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The afternoon will begin with Supreme Judicial Court Chief Justice Margaret H. Marshall's Annual Address to the Legal Community. In her 2006 address, Marshall discussed issues that ranged from judicial management and time standards, to limited assistance representation pilot programs and courthouse security issues.
The program will feature a two-part panel discussion segment based on the crucial issue of jury communication, with questions and answers at the end. MBA President David W. White Jr. will moderate the conversations. Both panels will include two attorneys and four judges, all of the Superior Court – Hon. Peter W. Agnes Jr., Hon. Carol S. Ball, Hon. Kenneth J. Fishman and Hon. Margaret R. Hinkle.
The first panel, which will focus on pre-trial jury issues, will also feature attorney panelists Kathy Jo Cook (Keches & Mallen PC, Taunton) and MBA Past President Edward P. Ryan Jr. (O'Connor & Ryan PC, Fitchburg). Cook is an experienced civil litigator, and Ryan has done both civil and criminal work over the course of his career. Some points of discussion will include:
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"Game changer" is a term you hear often when people talk about how technology has changed their industry.
Let's be honest: we've all endured a "death by PowerPoint" sales pitch and prefer a dialogue over a monologue any day. Would you shed a tear at PowerPoint's imaginary funeral? Would you miss the days of creating slide builds over building relationships? Yeah, me neither.
Consider that sales teams across the globe are already ditching PowerPoint. PCs are being displaced by a dizzying array of mobile devices, and sales teams have adopted tablets faster than any other department. Especially when tablets are equipped with sales applications that provide real-time access to marketing, sales and product data, customizable leave behinds, and valuable analytics and reporting, they can easily replace laptops, drive deeper engagement, and improve deal outcomes.
Given this, it's no surprise tablet sales to businesses reached $29.4 billion last year, and are expected to grow by more than 50 percent a year through 2015, according to Gartner. Make no mistake, tablets are being adopted at such a rapid rate that using PCs, pitch books or PowerPoint in sales meetings are already becoming outdated practices.
Early adopters gain competitive advantage
Whether they're using tablets to access sales infrastructure assets such as CRM applications or simply deliver a more interactive product demonstration, early adopters are redefining the selling experience and seeing significant returns on their mobile investments.
Custom luxury menswear company J. Hilburn increased average order size by 67 percent in one month after launching a custom mobile sales enablement solution that allowed style advisors to configure and order clothing for their clients on iPads in the field. Why? Customers and salespeople love using them. For buyers, iPads provide a more visual, intuitive buying experience, while at the same time salespeople find the devices much easier to use and more effective than lugging around laptops.
Still not convinced? More than 60 percent of organizations have seen salespeople bring their own tablets to work when corporate does not supply them.
Understanding this dynamic can mean the difference between realizing marginal process improvement and achieving truly transformational sales results.
Sam Gaddis is Chief Marketing Officer of Mutual Mobile, a company that creates rich user experiences that reinvent how businesses engage the world through mobile. This article is part of the Sales & Marketing Management cover feature about the importance of equipping your teams with the latest high-tech tools. You can read the rest of that editorial package here:

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It appears that many are cashing in on app development, charging thousands if not hundreds of thousands on something relavively easy to create, simply because there is a gap in the market. Currently those asking for apps are big conglomerate companies, smaller business don't ask for them as much, and if they did they would likely run away due to their pricing.
Reminds me of the .COM boom, where many spent hundreds of thousands on web pages thinking they will become the next big thing, we all know what happened there. Now most 'normal' medium to small businesses would prefer to spend a couple of hundred than a couple of thousands. Big companies would be more inclined to spend the thousands, then again they would want much more. In the very end they get what they paid for.
This huge market gap in app development skills has allowed app developers to charge what they like, passing down those crazy figures to the end consumers.
How will the nature of mobile development change, as more and more app developers flood the market? Will wee see more budget mobile apps being created to accomodate for those smaller business? Will more and more big companies hire inhouse app development team to avoid paying those crazy prices.
PS: I recently heard of companies charging up to 10,000EUR for 3 days work on app development, which sparked this thread off.
Sooner or later, people will wise up to the fact that web apps are far easier to create, are much nicer to use, and are far cheaper to create, and yet work on all platforms.
Could you give an example of a web application? Is a responsive website considered a web application?
There are many, many discussions of this online, which are better at explaining this than I, such as http://mashable.com/2012/09/12/web-vs-native-apps/, so I'll let you read what's online. (Usually it will come under something like "web apps vs native apps" etc.)
Thanks for the article. Certainly very interesting. I think mobile is the future, if not already here. But we need to be careful how we invest out time. Apple's seams not to be disapearing, and their natives apps are very attractive. Saying this, it almost always goes down to money and what we can do to reduce the money spent. I would love to get my hands dirty making an application.
Sometimes an 'app' stricty speaking may not be needed at all, and just an applike web page. But you can make an app with HTML, CSS and JS and also wrap it up in a container (e.g. PhoneGap) to turn it into an app. So there are lots of options.
I completely disagree. While what you say might be true for smaller sites there will always be a need/desire for native apps for large web applications such as; Facebook. I much prefer using my Facebook app on my phone than the mobile site. The same can be said for browsing these very forums using TapaTalk. The only thing I agree with is that small sites perhaps even medium sized ones do not mobile apps. Apps are useless wastes of money for corporate websites and small business sites. Anything lacking a significant amount of user interaction, large data and complex UI would be a waste.
This is worth a read, even if just for fun. (The language may not be safe for work, though. )
No, I'm not going to download your bull**** app
We are already seeing what's happening. Visit my site, click on the link for the "PhoneGap Helpful Links" and scroll down to the Frameworks section. It is HUGE. Many companies have jumped on the bandwagon to make it easier and more affordable for people to code apps. So that's one consequence: many want in, and many services, free and otherwise, are produced to accommodate the demand.
As in anything else, dollars will determine which apps remain and which drift downward. The market will determine.
Money certainly determines the way things are influenced and shaped.
Back in the day people were spending hundreds of thousands on a pretty basic website, as prices fell those individuals either had to evolve or quit their job.
Technology really does flow to the value of the customer.
From my exprience those 4 figure website aren't really in demand from many. On another note if you're building a businss, which is what I am doing, having one giant customer makes little sense, as if they find an alternative provider you would be out of a job. So really passing value down to the customer works both ways.
I honestly think apps will go in the direction of the consumer, the trouble is determining the price that customers would be happy to pay, and what they can use it for. With my websites I generally let people know what their website can do and then using tools I incorporate them into their site. It's finding those tools. At the moment from what I understand there are no tools on a mobile framework which can extend your application passing true value to the consumer.


