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An anonymous reader writes "Tenure laws one of the most controversial aspects of education reform, and now the tide seems to be turning against them. A California judge has handed down a ruling that such laws are unconstitutional, depriving students of an education by sometimes securing positions held by bad teachers. The judge said, "Substantial evidence presented makes it clear to this court that the challenged statutes disproportionately affect poor and/or minority students. The evidence is compelling. Indeed, it shocks the conscience." The plaintiff's case was that "California's current laws make it impossible to get rid of the system's numerous low-performing and incompetent teachers; that seniority rules requiring the newest teachers to be laid off first were harmful; and that granting tenure to teachers after only two years on the job was farcical, offering far too little time for a fair assessment of their skills." This is a precedent-setting case, and there will likely be many similar cases around the country as tenure is challenged with this new ammunition."
Today Mozilla made Firefox 30 available, a relatively minor release after the massive redesign in version 29. According to the changelog, new features include VP9 video decoding, support for Opus in WebM, and horizontal volume control for HTML5 video and audio. Developers got support for multi-line flexboxes and hang reporting for background threads. There were also a number of security fixes. The Android version of Firefox received better support for native text selection, cutting, and copying, as well as predictive lookup for Awesomebar entries. The availability of Firefox 30 coincides with the launch of Firebug 2.0, which features an updated UI and a new debugging engine called JSD2. Significant new features include JavaScript syntax highlighting and de-minifying, improved code auto-complete, and the capability to hide or show individual Firebug panels.
bmahersciwriter writes: NASA administrators are strategizing a push to do more science on the International Space Station in the coming years. The pressure is on, given the rapidly cooling relations between the U.S. and Russia, whose deputy prime minister recently suggested that U.S. astronauts use a trampoline if they want to get into orbit. Aiding in the push for more research is the development of two-way cargo ships by SpaceX, which should allow for return of research materials (formerly a hurdle to doing useful experiments). NASA soon aims to send new earth-monitoring equipment to the station and expanded rodent facilities. And geneLAB will send a range of model organisms like fruit flies and nematodes into space for months at a time.
An anonymous reader writes: Today, Red Hat unveiled Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7, with new features designed to meet both modern datacenter and next-generation IT requirements for cloud, Linux Containers, and big data. The new version includes Linux containers (LXC), which let Linux users easily create and manage system or application containers, improved MS Active Directory / Identity Management (IdM) integration, XFS as the default file system, scaling to 500 TB (additional file system choices such as btrfs, ext{3,4} and others are available), a new and improved installation experience, managing Linux servers with OpenLMI, enhancements to both NFS and GFS2, optimized network management, bandwidth, the use of KVM Virtualization technology and more. See the complete list of features here (PDF). CentOS 7 shouldn't be lagging too far behind due to recent cooperation between Red Hat and CentOS project.
Reader Bruce66423 (1678196) points out skeptical-sounding coverage at the Washington Post of the NSA's claim that it can't hold onto information it collects about users' online activity long enough for it to be useful as evidence in lawsuits about the very practice of that collection. From the article: 'The agency is facing a slew of lawsuits over its surveillance programs, many launched after former NSA contractor Edward Snowden leaked information on the agency's efforts last year. One suit that pre-dates the Snowden leaks, Jewel v. NSA, challenges the constitutionality of programs that the suit allege collect information about Americans' telephone and Internet activities. In a hearing Friday, U.S. District for the Northern District of California Judge Jeffrey S. White reversed an emergency order he had issued earlier the same week barring the government from destroying data that the Electronic Frontier Foundation had asked be preserved for that case. The data is collected under Section 702 of the Amendments Act to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. But the NSA argued that holding onto the data would be too burdensome. "A requirement to preserve all data acquired under section 702 presents significant operational problems, only one of which is that the NSA may have to shut down all systems and databases that contain Section 702 information," wrote NSA Deputy Director Richard Ledgett in a court filing submitted to the court. The complexity of the NSA systems meant preservation efforts might not work, he argued, but would have "an immediate, specific, and harmful impact on the national security of the United States.' Adds Bruce66423: "This of course implies that they have no backup system — or at least that the backup are not held for long."
hypnosec (2231454) writes 'Starting today businesses and individuals in the UK will be able to register a new national web address (".uk") and drop their existing ".co.uk" or ".com" suffix in favour of a shorter and snappier domain name. The entire process along with the transition is being overseen by private yet not-for-profit organisation Nominet, which has already started notifying existing customers with a ".co.uk" domain of their chance to adopt a ".uk" domain. Nominet will reserve all ".uk" domain names, which already have a ".co.uk" counterparts, for the next five years offering registrants the chance to adopt the new domain and to keep cyber squatters at bay.'
An anonymous reader writes "South African makerstore OpenHardware.co.za has designed and built a new RepRap-derivative 3D printer which it plans to sell for less than R5000 ($470). The first completed units are being put together now, with an eye to shipping late June. Store owner Peter van der Walt says that he designed Babybot — which has a print area equivalent to a RepRap Prusa Mendel-style machine — in order to reduce build and support costs. He's been selling various RepRap designs in kit form for two years, but as they become more popular is struggling to keep up with demand and handle returns. By sourcing more materials locally — he also designs his own controller boards — he's looking to beat the likes of RS Components and large shopping chains which have begun shipping the likes of Cubify in the country."
An anonymous reader writes, quoting Business Insider: "Eight different law enforcement agencies in Indiana have purchased massive Mine-Resistant Ambush Protected vehicles (MRAP) that were formerly used in Iraq and Afghanistan, Mark Alesia reports for the Indy Star. Pulaski County, home to 13,124 people, is one of the counties that have purchased an 55,000 pound, six-wheeled patrol vehicles, from military surplus. When asked to justify the purchase of a former military vehicle, Pulaski County Sheriff Michael Gayer told the Indy Star: "The United States of America has become a war zone."'
An anonymous reader writes "South African education authorities are about to embark on an ambitious plan to take their schools textbook free, using the familiar refrain of one-tablet-per-child to do so. The education minister in Gauteng (the province which covers Johannesburg and Pretoria) has announced a plan to model new schools in the area on Sunward Park, a government school which went all-digital at the start of 2012. Other schools in the state will then follow, along with a plan to extend the project nationally."
An anonymous reader writes "Two 14-year-olds hacked a Bank of Montreal ATM after finding an operators manual online that showed how to gain administrative control. Matthew Hewlett and Caleb Turon alerted bank employees after testing the instructions on an ATM at a nearby supermarket. At first the employees thought the boys had the PIN numbers of customers. 'I said: "No, no, no. We hacked your ATM. We got into the operator mode,"' Hewlett was quoted as saying. Then, the bank employees asked for proof. 'So we both went back to the ATM and I got into the operator mode again,' Hewlett said. 'Then I started printing off documentations like how much money is currently in the machine, how many withdrawals have happened that day, how much it's made off surcharges. Then I found a way to change the surcharge amount, so I changed the surcharge amount to one cent.'"
mpicpp (3454017) writes in with news about Amazon's new payments service. "The company launched a service Monday known as Amazon Payments that allows consumers to use their Amazon accounts to send and receive money and shop online at 'thousands of sites other than Amazon.' It's accessible on both desktops and mobile devices. For businesses, Amazon is selling the service as a way to take advantage of its security and user data while saving time for new customers. There's no recurring fee for retailers to use the platform, though Amazon plans to take a standard cut of 2.9% from those businesses, plus $0.30 for each transaction of $10 or more. With more than 244 million active customer accounts, Amazon already has a massive base of potential users for the service. The effort represents a new front in its assault on eBay, which owns online payments service PayPal."
First time accepted submitter Graculus (3653645) writes "NASA has named Gavin A. Schmidt to head the agency's Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) in New York, a leading Earth climate research laboratory. Currently deputy director of the institute, Schmidt steps into the position left vacant after the retirement of long-time director James E. Hansen and becomes only the third person to hold the post."
