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1. Slightly dissatisfied
The university Internet service has intermittent problems with DNS and quality of connection. I'm beginning to wonder how much trouble it would be to move elsewhere and sign up for Internet service with one of the commercial providers. I wonder when it would be feasible to consider that, since I've already paid the confirmation deposit for this term's lodging.
VOIP quality is really bad. I can hear my parents perfectly, but my voice is really choppy and delayed on their end. I think it's because we're allocated asymmetric bandwidth, which doesn't match my usage pattern. I upload nearly as much as I download (and none of that infringes anyone's copyrights! =) ).
Still, it's good that I've got a confirmed slot for the term. That allows me to enjoy my time in Toronto instead of scrambling to find an apartment...
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2. Getting my own domain name
I want my own domain name. Can anyone recommend a relatively cheap but reliable domain name registry for .com addresses? Thanks!
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3. Level up!
Adobo was _perfect._ Or at least it inspired enough confidence for me to store two portions in the refrigerator and four in the freezer. I marinated the chicken in a mix of soy sauce, vinegar, bay leaves and pepper for two days, following a Filipino adobo recipe I found on the Net. And it worked! It was wonderfully flavorful. The cost comes down to roughly 75 cents per portion for the chicken, plus some more for soy sauce and vinegar. I used far too much soy sauce and vinegar this time, and I'll probably scale the recipe down a bit the next time I prepare a grand marinade. (Maybe once a week or once every two weeks! ;) )
Rice worked out, too. I have four portions of rice (two in the ref, two in the freezer) ready to be reheated whenever I want to eat adobo or whatever else I want.
I would also like to happily announce that I have found out how to make the lettuce I bought palatable. ;) I threw together a quick salad earlier: iceberg lettuce, crabsticks, tomatoes and carrots. Not only did the salad appeal to me visually, but it wasn't bad gastronomically. I drizzled a quick vinaigrette (some vinegar, lots of oil, salt, and pepper) using a sauce squeeze bottle I picked up for CAD 0.29, and I had a very fun lunch. I _really_ liked the crabsticks. Thanks for the tip, Clair!
To top it all off, I learned how to fold a fitted sheet so that it stays nice and flat. =)
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DOE Seeks Clean Energy Entrepreneurs to Work at Three National Labs
October 31, 2007
Researchers at DOE's national laboratories may be experts in their field, but they may not be the ideal people to identify the business opportunities in their midst. With that in mind, DOE launched its new Entrepreneur in Residence Program on October 24th, calling for business people with start-up experience to spend up to one year working directly with technical management and staff at one of three national laboratories: the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, or Sandia National Laboratories. The main intent is to commercialize energy efficiency and renewable energy technologies, so each entrepreneur must be sponsored by an established venture capital firm that has at least $10 million in funds available for energy efficiency and renewable energy technology investment and has an overall fund size of at least $100 million. DOE plans to award grants of $100,000 to help support entrepreneurs in residence at each of the three national laboratories.
The new program seeks to identify promising laboratory technologies that, if commercialized, would contribute to the mission of DOE's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy. Selected entrepreneurs will conduct technology assessments, evaluate market opportunities, formulate preliminary business cases, and propose business structures for start-up enterprises. The entrepreneurs could also recommend policy and business practice modifications that would help the national laboratories to commercialize their technologies. The entrepreneurs will be expected to sign a non-disclosure agreement to facilitate full access to lab personnel, inventions, and data, but they will also be granted a 180-day first right of refusal to license the identified technologies. To streamline the intellectual property negotiation, the solicitation includes a standard equity-share license agreement. Applications are due by December 21st. See the DOE press release and the funding opportunity notice on the Grants.gov Web site.


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Billed as "The Best Six Days of Summer," the Anderson County Fair gets underway today at the Clinton Fairgrounds.
Gates to the fairgrounds on Charles G. Seivers Boulevard open at 5 p.m. today through Saturday and close at 10 p.m. Admission to the fairgrounds is $5 for kids 6 and older. People can also buy a weeklong pass for $20.
However, Monday through Thursday are free kids nights for children ages 17 and under, thanks to several sponsors.
The fair includes a carnival and rides by James Gang Amusements. The rides begin running at 6 p.m. each night and people can pay one price to ride all night.
Little Ponderosa Petting Zoo will be at the fair each night from start to finish, providing animals for everyone to see and pet. Other mainstays at the fair each night will include food, animals entered for various livestock competitons, educational and commercial booths and exhibits of things ranging from canned goods to honey, antiques to 4-H Club entries. A Tractor Parade of Power will be held each night at 7.
Wednesday is Senior Citizens Day with gates opening at 11:30 a.m. Biscuit baking is set for noon to 3 p.m., an Ice Cream Party at 1:30 p.m., and Clinton Antique Car Club from 12:30 to 9 p.m.
• 6 p.m., Kevin Wilder Band
• 7 p.m., 4WD Stock Truck Qualifying Pull & Outlaw Truck Qualifying Pull
• 7 p.m., "Do You Think You Can Dance?" Contest
• 7 p.m. "Dash for Cash, Main Event"
• 7 p.m., 4WD Stock Truck Qualifying Pull & Outlaw Truck Qualifying Pull.
• 7:30 p.m., Tennessee Mountain Wrestling
• 6 p.m. Out of the Blue Band
• 6:30 p.m., Wade Henry, "The Entertainer"
• 7 p.m., Claxton Country Square Dancers
• 6 p.m., Chillbillies
• 6:30 p.m., Wade Henry, "The Entertainer"
• 7 to 9:30 p.m., Community Gospel Night featuring The Beelers & Second Baptist Church Choir
• 6 p.m., Wayne Matthews Band
• 6:30 p.m., Wade Henry, "The Entertainer"
• 7:30 p.m., Demolition Derby
• 6 p.m., Flying Blind
• 6:30 p.m., Wade Henry, "The Entertainer"
• 7 p.m., Lawn Mower Race
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Strapless Wedding Dress Workout
Under arm flab got you dreading wedding dress shopping? Don't stress just yet. Here are three simple moves that will slim your limbs instantly
Trying on bridal gowns is one of those few amazing moments you dream of as a child that actually comes true (unless that letter to Hogwarts actually arrived.) You can finally trade in that ragged old Disney princess costume for a breath-taking new Vera Wang. So when the cosmos align and the moment to try on dresses arrives, the last thing you want to be distracted by in the mirror is arm flab jiggling over your strapless gown. But don't resign yourself to a maximum-coverage dress just yet. We got the insider scoop from Energeia Boot Camp Malibu owner Charlotte Mooney. She shared these three easy tips designed to tone and define your arms.
1. Triceps Dips
"This exercise is great because you work your triceps as well, which are complimentary muscles," Mooney says. "So when your triceps look bigger, your biceps look bigger, making your arms firmer overall."
This exercise is great if you're tied up at the office or just don't feel like getting up from the couch (no judgment). Sit on the edge of a sturdy chair with your hands gripping the sides, shoulder width apart. Position your bent legs slightly in front of you (aim for a 100 degree angle). Now, using your arms, extend your body in front of the chair, making sure not to move your feet. Slowly alternate between bending your elbows and straightening your arms, moving your body up and down. Do three reps of five.
2. Tricep Pushups
"Do three sets of 10 of these pushups and for best results do a few sets of high knees too," Mooney says. "The combination will help your arms and overall physique. Mixing in cardio keeps your muscles warm and burns the most calories."
I need to be honest right now; pushups are one of my greatest fears, right up there with snakes and spiders. I swear up and down it's because of my tiny shoulders, but in reality I'm just in desperate need of some toning-up myself. So when I tried these pushups, I was pleasantly surprised they weren't as dreadful as regular pushups, and I could really feel my target areas working.
Start out in a plank position with your hands directly under your shoulders and your arms tucked straight beneath. Using your arms, extend your body upright until your elbows are straight, and then lower yourself back down to starting position.
3. Just Move!
I've heard women complain over and over again about how under arm flab is unavoidable and there's nothing you can do about it. Wrong. Simply keeping busy and moving around can help you tone up all over, arms included. That means even a 30 minute walk counts.
"Even in my boot camp sessions I notice women's arms toning up just with body weight resistance," Mooney says. "You start really losing muscle when you stop exercising; when you don't use it, you lose it."
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NAPA -- Raiders rookie linebacker Khalil Mack cleared another hurdle Friday when he made it through his first training camp practice without incident.
Mack, the Raiders first-round draft pick in May, said things pretty much went the way he expected. Now he's looking forward to his next challenge, when the players put on the pads and ratchet up the intensity Sunday.
"I'm pretty eager, pretty eager, even though the guys told me it's going to be a lot faster," Mack said. "But I just can't wait."
Mack worked alongside fellow linebackers Nick Roach and Miles Burris with the first-team defense. Still, he said, he has plenty of work to do before he gets to where he wants to be.
"I'm starting at the bottom right now," Mack said. "I'm trying to work my way up. I know I got to get a lot better. I can't give myself a grade. I know it wouldn't be too good, but hopefully I can improve a lot more."
He got better Friday, he said, just by taking the advice he received from veteran defensive linemen Justin Tuck and LaMarr Woodley and incorporating it into his repertoire.
Tuck, for instance, instructed Mack to use his hands more so that blockers can't get to Mack's pads and Mack isn't "working against myself." Woodley told Mack to be more physical with tight ends and ditch the "finesse" approach.
Through it all, Tuck said he is keeping the dialogue between him and Mack to a minimum.
"He has enough on his plate right now, learning the playbook and getting the feel for NFL life," Tuck said. "There will be a time when he'll be ready to take it up a notch. You don't' want to overload him with too much stuff. There are a lot of people in his ear right now, coaches and stuff like that."
Yet, Mack hasn't lost any of his confidence. He treats the growing pains as just part of the maturation process.
"I'm going to come out and make an impact," Mack said, when asked what he envisions this season. "My expectations are, I want to be the defensive rookie of the year. That's what I'm going to hold myself to while I'm out there on the field working and remember that while I'm out there working hard."


