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American Airlines Vacations Launches 'What's The Deal?' Online Booking Promotion Featuring Largest-Ever Selection of Offers
FORT WORTH, Texas, Oct. 10, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- To highlight the extension of its lowest price guarantee to its entire suite of travel products – including vacation packages – American Airlines today launched the "What's The Deal?" online booking promotion. The promotion, which runs through Nov. 9, allows customers who book a package with American Airlines Vacations(sm) to choose from a variety of deals they can put toward their next trip.
To participate, customers simply need to visit www.AAVacations.com/promo, choose one of six available offers, and then go head-to-head with a virtual "dealer." With the offers customers can:
- Get $75 off and earn 2,500 American Airlines AAdvantage® bonus miles when booking their vacation package
- Get $50 off per person when booking their vacation package
- Receive a $25 nightly discount for a future hotel stay when booking their vacation package
- Earn 5,000 AAdvantage bonus miles when booking their vacation package
- Get 10 percent off their entire vacation package
- Receive $100 in savings on their vacation package, as well as a $100 promo code for a future vacation package
American's lowest price guarantee now extends to online bookings for flights, rental cars, hotels, cruises, activities and vacation packages. If customers book any one of these products and find a lower price on another website within 24 hours of making a reservation, American will match it. Additionally, if the purchase includes a flight or flight package, customers will receive a $50 discount code to use on a future booking.
Booking packages with American Airlines Vacations gives customers access to unpublished rates on flights and hotels when booked as a bundle. In addition, American Airlines Vacations offers the flexibility to select customized travel packages and itineraries, along with 24-hour customer service.
"The extension of our lowest price guarantee ensures that American can confidently offer our customers the best in savings, selection and service when booking their travel with us online," said Richard Elieson, American's Managing Director – Interactive Marketing. "Not only does the 'What's The Deal?' promotion include six fantastic offers, it also reminds customers that American Airlines is truly the best place to plan and book their travel."
Booking dates for the "What's The Deal?" promotion are Oct. 10 through Nov. 9, 2011, and travel must be completed by Feb. 29, 2012. Blackout dates are Dec. 21-26, 2011, and Feb. 18-20, 2012. For more information, please visit www.AAVacations.com/promo.
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Saturday, July 19, 2014
Police responded to a complaint of theft at a local home. The call came in from Dunes West Security.
The officer met with the victim who said he invited his friend over for a cookout. He went to the bathroom, and when he came out, he allegedly saw that his friend had taken $200 off his dresser and was attempting to leave the residence.
He said he confronted his friend as he was trying to maneuver his car around other cars in the driveway that were blocking him. When he couldnt do that, he just drove over the grass, the police report said.
He then told the officer he did not want a report nor did he want to press charges.
The officer then asked the victim why he called the police and he responded that he didnt.
The victim said Dunes West Security did because his friend was driving recklessly.
The officer asked the victim about the others in the house and he named them all. The officer then asked to see the area where the money was taken and the victim again said he did not want to make a report or press charges. He added that he would rather the officer not enter the residence, the report said.
A report was completed anyway, due to the nature of the offense and the victim said he would not offer any other information concerning the incident.
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Thandie Newton, 40, stars in DirecTV's new drama series Rogue and chatted with PEOPLE this week about "one last thing" ...
Last injury I sustained
The other day I was using a curling iron and I accidentally put it on my leg. I've got this huge burn now. This is the second time I've managed to burn a part of my anatomy. Years ago I burned my nipple while flat-ironing my hair. My nipple was burnt black!
Last time I said 'I love you'
To my daughters [Ripley, 12, and Nico, 8] when they went to school this morning. It's not something that I just pepper at every situation. It's full-on attention and eye contact when I say it.
Last guilty pleasure
I recently had movie theater popcorn, but I've been known to pop my own at home and take it with me. It's excruciatingly embarrassing for my children.
Last time I drank too much
At the Golden Globes. My husband's [Ol Parker] movie The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, which he wrote, was nominated, and I watched the show with [model] Liberty Ross. We drank champagne and made lots of noise. I left L.A. and haven't drunk a drop since.
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Ball State Wins Institutional Sportsmanship Award
CLEVELAND, Ohio - - Ball State University was the recipient of the 2014 Institutional Sportsmanship Award presented Tuesday, May 13 at the MAC Honors Dinner, as part of the conference annual spring meetings at the Cleveland Renaissance Hotel.
The Institutional Sportsmanship Award evolved from the conference's recent strategic plan as the value of sportsmanship was the center of the conference mission statement and core values. In the voting process, every MAC institution received votes, which further supports that sportsmanship is emphasized and expected from our student-athletes, coaches and administrators across each and every MAC campus.
"The Institutional Sportsmanship Award is a positive reinforcement of one of the values that we as a conference and each of our member institutions all possess as a core value of who we are and how we conduct ourselves in athletic competition," MAC commissioner Jon A. Steinbrecher said.
In the four-year history of the MAC Institutional Sportsmanship Award, Ball State is only the second MAC institution to claim the title. Miami University won the inaugural award in 2011, and went on to reclaim the honor the next two years.
"In essence, this award recognizes the manner in which we treat teams when they visit our campus," Ball State director of intercollegiate athletics Bill Scholl said. "It represents a combination of tremendous sportsmanship displayed by our teams and coaches, as well as the sportsmanlike behavior of all of our staff that interfaces with visiting teams. This truly represents a collective effort by our entire department. Every one of us should take great pride in being recognized in this way by our peers in the MAC."
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As the days roll on during the countdown of Fashion Week as always each brand has created a key look that represents what the brand is trying to exude for that season. BCBG was all about the low maintenance girl. Throw your hair in a low pony, whip on some gloss and you're out the door yet still dressed fabulously. From totally minimalist down to a rocker edge there seems to have been a bit of bi-polar-esque looks across the runways...
At the Rachel Zoe Fall 2012 show the girls looked like they were straight out of the 'school of hard knocks' with black, punk rock eye makeup. As a black eyeliner junkie and fan of beauty icon's Bridget Bardot and Marianne Faithful I really fell in love with this makeup although it's not for everybody. This looks focus was meant to draw attention to the eye area and they definitely drew you in with a clearly defined sideways v that was drawn on thin towards the eye's inner crease and then blended out to a tip with more shading around the lash line. This look could be created very easily, all you need is a great neutral beige-pink eyeshadow such as Kevyn Aucoin's Single Eyeshadow in Blush and Noir Cosmetics Long Wear Eye Pencil which will allow you to create the definition. Grab your favorite set of lashes or Ellis Faas Mascara and your eyes are done! Keep the rest of the look minimal by sweeping a soft bronzer across the apples of your cheeks such as Jouer's Mineral Powder Bronzer and a seductive and neutral beige lip with Armour Beauty's Opaque Lip Gloss in Edie.
Voila! If all went well, accessorize with your fav motorcycle jacket and you should look like a girl straight out of the 60's-70's with a bit of a modern edge. If not....thank god for eyemakeup remover.
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Makeup brand ELLIS FAAS was the cosmetics brand behind the dewy skin and natural lips seen at the VPL Autumn/Winter runway show at this February's New York Fashion Week. Makeup artist Romy Soleimani used an assortment of the products to create an approachable and natural look, with the focus being on the eyes. Romy used ELLIS FAAS Skin Veil Foundation to createa a dewy base, then ELLIS FAAS Eye Lights in E301 to highlight the inner corners of the eye as well as the upper cheekbones and finished off the look with ELLIS FAAS Concealer in S201 to lighten the lips. Romy said, "The overall effect was an ethereal skin, and the highlight of the cheek created a flash as the models walked down the runway."
