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On Tuesday, FNC's The O'Reilly Factor hosted FNC analyst Bernard Goldberg as the former CBS News correspondent highlighted a story recently posted on his Web site, BernardGoldberg.com , in which he complains of how little mainstream media attention was given to the fact that former President George W. Bush had volunteered to go to Vietnam as part of his service in the Texas Air National Guard, but that he was turned down because other pilots were more experienced, and that CBS News producer Mary Mapes, even though she knew this part of the story before the report aired, did not... continue reading
ABC's Brian Ross and NBC's Andrea Mitchell on Tuesday night each listed some al Qaeda plots uncovered via CIA interrogations, but both balked when it came to vindicating former Vice President Dick Cheney on whether "enhanced interrogation techniques" (EITs) led to information which prevented attacks. "Nowhere in the reports...does the CIA ever draw a direct connection between the valuable information and the specific use of harsh tactics," Ross declared on World News in citing reports Cheney requested be released. NBC's Andrea Mitchell cited only Khalid Sheikh Mohammad and related how "administration officials say there is no way to know whether... continue reading
MSNBC News Live hosts David Shuster and Tamron Hall on Tuesday embraced a contrarian notion that the tide is shifting in favor of liberal health care reform. Interviewing a Democratic strategist-turned-left-wing columnist, whose political affiliations went unidentified, Shuster tried to be optimistic: "...If the anti, sort-of, reform crowd on the right owned the early part of August, you almost get the sense that things are starting to pick up on the left, as far as the last couple of weeks in this month." Shuster talked to David Sirota, whom he identified simply as a "syndicated columnist." The cable anchor left... continue reading
USA Today reporter Richard Wolf's Tuesday news story on President Barack Obama's vacation book reading list flattered Obama for his "smart" and "exquisite" choice in the five books the White House announced Monday he had picked to read. "Taken together, they are a smart collection for 'someone who really appreciates the written word,' says Susan Mercier, manager of Edgartown Books here," Wolf wrote from Martha's Vineyard island. "'I would not classify any of those as light fiction. They're pretty meaty works,' Mercier said. 'I hope he has time to sit and read them, because he's a busy guy.'" In the... continue reading
The bosses at PBS must not mind their taxpayer-funded network being defined as liberal in the public mind, because on Sunday's Meet the Press, NBC matched Joe Scarborough on the right with PBS talk-show host Tavis Smiley on the left. Smiley slapped President Obama for trying to be the "collaborator in chief" instead of commander-in-chief on health care, and denounced protesters at town hall meetings as forces of "unadulterated hate." He also warned against what Martin Luther King called "the tranquilizing drug of gradualism." The host of a nightly talk show based at Los Angeles PBS station KCET blamed Obama... continue reading
During an interview with John McCain on Sunday's This Week, George Stephanopoulos practically begged with the Arizona senator to repudiate "death panel" claims by former Governor Sarah Palin. Speaking of the health care bill, Stephanopoulos attacked euthanasia worries and lobbied, "[Obama] called that an extraordinary lie. And he is right about that, isn't he?" The former top Clinton aide turned journalist reworked the same query four more times. After McCain referred to the fact that a Senate panel dropped a provision on end-of-life counseling, Stephanopoulos interrupted, "I don't think that's correct, Senator. The bill, all it said was that if... continue reading
Chris Matthews, on Monday's Hardball, ridiculed Republican Congressman Wally Herger, for calling a townhaller a "Great American," because the questioner described himself as a "right wing terrorist." Since satire seems to be above Chris Matthews' head he failed to realize the townhaller was probably mocking those in the liberal media, like the Washington Post's Steven Pearlstein , who actually called Republicans "terrorists." An appalled Matthews argued the Congressman's praise of the man could lead to trouble: MATTHEWS: Next up, here's one from Republican Congressman Wally Herger of California. At his town hall meeting some guy yelled out, bragging that he... continue reading
Much of the media and entertainment world spent the last eight years ridiculing President Bush's verbal communication - Saturday Night Live made up "strategery" to make fun of him - and lack of reading skills with jokes about Bush reading children's books or his barren library. But Monday night, CBS and NBC used President Barack Obama's first full day of vacation as a pivot to spin his "wee wee'd up" miscue, which certainly would have been widely mocked if uttered by Bush, and supposed summer book reading list - into admirable positives. "Mr. Obama," Couric contended, "has continued a presidential... continue reading
NBC's Ron Allen, on Monday's Today show, highlighted how the residents on Martha's Vineyard are in a tizzy about the First Family vacationing there as he gushed: "On the small island off the coast of Massachusetts, there is Obama everything!" Allen then went on to feature locals celebrating the arrival of the Obamas including a woman excited about eateries naming dishes after the President like the "Barack-O-Taco," the "Obamarita" and as Allen enthused: "Even an ice cream called Barack My World." While Allen did note the politics of Martha's Vineyard, "lean to the political left," he did it right before... continue reading
ABC News anchor Chris Cuomo conducted a hostile interview of RNC Chairman Michael Steele on Monday's Good Morning America. Noting Steele hadn't used the term "death panel," Cuomo asked if it was "a sign of positive progress." He also wondered why Steele wasn't bashing insurance companies, since when there is "excess in the system, it always comes back to the insurance companies." The GMA anchor interviewed the RNC chairman 15 minutes into the 7 am hour. He zeroed in on Steele's op-ed plugging a "Seniors' Health Care Bill of Rights" which ran in the Washington Post on Monday . After... continue reading


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By James Jardine, Marketing Communications, MasterControl Inc.Quality guru Ken Peterson has dedicated his career to helping organizations like Abbott Laboratories, Kodak, and IBM devise better quality management solutions that allow them to maximize efficiency and resolve problems faster. In the first of a three-part series of complimentary webinars available from MasterControl, Peterson breaks down quality management into three distinct segments: quality events, issue review, and corrective and preventive actions (CAPA). You can view the free webinar in its entirety here. No registration is required to access the recorded presentation—just click and play!
The opening section of the first webinar features Peterson discussing the handling of quality events—how to take an occurrence (such as a customer complaint, a nonconformance, an audit finding, etc.) and determine the most efficient way to resolve the issue.

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Following the runaway success of the original edition, this unique book collects the rest of Banksy's graffiti from the last five years. With more than 100 different locations highlighted and color photographs of Banksy's street art, this is a thoroughly up-to-date catalog of his most recent work. Also included with the photographs are trivia regarding each location, a full walking tour of the remaining work in Banksy's native Bristol, and snippets of graffiti… (more)
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It's clear Perry doesn't care
After reading Gov. Perry's outline for the future of Texas, I am reminded of how little he cares about our children and the majority of our citizens.
Denying Medicaid expansion for an expanding poor population, and denying the return of public education funding and instead providing more money for private, charter schools and "unspecified" tax relief. The use of "rainy day" money for water provision is a good thing, but why double dip for highways and roads?
Someone asked how Perry keeps getting elected. In 2010, only 48 percent of registered voters voted. Thirty percent of eligible voters aren't registered. About 56 percent of voters picked Perry. That boils down to 17 percent of eligible voters picking Perry and only 24 percent of registered voters picking him.
This is the formula for mediocrity … and Perry knows it.
Vern Turner, Marble Falls
Perry supports infrastructure
As civil engineers, we are very encouraged by Gov. Perry's efforts to fix Texas' deteriorating infrastructure. Like the governor, we too want to position our state to excel in a 21st century economy.
The governor said "water and roads add to the quality of life for all Texans" and they play "a major role in our continued economic development." We could not agree more.
Infrastructure investment is not wasteful spending. This fall, the Texas Section of the American Society of Civil Engineers awarded our state's infrastructure system a "C" grade due to a significant lack of both long-term maintenance planning and sustainable funding. This is not good enough for our students in the classroom and certainly not good enough for Texas' economic foundation. We must build the necessary infrastructure for Texan families and businesses to thrive. This will drive our economy and continue Texas on a path to prosperity.
The State of the State address is our annual opportunity as Texans to take stock of our state and lay the groundwork for the path ahead. We applaud the governor for wanting to invest in infrastructure, and we encourage all Texans to urge their political leaders to invest in Texas' future.
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The Catholic charity Caritas has launched an emergency appeal to help 90,000 people who have fled their homes in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Renewed fighting in North and South Kivu has displaced more than 100,000 people since the end of August.
Caritas' appeal for more than $1.5 million will help fund the urgent non-food needs of people uprooted in North Kivu, a press release states. The five-month project will provide household articles such as blankets, hygiene products and cooking equipment to 15,000 families who have lost their homes and possessions in the violence.
Caritas DRC has reported at least 17 deaths from cholera at a camp west of Goma. Some cases of malnutrition have also been reported among children and nursing mothers.
Last week Caritas DRC urged a ceasefire and the opening of a humanitarian corridor as clashes between government troops and rebels have hampered access to people in need of urgent help.
The fighting continues despite the Congolese Government's approval of a UN plan for all sides to withdraw their forces on 17 September. A ceasefire had been signed in January 2008.


