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Hilary Rosen
April 12, 2012 at 1:09 PM 1 comment
I just sat down to lunch and flipped the teevee on to see what the cable "news" channels were talking about at "the top of the hour." One guess. You win! Hilary Rosen everywhere. CNN, Fox, MSNBC and even CNBC.
I could tell by reading my email and tweets that what Rosen said last night on CNN threatens life as we know it, but CNBC? Really (of course they're right-wing hacks too)?
"His wife has actually never worked a day in her life," Rosen said on Anderson Cooper's "AC360" show. "She's never really dealt with the kinds of economic issues that a majority of the women in this country are facing in terms of how do we feed our kids, how do we send them to school and how do we — why we worry about their future."
What Rosen said is ridiculous for sure, especially coming from a woman and a mom, but this hysteria is ridiculous too. Republicans, with the shameless help of the "liberal media," are using it to gain favor with women. Period. Not only that, but what Rosen said is her opinion people.
Where is the equal outrage about this, which was stated as fact by Republican Florida Rep. Allen West on Tuesday: "I believe it's about 78 to 81 members of the Democratic Party are members of the Communist Party."
What? What? Let's spend a couple days on that everyone, especially you "liberal media."
UPDATE @ 2:26 p.m. ET: Okay. They broke her. Rosen has apologized: "I apologize to Ann Romney and anyone else who was offended," Rosen, a top Democratic strategist and CNN contributor, said in a statement. "Let's declare peace in this phony war and go back to focus on the substance."
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The only thing she should have said is "she has never been in the working sector" one word that she missed. Really, what is he big deal?
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - Fresno State freshman Hannah Sodersten has been selected Mountain West Women's Golfer of the Week for tournaments played March 4 - 5.
Sodersten tied for 11th place out of 73 golfers at the Juli Inkster Spartan Invite, held in San Jose, Calif. The Clovis, Calif., native carded an 8-over-par 224 (74-76-74) on the par-72, 6,180-yard course at Almaden Country Club. The freshman recorded seven birdies and one eagle across the 54-hole tournament. Her 11th- place tie marked Sodersten's second career top-15 finish.
As a team, Fresno State posted its third top-10 finish of the spring season, placing eighth among the field of 14 with a combined score of 55-over 919 (300-302-317).
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Writeacher, I truly need your help. I must finish this essay tonight but I am struggling. I read my thesis statement along with the first body paragraph, but it doesn't correspond whatsoever! I think I may need to rewrite the entire first paragraph. I don't know what to do.
Could you possibly read my thesis statement and first body paragraph in my previous "Literature Essay (Writeacher)" post, and help me edit it so that they correspond with each other?
Here's your thesis statement from Writeacher's post last night.
"THIS is your thesis statement: People fear more now because there is more to be afraid of. "
Refer to the outline I suggested in your first thread on this subject. What is your first point?
My first point is that the fears of the past have become more severe in this present time.
This just restates your thesis statement. What specifically do we fear more now than we did in the past?
I disagree with your thesis. If I were to write an essay on this topic, my thesis statement would be
People have less to fear now than they have in the last 100 years.
I. Many illnesses that used to kill or cripple people have been eradicated
II. Fear of being bombed by nuclear weapons was a constant concern.
III. The U.S. drafted young men into the armed forces to fight in World War II, Korea, and Vietnam.
We fear shootings, bullying, being abducted, the loss of our jobs, walking alone at night, and the economy.
IV. African Americans faced segregated schools, discrimination, harassment, and lynching.
My assigned essay is to be about ways people today are more fearful than people in past generations, though.
O.K. There you have an outline for your essay. Now write a paragraph about each of these. You may want to combine some of these so that you have three substantial body paragraphs.


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Affordable, high-quality health care is an important factor in recruiting businesses and talent to Utah. Health care touches the lives of nearly every Utahn, sending both direct and indirect ripples throughout our state economy.
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That's why the Salt Lake Chamber and the Utah Hospital Association have joined together to voice support for SB42, legislation funding the expansion of class size for the University of Utah School of Medicine.
By 2020, there is a projected shortage of at approximately 91,500 physicians 45,400 in primary care and 46,100 subspecialists in the United States. Utah's physician shortage is even more severe than most other states across the nation.
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In 2008, as the nation entered what has come to be known as the Great Recession, the University of Utah School of Medicine reduced its class size from 102 students to 82 due to cuts in federal funding.
To meet the impending demand, the university has set a goal to immediately increase the School of Medicine's class size back to 102 students.
Through SB42, the University of Utah is requesting $10 million from the general fund to enable the School of Medicine to restore and expand its class size to 122, the optimal size of the class at the Medical School, within the next two years. The $10 million request reflects cost-sharing with the School of Medicine to support the expansion.
Utah is fortunate to be able to train and retain a number of physicians within the state. Each year, 75 percent of each medical school class at the U is composed of Utah residents. Additionally, approximately two-thirds of all Utah physicians have a connection to the University of Utah School of Medicine.
It is also important to note that the U is among the top medical schools in the country in the percentage of medical students pursuing family medicine. Primary care is a more popular profession for medical students at the University of Utah than most medical schools.
For our rural areas, recruiting physicians is a significant challenge. The best way to get more medical professionals working in our rural communities is to expand our ability to educate physicians within the state.
The University program offers rotations in rural areas and actively recruits rural applicants. Expanding slots available at the School of Medicine is a win-win for all parts of the state.
The Salt Lake Chamber and the Utah Hospital Association support full funding of the expansion of the School of Medicine.
Passage of SB42 means that more highly qualified Utah students will be able to stay and receive their medical training close to home, helping to reduce their debt load, and ensuring that we have the number of physicians we need to care for our citizens in this generation and the next. This expanded capacity will be tremendously beneficial for our state.