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BERKELEY -- Jason Kidd says not now, not yet, almost certainly not after this season and probably not even next season.
Retire? How could he abandon the stage that is and always has been his coziest home? Why would he, even while bracing for his 40th birthday, turn his back on the lifestyle he has earned to drift ever so cautiously into the great unknown?
If the basketball court was Kidd's personal retreat during boyhood in the East Bay, it has been his movable sanctuary as an adult. So he will delay, for as long as he can, his reluctant entrance into the petrifying uncertainty of life without hoops.
``I signed a three-year deal, never thinking about how long I want to play,'' Kidd says. ``I'll go until my mind and body come to agreement that we have to move on. There are some days when the mind is tired but the body feels good. There are days when the body doesn't feel good but the mind says, `let's go.' They haven't come to agreement.''
Conceding there are nights when he feels 30 but mornings when he feels 50, Kidd on Monday night joined his New York Knicks teammates to face the Warriors on the court at Oracle Arena, a place as familiar to Kidd as any member of the home team.
The arena off 66th Avenue is where Kidd evolved from the subject of local buzz to full national legend, being featured in Sports Illustrated at a time when kids rarely rated such lofty status.
Oracle, then known as the Coliseum Arena, Kidd's house while at St. Joseph High in Alameda, where he led the Pilots to consecutive state championships, and remained his place during two years at Cal, which made back-to-back NCAA Tournament appearances — including a trip to the Sweet Sixteen during Jason's freshman season.
All of which provided the backdrop for Kidd to hold a news conference to declare himself eligible for the 1994 NBA Draft. He shed tears that day, many tears, partly because his then-coach, Todd Bozeman, was sobbing.
Mostly, though, Kidd wept because he was leaving his family, that which reared him and that which watched him grow up. This was his farewell to the Bay Area.
Though he was at Cal to receive an award presented by the school's African American Studies Department, Kidd has spent the past 19 years mostly as a familial visitor, a friend among the enemy, wearing the jerseys of five NBA teams. He was drafted by Dallas, traded to Phoenix, then to New Jersey and back to Dallas — where he won a championship ring in 2011 — before landing as a free agent in New York last summer.
The 6-foot-4 point guard, a 10-time All-Star, also has worn a sixth jersey, that of USA basketball, in which he has won two Olympics gold medals and compiled a 56-0 record.
Kidd's career, historically and statistically, presents excessive credentials for the Hall of Fame: No. 2 all-time in assists and steals, No. 3 in triple-doubles and 3-pointers made. Kidd is the only player to amass 17,000 points, 12,000 assists and 8,000 rebounds.
``There is a checklist when you get drafted,'' Kidd says. ``You want to be an All-Star and be mentioned as one of the best. Then you want to be the assists leader, and be among the best in triple-doubles. And as you get older, you keep adding to the list.
`` . . . I don't know if there's anything I haven't seen in basketball. I've seen a whole lot of ups and downs to get where I'm regarded as one of the best. And now I'm coming off the bench. It's all humbling. I've been blessed. It's been exciting.''
We have watched, up close and from a distance, Kidd's trials and tribulations and triumphs, the international perfection and NBA pinnacle and even those regrettable moments that remind us there can be many layers of complexity to such a life.
Another such moment occurred last July. Nearly 12 years after undergoing counseling after a domestic abuse incident with his first wife, Joumana, Jason was found passed out in his Cadillac Escalade, which had come to a stop at the base of a tree, and arrested in a New York suburb for suspicion of driving while intoxicated.
``Clearly, it was a mistake and I owned up to it,'' he says. ``It happened and I'll have to learn from it. We all make mistakes, some aren't public and some are. The most important thing, I hope, is that I learn and that, hopefully, others learn from my mistake.''
Kidd, whose birthday is March 23, has recovered to spend the season as a trusted lieutenant of Knicks coach Mike Woodson. Jason has started and he has come off the bench. He has, over the course of 60 games, defended every position except center.
After pushing Dallas to the championship two years ago with his postseason defense on Kobe Bryant, Kevin Durant, Russell Westbrook, LeBron James and Dwyane Wade, there was the older, slower but still incredibly crafty Kidd last week again facing Durant.
``All you can do,'' he says, lifting his eyebrows, ``is hold your breath.''
That's only fair. Dozens of Kidd's opponents have spent two decades holding their breath, and millions of fans have had theirs stolen.
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Knitting Today's Classics: 60 Exquisite Sweaters from Elite
by Kristin Nicholas
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When looking for yarn patterns, the common tendency is to leaf through page after page of individual patterns in a three-ring binder at your local yarn shop.
Classic Designs
Many designers try so hard to be stylish that their designs -- like the rapidly changing face of fashion -- are almost instantly obsolete. Thankfully, this collection is an exception. Published in 1995, it has designs that are still fresh. I'm always finding another pattern to knit.
The Patterns
The book is divided into six sections: Quick & Simple, Decorative Stitches, Designing with Color, Cardigans, Warm Weather Knits, and Tips for Beginners. The designs span all four seasons, and they're suitable for total beginners to experienced knitters.
Kristin and the 10 other designers featured here write simple, clear, and easy to follow patterns. They don't use ambiguous language, and they don't nag. Nor do they send you out on a ledge and leave you there. I've yet to be misled by a pattern in this book.
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In Their Own Words – Thank You
This "In Their Own Words" post is by Nicholas James DeTommaso. Nicholas recently earned the high distinction of Eagle Scout by creating a website to document and archive the photos,memorabilia and create oral histories of the local American Legion Post 1718 following the sale of their building. He now attends Cooper Union for the Advancement of Arts and Sciences in New York City on full scholarship. Nicholas's hopes to develop video games and programming as social learning tools for those who find normal socialization difficult.
At two years old I stopped crying and laughing out loud; I had lost my vocabulary word by word and, I no longer laughed or cried out loud. I had autism, specifically, high-functioning Asperger Syndrome. Communication skills were nonexistent. I had to relearn all of my vocabulary. Word by word, I gained it back, but as I got older, there were social ramifications—talking to new friends was tough. I had a few quirks, sure—I was frustrated at seemingly random times. One other thing—I never said, "Thank you."
It seemed I could develop friendships and keep them by playing video games. How could something designed for mindless entertainment help an autistic child improve communication and social skills? As James Paul Gee has stated in his 2003 book What Video Games Have to Teach Us About Learning and Literacy, "The video game environment is an environment where everyone has equal access and is treated equitably." That even starting field was the door through which I could now enter the social world of play.
The logic of computer programming and electrical engineering is fascinating to me. The art of creating programs and to see them work through—to me there is no feeling quite like it. It is a feeling of creation, of satisfaction. By building on these known basics, I'd like to create games, learning tools through fun, which could start autistic children to not only communicate, but also grow socially, in the way I did.
My gift from others, my ability to speak and act socially, is a gift I have never forgotten. I frequently remind myself how lucky I am to have received the help I have over the years, and to that end I always endeavor to give back. In doing so, I not only feel the satisfaction of helping those less fortunate than I, but I also feel happy to repay in part the gifts given to me. Service to others has always been a tenet of my family, and my participation in volunteer groups such as the Boy Scouts, the Red Cross, and my church gives me the opportunity to do just that. I suppose, in the end, that it's my way of saying, "thank you."
November 23, 2010 at 3:25 pm
Nicholas congratulations on your successes! I look forward to seeing the games and programming you develop. Our son is 6 and was diagnosed with Asperger's last spring. He's doing well in school thanks to good social skill therapy and hearing your story here is very encouraging!
November 24, 2010 at 7:57 am
God bless you, stories like yours give me hope.I have a 16 year old son with autism. What kind of videogames do you play? How do you socialize? Do you invite friends to your house?
November 29, 2010 at 4:25 pm
thank you
November 30, 2010 at 8:20 am
Your story is very encouraging. My son just turned 5. At 3 he was diagnosed with PDD-NOS, sensory integration disorder and expressive speach disorder. With the help of great therapists and speech therapy. He has a 20 word vocabulary. He loves video games and they have helped him in many ways. Thank you for sharing your story.
January 5, 2011 at 1:42 pm
Thank you for your story!!.My son David is almost 18, and just like you, he has overcome many obstacles, fron non verbal went to high functioning, but he gets frustrated because he wants to be accepted by his peers, he wants to have a girlfriend, but he is having a hard time socializing ( I tried to help him as much as I can, I created a club, where I take him and his friends to "hang out" every friday, and has worked wonders!!!). but I need more tips, What else can I do????.My email is email@example.com…Thank you