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Brew Crew June: Milwaukee Hitting on All CylindersJune 19, 2008
The Milwaukee Brewers are absolutely mashing the ball. No team has hit more home runs in the month of June than the Brewers who have also posted the third best ERA in the National League over the same time span. The Brewers are 11-5 this month while picking up two and half games on the second place St Louis Cardinals and a game on the Chicago Cubs who lead the NL Central. They may be 6 games out now but they're quietly making themselves a run.
Calling up Russell Branyan from the minors has given them a huge boost. His power has never been questioned as his career home run rate is one dinger every 14.7 at bats. It's just that he doesn't do much else. He was called up on May 25 and already he has more home runs than Matt Holliday, Bobby Abreu, Torii Hunter, and Ken Griffey Jr. Unbelievably, 10 of his 19 hits this year are home runs. Moreover, in the last 6 games he's hit a home run, the dinger was his only hit. This guy just loves hitting home runs. Who needs Bill Hall?
Hitting in the clean up spot, Prince Fielder has had some serious dependency issues. Of Fielder's last 8 home runs, 6 of them have come in games that Ryan Braun or Russell Branyan have also homered. It could be that they're all hot at the same time. It also could be that he's lonely.
The Brewers couldn't have a picked a better time to get rolling. The Cubs are without Alfonso Soriano and could be losing ace Carlos Zambrano to arm trouble. Zambrano came out of his last start complaining of shoulder soreness and got an MRI today. No word yet on his status but the Cubs figure to be cautious with their ace. It's only a matter of time before Kerry Wood visits Dr. James Andrews.
Just two games ahead of the Brewers, the Cardinals are suffering too. Albert Pujols and Anthony Reyes sit on the disabled list while starter Todd Wellemeyer is taking the week off with elbow trouble. Not only that, starting catcher Yadier Molina has been kept out of the lineup because of a concussion he suffered on Monday that booked him an overnight stay at the hospital. Also, 2006 Cy Young winner Chris Carpenter hit a bump in his recovery from Tommy John surgery and won't be ready to return until at least September.
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This whitepaper from PayPal provides insights into all the above and more.
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Dramatic Image Effects in Photoshop
It happens to every photographer. You set out to take great shots, which in most cases you do, but there are a couple of shots that just miss the mark. The images are in an amazing location, but the lighting just didn't turn out right. Parts of the image may be blown out, or the image itself is washed out. Well, don't worry, because all is not lost. You have a chance to save those images. All you need is just a little help from Photoshop. In the video below, I will show you how to create dramatic image effects in Photoshop.
A Bland Image
In the video I start out with a washed out image that could be better. The colors are dim and the overall image is fairly bland. In Photoshop, I bring it in and bring up the HDR Toning menu via Image>Adjustments> HDR Toning. This brings up the HDR Toning dialong box where you have a lot of different settings to choose from. The tough part is determining what to adjust and what to leave alone in order to get the best results.
The Results
With a little help from Photoshop, you can bring in more details and make your image more dramatic and powerful. This is especially important for wedding Photos. You don't want any client to regret hiring you. As you can see from the image above, there are more details and the highlights and shadows are more dramatic. The only thing that you really need to watch out for with HDR Toning is setting the adjustments too high, which can cause a haloing effect.
Did You Try HDR Toning?
How did things turn out for you? Were you able to save your image and make it more dramatic using HDR Toning? Did you run into any trouble? If you have any questions, be sure to leave them in the comments section below.


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USA out of UN!
Maybe if the photographer joined in, it would truly be a dp-review.
I took a lot of great photos with the Sony 707. (I took a lot of bad ones too). The swivel back really allowed for convenient viewing when holding the camera at "interesting" levels. I do miss that feature.
I would be very proud to make such fine images. My only issue is that the tiny people on the horizon are distracting. Are these pictures about the waterfall, or the tiny people?
Is it a coincidence that they are 'round?
Good to see some actual innovation in the sensor arena. Far too much of digital photography hitherto has been in replacing film, but the opportunities in digital extend well beyond that. This is a great idea and I see no reason why they couldn't reset the pixels more than once -- just keep track of the number of resets and add enough bits to count the resets. Two bits gives you four resets, that should do it.
I would prefer one based on a helium dirigible platform.
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When fungicides fit for hail-damaged corn
Wondering what to do about hail-damaged corn?
BASF's Headline products could help it recover and protect it, says Nick Fassler, BASF technical market manager for fungicides.
BASF obtained a supplemental label for Headline from federal regulators in 2009 that includes benefits other than fungal disease control, including better tolerance to hail.
Yield responses on hail-damaged corn from Headline can coincide with 12 to 16 bushel per acre responses that BASF says it consistently sees from Headline applications on corn, says Fassler. However, responses hinge upon yield potential and the severity of plant damage. Headline won't help corn with heavily stripped leaves. It is beneficial, though, to less damaged plants. It can protect those new leaves forming below the tassel that contribute to yield during grain fill, says Fassler.
Disease control remains a major benefit of Headline, he adds. However, Headline has plant physiological benefits, such as ethylene reduction. "Upon injury or even under dry conditions, plants produce ethylene as a response hormone," he says. "It is basically telling plants they are experiencing stress and need to hurry up and ripen or in the case of soybeans, lose leaves."
F500—the active ingredient in Headline—suppresses ethylene production, says Fassler. This enables plants to stay green longer and have longer grain fill, he adds.
Headline's disease control attributes protects palnts against diseases like gray leaf spot, common rust, and northern corn leaf blight for at least 21 days. The optimum application time for Headline is from VT (full tassel) through R2 (blister) stages "Applications at this time will help carry you through grain fill," says Fassler.


