text: 'Chillers' is now a graphic novel By Douglas Imbrogno May 5, 2012 Story Share For more on the "Chillers" graphic novel, go here. CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Danny Boyd's first movie, "Chillers," a horror anthology released in 1988, has had multiple lives with a new one out soon in stores and online.Sales and distribution records show the movie has been sold in more than 30 countries. Starring local actors and funded with a stitched-together melding of local financing and in-kind contributions, the movie was later picked up by Troma Films, won an Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films Silver Scroll Award and earned fans far and wide beyond West Virginia's borders.The movie ticks off yet another life, in the form of a "Chillers" graphic novel, released this month by Big Pictures Inc., in association with West Virginia State University and Troma Inc. and published by Transfuzion Publishing.The black-and-white graphic novel has about 130 pages and features some of the original characters from the movie, but with 11 new, original tales that reprise the concept of Babylon bus line driver Peterr Jesus, driving people to Hell, based on misguided or evil actions in their human life:"Just goes to show, mon," Jesus says as he gathers up riders along the way in the book. "You don't have to go to hell. Sometimes hell comes to you."Boyd will initially release the novel to comic book stores across the state in mid-May, in homage to the retail establishments that have kept the traditional comic book alive, and encouraged the popularity of its big brother, the graphic novel."You always try to show respect to the traditional comic shops," said Boyd. "It's a struggling enterprise, and anyone who loves comic books want to keep them alive."The book will receive a second wave of promotion in June when it goes on sale in regular bookstores and online through Amazon.com. It sells for $12.99.Boyd wrote four of the tales. One of his students at West Virginia State University, Betsy Allen, wrote another along with other contributors. Being a horror anthology, some of the tales are quite dark, such as Boyd's tale of "Dr. Timmy's Fearless Dentistry." A man, fearful of the dentist and his own dark urges, goes to a dental office filled with alluring assistants only to have burly bruisers break in searching for pills. The dental patient -- modeled after original "Chillers" actor Jim Wolfe -- grabs some sharp objects at hand, starts slashing and leaves the place a charnel house of dismembered bodies."But . . . but I'm the . . . hero, right?" he asks, as the police gun him down and he awakes on the bus to Hell.The mix of character-driven anthology tales won the original film a devoted audience that Boyd hopes to find again through the burgeoning genre of the graphic novel.A vivid testament to fan devotion to that long-ago 1988 film is a new recording by punk trio The Buddy Black Band of Canada, timed to release along with the "Chillers" graphic novel."Witchfinger: The Chillers EP" features songs inspired by the movie. Band founder Buddy Black, who estimates he watched "Chillers" easily more than 500 times, sought out Boyd to pay homage to the film. In February, the band filmed a music video in the area of their song "The Chillers Theme," using some of the original cast and crew, including bus driver Peterr Jesus, played by West Virginia poet Norman Jordan. For a long time, Boyd said, he wondered whether he had imagined the "mythos" that "Chillers" had created, this strong bond fans felt for the film. "I think it really existed. Youngsters and teenagers at the time really dug it, and now those are the people in power, running the studios and reviews sites and they're the publishers -- they all remember it and have quite fond memories."That said, despite the movie's success as a kind of widely traveled cult film -- Boyd estimated that, in sum total, it generated more than $1 million in revenue -- not much of that money found its way home."It's not sour grapes -- it's the nature of the business," said Boyd. "It goes through distributors and sub-distributors and changes hands. I was in the room when they sold it to South Korea in the Beverly Hilton hotel. South Korea paid X amount of money and they can do anything they want with it -- they bought it, they have all rights. So, you just never know how much is made, totally."On the other hand, his first big movie project out of the box was a kind of unexpected home run."There were some bad experiences, but I'm very grateful -- it started my career. I'm not one of those guys that whines about the screw jobs in the business, because that's the business."The graphic novel form of "Chillers" is a new direction for Boyd, who has a new anthology graphic novel series called "Carbon" underway and set for release next year. The Brazilian shop illustrating that book, Rascunho Studio, drew two of the 11 stories in "Chillers," with artists from around the world doing other chapters. Don't expect the shiny, many-colored inks of contemporary comic books from the "Chillers" graphic novels. They trade in the same gray-scale, black-and-white imagery of the popular graphic novel "The Walking Dead," the series that resulted in the popular cable channel spin-off.That look, said Boyd, "is not only acceptable, it is desired in the true world of horror comics."Boyd will host the release of the novel at the following locations:Wednesday, May 16, 5:30 to 8 p.m.: Lost Legion Games and Comics, The Rifleman, 600 D St., South Charleston. Call 304-205-7919.Thursday, May 17, 5:30 to 8 p.m.: Lost Legion Games and Comics, The Keep, 706 Thorn St., Princeton. Call 304-431-0021.Friday, May 18, 5:30 to 8 p.m.: Lost Legion Games and Comics, The Castle, 406 2nd St., Beckley. Call 304-253-1974.Saturday, May 19, 2 to 6 p.m.: Lost Legion Games and Comics, The Vault, 3206 Dudley Ave., Parkersburg. Call 304-873-6044.Reach Douglas Imbrogno at email@example.com or 304-348-3017. Story Share Story Share Trending Now 1 Deer in 8 WV counties found dead from EHD 2 New company planning $73M synthetic fuel plant in Greenbrier County 3 WVU law professor announces run for Congress 4 Richwood mayor on leave amid investigation of purchases 5 Contractors get look at WV Capitol dome damage Wyeth's Pa. world opening to the public Previous Story Internet routers have sat unused for nearly two years Next Story


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Not sure which forum to put this is as it cover every section!
I am running a competition on my website which will collect me email address's for a mailing list.
I want a form which will do this for me. I am ok with a simple HTML form but have a few questions to see if I can get it to do exactly what I want
Preferably without using PHP (As I havent read about it yet) although I'm 90% sure this wont be possible (especialy my last point)
Questions below:
IE: If x is selected, then the drop down list = abcdef. If Y is selected then the drop down list = GHIJKL.
Any help would be greatly appreciated as I'm looking to go live at the beginning of Dec
You are going to have to use some sort of scripting language to process the email submissions and, I assume, save them in a database. Unless you can find a Wordpress plugin to do it for you.
Export from where? From a database? You can export from a database to CSV using phpMyAdmin.
On the web page? You will have to use Javascript for that.
Look for a Wordpress plugin to do that.
Thanks CheeseDude!
Suppose I meant, can I export to a CSV file, rather than a database. IE: Past straight into the CSV?
Though so, I'l have a dig into that then...
Any reccomendations? I've searched through but its hard to put into words as a search term...
If you handle your mailing list with campaign monitor or mailchimp, then you already have a WordPress plugin for that.
If you simply want to have the details because you're hadling your mailing list with another software or program (let's say, Outlook or Thunderbird, although these softwares are not really suited for this), use a normal from that will e-mail you the details you need
Suppose my boggest question is, how do I store the data from the form. My book states response'o'matic.
Can I do this straight to an exce;/ csv file or a SQL database? What are my options
Thanks, I missed this previously
Just checking out mailchimp and it looks good. I dont love teh form though so may just make one to email me.
I'd like to show the results but think I'm out of my depth
It will be a competition where everyone who signs up will choose their club. I'd like to show which club s in the lead (Like a poll)
You can always change the looks of the form by chaging the CSS.
Now, you're adding a new concept into the equation... that you wanted to collect the e-mail addresses... To show this results, you at least need to keep count and that means some programming whether you like it or not.
Not sure that there's any plugin that can do what you want (capturing e-mails and showing the results of this competition) but i would suggest that you search again, in this case using the word "competition" as a main search because it is likely that if the plugin does exist, it will capture the e-mail addresses and add it to a database where you can export it as CSV
I'm more than happy with the programming. I'd like to avoid PHP if possible but would love a HTML/ Java one (although I'm new to Java)
Unless I've missed the point there
I can do my form easily in HTML/ Java, email will be fine. Showing the results is a whole new ball game
You should be fine if you know Java and your server support it (most of them do so I don't think that you'll have problem there)
You can code your page with HTML and program the functionality with Java, if that's what you know.
Thanks I'll do that
I'm incredibly new to java so a push on the right direction would be great but I'm happy to get my hands dirty!