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The average US household has 2.5 TV sets, according to new data from The Nielsen Company. "State of the Media 2010" indicates this figure encompasses 1.9 standard definition TVs (SDTVs) and 0.6 high-definition TVs (HDTVs). Furthermore, Nielsen data shows that HDTV households have more sets than the national average, 2.7, including 1.5 HDTVs and 1.2 SDTVs. Meanwhile, SDTV-only households average 2.1 TVs. Thirty-one percent of Americans own four or more TVs.
The average American watches 35.6 hours of TV week, or close to the equivalent of a full-time job. Looking at age demographics, Americans older than 65 watch an average of 48.9 hours of TV each week. In contrast, Americans age 2-11 watch an average of 25.8 hours of TV per week.
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Other recent Nielsen data indicates that comparing the demographic household makeup of prime-time US TV viewers who watch live TV, who have a DVR but watch live TV, and watch time-shifted TV within seven days after live broadcast, it is clear that households which delay the viewing of TV shows with a DVR are more likely to be wealthy.
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The Center for Jewish Civilization offers a variety of courses for students pursuing the minor or certificate in Jewish Civilization.
As part of the School of Foreign Service, CJC courses are identified with INAF course numbers. However, in an effort to assist students in identifying courses in Jewish Civilization we have reintroduced JCIV course listings. Courses identified with JCIV course numbers include courses offered by other departments which count towards the CJC minor/certificate. The list of courses that count towards the minor/certificate is not limited to those courses with a JCIV course number as some departments choose to cross-list courses with the CJC rather than list the course under two different departments.
In order to assist students in researching what CJC course to consider taking, we have created the CJC Course Catalog. The CJC Course Catalog is an online resource about CJC courses with all of the information for each course available on one page instead of being located on multiple sites.
Our courses are also open to students who are not seeking the minor or certificate.
Reminder: Minor/Certificate students must take one social science course and one humanities course as part of their electives.
CJC Course Catalog
See below for a list of current courses being offered. Click the title to read a description of each course.
Current Courses - Fall 2015
Minor/Certificate Requirement
JCIV 100-01 Jewish Civilization Gateway: Humanities
Jewish Studies
JCIV 017 Jewish Life in Action: Jewish Cycles
Holocaust and Genocide Studies
INAF 269 What Really Happened in the Camps?
Literature and Humanities
INAF 091 Fiction Writing Workshop: What Is a Story?
INAF 196 Holocaust Literature
International Relations and Diplomacy
INAF 188 Contemporary Anti-Semitism
HEBR 011 Intensive Beginning Hebrew I
HEBR 021 Intermediate Modern Hebrew I
HEBR 101 Advanced Modern Hebrew I
Previously Offered Courses
Fall 2015
GOVT 377 War & Peace: The Arabs-Israel, 1948
GOVT 464 The Origins of the Arab-Israeli Conflict
HEBR 011 Intensive Beginning Hebrew I
HEBR 021 Intermediate Modern Hebrew I
HEBR 101 Advanced Modern Hebrew I
INAF 241 Kabbalah in its Contexts
INAF 269 What Really Happened in the Camps?
INAF 444 Statecraft and Negotiation
JCIV 019 Jewish Life 101: The Basics
JCIV 090 Wording Your Identity: The Case of Jewish Literature
JCIV 199 Introduction to Jewish Civilization
Spring 2015
INAF 165 Holocaust: The Destruction of European Jews
INAF 172 Israel: 1948 to Present
INAF 321 History of Peacemaking in the ME
INAF 349 Philip Roth: Secular Jewish Fiction
INAF 391 US Policy Toward the Israeli Palestinian Conflict Since 2000
STIA 429 Science in Nazi Germany
THEO 149 Theological Implications of the Holocaust
Fall 2014
INAF 197 Jewish Popular Culture
INAF 199 Introduction to Jewish Civilization
INAF 241 Kaballah in its Contexts
INAF 444 Statecraft and Negotiation
Spring 2014
Holocaust: The Destruction of European Jewry
Anna Sommer
Almost 70 years after the War, the Holocaust remains one of the most researched chapters in human history. Both, for scholars, teachers, students and the tens of thousands of people living outside of Europe who had no personal connections to World War II and its events; the Holocaust remains a haunting and troubling question. Despite all the books written on this subject matter, there is still no clear and satisfactory answer about how this crime was possible, given the fact that the Holocaust was carried out by one of the most sophisticated, developed, cultured and civilized European nations. Almost 6 million Jews, mostly unarmed civilians, were murdered by well-educated German leaders who found killing the Jews as their most important task.
The main objective of this class is to examine several key issues including: the factors leading up to the Holocaust, the planning and implementation of extermination, and the response of nation-states. We will also examine important questions including; was German and European anti-Semitism a driving force that lead to this genocide? What was the role of modernity in this process and finally, we will discuss complicity and vicarious liability of European nations. This course will be divided into three major components including: the origins and development of anti-Semitism and its impact on anti-Jewish Nazi policy, preparations for and implementation of systematic and bureaucratized mass killing of Jews and other ethnic groups, and finally the response of the world during and after the Holocaust.
All these questions will be addressed and accessed through the reading of primary and secondary sources and film. We'll be reading survivors testimonies and memoirs, as well as the testimonies of witnesses which often evoke painful and emotional reactions. We will also focus special attention on the moral questions faced by the victims, perpetrators, bystanders and rescuers.
