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Some raindrops may be seen in Volusia and Flagler Wednesday as there's a slight chance of sprinkles before noon, according to the National Weather Service forecast.
Skies will be partly sunny with a high near 75 degrees with a light and variable wind becoming east 5 to 10 mph Wednesday morning.
Tonight, skies will me mostly cloudy with a low around 59 degrees.
In traffic news, one person is reported dead in a crash at Spring Garden Avenue and U.S. Highway 17 near DeLeon Springs, the Florida Highway Patrol said. A second crash with injuries but no fatalities in Volusia was reported at U.S. 17 and Greystone Drive in Pierson.
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TUCSON, Ariz. – For the second straight year, Arizona sophomore Rafael Quintero won the platform diving competition to close out the final day of the 6th Annual Wildcat Diving Invitational on Sunday at the Hillenbrand Aquatic Center.
Quintero recorded 404.30 points to easily win the competition with Collin Pollard of USC placing second with 324.35 points. Quintero earned his second title of the weekend as he took home top honors in the 3-meter event yesterday.
The Wildcats also got solid efforts from Dominic Ricotta and Sean Clark as they finished fourth and fifth, respectively. Ricotta tallied 296.80 points, while Clark earned 269.60 points.
On the women's side, Arizona was led by freshman Sally Hackett as she earned a solid third place finish on the platform with 220.85 points. En-Tien Huang of Nevada took home the victory as she recorded 240.80 points.
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Police Chief James Johnson
When we talk about crime statistics, we too often overlook clearance rates – the numbers that tell us whether a police agency is doing a good job of solving crime.
Here in Baltimore County, our clearance rates are excellent, well above the national average.
In fact, the Baltimore County Police Department's clearance rates are so good that the U.S. Department of Justice has featured BCoPD in a September 2013 publication, "Homicide Process Mapping, Best Practices for Increasing Homicide Clearances."
This 54-page study examined seven law enforcement agencies throughout the U.S. with outstanding homicide clearance rates, seeking to understand what these agencies are doing right. BCoPD is one of these model agencies.
The introduction to the study says, "Although the national clearance rate average has continued to drop, some individual law enforcement agencies have excelled in clearing homicides, with clearance rates of 80 percent and higher. The Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) wanted to understand how some agencies were so successful in their homicide investigations."
Researchers from the Bureau of Justice Assistance visited our Homicide Unit to examine our staffing, management, resources and investigative strategies. The publication will be used by other law enforcement agencies interested in improving their homicide investigations and clearance rates.
In law enforcement parlance, "clearance" means that a case has been solved because the offender has been identified and either arrested, has died or the homicide ruled justifiable.
The DOJ study focused on 2011, a year in which BCoPD's 83.3 percent homicide clearance rate far exceeded the national average (62 percent).
More recently, in 2012, the national clearance rate for homicide in 2012 was 62.5 percent. Baltimore County's clearance rate was 95.7 percent.
Our clearance rate for all Part I violent crime – the most serious crimes, including rape, robbery, and aggravated assault – has exceeded the national average going all the way back to 1995.
Here are the most recent 2012 clearance rates for Part I violent crimes other than homicide:
• Rape -- BCoPD, 69.7 percent; national average, 40.1 percent
• Robbery – BCoPD, 48.4 percent; national average, 28.1 percent
• Aggravated assault – BCoPD, 84.1 percent; national average, 55.8 percent
In 2012, our clearance rate for all Part I violent crime – homicide, rape, robbery and aggravated assault – was 71.9 percent, or 25.1 percent higher than the national average.
The clearance rates for property crime typically are lower than for crimes against people because there often is no contact between the victim and the suspects; detectives may not even have a suspect description to use during their investigation. Even with those challenges, clearance rates for Part I property crimes such as burglary, theft and motor vehicle theft were 14.1 percent above the national average.
What accounts for our success in clearing crime? The DOJ study answers this question quite well: "A stronger professional fabric, the investment of time and effort to build trust within the community, a willingness to challenge the status quo in performing investigative tasks and" – this last point is especially important – "a professionally developed and trained investigative workforce."
BCoPD has worked hard over the years to give investigators the best technological tools, including skilled crime analysis personnel, forensics and other support services.
But the ability to solve crime starts and ends with hiring, training, retraining and retaining quality investigators – academically advanced law enforcement officers who understand that building a quality investigation is like crafting a fine piece of furniture. It takes time, care, precision and persistence.
The credit for Baltimore County's outstanding crime clearance rates rests largely with our detectives and patrol officers. The work our investigators are doing is as good as, if not better than, that of any agency in the nation. I hope that our citizens are as appreciative of this as I am.
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Rated 4 out of 5 by Greentoes These knobs add jewelry to cabinets! I removed my old bronze handles and put these in to match my wall color (I used the burnt orange ones). Wow, just added the needed sparkle to the kitchen. On the drawers, I had to use a longer screw. The metal flange on top of a few bent and I had to press back into shape, but these drawbacks didn't diminish the overall look, which I loved. [...] October 1, 2010
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- 3/4 cup quick-cooking oats, divided
- 3 tablespoons orange juice
- 1 egg, lightly beaten
- 2/3 cup fat-free evaporated milk
- 1/4 cup reduced-fat sour cream
- 2 tablespoons unsweetened applesauce
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/2 cup whole wheat flour
- 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
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- In a small bowl, combine 1/4 cup oats and orange juice; let stand for 5 minutes. Stir in the egg, milk, sour cream, applesauce and vanilla; set aside.
- Place remaining oats in a small food processor; cover and process until ground. Transfer to a large bowl; add the flours, brown sugar, baking powder, cinnamon, salt and baking soda. Stir in the wet ingredients just until moistened.
- Pour batter by 1/4 cupfuls onto a hot griddle coated with cooking spray; sprinkle with blueberries. Turn when bubbles form on top; cook until second side is golden brown. Yield: 10 pancakes.
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"Absolutely Delicious!! Will definitely make again. A decent amount of prep work but VERY worth it. Maybe I will process a bunch of oats ahead of time to have on hand for this recipe. Evaporated milk comes in a small 5 oz. can, so that leaves no leftovers, and I added maybe a tablespoon of milk to get it to the 2/3 C. For sure my favorite pancakes ever."
