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Is Astronomy being Reduced to Pixel Archive Science?/
Thanks to SeattleAstronomy.com for their last month's visit to RCA and this excellent article on our February speaker, Dr. Gregory Bothun:
A University of Oregon professor of physics frets that astronomy is drowning in data that threatens to reduce it to a "pixel archive science." His solution is something right out of Star Trek.
Dr. Gregory Bothun made a presentation titled, "Big Data, Discovery, and a New Kind of Astronomy: Are We Prepared?" at the February meeting of the Rose City Astronomers at the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry in Portland. Bothun noted that efforts such as the Sloan Digital Sky Survey provide the stuff of discovery."

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MYCYradio, a new multilingual web radio station was officially launched today in the presence of George Markopouliotis, Head of the European Commission Representation in Cyprus, at a press conference held at the EU House in Nicosia.
MYCYradio is a community radio station open to individuals, organisations and communities in Cyprus who are looking for the opportunity to have their voice heard and who want to broadcast their own programmes online. As of Monday April 29, MYCYradio will be broadcasting live in a number of languages including English, Greek, Turkish, Farsi, Arabic, Swahili, Tamil and Sinhalese. MYCYradio will also feature a wide variety of music shows and community news. All are invited to listen to the new multilingual web radio station by directing your favourite Internet browser to http://mycyradio.eu/.
Established under the auspices of the Cyprus Community Media Centre (CCMC), MYCYradio receives support from the European Commission Representation in Cyprus.


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Nadia Murad Basee Taha, a 23-year-old Yazidi woman who survived sexual enslavement under ISIS and was announced as a United Nations Goodwill Ambassador on Friday in New York City, has announced a new initiative, dedicated to helping women and children victimized by genocide and crimes against humanity.
Nadia's Initiative was unveiled at an event hosted by Women in the World founder and CEO Tina Brown, following a ceremony in the afternoon at which Murad was appointed U.N. Office on Drugs and Crime Goodwill Ambassador for the Dignity of Survivors of Human Trafficking — marking the first time a survivor of atrocities has been bestowed with this distinction.
The new advocacy organization — informed by Murad's personal experience — will provide long term, holistic approaches to healing traumatized victims of mass atrocities, by developing and supporting field programs in the areas of healthcare, psychosocial support and education for women and children.
Murad's world was rocked to its foundations on August 3, 2014, when ISIS militants attacked her peaceful village of Kocho, Iraq. Six of her nine brothers were killed on the spot, while Nadia — along with her two sisters, her mother, and thousands of others, were taken captive. Then only 19, Murad and her two sisters became sex slaves and their mother — considered too old — was executed. She has spoken of seeing children given to ISIS soldiers as "sexual gifts," and she was raped and tortured daily, and beaten frequently, until she managed to escape and make her way to Germany.
After receiving medical attention and being reunited with other survivors, Murad devoted her energy to assist other Yazidis who had similarly suffered, told her story on the world stage to raise awareness and solicit assistance, and has been supported by Amal Clooney in seeking justice before the International Criminal Court. (Clooney will attend Murad's Friday induction as a U.N. Goodwill Ambassador.) Murad has also been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize. "[Human] trafficking and mass enslavement have become a tool used by terrorists to humiliate societies and humanity at large," Murad said in a statement, observing that women and children are disproportionately affected, and affirming her commitment to change.
Murad visited the offices of Women in the World in New York in April, where she discussed her capture, enslavement, the Yazidi genocide, and her vision of justice.


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The brief time point guard Isaiah Thomas spent with the Cleveland Cavaliers after being traded from Boston for Kyrie Irving had one common denominator — team captain LeBron James was the alleged catalyst. According to NBA analyst Chris Broussard, Thomas had "no love" for James and felt like he was being treated as an inferior.
During a segment on FS1's Undisputed series Tuesday (Feb. 13), Broussard spoke about the trade that sent Thomas to the Lakers, just as he was working himself back into playing shape after being on the shelf for much of the season. In the discussion, Broussard said that sources close to Thomas informed him that he grew tired of the atmosphere in Cleveland which may have hastened the trade.
"I was talking to somebody yesterday close to Isaiah, and they said, He has absolutely no love at all for LeBron," Broussard said. "He felt like LeBron talked down to him when he was there."
Broussard was apparently sparked to offer that tidbit after reports came forth that Thomas has taken slight digs on social media at James, which include him mentioning that a practice session with his new teammates was the first real one he's had, and liking an Instagram video that showed former Cavaliers and current Boston Celtics star Irving scoring on James.
James has tried taking the high road, despite the rumors he's a high maintenance team killer.
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Healing Horses, Helping Children: Dare to Dream Youth Ranch
Let me just start with this: people who keep non-profits running are saints.
These selfless men and women (directors, managers, social workers, volunteer coordinators, therapists, counselors, volunteers, the list goes on and on) dedicate their time and energy to the sole purpose of helping others. They selflessly work long, hard hours, doing their best to help the most people, with the smallest budget imaginable. And their motivation is never for their paycheck (if they wanted to make the big bucks, they got into the wrong business!). Their motivation is as saintly as it gets: to help others when life has got them down.
For most of my life, I never thought this deeply about non-profits and the men and women who work there. I did some volunteer work in high school, but even then I didn't consider the rewards and the difficulties that non-profits face every day.
That is, until I interned at a non-profit.
I took on a writing internship at Mental Health America in Allen County, and there I saw firsthand both the selflessness, and struggles, of non-profits. The work non-profits do truly is amazing.
So, to help showcase some local non-profits that deserve your attention, I am writing a series of articles featuring these benevolent organizations. The non-profit I would like to start with is Dare to Dream Youth Ranch, a wonderful little non-profit just outside of the city with a focus on helping children, and helping horses.
I visited Dare to Dream on a beautiful fall day, seeing the ranch how I hope most of the children who visit get to experience it. The ranch is located on Wallen Road just off 33, close enough to the city to not be out of the way, but far enough to still provide immersion into the countryside, allowing for an even more authentic ranch feel.
That authentic feeling of visiting a ranch is what Dare to Dream hopes to provide to disadvantaged or disabled children. These are children who otherwise would never have a chance to experience a ranch or get anywhere near a horse. I spoke to Jim Buck, the Communications Director at Dare to Dream, while visiting the ranch and he told me, sharing the experience of a ranch was founder Bret Procise's intention. "That's what Bret's vision was, to make the good times of a ranch accessible to more kids."
The ranch was founded in 2006 with this vision in mind. Jim shared the mission statement during our interview:
"Encourage the child, heal the horses, strengthen the family, and spread the message of hope."
Originally, the land that the ranch now sits on used to be a landfill— in order to build the ranch, dirt had to be brought in to make the land functional again. Dare to Dream has humble beginnings, no doubt about it. The ranch covers 10 acres and currently houses 10 horses. These horses have been donated by families unable to care for them, rescued due to neglect, or are retired racehorses.
Of course all children are welcome at the ranch, but the ranch's main focus is exposing inner city children and disabled children to horses. Jim explained the benefit of exposure to horses for both children without disabilities, and those with disabilities during our interview. For children without disabilities, being exposed to horses for the first time can help shape who they will become.
For children with disabilities, seeing, touching, and connecting with a horse can instigate breakthroughs. Jim shared that some autistic children who visit the ranch are happy to simply stand beside one of the horses, resting his or her hand on the horse's side, and enjoying the tactile sensation of the horse's fur and his slow, steady breathing. It has become a common occurrence for non-verbal autistic children to make their first sounds in a long time, or ever, while at the ranch. There is no denying it, the connection between horse and child is special, and lifelong bonds can be fostered.
In addition to the normal programs offered at the ranch, Dare to Dream also considers itself a "charity to charities," in that it also offers its services to other non-profits. For instance, when a non-profit holds an event to thank donors, Dare to Dream will bring some of the horses to the event and let children pet and ride the horses, for no charge to the non-profit. This is another way that they help the community and support other non-profits.
Since Dare to Dream has no staff, they rely heavily on volunteers to keep the grounds, care for the horses, work with the children, and anything else that needs to be done at the ranch. Therefore, any donations made to the non-profit goes directly towards keeping the ranch going.
Right now, Dare to Dream is primed for growth, but they need community support to help make it happen. If you like horses, children, or just working outside, please visit Dare to Dream's website and fill out the volunteer form. Monetary or other donations to the ranch can be made through the website as well.
You can also check out their Facebook page to learn more. They would love the help!
Das Fort has covered non-profits before:
NeighborLink: More Than Just a Cup of Sugar, and Raise the Roof; as well as Respect 360.
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Real nice. Also dig the blog post. Nice work.Reply
Love the branding, Sean. Just got a problem seeing giraffes here. Those look more like snails to me.Reply
I see a giraffe only at the left side. But the naming sugest to me how the right side animal is a giraffe too :DReply
and, i love the post. The mark has the same soul of all the work, love it!Reply
Sean, I love the professional presentation, I do agree with Julian a little though.Reply
%5EI'm with Julian also. It's very nice, but I have a problem seeing giraffes even with the type there.Reply
nice presentation, Giraffes not clear.Reply
Interesting, its funny hearing the difference in feedback via here vs. dribbble and forrst.Reply
%5E I think that dribble and forrst are going to give you false and accurate points depending on how you see it. Some are new and some are old.Reply
Once again great work. Loved reading about the process too.Reply
Yeah I guess I wasn't going for literal giraffes but they are the basic shape of them. Client is happy, thats all that matters.Reply
Sean i love the process mate. You are a talented guy... the whole identity exudes character and I can only imagine the time spent on itReply
I think this has a personality without being too literall. Good work Sean!Reply
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TN Visa for Occupational/Physiotherapy Assistant?
Question: I have a job offer for a company in the U.S. I am Canadian and I am hoping to go the route of obtaining a TN Visa for a two year term. I am getting mixed information about the process. I have a 2 year Diploma as an Occupational/Physiotherapy Assistant. From my understanding an assistant does not fall under NAFTA TN Visa job regulations. Is this correct? Are there any other options?
Reply: If the position offered is more aligned with an Occupational Therapist Assistant or Aide position as described in the Department of Labor's Occupational Outlook Handbook (OOH), then it may not be classifiable under the TN visa category for Occupational Therapists, which is described separately in the OOH.
The most popular alternative to the TN visa classification is the H-1B visa. However, this visa classification is generally reserved for those occupations that require possession of a U.S. bachelor's degree or the equivalent. According to the OOH, Occupational Therapist Assistant positions only require an associate's degree. The government may, therefore, not consider this occupation as eligible for an H-1B visa.
Unfortunately, there are very few options for foreign citizens who do not possess a bachelor's degree. U.S. immigration is partial to highly-skilled workers and in this sense most non-immigrant visa classifications available exist primarily for bachelor degree level positions. The TN visa classification does have some exceptions, e.g. the Management Consultant or the SciTech, and others that only require a 2 year diploma and 3 years experience such as the Graphic Designer. Other visa classifications exist for non-bachelor degree positions, but these are generally limited to seasonal work (H-2A/H2B), exchange visitors (J-1), students (F-1/M-1), or trainees (H-3).