Seven Popes and the Jews
Fr. Dennis McManus
Too often, Jewish-Catholic relations are studied only in terms of the crises that occur between these two faith communities. By contrast, this course will take a long-term view of the ways in which Jews and Catholics have interacted with each other, studying Jewish relations with the Church under seven papacies from Pius XI (1922-1939) through Francis (1936- ). Particular attention will be paid to the rise of Nazism and the Holocaust, the changes that followed in Catholic teaching and practice towards Jews, and the unique contributions of each pope to Catholic-Jewish relations since World War I. Course materials will include books, articles, films, lectures and discussions.
Learning Goals:
To gain an appreciation for the role of the Holocaust in shaping Catholic-Jewish relations in the 20th century;
To develop a sense of the major questions involved in the Nazi attempt to exterminate Jews and the Catholic response to them;
To evaluate how each of the popes from Pius XI through Francis have dealt with relations with Jews;
To trace the course of the changes in Catholic expression and practice towards Jews since the end of World War I.
Israel 1948-Present
Moran Stern
The beginning of the second decade of the 21st century marks a watershed in Israeli history, society and politics. Israel goes through one of its most turbulent times since the state's foundation in 1948. The need for a profound soul-searching and an open public debate about the state's future and character is added to other challenges such as the implications of the turmoil in the Middle East, Iran's nuclear program, the conflict with the Palestinians, and relations with Turkey, United States, the European Union, the Jewish Diaspora and so forth.
Between 2011 and 2012 approximately one million Israelis; Jews, Arabs, secular and religious marched Israel's streets, under the slogan of "Social Justice." They called for an equal share in the social burden between Israel's secular Jews and its ultra-Orthodox (Haredim) and Arad citizens; fairer allocation of state resources; better welfare system and education; costs of living and housing; and greater political accountability.
It is no longer bold to assume that the upcoming years will prove fundamental for Israel's very well-being. Subsequent implications will affect Israel's character as a democratic-Jewish state, civil society, political system, culture, security, and the delicate dynamics among Israel's many social groups.
To understand the developments leading to the current state of affairs and be able to engage in future discussions, one must be equipped with a profound knowledge of Israel's history, demography, identity, institutions, related terminology and so forth.
In this seminar we will gradually unfold the experiences of one of the world's most pluralistic societies. To enhance your understanding of Israel, academic readings and lectures will be supplemented with grass-root examples, media, comparative analyses, and guest speakers.
We will begin by equipping ourselves with a basic historical framework for the study of the subject under scrutiny. The bulk of the semester, however, will be devoted to exploring key themes and tensions that repeatedly appear across the span of Israel. Our inquiry will require from us to be inter-disciplinary, using tools and insights from political science, history, theology, law, sociology, philosophy, and fine arts.
Symbols of Faith
Ori Soltes
This course will consider the common origins and divergent and often convergent directions of the three Abraham faiths; and how those origins and directions affect their respective visual vocabularies. How have all three traditions adopted and adapted visual ideas from pagan art that predates all of them as well as from each other? How have they transformed or reinterpreted the meanings of common symbols in order to express their distinct sense of God and of the relationship between divinity and humanity? How have Judaism and Islam visually expressed God without the possibility of figurative imaging and how has Christianity gone beyond the limits of figurative expression in visually articulating God? How is the legacy of antiquity and the medieval period still palpable in the era of both modern and contemporary art?
American Secularism
Jacques Berlinerblau
The purpose of this class is to give students a balanced and comprehensive overview of a concept shrouded in confusion and hyperbole. Essential to our work will be the disentangling of three separate understandings of secularism that have become hopelessly knotted up in journalistic and even scholarly writing. These distinct ideas might be described as: 1) Church/State separation, 2) nonbelief, and, 3) the process of secularization.
Jewish-American Literature
Jacques Berlinerblau
This course explores the fiction of a wide variety of contemporary Jewish authors working in the post-Holocaust era. The body of work that they have produced may be described as comic, dark, critical of self (and others), and, quite often, exceedingly disturbing. These writers, however, can rarely be described as boring.
Throughout the semester we will cling to an analytical distinction in which how an author writes is contrasted to what an author writes about. This separation of form and content is performed under the artificial laboratory conditions of literary analysis. Form and content, needless to say, are inextricably bound and comprise an organic unity. Be that as it may, we will often employ this distinction in our study of the novels, novellas, and short stories that we encounter this semester.
In terms of form, the questions we ask are simple (though the answers we will come across are decidedly not): how is the work of literary art built? Why did the author decide to narrate the story in this particular manner and what advantages and disadvantages resulted from this decision? How is the overall work structured? How might we describe the prose style of the writer in question? What are the technical strengths and weaknesses of the author? What literary influences can be identified? What is unique or idiosyncratic about his or her artistry?
In terms of content, we will notice that certain themes recur in nearly all of the works selected for scrutiny. Using a kind of shorthand we will organize our semester around some recurring obsessions of Jewish-American writers (many of which bleed into one another): "Holocaust," "Israel," "American Jews and 'Others,'" and "Immigrant Stories."
As the term progresses we will come across recurring motifs which might be described as: "the emasculated diaspora Jew": "the lonely protagonist": "Jewish women for and against Judaism": "an American Jew in Israel": "the eternal immigrant": "assimilation and its discontents": "the lure of the secular": "orthodoxy and modernity": "the oversexed Jew/ess": and "the (dysfunctional) Jewish family."
History of Peacemaking in the Middle East
Ambassador Dennis Ross
This course will deal with the history of the Arab-Israeli conflict and the efforts to resolve it. One basic point to understand about the conflict is that it is not a morality play. One side is not all right and the other all wrong. That is not to say that they are equally responsible for what has happened, but it is to say that both have suffered and both would benefit enormously from ending the conflict and its animating grievances.
