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Resources at Harvard Medical School for Minority Applicants
Office for Diversity Inclusion and Community Partnership
The mission of the Office for Diversity Inclusion and Community Partnership (DICP) is to advance diversity inclusion in health, biomedical, behavioral, and STEM fields that build individual and institutional capacity to achieve excellence, foster innovation, and ensure equity in health locally, nationally, and globally.
Minority Faculty Development Program
In May of 1990, the Harvard Medical School (HMS) Faculty Council unanimously approved the creation of the Minority Faculty Development Program (MFDP). MFDP is designed to support the career development of junior faculty and to address crucial pipeline issues. This includes:
Prior to her appointment as Secretary, Dr. Bigby was the Director of Community Health Programs at Brigham and Women's Hospital. She also served as the Director of the Harvard Medical School Center of Excellence in Women's Health and Associate Professor of Medicine. Dr. Bigby's work focused on the health care of low-income and minority women. She is working with public health officials, community health centers and other community based organizations to explore models of care for disadvantaged women, to identify ways to overcome barriers to care, and to decrease racial disparities in health status and health access particularly in breast and cervical cancer and infant mortality. She is the editor of the book Cross-Cultural Medicine.
Dr. Bigby is a graduate of Wellesley College and Harvard Medical School. She completed a primary care internal medicine residency at the University of Washington Affiliated Hospitals in Seattle and was a Henry J. Kaiser Fellow in general internal medicine at Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women's Hospital. She is the recipient of honorary degrees from Lesley University, Pine Manor College and the New England School of Law.
Dr. Bigby served as President of the Society of General Internal Medicine from 2003-2004. She is on the Board of the National Quality Forum and the Editorial Board of the Archives of Internal Medicine.If you would like to talk to Dr. Bigby about her experience as a Fellow, please contact her at firstname.lastname@example.com.
In Miami Dr. Carrasquillo is leading two large federal studies. One is aimed at reducing disparities in cervical cancer among minority women and another is aimed examining the effectiveness of community health workers among Latino patients with diabetes. His research has been published in a variety of journals including the New England Journal of Medicine, Journal of the American Medical Association, and American Journal of Public Health.
Dr. Carrasquillo is a co-founder and Vice-president of Latinos for National Health Insurance. He is often called upon by the media to discuss his research as well as health care topics of particular relevance to the Hispanic community including being a frequent guest on most of the major Latino television networks.If you would like to talk to Dr. Carrasquillo about his experience as a Fellow, please contact him at email@example.com.
Dr. Durant also has an interest in examining trends in minority participation in clinical research. Building on work done during his fellowship, Dr. Durant is currently participating in a multisite consortium to study barriers and facilitators to minority trial participation and to identify best practices for recruitment and retention of racial and ethnic minorities in oncology clinical trials.If you would like to talk to Dr. Durant about his experience as a Fellow, please contact him at firstname.lastname@example.com.
If you would like to talk to Dr. Hicks about his experience as a Fellow, please contact him at email@example.com.
Dr. Sequist is committed to improving the health of Native Americans through mentorship and volunteerism. He has served for over 15 years as the Director of the Four Directions Summer Research Program at Harvard Medical School, offering American Indian undergraduate students a summer research experience, career advice, and long term mentoring. He is also the Medical Director of the Brigham and Women's Hospital Physician Volunteer Program, which sends physician volunteers to the Indian Health Service on the Navajo Reservation, providing clinical care and teaching.
Dr. Sequist has served as a Deputy Editor for the Journal of General Internal Medicine and as a standing member of the Health Care Quality and Effectiveness Study Section for the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. Dr. Sequist received the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Harold Amos Medical Faculty Development award in 2004.If you would like to talk to Dr. Sequist about his experience as a Fellow, please contact him at firstname.lastname@example.com.
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For Charles Otto and his band mates, every night on stage is something like Halloween.
Otto, front man for Talking Heads tribute act This Must Be the Band, is leading this year's Halloween bash at Belly Up Aspen.
This Must Be the Band started by playing decidedly unglamorous gigs around their native Chicago in 2007 — bars, pizza joints and the like. The act caught on regionally, then — on a wave of Talking Heads interest from a new generation of fans — took hold nationally and in Colorado.
Otto borrowed the band's name from the 1983 song "This Must Be the Place (Naive Melody)," compiled the original lineup with musicians he found on Craigslist, and never expected to play more than a few Talking Heads gigs.
"I still only plan on playing one or two more shows, but people keep asking us to play so we keep saying, 'yes,'" he explains.
He honed his performance of Heads front man David Byrne's voice by singing along with their albums while he drove to and from work.
Cover bands for acts like Michael Jackson or the Grateful Dead have a built-in audience of notoriously fervent followers. Talking Heads, the artsy new wave band that was active from 1977 to 1991, isn't as much of a no-brainer. However, with inescapable hits like "Burning Down the House," "Once in a Lifetime," "Life During Wartime" and "Psycho Killer," the shows are reliably crowd-pleasing.
Most of the fans coming out to see This Must Be the Band are a generation younger than those who saw the original band break out of New York 30-plus years ago. Today's fans discovering Talking Heads are drawn to the music for the same reason as the originals, surmises Otto, who himself became a fan just two years before starting the tribute act.
"It just encourages people to be as weird as they are naturally," Otto says. "So we get weirdos at these shows, and I mean that in the best way possible. Celebrating your own weirdness — I think that's what Talking Heads are about."
They've become regulars in Aspen, playing raucous shows packed with locals at Belly Up. They've re-staged the classic Heads concert movie, "Stop Making Sense," and they've done an all-request show.
Otto, 29, says he had a stereotypical — and none too positive — idea of Aspen before his band started playing here.
"When I talk about going to Aspen, people are imagining a bunch of really rich, ski vacation snobs," he says. "But really it's just all the service industry people who are there just looking to party all night. My impression of Aspen has been a bunch of partying 20-somethings that aren't interested in working a lot. So they're a lot of fun and they're crazy."
Last summer, a stage-diver at one of their Belly Up shows broke an audience member's collar bone — an accident that led to an arrest and a lawsuit.
"That doesn't happen everywhere — it's not a normal part of our shows," says Otto.
Halloween around here has long been the local's holiday — the high point of the fall off-season, when tourist traffic is light and the local party itch is ready to be scratched — so This Must Be the Band is a fitting outfit to provide the soundtrack.
At Thursday's show, the Talking Heads set will be followed by a late night after-party performance by DJ noDJ, where Otto and band mates use live instruments to mimic the sound and non-stop music of an electronic DJ. Their repertoire includes a lot of Daft Punk and no breaks between songs. It's a musical high wire act: They don't use a set list. Instead, band members use musical cues to tip one another off on what song they want to transition into next.
As for the band's costume, Otto is keeping it a secret until Thursday night.
"I don't know if I can share that," he says, "because that seems like the only surprise we have left. But we're working really hard on a group costume."
The Belly Up's annual costume contest this year offers a $500 cash prize for first place, a $250 gift certificate to Matsuhisa for second place and $100 in concert tickets for third place.