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News 12 First at Five / Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2013
It was a scary situation for a Graniteville mother after her 5-year-old didn't make it home from school on the bus. (WRDW-TV)
GRANITEVILLE, S.C. (WRDW) -- It was a scary situation for a Graniteville mother after her 5-year-old didn't make it home from school on the bus.
It's been a few weeks now, and Jessica Parker says she's still learning surprising details from that day.
"It's a very scary situation, and I would not want any parent to have to go through something like this," Parker said.
About three weeks ago, she says she waited at her front door for her daughter to get off the bus, but she never did.
"I got on the phone, and I called the school, and I said look, my child isn't on the bus, where is she at?" she said.
After no sign of her child, she drove to the school.
"My blood was just boiling," she said.
Parker's daughter has court orders on file, allowing only certain people to pick her up.
"I called my mom and I said, look, I'm calling the cops," she said.
Aiken County Sheriff's deputies came, but a bus finally pulled up with her daughter on it around 4:20 p.m. -- more than two hours after she is usually dropped off at home.
Denise Watson, Area 3 Transportation Supervisor for Aiken County Schools, says, "It was just an unusual incident, but fortunately, both drivers followed procedure, they both did return the students back."
The Transportation Department says the school put two students on the wrong buses that day. They say the confusion probably came from a new bus route that started that day.
"The child in reference was to be put on the new bus that day," Watson said.
Parker was nearly over the whole thing until a trip through Graniteville about a week later took a turn.
"She pointed, she said, 'Mommy, that's where I was at.' And I was like, what do you mean that's where you were at?" she said.
The school bus dropped her daughter, Whitney, off a couple of miles from home at Starbright Childcare Center.
Geneva Adams, director of Starbright, says she remembers that day.
"I said, 'Well who are you?' And she told me her name, and I said, 'Well, you're at the wrong place.' And she said, 'I don't know?'"
Adams says she ran back outside and put Whitney back on the bus, but this was all news to her mom.
"I did not actually find out through an adult, I had to wait to find out through my 5-year-old child," she said.
She says about three weeks have gone by, and her phone calls haven't been returned by the school board.
A transportation supervisor told News 12 that it's the school's fault when students end up on the wrong bus. The principal at Byrd Elementary says they can't comment on this specific incident but do say there are occasional mix-ups with students.
However, they told us when this does happen, they call transportation officials immediately to correct the problem.


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About the Book
Offering insights from the spheres of anthropology, psychology, education, design, and business, Creative Intelligence by Bruce Nussbaum, a leading thinker, commentator, and curator on the subjects of design, creativity, and innovation, is first book to identify and explore creative intelligence as a new form of cultural literacy and as a powerful method for problem-solving, driving innovation, and sparking start-up capitalism.
Nussbaum investigates the ways in which individuals, corporations, and nations are boosting their creative intelligence — CQ—and how that translates into their abilities to make new products and solve new problems. Ultimately, Creative Intelligence shows how to frame problems in new ways and devise solutions that are original and highly social.
Smart and eye opening, Creative Intelligence: Harnessing the Power to Create, Connect, and Inspire illustrates how to connect our creative output with a new type of economic system, Indie Capitalism, where creativity is the source of value, where entrepreneurs drive growth, and where social networks are the building blocks of the economy.
The first book to identify and explore Creative Intelligence as a new form of cultural literacy and a method for driving innovation and sparking start-up capitalism
The world is quickly changing in ways we find hard to comprehend. Conventional methods of dealing with problems have become outmoded. To be successful, one can't just be good; one must also be a creator, a maker, and a doer.
In Creative Intelligence, innovation expert Bruce Nussbaum charts the making of a new literacy—Creative Intelligence, or CQ. From corporate CEOs trying to parse the confusing matrix of global business to K–12 teachers attempting to reach bored kids in classrooms, Nussbaum shows how CQ can become a powerful method for devising solutions and a practical antidote to uncertainty and complexity. It's a skill set that explorers have tacitly used for eons but that is explicitly revealing its secrets to us only now.
Nussbaum investigates how people, organizations, and nations are learning to be more creative, and the ways in which those groups are enhancing their CQ. He offers five new creative competencies—Knowledge Mining, Framing, Playing, Making, and Pivoting—to help individuals and organizations learn to create routinely and well.
Smart and eye-opening, Creative Intelligence helps boost creative capacity and inspires us to connect our creative output with a new type of economic system called Indie Capitalism, where creativity is the source of economic value; entrepreneurs drive growth; and social networks are the building blocks of the economy.
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Critical Praise
"Bruce Nussbaum demystifies one of the most important initiatives of our time -- unlocking the creativity within ourselves and our organizations." — David Kelley, Founder of IDEO and the Stanford d.school
"An intriguing mixture of challenging ideas and Utopian solutions to the broader issues regarding social welfare currently under debate." — Kirkus Reviews
"Creative Intelligence lays out the forces that will drive us toward a prosperous future. Read this book if you want to be inspired and provoked to lead the way." — Richard Florida, Professor, University of Toronto and NYU and Senior Editor, The Atlantic
"Bruce Nussbaum is one of America's most interesting design minds. His latest work is both a clarion call and a guidebook for moving creativity to the center of our lives." — Daniel H. Pink, author of To Sell is Human, Drive, and A Whole New Mind
"In Creative Intelligence, Bruce Nussbaum makes a compelling case for the economic and cultural power of creativity and offers practical tools and applications for enhancing it in any organization." — Beth Comstock, SVP, Chief Marketing Officer, GE
"This is a refreshing, informative, and groundbreaking new work that has implications for every level of the business arena." — Publishers Weekly
"Thought-provoking insight on the important topic of creativity." — Booklist
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Joanna Dawn "Jody" Brumback went to be with her Lord and Savior on Feb. 5, finally free of the burden and bonds her body had placed on her for so long.
She was born in Craig and was a beloved daughter, sister, aunt and niece. Jody was an inspiration to all that knew her and who were touched by her life.
Joanna is survived by her brothers, Jim (Sylvia) Brumback and Daniel (Leah) Reynolds; nephews, Roy and Neil Brumback, Mike, Jared, Shannon, and Tanner Reynolds; and numerous aunts, uncles, cousins, and dear friends.
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INCLINE VILLAGE, Nev. — Strictly speaking, windows, along with walls, floors and ceilings, form the "shell" of any room. Your windows may be treated to blend unobtrusively into the background, or take center stage in your room's design.However you chose to treat your windows, they are really a decorating opportunity to help you set your room's mood and style.Before you look into the wide range of possibilities, analyze your window needs and determine just what you want your window beauty treatment to do. Here are some terrific window treatment tips to help you along in the process!Want to hide an unattractive view without shutting out sunlight? Why not try framing your windows with beautiful printed or textured sheer side panels?Add some splash! Try accenting your window treatments with tiebacks, fringe or beads. It's not only a clever way Add some drama! Decorative rods, brackets and finials have expanded dramatically and beautifully in today's marketplace. From wood, to metal, to unusual materials, today's rod choices are varied, unlimited and gorgeous!Large Room? Small Windows? By extending your window treatment side panels and top treatments beyond the edges of small windows, your room will actually appear just a bit larger and more expansive. Small Room? Small Windows? Try to keep your window treatment design, and color simpler in style. You'll definitely find that your room will tend to appear larger.Scrumptious Side Panels! Consider framing the beauty of your windows with scrumptious side panels. From silks, to tapestries, to sheer fabrics, side panels truly add beauty, flair and excitement to any window design.Shady Shades! Never before have Roman shades been as popular as they are today! These beauty shades provide privacy in the most decorative of ways! — Kristen Fencl, CID, is an interior decorator and owner of Decorating Dens. Learn more at www.decdens.com/kristenf,-or call 775-832-8012.
Great top treatments are the crowing glory of any window treatment. Sheers, over-draperies or side panels are shown at their best, when a top treatment has been added. Top treatments are truly unique and make a definite statement that shows your special style and personality.What better way to set off your dining room, than with a custom designed window treatment complete with a dramatic top treatment!Top treatments can actually save you energy, transform the height and width of your windows, coordinate with other fabrics in the room, and best of all, they can cover up utilitarian drapery hardware and rods. The most attractive drapery can be spoiled by opening it and exposing plain white rods.The simplest and most well known top treatment is probably a pleated or shirred valance. Made like its traversing drapery counterpart, it helps to finish off the treatment and carry the fabric and color across the window area.These valances can be dressed up with scallops, trims, braiding, or even a contrasting fabric to set it off from your main drapery fabric.No matter what style you choose, a distinctive top treatment will surely be a beautiful focal point in your dining room design.


