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Beyond the confines of our small world, far from the glow of our star, lie a galaxy and universe much larger and more varied than anyone on Earth can possibly imagine. For the new NAC spacecraft Odyssey and her crew, the unimaginable facets of this untouched world are about to become reality.The Odyssey's maiden voyage is an epic adventure destined to make history.
Captain Eric Weston and his crew encounter horrors, wonders, monsters, and people; all of which will test their resolve, challenge their abilities, and put in sharp relief what is necessary to be a hero.
A first-rate military-science-fiction epic that combines old-school space opera and modern storytelling, Into the Black: Odyssey One is a riveting, exhilarating adventure with vivid details, rich mythology, and relentless pacing.
©2012 Evan Currie (P)2012 Brilliance Audio, Inc.
"Great, Solid Military SciFi / Evolving Space Opera"
While one book does not a great, sweeping space opera (usually) make -- this book is a solid foundation for what could be a great series. . .in the tradition of Campbell's "Lost Fleet," or other similar series (Ian Douglas, John Ringo, William Dietz, David Weber, David Drake, John Scalzi). There are really good ideas here, and excellent battles in space. The seeds are also planted for what is coming next -- along with a number of really good "concepts" about technology.
I did not read earlier iterations of this book, just listened to the 'final' Audible version -- which I thoiught was EXCELLENT. The writing is not tight -- but tight is not what I think of as the 'be all and end all' in this type of "writ large"" type of opening salvo. And it seems clear that as this rolls out it will provide an opportunity for greater control of language and syntax. But this is no amateur venture by a mile. This is a fine story well written and well performed.
If you liked the Lost Fleet you will love this. If you enjoyed the Dietz takeoff on the Foreign Legion, you will also appreciate the sinilarities here.
I cannot wait for the next book -- and what more can you say about a new writer and series ????
"Non-stop action"
Pace was frantic...Felt like one huge battle scene. Quite enjoyable ear candy. Science was not ridiculous, military protocols felt well researched. Not going to win a Pulitzer, but I look forward to the next in the series....Is it out yet? damn...how 'bout now?
"Solid military themed space opera"
Into the Black, Currie's first installment in the Odyssy one series is a gem of listen. While the story is placed far in the future and involves the testing of the first faster than light drive. the crew of the Odyssey begin their journey as mere test pilots / guinea pigs. After their "jump" they find themselves encountering what appears to be human beings who refer to the Earth people as potentially the mythical "others" that are the stuff of their legends. At the same time, the Earth crew bump into another alien species intent on human destruction, without regard to home world origin.
The sci-fi elements are pretty standard at about the level of a typical Star Trek movie. The compelling storyline is a combination of excellent space warfare that is skillfully executed by the Earth crew with an exceptional ensemble crew (no one character does it all). Currie also does two other things right: 1) the aliens are uniquely different, intelligent, and inscrutable, and 2) the "alien" human counterparts are not so much advanced relative to Earth, but rather they have progressed in some, but not all areas of science. While this first salvo in a longer story arc bodes well for a good run, this first installment is also pure listening pleasure with good pacing and plenty of surprises.
The narration is first rate and does a respectable job of capturing the mood of the various characters (of which there are many).
"Could be the start of an interesting series"
Evan Currie represents a growing new species of author, one who transitions into a "traditional" publishing model after self-publishing several titles in eBook format. "Into The Black" is Currie's first novel to be recorded as an audio book and it leaves me itching for more.
Currie presents two "alien" races, one that is reminiscent of the bugs found in novels such as Starship Troopers and Ender's Game (though, as one of Currie's characters humorously points out in the book: all exo-armor ultimately comes across as bug-like because, "God just got it right with those guys"), and another that appears to be human. This gives the reader no room to wonder who the "good guys" are and who the "bad guys" are and comes across as just shy of contrived. However, the characters acknowledge this stretch of believability, at one point even joking about how much their situation compares to stereotypical science fiction plots.
The two major Earth-human advancements presented to the user are "CM" technology, allowing for the manipulation of apparent mass or inertia of objects big and small, and a faster than light drive called a "Transition Drive," a form of intersteller quasi-teleportation achieved by temporarily converting matter to super-luminous Tachyons. The Odyssey is Earth's first faster-than-light starship, while CM technology has been in use for some time. This is pretty obvious even without being told. The characters are distrustful and even disturbed by the effects of the Transition Drive, but demonstrate many ingenious uses for the CM technology that would be expected from decades of military use.
However, one thing that bothered me while reading this novel is that most characters display only token cultural resistance to each other before falling right into place as allies. Having just finished Stephen King's "11-22-63," which displays the vast cultural distance between 21st century New England and the 1950's American deep south, I found myself struggling to accept that two groups of humans separated by thousands of years of cultural divergence and a computer-translated language barrier would find each other's subtle jokes to be funny. But if Star Trek's William T. Kirk's good looks and charm transcend the lightyears, I think we can give Currie similar artistic license.
Currie is obviously a developing author, and with widespread availability of his works and the associated feedback, I have no doubt he will develop quickly. He does many things right. The technology he presents the reader with is believable and intriguing. There is room for improvement when it comes to character conflict, but Currie seems to acknowledge this fact, especially towards the end of the book. Here's to hoping the next book provides us with a bit more internal conflict among allies.
This book is available in many formats at a reasonable price and is a very quick read. I finished it in a single weekend without difficulty. Overall, despite it's few shortcomings, I found the book to be very intriguing and hard to put down. It's crammed with exciting space and futuristic ground battles and a few interesting characters. Like the first couple seasons of Star Trek: The Next Generation, it's obvious the characters need to grow into their own a bit. But the book is far from a waste of time. It plants the seeds for a long and exciting series and I'm certainly looking forward to the next book in the series ("Hear of Matter"), due out in late 2012.
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"Not bad - just not my thing."
I really do like sci-fi, and I was intrigued by the premise of the novel, but it read more like a non-sci-fi military action thriller to me.
