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SANTA CRUZ - Looking out into a sea of candlelight beaming from inside rainbow-colored paper cups, 100 troubadours from the San Francisco Gay Men's Chorus gathered around the Town Clock singing, "Everywhere I go, I'm going to let it shine."
Two hours before performing at First Congregational Church, the chorus opened a vigil Saturday that was timed with other rallies statewide in support of same-sex marriage. Several hundred lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and straight friends gathered to hold hands, sing and sign petitions to revoke Proposition 8, the November ballot measure that overturned a California Supreme Court ruling in favor of same-sex marriage.
After leading a five-song set that included "This Little Light of Mine" and the social justice anthem "We Shall Overcome," associate artistic director Carl Pantle said the chorus loves to get out of the big city and soak up the affirming spirit of other towns.
"Singing is a great way to bring people together," Pantle said. "It promotes harmony among people."
At least 10 members of 30-year-old choir - which first performed at San Francisco City Hall the night gay rights icon Harvey Milk was killed - are married and could lose their legal status if the high court declines to throw out Proposition 8. Proceeds from the choir's show at First Congregational Church benefit the church's permanent endowment for LGBT outreach.
More than 70 percent of Santa Cruz County voters voted against Proposition 8. Teresa Macedo and husband Brady Umfleet of Live Oak, who are members of the church, attended the vigil to oppose what they see as discrimination.
"It makes our marriage less valid if we have more rights as a heterosexual couple," said Umfleet, who is working on his master's degree in social work at San Jose State University. "It puts into practice Christ and being spiritual and living to see interaction between straight and gay friends and colleagues."
"To me, it's just fundamental equality," Macedo, a sociology instructor at Cabrillo College, said about why she supports rights of same-sex couples and families. "I don't want to live in a society where equality isn't sanctioned, especially by the government."
Supporters of same-sex marriage will have to wait until the spring for the high court to hear arguments to nullify or uphold Proposition 8, but the last few days have brought several ups and downs.
President-elect Barack Obama, who drew strong support from gay and lesbian voters, chose the Rev. Rick Warren, a nationally known pastor and author, to give the invocation at his inauguration. The move - which Obama said was designed to foster diversity of opinion - stirred outrage and confusion among the LGBT community because Warren was a vocal proponent of Proposition 8 and has compared gay people to pedophiles.
But later in the week, California Attorney General Jerry Brown announced publicly he will support revoking Proposition 8, which advocates of same-sex marriage said gave them an emotional boost.
Teacher Alysia Sharief, who oversees a gay-straight student alliance at Watsonville High School, said just being with other gay people and straight allies Saturday was healing.
"When I walked into the crowd and heard the singing, it was so uplifting," she said.
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LIVINGSTON — As the weather gets warmer, children will once again be outside playing which of course involves rollerblades and scooters. The number-one reported reason for trips to the emergency room, for either activity, is injury to the arms, wrists and hands that occurs when no protective gear is worn.
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PERTH AMBOY–In celebration of Cinco de Mayo, the Perth Amboy Business Improvement District (BID) is sponsoring a two-part, fun-filled day of activities on Thursday, May 5.
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RAHWAY – Bergen Community College history professor Philip Dolce will present "Crime and Justice in Suburbia: The Motion Picture Version" on Thursday, May 5, at 7 p.m. The free lecture will be held at Arts Guild New Jersey, 1670 Irving Street in Rahway.
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ELIZABETH – Highly-regarded basketball coach Kevin Boyle recently announced that he is leaving St. Patrick's High School in Elizabeth for another job at a Florida school.
Art On Display
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EDISON — The annual exhibit of work from students taking Media Arts courses kicked off with a reception April 26. Fifty-one students created photographs or graphic images for the exhibit, which continues until May 19 in the Studio Theatre.
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TRENTON – Sen. Nicholas P. Scutari said the Senate Judiciary Committee, which he chairs, will consider the nomination of Anne Patterson for a seat on the state Supreme Court.
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MOUNTAINSIDE – Are you expecting a federal tax refund this year? Internal Revenue Service spokesman Gregg Semanick offers these tips for checking on the status of your refund and some helpful tips about refunds.
Poll: Atlantic City Loses Out To Vegas, New Orleans
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STATE – Only eight percent of Americans rank Atlantic City as their top casino destination, according to a national telephone poll conducted by Fairleigh Dickinson University's PublicMind™. Las Vegas was the top choice of 47 percent of adults, while New Orleans was the top pick of 10 percent. Reno (five percent) and St. Louis (four percent) rounded out the list.
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STATE — People in New Jersey are breathing dangerous levels of ozone air pollution ("smog") and fine particle ("soot") pollution, although levels of both pollutants have improved, according to the American Lung Association's State of the Air 2011 report, which gave New Jersey very different grades for the most widespread outdoor pollutants that threaten the lives and health of Americans.

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Some powersports businesses are doing better this summer than last. One that's doing great is Paul Yaffe's Bagger Nation — they're up to their eyeballs in customers. They're so busy, they have a waiting list for custom bikes. And, if you order a popular accessory like their 10-inch Monkey Bars, it may take a few weeks before you can use your monkey wrench to install them. In response, Yaffe is hiring staff and scouring the globe for high-quality manufacturers to catch up with demand. It's refreshing to hear about this kind of activity after such a long drought.
I recently visited Paul Yaffe Originals in north-central Phoenix to interview Yaffe for an article about his Arizona Centennial Copper Chopper. I'd met him before, but didn't know him well, even though he was a graduate of MMI back when I was running the school. I found Yaffe to be a savvy businessman and a talented custom builder who loves what he does and is very good at it.
During the interview I was reminded that in business, as in life, success or failure is often connected to who we know and what we do about it. In the case of the Copper Chopper, the person to know was motorcycle enthusiast and Arizona State Rep. Jerry Weiers (R-Glendale). It was Weiers's idea to use a motorcycle as the centerpiece for celebrating Arizona's 100th anniversary and, at the same time, promoting motorcycle safety awareness. Weiers approached Yaffe well over a year ago with the idea to build a custom motorcycle for this purpose.
That first meeting was what I call a moment of opportunity. Some might call it luck, but the cause and effect of that meeting were due to two things; 1) Yaffe attracted Weiers's attention through his hard-earned reputation for building gorgeous custom motorcycles and 2) Yaffe took advantage of that moment of opportunity by not judging a book by its cover. He was open to discussing Weiers's ideas without prejudice for the fact that Weiers looks nothing like your traditional biker or that they don't run with the same crowd. Yaffe recognized an opportunity and made the effort to capitalize on it.
Even so, the project wasn't a slam dunk. There wasn't a lot of money in the state fund to build a custom bike. But being a smart promoter, Yaffe realized that building a two-wheeled state mascot could be worth its weight in gold (in this case, copper) for the number of positive impressions it created. And he was right: the Arizona Centennial Copper Chopper has become famous in Arizona and soon nationally, along with the guy who created it. The Copper Chopper has its own website, it can be rented for personal appearances and for $5 a ticket, one can enter a contest to take it home after it's finished doing its official work next year.
Are there moments of opportunity in your future? Will you recognize them when they confront you? Will you respond in a manner that maximizes your chances for success? That's the point of this column. Yaffe recognized his moment of opportunity in Jerry Weiers's initial visit and was willing to invest significant energy up front for the success he envisioned in the future.
