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No Increase in LOS After Ambulance Diversion Ban
When Massachusetts imposed its first-in-the-nation statewide ban on ambulance diversions on Jan. 1, 2009 some providers voiced concerns that the policy would lead to longer emergency department wait times and delayed ambulance turnarounds.
A study shows that those concerns have not materialized.
In fact, the average ED wait time and ambulance turnaround dropped in the nine Boston-area hospitals whose records were reviewed in the study, which appeared this month in the online version of Annals of Emergency Medicine.
Researchers examined ED records for all of 2008, the year before the ban was imposed, and for 2009, using length of stay as the measure for crowding. The data showed that none of the nine hospitals' EDs saw an increase in length of stay for admitted or discharged patients, and there was no increase in ambulance turnaround time, despite an increase in overall ED patient traffic.
Overall, ED volume at the nine hospitals increased by 3.6% after the diversion ban but length of stay fell 10.4 minutes for admitted patients and ambulance turnaround time fell 2.2 minutes, the study found.
"For us, the key point was that times went down at all. We had heard that things were going relatively well but we wanted to approach it quantitatively," says study coauthor Laura G. Burke, MD, MPH, an emergency physician with Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston.


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BGP ? Three Leased Lines and PIX ? Three PIXs ?
I have three leased lines to the Internet and just bought a PIX 515UR. The vendor told me that one PIX unit would be enough to handle all three lines (each with different IP addresses) and supplied me a PIX with three Ethernet interfaces.
Now, he tells me that for ONE PIX to handle three different IPs, I'll have to get an AS number, run BGP on my Cisco 2501s. And that the 2500 is not good enough to run BGP - and to get more powerful routers.
Or buy two more PIXs.
I'm a newbie - please help me with how I should solve this one.
Thanks a million

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POLICE are investigating an incident on the A590 which saw two cars involved in a collision come to a standstill on the busy carriageway.
Cumbria Police have just released details about the incident which happened at around 2pm on the Barrow-bound side of the A590 at Haverthwaite on Saturday March 29.
Police said they are looking into the 'manner of driving and damage' caused.
They said it involved two Ford Focus cars - one dark and the other light.
Minor damage was caused to the dark-coloured car after the light-coloured Ford Focus 'approached the dark one, caused damage but then drove off.
Police are looking for any witnesses to come forward.
Anyone with any infomation should contact PC 1318 Ritchie on 101.


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To the victors goes the party.
American Idol's Top 13 got to celebrate their hard-won status at a post-show celebration Thursday that also featured interviews with dozens of reporters. The finalists posed for numerous pictures, together and individually, before being interviewed as they stood on the Idol-blue carpet.
"It really feels amazing. Out of this world," finalist Jermaine Jones told USA TODAY's Bill Keveney.
PHOTOS: See a gallery of the top 13
"It's so loud in here," finalist Heejun Han said, as music blasted through the tent that had been set up on top of a parking garage next door to Idol's soundstage.
The judges stopped by the party, too. Randy Jackson and Steven Tyler each threw out a few names as potential early favorites.
"There's so many. Jessica Sanchez, Joshua Ledet, Skylar (Laine), Phillip Phillips. I can keep going," Jackson said. "I think we've got an amazing, amazing top 13. There's a lot of kids in this who can do it. I think this group has a much broader diversity" than some previous ones.
Tyler also mentioned Phillips along with Colton Dixon and Elise Testone. He said this year's field had more singers who deserved to make the final.
"Last year, there were about 12 I thought would make it through. This year, there were about 22," he said.
Jackson elaborated on his comment during Wednesday's show that the judges realized they may have gone too easy in their critique of the men Tuesday. Some critics have complained the panel has not been as sharp as it could be in its critiques.
"I think we were a little too lenient. It was our first show back. I went home to watch it. I called Steven and Jennifer (Lopez) that night and I was like, 'Dude, we were way too nice to some of these kids. We have to lay it on the line and call it as we see it as we normally do,' " he said. "I think it was our first show back and we were trying to find our groove a little bit, but we got it. (Wednesday) with the girls was much different."
The party offered only a brief respite from preparation for Wednesday's first finale episode (Fox, 8 p.m. ET/PT), when the singers will be mentored by Mary J. Blige, the men will perform the music of Stevie Wonder and the women will pay tribute to Whitney Houston.
A few of the finalists -- the three wild-card picks: Erika Van Pelt, Jeremy Rosado and DeAndre Brackensick -- were especially happy to be among the finalists. The three didn't qualify via viewer vote and had to sing for their survival Thursday, eventually being selected for the Top 13 by the three judges.
Van Pelt thought she was done when viewers didn't vote her through to the next round.
"It was mega-stress city 2012. My mindset was, 'I'm going home to Rhode Island. The journey's over for me. It's been amazing for me, but that's the end of the road," she said. "But the fact that the judges went out of their way to save me and give me another opportunity to come back and sing for America again was the biggest blessing."
Brackensick was still reconstructing his feelings at the time.
"I didn't know what I felt. It was like a scream inside my body. I couldn't walk. I couldn't breathe. I just fell to the floor," he said. "It was amazing."
When Rosado was chosen, he was so moved he went to embrace the judges, giving his biggest hug to Jennifer Lopez. "She said, 'You so deserve this, Papito,' " which is a term of endearment. "When a Spanish woman calls you Papito, it's really good," he said.
Nashville-based Brian Mansfield began writing about music for USA TODAY in 1997 and took over Idol Chatter just before the start of Season 8. He co-authored Make Me a Star: Industry Insiders Reveal How to Make It in Music, and while he has never auditioned for American Idol, he did sing Boot Scootin' Boogie at Disney World's American Idol Experience the day the attraction opened (he lost). More about Brian | E-mail Brian


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UPDATE: Following the original research I put out on R. Gordon Wasson on May 13, 2012, in an article titled "Magic Mushrooms and the Psychedelic Revolution: Beginning a New History" – or "The Secret History of Magic Mushrooms" – which revealed R. Gordon Wasson as a CIA agent or asset, in late August I put…
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BEFORE YOU VOTE: "No Treason. The Constitution of No Authority" – by Lysander Spooner
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A must hear talk by Lysander Spooner (read by Matt Prichard) on giving up your autonomy to the criminals during voting season. Spooner's article was written circa 1867. http://media.blubrry.com/gnosticmedia/p/www.gnosticmedia.com/podcast/LysanderSpooner-NoTreason-TheConstitutionOfNoAuthority.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 1:58:12 — 67.6MB) | EmbedSubscribe: Android | RSS


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Redbox Kiosks Now Charging $2 For Game Rentals
Redbox Kiosks Now Charging $2 For Game Rentals
I have a wide selection of video games at my disposal, but there's something about being able to go to a kiosk and pick up a new title at any time that gets me excited. As you can probably guess, I'm that person who subscribes to Netflix but will still go to a kiosk and rent a movie.
Redbox movie rental kiosks are now offering video game rentals (including PS2, PS3, Xbox 360, and Wii video games) for only $2 per night.
Most of these kiosks are scattered around the US, but Reno, NV, is first to test out this affordable new game rental service.


