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Christine ChubbuckBorn: 1944-08-24 - Died: 1974-07-15
Cause of Death: Suicide
Just before pulling out the gun and firing it into her own head, she reported several news stories including a local restaurant shooting. The station tried to show footage from the restaurant story, but experienced technical difficulties. It was at that time when Chubbuck chillingly told the television audience: "In keeping with Channel 40's policy of bringing you the latest in blood and guts, and in living color, you are going to see another first: an attempted suicide."
She was taken to Sarasota Memorial Hospital and not pronounced dead for another 14 hours.
Come to find out, the station manager had recently cut one of her stories in order to cover a shoot out. He then told her to focus on blood and guts. That was probably the last time he made such a suggestion to one of his employees.
Who was Christine Chubbuck : Christine Chubbuck was a televsion news anchor in Sarasota, Florida who had battled depression for years before ultimately taking her own life on her own program.
Before the notorious on-air suicide, she was able to bring some good to the world. She volunteered at Sarasota Memorial Hospital, giving puppet shows to developmentally disabled children.


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Teena Patterson was diagnosed with inoperable cancer in January, 2004. Thinking she had gallstones, the hairdresser from Council Grove, Kan., went to see her family physician for a sonogram. The doctor discovered her liver was spotted with tumors. For six months, Patterson and her husband, Steve, a truck driver for Frito-Lay (PEP ), traveled 60 miles each way to Topeka every three weeks for chemotherapy. The drugs shrank the growths, but Patterson lost faith in her oncologist when he told her she asked too many questions.
Then her sister-in-law passed along a videotape she had ordered after seeing a commercial for Cancer Treatment Centers of America (CTCA). Patterson was immediately drawn to its message of holistic healing and personalized care. After confirming that her insurer, Blue Cross & Blue Shield Assn., would cover treatment at the for-profit chain, she was soon on a plane to CTCA's Midwestern hospital outside Chicago for continued chemotherapy and radiation. Patterson, 50, returns to the facility once a month for an infusion of chemotherapy drug Erbitux and a checkup. She still has end-stage cancer. But the tumors appear to be in remission, and she feels good. She credits the CTCA staff. "Their way with people is wonderful," she says. "They really want you to succeed."
For years the provider choice for cancer patients has been either a community hospital or a big-name teaching institute. Now there's a third way: for-profit cancer hospitals. Many are local or limited-treatment outfits, such as physician-owned Arizona Oncology Services, which has 11 Phoenix-area clinics that offer only radiation therapy. But Aptium Oncology, a Los Angeles subsidiary of drugmaker AstraZeneca (AZN ), just opened its ninth outpatient center, in Elizabeth, N.J., giving it properties in four states. U.S. Oncology of Houston, which has 97 facilities in 33 states, boasts that it treats more cancer patients than any other organization in the country.
For many people, particularly those with rare forms of the disease, the medical-school centers remain the preferred option. The National Cancer Institute accredits 39 comprehensive cancer centers in the U.S. Among them: Northwestern Memorial Hospital's Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center in Chicago and the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn. These giant institutions may not be as convenient as the neighborhood hospital -- half the states, in fact, don't have an NCI-designated comprehensive center -- but they have the budgets for multimillion-dollar radiological machines and other high-tech equipment, not to mention acclaimed medical practitioners and unrivaled access to experimental drugs and procedures.
Most important, they may come out ahead on effectiveness. Although there are no national data ranking cancer facilities by survival or recurrence rates, studies have shown that patients do better when their surgeons have performed the same operations over and over again. For example, Dr. William J. Catalona, director of Northwestern's clinical prostate-cancer program, has performed 4,700 nerve-sparing prostate removals, and is still doing 25 to 30 a month. "You look at our centers and the magnitude of the faculty and the research, and there's got to be some very fundamental differences" over the for-profit chains, says Patricia J. Goldsmith, senior vice-president of business development at the National Comprehensive Cancer Network, which represents 19 centers.
Still, a just-published study by health and science consultancy RTI International in Research Triangle Park, N.C., finds that for-profit facilities may be an acceptable alternative. The government-funded report, in the January/February issue of Health Affairs, notes that, by their nature, specialist centers often have the expertise and high volumes that all-purpose community hospitals lack. Plus, since they're usually smaller, they can be more personal in patient treatment. "Quality of care is not just dependent on the guy who cuts," says Leslie Greenwald, a senior scientist at RTI and the study's lead author. "It's the nurse who takes care of you and the lab personnel; it's the whole package."
Of all the for-profit cancer centers, U.S. Oncology is the biggest and fastest-growing. The company, taken private in a $1.6 billion buyout in 2004, opened five centers last year in partnership with local doctor groups and other investors, increasing its annual revenue to $2.5 billion. Its site in Maplewood, Minn., is typical. One of seven in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area in the Minnesota Oncology Hematology Professional Assn., the facility each week treats roughly 200 outpatients already diagnosed with cancer. Lab work is done on the premises, with results promised in 30 minutes.
The clinic does no surgery, but it offers chemotherapy, including drugs in experimental trials, and radiation treatment. The infusion area is utilitarian: a row of 18 vinyl recliner chairs in a linoleum-tiled room with six TVs suspended from the ceiling and plastic trash cans on the floor. Its radiological equipment, though, includes a state-of-the-art linear accelerator that can zap a tumor from almost any angle with sub-millimeter precision. The machine, from Varian Medical Systems (VAR ), lists for $5 million. The Minnesota network has two other selling points: Most insurance plans, including Medicare, cover its services, and it is convenient.
While it's also profit-driven, CTCA is more like a mini-version of Boston's Dana-Farber Cancer Institute than an outpatient-only chain. Its facilities provide chemotherapy, radiation treatment, and stem-cell transplants, but they also have state-licensed hospital rooms. Patients, who travel an average 540 miles one way, can check in and be treated over days if necessary. The centers also have operating rooms and their own oncology surgeons. The company, in Schaumburg, Ill., which began in 1988 with a former community hospital in Zion, Ill., has hospitals in Tulsa and Philadelphia. CTCA has applied for a hospital license in Seattle, where it has an outpatient facility, and plans to expand to Atlanta.
The privately held company eschews physician referrals and advertises to people with late-stage cancer, promising to do almost anything they want to combat the disease. In its Midwestern Regional Medical Center in Zion, the professional staff -- radiologists, nutritionists, physical therapists, nurses, pharmacists, a pastor, and even a laughter therapist -- meet three times a week to review each patient's condition. In smaller teams, they go from room to room daily to check on patients.
Charges can add up quickly, just as they would at a comprehensive cancer center. Patterson says that after 18 months of treatment at CTCA, including an eight-week stay last summer for radiation and $28,000 a month for her current course of chemotherapy, she is about to max out on her $1 million lifetime coverage through her husband's health-care plan. She is now shopping for a new policy, with higher premiums and deductibles. Still, Patterson has no thoughts about going somewhere else. For her, and for plenty of other cancer patients, the third way is the right way.
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You can run, you can drive, and you can fly, but you'll never escape your inevitable obsession with Rocket League. It could span years, or it could only last a few days, but at some point in your life, you'll have an unexplainable desire to get better at car soccer. It's going to happen, so you may as well get it over with now.


