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NEW YORK ( TheStreet) -- Popular searches on the Internet include Walt Disney ( DIS) after CEO Bob Iger revealed that the company is working on standalone "Star Wars" films. Iger told CNBC that Disney is working on standalone films that are not part of the new upcoming trilogy. Disney confirmed last month that director J.J. Abrams is directing the seventh installment of the "Star Wars" saga. That new trilogy begins in 2015 with "Star Wars: Episode VII." Iger said the individual films would be based on "Star Wars" characters "that are not part of the overall saga." They will be released during the same period as the new trilogy. Disney purchased Lucasfilm, the maker of the "Star Wars" movies, for over $4 billion in 2012.
Virgin Media ( VMED) is trending as telecommunications billionaire John Malone's Liberty Global ( LBTYA) has agreed to acquire the cable-television and Internet provider for $16 billion in cash and stock. The deal equates to $47.87 a share of Virgin Media, a slight premium to the stock's closing price of $45.61 on Tuesday. The companies said they expect annual cost savings of about $180 million once the deal is complete and the companies are fully integrated. Liberty plans to repurchase $3.5 billion in shares over two years upon the deal's completion as well. The deal will make the combined company a bigger rival of Rupert Murdoch's British Sky Broadcasting Group in the U.K. Virgin Media is Britain's second-biggest pay-TV company.
Nasdaq OMX Group is another popular search. The exchange group is reportedly in settlement talks with the Securities and Exchange Commission over its mishandling of Facebook's ( FB)'s initial public offering last May. According to The Wall Street Journal, Nasdaq may pay about $5 million to resolve the SEC's eight-months investigation. The Journal said brokers and investors lost an estimated $500 million due to Nasdaq's technological mistakes. Nasdaq is said to be in other talks with customers about potential reimbursement for their losses during the IPO. But, as the newspaper mentioned, securities laws and Nasdaq's rules help cap the exchange group's expenses from the errors.
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The Logistics and Supply Chain sector in the UK has an estimated net worth of about £75 billion and provides employment for more than 2 million individuals. At least 200,000 companies nationwide offer career opportunities for logistics professionals, and it is an industry that encompasses a wide variety of diverse positions, from administrative roles to warehouse operations.
Employers in the field prefer candidates to possess degrees at the bachelors or masters level, but these are not always needed for entry-level positions. There are many respected institutions in the UK offering relevant courses in supply chain management and purchasing, which can significantly improve prospects for upward mobility within the sector. Positions commonly listed by recruitment agencies include Warehouse Operative, Import/Export Clerk, and Distribution Manager.
Salaries in logistics and supply range from roughly £13,000 to £37,000. The average income for careers in the industry, however, is about £23K. In London, salaries are significantly higher, often by as much as 30%. Northern Ireland, on the other hand, is currently the lowest paying region in the UK. Careers in the field commonly require travel, and many companies in the industry also require shift work on nights and weekends.
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Alp: One of a number of ski mountains in Europe. Also a shouted request for assistance made by a European skier on a mountain. An appropriate reply: "What Zermatter?"
Inertia: Tendency of a skier's body to resist changes in direction or speed due to the action of Newton's First Law of Motion. Goes along with these other physical laws:
* Two objects of greatly different mass falling side by side will have the same rate of descent, but the lighter one will have larger hospital bills.
* Matter can neither be created nor destroyed, but if it drops out of a parka pocket, don't expect to encounter it again in our universe.
* When an irresistible force meets an immovable object, an unethical lawyer will immediately appear.
Shin: The bruised area on the front of the leg that runs from the point where the ache from the wrenched knee ends to where the soreness from the strained ankle begins.
Skier: One who pays an arm and a leg for the opportunity to break them.
Stance: Your knees should be flexed, but shaking slightly; your arms straight and covered with a good layer of goose flesh; your hands forward, palms clammy, knuckles white and fingers icy, your eyes a little crossed and darting in all directions. Your lips should be quivering, and you should be mumbling, "Why?"
Traverse: To ski across a slope at an angle; one of two quick and simple methods of reducing speed.
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Australia's banking sector has regularly been compared to Canada's banks, but this comparison is likely to sit uncomfortably following the surprise credit rating downgrade over the bulk of the Canadian sector early on Tuesday.
Ratings agency Moody's downgraded several big Canadian banks, cutting the ratings on five banks and one credit union by one notch. The downgrade was triggered by Moody's concerns over Canadian banks' exposure to heavily indebted consumers and elevated home prices.
Among the Canadian banks affected were Toronto-Dominion and Bank of Nova Scotia which are now each rated Aa2. Bank of Montreal, CIBC and National Bank of Canada were cut to Aa3. The ratings were all given stable outlooks.
This compares with Australia's big four banks, which each carry an Aa2 rating, among some of the highest rated banks in the world.
"The Canadian banks' downgrades will inevitably turn some attention towards Moody's ratings of the Australian banks," said National Australia Bank credit strategist Michael Bush.
However, Mr Bush pointed to a report issued by Moody's last month noting that Australia's major banks were "well positioned to withstand significant loan losses from any unanticipated economic downturn".
Indeed, the December assessment by Moody's said the outlook for the Australian banking system was stable. The ratings agency said there may be "moderate and patchy" pressure on the lending books of the Australian banks, but bad debt charges would probably remain below the sector's long-term average.
Moody's added that it expected bank earnings growth to slow as a result of low credit growth. However, it stressed that overall profit metrics would remain consistent with current rating levels.
Mr Bush noted the bulk of Moody's concerns lay more with the Australian banks' reliance on offshore funding, an area that has improved further.
Even so, Mr Bush said it was still possible that a one-notch downgrade from Moody's could still occur and need not be predicated by a "material event", such as a collapse in housing prices or a sharp surge in lending losses. Any ratings cut threatens to push up borrowing costs for the banks.
Earlier on Tuesday, Moody's said Canada's banking sector still ranked ahead of most of the world, despite the cut.
David Beattie, vice-president and senior credit officer at Moody's, said Canada's banks ranked second behind Singapore's in terms of credit outlook, and were roughly in line with major Australian banks.
But he said Canada's banks were "more vulnerable to unpredictable downside risks facing the Canadian economy than in the past", given the state of the country's housing market.


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Topic: Last Trip
Hi all.....I will be leaving Wednesday for Milwaukee to visit my son and 2 Grandsons.
The oldest Grandson just got engaged and will be married May 25th. I was supposed to go last spring but due to the UC never got out of here and this was the last ticket I had cancelled. Will return Labor Day.
My son lives on a farm in the city of Mequon, a suburb of Milwaukee. He and his GF Holly rescue retired race horses. They just got their 4th, a pony, who is in pretty bad shape but I know with their loving care she will be fine. My son's horse, Stormy Seas is a descendent of Secretariat who we know was some kind of 'stud' with 500 descendents. Not sure though if I want to dine on their home grown chickens! I SAID MAYBE IF THEY DIDN'T NAME THEM.....Wishing for all of you to have a good Labor Day weekend.


