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The Center of Montana - Lewistown, MT
in Geographical Centers
The little city of Lewistown has long advertised itself as being the center of Montana.
posted by: BK-Hunters
location: Montana
date approved: 6/29/2017
last visited: never
Mittelpunkt der Gemarkung Egestorf
Mittelpunkt der Gemarkung Egestorf / Center of parish Egestorf
posted by: Astartus
location: Niedersachsen, Germany
date approved: 3/22/2017
Punto Cero - Cozumel Island, Mexico
The kilometer zero plate is located in Parque Benito Juárez in San Miguel de Cozumel, Mexico.
posted by: denben
location: Quintana Roo, Mexico
date approved: 3/11/2017
Center of the City ~ Williamson, WV.
This historic survey marker on Fifth Avenue near the Harvey Street intersection designates the geographical center of the City of Williamson.
posted by: Manville Possum
location: West Virginia
date approved: 2/2/2017
Center of Population of U.S. in 1880 - Boone County, KY, US
Center of Population of U.S. in 1880
posted by: Crazy4horses
location: Kentucky
date approved: 8/23/2016
last visited: 5/27/2017
Nord-Westlichster Punkt Deutschlands, Borkum, Germany
Hier ist der nordwestlichste Landpunkt Deutschlands, er wird von einer Säule und einer Landkarte der Insel mit Ortsangaben markiert *** Here is the farthest north-east land point in Germany. It is marked with a column and a Borkum map
posted by: 4spring
date approved: 8/22/2016
last visited: 10/18/2017
Mittelpunkt der EU - Westerngrund, Bayern, Germany
Geographic centre of the European Union
posted by: datenhamster
location: Bayern, Germany
date approved: 8/14/2016
Geographischer Mittelpunkt der Gemeinde Möhlin - Möhlin, AG, Switzerland
A stone with a marker on the geographical center of the municipality of Möhlin.
posted by: fi67
location: Nordwestschweiz (AG/BL/BS), Switzerland
date approved: 7/13/2016
Geographical Center of San Francisco - San Francisco, CA
The middle of the city and county of San Francisco.
posted by: saopaulo1
location: California
date approved: 7/5/2016
Geographic Center of Tennessee
Geographic Center of Tennessee Historical Landmark Sign at Middle Tennessee State University
posted by: CuriousBM
location: Tennessee
date approved: 4/1/2016
last visited: 9/17/2016
Snijpunt van Nederland - Oosteinde NL
Geographic Intersection Point of the Netherlands, located near 148 Dr. Larijweg in Oosteinde, The Netherlands.
posted by: dreamhummie
location: Drenthe, Netherlands
date approved: 12/28/2015
Trójmorski Wierch - Klepy, Poland
Trójmorski Wierch - Europe watershed (a roof of Europe).
posted by: ToRo61
location: Śląskie, Poland
date approved: 12/16/2015
km0 - Washington DC
The Zero Milestone is a zero mile marker monument in Washington, D.C. intended as the initial milestone from which all road distances in the United States should be reckoned when it was built.
posted by: DD Drix
location: District of Columbia
date approved: 11/24/2015
last visited: 6/27/2014
"R" - Brennersgrün/ Thuringia/ Germany
Red "R" sign in front of "Bürgerhaus" Brennersgrün, Germany/ European Watersheed!
posted by: *Team Krombaer*
location: Thüringen, Germany
date approved: 11/2/2015
Kilometer Zero - Bratislava, Slovakia
Located under Michael's Gate in Bratislava's historic center
posted by: Metro2
location: Bratislavský kraj, Slovakia
last visited: 10/10/2017
Geographical center of Austria, Bad Aussee, AT
The offically proofed center of Austria is situated in Bad Aussee, Styria.
posted by: André de Montbard
location: Steiermark, Austria
date approved: 9/2/2015
The Center of Berlin
This is the real geological center of Berlin .
It was founded in 1996 recalculated and placed at the new coordinates a granite slab .
posted by: Lord_Magnus
location: Berlin, Germany
date approved: 8/20/2015
last visited: 9/30/2011
The Centre of the Ruhrgebiet N 51°31.052 E 007°08.703,Herne, Germany
The geographical center of the Ruhrgebiet.
posted by: g300td
location: Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
date approved: 10/25/2014
last visited: 10/22/2017
Liechtenstein Geographical Center - Vaduz, Liechtenstein
A stone marking the geographical center of the country of Liechtenstein is located in the capital city of Vaduz.
posted by: Marine Biologist
location: Liechtenstein
date approved: 9/14/2014
last visited: 8/14/2015
Drammen Geographical Center
This is Drammens geographical center.
posted by: tevjen
location: Buskerud, Norway
date approved: 4/14/2014
Geographisches Zentrum von Unna
[DE] Eine Markierung für den geographischen Mittelpunkt der Stadt Unna / [EN] A marker for the geographic center of the city of Unna, Germany
posted by: DerSchnelleLinus
Geografisches Zentrum der Gemeinde Otter - Otter, Germany
Der geografische Mittelpunkt der Gemeinde Otter / The geographic center of the municipality Otter.
last visited: 10/30/2016
Midlina - Iceland
Midlina is located in Iceland.
posted by: tatie
location: Iceland
date approved: 2/6/2014
last visited: 5/22/2013
Middelpunt van Nederland
Stone marking the middle of the Netherlands.
posted by: MarkyMarkies
location: Gelderland, Netherlands
date approved: 1/11/2014
last visited: 4/7/2015
Stunde Null-Stein - Olten, SO, Switzerland
"Stunde Null-Stein" was the official centerpoint of the Swiss railway system from 1856 to 1875.
location: Espace Mittelland (BE/SO), Switzerland
date approved: 9/25/2013
last visited: 8/18/2015
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text: I have a Beseler 8021 lensboard that fits 23C / 45M / CB7 enlargers. Printed on the end flap of the box, it says "FOR ALL LEICA MOUNT LENSES Except Komuranon E and El Nikkor". This is the board that has the little 1/4 inch diameter (roughly) plastic light pipe that shines light on the aperture scale. I have two EL-Nikkor lenses that are mounted on plain lensboards without the light pipe. I have one of these 8021 lensboards and an El-Nikkor that needs to be mounted. I can get another plain 39mm lensboard for it, but I'm wondering what it is about this 8021 lensboard that makes it unsuitable for EL-Nikkor lenses?


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".." where the wave of moonlight glosses
The dim gray sands with light,
Far off by furthest Rosses
We foot it all the night,
Weaving olden dances
Mingling hands and mingling glances
Till the moon has taken flight;
To and fro we leap
And chase the frothy bubbles,
While the world is full of troubles
And anxious in its sleep.
Come away, O human child!
To the waters and the wild
With a faery, hand in hand,
For the world's more full of weeping than you can understand. ".."
W. B. Yeats


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Federal investigators are looking into New York City comptroller John Liu's fundraising operation after a New York Times report last month of numerous inconsistencies in his campaign finance reports.
Grand jury subpoenas have been sent out in the investigation, sources told NBC New York Monday. And prominent attorney Paul Shechtman also confirmed he was in the process of being retained by Liu.
Liu's instructions to the attorney were "to cooperate fully with the investigation so the truth will come out," Shechtman told NBC New York.
The New York Times reported Oct. 12 its findings of about 24 "irregularities" in Liu's campaign filing. Those included people who could not be found and people who said they never donated to Liu. Others said a boss or another Liu supporter donated in their name.
"To the extent that there are any issues with these contributions, my campaign is conducting a full review and I'll simply return them," Liu told NBC New York at the time. "There is no desire on my part, nor is there any need for me, to accept any contributions that are not completely above board."
"I accept complete responsibility for the conduct of my campaign, the people involved and also our filings and any problems," Liu added. "I am responsible for this, which is why I intend to get to the bottom of this."
The subpoenas were issued to Liu's campaign and to Dynasty Stainless Steel, a city contractor whose employees were listed as having contributed thousands of dollars to his campaign. The records are being sought to determine whether there have been violations of federal wire fraud and conspiracy laws, the New York Times reported Monday.
The Times found that nine people were listed on campaign records as company employees -- but at least four have said they did not work for the company, and two of those said they did not give money to the campaign.
Liu issued a statement through a spokeswoman, Chung Seto, Monday, saying: "We intend to cooperate fully with the investigation. I am confident that my fundraising efforts were proper at all times."
Spokespersons for both the Federal Bureau of Investigation and federal prosecutor Preet Bharara would not comment.