Whether you're planning to celebrate over the weekend, or on Halloween this Thursday, here are some highlights of night-time happenings in Aspen to plan your party calendar:
Saturday, Oct. 26
Local Artists Halloween Showcase at Belly Up Aspen. 9:30 p.m. No cover, if you wear a costume. $5 without a costume. www.bellyupaspen.com [1]
Escobar Halloween Party. Costumes are strongly encouraged. There will be prizes for best costume. First place: $200 cash, second place: free snowboard. Drink specials from 10 p.m. to midnight, sponsored by Pinnacle and Jim Beam. DJ Shake One for Denver will be spinning and playing videos all night long. www.escobaraspen.com [2]
Monster Ball. The Aspen Mother Puckers are hosting their fifth annual Monster Ball fundraiser at the Eagles Club, 700 E. Bleeker St. This Halloween costume party starts at 7 p.m. Tickets are $20 in advance and $25 at the door. Get your tickets from your favorite Mother Pucker or email firstname.lastname@example.com [3]. www.aspenmotherpuckers.com [4]
Wednesday, Oct. 30
"The Rocky Horror Picture Show." Screening of the cult classic at Belly Up Aspen. No cover. 7 p.m. www.bellyupaspen.com [5]
Thursday, Oct. 31
Sky Hotel Presents: The Wonderland Asylum Halloween Extravaganza. Sky Hotel and 39 Degrees Lounge have completed their renovation with a twisted "Alice in Wonderland"-inspired theme to match their lobby chairs. Staff and guests will come dressed in their favorite "Wonderland"-inspired costume with a bit of a spooky Sky Hotel edge. There will be no cover charge, but there will be drink specials and a live DJ. Guests can enjoy the party all night long, with a special room rate of $99, available only on Halloween night. 8 p.m. to midnight at The Sky Hotel and 39 Degrees Lounge. (970) 925-6760
Halloween Blowout with Sleight of Hand. 9 p.m. at Ryno's Pies and Pints. Music by Sleight of Hand, food and drink specials. Costume contest with prizes awarded at 11 p.m. (970) 922-RYNO
Halloween with This Must Be the Band. $25. Talking Heads tribute band and costume contest. 10 p.m. at Belly Up Aspen. $25. After-party set by DJ noDJ. www.bellyupaspen.com [6]
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[2] http://www.escobaraspen.com
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[4] http://www.aspenmotherpuckers.com
[5] http://www.bellyupaspen.com
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I would like to present this video, in defense of some concepts and "controversial" ideas, that I am quite attached to.
Namely, Liberal democracies, freedom of thought, freedom of conscience, women's rights, gay rights, bi-sexual rights, trans-sexual rights, and trans-gender rights, the rights to differing beliefs,or no belief at all. Only in the "the West" can I defend them,because it's here they exist. They are enshrined (only here) in law,and enforced.
Tarek Fatah, is a self described Marxist, and a Canadian Muslim and he puts fourth both a strong,and a chilling rejection of our path (free thinkers, non-conformists, us, the people, you and me) Please,please take the time to hear the man's message,it should not be ignored. Starts about at the 1;30 minute mark.
He was one of the founders of the Muslim Canadian Congress in 2001 and served as its communications director and spokesperson until 2006. In this capacity, he has spoken out against the introduction of Sharia law as an option for Muslims in civil law in Ontario, Sharia banking in Canada, which he has described as a 'con-job', promoted social liberalism in the Muslim community and the separation of religion from the state, and endorsed same-sex marriage. He resigned as the communications director of the MCCin August 2006, claiming that his public profile as a socially liberal Muslim had put him and his family at risk
To the left-leaning members of our newsvine community, I do not begrudge you your harsh criticism of America. I think it's the never ending self criticism that improves the state of us all. I will engage in some harsh criticism, shortly myself. Nothing is above criticism, exploration, or examination. My "prophet" was a disgusting"dude" who said
if, and that is a big
"IF", an idea is worthy, it will flourish within an intellectual realm.
But the debate must be open, and not be dependent on the "feelings" of those to be critiqued for their beliefs or actions in support of said beliefs. It's not individuals under scrutiny, it's the ideas they support. The ideology or "school of thought" in the classic Greek sense of the word. They should be explored and held up to the harsh light of day, sunlight not only illuminates, it disinfects as well.
western civilization has a rich history of this, as this article reminds us. Lessons from 'The School of Athens!' that Qom and Al-Azhar need to learn by iqbal.latif.
Why do we need reminding?
It's our history,our heritage.
Even if we don't happen to be, Greek.
Some of the distinctness of ancient skepticism lies in the fact that it is developed by philosophers who genuinely think of themselves as skeptics. In later epistemology, skepticism is largely construed from the outside. In particular, early modern skepticism is, for the most part, conceived by philosophers who aim to refute it. But ancient skepticism is explored by skeptics. "Skepsis"means investigation, and ancient skepticism is perhaps best described as a deep and persistent commitment to investigation.
Criticism is a good thing, but not to the point of "eating your young"
So I have looked at other "schools of thought"( Sunni Islam / 85% of Muslims are Sunni) "cultures", or philosophy, to see how they look back at us.
We have a lot to go over.
What will the world be like, when a child born today reaches the age of twenty five. Will there still be a struggle (jihad) going on between Islam (dar al-Islam)and the West (Dar al-harb)? the definitions give a clue.
This forces me to raise some most unpopular questions, on some widely held beliefs.While I recognize America is not at war with Islam.
Islam, is at war with disbelief, in it self. Failure to obtain proper and full submission, will end always with bloody results.
Can everyone with a differing opinion, from the "politically correct club", be dismissed as "Faux-News" can you consider yourselves intellectually honest, after doing so?
Muslims are people, who can be, or do, anything they please.Islam is submission to an Orthodox ideology. It's legal rules and code can be documented. And critiqued.
If one wishes to discover why life seems so cheep, in a theocratic Islamic sense. We can find videos of clerics, calling for the death of this infidel, or that infidel, or that group of people, or entire nations, like Israel. We see the suicide bombing and mass killings on an industrial scale .(Sudan-Dar_fur)-(Pakistan-Bangladesh)-(Turkey -Armenia)
The first thing, I would like brought to every ones attention is, our President is not infallible. He made a mistake in his Cairo Speech. (ny times full text) He "gets" Islam wrong. Many people still hear the words "Islamic fundamentalism" and don't associate it with the fundamental principles of Islam. This (the speech) should have been a challenge to reform, not an apology. Every Islamic cleric in the room knew the verses that I will link, and there proper context. Must have been a good laugh.
It's the miss understanding of the basic premise, the very nature of the beast as they say. It's wonderful to look at a glass and call it half full, but if the object under scrutiny, is not a glass, and water is not present with in my line of sight. I will think. We are well and truly fucked when I hear you still presenting your argument. I will look at you funny mister President.
I'm sure they got a nice laugh, at Al-Azhar, the Harvard of the Islamic world, who certified the authenticity of the book The reliance of the Traveler as a source of Sharia law. And it can be used to question my assertions put forth in the article.(see "Blood money")
Obama choose one of the most universally acceptable lines in a long chapter (sira or surah) of the Quran that says, in his paraphrasing:" Whoever kills an innocent, it is as if he has killed all mankind; and whoever saves a person, it is as if he has saved all mankind."
