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Penn State Lehigh Valley, in partnership with Carnegie Learning, Inc., will present a Bridge to Algebra Math Camp for students grades 7-9. The camp will be held from 9 a.m.-5 p.m., July 20-24, at the Corporate Learning Center in Bethlehem. The fee for the camp is $299 and includes software and materials.
During the camp, students will use the Carnegie Learning Cognitive TutorTM software, as well as collaborative, real world scenarios, to help refine their math skills in order to be prepared for Algebra 1.
For more information, contact Diane Lewis McAloon at (610)285-5066 or e-mail email@example.com. The Corporate Learning Center is located at 100 Brodhead Road, Suite 120, in Bethlehem, PA.

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Army Rotorcraft Critical Safety Item Program (back to top) Avion provides specialized Logistics Program Support and Engineering Management services to the RDECOM AMRDEC Aviation Engineering Directorate (AED), Sustainment Division, for life cycle management of the Critical Safety Item/New Source Testing (CSI/NST) Program. This program is a multifaceted effort designed to provide enhanced life-cycle management and control of parts critical to safe operation of all Army rotorcraft systems (AH-64, C/MH-47, U/MH-60, OH-58, H-1). Avion has been the primary sub-contractor for this program since 1993 and has played an ongoing critical role in the qualification of new designs, processes and sources. Avion has been key to the identification and removal of hundreds of unqualified CSI from the inventory, resulting in safety risk reduction to the Army fleetArmy Flight Critical Components (back to top) Avion has provided ongoing Army Aviation logistics and Data Management Systems (DMS) services to the AMCOM IMMC Maintenance Support Division (MSD), receiving the first AMCOM EXPRESS Logistics Domain Direct Award in June 2005. Avion manages program teams & provides comprehensive logistics and Information Technology technical support to the MSD. We perform: logistics software development, implementation and sustainment; data analysis, quality assurance; field, helpdesk and specialized support services. Our efforts ensure data accuracy for time-sensitive, flight critical components globally located on Army rotorcraft weapons systems/subsystems. We administer/optimize the 26 million record IMMC Maintenance Consolidated Database System (MCDS) utilized to identify all efforts associated with capturing/identifying all critical components/parts that have a "safety related" condition/time requirement. Avion is a leader in AIT logistical implementation and of Army AIT initiatives being implemented into the MCDS family of database systems. Acquisition Technical Support Data Management System (back to top) Since 1998, Avion has been a primary sub-contractor supporting the RDECOM AMRDEC Engineering Directorate's (ED) Industrial Operations Division (IOD) Tech Loop Branch mission encompassing the technical data management for all Army Aviation fielded spare parts. Avion designed and implemented a DMS to facilitate the ED-IOD Tech Loop business processes. The effective automation of their business processes has been a key element in the improved operational efficiency of AMCOM acquisition of repair parts for fleet sustainment. Avion has designed/implemented upgrades to the TLDS DMS, resulting in increased usability for aviation engineers, data analysts and documentation maintainers. Tech Loop management has benefited from these enhancements achieving greater traceability and visibility of day-to-day operations.Data Management Systems (DMS) for Special Equipment & Processes (back to top) Avion serves as a primary subcontractor to facilitate the proliferation of AIT and associated DMS throughout the US Army. We have produced the following DMS applications that use automation hardware to automate established business processes; our software utilized UID parts marking technology, a DoD policy marking mandate at our UID printing facility at Ft Campbell, KY:
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Fresh grounds for opposition submitted in appeal proceedings may be considered only with the approval of the patentee (G 10/91, OJ 1993, 420). In T 1002/92 (OJ 1995, 605), however, the board focused on the issue of the late submission of facts and evidence to substantiate the original grounds for opposition cited in the proceedings before the opposition division. In interpreting Art. 114(2) EPC 1973 (unchanged), the board applied the principles laid down in G 10/91 and held that late-filed facts, evidence and related arguments should only exceptionally be admitted into the proceedings if, prima facie, there were clear reasons to suspect that such late-filed material would prejudice the maintenance of the European patent.
Where facts and evidence supporting the opposition are submitted at a late stage in the proceedings and another party incurs considerably higher costs as a result, a different apportionment of the costs may be ordered for reasons of equity (see T 10/82, OJ 1983, 407; T 117/86, OJ 1989, 401; T 101/87, T 326/87, OJ 1992, 522; T 416/87, OJ 1990, 415; T 323/89, OJ 1992, 169; T 596/89, T 622/89, T 503/90, T 611/90, OJ 1993, 50; T 755/90, T 110/91, T 867/92, OJ 1995, 126; T 719/93 and T 970/93). The relevant factor in deciding on the costs is whether or not there are cogent reasons justifying the late submission; it is regarded as irrelevant whether the material in question has any bearing on the merits of the decision. However, it should be pointed out that, in several cases, requests for apportionment of costs have been refused, despite an unjustified delay, because there was no proof that higher costs had been incurred (see, for example, T 212/88, OJ 1992, 28; T 582/90, T 267/92, T 9/95 and T 207/03).
According to board of appeal case law, if a party introduces important facts or evidence at a late stage of the proceedings, without cogent reasons for the delay, this may be taken into account in the apportionment of costs (see T 117/86, OJ 1989, 401; T 326/87, OJ 1992, 522; T 97/90, T 611/90, OJ 1993, 50; T 847/93, T 1016/93 and T 574/02). If the reasons for the late citing of a document do not point towards negligence or other circumstances that would amount to an abuse of procedure, there is no reason of equity which would justify an apportionment of costs in the other party's favour (T 1016/93).


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UPDATE: "The Flash" Hasn't Cast Savitar, Says Berlanti
TV, Comic Books
USA Today's Pop Candy blogger Whitney Matheson gets into the spirit of the season with her own rundown of the best comics and graphic novels of 2013. However, she cautions this isn't a "definitive" list, as "I can only read so much!"
Her commentary on each entry can be found at the link.
As the end of 2011 approaches, websites and publications are unveiling various year-end lists. Here's just some of what's been released in the past few days:
• Brian Truitt at USA Today looks back at the year that was in comics, naming best writer (Scott Snyder), best non-superhero artist (Rob Guillory), best fight (Spider-Island) and many more categories.
• Kaleon Rahan takes an alphabetical approach to the year in comics, where "A" is for Action Comics, "J" is for Jim Lee, "S" is for Schism and "W" is for "What the Hell(boy)."
• Dan Kois and Glen Weldon at NPR both name their favorites of the year.
• Cap'n Carrot at Dad's Bug Plan lists his favorite ongoing series of the year, including Daredevil, Secret Six, Darkwing Duck and Batgirl.
• iFanboy lists the top 10 comic events of the year.
• Sean Gaffney discusses his favorite manga titles of the year.
• iFanboy has named Petrograd by Phil Gelatt and Tyler Crook as their book of the year.
• Johanna Draper Carlson shares her top ten graphic novels of the year, a list that includes Anya's Ghost by Vera Brosgol, Criminal: The Last of the Innocent by Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips, Love and Capes: Wake Up Where You Are by Thomas Zahler and Hark! A Vagrant by Kate Beaton.
• Danny Djeljosevic, Nick Hanover and Jason Sacks at Comics Bulletin count down their top ten graphic novels of 2011, which include Frank Miller's Holy Terror, Oil and Water by Steve Duin and Shannon Wheeler, and Habibi by Craig Thompson.
• Pop Candy's Whitney Matheson continues her countdown of the top people of 2011. Jeffrey Brown comes in at No. 71, while Brian Selznick lands at No. 55. Jeff Lemire is at No. 31. Robert Kirkman and Kevin Smith both break into the top 20. I won't spoil the No. 1 pick, but I agree with it wholeheartedly.
• Jonathan P. Kuehlein of the Toronto Star picks his year's best, including Vietnamerica: A Family's Journey by GB Tran, Joe The Barbarian: The Deluxe Edition by Grant Morrison and Sean Murphy, and Scarlet: Book 1 by Brian Michael Bendis and Alex Maleev.
• Ryan K Lindsay and Ken Boehm share some of their favorite comics of the year over at The Weekly Crisis.
Business | Japanese e-book publisher Bitway has invested $750,000 in Crunchyroll, the San Francisco-based website that streams anime and live-action Asian movies. A major distributor of electronic books, including manga, in Japan, Bitway hopes to work with Crunchyroll to develop a comics-distribution platform overseas, with an emphasis on the United States and Canada.
Crunchyroll launched in 2006 as a for-profit site, and featured among its content illegally hosted user-uploaded fansubs and bootleg anime. But in 2009, following a $4 million investment from venture-capital firm Venrock, Crunchyroll began offering only licensed content. The website reportedly attracts 6 million unique visitors a month. [Anime News Network]
This past weekend's USA Weekend, the supplement that appears in Gannett's papers across the country on Sunday, was all over the upcoming Iron Man 2 — in addition to a feature story and photo shoot related to the film, they also included the above poster by John Romita Jr.