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One of the most powerful features of the cloud is that developers and operations engineers can treat infrastructure as code. Instead of calling a provider requesting to bring a new server online, or asking for it to be removed, people can now write their application to toolkits that can control their entire configuration. Using a Multi-Cloud Toolkit makes this even easier – it allows you to control infrastructure on a variety of clouds in your native programming language, while reducing the amount of time you have to spend learning how to communicate with different cloud APIs.
I talked about cloud portability with Multi-Cloud Toolkits this week at OSCON, here are some of the key points I discussed.
Advantages Of Cloud Portability
There are several advantages to having your application work on a number of different clouds. First, you can make your application highly available. Let's face it: providers have outages. Uptime is never 100 percent; it is always a series of 9s. Having the ability to deploy your app to multiple clouds can help make it highly available if one of those providers were to temporarily go down.
Another advantage is that you could more easily find a new home if your provider were to change its Service Level Agreements (SLAs) around performance or stance on privacy. Rather than being locked in to a provider whose new SLAs don't align with your needs, integrating a Multi-Cloud Toolkit could give you the ability to move without having to rewrite your application.
There is always that bill at the end of the month with cloud hosting. When you initially deploy your app, the pricing model of one provider might make sense. But what happens when it explodes? At that point either you or the CFO will look at the bill and consider what that price might look like at other providers. Knowing that you could move can help open the discussion about how to best spend your money.
Finally, you could find yourself in a situation where your cloud provider didn't give you the level of support you had initially expected. You discovered that you want more of a hosting partner than just a raw compute provider. Integrating a Multi-Cloud Toolkit can enable you to switch to a provider whose support model is more beneficial to your business.
How To Use The Multi-Cloud Toolkits
There are three layers that you should be aware of as you begin writing portable code.
The top layer is called Portable; using these interfaces will give you the highest number of cloud providers that your code can communicate with. At this layer you have the commands that are common across all cloud providers. The Portable layer is the key feature of Multi-Cloud toolkits that allows you to control your infrastructure across supported providers.
Moving down a layer, you get into the OpenStack family of providers. When you integrate such toolkits into your code, you are able to communicate not only with a family of providers who have built their clouds on top of OpenStack (e.g. Rackspace, HP and DreamHost), you are also able to communicate with your own private cloud deployment of OpenStack. You gain the ability to have more options to control your infrastructure while maintaining the ability to port over your application to a number of different OpenStack-powered clouds.
The most specific layer that you can interact with is the Provider layer. Interacting with the toolkit at this level will enable you to take advantage of the specific features of a single provider. While you can't port this functionality over to a different provider, it may be worthwhile to integrate certain parts of your application at the Provider level to take advantage of a very specific feature of the hosting company that enables your app to perform at higher level.
As you create your application, it is important to understand which layer of the Multi-Cloud Toolkit you want to integrate with. In fact, you could integrate with different pieces of the Provider, OpenStack and Portable layers within the toolkit. This is part of the conversation about technical debt where the decisions that you make today will impact your agility tomorrow. I would caution against simply hacking away at your application without taking a moment to consider the future state and needs of your business.
Download The Toolkits
There is a good chance that the toolkit you are looking for is already written in your native programming language. You can check out the listing of all the toolkits at developer.rackspace.com. Rather than writing these toolkits from scratch, Rackspace has adopted many of the open source toolkits that are already in use by the community and that interface with our cloud. On the site, we provide links to download the toolkits, documentation and example code that can help you integrate it with your app. I invite you to check them out and even become part of a community that is helping make these Multi-Cloud Toolkits.
Be sure to check out the book OpenStack Operations Guide (co-authored by Everett) for best practices in running an OpenStack cloud. You can follow him on Twitter @everett_toews.


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General News of Tuesday, 20 November 2012
Source: myjoyonline
A communications team member of the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC), Kakra Essamuah has bemoaned what he says is the growing 'arrogance' of the General Overseer of the International Central Gospel Church (ICGC), Pastor Mensa Otabil.
According to him, the conduct of the ICGC leader in recent times is no difference from the tyrant King of Babylon, Nebuchadnezzar who tormented his subjects for many years.
"Pastor Otabil has reached a state where what God ask him to tell us he owns it? He tells us that he owns his words and is the only person who can interpret his words [then] what is the difference between him and Nebuchadnezzar? Kakra quizzed.
His comment is in reaction to the recent sermon by the renowned preacher man who was urging his congregation to vote based on policies presented by politicians and not for material things in the December polls.
Pastor Otabil addressing his congregation on Sunday, entreated Ghanaians to exercise their sovereignty wisely by voting for leaders who will serve their interest and not on partisan or tribal lines.
But on Asempa FM's Ekosii Sen programme on Monday, Kakra Essamuah admonished Pastor Otabil not to dabble in partisan politics and concentrate on the gospel.
"I go to church for religious instruction not for political reasons. Anybody who thinks that after 20 years he can teach us how to vote in a church is mythical" he added.
Lawyer Essamuah described as unfortunate why some pastors do not know the distinction between their role as messengers and prophet of God.
"To maintain their [pastors] sacred authority there is the need for them to withdraw from the arena of partisan politics. Do not get involved in partisan politics; if you do, those political actors will respond accordingly".
The NDC man said the core mandate of every pastor is to speak against sin and sinners and not to educate his congregation on how to vote hence Pastor Otabil must be condemned.
"You choose to do politics when and how you like it but when we do it you get offended and call us Machiavellian, evil, sinister".
Kakra Essamuah said in view of Pastor Otabil's 'political sermon' over the weekend, it will be difficult for the NDC to adhere to the cease fire by the Christian Council.
However, the Director of Communication of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP), Nana Akomea said the ruling party has failed to handle the issue appropriately.
He said the salvo being fired at the ICGC leader by members of the NDC has the potential to send the party into opposition few days to the December polls.
Nana Akomea indicated that it will serve the interest of the ruling party if it concentrates on its campaign than seeking to make political capital out of nothing.


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The rule as written is old and does not take tuning into account. The Rules Nazis read this old, unclear rule as black and white and accept it's inherent contradictory rulings as law. They contend that "players may not make post-production modification of discs which alter their original flight characteristics" is "crystal clear in its prohibition of 'tuning.'"justin wrote:I was following the thread on PDGA closely. I take from the comments that everyone agrees that detecting a tuned disc is unfeasible for tournaments right now. Also, some people think that if some players tune discs, while others don't because it is not explicitly specified as legal. Personally I don't tune my discs.
I can't think of how tuning a disc gives a player an automatic advantage. Knowing the discs in your bag helps immensely and I just can't think of a difference between throwing the same discs for 3 years or tuning them to the way you want. It's not like tuning unlocks a secret warp zone that other players don't know about. My personal belief is that skill will always trump equipment all else being equal. Especially when everyone's equipment varies slightly anyway. Disc golf is not Nascar; we don't all throw the same molds.
Also, I read that some people think that tuning a disc in the middle of a round can give an unfair advantage because you could throw all of your overstable drivers into water and then tune a disc you have left to be overstable. Well good luck with that, because as soon as you tune a disc, how the disc performs becomes an unknown.
I think that a small clause should be allowed for tuning a disc, while maintaining the 21 cm diameter rule.
If Innova wants to make a special disc that only sponsored players can use (being unable to spread the cost of developing said disc across runs of thousands of discs to the consumer) thereby passing up the possibility of selling thousands and thousands of these discs to the general disc golfing public...more power to them. Companies that make stupid business decisions just go out of business, so soon the point would be moot.Chuck Kennedy wrote:If the rule were simplified so that players just couldn't add any material (except dye) or shave plastic from the disc such that tuning was allowed, then we should also remove the requirement that 500 discs be producted for retail sales for a new disc mold to be approved. In other words, manufacturers could produce discs that only their sponsored players could have. The rationale being discussed here is that nothing a player can do to tune a disc will make it any better than what is already available or can possibly be molded at this point under the current specs.
I don't know a lot about them, but what about the old DGA "Factor ___" discs? One old schooler around here had a "Factor 5 Stingray", as I understand it, they shave off the bottom part of the wing to make a disc less stable. Are these discs actually legal? They're not modified by the player, but they ARE modified.
Realistically, it makes no difference when Innova released the Destroyer. Nate Doss can't throw it no matter when it comes out. Cale can't throw it. Randolph can't throw it. Really, other than Steve Rico there is no one with a legitimate chance to win Worlds that this would effect.Chuck Kennedy wrote:No manufacturer would likely just produce a disc for their sponsored players for the long run but they might keep it for them for the championship season from July thru October for example. I'm thinking like when the Destroyer first came out. Nothing else was widely available with that wing at the time.
So what do you do with the 8X Roc? The Rancho Roc is still in production, so I'm assuming the 8X would still be OK? What about the San Marino? It was OOP for a dozen years. Would they all suddenly have become legal again this spring? What date do you use? The Pegasus has not been run in years, but you can still buy them. So I'm guessing it would be up to Innova to supply the date the last run was made. Could they do a short run of CFR discs and keep it legal for 10 more years? That would be cool...LE Marauders! CFR Morays! Lets do it!Chuck Kennedy wrote:The problem of disc availability already exists at the other end of the time line when discs not in production out perform any current discs and aren't widely available. Perhaps we should ban discs once they haven't been in production for maybe 10 years? Case in point might be (I believe) the FB6 mold which is the hot one for MTA and long out of production. The remaining models are gold for those players who still have one.
jsun3thousand wrote:Disc golfers are holding the sport back.
Chuck Kennedy wrote:Just pointing out that the fundamental issue for this topic is making sure that some players don't have a technological edge not available to other players either due to tuning capability, disc production being withheld or no production any more. Seems like whatever rules revisions are needed should address all three areas in a consistent manner.
Working Stiff wrote:players may not make post-production modification of discs which alter their original flight characteristics
802.01 Discs Used in Play
802.01 A. Discs used in play must meet all of the conditions set forth in the Official PDGA Technical Standards Document. See section 805 B for disc technical standards.
802.01 B. A disc which is cracked or perforated is illegal. See sections 802.01 D, E and F. A disc which is cracked during a round may be carried by the player, but not used, for the balance of the tournament. The player must immediately declare his intention to carry the newly cracked or broken disc to the group or be subject to penalty under 802.01 E.
802.01 C. Players may not make post-production modification of discs which alter their original flight characteristics. This rule does not forbid inevitable wear and tear from usage during play or the moderate sanding of discs to smooth molding imperfections or scrape marks. Discs excessively sanded or painted with a material of detectable thickness are illegal. See sections 802.01 D, E and F.
802.01 D. Discs must be specifically approved by the director if questioned by another player or an official, but in no case shall the disc be approved if it violates any of the above specifications. Any specifically non-approved disc (per the director) shall be considered illegal, and the player shall be penalized in accordance with 802.01 E.
802.01 E. A player who carries an illegal disc during play shall receive two penalty throws, without a warning, if observed by two or more players of the group or an official. A player who repeatedly throws an illegal disc during the round may be subject to disqualification in accordance with 804.05 A (3).
802.01F. All discs used in play, except mini marker discs, must be uniquely marked in ink or pigment-based marking which has no detectable thickness. A player shall receive a warning for the first instance of throwing an unmarked disc if observed by two or more players of the group or an official. After the warning has been given, each subsequent throw by the player with an unmarked disc shall incur one penalty throw if observed by two or more players of the group or an official.
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text: I love the Royal Rumble, it has been my favorite event since it debuted on cable television. Unfortunately, it has become too predictable. They rarely have 10+ more wrestlers in the ring at the same time. I loved the 40 man except for the winner. Keep some mystery in the match, don't let us be able to predict the winner so quickly.