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Security Provisions in CDMA2000 Networks
Since the birth of the cellular industry, security has been a major concern for both service providers and subscribers. Service providers are primarily concerned with security to prevent fraudulent operations such as cloning or subscription fraud, while subscribers are mainly concerned with privacy issues. The security levels in today's wireless networks approach those on the wired side, but the security protocols continue to be challenged. With the advent of digital technology platform, operators with mobile wireless technologies such as UMTS and CDMA2000 were able to enhance their network security by using improved authentication and encryption algorithms.
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1st Battalion, 14th Field Artillery Regiment
"Steel Warriors"
The mission of the 1st Battalion, 14th Field Artillery Regiment, "Steel Warriors," is to train and prepare for combat and then, on order, provide precision rocket and missile fires worldwide in support of Joint/Coalition operations.
The 1st Battalion, 14th Field Artillery Regiment was first constituted on 7 September 1927 in the Regular Army as Battery A, 14th Field Artillery, an element of the 7th Division. The Battery was activated on 1 December 1934 at Fort Riley, Kansas and was inactivated on 1 July 1936 at Fort Riley, Kansas. 14th Field Artillery as a whole was relieved on 16 October 1939 from assignment to the 7th Division.
The unit was reactivated on 15 July 1940 at Fort Benning, Georgia, as Battery A, 14th Field Artillery, an element of the 2nd Armored Division. The Battery was reorganized and redesignated on 8 January 1942 as Battery A, 14th Armored Field Artillery Battalion. The unit fought in the Sicily campaign that helped drive the Italians out of the war. In 1944 the unit was part of the great allied amphibious assault at Normandy, France and the subsequent drive across northern France that brought an end to the war. In total, the unit served in 6 campaigns with the 2nd Armored Division as an element of the 14th Armored Field Artillery Battalion: Sicily (with arrowhead indicating participation in the initial assault), Normandy, Northern France, Rhineland, Ardennes-Alsace, and Central Europe.
On 1 July 1957, the unit was reorganized and redesignated as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 1st Howitzer Battalion, 14th Field Artillery, and remained assigned to the 2nd Armored Division with its organic elements concurrently constituted and activated. The Battalion was redesignated on 8 July 1963 as the 1st Battalion, 14th Artillery.
The Battalion was relieved on 12 May 1967 from assignment to the 2nd Armored Division, and was assigned to the 198th Infantry Brigade (Light) (Separate). Deploying to Vietnam, the unit served with the 198th Infantry Brigade until it was was relieved on 15 February 1969 from that assignment and assigned to the 23rd Infantry Division (AMERICAL). The unit was redesignated on 1 September 1971 as the 1st Battalion, 14th Field Artillery. While in Vietnam, the unit participated in 11 campaigns: Counteroffensive Phase III, Tet Counteroffensive, Counteroffensive Phase IV, Counteroffensive Phase V, Counteroffensive Phase VI, Tet 69/Counteroffensive, Summer-Fall 1969, Winter-Spring 1970, Sanctuary Counteroffensive, Counteroffensive Phase VII, and Consolidation I. On 30 November 1971 the Battalion was relieved from assignment to the 23rd Infantry Division (AMERICAL) and assigned to the 2nd Armored Division, having departed Vietnam.
The Battalion was inactivated at Garlstedt, Germany on 1 October 1983, and was reactivated on 1 March 1987 at Fort Stewart, Georgia. The Battalion was again inactivated on 15 September 1990. The Battalion was assigned 16 December 1992 to the 2nd Armored Division and activated at Fort Hood, Texas. The Battalion was relieved on 15 January 1996 from assignment to the 2nd Armored Division. On 7 June 1996, the Battalion was placed under the control of the 214th Field Artillery Brigade at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, an element of the III Corps Artillery.
During 2000, the 1-14th Field Artillery deployed a leader-heavy O/C package to Korea to help administer 6-37th Field Artillery's EXEVAL. 1-14th Field Artillery deployed elements to the National Training Center at Fort Irwin, California, attached to the 1st Brigade Combat Team (not to be confused with the modular brigade combat team) of the 4th Infantry Division (Mechanized). Additionally, 1-14th Field Artillery exchanged a battery with the 2nd Royal Canadian Horse Artillery.
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US Vice President Joe Biden, starting a visit to China under a cloud of criticism over the US debt crisis, told his hosts Thursday that the two nations held the key to global economic stability. Biden, 68, needs to mend America\'s worsening image in China after the world\'s largest economy came close to a disastrous default on its debts earlier this month and suffered a historic credit rating downgrade. China is the biggest foreign holder of US debt and the country\'s state-run media have delivered a barrage of criticism of Washington\'s handling of the debt crisis, which they have described as a \"ticking time bomb\". \"I am absolutely confident that the economic stability of the world rests in no small part on cooperation between the United States and China,\" Biden told his counterpart Xi Jinping, who is set to succeed President Hu Jintao in 2013. \"It affects every country from your neighbour to the north, to Argentina in the southern tip of South America. It is the key, in my view, to global economic stability.\" Biden attended a welcoming ceremony at Beijing\'s Great Hall of the People before holding talks with Xi, his official host in China. The trip is aimed partly at building ties with the likely next leader of the world\'s second-biggest economy, who remains virtually unknown in US policy circles. Senior officials travelling with Biden, who declined to be named, told reporters that Xi had expressed confidence in the recovery of the US economy, and that the two had also discussed North Korea and trade issues. Chinese media had said weapons sales to Taiwan -- which Beijing sees as part of its territory -- would be a top item on the agenda for the visit. The official China Daily said US arms sales to the island were the \"biggest source of disagreement between Washington and Beijing\". \"Any mis-step in dealing with the issue of arms sales to Taiwan may disrupt the improving relationship between the two powers,\" the paper said in an editorial. The United States is expected to decide by October whether to sell Taipei F-16 fighter jets, a step promoted by US lawmakers but strongly opposed by Beijing. US officials said Biden had \"reiterated US determination to maintain peace and stability across the Taiwan straits,\" but they refused to further elaborate. President Barack Obama\'s deputy also met China\'s parliamentary chief Wu Bangguo, and will hold talks with Hu and Premier Wen Jiabao on Friday before travelling to the southwestern boomtown of Chengdu. \"As the world economy\'s circumstances are uneasy, as the two largest economies in the world, we hold the key to creating growth and jobs worldwide,\" Biden told Wu. \"That\'s the overwhelming reason I\'ve come -- to talk about jobs and growth worldwide... To discuss the reordering of our economies -- yours and ours.\" Biden\'s trip comes amid growing concern about China\'s human rights record in the United States, which this week appealed to Beijing to free prominent rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng. US officials said he had raised the issue with Xi. Gao, who defended some of China\'s most vulnerable people including Christians and coal miners, was placed under house arrest in 2006 and has not been heard of since last year. But the main focus of the China visit -- Biden\'s first as vice president -- will likely be on Beijing\'s concerns over the safety of its US investments. China, which held around $1.17 trillion in US Treasury bonds at the end of June, watched nervously as a political impasse brought Washington close to default this month and Standard & Poor\'s downgraded the US credit rating. Biden is also expected to suggest that China should focus on its own economic reforms, such as letting its currency appreciate and shifting from a reliance on exports to an economy based on consumption. His trip will also include some more relaxed moments -- after meeting Xi, Biden had lunch with his daughter-in-law and granddaughter at a small family-owned restaurant in Beijing that specialises in intestines. The vice president and his entourage baulked at ordering the house speciality, opting instead for noodles and pork buns.
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In the wake of September 11's terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center in New York and the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., many may feel as though it's the end of the world as they know it. But if you turn on your radio and want to hear R.E.M. say the same thing--via its song "It's the End of the World as We Know It," off 1987's Document--you're probably going to have to wait awhile.
Why? Because that song, along with dozens of others, has been pulled off radio station playlists indefinitely. For the past week, rumors have been floating around the Internet--and even making their way into The New York Times, among other respected news outlets--of a ban placed on songs with questionable lyrics and titles. The embargo was reportedly engineered by Clear Channel Communications, the San Antonio-based company that owns and operates more than 1,000 radio stations in the United States, including KDGE-FM (102.1), KEGL-FM (97.1), KHKS-FM (106.1) and KZPS-FM (92.5). The list contains everything from Rage Against the Machine's entire catalog to patriotic tunes such as Neil Diamond's "America." (Drowning Pool's "Bodies" is also apparently on the list, but that just may be a case of someone exercising good taste for a change.) Some of the songs reported to be banned--for now, at least--include several obvious choices (Metallica's "Seek and Destroy," Ozzy Osbourne's "Suicide Solution," pretty much every single AC/DC title), but others (The Beatles' "Ticket to Ride," for instance) make little sense.
Unless someone is lying, there is no such ban. Clear Channel has denied the existence of the list, saying in a release issued September 18 that it "has not banned any songs from any of its radio stations. Clear Channel believes that radio is a local medium. It is up to every radio station program director and general manager to understand their market, listen to their listeners and guide their station's music selections according to local sensitivities. Each program director and general manager must take the pulse of his or her market to determine if playlists should be altered, and if so, for how long."
But there is a list of songs. While Clear Channel's denial of a management-sponsored ban appears to be the truth, an unofficial list of suspect songs has been circulating among its program directors. According to Clear Channel's regional senior vice president of programming, Jack Evans, some program directors at Clear Channel stations around the country began trading e-mails, eager to make the airwaves as friendly as possible after the events of September 11. From the looks of the list we've seen, it seems as though some of them were a touch too eager, suggesting songs for elimination that maybe people would want to listen to now, such as John Lennon's "Imagine." Of course, it's important to point out, the songs on the list were intended merely as suggestions, songs each station might want to listen to before they decided to keep them in rotation or not. As KDGE-FM's Alan Ayo says, it was up to the station what went on the air.
"I can tell you that we feel the Edge audience most likely echoes our sentiments in that it's probably not the most appropriate time to hear things like 'It's the End of the World as We Know It' or [Dave Matthews Band's] 'Crash Into Me' or maybe [Third Eye Blind's] 'Jumper,'" says Ayo, KDGE-FM's music director and assistant program director. "Have we been banned from playing them? Absolutely not. Clear Channel has been helpful in pooling its people to share thoughts on specific content of our music, but has left the ultimate decision up to its individual programmers.
"There's no blueprint for this," Ayo continues. "We're just doing the best we can at trying to represent our audience in what they're feeling. Personally, I think no song in our catalog better represents the sentiment out there, lyrically, than Local H's 'Bound for the Floor.' But am I being insensitive, considering the title, if I play it? Is there even a right answer or a wrong one? How long will this go on? I think that could only be determined on a day-to-day basis, depending on how this whole dark nightmare develops."
Until then, if you want to hear "It's the End of the World as We Know It," get a CD. There are more important things to worry about. If you want to hear the Dave Matthews Band's "Crash Into Me," on the other hand, we ask you to stay as far away from us as is humanly possible...
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On October 12, Deep Ellum's monthly Deep Friday extravaganza will benefit the victims of the September 11 tragedy. As usual, one admission price buys you a wristband that gets you into all participating clubs (Trees, Club Clearview, Galaxy Club, Gypsy Tea Room, Curtain Club, Club Dada and more), and this time, every cent goes to helping those who need it. They're calling it Deep Relief, and everyone needs to come out. Stay tuned for more details next week...
Though it doesn't really seem all that important at the moment, the CMJ Music Marathon, previously scheduled for September 13-15 in New York, has been rescheduled for October 11-14. Centro-matic, Chomsky, Clumsy, The Deathray Davies, The Mag 7 and Pleasant Grove, among others, were supposed to make the trip to NYC to perform at the annual music festival, and we're sure at least some of them will be there for the makeup dates. With CMJ rescheduled for the same weekend the North Texas Music Festival was originally going to happen, the NTMF has changed its plans as well. The new date for the local shindig has now been moved to November 14-18 "in an effort not to lose many great Dallas-Fort Worth-area artists to the New York conference," according to Crystal Clear's Teresa Hale. Go to www.newmusicfestival.com for any and all updates. Meaning: We just said all we know, so don't bother e-mailing us...
The sentiment may be less than P.C., but hey, their hearts are in the right place. Pleasant Grove's Marcus Striplin and Tony Hormillosa and the pAper chAse's Matt Armstrong are selling "Yo Momma, Osama!" T-shirts, featuring a picture of suspected terrorist mastermind Osama bin Laden inside a red circle with a line through it, online via the Café Press Web site. Most of the proceeds will go to the American Red Cross. (We believe they're only taking enough money to cover costs.) Along with T-shirts, you can also buy messenger bags, coffee mugs, mouse pads and hats (with prices ranging from $13.50 to $25) to show the humorous side of your patriotism. Just go to www.cafepress.com/cp/store/store.aspx?storeid=yomommaosama, and give until it hurts...
And life goes on: Centro-matic officially releases Distance and Clime on September 29 at the Gypsy Tea Room, and The Polyphonic Spree opens for Built to Spill at the Tea Room the next night; Fruitcake-Superbeing (the No. 1 fan of Zac Crain and Robert Wilonsky's defunct Scene Heard Radio) releases its new disc, electronically challenged blues hop from texas, on September 27 at The Curtain Club, and Sugarbomb releases its new disc, Bully, the next night at Curtain Club; The Magic Cropdusters (featuring drummer extraordinaire Joe Cripps) play September 28 at Dan's Bar, with Mule Head; Lo-Fi Chorus is at the Liquid Lounge on September 27; El Gato plays the Galaxy Club on September 27; Milton Mapes and Pleasant Grove are at Club Dada on September 27; Trashfest takes over Bar of Soap September 28 and 29 and October 1, with performances by The Signals, The Fed Ups, The New Elite and Faceless Werewolves mixed in with bands from across the country; The Edge Fall Ball happens on September 29 at the Bronco Bowl, with appearances by Chomsky, Flickerstick and Lucy Loves Schroeder--among others--as well as the last local performance by the Toadies. Catch 'em while you can.