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"My family loves pancakes, EXCEPT me, these however are a hit with ALL of us! I love the texture and the fact that they don't have that traditional pancake taste.After experimenting I made a few changes to the directions, first I use 3/4 cup skim milk in place of the evaporated milk. [The skim milk is cheaper and produces a thinner batter, plus I hate trying to find uses for a partial can of evaporated milk.] Second I fold whatever fruit i'm using right into the batter meaning I usually end up with 12-15 pancakes. Also I alter my juice, extract and cinnamon depending on the fruit I'm using. My favorite spice combination is 1/4 tsp each cinnamon and cardamon. Most often I replace the orange juice with whatver fruit juice I'm using. [Pineapple for pina colada, peach for peach...]. Lastly I made a sweet potato version by using mashed sweet potatoes and finely chopped spinach. [A warning though the sweet potato were much moister.] One last note these freeze and reheat well, just pop them in the toaster or wicrowave [The sweet potato need to go in the microwave, they stick to the toaster :( ]"
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Angling for a raise at work? Then hope your boss has daughters.
A recent study, published in Administrative Science Quarterly, looked at how fatherhood affects management style, and, specifically, how a male CEO's children affect how he pays his employees. Let's hear it for the baby girls: When a male boss has a daughter, you just might see a bump on your next pay stub.
We spoke with one of the study's co-authors, David Gaddis Ross, an associate professor at Columbia Business School, about the research that looked at data from Danish firms and what women can take away from the information. An edited version of the interview follows.
MORE: What got you interested in researching management style and fatherhood?
David Ross: I think individual managers can make a lot of difference; personalities matter. But we don't have a lot of systematic evidence of why certain managers manage in certain ways. This study is an initial attempt to start filling in that big gap. I have two children myself, and I certainly think that has had an influence on me. When you're a parent, whether a father or a mother, it affects you, and I think it affects you whether you have boys or girls.
MORE: Your research found that when a boss has his first kid, it can mean good news for women.
DR: For the first child of either gender, women employees' wages actually increase, and for the first daughter, wages of both employees—men and women—increase.
MORE: Do fathers often act differently with their daughters than their sons?
DR: Fathers don't seem to play with daughters the same way [they do with sons]. They seem to be more nurturing, they seem to be more focused on developing social skills and less on achievement. By having a daughter, especially his first daughter, a male CEO, to some degree, [may go] through some process of socialization that could make him more generous toward his employees.
MORE: Does other research show any impact from having a daughter?
DG: There's a paper that's been around for a couple of years that looks at male U.S. congressmen, and finds that if they have daughters of reproductive age, they tend to vote a little bit more favorably on women's reproductive rights issues. So, you can see a situation where if a CEO has a daughter, he might start to regard his female employees more benignly.
MORE: Do you think being the father of two daughters has changed you personally?
DG: I do. My kids are in middle school, high school at this point, but I do think there are certain ways in which I'm more nurturing and giving and empathetic than I was before raising them.


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THE PARTY Almost 450 guests took part in the festivities at About Face Theatre's Wonka Ball 2013: Circus Maximus fundraising gala, which also honored this year's Leppen Leadership Award recipients. THE SCENE Fire dancers, stilt walkers and a swinging mermaid were just part of the entertainment at the annual event held at Architectural Artifacts, which was turned into a circus complete with a giant red-and-yellow big top. Following a Ringmaster's VIP cocktail reception, partiers enjoyed bites from various tasting stations. Additional entertainment included opera tenor Scott Ramsay, a marching band and belly dancers. THE BOTTOM LINE Nearly $85,000 was raised for About Face Theatre's programming, including its groundbreaking Youth Theatre. Photography by Timmy Samuel


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1. class My_Component_HelloProvider 2. extends Zend_Tool_Framework_Provider_Abstract 3. { 4. public function say() 5. { 6. $this->_registry->getResponse 7. ->appendContent("Hello from my provider!"); 8. } 9. }
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St. Thomas Aquinas' Summa Theologica has a very distinctive and consistent style. It seems as though his style of writing starts with a proposition and then lists some objections, then a reply, then a refutation of the objections and finally a conclusion. What is it called?
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I think the word you are looking for is quodlibet or quodlibetal. This comes from Latin words meaning "whatever you want".
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The term is now used in music; OED has the meaning as "A musical composition combining several different melodies (usually popular tunes) in counterpoint, often in a light-hearted manner." It says there that the academic "quodlibet" originated at the University of Paris in the 1230s; Aquinas lived from 1225 to 1274.
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The name of the style is "disputation". "Quodlibetal" is the adjective applied when the disputation could be about anything.
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ZF-3258: Adding validation for IBAN bank account numbers
Adding validation of International Bank Account Number (IBAN) would be a nice feature, since it is being used at least in the whole of Europe.
PEAR holds a Validate_Finance module which implements it.
http://pear.php.net/package/Validate_Finance http://cvs.php.net/viewvc.cgi/pear/…
The question is whether this falls under 80 in the 80/20 rule.
In my view, it falls in the same category as Barcode EAN/UPC. That is why I proposed an implementation.
It falls under the 80 because the IBAN (International Bank Account Number) is always used when you have to transfer money from one country to another country.
It's for international money transactions. And therefor it will of course also be implemented.
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For more than a dozen years, the corps was the heartbeat of the college, but over time it sadly faded away. The new marching band and drum and bugle corps will give students the chance to march with pride for Marian University once again.
In 1964, Marian College student, John Sweany, had a vision to bring the excitement that he experienced through his high school marching band to Marian College. With only six classmates and some bargain instruments, John quickly formed the Marian Blue Knights—the first college Drum and Bugle Corps in the United States.
Since the original Marian College Blue Knights Drum and Bugle Corps, the Marian University bands program has evolved into many performance ensembles, including:
The bands at Marian University have performed for many prestigious events on and off campus. The bands perform for home football games, parades, pep rallies, home basketball games, Midwest Cycling Classic, community concerts and private events. Some of the notable performances include an invitation of the Mexican Consulate to perform music for Mexican composers Jose Moncayo and Manuel Esperon at the Mexican Independence Day festival at Garfield Park in Indianapolis to over 7,000 in attendance. Other notable events include performing for private events of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway and a recording session of the Marian University "Marching Knights" Marching Band at Aire Born Studios.
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AUBURN, Wash. - Idaho's Jarred Bossio fired a nine-under-par 63 to tie the course record at Washington National Golf Club and pull himself from a tie for 28th into third at the Kikkor Golf Husky Invitational.
Bossio wound up being paired with fellow Olympia, Wash., native Cameron Peck during the final round. Peck, who attends Texas A&M and was friends with Bossio during high school although they went to competing high schools, had a bogey-free round in tying Bossio at 63. Bossio's round included 11 birdies and two bogeys and left him at 211 for the tournament.
