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He'll also discuss effective content marketing strategies for social media today, as well as different platforms that can help businesses take social to the next level. A frequent speaker on the future of marketing, Larry is also a published author. He's currently working on his fifth book, "The Digital Marketer: Ten New Skills You Must Learn to Stay Relevant and Customer-Centric."
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Today the United States has taken an important step forward. We now recognize the Syrian Opposition Council as the legitimate representative of the Syrian people. We have extended an invitation to Mouaz al-Khatib and the coalition leadership to visit Washington at their earliest opportunity. We have been intensively engaged with special envoy [Lakhdar] Brahimi, our Russian counterparts, and other partners to assist him in his efforts to bring about a real political transition, as outlined in the Geneva communique.
The step that we took with regard to the designation of the al-Nusra Front raises an alarm about a very different kind of future for Syria, about the direction that a group, in this case al-Nusra, would try to take Syria, to impose its will and to try to threaten the social fabric of Syria.
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The kinetics of a type IIb Na(+)-coupled inorganic phosphate (Pi) cotransporter (NaPi-IIb) cloned from mouse small intestine were studied using the two-electrode voltage clamp applied to Xenopus oocytes. In the steady state, mouse NaPi-IIb showed a curvilinear I-V relationship, with rate-limiting behavior only for depolarizing potentials. The Pi dose dependence was Michaelian, with an apparent affinity constant for Pi (Km(pi)) of 10 +/- 1 microM: at -60 mV. Unlike for rat NaPi-IIa, (Km(pi)) increased with membrane hyperpolarization, as reported for human NaPi-IIa, flounder NaPi-IIb and zebrafish NaPi-IIb2. The apparent affinity constant for Na(+) (Km(na)) was 23 +/- 1 mM: at -60 mV, and the Na(+) activation was cooperative with a Hill coefficient of approximately 2. Pre-steady-state currents were documented in the absence of Pi and showed a strong dependence on external Na(+). The hyperpolarizing shift of the charge distribution midpoint potential was 65 mV/log[Na]. Approximately half the moveable charge was attributable to the empty carrier. A comparison of the voltage dependence of steady-state Pi-induced current and pre-steady-state charge movement indicated that for -120 mV <or= V <or= 0 mV the voltage dependence of the empty carrier was the main determinant of the curvilinear steady-state cotransport characteristic. External protons partially inhibited NaPi-IIb steady-state activity, independent of the titration of mono- and divalent Pi, and immobilized pre-steady-state charge movements associated with the first Na(+) binding step.
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In 2012 when Super Strom Sandy devastated the East Coast including New York, the state's governor, Andrew Cuomo, said that something needed to be done about climate change. Unlike many politicians who talk the talk, the governor is actually doing something. He announced Thursday that he wants to invest another billion dollars in his successful solar program—the NY- Sun Initiative.
In 2012, the Democratic governor started the NY- Sun Initiative solar program and already it has 300 MW (megawatts) of solar energy installed or under development. In a little over a year he doubled all the solar installed in New York during the entire previous decade.
Now he wants to install 3,000 MW of additional solar across New York--That's enough solar to power 465,000 homes, and cut greenhouse gas emissions by 2.3 million tons annually — the equivalent of taking almost 435,000 cars off the road, and create more than 13,000 new solar jobs.
Perhaps it's time for 60 Minutes to issue another on-air apology this time for their bad reporting on the "demise of Clean Tech."
But like they say in the infomercials—that is not all. Governor Cuomo also announced a new program entitled K-Solar, which will incentivize the deployment of solar energy by using the state's 5,000 schools as "demonstration hubs" to increase the number of solar energy projects in their surrounding communities.
Cuomo's impressive commitment to clean energy is paying off in the state's rapidly growing solar industry. The Natural Resources Defense Counsel (NRDC) reports that not only is the NY-Sun Initiative expanding the marketplace, it has served to "to drive down the cost of installed solar power by establishing new, cost-effective and efficient practices and technologies."
New York currently ranks 12th in the country for installed solar capacity according to the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA). There are more than 411 solar companies working in New York, employing more than 3,300 people. In terms of jobs in the clean energy industry, New York third in the U.S., behind only California and Nevada.
In late 2013, the state flipped the switch on the 32-MW Long Island Solar Farm, the largest in the eastern United States. That was part of the NY-Sun initiative. When New York completes this new billion dollar expansion, New York will certainly be one of the leaders in solar in the nation.
In the last quarter, the U.S. installed enough solar to overtake Germany. What is needed is for the rest of the country to follow New York and California's lead and replace polluting coal plants with solar. As New York found out, it is a job creator. If Congress is too busy counting the money they rake in from the coal and oil industry to act, Governors need to take charge.
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I finally get to tell you about something I've kept the lid on for the past six months: I'm about to release my first printed book. I won't give away all the details yet, but I can tell you with confidence that this is not like any book you've experienced before.
As digital as I may be when it comes to publishing, I have a love for books in their classic form, and a deep appreciation for their magic—as stories, as personal objects, as sign posts of a larger journey. However, I've never felt satisfied with the idea that a book ends on the last page. A story isn't so easily caged. It's nature is to flow onward and outward in every direction—we just haven't found a way to capture that experience yet. With that in mind, my new book attempts to reach beyond our familiar boundaries with the written story into some exciting, yet-to-be-chartered territory. I'm looking forward to hearing what you think.
Now for a brief preview… On the fourth page of the book is a foreword by Michael Evashevski. Michael is a graphic designer in New York and a close friend. Confident, gracious and elegant, his work evokes a rare poetry that never ceases to inspire. It's no wonder that Michael is a poet as well. Content with remaining unpublished and generally shying away from public readings, Michael shares his poetry from time to time as limited edition hand-bound books with a small circle of his closest friends. While I was reading one of his early drafts, I came across a poem that made my face go cold. I had spent the past year writing and revising a story that would become one of my first published pieces, and here Michael had unknowingly written it's twin in two beautiful, haunting lines.
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There are many different types of joint surgery. The following questions will help you evaluate which surgery may be right for you.
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NBA legend Michael Jordan is the proud poppa of identical twin daughters according to a report by the Associated Press on Feb. 12.
Jordan's wife, Yvette Jordan, gave birth to Victoria and Ysabel on Sunday (Feb. 10) in West Palm Beach, Fla. Jordan's spokeswoman, Estee Portnoy said, "Yvette Jordan and the babies are doing well and the family is overjoyed at their arrival.
It has been a joyous year for the couple. They married back in 2013 in Palm Beach, Fla. after dating for six years. Almost a year later they are the happy parents of identical twins.
Jordan, who turns 51 next Monday, has kept busy since he retired from the NBA. He is the majority owner of the Charlotte Bobcats, an NBA franchise that is steadily improving, and there has also been rumors about Michael Jordan stepping back on the court.
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Inside each case was the body of an adult woman, but that's about all that is known at this time. Autopsies were conducted on the bodies over the weekend, but the results have not been released, pending further testing. This is the town's first ever homicide investigation.
Who could these bodies belong to? There are numerous missing women across the country, any one of which could have been inside one of the suitcases. What was the state of the remains? Approximately how long have these women been dead? Was there any kind of information that could help identify them, or the person who shoved them into a suitcase?
Police are stating that this is "an isolated incident," but they haven't really given any information to back that up. Really, until more information is made available, no one knows what's going on. There could be any number of foul elements at work. One thing's for sure, these women didn't crawl into the suitcases and pitch themselves into the ditch, so someone knows something. If it's you, you should contact the Town of Geneva, WI police department at (262)-248-9926. While these women are unidentified right now, they likely won't be for long.