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A couple days later, Pandora worked more PR spin. This time on me. You can read the smoke and mirrors Pandora pulled with respect to its plans to leverage (or not) the full power of its data in Exposing a Pandora Article That Reads Like a Press Release.
Finally, this past Thursday, two bizarre things went down that even people who can see still see the turnip truck's brake lights could see right through.
First, Pandora took us all for fools with the way it spun its decision to stop reporting monthly listener metrics. Pandora told us that it had only been releasing these numbers for advertisers. And now that advertisers can see how Pandora ranks against broadcast radio in other, more formal ways, there's no longer a need to reveal the statistics every thirty days.
You know as well as I -- and so does Pandora -- that the company made these numbers public for investors, not just advertisers. In fact, I would argue it was more a vehicle to drive positive thoughts in the investment community than the advertising one.
But now that it's more difficult to explain moderating growth (which really doesn't negatively impact Pandora's core narrative), Pandora doesn't see the need to be quite as transparent quite as often like it was when it was growing exponentially.
We might be stupid, but we're not dumb. And we're sure as heck not going to fall for typical tricks borne out of corporate PR departments.
But the award for complete cluelessness, total inanity and pathetic smoke and mirrors goes to Pandora's new CEO Brian McAndrews. If he actually believes what he said Thursday about Spotify's purchase of The Echo Nest the man is certifiably inane and not fit to lead Pandora.
On a conference call to spin the decision to stop reporting the monthly listener data, McAndrews said ...
We don't see (the deal) as a significant development for us ...
That comment could mean one or more of several things. But from any perspective it holds that McAndrews is nuts or simply jive talking us.
If the development is not significant because Pandora doesn't care about doing something with its data other than using it to sell targeted advertising, then I guess McAndrews made a technically correct, even if horribly misguided statement.
If it's not significant because McAndrews thinks it's immaterial to Pandora's business then he doesn't understand A) what Pandora's business is and B) what Pandora's business not only should be, but absolutely has to be going forward if it wants to maintain its stronghold as Internet radio's unprecedented leader.
If Pandora's talking about the Spotify/The Echo Nest hookup internally at more than a surface level -- which I have to think it is -- McAndrews could give Netflix's (NFLX) Reed Hastings a run for his money as top jive-talking CEO.
I'll get into how all the bizarreness connects to Pandora's business model later in this article, but first ... something positive, which makes part of the aforementioned bizarreness even more bizarre.


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The first full trailer for Exodus: Gods and Kings came out today, and to judge by what we see here, the film will have bits of Gladiator, The Prince of Egypt, Schindler's List and even The Matrix.
That's right, The Matrix. Or at any rate, that's what I am reminded of when Ben Kingsley shows up and goes all Morpheus on Christian Bale's Moses, telling him that he's always felt something was wrong, that he has been deceived his whole life, and that he is the fulfillment of a prophecy regarding a deliverer.
It's tempting to think that this "prophecy" business is just another movie cliché — it's certainly not there in the biblical version of Moses' story — but the first-century historian Josephus actually mentions such a prophecy and says the Hebrew babies were drowned in the Nile around the time of Moses' birth because of it.
Cecil B. DeMille included this prophecy (and its consequences) in the prologue to The Ten Commandments — and although other characters refer to it later, there is no scene in which anyone actually discusses the prophecy with Moses. So Exodus is unique in having a mentor introduce the hero to his destiny like this.
Apart from that, the trailer mostly sells action, action, action — if the teaser had lots of horses, this one has lots of swords — but it also touches on Moses' relationships with his "brother" Ramses, his wife Zipporah and his sons Gershom and Eliezer.


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Mayock's take: "The Greatest Show on Turf personally welcomes Brian Quick. He's a height, weight, speed specimen. His production could be a little delayed, but he will be fast-tracked by the Rams' coaching staff. ... This is a guy they're going to need production from right away."
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|Top Pick
|A once-in-a-generation type prospect who could change how his position is played
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|An impact player with the ability/intangibles to become a Pro Bowl player. Expect to start immediately except in a unique situation (i.e. behind a veteran starter).
|Eventual Starter
|A quality player who will contribute to the team early on and is expected to develop into a starter. A reliable player who brings value to the position.
|Draftable Player
|A prospect with the ability to make team as a backup/role player. Needs to be a special teams contributor at applicable positions. Players in the high range of this category might have long-term potential.
|Free Agent
|A player with solid measurables, intangibles, college achievements, or a developing skill that warrants an opportunity in an NFL camp. In the right situation, he could earn a place on a 53-man roster, but most likely will be a practice squad player or a camp body.