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Ethical issues in marketing mix
Marketing ethics concerns the application of ethical considerations to marketing decision making . Marketing ethics can be considered as moral judgement and behaviour standards in marketing practice or moral code or system in marketing area.
In other words, marketing ethics is the research of the base and structure of rules of conduct, standards, and moral decisions relating to marketing decisions and practices.
Marketing executives who take strategic decisions often face with ethical conditions and their decisions is related to all sides of marketing mix as product, price, place and promotion. Marketing executives' ethical decision making process related to these decisions is affected by miscellaneous ways as philosophical, economical, sociological, psychological, and religious.
In this study, marketing ethics is studied according to elements of marketing mix as product, price, place and promotion.
Ethics and Product Decisions
Marketing executives face with a lot of ethical problems related to planning and application of product strategies. For example,
• in new product development process, since ethics and legal subjects are discussed less than it is needed, faulty products are put on the market and so these products damage consumers. This grows out of seeing product security as engineering problem in most. Similarly, some product areas such as especially toys for children are sensitive to the ethical problems . For this reason, ethical way of thinking should come into all levels of marketing from engineering to customer support
• Other ethical issues related to product decisions, information on labels can sometimes be used as deceptive although it is technically true, rubbish problem which packing cause after its usage, failing in terms of guarantee related to product and performing planned product obselence to shorten product life cycle. .
Ethics and Pricing Decisions
Pricing is probably one of the most difficult areas of marketing when it is
analyzed from the ethical point of view. Ethically, price should be equal or
proportional to benefit which is taken by the consumers.
• However, when monopolistic power is had, it is seen that unreasonable price increase is set.
• Other ethical issues related to pricing include non-price price increases, misleading price reduction, price advertisements which can be misleading or considered as deceitful and their limits are not explained well,
Ethics and Distribution Decisions
Ethical issues related to place grow out of enterprises, which form channel of distribution, have different needs and goals. At power relationship in the channel, if channel members to put their power which they have into bad use, this may cause an ethical problem. For example, a powerful manufacturer may force retailer to conduct in different ways in subjects such as choice of retailer locations, minimum order size, product mix selection, restriction on alternative supply resources and arrangement of physical condition in retailer's location.
Other ethical issues result in subjects as retailing decisions, direct marketing, supply and channel management.
• Ethical issues related to retailing decisions eventuate in areas such as buying, product assortment, pricing, selling, forward buying and slotting allowances.
• Ethical issues in direct marketing are the subjects which are privacy, confidentiality and intrusion
• Ethical problems which are faced while using of internet for marketing are reliability of operations, illegal activities, privacy, accuracy, pornographic, product guarantees, burglary, aiming at children, spams, deceptive advertisements.
Ethics and Promotion Decisions
Ethical issues related to promotion can be analysed under two headings as
• advertising and
• personal selling.
Advertisements are one of the ways of marketing which is criticised most from an ethical point of view. Unilateral advertising message, preconceived advertising messages, advertisements breaking programmes are criticized.
Whether advertisements are ethics or not is determined according to the extent of loss of advertisements to consumers. Loss can be defined in three ways:
• breach of the autonomy with control or manipulation,
• aggression to privacy, and
• breach of right to know .
Ethical problems in advertising can be analysed under two main headings:
• the content of advertising message and
• agent/customer relationships.
The relationship between advertising and ethics can be analysed from the point of view of persuasive trait of advertising, deception, puffery and making promises that cannot be kept. Other ethical issues related to advertising include advertising to children, demonstrations, mock-ups, endorsements and testimonials.
Thursday, October 30, 2008
AMA_Ethical Norms and Values for Marketers
Statement of Ethics
Ethical Norms and Values for Marketers
The American Marketing Association commits itself to promoting the highest standard of professional ethical norms and values for its members (practitioners, academics and students). Norms are established standards of conduct that are expected and maintained by society and/or professional organizations. Values represent the collective conception of what communities find desirable, important and morally proper. Values also serve as the criteria for evaluating our own personal actions and the actions of others. As marketers, we recognize that we not only serve our organizations but also act as stewards of society in creating, facilitating and executing the transactions that are part of the greater economy. In this role, marketers are expected to embrace the highest professional ethical norms and the ethical values implied by our responsibility toward multiple stakeholders (e.g., customers, employees, investors, peers, channel members, regulators and the host community).
As Marketers, we must:
- Do no harm. This means consciously avoiding harmful actions or omissions by embodying high ethical standards and adhering to all applicable laws and regulations in the choices we make.
- Foster trust in the marketing system. This means striving for good faith and fair dealing so as to contribute toward the efficacy of the exchange process as well as avoiding deception in product design, pricing, communication, and delivery of distribution.
- Embrace ethical values. This means building relationships and enhancing consumer confidence in the integrity of marketing by affirming these core values: honesty, responsibility, fairness, respect, transparency and citizenship.
Honesty – to be forthright in dealings with customers and stakeholders. To this end, we will:
- Strive to be truthful in all situations and at all times.
- Offer products of value that do what we claim in our communications.
- Stand behind our products if they fail to deliver their claimed benefits.
- Honor our explicit and implicit commitments and promises.
Responsibility – to accept the consequences of our marketing decisions and strategies. To this end, we will:
- Strive to serve the needs of customers.
- Avoid using coercion with all stakeholders.
- Acknowledge the social obligations to stakeholders that come with increased marketing and economic power.
- Recognize our special commitments to vulnerable market segments such as children, seniors, the economically impoverished, market illiterates and others who may be substantially disadvantaged.
- Consider environmental in our decision-making.
Fairness – to balance justly the needs of the buyer with the interests of the seller. To this end, we will:
- Represent products in a clear way in selling, advertising and other forms of communication; this includes the avoidance of false, misleading and deceptive promotion.
- Reject manipulations and sales tactics that harm customer trust.
Refuse to engage in price fixing, predatory pricing, price gouging or "bait-and-switch" tactics.
- Avoid knowing participation in conflicts of interest.
Seek to protect the private information of customers, employees and partners.
Respect – to acknowledge the basic human dignity of all stakeholders. To this end, we will:
- Value individual differences and avoid stereotyping customers or depicting demographic groups (e.g., gender, race, sexual orientation) in a negative or dehumanizing way.
- Listen to the needs of customers and make all reasonable efforts to monitor and improve their satisfaction on an ongoing basis.
- Make every effort to understand and respectfully treat buyers, suppliers, intermediaries and distributors from all cultures.
- Acknowledge the contributions of others, such as consultants, employees and coworkers, to marketing endeavors.
- Treat everyone, including our competitors, as we would wish to be treated.
Transparency – to create a spirit of openness in marketing operations. To this end, we will:
- Strive to communicate clearly with all constituencies.
- Accept constructive criticism from customers and other stakeholders.
- Explain and take appropriate action regarding significant product or service risks, component substitutions or other foreseeable eventualities that could affect customers or their perception of the purchase decision.
- Disclose list prices and terms of financing as well as available price deals and adjustments.
Citizenship – to fulfill the economic, legal, philanthropic and societal responsibilities that serve stakeholders. To this end, we will:
- Strive to protect the ecological environment in the execution of marketing campaigns.
- Give back to the community through volunteerism and charitable donations.
Contribute to the overall betterment of marketing and its reputation.
- Urge supply chain members to ensure that trade is fair for all participants, including producers in developing countries.