I found the long and very detailed passages of space combat were far more 'Top Gun' than I'm interested in.
For people who like novels with a lot of military space action, I think this book may really hit the spot.
It just wasn't for me. That being said, the narration is very good and engaging.
"Why do I love Space Opera?"
Probably for the space ships. This book worried me at first. I have an extremely short attention span. But even though it started a little slow (for me) I shouldn't have worried. Very soon there were mysteries i wanted answers to, characters I wanted to root for, and impossible situations for me to cheer for when they were overcome.
If you like space opera, or military Sci Fi this is simply one of the best of the genre I have come across. Satisfying fun, and I immediatly purchased the second in the series. And since I can't force myself to finish even the first half of most books I buy that is the biggest complemeint I can pay to a new series.
I'm off to read the second installment now. Fingers Crossed!
"Amazing military sci-fi space opera"
The author obviously drew heavy inspiration from Heinlein's Starship Troopers (one of my all time favs) and there's even a few tongue-in-cheek references to the book. The writing is well thought out and mixes in just the right amount of science. I would like to see just a little more character development or relationships between the characters, but perhaps that's coming in the future. I can only nitpick at the narrator in this review... Quite a few of the characters sounded the same and I had a hard time following the dialogue sometimes, and he really needs to work on his pacing and emphasis during the non-dialogue scenes! He read some amazing battle scenes with the same enthusiasm of someone reading the news on NPR. But even a boring narrator can't detract from me giving a 5 star rating!! Can't wait for the next in the series!
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"An ok first try"
I don't write a lot of reviews but I felt compelled on this one because I love space operas and this book has received so many good reviews. I understand this is Currie's first book. If this is the case he deserves credit. It's not a bad yarn and the world he's set up has potential, but this first novel was held back for many reasons:
- The total lack of charisma of his main character, his first officer and several other secondary characters. The author made the relationships across the entire book stilted, wooden and quite frankly unbelievable.
- The choices the captain of the book were questionable. You're flying humanities only first and only interstellar spaceship and you threw caution into the wind, not once but several times for this flimsiest of reasons. In real life this guy would have been screened out of the NASA selection process on the first round. He's a real James T Kirk vs Jean Luc.
- With all due respect, I found the whole premise of our civilization showing up at key moment in another alien culture's 8000 year history (which includes interstellar travel) and we save the day, as hubristic. Yeah, North American's save the day again. In space. I get it that we are the warrior culture and they are peace loving, but I found the whole scenario a bit maddening.
- I was gobsmacked by the lack of imagination, explanation and the seeming similarity between North American culture and the human/alien culture in the book. The author made little effort to try and sell what should be a completely different society. Yes the technologies were different and they have a different language, but this was sold way short.
- I did not like the narrator. You had several hyper masculine characters in play and his main voice did not seem to fit. His accents for the alien race were lackluster, but he did do female voices quite well. That's not always the case.
I'm going to give the second book a chance. Despite its flaws, the world and story does have potential and I'm hoping the author will take more time to explore the personalities of his characters and the challenges they are confronting. Will keep my fingers crossed.
"A Fun Book To Start The New Year"
A crew, composed of Earth's best of the best, is launched into space on a mission of discovery beyond the Solar System. The crew quickly discovers that they have landed in the middle of an intergalactic war and must fight or run back home. Of course they decide to stay and battle the ugly aliens. The book is fast paced and the threat of danger permeates from beginning to end. Very enjoyable adventure.
Did you know you can put in a set of Ear-Buds, slap your Hearing Protectors over them, and Mow the lawn, Weed-Eat, etc, without your book being drowned out by engine noise? I recently listened to "Augustus" while wandering through the Roman Forum. I'm on my third set of "Sleep-Phones". I've been addicted to audible since 2004... I think my friends are starting to suspect I have a problem ;)
"Up And Coming!"
I grabbed this title in a hurry last week, based solely on it's member ratings, because I needed to load some books onto my iPhone to listen to while Hospitalized for a week or so... I was pleasantly surprised by this up-and-coming author!
Some people have a story inside them that they believe will connect with readers, if only they can get that story in front of the intended audience. For a new author, getting a book published the traditional way is very often a lesson in "Why you can't", punctuated by stumbling blocks that seem almost designed to say "give it up, you don't believe in it enough". I'm impressed that Evan Currie went so far as to "Self Publish" the first version of this book, since that's not exactly the easiest way to get a story "out there" either, but Mr. Currie obviously believed he had a message that an audience would enjoy hearing; He believed it so strongly that he "Made" a way to get that message in front of people that he thought would benefit from it. You know a book is going to be enjoyable when an author has that much rock-solid faith in himself, and in the story he wants to tell. He was clearly motivated to push forward to accomplish his goal, despite any adversity in his path saying, "you can't"!
That same motivation, struggle against adversity, and creative problem solving is demonstrated by the central characters all through the storyline of this book! In fact, I think it makes the actions and motivations of the characters much more believable as they keep pushing forward against the odds to accomplish what they believe they must do, just like Currie had to do to bring us this tale! The central characters obviously reflect the author's own determination and attitude.
The advanced culture that the crew of the Odyssey encounters is not just "more advanced technologically", but they also see themselves as "Much more advanced culturally", often looking down their noses with contempt at the barbarians that are savage enough to wage war with their own kind.. as is often the case in the real world, you can almost hear them thinking, "I wouldn't want to live in a society that resorts to violence to survive"... However, just like in the real world, when threatened with extinction, they suddenly find that they want to live very badly! Unfortunately, "looking down their noses" isn't a skill that teaches a society how to defend themselves! War is not always waged just for fun and profit; Often full scale conflict comes about because one society must defend themselves against a Machiavellian enemy that can't be negotiated with, and that doesn't want to see reason; He just wants to wipe you out, "simply because he can".