A while ago you had the chance to ask amateur scientist, and author of the Getting Started in Electronics and the Engineer's Mini-Notebook series, Forrest Mims, a number of questions about science, engineering, and a lifetime of educating and experimenting. Below you'll find his detailed answers to those questions.
sciencehabit (1205606) writes "Greenland's white snow is getting darker. Scientists have generally attributed that darkening to larger, slightly less white snow grains caused by warmer temperatures. But researchers have found a new source of darkening taking hold: impurities in the snow. The new darkening effect could easily add 2 centimeters to the projections of 20 cm sea level rise by 2100—and perhaps more if impurity levels grow with time."
An anonymous reader writes "Wireless security researcher Michael Ossmann asked himself: 'Could I make the gadgets that the agency uses to monitor and locate mobile phones, tap USB and Ethernet connections, maintain persistent malware on PCs, communicate with malware across air gaps, and more, by just using open source software and hardware?' In this podcast he shares his insights on what to use — and how — to duplicate hardware devices found in the ANT catalog."
An anonymous reader writes "Ex-KGB Major Boris Karpichko says that spies from Russia's SVR intelligence service, posing as diplomats in Hong Kong, convinced Snowden to fly to Moscow last June. 'It was a trick and he fell for it,' Karpichko, who reached the rank of Major as a member of the KGB's prestigious Second Directorate while specializing in counter-intelligence, told Nelson. 'Now the Russians are extracting all the intelligence he possesses.'"
heretic108 (454817) writes "Internet mega-entrepreneur, uber-gamer and now NZ political corruption-buster Kim DotCom has posted a bounty of $5 million to anyone who can dig up any dirt which saves him from extradition to the U.S.. This bounty would be payable not only to government employees, but also to anyone who can retrieve documents clearly proving corruption in the whole prosecution process. 'We are asking for information that proves unlawful or corrupt conduct by the US government, the New Zealand government, spy agencies, law enforcement and Hollywood', Dotcom told website Torrentfreak.com."
An anonymous reader writes in with the story of how MIT's fusion energy experiment is alive and well even though its federal funding was axed. "'In the end, it is about picking a winner and a parochial effort to direct money to MIT,' said Steve Ellis, vice president of Taxpayers for Common Sense, a Washington-based watchdog group. 'It's certainly a case of lawmakers bucking the president and putting their thumb on the scale for a particular project.' MIT enlisted the support of a wealthy Democratic donor from Concord and the help of an influential Washington think-tank co-founded by John Kerry. These efforts were backed by lobbyists, including a former congressman from Massachusetts, with connections to the right lawmakers on the right committees. The cast also included an alliance of universities, industry and national labs, all invested in the fusion dream. 'It's ground-breaking research that could lead an energy revolution,' [Senator Elizabeth] Warren said. 'This was not about politics. This was about good science.' The revival of MIT's project, whatever its merits, clearly demonstrated what the combination of old-fashioned Washington horse-trading and new-fangled power — both nuclear and political — can do."
An anonymous reader writes "The Mexican Institute of Industrial Property (IMPI) on Thursday announced it has absolved Apple of wrongdoing in a trademark lawsuit surrounding the iPhone's infringement of a local telecommunications company marketing the phonetically identical 'iFone' brand. The logic behind the ruling was based on the difference in the two companies' markets. While iFone sells telecommunications services, Apple sells smartphones (but not actual telecommunications service). Because cellular carriers offer telecommunications services, the IMPI ruled that carriers have to remove the word 'iPhone' from all marketing materials within the next 15 days."
An anonymous reader writes "Miami scientists are scrambling to rescue a crop of coral at the bottom of one of the world's busiest shipping channels that they say could hold clues about climate change. 'The coral, which may hold clues about how sea life adapts to climate change, is growing in Government Cut. The channel, created more than a century ago, leads to PortMiami and is undergoing a $205 million dredging project — scheduled to begin Saturday — to deepen the sea floor by about 10 feet in time for a wave of new monster cargo ships cruising through an expanded Panama Canal starting in 2015. Endangered coral and larger coral have already been removed by a team hired by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, which is overseeing the dredging work. But the remaining coral, deemed "corals of opportunity" in Corps lingo, can be retrieved with a permit. The problem, scientists say, is they only had 12 days between when the permits were issued last month and the start of dredging, not nearly enough time to save the unusual colonies thriving in Government Cut.'"
An anonymous reader writes "NASA successfully beamed a high-definition video 260 miles from the International Space Station to Earth Thursday using a new laser communications instrument. Transmission of 'Hello, World!' as a video message was the first 175-megabit communication for the Optical Payload for Lasercomm Science (OPALS), a technology demonstration that allows NASA to test methods for communication with future spacecraft using higher bandwidth than radio waves." Last September, NASA's LADEE (Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer) showed that they could supply a lunar colony with broadband via lasers.
An anonymous reader writes "The foreign minister of the Marshall Islands says that, 'even the dead are affected' by climate change. From the article: 'Speaking at UN climate talks in Bonn, the Island's foreign minister said that high tides had exposed one grave with 26 dead. The minister said the bones were most likely those of Japanese troops. Driven by global warming, waters in this part of the Pacific have risen faster than the global average. With a high point just two metres above the waters, the Marshall Islands are one of the most vulnerable locations to changes in sea level.'"
mdsolar writes: 'Paul Krugman, who won a Nobel Prize for understanding world trade, has proposed carbon tariffs as a way to get China to cut greenhouse gas emissions. He wrote, "China is enormously dependent on access to advanced-country markets — a lot of the coal it burns can be attributed, directly or indirectly, to its export business — and it knows that it would put this access at risk if it refused to play any role in protecting the planet. More specifically, if and when wealthy countries take serious action to limit greenhouse gas emissions, they're very likely to start imposing "carbon tariffs" on goods imported from countries that aren't taking similar action. Such tariffs should be legal under existing trade rules — the World Trade Organization would probably declare that carbon limits are effectively a tax on consumers, which can be levied on imports as well as domestic production. Furthermore, trade rules give special consideration to environmental protection. So China would find itself with strong incentives to start limiting emissions." As I read it, Article XX of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade does indeed allow us to unilaterally impose tariffs on China.'
An anonymous reader writes "Mesa 10.2 was introduced this week as the new shining example of what open source graphics (and open source projects in general) are capable of achieving. The latest release of this often underrepresented open source graphics driver project has many new OpenGL and driver features including a number of new OpenGL 4 extensions. The reverse-engineered Freedreno driver now poses serious competition to Qualcomm's Adreno driver, an OpenMAX implementation was added for Radeon video encoding support, Intel Broadwell support now works better, the software rasterizer supports OpenGL 3.3, and many other changes are present."
New submitter amosh writes: 'Bill Watterson was the author of the immensely popular "Calvin and Hobbes" comic strip in the 80s and 90s, until he retired and removed himself entirely from the public eye. Since his retirement in 1995, he has become a recluse, and has not drawn a published daily comic strip — until now. This week, Watterson came out of exile to draw the 2nd panel of three of Stephan Pastis' "Pearls Before Swine" strips. Watterson has lost none of his style or talent, and a fourth strip — drawn by Pastis alone and published today, June 7 — is a lovely homage to Watterson's ending of Calvin and Hobbes. The Washington Post has the story of how it all happened.'
KentuckyFC writes: 'In 1978, the American researcher Michael Hart published The 100: A Ranking of the Most Influential Persons in History, a book that became an international best seller. Since then, various others have published similar lists. But all suffer the same drawback: they are subjective list ultimately influenced by numerous cultural factors. Now data scientists have come up with a way to extract an objective list of the 100 most influential people in history using the network of links between biographical articles on Wikipedia and how they vary between 24 different language editions, including English, Chinese, Russian Arabic and so on. The researchers assume that people who are highly ranked in different language editions are influential across both language cultures and that the more appearances they make in different language editions, the more influential they are. But the actual ranking is done by PageRank-like algorithms that consider a biographical article important if it is pointed to by other important articles.
