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The apparel chain Guess? Inc. ( GES ) has joined forces
again with the Dutch musician, DJ and producer Tiesto to include in
its stores a new range of 35-piece collections of apparel and
accessories for men and women. The new range of collections to
which the DJ will lend his name will be shelved at the Guess?
stores starting May 2013.
The Grammy nominated DJ will also present Guess? branded
performance around the world. The collection will have a
Tiësto/GUESS logo, in black and electric blue. A limited edition
Tiesto multifunctional wrist watch will also be available at all
Guess? stores beginning Aug 2013.
Many brands from several categories have used the celebrity
power of the internationally renowned star. He has worked with
technological giants like Intel Corporation ( INTC ) and
Hewlett Packard Company ( HPQ ), cosmetics brand
Axe body spray and even Heineken beer. He has also lent his style
to a Guess? Inc. competitor -- Armani Exchange.
The partnership is an extension of a 22-piece line consisting of
T-shirts, skinny-fit jeans in black and indigo treatment with
zipper detailing, besides leather and coated twill moto-jackets
endorsed by the star in Oct 2012. The partnership with Tiesto and
Guess will last for a year. The dedicated microsite -
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sponsored performances and when the collection will be available in
the stores.
Endorsement by a celebrity such as Tiesto is expected to boost
Guess? Earnings, which were down 9.5% year over year in the
recently concluded fourth quarter fiscal 2013 due to lower consumer
demand and currency headwinds. Although revenue increased,
promotional spending shrank margins during the quarter
Guess? currently carries a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy). Other stocks
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Only one was used one time for a few hours. They are brand new. I paid $70 for both including shipping...ugh!
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Editor, Midway is a national insult to the rest of the people in Georgia.
As hard as I try, I just can't fathom $14.3 trillion. In fact, the only thing harder to try and fathom is probably that $14.3 trillion is not enough to cover our national debt.
There is a fallacious, salacious and slightly audacious rumor afloat that I can be a tad politically incorrect at times. Moi? Knock me over with a (organically-grown) goose feather.
Editor, What kind of world are we living in? What kind of world did you grow up in? I remember an old preacher once told me that God gave us 10 commandments and we have extracted 25,000,000 laws and ordinances from those 10 commandments.
The ongoing heat wave likely has many Coastal Georgia residents longing for the frigid winter months we couldn't wait to be rid of just a short time ago. But since we're not likely to receive a light dusting of snow any time soon, taking refuge in comfortable, air-conditioned spaces will have to do for now. Taking a dip in a nearby lake or swimming pool also is a great way to cool down and relieve the discomfort associated with heat indexes that reach 100 degrees or more.
Two years ago this week, 4.5 million of America's workers enjoyed a modest pay increase, as the federal minimum wage rose from $6.55 to $7.25 an hour. The increase was the final of a three-step boost enacted in 2007.
Did you know that the moon is moving away from the earth at the rate of 3.5 centimeters each year?
We all hear them - the whispers exchanged between soldiers of all ranks, the anxious questioning from spouses too afraid to really consider the possibility.
In a nation rampant with worry about Casey Anthony's next move and the prospect of up to 20,000 NASA workers losing their jobs in Florida after the shuttle program ends, who would have thought that three little girls from the tiny city of Midway having their lemonade stand shut down would cause such a firestorm of anger? The girls, sisters Kasity Dixon and Skylar Roberts and their cousin, Tiffany Cassin, were ordered June 29 to pack up the stand, which they'd set up in front of their Midway home.
Legislation recently was introduced that would require educators guilty of CRCT cheating to return any bonuses or incentive pay that they received to their local school system. Not surprising, the proposed bill already has received support from educators. Students, parents, taxpayers and any Georgia resident concerned about the state of public education should back it as well.
Editor, Project Reach God's Anointed New Generation Inc. and Executive Director Lavonia LeCounte give credit to God for inspiring them to host the annual back-to-school rally. The attendance was around 1,200. A special thanks to all of the program participants, sponsors and booth participants.
Consider this: An estimated several trillion cigarette butts per year end up as litter around the world. That's billions and billions of cigarettes flicked, one at a time, on our sidewalks, roadways, beaches, nature trails, gardens and other public places every single day. In fact, cigarettes are the most littered item in the world.
Reversing long-standing policy, President Barack Obama now will send condolence letters to the families of U.S. military personnel who commit suicide in combat zones.
OK, everybody, are we clear now?
Dear Editor, For more than 236 years, we Americans have owed our freedoms to the men and women of the United States Army. Now, at long last, the American soldier will be honored with the National Museum of the U.S. Army near our nation's capital.
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When Mayor Ted Terry talks about the recent decision by him and the Clarkston City Council to dramatically reduce the penalty for the possession of ...
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The despair in their eyes haunts me still. The dullness of emotion, the deadness of spirit shall remain forever embedded in my memory.
Editor, We've been hearing bits and pieces lately about Moose Hill School formerly located in or near Midway.
Nothing is more satisfying than a cold glass of water when it is hot, like it has been in recent days. But what if you ...
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90210 actress: Fake or fashion-taped?
AnnaLynne McCord's cleavage-cutout dress has us wondering whether the "90210" actress, who played a character on "Nip/Tuck'", had plastic surgery recently. Check out these photos.
AnnaLynne McCord of TV's "90210" was photographed in a dramatic red keyhole dress recently, prompting a question that comes up every so often on this blog.
Fake, or fashion tape?
We pulled some photos for comparison purposes. You can see them here. And plastic surgeons provided some observations.
"It's pretty apparent that she's had a breast augmentation, as her breasts appear firm, excessively round, and larger," Dr. Anthony Youn told RadarOnline.com.
"This is a very common appearance for a thin, younger woman who has breast implants. I'd put her size at a small C. Kudos to her plastic surgeon (not me). She looks great!"
I sent then-and-now photos to Dr. Terry Dubrow in Newport Beach.
His take:
"That's a great example of how a small pair of implants can enhance an already great figure even further. Her choice of implant size is perfect for her figure and represents a newer trend in choosing smaller breast implants.''
But Dr. John Di Saia of San Clemente and Orange, who also was shown a few photos, wasn't so sure at first that McCord, 24, has gone under the knife.
"The red dress has a visible pad lifting the breast from below and the side to create cleavage,'' he said. "Unless there are other images I'd say probably not ... at least not yet. ''
Later, he added, "It is possible she had implants, but without more images I am unsure. In a thin young lady like her going small is a good thing, so if she went for it I'd say nice choice.''
Newport Beach plastic surgeon Val Lambros said the size had him stumped, too: "Can't tell. Might be tape and artifice. Might be a modest little implant.
"It would be unusual for an American actress to show the amount of restraint that this small an implant would require,'' he added, "so I'm voting for no.''
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This chicken salad is made from leftover skinless fried chicken. Everyone in my family loves it so I make sure I make extra chicken so I can make this for the next days sandwiches. Can also use to stuff big red tomatoes. YUMMY!!! :)
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- 3 cups leftover fried chicken, skinless breasts
- 1⁄2 cup diced celery
- 1⁄2 cup diced sweet onion
- 1 cup mayonnaise
- 1⁄2 teaspoon Aunt Jane's Krazy Mixed Up Salt (to taste)
- 1⁄8 teaspoon pepper
- Chop fried chicken and mix with diced celery, onion, mayo, pepper and Jane's Krazy salt. Mix well and chill for a couple of hours before serving.
- We make sandwiches with it but you can also stuff tomatoes or use it any way you like. Enjoy!
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I made this as written, but I had only half of a breast of left over fried chicken. I adjusted the other ingredients accordingly, and this was perfect for two very stuffed sandwiches. Thanks for a great recipe. We will definitly use this again. P.S. One additional change I did make was I used seasoned salt instead of the crazy mixed up salt, and it was still very delicious.