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Editor's note: A wiki is a collaborative playground with no one in charge. In this article, Ron Goldman describes some of the goals for the Javapedia wiki that will be featured on this site. Before he does, we set the mood with a dream sequence.
Thin k back to the first time you enjoyed collaborating in a creative endeavor. Perhaps you were on a beach kneeling in the sand with other four-year-olds building a sand castle. The occasion may have been a group presentation for a school project -- your contribution was just part of an organic whole. Maybe you were breathing life into a role in a play or you were playing an instrument in a high-school jam session.
In each case, the whole was greater than the sum of the parts. None of the children could have built the entire sand landscape. Thirty minutes of just the drummer or just the guitarist isn't nearly as interesting as the music they create interacting with each other and the rest of the group. Seeing your favorite actor perform Lear isn't as captivating if there is no one on stage with whom the actor can create this reality.
Wouldn't the children have built a better sand castle if an adult had been in charge and given each child clear instructions? Perhaps. What do you mean by better? Wouldn't the music be more polished if the group practiced a detailed composition? Probably. If that is your goal, then a jam session is not for you. Isn't there a risk that a rogue contributor could ruin the effort of the group? Certainly. The only way to mitigate this risk is to prevent the free contributions of each member.
You're invited to participate in building an online sand castle. Initially it won't look like much more than a few piles of sand on an otherwise empty beach. Come participate. Find a tower you would like to build or a moat you would like to dig. Notice a door that doesn't look quite right and make an adjustment.
The goal of the Javapedia Project on java.net is to create a complete and accurate online encyclopedia of all things Java. Anyone with a question about Java technology will hopefully be able to find an answer in it. Javapedia entries will cover all aspects of the Java language: class libraries, history, philosophy, you name it -- if it relates to Java, it belongs in the Javapedia.
Inspiration: the Wikipedia
Our model is the Wikipedia, a free encyclopedia being constructed online by volunteers. Work on the Wikipedia started in January 2001, and as of May 2003, the community has written over 120,000 articles. These articles span subjects like philosophy, mathematics, biology, physics, architecture, engineering, anthropology, economics, geography, history, literature, religion, sports, and television. Any topic you would expect to find in a published encyclopedia such as theEncyclopædia Britannica is apt to be represented -- if not today, then possibly tomorrow, when someone knowledgeable in that area visits the Wikipedia web site and decides to participate.
Some articles are short, some long. Some are quite accurate, while others contain errors. The quality of the writing varies. But what all of the articles share is that today's version is generally better than yesterday's. As the Wikipedia community of volunteers continually revises each article, mistakes are corrected and missing material added. This is a process similar to how open source software is continually improved by volunteer developers: many eyes are continually looking at it, problems are noted, and someone who can do so eventually fixes them.
The number of people working on the Wikipedia has been continually growing. There are currently more than 700 regular Wikipedia contributors, over 10,000 people who have registered a user account there, and an unknown number of anonymous contributors. Because technically oriented people are more comfortable on the Internet, the number and quality of the more technical topics is highest. At present, gardening, architecture, dance, and theater are some of the weaker areas of the Wikipedia. However as the popularity of the Wikipedia grows, so does the range of people contributing to it.
One key policy that makes the Wikipedia possible is that articles are written with a neutral point of view. With participants of all ideologies, from all around the world, it is important that articles on controversial topics strive to fairly and sympathetically present all views on an issue, rather than advocate any specific point of view. This makes it possible to have articles on topics like abortion or the Middle East without having an endless argument---the article describes the arguments of the various positions, but does not try to have a single, objective point of view. The Wikipedia also has a separate talk page associated with each article, where people can discuss the contents of the article and how it can be improved. The Wikipedia community tries to limit this talk to improving the article, instead of debating the subject of the article. By and large, this policy has made it possible for groups with opposing views to successfully collaborate on the writing of Wikipedia articles.
What Is a Wiki?
The software behind the Wikipedia that allows people to collaboratively edit web pages is called a wiki. The first wiki web site was established by Ward Cunningham in 1995. Ward originally called it the WikiWikiWeb, from the word wiki wiki (which means quick in the Hawaiian language).
A wiki makes it easy for anyone to view, edit, or create web pages using just a web browser. A very simple markup scheme allows some basic text formatting. In the original wiki, a link to another wiki page is automatically created by writing several words with the first letter capitalized and with no spaces between them, such as JamesGosling or UsingThreadsSafely. If there is not already a page with that name, then a new one is created.
A wiki is a great way for a community to create a group document. As members browse the existing pages, any time they see a mistake or want to make an addition, all they need to do is press the Edit this page button displayed at the bottom of the page. This loads the current text of the page into a form where it can now be edited. After they make whatever changes they want, they press the Save page button and the new version of the page is available for all to see.
Writing in wiki pages consists of either unsigned, deliberately anonymous text that is intended to be community material that others are encouraged to update and improve (e.g., Wikipedia articles), or a series of signed comments where people hold a form of conversation as they try to reach an understanding of the issues involved (e.g., a Wikipedia talk page). The unique way in which wiki works is that anyone can reorganize the conversational threads to clarify the material, possibly moving them to new pages, and rewrite the community material based on the comments made. Over time, more and more community-owned text is created expressing the community consensus and the now-concluded discussions are removed.
Most wikis have a special RecentChanges page that displays an automatically generated index of all the wiki pages that have been changed recently. Many people check theRecentChanges page frequently to see what is new on the wiki.
Wiki Depends on Community
When they first hear about wiki, many people's immediate reaction is that it cannot possibly work. People worry that someone will come along to delete what is there or write random garbage all over pages. This indeed can and does occasionally happen, but as soon as any of the wiki's community members notice the problem they erase the graffiti and restore the page's original contents from the previous archived version. After continually having their "work" removed, the offending individual usually quickly gives up and goes elsewhere.
A more common problem is that no community consensus emerges, possibly because the community is split into opposing viewpoints on some issue. Here's where a policy like the Wikipedia's "neutral point of view" can help, by allowing folks to work together to express each of the viewpoints, rather than resolve the issue to a single correct one. This requires a real sense of community and a respect for each other's beliefs.
Another reason that discussions do not resolve is that the community is exploring a new area and just doesn't know enough yet. In that case, the various discussions will just sit there and be a reminder that the issue is still open. As individuals (and hence the community) learn more, people will add to the discussion and reorganize it.
Wiki Can Help Build a Community
The wide-open nature of the wiki, and most peoples' unfamiliarity with it, can present a barrier. People can be afraid of what will happen to what they write or unsure of what type of contributions are accepted. The tone set by the community will either encourage or discourage new folks to join in. Once someone does contribute and begins to edit wiki pages, they gain a feeling of empowerment and often develop a vested interest in overseeing the wiki as a whole.
A wiki is a community effort and each develops its own culture. In general, the sense of working together to build a better understanding seems to encourage people to be more polite then many other Internet activities do. Maybe because on a wiki any flames, spam, or trivia can be easily deleted, while the constructive comments are expanded and grow.
Coming to a common place, sharing a vocabulary, and working together over time on common goals all help to make the people using a wiki into an actual community.
Wiki on java.net
One goal of java.net is to help people to discuss Java-related issues, share code and techniques, and work together on projects of common interest. To do this, java.net provides a whole set of tools, including mailing lists, discussion forums, file sharing, CVS source control, bug databases, weblogs, and wikis. Most of these are tools are common to many web sites hosting open source projects. Wikis and weblogs, however, are not.
One thing that sets java.net apart is that it is not primarily about open source, but instead is about how groups of people can collaboratively construct whatever is needed to make them more successful in their Java-related activities. For some, this will involve writing Java source code, but others will be creating documents, material to teach Java-based courses, sharing ideas, or doing research. A wiki is well suited for such activities, and providing them with one will hopefully help them succeed.
Help Us Create the Javapedia
One of the projects proposed for java.net is the Javapedia, a Wiki-based encyclopedia of Java technology that will include descriptions of class libraries, frameworks, tools, applications, courses, consultants, and anything and everything relating to Java. We expect there will be articles that tell the history of Java, capsule biographies of people involved with Java's development, talk about Java in relation to other programming languages, success stories and business cases for using Java, plus lots more that will surprise us all. The Javapedia will be created and maintained by the community. Everyone is invited to help.
No one is in charge of what goes into the Javapedia; everyone is responsible. As with most wiki-based discussions, we expect that a small group of volunteers will help grow and nurture the Javapedia by welcoming new contributors, adding more articles, reorganizing old articles and the links between them, and, most importantly, setting a positive tone for the community as a whole to follow.
Initially there will not be much in the Javapedia. If you don't find what you are looking for, then please help by creating a new page with whatever you know about the missing topic. Later, someone else who knows more will visit the page and add to it. If you read a page with mistakes on it or that is missing important information, then please edit it and help improve it. Contribute what you know and remember that it is okay to leave a page you edit unfinished. That's how a wiki grows and becomes useful.
The Javapedia is an experiment. We think it will be useful, but that will depend on how willing people are to contribute to it.
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1. Mars
Mars, the Red Planet, is so far away that it is difficult to study from Earth. Photos of Mars like this one, taken by the Hubble Space Telescope, are the best ever taken from Earth's orbit. To get more detail and learn more, we have sent spacecraft to Mars: The first was Mariner 4 in 1963, and then the two Viking missions in 1976. In 1997, Mars Global Surveyor and Mars Pathfinder spacecraft both arrived at Mars, providing some of the best images of the surface obtained so far.
Although Mars is now a freezing desert, its climate has changed enormously; early in its history, Mars was much warmer and wetter (slides #2, #4, #5, #7) and life might have flourished. The idea that Mars' climate could change was reinforced when astronomers turned the Hubble Space Telescope on the planet in 1995. They found that Mars had become colder and dryer than it was in the late 1970s at the time of the Viking missions. A change of just 2°F would make a major difference to life on Earth, but (on average) Mars had become 36°F colder than 20 years ago. For scientists looking for signs of life now or signs of former life on Mars, this evidence of dramatic climate change over a short period of time gives greater credibility to theories that Mars has undergone major climate changes in the past.
Hubble Space Telescope Wide-Field Planetary Camera 2 image, February 1995. Philip James (University of Toledo), Steven Lee (University of Colorado, Boulder), NASA.
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AquaSox Set to Go Green, Welcome Guests
Six-game homestand to feature fireworks, giveaways, and celebrities
August 17, 2009 2:01 PM ET
The homestand kicks off on Thursday, August 20 with Football Night in Everett. Fans will be able to welcome in the beginning of football season while they take in a baseball game! Thursday's game will also feature a hat voucher giveaway to the first 1,000 fans, presented by Team Saturn NW.
Friday, August 21 will be a special night as the AquaSox "Go Green". The first 1,000 fans will receive a special AquaSox Recycled Tote Bag, presented by Haggen Food & Pharmacy. To cap off the night of celebrating the environment, Postgame Fireworks will light up the sky!
All of the young AquaSox fans are in luck on Saturday, August 22 as Dora the Explorer will make a special appearance! Saturday's game will also feature an AquaSox Youth Jersey Giveaway to the first 1,000 fans 14 & under, presented by Comcast.
Everett Memorial will have another special visitor on Sunday August 23, as Hall of Fame pitcher Gaylord Perry will be in attendance and available for autographs on the concourse from 4-6 p.m. on Mariner's Day! Sunday's game will feature special Seattle Mariners Giveaway Items to the first 1,000 fans, presented by the Seattle Mariners.
The AquaSox will hit the road for three short games before they return on August 29 to cap off what has truly been a memorable 2009 season.
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- Lindsay Lohan's Playboy cover has leaked! LiLo is posed straddling a red chair in red lipstick and black heels, with the Playboy logo tastefully obscuring her ladybits. I guess you don't have to wait for "The Ellen DeGeneres Show" for the big, awkward cover reveal after all. [The Insider]
- New couple: Jason Sudeikis and Olivia Wilde. Damn, he gets all the pretty girls! [Us Weekly]
- A new French online dating site for women is set up like a supermarket where women put men in a virtual "shopping cart" and get "deals" on guys. I find this slightly clever, but mostly gross. [Jezebel]
- Neve Campbell will star in an "Amish crime drama" on Lifetime, natch, about an Amish girl who leaves the community and then returns as a new police chief. This will either be terrible or amazing. [NYMag.com]
- Comedienne Sandra Bernhard was considered for the role of Miranda Hobbes on "Sex and the City" but said the pay was too crappy. [NY Observer]
- Kleenex alert: this dog rescued kittens from death! [The Stir]
- What does it mean if a guy says he is "not in the mood"? [Gurl.com]
- Men have horrific things to say about those velvet dresses us ladies wear at Christmastime. [The Gloss]
- Speaking of dresses, here are 12 that would be perfect for your office holiday party. [The Daily Muse]
Contact the author of this post at [email protected] Follow me on Twitter at @JessicaWakeman.
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Economist.com recently features a report discussing innovation and how industries have become more open to and involved with it. Among these industries are the automotive and the IT industries. Larry Page, co-founder of Google, "had earlier hosted a gathering of leading environmentalists, political thinkers and energy experts to help shape an inducement to get things moving: the Automotive X Prize, expected to be unveiled in early 2008." This project urges both automotive and IT experts to develop the clean, software-rich car. "The organisers will offer at least $10m to whoever comes up with the best 'efficient, clean, affordable and sexy' car able to obtain the equivalent of 100 miles-per-gallon using alternative energy."
The article further discusses the current situation regarding Research and Development around the world, and continues to stress the importance of innovation. "Analysis done by the McKinsey Global Institute shows that competition and innovation (not information technology alone) led to the extraordinary productivity gains seen in the 1990s. 'Those innovationsin technology as well as products and business processesboosted productivity. As productivity rose, competition intensified, bringing fresh waves of innovation,' the institute explains."
Read the full article here.
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This course includes Lessons 21-25 from the Japanese Level 1 program featuring 2.5 hours of language instruction. Each lesson provides 30 minutes of spoken language practice, with an introductory conversation, and new vocabulary and structures. Detailed instructions enable you to understand and participate in the conversation. Practice for vocabulary introduced in previous lessons is included in each lesson. The emphasis is on pronunciation and comprehension, and on learning to speak Japanese.
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Pagan Community Notes is a companion to my usual Pagan News of Note series, more focused on news originating from within the Pagan community. I want to reinforce the idea that what happens to and within our organizations, groups, and events is news, and news-worthy. My hope is that more individuals, especially those working within Pagan organizations, get into the habit of sharing their news with the world. So lets get started!Top Story: Pagan chaplain and activist Patrick McCollum has recently returned from the first International Conference on Transforming Conflict in Amman, Jordan. The event centered on dialogues with youth and adults from Israel, Palestine, Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, and … [Read more...]
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The Soviet delegate to the United Nations Economic and Social Council, which is now meeting here, today told the Social Committee of ECOSOC that there is no anti-Semitism in the Soviet Union. He was replying to charges voiced earlier this week by Israeli delegate Moshe Bartur, who presented the Social Committee with a number of facts on anti-Jewish discrimination in the USSR.
The Soviet representative expressed regret that the representative of Israel mentioned the letter sent by Lord Bertrand Russell, British philosopher, to Moscow appealing that the Jews in the USSR should be permitted full cultural life, religious freedom and rights of a national group "in practice as well as in law." In this letter, Lord Russell also said he was "gravely disturbed" by the fact that 60 percent of those executed in the Soviet Union for "economic crimes" were Jews.
"It is regrettable" said the Soviet delegate, "that the representative of Israel failed to mention the fact that Lord Russell's letter was answered by Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev, on the 20th of February, pointing out that there has never been any anti-Semitism in the Soviet Union."
The Soviet delegate was, however, referring to Premier Khrushchev's answer to Lord Russell in reply to the first letter which Lord Russell sent to Moscow addressed to Mr. Khrushchev personally. What he omitted to say was that Lord Russell was apparently not satisfied with Mr. Khrushchev's answer, and sent another letter, this time to the Izvestia, official organ of the Soviet Government. This second letter–which Mr. Bartur brought up in his speech at the Social Committee–was never published in the Izvestia. Nor was it answered by Premier Khrushchev.
As a result of the discussions on religious discrimination, the Social Committee adopted this week a resolution endorsing the decision of the U.N. Commission on Human Rights to give priority to preparing a draft declaration on the elimination of all forms of religious intolerance, at its 20th session, which is to take place in 1965. Mr. Bartur requested "urgent and precise steps" to combat religious discrimination and said that delay would be "incomprehensible and unacceptable." However, his request was ignored.