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Beeville, Tx., is about to become a central base for disc golf in South Texas.
For those golfers who have not played in Beeville, Tx., you are missing out on a golf course that gives you the best of both worlds.
You get on Holes 1-9 an open drivable course.
On Holes 10-18 you have a skills course through the woods.
The city is in the process of building another course on the Coastal Bend Community College Campus. The city of Beeville is located withing two hours driving time from major Texas Cities where Disc Golf is popular such as: San Antonio, Austin, San Marcos, Corpus Christi, Ingleside, Rockport, Winberly, Victoria, and with an hour longer drive places such as Houston and the Rio Grande Valley.


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Oxygen is at a premium when opponents face the Lakeside High girls basketball team.
The Lancers have thrived this season at turning games into indoor track meets, pushing teams to the limit with their fast-break offense and full-court press on defense.
The tactic has been far from a gimmick, either, as Lakeside has been smothering its foes, averaging a whopping 34.4-point margin of victory in its 24 wins (against just four losses).
The trend has carried into the CIF Southern Section playoffs. Lakeside has thrashed both of its Division III-AA opponents, downing Orange 71-35 in the first round and defeating Yorba Linda 80-46 in the second round Saturday.
"Both teams have said that we have wore them down as we kept going because we didn't stop," said coach Anthony Williams, whose fourth-seeded Lancers will play at No. 5 Hacienda Heights Wilson today in the Division III-AA quarterfinals. "That's what we are trying to create. We're trying to create tempo other teams aren't used to seeing."
The pedal-to-the-metal strategy was born out of necessity, as the Lancers don't have a player taller than 5-foot-8. But it's clearly a philosophy that tests opponents' composure.
"The best part (is) when you hear other teams fighting," junior guard and captain Megan Wood said. "They are fighting with each other and you know you are in their head and they get frustrated."
The Lancers' Sunbelt League championship season (9-1), the first in school history, has been a remarkable 180-degree turnaround. Last year, Lakeside labored through an 8-18 season, including a dismal 0-10 mark in league play.
However, the Lancers believed that last year was a learning process in which they built the foundation for success in 2012-13. They lost four of their league games by six points or fewer.
"Every time we stepped off the floor, (other teams) loved how hard we played," Williams said.
Last summer, though, was the time when Lakeside blossomed into a potential contender.
In June, Lakeside landed Kianna Williams, a standout guard from Riverside Poly whose family moved to the area.
The Lancers also played a 52-game summer schedule, encountering tough opponents such as Etiwanda, Corona Centennial and Moreno Valley Rancho Verde. The players bonded closely as they traveled on road trips to Palm Springs, Las Vegas and San Diego.
"I feel like I can hang out with anybody on the team and I can have a great time," Wood said. "There are no groups. We're not split. We're all together. We can all make fun of each other. We can all take jokes."
Williams has been a dynamic point guard for the Lancers. She leads Lakeside in all major categories, including points (17.5), rebounds (7.4), assists (6.2), blocks (1.9) and steals (5.5).
But Kianna might end up being surpassed by her younger sister. Marissa Williams, only a freshman, averages 8.7 points per game off the bench.
"She's that fireplug (who) comes in," Anthony Williams said. "We feel we get stronger when we sub her in."
Senior McKayla Barbee (10.0) and sophomore Victoria Sosa (10.2) also are double-digit scorers for Lakeside. Sosa is a post presence who moves well and racks up rebounds, while Barbee is the school's all-time-leading 3-point shooter.
Elysha Smith, one of only two seniors on the team, is tasked with defending the other team's best player. Wood is also lauded for her defense and is considered the Lancers' scrappiest player.
"If she doesn't walk out with a scratch or bruise, then she didn't do her job," Barbee said.
Practice is when the Lancers are toughened enough to carry out Coach Williams' relentless game plan. Lakeside begins with a 30-minute warm-up, followed by full-court drills. The team doesn't get much of a break until the end, when it participates in a more casual free-throw drill.
Before difficult games, the girls also practice against the boys team to give them a better feel for the high-end speed and strength they'll face.
"We go against the boys because we know no girl is going to be as fast as the boys," Kianna Williams said. "So (if) we can keep up with the boys, no one is going to be able to keep up with us."
Being the lone Lancers' winter team remaining in the playoffs, the girls have seen the their popularity grow around campus and town. They boast the highest grade-point average (3.67) of any sports team at Lakeside. But Coach Williams knows it's the show on the hardwood that has people buzzing.
"When you come watch them, you're excited to see them play because we're running all over the place," he said. "It's not the traditional, slow down, boring game."


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Using The Film
Finnish American Lives
A portrait of traditional Finnish American culture in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, highlighting the fragile community of memory connecting one with parents and grandparents. A 92-year-old grandfather asked his son and Finnish immigrant daughter-in-law to live on the farm and care for him. The barn will fall any day; the grandchildren are growing restless. This three-generation farm family works, celebrates, reflects and grieves together. FINNISH AMERICAN LIVES explores the meaning of family, ethnic history, aging, and intergenerational bonds. Contrasts between the immigrant elder, his American-born son, and the partially assimilated grandchildren illustrate continuity and change in the "sanua belt" of the Lake Superior Region. The film was completed in 1982.
Loukinen demonstrates and extraordinary ability to enter into the emotional core of a culture on its own terms.