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MORAGA -- The Saint Mary's College men's basketball team extended a couple of healthy streaks with a hard-fought 78-72 win over USF in the West Coast Conference Saturday night at McKeon Pavilion.
It marked the Gaels' 10th straight win at home this season and the 15th victory in a row over the Dons dating to the 2003-04 season.
The Gaels (13-4, 2-1 WCC), led by Matthew Dellavedova's 19 points and six assists, stayed firmly in WCC contention by overcoming a three-point deficit late in the first half and a resilient opponent bent on earning its first conference win.
"We knew that it was gonna be a tough game," said Gaels coach Randy Bennett, whose team lost 83-78 at No. 9 Gonzaga on Thursday. "They have been playing everybody tough. They're young, but they played hard and played well. I thought we played pretty well."
The Gaels led 61-54 on a Mitchell Young layup off a Dellavedova dish and later 65-58 on a Stephen Holt basket off another Dellavedova pass. USF never really recovered.
Saint Mary's Beau Levesque, a 6-foot-6 junior forward out of De La Salle High, had 15 points, giving him double-digit scoring for the ninth time in the last 10 games.
The Gaels started the game aggressively and effectively and pushed their lead to 10 points twice in the first half, but they flattened out as the half unfolded. They trailed 36-35 at halftime as the Dons (7-10, 0-4) smelled an upset.
As the Gaels upped the defensive intensity in the second half, the scrappy Dons, who have lost eight games by 10 points or fewer, kept battling back.
Bennett was pleased with his team's second-half defense and credited Dellavedova with "willing" them to victory.
USF was paced by Cody Doolin's 16 points, though Bennett thought Holt did a pretty good job guarding Doolin. The Gaels got another scrappy defensive effort from backup guard Jordan Giusti, a redshirt freshman out of San Ramon Valley High who faced his former Wolves teammate in USF's Mark Tollefsen.


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Despite diesel and other fuel prices on an upward swing, local township officials have been hitting the roads for days, trying to keep them clear of ice and snow.
A week ago, Decatur Township Trustee Terry Welch was seeing diesel priced at $3.899 a gallon in the Belpre area. Now, it's $4.199 at some stations.
"It just puts another crunch on us," he said of the township, which has an annual budget of about $280,000.
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Salem Township Trustee Dennis Lang discusses the effect of rising fuel prices on the township budget as he tops off his tank with diesel fuel Tuesday.
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But when it comes to keeping the roads as clear as possible, townships don't have a lot of options, Fearing Township Trustee Allen Miller said.
"We'll make adjustments as the year goes forward," he said.
Non-diesel fuel has been even more volatile of late, with the average price across Ohio rising 40 cents a gallon in the last month, said Gregg Laskoski, senior petroleum analyst for the gasoline-pricing website www.gasbuddy.com. And Tuesday's average Marietta-area price of $3.599 a gallon is up more than 30 cents from a month ago, said Bevi Powell, vice president of community relations at AAA East Central.
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Marietta fuel prices Tuesday:
Regular - $3.599
Diesel - $4.088
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"(Tuesday's) price is the highest it's ever been for this calendar day" in Marietta, she said.
There are a variety of factors at play.
For regular gasoline, the time of year for the federally mandated switch to cleaner-burning, and more expensive, summer-blend fuel is approaching, Laskoski said. Because they are completely different formulas, refineries must use up the winter blend, flush the systems and perform maintenance. Given the age of most refineries, that usually uncovers other issues that need to be addressed, limiting capacity, Laskoski said.
At the same time, demand for diesel and heating oil is increasing, contributing to the rising cost there, he said.
Both forms of fuel are affected by the price of crude oil, which had risen to around $97 a barrel Tuesday thanks to tensions in the Middle East and the weakening of the U.S. dollar, Laskoski said. The dollar is the primary unit used in crude oil transactions, he said.
"If we keep seeing the weakening of the dollar and the rising price of crude, it could push prices even higher," Laskoski said.
Powell said $4-a-gallon gas does not seem outside the realm of possibility by summer, when more people are driving and the summer blend is in use.
While diesel used to cost less than regular fuel, that changed a while back when the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency enacted new regulations to cut down on diesel's sulfur content, Laskoski said.
"It used to be very cheap to produce diesel, but the EPA increased the cost," he said.
All of Salem Township's vehicles - a road grader, two trucks and a tractor - run on diesel, township fiscal officer Marcella Fleming said.
"It's not unlikely to receive a $7,000 bill for them to fill that fuel tank on the hill," she said.
At least that was done before the most recent jump, Trustee Dennis Lang said.
"Thank God we bought 500-gallon tanks. Save us 'til it runs out," he said.
Lang said the township tries to conserve when it can but hasn't had many options during the recent snowfall.
"We worked all day (Monday) to get the roads cleared, and then it snowed again and was worse than it was before," he said Tuesday morning before heading back out to spread cinders.
Newport Township Trustee Rodney King said the township has little choice with fuel costs but to "eat it up."
"There's nothing really that we can cut," he said, pointing to services like clearing roads in the winter and mowing, ditching and hauling gravel in the summer. "You just got to plug along and hope it (doesn't) get any worse."
King is grateful that the Washington County Commission increased the share of the 1 percent permissive sales tax going to township road projects, even as the township faces rising costs for fuel.
"So you get it in one hand and kind of toss it out with the other," he said.
Rising fuel prices don't just affect the cost of what goes into township vehicles, said Welch, from Decatur Township. The price to get cinders for road treatment was $12 a ton two years ago, but recently the township paid $20 a ton, as the supplier passed on delivery costs from higher fuel prices.
"Everybody just passes the price on down," Welch said. "We try not to spend a lot of money out here. We don't get a lot of money."