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Hi all,I'm struggling to find the right verbiage to use to research a solution for my situation.
I work for a company that has multiple websites and I alone take care of all our sites. Though there is a fair amount of overlap to the content of these sites, each site has been it's own unique entity (custom built CMS, Joomla, static sites and more). It's horribly inefficient when I update a document and have to upload it to 9 different sites.
I'm trying to devise a strategy or system by which images and documents (PDFs mostly) are in a shared space that feeds all the sites. But also the possibility that as we go forward we could have 1 Central Repository for files that has 1 "Engine" that drives it and it feeds to several sites.
I'm not sure if there is a name for such a setup nor what the pros and cons of it would be.Would love to hear some thoughts on this, some proper terminology that I'm lacking and your thoughts as to it being a custom build or whether their may be a CMS or something out there that might accomplish what we need.
Thanks you for your feedback!
WordPress has a multisite option built in where multiple WordPress sites are run using a single copy of WordPress.
Drupal also has that feature built in - http://drupal.org/documentation/install/multi-site
Joomla has at least one multisite plugin available - http://extensions.joomla.org/extensions/core-enhancements/multiple-sites/5550
Hey Felgall,Thanks so much for the reply.I've been looking and just figured out Multi-Site was the term I was lacking.
A few of my sites are actually Joomla.I'm really stupefied that they still do not have Multi-Site capabilities built into Joomla!
Looking at Magento right now as another possibility.Though we don't currently do eComm, these are all catalog sites, so they function the same just without a cart/checkout.Just have to determine which CMS serves our needs the best.
We are actually a wholesaler and sell exclusively to middle men retailers.One idea I'm having is to have a primary catalog / product feed that is not so much an entire site, but like a stand alone where it does not have a header and footer, but just the main body.
Then if a customer wants it, we can clone it, and give them that clone. Offer them restricted Admin control for style and content.While their clone would feed off of the primary controlled by us. They could then integrate their clone into their own site. Or we could host their clone as a subdomain off of our primary catalog/feed.
..... if that makes any sense.wondering if any of these CMSs can handle that (it I even explained it sensibly).
Most vendors I have worked with offer two options:
1.) Hosted solution2.) Service API
The hosted solution is normally some type of application that you log into and configure different options for your deployment. Never do they actually grant access to the filesystem or code itself. The entire site is built/configured through a GUI. In some cases there is only an area to paste in a header and footer. Than like you are saying the main content is injected. The level of customization exposed through the GUI can either be real complex or real simple. That would all depend on what needs to be done, etc.
The service API is a gateway to the database. So that if a customer feels they are to limited with the hosted solution can actually pull data and build their own site. This would make it possible for any customer to gain access to all the data without the vendor having to integrate or worry about the customers technology stack. The API itself could either be REST or SOAP option depending on your current stack/familiarities with technologies.
I wouldn't mess around with creating an application that is copied over and over. Instead use a hosted solution that resides on your server that offers a limited amount of options. If the customer feels they are to limited with that than refer them to the service API.
And some vendors… really suck. The terrible ones normally only have some type of text file or RSS feed. Those types of vendors are terrible to integrate with.
I'm not really familiar with Joomla. However, I;m very familiar with Drupal. While something like this would be possible with Drupal it would be difficult. Permissions are really scattered and it is quite difficult to manage three global states of a Drupal site. Especially locking down admin features. Possible but painful. Not to mention how many products/variations are we talking here? One thing Drupal does not do well is scale unless you throw a lot of hard-ware at it and "Drupal" oriented server configuration.
In reality though it seems like the only thing your obligated to do is have some type of API to access data. Providing some type of customizable hosted site for customers seems like a little above and beyond the call of duty. Most customers are probably going to integrate directly with their own technology stack anyway. In which case having an API to pull data out of whatever storage facility you have is the only vital thing. Unless you think it is truly a wholesalers duty to provide customers with a website. I really don't think it is. In more cases than not people will probably already have their own sites or no? The return on investment just seems dim for that piece of it.
As someone who works with a lot of vendors I much rather see a well documented, working service API than anything. We almost always integrate with our technology stack anyway. In fact I'm currently integrating several of our real estate vendors data into our technology stack. Luckily they all use the real estate standard for their services API. Otherwise, I would probably want to shoot myself considering we are talking about 13 separate real estate vendors. Standardization is an amazing thing!
oddz, thanks for the thorough feedback, I really appreciate it! That's a lot to digest, but I'll start reading up on it.
clone maybe wasn't really the right term for me to use, I was fumbling for words, but it conveyed the basic idea anyway.
We have over 200 products, but they get into a lot of variations and an excruciating amount of detail in some cases. We have some rather large customers who have very nice catalog or even ecomm sites. but we have a fair number of customers who are mom n pop shops that can't/won't invest in their website. we support them with free tools to help them but never on this grand of a scale. we have two separate competitors who have just launched their version of what we are discussing. so, we need to get something out there.
That makes sense. While, I wouldn't recommend Drupal for such a task it could easily handle 200 products w/ the commerce suite. Though creating separate deployments without duplicating the codebase would be a very tough task… very tough. Drupal does not do well when it comes to managing multiple sites under te same database and codebase. There is the domain module and profiles (d7) but profiles use a separate db and the domain module is just… problems after problems because not all modules account for it. The major problem with domain module is that it only account for a slew of modules. It just really becomes a mess considering it hacks into Drupal core in ways NO outside/module code should. If you were to go with Drupal it would be best to use profiles. Though I use that term *best very very lightly. Most of the configurations/what defines a Drupal site is defined in the db so if you have a 100 sites that means do the same thing over and over 100 times unless you can figure out a reliable way to do it through programming alone, which is tough. Especially when it comes to anything related to ctools like views, panels, etc. The best bet is to use features to manage those but that module is a little unreliable at times. You really have to test and vet anything related to Drupal because most of the code is garbage.
If you are comfortable with programming and dealing with LAMP stack I would highly recommend Symfony 2. Drupal just isn't a great platform for creaing web applications. It sounds like what you are trying to create is a web application. A single code and data base that is able to be deployed multiple times w/ different configuration. I would say use a framework rather than a cmf/cms. That way you can model the application any way you want. With a cmf/cms you are kinda restricted to the interface already provided without a ton of customizations and testing.
icky_thump, may I ask if you've made a choice to go forward with any solution? What was your decision?
Hi Pina, no, no decisions have been made. I'm searching for a new development team currently and discussing options with some contacts who are giving us some consultation.