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As I mentioned in my last post which I'm sure you're getting around to reading, I'm in San Francisco this week. I want to send up a hearty high-five to God for pulling a fast one on me and sending a cold front through here during the only days I'll be around. Well played, God. Well played.
I won't bore you with the finer details, but I'm here for a marketing conference. I don't know if I've ever explained that this is what I do for a living. I am in an industry that is designed to mislead you for money. I'm part of the problem, just like you. I get paid quite well for it though, so I put on a smile while I pervert your view of the world, then I go home, bury said smile, and criticize you for falling for it all. I get up the next day and do it all over again. And again. And again. And…
Reality is something that's been weighing on me lately. Do any of us know what reality is? If you live in America, you may have noticed that the vast majority of our lives and our experiences are completely manufactured. Vacations aren't just about seeing something new, they're about consumerism. Even if we don't realize it, we go to the most exotic locations we can afford so we can rub it into everyone else's face. We take pictures and smile broadly. Look at us! We're happy! Terribly so! DID YOU SEE HOW FUCKING HAPPY I AM? I POSTED IT ON FACEBOOK!
It used to be that the most poignant photographs were the ones taken when the subject was unaware that they were, in fact, the subject. With a flashbulb flashing, in that one tiny second it took to capture whatever image, we found and froze an emotion: joy, sorrow, anger, defeat. Humanity.
Now we pose ourselves to make it look like we've been caught being quintessentially human. Oh! You stumbled upon my lover and me engaging in a playfully romantic romp in a pile of leaves at the park! Haha! I was unaware you'd stumbled upon my husband and our infant son who's dressed like he's on his way to a hipster job interview. You found us playing in the fountain, just as any family with a young child does gleefully. Color me surprised, I had no idea you'd captured me as I contemplated my future as a high school senior there in that gazebo. With a whimsical smile playing across my lips, I had been completely unaware that you were capturing one of the most defining moments in my life. I'm glad I spent two hours on my hair and makeup that day.
Who are we taking these pictures for? Us? No, not us. Not immediately at least. I think we're capturing these falsified images for everyone else. Perhaps we've gotten to the point where we can't believe in our own happiness unless other people believe it too. We've come to believe that we don't exist unless we're seen. When did that distortion of reality come to be?
Up until I was six years old I thought that it was a law that your family had to take you to Disney World within two months of your birth. I haven't the faintest fucking idea how I managed to come up with this. I don't know what I thought would happen if you didn't go. Maybe you'd turn to dust and all your toys would go to a child who could clearly follow simple instructions? Who knows.
Before I moved to Indianapolis, I lived in Atlanta and I distinctly remember a little girl by the name of Katie who lived at the other end of the neighborhood from me. Half the houses in the addition were under construction, these giant, looming frames with plywood floors and concrete basements. We'd wander through them alone, just the pair of us and our thoughts because apparently our parents were mastering the art of neglect. We were the same age, Katie and me, and we were both resolute in our understanding that if you didn't go to Disney World when you were born, that was it. Game over. We'd part ways and go back to our enormous mass-manufactured homes and fall asleep to memories of tinier versions of ourselves in line for the teacup rides. Our families had followed the rules; we had gone to Disney World as expected. The world was all ours now.
We moved to Indianapolis when I was 6, and I completely forgot about Katie. I made a few friends up front, girls who reminded me of Katie, children who lived in the same manufactured neighborhood with giant, looming houses that had once been harsh frames and unpolished flooring. At some point I made friends with a girl in my class. She did not live in my neighborhood, she lived in an apartment with her mother, two brothers, and occasionally her mother's boyfriend (if they weren't fighting.) I think her name was Misty. She had a mullet and wore her mother's bra to school a couple times. All in all, she fascinated me.
I went to Misty's apartment for a sleepover once. We had to sleep in the living room because all the kids shared a bed. I remember her mother leaving us there by ourselves for a few hours while she ran errands. I remember feeling giddy because I'd never not been with an adult before – at least not inside a house where an adult could usually be found. The under-construction houses of my former world with Katie were different. They didn't even have doors. There was a door on that apartment though, and it had been shut by an adult. I mistook Misty's mother's absence as a gesture of trust that we would be responsible while she was gone, and we sure were responsible! Misty made us dinner on the stove – soup. It was like playing real-life house and it felt exhilarating. We watched a movie that night too. I forget what we watched, but I do remember it was on laser-disc If nothing else sent up a red flag, surely the laser-disc should have.
I was too high on this freedom and this alternate reality, that I didn't notice how wrong the situation was. It wasn't until later that night when Misty's mother and her boyfriend came home and loudly had sex in the room next to ours before getting physical in a more violent fashion that suddenly this world seemed less charming. The next morning was a regular day for Misty, but I was haunted. She made me breakfast (cereal this time) and we ate quietly while waiting for my mom to pick me back up. I felt cold and tingly. My heart ached. I was having what was probably my first panic attack, but I attributed it to being sick.
"What do you remember about Disney World?" I asked her, desperately wanting to go to my happy place. She looked over at me, her face filled with confusion.
"I ain't never been."
Those words stuck with me not just because ain't isn't an actual word, but because Misty had cheated the system. Maybe this was what happened when you didn't follow the rules. You got to stay home alone and use the stove. It blew my mind.
My mother picked me up and cryptically asked me how the night had been. Looking back, I realize that she probably had a feeling it would be an experience staying with Misty, although I doubt she knew how much of an experience it would be. My parents were far from helicopter parents which is why I have an arsenal of life-changing experiences to refer to. I'm very thankful for that.
I told her everything had been fine and left it at that. I didn't want to remember the evening, even if it had been euphoric for a time.
Shortly before we pulled into our neighborhood with the precisely manicured yards and the children running through the streets chasing golden retrievers while their parents waved at other neighbors, I told my mom that Misty had never been to Disney World.
Connie seemed nonplussed. "So?" she asked. "Neither have you."
I still remember the feeling. It was cold and painful. It hurt my stomach. I felt like I'd fallen really hard and had the wind knocked out of me.
"But you have to go," I spluttered. "It's the law!"
My mother explained that, basically, I was bat shit crazy. There was no such law. "Why would you take a baby to Disney World?" she mused. "What would you even do with it? Duct tape it to a seat at Space Mountain* and pray for the best?"
That was the first time I started to consider how artificial our lives are. Some of it is because our society plants these ideas into our head about how life should be. Some of it is something we've fantasized and struggled in vain to make a reality, if only marginally. All of it is our creation in a way, though. Who are we trying to fool?
Maybe we're trying to deceive ourselves after all. Maybe that's the point of life — to mislead yourself until you combust and are forced to face the stark reality.
If that's true, how much of our current lives are manufactured? And how do you go about figuring out what's real and what's not?
And who the fuck would take a baby to Disney World?
*Many years later, my family and I went to Disneyworld. I really enjoyed it there, except for one harrowing experience on Space Mountain. I'm deathly afraid of roller coasters, and I get motion sickness pretty easily. My mother told me it was a kid's rocket ride. I believed her. This was the beginning of a lifetime's worth of trust issues involving my mother.


