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Written by bloodwrage on 03.10.2012 at 03:15
Appealing to the more mature demographics, are they?
Written by Ace Frawley on 03.10.2012 at 08:39
Yep, call me old but I find it embarrassing the use of the F-word. I love the music that Machine Head make but all the swearing is just immature and a distraction from real creativity.
Written by Angelic Storm on 01.10.2012 at 21:17
It would have been better if this had been from the Bloodstock show where they played 5 songs from Burn My Eyes...


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Celebrities involved in murder cases
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Former New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez was found guilty of first-degree murder in the 2013 shooting death of semi-pro football player Odin Lloyd. See what other celebrities were involved in murder cases.
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Power to the ISS!
Breathing Easy on the Space Station Life support systems on the ISS provide oxygen, absorb
carbon dioxide, and manage vaporous emissions from the astronauts
themselves. It's all part of breathing easy in our new home in
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November 13, 2000 -- Many of us stuck on Earth wish we could join (at least temporarily) the Expedition 1 crew aboard the International Space Station (ISS). Floating effortlessly from module to module, looking down on Earth from a breathtaking height of 350 kilometers.... It's a dream come true for innumerable space lovers.
Right: An artist's rendering of the ISS as it currently appears.
But be careful what you wish for! Living on the Space Station also means hard work, cramped quarters, and... what's that smell? Probably more outgassing from a scientific experiment or, worse yet, a crewmate.
With 3 to 7 people sharing a small enclosed volume on the still-growing Space Station, air management is critical.
Life support systems on the ISS must not only supply oxygen and remove carbon dioxide from the cabin's atmosphere, but also prevent gases like ammonia and acetone, which people emit in small quantities, from accumulating. Vaporous chemicals from science experiments are a potential hazard, too, if they combine in unforeseen ways with other elements in the air supply.
So, while air in space is undeniably rare, managing it is no small problem for ISS life support engineers.
In this second article in a series about the practical challenges of living in space, Science@NASA examines how the ISS will provide its residents with the breath of life.
Making oxygen from water
Most people can survive only a couple of minutes without oxygen, and low concentrations of oxygen can cause fatigue and blackouts.
To ensure the safety of the crew, the ISS will have redundant supplies of that essential gas.
"The primary source of oxygen will be water electrolysis, followed by O2 in a pressurized storage tank," said Jay Perry, an aerospace engineer at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center working on the Environmental Control and Life Support Systems (ECLSS) project. ECLSS engineers at Marshall, at the Johnson Space Center and elsewhere are developing, improving and testing primary life support systems for the ISS.
Most of the station's oxygen will come from a process called "electrolysis," which uses electricity from the ISS solar panels to split water into hydrogen gas and oxygen gas.
Left: The ISS's first crew -- Bill Shepherd, Sergei Krikalev and Yuri Gidzenko -- aboard the Space Station. During their four-month stay, the crew will rely on the Station's hardware to provide breathable air.
Each molecule of water contains two hydrogen atoms and one oxygen atom. Running a current through water causes these atoms to separate and recombine as gaseous hydrogen (H2) and oxygen (O2).
The oxygen that people breathe on Earth also comes from the splitting of water, but it's not a mechanical process. Plants, algae, cyanobacteria and phytoplankton all split water molecules as part of photosynthesis -- the process that converts sunlight, carbon dioxide and water into sugars for food. The hydrogen is used for making sugars, and the oxygen is released into the atmosphere.
"Eventually, it would be great if we could use plants to (produce oxygen) for us," said Monsi Roman, chief microbiologist for the ECLSS project at MSFC. "The byproduct of plants doing this for us is food."
However, "the chemical-mechanical systems are much more compact, less labor intensive, and more reliable than a plant-based system," Perry noted. "A plant-based life support system design is presently at the basic research and demonstration stage of maturity and there are a myriad of challenges that must be overcome to make it viable."
Hydrogen that's leftover from splitting water will be vented into space, at least at first. NASA engineers have left room in the ECLSS hardware racks for a machine that combines the hydrogen with excess carbon dioxide from the air in a chemical reaction that produces water and methane. The water would help replace the water used to make oxygen, and the methane would be vented to space.
Right: The oxygen that humans and animals breathe on Earth is produced by plants and other photosynthetic organisms such as algae.
"We're looking to close the loop completely, where everything will be (re)used," Roman said. Various uses for the methane are being considered, including expelling it to help provide the thrust necessary to maintain the Space Station's orbit.
At present, "all of the venting that goes overboard is designed to be non-propulsive," Perry said.
The ISS will also have large tanks of compressed oxygen mounted on the outside of the airlock module. These tanks will be the primary supply of oxygen for the U.S. segment of the ISS until the main life support systems arrive with Node 3 in 2005. After that, the tanks will serve as a backup oxygen supply.
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"You've got a metallic canister with this material (perchlorate) packed inside it," Perry explained. "They shove this canister into a reactor and then pull an igniter pin. Once the reaction starts, it continues to burn until it's all used." Each canister releases enough oxygen for one person for one day.
"It's really the same technology that's used in commercial aircraft," he continued. "When the oxygen mask drops down, they say to yank on it, which actuates the igniter pin. That's why you have to give it a tug to begin the flow of oxygen."
Keeping the air "clean"
At present, carbon dioxide is removed from the air by a machine on the Zvezda Service Module based on a material called "zeolite," which acts as a molecular sieve, according to Jim Knox, a carbon dioxide control specialist at MSFC.
The removed CO2 will be vented to space. Engineers are also thinking of ways to recycle the gas.
In addition to exhaled CO2, people also emit small amounts of other gases. Methane and carbon dioxide are produced in the intestines, and ammonia is created by the breakdown of urea in sweat. People also emit acetone, methyl alcohol and carbon monoxide -- which are byproducts of metabolism -- in their urine and their breath.
Activated charcoal filters are the primary method for removing these chemicals from the air.
Above: This diagram shows the flow of recyclable ("regenerative") resources in the Space Station's Environmental Control and Life Support System (ECLSS).
Maintaining a healthy atmosphere is made even more complex by the dozens of chemicals that will be used in the science experiments on board the ISS.
"In a 30 year period, there could be any number of different types of experimental facilities on board that could have any number of chemical reagents," Perry said.
Some of these chemicals are likely to be hazardous, particularly if they're allowed to combine in unforeseen ways, Perry said. Keeping these chemicals out of the air will be vital for the crew's health.
When the Space Station was first being designed, NASA engineers envisioned a centralized chemical-handling system that would manage and contain all the chemicals used for experiments. But such a system proved to be too complex.
"The ability for the Station to provide generic monitoring capability to try to cover the broad spectrum of chemicals that 15 plus years of basic research will require -- obviously that's not something that the Station itself can provide," Perry said.
"It really made much greater sense that each experimental facility on board the lab module would provide its own containment of its (chemicals), essentially maintaining responsibility for the chemicals from cradle to grave," Perry said.
Left: An illustration showing the location of Node 3, where the ECLSS life support equipment will be housed. Note that the Station components in the line of sight to Node 3 are transparent in this image.
A safety review for each proposed experiment will determine the level of containment that the rack-mounted experiment facilities must provide. In the event of a release, the crew will seal off the contaminated module and then follow procedures for cleanup, if possible.
But careful planning and well-designed hardware should minimize the risk of this scenario, enabling the crew of the Space Station to breathe easy.
International Space Station -- NASA's Web page for the International Space Station
Anatomy of the Space Station -- a PDF file with a labeled, exploded view of the International Space Station
Wheels in the Sky -- Science@NASA article about humanity's dreams of a space station from the science fiction fantasies of the Nineteenth Century to Wernher von Braun's catalytic vision in the 1950s
Advanced Life Support Web Page -- from the Johnson Space Flight Center
Environmental Control and Life Support Systems -- describes the life support systems being developed at Marshall Space Flight Center
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Deeplinks Blog posts about Computer Fraud And Abuse Act Reform
As we did last year and the year before, EFF welcomes the winter season with a new wishlist of some things we'd love to have happen for the holidays—for us and for all Internet users. These are some of the actions we'd most like to see from companies, governments, organizations, and individuals in the new year.
In our ongoing efforts to rein in the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA), we submitted a support letter on behalf of Jeremy Hammond on Wednesday, asking for leniency from the New York federal judge who is about to sentence him for hacking into private intelligence contractor Stratfor.
Hammond pleaded guilty to CFAA charges, admitting that he obtained credit card numbers and internal emails that documented Stratfor's surveillance on political protesters at the behest of both private companies and the government. He leaked the emails to the media and major news outlets like Rolling Stone, Wikileaks and McClatchy published material from the leaks. It was clear that Hammond's motivation was the public interest rather than personal financial gain.
This weekend, people in at least 16 cities around the world will take part in hackathons in memory of Aaron Swartz, the free software developer, writer, and activist. Aaron took his own life earlier this year after nearly two years of unjust prosecution under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA).
Our latest brief in the ongoing effort to reverse Andrew "Weev" Auernheimer's conviction and sentence under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act ("CFAA") was filed on Friday.
In 2010, Auernheimer's co-defendant Daniel Spitler discovered that AT&T configured its website to automatically publish an iPad user's e-mail address when the server was queried with a URL containing the number that matched an iPad's SIM card ID. Spitler collected approximately 114,000 email addresses, and Auernheimer talked about the discovery to several news outlets and Gawker published a story about it. Auernheimer was convicted of violating the CFAA and identity theft and sentenced to 41 months in prison.
The man alleged to be "Dread Pirate Roberts," the founder and operator of the Silk Road—an online marketplace where bitcoins were traded for a range of goods and services, including drugs—was arrested by the FBI in San Francisco yesterday. The criminal complaint, released today, provides many details about how the site and its users relied on widespread anonymity technology, including Tor and Bitcoin.
The increased attention on this technology is a good reminder about how important it is not to blame these tools for the actions of a small portion of their users. The public wouldn't tolerate a campaign to malign the car because of its utility as a getaway vehicle for bank robbers; we must apply the same critical thinking to essential privacy-preserving technology.
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Teacher supply shrinking as attrition rises,
private sector calls, and enrollment grows
December 14, 2000
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the most part, IllinoisÆ supply of qualified teachers is meeting demand
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as enrollments grow, experienced teachers and administrators leave the
profession and current and prospective teachers seek higher pay outside
the field, the supply will not keep pace with the demand, according to the
State Board of EducationÆs annual report to the General Assembly on
teacher supply and demand. The State Board will forward the report next
month to legislators.
report is like Sunday nightÆs weather forecast. We have preliminary
indicators of what could become a crisis,ö said State Superintendent of
Education Glenn W. McGee.
factors affecting the supply of educators could bury some districts in the
next few years. It is difficult if not impossible for learning to flourish
without caring, qualified, competent teachers,ö McGee said.
report clearly shows the need for better pay for teachers and for
aggressive leadership in recruiting and retaining qualified educators,ö
he said. Local districts or the state may need to consider incentives to
attract and keep more teachers, McGee said.
local school districts are not yet having serious trouble filling most of
their teaching positions.
the past four years, Illinois has certified about 13,000 new prospective
teachers annually. Newly certified personnel are the second largest source
of educator supply, so it would seem that the state has a decent pool of
teachers to meet demand.
only one of every two teachers certified (6,655 in 2000) is actually
employed as a teacher.
fact may indicate stiffer competition for teachers from private schools,
other states or the private sector. WhatÆs
more, the better the economy the less likely it is that public education
will be able to compete to attract and retain teachers.
of September 2000, Illinois school districts had 2,637 unfilled positions,
nearly double the number of unfilled positions five years ago (many of
them in ōspecialtyö and ōhigher levelö teaching positions
including library/media, guidance counselors, special education,
mathematics, music, physical education, science, English as a second
language, bilingual and fine arts, among others.
1996 there were 1,387 unfilled full-time equivalent teaching positions.
This yearÆs figure is a 90 percent increase over four years ago. Half of
the unfilled jobs (1,308) were in Chicago District 299. As well, 17
elementary and 14 secondary schools were without principals.
factors complicate the problem even more.
First, the number of educators approaching retirement is also
increasing. Right now, 17 percent of the educator workforce is eligible to
retire (that is, 55 years old with at least 20 years of experience.) That
includes 15 percent of teachers, 24 percent of administrators and 27
percent of other certified staff.
numbers will increase significantly in the next three years, when 40
percent of teachers and 47 percent of administrators will join the ranks
of prospective retirees.
student enrollment continues to grow. Total Illinois public school
enrollments have been rising by about 1 percent annually since 1990 and
are expected to continue upward through 2004.
enrollment is expected to grow by 7 percent by 2004 (up by 87,256
students.) Elementary enrollment is projected to increase by 2 percent
through the same time (up by 27,589 students.) As enrollments grow, so
will the demand for teachers. From 1999 to 2000 demand for teachers
increased 11 percent, and the demand for administrators grew by 3 percent.
the teacher attrition rate is also increasing. In the 1999-2000 school
year, the rate of attrition (including retirement and other factors
causing educators to leave the profession) among teachers was 6.5 percent
¢ a 40 percent increase and the highest rate since 1996 when teacher
attrition rates measured 4.6 percent. That figure came one year after an
early retirement program artificially spiked the teacher attrition rate to
about 9 percent.
attrition rates are even higher. As with teachers, the administrator
attrition rate peaked in 1995 at about 13 percent. Since then the rate has
ranged from a low of 3.4 percent in 1997 to the current high rate of 5.3
percent in 2000, an increase of 56 percent. And 80 percent of all
administrators are at least 50 years old.
of greatest concern is the number of new teachers who leave the profession
within the first five years. Between 1999 and 2000, about 11 percent of
novice teachers left the profession after their first year.
The State Board plans to seek legislative support for a proposed a statewide induction and mentoring system that would provide support to new teachers through their first three years.
school districts are expected to see high demand for teachers of reading
improvement, bilingual education, cross-categorical special education and
computer education/technology.
significant concern is the actual makeup of the teaching profession. Over
75 percent of all Illinois teachers were female while nearly 88 percent of
the superintendents and 53 percent of principals were male.
teachers accounted for only 15 percent of the teaching force compared to a
minority student population of 39 percent. Minorities comprised only 19
percent of principals and 3 percent of superintendents.
This area is of particular importance, McGee said, as the State Board begins to address the ōachievement gapö between white and minority students. ōWe must do a better job of providing positive role models in our classrooms for all of our students,ö he said.
One can access it through the Illinois School Facts button on the ISBE homepage or go directly to www.isbe.net/research.