I enjoyed the nods to Heinlein's 'Star Ship Troopers' sprinkled throughout the book, as well as the descriptions of the "Disturbing effects" of the Transitional Drive on many of the crew members... as an Engineer, I could relate to some of the Characters in that respect alone ;)
The story has some rough edges that caused me to roll my eyes a time or two, but those instances were vastly outweighed by the overall story, and the presentation, which held my attention and kept me listening LONG after I should have been asleep. As I said at the start of this review, I listened to this book while in the Hospital over the last several days, and the story-line pulled me in so much that I got a little aggravated by the constant interruptions of being being wheeled out for tests. Several Doctors and nurses asked, "What's the name of the book? Every time I'm in your room you have your headphones on, so it must be good!" My Stock answer became, "Yeah, if you like straight-forward Military Sci-Fi it's pretty good... it's actually even better than I thought it would be from reading the synopsis, and Member reviews!"
I'm looking forward to more from Mr. Currie, his work is only going to get better as he gains more experience!
"Unable to finish this (minor *spoiler*)"
My biggest problem with this is possibly the genre. I love science fiction. I don't mind a bit of war. I do like some real story. However this feels like an endless advert for the US Marine Corps - devoid of real feeling and story, full of gungho action types who spend all their time being soldiers and not much time doing anything else. Having listened to titles which really paint alternative cultures in interesting ways - this doesn't. And *spoiler* the crew's reaction to meeting aliens (lots of them) seems like vague interest and rampant paranoia rather than fascinated intrigue (in one case, with some justification).
I listened to about 30% of the whole thing, and I really tried to stick it. But for me (and I'm at odds with some others who possibly knew better than I what they were expecting) I had a "life is too short" moment, and decided to move onto something I would find more rewarding.
"Good Read"
Good choice of narrator. Fantastic futuristic descriptions of technologies that are theoretically possible. Exploratory and militaristic. Unfortunately for me the, the dialogue can be very 'boys toys.'
"What a great story!"
I read a few mixed reviews on this story but I thought I'd give it a go not having read or listened to any of Mr Currie's work, I am so glad I did. The story to me felt like a mix between Black Hawk Down, Hunt for Red October and Battlestar Galactica [the new series].
This is one of those visual audio books, you really get in there with the characters and feel the story unfolding. I thought Benjamin L. Darcie's voice nailed the feel of the story, so big credits to him as well.
It's a great story that will leave you itching for more. It did for me, so after tapping this out ... I'm of to get part 2 to see how this universe unfolds.
"Disappointing and formulaic"
I wanted to like this more than I did. There is nothing wrong with the narration but the story is weak. It feels more like an old "Battlestar Galactica" episodes. The main human characters have faster-than-light technology but all the tactics are from a marine WW2 movie. Even the ranks used are taken directly from the US Marines. None of the challenging ideas you get from other authors. Seemed more like a 50s sci-fi movie script.
"Excellent Space Opera"
This is for both volumes of the Odyssey - a real saga. It is pretty much Star Trek Enterprise with a bit of Battlestar Galactica mixed in and a very good plot. Fast paced, great characters it has the depth of detail and clout of the earlier Tom Clancy techno-thrillers and then some. Whilst it is not great literature it is a very good value sci-fi book. Looking forward to more from Mr Currie.
"Genuinely exciting"
Real edge of you seat stuff! If you like sci fi you will like this. Listened to it again over the last few days and felt compelled to leave my first review!
"Sci Fi at its best."
Very well put together, characters well defined, begging a sequel
this really held may attention through-out, almost heart in the mouth writing.
not knowingly, but they certainly made a good job of it otherwise i would have recalled the reader rather than the story.
i must admit to making time for this yarn, from walking rather than driving, and going to bed earlier.
please put the sequel on my wish list as i would enjoy another dose of good Sci Fi writing.
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THERE is a growing air of confidence that Sea View House will remain a supported residential service when Portland District Health relinquishes control of the facility late next month.
Earlier this month, the community-based Friends of Sea View House group issued an SOS, saying it was in urgent need of financial support to meet the $300,000 start-up capital requirement placed on it by the PDH board of management to operate the facility.
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While the latest update, which Zondervan released online in November and which will come out in print version in early 2011, has generally received positive feedback from the Christian community, its most vocal critic over the past ten years, the group Christians for Biblical Manhood and Womanhood (CBMW) continues to object to gender issues its says remain in the NIV.
In a statement on its website, the group acknowledged that the Committee on Bible Translation (CBT), the group of biblical scholars charged with the task of hammering out the updated translation, had made "some significant improvements in various areas" of the updated NIV. "For instance," the statement notes, "in many passages 'man' and 'mankind' replace a gender-neutral equivalent" that had been present in the TNIV, "resulting in greater accuracy in translating the Hebrew or Greek text. This is also true in many cases for the words, 'he,' 'him,' 'his,' 'brother,' 'father,' and 'son.' "
The group was referring to Scripture passages in which masculine pronouns were replaced in the 2002 and 2005 versions with such gender-neutral "equivalents" as "they," "then," and "their," to list a few.
One "improvement" that the CBMW cites, which is instructive of the problems that yet lurk within the latest NIV, is found in Revelation 3:20. Commending the translation committee for its efforts to "dial down the one-size-fits-all gender-inclusive approach of the TNIV," the group shows how the translation has evolved from the 1984 NIV, to the 2002 TNIV, to what CBMW considers at least to be a middle-ground improvement in the 2011 NIV:
NIV (1984) — Here I am! I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in and eat with him, and he with me.
TNIV (2005) — Here I am! I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in and eat with them, and they with me.
NIV (2011) — Here I am! I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in and eat with that person, and they with me.
While acknowledging the committee's attempts to repair damage done when previous translators used "generic plurals (them/they) in place of singular pronouns (him/he) in the interest of deploying gender-neutral language," the CBMW nonetheless takes the committee to task for attempting to remedy the issue "without reverting to masculine singulars, but by mixing gender-unspecific singulars and plurals (that person/they)."