USA Today kicked off its serialization of the Superman strip from DC's Wednesday Comics this morning in its print and online editions.
As announced last month, the John Arcudi and Lee Bermejo story debuts in today's newspaper, with subsequent episodes appearing on the USA Today website, which boasts an audience of 3.6 million. Each weekly online installment will be promoted in the print edition.
USA Today's Wednesday Comics web page sports a DC Comics logo and head shots of Superman, Green Lantern, Batman, Sgt. Rock and Wonder Woman. The brief article below the Superman comic includes a link to Diamond Comic Distributors' Comic Shop Locator.
The New York Daily News also covers the launch of the 12-week miniseries, whose format and approach pay homage to the golden age of Sunday comics: The 16-page comic unfolds from 7 inches by 10 inches to 28 inches by 20 inches. Each of the 15 stories get its own 14-inch by 20-inch page.
"It's either old-fashioned or it's cutting edge, or it's a little bit of both," DC Comics Executive Editor Dan DiDio tells the Daily News.


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bequiet Shadow Rock Slim Review
The Build
Published: 2nd May 2014 | Source: bequiet | Price: £33 |
The Build
Regardless of whether you're sticking it to an Intel or AMD chip, the assembly and fitting of the Shadow Rock Slim is by fairly traditional and straight forward means. First step is to secure the appropriate set of mounting brackets to the base of the heat sink. A universal back plate is used for both AMD and Intel with slotted holes to accept the varying inter screw distances of the Intel chips over the years.
If you're using the back plate then the next step is to use the pass through bolts to lock it in place. As we're not we simply screw into the 2011 boards own retained back plate with double ended bolts.
As the cooler is indeed very slim we're not going to be getting overly vexed about access to the nuts that fit over the bolts and hold the whole assembly firmly in place. It is however necessary to remove the RAM to make the job considerably easier. That said, we didn't feel the need to take the fan off.
Neither the cooler or the fan come anywhere close to encroaching on the RAM area so feel free to use RAM with heatsinks to rival the Eiffel tower. Just a shame that Logo is on its side though.
The Shadow Rock slim is somewhat dwarfed by the cavernous interior of the Cooler Master "Test Trooper" case we use to undertake all our heatsink testing in. What is of note though for a cooler with such purportedly demure dimensions is that it stands quite tall at 161mm. Not a problem in this case but it may cause some issues for those trying to fit it into some of the smaller Mid towers it is perhaps aimed at
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Great review, but seeing as this is oc3d is it okay for me to point out the spelling error?
Nice review though, Gary. For the price it seems like a nice, quiet alternative to the Hyper 212 Evo.
Oh and pssssst
The odds of a fan kicking the bucket are so close to zero as to not really be worth factoring in to a purchase decision. In the event that it did however the spring clips would enable a 140mm unit to be fitted.
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This month for the Silicon Valley OpenSolaris User Group, we have the
SATA team presenting on their new frameworks being added into
Solaris/OpenSolaris. Folks have been asking about SATA support, and the
team will be able to answer any question you might have, as well as
explain what support is in Solaris/OpenSolaris, what is being added,
and where we're going!
In addition to this, we'll be getting an Update on Project Looking
Glass, showing folks the 3D desktop which now has a webpage on
Bob Palowoda has one of the new dual core Athlon64 laptops with NVIDIA
graphics in it, I'm trying to get him to bring it to the meeting. This
should be one smokin' laptop running Solaris/OpenSolaris.
One of the members was threatening to make some homemade cookies for
the meeting, but I won't mention any names in case they get busy...
Look forward to seeing folks:
Where: Sun Santa Clara Campus, SCA03 (upstairs room in auditorium)
When: Thursday, Feb. 23rd, 7:30pm - 10:00pm
What: SATA Frameworks, Project Looking Glass Update.
Map: [url]http://blogs.sun.com/roller/resources/aland/scasj_dirmap.pdf[/url]
Directions: Exit 101 towards Agnew Development Center. As you pass
Intel and go by Mission College, stay on the right, exit onto Lafayette
and turn right, under the overpass to Palm. Right into the Sun campus,
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Commonly used in the UK, when something is really fantastic or great.
It does not mean that any eyes were harmed
It does not mean that any eyes were harmed
Man that was a blinding success
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blinding-as in it is so spectacular -like a star or the sun
'That film was blinding'
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(U.K.) Cursing, specifically saying "Bloody" this and "Bloody" that.
"If I hear someone effing and blinding in the street I give them a look." - Roy "Chubby" Brown (of all people!)
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My husband has major trust issues and while he was preforming oral sex he said I tasted like soap and I had not showered for over 12 hours and now he is suspicious, is there a medical explaination for him tasting soap? He said I have never tasted like that before.READ MORE
vaginal fluids taste like soap - according to my husband
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How long had it been since he last came inside you? Seman can have a soapy taste, but not so much, if at all, after its been inside a woman. My wife drips for about half a day after lovemaking, and we regularly have had oral sex after vaginal sex. However, during oral sex I do not notice any taste even when its obvious she has my seed up her from minutes before. So even if you were with another man, as I assume he's claiming, it doesn't explain the soap taste.
Are you on any medications which may affect chemisty? Is he on any medications that can affect his taste? What had he been eating earlier that day? If he is claiming your taste is semen, I think he could easily enough see if you had semen dripping from inside you, unless you were in the dark then. Often semen has little or no taste as the female chemistry neutralizes it to more of a 7 pH base. So I doubt if he thinks you have had sex with another man, that you would taste soapy.
Or, perhaps he is not claiming he tasted semen, but that he thinks you just showered and your skin tastes a bit soapy? I find that a bit odd, if that is his angle. If you rinse off reasonably well, there is a soap smell but not a soap taste. But you are saying no shower for 12 hours.
Or, it could be that you have some type of vaginal discharge or infection? I'm not familiar with yeast infections and possible taste. If the taste persists, you might want to consult your GYN to see if you have something wrong that needs treatment.
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No. It is, however, available on almost every flash game website on the internet for free.
Is Tetris available on VC? I love that game.
No. It is, however, available on almost every flash game website on the internet for free.
I never add friend codes.
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Those are nothing like the originals.Originally Posted by Napalmbrain
The only difference is the music and sound-effects. I like the original but whatever, I probably wouldn't spend more than 100 points on it.
With much love, 261311.
-=Join the Waluigi Fan Club=-Originally Posted by JT.
There is probably a tetris type flash game that can be played on Wii somewhere but i haven't bothered looking.
I expect there will be an official game of that type on Wii-Ware when it arrives, i think they already announced Dr Mario for it and isn't that a tetris type of game?
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Martynas Revitalizes The Accordion On His Self-Titled Debut Album, To Be Released January 7, 2014 on Decca/Universal Music Classics
Dubbed one of the "great artists of tomorrow" by BBC Music Magazine
"Squeezeboxes have never been regarded as the route to mainstream success, but Martynas is changing that" The Evening Standard
"Martynas' subtle control of dynamics and lyrical line… is certainly impressive" The Times (UK)
A recent graduate of London's prestigious Royal Academy of Music, 22-year-old Martynas brings the accordion to fresh life with his self-titled debut album, out January 7, 2014 on Decca/Universal Music Classics. Already a #1 chart-topping release in the UK, Martynas' album runs the gamut of genres including pop covers, tango, classics and beyond, all highlighting the accordionist's virtuosic playing and dynamic range.
"Yes, I want to change the image of the accordion," Martynas explains, "but I'm also trying to show all the different possibilities I have as a performer. All the arrangements are brand new and the pieces have never been played this way before. It's exciting for me to be breaking some rules." The accordion holds a signature sound associated with so many cultures – South American tangos, Eastern European gypsy music, German folk and French street music to name a few. On his debut album, Martynas bridges these worlds together for one cohesive exploration of everything the accordion has to offer.
Martynas' album reflects the breadth of the young artist's own musical taste, which is broad and defies categorization. On the classical side, Martynas tackles such iconic selections as Habanera from Carmen, Winter from Vivaldi's Four Seasons, and Gardel's Por una cabeza (an Argentine classic heard in the hit film Scent of a Woman), featuring violinist David Garrett. Martynas will join Garrett for an extensive, 21-city U.S. tour, kicking off January 10th in St. Louis, with additional dates running through January and again in March (complete itinerary below).