The resulting lists of the most influential men and women might surprise. The top PageRanked individual is Carl Linnaeus, the 18th century Swedish botanist who developed the modern naming scheme for plants and animals, followed by Jesus. The top PageRanked women are: Elizabeth II followed by Mary (mother of Jesus). For comparison, just under half of the top 100 most influential also appear in Hart's 1978 book. But this is just the beginning. By counting the individuals from one culture that influence other cultures, the team is able to work out which cultures have dominated others. And by looking only at people born before certain dates, they can see how the influence of different cultures has waxed and waned throughout 35 centuries of recorded history.'
An anonymous reader writes "The original games developed by John Carmack, John Romero, and Adrian Carmack at Softdisk, where the legendary programmers originally met and went on to start id Software, have been open-sourced under the GPLv2. The games are now owned by Flat Rock Software and the open-source titles available are Catacomb, The Catacomb, Catacomb 3D, Catacomb Abyss, and Hovertank3D. The oldest of these games are written in Borland Turbo Pascal while the others are in Borland C++. The source-code can be downloaded from GitHub."
jfruh (300774) writes "Blue River Technology built a robot named LettuceBot that uses computer vision to kill unwanted lettuce plants in a field. Rather than build their creation from scratch, they built off of the Robot Operating System, an open source OS that, in the words of one engineer, 'allowed only a few engineers to write an entire system and receive our first check for service in only a few months.' With ROS robots starting to appear everywhere, including the International Space Station, it looks like open source may be making huge strides in this area."
KentuckyFC (1144503) writes 'Back in 2012, astronomers constructed an array of 256 radio antennas in the high deserts of New Mexico designed to listen for radio waves produced by gamma ray bursts, one of the most energetic phenomena in universe and thought to be associated with the collapse of a rapidly rotating stars to form neutron stars and black holes. The array generates all sky images of signals produced in the 25 MHz to 75 MHz region of the spectrum. But when researchers switched it on, they began to observe puzzling streaks across the sky that couldn't possibly be generated by gamma ray bursts. One source left a trail covering more than 90 degrees of the sky in less than 10 seconds. This trail then slowly receded to an endpoint which glowed for around 90 seconds. Now the first study of these transient radio signals has discovered that they are almost certainly produced by fireballs as they burn up after entering the Earth's atmosphere. The conclusion comes after the researchers were able to match several of the radio images with visible light images of fireballs gathered by NASA's All Sky Fireball Network. That solves the mystery but not without introducing another to keep astrophysicists busy in future. The question they're scratching their heads over now is how the plasma trails left by meteors can emit radio waves at this frequency.'
theodp writes 'Politico reports that parents have mobilized into an unexpected political force to fight the data mining of their children, catapulting student privacy to prominence in statehouses. Having already torpedoed the $100 million, Bill Gates-funded inBloom database project, which could have made it easier for schools to share confidential student records with private companies, the amateur activists are now rallying against another perceived threat: huge state databases being built to track children for more than two decades, from as early as infancy through the start of their careers. "The Education Department," writes Stephanie Simon, "lists hundreds of questions that it urges states to answer about each child in the public school system: Did she make friends easily as a toddler? Was he disciplined for fighting as a teen? Did he take geometry? Does she suffer from mental illness? Did he go to college? Did he graduate? How much does he earn?" Leonie Haimson, a NY mother who is organizing a national Parent Coalition for Student Privacy says, "Every parent I've talked to has been horrified. We just don't want our kids tracked from cradle to grave." For their part, ed tech entrepreneurs and school reformers are both bewildered by and anxious about the backlash — and struggling to craft a response, having assumed parents would support their vision: to mine vast quantities of data for insights into what's working, and what's not, for individual students and for the education system as a whole. "People took for granted that parents would understand [the benefits], that it was self-evident," said Michael Horn, a co-founder an education think tank."
An anonymous reader writes "A new report from the Modern Language Association focuses on the decline of Ph.D. programs in the humanities over the past several years. "These programs have gotten both more difficult and less rewarding: today, it can take almost a decade to get a doctorate, and, at the end of your program, you're unlikely to find a tenure-track job." According to the report, 40% of new Ph.D.s won't be able to find tenure-track jobs, and many of the rest won't manage to receive tenure at all. "Different people will tell you different stories about where all the jobs went. Some critics think that the humanities have gotten too weird—that undergrads, turned off by an overly theoretical approach, don't want to participate anymore, and that teaching opportunities have disappeared as a result. ... Others point to the corporatization of universities, which are increasingly inclined to hire part-time, 'adjunct' professors, rather than full-time, tenure-track ones, to teach undergrads. Adjuncts are cheaper; perhaps more importantly, they are easier to hire." The MLA doesn't want to reduce enrollments, but they think the grad school programs should be quicker to complete and dissertations should be shorter and less complex."
An anonymous reader sends a report from Vice which alleges that a trade group for internet service providers is building support for its crusade against net neutrality by funding opinion pieces and letters that masquerade as legitimate public sentiment. 'A disclosure obtained by VICE from the National Cable and Telecom Association (NCTA), a trade group for ISPs, shows that the bulk of Broadband for America's recent $3.5 million budget is funded through a $2 million donation from NCTA. Last month, Broadband for America wrote a letter to the FCC bluntly demanding that the agency "categorically reject" any effort toward designating broadband as a public utility. It wasn't signed by any internet consumer advocates, as the Sununu-Ford letter suggests. The signatures on the letter reads like a who's who of ISP industry presidents and CEOs, including AT&T's Randall Stephenson, Cox Communications' Patrick Esser, NCTA president (and former FCC commissioner) Michael Powell, Verizon's Lowell McAdam, and Comcast's Brian Roberts. Notably, Broadband for America's most recent tax filing shows that it retained the DCI Group, an infamous lobbying firm that specializes in creating fake citizen groups on behalf of corporate campaigns.'
theodp (442580) writes '"It is hard to imagine any more heinous way of earning money than by benefiting from racism," writes Rick Cohen, who argues that Donald Sterling and the NBA owners are being unjustly enriched by Sterling's racism, which led to the $2 billion sale of the L.A. Clippers to ex-Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer, a record-high sum for an NBA team. "Indeed, the only losers in the Sterling affair are the players," adds the NY Times. "What held promise as a possible D-Day in the N.B.A., a day when N.B.A. owners stood up to be counted and voted Donald Sterling out of the league, instead turned into a great day for the status quo." Forbes contributor Robert Wood speculates that if he plays his cards right, Sterling's windfall could be tax-free.'
StartsWithABang (3485481) writes 'Earlier this week, attempts to cut NASA's budget were defeated, and it looks like the largest space agency in the world will actually be getting nearly a 2% budget increase overall. While common news outlets are touting this as a great budget victory, the reality is that this is shaping up to be just another year of pathetic funding levels, putting our greatest dreams of exploring and understanding the Universe on hold. A sobering read for anyone who hasn't realized what we could be doing.'
Freshly Exhumed (105597) writes 'Canada is poised to buy 65 Lockheed Martin Corp F-35 Joint Strike Fighter jets, sources familiar with the process told Reuters. A detailed, 18-month review of Canada's fighter jet needs has concluded that the government should skip a new competition and proceed with the C$9 billion ($8.22 billion) purchase, three sources said. When the F-35 purchase was first proposed, Canadians were alarmed by the colossal price tag, and also that no fly-off competition had been conducted or was planned. This latest news is sure to rekindle criticism that the RCAF's requirements seem to have been written after the fact to match the F-35's capabilities (or lack thereof)."
Daniel_Stuckey (2647775) writes 'A year after leaked files exposed the National Security Agency's efforts to spy on citizens and companies in Brazil, previously unpublished chat logs obtained by Motherboard reveal that while under the FBI's supervision, Hector Xavier Monsegur, widely known by his online persona, "Sabu," facilitated attacks that affected Brazilian websites.The operation raises questions about how the FBI uses global Internet vulnerabilities during cybercrime investigations, how it works with informants, and how it shares information with other police and intelligence agencies.