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Sinofsky, former president of Microsoft's Windows and Windows Live division, announced that he was
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yesterday after a little over 23 years with the tech giant. It was reported as a "sudden" move that no one expected, but new details behind the departure show that the decision was contemplated for a while and even backed by Microsoft co-founder and chairman Bill Gates.
While Sinofsky was seen as a brilliant figure at Microsoft, his downfall was that he didn't get along with others within the company. He was notorious for picking fights with other executives, including current CEO Steve Ballmer, and even pushed former executives like chief software architect Ray Ozzie to quit.
Sinofsky was key to the development of Windows 8, which was
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and features an entirely new look and feel from the traditional Windows experience. However, Ballmer recognized that Microsoft needs to be more united internally across different divisions, and that change would be difficult with Sinofsky around.
Typically, in other company disputes, Ballmer and Gates would back up Sinofsky. But that doesn't seem to be the case this time around. Microsoft is looking to change and integrate teams across various units within the company. Ballmer saw Sinofsky as an obstacle to getting to that point, and
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While the decision to part ways with Sinofsky was a good thing in terms of moving Microsoft in a new direction, it also means the loss of a great mind that had a strong handle on Microsoft's software and innovation. Sinofsky may not be a team player, but he was great at what he did. Losing that sort of creativity and completely revamping the inner dynamic of how Microsoft's teams work will not be an easy task.
Julie Larson-Green, who has worked with Microsoft since 1993, is replacing Sinofsky. She played a key role in program management, and UI design/research for Windows 7 and Windows 8. So we'll see if Larson-Green can stand up to the challenge and fill Sinofsky's shoes while complying with the new integrated direction Microsoft is looking to take.
Sinofsky's leave is eerily similar to that of the recently departed
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, Apple's former VP of iOS Software. Forstall was let go in late October after 15 years with Apple due to recent issues with iOS 6's maps and his tendency to not get along with other Apple execs.
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SAINT LEO, Fla. – In the first game of the annual Saint Leo Challenge, the Saint Leo University softball team defeated the visiting Southeastern Fire by a score of 5-0. The Friday afternoon contest allowed the Lions to improve their record to 11-5 for the season.
The Lions jumped on the bats early on by scoring one run in the bottom of the first inning to take the lead. The offensive attack began when the Lions' second batter, junior Brittany Ewing, singled to right field and advanced to second base on an errant throw. Two plays later, senior Rachelle Gremo sent a single to short right field and scored Ewing from second base.
With the Fire unable to score any runs, the Lions were able to tack on some more runs in the bottom of the fourth inning and increase their lead. The inning began with a walk to Kelsey LaNeave, who eventually took second base on a wild pitch. The next batter, Angela Kafalas, sent a sacrifice bunt to the pitcher and allowed LaNeave to take third base freely. With one out and a runner on third base, Emily Holman then sent a bunt single to the pitcher that allowed LaNeave to score easily. On the next play, Kaitlynn Diaz singled to centerfield, advancing Holman to second base. Freshman Jessica LoBianco then grounded out to the first baseman, allowing both Holman and Diaz to advance one base each. With two outs and runners on second and third, the opposing pitcher, Sam Rich, then sent a passed ball passed the hands of the Fire catcher, which allowed both Holman and Diaz to score, unearned.
The Lions crossed the plate again in the bottom of the fifth inning, when Fire pitcher Angel Heglin allowed Saint Leo centerfielder Chelsey Steedley to take first base on walk. Steedley stole second on the next pitch, and after Gremoe sent a double over the left-fielder, Steedley quickly took home.
In addition to five runs, the Lions' offense collected eight hits, seven walks, and three stolen bases on the afternoon.
The Lions will return to action tomorrow for day two of the Saint Leo Challenge, when they take on Francis Marion from University Stadium. First pitch is set for 6:00 p.m.
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Meet Cindy Robertson
Cindy Robertson may well be the world's #1 Bejeweled fanatic
Cindy, a writer and IT consultant from Chanute, Kansas, has Bejeweled 2 running on at least one of her computers 24 hours a day. And under her nom de plume "Julia Gemstone" she operates a Bejeweled-centric blog (http://bejeweledonline.weebly.com/) and recently penned the most popular strategy guide for the game, an eBook titled Bejeweled 2 Secrets, which is selling briskly on her website at $9.99 per copy.
Cindy discovered Bejeweled several years ago while looking for something to play on her cell phone or laptop during business trips. In addition to ensuring 24/7 access to Bejeweled instantly on one of her home office PCs, she laughs "I probably shouldn't admit this, but I've been known to sneak a few levels of Bejeweled during conference calls with business associates!"
Cindy's eBook Bejeweled 2 Secrets features 32 pages of in-depth tricks, techniques and tips on becoming a master Bejeweled player, and she's received letters of thanks from customers across the globe, old and young alike. "One of the great things about the game is its flexibility," she notes. "Bejeweled can be played extremely competitively – even by yourself – or it can be played very 'meditatively' depending on your mood or your nature. It's terrific fun for the complete novice, yet still offers a challenge after you've played 1,000 hours of the game – and I should know!"
Cindy says she never plays "hardcore" video games because "I don't like the kill-or-be-killed mentality of most of those games – I prefer 'fun' to 'frantic' any day." She also points out that unlike the more immersive, all-consuming hardcore games, Bejeweled and its ilk allow her to devote a portion of her mind to the game play while leaving the rest to continue pondering other ideas related to work and life in general. "I actually get a lot of thinking done when I play casual games," she smiles. "Once I'm in the 'zone' of a game, I can allow creative ideas to enter my brain. It's relaxing and challenging at the same time. I've been playing the game for three years now, and have written two eBooks, written a difficult Visual Basic billing program for my former company, and worked through several complex problems in my work efforts. Bejeweled 2 is always there when I need to relax and let the ideas flow."
Cindy's other writing forays run the gamut from novelty songs (several of which have aired on the radio) to romance novelettes and op-ed articles for her local newspaper. One of her top goals in life is "to write the Tony Award-winning lyrics to a Broadway musical," she smiles. But for now, she'll just have to be content with having written the book on Bejeweled!


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National Donut Day Fun Facts:
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- The Salvation Army started National Donut Day during the Great Depression as a way to raise funds and bring awareness to The Salvation Army's social service programs.
- National Donut Day commemorates the "donut lassies," female Salvation Army volunteers who provided writing supplies, stamps, clothes-mending and home-cooked meals, and of course, donuts, for soldiers on the front lines.
- Approximately 250 Salvation Army volunteers provided assistance to American soldiers in France starting in 1917 during WWI.
- With limited resources, these treats were fried, only seven at a time. The Salvation Army's Ensign Margaret Sheldon and Adjutant Helen Purviance cleverly thought of frying donuts in soldiers' helmets.
- Last year, 30 million Americans received assistance from The Salvation Army's 3,600 officers, 64,000 employees and 3.4 million volunteers.
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Shots Fired After Ohio High School Basketball Game
Gunshots have been fired at a Cincinnati high school where people had gotten together for a basketball game, but no injuries have been reported.
Police say a large crowd had gathered for the game Friday evening at Western Hills High School and was broken up but then gathered again. They say after the game ended around 9:30 p.m. fights broke out. They say someone pulled out a gun and started shooting.
The gunman ran off. Police are looking for him. No arrests have been made.
The Cincinnati shooting happened several hours after a gunman went into a Connecticut elementary school and killed 26 people, including 20 children. That gunman killed his mother and committed suicide, leaving the death toll at 28. It's the nation's second-deadliest school shooting after the 2007 Virginia Tech massacre, which claimed 33 lives.


