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The one thing that has changed travel forever
There was a problem with my first email address. It wasn't that I couldn't figure out how to use it properly, or that I'd rashly registered for "bonghits69" or anything like that.
The problem with my email address was that, as an early adopter, I didn't have anyone to send an email to. I was pretty much the only one of my friends who had an address.
I'd registered with the internets when I was 17, not because I'm a forward-thinking tech genius but because I was going travelling and it seemed like the smart thing to do. I could send letters without stamps! They'd arrive at the click of a button (and the whir of a modem)!
This was back in 1997, which, for the purposes of this story, we'll refer to as "my day". As in, "back in my day". Because back in my day, travel was much, much different.
I started thinking about this the other day when I was asked to speak about how the internet had changed travel.
I had five minutes to talk, but probably could have banged on for a few hours. The impact is huge, obviously - but it's not just the omnipresence of the web that has massively altered travel since my day.
One of the most important changes is that now, everyone travels. Back in 1997 I was an anomaly, the weird kid taking a risk by jetting off for a year to see the world, going to places some of my friends hadn't even heard of.
Travel wasn't a part of people's lives.
Now everyone's taking a family trip to Bali, or going skiing in New Zealand, or playing golf in Thailand. Everyone travels.
But what about the actual experience of travel? It's unrecognisable, right from the moment the alarm on your smartphone goes off each morning (I had to carry a clock on my first trip).
You don't wake up in some far-flung place and ponder what the day ahead will hold. You wake up in some far-flung place and grab your phone, log into the hostel wifi and check your emails, maybe read the paper from back home, check instagram, update your status on Facebook, take a quick selfie, and then, if there's still time, ponder what the day ahead will hold.
That day will carry far less mystery than it did 15 years ago because you're now in possession of the single most useful travelling tool I've ever come across: the smartphone.
The smartphone has changed everything. It's put email in your pocket, making it more difficult than ever to "get away from it all". "It" is all sitting next to your hotel room key and spare change, buzzing as it connects to the local wifi network.
The smartphone is travel. It's the chunky maps I used to unfold on the street and attempt to decipher. Now you load up the Google map at your hostel, find where you want to go, and just follow the blue dot.
It's the calls I used to make to hostels, or the time I'd spend trudging around a city looking for decent accommodation. That's done on an app now.
It's the stumbling I used to do when attempting to speak local languages. Now there are translator apps, or you can take a photo of the foreign characters and have them deciphered by the power of the interwebs.
It's the multiple copies of itineraries I used to carry around. It's my plane tickets. It's my boarding pass. It's the camera I used. It's the guidebooks I lugged. It's the letters and postcards to friends. It's the dream of video chats with my parents.
But the changes don't stop at the smartphone in my pocket. I booked that 1997 trip with the aid of a travel agent - I wouldn't have considered doing it any other way. But it must be at least eight or nine years since I've even walked through an agent's door.
I would have asked friends for advice on that trip, but I didn't have the opportunity to canvas the opinions of millions of travellers via the crowdsourcing and review websites.
I had a stack of travellers cheques, the serial numbers painstakingly copied to multiple places, the cheques themselves spread throughout my backpack. I bought phone cards from newsagents. I posted letters from the post office.
I wanted to go to Syria. I didn't want to go to Cambodia. I wanted to wear a Wallabies jersey. I wanted to go to the Walkabout. And I wanted to send an email home.
I just didn't have anyone to send it to.
What's changed in travel since "your day"? Do you think the changes are good? Or bad? Has travel become easier? Or has it become less of an adventure? Post your comments below.
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When Montgomery took command prior to D-Day he gathered around him commanders and formations he knew and trusted. Not surprisingly 7th Armoured Division was one of these and they were deployed from Italy to England.
In this fine account the author who fought alongside the Desert Rats describes the Division's battles from the beaches, the breakout battles (Goodwood and Bluecoat), the liberation of Northern France and Belgium. After taking Ghent there were the long months fighting in the Peel country of the Netherlands before Operation BLACKCOCK, the Rhine Crossing and the final advance into Germany, the capture of Hamburg and the Allies' triumphant entry into Berlin.
No reader of this magnificent history, with its many personal accounts will question why the Desert Rats wore – and still wear – their Jerboa insignia with such pride.
Patrick Delaforce fought with the Gunners in North West Europe. After a career in the wine trade he became an author and has published numerous works on the Second World War, a number in print with Pen and Sword. He lives at Brighton.
The Desert Rats, or 7th Armoured Division to give them their correct title, was one of the most successful and formidable army divisions of the British Army in WW2 and in this sequel to his book ' Churchill's Desert Rats in North Africa, Burma, Sicily and Italy', former Desert Rat and well known author Patrick Delaforce describes the Divisions gruelling and hard fought actions in Western Europe, from the D-Day beaches to the eventual fall of Berlin. Anyone with an interest in the history of the Deserts Rats will find this book a fascinating read. The inclusion of a number of original black and white photographs, maps and insightful first hand accounts all help to make this a fascinating insight into some of the pivotal actions fought on the Western Front and well worth a read.Military Machines International - September 2010
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outnorthwest issue 120
Hello! I'm delighted to introduce our February/March edition of outnorthwest, which I've been asked to guest edit.
As The Lesbian & Gay Foundation's Women's Programme Coordinator, I'll be spending much of February preparing for Sugar & Spice, The LGF's annual celebration of International Women's Day, which is now in its eighth year. It's a great opportunity for women to get together and celebrate being lesbian or bisexual.
February is LGBT History month, which will be marked across the North West with an inventive array of events, including the wonderfully eclectic Queer Contact Festival.
Lesbian and bisexual women are often doubly invisible in history, both because they are women and because they are members of a sexual minority. Having a women's programme at The LGF, with a specific women's bulletin, monthly workshops and special events such as Sugar & Spice, helps us to raise the visibility of women within the LGBT community and provides a space forwomen to meet each other, socialise and share experiences which we believe is vitally important.
But we also think that it's important that as a community we work harder to make sure that we are more welcoming to everyone.
Biphobia, homophobia and transphobia are all terrible, but they are made doubly worse when they come from within the community which is meant to provide you with a safe space. Too many 'women's' or 'lesbian' events seek to exclude bisexual and/or trans* women.
At The LGF we make a clear commitment to challenge biphobia and transphobia with the same rigour that we would challenge homophobia and all our women's events are explicitly for anyone who self-identifies as a lesbian or bisexual woman.
You'll find information about Sugar & Spice and some other aspects of our women's programme in this issue of outnorthwest, but if you'd like to know more email email@example.com or register for our ebulletin at www.lgf.org.uk/register.
ONW is absolutely thrilled to have won first place for Regional LGBT Magazine of the Year in The Co-operative Respect 'Loved By You Awards'. Thank you to everyone who voted for us, it means a great deal to the whole team.
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Pro Bono Net to Receive 2010 InnovAction Award
Thursday, September 02, 2010
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Pro Bono Net to Receive 2010 InnovAction Award
On August 26th, The College of Law Practice Management announced that the 2010 InnovAction Award goes to none other than Pro Bono Net.
For six years now, the InnovAction Awards have recognized innovation in the delivery of legal services. The purpose of the InnovAction Awards is to show the legal community what exactly can be achieved when passionate professionals with big ideas resolve to create effective change.
This year, Pro Bono Net was chosen for LawHelp Interactive. LawHelp Interactive serves to provide a national infrastructure for online legal document assembly and aids tens of thousands of low-income people every year to complete much-needed legal documents.
Launching in 2005, LawHelp Interactive receives support from the Legal Services Corporation and was used last year to finish a near 150,000 civil court forms in the areas of child support, protection orders for domestic violence victims, consumer debt and eviction. LawHelp Interactive is recognized for their efficiency in helping attorneys to spend less time on paperwork and more time working with the client. LawHelp Interactive also plays a huge role in providing training, support, and sharing of templates and best practices. This enables the creation and distribution of online forms and the sharing of expertise with less cost and effort.
"The five InnovAction judges were greatly impressed by the groundbreaking ideas in the submissions from law firms and companies in the United States and Canada," said Jordan Furlong, Partner with Edge International and Chair of the 2010 awards program.
The 2010 InnovAction Awards will be presented to Pro Bono Net on Saturday, October 23rd, at the 2010 Futures Conference & Symposium in Washington, DC.
Congratulations to the Pro Bono Net and LawHelp Interactive teams!!
LawHelp Interactive helps you fill out legal forms. The forms are free and have been created by nonprofit legal aid programs and courts. They are for use by legal aid advocates, pro bono lawyers, and people representing themselves. You can visit LawHelp Interactive here: https://lawhelpinteractive.org/.
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Ever since banks started collapsing with sub-prime debt , writers have been plundering the rubble for inspiration. Lucy Prebble's play Enron was hailed as the credit crunch's first sell-out hit (though it was about an earlier financial scandal). Then Sebastian Faulks's A Week in December portrayed a world governed by unregulated and venal financial institutions. It was probably only a matter of time before recession-lit was given a romantic twist. In Lucy Kellaway's In Office Hours, the economic meltdown provides the backdrop for two extramarital affairs conducted in the London headquarters of Atlantic Energy, a global oil company.
The plot follows Stella Bradberry, one of Atlantic Energy's few female executives, who embarks on a passionate relationship with her assistant. Bouts of frenzied emailing and texting lead to frantic clinches in improbable venues (once on the roof of the office; another time in a hotel room while attending the World Economic Forum in Davos after having seen George Soros by a chair-lift, which must rank as one of the most unlikely aphrodisiacs of all time).
Meanwhile, Bella Chambers, a junior PA and single mother, is having an affair with her boss, James, in equally inventive locations. In one passage, he attempts to wipe a post-coital smudge off a boardroom table with bleach. The rest of the time they make do with lunchtime quickies at a hotel. Both women face the dilemmas and moral ambiguity of their actions: Stella's affair puts her home life and her professional reputation at risk; Bella has to put up with a lover who buys pearl necklaces for his wife and mistress (though his wife's has a diamond clasp, she notes).
Kellaway is an acute observer of the small lies, the fear of discovery and the allure of transgression. Stella realises her actions are directly related to the fact that her job "encourages the taking of risks. We all get a buzz out of it". Beyond that, Kellaway does not explain or moralise. She allows her characters to make their own mistakes. At times, Stella and Bella elicit our sympathy; at others they are inconsistent and selfish. Their romantic entanglements are messy and happy endings illusory.
Kellaway, who writes a satirical management column for the Financial Times, brilliantly skewers corporate language and the casual egotism of business executives. Atlantic Energy's CEO asks staff to provide "upbeat narratives" and sends emails about "critical added value at the point of delivery". There are the Christmas parties that no one wants to go to and dreary team-bonding sessions.
Kellaway poses intriguing questions about corporate hypocrisy. While Stella is rewarded for stretching the truth in a business context, she is punished by her employers for lying about her private life. By contrast, it is clear that James will emerge unscathed from his dalliance with Bella, because it is more socially acceptable for a man in a senior position to seduce an underling than the other way around.
These insights elevate In Office Hours beyond run-of-the-mill chick-lit. But perhaps we should not be surprised by the author's sureness of touch: according to the blurb, Kellaway met her husband at work.


