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Lenovo Announces New ThinkVision LT2934z Panoramic Displayby Jarred Walton on 9/3/2013 5:29 PM EST
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yik3000 - Tuesday, September 03, 2013 - linkLook at the thin bezel for this one...hopefully this is not like some of the LG model that has a "fake thin bezel".. Reply
zanon - Tuesday, September 03, 2013 - linkGood 2560x1440 27" IPS panels are now firmly into the $400-500 range, with the super budget ones even getting below $400 (like Monoprice's), albeit at the cost of some features. Even 30" 2560x1600 panels are starting to hit <$800. Given general VESA compatibility an included stand isn't worthless but not it's not a massive feature either, and that seems to be about all this has going for it.
So I'm having trouble seeing how cutting off 360-520 vertical pixels and raising the price a lot makes for a "very compelling product". If it was a lot cheaper as part of the bargain then maybe, if it was wider then 2560 then maybe, but less screen real estate with the same display quality doesn't particularly seem like a positive. Reply
JarredWalton - Tuesday, September 03, 2013 - linkAs someone with a 2560x1600 display, there are times when taller isn't necessarily better. Home theater enthusiasts might prefer the 21:9 aspect ratio. I linked Chris' review for a reason, as that's basically going to cover most of the questions of "is this good for me". Personally, I'm sticking with my 30" display(s) until they go belly up. Heh. Reply
zanon - Tuesday, September 03, 2013 - linkI did consider home theater enthusiasts, but I then discounted it too, because this isn't a big TV. In a 60"+ display sure, the argument that it's for the living room and oriented around video is clear. But this is for the desktop, and there the argument seems a lot more dubious. Unless the black levels are awful, black bars are not a problem (if anything they can be useful in circumstances like watching foreign video with subtitles).
This is ultimately still a cut down resolution desktop display. I could see the extra 2" diagonal combined with the edge use case justifying the same price as a 27" 1440 panel, but *double* the price? Seems like pure, direct gouging and another in a long, long string of cases where manufacturers have tried to justify margin padding as "features". I'm not mad at them for it, but we don't have to let them get away with it without comment either. Reply
DanNeely - Tuesday, September 03, 2013 - linkI'll probably retire my 30" display from primacy in a year or two. 4k monitors are still a bit more than I'm willing to spend. Once I get my new big toy, the question becomes: Do I try to smuggle it into my office because I can't convince corporate IT to buy me one (This would be interesting; not least because NEC's box is so big it won't fit into my car.); or just push it off to the side and use it in place of one of my 20" screens as an ancillary display Reply
Ryan Smith - Tuesday, September 03, 2013 - link"Personally, I'm sticking with my 30" display(s) until they go belly up. Heh."
You and me both. 16:9 is bad enough; I can't fathom trying to use something even shorter. Reply
RocketChild - Wednesday, September 04, 2013 - linkI kinda think this is more targeted at the crowd that uses two screens. Like, a spread sheet for work and personal web browsing when the boss isn't around. Or, Skype on one screen while the GF doesn't know you have StarCraft open on the other. Kinda just saving the footprint space by combining the two together. lenovo must feel there is a niche market for this thing, especially since it has a camera. Maybe we don't see it here in the States, but overseas, in smaller apartments it has significant value. Reply
MrSpadge - Wednesday, September 04, 2013 - linkAlso consider laptops which mostly have only 1 digital output, or the power consumption penalty of multiple monitors on all but the most recent GPUs. Obviously an ultra vide angle screen still has to be significantly cheaper than existing offerings with the same width but more hight. Reply
agent2099 - Tuesday, September 03, 2013 - linkIt's amazing how slow PC makers are to introduce Haswell into their current generation of laptops. What's even more confusing is that they hardly ever post battery hour specifications. Or are they failing to do so because the battery life is that bad compared to the new Macbook airs? Reply
GTRagnarok - Tuesday, September 03, 2013 - linkWrong article? Haswell ultrabooks are already coming out and they've gotten good battery life. Not as good as the MacBook Air, but then again the Air is still using a low resolution TN screen while everything else is on 1080p IPS panels. Reply
dishayu - Wednesday, September 04, 2013 - linkHas anyone tried using two 1440p displays, 1xlandscape and 1xportrait orientation? One is perfect for movie watching/wide spreadsheets, the other is perfect for web browsing, tall spreadsheets and so on. Reply
DanNeely - Wednesday, September 04, 2013 - linkI've occasionally used my 2560x1600 display in portrait mode when I needed something really tall for some reason; but in general I found it way too tall to be comfortable to use. Unless I slid my chair back it was sticking out above and below my field of view. If it was bezelless and I had 20 grand burning holes (monitors, GPUs, next years GPUs, etc) in my pocket 5 of them in portrait to make a full field of view surround system seems like a cool idea but it just didn't work well for general use. Reply
piroroadkill - Wednesday, September 04, 2013 - linkSo uninterested in wide displays.