My religious figure or "object of worship",was the cynic. Diogenes of Sinope the dog ( I am being religious by questioning)
So I am cynical of the truthfulness of the quote, as reality, is in direct and observable actions in opposition.
now this, I think, is the quotes origin. I will question and dissect this in great detail.In an attempt to discover the truth.
"Whoever destroys a soul, it is considered as if he destroyed an
entire world. And whoever saves a life, it is considered as if he saved an
entire world."
from a Jewish rabbi. commenting on the
story of Cain and Able. Well before the advent of Islam.
Now let's see how the traditional schools of Sunni Islam understand this
from the tasfir of Ibn Kathir
(We ordained for the Children of Israel...) meaning, We legislated for them and informed them
(that if anyone killed a person not in retaliation of murder, or (and) to spread mischief in the land -
sorry to point out, depending on who (Jihadists) ?
mischief, is a rather wide exception,to the rule. By extension, could not refusal to accept Islam, be considered mischievous, and therefore worthy of death ?
it would be as if he killed all mankind, and if anyone saved a life, it would be as if he saved the life of all mankind.) The Ayah states, whoever kills a soul without justification -- such as in retaliation for murder or for causing mischief on earth -- will be as if he has killed all mankind, because there is no difference between one life and another.
now what does this mean to the jurists and Imams of Islamic thought
(it would be as if he killed all mankind. .) means,
"Whoever kills one soul that Allah has forbidden killing, is just like he who kills all mankind.'' Sa`id bin Jubayr said,
"He who allows himself to shed the blood of a Muslim,
very specific, not "people of the book", nor all humanity....but a Muslim
is like he who allows shedding the blood of all people.
He who forbids shedding the blood of one Muslim, is like he who forbids shedding the blood of all people.''
again, a specific group of people (namely fellow Muslims)
In addition, Ibn Jurayj said that Al-A`raj said that Mujahid commented on the Ayah,
[فَكَأَنَّمَا قَتَلَ النَّاسَ جَمِيعاً]
(it would be as if he killed all mankind,) "He who kills a believing soul intentionally,
once more, in this instance a believing soul, is a Muslim ? it does not say and people of the book.
Allah makes the Fire of Hell his abode, He will become angry withhim, and curse him, and has prepared a tremendous punishment for him, equal to if he had killed all people, his punishment will still be the same.'' Ibn Jurayj said that Mujahid said that the Ayah,
and clicking next, will show what will befall those who commit, mischief in the land.(Crucifixion )
As I said, I will examine the shit out of the subject, can we find a definition of mischief. I could be wrong about how I am reading this, I would feel better, if I had more understanding of this.
In his Tafsir, As-Suddi said that Ibn `Abbas and Ibn Mas`ud commented,
﴿وَإِذَا قِيلَ لَهُمْ لاَ تُفْسِدُواْ فِى الأَرْضِ قَالُواْ إِنَّمَا نَحْنُ مُصْلِحُونَ ﴾
(And when it is said to them: "Do not make mischief on the earth,'' they say: "We are only peacemakers.'') "They are the hypocrites. As for,
﴿لاَ تُفْسِدُواْ فِى الأَرْضِ﴾
("Do not make mischief on the earth''), that is disbelief and acts of disobedience.'' Abu Ja`far said that Ar-Rabi` bin Anas said that Abu Al-`Aliyah said that Allah's statement,
mischief is disbelief in "allah".
﴿وَإِذَا قِيلَ لَهُمْ لاَ تُفْسِدُواْ فِى الأَرْضِ﴾
(And when it is said to them: "Do not make mischief on the earth,''), means, "Do not commit acts of disobedience on the earth. Their mischief is disobeying Allah, because whoever disobeys Allah on the earth, or commands that Allah be disobeyed, he has committed mischief on the earth.
I am seeing a difficulty in dealing with the "other" in a humanitarian, tolerant, or decent way at all. I think it might be, if not encouraged, accepted, as a punishment from "allah" on earth for it's rejection. But I will continue to look to see if there is more subject matter. I am still a little skeptical.
Muslim :: Book 19 : Hadith 4457
This tradition has been narrated by the game authority (Yazid b. Hurmus) through a different chain of transmitters with the following difference in the elucidation of one of the points raised by Najda in his letter to Ibn Abas: The Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) used not to kill the children, so thou shouldst not kill them unless you could know what Khadir had known about the child he killed, or you could distinguish between a child who would grow up to he a believer (and a child who would grow up to be a non-believer), so that you killed the (prospective) non-believer and left the (prospective) believer aside.
just like the tafsir I linked. A believer (Muslim) it protected, and a non-Muslim can be killed, it's not that difficult to grasp, even for a skeptic (cynic),like me.
just to be fair, I'll look at one more source,and see what it says. As,in this instance Quran (9;28) may apply.
things that are unclean to theocratic Muslims.As referenced by Quran 9;28
84.The following ten things are essentially najis:
- Urine
- Faeces
- Semen
- Dead body
- Blood
- Dog
- Pig
- Kafir
- Alcoholic liquors
- The sweat of an animal who persistently eats najasat.
The unbeliever or Kaffir is only one step above (or bellow,depending on point of view) a pig,but is less unclean than urine.
Placing a group of humans in that category is troubling, to say the least.
Combining that information with the knowledge that,slavery is an ongoing problem in Africa, as Muslim are buying and selling non believing Africans.When you hear the term "Islamic fundamentalism" why don't you associate it with the "fundamental principles of Islam"?
hear a freed slave, tell his story of freedom,and emancipation.
Slavery is part of the jihad (the booty), it is also part of the open U.N. record. I have a seeded article regarding this.
Sudan. On 23 March 1999 he was twice stopped on a 'point of order' by the delegation of Sudan before he could ask a key question on genocidal character of the war in Sudan" In 1992, the regime in Khartoum declared Jihad in Khartoum against the people of southern Sudan and the Nuba mountains. Since then, Jihad has been declared again and again.
I ask this very important question: is the Jihad a religious right of those who declare and wage it or is it a violation of the human rights of the people against whom it is declared and waged?] (21)
[A day later the former Sudanese Prime Minister Al-Sadiq Al-Mahdi sent his letter to Mary Robinson, in which he referred to Jihad and slavery in Sudan – his letter was widely circulated at the Commission. Under the title, War Crimes, he asked (his 5th question): "Is it legitimate for the ruling regime in an Islamic State to call for a JIHAD against its citizens, be they Muslims or Christians?" He concluded by writing that: although no one would justify slavery today, under shar'ia, "the traditional concept of JIHAD does allow slavery as a by-product."]
Hear another freed christian slave, tell his story of freedom and an over view of slavery in the Sudan
and now tell me, just how "skeptical" are you now.
Would the world be better off now, had President Obama took a different option, instead of an apology ?
Perhaps confronting realty, and saying , stop killing for your "faith"
The American people will at some point (soon), demand an end to the killing.The Japanese will unfortunately remember the response America's anger, can and will bring.


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Leslie Nemour: The Variety Show
- Dates:
- February 19 through March 19
- Hours:
- 8am to 4pm, Monday through Friday
- Reception:
- Thursday, February 19 from 11:30am to 2:30pm. The artist will speak between 11:30 and 12:30.
"The premise for these paintings identifies the television as the most common framing device for contemporary two-dimensional images. The series began in 2005 with an exhibition entitled "Television Portraits" followed by an expanded version, "RUTV", in 2008. Variety Show represents a selection from the continuing evolution of this obsession.