Your next moment of opportunity could be disguised as a police officer in for parts, a building inspector needing a vehicle service or a city councilman checking out new bikes. You see, you never know when it's good to know people in influential places. Knowing that cop might mean a warning instead of a ticket. The building inspector might save you thousands of dollars in remedial work during a construction project, or that city councilman may intervene on your behalf when there's a crazy regulation being considered. It's good to have friends in high places — friends who support your industry and your business, friends you can lean on when the crap hits the fan.
Unfortunately, too few powersports business owners make an effort to create relationships with their elected politicians and civil servants. It's all fun and games until someone loses an eye — or, as we see so often these days, loses the right to hold an event or loses the right to ride due to an overbearing law. Yaffe enjoys building creative new customs. He's currently playing with a sidecar project that has a three-way adjustable air suspension. The bike, sidecar chassis and the sidecar itself all can be raised and lowered independently. You can see the joy on Paul's face.
You get the message. But don't think it's just the shop owner who has the responsibility to take advantage of these moments of opportunity. Often, it's the service writer, parts counter associate or motorcycle salesperson who interacts with the customers who can make a difference. Learn a lesson from businessmen like Paul Yaffe who build relationships by being courteous, open-minded and willing to listen to their customers no matter what they look like or what their profession might be. During those interactions, moments of opportunity may present themselves that, when capitalized upon, can turn into lucrative ventures for the future or prevent disasters that could stop your business in its tracks.
This story originally appeared in the Dealernews August 2011 issue.


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Optical tomography of the neonatal brain is being developed to help doctors diagnose and treat newborn babies suffering from hypoxic-ischaemic brain injury. This occurs when breathing difficulties or other problems prevent the baby from receiving sufficient amounts of oxygenated blood during birth. This is a major cause of permanent disability in very preterm infants who survive after neonatal intensive care. The objective of our work is to acquire three-dimensional (3D) images of the infant brain which reveal the variation in blood volume and tissue oxygenation. Currently there is no alternative method which can be used safely and continuously on infants in intensive care.
To acquire measurements of light transmitted between multiple locations on the surface of a newborn infant head, our initial imaging studies have utilised interfaces custom-built for each individual infant in the form of a plastic, foam-lined helmet. Each helmet (see figure 1) fits over the back and top of the head. The outer shell of the helmet is constructed in two halves from low-temperature thermoplastic, and is lined with a soft NIR-absorbing foam. The lower half, which fits beneath the rear hemisphere of the head, supports the weight of the head and is held a few centimetres above the cot by a plastic frame. The combined source/detector fibre bundles are attached to the helmet via small sockets mounted on the thermoplastic shell, and their positions are measured with a 3D digitizer. However, since the helmet is necessarily deformable, the recorded positions are inevitably somewhat approximate. To reduce the sensitivity of the image reconstruction algorithm to the uncertainty in the true source/detector positions, we acquire a reference measurement using the same helmet and an object with precisely known optical properties. This object consists of a balloon filled with a solution of intralipid and near-infrared dye, with optical properties similar to those of brain tissue. Figure 2 shows the reference phantom placed within a helmet.
Intraventricular haemorrhage
MONSTIR was transported across the street to the UCL
neonatal intensive care unit for the first time in October 2001 (figure
3). Initial studies on two unventilated premature infants enabled the
helmet design to be evaluated and modified, and established that it was
sufficiently comfortable to be worn continuously for several hours
without interfering with the normal handling of the infant (see figure
4). For a third study, the reference phantom was employed for the first
time, enabling us to attempt an image reconstruction using difference
data. The study involved a 5-week-old male infant, born after 30 weeks
gestation, who had suffered from a perinatal haemorrhage. An ultrasound
scan (see figure 5) revealed a large left intraventricular haemorrhage
and a much smaller right intraventricular haemorrhage. The helmet
contained 31 sources and detectors distributed over the back and top of
the head. Data acquisition proceeded automatically as each source was
illuminated for 15 seconds, and data were recorded by each detector
simultaneously. Each scan required about 9 minutes. Calibration
measurements were also acquired, which involved detecting light
back-reflected at the skin surface while the source illumination was
heavily attenuated. Two full sets of data were acquired on the infant,
followed by an identical measurement on the reference phantom inflated
to exactly fill the helmet after the infant had been carefully removed.
In order to generate 3D images of the internal optical properties, TOAST requires a FEM model of the infant head with a realistic geometry. To provide a suitable mesh, we first acquired a 3D CT-scan of a realistic doll's head, from which we generated a surface mesh. Appropriate software was then used to apply a non-linear warp to the surface mesh in order to fit it to the measured locations of the sources and detectors on the helmet. Finally, the resulting surface was used to construct a volume mesh, containing 17559 second-order tetrahedral elements having a total of 26814 nodes. Three-dimensional images of the neonatal head were generated using differences between the mean flight times measured for the head and the corresponding values for the intralipid filled balloon. TOAST performed 25 iterations using the data recorded at each wavelength, starting from a homogeneous estimate with properties corresponding to those of the reference phantom. Each iteration required 25 minutes on a 2.2 GHz PC with 2 Gb of RAM.
Figure 6 shows transverse, coronal, and sagittal views across the 3D reconstruction of the absorption coefficient at a wavelength of 780 nm. A 3D image of scatter coefficient was generated simultaneously (see Hebden et al [1] for more details), and similar images of both coefficients were acquired at 815 nm. The sagittal view corresponds to the midplane, and the coronal and transverse views are centred on the expected location of the cerebral ventricles. The coronal image above clearly exhibits greater absorption on the left side of the brain, consistent with the larger intraventricular haemorrhage. The transverse and sagittal images are dominated by a feature at the rear of the head, possibly due to the proximity of the sagittal sinus, since it represents a dominant source of venous blood close to the surface. A full description of the results and the imaging method has been published [1,2].
Imaging changes in blood volume and oxygenation
In August 2002 a study was performed on a four-day-old female term infant who, as a result of severe global hypoxic-ischaemic insult following uterine rupture, required mechanical ventilation and sedation. A customised helmet was constructed to support 29 source/detector pairs around her head (figure 7). Over a three hour period a series of eight optical imaging scans were performed between incremental changes to the ventilator settings, which facilitated changes to the partial pressures of carbon dioxide (PaCO2) and oxygen (PaO2) which were monitored throughout the study. Each scan involved illuminating each source for either 5 or 15 seconds while TPSFs were recorded by each detector simultaneously. Figure 8 shows the average photon detection rate (photons per second per active detector) calculated for each set of data and for both source wavelengths.
A 3D digitizer was used to measure the locations of the sources/detectors on the corresponding helmet, and FEM meshes of each infant head was generated by warping a generic head surface mesh to the measured co-ordinates of the sources and detectors. In each case, values of integrated intensity and mean flight time were calculated from each TPSF after appropriate calibration. Image reconstruction was performed using selected pairs of data sets at both wavelengths. TOAST first calculates the differences between the values of mean flight time and log intensity for each active source-detector combination. The algorithm then employs an iterative procedure to generate 3D images of absorption and scatter which yield forward data as close as possible to the measured difference data added to the forward prediction of an initial estimate. For each reconstruction, TOAST performed 20 iterations, although no noticeable improvement in image quality was observed after about the tenth iteration. Each iteration typically required about 7 minutes on a 2.2 GHz PC with 2 Gb of RAM.