Give me some screens with the AR of the Chromebook Pixel. Large ones. Reply
CSMR - Wednesday, September 04, 2013 - linkLow res screen (for the size) with an odd aspect ratio. No good as a computer monitor. Could be good for an HTPC setup _IF_ it supports appropriate framerates. Then the low res would not be a problem, sRGB would be an advantage. But who would buy a 29" TV for $799? Reply
jaydee - Wednesday, September 04, 2013 - linkGood idea, but terrible price. AOC's 29-inch IPS widescreen is only $450 regular, $370-400 on sale. Makes the price on-par with cheaper 27-inch IPS screens. At $700 for the LG and $800 for the Lenovo, it's more expensive than the "quality" 27-inch IPS's (Dell, Asus), which is a bad deal. Reply
HisDivineOrder - Wednesday, September 04, 2013 - linkIf this were cheaper than most 1440p displays, I'd say it'd be a great alternative. When it costs more, I say this has a very limited audience. Reply


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... SOME SUPERFICIAL SCHOLARS (who have judged on the basis of the external meanings of the hadith) HAVE FALLEN INTO DOUBT LOOKING AT THE EXTERNAL MEANING OF THOSE ACCOUNTS AND HADITH. OR, THEY HAVE EITHER DENIED THEIR ACCURACY OR ELSE HAVE ATTRIBUTED A SUPERSTITIOUS MEANING (a wrong one as if something fanciful in tales) TO THEM (describing them) AS IF EXPECTING AN IMPOSSIBLE APPEARANCE (of a literally impossible person who has characteristics that abolish one's faculty of reason to decide conscientiously) and THUS INFLICT HARM on COMMON PEOPLE OF MUSLIMS (for people will have difficulty in believing such metaphysical accounts, so they inflict harm on those common Muslims who do not have knowledge).
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|Why do you not BRING ANGELS TO US if you are telling the truth?' The angels only descend with the truth and then they would be granted no reprieve. (Surat al-Hijr, 7-8)
They say, "WHY HAS AN ANGEL NOT BEEN SENT DOWN TO HIM?" If We were to send down an angel, that would be the end of the affair and they would have no reprieve. (Surat al-An'am, 8)
|EVEN IF WE SENT DOWN ANGELS TO THEM, and the dead spoke to them, and We gathered together everything in front of them right before their eyes, THEY STILL WOULD NOT HAVE FAITH UNLESS ALLAH WILLED. The truth is that most of them are ignorant. (Surat al-An'am, 111)
What are they waiting for but FOR THE ANGELS TO COME TO THEM or for your Lord Himself to come, or for one of your Lord's signs to come? On the day that one of your Lord's signs does come, no faith which a self professes will be of any use to it if it did not believe before and earn good in its faith. Say: "Wait, then; We too are waiting." (Surat al-An'am, 158)
|What are they waiting for but THE ANGELS TO COME TO THEM or your Lord's command to come? That is like what those before them did. Allah did not wrong them; rather they wronged themselves. (Surat an-Nahl, 33)
|The ruling circle of those of his people who did not believe said, "This is nothing but a human being like yourselves who simply wants to gain ascendancy over you. IF ALLAH HAD WANTED HE WOULD HAVE SENT ANGELS DOWN. We never heard of anything like this among our ancestors, the earlier peoples." (Surat al-Muminun, 24)
|They say, "What is the matter with this messenger that he eats food and walks in the market-place? WHY HAS AN ANGEL NOT BEENS ENT DOWN TO HIM SO THAT IT CAN BE A WARNER ALONG WITH HIM?" (Surat al-Furqan, 7)
"Why have gold bracelets not been put upon his arms and WHY IS THERE NOT A TRAIN OF ANGELS ACCOMPANYING HIM?" In that way he swayed his people and they succumbed to him. They were a people of deviators. (Surat az-Zukhruf, 53-54)
|When the messengers came to them from in front and from behind, saying, "Do not worship anyone but Allah." they said, "IF OUR LORD HAD WILLED, HE COULD HAVE SENT ANGELS DOWN, SO WE REJECT THE MESSAGE YOU HAVE BEEN SENT WITH." (Surah Fussilat, 14)
"or make the sky, AS YOU CLAIM, fall down on us in lumps; OR BRING ALLAH AND THE ANGELS HERE AS A GUARANTEE; or possess a house built out of gleaming gold; or ascend up into heaven – and even then we will not believe in your ascent unless you bring us down a book to read!" Say: "Glory be to my Lord! Am I anything but a human messenger?" Nothing prevents people from having faith when guidance comes to them but the fact that they say, "Has Allah sent a human being as Messenger?" SAY: 'IF THERE HAD BEEN ANGELS ON THE EARTH GOING ABOUT IN PEACE, WE WOULD HAVE SENT DOWN TO THEM AN ANGEL FROM HEAVEN AS MESSENGER.'" (Surat al-Isra', 92-95)
Imam Zayn al-Abidin stated: "There are some similarities between our Qaim [Hazrat Mahdi (as)] and Allah's messengers. He has similarities to each one of prophets Nuh (as), Ibrahim (as), Musa (as), Isa (as), Ayyub (as) and Muhammad (saas). He has similarity to NUH (as) in having a long life; to IBRAHIM (as) in having his birth being hidden and his staying away from the public; TO MUSA (AS) IN HIS STATE OF FEAR (THE INTENSITY OF DANGERS DIRECTED TO HAZRAT MAHDI (AS); HIS BEING FACE TO FACE TO ALL KINDS OF DANGER LIKE MURDER, PLOTTING, ARREST, TAKING INTO CUSTODY AND EXILE) AND HIS CONSTANTLY SPENDING HIS LIFE HIDING; to Isa (as) in people being in conflict about him (some people will say Hazrat Mahdi (as) will come while others will say he will not); to Ayyub (as) in being delivered to salvation after trouble (Hazrat Mahdi (as) will also suffer many difficulties, diseases and trouble; however just like ProphetAyyub (as) he will be saved by Allah's mercy); to Muhammad (saas) in his standing up with his sword [our Prophet's (saas) holy relics will be with Hazrat Mahdi (as)].