"It was an unbelievable round to watch," coach John Means said. "He just knocked everything close all day long. He was making five-, six-foot putts for birdie."
Means said the crowd that gathered about the group did nothing to distract them.
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Bossio's round helped Idaho leap from a tie for eighth into fifth with a tournament-total 871. Pepperdine won the 54-hole event with an 847 while host Washington was second at 854.
Junior Stefan Richardson also had a solid outing with a three-under 69 to finish at 222 and tied for 30th with teammate Zach Wanderscheid, a true freshman. One stroke back at 223 and tied for 33rd was sophomore Damian Telles with Justin Kadin, another true freshman for the Vandals, tied for 59th at 229.
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Well, it's been a little while since I last updated this blog, but I think perhaps (during that time) I have gained the proper perspective from which to evaluate the 2009 Minnesota Twins.
As Garth so poignantly sings:
I'm glad I didn't know
The way it all would end the way it all would go
Our lives are better left to chance I could have missed the pain
But I'd of had to miss the dance
That simple verse pretty much sums up my memories of the 2009 Twins baseball season. Sure, it ended with a bitter taste in our collective mouths, but would we rather have just missed out on the postseason altogether? Heck no!!
Much like in 2006, when I watched the Twins clinch the division on (until a few weeks ago) what many considered to be the most improbable streaks in team history, 2009 was somehow even more thrilling! I'll never forget the anticipation of each late-September contest, feeling the Dome rocking that final weekend against Kansas City, or watching game #163 (for the second year in a row!) that turned out to be the single most exciting baseball game I have ever watching in my entire life (I was a bit too young to be conscious for any of the '91 World Series).
Thus, that is the way I will look back on the Twins when I recall 2009. It was witnessing an incredible comeback (no outs, no one on) in game #2 of the season, watching Joe Mauer put together the greatest season in catching history, and seeing my team completely put a fork in its most hated rival (the Pale Hose) time and time again.
Another way to look at things is this: The Twins, a team that couldn't pitch all season and couldn't get clutch hits for a good part of it, managed to play 166 games…four more than 23 other teams counting both leagues.
Since the Twins began their "competitive" run in 2002 after nearly a decade of celler-dwelling and being the butt of countless jokes, there is one take-away memory I have of each season…
2002: Making the playoffs.
2003: Getting Shannon Stewart and overcoming a large first-half deficit.
2004: Dominating the division and having the Yankees on the ropes in the ALDS.
2005: Not being able to hit all season long and having even the always-stoic Brad Radke begin to grouse about it.
2006: The Comeback (Part I)
2007: Too much youth, too many bonehead plays.
2008: Sweeping the White Sox on the final homestand to stay in contention.
2009: The Comeback (Part II); especially that one-game playoff.
Though none of those season ended with the team hoisting a trophy or parading around a city, they still bring back some great memories that still make it all worthwhile.
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I was never a great beauty. In middle school when we called a boy up and asked him his "Order," a ranking of the three prettiest girls in the grade, my name never came up. Michelle and Pamela consistently held the number one and two spots. The number three spot was not as predictable, except for the fact that it was never mine.
But thanks to my parents' genetics, I was pretty enough. Pretty enough in high school to have a few boyfriends, make cheerleader (okay third alternate), and attract what I call "the linger." The linger: those few seconds when you catch someone looking at you. We've all had it at one time or another, from men and women alike. It is not a gawk, reserved for the truly beautiful. It is a pause; as if my features provide a comfortable place to rest ones' eyes for a moment. I not only receive the linger, I offer it and sometimes accompany it with a smile.
Lately, I've lost the linger. It seemed to happen suddenly, around the time I turned 50 years old, or at least I didn't notice not getting noticed until then. I knew it would happen; my Aunt Millie warned me.
"When you get to a certain age, you become invisible," she said with resignation.
It was like a funny line I once heard Spalding Gray, the great memoirist say: "Everyone knows they're going to die — they just don't believe it."
Well, I wasn't going to give up the fight. I went to the upscale drugstore next to my apartment building. Only on the upper-east side of Manhattan can you find a drugstore that sells deodorant and fur coats. The cosmetician behind the makeup counter — wearing more black eyeliner than a raccoon — insisted that I buy a $200 night cream made with dark chocolate and lemon fruit.
"It'll shave five years off your face honey," she assured me, her swollen lips parting like the Red Sea. She insisted on calling me "honey" despite appearing close to my age.
I bought the cream figuring if it didn't work I could always eat it. "Lips" also convinced me to buy a $150 eyelash lengthening gel that I could apply with a wand at night.
My bedtime routine moved from just under six minutes to an hour. It got to the point where I had to excuse myself from the dinner table just to start my nighttime regimen, which now included the following activities: waxing, scrubbing, peeling, hydrating, moisturizing, toning, whitening, and flossing. The lash lengthening gel irritated my eyes so much that I had to feel my way out of the bathroom to the bed, where my husband was fast asleep. When I offered him a goodnight kiss, he slipped off my Vitamin E'd lips across my well moisturized face back onto his pillow.
"Yuck," he said, wiped his lips and rolled over.
I went back to yoga. In my 30s and 40s I practiced yoga regularly and rigorously, but lately my practice was reduced to beginner and restorative. However, I was on a new mission to hold onto the linger, so I put myself back in the most challenging classes that my local Equinox gym had to offer. I was hoping that a few headstands would return my youthful glow and the deep breathing and relaxation would calm my anxieties. Hard as I tried to keep my focus inward, my eyes wandered to the double-jointed, 20-something girl next to me with the perfect down dog. It wasn't until I noticed her black lacy thong peeking out onto her bony sacrum that I started to hate her. Yanking my stretch pants higher to flatten out my protruding gut, I bent forward, and forced my head down toward the floor. I fought the urge to push Miss Gumby over in her headstand or accidently drop a prop block on her moola bandha (Sanskrit for pelvic area). I left class feeling sorry for my linger-less, limber-less self.
On the way home, I passed a bent little old man creeping along with a walker. When he stopped to rest he looked up into the sun, and I noticed his pale blue eyes as they started to water. I was reminded of the lyrics to a John Prine song:
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I have Ubuntu 12.04 x64 running Unity3d. I downloaded Eclipse from eclipse.org (not the software center) and created a desktop using gnome-desktop-item-edit. The resulting file is below, and I added it to the launcher on the left of the screen by dragging that file on.