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I spent several hours this week reviewing nomination forms for the Top Workplaces for Women in the Valley. It was refreshing to read that numerous Valley employers offer work-life programs to help workers (both men and women) minimize work-life conflict.
The programs include standard practices such as flexible work schedules, job sharing, telework, backup childcare, etc. Several programs are innovative and uncommon enough to mention, including a sick child-care service where the employer provides a nanny for the day and one where new mothers are given the opportunity to bring their babies to work until he/she is six months old. Sounds great, yes, but I couldn't help but wonder how many employees actually take advantage of these programs?
Earlier this year, WorldatWork collaborated (with WFD Consulting) on a global survey that revealed a growing imbalance between what employers say about work-life balance and what they actually do. We uncovered workplace trends showing employees suffer a variety of job repercussions for participating in work-life programs, even when their employers insist they support them.
"This conundrum can be so oppressive that some employees go underground, resorting to 'stealth maneuvers' for managing their personal responsibilities," says Kathie Lingle, executive director of WorldatWork's Alliance for Work-Life Progress.
"The good news is that 80 percent of employers avow support for family-friendly workplaces," says Lingle, a WorldatWork work-life certified professional (WLCP). "The bad news is they are simultaneously penalizing those who actively strive to integrate work with their lives."
Employee respondents reported repercussions that included:
Many managers still think the ideal employee is one that is available to meet business needs regardless of business hours and don't have a lot of personal commitments. Clearly, closing the gap between what managers believe and how they behave will make every workplace a better place to work.
I welcome comments from readers who have experienced employer support or encouragement for balancing work and family.
For more information about work-life programs or WorldatWork visit, www.worldatwork.org.


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POLICE have admitted wrongly ordering the removal of a banner calling for a boycott of Tesco from a Blackburn building.
Blackburn with Darwen Council staff took the banner down from the side of the derelict Duke of Edinburgh pub, in Crabtree Street, yesterday morning at the request of a police officer.
Campaigners who organised a peaceful protest outside the store at the weekend have called for a full apology from both parties.
They are campaigning against firms who sell Israeli goods because of the conflict in Gaza.
Tesco has said it fully labels its products with countries of origin so that consumers are able to make an informed decision when they make a purchase.
Queen's Park councillor Salim Mulla said he was called to the scene, opposite the Tesco store in Hill Street, at midday.
He said: "The protest group said the council had been instructed by the police to remove the banner. I knew nothing about it and merely came down to act for my constituents.
"I spoke to the police and they confirmed the situation but said they were sorry it had been taken down. I think the people who own the banner have been offered a reimbursement."
A police spokesperson said: "Having received complaints from the public about the banner, a police constable asked the council to remove it. However, the content did not constitute a criminal offence and, with hindsight, we acknowledge that further consultation with the building owner, protest organiser and council should have taken place to find a suitable resolution."
Asif Mahmud, from group Youth On A Mission, said the council and police had 'shown a shocking level of incompetence'.
He added: "A full investigation should take place and a full unreserved apology to everyone who supports the Boycott Tesco campaign must be made."
A council spokesman said: "We are aware of this issue. Once all the circumstances have been clarified, we will update those involved."


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If you search for something in Google and use a word like "running", Google is smart enough to match "run" or "runs" as well. That's because search engines do what's called stemming before matching words.
In English, stemming involves removing common endings from words to produce a base word. It's hard to come up with a complete set of rules that work for all words, but this simplified set does a pretty good job:
If the word starts with a capital letter, output it without changes.
If the word ends in 's', 'ed', or 'ing' remove those letters, but if the resulting stemmed word is only 1 or 2 letters long (e.g. chopping the ing from sing), use the original word.
Your program should read one word of input and print out the corresponding stemmed word. For example:
Enter the word: states
Another example interaction with your program is:
Enter the word: rowed
Remember that capitalised words should not be stemmed:
Enter the word: James
and nor should words that become too short after stemming:
Enter the word: sing
Google actually does quite sophisticated stemming. They give an example on their search help page.
You should only implement the rules we've listed above, even though they get some words, like 'buses' wrong (converting it to buse). Stemmers make these kinds of mistakes all the time!
I am sorry but I really need to be pointed in the right direction. Do i need to slice up the string???


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In the same way that a seed no larger than the tip of a needle brings forth hundreds of thousands of fruits, so Hazrat Mahdi (pbuh), just one man, will lead the whole world to happiness
The sublime attributes of Almighty Allah are without end. Allah creates the greatest from the weakest. He creates a whole human being from a tiny sperm. A fig seed the size of the tip of a needle turns into a fig tree many meters high. This brings forth hundreds of thousands of fruits. The tree is boundless. You put a seed, which is only the size of the tip of a needle in the ground; and if we could fast-forward the action, it would be a seed turning into a huge tree in just five minutes. Then it would rain down fruit; leaves and fruit just raining down, as if it wishes to cover Istanbul. Allah makes the seed a means to create truck-loads of fruit and make it rain down from the soil.
Hazrat Mahdi (pbuh) is only a servant of Allah, but Allah will make Islam reign across the world by means of Hazrat Mahdi (pbuh). Our Prophet (saas) reveals that he will first gather one person and then nine people around him. Then those nine people will become 30. There are various stages in the hadiths. Then they will be 313 people. They include people from around the whole world. That is the wisdom of Allah.
This is also in the Torah. Allah says in the Torah that he will make Islam reign across the world with just 11 people. Just 11 people with pure faith. This is highly significant, it shows how widespread the lack of faith is in the world. Allah says that he will make Islam reign across the world with just 11 people, '...if they truly believe.' The Mahdi is the person who will introduce true faith to the world. So these 313 people are true believers. And through them, other people also come to believe and Islam then will reign, insha'Allah. (Adnan Oktar, A9 TV, January 17th, 2013)
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It is never too early to book yourself into a genealogy conference, so even though the tickets for the RootsTech 2013 conference aren't on sale until the autumn I have booked my hotel room.
At large conferences accommodation is always at a premium and to get somewhere to lay your head close to the conference venue is important as no one wants to spend precious time waiting for taxis, trams or buses. So I've just called the Salt Lake Plaza Hotel and spoke to a very helpful lady who has booked me into a room at special conference rates.
Have a look at the conference website and decide if this is going to be the place for you to be in March and if so I suggest you get your hotel room booked now.