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This article was published 11/2/2013 (1650 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
Family members have described her as an "angel" who didn't even like to take a Tylenol to fight off a pesky headache.
A criminal case is underway to determine how -- and why -- Wendy Henry ended up dead following a mysterious morphine overdose.
The case is believed to be the first of its kind in Manitoba. Winnipeg police have said similar arrests and prosecutions could follow if it can be proven a drug dealer's customer died from an illegal product.
Curtis James Haas, 52, is charged with manslaughter and drug trafficking after allegedly giving the fatal dose to Henry after a rock concert. His much-delayed Court of Queen's Bench trial began Monday morning. The trial was originally set for last summer but was adjourned because of medical issues he had at the time.
Henry, 20, collapsed and stopped breathing in October 2007 after taking a number of morphine tablets inside a Dufferin Avenue rooming-house suite Haas owned. She was rushed to hospital but died the following morning.
The trial began Monday with a security guard from her block testifying he saw a frantic Haas giving CPR to Henry after she collapsed. Haas told the guard she had "gotten into" his morphine stash. Haas made similar comments to police in the immediate aftermath of the tragedy, court was told.
Police became suspicious after learning another woman in the same block overdosed the previous night but survived. Police ultimately took a full sworn statement from Haas the Crown plans to use against him. However, defence lawyer Darren Sawchuk is challenging the voluntariness of the statement and will seek to have the judge dismiss it.
Henry lived with her father and two younger siblings, filling her days caring for her two-year-old daughter, working with disabled children for the Winnipeg School Division and taking sign-language classes.
On the night of her fatal overdose, Henry and some friends attended an Ozzy Osbourne concert. She then stayed the night with her mother, who lived in the same Manitoba Housing apartment complex as Haas. Somehow, she ended up in his suite.
Neighbours told the Free Press at the time Haas was outgoing, often sitting in his sixth-floor suite with the door open and traffic coming in and out day and night.
"My daughter didn't do drugs," a sombre Glen Henry told the Free Press after her daughter's death. "She wouldn't even take anything for a headache. Morphine is very hard to get, and one of the puzzling things here is where she got it from."
A 1993 Supreme Court ruling upheld a conviction against an Ontario man who injected a young woman with cocaine after an all-night party. The victim, who asked to receive the drug, dropped dead of a heart attack. The Crown was able to prove what is known as "unlawful-act" manslaughter, saying the drug injection was clearly illegal and the dealer should have known it was liable to cause bodily harm.
In 2008, a Saskatchewan woman who overdosed on crystal methamphetamine sued the man who gave her the drug in what is believed to be the first legal victory of its kind in Canada.


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Dignity isn't stuffy. Dignity isn't old-fashioned. Dignity is crucial to the idea of civilization. Dworkin worried that we have corrupted the word by allowing it to slip into every party platform or international covenant. But the basic concept, in both of its senses, should nevertheless be the centerpiece of political and ethical conversation.
This shouldn't be a left-right issue. A closer attention to the concept of dignity would change only the terms of our debates, not necessarily their outcomes: Does abortion protect the dignity of the pregnant woman or invade the dignity of the unborn child? Do union seniority rules preserve the dignity of those who have put in long careers or curtail the dignity of those who are starting out?
A politics centered on dignity would mark a vast improvement over the kindergarten babble that passes for serious argument these days. Indeed, we could do a lot worse than choosing our leaders based on who carries himself or herself with the greatest degree of dignity. And we could do a lot worse than making policy based on its effect on the dignity of those whose lives and futures it would affect.


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Say hello to the manufacturing-led recovery
OK—I guess it is not a surprise at this point, but it looks like any type of economic recovery occurring (it is, right?) is being driven by manufacturing rather than the more typical leader, consumer spending.
in the NewsPort of Los Angeles and GE enhance "digitization" of supply chain Epson partners with Loftware DHL opens second Dallas-area facility CSX CEO Harrison won't back down when it comes to addressing service issues and operational plans Randstad Report: 76% of U.S. workers do not fear automation More News
Ok—I guess it is not a surprise at this point, but it looks like any type of economic recovery occurring (it is, right?) is being driven by manufacturing rather than the more typical leader, consumer spending.
How do I know this is true? For one thing, I was in Target not that long ago to buy some plastic golf balls to destroy my yard with, and I felt like I was literally the only person there. It was really a little weird.
But the real reason I know this that various data points indicate that is truly the case. One of the most recent indicators is last week's Institute of Supply Management Manufacturing release and its PMI reading of 54.4 percent.
While this was down from August's 56.3 percent PMI by 1.9 percent, any reading that is 50 or better represents economic growth. September represents the 14th consecutive month that the PMI is more than 50, coupled with the overall economy on a growth track for 17 straight months.
Meanwhile, consumer spending remains stalled as evidenced by a weaker-than-expected Back-to-School season, leading up to what could be a timid Holiday Shopping season as well. Not encouraging, I know, but it is what we are looking at for now.
Another notion supporting the thesis for a manufacturing-led recovery is recent data from freight transportation consultancy FTR Associates. FTR's August Trucking Conditions Index, which is comprised of factors affecting trucking companies, showed a 2.3 percent gain for the sixth straight month of growth and indicates a healthy environment for trucking.
FTR also said that strong manufacturing increases have generated freight growth above GDP.
And FTR President Eric Starks said in a statement that "conditions for trucking are positive in spite of sluggish growth in the overall economy because manufacturing, which generates freight, is growing much more rapidly than services."
With unemployment high and consumers still wary of spending at previous levels, it looks like the manufacturing-led recovery could be here to stay, it seems. What is your take?
About the AuthorJeff Berman, Group News Editor Jeff Berman is Group News Editor for Logistics Management, Modern Materials Handling, and Supply Chain Management Review. Jeff works and lives in Cape Elizabeth, Maine, where he covers all aspects of the supply chain, logistics, freight transportation, and materials handling sectors on a daily basis. Contact Jeff Berman
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Dracula author Bram Stoker has a global literary fame to rival James Joyce – and they had something else in common, too
Vamp chic has been lording over popular culture for a while now: from the nail and neck-biting Twilight series and HBO's True Blood, to Anne Rice's Interview with a Vampire. But they all take their cue from the most famous vampire of them all: Count Dracula. As it turns out, we have the dark imagination of a Dubliner to thank for it all.
Dracula author Bram Stoker was born in the Dublin seaside suburb of Clontarf in 1847. He grew up, studied, worked and married in the city, and much of the Victorian-era Dublin that Stoker drifted through still stands today.
At 15 Marino Crescent in Clontarf is Stoker's family home: a huge Georgian affair. It went on sale in 2012, with the real estate agent's photos and even a video revealing the interior – much of it with original features – to curious fans.
Around the corner, a nod to its famous former neighbor, is Bram's Café. Owner Jimmy Bowler gets a lot of "Bramoraks" through the door asking him questions; he keeps notes behind the counter to quietly refer to.
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Trinity College Dublin is Ireland's oldest university – an elegant patchwork of historic buildings, old libraries and cobblestones that probably haven't changed much since Stoker roamed here as a student.
Stoker was a university athletics champion, a capped footballer, and President of the Philosophical Society. Victorian literature lecturer of Trinity College, Jarlath Killeen admits there's a little thrill from studying the man in the same lecture halls Stoker would have sat in.
"Though I suspect that Stoker could be found on the fields and practice halls in athletic pursuits rather more than in the lecture halls!" he says.
Dublin Castle is the next relic from Stoker's life. The author worked here as a civil servant and the castle may well have influenced Dracula's imagined abode – Stoker never actually visited Romania.
In fact, the format that Dracula is written in (the diary entries, memos, telegrams) is essentially a folder of evidence. It reflects Stoker's work as a civil servant, where he would compile folders on cases around Ireland.
One of the nicest things about the world of Irish literature is how the main characters bump into each other. Such as how Stoker stole Oscar Wilde's girlfriend, Florence Balcombe, and went onto marry her on 4 December 1878 in St Ann's Church on Dawson Street, Dublin.
You can see a bust of Stoker in St Ann's Church today, and a painting of him in the Irish Writer's Centre in Dublin's Parnell Square. His city celebrates him at the annual Bram Stoker Hallowe'en Festival, and winks at his memory with the real-life undertaker and Dracula-impersonator Paddy Drac, who stalks the St Patrick's Day Parade.
Or you can muse over the man's beginnings with a medium-rare Dracula burger in Bram's Café.
In a way Stoker was just another Dubliner with a wild imagination. As you know, we have no shortage of those.
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Heidi & Spencer pretend to shop for $12 mil house, bribe realtor to go along with it
Heidi and Spencer love to take everyday events and turn them into photo shoots so fucking retarded, you'll swear you've been huffing paint all morning. Here some hapless realtor is forced to take part in their shenanigans. But, then again, this man has no soul because he later lied to TMZ about Mr. and Mrs. Cockweasel's real estate potential:
So we thought it was a big publicity stunt, until we called the realtor who showed the property. Sandro Dazzan says they're "serious buyers," although he doesn't think they'll pull the trigger right away. Dazzan stunned us when he said they can afford the $12 million beach house right now, but that they're "at least six months" out from being able to afford the bigger house.
Serious buyers who won't pull the trigger. Interesting, Sandro. So, basically, Heidi showed you her boobs, and you agreed to pretend they've got money? Unless a commission shot out of her nipples, congratulations, you're an idiot. The only way these two can buy a house is if you let them pay in forced smiles and chin wax.