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Revisit the rose-tinted days of your childhood with MAC's Quite Cute range
Never one to be outdone, MAC has raised the bar with this flirty, fun and frivolous cosmetic range that will have you cooing the moment you lay eyes on its delectable offerings.
With a nod to Tokyo's signature trendy take on all-things girly, the range covers all aspects of the face with lips, eyes, nails and cheeks all catered for in a palette adorned with pastels.
The simple hues of the Cutie eyeshadow quad (£33) keeps eyes understated and natural by accentuating your own eye colour. Note the finishing of each shadow; while the purple and gold frost finishes of the dirty violet and pale white green provide a metallic sheen, the satin finish of the pale pink shadow offers a slightly more intense colour effect and the silver pearl lustre of the pale lavender employs glitter specks for glam shine. Line the upper eyelid with the Penultimate eyeliner (£14), extend into a flirty, feline 'flick' and complement your chosen colour with the range's very own lashes 7 Lash (£10) – this set of defined alternate lashes can transform you from dull to dolly in one single application (tip: use MAC's eyelash adhesive for the strongest hold). To finalise the eyes, finish with a sweep of Zoom Lash mascara (£13.50) to make your peepers pop.
Nothing spells out the collection's theme more than the medley of candy-coloured mineralize blushers (£18). The light pink will perfect paler palours, the light beige will bring out more bronzed complexions and the lavender will illuminate darker skin tones. If that wasn't enough to remind you how pretty MAC can be, each blush pan comes customised with a pearlised and colour-contrasting baked-in heart.
To round off proceedings, opt for a bright lipstick (£13.50). The more daring amongst you should be happy to try Candy Yum-Yum (intense neon pink) or Playtime (creamy violet), whereas the more coy of the crowd can play it safe with the aptly titled Playing Koi (creamy white peach pink) or Saint Germain (clean pastel pink). Remember to gloss up for an ultra-feminine finale; Quite Cute's Plushglasses (£16) come in four colours to tickle your fancy – choose between Bubble Tea (creamy pale nude), Fashion Fanatic (creamy pale pink), Girl YBoy (bright light blue-pink) and I YU (creamy mid-tone purple).
Match your talons to your make-up with Little Girl Type (pale lavender), Ice Cream Cake (blue-pink) or Mischievous Mint (pale blue mint) all £9. Alternatively, indulge in all three of the lacquers and paint your nails alternately for a rainbow like no other!
When complete, accessorise with the girliest get-up you can find (think pink and glitter galore), invite your closest lady friends round and celebrate the joys of womanhood…not forgetting to salute MAC for starting something extremely special!