After his arrest in mid-2011, Monsegur continued to organize cyber attacks while working for the FBI. According to documents and interviews, Monsegur passed targets and exploits to hackers to disrupt government and corporate servers in Brazil and several other countries. Details about his work as a federal informant have been kept mostly secret, aired only in closed-door hearings and in redacted documents that include chat logs between Monsegur and other hackers. The chat logs remain under seal due to a protective order upheld in court, but in April, they and other court documents were obtained by journalists at Motherboard and the Daily Dot.'
chicksdaddy (814965) writes 'As the U.S. Senate considers draft legislation governing the commercial use of location data, The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is asking Congress to make it — not the Department of Justice — the chief rule maker and enforcer of policies for the collection and sharing of geolocation information, the Security Ledger reports.
Jessica Rich, Director of the FTC Bureau of Consumer Protection, told the Senate Judiciary Committee's Subcommittee for Privacy, Technology that the Commission would like to see changes to the wording of the Location Privacy Protection Act of 2014 (LPPA) . The LPPA is draft legislation introduced by Sen. Al Franken that carves out new consumer protections for location data sent and received by mobile phones, tablets and other portable computing devices. Rich said that the FTC, as the U.S. Government's leading privacy enforcement agency, should be given rule making and enforcement authority for the civil provisions of the LPPA. The current draft of the law instead gives that authority to the Department of Justice.
The LPPA updates the Electronic Communications Privacy Act to take into account the widespread and availability and commercial use of geolocation information provided. LPPA requires that companies get individuals' permission before collecting location data off of smartphones, tablets, or in-car navigation devices, and before sharing it with others.
It would prevent what Franken refers to as "GPS stalking," preventing companies from collecting location data in secret. LPPA also requires companies to reveal the kinds of data they collect and how they share and use it, bans the development, operation, and sale of GPS stalking apps and requires the federal government to collect data on GPS stalking and facilitate reporting of GPS stalking by the public.'
hype7 (239530) writes 'The Harvard Business Review is running a fascinating article on how finance is increasingly abstracting itself — and the gains it makes — away from the creation of value in the real world, and how High Frequency Trading is the most extreme version of this phenomenon yet. From the article: "High frequency trading is a different phenomenon from the increasing focus on short term returns by human investors. But they're borne from a similar mindset: one in which financial returns are the priority, independent of whether they're associated with something innovative or useful in the real world. What Lewis's book demonstrated to me isn't just how "bad" HFTs are per se, but rather, what happens when finance keeps walking down the path it seems to be set on — a path that involves abstracting itself from the creation of real-world value. The final destination? It will enter a world entirely of its own — a world in which it is fighting to capture value that is completely independent of whether any is created in the first place."'
reifman (786887) writes 'Last week, AT&T shut down my data service after I turned roaming on in Canada for one minute to check Google maps. I wasn't able to connect successfully but they reported my phone burned through 50 MB and that I owed more than $750. Google maps generally require 1.3 MB per cell. They adamantly refused to reactivate my U.S. data service unless I 'agreed' to purchase an international data roaming package to cover the usage. They eventually reversed the charges but it seems that the company's billing system had bundled my U.S. data usage prior to the border crossing with the one minute of international data roaming.'
Today, as the EFF notes, marks one year from Edward Snowden's first document leaks, and the group is using that as a good spur to install free software intended to make it harder for anyone (the NSA is certainly not the first, and arguably far from the worst) to spy on your electronic communications. Nowadays, that means nearly everything besides face-to-face communication, or paper shipped through the world's postal systems. Reader gnujoshua (540710) highlights one of the options: 'The FSF has published a (rather beautiful) infographic and guide to encrypting your email using GnuPG. In their blog post announcing the guide they write: "One year ago today, an NSA contractor named Edward Snowden went public with his history-changing revelations about the NSA's massive system of indiscriminate surveillance. Today the FSF is releasing Email Self-Defense, a guide to personal email encryption to help everyone, including beginners, make the NSA's job a little harder.'" Serendipitous timing: a year and a day ago, we mentioned a UN report that made explicit the seemingly obvious truth that undue government surveillance, besides being an affront in itself, chills free speech. (Edward Snowden agrees.)
First time accepted submitter Randy Davis (3683081) writes 'A report from Forbes says that Sprint buying T-mobile for $32 billion is almost done. This will clearly rock the top two telecommunication companies in the U.S., Verizon and AT&T. The news report also said that T-mobile will give up 67% share in exchange of 15% share of the merged company. Officials of both Sprint and T-Mobile are confident that FCC will approve this deal since AT&T's $48.5 billion acquisition of DirecTV got approved.' One reason for that confidence: "The predominant feeling is that combined T-Mobile and Sprint will be able to offer greater competition to Verizon and AT&T , ranked first and second respectively in the U.S. market. It will also give Sprint greater might in the upcoming 600 megahertz spectrum auction, especially since part of it excludes both Verizon and AT&T from bidding."
InforWorld puts the potential price even higher, and points out that the deal could still fall apart.
Maddog Batty (112434) writes 'The fine people at the NASA Space Flight Forum are making good progress on restoring the corrupted landing video reported earlier. It worth looking at the original video to see how bad it was and then at the latest restored video. It is now possible to see the legs being deployed, the sea coming closer and a big flame ball as the rocket plume hits the water. An impressive improvement so far and it is still being actively worked on so further refinements are likely.' Like Maddog Batty, I'd suggest watching the restored version first (note: the video is lower on the page), to see just what a big improvement's been made so far.
Jabrwock (985861) writes 'One of the biggest limitations on lithium battery-powered electric cars has been their range. Last year Israeli-based Phinergy introduced an "aluminum-air" battery. Today, partnering with Alcoa Canada, they announced a demo of the battery, which is charged up at Alcoa's aluminum smelter in Quebec. The plant uses hydro-electric power to charge up the battery, which would then need a tap-water refill every few months, and a swap (ideally at a local dealership) every 3,000km, since it cannot be recharged as simply as Lithium. The battery is meant to boost the range of standard electric cars, which would still use the Lithium batteries for short-range trips. The battery would add about 100 kg to an existing Tesla car's battery weight.'
Bismillah (993337) writes 'The British government wants life in prison for hackers who cause disruption to computer networks, resulting in loss of life or threat to the country's national security. From the article: "The UK government will seek to amend the 1990 Computer Misuse Act "to ensure sentences for attacks on computer systems fully reflect the damage they cause. Currently, the law provides for a maximum sentence of ten years' imprisonment for those who commit the offence of impairing a computer. A new, aggravated offence of unauthorised access to a computer will be introduced into the Computer Misuse Act by the government, carrying far longer sentences."'
hazeii (5702) writes in with news about a secret trial set to take place in England. 'A major terrorism trial is set to be held entirely in secret for the first time in British legal history in an unprecedented departure from the principles of open justice, the court of appeal has heard. The identities of the two defendants charged with serious terror offences are being withheld from the public, and the media are banned from being present in court to report the forthcoming trial against the two men, known only as AB and CD.'
sciencehabit (1205606) writes 'Plastic may be with us a lot longer than we thought. In addition to clogging up landfills and becoming trapped in Arctic ice, some of it is turning into stone. Scientists say a new type of rock cobbled together from plastic, volcanic rock, beach sand, seashells, and corals has begun forming on the shores of Hawaii. The new material--which the researchers are calling a "plastiglomerate"--may be becoming so pervasive that it actually becomes part of the geologic record.'
MarkWhittington (1084047) writes 'The National Research Council issued its report on the future of space exploration. The report stated that the "horizon goal" for any program of space exploration in the near term (i.e. the next two decades) is a Mars surface expedition. It also stated that the current NASA program, which includes a mission that would snag an asteroid, put it in lunar orbit, and visit it with astronauts is inadequate to meet that goal.