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RIYADH (Reuters) - Like thousands of young Saudis, Nayef al-Nasser is trapped between love and a dysfunctional real estate market.
Nasser, 34, has been engaged for the past seven years. His job as a car salesman in the Saudi capital earns him 5,000 riyals (859 pounds) a month. When sales are good, he can make up to 4,000 riyals a month on top of that. He should be married and enjoying his life, he said, clean shaven and stocky in his traditional white thoub and head scarf.
There's a problem, though. Nasser does not own his own house and until he does his fiance's father insists that there will be no wedding. "Not an apartment, a house," said Nasser. "He doesn't like his daughter or her visiting sisters and mother to have to share a building with strangers; the neighbours, he means."
For a short time the couple wondered if they should live with Nasser's parents. "But the first question a future father-in-law asks you is: 'Do you have a house? It's not like before, you only needed a job, and before that you only needed to be a good Muslim," Nasser said.
Buying your first house can be fraught with anguish no matter where you live. But few countries present the same mix of financial and cultural problems as Saudi Arabia. The biggest hurdle: a next to non-existent mortgage market that seems designed to benefit existing property owners and well-off borrowers while shutting out middle class or poorer people.
Much of the housing problem is rooted in the country's fast-changing demography. Fuelled by a big rise in the number of foreign workers, the country's population grew almost 20 percent to 27.14 million between 2004 and 2010, according to a recent census.
The number of houses simply can't keep up. In total, the country has a deficit of two million housing units, a figure that's rising by some 150,000 a year, according to independent economist Saud Jleadan.
Industry experts including private Saudi-based mortgage lender Real Estate Financing Co (Refco) and U.S. consultancy Clayton Holdings estimate that just 30% of Saudis now own their home. That's down from more than half 20 years ago according to some estimates and a striking symbol of the uneven distribution of wealth in the world's biggest oil exporter.
Could the lack of houses one day lead to social unrest?
Nobody's going that far yet. But in a report issued in late July, state-owned National Commercial Bank said that rapid population growth and the huge number of young Saudis, two-thirds of whom are under 30, are "exerting enormous pressure on the country's infrastructure, while creating social and economic imbalances". The housing challenge, says John Sfakianakis, chief economist at Banque Saudi Fransi, is "undeniable."
The crisis would not exist if Saudi Arabia had better developed mortgage and secondary real estate markets.
Banks do extend loans to wealthy Saudis. Indeed, contrary to popular belief, commercial banks even charge interest, while Islamic banks get around the Islamic sharia ban on interest by charging a set fee or agreed profit margin on a loan.
Crucially, though, Riyadh is yet to pass legislation to regulate mortgage lending, and in particular what should happen if a borrower defaults.
That leaves banks reluctant to lend more widely and forces average Saudis to rely on the state-run Real Estate Development Fund (REDF), which offers sharia-compliant, interest-free loans.
But REDF can only do so much. In 2008, barely 8 percent of Saudis who built new homes relied on the body, according to a spokesman. Critics say the government underfunds the agency, while the spokesman said a "substantial rate of default" hurts efforts to loan more money.
Even if it did loan more, people like Nasser might still miss out. The secondary market for residential property in Saudi is small; anyone in the market for a house often builds their own. But REDF does not lend money to build until a would-be mortgagee owns land to build on. The organisation does not lend money to buy land.
With both finance and land so tight, and demand growing fast, it's little wonder that housing is in such crisis. Mortgage lending makes up just 1 percent of gross domestic product in the kingdom according to Deutsche Bank. That compares with "well over 50 percent in most developed countries, and approximately 6% in Kuwait and 7% in the UAE."
Only just over a quarter of the 165 billion riyals spent on construction in Saudi Arabia in 2009 went to residential units according to the National Commercial Bank report. "Residential expenditure has been declining steadily over the past five years."
The obvious solution -- a comprehensive mortgage law -- has been under discussion for the past decade without ever materializing.
It may not always look like it from the outside, but Saudi society is modernising. Driven by reformist ruler King Abdullah, the famously conservative kingdom has begun to tweak some of its laws. Housing was said to be a priority.
A draft bill seen by Reuters in February would give lenders the right to foreclose on properties in default, while lenders would enjoy the added security of reporting debtors through a central authority, rather than through a notary public as is currently the case.
Domestic and foreign banks have prepared ahead of a hoped for boom: an annual mortgage market worth up to $20 billion (12 billion pounds). Deutsche Bank launched a Sharia-compliant mortgage joint venture with Saudi-based investors. The finance ministry's Public Investment Fund took a 20 percent stake in private mortgage lender Refco, which was set up more than a decade ago by a group of Saudi real estate agents in anticipation of a mortgage law, and now plans to start offering home loans in 2010 and list in 2012.
Hope for a breakthrough seemed to be realized in May, when the secretary-general of the council of ministers, a congregation of government ministers whose meetings are chaired by the king, said the bill was about to enter its "final phase". But he quickly recanted and later denied having made the statement at all.
Four months later, Saudis are still waiting. "Despite the heightened anticipation, there are no clear signs that the law will gain final approval this year," said Samba Financial Group in a recent report. "Those who have seen the law say it lacks details about implementation mechanisms, among other areas."
Industry sources told Reuters that the delay is based in part on the reluctance by authorities to accept the idea -- common around the world but less acceptable in Islamic law -- that defaulters could be evicted from their property. But landlords in Saudi can already evict renters if they miss a payment, and regularly do. Why should eviction be so different when it comes to mortgage payers?
Saudi Arabia is an absolute monarchy and while its king may be relatively progressive, many in the royal family are not. It's possible that an influential arm of government -- royals control the country's ministries and 13 provinces -- has a religious or cultural reason for rejecting change.
It's also possible that the reason for the holdup is more mundane. Some analysts point to well-connected property investors who benefit from the current system and have lobbied the government to delay the bill.
Abdulaziz al-Dukheil, a deputy finance minister in the 1970s and currently head of the Consulting Centre for Finance and Investment, a financial, economic and management consultancy, told Reuters that government officials regularly give large parcels of land to VIPs and senior officials. The new owners then sell the land to speculators who in turn sell it on to property developers, he said.
Industry sources say the circle of land owners carefully limits the amount of land that comes onto the market. Combine that with the big influx of foreign workers over the past few years and the rental market is a good place to make a lot of money. Credit Suisse said in July that average residential rental yields in Riyadh and Jeddah are a healthy 8 percent and 10 percent respectively.
It also helps that Saudi clerics agreed about 30 years ago that capital gains on land should not be subject to tax. "We don't have a fair and transparent mechanism for land allocation," said Abdulaziz Al-Gasim, who heads a local law firm. "Not levying taxes on land has encouraged people to speculate, especially (when) the state spends money to equip it."
Saud al-Gusaiyer, director general of real estate developer Dar al-Arkan, blames the government's decision in the early 1970s to condition REDF housing loans on owning land. The result: land has become more valuable than houses. Gusaiyer estimates that land prices rose 40 times on average between 1973 and the mid 1980s, and 80 times in the main urban areas.
In the last 6 months of 2009 alone land prices increased by 30%. "Land owners repeat the same statement when you talk to them about selling 'I will wait'," Gusaiyer said. Gasim estimates that the cost of land now accounts for 60 percent of the total cost of a typical home in Saudi Arabia.
Even if it is eventually passed, the mortgage law is unlikely to solve the housing deficit completely. "The core of the housing problem lies in affordability," said Sfakianakis. "The mortgage law will not create the sort of supply that will help fill the housing deficit for mid- and low-income Saudis if other problems are not dealt with."
Chief among those problems are low public sector salaries and high land prices. Official statistics show the average monthly salary of a Saudi public sector employee -- the 3 million or so people that Sfakianakis said are driving demand for new houses -- is no more than 5,200 riyals.
The Consulting Centre for Finance and Investment's Dukheil estimated that four out of five Saudis earn between just 2,500 and 8,500 riyals per month. "People who earn less than 10,000 riyals per month, and they are millions, cannot find a home," he said. Not when the price for a quarter acre block in an average Riyadh suburb is 1.5 million riyals.
Dar al-Arkan is by far the most sophisticated real estate developer in the country and recently launched a home finance firm to tap into the growing demand from middle class Saudis. Tellingly, though, the firm still generates 90 percent of its revenues and 96 percent of its gross profit from land sales.
And even if prices came down -- Dar al-Arkan's Gusaiyer said the government should consider subsidising housing for low income workers -- there's a dearth of property developers with the experience to build all the new houses so desperately needed.
"Who will build apartments blocks? And where?" Sfakianakis asked. "There is the issue of lack of public transportation. Solving the housing issue in Saudi Arabia will have to go through the development of suburbs, and this implies extending infrastructure and an efficient public transportation network."
A cultural shift is already underway. Gusaiyer points out that apartments were considered undesirable 20 years ago, but are now in demand in cities such as Riyadh. As the generation born in the oil boom years of the 1970s grows up, they'll have to learn to be content with the less.
For people like car salesman Nasser, change can't come soon enough.
"It's hard enough to find someone you really like to be your wife in this country," he said. "Now my fiance's mother keeps nagging her and tries to make her meet a more able suitor. I have applied for some jobs in Qatar and Kuwait. That is the only way out".
Editing by Simon Robinson