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Greatest quotes by Bill Gates
Bill Gates, man who needs no introduction is probably one of the strongest intellectual to be a drop out and later ruled(still) the world of technology with his great business and entrepreneur skills. Besides being a philanthropist, his quotes and sayings are eye-openers for many people which teaches life-lessons and about success. So, in this post let's have a glance at some of his greatest sayings and quotes.
It's fine to celebrate success, but it is more important to heed the lessons of failure.
This is true and must be practically followed by everyone. Celebration should not be the only part of any achievement, indeed you must pay attention towards other's advice and try to excel more in that field.
Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning.
Yes, only the customers who are not satisfied with your service can leave a suggestion/complaint that you have to take in a positive manner and make improvements to give the best service(products). Those suggestions from customers are the best sources of learning.
The world rarely sees someone who has had the profound impact Steve has had, the effects of which will be felt for many generations to come. For those of us lucky enough to get to work with him, its been an insanely great honor. I will miss Steve immensely.
This quote shows his respect towards Steve Jobs(co-founder Apple). It is not only just about praising but also his humbleness to obey the truth that Steve has had more profound impact on this world than him. Having healthy competition and good relationships will lead the company to acheive greater heights.
Measuring programming progress by lines of code is like measuring aircraft building progress by weight.
It's true one cannot judge a book by it's size. Only the content tells them whether or not it's worth-reading.
Life is not fair-get used to it!!!
No one can never expect what could happen in next minute. Life is totally unfair, we must get used to it. To be clear, we must get over it and face any situation. Life goes on come what may.
You will NOT make $90,000 a year right out of high school.
No one can become a overnight millionaire. It requires many struggles, lot of hardwork, dedication and passion to your work.
Don't compare yourself with anyone in this world...if you do so, you are insulting yourself.
Judging your capabilities by comparing with others isn't a good thing to do so. As said by Abdul Kalam, everyone in this world has born fire, all we need is to just give the wings to that fire to excel in life.
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Windows 8 Tips & Tricks
Many versions of windows have been released, but windows 8 is bit different from previous releases. This difference includes stylish look, behaviour, and features. You may have felt at first glance that this operating system seems more difficult to customize than earlier versions of Windows. So, it's better to have known about some tweaks, tricks and hacks that can ease your work with this operating system. So, let's get started and explore the tweaks and tricks of windows 8....
Semantic Zoom feature:
Now you can view all the tiles in your start screen in just one eye-view. It means you need not to do lot of scrolling for reaching your desired app. The tweak is simple, if you are a touchscreen user, then squeeze the screen (as if zoom out in case of photos) with your two fingers. This semantic zoom feature is also available for mouse and keyboard users. Just hold 'ctrl' key and use the mouse wheel to zoom in and out.
Instead of having the tiles in scattered manner, it's easy to access the required app in no time if they are arranged in corresponding groups. This can be done by following this simple trick. First zoom out by using the semantic zoom feature as discussed above or by clicking magnifying glass icon in the bottom right-hand corner of the start screen. Then you can drag and drop the new group (or any of the others) around. Right click within the block of tiles and you can give a name to the group.
Shutdown and Restart:
To shutdown the Windows 8 , just move the cursor to the bottom right corner of the screen. Now, click on the Settings icon (also you van do it by- just hold down the Windows key and press I) and you'll see a power button. Click this and choose 'Shut Down' or 'Restart' options.
In windows 8, you can run two apps side-by-side. You can pin any app to the left or right-hand side of the screen. Open an app and then press the Windows Key + . to move that app to the right-hand side of the screen, press the same again to move it to the left-hand side, and pressing the same keys again will make it full screen. After pinning an app, any other app or program can be opened and loaded into the available(remaining) space on the screen.
Closing an app:
Though it seems easy, but it's hard to find close buttons in Windows 8. You can close an app by dragging it with your mouse (finger- for touchscreen users) from the top of the screen to the bottom of the screen. When you reach the bottom, it will disappear. Also, you can close apps via Alt + F4 and through the Task Manager.
Picture Password:
Using a picture password is a cool way to protect your system. It relieves you from remembering password. Press the Windows key + I to get to the Charms. Now click on "Change PC settings" and go to the Users tab. Below "Sign-in options" there will be the "Create a picture password" button. Now choose any picture, and then define three gestures anywhere on the image. Your gestures can be circles, swipes and clicks. Don't forget the direction of each gesture which you have submitted.
Login without username and password:
You can disable the username and password log-in screen. This speeds up the login process.This can be done by opening the Run box (press the Windows key + R). Now type in "netplwiz" to access the User Accounts dialog box. Uncheck the box that says "Users must enter a user name and password to use this computer." Click OK, and you will be asked to enter the username and password one last time for purpose of confirmation. Now you can login without username and password.
Best Whatsapp Tricks
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Whatsapp, this most popular app has been a storm in the messaging stream and is voted as the best messenger app by users so far. It provides user-friendly interface which people find it's easy for them to share pictures, videos, maps, audio or texts to their friends anywhere in the world at free of cost. So, as it's a messaging app, many of you people might have a tendancy to know the tricks and hacks of Whatsapp. In this post, I will let you know some of those tricks that can help you using whatsapp more efficiently. So, without wasting time, lets get started. Here they are:
Hiding "last seen"
This "last seen" timestamp might be the major issue that users mostly have with the Whatsapp. However iOS users can hide this by using advanced settings, but for android users, there hasn't been any such particular settings. Still, this "last seen" can be hidden by this simple trick.
You are done with it. From now on, it disables the "last seen" timestamp.
Send conversation history via mail
Entire conversation history from WhatsApp can be sent mail to anyone. Android users, simply click on the 'Menu' option in a conversation, go to 'More' and select 'Email Conversation', before entering the address of the recipient. iOS users, go to 'Settings' and select 'Email chat history'. The whole text conversation, including any pictures, voice or video clips can be sent.
Nesting images
Now, you can hide your best pics inside others, and have fun sharing them in WhatsApp. This can be done by installing the following app.
For Android users: Download here.
For iPhone users: Download here.
Change Whatsapp chat wallpaper
Now, you can no more have to stare at that boring wallpaper. You can change the appearing background in the chat screen. Go to the 'Wallpaper' option in the chat menu. You can either upload a picture from your Android phone, or can choose the default beautiful backgrounds in the WhatsApp Wallpaper app. This app is automatically downloaded.
Use your Whatsapp without using your phone number
You can even use your Whatsapp without using your phone number. Surprised right? Let's see how this can be done...
So, by this way you can use your Whatsapp with your spoofed number.
Back-up your whatsapp conversations
It's good idea to make backups of your whatsapp conversations so that you don't lose them if you encounter some unexpected problems with the app. To do this, go to the 'Settings' menu, choose 'Chat preferences' then click on the 'Chat history backup' option. No need to backup the conversations daily, WhatsApp automatically saves a copy of your conversations at 4AM each day.
Create shortcut for whatsapp conversation
Now-a-days, as everyone is whatsapp addict, it will be good if the conversation with the closest buddy can be made as a shortcut on homescreen. It saves time of launching the app and picking up the conversation. This can be done simply by selecting 'More' in the chat menu and then select the 'Add conversation shortcut' option. This adds the shortcut of that conversation on homescreen with the name of that contact.
Hack your friend's conversation
This is a cool trick that allows you to hack your friends whatsapp conversation.
Now take these files from your friends phone and then you can read their conversations that they have done..
Best Whatsapp Tricks
Whatsapp, this most popular app has been a storm in the messaging stream and is voted as the best messenger app by users so far. It provides user-friendly interface which people find it's easy for them to share pictures, videos, maps, audio or texts to their friends anywhere in the world at free of cost. So, as it's a messaging app, many of you people might have a tendancy to know the tricks and hacks of Whatsapp. In this post, I will let you know some of those tricks that can help you using whatsapp more efficiently. So, without wasting time, lets get started. Here they are:
Hiding "last seen"
This "last seen" timestamp might be the major issue that users mostly have with the Whatsapp. However iOS users can hide this by using advanced settings, but for android users, there hasn't been any such particular settings. Still, this "last seen" can be hidden by this simple trick.
You are done with it. From now on, it disables the "last seen" timestamp.
Send conversation history via mail
Entire conversation history from WhatsApp can be sent mail to anyone. Android users, simply click on the 'Menu' option in a conversation, go to 'More' and select 'Email Conversation', before entering the address of the recipient. iOS users, go to 'Settings' and select 'Email chat history'. The whole text conversation, including any pictures, voice or video clips can be sent.
Nesting images
Now, you can hide your best pics inside others, and have fun sharing them in WhatsApp. This can be done by installing the following app.
For Android users: Download here.
For iPhone users: Download here.
Change Whatsapp chat wallpaper
Now, you can no more have to stare at that boring wallpaper. You can change the appearing background in the chat screen. Go to the 'Wallpaper' option in the chat menu. You can either upload a picture from your Android phone, or can choose the default beautiful backgrounds in the WhatsApp Wallpaper app. This app is automatically downloaded.
Use your Whatsapp without using your phone number
You can even use your Whatsapp without using your phone number. Surprised right? Let's see how this can be done...
So, by this way you can use your Whatsapp with your spoofed number.
Back-up your whatsapp conversations
It's good idea to make backups of your whatsapp conversations so that you don't lose them if you encounter some unexpected problems with the app. To do this, go to the 'Settings' menu, choose 'Chat preferences' then click on the 'Chat history backup' option. No need to backup the conversations daily, WhatsApp automatically saves a copy of your conversations at 4AM each day.
Create shortcut for whatsapp conversation
Now-a-days, as everyone is whatsapp addict, it will be good if the conversation with the closest buddy can be made as a shortcut on homescreen. It saves time of launching the app and picking up the conversation. This can be done simply by selecting 'More' in the chat menu and then select the 'Add conversation shortcut' option. This adds the shortcut of that conversation on homescreen with the name of that contact.
Hack your friend's conversation
This is a cool trick that allows you to hack your friends whatsapp conversation.
Now take these files from your friends phone and then you can read their conversations that they have done..
Mobility 2013: Customer Ordering App of Pizaa Office
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student management system
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Student Attendance Management System (SAMS)
Prepared by: Aparna.R Haritha.S Kavya sri.M
RMK.COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY(3RD yr)
This document contains the Software Requirements Specification (SRS) of an student management document. The main aim of this project is to add functionality to the existing SMS system in order to provide facility for managing the attendance or presence of students in the college.
1. Introduction
This Software Requirement Specification is written accordance with the IEEE model.
1.1. Purpose
This SRS Document contains the complete software requirements for the student attendance management System (SAMS) and describes the design decisions, architectural design and the detailed design needed to implement the system. It provides the visibility in the design and provides information needed for software support.
1.2. Scope
Student attendance management System is developed to replace old paper work system .It helps the parents to know the status of their children in the college.
1.3. Definitions, acronyms, and abbreviations
1.4. Overview
In SAMS, the student swipes their ID from which their ID no, date and time of their entry into the college is obtained. All these details are stored in their respective record in the database. Their personal details is fed already in the database.
This is updated every-day and when the student is on leave, the system automatically sends a SMS to the corresponding contact number. If the student is on leave with prior information, then the system admin will update the database in prior and prevents from sending SMS.
2. Overall description
This section of the SRS describes all general factors of the product and its requirements.
2.1. Product perspective
2.1.1. System interfaces
In SAMS, the front end used is the visual studio 2010 which will get the input through swipes. The data obtained from the swipe are stored in the backend using the IBMdb2 database.
2.1.2. Hardware interfaces
a. Server Side
The server side hardware required is IBM db2.
b. Client Side
The swipe machine gives the input to the database. when the students swipes their card, the student id no, date, and the time will be stored in their respective column in the database.
2.1.3. Software interfaces
a. Server Side
IBMdb2 is used as database. Java code is used for validation purpose.
b. Client Side
Visual studio 2010 is the software which is used to get the input from the swipe machine.
2.2. System functions
This section outlines all the main feature of SAMS.
2.2.1. Student role
The work of the student is to swipe their ID card as they enter into the college. When the card is swiped,the student name ,date and time are fed as the input to the form.
2.2.2. Administration role
The system administrator must be able to:
1. Continuously updating the database
2.5 Assumptions and dependencies
When the card is swiped, it enters the data into the database indicating their presence in the college. It is programmed in such a way that when the entry is empty it will send the SMS to the phone number which is fed already into the database.
The correct functioning of SAMS will partly be dependent on the correctness of the data stored .Also, the event of the server failing due to an error with one of these applications might result in SAMS becoming temporarily unavailable.
3. Specific requirements
3.1. Functional requirements
3.1.1. User class – Student
1. Student registration form. Student can be register on the system and fill in all detail and forward to choose project/supervisor.
2. Change Detail. Student can change detail if information is incorrect such as telephone number.
3.1.2. User class – Academic Staff
All staff can view the details of any student.
3.1.4 User class – Unit Cohort co-ordinator
Certain staff may be designated as Unit or Cohort Co-ordinators and can change the details of any student doing their unit or project cohort.
Change Student Detail
Unit Cohort co-ordinator can change student detail for incorrect information.
View Student Detail
Unit Cohort co-ordinator can view student information and monitor their progress.
List Student
Unit Cohort co-ordinator can list all students in different period of different group.