The report gave two reasons for its critique of the current NASA program. First the asteroid redirect mission would not create and test technologies necessary to conduct a crewed Mars mission. Second, NASA projects essentially flat budgets for the foreseeable future. Any space exploration program worthy of the name will cost considerably more money, with five percent increases in NASA funding for a number of years.'
An anonymous reader writes "How good are open source graphics drivers in 2014 given all the Linux gaming and desktop attention? Phoronix has tested 65 different GPUs using the latest open source drivers covering Intel HD Graphics, NVIDIA GeForce, AMD Radeon, and AMD FirePro hardware. Of the 65 GPUs tested, only 50 of them had good enough open source driver support for running OpenGL games and benchmarks. Across the NVIDIA and AMD hardware were several pages of caveats with different driver issues encountered on Linux 3.15 and Mesa 10.3 loaded on Ubuntu 14.04. Intel graphics on Linux were reliable but slow while AMD's open-source Linux support was recommended over the NVIDIA support that doesn't currently allow for suitable graphics card re-clocking. Similar tests are now being done with the proprietary Linux drivers."
coondoggie writes: "The FBI today said it was making national a pilot program it tried out in 12 locations earlier this year that offers up to $10,000 for information leading to the arrest of anyone who intentionally aims a laser at an aircraft. According to the FBI, the pilot locations have seen a 19% decrease in the number of reported laser-to-aircraft incidents. Those locations included: Albuquerque, Chicago, Cleveland, Houston, Los Angeles, New York City, and Philadelphia."
jfruh (300774) writes "Ben Wellington is a New Yorker and city planner with an interest in NYC Open Data, the city's online open government initiative. One thing he noticed in this vast dataset was that just two fire hydrants in the city generated tens of thousands of dollars a year in tickets. The sleuthing by which he figured out why is a great example of how open government data can help citizens in concrete ways."


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Saturdays at 2pm Rhythm and world percussion will be our focus in this 45-minute high-energy workshop for kids of all ages and their caregivers. Participate in basic rhythm exercises, listen to music from around the world, then put it all together with a fast and furious drum circle – all the while learning how to work together and play as an ensemble Tickets: $10 per class per child (complimentary for current members) 2:00 PM
Kindermusik is a world famous curriculum of music and movement classes for young children, from birth to 6 years, using research showing that music is the best activity for nurturing every area of a child's development. Every Kindermusik class immerses your child in a rich, developmentally appropriate environment. The multi-sensory approach allows children to see, feel, hear and then express concepts in their own creative way. Join us as we dance, sing, listen, play and expand our imaginations! Connect with other families, and discover how music can help make parenting easier. Please contact Studio3Music at 425.385.3636 or visit studio3music.com for more information and to register for a class. 9:30 AM

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idwest Christian College was founded in September 1946 and had an enrollment of 33 students that first year. The campus first consisted of three large converted apartment buildings at 1500 NW. 26th in Oklahoma City. As the enrollment increased more room was needed and eventually the campus was relocated to what was once the Hales Estate near N.E. 63rd and Kelly. The 35 acre campus allowed the college to continue growing, spreading out with classrooms, dormitories, and even a gymnasium. With just the support of Christian Churches and donations the college continued to grow and increase its enrollment.
idwest peaked in attendance during the late 1970's to early 1980's, and became fully accredited in the state of Oklahoma. Unfortunately however in 1985 after 39 years, with expenses increasing and enrollment too low to continue, Midwest Christian College merged with Ozark Bible College becoming
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Houston-based producer Ape Drums' career is in the midst of a perfect storm, and if you listen to the tracks he's currently dropping, it's as though that storm is nothing but a continuous hailstorm of heat rocks. When the man who was recently interviewed by Do Androids Dance (and is also supporting UK bass dons Chase and Status on tour) partners with Mad Decent-affiliated Swedish producer of Afghan descent Phat Deuce, it's certain that these reggae and dancehall aficionados will create a track that could be the soundtrack to a wild, funky, slow wind and twerk-filled party.
Ten years after its 2004 release, Beenie Man and Ms. Thing's "Fiesta riddim" workout "Dude" gets a modern moombahton update, and release on the indie/underground label of the moment, Main Course. If anything, with the most EDM party and festival sets now being a game of shifting tempos between 70 – 100 – 120 – 140, moombahton isn't so much a genre that gets long-term airplay on the mainstream festival circuit anymore as much as it is a useful tempo shifting tool. Thus, the label's description of this track with the phrase "this track is a weapon" makes sense. An ideal re-working at a perfect time, it's certainly a must download for the working DJ.


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Black Dice LED Guru Watches Light Up Your Wrist
The Neon LED Guru watch reminds me of some of the better Spoon watches (S.A.M. and S.A.M. 2) that Seiko released years ago, before there were many different kinds of cool Japanese watches available. But unlike Tokyoflash's watches, you don't need to decipher them to tell the time.
The latest version of Black Dice's Guru has got white LEDs that scroll the time across a dot-matrix display. You can also program a message, which is a bit retro. In addition to looking cool, they're water resistant to 50 meters.
The Guru watch is available for £79.99 ($148 USD) from IWantOneOfThose. Black Dice also makes a cool white-on-white and blue-LED-on-white versions, which you can grab at the LED Watch Shop for $139 each.
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Want real reality TV? The hell with ''Married by America'': Watch ''Domestic Violence,'' documentarian Frederick Wiseman's harrowing yet thrilling latest project about being married in America. I say ''thrilling'' because, even as ''Violence'' shows us the actions, words, and inactions of people who have been dreadfully abused by their spouses or live-in companions, the human qualities on display -- courage, terror, rage, and soul-deadening despair -- are profound, nuanced emotions that will move and upset you. But the subtle skill of Wiseman's filmmaking is also hypnotic; you cannot stop watching.
Violence takes place primarily at the Spring, a shelter in Tampa that provides temporary residence and long-term counseling for the abused -- mainly women and their children. Wiseman's method, which he established long ago, is to take a tiny crew into one institution at a time -- earlier titles such as ''High School'' (1968), ''Hospital'' (1970), and ''Public Housing'' (1997) tell you some of his previous subjects. He films for a prolonged period -- two months in the case of ''Violence.'' Invariably, he provides no narration, no background music, no quick, hyped cutting: Wiseman allows his scenes and their inhabitants' lives to play out over long stretches. The result is that we never feel manipulated by a director imposing his point of view. (As the critic David Denby wrote in a 1990 piece on Wiseman, ''He doesn't romanticize or politicize the oppressed.'') Instead, we become absorbed by watching lives being lived without the mediation of media; it's as though ''Bachelorette'' Trista met Ryan all on her own, went on a few dates, got engaged...and did not live happily ever after.
For many women at the Spring, life has been one long, demeaning slog, often through literally strangling relationships (it's amazing how many women here talk of being choked as a routine method of male domination). The counselors at the Spring -- again, mainly female -- are heroically upbeat and encouraging as they comfort women and their children. (One little girl, witness to many arguments and beatings, looks away from everyone, smiles sweetly, and says, ''When my dad dies, I'm not gonna cry.'')
We listen to another woman describe how ''this monster has just come back'' -- that is, a former boyfriend who had begun harassing phone calls two years after the couple broke up now makes threats that need to be heeded. When a counselor advises her client to move, the woman -- strong-looking, with a proud, deadpan demeanor -- finally cracks: ''My whole life has changed because of this man; it's not fair,'' she cries. ''It's not fair.'' The Spring's group leaders offer insights that might seem obvious to some viewers -- about, for example, the isolation their partners impose, and how the numbing effects of alcohol and drugs result in a form of brainwashing -- but it comes as a revelation to the shelter's clients. To say, as one woman does, ''He had one redeeming trait -- he didn't hit the kids'' is a measure of how deeply damaged all of these souls, abused and abuser, have become.


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179,000 in Ethiopia (2007 census). Population total all countries: 219,000. 88,200 monolinguals. L2 users: 4,380 in Ethiopia.