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The Bills were put on the market after Hall of Fame owner Ralph Wilson died in March. The franchise was recently valued at $870 million by Forbes. The team is expected to be sold for at least $1 billion.
Bon Jovi's group has reportedly been saying privately and plans to inform the trust managing the sale of the Bills that it will not relocate the team.
Aside from Bon Jovi, the group also includes Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment chairman Larry Tanenbaum and the Rogers family. Tanenbaum controls the Toronto Maple Leafs and Toronto Raptors. The Rogers family includes Edward Rogers, who is deputy chairman of Rogers, the large Toronto communications company.
If the group buys the Bills, Bon Jovi, Tanenbaum and the Rogers family would each own a one-third of the team, but Bon Jovi would be the principle owner.
Donald Trump and Buffalo Sabres owners Terry and Kim Pegula are also listed as potential buyers.
---The New England Patriots signed veteran tight end Nate Byham, the team announced Sunday.
Byham, 26, is a veteran of four NFL seasons with the San Francisco 49ers (2010-11) and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers (2012-13).
The 6-foot-4, 264-pounder blocking tight end originally entered the NFL as a sixth-round draft pick by the San Francisco 49ers out of Pittsburgh in 2010. He was signed by Tampa Bay on Oct. 2, 2012 after being released by the 49ers on Aug. 16, 2012.
---The Bills activated guard J.J. 'Unga a day after placing him on the active/non-football injury list.
Although his injury was undisclosed, it is important for Unga to make a strong impression early in training camp as he faces a stiff battle to earn a roster spot.
Unga played in three games last season, and saw some time with the first team offense down the stretch. But the Bills upgraded the offensive line depth over the offseason and Chris Hairston returns after missing all of last season.
---St. Louis Rams linebacker Jo-Lonn Dunbar and NBA free agent Donte Greene were arrested after getting into a fight with each other outside a Miami Beach nightclub.
Miami Beach Police Detective Vivian Thayer said Dunbar and Greene each face battery and disorderly conduct charges. There were no other arrests made relating to the altercation. No other details about the incident were immediately available.


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Does anyone know or have any good websites that have a healthy diet or just healthy list of foods to eat, should eat while breastfeeding.
My DD is super gassy and its just rotten stinky. I dont eat the way I should. So I feel guilty. I need to change.
Please help.


