help guide you through our tasteful menu and help you get an idea of the wonderful dishes we offer. We look forward in welcoming you to a part of our family!
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China Bowl
Fairway Shops in Kaanapali
2580 Kekaa Dr. Suite 116
Lahaina, HI 96761
Ph: 808-661-0660
China Bowl Asian Cuisine is located in Fairway Shops and just off the highway 30 in kaanapali on West Maui. China Bowl is walking distance from all Kaanapali resort hotels and condos.
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Michaela "Mickey" Shunick: Arrest for murder of missing La. student
(CBS/AP) LAFAYETTE, La. - A registered sex offender has been booked on a charge of first-degree murder in connection with the May disappearance of University of Louisiana student Mickey Shunick, authorities said.
Pictures: La. college student missing after bike ride
St. Landry Parish Sheriff Bobby Guidroz said Thursday night that 33-year-old Brandon Scott Lavergne was booked on first-degree murder and aggravated kidnapping charges by police in Lafayette, where Shunick went missing May 19.
Guidroz said the arrest came as his department helped Lafayette police search Lavergne's residence for evidence. The search continued Thursday night.
The sheriff gave no details about what was found. Lafayette police also released no details. Police have scheduled a 1 p.m. Friday news conference to discuss an arrest in the case.
It was not immediately clear if Lavergne has an attorney.
The rural St. Landry address where the search was conducted is listed as the address of Lavergne on the state's sex offender website.
The website says Lavergne was convicted in 2000 of aggravated oral sexual battery. He was released in 2008.
Shunick was last seen shortly before 2 a.m. on May 19, days before her 22nd birthday. The University of Louisiana at Lafayette student had left a friend's house to ride her bicycle home.
Her bicycle was found eight days later in a remote, swampy area under a highway bridge in Iberville Parish, about 25 miles from the spot where she was last seen.
Soon after her disappearance, Lafayette police released video taken about the time she went missing. It showed her cycling on a Lafayette street around 1:45 a.m. on May 19. Investigators said at the time that they were seeking information about a pickup truck seen on the video. The sex offender website shows a white 2011 Chevrolet Silverado under vehicles linked to Lavergne.
Complete Coverage of Michaela "Mickey" Shunick on Crimesider


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AB Weddings & Special Events are hosting an elaborate Trunk Show & AMA Style Suite with Michelle Monroe Handbags & Accessories to benefit American Childhood Cancer Organization…
November 1, 2011 (Los Angeles, CA) On Saturday November 19, 2011 AB Weddings & Special Events will host a Michelle Monroe Trunk Show and American Music Awards (AMA) Style Suite to benefit the American Childhood Cancer Organization (ACCO). Michelle Monroe has agreed to donate $10 of every handbag and $5 of all accessories to benefit ACCO. Guests will be treated to complimentary DAMA cocktails by Phillip Delacruz, entertained by DJ Niko, and snacks by Sakura's Gourmet Pastries.
Including: VIP gift bags with Deborah DeMarco Skincare certificates, Argo Tea, etc… Style suite for American Music Awards nominees.
Press/Media RSVP: firstname.lastname@example.com
AB Weddings & Special Events focuses on Planning/Coordination for the "Day Of" or "Full-Planning", "Pamper Spa Parties" and more… AB Weddings & Special Events make every event memorable and special by catering to all occasions. They will work within the client's budget and customize any event. AB Weddings & Special Events have sponsored several charity events such as: Scott L. Schwartz's Celebrity Cupcakes for Charity, JollyPeople Los Angeles, Masquerade Balls, Green Is Glamorous (Toys For Tots Benefit), Emmy Gifting Suites, AFI Womens Showcase Premiere Party for "Death of Toys", Pamper Me Fabulous, Here Comes the Guide, and F.A.M.E LA 2010 Gifting Lounge Party sponsored by Dennis Rodman clothing line, etc.… For a complete list please visit: www.abspecialevents.com.
Michelle Monroe designs distinctive handcrafted handbags that are made in the U.S.A. Each piece is adorned with custom hardware handset with Swarovski crystals. Swarovski recently added Michelle Monroe Designs to their Los Angeles showroom. Patricia Fields (Sex and the City Emmy Award Winner/Stylist) recently hosted her annual "Fashion Night Out" event that featured a special collection of handbags that she created with Michelle Monroe Studios.
Michelle Monroe's handbags and jewelry have been very popular with celebrities and on multiple red carpet events, awards shows and movie premieres. Mariah Carey enjoyed wearing Michelle Monroe's collection in her last concert at the Rockefeller Center in New York and in her music video, "Oh Santa". Paris Hilton is also a collector and has been photographed wearing Michelle Monroe's collection on the red carpet as well as while shopping in Los Angeles wearing her Red Koi Fish Cuff. Sharon Stone has also recently been spotted with Michelle Monroe's new "Box Clutch".
Michelle Monroe Studios Official Website: www.MichelleMonroeStudios.com.
What American Childhood Cancer Organization Does
Since 1970, American Childhood Cancer Organization has been respected as an essential and integral provider of programs and services required by families of children and adolescents with cancer across this country. Together with our local affiliates who provide the direct support with families, we address the critical needs that families face today. As a grassroots leader in the childhood cancer community, it is our responsibility to speak for the needs of the families and survivors. Doing so, we help shape policy, research, and programs on the national level that affect the lives of families today and tomorrow. The board and staff of ACCO are committed to serving our community until the day when no child dies or is left with life long effects from this devastating disease.
American Childhood Cancer Organization's mission is to address the needs of families through programs that emphasize information, advocacy, awareness, and research. In this way, we can support families both directly and through our affiliation with local organizations, and work toward a better tomorrow for our children and adolescents. Our organization was founded by a talented and committed group of parents, and we have placed a priority on ensuring that those making policy decisions today understand what a family goes through when their child has been diagnosed with cancer. Over two thirds of our organization board and staff are either survivors or a family member of a child or adolescent who had cancer. We understand this is a family disease and it is a disease that is for life. One in 330 children will be diagnosed before their 20th birthday, and it is estimated that by the year 2010 one in 450 young adults between the ages of 18 and 45 will be a survivor of childhood cancer. The recent Childhood Cancer Survivor Study has documented that 2/3 of survivors deal with long term late effects from its toxic treatment, 1/3 of which are moderate to severe. We strongly believe that families need accurate information, advocacy, and support from the first day of diagnosis through the rest of the child s life. The staff and board of American Childhood Cancer Organization are committed to meeting the needs of these survivors and their families.
Who We Are
American Childhood Cancer Organization ( ACCO ) began in 1970 by a group of parents whose children had been diagnosed with cancer. They came together to lobby for more research, and to support each other through the diagnosis and treatment of this life threatening disease at a time when very few children survived. Today, ACCO is one of the largest grassroots, national organizations dedicated to improving the lives of children and adolescents with cancer and their families. We are strong advocates for our families in Washington D.C., we produce the highest quality materials on childhood cancer, and we have over 40 local affiliate organizations across the country providing direct services to the families in their communities.
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On the road that winds from Ramallah to Jericho, the scenery transforms as it gallops down the eastern side of the mountains towards the Jordan Valley. The land becomes healthier. Farms stumble out in a green line along the valley below.
But this fertile belt is not in Palestine: it is across the river, in Jordan. Most of the Palestinian bank is as stubbornly barren as the hills further west. How is this possible? After all, the River Jordan is only thirty-one metres across at its widest point.
As with many of Palestine's complexities, the answer is a mix of foreign indifference and the Israeli occupation.
The Auja Eco Centre in Jericho
Mahmoud Driaat and his colleagues at the Auja Eco Centre, based near Jericho, are dedicated to fixing the water supply and ecosystem of the Jordan Valley.
Before Israel was established, the Jordan River supplied "1.3 billion cubic metres of water, annually," Mahmoud, the manager at Auja, began. The river flows from its source in the Lebanese hills to its mouth in the Dead Sea, via the Sea of Galilee.