Highlights from the album in the pop vein include new arrangements of Lady Gaga's "Telephone" and Katy Perry's "Hot N' Cold," "Ai Se Eu Te Pego (Nossa Nossa)," a rousing Brazilian party anthem, featuring Martynas on vocals, and Tom Waits's "Temptation," a seductive, jazzy interpretation featuring Bria Skonberg on trumpet and vocals, along with additional vocals by Martynas. Skonberg recently landed on Downbeat Magazine's Rising Stars Critic's Poll for 2013.
Martynas was three when he first picked up the accordion and hasn't stopped playing since. As a child, he was infatuated with the piano, but with his family unable to afford buying him one, he turned to the accordion instead and never looked back. At age eight, he was enrolled in formal lessons, and years later went on to win awards in various competitions around Europe and later the U.S., including 2009's top prize at the American Accordionist Association Competition in Memphis and 2010's second prize at the Gala-Rini International Competition in California. In 2010 while studying at the Royal Academy of Music, Martynas won "Lithuania's Got Talent" in his native country, becoming a household name there. He officially signed his first record deal with Universal Music Group's Decca label earlier this year, making headlines in the UK for being the first accordion player to ever top their classical album chart.
1/10 – St. Louis, MO – Fox Theater
1/12 – Kansas City, MO – The Midland
1/14 – Dallas, TX – AT&T PAC – Winspear Opera House
1/15 – Houston, TX – Wortham Center – Cullen Theater
1/18 – Portland, OR – Aladdin Theater
1/19 – Seattle, WA – Paramount Theater
1/21 – San Jose, CA – San Jose Civic Auditorium
1/22 – Sacramento, CA – Crest Theater
1/23 – Anaheim, CA – City National Grove
1/26 – San Diego, CA – Balboa Theatre
1/28 – Mexico City – Auditorio Nacional
3/12 – Minneapolis, MN – State Theater
3/14 – Milwaukee, WI – Riverside Theater
3/15 – Chicago, IL – Chicago Theater (2 shows at 3:00pm & 8:00pm)
3/18 & 3/19 – New York, NY – Best Buy Theater
3/21 – Pittsburgh, PA – Benedum Center
3/22 – Wallingford, CT – Oakdale Teatre
3/23 – Worcester, MA – Hanover Theatre
3/27 – Atlanta, GA – Woodruff Arts Center –Symphony Hall
3/28 – St Petersburg, FL – Palladium Theater
3/30 – Coral Springs, FL – Coral Springs Center for the Arts


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Gemstone Treatment Guide
by Shawna Edwards
Published April 28, 2010 | Updated June 12, 2015
Most items that you come in contact with every day have been treated in some way: Clothes have been dyed, houses have been painted, and most wood has been pressure treated. Gemstones are not any different. When a gemstone is forming deep within the earth, natural heating and pressure occur. In order to bring more gemstones to the public, many companies continue that process with additional heating, pressure, or other treatment techniques. It is estimated that up to 80 percent of all gemstones have been treated in some way.
General Enhancement Categories:
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- Treatment Code N
Those natural stones which are not currently known to be enhanced by any methods, such as spinel, and therefore can safely be presumed to be untreated have the code N (not enhanced). The code may also be used for stones that are sometimes or often treated but in this particular case are unenhanced. To use this symbol on sapphire, for example, which is generally heated, means that the seller certifies that the particular stone was not heated and can supply a document such as an invoice or lab report so stating.
- Treatment Code E
Those natural stones which are routinely enhanced by traditional methods have the code E (enhancement). The particular stone given this designation may or may not be enhanced. For example, since most emeralds are oiled, an E would indicate such treatment but would not cover non-traditional methods, such as hardened plastic resins (like Opticon), which would require specific enhancement codes. Another example would be the use of E for aquamarine, which in most cases is heated prior to the sale of the rough to remove greenish tints. If the seller knows what specific treatment has been used, then a more specific code should be used.
- Other Treatment Codes
Those gemstones for which definite information on standard treatments is known or to which N and E codes do not apply due to non-traditional treatments, must disclose the specific treatment with the appropriate code. For example, a morganite that is known to have been heated would receive an H code rather than the less specific E code.
Specific Enhancement Codes:
- Enhancement Code B
Bleaching is the use of chemicals to lighten or remove a gem's color.
- Enhancement Code C
Coating is the use of surface treatments, such as films or lacquers, to provide color or other special effects. NOTE: This type of treatment is not permanent and can chip or wear off. Do not use harsh solvents or chemicals on jewelry with this type of treatment. Read our gemstone care guide for more information on protecting treated gemstone jewelry.
- Enhancement Code CR
This designation is used for any stone that is synthetic or laboratory created.
- Enhancement Code D
Dyeing is the introduction of coloring matter into a gem to give it a new color or greater intensity.
- Enhancement Code F
Filling is the incorporation of colorless borax or other substances into the cracks that are a by-product of heating the stone; it is used only if a crack is visible at 10x magnification.
- Enhancement Code G
This code refers to the use of gamma or electron irradiation for the purpose of changing a gem's color. Irradiation may be followed by a heating process to stabilize the color. Such stones do not exhibit residual radioactivity.
- Enhancement Code H
Heating a gem at a high temperature improves clarity, changes color, or creates phenomena in gems. Any filler materials that enter the gem as a result of the heat treatment must not be visible in fractures at 10x magnification.
- Enhancement Code HTHP
This is known as the High Temperature/High Pressure process. The combination of high temperature and high pressure is used to enhance or change the color of diamonds. The treatment is sometimes identified as HP.
- Enhancement Code L
Jewelers sometimes use a laser to drill into a stone and remove or alter an inclusion, specifically on diamonds. Lasering is the name of the treatment.
- Enhancement Code O
Oiling, or resin infusion, is the intentional filling of surface breaking cavities and cracks in transparent or translucent gems with a colorless oil, wax, resin, or man-made unhardened resin.
- Enhancement Code R
Irradiation is the use of neutron bombardment to alter color. This process creates residual radioactivity, and such stones must receive a Nuclear Regulatory Commission safety release prior to sale. The irradiation treatment often is used in combination with other radiation and heating treatments.
- Enhancement Code S
Bonding is the intentional use of a colorless agent (usually plastic) within a porous gemstone.
- Enhancement Code TA
Type A jade is natural jade enhanced only with wax.
- Enhancement Code TB
Type B jade is natural jade that is bleached in acid to remove undesirable staining, and then impregnated with wax or polymers.
- Enhancement Code TC
Type C jade is natural jade that is dyed and sometimes bleached and impregnated with wax or polymers.
- Enhancement Code DS
The diffusion treatment uses coloring and star-making chemicals to affect a gem's appearance. It adds specific chemicals to a high-temperature heating process to penetrate the surface layer (usually to a slight depth only). Such treatment is not generally accepted, and stones sold with this enhancement must be specifically labeled as diffused.
- Enhancement Code W
Waxing/oiling is the impregnation of colorless wax, oil, or paraffin into porous opaque gems to improve appearance.
- Enhancement Code DBL - Doublet
Jewelers make a doublet by gluing a thin layer of natural stone to a backing material. The backing material is used to thicken and give strength to the item.
- Enhancement Code TPL - Triplet
A triplet is a doublet that has a clear protective layer on top of the stone. The top layer may consist of clear quartz, glass, or hard plastic. This layer thickens and gives additional strength to the item.


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Definition of asocial in English:
Avoiding social interaction; inconsiderate of or hostile to others: a tendency to asocial behaviour
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- The right to be angry, enraged and furious has been rationalised away as asocial, pathological behaviour.
- Here, she gets very close to describing the real problem we face today: not a problem of antisocial behaviour but rather the problem of living in an asocial society.
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New Zealand ACCESS Global Haines Index Analysis Chart
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- Africa
- Asia
- Europe
- New Zealand
- North America
- South America
About ACCESS Global
Australian Community Climate and Earth-System Simulator (ACCESS). Based upon the UK Met Office Unified Model system. ACCESS G is the global numerical forecast model operated by the BoM. It is run twice daily (00Z and 12Z) and provides forecast data out to 240 hours with a horizontal resolution of 80km and 50 vertical levels.
Weather News
Green grass and livestock returning but drought not over in Queensland
After record-breaking winter rainfall, parts of drought ravaged Queensland are starting to see sheep and cattle return.
Squally Weekend for parts of WA
The start of this week has been dominated by dry and settled weather for the majority of Western Australia, but as we look forward to the end of the working week, conditions are set to deteriorate.
Eastern soaking under way
A major winter rain event has begun and will continue across eastern states during the next two days.


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Michigan Turf Grass Environmental Stewardship Program
Oakland County Parks has partnered with the Michigan Turfgrass Environmental Stewardship Program (Mtesp.org) to increase environmental stewardship and water quality management at several Oakland County Park Golf Courses.
Components of the Golf Course Program include:
Glen Oaks, Groveland Oaks and Lyon Oaks Golf Courses participate. Groveland Oaks is the first park in Michigan to be environmentally certified by the Michigan Turfgrass Environmental Stewardship Program.