3.1.5 User class – System Administrator
List Student
System Administrator can list all students in different period of different group to check any error.
3.1.6 User class – Administration Staff
List Student
Administration Staff can list all students in different period of different group.
3.2 Design constraints
The system need to design base on the existed code and database using JAVA.
3.3 Software system attributes
3.3.1 Security
The system needs to log client's information of registration such as IP address and time for security purpose.
3.3.2 Maintainability
The system developing using Struts, all action is detailed in struts-config.xml and web.xml that easy to modify and make update.
3.3.3 Portability
The application is coding in J2EE and Struts, therefore, it should be transferable between different OS and Java.
3.4 Other requirements
For further extending, is able to send notification by SMS.
*** End of the SRS ***
Book Review: 100 MINUTES THAT WOULD CHANGE THE WAY YOU LIVE….
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100 Minutes that would change the way you live….
By- Dr. L. Prakash
Book is a gem added to the necklace of books. Undoubtedly well written in the simplest of all forms. The book has short stories ranging from ancient mythology to mugal period and reaching the global future of the world. Each lesson has a highlighted moral. These morals are not just one man's conclusion but are the evolution of man and his learning's from those mistakes made by him in the past. The book truly offers you more than the 100 minutes worth that would change the way of everything in your life and that around you.
One can not only learn good principles but also can give meaning or look for meaning in life after reading this very book. The book has not a one time read. But it's a book along which you can never feel alone. A book, which can be the best present to your loved on e, is this.
Dr. Prakash is well known personality. Who is presently UK based. He has got 42 patents under his name. A well-known counselor who just changes the way you think in a positive way.
So who ever reads this review don't just wait go and grab the very next copy of the book that might change the way you think.
Leomites more on SAP LAP Analysis for Testing or Quality Assurance
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Ø What is the present and past Situation?
Ø Who are the Actors?
· Developes/Designer/Maintainer
· End users
Ø What is the process?
v LAP (Learning-Action-Plan)
Ø What is the learning?
Ø What are the key issues related to the situation, actors, and performance?
Ø What are the actions?
Ø What are the key performances parameters?
Ø What will be the impact on the situation
Testing MAy be performed using Black Box and White Box testing Methods. Alpha testing should be more of an initial version reliable method.
MODEL for managing a project in software app development
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Global Hospital Management and Health Care a Web Based Platform
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Climate change is one of the greatest challenges of our time. Climate change will affect, in profoundly adverse ways, some of the most fundamental determinants of health: food, air, water. Proactive health adaptation strategies are needed to protect the world's most vulnerable people from the effects of climate change on human health and well-being. It will be increasingly important to address the links between climate and health at different timescales. Population health often depends on activities in other sectors. To ensure that the health effects of climate change are not overlooked, the health sector needs improved integration into strategic planning in sectors such as water, agriculture and disaster management. This includes strengthening health systems and ensuring adequate water and sanitation facilities for all. Telecommunications technologies and the Internet offer a revolution in management of global healthcare systems and sustainable development. This paper proposes architecture for global hospital management. This would be a globally operating Health Care Schema where in doctors, patients and administration has an easy interface with each other. In spite of the remote location of health care First aid guidance may be accessed online. The architecture proposes a design which make available repositories where video logs, treatment records, prescription details, etc. are provided to ease patients and doctors to provide appropriate treatment with help of distributed resources. The schema also supports health control applications like Maternity Health Pack and is integrated with a 'tracker' unit which helps in maintaining patient history. Ease of interface between doctors and substitutability supported via explanative treatment logs on patients is a robust feature. Merits of such a system being developed shall be enormous and would help reducing medical expenses and thus provide better stake values for multinationals in spite of changing climate and its consequence on human health.
Keywords: Health, Architectire, Application, Maternity App;
In humankind's pursuit of well-being, we both influence and respond to climate. Anthropogenic emissions of greenhouse gases affect the heat balance of the Earth, and the resulting changes in precipitation patterns, temperature extremes and rising sea levels affect how society develops. The dynamic interaction between humans and climate is not new, but the scale of the interaction has reached unprecedented proportions.
There is a need to develop and evaluate mitigation and adaptation strategies, and improve the dissemination of information to enable managing climate risks, policy concerns, and social and political science. The term "e-health" [1][2] was born in 1999 to represent the provision of healthcare services through Internet, and was heavily promoted by the industry and commercial sectors in order to take advantage of the power and excitement that other "e-" terms like e-commerce and e-business had recently created in society[3][4] . Nevertheless, the academic world would soon adopt it, leading to what some authors call "the death of telemedicine".
The arena of international relations has undergone significant changes in the last two decades. The international system is now multipolar with many more actors and international platforms in which emerging economies are playing increasingly central roles. Power relationships are changing and multilateral organizations such as the WHO and other platforms for international diplomacy are gaining a new importance because new players in the international arena, particularly new emerging economies and member states can use these opportunities to position their own agendas and to actually set new priorities.
Our understanding of health itself, its determinants, and how we address it as a policy issue has also changed. This is the result of changing lifestyles, and demographic and epidemiological transitions that are being experienced as population's age and countries advance in social and economic development. New global challenges resulting from industrial growth, globalization and increasing interdependence, such as climate change, food insecurity, epidemic levels of chronic diseases and pandemic disease impact on human health and wellbeing and must be addressed in public policy.
The health sector is increasingly taking responsibility for protecting and promoting health in response to this challenge. The global health agenda is set by the annual World Health Assembly (WHA), comprising the 193 WHO Member States. In May 2008, the WHA passed a resolution on climate change and health, drawing attention to the threat posed by climate change to the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals [8] and health equity. The resolution calls on WHO to strengthen its work in raising awareness about the health implications of climate change, support capacity building and research in health protection from climate change in countries, and urge action by the health sector. This resolution is a political milestone for the full involvement of the health community in the climate change agenda and drew overwhelming support from the Assembly.
We need to act quickly and take advantage of existing solutions to prevent irreversible damage to our planet. Natural ecosystems provide significant opportunities to cut emissions dramatically and to preserve the adaptive potential of our biosphere.
This section thus elaborates on our proposed Web Based Platform for Hospital Management and Health Care.
About the layered architecture. Figure 6(a) depicts a simplistic design and provides us with a holistic suite of levels which are presented as concentric rings. The scenario is developed keeping in mind the topology followed in real life. This workflow is elaborated as follows:-
o Patients literate in web literacy open up accounts with the hospital web sited under the concerned set doctors
o The doctor concern may be identified as per the patient's age and a general physician may invite specialist for video conferencing as per severity of symptoms.
o Doctors are one body with one or may hospitals depending upon national work practices under the Health Act.
o No private practices is permissible as Hospitals are delegated the task of safe keeping as well.
o National cyber unit may act as supervisory management and online audit body for hospitals. They may be equipped with specialized tools to run this online facility.
o The topology is then succeeded by Continent managers at the main server rooms.
o Global in charge may be managing units from United Nation formed as of after the second world war, may hold monitory control and licensing body for the strategic approval and sharing of resource over this unfied platform.
Implementation design for Web based Platform may involve a number of networking unit which are solely a concept relative to network developers. However, due to preexisting support on implementation of our schema we restrict our focus in conceptualizing in all depths and aspects. Figure 6(b) pin points to necessary elements of this whole setup. One may observe something mention as the Health Pack i.e. Maternity Health Pack. To add weight to our proposition and visualize its high profile usability we also propose a sample health pack. This health pack is to manage Maternity diet charts alongside tips for regular diet management suppoted by an integrated set of body tools.
Figure 7 here shows complete details of the Maternity Health Pack. The health pack is automation software which is present at server side and shall be used online by various users with their authorized access accounts over the Hospital Management and Health Care's Web Based Platform. This piece of software has three major units :-
o Maternity Guide and Diet Planner: This block covers a factual display of proper health as per your body profile provided by you at the time of account sign-up. Diet planner give you a regular schedule for dietary control measures.
o Fetal and Diet Advisor: This unit helps you realize the consequences of your diet on the fetal development inside the womb.
o Body Tools: These tools are essential to realize the body profile at appropriate time periods and are both supplementary and complementary to any health pack
Physical checkup may be scheduled as per the video conferencing with your doctor online. Any new doctor in charge may view your logs and realize the necessary actions to be taken. Thus, at very root we started off with global health strategy. Amplifying this small measure to global health advancement would help a lot. The 'Tracker' feature provided is again a crucial step and an advancement over existent scenarios. It's a concept widely supported by Internet of Things (IoT) which involves nomadic wireless communication between remote objects in distributed environment. This tracker attached with you would be a hardware device developed to measure pulse, heart rate, and other necessary tuning measures. This tracking data when updated to your profile shall help in advancing the progress treatment and identifying deterioration if any.
Additionally the health packs would adhere to providing statistical analysis for all signed up members by analyzing Risk to a global health challenge. Like with maternity health pack we identify obesity as risk. These challenges CVD as if uncontrolled would lead to health deterioration and rise of Cardiovascular Diseases else otherwise.
World Health Organization [7] has identified and supports health-climate as depicted in figure 7. The diagram shows necessity of the political intervention and unity to formulate and carry out execution of a global health policy thoroughly and rigorously. Thus, Web based Platform shall not only be implemented as single nation drama but a global software shared by most number of nations as the support allows. Enlisted below are the benefits as follows:-
o Improving the Quality of Healthcare: The quality of healthcare is to provide the healthcare professional with the information needed at the right time about the health of the patients. Provides a strong networking platform for all the participants
o Improving the Access of Healthcare: Technologies offer the possibility for anyone to access from anywhere (remote areas, for instance), anytime and in the most convenient way, to the needed healthcare or health information. Curbing global health challenges like Cancer, CVD, etc.
o Reducing Costs: It is widely known that paper based systems is inefficient, with a lot of administrative procedures and possible health fraud. Global resource sharing and quick availability knowledge. Enormous health care with reduction in National funding on health from positive point of view.
Major benefits have been highlighted above but list is long and a detailed set of benefits are none above then the one that we would have "Safer and Secure planet ot be on" only at the expense of increasing computer literacy and knowledge Internet.
Tools[11] that would be used are enlisted below for the development of this Web based platform. These tools are not sufficient but are basic necessity to build a satisfactory prototype. Tools enlisted below are renowned algorithm on cryptography and information security, web design and other networking application tools.
o Kerberos Version 5.0 Certificates, AES Encryption
o Visual Studio 2010 Professional Edition
o Windows Server 2008 R2 Standards, SQL Server Express
o Robotics Developer Studio 2008 R3
o Visual Web Developer 2008 Express Edition
o Expression Studio 4, Standard Networking Protocols of IPv6 and IPv4
E-Health has seen a phenomena growth and has a strong future ahead. This section shortly discusses its future and current security related issues. The advances in low power wireless communication technologies [9] and sensor networks have contributed significantly to the emergence of e-Health tele-monitoring area. However, there are many security requirements in e-Health tele-monitoring systems[10. Data integrity is one of the most important security requirements that should be satisfied in such systems since extremely sensitive patient information is transferred. In, it is discussed that during transit of medical information, data integrity protection can be ensured using lightweight message authentication and integrity check methods such as MACs and one-way hash functions. Furthermore, in the local computation is proposed to provide privacy to the transferred data. In , encryption of data is proposed to protect sensor data from initial acquisition to final destination. Finally, the Cyber Security Industry Alliance has proposed data encryption, cryptographic checksums and signatures to ensure that transferred medical data have no been changed by unauthorized entities.
With human curiosity on rise there is possibility of an exponential rise in e-Health development. E-Health strongly faces the problem of global strategizing to provide with more deliberate authentication which might easily be availed with the work proposed in this paper. E-Health provides with wide opportunities and solution to make this world a safer place in short and stipulated time.
The Web based Platform for Hospital Management and Health Care would lead to making of a secure and safer health treatment environments. Here benefits are distributed over all the parties. Share of resources virtually and allowing identifying their physical availability as well. This will in turn enhance population acceptability and produce net economic benefits. Thus, use of the virtual front to help handle health issues and incapacitate health challenges is a hybrid and magnificently modest approach.
Global acceptance of such a standard would make world a 'united nation' which would help taking strong actions and dedicate the administrative delegation to second priority issues like Security, Sanitation, Crime Control, others. Our motive is to provide with a framework service dedicated truly in public benefit. Hence developing this platform would make it intriguingly holistic tool in public welfare and health care all in one.
Fig 7. WHO support on public health and climate.