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By Tony Parra
Portales city officials are in talks with Artistic Homes developers out of Albuquerque about building a housing development in Portales that would have between 70 and 100 homes.
Portales Mayor Orlando Ortega said the proposed project would have homes ranging from $80,000 to $120,000. City councilors by general consensus instructed Ortega, City Manager Debi Lee, and Economic Development Director Jeremy Sturm to move forward with planning for a possible development next to the Portales Country Club golf course.
"We have a great opportunity with Artistic Homes," Ortega said. "The next step is the planning and finding out the cost of developing the land."
City councilors approved spending up to $9,000 for a consulting firm to do the design work on plat for the land. Lee said the money would pay for the planning firm to complete a design with cost estimates for developing the land, utility hook-ups, curb and gutter and pavement.
Lee said she and Sturm plan to assemble cost estimates and conceptual designs to formally present to the council within 30 days. She said they would probably apply for financial assistance from the New Mexico Mortgage and Finance Authority by April.
Artistic Homes is asking Portales to develop the land site.
Ortega said the city could eventually recover those development costs as they sell the improved land to developers.
"They feel confident in selling 100 homes and want future considerations," Ortega said. "It's a big cost (developing the land). They want it all developed at once."
Lee said she was unaware of other residential developments in Portales' past that included these kinds of incentives. But councilors in attendance at the meeting seemed to think the plan had merit.
City Councilor Mike Miller said he likes the idea and wants to see about the possibility of having a private land developer do the site work.
Ortega said he spoke with local home builders about a housing project first. Ortega said the consensus was that they were too busy and couldn't abandon current customers to take on such a big project.
According to Ortega, the need was derived from a housing market analysis which showed there was an immediate need for 300 homes. Ortega said the analysis showed that Portales residents looking for homes were staying with family, renting or living in Clovis.
Ortega said in meetings with officials from the biggest employers in Portales such as Eastern New Mexico University, Sunland Peanuts Inc., Roosevelt General Hospital, DairiConcepts and Abengoa Bioenergy, they expressed a need for more housing for their workers.
A survey was sent out to Portales residents and 458 filled them out as part of the market analysis.
"We met with Lou Moya from Artistic Homes last Friday (Jan. 13) and she was very excited about that (survey)," Ortega said. "A need was there. She expressed a need for subcontractors in the community helping with the construction work."
Ortega said the building of the housing development would create economic impact in the form of construction jobs, property tax revenue and real estate sales.
Artistic Homes Marketing Director Lou Moya could not be reached for comment.
Artistic Homes developers have built housing projects in Albuquerque and Rio Rancho. According to the Artistic Homes Web site, The National Association of Homebuilders research center recognized Artistic Homes with the 2002 Energy Value Housing Award for the nation's best energy efficient home design and construction for their homes in a moderate climate region.


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Arizona National
Tucson, Arizona
May 7-9, 2004
TUCSON, Ariz. â In what turned into a two-team showdown in the final round, cousins Lucas Lee and Angela Park of Torrance, Calif., struck the last blow with a birdie on No. 18 to fire a final-round 62 and hold on for the victory at the I.R.I. Arizona National Mixed Team Championship hosted by Annika Sorenstam and Jim Furyk. The team of Chanin Puntawong of Bradenton, Fla., a second-team Rolex Junior All American, and Paula Creamer of Pleasanton, Calif., the Rolex Junior Player of the Year, put up a valiant fight, but came up just short to finish second by one stroke. In their triumph, Lee and Park put up a stellar three-round total of 20-under-par 193, while Puntawong and Creamer fired an equally impressive 19-under-par 194.
The I.R.I. Arizona National Mixed Team Championship hosted by Annika Sorenstam and Jim Furyk was a three-format 54-hole mixed team stroke play event conducted by the American Junior Golf Association. The tournament featured 33 teams comprised of one boy and one girl, ages 12-18, from 16 states, Canada and Paraguay. 22 Rolex Junior All Americans participated in the event.
Lee and Park held a one-stroke advantage entering Sundayâs final round, which was played in a four-ball format. The pair of juniors fired six birdies on the front side and nine for the round, with five in a row on Nos. 5 through 9.
âAngela was playing great today and I wasnât playing that well,â Lee said. âI just tried to get in good position for pars so she could be more aggressive with her birdie putts.â
Park continued her great play on the back side, carding two more birdies for the team on Nos. 12 and 16. In the end, however, it was Lee who proved to be the deciding factor in the back-and-forth final round.
On the 513-yard par-5 18th, the 16-year-old put a 30-footer from just off the green to within two feet and made that putt for birdie, as the other three players, and most importantly Puntawong and Creamer, each narrowly missed their birdie attempts. This gave Lee and Park a 3-under-par 33 on the back side and the one-shot victory.
âThis was a great tournament,â Park said. âIt was competitive and fun. It is a privilege to win a tournament like this in its first year.â
The second-place team of Puntawong and Creamer equaled the final round of Lee and Park, also carding a 9-under-par 62. They too recorded six birdies on the front side, including a hole-out on the fly by Creamer from the bunker right of the green on the par-3 fourth hole. This gave the pair a 6-under-par 29 on their first nine holes.
âWe really complement each other well,â Puntawong said. âWe played well all weekend. We just didnât make as many putts today.â
The pair of Rolex Junior All Americans evened the scores when their birdie on No. 17 left both teams at 19-under-par. However, they fell just short when neither of the 17-year-olds could connect on their long birdie attempts on No. 18.
âIâm pretty bummed to lose the way we did, but it was still a really fun format.â Creamer said.
Finishing in a tie for third place with 15-under-par totals of 198 were the team of Luke Hopkins of Greer, S.C., and Mallory Hetzel of Summerville, S.C., and the team of Daniel Lim of Gilroy, Calif., and Esther Choe of La Quinta, Calif.
Tying for fifth place with totals of 200 were Jon-Charles Carpenter of San Antonio, Texas, and Kelley Louth of Victoria, Texas, Kevin Chappell of Fresno, Calif., and Sommer Scholl of Riverside, Calif., and Trent and Taylor Leon of Dallas.
The team of David Dragoo and Amanda Blumenherst of Scottsdale, Ariz., received the Oakley Low Final Round Award, carding a tournament-low 13-under-par round of 59 on Sunday to finish tied for 10th with a 204 tournament total.
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A major impediment for observant Jewish families to seeking halachically appropriate, excellent end-of-life medical care is a lack of knowledge of the intricate laws that govern such care. Recognizing this Yeshiva University, under the auspices of RIETS, has formed an alliance with Calvary Hospital to provide rabbinic consultation for families and community rabbis that includes the following:
While this advice is independent of any specific hospice facility, we have particularly aligned with Calvary Hospital to answer a major need of the Jewish community. In existence for more than 113 years, Calvary is the nation's only fully accredited acute care specialty hospital devoted exclusively to providing palliative care to adult advanced cancer patients. The panel is, however, prepared to provide halachic advice as it relates to any facility.
Calvary will take responsibility to provide its usual outstanding care for patients and also provide on-site Orthodox rabbinic pastoral care, kosher food for patients and nearby prayer services and Shabbat hospitality for families at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine Synagogue. The hospital is located across from Yeshiva University's Albert Einstein College of Medicine and the Einstein-Weiler Hospital of Montefiore Medical Center.
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As Senior Pharmaceutical Business Manager you will form part of the strategic interface between the strategic pharmaceutical manufacturer clients. The role involves managing a single strategic manufacturer client account and also the responsibility for a business development or new client accounts.
The main client will be either one of the key client accounts or one of the major reduced wholesaler clients. The development accounts will be allocated against emerging business strategy requirements and will change accordingly.Retention of the major manufacturer clients is central to the ongoing successful performance and profitable growth of the company and therefore developing and implementing the solutions necessary to both retain their business and also grow our share of all potential revenue opportunities that we are able to address is of the upmost importance.
Strong client management skills will need to be complemented by a high degree of commercial acumen, influencing skills and project/ programme management capabilities. Through agreeing and managing partrnership plans with the client, implementing internal business plans and achieving key organisational priorities and objectives, leading cross functional teams at various levels of management (internal and external including Board members) and motivating all parties to achieve goals without direct line management authority.
You will manage a complex web of relationships within the pharmaceutical industry ranging from MD, FD, commercial and Supply chain Director and contracts managers.
An existing knowledge of the NHS primary and secondary care sectors, or the ability to develop this knowledge, is essential as you will be required to leverage client supply chain requirements to win direct business. The role will also involve inputing into the commercial strategy for the directorate by identifying new opportunities and removing barriers internally and externally.
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Now everyone in Germany will change their Facebook picture to Geronimo :)
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Geronimo Going Viral
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As suggested in one of the comments on our Facebook page, we are initiating a Facebook campaign. Indian Country Today Media Network is asking all its Facebook fans to change their image to one of Geronimo if they are interested in making a public statement. Here is our post:
To honor the true spirit of an incredible warrior and Native icon, we ask that for the next two days everyone change their Facebook profile picture to that of Geronimo. Thank you to Alicia Adams for posting the idea behind this campaign.
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it is a good idea to change facebook photo profile to geronimo to show Resistance some of started before you mentioned the idea a group of 50 of us members are outrage like the rest of Indian country for the insensitive toward Native people also this constant religious and culure intolerance needs to stop immediately its gonna take way more so shoot your arrows in the four directions and get them smoke signals out in the spirit of crazy horse amerikkka never wants to admit and apologize for its wrongs to native people they still dont want to apologize to what they did to our native children in the indian boarding school wont even let Leonard Peltier granted clemency