Oakland County Parks is working with the Retired Engineers Technical Assistance Foundation in conducting energy audits at all park facilities in order to improve and maintain green efforts.


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Singapore Airlines has officially joined the inflight Internet club, with sky-high surfing now available on 14 SQ aircraft ahead of a fleet-wide rollout over the next two years.
The service was soft-launched in April this year with the fitout of a limited number of Airbus A380s and A340-500s.
"We will be progressively equipping all our A340-500s, A380s and Boeing 777-300ERs with the (satellite Internet) technology" a Singapore Airlines spokesperson told Australian Business Traveller.
The inflight Internet service is already running on five Airbus A340s which run a non-stop business class-only service between Singapore and the USA.
Singapore Airlines is using a satellite-based OnAir system and there are two plans are available: US$10 buys you 10MB of data, and for US$25 you get 30MB.
And there are no freebies on board, even if you're installed in SQ's ritzy Suites – everybody pays for their slice of sky-high surfing.
The Singapore flag-carrier is running a year behind schedule, having announced in October 2010 that it would introduce the service "from as early as the first half of 2011."
It now seems that 2012 will be the long-awaited Year of Inflight Internet for international flights.
Emirates finished upgrading all its Airbus A380s with satellite Internet in March, including all flights to and from Australia.
Earlier this year saw Qantas began trials of inflight Internet on its daily Airbus A380 flights from Sydney and Melbourne to Los Angeles – read our exclusive hands-on review of the service.
And United Airlines plans to launch inflight Internet on its Boeing 747 flights between Australia and the US sometime this year, along with the introduction of streaming video and music for passenger's own devices such as tablets and laptops.
For the very latest news for business travellers and frequent flyers, tune into @AusBT on Twitter!
About David Flynn
David Flynn is the editor of Australian Business Traveller and a bit of a travel tragic with a weakness for good coffee, shopping and lychee martinis.
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Food Fridays: 5 Photo-Worthy Restaurants in Jakarta
Restaurants in trend-conscious Jakarta thrive for various reasons: delicious meals, decent prices, and lately, for décor that is social-media worthy.
"I'm beginning to think there should be an award for the Most Instagenic Resto," says Fellexandro Ruby, a blogger and food photographer for wanderbites.com, a Jakarta-based food and travel blog.
That got us thinking about the way foodies the world over share their favorite food destinations. So The Wall Street Journal talked with Mr. Ruby and came up with five of the best Instagram-worthy restaurants across the Indonesian capital. Here they are in no specific order.
1. Mangia
This homey little restaurant makes a modest mark on Panglima Polim, fast becoming Jakarta's hippest new neighborhood. Down the road sits a new Hong Kong-style tea shop, Po Lim Cha Chaan Teng, and a sleek, stripped-down coffee joint called Woodpecker (more on that below).
For starters, try Mangia's Perkedel Mayo, sweet corn fritters with a sesame-flavored homemade mayo . Then move on to nasi jeruk sambal dori, mixed white rice flavored with orange leaf, lemongrass and other herbs and topped with spicy dory. Another favorite is pesto fried rice with grilled chicken and salsa. The Indonesian-style dishes are far better than the pastas – Mangia, which means eat in Italian, does fusion.
"I like it here because the prices are decent and the portion makes me full," said Ceasyalya Tahara, a student who was dining at Mangia with friends. It is lacking in some areas (portion sizes are not proportional), but for your Instagram needs it certainly suits.
Jalan Panglima Polim Raya No.5, Kebayoran Baru
Ph: +62 21 72799674
Price range: Rp25,000 to Rp60,000 ($2.15 to $5.10)
Mangia on Instagram
2. Woodpecker
Located in the same neighborhood as Mangia, Woodpecker and its hipster interior has been receiving rave reviews from some of the city's most renowned food bloggers. "Every tiny detail and corner of Woodpecker Coffee is Instagram worthy," said Mr. Ruby. "If you come in the afternoon you'll have sunlight leaking in through the glass wall. It makes a pretty shadow play for taking photos."
The cool café is one of nearly a dozen that have popped up around the city over the past year, and in addition to the smooth interior, the coffee here isn't bad either.
Jl. Panglima Polim V No. 23 (beside Holy Gyu), Kebayoran Baru
Price Range: Rp15,000 to Rp30,000 ($1.25 to $2.55)
Woodpecker on Instagram
3. Locanda
Locanda in Senayan offers a range of salads and pizzas, as well as Asian-style seafood, rice and noodles. What makes it Instagram-worthy is its vintage interior. The spacious venue has wooden floors and floor-to-ceiling windows that let in light throughout the day. In the lounge are leather couches and antique décor, a perfect recipe for likes in every social media platform.
Panin Bank Center Building, Ground Floor
Jl. Jend. Sudirman Gelora Senayan
Ph: +62 021 572 7981
Price range: Set dinner for two, Rp300,000 ($25).
Locanda on Instagram
4. Fitzroy Gastrobar
Opened early this year, this laid back gastrobar on Jalan Gunawarman —a competitor for Panglima Polim as far as hip neighborhoods go—offers a range of cocktails and mocktails, as well as Western comfort food.
Fitzroy is inspired by the laidback Melbourne suburb it's named after. And its website claims that the bohemian eclectic style and decor "create relaxing vibes for its guests." An island bar divides the small space into two sections, which keeps it feeling rather clustered.
But it also brings guests up close and personal with the restaurant's kitsch. In the artsy dining area, for instance, a gigantic hand-drawn deer decorates a wall. The place screams 'Instagram' from the moment you step out of the glass elevator. On some weekends Fitzroy morphs into a club, complete with international DJs spinning on the indoor deck behind the bar.
Jl. Gunawarman No. 30, Kebayoran Baru
Ph: +62 821 1111 2410
Fitzroy on Instagram
5. Koultura Coffee
"I personally enjoy the energy of this place," said Mr. Ruby. Koultura Coffee in western Jakarta has a "facade that brings fresh color to the neighborhood" and a "sophisticated hang-on-the-wall water purifier."
If you take a selfie here, no one will judge.
For food, Mr. Ruby recommends The Hangover Cure, corned beef with egg, and the Croque Madam, toasted bread with melted cheese, a poached egg and slice of ham. "Both dishes were surprisingly enjoyable and we didn't need any flavor enhancement … No salt, no chili sauce, no pepper," he wrote in a review. "It was all in good balance for our palate."
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After visiting Newburgh to call for an increased city police presence, U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer will visit Kingston to tackle the Hudson Valley's heroin epidemic.
Schumer will urge the federal government to designate Ulster County a federal High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area at a 2:45 p.m. press conference Tuesday at the Ulster County Law Enforcement Center. This designation would allow Ulster County to seek additional funds to help fight the heroin epidemic through the use of equipment, technology and other resources.
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Undervalued Sports and Entertainment Mecca A Slam-Dunk Investment (MSG, DIS, CBS)
John Persinos: It's a common dream to own a profesÂsional sports team, but none of them are publicly traded. To get a piece of the action, investors must buy shares in the corporate entities that own the teams.
There's no better buy now in the sports world than Madison Square Garden Company (NASDAQ:MSG), which owns and operates the iconÂic Madison Square Garden arena, the New York Knicks, the New York RangÂers, the Connecticut Whale, the New York Liberty, the Radio City Christmas production, the Chicago Theater, the Beacon Theatre, and more.
The company operates via three segÂments—MSG Sports, MSG EnterÂtainment, and MSG Media—that are strategically aligned and built on a foundation of brand-name venues and compelling spectacles.
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MSG Sports features the presentaÂtion of a wide variety of live sporting events including hockey, professionÂal and college basketball, professionÂal boxing, track and field, and tennis. MSG Entertainment presents or hosts live entertainment events such as conÂcerts and family shows. MSG Media consists of regional sports networks and the Fuse Networks, a national television network dedicated to music.
The company is most commonly asÂsociated with the value of its eponyÂmous arena, which is undergoing an $850 million renovation that will enÂhance its earnings power. Opened in 1968 and located in midtown ManÂhattan, the arena is the longest acÂtive major sporting facility in the New York metropolitan area and currently hosts approximately 320 events a year.
This storied landmark is only one aspect of the company's appeal as a stock market investment. The company's cable networks, lucrative broadcast rights and fully integrated business model make it a great stock to buy for the long haul.
However, the stock is being unduly punished by investors and trades at a bargain to its premium potential.
In September, the NHL canceled its entire preseason game schedule, because of the absence of a collective bargaining agreement between the team owners and the players' associaÂtion. This marks the fourth time in 20 years that the NHL has succumbed to a work stoppage. The regular season is scheduled to begin in mid-October, but negotiations remain far apart.