Figure 9: Slices across the 3D images of the infant head, representing differences in absorption at 815 nm due to increased PaCO2.
Figure 10: Sagittal slices representing differences in absorption at 815 nm and 780 nm due to decreased PaO2.
Figure 9 shows slices across the 3D absorption image of the ventilated infant brain corresponding to the difference between an initial baseline measurement and data acquired at higher PaCO2 at a wavelength of 815 nm. These confirm the large global absorption increase due to increased CBV, with evidence of division into left and right hemispheres, and possibly of the blood-free ventricles within the centre. Figure 10 shows sagittal slices from the absorption images acquired at both wavelengths corresponding to a decrease in PaO2 at constant PaCO2. As expected, a modest increase in absorption is revealed at 780 nm, while at 815 nm we observe slight decreases in absorption within localised regions. Scatter difference images (not shown) were also generated but small displayed features were probably due to imperfect separation between scatter and absorption. A more thorough description of this clinical measurement and of the results obtained is available in a recent publication [3].
Whole-brain imaging of evoked response
Optical tomography studies have been performed on a cohort of six pre-term babies in order to identify regions of the brain activated during passive motor evoked response [4]. Data were acquired during bilateral passive arm movement, and 3D images of the entire infant head were reconstructed. MONSTIR recorded data from 32 detector positions simultaneously while the head was illuminated at a single source position for ten seconds during activation, and then for another ten seconds during a period of rest. This was repeated for 12 source positions. A linear reconstruction method was used to generate images which represent the changes in absorption and scatter occuring in the head due to the activation.
Figure 11 shows the change in absorption within the brain of a 33-week-old male infant during passive movement of the left arm, and figure 12 shows the corresponding change for a 34-week-old female infant during passive movement of the right arm. The dominant feature in both cases is an increase within the contralateral cerebral hemisphere near the expected position of the motor cortex. Figure 12 also shows a corresponding decrease within the anterior region, possibly resulting from a transitory transfer of blood towards the motor cortex. The source wavelength in each case is 780 nm. By combining images recorded at 780 nm and 815 nm, we have been able to generate images of changes in concentrations of oxy- and deoxy-haemoglobin, and of total haemoglobin [4].
- Hebden, JC, Gibson, A, Yusof, R, Everdell, N, Hillman, EMC, Delpy, DT, Arridge, SR, Austin, T, Meek, JH, and Wyatt, JS (2002): Three-dimensional optical tomography of the premature infant brain, Physics in Medicine and Biology 47, 4155-4166. Download PDF file.
- Austin, T, Hebden, JC, Gibson, AP, Branco, G, Yusof, R, Arridge, SR, Meek, JH, Delpy, DT, and Wyatt, JS (2006): Three-dimensional optical imaging of blood volume and oxygenation in the preterm brain, Neuroimage 31, 1426-1433. Download PDF file.
- Hebden, JC, Gibson, A, Austin, T, Yusof, R, Everdell, N, Delpy, DT, Arridge, SR, Meek, JH, and Wyatt, JS (2004): Imaging changes in blood volume and oxygenation in the newborn infant brain using three-dimensional optical tomography, Physics in Medicine and Biology 49, 1117-1130. Download PDF file.
- Gibson, AP, Austin, T, Everdell, NL, Schweiger, M, Arridge, SR, Meek, JH, Wyatt, JS, Delpy, DT, and Hebden, JC (2006): Three-dimensional whole-head optical tomography of passive motor evoked responses in the neonate, Neuroimage 30, 521-528. Download PDF file.


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When I visited Colorado this summer, it seemed that everywhere I went I saw runners, cyclists, hikers and fitness nuts of all kinds. This devotion to exercise is, without doubt in my mind, why Colorado places first on the list of states with the lowest obesity rates. Just 20 percent of people in Colorado are obese, defined in this case as having a Body Mass Index of 30 or higher. (Calculate your body mass index.) Compare that to 34 percent of people in West Virginia, which takes the top spot on the list of states with the highest obesity rate.
With only 20.1 percent of the population considered obese, Colorado ranks as the least obese state in the nation. Photo By sportstock/Courtesy Fotolia.
Although the United States' obesity rate didn't increase over last year, holding firm at 26 percent of the population, it is still slightly higher than 2008's rate of 25.5 percent. If you can do simple math, you'll realize that more than one-fourth of the U.S. population is considered obese. Here's the breakdown of the top ten most and least obese states in the U.S.
Top Ten States with the Highest Obesity Rates
1. West Virginia: 34.3 percent2. Delaware: 33.6 percent3. Mississippi: 32.1 percent4. Louisiana: 31.2 percent5. South Carolina: 30.6 percent6. Indiana: 30.5 percent7. North Dakota: 30.2 percent8. Oklahoma: 30.2 percent9. Kentucky: 29.9 percent10. Ohio: 29.0 percent
Top Ten States with the Lowest Obesity Rates
1. Colorado: 20.1 percent2. Utah: 21.6 percent3. Connecticut: 21.7 percent4. California: 22.1 percent5. Rhode Island: 22.1 percent6. Massachusetts: 22.6 percent7. New Jersey: 22.6 percent8. Nevada: 23.6 percent9. Minnesota: 23.8 percent10. Florida: 24.2 percent
Researchers predict that, if current trends continue, more than half of all Americans will be obese by 2030, leading to a $66 billion increase in health care costs, 7.8 million new cases of diabetes and 6.8 million new cases coronary heart disease and stroke.
America's consolation prize? We no longer make the top 10 list of the world's most obese nations.
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Will Discouraging Stent Data Dent Device Makers?
Some heart specialists and investors are dealing with agida as they digest disappointing results for stents in a clinical test that pitted the metal scaffolds-plus-drugs against drugs alone in treating patients with stable heart disease.
The upshot of the seven-year Courage trial, released yesterday, is that stents may not prevent deaths and heart attacks, though stent advocates argue that for many patients the devices may ease painful symptoms. Even that relief may not be a durable advantage for stents in the long haul, stent critics say of the study's findings.
Analysts were re-working their spreadsheets after the data were released, and we skimmed some of the reports for the repercussions for stent makers–J&J, Medtronic, Boston Scientific and Abbott Labs. The views so far are mixed.
- Larry Biegelsen at Prudential downplayed the study's effect, writing that it "will have a modest negative impact on stent procedures because stents provide some symptom benefit and there are financial incentives for stenting." Boston Scientific is the most at risk from any changes, he wrote.
- Matthew Dodds at Citigroup wrote that data from Courage, despite limitations, are "solid enough to have a negative impact on practice patterns. While this view appears to go against some of our sell-side competitors and at least one industry participant, it is based on our analysis of the data with physicians after it was released."
- Lawrence Keusch at Goldman Sachs stood behind the devices: "Stents did what they're supposed to do. The Courage trial provided little new information for the interventional cardiology commmunity." He continued, "it is already well-understood that stenting does not improve rates of death or myocardial infarction when compared to medical therapy. However, the study did validate that (stenting) does improve symptom relief vs. those exclusively on medical therapy."
- Bruce Nudell at Sanford Bernstein was less sanguine, writing, "we expect the net result of Courage to be reduced growth in (stenting), so view the trial as another anchor on the fortunes of the drug-eluting stent industry."