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CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) -- Democrats ridiculed Republican Mitt Romney as a man who "quite simply doesn't get it" and worse Tuesday on the opening night of a national convention aimed at propelling Barack Obama to a second term in the White House despite high unemployment and national economic distress.
Obama "knows better than anyone there's more hard work to do," said San Antonio Mayor Julian Castro, the convention keynote speaker, sharing the prime-time spotlight with First Lady Michelle Obama.
After the deep recession, Castro said in excerpts released in advance, the nation is making progress "despite incredible odds and united Republican opposition." He pointed to the creation of 4.5 million jobs since the president took office.
Obama was back home in the White House after a campaign appearance in Virginia earlier in the day. He said he'd be watching on television when his wife spoke.
Polls made the race for the White House a tight one, almost certain to be decided in a string of eight or 10 battleground states where neither the president nor Romney hold a clear advantage. And during the day there was ample evidence of an underperforming economy, from a report that said manufacturing activity declined for a third straight month to the Treasury's announcement that the government's debt exceeded $16 trillion at the close of the business day.
Castro, the first Hispanic chosen to deliver a keynote address, was unsparing in criticizing Romney, even suggesting the former Massachusetts governor might not even be the driving force on the Republican ticket this fall.
"First they called it 'trickle down, the supply side," he said of the economic proposals backed by Republicans. "Now it's Romney/Ryan. Or is it Ryan/Romney?"
"Either way, their theory has been tested. It failed. ...Mitt Romney just doesn't get it," Castro said. Romney's running mate if Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan.
In his campaign trip to Virginia earlier in the day, Obama told an audience at Norfolk State University that the economy will get worse if Romney wins the White House this fall and that Election Day apathy was his enemy -- and theirs.
Republicans are "counting on you, maybe not to vote for Romney, but they're counting on you to feel discouraged," he said. "And they figure if you don't vote, then big oil will write our energy future, and insurance companies will write our health care plans, and politicians will dictate what a woman can or can't do when it comes to her own health."
"They're counting on you just to accept their version of things," he said.
On the final stop of a pre-convention campaign circuit of several battleground states, the president also dropped off a case of White House-brewed beer at a local fire station.
A few hours later and hundreds of miles distant, Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz of Florida, the Democratic party chairwoman, opened the three-day convention to the cheers of delegates.
The Time Warner Cable Arena's conversion to the Democrats' made-for-television convention hall was complete. The lectern rested on a blue-carpeted stage, inside a circle of white stars suggestive of the presidential seal.
Opening night speakers included Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada, who claimed without any proof last month that Republican challenger Mitt Romney may not have paid income taxes for years despite his wealth.
Romney denied it, and Reid refused to say who had told him otherwise.
The Republican challenger was in Vermont as the Democratic convention began, preparing for three fall debates with Obama almost certain to be critical to the outcome of the election.
As was the case with Romney's convention last week in Tampa, Fla., several TV networks said they would carry only one hour of the Democrats' proceedings on live television. Obama's high command reserved the time for the convention keynote speaker -- and the first lady.
To laughter from his Virginia audience, Obama explained why he was ceding the opening-night spotlight to his wife.
"A political convention is "just like a relay, and you start off with the fastest person," he said.
"So I'm going to be at home and I'm going to be watching it with our girls. And I'm going to try not to let them see their daddy cry, because when Michelle starts talking I start getting all misty."
Mrs. Obama said before her speech she hoped to "remind people about the values that drive my husband to do what he has done and what he is going to do for the next four years. I am going to take folks back to the man he was before he was president."
There was no shortage of political calculation behind the program of the convention's first night -- or for any other.
Polls show the first lady is more popular than her husband. With the economy struggling, Robert Gibbs, a campaign surrogate and former White House press secretary, said Mrs. Obama "can really tell the story of his (the president's) values, his upbringing, what he believes and what he wants to do yet for this country."
Democratic delegates bestow their nomination on Obama and Vice President Joe Biden on Wednesday night, the same night that former President Bill Clinton delivers a prime-time speech aimed at voters disappointed with the results of the past four years yet undecided how to cast their ballots.
Clinton presided over eight years of economic growth as president, and his own opinion poll ratings have risen since he left the presidency 12 years ago, shadowed at the time by his impeachment in connection with a dalliance with White House intern Monica Lewinsky.
White men favor Romney over Obama in public and private polls, but a Gallup survey taken in July showed the Clinton was viewed favorably by 63 percent of the same group, and unfavorably by only 32 percent.
Among white non-college graduates, another group where Obama struggles, Clinton drew 58 percent favorable ratings and 36 percent unfavorable in the same poll.
Obama's acceptance speech caps the convention on Thursday night at the 74,000-seat Bank of America football stadium. Aides kept a wary eye on the weather in a city that has been hit in recent days with strong afternoon rains.
Republicans did their best to rain on Obama's convention, whatever the weather.
Vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan spoke in Westlake, Ohio, standing behind a lectern bearing a sign that read "Are you better off?"
It was one more jab at Obama's economic record, and at the Democrats' inability to answer the question directly in a round of television interviews on Sunday.
They have since settled on an answer -- Yes.
But Republicans didn't stop with the sign on their stage.
They released a web video that interspersed images of Obama and the economy's weak performance with slightly out-of-focus video clips of former President Jimmy Carter discussing the nation's economic woes when sat in the Oval Office more than 30 years ago.
Officials said Republicans were stockpiling cash for the fall campaign. Romney raised more than $100 million for the third month in a row in August, officials said.
Many delegates said emphatically they were better off than when Obama took office, but not all cited pocketbook issues.
""I'm 100 percent better off than I was four years ago because as a young person and as an LGBT American, Obama has done wonders for our community. He's kept student loan rates down, repealed 'don't ask, don't tell' and embraced marriage equality. These are all important things," said Aaron Wilder, a delegate from Oklahoma City.
Protesters briefly blocked an intersection a few blocks from the Democratic convention center, coming close enough to delegates to exchange slogans.
"Four more years," shouted Obama's supporters.
"No more years," came back the reply.
Matthew Daly reported from Norfolk, Va. Associated Press writers Steve Peoples in Ohio, Kasie Hunt in Vermont, Jack Gillum in Washington, Thomas Beaumont in Des Moines, Iowa, and Ken Thomas and Matt Michaels in Charlotte contributed.