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It was great while it lasted (not long)
By Bijouandbucky
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Comments about JBL Flip Portable Bluetooth Speaker - White:
I haven't used the speaker a great deal. Got it about two years ago and it had great sound. But I have always had problems getting the bluetooth to sync with my laptop. I used to be able to get it going after a lot of work, but it has been many months since I have been able to get anything but a beep-boop out of it. So I know it makes sound (when I turn it on), but it refuses to connect to the music. I guess its ready for the trash now. What a disappointment.
Bottom Line No, I would not recommend this to a friend
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Battery only lasted a year
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I bought this speaker 1/19/2014 and was initially very pleased with the sound quality. However I am very disappointed with the battery quality. Now it only plays for about 15 minutes.
Great sound and quality!!!
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I had one speaker that gave great volume and sound. Then I bought an adapter and added another speaker. I take my JBL Flip speaker(s) to the park and people are amazed at the quality and sound.
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My dad just passed away and my mom bought this so I could listen to the music that my dad and I loved. I am loving this. It was easy to hook up to the phone or Kindle and I have been using it all the time. It has a great sound and I don't have to have it up loud for it to be comfortable. I barely have the sound on my phone or Kindle up and I can hear it perfectly.
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For some reason the speaker does not show up in the Bluetooth device search in my iPod. But it's a pretty decent speaker. Loud, too!
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"I just happen to have with me today this bucket filled with soap solution, water, and some glycerin," Michael Dorff told listeners at the start of an MAA Carriage House lecture on October 10.
The Brigham Young University professor and director of BYU's Center for Undergraduate Research in Mathematics stood in front of a table draped in plastic and crowded with skeletal Zometool creations and deconstructed Slinkies.
"This is a very hands-on presentation. I'm not sure the MAA is used to this this," he joked.
Used to it or not, MAA was pleased to host Dorff's talk, entitled "Shortest Paths, Soap Films, and Minimal Surfaces." Currently spending a sabbatical as a visiting mathematician at the MAA, Dorff is a coauthor of a book* recently published by the organization.
His grander goal was to get the "message across that math is a fantastic thing to learn and to know and that there's lots of benefits in knowing more mathematics," and he offered a list of benefits. But Dorff began his lecture with a simple-to-state problem of neighborhood accessibility.
Suppose there are four houses, one at each corner of a unit square. You want to build roads connecting the houses, such that it is possible to drive between any pair. How can you connect the houses using the minimum amount of pavement?
You might connect the houses in a square, in which case the road would be four units long. You could remove one side of the square, thereby reducing the amount of pavement by a quarter. Connect the houses with an X, and you bring the length of the road down to approximately 2.83 units.
To find an even more pavement-conserving solution, though—one that turns out to be the optimal one, though Dorff didn't take the time to prove it—you can deploy a combination of the Pythagorean theorem and calculus—or a bucket of soapy water.
Dorff dipped into his bucket a pair of acrylic sheets held closely together by screws arranged in a square. When he withdrew the sheets and held them up in the light of the projection screen, the audience could see the screws connected by a path in the shape of an H on its way to becoming an X by being pinched at its midsection, with 120-degree angles at the pinch points.
Perhaps encouraged by Dorff's earlier assurance that "it's not bad to vocalize our appreciation of mathematics," the audience greeted this soapy revelation of the shortest path with a round of applause.
Dorff next bumped the problem up a dimension, considering not the minimization of distance in the plane but the minimization of area in space.
He dipped an assortment of plastic and metal frames into his bucket, the resulting soap films eliciting oohs and aahs from onlookers.
Watch a slideshow of Dorff's soap films: http://www.flickr.com//photos/maaorg/sets/72157631792112241/show/
A segment of Slinky with a straw joining its ends yielded something reminiscent of a corkscrew.
Two metal rings gave a catenoid, a sort of tunnel indented in the middle.
One frame was a rectangular prism with a pair of opposite edges removed on each short end. Before he dunked it, Dorff said that when he gave a similar lecture at a prestigious university in the Midwest," a student predicted that the film produced by this frame "was going to look like Venus de Milo."
In reality, what you get, as Dorff put it, is "pretty much a saddle surface."
Soap films model minimal surfaces, Dorff explained. Minimal surfaces have a mean curvature of zero at every point, meaning that, at each point, "bending upward in one direction is matched with bending downward in an orthogonal direction."
The catenoid is a minimal surface, as is the helicoid, that corkscrew formed around the Slinky segment. Enneper's surface is "like a Pringle's potato chip," and Dorff had brought along a finite representation—all minimal surfaces do go off to infinity—of the Costa-Hoffman-Meeks surfaceproduced by a 3D printer.Dorff demonstrated an applet (MinSurfTool) that lets the user examine minimal surfaces from different angles and shows how one may be transformed into another.
The pleasing aesthetic of the transformation that takes the catenoid to the helicoid brought Dorff back to the reasons for learning mathematics he had cited at the beginning of his lecture. He displayed the list again as he concluded his remarks, with "Math is beautiful" appearing this time in red.—Katharine Merow
Watch a video of this lecture on MAA's YouTube Channel.
*Dorff recently wrote Explorations in Complex Analysis with Michael A. Brilleslyper, Jane M. McDougall, James S. Rolf, Lisbeth E. Shaubroek, Richard L. Stankewitz, and Kenneth Stephenson. The book is available in the MAA Store and the MAA eBook Store.


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The Under Armour Regent Men's Basketball Shorts were designed to help you unleash on the court, whether you're in a gym or on the streets. The basketball shorts feature quick-dry construction, side slit mesh pockets for convenient storage and an elastic waistband for a snug, personalized fit. 12" inseam.


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Restructuring and manufacturing rationalization have been the recent norm for large bio/pharmaceutical companies. Despite such cost-cutting, particularly in small-molecule API and solid-dosage operations, there are some bright spots. A review of leading companies (see Tables I and II) show key trends. Several Big Pharma players are investing in biologic drug-substance, vaccine, and parenteral drug manufacturing and are also making select investments in emerging markets.
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Bristol-Myers Squibb also announced plans to locate a North America Capability Center in Tampa, Florida, according to a July 18, 2013 press release from the Office of the Governor of Florida. The 70,000-ft2 facility will open in January 2014 with approximately 250 employees with plans to add more than 325 additional jobs supporting scientific and technical activities at the site by 2017.