But following the 1948 war, and Israel's ceasefire with Jordan, the two countries decided to split rights to the river. Each year, Israel diverts 400 million cubic metres of water from the river to the Negev Desert. Jordan diverts 250 million cubic metres to its farms on the east side of the river, and to Amman.
Syria is also involved, building hundreds of dams along the Yarmouk River, a tributary of the Jordan. Altogether, Israel, Jordan and Syria divert 94% of the Jordan's water for their own purposes.
These measures have been catastrophic for Palestinians. Before 1948, Mahmoud explains, Palestinian farmers could use the river's water for irrigation during the winter months. In summer, meanwhile, they could fish and sell their catch to towns in the West Bank.
But now, because only 6% of the river's water reaches the Dead Sea, any economic use the River Jordan might have had is long gone. This is exacerbated by constant Jordanian fly-tipping, which makes the river "highly polluted." For their part, Jewish settlers in the valley have fresh water pumped in especially by the Israeli state. The few green patches in the Jordan Valley are invariably Israeli-owned.
Anyway, even if the river did contain more clean water, Palestinians could not access it. In 1967, Israel heavily mined the west bank of the river. Palestinians are not allowed near, except at a few strictly-controlled points.
All this explains the bleak contrast between the lush Jordanian side of the river, home to over half a million people, and the arid Palestinian bank. "This land is now a desert," summarises Mahmoud.
The barren Palestine side of the Jordan Valley, from the hills near Ramallah
With all these problems, any progress is a struggle. But Mahmoud, with his colleagues at Auja, are clearly passionate about improving the agricultural situation on the Palestinian side of the river.
The methods the centre uses are beautifully simple. Toilet water is unsalvageable. But water from the rest of the house (so-called 'grey water') is treated by pouring it through tanks of gravel and sand that filters out impurities. The result is so clean, says Mahmoud, that "this water is even good for washing hands."
This spirit of improvisation is typical of Auja. There are plans to build larders, to cool vegetables during Jericho's scorching summers, with cheap concrete bricks. Irrigation systems are created from used plastic bottles. Condensation from air-conditioning units is collected and reused. Even in the dusty courtyard of the Auja Eco Centre, the landscape blossoms.
One of the benefits of this approach is that it can be used by local farmers, on the cheap. "We go to their houses and teach heads of the families" about saving water, explains Mahmoud.
A difficulty is that "the culture of these farmers is quite restricted" so it's not easy to make them accept Auja's recommendations. "These people are not educated," he says.
But by first distributing water-saving devices to public places – "such as the schools, the mosque" – Mahmoud and his colleagues win over sceptics. "People start seeing this system work. They see the benefits." Financial incentives also tend to be popular: "these measures save a lot of money."
Indeed, the Auja Eco Centre and its methods have become so famous that local communities have started requesting advice on how to improve their irrigation and water-saving systems. Promoting self-sufficiency is especially important given that many local people work on farms in illegal Israeli settlements, often for low pay and in dreadful conditions.
The centre has managed to make plants grow even in the dusty lands around Jericho
Still, if these innovations help farmers in their daily slog, they do not deal with the Jordan Valley's wider problems.
But here too, the Auja Eco Centre is trying to make a difference. The centre works with EcoPeace, a trilateral Israeli-Jordanian-Palestinian organisation that pressures the authorities to enact change.
Thomas Koenig is a thoughtful German with a background in agriculture. He now works for EcoPeace, and advises the Auja Eco Centre on how best to improve the broader environmental situation in the Jordan Valley.
"Last year, EcoPeace released its first 'master plan' for the Jordan Valley," Thomas explains. "This plan was launched in June last year…it was possible to create this plan for the entire Jordan Valley, across all three countries."
Naturally, if the Jordan Valley is ever to be managed properly, the involvement of all three regional governments is vital. Indeed, Thomas contends that any long-term improvement to the Jordan Valley is "impossible" without regional cooperation.
Governments are slowly realising this. In 2014, Jordan finally agreed to buy some of its water from Israeli desalination plants on the Mediterranean, for instance. Last year, the two countries signed a deal to build an ambitious new canal from the Red Sea to the Dead Sea.
This cautious collaboration extends to young people. In 2015, Thomas and EcoPeace organised an event for "young environmentally interested" students, from the three countries flanking the river. The volunteers, on opposite sides of the river, came together to raise awareness about "saving the Jordan River and improving the water quality. From an international perspective, it was a success."
Indeed, both Mahmoud and Thomas are buoyed by the interest young Palestinians show in saving the Jordan Valley. Auja helps students "coordinate environmental activities like building grey water units," says Mahmoud. "We have toolkits that will help them touch their environmental conscience." Thomas agrees: children come up with some "fantastic ideas" to help the valley.
Nonetheless, enormous challenges persist. Another cycle of Israeli-Palestinian violence, starting in October 2015, put an abrupt halt to any cooperation between the two sides. "This is a really challenging issue," says Thomas.
And as long as the occupation of the West Bank continues, it seems unlikely that Israel will concede much to Palestinians on any issue, let alone something as fundamental as water. As Mahmoud put it: "water is used as another type of occupation."
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Notorious for its avant-garde monitor designs, BenQ has adopted a more business-like approach for the FP937s. Pure and simple in its appearance, this screen is almost dull by comparison, with a rectangular base unit and straightforward row of control buttons along the front of the lower edge.
The no-frills approach is reinforced by the lack of built-in speakers or any pivot or tilt facilities. Reflecting falling costs, the BenQ is almost £200 cheaper to buy than it was a few months ago and its core specifications are still impressive. For example, it has both analogue and digital video inputs, respectable maximum brightness and contrast figures and a fast response time of 12ms.
In our tests, using a range of setups and calibration screens and test charts, supplied by the DisplayMate Multimedia Edition program (www.displaymate.com) the BenQ performed well throughout. Initially, the auto-tune feature brought the picture into perfect alignment without any unwanted video attributes. Tonal range was also very good, with all transitions in the greyscale being clearly visible.
The FP937s is also impressive in its colour rendition. The on-screen menu offers 'Bluish' and 'Reddish' options, rather than arcane colour temperature values and there's also an sRGB setting, which is similar to the Reddish option, but provides for better compliance with other sRGB products, such as cameras and printers. However, while it does everything well, there's nothing about the BenQ that sets it apart from the crowd. Matthew Richards


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An iconic era…
Frag through the years
Take on the role of bored research scientist Heather Quinn, who finds herself accidentally trapped inside the video game universe of her youth. Hop from one genre-defining experience to the next and rediscover the iconic gaming era which gave birth to the modern first-person shooter.
Based on a novel from the award-winning author Christopher Brookmyre, Bedlam transports you back to the video game scene of the 1990s, affectionately recreating the most influential titles of the decade with comic charm and a dry wit.
Guide Heather on her journey through this vast interconnected game world and get lost in a shifting sea of gaming nostalgia. Bedlam invites you to relive those great moments of misspent youth and remind yourself why you fell in love with games in the first place.


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Frequently Asked Questions
On June 23, 2008, the New York State Public Service Commission (PSC) issued an order establishing an Energy Efficiency Portfolio Standard (EEPS) to reduce the state's overall energy consumption and encourage wise energy use. On July 27, 2009, the PSC issued a subsequent order designed to serve the multi-family customer group. This program is the result of that July PSC order.
- The program will pay 60% of the cost of hardwired LED, fluorescent and exit sign lighting upgrades in common areas.
- Installation of LEDs in up to six fixtures in apartments or condominiums at no cost for the building owner or tenant. The LEDs installed will be selected to match existing incandescent bulbs as much as possible.
- Free installation of energy-efficient faucet aerators and showerheads, and water heater pipe wrap in apartments and condominiums where water is heated by electricity or natural gas.
- Free installation of screw-in LEDs in common areas in conjunction with in-unit installation.
Eligible customers and building owners can receive:
- A homeowners association representative for a condominium complex, or a landlord/owner of an eligible multi-family building with four or more units per building.
- Both building owners/agents and tenants can benefit from the program; however, tenants and condominium owners cannot directly apply.
An NYSEG electricity and/or natural gas customer who is either:
Yes. NYSEG delivery customers are eligible as long as they have an active electricity and/or natural gas account and fit the building criteria.