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Find Your Passion: May Graduate Became 'Yoga Jess,' Finds Career Path
By Rachel Childers
Jess Smith was once a high-school athlete who couldn't touch her toes.
But, at The University of Alabama, she says she became "Yoga Jess" and that her passion for yoga helped her find a career path, a healthier lifestyle and a sense of well-being.
Smith, a Prattville native who graduated in May with a communicative disorders degree, is pursuing graduate school and an occupational therapist career. She's focusing on an emerging trend in occupational therapy that incorporates yoga and emphasizes, she says, becoming an active participant in life.
"Yoga drew me to OT because it is more about how you feel," she says. "It focuses more on the sensory work."
During recent summers, she has worked at various camps for kids and shadowed occupational therapists who work with children. This, she says, solidified her desire to work with children with physical or cognitive disabilities, and she says she also would like to work with people with traumatic brain injuries.
This fall, at the University of Illinois at Chicago, she will research how yoga relates to self-motivation in a therapy setting.
"My UA experience has challenged me and helped me to become 'Yoga Jess,'" Smith says.
Smith took her first yoga class at the UA Student Recreation Center … on a whim following her freshman finals, she says. She continued taking classes that summer at a fitness center near her Prattville home.
"I wanted to know more about it," Smith says. "I could feel a difference in myself. I was sore, but it relieved all my tension that had been built up from finals."
She wanted a yoga teaching certificate, she says, so she could share the joy she found through yoga with other UA students.
"College students are usually unhealthy, and, even if we are physically healthy, we are emotionally unkempt," she says.
Smith says she felt it would be easier for her to relate to her peers in her classes. She, too, had exams, projects and late nights, just like her students, so she understood the barriers to becoming physically and mentally healthy.
Yoga, a mind-body workout, provides both through yoga breath, Smith says. While breathing in and out while flexing and releasing muscles, participants are encouraged to mentally "let go" and focus on that single moment.
Smith taught at the Student Recreation Center and also at two other fitness facilities in Tuscaloosa. She has YogaWorks 200-hour teaching certification through Yoga Alliance, and she said her goal is obtaining a 500-hour teaching certificate. At each level, the teacher is required to spend a certain number of hours teaching, learning and teaching specifically for community service.
Smith credits the UA Honors College and the students in her classes for her success. She says they inspired her to keep reaching for more knowledge about yoga.
Shortly after attending a Level 1 workshop, Smith approached the Honors College about leading a class for incoming freshmen. They agreed, and Smith began teaching in the Riverside Community Center.
"I thought no one would show up," Smith says. "I was surprised to see that the class was full. We were wall-to-wall. People were literally almost on top of each other."
Smith says she could tell the Honors College wanted her to push herself and get better, but they also wanted her help in improving the level of community on campus. She says when the dean of the College came to one of her Sunday afternoon classes, she knew she had made it.
Smith says she also wanted to teach the students what it means to take yoga "off the mat." Learning things like letting go of what you can't control, being in the moment and being nice, even when it seems impossible, are at the heart of making yoga a lifestyle, she says.
"The best yogi is not the one who can do the most intricate poses, but the one who lives it," Smith says.
In what she calls "Real Talk," Smith outlines for her class what it means to live yoga.
"Yoga is the art of getting rid of mind clutter," she says.
She said college students, and others, forget to live in the moment. She uses her class to teach participants to physically feel how yoga breath benefits the body but also how it clears the mind even outside the yoga studio.
"That's why I tell people to inhale and lift, exhale, and let go, just like in my classes. It's part of taking it off the mat. Yoga breath helps you let go of things you can't be in control of," Smith says. "Yoga breath reminds you to be in the present, to take a breath, to relax. It tells your body it's time to relax.
"There is an infinite possibility between the inhale and exhale," Smith says. "It is the possibility to be nice or be ugly, to falling or balancing. Just like we inhale, we have to exhale."
With this, she says she shows people they can stop and make the right decision. They can be kind or be mean. They can fall or they can stand, but they have to decide. Yoga breath reminds them to do this for an hour in class and for a lifetime outside of it, she says.
There is a quote that Smith says she lives by: "Pain that has not yet come is avoidable." Smith says this quote, to her, summarizes yoga. It means you are in control of where you sit within yourself, how you see yourself and how you treat others.
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Rachel Childers is a senior from Fort Payne, majoring in public relations and double minoring in business and creative writing. She served as an intern in the UA Office of Media Relations during the spring 2012 semester.
This story is part of the Find Your Passion series. To learn more about how you can find your passion at The University of Alabama, please visit UA Undergraduate Admissions.


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By Tony Parra
Temperatures are warming and flowers will bloom soon. 'Tis the season to beware of bees in Roosevelt County.
Portales Police Capt. Lonnie Berry said officers responded to a call about bees at a residence on the 1700 block of South Avenue B on Tuesday. He said officers confirmed bees were on the property and notified exterminators from Southwest Pest Control.
Lewis Hightower, co-owner of Southwest Pest Control, said he could not share details about the incident, but said there was no emergency.
He did say bee season is upon us.
Bees are not active during cold weather, but once flowers begin to bloom, they go in search of food. Hightower said European honey bees, the region's most common variety, are typically not aggressive. Africanized bees, however, can be a problem.
Last year, Jene Evans of Kenna found nearly 80,000 Africanized honey bees at her home.
Last September, Roosevelt County's agricultural extension agent reported he'd received an unusual amount of calls about bees.
Extension Agent Floyd McAlister said an Eastern New Mexico University worker was stung 30 times by bees while he was working at the Lewis Cooper Rodeo Arena.
A report from New Mexico State University said Africanized honey bees first arrived in the United States in 1990.
"More swarms started moving into our territory last year," Hightower said.
Southwest Pest Control has workers in Roswell, Portales, Clovis, Alamogordo, Las Cruces, Truth or Consequences and Hobbs. "We don't know how (bee problems) will be this year, but we have a feeling (they) might not be real good," he said.
Hightower said his concern is due to the swarms moving into Chaves and Roosevelt counties last year. Hightower said once Africanized bees are established in an area, the only way to get rid of them is to kill them.
Two years ago, he said, his company received two or three calls in all of southeast New Mexico related to Africanized bees.
"Last year we received 22 calls in one month towards the end of the summer," he said.
Terry Teti, executive director of Community Resources Inc. in Portales, said some of the bees captured are sent for study at the Carl Hayden Bee Research Center in Tucson, Ariz., and the New Mexico State University Cooperative Extension Service in Las Cruces.
Teti said she and Roosevelt County Health Council members are in the process of getting together town hall meetings to inform residents about bees and what to do when a swarm is found. Teti said her fear is children being stung by bees.