The CBMW critics note that the "remedy" employed by the translation committee still leaves a huge problem in translation, one that pastors and teachers will be forced to deal with as they explain to parishioners that the words "they" and "them" actually refer to singular individuals, not plural.
One "significant problematic" issue the CBMW found in the NIV update was the translation committee's decision to render 1 Timothy 2:12 to read that the apostle Paul did not permit a woman to "assume authority" over a man, rather than "have authority," which it said was more true to the original Greek. While the translation committee explained that it had sought to retain an openness in translating such traditionally controversial passages so that either "egalitarian" or "complementarian" interpretations could be embraced, the CBMW critics charged that the change served instead to intentionally introduce "a crucial ambiguity that is not found in the original NIV."
While commending the translation committee on "many good changes" to the updated NIV, the CBMW said that its initial analysis of the work "shows that the new NIV(2011) retains many of the problems that were present in the TNIV, on which it is based, especially with regard to the over 3,600 gender-related problems we previously identified."
The CBMW did not confine its criticism to just gender issues, noting that there are problems in other areas, such as the rendering of the phrase "valley of the shadow of death" in Psalm 23 as "darkest valley."
Dr. Douglas Moo, a Bible professor at Wheaton College Graduate School and chair of the CBT, insists that the updated NIV is a sound translation, representing the "optimum combination of transparency to the original documents and comprehensibility" required to be effective for a lay audience.
Moo explained that the Bible as originally penned "captured exactly what God wanted to say in the languages and idioms used by the ordinary people of the time. The NIV seeks to recover these priorities, allowing readers to perceive the structure of the original and the meaning of the original at the same time."
He said that the changes made to the most recent NIV reflect "progress in biblical scholarship, developments in English usage, and an ongoing concern for clarity." He added that the scholars who worked on the translation made use of the latest technology, "drawing on state-of-the-art computational linguistic research to guide us in our decision-making and to ensure that the words we choose maximize comprehension of the original meaning."
The CBMW scholars disagreed with Moo's assessment. Despite expressing their thankfulness "that the CBT made some significant improvements in various areas" and "revised many of the most egregious [TNIV] passages that concerned us previously," the group ultimately found that too many problems were retained in the 2011 version of the NIV, and they could not recommend the new Bible as a reliable and accurate version of Scripture.
While the NIV accounts for well over 25 percent of Bibles sold in Christian bookstores nationwide, and the translation continues to enjoy widespread popularity both in the U.S. and abroad, observers predict the ongoing marketing nightmare that the NIV publishers have faced since first introducing the gender-neutral version nearly ten years ago could ultimately take its toll on the Bible's status, as faithful students of Scripture entertain doubts concerning the veracity of the latest NIV Bible.


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Grease-covered hot-rodders in the 1950s did it. Gearheads of the '60s and '70s did it. And, more recently, the tuner culture did it. But the days of the do-it-yourself upgrade now may be behind those of us burdened by the crush of everyday responsibility. Folks with a new family, for example. We barely have time to toast a bagel in the morning, much less hop up our ride. What we need is a car for those of us whose inner speed demons won't shut up, people with real-world salaries and the need to carry more than one passenger.
Today's manufacturers are happy to oblige, and we've just tested four of their best offerings. The Honda Civic Si, the Subaru Impreza WRX, the Chevrolet Cobalt SS Supercharged, and the Volkswagen Jetta GLI each provide plentiful performance, practicality, and style, plus serious fun, at prices that nearly any schmo can afford. With cars like these-and more on the way, such as the next Dodge SRT4 and the Mazdaspeed 3-there's no need to hunt for performance in a parts box, because it's right there on the showroom floor. These four begin life as relatively ordinary-looking economy cars. Serious performance, however, needs to be backed up with a serious look, and all have received the requisite tweaks inside and out.
In dressing up the Civic Si, Honda's stylists had an excellent starting point, as the all-new Civic coupe is much less homely than the outgoing Si hatchback. Only the addition of a low-slung rear wing, an i-VTEC decal, and minor changes to the front fascia, headlamp cluster, and grille differentiate the latest Si's exterior. Interior changes include suedelike trim, red instrumentation, and Si-badged sport seats with aggressive side bolsters-although highway jaunts revealed them to be serious restrictors of comfort. It looks as if a bin and cubbyhole factory exploded inside, with perfect slots for cell phones and MP3 players, huge cup holders, and a center armrest that will hold the entire OutKast oeuvre five times over-twenty-five CDs in all.
The Cobalt's SS makeover includes new front and rear fascias, side sills, gorgeous eighteen-inch wheels, and a ridiculous rear spoiler worthy of its own flight pattern. In spite of that wing-which vibrates in the rearview mirror at any meaningful speed-the Cobalt SS looks the most aggressive and the most purposeful of our quartet, with a poised-to-strike, rear-up stance that clearly communicates its muscular SS ancestry. The Chevy's cabin changes are less notable, with SS-specific trim, a boy-racer boost gauge mounted to the A-pillar, and leather seats rounding out the modifications.
The VW and Subaru sedans undergo less obvious metamorphoses in a nod to their more family-oriented intentions. The Impreza WRX adds a functional hood scoop, seventeen-inch wheels, and WRX STI-inspired side sills over a regular Impreza, while the Jetta GLI gets a blacked-out grille, a new chin spoiler, and seventeen-inch wheels-upgradable to the sexy eighteens on our test car.
The Subie's cozy but dated cockpit is tarted up with a leather-wrapped steering wheel and shift knob, aluminum pedal covers, and a pair of comfortable sport seats that are great for long hauls but aren't very good at keeping you planted during hard driving. Overall, the cabin is ergonomically friendly, but material quality and aesthetics are major bummers, and there aren't enough places to stash stuff.
The Jetta GLI's cabin is a wonderful place to spend an afternoon drive, thanks to one of the best steering wheels in the business, rich materials, and seats to die for. Those seats, however, are part of a $3200 package; the standard chairs have less bolstering and lack the very cool headrests of the optional seats.