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The following is a guest article written by: Michelle Lane, CNA
I love to meet new people! Perhaps for me that is the best part about being a traveler. Well, that, and the fact that I get to go to a new place every 13 weeks! I love the adventure of getting on the airplane- final destination, somewhere I have never been!
I am a new traveler, fresh off my first contract, and not even 8 days into my new one. I spent 16 weeks in Seward, AK and I made some really great friends and I think that made it even more difficult when it came time to leave! Everyone, from my onsite manager, all the way down to the maintenance guy in my apartment building were the nicest people, so helpful and genuinely wanting to help and make my time in Seward the most enjoyable. They not only succeeded, it made it very difficult when it came time to leave.
Text, Twitter®, Facebook® and Email! Oh My!
In our modern age of technology we are afforded so many options to keep in touch with people! It is like "Instant Gratification". We may be thousands of miles away from our new found friends by the 14th week of meeting them, but we are able to stay in contact instantly, when we choose to.
Through the invention of Facebook ® we can follow along in the lives of new and old friends, alike. You can send a text on their birthday by using wireless phones, or send and receive emails with pictures that you took of them while on assignment, and even follow them on Twitter® if you choose to. No longer do we have to wait weeks for a letter, or schedule a phone call when the rates are the lowest. Do you remember those days? (Or, did I just date myself? LOL) No way, we are of the technology age, baby! We can instantly keep in touch and maintain those new found friendships through so many options now!
It may not completely eliminate those feelings of sadness when it does come time to leave your new friends, but it is now easier than ever to keep in touch and maintain those friendships for years to come! So go out there and meet people, Gypsies! The friendships do not end when the assignment does!
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The white hearse used to transport President John F. Kennedy's body, following his assassination in Dallas, Texas, in 1963, has sold once again on the auction block, this time around for $160,000, plus a $16,000 buyer's premium.
The man who purchased it, according to the auction house I spoke to on the phone, plans to include it in his collection of about 400 other cars he owns.
The hearse was sold in January through the Barrett Jackson Auction Co. of Scottsdale, Ariz.
The 1964 Cadillac hearse carried Kennedy's body as well as first lady Jacqueline Kennedy, from Parkland Memorial Hospital to Air Force One at Dallas Love Field, for the flight back to Washington, D.C., on Nov. 22, 1963.
The hearse had been on display at a funeral home convention in Dallas in December 1965. After the convention, a funeral home in Dallas bought the hearse. It was that funeral home that was called upon to transport the president's body.
In the late 1960s, the hearse was bought again by a Texas man who owned several funeral homes in the Fort Worth/Dallas, Texas area. He kept the hearse in a private collection for more than four decades before selling it to the person who eventually put it up for auction.
The man who recently bought the hearse plans to turn his car collection into a museum, including a 1965 Rolls Royce that was custom made for John Lennon, including a taxi that was used in the TV show "Seinfield" and a Jeep that Frank Sinatra used on his ranch.
I'm sure today many of the older citizens in Washington County can remember specifically, seeing the hearse on TV, leaving the hospital and driving very slowly to Air Force One, and loading the casket on Air Force One, it was a very dramatic time in our lives, I sure know that.
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What a difference returning home makes. For the Lakers, it meant a huge turnaround in their defensive intensity as they manhandled a sluggish Boston from the outset and whooped their tired looking butts for four straight quarter in an emphatic 89-67 game 6 win.
Kobe had his usual night for the Lake Show, scoring 26 points while adding 11 boards, and he had major help from Pau Gasol who chimed in with 17 points, 13 rebounds and nine assists, but it was the offensive touch of Ron Artest that proved the difference in this game.
Wait, did I just say offensive touch of Ron Artest?
That would be a resounding yes as Artest managed to shrug off a disappointing Finals performance up to date with a 15 point offensive explosion that puts head coach Phil Jackson one game closer from his next ring and also into his first game 7 Finals appearance of his storied coaching career.
"Our defense was good, our rebounding was better," Jackson said.
"It's really a high-tension situation," added Jackson, a 10-time champion. "Players have come down to putting a lot on the line at this particular point. It's not about the coaching at that point. They've already got it in them. It's about who comes out and provides the energy on the floor."
The second best road team in the regular season, the Boston Celtics were a jumbled mess on the offensive side Tuesday night. Their stars were mediocre at best with Rajon Rondo's 1-8 shooting performance leading the way to ineffectiveness for the Eastern Conference champs.
"I thought we'd play better, obviously," Boston coach Doc Rivers said. "I thought we were ready. ... We played an individual game tonight on both ends. We never gave ourselves an opportunity offensively, because we never trusted each other. Everybody was out to make their own place."
The pivotal game seven is Thursday night and it will be the fourth time that the Lakers and Celtics have faced each other in this type of situation in their storied histories with Boston winning all four. But don't think that the Lakers are going into the game with anything less than supreme confidence they can pull this out.
"We want to carry everything we did tonight to [Game 7], and then I think we'll be in a very good place to win," Gasol said.


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After two days of chasing its orbital quarry, a Russian supply ship successfully docked with the International Space Station (ISS) today on a mission to deliver fresh food, clothes and other supplies to the two astronauts aboard.
The unmanned cargo ship, dubbed Progress 17, docked smoothly with the space station's Zvezda service module at 3:10 p.m. EST (2010 GMT) - a full five minutes earlier than expected - as the two spacecraft passed over the equator just off the western coast of Africa, NASA officials said.
"Congratulations," Russian flight controllers told the space station crew as Progress 17 docked in its Zvezda berth at the aft end of the module.
Just minutes after Progress 17's arrival, the current space station crew - ISS Expedition 10 commander Leroy Chiao and flight engineer Salizhan Sharipov - verified that docking latches had grappled the supply ship.
Chiao and Sharipov are expected to complete seal checks between Progress 17 and the ISS around 5:30 p.m. EST (2230 GMT) and open the new supply ship for the first time an hour later. They are currently scheduled to begin what will be a multiple-day unpacking job to empty Progress 17 on Thursday.
Water, air and other supplies
Among the 2.3 tons of supplies aboard Progress 17 are 242 pounds (109 kilograms) of oxygen and air, and 1,071 pounds (485 kilograms) of water. The spacecraft also contains about 86 pounds (39 kilograms) of propellant used to keep the space station in the proper orbit.
While the amount of consumables currently aboard the ISS are nowhere near the low levels seen when the last supply ship - Progress 16 - docked at the station last year, NASA officials said Progress 17's payload also includes additional supplies of air and food.
Included in the fresh delivery ship are 42 oxygen-generating candles that can be used to boost the station's air supply and 86 containers packed with 160 days worth of food to add to the current ISS pantry stores.
When Progress 16 docked at the ISS on Dec. 25, 2004, food supplies were so low aboard the station that Chiao and Sharipov had altered their diets and were prepared to leave the orbital laboratory empty if the cargo ship failed to reach the station.
Elektron spare parts and tools
Tucked inside Progress 17 are much needed spare parts for the ISS, included new components for a Russian-built device that serves as the space station's prime oxygen generator.
The device, known as the Elektron, separates water into its component oxygen and hydrogen through the process of electrolysis.
Over the last few months the unit's status has flip-flopped between operational and non-functional, most recently earlier today when the Elektron stopped working outright. Some troubleshooting efforts by Sharipov restored the unit, which has been drawing more power than normal as part of an earlier fix.