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Report Criticizes Nuclear Detectors
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
The Department of Homeland Security spent three years pushing for a costly nuclear detection system that does not work as billed, while neglecting to upgrade existing equipment that could have helped improve security, according to a new U.S. Government Accountability Office review and an interview with one of the authors.
The report is the sharpest critique to date of one of the Bush administration's marquee national security programs, and it marks the culmination of several years of struggle by the GAO to determine whether the detectors worked as well as government officials claimed when first promoting the $1.2 billion project in 2006.
New technical tests last year found that the machines, known as Advanced Spectroscopic Portal monitors, detected potential nuclear threats slightly better under limited circumstances than existing gear at border crossings. But the new monitors cost $822,000 each, more than twice as much as the equipment now in use, the GAO said.
"The report shows the pitfalls of pushing to deploy technology before it is ready," said Gene Aloise, director of natural resources and environment for the GAO. "At least three years have been lost."
The report follows a sometimes rancorous debate over the merits of the advanced spectroscopic program, which was embraced by the Department of Homeland Security's Domestic Nuclear Detection Office (DNDO) as a way to sharply reduce false alarms triggered in existing equipment by benign forms of radiation in cat litter, ceramics and other non-threatening materials. Homeland Security officials have said those false alarms create delays at borders.
In recent testimony to the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee -- which has pressed questions about the machines for two years -- Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano made clear that she would not request funding this year for the machines. That's in part because the DNDO has tens of millions of dollars left over from the previous two years' budgets.
"And the reason is because we were not persuaded that . . . the capacity of the technology that we needed was actually there," she said.
Contracts to spend up to $1.2 billion on 1,400 devices were first announced in July 2006. Then-Secretary Michael Chertoff said that they were a "vital priority" of the administration and that they were ready to be deployed.
The next month, GAO auditors alleged that the machines could not perform as well as the department claimed and questioned the department's cost estimates of $377,000 per machine.
In response, Congress mandated that the secretary personally certify that the detectors would bring significant improvement to existing machines before moving forward with a full-scale deployment.
The validity of subsequent testing for that certification was then questioned by GAO auditors, who said that DNDO "used biased test methods that enhanced the apparent performance of the ASPs." That bias included allowing contractors to adjust their machines after preliminary runs, enabling them to appear to perform better.
The new GAO report focuses on another round of testing showing that the new devices perform better than existing equipment when the radioactive material is lightly shielded in something such as a cargo container. That advantage decreased when more substantial shielding such as lead was used, as likely would be the case if a terrorist were trying to import the material, the GAO said.
The GAO report also found difficulties in integrating the equipment at border crossings. In one instance, officials at Customs and Border Protection "suspended field validation of the system after 2 weeks because of serious performance problems that may require software revisions," the report said. The ASPs were sending more false alarms than the older equipment.
And DNDO has not moved forward on potential techniques to improve the sensitivity of existing radiation detection equipment. If those machines performed better, Congress might be less likely to approve the costlier ASPs, the report said.
"It is disappointing to learn that the next-generation ASP system provides only a slight improvement in detection performance," said Sen. Joseph Lieberman (I-Conn.), chairman of the homeland security committee. "That's why Secretary Napolitano is right to hold back on ASP certification and to seriously consider a new approach."