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Data explosion—or—How techies build peace
The Preventionista offered a great recap of the Build Peace Conference a few weeks ago. Instead of rehashing her rehash, I want to share some nuggets of wisdom that I learned from a room full of really smart techies harnessing their abilities for the greater good of this planet.
First off, they set the tone for this conference and the conversations that would happen there with a simple challenge:
"Be tough on ideas, but gentle on people."
These are truly words to live by. If we can all find a way to constructively and collaboratively discuss our ideas, differences, and build stronger perspectives overall, we can all be better for it.
A particularly interesting concept that I think could easily be used in prevention evaluation efforts was "Crowdseeding." Instead of trying to get information from every member of a population or using a traditional sampling method, folks in war-torn countries ignited the room by talking about their alternative approach. They randomly choose members of a community, give them the technology they need in order to communicate with the researchers, teach them the kinds of information that will help with peacekeeping efforts, and then just ask them to share it through their technology whenever something comes up. I could definitely see a use for this in trying to get a national understanding of the challenges and successes that preventionists face, or taking a pulse of community responses to sexual violence after a major incident. The cost seems minimal, and the returns invaluable.
Finally, the title track for this post, and a concept I definitely want to learn more about is data polarization. Taking a look at social media data from Twitter, a researcher from New York plotted the networks of tweets and retweets for different issues and topics based on political affiliation. They're finding that, big surprise, people with similar leanings talk to and listen to eachother. Unfortunately, the groups rarely intersect. This could mean that using social media for outreach or community education might simply be "tweeting to the choir." This is definitely a concept worth considering, and should be examined in planning social media strategies.
I'd just love to talk more about all of this, and the implications of these ideas and many more on anti-sexual violence work. If you're interested in using technology for sexual violence prevention, drop me a line in the comments here or through firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Planes, Trains, Automobiles...and Cells?
Philip LeDuc, Carnegie Mellon University
Friday, March 30, 2012, 3:30pm
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This seminar is part of the Jones Seminars on Science, Technology, and Society series.
Two areas that have always interested me are the mechanics of machines and the wonders of nature. My interest in mechanics, first beginning as a youth taking apart machines like lawn mowers, has intersected with my fascination with nature at the cellular and molecular levels. I will present how my lab has been merging mechanical engineering with biology. My lab approaches this intersection by envisioning cells and molecules as "systems" that can be investigated with some of the same fundamental approaches used on machines such as planes, trains, and automobiles looking for unifying principles. The biological systems range from mammalian cells to microorganisms to developmental biology systems (e.g., neurons, magnetic bacteria, energy generating bacteria, Xenopus laevis, stem cells) and we apply principles from mechanical engineering fields (e.g., solid mechanics, control theory, fluidics, heat transfer, design) to understand how these principles may apply across diverse nature-based systems. In addition, I will present in this talk our approaches of using solid mechanics in areas such as cell mechanotransduction. We pursue these goals through developing and utilizing unique custom-built systems as well as nanotechnology, microtechnology, and computational biology. These intersections are especially fascinating to me as biological systems have evolved for distinct reasons (the "initial and boundary conditions" are different). In addition, as an engineer, I truly am interested in building new systems from the knowledge that we obtain in a similar thought process as we use information to build new machines. I will also present how our lab thinks about nature-inspired design principles at the molecular and cellular levels to work toward generating novel approaches for contributing to technology development and medical applications. My goal for this talk is to present some of our work and thoughts about how one mechanical engineer approaches these nature-based systems at the cellular and molecular levels.
About the Speaker
Dr. Philip LeDuc is a Professor in the Mechanical Engineering Department at Carnegie Mellon University with appointments in Biomedical Engineering, Computational Biology, and Biological Sciences. He has received the National Science Foundation CAREER Award, the Beckman Foundation Young Investigators Award, while also being selected as a faculty member for the Sloan Foundation minority Ph.D. Program. He has also been funded by other organizations including the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the Office of Naval Research, the Department of Energy, the National Institutes of Health, and the Keck Foundation. During his career, he has published articles in many journals, including Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Nanotechnology, PLoS ONE, JACS, Applied Physics Letters, Methods in Cell Biology, Advanced Materials, Nano Letters, Nature Protocols, and Nature and has given seminars across the world including South Africa, Taiwan, India, and Brazil. He has be on and helped organize many scientific meetings including for the National Academy of Engineering, the National Academy of Sciences, the Institute of Medicine, and the United States Congress as well as being elected to the Board of Directors for the Biomedical Engineering Society. He is also a Fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering. He also has filed numerous patents, has started companies, and has consulted for a diversity of companies. He and his wife, Rachel, have a daughter and two sons. He has also been involved with many philanthropic organizations including raising money for non-profit organizations and mission trips to Africa and Armenia.


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WILLOUGHBY, Ohio (AP) -- Ohio's maple syrup experts are concerned that above-average temperatures and the delay in seasonal weather could result in statewide production that would be lower than the 100,000 gallons or more reported each of the past two years.
The Willoughby News-Herald (http://bit.ly/Vi1oOb reports that experts in the field are concerned that this year's total could mirror the 65,000 gallons produced in 2010. Production statewide rose to 125,000 gallons in 2011 and reached 100,000 gallons last year.
An agent with Ohio State University's Geauga (jee-AW'-guh) County Extension Service says more production might not occur until well into March. But he doesn't expect lower production to result in higher costs for syrup in the state. He says about half of what is sold in Ohio is imported from New England and other areas.
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According to Lamine Lahouasnia, retailing analyst with Euromonitor International—which will be included in the marketing trends presentations at the in-cosmetics 2013 show taking place in Paris, April 16–18, 2013—global Internet retailing only accounted for around 4% of total retail sales in 2012. However, during the past decade, e-commerce has grown rapidly. "To put this into context, in 2002, Internet sales were under 1%," points out Lahouasnia. "Perhaps unsurprisingly, North America and Western Europe lead the pack. However, Asia Pacific is the third most penetrated market and has the potential to be on a par with North America and Western Europe."
The picture for beauty and personal care is somewhat different because the category has underperformed against other product categories online. Two regions stand out as exceptions, which are Asia Pacific and Eastern Europe. "Despite being developing markets, both Poland and China have higher Internet sales penetration than the global average of 3.9% in 2012," states Lahouasnia. "In particular, consumers in China have flocked to the Internet in search of cheaper prices, aided by fast broadband speeds and the rapid adoption of smartphones. Other emerging markets [that] have shown high Internet penetration of retail sales include Brazil, Argentina, Lithuania and Hungary."
Will Davis, director of structural package design and branding firm Studio Davis, believes the time has come to invest in new forms of packaging, decoration and media to help articulate new product claims. "The beauty shelf is a competitive category that is generally full of 'innovative new claims,' but generally has a very specific category language in its packaging. Remove a brand name from a range of competitive beauty packs, and it's sometimes difficult to tell the difference," he argues. His suggestions for remedying this include ideas for a brand's in-store presence as well as online. In-store, he would like brands to create more visually exciting shapes and forms with innovative decoration techniques, which, in turn, will help better articulate the products' unique story, improve shelf pop, and engage target consumers.
Davis maintains that large beauty brands too often play safe, using generic packaging for innovative new products. Furthermore, many are not embracing consumer buying and trialing habits, such as purchasing online, discovering new beauty trends via blogs, sharing information through the likes of Facebook and Twitter, or experimenting with digital personalization—all of which are efforts also known as augmented retailing.
A quick look at YouTube reveals it is no longer just a place for video clips of cats doing silly things. Instead, it's a social media platform being embraced by young beauty " vloggers," or video bloggers,, who are creating their own channel to review, communicate, and even sell new and niche products.
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"With this sort of viewing data, high-end brands have to take notice," states Davis. "The YouTube platform enables vloggers to get closer to target consumers, giving viewers the opportunity to sign up, make comments and drive the channel's content.&rdquo
This approach enables brands to build authenticity based on real people retelling their personal experiences, as opposed to marketing spiel, and by fostering personalization, where consumers share what works for them.
Unlike the technology that is used to make a printed icon come alive, augmented technology enables consumers to personally trial a product using their PC or mobile device. Davis draws attention to a YouTube video where a built-in camera (on a laptop or iPad) uses a face recognition app to detect elements of the user's face so a product can be superimposed on the face.
Holition, the London-based agency behind this, is exploring new ways of selling via augmented reality. Using this video, consumers can explore what pair of glasses best suit their faces. But such technology also could potentially be used to explore lipstick and nail polish colors superimposed on the digital shopper's face, and an online purchase button could easily be included.
The Estée Lauder-owned brand Smashbox partnered with image recognition and augmented reality platform Blippar to host a virtual shopping wall at a high street catwalk show sponsored by the U.K.'s Look magazine. The initiative allowed consumers to purchase products from Smashbox using their mobile phones while at the Look show event. In addition, they were able to do so from the magazine, which showcased key makeup looks and products from the show enhanced with shoppable augmented reality.