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It's remarkable that this level of grumpiness over the new profile design persists and that Facebook has not figured out any way of addressing it in a way that makes its users happier. The cliche about Facebook users is that they complain like crazy for a few weeks and threaten to leave the service, but then eventually calm down and learn to love whatever new thing Facebook has foisted upon them. That's what happened with the Facebook news feed, which was quite a system shock when originally introduced. But it still seems people are being dragged into the Timeline format kicking and screaming.
The new layout is called Timeline because it makes it easier to scroll back in time and see what longtime Facebook users were talking about online years ago, and some users would rather let their old posts be forgotten. However, other complaints are about what many consider a confusing two-column layout and unpredictable ordering of posts compared with the familiar Facebook Wall. Timeline also has some attractive elements, such as space for a large "cover" photo or image atop the page.
The authors of the Attensity study wrote: "We were rather shocked at the degree of frustration expressed by Facebook users toward the new Timeline format, given that Facebook is still in the process of rolling out Timeline to individual users and the new format is not yet mandatory. (Although businesses were required to convert their profile pages to the new format in March)."
Facebook announced worldwide availability of Timeline on Jan. 24, saying everyone would get the new layout turned on "over the next few weeks." In practice, the transition has stretched out over the past few months, with individual users getting notices that their profiles were about to be converted on a staggered schedule. Once you get that notice, you have seven days to preview and tweak your Timeline page (potentially eliminating old posts you no longer want shared) before the layout goes public. Earlier this week, the International Business Times reported the final deadline has been set for May 21, but Facebook has not made any further official announcements on converting the stragglers.
It strikes me as unlikely that none of the dislike of Timeline came out in those focus groups Facebook conducted. Certainly, a lot of the current complaints emerged months ago, when Timeline was still available only as a developer preview. It looks more like Facebook took the negative feedback in stride and did what Zuckerberg had decided he wanted to do with user profiles anyway. The attitude seems to be, "Users don't know what they really want until we've given it to them, and even if we give it to them and they say they don't like it, they'll get used to it and love us for it in the long run." Or maybe enough people from the investment or advertising communities responded favorably that what the pesky users thought didn't matter.
"It struck me more like, 'We covered our bases--we did have them give input,'" said Tracy Parkin, a technical writer and usability consultant. Tracy is a professional contact I met through my wife, and I shared the WSJ article following an exchange of messages on Twitter about the Attensity report.
Parkin said she didn't convert to Timeline until she got the notice from Facebook saying her profile was about to be converted, like it or not. "By then, I figured I'll just dive in and see what it's about," she said. "I had heard people complaining about it, so I was curious. But I don't find it beneficial in any way." She wonders what problem Timeline was designed to solve. Were people asking for a better way to find their old Facebook posts, or for their friends to dig around in their history?
Of course, there's also the theory that consumers don't always ask for the products they wind up loving. Steve Jobs didn't run his business on focus groups, and people weren't necessarily asking for products like the iPhone and the iPad until they saw what they could do. On the other hand, when those products arrived, they inspired a lot more love than hate.
Facebook doesn't seem to have measured up to that standard.
"For them to have developed hundreds of prototypes, if that's indeed what they did, and conduct all these focus groups--that's an incredible investment of resources for something that got such low acceptance," Parkin said. Maybe Facebook has the momentum to succeed anyway, but for any other company this would be a disaster, she said. "It's probably not something you'd want to emulate, that's my point."
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Famous submersible to explore Alaska's undersea depths
ALVIN to study undersea volcanoes, deepwater crabs, fish, methane seeps
Date:June 3, 1999
FAIRBANKS, Alaska -- Made famous by its deep ocean dives and exploration of the Titanic, the deep submergence vehicle ALVIN will spend this summer probing the oceanic depths off Alaska.
The West Coast and Polar Regions Undersea Research Center, located at the University of Alaska Fairbanks School of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences, is bringing ALVIN to the Gulf of Alaska. Researchers funded by the center will use the vehicle to make 21 dives to study undersea volcanoes, deepwater crabs and fish, and methane seeps.
ALVIN Alaska Cruise '99 is set to begin July 18, when its support ship, the 274-foot ATLANTIS, will depart Astoria, Oregon, for the monthlong research expedition.
During the first leg of the science cruise, researchers from the National Marine Fisheries Service in Kodiak and Oregon State University will ride ALVIN to the seafloor to study the Patton-Murray Seamounts. This cluster of undersea mountains 300 miles south of Kodiak Island is known for its tectonic activity as well as for several species of deepwater crab and fish that live nearby. The seamount cluster is about 200 miles long and 80 miles wide, with the top of the highest seamount rising to within 984 feet of the ocean surface.
If all goes as scheduled, ATLANTIS and ALVIN are expected to make a brief stop in Kodiak, Alaska, on Saturday, July 31, to take on provisions and researchers.
Following these shore duties, ATLANTIS will embark on the second leg of its science mission. The destination this time is the Kodiak Seamount, a volcano that lies 7,500 feet beneath the surface of the Gulf of Alaska, approximately 120 miles southeast of Kodiak Island, Alaska. Its small three-mile diameter, flat-topped summit is strewn with fault lines. Volcanic rocks crop out on the seamount's summit and side slopes. This seamount is slowly slipping beneath the tectonic plate that supports Alaska.
Researchers from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography will undertake studies of the Kodiak Seamount to examine the geology and structure of this deep-sea volcanic ridge as well as to understand the methane seeps and unique biological communities that occur here. Scientists hope to learn more about how methane seeps provide energy to deep sea species and how the greenhouse gas may be contributing to climate change.
The science cruise is expected to conclude on or about August 13, after which the ATLANTIS will return to Astoria, Oregon.
First built in 1964, ALVIN is the nation's most famous deep submergence vehicle. Having undergone extensive modifications and technology upgrades through the years, ALVIN is capable of withstanding the extreme pressures of the deep ocean down to 3 miles beneath the sea surface.
ALVIN's support ship, ATLANTIS, was built in 1997, and is one of the newest and most advanced oceanographic research vessels in the world. ATLANTIS is owned by the U.S. Navy and operated by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute (WHOI) in Woods Hole, Massachusetts.
Principle Investigators and Project Titles
Robert Duncan, Oregon State University: "Volcanic and tectonic processes at the Patton-Murray Seamounts, Gulf of Alaska"
Bradley Stevens, National Marine Fisheries Service, Kodiak, Alaska: "Habitat ecology of deepwater crabs on Gulf of Alaska Seamounts"
Peter Lonsdale, University of Calfornia, San Diego: "Neotectonics of Kodiak Seamount"
Lisa Levin, University of Calfornia, San Diego, Scripps Institution of Oceanography: "Controls on infaunal community structure at Pacific methane seeps"
Kevin Brown, University of Calfornia, San Diego, Scripps Institution of Oceanography; Co-PI: Joris M. Gieskes: "Flux measurements and hydrogeologic studies at cold seeps off Alaska and Southern California"
Learn more about ALVIN Alaska Cruise '99 online
Summaries of ALVIN Alaska Cruise '99 research: http://www.wcnurc.uaf.edu:8000/alvin99.html
ALVIN online: http://www.marine.whoi.edu/ships/alvin/alvin.htm
ATLANTIS online: http://www.marine.whoi.edu/ships/ATLANTIS/ATLANTIS.htm
ALVIN Photos: http://www.marine.whoi.edu/ships/alvin/photos.htm
The Alaska Sea Grant College Program is a marine research, education and outreach service headquartered at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, School of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences. Sea Grant is funded by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in partnership with the State of Alaska and private industry.
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The URL for this page is http://seagrant.uaf.edu/news/99news/06-03-99_ALVIN.html


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The New York City Board of Health ratified last Thursday Mayor Michael Bloomberg's proposed ban on soft drinks served in containers larger than 16 ounces. The move is the first of its kind in any city across the country. New York stands at the vanguard of a movement aimed at curbing obesity and improving public health; the soda ban has sparked an important discussion and will lead to healthier choices.
Much like Mayor Bloomberg's smoking ban in bars, restaurants, parks, and other public places, the soda ban proposal came with its fair share of controversy. Critics decried the proposal for its intrusion on everyday life, with some going as far as calling the mayor a nanny. Others participated in protests and other forms of demonstration like the Million Big Gulp March (even though the ban excludes 7-11 Big Gulps) to send a message to government to keep its hands off people's individual liberties.
The plan's opponents, however, neglect the incontrovertible fact that obesity has serious negative externalities and costs. This is our self-inflicted 21st century public health crisis, much like smoking was in the last century. The government has spent decades targeting smoking, and as a result the number of adults who smoke is declining. Mayor Bloomberg isn't touting his plan as a panacea. Rather, the soda ban represents the first step in the right direction towards addressing this crisis.
At the end of the day, you can drink as much soda as you please. The so-called "soda ban" is actually a container size restriction (but a headline or poster with those words wouldn't catch anyone's attention). Regardless of the plan's name, the soda ban has succeeded in stimulating a national debate about our health, our choices, the role of government, and what we can do to solve this crisis. Once in effect, the ban will promote healthier decision making, as studies show that if the glass, plate, or portion in front of you is smaller, you will consequently eat less.
That's why this moment is so important. That's why Mayor Bloomberg should be applauded for standing up to the soda companies that spent millions of dollars fighting to protect their bottom line. And that's why our lives will benefit from the container size restriction.
Editor's Note: this post was updated with a link to a study that the mayor was citing in his support for the ban.