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40-Day Guided Fast
Some of you may know Charlie Handren as the guy in charge of the prayer ministry at several past DG conferences. He is also Bethlehem Baptist's Church Planting Resident and will be going out to start a new church in a few months. He preached this weekend while Piper is in Portland.
His sermon was on John 15:1-11. One of his points was that the word "ask" in the phrase "ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you" implies fervency. To put this passion for prayer in practice, he led his small group (the nucleus of the new church) on a 40 day fast from February 27 to April 7. Each day he blogged a short devotional on this passage in John and concluded each post with suggestions of what to pray for that day.
40 different devotionals will not be a quick read, of course, but I recommend starting at the first one and wending your way through these 40 meditations on Jesus' words in John.
Charlie also has a very helpful post with practical help for fasting.


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Where To Eat 2017
A few new year-round restaurants have opened in Wasaga Beach recently. Don Cherry's at Beach 1 in the Foodland plaza, St Louis bar & grill at 45th and a spiffy new Starbucks beside St Louis'. It's nice to have these extra choices.
I would be remiss if I didn't mention some of our favourite stand-by's. The Beacon - for great entertainment and good food, Little Marina if you craze homemade Italian fare, Pizza Dee's - a local favourite for pizza and more. There's ice cream places dotted from west to east; Ice Cream Shack and Food Rescue (near the west roundabout), Lorna Dune's, Normie's, Wasaga Music & Ice Cream (yeah, I know it's weird but hey, it's Wasaga), Dairy Queen. We are well covered!


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Harassment Policy and Procedure
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This year's lecture will be delivered by Emeritus Professor, University of Oslo, Per Kvaerne and Tenzin Kesang of Dharamsala.30 October 2017The Ronald Syme Lecture: Migration and the Metropolis: How ancient Rome stayed great
Professor Greg Woolf delivers the Ronald Syme Lecture this year.23 October 2017Imagining the Divine: Exhibition
Wolfson scholars collaborate on a unique exhibition on the art of major world religions at the Ashmolean Museum.
Networking21 - 21Nov NovSocial Science TableTuesday 21 November -12:45pm to 1:45pm
The Wolfson Social Science Tables are for any Wolfsonians and guests who want to get together every now and again to talk social science. Whether you're a student or a fellow, whether you've come back from 2 years in the field or have spent the last 2 years struggling with Stata (or a manuscript!), whether you're an eminent geographer or just someone who wants to figure out what social science means, we'd love to see you at the tables.Lectures and Seminars21 - 21Nov NovLives and LettersTuesday 21 November -5:30pm to 7:00pm
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In this public lecture of the Classical Art Research Centre's Gandhara Connections project, the historian and broadcaster Michael Wood will be showing film footage and talking about his travels in the area of ancient Gandhara (roughly northern Pakistan and eastern Afghanistan) in the course of more than thirty years of documentary film making.