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Although we are channelling spring and preparing for summer, there are a few sartorial tasks that can't be ignored. One important one - and pay attention - is the storing and care of your winter cashmere sweaters. If you don't do this properly, chances are that large parts of your sweaters will have disappeared by the time you dig them out again next autumn. Follow these few simple guidelines to ensure your cashmere continues to look and feel good for years to come.
Don't wash cashmere knitwear in a machine on the hot cycle; you will end up with a sweater that fits a child's doll. Not only will it shrink but it will become "matted" as the fibres shrink together
Don't hang your cashmere knitwear on a washing line to dry. It will grow in length and the shape will distort irreversibly. Sunlight will also bleach the colour of your garment
Don't over wear your cashmere knitwear between washes. Equally, don't over wash your cashmere. Knitwear doesn't need to be washed after every time you wear it


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I'm sure I'm thinking too far ahead having barely done Metta meditation, but how does Metta explain compassion for psychopaths? I know the thought of these types of people is going to creep into my mind as I move forward and I don't know how I will reconcile it. These types of people are genetically born with no empathy or remorse. I can feel compassion for someone who has gone off the path due to various reasons, but psychopaths are simply born as cold-blooded individuals.
One might even argue that they are born without a "heart", and yet their extremely happy being themselves. They'll probably be happier than many of us will ever be in this lifetime.
I recall reading a story of a CEO psychopath who took genuine joy in firing workers when the company had to downsize, since he viewed the act of firing as being fun. Not to mention the large quantity of serial killers who are psychopaths who never felt any remorse for their victims.
It's not just that life has led them astray, but they are born this way. How can someone feel compassion for this type of human being?


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Mary Bullwinkel
Beacon Correspondent
Residents of Loleta now have a central location where they can find out about current and future events and participate more fully in their community.
An informational kiosk has been placed in the park area, across the street from Loleta Bakery and the Post Office, to foster community participation. There was a dedication of the informational kiosk last weekend, just prior to the annual community picnic.
"There was concern with a lack of a centralized place to share information and invitations so that all community members felt welcome to participate in events and programs," said Theresa Huffman, Chair of the Loleta Local Organizing Committee. Now all events and activities, from school carnivals to yard sales, to lost pets, and everything in between, can be posted at the same location.
The LOC was formed last year by a partnership with St. Joseph Health System Foundation and Redwood Community Action Agency. RCAA received a planning grant from the St. Joseph Foundation to work with members of the Loleta community. An additional three-year grant to continue this effort in the Loleta community has been awarded to RCAA from the Health System Foundation.
Several community members spoke at the kiosk dedication about the need for a central location for information about what's going on in Loleta. Darlene Ricotta said she was excited to have a kiosk for all people to use. "I have a strong personal commitment to making sure our community has more opportunities to come together and get to know our neighbors," she said, "I think the kiosk is a good first step."
Celia Campos said, "The kiosk will serve as a fountain of information ... and with the kiosk, we will become a more closely knit community." The notices that will be posted will be in both English and Spanish. Her daughter Stefania Cruz Campos, a junior at Fortuna High School said, "There is no way to know about things that are happening for teenagers like me. It will be good to have a place where I can find out about things to get involved in."
Woodworker and community volunteer Jerry Beck worked with the LOC to design the kiosk and then, with his son Matt, built the kiosk in a couple of weeks. Huffman said Beck "made this solution possible." In appreciation for all his hard work, Beck was given a gift certificate for Loleta Bakery.
The Loleta Chamber of Commerce was also thanked for their involvement in creating a "community solution." The chamber has agreed to maintain the kiosk in the future and ensure it remains an inclusive resource for all community members to use.
The LOC will work in partnership with the Loleta chamber "to ensure that our new community kiosk serves as an important communication hub," said Nicole Coyne, another leader in the LOC. "This is a tool to help us all feel connected and invited to community events and celebrations," she added
The next meeting of the LOC is scheduled for Monday, Oct. 15, at the Loleta Community Church. All residents of the Loleta community are welcome.
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Loleta residents and members of the Loleta Local Organizing Committee gathered for the dedication of a kiosk, which will serve as a communications and outreach tool for the community.


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The Baltimore Orioles are interested in locking down All-Star catcher Matt Wieters long term, but don't expect anything to happen before the end of the 2013 season, CSNBaltimore.com reports.
Wieters, 26, is not eligible for free agency until after the 2015 season. Although he has not lived up to the hype that surrounded his major league debut in 2009, he has established himself as the one of the top backstops in baseball, winning the Gold Glove and making the American League All-Star team each of the past two seasons.
The Orioles avoided arbitration with Wieters last month by agreeing to a one-year, $5.5 million contract.
"I like Matt Wieters, and I like his leadership, and I'm sure there will be opportunities for the team and Matt to address a longer-term relationship," Baltimore executive vice president Dan Duquette said.
"I don't know the timing of it. The good news is that Matt's signed for this year. He had a great year. He's continuing to improve as an RBI man. His leadership and defense are big plusses for the team. We're looking forward to having him do that, and hopefully have him beyond the three years we have him on the team."
Wieters is represented by super agent Scott Boras, so the Orioles don't expect negotiations to be easy or cheap. But the club recently signed Duquette, manager Buck Showalter and All-Star center fielder Adams Jones to deals that run through the 2018 season, so it won't be a surprise if they have something similar in mind for Wieters.
The switch-hitter finished 2012 with a .249 batting average while setting career highs with 23 homers, 83 RBIs and 144 games played. Additionally, he threw out more than one-third of runners who tried to steal on him for the second straight year.