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SAINT LEO, Fla. – After six years of use, the Saint Leo Tennis Center courts received a much needed facelift over the month of July.
Still, maintaining its hard court surface, the Lions' men's and women's tennis teams will now compete on a different color. The traditional dark green has been replaced with a dark blue and green, replicating the courts used at the US Open.
Welch Tennis was responsible for the remodel as they began removing the old court in late June and had all eight courts finished by mid-July.
On the resurfacing, Coach James Bryce stated, "Resurfacing the courts is essential to a program that is in the most competitive region and conference in the country. The wear and tear over the last six years took its toll. This is a great move for the growth of our program. Changing the color scheme makes our facility standout even more than before, and will be a great recruiting resource. I am excited to get on the court this fall and work towards achieving our goals this year."
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Warner Bros acquires UK post-production house De Lane Lea
Warner Bros Studios Leavesden (WBSL) has acquired leading UK sound mixing and post production facility De Lane Lea.
The financials of the deal have not been disclosed but the 65-year old post-production house, based in Soho, will be renamed Warner Bros De Lane Lea in the coming weeks.
Adding to WBSL's existing production facilities and on-site production rentals, the acquisition will allow the studio to provide a full production service to in-house film and TV productions as well as external clients – mirroring what film-makers are offered at Warner Bros headquarters in Los Angeles.
The facility includes three re-recording stages; two ADR stages; 40 picture editing suites; a TV mixing stage; a transfer bay for the digital delivery, conversion and ingestion of picture and sound; and a screening room.
De Lane Lea has recently been the post-production home of Skyfall, Frankenweenie, Prometheus and Dark Shadows.
Warner Bros association with the facility stretches back 40 years with its post-production work on John Boorman's Deliverance.
Upcoming Warner Bros film Gravity, directed by Alfonso Cuaron and starring George Clooney and Sandra Bullock, is currently in post-production at De Lane Lea.
Josh Berger, president and managing director of Warner Bros UK, Ireland and Spain, said the company would "look to invest in the facility in the coming months and years".
"Just five months no from the opening of Warner Bros Studios Leavesden, this latest acquisition is further evidence of our commitment to the UK film industry," added Berger.
The 200-acre studios are based just outside Watford and are formerly the production home of all eight Harry Potter films. Currently shooting at the studios is All You Need is Kill, a sci-fi thriller starring Tom Cruise, directed by Doug Liman.
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Josh Berger is good for the UK film business
How many times did Dunleavy turn his nose up at buying De Lane Lea? Well its too late now and its great to see WB providing some much needed competition to Pinewood - on all fronts.
Good on Warner Bros, De Lane Lea is a great post facility!
Pity us Brits can't do the same abroad - with Disney about to occupy a large chunk of Pinewood and WB buying up things, will the British film industry actually own anything of itself or do we have to rely on Hollywood for everything?
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It's all executive change at Gianfranco Ferre and Brioni. Yesterday Paolo Romani, Italy's recently nominated minister for economic affairs, approved the purchase of the first by the New York-based merchant bank Prodos Capital Management LLC, which had been pending since September when this newspaper first reported the presence of Prodos' chairman, Douglas Song, in Ferre's front row. Ferre, along with former parent company Ittierre, has been in administration for the past two years. The Prodos purchase, which WWD reported at between $13.8m and $20.8m, is effected partly through agreements with Samsung (still to be finalized) and the Greek shipping company Salmar Shipping Ltd. Read more
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Tonight is the last night for Hu's Asian Bistro downtown.
The controversial eatery owned by Winnipeg Mayor Sam Katz's brother in Victoria. B.C. is closing until at least April to undergo "extensive renovations," said a restaurant spokesman.
When the restaurant re-opens in the ballpark this spring, it will have a new theme and a new name, he said. He couldn't comment on whether it would also have a new owner.
Katz has spent close to $10,000 of taxpayers' money at his brother David's restaurant, according to expense documents that show the mayor held multiple business meetings at the Shaw Park eatery over a three-year span.
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Driskel tries to break UF's slide at quarterback
Published: Friday, September 13, 2013 at 8:00 a.m.
Last Modified: Thursday, September 12, 2013 at 10:25 p.m.
For most of the 1990s and 2000s, Florida enjoyed a golden age of quarterback play.
Danny Wuerffel and Tim Tebow won Heisman Trophies at the position. Chris Leak led the Gators to the 2006 BCS title. Rex Grossman passed for more than 9,000 yards and 77 TDs, becoming a first-round NFL draft pick. And Doug Johnson wound up with 62 TDs in three seasons as a starter before playing in the NFL with the Atlanta Falcons and Cincinnati Bengals.
Yet since 2010, Florida quarterbacks have failed to live up to their four- and five-star recruiting billings. For former UF starting quarterback John Brantley, injuries and changing offensive systems played a role in his struggles. For current UF starting quarterback Jeff Driskel, the results have been mixed.
Time will tell if Driskel, a junior and second-year starter, will realize his full potential. In his first season as a starter, Driskel proved he could make plays with his legs, but ranked 11th in the SEC in passing yardage (1,646 yards) and tied for 10th in passing TDs (12).
Last week, Driskel threw for a career-high 291 yards against Miami, but also accounted for three of UF's five turnovers, throwing two interceptions and losing a fumble on a strip sack. In two games this season, Driskel has more turnovers (4) than touchdowns (3).
Scout.com rated Driskel the top overall quarterback of the 2011 class, based on his size (6-foot-4), speed (4.6 seconds in the 40-yard dash) and arm strength. But even then, Scout raised red flags about Driskel's ball handling and decision making, problems that were on full display against the Hurricanes.
"He needs to work on protecting the ball by not forcing it into traffic when a play breaks down as well as tucking it away when he's scrambling," Scout.com's Scott Kennedy wrote. "There isn't a lot he can't do on the field. He just needs to learn to play within himself."
In the 2011 Scout quarterback rankings, Driskel was rated ahead of Ohio State's Braxton Miller (2), Louisville's Teddy Bridgewater (6) and Texas A&M's Johnny Manziel (22nd).
"With Driskel, the risk always was the level of competition he played against in high school," said Rivals.com national football recruiting analyst Mike Farrell. "At (Oviedo) Hagerty, he didn't see the level of athletes week in, week out that some of the other quarterbacks did. We saw him at the Under Armour (All-America) game and he was able to make all the throws. He busted off a long run. He was certainly impressive."
Farrell also thinks that Driskel's development has been curtailed by lack of skill position players around him.
"Tim Tebow was a great quarterback, but let's face it, he had some weapons," Farrell said. "He had Percy Harvin, he had Aaron Hernandez. I don't think the talent at the skill positions at Florida right now are at that level. With the development of any quarterback, it's a matter of feeling comfortable in that system and having the talent around you."
Brantley was Rivals.com's third-rated pro-style quarterback coming out of high school in 2007, ahead of Arizona's Nick Foles (30) and Boise State's Kellen Moore (31). In his junior year, Brantley rotated with Trey Burton and Jordan Reed in a spread offense and never developed a consistent rhythm in the passing game. In his senior season, behind a poor offensive line, Brantley was knocked out of the Alabama game with a knee injury after being sacked and knocked out of the Florida State game with a concussion after being sacked. As a starter, Brantley passed for 20 TDs and 17 interceptions.
"Brantley was highly regarded, but I always viewed him as more of a game manager than a difference maker," Farrell said. "A good comparison is (Alabama's) AJ McCarron."
What has made the stretch tougher for Florida fans to stomach is the number of in-state quarterback prospects who have enjoyed success at other schools. Bridgewater, out of Miami Northwestern, led Louisville to a 33-23 win over the Gators in the Sugar Bowl and is projected as the top overall pick in the 2014 NFL Draft. Geno Smith, out of Miramar High, passed for more than 11,000 yards and 98 TDs in his college career at West Virginia. Aaron Murray, out of Plant High in Tampa, is a Heisman candidate at Georgia who holds the school record for career TD passes with 99.
Murray and Bridgewater were offered scholarships at Florida. Smith was not. Tampa Plant High coach Robert Weiner said that the interest between Murray and Florida was mutual.
"He actually was a Florida fan, wore Florida shirts when he was in high school," Weiner said. "Urban Meyer and Dan Mullen recruited him. But I always tell our guys when you go on a visit you're going to have a gut feel about a school. I think Aaron felt that went he went to Georgia. Football was a big part of it, but I also think he fell in love with Athens, the campus, the downtown area. He liked the small-town feel of it."
Instead of wondering what could have been, Florida is hopeful that Driskel can continue to grow and develop. He took accountability for his mistakes last week against Miami. Teammate Loucheiz Purifoy said that Driskel was "quiet on the sidelines" following his interceptions and expected his starting quarterback to be more vocal. But Driskel said he felt it was important to stay calm on the sidelines.
"You're going to have to be critical on yourself," Driskel said. "You are going to have to go back watch the film, learn from it, make the corrections and move on because we do have a lot of games to be played this year."
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Cincinnati, OH (SportsNetwork.com) - Milwaukee Brewers right fielder Ryan Braun left Saturday's game against the Cincinnati Reds with lower back spasms.
Braun struck out in the first inning and was out in the field for the bottom half of the frame, but was replaced in the field by Logan Schafer in the second.
Braun missed 14 games in May due to a strained right oblique.
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The Arizona Cardinals need a win to solidify their grip on first place in the NFC West.
The Baltimore Ravens need a win — period.
The Cardinals (4-2) play their only home game over a six-week span when they face the Ravens (1-5) on Monday night.
Baltimore will play on the road for the fifth time in its first seven games.
"I'd rather have ours than Baltimore's," Cardinals coach Bruce Arians said of the schedules. "They've been back and forth three times to the West Coast."
The Ravens played at Oakland on Sept. 20 (and lost 37-33) and, last week, at San Francisco (and lost 25-20).
Every Arizona win has been a blowout. The Cardinals have lost the two that were close, most recently a 25-13 defeat in Pittsburgh last Sunday.
For the Ravens, they've all been close. They have not lost a game by more than six points. Their only win was in overtime, 23-20 at Pittsburgh on Oct. 1.
"When you watch them on film, this is a good football team," Arizona quarterback Carson Palmer said. "You can't look at their record and think anything. ... They just lost a weird one to Cleveland at home. They lost a weird one in Oakland. They were coming back last week in San Francisco. With Cincinnati, it was back and forth, back and forth, I think it ended up being a four-point game."
Arians harped all week on the Cardinals' tendency to play great most of the time, then have a five-minute lull.
Several defensive players admitted they let up a bit when the Steelers brought in third-string quarterback Landry Jones, who promptly threw two touchdown passes.
Ravens wide receiver Steve Smith wasn't about to comment about the Cardinals' issues.
"What they've goin' on, I'd love to have their problems," he said. "We're 1-5. You know what I mean?"