Building owners, agents and homeowners association representatives may submit a direct install application, call Franklin Energy at 800.444.5668 or send an email to firstname.lastname@example.com.
If you rent an apartment or condominium and are interested, we must speak to the building owner or agent to determine eligibility and enroll your building in the program.
Our Multi-Family Energy Efficiency program is being administered by Franklin Energy, a contractor hired by NYSEG. Franklin Energy employees have badges identifying them as NYSEG contractors. Trade Allies (licensed electricians, plumbers and contractors) who have been pre-selected and approved to participate in our program may perform work in common areas.
Please visit Using Energy Wisely. There, you can take a room-by-room assessment of your energy use with our Energy-Wise Checklist and see how well you're managing your energy use by taking our Energy IQ test. Our Home Energy Use Guide will tell how much energy your current appliances require.
You can also visit nyserda.ny.gov for information that helps homeowners and renters reduce their energy costs.


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Watch Mariel talk about Blisscuits
on the Marie Osmond Show
Neither a health bar nor a traditional cookie, Blisscuits™ are part of a new building category known as "functional food". No refined sugar – still sweet – low carbs – no wheat with a gluten free recipe – high comfort – real food and Blisscuits help to boost your immune system! Blisscuits consumers come from the health food, snack food, protein bar, and cookie categories.
You might say a Blisscuit is a "healthy" health bar, in the shape of a biscuit–cookie. Research has indicated that ingredients in the Blisscuit offer superior health attributes even when compared to what are commonly called "health" bars – many of which are just another sweet snack to fill your empty tummy's sugar craving. The proven growth of the health and wellness category, including protein bars, has set the stage for a greater level of understanding and interest on the part of consumers, concerning what they eat.
Learn more about Blisscuits, the new healthy food snack
Consumers are bombarded with ads for health food bars, protein bars, sugar free cookies, low carb treats, and the list goes on. In this day and age of nutritional awareness, everyone wants to eat more healthy foods. The problem is that their is mass confusion in the marketplace and unless you read the labels carefully, you may not be getting the nutritional value and benefits you desire for a healthy food snack.
The nutrients in Blisscuits come from whole natural and organic foods which help give you balanced health and energy, while satisfying your hunger and your sweet tooth. For the vast majority of people, Blisscuits will likely be the healthiest and best tasting snack that they can conveniently eat.
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PG's Joe Coffey is On Location in Van Nuys, CA, for the 2009 LA Amp Show where he visits the Red Jones Amplifiers booth. In this segment we get to hear from Red Jones' 18 and 45 watt heads. These guitar amplifier heads are based on Ken Fischer's Trainwreck amplifiers (both in circuitry, vintage parts and cabinetry), but feature many of Billy Yates' own preferences and appointments. Billy Yates (ex-Outlaws guitarist) uses a LSL Instruments 52.5 Aged T-Bone telecaster guitar.


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Familiar faces from the past are set to return when TNT presents the third season of its hit drama series Rizzoli & Isles. The series, which stars Angie Harmon and Sasha Alexander, will feature a number of returning guest stars who have appeared during the show's first two seasons.
Rizzoli & Isles moves to a new day and time this summer - Tuesdays at 9 p.m. (ET/PT), beginning June 5. Here are some of the previous guest stars set to return this season:
-Ed Begley, Jr. as Dr. Pike, a medical examiner who lends a hand to Maura (Alexander)
-Jacqueline Bisset as Constance Isles, Maura's adoptive mother
-Billy Burke as Agent Dean, the on-again-off-again love interest of Jane Rizzoli (Harmon)
-John Doman as Irish mob leader Paddy Doyle, Maura's biological father
-Colin Egglesfield as Tommy Rizzoli, Jane's brother
-Chazz Palminteri as Frankie Rizzoli, Sr., Jane's father, who returns with some news that upsets the family
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Modern jQuery date & time picker
Mobile scroller and desktop dropdown for jQuery with advanced features and great UX
Date & time scroller component for date, time selection or a combination of both.
Compatible with mobiscroll forms, custom inputs and more. Use it on any touch screen, no matter if small or large.
Shipping with useful features for a refined UX, including:
- Usage on mobile and tablet
- Date-only, time-only or mixed modes
- Steps for display values
- Hide wheels that are not needed
- Validation with disabled dates, min & max for restricting selection
- Circular wheels
- Multiple theme support
- Modal, popup and inline display mores
- RTL Support
- Full localization
As part of Date, time & calendar it can be picked up with the Framework and Complete licenses or with the component license.
jQuery Date & Time
Date & Time for jQuery and jQuery Mobile
Change the theme setting here
Change the language and localization settings here
Date & Time - Mobile & Desktop usage
Use it for mobile, desktop and everything in between by setting it up responsively (view responsive demo). The component can be rendered for touch UI - great for smartphones and tablets - and for non-touch UI screens like laptop and desktops. The main difference is that they are optimized for either touch or pointer interaction.
Date & Time - App & Website usage
Use it on any custom input or with Mobiscroll form fields. The component is triggered on input focus, but is can also be triggered on a button click.
Let's say you already have a form and you want to enhance the date picking experience. No problem, the date & time can be used on your existing fields. Most of our examples are presented using Mobiscroll form fields, but you get the picture.
Date & Time - Mobile display modes
Depending on your requirements you can use different display modes for both mobile and desktop. On mobile the component can be rendered either at the top or bottom of the screen, in the center of the screen, anchored to an input or any object for that matter and it can also be embedded in any inline content.
Date & Time - Desktop display modes
Use the available display modes on mobile and desktop. On larger screens you have slightly different rendering options suitable for the large form-factor and pointer interaction. Use the top, bottom and center modes for getting it in front of the users or stay in context and anchor it to the input.
Date & Time - Responsive behavior
Configure the date & time to behave and render differently on different sized screens. You can have a bottom positioned date scroller on mobile, a popover anchored to the input on tablet and desktop display on large sceens.
All this can be configured under the
responsive setting. Think of it as configuring how the settings change based on the screen-size.
Date & Time - Date picker
Use the component for date selection and only show the day, month and year wheels.
Use the
dateFormat and
dateWheel settings to customize the experience.
Check out some great examples for custom formats and for hiding the day resulting in a month/year picker.
Use the same component but different configuration for time and date-time selection.
Once we started using Mobiscroll, our conversions have improved and the experience became much more delightful!
Daniel Maldonado, Sr. Web Designer, Ecommission Financial Services
Date & Time - Time-only picker
Use the component for time selection with wheels for hours, minutes and seconds.
Control the format -
timeFormat and wheels -
timeWheels and switch between AM/PM or 24h formats.
Check out some great examples for custom formats.
Use the same component but different configuration for date and date-time selection.
Date & Time - Date & time picker
Use the component for a combined date & time picker. Select a day, month, year along with hour and minutes on separate wheels or have the date on a single wheel and the time on separate wheels.
Show the date and time in localized formats or customize it to your needs. Take a look at some of the formatting options available.
Besides the combined view you can use it as a date-only and time-only picker.
Date & Time - Month and year picker
Customize the wheels and format the date picker for month & year. Choose a
month/year format for credit card expiration date.
This and even more can be done with the
dateWheels setting.
Date & Time - Min & max values
Use the
min and
max settings to restrict selection.
This is useful to make the selection faster and to reduce user errors.
A great example is date of birth. You want to disable future dates and maybe add age verification? Simply restrict values up to 18 years in the past.
Date & Time - Setting time select steps
Adjust the minute, hour steps in the time picker. By default it is incrementing by one, however you can change it to anything you'd like.
Need to pick values from every five minutes? You can do it with the
steps setting.
Date & Time - Date types
The date & time picker supports multiple data types.
You can work with JS date objects -
new Date(1995, 11, 17, 15, 24), ISO date strings -
'2008-09-15T15:53:00' and moment.js objects -
moment([2018, 3, 27, 12, 15]).
Date & Time - Formatting values
Set the date and time format accordingly. Formats are inherited from the localization settings, but can be overriden with the
timeFormat settings. The scrollable wheels are controlled by the
dateWheels and
timeWheels settings.