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Advances in low power microcontrollers and communication ICs have made it possible to build lightweight, unobtrusive, wearable smart devices that run diverse applications. Popular examples include smart watches and body signal monitoring bands.
In a wearable device the power system must be able to regulate voltage from a battery—a voltage source with a declining voltage output. The regulators must be very efficient so as to maximize charge usage, and must also supply the number of rails required by the design. The usable voltage range of a rechargeable Li+ battery ranges from 4.2V to approximately 3.2V. Most wearable products use main power rails that are below the minimum charge of a single-cell Li+ battery, so the main rails within a wearable design are sourced from a step-down regulator. Some functions within a wearable product might require a higher voltage level than is provided by a single-cell battery. To provide these voltage levels the power management function must contain at least one step-up regulator. The number of rails required depends on the device functionality, but for optimum efficiency it's best to minimize the number of required rails.
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Power usage and processing capabilities are the most important selection criteria for a microcontroller for wearable applications. A system partitioning strategy should be used to decide which system functions are best integrated into the microcontroller and which can be handled externally. Because the wearable health devices read body signals, the capabilities of any on-chip analog circuitry must also be taken into account to ensure they can accurately process low-level body signals.
Wearable Healthcare Platform Design Considerations
High-Performance Microcontrollers for Wearables
The electrical outputs from body sensors have very low magnitude, in the millivolt and microvolt range. Accordingly, many of the sensors that are practical for wearable health applications have been combined with amplification and conversion circuits within a single die or package so that they output either a higher level analog signal or a serialized digital signal.
Wearable Healthcare Platform Design Considerations
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This complete 1-cell Li+ battery charge-management IC operates from either a USB port or AC adapter. It integrates a battery disconnect switch, current-sense circuit, PMOS pass element, and thermal-regulation circuitry, while eliminating the external reverse-blocking Schottky diode, to create a simple and small charging solution.
This device charges quickly with minimal heat generation. It charges from variety of adapters and maximizes Safety featuring JEITA-compliant temperature monitoring and withstands transient inputs up to 22V.
These battery fuel gauges provide excellent short-term and long-term accuracy by using both coulomb counting and voltage-based ModelGauge algorithms. ModelGauge m3 cancels offset accumulation error in the coulomb counter while providing better short-term accuracy than any purely voltage-based fuel gauge.
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For Heart Health, Focus on Risk Factors
Heart failure is also a form of heart disease. Heart failure implies that your heart suddenly stops beating, but that's not the case — it refers to the diminished capacity of a damaged ticker.
Heart failure often leaves you feeling exhausted or breathless, because your heart is having trouble delivering enough blood — and the oxygen in that blood — to every part of your body.
Arrhythmia (abnormal heart rhythm) is also considered a form of heart disease. A diseased heart may begin to flutter or race and, in extreme cases, can prevent blood from properly moving through the heart's chambers.
One way doctors predict your likelihood of getting these conditions is through a little equation called the Framingham formula, which takes a bunch of risk factors and calculates how likely you are to get coronary heart disease.
The problem is that the Framingham formula is pretty complex. So to make it easy for you, we're going to focus on five risk factors in this article.
First, we'll talk about the factor we all like to blame when we look at our oversized feet or our untamed eyebrows: genetics.
Unlike other causes of heart disease such as genetics, gender or age, you can help prevent one major cause of heart disease — your lifestyle.
If you smoke, try your hardest to quit. Smoking increases blood pressure and damages your heart's tissues.
Obesity is a big contributor to heart disease, so eat a low-fat diet and get exercise as often as you can, ideally for a half-hour at least four times a week.
Drink like Ben Franklin's advice, but not like Ben Franklin's habits — in moderation. A daily serving of alcohol may in fact improve your heart's health
On average, your heart will beat up to 3.3 billion times before its final lub-dub [source: Roizen]. Any way you slice it, a workload that heavy causes plenty of wear and tear.
As we age, not only do we have trouble finding our reading glasses, but our arteries harden, the walls of our hearts get thicker, and overall heart function decreases.
In addition to the normal effects of aging, other contributing factors like high blood pressure and lack of exercise have been in play all those years, taking their tolls as well.
All of this adds up to a pretty hefty statistic — people age 65 and older make up 83 percent of all heart disease deaths
Diabetes is an inability to self-regulate blood-glucose levels. It's also a contributing cause of heart disease. Diabetics are twice as likely as nondiabetics to suffer from heart disease [source: American Diabetes Association]. Worse still, they're five times more likely to have heart attacks
Diabetes affects many parts of the body, especially the kidneys. As systems lose full function, the heart is forced to work harder and carry even more of a load.
The inner lining of the artery is already nicked up by products in the bloodstream such as sugars and lipids, and the excess sugars in a diabetic's blood cause even greater wear and tear. It doesn't help when the sugary blood is being sent through the body with greater force from high blood pressure, which diabetics are also more likely to have.
When it comes to the battle of the sexes, victory favors women through simple attrition. Men are, on average, 66 years old when they have their first heart attack, and nearly 50 percent of men who have a heart attack by the age of 65 will die by the time they're 73 .
More men in America die from heart disease than from any other single cause, and it was responsible for 28 percent of all American men's deaths in 2003
Genetics is a big factor in determining your likelihood of future heart disease. When it comes to the family tree, you're most at risk if a direct relative (a parent or sibling) has had a heart attack.
If your father or brother has had one before the age of 45 — or if your mother or sister has had one before the age of 55 — you should be especially concerned.
A history of heart disease in your extended family is a factor as well.
Your genes may make you more susceptible to heart disease, but they can also make you more prone to contributing factors such as obesity, high blood pressure or high cholesterol.
African-Americans tend to have higher blood pressure, which contributes to heart disease.
In fact, studies have shown that African-Americans are twice as likely to die of heart disease than Caucasians . Native Americans, Native Hawaiians, certain Asian ethnicities and Hispanics are also at higher risk.
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Qsolved has launched a brand new service exclusively for Cisco Systems' partners and resellers to ask, collaborate and resolve technical service issues. Partners around the world can now engage with other customers / prospects on a wide range is services including Upgrade / Design / Certification / Configuration / Tech Support / Installation and many more.
Register your company (open only to authorized Cisco Resellers) for free at www.qsolved.com. Just click on "Cisco partners click here" link at top and proceed to register your company. The marketplace will proactively match customer issues with your firm based your profile and skill sets.


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To assist new parents with the cost of prescription drugs while waiting for their child to be registered. The program can provide a purchase order to most BC Pharmacies. Parents can then pick up their child's prescription without having to worry about paying out of pocket for prescriptions.
Drugs listed on the Nisga'a Formulary, drugs considered necessary, and drugs that are prescribed by the treating physician or specialist.
Over the Counter Medications (OTC 's) are medications that can be purchased without a prescription.
Baby's parents must hold citizenship with the Nisga'a Nation, and possess a Great West Life Non-Insured Health Benefits Card. To confirm Nisga'a citizenship or to apply for citizenship, contact Nisga'a Lisims Government Eligibility and Enrollment at 1-888-311-9457.
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Alrighty so i know i talked a bit about these in my Ipsy October post but that was before i use them. Here is what i think.
I love the ingredients for sure, so many great things for your skin.
I LOVE the feeling you get after you use them. Your face feels so firm but soft and moisturized (because of the marshmallow probably) and it smells GREAT. You feel so awake and relaxed and just… Nice.
Then night came around and i saw that i had tiny little areas where i have broken out. Erg. Now, it was unpleasant, yes, but my face cleared up the next day and all was well. But i haven't used it since and I've only used it once. Maybe ill try again in the future because i really loved these wipes but i guess they weren't made for my skin. I might use them as a sort of mask, washing my face after to get rid of any lasting effects that caused any tiny breakouts.