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It's official – Ibiza season 2013 is nearly over. We have only a few more closings ahead, and then the island will plunge into a rightful hibernation. Before making plans (and building castles in the sky) for the next summer it's a good idea to make a quick unbiased analysis of the foregone months and assess our gains and losses.
Without beating around the bush, we need to admit that too many parties going on simultaneously in too many venues resulted in a big mess. The phenomenon of one and the same DJs playing absolutely everywhere killed diversity of the island's nightlife and blurred the identity of many club brands.
It looks pretty much as if promoters and club owners neglected to do any marketing research before the season at all and started acting relying only on their own hopes and ambitions, not on impartial forecasts. How many of them were eventually satisfied with the outcome? Very few lucky ones.
This season developed on a weird rhythm. June was a dead month, except for the vibrant opening week. July had a slow start but finally propelled us into the proper Ibiza summer heat. August performed well in the beginning, but there was some kind of a downturn during its second half. Things got considerably better and livelier in September, but only on the underground front – for example, we've never seen DC10 being that busy in Autumn. On the contrary, the biggest parties with commercial sound (such as F*** Me I'm Famous at Pacha or Matinee at Amnesia) are rounding off the season earlier than expected – but it doesn't mean that "wrong" music is the only source of all troubles.
Many new discos and beach clubs started late this year and due to bad organization failed to establish themselves on the island. We wrote a lot about Eden and Booom – in spite of heavy investments and decent line-ups, these venues never really took off. What's more, we can't remember a season when so many parties had to close earlier or were simply cancelled: Get Physical, Next Wave and The Arena at Vista Club, Nervo Nation at Ushuaia Tower, all events at Moma and Santos…
Just for your information,
Here is a table of common sound pressure levels in decibels (Sound Pressure Level)Let's not continue this sad list. Promoters tried to bite off more than they could chew and created a lose-lose situation where no one actually benefitted, but many had to admit defeat. It was quite obvious from the very beginning that the configuration of the island's nightlife became unsustainable, but rules of logic and smart strategies are just not meant for Ibiza: what seems to be business here often turns out to be just a personal ego affair.
Ibiza people firmly state that 2013 wasn't really a good season. Too much competition was going on with lots of petty fight and pressure. As a result, small businesses, such as bar and shops, were doing not so well.
It shouldn't be forgotten that we are on an isle where the letter of the law isn't applied in the same way to everybody: the smaller, the more prone you are to end up closed or being controlled.
Amazingly enough, in September we have seen some beach bar parties closed due to a non-observance of the maximum legally authorized noise level of 65dB – but the same rule never prevents venues like Ushuaia play their music really loud. Obviously, different venues have different scales of decibels.
What are Ibiza club owners and promoters going to do next year, we wonder? We hope not to see again such a party overkill that we had this summer. The promoters from the majority of the super clubs and also some hotels and beach bars will have to brainstorm a bit more thoroughly this winter considering their 2014 programme. If they asked us for advice, this is the message that we would like to convey to them first and foremost:
Guys, if you want to do better in 2014, stop chasing after the easy buck. Do some market research in advance and try to offer quality instead of quantity. Now it's more urgent than ever to keep your identity and be innovative. Instead of pursuing the "A-list DJs only line-up" format, try to offer some diversity.
This summer the same DJs have been rinsed in most of the venues perpetually, which might be ok for the artists themselves and their agencies, as well as for clubs who profit from sharing DJs flight costs and sometime fees. However, at the end of the day your party and your club will finish with losing their identity and punters' loyalty.
Now clubbers often have an option of visiting a party with three A-list DJs in the line-up instead of going to three events of a smaller scale, so maybe it's your venue that will end up neglected next.
Ibiza promoters and club owners! Be realistic on drink prices, be more responsible about water cost and smarter about overcrowding. You have totally forgotten lately that there is no shame to get a 80%-90% capacity in your party – on the contrary, the event will only benefit from this and will surely have a better vibe than a 150% overcrowded one. For example, this year Cocoon produced a much cooler impression just because they didn't overcrowd their night – thumbs up!
Stop wasting your energy in denouncing each other or playing dirty tricks on your competitors. Use your resources to be the best and unique. Be creative, put some effort into elaborating a good image, art work and concept for your party – in this aspect summer 2013 was pretty lame.
Regarding one particular enterprise, namely the Matutes' one, we can be sure that they will go on in the same direction – or, to be more precise, in all the directions, that's why it is called expansion. Next year they open a Hard Rock Hotel (ex-Club Don Toni and Hotel Don Toni merged into one complex), and for sure they are already conceiving some "VIP rock concerts" there.
The project looks pompous and suicidal at the same time: the launch of Ushuaia Tower created "autocompetition" between the two parts of Ushuaia, and now the third venue will do its bit and bring even more rivalry to the enterprise. Will the owners finally try to think better and be more realistic this time?
Alas, some lessons are not yet learnt, even though they are crucially important. We do not want to see people being put in hospital or die after being attacked by a member of the security staff. It happened 2 years ago in Ushuaia and repeated once again this year –if you aren't aware yet, a security guy at Blue Marlin pushed a guest of the venue so hard that the latter fell down, hit his head against the floor, lapsed into a coma and had to be admitted to the intensive care unit..
It should be remembered that punters are not just numbers – they are real people. So treat them as human beings please, teach your security team not only provide safety but be polite and smile to people. Contract real professionals, not mongoloid monkeys. You hire securities to protect your clients from assaults, attacks and emergencies – but not to beat them, cripple them and destroy their lives. How many victims do you need to realize it?
This summer Ibiza hit the headlines all over the world as the island of drug dealing – will it become internationally renowned next year as the island where bouncers kill the clients of the venues?
All in all, what will the word "Ibiza" mean in the next ten years? How will the island look? What kind of people will be living here? Ibiza is going through a pivotal moment, and we do hope that the currents trends will change in the nearest future. Shall we expect more and more dirty tricks and aggressive competition from all the players involved? Or will we see the long-awaited better organization and quality concepts? We can only wonder…
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New Android App Finds Carrier IQ Fast, Free, and Easy
Whether you believe Carrier IQ or not that its software, embedded on certain smartphones, is a malicious, keylogging entity or a tool that helps operators improve the smartphone user experience, you have a choice. Namely, there are ways to eliminate this question from the equation by detecting and removing Carrier IQ from your device, if you really want.
And Lookout Mobile Security makers of the "Lookout" security app for both IPhones and Android smartphones have given you an easy way to do just that. Detect, we should specify, and only for Android devices.
Why Android only? Carrier IQ is no longer supported as of iOS 5 (Apple insists its customers have to opt-in before any information about their smartphones is shipped off to Apple HQ), and blocking its effects on your iOS 5-based iPhone is super-easy: Click on your Settings button, then General, About, Diagnostics & Usage, and select " Don't Send."
However, Carrier IQ is a bit more integrated within the Android OS so much so, that you'll need to root your device prior to attempting any removal efforts. But the first step in the process is finding out whether your smartphone has Carrier IQ installed to begin with. And Lookout's new app makes this a one-touch affair.
Install Carrier IQ Detector from the Android Market and fire up the app. That's it; you're done. Carrier IQ Detector immediately tells you whether Carrier IQ is installed on your phone, and you're welcome to hit the "More Info" button to receive more details about what that could mean for you.
While useful for detecting whether any manual removal efforts have succeeded, Lookout's Carrier IQ Detector doesn't actually perform any of the removal process for you. For that, you'll have to either flash your Android device with a custom ROM that doesn't contain Carrier IQ or you can try grabbing the app "Logging TestApp Pro," contributing a dollar for the registration key, and using the app's full version to remove Carrier IQ in a more automated method.
As Extreme Tech's Sebastian Anthony notes, "this doesn't always work, though." But with Lookout's new easy-to-use detection app, at least you'll be able to find out whether your dollar was successful in helping you to strip this buried software off your device.


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Shorthanded Hounds drop to 0-3
It's been a long time since Monessen opened the season with three straight losses. In fact, the last time Monessen started 0-3 was in the 2007-08 campaign.
However, that's where the Greyhounds are today after a 66-56 loss to Class AAAA Norwin in the first round of the Franklin Regional Tournament.
The Greyhounds played without freshmen Lavelle Rush and Nick Payne, both of whom started early in the season. Yet, Monessen stayed close with the Knights (2-1) throughout.
The Greyhounds actually drew even, 43-43, late in the third quarter as Javon Brown scored nine of his team-high 15 points.
But in the fourth quarter, the Knights pulled away as Curtis Perz scored nine of his game-high 17 points.
Also in double figures for Monessen was Clintell Gillaspie with 14 points, nine in the second quarter.
"We played well at times, but at other times we looked timid," said Monessen coach Joe Salvino. "We're going through some growing pains that we have to get through. It seemed like every time we would make a run, we would falter. A defensive error here or a turnover there. We just have to fight through that."
The last time Monessen started 0-3, the Greyhounds rebounded to win the next eight straight games en route to a 19-7 season in Class AA.
Salvino is hoping for that kind of rebound from his young squad.
"We're playing big schools, but we never look for moral victories," he said. "If we keep working hard and get a little more enthusiastic, I think we will be OK."
Monessen plays Westinghouse, a 68-57 loser to Franklin Regional, in the consolation game at 6 p.m. today.
Uniontown 83, BVA 57
The Leps trailed the unbeaten Red Raiders by 10 points early in the fourth quarter before the hosts pulled away.
BVA (0-3) got 20 points from Jason Capco and 10 rebounds from Jake Sweitzer.
Uniontown (3-0) was led by Jordan Pratt with 23 points and Josh Linnen with 14.
BVA opens play in Section 4 AAA Friday at Ringgold.
Washington 62, Ringgold 57 OT
The Rams (1-1) got 18 points from Dayshore Majors, 12 from John Maldonado and 10 from Demetrius Louis, but it wasn't enough as they bowed in overtime to the Prexies.
Washington got a game-high 22 points from Billy Edwards and 18 from Josh Wise. Teammate Jaylin Kelly added 14 points.
The Rams outscored Washington 21-12 in the third quarter to take a 44-41 lead before the hosts battled back to force the extra period.
Burgettstown 63, Charleroi 55 OT
The Cougars (0-2) dropped a tough non-section game in overtime to the Blue Devils (2-2), despite getting 21 points from Eric Johnson and 11 from Matt Indorante.
Johnson scored seven points in the second quarter. Burgettstown got a game-high 24 points from John Sabo, including six three-pointers. Ryan Glover added 18 points.
Charleroi opens Section 5 AA play Friday at Beth-Center.
Carmichaels 61, Frazier 40
The Mikes (3-0) got 25 points from Brandon Lawless and never trailed after taking a 22-9 first quarter lead.
Frazier (1-1) got 11 points from Charles Manack.
E. Allegheny 74, Yough 41
The Wildcats outscored the Cougars 28-9 in the second quarter to take a commanding 44-13 lead and never looked back.
Yough (1-2) didn't have anyone in double figures while Jordon Williams scored 15, Joel Randolf 14 and Kaisaun McMillen 11 for the winners.
Yough goes to McGuffey Thursday.
GirlsCharleroi 43, Jefferson-Morgan 35
The Lady Cougars (2-1) got 12 points from Mia Woytovich and 10 each from Carina Gottheld and Lynsey Wright as they eased past J-M.
Gottheld scored six points in the first quarter as Charleroi jumped out to a 12-5 lead and never trailed after that.
Charleroi opens play in Section 5 AA at Beth-Center Thursday.
Carmichaels 43, Frazier 35
The Lady Commodores (1-1) scored just nine second half points as they bowed to Carmichaels in the non-section game.
Lauren Timko had 13 points for Frazier, which visits West Greene Thursday. Morgan Berardi had 20 points for Carmichaels (2-1).
Yough 55, E. Allegheny 23
The Lady Cougars (2-1) got 15 points from Natalie Peebles, including nine in the second quarter when the hosts went on a 24-7 run to take a 30-13 halftime lead.
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JERUSALEM (Aug. 23)
Israel's Supreme Court issued a temporary injunction today ordering suspension of work on a town for Orthodox settlers, Emmanuel, on northern Samaria in the West Bank.
The court acted on a request from a local Arab, who claims ownership of the site and who told the high court that its previous orders halting construction had not been obeyed. A representative of the State of Israel expressed doubt whether the military commander for the area could implement the court orders.
That statement triggered an angry reaction from Justice Meir Shamgar, president of the court, who declared it was unheard of that the area's military commander, who embodies both the legislative and executive powers in the area, would disobey a High Court of Justice order. He ordered the State Attorney to make certain the order issued today be handed to all parties involved.