We will explore why each side tends to see the world the way it does, and why mythologies have taken hold of all sides and made reality hard to grasp. We will examine narratives of the Israelis, the Palestinians, and the Arabs more generally. Mindsets must be understood in any negotiation, and we will look at what shaped each side's approach to the conflict historically as well as its approach to conflict resolution over the periods of the most intensive diplomacy. We will analyze how close the efforts in the year 2000 came to ending the conflict between Israelis and Palestinians and Israelis and Syrian, and will discuss what lessons must be learned from the past in order to shape a different future.
We will also consider the American role as well as that of outside parties in trying to resolve the conflict. Ultimately, the purpose of the course is to provide insight into why it has been so difficult to settle this conflict, and what, if anything can be done to settle it in the future.
Israel, Hamas & Hezbollah
Rafael D. Frankel
Since the 1980s, the violence of the Arab-Israeli conflict has not been between Israel and the surrounding Arab states, but rather between Israel and a host of non-state militant groups. Hamas and Hezbollah are the two most prominent of these groups and now figure prominently in the political and security dimensions of the Arab-Israeli conflict. This seminar will examine Hamas and Hezbollah as organizations; Israel's political and security strategies in dealing with "asymmetric" conflict; the interactions between Israel, Hamas and Hezbollah; and place those interactions in the broader context of the Arab-Israeli conflict and the geopolitics of the Middle East. Prior knowledge of the Arab-Israeli conflict will be helpful but is not required, as the first weeks will be spent reviewing its current and historical dimensions. Class exercises will include debate, simulated negotiations, and guest speakers.
Jewish Civilization Senior Colloquium
Fr. Dennis McManus
Individual directed research with a faculty member working in an area relevant to student's research interests in Jewish Civilization. The Semester's work will culminate in a spring colloquium where students will present condensed oral versions of their 30-40 page senior thesis.
Fall 2013
Intro to Jewish Civilization
Moran Stern
An exploration of the fundamental political, cultural, and religious ideas that have served to define Jewish Civilization from biblical times to the present. Special attention is paid to stasis and dynamism in Jewish thought, the interaction of Jews with their host societies, and tensions within national and transnational Jewish communities. By reading religious texts, philosophical treatises, works of literature, as well as scholarly appraisals of them, this course attempts to understand what Jewish civilization is, how it has changed and/or evolved, and how it has influenced the Occident.
Troubled Rivalry: History of Jewish-Catholic Relations
Fr. Dennis McManus
This course will trace the history of Catholic-Jewish relations from the time of Jesus through the events of the Holocaust. Examining major figures in the conflicts and friendships of these two religions, Troubled Rivalry will explore how the interaction of Catholicism and Judaism has taken many forms. What is the shape of their future? Readings, films, lectures and discussions; two research papers required, one at mid-term and one at end of term; letter grades.
Modern Jewish Thought
Ori Soltes
This course explores some of the major minds and movements in Jewish thinking in the last 350 years while asking four questions: what is "modern"? what is "Jewish"? what is "thought"? and how might we understand all three terms combined as one rubric? Stated otherwise: in considering the historical development of diverse thought patterns and issues that emerge outside and inside Jewish life during this period - Secularism, Nationalism, Marxism/Socialism, Existentialism, Psychoanalysis, Reconstructionism, Modern Orthodoxy, the Holocaust--what do the reflections of individuals diverse in background and outward expression share, by virtue of which we may group them together under such a rubric? The crisscross of personalities and genres--philosophy and theology and work that is not typically included within either of these categories--should, in the end, begin to answer parts of our questions, while stimulating yet further questions (at least some of them ultimately unanswerable).
Jewish American Literature
Jacques Berlinerblau
Jewish-American Literature: This course examines the novels, novellas and short stories of both established and emerging Jewish-American writers of the past half-century. Our inquiry examines literary representations of the Holocaust and its effect on subsequent generations, assimilation and its discontents, the state of Israel as seen in diasporic perspective, God and godlessness, anti-Semitism past and present, the secular/religious divide, and the encounter with the non-Jewish other, among other subjects. Some of the writers to be studied include Saul Bellow, Cynthia Ozick, Bernard Malamud, Philip Roth, Allegra Goodman, Grace Paley, Gary Shteyngart, Jonathan Safran Foer, Lara Vapnyar and David Bezmozgis.
Statecraft and Negotiation
Ambassador Dennis Ross
Statecraft and Negotiation: This seminar course will look at American foreign policy through the lens of statecraft. Statecraft involves the orchestration of all the instruments of power and influence to protect against threats and to promote broad national interests. Key elements of statecraft include developing strategy, defining objectives and purposes, identifying the means available for pursuing strategy and knowing how best to employ them. Because negotiations represent one policy tool that is central to nearly all forms of statecraft, the course will explore negotiations and mediation. It will look at the American approach to negotiations and also examine mediation as an instrument for settling or defusing local and sectarian conflicts.


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Kennedy Space Center has reopened after workers recovered pressure from a broken water main that kept thousands of employees home this morning.
Rollover of the space shuttle Discovery to the Vehicle Assembly Building, which was planned this morning, has been rescheduled for Thursday at 6:30 a.m. ET. The move could not proceed because fire suppression systems were not available.
Crews have isolated a break in a 24-inch iron pipe near the assembly building and turn basin that runs out to the shuttle launch pads. The pipe is said to be an older one, but the cause of the break has not been determined.
The center is open again for today's second shift, though the majority of roughly 14,200 employees that work the first shift were told to stay home today.
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Calgary Transit provides public bus transportation to and from the Calgary International Airport via Route #57 with service to and from the Whitehorn LRT Station and via #430 to North Pointe terminal, where passengers can board the BRT route #301 to downtown. Also, Airporter bus links the airport to several downtown hotels. If driving, it is approximately a 25 minutes drive northeast of downtown.