This was so good! It was for sure something different and unusual. I added almonds to mine though and it gave it a great touch. Next time we are going to try it on a wrap though, I think it would be better that way.
This chicken salad makes the best sandwiches ever. It is definately worth the effort of making extra fried chicken so there's enough left to make salad. This recipe outshines any I've had before. It has nice nice flavor and the ingredients complement each other very well. Be sure to make enough to have that second sandwich. Enjoy! Thanks Judy81350 for this special addition to my family's regular luncheon menu.


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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will provide an update to Americans on his decisions on how to proceed in Syria, but will not be giving an address to the nation about an imminent military strike in the country, a White House official said on Saturday.
Obama will deliver his statement at 1:15 p.m. EDT (1715 GMT) in the White House Rose Garden.
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The sys admin's daily grind – Trickle
Blown Away
If your data traffic suffers from congestion at times, don't worry. Now you can shoot down programs that are heavy on traffic to free up the inflow and outflow.
I am over 40 years old and am starting to mellow in my old age. No, I'm only joking; certain phenomena still drive me up the wall. For example, when I am using SSH on a server to edit a configuration file and the bandwidth is so pathetic that the landing zone is a matter of luck when you try to position the cursor – that really makes me mad.
I know, I know, today even a line to a Black Forest village has enough bandwidth for an SSH connection, if you have exclusive access. Because hell, as Sartre already knew, is other people: In my case, it's the HTTP connections that are pushing my poor little SSH to the edge. I could turn to Mosh [1], but that helps with shaky connections rather than crowded lines. My remedy for traffic jams goes by the name of trickle [2] [3].
This traffic-shaping tool uses
LD_PRELOAD to redirect some standard library calls, such as
socket() and therefore only works with dynamically linked binaries. However, that practically includes all programs that the typical user deploys to eat up bandwidth. In the simplest case, I might even be one of these users myself; then, I can practice self-restraint when calling traffic-producing programs. To this end, I can start Firefox, for example, with:
trickle -u 32 -d 256 firefox
This command limits the upload speed (
-u) to 100KBps and the download speed (
-d) to 300KBps. Beware: These are actually kilobytes, not bits. I can also reduce speed in one direction only, if I am not worried about the other direction. Figure 1 shows the successful application of a download limit to 2Mbps.
Late Throttle
Trickle's boons naturally only occur to me when the download is already running and the SSH session hangs. Luckily, trickle has a daemon mode. Therefore, I launch trickle when I boot the machine with
trickled -u 32 -d 256
Of course, the values must be adapted to match the available bandwidth. When launched, the trickle daemon searches for
/etc/trickled.conf, which can look like Listing 1. It assigns certain protocols a priority and does some tweaking.
Listing 1
[ssh] Priority = 1 Time-Smoothing = 0.1 Length-Smoothing = 1 [ftp] Priority = 5 Time-Smoothing=3 Length-Smoothing=5 [www] Priority = 10 Time-Smoothing = 8 Length-Smoothing = 10
The values that follow
Time-Smoothing and
Length-Smoothing determine how great the fluctuations can be over a certain interval. The smaller the value, the greater the benefits are for interactive protocols such as SSH. With larger values, sometimes a major outlier is permissible in both upward and downward directions. Trickle has some disadvantages compared with real traffic shaping, but it's fine for home use – maybe I really am getting soft.
- "Charly's Column: Mosh" by Charly Kühnast. Linux Magazine, November 2013, pg. 46: http://www.linuxpromagazine.com/Issues/2013/156/Charly-s-Column-Mosh
- Trickle: http://monkey.org/~marius/pages/?page=trickle
- "Traffic shaping with Trickle" by Oliver Frommel. Linux Magazine, January 2006, pg. 70: http://www.linux-magazine.com/Issues/2006/62/Traffic-shaping-with-Trickle
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Hot on the heels of the recently announced "Batman: Arkham VR" game comes another major virtual reality release, also announced during the E3 press conference: "Star Wars Battlefront: X-Wing VR Mission." The PlayStation blog has details on the new mission, which comes from Criterion Games and DICE and will be available via PlayStation VR.
The virtual reality mission will put you, the player, in the cockpit of an X-wing, giving you the feeling of going up against the Empire alongside a band of Rebel pilots. It'll feel like you're in an X-wing cockpit floating in space as opposed to sitting on the couch in your living room
In the films, Bruce Wayne has Lucius Fox to provide him with those wonderful toys, and in real life, a Batman fan named Francis has the builders of AWE me.
PlayStation teamed with the YouTube channel for a contest to reward one lucky gamer with a one-of-a-kind go-kart inspired by the Caped Crusader's ride in Batman: Arkham Knight. And Francis, a systems engineer from San Diego won.
Koei Tecmo has unveiled a new trailer that confirms the upcoming Attack on Titan "tactical hunting game" will be just as violent and bloody as the hit manga on which it's based.
The previous trailer, released early last month, showed mostly title cards and still art, but this one depicts gameplay of the Survey Corps in action, hurling across the screen with their 3D maneuver gear and splattering blood as they hack and slash at the invading Titans. And be sure to stick around until the end.
Koei Tecmo has debuted the first screenshots from Attack on Titan, the "tactical hunting game" for PlayStation based on Hajime Isayama's hit manga.
The images arrive courtesy of the Japanese magazine Famitsu, which reveals that 50 percent of the game is complete. According to Koei Tecmo executives Hisashi Koinuma and Tomoyuki Kitamura, much of the focus has been on making flight, through the manga's signature 3D maneuver gear, as fun as possible, with the controls rewarding both newcomers and skilled gamers.
Keoi Tecmo, the Japanese company behind Dynasty Warriors and One Piece: Pirate Warriors, will release a video game later this year based on Attack on Titan.
The announcement, made on the wraparound jacket band on the 17th volume of Hajime Isayama's bestselling manga, is light on details. According to Anime News Network, the ad states the game will be released for a PlayStation platform, but doesn't specify which one.
For devoted gamers and Dark Knight fans, Sony this morning unveiled the limited-edition Batman: Arkham Knight PlayStation 4 bundle.
Priced at $449.99, the bundle includes a Steel Grey PS4 system chassis with a custom faceplate, matching DualShock 4 wireless controller in Steel Grey and, of course, the finale of Rocksteady Studios' hit Arkham trilogy.
On the heels of the Tuesday premiere of Powers, PlayStation has launched its Gear Store, featuring an assortment of officially licensed merchandise based on video games and — you guessed it — the adaptation of the long-running comic by Brian Michael Bendis and Michael Avon Oeming.
In addition to T-shirts, messenger bags and coffee mugs emblazoned with the familiar Powers logo, you can buy a Division hoodie, and men's and women's tees featuring Oeming's drawing of Retro Girl.
Following a nearly year-long delay, Sony has finally released downloadable content for its Scott Pilgrim vs. The World game that not only adds Scott's roommate Wallace Wells as a playable character but also introduces an online multiplayer feature.
Released in 2010 by Ubisoft in conjunction with the big-screen adaptation of Bryan Lee O'Malley's graphic novel series, Scott Pilgrim vs. The World: The Game is a side-scrolling beat-'em-up that, in its original form, allowed gamers to play as Scott Pilgrim, Ramona Flowers, Kim Pine or Stephen Stills, who must to battle their way through Ramona's Evil Exes (Knives Chau was later offered as DLC).
The new content pack is available for $4.99 on the PlayStation Network. Watch the trailer below.
I guess it was too good to be true when Sony finally revealed the release date for the long-anticipated DC Universe Online MMO this past summer, as now the game, which was originally supposed to come out in November, has been delayed until "early 2011."