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An early-morning fight in the drive-thru at a Gainesville McDonald's left one man stabbed and another under arrest, according to a Gainesville Police Department report.
Xavier Lavar Cummings, 35, of Brooker, was charged with aggravated assault by Gainesville police.
The incident occurred about 3:57 a.m. at the McDonald's at 201 NW 13th St. when Cummings and the victim, Shavon Thomas Smith of Gainesville, argued outside the restaurant.
The argument started between Smith and Cummings when Cummings believed Smith had driven too fast through the parking lot to get into the drive-thru line, police reported.
Smith told police he was in the car in the drive-thru with two others when Cummings and another man came up to the car. Smith got out of his car and a physical fight began. Smith was stabbed below the left ear, left lower back, right thigh and left hamstring, the arrest report states.
Witnesses told police they saw Cummings stabbing Smith with a folding knife.
Cummings told police that Smith almost ran over him and the people he was with in the parking lot, according to the report. He said Smith punched him and he ended up on the ground. He saw a knife on the ground and began swinging it in self-defense.
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Transmission of HIV Following Numerous Risky Sexual Activity
I`ve recently had a risky experience and need to know how likely it is that I`ve contracted HIV. 7 days ago I performed unprotected oral sex on a female. I had no obvious cuts in my mouth and don`t recall swallowing any of her vaginal fluids (only absorbsion with my tongue at best). Then I had protected sex with her using a condom.
That female then performed oral sex on another female, washed her mouth with mouthwash, then french kissed me. Now it`s 7 days later and I have no symptoms such as rash, fever, nightsweats, etc. I know symptoms normally don`t come for another 2-3 weeks, but I am noticing slight twinges all over my body as if my body is fighting an infection. I had these same twinges years ago when I had mono right before my lymphglands swelled up to monumental proportions and I fell seriously ill.
This brings me to my questions: 1) I`ve read various articles siting studies proving both that oral sex is and isn`t linked to HIV contraction. What are the risks if a man performs unprotected oral sex on a woman who is HIV positive if the man has no open sores or cuts in his mouth? Low, medium, or high? Is it more or less risky than having unprotected sex with a woman?
2) I also helped the female masturbate. Her fluids dried on my fingers. A couple of hours later I took my contact lenses out then went to sleep. Is this a risky behavior since her dried fluids may have came into contact with my eyes? How long does it take for HIV to die outside the body?
3) Is there more viral load in semen or vaginal fluids? When is there the most viral load in a person infected?
4)What other realistic conditions/infections could I have other than HIV/mono that could cause these slight twinges in my body?
5) In that time frame, I kissed a lot of women. How possible is it to contract mono twice in life?
6) What percentage of people infected develop symptoms after 2-4 weeks of infection and what percentage never develop symptoms? Is it possible that this female never developed any symptoms yet and has HIV?
7) If the female who kissed me after performing oral sex on the other female contracted HIV through that oral sex act, how possible is it to spread it to me through our French kiss moments later?
I know those are a lot of questions. Thanks for your help!
Transmission does appear to be more efficient from men to women than the other way around. In general, there will be 3 transmissions out of 1000 episodes of intercourse. There are no separate estimates for people with visually intact mucosal surfaces, but that does not preclude the possibility of microscopic breaks; HIV is definitely more efficiently transmitted in both directions in the presence of ulcerative genital lesions. People should not be complacent about the risk of sexually transmitted diseases, including HIV, when skin and mucosal surfaces look normal.
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d'Arnaud keys the fireworks for Mets on 4th
Catcher plates winning runs; bullpen records 26 outs after Niese hurt
NEW YORK -- Before Friday night's game at Citi Field, both manager Terry Collins and general manager Sandy Alderson pointed to the Mets' 10-20 record in one-run games as a partial culprit for their place in the standings. The coming nine-game homestand, they indicated, would be an important time to buck that trend.
And so, prior to fireworks lighting up the Citi Field faithful, the Mets provided their own kind for Independence Day, edging out the Rangers in a 6-5 victory, a narrow margin they have seen go against them many times.
In the bottom of the eighth inning, catcher Travis d'Arnaud broke a 4-4 tie with a two-run double to right-center off reliever Jason Frasor, plating Bobby Abreu and Eric Campbell for the go-ahead runs.
"He's a very confident kid," said Collins of d'Arnaud. "I know that he's been swinging pretty good. Tonight he had his chance to help us big time, and he did."
"It felt good," said d'Arnaud, who has reached safely in all nine games since being recalled on June 24. "Just keep things simple. Not overthink my mechanics or overthink anything, have one thought in my head at the plate and that's it."
Jenrry Mejia, who surrendered an unearned run in the ninth inning, closed out the game and helped snap the Mets' four-game losing streak, redeeming some early bouts of bad luck and shaky baseball.
Pregame rain prevented David Wright from being cleared to play, and he was out of the lineup for the seventh straight game. Then, after serving up a leadoff homer to Shin-Soo Choo, starter Jon Niese took a line drive from three-hitter Alex Rios to his back, and he was pulled as a precaution.
The Mets' offense responded with three runs in the first off Rangers ace Yu Darvish, and, pressed into early service, long reliever Carlos Torres held down the fort for 4 2/3 innings.
But in the seventh inning, with the score 4-3, the defense made two costly errors behind Jeurys Familia. Daniel Murphy made a spectacular diving stop on a ball hit by Elvis Andrus, but Lucas Duda couldn't squeeze his one-bounce throw. Two batters later, Wright's replacement, Campbell, bobbled a potential inning-ending double-play ball from Chris Gimenez and threw to first as Andrus scored the tying run.