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If you loved Leila Lou Perfume Oil, body lotion and candle then get ready for the newest addition to the range....Leila Lou Eau de Parfum Spray! With the same intoxicating blend of Pear Blossom, fresh cut grass and tangerine that carries through the entire range, and drips with innocence and freshness making it the perfect spring and summer fragrance! If you need a little celebrity incentive, Leila Lou by Rosie Jane Cosmetics happens to be one of Jen Aniston's and Rachel Bilson's favorite fragrances!


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How to Get Rid of Crows Feet Naturally
Best Home Remedies for Removing Crows Feet or Laugh Lines Around Eyes
1. Facial mask is probably one of the most effective home remedies to get rid of laugh lines that work really well by cleansing the pores and tightening the skin. Spread egg white over your face and the wrinkles around the eyes. Allow the egg white mask to dry and then wash it off with lukewarm water. This natural eye mask will instantly smooth the smile wrinkles around the eyes and reduce their appearance.
2. To reduce deep laugh lines around the eyes, try this natural home remedy using milk. All you need is some milk and a clean cloth. Soak the cloth in milk then simply place it on your crows feet. Milk contains both alpha-hydroxy acid as well as glycolic acid that are great for cleaning out the outer layer of your skin, in this case, the outer layer of your laugh lines.
3. Avocado masks make great allies for those wondering how to get rid of crows feet. Peel and then blend the avocado fruit and then apply it to the crows feet for about 20 minutes. Rinse it off with warm water. Being rich source of vitamin E, the application of avocado eye mask will moisturize, nourish, and prevent crows feet and smile wrinkles around the eyes. This home remedy is effective for removing dry skin around eyes.
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5. Aloe vera gel is one of the best natural skin care ingredients that can be used for removing crow s feet. Squeeze the gel from a freshly cut aloe vera leaf and apply it to the smile wrinkles around eyes and crows feet. Aloe vera is an antioxidant-rich herbal remedy that fights off free radicals, which are molecules that cause cell damage.
6. Castor oil's emollient properties is best for removing crows feet. Apply a few drops of castor oil and pat onto the skin around the eyes to get rid of crows feet and laugh lines around the eyes. You can also blend a tablespoon of castor oil with an equal amount of sesame oil and put it on your crows feet prior to retiring at night.
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A minor fire at the Farmhouse Restaurant in Emmaus isn't affecting business, co-owner Michelle Quier said.
Quier said the fire broke out on the outside of the building around 2am Sunday.
She said there was minor damage, but Sunday morning is business as usual at the restaurant. The kitchen area or dining rooms were not affected.
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Four Bomb Mr. Cranky Movie Reviews
|Mr. Deeds
Ryder's comic timing is so unholy awful that, in a way, she actually steals the show.
|06/28/2002 - 05:07
|My Favorite Martian
Hollywood obviously has gas.
|02/12/1999 - 21:20
|My Super Ex-Girlfriend
Essentially, the joke is missing its punch line.
|07/21/2006 - 21:29
|Mystery, Alaska
Basically, if you enjoy this type of film, you're either huffing silver spray paint or haven't seen enough "Mighty Ducks" movies.
|10/01/1999 - 21:33
|Never Let Me Go
Truth be told, the hour and a half of "Never Let Me Go" slides by like a clone of too many other pointless British films – dreary people leading dreary lives, only this time instead of marrying their boss or inheriting some kind of vast fortune everyone ends up in a bloody mess under white fluorescent lights.
|10/23/2010 - 17:12
|New York Minute
If you stand under a urinating elephant, you're going to get pissed on.
|05/07/2004 - 22:55
|Next Friday
Most of the film's humor derives from some sort of profanity-laden tirade or a scenario where one character has an automatic weapon pointed at another.
|01/12/2000 - 00:38
|Night Stalker
Unlike, say, "Arrested Development", there's a legitimate reason that "Night Stalker" got canceled. It sucked.
|06/30/2006 - 00:52
|Nine Months
Hugh gets hit on the head with a kite, punches out a stuffed dinosaur and has trouble saying the word "penis," because he's a stuffy, conservative English wimp.
|07/12/1995 - 16:24
|Nochnoi Dozor (Night Watch)
Just because "Night Watch" is the highest-grossing film in Russian history doesn't mean it's a good film.
|02/17/2006 - 16:29
|Not Another Teen Movie
This film is actually worse than a lot of the films it parodies.
|12/14/2001 - 16:40
|Nutty Professor 2: The Klumps
When not masturbating itself with multiple Murphys, this film is a painfully long, unrelenting series of freak coincidences, moron science, fart jokes and exchanges of patent untruths.
|07/28/2000 - 17:01
|Old School
Just when you thought the well of statutory rape humor had run dry.
|02/21/2003 - 20:10
|On the Line
Since Bass could sleep with any teenage girl on the planet, it stands to reason he should star in a movie where he can't get a date because he's afraid to ask a woman for her phone number.
|10/26/2001 - 20:17
|Oscar and Lucinda
Cut all the scenes where nothing is happening and the movie would be short enough for you to miss it while you were out taking a pee.
|12/31/1997 - 23:00
|Out Cold
If you're going to make a ski and sex farce, show some naked women and don't be coy about it.
|11/21/2001 - 23:19
|Out to Sea
This film is less a comedy and more a horrific "Cruise of the Living Dead." Where's George Romero when you need him?
|07/02/1996 - 23:21
This is one big colossal nothing of a movie.
|10/25/1996 - 19:03
|Pay it Forward
Is it just me, or does anybody else see some hypocrisy in Hollywood trying to teach us moral lessons?
|10/20/2000 - 19:33
If you didn't know, Koontz wrote the screenplay adaptation to his own novel. As such, it's filled with more throwaway dialogue than a Pamela Anderson Lee interview.
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Wednesday, June 17th, 2009
Thursday 3:30 pm
I'm out the door in about 1/2 hour to eat dinner with a group and then speak to a regular gathering of expat 20-somethings. I'll tell them Gladys Aylward's story. I expect most of you will read this several hours after I've spoken. So pray for God's continuing shaking of the ones he wants to shake into even greater challenges.
I don't know if I'll have time to post again later tonight.
AND I forgot to mention last night that we had Mongolian food for dinner, including sheep's stomach soup. Not as bad as it sounds.
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Keep shaking the 20-somethings. May they shake the world with a kingdom that cannot be shaken.
Amen to Anonymous' comment! I love Gladys Aylward's story; may God use it once more to stir hearts for his kingdom. Prayed for you and the team this morning.
Sheep's stomach soup—you're a brave woman, Noel.
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Flight-to-Liquidity, Market Uncertainty, and the Actions of Mutual Fund Investors
Azi Ben-Rephael
Indiana University - Kelley School of Business - Department of Finance
March 28, 2014
We explore institutional investor trading decisions during crisis periods and provide evidence that the flight-to-liquidity premium is at least partially driven by mutual fund flows. Mutual funds, on aggregate, reduce their holdings of illiquid stocks. This reduction is a result of larger withdrawals from funds that hold less liquid stocks, and not of fund manager strategic trading decisions. Fund managers are forced to trade, which in turn creates a direct selling pressure that contributes to the decline in illiquid stocks prices. These findings suggest a new and important link between the literature on the price impact of institutional flows and systematic liquidity pricing.
Number of Pages in PDF File: 74
Keywords: market uncertainty, financial crisis, liquidity, flight-to-liquidity, mutual funds, institutional investors, price pressure
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Date posted: July 16, 2012 ; Last revised: May 11, 2014
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Elephants Jenny and Gypsy celebrated the 1-year anniversary of the Giants of the Savanna opening with this 'cake,' made by the Animal Nutrition Center staff.
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Decisions based on facts, not allegations
There's a balance, an ongoing conversation between people who report the news, and the people who read and receive it. When I started in this business about 40 years ago, exchanges on issues occurred at the speed of Canada Post and the interval of publication.