The National Hockey League reÂmains mired in acrimony, generatÂing negative publicity that tarnishes anything associated with pro hockey. Hockey fans—and investors—rememÂber that the entire 2004-05 season wasn't played because of a costly lockÂout. The first casualty of the highÂly public squabbling this autumn has been Madison Square Garden's stock.
Along with its ownership of the RangÂers, the company also owns the Madison Square Garden network, which airs the team's games. Without hockey games, ratings and revenue plummet.
Madison Square Garden relies on ticket sales, advertising revenue, conÂcessions, and merchandise throughout the hockey season. However, investors may forget that the health of Madison Square Garden rests more on ironclad broadcast rights than the vicissitudes of its teams. The company recently inked a 14-year deal with CBS (NYSE:CBS) and the NCAA worth $10.8 billion, to show March Madness and other college basketball programming.
Madison Square Garden also signed a $15.2 billion deal with Disney (NYSE:DIS) and the NFL to extend ESPN's Monday Night Football proÂgramming through 2021. In August, MSG Networks and ESPN New York 98.7FM agreed to a multi-year extenÂsion that allows 98.7FM to continue as the radio broadcast home of the New York Knicks and New York Rangers.
Moreover, Madison Square GarÂden has embarked on an ambitious growth strategy to extend its operaÂtions far beyond New York, particuÂlarly into the sports and entertainment mecca of California. The company and CBS are currently discussing a new media rights deal with the Los AngeÂles Dodgers, whose owners are in a spending mood to build up the team.
In May, Madison Square Garden anÂnounced that it would pay the Faithful Central Bible Church $23.5 million for the historic Forum in Inglewood, California. Home to musical acts over the years such as Elvis Presley, Jimi Hendrix and Nirvana, the Forum is Madison Square Garden's first West Coast property. The company plans to spend $50 million this year to renoÂvate the property.
A Winning Year
Despite the headline-grabbing tuÂmult within the NHL, Madison Square Garden enjoyed a stellar 2012. For its fourth quarter and fiscal year 2012 ending June 30, the company soundly beat consensus estimates for revenue and earnings.
Fiscal 2012 revenues of $1.3 billion grew 8 percent, compared to the previÂous year, primarily from an increase in revenues in the MSG Sports and MSG Media segments. Fiscal 2012 earnings reached $106.5 million, or $1.38 in earnings per share (EPS), an increase of 34 percent from the previous year.
Fourth-quarter revenue was $332.9 million, an increase of 42 percent from the same period a year ago, driven by higher revenues in all three of the comÂpany's business segments. Fourth-quarter earnings were $28.6 million, or $0.37 in EPS, a whopping increase of 235 percent from the same quarter a year ago.
Company management credited the fourth-quarter home run on an inÂcrease in sports revenue, partly stemÂming from the 11 home games that the Rangers played in the 2012 playoffs, compared to last year's two games. The condensed NBA schedule and increasÂing attractiveness of the facility because of renovations also played a role.
Moreover, 95 percent of Knicks seaÂson tickets and 90 percent of Rangers tickets have been renewed for the 2012- 2013 season. Madison Square Garden is charging an average of 9.5 percent more for Rangers season tickets and 4.9 perÂcent more for Knicks tickets, although the Rangers' revenue won't be realÂized in the unlikely event that the entire hockey season is canceled.
The stock's price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio is about 29, roughly in line with the entertainment sector's P/E of 28. With lucrative and coveted broadcast deals either signed or in the pipeline, this company is positioned to perform like a champ. For more top picks like MSG, check out one of these free stock research reports.
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Movies are not as powerful without their scores, and music is the soundtrack to our lives, which makes it curious that so little of the music we tend to listen to fits the mold. If life were a movie, the vast majority of the music I listen to would be fitting solely for a cheesy montage, not any of the day to day drama that propels us forward. Music is, in a way, a holding pattern meant to take us out of the moment, to normalize ourselves when there is nothing tethering us to reality. There are some bands who try to bridge the gap, but they fail because such an endeavor is fruitless.
Being in a band that managed to establish a legacy is a blessing for a musician, and it can also be a curse. Once public opinion makes a verdict on your abilities, and your best works, it becomes nearly impossible for anyone to overcome those perceptions and establish a new reality. For Jeff Loomis, who for the last twenty years has been synonymous with Nevermore, everything he accomplishes both with this album and in the future will be seen through the filter of his previous band. Nevermore's breakup seemed inevitable.


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Branson Tri-Lakes RC Flying Club Donates Stuffed Animals
You know that a group of grown adults who fly radio controlled airplanes in their free time have to be young at heart. It must be why year after year the Branson Tri-Lakes RC Flying Club thinks of children when it holds its annual Christmas dinner.
"We've been collecting stuffed animals for children at Skaggs Regional Medical Center for as long as I can remember," says Dave Medley of Kimberling City. "This is a way for us to help the kids in the hospital and hopefully cheer them up."
Medley has been a member of the Branson Tri-Lakes RC Flying Club for the past ten years. "You know how a kid's eyes light up when they receive a toy," he explains. "We get great joy in doing this year after year."
Medley and fellow member Erv Rohde of Kimberling City presented more than two dozen stuffed animals to the Skaggs Pediatric Unit December 10. "Being in the hospital can be a scary thing for anyone, let alone a child," says Michelle Leroux, Skaggs Media Relations Specialist. "We are so proud when organizations such as the Branson Tri-Lakes RC Flying Club think of our young patients."
Branson Tri-Lakes RC Flying Club welcomes new members. Flying days are Tuesdays and Saturdays. For more information contact Dave Medley, (417) 739-5931 or John Woods, (417) 338-8419.
Skaggs Pediatrics Unit provides care for children up to the age of 17 admitted to the hospital. This secure unit features themed rooms, decorated specifically for children, and a play room.


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Companhia Paranaense de Energia -Overview, Contact Details, locations, Key executives, Power Plant Information, Business Description and SWOT Analysis
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The report" Companhia Paranaense de Energia- Company Overview, Contact Details, Locations, Key Executives, Power Plant Information, Business Description and SWOT" contains the profile of the company that is involved in the field of power generation from thermal sources (coal, oil and gas).It contains a detailed description of the company's business operations (power plants, installed capacity, and generation), history, corporate strategy, and business structure. This report contains a detailed SWOT analysis, information on key employees (executives), key competitors, and major products and services.
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- SWOT analysis – A detailed analysis of the company's strengths, weakness, opportunities and threats.
- Company history – Progression of key events associated with the company.
- Major products and services – A list of major products, services and brands
- Key competitors – A list of key competitors.
- Key employees – A list of the key executives
- Executive biographies – A brief summary of the executives' employment history.