"I don't think you ever say, 'Here we go again,'" said Collins, referencing the team's similar defensive miscues against the Braves earlier in the week.
"We're a pretty good defensive team," Collins added. "That game in Atlanta, we made a bad throw, it started it all off, and tonight we got in a [similar] situation. All you're really thinking about is, 'If they score, what are we going to do to catch back up?' Certainly, for sure, we have got to catch the ball. Tonight, fortunately, we had a guy come in and make some pitches, and it didn't hurt us."
Niese did record his 17th straight game without allowing more than three earned runs, but it was by far his shortest effort in the streak. He exited the game in obvious frustration, and was diagnosed with a lower-back contusion; X-rays were negative.
"Not much to say other than I'm fine," said Niese. "I felt like I was cheated there a little bit. I knew it was just a bruise, and … I wanted to stay in there."
The early call to action wasn't unusual for Torres, who contributed 81 pitches of two-run ball before handing things over to the rest of the bullpen. On June 15, a nearly identical situation occurred against the Padres, when starter Daisuke Matsuzaka had to exit due to illness after the first inning. Torres filled in for four innings and earned the win.
Torres' only hiccups against the Rangers came in the third -- when he allowed three straight baserunners, capped by a Rios RBI single -- and in the fifth, when he surrendered a bullet to Adrian Beltre that bounced off the facade in center field, just to the left of the 408-foot marker, cutting the Mets' lead to one run.
"Going more than one inning is something I've done before in my career," said Torres. "You take pride in doing your job every day, coming out working hard, getting ready for the next day. … Everyone's been doing that and fighting through this."
"They did an outstanding job," Collins said of his bullpen, which was required to record 26 outs. "Carlos Torres, just an outstanding job tonight, to have to get that many outs in that particular situation. They've done a great job, they really have."
Curtis Granderson began the Mets' attack in the first with a double to right-center and scored with two outs when Abreu grounded a Darvish cutter to center. Duda followed by sending a similar pitch to left. The ball ricocheted off the metal railing above the fence. Umpires originally ruled the hit a double, but after a brief conference, home-plate umpire Jim Joyce twirled his finger.
After the fourth, the Mets were silenced by the pitching combination of Neftali Feliz and Aaron Poreda before d'Arnaud got to Frasor.
"It's big for us to start this homestand off with a win," said d'Arnaud. "Let's keep it going."
Jake Kring-Schreifels is an associate reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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From the beginning, humans have gathered together to tell stories of triumph and loss, and share food and comfort. It seems we are programmed to have rituals and ceremonies that we repeat monthly or yearly to reassure us and keep us connected — the athletic potluck suppers, graduation ceremonies, visitations and greetings on the street. And what would we do if we didn't have the commercialism to grumble about?
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The Christmas, Hanukkah and family gatherings and rituals tie us together when all the world is in an uproar. Let us not let the uproars stop us from doing what humans do best — connecting and comforting each other with some joy and love.
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LYMM fell closer still to the National League Three Midlands' relegation zone after a frustrating draw in terrible conditions at Birmingham University's Edgebaston campus.
Wind and rain played their part, but Lymm coach Chris Kinsey believes his side 'left two league points out on the field' despite having to score a last-gasp equaliser.
"I will be looking for individuals to take a bit more leadership responsibility and be more clinical in their decisions and actions when league leaders, Broadstreet travel as first time visitors to Beechwood on Saturday," he said.
After a bright start Lymm conceded a succession of penalties that led directly to the game's first try, with Bournville kicking to the corner and winning the line-out to score a converted try.
But when captain Ollie Higginson stole a line out, it resulted in Cormack Nolan striking a penalty that reduced their arrears to 7-3.
A yellow card meant Lymm now had a numerical advantage, and they made the most of it when Higginson grounded a push-over try just before the break.
A penalty early in the second half restored the hosts' lead to 10-8, and though Lymm played some excellent rugby that amost resulted in Andy Rowley corssing in the corner, had to make do with another Nolan penalty.
Having taken a slender lead Lymm seemed happy to defend it, spending the next 10 minutes with their backs to the wall.
This was before Jordan Widderington saw yellow and Bournville scored the first of several decisive penalties.
With eight minutes left another kick meant Lymm trailed 16-11, but that seemed to bring the best out of the visitors.
Ollie Higginson was leading, running hard at every opportunity, stealing line outs and setting up driving mauls, while the forwards began to dominate set scrums.
Several chances to win the game slipped through Lymm's cold and wet fingers, but with seconds remaining a line-out close to the Bournville line resulted in John Millington bundling over in the corner to rescue a deserved share of the points.
LYMM'S thirds were taught a harsh lesson in clinical finishing by second-placed BAE Warton.
As expected BAE romped to victory on the water-logged pitch, with Lymm mistakes at crucial moments turning quickly into a 40-0 half time deficit.
BAE clinically punished their numerical advantage until the referee called the game off early.


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The partner of a "lovable and eccentric" man who was deliberately run down and killed by a mentally ill friend says his death highlights the gaps in the mental health system.
In the New South Wales Supreme Court on Wednesday, James Andrew Mitchell, 54, was found not guilty on the grounds of mental illness of the murder of John Foss in Mullumbimby, on the NSW north coast.
Justice Elizabeth Fullerton said two forensic psychiatrists agreed Mr Mitchell was suffering from a psychotic illness which meant he did not have the capacity to understand the wrongfulness of his actions when he collided with Mr Foss, 60, on January 3.