Date & Time - Disabling values
Disable dates with the
invalid setting. It supports
exact dates,
recurring dates and
Time can also be invalidated by passing
exact values and
Using invalids is essential to a great UX. First make sure you have the min & max values right and then work your way back to invalids.
If you would like to re-enable dates inside an invalid range, you can do it with the
valid setting.
Having it set up correctly not just enhances the UX, but improves performance.
Date & Time - Setting values
Values can change a couple different ways: though defaults, intracting with the UI or programatically. The date and time picker defaults to
now, which can be easily overridden with the
defaultValue setting.
The values are set by interacting with the component and making a selection or it can be done programatically with the
setVal method.
Use the
buttons setting for showing/hiding
now or add custom buttons.
Date & Time - Theming capabilities
Customize the look and feel with themes or custom CSS. There are four levels of customization:
- Base themes: Choose between
Android Materialand
- Light or dark: Every theme has a
darkvariant. Setting the
'auto'will switch based on system settings.
- Custom themes: Use the theme builder to customize the colors and make it match your brand.
- Custom CSS: If you need further customization, the sky is the limit with CSS overrides.
You can also see how every example looks by changing the theme from the header.
Date & Time - RTL Support
Shipping with full RTL support, choose left-to-right or right-to-left with the
rtl setting.
The value is inherited from the localization settings, and can be manually overriden by explicitly turning it ON and OFF.
Date & Time - Lifecycle events
The date & time ships with different event hooks for deep customization. Events are triggered through the lifecycle of the component where you can tie in custom functionality and code.
While users interact with the UI events like
onInit ... will be triggered.
Interact with the example and check the event log for the output.
Date & Time - Calendar systems
The date picker multiple calendar systems. You can control it with the
calendarSystem setting, and it supports the following options:
- Gregorian - it is included by default
- Jalali - it is the default system of the Persian calendar and is inlcuded within the Farsi language pack
- Hijri - it is included in the Arabic language pack
Date & Time - Localization
All components are fully localized. In case of the date picker this covers date and time format, button copy, rtl and more. You can see how each example shows up by clicking on the small flag icon or checking the examples below.
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A. Created. A Committee to be known as the "Committee on Claims" is hereby created for the purpose of considering fair and moral claims against the City not covered by insurance and making recommendations concerning the claims to the City Council.
B. Members. This Committee shall consist of two members of the City Council appointed by the Mayor, one of whom shall be designated Chairman, and the City Auditor. The Risk Manager shall meet with the Committee, without power of vote, and serve as Secretary.
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Obama to senators: Change the way you do business
WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama is pressing his case for changes in how the Senate does business, hoping to ease the partisan gridlock, and he wants to bar lawmakers from profiting from their service.
In his radio and Internet address Saturday, Obama said many people he met during his five-state tour after his State of the Union address were optimistic but remained unsure "that the right thing will get done in Washington this year, or next year, or the year after that."
"And frankly, when you look at some of the things that go on in this town, who could blame them for being a little cynical?" Obama said.
The president reiterated his calls for government reform made in Tuesday's address, saying he wants the Senate to pass a rule that requires a yes-or-no vote for judicial and public service nominations after 90 days. Many of the nominees, he said, carry bipartisan support but get held up in Congress for political reasons.
Obama noted that "a senator from Utah" said he would hold up nominations because he opposed the recess appointment of the head of the new consumer protection agency and three members of the National Labor Relations Board. Obama put the officials in their post during the Senate's holiday break; many Republicans have called that move unconstitutional. Obama said the American people deserve "better than gridlock and games."
"One senator gumming up the works for the whole country is certainly not what our founding fathers envisioned," the president said.
While Obama did not name the lawmaker, Utah GOP. Sen Mike Lee said Thursday that because of the president's "blatant and egregious disregard both for proper constitutional procedures and the Senate's unquestioned role in such appointments, I find myself duty-bound to resist the consideration and approval of additional nominations until the president takes steps to remedy the situation."
Obama said he also wants Congress to pass legislation to ban insider trading by lawmakers and prohibit lawmakers from owning securities in companies that have business before their committees.
In addition, the president is seeking to prohibit people who "bundle" campaign contributions from other donors for members of Congress from lobbying Congress. Obama urged the public to contact their member of Congress and tell them "that it's time to end the gridlock and start tackling the issues that really matter."
Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., delivering the GOP address, said Obama's address to Congress lacked much discussion of the president's achievements "because there isn't much."
"This president didn't talk about his record for one simple reason," Rubio said. "He doesn't want you to know about it. But you do know about it, because you feel the failure of his leadership every single day of your life."
Rubio accused the president of driving up the national debt, failing to reduce high unemployment across the country and offering divisive economic policies.
The Florida senator said there is a growing gap between the rich and the poor but the best way to solve the problem is by embracing the American free enterprise system. Rubio said he hopes 2012 "will be the beginning of our work toward a new and prosperous American century."


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Re: "The Beginning of The End" story of the 101st MSB
The episode is called "hunt for bin Laden" and his name is William Bodette, not that that has to do with anything. And the other guy with the black and white armor I was drawing was for a friend. I was kinda hoping he would come in blasting with a squad of guys reinforcing Jango or somone, but you don't have to make it that elaborate if you don't want to. As for his special weapon, I designed the desert eagle style projectile pistol as kind of a commando pistol, but I put 2 on the my guy, but you can put a green lightsaber on his belt as a trophy if you want to. The desert eagle has a square flash supressor like was on an old tommy gun, a red dot scope, ports on the side of the barrel, an extended clip, and a shorter clip in front of the trigger gaurd, If that wasn't there it would be too recognizable, and they can be any combination of color you want. No I haven't read that book, it sounds good though.


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LOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com) — The producers of "2 Broke Girls" announced Wednesday that actress Lindsay Lohan has been signed to guest star in an episode airing on April 14.
Lohan will play Claire Guinness, a soon-to-be-bride who asks Max and Caroline( Kat Dennings and Beth Behrs) to make her wedding cake. As Max and Caroline get to know Guinness, it quickly becomes clear that Claire has trouble making decisions.
Lohan, 27, became an instant fan favorite when she was cast as the lead role of twin sisters Hallie and Annie in the Disney remake of "The Parent Trap." She went on to star in several feature films including her mega hit "Mean Girls," a critically-acclaimed which help cement her movie star cred. Lohan is no newcomer to television, having guest starred in pop culture favorites "Ugly Betty," "Glee" and "Anger Management," and is one of few actors to have appeared multiple times as the host of "Saturday Night Live."
She also starred as icon Liz Taylor in "Liz & Dick," a critically-lambasted 2012 TV movie for Lifetime.
"Lindsay," a docu-series about the actress' sometimes troubled life, premieres Saturday on OWN. The show is reported to chronicle Lohan's combative relationship with her dad, battles to stay sober and even a dressing-down from Oprah Winfrey.
"2 Broke Girls" is in its third season on CBS.


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Technology and process improvements implemented since the controversial 2000 presidential election have made electronic voting machines more secure and reliable, according to a recent report by the Caltech-MIT Voting Technology Project.
Even so, the only way to absolutely ensure the integrity of e-votes cast is to audit the results and all voting technologies used in an election, the 85-page report cautioned.
Rather than setting security standards for voting equipment, the best way to ensure ballot integrity is to hand-count a large and random sample of the paper records of votes cast electronically, the report said.
The Voting Technology Project was launched to investigate the causes of the voting problems in Florida in 2000 and to make recommendations based on its findings.
Some progress has been made since 2000, said Michael Alvarez, co-director of the Voting Technology Project. The antiquated, lever-activated punch-card voting systems that led to the infamous hanging-chad fiasco in Florida have been mostly replaced with more reliable optical-scan and electronic voting systems, he said.
This year, only a small number of voting districts will use purely hand-counted paper ballots; most will use some form of electronic system with a way of verifying e-votes with a paper record.
However, Alvarez said, few jurisdictions have further upgraded voting equipment in recent years. He said he hopes to see that situation "change as public finances improve."