#!/usr/bin/env xdg-open
[Desktop Entry]
Icon=/home/kevin/eclipse/icon.xpm#!/usr/bin/env xdg-open
However, when I minimize eclipse, eclipse disappears. There is no arrow to the left of the icon in the launcher like usual. And when I click on the launcher again, it tries to relaunch eclipse instead of bringing back the one that was minimized. Eclipse also does not show up when I alt-tab.
I know it is still running because I can see it running with the system monitor.
Note that Eclipse works properly until it is minimized. I have observed this behavior on two different computers now. Does anyone know how to fix it?


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An arrhythmia (also referred to as dysrhythmia) is an abnormal rhythm of the heart, which can cause the heart to pump less effectively.
Arrhythmias can cause problems with contractions of the heart chambers by:
In any of these situations, the body may not receive enough blood because the heart cannot pump out an adequate amount with each beat as a result of the arrhythmia's effects on the heart rate.
The effects on the body are often the same, however, whether the heartbeat is too fast, too slow, or too irregular. Some symptoms of arrhythmias include, but are not limited to:
The symptoms of arrhythmias may resemble other conditions. Consult your physician for a diagnosis.
To better understand arrhythmias, is it helpful to understand the heart's electrical conduction system.
The heart is, in the simplest terms, a pump made up of muscle tissue. Like all pumps, the heart requires a source of energy in order to function. The heart's pumping action comes from an intrinsic electrical conduction system.
An electrical stimulus is generated by the sinus node (also called the sinoatrial node, or SA node), which is a small mass of specialized tissue located in the right atrium (right upper chamber) of the heart. The sinus node generates an electrical stimulus regularly (60-100 times per minute under normal conditions). This electrical stimulus travels down through the conduction pathways (similar to the way electricity flows through power lines from the power plant to your house) and causes the heart's lower chambers to contract and pump out blood. The right and left atria (the two upper chambers of the heart) are stimulated first and contract a short period of time before the right and left ventricles (the two lower chambers of the heart). The electrical impulses travel from the sinus node to the atrioventricular (AV) node, where impulses are slowed down briefly, then continue down the conduction pathway via the bundle of His into the ventricles. The bundle of His divides into right and left pathways to provide electrical stimulation to both ventricles.
Normally, as the electrical impulse moves through the heart, the heart contracts about 60 to 100 times a minute. Each contraction of the ventricles represents one heartbeat. The atria contract a fraction of a second before the ventricles so their blood empties into the ventricles before the ventricles contract.
Any dysfunction in the heart's electrical conduction system can make the heartbeat too fast, too slow, or at an uneven rate, thus, causing an arrhythmia.
The electrical activity of the heart is measured by an electrocardiogram (ECG or EKG). By placing electrodes at specific locations on the body (chest, arms, and legs), a graphic representation, or tracing, of the electrical activity can be obtained. Changes in an ECG from the normal tracing can indicate arrhythmias, as well as other heart-related conditions.
Almost everyone knows what a basic ECG tracing looks like. But what does it mean?
When your physician studies your ECG, he/she looks at the size and length of each part of the ECG. Variations in size and length of the different parts of the tracing may be significant. The tracing for each lead of a 12-lead ECG will look different, but will have the same basic components as described above. Each lead of the 12-lead is "looking" at a specific part of the heart, so variations in a lead may indicate a problem with the part of the heart associated with the lead.
An atrial arrhythmia is an arrhythmia caused by a dysfunction of the sinus node or the development of another atrial pacemaker within the heart tissue that takes over the function of the sinus node. A ventricular arrhythmia is an arrhythmia caused by a dysfunction of the sinus node, an interruption in the conduction pathways, or the development of another pacemaker within the heart tissue that takes over the function of the sinus node. Arrhythmias can also be classified as slow (bradyarrhythmia) or fast (tachyarrhythmia). "Brady-" means slow, while "tachy-" means fast.
Listed below are some of the more common arrhythmias:
The symptoms of various arrhythmias may resemble other medical conditions. Consult your physician for a diagnosis.
There are several different types of procedures that may be used to diagnose arrhythmias. Some of these procedures include the following:
Holter monitoring may be done when an arrhythmia is suspected but not seen on a resting or signal-average ECG, since arrhythmias may be transient in nature and not seen during the shorter recording times of the resting or signal-average ECG.
Arrhythmias may be present but cause few, if any, problems. In this case, the physician may elect not to treat the arrhythmia. However, when the arrhythmia causes symptoms, there are several different options for treatment. The physician will choose an arrhythmia treatment based on the type of arrhythmia, the severity of symptoms being experienced, and the presence of other conditions (diabetes, kidney failure, heart failure, etc.) which can affect the course of the treatment.
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As we've reported before, we fully expect the fiscal cliff negotiations to go all the way to the end of the year, and perhaps beyond.
Nothing that happened over the weekend alters that view.
While House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, and other Republicans criticize President Obama's debt reduction plan -- the same program he campaigned on in the fall -- the White House said it's up to the GOP to make the next move.
The Obama administration says the Republicans have to accept higher taxes rates on the wealthy as part of any budget agreement; Republicans say the White House has to be more specific about spending cuts, including entitlement programs like Social Security and Medicare.
After Dec. 31, the parties face the "fiscal cliff," a series of tax hikes and budget cuts that would affect all Americans, and perhaps tip the economy back into recession.
Mike Allen of Politico, citing unnamed sources, writes that "top officials in both parties says chances are increasing that Congress may have to return in the days after Christmas to finish work on a cliff-hanger deal."
Adds Allen: "Christmas is on a Tuesday, and Congress may bring back its city-within-a-city for the last few days of that week -- ahead of the cliff deadline, Mon.., Dec. 31. We had been predicting a deal would pass on Sun., Dec. 23, getting everyone home for vacation.
"But both sides hardened their positions last week, and we're hearing the Republican inclination to cave has lessened, or at least been postponed."
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ZF-5425: Assertion implementation does not receive ACL query parameters.