Mr Foss, a former landscape architect who designed parts of Sydney's Hyde Park, had moved from Sydney to the north coast some years ago, where he built motorised bicycles he called Fosscati.
He dedicated his life to volunteer work with groups including Marine Rescue NSW, and the two men knew each other as members of a local support group.
Outside the court, his partner, Nanette Turner, said Mr Foss had "turned his life around dramatically and tried to help everyone".
"I think he died at the peak of his life health-wise... He was extremely happy that day, it's just very sad," she said.
Mr Foss was riding his bike when Mr Mitchell deliberately struck him from behind with a white Toyota Hiace van before speeding off.
He was arrested the next day following a tip-off from a man who knew both Mr Foss and Mr Mitchell.
In custody, Mr Mitchell has been diagnosed with chronic paranoid schizophrenia and schizo-affective disorder, and is medicated with antipsychotic medication.
During sentencing submissions, the court heard Mr Mitchell used alcohol and cannabis and had been exhibiting strange and bizarre behaviour in the lead-up to Mr Foss's death.
He had not been prescribed antipsychotic medication at the time of the fatal hit-and-run.
Ms Turner said Mr Mitchell slipped through the gaps in the mental health system.
"Two lives, you could say, have been thrown away needlessly," she said.
"I think this could all have been avoided had mental health [services been available].
"All the symptoms were there. I think this happens too often, people die needlessly... I'd like to see mental health addressed, for something to come out of this tragedy."
Justice Fullerton ordered Mr Mitchell to remain in jail or a forensic hospital pending a review by the Mental Health Review Tribunal.


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Police: Man stole woman's iPhone while she rendered first aid to friend
Published: Tuesday, July 9, 2013 at 11:49 a.m.
Last Modified: Tuesday, July 9, 2013 at 3:13 p.m.
As Cassandra Miller, a visitor to Gainesville from Indiana, was performing CPR on a friend Monday evening, a passerby asked if everything was OK — and then stole Miller's $600 phone, police said.
Shortly after 7 p.m., the Gainesville Police Department received a call about someone who possibly was in cardiac arrest, according to a report.
An officer arrived at the Winn-Dixie at 2500 N. Main St. to find Miller, 20, of Mishawaka, Ind., and her boyfriend Zachary Stults, 24, of South Bend, Ind., performing CPR on an unconscious man.
Miller and Stults were visiting to help their friend move, Miller told The Sun on Tuesday. When the three of them pulled their moving van into the parking lot of the Winn-Dixie, their friend fainted and was showing signs of a heart attack.
The couple moved the man to the ground and called 911. Miller said she tossed her iPhone and her glasses aside so she could help Stults perform CPR.
While they were on the ground, Miller said, a man — later identified as Shaquille Kevon Simmons, 19, of Gainesville — approached and asked if everything was all right. Miller told the man she'd already called an ambulance, and he walked away.
After an ambulance took the friend to a hospital, Miller noticed her iPhone was missing.
"I wasn't trying to make it all about me, but I told my boyfriend, 'My phone's gone. I think that guy stole my phone,'?" she said.
Miller gave a description of the man to the police officer, and shortly after, Simmons came out of the Winn-Dixie. Miller called her phone, which started ringing in Simmons' pocket, according to the report.
He admitted to taking the phone, then yelled racial slurs after the arresting officer read him his Miranda rights, police reported.
Simmons was arrested on a charge of grand theft, a third-degree felony. He was in the Alachua County jail on Tuesday in lieu of $5,000 bond.
Miller and Stults' friend remained at UF Health Shands Hospital on Tuesday afternoon, where he was doing much better, Miller said.
She also said she was shocked at the thief's brazenness.
"I couldn't believe somebody had, you know, even asked if this person was OK, and then just turned around and stole my phone," she said. "It's just so low."
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Smiths Medical Medfusion Model 4000 Syringe Infusion Pump: Class I Recall – System Errors May Cause Device Shutdown
AUDIENCE: Risk Manager, Biomedical Engineering
ISSUE: FDA notified healthcare professionals and medical care organizations of the Class 1 recall of all Model 4000 pumps with software Versions V1.0 and V1.1 due to system errors that can cause the Medfusion 4000 infusion pump to go into an alarm condition and stop running, resulting in a delay or an interruption of patient therapy. Delay or interruption of infusion therapy could result in serious injury and/or death.
BACKGROUND: The Medfusion 4000 is a wireless, electronic infusion pump used to provide intravenous (IV) infusions of fluids, medications, blood, and blood products to adult, pediatric, and neonatal patients. Affected pumps were distributed from September 10, 2010, to February 3, 2012.
RECOMMENDATION: The recall was initiated February 14, 2012 and consignees of the recalled, affected product were visited by a Smiths Medical representative who informed them that their pumps required a software upgrade. These software upgrades were completed on February 15, 2012 for U.S. customers. Customers with questions about this recall may contact Smiths Medical Customer Support at 1-800-258-5361, Monday through Friday, 8:00am to 8:00pm, EST.
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Are you up for the challenge? Enter NIJ's first-ever SORNA Challenge! NIJ is seeking innovative ways of developing strategies to measure the implementation costs and public safety benefits of the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA) — part of the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006 — by improving the effectiveness of sex offender registration and notification programs in the United States. Notification and registration programs have multiple public safety purposes, and empirical research on sex offenders has grown over the past decade. No study to date, however, has examined the multifaceted effects of SORNA, specifically the wide range of costs incurred in implementing the rules or the public safety benefits achieved. Learn more. [1]
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Handmade Antiqued Brass And Amber With Flakes Bib by paleodeux
I made this beautiful necklace using vintage componets. It is made of three antiqued brass links. Each link has a amber lucite with gold and red flakes cabochon setting. The necklace has a lobster claw clasp for closure. Measurements: The necklace is 17" in length. Each link is 1 1/4"x 1"


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Hey there, time traveller!