A vocabulary of icons and scenarios in the painting are reflective of the bombardment of multiple and eclectic combinations of imagery that make up the background of our lives. An uneasy sense of familiarity permeates the work, often with disregard for concrete narrative and recollection.
I am interested in the transition and translation from real life action, to film, to television, to digital photography, to drawing and then to painting; electronic media moving in a de-evolutionary pattern into the traditional medium of oil on canvas.
Concurrently the work serves as an outer body autobiography as my choices become about personal history and a visual attraction to perpetual action and the almost invisible overlap from frame to frame.
Disjointed movements, blurred boundaries, images between images, and other distortions lend itself to the indecisive beauty of the brushstroke and unsettled color. Reflected elements from domestic interiors such as a lamp or curtained windows, brings my physical space into a boxing ring, a beauty pageant, or a "Reality" hair styling competition. For me, it is like falling asleep with the television on and not being able to differentiate between the dimension of sleep and the world of television."Leslie Nemour
Images from the Exhibition
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Jan. 22, 2001
CONTACT: Ward Mullens
YPSILANTI &endash; Eastern Michigan University President Samuel A. Kirkpatrick, a general, and presidents from several major corporations will discuss leadership as part of the annual Jiffy Mixes Distinguished Speaker Series, which runs through April 9.
All lectures are at 6:30 p.m. in the EMU's Eagle Crest Conference Center, 1275 S. Huron St., Ypsilanti.
This is the fourth year of the series, which is offered through EMU's College of Business management program, said Stewart Tubbs, Darrell H. Cooper Chair in Leadership.
The Jiffy Mix Series is one of a number of initiatives that promote leadership development, said Tubbs. Speakers are chosen based on their distinguished record of accomplishments as leaders.
This year's schedule of speakers includes:
o Jan. 22: "Higher, Better, Faster, Cheaper," presented by Olga Dazzo, president, Physicians Health Plan in Lansing, Michigan.
o Jan. 29: "Leadership for the New Millennium," presented by Samuel A. Kirkpatrick, President, Eastern Michigan University.
o Feb. 12: "Insights on Leadership from and MBA Alumnus," presented by Greg Smith, president, Ford Credit, North America in Dearborn, Michigan.
o Feb. 26: "Thoughts On Leadership: Lessons for Business and Industry," presented by General John Coburn, Commander, U. S. Army Materiel Command, Washington, D.C.
o March 19: Four Steps to Self-Leadership," presented by Darrell Cooper, chairman, Fernco Inc., Davison, Michigan.
o March 26: "Developing Global Leadership Competencies," presented by John Gu, senior international relocation manager, Prudential, Troy, Michigan.
o April 2: "Leadership by Storying Around," presented by Polly Bashore, manager, Engineering Technical Data, General Motors, Powertrain Group, Pontiac, Michigan.
o April 9: "A Silicon Valley View of Leadership," presented by David M. Jones, president, Reasoning.com, Mountain View, California.
The series is sponsored by EMU alumnus Howdy S. Holmes, president and CEO of Chelsea Milling Co., Inc., which produces Jiffy Mix products. All sessions are free and open to the public.
For more information contact Tubbs at 487-5875, or firstname.lastname@example.com


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The U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) is required by the Bipartisan Congressional Trade Priorities and Accountability Act of 2015 to prepare estimates of the economic effects of trade agreements. In specific:
"Not later than 105 calendar days after the President enters into a trade agreement under section 103(B), the Commission shall submit to the President and Congress a report assessing the likely impact of the agreement on the United States economy as a whole and on specific industry sectors, including the impact the agreement will have on the gross domestic product, exports and imports, aggregate employment and employment opportunities, the production, employment, and competitive position of industries likely to be significantly affected by the agreement, and the interests of United States consumers."
This statutory language guided the ITC's analysis of the twelve-nation Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). The ITC study was released on May 18, 2016.
It had been several years since the United States concluded a free trade agreement. The previous one with South Korea (Korea-U.S. Free Trade Agreement, or KORUS) dates from 2007. I served as chairman of the ITC at the time and am quite familiar with the KORUS study. The econometric modeling used a "comparative static" analysis. A comparative static approach can be likened to taking two snapshots of the economy. The first photo was of the known baseline economy as it existed in 2007. The second photo also used the 2007 baseline, but this time it was "shocked" by incorporating all provisions of KORUS as if they had been fully implemented. This allowed a conceptually sound – albeit counterfactual – assessment of the likely economic effects of KORUS by analyzing how those reforms would have influenced the 2007 economy. (These issues are explained in this Free Trade Bulletin.) Static modeling has been used in all the ITC's analyses of trade agreements prior to TPP.


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"I enjoyed it," said Hinton. "The atmosphere was great. Honestly, they are probably recruiting me the hardest. I have the strongest relationship with the coaches, and I get to see them a lot too."
Hinton remains a major priority for NC State, and several other programs. He previously held offers from teams such as NC State, Duke, and East Carolina, and recently added another offer.
"My most recent offer was from Boston College," he said. "I know it's a great school, and it's my first out-of state offer. That was pretty big."
Hinton lacks the ideal size colleges may be looking for at quarterback, as he checks in at 5-foot-11 and 190 pounds, but he is extremely productive. Last season he passed for 3,975 yards and 39 touchdowns while adding an impressive 1,185 yards rushing and 14 touchdowns on the ground. Along the way he helped lead the Spartans to a 3A state championship.
"We had a great year," said Hinton. "It was special. I can't wait for my senior season."
Hinton expects to be committed to a college when he takes the field as a senior. Previously he had indicated that NC State and Duke co-led in his recruitment, but he says things have changed.
"I've kind of added ECU into the mix," Hinton stated. "I recently looked at some film with coach Riley and their offense, it fits me. They are up there now too.
"There isn't one set leader, but I think I'm going to narrow it down early July or late June, maybe decide around then."
"I'm going to be looking at how I fit in the program and being able to play," he added. "I also don't want to go too far from my family. I want them to be able to see me play."


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So what's the answer to the energy consumption problem? Turn it off when you're not using it?
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The Medical Center Foundation has a heart for hearts.
Faced with a tough decision of choosing between two worth charities — the Hall County Fire Services A.E.D. program the Northeast Georgia Regional STEMI program — the foundation decided that it would donate the proceeds from the 2010 Medical Center Open to both.
"This is the first time we've ever raised money for two," said Sonya Smith, senior coordinator at the Medical Center Foundation. "Since both were tied together, we figured we'd do both."
Both non-profit organizations improve access to emergency cardiac care with the A.E.D. program expanding the availability of portable defibrillators for Gainesville City and Hall County schools and the STEMI program placing special cardiac transmission equipment in ambulances and emergency rooms.
The equipment in the STEMI — which stands for st elevated myocardial infarction (a type of heart attack) — allows medical personnel the ability to transmit a patient's heart activity to a hospital so the doctors there can decide which course of action would be best.
"Time is very important with heart attacks," Smith said. "This type of equipment helps eliminate wasted minutes."
And it's these types of charities that has Chicopee Woods Golf Course opening its doors every year to play host to the event.