Here's the reasoning, from the press release: "SOE is dedicated to delivering the highest quality game experiences possible," says John Smedley, President, Sony Online Entertainment. "DC Universe Online is the first game of its kind, and a truly massive undertaking — the first action MMO set in the DC Universe, the first MMO on the PlayStation® 3, and the first time the entire DC Universe will be accessible to the millions of fans who are eagerly anticipating its release. As the game heads into external beta testing, this extra time will allow us to address community feedback in a meaningful way. When we get deeper into external beta, we'll be able to share more information regarding the new launch date."
The whole point of a beta test is to help figure out what needs to be fixed before launch, so I guess if this ultimately means the game will be better and more complete when it comes out, so be it. While the delay sucks, they did have a bit of a silver lining, as they announced more info on the external beta:
The PlayStation blog says that Spike TV will air a new trailer for DC Universe Online called "Blur," plus a behind-the-scenes look at the multiplayer role-playing game, this Friday night. They also posted the above teaser for the trailer, which features Wonder Woman, Batman, Flash, Joker and Cyborg, among others.
Watch for the full trailer tomorrow night on GameTrailers TV.
As promised, Marvel.com is unveiling the costumes you'll be able to download for LittleBigPlanet, starting with this summer's big movie star, Iron Man. They also confirmed that the costumes will work in the upcoming sequel to the hit PlayStation 3 game.
Check out a couple more pieces of art after the jump.
The Marvel Universe is about to get a whole lot cuter, as Marvel announced on Friday that fans of the PlayStation 3 game Little Big Planet will soon be able to download new Marvel-themed costumes for their in-game characters. The "Sackboys and Sackgirls" can dress up as Iron Man, Spider-Man, Wolverine, Venom, Punisher, Rogue, Ghost Rider, Green Goblin, Mystique and many more thanks to four costume packs that will roll out every week beginning July 7. In addition, Marvel is also unleashing a Marvel Level Kit, "which includes four levels of adventure pitting your Sackpeople against the evil plans of Magneto," according to Marvel.com. The site promises more information and costume art starting tomorrow.
It's little surprise that discussion has been dominated today by DC Comics' move into digital distribution with the launch of the comiXology-developed DC Comics App and the availability of titles via PlayStation Digital Comics. (As an aside: It's already ranked #11 on the list of free apps available for the iPad.) Here's a selection of reactions to the announcement from comics creators and commentators:
David Brothers, at Comics Alliance: "While their first stab at day and date releases is promising, it is also going to force Marvel to make a play. The relationship between DC and Marvel in the direct market has largely been one of constant and desperate one-upmanship. This Let's Be Friends Again strip is pretty close to accurately depicting their relationship. Now that DC has one-upped Marvel's digital comics strategy by going further with day and date and pricing, Marvel is going to have to rise to the challenge. It may be a month from now, it may be around the time New York Comic-Con begins in the fall, or it may be the top of next year, but it's soon."
Augie De Blieck, Jr., at Comic Book Resources: "Out of the gate, the DC app follows the pattern of digital comics publishing admirably. Their selection is an interesting modern cross-section of popular titles, particularly ones related to recent movies (Jonah Hex and The Losers are both in there). There's nothing out of the deep back catalog here, but the inclusion of a day-and-date series is exciting and more palatable than the one Marvel is offering in coming weeks. It's a good start."
Douglas Wolk, at Techland: "If you had to pick one DC title to be sold simultaneously in print and digitally… it might not occur to you to pick a biweekly miniseries whose fourth issue comes out this week. But this is actually a reasonable trial balloon: it's safe to assume that anyone buying JL:GL [Justice League: Generation Lost] is also buying Brightest Day, so while it's a popular enough title to gauge interest in day-and-date distribution, it's not going to be the only thing someone goes to a brick-and-mortar comics store for."
On the heels of DC Comics' big announcement this morning, Sony has issued its own release emphasizing the availability of the publisher's titles on the PlayStation Digital Comics service for PlayStation Portable.
Launched in December 2009, the PlayStation upgraded its digital comics reader just this week with features that include collection browsing, an Autoflow Viewer and left-to-right reading for manga.
In addition to many of the initial offerings available through Apple's iTunes App Store, PlayStation Digital Comics carries PlayStation Network-exclusive titles like Free Realms, God of War, Resistance and Superman/Batman.
Watch the PlayStation-produced trailer trumpeting the arrival of DC Comics here, and read the press release after the break. The PlayStation blog has additional details.
The big E3 Expo is going on down in Los Angeles right now, and with it comes all sorts of news, announcements and goodies about upcoming video games. Over on the Playstation blog, Sony has posted the official E3 trailer for the upcoming — and long-awaited — DC Universe Online MMORPG that's due to come out this fall.
"This trailer also shows the tremendous influence Jim Lee has brought to the table working as the Executive Creative Director on this title – his edgy take on the DC Universe has been transformed from the traditional 2D comic book medium into an immersive 3D interactive environment where you become the next legend!" the post reads. "Between now and our release in November, stay tuned for tons of exciting releases from the team – we can't wait to show you what is up our sleeves!"


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Director: Wit Maverick
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Cast: Dana Vespoli, Nikki Lynn, Nick Manning, Becca Bratt, Tanya James, Scott Styles, Henri Pachard, Steve Hatcher, Lady Victoria Spencer, Alexis Malone, Aria, Tony Tedeschi, Sergio (I)
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Blonde newcomers galore should find favor with some viewers.
In a plot that would more likely be found on an afternoon soap opera, ex-model Nikki Lynn (the "Cameron" of the title) bemoans having been left high 'n' dry by photog Rob Spallone, who Just Can't Commit; he's the shoot 'em and leave 'em type with some sort of personal philosophy that's never made clear, employing scenery-chewing dialog we hoped had been put to rest with Falcon Breast.
Along the way, viewers will get to look at several newcomers who are given character names in the end credits but not, alas, ever called by them during the vid. We'll have to make do with noting that the best scene is the opener, with Aria squirting a couple of times on Nick Manning's cock before and after doggie action with an unnamed blonde. There's also a decent scene involving two blondes at a dance club, with clit and tit licks and some nice glass dildo action, a good solo by returning vet Nikki Lynn and the finale with yet another blonde and Sergio essaying reverse cowgirl and mish on the floor.


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Vivi's 17th and 18th Week of 2012Casey Mullins
Whoops! Fell a little behind. An emotional slump and two birthdays six days apart will do that to you. I still managed to take photos, I've noticed the more mobile Vivi becomes, the more photos I get of the back of her head. Gone are the days of her sitting there smiling at me, here are the days of her grabbing for my camera and ignoring me. She's such a marvelous little baby, as summer gets closer and Addie is only a few days away from having the entire summer off I'm filled with both excitement and anxiety. Excitement for the places we can go and the things we can do, things we couldn't do last year because Vivi was so little and unpredictable. Anxiety from keeping up with all my responsibilities and keeping the two littles entertained. Thankfully Vivi and Addie are each others favorite toys I think I should be okay.
Weeks 17 and 18 involved a marathon, two birthdays, a super snotty nose and some really good naps. Here's two weeks in 14 photos.
Sunday 1 of 14Addie picked out Vivi's outfit for church. She may have a future as a stylist. Maybe.
Monday 2 of 14Nothing much to this one except that I love it so much. Addie calls Vivi's hair "Alien Hair" when it's done like this.
Tuesday 3 of 14I took Vivi out to lunch with me on Tuesday. I was down in the dumps and needed to get out of the house. She was a good date.
Wednesday 4 of 14She finally got a hold of a remote! Too bad it didn't actually work. (I didn't tell her that though.)
Thursday 5 of 14If Vivi's downstairs she screams upstairs, if she's upstairs she screams to the downstairs. Babies. I don't understand them.