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Barbour RIFs nine employees
The Barbour County Board of Education voted this week to reduce the school system's work force and terminate nine employees for lack of need, funding and/or reconfiguration of positions. The terminations will be effective June 30.
Those affected by the terminations are Timothy Moyer, technology systems specialist, Philippi Middle School; Thomas Williams, technology systems specialist, Belington Middle School; Teresa Riccio, kindergarten instructor, Belington Elementary School; Kelly Clark, 3rd grade instructor, Philippi Elementary School; Naomi West, 2nd grade instructor, Philippi Elementary School; Amanda Sweet, Title I reading and math instructor, Philippi Elementary School; Linda Menear, multi-categorical instructor with autism, Kasson Elementary/Middle School; Ashley Bowman, Title I reading and math instructor, Belington Elementary School; Wendy Phillips, multi-categorical instructor with autism; Philip Barbour High School; and Mary Shaver, general maintenance with the county.
"There were no hearings regarding reduction in forces and I think that is a credit to the way we go out and meet face-to-face with those who will be affected by the move," Dr. Joseph Super, superintendent of Barbour County Schools, said.
"I have to credit the board of education as we do lots of prep work and help keep those who will be affected in the loop of potential jobs and help them know of jobs that will be open so they can bid on them," he said.
"These are peoples' lives and jobs," Super said. "We try to work with our employees and let them know what is going on. We work more one-on-one and are proactive to help these folks find employment. Those on the reduction in work force list are put on a preferential recall list. Some of these folks have already been moved into other positions within our school system."
Super said the reduction is difficult for individuals but he feels the people understand the economics of the system.
Other actions taken by the Barbour BOE at Monday's meeting included:
– Voting to accept the retirement of Richard Cleavenger as mathematics instructor at Philip Barbour High School effective June 30.
– Voting to employ Cleavenger as a substitute teacher for 2013-2014.
– Voting to accept the resignation of Barbara Williams as a substitute aide effective Jan. 11.
– Voting to employ Harry Moke Post, instructor, Belington Elementary School; Sheila Wilson, cafeteria manager/cook, Kasson Elementary/Middle School; and Kimberly Burnett, instructor, Volga-Century Elementary School for 2013-2014.
– Voting to employ Melinda Karlen, cook, Belington Elementary School. beginning Jan. 30; and Michael Wanstreet, bus operator route 5 and mechanic assistant, beginning Jan. 30.
– Voting to approve the transfer of Meloney Wilson to kindergarten instructor at Belington Elementary School for 2013-2014.
– Voting to approve transfers for Ardith Nelston to 2nd grade instructor at Philippi Elementary School and Jessica Jones to 3rd grade instructor at Philippi Elementary School.
Super also invited board members and residents to attend the Barbour County Math Field Day award ceremony at 6:45 p.m. at the Philip Barbour High School auditorium Feb. 5. The snow date for the event is Feb. 7.


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As Jewish farmers take a hands-on approach to sustainability, four local institutions are inviting the public to lend their voices in a series of presentations, performances, lectures and demonstrations centered around the question, "What Is Your Food Worth?"
Over the next two years, Reform Congregation Rodeph Shalom, the National Museum of American Jewish History, the Gershman Y and Temple University's Feinstein Center for American Jewish History will host a variety of programs focused on food, ethics, sustainability and "eating Jewish."
The goal is to bring disparate groups of people together to address the choices we confront "as we try to square what we eat with what we believe and what we can afford," explained Bryant Simon, acting director of the Feinstein Center. "We're really trying to spark a conversation rather than resolve a problem."
Historians, religious scholars, kosher bakers, organic farmers, labor activists, watch dogs, chefs and foodies will challenge audiences to ponder why cheap food is cheap, what are the costs of kosher eating and how much should the people who make and grow our food earn? Is a healthy diet the same as an ethical diet? And are these--a healthy diet and an ethical diet-- the same as a Jewish diet?
In addition to events, rabbis, college students and cooks will also share their tastes, budgets, beliefs, and food choices at whatisyourfoodworth.com [1].
"What's fascinating about the blogosphere, it doesn't have to end in the way more classic academic projects end," Simon said.
The dialogue kicks off on Oct. 2, at 5:30 p.m.,with a free "Si'ach (Conversation) in the Sukkah" at Rodeph Shalom, 615 North Broad St. It will be led by Fare Restaurant owner Andrew Siegel; Reform Congregation Keneseth Israel Associate Rabbi Kevin Kleinman; Vetri Foundation's Jeff Benjamin and CSA organizer Laurel Klein. More information about future programs can be found at the site above or www.temple.edu/feinsteinctr [2].


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August 18, 2011 —
Talk throughout the river corridor lately has been focused on a series of preventable drownings in the Upper Delaware River—three within an eight-day period — and five since the season began. Had the victims been wearing lifejackets, they might be alive today.
In my role as a reporter for this newspaper, I covered two of the recent Delaware drownings and was struck again at the familiar story and its truly terrible and irrevocable outcome. Choosing not to wear a lifejacket when recreating in the surprisingly powerful Delaware River not only places one at heightened risk, but endangers others who engage in rescue and/or recovery efforts when needed.
Even experienced capable swimmers can encounter unexpected circumstances. And while this is not an argument for mandated lifejacket use, it is an appeal to good sense and the opportunity to avoid becoming like one of the more than 60 individuals who were not wearing lifejackets when they drowned in the Delaware.
Choice is powerful. It can mean the difference between enjoying many more days making memories in the magnificent waters of the Delaware. Or not. Please wear a lifejacket and encourage your friends and family members to do the same.


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In his eight years as the Green Bay Packers' head coach, Mike McCarthy has always picked his spots to be bold during his press conferences – more often than not, he does his best to avoid saying anything that could somehow put his team at a competitive disadvantage, sound like criticism of one of his own players or create a story where there isn't one.
But back in June, McCarthy didn't hold back. After years of hearing about how he either didn't like to run the football, wasn't interested in it or simply paid lipservice to it, McCarthy delivered a proclamation about it.
"We'll be better, I promise you that," McCarthy said after the team's final organized team activity practice of the offseason. "You can write that down. In big letters."
Seven games into the season, those big letters are translating into big numbers in the run game. And opposing defenses may never look at quarterback Aaron Rodgers or the Packers' offense the same way again.
After rushing for 182 yards – tying the team's season high – during Sunday night's 44-31 victory over the Minnesota Vikings at Mall of America Field, the Packers are averaging 141.4 rushing yards per game (fourth in the NFL) and 4.8 yards per carry (tied for third in the NFL).
Against the Vikings, rookie Eddie Lacy ran 29 times for 94 yards and one touchdown, while veteran James Starks added 57 yards and a touchdown on seven carries in his first action since suffering a Week 3 knee injury at Cincinnati on Sept. 22.
"I just think it's cool to be able to add another dimension," said Lacy, who has rushed for 395 yards over the past four games since suffering a concussion on his first carry against Washington in Week 2 on Sept. 15. "We're still going to pass the ball here. (Rodgers) is a great quarterback, and I'm happy to be alongside of him. We're just going to continue doing what we have to do to continue to win."
At their current pace, the Packers would have their most ground production under McCarthy by a wide margin. But when asked Monday during his usual day-after-the-game press conference whether it was gratifying to see his plan come to fruition, McCarthy took exception.
"Has it come to fruition? We're not even halfway through the season," McCarthy replied. "We're getting better."
Since McCarthy took over as head coach in 2006, the highest the Packers have ever ranked in rushing in the 32-team NFL is 14th in 2009 (117.8), and only twice – in 2008 and 2009, when Ryan Grant put together back-to-back 1,200-yard seasons – have the Packers finished higher than 20th in rushing. Last season, the Packers averaged 106.4 rushing yards per game (No. 20 in the league) and 3.9 yards per carry (22nd in the league).
In McCarthy's first seven years and 112 regular-season games as coach, the Packers rushed for 125 or more yards in a game 27 times, or 24.1 percent of the time. So far this season, they've rushed for 125 or more yards in five of their games, or 71.4 percent of the time.
In addition, during those 112 regular-season games from 2006 through 2012, the Packers rushed for 180 or more yards in a game five times. So far this season, they've turned the trick three times. In fact, before this year, the Packers had not surpassed 180 rushing yards in a game in three seasons; their last 180-plus rushing day had been in 2009, when they had 202 yards in a 31-3 victory at Cleveland.
Plus, after going 44 consecutive regular-season games without an 100-yard rusher, the Packers have had three of them (Starks, Lacy and No. 3 back Johnathan Franklin) in seven games.
"They're statistics. There's one statistic that counts and we're working our way towards it, and we're a long way from that," McCarthy said. "Running the ball's part of it. We're getting better as a football team, particularly on offense, the way we're playing, we're utilizing our personnel. … That's the way I look at it."
And what exactly would qualify as his promise coming to fruition?
"When we're talking about it in February, right?" McCarthy replied, referring to Super Bowl XLVIII. "Isn't that what this is all about?"
Indeed it is. But in the meantime, it's hard to deny what a difference the running game has made in the Packers' attack. While Rodgers remains the focal point of the offense, he is seeing opposing defenses approach the Packers differently. While playing two safeties deep to guard against the big-play passing game remains a key part of defensive game plans, Rodgers said the run game is "definitely changing the way teams are playing us."
Asked after Sunday night's victory if the run game has exceeded his expectations, Rodgers replied: "I think that's safe to say. It definitely has. Eddie's done a great job, and then to get James back this week, he's a slasher in every sense of that word. He made some great cuts, (had a) big touchdown run for us. Eddie was just pounding it. He's tough to bring down, he's like a bowling ball in there. I'm really proud of the job those guys did, but the offensive line again deserves a lot of credit."
Actually, there's plenty of credit to go around. Not only are the Packers getting better execution from their offensive line and have better talent at running back, McCarthy and offensive coordinator Tom Clements said they have given Rodgers more responsibility in the run game.
"We've put more on the plate of our quarterback and he's handled it very well," McCarthy said. "I always worry about putting too much on the quarterback's plate because at the end of the day he's not paid to make run adjustments. He's paid to throw touchdowns."
Rodgers is doing that, too. After completing 24 of 29 passes for 285 yards with two touchdowns and no interceptions (130.6 passer rating) against the Vikings while also getting into the running act with four scrambles for 34 yards, Rodgers has completed 167 of 249 passes for 2,191 yards with 15 touchdowns and four interceptions (108.0 rating) on the season.
But in the running game, he's also making decisions on when and how to run the ball. McCarthy has long had as a component in his offense run/pass option plays, on which Rodgers decides at the line of scrimmage whether to make it a run or pass play. But this season, Rodgers is also making adjustments on run calls.
According to Clements, on many run plays, Rodgers comes to the line of scrimmage with a menu of variations on a run call and has the responsibility of selecting the best one.