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DocuSign grew an incredible 2,135% during this period, putting it among the top ten fastest growing Internet companies alongside companies like Google Inc., LinkedIn, Box, salesforce.com, and OpenTable. DocuSigns ranking in the Fast 500 demonstrates how quickly individuals, professionals, business departments, and global enterprises across industries are standardizing on DocuSigns eSignature solution to finish business faster.
Ten million users have already DocuSigned more than one hundred million documents, resulting in the DocuSign Global Network powering more than eight out of every ten signatures in the cloud. Today, more people trust their signature to DocuSign than all other eSignature providers combined, said Dustin Grosse, chief marketing officer at DocuSign. Were excited that Deloitte has named us one of the fastest growing technology companies in North America and even more delighted to help our customers securely finish business faster in the cloud.
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400 Express — By Capt. Bill Pike —
January 2005
Sometimes, Less Is More
With just one stateroom, the Cruisers Express caters to a neglected breed: the cruising couple.
When I was a young boy, I loved going to the circus and seeing the clowns. One of my favorite memories was seeing a dozen of them pile out of a tiny little car that seemed no bigger than a golf cart. How could they pack so many people in such a small space?
Observing the trend over the past decade to squeeze more and more sleeping capacity into boats, one might surmise that a lot of designers and builders have been influenced by similar memories. It's almost as if there's a competition to see who can sleep the most people in the smallest boat. Admittedly, for many buyers, maximum sleeping capacity is an important consideration. But for cruising couples, or boating families who don't do many overnights, additional sleeping accommodations merely detract from the space they would rather have available for entertaining or simply relaxing in comfort. In fact, the latter describes my own preference in a cruising yacht-—I love having friends aboard, but I outgrew sleepover parties a long time ago. Over the years, though, I've found that the search for a cruiser addressing those preferences can be pretty frustrating.
Enter Cruisers Yachts' new 400 Express. Designed with an understanding that not all customers have the same needs, the 400 offers just one stateroom, in the bow, with a centerline double berth. With a deep under-berth space, six big cabinets to either side, and port and starboard hanging lockers, there's plenty of stowage for a cruising couple to take an extended getaway. And if guests should ask, "Where do we sleep?" I would politely suggest a quaint nearby B&B.
In truth, the saloon offers a comfortable convertible sofa that opens into a double berth. But with its luxurious Ultraleather upholstery, you'd never imagine it to be a sleeper-sofa. If you do have an occasional guest aboard, a retractable curtain offers a measure of privacy for the temporary berthing area, while dual-entry doors permit discrete access to the head from either the stateroom or the saloon.
The convertible sofa is actually part of an L-shape settee that offers seating for at least four adults, with a clever folding hi-lo table tucked into the corner of the L. With its leaves folded in, it's a small, square unobtrusive cocktail table; when the leaves are folded out it becomes a triangular dining table big enough to set a meal without gobbling up a lot of floor space in the saloon.
One of the other nice surprises I found in the 400 Express is the view from the saloon, unusual for an express-cruiser layout. Cruisers has given the 400 three large elliptical ports along each side, at just the right height so that guests can see out, even when seated on the settee. There's also a serious entertainment center opposite the settee, with an optional 30-inch LCD TV and Sony DVD surround-sound system.
Alongside the entertainment center is a six-foot stretch of open countertop, perfect for setting out trays of hors d'oeuvres or liquid refreshments. Opposite is a well-equipped galley that boasts a built-in Tundra refrigerator/freezer and a stainless steel double sink, big enough to handle full-size dinner plates, serving bowls, or a deep pasta pot. And seemingly everywhere I looked, there were stowage cabinets and bins—under-counter, over-counter, beneath the settee, and in almost every nook and cranny.
Next page > Part 2: Though her turning radius is a bit wide, she responds nicely to the helm, handling a series of wide-open-throttle turns without a whimper. > Page 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
This article originally appeared in the December 2004 issue of Power & Motoryacht magazine.