In some ways, it still does. I appreciate the long-term rejoinders in monthly publications like The Walrus or weekly newsmagazines. Even the more rapid give-and-take that occurs in your local daily gives some time for thought, while histories that develop in conversations – all duly recorded – can be illuminating.
But in this electronic age, instant reactions to events as they are revealed become part of the events themselves. Even when the story is years old.
Just ask the Alberta premier. When old political skeletons are revealed, their new life is not in the revelation, but in how people react. There is no evidence of direct plotting by Alison Redford to do unethical party fundraising, or to unethically direct lucrative contracts to firms with whom she has personal ties. But news that unethical donations have been made in the past, or that personal ties exist, gives stories about these things a decidedly hot glow.
Or consider the mayors of certain Quebec cities, where years-old revelations of shady payments for construction contracts are coming to light. The story is one thing, the instant online reactions are a story unto themselves.
The reaction to the news in fact becomes bigger than the news itself, because the conversations affect how many people over a wide area make decisions. These decisions have consequences, far beyond the outcomes of the original events.
Here's a good recent example. An investigation by CBC reporters discovered that two years ago, CN Rail formed a "mystery train" that shuttled back and forth between Sarnia and Port Huron, Mich. The train, loaded with about $25 million worth of biodiesel, went back and forth across the border (a trip of about three km) numerous times, clearing customs both ways, without ever being unloaded. The shipping bill paid to CN was about $2.6 million.
The practice seemed common enough for CN administrators to feel confident sending emails ordering staff to ensure these trips went fast and smooth. Move the train, do the paperwork, move the train back, repeat as quickly as possible.
The American companies listed as customers were HeroBX and Northern Biodiesel. CBC says CN records show the Canadian company that arranged the deal is Bioversal Trading Inc. Bioversal is being investigated by the Canada Border Services Agency on allegations it made false statements to avoid shipping duties in Romania and Italy.
That's pretty well all we really know about this.
But the replies to the story say a whole lot more. People – whose identities are not revealed – claim (in the online discussion that follows the CBC story on its web site) that they have worked in the transportation industry. Shady stuff like this happens all the time, they say.
Fuel is trucked from Alberta to Montana, unloaded, and then reloaded and trucked back. Somebody gets a tax-paid incentive to do so.
Often, we are told, barges shuttle product back and forth, either to keep inventory in transit (and off the books), or to collect export incentives – both ways.
The shippers are told to shut up and drive. Which they do, because their companies have contracts to ship stuff around, not ask difficult questions.
Well, as you can imagine, difficult questions are now being asked everywhere.
What's the real purpose of government incentives to make green fuels? Is anyone monitoring where the product is actually going, and whether the tax incentives are achieving anything? How much phantom product is just running around on gravy trains and on truck fleets for the purposes of collecting export incentives, with no benefit to taxpayers?
All on the basis of allegations from people who don't even give us their names.
As far as the news goes, we just don't know the facts yet. But in the comment section, it's a hurricane of malfeasance by corporations and governments on both sides of the Canada/U.S.border.
How do you think this will affect decisions the next time a government committee suggests it might be a good idea to use tax money to subsidize any kind of export program?
We need to make decisions based on facts, not nameless allegations. More corporate and government secrecy will not solve this discrepancy. Just ask the premier of Alberta, or the mayors of Mascouche and Laval in Quebec, or top bureaucrats in Montreal.


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HONOLULU (AP) - The state public hospital system has parted ways with its chief executive officer.
The Honolulu Star-Advertiser reported that the board of Hawaii Health Systems Corp. removed Bruce Anderson as president and chief executive officer.
Board Chairman Avery Chumbley on Monday was named acting CEO.
Chumbley said he didn't want to comment on the specifics of Anderson's departure but that the board decided it was time to go in a different direction.
Anderson's cellphone Tuesday had been disconnected and he could not be reached for comment.
Anderson earned $242,250 annually and was the corporation's highest-paid employee.
Kona-Kau Democratic Sen. Josh Green said that from his perspective, Anderson has been doing a good job and that the system had improved in the last two years under Anderson's direction.


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That would mean Brian Gionta would be going head-to-head with his former teammates.
"I think our main focus is making sure we get into the playoffs," Gionta said on Saturday. "It obviously would be a little weird. It would be fun at the same time."
Gionta, who left the Devils as a free agent to sign a big contract with the Habs last summer, said Saturday night's game at the Bell Centre was a chance to send a message for the playoffs.
"No, not at all," he said. "I think we've played them pretty well all year."
Canadiens coach Jacques Martin also said he wasn't looking ahead.
"I think it's about solidifying our spot, getting into the playoffs," Martin said. "We're in a battle with a couple of teams."
The Devils would meet the Canadiens if theywere the Eastern Conference's second seed and Montral finished seventh. If the Devils were third, the Canadiens would have to end up sixth.
"It's a long way to go," Devils winger Ilya Kovalchuk said. "It's going to be interesting."
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Gionta said he did not see any of the footage from Friday's ceremony in Stanstead, Quebec, in which Pat Burns was honored by having hi name on a hockey arena to be built in that town.
He, like other players, have been aware that Burns is not in good health as he battles terminal lung cancer.
"I didn't see any of it but I've heard things aren't going as well as he'd like," Gionta said. "Hopefully he'll battle through it."


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($13; includes 8% garnacha; raised in demi-muids and barriques ranging from new to three years old) Bright violet. Spicy, floral-accented aromas of black raspberry, sassafras, dried flowers and allspice, enhanced by a subtle mineral overtone. Lively and precise, with sweet red and dark berry flavors and a nervy mineral spine. Shows very good energy on the finish, leaving tangy red fruit and spice notes. This is quite unlike most wines from Jumilla, which can show more richness than balance. Some of these vines date back to 1872.


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There are two types of life insurance plans offered to eligible employees:
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Eligible employees automatically receive basic life insurance equal to one times your annual salary to the max of $50,000. The City pays the full cost of this benefit.
- Optional Employee Life Insurance
You may purchase additional life insurance coverage equal to one, two, three, four or five times your annual salary as of January 1st of the current year (or your hire date, if later). The maximum coverage amount is $500,000.
You can elect to pay for optional coverage using either pre-tax or after-tax payroll deductions. Effective with the 2016 plan year, there is a single combined premium rate for smokers and nonsmokers participating in the optional life insurance benefit. If you are enrolled in optional life insurance, your premium is based on your age at the beginning of the calendar year. If you elect to pay for optional life with pre-tax dollars, federal law requires that you pay income taxes on the value of life insurance in excess of $50,000.
The Life Insurance Certificate provides additional information on this benefit.
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If you enroll for optional employee life insurance, you may also elect to purchase life insurance coverage for your eligible dependents. Eligible dependents include your legal spouse to age 70 and children born to you or legally adopted by you to age 19. grandchilden are not eligible for dependent life coverage. Dependent life insurance equals $5,000 for each covered dependent ($500 for newborns to 6 months of age). The monthly cost for this coverage is $1.60 which is deducted from your pay on an after-tax basis. The cost is the same no matter how many eligible dependents are enrolled.
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Eligible employees may enroll for optional life insurance within 31 days of the date they are first eligible for coverage, typically, the first of the month following 30 days of employment. Enrollment information is included on the Personal Enrollment Form.
Employees who have been employed by the City longer than 31 days may apply for optional life insurance on an after tax basis and subject to evidence of good health. To apply, complete the evidence of insurability packet and return it to the Benefits Office at 100 Public Service Center. Your application will be reviewed by the life insurance company.