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Mike Wolf, also known as Misisipi (cq) Mike Wolf, is heading up a indie musicians' tribute to the Byrds and their country-rock "Sweetheart of the Rodeo" album at 8 p.m. March 23 at the Make-Out Room in San Francisco,
Wolf says like most fans he heard the Byrds' great hits, but found there was more to them than that.
"I found the Byrds like most nowadays, through reading about their place in rock history and through 'Turn, Turn, Turn', 'Mr. Tambourine Man' and their other hits. But the an older friend of mine loaned me a copy of 'Younger Than Yesterday' and I discovered that this band was much deeper than the singles."
"For this concert, I have organized a house band, which is basically my band for my normal shows, but we will feature a number of guest singers. Some of these folks will be just arriving from South By Southwest, dirty and tired but ready to go, I'm sure! The house band is myself ('Misisipi' Mike Wolf) on guitars, Kyle Caprista from the Jeff Campbell, Megan Slankard and Chuck Prophet bands, on drums, Mike Anderson (Victoria George and Kelly McFarling bands) on bass and Ian Taylor Sutton (The Heartbreak) on pedal steel guitar.
"Guest vocalists will include Tracey Holland (Vandella), Jeremi Rebecca (The Come Ups), Kyle O'Brien (The Earl Brothers), Stephen Grillos (Hang Jones) and a few surprises that I am keeping under wraps for now. Some folks have other big shows planned in the area and so I have to keep their names under embargo till closer to show time. In addition to playing the album in its released sequence, we are including some bonus tracks from the Byrds' "country rock" period and from Gram Parson's post Byrds' period."
Wolf says this will be one of a series of album tributes he'll be doing.
"This will be the third album of what I hope to be a continuing series of concerts, billed as 'King Biscuit's Vinyl Revival,' that will pay tribute to the albums and artists that have influenced today's 'indie music' talents. I have organized performances of the Small Faces' 'Ogdens' Nut Gone Flake' and The Velvet Underground's 'Loaded.' The 'Loaded' show proved such a success that we have repeated it and even taken it on the road. I predict the Byrds' show will net the same results."
He says future planned concerts in 2014 may include The Beatles "Help!" (UK version), The Kinks "The Village Green Preservation Society," and The Buffalo Springfield's "Again."
(Note: The Byrds "Sweetheart of the Rodeo" show takes place at 8 p.m. March 23 at The Make-Out Room, 3225 22nd St., near Mission, in San Francisco. The show was moved from its original date on March 25.)
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Thursday afternoon's MLB Trade Deadline made for some very interesting last-minute deals, as we usually see from year to year at this time. But a few surprising moves were made, including the hottest pitcher on the market moving to Detroit. Here's a brief look at what went down on a very busy afternoon.
The Detroit Tigers won the lottery on Thursday, getting arguably the most sought-after free agent on the market in Tampa Bay Rays starter David Price. He had been rumored to be a hot topic at the Trade Deadline over the last few weeks, but all questions were answered when the news broke that he had been sent to the Tigers. With the move, this now gives Detroit a deadly starting rotation, highlighted by ace Justin Verlander and Max Scherzer. Price spoke after the announcement about his feelings regarding the trade.
It's tough to put into words. There's absolute sadnes. This is where I've been the last seven years. I didn't expect Detroit to be a final destination, it happened fast and unexpectedly. But I'm still playing baseball, which is what I know and what I love.
In addition, Tampa sent some prospects along with the deal to get a pitcher of their own. They pick up Drew Smyly, as the Seattle Mariners picked up Tigers center fielder Austin Jackson to complete the three-team deal. The interesting note about Price is he is set to hit free agency after this season, unless the Tigers decide to renew him. Otherwise, you can bet some team will be willing to fork over a hefty paycheck to get one of the best, if not THE best, all-around pitcher in baseball.
Elswhere around the league, the Oakland A's and Boston Red Sox were busy teams as the 4:00 P.M. Eastern deadline drew near. After picking up Jeff Samardzija from the Cubs a few weeks ago, Oakland made the call to Fenway Park to acquire the services of Jon Lester and Jonny Gomes. This comes at the expense of Yoenis Cespedes and a draft pick. Boston picks up without a doubt one of the most talented fielders in the game, but many have already asked if maybe the Sox overpaid to get him. Regardless, both teams feel confident about their moves. Oakland also sent Tommy Milone to the Twins for Sam Fuld. Milone lost his spot in the rotation after Samardzija hit town, and any hope of him rejoining the staff basically evaporated now that Lester is on board.
After Boston picked up Cespedes, they turned their attention to the St. Louis Cardinals, and picked up a pair of players that the Cards haven't been real high on lately in Allen Craig and Joe Kelly. They also traded Andrew Miller to Baltimore for prospect pitcher Eduardo Rodriguez. Then they finished the day by sending Stephen Drew to the Yankees what is realistically a salary dump.
The Yankees dealt the powerful Peter O'Brien to Arizona in exchange for Martin Prado. This will provide some much needed utility insurance for A-Rod, with Drew getting ready to assume control at second base. New York didn't make a ton of moves, but they did enough to at least get in the race for the second Wild Card spot in the American League. And if Masahiro Tanaka's elbow comes back healthy, they could make a run at a division that hasn't been exactly stellar this year.
The Atlanta Braves didn't have a huge wallet to unload on a superstar player, but they still managed to come out looking like a winner. They dipped into the Cubs' player pool and acquired Emilio Bonifacio and pitcher James Russell. It's an interesting moving that provided some much-needed results. They were seeking another left-hander, which they got with Russell, and Bonifacio will give some help as a utility player and maybe pinch-runner.
And finally, the Houston Astros got in on Thursday's action. Jarred Cosart was dealt to the Miami Marlins, in exchange for prospect Colin Moran and outfielder Jake Marisnick. The Astros aren't particularly AS bad as people thought they would be for their second year in the American league, but they're still a long way from challenging the likes of the A's or the Angels.
If there were a loser in this year's Draft Deadline, it's almost unanimous that it would be the Los Angeles Dodgers. This is a franchise that turned completely around last year, and even managed to save Don Mattingly's job in the process. But they made little to zero impact with trades this year, and it will be interesting to see if the cards they have now will be enough to hold on to their spot at the top of the National League.
In total, there were 12 deals with 37 players being dealt on Thursday to make it the most active Trade Deadline day ever. And in the midst of it all, a fake Twitter account claiming to be FOX Sports analyst Ken Rosenthal nailed the biggest trade of the day just hours before the actual announcement hit the news. The Dodgers may have been the "losers" of the day, but everyone who paid close attention and followed Thursday's madness was certainly a winner.


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Let $G = \{ 3^a 6^b 10^c: a, b, c \in \mathbb{Z}\}$ under multiplication and $H = \{ 3^a 6^b 12^c: a, b,c \in \mathbb{Z}\}$ under multiplication. Prove that $G = \langle3\rangle \times \langle6\rangle \times \langle10\rangle$ whereas $H$ is not the IDP of $\langle3\rangle \times \langle6\rangle \times \langle12\rangle$.
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Hint. Use prime factorisation to show that any element of $G$ can be written as $3^a 6^b 10^c$ for a unique triple $(a, b, c)$. Conclude that $G$ is the internal direct product $\langle 3 \rangle \times \langle 6 \rangle \times \langle 10 \rangle$. On the other hand, find two distinct triples $(a, b, c)$ and $(a', b', c')$ such that $3^a 6^b 12^c = 3^{a'} 6^{b'} 12^{c'}$. Conclude that $(\langle 3 \rangle \times \langle 6 \rangle) \cap \langle 12 \rangle$ is non-trivial and therefore $H$ is not an internal direct product of $\langle 3 \rangle \times \langle 6 \rangle$ and $\langle 12 \rangle$.


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The White House reports President Bush will visit Kentucky early next month to raise money for Republican Senator Mitch McConnell's re-election campaign.
The March 2, 2007, event will also benefit the National Republican Senatorial Committee. Democrats seized control of the Senate by the slimmest of margins in November, preventing McConnell from becoming Senate Majority Leader.
McConnell, the Senate Minority Leader, has been an unwavering Bush supporter on the Iraq war and the President's domestic policies.
So far no Democrats have announced plans to challenge McConnell in the 2008 election.


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My Sons' Status Reports
By mtibbets on Feb 28, 2005
Like many parents I am very interested in the lives my children lead
at school. My three boys are in the 2nd grade, kindergarten, and pre-K.
As you might expect the standard response to the question "What did you
do at school today?" is "I don't remember". Even if I ask specific
questions I get one word responses. But I've got great news, I
get weekly status reports on what my boys are doing at school.
It's called the Wednesday folder. Every Wednesday they come home with a
folder full of their work from the previous week. It's terrific, I get
to see everything they've done and we get to sit down and talk about it.
As a manager, I find that nothing causes employees to roll their eyes quite like a request for a status report. But just like Wednesday folders, they are a great tool for a manager and a team to share information. Nothing quite replaces the quality of information that can be exchanged in a 1-on-1 or in casually touching base, but status reports go a long way towards complementing these regular touch points. A status report is a great way for a person to tell their manager what they worked on that week that is of importance. I ask my engineers to share their accomplishments (what's done), good news (what significant breakthrough has occurred), bad news (what obstacles are standing in the way), and regular status (what else is of interest) on a bi-weekly basis. I then take the time to summarize these reports in writing (heck I'm already doing it mentally) and then send this summary back to the team. This is a very important step because it helps the team gain some perspective on the efforts of their peers as well as to put their efforts into the larger context of what the team is working towards. Finally, this summary represents a mental map of where we as a team currently stand that enables us to better inform others, negotiate requirements, etc.
As a parent and as a manager, staying informed is critical to my job and whether its Wednesday folders, or weekly status reports, a regular summary goes a long way towards helping me and the team.