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I'm usually with BnG but on this one I'm not. I think pretty highly of Bayless. However I believe most of this perceived attitude is from when we drafted him. He didn't seem very .... excited. It didn't come off well, but I'm curious if that's because we drafted him, or because he knew he was about to be involved in a trade. Agents have an idea most of the time if their guy is about to be moved as he's being drafted.This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
So, I don't know for sure, but that's what I'm assuming the idea about Bayless's attitude comes from.
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The Balm Shady Lady Eye Shadow Review
I'm in Love With This Shady Lady
Greetings from New York, my friends. (Does that make me sound like John McCain?) While packing for the trip yesterday morning, I decided to pare down to only the essentials. Keeping two weeks of travel down to one carry-on suitcase made Fab's jaw drop, but here's my secret: Wear black dresses with different accessories, bring flat sandals that take up very little room, and think small when it comes to beauty.
Obviously, it makes sense to decant certain lotions and creams into travel-size containers — you already know that. But here's my makeup secret weapon: The Balm Shady Lady ($38). Instead of packing a bunch of individual shadows, I have everything I could need in this nine-shade eye shadow palette. The shadows have great pigmentation, a gorgeous but not bling-y level of shimmer, and colors for both night and day. (Unlike some palettes, this one doesn't have any "meh" colors that I'll never use.) And since some of the shadows double as liners, I didn't need to pack separate eyeliner. Easy!
As it turns out, guess who was on the same flight as me and Fab? Marissa Shipman, founder of The Balm, and her adorably chubby-cheeked baby, Lucas. If that's not a sign that I packed well, I don't know what is.


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Study abroad provides 'adventure of a lifetime'
March 1, 2013
Nikki Goncalves is pictured in traditional Korean dress.
By Tim Belter '13
College is a time to try new things and step out of your comfort zone. For some Bradley students that may mean joining a new club, for others, it means immersing yourself in an entirely different culture.
The latter is what senior public relations major Nikki Goncalves and senior television arts major Mary Schwark did, heading east to South Korea. Goncalves spent the 2012 fall semester studying at Konkuk University in Seoul and Schwark will be there spending five months in spring 2013. Their studies were organized through the International Studies Abroad (ISA) program, with which Bradley recently partnered.
For Goncalves, the experience proved unusual and familiar at the same time. Originally from Angola, Goncalves moved to the U.S. in 2002 and became a citizen in 2011.
"I had my big culture shock when I came to America," she said. "I felt like I was already mentally prepared for this."
Schwark has some international experience of her own. She spent two weeks in Italy during high school, and studied in London through a Bradley program in January 2012.
"I find nothing more rewarding than going to a new country and really diving into a new culture," Schwark said. "At first you don't know what to do, but then as you spend more time there you become acclimated and more in tune with your surroundings."
Both students have some background with the Korean culture. Goncalves has several Korean-American friends at home in Chicago who introduced her to the food and pop culture, while Schwark, an Asian studies minor, has been studying the language at the Korean Presbyterian Church in Peoria and took a class on Korean entertainment and film.
"Their creativity and culture is so engrained into their entertainment that I became somewhat captivated," Schwark said. "It's nothing like Hollywood, and I think that's what caught my interest."
Living and studying in a new country can be intimidating, but ISA gives tours and organizes events, and the university offers many of its courses in English. The program also includes students from the U.S. and various other countries. For Goncalves, however, the most meaningful relationships were the friendships she forged on her own with Korean students at the university.
"They were very friendly and very open. Everybody was willing to help me and teach me," she said. And soon, she'll be able to return the favor. After graduation in May, Goncalves will return to Seoul for a job. She will spend a month teaching English courses at Konkuk.
Although her journey in Korea is just beginning, Schwark also has plans to extend it. After graduation in August, she is anticipating finding a job or internship in the Korean capital.
"I am excited to start a life somewhere new," she said. "It's an adventure of a lifetime and it could lead to something amazing. You could realize new things about yourself that can change your way of thinking for life."


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It has been certainly an interesting fall season including a winter-preview (snow in late October); the fall semester is going by very quickly with all the required and elective courses being offered for students in their first, second and third professional year. It is very exciting to see the successful implementation the third professional year curriculum. This coursework includes an advanced pharmacy practice laboratory with activities such as immunization training and interprofessional patient care with physician assistant students at UNE, an eight hour pharmacotherapeutics course, pharmacy law and ethics and a pharmacy seminar series. The faculty members continue to improve and advance courses in the first and second professional year as well as offering innovative and specialized electives for students in the second and third professional year.
One of the most exciting aspects of our College is the continued growth of our student organizations and the variety and scope of their activities. Our students have been very active in organizing speakers, fundraising activities, community and service activities, social events and traveling to professional meetings. The College is providing partial support for students in the second and third professional year to attend the ASHP Midyear Conference in New Orleans so they can start to become familiar with the residency and residency showcase process. The College is looking forward to the chartering of our Kappa Psi Professional Fraternity Chapter this semester and our Phi Lambda Sigma, the National Pharmacy Leadership Society Chapter next semester. We have also developed our own honor society which will serve as the foundation for future chartering of our own Chapter of Rho Chi, Pharmacy's Academic Honor Society.
I have the wonderful opportunity to teach a leadership elective this semester to a group of students in our second and
third professional year. In this elective, we read and discuss a series of readings related to leadership, personal and professional growth. In one of our recent readings titled Peaks and Valleys: Making Good and Bad Times Work for You–At Work and In Life by Spencer Johnson (2009), we are reminded of the importance for each of us to develop our own sensible vision. If one identifies his or her own sensible vision, this is the key to a successful and happy life professionally and personally. I think this idea also applies to the development of the College of Pharmacy at the University of New England. The faculty, staff members and students are working collaboratively to develop our collective sensible vision as a College known for educating pharmacists that will be recognized for their commitment to patient and family care, to serving where they work and live as well as their profession and their commitment to provide evidenced based care for their patients. Our pharmacy graduates will be intellectually curious and willing to be risk takers and entrepreneurs in leading advances for the enhanced roles that pharmacists will play in patient, family and community care as well as promoting public health.
Simply stated, this means educating pharmacists to work on health-care teams with the ability to practice in diverse and contemporary pharmacy settings. The work and dedication of our preceptors is a critical element to achieving our sensible vision and we need you to help us shape this vision by serving as a preceptor. Our Office of Experiential Education is working diligently to secure introductory and advanced pharmacy practice sites for our students starting in May 2012. We are very thankful for all of you who have served as a preceptor for our students in their introductory pharmacy practice experiences and hope you will consider being a preceptor for our students in their advanced pharmacy practice rotations. Our Office of Experiential Education would be happy to provide additional information for our upcoming experiential education programs or if you know someone who might want to serve as a preceptor for our students.
We also hope that you might help us to achieve our sensible vision by becoming part of our College of Pharmacy as a friend, mentor, founder or fellow through our annual giving campaign (http://une.edu/pharmacy/giving.cfm). The funds raised from these donations will be used to support student scholarships, student travel to local and national conferences, competitive grant funding for students engaged in research and travel for global educational opportunities.


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We've got some exciting news to share from our friends at America's Test Kitchen– they've launched a new book AND IT'S GLUTEN FREE! For The How Can It Be Gluten-Free Cookbook, they've applied their extensive expertise in baking and cooking to create reliable, delicious gluten free recipes that will work every time. We'll keep our book review rather short, because we have a giveaway AND an event to tell you about.
I'm a huge Cook's Illustrated and ATK fan. I like how deep they get into the science of things and how thorough they are in explaining what needs to be done. In my opinion, if you can understand why something works, you can apply that to other recipes. I have absolutely no doubt that all of the recipes in their newest book will be phenomenal, but this is not a book for the faint of heart. While most recipes are decidedly straight-forward, each recipe comes with a fabulous explanation of the how's and why's for its success- which makes each recipe look fairly daunting. If you get past that, you'll have no problem creating THE BEST Old-Fashioned Birthday Cake, perfect New York-Style Pizza, Extra-Crunchy Fried Chicken and some pretty killer Chocolate Chip Cookies. Most recipes are accompanied by a lovely photo and those that are more complicated have great visual tutorials.
Bottom line: this is a great book for anyone who needs to cook and bake gluten free and wants to know the science behind what they're doing.
We were so pleased when ATK contacted us and let us know that, while they have their own preferred flour blend for the recipes, each recipe comes with some minor adaptations to have perfect success with our Gluten Free All Purpose Baking Flour. How cool is that?
Let's take the coolness up a factor- join Jack Bishop, Editorial Director and TV Star at America's Test Kitchen as he presents The How Can It Be Gluten-Free Cookbook at Bob's Red Mill Natural Foods. Designed to help readers understand gluten-free baking and cooking, you'll learn what to stock in a gluten-free pantry and breakthrough strategies that every gluten-free cook should use. When? April 7, 2014, at 4:00 PM Bob's Red Mill will provide samples of a few of Jack's favorite recipes from the book. This event is FREE and no registration is necessary! For more information: http://
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{Giveaway} The kind folks at ATK have offered us two copies of this fabulous book to giveaway to two lucky readers. We're going to pair the book with a bag of our Gluten Free All Purpose Flour and Xanthan Gum so you can get started with this book right away. You know you want to win this book. To enter, follow the prompts below. We'll select two winners at random from all who enter by 11:59 pm on 04/11/14.