"The foundation always chooses a worthy recipient," said Jim Arendt, director of golf at Chicopee Woods. "When you're a small part of something that helps the community, it makes you feel good."
Which is why some 200-plus golfers have signed up to play in the event.
"The people who play in this tournament are competitive, but they realize they're playing for something more important than a trophy," Arendt said.
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Arts & Architecture, which folded 41 years ago, is the most influential architecture magazine ever published. During the height of its run, from 1945 to 1967, it convinced the world that Los Angeles was at the vanguard of reinventing the single family home. John Entenza, the editor, quietly featured the work of Isamu Noguchi, Henry Moore, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Eero Saarinen, Richard Neutra, George Nelson, Charles Eames, George Nakashima and Bernard Rudofsky.


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Lovell White Durrant advised the UK's largest friendly society, Liverpool Victoria, on its recent acquisition from Marsh & McLennan of financial services company Frizell Group for about £190 million.
Frizell is the UK's largest provider of financial services products to members of public sector bodies. Freshfields advised on the sale of Frizell on behalf of its parent company.
The Lovells team was led by John Young, head of the firm's corporate insurance practice. He was backed up by John Gilbert, an expert in friendly societies regulation, and Adrian Lickorish, a banking specialist.
"This was a ground-breaking transaction for the friendly society movement, both in its size and complexity," said Young.
"It demanded an unusual combination of expertise, involving not only the negotiation of the contract documentation but also advice on the implications of the legislation governing friendly societies, banks and insurance brokers and on Lloyds bye-laws."
Young added that the acquisition would enable Liverpool Victoria to increase its customer base and broaden the range of distribution methods and products available to members.
The successful conclusion of the deal is expected to strengthen the friendly society movement and to demonstrate the continuing advantages of mutuality.
Over the past two years an increasing number of mutual building societies have faced takeover bids from rival financial groups or announced that they plan to convert to plc status. The country's largest society, Halifax, is to float on the London stock market.
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Subject: [htdig] Re: strange problems with files to be parsed externally
From: Gergely Madarasz (firstname.lastname@example.com)
Date: Tue Feb 29 2000 - 09:23:17 PST
On Tue, 29 Feb 2000, Gergely Madarasz wrote:
> Hello,
> I've just got a bugreport from the debian BTS saying that indexing pdf
> files causes htdig to hang. First I thought it might be the bit modified
> parse-doc.pl which is included in the .deb package, but it seems it is
> not. The following happens: htdig only downloads the first 200000 bytes of
> the pdf:
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 200000 Feb 29 18:12 /tmp/htdext.28167
> of course the parser can't handle this since the file is originally much
> larger and expects additional data. What might cause this ?
Argh, I got it... it is the default max_doc_size ... so do you have any
suggestions how to handle this case ?
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SEATTLE (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp's move to shake up the leadership of its mobile and games division this week -- giving Chief Executive Steve Ballmer direct control over the push to catch up with Apple Inc and Google Inc in the exploding smartphone market -- revealed its determination to ride the next wave of computing.
Few expect a change of management to turn the entertainment and devices unit into an iPhone-killing, Wii-slaying profit machine overnight. But Microsoft -- known for its deep pockets and ability to assimilate new technology -- won't stop pouring money into the mobile and gaming sectors.
"Failure is not an option," said Sid Parakh, technology analyst at McAdams Wright Ragen in Seattle. "Android and the iPhone have got so far ahead, it's going to be a hard, uphill battle. But it's something they have to do."
Several years ago, Microsoft pinned its future on what it called "three screens and a cloud" -- the television, personal computer and phone, all connected by the Internet.
"Mobile is a critical piece of that," said Parakh. "We are all doing more and more on our handheld devices."
The software firm has work to do to regain its place in the smartphone market, having sunk to fifth place worldwide, behind Google's Android, Apple's iPhone, Research in Motion Ltd's BlackBerry and Nokia's Symbian system.
Microsoft's new Windows Phone 7 system, which will start appearing on phones this holiday season, could be the last chance for Microsoft to keep its place in consumers' hearts and minds as new ways of computing take hold.
People are doing more on their non-Windows smartphones and less on their largely Windows PCs. Apple's iPad -- rolled out to nine more countries on Thursday -- is a hit and hardware makers are rushing out competing tablet devices, mostly on non-Windows platforms.
Even Microsoft's old ally Hewlett-Packard Co is striking out on its own, buying Palm Inc to use its operating system on its forthcoming 'slate' devices.
"This is their last chance. If they are not successful this time, it's not going to matter," said Jack Gold at tech research firm J. Gold Associates. "But they've got a big war chest. They can stay in this space forever if they choose to, if they want to subsidize it."
The retirement of 48-year-old Robbie Bach, the long-time leader of the entertainment and devices unit, means that the executives in charge of games and phones -- Don Mattrick and Andy Lees respectively -- will report directly to Ballmer.
Ballmer is likely to be pushing them every inch of the way. Launching Windows Phone 7 in Barcelona this year, he underlined the importance of the market to Microsoft.
"We talk about a strategy that says three screens and a cloud, and the phone is absolutely one of the critical screens," he said in February.
The entertainment business is in a stronger position, providing most, if not all, of the $851 million operating profit the unit made in the first nine months of Microsoft's current fiscal year.
Microsoft has sold 40 million of its Xbox 360 consoles and says it has 23 million paying subscribers for its Xbox Live network, letting users play each other in real time.
After considerable investment, Xbox Live is now the best example of a genuine money-making "cloud" computing business Microsoft has, Parakh said, and has gone some way to fulfilling its vision of Xbox as the hub for living room entertainment.
"The Xbox division has been on fire since Don Mattrick got there," said Wedbush Securities analyst Michael Pachter. "Xbox Live is really wildly profitable."
The Xbox still lags Nintendo Co's Wii console in monthly sales, but Microsoft hopes to change that when its hands-free, motion-sensing Natal comes out this holiday.
Not all analysts support Microsoft's push. Entertainment and devices is only the fourth biggest of Microsoft's five operating units, behind its Windows, Office and server units.
Though on track to post more than $8 billion in revenue this fiscal year, that's still under a tenth of Microsoft's $62 billion or so annual revenue. Last quarter, it contributed only 3 percent of the company's operating profit.
Microsoft would be better off dumping the unit to focus on its core Windows and Office units, say some shareholders.
"The error is even if they do succeed, there's almost zero chance of it being a large enough business to impact a company the size of Microsoft," said Bill Smead, chief executive of Seattle-based Smead Capital Management, whose funds hold about $10 million worth of Microsoft shares.
Still, the view on Wall Street seems to be that Microsoft needs to keep working at the consumer business.
"There are not many adjacent areas of tech that can help Microsoft meaningfully add to its $62 billion annual revenue. Consumer electronics is one of the few that could move the needle for them," Katherine Egbert at Jefferies & Co said in a note to clients this week. "We don't expect Microsoft to abandon the consumer market and play only defense."
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Re: st: Observations that keep a feature in the whole sample period
Nick Cox <email@example.com>
"firstname.lastname@example.com" <firstname.lastname@example.com>
Re: st: Observations that keep a feature in the whole sample period
Wed, 22 May 2013 15:20:40 +0100
Assuming variable names
agent period score
it seems that you want something like
bysort agent (period) : gen first3 = _n < 4
egen max_first3 = max(score / first3), by(agent)
egen min_rest = min(score / !first3), by(agent)
keep if max_first3 > 0.9 & min_rest > 0.9
For the division trick in the -egen- call see e.g.