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NCAA Bracket ABCs: Live
Maine and New Hampshire in Danger
by Adam Wodon/Managing Editor
(UPDATE, Saturday afternoon: It appears that Michigan is also in trouble, if it loses today's consolation game.)
Poor little Bentley.
It is the story of the postseason so far, but most people want them to lose. Otherwise, it could throw a serious monkey wrench into the NCAA picture — especially for Maine and New Hampshire.
St. Cloud State's amazing 8-7 OT win over Minnesota also is causing palpitations in northern New England.
Omaha can breath a collective sigh.
From everything we can tell, as opposed to previous assumptions, Nebraska-Omaha is definitely IN the tournament, no matter what. If anyone comes up with a reason that this is wrong, then please e-mail us.
(Try it yourself with "You Are the Committee")
It had been assumed that Nebraska-Omaha was the team with the most to lose by an upset occurring in the conference tournaments. However, with losses by Maine and New Hampshire, it looks like they would be left out.
That's despite the fact that Nebraska-Omaha is currently No. 14 in the Pairwise (with a reasonable "bonus" amount factored in). Remember, 16 teams make the tournament, but with automatic bid spots saved for the CHA (Bemidji State) and Atlantic Hockey champs, that leaves just 14 spots.
Maine needs North Dakota to defeat St. Cloud State. If St. Cloud wins, it wouldn't bump UNO, it would bump Maine. That's because the comparison between St. Cloud State and Maine would flip, giving Maine less comparison wins than UNO.
If Bentley wins Atlantic Hockey, and North Dakota knocks off St. Cloud State, then New Hampshire is out.
Of course, if Bentley and St. Cloud State win, the BOTH New Hampshire and Maine are out.
The reason this is an issue, is because Holy Cross might make it as an at large team anyway even if it loses Saturday's AHA final, giving Atlantic Hockey two bids. This phenomenon was explaind in our last article. Basically, Bentley's win would make them a Team Under Consideration, by rule. Since Holy Cross would be 4-1 against Bentley this season, it automatically raises their Record vs. TUC enough to flip numerous comparisons, such as against Colorado College and Boston College.
This would put Holy Cross AND Bentley in the tournament, and knock out Maine, UNH or both.
This is a nightmare scenario, because then the committee needs to make a subjective decision.
According to rule, the committee reserves the right to throw out Holy Cross' bid if it makes the determination that the conference's lack of overall strength unfairly inflates Holy Cross' ranking.
Should be quite a night.
No. 1 Seeds
Miami and BU, meanwhile, have already helped themselves in terms of securing a No. 1 seed. Miami is doing this flip-flop thing with Michigan State for one of the final two No. 1 seed spots. BU's win helps.
Michigan State still gets a No. 1 seed with a loss, if BU loses.
If Michigan State wins, BU still gets a No. 1 seed with a loss.
In fact, BU is fourth overall either way, most likely, if Miami loses.
However ... this is all precipitated on Harvard losing.
If Harvard defeats Cornell in the final, it would get a No. 1 seed so long as BU loses. If BU wins, Harvard still gets the No. 1 seed if Miami defeats Michigan State.
If Michigan State and BU win, then Harvard cannot be a No. 1 seed.
It doesn't look like Cornell can be a No. 1 seed.
The winner of the consolation game between Minnesota and Wisconsin gets the No. 1 overall seed.