Friday 6 of 14I knew I was going to need a photo for Vivi's first birthday, thankfully my friend sent her this adorable shirt from NYC of the 1 train. Brooklyn to the Bronx.
Saturday 7 of 14Freshly stuffed and folded cloth diapers. So pretty for something that handles such gross stuff.
Sunday 8 of 14Vivi isn't the biggest fan of balloons, but she carried this giant green one around all afternoon.
Monday 9 of 14I hung my birthday cards on the wall to get a photo of them (I was card bombed for my birthday!) Vivi took it upon herself to tear them all down.
Tuesday 10 of 14Oh, you know, just catching up on a little housework before Addie gets home.
Wednesday 11 of 14I mean, come on. Look at her looking at him! They're even sitting the same way!
Thursday 12 of 14This right here has become my most favorite part of the day. It's SO HARD to put her down.
Friday 13 of 14HAPPY BIRTHDAY BABY! Wow. One year. I still can't believe she's a year old.
Saturday 14 of 14Not sure why she's so grouchy looking in this photo, maybe because her dad smells so bad after just running the Indianapolis half marathon.
Vivi's sixteenth week on babble.
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Oh look the sixth week never happened (well it did, but not here.)
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Journal of Nanoparticle Research
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Morphology and magnetic properties of Fe x Co1−x /Co y Fe3−y O4 nanocomposites prepared by surfactants-assisted-hydrothermal process
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Recently, we have demonstrated the successful synthesis of Fe x Co1−x /Co y Fe3−y O4 nanocomposites with various alkaline solutions by using surfactants-assisted-hydrothermal (SAH) process. In this article, the synthesis of Fe x Co1−x /CoyFe3−y O4 nanocomposites with their sizes varying between 20 nm and 2 μm was reported. X-ray powder diffraction (XRD) analyses showed that the surfactants, pH, precipitator, and temperature of the system play important roles in the nucleation and growth processes. The magnetic properties tested by vibrating sample magnetometer (VSM) at room temperature exhibit ferromagnetic behavior of the nanocomposites. These Fe x Co1−x /Co y Fe3−y O4 nanocomposites may have a potential application as magnetic carriers for drug targeting because of their excellent soft-magnetic properties.
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The '02 Movie Hierarchy
- Punch-Drunk Love (10)
- 25th Hour (2)
- Devils on the Doorstep
- The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2)
- Gangs of New York
- Spider-Man (3)
- The Piano Teacher
- Human Nature
- Bowling for Columbine
- Esther Kahn (2)
- Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India
- Hell House
- Wendigo (2)
- Signs
- Scratch
- What Time is it There? (2)
- Y Tu Mama Tambien (2)
- Super Troopers (8-10)
- Songs from the Second Floor
- 8 Women
- Roger Dodger (2)
- Narc
- Dog Soldiers (2)
- Spirited Away
- Uzumaki
- Far from Heaven
- Minority Report
- Blade II
- Femme Fatale (2)
- Metropolis
- Late Marriage
- Time Out
- Kick the Moon
- Jackass: The Movie (2)
- Panic Room
- Nine Queens
- Derrida
- Undisputed
- The Mothman Prophecies
- Full Frontal
- I'm Going Home
- Below
- Big Trouble
- Home Movie
- Frailty
- Adaptation.
- The Believer
- One Hour Photo
- No Such Thing
- Suicide Club (2)
- The Bourne Identity
- The Brotherhood of the Wolf (2)
- The Happiness of the Katakuris
- Insomnia
- 24 Hour Party People
- 'R Xmas
- Die Another Day
- Undercover Brother (2)
- Road to Perdition
- Dagon
- $la$her$ (2)
- Intacto
- Trouble Every Day
- Take Care of My Cat
- Birthday Girl
- Lovely & Amazing
- Chicago
- Kung Pow: Enter the Fist (6)
- Death to Smoochy
- Interview with the Assassin
- American Nightmare
- Mutant Aliens
- The Transporter
- Dead or Alive: Final
- Equilibrium
- The New Guy
- Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
- Our America
- The Hot Chick
- Welcome to Collinwood
- Martin Lawrence Live: Runteldat
- Notorious C.H.O.
- Scarlet Diva
- Harvard Man
- Swimfan
- The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys
- The City of Lost Souls (2)
- Catch Me if You Can
- The Grey Zone
- The Sum of All Fears
- The Isle
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- Monsoon Wedding
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- Storytelling
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- Resident Evil
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2)
- Secretary
- About Schmidt
- Like Mike
- Sorority Boys
- Shiri
- Star Trek: Nemesis
- Read My Lips
- Alias Betty
- Reign of Fire
- Girls Can't Swim
- Warm Water Under a Red Bridge
- Gangster No. 1
- Stripped
- Ted Bundy
- Morvern Callar
- Cherish
- Scooby-Doo
- Stealing Harvard
- The Rules of Attraction
- Freeze Me
- Mr. Deeds
- Men in Black II
- Collateral Damage
- Never Again
- The Good Girl
- Das Experiment
- Bad Company
- They
- Vampires: Los Muertos
- New Best Friend
- The Salton Sea
- Pumpkin
- The Master of Disguise
- Formula 51
- The Tuxedo
- Dragonfly
- Snow Dogs
- The Santa Clause 2
- Serving Sara
- The Last Man
- Crazy as Hell
- Slackers
- Rollerball
- Blackwoods
- National Lampoon's Van Wilder
- The Auteur Theory
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- Enough
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- Money Buys Happiness
Bad first half, awesome second half... so I think, despite popular wisdom, that '02 qualifies as a darn good year. (Films with numbers beside them indicate multiple viewings.)
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We are in total agreement about Requiem for a Dream ruling '00 and Mulholland Drive and Memento ruling 2001, but in 2002 I didn't see anything that really excited me. Pretty terrible year. I guess if I had to pick, it'd be Y Tu Mama Tambien and Frailty at the top, and possibly Irreversible. As for '03, well, there are no similarities whatsoever in our tastes - which is fine but too bad after agreeing so completely with the top of your '00 and '01 lists. Thankfully, I suspect that when I get around to seeing Sideways and Before Sunset, our '04 top lists will be almost identical.
RE: '99. Your favorite year... ever? If so, it's mine as well, though it might be tied with 1954.
Any chance you'll one day treat us to a '25 favorite films' list or something similar?
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Really? No love for "Punch-Drunk", one of the most gorgeously romantic films I've ever seen (even more so because it's not especially romantic at first glance)? No props for "25th Hour", a haunting and moving expression of human indecision and ambivalence in the face of tragedy? No appreciation for "Gangs of New York", an epic human drama about the sheer pointlessness of human drama when cast against the sweep of history?
'03, on the other hand, I can understand... it was such a scattershot year that any agreement with anyone else almost feels accidental.
And a 25 favorite list would probably be obsolete two days after I created it, since my mind is likely to change on a dime. I will say that Peter Jackson's breathtakingly funny and creative splatcom "Dead Alive" is my favorite full-length film of all time.
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Not 'no' love, just less love. And, my tastes have radically changed and expanded since I saw either film. My critical eye has also been tuned since then - a constant problem: maybe I should watch 10 more classics and 30 more 'out there' titles and then start all over again from the very beginning with film criticism and rewatch the ones worth watching and REALLY review them with a wholly different, more pure (primal?) approach to my judgements.
But, not right now: I really need to put amateur film criticism on hold to pursue something that could financially enable the lifestyle I've long desired: screenwriting.
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As someone who is also starting to dabble in screenwriting, I can only say: Good luck, mate.