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Okay, I admit it; I'm one of those people that always has overdue library books. It's criminal, I know, because other people are waiting to have their turn with the book that I have squirreled away in our house.
When we do take it back and sign out more books, the ladies are always so apologetic about asking me to pay the fines, but I don't really mind. I consider it a donation to a place that I love best. At the moment though, the library is allowing people to donate food to reduce their library fines, and it was the perfect opportunity for us to get two things done at once. 1 food item= $1 off their fines.
Let's just say that at one time Jake had a video that slipped behind his bed and I didn't know it was there so my fines are kinda high. I like this idea though-helps me get down those fines, plus helps us fulfill our donation to the food bank!
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First important news! The Daily Grind is accessible again. We've had to weave through Student Stores for coffee and tea for what seems like forever, but now the fence that blocked us from the beloved Grind is down and you can walk right into the Grind! But all is not completely clear, according to UNC ConstructionWatch work on the Daniels aka Student Stores Building will continue through December 2006.
Second, Councilman, Triangle Transportation Board member, and Goodmon Award winner Bill Strom replies to my forwarding him notice of Google Transit's Portland only transit planning maps by sending me a link to RideTTA which does the same thing for the Triangle and does, to my mind, a better job too. Unfortunately, the maps all tell me to walk over a mile to get on the transit grid just to get started. Others might be better situated to take advantage of RideTTA.
Update: Bill writes again to say that if there is no bus stop within .25 miles of you, Chapel Hill Transit will send a shuttle to you. I don't mind a little walking but I might try a shuttle to start a trip to Raleigh.


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Hi Norman, Super mechanic here. The easiest way would be to have someone else do it, (lol)
But for you to do it yourself, you will want to have a fluid pump that will have a hose small enough to fit into the rear end of your Tahoe. (3/8" to 1/2")
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State regulators overturned Wednesday an "energy efficiency" program they approved in December.
The Louisiana Public Service Commission voted 3-2 to abolish the program without allowing supporters the opportunity to voice their positions at the public meeting.
The program would have given consumers incentives to improve their homes and buy energy efficient appliances. The goal of the program is to reduce the amount of energy consumers need by using what they buy more efficiently. But the initiative would cost all customers of electricity companies.
Recently elected Commissioner Scott Angelle, of Breaux Bridge, said the cost of the program would be onerous for small businessmen.
Angelle said an analysis he requested of PSC staff showed that the average grocery store's monthly electric bill would go up $97.95.
"Small commercial customers already pay a disproportionate load," said Angelle, whose district includes parts of Baton Rouge, Lafayette and Houma.
PSC Commissioner Clyde Holloway, of Forest Hill, agreed: "We're going to put another line item on the bill."
PSC Commissioner Lambert Boissiere III, of New Orleans, pointed out that Angelle's analysis used the most expensive rates of the state's highest-priced utility. For instance, commercial customers of Entergy Gulf States Louisiana LLC would see a $17.52 increase in their monthly bills, he said.
Boissiere, whose district stretches up the Mississippi River from New Orleans to north Baton Rouge, said the average monthly bill for a commercial establishment using as much of the higher-priced power in Angelle's example would be $18,272.80. The increase amounted less than 1 percent, Boissiere said.
"We haven't asked for anything that isn't reasonable," Boissiere said. "We need to make Louisiana a more efficient, less wasteful state."
Jordan Macha, associate regional organizer for the Sierra Club, said the issue was added to the PSC agenda late Friday, giving proponents only two business days' notice of the move to abandon the program that took three years to put together. She said the plan was ready in October, but it took until December to get "energy efficiency" added to the agenda.
The energy efficiency program was the product of an alliance between consumer groups, environmentalists, privately owned utility corporations and the major manufacturers to provide discounts for many home improvements. Forty-six states already have adopted similar programs that provide incentives for consumers to install energy efficiency measures.
Macha said the issue was brought up again Wednesday because the composition of the board had changed.
In January, Angelle replaced retiring PSC Commissioner Jimmy Field, of Baton Rouge. In December, Field had led the effort to establish the energy efficiency plan.
PSC Chairman Eric Skrmetta, of Metairie, said proponents pushed it in December, before commissioners had a chance to study it, probably because Field was leaving the PSC.
Skrmetta and Holloway opposed the measure in December and voted, along with Angelle, to abandon the energy efficiency order on Wednesday.
Skrmetta said he had questions about the consultant's report and recommendations. He said the consultant may have had a conflict of interest.
Skrmetta said he would ask the PSC to commission another consultant to do another report on the issue and a revamped program could be voted on again in as little as four or five months.
Casey DeMoss Roberts, executive director of the Alliance for Affordable Energy, said Skrmetta was acting speciously. The consultant was J Kennedy and Associates Inc., based in suburban Atlanta, and the PSC uses the firm for dozens of expert reports.
But what really angered her, Roberts said, that nobody was allowed to testify about the energy efficiency.
Skrmetta said he refused to allow testimony from proponents on Wednesday because the issue had been vetted in December.
Boissiere, who along with PSC Commissioner Foster Campbell, of Bossier Parish, voted to keep the December order intact, said he was disturbed by Skrmetta's decision not to allow public testimony.
"That is a huge departure for this commission," Boissiere said. "I want the public to have a voice."


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Coloring in advanced lithography: What goes wrong and how to fix it.
Mentor Graphics' David Abercrombie continues with his whiteboard talk about coloring with advanced lithography, including what goes wrong and how to fix it.
Technical issues increase, costs go up, and not all markets will benefit.
Chipmakers wrestle with EOS, ESD and other power-related issues as leading-edge chips are incorporated into industrial and automotive applications.
Chipmakers exploring nanosheet, nanoslab, nano-ring and hexagonal FETs.
Push toward more electronics in cars turns what used to be a marginal business into a profitable one.
After two decades of experimentation, the semiconductor industry is scrambling to embrace this approach.
Next nodes are expected to be long-lasting, because costs of developing chip after that will skyrocket.
Mark Bohr opens up on the company's push into multi-chip solutions, and upcoming issues at 7nm and 5nm.
Technical issues increase, costs go up, and not all markets will benefit.
Proponents tout freedom for computing architectures, but is the semiconductor ecosystem ready for open-source hardware?
Advanced packaging shifts to mainstream with complete flows, better tools, market proof points.
High price of moving to finFETs pushes foundries to offer a less expensive alternative.
Foundry unit rolls out ambitious plan down to 4nm, along with 18nm FD-SOI and advanced packaging developments.
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IT SOUNDS bizarre, but Highlanders coach Jamie Joseph is glad he's got a bye just one week into the new Super Rugby season to address a growing list of issues that confront him.
The Highlanders dropped their Friday night opener 41-27 to an impressive Chiefs outfit who left Dunedin with a bonus-point victory to begin their Super title defence.
In contrast, last season they began with a 23-19 victory over the Chiefs in Hamilton, but ending up fading over the run home to finish well out of the play-off picture.
And, of course, we all know how it worked out for the Chiefs who went on to claim their first title.
Now Joseph gets what turns out to be a welcome week off to address his team's fragmented form, an injury crisis in the loose trio after No.8 Nasi Manu was ruled out for at least eight weeks with ligament damage in his foot and the much-needed return of some sidelined front-liners.
''Our discipline wasn't good enough, our defence at times in broken play wasn't good enough, and a team with the quality of the team we played against just made us pay,'' Joseph said.
''It's probably a good time to have the bye. We've got some injuries and we've been on the go for a bit. We're going to have Horey [Andrew Hore] back for the next game. We lacked a bit of leadership out there at times, particularly towards the end of the match. Having the captain out on the wings, it was difficult to rally the troops at times. Hore back, and we expect Thorny [Brad Thorn] to give him a hand, that should shore us up in the tight. But we've got to sort our lineout out.''
The Highlanders were well in the contest when they led 27-21 with 24 minutes remaining. But the Chiefs finished with a 20-0 run to remind everyone they are worthy of a bit more respect than they've been getting by some in the pre-season.
Joseph sent a fairly direct message about the performances of some of his less experienced players.
''The biggest disappointment for me is the guys with less experience who come on to a big game of football and have to be able to maintain their composure so we can get back into the game,'' he said.