Progress 17 also contains a heat exchanger unit for the station's U.S. airlock that should allow the area to be used to staged future spacewalks, as well as new cameras and lenses that will be used the Expedition 10 crew's successors - Expedition 11's Sergei Krikalev and John Phillips - to photograph the Discovery orbiter's thermal protection tiles during NASA's first shuttle launch since the 2003 loss of Columbia.
Discovery is currently slated to launch in mid-May.
Using a Soyuz rocket, the Progress 17 spacecraft launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Feb. 28 at about 2:09 p.m. EST (1909 GMT) and reached orbit about 10 minutes later.
The cargo ship is the last delivery scheduled for Expedition 10 before Chiao and Sharipov return to Earth in late April. The two men arrived at the space station in October 2004 and have completed one of two planned spacewalks during their mission.
Their final spacewalk, aimed at completing enhancements to the ISS to ready it for a new European cargo ship, is currently planned for late March.
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text: But Orci and Kurtzman might also still be writers, I guess? Or perhaps not -- the title of the article says one thing, the second paragraph another. Either way, this sounds like a creative decision and not a studio mandate. http://badassdigest.com/2013/07/22/star-trek-3-is-boldly-going-with-new-writers/ The idea that they'd promote from within their own ranks seems plausible. There's also some rumormongering in there that Abrams might quit Star Wars.


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Redefining Technology | An interview with Larry Makovich » bio
A: "Regulations have always focused on traditional electric service, which is often just measured in kilowatt-hours of energy consumed or megawatts of peak demand. When you think about the future and these expanding boundaries, regulators will have to think about regulatory structures that support efficiency gains."
This is a long version of the interview.
DUKE ENERGY: What new technologies do you see coming into the energy space in the next five years, and what impact will they have?
LARRY MAKOVICH: Clearly, the technology that everybody is excited about is the smart grid. Duke Energy is among a number of power companies at the leading edge of this innovation.
The smart grid will reshape power demand, deliver greater efficiency and provide things like better security for homes and businesses. It will enable better predictive maintenance capabilities and improved environmental accountability. The smart grid is a near-term technology that is very promising, and it will be exciting to track it over the next five years and beyond.
As you look out 10 to 15 years, I think most people expect things like plug-in hybrid electric vehicles to establish a beachhead. I think people also expect a lot more renewables, particularly wind and solar energy. In the solar area, it is likely to be quite distributed with many applications for buildings and for new technologies such as thin-film solar, which could actually replace roofing shingles. As I look down the road, I think that the power supply side is going to get much more complicated and diverse as many new sources of supply get integrated into the mix and technology will be the driver.
DE: How does the smart grid work?
LM: Many people think the smart grid is just the application of advanced meters. It's a lot more than that, and the biggest impact of this innovation isn't going to come from just a single metering or measurement technology.
It's going to be a combination of measurement devices, sensing technologies, information technology, communication technology and even things like nanotechnology and optimization software. I think that within five years a smarter grid will fundamentally change the way electric customers interact with their suppliers.
DE: We're seeing many new and nontraditional technology companies entering this space. What impact do you see them having on the traditional electric power generation, transmission and distribution business?
LM: Using terms like "traditional power business" and "new entrants" often brings to mind the stereotype of a big bureaucratic regulated monopoly that's going to be swept aside by new and more nimble competitors. That was the thinking 10 or 15 years ago when traditional utilities were considered dinosaurs in the new more competitive power business. However, that didn't happen.
Rather than extinction, power companies were very capable of adapting and evolving. They remain the leaders in the power sector today. I see that continuing as these new entrants come into the business. They are having a positive effect because they're creating a real sense of urgency on the part of everyone involved, including existing power companies to develop business plans, to take some risks, to seize the opportunities that are out there. Utility regulators are also noticing this as well.
In working with some of these new entrants some of the things that existing power companies have taken for granted quickly become obvious. You already have an organization with experienced and technically savvy people who have years of connections to customers. In fact, you own the customer relationship. You also have a deep comprehension of the complexity of this business and the challenges it faces, especially on the reliability and environmental fronts. I think that existing or traditional power companies are in a very good place to take advantage of the new opportunities that will continue to emerge as the boundaries of the power business continue to expand.
DE: More than a hundred years ago, when America was being wired for electricity, power companies were the "high-tech" companies of their day. Are you saying that could be the case in this century?
LM: The power business is a very technical business. It is a business that has seen dramatic examples of the introduction and refinement of new technologies through time, and that's across the entire spectrum. Look at the way the transmission system has evolved with ever-increasing voltages to transmit power over greater distances. Look at how generation has changed. The introduction of nuclear energy in the 1960s and 1970s was a "game changer," for much of the power business. Now the focus is on renewables, power storage and cleaner coal as the regulation of greenhouse gases has the potential to be the next game changer for the industry.
When you look at the people in power companies, and compare them to other businesses, you tend to have a far more technically oriented group of people—you see an engineering culture in the business. As such, I see new technologies as something that people in the power business are almost genetically inclined to go after.
DE: How can the traditional cost-of-service regulatory utility model survive? How can it be moved into the 21st century to promote the benefits of new technologies?
LM: Regulations have always focused on traditional electric service, which is often just measured in kilowatt-hours of energy consumed or megawatts of peak demand. When you think about the future and these expanding boundaries, regulators will have to think about regulatory structures that support efficiency gains. Importantly, regulations ought to evolve to provide the same kind of positive incentive to reduce power demand as they currently do to increase power supply.
For instance, regulators will have to come up with ways to deal with the economics of solar panels and other forms of distributed generation. This revolution will allow customers and the utility to rely on the grid as a virtual battery that they can put surplus power into when they've got it, and take energy out of when they need it. There are going to be new functions and new capabilities beyond the traditional products. Regulators will have to define and allow for cost recovery of these products and programs. This will ensure that power suppliers evolve and grow at the same pace as new technology development.
DE: We're in a period of rising energy prices. We're in a recession and Congress may pass climate legislation in 2009 or 2010, which will further impact energy prices. As an industry, how do we leverage technology while keeping prices affordable?
LM: It is a challenging environment. The real price of electricity has been increasing in this country for several years. There's no one thing—whether it's a push for more renewables, a push for more efficiency or a push to put a price on carbon—that's going to be the straw that breaks the camel's back. All of them are creating upward momentum for power prices. That puts a premium on the need for very intelligent federal and state rules and regulations to accomplish these goals efficiently and cost-effectively. Left uncoordinated, accumulated costs will drive up energy prices to levels that are politically intolerable.
DE: What kind of business model should a utility have to navigate this new landscape? In addition, in your view, how important is scale to promote new technologies?
LM: As business models go, one thing we're learning is that the "shoestring startup" with venture capital behind it is something that's created some important advances elsewhere in the technology space, but we're seeing the weakness of that model during an economic downturn. When you think of the kinds of challenges in front of the power business today, particularly the long-run challenge of climate change, the need for substantial improvements in technology to address that single challenge in a pragmatic and cost-effective way is huge.
Therefore, when you look at the power business, size is important. Companies need the critical mass to sustain the experimentation and deployment of new technologies. They have to be big enough to partner with universities and labs to work together to do basic research and extend innovations into power applications. They need to team up with regulators to implement pilot programs to gain the experience and knowledge needed to roll out new technologies for all of their customers.