Comfy seats and cup holders are great and all, but the reason you'll buy one of these cars is because of how it drives. To find that out, we took our foursome on some spirited runs over the back roads around Ann Arbor and then headed to South Bend, Indiana, where the Tire Rack opened the gates of its world-class test course.


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Oracle's Code of Ethics and Business Conduct articulates the behavior required of all employees globally.
It addresses the following:
To help employees understand and uphold the code, Oracle offers online courses, including the following.
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Anti-Corruption and Foreign Corrupt Practices Act | Trains employees to conduct business ethically and in accordance with Oracle policy and the law. |
Ethics and Business Conduct | Trains employees to apply the code in their daily work. |
Sexual Harassment Awareness | Teaches employees to recognize and report actions that may constitute sexual harassment. |
Information Protection Awareness | Teaches employees how to protect information at Oracle and how to apply Oracle's security and privacy policies and practices to their jobs. |
Oracle Software Security Assurance | Explains to employees the processes to be followed during product development, and describes how to handle security vulnerability. |
Insider Trading | Trains employees to fully comply with applicable insider trading and securities laws governing transactions in the securities of Oracle and other companies. |
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Group Health (today HealthPartners) pioneered prepaid, consumer-governed health care in Minnesota and has developed innovations in quality that have changed and continue to change the health care landscape in this state and across the country. That is why we believe the organization is worthy of consideration for the Minnesota Historical Society's Minnesota 150. Pioneers in Prepaid Health Care "It was one of America's most pressing social problems. People developed minor illnesses and delayed medical care because it was too expensive. The illness eventually became serious, forcing them to be hospitalized, leading to higher medical bills. Often, families went into debt. Sometimes they never recovered. In 1937, four men - a credit union manager whose health was failing, a cowboy turned postal worker, an idealistic cooperative manager, and a lawyer committed to social causes - met to organize a prepaid health plan. But there was just one hitch - prepaid medicine was illegal in Minnesota. The group worked for almost 20 years to change the laws, finally organizing Group Health Plan (today HealthPartners) in 1957 after Attorney General Miles Lord issued an opinion supporting prepaid health plans." (Excerpt from: An Enduring Mission, The Story of Group Health, 1991, Group Health, Inc, St. Paul, MN.) The goal of prepaid health care was to help make quality health care affordable for groups of people, including farmers, blue collar workers and their families. Unlike traditional health insurance that typically only provided coverage for hospitalization, members enrolled in prepaid plans paid a predetermined fee to receive coverage for preventive and acute care from a physician and for hospitalization. As the only prepaid health plan in the state, Group Health Plan took a lead role in the drafting and passage of the Minnesota HMO Act of 1973. This HMO-enabling legislation created the foundation for one of the most competitive and innovative HMO/Managed Health Care markets in the country. Pioneers in Health Care Quality Group Health was the first health care organization in Minnesota to offer an integrated health care financing and care delivery model built around a salaried medical staff with a commitment to comprehensive and coordinated health care. The plan was designed to allow families to budget in advance for medical care and encourage them to seek a physician's help when they needed it rather than as a last resort. While the premiums Group Health charged members were equal or more expensive than traditional insurance, its coverage and benefits were typically more comprehensive, focusing on preventive care, outpatient care, immunizations and other services not covered by traditional insurance at the time. Group Health was member-owned and members elected a board of directors to oversee operations. The organization elected its first consumer board of directors from its membership in 1955. This tradition continues today and actually preceded state HMO regulations requiring health care boards of directors to have consumers as a majority of board members. As a result of its consumer orientation, Group Health/HealthPartners has developed innovations that improve health care quality and reduce cost. Many of these innovations are now commonplace in Minnesota and some are models for the nation. Here are a few examples: Best Practice Guidelines Best practice guidelines are tools that physicians use to aid in decision making. Best practice guidelines are based on authoritative examination of evidence-based medicine and allow groups of physicians to standardize care which improves health care outcomes and quality and lowers cost. Group Health pioneered best practice guidelines in the 1980s. In 1993, Group Health founded the Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement (ICSI), with Mayo Clinic and Park Nicollet Clinic, to serve as an independent, non-profit organization, providing evidence-based best practice guidelines to its physicians. Today, ICSI serves medical organizations representing more than 7,600 physicians across Minnesota. Outcomes Recognition and Pay for Performance HealthPartners introduced its Outcomes Recognition and Pay for Performance programs in 1997. The Outcomes Recognition program rewards primary care clinics that achieve superior results in effectively promoting health and preventing disease. The Pay for Performance program links provider reimbursement and measurement of quality and efficiency to improved care and outcomes for HealthPartners' members. Today Medicare and other payors across the nation are using these programs to improve health care quality. Composite Quality Measures HealthPartners began collecting and publicly reporting composite quality measures for diabetes, coronary artery disease and preventive care for its owned and contracted medical groups in 1995. Composite measures enable doctors to focus on all the components or excellent patient care, rather than individual components. For example, there are five key measures for optimal diabetes care that, when managed well, contribute to better health. Focusing physician efforts on the reliable delivery of all important components of care for many diseases leads to dramatic improvements in patient outcomes. HealthPartners composite measures played a key role in the creation of the Mnnesota Community Measurement Project. In 2001, HealthPartners, the Minnesota Council of Health Plans and five other Minnesota health plans launched the Minnesota Community Measurement Project to create a single online source of quality information for consumers seeking information on the quality of care in Minnesota medical groups. According to Helen Darling, president of the Washington-based National Business Group on Health, "HealthPartners groundbreaking work in composite measurement and quality innovation is rapidly being adopted across the country. Their quality innovation programs are transforming health care for providers, employers and members." (Excerpt from National Business Group on Health Honors HealthPartners with 2006 Award for Excellence and Innovation in Value Purchasing, March 16, 2006 News Release, Washington, D.C.) While the idealism of Group Health's founders is now part of history, their ideas are as significant today as they were 50 years ago. As previous Chairs of the Group Health/HealthPartners Board of Directors we are proud to submit this nomination to the Minnesota Historical Society. Sincerely, Michael Ahern, Ray Ahrens, Alan Fletcher, Jean Jantzen, Steve Mosow, Samuel Popper, Merlyn Scroggins, Russ Tall
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Minimalism is always a hot topic in web-design and there are many well-crafted minimalist websites and interfaces out there. While searching for some icons for a recent project I came across some great minimalist icon and symbol sets and thought I'd expand my search and share my findings here with you. Please note that some […]
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The shopping list for a new home office gets bigger and bigger every year, with more technology invading our desks and forcing us to divide our attention even further. From new phones to do-all PC applications, the average design office is absolutely packed with technology, most of it largely unnecessary. However, despite the wave of […]
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Regular readers of SpyreStudios will recognize that the love of minimalism runs pretty deep around here (judging by the minimalism articles we've published before: here, here and here). So today we're going to explore the excellent use of minimalism in blog design. The designers of these blogs knew what was important and made sure that […]
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By now I'm sure you've figured out that I love minimalist designs. I've featured many simple and minimalist websites on SpyreStudios before but this time I wanted to feature sites that not only have a minimalist layout but that also use very little colors. I tried to find sites that use a greyscale color scheme […]
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Ellen's Stardust Diner is a fifties-themed restaurant that serves up delicious diner food plus Broadway-status entertainment. Why would any self-respecting New Yorker find themselves in such a setting? The food, of course.