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1.1 List of Tables
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2 Company Snapshot
2.1 Key Information
2.2 Company Overview
2.3 Industry Outlook – Hydro
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3 Operational Metrics
3.1 Companhia Paranaense de Energia, Operational Metrics, By Capacity
3.2 Companhia Paranaense de Energia, Operational Metrics, By Generation
3.3 Companhia Paranaense de Energia, Operational Metrics, By Transmission
3.4 Companhia Paranaense de Energia, Operational Metrics, By Distribution
3.5 Companhia Paranaense de Energia, Operational Metrics, By Customers
3.6 Companhia Paranaense de Energia, Operational Metrics, By Sales
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4 Companhia Paranaense de Energia, Wind Farms
4.1 Companhia Paranaense de Energia, Wind Farms, Brazil
5 Companhia Paranaense de Energia, Hydro Power Plants
5.1 Companhia Paranaense de Energia, Hydro Power Plants, Brazil
6 Companhia Paranaense de Energia, Thermal Power Plants
6.1 Companhia Paranaense de Energia, Thermal Power Plants, Brazil
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7.1 Business Overview
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7.2.1 Overview
7.2.2 Production
7.2.3 Capital Expenditure
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8 Major Products and Services
9 History
10 SWOT Analysis
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10.2.2 Diverse Customer Base
10.2.3 Strong Presence
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10.2.6 Efficient Use of Resources
10.3 Companhia Paranaense de Energia Weaknesses
10.3.1 Declining Market Share in Sector
10.3.2 Limited Investor Confidence
10.3.3 Involvement in Lawsuits
10.4 Companhia Paranaense de Energia Opportunities
10.4.1 Strategic Partnerships to Increase Generation Capacity
10.4.2 Higher Growth Prospects for Renewable Sector
10.4.3 Diversifying Fuel Mix
10.5 Companhia Paranaense de Energia Threats
10.5.1 Political Interference
10.5.2 Changes in Existing Regulations and Policies
10.5.3 Majority Stake of the State Government
10.5.4 Foreign Exchange Fluctuations
10.5.5 Political Instability
10.6 Financial Ratios - Capital Market Ratios
10.7 Financial Ratios - Annual Ratios
10.8 Financial Ratios - Interim Ratios
11 Key Employees
12 Key Employee Biographies
13 Company Statement
14 Locations And Subsidiaries
14.1 Head Office
15 Financial Deals Landscape
15.1 Companhia Paranaense de Energia, Deals Volume Summary, 2004 to YTD 2010
15.2 Companhia Paranaense de Energia, Deals Summary By Region, 2004 to YTD 2010
15.3 Companhia Paranaense de Energia, Deals Summary, 2004 to YTD 2010
15.4 Companhia Paranaense de Energia Detailed Deal Summary
15.4.1 Asset Purchase
15.4.2 Acquisition
15.4.3 Debt Offerings
15.4.4 Partnerships
16 Recent Developments
16.1 New Contracts
16.1.1 Mar 04, 2009: UEGA Renews Leasing Agreement With Petrobras
16.2 Operations Updates
16.2.1 Sep 10, 2010: Copel To Commence Construction On 19.5MW Cavernoso II Small Hydro Plant In January 2011
16.2.2 Sep 08, 2009: COPEL Completes First Phase Of Maua Hydro Plant In Brazil
16.3 Financial Announcements
16.3.1 Aug 11, 2010: COPEL Reports Net Income Of BRL135.67 Million In Q2 2010
16.3.2 Nov 11, 2009: COPEL Reports Net Income Of BRL284.4 Million In Q3 2009
16.3.3 Aug 12, 2009: COPEL Reports Net Income Of BRL290 Million In Q2 2009
16.3.4 May 13, 2009: COPEL Reports Net Income Of BRL272.1 Million In Q1 2009
16.3.5 May 13, 2009: COPEL Reports Net Income Of BRL272.1 Million In Q1 2009
16.3.6 Mar 20, 2009: COPEL Reports 2008 Results
16.3.7 Nov 12, 2008: COPEL Reports 3Q 2008 Results
16.3.8 May 14, 2008: COPEL Reports Q1 2008 Results
16.3.9 Mar 17, 2008: COPEL Declares Q4 2007 Results
16.3.10 Nov 13, 2007: COPEL Declares Q3 2007 Results
16.3.11 Aug 14, 2007: COPEL Reports Q2 2007 Results
16.3.12 May 15, 2007: COPEL Reports Q1 2007 Results
16.3.13 Mar 27, 2007: COPEL Reports Q4 2006 Results
16.4 Strategy and Business Planning
16.4.1 Jul 30, 2010: Copel Wins Bid To Build Colider Hydroelectric Plant In Brazil
16.5 Other Significant Developments
16.5.1 Mar 01, 2010: COPEL Elects Antonio Rycheta Arten As Chief Financial And Investor Relations Officer
17 Appendix
17.1 Methodology
17.1.1 Coverage
17.1.2 Secondary Research
17.1.3 Primary Research
17.1.4 Expert Panel Validation
17.2 Contact Us
17.3 Disclaimer


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Always Fly at Night
Another in our series on travel tips from executives who are often on the road.
Kevin Fitzgerald
Chief Executive Officer, HBO+EMTB
Kevin Fitzgerald is based in Sydney, where the architectural and interior design company he heads has its headquarters. He regularly travels around the Asia-Pacific region, including greater China and India, visiting the firm's 22 offices.
How often up in the air: I'm on a plane every two days.
Areas of travel: I'm frequently between Australia and New Zealand, and then on more long-haul flights to Asia, where I jump from Beijing to Singapore to India to Vietnam. My favorite city to travel to for leisure is Paris.
Loyalty schemes: OneWorld and Star Alliance.
Favorite airport: The new terminal at Heathrow Airport [Terminal 5] in London. It's architecturally interesting and pleasant.
Best hotel in the region: Hong Kong's Island Shangri-La because of its superb service.
Best check-in process: Singapore
Best journey from airport to city: Sydney because that's when I'm going home. Other than that, Hong Kong has the Airport Express, which is very convenient.
Best frequent-flier lounge: Qantas First Class lounge in Sydney is beyond a doubt the best anywhere.
Preferred carrier: Singapore Airlines.
Best airline food: I don't like to eat on the plane, but if I had to list one — Singapore Airlines.
Most comfortable airplane seats: Singapore Airline's new A380 seats have more leg room and are good all around from economy to first class.
Best coffee in Asia: My favorite place is Bar Coluzzi in Sydney.
Best tip for staying fit on the road: Don't eat on the planes. When you travel at night, you're too tired anyway.
How to beat jetlag: I try to stay on Australian time. It's basically mind over matter – don't give in.
How to get an upgrade: I'd say it depends on luck.
Essential travel gadgets: BlackBerry is the main one, and a multi-head adaptor.
Best luggage: Two faithful large Tumi suitcases that are semi-indestructable.
Best packing tip: I can pack in about five minutes, which means I always end up packing too much. But when you're a frequent flier, you can have an excessive amount of stuff. If you travel as much as me, a good tip is to not unpack when you get home. That means you can quickly add some fresh clothes and be packed again for your next trip.
Travel tip 101: Travel at night because it takes away the boredom of being on the plane. When the new month comes around, I see all the movies on the first flight.
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A couple of weeks back, an image of the Samsung GT-i9260, otherwise known as the Samsung Galaxy Premier, surfaced. Today, the Galaxy Premier is showing up once more, but this time it isn't in any leaked press shots. Instead, the GT-i9260 has popped up in GLBenchmark, and we're learning from the listing that it may not be called the Galaxy Premier at all.
The GLBenchmark listins makes multiple references to the name "Superio,r" which suggests that will be the name of the GT-i9260 once Samsung officially announces it. Perhaps we're looking at the results for the Samsung Galaxy Superior? That could very well be the case, and it's worth pointing out that this handset was called the "Superior" back when it was rumored to be the next Nexus device.
Aside from the name, the GLBenchmark results also give us some additional information, showing that the GT-i9260 uses a PowerVR SGX 544 GPU. When that press shot released two weeks ago, it was accompanied by all sorts of specifications, telling us that the GT-i9260 will use a 1.5GHz dual-core ARM Cortex-A9 CPU and 1GB of RAM. This GLBenchmark test also confirms that the display will be running at 1280x720 resolution and will be packing Android 4.1 Jelly Bean out of the box.
The Galaxy Superior (or whatever it will be called) sounds like a pretty decent phone, so now all we need is an announcement and we'll be set. There's no telling when Samsung will drop official word of the GT-i9260 either, so we'll just have to keep an ear to the ground and hope to hear more soon. Keep it tuned here to Android Community for more information, as we'll update you if new details surface!
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Hit-and-run driver kills Dallas woman
A 54-year-old Dallas woman was struck and killed by a hit-and-run driver Saturday night.
About 9:30 p.m., Sue Lee Burks was hit by an unknown vehicle while trying to cross the street at 7600 Great Trinity Forest Parkway, according to police. She was pronounced dead at the scene.
The vehicle was identified as a white or tan Ford Crown Victoria or Mercury Grand Marquis, according to police reports.
Dallas Police are asking anyone with information to contact Vehicle Crimes at 214-670-5817.
[For those wondering, Great Trinity Forest Parkway is also known as East Ledbetter Drive. Apparently it was recently renamed. -- Avi Selk]


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More and more buzz (see here, here, here, and here, just to name a few) is starting to develop around the impending food crisis in West Africa, specifically in the Sahel region of Niger and Mali.
In the video above, President & CEO of LWR, John Nunes, interviews Tim McCully, LWR's Vice President for International Programs, about the growing crisis.
Lutheran World Relief has been continuously working in this region to help prevent crises like this one, and we will continue to help farmers and families build up resources so that they can be more resilient when crises like this do happen.
Take Isa Kassogue (pictured above), for example. She is president of the Pouroly Village Women's Association and president of the union of 14 women's associations in Mali. These associations are participating in a shallot farming project with LWR and our partner YAGTU. LWR has been working on a comprehensive project with these shallot farmers, building wells and reservoirs for water, storage and processing facilities for their crops, and helping them build a relationship with a local financial institution.
We also work directly with the farmers, giving them business management training and the technical skills needed to ensure that their business is a lasting success. Read more about the shallot farmers in Mali, and about how many of the women are thriving there.
This impending food crisis in the Sahel is serious. Millions of people face an unknown future. And we here at LWR will continue to work with the utmost seriousness and determination to help these people. To find out more about LWR's work in West Africa, or to find out how you can help support this work, go to www.lwr.org/africa.


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BoneXpert is a software for automated measurement of bone age from a child's hand X-ray. This delivers a precise and standardised reading unlike the conventional manual rating with its considerable reader variability.