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Tuning and chirping fiber Bragg gratings by deep etching
L.Dong, J.L.Cruz, L.Reekie, and J.L.Archambault
We have demonstrated a new method for tuning and chirping fiber gratings. It relies on etching of a fiber down to very small cladding diameter, so that the propagating optical mode in the fiber interacts with the surrounding media. A tuning range of 4.5 nm has been demonstrated with a potential of much larger tuning range by optimization of fibers. Chirped gratings were also demonstrated with this technique. These chirped gratings are very important for use in fiber dispersion compensation and optical pulse shaping.
IEEE Photonics Technology Letters (1995) Vol.7(12) pp.1433-1435
doi: 10.1109/68.477273
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RE: setdirectory doesn't work.anymore
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hello group.
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below works fine.
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i took out the t (C:\Biology\ emp) and added blank spaces in there to
show what i see on my screen.
That command used to work fine on my machine. so i thought maybe it
was the folder propperty, so i made sure the folder wasn't read-only
and it wasn't.
and the same code works fine on my home machine as well.
Did I somehow change the some type of global option someplace? how do
i change it back so that i can change the working directory?
any thoughts will be thoroughly appreciated.
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A 63-year-old Perth accountant has been charged with 165 counts of stealing, totalling more than $1.4 million.
Police allege he committed the thefts between February 2002 and August 2006 while he had enduring power of attorney for a female client who died in 2006.
The man allegedly used the woman's funds for personal and business expenses while acting as her financial adviser.
He is due to appear in the Perth Magistrates Court on February 5.