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It seems obvious at this point, but it's worth reiterating: In the world of Mad Men, food is second to booze, which provides its own sustenance to virtually every character. If the series had a slogan, it might be this quote from Roger Sterling: "We drink because it's what men do."
Roger Sterling produced one of Mad Men's most cringe-inducing moments when he slapped on face-paint and serenaded his new wife Jane with a Bojangles version of "My Old Kentucky Home." Even Don Draper couldn't help but look away.
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Pronunciation: in-vet-êr-êt • Hear it!
Part of Speech: Adjective
Meaning: 1. Firmly established by survival over a long period of time, confirmed by longevity, deep-rooted. 2. Deeply ingrained, strongly habitual.
Notes: This word may be used as an adverb with the appropriate suffix, inveterately, and it offers two nouns to choose from: inveterateness and inveteracy. As with all adjectives ending on -ate, be careful not to accidentally replace this suffix with -ant.
In Play: This word originally referred to anything established by great age: "Melanie loved to spend lazy summer afternoons reading in the shade of the inveterate willow in her backyard." In people, it refers to a long-standing passion or habit: "Perry Winkle is an inveterate gardener who can tell you the common and botanical names and the eponyms of the names of all the flowers in his garden—and yours, too, probably."
Word History: Today's Good Word originated in Latin inveteratus "established, having aged", the past participle of inveterare "to grow old, endure". This verb consists of in- "cause to become" + veter "old". The original root of today's word was Proto-Indo-European wet- "year". It picked up the suffix -er in English and landed on our lips as wether "gelded ram" (perhaps originally "yearling"), as in bellwether (careful with the spelling). Latin veterinus "cattle", origin of our word veterinary, also came from this word since the attention of veterinarians generally falls on old animals. This root also underlies vitellus "calf", a word smoothed down to veal in Old French and then to the veau [vo] "calf" of Modern French. Quite the lexical sandpaper, French is.
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Good Doctor: I really like this Good Word, expecially the word history. I am amused at your "Quite the lexical sandpaper, French is." You are much kinder to French than my university professor, Dr. H. An ancient man from Germany, he taught me a lot of linguistics under the guise of College German. When Dr. H. used a French word he always spat on the floor and muttered, "Bastard Latin."
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Philip Hudson wrote:Is "lexical flypaper" original with you Slava? That is a great description of what is a big part of our wonderful language. It is now in my English vocabulary.
Gee, I don't really know if it is or not. I can't say I've ever seen it before, but I may have and it is part of my hidden memory. I was just riffing on the sandpaper analogy and the idea of chasing foreign words down alleys to mug them and drag them kicking and screaming into English.
I hope it is original, all be said and done. That would be neat-o cool beans.
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Indonesians left unheard as cattle industry goes hungryMichael Bachelard
Published: November 10 2012 - 3:00AM
CATTLE on the island of Sumba, Indonesia's most impoverished region, are burdened by many crucial social functions - they carry tradition, family pride, money and, of course meat on their backs.
But when the Prime Minister, Julia Gillard, and the Indonesian President, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, agreed in Darwin in July to encourage Australian agricultural companies to ''invest in the Indonesian beef and cattle industry'', the burden of these beasts grew heavier still.
The Indonesian side pinned on them the hope that Australian money and knowledge would provide desperately needed economic development to an island in which nearly 40 per cent of five-year-olds are underweight.
Ms Gillard no doubt hoped Australian goodwill on livestock to Sumba might be a diplomatic win, encouraging Indonesia to relent on the punishing import quotas that are debilitating the north Australian live cattle trade.
All these expectations, however, have so far come to nought.
While the Taiwanese company Biofarm Plantation is measuring out the cheap hectares on its new East Sumba investment, not a single Australian beef producer has yet visited the island to check it out.
''There is enough land, so much empty land,'' the regional leader of the dirt-poor province, Gidion Mbilijora, said.
''President SBY strongly hinted when he came directly here from Darwin [after the meeting with Ms Gillard] that Australian investors would follow. They have not.''
Mr Mbilijora firmly believes in the potential for a booming livestock industry in Sumba.
''It is very big,'' he says.
The need is certainly huge. A preschool teacher, Femmy, says in the dry season her students often come to class hungry because their families have no food. Many must grub in the forest for sweet potatoes.
But the challenges, also, are enormous.
Since the rolling hills of this island were denuded of their cover of fragrant sandalwood trees hundreds of years ago, the topsoil has been washing away. Driving along its high ridges you see the island's bare bones: piles of volcanic rocks exposed as the soil blows and washes downhill into the valleys.
Much of the sparse vegetation is blackened, the result of ''scorched earth'' farming, in which grass is burned each dry season to encourage new green shoots.
Horses, cattle and goats pick their way among the rocks and scorch marks, looking for fresh nourishment.
Rainfall is lower here than in most parts of Indonesia. It is adequate, but there is very little water storage, so children and women must fetch and carry it.
Mr Mbilijora is confident, though, that there is enough good land, goodwill and potential to sustain thousands or tens of thousands of head of cattle.
''There is 400,000 hectares of basically pasture land … it shouldn't be too much of an issue in handling a larger investment,'' he said. ''Maybe companies from Australia worry that it will take too long for a return on investment.''
Joni, 20, a cattle herder in the hilltop village of Napu, would like to see a bigger industry.
''It is good land,'' he says. ''Sometimes in the dry season the cows are skinny, but they don't die.'' Joni dropped out of school at 15 to work herding 50 head of cattle owned by a local farmer. His great hope is that, when one has a calf, his boss might give it to him.
As things stand in Sumba at the moment, it is the only thing that will help Joni start building some wealth of his own.
Michael Bachelard travelled to Sumba as a guest of World Vision.
This story was found at: http://www.smh.com.au/world/indonesians-left-unheard-as-cattle-industry-goes-hungry-20121109-293aj.html