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Although many considered the IBM + Apple partnership to be an unexpected arrangement, there's no doubt now that the technical collaboration between us is bearing sweet fruit. Following the 2014 announcement, iOS developers had something that wasn't available to them before: a steadily growing selection of services and tools for integrating Apple devices with IBM's wide portfolio of enterprise offerings, including cloud, security, data management, application services, and analytics.
One of the latest additions for iOS developers is the iOS SDK for Watson® Developer Cloud (WDC). Written for (and with) Apple's open-source Swift language, the SDK gives your applications access to such WDC-based services as language translation, personality insights, speech-to-text, text-to-speech, and visual recognition—all of those intelligent capabilities that promise to make a personal device act more like, well, a person.
Robert Dickerson, one of the principle developers of the Watson iOS SDK, is particularly excited about the possibility of running Watson directly on a phone.
"Right now, almost all of Watson's algorithms run on the cloud; however, there's a lot of potential to have some of that work—for example, speech recognition, computer vision, and gesture recognition—offloaded to mobile devices. As devices get more powerful and the need to save energy grows, there are a lot of compelling reasons to move computation on to devices. It's great to be a part of this effort," said Dickerson.
Here's to the future with IBM + Apple. Naturally, we made the SDK open source as well, which means you're warmly invited to use, fork, and/or contribute to the project!
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text: Beware of Links Promising Photos of Dead bin Laden Unless, you know, it's a link to a Newser story on the topic By Rob Quinn, Newser Staff Posted May 4, 2011 9:43 AM CDT 4 comments Comments No official photos or video of a dead Osama bin Laden have been released. (AP Photo/ABC News) View 1 more image (Newser) – Clicking on links that promise to show photos or video of a dead Osama bin Laden is a bad idea, cybersecurity experts warn. Spammers and scammers have moved even faster than usual to spread malicious links aimed at Facebook and Google users, reports the Los Angeles Times. "The bad guys were quite fast," a researcher at Kasperky Labs says. They "started to poison search results in Google Images" within hours. One link that has spread widely on Facebook claims to lead to BBC video of bin Laden's death. The link takes users to a non-Facebook page that looks exactly like a Facebook one and asks for a verification code. If the code is entered, the link is posted to the user's Facebook wall. Security experts say people should look very closely before clicking on anything unusual, and recommend hovering your cursor over any questionable link to view the URL of the site and verify it's one you've heard of. Newser links on the topic (like this) will not lead to requests for your credit card info or other nastiness. (Read more Facebook stories.) View 1 more image My Take on This Story Report a story error 71% Annoying 8% Hilarious 8% Intriguing 1% Depressing 9% Brilliant 3% Scary /story/279383/he-drowned-2-years-ago-his-final-moments-just-emerged.html Taking you to another annoying story... TURNOFF Another annoying story: Treasure Hunter's Big Find Near Waterfall: a Man's Last Moments


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Rady Children's Hospital-San Diego and CSSD's residency programs have amongst the most extensive training program for pediatric dermatology in the nation and the largest fellowship program for Pediatric Dermatology in the nation.
The Division of Pediatric Dermatology at Rady Children's Hospital is affiliated with both the Department of Pediatrics and the Department of Medicine (Dermatology) at the University of California, San Diego.
The Pediatric Dermatology Fellowship Program was introduced in 1996. Based at Rady Children's Hospital-San Diego, fellows are involved in clinical activities and research involving pediatric dermatology.
The clinical program involves ambulatory dermatology clinics and inpatient consultations at Rady Children's Hospital, UCSD Hillcrest and Sharp Mary Birch Hospital.
The programs have trained more than 270 dermatology residents and 34 fellows (these figures do not include pediatric residents trained by the program). The program's very active international fellowship program attracts fellows from around the world. Pediatric dermatology fellows are also actively involved in research during their fellowship year. These trainees enhance the program and contribute to the advancement of the field of pediatric dermatology through research and education.
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Today, E! News has confirmed that Nina Dobrev and Austin Stowell have ended their relationship after seven months together. The couple says they parted on good terms and scheduling conflicts lead to the end of the romance. That sounds oddly familiar to the reason Joe Jonas and Gigi Hadid used right before Gigi started dating Zayn Malik.
Who do you think Nina has her sights on next?
Check out photos of the former couple below.
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Opposition Leader Tony Abbott says he would not use gender and class to divide nation.Opposition Leader Tony Abbott has accused Prime Minister Julia Gillard of trying to divide Australia with gender and class wars.
Speaking at a business function in Perth on Thursday, Mr Abbott promised that if he were to be elected prime minister he would not pit one Australian against another.
He said Ms Gillard had played the victim card with her recent parliamentary speech against misogyny that went viral around the world.
But it was her policies and leadership, not her gender, he said, that attracted the opposition's criticisms.
"I think I can say with absolute confidence that you will never find from me any attempt to invoke the gender war against my political opponents," Mr Abbott said.
"Never, ever will I attempt to say that as a man I have been the victim of powerful forces beyond my control and how dare [any] prime minister of Australia play the victim card.
"If there is one thing which marks the current government as utterly unworthy of leading this country, it is the attempt to set one Australian against another for party political advantage."
The Opposition Leader said Ms Gillard was also engaged in class warfare by trying to set workers against their bosses.
"Now, one thing I will never do, should I have the honour of leading this country, is deliberately set out to divide Australian against Australian," he said. "You will never find from me invocation of a false class war.
"I will never try to set workers against managers because I understand, in a way I fear the current incumbents do not, that it is only by working together that we are going to generate the prosperity that all Australians have a right to expect."
Last month, Ms Gillard delivered a fiery attack in Parliament against Mr Abbott, describing him as sexist and a misogynist.
To make her point, the Prime Minister used examples of the Opposition Leader standing and talking at political rallies next to people holding signs describing her as a witch.
Ms Gillard's speech was noted across the globe, many political leaders and commentators applauding her.
In Australia, the speech received a mixed reception. But since then Mr Abbott has gone to great lengths to dispel the perception that he has a problem with women.
He has appeared several times publicly with his wife and daughters in a bid to expose his gentler side.
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On the western tip of the Isle of Nantes, on the Loire, La Cantine du Voyage is a temporary restaurant, bar and social centre for this summer's Voyage a Nantes.
The restaurant hosts a revolving door of guest chiefs that work with ultra local ingredients - most of which come from within 200km of Nantes.
It is a convivial place that can hold quite a few people (capacity for 300). The interior was designed by two particularly creative Dutch designers: Kia Kubic and Douwe Hoekstra – it is worthy to note that Hoekstra works for Atelier Van Lieshout (L'Absence).
For the Cantine de Nantes they also imagined a custom-built spit roast and state-of-the-art barbecues to cook chicken and other poultry, whole hams, or fish skewers – depending on what is available at the farmer's markets. It is also a place to relax: petanque terrains and table football are available for free!


text: Share: Comments Print July 13, 2008 at 7:19 PM E3: Microsoft cuts price on 20-gig Xbox 360, introduces new 60-gig model Posted by Tricia Duryee Microsoft today announced the Xbox 360 price cut that had been expected, but also announced a new 60-gigabyte model to hit stores in August. The mid-line Xbox 360 Pro, with a 20-gigabyte hard drive, can now be had for $300 in the U.S. and Canada — "while supplies last" — down from $350. In its place, Microsoft will sell a 60-gig Xbox 360 beginning in early August for $350. The company made no adjustment to the rest of its line, including the Xbox 360 Arcade, with no hard drive, for $280 and the Xbox 360 Elite, with a 120-gig hard drive, for $450. To me, this move looks more like an attack on Sony's PlayStation 3 than on the Nintendo Wii, which has been by far the best-selling console in recent months. By introducing a $350 console with a 60-gig hard drive, Microsoft now has a model that is less expensive (by $50) than the cheapest PlayStation 3, but also has more memory for downloading games and video. The 40-gig PlayStation 3 is $400. Sony's 80-gig model is $500. The PS3 still holds the edge when it comes to playing high-definition DVDs. The new 60-gig Xbox 360 does not have a high-definition DVD player on board. Instead, Microsoft is touting the console's ability to play DVDs in "near high-definition using the upscaling capabilities of Xbox 360." The high-definition multimedia interface (HDMI) cable is sold separately. It's not clear that high-def DVD playback is a big issue for hardcore gamers. But since the high-def format Microsoft was backing, HD-DVD, lost the next-generation format war, Microsoft has not made any moves toward Blu-ray. Perhaps Microsoft will fire a salvo toward Nintendo at its press conference in Los Angeles tomorrow morning. Don Mattrick, senior vice president of Microsoft's Interactive Entertainment Business, is scheduled to take the stage as part of the event, which begins at 10:30 a.m. Check back here for live coverage this week from the E3 Media and Business Summit. Comments | More in E3 2008, Games & entertainment, Xbox 360