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This article was published 14/7/2012 (1833 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
More than two dozen paddlers took to the Red River Saturday morning in honour of one of Canada's best canoeists.
Don Starkell died in January after an adventurous life paddling from Winnipeg to the Amazon River, a two-year journey he took with his sons, and through the Northwest Passage.
The paddlers -- canoeists and kayakers -- began this morning from The Forks and expect to arrive at Kildonan Park for a picnic around 1 p.m.
The flotilla is being led by Starkell's sons, Dana and Jeff, and Gabby Delgado, who helped guide the Starkells through the roughest part of the Amazon journey, the ocean leg.


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Plant shutdowns, higher crude oil prices and the strong Australian dollar have conspired to depress first-half profit at
Australia's biggest oil refiner and marketer warned that its replacement cost operating profit for the June half, excluding one-off items, would fall to between $100 million and $115 million, down from $163 million in the same half a year ago.
The guidance is well below the $160 million market consensus for the first half, according to CLSA, and triggered a 6.9 per cent slump in Caltex's share price yesterday to a nine-month low of $10.60.
While the impact on Caltex's profits from higher crude prices and the dollar had been well known, analysts expressed surprise yesterday at news of production hiccups at both of the company's refineries in May, which prevented it from taking full advantage of a surge in refining margins.
"May was actually a very good month for them, but the one month in five so far where they get a really good unit margin they haven't got the volume," said David Heard at Merrill Lynch, who had previously been forecasting first-half profit of $167 million. "That's not helpful."
Caltex revealed that its 135,000 barrels per day Kurnell refinery in Sydney had taken longer than expected to ramp up to full production after the planned shutdown for maintenance of one of its two catalytic cracking plants from February to April.
An unexpected outage at the Lytton plant in Brisbane, the second one this half, also reduced production volumes in May, so that Caltex's output of petrol, diesel and jet fuel in the six months to June is now forecast to total 4.6 billion litres, falling short of its May estimate of as much as 5 billion litres.
The problems limited Caltex's own sales from production to 790 million litres in May, just as its refiner margin surged to $US11.30 per barrel, up 83 per cent from the previous month. They also forced Caltex into the spot market to buy imported supplies at higher prices to cover demand.
The dollar has averaged 17 per cent higher over the first half so far compared with last year, which Caltex says will cut refining margins by about $35 million before tax this half.
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1) Location, location, location
- Although location is everything in real estate, and feels like it's everything when it comes to dating, the truth is you just never know how you will ultimately meet someone. Sure, being in big cities like New York and Chicago where successful singles abound can certainly help your odds, but it's not a guarantee you'll find the right matches for you.
- Instead, Catch22 recommends focusing on ways to increase your network and chances of meeting other singles. Targeting your specific interests can also help. For example, why not go to more medical conferences this year? Or, join a medical professional organization in your town. Our best advice is, naturally, to join an online dating site. It's by far one of the most effective ways to expand your network without physically being all over the country. Of course, with sites like Catch22Dating, you can also ensure you're getting introduced to successful, educated singles you're actually interested in meeting.
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- Barely have enough time to study let alone date? Pursuing a career in medicine is time consuming and demanding. When you finally do free up, you're probably ready to relax, catch up with friends or sleep!
- Catch22 has some ideas on how to fit dating into your already packed schedule without short changing your dates or chances of meeting someone great. Instead of long dinners and evening dates, try a shorter meal like brunch or lunch. Alternatively, "multi-tasking" can be another great date option for you. For example, if you meet someone who likes working out too, you could try going for a hike.
3) Keeping it real
- Concerned you're meeting people more interested in your job than your personality? Let's face it, dating a doctor has a nice ring to it. How can you filter out the superficial people from the good ones?
- Catch22 recommends delving into topics that require thoughtfulness and probing conversation. Get to know each other through more in-depth discussions. But don't reveal everything off the bat. If the person on the other end of the table is actually interested in getting to know you, they will ask you questions too. If they're the right fit, they'll ask the questions that matter.


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About Ralph BowenSaxophonist Ralph Bowen has made his mark on the New York jazz scene for over three decades, while bringing his "casual perfectionism" to clubs, concert halls, and festivals worldwide. Bowen's discography of over 70 titles includes associations with Orrin Evans, Michel Camilo, Horace Silver, Renee Rosnes, Kenny Garrett, Steve Wilson, Kenny Davis, Michael Mossman, Ralph Peterson Jr., Anthony Branker, and Jared Gold.
His seven solo CDs (Movin' On, A Morning View, Soul Proprietor, Keep the Change, Five, Dedicated, Due Reverence, and Power Play) feature a wide variety of top shelf musicians including trumpeters John Swana and Ryan Kisor; pianists Jim Beard and Orrin Evans; Organist Sam Yahel; guitarists Peter Bernstien, Jon Herington, and Adam Rogers; bassists John Patitucci, Anthony Jackson, Charles Fambrough, Reuben Rogers, and Kenny Davis; and drummers Ben Perowski, Bill Stewart, Brian Blade, Antonio Sanchez, Gregory Hutchinson, Donald Edwards, and Dana Hall.
Inaugural "Brick," Philadelphia Clef Club for the Performing Arts, 1995.
Juno Award-Canada, 1994.
Outstanding Service to Jazz Education, National Association of Jazz Educators, 1988.
Silver Disk Award, Japan, 1986.
"Little Miss B" Commissioned by "The Commission Project," Rochester NY and Anthony Branker-Sons of Sound Music for the Princeton University Jazz Ensemble; premiered May, 2006.
NJ-IAJE Junior Jazz Saxophone Etude No. 4, 2001.
Rutgers-The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ, 1990-.; Associate Professor of Music; Director of Jazz Ensembles; Professor of Jazz Theory and Jazz Saxophone.
Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, 2000-. Visiting Associate Professor
Rutgers-the State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ, 1989-91.
Rutgers-the State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ, 1985-89.
Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, 1984-1986.
Ralph Bowen Quartet, "Live at The Upstairs Jazz Club," Montreal, CBC / Radio Canada, 2001.
Television Appearances
"Ray Charles and the Raylets-with The Rutgers University Jazz Ensemble and The Rutgers University Orchestra," Live at War Memorial Hall, Trenton NJ; NJN PBS Broadcast and DVD, 2002.
Film Scores
Two Much Fernando Trueba (1995) - Performer on soundtrack. Director: Fernando Trueba ; Producer: Julio Martinez-Lazaro [The Worst Years of Our Lives]; Music: Michel Camilo. Starring Melanie Griffith, Daryl Hanna & Antonio Banderas.
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Innovators, TrebleV, 2000.
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Harry Fox Agency
New Brunswick Jazz Project-Musical Advisor
AF of M Local 802
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Pretty much everybody knows the insanely amazing Finny Antti Autti. But what has he been up to lately you might ask? Well, aside from launching a new line of boards (Antti for NDK), leaving Flow, starting up his own website (Anttisworld.com), taking his career in a new direction by getting out of competing, testing his new line in about 2 meters of fresh pow in Austria, and mmmmmm well, still rocking life traveling all over the world, not a whole lot.
Yeah Antti's life is pretty amazing, but the good news is now we can watch all the killer parts of his life as they happen. That's basically the point of Anttisworld, his new site, which is going to be launching in just a few days. Transworld business got an interview with Antti where he lays it all down, but basically he wants to utilize his site to market his line of snowboards with Nidecker and more importantly he wants to be able to show us what is happening this season now so we won't have to wait till next year for it to come out in a video.
In my opinion this is the future of the snowboard industry. His snowboard line is starting off with two main boards, a powder board and a park board, and they aren't doing any more till they get those ones perfected. And he's keeping us posted on a current and as-it-happens stream line. Atta boy Antti Autti. This kid just keeps getting 'em right. Keep your eyes pealed, some are already at it, but I bet you anything more riders are going to start doing this…
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After more than a decade in the public eye with ex-husband Tom Cruise, Nicole Kidman says she's keeping her new relationship with Lenny Kravitz private.
"I don't think I will ever put myself up for scrutiny, in terms of a personal relationship, ever again," she tells W magazine for its December issue.
"It's too delicate, too ephemeral, too painful when it fails. So to have it on display terrifies me."
Kidman says she was depressed after her divorce from Cruise in August 2001, but now the 36-year-old star of The Human Stain and the upcoming Cold Mountain seems to have found love again.
"The idea of being able to give somebody something again, that's a nice thing," she says. "Being able to give a part of yourself again is a nice thing."
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Where we live: Buffalo
All three candidates for mayor will meet during a forum at 7 p.m. Thursday at St. Mary's School for the Deaf, 2253 Main St.
The forum will be attended by Mayor Byron W. Brown, former FBI Special Agent in Charge Bernard A. Tolbert, and Marine veteran Sergio R. Rodriguez. It is hosted by the Parkside Community Association.
Also this week:
• The Buffalo Urban Renewal Agency will meet at 9:30 a.m. Thursday in Room 209 of City Hall.
• The Buffalo Public School District will hold two meetings to discuss the district's newly revised code of conduct.
Meetings begin at 6 p.m. and will be held Tuesday at Lafayette High School and Thursday at East High School.