This version of this story was originally published in Computerworld's print edition. It was adapted from an article that appeared earlier on Computerworld.com.
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Long ago, Sonic Boom took refuge high atop a mountain peak
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"Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" is a classic movie made in 1966, starring Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, George Segal and Sandy Dennis. It is now the centerpiece of a fascinating research program seeking to understand how people with autism perceive the world.
Why this film?
"It's a small cast of characters, [a] brilliant movie, very well-acted and intensely social," says Dr. Fred Volkmar at the Yale Child Study Center.
And it is that social interaction that matters most. The researchers hook up volunteers who have autism to a device that precisely tracks where their eyes focus as they watch the movie. When there's a passionate kiss, most viewers focus on the lips. But people with autism look elsewhere — often at the light switch on the wall.
"The world of objects is much more central to them than the world of people," says Volkmar.
Dr. Ami Klin, who designed the experiment, can analyze the eye responses frame-by-frame.
In one scene, where Richard Burton angrily smashes a bottle and his dinner guests react in horror, most people look into the eyes of the guests to see their emotion. Those with autism look between them.
Are they avoiding the emotion or just not detecting it?
"The eye does not seem to mean much to them," says Klin. "Even when they focus on the eye, they appear not to get too much information from it."
The goal of the research is not just understanding the brain of people with autism. The researchers are now hooking the eye-tracking device to children who do not have autism. The kids do not watch adult movies, but when they see faces and characters, the autistic kids also focus away from the eyes and emotion.
"What we really would like to have is something that we could take into a pediatrician's office or use more effectively for screening," says Volkmar. "So we could pick up children at risk at a very young age."
Experts agree early detection is the key for helping children with autism and this new understanding could be a big step.


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Did anyone hear anything new beyond pre-election speeches? I didn't.
So far it's been leaked that the bad bank deal is dead, but otherwise he offered nothing new other than bashing those "who believe that we should do nothing." That's absurd, and I haven't heard anyone who said that.
What needs to be "done" is exactly the opposite of what is proposed and further more, what needs to be done is to completely reform our political and money systems. If you don't want to do that, then the only way to get the economy moving under the current system is to clear the debts away through some process of default. Until then, it's all eyewash.
That was the least motivating speech I've heard from Obama yet.
Geithner better have something good in the morning…
Here's what the futures think of his talk so far:
Monday, February 9, 2009
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Arcade combat classic BlazBlue makes its PlayStation Vita debut in the dazzling BLAZBLUE CONTINUUM SHIFT EXTEND. Combining an amped up retelling of the first story in the series, BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger, with a host of brand new plot lines, this is a stunning sequel featuring 14 wild characters and a ton of anime-style battle action.
Years ago, the legendary Six Heroes joined forces to save humanity from the menace of the Black Beast. What they didn't know was that their revolutionary mix of magic and science – called the Ars Magus – would go on to dominate world affairs. Soon after their victory, the Novus Orbis Librarium (or NOL) was set up to use Ars Magus to govern the planet.
At first, there was peace – but as the NOL grew more secretive and severe, rebellion stirred in the shadows. The greatest among the rebels is the mysterious warrior Ragna, a young man who scares the NOL so much that the organisation puts a huge bounty on his head – a prize that draws the greatest fighters in the world to the city of Kagutsuchi, hungry for Ragna's annihilation.
The action of BLAZBLUE CONTINUUM SHIFT EXTEND lets players revisit Ragna's first raid or skip straight to its aftermath. In a city alight with confusion and excitement, questions abound: who is this strange young warrior? Why does he seek to destroy the NOL? What is the source of his other-worldly power?
A hotbed of mysteries to unravel one frenzied fight at a time, BLAZBLUE CONTINUUM SHIFT EXTEND is colourful, compelling and packed with excitement from start to finish.
BLAZBLUE CONTINUUM SHIFT EXTEND offers a stupendous range of game modes to ensure that you can experience the action in your own way.
Arcade Mode sees you battle your way to victory in classic tournament style, while Story Mode features slick cinematic scenes for increased depth and drama. As you progress through the game you'll unlock the tales of more and more playable characters, from ghostly hero Hazama and sassy vampire Rachel Alucard to the formidable Relius Clover.
If you're pushed for time or only fancy a couple of rounds on the rampage, try a one-off match in Versus Mode, a test of skill in Score Attack Mode or the character-specific special missions of Challenge Mode. The brand new UnlimitedMars Mode pits you against super intelligent opponents while Abyss Mode sees you face wave after wave of enemies in a bid to improve your character's strength and abilities.
A host of options and a detailed Training Mode ensure that beginners won't feel overwhelmed, while more experienced fighters can up the ante and tailor the combat to their level of expertise. And when your skills seem unsurpassable? Then it's time to take the action online…
BLAZBLUE CONTINUUM SHIFT EXTEND sees portable 2D combat go into jaw-dropping overdrive. Making full use of the power of the PlayStation Vita system, the game matches its arcade predecessors in every respect, from the beautifully drawn and vividly coloured visuals to the heart-racing speed of the action.
Choose from 14 unique warriors and launch into high voltage battles infused with all the energy and adrenaline of anime at its best. Each character comes complete with his or her own set of taunts, tricks and eye-popping special attacks – from the sticky tongue-swipes of the ghoulish Arakune to the pounding iron-clad uppercuts of the demonic Tager – and as you land combo after devastating combo on your bewildered opponent, your character's Heat Gauge will rise. When it's full, you'll be able to launch even wilder assaults or perform special rapid cancels to outfox any enemy who dares to fight back.
Controls are easy to get to grips with and you can choose to use the PlayStation Vita system's rear touch pad for an even more intuitive experience – if anything, it's even more fun to obliterate foes with just the lightest touch of your fingertips.
Once you've mastered the spectacular variety of single player modes, it's time to prove your power against friends and fellow fans. BLAZBLUE CONTINUUM SHIFT EXTEND lets you do so via an Ad Hoc Mode connection to up to five other nearby PlayStation Vita systems or via PlayStation Network.
Heading online will allow you to go toe-to-toe with friends and rival players around the world in one-on-one custom matches or frantic team battles – and if you choose a ranked match, your performance will be measured and added to the league table alongside those of your fellow fans.
It'll take a lot of skill to triumph over all comers, but ultimate fighting glory is there for the taking – it's time to prove you're up to the test.
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My day started early, checking over my notes for a PhD viva I was examining this morning here at the Institute of Archaeology, University College London.
I don't need to go into much detail of the experience as the candidate has already posted his experience of the process below (see James Doeser's post "Pass – no corrections!"). It was an interesting thesis, and as James said, we had a lively discussion about the data gathered, the approaches and the outcomes. Sadly we failed to live up to his pre-viva fears that it could be "At worst … an aggressive demolition of a new researcher by two senior academics with egos and reputations to protect." Damn – will try harder next time!
Now I'm back in the office working on a thematic study of the Silk Roads for ICOMOS (International Council on Monuments & Sites). It is a broad survey of the evidence for the Silk Roads between Asia and Europe through Central Asia and the Indian sub-continent. The aim of the study is to provide a platform to help the countries along the routes to develop a strategy for protecting, conserving and communicating this rich archaeology. In part it is hoped it will lead to multi-country nominations of sites (small as well as big) for the UNESCO World Heritage List, but mainly it is about sharing knowledge and experience amongst the countries. My role is to pull together existing information and synthesis this into a broad understanding of the routes and their impacts (great cities, the spread of religions, ideas and technologies, etc) – and the scale of diversity, change and adaption along the routes. It is a massive job (and a lot bigger than I'd planned it to be when I took the study on – but that is the fun of research, it takes you further and pushes you into new areas). The database behind the project has been assembled in a computer-based Geographic Information System (GIS), with a variety of maps, chronologies and information about places and empires. This will be distributed amongst the archaeologists working along the routes, but we also plan to make a lot of it available on the internet to everyone through Google Earth. I have a deadline for the draft report of the end of next week – so I need to get back to it!