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Computer Science
Earth Science
Reported May 2009
COLLEGE STATION, Texas (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- They are startling facts -- one in five girls and one in seven boys will become the victims of sexual abuse by the age of 18. Records of where sex offenders live are mostly outdated or inaccurate, but police now have a new tool to help keep your kids safe from predators.
Judy Cornett is on a mission.
"I wish someone would have done this and saved my son," Cornett told Ivanhoe.
Her 11-year-old son was raped by a sexual predator. Now, she makes sure everyone in her community knows where the dangers are. Cornett's work will soon get a little easier. A team from Texas A&M College of Architecture is developing computerized mapping techniques to help police track locations and estimate risk levels of each registered sex offender.
"We want to know, given the addresses of the sex offenders in the county, how many live within 1,000 feet of the schools and the daycares and the parks -- places where children play," Douglas Wunneburger, Ph.D., assistant research scientist in the Department of Landscape Architecture and Urban Planning at Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas, told Ivanhoe.
The maps give police officers instant access to where sex offenders live.
"We were able to take those addresses and put them on a map, and then we took the locations of the schools and the daycares and put them on the map and compared them to safety zone buffers," Dr. Wunneburger said.
The maps are layered. Red dots show where the sex offenders live. In another map, dots show where the safety zones are.
In the city of Bryan, Texas, the maps revealed that 54 percent of all registered sex offenders were out of compliance with state laws -- living inside safety zones, near schools and parks.
"We had a report of a kid who disappeared in a certain area, and within five minutes, we've done buffers and we knew all the registered sex offenders in that area and we knew their vehicles," Gustavo Roman, IT Director for the City of Bryan, Texas, told Ivanhoe. "We knew what they drove. We had pictures of them out to our police officers."
After using the more detailed maps, the number of sex offenders rose from 143 to 200 in Bryan.
Many states already list addresses of registered sex offenders, but the information takes months to be inputted into the computer. This mapping system gives each probation officer access to update information daily.
"If you go to the mapping service, you will find information that's accurate and true," Miriam Olivares, a graduate student at Texas A&M University, told Ivanhoe. "The other ones will give you a sense of what's going on."
"Police probably had a good idea who their sex offenders were," Dr. Wunneburger said. "I think they probably knew where they lived. What they didn't know was if they were in or out of compliance with state laws."
Detailed mapping like this will help police get information more quickly and hopefully keep more children safe.
Dr. Wunneburger said during his research for the mapping project, he found sex offenders typically travel much farther than the 1,000-foot safety zones to commit offenses. Actually, they travel an average of two miles, and only those who have been convicted of their crimes are registered. Parents need to be aware at all times, everywhere -- not just near where known sex offenders live.
The Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences contributed to the information contained in the TV portion of this report.
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Most of us have had those days or periods of life where we find ourselves feeling disgruntled, dissatisfied or even depressed. Though this could be due to a health issue, more often than not it is because our expectations were not fulfilled. In the Woods Cross Transcripts, Abraham has often taught how these feelings are a time for serious contemplation of our relationship with our divine Parents -- "In whom do we trust? What is our focus? In whom do we really serve?"
In a recent lesson on this topic, Abraham drew out the story of the Disgruntled Church Minister, and how he came to realize such discontent, and steps he took to overcome:
A minister in a church appeared to have all those things in life that were true, beautiful and good. The parishioners would attend his service, recite the usual prayers, and leave feeling the same as when they arrived. The minister focused on strictly preaching on lessons from the scriptures. He focused on telling his listeners on what not to do. He always attempted to greet his parishioners personally with a handshake or greeting, but never really took the time to know each person.
The minister saw to it that the church was kept immaculately clean and proper, for he felt it reflected upon him. He imposed strict guidelines upon his family so as to personify a godly image. His focus was set on how he appeared to the world. He performed all his life's duties to the best of his ability. Anything less was not acceptable. He could not be caught stumbling. He was sharp with those individuals who volunteered at his church to make sure everything ran smooth.
He slept little and worried much. He felt as though he was doing his very best for God and could not understand the emptiness inside him. He could not be found having faults to the outside world. He felt somewhat superior in a way, and yet deep down he knew this was a mask for his true feeling of inferiority. He was trapped, so to speak, in his standards. He was unable to move about with creativity. He was bound by tradition and aesthetics.
As he viewed his listeners one day during church services, he felt as though nobody was really listening or appreciating him for his efforts. He really thought they should look up to him. He ended the service as he always did with the same scriptural phrases, said his good-byes, and after having looked over the church to make sure everything was just perfect, he got in his car and left.
As the distraught minister drove he thought, "Why do not the people see my efforts? Why do my children rebel against me? Why is my wife indifferent towards me? I do everything to the highest standards. I feel not close to any one of my parishioners. I feel my hands are destined to repeat the traditional habits that have always been. I am indeed a righteous man, but what is wrong!"
In the cloudiness of his thinking, his car was broadsided and he was indeed hurt and in great pain. His first thoughts, "How could God allow this to happen to me, for I lived a righteous life!" As he was drifting in and out of consciousness he heard that divine voice from within. "In whom do you serve, my son? Who do you trust to complete those daily tasks? Who's opinions of you do you value most? Who are you attempting to impress? Whom do you serve?"
As the man recovered he, for many hours, pondered these words and attempted to answer them. He found he was serving himself. He was building a nest of prestige. He craved adoration and power. He could not become close to any one person for he put himself above them. He had set up for himself a seemingly perfected life in which he was not allowed shortcomings or mistakes. He soon realized God did not demand this of him, but he assumed this standard would bring him what he most craved.
When the minister had fully recovered he returned to church services to find the parishioners to be enthusiastic about the messages from their temporary substitute minister. He had felt some jealousy at first, but he had allowed true humility to seep into his imprisoned mind. He had learned from the new pastor how to relate with individuals one-on-one with sincerity. He learned about living up to the true definition of a minister. He realized that a perfect screen over an imperfect mortal only imprisons and strangles creativity.
The 'changing of heart' minister began to preach from his experience and honestly told his listeners of all that he had learned. He courageously admitted his blindness and taught the people with those lessons he had learned therefrom. He had not so much cared any more for the condition of the church as he did for the condition of his family, friends, and church attendees. He had realized he learned as much from his listeners as he had taught. The parishioners became participants and the church became alive with divine information, creativity, new and better ways to live this mortal life, divinely.
The minister had found a new door had opened to his soul that allowed him the spiritual liberty we should all be fortunate to know: He could move with real joy; he could find humor in his mistakes; he could find value in his hardships; the pressure was lifted off him and the light of reality had set him free. Today he is joyful and thriving in a successful church ministry. He is no longer bound by what he thinks righteousness is, but by caring about glorifying our Father and ministering to his family, friends and acquaintances.
My friends, find those things that imprison you and complicate your lives. Ask yourselves the questions that the divine voice asked the man as he lay there in pain. "Where is your focus? Whom do you serve?" [WCT -- Abraham 9/11/2000]