Zend_Acl manual states that:
{quote} The assert() method of an assertion object is passed the ACL, role, resource, and privilege to which the authorization query (i.e., isAllowed()) applies, in order to provide a context for the assertion class to determine its conditions where needed. {quote}
That is not true! When assertion is attached to global "all-roles" pseudo-parent in on ACL tree with:
$acl::allow(null,null,null,new MyAssertion());
... with the assertion built like:
class MyAssertion implements Zend_Acl_Assert_Interface {
public function assert(Zend_Acl $acl,
Zend_Acl_Role_Interface $role = null,
Zend_Acl_Resource_Interface $resource = null,
$privilege = null)
if($role == 'someRole') return true;
elseif($resource == 'someBannedResource') return false;
else return true;
... Then after a query:
... the assertion should be called with
{{assert(Zend_Acl object, 'somerole', 'someResource', 'somePermission')}}.
Instead it is called with
{{assert(Zend_Acl object, null, null, null)}}
Assigning to Ralph to get closure on this issues.
There is a fix in place in trunk at r17317 for ZF-1721 & ZF-1722 that I think will fix this issue, please test.
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kcdyer, Thursday July 24, 2008 - 12:46pm
Today marks the beginning of a new era in SiWC-dom. WebWizard Dale and I put our evil little techie minds together and have come up with a Cunning Plan to podcast a series of interviews with SiWC 2008 presenters. So, prior to our Board meeting today, we did a trial run at a coffee shop on the Kingsway, to give a little Surrey ambiance to the whole thing. And just because I was so knocked out by the cleverness of Dale's 'Go-Bag', here's a peek for you:
Cool, eh?
For the inaugural episode of our 'SiWC Soapbox' * podcast, Dale interviewed me, and subsequent podcasts will feature other presenters from the conference.
Watch for the first podcast, coming soon.
*(If you can think of a better name for our new podcast, post it in the comments and we'll consider it. If we take it on, we'll give you a super-fantastic SiWC souvenir prize!**)
** Likely a pen... =) . But a very super-fantastic pen!
also blogging as leftwriter
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Name SWIC podcast
Yeah- "Soap Box" is too much of a radical speech on a park corner with little audience.Certainly, not an overwrought daytime "Soap" Why not: SWIC The Latest? or Extra, Extra News? SWIC Insider? Or PLUS? or SWIC Special? SWIC Tasty Tidbits? Try something positive and enticing.Bernice PS: The Colour of words now on CD
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SiWC podcast
Soapbox doesn't seem like such a bad name to me. Rather intriguing, actually. Makes me hope to hear real opinions expressed, not mealy-mouthed, politically correct, yawn-inducing promo blather.
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wonderful idea for the podcast. suggested titles:
SIWC writers-speak
SIWC Live
SIWC:Writing Out Loud
Speakers Corner
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Debate about Saturday mail will heat up
Published: Friday, February 8, 2013 at 12:30 a.m.
Last Modified: Thursday, February 7, 2013 at 2:08 p.m.
The unofficial motto of the U.S. Postal Service is familiar to most people: "Neither snow, nor rain, nor heat, nor gloom of night, stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds." That quote, uttered by Herodotus way back in 503 B.C., can be found inscribed on the General Post Office facility on 33rd Street and 8th Avenue in New York City. It may soon have to be amended to "except on weekends."
Postmaster General Patrick R. Donahoe announced plans Wednesday to drop most Saturday mail delivery. It would happen relatively quickly, too: the week of Aug. 5, making Aug. 10 the first Saturday without a mailbox full of letters and magazines delivered to street addresses. Post offices that open on Saturday would continue to do so, and customers with post office boxes would still receive Saturday delivery. Package delivery would also continue on Saturday.
The reason all comes down to money. The Postal Service lost $15.9 billion in the past budget year, and the future looks bleak as well. Many people have shifted their correspondence to email, online websites (such as for paying bills) and private services. Another issue for the Postal Service is having to fund future retiree health benefits, a $11.1 billion hit in a two-year installment last year.
Reaction has been negative from many lawmakers and, as expected, the letter carriers' union. But response from regular customers has been more mixed. Many are taking advantage of these alternative options, and some even see a bright side of a day without junk mail and bills. After all, Monday already ranks as most people's least favorite day, so if a few more bills show up, so what?
Change is always difficult, and Americans expect Saturday delivery. But in the technologically advanced world in which we live today, is it really still necessary? Some correspondence that arrives on Saturdays can't be taken care of until Monday anyway. If eliminating most delivery on Saturday will help the Postal Service move into the black, that may be a worthwhile trade-off.
Much political wrangling will ensue in the next few months. The Postal Service is independent of government and doesn't receive tax money to operate. Yet Congress still has oversight over much of its operations, so even though Donahoe believes he can carry out the reduction, that remains to be seen. If enough lawmakers fight it, they could force the Postal Service to reconsider. But those legislators need to step back from the emotion and objectively analyze what's best for both their constituents and the Postal Service. Perhaps now is the time for Saturday delivery to go the way of the Pony Express.
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Primary Department Affiliation: Neurobiology
Primary Research Area: Neurodegeneration and Neurodegenerative Disorders
Learning, Memory, and Synaptic Plasticity
Neurodevelopment and Developmental Disabilities
Recent Publications
Scott Wilson is an Associate Professor in the Department of Neurobiology. Dr. Wilson received his B.S. degree in biology (1986) and his M.S. degree in microbiology (1989) from the University of South Florida. He then received his Ph.D. (1996) degree from the the Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology at University of Florida College of Medicine. He was a postdoctoral research fellow in the laboratory of Drs. Neal Copeland and Nancy Jenkins at the National Cancer Institute in Frederick, MD (1997-2002). His postdoctoral research focused on the genetics of neuro-degeneration in mice. He joined the Department of Neurobiology at UAB in 2002.
Research Interests: Mouse Models of Neuro-degeneration
The identification of genes involved in neuro-degeneration is a powerful means to understand the mechanisms of neuronal cell loss. Our laboratory focuses on identifying these genes through a variety of approaches in mice that include transgenics, gene-knockouts and positional cloning. We have recently cloned the mouse neurological mutation ataxia. The ataxia mouse displays a severe tremor and hind limb paralysis by 5 weeks of age. We showed that ataxia gene encodes Usp14, a member of the ubiquitin/proteosome pathway. During our analysis of the ataxia mouse, we found that loss of Usp14 results in synaptic transmission defects in both the central and peripherial nervous system. Since the members of this pathway act on a variety of substrates, we believe that the identification of the substrate(s) for Usp14 will provide important insights into the pathogenesis of the ataxia tremor and paralysis. In addition to Usp14, we are also investigating the function of several other members of the ubiquitin/proteosome pathway that are involved in neuronal function.