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WASHINGTON - Many U.S. trading partners are taking significant steps to improve protection of intellectual property, including software, but several nations still need to combat piracy and counterfeiting, according to a report released Monday by the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR).
The USTR's annual report on intellectual property rights, known as the Special 301 report, notes that several countries have made strides toward addressing piracy and related issues. Among them: Poland and the Philippines have passed optical disc legislation that will help combat optical media piracy; Romania took steps to ensure procurement of legitimate software for use by government ministries; and Lebanon, Malaysia, Poland and Taiwan have begun to increase enforcement measures.
But the USTR continues to monitor 52 nations for progress on intellectual property protection. Ukraine is listed as a "Priority Foreign Country," defined as a nation pursuing the "most onerous or egregious policies that have the greatest adverse impact on U.S. right holders or products, and are subject to accelerated investigations and possible sanctions," according to the USTR.
"Americans are the world's leading innovators, and our ideas and intellectual property are a key ingredient to our competitiveness and prosperity," U.S. Trade Representative Robert Zoellick said in a statement. "We are encouraged by the positive steps that several countries have taken to strengthen (intellectual property rights) protection over the past year. However, the need for significant improvement remains, particularly in the areas of implementation and enforcement."
The USTR lists the European Union on its "Priority Watch List," countries or unions that do not provide an adequate level of intellectual property protection or enforcement, or market access for persons relying on intellectual property protection, according the USTR's definition. Others on that list are Argentina, the Bahamas, Brazil, Egypt, India, Indonesia, Korea, Kuwait, Lebanon, Pakistan, the Philippines, Russia, Taiwan, and Turkey.
The USTR, which compiles information for the Special 301 report in the first quarter of the year, also announced it would monitor the actions of five nations outside of that normal cycle: Israel in the middle of 2004; Malaysia, Poland and Taiwan later in the year; and China in early 2005.
The USTR called continued ineffective enforcement of intellectual property rights a "global threat." Of particular concern is the problem of growing commercial piracy of optical media such as CDs and DVDs, and "rampant piracy" that continues to persist in Ukraine, Paraguay, Brazil, Russia, Kuwait, Pakistan and other U.S. trading partners, according to the USTR.
The International Intellectual Property Alliance (IIPA), a coalition of six U.S. trade associations, praised the USTR report. Worldwide markets are being "swamped" by pirated DVDs, CDs, and CD-ROMs, according to a statement from Eric Smith, president of the IIPA. The U.S. economy lost about $10 billion to intellectual property theft in the 52 nations listed in the report during 2003, not including Internet piracy, according to the IIPA.


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Strong communities are built on the foundations of families, and most importantly, the foundations we provide for our youth. We realize that all children benefit from stable homes, strong schools, positive role models, and nurturing and safe environments. The Wilson Youth Master Plan demonstrates the commitment of our community leaders to ensure that all our youth will be insulated by a pipeline of positive opportunities and proper support they need to become productive citizens and future leaders of the next generation.
The Youth Master Plan represents a joint effort between Wilson 20/20 Community Vision and Wilson County Schools to bring together educators, parents, community members, nonprofits, businesses, churches, law enforcement and government agencies to improve the outcomes for all children in our community. We have engaged our youth in the planning process, and we have responded to the priorities they have helped us establish. This plan has assured us that we are partnering with a community that cares about each and every child.
Our Plan represents the work of five impact teams focused on areas where attention and action are warranted for our youth:
In each of these areas, we have developed ambitious strategies that will require improved communication, extensive collaboration, and strong leadership to hold ourselves accountable for the outcomes we hope to achieve. We want all of our youth to realize the endless possibilities and the potential they will have upon graduation, and we intend for each of our youth to benefit from our investment and our commitment to help them succeed. Visit the Wilson 20/20 website for more information: http://www.wilson2020vision.org