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Wednesday, March 13, 2013
CFK hopes Francis 'will send a message to the great powers'
President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner.
While attending a ceremony in Tecnopolis, President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner said she hoped Pope Francis will "send a message to the great powers so they will engage in dialogue."
After sending a formal letter to Jorge Bergoglio, the President said she hoped Pope Francis will be able to achieve a larger degree of fraternity between the people of the world."
"We hope he can achieve a meaningful task for the region," she said.
At the same time, the Head of State added that she hopes "he will send a message to the great powers so they will engage in dialogue. That he will manage to talk those wielding the power, those who have weapons and financial might, into looking at the emerging countries and promote civilized dialogue."


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Police have arrested more suspects in connection with a clash between authorities and assailants that left 21 dead in the western region of Xinjiang, Chinese state media reported Monday.
Eight suspects already were in custody following last Tuesday's clash, which killed 15 police officers and local government officials, and six assailants. Authorities described the gang as terrorists.
The death toll was the highest for a single incident in months in Xinjiang, which sees recurrent outbreaks of violence pitting members of the Turkic Muslim Uighur (pronounced WEE'-gur) group against the authorities and majority ethnic Han Chinese migrants.
China Central Television said Monday that another group of suspects had been captured and interrogated, though it didn't say how many. It also said explosives were seized. The report quoted the state anti-terrorist office and Meng Hongwei, the vice public security minister.
Also Monday, CCTV broadcast images of a memorial service for the 12 men and three women police officers and officials killed in the clash. It said Meng attended, along with more than 1,000 people from local party and government departments.
A leading Uighur activist has questioned the official account of the incident. Local sources said that police sparked it by shooting a Uighur youth during an illegal search of homes, according to Dilxat Raxit, a spokesman for the German-based World Uyghur Congress.
Authorities previously said 10 of those killed on the government side were Uighurs, three were Han, and two were from the Mongolian ethnic group. It said two other Uighurs were hurt. The ethnicity of the assailants wasn't given.
Xinjiang, a sprawling region that borders Central Asia, Afghanistan and Pakistan, is home to millions of Uighurs, many of whom complain of tight restrictions on religious and cultural life by Beijing and say they have been marginalized by policies favoring Han migrants.
Beijing says it treats its minorities fairly and spends billions of dollars on improving living standard in minority areas.