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The Medical University of South Carolina has been reaching out to 7,000 customers of medical services to let them know their credit card information has been stolen. The cyber-theft came to the attention of the medical institution when it was notified by Blackhawk Statement Group, a third-party vendor that handles credit card processing for the university as well as a number of other institutions, some of which may also have had records stolen. The FBI has been brought in on the case.
The Medical University has a medical center and six colleges primarily for the education of health professionals and biomedical scientists.
The intruders broke into Blackhawk's database and stole names, addresses, credit card numbers, credit card security numbers, and email addresses of people who paid hospital or doctor bills online or over the phone using a credit card or debit card between June 30, 2013 and August 21, 2013.
According to materials made available by the medical university, there's no evidence that the thieves took health information, date of birth, or social security information details of those otherwise affected.
Local coverage in The Post and Courier Web site said the university found out about the data theft from Blackhawk on August 22, but delayed communicating to those affected until it had a plan for response. The reporting also quoted an attorney for Blackhawk stating that about 3,000 people at two other institutions outside of South Carolina were affected, but she wasn't at liberty to name them.
"Forensic discovery of this kind typically takes multiple days in order to provide a thorough and accurate assessment of what happened and to complete system repairs," stated the university's Interim President Mark Sothmann in a letter to the faculty and staff.
Blackhawk is working with the university to provide free enrollment in a credit protection program for a year through Experian. However, those who have been notified by the school have also been advised to communicate with their credit or debit card provider to alert them to the possibility of a compromise.
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Governor Pence is leading an economic development and jobs mission to Germany from April 12 to April 18, his second international job-hunting trip as governor. During the targeted job mission, he will travel to Aachen, Wipperfurth, Bocholt, Hanover and Berlin to meet with business and government leaders. He will focus on continuing to develop relationships with companies that currently or will soon operate in Indiana, along with hosting a business reception for potential investors.
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Press release - AB Volvo
Sofia Frändberg has been appointed new Executive Vice President Corporate Legal & Compliance and General Counsel and member of Volvo Group Executive Team. She will assume her new position on April 1, 2013 and will succeed the current Executive Vice President Corporate Legal & Compliance and General Counsel, Eva Persson, who will be retiring. From January 1, 2013, Martin Weissburg, President of Volvo Financial Services, will also become a member of Volvo Group Executive Team.
Sofia Frändberg, born in 1964, started working within the Volvo Group in 1994. Since 1998, she has been Head of Corporate Legal at AB Volvo. Sofia Frändberg has many years' experience of law and worked for the legal firm Vinge prior to joining Volvo.
Following the launch of the Volvo Group's new organization, Martin Weissburg reported to the Group CFO Anders Osberg. From January 1, 2013, Martin Weissburg will become a member of Volvo Group Executive Team and will report to Olof Persson, President & CEO of the Volvo Group.
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Collections » European Art: 17th-18th Centuries
European Art: 17th-18th Centuries
The advent of the 17th century is heralded by the Museum's early Baroque paintings from Italy and Spain, and represented by such noted artists as Guido Reni, Guercino, Murillo and Zurbarán, the latter's Still Life with Lemons, Oranges and a Rose from 1633 being one of the Museum's most revered paintings. The Northern Baroque collection is profoundly expressed in the works of Peter Paul Rubens, with portraits and mystical subjects that embody this Flemish painter's deep alliance with the church. The remarkable group of 17th-century Dutch genre, portrait and landscape paintings is crowned with three portraits by Rembrandt, one of which, his Portrait of a Boy, was once thought to depict the artist's son Titus. Capping off the century are Flemish and German still lifes, and religious landscapes by the French masters Claude Lorrain and Nicolas Poussin.
The Museum's holdings from the 18th century are as varied in subject and origin, with portraits by Largillière and still lifes by Chardin providing a fluid transition from the 17th century to a livelier, more frivolous rococo style. The French component of the collection contains paintings by Watteau, Fragonard and Boucher, while Italy is represented with capriccios and historic glimpses into the daily life of Rome and Venice with works by Longhi, Pannini, Guardi, and Canaletto. Tiepolo's mid-century swooping figures and luminous vistas into mythological realms prepare us for Clodion's ultimate statement in terracotta, Bacchante Supported by Bacchus and a Faun, executed in 1795, and inclines us toward the next generation of artists, such as Vigée-Lebrun, Prud'hon and Ingres.