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Savory Chicken Breast
This Savory Chicken Breast recipe gets extra flavor dimension from Dijon mustard, red current jelly and Maggi seasoning. Great for simple entertaining.
- 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
- 4 (about 1 1/4 pounds total) boneless, skinless chicken breast halves
- 1 onion, chopped
- 1/4 cup water
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper
- 1 MAGGI Chicken Flavor Bouillon Cube
- 1/2 cup red currant jelly
- 1/4 cup Dijon mustard
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Excellent taste, easy to make, what more can you ask. Don't change a thing. I really over ate the night my husband made it, because I had to work late.
I had my doubts while preparing this dish, I wasn't quite sure how it would taste with the jelly and dijon mustard. To my surprise it came out real good! The dijon makes it have a good zing while the jelly makes it sweet-- but not too sweet. Overall, this dish will be a do-over =)
Everyday easy, Company worthy!
This was fantastic! Goes very well with a nice glass of Rubino della Palazzola 1999 (red wine). The combination of the spicyness of the mustard and the sweetness of the black currant jelly (which I substituted because I bought the wrong one) was great. Definitely company worthy. We served it with white rice and a salad.
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Martin King, co-inventor of the mobile phone predictive text software, Tegic T9, has died at the age of 60 after a long battle with cancer.
T9 has been and remains one of the most popular ways of inputting text into a mobile phone and is used on billions of devices around the world. It uses algorithms to predict what word you're trying to form based on likely combinations of letters, allowing users to type words with a single keypress for each letter rather than the old multitap approach. With the explosion of smartphones with full qwerty keyboards, the tech is less prevalent but for traditional candybar handsets with the letters arranged on the number keys 1-9, it is still the preferred method.
King apparently came up with the idea while looking into an eye-tracking communications device, called The Owl, for those without the use of their arms and legs. Looking at the techniques he was studying, it struck him that they could be useful for mobile phones.
He went on to form the company Tegic alongside Cliff Kushler (who has since gone onto develop the Swype text input method) in 1995. The company was sold to AOL in 1999 for $350 million and is now part of Nuance Communications.
Former CEO of Tegic, Bill Valenti, said of King "Martin was.a very, very rare and unusual person. He combined the brilliance and curiosity of an Einstein with the heart and compassion of a Mother Teresa." A fitting accolade for a man owed a debt of gratitude by billions of mobile phone users round the world.


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Tending to some media duties, Cameron Diaz stopped by "Good Morning America" in New York City on Monday (January 6).
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Branstad: State employees must pay for health care
Iowa's state employees would be required to pick up 20 percent of their health care costs under a demand Gov. Terry Branstad will make during union negotiations this year, he said today in a meeting with The Des Moines Register. If successful, it would cost state workers roughly $46.3 million a year. Most state employees currently pay nothing in health care premiums. Iowa was one of only six states that does not require employee health care cost sharing, according to a 2009 review conducted by The Des Moines Register. (Des Moines Register)
Clarinda hospital to get medical helicopter
The Clarinda Regional Health Center will become home to an air ambulance service for the region, starting in September. The hospital on Wednesday announced a partnership with Mercy Medical Center-Des Moines and Air Methods/LifeNet to base an air ambulance in the southwest Iowa community. (Omaha World-Herald)
Komen grant to expand breast cancer screening
A $74,000 Komen Iowa Grant will enable the Cerro Gordo County Department of Public Health to screen an additional 75 North Iowa women for breast cancer, a Health Department official reported. The Komen Grant provides breast cancer screening and diagnostic services for women in a 15-county region of North Iowa who do not have health insurance or are under-insured. (Mason City Globe Gazette)
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The exchange, called the Health Connector, has been operating since Massachusetts passed its own individual mandate in 2006. For all the criticism that has been hurled at the state's health plan during this year's Republican presidential primaries, surprisingly little attention has been paid to this piece of the law. Even if the Supreme Court strikes down the federal mandate, many people believe that some form of exchanges could still be crucial to expanding coverage in a number of states. (New York Times)
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Controlling diabetes and reducing costly hospital stays are two goals of Jeffrey Brenner, the nonprofit Camden Coalition of Healthcare Providers' executive director and a physician with Cooper University Hospital. Backed by several large grants, including a recent $2.8 million federal Health Care Innovation Award, Brenner and his team are undertaking one of the nation's most important healthcare experiments. They aim to halt the inexorable rise in health costs in part by caring for patients more effectively in one of the country's poorest cities. (Philadelphia Inquirer)
How hospitals can shape sustainable cost control
The frustration to move from the immediate and into the long-term cost-reduction phase is perhaps best summed up by these comments from a physician organization CFO who participated in the November 2011 HealthLeaders Intelligence Report Cost Containment: Overcoming Challenges: "We can't get beyond the idea stage. We run around like Chicken Little—the sky is falling—we must reduce costs now. Then, we get absorbed into the next crisis and forget all about cost reduction. We need to appoint a leader, create a plan with measureable goals, get buy-in, implement, and then monitor and reassess. We're just too busy some days to reduce costs. (HealthLeaders News)


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1935, from Italian pizza, originally "cake, tart, pie," of uncertain origin. The 1907 "Vocabolario Etimologico della Lingua Italiana" reports it is said to be from dialectal pinza "clamp" (from Latin pinsere "to pound, stamp"). Klein suggests a connection via loan-translation with Medieval Greek pitta "cake, pie," from Greek pitta "pitch" (cf. Latin adjective piceus "of pitch"). See also pita.