The mouse waltzer mutation is another mutation that we recently cloned. The waltzer gene encodes Cdh23, the newest member of the cadherin superfamily. Loss of this gene product in humans results in both auditory and vestibular dysfunction. We are currently producing antibodies and generating other alleles of Cdh23 to understand how this gene product functions in the perception of sound and maintenance of balance.
In addition to these projects, we are also in the process of identifying other spontaneous neurological mutations in mice. With the sequencing of the mouse genome, we are taking a candidate gene approach to identify the mutated genes in other neurological mice.


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Oregon OSHA, 350 Winter Street NE Room 430, Salem, Oregon 97301-3878
For immediate release:
Sept. 4, 2013
Contact information:
Melanie Mesaros, Public Information Officer
Oregon OSHA restarts rulemaking on confined space entry
Enforcement delayed on Oregon provisions
(Salem) – The Oregon Occupational Safety and Health Division (Oregon OSHA) is withdrawing the state-initiated confined space rule the agency adopted in September 2012. Employers need to comply with the pre-existing federal rules in general industry, as well as the limited construction requirements previously in place.
To develop a new proposal, Oregon OSHA Administrator Michael Wood said the agency will bring together previous advisory groups to review industry concerns about the Oregon rule and its economic effects. He said Oregon OSHA remains committed to a comprehensive rule addressing confined space hazards in general industry and construction workplaces.
"We received questions about certain provisions of the rule and their impacts on the industry," Wood said. "We concluded there was enough substance to their concerns to justify taking it back to the drawing board. It was simply the right thing to do."
In order to avoid creating problems for employers who moved forward under the new rule, Oregon OSHA will not cite an employer who is in compliance with either the federal rule or the Oregon-initiated rule. Wood expects a new proposal will be adopted in about six months. He emphasized that the new proposal will not include requirements beyond those in the rule being withdrawn.
"The state rule will be the starting point for our new proposal – we may reconsider some provisions, but we aren't planning to add any new ones," he said.
Confined spaces, such as tanks, wells, or tunnels, have limited ability to exit, may contain potentially harmful material, and are not intended for human habitation. Workplace safety rules require employers take proper precautions when their employees must work in such spaces. In Oregon, Oregon OSHA, a division of the Department of Consumer and Business Services, enforces those rules.
or more information on the federal confined space rule that is being temporarily restored in Oregon, go to www.orosha.org/pdf/rules/division_2/div2_j-prior.pdf for general industry and www.orosha.org/pdf/rules/division_3/div3c-prior.pdf for construction.
Oregon OSHA, a division of the Department of Consumer and Business Services, enforces the state's workplace safety and health rules and works to improve workplace safety and health for all Oregon workers. For more information, go to www.orosha.org.
The Department of Consumer and Business Services is Oregon's largest business regulatory and consumer protection agency. For more information, go to www.dcbs.oregon.gov. Follow DCBS on Twitter: twitter.com/OregonDCBS. Receive consumer help and information on insurance, mortgages, investments, workplace safety, and more.


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Phone: (614) 856-1900, EXT. 1280
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The AMA congratulates the champions crowned at the season finale of the AMA Vintage Motocross and Hare Scrambles National Championship Series, presented by JT Racing. The series wrapped up at BikeBandit.com AMA Vintage Motorcycle Days, July 19-21, at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course in Lexington, Ohio.
Racers travelled from as far away as California to contest the five-round series in its inaugural year. Rounds were held in Ohio, Kentucky, Michigan and Illinois before the final round at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course.
"In previous years, our national vintage champions were determined by the single-event AMA Grand Championship format," said AMA Vice President of Operations Jeff Massey. "Dirt track evolved to a series a few years ago, and for 2013, motocross and hare scrambles also made the transition. We're pleased that more vintage riders were able to participate thanks to the additional rounds, and we're looking forward to gaining even more momentum next year."
Vintage racing features motorcycles from the past competing on period-correct tracks. Competitive balance is achieved by machine- and era-based categories, as well as by age and skill divisions.
"Vintage motorcycle racing has a very broad appeal," Massey said. "It's easy to see why. The relatively low expense of older dirtbikes makes vintage competition an affordable option, while the historical significance of the bikes themselves, and nostalgia for our glory days, brings out riders of all kinds -- including some of the sport's biggest legends."
This year's AMA vintage national champions included off-road icon Terry Cunningham. Cunningham, who won four AMA Grand National Enduro Championships in the 1980s, competed in the hare scrambles Super Senior A class.
"I have not done much vintage racing before this year," he said. "In 2010, a friend from Wisconsin, Craig Hayes, lent me a WR 430, like the one I race now. I tried it and decided to compete for the title this year. I wanted to win the series. That was my goal. I'm happy to win, but what I really enjoyed was seeing old friends and finding out how much the other racers still remembered me from my championship days."
Cunningham discovered that fans never forget their heroes. Those who followed him during his professional career frequently approached him at the vintage races.
"It was great to interact with the fans again, and a series like this is great for the sport, especially when former pros come to the events," Cunningham said. "When the AMA brought out this series for 2013, I really wanted to be a part of it."
Cunningham says he's now hooked on vintage racing and that he plans to return to the series in 2014 to defend his AMA No. 1 plate.
"I'll be back to race next year," he said. "I love it."
On the motocross side, Steve Ellis from Irvine, Calif., won two AMA vintage motocross national titles: the Super Senior A title and the 201-250cc A title.
"I decided to attempt another national championship 40 years after my first one, which was in 1973," said Ellis, who competed on a 1973 Honda CR250. "This is the 40th anniversary of that event. The 40th anniversary of the Honda Elsinore and Gary Jones won the pro championship on the Elsinore 40 years ago when the bike came out, so I pulled it all together, you could say."
Another coincidence that Ellis didn't plan occurred during the awards ceremony. The Michigan native was presented his series AMA No. 1 plate by AMA Motocross Manager Kip Bigelow. In 1973, Kip's father and AMA District 14 (southern Michigan) representative Dick Bigelow gave Ellis his award.
"Vintage racing gives people an opportunity to get back to something that they did in their youth, enjoying the golden era of motocross," Ellis said. "To come back to vintage racing, get those juices flowing, and have a great series like this AMA championship, that's awesome."
Photos from individual rounds of the AMA Vintage Motocross and Hare Scrambles National Championship Series, presented by JT Racing, and more information about vintage competition can be found at www.americanmotorcyclist.com/racing/nationalchampionships/vintagenationals.aspx.