Leading pediatric clinics integrate this tool seamlessly in their workflow for adult height prediction,better diagnosis and optimisation of treatment.
Running on existing hardware and paid per analysis, BoneXpert is cost-effective from day one, relieving doctors from time-consuming manual rating to allow more time for patient care.
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Definition of sentinel in English:
1A soldier or guard whose job is to stand and keep watch: soldiers stood sentinel with their muskets
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- Immediately, a sentinel standing guard near the jail confronted him.
- Men who have merited this last distinction are to be suffered to pass all guards and sentinels which officers are permitted to do.
- The sentinels who had stood watch throughout the night before watched those roadside dwellers with weary but alert eyes, should they suddenly decided to start a riot in front of the palace.
2 Medicine An indicator of the presence of disease: [as modifier]: the first national HIV sentinel surveillance programme in the developing world
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Flying marathon brings new celebrity through Atlanta
On June 1 comedian Mark Malkoff boarded an AirTran Airways flight bound from LaGuardia in New York to Atlanta. Malkoff arrived safely and watched the other passengers disembark, but he stayed on the aircraft. Soon, Malkoff's plane was headed for San Francisco. Again he stayed on the plane.
In this way Malkoff visited airports in Denver, Los Angeles, Seattle, Phoenix and many other cities — all without leaving the tarmac. He intended to stay on the same aircraft for 30 days straight in order to cure his fear of flying.
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The most commonly used for such purposes as fashion, beauty and portrait photography. One of the most important reasons for this is that its unique shape creates a beautiful, natural looking catch light in the subject's eye.
Fashion and portrait photographers requiring a soft, even yet controllable key light favor the smaller versions. The larger version creates a beautiful fill light and has a relatively flat shape, making it surprisingly easy to handle
The new RFi Speedlight Speedring
The latest addition to Profoto's assortment of speedring adapters is the new and improved RFi Speedlight Speedring. The name clearly reveals what the tool does; it allows you to use an RFi softbox with speedlights to create a soft and flattering light.
The RFi Speedlight Speedring allows you to mount not one but two speedlights of any brand on the bracket. This means that you now have enough power and punch to shoot in bright sunlight or light up an even larger softbox, such as the Softbox RFi 3x4'.
Each speedlight can slide and be tilted inside the softbox, allowing the user to create a remarkably even light with no hotspot. The entire softbox can also be tilted, rotated 360° and adjusted high wise.
The RFi Speedlight Speedrings come with color codes that match the RFi softbox rods. This makes the softboxes easy to mount, even for someone who has never used one before. The new RFi Speedlight Speedring comes with an attachment for Profoto Air Remotes or radio sync units from other manufacturers.
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Photography is all about light – about controlling and shaping light. Therefore, a photographer's tools should be designed to do just that. This is where Profoto's RFi softboxes enter the picture.
RFi softboxes come in all sizes and shapes, and are compatible with all major flash brands. To ensure full control for the photographer, they have a deeper shape, a recessed front, double-layered diffusers and a highly reflective silver interior. Optional accessories are available for even more precise light shaping.
In short, an RFi softbox is more than just a softbox.
About ProFoto:
Profoto was founded in Stockholm in 1968 by photographer and engineer Eckhard Heine and photography equipment retailer Conny Dufgran.
Their relationship began when Conny sold Eckhard a flash unit that didn't work. Annoyed with the faulty unit, Eckhard went home to invent a new type of flash. He returned a couple of weeks later with a superior unit. A few years after that, Eckhard and Conny exhibited the first Pro-1 generator at the Photokina trade show in Cologne. It was an instant success. Profoto was born. With a bang.
Today, Profoto is the world's leading manufacturer of photography lighting systems. We have subsidiaries and distributors in more than 50 countries. We constantly refine and improve our equipment, driven by the same ambition that once drove Eckhard and Conny – to inspire photographers to explore the endless light shaping possibilities of Profoto.
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Penelope Beveridge is an international pro photographer, artist, industry representative, ambassador and philanthropist, who enjoy a variety of roles and successes in her field. She boasts an extensive list of high profile clientele, from companies such as Qantas, Virgin Airlines, Coca Cola, Yahoo 7, Mercedes, Medmojo Paris, Tourism Australia, Tourism NSW, T2 Terminal, Museum of Sydney and National Art Gallery and individuals from Prime Ministers, celebrities and TV personalities. With over 17 years' experience in the advertising and commercial industry, her images has appeared globally in magazines like Vogue Living and Entertainment, Gourmet Traveller, Belle, Pacific Pastry (Singapore and New York) , Weekend for Two, Spa Life, Quintessentially, Inside, Women's Weekly, Delicious plus food photography and styling for a number of cookbooks and other high end publications. In additional, Penelope's food and fine art work has been extensively featured in Nikon My Life, Australian Photography, Photoshop Australia, Masterchef and Digital SLR Magazine.
Penelope repertoire of combining traditional and digital art photography has earned her countless commissions in food, lifestyle, advertisements and editorials worldwide as well as exhibitions in Australia, New York and China displaying her conceptual fine art images. In the food industry she has worked with top international Chefs plus a variety of Michelin and awarded restaurants, hotels and resorts. Her specialty is to visually capture the story, stir the viewer's emotions and always add the "wow" factor each image. Penelope says, "My aim is to draw the viewer into my world. For me a successful image not only tells a story but it must lure the gaze, inspire, provoke, fascinate and stir the emotions".
In 2008 she won the pro division SMH, Shoot the Chef with her renditions of Da Vinci's "Last Supper" and over 36 awards in the New York, International Photography Awards. In 2012 shortlisted for the Moran Portrait Prize and received further 11 awards from the International Photography Awards totally to 37 award from New York. Judge for Nikon My Life, Yellow Pages \"Capture the Cover\", Sydney Institute, University of Technology, ABC Green Week, CATC college and Western Sydney Institute.
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During today's conference at the Yerba Buena Center in San Francisco, along with a brand new iPhone 5, Apple introduced a fifth generation iPod touch that now supports AirPlay Mirroring that lets you wirelessly stream what's on your iPod touch to your HDTV and speakers via Apple TV. This makes a new generation iPod touch a fifth Apple's device that supports AirPlay Mirrorng: up until now the feature has been available on iPhone 4S, iPad 2 and iPad 3. It will also be supported on the iPhone 5.
Splitmo, a company dedicated to creating mobile apps that leverage 'dual screen' technologies, has released its first app called Air Show (free in the App Store). Air Show is an iOS app that lets users preview, select and edit images on their iPhone/iPad screen while simultaneously displaying the more polished view on an HDTV screen.
Our friends at the What's on iPhone network have just reviewed a game we think would work wonders with AirPlay Mirroring. Check their review of Bastion for iPad!
All eyes are swiftly turning towards Apple's fall media event, as they have at this point for years now. Most Apple fans are hoping against hope for unexpected updates to the iPad, iPhone and iPod, even as rumors have been swirling about changes coming for the increasingly popular Apple TV platform.
According to our friends at 9to5mac.com, the rumors may have some grounding in reality. A was recently granted to everyone's favorite computing and entertainment giant that suggests the Apple TV will soon be able to connect into live television broadcasts, as well as record new shows with a DVR-esque application.
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Finally! Apple TV 2 is getting some support inside of the next redsn0w release. Though it is still in the works, and there is only a developers version available, Twitter has begun to buzz with the sound of well known jailbreaking, iOS, and Apple TV devs talking Apple TV support in redsn0w. At the moment it is not entirely clear what the end product will be regarding its functionality and features offered to the Apple TV 2.
Remember last week when pod2g tweeted that neither he nor anyone he knows of was working on the Apple TV 3 jailbreak? We asked you to cool down and to never lose a hope since we knew there were people working on this. The confirmation that the work is ongoing on this particular jailbreak came from 9to5Mac, as they have learned that "a jailbreak for the third-generation Apple TV is indeed in the works from someone with close knowledge of the project":


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- A driver learns from the past to lead the future
- A driver builds up his own trucking business
- Father and son share a love of life on the road, even if it makes visits rare
- This driver always makes time to mentor the next generation — whether at home or on the road
- This driver helps rookie truckers learn the ropes
- Home-schooling in a truck means the country is a classroom
- This driver sees the world through Google Glass
- A career trucker brings his tales of the road to people in hospice
- How driver Paul Sedlak finds motivation to reach his fitness goals
- I Love Trucking: More than a job, driving is a way of life
TA Edinburg offers new dining options and more services
Drivers can fill their trucks and themselves at the TA Edinburg, Texas, which continues to grow in every direction.
Truckers with an appetite have the choice of chowing down at a new Tule Tree Legendary Burritos restaurant, or at the full-service Country Pride.