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"Who is this Brock Holt guy," I, and many other Red Sox fans asked ourselves back in mid-May. He sounds like a superhero. The name 'Brock Holt' has a lot of pizzazz. Like Peter Parker, Clark Kent, or Bruce Wayne. I will admit that I wrongfully dismissed him, "Ehh, he's probably just some fill-in prospect."
May 17, 2014 doesn't seem like an important day for the Red Sox. But, that day marked the start of Brock Holt becoming a regular fixture on the Boston Red Sox lineup card. During the forgettable loss, Brock Holt batted 9th, had no hits and only saw seven total pitches over three at bats, a very mild-mannered performance. But like any intriguing comic book superhero, Brock had to show his vulnerability before dawning the cape.
For most of the season poor John Farrell didn't have many reliable leadoff options. Enter Brock Holt. Holt has a been a pleasant surprise, not only leading off, but leading the team with a .338 average and .845 OPS (he is second in OBP after Napoli and second in slugging after Ortiz). No, he's not a power guy (1 HR), and with only four stolen bases he isn't a speedster either.
However, his value cannot be understated during his short time as an everyday player. Over 34 games Holt has 47 hits (1.3 hits per game) and has crossed the plate 18 times. Having a leadoff hitter who scores in 52% of games played is a huge boost for the rest of the team. Perhaps most importantly, the lineup behind Holt has settled in and no longer resembles the perpetual carousel that it was earlier in the season. Simply put, Brock Holt provides consistency.
The main reason the front office pulled the trigger on the Stephen Drew signing is because (when he is healthy) he plays great defense. But Brock Holt is no defensive slouch. Holt's glove received several NCAA awards before he was drafted in the 9th round by the Pittsburgh Pirates in 2009.
Yes, he has had 5 errors and has the second lowest fielding percentage on the team at .963. But, so far this season Holt hasn't played at his optimal middle infield position. Considering the different number of positions he has played (1st base, 3rd base, left field, right field) and since playing off the Green Monster isn't exactly natural, his fielding mistakes ought to be forgiven. Versatile is the only word that can describe Brock Holt's glove so far this season.
Consistency at the plate and versatility in the field is a great combination. It shouldn't be surprising that Farrell has been moving Holt all over the field so he can remain the team's leadoff hitter. At age 26, the question can be fairly asked–is Brock Holt a superhero?
Maybe not, but he's a hell of a baseball player and a vital member of the Sox so far this season. Any perceived defensive shortcomings that result from positional inconsistency should be overlooked. The versatility of Holt's glove allows the rest of the lineup to benefit from his consistency at the plate. In the eyes of John Farrell, Brock Holt is most likely viewed as a bonafide superhero.
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Vico Office Cost Planner Video Tutorials
During Level One Cost Planner Training, we saw how easy it was to set up an initial cost plan without even having a BIM model available. Then during Level Two training, we saw how to access previous project data to flesh out our cost plan. In Level Three we appropriated our quantities by location, confirmed quantity calculations with Formula Editor, and even developed a Cost per Location report. With Level Four training we brought in legacy estimating data with Excel Import and then compared two different versions of the estimate with Cost Explorer. All these tasks were accomplished before we had a BIM model to work with. Finally, in Level Five training, we got to work with three BIM models: publishing them from Revit to Vico Office, activating them, and selecting which properties we would use for our quantity takeoff. With our model experience, we stepped to Level Six training and started dividing up our model into locations. These locations can serve as the basis for our location-based cost plan; but can also be expanded upon by the precon planner and Superintendent for much more granular management of the project on-site. Then in Level Seven training, we learned how to customize our Vico Office workspace with views, viewsets, layouts, and column chooser. Finally, in Level Eight training we learned how to hone in on costs in our estimate with minimum and maximum values and then identify which pieces of the project are contributing the most to the budget.
In Level 9 we want to offer even more ways to slice and dice the budget information in order to present it logically to the Owner. The last thing any Owner wants is to see the estimator rifling through binders or stacks of spreadsheets in order to explain assumptions. This section offers recommendations for views, reports, and even graphical representations of the budget alongside the 3D view of the project. Both the project team and the Owner will appreciate the crisp presentation of information. Information that will help them make data-driven decisions about the project.
We've developed these video tutorials to walk you through the major pieces of functionality in easy bite-sized chunks. Refer back to these videos as often as you like. We'll continue to update the materials as new releases of Vico Office are issued.
After watching these video tutorials on some of the features in Cost Planner and Cost Explorer, please navigate to the FAQs to learn even more. Level 9 completes our Estimator-based training section, but feel free to jump to Scheduling and/or Constructability training when you are ready. You can also request to receive the entire video collection by completing the form on the Vico Office Training Videos page.
Vico Office Cost Planner Level 9
Step One: Setting Up a Target Cost Comparison
We shown in an earlier video how to define your target costs as either a percentage of total budget or as a dollar value. Now we will introduce this data to our cost plan and compare how we are doing.
There are two ways to do this. The first method is very quick and involves adding the Target Cost column to our cost plan. We do this by selecting it from the Column Chooser. Now we have a side-by-side comparison.
The second way to do this is a Report. Download the Target Cost Comparison report template and follow along with the video. Using the parameter setting on the Report Editor, simply select the versions of the cost plan to compare. Notice the cool color coding in the Report to help the Owner pinpoint the differences.
Step Two: Using Snapshots to Compare Two Versions of the Cost Plan
A snapshot is a saved version of the estimate which usually corresponds to a particular meeting date or milestone. Users can save as many snapshots as necessary as they help provide an update to the Team about what has changed in the project since the last meeting.
The obvious advantage is that this comparison immediately calls attention to a part of the project that has changed dramatically. This means that problems can be solved faster because everyone's attention has been focused on the cost override.