Binshangul Gumuz, Amara, and Oromiya states, Metemma area on Sudan border south through Gondar and Gojjam; along Blue Nile and south into Wellaga and Didessa valley up to Leqemt-Gimbi road; southwest of Addis Ababa, Welqite area villages (possibly 1,000).
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Agalo, Dibate, Guba, Mandura, Metemma, Sirba, Wenbera, Yaso. Noticeable dialect differences, and not all dialects are inherently intelligible. Mandura, Dibate, and Metemma form a distinct dialect subgroup.
SVO; verb affixes show person, number of subject, first plural inclusive and exclusive; tonal, 3 tones.
Limited comprehension of Eastern Oromo [hae].
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GPS Launches Ambitious Multi-Media Campaign, New Programs
January 9, 2013
Averett's Graduate and Professional Studies (GPS) Program has launched an exciting new multi-media campaign aimed at the working adult market. The campaign, proudly "starring" Averett's own GPS students, was created and produced in conjunction with Averett's new marketing partner, Synergis Education. Elements of the campaign include 11 new billboards, targeted direct mail and online banner ads, and a new 30-second TV commercial. (To see the new TV commercial, please click here). The TV spot will run in staggered flights for a total of nine weeks in the Central Virginia (greater Richmond) market, and will air on early morning news (e.g. "Good Morning America," CBS "This Morning" and the "TODAY Show"), early evening news, and in prime time (e.g. the Academy Awards, the Grammy Awards, "Survivor," "The Amazing Race" and "Undercover Boss"). In addition to its new multi-media campaign, GPS is also launching several exciting new programs. Currently in the pipeline are: an accelerated masters of accountancy program to be offered on-campus as well as online; an RN to BSN program offered by Averett's nurse education department for working nurses; a BBA in health care administration; an MEd in administration and supervision; a bachelor of public administration; and more. To find out more about the programs GPS currently offers, please click here.


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Illinois National Aerial Photography Program (NAPP) Digital Orthophotography quarter Quadrangle (DOQ) data have been created for 96 counties in two projections. These are Illinois Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) with a NAD83 datum and State Plane (SP) with a NAD83 datum. This data collection excludes the counties of Cook, DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry, and Will in northeastern Illinois. Imagery was collected using NAPP specifications using black and white film during the leaf-off period of spring, 2005 at a 1.5 foot by 1.5 foot (half meter) resolution. Programmatic details for Illinois NAPP data were outlined in Illinois GIS Notes, Winter 2005.
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Data files are offered as LizardTech's MrSID Generation 2 .sid files. Target compression ratio is 10:1; one compressed file is roughly 18 megabytes in size.
A statewide collection of both 2005 Chicago Urban Area data and 2005 NAPP (60 Gigabytes) data requires about 100 Gigabytes of storage space. We do not plan to distribute compressed data files by any other means (cd-rom, zip drives, portable drives, ftp download, etc).
An ArcIMS web service has been created for the Universal Transverse Mercator data collections from the original GeoTIFF files loaded into ArcSDE.
Contact the Illinois State Library to obtain indiviual, uncompressed Illinois 2005 orthoimagery files. Note that one statewide coverage of uncompressed 2005 Chicago Urban Area data and 2005 NAPP (680 to 690 Gigabytes) data would require about 1 Terabyte of storage space.
Project funding was contributed by: Illinois Department of Public Health, Illinois Department of Military Affairs, Illinois Environmental Protection Agency, the Federal Geographic Data Committee, and the US Geological Survey.


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The Symposium on Comparative Early Modern Legal History gathers under the auspices of the Center for Renaissance Studies at the Newberry Library in Chicago to discuss the comparative legal history of the Atlantic world in the period c. 1492 to 1815. The one-day symposium brings together law professors, historians, and social scientists to explore a particular topic in comparative legal history, broadly understood.
The Symposium is overseen by Professor Richard Ross of the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, College of Law and History Department (email@example.com; (217) 244-7890). Funding has been provided by the University of Illinois College of Law and the Newberry Center for Renaissance Studies.


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Holy moley that was big testing.
If this works...let me know when I start on the other forum.
what is that box with A DOT??
It worked for me. I noticed it on the other listing of threads to the right of where we always are. Looks like a winner to me!


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I'm working on a landscape design for my front yard. I am having trouble deciding what to use to frame the house. A couple of people suggested that I use Arborvitae's...but, I'm not completely sold on this idea.
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I agree about broad evergreens, assuming you have enough room. You're so lucky the builders kept that big oak! A bit off-topic: How far are the foundation shrubs from the house? You'll need enough space between shrubs and house for access to the house ... window-washing ... re-painting ... tuck-pointing -- not to mention using the hose! It's a good idea to allow at least a foot of free space, taking into consideration the size the shrubs will be in a few years. |
Thank you for the comments. Missingtheobvious - You bring up a good point. It's probably obvious that the landscaping was done by me and not a professional - and I am about as amateur as it gets. So, I decided to hire a professional to landscape the front of the house. The landscaper has given me the following sketch for the front yard landscape design. The sketch suggests using Arborvitae's to frame the house and I'm not completely sold on this idea.... Does anyone have any thoughts/suggestions about the sketch? Any help would be greatly appreciated - this is my first home and I am completely clueless when it comes to landscaping and garden design. |
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During an after Christmas sale years ago, I bought several of the small wooden boxes w/ a cutout on the side of a holiday symbol (santa/tree/etc). I think of these as luminaries perhaps. They are approx 3-4 inches on each side & maybe 8-10 inches tall. If I remember correctly, they may have a twist of wire over the top open almost like a handle. Does anyone have these & if so, how did you choose to decorate them? Was wondering about just a single color over all or some other way of decorating. Thanks so much for any creative thoughts you can send my way. |
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I think they would make beautiful luminaries Kim. Is there an opening to put in one of those battery operated tealights? If not, could you drill a hole in the bottom of them and then using a string of the small Xmas lights, put one bulb in each one and use them in an Xmas village setting? Hard to describe my idea without a pic of them. Can you post a pic? Sal |
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Hi Kim, and welcome to the painting forum. Glad you came by. I think I know what you are talking about--wooden box with a star, tree, heart, etc. shape cut out of the front and they were originally meant to put a glass votive inside. I had/have (where is that thing now?) a couple like that. One was just stained wood, and the other was painted a country blue. For an updated idea, I think Craftylady is right on track. They would work well for this year's hot trend of using the electric candles and greenery. You might look at Oddie's posts on the Crafts forum to see how she is filling her baskets with greenery, gingerbread men, fake cinnabons, etc. As for colors, they would look good in solid colors, or you could paint a plaid design on them even--I think that could be cute. Just select colors to go with your decor or holiday colors. Have fun with them, and please post pics for us here. We love before and after pics especially. Please come join in here with us often. There are some very talented and special ladies here. Luvs |
Thanks so much Luvs & Sal for your response. I'll definitely try to put on a photo w/i the next day or so. But for not having seen the items, I think you both did a great job of giving me some inspiration. I'll stay in touch. Thanks again! |
To Luvs & Sal and anyone else willing to give me suggestions... I've posted a photo on the gallery of the luminaries I mentioned. The photo includes two other items for which I'd appreciate painting suggestions if you have any. Thank you so much in advance for taking a second to send me your thoughts. I hope you & your families had a bountiful Thanksgiving! |
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The Division of Cardiac Surgery provides consultative and therapeutic services for the surgical treatment of cardiac, pulmonary and esophageal diseases. We offer a full complement of cardiac services for acquired heart disease, congenital heart disease and transplantation. We offer minimally invasive and robotic surgeries, including minimally invasive, robotic mitral valve surgery.
Treatments for acquired heart disease include coronary artery bypass grafting, valve repair and replacement, treatment of thoracic aneurysms, and the insertion of pacemakers and electrical defibrillators. Treatments for congenital cardiac lesions include the arterial switch procedure, use of homographs, and the Fontan and unifocalization procedures. Our physicians also have extensive experience in the treatment of adults with congenital heart disease. Our transplant programs include heart, heart-lung, and lung transplantation, as well as assist devices.