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Thanks for the info! I'm gonna try to go to one of them, never been to a knicks game before.
Hey guys, Got this emailed to me, and sent to me on facebook, I thought I would pass it on to my fellow Knick fans!
$60.50 tickets for only $20.09
Fresh off the Knicks victory against the defending NBA Champion Boston Celtics at The Garden, the Knicks are excited to extend a New Year's celebration offer to catch the Knicks in action this month. Mark your 2009 calendar for this Wednesday, January 7 at 10:00am and purchase tickets originally priced $60.50 for only $20.09 for all of the Knicks home games this month. Starting on Wednesday at 10:00am be sure to enter code 2009 in the box marked "Special Offers and Promotions" when purchasing tickets. This exclusive offer only runs for 20 hours and 9 minutes so be sure to buy your tickets fast as this deal ends on Thursday, January 8 at 6:09am.
Take advantage of this $20.09 offer for the following games:
- Wednesday, January 14 vs. Washington Wizards; 1:00pm
- Saturday, January 17 vs. Philadelphia 76ers; 7:30pm
- Monday, January 19 vs. Chicago Bulls; 1:00pm (MLK Jr. Day)
- Wednesday, January 21 vs. Phoenix Suns; 7:30pm
- Friday, January 23 vs. Memphis Grizzlies; 7:30pm
- Monday, January 26 vs. Houston Rockets; 7:30pm
Wednesday, January 28 vs. Atlanta Hawks; 7:30pm
Thanks for the info! I'm gonna try to go to one of them, never been to a knicks game before.
me neither im trying to get tickets to knicks lakers on feb 2nd, or knicks celtics on feb 6th
I'm thinking about taking advantage of this...were are the seats located that usually cost $60?
And is this deal reliable to not screw me in the end after I purchase my ticket? The last thing I need is to expect a discount and they never give it to me when I did everything right.
What site is this steal on???
Can someone please answer this ASAP?
just wondering does any knick supporter live in new york, and never been to a game?
Yeh I'm not attacking anyone.. just wondering. I'm more passionate about an AFL team in Australian, and can't go to their games because of a waiting list.. so i understand.


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Niall Rowan
Technical Officer at Association for Specialist Fire Protection (ASFP)
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Post date: Monday, 10th October 2011
Niall Rowan, Technical Officer, Association for Specialist Fire Protection (ASFP), proposes that the subject of risk management in buildings is probably beyond the competence of the average fire risk assessor.
This is possibly a rather controversial statement to make, but as so many problems with fire risk assessments arise and are widely reported in the press, it is increasingly becoming accepted opinion. It is well known that under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order, there are currently no qualification, knowledge or experience requirements for Fire Risk Assessors. Anybody can do it and as a result there are a number of substandard risk assessments in circulation. The more infamous ones have been well documented, but what about more complex structures such as fire engineered buildings, or those where there are a number of factors that make the undertaking of a fire risk assessment unsuitable for the faint-hearted? What special requirements do they have that make them 'beyond the competence of the average fire risk assessor?'
Fire engineered buildings are complex and pose a number of problems for the responsible person, the owner, the occupier and the developer/contractor, such as:
To cope with these, buildings may rely upon a number of fire engineering techniques such as hot smoke extraction systems, smoke venting, smoke curtains, extensive automatic fire detection, fire suppression systems, compartmentation of high risk areas and well defined operational procedures.
Such an approach demands a very high standard of fire safety management covering the day-to-day operational arrangements for the building. It also requires a robust planned preventative maintenance regime in respect of fire safety systems. Whilst this is feasible, is it realistic in the day-to-day running of medical buildings? What happens over time when, bit by bit, small changes are made to the building, that compromise or invalidate the fire safety measures, which are essential to such a building working correctly?
Fire safety strategy and the responsible person
The fire risk assessor evaluating a building will need to review any Fire Safety Strategy (FSS) in order to be able to undertake a 'suitable and sufficient' assessment. Whilst fundamentally accepting its validity, since it will have been signed off by the regulator, the assessor will need to review the FSS for deviations present in the building which will need addressing; either by requiring compliance or developing an alternative strategy. It should be noted that the FSS will often be justified by detailed models and calculations which are outside the scope of a fire risk assessment. They are also likely to be outside the competence of any fire risk assessor who is not a fire engineer.
In order to undertake the fire risk assessment, the assessor will also need extensive support from the 'Responsible Person' because he/she must hold all the information on all the fire safety systems that make the building safe. This will include all the passive fire protection (structural or built-in) measures, all the active fire protection (detection, alarm, suppression) measures and for such buildings, the Fire Safety Strategy including the assumptions made in producing it.
For buildings constructed since 2006, the requirement to maintain such information is enshrined in Regulation 38 (formerly Regulation16b) of the Building Regulations. This requires that information be given to the Responsible Person so that any fire risk assessor can obtain the information from them and undertake their fire risk assessment. Unfortunately, 'Regulation 38 information' is rarely available, which makes it more difficult for the Responsible Person and the fire risk assessor to come up with a credible fire risk assessment.
Four complex areas
There are four areas that the fire risk assessor will need to concentrate on in conducting a fire risk assessment on a complex building, such as a hospital, based on the a review of the Fire Safety Strategy. These are:
(1): Review of the building geometry/layout: Has the building layout or geometry been changed from that specified in the Fire Safety Strategy? In particular, has the building been modified? Does the compartmentation and use of the building reflect what is stated in the strategy?
(2): Review of fire safety systems In the same way that all the passive fire protection measures need reviewing, so do the active fire protection measures. Consider the following fire safety systems and ask yourself if the average Responsible Person or fire risk assessor can answer the questions related to each.
(3): Review of operational arrangements Operational arrangements covering the management and operation of the building will need to be reviewed as part of any fire risk assessment, specifically to ensure it is in alignment with the Fire Safety Strategy. In doing this the fire risk assessor will have to use his skills and experience to address the following areas:
Procedures for evacuating (or defending in place) of occupants who may have very limited mobility
(4): Planned preventative maintenance (PPM)
Planned preventative maintenance and the testing of fire safety equipment essential to the Fire Safety Strategy is crucially important in a complex building because the operation of the systems is critical in affording the required level of safety to the occupants.
This article highlights the many special factors to be considered in undertaking a fire risk assessment in a complex, or fire engineered building. Many are the specialist questions under these areas: passive fire protection, active fire protection, operational requirements and planned preventative maintenance that need detailed answers. Undertaking such a risk assessment is not for the faint of heart and can probably be undertaken by a qualified fire safety engineer alone.
Simpler buildings also need qualified and experienced people (although to a lower level) to undertake fire risk assessments. Consequently the Association for Specialist Fire Protection (ASFP) is a member of the Fire Risk Assessor Competency Council which is developing a set of agreed competencies, experience and qualifications in support of the various third party schemes for certifying fire risk assessors.
The ASFP, in line with its policy promoting third party certification for the manufacture and installation of passive fire protection products, supports those schemes which require full third party certification, either for individual assessors under a personnel certification scheme, or for companies who employ assessors under a company scheme.
Any such schemes will need to be accredited by UKAS – the UK body responsible for accrediting certification bodies – to ensure credibility. It is only in this way will we see the status of the profession of fire risk assessor rise to the level that it deserves.
For more see: www.asfp.org.uk
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Rebecca – Alfred Hitchcock
When David 0. Selznick brought Alfred Hitchcock to the United States from England in 1939, Hitchcock's films had been popular as well as influential in this country since The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934) and The 39 Steps (1935). Rebecca, his first American film, remains a distinctly British work: a gothic mystery by a British author, set mostly in England, with a predominantly British cast. It is an expensively mounted film, typical of Selznick's production values, and the only Hitchcock film ever to win the Academy Award for Best Picture. George Barnes also won a well-deserved Oscar for his black-and-white cinematography. Hitchcock had already made a film of a novel by Daphne du Maurier the preceding year, just before be moved to America—his unexceptional Jamaica Inn. Nonetheless, du Maurier's Rebecca, published in 1938, provided Hitchcock with an especially comfortable source, a stagy, atmospheric story of intrigue and deception readily adaptable to the kind of studio-bound production familiar to him in England.
Rebecca begins with a voice-over recollection—"Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again"—and a shot through thick, dank foliage of the burned-out shell of a once grand English country house. It is the story of the narrator, an unnamed young girl (Joan Fontaine) who marries a haunted, aristocratic British widoWer, Maxim de Winter (Laurence Olivier), and gradually learns the truth about his first wife, Rebecca, and the circumstances of her death.
This gauche, timid girl, the traveling companion of a wealthy bourgeois American matron, Mrs. Van Hopper (Florence Bates), meets de Winter in Monte Carlo. After a strange courtship during which he treats her both brusquely and superciliously, they marry and return to England to his family estate, Manderley. There the new Mrs. de Winter immediately encounters the enmity of the housekeeper, Mrs. Danvers (Judith Anderson), a sinister woman pathologically devoted to the memory of Rebecca.
Rebecca's presence fills the house, creating a stolid distance between de Winter and his bride. By chance, the boat in which Rebecca had presumably drowned turns up one night, with holes smashed in its bottom and her remains inside. Mrs. de Winter fears that this will revive old memories and widen the breach between her and her husband. For the first time de Winter talks to his wife about Rebecca and how she died. At the inquest Jack Faye11 (George Sanders), a "cousin" of Rebecca, had attempted blackmail with a letter that threw suspicion on de Winter. But he was cleared when an interview with Rebecca's doctor proved that she was dying from inoperable cancer. When de Winter returned to Manderley he found that Mrs. Danvers has set it afire, remaining inside with the memories of her beloved Rebecca. The final frames show the fire spreading across Rebecca's monogrammed pillow case.