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HOCKLEY, Texas - A 5-year-old boy was turned away from school Thursday because of the way he looks.
Ursula Martin said when she tried to enroll her son at Roberts Road Elementary, 24920 Zube Road in Hockley, officials there told her that her son's hair is too long and would need to be cut.
The school's dress code does not allow for a boy's hair to go beyond a shirt collar.
Martin said the family recently moved to Hockley from Katy, where the length of her son's hair was not a problem. She also said her son's hair is a religious statement.
"He doesn't feel like he should have to cut his hair to go to school. And I don't understand -- what does the length of his hair have to him being educated?" Martin said.
Waller Independent School District officials said they are working to resolve the conflict with Martin.
"The principal of each campus shall apply the grooming code and make all final decisions
regarding what is acceptable and appropriate, considering the age and activities of the students," a statement from the school district read." Guidelines and administrative decisions regarding appropriate dress will reflect concern for health and safety of students and the influence of specific dress or grooming on the overall educational climate of the school.
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Ann Sears
Professor of Music, Director of Music in Performance
Music Department Chair
Ph.D., Catholic University of America
M.M., Arizona State University
B.M., New England Conservatory of Music
Main Interests
American music, including African American music and American musical theater; European and American art song; piano performance, both as a soloist and as a chamber player.
Research Interests
Current research projects include planning for a recording session of African American songs and piano pieces for a compact disc release; investigation of the American composer Ruth Lynda Deyo and her grand opera about ancient Egypt, The Diadem of Stars; editing a book of essays on American popular song; co-writing a textbook on American musical theater; and preparation of concerts for the following concert season.
Teaching Interests
At Wheaton I teach courses in African American music, American musical theater, and piano. I am currently directing independent studies in black musical theater and Verdi's operas. I am also a reader for theses and dissertations in American music at The Catholic University of America.
Other Interests
When not engaged in musical activities, I can be found gardening, quilting, or walking a small gray dog.
Student Projects
While still a student at Wheaton, alumna Betsy Dean '95 began an inventory of composer Ruth Lynda Deyo's papers, now deposited in the Archives of the Wallace Library at Wheaton. She will finish the invetory as part of her graduate practicum in library science. We will co-author the published work to come out of our joint study of the Deyo papers.