This article was published 15/4/2011 (2318 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
In journalism, I have always understood you can find someone to say almost anything you want if you look long enough. It's not the most flattering admission to make, but most people who regularly consume the news probably already know if you need to prove something, you can always find someone to back you up. It's what I have always referred to as "the sweet lemon theory of journalism." Most of us know lemons are sour. But if you give me a laptop, Google and a couple of hours, I'll find someone who can swear definitively that lemons are sweet.
In the ongoing debate over content at the Canadian Museum for Human Rights, a similar dynamic is at work. The Ukrainian Canadian Congress and the Ukrainian Canadian Civil Liberties Association have been waging an increasingly bitter campaign against plans to establish galleries that will deal with the Holocaust and aboriginal people. The UCC/UCCLA believes no one story or genocide should receive prime billing over any other. The two groups would like to see a permanent gallery devoted to the Holodomor, the Soviet Union's forced starvation of millions of Ukrainians in the early 1930s.
Many of the prime advocates at the UCC and UCCLA are academics. And anytime they have been able to find another academic who backs up their campaign, they have celebrated the added weight academics can bring to an argument. Such was the case recently when the National Post ran an article quoting Prof. Michael Marrus, professor emeritus of Holocaust studies at the University of Toronto. Marrus said the CMHR didn't properly anticipate the problems it was going to create by giving more attention to some human rights stories. Marrus said he thought the CMHR needs a "re-think." The UCC/UCCLA quickly seized on the Post story, using it as evidence there was a growing movement against the CMHR's content.
However, if the sheer number of academics counts for anything, then the scales may have tipped in favor of the CMHR. This past week, a group of 91 academics from around the world with expertise in the Holocaust, European history and genocides, including the Holodomor, signed a letter (text also follows below) condemning the UCC and UCCLA for its attack on the CMHR.
"We unequivocally recognize that the violence and oppression that Ukraine has experienced during its multi-totalitarian past ought to be remembered and commemorated in a Canadian museum devoted to the history and abuse of human rights. What we object to is the dishonest manner in which the UCCLA and UCC have distorted historical accounts of the Holodomor while at the same time refusing to acknowledge the Ukrainian nationalist movement's role in the Holocaust."
Whose academics are right? Those who support the anti-museum campaign organized by the UCC/UCCLA, or those who have condemned the two groups for their attempts to rewrite history? That's the great thing about a debate. With some research and thoughtful and critical consideration, you don't have to be swayed by resumes or sheer numbers.
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The Ukrainian Canadian Civil Liberties Association, the Ukrainian Canadian Congress, and the Canadian Museum for Human Rights
The Ukrainian Canadian Civil Liberties Association and the Ukrainian Canadian Congress have been campaigning against the plans of the Canadian Museum for Human Rights in Winnipeg to mount a permanent Holocaust gallery. The UCCLA has mailed out a postcard across Canada that reproduces the cover of an edition of George Orwell's Animal Farm and implies supporters of a Holocaust gallery are pigs. For its part, the UCC, which, in contrast to the UCCLA, is an elected body that represents major Ukrainian Canadian organizations, has complained the planned Holocaust exhibit is "unacceptable" and has asked the museum to provide the Holodomor, or Ukrainian famine of 1932-33, "no less coverage… than the Holocaust."
We, the signatories to this letter, have all studied various aspects of genocide, fascism, anti-Semitism, Stalinism, war criminality, the Holodomor, and the Holocaust. We unequivocally recognize that the violence and oppression that Ukraine has experienced during its multi-totalitarian past ought to be remembered and commemorated in a Canadian museum devoted to the history and abuse of human rights. What we object to is the dishonest manner in which the UCCLA and UCC have distorted historical accounts of the Holodomor while at the same time refusing to acknowledge the Ukrainian nationalist movement's role in the Holocaust.
The Ukrainian famine, which constitutes one of Stalin's great crimes and one of Europe's most devastating tragedies, deserves a place in any venue dedicated to commemorating and understanding the violation of human rights. Yet the way the UCC treats the Holodomor is problematic. All demographic studies place the number of famine deaths in Soviet Ukraine in the range of 2.6 to 3.9 million. This is, in itself, a grievous toll. Nonetheless, the UCC has, at times, inflated the number of victims to seven or even ten million. The implication is obvious: seven or ten million is more than six million; the Holodomor deserves more attention than the Holocaust. Such a manipulative attempt to exploit human suffering is reprehensible and should not be acceptable to the Canadian public.
We are also troubled by the attitude of the UCCLA and UCC toward the OUN, the UPA, and the 14th Grenadier Division of the Waffen SS "Galicia" (1st Ukrainian). OUN stands for the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists. UPA is the Ukrainian abbreviation for the Ukrainian Insurgent Army, the armed branch of the OUN. The Galicia Division, a military unit that was primarily involved in counterinsurgency activities, was established by the Germans in 1943. Tens of thousands of Ukrainians who belonged to these formations perished while resisting the ruthless imposition of Soviet power at the end of the war. Today many Ukrainians revere the members of these organizations as the champions of an oppressed people. In February 2010, the UCC called on the Canadian government "to make changes to Canada's War Veterans Allowance Act by expanding eligibility to include designated resistance groups such as OUN-UPA." Last Remembrance Day, the UCC asked Ukrainian Canadians to honour veterans who belonged to OUN, UPA, and the Galicia Division.