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Cidu Bill on Jan 2nd 2013
Back in the day, kids were told "Finish your dinner, there are kids starving in China (or Africa, depending on when you were growing up)" — until they were old enough to question how finishing their dinner would do a damn thing to help those poor Chinese or African children.
So this comic gives us the Bizarro World version by having an African child told that American children are over-eating, and somehow they'll be helped if he doesn't finish his dinner.
Filed in Bill Bickel, Cyanide and Happiness, comic strips, comics, humor | 33 responses so far
33 Responses to "Eat"
mitch4 Jan 2nd 2013 at 08:48 am 1
Yes, that's the same way it strikes me. Though I didn't have 'China' as the site of the starving children in whose honor I must finish my meal. And express gratitude — I think that was also part of the message, perhaps making a little more logic.
The C&H turnaround is done pretty neatly. But not really funny IMO.
yellojkt Jan 2nd 2013 at 09:05 am 2
Any reference to 'starving kids in [geographic area]' is a possible Geezer alert. Early baby boomers were told they were in post-war Europe. Then China, then India, then Africa, particularly Ethiopia.
Kilby Jan 2nd 2013 at 09:24 am 3
The funny thing is that this same argument is used by various agencies in an effort to encourage people to save water. Fixing a leaky faucet may make a minor contribution to preserving the local water table, but it does nothing to help the poor people in arid regions.
Morris Keesan Jan 2nd 2013 at 10:00 am 4
I wonder if I'm the only geezer who thought of Allan Sherman after seeing this comic (Actually, I thought of him when I read Bill's explanation, before loading the image). On Sherman's album My Son, the Nut, there's a song titled "Hail to Thee, Fat Person", in which he explains how he got fat: "My mother told me to clean the plate, because there were children starving in India. So I cleaned the plate … four, five, six times a day, because somehow I thought that would help the starving children in India. … So the next time you see a fat person, do not mock. Say to them, 'Hail to Thee, Fat Person. You kept us out of war.'"
I'm sure I've misquoted, but I can't believe I remember that so clearly, when I haven't listened to that record in more than 30 years.
Mark M Jan 2nd 2013 at 10:10 am 5
Weird Al uses Japan as his country of reference when encouraging kids to "Eat It". Always struck me as an odd choice, but after all, it is Weird Al.
Foxtail Jan 2nd 2013 at 10:11 am 6
The starving kids in Africa thing was more a guilt manipulation than a logical justification.
Thinking of some stick thin child, desperate for the Brussel Sprouts you so wantonly are pushing round your plate in disgust, desperate for them to 'accidentally' fall on the floor
The guilt worked, but logically it's flawed, because yes, it doesn't help them at all.
The reversed situation in C&H is perfect for demonstrating this.
Ed Jan 2nd 2013 at 11:41 am 7
Drink up, don't you know there are sober children in Africa?
James Pollock Jan 2nd 2013 at 12:08 pm 8
The point isn't that you should eat the yucky food because it will somehow help the kids in (wherever). Never was. The point is that you should be thankful to have it in the first place, because there are people who don't have food at all, yucky or otherwise.
Elyrest Jan 2nd 2013 at 12:28 pm 9
I don't remember my mother saying this - our family never needed encouragement to eat. It was a constant refrain from my childhood though and it was always starving children in China. We did have that Allan Sherman album, Morris Keesan, and played and sang the silly songs so maybe I picked it up from there too. The C&H comic, even though not laughable, does a good reverse on the phrase. So I guess I can blame any extra pounds I have on those gluttons in Africa. I thought it was Christmas cookies.
J-L Jan 2nd 2013 at 01:03 pm 10
Mark M (#5):
Yeah, I always thought that Japan was a strange choice of country to use for that song. Which makes me think that he used it solely because it rhymes with "Raisin Bran."
(A link to the lyrics: http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/weirdalyankovic/eatit.html )
Judge Mental Jan 2nd 2013 at 01:32 pm 11
I'm with James P #7. I often heard the the "kids are starving in (Africa)" refrain when I was a kid and never once was did I think the intended message was that I would somehow help them by eating all my (yucky) food. The point was strictly "you should be thankful for what you have". As a matter of fact, if not for the comments here, the "eat your food to help those starving kids" angle never would have even occurred to me (as it makes no sense whatever).
Jeff S. Jan 2nd 2013 at 02:01 pm 12
I agree with Judge Mental… I only heard the phrase when it was prefaced with, "You should be thankful for what you have, because…", and I don't think I ever heard it as a stand alone explanation in and of itself (eating the food will help the starving kids, wherever they may be).
Keera Jan 2nd 2013 at 02:45 pm 13
If you're a 60's geezer, then the starving kids were in Biafra. What a miserable three years for a nation.
My mother never guilted me into finishing my food. She grew up with that nonsense and had no intention of passing on said nonsense to the next generation. I was therefore, from an early age, forced to learn gratitude through other means than finishing my broccoli. I tell ya, childhood can be rough.
Scott Jan 2nd 2013 at 04:05 pm 14
My late mother-in-law was born in 1916, and when she was growing up it was starving Armenians.
As for me, I never had problems eating, but when I ate too fast my father said that I was eating like the Russians were in New Jersey. (I grew up in Queens.)
James Pollock Jan 2nd 2013 at 05:32 pm 15
When I was growing up, the refrain was about starving kids "in India", although the ACTUAL starving kids were located in East Africa. At least, the ones people were singing about where in Africa. ("Do they know it's Christmas" was a way better song than "We are the World" was, but my favorite was "Stars" by Hear'N Aid, even if they did let the guys from Spinal Tap in. Ronnie Dio sounded way more sincere than anyone in USA for Africa, for sure.)
Mark in Boston Jan 2nd 2013 at 06:03 pm 16
When my mother told me about the starving children in India, that only made me less hungry. How can you eat when there are starving children somewhere?
Cidu Bill Jan 2nd 2013 at 06:54 pm 17
I always wanted to write a letter "Dear Band-Aid: They're not Christian. They do know it's Christmas, they just don't give a damn."
Bob in Nashville Jan 2nd 2013 at 07:15 pm 18
Yep, Bill pretty much summed it up in the comment with which he put the comic. Add to the old bit about the kid eventually questioning how his eating could help to the wisecrack universally made by kids of all time frames: "Then give this to them instead of making me eat it."
ShadZ Jan 2nd 2013 at 07:24 pm 19
According to Wikipedia, Ethopia is majority Christian, and has been since the 4th century…
Cidu Bill Jan 2nd 2013 at 08:12 pm 20
Was Ethiopia the Starving African Country Du Jour when the song was written? Hard to remember. And of course, the popular media (and the most well-known charities) have shown that they can only focus on one starving African country at a time.
Frosted Donut Jan 2nd 2013 at 08:43 pm 21
Here's Allan Sherman performing "Hail to Thee, Fat Person":
Carl Jan 2nd 2013 at 09:43 pm 22
My mother was told about starving kids in Appalachia.
Danny Boy (London Derriere) Jan 2nd 2013 at 10:14 pm 23
According to Wikipedia, Ethopia is majority Christian, and has been since the 4th century…
I find that Haile Unlikelie!
zookeeper Jan 2nd 2013 at 10:28 pm 24
It was either in India or the Armenians, always a one word phrase as in "starvingArmenians."
Morris Keesan Jan 2nd 2013 at 10:59 pm 25
Wikipedia says that it was the famine in Ethiopia that inspired the song, citing this BBC news article, and an interview on YouTube, among other sources.
Frosted Donut, thanks for posting that link to Allan Sherman — it really brings back memories. And I should have remembered that his line was "Children are starving in Europe," because of the following line, "and this was years before the Marshall plan was even heard of." I had to ask my parents to explain that part to me.
(I'm slightly amused that about half of the comments in this thread are arriving in my email inbox with "[POSSIBLE SPAM]" inserted in the subject line.
Morris Keesan Jan 2nd 2013 at 11:08 pm 26
How strange. James Pollock's comment, which my comment (currently #25) was in response to, is timestamped 11:28pm, which is almost half an hour after I'm typing this, and my comment got inserted in front of it, as I expect this one will be also. I wonder if Bill has accidentally adjusted the time-of-day clock on his server.
I forgot to note, in my previous comment, that I never saw, or heard, much of "Do They Know It's Christmas?", which I think got much less exposure in the US than in the UK. The following song, "We Are the World", by "USA for Africa", was the one that was impossible to avoid over here, and its proceeds were intended for wider distribution, as well as for spending on attempts to find longer-term solutions to Africa's food problems. Again per Wikipedia, the initial shipment of food, medicine, etc., went to Ethiopia and Sudan, and many projects have been launched in seven African countries.
James Pollock Jan 2nd 2013 at 11:28 pm 27
"Was Ethiopia the Starving African Country Du Jour when the song was written?"
Ethiopia was in the midst of famine during the various musical relief efforts, yes, but as far as I know, wasn't uniquely targeted… relief efforts were targeted to Africa generically (so that as later residuals came in, they could be directed anywhere on the continent. Famine relief efforts in Somalia were (famously) not as successful.
Proginoskes Jan 3rd 2013 at 03:59 am 28
Mom would always say to me: "Eat your food, there are people starving in Africa."
Once I said: "Let's send it to them then."
I don't remember anything after that.
James Pollock Jan 3rd 2013 at 01:37 pm 29
"Do they know it's Christmas" saw heavy rotation on MTV. You can see the video on YouTube, and it's a powerful video (besides being, as I noted, the far better song). "We Are the World" just came off as copycat (although noble of purpose, of course.)
Tyson Jan 8th 2013 at 06:41 am 30
I remember the "starving kids in China" reference being used when I was a kid, although I don't know if it was my parents, a friends', or just from other kids at school.
On a separate note, am I not the only one that doesn't think this is an African child? Call me crazy, but I usually don't think of African children eating chicken wings.
I thought this was actually a double reference to an African-American eating fried chicken and thus becoming a fat American (thus pointing out that the logic of eating food for the sake of starving people leaves them hungry while making you overeat).
It seems a bit racist, but I thought that was an added part of the humor, knowing the reputation of the C&H guys,
osurickbee Jan 10th 2013 at 04:56 pm 31
"Bizarro World"? I call geezer tag! (that's not a thing anymore, right?)
Elyrest Jan 10th 2013 at 07:42 pm 32
osurickbee - I haven't read a Superman comic in years, but I never even blinked at "Bizarro World". Do they not still use that premise in Superman anymore?
Jeff S. Jan 10th 2013 at 08:07 pm 33
According to Wikipedia… yeah, I know… Bizarro's most recent appearance was in 2010 in an issue of "Superman/Batman".


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One of the largest shareholders of Mega, the cloud storage service founded by Kim Dotcom, is under investigation for his connections to a crime ring. According to a report by TorrentFreak on Monday, New Zealand police have put 18.8 percent of Mega's shares through William Yan's companies under restraining order while they investigate the allegations.
The lawyer of accused shareholder Yan denies that his client is connected to the alleged money laundering crimes. Mega said it is not involved in the alleged crimes, nor is its founder Dotcom.
Mega's CEO Graham Gaylard said that Mega has been "extremely diligent to ensure that all its operations are fully compliant with all legal and regulatory requirements."
Mega has had to make it clear that it operates legally, as Dotcom's controversial past with Megaupload continues to impact the view of its brand, at least in the US. Dotcom continues to face extradition from the US on copyright infringement charges.
Mega plans to list on the New Zealand stock exchange before the end of the year.
In an interview with the New Zealand Herald, Kim Dotcom, the founder of Mega who parted from its management nine months ago to focus his efforts on the Internet Party, said that shares from the Dotcom family trust were sold to Yan and seven other shareholders. There were no indications to Dotcom that Yan was connected to crime; "to me, he looked like a normal businessman," he told the Herald.
The police started to investigate the money laundering crimes after a drugs inquiry which led to the seizure of more than 1300 pounds of pseudoephedrine, a main ingredient in methamphetamine, according to the report.
Yan's shares were among millions of dollars in assets seized by police in a raid on the Metropolis building in Auckland. The raid is connected to an ongoing financial investigation into a friend of Yan's Yingzi Zeng. Police seized $9 million in assets from Zeng last year, including a Porsche and Maserati.