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Traditionally, sellers and agents alike have steered away from winter selling, opting to hold out until spring when the sun reappears and the garden is in full bloom. Over the last few years, this tradition has changed and technology has created new opportunities. With buyer demand so strong and consistent, no matter what the season, the industry has seen fantastic results from winter selling when demand outweighs supply.
There are pros and cons too, both depending on who you speak to... but what if you could have the best of both worlds? Tap into hot buyers now who are eager to view property, frustrated at the lack of stock in winter and willing to pay a premium, without jeopardising a strategic, fresh and high impact spring launch, making sure your home stands out from the spring pack. Thanks to the latest technological advances and our new software at Toop&Toop, you can!
12 months ago we created a product, the ToopVault, to fast track sales and to leverage exactly this situation! We recognised that when selling a home, there is unavoidable 'down-time' between appointing an agent, to the public market launch of the home. The industry average to prepare a home for sale is three weeks and the logistics include minor property improvements, styling, photography, signboard production and marketing brochures to name a few. Keep in mind, buyers want an edge too. They crave to see new properties first, and often are happy to pay for the privilege.
ToopVault was created to capture maximum value for our clients; leveraging this traditional downtime the industry faces, speeding up the sale process and potentially selling the property before it hits the 'open' market.
Right now we are also finding that buyers are frustrated. All time low interest rates are increasing demand and buyers have been extremely annoyed from continually missing out. Feedback over the last 12 months has shown us that buyers will see past small things required to get a home ready. This is because they had an edge on the market and were given time to see a property before others and be able to make their decision about a property before it was 'snapped up'.
ToopVault allows our client's home to be marketed in a unique way, unlike any other agency in SA. There are plenty of early advice products out there, but the ToopVault takes this service to a whole new level. We can communicate and market a home immediately from the day we are appointed. When our team meets with you, they can take photos of your home on the spot, write a brief description, then upload this into our system and launch the property instantly to the Vault... all before they even leave your property!
We then broadcast to our Vault members who have the opportunity to view and purchase the home before professional marketing begins or, it is released publicly. This is very powerful marketing, and low cost.
We're now 12 months in, and the Vault's strength is undeniable. We currently have 2,728 Vault subscribers (and growing daily). This is over a 100% increase in the last six months! Since January 1 this year, we have sold 13 homes via the ToopVault - that's just over one a fortnight and these results are increasing at a rapid pace!
So whether you're thinking of selling now or in spring, ToopVault offers the best of both seasons! If you would like to find out more about how many Vault members we have looking for a home like yours, and how we can leverage this demand to achieve a premium for your property, be sure to speak to Team Toop this weekend!


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Ben O'Neal Gecko Hospitality Recruiter Of The Month June 2015
Gecko Hospitality is proud to announce that Ben O'Neal has been chosen and awarded the Recruiter Of The Month for the month of June 2015.
Ben joined Gecko in July of 2013 and started recruiting in August and currently oversees the Alabama and Louisiana markets.
Prior to joining Gecko, Ben had a distinguished career in restaurant operations and was a Multi-Unit Supervisor for concepts such as Papa John's. He also owned and operated 4 diversified concepts ranging from Fast Casual to High End Steak House. Although Ben was an excellent restaurant operator, his greatest asset is his ability to build relationships. Ben has used that ability to hit the ground running as a recruiter in Alabama.
"Ben had an amazing month of June, making 13 placements including 2 Market Directors, 2 Area Coaches with one client and 5 placements with different concepts. June was a tough month for my franchise after losing my Louisiana recruiter, but Ben really stepped up and helped us sail through and make June our best month of the year so far. We are very fortunate to have someone of Ben's caliber on our Gecko Team! Way to go Ben!" Proudly sates Franchise Partner Mike Tsirelis, CPC.
In addition to his hard work and dedication, Ben always makes time to help out others and answer questions. His communication with candidates and clients is top notch and both feel that he has their best interest in mind. When he isn't actively recruiting for (which he does at all times of the day), he spends time with his wife Libby and son Miles. Please join me in congratulating him on such a stellar month and for many more too come! He is an amazing assist to our gecko hospitality team and wishes him only the best.