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Look at your own face in the mirror long enough and it just becomes weird, says the director of the National Portrait Gallery, Andrew Sayers, contemplating room after room of Australian artists' self-portraits.
Yet almost all serious artists take on their own image, as evidenced by the range of works in the show To Look Within, which opened at the gallery yesterday. For some it is an exercise in art practice, for others, in personal analysis.
A Queensland artist and filmmaker, Davida Allen, yesterday looked through rimless spectacles at the thick, black work she painted 24 years ago and immediately went personal.
"I was already mother of two children, teaching and trying to be an artist, too," she said. "Then I realised I was pregnant again, and knew that I wouldn't be able to juggle all that with another baby."
She was scared. But she "dropped teaching, kept the baby and ... it turned out to be the beginning of Davida being a serious artist"- with the third baby, followed by a fourth, featuring in a significant series of works, and motherhood one of Allen's enduring artistic themes.
Her motivations became clearer, and her work later turned from black to hot pink and orange.
Sayers says younger artists often expose how desperately they are "straining to see" themselves and their work.
Sidney Nolan's fragmented 1943 self-portrait shows him thrusting his palette and brushes forward like a shield - but it is as much about his evolving landscape style as about himself.
Nora Heysen's intense 1934 self-portrait, she once told Sayers, was part of a ritual of painting herself in a new place - this time newly arrived in London.
For Allen "this art is pulling things together just to say, 'I am'."
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Overview of the Co-op Faculty Advisor role
Cooperative Education is experiential education which consists of many activities: real-world work, academic projects assigned by the Co-op Faculty Advisor, student preparation, counseling and debriefing. These activities enhance student learning, build maturity and insight, and contribute to graduates who are prepared to function effectively in the world of work. Because co-op is an academic learning strategy, Montclair State University expects students to integrate the learning that occurs in the workplace with their formal studies: this is the vital role the faculty plays in the process.
Once a student accepts a position with an employing organization and officially registers for a co-op course, the student is assigned to a Co-op Faculty Advisor. Together, the student and the Co-op Faculty Advisor will develop a learning agreement that outlines the academic projects to be completed during the semester. The Cooperative Education Faculty Handbook is a helpful resource for Co-op Faculty Advisors.
Certain academic departments require that their co-op students attend a series of seminars during the semester. These seminars, facilitated by the student's Co-op Faculty Advisor, are designed to foster discussion and reflection on relevant work and career-related issues.
Co-op Faculty Advisor - Roles and Responsibilities
The Co-op Faculty Advisor is responsible to
- assist in the development of the learning agreement;
- assess learning outcomes and communicate with the worksite supervisor;
- facilitate discussions with students about their progress;
- participate in problem-solving sessions when appropriate;
- conduct seminars when required;
- review supervisors' evaluation reports;
- assess the learning outcomes of the co-op/internship experience;
- award academic credit by assigning a grade.
As the primary contact with the worksite supervisor, the Co-op Faculty Advisor is also expected to:
- maintain communication by phone, email and/or in person;
- host fact-finding meetings when problems arise;
- evaluate the worksite for future co-op students.
Department Co-op Coordinator - Roles and Responsibilities
The Department Co-op Coordinator is responsible for the management of the department's co-op course and serves as its advocate within his or her academic department. S/he will review the curriculum offerings of the department to find appropriate ways to include and represent cooperative education in department deliberations.
S/he will collaborate with an assigned counselor to recruit and promote co-op to both students and faculty, develop and/or refer positions that may come into the academic department, strengthen relationships with employer partners though site visits and employer sponsored events, and approve new positions that are developed by counselors or students.
When more than one faculty member is needed to advise students in a given semester, it is the responsibility of the Department Co-op Coordinator to confer with the department chair or colleagues to locate additional faculty with the appropriate expertise and interest.
This position is normally a released-time position, budgeted through the Center for Career Services and Cooperative Education when coupled with the responsibilities of a Co-op Faculty Advisor. Department Co-op Coordinators are required to attend at least one co-op faculty meeting a year.


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You've probably already heard about how reforming Wisconsin governor Scott Walker managed to get more votes than his top two Democratic challengers in that state's primary. What you may not know is the reason why: The state is booming contrary to the dire predictions of the union bosses who swore that Walker's reforms would destroy the Badger State. Walker's choice to reform and cut the budget instead of raise taxes has proved for a perfect contrast with neighboring Illinois which did the very opposite, with poor results:
Unemployment has dropped from 7.7 percent to 6.8 percent since Walker took office. Unemployment in neighboring Illinois, however, only dropped below 9 percent in March—the first time it has done so in two years.
Wisconsin property taxes have fallen for the first time in 12 years. The state's adult debt per capita is roughly $687. Illinois' is about $853.
The two states took divergent paths in 2010 in dealing with looming fiscal insolvency. While Walker pushed spending cuts and public sector reforms, Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn and the state legislature floated $7 billion in new taxes, including a 67 percent individual income tax increase and a 46 percent corporate tax increase.
"Quinn's reasoning was that was going to turn Illinois around, pay its bills, and become fiscally solvent again," Ted Dabrowski of the Illinois Policy Institute told the Free Beacon. "A year later, we have $9 billion in unpaid bills. We have the worst credit rating in the nation, downgraded below California. We have $2 billion in unpaid Medicaid bills, and our pension obligations are eating up funds that should be going to public safety and schools."
More than $5 billion of the $7 billion raised by new taxes went to paying down pension obligations, said Christian Schneider, a senior fellow at the Wisconsin Policy Research Institute. [...]
There has been some good news for the Prairie State. Job-growth in Illinois has spiked in recent months. The state gained 32,000 jobs in the 12 months ending in February, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported. Wisconsin lost 16,900.
Dabrowski said the job-growth numbers were encouraging but that it was likely what economists call a "dead cat bounce"—a brief rise after a severe decline.


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James Spader may not have been everyone's first choice for the villain in The Avengers 2, but Joss Whedon knew the actor was right for the role.
Everyone was a little shocked when the Pretty in Pink star landed the role of Ultron in the director's upcoming sequel The Avengers: Age of Ultron. Regardless of what you may think about the decision, Whedon seems extremely pleased that Spader is now a part of the cast.
During a recent chat with the folks at Marvel, Joss Whedon explained that James Spader was the only guy he wanted for the coveted role of Ultron in The Avengers 2.
"Spader was my first and only choice. He's got that hypnotic voice that can be eerily calm and compelling, but he's also very human and humorous. Ultron is not HAL. Spader can play all of the levels. He's the guy to break the Avengers into pieces," Whedon said.
If you're familiar with the character from The Avengers comics, then you're already well-versed in Ultron's absolute hatred of superheroes and humanity. Although he has a wide array of powers at his disposal in the books, Whedon previously stated that the villain's abilities will be a toned down on the big screen.
"I knew right away what I wanted to do with [Ultron]. He's always trying to destroy the Avengers. He's not a happy guy, which means he's an interesting guy. He's got pain. And the way that manifests is not going to be standard robot stuff," he recently told Entertainment Weekly.
He continued, "So we'll take away some of [his] powers, because at some point everybody [has] magic [powers], and I already have someone who's a witch."
Speaking of the Scarlet Witch, Elizabeth Olsen was reportedly in the running for the role in the Avengers sequel. However, The Inquisitr previously reported that the actress "doesn't know anything" about that particular rumor.
Were you surprised that director Joss Whedon cast James Spader as Ultron in The Avengers 2? Is the Mannequin star the right choice to play the villain?
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Tbilisi, Georgia, June 6
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Georgia has sent a complaint to the ITU (International Telecommunication Union) on Russia, claiming it appropriated the dialing codes of South Ossetia.
Georgian National Communications Commission released a statement on the issue, which said Committee of Communications of South Ossetia and Ministry of Communications of Russia have signed an agreement regarding the dialing codes.
In accordance with the agreement, the dialing numbers of South Ossetia will begin with 7, fixed line code will be 850, and 998 for mobile codes.
The signed agreement is to remain active until South Ossetia enters the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), and gets its own international dialing code.
The National Communications Commission of Georgia noted that ITU is a special information and telecommunication technologies agency under the UN. Georgia is the UN member since 1993.
Large scale military action was launched between Georgia and Russia in South Ossetia on August 8, 2008. Later, Russian troops occupied Tskhinvali and expelled the Georgian military.
Russia recognized the independence of South Ossetia and Abkhazia in late August. In response, Tbilisi ended diplomatic relations with Moscow and called the two unrecognized republics of Abkhazia and South Ossetia occupied territories.