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Here is a hand-made or -held recording of the final poem Alice Notley read yesterday afternoon at the Bowery Poetry Club's Segue Reading Series. It is "At Poe's Grave" from Reason and Other Women, just published by chax Press.You can read what I say about the book in a previous post on Nomadics, here. Enjoy: […]
Entries Tagged as 'Bowery Poetry Club'
Alice Notley at BPC
May 2nd, 2010 · No Comments · Live Reading, Poetry readings
Joris & Peyrafitte Reading
January 16th, 2010 · No Comments · Performance, Poetry readings, Uncategorized
Adishatz or Hello! Sunday January 17th @ 4 p.m. Bowery Poetry Club "Event # 85785" George Wallace presents: Pierre Joris, Nicole Peyrafitte & Allan Goldschmidt 4PM $6 308 Bowery (between Houston & Bleecker ), New York, NY Admission: $6 Info: 212-614-0505 If you can't come you can always keep up with what we do and […]
"Whisk! Don't Churn!" Concert @ Bowery Poetry Club
May 13th, 2009 · No Comments · Bowery Poetry Club, Performance
Adishatz! Hello! Bonjour! We are looking forward to our NYC CD release multimedia concert of: "Whisk! Don't Churn!" Nicole Peyrafitte (voice, video, electronics & whisk) Michael Bisio (double bass) & with guest poet & producer Pierre Joris THIS COMING SATURDAY May 16, 2009 6:00pm $8| Bowery Poetry Club 308 Bowery New York, NY 10012 (212) […]
Tags: Bowery Poetry Club·Michael Bisio·Nicole Peyrafitte·Whisk! Don't Churn!
Nicole Peyrafitte & Michael Bisio's New CD
March 5th, 2009 · No Comments · Uncategorized
"Whisk! Don't Churn!" The live cd recorded at Justin's on November 20th 2008 is OUT! Nicole Peyrafitte & Michael Bisio are looking forward to see you at the Albany release concert at Justin's (of course) Thursday March 12 9PM Justin's on Lark 301 Lark Street Albany NY 12208 (518) 436-7008 reservation recommended Cover $3 New […]
Tags: Bowery Poetry Club·Justin's on Lark·Michael Bisio·Nicole Peyrafitte·Whisk! Don't Churn!


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Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) recently launched its second version of the Kinect, its motion capturing camera peripheral, for Windows PCs. The new device, which is technically identical to the Xbox One version launched last November, features better tracking accuracy than the original Kinect, can track up to six bodies, and uses a fisheye lens which can detect users when they stand closer to the device.
During an interview at Mobihealthnews, Spencer Hutchins, CEO of digital physical therapy start-up Reflexion Health, noted that the new Kinect's tracking accuracy "unlocks a number of clinical use cases in which precision is important." Indeed, the new Kinect has already tickled the fancy of health care companies for nearly a year, after Microsoft allowed certain companies to experiment with the prototypes.
But will the new Kinect really fare better in health care than its predecessor, which demonstrated fascinating potential applications but failed to catch on as a mainstream medical device?
Rich potential applications
In the past, the Kinect has been used in a wide array of physical therapy, surgical support, and telehealth applications.
Startups like Reflexion Health are exploring its use in remote and in-clinic physical therapy. Canadian company GestSure has given surgeons hands-free controls of onscreen patient data. Kaiser Permanente is using a Kinect game to screen young children for autism spectrum disorders.
A company called Sense.ly has developed a virtual nurse -- resembling a combination of Siri and WebMD -- that understands speech and Kinect gestures. Some researchers have demonstrated the potential of multiple Kinects to guide a blind person through a building, translating text from signs to speech in real-time. Microsoft and the Pentagon also believe that the Kinect could be used to provide virtual group therapy through anonymous avatars for alcoholism and PTSD support.
Researchers at MIT have even demonstrated that the new Kinect can even detect a person's heart rate by minor changes in the colors of the skin -- opening the doors to possible remote diagnoses of stress, depression, and other mental and physical ailments.
Assembling the puzzle
While these potential applications are fascinating, selling a few thousand Kinects doesn't help Microsoft very much. What Microsoft needs to do is assemble this scattered puzzle across the health care industry with a unified ecosystem, similar to what Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) and Google are respectively attempting to do with HealthKit and Google Fit.
To accomplish this, Microsoft must bundle HealthVault, its cloud-based PHR (personal health record) system, more closely with the Kinect. Avanade, a joint venture between Microsoft and Accenture (NYSE:ACN), has accomplished this in the past, by combining the Kinect, Windows 7 touch technology, chat and voice conferencing technologies, and HealthVault into a cohesive telehealth system.
The second piece of the puzzle is an EHR (electronic health records) provider. Last month, Apple scored a stunning victory by integrating Epic Systems' EHR into HealthKit. Epic, which covers roughly half of all U.S. patients, will make it possible for both patients and doctors to see the same health-related data gathered by iOS compatible fitness apps and devices. By comparison, Microsoft's biggest EHR partnership for HealthVault is with Greenway, a smaller player that merged with rival Vitera last year. That partnership was mainly established to sell more Windows 8 devices, like the Surface, to hospitals.
Meanwhile, Windows Phone, Bing Health & Fitness, and Microsoft's rumored smart watch are all additional puzzle pieces that lack solid connections to HealthVault or the Kinect. Microsoft even removed the new Kinect from the Xbox One last month to reduce the cost of the console by $100, crippling its potential to become a mainstream telehealth device.
The Foolish takeaway
In theory, the Kinect could be used as a telehealth gateway which can be used at home and in the clinic, with accumulated personal health data being sent to the cloud and accessed from any connected device via HealthVault.
Telehealth consultations using the Kinect's sensors could be much more accurate than simple video consultations via mobile devices and PCs. Wearables like fitness bands and smart watches would gather additional information and post it online as well, consistently placing patients and doctors on the same page.
But in practice, the new Kinect will likely remain a niche health care device just like its predecessor. Attracting more start-ups might help showcase its potential, but Microsoft needs to build a more connected ecosystem if it ever wants the Kinect to generate as much hype among doctors as Google Glass.
Leaked: Apple's next smart device (warning, it may shock you)
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1st Quarter Real Estate Tax Bills are due Friday, August 1, 2014. Please remember that the Town Collector's Office closes at 12:30 PM on Friday's. Post marks do not count! Payments received after August 1st incur a 14% interest penalty of 38.4 cents per day per $1,000 of tax. Demand bills add $15 plus interest and are issued a few days after the due date. Payments may be slipped under the grate at the Collector's window, in the envelopes provided, anytime Town Hall doors are open.
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Please contact the Office of the Town Collector, Monday through Thursday between 8:30 AM and 4:00 PM and Friday's between 8:30 AM and 12:30 PM by phone at 978-649-2300 x128 or by emailing Gene Spickler, Town Collector (email@example.com)