Referrals for cardiac services can be made to individual faculty members, or may be channeled through the general information and referral service of the division office. Referrals for transplantation are made through the transplant programs listed.
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Funding your own care
Paying for care can be an expensive and open-ended commitment if you have assets and/or savings above the current financial threshold of £23,250.
Information and advice for people paying for their own care
Hampshire County Council is working with PayingForCare a not-for-profit organisation that provides valuable information on all aspects of long-term care to help you make informed choices about your care and how you pay for it.
Call: 0808 208 9994 for a free chat or alternatively fill in this form to arrange a call back.
PayingForCare can help you to navigate through the complexities of:
- how the social and health care system works
- the types of care available and how to arrange it
- the funding options available to help meet the costs of care
- the typical costs of different types of care
- state benefits and entitlements and how to claim
- important arrangements such as Lasting Power of Attorney and a Will
- finding a specialist care fees adviser to explore the best way to pay for your long-term care
You may not have to sell your home or use up all of your financial assets to fund your care.
The funding of long-term care is likely to be one of the biggest financial decisions of your life. A lack of planning could result in depletion of your assets and loss of inheritance for your loved ones. If you are already in care, it is not too late. There may be options for you to explore to protect your capital and income.
You will be responsible for funding your own care if
For residential care -you have assets and income (including your property) greater than £23,250 and are seeking to go into residential care unless your care is temporary or a close relative still lives with you
For care at home - you are seeking care at home support and you have assets or income (excluding your property) greater than £23,250
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Quijano: Daredevils Drian and Denver
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Wednesday, October 3, 2012
TWO wins registered by Pinoy pugs in enemy territory over the weekend have added more color and depth to our fistic landscape.
Streaking Denver Cuello knocked down Ivan Meneses in the very first round but subsequently suffered an injury forcing him to hang on and eke out a unanimous decision win in Michoacan de Ocampo, Mexico.
While in Sonora, Mexico, Drian Francisco finished off Jose Carlos Vargas in the very first round.
HOMETOWN ADVANTAGE. Francisco carries a record of 23 wins with 18 knockouts and only one loss which came via close decision to Thai Tepparith Kokietgym.
Prior to that loss, Francisco won the interim WBA super flyweight title when he stopped the Thai's stable-mate Duanpetch Kokietgym. He also owns a decision win over another formidable Pinoy pug, Michael Domingo of the ALA Gym stable.
Of late, Cuello (31-4, 21KOs) is a monster on a warpath. After a DQ loss in 2010, he won all his next ten fights via the short route with only Meneses escaping the kayo scourge.
Their performances brought to mind a recent discourse between a visiting Mexican boxing manager and the local media.
When pressed why Mexican boxers who visit the Philippines always end up losing, he retorted that they are actually wondering the same thing in Mexico.
Touche' I say. Maybe it's all about that coveted hometown advantage.
But one thing's for sure, if we send out the likes of Drian and Denver everytime, I'm sure I won't be hearing witty repartees from our Mexican guests at the next press conference.
HATTON COMEBACK. It is often rationalized that to a retired prize-fighter, the actual fighting that happens on top of a ring is like a drug.
The addiction is so great and they all pine for it, and more often that not, to
ruinous consequences.
The latest to be bit by the comeback bug is Ricky Hatton (45-2, 32KOs) who is set to duke it out with Vyascheslav Senchenko next month at the MEN Arena in London.
I was lucky enough to visit the UK earlier this year, and though I was unable to visit Manchester where Hatton hails from, I heard that the "Hitman" is treated like local royalty there.
The last time we saw Ricky on top of a ring, he was eviscerated by Manny Pacquiao in 2 rounds.
Depressed and dejected about the loss, Hatton moped around and boozed himself up to over 200lbs. He was also photographed apparently sniffing cocaine and checked himself into a rehab center.
As far as comebacks go, I'm sitting on the fence on this one.
Ricky is one fighter that I truly wish can get back on his feet and get his life back. At his peak, his bruising, take-no-prisoners approach was fan-friendly and he always gave it all in every fight.
But age 34, Ricky is not being realistic when he declares he is making his comeback to win a world title.
But I give him all the props for choosing Senchenko for his opponent in his comeback effort.
The Ukrainian is four inches taller at 5'10" and carries an impressive record of 31-1, and 21 KOs with the lone blemish inflicted by the feather- fisted Paul Malignaggi in his last fight.
We all know that most comebacks often end up disastrously. Who can forget how Muhammad Ali embarked on an ill-starred comeback against Trever Berbick a year after he was humiliated by Larry Holmes?
Or how Sugar Ray Leonard was disgraced in 5 rounds when he returned to the ring after 6 years in retirement against Hector "Macho" Camacho?
Of course on the other end of the spectrum, you have Vitali Klitschko who became a heavyweight champion again after a 4-year hiatus.
In Hatton's case, the fact that he is returning to the same weight class is a hopeful sign as long as he can whip himself up into decent shape.
We all know he was never the smoothest of fighters and his success was predicated upon power, precise body punching and stamina. If he can at least get two of those back when he fights next month, he'll be okay.
But if you ask me again tomorrow, I'll probably change my mind.
LAST ROUNDS. Are on newly-minted couple Jovencio "Benjie" Siarza Jr. and Analin R. Siarza. Cheers!
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How to teach students who don't look like you : culturally responsive teaching strategies. Vol 2nd Ed. Thousand Oaks, Calif.: Corwin Press; 2012.
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Dd my 2nd liver/gallbladder flush, the recipe being:
eat non-fat all day
-stop eating at 2:00
1 1/2 hours before bedtime, drink :
1/2 c. olive oil, then 1/2 hour later
1/2 c. more olve oil, then another 1/2 hour later
1/2 c. more olive oil, and immediately lay on your right side for as long as possible,
And today, having a Tesla light therapy followed by colonic, was seen thousands and thousands and thousands of gallstones leaving the body, forever! 50 years of gallstones, it was so dramatic. I'm so happy!


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I received the following enquiry regarding the safety of washing machines and other appliances regarding fire risks. -
There seems to be a lot of news about washing machines catching fire and advice not to leave them unattended. We do have a smoke alarm but is there any other way of safeguarding against them catching fire?
I'm afraid the risk of appliances such as dishwashers tumble dryers and washing machines catching fire is always present if relatively rare. The advice from the Fire services is to always install a smoke alarm near to the appliance if it is left unattended, but this can be impractical if the appliance is in the kitchen because of cooking activity setting them off.
There isn't anything you can do to prevent an appliance catching fire, if a fault is going to develop and cause a fire it will happen. The best you can do is to not ignore any leaks or any other faults if present, and don't overload the wall socket by plugging too many appliances in. I was once advised by a fireman that the square adapters that go into a socket should also be avoided.
Make sure you always register your appliances
Many dangerous faults, once discovered, are the subject of safety recalls or notices. The first thing a manufacture will do if they discover a serious safety issue with one of their appliances is to contact everyone on their database. If you haven't registered, then they can't.
The only safe thing is to not really leave them unattended but many people can't easily do this. My own washing machine for example is in our garage which is a separate building as are two of my refrigeration appliances. We also leave our dishwasher on in the kitchen whilst we are sat in the lounge, no one could be expected to stand and watch an appliance. At the end of the day it's a modern-day risk we all take, and the best we can do is never leave the house or go to bed while such an appliance is running. At least if someone is around they are likely to either smell or see the smoke and be in a position to try and deal with it.
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Rated 5 out of 5 by MEF14 The hotel was very nice & the staff was great
The staff was extremely congenial and very eager to please -- really a tribute to the management who hired these folks!
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Rated 5 out of 5 by Ekim Warm and friendly staff
The entire staff was very helpful and informative fulfilling all our needs. They were always willing to help you and answer your questions.