(reference included therein).
On 22 May 2013 15:03, Miguel Angel Duran Munoz <firstname.lastname@example.com> wrote:
> Nick, thanks for your help. I hope you can help me with another doubt. For
> a similar analysis to that of my first message, assume I want to keep
> those agents that that have overpass the threshold before a certain period
> and then have been over it in the rest of the sample period.
> To illustrate the idea, consider the following (data refer to consecutive
> periods and the threshold is, eg, 0.9):
> Agent 1: 1 1 1 1 1...
> Agent 2: 0.8 1 1 1 1...
> Agent 3: 0.8 0.8 0.8 1 1...
> Agent 4: 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 1...
> I want to keep the first three agents because they have overpassed the
> threshold before period 4 and then have been over the threshold in the
> rest of the sample period, but I do not want to keep agent 4.
> Thanks in advance.
> Miguel.
>> Correct on -keep-. Sorry about that.
>> The -sort- order
>> bysort entity (const_a) :
>> ensures that -const_a[1]- is the lowest for each agent, not the first.
>> If the lowest value for each agent is above the threshold, then all
>> the observations for that agent are above.
>> Nick
>> email@example.com
>> On 21 May 2013 23:16, Miguel Angel Duran Munoz <firstname.lastname@example.com> wrote:
>>> Thanks, Nick. I guess you mean -keep- instead of -drop-. Nevertheless,
>>> the
>>> command that you suggest would not guarantee that I keep the agents that
>>> have been above the threhsold for the whole sample period (ie, I would
>>> be
>>> including agents that were above the threshold in the first period and
>>> then might have been above or below it).
>>>> Sounds like
>>>> bysort entity (const_a) : drop if const_a[1] > 0.09716
>>>> Nick
>>>> email@example.com
>>>> On 21 May 2013 23:01, Miguel Angel Duran Munoz <email@example.com> wrote:
>>>>> Hi, Statalisters. I want to focus on agents in my dataset that have a
>>>>> particular feature; specifically, for those agents, and for each and
>>>>> every
>>>>> period (out of 64), the value of a variable (const_a) is larger than a
>>>>> particular threshold (0.097116). I have done what I show below.
>>>>> Nevertheless, I have realized that some of my agents are not in the
>>>>> sample
>>>>> since the first period, so what I am doing would mistakenly eliminate
>>>>> them. Will anyone help to solve this problem? Thanks in advance.
>>>>> bysort entity (date2): gen obs=_n
>>>>> drop if const_a<0.097116
>>>>> by entity: drop if obs[_N]<64
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Be aware that Roku has announced several new models, to be available starting sometime in October, 2016. I suggest that you do some research before making a purchase decision. I expect to be able to evaluate and post reviews for some of the new models soon.
These are my thoughts after installing and using the current Streaming Stick model. I am constantly updating my review as I learn and experience more but I don't believe I've missed a lot because, as a former user of the now 'old' stick as well as Roku 3, Roku 4, Roku LT and Google Chromecast One and Two and having tried Amazon's Stick and Fire TV, this is an easy to write review.
There are 2 main Roku formats currently (the sticks and Roku 3/4) and then there's Chromecasts, Amazon's devices, Apple's of course so one good question that needs to be answered is "why a (new) Roku Stick and not a Roku 4?" or "why a Roku and not a Chromecast or Fire Stick?" or "why not a Chromecast rather than a Roku?" As an owner and user of Rokus and Chromecasts, I will try to briefly provide some answers below but, first, let me state what this new Stick is about and what it can and can't do.
[Roku Stick vs. Roku 4]
The Streaming Stick does very much everything a Roku 4 does, except that its remote is does not have motion control so it's not so good for playing games and it doesn't come with headphones. I confess that I never cared about playing games on the Roku because just about anything from a cheap phone to a gaming console beats the Roku gaming experience and I don't care about the headphone attachment either so not having these and paying less for your Roku is a good compromise but anyone who wants Roku games and earbuds should order a Roku 4. You do have an alternative for private listening on the Stick, by the way, and I will discuss it later.
The Streaming Stick lets you access the same enormous amount of channels as the other Roku devices, mostly VOD (video on demand) but also live streams and the number of lie stream channels is growing and they are getting better - I am in fact watching the New York primary returns live on CBSN as I am writing this review and it feels like I never cut the cord some years ago. Almost all the popular 'pay' channels (Netflix, Amazon, Hulu Plus, HBO Go, HBO Now, MLB.TV , PBS, Showtime...) are there and hundreds of streams you never heard of but may end up watching every once in a while. The on-screen channel store breaks it all down into categories and you can easily browse Roku's store on a computer or tablet or phone and order your channels to your device. And if there's something that you can't find in the official store you can always check the private channel listings. When it comes to 'content' Roku 4 and the Stick should be almost indistinguishable because they share a common operating system and interface.
The Stick can pair with Roku's mobile app to browse and select channels to stream and it should allow for cross-media searches so, for example, you can see where on the (major) channels/services a show or movie may be available and at what price. Also, unique to Rokus at this time, the 'My Feed' will track for you movies and shows and update you when they become available on a new service, when prices of purchase or rentals change or when they can be streamed for free on a particular service/channel.
The Stick features 1080p resolution but does not support 4K (UltraHD) for which you will need a Roku 4 but browsing through menus appears to be almost as fast as on the Roku 4. Wi-Fi is as good as on previous models, easy to set and so far stable.
And, of course, the Stick costs less than half as much as a Roku 4.
[Roku Stick vs. Chromecast Two]
We have a Roku 4 and a Chromecast Two attached to the big TV in the living room while the Stick is attached to our bedroom TV. I love the Chromecast, especially its ability to cast off a Chrome browser tab but the Chromecast and the Roku coexist quite nicely and they sometimes complement each other so I will continue to use them both. and this is why. Here's a comparison where the + means advantage to Stick.
+ Remote control (Roku): Yes, controlling the Chromecast from a Chromebook or laptop or tablet or phone is fun but the remote is sometimes easier and I don't need to mess with my other gadgets.
+ Channels management: this is where Roku's strength lies overall. Yes, they both have 'thousands' of channels, probably more for Roku but I happen to prefer Roku's ability to store all my favorite channels in one place and allow me to arrange them the way I want. Oh, and Chromecast does not have an Amazon app and, given the Google/Amazon rivalry, it's not likely to have one soon but Roku does.
= Screen casting works well with YouTube and Netflix and it's the same quality as what you get out of the Chromecast. Both Roku and Chromecast are are supported through a growing number of apps.
- Casting off a browser is what may cause some to pick the Chromecast over a Roku. Yes, it only works with Chrome at this time (on Windows or a Chromebook) and the quality is very much affected by your computer's CPU and your Wi-Fi network but it does give you a lot of flexibility, especially with live streams and Google seems to constantly improving this because today's cast quality is significantly better even compared to what we had one year ago..
- Chromecast is slightly less expensive.