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by T.W. Budig
ECM Capitol Reporter
Public awareness of the elder abuse "epidemic" is key to stopping it, Minnesota S.A.F.E. Elders Initiative officials insist.
"It's so important we get on top of it early," Dakota County Attorney James Backstrom said Tuesday, June 11, at a press conference in St. Paul.
No one really knows how many elders face abuse of trust, many times by family members, during the Golden Years.
Associate Director Iris Freeman, Center for Elder Justice and Policy at William Mitchell College of Law, said just over the past few years some 30,000 reports of elder abuse have been received by county social service agencies in Minnesota. These numbers do include police reports and reports to other agencies.
"Unfortunately, one of our gaps is information," Freeman said.
The most common forms of elder abuse are physical, emotional and sexual abuse; neglect and financial exploitation.
Scott Campbell, a retired Duluth police officer, spoke of a brother wrongfully tapping into their elderly mother's savings of $115,000, leaving less than $700.
"It's one done by a family member," he said of the abuse.
About two-thirds of elder financial exploitation prosecuted in his county, Anoka County Attorney Tony Palumbo said, involved family members.
Things are being done. House Judiciary Finance and Policy Committee Chairwoman Debra Hilstrom, DFL-Brooklyn Center, also a county prosecutor, said "very significant" changes to state law have been made to make prosecution of elder abuse easier. And tougher. For instance, in cases of financial exploitation, exploiters can be charged for every six months of the exploitation, plus face an aggregate sentence. Additionally, restitution can be sought, even if the elderly victim has passed away, she said.
To heighten public awareness, the Elders Initiative co-produced with Twin Cities Public Television a 26-minute documentary on elder abuse that will be aired beginning June 16.
Working with Hilstrom, law students at William Mitchell constructed a mobile device app, S.A.F.E. MN, that includes a list of signs of abuse, reporting agencies, others tools for law enforcement. The public, too, can download the app for free.
Elders Initiative, which grew out of a partnership between the Anoka County Attorney's Office and Vulnerable Adult Justice Project, also produced a Prosecutors Trial Notebook. The notebook includes sample complaints, briefs, sentencing guidelines and other information useful for prosecutors when taking alleged elder abusers to court.
"This crime is an abuse of trust," St. Louis County Attorney Mark Rubin said.
Warning signs of physical and sexual elder abuse include bruises, pressure marks and internal injuries, often accompanied by inconsistent explanations for how they occurred. Signs of elder neglect includes weight loss, malnutrition and dehydration, a lack of supervision or necessary health aids. Red flags of financial exploitation includes unpaid bills, abrupt asset transfers and a lack of basic financial information.
When trying to determine if elder abuse is occurring, experts suggest starting by asking three basic questions:
–Is someone taking or using your money without your permission?
–Is anybody hurting you?
–Are you afraid of anyone?
Be mindful, experts warn, not to ask these questions in the presence of a possible abuser.
Minnesota, as across the county, will see a surge of elderly residents as baby boomers move into their retirement years. The number of Minnesotans over the age of 65 will more than double over the next 25 years to 1.3 million. According to the League of Minnesota Cities, there will be more Minnesotans over the age of 65 by 2020 than of school age.
Tim Budig can be reached at [email protected]


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Hydesville's 2012 varsity volleyball team went undefeated this season. Their record was 16-0, and they never lost a single game. The team consists of nine eighth graders, which is 90 percent of the class. They are coached by their eighth-grade teacher, Mrs. Terri Spalding, and their assistant coach is their classroom aide, Mrs. Dawn Dill. The team won the Panther Classic Tournament at Rio Dell, beating Ferndale in the final game. As a reward they traveled to Stanford University where they had courtside seats for a Stanford vs. UCLA woman's volleyball match.
The Hydesville team was featured on the Sporting Youth, News Channel 3, for their undefeated season and great sportsmanship.
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In picture from left to right: front row, holding trophy, Bekah Sanderson, Holly Gleaton, Hannah Hough; back row, Damian Harrington, Julia Hohman, Taylor Murray, Jessie Hein, Coach Terri Spalding, Emily Dill, Assistant Coach Dawn Dill; last row, Jevin Kitchen.


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Homers snap Kershaw's winning streak
Lefty goes distance but allows two homers for first loss since May 28
LOS ANGELES -- Even when Clayton Kershaw loses, it's something special.
So when he came off the field after striking out 11 without a walk for nine innings Saturday night, he received a standing ovation at Dodger Stadium.
He and the Dodgers were on their way to a 3-2 loss to the Brewers, Kershaw being taken deep by Ryan Braun and Carlos Gomez, pitching better in defeat than he did while winning in Milwaukee six days ago.
"I felt like I pitched so much better than in Milwaukee, but the scoreboard said differently," said Kershaw, benefitting from an extra day of rest. "The scoreboard doesn't always reflect how you feel."
The loss was Kershaw's first in 14 starts (since May 28 against Cincinnati), snapping an 11-0 run of decisions for the National League Pitcher of the Month in June and July. He's 14-3, his ERA inching up from 1.78 to 1.86.
With the Brewers swinging at first pitches, Kershaw made only 97 for his sixth complete game of the year, which leads the league and is the most for a Dodger since Ismael Valdes had six in 1995. It was the first time a Dodgers starting pitcher threw a complete-game loss at home since Derek Lowe in 2007.
Kershaw might go on to a third Cy Young Award this year and he's in the conversation for MVP. But Saturday night Kershaw was outdueled by Yovani Gallardo, who kept the Dodgers in the ballpark. Gallardo pitched eight innings, allowing one run on six singles.
"I got outpitched," said Kershaw's toughest critic, himself. "Yovani pitched better than I did. I just made some mistakes and they showed up on the scoreboard."
The Brewers are 4-1 against the Dodgers this year and 16-8 since 2011, including 8-3 at Dodger Stadium. They've won games started by Zack Greinke and Kershaw back to back.
"You don't usually see those two guys get beat back to back," said Justin Turner, who had an RBI single. "But that's baseball. It happens. We'll come out tomorrow and try to salvage the series, like we did in Milwaukee."
Kershaw came into the game having allowed only six home runs in 136 1/3 innings, but Braun slugged an opposite-field two-run shot with one out in the fourth inning and Gomez led off the sixth inning with a homer.
"Braun's home run, he hung that pitch, and the one he threw me, too, was right in the middle and hanging," said Gomez. "No matter who you are, when you're hanging pitches [to] professional hitters, something is going to happen."
Dodgers catcher A.J. Ellis said even in defeat, Kershaw showed an attribute essential to a starting pitcher in consideration for an MVP -- the saving of a bullpen feeling the domino effects of five members missing because of injury.
"A lot's been said lately about the MVP and whether a pitcher should be in it, but if you've watched the Dodgers the last few days and how much has happened to the bullpen, for Clayton to know he had to go eight or nine innings and to deliver, that's valuable too," he said.
Kershaw was perfect through three innings, but that ended in the fourth when Gomez jumped on the first pitch for a double. One out later, with Gomez dancing off second base to get Kershaw's attention, Braun sent a towering homer on a 3-1 fastball that just cleared the right-field fence.
"He's the best pitcher in baseball and he's been on a historically great run. It's incredible," said Braun. "It's kind of fun to watch from afar. It's obviously extremely difficult to beat him. It hasn't happened much this year, so for us to do that, it's an impressive accomplishment."
The Dodgers trimmed the deficit in half against Gallardo during the bottom of the fourth when Carl Crawford beat out an infield single, stole second and was singled home by Turner, who was thrown out trying to advance to second base.
But Gomez jumped on Kershaw again leading off the sixth inning, this time lofting a first-pitch changeup into the back of the Dodgers bullpen.
"Clayton is going to be on the attack and see what teams do," manager Don Mattingly said of opposing team plans of first-pitch swinging. "Always early in the count, they're attacking him. ... They're a good club."
Matt Kemp led off the ninth with a homer off Brewers closer Francisco Rodriguez before Rodriguez set down the next three batters in order.
Ken Gurnick is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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payment processor that is also an address-identification solution; and Google for Web analytics.
"Demandware knew how to advise us in streamlining the site," Zilko said. "We were able to make it much more user-friendly and add more efficient checkout operations."
The solution was officially deployed in November 2006, right before Zabar's busiest month.
"As a result, our order volume increased at a healthy rate and business was better than the previous season," he said.
The outsourcing partnership has also helped the chain beef up its call-center operations.
"Up until a few years ago, the call center was located in the store itself," he explained. "Now the company outsources the operation to a Web-based call center, and we also manage our own center in-store."
There are between five and 15 staffers working the in-store call center simultaneously, with one manager for the company's mail-order operation. The call center and the Web, which feeds into one backend, receive about 200 orders per day during Zabar's off-season.
The Web-to-call-center ratio has also shifted toward the Web, Zilko said. In fact, the company sees 60% of its orders coming through the Web and 40% through the call center. The site used to process 50% of orders and the call center processed 50%.
"Since our customers are now more comfortable ordering on the Web, we've made our site much easier for them," he added. "We had a smooth migration and there are no complaints on the difficulty of placing an order."
The big picture: Now that Zabar's can handle its busiest shipping periods, the company wants to focus on learning about who is coming to the site.
"One of the biggest advantages we've gained is that analytics are now built into the system," Zilko said. "We've learned a lot of things about our customers that we never knew before and it has translated into the ability to increase sales. "We now know what customers are searching for on the site and what products they buy together. We are also able to see how they shop between categories," he said.
"As a result, we can now make business decisions to capitalize on that," he added. "We're integrating what we learned into e-mail marketing and cross-selling across the site." Although Zabar's hasn't yet tapped into targeted marketing, Zilko said the company plans to pursue it later this year. The company also plans to further enhance its online presence. For example, online customer reviews that can further engage shoppers and help in their purchase decision-making is one priority.
"We're also looking into blogs and would like to open specialized microsites for coffee," he said. "We want to get videos up online to describe and promote the products," he noted.