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If you are a first time user, you will need to create a user 'Account'. To create your user 'Account', you will need your current billing statement and select "Create Account". Or, for further assistance click here to access the Utility Billing Online Services Help Guide.
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Antiwar.com's Ivan Eland, director of the Center on Peace and Liberty at the Independent Institute, explains the history behind Kosovo's impending final declaration of independence from Serbia, Bill Clinton's aggressive and illegal war against Serbia in 1999, the potential conflict looming over medieval era Serb shrines in Kosovo and his proposal to convince the Kosovars to allow a "partition within a partition" – Serb sovereignty over the sites – to diffuse the potential for violence, the potential for conflict between Russia and the U.S. over this issue which is rightfully none of America's business, the madness of Wesley Clark and the secession of the Lakota Nation.
MP3 here. (19:39)
Ivan Eland is Senior Fellow and Director of the Center on Peace & Liberty at The Independent Institute in Oakland, Calif. Having received his Ph.D. in national security policy from George Washington University, Dr. Eland has served as Principal Defense Analyst at the Congressional Budget Office, Evaluator-in-Charge for the U.S. General Accounting Office (national security and intelligence), and Investigator for the House Foreign Affairs Committee. He has testified on NATO expansion before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and CIA oversight before the House Government Reform Committee.Dr. Eland is the author of Putting "Defense" Back into U.S. Defense Policy: Rethinking U.S. Security in the Post-Cold War World and forty-five studies on national security issues. His articles have appeared in Arms Control Today, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, Emory Law Journal, The Independent Review, Issues in Science and Technology, Mediterranean Quarterly, Middle East and International Review, Middle East Policy, Nexus, and Northwestern Journal of International Affairs. His popular writings have been published in the Los Angeles Times, USA Today, Houston Chronicle, Dallas Morning News, San Diego Union-Tribune, Washington Post, Miami Herald, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Newsday, Sacramento Bee, Orange County Register, and Chicago Sun-Times. He has appeared on ABC's "World News Tonight," CNN's "Crossfire," Fox News, CNBC, CNN-fn, MSNBC, NPR, PBS, CBC, BBC, and other national and international TV and radio programs.His column appears Tuesdays on Antiwar.com.


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Jul 3, 2012 11:30 AM
Park your butt in a beach chair and your wine in the Boho Double Wine Glass Holder ($50) by stripeycity and you're on your way to an evening of relaxation. We don't get down to the beach during twilight as often as we'd like, but if we've got a reason to set up our chairs and watch the sun set, you'd best know we'll be taking it! And a customized wine holder is certainly reason enough for us. Mark each side with a name (or wine type, perhaps?) and enjoy!
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DSC Projects
The Disparities Solutions Center is currently engaged in several projects, which vary in terms of audience, aim, geographic location and length, in order to achieve its mission – to eliminate racial and ethnic disparities in health care. To find out more information about these projects, please choose a category below and select a project to read its description. For more information on MGH, regional, and national projects, please click the links in the side bar.
Current Projects
The Disparities Leadership Program
To address the need for leaders with expertise in addressing racial/ethnic disparities in health care, the DSC sponsors a Disparities Leadership Program, which was launched in 2007. The Disparities Leadership Program (DLP) is a yearlong executive education program designed for leaders from hospitals, health plans and other health care organizations – such as executive leaders, medical directors, directors of quality and directors of community benefits or multicultural affairs offices - who wish to implement practical strategies to eliminate racial and ethnic disparities in health care, particularly through quality improvement. Goals of the DLP include:
Read more about the DLP
Download a full PDF description
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Pediatric Health Equity Collaborative (PHEC)
A concrete outgrowth of the Disparities Leadership Program and the Health Care Quality and Equity Action Forum has been the development of a Pediatric Health Equity Collaborative comprised of 11 organizations working together with the goals of establishing best practices, lessons learned, and recommendations for the field with regard to race, ethnicity, language, and other demographic data collection in pediatric care settings.
Click here for more information about PHEC
The Healthcare Quality and Equity Action Forum
The Healthcare Quality and Equity Action Forum provides the background, key drivers, and essential strategies to improve quality and achieve equity in a time of rapid healthcare system change. Leaders from multiple disciplines and health care organizations who work in the areas of quality and safety; disparities, diversity and equity; health policy; and health care design and delivery, as well as anyone interested in these fields, will find the Forum to be a unique and highly valuable experience and will leave better equipped to deliver high-value health care to diverse populations.
The second Healthcare Quality and Equity Action Forum, Pursuing High-Value Healthcare, took place in Boston, MA on June 19th and 20th, 2014. The Forum had over 180 attendees and served as a dissemination and implementation conference developed and led by the DSC, as well as alumni from the Disparities Leadership Program.
Click here for more information about the Healthcare Quality and Equity Action Forum
Planning, Designing, Implementing, and Evaluating Programs: Reducing Health Disparities through Quality Improvement
The Disparities Solutions Center is collaborating with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Office of Minority Health (CMS OMH) through a contract with the National Opinion Research Center at the University of Chicago to design, implement, and evaluate a portfolio of quality improvement programs to address disparities for racial and ethnic minorities, patients with limited English proficiency, sexual and gender minorities, and people with disabilities.
The initial phase of this work involved developing the CMS Equity Plan for Improving Quality in Medicare, available here.
The plan will guide CMS OMH in supporting Quality Improvement Networks and Quality Improvement Organizations; Hospital Engagement Networks; federal, state, and local government agencies; health care providers; policy makers; and Medicare beneficiaries to achieve health equity.
Click here for more information about this project
Patient Safety Systems for Patients with Limited English Proficiency (LEP)
The Disparities Solutions Center, in collaboration with Abt Associates, Inc. in Cambridge, MA, was awarded a four year contract by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) to develop tools to reduce medical errors and improve care for patients with LEP in hospitals. The project used a robust mixed methods approach to 1) identify the role of language and cultural barriers on patient safety events; 2) document how hospitals are addressing the safety of culturally diverse patients and patients with LEP; and 3) provide guidance and tools for how hospitals can address these issues. The final products, including a Hospital Guide and a TeamSTEPPS Training Module focused on improving team communication to reduce medical errors for patients with LEP, have been released for public use.
The Hospital Guide provides quality and safety leaders within hospitals with a variety of key guidelines and strategies for identifying, reporting, and addressing medical errors that occur as a result of language barriers in culturally diverse patients and patients with LEP. The Guide also provides hospital leaders with systems-level information on how to develop reporting systems that can successfully capture medical errors that predominantly affect patients with LEP, as well as modalities that can be implemented to prevent errors for culturally diverse patients and patients with LEP. The TeamSTEPPS training module is designed for the full interprofessional care team, including interpreters, and includes a case-based video vignette of a patient with LEP in the emergency room. The goal of the Module is to help the interprofessional care team acquire the knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors needed to reduce the number and severity of patient safety events that affect culturally diverse patients and patients with LEP. These tools are currently available to view.
Click here to view the Hospital Guide.
Click here to view the TeamSTEPPS Module.
Interprofessional Curriculum: Providing Safe & Effective Care for Patients with Limited English Proficiency
This curriculum has been pilot tested with an interprofessional group of students from Harvard Medical School and the MGH IHP School of Nursing and is now available for educators in the health professions who are interested in incorporating training on providing safe, effective care for patients with limited English proficiency in an interprofessional environment.
Aetna Foundation
"Leading the Way for the Elimination of Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health"
The Disparities Solutions Center, in collaboration with the Aetna Foundation, is working to design and implement a program focused on developing new leaders and empowering existing leaders interested in disparities reduction efforts. The program includes a one-year HealthCare Disparities Fellowship designed to train new leaders in the areas of cultural competence, community oriented research, and elimination of racial/ethnic disparities in health care. It also includes a Disparities Leadership Forum – a one-time event that would provide an opportunity for leaders who are addressing racial/ethnic disparities in health care to come together for a semi-structured, interactive, strategy session and think-tank on eliminating disparities.
Project Directors: Alexander R. Green, M.D., M.P.H. & Joseph Betancourt, M.D., M.P.H.
Read more about the Aetna/DSC HealthCare Disparities Fellowship or download our pdf version.
Case Studies Highlighting Promising Disparities Solutions
Aetna's Program in Health Care Disparities: The Diabetes Pilot Program
This case study was funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Click here to view this case study.
Web Seminars and Discussion Forums
The Disparities Solutions Center is committed to disseminating the latest information on disparities interventions, findings from important disparities research and health policy updates regarding disparities reduction efforts. In order to disseminate this information to the broadest possible audience in a stimulating and interactive manner, the DSC hosts several web seminars and discussion forums each year.
Stand Against Racism
The Disparities Solutions Center, the Multicultural Affairs Office, and the Center for Community Health Improvement came together to host the Annual YWCA Stand Against Racism Event. The Stand Against Racism™is a national movement that was initiated to raise awareness and educate audiences on the racism that still exists in our communities. The objective of these "Stands" is to bring organizations around the nation together to unite and eliminate racism.
Multicultural Affairs Office and Disparities Solutions Center Film Series
The Schwartz Center, MGH Multicultural Affairs Office, and the DSC, collaborated to produce a film series to raise awareness around the issues of racial and ethnic disparities and cross-cultural care. The goal of the Film Series is to raise awareness of health disparities and cross-cultural care among health care providers through the screening of popular and documentary films, followed by expert panel discussions and question-and-answer periods. Through the use of this format, we aim to improve health care providers' ability to understand and communicate with diverse patient populations, and be more skilled in cross-cultural communication.
Racial and Ethnic Disparities – Keeping Current Seminar Series
The Keeping Current Seminar Series, which was launched in 2006, features informative presentations from experts in the field; context, perspectives and opinions from key health care stakeholders; and opportunity for discussion from all participants and attendees.
For more information on upcoming live events, click here.
To view the archive of our past Keeping Current events, please click here.
Web Seminar Series on Race/Ethnicity Data Collection
Funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Please visit our archives to view our web seminars that addressed issues on collecting Race/Ethnicity data.