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The Australian dollar has fallen from its six month high as weak Chinese inflation and profit taking weigh on the currency.
At 1700 AEST on Friday, the local unit was trading at 93.56 US cents, down from 93.84 cents on Thursday.
Late on Thursday night, the Australian dollar peaked at 93.96 US cents, the highest since early November, and helped by strong local jobs figures and Chinese trade data.
The currency's fall sharpened after it was reported that China's consumer price index (CPI) slowed to 1.7 per cent in the 12 months to April, the lowest inflation rate in 18 months.
Western Union Business Solutions currency strategist Steven Dooley said it raised concerns about the world's second-largest economy.
"The view of the market is that it was the CPI that drove the Aussie lower," he said.
"It lost about 20 points or so after those numbers came out.
"It's not great for Australia, we want to see China's economy growing at a reasonable rate."
Despite the fall on Friday, the Australian dollar has risen almost one per cent over the week.
Mr Dooley said it's been a huge week for the currency.
"We've had better than expected unemployment and better than expected trade figures, and just generally a bit of a rally in global equity markets," he said.
At 1700 AEST, the Australian dollar was at 95.16 Japanese yen, down from Thursday's close of 95.51 yen, and at 67.66 euro cents, up from 67.39 euro cents.
Meanwhile, Australian bond futures prices were higher after the Reserve Bank of Australia downwardly revised its economic growth forecasts for 2015.
UBS interest rate strategist Andrew Lilley said the gross domestic product (GDP) surprised the market and helped support bond prices.
"We started to see the normal flow though from leading economic indicators to actual economic activity recently," he said.
"We have seen job ads and hiring intentions starting to pick up and that's translated into harder data with unemployment rate failing to bridge the six per cent barrier."
At 1630 AEST on Friday, the June 2014 10-year bond futures contract was trading at 96.185 (implying a yield of 3.815 per cent), up from 96.165 (3.835 per cent) on Thursday.
The June 2014 three-year bond futures contract was at 97.130 (2.870 per cent), up from 97.120 (2.880 per cent).
Mr Lilley does not expect much movement in bond prices ahead of the federal budget on Tuesday.


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We are four from Greece Eleni,Dimitris ,Evi ,Elpiniki. At 23th March our dad, age 67 was diagnosed after examinations due to the following symptoms (jaundice,itching,loose weight) with the intrahepatic cc.
At 26th of March we went to the hospital of Athens and they did all the necessary examination such as MRI,MRCP,blood test,MRA and a Pet Scan.
Doctor said that it's very difficult case and we had little chance.Finally on 12 of April they proceed on surgery.The doctor said that it would be a huge surgery that it could last even 10 hours. After two hours he came out and told us that they didn't find what they expected as they thought that it was at the gate of the liver but it was inside it.They didn't find spread anywhere in the liver or in the bell duct or just only they mentions that the liver was hard,So they decided to remove the bell one expanded lymph node and one piece of the liver which they took for biopsy and all found negative for cancer malignancy.
Finally the doctor said that is nothing that it could be done because it was inside the liver and it concerned both of hepatic ducts and also chemotherapy could not help him at all for this specific case.On the 24th of April he did the ERCP and they put a stent.The results of the ERCP with brushing was negative but as they told us brushing biopsy is not an accurate method.
After four days he had several fever after that he is on "ciproxin" antibiotic and a "ursofalk".
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New principles approved for downtown engineering
Utilities under roadway, more streetscape amenities for new downtown developments
Wednesday, Jul 09, 2014 06:00 am
A discussion of new engineering principles for St. Albert�s downtown core turned into a proxy for debate on high density housing on Monday night.
Council voted 6-1 to amend the city�s engineering design guiding principles to include some altered standards that specifically apply to the area defined in the downtown area redevelopment plan (DARP).
The changes will �support standards that will build a beautiful, green, vibrant downtown,� said Greg Persson, manager of engineering services for the city.
The amendments allow for underground utilities to be installed within the roadway in the downtown area. Currently all the utilities are installed in the boulevards � and for the rest of St. Albert, that will still be the case.
The amendments also up the landscape planting and streetscape amenities required in the downtown area if utilities are installed in the roadways.
Persson cautioned that developing unique downtown municipal engineering standards would take time and research to prepare. The items approved by council on Monday were updates to the guiding principles, not engineering standards.
Mark Reid of Urban Strategies Inc. appeared to speak in support of the development of a unique set of municipal engineering standards for the downtown area on behalf of his client, Amacon, which is redeveloping the Grandin mall site.
They�d like to see municipal engineering standards for the downtown area that will allow a closer building-to-building face by moving the deep utilities into the road. The current requirement to put them in the boulevards creates a wide building-to-building face.
�It�s actually preventing us from creating that intimate character,� Reid said.
Coun. Sheena Hughes said what Reid might call intimate, �I call claustrophobic.�
She questioned if new downtown engineering standards are superior, then they should apply to the whole city and not just the downtown area.
Hughes also raised concerns that the standards and guiding principles were being changed just to benefit the Grandin mall redevelopment, though was told these would apply to the whole DARP area.
Hughes had said most people prefer more space, not being closer to their neighbours. Others in council pointed out high density living is preferred by some.
�This is living for many, many people,� said Coun. Gilles Prefontaine, pointing out many love being able to leave their condos and walk across the street to a caf� or other amenities.
�I think densification is important,� said Coun. Tim Osborne, who pointed out high density living might not be for everyone, but it is for some.
Coun. Wes Brodhead said it gives options in St. Albert to those who prefer high density areas.
�Quite honestly it�s better use of our land,� Brodhead said.
Coun. Cathy Heron asked staff if putting the utilities in the road makes for a better road, and was told yes.
She highlighted the pedestrian-focus of DARP and noted the current principles and standards don�t match up to that.
�The entire point of DARP is to encourage pedestrianism,� she said, noting denser developments are a worldwide trend.
�We have an entire big downtown we�re trying to redevelop,� she said.
Coun. Cam MacKay noted that digging up the road to repair utilities wouldn�t be cheaper, but did acknowledge the point made during discussion that there would be more revenue per square foot from denser development.
Hughes was the lone vote against approving the amendments to the engineering design guiding principles.