However, some of the rest of my day will be spent organising things for an excavation, survey and site management project I run at Ancient Merv, in Turkmenistan (Central Asia). This is a long-running project on one of the great Silk Roads cities – in the 10th century CE Merv was perhaps the third largest city in the world! Today it is a World Heritage Site and managed by the Turkmenistan Ministry of Culture, who are our partners on the project. I'll post up some info on the planning later today.
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Chocolate Zucchini Cake From 'Mother Daughter Dishes' Recipe
When you've fried, baked, and sautéed all the zucchini you can, shred some to make this chocolate cake from Mother Daughter Dishes. It's baked up in a Bundt pan, and drizzled with a chocolate glaze, to make it even richer.
Why this recipe works:
- The use of shredded zucchini as well as applesauce means this cake is supremely moist, even if you happen to overbake it a little.
- The chocolate glaze on the cake couldn't be simpler; either heat up some store-bought, or mix up a homemade version (we've provided a recipe).
Excerpted from Mother Daughter Dishes by Cheryl Najafi (CherylStyle Publishing). Copyright © 2014. Photographs by Erika Shafer.
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- Yield:Makes 1 Bundt cake
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup cocoa powder
- 4 large eggs, room temperature
- 3 cup granulated sugar
- 1 cup vegetable or canola oil
- 1/2 cup applesauce
- 3 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
- 3 cups shredded zucchini, packed
- Your favorite store-bought chocolate frosting for glaze (optional)
Place a rack in the bottom third of the oven and preheat to 350 degrees. Butter and flour a Bundt pan then set aside.
Sift the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt and cocoa powder into a large bowl to remove any lumps, then set aside.
In a separate mixing bowl, add eggs and beat on high speed for about 2−3 minutes with a hand mixer while gradually adding the sugar. The mixture will be pale yellow in color and have a thick, creamy consistency.
Next, add the oil, applesauce and melted butter and beat thoroughly.
Add the flour mixture to the egg mixture and fold gently by hand until combined.
Stir in shredded zucchini then pour the batter evenly into prepared Bundt pan. (If you are like me and love any uncooked batter or dough you'll want to lick the spatula clean!)
Bake for 1 hour before testing for doneness. The cake may take up to 75 minutes to bake but you'll know it's done when a toothpick comes out with moist crumbs attached.
Remove the cake from the oven and allow it to cool for approximately 20 minutes before removing it from the pan. Cool completely.
If you want to add a glaze, simply microwave store-bought chocolate frosting until it reaches a thick but pourable consistency. Enjoy!
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I'm the manager of the SharePoint team for a large company, working to roll out Office 365 (SharePoint Online and OneDrive for Business) to our 40,000+ users. This is a project that was started a little over two years ago and we're six months into the company wide roll out.
A couple of weeks ago, our CIO challenged our IS department (800+ people) to adopt OneDrive as a replacement for their local home directory (network file share). There's been two primary challenges raised by our users: How do I copy/upload lots of files/folders? and how do I work with attachments in Outlook?
The straight forward answer to this question is to simply copy your files/folders from your network file share to your local OneDrive folder, and let the OneDrive Sync Client do the work. Unfortunately, we had to disable file sync in our environment due to the lack of compliance controls (that's changing, but we're waiting to re-evaluate this until we see the new sync client due this fall. Check out this Microsoft Ignite session for more info).
So, we turned to the new drag and drop functionality in SharePoint Online and OneDrive. One problem though: drag and drop uploading only uploads file(s) – it does not work with folders.
Since these two options are off the table, that leaves us with one somewhat viable option: Explorer View. Explorer View can be accessed by going to the library tab for any document library and clicking the "Open with Explorer View". Microsoft put a minor hurdle in this path by hiding the ribbon by default in OneDrive, as they strive to simplify the OneDrive user experience.
The bigger challenges with Explorer View are this: you must be logged into Office 365 (checking the box for remember me on the Realm Discovery page in ADFS environments), you must be using Internet Explorer, and you must be using a Windows PC.
So why is IE a challenge? WELL, in our environment, IE8 is the standard due to some legacy applications that require it (IE11 compatibility modes do not work – nor do work arounds like Citrix, etc.). Given IE8 is not supported with Office 365 by Microsoft, we installed Chrome as a secondary browser on all desktops and have been telling our users to use Chrome with Office 365. This makes our guidance of using Explorer View and IE rather confusing for our users.
This question comes up quite a lot and the answer requires a few steps. We have Outlook 2010/2013 deployed, so saving an attachment to OneDrive requires the user to save the file to a local folder (say, the desktop), and then they have to open the browser and upload it. Normally, a user would simply save the file to the local OneDrive folder, but we've disabled the sync client, so the file would never be uploaded.
The reverse is also true. If someone wants to attach a file to an outbound email, they must first download the file to a local directory, and then attach it to the email.
Another option available to our users is through Outlook Web Access (mail in the browser). If they use Mail, they can use the Insert menu in the email to attach a file, or better yet a link, to their document. This will avoid having to download the file and potentially losing track of which version of the document they are working on.
As for receiving attachments, Microsoft has announced that this is coming to Outlook Web Access as well, which makes sense. Once that's available, our users will be able to save to their OneDrive just as easily as sending from it.
BUT, our users really prefer Outlook over Outlook Web Access, so what about Outlook?
I don't think Microsoft is going to add this capability to Outlook 2013, but it looks like they'll solve this problem in Outlook 2016. In the screen shot on the left, you can see that an Outlook 2016 email window now has more options on the Insert menu. Those options list all of my recent files, as well as my cloud locations – OneDrive for Business, SharePoint Online sites, OneDrive Personal, etc.
The Outlook 2016 preview doesn't have a save to OneDrive option, at least that I could find, but I hope they do include one in the final release.
Moving files to OneDrive isn't just about storage costs savings for us, but also about changing work habits in order to really take advantage of Office 365. Teaching people how use Explorer View means they will continue to work with their files through the Explorer, much like we've done for decades. We also don't want to teach people to send attachments, unless there is no other option for sharing files. We point out how to share files from OneDrive, which allows co-authoring, version control, and much better management options for the document. This is where we're going to gain efficiencies and really reduce costs.
These questions/challenges are what people will ask when they are mapping their existing work patterns to new technology. It's important that we do what we can to ease their transition, but we must be careful not to delay the real gains of Office 365.
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Interview Horror Stories Finally Revealed From Employer Survey
Many job hunters have reported some rather bizarre interviews, but they aren't the only ones surprised during the process. Turns out employers have plenty of eyebrow-raising stories of their own.
A new survey of 3,000 hiring managers and human resource professionals by the job-database site CareerBuilder revealed that some prospective employees have a serious lack of common sense.
For example, would you ever dream of taking a phone call or texting while you're being interviewed? How about chomping gum or trashing your former employers?
And it only gets worse from there. Here are a few more:
- One candidate asked, "What company is this again?"
- One candidate wore a Boy Scout uniform with no explanation.
- After being 10 minutes late for an interview, one candidate said "promptness" was one of her strengths.
- While en route to an interview, one candidate flipped his middle finger at a driver — who wound up being the interviewer.
- One candidate asked for a sip of the interviewer's coffee.
- One candidate wondered out loud if the job being offered was worth "starting the car for."
Comically inappropriate behavior aside, what should you do during an interview? Experts recommend researching the company beforehand so you'll be able to talk about how you can best contribute, staying positive, and being ready to discuss how you've dealt with challenges in previous jobs.


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Tish Cyrus, Miley's mother, filed for divorce from Billy Ray Cyrus 10 days ago. Around that time, Miley tweeted at her dad, apparently because she couldn't reach him by private communication, social networking being her last resort. Then, last week, the Cyrus family was photographed together with their younger children. Tish and Billy Ray seemed close, prompting speculation that they'd reconciled.
Last night though, Miley was back on Twitter, calling out her dad for… well…
You decide what this means:
According to Celebitchy, the woman in the photo is Dylis Croman. She and Billy Ray worked together on Broadway in Chicago. The obvious assumption is that they were having an affair, and Miley went gangster on her father for an explanation.