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- Moleskine notebooks to open in Istanbul
- Light in Line
- Up in Flames, Reduced to Ashes
- Karacadağ through the eyes of Umut Kaçar
- An exhibition on war
- The phenomenon of war through an artist's eyes
- A world famous artist at the Museum of the Republic
- Reality - Reflection – Illusion
- 16th Aspendos International Opera and Ballet Festival
- A play that rebels against oppression
- Dérèglement du Monde
- A unforgettable chevalier
- Feryal Tilmaç receives award
- Carlos Santana in Istanbul
- 'To be continued' with Melih Ünen
- Opportunity packages on Turkish Airlines
- Early check-in at Turkish Airlines
- 'Best financing in Europe' award
- First Class Promotions from Turkish Airlines
- Fares starting from TL 39
- Flights to Benghazi (Libya) get under way
- Turkish Airlines and Düsseldorf International Airport come together
- Rixos Hotels take their place on 'Miles&Smiles'
- Flights to Kayseri increased
- Embracing the world with Turkish
- AnadoluJet renews its fleet
- New routes with new planes on AnadoluJet
- Mile promotions from Turkish Airlines
- Turkish Airlines bids farewell to retiring employees
- Turkish Airlines' reception in Sao Paulo
- Dakar flights get under way
- Shop&Miles restrictions lifted
- Many more decades...
- Department of Civil Aviation publishing flurry
Opportunity packages on Turkish Airlines
Turkish Airlines is offering promotional fares up to 15 June on 17 long-haul routes departing either from Turkey or from Ercan in Northern Cyprus.
Passengers may fly from Istanbul, Ankara or Izmir to the airline's new destination of Dakar in Senegal for 199 euros or to destinations in America, the Far East, South Africa, Brazil, India and Nigeria for 249 euros (all fares are round-trip, taxes and other fees not included).
For the same period Turkish Airlines is also offering Business Class flights from Istanbul, Ankara, or Izmir to Sao Paulo for 899 euros (round-trip, taxes and fees not included). Add 50 euros for travel originating from other points in Turkey or from Ercan in Northern Cyprus. Changes of date can be made for 100 euros.
Passengers wishing to take advantage of the promotion need to complete their ticketing within 72 hours of making their reservation.


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Spring Game thoughts
MIAMI _ Another spring is in the books.
For the second consecutive year, a Glades Central standout grabs the headline. Receiver Travis Benjamin should once again be on the minds of fans after his effort Saturday. He caught six passes for 171 yards and a touchdown. Benjamin was electric, especially on the 75-yard touchdown pass from Stephen Morris. He outran a couple defenders to the endzone.
He wasn't the only receiver to help his cause. Kendal Thompkins has quietly emerged as yet another threat. He caught eight passes for 84 yards and a touchdown. The coaches have raved about his progress during the spring. His improvement should make things even tougher for receivers coach Aubrey Hill this season.
A few thoughts:
–The running backs were a little less spectacular. Mike James did a break a 48-yard run in the first half, but that was about it. The rest of the backs had average days. Still, you have to be excited about Lamar Miller and Storm Johnson, who both had solid efforts during the spring.
–Safety Ray Ray Armstrong and linebacker Sean Spence were the top defenders. Armstrong picked off two passes and Spence had a game-high eight tackles.
–Still no word on the backup QB spot. Shannon said he won't make a decision until the preseason. A.J. Highsmith, the favorite, looked solid. But you have to be impressed with Morris' numbers. Still, expect him to redshirt.
–Everyone talks about the depth at receiver, but the Hurricanes are stacked at defensive end. Marcus Robinson, Steven Wesley and Allen Bailey each had sacks.
Here are the final stats:
Mike James 10 carries, 64 yards
Damien Berry 15 carries, 42 yards 1TD
Stephen Morris 4 carries, 24 yards
A.J. Highsmith 3 carries, 16 yards
Storm Johnson 4 carries, 15 yards
Lamar Miller 8 carries, 10 yards, 1 TD
Spencer Whipple 2 carries, -10 yards
Stephen Morris 12-for-21 209 yards 2 TD 1 INT
A.J. Highsmith 11-for-20 131 yards 3TD 2 INT
Spencer Whipple 7-for-16 112 yards 1 TD
Kendal Thompkins 8 catch, 84 yards 1 TD
Travis Benjamin 6 catches, 171 yards 1 TD
Leonard Hankerson 3 catches, 61 yards 2 TD
Davon Johnson 3 catches, 31 yards 1 TD
LaRon Byrd 3 catches, 26 yards
Richard Gordon 2 catches, 22 yards
Aldarius Johnson 2 catches, 20 yards 1 TD
Ben Bruneau 1 catch, 17 yards
Allen Hurns 1 catch, 11 yards
Billy Sanders 1 catch, 9 yards
Highsmith 16 yd TD pass to Hankerson
Highsmith 3 yd TD pass to Johnson
Morris 75 yd TD pass to Benjamin
Miller 2 yd TD run
Highsmith 39 yd TD pass to Hankerson
Whipple 9 yd TD pass to Johnson
Morris 5 yd TD pass to Thompkins
Berry 26 yd TD run
Wieclaw 33-yard field goal
Sean Spence 8 Tackles
Brandon McGee 7 Tackles, 2 Pass Break Ups
Vaughn Telemaque 6 Tackles
Tyrone Cornelius 4 Tackles, 2 Pass Break Ups
Steven Wesley 1 Sack, Forced Fumble
Marcus Robinson 1 Sack
Allen Bailey 1 Sack
Ray Ray Armstrong 2 INT
Colin McCarthy 1 INT
Adewale Ojomo Fumble Recovered


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X Factor regular Louis Walsh will return to the judging panel it has been claimed in a newspaper report.
The 10th series of the talent show saw Louis alongside Sharon Osbourne, Nicole Scherzinger and Gary Barlow but the future line-up has not yet been confirmed.
The latest on the ITV show is that Louis Walsh has been the first name to be jotted down to be on the panel for the 2014 series, according to The Sun.
It is also claimed that Simon Cowell will return for this series - viewers haven't seen Cowell on the show since Gary took his spot in 2011.
With chart toppers Cheryl Cole and Rita Ora also rumoured to be in the running to fill the remaining seats, where does that leave Sharon and Nicole?
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