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Right back at ya. Just remember that 'It's like Un Chien Andalou with bits of Cocteau' is not an attractive pitch from an unproven writer :-)
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(I've commented the validation function so you can see the slider, the code has absolute paths to all scripts so feel free to get a view source dump for local use)
I've got a 24 clock. With a dynamically generated PHP script, I want to add various booked times.. so when the user tries to select a pre booked time, they'll get an error (pop up, whatever). For now, I'm hard coding my booked times.
I can't for the life of me seem to get the slider to recognise the pre booked times selected.
If I'm not clear about anything, please ask... I could just do the checks in PHP once the user has selected a time, but I'd like the user to be instantly made aware. (Ideally, I'd like to colour the slide bar to flag the prebooked times.. but that's another issue... ;-p


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I use several WordPress pages that are used in another CMS via IFrame. I basically needed to prevent users from opening the homepage or another page in a new window.
I just used the right click disable with message. Works beautifully. I measured the memory usage before and after activating this plug-in. There was only a .01MB memory increase.
To explain more in detail, I use the WordPress pages as a database for users to look up information. I don't care if they want to copy, print, or do whatever with the data. I just wanted to prevent users from opening a page in a new tab, window, etc.
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"There is very little, if any, good news about housing. Prices continue to weaken, trends in sales and construction are disappointing," David M. Blitzer, chairman of the S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Index Committee says in the latest report from the widely watched S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Indices.
According to S&P/Case-Shiller's data for February, "prices for the 10-and 20-city composites are lower than a year ago but still slightly above their April 2009 bottom. ... Washington D.C. was the only market to post a year-over-year gain with an annual growth rate of +2.7 percent. Ten of the 11 cities that made new lows in January 2011 saw new lows again in February 2011."
Prices: February 2011 Vs. February 2010
Atlanta - 5.8 percent
Boston -1.0 percent
Charlotte - 5.0 percent
Chicago - 7.6 percent
Cleveland - 2.9 percent
Dallas - 1.2 percent
Denver - 2.6 percent
Detroit - 3.7 percent
Las Vegas - 5.0 percent
Los Angeles - 2.1 percent
Miami - 6.2 percent
Minneapolis - 8.3 percent
New York - 3.1 percent
Phoenix - 8.4 percent
Portland - 7.0 percent
San Diego - 1.8 percent
San Francisco - 3.5 percent
Seattle - 7.5 percent
Tampa - 6.0 percent
Washington + 2.7 percent
20-city composite - 3.3 percent
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Geocaching Guides and Trips in United StatesBelow are popular Geocaching guides and trips in United States that you can use to plan your next adventure. You can download guides, including a detailed map, description and points of interest for a small fee to your iPhone or Android.
Long hike through old-growth redwoods to shimmering waterfalls is a Bay Area favorite.
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A "must do" hike to the area's only working fire lookout
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A gentle hike with spectacular red rock views
Lower Ridge to the start of Mt.Olympus
Ruins, waterfalls, deers + much more!
The must-see hiking trails in the San Francisco Bay Area
Mountain bike trail near Morrison, CO. It is about 30 minuues southwest of Denver.
Enjoy this loop trail that meanders along creeks, beside a pond, through pumpkin fields and over Colorado hills.
Kayak on the Elm Fork of the Trinity River. Explore the beauty of the Greenbelt on walking, biking, and equestrian trail
Explore the wonders of of Isle du Bois on walking, biking, and equestrian trails. Enjoy camping, boating, and fishing.
Can't-miss hard hikes: Berry Creek Loop; Murietta Falls; North Peak at Mount Diablo; Mount Sizer Loop at Henry Coe.
A popular hiking, horse backing, and ATV/Offroading area with waterfalls, creeks, deep rocky canyons, and wild mustangs
The Santa Cruz mountains west of Palo Alto and San Jose host many of the finest trails in the San Francisco Bay Area
A very easy walk along the Missouri River with nice views
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Gamers are "going to be surprised" with Quantum Theory, says Tecmo boss
Tecmo Koei bossman Yoshiki Sugiyama has said that gamers will be surprised with Quantum Theory, especially if they go into it thinking it's "just another shooter".
Speaking in an interview with CVG, Sugiyama said that while the game may share a post-apocalyptic setting with the Gears of War series, that's the only comparison that's accurate, as the game itself is unique.
"While the style may share similar traits of a post-apocalyptic world inhabited by hardened warriors it's the co-operation between our two characters that makes Quantum Theory so unique," he said.
"The fact you have to physically manipulate this spectacularly acrobatic partner while launching your own assaults makes for an interesting new dynamic – and of course the battle ground is always changing and shifting.
"There's a living tower at the heart of this story, a fantastical construction that is never as it seems. If gamers assume they know what awaits them, if they assume Quantum Theory is going to be just another shooter, they're going to be surprised.
Quantum Theory's out this summer on PS3 and Xbox 360 after missing its March release.
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God Eater video shows a rather large sword
God Eater was officially announced this week, and today, Namco released a video of it.
It's posted after the break courtesy of Kotaku.
The game is expected to land on PSP this fall in Japan.
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Let G be a Lie group acting on a manifold M And say that there exists a point $m \in M$ such that the stabilizer of the point is non trivial. I am unable to understand how the quotient M/G fails to be a manifold. More precisely, how is a singularity created at the point $m \in M$ while constructing the quotient. Can anybody help me understand this?
A general nonsense answer to your question would be the orbit decomposition theorem. Given a compact lie group $G$ acting on a manifold $M$, it describes a stratification of $M$ by orbit types.
The main theorem is that if $p \in M$, and $G_p$ is the stabilizer of $p$, then there is a $G$-equivariant diffeomorphism between a neighbourhood of $G.p$ (the orbit of $p$) in $M$ and
$$V \times_{G_p} G$$
where $V$ is a vector space and $G_p$ acts linearly on $V$, i.e. there is a representation $G \to Aut(V)$. So $V \times_{G_p} G$ denotes the quotient of $V \times G$ by the diagonal action of $G_p$. $V \times_{G_p} G$ is an equivariant tubular neighbourhood of $G.p$, and the projection map $V \times_{G_p} G \to G.p$ is simply projection onto the 2nd factor $V \times_{G_p} G \to G/G_p$ followed by the identification $G/G_p \equiv G.p$ given by the action.
So the underlying reason for $M/G$ to have singularities is that $(V\times_{G_p} G)/G \simeq V/G_p$ i.e. the action of $G_p$ on $V$ tends to have a singular quotient. Igor gave an example of this in his comment.
Complementing Ryan's answer: we can assume that $G$ preserves a Riemannian metric on $M$ (since $G$ is compact, we can take just any metric and average it with respect to $G$). Then $V$ from Ryan's posting is the the orthogonal complement in $T_p M$ of the tangent space of the orbit.
The quotient $M/G$ locally looks like $V/G_p$. This will often be singular, but when $M$ is a complex 1-manifold and $G$ is a finite group that acts by holomorphic transformations, the quotient will be a smooth manifold: any finite subgroup $H\subset GL_1(\mathbb{C})=\mathbb{C}^*$ is generated by some root of 1, and so $\mathbb{C}/H\cong \mathbb{C}$.


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In a country as complex as Israel, why settle for a single perspective? On a truly integrated campus in Haifa, one of Israel's most progressive cities, you'll engage in an in-depth and balanced exploration of regional tensions, conflict, and pertinent issues with one of the most diverse student bodies of any university in the country. Daily interactions with local students, internships, and excursions combined with academic study help you carve out a deep, firsthand understanding of the region that you won't find anywhere else.
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For students who demonstrate financial need, CIEE provides direct support for travel.
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Get ready for an in-depth exploration of issues involving international relations, psychology, Middle Eastern Studies, and peace and conflict studies. Just a few of the courses you can choose from include:
Specialized courses are also available in the peace and conflict and psychology honors programs.