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TRY: Mountain Climber
Start in plank position (hands and toes on floor, back straight, abs engaged). Bring right knee to chest and tap toe on floor; straighten leg. Repeat with left knee. Do for 3 minutes.
Burn off: 70 calories, or 13 pieces of candy corn.
TRY: Power Jump
Stand with feet 6 inches apart. Squat, then push up, leaping forward and as high as you can. Repeat, jumping to the left, back and to the right. Do 25 rounds.
Burn off: 80 calories, or two Snickers Minis.
TRY: High March
Extend arms while holding a candy-filled pumpkin. March in place, bringing knees up as high as you can for 2 minutes (without spilling candy!). Rest 1 minute. Do 3 sets.
Burn off: 40 calories, or one mini Reese's Peanut Butter Cup.
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At one point this was my Confession Tuesday post. Then it became Confession Thursday. Oh well, here it is. On Saturday.
Here's a photo from Tuesday, the day I should have posted. Notice the Starbucks mug from Pike Place, the first Starbucks location (or I like to call it: The Mothership!).
It's taken me nearly a week to get back into a semi-regular sleep pattern. I was sleepless in Seattle. In fact, I was sleepless before I went to Seattle. And while I was there, I averaged about three hours a night. Came back from AWP hoarse and with a head cold. But I'm on the mend, thank goodness. My voice doesn't sound as husky, which I kinda liked, in that Kathleen-Turner-Romancing-the-Stone way. Kinda sexy.
This past Monday, I read at SSU's annual faculty reading. The voice wasn't that sexy. More pitiful than sexy.
AWP was a blur, but I really enjoyed myself. I always do. Admittedly, I compared it to Boston because I had a teeny-tiny part in the planning. Seattle was not better or worse, just different. Certainly the weather was much better--a welcomed relief to the arctic temps on the East Coast. I even broke out a pair of Capri pants on Saturday.
There was much less swag out there, but the best swag came from Two Sylvia's Press--everything from special lanyard tags to postcards to poet tarot cards. Nice work, Kelli and Annette.
I did not do as much late-night partying as I would have liked. But there was one night I certainly stayed up late. Really, time was not my friend.
My favorite event was going to the White Pine Press reading featuring Kelli Agodon and Susan Rich. They did a great job reading from their new books Hourglass Museum and Cloud Pharmacy. It was a magical night. The reading was held at the Seattle Art Gallery with a reception before. Will post pictures later today.
I filed my NEA application in on Thursday. Yay! This year, I did something I've never done before: have a friend read my application. I never think to have someone proof my forms but it helped immensely. Just talking to people and asking about the process was a big help, too. The NEA had a table at AWP, so I asked all of my questions there. I feel eerily confident about this year's effort. I don't expect to receive a fellowship but gosh it would be fantastic if I did.
I have so much more to tell you. Hope to post more between basketball games and play dates.


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For disco heads, this Odyssey remix set should be an exciting prospect. Admittedly, the tracks being remixed are their 2011 re-recordings (originally seen on last summer's Legacy album) rather than the 70s and 80s originals, but don't let that put you off - especially as some of the reworks are superb. There's plenty of delightfully floor-friendly fodder on show, from Ray Mang's guitar-flecked re-invention of "Use It Up & Wear It Out" and Flash Atkins' Shaft-goes-dub-disco take on "Don't Tell Me Tell Her" to the everything-but-the-kitchen sink antics of Faze Action and DJD. While not every mix hits the spot, there's more than enough to warrant further investigation.
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How do you determine which GC/MS or LC/MS system is right for you?
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El conjunto arquitectónico, las prestaciones en general, su magnífico emplazamiento en la bahía. La atención del numeroso personal. Por no ser aún temporada alta tuvimos dos ventajas, una excelente relación calidad/precio y una tranquilidad difícil de repetir. Es un hotel muy nuevo y quizás quedan por pulir algunos aspectos en cuanto a recorridos por el complejo y a la finalización de las obras.
Babana hotel is beautifully designed, airy hotel, with a private beach and a very nice restaurant. Rooms are clean and very pretty. The staff are very polite and go out of their way to help you. A friend wanted a mint tea, they didn't have it, but they went to the market and bought mint for her to make her a tea. Some staff don't speak fluent English, but if it happens that you can't understand each other, the other member of staff who does speak fluent English is immediately called. I've got nothing but praise for this hotel!
The design, the view and the silence of the hotel. It was an amazing hotel. I strongly recommend this hotel.


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Green Dot Launches Mobile Bank Account for Smartphone Generation
Green Dot has announced GoBank, "the first bank account designed from scratch to be opened and used on a mobile device. Launching in limited release, with general availability to come later this year, GoBank is fast, fair and feature-rich, allowing consumers to interact with their money in a way that's immediate, intuitive and intimate. In addition to GoBank's consumer-friendly pricing model of no overdraft fees or penalty fees and no minimum balance requirements, GoBank makes it easy to send and deposit money, build a budget and find an ATM, with a massive network of more than 40,000 fee-free ATMs." And don't forget the FDIC insurance.
Website is located at http://www.gobank.com/.


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so, itunes music store has this song as a free download this week. Go Get IT!!
One of my favorite groups of 2005, after i got tired of listening to Bloc Party, AND I actually bought the physical CD of this album.
Although all Tony could do was complain about Hard-Fi, i really like them.


text: About the Miami-Dade County Parks, Recreation and Open Spaces Department:Nationally accredited, a three-time winner of the NRPA National Gold Medal Award, winner of the 2013 Florida Governor's Sustained Excellence Award and the 2009 Florida Governor's Sterling Award for excellence in management and operations, Miami-Dade County Parks is the third largest county park system in the United States, consisting of 260 parks and 12,825 acres of land. It is one of the most unique park and recreation systems in the world. Made up of more than just playgrounds and athletic fields, it also comprises out-of-school, sports-development, and summer-camp programs; programs for seniors and people with disabilities; educational nature centers and nature preserves; environmental restoration efforts; arts and culture programs and events; the renowned Zoo Miami, Deering Estate at Cutler and Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden; the Crandon Tennis Center, home of the Sony Open; golf courses; beaches; marinas; campgrounds; pools; and more. For information about Miami-Dade County Parks call 3-1-1, or visit www.miamidade.gov/parks/. To request material in accessible format, information on access for persons with disabilities, or sign language interpreter services (7 days in advance), call 305-755-7848.


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As of June 2007, the Storage Working Group is preparing a summary
wiki matrix for the principal recommended data access solutions.
We will be covering some aspects of the underlying hardware as well.
The wiki pages may be reached by clicking on the
"Technology Tracking"
link on the left. These pages will continue being updated on the best effort basis.
We invite anybody who is willing to contribute to contact us to get the
appropriate wiki password.


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Oatmeal - Blueberry Muffins
Recipe by Chef shapeweaver
I found this recipe in the cookbook that Chef MarieAlice sent me. These are just so good. If using frozen berries do not thaw.
Top Review by QueenBee49444
This recipes was quick and easy to make. The muffins looked great and tasted delicious. The berries sank a little in the batter - causing some of the muffin the be a plain muffin. I found a tip that suggests dusting the frozen berries with flour before adding to the batter. This helps keep the batter from turning purple and the berries do not sink. Made for My 3 Chefs Tag.
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Ingredients Nutrition
- 1 large egg, beaten
- 1 cup buttermilk
- 1⁄2 cup packed brown sugar
- 1⁄2 cup margarine or 1⁄2 cup butter, melted
- 1 cup quick-cooking oats, uncooked
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1⁄2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup blueberries
Directions See How It's Made
- Combine egg, buttermilk, brown sugar and margarine; beat well.
- Mix in oats, flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt just until moistened.
- Fold in blueberries.
- Fill greased muffin tins two-thirds full.
- Bake at 400° for 20 minutes.


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Tallmadge -- The Cuyahoga Valley Youth Ballet gave a mini-performance at the Tallmadge Branch Library Feb. 9.
Children and their parents listened to the book "Miss Spider's Tea Party" by David Kirk. Then they watched the ballet performance and participated in interactive dance and movement activities based on the book.
The attendees, who were encouraged to wear their best party hat, partook in tea and cookies after the performance.