Changing Life Insurance and Beneficiary Elections
Options for changing plan elections are based on whether you purchase coverage with pre-tax or after-tax payroll deductions. You can change your beneficiaries at any time by completing a Beneficiary Designation Form (pdf) and returning it to the Benefits Office.
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Reconfigurable supercomputer aims for best of both worlds
Today's computers can carry on a wide range of tasks thanks to a general architecture that allows for great flexibility at the cost of a non-optimal performance; on the other end, application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs) can carry on a very specific task with great speed and energy efficiency, but are very inflexible. Now Novo-G, a reconfigurable supercomputer developed at the University of Florida that's described as the most powerful of its kind, is attempting to take the best from both worlds by being able to effectively change its hardware configuration as needed to compute with the greatest possible speed and efficiency.
The road to reconfigurable computing
The earliest computing machines had fixed programs implemented with special-purpose circuitry that was hardwired into the system. Many simple computers, such as desk calculators as well as those known as "embedded systems," use this technique and still play an essential role in today's electronics.
In the mid 40s, Professor J. von Neumann proposed an innovative, general architecture that would allow computers to be programmable — that is, to be able to execute different algorithms based on the instructions given by a programmer. The significant loss in performance was, for many applications, well compensated by the greatly enhanced flexibility of the system.
But already during the 60s, researchers theorized a "reconfigurable computer" that would take the best from both worlds: by using a standard processor and an array of reconfigurable hardware logic, one could control the reconfiguration of the hardware on the fly, which would change among a number of application-specific circuits depending on the current task to obtain a far more efficient machine while not losing out in terms of flexibility.
This idea was however very much ahead of its time, as we have only recently achieved the kind of progress in electronics to start research in this new, highly ambitious field.
Novo-G and the future of reconfigurable computing
As Prof. Alan George, who led the design efforts, told us, Novo-G is implemented with 96 field programmable gate array (FPGA) accelerators, each FPGA being one of the most powerful in existence (see specifications) and supported with a large amount of directly attached memory for a total 576GB of RAM.
While measuring the performance of a reconfigurable computer is anything but trivial, making a direct comparison unpractical, Novo-G is most likely the fastest computer of its kind. "The advantage of this technology is faster speed — 10 to 100 times faster for many applications — and 5 to 10 times less energy consumption," Prof. George explained.
The various hardware mappings employed by the system are currently all defined at design time instead of at run time, even though the researchers from the University of Florida might be looking at this challenging development in the future. As for the hardware reconfiguration time, "[it] depends upon the application but in general it is less than one second in the worst case," Prof. George told us.
Although the concept has now been proven, reconfigurable computers are still at an early stage and, just like the very early computers in the 50s, are quite hard to use. One of the main goals of the team is to develop techniques to make reconfigurable computers more accessible to the general public.
"The biggest obstacle for reconfigurable computing is one of programming difficulty and productivity. However, much of our research and that of many other groups and vendors is focused in this direction, so we are optimistic about the future."


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OAKLAND -- A day that began with a tribute and celebration to late owner Al Davis ended with questions about the Oakland Raiders' future following a serious injury to starting quarterback Jason Campbell.The Raiders overcame Campbell's broken collarbone by getting a 101-yard kickoff return from Jacoby Ford and Kevin Boss' 35-yard touchdown catch from punter Shane Lechler on a fake field goal in a 24-17 victory Sunday over the Cleveland Browns in the first home game since Davis' death."This football team will be fine," coach Hue Jackson said. "This team is a little bit more resilient than everyone thinks they are."They showed that Sunday after Campbell was knocked out late in the first half when he landed hard on his shoulder after being hit at the end of a scramble by Chris Gocong and Scott Fujita.Kyle Boller entered in relief and struggled at times but the Raiders (4-2) got enough big plays on special teams to hold off the Browns (2-3) and win consecutive games for the first time this season."We honored one of the greatest Raiders ever in Coach Davis," Jackson said. "I know he's looking down saying 'Just win, baby.' That's what we did. That's what we do here. We win. I don't care what it looks like. I don't care if it's pretty it's ugly or whatever."It was an emotional day at the Coliseum with many old-time Raiders coming back to honor Davis, the man who had been the face of the franchise for nearly a half-century before dying Oct. 8 of an undisclosed illness at age 82.Coaches and team officials all wore black shirts with a simple two-letter message supplanted on the Raiders shield: "AL." The most poignant moment came during a halftime ceremony with dozens of former players standing in a circle around the Raiders emblem at midfield. Super Bowl-winning coach John Madden then lit a caldron on the plaza level in the corner of the stadium with the public address announcer saying the fire will "burn forever" for fans to remember Davis.On a day full of tributes, the one Davis would have appreciated most is the one on the scoreboard."We all knew the task at hand and we just made sure we made the most of it," cornerback Stanford Routt said.Boller completed a 27-yard swing pass to Ford that set up Sebastian Janikowski's 48-yard field goal that made it 17-7 late in the third quarter.Oakland then took over again at the Cleveland 25 after a botched handoff between McCoy and Montario Hardesty. That's when Jackson and special teams coach John Fassel once again successfully went to their book of tricks. On fourth down from the 35, Lechler - the holder - threw to a wide-open Boss in the flat and Boss raced to the end zone for the score that made it 24-7."It's just taking advantage of what the defense is doing," Boss said. "It's a pretty simple pass and a pretty simple catch. I think all the credit goes to Coach Fassel for being able to recognize it's something we should take advantage of. And to Coach Jackson for having the guts to call the play."Oakland's win last week in Houston was aided by a 35-yard run on a fake punt by Rock Cartwright as Jackson has followed his credo to "live on the edge."That lead proved to be enough for the Raiders, who harassed Colt McCoy and held Cleveland's running game to 65 yards. McCoy completed just 21 of 45 passes for 215 yards and two touchdowns, including a 12-yarder to Mohamed Massaquoi that cut it to 24-17 with 1:06 remaining after Jackson bypassed a chip-shot field goal to go for it unsuccessfully on fourth-and-1 from the 5.The Browns recovered the onside kick, but were unable to generate a first down and Oakland won it."We fought till the end," McCoy said. "Eventually, we thought, we're going to catch a break. In the huddle, after we got the onside kick, we thought we had a chance. We had a minute, that's a long time. We got it on the 50. We just didn't capitalize."Darren McFadden rushed for 91 yards on 20 carries with a touchdown for the Raiders.After a pregame video tribute and moment of silence for Davis, the Raiders started fast. They forced a three-and-out to start the game with safety Matt Giordano sacking McCoy with a blitz on third down. Oakland them methodically moved 88 yards in 15 plays, converting four third-down opportunities and scoring on McFadden's 4-yard run.The Raiders were moving again when Campbell slid headfirst on a scramble and lost the ball. That led to Cleveland's first score on McCoy's 1-yard TD pass to Alex Smith.Oakland answered with Ford's 101-yard kickoff return - his fourth TD return in less than two years as a pro."Typically, if you have one special teams score, that's enough to get you nailed," Browns coach Pat Shurmur said. "And we had two."Notes: Browns RB Peyton Hillis was limited in the second half by an injured left hamstring and will have an MRI on Monday. ... Fujita left with a concussion. ... Raiders C Samson Satele sprained his knee but told Jackson he likely will play next week.
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By Tania Gonzalez, AIDS Project Los Angeles
May 6, 2010
A young volunteer runs an AIDS information booth
Did you know that there are more than 1.2 million people living with HIV/AIDS in the United States? And most new infections are among gay men and people of color.
When I was young, the stigma and discrimination toward people who are living with HIV/AIDS was enormous, often fueled by society's negative attitudes toward gay men, people who use drugs and sex workers.
Unfortunately, three decades into the start of the epidemic, the stigma toward HIV remains strong.