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Sadly due to the fact that Danny lost a season the dream of him retiring as the second all time leading scorer in Pacers history is probably out of reach. However he still has an opportunity to move up the list and surpass some of the all time Pacer greats.
As of today Friday February 7, 2014 Danny has 9,526 points at the 8th spot.
Vern Fleming has 9535 at the 7th spot.
In theory Danny could surpass him tonight playing Portland.
After that George McGinnis sits 9545 at # 6.
There is a super rare off shoot chance but he could get him tonight as well but I doubt it.
Then sitting at # 5 is Jermaine O'Neal at 9580.
As long as things go well he should be able to catch him in the next couple of weeks.
Sadly that is probably it, he might be able to catch Roger Brown at # 4 but I'm not sure.
Either way Danny will be passing Pacer royalty in the next couple of games.
1. Reggie Miller* 25279
2. Rik Smits 12871
3. Billy Knight 10780
4. Roger Brown* 10058
5. Jermaine O'Neal 9580
6. George McGinnis 9545
7. Vern Fleming 9535
8. Danny Granger 9526
9. Mel Daniels* 9314
10. Freddie Lewis 9257


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MEDIA COURTHOUSE -- The mother of the 2-year-old child who was photographed duct-taped to a plastic chair has been granted bail after spending the past week in jail.
Common Pleas Judge Frank Hazel presided over the brief bail hearing Tuesday morning for 21-year-old Caira Ferguson of Chester Township.
Ferguson is charged with false imprisonment, unlawful restraint and endangering the welfare of a child. Hazel set bail at 10 percent of $25,000, with conditions.
The child, who was placed with her godparents by Delaware County Children and Youth Services, has not seen her mother since the mother was led out of their Chester Township home last week in handcuffs.
Ferguson's attorney Vicki E. Herr told the judge the court-ordered psychological evaluation of her client found she does not appear to be emotionally disturbed or have drug or alcohol involvement and is at low risk to re-offend.
"She's willing to do whatever is necessary," Herr told the judge.
According to Herr, Ferguson has been a good parent to the child and has no prior juvenile or adult record. She is a graduate of Strath Haven High School and is a certified nursing assistant.
Ferguson has been incarcerated since her Feb. 16 arrest. Brookhaven District Judge C. Walter McCray III denied Ferguson bail, a move typically reserved for murder suspects.
Ferguson was arrested after a photograph of her young daughter, wearing only a diaper and bound to a chair by strips of duct tape, garnered national attention after it was posted on a blog-style website.
According to police, the photograph received more than 300,000 hits before it was removed from the site.
The incident took place in the former Ferguson family home in Nether Providence in July, authorities said. The family has since moved to Elson Road in the Toby Farms section of Chester Township.
According to the affidavit of probable cause for Ferguson's arrest, she admitted to police she taped her daughter to the chair. She gave no explanation as to why she allegedly bound the child, authorities said.
However the child's grandmother, Carlita Ferguson, who was in the house at the time, told the Daily Times it was another child who bound the child with duct tape.
According to the grandmother, two other children were visiting them the day the photograph was taken. She believes one of those children duct-taped the toddler while the adults were in another room.
At one point, she said, one of the children said, "Come look at (the baby)."
According to Carlita Ferguson, her daughter's friend took the photo without anyone's knowledge. When she and Caira had a falling out, the woman posted the photo online.
At her mother's urging, Ferguson went to police with the photograph. She told police she was the victim of identity theft and said the person who stole her identity was the same person who posted the photograph on MediaTakeOut.com.
During Tuesday's bail hearing, the petite defendant listened as Assistant District Attorney Michael Mattson told the judge his office had no problems with Ferguson being released on bail.
Hazel granted bail with the condition that she must have no direct or indirect contact with the child unless it is supervised by CYS. She also will be placed on electronic home monitoring and must attend and complete a parenting class.
Ferguson nodded that she understood.
Herr said Ferguson would be residing with her mother and grandmother in Toby Farms, the same neighborhood in which the baby's godparents also reside. Ferguson will not be released until the electronic monitoring is set up, which could take several days.
She has preliminary hearing before Magisterial District Judge Stephanie Klein in Media District Court scheduled for Monday.


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J Ky Med Assoc 104:141-5. 2006..To estimate the prevalence of overweight and obesity in a population comprised of patients seen at two local primary care clinics and to evaluate the management of this epidemic in a primary care setting...
- Gastric bypass surgery in the United States, 1998-2002Tonya M Smoot
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Am J Public Health 96:1187-9. 2006..0 to 38.6. This observed increase in the rate of gastric bypass surgery for the treatment of obesity may be attributed in part to improvements in surgical technique, improved patient outcomes, and increased popularity of this procedure...


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The distance between the knots on the log-line should contain 1/120 of a mile, supposing the glass to run exactly half a minute. [Jorge Juan and Antonio de Ulloa, "A Voyage to South America" 1760]
Hence the word knot came also to be used as the equivalent of a nautical mile (in pre-World War II use in U.S. and Britain, about 6,080 feet). A speed of 10 knots will cover ten nautical miles in an hour (equivalent to a land speed of about 11.5 mph).