Tule Tree Legendary Burritos, which opened in December 2012, offers visitors the chance to create their own burritos, taco or meal in a bowl from an array of freshly prepared meats, veggies and toppings. Everything is made fresh to order. The Edinburg location is the first Tule Tree offering within the TA-branded chain, and is already very popular, says David Ventura, restaurant manager.
"Drivers are really enjoying Tule Tree's burrito bar," Ventura says.
The Country Pride has been equally well-received, he adds, noting that its varied menu and 24-hour operations ensure that it can handle hungry truckers around the clock.
"We open the Tule Tree for breakfast at 7 a.m., and then begin serving lunch from 10 a.m. until we close at 9 p.m., so a lot of people can be served during its open hours," Ventura says. "But the Country Pride is there 24 hours a day, so we are ready for visitors any time."
Changes in store
The rest of TA Edinburg hasn't gone wanting while the food-service areas got an overhaul.
"We recently installed a new fuel desk in our store that handles both store and fuel business," says Joe Camacho, assistant manager-in-training. "I'm very proud of our cashiers, because they really can do everything."
The store also has recently added a convenient grab-and-go bar that includes new soda and coffee machines.
Game on
There's nothing like getting outdoors for a bit of exercise. Drivers are giving high fives to the location's new basketball court, where a quick game of hoops can work up an appetite or work off a hearty meal.
Coming soon
Updates to the location will continue throughout the year. New showers are on tap for installation during 2013. The television room will be getting a makeover soon, too. Lot resurfacing is set to take place at some point in 2013.
"We're steadily improving the services we have and adding new ones," Camacho says. "We are well known for our great employees and our restaurants, store and facilities, so we think everything's just going to keep getting better for our drivers."


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In all the dental work we do, we follow the motto Reduce as much stress and pain during dental procedures as possible.
Professional service and nice atmosphere in The Bdental Specialist Dental & Medical Practice Centre make you forget about how stressful a visit to the dental surgery may be. We make it happen thanks to knowledge and skills offered by our experienced staff, specialists in implantology, prosthetics, orthodontics, or endodontics who work only with medical equipment of highest quality.
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Dr. Gennady Verkhivker
Schmid College of Science and Technology; Physics, Computational Science and Engineering
- Office Location:
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- Phone:
- 714-516-4586
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- Website:
- http://compbiosciences.chapman.edu/
- Education
- Lomonosov Moscow State University, Bachelor of Science
Lomonosov Moscow State University, Master of Science
- Biography
- Dr. Verkhivker is currently a Professor of Computational Biology. He is also an Adjunct Professor of Pharmacology at the Department of Pharmacology, UC San Diego. His research activities are in the areas of computational cancer biology, translational bioinformatics, and computational pharmacology. He received his PhD in Physical Chemistry from Moscow University and completed a postdoctoral fellowship in computational biophysics from University of Illinois at Chicago. In 2000-2005, Dr. Verkhivker has held various research and management positions at Pfizer Global Research and Development, San Diego. Since 2002, he has been Adjunct Professor of Pharmacology at the Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, UC San Diego. In 2006, he joined School of Pharmacy and Center for Bioinformatics, The University of Kansas as a Professor of Pharmaceutical Chemistry and Bioinformatics. Dr. Verkhivker returned to California in 2011 and joined Chapman University in August 2011 as a Full Professor of Computational Biology. Upon arrival to Chapman, Dr. Verkhivker has established a dynamic research group engaged in translational research that attracted a large cohort of undergraduate and graduate students. He has been involved in various global University initiatives and collaborations. Dr. Verkhivker has served on a number of important committees including Search Committee for new Found Dean of BioPharmacy School. He is also chairing the Doctoral Steering Committee of the newly approved PhD Graduate Program in Computational Sciences.
- Recent Creative, Scholarly Work and Publications
Molecular Determinants Underlying Binding Specificities of the ABL Kinase Inhibitors: Combining Alanine Scanning of Binding Hot Spots with Network Analysis of Residue Interactions and Coevolution. Tse A, Verkhivker GM. PLoS One. 2015 Jun 15;10(6):e0130203. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0130203. eCollection 2015. PMID: 26075886
Small-world networks of residue interactions in the Abl kinase complexes with cancer drugs: topology of allosteric communication pathways can determine drug resistance effects. Tse A, Verkhivker GM. Mol Biosyst. 2015 Jul;11(7):2082-95. doi: 10.1039/c5mb00246j. PMID: 25996455
Molecular Dynamics Simulations and Structural Network Analysis of c-Abl and c-Src Kinase Core Proteins: Capturing Allosteric Mechanisms and Communication Pathways from Residue Centrality. Tse A, Verkhivker GM. J Chem Inf Model. 2015 Aug 24;55(8):1645-62. doi: 10.1021/acs.jcim.5b00240. Epub 2015 Aug 12. PMID: 26236953
Design, Synthesis, and Evaluation of Dasatinib-Amino Acid and Dasatinib-Fatty Acid Conjugates as Protein-Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors. Brown A, Tiwari R, Shirazi A, Bolton J, Tse A, Verkhivker G, Parang K, Sun G. .J. Med. Chem. 2015, revision submitted
Allosteric Mechanisms of BRAF Kinases Regulation and Combating Drug Resistance of Kinase Inhibitors: A Synergistic Perspective from Computational Systems Biology and Biophysical Studies. Stetz G, Tse A, Bouz J, Verkhivker G. J. Mol. Biol. 2015, submitted
A.Tse, K. Blacklock, GM. Verkhivker. Capturing Differential Sensitivity of Protein Kinases to Drug Binding and Mutations via Modeling of the Residue Interaction Networks and Allosteric Communication Pathways. Plos Computational Biology, 2015 , revision submitted
Computational modeling of Hsp90 molecular chaperone structure, dynamics and function: a synergistic perspective from biophysical simulations and systems biology analysis. N. Lawless, E. Berrigan, K. Blacklock, G. Verkhivker.Molecular Systems Biology, revision submitted
Google's long-term plan for extending human life. Verkhivker G. United Kingdom Centre for Policy Studies CapX • Sep 4, 2015. CapX is a British online news website and aggregator founded by the Centre for Policy Studies that offers original content, and features opinion from a wide-range of thinkers on politics, economics, and business issues.
Allosteric regulation of the Hsp90 dynamics and stability by client recruiter cochaperones: protein structure network modeling. Blacklock K, Verkhivker GM. PLoS One. 2014 Jan 20;9(1):e86547. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0086547. eCollection 2014. PMID: 24466147
Structure-functional prediction and analysis of cancer mutation effects in protein kinases. Dixit A, Verkhivker GM. Comput Math Methods Med. 2014;2014:653487. doi: 10.1155/2014/653487. Epub 2014 Apr 8. PMID: 24817905
Computational modeling of allosteric regulation in the hsp90 chaperones: a statistical ensemble analysis of protein structure networks and allosteric communications. Blacklock K, Verkhivker GM. PLoS Comput Biol. 2014 Jun 12;10(6):e1003679. doi: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1003679. eCollection 2014 Jun. PMID: 24922508
Structure-Based Network Analysis of Activation Mechanisms in the ErbB Family of Receptor Tyrosine Kinases: The Regulatory Spine Residues Are Global Mediators of Structural Stability and Allosteric Interactions. James, K., Verkhivker GM. PLoS One. 2014 Nov 26;9(11):e113488. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0113488. eCollection 2014. PMID: 25427151
Computational Studies of Allosteric Regulation in the Hsp90 Molecular Chaperone: From Functional Dynamics and Protein Structure Networks to Allosteric Communications and Targeted Anti-Cancer Modulators. G. Verkhivker Israel Journal of Chemistry, 2014,special volume on "Computational Chemistry of Biomolecules" published online: 19 FEB 2014, DOI: 10.1002/ijch.201300143.
Differential modulation of functional dynamics and allosteric interactions in the Hsp90-cochaperone complexes with p23 and Aha1: a computational study. Blacklock K, Verkhivker GM. PLoS One. 2013 Aug 19;8(8):e71936. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0071936. eCollection 2013.
Experimentally guided structural modeling and dynamics analysis of Hsp90-p53 interactions: allosteric regulation of the Hsp90 chaperone by a client protein. Blacklock K, Verkhivker GM. J Chem Inf Model. 2013 Nov 25;53(11):2962-78. doi: 10.1021/ci400434g. Epub 2013 Nov 12. PMID: 24191708
Structural bioinformatics and protein docking analysis of the molecular chaperone-kinase interactions: towards allosteric inhibition of protein kinases by targeting the hsp90-cdc37 chaperone machinery. Lawless N, Blacklock K, Berrigan E, Verkhivker G. Pharmaceuticals (Basel). 2013 Nov 11;6(11):1407-28. doi: 10.3390/ph6111407. PMID: 24287464
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