HIV/AIDS is a disease of the immune system. We know a lot about how people can become infected (e.g., through unprotected sex, the sharing of used needles or from mother to child), and we also know much about how you can't get HIV. So why are there so many misconceptions?
According to a recent survey by the Kaiser Family Foundation, one in three young people still mistakenly believes that HIV can be transmitted by sharing a drinking glass, swimming in the same pool or using the same toilet as a person who is infected. The number of misconceptions regarding HIV transmission is incredible, but one of the best ways we can fight the disease is by spreading the facts.
Getting tested for HIV is easy, quick, free and the only way to know for sure whether or not you are HIV-positive. In the U.S., one out of five people who are infected with HIV don't even know their status!
The good news is that there are some simple things you can do right now to help reduce the stigma toward people living with HIV/AIDS in your community. The best form of HIV prevention is education. Lead by example. When you protect yourself from HIV, you protect the people you love! See? Good Karma always comes around!
Here are five ways you can make a difference in your community:
1. Educate yourself. Find out about how HIV is transmitted. Talk to your friends about HIV, STDs and practicing safer sex. The more people talk about it, the less taboo the subject becomes.
2. Empower yourself. If you're going to have sex, be assertive about using condoms. There are condoms made just for women, too! Also remember that the Pill won't protect you from STDs. Get tested for HIV and make your partner get tested, too. Up to 70 percent of new infections may result from people having sex with someone who is unaware of their HIV status. Remember that HIV tests are often not part of routine health checkups, so make sure you request it next time you're at the doctor. Tell your friends to do the same.
3. Offer your support. If you know someone who is HIV-positive, let them know you support them. Become their friend, give them a hug or just listen.
4. Become an advocate. Write a letter to your elected leaders to let them know that young people care about HIV. Ask them to increase funding for care and prevention and to end discriminatory practices. Did you know that until January 4, 2010, the United States restricted all HIV-positive people from entering the country, whether they were on holiday, visiting on a long-term basis, or just stopping over between flights? Thanks in part to the enthusiastic work of young people like you, this discriminatory practice is no longer legal.
5. Volunteer. No matter where you live, there are ways in which you can help people living with HIV in your community. Join an organization! Donating your time and support is a valuable and fulfilling experience. If you live in Los Angeles, visit the AIDS Project Los Angeles website at apla.org to find out how to volunteer. Living outside of L.A.? Check volunteer databases like idealist.org or volunteermatch.com.
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Remembering An American HeroPosted on 2/22/14 - by Curt Carter firstname.lastname@example.com Major John Oliver Arnn, sirMORE
As an American, I would like to thank you for your service and for your sacrifice made on behalf of our wonderful country. The youth of today could gain much by learning of heroes such as yourself, men and women whose courage and heart can never be questioned.
May God allow you to read this, and may He allow me to someday shake your hand when I get to Heaven to personally thank you. May he also allow my father to find you and shake your hand now to say thank you; for America, and for those who love you.
With respect, and the best salute a civilian can muster for you, Sir
Curt Carter
RememberedPosted on 8/19/11 MORE
If I should die...remembrances for MAJ. John Oliver ARNN, USA...who made the ultimate sacrifice!!!!!Posted on 8/21/10 - byIf I should die, and leave you here awhile, be not like others, sore undone, who keep long vigils by the silent dust, and weep...for MY sake, turn again to life, and smile...Nerving thy heart, and trembling han to do something to comfort other hearts than thine...Complete these dear, unfinished tasks of mine...and I, perchance, may therein comfort you.MORE
garden of light orphangePosted on 2/20/07 - by a orphan at one time in Beppu email@example.com want to thank the man i never knew. i was at the orphange and so was lawanda-yokoyama-christine-goto-and my other japanese sisters. he was a good man with o lot of compassion. i am kimiko kusumoto-francesca for giving us roof over our heads milk to drink nuns to take care of us sister crala yamada kruz who is still alive in tokyo that looked after our little bodies and did their best. may God Bless everyone. i am proud to say he was my father brother and friend.MORE
Do not stand at my grave and weepPosted on 3/9/06 - by Bob RossDo not stand at my grave and weep.MORE
I am not there; I do not sleep.
I am a thousand winds that blow,
I am the diamond glints on snow,
I am the sun on ripened grain,
I am the gentle autumn rain.
When you awaken in the morning's hush
I am the swift uplifting rush
Of quiet birds in circled flight.
I am the soft stars that shine at night.
Do not stand at my grave and cry,
I am not there; I did not die.
Mary Frye – 1932
Never ForgottenPosted on 1/25/06 - by Bill Nelson email@example.com REMEMBEREDMORE
"If you are able, save for them a place inside of you....and save one backward glance when you are leaving for the places they can no longer go.....Be not ashamed to say you loved them....
Take what they have left and what they have taught you with their dying and keep it with your own....And in that time when men decide and feel safe to call the war insane, take one moment to embrace those gentle heroes you left behind...."
Quote from a letter home by Maj. Michael Davis O'Donnell
KIA 24 March 1970. Distinguished Flying Cross: Shot down and Killed while attempting to rescue 8 fellow soldiers surrounded by attacking enemy forces.
We Nam Brothers pause to give a backward glance, and post this remembrance to you, one of the gentle heroes lost to the War in Vietnam:
Slip off that pack. Set it down by the crooked trail. Drop your steel pot alongside. Shed those magazine-ladened bandoliers away from your sweat-soaked shirt. Lay that silent weapon down and step out of the heat. Feel the soothing cool breeze right down to your soul ... and rest forever in the shade of our love, brother.
From your Nam-Band-Of-Brothers
NATIVE AMERICAN PRAYERPosted on 6/1/04 - by Chris Spencer email@example.com is said a man hasn't died as long as he is remembered. This prayer is a way for families, friends and fellow veterans to remember our fallen brothers and sisters. Do not stand at my grave and weep I am not there, I do not sleep. I am a thousand winds that blow, I am the diamond glints on snow. I am the sunlight on ripened grain, I am the gentle autumn rain. When you awaken in the morning hush, I am the swift, uplifting rush of quiet birds in circled flight, I am the stars that shine at night. Do not stand at my grave and cry, I am not there, I did not die.MORE
Major John ArnnPosted on 6/2/00 - by Jim PerryI would like to honor the memory of Major John Arnn, who I knew in the last few days of his life.MORE
Major Arnn commanded the U.S. Special Forces unit in Chau Doc Province, on the Cambodian border in the Delta. I was assigned as the Assistant USAID rep in Chau Doc in December 1965. In the few days remaining to him. Major Arnn would lead his unit by my home each day on their morning run, and he would urge me to join them. He had made a personal commitment to get me in shape.
Major Arnn died December 26, on a ride through an outlying area of the province. Each time he rode by that mountain, controlled by the VC, he would sit in back of his jeep and spray the mountain with machine gun fire. That day the VC had anticipated him, and detonated an explosive under the jeep as it went by. Major Arnn and his driver were killed. His friend, my boss Tony Cistaro, was severely wounded and left for dead.
May his soul rest in peace.
Jim Perry
The Wall of Faces
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All of these photos will be showcased in The Education Center at The Wall on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. To learn more about the effort to collect these photos and ensure their faces will never be forgotten, visit www.buildthecenter.org.


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Los Angeles — Scott M. Adan, Ph.D., P.E., S.E., SECB, director of Seismic Assessment Services with IVI International, Inc., will present a just-scheduled session about the late-August American Canyon earthquake at the 2014 Structural Engineers Association of California (SEAOC) Convention to be held in Indian Wells, Calif., Sept. 10-13, 2014.
Adan is presenting at two sessions, both on Friday morning September 12, 2014.
The first, from 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 a.m., is a result of his recent deployment to Napa, California, where he assessed damage following the American Canyon earthquake.