September 17, 2012
Rated 5 out of 5 by fatcat33 First time stay
Check in staff very friendly. Shuttle to the airport very efficient and driver very friendly. Will stay here again when in Albuquerque.
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Rated 5 out of 5 by drdoub Great Location
I enjoyed the location of this hotel in relation to the airport and also the property was great and modern. I would stay there again.
June 4, 2013
Rated 5 out of 5 by 2002plat good airport hotel
I was very happy with my stay. I had the same hiccups as others with the room keys but that was the only issue. very friendly staff.
May 21, 2013
Rated 4 out of 5 by Qi36 Very Nice
Very nice hotel. A bit of an odd smell in the hallways. Very close to the airport and the staff were great!
April 18, 2014
Rated 5 out of 5 by tonymelo Excellent Place to Stay
We were impressed with the room cleanliness and the comfort of the bed. We would certainly return to your hotel on future trips.
July 29, 2012
Rated 5 out of 5 by John300 First Class Hotel
Excellent facility. Newly renovated and clean.
So close to airport you can walk to the terminal in 5 minutes.
April 10, 2014
Rated 5 out of 5 by Angela0125 This hotel was perfect for us
The staff was great! The hotel was very clean including our room. I would recommend this Hotel to all of my friends and family.
October 10, 2013
Rated 5 out of 5 by Stone61 Cleanliness
This was the cleanest Sheraton hotel I have ever stayed at. Also nothing felt or looked wore out. I would recommend this hotel.
March 4, 2013
Rated 5 out of 5 by AdventureMom1 Love this hotel!
Appreciate the SPG room upgrades. Friendly professional staff and lovely rooms. This is the only place I stay in Albuquerque!
February 14, 2013
Rated 4 out of 5 by Guest14 Pool
Everything about this hotel was great. The pool was dirty and was not cleaned in the entire time I was there. 11:30 to 3pm.
July 2, 2013
Rated 5 out of 5 by JCM2012 August 2012 Stay
This hotel is great, only thing I could mention below my expectations is the internet connections in the room, very slow.
August 27, 2012
Rated 4 out of 5 by Sarge61 Great location
My only problem was that the pool was already closed for the season way to early with temps still in the 80s
October 27, 2012
Rated 5 out of 5 by Kaye64 This was a great overall hotel
Probably one of the nicest airport hotels I have ever encountered. Everything you need is right here...
December 20, 2012
Rated 3 out of 5 by Kurame More people on the desk front ti will be good...
There is only one person on the reception room, so it takes more then 10 minutes to do the check in...
October 8, 2013
Rated 5 out of 5 by CaliKid1 Great Rooms and Courteous staff
Room was everything we expected from a Sheraton. Staff was polite and welcoming and enhanced our stay.
September 21, 2012
Rated 5 out of 5 by Mittie61 extremely convienient location
Great place to stay when traveling through New Mexico. Excelent price with nice rooms and amenities.
January 14, 2013
Rated 4 out of 5 by AcademicResearcher Very nice stay
Great shower head! Good follow through. Courteous staff. Clean facilities.
April 18, 2014
Rated 4 out of 5 by Bert113 Wi fi access
What hotel charges for room access to wi fi these days? Very disappointing.
April 15, 2014
Rated 5 out of 5 by BHall2 difficult weather.
Very helpful staff. The weather was severe. Excellent breakfast. Thanks for no stress atmosphere.
February 26, 2013
Rated 4 out of 5 by Christoph Nice refurbished Airport Sheraton
Very nice, just a few hiccups with the room key cards that required repeat visits to the lobby.
April 23, 2013
Rated 4 out of 5 by Whatyouknow Convenient to hotel
Our only complaint at this hotel was food selection and service at the restaurant was lacking.
December 30, 2012
Rated 5 out of 5 by MaJiK A-OK
Staff and facilities couldn't be better-except for one light bulb which we didn't need anyhow.
March 18, 2013
Rated 4 out of 5 by EMS1 Great Stay
Shea and Lindsey do a great job of welcoming you to the hotel and exceeding your expectations
February 3, 2013
Rated 2 out of 5 by asnani cfo
Hotel club lounge was lousy
Burn muffin
No napkin
No sugar in room
Nitea bags
Thermos no lid
January 5, 2013
Rated 5 out of 5 by precise Mr
everyone with the hotel were most helpful. The shuttle to and from the airport were great.
October 19, 2012
Rated 4 out of 5 by Steve1971 Nice hotel
Staff were excellent, room very clean and the hotel is walking distance from the airport.
April 14, 2012
Rated 2 out of 5 by Susan89 Didn't sleep for 2 nights
Our room was adjacent to the elevator shaft, (room 1113) so we didn't sleep for 2 nights.
March 17, 2013
Rated 5 out of 5 by pilot pilot
this is a good place to stay for the surrounding area.. great for airport travel needs.
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East Carolina University is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools to award bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees. Contact the Commission on Colleges at 1866 Southern Lane, Decatur, Georgia 30033-4097 or call 404-679-4500 for questions about the accreditation of ECU.
July 23, 2007
3:30 pm Mendenhall Student Center Underground
Members Present: Martha Alligood, Susan Beck-Frazier, Sharon Bland, Stan Eakins, Linner Griffin, George Kasperek, Sharon Knight, Ron Newton, Belinda Patterson, Pat Pellicane, John Reis, and Heather Ries.
Members Absent: Denis Brunt, Margie Gallagher, James Holte, Gerhard Kalmus, John Kramar, Todd Nolan, Vivian Mott, John Placer, Art Rouse, Carmine Scavo, and Mark Taggart.
1) The minutes of the July 9th, 2007 GSAB meeting were approved.
It was pointed out that Gerhard Kalmus and Jim Holte are no longer GSAB representatives. Their replacements need to be determined.
2) Informational items
Patrick Pellicane reported on a meeting he attended regarding health insurance for graduate students. Jolene Jernigan, who is in charge of health activities on campus, was present. The discussions centered on providing this insurance for doctoral students. It was stated that we need to have an institutional policy in place whereby a granting agency and the university are both asked to provide health insurance. The officials present at the meeting represented a "brokering company," and they were there to discuss the provisions that various insurance companies offer. Another meeting is being considered for the near future; the date will be determined, and various university representatives will be invited. This type of insurance has already been provided to students who now have the option to buy it themselves.
Ron Newton reported on Graduate School admissions data that have been generated using BANNER and BIC analysis. The data reflect a general trend that total admissions numbers are greater than those from last year. Furthermore, they reflect the fact that the processing of applications has accelerated, and that the GS admissions staff is "catching up." It was pointed out that several graduate programs were missing from the report. The report is being provided through the help of ITCS, and the GS will be working with them to refine the process in collecting and accurately presenting the application and admissions data. The goal is to make these data available on a routine basis to each unit graduate program director and to other staff and faculty designated by the unit.
3) Continuation of the discussion of the definition of thesis/dissertations
A revised document was provided which had been discussed at the previous GSAB meeting. A thesis was defined as a "research" document for the master's degree. We need to address the category for a "professional paper" and a "portfolio." Susan Beck-Frazier agreed to work on the definition for "portfolio" and present it for consideration at the next meeting. Patrick Pellicane will likewise provide a working definition of a "professional paper."
A question was posed: Should we call the professional master's and the research master's the same thing? Usually, a master's research degree is in preparation for a doctoral degree.
4) Discussion of Graduate Faculty Status proposal
Patrick Pellicane provided a Graduate Faculty Status document that served as the basis for the discussion. It was stated that a new faculty member with a "fresh PhD" perhaps must somehow demonstrate that he/she has sufficient experience in order to teach and mentor graduate students.
It was stated that a faculty member may possibly teach a course without being a member of the Graduate Faculty. The discussion response revolved around the common practice that a faculty member must first be admitted to the Graduate Faculty before being permitted to teach a graduate course.
The discussion will continue on these issues and the document at the next GSAB meeting.
The meeting was adjourned at 5:07pm.
Respectfully submitted,
Ronald Newton