Step Three: Analyze Construction Project Budget Variances
Now that we have the snapshots of our estimate from our meeting dates, we can pinpoint the places where change has occurred – either as a price difference or quantity difference. This video illustrates two ways to do this comparison: Compare and Update and the Cost and Quantity Variance Report.
Compare and Update allows you to compare the two cost plan snapshots and then isolate the differences between the two versions of the estimate. This is achieved with color coding - anything in red had changed.
The Cost and Quantity Variance Report outputs the data in a format you can easily share with project stakeholders. Download the Cost and Quantity Variance report template and follow along to set the report parameters.
Step Four: Running a Construction Project Budget Meeting
When you are preparing for a budget review meeting with the Owner and project team, there are several ways to best communicate the project data. This video highlights how to use Cost Explorer to graphically illustrate the budget alongside the dynamically integrated 3D view of the project. The Cost and Quantity Variance Report is also available to pinpoint changes.
Now you have three unique ways to communicate the estimate: the variance report, a color-coded graphical tree structure, and the 3D model.
Now that you've seen that setting up an estimating project in Vico Office Cost Planner is just like starting a traditional estimate from scratch; and you've seen that utilizing previous project work is as easy as dragging and dropping and auto-complete; and you've seen how to define a quantity takeoff for an element is just like establishing a formula in Excel and even how to map these quantities to their proper location; and you've learned to use Cost Explorer to compare the current project status to the budget; and we've finally started using a BIM model from which we can extract quantities for our estimate using Takeoff Manager; we've introduced zones to our project so that we can get a location-based cost plan; we've learned how to customize and further refine the data we're working with; we've learned two options for honing in on items in our estimate; and we've prepared for our Budget Review meeting with snapshots and cost variance reports.
As an Estimator, you've seen how the project workflow changes when a BIM model is introduced. Plus you've seen the extra presentation capabilities from Cost Explorer to Reporting.
Now that you've completed this training section, please review the other materials we have for Estimators:
Webpage: The 5D Workflow
Webpage: What Is 5D BIM?
Webpage: What's the Difference between Cost Planning and Estimating?
Webinar: The 5D Virtual Construction Workflow in Vico Office
Webinar: BIM-Based Estimating Basics
Product: Vico Takeoff Manager and FAQs
Product: Vico Cost Planner and FAQs
Product: Vico Cost Explorer and FAQs
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Thomson Reuters third-quarter sales dip; shares down
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(Reuters) - Thomson Reuters Corp on Friday reported third-quarter sales that missed estimates due in part to the strong dollar, but the news and information company's profit beat Wall Street expectations.
Shares were down 2.2 percent in New York trading.
Thomson Reuters, the parent of Reuters News, competes for financial customers with Bloomberg LP, as well as News Corp's Dow Jones unit.
Continued uncertainty about global growth has put pressure on sell-side financial services firms, the core customers of the company's Financial & Risk business. Since their peak this year in late July, U.S, financial shares are down more than the broader U.S. market.
Morgan Stanley and JPMorgan Chase & Co both reported drops in profits due to the weak trading environment.
"While the company's current business is doing okay, there is no sign that the transactions-related business will get better anytime soon," said Sanford Bernstein analyst Claudio Aspesi. "It does raise questions about the growth of the financial services industry."
The uncertainty in global markets provides an opportunity for Thomson Reuters to serve its financial services clients, Chief Executive Jim Smith said in an interview. "To the extent that we can help banks take out costs and manage their complexity and risk, that's an opportunity for us."
In its Financial & Risk segment, which provides news and analytics to banks and other financial companies, revenue fell 7 percent but was flat when stripping out currency. Margins improved. Continued...


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Morris uses boogeyman of nonexistent ACORN funds to solicit funds for GOP group
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In a fundraising email "[p]aid for by The National Republican Trust PAC," Dick Morris claimed that "the Democrats want to give almost $5 billion to groups like ACORN" in the recovery bill. In fact, the bill does not mention ACORN or otherwise single it out for funding; ACORN itself has said that it is ineligible for the funds and has no plans to apply for them.
In a February 6 fundraising email "[p]aid for by The National Republican Trust PAC" and sent to his mailing list, Fox News contributor Dick Morris claimed of the economic recovery plan: "Outrageously, the Democrats want to give almost $5 billion to groups like ACORN [the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now]. As you know, ACORN has been accused of massive vote fraud in many states." Morris added: "With billions in hand, ACORN will be able to register more Democratic voters. That's what this is all about." In fact, as Media Matters for America has repeatedly documented, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 does not mention ACORN or otherwise single it out for funding; ACORN itself has said that it is ineligible for the funds and has no plans to apply for them. Morris' claim is based on a misrepresentation of a provision of the bill that would appropriate $4.19 billion "for neighborhood stabilization activities related to emergency assistance for the redevelopment of abandoned and foreclosed homes as authorized under division B, title III of the Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008."
Morris also claimed ACORN has "been accused of massive vote fraud in many states," echoing a claim he made on the October 15, 2008, edition of Fox News' Fox & Friends, when he baselessly accused ACORN of "committing voter fraud." In fact, ACORN does not stand accused of "committing voter fraud." While ACORN has, according to The New York Times, "acknowledged cases where canvassers submitted false or duplicate registrations," many states require ACORN to submit all registration forms it receives. Moreover, New York University's Brennan Center for Justice stated in a 2007 report titled "The Truth About Voter Fraud" that voter fraud is "fraud by voters" and "occurs when individuals cast ballots despite knowing that they are ineligible to vote, in an attempt to defraud the election system." During the October 15, 2008, segment, and in his email, Morris did not cite a single allegation to support his assertion that ACORN has engaged in "voter fraud."