From 10:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., Adan's presentation titled "New IBC Structural/Seismic Design Manual - Volume 4 (Steel), Design Example 5: Eccentrically Braced Frame Construction," will be held as previously planned and announced. This session is part of Technical Track 2, and its acceptance follows a rigorous call for technical papers for this year's convention, the theme of which is "Building Enhancement: Past, Present, and Future."
The second presentation will incorporate and summarize work Adan published in the 2012 IBC Structural/Seismic Design Manual, which, through its various editions serves as a benchmark for structural and seismic related building code implementation. Eccentrically Braced Frame (EBF) buildings have increased capacity for absorbing damaging earthquake motions. EBFs are often used as part of the seismic force-resisting systems in buildings that are designed to resist severe earthquakes.
Adan consults institutional mortgagees and investor clients on seismic risk assessment, mitigation, and structural improvements. He has more than 23 years of experience in earthquake and structural engineering and an impressive list of professional certifications and committee memberships.
As a member of the Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI), he was recently named to EERI's Concrete Coalition Advisory Committee. He is also a member of SEAOC. His honors include an Award of Merit by SEAONC and a President's Award for Outstanding Service by the Structural Engineer's Association of Washington.


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I appreciate you taking the time to contribute! I am definitely seeing a lot of support for the argument that the best time to look for a job is BEFORE you graduate. We have had a few folks respond to this thread that they got the entre into their post graduate job either through an internship or by working at the company to support their way through school, as you did. This is very valuable information for folks still in college today. Thank you again! -td
How did you spend your time in the Army? Were you able to use your administration background? IS that what lead you to the SAP FI/CO Academy? I would love to hear a bit more about that junction!
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I'm starting to see a consensus building around one area. While CPA may not be strictly required to be an SAP FI consultant, it certainly seems to help. I see questions from MBA students reasonably frequently about what their next step should be. I've generally recommended that those heading towards FI concentrate on CPA or related certifications before they get fixated on SAP. I'm interested on your take on this question. Your story (and a few others on this thread) seems to support that approach. It will be so nice to have this thread as an example to provide in the future. Thanks for contributing! -td
Your story reminds me a blog I'm researching about career paths. I'm a big believer in PMP certification for SAP Project Managers and the whole career path of Project Management for senior SAP consultants looking for new challenges. Thanks for your post! -td
You'll get there. You definitely have worked up your experience and have a lot to offer! I would recommend trying to get a non-SAP job at a company that runs SAP doing data warehousing or something that leverages your current skills. You have the initiative and drive that will get you into the SAP support group once you're in the door. There is not much advantage to getting SAP certified prior to getting a job using SAP. The certification exams are optimally designed for folks with 1 to 2 years of hands on experience. You're definitely on your way though! Best of luck! -td
What experience did you have leading up to your Bachelor's that made you attractive to the Campus recruiter, do you think? I think that information would be very interesting for students still working on their Bachelor's or Master's. Thanks for posting! -td
Hi Thomas,
My career path is as follows:
Bachelor (IT and business) at university of cooperative education and my company --> short (1/2 year) excursion into a SCM department --> then IT again and first contact with SAP as a Junior LE Consultant (3 years) --> 2008 till now Senior Consultant for automotive subsidiary.
Since the beginning of my education with the same company and mainly inhouse training, unfortunately no SAP certification (yet?).
Thanks for the reply Thomas !!!
I am currently working as DW and BI consultant, I have seen shifting to new tecnology within Company is not that easy as there are lot of layers in between and i think it also depends on the luck which can bring the opportunity but we have to be ready to take it, so i have started preparing on my own and trying to get projects with the company...hope fully it clicks soon.
Thanks again for your reply.
I agree with you Leon....getting to know the experiences from various people can definitely motivate people and it also make me belief that its never too late
All the Best....
nice blog thomas!!! for a long time I was wondering how the biggest brains in SCN got started. Everybody has got an intersting story to tell....from groceries to colloge grads
Bachelors(Physics) -> Masters(Computer Applications) -> Campus Recruited -> ABAP trained(did my final sem project in BI parallely) -> Failed my ABAP tests -> continued in BI -> BI Consultant 5yrs
It was simple .. Good in general aptitude and communication skills .. Recuiter thought .. I can perform whereever he places in the company :-) ... After I joined the Organisation .. i got the training in SAP Basis .. Initially struggeled a bit to get to know SAP.. But after that I loved the work.. and exploration.. still so much to do :-)
I feel for a techinical graduate . it would be good if he gets into Basis , ABAP or BI.. Once he/she is comfortable with these.. they can explore the functional part of it...
Hello Thomas.
I had operational and administrative activity in the Army. I was in charge of purchasing and storage of materials and food. I also have worked in the Financial sector. This role was helpful in consulting, but due considering only the public sector I faced difficulties at the start in SAP.
The Financial and Accounting processes in practice were the challenge. I could fill this gap doing extra-curricular courses, considering I have a theoretical basis.
I could say that the biggest challenge was left the beaches of Brazil to face the Amazon jungle and then move to a city of 20 million inhabitants such São Paulo. This is the SAP!
Best wishes
Hi Thomas
While studying Bachelor's i got an SAP Entry Level Job (1 year) -> then i worked for a company that started an SAP Implementation i did SAP Support there( 1 year)
I got my major on Industrial engineering, learned ABAP while @ sap support
After Bachelor ( ABAP programmer at a local company ( 2 years) -> ABAP Consultant at a consultancy firm( 2 years ) -> SAP manager at a local company ( 2 years )
Hi Tom,
CPA designation provides a model of business practice which in many respects can help one become an independent practitioner as there are many CPA's who work in all sizes of business organizations from PwC down to solo practitioners and every size in between. Big 4 (or 5 at the time) were instrumental in SAP's success in the corporate back office operations transformation. I don't consider it absolutely necessary to be a CPA to configure FI module but I have found that CPAs make some of the greatest business analysts around and add business perspective to sometimes too narrowly focused marketing or engineering folk. Think of the roots of Accenture and IBM's GBS.
but this is just my personal biased opinion.
Thank you but the credit goes to everyone who has told their story. I can't get enough! Thank you!


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A steady snow fell outside the Bayfront Convention Center as guests arrived for the Barber National Institute's 2013 Christmas Ball.
Men in tuxedos and women in sparkling gowns streamed into the Great Hall shortly before 9 p.m. for a night of dancing and dining.
After welcoming remarks and a toast from Tim Hunter, who chaired the event with his wife, Gretchen, the band Park Place invited couples young and old onto the dance floor.
Barber National Institute President and CEO John Barber said, "Our theme this year, Spirit of the Future, reflects our commitment to serving the community in the years ahead as we embrace technology moving forward. We're delighted the people of Erie are on board with us. This is a wonderful way for friends and families to celebrate the season."
More than 1,200 people attended the 49th annual event.
Funds raised benefit the Dr. Gertrude A. Barber Foundation and help provide services, research projects and technology initiatives for the 4,200 children and adults with autism and other intellectual disabilities served by the institute.
Kevin Moore, attending for the first time, said, "It's amazing to see this many people gathered to celebrate like this."
Linda Hackshaw said, "We're having a fantastic time and it supports a great cause."
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BRIDGETON — Engaging youth is often difficult, especially those raised in poor, high-crime neighborhoods where falling into the trap of gangs and drugs is all too real.
But a city nonprofit organization that uses music as a way to engage "at-risk" youth seems to be having a positive effect — particularly with kids in the south side of the city where crime, violence and drug activity remains notoriously pervasive.
The organization is called KYMO TEAMS: Keeping Young Minds Occupied Through Entertainment and Music/Sports. It's been active for 14 years and was founded by twin brothers and city natives Harlan and Haron Miller.