[This Stick vs. the 'old' Stick]
Well... an upgrade was long overdue. Thanks to more memory, the new quad-core CPU and overall updated electronics this Stick flies when compared to 'the old' and that's expected. What I didn't expect was its performance almost on par with what we get out of the Roku 4. Yes, the remote is not as fancy and you will need your phone if you want to do private listening and shouldn't try to do any action games but for its core function which is 'streaming', the new Stick is impressive.
If you've never used a Roku before but decided that you wanted one the Stick is probably the best bet because it's the least expensive Roku now unless you can get an LT on sale but the LT is slow..
Installation was as easy as attaching the Stick into TV's HDMI port. Like the Chromecast, the Stick works with a power adapter that needs a wall outlet. Since I already had a Roku account, I used my existing credentials but for those who don't it's easy to create one. Then... go to the channel store and order whatever you want from there. For pay services such as Netflix or Amazon or HBO Now or channels that your cable provider may allow on the Roku you will have to go through additional steps involving separate authentication and access codes but it's pretty self-explanatory and it's only done once.
The streaming is exceptionally smooth. I first set the Stick on the second floor which is some 60-70 ft. and two floors away from our dual-band Wi-Fi router located in the basement. Worked perfectly.
Remote control operation is generally smooth and the interface is intuitive. I am very familiar with the Roku interface so this is no surprise for me but I found it intuitive even on 'day one' albeit I was using it with a different Roku model then.
I also tried the private listening feature which lets you mute the TV and use your phone, presumably with headphones for sound. It's not something I am likely to ever do again because I never felt the need but it actually works. The sound off the phone appears to be in sync with the image on the TV so it's good. Of course, I had an incoming call that wasn't so good but... it's a compromise that could work.
So far, the Stick was as stable and reliable as our Roku 4. There were no crashes and I didn't have to revisit my Wi-Fi setup after the initial installation. Will update if this changes.
The 'universal search' feature I like very much. You simply type in the name of a movie or show even an actor and you will see all your options on all 'major' channels and you will know in advance whether it's going to be free or exactly how much it was going to cost. All information appears almost instantly.
I will try to keep this section as objective (factual) as possible. Some of the topics concern Roku in general, not specifically the Stick.
Q: Why would I want a Roku?
A: Roku has, by far, the largest number of 'channels' vs. any other competing product. If you like exploring content beyond the popular services (Netflix, Amazon, HBO, Showtime, etc.) you should consider a Roku?
Q: Why would I want a Roku Stick?
A: The Stick is the least expensive Roku at this time. It's also the smallest and therefore inherently portable.
Q: I already have the old Streaming Stick, should I upgrade?
A: The new Stick's performance is significantly improved but if faster scrolling through menus and private listening via phones are not important, the overall Roku user experience is virtually the same across the current Roku line.
Q: Between the 'old' Roku Stick and the new one, should I maybe pick the old one and save some money?
A: The price difference is so small, especially when considering that you may use this for at least a couple of years, I would go with the new.
Q: Can I use a Roku Stick with a TV lacking an HDMI port?
A: No. To qualify this, 'maybe' with an adapter but I haven't tried one yet.
Q: What are the best screen resolution and audio supported?
A: 1080p, 7.1/5.1 surround sound.
Q: Is there an on/off button?
A: No, the Stick will stay on for as long as it is powered.
Q: How do I reset/reboot it?
A: You can either disconnect it from the power source or you can use the reboot option from the System menu.
Q: Is there an Ethernet (wired) port?
A: No. The Stick supports Wi-Fi connections only.
Q: Does the Streaming Stick support 802.11ac Wi-Fi which is faster and more efficient?
A: No. The Streaming Stick supports 802.11 b/g/n dual-band and does not support 802.11ac. Does it matter? Probably not because the 802.11ac could be put to good use with 4K (ultra HD) streaming which is only supported by Roku 4 at the time I'm writing this.
Q: Is the new Streaming Stick the only Roku device with a quad-core processor?
A: No, Roku 4 has one as well.
Q: Is everything included to make my Roku Stick work besides a TV and an Internet router?
A: Yes. You get the remote (batteries included), the AC wall adapter and USB cable, the Get Started pamphlet, some promo offers.
Q; Will the Roku Streaming Stick work with my 4K TV?
A: Yes, but the screen resolution will be limited to 1080p. Of course, the TV itself may be able to upscale it.
Q: Do I need 'line of sight' to control the Stick?
A: No, it comes with an RF remote so you can operate it with the remote even if it's sitting at the back of your TV.
Q: Can I use my phone or tablet instead of the remote?
A: Yes, you will have to install the Roku app for that.
Q: Can I stream off a PC?
A: Yes through a supported service such as Plex (I know there are others but Plex is the only one I've tried so far).
Q: Are the Roku channels free?
A: Many of them are but Roku also streams 'premium' channels for which you will require a separate subscription.
Q: If I have a cable subscription, can I watch those channels on the Roku?
A: Your provider may allow for some channels to be viewed on the Roku. Most of them will be VOD (video on demand) rather than live streams.
Q: Can I watch live news on the Roku?
A: Yes, and their number is on the rise. They can be found at Roku's channel store.
Q: Can I watch local TV channels on the Roku?
A: Yes, some of them. Besides individual channels, there are aggregators that would carry local channels organized by regions/states/markets, often as live streams.
Q: What are private channels.
A: These are channels that, for whatever reason, are not listed by the channel store. You can easily make them 'appear' on your TV by picking them from one of the sites that lists such channels. See the first comment to this review for the URLs of such sites.
Q: How much it costs to use a Roku?
A: Once purchased, it could cost you nothing. Or you may subscribe to one or more premium services.
Q: Can I have more than one Roku tied to one account?
A: Yes. I have several Rokus tied to one account.
Q: Will the Stick get the channels I set on my other Roku devices if I am using the same account?
A: Yes.
Q: Can I do 'voice search' with the Streaming Stick remote?
A: No
Q: Can I search for a specific movie, movie director, actor or show across all of Roku's searchable channels?
A: Yes. Only keep in mind that the not all services are searchable. Only a what we would call the major or more mainstream ones.
Q: Does Roku play favorites with certain services when searching for a specific movie or show?
A: They have a list of more than a dozen 'mainstream' services (Amazon, HBO, Netfilx, Google, etc.) and the list, while constantly expanding, is of course finite so you can say that they favor the bigger players but I don't believe they play favorites with the services that they monitor for content.
Q: Can I watch YouTube on the Roku?
A: Yes, either as a specific channel or, if you run Chrome, you can directly cast YouTube or Netflix.
Q: Can I cast my own content such as photos without having to pay for a third party service?
A: Yes, you will need to run the mobile app for that.
Q: Are there shortcuts buttons to my favorite channels?
A: The remote has 4 dedicated buttons for specific channels such as Amazon and Google. You can't reassign them, as far as I know. However, all your subscribed channels appear in the channels menu but you can organize them any way you want.
Q: If I also have Chromecast, will I be able to control which device gets the Youtube stream?
A: Yes, tested on a Chromebook.
Q: Are non-video streams supported?
A: Yes, radio stations and music streaming channels such as Pandora are supported.
The first photo shows the new Roku Streaming Stick in the box. The second photo shows the new Stick (black) next to the old one.
1126 of 1181 people found the following review helpful.