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In Durham's American Tobacco district, Michael Goodmon is building community – and a business
Michael Goodmon was in college when his father's company bought the old American Tobacco campus, at the time a run-down cluster of factory buildings abandoned 13 years earlier by the company that made Lucky Strike and Bull Durham cigarettes.
He marveled at the broken windows, piles of pigeon droppings, and splatters from the paintball guns the police department used when it conducted its SWAT training there.
While he says he knew better than to doubt his father, Capitol Broadcasting CEO Jim Goodmon, it was hard to see the potential. Nor did he know that a little more than a decade later, those buildings would be the center of his life.
As it celebrates its 10th anniversary this week, the American Tobacco Historic District now encompasses more than a million square feet of office space where more than 4,000 people work, many of them at the innovative startups and creative industries for which the elegantly converted factories are best known.
More than a million people visited the district last year to see a Durham Bulls game, eat at one of its restaurants, hear music in its courtyard or attend other events. It has gained national attention as a model for reusing historical buildings and helped jump-start a larger revitalization of a city that had suffered since the decline of its tobacco industry.
And if his father first had the vision, in recent years it is the younger Goodmon who has guided American Tobacco as it grows and thrives.
Since taking over operations at American Tobacco in 2008, he has started and grown the business incubator American Underground, which recently expanded into a second building closer to downtown.
He personally helps lure companies to the site, has completed construction on the third office building surrounding the Durham Bulls Athletic Park and is now developing an Aloft Hotel, in addition to several residential projects nearby.
In keeping with the community-oriented approach of the family business, Goodmon also moved his family from his hometown of Raleigh to Durham, where he is active in civic matters such as education and housing.
"He understands 'place making' about as good as any business person I know," says Shelly Green, CEO of the Durham Convention and Visitors Bureau. "He understands clearly that you can't have a successful business without a vibrant community around you."
Joan Siefert-Rose, director of the Council for Entrepreneurial Development, based at American Underground, says that Goodmon has helped expand American Tobacco both in its size and influence, in particular by helping innovative young companies to thrive.
"He's reshaping the innovation landscape, and reshaping what downtown Durham looks like," Siefert-Rose says.
Media work 'didn't click'
Goodmon, 34, grew up in Raleigh, one of three children. His father took over the family media business that would become Capitol Broadcasting the year he was born.
But unlike his older brother, Jimmy, who started running cameras at the station's news shows when he was still a child, Michael Goodmon had little interest in media.
"It just didn't click for me," he says.
He did love baseball, and he figured when the company bought the Durham Bulls in 1990, he might find a job in that branch of the company.
He majored in math in college and earned a master's degree in management. But he says his father weaned him away from being too analytical when it comes to decision-making. Now, he says, he relies on the quick-decision style that his father employs, using terms like "using your gut" or having a "feel for the deal" to describe how he does business.
Goodmon went to work at American Tobacco, which was early in its renovation stage, right out of college. He worked for six years before taking leadership.
The elder Goodmon undertook renovating the old factory buildings after building the new Durham Bulls Athletic Park, which was to be surrounded by new office parks, the third of which was finished last year.
City and county leaders agreed to build a parking garage for the campus, and Capitol devoted $200 million to its renovation – a risky venture in a blighted part of town.
Michael Goodmon learned the intricacies of the place from the ground up, and learned to appreciate the old boilers and pipes that were kept from the buildings' previous tenants. As he tours the current space, with its grassy expanses and rushing water, he says plans for the place were built bit by bit.
"At some point we realized we could do more than just make this not be a disaster," he says. "We realized it could be something really special."
Business and community
Goodmon says the idea of American Tobacco was to create a unique space that people would want to visit, not just to make money by renting out office space; he practices what he calls "tenant curation," a conscious attempt to recruit businesses and entities that will enhance the area's creative vibe.
Another strategy since early on is to fill the blank in the sentence, "I'm coming to American Tobacco because" as many ways as possible.
One of the first companies to move to the campus was the McKinney advertising firm. CEO Brad Brinegar says he believed the project would work because the Goodmons didn't need a quick profit; instead they wanted to make Durham a better market for their media company.
He credits Michael Goodmon with fostering the site's unique culture.
"He cares about the project and I think he has a real sense of understanding what makes American Tobacco tick," he says. "He's done a really terrific job of making sure that we see it grow to be an ever more vibrant place."
For Goodmon, that sense of vitality comes from projects big and small. Touring the campus, he gushes as much at an outdoor pingpong table and the rooftop beehives as he does the 150-room Aloft Hotel going up across the street.
He also has a strong attachment to historical buildings; another current project is to convert an old mill in Rocky Mount into a hub for breweries.
In Durham, he is working to cure what he calls its two major ills: crime and a flawed education system.
He's particularly involved with the East Durham Education Initiative, which is working to provide students at targeted local schools with an array of needed services, from medical care to housing, in an effort to improve academic performance.
For Goodmon, the line between community work and business is blurry: "A company is more profitable in a healthy community," he says.
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Rocks and stones inspirational quotes could prove useful for teaching kids short story writing or for helping children learn paragraph developing skills, depending of course on the age and language level of the kids. To achieve this, rocks and stones inspirational quotes should be used as story or paragraph starters or story titles or even as the main idea around which the paragraph or story should be built. And it is not only kids that could exercise their writing skills this way but it's a good idea for grownups with a creative writing hobby as well. For adults, two or more rocks and stones inspirational quotes and proverbs could be used to write a single short story – each one of them representing a character or scene in the story, or used as sayings of characters. The more rocks and stones inspirational quotes we choose to use, the more difficult it gets to come up with a story – hence, more advanced writing skills are required. Of course, the same applies to writing poems inspired by rocks and pebbles proverbs, if you wish to express yourself through poetry instead.
A great idea for improving childrens' story-writing skills is to use some interesting-looking or weird beach stones (of various shapes and sizes) to write a couple of the quotes given below. Then ask them in groups (or pairs) to make up a short story that explains where the inspirational beach stones came from and who (one person or more) they were meant for. Finally, have them imagine how these inspiring beach stones changed/improved the lives of peoples they were given to.
Apart from the above, pebbles and rocks and stones inspirational quotes also offer you a different way to tap into your creativity to produce unique, personalized arts and crafts too. Make anything from wall-art to greeting cards or – why not? - innovative stone jewelry. Use the items you handcraft for home décor or offer them as gifts to your loved ones. Handmade art and crafts inspired from these rocks and stones inspirational quotes are also an unusual, interesting gift choice for people you need to say "thank you" to. Or make them just for the fun of it, to nurture your imagination or to "craft" away your boredom.
Another idea using beach rocks and beach pebbles, which is also an easy activity to do with children, is to make inspirational decorative rocks and pebbles. Use a special pen to write the rocks and stones inspirational quotes given below on the back side of the beach pebbles or the larger beach rocks. Then have kids draw a small picture on each (inspired by the quote or proverb chosen). When you've finished use a protective varnice and display them indoors or outdoors (patio, yard or garden) – they make beautiful décor items and they're inspiring for your guests too.
So, here's a list of rocks and stones inspirational quotes and proverbs for you to use for writing short stories and poems, making art and crafts and for other creative ideas and projects.
"A rolling stone gathers no moss." Latin
"Don't waste too many stones on one bird." Chinese
"When you see a rock coming, it hurts less." Greek
" Gifts break rocks." Spanish
"Better a diamond with a flaw than a pebble without one." Chinese
" River stones remain, while water flows away." Romanian
" People who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones." English
"He who moves a mountain begins by carrying away small stones first" Chinese
" The good mill grinds stones." Greek
"He who hunts for an elephant should not stop to throw stones at birds." African
" He who has a glass head should not throw stones at others." Italian
"Beware of the scorpion that rests under the rock." Greek
"When a king reigns it is thanks to the people, when a river sings it is thanks to the stones. Malagasy.
" The pebble in the brook secretly believes itself to be a precious stone." Japanese
" A rock that rolls cannot build a home." Greek
"Envy sees only the sea not the rocks in it." Russian
"A lucky man is someone who plants pebbles and harvests potatoes." Greek
" One pebble doesn't make a floor." Nigerian
"It's only the tree loaded with fruits that people throw stones at." French
"We should build with the stones we have." Swedish
" Rocks and mud-bricks and wood and tiles thrown without any structure do not make a house." Ancient Greek
" The only difference between stumbling blocks and stepping stones is the way you use them." American
"It is drops of water that make a hole in the rock." Greek
" When all the water has gone, only the largest stones will still remain in the riverbed." African
"Call on God but row away from the rocks." Indian
"I do not know how I may seem to others, but to myself I am only a small child wandering upon the vast shores of knowledge, every now and then finding a small bright pebble to be contented with." Plato
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The Dames have been answering a lot of questions lately, and I'm going to join the fun. I often get emailed the same questions by a number of different people at once; they seem to come in waves. Here are the three questions about writing I've been asked by more than five people in the last two weeks, and my answers. Enjoy!
* How do you get your ideas/How do you know if an idea is good enough for a book/What do you do when you don't have an idea of what to write? (And various permutations thereof.)
I get asked this in spates, usually about every three months. It kind of puzzles me.
Ideas are not the problem. The discipline to sit down and finish something is the problem. Being worried about "not having ideas" is kind of like living in the Pacific Northwest and being worried there isn't enough mold. If there's one thing I've never had to worry about, it's a paucity of shiny things to mentally play with. If you're reading this, you're a thinking monkey with an actively-producing-ideas few pounds of meat inside your skull; if you want to be a writer, you always have ideas swarming around inside said skull screaming to get out. There are ideas lurking in your kitchen junk drawer, in the face of every passerby, in every daydream or what-if question. Believe me, the there are enough ideas around to keep everyone busy until the sun explodes, and we won't even have scratched the surface.
How do you know if an idea is "good enough"? Short answer: You don't. Longer answer: You don't until you attempt it. After a few years of constantly attempting stories, you can develop a feel for those ideas that have some meat and legs to them, weight and heft and complexity enough for a short story or a novella, or a novel entire, or a series. You also learn, in the course of those attempts, how to scratch below the surface of a story and discover the complexity in even the simplest of ideas. This can only be learned by doing, like so much else in this line of work.
As for "not having an idea of what to write"…I have never understood that. Is that an attempt to resuscitate the old canard of writer's block? (There's a cure for that.) Is it saying "I have so many ideas I can't pick one?" That's time-wasting, and a way for your Inner Censor to keep you chasing your own tail. Pick one and go. Is it saying "I don't want to sit down day after day and do the boring typing?" Well, okay, but that defeats the purpose of being a writer, doesn't it? Writers write. It doesn't matter what you write, it matters THAT you write, and if you "can't find" an idea, the problem isn't with writing or the ideas. The problem is not opening your eyes and seeing the crowd of ideas that's screaming "PICK ME! OOOH, PICK ME!" You can go to a mall or a casino and people-watch, you can open up your kitchen drawers, you can watch a few random scenes from a movie or listen to some random songs on shuffle. The genesis of story idea is usually a "What if/Why…" question, and getting into the habit of asking yourself "what if" and "why" about things is sort of the magic set of goggles that will allow you to see that invisible crowd.
* I am a new/young writer, do you have any advice?
This is an every-six-months sort of question. I'll get twenty of them in a row every half-year, usually for summer and winter breaks. I kind of want to do a form letter to send back saying "Yes. And yes. And yes. I can only add: pay attention, and do the work."
* "How much research do you do?"
Every month I get one of these. Short answer: a LOT. Longer answer: well, everything I read is research, every movie I watch is research, every new song I find is research, every time I cook it's research. All things feed the work. If you're asking me how many or how few hours of research go into each book, I can't tell you.
For example, some of the things I researched for the Valentine series included: leaf springs (for hovers), ballistics, brushing up on human and canine anatomy and physiology, the geography of Prague, the battle of Blackbird Fields, legends of the Nephilim, the Goetia, demonology, friction, strata, relative weight of a dotanuki, ethical systems–and other things, too varied to count. The research ranged from simple questions that were answered in a few minutes by looking something up to month-long binges of reading in a particular subject, strip-mining everything I could lay my hands on. I probably research less than most authors of historical fiction, who go deeply into their chosen era, but I range pretty widely. I'm more a magpie researcher; everything I pick up goes into the storeroom and moulders into a fertile sludge there. Your mileage may vary, but I am (as is pretty evident here) a big believer in creative ferment, and in everything that goes into my head serving some sort of purpose, even if only as ballast.
So there you have it, three questions I've received numerous times over the last few weeks. I expect a new crop by the turn of the year…
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Bloomberg reported today that Encana Corp. has hired Citicorp to shop its Haynesville Shale properties. This should come as little shock to Encana observers. We noted a few months ago that the Haynesville play no longer merited a label on its map in investor presentations, instead giving it a vague reference of "natural gas optionality," which was a not so subtle hint that the company no longer valued its position.
According to the article, Encana plans to shed its gas positions and double down on NG liquids and oil. Long-time observers of Encana likely view this as a good buying opportunity for natural gas since ECA hasn't yet gotten the timing right in the gas-liquids hokey pokey, especially now that gas is trading near $2.50/MMBtu.
It will be interesting to see who ponies up $1 billion or so to buy in. Will it be a private equity player? Blackstone, through Vine Oil and Gas, owns the other half of the original Encana-Shell joint venture, and they like most other PE guys have money to burn. KKR? They are still trying to keep Samson from sinking, so they may have too much "exposure to the space."
What about an operator? Chesapeake has renewed interest in the Haynesville, but management is on a short leash to run a tight ship. What about Aubrey McClendon's new American Energy Partners? He has expressed interest in the Haynesville since leaving CHK, but CHK under his control didn't have that much overlap with Encana's properties, so he may not love that part of the play. Also, he got his wings clipped when one of his subsidiaries settled a secrecy lawsuit with CHK and it was revealed that McClendon was frozen out of the negotiations, which became a juicy story for a little while. He likely will have bigger fish to fry with CHK - but will that make him hungry to poke the dog with a stick or will his sensible side kick in and cause him to lay low for a while?
Whatever happens, it will be a sad day when Encana closes shop in the Haynesville since they were the ones who drilled the first wells (no matter how much Chesapeake claims to have discovered the play). But since Encana stopped drilling the Haynesville in December 2013, I'm sure the landowners with leases will be happy to see new blood making an investment that likely will lead to more drilling.