Media Matters also noted that in a February 3 email, Morris wrote that he "work[ed] with" the National Republican Trust PAC during the 2008 election. Morris wrote: "As I did during the election, I am working with the National Republican Trust to do what I can to stop this package from passing." But following questions raised by Media Matters regarding Morris' financial relationship with the group, in a November 24, 2008, appearance on Fox News' Hannity & Colmes, Morris said that "some of the liberals have lashed back at me, claiming that somehow I'm getting paid by this group, but the fact is that all they've done is buy ads on my website, like they buy ads in The New York Times." Morris insisted, "I'm no more in cahoots with them than The New York Times is."
Media Matters has previously documented other media figures making the false claim that ACORN would receive government money from the recovery bill, including CNN's Lou Dobbs, Fox News' Steve Doocy, Sean Hannity and Karl Rove, Rush Limbaugh, and Fox Business Network's Elizabeth MacDonald. Media Matters also noted that The Washington Times, The Hill, and the San Francisco Chronicle repeated the falsehood.
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July 17, 2014 – The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) will begin offering federal duck stamps to waterfowl hunters as an online option, starting Aug. 1, 2014.
The US Fish and Wildlife Service recently selected Louisiana, along with Michigan, Missouri, North Carolina and Virginia to provide this federal E-Stamp option to their hunters.
"We are pleased to be among the first in the country to offer this hunting permit purchase option and will continue to work to provide our customers more convenient methods for license and permit purchases," said LDWF Secretary Robert Barham.
Hunters who purchase the federal E-Stamp online starting Aug. 1 may use the confirmation number given at the time of purchase for 45 days from the date of purchase. Within that time frame, a US Postal Service certified, federal duck stamp will be mailed to the hunter. To purchase a federal E-Stamp online starting Aug. 1, go to http://www.wlf.louisiana.gov/licenses/hunting-licenses .
Hunters will also have the option to purchase a temporary federal E-Stamp from any retail vendor selling Louisiana hunting licenses. The temporary stamp issued at the time of purchase through either of these methods will allow the hunter to legally harvest waterfowl while awaiting an actual stamp that will be mailed to the license holder's address. After the 45 days, the customer must carry their federal duck stamp while hunting.
Louisiana was selected to participate in piloting the federal E-Stamp program based on LDWF's license sales experience, financial capability and technical preparedness.
The Department of Wildlife and Fisheries is charged with managing and protecting Louisiana's abundant natural resources. For more information, visit us at www.wlf.louisiana.gov, on Facebook at www.facebook.com/ldwffb, or follow us on Twitter @LDWF.
For more information, on the Federal E-Stamp Program, visit http://www.fws.gov/duckstamps/ or contact Michelle Rayburn at 225-765-2881 or firstname.lastname@example.com .
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July 17, 2014 – The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) will begin offering federal duck stamps to waterfowl hunters as an online option, starting Aug. 1, 2014.


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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Actress Gillian Anderson, best known for her nine-year stint as FBI Agent Dana Scully on "The X-Files," will reprise her Emmy-winning role this summer in a movie sequel based on the wildly popular science-fiction television series.
The re-awakening of the "X-Files" franchise, which enjoys a cult-like following, marks somewhat of an about-face for Anderson, 39, who said she has been spending the six years since the show's end "trying to do everything but Scully."
To that end, Anderson moved from Hollywood to London, where she has appeared in two stage productions and is preparing for a third. She has also enjoyed an award-winning turn in a 2005 television adaptation of Charles Dickens' "Bleak House," and appeared in the 2006 Oscar-winning film "The Last King of Scotland" with Forest Whitaker.
In a recent interview with Reuters, Anderson discussed coming back to the role of Agent Scully, her fears of failing on stage, and what it's like to be part of a series that became a cultural phenomenon.
Q: What was it like to come back to Dana Scully again?
A: I thought that it was going to be a breeze, and it was more challenging than I had expected. It had been such a long time and the characters had matured, and also I had been spending so much time away trying to do everything but Scully.
Q: Why try to do 'everything but Scully?'
A: Nine years is a long time when you are doing something every single day and I didn't get into this business to play Scully. My goal was to do as wide a range of things as possible. So it was just following through with what my original intention was, but it was delayed for a decade. Continued...


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LightWave 11.5 is coming in Q4 2012, according to The LightWave 3D Group (a division of NewTek, Inc.). The new version includes several new features, such as Genoma, better After Effects intergration, ZBrush and more.
Genoma – Genoma is a new instant-rigging system for biped and quadrupeds in modeler, giving the artist several customizable-preset skeletal parts, from hands to wings.
Enhanced Adobe After Effects integration – The artist can now choose elements, such as lights, cameras and animations, and see them in After Effects compositions. The artist will also be able to make changes using After Effect's Camera Tracker and send it back to LightWave.
Enhanced ZBrush integration – The artist can now send models from LightWave to Pixologic's ZBrush and back again. ZBrush's styling tools can be imported into LightWave and attached to objects.
Flocking – Flocking is a new particle system for items to move in, as The LightWave 3D Group calls it, "organic ways." This will include prey and predator behaviors, where flocked items can chase other flocks or find and chase the closest prey. Other features in Flocking include Plane, Pursuit and Arrive directors and adds in node controls.
Instancing – Instancing now has Per-Object control of scale, stretch, offset, rotate and nodal controls. There are also new Copy and Paste functions and Path Mode optimizations to add flexibility.
Other improvements include Soft-Body dynamics in Bullet, as well as improvements to the ViewPort Preview Renderer.
The LightWave 3D Group says LightWave 11.5 will be shipping sometime in Q4 for $1495.00 for a full version and $695.00 for upgrade from a previous version.