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Becoming a yoga teacher was never one of my life ambitions.
For over five years, my yoga practice brought me joy and fulfillment, but solely from my studentship. Teachers had always intrigued me with their beauty, strength, confidence and presence, but to actually become a yoga teacher seemed like entering a different realm — one that I thought could not possibly be as blissful as the space on my favorite coral-colored yoga mat.
But every now and then I would think about what it would be like to lead a class, spreading pieces of possibility and shining smiles to all the students. I would cue and they would flow, moving with ease to the perfect music I was playing that matched all the perfect words I was saying.
But then my daydreams would subside, and I would find myself happy to only be responsible for my own moves, my own mind. Why would I want to teach anyway? It would take up so much time. When would I get to do my practice? If I was teaching, I wouldn't be learning.
But are the two job descriptions — writer and yoga teacher — really that dissimilar? As a writer, my true calling has always been found in the power of connection and inspiration, traits any good yoga teacher should possess. I like to set my own schedule, travel a lot, wear comfy clothes and work in bare feet. I love sharing my insights and experiences, spreading words of wisdom wherever I go.
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TRUCKEE, Calif. — Year to date, the Sandamp;P 500 is up 16.09 percent with very low volatility. One question that I get frequently is what can investors with gains do to protect their portfolio? There are a variety of strategies that can be employed, and there are advantages and disadvantages to each one. There isn't one way that's better than another; it all depends on the investor, his or her goals, suitability and his or her portfolio. One thing is for sure, years of gains and savings can be wiped out in a very short period of time when there's a rapid market decline like in 2008. Market declines can happen very rapidly and in response to events that are impossible to predict.One way is by using some form of tactical asset allocation by moving money from stocks to cash in times of uncertainty. There are professional managers who do this and there are a variety of long-short funds available. A long-short fund is a type of mutual fund where the manager will decide if he should be bullish on the market with long positions or bearish on the market with short positions and attempt to make money from price moves in either direction.Today, there are also a variety of ETFs and ETNs that will go up in value when the market declines. There are funds that are bearish — they short the Sandamp;P 500, short 2X the Sandamp;P, so they will go up when the market goes down. There are also short funds for other indexes as well, like the Dow, the Russell and the NASDAQ. The problem using them is that are designed to track the inverse of the market on a daily basis and will not track it exactly over longer time frames, so again you get into the timing issue of knowing when to buy one for a hedge and how long you're going to hold it.Another good strategy is to use options. With an option you can get clearly defined protection just like buying insurance. By purchasing put options on the broad market or on the individual stocks in your portfolio, you can always know and control the worst case loss in your portfolio. One disadvantage to using options is the cost, but that cost can be offset by using a strategy known as a "collar," where you sell a call option, then use the funds to purchase a put option. You limit your potential for gains by doing this, but can also control your exposure to risk.Kenneth Roberts is a Truckee based Registered Investment Advisor. Information on his money management service can be found at www.fusiontargetretirement.com or by calling 775-657-8065. Past performance does not guarantee future results. Consult your financial adviser before purchasing any security.
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- Jul 20:
- Comic-Con 2013: Jamie Foxx stands with Trayvon Martin's mom 'forever'
- Oakland: Trayvon Martin verdict spurs students, families to action
- Across US, people rally for 'Justice for Trayvon'
- Jul 17:
- Poole: Trayvon Martin case demands commentary from sports figures
- Criminal charges filed against 3 Oakland protesters in Monday's demonstration
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- Public Forum: The slaying of Trayvon Martin, its aftermath and how media images impact perception
- Oakland's Youth Radio station suffers vandalism, continues focus on Zimmerman verdict
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- Oakland mops up after third day of protests
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- Oakland: At least two people injured during hours-long protest; freeway briefly shut down
- Oakland merchants, mayor decry damage from weekend's protests
- Tammerlin Drummond: Zimmerman verdict shows insanity of Florida gun laws
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- Jul 14:
- Acquittal in Trayvon Martin case prompts protests, debate
- Zimmerman acquittal hits Oakland hard
- Contra Costa Times editorial: Perhaps the George Zimmerman verdict can prompt a vital discussion on our criminal justice system
- Oakland: More demonstrations planned as property owners clean up after overnight protest
- George Zimmerman verdict: More protests planned for Sunday
- Jul 13:
- No arrests after Saturday night vandalism in downtown Oakland
- George Zimmerman trial timeline: How the case unfolded
- George Zimmerman found not guilty in death of Trayvon Martin
- Zimmerman cleared in shooting of Trayvon Martin
- No arrests after Saturday night vandalism in downtown Oakland
Social media was abuzz late Saturday with reaction to the acquittal of George Zimmerman. Antioch police chief Allan Cantando posted a lengthy response to the verdict and the life of Trayvon Martin on his department's Facebook page.
Here is the entire message:
Tonight the Trayvon Martin verdict was released to the public. The verdict "Not Guilty."
I must admit I did not follow this case on a daily basis....I heard excerpts from the case and formed my own very limited opinions as the case moved through our court system. I had no idea of what verdict the jury would reach. I was optimistic the jury would be everything a jury should be...fair...impartial...and willing to have the integrity to live with their decision of "justice."
I spent today with family and friends in the comfort of my backyard, but once I heard of the decision, I watched my television intently. I must tell you I was emotional after hearing the verdict for many reasons. Not because I agreed or disagreed with the jury, but rather I knew the emotions so many of US would experience.
A young boy lost his life, a family lost a son, a brother.... friends lost a friend, a man on trial for his life was vindicated through our justice system. Cities throughout this nation are asking "was justice served?"-- what will be the aftermath once the masses learn of the verdict....and so much more.
I then heard the attorney for the Martin family, Benjamin Crump, speak. Although Mr. Crump has been addressing media during this trial on behalf of the Martin family, I cannot tell you how his message after the verdict tonight positively impacted me.
Mr. Crump noted the family was not at the courthouse, but rather in their church when the verdict was read. Although I am simplifying his message, he relayed the family wanted to be around family and friends when the verdict was read. The family wanted to have peace after the verdict. Mr. Crump was bated by the media multiple times to say negative things about this case...the defense....the Judge.....HE DIDN'T!
Mr. Crump showed amazing integrity which I will always admire and will strive to exemplify. In this case, Mr. Crump is a professional in every sense of the word. Mr. Crump talked about the race relations in this country and quite candidly said they cannot be ignored. Mr. Crump is right.
Mr. Crump talked about his conversation with a relative of Dr. Martin Luther King's family today and noted no matter what the verdict, the response must be peace and continue to work towards Dr. King's dream.......Mr. Crump is walking that path.
Regardless of your opinion on the verdict today, understand that this case has impacted America as a whole. My sympathies go out to the Martin family....I can't imagine the loss you have experienced. The Zimmerman family can get on with their lives and hopefully move past this incident. I truly hope these families find peace.
Tomorrow is another day and I am optimistic we all understand how this single event has impacted us all. When we wake up tomorrow, I am hopeful we will reflect where, we as a society have been...where we are....and where we want to be. I am confident we have all learned something about ourselves as we reflect on this incident, and that is a good thing.
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Françoise Blin, Dublin City University, Republic of Ireland
Alex Boulton, Université de Lorraine, France
David Barr, University of Ulster, UK
Frederik Cornillie, University of Leuven, Belgium
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The Journal of the European Association for Computer Assisted Language Learning
ReCALL is the journal of the European Association for Computer Assisted Language Learning (EUROCALL). It seeks to fulfil the stated aims of EUROCALL as a whole, and more particularly to promote the use of foreign languages within Europe and beyond, providing an international focus for the promulgation of innovative research in the area of computer-assisted language learning and technology-enhanced language learning in education and training.Typical subjects for submissions include theoretical debate on second language acquisition and development in technology-rich learning environments and their influence on design; practical applications at developmental stage; evaluative studies of the use of technology in the teaching and learning process; assessment of the potential of technological advances in the delivery of language learning materials and enactment of language learning activities; exploitation of on-line information systems; and discussions of policy and strategy at institutional and discipline levels. Survey papers are welcome provided that they are timely, up-to-date and well-structured.
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iTerm2 is a replacement for Terminal. It works on Intel Macs with Leopard or Snow Leopard. It is based on the iTerm open-source project
Tabbed terminals
Full screen mode for a distraction free environment.
Transparent windows with blurring and custom background pictures
Supports select-to-copy and mid-button paste
Smart window placement
xterm mouse reporting for click and scroll events
Focus follow mouse
Applescript support
Bonjour support
Works on Intel Macs on 10.5 and 10.6
VT100 Emulation
terminfo support with flexible custom key-mapping
Supports a variety of additional xterm escape sequences, including xterm titling sequence and xterm mouse reporting
ANSI 16 colors, which are also fully customizable
Supports 256 color mode
Setting of the COLORFGBG variable for autodetection of color scheme in apps like Vim
Anti-idle function that avoids disconnection because of no activity
Tabbed Terminals
Tabs can be drag and drop between windows.
Tab labels can change color to indicate the session activities
Choose among Metal, Aqua, Adium, and Unified styles
You can send keyboard input to multiple tabs
Bookmarks and Profiles
You can fully customize each session, with support of macro in bookmark commands
Bookmarks can be specified to handle URLs such as ftp.
Create profiles for managing bookmark settings.
User can specify a second font to display non-latin characters to achieve best look
Supports double-width characters, as used in many eastern Asian languages
Supports all language encodings that are available with OS X
Required OS: 10.7
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Currently, AppFresh recognizes iTerm2 as iTerm (prob'ly because of the app dirname). Ideas?
Latest version is now far better than both iTerm and Terminal (tested on Snow Leopard and Lion).
brh, I encourage you to take another look at this program. A friend of mine and I have been evaluating it and it seems faster even than Apple's native terminal. There was a release last Thursday which may have fixed the issue you were seeing.
This fork of iTerm is reportedly supposed to address the (abysmal) performance of iTerm⦠So far it has performed even more slowly for me, which is pretty difficult to believe. Hopefully this gets taken care of, iTerm would be an amazing terminal emulator if not for the mad performance hitâ¦


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Here's one I didn't see coming:
Ultra-defensive Minnesota coach Jacques Lemaire has come out swinging against the goaltenders of the NHL and their (still) gargantuan equipment:
"Now you look at the goalie, they look like they are going to war," Lemaire said. "The game has changed because of the goaltender equipment. It's not because the guy is tall. Ken Dryden was 6-foot-3. He was a big guy. But when you looked at him, he looked like that lamp stand over there -- thin. That's how he looked (to opponents)." ...
"It's not for protection," Lemaire said. "It's to stop the puck. If it's for protection, they can get a lot smaller. Ever hear of Kevlar? Stops bullets. Let's go to the police station and get them vests. They'll all be OK."
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Go to the police station and get them vests? Amazing.
Every blogger or fan sort of has their own personal pet peeve that they keep on about incessantly and mine has always been the ridiculous goalie equipment and the snails pace that the league is going at to change it.
According to Kay Whitmore, the league's goalie supervisor, it now looks like the NHL is about to make a bigger step next year in that they will judge the legality of equipment based on the individual goalie's size and not league-wide maximums.
"There will be more changes next year with more proportional fittings for protection only. We have to get back to the beginning of what equipment was for in the first place."
Not sure how many heard it in Ottawa but "trivia expert" Liam MacGuire was on the afternoon call-in show and called Marian Hossa a "hockey prostitute" for signing with Detroit instead of Pittsburgh.
If Hossa was a "prostitute", why would he have only accepted a one-year deal in Detroit instead of the other major offers that were on the table? I guess you could call it a one-night stand but...come on Liam.
That was brutal.
Macguire also managed to call Andrei Kostitsyn something that sounded like "Kozeenittsen" (obviously on purpose), belittled Zdeno Chara for not fighting Georges Laraque the other night (after Milan Lucic turned him down) and said that he doesn't like the Red Wings.
Anti-Euro bias perhaps?
Anyone who has had the distinction of listening to the trivia whiz when he makes his infrequent visits to the booth knows that he's more of a Euro-baiter than Don Cherry. Yet Cherry somehow manages to entertain while MacGuire just sounds like a redneck with an ugly disposition.
It's too bad because he's great at telling stories about old-time hockey. But I guess they didn't have many Euro's then.