Companies that can help create clusters of basic research and development, engineering applications and regulatory support, and integrate them into their existing business, will be the ones that sustain themselves in the future. Research Triangle Park in North Carolina is a good example of one of these clusters. In addition, I know Jim Rogers and Duke Energy aspire to make the Charlotte region one of these clusters as well.
Larry Makovich
Cambridge Energy Research Associates
Vice President and Senior Advisor
Cambridge, Mass.
Larry Makovich is a highly respected expert on electric power market structures, demand and supply fundamentals, wholesale and retail power markets, emerging technologies, asset valuations and strategies. He directs CERA's research efforts in the Global Power Group and is an authority on electricity markets, regulation, economics and strategy.


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Niu, XL; Pinker, RT; Cronin, MF (2010). Radiative fluxes at high latitudes. GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS, 37, L20811.
AbstractNewly improved satellite products and surface observations provide an opportunity to revisit remote-sensing capabilities for estimating shortwave (SW) radiative fluxes at high latitudes, location of disagreement among models and observations. Estimates of SW fluxes from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectro-radiometer (MODIS) are evaluated against land observations from the Baseline Surface Radiation Network (BSRN), from Greenland, and unique buoy measurements. Results show that the MODIS products are in better agreement with observations than those from numerical models. Therefore, the large scale satellite based estimates should be useful for model evaluation and for providing information in formulating energy budgets at high latitudes. Citation: Niu, X., R. T. Pinker, and M. F. Cronin (2010), Radiative fluxes at high latitudes, Geophys. Res. Lett., 37, L20811, doi:10.1029/2010GL044606.
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Ifixit tears down 13in Macbook Pro with Retina display
Says it's hard to repair
IT DOESN'T TAKE LONG for the crew at Ifixit to get their hands on the latest devices, and the 13in Macbook Pro laptop with Retina display that Apple announced on Tuesday is no exception.
Comparing it to what it calls the "nearly impossible" to open 15in Macbook Pro model, Ifixit opened up and took a look inside Apple's 13in Macbook Pro laptop, saying it "is a step in the right direction", albeit a "very small step" for the Cupertino firm that is notorious for its hard-to-open Idevices.
"This is because the RAM is still not upgradeable, the exterior screws are still proprietary, and replacing the display will still cost an arm and a leg," Ifixit said.
As a result, it earned a repairability score of just two out of 10, a measly one point higher than its 15in sibling.
"The 13in MacBook Retina is slightly more recyclable than the 15in Retina," the Ifixit team said on its Macbook teardown page. "Once inside, it took us 'only' 15 minutes of prying to remove the battery, and we didn't puncture the battery cells."
Once they got inside, Ifixit said there appeared to be enough space to fit a regular 5mm or 7mm 2.5in laptop drive, but a custom cable would need to be developed in order to make use of it.
Ifixit also found that the battery fitted inside is glued into the laptop's top case, but is slightly less difficult to remove compared to the 15in model.
"The RAM is surface-mount soldered to the logic board, so no upgrade is possible. It will forever have 8GB of RAM," the step-by-step teardown explained.
One of the biggest worries for the Ifixit crew is the display assembly, which it says is almost impossible to take apart. "If anything ever fails inside the display, you'll need to replace the display as a whole," it said.
In conclusion, Ifixit said that tearing down the 13in Macbook Pro with Retina display was "a doable feat" compared to nearly impossible for the 15in Retina, but still "a far cry" from the repairability of the older no-adhesive, non-Retina display Macbook Pro laptops.
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pronoun[first person singular]
Used by a speaker to refer to himself or herself: accept me for what I am
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noun(the I) Philosophy
(In metaphysics) the subject or object of self-consciousness; the ego.
On whether it is correct to say between you and I or between you and me, see between (usage) and personal pronoun. On whether it is correct to say Rachel and I went to Paris or Rachel and me went to Paris, see personal pronoun (usage).
Old English, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch ik and German ich, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin ego and Greek egō.
ego from early 19th century:
This is the Latin word for 'I'. It came into English later than egotism (early 18th century) or egoism (late 18th century). I (Old English) goes back to the same Indo-European root.
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You work for a small surveying office where you're the only licensed surveyor. You have a surveying technician who comes in hung over half the time, which means you can't trust his measurements as far as you can throw them.
You work with three other surveyors in a regional surveying business. This company has an active drug testing and zero-tolerance alcohol policy, which makes sense since the firm handles large infrastructure projects such as bridges and expressways.
You're at the same firm, but you're now the surveying manager, which means you focus primarily on new project planning and resource allocation. In other words, you designate surveying resources based on the company's upcoming projects. Your firm has so much business that you've had to bring on six new surveyors and 10 new survey techs.
You took the plunge and opened your own surveying firm. You've hired top-notch surveyors and survey techs from other companies, and you compensate them very well. Your clients are happy to pay a premium for your firm's exceptional results.
Your professional success has provided you with a nice financial cushion, and your firm is cooking along nicely under the direction of your world-class surveying project manager. You've also got a gold-plated team of financial, marketing, and logistics professionals to back you up. This A-list lineup will keep your company going while you complete the surveying project of your dreams.


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San Francisco is famous for famous photographers
These days everyone is a photographer. Have you noticed? If you are a 21st-century photographer with a cell phone, you're posting your photos on Facebook, Instagram, and Phot... Read More
The San Francisco private eye and the Maltese falcon
Authors have always loved to write about San Francisco and have set the action of their novels in the city. A few that come to mind are McTeague by Frank Norris; A Girl of Forty by... Read More
Alcatraz: It all depends on your point of view
San Francisco is a city that likes it views. I'm not referring to points of view on city politics, neighborhood gentrification, or restaurants. There are plenty of viewpoints on ... Read More
The 'nude' girl in the fish bowl
The other day I had lunch at Original Joe's with Maxine Maas, 90 years old, great legs with trim ankles and a face that reminded me of Ursula Andress, the Bond girl in the mo... Read More
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When I think back, I was not a very good reporter. Neverthe-less, in the early fifties, after nearly six months as a copyboy, I became a reporter for the San Francisco Chronicle. I... Read More
The copyboy: How an ex-Marine got his start running books
Many years ago, when I was fresh and tender, but a bit prickly like a young artichoke, I was a copyboy for the San Francisco Chronicle. Today, more than 50 years later, a bit tough... Read More
Lawrence Ferlinghetti's Grand Vision: The Poets Plaza
As I write this, plans are being made for a Friday, Oct. 2, groundbreaking for Lawrence Ferlinghetti's visionary Piazza St. Francis, The Poets Plaza in North Beach. The date ... Read More
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Hollywood's San Francisco roots: The enduring love of SF film
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Moviemaking in San Francisco: A love affair with Hollywood
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Definition of floristic in English:
Relating to the study of the distribution of plants.
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Community Service 2012 Activities
Restoring Haverhill's History – Saturday, April 14th, 2012 from 9am – 3pm
On Saturday, April 14th, 2012 from 9am – 3pm, 20 NECC students volunteered along with three faculty members to help repair and restore the property at John Greenleaf Whittier's Birthplace off Route 110 in Haverhill. Tasks that day included: cleaning out the barn, groundwork (weed removal, raking), etc. Volunteers were given a tour of the museum and received a commemorative tee shirt, and water, lunch and snacks were provided.