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Service members who felt vulnerable after a federal appellate court earlier this year ruled the Uniformed Service Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA) does not protect them from hostile work environments now have reason to be hopeful. Legislation proposing to protect service members from work environments in which their military duty is a source of hostility is advancing in Congress.
The U.S. House of Representatives on Oct. 12 passed the Veterans Opportunity to Work Act of 2011 (VOW Act, H.R. 2433). Among the bill's many provisions, which mostly aim to help veterans to more easily transition into civilian employment, is one that would amend USERRA. The bill proposes to clarify USERRA's definitions for employment benefits to include "the terms, conditions, or privileges of employment."
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This legislation, which was forwarded to the Senate, would plug an egregious oversight in USERRA. The law already prohibits employers from discriminating against service members by denying them employment, reemployment, retention in employment, promotion and employment benefits based on their military service. How would the purposes of USERRA be served when despite such protections employers are still allowed to get away with harassing the service members they employ? In ruling against the pilots in Carder, the 5th Circuit said the Supreme Court's emphasis on the importance of the specific word "conditions" to hostile work environment claims "cannot be ignored." The Senate, too, should not ignore the omission of this word from USERRA and pass the VOW Act.
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Covestor models: Macro Plus Income, ETF Only
While the ETF Only model remained fully invested throughout the month of February, the Macro Plus Income became fully invested as the February rally rolled on.
Although we are still convinced the market is due a pullback, we are not willing to fight the Fed indefinitely. So while we are keeping one eye on the door for our short term, momentum based investments, we continue to add to the longer term income producing side of the portfolio. In that spirit, we added three momentum holdings to the portfolio. They are:
1. Devon Energy (DVN)
Devon is currently riding the strength of oil prices while experiencing excellent drilling results in most of its mid-continent exploration programs. In the latest conference call they discussed what they think will be major discoveries in the Niobrara play and were even more excited by recent results in the Mississippian limestone. After farming out much of the cost of development in deals with Sinopec, the company remains cash rich with little debt and on the prowl for deals. In our opinion, with these strong fundamentals, this momentum stock should benefit from a strong market.
2. SPDR Technology ETF (XLK)
The SPDR Technology ETF is clearly benefiting from the run in Apple (AAPL). As of 3/2/12, almost 18% of the fund was represented by that single holding. More importantly to us, the fund has important holdings in Microsoft (MSFT), Intel (INTC), Oracle (ORCL), Cisco (CSCO) and EMC (EMC). With the exception of EMC, these stocks pay dividends and are emerging from 11 and 12 year bases. With strong fundamentals and great technicals, we think these old guard techs should be market leaders for years to come.
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While new to the market, the airline has been flying since the mid 1990's. This ultra low cost carrier has built important routes from Florida to Latin and South America. Now it is expanding into the 48 states with routes into Dallas-Ft. Worth and Las Vegas. To our thinking, this is an exciting story with potential to double in price if oil prices should settle down or if he economy gains strength. Although it is a potential high flyer, an oil shock or severe market correction would force us to liquidate the position in favor of capital preservation.
The income additions to our portfolio should help to build up the steady stream of current income needed in a retirement account. Although we are not taking the income now, and if allowed to reinvest dividends we would surely do so, the strategy remains: add positions with high income so that, when needed, the dividends and interest could be withdrawn. With that end in mind we added two new stocks. They are:
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This royalty trust spinoff of Chesapeake Energy owns interests in 69 existing horizontal wells in the Colony/Granite Wash play in Oklahoma. According to the offering documents, plans are to drill another approximately 125 wells of the existing royalty carve out. If things go as planned, the trust should produce payouts in excess of $4.00 per share. And if the yield holds at 12% the price could rise substantially. This fits our need for high current income with substantial upside potential.
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This idea is based on a relatively new company in the container shipping industry. Although small, the company's parent Diana Shipping (DSX) has proven to be a company with financial savvy and staying power. The parent has maintained a relatively strong balance sheet and survived a severe downturn in the dry bulk shipping business. We believe they will apply the same operational discipline in the container shipping business.
If successful, the company could yield handsome dividends along with appreciable growth prospects. Annualizing current dividends gives a current yield of 10%. If the company prospers, we hope to add to the position and participate in an expanding global economy while collecting high current income.
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Casper Van Dien stars as Creet and Caity Lotz as Annie in Nicholas McCarthys The Pact, an IFC Midnight release.
Director Nicholas McCarthy sought to breathe new life into the classic haunted house genre with The Pact.
While not particularly ground-breaking, for a low-budget horror project the film is surprisingly smart and darkly resonant with a fair share of unexpected shocks.
The story begins as Nicole Barlow (Agnes Bruckner) tends to matters following the recent death of her mother. In a phone conversation, she begs her sister Annie (Caity Lotz) to join her at their childhood home to help finalize funeral preparations. Annie refuses, reminding Nicole how their mother used to treat them. A little later, Nicole experiences strange phenomena in the house.
By the time Annie arrives, Nicole has been reported missing by their cousin Liz (Kathleen Rose Perkins) who is taking care of Nicoles daughter Eva (Dakota Bright).
Initially, Annie dismisses Nicoles disappearance as mere lack of responsibility, suggesting she just took off so she would not have to deal with the funeral. As Annie spends time in the house, she also witnesses inexplicable incidents. She finds she cannot deny the ominous signs.
Realizing the seriousness of the situation, she enlists the aid of local police officer Bill Creek (Casper Van Dien) who is skeptical of her version of the story. She also convinces former schoolmate Stevie (Haley Hudson) a clairvoyant to visit the house to see if she can find an explanation for the haunting.
The Pact draws from a rich history of haunted house stories. McCarthy gives us shadowy corridors, flickering lights and unexplained noises in the middle of the night. One thing that is unique about this haunted house is its size: Classic haunting films are customarily set in sprawling estates, Victorian mansions with a centurys worth of dark secrets. In The Pact, the haunted house is a diminutive California bungalow a modest, two- to three-bedroom family home boasting retro 70s décor.
McCarthy also cleverly integrates modern technology into the supernatural tapestry. A laptop, a cell phone and a digital camera all play integral parts in setting up the spooky mood. The directors restrained use of these elements is reminiscent of Tobe Hoopers effective use of the creepy television in 1982s Poltergeist.
A more pertinent comparison, though, would be to liken The Pact to an extended episode of the television program The X-Files. The film features a convincing plot twist that effectively forces the viewer to rethink everything that has taken place. Agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully would fit right in to this paranormal investigation.
One thing that sets The Pact apart from other recent horror films is its lack of dependence upon computer-generated effects.
We decided early on to make almost all the special effects practical in the film, meaning done the old-fashioned way and not with a computer, McCarthy said in his press notes. Me and my director of photography Bridger Nielson wanted to be able to look through the lens and see as close as we could to what we would see in the finished film. That meant that when people appear on the ceiling in this movie they were actually on the damned ceiling. It was intense for the actors and all of us on the crew to pull off things like that.
The intensity shows on screen with Lotz and Hudson turning in solid performances. Playing the compassionate skeptic, Van Dien competently allows Creek to have reservations and misgivings while simultaneously trying to play the hero and save Annie.
While McCarthy succeeds in setting an eerie tone and fusing elements of mystery and horror, he falls short on pacing and story-telling. The Pact was developed from an earlier short McCarthy made. The earlier version proved to be more of a character study with an ambiguous ending. The Pact often feels like a series of well-developed nightmarish scenes connected by unfinished bridges. Though nicely portrayed, Van Diens character never feels fully realized Creek is not much more than a two-dimensional gumshoe.
Even with its faults, The Pact is one of the most interesting and entertaining horror films to come along in years. McCarthys promising debut may not exhibit any novel ideas, but it does make creative use of existing genre tropes in a distinctive, neo-Gothic style. With a focus on tone and setting over visceral gore and violence, The Pact serves up a few good scares without splattering the audience in blood or relying on computer graphics to evoke cinematic horrors.
The Pact opens in limited release Friday, July 6. It is currently available On Demand through Bright House.
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I am writing this post on the green membrane keyboard of my new pre-production OLPC XO. I've just finished upgrading the operating system to the latest version. It's especially convenient to have it working because I left my AC adapter for my normal laptop in the office, so I can conserve battery power on my Thinkpad by using my XO instead.
I'll have to post a picture taken with the XO's camera, but not now. Now, I'm going to sleep.