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Fremont-Sunnyvale made history Friday night, breaking the Central Coast Section record for points in a game during a 90-56 victory over Harker.
The previous record of 82 was set in 2005 by Evergreen Valley and matched in 2008 by Leland.
"I'd never heard anything about a record," Fremont coach Ron DeMonner said, "but when we were getting close, somebody said we could get it. We were not interested in that. But then we scored again."
And again and again and again.
It was that kind of night, and not just for the Firebirds.
Harker got eight touchdowns from quarterback Spenser Quash -- five by air, three by land -- and led at halftime 50-49.
Which leads one to think that was one heck of a halftime speech from DeMonner.
"I could give the greatest one in the world, and it wouldn't matter," DeMonner joked. "These kids don't listen."
No, they just score touchdowns.
Fremont scored on the very first play from scrimmage, a 48-yard run by Keenan Smith, one of seven touchdowns for the junior running back. Smith rushed for 348 yards and had more than 400 yards in total offense, exact figures being hard to come by on a night when you could barely keep score. After one quarter of play, 12 minutes, the score was 28-28.
When Smith scored his final touchdown, a 65-yard run in the fourth quarter, Fremont stood at 81 points, one short of the record. DeMonner faced a decision. Go for two, leading 81-56, or settle for equaling the record rather than break it.
Had he known that another touchdown was right around the corner -- a 43-yard run by Joe De Los Santos -- DeMonner might have chosen differently. Instead, he went for two and quarterback Ricky Te'o ran it in for the record.
An hour after the game, DeMonner still sounded conflicted. "I know what that guy feels like over there," he said in reference to Harker coach Ron Forbes.
Forbes could not be reached for comment, but DeMonner acknowledged there was no postgame handshake. Asked if he expected Forbes to be angry, he said, "I would think that he is."
DeMonner then revealed that he and Forbes already were not on speaking terms. Might that have factored in his decision-making process, especially with the two-pointer?
"Not one bit," DeMonner said. "It didn't influence me one bit."
Harker 28 "22 "6 "0--56
Fremont 28 "21 "18 "23--90
F -- Smith 48 run (O'Keefe kick)
H -- Moss 32 pass from Quash (Celik kick)
F -- Smith 65 run (O'Keefe kick)
H -- Deng 2 pass from Quash (Moss pass from Quash)
F -- Smith 46 pass from Te'o (Teo run)
H -- Moss 8 pass from Quash (PAT failed)
H -- Quash 13 run (Celik kick)
F -- De Los Santos 6 pass from Te'o (O'Keefe kick)
H -- Deng 9 pass from Quash (Celik kick)
F -- De Los Santos 82 kickoff return (O'Keefe kick)
H -- Quash 1 run (Celik kick)
F -- Kanongata 6 pass from Te'o (O'Keefe kick)
H -- Quash 21 run (Moss pass from Quash)
F -- Smith 45 pass from Te'o (kick failed)
F -- Smith 52 run (kick failed)
F -- Sataua 6 run (kick failed)
F -- Smith 27 run (kick failed)
H -- Williams 2 pass from Quash (kick failed)
F -- De Los Santos 19 run (Kanongata pass from Teo)
F -- Smith 65 run (Te'o run)
F -- De Los Santos 43 run (O'Keefe kick)
Records -- Harker 3-6, 1-4; Fremont 6-2, 3-1.


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Details obviously make me weak in the knees, but what really makes me fall in love with a couple's big day are the simple nods to what weddings really are about. The love, the families, the little moments that make them memorable. So when a wedding like this one captured beautifully by Twin Hearts Photography lands in my lap, I feel like the luckiest lady around.
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After nearly half a century of four-wheeled fun, the Palo Alto Concours d'Elegance has run out of gas.
The Palo Alto Host Lions Club is canceling its signature fundraising event this year after failing to find a suitable venue, club officials said. And it's uncertain whether it will ever return.
"I hope we're going to continue," Robert Stoudt, the concours' business manager, told The Daily News in an interview Thursday. "But it doesn't look too promising at this point."
Last year, the automotive extravaganza was moved from Stanford University, where it had been held for 38 consecutive years, to the San Mateo County Event Center in San Mateo. The switch was spurred by a change in university policy, according to club officials.
Club officials settled on the Event Center after researching more than 50 locations up and down the Peninsula. They were optimistic it would provide a permanent home for the concours.
Instead, the concours lost about $35,000, said Nick Marinaro, president of the Palo Alto Host Lions Club.
"The show was nice, but because we didn't have the sponsorship, we didn't do well at all," he said.
According to Marinaro, Palo Alto area car dealers who have traditionally sponsored the concours were precluded from doing so in the San Mateo area because of "territorial rights."
Stoudt added that car dealers in the San Mateo area weren't interested in backing the event.
And while attendance was down from previous years, the concours doesn't rely on ticket sales as a major source of funding, Marinaro said.
Regarded as one of the premier events of its type in Northern California, the Palo Alto Concours d'Elegance routinely attracts hundreds of pricey nameplates, from Aston Martin to Zagato.
Multi-million-dollar stunners from years past include a 1970 Plymouth Hemi 'Cuda convertible and a 2003 Ferrari Enzo.
But the concours has always been about more than cars. Since its inception in 1967, it has raised more than $1.75 million for dozens of South Bay charities. It brought in an average of $35,000 to $45,000 per year and as much as $60,000 when it was held at Stanford University, Marinaro said.
"This was our major fundraiser," he added.
Marinaro said he wants to bring the concours back to the Palo Alto area. Options under consideration include a partnership with another group. For now, the event is without an executive director or an office. With no venue or sponsorships lined up, there was no point for either, he said.
"We're stepping back and regrouping to see if we can continue this next year," Marinaro said.
It's unlikely the concours will return to Stanford's athletic practice fields on Sand Hill Road. In 2012, the university decided the event was more commercial than charitable and therefore not permitted, said Marinaro, adding that car dealers sometimes provided demo rides to attendees.
"It's their property and they were good to us for years, but that's how it ended up," he said.
However, Marinaro pointed out that in addition to raising tens of thousands of dollars for charity, the concours contributed 25 percent of its proceeds to a scholarship fund for student athletes.
Vic Befera, a former Lions Club member who provided publicity for the concours for 14 years, said he was dismayed by news of its cancelation. He pinned the blame on event organizers for not figuring out a compromise with Stanford.
"I feel it's a tragedy and a great loss for the city," he said. "I'm very upset and unhappy that the Lion's Club let it slip away."
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text: SNOWMASS VILLAGE -Jim Horowitz, the founder and president of Jazz Aspen Snowmass, tallies up the number of headliners for this year's Labor Day Festival and comes up with five.No, this isn't a return to those couple of occasions when the hugely popular jam band Widespread Panic played the Labor Day Festival and insisted on a two-night stand, stretching the festival to a five-day affair. It's not even a return to the four-day format that was the standard for Labor Day until three years ago, when Monday was lopped off the weekend.The Labor Day Fest remains a three-day affair. But this year, Horowitz says a load of attractions are packed into the lineup - including five headliners, by what Horowitz says is the standard Colorado definition of a headliner: an act that can top the bill at Red Rocks."Steve Miller and Michael Franti, they both headline at Red Rocks. And they have both headlined at Labor Day before," Horowitz said. At this year's Labor Day Festival, which runs Aug. 31 through Sept. 2 in Snowmass Town Park, Miller and Franti are relegated to opening-act status. But for Horowitz, that's an indication of the level of talent. Topping the bill are Sugarland, the country duo whose long list of honors includes a pair of Grammys for the 2009 song "Stay"; Mumford & Sons, the skyrocketing British folk-rock band whose Red Rocks date this week sold quickly enough that a second date was added (and also sold out); and Kid Rock, whose endurance as a pop star was demonstrated when his 2010 album "Born Free" reached No. 1 on the Billboard Rock Album chart, 12 years and six albums after he came to prominence with the album "Devil Without a Cause."Regardless of how a headliner is defined, Horowitz is pleased with the Labor Day talent. "It's big names. Clearly more firepower on one weekend than we've ever had before," he said.This year's festival, the 18th annual outing, also has the diversity Jazz Aspen aims for. Labor Day Festival acts in years past have ranged from aged but enduring artists (Neil Young, Bob Dylan, John Fogerty) to youth-oriented acts (Black Eyed Peas, Girl Talk), bluegrass-oriented bands (Sam Bush, Yonder Mountain String Band) to '70s legacy acts (the Doobie Brothers, Loggins & Messina), reggae stars (Ziggy Marley & the Melody Makers, Alpha Blondy) to jam bands (Widespread Panic). This year, the range is not quite as wide as last summer, when headliners included Girl Talk, who uses a laptop to mash up familiar songs, and classic rockers Steely Dan. But Horowitz hints that last year's stylistic range might have been too much of a stretch: a younger audience came for Girl Talk on Friday night, but showed little interest in staying through the weekend; many older listeners passed on Girl Talk."To achieve the numbers we're looking for, we have to have bands that really connect with a wide audience," Horowitz said. "This year has the hallmark of the diversity we always shoot for. But not as wildly diverse as last year."He added that the early sales numbers show that fans seem interested in the full package of musical acts: Three-day passes, as opposed to single-day tickets, are selling better than ever.This year's festival also carries on the Labor Day tradition of introducing acts that are new to the valley, and bringing back some familiar faces.Mumford & Sons and Kid Rock will be making their valley debuts; Sugarland was one of a group of acts that performed on a package show a few years ago at the Wheeler Opera House. Michael Franti, whose mix of social consciousness and soulful sounds have made him a Roaring Fork Valley favorite, returns for his fourth Labor Day appearance in the past six years.Steve Miller - whose hits "The Joker," "Fly Like an Eagle" and "Abracadabra" were radio staples in the '70s and early '80s - appeared at the 2004 festival.Additional mainstage acts this year, both making their local debuts, are Saints of Valory, a rock quartet whose members - a Brazilian singer, a French drummer, a Canadian keyboardist and an American guitarist - came together in Rio de Janeiro in 2009 and are now based in Austin, Texas; and Vintage Trouble, a Los Angeles-based soul band.Playing the second stage are young country singers Canaan Smith and Lauren Alaina, singer-songwriter Nathaniel Rateliff, and rock band You Me & Apollo.Which leaves one more mainstage act: Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue, a New Orleans band led by trumpeter, trombonist and singer Troy Andrews. The band played a sold-out show last year at the Wheeler Opera House, and their recent albums have featured guests Eric Clapton, Warren Haynes, Kid Rock and Lenny Kravitz.Horowitz says that rsum doesn't quite make Trombone Shorty a headliner.But it puts him close."He's not a Red Rock headliner. Not yet," Horowitz said.Still, with five headliners packed into three days, Horowitz thinks the Labor Day Festival offers plenty."I'm expecting a great festival," he said. "I'd expect nothing less."firstname.lastname@example.com