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Thanks to the explosive growth in smartphone sales and the expansion of 3G/4G mobile broadband connectivity and the proliferation of Wi-fi hotspots many of us are now able to stay continuously connected, even when we're out and about and well out of range of our home network.
Given this it's hardly surprising that Wi-fi connectivity has established itself the one of the latest 'must-have' digital camera technologies.
Wi-fi connectivity on cameras is useful to photographers for a number of reasons. For starters, it allows us to share our images almost immediately after we've taken them.
It can also be used to email images to friends or clients without the need for a desktop computer, or at a more populist level to post images directly to social networking sites such as Facebook and YouTube.
Some connected cameras also allow you to automatically back your images up to the cloud as a handy insurance policy against accidental loss or damage to your memory card, while others allow you to control your camera remotely via a smartphone or tablet.
This can be especially useful to wildlife photographers, or for self/group portraits where you want more control over the timing of the shutter release than the camera's automatic self-timer function allows.
Last but not least, some Wi-fi cameras also enable you to send images directly to a printer without having to plug in any cables, streamlining the printing process.
Of course, there are some caveats. The main thing to bear in mind is that not all Wi-fi cameras are created equally; some are more advanced than others and the degree of Wi-fi functionality does differ between the various manufacturers and models.
While virtually all Wi-fi cameras allow you to wirelessly transfer images to a compatible smartphone or tablet, only a relatively small number can connect directly to the internet.
Wi-fi explained
At its most basic level Wi-fi is a form of communications technology that uses radio waves to transmit data wirelessly from one device to another. The term 'Wi-fi' is actually trademark that is owned and managed by the Wi-Fi Alliance – a trade association comprised of several hundred individual companies and interested parties.
The chief aim of the Wi-fi Alliance is to ensure interoperability between all Wi-fi certified devices and to this end all products that wish to carry the official Wi-fi logo must submit their product for testing before they can do so. This testing is based on the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers' (IEEE) 802.11 standards, which has underpinned the development of Wi-fi since the beginning.
Wi-fi as a consumer product first began to surface at the turn of the millennium, and has since gone on to become the dominant wireless protocol for users of small communications devices such as smartphones, tablets and computers.
These days, Wi-fi is also big business with all of the major telecommunications players offering Wi-fi 'hotspot' access to their customers.
Essential Guide to Wi-fi – On The Go
Using Wi-fi away from home
Wi-fi, 'smart', or even 'connected' cameras as they are sometimes called offer a range of benefits over their non-connected siblings. In terms of pure convenience though the biggest practical advantage offered by connected cameras is that they allow you to instantly communicate your images when you're out of range of your computer or home wireless network.
This is possible because the Wi-fi element of a connected camera can be used to turn the camera into a wireless access point, which in turn enables it to be connected to a smartphone or tablet. You'll need to download and install a bespoke app on your mobile device beforehand, as this will allow it to communicate with your camera, however these are almost always available for free from the Apple App Store or Google Play.
For added security the connection between the two devices will usually be password protected too, usually via a code on the camera's rear display that needs to be copied into your mobile device before the two devices will pair.
Once connected you can use the app to transfer single images or batches of images from your camera to your phone or tablet. From here you're free to use them in the same way as any other images stored on your mobile device. This is the most basic set-up and is common to all Wi-fi cameras including the cheapest and most basic models on the market.
Pay a little more, however, and you may find that the camera comes with more advanced wireless connectivity features, for example the ability to connect directly to the internet without the need for a mobile device. As ever, it's always worth researching the true extent of any camera's connectivity prior to handing over any money. As we mentioned on the previous page, Wi-fi cameras are not all the same and some are much more richly featured than others.
Similarly, it's also worth bearing in mind that the degree of functionality offered by the dedicated apps used to connect cameras to mobile devices varies quite a bit between the various manufacturers too. More advanced ones will offer additional features that can also be very useful in certain situations.
This includes the ability to control the camera remotely using your mobile device, giving you not only control over the shutter but also full access to primary shooting settings such as aperture and shutter speed.
Wireless transfer
Another useful feature offered by some wireless camera apps is the ability to transfer images on your camera via your mobile directly to popular social networking sites like Facebook and YouTube, or to photographic community sites like Flickr and Picasa, thereby cutting out the need to open multiple apps to upload a photo to a specific site.
Regardless of whether your camera allows you to access the web directly or via a mobile device you'll ideally need to be within range of an open Wi-fi network or hotspot service to get online with. For this reason it's worth checking with your broadband provider to see if there are any hotspot services you can access for free – BT broadband customers, for example, get unlimited access to BT Wi-fi, while SKY broadband customers get free access to The Cloud network.
Alternatively, if there's no open Wi-fi network or hotspot that you can connect to then you could take advantage of your smartphone's 3G/4G capabilities instead, although you do of course need to be mindful of any monthly data allowances imposed by your mobile provider, as things could otherwise get quite expensive.
Another useful feature offered by some manufacturers is the ability to back your images up to a secure cloud storage service direct from the camera.
This could prove worth its weight in gold should you be carrying important images and be unfortunate enough to accidentally lose or damage your memory card before you've had a chance to make any back-ups. It's not something that all manufacturers offer as standard yet, however we can see it becoming much more of a standard feature in the future given its usefulness.
Essential Guide to Wi-fi – Around The Home
Using Wi-fi at home
Once you've got your connected camera home the built-in Wi-fi features aren't quite as useful as they are out in the field, although there are a couple of obvious benefits. For starters, you will probably no longer need to use cables or a card reader to transfer image files between your camera and your home computer.
We say 'probably' because, somewhat surprisingly, not all Wi-fi cameras actually support wireless image transfer straight to PCs. That said, most Wi-fi cameras do and these usually come bundled with software that you'll need to install on your home PC before you can get to two devices talking to each other.
That said, given the increased battery drain of using Wi-fi – especially for extended periods of time when you've got a large number of files that need transferring – it may well make more practical sense to use a wired connection or a card reader when you're at home. After all, it only takes a second to plug a cable in and it may well charge your camera batteries rather than drain them.
One further use of Wi-fi in the home is the ability to send images to a compatible wireless printer directly from your camera, smartphone or tablet. Again, without having to use any cables or your home computer. Again, most manufacturers offer bespoke apps that can be downloaded for free to your mobile device to enable your device to talk to the printer.
Essential Guide to Wi-fi – Alternative Methods
Other ways to get connected
If you don't own a Wi-fi enabled camera but would like to get connected then, depending on the make and model of your camera, there may be a specific add-on available. For example, Nikon offers the WU-1a and WU-1b Wireless Mobile Adaptors (£45), which are essentially small wireless access points units that can be plugged into a range of Nikon DSLRs, advanced compacts and compact system cameras to add Wi-fi functionality.
Canon also offers a range of wireless transmitters, although these are designed primarily for professional use and individually tailored to particular models in Canon's EOS DSLR range. Olympus, meanwhile, offers a PENPAL PP-1 transmitter, although this uses Bluetooth rather than Wi-fi to push images to a smartphone.
Another way to get connected comes courtesy of Eye-Fi memory cards. These are essentially SD memory cards where the Wi-fi connectivity element is built into the actual card. The Wi-fi signal generated by an Eye-Fi card can be picked up by a mobile device using a dedicated app that's free to both Android and iOS users. The beauty of Eye-Fi is that it's open to all camera owners – at least those with cameras that take SD cards. The Eye-fi website allows you to check if your camera is compatible.
There are two types of Eye-Fi card to choose from, each of which comes in a range of storage sizes. The Mobi range is the basic card and offers basic camera-to-mobile image transfer. The more advanced Pro X2 range can handle Raw files as well as JPEGs and also offers additional support for use in home studios where a Wi-fi network is present. Neither card offers remote control over your camera, wireless printing or direct uploads to the internet though. Expect to pay around £35 for a 8GB Mobi card or £50 for an 8GB X2 Pro card.
NFC – the new wireless?
NFC stands for Near Field Communications and is a branch of wireless technology that uses radio waves to allow two devices to communicate over very short distances, typically of no more than an inch or two. NFC technology is overseen by the NFC Forum, which much like the Wi-Fi Alliance is a grouping of interested parties whose primary concern is to ensure interoperability between various NFC-branded devices.
On a more practical level the big advantage with NFC is that it allows two devices to share data (including image files) simply by tapping them together. This takes away the need for any complicated set-ups or configurations prior to exchanging information – simply tap and go.
With respect to digital cameras the technology is still not widely available, however it is becoming increasingly popular with mobile phones, so the chances are that it will soon catch on more widely with cameras too.


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Hexentanz–Horror Halloween Events Theme For WP
"Hexentanz In Haunted House" is a lovely Halloween WordPress theme made especially for those who runs websites dedicated to celebrating Halloween / Samhain and all kind of horror / spooky events.
To view demo in its full splendour (I am not modest, hah?) please remove TF frame and browse it in Chrome or Safari
- Dark design
- Online ticket reservation with simple PayPal shopping cart
- Rotated cards with YouTube video and images for Home page
- Horror sound for navigation on hover
- Sticky post with burning effect (canvas)
- Page templates for Home, Events, Tickets, Gallery, About, Guestbook and more
- 1 custom post type: Events
- 9 plugins: custom widgets, metaboxes etc
- 2 navigational areas + sliding panel with full menu on mobile
- Subtle animations, elegant fonts, combined light-dark colour scheme
- Fits fairly well any screen resolution
- Easy navigation with keyboard
- Landmarks / ARIA roles (for people with disabilities)
- Translation ready
- Backend with thumbnails
Tests and technical details
- OS: Windows, Mac (Leopard), iOS7
- Browsers: latest versions of Safari, Chrome, Firefox, Opera, IE, Safari mobile
- Weight: 1.8 MB (zipped, unminified, with image placeholders, with [email protected] kits)
- Help file: PDF format
- Photographs: not included
- CSS files: 2
- Js files: 6
- Plugins: 9 (widgets, custom post type, metaboxes)
- Images used: Ashensorrow, moonglowlilly, mine
- Fonts: Foglihten #04, Spiders Club by Manfred Klein, Enriqueta and Monda (Google fonts)
- Music and sounds: sound: Eeri music: Edward Douglas
- Icons: CssCreme
May, 13, 2014: buyers who bought a theme till today, please redownload and reinstall rotated cards widget–a mistake was done before, now it is corrected. Here is the direct link: download