A Tale of Two Roku Streaming Sticks
By Gromulus
I purchased my first Roku Streaming Stick (actually first streaming stick ever) for use with our bedroom TV. I usually avoid purchasing "new" products until I do my research and am confident the bugs have been worked out but thought I would take a chance with the
this $50 stick. Upon receipt, I plugged the stick into the HDMI port, did the install, and was surprised to see it worked great and provided smooth uninterrupted streaming of all the channels I tried. Great, I thought, at this price I will purchase another one for our main family room TV.
Fast forward one week later and I received my second stick. Plugged it into the downstairs TV (which is actually closer to my Asus RT-AC68W 1900 Mbps router), did the install, linked to my Roku account, and waited for the same great results I had with the first one. Lo and behold the streaming was much slower and the remote did not work consistently. I disconnected and reconnected power, removed and replaced remote batteries but still had no better results.
I dd notice in the settings menu that the Roku was indicating poor signal strength. Very frustrating since this TV is actually closer to my router in distance. Thinking I had a "bad" Roku stick I went on their website for support/advice before I sent it back to Amazon. I noticed they suggested ordering a (free) HDMI extender cable if signal strength was poor. I figured I could give it another chance before sending back so I ordered the extender cable. I received the extender in a few short days and plugged it into my Roku and TV. Voila, the signal strength was much better and the device worked as well as the first one.
Our upstairs (Vizio) TV's HDMI port is configured so that the Roku sticks out perpendicular (away from) to the TV. With the downstairs (Samsung) TV the Roku stick was a tighter fit and actually sat parallel to the back of the TV, close to the cabinet and to other cables. The extender cable enabled the Roku to stick out further, past the TV and probably allowed greater room for the antenna.
If you are having issues with poor signal strength and/or inconsistent remote pairing, you may want to try this extender cable first before giving up or trying a replacement.
Perhaps Roku should just ship these with every stick.
396 of 436 people found the following review helpful.
I get cable channels for 20 bucks a month with Sling!!!
By overdrive
It cut my cable bill down to 20 bucks a month signing up qith the Sling TV app. I get everything from CNN to Comedy central. And it's in crystal clear HD. This was by far the best purchase I have ever made. Thanks ROKU and Amazon!!!


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forpetessake: One more thing nobody mentioned. NEX sensors (esp NEX-7) don't like light falling at acute angles, it results in vignetting and color fringing already a problem with EF lenses. This adapter will contribute even more to this problem, so I wonder if anything but telephoto lenses will be usable at all.
The white paper says "Another nice benefit of the Speed Booster is that it moves the exit pupil further from the image plane for any objective lens. In other words, it actually improves the telecentricity of the lens system. This helps to improve corner illumination and reduce sensor artifacts such as color variations caused by pixel crosstalk."
So it should actually be better.
Beckler8: The extra controls for vertical shooting aren't needed. Why is a rectangular sensor still being used? Switch to a square sensor and either crop later, or in-camera with viewfinder masks, or whenever. Square also obviously captures more of the image from the lens--info. that is lost for no reason. Any possible reason not to do this, other than a slightly bigger sensor? (Though not necessarily). I don't think so, other than lack of thought.
And the mirror would have to be bigger, causing it to hit the back of many(?) lenses.
DSLR shot of a medium format slide taken with my Fisheye66 camera (17mm Takumar lens mounted on a 6x6 camera body).
All the bent lines in this shot remind me of an MC Escher drawing.
DSLR shot of a medium format slide taken with my Fisheye66 camera (17mm Takumar lens mounted on a 6x6 camera body).
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Both -mvprobit- and -triprobit- are user-written and obtained via -findit-,
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I am now trying to estimate a model on the effects of a food aid
program on labour market dynamics of HIV affected households. Receipt
of food aid is also an endogenous variable, while I am also trying to
deal with the initial conditions problem. I have panel data from
pre-food aid and 6 months after food aid program began. I am also
suspecting that this could involve 3 recursive simultanaeous equations
as follows:
Employment at t = f (foodaid, age, gender, household income, education)
Food aid = f (age, gender, education, household income, HIV
prevalence in area, household dependency ratio, employment at t-1)
Employment at t-1 = f (age, gender, household income, education)
I am thinking of using mvprobit or triprobit for transition analysis
controlling for initial conditions and the endogeneity of food aid. I
am especially interested in doing separate sub-group analysis e.g.
looking at the transitions for those who were employed pre-program and
those who were unemployed.
Would you kindly advise on how best to write my code for people who
made transition from unemployment to employment? How do I write the
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on previous emplorment state? Do I include employment at t-1 in the
current employment equation as a lagged explanatory variable?
Kindly advise
Nyasha Tirivayi
Maastricht University
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The National Weather Service said Wednesday it had enough time to issue a tornado warning for the EF-0 twister in Ionia County.
NWS in Grand Rapids confirmed an EF-1 tornado struck the Grand Rapids area in a storm system that swept through the area Sunday night. That twister developed so quickly authorities didn't have enough time to issue a warning.
Brandon Hoving, a meteorologist for the NWS in Grand Rapids, told WOOD Radio News a warning was issued for Ionia County.
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Striking several minutes after midnight, the EF-0 twister was on the ground for about 4 minutes and caused only minor damage.
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GARETH Ainsworth said one more win would do it and Wycombe Wanderers duly picked up three points that should secure them League Two safety at Morecambe.
The Blues player-boss watched Stuart Lewis net a second-half winner to secure victory against the Shrimps and take the Chairboys beyond the magical 50-point mark this afternoon.
Wycombe made three changes to the side that lost to Accrington Stanley on Good Friday as Dave Winfield, Matt Spring and Charles Dunne came into the side at the expense of Leon Johnson, Matt McClure, Marvin McCoy.
Wanderers set up defensively and looked compact as a unit, Lewis forcing the first save from Morecambe keeper Andreas Arestidou on 12 minutes following good work from Blues frontman Jo Kuffour.
Spring, making a rare start for the Chairboys, was next to go close as he tried his luck from the edge of the area after diminutive midfielder Josh Scowen had done well to get up and win a flick on in the centre of the park.
The sides went in goalless at the interval, however within moments of the restart it became clear that this game was just starting to spark into life at the Globe Arena.
Morecambe made an electric start to the second period and the woodwork came to the visitors' rescue twice in quick succession as Ryan Williams first sent a drive crashing against the post before Jordan Burrow's header was tipped onto the bar by Matt Ingram.
And just when it looked like the Shrimps were starting to take control, Wanderers produced a devastating response. Former Watford and Luton man Spring delivered a dangerous set-piece and Lewis smashed home after the hosts had failed to clear their lines.
Winfield, back in the side having missed the Stanley fixture due to illness, looked as solid as ever in the Blues defence and might have got on the scoresheet himself were it not for the excellent reflexes of Arestidou in the Morecambe goal.
But one goal proved enough in the end as Wycombe held out for that vital win, which should now secure League Two football at Adams Park for next season.
CHAIRBOYS: Ingram, Winfield, Dunne, Harriman, Doherty, Lewis, Spring, Wood, Grant, Scowen, Kuffour.
Subs (not used): Harrison, Johnson, McCoy, Ainsworth, Andrade, Oli.
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