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This cookie recipe comes from Janel Ovrut Funk, of Eat Well with Janel, as part of our month long celebration. Janel is a Boston-based registered dietitian who loves helping people reach their nutrition goals, one bite at a time. Janel shares her culinary adventures in her blog Eat Well with Janel, Facebook fan page, and loves to tweet @DietitianJanel.
Coconut Cookies
Inspired by Hannah Kaminsky's Coconut Drop Cookies in VegNews
Makes 10 cookies
- 1 cup Unsweetened Coconut Flakes
- 3/4 cup All Purpose Flour
- ¼ cup Bob's Red Mill Coconut Flour
- ½ – 3/4 tsp Salt
- 1/4 cup Brown Sugar
- 1/3 cup Agave Syrup
- 1/4 cup Coconut Oil
For the icing:
- ½ cup Confectioners Sugar
- 1-2 Tbsp Soymilk or other Non-Dairy Milk
1. Preheat oven to 350°F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper. In a large, dry skillet over medium heat, add coconut and stir constantly until flakes are golden brown. Immediately place in a large bowl, and allow to cool completely. Once coconut has cooled, whisk in flour, baking powder, and salt.
2. In a medium bowl, combine sugar, agave, and coconut oil. Then add wet mixture into dry mixture and mix until combined. Mixture may feel dry – use your hands to press the mixture so it begins to stick together.
3. Using clean hands, form 10 "patties" of the dough about 2 inches apart on prepared baking sheet.
4. Bake for 6-10 minutes, watching closely, until slightly browned along the edges. Remove from oven and let cool on a wire rack.
5. Meanwhile, prepare icing by whisking soymilk into the confectioners sugar until you get a smooth consistency. Using a spoon, scoop icing into plastic sandwich bag. Cut a small hole in the tip of the bag to use as an icing bag and squeeze icing onto the cooled cookies.


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A HIGH school has implemented a new IT scheme using iPads.
The Accrington Academy iPad Scheme is now fully in place with most pupils accessing the devices.
Special lessons have already started with the school using the new tools.
Heateacher Andrew Bateman said: "We have now fully implemented our exciting iPad scheme.
"More than 90 per cent of years seven, eight and nine students now have an iPad and are using them daily.
"Many lessons have been transformed by these iPads and as our students now have a wealth of resources at their fingertips, we hope to see an even greater advancement of their skill sets and academic achievements."


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Finish the function make_payment that takes the inputs payment and balance.
Have the function print the string "You still owe: x", with x being the amount that you still owe. Then return the amount you still owe. Remember to add interest to the final amount!
We went to a hotel for 5 nights. We then decided to pay half the bill. Then we decided to pay another 100 dollars. At the end of your code, make sure to print out how much we still owe. (Check the hint if you need help!)
the best i could get was:
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def hotel_cost(nights):
return nights * 140
bill = hotel_cost(5)
def add_monthly_interest(balance):
return balance * (1 + (0.15 / 12))
def make_payment(payment, balance):
balance_ = balance - payment
return add_monthly_interest(balance_)
new_bill = make_payment(bill / 2, bill)
make_payment(100, new_bill)


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HOUSTON - The new school year has officially begun and so begins the battle to keep deadly weapons off school campuses, off school buses and out of the classroom.
We're talking about everything from handguns and knives to ice picks and brass knuckles, even explosives.
At Dulles High School the Fort Bend ISD police caught a child with a homemade bottle.
Local 2 Investigator Bill Spencer asked Fort Bend ISD police chief David Rider about the weapon.
"You had one explosive device, a bottle bomb. Tell me about that," asked Spencer.
"I believe it was one of those bottles you fill it up with acid and put aluminum foil in and it makes an explosion. It's dangerous," said Rider.
So just how many weapons are out there?
Local 2 Investigates obtained the official weapons reports from five area school districts: HISD, Fort Bend, Cy-Fair, Katy and Aldine. We found over the last six years a total of 513 weapons have been taken from students on campus.
Records show last school year, Houston ISD seized 22 prohibited weapons, Katy ISD seized 17, Cy-Fair school officials seized 16 weapons, Fort Bend ISD also seized 16 and at Aldine ISD they confiscated 5 prohibited weapons.
Parents we talked to said they were shocked by the number of weapons being found.
"Honestly, I don't think kids understand the ramifications," said Anil George, who is a father. He added, "I don't think they understand death and dying."
Spencer asked Rider, "If you catch a kid on campus with a gun, a knife a set of brass knuckles what happens? Will you get arrested?"
Rider said, "Absolutely, immediately, absolutely."
At Fort Bend ISD the police chief is setting up a brand new program this year that allows students to instantly text the police if they see a classmate with an illegal weapon. They send their text to "Get Paid."
"When they text in a tip that somebody has a illegal weapon, or drugs on campus and we find it and we make an arrest, then that person gets paid a reward," said Rider.
So which schools had the most weapons seized in the districts we studied?
In the Katy ISD, West Memorial Jr. High had three weapons seizures last year.
In the Aldine ISD, the Compass School had two weapons seized.
At Fort Bend ISD, Ridgepoint High and Hightower High both had two weapons seizures.
And at HISD Madison High and Yates High both had two illegal weapons seizures last year.
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TORONTO -- There was nothing comfortable about Tanis Miller's recent flight home to Edmonton, crammed as she was into a middle seat in economy, grappling for armrests with a "strange" adolescent and window-gazing middle-aged man while a restless child a row behind kicked away at her seat like a pint-sized Pele.
Then, somehow, the in-flight entertainment system threatened to take the discomfort up a notch.
See, Miller had selected Black Swan, and expected an escapist joy with an Oscar-winning pedigree. She perhaps didn't expect the highly suggestive love scene between stars Natalie Portman and Mila Kunis that was soon flickering inches from her eyes -- and, as it turns out, the eyes of her two prying, underage flight neighbours.
She knew it wasn't necessarily appropriate content for the kids. She also didn't really care.
"Oh, that awkward moment where everyone is staring at you because the sex scene is on," Miller said with a boisterous laugh during a recent telephone interview.
"I didn't know what to do. So I just kept watching it. That's what I did."
In fact, the public preponderance of iPads, tablets, laptops and smartphones has led us to a relatively uncharted realm of etiquette -- is it socially acceptable to watch R-rated, adult-oriented material on a screen in public, particularly when children are around?
Jackie Gamble, a flight attendant with a Canadian airline, says it's not uncommon to see passengers indulging in some risqué material while soaring through the sky.
"You see people watching things and you're like: 'Whoa,' " she said, noting, however, that she'd never seen anyone watching "full-out porn."
Miller, a mother of three who maintains an award-winning blog about her adventures in parenting at theredneckmommy.com, says it's simply no one else's business what she watches, so long as she's wearing earphones.
Mother of two Julie Harrison -- whose Coffee With Julie blog is published at julieharrison.ca -- is similarly tolerant of other people's viewing habits, assuming the content isn't extreme.
"If it's on your laptop/iPad and you're listening to headphones... well, too bad, so sad, for the children's innocence," she wrote in an email.
"Personally, if it was me, I would be too self-conscious and wouldn't even consider watching adult material when children are around. But I can't hold someone else to the same standard."
But other parents disagree, arguing it's simply common sense not to watch potentially graphic material in a public space.
"I hate to put the onus on everybody to look out for my kids or to meet my standards, but (some) things are so explicit," said Newfoundland-raised mother of three Kyran Pittman, whose memoir Planting Dandelions: Field Notes from a Semi-Domesticated Life was released in 2011.
"I don't want to be a prude or anything about this kind of thing, but the (new-found) accessibility -- with that comes some more responsibility to think about who's in your line of sight for that image."
Arizona-based mother Sheri Wallace says a big problem is most people aren't aware just how visible their ever-brighter, ever-clearer screens really are.
"You become accustomed to the idea that people can't see your screen," said Wallace, editor of roadtripsforfamilies.com . "Five years ago, screens were crappy, and so you couldn't see from the first-class seat sitting next to you. But now, you can see all types of information.
"I mean, I see a lot of people who are sexting back and forth with their girlfriends -- your phone even, is really readable."
And, some parents say, these devices are especially captivating to children.
Toronto dad Jason Graham has sons aged six and 10 who are drawn to bright, colourful screens "like flies to sugar"
And if those curious kids ever did find their wandering attention drawn to a scene of graphic bloodshed or sex, Graham, the only father blogger on urbanmoms.ca, says he would be tempted to speak up.
"If there was glaringly questionable content happening and my kid was standing there hovering over (it), I might be inclined to tap that person on the shoulder and say, 'Maybe this is not a good time to be watching that.' "
But some would argue eavesdropping on someone else's entertainment is a lapse of manners more severe than watching an adult show on a personal gadget.
"It is so socially unacceptable to look at somebody's screen when they're writing... and I think it extends to media of any sort on the screen as well," said Miller.
"We're in a new digital age -- teach your kid some digital manners... Teach your kids how not to be peeping toms."
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Im running Debian GNU/Linux 6.0.7 (squeeze)
Im trying to make a python program package from my OS to a LINUX 2.6.9.
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Ive also downloaded cx_freeze. when i run cxfreeze on the main .py script it create a dis directory with an executable. but this seems to bee missing a few things.
Note i have run the script by using ($python3 script.py ) this runs fine and the code starts to execute. Im just haveing trouble making a package
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Sure, a microwave is great for reheating leftovers, but did you know your countertop appliance was originally invented as a quick-cooking replacement for the conventional home oven? Research on radiation during World War II resulted in the realization that microwaves could cook food faster than regular ovens. Most microwave recipes are developed for units with 800 to 1,200 watts. The higher the wattage, the faster things will cook, so if your microwave is super powerful, it will cook your food significantly faster. Of course there are definitely a few foods you should never experiment with in the microwave: whole eggs, grapes and raisins, and chocolate-hazelnut spread (the high fat content makes it spark), but there are also many things the microwave does incredibly well. These recipes and tricks will inspire you to use your appliance for more than just reheating.