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I just returned my 2 1/2 week old Kobo Touch today.
The storage error issue is nothing compared to what happened after the firmware update. When I had the storage error I was at least able to put my books back on, which is a pain, but at least it would work afterwards.
After the firmware update I was unable to put new books on my Kobo and I believed at first that it was a Calibre incompatibility.
I decided to factory reset my Kobo and redo everything and have a clean new slate after my Kobo crashed 4 times and was unresponsive and needed several hard resets.
I spent all day and night yesterday trying to put my books back on and I was unable to upload more than 10 books at once and in the end it would be stuck "processing content" after uploading only around 25 books.
I used Calibre and the regular drag and drop method, I tried not upgrading the firmware, etc. My Kobo really can't see more than 25 books!!!
I cannot waste my nights fretting over my ereader and go to work after having 2 hours of sleep, so I guess it's time to let it go. I was so frustrated. I don't think that's a simple software issue anymore and I am glad i was able to return it for a full refund.
I really loved having an ebook reader, but I don't really want to buy another Kobo. The Kindle is a no go, because my books are mostly epub and the Sony ereaders are quite pricey. Maybe I'll wait for the new PRS-T1.
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A LONG DECEMBER: "Hope" has become a worsened word in these times when the language doesn't grow quickly enough to accommodate the planet's increasing complexity and divisiveness and the sheer volume of verbosity that comes with the advances of instant messaging, Facebook and Twitter.
Hope has been watered down to the point where it's even used as a pejorative by people who don't agree with America's choice for its president ("How's that whole `hope' and `change' thing working out for you?").
Hope comes at its loftiest and noblest at Christmastime. The holiday, for many Americans, is the most joyous one of the year, and it's also the most introspective one. Amid the celebrations, most families find a quiet time to consider their blessings and reflect on the sobering events of the previous year - and this one has had its share, especially in its 12th month.
And it's this day, more than the others, that we refuel our sapped supply of hope and regather our strength for another year.
Every five or six years, we haul out our beloved E.B. White, who wrote what we consider to be the best reflective piece on our thoughts at Christmas (and he wrote it, you will note, in our equally beloved editorial "we").
The years were no easier when he wrote the essay for the New Yorker in 1949. The war was over, but it was still a scary and perilous time. The fury of the atomic bomb had been loosed and no one was sure what direction that power would take in the coming year. The wrong direction was unthinkable.
So, we're going to get out of here. We have a few more presents to wrap, a batch of Christmas chili to make for our relatives.
We'll spend Christmas morning in the best way possible, with our wife and our son and our daughter, with our dog, Jimmy, curled up in front of the fireplace. We'll leave you for a day with a slightly slimmed-down version of E.B. White's essay, "The Distant Music of the Hounds."
THE DISTANT MUSIC OF THE HOUNDS: To perceive Christmas through its wrapping becomes more difficult with every year.
There was a little device we noticed in one of the sporting-goods stores - a trumpet that hunters hold to their ears so that they can hear the distant music of the hounds.
Something of the sort is needed now to hear the incredibly distant sound of Christmas in these times, through the dark, material woods that surround it.
"Silent Night," canned and distributed in thundering repetition in the department stores, has become one of the greatest of all noisemakers, almost like the rattles and whistles of Election Night.
The miracle of Christmas is that, like the distant and very musical voice of the hound, it penetrates finally and becomes heard in the heart. It is not destroyed even by all the arts and craftiness of the destroyers, having an essential simplicity that is everlasting and triumphant, at the end of confusion.
Christmas in 1949 must compete as never before with the dazzling complexity of man, whose tangential desires and ingenuities have created a world that gives any simple thing the look of obsolescence - as though there were something inherently foolish in what is simple, or natural.
So this day and this century proceed toward the absolutes of convenience, of complexity, and of speed, only occasionally holding up the little trumpet (as at Christmastime) to be reminded of the simplicities, and to hear the distant music of the hound.
Man's inventions, directed always onward and upward, have an odd way of leading back to man himself, as a rabbit track in snow leads eventually to the rabbit. It is one of his more endearing qualities that man should think his tracks lead outward, toward something else, instead of back around the hill to where he has already been; and it is one of his persistent ambitions to leave Earth entirely and travel by rocket into space, beyond the pull of gravity, and perhaps try another planet, as a pleasant change.
He knows that the atomic age is capable of delivering a new package of energy; what he doesn't know is whether it will prove to be a blessing.
This week, many will be reminded that no explosion of atoms generates so hopeful a light as the reflection of a star, seen appreciatively in a pasture pond. It is there we perceive Christmas - and the sheep quiet, and the world waiting.
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Re: st: MI: Multiple Imputation
Mon, 20 Dec 2010 15:17:27 -0600
Shikha Sinha <email@example.com> asked about using -mi impute mvn- to
impute a categorical variable:
> Hi,
> I am using -mi for imputing the missing values. The variable is "edu" has
> five categories (1=primary, 2=secondary, and so on...). I used the following
> command:
> ...
> mi impute mvn edu = i.gender age country, add (5)
> mi estimate, or: logistic Y X1 X2 edu
> ...
> (a) Why some observations have negative values for _1_edu, _2_edu, _3_edu,
The -mi impute mvn- command uses a multivariate normal model and treats "edu"
as continuous, so the imputed values are not guaranteed to be positive.
Shikha may instead use -mi impute ologit- or -mi impute mlogit-, depending on
whether or not the categories of "edu" should be considered ordered.
Shikha also asked,
> (b) How do we use the five new generated variable? Can I just run
> logistic Y X1 X2 _1_edu
> or
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> (c) Can I create a dummy for primary or secondary schooling from the imputed
> values _1_edu?
The five new variables _1_edu, _2_edu, ... , _5_edu are the imputed values of
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Global Investment House has produced a report that examines the performance of Dubai Financial market. Dubai Financial Market (DFM) is a public joint stock company incorporated in Dubai, and was originally established in the 2000. It has grown at a rapid rate over the years and is now one of the leading stock exchanges in the region. Currently 57 companies and five bonds and Sukuk are listed on DFM.


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+1 -----Original Message----- From: Goetz, Paul [mailto:firstname.lastname@example.com] Sent: Montag, 10. Mai 2010 17:33 To: email@example.com Subject: RE: OpenCMIS release proposal Hi, concerning the release documentation: In order to be able to separate the documentation for the different topics (cmislib, Internal, OpenCMIS), I would propose that we do this via child pages. This means that the documentation for a specific topic has to be a child document of that topic (e.g. all documentation for OpenCMIS has to be child to "OpenCMIS"). If this is ok for everyone, then this has to be kept in mind when adding new pages... Best regards, Paul -----Original Message----- From: Florian Müller [mailto:email@example.com] Sent: Montag, 10. Mai 2010 16:34 To: firstname.lastname@example.com Subject: OpenCMIS release proposal Hi all, Here is a proposal how an OpenCMIS release could look like: [1] The script that generates these files is in the OpenCMIS SVN branch in the release-tools directory. It does not create branches and tags in SVN yet. It only produces the release packages. The main release package is the source package ([2]/[3]). Only this packages contains the documentation. All other packages are just convenience packages with binaries. I'm currently compiling a release documentation. A first draft is already in the Wiki but I need a few more days to finish it. WDYT? Cheers, Florian [1] http://people.apache.org/~fmui/opencmis/ [2] http://people.apache.org/~fmui/opencmis/chemistry-opencmis-0.1-incubating-RC0.1-source.zip [3] http://people.apache.org/~fmui/opencmis/chemistry-opencmis-0.1-incubating-RC0.1-source.tar.gz
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I'm a digital creative: artist, developer, designer, illustrator. I love solving puzzles, consulting, collaborating and mentoring. I have worked with many different clients: big and small. I like working with people. I've set up creative workshops with people of all ages and abilities and I sometimes mentor kids who want to code and design. I'm currently working on a number of arts-funded digital projects.
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The Senate of the Netherlands on Tuesday adopted a new Telecommunications Act to put net neutrality into law, making the country the first in Europe to do so. Supporters of the new legislation say the new rules will prevent mobile internet providers such as KPN from charging for access to specific services like Skype and WhatsApp, or from throttling traffic both techniques that it has been keen on using to manage its mobile traffic. In June 2011 the lower chamber, the House of Representatives, approved the net neutrality act. Among the many provisions contained in the law, new rules specifies that sites which use cookies must explicitly ask for user permission before setting them, and provides safeguards against user disconnection or intrusive monitoring by ISPs. The adoption of net neutrality rules follows intense debate in the country stemming from KPNs decision to start charging for access to free online services such as WhatsApp (a text messaging service). The new law specifies that no service provider can impose fees or special terms and conditions for any internet service, nor can they determine what sites end users can visit. However, court-ordered site blocking can still take place, it said.
The only other country currently with a working net neutrality law is Chile. The South American country adopted legislation in June 2010 and the new law came into effect in May 2011.
Source: TeleGeography.
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