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The ChaCha stream cipher, a variant of the successful Salsa20 cipher, has as rotation constants for its quarter round 16, 12, 8, 7 (for a complete description of ChaCha, refer to http://cr.yp.to/chacha.html). It is easy to see that two of these constants are multiples of 8; this allows for a 1 instruction rotation in Core2 and later Intel CPUs using the pshufb instruction. Thus, the main improvement here is to switch from the instruction sequences:
movdqa %xmm15,%xmm6
psrld $16,%xmm15
pslld $16,%xmm6
pxor %xmm6,%xmm15
pshufb %xmm6, %xmm15
Whereas in the original Core2 (Conroe) pshufb takes 4 uops to complete, Penryn introduced a dedicated shuffle unit which allows it to complete in only 1 uop. The Core i7 (Nehalem) has 2 of these shuffle units, allowing 2 pshufb instructions to execute per cycle.
In an Intel E8400 CPU (Penryn), the following timings were obtained using the eSTREAM benchmarking tool for the amd64-xmm6 implementation of ChaCha (20 rounds):
Encrypted 46 blocks of 4096 bytes (under 1 keys, 46 blocks/key)
Total time: 735723 clock ticks (245.24 usec)
Encryption speed (cycles/byte): 3.90
Encryption speed (Mbps): 6146.31
My implementation, running in the same conditions:
Encrypted 50 blocks of 4096 bytes (under 1 keys, 50 blocks/key)
Total time: 650520 clock ticks (216.84 usec)
Encryption speed (cycles/byte): 3.18
Encryption speed (Mbps): 7555.80
The BLAKE SHA-3 candidate uses ChaCha as its underlying core function. Thus, the same technique can be applied to slightly speed BLAKE up. It also seems to have relevant speedups.
The ChaCha source code can be downloaded here, ready for the eSTREAM benchmarking tool.
The source code for the improved BLAKE can be downloaded here.


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Expectant mom Maggie Gyllenhaal tackled the school run today, walking her 5-year-old daughter Ramona to class in Brooklyn, New York (January 23). Pregnant with her second child, the Crazy Heart star's growing belly was covered under her black winter coat. Ramona, meanwhile, looked precious in head-to-toe pink.
Maggie, who is married to actor Peter Sarsgaard, recently penned a piece in support of Planned Parenthood in Glamour magazine:
Wealthy women will always be able to access the health care they need. Planned Parenthood is there for every woman," she writes. "This is an organization that works in communities to provide high-quality care like cervical cancer screenings, breast exams, HIV tests and birth control-often to women who would otherwise go without. It is the place you call if you are 16 and don't know whom to ask about birth control. It's the website that has answers in the middle of the night. It's the health care resource that offers compassion and respect to women at times when they are incredibly vulnerable and afraid."


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Java SupportNo
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Golf Tournament in Vietnam Delayed
HANOI–Golf fans in Vietnam will have to wait. The largest-ever tournament in a country where the sport is taking off is being delayed until January.
The Volvik-Sky Lake Vietnam Masters, to be held at the Sky Lake Resort and Golf Club, about a 45-minute drive from Hanoi, is expected to give a boost to the local golf industry. Volvik is a Korean golf-ball maker. Originally, it was planned to be held next month.


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Ok, so it has been about awhile since I have been into distance running. As I mentioned here, we are marathon training again. Our actual training schedule starts 6/12/11, but we are building up the mileage already in anticipation of what lies ahead. This week brought;Total mileage: … [Read more...]
Marathon Training Again!
So, I have been ignoring my blog over the past couple of weeks. Lots going on here. We are training for another full marathon. Crazy. Yep. I know. I can't help it, though. I love love love distance running. I have gotten away from it over the past year … [Read more...]
A Few Blog Free Days…
We are visiting Indy this weekend for a concert tonight, a half marathon tomorrow, and visiting with friends from our old stomping grounds. I am going to pace John to beat his half marathon record (that is the plan, anyway). He can do it, I am hoping I can. Bit of a cold hanging on, but the race … [Read more...]


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World news story
Luxembourg war memorials
This was published under the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government
British Ambassador visits the site of a Second World War Royal Air Force crash.
The British Ambassador to Luxembourg, Alice Walpole, together with the Royal Air Forces Association visited Marscherwald, where a RAF Halifax crashed on 28 August 1943. With the aim of showing support for war memorial sites the Ambassador visited the site of the crash close to the 70th anniversary. Local initiatives had traced the exact location of the crash, set up a memorial path and an information board. They are currently in the middle of preparing a commemorative event to mark the anniversary, that will take place in autumn in the presence of Ambassador Walpole and Royal Air Forces Association representatives.
For further information and images please see the mywort news article.
Document information
Published: 20 August 2013
From: British Embassy Luxembourg
Part of: Luxembourg


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There's no better way to get in the spirit of the season than by pouring a fizzy and festive cocktail like this sparkling pomegranate-elderflower concoction. It's blushing color is reminiscent of Fall sunsets and falling leaves, while the effervescent texture screams holiday.
The elderflower adds a hint of syrupy sweetness that's not cloying or overly floral. This cocktail may be girlie, but it's elegant and smoothly sippable. Although a bottle of St. Germain is a bit of a splurge, think of the fragrant liqueur as an investment that you can enjoy through the New Year.
Start Thanksgiving with these rosy bubblers and during the weeks leading up to Christmas, make sparkling Shiraz punch! To get the easy, three-ingredient recipe,
Sparkling Pomegranate Elderflower Cocktail
From The Comfort Table: Recipes for Everyday Occasions by Katie Lee
- 1 ounce St. Germain Elderflower Liqueur
- 1 ounce pomegranate juice
- 3 ounces Champagne or sparkling wine
In a champagne glass, combine the elderflower liqueur and pomegranate juice. Top with Champagne.
Makes 1 drink.
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Short news in Nature says there is a claim for one of the Millennial Clay Problems
Possible exact solution to the Navier-Stokes equations by Penny Smith a Lehigh University.
That would be a serious achievement if it holds up to review.
Be interesting to code it up and see if it is stable as well as being a solution.
PS Summary by Christina Sormani at CUNY
More on Good Math, Bad Math – as he says, it could be useful.