The two brothers and more than 20 volunteers donate their time working with the kids to develop their writing skills, work on projects and help them get into college.
"The music is just a platform to reach our city's at-risk youth," Harlan Miller said. "But education is the main focus — to give them some structure, keep them occupied, work with others — so they stay out of the streets."
Harlan Miller said the organization requires all of its young members to, at minimum, graduate high school and attend some form of higher education.
Recently, several volunteers and one of the young kids involved in the program, 9-year-old Jymere Melendez, of Bridgeton, gathered at the Miller house to discuss the experience the program has provided everyone involved.
The Miller twins said they know firsthand the trouble that plagues their city — and they believe educating the city's youth is paramount.
"The kids are the future," Haron Miller said. "And it's important we engage them while they are young, because at a certain point it becomes too late."
The organization, with the assistance of the Greater Bridgeton Family Success Center, assists the kids in the college application process and takes the youth on trips to visit schools all around the country. They are adamant on seeing that the kids get into a post-secondary school.
The organization recently completed a five-week program where roughly 10 city kids involved in the organization, ages ranging from seven to 14, collectively wrote and developed a song personal to their lives. Harlan and Haron Miller, who own a music production company, and who have a music studio in their Bridgeton home, recorded the song and helped turn it into a music video.
With the help of the organization's many volunteers that are experienced and prominent in the music industry, the group put together a music video featuring the kids singing a positive message in the streets of their city.
In the basement, with recording equipment all around, the group listened to the talented youngster sing with about 10 other young members.
Melendez is shy and reserve about his feelings growing up in his neighborhood. But it didn't matter — his lyrics make it very clear how he feels.
To a beat, Melendez sang, "Trying to stop the violence, so all the family members can stop crying ... I'm young right now, trying to make it 'till I'm grown."
Melendez' mother, Sheena Lawrence, was also there, watching the video of her talented and insightful son. Lawrence said she is so grateful for the organization because it gives her son an outlet to express himself.
"Often your kids don't tell you how they really feel," she said. "I didn't know he was so afraid of his surroundings. The music gives him a way to express that, and now I know how he feels."
Also at the Miller house were KYMO volunteers Robert Mason, 27, Avery Segers, 26, and Marquis Hart, 28, all of Bridgeton. Mason, Hart and Segers, who are rising writers and singers in the music industry, all started out as young kids involved in the organization just like Melendez. Today, they give back to what was given to them years ago.
About 15 members have gone through the program and are now adults. Many, like Segers and Hart, now volunteer their time and give back to the kids.
"I'm grateful for this organization," Hart said. "Kept me away from trouble, provided me opportunities, a positive state of mind — the things I needed to grow up successfully."
Harlan Miller's son, Dazmiere Johnson, who just turned 18, started in the organization since he was very young. He said he's seen a lot of his peers end up selling drugs and getting arrested.
"I missed all that negativity," he said. "This kept me out of that."
In August, he will be attending Full Sail University in Florida. The school provides a vast option of educational programs from business to music entertainment.
Johnson hopes to pursue a bachelor's degree in science and recording arts.
Haron Miller emphasized that the organization is not intent on trying to make the kids star musicians or rappers — which he acknowledged has extremely poor odds. Rather, he emphasized that the music is merely a platform to engage the kids. One volunteer, Harmony Frames, of Bridgeton, offers to teach the kids videography. He said it doesn't matter what they study, so long as they get their degree and do something positive.
The brothers noted it has not always been easy in reaching some kids.
"I've gone into the streets and seen some of the kids selling drugs — I have had to go into some of the kids' schools to talk to their teachers — it's been difficult at times," Haron explained.
The brothers fund the organization themselves with whatever help they can get. But they said the goal is to always reach more kids. And that without sufficient funding, that will be difficult. They are hoping to get together with Bridgeton Mayor Albert Kelly to figure out how they can expand.
In a recent telephone interview, Kelly said he is so thankful for what the organization is doing and said the city is behind them 100 percent.
"The city is looking for ways to incorporate and expand upon their ideas," Kelly said. "I am thankful they take the time to invest their efforts in order to further the goal of engaging our city's youth."
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Syracuse, NY - There is sufficient evidence to support homicide charges against a North Syracuse man in a fatal drunken-driving crash in October, a judge ruled today.
Onondaga County Judge Anthony Aloi rejected a defense motion to dismiss charges against Harry McLeod in the death of Edward Warner.
McLeod, 59, of 505 Allen Road, is charged with aggravated vehicular homicide, first- and second-degree vehicular manslaughter, aggravated driving while intoxicated, DWI, driving with a blood-alcohol count of 0.08 or more and reckless driving.
He's accused of driving with a blood-alcohol count of 0.23 at the time of the Oct. 14 crash on Brewerton Road in Salina that fatally injured Warner. Warner, 78, of North Syracuse, died in the hospital four days later.
Authorities contend McLeod was driving without any headlights on when Warner made a left turn in front of McLeod's oncoming vehicle as he was unable to see the defendant's car.
Aloi adjourned the case to March 28 for a report on whether McLeod will accept any plea deal or to have a trial date set.


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Andre Patterson is headed back to the NFL. ABC-7 Sports Director Asher Wildman has learned that former UTEP defensive coordinator Andre Patterson has accepted the defensive line coaching job for the Minnesota Vikings.
Patterson was the assistant head coach this past season for Florida International. This will be Patterson's second stint with the Vikings, he was an assistant with the team during the 1998-1999 season.
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Author Affiliations: Departments of Dermatology at Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto (Drs Nakajima, Tanioka, Miyachi, and Kabashima and Ms Doi), Showa University School of Medicine, Tokyo (Drs Watanabe and Iijima), Ehime University School of Medicine, Toon (Drs Tohyama and Hashimoto), and University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Kitakyushu (Drs Sugita and Tokura), Japan; and Nishimura Skin Clinic, Fukui, Japan (Dr Nishimura).
Stevens-Johnson syndrome (SJS) and toxic epidermal necrolysis (TEN) are rare but potentially life-threatening adverse drug reactions characterized by epidermal necrosis.1 Skin manifestations of SJS and TEN at the early stage can be similar to those of other ordinal drug eruptions like erythema exudativum multiforme (EM) and morbilliform drug eruptions, which sometimes makes early diagnosis difficult.
Recent studies have shown that severely damaged cells, such as necrotic cells and apoptotic cells, release high-mobility group box 1 protein (HMGB1), a nonhistone nuclear protein with a dual function. Inside the cells, HMGB1 is a nuclear constituent loosely bound to chromatin, and it plays a role in transcriptional regulation, while outside the cells, HMGB1 serves as an activator of the inflammatory cascade.2,3
To evaluate a link between HMGB1 and SJS and TEN, we measured HMGB1 levels in serum samples from 22 healthy control subjects (mean [SD] age, 31.2 [4.6] years; 9 men, 13 women), 11 patients with maculopapular drug eruptions (MPEs), 13 patients with EM, and 13 patients with SJS and/or TEN (Table). All diagnoses were based on the classification system proposed previously.4 Disease onset (day 1) in patients with SJS and/or TEN was defined as the day when mucocutaneous and/or ocular lesions occurred. (Of note, we collected the serum samples of SJS and/or TEN before the onset of SJS and/or TEN, when the patients might have been diagnosed as having EM or MPE at the time of the assay, but the patients then developed SJS and/or TEN.)
The serum HMGB1 levels were measured with an HMGB1 enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay kit (Shino-Test Co, Tokyo, Japan) according to the manufacturer's protocol. Informed consents were obtained from each patient, and the institutional review board or ethics committee of each institution approved the study protocol.