Language study is critical to any serious international development program. A knowledge of native languages facilitates communication, promotes understanding, and prevents misapprehensions that obstruct the path to diplomacy. With CIEE, you'll choose between Hebrew and Arabic courses for beginner through advanced students. Even true beginners in either language will learn how to interact with your peers and members of the community – from daily greetings to asking for directions and reading basic texts such as restaurant menus. You'll then practice your new skills with your local roommates in the residence hall.
Put your knowledge of international relations, psychology, or peace and conflict studies to work, and gain valuable hands-on experience in the process with a for-credit internship. Possible agencies and organizations include the Arab-Jewish Center, Center for Battered Women, government social work agencies, public and special education facilities, health services, archaeological explorations, local museums, and the Galilee Research Center.
Gain insight into Israeli culture and its people, see the region through many perspectives, and get a balanced view of the issues impacting the country and region today during numerous excursions and activities. Attend a special lecture on Israeli diplomacy. Hike through the Carmel National Forest, Israel's largest park located steps from the University of Haifa campus. Explore the neighborhoods of the country's third-largest city, Haifa, and see examples of Jews, Christians, Muslims, Druze, and Baha'is who are committed to living in diverse, peaceful community. Trips to fascinating cities like Nazareth and Jerusalem and smaller communities like Akko and Mi'ilya will get you exploring other parts of Israel. You'll also have the opportunity to volunteer with a local organization to learn more about social problems affecting Israelis today.
We want to make sure you get the most out of your experience when you study abroad with CIEE, which is why we offer the most inclusions in our fees.
The program fee includes:
This breakdown has been prepared from the program budget for the purpose of calculating eligibility for financial aid. During the course of program operations, actual figures may vary. It should not, therefore, be used as a basis for calculation of refunds. CIEE reserves the right to adjust fees at any time.
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** academic year students who wish to stay onsite are responsible for arranging their housing and meals during the semester break
Intensive Hebrew courses include 100 contact hours for a recommended 6 semester / 9 quarter hours. Intensive Modern Standard Arabic courses include 80 contact hours for a recommended 6 semester / 9 quarter hours. University of Haifa elective course credit recommendations vary, but most courses have 39-45 contact hours for a recommended 3 semester / 4.5 quarter hours. For-credit internships are offered for either 3 semester credits (10 working hours per week) or 4 semester credits (15 working hours per week).
Total recommended credit for the program is 15-16 semester / 22.5-24 quarter hours.
Students participating in the general program enroll in one language course, plus three elective courses, and have the option to replace one of their electives with a for-credit internship.
Students who are accepted into the Honors Psychology program enroll in the required International Perspectives on Psychology Seminar, Mentored Independent Research course, either Hebrew or Arabic language, plus one additional psychology elective course.
Students who are accepted into the Honors Peace and Conflict Studies program enroll in the required honors seminar, either Hebrew or Arabic language, and two elective courses. One of these electives may be an internship.
Haifa is Israel's third-largest city with 300,000 residents, and is an ideal urban setting for an inspiring academic experience. Located on the beautiful Mount Carmel and near the Mediterranean Sea, Haifa is marked by exciting multiculturalism. Modern Haifa is known for its blossoming high-tech industry, and Haifa also has always been an active port city for international commerce.
Haifa has a national reputation for its ethnic and religious diversity. It is the world center of the Baha'i faith – its shrine, administrative center, and world-renowned gardens are prominent features of the city's landscape. The Christian and Muslim communities of Haifa, and the neighboring Druze villages of Usifiya and Daliat-el-Carmel, also are important components of the city's social and cultural development. Along with Jewish communities from Europe, North Africa, the Middle East, North and South America, Ethiopia, and India, they have combined to create a modern Mediterranean city that is truly diverse.
Life in the city of Haifa offers its inhabitants and visitors alike a mosaic of cultural events, including concerts, theater, museums, clubs, cafés, and beaches of the Mediterranean coastline. The Sea of Galilee, Golan Heights, Nazareth, Tel Aviv, and Jerusalem are all within easy reach.
Maha completed her Ph.D. at the University of Washington in the Interdisciplinary Near and Middle East program in 2008 and received a Post-Doctoral Fellowship at Hebrew University's political science department in 2009/2010. She is an adjunct lecturer at Haifa University's International School and a regular lecturer for the overseas programs at the Galilee Institute of International Management. She facilitated Compassionate Listening workshops for international students at the Arava Institute for Environmental Studies between 2004 and 2008 and continues to facilitate these workshops for various youth groups including the newly opened Eastern Mediterranean International School and the Creativity for Peace, Young Leaders program. She is a Program Leader with the Mastery Foundation where she facilitates leadership empowerment workshops for grassroots leaders from various non-profit organizations in Israel.
Founded in 1963, the University of Haifa quickly has become one of Israel's leading universities, hosting six different faculties and more than 50 cutting-edge research centers. The university community, consisting of 18,000 students, is a pluralistic and amicable blend of Jewish, Christian, Muslim, Druze, and Bedouin students who reflect the diverse ethnic and religious cultures of Israel.
Being an interdisciplinary division, the International School offers numerous opportunities for students from around the world. Faculty from all departments teach the courses in English. These courses are also open to Israeli students currently enrolled at the University of Haifa.
Housing is included in the study abroad program fee. Students live in student residence halls on the University of Haifa campus in a single room with a private bathroom in a suite with shared kitchen facilities. There are typically six Israeli and international students in each suite. Students have convenient access to computer rooms with Internet access, laundry rooms, a grocery store, and student lounges. Although the university does not offer a meal plan, students may eat their meals in campus cafés or cook simple meals in their residence hall kitchens.
You'll begin your study abroad experience in Haifa even before leaving home by participating in a CIEE online predeparture orientation. The resident director meets students online and shares information about the program and site, highlighting issues that alumni have said are important, and giving you time to ask questions. The online orientation allows you to connect with others in the group, reflect on what you want to get out of the program, and learn what others in the group would like to accomplish. CIEE's aim for the predeparture orientation is simple: to help you understand more about the program and identify your goals.
The program begins with a three-day mandatory orientation held in Haifa. Sessions are devoted to health, safety, and security, the academic program, local cultural considerations, local logistics, gender issues, and cultural adjustment strategies. The CIEE orientation is held in Haifa so that you may begin to explore your new environment before classes begin. You'll also participate in the University of Haifa international student orientation. This includes university-specific safety and security sessions, a library session, Haifa and local city tours, and Hebrew and Arabic language placement exams.
Ongoing support is provided by CIEE staff on an individual and group basis throughout the program.
You are encouraged to bring a wireless-enabled laptop. Wireless Internet is available in individual rooms of the student dormitories and from a variety of locations on campus. In addition, there are computer rooms in the dormitories and throughout the university campus for your use. To print, you'll need to purchase a print card at the library.
CIEE organizes various local field trips, excursions, and cultural activities designed to help you gain a better understanding of Israel's past and present. The University of Haifa coordinates special lectures on various aspects of life in Israel, including politics, security, culture, and religion. CIEE and the University of Haifa also arrange various on-campus and local activities designed to expose you to local Israeli cultural events and celebrations. You'll have access to sports facilities, student clubs, and weekly concerts on campus. Haifa is a cosmopolitan city with an interesting mixture of Jews, Christians, Muslims, Druze, and Baha'is living in harmony. You can relax and explore the city, local beaches, and Carmel National Forest.
Local conditions dictate which field trips and excursions are offered each semester, and are subject to change. All group excursions around Israel will be carefully reviewed in consultation with local security experts, including the Israeli Police and Defense Forces.