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34 years after Lackawanna murder, police charge victim's husband
A South Buffalo man state authorities say killed his wife 34 years ago by plunging a knife into her 108 times is scheduled to be arraigned in State Supreme Court this morning.
Michael Rodriguez, 59, was arrested at about 6 a.m. today at his Pries Avenue home by state police and Lackawanna police along with a state attorney general investigator. State police reopened the long unsolved murder case in 2009 at the request of Lackawanna Police Chief James Michel.
In reviewing the cold case, State Police Senior Investigator Christopher Weber took a second look at forensic evidence gathered in the cemetery, used scientific technology that did not exist at the time of the slaying and reinterviewed witnesses, gleaning additional information.
"We can confirm he's been arrested but we cannot comment on the charge," said State Police Capt. Steven A. Nigrelli, head of the state police criminal investigation bureau in Batavia.
The body of Patty Rodriguez was 21 and the mother of two young children was found April 13, 1979, Good Friday in Lackawanna's Holy Cross Cemetery.
She was last seen with her estranged husband, leaving the bar Danny Boy's at Abbott Road and Dorrance Avenue. Witnesses had reported seeing them drinking there at a Drink and Drown night.
It has previously been made public that the State Police were reinvestigating the case and Rodriguez, the estranged husband, was aware of it because Weber obtained a court order seeking a DNA swab from him.
Rodriguez was named in an indictment that was unsealed Tuesday. He is scheduled to appear later this morning before State Supreme Court Justice Russell P. Buscaglia. Making the arrest were Buffalo police officers, Lackawanna police officers and an investigator from the State Attorney General's office.
The case will be prosecuted by state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman.
Dana Britton, Lackawanna's director of public safety, previously told The News that Michael Rodriguez had been a the main suspect "from the first day."
"This pretty young woman was lying on her back on a flat gravestone, with her clothes all in disarray. She had been horribly brutalized, stabbed all over her body," Britton told The News in 2012. "To me, that's an indication of rage, a very personal reason for killing someone."
Lackawanna police during their investigation had been told that Michael Rodriguez had beaten Patty repeatedly in the past,
And Patty Rodriguez's mother told The News that she saw her daughter on numerous occasions with bruises from beatings by her husband,
"One time, he was hitting her right here in our front hallway," the mother said, "I grabbed him by the hair and made him stop."
Michael Rodriguez in 2004 told The News that he, too, was distraught about his wife's murder and wanted the killer caught.
He told The News that he and his wife never had any "bad animosity" but that they were legally separated.
"It's a loss," Rodriguez said of his wife's death. "It's something always in your heart."
Rodriguez later remarried and has two children by the new marriage.
Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman released a statement about the arrest late this morning. "No crime, particularly one as heinous as this, should go unsolved," he said. "I hope that this arrest brings a measure of justice to the family and friends of Ms. Rodriguez. Today's indictment in a brutal murder from 34 years ago shows that we will never stop trying to solve cold cases and that those responsible will eventually face justice. I want to thank the New York State Police and Superintendent Joseph A. D'Amico for working with us on this investigation."
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If you ever visit the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), here is a guide to help you to drive properly.
1Drive on the right side of the road. The steering wheel is on the left side like in the US and most countries.
2Get a license. You will need to pass a reverse or parallel parking test. It doesn't matter which type of car you get, manual or automatic transmission.
3Don't drive over the speed limit. Although very common, it is being enforced; there are cops with speed cameras almost everywhere. Undercover cops are also very common on highways, usually a white lumina, crown Victoria, or corolla with flashers hid behind the tinted glass, and sometimes they have police bumpers.
4Drive in the extreme right lane if you are traveling slower than other traffic; be alert for traffic exiting and entering the road, particularly if the right side is not curbed. Pass on the left.
5Use turn signal/indicators in the direction you want to go when changing lanes, turning, and waiting at signals, etc.
6Be cautious if you are a woman. As of June 2018, it is no longer illegal for women to drive in Saudi Arabia.[1] However, it's entirely possible that a woman driving may be met with negative reactions from men. Take caution not to break any driving laws, so as to avoid drawing the attention of an ill-mannered policeman.
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- If you have a Saudi driver's license, you can visit other Middle Eastern countries and drive there with your license.
- Carry an emergency kit in your car, including a spare tyre, first aid kit, fire extinguisher, warning triangle, etc.
- There are roads of different sizes here. Some roads have up to 4-5 lanes on each side. The most common size road has 3 lanes in each direction.
- If you are driving on the main highways then you might need to cover your car's lights and front bumper with some protectors so that their color doesn't fade away due to the sand.
- Don't panic while driving.
- Customize your car. If you find a good dealer, you can get whatever you want, from Nitrous cylinders to body kits and more. You can get almost anything for cars here.
- If you travel outside city limits carry enough drinking water and an umbrella to shield you from the sun.
- Some very important numbers are:
- Traffic police: 993
- Fire department: 998
- Police: 999
- Ambulance: 997
- Maintain your car properly. If you can't afford to maintain a car then please don't buy a car at all. It's better to keep in mind the safety of others.
- Accidents are common mainly due to over-speeding and law breaking. Please drive carefully.
- Driving can be dangerous. If you cannot drive in another country or are not capable of driving normally, do not attempt to drive in the KSA.
- At some places roads are in bad conditions ,so drive slowly while warning others with your hazard lights.
- Some people don't follow rules so before crossing a signal at green light check both sides for any incoming cars.
- If the police catches you driving on a red light, over speeding(9-25 KM over), the fine is 300 Riyals ($80) if you are speeding above 25 kilometers (16 mi) of the speed limit the fine is 500 Riyals (~$133).
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Droid Dictate is an innovative tool for writing documents, chat and control your PC directly with your voice using the power of the Android voice recognition and full touch control, like mouse touchpad, volume, media player and internet browser.
While many try to imitate the famous app Siri, Droid Dictate aims to do something original and different: the voice commands and requests coming to your PC!
Imagine having to write a long document, a thesis, or simply chat: with Droid Dictate you can simply dictate what you want and the file on your PC will be populated automatically and with function Link to Apps, even while you're actually using another program.
Imagine also that you want to watch movies or listen to music on your Media Center PC and to do so from the comfort of your couch without lifting a finger!
With voice & touch commands all this is possible with Droid Dictate all this is possible!
Main features:
- Send dictated text to PC
- Touch mouse control, scrool wheel
- Applications, media player and internet browsing facilities
- Run system commands
- Voice controlled PC, internet browsing and media playing
- Speedbar, to fast and easy insert most used symbols
- Autostart voice recognition
- Link to App, send text to specified application
- Unlimited customizable commands
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If you say a sentence or two: Droid Dictate transcribe the text on your PC.
If you say "command point" Droid Dictate transcribe the symbol period (.) On your PC.
If you say "command point" 3: Droid Dictate transcribe the symbol period (.) Repeated three times (then insert the ellipsis ...) on your PC.
Some examples of system instructions:
If you say "run explorer" Droid Dictate start the Windows Explorer on your PC.
If you say "run internet" Droid Dictate will launch the default browser on your PC.
If you say "run off": Droid Dictate turn off the PC.
The list of commands is fully customizable and expandable as you want!
The Windows client:
To use Droid Dictate you must install the Windows counterpart to your PC. You can send the Setup executable directly via email or a cloud service (Google Drive, DropBox, Box, SkyDrive etc ...) or you can connect the device to the PC and run the file from the phone memory.
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INFO: The purchase of this app is intended unatantum and also includes updates that were released in the future and adding new features.
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Need to copy the installation file for the Windows client by the App to the phone memory.
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If it's ain't the right forum then i'll be glad to get a link to the MS Tech forum that deals with this kind of things.
My friend has builded a WIM (Windows IMage file) and I'm trying to "upgrade"
my 7 ver to it (Both are Ultimate x64 versions).
It crashes in the PE env (after expanding and rebooting) at the 5th and last stage:
"Transfering files and installing devices and programs"
At WAIK (Windows Autmated Installation Kit) docs it's written:
If Windows Setup encounters a fatal error, you can configure Setup to automatically launch a script that contains custom commands or actions. A fatal error is an error in which Windows Setup is prevented from completing the installation.
This functionality is useful when you automate the installation of many systems at the same time. By enabling this functionality, you can immediately detect when an error occurs during Windows Setup and run custom actions.
If Windows Setup encounters a fatal error and is prevented from completing the installation, Windows Setup searches for a command script in the following directory: %WINDIR%\Setup\Scripts\ErrorHandler.cmd. One of two actions will occur, depending on whether the script is found.
I mounted this install.wim file and found this script folder in it but I don't know how to write this ErrorHandler.cmd (meaning it's scripts) that will:
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Nancy earned her B.S. in Communication Disorders from University of Massachusetts - Amherst and her M.A. in Audiology from George Washington University. She has over 28 years experience helping people hear better.
Her specialties include comprehensive audiology testing for both children and adults.
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Dr. Pauline Tanzman has been a part of the ENT Specialists team since 2011. She earned her undergraduate degree in music from the University of Massachusetts - Lowell and her doctorate of Audiology from Northeastern University.
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The Dallas Mavericks squandered a 25-point first-half lead before Dirk Nowitzki and Jason Terry saved them down the stretch. Nowitzki had 31 points and 15 rebounds, and he combined with Terry for Dallas' final 21 points as the Mavericks extended their winning streak to 12 games with a 103-97 victory over the Utah Jazz on Saturday night.
The Mavericks raced to a 29-4 lead midway through the first quarter, then had to rally down the stretch behind Terry's 12 fourth-quarter points and Nowitzki's nine. "They slowly chipped away and chipped away and finally tied the game there in the fourth, and we had to really dig deep, grind it out and get some stops," Nowitzki said. "(Terry) got hot at the right moment which really helped, and made shots for us down the stretch. ... We definitely made it harder on ourselves than we should have."
Nowitzki went 10 for 12 from the floor. "He's on a great run," Mavericks coach Rick Carlisle said. "You're not going to shoot 10 for 12 every night, but a guy of his skill level is capable of it." DeShawn Stevenson added a season-high 17 points, going 5 of 7 from 3-point range, and Caron Butler had 16 points for Dallas. The Mavericks put on a long-range shooting clinic, hitting 14 of 26 from beyond the arc to prevail in a matchup of Western Conference heavyweights.
Dallas-area native Deron Williams scored 19 of his 34 points in the first half and paced the Jazz, who had won nine of 11. Paul Millsap added 16 points and Ronnie Price scored 14 for Utah. Dallas made 13 of 18 field goal attempts in the opening quarter, going 7 for 10 from 3-point range, and the Mavericks went on to stretch the NBA's longest current winning streak. The Mavericks (19-4) are off to their best start since 2002-03 and the second-best in team history.
The Jazz tied it at 89 with 4:31 left on Williams' three-point play, and Utah was within 96-95 with 2:40 remaining on Price's 3-pointer. But Nowitzki drove for a layup, was fouled and converted the three-point play for a 99-95 lead with 2:19 left. Al Jefferson's follow shot with 29.9 seconds left got the Jazz within 99-97. But Nowitzki drew a double-team and passed to Terry for a 3-pointer from the right corner with 7.6 seconds remaining to extend Dallas' lead to 102-97.
"I told Dirk that I'm in the corner and I'm ready," Terry said. "Dirk did a great job drawing the defense. The passer makes the shooter." The Jazz beat Orlando on the road Friday night, and the players didn't get into their hotel rooms in Dallas until early Saturday morning. The fatigue showed early as Dallas bolted to a 16-2 start capped by five consecutive 3 pointers, two by Nowitzki, two from Stevenson and one by Butler. When the Mavs extended their lead to 21-2 on Tyson Chandler's alley-oop dunk with 5:58 left in the first quarter, Utah coach Jerry Sloan used a second timeout during the run to settle down his team.
"It looked like we weren't interested," Sloan said. "I hate to say that, but I have to be honest about it. I think you have to be interested in wanting to win and not looking for excuses to be tired or whatever the case may be." The Mavericks went on to their 25-point advantage on Butler's 3-pointer before the Jazz finally got untracked, finishing the quarter with a 15-5 spurt. "We moved the ball great and we got stops," Carlisle said of his team's fast start. "It was kind of a magical 6 or 8 minutes." The Mavericks, who beat the Jazz for the 13th time in their last 15 meetings in Dallas, held Utah to 44 percent shooting from the field (36 for 81).
"This is the best Mavs team I've seen since I've been in the NBA," Williams said. "Across the board, they have so much talent and depth. But they're just playing a lot better defensively. This is by far the best defensive team we've seen from them."