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Hello! Thanks for stopping by the blog today! You will be glad that you did, I promise. Things around here are busy, busy! Next week I am off to Cleveland & Dallas and am preparing several projects for both stops. I will be filming some segments in Cleveland for Scrapbook Soup, which is the scrapbooking show on PBS. The ladies there are so great, it should be a fun day with them. Then the next day I go to Dallas to film some fun stuff for Michaels. And we all know how much I love my friends at M's :) And I hear the incredibly talented Jo Pearson is celebrating her 25th Anniversary with Michaels this month! Amazing! Maybe one day they will say that about me at DCWV ;)
Wednesday, April 11, 2012
CHA Spotlight: Peacock
Hello! Thanks for stopping by the blog today! You will be glad that you did, I promise. Things around here are busy, busy! Next week I am off to Cleveland & Dallas and am preparing several projects for both stops. I will be filming some segments in Cleveland for Scrapbook Soup, which is the scrapbooking show on PBS. The ladies there are so great, it should be a fun day with them. Then the next day I go to Dallas to film some fun stuff for Michaels. And we all know how much I love my friends at M's :) And I hear the incredibly talented Jo Pearson is celebrating her 25th Anniversary with Michaels this month! Amazing! Maybe one day they will say that about me at DCWV ;)
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This was my absolute favorite from the show. So gorgeous! Such talented people behind it.ReplyDelete
only one word for this -- gorgeous!ReplyDelete
The peacock is gorgeous! I can't even imagine how much work went into it!ReplyDelete
Absolutely stunning and so beautifully executed!ReplyDelete
So so excited, I have been waiting to try this Peacock. thank you so much for sharing this amazing projects xxxReplyDelete
I was so excited to see this at the Scrapbook USA expo last month! Up close, it is even more amazing than in pictures! I had to resist the urge to steal it - could not fit it in my jacket! Just kidding of course, but it is that gorgeous!!! Thanks so much for the template and tutorial for the feathers - can't wait to try these!ReplyDelete
The peacock was my favorite part of the DCWV booth! Thanks so much for the tutorial on it.ReplyDelete
Oh my goodness, this peacock is gorgeous. I love all the detail and sparkle. TFS.ReplyDelete
Beautiful! I've also made peacocks...(much smaller ones) using a foot punch turned upside down (you'll see the head and body when you turn it upside down). Then punch out rose leaves and layer,fanning out as you go. Add a little beak and voila..a peacock!ReplyDeleteReplies
is there a web spot where we can see your peacock, and any instructions you can include please.Delete
This is just so gorgeous! The detail is amazing!! CHA and DCWV just gets better and better every time!ReplyDelete
That is so beautiful. Love that your shared how to make it too. Love everything DCWV!ReplyDelete
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I love this peacock. Simply gorgeous. Can't believe it is made out of paper!ReplyDelete
Thanks for sharing! I love the beads that were used for the tail feathers ;)ReplyDelete
Erin, WOW!! What a beautiful peacock...so detailed.ReplyDelete
Thanks for telling us how the peacock was made.ReplyDelete
Wow! The design team is so talented and must be patient too! Beautiful results!ReplyDelete
So cool! Love it!ReplyDelete
those feathers are stunning and I love the behind the picture how tos!ReplyDelete
Just gorgeous and it must be a ton of work!! Loving that you are sharing all the DIY with us!!ReplyDelete
Shared on FB too!ReplyDelete
I am in love with this peacock. He is truly stunning.ReplyDelete
Thanks so much for the close up photos of his feathers.
All I can say is... wow!!
Don't think I will ever be making this but it was fascinating to know how.ReplyDelete
Wow Iam just Amazed this Peacock is So Beautiful the colors and hard work shows.ReplyDelete
thanks for sharing.
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thanks for sharing.
DCWV is Amazing and so may Beautiful Papers and Craft
I am a follower of your BlogReplyDelete
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I have liked your facebook page. thanks for the chance to win.ReplyDelete
How many hours did it take to make that.ReplyDelete
WOW! This is even more impressive than the parrots. Just gorgeous!!ReplyDelete
The peacock is so pretty!ReplyDelete
This Peacock is stunning.....Amazing work.ReplyDelete
The detail here is absolutely amazing!ReplyDelete
Absolutely stunning. Tons of detail and work went into this.ReplyDelete
I have been WAITING!!!! for this tutorial, thanks for getting the instructions for us. This bird is so amazing.ReplyDelete
Totally speechless...ReplyDelete
I have no doubt you will be with Michael's for as long as you want to be! They are so lucky, as are we, to have you there and so convenient to the public! Did I miss where you posted how many feathers the peacock had? Approximately? I'm just curious! It is just breathtaking!ReplyDelete
Wow, Erin thank you for sharing that intricate peacock design. I am happy to hear you will be on the PBS Scrapbook Soup please let us know when it will air, I watch it and would love to see you in action on theiR show. well safe travels and keep on blogging. :)ReplyDelete
Gorgeous and a whole lot of work. AMAZING.ReplyDelete
You guys are the best!!!! I would have thought the tutorial would be several pages long....but just 6 sentences to make this.....I could make this.....if I have another 50 years to my life..LOL....something that looks so hard to make.....is really quite simply....but tons of work....I take my hat off to you guys.....your creativity is the best inspiration for us all....thank you so much.......you should put a float together for the Rose parade....and then the world could see your talents.......ReplyDelete
wow, a lot of work, but what stunning results. the colors are spot on.ReplyDelete
I thought i would share this tutorial with my Facebook friends for you!!ReplyDelete
Just amazing!ReplyDelete
Oh boy. I can do lots of things, but I gotta tell you ... making this peacock intimidates me. It's beautiful - very beautiful. Think I'll just admire from afar.ReplyDelete
Well, I have to be honest....I don't have the patience to make this, but I sure did enjoy looking at it in your show pictures and every time I've seen it since! I can't believe it is made out of paper. Thanks for sharing the instructions for those who want to try this out!ReplyDelete
Beautiful, absolutely beautiful! TFSReplyDelete
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wow! this is awesome! Thanks for sharing the 'how to' with us.ReplyDelete
Hi Erin,ReplyDelete
I have waited and waited hoping you would share this project with us. Thank you so much! This is undoubtedly one of the most beautiful projects ever presented at CHA or any show. Love this!
Absolutely gorgeous!!I have been waiting for you to show us how to make this. I am going to start collecting my supplies because I have to make this.ReplyDelete
Gorgeous! I loved this when I saw pictures of your booth. Thanks for sharing how it was done.ReplyDelete
WOW! That is amazing, I can only imagine how long that took to make! Great job!ReplyDelete
OMG, this is absolutely stunning!!ReplyDelete
I am a new follower so this is the first time I have seen this peacock.