Serum HMGB1 levels of all healthy control subjects and patients with MPE and EM were lower than 6 ng/mL. In contrast, serum HMGB1 levels in patients with SJS and/or TEN at days −7 to −1, days 1 to 7, and days 8 to 21 after onset were significantly higher than those of both healthy controls and patients with MPE and EM (Figure 1). The sensitivity of the assay for SJS and/or TEN above the threshold level was 45.4%. Consistent with these results, immunohistochemical analysis for HMGB1 with anti-HMGB1 antibody levels (Upstate Biotechnology, Lake Placid, New York) and diaminobenzidine staining demonstrated strong positivity for HMGB1 at the nuclei and perinuclei of keratinocytes in the necrotic keratinocytes in patients with SJS compared with those in healthy controls (Figure 2). In addition, HMGB1 in the epidermis in SJS cases was detected diffusely though the epidermis compared with the findings in healthy donors, suggesting that HMGB1 is present in the extracellular spaces in SJS and/or TEN.
Figure 1. Increased serum high-mobility group box 1 protein (HMGB1) levels in patients with Stevens-Johnson syndrome (SJS) and/or toxic epidermal necrolysis (TEN). Serum HMGB1 levels of healthy control subjects, patients with maculopapular drug eruption (MPE), exudativum multiforme (EM), and SJS and/or TEN. In patients with SJS and/or TEN, we examined concentrations of serum HMGB1 during 3 time periods: days −7 to −1 (n = 3), days 1 to 7 (n = 15), and days 8 to 21 (n = 14) by an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. * P < .05 between the indicated groups by the Tukey nonparametric multiple comparison test.
Figure 2. Skin samples from a healthy donor (A) and a patient with Stevens-Johnson syndrome (SJS); scale bars indicate 100 μm. A, The skin of a healthy donor. B, Skin from a patient with SJS was immunostained for high-mobility group box 1 protein (HMGB1). Arrows point to highly HMGB1-positive areas at the nuclei and perinuclei of keratinocytes.
The role of HMGB1 detected in SJS and/or TEN is unknown. Since HMGB1 serves as an activator of the inflammatory cascade and to attract a wide variety of cells,2,3 HMGB1 induced from necrolytic keratinocytes may act to stimulate inflammation and/or regeneration of the skin lesions. Increased levels of serum HMGB1 have been reported in several diseases such as severe infection and/or sepsis, trauma, cancers, and systemic lupus erythematosus,3 which were not observed in our patients with MPE, EM, and SJS and/or TEN.
It has been reported that granulysin and Fas ligand are possible candidates as biomarkers for early diagnosis of SJS and/or TEN,5- 7 but the duration of elevated granulysin and Fas ligand levels is limited6,7; therefore, false-negative results for SJS and/or TEN could occur. In this regard, HMGB1 levels were high at the early stage of SJS and/or TEN and remained elevated even after the onset, which is in contrast to the kinetics of granulysin and Fas ligand. Although the numbers of patients with SJS and/or TEN were limited in this study, we propose that measurements of HGMB1 in combination with granulysin and/or Fas ligand would be a useful diagnostic tool for cases of SJS and/or TEN that require early diagnosis and treatment.
Correspondence: Dr Kabashima, Department of Dermatology, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, 54 Shogoin-Kawara, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8507, Japan (firstname.lastname@example.com).
Accepted for Publication: April 13, 2011.
Author Contributions: Drs Nakajima and Kabashima had full access to all of the data in the study and take responsibility for the integrity of the data and the accuracy of the data analysis. Study concept and design: Watanabe, Sugita, Hashimoto, Tokura, Miyachi, and Kabashima. Acquisition of data: Nakajima, Tohyama, Iijima, Nishimura, Doi, and Tanioka. Analysis and interpretation of data: Nakajima, Watanabe, Hashimoto, and Kabashima. Drafting of the manuscript: Nakajima, Watanabe, Tohyama, Sugita, Hashimoto, Tokura, Nishimura, Doi, Miyachi, and Kabashima. Critical revision of the manuscript for important intellectual content: Nakajima, Iijima, Tanioka, Miyachi, and Kabashima. Obtained funding: Tanioka and Kabashima. Administrative, technical, and material support: Nakajima, Watanabe, Tohyama, Sugita, Hashimoto, Nishimura, Doi, and Miyachi. Study supervision: Iijima, Hashimoto, Tokura, and Kabashima.
Financial Disclosure: None reported.
Funding/Support: This work was supported in part by Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology, and Health and Labor Sciences Research Grants (Research on Intractable Diseases) from the Ministry of Health, Labor, and Welfare of Japan.
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Despite its heavily promoted "elevated" status, the Top Model finale competition pretty much remained the same. Finalists Ann (whose super-slim, 6-ft., 2-in.-tall frame was the subject of controversy) and Chelsey (the blonde, gap-toothed beauty with modeling experience) had to do a print-ad photo shoot for Cover Girl, film a commercial for the cosmetics giant and walk a runway show for Just Cavalli. Then, as usual, Tyra took her time critiquing the ladies' work and announcing the winner.
"Oh my god!" Ann said, bursting into tears after hearing Tyra call out her name and seeing her winning photo displayed at the final judging.
Much was made about Ann's unusual figure and her awkward appearance. Being so tall and so thin made her the subject of taunting and staring during adolescence, she had said, but it proved an asset in photo shoots. Early in the competition, she even won five best photos in a row, a feat never before accomplished in 14 cycles of Top Model.
"I'm so honored right now," Ann, 18, said, "[after hearing] all those comments about being too tall or just being not normal."
Ann's unique look may have helped in photo shoots but in interviews, commercials and go-sees it worked against the painfully shy student. Meanwhile, Chelsey, 22, was a more well-rounded contestant who won challenges aplenty.
"I'm really upset. I feel cheated," Chelsey said. "I feel like I have the whole package, what it takes to be America's Next Top Model and I don't think Ann does."
Tyra's advice to Chelsey was to prove the judges wrong – something she vowed to do.
Ann, however, was basking in the moment. "I'm so happy that I can make my parents proud," she said. "I won! I can't believe any of this right now."
When asked by Tyra what the kids who taunted her will think now, Ann said, "They're going to look back and be like, I should have been so nice to that girl."
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Two lanes on the westbound bridge were still closed today.
Apparently many were taking advantage of the long weekend to travel, although similar backups have been seen in the past days during the ongoing construction project.


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Clavister, a leader in high-performance, high-availability network security within Telecom, Cloud & Enterprise, has appointed Jim Carlsson as Chief Executive Officer, to lead its operations worldwide. John Vestberg, who has been Clavister's acting CEO since the start of 2013, will continue in his role as Chief Technology Officer and member of Clavister's management team.
Mr Carlsson joins Clavister from Intel Security where he was Vice President for Network and Security Business Unit in Europe, Middle East and Africa. Prior to this, he was CEO and Co-founder of identity and access management vendor Nordic Edge that was acquired by Intel/McAfee in 2010. Carlsson will join Clavister on the 5th of May 2014.
"Clavister is a highly interesting, innovative company with strong technology and a solid partner eco- system. As it enters a new phase of growth and development, I look forward to helping to build on this momentum in the IT security sector and related markets," said Jim Carlsson.
Jim Carlsson will lead Clavister as it prepares for an initial public offering on Nasdaq OMX First North in Q2 2014. In February 2014, Clavister announced it had secured SEK 60 million ($9.2m) funding to develop its market presence and growing international customer and partner base.
Clavister recently joined the Intel Network Builders program (networkbuilders.intel.com), to further grow awareness of its solutions in business-critical datacentre, telco and cloud environments and to consolidate the company's position as a leading provider of carrier-grade security and SDN solutions. Earlier global industry analyst Frost & Sullivan gave Clavister its 'Product Quality Leadership Award' for the performance, design and simplicity of its NGFW solutions.