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General Assembly: Statement by the German Youth Delegates to the UN
(General Assembly: Statement as delivered by the German Youth Delegates to the UN)
Distinguished chair, honorable delegates,
honorable youth delegates,
We have the honor to speak to you today as the official German Youth Delegates to the UN. Over the past months we traveled ten thousands of kilometers all over Germany to meet young people of various backgrounds and listened to their concerns and hopes.
Our discussions with them led to three main issues essential for the life of young people in Germany and the future of our one world:
1.Firstly, the ecological problems we are facing, like environmental degradation, climate change, current patterns of resource consumption, to name but a few.
2.Secondly, equally important are social challenges like discrimination, racism and every form of inequality.
3.Thirdly, the lack of youth participation was raised by the young people nearly everywhere we went.
Therefore, we strongly demand global youth rights which guarantee a genuine participation of young people in all parts of the political decision-making and an universal access to primary and higher education, which includes a lifelong learning concept and facilitates non-formal education. Moreover, we call for honest and strong commitments from all member states to fight the battle against climate change.
To fulfill the objectives of the UN-Charter, we have to stop every form of discrimination. We strongly demand all member states to shape a global society which is equal, inclusive and open for everybody regardless of their nationality, race, religion or sexual orientation. We also urge everyone to pay special attention to the most vulnerable, inter alia young refugees and young people in armed conflicts, and to increase all efforts to help them.
Furthermore, we request in the interest of all young people a comprehensive implementation of the outcome of the Rio+20 conference with special attention to sustainable consumption, renewable energy and education for sustainable development.
The idea of "sustainable development" becomes a meaningless term if there are no indicators for its implementation. Hence, we call upon all member states to use the beyond 2015 process to strive for achieving the goals they agreed upon!
Countries do not have the power to deal with the existing problems of globalization by themselves. They need partners, organized in a reliable and strong framework. A framework which has to be open, equal and fair for every country to solve all problems which can emerge from globalization and to take advantage of all opportunities which globalization entails.
As Youth Delegates we deplore that only a small number of the 193 member states of the United Nations have implemented the "World Program of Action on Youth". We therefore call upon all member states to fully and effectively implement the WPAY and to further include Youth Delegates in their national delegations and to extend the program to other United Nations conferences as well.
It was only a few months ago that seven young athletes lit the Olympic flame and the whole world was delighted about the motto of the Olympic games: "Inspire a generation" - and for a short period of time it seemed that the entire world understood that there is a key to the fight against many of the worlds´ crises: Trust in and involvement of the youth!
We met a lot of young people - all inspired but at the same time disappointed because there are barely channels for them to share their inspirations and to contribute to society.
Honorable chair, distinguished delegates,
There is no need to inspire a generation, we are inspired; there is no need to set a generation on fire, we are on fire. What we want is that young people are given a chance and appropriate channels of participation!
We are here to represent all the young people who care, who are full of commitment and who want to change something and build a better future! We are here to make it clear that we are not only the future – we are also the present - and we therefore claim our right to shape global society from now on!
Young people want to actively solve problems in their surroundings – you can all learn from them!


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BATH head coach Mike Ford fears that hooker Rob Webber could be set for an extended spell on the sidelines after being forced off in last weekend's clash with Newcastle Falcons.
England international Webber suffered an ankle injury, whilst Ford is also sweating on the fitness of back row Carl Fearns, who pulled out of the warm-up with a hamstring problem.
Nick Abendanon completed a trio of injuries after being forced off with concussion but Ford is more optimistic about his chances of featuring in next Saturday's Aviva Premiership trip to Exeter Chiefs.
"It's the good, the bad and the ugly really," said Ford.
"The good one is Nick Abendanon, who got concussed and it going through the protocol. He's on day three and he's passed all the tests so far so all being well, he'll be fine.
"The bad is probably Carl. He's not pulled his hamstring but it's a bit neural. It's not as bad as we thought and he'll probably be out for a couple of the weeks.
"And the ugly is Rob, really. He had it x-rayed and it's not broken or anything but he's having a scan this afternoon so then we'll know more and how long he'll be out for.
"We'll pick the team (for Exeter on)Thursday and basically, we'll have a full squad to pick from. Dave Attwood can play, Paul James can play and Dave Wilson's come through today's session.
"Although we've lost Rob and maybe Carl, we've gained Dave, Davey and Paul, so it's swings and roundabouts.
"No doubt Exeter are in the same boat as us and they'll have injuries to deal with too."
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This article was published 4/2/2013 (1660 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
Like the Otis Elevator Company and Ireland's motor industry, Winnipegger Teresa Sztaba is very familiar with the term "triskaidekaphobia."
It's a fancy word for a morbid fear of the number 13. Folks who dread Friday the 13th in particular suffer from "paraskevidaphobia" -- just like Sztaba's mother did at one time.
"My mother was superstitious, so I've grown up with the story that when she was in labour and realized I was going to be born on Friday the 13th, she started yelling and screaming, 'No, we can't do this, she can't be born now,'" recalls the clinical psychologist, now in her late 50s.
Reading a book about famous people who shared her birthday when she was a kid reassured Sztaba that she wasn't cursed -- she and her mom laugh about it now -- but the number 13 obviously hasn't shaken its centuries-old bad rap.
Try riding an elevator up to the 13th floor of Winnipeg's Fairmont Hotel. Place Louis Riel Suite Hotel's elevator lacks a 13 button, while over at the Radisson Hotel, you'll find floor P (OK, they used to have a swimming pool) between floors No. 12 and 14.
Otis Elevator estimates that up to 85 per cent of all high-rise buildings lack a 13th floor.
The fact that you're reading this means we managed to survive the Mayan apocalypse (12/21/12). But just when you thought it was safe to live your life free from a sense of impending doom, along comes the unluckiest year of the century.
(Paraskevidaphobics, mark Sept. 13 and Dec. 13 on your calendar as days to stay in bed.)
The number 2013 is only unlucky, of course, if you happen to believe in that sort of thing. Millions apparently do.
National Geographic once estimated that on each Friday the 13th the American economy loses more than $800 million because so many superstitious consumers refuse to travel, shop or carry out their normal business. Triskaidekaphobia afflicts an estimated 17 to 21 million people in the United States, according to Donald Dossey, founder of the Stress Management Centre and Phobia Institute in Asheville, N.C.
Many of us have no choice but to drive around with a 2013 sticker on our licence plates. However, the Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles gave drivers in that state the option of renewing their tags for two or three years so their decals would read 2014 or 2015.
Across the pond, Ireland helped its drivers avoid bad juju by changing the way it numbers licence plates in 2013. Normally, the first two digits on an Irish licence plate represent the last two digits of the year in which the vehicle was registered, but this year plate numbers will start with 131 if registration takes place within the first six months, and 132 for the remaining months.
While many of us are still rolling our eyes over the 2012 doomsday hype, there are those who have been bracing themselves for the worst since New Year's Day.
"It will be problematic for some," Dossey, who has been studying phobias for 18 years, says of 2013. "They might think something ominous will happen, that they might have a wreck, get ill or even have marital problems. It's just a nagging sense of impending doom."
Superstition around the number 13 is steeped in ancient history. The Romans were spooked by it, ostensibly because Judas, betrayer of Jesus, was the 13th guest at the Last Supper. (The Crucifixion was said to have taken place on a Friday, which doesn't help.) Another dinner-gone-bad involves the Vikings, who supposedly turned triskaidekaphobic after Loki, the 13th god in the Norse pantheon and the uninvited 13th guest at the Valhalla feast, plotted the murder of Baldr, god of joy and gladness.
Meanwhile, witches reportedly gathered in covens of 12. The 13th attendee was said to be the devil.
More recently, in April 1970, to be precise, NASA launched the 13th Apollo moon mission at 13:13 hours Central time. On April 13, an oxygen tank exploded and the mission aborted.
Then there are the dedicated (and bored?) triskaidekaphobes who figured out that serial killers Charles Manson, Jeffrey Dahmer, Theodore Bundy and Jack the Ripper have 13 letters in their name. (As does Wall Street fraudster Bernard Madoff.)
Some say the number 13 suffers from its position after 12, which numerologists consider a complete number, and with positive connotations: 12 months in a year, 12 signs of the zodiac, 12 gods of Olympus, 12 labours of Hercules, 12 tribes of Israel and 12 apostles of Jesus.
There are many, many competing "pseudohistorical" hypotheses concerning the origin of unlucky 13, none of which has met with widespread academic acceptance, says Gem Newman, founder of the Winnipeg Skeptics.
Once any superstition gets started, he says, a host of "cognitive biases" -- confirmation bias and the bandwagon fallacy chief among them, come into play to convincingly reinforce the beliefs.
"It's worth reminding people that not only is there no evidence that the number 13 is unlucky, there is no plausible mechanism by which certain numbers could be more unlucky than others," Newman says.
Did we mention that Winnipeg's 38-storey condominium complex at 55 Nassau does have a 13th floor, as do the Richardson Building and the Canadian Grain Commission?
Also, Kyle Wellwood, playmaker for the Winnipeg Jets, wears No. 13.
Superstitions get passed down in families and in cultures, Sztaba says, because as with beliefs in general, we tend to pay "selective attention" to the evidence that supports them.
"If I see a black cat walk across the road, I think 'uh-oh,' because I remember my mom said black cats were unlucky," she says. "But if nothing bad happens that day, I'll totally forget about that. But if something bad happens, I will absolutely use that as evidence that the superstition is correct."
The treatment for phobias, Sztaba says, involves replacing superstitious beliefs with ones that are more rational and also exposing oneself to the thing or situation over and over until it no longer triggers fear.
"So you would deliberately go to an elevator that stops at the 13th floor, to the point where you can't deny the confirming evidence that you're still alive and that nothing horrible happened."
-- with files from Kansas City Star