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Need Help With Cake For Church Event
Decorating By Theresa50 Updated 26 Sep 2007 , 4:15pm by Theresa50
Our church is having a mortage burning celebration this sunday.. the mortage is finally pd off.. I was wanting to surprise them with a cake that would suit the occasion.. does anyone have any ideas.. Thanks so much.... Theresa
I don't know how good you are with sculpting and fondant.But how about the replica of the church itself.
Just an idea.Or if you want to go simpler than that, maybe a sheet cake with open bible on the top(with some bible verse regarding the subject).
Hope this helps some.
Good luck and let us know what you have decided.
A replica of the church is a great idea! If you're looking for something simpler, maybe a scroll type cake to look like a mortgage or lien. When it is cut to be served it will symbolize cutting up, or being rid of the mortgage payment. Just an idea. Hope this helps.
You could do a sheet cake with a mortgage paper on top out of fondant and have the paper edges appear to be on fire.
How about a sheet cake that looks like a mortgage deed with lots of writing (ie: date the loan was taken out, address of property, name of bank, name of church) scripted across the entire cake. On top of all the script stamp a PAID IN FULL notice in large red letters.
wow thank you all so much.. I do love the idea of a sheet cake with the mortgage paper on top.. I'm not really good with fondant but i'm sure I could roll it like a piece of paper.. I love the idea of the the writing on the paper and really love the ends of paper burning.. how would I make the ends of the paper look like its on fire?.. and the sheet cake, i would just cover that in buttercream? thank you all so much .. all the ideas are awesome..
I did a search for flames and found this example. I'm guessing they used colored candy melts. You could always PM them and ask exactly how they did it. You could place flames like these on the sides or ends of the sheet cake with the paper mortgage on top.
I did a grill cake in my photos. for the flames I used butter cream with red and a yellow in the same bag.
I want to thank all of you for your ideas and your kindness.. I was playing around with the fondant last night to see if i could make it look like a mortgage note.. and this is just a rough draft but do you think this looks ok.. I will have it on top of the sheet cake that will have flames on it to look like its burning the paper.. let me know what i should change or improve.. thank you .. God Bless... Theresa... well i couldn't get it on here.. i don't know how to get it to fit.. so i'm going to post it in my pics.. if you don't mind would you look and see if i need to change anything before i make the real one.. I really want to thank you all again..
I think it looks great how it is. Good job!
Thank you chovest..so could i then just keep this and use it for sunday..Its not good fondant.. so they won't be eating it.. should i keep plastic on it or let it completely air dry?
I would keep in covered. As fondant dries it becomes more brittle. When you try to take it off the mat to place it on the cake it will very likely crack or crumble. I made the mistake of letting my stethoscope sit out uncovered while I finished up my last cake and when I picked it up to place it on the cake it broke in a few places and I had emergency repairs to do. (It's in my photos if you're interested.) So, anyways, I'd keep it covered, it will be easier to transfer. I'm sure it will be a hit Sunday!
I think you fondant piece looks great..How did you go about applying the colors to the edges to make them look like they are on fire?
i just used a paint brush and dipped it into each color i needed.. and brushed it on.. i used a bit to much red..i want it to look really burnt and crispy..lol..


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London, United Kingdom, 2008/05/07 - Trustive takes to the skies to deliver WiFi access to the French Riviera. Partnership with Azur Helicoptere gives customers premium hotspot access during the Cannes Film Festival and Monaco Grand Prix.
Trustive, the leading provider of premium WiFi hotspots in Europe, today announced that it has signed a partnership with Azur Helicoptere, the leading French helicopter airline on the Riviera. The partnership will allow Azur Helicoptere to provide its customers with WiFi access at premium locations across the French Riviera.
Visitors to the upcoming Cannes Film Festival and Monaco Formula One Grand Prix will be the first to be able to take advantage of Azur Helicopteres Riviera WiFi Pass, allowing them to easily roam across more than 130 Trustive hotspots from Monaco to St Tropez. The hotspots are located at premium locations including airports, the Film Festival centre, cafes, restaurants and hotels in the region.
Trustive currently covers more than 30,000 WiFi hotspots worldwide across 70 different networks, including most European airports and many other prime locations. Trustive offers both monthly subscription and pre-paid services and is meeting user demand to provide seamless access to a global network of hotspots.
Christian VanGhelder, managing director of Trustive, said: With the upcoming Cannes Film Festival and Monaco Grand Prix, there is going to be a huge influx of visitors requiring mobile internet access. Our Riviera WiFi Pass will alleviate the hassle of getting online and provide customers with seamless access to a number of premium hotspots during their stay.
Michel de Rohozinski, president of Azur Helicoptere, said: Offering WiFi access enables us to provide an added value service to our customers. Many of our customers require internet access during their visits, so by partnering with Trustive we can now offer them both a great flying and WiFi experience.
About Trustive
Trustive is Europes leading wireless hotspot access provider and one of the fastest growing in the world. Through roaming agreements, Trustive is meeting the end-user demand for access to a global network of hotspots by offering a unified service through an easy-to-use user interface, providing the end-user with one single login and invoice. Trustive is targeting both the retail and wholesale markets. Among Trustive wholesale customers are The Telefónica Group, SFR, Vodafone Italia, Vodafone Netherlands and Swisscom.
Trustive covers most major European airports and many other prime locations and includes over 30,000 hotspots across 70 different network providers.
In addition to its WiFi activities, Trustive is working with WiMAX operators to provide seamless roaming between WiMAX networks as well as to Trustives global WiFi network.
Created in 2003, Trustive is a privately-held company with headquarters in London and R&D offices in Sophia Antipolis, France.
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Created in 2001, Azur Hélicoptère is the leading French helicopter company on the Riviera providing the following services:
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Slipknot / Stone Sour Singer Corey Taylor Recalls First Paranormal Experience, Talks Future Books
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Slipknot / Stone Sour singer Corey Taylor recently released his second book, 'A Funny Thing Happened on the Way To Heaven,' which offers a glimpse inside his paranormal experiences.
Taylor recently stopped by the Loudwire studio for an in-depth interview about the book and his music, and in the video segment above, he discusses his first paranormal experience, which occurred when "all hell broke loose" during an incident when he was about 10 years old.
He also discusses whether he'll continue to write books from the unique perspectives of his first two releases – 'Seven Deadly Sins' and 'A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Heaven.'
Check out Corey Taylor talking about his new book in the video segment above, and stay tuned for more from our interview, in which Taylor discusses the latest on Stone Sour and Slipknot. In the meantime, you can pick up 'A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Heaven' at Amazon.