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Megyn Kelly: Well, there is a new leader of the Republican pack in Iowa, folks, as we count down to the caucuses. A week from yesterday, Ron Paul maintains a first place position against his rivals in the Hawkeye State ahead of next Tuesday's contest. With all the last minute jockeying for votes, Congressman Paul, leads the Nominee Preference Public Policy Poll with 24%; Mitt Romney is in second with 20%; Newt Gingrich is now third at 13%.
Doug Wead is senior advisor to the presidential candidate, Ron Paul, and he is with me now. Doug, welcome to the program, it's great to have you.
Doug Wead: Thanks, Megyn.
Megyn Kelly: Alright, so this has come as good news to you, but now you've got all these folks – as Ron Paul continues to be first in a lot of polls, And I think under the RealClearPolitics average he's up there as well – suggesting he could win Iowa, and it's not going to go any further than that. And to those folks you say what?
Doug Wead: Well, winning Iowa is a big deal. The last two presidents of the United States, Barack Obama and George W. Bush, won Iowa and lost New Hampshire and went on to win the nomination and then the presidency. So if your template works in Iowa; if your advertising your coalitions, your ground game, your message resonates in Iowa, it's a good example of how it will resonate in other places, of course, tweaked for regions. So it's a good sign, it's not a bad sign.
Megyn Kelly: But what's the plan to parlay a victory, or even a second place or a third place finish in Iowa? How do you parley that into success in later states where Congressman Paul may not be polling as well?
Doug Wead: With the same template. The people of Iowa have focused on this race, the people in California that are voting in the national poll of Gallup or Rasmussen, aren't focused on who they're actually going to vote for. Last night, we had a very well dressed business women come to us for caucus practices in Iowa, and someone pulled her aside and asked, "Why are you supporting Ron Paul?" She said, "He's the purest protest I can make against the corruption in Washington DC. Ron Paul has kind of pulled the curtain back on that. There's always been corruption, but the scale of corruption in Washington DC is now so bad, he's the purest vote. He's always voted against tax increases, unbalanced budgets, he gave back a $100,000 of his own congressional allowance. If you want a pure protest vote, it is Ron Paul". And we think when the people of New Hampshire, as the polls are already beginning to show there, and the people in South Carolina, focus and make their decision, we're going to do very well. When they see our commercials, we're going to do very well.
Megyn Kelly: Yea, I was in Iowa for the debate on December 15, and I can say, you guys have certainly peppered the airwaves with ads against Gingrich and Romney and others. I want to ask you about the news today that Gary Johnson, who had been a Republican candidate for president, is now going to run on a Libertarian ticket. That's you guys thing: libertarian ideals, although Gary Johnson shares them as well. Ron Paul has not closed the door to a possible third-party ticket run if he doesn't wind up as the GOP nominee. Your thoughts on the announcement from Gary Johnson today?
Doug Wead: Well, Ron Paul is not an absolutist, and that's the only reason that he leaves a little bit of the door open. The last time around, the Republican Party didn't treat him very well, and the fact that he's a contender and a player and is going to win the nominee, is a mute point. The PPP poll last night you referred to, showed a remarkable thing, it showed Ron Paul leading among evangelical Christians in Iowa, over Perry, Bachman, and Gingrich. That bodes well for South Carolina, it bodes well for him winning the nomination, and the presidency. And just three days ago, the Washington Post Poll showed him doing better than Gingrich against Barack Obama, and at a statistical tie with Mitt Romney within the margin of error against Barack Obama. So who's talking about third party, we're talking about winning in Iowa and making a run for it, if not winning in New Hampshire, and winning the nomination.
Megyn Kelly: You know, one of the issues, obviously, you know that Congressman Paul is most controversial on it, is his foreign policy stance. And in particular, Israel and Iran, and whether he would allow Iran to get the bomb. He said he doesn't want it, but he doesn't want it because he's worried that the United States will then go to war with Iran. And he doesn't want that, just as he didn't want the Iraq war, because he thinks we're too prone to attacking other countries and injecting ourselves militarily. Newt Gingrich came out and said, given that kind of attitude and policy stance, it would be a tough choice for Americans if the choice came down to Barack Obama versus Ron Paul. And Ron Paul is to the left of Barack Obama on certain issues, including foreign policy with respect to Iran. To Newt Gingrich, what do you say?
Doug Wead: Yea, I totally disagree with that idea that he's to the left or the right. He's pro-constitution, he's in favor of taking the idea of war – he's not against war, he was the only public figure in 1981 to stand up and defend Israel's right to defend herself and take out those Iraqi nuclear facilities. He's not as war, he's in favor of going to the U.S. Congress, as the constitution says, debating it, committing to war, getting in, winning it, and then getting out. He's against these endless wars that just happen out of whim because somebody believes that someone's a threat to the United States. If there is serious threat to the United States and/or our allies, then let's take it to Congress, let's discuss it, let's commit, and let's get in and win it and get out.
Megyn Kelly: Dogh, last question for you, and forgive me if this is impolitic, but Ron Paul is 76 years old. Is there a concern that his age might be an issue for him in going after this nomination?
Doug Wead: You know, the real problem is getting right on issues, not having the right age. Barack Obama has got the right age, but he's totally wrong on the issues. And the people who are voting for us in Iowa and who support us in Iowa are people who have lost the value of their homes, they've lost the value of their IRAs. They're students who are paying 8% interest on a student loan, while billionaires are getting 0% interest free loans to stimulate the economy. And they're fed up with that corruption. And his message resonates regardless of his age. The hard part is getting right on the issues, and Ron Paul has been able to do that in this cycle.
Megyn Kelly: Alright, I know you're much more focused right now on that number 24% that puts him in first place in the latest PPP Iowa poll. The numbers "24% over Romney's 20%" than you are on the number "76 years". Doug, all the best, thanks so much for being here.
Doug Wead: Thank you, Megyn.
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Video aired by a local ABC affiliate in New York Monday night appears to show multiple individuals simply standing by and watching as a bus driver is savagely beaten by a woman because she allegedly missed her stop.
Throughout the short video, recorded by passenger Anthony McLaughlin on his iPhone, around a dozen or so individuals remain idle as a woman viscously attacks an N6X bus driver.
At no point in the aired video is a passenger seen actively trying to separate the two.
McLaughlin told WABC-TV that the attacker was upset because the driver missed her stop.
"She attacked her, she threw punches," he said.
[sharequote align="center"]"…she started attacking her, it was kind of crazy."[/sharequote]
"I used my iPhone [to record]," McLaughlin added. "I knew it was going to pop off because she said when she stopped she was going to hit her. And, she started attacking her, it was kind of crazy."
After the altercation, the angry passenger, accompanied by a little girl, just walked off the bus, according to WABC. She is currently being sought by police.
The driver then reportedly called for help, cleared the bus and was taken to a local hospital.
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Career and Job-Hunting Blog
Career and job-search news, trends, and scoops for job-seekers, compiled by the staff of Quintessential Careers.
|December 22, 2006
Pay projected to rise in 2007 in larger companies.
Both workers and management at mid-size and large companies can expect a decent pay raise in 2007 if all goes according to the results of a recent survey.
Executives, management, professional, and white collar workers will see average raises of 3.7 percent, while workers in the trades, production, and service can expect raises of 3.6 percent — according to a survey by Mercer Human Resources Consulting.
|December 11, 2006
U.S. employers added more than 100,000 jobs in November, as seasonal jobs kick in.
November ended with mixed employment numbers, according to the U.S. Department of Labor.
On the plus side, the nation's employers added 132,000 jobs to their payrolls, an improvement from the 79,000 generated in October.
On the down side, as more displaced job-seekers re-entered the workforce, the nation's unemployment rate actually increased to 4.5 percent, from 4.4 percent in October — a still relatively low rate by historical standards.
Job gains were reported in retailing, bars and restaurants, hotels and motels, health-care providers, financial firms, and computer-designs, architectural, and engineering companies. Their increases made up for job losses in construction and manufacturing.
Are you in a seasonal job? Hope to make it permanent? Read this article on Quintessential Careers: Converting Your Seasonal Job to a Permanent Position: Tips for Success.
|December 7, 2006
Just because its the holidays doesn't mean you should stop job-seeking.
Many job-seekers are under the incorrect assumption that very little hiring and job-search activities take place during the holidays, and that simply is not the case anymore. While it certainly does slow — as does much business activity — hiring and job creation does take place.
And with more parties and happenings around the holidays, it's a great chance to network and meet people.
The end of the year is also a good time to do a career check to make certain you are where you want to be. More on this topic later this month.
|December 1, 2006
Many holiday office parties are going to be bigger than last year. Do you know the basic rules of survival?
About four out of five employers are planning to hold office parties this year — approximately the same percentage as last year — but a third of the companies plan to spend more on the parties than they did last year, according to a survey of more than 100 human resource managers conducted by Challenger, Gray & Christmas (as part of their annual Holiday Party Survey).
Do you know the proper way to act at office parties? You can get the scoop in our Holiday Office Party Do's and Don'ts.
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- The Occupational Adventure Blog, from Curt Rosengren, a Passion Catalyst. Curt's blog is great for finding encouraging ideas (and resources) for moving forward with your career… a career that lights your fire.
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- Career Transition Discussion, a blog that deals with the issue of mid-career change… for job-seekers 40+.
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Lockport man jumped and robbed in hallway of his apartment building
TOWN OF LOCKPORT – A Dysinger Road man said he was lured out of his apartment in the 6600 block to meet with a woman he knew and then was struck by an unknown man who demanded his money just before 11:30 p.m. Wednesday in the basement hallway.
The 20-year-old man told Niagara County sheriff's deputies that a woman wanted to meet with him to borrow money and after he opened the door a man came out of the laundry room and punched him in the face. He said the man demanded money and he gave him $40. The man asked for more, but the victim said that was all he had and the woman and man left.
The victim went to Eastern Niagara Hospital in Lockport for treatment of his injury.


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BILL RADKE: Google spends a lot of energy operating its massive array of server farms. Now the company is investing in an estimated $5 billion power transmission system off the East Coast, with the goal of carrying energy from future offshore wind turbines to millions of Mid-Atlantic homes. Reporter Janet Babin joins us live to tell us more. Good morning, Janet.
JANET BABIN: Good morning, Bill.
RADKE: How big a project is this?
BABIN: According to Google's blog, this underwater transmission system is going to span 350 miles of coastline, from New Jersey down to Virginia. Google envisions this system would deliver wind energy gathered off the coast from potential wind turbines through this underwater cable system to about 2 million homes. As you know, there's a lot of wind off most coasts, including the East Coast, but so far there are no operating wind energy projects there. Google says one of the barriers to harnessing that wind has been the lack of a transmission system. It's a lot of infrastructure to build. And so Google thinks this investment will remove that barrier and could actually increase wind energy construction along the East Coast.
RADKE: Well Janet, what about the barrier of some opposition to wind turbines near the coastline?
BABIN: Yeah they are kind of clunky, hulking structures these turbines and they can create lots of noise and they can sort of distract from that picturesque coastline. But Google says this transmission system would be far enough away from the coast so hopefully avoid those problems. The turbines could be built some 15 miles off the coast and hopefully noise wouldn't be an issue and you'd barely be able to see them from the shoreline.
RADKE: That's Janet Babin reporting live. Thank you, Janet.
BABIN: Thank you, Bill.