Now that's what I call the Chinese Squawking Chicken way of doing things. I remember I was 13, spending the summer in Hong Kong, and we were at a huge group dinner with all her mah-jong friends, when ma stood up all of a sudden and started shouting, with her famous vocals, at the man across the table, who was married to one of her close friends, accusing him of stepping out on his wife. Ma's friend begged ma to stop. She wouldn't stop. She made him confess in front of everyone and apologise. You might think that the Squawking Chicken was out of line there. Perhaps. Here's how she rationalised it to her friend later: he was the one who was wrong, you didn't do anything wrong, why should you be embarrassed?
I imagine that would be similar to what Miley's attitude might be. That in so publicly exposing her father, and exposing her family's drama in the process, she's all about making him look like sh-t, and that his sh-t shouldn't carry over to Tish or to their children.
Miley ended up pulling down her incriminating tweet, replacing it with this one:
You'll note – she's not claiming she was hacked, like Lindsay Lohan would have done, and she's not apologising either. This is Miley 2013 – all sanctimony and swagger, always with the last word, imbued with the kind of youthful steel righteousness that often ends up being rather fragile.
PS. This:
If I'm Brad Pitt, I'm cutting that hair ASAP. Because along with Axl Rose and Val Kilmer, some of you think he's now resembles Billy Ray Cyrus, which might be the worst of the lot.


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WASHINGTON - March 08, 2010 -
U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan announced today that the number of high school dropouts in this country is the "civil rights issue of our generation." To that end, he said that the department would enforce civil rights laws in education that have been overlooked in the last decade.
The following statement may be attributed to NEA President Dennis Van Roekel:
"NEA applauds the Department of Education's decision to step up the enforcement of civil rights laws in education to ensure that school districts across the country know their responsibilities to fairness and equal opportunity.
"In 2008, NEA unveiled its plan to transform all public schools by 2020. A critical component of that plan included redefining the federal role in education. In particular, NEA stressed the importance of protecting and achieving equal access for students to services and supports they need to be successful.
"The federal government has a vital role to play in advancing the quality of America's public schools. As such, we are pleased to see the federal government embracing its role as a supporter of district and state responsibilities by strengthening enforcement of civil rights laws in order to promote access and opportunity. Much more remains to be done, and we look forward to seeing an increased emphasis on equity of opportunity as Congress moves toward the reauthorization of ESEA."
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Love my Samoa cookie recipe? Want all those delicious flavors in a cake?! Of course you do (if you don't think you do, after reading this recipe you will) Two separate batters, one yummy cake! (This recipe is adapted from Breakfast to Bed – THANK YOU for the inspiration!)
Samoa Cake
For the First Batter
- 1 stick of vegan butter, softened (Earth Balance)
- 1 cup of dark brown sugar
- 2 eggs
- 3/4 cup all purpose gluten free flour
- 3/4 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup coconut milk
For the Second Batter – This is a recipe from Hershey's that I tweaked to make gluten free and dairy free.
- 1 cup sugar
- 3/4 cup + 2 tablespoons all purpose gluten free flour
- 1/2 cup + 2 tablespoons cocoa powder
- 3/4 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 egg
- 1/4 cup oil
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 1/2 cup boiling water
- 1/2 cup coconut milk
For the Frosting
- 1 can of sweetened condensed milk or homemade sweetened condensed milk
- 1 1/2 cups coconut or rice milk
- 1/2 or 2/3 cup sugar
- 3 tablespoons vegan butter
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1/2 cup confectioners sugar
- 2 tablespoons pure vanilla extract
- 2 sticks vegan butter, softened (Earth Balance)
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup sweetened toasted coconut (if you don't have toasted ones you can toast them yourself)
- 1 1/2 cups sweetened toasted coconut (if you don't have toasted ones you can toast them yourself)
- 1/2 cup chocolate chips, melted
- Preheat the oven to 350ºF The following instructions apply to both batters. (Remember you are making two separate batters
- Beat liquids/wet ingredients on medium high (except for boiling water in the cocoa cake – that will come later)
- Sift in dry ingredients until combined.
- Add boiling water for cocoa cake here when making the chocolate batter.
- Grease and flour (with gluten free flour) the bundt pan VERY WELL. You don't want the deliciousness to be stuck in the pan now do you!? (If you don't have a bundt pan, use a round cake pan that is the same size as a bundt pan – about an 8 inch cake pan)
- Layer the cake pouring some of the brown sugar batter, then cocoa batter, then brown sugar, until both batter bowls are empty.
- Tap the pan to remove any bubbles that may be in your batter
- Bake for approximately 1 hour or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean
- Let the cake cook ENTIRELY!! This is IMPORTANT! A cool cake is a happy cake. Cool in pan for about 10 minutes and then transfer to a wire rack to finish cooling.
- Let's start to make the frosting!
- If you don't have toasted coconut flakes, toast sweetened coconut flakes on a cookie sheet lined with aluminum foil in the oven on 350ºF tossing occasionally until they reach a warm light brown color
- Beat cooled condensed milk, butter, confectioners sugar, vanilla and salt for 3 minutes.
- Add in 1 cup toasted coconut.
- Chill for 1 hour
- Frost cake with frosting and top with remaining toasted coconut.
- Melt the chocolate chips in the microwave, place in a ziploc bag with a corner cut out about 1/4″ up from the corner, and drizzle stripes on the cake. (if you have a pastry bag, that's even better)
I know it seems like a LOT but the reward is delicious cake that tastes like a favorite girl scout cookie!
Kwegyirba Croffie is a freelance Associate Producer at News 12 Connecticut and a Special Events/Event Planning and Social Media Intern at College Lifestyles (TM). She is a Quinnipiac University alumni and a sister of Alpha Delta Pi. She enjoy cupcakes,Broadway musicals, Forever 21 ,giraffes, peacock feathers, orchids, lillies and anything Disney.


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Say it out loud, and the title Vikingdom, that slapdash portmanteau, reveals its hidden promise: Viking Dumb. That's a fair summation of the glory and ridiculousness of what director Yusry Abd Halim and his cohorts at KRU Productions have pulled off in this B-movie gone amok. They only could have improved on its accuracy if they'd just gone ahead and called it exactly what it is: The First and Best-Ever Malaysian Viking Flick with All-English Dialogue.
Imagine an old Hollywood mead-and-beard epic like The Long Ships (based on Frans G. Bengtsson's thrilling, hilarious novel, recently reprinted by NYRB Classics) directed by an acolyte of young Peter Jackson—rococo violence! that restless camera! charming, cheap-o monsters!—who is determined, budget be damned, to stuff the movie with the pomp and grandeur of mid-career Jackson—snowy vistas! besieged castles! a portentous prologue! a reluctant king on the eve of battle, subjecting his outmatched army to his shaky poetry!
And then imagine that every 10 minutes or so, like any good Malaysian action movie, town-destroying fights break out, all sharply choreographed, full of brawling stuntwork, medieval weaponry, and a refreshing mixture of battle styles—you've got your pug-ugly WWE-looking lugs and bruisers hacking gamely at their foes, plus a couple lithe wire-fu ringers twirling their spears and bending space and time to go into slow-mo whenever it would look the most awesome. Can I call it "axe-socky"?
Finally, if you have imagination left to spare, please try this: Imagine that the whole goofy, bloody shebang somehow works. Vikingdom trembles with great dumb joy even before we meet the apparently handcrafted hell-dragon that looks like a set of windup chattering teeth combined with a homecoming float. Not long after that, in a truly eerie sequence set in Viking Hell, the hero Eirick (Dominic Purcell) has to climb into a mountain of golden women. The ladies, who have none of the look of CGI about them, moan and writhe—in the long shots, when we can see the whole living mound of them, their limbs flow about like the tentacles of a sea anemone. Outside of a foreign B-movie, this grand vision of paint and flesh and extras could pass for high art, something that might wow 'em at the opera. It's dazzling, onscreen, but it's also something of a wake-up call: Hollywood's lock on adventure spectacle is now as long-gone as the one it once held on bang-bang crime films. The first Hobbit picture's digital armies have a higher pixel rate, but Vikingdom packs in twice as much fun and thrice as much incident in much less running time. And if its greased-up giant of a villain—Thor, played by the perfectly named Conan Stevens—looks like he's wearing a garish red wig modeled after the little girl from the Wendy's sign, at least he's actually there, a physical presence, unlike the prancing cartoon goblin king faced by Bilbo and company. (Another point over The Hobbit: None of this movie's heroes ever stops the expedition to mope about a missing hankie.)