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Best FeaturesThe looks, bar none. I've wanted a Challenger since I saw the concept in 2006 and the production car looks even better than the concept did. The 6.1 isn't nearly as fast as my old Vettes, but with about 700 pounds more heft, that's expected. The pistol grip is to die for and I LOVE my B5 Blue color.
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"Always remember what's important," exhorts a school administrator who offers these three tips:
√ Cherish obscurity. The less attention you draw, the freer you will be to pursue your mission.
√ Keep your priorities straight. Put the people you serve first. In this case, the tip was to remember that what's important to teachers or school leaders might not matter to students and their parents. Education comes first.
√ Avoid fads. Stick to the program. More important than paperwork or email is your physical presence. Stop by and visit your team members every day to find out what's happening, share good ideas and ask if you can help.
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The FBI has finally reached a tentative agreement to settle racial bias claims by more than 300 of its black agents. . . . That these black agents had to threaten the agency with a class action suit to get justice reflects poorly on the leadership of Director William S. Sessions.
Rep. William L. Clay, whose Post Office and Civil Service Committee has some jurisdiction over personnel matters, notes that the FBI has to make certain that the agreement is enforced. Too often, such accords are announced with much fanfare, then the discriminating party returns to bias as usual once the pressure is off. Though Mr. Sessions deserves credit for giving this case personal attention, he must do more to get across the message that racism has no place in the FBI.