CIEE will add additional program excursions and activities to supplement the activities offered by the University of Haifa International School. The CIEE program is designed to introduce you to a variety of perspectives and will strive to offer a balanced view of the issues impacting the country and region today.
The study abroad program is designed to provide you with complete integration into campus and local culture. You'll share rooms with Israeli and international roommates and are encouraged to participate in various student clubs on campus. CIEE and the University of Haifa help coordinate a variety of volunteer activities each semester. These activities will help you develop close relationships with Israelis and learn more about the social problems affecting local people today. If you're interested in a more rigorous community engagement project, you may enroll in a for-credit internship course as part of the regular academic program.
This program is designed for current undergraduate students from different academic backgrounds who would like to study abroad in Israel and develop their Hebrew or Arabic skills. The program offers an interdisciplinary curriculum that enables students to choose courses from different fields and disciplines, primarily within humanities and social sciences, in addition to learning Hebrew and/or Arabic language. The specialized Psychology and Peace and Conflict Studies Honors Programs offer unique opportunities for serious students to combine focused coursework in these areas with practical research and internship projects. Students who do not want to apply for these special honors programs may choose to combine intensive language courses with elective courses in a variety of subjects. All courses are taught by faculty from the various departments at the University of Haifa and include subjects such as anthropology and sociology, business and economics, communications, political science and international relations, Israel and Middle East studies, religious and Jewish studies, literature and history, psychology, peace and conflict studies, and law.
For-Credit Internships
A for-credit internship is offered as an elective course and allows students to intern with local NGOs and other organizations that are working with a variety of projects and issues, including topics associated with politics, education, religion, and environmental studies. The for-credit internship is a work-study option for students relating to their academic interest. Students complete either 10 or 15 hours a week of field experience and submit weekly reports to their advisor. At the end of the term, they must write an academic paper addressing one of the issues they dealt with during their internship. The recommended credit for this internship is 3 semester / 4.5 quarter hours for 10 hours per week and 4 semester / 6 quarter hours for 15 hours per week.
Psychology Honors Program
This program requires additional application materials designed to select a small cohort of students with a background in psychology, and a clear focus that will allow them to work together with faculty and students on a variety of research projects. The program requires students to enroll in a core seminar that covers a range of research questions in psychology, as applied to Israel and the Middle East. In addition, each student is required to participate in a research project with a University of Haifa faculty member. This mentored research project is arranged prior to the start of the semester. The University adheres carefully to IRB standards and policies, and students are required to complete an online training course in research ethics prior to engaging in any projects that involve human or animal subject research. In addition to these two required courses, students take one additional psychology elective and either intensive Hebrew or Arabic.
Peace and Conflict Studies Honors Program
This interdisciplinary program requires additional application materials designed to select a small cohort of students who demonstrate a clear motivation to participate in this highly specialized and interactive program. The program focuses on cultural, economic, educational, historical, political, psychological, religious, and social aspects of conflict resolution and peace efforts, and examines issues from Intra-State (Israel), regional, and international perspectives. The program requires participants to enroll in a core seminar that offers a multifaceted look at these perspectives. In addition, students take either intensive Hebrew or Arabic and two additional courses related to Peace and Conflict Studies.
Students are expected to invest a serious amount of time in rigorous language study and use their language skills in everyday life with Israeli students as well as at on- and off-campus activities. The area studies courses are taught in English, but students are encouraged to use Hebrew and/or Arabic in their interactions with peers and faculty on the University of Haifa campus and during conversations with locals in Haifa.
Students enroll in University of Haifa International School courses with CIEE, international, and Israeli students. Students with advanced Hebrew skills may, with permission, enroll in regular University of Haifa courses.
Final grades (A-F with pluses and minuses, based on the scale of 100) are assigned based on class participation, papers, and mid-term and final exams. Attendance is mandatory in all classes. The for-credit internship course requires 10 hours of fieldwork per week, weekly written reports, and a final internship paper. Students in the Honors Psychology program typically participate in mentored-research activities for upwards of 15 hours a week.
All courses are taught by University of Haifa faculty.
Note: This course listing is for informational purposes only and does not constitute a contract between CIEE and any applicant, student, institution, or other party. The courses, as described, may be subject to change as a result of ongoing curricular revisions, assignment of lecturers and teaching staff, and program development. Courses may be canceled due to insufficient enrollment.
To view the most recent syllabi for courses taught by CIEE at our Study Centers, visit our syllabi site.
Hebrew – Beginners
Hebrew – Lower Intermediate
Hebrew – Upper Intermediate
Hebrew – Lower Advanced
Hebrew – Advanced
Hebrew – Upper Advanced
Modern Standard Arabic – Elementary 1
Modern Standard Arabic – Elementary 2
Modern Standard Arabic – Intermediate 1
Modern Standard Arabic – Intermediate 2
Spoken Arabic – Elementary 1
Terrorism and Responses (Fall)
Arab-Israeli Relations (Fall & Spring)
Contemporary Israel: History and Society (Fall and Spring)
Contemporary Arab Thought and Culture (Fall and Spring)
Refugee's Mental Health: Global and Local Perspectives (Spring)
Peace & Conflict Honors Seminar I: The Dynamics of Conflict (Fall)
Peace & Conflict Honors Seminar II: Diplomacy and Negotiation (Spring)
Arms Control in the Nuclear Realm (Spring)
Media in the Arab World (Fall)
Israeli Collective Memory (Spring)
Israel Stories: Page, Stage, and Screen (Spring)
Islamic Fundamentalism in the Arab World (Spring)
Economics of Inequality (Spring)
Green Technologies: Sustainability and the Environment in Israel (Spring)
Topics in Finance (Spring)
Educating Jews in an Open Society (Spring)
Women in Israel (Spring)
Visual Culture and the Holocaust (Spring)
Rabbinic Stories, Modern Jewish Identity (Spring)
Literature of the Shoah (Fall)
Athens and Jerusalem in Jewish Philosophy (Fall)
Bible: Soul's Journey to Completion (Fall)
Bible: World's Journey to Messianic Age (Spring)
Faith, Reason and Dogma in Jewish Philosophy (Spring)
Jewish Spiritual Practices (Fall)
Issues in Political Psychology (Fall)
Mentored Independent Research Project in Psychology (Spring)
Psychology Honors Seminar (Spring)
A for-credit internship is offered as an elective course and allows students to intern with local NGOs and other organizations that are working with a variety of projects and issues, including topics associated with politics, education, religion, and environmental studies. The for-credit internship is a work-study option for students relating to their academic interest. Students complete either 10 or 15 hours a week of field experience and submit weekly reports to their advisor. At the end of the term, they must write an academic paper addressing one of the issues they dealt with during their internship. The recommended credit for this internship is 3 semester / 4.5 quarter hours for 10 hours per week and 4 semester / 6 quarter hours for 15 hours per week.
Students are matched with University of Haifa faculty for a mentored independent research project. Students are involved in all aspects of the research process and are required to produce a final report at the end of the semester. Students may also be involved in production of a journal article or publication. Recent research projects have involved the following topics:
British and American Literature
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Written by Shari R. Pogach, Regulatory Paralegal
Last week, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) filed a complaint in federal district court against RPM Mortgage, Inc. (RPM), a residential-mortgage lender headquartered in California, and its CEO, Erwin Robert Hirt for violations of the Loan Originator Compensation Rule and the Consumer Financial Protection Act (CFPA). According to the complaint, in April 2011, RPM instituted a compensation plan that gave loan officers financial incentives to steer consumers into higher-rate mortgage loans. RPM's loan officers were given different forms of compensation that were derived in part from the interest rates of the loans they closed.