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Border Patrol's Use of Deadly Force Criticized in Report
By Brian Bennett
February 27, 2014, 3:00 a.m.
WASHINGTON — Border Patrol agents have deliberately stepped in the path of cars apparently to justify shooting at the drivers and have fired in frustration at people throwing rocks from the Mexican side of the border, according to an independent review of 67 cases that resulted in 19 deaths.
The report by law enforcement experts criticized the Border Patrol for "lack of diligence" in investigating U.S. agents who had fired their weapons. It also said it was unclear whether the agency "consistently and thoroughly reviews" use-of-deadly-force incidents.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection, which had commissioned the review, has tried to prevent the scathing 21-page report from coming to light.
House and Senate oversight committees requested copies last fall but received only a summary that omitted the most controversial findings — that some border agents stood in front of moving vehicles as a pretext to open fire and that agents could have moved away from rock throwers instead of shooting at them.
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April 28, 2009 - On Monday HIMSS published its definitions of 'meaningful use of certified EHR technologies,' as outlined in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA). HIMSS sent a cover letter, plus two definitions: 1) meaningful users of certified EHR technologies and 2) meaningful use for hospitals, to the national coordinator of health IT and the acting CMS commissioner, within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
ARRA calls for multiple years of Medicare incentive payments to hospitals and physicians who meet the requirements of "meaningful use of certified EHR technology" (an electronic health record). To be eligible for the incentive payments, hospitals and physicians must use the technology in a meaningful manner; to exchange electronic health information to improve the quality of care; and, submit clinical quality measures – and other measures – as selected by the secretary of HHS. Further, hospitals and physicians must meet the definition within a specified time frame, which as described in ARRA, must be made increasingly stringent over time by the secretary.
Approved by the HIMSS Board of Directors, the definitions resulted from consensus-building effort with input from HIMSS members (73 percent of which work in end-user settings), and the public at-large. HIMSS represents more than 20,000 individual members and 350 corporate members.
In summary, HIMSS recommends the following:
1. To ensure continuity, recognize CCHIT as the certifying body of EHRs.
2. To achieve incremental maturation of "meaningful use," adopt metrics that can be reasonably captured and reported beginning in FY11/2011,* and then made increasingly stringent using intervals of not less than two years. HIMSS' definitions include specific metrics to enact, in phases, over a multi-year period.
3. To bridge existing gaps in interoperability of health information, coordinate with HITSP and IHE to create new harmonized standards and implementation guides.
4. Reconcile the gap between "certified EHR technologies," "best of breed" and "open source" technologies.
As noted in the letter, HIMSS believes that the Act has tremendous potential to improve the quality, safety, and cost-effectiveness of patient care.
· Read the HIMSS definition for meaningful use of technology in hospitals
· Read the HIMSS definition for meaningful users of EHR technology
· Read the HIMSS letter sent to ONC and CMS
*ARRA requires the hospital-focused definition to be effective FY11 (Oct. 1, 2010). For meaningful users (physicians), the definition must be effective Jan. 1, 2011.
For more information: www.himss.org


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Goose Green, Yate
Goose Green is a village green where goose fairs used to take place hundreds of years ago. Mature trees, daffodils and seats make it a pleasant spot.
Map of Goose Green
Use the controls on the left of the map to zoom in, out and move around. By zooming in you can see a birdseye view of Goose Green.
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I started the Live Where You Are blog in 2012 while still living in northcentral Illinois. Back then, the blog was my outlet for exploring the area around my hometown on a deeper level than I had before.
Now, Live Where You Are primarily focuses on St. Louis and the surrounding region. I had never been to St. Louis prior to moving here, so my goal is to offer a glimpse of all there is to see, do, eat, and drink here. This blog challenges my writing skills, provides an outlet for my love of photography, and encourages me to never stop exploring. My hope is to provoke similar inspiration in you.