Here, towering Norsemen in their dingy togs row off in their longboat to kill the god Thor in a Mortal Kombat encounter held in the circle at Stonehenge during some cosmic event called—yikes—the Blood Eclipse. Along the way, we meet a sassy hottie (Natassia Malthe) who wears only a leather sports bra no matter how hard it snows, and is quick to gut an enemy or make wondrous fantasy love to Eirick while he looks into a mirror and imagines she is instead the dead immortal elf-maiden (or whatever) to whom he has pledged himself.
That dead immortal elf maiden's identical male twin, resplendent in a lemon-sugar prom dress you can see his nipples through, acts out a scene of solemn quest-giving that sounds like it was written by a Dungeon Master. Brave companions and much stabbing follow, plus that trip to hell, some unconvincing scenes of longship-rowing, and, over the opening and closing credits, the finest global hair-rock silliness. During the couple dull patches, you can always relish the terrible wigs.
Director Halim has long been a pop star in Malaysia; after striking it big in the 1990s with West-aping songs like "The Way We Jam," "I'll Make You Famous," and "Do My Thang (Upside Down)," he and his band, KRU, have expanded into movies, scoring several hits in Malaysia, and now aspiring to international success—to create hits that other countries imitate.
Vikingdom is far from the polished, Hollywood-like blockbuster the KRU crew hopes to make—it's stranger, funnier, more inventive, in that way of filmmakers who have to figure out how to realize their vision rather than just sending millions to an effects house and waiting to have that vision delivered. The way it jams should start, in American geek circles, to make Halim famous enough to do his thang again. Let's hope he goes for space monsters next—but that he never uses less-hilarious wigs.
Speaking of wigs, that hair rock comes courtesy of the band Mojo, signed to KRU's record label—synergy! Disappointingly, the lyrics do not include the phrase "blood eclipse."
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The Student Life section of Utah State Today highlights work written by the talented student journalists at Utah State University. Each week, the editor selects a story that has been published in The Utah Statesman or the Hard News Café or both for inclusion in Utah State Today. Items are presented as they were originally published.
Syrian Conflict Hits Home with International Students
By Mariah Noble, staff writer, in The Utah Statesman, Wednesday, September 25, 2013
People are dying and disappearing every day in Syria, according to media reports.
Though the war may be on the other side of the world, the effects of it hit close to home for USU student Wafaa Arbash and assistant professor Abdulkafi Albirini, who are both from Syria.
Arbash, who is in the intensive language institute and plans to start her master's degree in social work next year, said the war is something affecting everyone to some extent.
"When I was in Syria, I worked as a social developmental programmer as an active citizen," Arbash said. "It teaches you how you can be a leader in your community."
She said while traveling from town to town for work, she would have to get down "under the chair of the car" because of the combat going on outside.
"All the time, my family (would) worry about me," Arbash said. "All the time, my family (would) call me."
Arbash's family lost at least one member from this conflict.
"I have a cousin who disappeared," Arbash said. "He was with the government and the rebels caught him, and we don't know where he is now. He has two girls — two children. There's a lot of persons missing from both of the groups, a lot of people who have disappeared totally from both sides."
Albirini, who teaches Arabic at USU, said several members of his family have died in the war. He said there is a Facebook page his family has set up for those they have lost.
He said he gets his information from Syrian and Arab news sources available to him here in the U.S., and although his family remains relatively neutral in the conflict, he knows of more than 30 members of his extended family who have died because of it.
"Most of them are civilian," Albirini said. "Some of them are children. I know that the regime possibly are not targeting them (civilians) in particular, but this is what we call collateral damage. The bomb or the missile does not discriminate."
Albirini said freedoms in Syria are very limited.
"You can be arrested for no reason," Albirini said. "There are no free elections, no freedom of speech, no freedom of press. There are more security departments than universities."
He said many surrounding countries fought to gain more freedom, and all those factors together contributed to the event that sparked the war.
In March 2011, 15 schoolboys painted an anti-government slogan on a wall and were arrested because of it.
"They are doing what they see on TV," Albirini said. "It said, 'The people want to topple the regime.'"
In the care of security personnel, one of whom was a cousin of Syrian president Bashar al-Assad, the boys were bloodied, beaten, burned and had their fingernails pulled out.
Albirini said these boys belonged to several large families in southern Syria, who then solicited for support from the government.
"It started as peaceful demonstrations," Albirini said. "Their demands were very limited — reforms, checks on security forces."
But, Albirini said, those peaceful demonstrations were met with gunfire from government forces.
"When people saw the amount of bloodshed and brutality, they demanded that al-Assad go," Albirini said. "Mourners at funerals were fired on, so more and more fatalities."
Arbash said intolerance and ignorance is another big factor in the conflict. She said many of those fighting do it because their group's leaders tell them to, not because they have a personal interest in the politics behind it.
"They come and go without any thinking," Arbash said. "When people start fighting each other, they don't realize what they are doing. They don't realize the effects-side of things. If they would just stop and think for one minute, we would be in (the) right situation."
Albirini said he feels up to this point, the U.S. has been relatively passive and seems to have tried distancing themselves from the conflict, but more recently he's seen them taking "some constructive steps" toward the conflict there.
"My personal view in the case of Syria (is that) the U.S. has a moral obligation to do something," Albirini said. "If we say we are leaders in terms of promoting democracy and freedom — they (the people of Syria) are fighting for their freedom. They went out to fight for their rights as human beings."
Others feel getting involved is a risky move. Steve Sharp, a political science professor, said he lived in Syria when al-Assad's father, Hafez al-Assad, was in power. Hafez al-Assad served as president from 1971-2000. Sharp said there were also conflicts in that time, but they didn't start with peaceful demonstrations like this one.
"It's a hard problem," Sharp said. "I would love to solve this problem and produce this peaceful, stable Syria. I would love for it to go back to fun-loving, family-oriented, not this intrinsically fanatical religious (place). But having that desire is not the same as having the solution to do that."
Victoria Ward, an associate professor in political science, said another international challenge is disposing of chemical weapons.
Since Aug. 21, Syria has been under scrutiny for an alleged chemical weapons attack. United Nations inspectors recently reported they found clear evidence there was an attack using chemical weapons on civilians.
Opposition forces and the U.S. claim it was al-Assad's forces who launched the weapons, while al-Assad said it could not have been his troops and opposition forces were behind the attacks, according to the Los Angeles Times.
Syria agreed to commit to the International Chemical Weapons Convention on Sept. 14, which bans the production, storage and use of chemical weapons.
"The U.S. believes there are 45 sites (of chemical weapons in Syria)," Ward said. "The Russians have agreed on that, and they're supposed to do it by the middle of next year. But it takes a long time to do it."
Albirini said he would also like to see more balanced coverage from the media. He said he feels they focus too much on the government fighting radicals and forget that it began with peaceful demonstrations.
"There's people who want to (be) fighting because they want to (be) fighting, and there's people who want to stop this war," Arbash said. "There's people who want to live in peace, and there's people who are the extreme. In every view, there's people who are the extreme."
Ward said many of those who want to live in peace are fleeing Syria and are trying to find refuge in neighboring countries.
"It's creating problems in Lebanon," Ward said. "I mean, there are 1.5 million Syrian refugees there, and it's just overwhelmed. Jordan is the same way."
A report last Friday from the U.N. News Center said more than 4,000 of the refugees are children without parents or adult relatives. Ward said one way students here could try and help is through humanitarian efforts for these people.
Still, Arbash said there are some positive things happening in her home country.
"There's a lot of institutions and community involvement," Arbash said. "There's amazing things happening there that give me hope for the future. I think the community is the part that is going right, and it's very important."


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