The interest-rate-based compensation was filtered through "employee-expense accounts." RPM deposited profits that were directly tied to an originator's closed loans interest rates into an expense account set up for the originator. RPM then used the expense accounts to pay bonuses and higher commissions. From April 2011 through December 2013, the company also allowed loan officers to use their employee expense accounts to offset interest-rate reductions or credits for RESPA-tolerance cures or appraisal costs they sometimes granted to avoid losing loans to a competitor. This "point bank" arrangement allowed loan originators to "bank" profits extracted from certain consumers that enabled them to close on and receive additional compensation from loans to future consumers. In 2011, RPM paid millions of dollars in periodic bonuses to its loan officers from their employee-expense accounts. All told, RPM paid or financed millions of dollars in unlawful bonuses, pricing concessions and supplemental commissions.
According to the CFPB, RPM's CEO Erwin Robert Hirt was responsible for managing the design and implementation of this illegal compensation plan. From April 2011 through December 2013, Mr. Hirt managed the design and implementation of RPM's expense-account plan that allowed the company's loan officers to withdraw expense-account funds derived from the interest rates those loan officers charged consumers. Further, from January 2012 through December 2013, he managed the design and implementation of the company's expense-account plan that allowed its loan officers to reset their commission rates on future loans and withdraw funds from their expense accounts to cover resulting deficiencies.
If entered by the court, the CFPB's proposed consent order would require RPM and Mr. Hirt to comply with the Loan Originator Compensation Rule and the CFPA and to the following: 1) RPM will pay $18 million in redress to consumers affected by its unlawful compensation practices; 2) RPM and Mr. Hirt will each pay $1 million to the CFPB's Civil Penalty Fund; and 3) RPM and Mr. Hirt will submit to five-year reporting requirements and to compliance monitoring.


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One-time WBA heavyweight champion David Haye announced his comeback from retirement on Thursday and declared that he is still gunning for the scalps of the Klitschko brothers.
The 32-year-old Londoner, who announced his return at a press conference in his home city, is scheduled to fight an as yet unnamed opponent in Manchester on June 29.
Haye also expects to fight again later in 2013, in order to become the mandatory contender for a bout with either Vitali or Wladimir Klitschko next year.
"Instead of sitting around and waiting another year, I want to get back in there," Haye said.
"I'm happy to be back. A year is long enough time to wait for someone to phone you."
Haye's last fight saw him defeat fellow British heavyweight Dereck Chisora at London's Upton Park stadium last July.
Wladimir Klitschko beat Haye in Hamburg in 2011 to add the WBA title to his IBF and WBO crowns, while elder brother Vitali is the reigning WBC champion.
"I want that heavyweight title back," Haye said.
"I was hoping Vitali would be a man of his word and fight me after I did what he and his team wanted me to do and beat Dereck Chisora.
"We have been sitting around, waiting for the phone to ring but that hasn't happened. We have sent some emails but they have fallen on deaf ears."
Haye's trainer, Adam Booth, said talks were ongoing to find the right opponent for his fighter's comeback fight in June.
"David will fight an opponent who I am yet to secure, but who will be highly ranked," said Booth.
"He wants to fight twice this year against highly ranked contenders to put himself in an unavoidable position to be the mandatory contender to one of the brothers. He is not waiting anymore. He is fighting his way into position."
Vitali's next fight is against unbeaten Manuel Charr in September, while Francesco Pianeta is next up for Wladimir.


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Press Release Source: Air Line Pilots Association, International
US Airways, America West Pilots Demand Fair, Single Contract
Thursday February 1, 1:35 pm ET
Pilots share passengers' frustration with two separate operations
TEMPE, Ariz., Feb. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Nearly two years after the new US Airways (NYSE: LCC - News) was created by the announced merger of America West Airlines and US Airways, the pilots of America West and US Airways have had enough of management's lack of commitment to negotiating a fair, single contract and are demonstrating their frustration by picketing in front of their corporate headquarters.
There are still major gaps between the corporate promises made to employees and the reality of how management behaves at the negotiating table. US Airways is posting record quarterly and full-year profits, yet management is determined to force bankruptcy-era concessions onto the pilots. Such an agreement is not acceptable to either pilot group, both of which are represented by the Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA), International.
A single contract would be a significant step toward completing the America West-US Airways merger and combining the two airlines, making it easier for passengers traveling on US Airways. Management at US Airways instead chose to focus its energy on pursuing yet another merger (that has since been rescinded), causing the pilots to seriously question their ability to effectively run two operations, let alone three.
"There's no doubt that the quality of operations has deteriorated due to management's lack of focus in combining the two airlines," said Captain John McIlvenna, chairman of the America West Master Executive Council. "The sacrifices of labor, specifically the pilots of America West and US Airways, have enabled the new airline to succeed and post a considerable profit for 2006. Management has rewarded themselves with raises, bonuses and stock options and pursued a billion-dollar deal at the expense of the company, its employees, and our passengers."
"The US Airways and America West pilots have committed billions through massive concessions that were used to fund the recovery and renaissance of our airline. Yet, we continue to be paid wages that are at the bottom our industry while we participate in fruitless negotiations," said Captain Jack Stephan, chairman of the US Airways Master Executive Council. "It is unfortunate that our passengers are also forced to deal with management's whitewashing of the promise of a single carrier, and must endure the travel frustrations created from operating two airlines under one banner."
Joint negotiations with US Airways management for a single, fair pilot contract have been ongoing for more than one year. Both pilot groups remain focused on the issue of achieving a fair single contract, one that is commensurate with US Airways' position in the marketplace.
Founded in 1931, ALPA represents 60,000 pilots at 40 airlines in the U.S. and Canada. Visit the ALPA website at http://www.alpa.org.
Source: Air Line Pilots Association, International


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Amarillo police are asking residents for information that will help them locate Christopher Stephen Beck, 35, a fugitive from Randall County, wanted since July 2 for indecency with a child.
Beck is Amarillo Crime Stoppers' Fugitive of the Week. He is currently serving felony probation for burglary.
Police warn that Beck is aware he is being hunted by authorities and is actively avoiding police.
Beck is a white male with brown hair and green eyes. He is 5 feet, 8 inches tall and weighs about 160 pounds and might be driving a red PT Cruiser with license plate CNW-6697.
Beck often finds work as a hotel/motel employee, police said.
Anyone with information is asked to call Amarillo Crime Stoppers at 806-374-4400 or submit a tip online at www
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Given a vector $\vec{v}$ and an angle $\alpha$ between the vector and $Oy$ or $Ox$ what is the quickest way to figure out the projections, or the $x$ and $y$ components?
If the angle $\alpha$ is oriented counterclockwise (assuming right handed coordinates) from $Ox$ to $\vec{v}$, then the $x$ and $y$ coordinates are $|v|\cos(\alpha)$ and $|v|\sin(\alpha)$ resp, with proper signs. Similar results hold if the angle is from $Oy$, or orientations are different.


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[Satellite TODAY 06-21-13] SES and Thailand's IPMTV have broadened their partnership, signing additional capacity on the upcoming SES 8 and renewing IPMTV's multi-year capacity deal on NSS 6. SES 8 is expected to be launched later in 2013 and will be co-located with NSS 6 at 95 degrees east.
The expanded capacity will enable IPMTV, a satellite TV provider, to double its reach to 4 million households in Thailand by the end of the year. It currently broadcasts more than 150 local channels to its subscribers, with 21 channels in high definition.
"In addition to reaching more homes, the additional capacity will enable us to broadcast local content, allowing us to fill a gap in the broadcasting landscape which cannot be met easily by international players," Manop Tokarnka, CEO of IPMTV, said in a statement.

 "When launched, SES 8 will bring vital expansion capacity to thriving Asian video neighborhoods in South Asia and Indochina," Deepak Mathur, senior vice president commercial, Asia-Pacific and the Middle East at SES, said in a statement.
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