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News 12 at 11 o'clock / Thursday, Feb. 7, 2013
GROVETOWN, Ga. (WRDW) -- On Friday morning, a 14-year-old boy will face a judge on charges of involuntary manslaughter for the death of one of his best friends.
It's been a little more than three months since 13-year-old Kristen Burnette was accidentally shot and killed by her friend. The two were both Grovetown Middle School students.
"It's just like being on an emotional roller coaster," said Kristen's mom, Ashley Lunsford.
On Thursday, she wore a K around her neck in memory of her Kristen.
"Her laugh, her smile, her goofiness," she said with a smile, remembering her daughter. "Didn't matter what kind of day I was having, she'd always make me laugh."
On Halloween Kristen and her three friends were at her home after being dropped off from a party when one of the boys found a gun.
"They came back from the party before I got home and he went through our bedroom in the closet and found it which we had it there for protection because my husband at the time was in Afghanistan," Lunsford explained.
Investigators say it appears he tried to clear the gun and that's when it went off.
"You always hear about it happening you just never think it'll happen to you," Lunsford said. "It was just an accident, careless accident because he really cared about her. They were very good friends."
On Friday morning the teenager will face a judge as a juvenile for involuntary manslaughter and could face up to one year at the Augusta Youth Development Campus, but Lunsford says she hopes they'll take it easy on him.
"He's gonna suffer enough with it the rest of his life," she said. "I just hope that he can move on, that all of them can move on."
She says she hopes this will be a lesson to kids to stay away from guns.
"Kids need to be taught they're not a toy," she said. "You don't play with them. Don't pick them up, and you always treat them like they are loaded."
She says both she and Kristen knew how to use the gun, but it just got into the wrong hands.
Lunsford says she still has some questions about what happened that night and hopes she'll get some of those answers on Friday.


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The bladder is located in the lower abdomen. It is a hollow organ with flexible muscular walls. It stores urine until a person is ready to urinate. Bladder cancer is a disease in which cancer cells grow in the bladder.
Cancer occurs when cells in the body, in this case bladder cells, divide without control or order. Sometimes, cells divide uncontrollably when new cells are not needed. A mass of tissue called a growth or tumor can form. The term cancer refers to malignant tumors. Malignant tumors can invade nearby tissue and spread to other parts of the body.
Three main types of cancer affect the bladder. They are named for the type of cell that becomes cancerous:
The cause of bladder cancer is unknown. However, several risk factors have been identified.
This condition is more common in adults between 65 and 85 years old. It is also more common in men and people who are Caucasian. Factors that may increase your chance of developing bladder cancer include:
Symptoms include:
You will be asked about your symptoms and medical history. A physical exam will be done. Your doctor will feel the abdomen and pelvis for abnormalities. The physical exam may include a rectal or vaginal exam.
Staging tests are done after bladder cancer is found. These tests find out if the cancer has spread and, if so, to what parts of the body. Treatments for bladder cancer depend on the stage of the cancer. The stages of bladder cancer are:
Treatment options depend on the stage and may include one of more of:
Surgery involves removing cancerous cells and nearby tissue. Types of surgery to treat bladder cancer include:
Radiation Therapy
is the use of radiation to kill cancer cells and shrink tumors. Radiation may be:
is the use of drugs to kill cancer cells. Chemotherapy may be given in many forms, including pill, injection, or via a catheter. The drugs enter the bloodstream and travel through the body killing mostly cancer cells, but also some healthy cells. For bladder cancer, chemotherapy is often given directly into the bladder. This is called intravesical chemotherapy.
Biologic therapy is the use of the body's immune system to fight cancer. Substances made by the body or in a laboratory are given directly into the bladder to help boost, direct, or restore the body's defenses against the cancer.
This type of therapy is used only for superficial low-grade cancers that have been resected transurethrally.
The following steps can reduce your risk of getting bladder cancer:
American Cancer Society
National Cancer Institute
BC Cancer Agency
Canadian Cancer Society
Bladder cancer. American Cancer Society website. Available at: http://www.cancer.org/cancer/bladdercancer. Accessed June 11, 2015.
Bladder cancer. Urology Care Foundation website. Available at: http://www.urologyhealth.org/urologic-conditions/bladder-cancer. Accessed June 11, 2015.
Torpy JM. Bladder cancer. JAMA. 2005;293(7):890. Available at:
http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/full/293/7/890. Accessed June 11, 2015.
What you need to know about bladder cancer. National Cancer Institute website. Available at
http://www.cancer.gov/cancerinfo/wyntk/bladder. Accessed June 11, 2015.
7/21/2015 DynaMed Systematic Literature Surveillance http://www.ebscohost.com/dynamed: Sun JW, Zhao LG, et al. Obesity and risk of bladder cancer: a dose-response meta-analysis of 15 cohort studies. PLoS One. 2015 Mar 24;10(3).
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