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One man is dead following an accident involving a payloader on a dairy farm in Benton County, Ind.
According to WLFI 18, authorities in northwestern Indiana have identified the victim as Manuel Lino Mejia-Lamas, a 36-year-old worker at the Seven Hills Dairy near Goodland, Ind.
The accident occurred Wednesday evening when the bucket of a payloader operated by a fellow farm employee reportedly fell on Mejia-Lamas.
Emergency personnel were quickly called, but unable to save Mejia-Lamas. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
The case is currently under investigation by the Benton County Coroner, the Benton County Sheriff's Office, and the Benton County Prosecutor.
Mejia-Lamas's death marks the second blow to hit the Seven Hills Dairy Farm in the past few weeks. Earlier this month, a hay shed at the dairy caught fire, destroying 500 bales of hay.


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Using PHP sessions is very easy, but the best way to make permanent cookies is built you own ones?
I'm building a site and in my local server I can change session.cookie_lifetime, but perhaps you can't do that in a shared hosting, and using this method all users will have a permanent cookie, even when they don't want it.
So, to make a well builded site is better not to use the PHPSESSION, and make you own cookies and store them in MySQL?Like in the "Creating a Custom Session Save Handler" part of this article: http://phpmaster.com/writing-custom-session-handlers/
Why do you want a permanent cookie exactly?
Explain that and perhaps we can best advise you.
I'm with Cups, it would best if you explained the reasoning.
One thing that I do with my sites is to instead of exclusively storing sessions in the database (which I do), I serialize a users session data so it can remain persistent. Next time they log in then they their current session is updated with the un-serialized values. Obviously in this approach users have to log in.
To log in automatically the users, even if they closed the browser. I have a the opcion "Remember me" in the login, like Twitter.
read up on php's setcookie()
I know how to set cookies, thanks. Until now I was using a cookie stored in the MySQL to log in the users that required to remember their login, and then the php session cookie to store all information.
But I read that PHPSESSIONS are slow if there are lots of users, and there's the problem I was saying. And there's no reason to do that with 2 cookies, I should be able to do that with one, no?
So basically I just want to confirm that in my case I should forget the PHPSESSIONS, and store all that in the MySQL, and make a query every time the user makes an action.
Well, now I only use my cookies, and I don't use the PHP sessions. I hope it's the correct way.
Hi llnitoll,
You may want to look at these resources that talk about the security of cookies/sessions and what can be done for better security.
To have a 'remember me' you need to use cookies as
I hope it's the correct way. It is up to you to know how to best secure sensitive data, so understanding how cookies and sessions as well as apache and the Database are configured all play into 'The correct way'.
Sessions are not slow if used for the right thing. It is a very convenient mechanism to keep persistent data while the user travels through stateless html/php pages. Just don't try to use a session like you would a database, then you will say that it is slow.
Since php sessions rely on a unique cookie -- net difference zero. Usually sessions don't give me the level of control I want over the data anyways, which is why I use my own custom cookie/hash tied to a db table and say to heck with $_SESSION.
Especially since you have no guarantee across servers what the max time session data is stored/purged.


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BURBAGE & Easton Royal captain Tom Wallbridge is hoping that marquee signing Michael Papps can help his club push on to the next level.
Wallbridge's side have pulled off by a coup by securing former New Zealand international Papps, who featured in eight test matches and six one-day internationals for the Black Caps, as their overseas player for next season.
The 33-year-old batsman and wicket keeper, who has faced the likes of Freddie Flintoff and Brett Lee, played alongside Burbage's Souresh Muhkerjee for Scottish side Ayr.
And excited skipper Wallbridge is hoping to make the most of Papps' spell with the West of England Premier League (WEPL) Wiltshire Division hopefuls.
"He's played up in Scotland for the last three summers and Souresh had a word with him about coming over here and the rest, as they say, is history," said Wallbridge.
"It's a fantastic signing for us. We're all at the age where we're getting into our primes but could still learn a lot from someone of his pedigree.
"We're going to have him coach some of the youngsters and we'll be the only place in the area to offer that – we're also offering his services to a few local schools too.
"We've also signed Paul Stoddard as our new coach this season and we're hoping that will help us a lot because a lot of us have been coached by him in the past and he's one of the best in Wiltshire.
"A few years ago, the club got relegated to Division Two (of the Wiltshire League) and we had to have a good look at ourselves.
"Now we've had two promotions in three years and narrowly missed out on making it three from three last year – this could help us get to the next level again."
Burbage missed out on promotion to the Glos/Wilts Division of the WEPL by a whisker last season as they finished just three points behind champions Lechlade and Wallbridge says that his side's aim is to get over the line next summer.
He added: "We want to try and go one better this year but we know that's going to be a tough league with the likes of Swindon, Trowbridge and Winsley coming in to it."