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- Conference date: 13–16 November 1973
- Location: Boston, Massachusetts
The magnetic phase diagram of DAG has been of interest recently because it appeared to possess a tricritical point in a readily accessible region of field and temperature ( , ). The first order region below Tt is of special interest since the paramagnetic and antiferromagnetic phases coexist over a range of applied field by virtue of demagnetizing effects. It is thus possible to study the transition in some detail. Recently we have reported optical studies of DAG in this region. These comprised measurements of magneto‐optical rotation as a function of field and temperature as well as microscopy of the mixed phase. Here we present further results of the microscope studies. Our samples were thin (111) sheets (25–200μm thick) with the field along [111]. The two phases are distinguishable by virtue of their different Faraday rotations (e.g. at for ). On entering the mixed phase from the high or low field boundaries, nuclei of the new phase appear, then rapidly grow to extend all the way through the specimen. Soon this structure apparently breaks up into separate needles of the new phase, which repel each other. A complicated evolutionary process develops over a long period of time, greater than 1000 seconds, and a final state is reached in which the two phases are very finely intermixed on a scale of less than 3μm. In the center of the coexistence region the two phases seem disposed in a sponge‐like fashion. As in the more familiar growth of crystals from a liquid the details of the magnetization structure seen at any point in field and temperature depend greatly on the way in which that point was reached. A detailed report of this work will be published elsewhere.
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All Sorts of Weird Stuff offers news and information about George R.R. Martin, in particular about his A Song of Ice and Fire series.
"When I was young, I read all sorts of stuff. One week it would be Lovecraft, the next Vance. It was all imaginative literature, or as my dad called it 'Weird Stuff.' It was all 'Weird Stuff.'"
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Marvel Comics has put out its soliciations for April 2007, and among them is The Hedge Knight 2: The Sworn Sword which is being produced by Dabel Brothers Productions.
An image of the cover by Renato Arlem can be seen here. The creative team from The Hedge Knight (recently re-released in a gorgeous hardcover format), Ben Avery and Mike S. Miller, are once again working together to bring "The Sworn Sword" to life.
The Westeros network consists of several different sites, including a forum and a wiki, for all your A Song of Ice and Fire needs.


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During August 2013, the NZERTF consumed 953 kWh of electrical energy. The solar electric photovoltaic system generated 1162 kWh of electricity during the month. The difference between the energy produced by the solar photovoltaic system and the energy consumed by the NZERTF,209 kWh, was exported to the electric grid. A graphical representation of the energy consumed and generated is found in the year to date results.
The following chart breaks down the total energy consumed by the house into the various end uses. For the month of August the greatest energy end use was for maintaining the interior of the house at 75 F +/- 1 F (24 C +/- 0.5 C), followed by assorted plug loads and appliance energy usage.
The chart below breakdowns the overall appliance end use, 134.8 kWh, in July into the energy consumed by individual appliances. During the month of August 2013 the greatest appliance energy usage was associated with the clothes dryer, followed by the refrigerator and oven.


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Microsoft Reveals Gesture-Based Controller Built Into Bracelet
In an attempt to repeat the success of the Kinect motion sensing device Microsoft has been showing off a control bracelet it calls "Digits." At the moment it's a bit clunky, having been made from off-the-shelf components, but ultimately it could be reduced to the size of a wristwatch, according to PC Magazine.
Digits is a wrist-mounted sensor device that allows the wearer to manipulate—with fingertip accuracy—everything from on-screen characters, guns within computer games, and a myriad of controls within software programs on music players and television sets. Much like the Kinect, which tracks gestures and body movements, Digits maps a person's hands and fingers in real-time and turns that data into three-dimensional control vectors on a computer or simple pre-programmed control commands on electronic devices without displays.
Developed as a collaborative effort by Newcastle University and Microsoft Research Cambridge, U.K., Digits is the first hand interface of its kind that doesn't require a glove, thus offering more distinct control of any number of gadgets.
The Digits sensor doesn't rely on external infrastructure, which means users are not bound to a fixed space. They can interact while moving from room to room or running down the street," David Kim, a Microsoft Research PhD Fellow from Newcastle University's Culture Lab, said.
A paper on Digits created by researchers from Newcastle University, Microsoft Research's Cambridge lab and Greece's Foundation for Research & Technology is being presented at the ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology this week in Cambridge, Mass.


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North Idaho College students and employees are rolling up their sleeves for the college's zaniest event of the year—NIC's United Way Chili Cook-Off.
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annual event will take place from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 3 in the Lake Coeur d'Alene Room of the Edminster Student Union Building.
Visitors to the chili cook-off can enjoy a hot bowl of traditional chili and cornbread brewed up by NIC Food Services and the students from the Culinary Arts program and follow it up with a treat from the bake sale for dessert.
In addition, attendees can taste-test the chili concoctions of the departmental teams that will create booths, costumes and chili recipes to the theme of "Superheroes and Heroines."
Attendees can also vote for their favorite chili and chili team for the People's Choice Award. Current entrants include the Workforce Training Center with James Bond and the student club Business Professionals of America with Military Heroes.
This year the silent auction will highlight the creative talents of NIC faculty, staff and students with gift baskets up for bid as well as donated services and handcrafted items such as quilts, birdhouses and art.
Admission is $5 per person or $3 for students, which includes lunch of chili and cornbread. The public is welcome to attend.
NIC employees will also participate in the Hairy Legs Contest, in which the person who raises the least amount of donations for United Way will have their legs shaved during the cook-off.
All proceeds of the cook-off coupled with a pledge card donation drive benefit United Way of Kootenai County.
Information: (208) 769-3403.
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Jordan Miles calls for firing of officers in civil suit
After a flurry of weekend rumors surrounding 18-year-old Jordan Miles, allegedly beaten by three undercover police officers in January, it appears the case is more stagnant than ever. However, in response to the possibility that the Department of Justice will end their investigation into the incident, the Miles family filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against the three officers and the city on Aug. 30. JUSTICE FOR JORDAN—Tim Stevens holds up photographs of Jordan Miles as he stands outside the courthouse. "During the FBI's discussion with us six weeks ago, they said they really didn't think they had a viable case to go forward because of the credibility of the three officers against the victim Jordan," said J. Kerrington Lewis, Miles' attorney. "They required Jordan to submit to a lie detector test, which he passed. The physical evidence alone proves excessive force. The whole story is so irrational and incredible that any jury is going to know it was presented to cover up what they did."


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Calabrian Sauce with Sausage
Sugo di Salsiccia alla Calabrese
2 Tablespoons Olive Oil
8 Garlic cloves, thickly sliced
¾ cup finely chopped Onion
½ teaspoon Red Pepper Flakes
½ pound sweet Italian Sausage, removed from the casing
1 28 ounce can of whole peeled Tomatoes, drained, coarsely chopped and juices reserved
½ cup Red Wine
Makes 2 ½ -3 cups of sauce
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Prepare the sauce.
In a large deep saute pan, over medium high heat, warm the olive oil. Add the garlic, onion and red pepper flakes and saute for 2 - 3 minutes.
Add the sausage, breaking it up into fine pieces with a wooden spoon. Stir the mixture and continue cooking for 3 -4 more minutes until browned and cooked through.