My picks:
1. Classic diner breakfast: the New Yorker omelet (with smoked salmon, onions, and tomatoes, $11.95)
2. Lunch or dinner: the Mighty Mo burger (two burger patties with lettuce, tomato, American cheese, and their special 1953 secret sauce, $18.95)
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Dedicated to producing alternative and mainstream performers with marquee recognition, ranging from solo artists, cabaret-style song stylists, raucous comedy productions, full length plays and touring road shows, the REACTION PRODUCTIONS experience assures audiences of captivating, memorable theatrical moments. The annual production schedule averages 10-20 medium to large size shows with bookings throughout the continental United States in some of the best known and reputable performance venues in the country.


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"Human beings fear the unknown. So, whatever's freaking you out, grab it by the balls and say hello. Then it ain't the unknown anymore and it ain't scary. Or I guess it could be a shitload scarier."
Fans of the #1 bestseller Sh*t My Dad Says will recognize the always-patient voice of Justin Halpern's dad as it crackles through the pages of this hysterical new book. The story begins when Justin takes his dad out to lunch to announce that he's decided to propose to his girlfriend.
"You've been dating her for four years," his dad replies. "It ain't like you found a parallel fucking universe."
But eventually he gives Justin some advice: that he should take a day off and think back over everything he's learned in life about women, relationships, and himself before making his decision. And that's just what Justin does—revisiting everything from his disastrous childhood crushes to the night he finally lost his virginity while working as a dishwasher at Hooters.
I Suck at Girls is full of his dad's patented brand of wisdom. But it's also full of new characters just as funny as his dad—from his brother, who provides insights into wedding night rituals ("You stand in one corner of the room, and she stands in the other. You each take off one piece of clothing at a time") to his first boss, who warns Justin to man up: "That's what a man does. He takes his shots and then he scrubs the shit out of some dishes." The result is a pilgrim's progress through the landscape of sex and love—by one of the funniest writers at work today.


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Homelessness + Hunger in DC
Increasing Numbers. Increasing Need
The District of Columbia has experienced a significant increase in homelessness and poverty in the last few years as evidenced by the following:
- One-fifth of DC residents live in poverty, and more than 57,000 individuals live in extreme poverty, unable to meet even their basic needs, including purchasing food. (source DC Hunger solutions).
- The poverty rate for women and girls increased by 13.7 percent in the D.C. Metro area in just one year (from 2009 to 2010), nearly twice the increase in the U.S. (source Washington Area Women's Foundation study)
- Homelessness in D.C. increased by 6.2% from 2011 to 2012 and now stands at 6,954 individuals – a 9.3% increase since 2008. (source The Community Partnership for the Prevention of Homelessness)
- 49 percent of all homeless adults reported $0 in income of any kind, while three in ten adult homeless persons reported a chronic health problem (source The Community Partnership for the Prevention of Homelessness)
- 61% of Thrive DC clients reported being homeless while 54% reported sleeping in shelters or on the street. (source Thrive DC survey)
- Nearly 80% of our female clients are living with HIV/AIDS or other chronic health problems—often without regular access to crucial medical care. (source Thrive DC survey)
Statistics such as these show the great importance of the emergency and long-term services Thrive DC provides to our most disadvantaged neighbors.
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The following statement was issued today by Unitarian Universalist Association President Rev. Peter Morales:
I applaud the actions of the Washington Legislature in extending the freedom to marry to same-sex couples, and to Gov. Chris Gregoire's leadership and stated intention to sign this marriage equality bill into law. With this action, Washington has demonstrated its commitment to the American ideal that all citizens are entitled to equal protection under the law. Just days after the ruling by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals regarding the unconstitutionality of California's Proposition 8, Washington's support for marriage equality is another step on the long journey toward justice for all.
I am especially grateful for the work of Unitarian Universalists in Washington, and I thank them for their powerful commitment to this cause. The Unitarian Universalist Association is proud to recognize the contributions of our ministers and members in the ongoing struggle for marriage equality. As a result of their unwavering efforts, the lawmakers of Washington know that there are religious people called by their faith to speak out in support of the freedom to marry.
Today we celebrate this victory. Tomorrow and in the days to come, Unitarian Universalists will continue to stand on the side of love until the freedom to marry belongs to everyone.