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Cambridge residents Andy and Teresa Yandora check out a unique ice formation hanging from one of the pavilions in Cambridge City Park on Monday. The snow began melting and sliding from the rooftop. Icicles that were once hanging vertically shifted to a horizontal position. With warmer weather forecast soon, this bit of nature's handiwork be gone in days.
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Christmas is over, school is out (at least temporarily) and I am finally able to get a few moments to access the internet and wish the green blog readers a very Happy Holidays!
I've been compiling news announcements of several green consumer products launch for months in time for the holidays. I wonder if they're really eco-friendly or is this just another marketing ploy to grab consumers' green bucks. The question is: With the economic recession in full force, will green product innovation suffer?
1. Eco-friendly mattress – Simmons Bedding Company launched early this year its Natural Care mattresses featuring natural latex, soy-based polyols from Dow Chemical, and fabric cover made from wood fibers. I hope they don't come with natural bedbugs!2. Green running shoes – Brooks Sports says its Trance 8 support shoe now has the company's patented BioMoGo biodegradable midsole. Extensive tests prove that BioMoGo can biodegrade in roughly 20 years when placed in the same environment.
3. Solar car sunroof - car sales might get a boost with this new solar sunroof from Sunrise Solar Corp. The solar sunroof will generate electricity to recharge the vehicle's batteries while simultaneously cooling the car when parked in a hot climate or warm the car when parked in a cooler climate.
4. Green room sanitizer - The lamp that kills!…germs that is. Ozone Man's new Eliminator 7-14 Ocidal room sanitizing device employs ultra high output ultraviolet (UV) clean ozone and UV germicidal lamps and has an internal antimicrobial killfield. No need for harmful chemicals the company said.
5. VOC-free paint - this is not your ordinary boring house paint. UK-based Superstars Ceilings says their glow-in-the-dark paint free of VOC (volatile organic compounds) is certified child-safe and eco-friendly. Make your kids' rooms glow for the coming New Year with this eco-friendly paint!
6. Eco-litter box - this invention might look weird (to you and your cat) at first but Feline Evolution says its CatSeat allows for a Green Filter(TM) that can help save the lives of Sea Otters on California's Pacific Coast by providing proper disposal of cat waste. The CatSeat reportedly eliminates a cat's dependence on litter gradually. A nice gift for your eco-loving cat!
7. Green diaper bag - now that you've taken care of your cat, it's time to take care of your baby with this new Wee Generation Eco-Diaper Bag by Seventh Generation. The recyclable Wee Generation Eco-Diaper Bag features PVC-free material made from recycled beverage bottles.


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World of the Early Church Hardback
A Social History
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Another in the now quite long-lived and popular Lion hardback series: in this we are introduced to the social world in which Christianity developed. The illustrations support the text and are impressively presented, but the captioning often leaves a lot to be desired. The archaeological and literary facts give a vivid picture of the teeming cities of the Roman world into which the first apostles ventured, initially to the Jewish diaspora and then, most significantly, to the gentiles. How these social conditions impacted on the gospel message itself is the underlying theme of any study of this type, and so it is here.
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Have a hankering to run your own restaurant? Consider restaurant leasing.
Restaurant leasing allows new restaurateurs the ability to gain experience and reduce expenses when starting out in the food service industry. Restaurateurs typically have the option of leasing an existing restaurant or leasing an existing space, allowing them to carry out renovations and create a unique restaurant design. By leasing instead of purchasing the property, businesses can put more working capital into the cost of renovations, equipment, advertising and other factors influential to the restaurant's success.
Location can play a big role in determining the potential success of a business. For example, a building in an isolated area of town will have trouble attracting enough customers to remain in business. The restaurant's location should offer easy accessibility and visibility to potential customers. To get the best combination of visibility and space, many restaurateurs choose to establish their businesses in locations near highways, malls and downtown areas.
It's a good idea for restaurateurs to carefully research their customer base before deciding on a final location. While scouting locations, they should examine the type and number of restaurants and businesses already in the area, which can help determine if the area has a high enough flow of customers to support another restaurant. The hours of operation for other businesses will also help in deciding which hours will be most profitable and aid a business in deciding to serve breakfast, lunch or dinner.
The size of the building available for lease should play a part in the final decision, as well. For example, a smaller building may not be able to accommodate large crowds or offer enough room for future expansions as the business becomes more profitable. Regardless of its size, the building should be inspected to ensure it can accommodate the ventilation, plumbing and wiring needs of the restaurant.
To protect the business owner's investment, a restaurant lease should be drawn up in writing and should include a description of the property, rent amount, utilities and any foreseen rent increases (escalations). According to the U.S. Small Business Administration, most of the terms in a lease can be negotiated with the property owner. For restaurant leasing, a short-term contract of no more than three years with the option to renew may be ideal for new business owners. However, when negotiating a longer lease, landlords may be willing to reduce monthly rental payments or accept a percentage of the restaurant's revenue instead of a flat monthly rate. Since commercial leases have no standard format, consulting a lawyer is highly recommended to ensure all parties involved understand their legal responsibilities. The additional assistance of a restaurant broker or lawyer will also help get the business owner the best possible lease terms, such as an option to sublease the property or a non-compete clause that restricts the landlord from renting nearby properties to similar restaurants.
Since stocking kitchen with new equipment can cost tens of thousands of dollars, the restaurant owner may decide to lease cooking equipment and other restaurant supplies, as well. By purchasing used equipment, another way to cut startup costs, the restaurant saves money up front. However, used equipment generally does not come with a warranty, and the cost of repairs can be very high. Additionally, items like icemakers and freezers have shorter shelf-lives, even when purchased new, and require more frequent replacements. Leasing restaurant equipment is a cheaper option for a new business since it requires less initial investment. Companies that provide equipment for leasing can often handle the installation and maintenance as well. Additionally, lease agreements can be customized to allow purchase of the item once the lease ends, or to upgrade the item when the lease is renewed.
A number of federal, state, county and city regulations should be met when opening a restaurant. Restaurateurs have to be careful to comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), a federal act designed to prevent discrimination to disabled individuals. According to the provisions of the law listed at ADA.gov, new buildings are required to be readily accessible to the disabled, including their parking spaces, bathrooms and entranceways. For restaurant leasing, the age of the building in question and whether it must be renovated determine which requirements should be met. Business.gov provides a service guide to help restaurateurs understand and comply with laws and regulations affecting the food service industry.
The restaurant's location will also determine local ordinances and zoning requirements. To protect their investment during restaurant leasing, owners should be careful to have zoning assurances written into the lease. The restaurant lease should also offer an "out clause" for the restaurant owner: if the business fails without such a clause in place, the restaurateur will still be responsible for the terms in the lease agreement until it expires, which can be very costly.


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Oracle® Java™[1] runtime 1.6 or above.
At least 2Gb of memory and a 2GHz CPU.
250Mb of free disk space; 500Mb for the self-contained distribution which includes a private Java runtime.
XXE should run fine on any platform supporting Java 1.6+. However it is officially supported only on:
Windows XP/Vista/7/8/10, 32-bit or 64-bit, running Oracle Java 1.6+ with the Windows Look and Feel (LAF).
Mac OS X 10.11 (El Capitan) and macOS 10.12 (Sierra), running a very recent Oracle Java 1.8+ (more recent than version 1.8.0_40) with the Macintosh LAF.
Linux 2.6+ running Oracle Java 1.6+ with the Metal LAF.
It is possible to use XXE on other platforms —notably Mac OS X 10.10 (Yosemite) on the Mac— and/or using other Java runtimes —notably Apple® Java 1.6 on the Mac— and/or with other LAFs, but without support from XMLmind.
XXE should work fine on Macs having Retina® screens and on Personal Computers having UHD ("4K") screens. On Windows, all DPI scale factors —100%, 125%, 150%, 200%, etc— are supported. However for this to work, please make sure to install latest Oracle® Java™ runtime and to use the system, default, Look and Feel.
Download the
setup.exe file.
setup.exe files includes a very recent, generally the most recent, Oracle® private Java™ runtime. Therefore, you don't need to install Java on your computer. Moreover, if you have Java already installed on your computer, then your public Java runtime will be ignored by XXE.
Double-click on the
setup.exe file to launch the installer.
Follow the instructions of the installer.
Download the
.dmg file.
Double-click the downloaded
.dmg file to open it in the Finder.
Copy the
XMLmind.app folder, an application bundle represented by icon , anywhere you want. For example, drag&drop this icon to the
/Applications folder or to your desktop.
Start XMLmind XML Editor by double-clicking on the icon (or use the Launchpad).
The first time XMLmind XML Editor is started, your Mac will generally ask you to confirm that you actually want to open an application downloaded from the Internet. Clickto confirm.
Don't worry, XMLmind XML Editor has been digitally signed using a certificate issued by Apple itself. This confirmation is required for any digitally signed application not coming from the App Store.
Move the downloaded
.dmg file to the Trash.
.dmg distribution includes a very recent, generally the most recent, Oracle® private Java™ runtime. However, this private runtime is not necessarily the one which will be used to run XXE:
If you have an Oracle Java runtime at least as recent as the bundled one installed on your computer, this runtime will be used to run XXE.
Otherwise, it's the bundled runtime which will be used to run XXE.
On the Mac, it is strongly recommended to download and install the
.dmg file.
Make sure that the Java™
bin/ directory is referenced in the $PATH and, at the same time, check that the Java™ runtime in the $PATH has the right version:
~$ java -version java version "1.8.0_112" Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0_112-b16) Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 25.112-b16, mixed mode)
Unpack the XXE distribution inside any directory you want:
$ cd $ unzip xxe-pro-7_4_1.zip $ ls xxe-pro-7_4_1 addon/ bin/ demo/ doc/ ...
XXE is intended to be used directly from the
xxe-pro-7_4_1/ directory. That is, you can start XXE by simply executing:
$ xxe-pro-7_4_1/bin/xxe &
After that, you may want to add
xxe-pro-7_4_1/bin/ to your
On Windows, it is strongly recommended to download and install the auto-installable
setup.exe file.
Make sure that you have a Java™ 1.6+ runtime installed on your machine. To check this, open a command window and type "
java -version" followed by Enter. You should get something looking like this:
C:\> java -version java version "1.8.0_112" Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0_112-b16) Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 25.112-b16, mixed mode)
Use a tool like WinZip, 7-Zip or Info-Zip [2] to unzip the XXE distribution inside any directory you want:
C:\> mkdir XMLmind C:\> cd XMLmind C:\XMLmind> unzip xxe-pro-7_4_1.zip C:\XMLmind> dir xxe-pro-7_4_1 ... <DIR> addon ... <DIR> bin ... <DIR> demo ... <DIR> doc ...
XXE is intended to be used directly from the
xxe-pro-7_4_1/ directory. That is, you can start XXE by simply executing:
C:\XMLmind> xxe-pro-7_4_1\bin\xxe.exe
After that, you may want to add a shortcut to "
C:\XMLmind\xxe-pro-7_4_1\bin\xxe.exe" on your desktop.
Note that the
bin/ directory contains not only
xxe.exe, but also
xxe-c.bat, which starts XXE with a console. On Windows, a console is needed to be able to see low-level error messages, for example, when developing custom configurations or extensions.