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Yesterday Hackney Wick witnessed a guerilla workshop in the form of a small [but expanding] group of local residents, deploying a workshop space from the back of the Wick On Wheels milk float. Between the hours of one and four thirty in the evening we occupied a space on the roadside, adjacent to Station food and wine emporium. Those involved partook in the construction of a number of components key in extending the back of the milk float so as to provide a flexible space which will cater for a variety of activities which are in planning for the months ahead.
Whilst some of us worked on harvesting and processing sheet aluminum from the beer cans we have already collected, others continued building the prototype lightweight panel, which will constitute one of 8 duplicate pieces. Others constructed timber boxes from reclaimed timber pallets donated to us by Central Books. These were later located in prominent positions with heavy footfall around the Hackney Wick area. The purpose in doing this is in to provide boxes for local people to bring their uncrushed aluminum beer cans, which we will process and incorporate into our build.
David, [the nomadic man] even found a use for our waste [that's using the waste product of a waste product]. He makes musical instruments from waste materials and began crushing down the left over can bottoms to begin making a tambourine. Big thanks to Lucy, Susie and David for spending the day with us and also to everyone else who stopped to chat… the day was great fun.
Enjoy the pictures and maybe see you next week for the next one...


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This flower is best seen in a group or small clump. The vivid bright pink flowers are produced over a long time in the summer. It grows to a hight of about 2.5 feet(80cm). It is a perennial and is fully hardy. The vivid pink stands out even more against the hairy light green of the leaves. As the season progresses it may need staking if it is in its own.


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Spending time driving might be a given for car owners, but motorists here spent a great deal more time on the road than doing other activities such as shopping and being with friends, a survey has found.
Compiled by research agency 2CV and motor insurance company DirectAsia, the survey found that Singaporeans spent an average of nine hours a week in their cars.
This exceeds the roughly five hours a week spent on the road by United States drivers, according to poll findings released by a traffic safety research body last year.
The Singapore survey polled 506 drivers here aged 18 to 55 in January and its findings were released earlier this month.
When asked about the activities they spent more than five hours a week on, 77 per cent chose driving, the most common response.
This was followed by other pastimes such as meeting friends (64 per cent), shopping (51 per cent) and cooking (49 per cent).
Almost half of the respondents said driving allowed them to bond with their passengers. Half of this group were drivers aged 35 to 50, who saw car journeys as an opportunity for family bonding.
Part-time legal counsel Yap Su Ling, 48, said: "Because we are all in the same space physically, the extra time together with my girls in the car is guaranteed from the moment I pick them up to the time I drop them off."
Ms Yap spends about 15 hours a week ferrying her two daughters, aged 16 and 14, to and from school and other events.
"When I pick them up, the day's events are fresh and I get to hear much more than if I were to ask them later at dinner time, when they are less inclined to share," she said.
Shipping executive Peter Leong, 63, who has also been ferrying his daughter Michelle, 22, around from the time when she was born, said: "I try to find topics to talk about with her, whether it's schoolwork or friends, and I also talk to my wife when we are in the car together."
He added that he will make it a point to communicate with his passengers while driving, "otherwise the ride would be very sombre".
The survey also found that one in four drivers could not live without his car despite the high cost of owning one. Many drivers The Straits Times spoke to said that this was because of their daily needs.
Said Nanyang Technological University undergraduate and start-up founder Jeremy Lim, 27: "I always have to shuttle between school and my workplace. Plus I need to travel all over Singapore for my job, so (doing so with) a car is only logical."
For insurance broker Dominic Chee, 26, it is also about accessibility. "If I want to watch a movie past midnight, for example, I may not be able to get public transport after that, so I need a car," he said.
But apart from necessity, 40 per cent of those polled said they also enjoyed going for a spin without a particular destination in mind.
A quarter of respondents said that driving helped them to de-stress - a sentiment expressed especially among younger drivers.
"I find it relaxing just to go on a drive with my friends, sing at the top of our lungs and unwind," said marketing director Jessica Nasr, 28.


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01 March 2011
The public launch of a new homepage is always an exciting event. I may have experienced it once or twice before in my career (three years ago at the French IP office, for example) but I have to say that this particular relaunch is really something rather special.
The EPO is a global IP player. That makes this website our window to the world. In the IP profession, there is sometimes a tendency to forget that patenting is as much about disclosing information as securing exclusive rights. So providing that information is a vital part of our daily work. We have to excel at it!
I attach great importance to the EPO's mission to support economic growth across Europe. For more than 100 years, patent protection has played a pivotal role in the economic cycle from invention to market success. Its importance has increased as Europe moves from the industrial era to a more knowledge-based economy. I hope our website can help innovators to make the right IP choices.
These days, interest in what patent offices do, and how well they do it, is no longer confined to IP professionals; increasingly, it is also shared by the public at large. We will continue to take an active part in this public debate. My new blog is just one contribution. We are also intensifying our interaction with the outside world via social media.
Our revamped website largely reflects the user input we have collected through surveys, tests and feedback sessions. "Business comes first" was the title we gave to our announcement of the new EPO homepage providing a single entry point to our services, including EP Espacenet, the European Patent Register, online filing and online fee payment. I hope you will agree with me that we have indeed succeeded in putting business at the centre of our new website: "Searching for patents", "Applying for a patent" and "Law & practice" now take pride of place. The number of clicks needed to access information has been reduced, and the site's structure and design have been improved.
That, of course, is what we think. But what really counts is your opinion as users of our new website. I therefore cordially invite you to give us your feedback, and thus help us develop this tool further to our mutual benefit. Please send your comments to email@example.com.
Benoît Battistelli
Categories: Patents
Tags: Applying for a patent, Blog EPO, EPO, Espacenet, European Patent Office, Patent law, Patent protection, Patents online, Science & economy
I have just earned a lovely compliment "thank you so very much. You have been of such great assistance" just for providing a deep link to the relevant part of your National Law Relating to the EPC. The idea of a blog that can highlight and discuss some of the wealth of material here is an excellent idea.
Personally I have had to read the blog entry twice to be sure that there is really a new website. The first impression is that the website is the same because you did not made any significant change in the look and feel (pity). What i find much better now is the re-structure of the categories, before they were really confusing and mixed-up, now they are clearer. I don't see however a direct access to youtube and twitter from your home page (lost opportunity but you are on time to correct it). The website is still clumsy and has plenty of links together (a lot of pages are a sum of underlined links which makes reading difficult). The home page has a mega-image that 1) does not convey any message ("go"?) and 2) is almost empty. Why not using this space to say who you are and what you do?
And!, i have just noticed that the "mega-image" changes randomly on every refresh, apparently there are two different ones, with different options! This i really don't undestand. If you want to do that, it has to be clear for the user that they can move into another image+options, like in any other 3D carousel component.
Well, I could continue but the message is clear. New categories: good. design: bad. blog: good!
It would be useful if you could make this blog also available as an RSS feed. This would make it easy to follow, without having to explicitly come to this page to check for updates.