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Senator the Honourable Fazal Karim, Minister of Tertiary Education and Skills Training (MTEST) paid homage to many former Caroni workers at the formal opening ceremony of the National Energy Skills Centre (NESC) Woodford Lodge Technology Campus on Friday May 23, 2014. During his feature address to the assembled stakeholders, Minister Karim singled out the former workers who he had invited to attend and made reference to the fact that previously Woodford Lodge was the Transport and Engineering Department of Caroni 1975 Ltd and employed approximately 250 people. Since the facility will be used to train and develop students and working professionals in the automotive and heavy equipment maintenance industries under NESC,
Karim Launches Job Recruitment Website For Students
Senator the Honourable Fazal Karim, Minister of Tertiary Education and Skills Training (MTEST) has launched the first tertiary education job recruitment website in Trinidad and Tobago at an event at the Youth Training and Employment Partnership Programme's (YTEPP) head office in Chaguanas. The YTEPP e-Employment Services website will allow trainees of the organization to upload their resumes to a "digital skills bank" atjobs.ytepp.gov.tt. They will be able to get their log in information through YTEPP. Employers can access the site and also have the option to post details of their job vacancies.


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Treat your family to the magic of live performance with these engaging productions all with free pre-show activities The Discovery Series, designed for children ages 4 to 8, features five shows. The Explorer Series features three shows and is geared for children age 7 and older. All shows will feature our popular pre-show interactive activities in the lobby of Samueli Theater. Click here to learn more about your benefits as a season ticket holder, and here for frequently asked questions. All performances in the intimate SAMUELI THEATER
Find yourself on an epic journey of danger and adventure that we call The Intergalactic Nemesis. Three actors, one foley artist, one keyboardist and comic book images all share one stage.
Explorer Series subscribers have a unique and special opportunity to enjoy Disney's Beauty And The Beast, the smash hit Broadway musical. Patrons can add the January 17, 18 or 19 performance to their Family Series subscription package. Based on the Academy Award-winning animated feature film, this eye-popping spectacle has won the hearts of more than 35 million people worldwide. This classic musical love story is filled with unforgettable characters, lavish sets and costumes, and dazzling production numbers including "Be Our Guest" and the beloved title song. Experience the romance and enchantment of Disney's Beauty And The Beast.


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Frank and Claire Underwood trust they can rely on your vote on Netflix on 27 February.
The contents of the bowels of an Italian medieval warlord have revealed his nefarious cause of death nearly 700 years later.
A man wanted by police in connection with murder since 2003 is allegedly spotted by an officer on the Facebook pages of his family members and associates. None of his neighbors say they knew about his past.
Engineer Nell Watson worries that it won't be easy to teach powerful robots values.
A Florida man stands accused of killing a friend. Early reports inaccurately suggested that he might have performed a Siri search about how to hide a body, but other evidence from the defendant's phone is being used in court.
Ex-NSA analyst Edward Snowden explains his decisions to readers of the U.K.-based Guardian. He also says that Hong Kong was a better safe haven than Iceland.
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A college friend of Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht testifies against him during the trial's second week.
Scrolls that were damaged, but not destroyed, in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius may now be read for the first time in nearly two millennia.
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Breakfast Topic: What will you miss most from the Wrath era? {WoW}
Sep 30th 2010 12:59PM I'm going to miss my built-for-bubble-spam priest. We're working on Putricide25-H right now, and since I can bubble/pom on the move and shield up 6-8 melee at once ahead of a ooze blast, I have the capacity to prevent some deaths or near-deaths that no other healer has unless they also go disc.
With T10 gear being as crazy-scaled as it is, I can outheal everyone most of the time on the WoL meters thanks to shields that absorb for 13k. This ultimately take huge amounts of pressure off the other 'true' healers and the fact that the glyph gives your Pw:S a 2k heal (which is 4k + an additional ~1300 DA proc) means you can instantly hit a low-health target for 15k-18k worth of absorb-healing output - thus saving a TON of deaths. I suppose this means the T10 disc is kinda op right now, so I guess anytime your class comes down from something like that, it blows.
But I'm very concerned with the direction of PVE Disc for Cata and the lack of people rolling with the spec on the ptr. I think you're going to see a lot of people rolling Holy or just switching classes if we turn into poor man's HPallies and our bubbles don't absorb for as much proportionately anymore - as I hear is the case atm - and we can't afford to use them on nontanks as much.
Enter to win a Blazing Hippogryph and other loot {WoW}
Jul 27th 2010 11:07AM Why, I would like one!
The evolution of raid design in Cataclysm {WoW}
Jun 17th 2010 4:35PM I really hope they don't allow 25s to have a significant gear edge over 10s. I don't mind letting 25s drop 6 items per boss while 10s drop 2 (thereby making it slightly more gear per player) and some more gold. But I hope it's not significant, and I hope legendaries are available in both sizes.
I say that because I think the whole point of the shared lockout is to make it so that you choose which style you want to play based solely on preference.
The only thing that such a scenario would reveal is that most favored 10s over 25s all along. Why encourage people to do something they'd rather do less, and discourage them from something they want to do more? Why not just let the dominant factor in deciding your raid size be which one you like more?
I really hope they stick to their word here and make 25 rewards ONLY under the pretense that they're addressing the logistical expense of forming a 25 (I know that expense is great, as I recruit for a 25man guild.), and not under the notion that 25-man raiding is superior.
Just let paying customers make the distinction of which is superior on their own, without any artificial incentives.
Wrath Retrospective: Raiding Naxxramas, Malygos and Sartharion {WoW}
Jun 9th 2010 4:43PM On the whole Naxx thing, looking back I think it would be dishonest of me to say I didn't enjoy myself in there - as tempting as it is to call out Blizz for reusing an old raid.
It was the first raid where I ever killed the final boss more than once, and it really did its job of setting me up to do this whole raiding thing competently. I'm not Paragon-ite, but I've got LK25 down now and there's no way I would've gotten that far in BC.