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It's been an emotional few weeks for Keaton Ellerby.
Ellerby's uncle Alvin Liknes, his wife, Kathryn, and their five-year-old grandson Nathan O'Brien, are still missing in Alberta and presumed dead — though no bodies have been discovered — after the mysterious disappearance of the trio on June 30.
Douglas Garland has been arrested by Calgary police and faces three counts of murder.
"There's not really any words that you can put to it," said Ellerby, who was re-signed to a one-year, two-way deal by the Winnipeg Jets on Thursday. "You watch that stuff on TV and you never think it would happen to your immediate family. It's still going on. My dad's side of the family is definitely shaken up about it. It's not an easy thing to go through.
"You've got to stay strong as a family and just hope and pray it comes to an end and you get a little bit of closure."


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It begins, as so much entertainment in the '50s did, as a frothy sitcom, featuring fizzy characters willing to give their all to see that everybody lives happily ever after, because it is 1959, and despite:
And that's where the reality hits the fan in this stunning Center Rep production of this provocative 2011 Pulitzer Prize winner. Yet we find ourselves laughing throughout the show, while cringing at the same time.
There is nothing frothy about the second half of the first act; in fact it's much closer to rabid than frothy, as neighborhood leader Karl (Craig Marker) visits the sold home with his wife, the deaf and very pregnant Betsy (Kendra Lee Oberhauser), to try to prevent an even unwitting bit of so-called "blockbusting" from taking place.
It is a hugely ugly sequence that makes contemporary audience members squirm, taking heart in only the fact in that in the 50 years since then the world is a much better, kinder, gentler and more tolerant place. Still, it's difficult to see the "Leave It to Beaver" world explode as violently as a firecracker held too long.
But then it's intermission, we buy some ice cream and talk about what we've just seen. Then we exchange smiles, ready for the second act, set in 2009, a year before the play made its debut.
It should be interesting to see, we note, what a half-century of evolution has done. And sure enough, the seven characters in Act 2 have some similarities — there are two couples, one of the women is pregnant — to those they played in Act 1. And it's clear they grew up in a very different world.
They are more sophisticated — there are now two lawyers in the room as Clybourne Park neighbors discuss what sort of renovations can be may be made by Steve and Lindsey (Marker and Oberhauser) when they move to Clybourne Park as one of the few white families and remodel the old home of Russ and Bev. And everyone's a global traveler. The discussion is broken up with comments on the various places they've vacationed and the various types of food they've eaten.
But have they really changed all that much?
That remains to be seen as the show moves deeper into the second act, and the long history of Clybourne Park visits the old community again, for better or worse, exploring issues of race, class and gender roles — political correctness be damned — in exchanges that are at times brutally sharp.
The show is compellingly performed by this talented and skillful cast, directed by Center Rep Artistic Director Michael Butler, who has filled the show with effective details throughout.
J.B. Wilson has designed a set that covers the half-century of passing time and fortune in one house, beginning in Act 1, with a classic two-story Midwestern tract home, that, over the years, shows its years and hard wear through the changing of flats and set pieces designed around the home's bones to show how it has fallen on hard times.
Elizabeth Poindexter has designed some wonderfully effective costumes, making them look real for both eras of the production — the contemporary costumes are familiar and comfortable, and the '50s costumes reflect the era without falling prey to the stereotypical look of what has begun to pass as '50s style.
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What: "CLYBOURNE PARK," by Bruce Norris, directed by Michael Butler for Center Rep
Where: Dean Lesher Center for the Arts, Civic Drive at Locust, Walnut Creek
When: through March 1
Running time: 2 hours
Tickets: $36-$52, 925-943-7469 or www.centerrep.org.


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Type: Improvement
Status: Closed
Priority: Major
Resolution: Duplicate
Affects Version/s: None
Fix Version/s: 1.6
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I my first file called "myDefinition.vm" , I difined a trivial macro
#macro ( myMycro $p1 $p2)
$p1 $p2
In my second file, I parse and call my macro:
#parse( myDefinition.vm")
#myMacro( "apple" "orange)
The result is always a single line:
#myMacro( "apple" "orange)
Velocity does not recognize the definition of my macro. I tried putting the macro is the same file and that works. But when the definition from another file does not seem to work.
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Also, please note that this is documented behavior. Note the Velocimacro Triva section under: http://jakarta.apache.org/velocity/docs/user-guide.html#Velocimacros
yes, we need to address this, though its not trivial. see this note:
Without the capability to define macros in many separate files, one can't build modular systems with Velocity. In short Velocity is not yet an macro processor that is scalable and can be used in a big software projects.
Velocity is not a Macro Processor period.
What you want to achieve is done not by loading the Macro files through #parse() but by defining them in the velocity.properties. You add velocimacro.library properties to your config file and off you go. You don't even have to parse/include the macro files in your templates anymore.
Macros are no tag libraries. Velocity is not JSP. Velocity Templates are not Java Server Pages. Don't try to transfer these concepts to Velocity. They don't fit most of the times. Not because one this is better or worse. But because Velocity is not JSP.
Nathan pointed you at this. Please read and understand the difference beween the run-time and the parse-time of a template.
As Will wrote, this is something that we should improve on. It is not trivial though and we must be careful not to break older pages that rely on that behaviour.
As discussed on the dev list, I see this as an important "todo" for 1.6. I've reopened Velocity-362 as a reminder of this.


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Raksha Bandhan 2016 SMS Rakhi Shayari Poems In Hindi
Khuda Kare Tujhe Khushiyan Hazaar Mile,
Mujhse Bhi Achcha Yaar Mile,
Meri Girlfriend Tujhe Bandhe RAKHI,
Aur Ek AUR Behan Ka Pyaar Mile…
Happy Raksha Bandhan
"We were always close, looking out for each other even when life led us along different paths… Like an invisible thread, our love binds us together, making sure we'll remember where we came from and what we mean to each other. Wishing you a joyous Raksha Bandhan, Dear Brother."
Do U know that,
Fun as a triple scoops,
Sweet as chocolates,
Bright & cheerful as flowers,
Its U
May your wishes come true,
And may each of your days be filled with,
Joy & smiles too!
Happy Raksha Bandhan
Ye Lamha Kuch Khas Hai,
Behan Ke Hathon Mein Bhai Ka Haath Hai,
O Behna Tere Liye Mere Pass Kuch Khas Hai,
Tere Sukoon Ki Khatir Meri Behna,
Tera Bhai Hamesha Tere Sath Hai…
Happy Rakhi
Cham Cham kar ke aayi,
Cham Cham kar ke chali gayi,
Main Sindoor leke khada raha,
Aur woh rakhi ban ke chali gayi…
Happy Raksha Bandhan
Rishta hai janmo ka hamara
Bharose ka aur pyaar bhara
Chalo, ise bandhe bhaiya Rakhi ke atut bandhan mein.
Happy Raksha Bandhan to my dearest bro.
Aaj din bohot khaas hai,
Behna k liye kuch mere paas hai,
Uske sukun ki khaatir o behnaa..
Tera bhaiya hamesha tere aas-paas hai !!
Khuda Kare Tujhe Khushiyan Hazar Mile
Mujhse Bhi Acha Yaar Mile,
Meri Girlfriend Tujhe Bandhe Rakhi,
Aur Ek Aur Behan Ka Pyaar Mile…
Happy Raksha Bandhan
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Welcome to today's internet—you can buy anything, every website is tracking your every move, and anywhere you look you find videos and images of cats. Currently, there are 15 million images tagged with the word "cat" on public image hosting sites, and daily thousands more are uploaded from unlimited positions on the globe.
I Know Where Your Cat Lives is a data experiment that visualizes a sample of 1 million public pics of cats on a world map, locating them by the latitude and longitude coordinates embedded in their metadata. The cats were accessed via publicly available APIs provided by popular photo sharing websites. The photos were then run through various clustering algorithms using a supercomputer in order to represent the enormity of the data source.
This project explores two uses of the internet: the sociable and humorous appreciation of domesticated felines, and the status quo of personal data usage by startups and international megacorps who are riding the wave of decreased privacy for all. This website doesn't visualize all of the cats on the net, only the ones that allow you to track where their owners have been.
Thanks for letting us be your cat fan headquarters; keep the pictures coming.
Some things that are important for you to know:
To remove your image from this website simply increase the privacy settings on your own public photos.
It's simple, really. But not so simple, really. We procured the images by running a query for public photos tagged with cats from the APIs provided by Flickr, Twitpic, Instagram, and a few others.
You have the right to remove your pictures from this website. The way you would go about doing so is by increasing the privacy settings of the photos of your furry feline friends. Then within 30 days your photos will be gone from our site.
They tend to roam... Every photo on this site was created and uploaded with the locational metadata intact by the original owners. With an estimated 7.8 meters accuracy, if you took a photo of your cat in your home you might find it near that location on the map, or you might not. Every cat we visualize could be accessed just as easily by searching popular photo sharing websites. So, no, we do not know where your cat lives, nor do we care.
We set out on this adventure with a mission in mind: to point out the ease of access to data and photos on the web. We sought to showcase how readily available social media users' information and snapshots are to the general public.
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Arkansas State Police and the Hempstead County Sheriff's office are working with Texas law enforcement officers to investigate the death of a man found in a burned vehicle near the Arkansas-Texas state line.
The car, registered to a Saratoga, Ark., resident, was discovered Saturday by Bowie County sheriff's deputies who responded to a report of a burning vehicle.
Hempstead County deputies went to the home listed on the vehicle's registration and found evidence of a disturbance inside.
Bowie County Sheriff James Prince told the Texarkana Gazette that after Hempstead County officials notified them about what they found, officers returned to the scene and made the grisly discovery.
Prince said investigators believe the death is a homicide. The identity and manner of death of the victim hasn't been determined.