It is hard to believe that it is made of paper!
Amazing! For this I will simply enjoy from afar.ReplyDelete
I didn't get to see the Peacock in person, but even on paper it's breathtaking. You couldn't have picked better colors. I love it! Thank you for sharing how it was made.ReplyDelete
WOW, so amazing, a true work of art.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousApril 12, 2012 at 7:09 PM
Such a Magnificent Bird! So beautiful. Thank you for letting us in on the how to's...ReplyDelete
Thank you so much for sharing this.....it awesomely amazing...I was at awed when I seen the first photos of this bird at CHA...I loved it!ReplyDelete
That is insane! Who dreams up these things? Totally phenomenal!ReplyDelete
This is one of my favorites from the show. I love it. I think I might attempt a scaled down version of this for my Michael's store.ReplyDelete
This is real beautiful.... So great. Thanks for sharing...............ReplyDelete
Oh my gosh!!!! I love it.ReplyDelete
I was a mazed when I saw this peacock in person...SO beautiful!ReplyDelete
WOW!!!! I am speechless, WOW!!!! Goregeous.ReplyDelete
I just had to pin this on pinterest! Beautiful.ReplyDelete
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I like it so much im making one right now. see what happens.ReplyDelete
Peacocks are so vividly beautiful, and this really captures their amazing colours!ReplyDelete


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In Fight Over Anti-Gay Ad, Misappropriation Claims Are Dismissed
A federal court in Colorado has ruled that the unauthorized use of a gay couple's engagement photo in a political attack ad was protected by the First Amendment. But the judge in the case rejected a request by defendants to throw out the photographer's copyright infringement claims on fair use grounds.
Photographer Kristina Hill and her wedding photography clients, Brian Edwards and Thomas Privitere, sued conservative advocacy group Public Advocate of the United States (PAUS) in 2012 for unauthorized use of an engagement photo of Edwards and Privitere in political attack ads.
The ads, showing an image by Hill of Edwards and Privitere kissing each other, were part of a PAUS campaign to defeat two Colorado lawmakers who supported same-sex marriage.
Hill sued for copyright infringement because PAUS used the photo without her permission. Edwards and Priviter claimed misappropriation of their likeness for commercial purposes, in violation of their privacy and Colorado's right-of-publicity laws.
But the court has thrown out the couple's misappropriation claims on the grounds that the political ads were "primarily non-commercial," and that they "reasonably relate to a legitimate matter of public concern"–same-sex marriage. Therefore, free speech rights of the First Amendment barred the couple's misappropriation claim, federal judge Wiley Y. Daniel wrote in the decision.
However, Judge Daniel rejected a motion by PAUS to dismiss Hill's copyright infringement on fair use grounds, ruling that the ads didn't pass the standard four-pronged test for fair use.
The first factor, relating to the character and purpose of the unauthorized use, went against the defendants for two reasons. Language of the copyright law protecting unauthorized use for educational purposes "suggests that the educational purposes contemplated by the statute's drafters relates to schooling, not mailers circulated during an election," the judge wrote.
Furthermore, he explained in his decision, "while the defendants placed the lifted portion [of the image] in a different background and placed a caption on the mailer, such actions cannot be characterized as 'highly
Other prongs of the fair use test also went against the defendants. For instance, the image is a creative work, not merely informational, which mitigated against a fair use finding, Judge Daniel said. And he rejected the defendants' argument that they used only used a small part of Hill's image, countering that they used the qualitatively most significant part, which shows the subjects kissing.
"I find that the plaintiffs have stated a plausible copyright infringement claim under the Copyright Act," the judge concluded.
The ruling allows Hill to proceed with her copyright infringement claims, and was not a final decision on those claims.
A trial date has been set for January 26, 2015.
Anti-Gay Group Sued for Unauthorized Use of Photo in Attack Ads
Anti-Gay Group Pleads Fair Use, Free Speech in Infringement Case


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Brooklyn's own DJ Center hooked up with DJ Spinna to remix "In A Song" featuring Middle Child, a track off the album Everything In Time. With an anthem-like chorus and thumping groove, "In A Song" is packed with bump and boogie, warmth and soul – a natural choice for DJs, dance floors and lovers of modern soul music with an instant vintage feel. DJ Spinna needs no introduction, and he adds his own style to the track here in the "Back from the Future Remix."
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After the jump, watch a video about the making of the remix. Thanks to Push the Fader, who has a new blog up and running, so check that out too!
DJ Center – In a Song (DJ Spinna Back From The Future Remix) by DJCenter


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Rated 5 out of 5 by JennyM Beautiful Accent to Bedroom These are flowy, sheer and beautiful. I have a bedroom that is decorated with accents that remind me of Belize and Morocco. It is a jungle-inspired room with Moroccan lighting fixtures. I held off on buying curtains for two years to find just the right pattern to coordinate with my theme and add elegance and drama. These are perfect. I put the Mallard Green crushed velvet curtains behind this, and the color popped through at the 'burnout' designs beautifully. I have teal and light aqua in my room, and even though the mallard green is more of a hunter green, it appears teal behind these sheer curtains. Awesome combination. November 25, 2011
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Department of Finance Awarded Certificate of Achievement
Posted on 07/30/2013 9:47 am
The Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting has been awarded to the City of Wilmington by the Government Finance Officers Association of the United States and Canada (GFOA) for its comprehensive annual financial report (CAFR).
The Certificate of Achievement is the highest form of recognition in the area of governmental accounting and financial reporting, and its attainment represents a significant accomplishment by a government and its management.
The GFOA presented the Certificate of Achievement to the Director of the Department of Finance, Laura Papas. Papas has worked in the Department of Finance for 33 years.
"As Finance Director, FY12 was my first year producing a CAFR. The accounting staff led by Shaina Cooper, who was fairly new to the City, contributed a great deal along with former Senior Financial Officer, Winston Robinson," said Papas. "The Accounting Division as a whole worked as a team to get the job done timely and accurately. To be awarded the certificate of excellence in financial reporting is the best award this department can get as it speaks to the quality of how the City's monies are accounted for."
The CAFR has been judged by an impartial panel to meet the high standards of the program including demonstrating a constructive spirit of full disclosure to clearly communicate its financial story and motivate potential users and user groups to read the CAFR.