In their calls to honour the members of these organizations as veterans, what the UCCLA and the UCC do not fully acknowledge is that all three groups have been implicated in violence against civilians on a massive scale. Significant historical research indicates the political responsibility of the OUN in anti-Jewish violence in the summer of 1941.
Emerging research also demonstrates that many former policemen who aided the Nazis in genocidal operations subsequently joined the UPA, created in early 1943. Moreover, the UPA murdered tens of thousands of civilian Poles in the western province of Volhynia to undercut the ability of postwar Poland to make claims on the area. The Galicia Division was also involved in anti-civilian military actions, although mainly outside of Ukraine.
By pointing out the historical record of the OUN, UPA, and the Galicia Division, we do not mean to suggest some sort of collective responsibility for genocide on the part of all the men and women who served in them, and certainly not on the part of all Ukrainians. Nevertheless, in an age when the mass murder of civilians is regarded as a crime against humanity, the mixed record of these organizations has to be openly debated, particularly when the significance of the Holocaust is being questioned in a public campaign pertaining to a fair representation of the history of human rights.
We therefore assert that since the UCCLA and UCC have not understood that confronting the historical record openly and honestly is preferable to manipulative falsehood, have engaged in a competition of suffering, and have failed to acknowledge both the vices and the virtues of the nationalist movement, they ought to stay out of a debate about the Canadian Museum of Human Rights.


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Turbo ups the fun factor of Buick Verano
The 2013 Buick Verano turbo marks the latest step in Buick's journey from a hopelessly dull brand into one that consistently delivers unexpected fun, features and value.
The turbo adds muscle to the likable but leisurely Verano compact sedan. With 250 horsepower and 260 pound-feet of torque, the Verano turbo overpowers and outclasses small competitors like the Acura ILX and TSX, Audi A3, VW Jetta GLI and Volvo C30.
Prices for the Verano turbo start at $29,105, compared with $23,080 for the base sedan.
In addition to the 2.0-liter turbocharged four-cylinder engine, the Verano turbo offers a long list of standard features. Six-speed manual and automatic transmissions are both available for the base price.
I tested a well-equipped model with the manual gearbox, Bose audio, Bluetooth phone and audio, heated seats and steering wheel, leather upholstery and more. It stickered at $30,395. All prices exclude destination charges.
My test car lacked memory for the driver's settings, but was otherwise well-equipped.
Standard safety features include backup video, ultrasonic rear parking assist, blind-spot and cross-traffic alerts, curtain and seat-mounted air bags for front and rear passengers, and front-seat knee air bags.
The interior is attractive, roomy and comfortable. But more storage cubbies for sunglasses, iPods, phones, etc., would be welcome.
At 95 cubic feet, the Verano's passenger compartment is larger than that of any of the competitors I've named with plenty of head and legroom. The 14.0-cubic-foot trunk — it grows minimally to 14.3 without the excellent Bose speakers — has a large opening and a regular shape that allows you to use all its space. It trails only the VW Jetta GLI and Audi A3's cargo space.
The 2.0-liter turbocharged engine produces considerably more horsepower and torque than any of the competitors. It requires premium fuel for maximum performance, but regular is acceptable and provides plenty of power.
The availability of peak torque from just 2,000 rpm equates to strong acceleration, whether from a stoplight or passing on the highway. I experienced virtually no torque steer.
It's easy to slice quickly through the gears, thanks to the manual gearbox's precise shifter and light, easy clutch.
The Verano turbo is visually understated, with no glitzy boy-racer touches. Dual exhausts and a mild rear spoiler are the most noticeable changes from the base car.
The Verano turbo's EPA rating of 31 mpg in highway driving tops all the competitors except the Jetta GLI, which scored 33 mpg.
The electric power steering is responsive and has good feel. The suspension holds the road in quick maneuvers and fast curves. The car is stable under hard acceleration and braking, with little squat or dive.
The competition among compact luxury cars will be fast and furious this year. A new model of the Audi A3 will feature a sedan body style developed with U.S. tastes in mind. Mercedes-Benz is about to enter the fray with its sleek new A-class. Both of those cars promise plenty of power and optional all-wheel drive, which should improve handling.
Other luxury brands will join the fray, but the Buick Verano turbo has set the early standard for performance, features and value.
Mark Phelan is the auto critic for the Detroit Free Press; firstname.lastname@example.com.


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This article was published 1/12/2012 (1724 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
Behavioural economists study human errors. People don't always make the best choices for themselves, so there's good reason to doubt whether they will always make the best choices for others.
If you've ever received a useless gadget, a horrendous tie or some kind of bowl, you'll know that when people buy Christmas presents, they can blunder badly. Chances are pretty good that whatever you end up getting people this year, and however hard you try, some of your friends and family aren't going to think the gift is worth what you paid for it.
University of Minnesota economist Joel Waldfogel, author of Scroogenomics, finds that Americans spend about $65 billion on winter holiday presents every year -- and that many of those billions are wasted because a lot of people don't much like what they get. Typically, the value of a gift, to the recipient, is about 20 per cent lower than its cost. He describes the holiday season as "an orgy of value destruction."
Mis-giving is a big problem for givers as well as recipients. In a large survey, the average respondent was found to give 23 presents every holiday season. Gift-giving can also take an economic toll. Personal debt tends to jump after December. That isn't ideal, especially in hard economic times and if recipients aren't thrilled with what they get.