Add the tomatoes. Stir mixture well and cook until the liquid from the tomatoes is all gone, about 5 - 7 minutes.
Add the red wine, stirring the mixture to remove all little bits from the bottom of the pan. Continue to cook over medium high heat until the liquid has reduced by half, about 2 - 3 minutes.
Add the reserved juice from the canned tomatoes (about 2 cups) and stir well. Bring to a boil, then reduce to a low simmer until the mixture reaches sauce consistency, 15 - 20 minutes.
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- Tuesdays at 3:30pm: Vigil Against Iraq War in Lincoln Square.
- Wednesdays at 7pm: Vigil Against Iraq War on the corner of Park Avenue and Highland Street.
Worcester anti-war "rosary trial"
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September 23, 2008 at 9am, at the Donahue Federal Building in Worcester, there will be a trial for 5 Roman Catholics who were arrested March 19 after entering the federal building, kneeling to one side of the entrance, and praying for an immediate end to the Iraq War, and for forgiveness for the sin of the war. Click here for more information. All are encouraged to attend the trial. You need 2 pieces of ID to enter the building; please avoid bringing a cell phone if you can, as the security guards will take them (and store them for you) and if many people are there this could take a long time.
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Winery Point-of-Sale System
Anywhere POS
Take our point-of-sale system with you to tasting events and process customer orders on the spot.
All you need is a laptop (or mobile device) with an Internet connection. The POS system is integrated with your online products, inventory, club members, customers, shipping carriers and payment processor.
Latest Enhancements: Guest management, inline website editing, loyalty programs
Integrated. Easy-to-use. Portable. Multi-location, multi-station.
WineWeb's Winery POS is Internet-based,
Our point-of-sale software system for wineries is a web-based system that allows you to take orders from your PC (or Mac / tablet / phone) wherever there is an Internet connection. This results in a lower cost of ownership than stand-alone POS systems. Think of it: a laptop in your tasting room is all you need to take onsite orders. You can also take a laptop or mobile device to tasting events and process orders on your smartphone or tablet device.
Take Orders for All Your Items. Sell wine, merchandise items, event reservations, gift certificates, winery tours/tastings and wine clubs. All your items (and inventory) are setup in one place so your website and POS are always in sync. Event reservations make use of our reservations system so the reservations are centrally recorded and event tickets can be printed immediately. You can specify items to sell in the tasting room that don't appear on your website.
Full Functionality. We leverage all the routines from our e-commerce software service for sales tax calculation, compliance checks, payment processing, carrier shipping costs, discount codes and promotions, and gift certificate redemption. We've also integrated the customer repository, so when you begin typing the customer name, it suggests matching customers, then pre-fills their information.
Additional features include ship and take-away items on the same order, multiple payment types and payments on one order, barcode scanning, driver's license scanning, electronic signature capture and inventory management.
If your operation functions like a bistro, with tables, glass pours and food items, then you can add ticket printers in the kitchen and bar areas, as well as restaurant-style tips processing. Our POS Order Taker component allows servers to take orders using their smartphone.
Offline Transactions. If your Internet connection goes down, you can continue to take orders and store these transactions locally on your computer. When the connection is restored, you can process payments and sync the orders to the server.
Easy-to-Use. We've created an easy-to-use interface that is simple for new and part-time tasting room staff. It's essentially just two intuitive screens. An order can be completed in as little as 3 mouse clicks.
Choose your Product View. Each user can specify how they want to select products. The product list view is efficient with collapsible panels by product group. The big button view is great on touch screens. The barcode scan view allows you to quickly scan items.
Sample Screen. The following screen shot shows the order summary page, allowing you to update the order and gather customer and payment information.
All in One Place. As our system controls the onsite (POS), wine club and online orders, the integration of products, inventory, customers, wine club members and orders is done. Now you can access and update any of your information anytime and anywhere.
Add the hardware you want. We don't sell specialized POS hardware that only works with our system. All you need to get started is a computer connected to the Internet. A simple setup can be a WiFi laptop with a cash box under the counter. With such a minimalist setup, you can email receipts and hand-key credit card numbers. However you'll likely want some peripherals, so we've partnered with POS Portal to provide some equipment bundles to make it easier to select items that work well with our software: http://wineweb.posportal.com
P.S. Why did we develop a POS system? Starting in 1995, we had developed an e-commerce system that accepts orders from customers, processes payments, calculates shipping costs, sales tax and discounts, manages inventory, checks compliance, and manages customer information. With all that functionality in place, the only thing remaining was to shift the perspective from the customer placing the order to the winery taking the order for the customer.
Now, after four plus versions of this service, we realize it was a bit more complicated than that, but you can now have a full-featured POS customized for a winery tasting room and integrated with all our other services.
At that time in 2008, we looked at other POS vendors and saw that most offered a stand-alone product, not connected to the Internet, and that was hard to integrate with an online store's products and customers. We also found it difficult to work with these vendors to integrate our product with their systems.
By keeping our focus as a browser-based POS service, as new hardware and technology are introduced, we can easily incorporate any new features into our service. Such was the case when tablet devices were introduced in 2010. The POS is now quite close to "run on anything, swipe cards on any device, print receipts from any device" service.
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NEW DELHI: Dara Singh, convicted for burning alive Australian missionary Graham Staines and his two minor sons in Keonjhar district of Orissa in January 1999, has moved the Supreme Court seeking review of its judgement upholding his life imprisonment in the henious crime. In his petition, filed through counsel Shibu Shankar Mishra , Dara has sought review of the apex court order.
On January 21, it had upheld the order of the Orissa High Court which had commuted his death sentence to life term in the case. A bench comprising justices P Sathasivam and BS Chauhan had rejected CBI's plea seeking death penalty to the perpetrator of the crime saying his crime did not fall under the rarest of rare category. The apex court had also rejected two appeals of Dara Singh and Mahendra Hembram who were given life term in the case. Aggrieved, Singh has approached the apex court seeking review of its order .


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Number the Stars
by Lois Lowry
Number the Stars Identity Quotes
How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #4
"I really don't think anyone will [come]. But it never hurts to be prepared. If anyone should come, even soldiers, you two will be sisters. You are together so much, it will be easy for you to pretend that you are sisters." (4.77)
Sure, it's easy for Ellen and Annemarie to pretend to be sisters. But that doesn't change the fact that Ellen's identity has become a threat to her life. There's no two ways about it: that just stinks.
Quote #5
"You have a blond child sleeping in the other room. And you have this blond daughter—" He gestured toward Annemarie with his head. "Where did you get the dark-haired one?" He twisted the lock of Ellen's hair. "From a different father? From the milkman?" […]
"Or maybe you got her someplace else?" the officer continued with a sneer. "From the Rosens?" (5.62, 5.64)
How important are physical appearances to identity? This soldier seems to think that a different hair color means a different family. Oh, and he happens to be right this time. But is it fair to judge someone's identity based on their looks?
Quote #6
Annemarie knew that Mama was lying again, and she could see that Mama understood that she knew. They looked at each other for a long time and said nothing. In that moment, with that look, they became equals. (9.34)
Coming-of-age much? Annemarie goes from kid to adult really stinkin' fast in this novel. Usually we consider innocence to be part of a young person's identity. Do you think Annemarie loses her innocence over the course of Number the Stars, or does she still have some kid left in her?