Now, having said that, I don't think it would look very good at all were they to take that approach again. I'm all about bringing back old runs for fun on the side, like they did with Ony, but I do hope they never repeat the Naxx experiment and they use new raids only as the featured, 'cutting-edge' raids.
(Ok, if they made Kara the cutting edge for a patch in the fourth expansion, "Wrath of the Cataclysmic Crusade", I would probably run it :P)
Icecrown Citadel raid buff to 20% {WoW}
May 25th 2010 2:21PM Yeah, it's tough to listen to qq about how the 'casual' buff has arrived. For all but 57 guilds, the 15% buff has failed to push players to defeat the toughest encounter in the game.
We've all had ample time to show what we can do with the 15% buff and the smaller ones before it. Honestly, I don't see how any more additional practice/gearing up is going to help too many people at this point other than the practice/gearing they've already done.
It's not like there won't be challenges left at 30%. There's been 57 heroic LK25 kills and just over 5400 LK25 regular kills at 15% or lower.
Once it goes to 30%, the guilds with heroic LK25 kills will probably only number around 1,000 or so. And I bet the majority of those 1000 won't get the kill until 30%. Maybe 12-15k guilds will have 25 regular, Phase 2 will still stifle many I assure you. So spare us all the 'casual' complaints until we can see your pre-30% LK25 heroic kill.
Not counting the glaring lack of content pre-Cataclysm (which has cost me 18 raiders due to burnout in the last 2 months), this is sound design. It makes the ICC accessible and leaves challenging content for advanced players.
The shape of raids to come: Guild leaders look ahead {WoW}
May 3rd 2010 6:41PM @ nickerz,
Oh, that's absolutely true. But I just don't see how the ability to trim dead weight won't do leaps and bounds for many guilds.
I think many will make the conclusion that they'll clear the new Cata raids much, much faster on 10man and thereby get easier access to hardmodes and that extra half-tier you refer to in the form of hardmode gear.
They can ramp up the difficulty of 10mans to be in tune with 25s, but they can't change the efficiency people will gain from trimming down to their 'core.' Unless they make 10s disproportionately more difficult, but I don't see them doing that.
The shape of raids to come: Guild leaders look ahead {WoW}
May 3rd 2010 5:33PM I'm intrigued about the effect this will have on guilds with 15-18 reliable and talented folks, who have a dedication and skill-level disparity with the remaining 7-10+ people that compose their raiding roster.
For many in that position, the path to the fastest progress and the best gear, will be to whittle down to 1 or 2 10-man 'A teams', and then just find whatever way you can to make the others feel as involved as possible.
Let's say the 10mans drop 2 pieces per boss, while the 25s drop 6 in a 6-boss instance. For some guilds, the 25man you put together might get stuck on boss three for weeks but a 10man 'A Team' can just destroy the place on Week 1. So that's 12 drops for the 25man group and 12 for the 10. 12/25 = .48, 12/10 = 1.2. This is not to mention the satisfaction of getting the content down at the level you're capable of and not having to wait for others to 'get it'.
Granted, that's an extreme scenario, but I can assure you that many such scenarios are playing out in such guilds where the gap between skill and attendance b/t the top 10-15 is so vastly different from the bottom 10-15.
I've seen this happen so many times. One guild on my realm is 6/12 on IC10 hardmodes and is only 9/12 on IC25 regular. This guild should be right at the top of the progress leaderboards, they're as talented and hardworking as they come, but the bottom part of their guild just kills them. I'm sure they'll make this calculation and involve the bottom part of their guild much less and go for this new path of least resistance. And why shouldn't they?
How fun is it for their top players to drag around others who have that kind of disparity in skill/dedication?
We have a situation not as extreme as the other guild, but I still see the disparity now matter how hard we tried to recruit to eliminate it. Right now, my guild does 25s primarily and 10s on the side.
I'm strongly considering pushing for making it the other way around and getting 4 of my most reliable people to be tanks, 6 of my most reliable people to heal. Maybe 2-4 dps'ers who can offset those roles and go with 2 10man 'a-teams'. Save 25mans for when we're farming.
And why not?
Icecrown Citadel raid buff to 15% {WoW}
Apr 27th 2010 3:26PM Grats dude! Enjoy the HMs, first 3 are a breeze (Don't let the fact that Lady DW's HM on 25m is insanely difficult fool you into forgetting her 10man HM is insanely easy). Blood Queen is not that bad, and is the easiest way to get a free t10 token.
Then Rot and Fester, and Princes are a little tougher, and it's all really damned hard after that.
But it is fun, enjoy!
Icecrown Citadel raid buff to 15% {WoW}
Apr 27th 2010 2:27PM 15% is too much. They're just giving the game away to nubs now. I remember when epics used to mean something, now every incompetent moron is running around Dal with full 264s. Once they make it 30%, I'm just quitting.
Nah, just kidding.
I think it's a great idea to make it 30% before Cata. I really like that they gave some legitimacy to the nerfing process that has proven itself inevitable with every tier of content I can remember. It gives the hardcore types a chance to prove their status as such for a few months. And the rest of us get a chance to kill the Lich King and have some fun in ICC for a change in the form of hardmodes that will be new to many.
Even with 30%, I would say the over/under for world guilds with LK25-heroic kills before Cata is 1000. Given LK-Heroic has been dubbed the toughest fight ever, I'd bet on the under.
Heroic speed runs {WoW}
Apr 23rd 2010 6:08PM Oh man,
I had a 7 minute Gundrak once. Honestly, it could have been faster if we brought a 4th dpser who was pulling more than 4.5k.
The trick is, bring a disc priest healer and get a fury warrior to tank. Make sure you're using bursty types like a rogue, ret, hunter, etc. You don't even have to chain pull-aoe, you can pull normally and the sheer dps from four dps'ers will catch up to the times you can pull with large aoe pulls with a conventional tank.
Yeah you can't do 10 mobs at once, but you're getting bosses down in 10-12 seconds instead. Works just as well.


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