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St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Tustin is holding its semiannual used book, CD, periodical and media sale 8 a.m.-noon Sunday at 1221 Wass St. in Tustin. Proceeds fund the Bishop John McGill Krumm Scholarship for mid-career women seeking education or training. An assortment of gardening, kids' books, poetry, fiction, nonfiction and classics will be for sale, as well as magazines, tapes, CDs and DVDs.
Information: 714-544-3141 or stpauls.org.
St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Tustin is holding a Shrove Tuesday Fun and Frolic pot luck at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at the church, 1221 Wass St. in Tustin. The family event includes a trivia contest and burning of the palms from last year's Palm Sunday to use on Ash Wednesday.
Information: 714-544-3141 or stpauls.org.
Business Alliance of Orange County is holding its monthly mixer 5:30-7 p.m. Wednesday at Zito's Bar and Grill, 17320 17th St., in the Enderle Center in Tustin. The theme of the month is "We Love Our Members." The event is open to members and invited guests and includes beverages, a no-host bar, appetizers, display booths, networking and raffle prizes. Cost: $10 members, $15 nonmembers.
Information: 714-669-0763 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
The Tustin Chamber of Commerce is holding a membership breakfast 7:30 -9 a.m. on Wednesday at Tustin Ranch Golf Club, 12442 Tustin Ranch Road in Tustin. District Attorney Tony Rackauckas will speak. Cost: $20 members, $25 non-members and members who do not make a reservation.
Information: 714-544-5341 or tustinchamber.org.
The Tustin Parks and Recreation Department is holding a free sweetheart luncheon at noon Feb. 14 at the Tustin Area Senior Center, 200 S. C St., in Tustin. The luncheon is sponsored by the Tustin-Santa Ana Rotary Club.
Information: 714-573-3340.
The Tustin Chamber of Commerce is holding a business issues forum featuring Bryan M. Starr, senior vice president of government affairs for the Orange County Business Council. The forum is 7:30-9 a.m. Feb. 15 at the Tustin Ranch Golf Club, 12442 Tustin Ranch Road, in Tustin. Attendees will be informed about issues affecting businesses, including taxes, health care, government regulation, fees and anti-business legislation. The forums are the third Friday of each quarter. Future meetings are planned for May, July and October. Cost: $10 members, $15 nonmembers.
Information: 714-544-5341 or tustinchamber.org.
Empower International Ministries is holding a Valentine's Day benefit concert featuring the Scott Bartchy Quartet. "Jazz and Romance" will be at 7 p.m. Feb. 15 in the Fellowship Hall at Trinity United Presbyterian Church, 13922 Prospect Ave., in Santa Ana. Donations benefit Empower International, a ministry working in Africa, India and Haiti.
Information: empowerinternational.org.
The Tustin Library, Joy of Kung Fu and Chinese Daily are holding a Lunar New Year celebration to welcome the Year of the Snake. The family festival features live entertainment, an arts exhibit, a student art contest, a food truck, crafts, lucky money envelopes, vendor booths and family activities. The festival will be noon-4 p.m. Feb. 17 at the library, 345 E. Main St., in Tustin.
Information: 714-943-7585.
Jamestown Village in Old Town Tustin is holding the Vintage Flea Market 8 a.m.-3 p.m. Feb. 24 at 474 El Camino Real in Tustin. More than 50 dealers will feature antiques, collectibles, vintage items and home furnishings.
Information: 714-573-1025 or VintageWhimzy.com.


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A MAN from Wimborne who was reported as missing on Thursday has been found, said Dorset Police.
David Button, 54, who was last seen at his home address in the St Leonards area at 3pm on August 7, was found safe and well just after 11.30am this morning.
He had left a note saying that he was going for a walk but did not return as expected, leading to him being reported as missing at 10pm on Thursday night.
Dorset Police put out an appeal for information as to David's whereabouts, including the fact that he had not taken any of his personal possessions or his car with him.
Force Incident Commander, Debbie Marsden, described his disappearance as 'out of character' and that everyone who knows him was very worried and wished to find him as soon as possible.


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[For those of you who aren't familiar with organic chemistry
representations, any intersection of two lines which does not have a designated atom is
considered to be a Carbon atom. All hydrogens which are not necessary for understanding
the structure are left out of the structure for space reasons.]
Since I will be discussing several other compounds which act in
similar manners to nicotine, I thought I would include their information here as well.
The first other compound is acetylcholine (ACh), the natural agonist for the receptors which also bind nicotine (c.f., nicotine's mode of action). ACh is synthesized in the body from choline and acetylCoA by the enzyme choline acetylase (also referred to as choline acetyltransferase, or CAT). In the laboratory, AChCl (acetylcholine chloride) can be synthesized from trimethylame and beta-chloroethyl acetate.
Le premier autre composé est l'acétylcholine (ACh), l'agoniste normal pour les récepteurs qui lient également la nicotine (c.f., mode d'action de la nicotine). ACh est synthétisé dans le corps à partir de la choline et de l'acetylCoA par l'enzyme acetylase de choline (également désigné sous le nom de l'acétyltransférase de choline, ou CHAT). En laboratoire, AChCl (chlorure d'acétylcholine) peut être synthétisé à partir du trimethylame et de l'acétate bêta-chloroéthylique.
The chemical formula for AChCl is C7H16ClNO2, for a molecular mass
of 181.68 . In proper nomenclature, AChCl is 2-(Acetyloxy)-N,N,N-trimethylethanamium
chlorode. ACh is also known by the names Acecoline, Arterocolin, Miochol, and Ovisot.
The structure of ACh is:
Lobeline is another plant alkaloid which acts in some of the
same ways as nicotine. Lobeline is extracted from the herb and seeds of Lobelia inflata,
(Indian tobacco), a plant found in Canada and the US. [Interestingly, the plant's other
names are "wild tobacco," "emetic herb," "asthma weed,"
"bladder bod," and "vomit wart," which should give you a hint as to
some of the other effects
of nicotine on the body.
Finally, d-Tubocurarine chloride, or curare, (dTC) is yet
another plant alkaloid which acts in the opposite manner of nicotine. dTC is extracted
from Chondodendron tomentosum, a South American vine. Widely used as a muscle
relaxant during surgery, curare was reportedly used by the Indians of Brazil, Peru,
Ecuador and Colombia on the tips of their arrows.
Something that is worth noting at this point is that all of those
above structures interact with the same structure, although with differing affinities.
That tells us that there are very specific parts of the molecules which are needed. In
this case, the amine (N) is one of the necessities.


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Agents from the New Mexico Department of Public Safety Special Investigations Division, which enforces the state Liquor Control Act, has met with representatives of Santa Fe Police regarding the fatal wrong-way crash that occurred on I-25 yesterday.
"We are working with the agent up in Santa Fe, and as soon as they're done or they give the go-ahead that they're done, we'll do our administrative investigation," Lt. Chris Ortiz tells SFR.
In such cases, SID agents work in conjunction with criminal investigators to investigate businesses licensed to sell alcohol, but criminal investigation of either people directly involved in the accident, servers or licensees takes precedence over SID's administrative investigation, Ortiz says.
Ortiz says he does not know at this point who the potential target or targets of such an investigation would be in this case. Santa Fe Police Chief Aric Wheeler says the detectives working the case attended the autopsy of the decedent this morning, and haven't investigated leads related to possible over-serving of the driver yet.
Ortiz said proving that a drunk driver was over-served by a certain establishment is tricky for many reasons. Even if the suspected drunk driver paid with a credit card, there has to be eyewitness proof that he or she was actually drinking, rather than just picking up a tab for others.
Investigators also have to use the suspect's blood alcohol concentration to determine the window of time during which his or her drinking could have affected it.