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The Brazilian Navy gave AgustaWestland a $160 million-plus contract for the upgrade of eight Super Lynx Mk 21A helicopters. The Navy has operated the Lynx since 1978, receiving nine Mk 21s followed by nine Mk 21As. Five of the Mk 21s were later upgraded to Mk 21As.
The new upgrade includes replacement of the Rolls-Royce Gem turboshafts with more powerful LHTEC CTS800-4Ns that will provide a major performance improvement in hot and high conditions, providing gains in payload and combat radius, according to the company. A new glass cockpit will include a tactical processor, satellite-based navigation, Tcas, ILS and RWR/ESM. The displays will be compatible with pilots' night-vision goggles. There will also be a new, electrically powered rescue hoist.
The contract covers support and training, including a flight training device.
The helicopters will be upgraded at AgustaWestland's Yeovil factory in the UK for redelivery from autumn 2017 to early 2019.


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Same-station results, as presented herein, compare stations operated by the Company throughout all periods presented in the following tables. For the three and twelve months ended December 31, 2010 and 2009, same-station results exclude the operating results from KBET-AM and certain assets used in the operation of radio stations KCYE-FM and KFRH-FM in Las Vegas, Nevada, which were divested during the third quarter of 2009 as well as revenue and costs related to the non-renewal of certain sports programming rights for the Company's Miami-Fort Lauderdale market cluster.SOI and same-station SOI are financial measures of performance that are not calculated in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles, which we refer to as GAAP. We use these non-GAAP financial measures for internal budgeting purposes. We also use SOI to make decisions as to the acquisition and disposition of radio stations. SOI and same-station SOI excludes corporate-level costs and expenses and depreciation and amortization, which may be material to an assessment of the Company's overall operating performance. Management compensates for this limitation by separately considering the impact of these excluded items to the extent they are material to operating decisions or assessments of the Company's operating performance. Moreover, the corresponding amounts of the non-cash and corporate-level costs and expenses excluded from the calculation are available to investors as they are presented on our statements of operations contained in our periodic reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). SOI is a measure widely used in the radio broadcast industry. While the Company recognizes that because SOI is not calculated in accordance with GAAP, it is not necessarily comparable to similarly titled measures employed by other companies. Management believes that SOI provides meaningful information to investors because it is an important measure of how effectively we operate our business (i.e., operate radio stations) and assists investors in comparing our operating performance with that of other radio companies. We also believe that providing SOI on a same-station basis is a useful measure of our performance because it presents SOI before the impact of any acquisitions or dispositions completed during the relevant periods. This allows investors to measure the performance of radio stations we owned and operated during the entirety of two operating periods being compared.
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BTG International Canada, Inc., part of the global specialist healthcare company BTG, today announced that it has received approval from Health Canada for DC Bead LUMI, the first commercially available radiopaque drug-eluting bead that can be loaded with doxorubicin or irinotecan for the local treatment of tumours in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and malignant colorectal cancer metastasized to the liver (mCRC).1
DC Bead LUMI is a next generation development of DC Bead® that enables real-time visible confirmation of bead location during embolization. This innovative new technology has the potential to provide interventional radiologists increased control, enabling real-time adjustments to optimize patient treatment. The lasting radiopacity of DC Bead LUMI also means it will also be visible in follow-up scans, allowing precise evaluation of the completeness of tumour treatment.2
Brad Pearson, Director, Commercial Operations at BTG International Canada Inc., commented: DC Bead LUMI reinforces our leadership in embolization technology and our focus on bringing to market innovative products that better serve specialist physicians and their patients. We are excited by the potential to offer a new standard of care and look forward to providing DC Bead LUMI to Canadian physicians during the second half of 2016.
BTG anticipates securing regulatory clearances for additional radiopaque bead products in other markets worldwide.
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BTG Interventional Medicine (btg-im.com) is part of BTG plc, a growing international specialist healthcare company. As medicine moves from major surgery to minor procedure, from the systemic to the local, no company endeavors to do more than BTG Interventional Medicine to help doctors in their quest to see more, reach further and treat smarter. Our growing portfolio of Interventional Medicine products is designed to advance the treatment of liver tumors, advanced emphysema, severe blood clots, and varicose veins.
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Water, Laureth 23, Polyquaternium 4, Coral Flower (Russelia Equisetiformis) Extract, Prunus Persica Nectarina Fruit Extract, Fragrance, Propylene Glycol, Hydroxyethylcellulose, Benzyl Alcohol, Acrylates/Beheneth 25 Methacrylate Copolymer, Aminomethyl Propanol, DMDM Hydantoin, Acrylates Copolymer, Disodium EDTA


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All Information in the approach is located in an attachment
Evaluating efficiency
Requirements: Compare the efficiency of Selection Sort and Insertion Sort.
Approach: For doing this, you should evaluate their corresponding implementations (their code is available under > Module 6: Sorting and Hashing -> I Simple Sorts -> C Selection Sort and D Insertion Sort) in at least one case (best, worst, or average) and count the number of type of operations performed (assignments, comparisons, and overall, separately). For counting them, you need to add in the right place specific statements to increment the counters for assignments and/or comparisons, wherever needed.
Draw charts to show how the running time (estimated in numbers of assignments A(n), comparisons C(n), and overall time T(n)=A(n) + C(n)) grows as the size of the input data n is growing. To draw the charts, vary the input size (n) between 100 and 1000, with an increment of maximum 100. For each size, generate the appropriate input sequence (best, worst, or average)for the specific sorting method (be aware: best/worst cases are not necessary the same for the two methods), run it, and store the values (A(n), C(n), T(n)).
In case the average case is your choice, you have to repeat the measurements m times (m=5 should suffice) and report their average. Moreover, for the average case, make sure you always use the same input sequence for both sorting methods for a fair comparison.
For the analyzed case(s), generate charts which compare the two methods; use different charts for the number of comparisons, number of assignments and total number of operations. Name your charts and curves on each chart appropriately (that is, specify what the chart/curve represents).
Deliverables: You should submit (1) all the source (.java) files, (2) an output sample (screenshot showing program execution and the results of your testing, to show the methods are actually sorting) (3) the diagrams (the easiest way to draw them is by using Microsoft Excel Worksheet) and (4) a document file describing your solution. The solution description document should include the following elements: justification for the added statements (to ones that increment the counters), interpretation of the diagrams and lessons learned. The size of the document should be of 1-2 pages, single spaced, font size 12. All solution description elements should be properly formatted using APA style.
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