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Daylight-saving time begins at 2 a.m. Sunday, and clocks should be set ahead one hour.
The time switch lasts from the first Sunday in April until 2 a.m. on the last Sunday in October, when clocks fall back one hour to standard time.
WebExhibits, sponsored by the Institute for Dynamic Educational Advancement, has a site dedicated to the history and development of daylight-saving time.
The U.S. Department of Transportation, responsible for the uniform observance of daylight-saving time, says the practice conserves energy. A later sunset means households use less power for lights before bedtime.
Benjamin Franklin first concocted the idea of extending daylight hours in a whimsical essay written for friends in 1784. The U.S. government enacted daylight-saving time to conserve energy during World Wars I and II.
Following the 1973 Arab oil embargo, Congress tried to extend the energy-saving effects by lengthening daylight-saving time. It lasted 10 months in 1974 and eight months in 1975.
The Transportation Department concluded that the nation saved 10,000 barrels of oil per day.
From 1945 to 1966, state and local entities were free to adopt their own policies about the use and length of daylight-saving time. To end the ensuing confusion, Congress passed the Uniform Time of 1966.
The law set the beginning and end of daylight-saving time and allowed states to pass laws exempting them from the practice. Arizona, Hawaii and 77 of the 92 counties in Indiana do not ''spring forward'' or ''fall back.''
To avoid being out of sync Sunday, set clocks forward an hour before going to bed tonight. Fire officials say the semi-annual event serves as the perfect reminder for making another change replacing batteries in smoke detectors and carbon monoxide alarms.
Each year, fire kills more Americans than all natural disasters combined, according to the U.S. Fire Administration.
The Lubbock Fire Marshal's Office recommends maintaining smoke detectors by changing the batteries, testing the alarm and vacuuming away dust and dirt. Every home also should have a carbon monoxide detector to warn of the deadly, odorless, colorless gas that heaters and furnaces can produce.
For information on fire safety and smoke alarms, visit the U.S. Fire Administration's Web site at www.usfa.fema.gov. Visit the WebExhibit site at http://webexhibits.org/daylightsaving.
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Soccer fans young and old kept their eyes glued to the TV watching the USA take on Portugal in their second match at the World Cup.
At Chicago Sam's in Cromwell, fans went wild when the USA scored a second goal, pulling ahead of Portugal.
But it's not just the bar crowd that's invested in this game. At the Simsbury Farm Ice Rinks, young fans watched at an event organized by the Simsbury Soccer Club. Soccer Club President Tom Hayden said it was all about the excitement.
"USA spirit, why else? This is great. This is great," he said.
Hayden estimated about 300 people attended the event, which sported a 27-foot outdoor screen to view the game.
"We love the USA and we want to support it," Sophie Schwinger of Simsbury said.
Fans say that the game ending in a tie was a disappointment, but the increase in popularity makes up for it.
"I get excited about soccer. I like how soccer is growing in the United States," Andy Curtiss of Simsbury said.


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TWO people arrested over the suspected murder of a missing Isle of Wight teenager have been released without charge.
A 36-year-old woman and a 45-year-old man, both from Cowes, answered police bail and were further quizzed by detectives on suspicion of being involved in the disappearance of Damien Nettles, of Gurnard, Cowes who vanished in 1996 aged 16 after a night out with pals.
But the officers from the Hampshire Major Investigation Team released the two people with no further action this afternoon.
A police spokesman said there was insufficient evidence to charge them with a criminal offence.
A 38-year-old man from Ryde, Isle of Wight was not able to answer his police bail as scheduled today. Officers will arrange a new appointment in due course for him to be questioned further.
Damien's mum Valerie, who now lives in Texas, put up a reward of £10,000 for information leading to his remains and his killer's conviction.
Hampshire Police last year carried out unsuccessful searches on the island for his body.
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The funeral of Cardinal Basil Hume will be held on this day week at Westminster Cathedral in London. Cardinal Hume, who had been the head of the Catholic Church in England and Wales for the past 23 years, died yesterday at the age of 76. He died peacefully in hospital, two months after revealing that he was suffering from terminal cancer. Thousands of worshippers are expected to gather at the cathedral this evening for a Requiem Mass.
President McAleese described Cardinal Hume as a man of deep faith and humanity from whom integrity radiated. And the Taoiseach, Bertie Ahern, said that the Cardinal's promotion of, and support for, peace in Northern Ireland would be long remembered with gratitude and respect.
Cardinal Basil Hume was born in Newcastle in 1923. His father was a Protestant heart surgeon and his mother was a French Catholic. He went to the famous Ampleforth Catholic Public School, the leading Catholic public school where he later became abbot and was further educated at Oxford university. He later returned to Ampleforth as a Benedictine monk and worked as a housemaster. He life there ended, when in 1976 he was appointed Archbishop of Westminster and later made a Cardinal by the Pope.
According to Hugo Young, who is columnist with the Guardian and was educated at Ampleforth, where Cardinal Hume was his housemaster, the Cardinal chose causes carefully and these included the cases of the Maguire 7 and the Guildford 4, where he played no small part in their releases. He campaigned vigorously on behalf of Irish victims of miscarriages of justice with two former home secretaries and two former law lords who formed what became known as the Cardinal's Commission. His involvement in getting those miscarriages of justice overturned had begun in earnest when he first visited Guiseppe Conlon, the father of Gerry Conlon, in prison.
Under Cardinal Hume, the Catholic Church in England regained an influence lost to it for many centuries. He worked for ecumenism and his inauguration as Archbishop was followed by an ecumenical service. As the debate on women priests caused turmoil within the Church of England, Cardinal Hume trod a conservative line, though he worked with the Archbishop of Canterbury to help avert a worsening crisis. His conservatism, however, was one of the things that attracted some influential converts, notably the Duchess of Kent and Charles Moore, the editor of The Telegraph.


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NFL considering in-game penalties for racial and anti-gay slurs
The NFL competition committee will next month consider whether to introduce penalties during games when players use homophobic or racist language on the field
The US National Football League (NFL) competition committee will consider whether to introduce penalties for players who use homophobic language during games in a first of its kind suggestion for the sporting code.
Baltimore Ravens general manager Ozzie Newsome confirmed to ESPN yesterday that the banning of on-field homophobic language was being considered alongside racial abuse and that it had been discussed by the committee in the last three days.
'We had some officials in our meeting that [are] actually out there on the field and hear the language,' Newsome said, 'We'll be able to put all that together and if there's a need to we will present something to our owners in Orlando.'
'With any rule that we put into play we have to look at it from A to Z and find out any unintended consequences as much as the consequences. So, as it was stated in our meeting, there are mics everywhere, so if something has been said it's probably going to be captured somewhere. So there will be an opportunity to get it verified if we have to.'
Newsome's comments were in response to diversity-in-NFL group the Fritz Pollard Alliance calling for players to be given 15-yard penalties if they use a racial slur during a game – with a second offense resulting in them being ejected from the game altogether.
The Fritz Pollard Alliance is named after the first African American to coach a professional gridiron team in 1921, and the organization has recently stepped up its campaign to have players stop using the N-word.
Fritz Pollard Alliance head John Wooten told CBS Sports that he expected the competition committee to act on the issue and that team owners would follow suit.
'I will be totally shocked if the competition committee does not uphold us on what we're trying to do,' Wooten told CBS.
'We want this word to be policed from the parking lot to the equipment room to the locker room,' Wooten said of the N-word.
The competition committee will meet in Florida next week to consider what proposals they take to team owners at NFL league meetings in March.


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Starboard And NeilPryde Take Top Honours
The PWA Constructors Championship is a fiercely fought contest that runs over the entire World Tour season. From the outset, both board and sail manufacturers are awarded points, calculated solely on current discipline rankings. The two highest scores for each discipline, whether they be for men or women, are added together to provide their ranking score.
This silent battle is fought behind the scenes of every single event, and is a hugely prestigious title to be awarded. To take top honours is a testament to both a manufacturer's equipment, and the calibre of the team that sails it.
The 2008 season was a particularly close fought clash, with Starboard beating Fanatic to the overall number one position by a single point. In the sail manufacturers category, North and NeilPryde were actually tied on points, with NeilPryde ultimately winning through PWA tie break ruling.
Congratulations to both Starboard and NeilPryde on their victories, and we look forward to another awesome showdown in 2009.
The 2008 PWA World Tour Overall Results – Constructors Championship, Board Brands (top 5).
1st Starboard
2nd Fanatic
3rd JP-Australia
4th F2
5th Mistral
The 2008 PWA World Tour Overall Results – Constructors Championship, Sail Brands (top 5).
1st NeilPryde
2nd North
3rd Gaastra
4th Simmer
5th MauiSails
PWA / Andrew Buchanan