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Credit unions doing good in the communities served.
The $151 million Members First Credit Union in Manchester, N.H., hired Terry Wiegelman as vice president of marketing and sales and Matt Halfmann as branch manager. Wiegelman holds 15 years of experience in credit union marketing and previously worked at the $334 million Granite State Credit Union, also in Manchester,...
Eight credit unions were recently recognized for their lending practices in 2013 by CU Direct.
Northeast Credit Union President/CEO Peter J. Kavalauskas died Feb. 8, just two days after he announced plans to retire.
SECU's board names EVP/COO Timothy J. Collia to the position of interim president/CEO.
Peter Kavalauskas, 62, was CEO of the $994 million Northeast Credit Union in Portsmouth, N.H.
A regional executive search firm has been hired by the CUSO's search committee to replace Bob Cipriani, named CEO in 2006.
The $776 million St. Mary's Bank of Manchester, N.H., recently named Nancy Boilard its indirect business development officer. Boilard will work to increase the nation's first credit union's indirect lending portfolio, developing new contacts and maintaining current relationships with participating dealers. Boilard most recently was indirect lending manager at the...
From East and West, Midwest and South, credit union people in the news.
For credit union members, who tend to err on the side of conservative, the Dow's increase might have aligned with their savings habits.


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Risedronate in Osteopenic Postmenopausal Women (OSMAUSE)
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The primary objective of this study is to compare risedronate 35 mg and placebo with respect to the percent change at 12 months for distal radius trabecular bone volume (BV/TV) in osteopenic postmenopausal women, as measured by three-dimensional peripheral quantitative computed tomography (3D pQCT).
The secondary objectives are to compare the percent change from Screening/Baseline between the 2 treatment groups for the following measurements:
- Bone mineral density of the lumbar spine, femoral neck, femoral trochanter, and total proximal femur using a dual energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) scan at 12 and 24 months;
- 3D pQCT analysis of distal radius and distal tibia bone microarchitecture data at 6, 12, and 24 months; and
Bone turnover markers (BTMs) of:
- fasting serum carboxyterminal cross linking telopeptide of type 1 bone collagen (CTX 1);
- serum aminoterminal propeptide of type 1 procollagen (PINP); and
- urine N-telopeptide cross-links (NTX) at 3, 6, 12, and 24 months.
|Drug: risedronate Drug: risedronate placebo
|Phase 3
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Double (Participant, Investigator)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|A Non-invasive Evaluation of Bone Microarchitecture Modification in Osteopenic Postmenopausal Women by 3D Peripheral Quantitative Computed Tomography: A 24 Month, Monocenter Study Comparing Weekly Oral Risedronate 35 mg and Placebo
- Efficacy data : 3-D-pQCT Data—Microarchitectural Parameters (Distal Radius BV/TV Measurements) [ Time Frame: BV/TV percent change from Baseline at distal radius as measured in the non dominant wrist at Month 12 ]
- Tolerance data :collection of AEs, with special interest for upper gastrointestinal (UGI) AEs and clinical fractures [ Time Frame: at all visits ]
|Estimated Enrollment:
|Study Start Date:
|March 2006
|Study Completion Date:
|June 2009
|Primary Completion Date:
|June 2009 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
|Experimental: 1
Drug: risedronate
risedronate sodium 35 mg tablets (once a week dose)
|Placebo Comparator: 2
Drug: risedronate placebo
placebo for risedronate tablets (once a week dose)
Choosing to participate in a study is an important personal decision. Talk with your doctor and family members or friends about deciding to join a study. To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contacts provided below. For general information, Learn About Clinical Studies.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|55 Years to 75 Years (Adult, Senior)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Osteopenic, postmenopausal women, between 55 and 75 years of age with a body mass index (BMI) < 30 kg/m²
Exclusion Criteria:
- Clinical or radiological evidence of osteoporosis
- Severe renal impairment
- Serum 5-hydroxy vitamin D level < 15 ng/ml
- History of recent primary hyperparathyroidism or recent thyroid disorder
- History of any generalized bone disease
- Current use of glucocorticoids, estrogens, progestins, calcium supplements > 1 g/day, vitamin D supplements > 800 IU/day, parathyroid hormone (PTH), or any bisphosphonate for > 1 month at any time within the past 6 months.
The above information is not intended to contain all considerations relevant to a patient's potential participation in a clinical trial.
To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT00345644
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT00345644
|Paris, France
|Study Director:
|Marie SEBILLE, Dr
|Responsible Party:
|Medical Affairs Study Director, sanofi-aventis
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT00345644 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
EudraCT # :2005-005598-30
|First Submitted:
|March 20, 2006
|First Posted:
|June 28, 2006
|Last Update Posted:
|December 7, 2009
|Last Verified:
|December 2009
Keywords provided by Sanofi:
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Bone Diseases, Metabolic
Bone Diseases
Musculoskeletal Diseases
Metabolic Diseases
Risedronate Sodium
Etidronic Acid
Calcium Channel Blockers
Membrane Transport Modulators
Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action
Bone Density Conservation Agents
Physiological Effects of Drugs


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Dell's mini notebook has been outed, while the name is certainly not as exciting as some that we had been hearing such as the Inspiron Mini or "Minspiron" they instead dubbed it the Dell E and it will be available in two models. Enter the Dell E and Dell E Slim.
The Dell E will be an ultra-portable notebook that takes aim at the ever popular netbook market. These
notebooks netbooks offer an 8.9-inch display, 1.6Ghz Diamondville CPU, 4, 8 or 16GB's of flash-based memory, 512MB or 1GB of RAM and Wi-Fi 802.11g. The Dell E will come in a variety of models to include the Dell E Classic, Dell E Video and the Dell E Video+.
The additional E model is the Dell E Slim, which is a little larger notebook as compared to the Dell E. This one is more in the line of the MacBook Air and Lenovo X300 market coming in at just 0.8-inch thick and featuring a 12.1-inch display. The Dell E Slim will also include a 1.3 or 1.6GHz Intel Silverthorne CPU, 8GB of flash storage or 40GB hard drive, 1GB or 2GB of RAM, Wi-Fi 802.11g, WiMax and a 0.3-megapixel webcam. The Dell E Slim will be available in either the Dell E Slim or Dell E Slim+.
Both the Dell E and Dell E Slim will also come with the option of either Windows XP of Linux. While we could use some more information when it comes to pricing, the Dell E lineup is expected to begin at $299 and be available sometime around August or September. Overall the notebooks seem to offer some promise, however one cannot help but wonder about the use of the E though, while its not spelled like the Asus version with three E's, its still a little close.
Via [Engadget]