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After a diligent and thoughtful search, Florence Crittenton recently named Dr. Kellie Warren as its new chief executive officer. Larry Lytle, board chair of Florence Crittenton, said, "We are pleased that Dr. Warren has accepted this new role in the agency. Her extensive background working with young people, her firsthand knowledge of the agency and… Read More →


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COUNCIL bosses in Burnley have moved to prevent 'funfair wars' in the town by drawing up a list of permitted fairs to be operated during the year.
There will be six different funfairs taking place in the town during the year, and the contract to run them will be put out to tender.
The council had previously granted permission to hold funfairs on an ad-hoc basis.
Simon Goff, head of green spaces and amenities at Burnley Council, said: "A number of funfairs have been traditionally held in Burnley's parks, including the Burnley Wakes Fair, which has been held on Fulledge Recreation Ground for many decades and several smaller fairs that support events such as the May Day Festival and Classic Car Show which are held at Towneley.
"However, in recent years fairground operators have requested, and have been granted on an ad-hoc basis.
"Rival fairground operators are continuing to make enquiries with both officers and councillors regarding fairground events and so to ensure that the situation is properly managed it is recommended that only these funfairs should be permitted on council land."
The funfairs allowed to take place on council land are Easter Fair at Hargher Clough Recreation Ground, the May Day Festival, the Classic Car Show and Burnley Wakes Fair in July, the Summer Sizzler event in August and the annual Burnley Bonfire in November.
Executive member for leisure and culture Coun John Harbour said: "Burnley enjoys a number of funfairs throughout the year and they are very popular with the vast majority of residents. We are keen to ensure that we get the best possible fairs on our sites and secure the best value for money for the council from these events."


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After leading the team to their second Super Bowl in five seasons, the New York Giants defensive line crashed back down to earth in 2012. Not only did Big Blue's trio of Pro Bowl caliber defensive ends fail to wreak havoc on opposing offenses, but the middle of the defense was about as soft as they come. Although defensive tackle Chris Canty showed considerable improvement in 2011, his injury plagued 2012 campaign has many wondering if he will be on the roster next season.
For the right price, Canty is worth keeping around. He is 6'7" and 317 pounds. His size alone makes teams account for his presence in the middle of the defense. However, Canty's salary cap hit for 2013 is $8.2 million. If the Giants decide to cut him, they can recoup $6.5 million of salary cap room. Given Canty's history of back injuries and lack of production in 2012, his salary is currently above his market value. At the very least, Jerry Reese should look into restructuring Canty's contract to portray his overall value to the team.
However, it's not like the Giants have any bona fide replacements waiting in the wings either.
Marvin Austin was drafted in the second round of the 2011 draft, but missed the entire season with a torn pectoral muscle. In 2012, he made five tackles in limited playing time over eight games. This was Austin's first full season of football since 2009, as he missed his final season at North Carolina due to NCAA sanctions. It's entirely possible that Austin will further develop after going through a full training camp in 2013, which, due to health concerns, is an opportunity he has not been afforded since being drafted. However, at this point, the Giants can not count on Austin to step into a starting role next season. If he makes the team, he will more than likely see limited playing time.
Perhaps the most intriguing candidate to supplant Canty as a starter is Markus Kuhn. Kuhn is an undersized defensive tackle at 6'4" and 299 pounds; however, he looked impressive last season before tearing his ACL. Given his recent knee injury, it's too early to ordain him as the team's next starting defensive tackle. Not only does he have to further develop within Perry Fewell's scheme, but he has to prove his body is up to the task of playing increased snaps.
The Giants will have ample opportunities to scour the free agent market for a defensive tackle. Players such as Randy Starks and Henry Melton will likely be out of the Giants price range. Even if the Giants had the salary cap room to sign them, there are more pressing needs on this roster along the offensive line, at linebacker and even in the defensive backfield. However, the Giants may be able to take a chance that a guy like Glenn Dorsey can finally stay healthy. Unless the best player available on the Giants draft board is a defensive tackle, there is not going to be a perfect solution found at the defensive tackle position this offseason.
The likely path that the Giants will take with Chris Canty will be to approach him about restructuring his contract. At the right price, the team will be able to make room for him on the roster. If he can stay healthy next season, there is no reason why he can not rebound and get back to producing the way he did in 2011. It would be prudent to bring in another low cost free agent for depth, but the Giants have bigger issues to solve than at defensive tackle right now.
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