Here are some tips, building on six behavioural findings that bear directly on holiday-season mis- giving, that might help you get through December a little better.
EGOCENTRIC BIAS: If you're like most people, you have an exaggerated sense of how much other people are like you. You probably think their tastes and values are closer to yours than they actually are. Suppose you covet that new Star Wars limited-edition watch, or think your life would be immeasurably better with a fishing rod. Even so, your spouse or your best friend might not much want those things. Beware of thinking that other people will like what you like.
FOCUSING ILLUSION: When people focus on a product or an activity or on a single feature of a situation, they tend to think it matters a lot more than it does. For example, people in both California and Iowa have been found to think that people in California are happier than those in Iowa (which isn't so). The reason for the mistake is that people focus on the most salient difference between California and Iowa, which is the weather, even though a warmer climate doesn't much affect people's happiness.
The same can be said about holiday gifts. People have a tendency to focus on an eye-catching object that produces an immediate "wow" when it is given, but which goes promptly into the desk or the closet, never to emerge again. The solution? Give serious consideration to gifts that people will actually put to daily or at least weekly use.
PROJECTION BIAS: When people are hungry, they tend to order a ton of food, even if they aren't going to eat all or even most of it. They know, of course, that their tastes will change over time, but they project their current emotional state into the future and thus underestimate the magnitude of the change.
On frigid days, people buy clothing that is needed in cold weather, such as parkas and winter coats. That's fine as far as it goes, but they sometimes buy more than they need. The return rate is unusually high for cold-weather products bought in low temperatures. For gift-givers, the lesson is clear: Don't be unduly influenced by how you feel on the day you happen to be shopping.
OPTIMISTIC BIAS: Human beings tend to be unrealistically optimistic. Most people think they are better than the average driver and less likely to be involved in a serious accident. When people give presents, unrealistic optimism goes off the charts. We are often amazed that people don't love what we've selected. Please don't be. (And please consider avoiding the optimistic exclamation, "You're going to love it!")
CUMULATIVE-COST NEGLECT: People often borrow too much because they neglect the cumulative costs of individual expenditures. If you use your credit card to purchase 20 sensible gifts, you might be alarmed by the total expense. When gift-givers don't keep at least a rough running tab, they may find they have spent a lot more than they expected or can easily afford.
SPOTLIGHT EFFECT: If you are like most people, you think people are watching you far more carefully than they actually are. In one experiment, students were asked to go into a classroom wearing a shirt with a picture of Barry Manilow on it (which is pretty embarrassing). Those who wore the shirt greatly exaggerated the number of people who actually noticed the picture. Most people didn't.
For the holiday season, many of us focus too intensely on how other people will react to what we get them, when it may be the mere existence of the present, rather than exactly what it is, that matters most. Unless you are dealing with someone who really cares about what you get them, you should worry a lot less (and maybe spend less, too).
Cass R. Sunstein, the Felix Frankfurter professor of law at Harvard University, is a Bloomberg View columnist.


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Thank you for the write up, will have to try it out as soon as christmas is over and I get some free time on my hands again. Never had any luck playing with ettercap on an at interface, neither using it to bridge the connection or simply sniff the traffic, but might just have overlooked the -p setting to disable promiscuous mode.
Apart from that I have not noticed any restrictions using airbase-ng under VMware, and do not recall seeing any malformed packets using wireshark, but guess I will have to look into this some more.


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1984 Hudson Values, Specs and Prices
Founded in the 1970s, Hudson was attached to the construction of large fiberglass boats. Until 1982, Hudson sold both a powerboat trawler along with a variety of sailboats. Two of Hudson ketch sailboats were designed by William Garden and were available in a 44 as well as 51-foot lengths. Hudson sailing yachts were constructed in Taiwan.Read more Read less


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Minecraft FansLogic Grid puzzles come with a handy interactive grid that will help you solve the puzzle based on the given clues.
Two girls and two boys - Sarah, Kate, Connor, and Jared - were playing the game Minecraft one day. They each had a different username, build, and favorite block. Using the clues, can you figure out which is which?
Names: Sarah, Kate, Jared, Connor
Builds: Castle, Mansion, Skyscraper, Statue
Usernames: puppy23, DragonLord, Blue_Pencil, jtepic
Favorite Blocks: Emerald, Cobblestone, Sponge, Redstone
1. The four people are: Blue_Pencil, the one who likes emerald, the one who built the skyscraper, and Jared.
2. Neither of the boys like puppies, so they didn't choose their username after them.
3. Connor's favorite block is almost electric - it can power machines and prime TNT.
4. Jared is into medieval builds, and so made his build in that style.
5. puppy23 was very proud of the "skin" - or avatar - she'd made, so she built it in huge scale so everyone could see it.
6. Even though Sarah offered to help, DragonLord built his skyscraper all by himself. He used redstone for the lights and all the mechanics - his favorite block.
7. The girl who liked cobblestone wanted to make a big build, like the others, but she also built something she could live in. She also made her friend, puppy23, her own room.
8. Sarah thought emerald was a way overused block, and much preferred her favorite - cobblestone.
9. At school, Sarah has had exactly one pencil throughout the entire school year, and it's bright blue.
HintBy the way, the medieval era's style includes mansions and castles.
AnswerSarah's username is Blue_Pencil, and she built a mansion and likes cobblestone.
Kate's username is puppy23, and she built a statue and likes emerald.
Connor's username is DragonLord, and he built a skyscraper and likes redstone.
Jared's username is jtepic, and he built a castle and likes sponge.
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