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Optimism, competition to bloom
Tough decisions to be made in spring as Rays expect to win
By Bill Chastain / MLB.com
Heading into Spring Training, the Rays have solid performers at most positions as well as familiar faces fans should be able to identify with.
Returning from last year's team are Carl Crawford in left field, B.J. Upton in center field, Carlos Pena at first base, Akinori Iwamura -- who changes from third to second base -- and Dioner Navarro behind the plate.
Top prospect Evan Longoria will likely take over at third, Jason Bartlett -- who came to the Rays via trade with the Twins -- takes over at shortstop, and Rocco Baldelli, Jonny Gomes and free-agent acquisition Cliff Floyd will form a three-way rotation for the right field and designated hitter spots.
The starting staff will be anchored by Scott Kazmir, James Shields and newcomer Matt Garza, who came over in the Twins deal, while everyone in the bullpen will move down a notch with the arrival of veteran closer Troy Percival.
Yes, there are question marks, but nothing resembling those from years past.
Foremost among the questions is Longoria. Will he be the team's Opening Day third baseman? Or will the Rays send their top prospect back to Triple-A Durham for a little more seasoning?
"We're still keeping an open mind [in regard to Longoria]," Rays manager Joe Maddon said. "Obviously this young man has done everything right, and he's going to be the third baseman at some point this year. We just don't know if it's going to be Opening Day or not. He's a wonderful young man, and he's going to be very good. We just don't know when that's going to be."
Next: Can Iwamura make a smooth transition to second?
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"With Aki, there is certainly a risk element, shifting a guy from third base to second base," said Andrew Friedman, the Rays' executive vice president of baseball operations. "But the idea when we signed him was to play third base until the time Evan Longoria was ready. We didn't know if it would be one year, two years, three years, but we felt like Aki had the actions to play second base. He has the willingness and the work ethic.
"While it's a risk, we feel pretty confident that not only will he be able to do it, but he'll be pretty good at it as well."
Meanwhile, the Rays have no choice but to have an open competition to fill out the remaining two slots in the starting rotation. Right-handers Edwin Jackson and Andy Sonnanstine are the favorites heading into camp, but they will face stiff competition from a solid group of right-handers in Jason Hammel, Jeff Niemann and Mitch Talbot, along with left-hander J.P. Howell.
"I'm really not a big proponent of evaluating players during Spring Training, but we have some close calls [with whom] you have to rely upon that," Maddon said. "We've got Evan at third base, our starters going for two spots minimum. This Spring Training is going to be really competitive, really interesting, and we're going to have to pay attention. I mean not that we haven't in the past, but there are some really tough calls to be made this spring, in a good way."
Despite having spots that call for competition, Maddon likes where the Rays will find themselves at the beginning of Spring Training, particularly in contrast to his first two springs at the helm of the Rays.
"It's going to be so nice when you come to Spring Training and it's like, 'This is my shortstop, he's playing first, these are my starters,'" Maddon said. "Right now you know Bartlett's going to be at short, Aki at second, Pena at first, C.C., B.J., you know Navvy -- you know all this stuff on the field. You know Kaz, you know Shields, you know Garza -- that's quite a cry from where we've come over the last couple of years. That part of it is very nice."
Bill Chastain 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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Middle school bands to perform Monday
The Detroit Lakes Middle School bands will present their second concert of the school years in their Winter Band Concert on Monday, Jan. 28.
The concert will begin at 7:30 p.m. The performance will be presented in the Detroit Lakes George Simson Middle School Auditorium.
The bands will again be performing an eclectic variety of music. Included will be numerous categories of band literature. Samples include traditional and contemporary marches, original programmatic pieces, overtures, slow tunes and popular and rock selections.
Some of the works the audience is sure to recognize, while others will be brand new from the pen of the composers.
The sixth grade band will perform "For the Glory of the Flag," "Renegade Dances," "Ghost Riders in the Sky" and "Prelude to a Festival."
Next to perform is the seventh grade band with "Hail America!," "Triumphant Overture," "New Horizons," "Sweet Caroline" and "Torrents of Fire."
Closing the program will be the eighth grade band with "Imperial March," "For the Fallen," "Through a Child's Eyes," "Separate Ways (World's Apart)" and "River Trail Expedition."
With a vast variety of music presented, the middle school bands hope to satisfy any and all tastes in music. The public is invited to attend and there is no admission charge.


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SEC settles charges with Pequot firm over insider trading
Friday, May 28, 2010
The Securities and Exchange Commission settled insider-trading charges Thursday with a prominent hedge fund and its chief executive after facing withering criticism from lawmakers that the agency had mishandled an earlier investigation of the matter.
Pequot Capital Management and its chief executive, Arthur Samberg, agreed to pay $28 million to settle the SEC's charges that the firm traded shares of Microsoft based on insider information.
SEC Enforcement Director Robert Khuzami said the case was a high priority for the agency, but several years ago lawmakers accused the agency of not conducting a thorough inquiry.
The agency concluded in 2006 that there was not enough evidence that Pequot traded Microsoft shares based on information about an upcoming earnings report.
Soon after, the case attracted congressional scrutiny from key senators when Gary Aguirre, an SEC lawyer who worked on the probe, said his superiors had botched it.
In January 2007, Sens. Charles E. Grassley (R-Iowa) and Arlen Specter (Pa.), who was then a Republican, called on the SEC to reopen the case and issued a 700-plus-page report on the matter that accused the agency of turning a blind eye to one of Wall Street's most prominent investors.
It wasn't until new evidence came to light in a divorce proceeding a year and a half ago that investigators reopened the case.
"There was clearly a case to be made against Pequot, and the SEC has finally admitted it," Grassley said Thursday. "Federal regulators have finally followed the evidence to its logical conclusions after years of unnecessary delays and timidity."
Jonathan Gasthalter, a spokesman for Pequot and Samberg, declined to comment. After the scrutiny generated by the investigation, Pequot announced last year that it would wind down its business. The SEC says it obtained, in the years since it closed the case, clear evidence that Samberg made trades based on insider information.
In its civil complaint filed Thursday, the SEC said Samberg obtained the confidential information from David Zilkha, a former Microsoft employee who asked a colleague for details about an upcoming earnings report. Shortly after providing the material to Samberg, Zilkha joined Pequot as an employee. Pequot made $14 million from the trade, according to the complaint.
An attorney for Zilkha did not return a call seeking comment.
In January 2009, the SEC obtained "direct evidence that Zilkha had material, nonpublic information about Microsoft," according to a statement accompanying the complaint. The evidence was e-mails that were found on a computer hard drive in the possession of Zilkha's ex-wife, according to the SEC.
The SEC says that, in its earlier investigation, Zilkha hid the fact that he had obtained information about Microsoft's earnings and that he had conveyed what he learned to Samberg.
"The cases have two particularly troubling aspects -- a hedge fund manager trading on illegal insider information, and his tipper source who withheld crucial information about the scheme during an SEC investigation," Khuzami said.


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With the recent success of both roots and country rock, it`s not surprising that some of the artists who first shaped and popularized those styles should again return to the spotlight. Three such acts-the Allman Brothers, Waylon Jennings and Asleep at the Wheel-return this week with new releases after surviving a variety of personal and career setbacks.
In the early `70s, the Allman Brothers Band was the premier Southern rock group, famed for its instrumental prowess, live performances and blend of country, rock and Southern blues and soul. But the deaths of Duane Allman and Berry Oakley, personal problems and internal divisions eventually undid the group and tarnished its legacy. With the release of the impressive historical compilation, ``Dreams,`` and a reunion tour last year, the Allmans reclaimed their place in music history and revived a career that had stalled for nearly a decade.