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This is how we had it last year:
The current scoring system you have set up is way out of whack. Inflates scorers, doesn't punish poor FG% or poor FT%.
Apart from Crazy's suggestion of adding a differential for Offensive Rebounds vs Defensive, I don't think we should stray too far from this scoring system. It's built that way for a reason because it's meant to be balanced based on overall performance.
I suggest we stick with the scoring above and perhaps give 1.75 or 2 for an Offensive Rebound.
Fouls should not give minus points either.
Let me show you why your current system doesn't work. Let's take a very basic statline, one guy goes for 20 pts another goes for a 10pt 10reb double double.
In your system:
10/10 guy - 50 pts
20pt guy - 40 pts
In the normal system:
10/10 guy - 22.75 pts
20 pt guy - 15.5 pts
As you can see the % difference between the two performances is vastly reduced with your system, meaning simply scoring points is a faaaaaar more valuable attribute in this scoring system you have proposed.
Last edited by smokes; Oct 15, 2012 at 05:24.
Last year's system is okay, I'm gonna make this year's fair and logical.
The two categories with the greatest distribution are the three pointer and the block. They also happen to be the least frequently occurring stats. For the fantasy basketball owner, it means it is easier to find a single player who can have an impact in that category than in others.
Games Started (GS) .5
Field Goals Attempted (FGA) -.5
Field Goals Made (FGM) 1
Free Throws Made (FTM) .5
3-point Shots Attempted (3PTA) -1
3-point Shots Made (3PTM) 3.0
Points Scored (PTS) 1.5
Offensive Rebounds (OREB) 2.5
Defensive Rebounds (DREB) 2.0
Assists (AST) 2.5
Steals (ST) 2.0
Blocked Shots (BLK) 3.0
Turnovers (TO) -1.5
Personal Fouls (PF) -.5
Ejections (EJCT) -1
I'm keeping it how it is, everyone just play to it.
I'm setting the draft time to 9:15PM EST time (That's 9AM for Crazy8s)
It'll be right after the Knick game.
I'm so ready for this draft.
Hope y'all are prepared. It's on.
Why does the Knicks fan base have to be so global.
If you work Saturday, then I apologize.
If not, drink a redbull and stay up for the fun! then knocked the f*ck out right after the draft and enjoy a good saturday morning rest.
A steal is worth less than an assist? A free throw is equal to a field goal? A 3pt FG is worth less than a defensive rebound?
Fair and logical is the fantasy basketball scoring system widely used around the world and created by the experts of fantasy basketball. This system is completely messed up.
Alright, I'll equalize it. But I'm not editing it again. and I don't want the system to be exactly the same as "fantasy experts". What the hell makes you a fantasy expert and who are these guys? That's not a real professional. Just guys with a lot of free time. Your logic is baseless.
You seem to be pulling numbers totally at random and not realizing you're completely inflating the importance of certain attributes and negating the importance of others.
This kinda thing also puts the less active members of the league at an enormous disadvantage because the default rankings have close to 0 meaning when the scoring system doesn't make sense. Autopicking a team you may as well not even be in the league, you're going to get screwed so badly.
You seem to be really reaching here for nothing.
If you have a problem with it, your team may get dropped and you can play in a league with standard numbers.
Don't come this league with a stick up your ass about every little stat.
I've tried my best to cater to majority of the members in this league, if you can't appreciate that, then drop.
I'd rather play in a standard league than have to put up with your inept attempts at fixing this to your own advantage.
First trying to make trades with a guy who was inactive all season to give yourself a leg-up going into the playoffs, now setting up your own scoring system so you get an advantage with picking your players...
Honestly thought you would have grown up by now, I thought only kids found it fun to win by cheating.
It isn't unfair if the stats apply to everyone. You're being dramatic and acting like you're getting 0 value out of all stats. Stop stressing this out, it's not a big deal. Just have fun with the league.
From what I remembered, you weren't too successful last season. I don't know where you get this mouth to talk a lot about fair. Worry about actually being successful in this league before you start crying. You failed with the standard stats, so you really don't hold much weight here.
I'm sticking with what's been made. Let me know clearly and don't be soft spoken about it, I have no problem giving your position to a person who's more open to playing in this league with no problem. I don't need to take any sh*t from some loser who doesn't hold weight. Keep the negative crap out of here. This is a fun ass league, and I believe we'll have a lot of fun this season they'll be more strategy used to drafting as apposed to being lazy and letting Yahoo Rankings determine your choice. It's actually time for you to do your research and be a basketball guru instead of let fantasy experts think for you. Maybe this time you can actually win something in this league? How does that sound?


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Oct 12, 2011 2
Mason Traded to Texans
Going forward, we will try to address any news of note with fantasy analysis in a quick blog entry like this one.
The Jets traded WR Derrick Mason to the Texans in exchange for a conditional 7th-round conditional draft pick. Mason had been a bust in his short time with the Jets, catching just 13/115 on 21 targets in five games, which was good for a measly 2.3 FPG (111th at the WR position). Mason was apparently unhappy with his role and that came to head in Week Five, when he played just five snaps in the loss to the Patriots. Although he's 37, Mason can still be a reliable chain-mover for the Texans, especially since Jacoby Jones hasn't developed into the player they'd hoped (1/11 against the Raiders in Week Five). Houston realizes they have a good chance to make some noise in the AFC this year, so bringing in a veteran like Mason was probably a cheap, safe move to give them some stability at the WR position until Andre Johnson returns from his hamstring injury. Jones and Kevin Walter will remain the starters for now, but look for Mason, who has good hands and is known for his [...]


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BlackBerry Isn't a 10 for Investors
It sounds awesome at every level. Cool language features, separate work and personal modes, peek-a-boo camera app, cascading (wish my phone did that), cool camera face adjustments through time travel and a smooth running experience.
OK, I admit the camera doesn't enable the user to travel through time, but short of time travel, the phone appears to bring RIM back into the game as a world-class producer, for now. It's the now that is the problem.
If you delare "BlackBerry 10 is as good as -- or better than -- any other phone on the market", you won't get much of a fight out of me. BlackBerry 10 may even be the best phone on the day it's released, but how long does that matter? One, two, maybe three months?
>>Also see: More BlackBerry 10 Rumors Swirl Around RIM
Nokia (NOK) released a "must have" phone about a year ago, and we haven't heard much since. During the summer of 2009, PALM also released the hottest phone. We all know how well that worked to bring PALM back. Do you even remember the name of the phone? (PRE)
Nokia has Microsoft (MSFT) to develop and provide an operating system for free. Imagine the cost advantage a phone maker has if the operating system is built and paid for by another company that is pushing for the phone maker to succeed.
It's a big cost advantage and one that Samsung is taking advantage of in its battle with Apple (AAPL) . While Apple incurs the development costs of iOS, Google (GOOG) is happy to provide Android phone makers with as many copies as they can sell.
It's hard to say if Microsoft and Nokia's slight bump higher in market share gives RIM hope that it will regain lost market share, or if one more effective competitor will result in a much more difficult sales environment.
Since Apple is expected to deliver the next iPhone well before the holiday shopping season in 2013, and Google releases an updated new Android version every time I turn around, I believe BlackBerry 10 will need a follow up before the holiday season. Otherwise, as great as BlackBerry 10 is, it will become stale by the end of this year.
Maybe Nokia will release a new hot phone before the shopping season, but it appears the smart money is on RIM trying to sell yesterday's newspaper again this fall. Even if RIM's new phone is evergreen and remains popular, is it enough?


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Shonn Greene rushed for a career-best 161 yards and three touchdowns, Mark Sanchez threw a pair of scoring strikes and New York's defense excelled against rookie Andrew Luck and visiting Indianapolis.
Greene victimized the Colts' defense all afternoon, surpassing the century mark for the first time since Week 14 of last season as the Jets (3-3) halted a two-game losing skid. Sanchez finished 11-of-18 for 82 yards while posting his first multi-touchdown effort since Week 1.
Luck completed 22 of 44 passes for 280 yards and two interceptions as the Colts (2-3) settled for a trio of Adam Vinatieri field goals. Luck was picked off in the Jets' end zone by Ellis Lankster with under seven minutes remaining to snuff out any hope of a comeback.
After Indianapolis opened the scoring on an Adam Vinatieri 20-yard field goal, the Jets countered with a 14-play, 80-yard drive culminating in a 5-yard scoring pass from Sanchez to a diving Stephen Hill. An Antonio Cromartie interception on the Colts' first play of the ensuing drive set up a Greene 10-yard TD scamper just past the five-minute mark of the second quarter.
Sanchez and Tim Tebow joined forces on the Jets' final play of the half. Tebow completed a pivotal 23-yard strike to Nick Bellore and Sanchez connected with Jason Hill on a 5-yard TD strike to make it a 21-6 game. Greene padded the lead with a 4-yard TD run early in the second half - capping a seven-play, 91-yard drive highlighted by a 61-yard Joe McKnight run - and added a 2-yard score with 1:05 remaining.
GAME NOTEBOOK: The Colts, missing starting RB Donald Brown (knee surgery), managed just 41 rushing yards and did not run for a first down all afternoon. ... Jets backup RB Bilal Powell went to the locker room in the third quarter with a suspected shoulder injury and did not return. ... Colts WR Reggie Wayne hauled in a 12-yard pass late in the third quarter to become the 14th player in NFL history with 900 career receptions.
Greene's rushing helps Jets beat Colts
Luck throws for 280 yards, 2 interceptions
Shonn Greene rushed for a career-best 161 yards and three touchdowns, Mark Sanchez threw a pair of scoring strikes and New York's defense excelled against rookie Andrew Luck and visiting Indianapolis.